The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-22
JAPS IN REAR OF
PORT ARTHUR
Seventy Transports Conveying
an Immense Force to
Land at Kin Chau
A REPuLse is R%EPCRTEc.


Bay is Said to Have Been Pre-
vented By the Russian Lana
Batteries.
Tien Tsin, April 2o.-Trom seNera2
sources reports have been receteei mere
saying a Japanese fleet OF over seventy
transports is heading for h!h Ghau-
north of Port Arthur.
Kin Chau is am important point "i
the Chinese Eastern railroad. a .e"
miles west OF New Chwang. and be
tween New Chwang and Pekin. II has
ceen expected for u long time tnnt the
Japanese would soon make u deter
mined move to take New Chwaug-
With the strong forces they already
ave on The Yalu, a great army such
as would be conveyed by seventy trans-
ports would enable them to take New
Chwang. and. operating in conjunction
with the forces on the Yalu. outilar!k
the Russians in the Antung reg on. cut
off the railroad leading down the Liza
Tung peninsula, solat Port Arthur,
get themselves into shape to stltNe ne
S"tTOlSnOlu lNtO SUBMISSION IL l4At! Nsii-
not take it by direct attack.
Will Cut Lines.
Paris, April 1S.-A ST. Petersburg.
dispatch says the Japanese are prepar-
ing TO cut the Russian line of com
munication along the peninsula of Lac
Tung at the same time they cross the.
Yalu river.
Wanted, by Japan, Two TorFedoes.
st. Petersburg, April 1S.-lt is assert
ed here with great p~ositiveness that
Russia has purchased two bat%tleships
at Schichau n Elbing.
Alleged Japanese Repulse.
st. Petersburg, April 2o.-An attempt
ed landing by Japanese troops on the
thur and the Yalu river on April II,
was frustrated by the Russians. The
Japanese torpedoboat tlotilla secuted
the shores of the bay, but was received
with such heavy fire from the land
batteries that ii retired. Togo's flag
ship then recalled the nine transports
which We're on the way to land troops.
and the squadron of ten warsh!ps pro
tecting the transports withdrew With
them. The Russians have 10000 troops
concentrated ut Taku Shan.
Koreans Recovering From Fears.
Seoul. April 1S.-A Ping Yang dis
patch says the country in the wake of
the Japanese army is resuming its nor
NAL conditions. The majority of the
Inhabitants left their homes before the
troops arrived, but are now returning.
They have learned that the japanese
soldiers treat the people we'll. pay for
their supplies, and are under strict
discipline.
Several thousand coolies are em-
ployed in carrying rice to the front at
more than the customary Wages.
Russia and the Wireless.
London. April 19.-The foreign Office
has received II ommunication from
the Russian government relative to the
use of wireless telegraphy by war cor
respondents. 1t is Identical with the
note received by the government at
Washington, and says Russia does not
contemplate any immediate action in
the matter.
Submarines for Russia.
st. Petersburg April 19.-The first OF
the five submarine boats building at
St. Petersburg, and forty wagonloads
of ammunition We're dispatched today
to the theater of war. The subarine
boat which was sent off in sections is
elliptical in shape and fitted with an
improved electric apparatus for firing
torpedoes.
Russians Are Recovering.
ST. Petersburg. April 19.-The authol-
tiles here are recovering from the de-
preston which last weeks disaster
caused. They seem mbued with a new
and feverish energy. The greatest ac-
tivity prevails. The public IS more
aroused than at any time since the wa,.
began. and now is thirsting for revenge.
Crowds gather ON the streets. The.
Russ bulletin boards are constantly
surrounded. although little fresh news
is posted. The vivid eye witness pic
ture of the torpedoboat fight and the
Petropavlovsk disaster. transmitted
from the Russian correspondent CT the
Associated Press under uate OF Lao
Yang, last night. is reprinted here, and
is the talk of official and private cir
cles, being the first connected account
published. 1t also contained the first
definite information that Makaroff was
at his post OF the bridge when the ex-
plosion occurred.
Besides, it put to rest all doubts as
to whether the ship was struck. She
went down bow first. as the Victoria
did, and exactly as Makaroff's ONT
mode did when. during a lecture which
he delivered in 1894, he demonstrated
the instability of heavily armed ships,
and the impossibility In Il disaster by
collision. mats or otherwise, OF reStol-
ing the equilibrium of such steel mon
tiers.
The admireity lacks definite data as
TO the cause OF the catastrophe, al
though talk of a boiler explosion and
submarine boats continue. The public
IS indisposed to adopt Togo's version.
that his mines were responsible.
Members Of the naval staff frankly
admit that they do not know the cause
of the disaster. but some of them are
already inclined to admit the probable
lily of the enemy's avowal is true. To-
COS report, as telegraphed to the Rus
sian papers, dates the loss OF the Pet
ropavlovsk as April II. whereas 1t oc-
Cured April 10. Toxo also claims Il
night attack was made on Port Arthur
April II. which is officially denied here.
A telegram from Port Arthur say
The cruiser Bayan exceeded her trial
speed when she went out to rescue the
t~orpedoboat destroyer Strashni and re-
ports a Japanese cruiser was sunk, DID,
ing the cause is unknown.