The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
FALL OF ARTHUR.
Capitulatfon of the Russian
Stronghold Is Reported.
Japanese Land in Vicinity of
Vladfvostock.
THE WIRES ARE DOWN.
Seat of War Is Wrapped in
Densest Silence.
Conditions Are Regarded as
OminOus in London.
NEWS OF FIGHTING
Has Been Neither. Denied Nor
Confirmed.
Japanese Continue Pouring
Troops Into Korea.
Conditions Are Regarded as
OminOus in London.
NEWS OF FIGHTING
Has Been Neither. Denied Nor
Confirmed.
japanese Continue Pouring
Troops Into Korea.

London, March "A rumor was cir
culated in the lobby of the house of
commons today that Port Arthur had
fallen The origin of the rumor could
not be traced and no confirmation what
ever was obtainable.
st. Petersburg, March "A dispatch
from Vladivostock, dated today, says
that according to private reports re-
ceived there, three Japanese detach-
ments of 800 men each recently landed
at Chung Chang, Korea, about 13O
miles north of Wonsan, with the sup
posed object of reaching the valley of
the Tumen river and threatening Hun
Chun, Manchuria, nine miles north of
the Korean boundary and about eight
miles west of Vladivostock.
A fleet of ten Japanese warships was
recently sighted on the horizon off
Vladivostock. They were believed to
be reserve vessels, not powerful
enough to blockade Vladivostock or en-
danger the Russia first class cruisers
whose base is that port.
THE WIRES ARE DOWN
London, March s2.-No confirmation of
the report published yesterday in the
Daily Telegraph that the Japanese had
d
has been received from any point. The
wires from the scene of war have been
practically silenced for the past "a
hours and in some quarters this silence
is supposed to Indicate that Japan S
great attack on Port Arthur is actual
ly in progress and that consequently
the use of the wires has been discon-
tinued.
In a dispatch from Shanghai a cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph re-
1 M hnf fhn To-,
thorities object to the installation of
wireless telegraphy apparatus on news
paper dispatch boats. The correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Chefoo who has
just returned ther from Chemulpo
Korea, cables Japanese transports car
rying troops continue to arrive at
Chemulpo at the rate of one a day,
while provisions are being landed near
Hwang Ju, "a miles northwest of
Chemuipo, at the head of Taitong river.
wher large force of Japanese infan-
try has concentrated.
"a serious defect has been disclosed -
the correspondent continues. 1t is
feared that most of the japanese
horses are unserviceable.
THE Japanese squadron at Chemul-
po has been strengthened A fleet OF
II battleships and cruisers has beer
stationed permanently in Prince Jer-
ONE gulf, between Chebido island and
the Anchorage.
eSterday L saw cruiser of the
Nitaka type beached at the entrance Of
the Uamyang creek; she was deserted
except for a Japanese guard.
THE Koreans are hostile to the JAP
anese. and they are assisting the Rus
slams in northern Korea"
CHINESE ACT AS SPIES.
| St Petersburg, March 2.-Accordins
to special dispatch from Port Arthur
| 20 Chinese have been arrested there fol
| signalling to the Japanese ships from
the shore with flashlights and lanterns
A warning has been issued that similar
| offenders will hereafter be treated al
| spies and shot
Although it is denied that the presen
| plans of the admiralty contemplate th'
| dispatch of either the Black sea o
| Baltic fleets to the far east, it is De
! yond question that both are being pre-
| pared with the greatest haste to NEE
any emergency General AItvater, th
artillery specialist and Admiral Verk
hosky have been inspecting the ship
and crews of the Black sea feet Worl