The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-07
FROM THE SEAT OF
EASTERN WAR
Latest Reports from Corre-
SpOndentS at Different
Points

Seoul, Korea.-Japan's first army,
composed of the Imperial guards and
the second and twelfth divisions. num-
bering $4,000 men, was concentrated at
Anju, and from there moved on to-
wa Wiju. by three different routes.
A Japanese advance guard took part
in the engagement at Cheng Ju on the
2Sth Of March. Cheng Ju is sixty-fve
miles north Of Wiju. The reports that
Lieutenant Kano and four other men
were killed, and that Captain Kuro-
kaua and twelve other men were bad
ly wounded. have been confirmed. The
Russians lost ten men killed.
St. Petersburg.-"AIl quiet on the
Yalu." is the report which Gene al
Katchal.nky telegraphed on April to
General kuropatkin. who forwarded
the message to the emperor.
The report added that an exchange
sian cavalry and Japanese skirmishers
near Wiju.
The Russians sustained no losses but
five Japanese were killed.
The stores of a Russian village near
Yongampo. south of Wiju, on the Yalu
river, In Ko. ca. have been wrecked and
burned by a detachment of Japanese
infantry. numbering three hundred or
more men. General Kuropatkin also
rtported that opposite Turmitchen. on
the island OF Matuzeo. in the Yalu riv-
er. some Russian volunteers had a
skirmsh with japanese outpost from
Wiju. There were no casualties on
killed.
London.-Cabling under date of the
4th of April. the London Daily Mail
correspondent at Che Foo says there
was another bombardment of Port Ar
thur on April 3. but there are no au-
thentic details of the engagement yet
available.
New Chwang.-On account of the
mining of the river and also in expec-
tation of practice firing from the forts
merchant ships are not using the low
er reach of the river.
General Kondratovitch. the Russian
commander here. who has been praised
prevailing at New Chwang, says he is
not prepared for a Japanese attack.
The present command of General Kor-
dratovitch embraces the Seoul patrols
west of the Lao river and also the
troops in the district south. including
Kai Chou, and north Including Hal
Chong. The troops now here are of a
better class than when the war first
opened.
The relations of the Russian author
tiles with the foreign residents here
are improving, and the administrator
proposes to consult and cooperate
with the foreigners for the protection
of neutral lives and interests.
According to to the Posts Toxic
correspondent. Japanese torpedo boats
scouting at Port Arthur discovered un-
incumbered channel 1S0 yards wide
which still admits of the passage OF
vessels. The Times correspondent at
Wei Hal Wei. says: II am cruising in
the vicinity of Port Arthur. and have
discovered no evidence of vessels of
either belligerent. The impression Is
gaining ground that the Russians were
not totally shut in by the Japanese at
tack OF March 81" The Times Chez
Foo correspondent says the Laio river
Is extensively mined and that twelve
stone-laden junks are ready for sink
ing at the entrance to the river at a
moments notice. The guns Of the
Russian gunboat Siyoutch have been
reshipped.
Extra large cotton batts-Jumho--
lust the size of a regular comforter