The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-03-03
PREPARE FOR SLAUGHTER
Russians Are Removing Women
and Children and Aged and Infrm
from All Strategic Points.
DENY THE LATEST STORY or ATTACK.

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Speaking Kindlier OF the United States
Mail Adyiees from vlsdivostok Declare
Chinese Brigands Are Terrorizing the
District of Ninguta.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-The mill
tary authorities are causing to be re-
moved from all strategic points in the
far east the women and children and
all aged and infirm men, so that the
necessity of protecting them will not
be added to the other duties OF the
troops and in order that all supplies
may be available for use of the actual
combatants.
There is no confirmation OF the Yin
Kow report of the London Daily Tele-
graph that the japanese again bonn
barded Port Arthur yesterday, but
news of another attack at any moment
would not be surprising.
All the papers here print prominently
but without comment Commander
Marshall's report of the Vicksburg in
cident OFF Chemulpo, Korea, and tho
reasons assigned in the United States
for It's not uniting In the protest OF
naval commanders against the action
of the Japanese. These statements
will doubtless clear up the misappre-
hension existing here concerning the
affair. Coming simultaneously with
the announcement that the state de-
partment has decided to countermand
the orders that Edwin V. Morgan. ap-
pointed United States consul at Port
Dalny, proceed to his post, should have
good effect In allaying the anti-Amer-
lean irritation.
Mail advices from Vladivostok say
that 500 Chinese briga1ds are terror
izing the district of Ninguta. Their
leader, .Yaventen, proclaims himself
invulnerable to bullets. Advices re-
ceived by mail from lrkutsk, Siberia,
say that local firms whose employees
have been called into the service of the
army are continuing to pay the married
men full wages and the unmarried men
half pay. Letters from Vladivostok
dated February II say that the war
ships in the harbor on that date were
the Rossia, Gromoboi and Rurikend
and the transport Moskova. The port
was frozen hard and the ice breaks was
scarcely able to clear the channel.
The japanese attempted to blow W
the dock at Vladivostok but did not
succeed. They escaped. A japanese
barber at Vladivostok, deeming himself
insulted by Russian officer, shot
him dead and then dramatically an
nounced that he was a captain on tbs
Japanese general staff and was moi
4 used to taking insults.
Stopped a Leak In One Ship.
Port Arthur, Monday, Feb. 29.-Tht
Russian torpedo boat which sough
refuge in Pigeon bay February 26, was
subjected to a terrific fire from thu
Japanese cruisers. One shot pierced
her hull. The boat was beached, thu
leak was stopped, she was refoateC
at high water and returned to Por
Arthur
First Complete Train Across Lake Baikal
Irkutsk, Siberia, March 1.-The frs
complete train traversed Lake Baika
on the ice railroad at II o'clock Tues
day morning. 1t consisted of 20 cars.
Russian Ship Blocked In suez Canal.
, Port Said, Egypt, March 1.-The Rus
: sian cruiser Aurora, due here iron
Suez, has been blocked in the cana
/ since midnight probably by other yes
: sells. The Russian torpedo boat-de
r stroyers have arrived here.
VIII Command the Baltic Fleet
Sebastopol, Russia, March 1.-Vic
Admiral Bezobrazoff has left here 70
Cronstadt to take command of tn
3 second division of the Baltic fleet Ad
= miral Bezobrazoff is greatly believe
D by the sailors, many of whom gathere
: at the railroad station to bid him fare
a we'll.
: Here's News for the Japs.
a Mukden, Manchuria, March 1.-Th
J. troops are in excellent spirits expect
e ing to meet the japanese soon. TIL
O Japanese fleet has not attacked POI
d Arthur since February rs. The Jal
: anese are greatly discouraged by the
4 failure to block the harbor.
II Difference to Jewish Families.
Kieff, Russia, March 1.-The 60,
ernor of Kieff has instructed the Il
cal police not to interfere with I'll
families or servants of Jewish surgeon
. who have gone to the far east, althoug
the law forbids them to remain outsit
the pale.