The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-07
FIGHTING ON THE YALU.
japanese Lose Eleven Killed In
Two SkirmisheS Near YaIa
RUSSIAN VILLAGE WRECKED.

General KaehtaIinty Reports That the
Enemy Has Burned Small Town Near
Ycneampo Miniature Battle on an
lsiand-Esster Holidays IN Russia.
st. Petersburg. April "All is quiet
on the Yalu IS the report which Cen
eral Kachtaiinky telegraphed to GEN
eral Kuropatkin. who forwarded the
message to the emperor. The report
added, however, that an exchange q
shots took place between Russian cav
airy and Japanese skirmishers near
Win. The Russians sustained no
losses Elve Japanese were killed.
The number Of wounded is not known
The stores Of a Russian village near
Yongampo, south Of Wiju, on the Yalu
river, Korea, have been wrecked and
burned By a detachment Of japanese
infantry, numbering 300 men.
General ISaehtalinky also reported
that opposite Turmitchen, % the is
land Of Matuzeo, in the Yalu river,
some Russian volunteers had Skin
mlsh with a Japanese outpost from
win. There were no casualties on
the russian side six Japanese were
killed
Easter Holidays Begin.
The Easter holidays, the greatest re-
ligious festival in the Russian calen-
dar, have begun All business is sus
pended, and all the government de
partments are closed. The next threC
days viii be days Of mourning for the
devont Muscoyites. Every Orthodox
church in the vast empire viii repro
duce events III Christ's passion reals
tically. including the washing Of feet
the crucihxion and the burial, which
viii be marked on the part Of the faith
ful by total abstinence from food
followed by universal feasting after
the midnight services on Saturday
commemorative the resurrection. Thel
there will be four days Of merrymak
ing and rejoicing
There is d superstitious belief that
the Japanese will make a desperat,
effort to take advantage Of the Rus
sian army and navy at this solemn
period as the British and their Frencl
allies did when they bombarded Odes
sa at Easter III 1866, but the authori
ties have anticipated such probabili
! ty General Kuropatkin and Vice Ad
miral Makaroff have taken special pre-
cautions to guard against surprise
Russia's Savings For War Fund.
The scheme for effecting retrench
ments IN the state expenditure in con
sequence Of Tie war, recently drawn
up at special conference presided
over BY Count solsky the president O
the department of state economies, an,
sanctioned by the emperor, LAS beer
gazetted. II is proposed to devote tht
| free balance" in the imperial treas
ury to war purposes and to increas,
the funds in the treasury by economics
in tile budget of 1904, especially in thi
civil estimates. The reductions, which
Z Will 3N lAAhAN VII AAlE II LIN Etl AA NAAttA
ing AZ little disturbance as possible il
| public business aud private interests
VIII tot4l SCI. 1SS.553, Of which up
ward or $57,500000 fails upon lin
budget Of 1904
The reduction, falls the heaviest q
the railroad department which lose
altogether $36,000000, including 500,
| 100000 for new roads.
The foreign Office loses S5I6,352, 0
| which $2fG,74T was for the purchase o
an embassy building at Washington.
/ Ut Is explained that the elimination
OF the appropriation for the purehas
Of a building for the Russian embass.
| at Washington has no other signif
canoe than the fact that il is Que Of tn
| expenditures which could be postpone
| in pursuance of the general plan 70
| cutting off All not pressing credits 70
The extension Of the public service. III
embassy property OF Washington
now held under lease