The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
PORT ARTHUR CAPTURED
BY THE JAPS AFTER AN EIGHT
TEEN-HOUR SEIGE.
Several Minor Engagements Resulted in
Japanese Victories-News From the
Earthquake Districts in Italy.
Other Notes From Over
the Ocean.

Chez Foo, Nov. 23.-Dispatches have
( been received here stating that the Jap
anese captured Port Arthur on Wednes
day, after Is hours fighting. When the
second Japanese army, under com
mand of Field Marshal Count Oyama
minister of war, consisting of about 80.
600 men arrived off the Regents Sword
promontory, it was divided into two de.
tachments, one of which, aided by part
| of the Japanese fleet, operated against
Talienwan, while the other directed its
movements against Kin Chow, on the
western side of the prOmontory, some
miles north of Port Arthur.
Talienwan and Kin Chow were botl
captured, after which the army again
combined and the march on Port Arthur
was commenced. Several engagements
of minor Importance took place along
the route, but according to the reports
the Japanese were invariably successful.
The roads leading nOrthward from Port
Arthur were supposed to have ieen un-
dermined by the Chinese and the .Japan-
ese commander therefore declined to take
the risk of marching his troops along
, them. Consequently they were compelled
, to cut roads through the forest to allow
the passage of their artillery and am
munition trains, etc.
The march was thus necessarily slow
Dispatches received few days ago stated
that the Japanese were close to the city
and had attacked the Chinese outposts
driving them back to their entrenchments.
1t was also said that the japanese at
tackled the entertainments three times, but
were repulsed each time 1t is evident
that later attacks must have been made
and that the outposts were compelled to
fall back upon Port Arthur several times.
The town is reported to have been captured
but later dispatches have shown that these
reports were inaccurate and that the Jap
anese were conducting their operations
against the place with great carefulness
and that they intended when the real at
ack was made that it should be successful.
Chez Foo, from which place the dispatch
announcing the fall of Port Arthur is
sent, is Chinese city on the north coast
of the Shan lung promOntory, some 80
miles south of Port Arthur, from which it
is separated by the gulf of Pei Chi Ii.
TO REORGANIZE THE ARMY.
London, Nov. 23.- The Times will pub
lish u dispatch from Shanghai, Stating
that the viceroy of Nankin, Chang Chic
Tung, has been ordered to Pekin for the
purpose of reorganizing the army after
the EurJ9cnn mojr.
MARRIAGE CONTRACT SIGNED.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 23.-The marriage
contract of the czar and Princess AliX of
Hesse-Darmstadt was signed today by
NJ. DeGiers, the minister Of foreign af-
fairs, and by Count VOrontsolf Duchkoff
the minister of the imperial court. The
contract max IS certain provisions 10 favor
.! The princess dnrn; H." L.e Lf the czar
aud in the ev:cr o: his GIaib
MINISTER TG WASHINGTON.
Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 23.- The
Bundesrath has appointed DR.. Pioda Won
LOcanrs to be Swiss minister to Washin-
ton. He is now councillor of the Swiss
legation at Rome.
LONDON SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
London, Nov. 23.-The result of the
election for members of the London school
board will not be made known until late.
Miss Davenport Hill has defeated the
Duke of New Castle in the city by 5000
votes.
THE EARTHQUAKE DISTRICT.
Rome, Nov. 23.-Dspatches received
here from Reggie say that there are
$4,000 persons in that district who have
been rendered homeless by the earth
quake. Many bodies were upheaved in
the cemetery of San Procipia at the time
it was disturbed by the earthquakes and
number of bodies remained in sight and
will have to be reinterred. Horrible
scenes have been witnessed in the strlck-
en- district where numbers of people have
been wounded, and in several cases nor
ribly manned, some of the sufferers had
limbs torn off which caused their deaths
before they could be removed from the
streets. The military and volunteers OF
all classes of the inhabitants are work
ing with a will building. huts and pro
viding food for those who are most IN
want. Subteraneous rumblings continue
70 be felt at Miazzo, Sicily, where the in
habitants are still terror stricken.
Visits Meridian, Miss.
Meridian. Nov. 23-Meridian was WIS.,
tied this afternoon at 4 O'Clock by the
most destructive storm within its history.
The wind. accompanied by rain, came
from the northwest and wrought consid-
erable damage to buildings, fencing ana
shade trees. The business houses OF
Joseph BAUM W Dun, w. 30 i'"i''" ~
Bro, A. J. Peck, the Meridian foundry
and machine shops, the sash and blind
factory, were all damaged, some OF them
TO such an extent as to entail serious IN
Jury to buildings and goods. A number
of windows were broken in the Southern
hotel and signs and awnings throughout
the business part of the city suffered.
At the Central school house, which
stands on an eminence in the north cen
trail part of the city, two of the large
towers were almost demolished, doors
and sashes were badly broken, while the
steps were almost entirely torn away and
some 80 shade trees on the grounds were
uprooted. Throughout the northern por-
fion of the city fences and shade trees
were leveled to the ground and number
IF residences were also badly damaged.
The storm evidently ragged tiercest west
and southwest of the city and report is
current here tonight that the town OF
Newton, on the Alabama and Nicksburg
road, has been swept away. but as the
wires east and south are all down full
PARTICULARS of the storms work cannot
ne secured tonight. The telephone wires
IN the city have been blown down and
SO badly tangled that Communication
from that source is practically cut off.
EDITOR INDICTED.