The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
another FATAL
BLUNDER IS MADE
RUSSIANS PAY PENALTY OF
CARELESSNEsS IN LAYING
MINES AT PORT ARTHUR.
Twenty-one Killed by Premature Ex-
plosion-SufferL Losses in Skirmish-
ing-Flee in Panic Across Yalu-
Hundreds Drown.

ing-Flee in Panic Across Yalu-
Hundreds Drown.
st. Petersburg, April 23.-The en-
peror has received the following tele-
gram from Viceroy Alexieff, bearing
Fridays date:
Il respectfully report to your males
ty that to-day, during the placing OF
mines Dy some steam launches, Lieut..
Pell and 20 men were killed through a
mine exploding prematurely under the
stern of one of the launches"
Gloom in st. Petersburg.
Viceroy Alexieff's announcement OF
the destruction of launch and the loss
Of 81 men by the explosion of Rus
sian torpedo at Port Arthur has added
to the gloom which has prevailed since
the disaster to the Petropavlosk.
I'VE are paying the price of careless
ness" said a member of the admiralty.
land previous disasters seem to teach
nothing"
Japanese Forces Concentrating.
St. Petersburg, April 23.-The follow
ing telegram from Viceroy Alexieff has
been received by the emperor:
Quite a series of reconnaissance
carried out on the Yalu- have shown
considerable force. 1t is believed that
they have about one division to the
north of Win. They are also begin
ming to concentrate troops in Win,
from which place they have moved the
Korean population. Information has
reached me that quantities of material,
apparently parts of pontoon bridges.
are being collected opposite the island
of Mabikhe. Our scouts have killed
two Japanese scouts, one of whom ap-
peared to be an officer"
Russians Suffer Loss.
ION our right flank our scouts exc
cuted daring reconnaissance, extend
ing over several days, on the left bank
of the Yalu, as the result of which 1t
has been ascertained that there are
only a few troops south of the river
Pomaku, but that the Japanese there
are occupied in preparing boats. A
Russian detachment of two officers and
80 men proceeded thither in three
boats. The detachment, however, was
discovered by the enemy and shots
were exchanged, three of our rif1emen
being killed. Staff Capt. Smeizen and
IL rifiemen were severely and Lieut..
Pushkin and four men slightly wound
ed. The detachment returned to our
bank of the river under the cover OF
two of our guns
Russian Troops in Flight.
London, April ga correspondent of
the Times cabling from Newchwang
says that a messenger has arrived there
from the Yalu river with the information
that the Russians are fleeing north
across the river in overcrowded boats
and are losing hundreds by drowning.
Japs Force Being United.
London, April 22.-The correspondent
Of the Standard at Tientsin says that Jap
anese troops are now embarking from
Korea and possibly are being reinforced
by the forces on the Yalu river, from
which the Russians have practically
withdrawn.
Advance Ordered.
Paris, April 22.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Peti Parisien says
he has learned that Gen. Kuropatkin
mas ordered the advance of the Russian
forces which are massed in northeast
ern Korea, and that a brigade of in
fantry, with 5000 Cossacks is within
a hundred versts of the banks of the Tu-
men river.
Port Arthur Doomed.
London, April 22.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that Port Arthur undoubtedly is eff
fectually blocked, and that events are
eliminating around the doomed fors
tresS.
Russia's War Expenses.
Paris, April PA dispatch to the
Temps from st. Petersburg says the cost
Of the war up to April 5, in all branches
of the service, is officially estimated at
6,250,000. The cost by June will reach
$100, 900. If the war lasts Is months,
it is estimated that the total cost will
be $500, 100000.
Will Wait for More Troops.
Paris, April 21.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal says a
friend of Gen. Kuropatkin has received
a letter from him in which the general
says he intends to await the arrival of
another loo, 900 men before risking bat
tie with the japanese.