The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-05
All Civilians That Can Get Away
Are Leaving
In Anticipation OF the Final
Assault on the Fortress.
LAND MORE TROOPS.
Japanese Continue Disembarka.
tiOn at New Chwang.
Trains of Russian Wounded
Pouring Into Irkutsk.

Chefoo, Aug. SO a. m.-Thirty
more refugees arrived today on junks
from Port Arthur, which place they
left August l. The departure of all
civilians from Port Arthur is said to
be owing to the exhaustive prepara-
Japanese. ChefoO is being taxed to
provide for the unusual influx of
travellers The only good hotel in the
city is assigned three or four to a
room and the overflow is compelled
to accept squalid quarters
Japanese Land More Troops.
St Petersburg, Aug. 5.+A special
dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from
Lao Yang says:
According to Chinese reports the
Japanese landed 5000 men at the port
of New Chwang July 81, and the fur
ther Decentralization of the troops is
proceeding
Trains of Wounded.
Irkutsk. Siberia, Aug. 5.-Trains
filled with wounded men are arriving
here daily from the front, many of
them proceeding to European Russia
and others remaining here. Two Red
Cross hospitals have been opened here
and one private hospital has been es-
tablished by the wife of Governor
Mollerins- The prices of food have
doubled recently.
Russians Tired of Running.
St Petersburg, Aug. 5.-The temper
of the Russians in view of the con-
tinued retreats is perhaps accurately
reflected by the following brief mes
sage sent by one of the Associated
Press Russian correspondents from
Lao Yang:
The orders to evacuate Hal Cheng
are condemned by many. 1t is heart
breaking to be constantly falling
back, but there must be an end to this
retrograde movement little more
patience. The advance only requires
manliness-"
Gave Beer to the Crews.
vladivostok, Aug. 5.-Vice Admiral
Skrydloff yesterday inspected the Rus
sian cruisers which recently returned
from the raid in the Pacific, thanking
the officers and men and especially
warmly praising the engineers, going
down into the stoke holes to distribute
rewards. The engines worked per-
fectly during the cruise. There was
not a single accident to the men on
any of the cruisers
Vice Admiral Skrydloff presented
twenty-five cases of beer to the crews.
Russian Credit Suffers.
New York. Aug. 5.-The first
effects of the war in the far east are
beginning to be felt on Russian credit
at home. which is already consider
ably sha ken, says a Russian CORE
spondent of the Times In the first
place many important orders for mill
itary stores are not being paid for
with ready money, but by bills of two
years date. Moreover, although the
amount of paper money issued is
stated officially to be not more than
$6O.0OO.0O0, it is believed that the
sum is three or four times as large.
Russian credit both at home and
abroad is based entirely on the pres
ence of large gold reserve, and the
government is sparing effort to
keep gold in the country The mo-
ment it begins to flow out the ma
tional credit will collapse.
Already it is declared to be doubt
full whether the imperial bank viii
discount bills on the Mimi Novgorod
fair this year as it has always done be-
fore, for everything in the business
world is now very uncertain and the
bank wishes to run no risks.
Losses at Simoucheng.
Toxic, Aug. 5-11 a. m.-The Russians
left seven hundred dead on the battle
field at Simoucheng and the japanese
casualties during the same battle ag-
gregated 500
The japanese captured six guns at
Simoucheng and two guns at the en-
gagements which took place at the
Yargse and Yshulinitz pass.
Japanese Fire Falls Short.
Chefoo, Evening. Aug. 5.-Exhaust-
i've interviews with refugees from Port
Arthur who arrived here today elicit
ed nothing materially changing previ-
Gus stories of the general situation.
While the guns of the fortress were
employed during the three days fight
ing. the fortress itself was not at
er New Chwang entered Port Arthur
from New Chwang, carrying artillery
from New Chwang as well as $1,000
shells of various sizes
The refugees say that the I2-iuch
shell which hit the Japanese gun on
VOLTS mountain was not fired from
the battleship Retzvan but from a
gun mounted on Peripiolkaga hill.
The shell struck a magazine and ere
ated havoc.
The refugees declare that the 12-
inch guns on board the warships have
no difficulty in reaching VOLTS noun
tain, while the Japanese return fire
falls short of the city.
Heavy and Continuous Firing.
Tien Tsin, Aug. SIS D. m-Heavv
and continuous firing was heard yes
terday at PeitashO. from the direction
of Port Arthur.
1t is reported here that Vicerov
Alexien is still at Mukden
There are persistent rumors here
from Japanese sources that the fall of
Port Arthur will occur within a week.
but military experts are of the opin-
Ion that a month will elapse before
the japanese will make an assault
1t is estimated that there are 1OO.-
600 japanese troops before Port
Arthur.
Reports of Losses.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 5. 2:15 o. m.
Detailed reports reaching the war
Office from General Kuropatkin's gem
erals show that the Russian losses
July 80. July 81 and August / did
not exceed 1000. The japanese are
believed to have lost at least an equal
number.