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WHAT WAS DOING FROM NOVEM.
NOVEMBER
EJER 20 to DECEMBER 10.
OEN. STOESSEL MAKES REPORT
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' Several Times the Assaulting Forces
Were Annihilated by the Russians.
-According to Reports of Prisoners
tne Japs Lost 20,000 Men.
ST PETERSBURG-General Stoes
' 1101's dispatches to the emperor , which
were received Friday night , were given -
en out Sunday night. ' ( he first Is
dated November 25 , and Is as follows :
1 "I am happy to Inform your majesty -
ty that on November 20 , after an in-
' 1 creased bombardment , the Japanese
attacked one or the ofrts on the
northeastern front and leaped with a
portion or their forces on the para
IJet. They were annlhlllated by rifle
fire Dud bayonet and thrown back
Into the trenches Their reserves
were scattered by shrapnel. From
November 21 to November 2a the enemy .
emy violently bombarded the fort , and
In splto of great losses , effected by
their perseverance - a passage between
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' " ' two fortH on the northeastern fronl.
"At 5:30 : In the evening of Novem-
I her 2J : , after heavy tiring , the .Japlln
ese - sUddenly hurled themselves ,
against several I works on this front
and seized a .101'lIon of the trenches ,
but were thrown back hy the reserves
after a fierce bayonet struggle They
returned to the assault at midnight
' , and again occupied a part of the
trenches , but were annihilated by
our baronets ; At 2 o'cloclt In the
, morning all was over and your ma-
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jest"s heroic troops were able to rest
1- . . and start repairing the damage caused -
cd by the bombardment
, - ; "From the 20th to the 24th the
" Japanese lost more than 2,000 men
All of our troops behaved as heroes
The following especially dlstlllgu' ed
themselves : Generals Krondratenko ,
Nlkltln ( commander or the artillery )
and Gorbatowslty , and Lieutenant
Colonel Naouemenlw ( Dozens of oth-
er , officers In lower grades arc also
mentioned In the dispatch )
"Bombardment of the town and harbor -
bor continues dally A number of
buildings have been destroyed and
' the harbor has sustained some dam-
age The garrisons are In excellent
t 1Illrlts "
, In another dispatch , dated November . .
ber 28 , ' General Stoessel says :
"The 26th and 27th were the bloodiest .
lest days Ip the assaults on Port Ar-
thur. The attacks began on the night
+ . of the 25th against our lat flank , near
PIgeon bay
4'Th 'fhe first was repulsed with great
4 loss to the Japanese The same night
; , the enemy attacked a detachment on
" Panlung mountain , but were repulsed -
ed , as were also their attacks on Vlso-
kala ( Two Hunred ( ) and Three.Meter
bill ) ,
"On the 26th the Japanese began
o bombard and attack fiercely the
torts on the northeastern front and
the advanced trenches The trenches !
repeatedly changed handR. Noverthe-
less , on the night of the 26th we threw
back the Japanese at the point or the
. c bayonet. The enemy succeeded In
41' L + ' blowing up the parapet of one of
the forts , and began building paral-
les there. At another fort the same
night they laid sacks along the rampart .
part , but our artillery dispersed
them. "
t Goes to See Fall of Port rthur.
TOKIO-Major Kuhn , United States
army , who was military attache with
the Japanese second army , has been
reassigned to witness the tall ot Port
Arthur. Major Kuhn departed for Shin ,
bllbl today . _ . .
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BAKER TO HAVE A HEARING.
Makes a Good Impression During His
Interview with President.
ASJlINGTON-From a larger
knowledge of the Interview which occurred .
curred between President Roosevelt
and JUdge B. S. Baker ot New Mexico ,
Senator Millard and Representative
Hlnsha\l , It scorns fair to predict that
Judge Baker will he given a hearing
011 the charges preferred against him
and an opportunity to rebut the evidence .
dence which led to his removal as
United States jUdge or the Second
district ot New Mexico
It was learned that Judge Dakor's
statement that he had never had nn
opportunity to bo heard on the
charges preferred against him , except .
cept as to plead not guilty to the. .
specifications } , greatly surprised the :
president. He had assumed the recommendation -
mendation of the attorney general for
the removal of JUdge Baker was sus-
tained by the evidence In the case
When he was told , however , that a
' promise was made to Judge Baker by
the special examiner sent to Investi-
gate the charges that he would he
given ample opportunity to rebut the
evidence taken t and that no such opportunity -
portunity had been accorded , President -
dent Roosevelt remarked that every
man had ! n. right to his day In coml.
POOR PLACE OF AMERICANS
Island of Guam Not Likely to Appeal
th ; Them.
ASIlINGTON-The annual report
of Commander G. 1. , Dyer , commandant -
ant and nt val governor of the Island
of Guam , which was approved by Secretary -
retary h.orton , says that there remains
a vast amount of work to put the administration -
ministration of the colony on a satisfactory -
factory modern footing The jICOIJlo (
are poor , Ignorant , very dirty In their
habits but gentle and very relIgious
says the report.
Commander Dyer does not think
. Americans will be willing to live there
permanentl
r Commander Dyer 1s of the opinion
that the revenues of the Island will . .
be sufficient to carryon certain pill-
Hc services , such as schools and roads
Although extreme paternalism Is recommended . I
mended the preliminary steps of !
the people to attain a higher grade of I
living and culture , It Is stated , must
be guided by Americans
EXPECT BIG STOCK EXHIBIT.
Fine Live Stock Promises to Fill
Lewis and Clark Grounds.
PORTLAND , Ore-Tho portion of
the Lewis - and Clark fair grounds
which was allotted to the exhibition
of live stock , It is thought , will prove
Inadequate to the demand , and arrangements -
rangements are being made to enlarge
it. Anything further than an exhibition
of the high bred tock from farms on
the North Pacific coast was not contemplated -
templated by the state commission In
the first place Since the convention
of the International Live Stock asso-
ciation at Chicago , however , It ! has developed -
. "eloped that the breeders from allover
over the country are planning to Rend
the best of their herds to Portland
next rear This prompted the exposi-
tion authorities to Increase the appor-
tionment for premiums from -10,000 to
$5 ,000 , and to consider the advisability -
ability ot Increasing the space to be
devoted to the display
Negro Makes Slave of Brother.
ATHENS , Ga-One negro seeks release -
lease from a condition or servitude
from am ot his own race In Clark
county Robert ChrIstopher , colored ,
through his attorney , has sworn out a
warrant : before Commissioner Kinne-
brew , charging his halt brother , George
Christopher , with compelling him to
worlt for the latter without any legal
right to do so , and he seeks the aid
or the federal court In procuring his
release The outcome at the trial or
the accused negro IIr awaited with un
usual lntere > st.
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FAVOR OF PEACE
A MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS
HELD IN NEW YORK
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ASK SENATE FOR TREATIES
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Many Prominent Men In Attendance-
Resolutions Adopted Urging Con
gressmen to Favor Convention that
Will Bring About Peacc.
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NEW YOnK-A mnss ( meeting called .
011 to urge the prompt ratification or
the arbitration treaties recently signed .
cd br the state department with sev-
ernl ot the lending foreign powers ! : wilts
held at Carnegie hall under the auspices '
plces of the New York executive cony
mlttee or the American conference on
Ihtematlonnl arhitratlon
There was a large attendance and
the silelllters were frequently nlJIJlmlll-
ed
.John Crosby Drown In an opening
address expressed regret at the nh-
sence of Andrew Cnrnegle , who WIlS
to have opened the meeting , but
whom , he sllld , could not he Imment.
Mayor George 13. McCcllan presided
and was he I first 8J1eal\el'
1\1. Linn HI'llee , govel'llorclect , spoke
against. decilini : differences < < by 1I1l'
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tlons with war , and was followed hy
Archhlshop IrelaTJIl While the archbishop .
bishop was spenllng ho was InIOl"
ru pi ell by It man who said : " ( Ive :
somebody else Il hance "
The archbishop Immediately sat
down The audience hooted the man
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who hall shout cd RlIII the ushers I ricII
to find < < 1 him , hut fallCll. Then Uw au-
dlellee I a'plauded until Archbishop
Ireland res11med (
The letters from Grover Cleveland ( ,
Carl Schm'z , John Mitchell , Andrew
Carnegie and General Nelson A. Miles !
were read , after which Bishop Henry
C. Potter was Introduced and spoke
hrlen ) " .
A speech by Rabbi SlIherman con-
eluded the speechmnltlng , after which
resolutions were adopted unanimously
as follows :
"Whereas , The method of settling
International disputes and difficulties
hy arbitration rather than hy force Is
In accord with the highest precepts
of reason and humanity ; and
"Thereas , The civilized nations of
the world have , by jointly establishing
the permanent court at The Vague ,
recognized the moral obligation which
rests upon them to avoid the horrors
of war hy the submission of their controversies ,
troversles to judicial detel'mlnatlon ;
and
"Whereas , The government of the
United States , which for the past half
century has been foremost In the actual .
ual resort 10 arbitration has no-
gotlatl'il and Is negotiating treaties
with various powers , malting comJlIII-
ser ) ' upon the contrnctlng nations the
reference or disputes of a certain nature -
tune to the International court at The
Hague ; now , therefore , hn II
"Resolved , That we , the cItizens of
New York , In mass meeting assembled -
sembled , favor the expression hy the
government of the ( United Slnll's of
the principle of International arbitration -
tlon to all questions which cannot
otherwise he hrough to a pacific settlement .
tlement ; and It Is further
"Resolved , That since the proposed
treaties extended the operation of arbitration -
hltratlon In accord with the moral ,
political and economic Interests of this
country and of the world , we earnestly
require our representatives In the senate -
ate to exert their influence In behalf
or such treaties and of their prompt
consideration and approval by the
senate ; and It Is further
"Resolved , That the president and
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secretary of this meeting he and arc
hereby directed to forthwith forward i
copies of these resolutions to the president
Ident of the United States , senators
from the state of NeW York ) , to the
president or the senate and the chairman .
man ot this committee on foreign 1'0.
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DO GOOD TO OTHER8. . ,
President a Believer In Fellowship of
Man.
WASIIING'l'ON-Presldont Hoose-
"clt attended the prayer meeting at
I the Greco H ] formed church , of whIch
he Is n member , and lit the conclusion
I of the service ho made n short address .
dress to time large congregation ntlll
helll an informal l'eceJltlon. Some tlmo
ago the president expressed to the
IIIltor , the Hov. J. 1\1. Shtick , his desire
to meet his fellow } momhOl's of the
chul'ch The elllllc ! ! was tilled to over-
flowing. At time conclusion of the
an ' ayer service the pastor introduced (
the president , who , In the course or
his remarks , said : ,
"I think that any man who talwlf
an interest In this great country at
ours must I'eallzo that the one all 1m. g
portent necesstly of our social , Imills
tt'lul IlIlIl political life Ie I time necessity
for the realization ot what brothor-
hood mennsVo cannot develop our
civilization at all unless wo develop
It upon the husls of each recognizing
In his fellow man his brother whose
Interest ho must have at heart. No
scheme of legislation , no kind of ad-
ministration of the government will
atomic or can atone for the lack of
fundamental quality of each being In ,
VCl'y : , deed his hl'Othor'8 Iteoper. I cIo
not mean to talk about every S'ovollth
day , hut. In feel It. In the Intol'venlnf
six , 10 feel It on the part of the employer
ployOl' with his emJllo'oll , on time Imrt.
. . of the mnployell with time emJlloyer
'I'hrce , fottrlhs , IH'ohahly nlno-tonthll
of the labor troubles that ( sometimes
ullsnme,0 ominous a form wOllld
vanish If you would Intorest. the pea-
plo on each side to approach Ute matter .
ter In the spirit ) or each striving ; to
care for his fellows as ho cares for
hlnuwlf. I do ( not mean for a moment
to neglect his own Interests I want n
man to take care or himself , for Ir ho
docs nol somebody else will have to
take care or him I want him to remember -
member that In addition to tnltlng t
care or himself he hUB got to try to do
his ditty hy others If ho will approach
his fellow men In the spirit which
maltcs the use of the word brother a
general term Instead of a term or
hypocrisy the difficult of dealing with
the great questions that arise will ho
minimized , If not entirely done away
with
SHELL THE TOWN.
Japanese Turns Their Guns on Port
Arthur.
'fOKIO-'l'ho commander .
of the Japanese
anese naval land hatter , reporting ,
says :
"Follr Russian battleships , two cruisers .
sers , one gunboat and one torpedo
storeshlp lying ( In Port Arthur harbor
time cOIl1J1letel disabled There Is no
further necessity for bombarding the
Hllsslrlll naval force
"Arc now engaged shelling the town
or Port Arthur , which Is being heavily
damaged , "
niRIHltches received today from the ,
Japanese ! army besieging Port Arthur
report that the Interior of the fortress
was bombarded ) with heavy guns . yesterday .
terday , /orlollsJy damaging the battle-
ship Polt-ava , the transport Amur and
th wireless telegraph station at the
foot of Golden JIIlI , and that the arsenal .
senal was set on fire
A dispatch < < from the headquarters of
the Japanese army In Manchuria says :
At 2 In the morning of time 11th n.
body of Infantry of the enemy attacked -
cd Peltaltozu , hut at dawn was corn- y
pletely replllfed northward
In the afternoon of December 11 the
enemy artillery , holding ! a position
west of 1\Ianpao mountain , opened no
cannonade against Yaotun and Tang-
chiapaotzu , and the enemy's artillery ,
posted west of Da mountain , shelled
Blltzaowa Neither caused damage
l\Iamaehelh , on the right bank ot time
JIun river , was attacked by the en-
emy's cavalry The Russians were {
driven westward , 10e.1ng 11. number ot
men. The Japanese sustained ; no ca.-
ualUa.