Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-21

tlenCS. The SeveStOpOl Is the only war
 ship that has not been disarmed. Dur
 ing the recent fighting some Japanese
 torpedo boats came close to the harOor
 entrance. General Stoessel notified Admiral Wirenius to relieve the forts of responsibility of repelling these at
 tacks. Wirenius sent the Sevastopol
 to the outer road, where she anchores
 every night returning to the Esrb0r
 in the morning. The SevastOpoi has
 been hit once superficially. She sauk
 one Jap torpedo beat near the harbor
 entrance. Admiral Wirenius while
 going out in the harbOr to visit the
 battleship Retzivau was slightly
 wounded in the arm by the fragment
 of shell.
 Tokio, Dec. 19-Although accustom-
 ed to hearing acts of bravery on the
 part of their soldiers, the people of
 Japan are thrilled by the details of
 series of desperate torpedo attacks
 against the Sevastopol, when other
 crafts were driven outside of the har-
 Dor of Port Arthur by the fire of the Japanese land batteries. Commander Yezoe and Lieutenant Nakahara are
 the heroes of these attacks and the former promises to gain equal promi
 hence with Commander Hirose, who
 on March 27th was blown into frag- ments in Togos second attempt to bot tie Port Arthur, in war traditions of Japan. Yezoes fotilla of torpedo
 boats was undergoing repairs when the attacks were planned, but succeeded i in putting one of his vessels in a con- i dition to fight. On this vessel he promptly steamed to rendezvous and | finding the other fotiilas gone, he 1 begged and gained permission to join the attacks. Then he steamed through ] the snowstorm alone and succeeded in i locating the Ssvastopoi, to which he 1 got close enough to hear the Russians | talking. Yezeo fired a torpedo Then he went closer and fired second torpedo, when a shell from the Sevas- topol struck him in the abdomen, cut 1 ting his body in two. A portion of his remains were saved and brought ! back to the fleet. -mey will probably come to Japan for public interment as was done with portions of the re- mains of Hirose. Lieut.. Nakahori,
 with five others was killed and sub mitted to deadly fire Nakahara's
 boat was hit repeteadly but succeeded Tn rescuing a majority of the crew of J Nakahora'3 boat More of Togos men volunteered to participate in the at
 tacks than could be assigned. it is probable that Togo will soon return to Japan, leaving junior admiral to conduct the final operations and con- tinue the blockade. 1t is expected that Togo will be summoned by the emperor to Tokio where he will given splendid public reception. Togo's campaign of ten months is considered i the equal of any in the history of naval warfare. He has labo-ed con- stantly under the necessity of pre- serving the vessels of his fleet for ! squadron. The admiral and his men have stood the storm and the stress of exposure excellently. The men are in good health and were exultsnt under date of December 18th. Togo tele- graphs: "There is DO room left to doubt that the enemy's ships iG the borbOr of DOrf Arkbur arc fOfaIIv upff | for service. I have reason to believe the Sevastopol was disabled by our torpedo attacks, but no definite data is yet to be obtained. Investigations are being conducted in all available quarters. 1t is certain that at least six Russian torpedo boats destroyers remain intact in the harbor.
 New York, Dec. 19-"Did you or did you not shoot Caesar Young, Man." said Lawyer Levy to Miss Nan | Patterson today. "'I did not, ;" replied | the witness in a firm voice. "I would ! give my own life to bring him back If 1 it were in my power. I never saw the | revolver with which he was shot. | There was flash and then the end ' in voice quivering with emotion, but filled with dramatic intensity, Miss Patterson who was on trial charged with the murder of Young, recited to the jury the scenes in her life which had to do with her deal ings with Young. Not only did Miss Patterson swear she did not kill Young, but she denied every circumstance in the case which the state brought up against her. She denied she was dis mayed because Young was about to leave her and go to Europe after hay ingsbeen told by him. as alleged, it was all over between them. On the other hand, she agreed, she testified, that as a result of her conference she should join him in England and take apartments at Hotel Cecil London |