Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-21 | Page 1 | Cossack and Jap Warriors Have a Hot Skirmish in Hermit Kingdom

mnJ of Czar's Picturesque Cavalry Surprises a De-1 De-1 tachment of Mikado's Warriors, and a Battle H Ensues Russians Make Prisoners of a Number of M Brown Men, Securing Valuable Maps and Papers . Feb 20 After days oC expectant waiting news comes of a sklr- ' the Russo-Japanese war. It was not, according to the report 1 from Port Arthur and as handed to the public by the War '"ndon, much o a fight. It was a land fight, though, and S what the public was anxious to hear. The dispatch says: M ltnd encounter occurred Friday. A picket of Cossacks at-small at-small detachment of Japanese troops on Korean territory. CacL captured some Japanese prisoners, on whom they found & papers The collision was presumably between rccon-'"lt rccon-'"lt nrHP! A general engagement is not anticipated immcrtl-Ai5ther immcrtl-Ai5ther dispatch from Port Arthur reports a Japanese licet iJSS excitement was occasioned here today when the afternoon n nnnnncinc the departure of Count Beneckendorff, the Russian j6 fnr St Petersburg said it was rumored that the Czar was dis-fjf.t. dis-fjf.t. m Embassadors at Washington and London and with his Mln-5X?o, Mln-5X?o, ovins to the recent turn of events and out of baseless rumors that Count Beneckendorff had gone ftKurc for three days to bid farewell to his son who is going to L rSt with his regiment. The Embassy added that the Embassador ws In i no uay connected with his position as Embassador. a he Jl nHce here confirms this.