Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-28
MANY DROWN WHILE FLEEING
RUSSIANS FLEE IN OVERCROWD.
ED BOATS AND DROWN BY -
HUNDREDS.
Big BATTLE IS IMPENDING
kUROPATklN ORDERS AN AD.
VANCE AND ARMIES ARE
ALMOST IN TOUCH.


st. Petersburg, April 23.-The JAP
anese are reported to have bombarded
Niuchwang and to have landed troops,
which probably will endeavor to eff
feet a junction with the force sup
posed to have landed near the mouth
of the Yalu river three days ago. Be-
lief is general that developments on
the Yalu river are impending.
Drown While Fleeing.
Niuchwang, April %. - A messen-
ger has arrived here from the Yalu
river with the information that the
Russians are fleeing north across the
river in overcrowded boats and are
losing hundreds by drowning.
Port Arthur Blocked.
London, April 23.-Port Arthur un.
doubtedly is effectually blocked and
events are eliminating around the
doomed fortress, says the Toxic cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph.
Battle May BE Near.
Toxic, April 23-Several skirmishes
have occurred on the Yalu river. The
Russians, disguised in Chinese, en-
deavoring to reconnoiter the Japanes3
positions. Russian infantry scouts
have been posted at Chung Chiang-tai.
A battle is hourly expected.
UItimatum to Chinese.
Shanghai April 23.-Admiral Alex
Jeff has demanded the withdrawal
within three weeks of the Chinese
troops twenty miles from Mukden. He
has asked for a reply in three days.
Advance Is Ordered.
st. Petersburg, April 23.-Gen. Ku-
ropatkin is said to have ordered the
advance of the Russian forces which
are massed in Northeastern Korea,
and that a brigade of infantry, with
5000 Cossacks, is within sixty-five
miles of the banks of the Tumen
river.
All information in the possession of
the general staff indicates that the
Japanese are preparing to make a
landing near Tukushan (between
Port Arthur and the mouth of the
Yalu river). The lights of the JAP
anese ships have been observed there
for several nights, and it is believed
that the
Debarkation Of Troops
has been delayed only by bad wealth
er, which has prevented the assem-
bling of the junks and other small
craft on which the troops must be
carried across the stretch of shallow
water, which extends several miles
from the shore. 1t is believed that
the Japanese will experience great
difficulty in debarking, if their land
ing be resisted.
Armies Nearly in Touch.
Niuchwang, April %. - A messen-
ger from the Yalu river reports that
the Japanese outposts are near the
Russian intrenchments, with large
bodies five miles distant.
The newspaper correspondents who
have been accredited to Russian
forces left here for Mukden yester-
day. They have promised not to d.
vulge news respecting the results of
engagements or losses suffered by the
Russians or information which may
cause public uneasiness.
Japs Sunk PetropavIovsk.
st. Petersburg, April 23-Doubt as
to the cause of the destruction of the
Battleship Petropavlovsk and the
damage to the battleship Obieda at
Port Arthur on April 10 is dissipated
by a report submitted by telegraph to
the car on April 81, by Viceroy Alex
Jeff, who says, in a way that leaves
the matter no longer an open Ques-
ton, that mines were responsible for
the disaster. The admission of the
presence of Japanese ships, which
were watched by Admiral Makaroff,
off Port Arthur on the night preceding
the going out of the Russian ships.
tends, tends to confirm Vice Admiral
Togo's assertion that his ships laid
mines on which the Russian battle
ships struck. The viceroy's report
was sent after a thorough investiga.
ton,
Ordered by the Gear,
had been made. It was published
this morning through the was com.
1t explicitly says that "un- !