The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
Ten Thousand Men Said to Have
Perished in the Fight.
JAPANESE ON MOVE.
Have Occupied Various Import
ant Points In Manehuria.
Miles Of Railway
Track Torn Up.
Gar lis Being Urged to Make
Terms With Japan.

London, May IA telegram from
Paris says a report is current there that
Port Arthur has fallen and 10000 men
were killed during the engagement
Nothing conarmatory is obtainable in
London.
Shan Hal Kwan. May 14-s P. M
Japanese troops from Feng Wang
Cheng occupied Suo Yin. 60 miles east
of Lao Yang, on the Mall road. on
Thursday. Their number is not known
The country is hilly-
Washington, May 14-The japanese
legation has received the following ca
\ blegram from Toxic dated today:
General Kuroki, commandant az
4 the first army corps, reports that on
May z, detachment Of our troops oc-
eupied Kuan Tien Cheng. On May II,
another infantry detachment pursued
the enemy's cavalry which was retreat
4 ing from ShuebIf Chan and captured two
4 privates and lieutenant. The latter is
! the son of General Honvali-"
An Anxious Moment.
st. Petersburg, May 14-12:50 p. M
The army organ is disinclined to be-
lieve that Hal Cheng is the japanese
objective. 1t says the division OF
/ guards now marching in that direction
probably will swerve northward to-
ward Lao Yang followed by the forces
now at Suyan Chow. and combining
with the division reported to be at
/ Somaftzi. make combined attack on
Lao Yang.
The Novoe Vremya's expert esti-
mates the forces advancing against
Lao Yang at 100000 men, with $4,000
horses and 270 guns and believes the
Russians are retiring upon their base
1T is a critical and anxious mo-
lment," the paper continues, General
kuropatkin allowing the enemy to
take the offensive watching for q
favorable moment to strike a decisive
blow"
Although the issue price of the new
Russian loan is still a secret here the
newspapers express satisfaction with
its terms. The NOvOe Wremya points
lout that seven per cent was paid dur
ling the Turkish war and that now the
rate is only five per cent whereas Ehe
japanese are paying at least SIX Per
cent for a smaller amount 1ne eEl-
iperor has accepted $3.50, 900 for the navy
from Count Stroganov, from the
patriotic emergency fund.- consisting oL
several million roubles deposited In
the imperial bank by donators 10 nis
majesty's grandfather.
The army medical department com
lDIeted its prophylactic measures for
tba far east and is now able to cope
with any epidemic among the troops
A dfsinfecting apparatus has been sent
to every point in Manchurta ana also
every kind of serum, to the total Yalue
Of S55 600 Every soldier was vaccl-
mated after passing Bai2aL SEnallpox
is the only contagious disease reported
by the Siberian hospitals There nave
been three cases at Chita, fourteen at
yVerlkhnudinsk and fifteen at Allan
VoIga Steamers Searched.
Mini. Novgorod. May IL
Steamers on the Volga are stopped
and searched before passing the
bridges, on suspicion that Japanese
agents may be on board with the in
tentfon of blowing them up, whien
would impede the progress OF trains ~
| bound for Siberia Sentries on lns
Syzran bridge recently fired on two
steamers for not stopping when or
? dered to do So
Rushing Supplies From New ChWan's-
) New Chwang, May 14.-There is a
Uersfstent rumor here of a sharp fight
between the Russians and japanese
near Lao Yang, which II is impossible
t to confirm officially OtherWise, Sc
lcording to the latest authentic tplor-
nation regarding the movement *
the Japanese army, IT IS believed tasAE
if the three divisions had passed feng
Wang Cheng toward Lao Yang, they
: would have to go through the difficult
. mountain pass of Mao lien Ling
where they would be forced to turn
hack it fs~nOt believed that they
: would attempt this now, but rather
turn toward New Chwangs establish
ing q base there and using the Lao
river to get above to Mukden-
The censor is passing almost moth
ing in the form Of news and corre-
Z I spondents are threatened with eXpui-
sion. The Russian agents are watch
ing the telegraph Offices on the rail-
road between New Chwang and Shan
! Hal Kwan and report all messages filed
= to the local censors.
> Supplies are being rushed out OF
this place and the Russian thorities
are busy dismantling the guubOat
: Sievouch, preparatory to her ultimate
q destruction.
q SI1rydIon En- Route Eastward.
9 Irkutsk, Siberia, May 14.-vice Adj
d miral Skrydlon, the commander Of
e the Russian naval forces in the far
t east, passed through Irkutsk today on
his way to the front
e japanese Occupy KWan Tien Sien-
Toxic. May IA detachment of Jap
= anese troops has occupied Kwan Tier
Sien, so miles northeast Of Feng Wang
:. Cheng. On Thursday last detach-
1nent of Japanese attacked and dis
persed 900 Russian cavalrymen and
captured a wounded officer and ttvC
men. The Russian cavalry was retiring
! from Tuch-Lf Chan.
> Japanese Continue 70 Land.
! New Chwang May 1.-THE JapanesG
= troops continue landing at Pitsewo and
: the railroad has been cut again, II mileS
of track being gone. Communication
however, for that distance has beer
kept open by the aid Of cats. The Por'
is Arthur anil is about 36 hours old wheE
II it gets to New Chwang- This morning
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