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Whale Trying to Escape From Port Arthur With
Despatches From Gen. StoesseL,
Japanese Expect to fake Another Attack in Force
on Port Arthur Soon
More Than Ten Thoaasa.od
Eaed to
A London cable: A despatch to the
•Express from Nagasaki gives a new ver-
sion of the report of the sortie of tor-
pedo-boat destroyers from Port Arthur,
which were stated yesterday to have left
at the same time as the Raztoropny.
The correspondent of the Express says
that the three boats left two days be-
fore the Raztoropny, carrying dupli-
cates of a despatch from. Gen. Stoessel.
There were some badly wounded officers
on board the boats, who preferred to
risk their lives at sea rather than to
meet certain death in the insanitary
hospitals of Port Arthur. The Japanese
cruiser Kasuga sank the first destroyer
after a fight lasting half an hour, in
which all the Russians were shot or
drowned, except four, who were rescued
from the sea by boats from the 'I lasuga,
after the destroyer sank. One of those
rescued bas since died. The cruiser Mat-
suhima sank the second destroyer 25
miles from Port Arthur, receiving her-
self an ineffective blow from a torpedo.
Two Japanese torpedo gunboats sighted
the third destroyer, off Liatishan at
midnight, and chased her until 4 o'clock
in the morning, when the engines of the
torpedo boat broke down. The gunboats
discharged two torpedoes at her, both
of which struck almost simultaneously.
The destroyer sank with all on board
of her.
The correspondent adds that the Jo-
panese naval officers express the high-
est admiration for the bravery of the
crews of the destroyers.
GREAT EVENTS IMMINENT.
Over One Hundred Japs Killed in Pou-
tiloff Hill Fight.
A Berlin cable: A despatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger from hlukden, under
to -day's date, says: "The reconnais-
sance fights have assumed a more vio-
lent character during the past few days.
Particularly hot was the fighting on
Poutiloff Hill, where the Japanese were
repulsed with the loss of over 100 killed.
.All signs indicate that great events are
Imminent. The road toSimmnintin, ow-
ing to the excellent patrol service, is
quite sere fon Chinese bandits, time
guaranteeh g unhindered e menunieation
with Tion-Teimi and estab:i ltin; • a -ee-
ond line cf i itereot:r-e with the out-
side wur'sd.
"The l:er:l:h of the troops is excel-
lent. Th;: l;u esians admire the clean-
liness. p:rfe t order and erhtipmcnt cf
the Japanese. One &l+' not See any
trace of rte hatred. It i.= a fact that
the Japainee. return thrnitzh French.
intermediation all vaheilles on dca'1
Russians, '1 his has num.'.! a deep im-
pression here, and is reciprocated."
FINAL STRUGGLE.
It Cannot Long Be "Delayed at Port
Arthur.
A Tokio cable: A despatch from
Seoul rcgmrts a skirmish .rri Nov. 17 at
Pingti, han. Japaneee cavalry pursued
the Iiuwsians for 12 miles, end cap-
ttured five of thein. The Russians fled
rbowards Hwachicntsz.
'Ilhe Russian garrison at Passiet Bay
has been strongly reinforced. The Rus-
sians are constructing defence works on
the north bank of the Tumen River.
The Japanese et Port Arthur now
occupy -the fosses in front of the Sung-
shusan and Ehrlungslian forts, where
they are eompletely sheltered from. the
Russian fire. The garrrisons must now
await the blowing up of the scarps for
the final struggle with bayonets.
The abandonment of the nortrh fort
' at Tungkikwan is attributed to the
bombardment from Pnlungshan.
The fortification of Liaotishan is be-
ing pushed rapidly. Naval guns are
being mounted there. It is probable
that the Russianq will make their final
stand at Liao•ti.-han. The Pehyinah:tn
and Peliyshen fe•rts are not yet sub-
jected to the area fire of the Japan-
ese. These false. to..Tether with thoen
at Golden Bill and Tiger's Tail, may
make a long recite
RECONNAISSANCE IN FORCE.
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If Successful, General Attack Would
Have Followed,
A. Mukden cable: Since the Japan-
'verse foiled in the attack w.:ieh they .made
on Poutiloff Hill, Nov, 10, the ales order
of affairs has been resumed. There are
frequent skirmishes, particularly in the
+rienn.ty of theRussian centre, where
botch sides havo daily clashed. ,
There was en exoliange of artililery
lire during the greater part of Nov,
20th.
It appears that the affair of Nov.
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anal
�fixt, had it beennsuccessful, it was to be
folloWecl by a general etttaek.
Russian Deserters Ilave
Ga@ac a.
The Japanese got within thirty paces
of the Russian outer positions before
being driven bink. They left over a
hundred dead on the field.
The Russian soldiers are quite com-
fortable in their dugouts,
The weather continues extremely
eold, the thermometer recording thirty-
five degrees of frost. The frost is ac-
companied by high winds, which carry
clouds of dust.
RUSSIAN DESERTERS.
More Than xo,000 in the Capital of
Galicia.
A Vienna cable: More than 10,000
Russian deserters are now in Galicia. In
Lomberg, the capital of Galicia, there are
a thousand of tltenm, hungry and shiver-
ing. They keep themselves alive by beg-
ging. Every day they throng the office
of the Relief Committee to obtain a
piece of bread and a place to sleep. The
fugitives come from all parts of Russia,
some of them froth the most distant
provinces. Their object in fleeing from
their country is to escape conscription
for service isitit the army in Manchuria.
Francis Joseph to Nominate Fifth.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 21.—It is stated
that Emperor Francis Joseph has ac-
cepted the Russo -British invitation to
nominate the fifth member of the In-
ternational Commission to enquire into
the Dogger Bank incident.
.A. Nurse's Devotion.
London, Nor. 21.—A correspondent
with Gen. Oku's army reports that a
Russian Red Cross nurse, who is the
daughter of a colonel. entered the Jap-
anese lines end asked to be allowed to
go to the lfatsuyama hospital to nurse
e wounded prisoner, to attend whom
she had left Russia. The Japanese
granted her request.
BOAT FOR RUSSIA.
How Torpedo Boat Caroline Was Smug-
gled From England.
A London cable: The Standard, re-
ferring to the turbine torpedo boat de-
stroyer Caroline, which was smuggled
out of England by Burke Ruche and
delivered to the Betselan Government at
Libau, says that during September the
Yarrow bltipbuiluing Company, the
builders of the boat, informed time Ad-
miralty that they had received an offer
fur a destroyer they were building from
a tentlemcian in Paris of the name of Seta
ret t, who wished a1 re ;.i ,us to be made
ce her to adapt her for a fitting. The
;dntir:tit: communicated with the lfor-
c n (hike, which, as Cee result of en-
quiries ieede in Paris, l,t'ranie susle:nous
of the de:ain:m,i:n1 of the beat. Instruc-
tions were ie :. t. tt the l'arase e.,rnpany
to hold the beat, but the Uustm mta ves-
- I witieh tool: the ole .Sego ar:reed toe
late, and the destroyer reached Imuseia.
file EXI,r, s says the Japanese knew
of the imeuic1mt all along, but were un-
able to prevent the boat getting away.
A. member of the Japanese Legation
told an Express correspondent that be
had heard that two English -built de-
stroyers had been delivered to Russia.
The Express says it learns the incident
le not likely to lead to complications
with the Japanese, who are not disposed
to raise on outcry against their ally
for an apparently unavoidable occur-
rence.
According to the Morning Leader, the
destroyer Jeanette, the sister boat of
the Caroline, has not gone to Russia.
She is now in the West India dock dere.
Enquiries made by the Leader elicited
the information that the Caroline Ness
not chased from the Thames, as ees at
first reported, and that she wits trot
fired on by the guardship at foal. T1 e
crew of the destroyer believed they were
on a pleasure, trip until they reaansd 111-
bau. They have returned to Lonla.i.
FORTIFYING VLADIVOSTOC1.
New Line of Fortifications Being, Thrown
Up—Warships Preparing for Sezviac.
.A New Yo:k report: A Wonsan,
Corea, despatch to the Herald, Nov. 10,
via Shanghai, Nov. 21, says: A Corcan
miring overland ;from '\1:1:c( vo:i:m%':.
reports a large number of men there en-
gaged in throwing up a new line of for•
tifieations •outside of those already coe-
structcd, which have been greatly
strengthened. :Meanwhile the harbor
Presented. it scene of activity. Four
large steamers were loading thousands
of tons of supplies. Three large war-
ships have completed repairs and are
ready for active service. Eight torpedo
boat destroyers are also ready, and aux-
iliary gunboats have been prepared by
mounting puns on small steamships.
Troops arrive daily by railway, and
immediately begin .work on •the fortifi-
cations. From Vladvistock to the To -
mea River at Tai -Bowie, a railway has
been completed, facilitating the trans-
port•of '•supplies. Itussiun troops in
Northern Corea are 'conttuuing to move
south across the Turnen. •
The cerean reports passing several
large encampments of Russians; He es-
timates the total at 10,000 Russians now
in the Equng-Sung district, with num-
erous detached bodies at all the towns
as is yet apparent.
The construction of this end of the
military railway to Seoul, was begun
Nov. 0th. The survey has been com-
pleted for half the distance and it is
expected that ten miles of grading will
be completed before the ground freezes.
A steamship has arrived from Japan,
with railway materials.
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STOOD BY FOR TWO DAYS.
British Captain's Plucky Effort Failed
to Rescue a Spanish Crew.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28. --The British
steamer Aros Castle, Capt. Day, 57 days
out from Java, with a cargo of sugar,
arrived here to -day and reported the
probable foundering on Nov. 15 of the
Spanish barque Tafalla, -with her crew
of fifteen men, during the recent south-
ern storm. The steamer &stood by the
sinking barque for two days, and on the
second night the Spanish vessel disap-
peared. The condition of the Tafalla
when the crew of the Aros Castle last
saw the vessel was such as to head them
to believe that the barque went down
during the night.
Capt. Day signalled he would lay by
until the .storm abated. Toward noon,
however, the captain of the British
steamer decided to shoot a line to the
barque, which he succeeded in doing.
A. hawser was fastened to the barque
and slow passage was made in the tur-
bulent sea. Late in the afternoon the
hawser snapped and the Spanish vessel
again drifted Itelplessly with water
gaining in the hold.
With daylight on Monday it was seen
that the barque was low in the water,
but the British crew could do nothing
until the sea became calmer, because
the only hawser on the vessel was the
one that was broken. Monday night
the vessels were still together and the
rockets and flare lights were kept goiag.
After 4 a. in. Tue-day the crew of the
BIlNjUET TO
Evill GREY.
London's Farewell toCanada's
New Governor-General.
Lord Aberdeen Spoke of
• Canadians in S. Africa.
Earl Grey on Improved Mail
Service.
London cable: Some 230 assembled
at the Princess Restaurant, London, at
a farewell dinner to Earl Grey, the new,
Governor-General of Canada. Amongst
others present were the Agents -General
of British Columbia and Nova Scotia,
Earl Aberdeen, Earl Litchfield; General
Lord William Seymour, Lord Vat= Hor-
rowden, Viscount Bury, Baron Suyjatza;
Mr. Brodrick, M. 1'., Secretary for India;
Sir Percy Girouard, Sir Neville Lyttel-
ton, Sir Charles Risers Wilson, Major-
General Baden Powell and J. G. Colmer.
Lord Aberdeen, in proposing "The Im-
perial Forces," drew attention to the
splendid work done by the Canadians
in South Africa. Canadians combined
pride in the British Empire with equal
pride in the great Dominion to which
they specially belonged. He emphasized
EAi L GREY.
Aros Castle saw no more rockets and
all was dark.
When dal ii_ht came not a sign of
the Spanish iarrtte could be seen on the
ocean, and it i., the belief of the British
crew that the vessel was ripped open
by the tremendous waves and went
down with all ]rands on board. The fury
of the storm was so great, Capt. Day
reports, that no small boat could have
safely ridden the waves.
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NAN PATTERSON'S TRIAL
THE DEAD MAN'S WIFE MAY GO
ON TIIE STAND.
New York, Nov. 2S. --Search for a miss-
ing witness who for months has eluded
the detectives from the Distriot Attor-
ney's ,office, and the possibility that one
of the ventral figures in the eteee—the
dead man's wiiow—would appear before
the jury and tell her story, were the
points of spe:iul interest to -day when
the trial of Nan Patterson for the al-
leged murder of Caesar Yonng was re-
sutnel in the Supreme Court. In outlin-
ing his case yesterday, District Attorney
Rend informed the jury that the prose-
cution, after a month of endeavor, had
been unstneessfnl in locating J. Morgan
Smith, who, lte claimed, purchased the
revolver with which Young sous killed,
He hope:l. however, that Smith would
lie brought forward by .the defence at
the proper time, Later in the day bliss
Patter.son's counsel said the defence had
no intention ui producing Smith. Only
the announcement that the defendant
herself would go on the atarnd'end tell of
her acquaintance with Yowl?' could have
created mnt••e public interest than the
report that the death bookmaker's widow
might appear in the case. 'Since the day
her husband died Mrs. Young has re-
mained in 'Sec111si.on, .except wh•ea slie
called at the District A.tttorney's office
and testified before the Grand Jury.
During the trial she has not appeared in
.the• court room, but it is said. she has
fo.Rowed all the .proeeedings from an rid-
j•oining roam.
A big crowd was present in the court
room whet the trial was resumed"
Several palice .officials were called to
the stand in rapid succession and exam-
ined briefly regarding happenings in the
pollee station when Miss Patterson was
brought there under arrest.
the high opinion of Canadians held by
Major-General Lake.
eer :Neville Lyttelton said that Can -
adieus were always ready to help the
mother country, as in the South Afri-
can campaigu.
Lord Strathcona, the chairman, read a
letter of regret from Lord Lansdowne,
who was unable to be present owing to
the death of a near relative. In the let-
, ter he said the new Governor-General
would find the inhabitants of the Do-
minion proud of the name "Canadian,"
but still more proud to be members of
the British Empire. A short time ago
he was desired by the Premier and the
Government of Canada to say that Earl
Grey would receive the warmest possi-
ble welcome.
Earl Grey, responding, referred to the
Anglo-French agreement, and said that
the Duke of Argyll, better known to
Canadians as the Marquis of Lorne, told
him he never felt so happy as when be
was Governor-General of Canada, and
going to a country where the sky-blue
atmosphere was like champagne, The
Canadian winter was more exhilarating
than the average English summer. In
the vastness of its wealth and of the
variety of its resources and breed. of
men Canada was not surpassed by any
portion of the globe. He hoped to see
at the conclusion of his term of office
American wails reaching England
through Canadian ports instead of vice
versa. He was looking forward to the
time when a steamer would cross to
Canada in four days.
The Archbishop. of Canterbury dwelt
upon Canada's splendid prosperity, judg-
inn: from her tremendous resources.
Ir. Brodrick 'also addressed the com-
pany, and also Vice -Admiral Sir Archi-
bald Douglas.
The Times says Earl Grey struck the
note of an optimist at the Canadian
Club. He sees clearly the great destiny
unfolding for the Dominion, the great
West being eargerly taken up by set-
tlers, in a way giving some foreshadow-
ing of the vast possibility of the fu-
ture, It says that Earl Grey approaches
his task in the spirit of an Imperial pa-
triot informed not only by the experi-
ence gained in the Dominion, lint in dif-
ferent regions of the colonial empire.
Tho Times save the Governor of a self-
governind colony is not exactly an ex-
pensive finat1- heerl, vet he has Tie mom
for intensive nnl;+;end activity. Na dnubt
every eele'"�' fell a good Governor
when he sees one. I: `R'.
CURE FOR BAD TEMPER.
Take a Powder Wien You Feel the Fit
Coming On. .
London, Nov. 28,—Good temper is a
matter of easy achievement, according
to that eminent medical authority, Sir
Lauder Brunton, Sir Lauder believes
that good digestion is a considerable
factor in securing amiability, but in
special cases he recommends the ad-
ministration of "temper powders."
Gouty persons, he says, become tem-
porarily irritable shortly before an at-
tack, and fee- such persons he recom-
mends twenty grains of bicarbonate of
potach, with ten or twenty-one grains
of bromide of potassium, to be taken
when the feeling of irritability comes
on. This remedy frequently soothes
it, and has the further effect of lessen-
ing the worry even in those who are
not irritable.
"If this temper powder, as I am ac-
customed to call it," says Sir Launder,
"be taking when some irritating occur-
rence takes place, 'or some depressing
news is heard, it appears to take away
the sting of either, so that in place of
being worried and unable to turn the
attention to other things, a person feels
as if he had slept over the bad news
or wory, and is able to obtain relief
by turning his attention to something
else.
"In irritability of temper caused by
any cardiac disease, the precursor of
which is a headache, I have found a
few doses of bromide of potassium and
salicylate of soda will give relief and
improve the temper.
"Constant explosions of temper on
the part of a member of the family
may affect the health of other mem-
bers who have their appetites spoiled,
their digestion impaired, nerves shat-
tered, and their pleasure in life des-
troyed by the mental suffering induced
by the irritable temper of the other.
"For these patients the best treat-
ment is to administer temper powders
to the offending person, and the dis-
tressing symptoms of the other mem-
bers of the fomily will be relieved."
ESCAPED FROM RUSSIA.
Two Hu'idred Army Reserve Men at
Halifax.
Halifax, Nov. 28.—The Allan liner
Ionian, which arrived from Liverpool on
Friday, had among her passengers over
200 Russian soldiers, most of them army
reserve men. These fugitives, upon the
calling out of the reserves, deserted from
their homes in towns and villages of
Poland and Russia proper and crossed
the line into Germany, whence they
made their way to England. Some of
the men when they lett their country
were clad in military uniforms, and they
told an interpreter that they got across
the frontier concealed in loads of hay
and by other means. The Poles say
they would not mind fighting to defend
their native country, but they do not
want to fight in a foreign land battles
of conquest. These men left wives and
families Lobbed, and are now waiting
for money from relatives in Canada and
the United States. One of them has lo-
cated a brother at Pittsburg and has
received from him $25 to continue his
journey to that place.
The story of the escape of one Rus-
sian is sensational. This soldier was
ordered to report at the depot of his re-
giment and had bade his wife and family
good-bye. As he was leaving his wife
whispered to lunm that it was better to
leave her behind to struggle to keep the
family alive than that he should go to
the far east, where so ninny had gone
never to return, and advised him to
make an efforCto pass the guards and
get across the frontier into an alien
land, where with the small sum of
money he had in his possession he might
make his way to America. Acting up-
on this suggestion, he concealed himself
until night and then went to the banks -
of the river that formed the boundary
line between Russia and Germany and
sought to cross in the darkness. He
was' disappointed in the hope of finding
a boat upon the shore, and unfortunate-
ly attracted the attention of the guard'
at an outpost, who gave the alarm. He
was pursued and took to the river. Be-
ing a powerful swimmer he managed,
notwithstanding the shots fired at him
by the sentinels. to escape in safety
after a long swim to the other side,.
where he was safe from pursuit.
P-UTN OR REVOLUTION. •
Zomstvos' Opinion of the Present Rus-
sian Government.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 28.—Tho serious work
of the Zemstvo meeting being accomplished,
the only remaining questions relating to aid
of the wounded and distressed, many of the
members are leaving for their homes. At
the Last moment the form of the memorial
was altered to make it appear an expression
of "The hope that it is the wish of the Em-
peror to summon a National Assembly," With
the removal of the idea that the memorial
represented opposition to Imperial authority
every prestige of dissent vanished. The prac-
tical result of the meeting as represented by
the Emperor's response it now of all -absorb-
ing interest. The memorial will be presented
to Interior Minister Svtatopolk-Mirsky to-
morrow, and by him presently will be trans-
mitted to IIis Majesty. There is no clue 'as -
to the outcome.
"We have gained a remarkable, victory,"
said a prominent member. 'We havo put
into concrete form our opinion that the pre-
sent system in the end must spell ruin or
revolution. The Emperor knows the charac-
ter of the tree whose names are attached to.
the memorial. They represent the best blood
and thought of the Empire. We are not reVo-
tionaries, If there is no result now we will
continue the work of agitation and educa-
tion. There will be a larger and a stronger
meeting next year. We havo risked rnmr lib-
erties and we shall not retreat, Tho law,
which makes agitation for n change in the,
form of government punishable with penal
servitude is stilt in force. We aro all amen-
eble. but so long ae Prince Sviatopolk-Miraky,
is Minister We know we are safe."