Show successful SORTIE FROM PORT ARTHUR i japanese forces driven back with a loss of 1000 korean garrison repulse russians battle fought on balu yalu rumor that russians have occupied kan kow RUMOR OF BATTLE che foo may 21 there is a L rumor among the chinese here thai a battle was fought on the liao peninsula today it cannot however be confirmed i f tomo may 21 noon although i it lias not been officially reported it a eaid on good authority that the japa rab forces have captured driving the russians back to basht achl in the direction of bew chwang and preventing the advance of the russian troops at new chwang in the direction ot kat chou tb bombardment by the japanese of the vicinity of kal chou recently was probably in preparation for the landing of forces in the northwest corner ot the llao tung peninsula for the purpose of capturing new chwang and cooperating with the other army to march on llao yang probably a small japanese force las I 1 been landed at kin chou bay Ta kushan where japanese forces were landed may 19 is at the mouth of dayan river west of the balu yalu SCHEMING TO CAPTURE PORT ARTHUR new shwang may 29 Friday mid sight the officials have not received any further information regarding the fighting which resulted in ohp retreat of the japanese on feng wane chang but there ie good authority for that ho japanese movements IB be direction of liao yang and kal chang were for the purpose ot causing the russians in this vicinity to move northward thus giving tho japanese an opportunity to complete their pro pr allons to capture port arthur whan ohp japanese begin a determined movement in this vicinity it bo from feng wang cheng and new chwang they figure that it does not matter what may be the fate of the vau army if they can continue fo control the sea the japanese are still the hills on the neck of land between talen wan and kin chou bays many rapid fire guns protected thy sand bags have been mounted thero with the object of resisting a of the beleaguered ed garrison A spy get fire to the wood of the waier tanks of the local railroad sla alon today it is believed this was part of the plot to injure the road RUSSIANS OCCUPY KAN KOW seoul friday may 20 the japan ese consul at bensan reports that about russians occupied kan kow forty miles north of bensan may 19 with the usual stories of looting and rape by the cossacks the main bodow of men ts said to be following the force which occupied kan kow there is no telegraph communication north of bensan the consul there believes that part of the force which recently attacked anju la retreating from nin yeng it Is con sered possible that the cossacks have had a base at kyong song tor weeks past the bensan garrison which consists ot a battalion of infantry will not take the initiative but will await an attack which Is not expected the KOREANS REPULSE RUSSIANS seoul may 21 1130 a m tho japanese consul at bensan reports that the first collision be tween russian and korean troops has taken place at kan Kow Hain heung the recent center of the northern tong hak disturbances cossacks Cos sacka attacked the so called city castle at seven in the evening of may and ed shots for two hours with the korean garrison of three hundred cien who lost one man killed the russians are supposed to have retired toward the northward natives report that several of the russians were wounded telegraphic communication has now been established to a point eighty miles north of bensan japanese authorities are inclined to ridicule the russian movements on the east coast and wish for the advance of a larger column making it worth while to cut it off the only sufferers it is pointed out are the koreans the company has shipped last years ginseng crop valued at from to che foo the differences with the rondoni Ron dons a french firm have finally been settled the japanese secure a favo years contract FLEET reconnoiters london may 21 A dispatch japanese legation from tokio says vice admiral togo has reported today RUSSIANS DEFEATED tokio may 21 5 p m tho japanese forces which landed at Ta kushan thursday surrounded and routed a force of russian cavalry at 7 friday evening in the neighborhood of wang chal tung beven miles north of taku shan the russian force which s consisted of about one squadron lost many men killed or wounded as well as a captain who was captured the japanese sustained no losses as follows the gunboat squadron and the torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boat flotillas approached port arthur yesterday for the purpose of re which was successfully effected with little damage in spite of a hot cross fire from the forts there were no casualties on our side TRUST COMPANY association new york may 21 A call has been tor a meeting of presidents of the trust companies of new york state with the object of forming a trust company association along the lines of the national State Savings bank of this state thee trust companies in the state capitalized at and controlling deposits of more than MAIN BODY OP JAPS COVERING LIAO YANG mukden mayo abo main body of uie japanese forces estimated at SO 00 men remains south of ahe russian troops who are covering liao yang they apparently have suspended their advance this inaction caused surprise and some satisfaction as every days postponement 0 a decisive engagement Is considered favorable tor the russians who are dally increasing their forces and are enabled by the delay to strengthen their positions it is supposed that the recent rains hampered the movement of the japanese artillery and compelled a temporary halt the russians still hold the railroad to Tchi kau DUTY ON FOREIGN GOODS st petersburg aay 21 the expected ukase regarding the duty on foreign goods was issued today it permits the importation of such goods broo of duty into the government of the amur territory through ports south of the amur and further south as well aa over the manchurian Manc hurlan frontier with the limitation that duty mil still be payable on goods subject to duty in russia the duty on russian cotton products imported into tho amur territory will bo remitted the new regulation will become effective today MILITARY TRAINS llao yang may eleven trains have come in here during he past 24 hours the russian rouble is rising by ceapa ind bounds the rains have stopped suddenly ud denly and fine weather has set in |