Show GUNS COMMAND THE TEE RIVER Japs Will Cross the Yalu at Great Loss of Life St SL Petersburg April Rus Russians Russians have lutse placed suns guns covering the crossing or of the Yalu river While Gen General General eral Kuropatkin desires that the Japan Japanese est ese shall enter Manchuria he purposes that they shall pa pay as dearly as pos possible possible sible for the privilege but without pro pre precipitating a general Jeneral engagement Ma Major Major jor General Is anxious to engage the enemy and bogged begged General Kuropatkin for permission fo 10 do so 80 but the strIctly forbade even small skirmishes where it was mRs po possible to avoid avold them It is un understood understood that General Kuropatkin In Intends Intends tends to deliver the decisive battle hImself In the meantime the cavalry and artillery nt at the front are engaged In constant drill and I St April of ofa a tion was caused here this after aCter afternoon I noon h by a report spread far and wide that the Chinese minister Boo 1100 el rem rell was packing UI prep preparatory to lepart ing from froam St Petersburg and of I II Immediate war were conjured up I I Time Tho Associated l re s In Investigated the I rumor and as ascertained that hat the only j foundation for tor it was the fact alt that the r has bas taken it a summer cotta cottage e at thirty from Crom St P Peters I burg for which place he will shortt lea leave the capital St SL Petersburg April that I an attempt was made ronde un on Gen General ral Kane Kuro Iff life b by two I I I while the commander In Chief was In N New w I huang Chuang a few da days s ago Is coR The assassins Impersonated I Chinese beggars The They wore false Aoe queues One of them re reached ched for tor n a dagger but was foiled felled b by one on ot of two Cossack who always accompany the general I |