New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-01
A.rtu21nrk DAILY Gribn,rs
THURSDAY, DECEMBER /, 1904
TRB NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Two forts at Port Arthur were
captured by the Japanese on Tuesday. as
patch from the Russian Consul at Che-Foo san
the report that wireless telegraphy has beeh
re-established between Port Arthur and Che-f 90
lends weight to the message. 80 A dispatch
from Toxic said that the southeastern part OF
2a;-Metre Hin was taken and held by the
Japanese General Kuropatkin reported
that the Japanese were falling back from me me
neighborhood of Sin-Tsin-Tin about seventy
miles east of NOukden. and that Rennenkamp1 s
forces were closely following the retirement,
according to a dispatch from the Japanese lelt
army there are no indications of an advance
10y either side. == Russia Is said TO be regard
ing with misgiving the proposed reorganization
of the British army in India and the dlspatch
Of a British deputation 10 Persia. - Inc
japanese Diet opened by the Emperor, VINO
urged the members TO cooperate Tor the HHIIl-
fenance of the empire. == Admiral baron Won
Spaun. former commander of the Austrian navy,
was chosen by Emperor Francis Joseph 10 serve
the North Sea Commission in case the mem
bers fail to agree fifth admiral - DIS
Cussion of the bill TO acquire the ElDerrha Coal
Company in the Prussian Diet led TO an ATTACK
on the United States Steel Trust by the Minis
Ter of Commerce and Industry 60 King Vic
tor Emmanuel opened the Italian Parliament,
expressing desire for liberal measures to pro
mote internal peace; foreign relations, he said,
were generally satisfactory; no reference was
made 10 Austria = Negotiations Tor a com
mercial treaty between austria ana Germany
have been broken on.
DOM ESTIC.-Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis
was appointed by the President to represent
the United States on the court which is TO in
Russian Baltic fleet - Mr.. Cortelyou ap-
pointed General John NJ. Wilson chairman CT
the committee which will have charge of the
arrangements for the inauguration of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks. - DR.. Alexander NJ. Curtis
OF Buffalo against whom 81 ,0S7 OLA Judgment
awarded. will appeal the case. = Friends
Of Ex-Governor Black said in Albany that he
would announce his candidacy for United
States Senator to succeed Senator Depew. ==
-Four persons were killed and eleven probably
fatally Injured by explosions in Western towns
CITY.-Stocks close strong - Over six
hundred Republicans attended a jubilee dinner
at the Waldorf; among the speakers were Sem
alto Fairbanks and Depew; Secretary Cor
TelyOu sent a letter. 60 Commissioner Oakley,
without the full knowledge of the Board of Esti-
mate signed $1,000 600 contract with the Gas
Trust - Counsel for Herbert b. Newton de-
clared that the suit against Mrs Cassie B.
Chadwick would probably be settled out Of
court within forty-eight hours; Mrs Chadwick
said that Andrew Carnegie was in no way con-
nected with her affairs. = The Rapid Transit
Commission ii announced would make
final decision the signs to-day; identified
ton tablets added to the signs. -= It
was declared that the Court of Appeals decision
transfers made the law effective at once.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest 80 degrees; lowest, 81