The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-06-02

Port Arthur'S Condition Very
Much Like That Which
Prevailed al Santiago.

Washington, May 27,-Thesieg a
Port Arthur by the japanese troops
now in progress, promises to be on,
OF the mostnota BILE occurrences OF tn,
kind In modern military history. 1
reports are true that the Russian
garrison is provisioned for a year tn,
place will not he easily taken, for itl
defsnses are wtlLnigh impregn1 ble &c
assault
lnshortness and decisiyeness IL vii
he difficult to beat the record ofAlex
andria, every gun Of which wa, effec
tually silenoed within 10 hours by the
British fleet under Admiral Seymour
But these few hours witnessed such q
destructive deluge OF shot and shell
us might well have laid a big city in
ruins. No fewer than 10000 prujec-
tiles were hurled against the forts ci
Alexandria, many OF them monsters
OF ZOO pounds weight, fired from
Sl-ton guns, SinGularly enough.
this murderous hail of iron did little
damage to the Notifications, the ma
iurity Of the shells hurviry them
selves harmlessly in the parapets OF
sand which had been raised to pro.
tect the batteries.
But so terrible was the havoc and
slaughter wrought among the adher.
ents oIArahi -pasha by the flying
fragments Of the shells which explod-
ed that the forts were quickly evacu.
ated, while some of the shells started
a fire which destroyed almost the
whole OF the town.
PARIS MAINTAINED ITSELF 1872 DAYS.
Sebastopol, with its grim, massive
forts, defended by 700 guns, many
Of them of heavy caliber, held out
against the combined armies OF
France and England for 1927 days.
When, however, the place was evhcu-
ated it was found that the town was
in ruins, and to complete he work of
destruction such docks and forts as
still remained standing were blown
ip by the engineers OF the allied
orces.
1t took 1872 days for the Germans
10 bring Paris to her knees a genera
lion ago. During January, 1871, no
ever than 10000 shells we're rained
nto the doomed town every day,
Ind OF these 500 fell into the city
proper. During single day, Janu.
Try 3, the Prussians hurled %, 900
,roiectiles at Paris at a cost OF $780,
700. The havoc they wrought was
earful, and the resultant fires threat
ned to destroy whole districts. Dur
ng the siege no fewer than 40, 900 OF
he inhabitants succumbed to disease
md hunger.
For ninety four days Plevna defed
he pick OF the Russian army, al
hough it's defenders we're bopelessly
and on December 10,
ST., after the last grain of rye had
,een eaten the indomitable Turks
allied forth and tried to hew their
way through the Russian legions
)sman Pasha commanded his gal
ant remnant in person; three lines Of
renches were pierced, but the odds |
against them we're too great.
Surrounded by almost countless
lordes Of the enemy, his men moved
Town by sweeping torrents Of bullets
md shells, the brave leader at last
Yielded to fate and allowed the white
lag to futter from the roof of the |
tut near which he was lying mutilat |
ID and In agony.
Khartoum withstood the mahdi |
md his hosts for 341 days under the |
,rave direction OF Gordon, and in |
Kars Gen. Williams, with $4,000
nenwith provisions for three months
md ammunition for three days, kept |
md investing army Of so, 900 at bay
rom June to November. |
iouRAvIEFF's TRIBUTE TO GENERAL
WILLIAMS.
"Gen. Williams, wrote MouravieR,
be Russian general to bis gallant
Do, "you have made yourself q name
n'history and posterity will stand
,mased at the endurance, the couf-
20 and the discipline which this
iege has called forth in the remains
I an army. Let us arrange capt..
lation which will satisfy the de-
hands OF war without dispracing