New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1904.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORFIGN-The series of assaults on Port
Arthur ending IN the CO pture OF 203-Metrs Hill.
is described In General Stoessels dispatches,
which reached Che-Foo on Friday, and were IN
Fart made public at St Petersburg yesterday;
The Russian commander estimates the Japanese
losses et $4,000 men, and praises the gallantry
Of the troops: one Russian general died from
his wounds. the crest of 203-Metre Hill, 1t is
added. is swept by the forts fire, and can be
used only for observation. 80 Commander
AIizzenon, of the Poltava, who brought the dis
patches 10 Che-Foo. said that the garrison now
numbered 1900; eight thousand men were In
the hospitals; provisions, he said. were sufncient
10 last three months, and the ammunition
being husbanded for assaults. - dispatch
from Toxic said that the battleship Sevastopol
had been struck ten times by Japanese torpedoes
and was completely disabled. - Food and
fuel are reported scarce in the neighborhood OF
Moukden and the Chinese are suffering; the
military situation is unchanged. - Major
Kuhn, L. S. A, has been reassigned to witness
the fall Of Port Arthur. - The Porte has
objected to the Austro- Russian plan to increase
the number Of foreign officers in the Macedonian
gendarmeTie-
DOMESTIC-It was expected in Washington
that there would be no quorum when the House
meets to-day. 60 The testimony Of John +.
Wallace, chief engineer of the IsthTnian Canal
Commission, before the House Committee on In
rerstate and Foreign Commerce, regarding the
relative availability of the various plans pro-
posed for the Panama Canal, was made public
A fire occurred in infant asylum at
Providence, r. L; one hundred and fifty chill
dren were saved by the nuns, who showed great
bravery; four persons were burned - The
State Hospital at Middletow-T. y. Y, narrowly
esca ped destruction by fire; panic was aVerted
by the GOODNESS of the attendants. - tug
reported at Woods Hole, Mass, that fifteen
schooners were driven ashore at Vineyard
Haven while others were damaged IN collisions
- a storm Of blizzard severity was reported
along the southern New England coast. with all
wires on Cape Cod down; three barges went
s1hore on Fishers Island, and the crews were
rescued by means OF the breeches buoy. -
Two feet of snow fell at Newport, badly tying
up traffic. =-= New regulations for life saving
apparatus on steam vessels, suggested by the
supervising inspectors. have been approved by
Secretary Metcalfe. - The Textile Council at
Fall River voted submit arbitration propo-
sition for the settlement OF the strike there to
the individual unions; in Of their approval
on Tuesday the National Civic Federation Will
be asked TO choose board OF arbitration.
CTTY.-A car jumped a switch and caused
q blockade for two hours on the Second ana
Third ave. elevated roads. reserves were called
out TO protect the ticket sellers from angry
crowos. - The snowfall amounted 10 q
record: the work OF removing the snow was
pushed. - Supervising Inspector Harris re-
ceived orders to investigate the burning OF the
Glen Island. == The police found a complete
counterfeiting outfit and hundreds OF dollars
81 spurious coin in the ROOMS Of q woman
by a fall from a house, part OF which had been
torn down and which had been condemned as
unsafe - Two hremen rescued a man from
the harbor with the aid Of a snow scraper. -
Senator Thomas c. Platt arrived here from
Washington. 80 The steamer st. Paul ar
n rived after an exceedingly rough passage
ID THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day;
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest So
degrees; lowest. "a