The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-27
General Shakaroff Reports Re-
pulse of Japanese.
Were Forced to Retreat Along
Their Whole Line.
PURSUED BY CAVALRY
Force in the Vicinity
of Sianchan.
Japanese Cavalry in the Valley
of the Lao River.

| Dispatches from st. Petersburg today
express the belief that if Kuropatkir
intends to try and hold Mukden fight
ing may be expected almost irnmedi-
ately. Oyama's armies now cover a
front of go miles, his wing extending
| to the northward, east and west OF
Mukden. A rapid advance of both
! wings is expected when he is prepared
to close the net. So far there has been
no heavy fighting. Toxic remains 81
lent on the military situation and no
word comes from the Japanese side.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 27.-The gen
eral staff has received the following
ed yesterday:
THE enemy's vanguard, consisting
of one battalion and two squadrons of
cavalry, has assumed the offensive,
probably for a reconnaissance, in the
district between the Mandarin road
and the heights of the village of
Toumytsa. His advance was stopped
by our troops. The enemy retreated
| along the whole line, pursued by our
cavalry. The enemy has not yet ad-
vanced north of Davan, on the left
bank of the Lao river, but an in
creased force has been observed in
the neighborhood of Sianchan. jap
anese cavalry have appeared in the
valley of the Lao river
Coal Pile Still There.
London, Sept. 27.-TeIegraphing from
Chefoo the correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: photographs received from
Port Arthur which were taken as late
as September IA. show that piles of
coal stacked on the Tigers tail al the
beginning of the war are still there"
Lack of Discipline.
London, Sept. 27.-The Daily Mail
discovery in abandoned Russian head
quarters here of a number of docu-
ments and orders from Viceroy Alexieff
cashfering officers for abandoning po-
sitions. and for drunkenness. etc, and
censurfng officers for lawless treatment
of Chinese, proves an amazing lack of
discipline in General Kuropatkins S
army.
Japanese Courtesy.
st. Petersburg, Sept. PA private
sian hospital ship Mongolia at Port
Arthur describing the fight following
Rear Admiral Withoff's sortie pays IA
tribute to the courtesy and considera-
tion shown by the Japanese. The Mon
golia was twice cut off from the squad
ron, but the japanese signaled her to
steer to the left, which she did Once
the Mongolia Was between two fires
ana frequently Japanese torpedo DOaIS
passed quite close to her, but she was
not attacked throughout the fight ani
returned safely to Port Arthur
Praise for the Connnissariat.
London, Sept. PA dispatch to
news agency from st. Petersburg says
the Russky Invalid publishes "a tela-
gram from General Kuropatkin prais-
ing the work of the con1miSSariat corps,
which the emperor endorsed as follows:
IT have read with sincere pleasure the
opinion of the ofnnaander-in-chief on
the perfect manner in which the COM
missariat officers fulfilled their duties"
Japanese Lost 1900 in One Night.
London, Sept. PA telegram to a
local news agency from St. Petersburg
says a dispatch has been received by
the official news agency there from
Hardin, saying that the Japanese lost
l 300 killed during the night attack on
sian warships, it is added, rendered val
liable assistance in repulsing the Japa-
nese.
Fought With Bean Cakes.
Chefoo, Sept. 27.-10 p. m.-Two Jap 1
anese torpedo boat destroyers were OBJ
night. A junk which left Liato promon-
tory last night and which arrived here
tonight reports having seen one torpedo
boat near Chefoo
Another junk carrying a Russian, his
wife and two children, was stopped last
night by the Japanese vessel, but Ow-
ing to the great distance the treatme
which the Russian received could not
be observed.
Chinese say that the battle which be-
gun September 10 continued intermit-
tently until September "a. In defending
one fort the Russians rolled bean cakes
down on the massed Japanese. These
bean cakes are very neavy and are
pressed into the shape of circular grind
stones.
Russia's New Chief.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 27.-1:15 p. m.
Although an official announcement
ately since it Will require some little |
time to get Russia's second army in
the field, the designation of Grand !
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, the in |
spector general of cavalry as com
is regarded as prac- |
tically settled. The situation at the |
front with two and perhaps ultimately |
three big armies is considered to de- |
mand above all else that the supreme
be of such personal au- |
-hority as to be beyond jealousies and /
the possibility of intrigue on the part
Of subordinates and such man the |
emperor now realizes can only be sup |
olied by member of the imperial |
family. Grand Duke Nicholas is re-
yarded as being extremely we'll fitted |
for this great responsibility Grand |
Duke Nicholas will not rely upon I
single adviser but on staff compris-
staff, who in reality constitute board
IF direction of military operations.
Viceroy AIexieff is regarded as al
most certain to return here. The re-
port that he may become chancellor of
he empire, however, is exploded. He
s more likely to retain his title and
come to st. Petersburg nominally in
he capacity of adviser of the emperor
md will thus efface himself as a fac
tor of the military situation in the
,ar east.