Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-08
Report Says Fighting
About Mukden Has
Ceased.
KUROPATKIN is SAFE
Maneuvering for Another Bat
tIe---AssauIt at Port Ar
thur RepuIsed.

St. Petersburg, Sept. S.-A dispatch
from Kuropatkin timed at $50 yester-
day afternoon states Kuroki's army is
q miles eastward of the railroad.
Oku's 20 miles west. The general staff
expect big battle to be fought.
Two japanese cruisers bombarded
KOrsakovsk, island of Sakhalin yester-
day and fired torpedoes at the sunken
to land. Emperor Nicholas left for
Cronstadt today to inspect the Baltic
fleet
Fighting Ceased.
Mukden, Sept. Z. delayed Fight
ing has ceased. The Russian trans
ports and army are moving without in
terruptiOn.
Could BE I'm Mukden Tonight.
St. Petersburg. Sept. S.-Kuropatkin
has arrived at Mukden. From the lat
est adviccs the war office now believes
the danger of Oyama cutting off KurO-
patkin has practically passed. Accord
ing to their calculation the whole Rus
sian army could reach Mukden by to-
night.
Kuroli and Kuropatkin have been
marching northward along parallel
lines. both armies being greatly ham
pered by the heavy roads. The Jap
anesc were i'm a rough region and the
Russians along Il fiat country, but EN-
harrassed by the high Chinese corn,
which prevented marching on the side
of the main roads.
No difficulty is being experienced at
Hun river. few miles south of Muk
den, where bridges had been provided
for crossing the stream.
Fighting Has Been Constant.
There has been constant fighting at
the Russian rear and along the eastern
wing but as far as known by the war
office nothing of importance has oc-
CURED since the retreat began.
The general staff naturally is reti-
cent about Kuropatkin's plans. especi-
ally whether he intends to stop at
Mullden. His decision probably will
depend on the intentions of the Jap
aneSc.
MHy Abandon MuINden.
Contingent preparations will proba-
bly, be made to evacuate Mukden and
there is considerable evidence that
Kuropatkin if compelled to so north.
will make a stand at Telling. where
the Russians wintered last year. Tie
ling is 40 miles north of Mukden. At
this point there is a narrow defile with
the Lao river on one side and noun
tians running almost down to the rail
road on the other.
Fleet VIII sail.
The report that the sailing of the
Baltic squadron has been postponed
until November is officially denied. as
is also the report that several of the
ships composing it have developed de
feCts. The squadron will sail for Libau
Monday.
OuktOmsky DisEraCed.
Although the report that Rear Ad-
miral Ouktomsky, in command of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur. is to be
court -martialcd is untrue. the admiral
" has decided 10 recall him. probably
placing Capt. Wren, OF the armored
cruiser BaNan, in command.
II has been realized all along that
Ouktomsky lacked the requisites of a
commander of a fleet under such diff
culties. but sowing 10 the impossibility
OF sending flag officers TO Port Arthur,
he was allowed to remain in command.
The admiralty was greatly dissatisfied
with his action in returning TO Port
Arthur Aug. 10. in face of the order of
the late Admiral Without not to do so.
and this led TO the decision TO supplant
him.
Take Fresh Courage.
As the Russian newspapers begin to
realize more fully the catastrophe
which Kuropatkin avoided at Lao
Yang and the skillful manner in which
he upset Oyomas plan TO surround the
Russian army, they take a more cheer
Tul view of the result and are begin
ming 10 bestow upon Kuropatkin great
praise.
RePulsc ut Port Arthur.
Chefoo. Sept. S.-Chinese who left
Port Arthur Monday report the Japa-
neSe attacked certain Russian posi-.
tiOns Sept. 3. and after three hours
severe fighting the japanese were
compelled TO retreat
Wei Hal Wei, Sept. S.-Firing at sea
hnro