The following is a list of the reported actions in the Russo-Japanese War during the past week: The Russians attacked the Japanese position at Motien Pass July 17, and dislodged them temporarily; but re-enforcements arrived, and forced the Russians to retreat, with the loss of about two thousand men. The Japanese loss in this engagement is reported to have been 300. The Russian Vladivostok fleet has put to sea, skirting the east coast of Japan, capturing and sinking one Japanese steamer, and is believed to be awaiting the arrival of certain war-vessels recently purchased from another nation. A squadron of Japanese torpedo-boats is reported to be searching for the Russians. It is thought that the Russian fleet will attempt to capture some of the vessels plying between American ports and Japan. All along the front of General Kuropatkin’s army the Japanese are moving into position, and skirmishes between outposts are frequent. A report from Chefoo states that 4,000 Japanese have been blown up by the Russian mines before Port Arthur. There are reports of heavy fighting in the vicinity of Liao Yang, in which the Japanese are reported to have suffered great loss. Chefoo reports state that a fleet of forty Japanese vessels bombarded Port Arthur on July 22. A battle was fought on July 23 near Ta Che Kiao, which is believed to have been attended with heavy losses. There has also been an engagement in the vicinity of Newchwang, but details are lacking. During the week there have been indications of serious trouble between Russia and England over the seizure of regular British steamers by Russian vessels in the Red Sea. The British Government and people were highly incensed over the matter. The government made energetic demands for the release of the steamer Malacca, and a threatening disposition was made of vessels of the British fleet in the vicinity. The temper of the British people and government was such that, had not satisfactory promises been made by Russia, British war-vessels would have retaken the seized vessel. The work of seizure had been done by vessels of the Russian fleet which had passed out through the Dardanelles under the flag of merchant steamers, and had assumed their war attitude after the passage. This is believed by England to be a breach of the treaty, and that phase of the matter will receive consideration. At the same time the German Government and people are considerably wrought up over Russia’s seizure of German mail and regular German steamers in the Red Sea. The German press is demanding the release of these steamers. Russia is reported to have promised England that there would be no more seizures of British vessels in the Red Sea. The Russians believe that contraband of war is being taken to Japan in these vessels. The incident serves to show how delicate is the band that separates between peace and war in the world to-day. It is fully believed that war would have resulted had not Russia agreed to release the Malacca. Riot and general lawlessness have been ruling at the town of Bonesteel, S. D., for several days past. Crowds of men and women had arrived there to file on the land of the Rosebud Reservation, just thrown open to entry, and the lawless element had disarmed the police and were ruling the town according to their own will. However, on July 22 the law-abiding element, armed with rifles and shot-guns, had a pitched battle with the thugs and gamblers. As a result, three special police and twelve gamblers were shot, and the gambling element were driven out of town. The new cruiser South Dakota was launched at the shipyards of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, on July 23. The cost of this vessel when complete will be $6,177,848. The vessel is 502 feet in length, and her total displacement, 13,680 tons. She will carry a crew of 829 men, and will have a speed of 22 knots. Her principal armament consists of eight-inch and six-inch breech-loading rifles. The great packing-house strike which affects a number of states, and was in a fair way of being settled, has been declared on again through the report that the companies have been discriminating against some of the men who had gone on strikes. This strike threatens to reach larger proportions than the former. Great heat is causing intense suffering in many eastern cities, and in some there have been many deaths and heat prostrations.