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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, June 11, 1904.
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ABOUT TO FIGHT
Decisive Engagement Imminent—Japs
Handicapped by Care of Many In
jured Men—Wounds Heal Rapidly
St. Petersburg, June 4.—It is
' believed important developments
are impending at Liao Yang, and
a general engagement between Ku
roki and Kuropatkin’s armies is
, imminent, although the war office
does not anticipate a decisive bat
tle immediately unless an acciden
' tal collision occurs between the
strong columns.
The general staff is convinced
the Japanese losses about Kin Chou
were greater than admitted It is !
known only the very seriously !
. wounded were included in the Jap- j
anese report. The indications are
that both commanders are pursuing
this plan, as the wounds from the
small-caliber high-speed bullets,
unless they reach a vital spot, heal
quickly and in a few weeks the in
jured are ready for battle again. j
The delay of the Japanese in fol- ’
- lowing up thh advantage gained on
the Liao Tung peninsula is be
lieved to be attributable to the
mass of wounded men in their hos
pitals.
NKW OFFICIAL AT FAIRBANKS
Commissioner Cowles of Fair
banks has been superseded by a
gentleman named Joler, according
„ to a recent arrival from that city.
Jack Fitzpatrick and Max Neville
will work with Henry Miller and
Billy Boman on 7 Little Minook
this summer. Their thawer is all
. set up and pay will be hoisted from
the first fire, as they begin in the
pay face left off this spring.
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BRITISH IN THIBET
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Simla, June 4.—The British ex
pedition in Thibet has captured!
two four-pounders and Lhassa’s
general is reported killed. The
Thibetans have refused to forward
to Iyhassa a letter of Colonel Young
husband fixing the latest 4.ate at
which the British will be prepared j
to meet and negotiate wh^h the
Thibetan delegates at Gyangste be
fore advancing upon Lhassa. Ac
cordingly Younghusband caused it
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to be made geuerally known that a!
time limit has been set, in the hope j
the word will reach Lhassa indi
rectly. After that time there will
be no treating excent capitulation.
DAWSON MARKET DEMORALIZED
Dawson, June 2.—The demoral
ization in the price of groceries and j
provisions continues, with no prom
ise of immediate termination. Mer
chants are complaining at the low
rates at which goods have to go,
hut the fight continues.
Eggs, fresh fruits, potatoes and
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the like are about as usual. Scarce
ly anything in the market has been
affected by new arrivals from the.
outside, and likely will not be until
Take LaBarge is open.
I The first fresh mutton arrived
last night on the hoof aud will be
put on the maflcet immediately.
I Onions and sugar have taken
sharp declines as compared to win
ter rates. Oats are down to 7 cents,
flour at $6.50, sugar $8 50, and all
milks and cream low.
| Washington, June 3.—TheRose
bud, South Dakota, Indian reserva
| tion will be open to settlers Aug. 8.
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RETREAT THE ORDER
Russians Will Retreat All Along The
Line-Afraid oi Being Cut Off—
Chinese Outlaws Threaten Whites
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New Chwang, June 4.—Tbe bri
gands in this vicinity are becoming
bolder after receiving 1,000 Mann
licker rifles. Their renewed activ
ity is causing a discussion by the
foreign residents oi the necessity of
gunboats for the protection of lives
and property during the interval
between the departure of the Rus
sians and the entrance of the Japa
nese. The Russians readily admit
that such occupation by Japan is
inevitable within a few days, and
no preparations are being made by
them for anything in the way of
defense. Retreat is the order, when
ever the word shall come that it is
safe and that the Japanese have not
intercepted the garrison.
The nature of the brigandage
hereabouts, and what is learned
from Chinese servants, indicate
that the abandonment of New
Chwang, if the foreigners are uot
sufficiently powerful to prevent it,
is to be the signal for unlimited
looting and destruction, if not for
assassination of he foreign settle
ment. Outside the city is an army
of brigands waiting to come in.
Private Rogers, signal corps,
escaped from Ft. Gibbon recently,
where he was under arrest for sell
ing rations from his statior below
Tanana. After living in the brush
for several days, chased by parties
landed by the Van Vliet along the
river, he was finally captured by
some woodchoppers and taken by
thetfi to Ft. Gibbon.