Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-28
HEAVY FIGHTING
ON YALU RIVER.
cENsoRs PREVENT SENDING ANY
PARTICULARS OF THE
BATTLE.
JAP ARMY CROSSES THE RIVER
ALExlEFF REPORTS A SERIES OF
Reconnaissance ALONG
4 THE YALJ.
RUSSIANS BOTTLE THEMSELVES
WILL BE NO FURTHER NAVAL
ENGAGEMENTS At PORT
ARTHUR.

| London, April "a. - The Chronicle
correspondent at Seoul sends the fol-
Lowing under yesterdays date:
Heavy fighting has taken place on
the Yalu. For strategic reason sit is
| impossible for me to send particulars
at present. 1t is thought that an i'm
portant Russian movement has been
made over the Tumen river. 1t is
now known that thirty Cossacks came
down and pillaged Songchin. After
burning the Japanese houses they re-
turned to Tumen. The retreat of the
Russian raiding party to Tumen is
confirmed by several correspondents"
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Morning Post sends the following:
Severe fighting Is in progress on
Japanese army has crossed the river.
Heavy fighting has occurred, but the
censors make it impossible to send
particulars"
Bottle Themselves.
Chefu, April 24-The Russian fleet
is bottled up in Port Arthur
The work has been done, not by the
Japanese, but by the Russians.
The entrance to the inner harbor
has been completely mined for the
purpose of keeping the Japanese out,
but it also prevents the egress of the
Russian fleet.
Therefore there will be no further
naval engagements at Port Arthur,
and the city, if taken, must be by as
sault from land.
In the work Of mining the Russians
suffered another loss. A mine pre-
maturely exploded under launch
and killed an officer and twenty men.
Causes More Gloom.
st. Petersburg, April 24.-The en-
peror has received the following tele-
gram from Viceroy Alexieff:
Il respectfully report to your majes-
ty that during the placing of mines by
some steam launches, Lieut.. Pell and
twenty men were killed through a
mine explosion prematurely under the
stern Of one Of the launches
The announcement has added to
the gloom which has prevailed since
the disaster to the Petropavlovsk.
The war commission suppressed
part Of the viceroy's dispatch which
showed where the mines were being
laid. 1t is believed that the launches
| We're employed in mining the entrance
to the harbor in order to prevent the
Japanese from forcing an entrance
and attempting to destroy the remain
| ing ships.
It is evident from the closing of the
entrance that Viceroy Alexieff has no
intention of letting his ships go to
sea again, even against an inferior
force.
Koreans RebeIIious.
Shanghai, April 24-The desertion
of five companies of picked Korean
soldiers completely armed which was
| recently sent to the northeast prov
inces has seriously affected the peas
antry, already restless owing to ex-
cessive taxation and the presence Of
the Japanese. 1t is generally believed
that the deserters have joined the
Tonghak revolutionary party, which
northeastern coast. Agents of the
Tonghak party are melting the people
of Seoul and the central districts, as
sorting that the Japanese purposely
burned the imperial palace at SEOUL.
It is expected that within three
months Japan will take control Of the
real administration of Korea through.
powerful Japanese advisers, leaving
the Koreans only outward forms of
government in order to placate the
people.
Diminishing Along the YaIu.
st. Petersburg, April 24.The fol-
lowing telegram from Viceroy Alex.
Jeff has been received by the emperor:
Quite series Of "Reminiscences
carried out on the Yalu have shown
that the Japanese are concentrating
In considerable force. It is believed
that they have about one division to-
the north OF VIII. They are also be-
ginning to concentrate troops In VIII,
from which place they have moved
the Korean population.
Information has reached me that
quantities Of material, apparently
parts Of pontaon bridges, are being
collected opposite the Island Of Ma;
btkhe. Our scouts have
Killed TWO japanese Scouts,
one Of whom appeared to be an Of
deer. .S.
ON our right flank our scouts exc
cuted daring reconnaisances, extend
Ing over several days, on the left bank
OF the Yalu, IS the result Of which it
has been ascertained that there are
only q few troops south Of the River
Pomakua. but that the Japanese there
are occupied ifaS preparing boats
Ru1stAn detachment of two 0ficersj
and thirty .tWoslnen proceeded thither