The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-03
KUOOlAO INUUDLEJ
japanese Reported to Have
Outfanked Kuropatkin.
SIBERIAN TOWNS ~ WANT OF FOOD
Strikes Renewed nt Moscow and
Capitnl-Domb Throwcrs Attack
soldiers nt Wnrsaw--StocsscI
Fetcd az 81. Petersburg.

soldiers nj WnrSnW-StOchhel
Fetcd AZ 81. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3. A
Mukden dispatch says the thunder Of
cannon Is heard from all positions. Pu'
tiloff and Novgorod hills are hidden by
the smoke from the guns. The bonn
| bardment was resumed after the re
pulse of an infantry attack by Japa'
nese. A heavy bombardment Is also IN
| progress In the neighborhood Of the
Shakhe bridge, apparently in prepare
ton for an attack In that quarter,
In long dispatch from General Ku.
| ropatkin the commander In chief Of the
army In Manchuria gives details Of va
report throws no light upon the ru-
| mored intention of General KurOpat'
| kin to withdraw nOFthward. which has
been the gossip of St Petersburg for
the last two days.
A Tokyo report says the position OF
General Kuropatklns army Is regard
ed as being critical. The real turning
movement which General KurOki is
operating in the mountains forty miles
eastward of Mukdcn seems to- he naak
ing progress. and at the same time
| Field Marshal Oynma Is also rolling
back the Russian left, while pounding
away at the Russian center with heavy
high power guns.
PoutilOff and Novgorod hills have
been subjected To a continuous three
day bombardment, followed by an in.
fantry attack, the main Russian lines
! being forced to retire two miles TO
their shelter trenches
| The Siberian railroad, which Is being
worked to its full capacity by purely
military traffic, is about to have fur
Their burden imposed upon it-namely.
that OF feeding the resident noncom
Blatant population. The stock of provi-
sions In Irkutsk and other towns in 81
IBERIA were not as large as usual at the
beginning of the winter and are now
running low. The government has been
| informed that provisions must be i'm
! ported by the railroad or that the
towns will be face to face with famine
within a fortnight. This will necessl.
tate some delay in the forwarding Of
military supplies. which are sorely
needed at the present moment
General Stoessel. who was given I'm
audience by the emperor, was received
| with warmth which want N
atone for the cool reception which lie
was given by several Of the newSpa-
pers and military factions. General
Stoessel is being feted by society a
large dinner was given in his honor
after his return from Tsarskoe Selo
No steps have yet been taken toward
an investigation of the surrender of
Port Arthur, but the whole matter will
soon be placed in the hands of II com
mission of inquiry.
Black clouds are again lowering over
the Industrial situation of Russia. The
strike at Moscow has been resumed on
large scale, anarchy relgns In the
J Caucasus, and at st. Petersburg the
measures which the government ad-
vanced to quiet discomfort and restore
good relations between masters and
men appear to have failed. with the
probability of causing the storm to
break anew.
At Warsaw bomb was thrown from
window overlooking the courtyard OF
the Muranoff district police station al
: o'clock in the afternoon. 1t fell in the
not explode Two Jews have been ar
rested for supposed connection with
the affair.
Strike renewals have already assum
ed large proportions here. about $4,000
men being out Among those on strike
are the employees of the ST. Peters
burg shops of the Warsaw railroad
The strike has not yet extended TO the
trainmen. but the leaders may decide
10 call them ont in order to paralyzs
one Of the most important railroads
in Russia
Strikers at Warsaw drove the Of
fieials and clerks from the Offices Of thu
gas company and thence marched {,
the gas works. which are occupied by
the military. The strikers merely
leered at the soldiers, shouting:
you will only stay there until to
morrow saturday. Then we viii
clear you out"
AUSTRIAN STUDENTS FREAK.