The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
Long Silence of
VlddiVOStOk
Broken.
Dispatch Makes
No Mention of
Blockade.

VLADIVOSTOK. March 1-Certain
Russian newspaper correspondents and
residents of VIadivostok who left here a
short time ago have returned. They
say they found the conditions Of living
at Nikolsk and Harbin to be less favor
able than here.
Everything is quiet in VladiyostOk.
The rise In the price of provisions has
been slight and trade continues. The
blizzard has ceased, and there are
snowdrifts stretching. for sixty or sew
enty miles from the fortresses.
Schools have been started for the in
struction of hospital nurses, who are
recruited from among the wives and
daughters of prominent citizens. Among
them is the wife of General Won Senetz.
cOmmandant at VladivOstOk.
YINKOW, March 1.--Liaoyang Man.
churia, is now. essentially military
city, as an area. comprising three and a
third square miles adjoining the rail-
road has been Enclosed for a military
camp and magazine purposes. There-is
also a military camp at Haicheng,
Manchuria, thirty miles from. New
chwang, which with it's defenses covers
over 1000 acres.
JAPANESE FORTIFY TOWN.
LdAOYANG, Manchuria. March l.
The. japanese. have occupied Ichioyang.
Korea, and are now fortifying the-walls
Of the town. This. was the objective
point of General MistchenkO, who with
detachment Of mounted Cossacks, as
announced yesterday, had reached. Ka-
sanja,. Korea, and was expected to ar
rive at Ichioyang yesterday. a detach-
ment of Russian troops is in. the neigh
borhoOd of Ichioyang, The Koreans are
averse to giving the. Russians informa-
tfcn regarding the movements of the
Japanese.
The Chinese troops around Llauche
are being reinforced. Yuan Shin Kai, the
Chinese. commander in-.chief, has. 10000
men near Jnnipinfu. while $1,000 men
are with General Ma. Fresh troops
are arriving in the province Of Chill.
PORT ARTHUR SITUATION.
f.: CHEFU, March IA Russian off,
ciaI dispatch says that the: Japanese
renewed the attack Or Port Arthur on
the morning of February ?6. The fleet
kept beyond the range of all but the
most powerful land batteries. The en-
gagenent lasted one hour; the Jap
snese then retiring. Their loss is un-
known. The: Russian cruiser .Askold
had one gun dismounted and two men
injured. . g.. -.
Al low. water on February .2s the
Russians discovered on the shore OF
the outer. harbor a Japanese torpedo
boat Destroyer which. had been sunk.
They also found five -unexpIoded tor
pedoes. T.. - -,
Port Arthur was quiet yesterday.
= PORT ARTHUR Monday. Feb. %
The Russian torpedo-boat which
I sought refuge in Pigeon Bay onrFebru-
airy 26 was subjected to a terrific fire
/ from the Japanese cruisers. One. shot
! pierced her hull: The boat was beach
ed, the leak was stopped and she was
refloated at high water. returning to
Port Arthur.
FIRST TRAIN ACROSS. BAIKAL.
I MUKDEN, .Manchuria, March l.
The troops are in excellent spirits, ex-
pecting to meet the. Japanese soon.
The Japanese fleet has not attacked
Port Arthur since February 26. The
japanese are greatly discouraged by
their failure to block the harbor.
IRKUTSK, Siberia. March 1. - The
first complete train traversed Lake
Baikal on the ice railroad at IL o'clock
this morning. 1t consisted of twenty
five cars. Prince Khilkoff, Minister OF
Public Works and Railroads. was pres
ent when the start was made.
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