Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-21
JapS Advancing.


is steadily nearing Mukden. whore
Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters still 70.
main. Little reliable information can
be obtained by the newspaper CORES.
pondents, who are forbidden to proceed
to the scene of operations, and official
information is withheld until advices
are sent to st. Petersburg. 1t is now
known, however, that the Japanese
are almost within strikinsg distance of
the Russians, and that the forces pro-
tecting Lioayong are stretching east
ward from the railroad along the Mao
lien mountain range.
The Japanese are advancing along in
three columns, and are now north of
Stu Yen and Fengwangcheng. Two
columns are reported to be working far
Their to the northward, with the object
OF turning the Russian position and ad
vancing on Mukden
Numerous small engagements have
been fought, but no decisive action has
taken place. Port Arthur is now com
pletely isolated by the japanese expe-
dition at Polandien.
The japanese are now operating in
rugged country, we'll suited to the Rus.
sian defense; but north of Lioanyang to
Mukden the country is as flat plain, in
tersected by rivers. The weather re-
Gently is hot and dry, but the rain
which has fallen i'll the past two days
made the roads almost impossible for
vehicles, and when the rainy season be
gins, at the first of June, the plain
will be converted into a morass. This
condition will probably result in the
practical suspension of operations.
Mukden is now the receiving center
for the wounded from the various en-
gagements south Of the Mao Tien
mountains. A hospital has been estab-
lished 1T the LENA temple, in the out
skirts of the town, and a field hospital
has been located in a wood near the
military camp around the station. A
significant feature of the situation is
the demeanor Of the Chinese spopula-
ton, which may be said to be the ba-
rOmeter of the military weather. A
close observer Of the expressions and
general attitude Of the Chinese can tell
| AACN VIZ us A4plbS a. Ilt1dLCNl ll14CS w d1
is turning. They have rapid and mys-
FERROUS channels of information, by
which the result of the battle of Feng-
wangcheng spread and could be sus-
pected from the outward manner of the
Chinese before the Russians made it
known here. The cutting off OF Port
Arthur is another instance in point.
Berlin, May 20-The Breslauer lei
tung prints dispatch from it's st. Pet
ersburg correspondent which it de-
clares to be accurate and authentic,
and which, if true, shows that the czar
and his party had very narrow escape
from assassination at the review on
March IL. According to the CORES
pendent, Miss Mereschkowsky the 90
year old daughter of we'll known pro-
/ fessOT of medicine at the st. Petersburg
university, secured a seat near the
royal box for the review. She arrived
early and seemed highly excited. This
attracted the attention Of one of the
police officers assigned to watch the
spectators, and he spoke to the girl.
She made convulsive grasp at pack
age which she had hidden under a long
cloak she wore and he knocked it from
her hand. She was then placed under
arrest and with the package was hur-
ried to the police station. There the
package was found to be an internal
machine of such power as to daze the
expert who examined it. He declared
that there was enough explosive in it
to have blown up the royal box and the
dozen who occupied it.
The girl was summarily tried, and,
upon her own confession, was found
guilty 70 attempted murder. All eff
forts to extract from her the names of
her associates failed, and it is under
stood she has since been hanged. The
young woman was a student at the uni
veristy, and the police allege that
large percentage of her fellow students
are members of nihilistic bodies.
Many arrests have been made, but so
far as can be learned nothing has been
discovered which will show who were
the associates of Miss MereschoWsky
III the plot to kill the czar.
The May st. Nicholas on its stamp
page notes a growing difficulty i'll Sc