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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-21
TROPHIES CAPTURED.
Japanese Report of Results of Keekwan
Mountain Assault

TOKYO, December 21.-The Japanese
army besieging Port Arthur reported today
as follows regarding the trophies captured
by the japanese in the north fort of Keek-
wan mountain:
Further investigation shows that we
captured five 81 quick-firing field guns, two
4t-millimeter quick-firing guns, one of them
being serviceable: two 24-milimeter guns
one being seiviceabe; four machine guns
all serviceable: sixteen rifles, 451 rounds of
great gun ammunition go rounds of Al
mlllimeter gun ammunition $40 rounds of
"A -millimeter gun ammunition. 1,1JO rounds
or machine gun ammunition, 1900 rounds
OF small arms ammunition, eighty grenades
and nine star shells, all serViceable: six
cases OF powder, and timber, sandbags,
clothing, ETC.
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SEVASTOPOL DISABLED.
Admiral Togo Telegraphs Tokyo of the
Ships Condition.

TOKYO, December 21-Admiral Togo,
who has personally made series of OBJ
servations of the Russian battle ship Sevas-
topol telegraphs to the Navy Department
expressing the opinion that the Sevastopol
is disabled. Great weight is attached to
Togos personal observations and opinion,
instanced by the fact that when the Rus
sian battle ship Petropavlovsk was sunk
Togo was one of the few officers of the en-
tire japanese fleet whose eye caught the
vision of speedy disaster.
Commander YeZoe, who was killed while
torpedoing the Sevastopol has been pro-
NOTED and has been given other posthu-
nous honors.
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Senator Depew's Dinner to the Speaker

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew gave a
Christmas jubilee dinner last evening to
Speaker Cannon, in celebration of the
Speakers campaign through the country
and the victory of President Roosevelt
There Wee present Speaker Cannon, Mr.
George g. Cortelyou, chairman of the re-
publican national committee; Representa-
tives Payne, Douglas. Knapp, Sherman,
Smith. Dwight Alexander, Bradley, Dris-
coll, Gillet, Perkins, Southwick, Vreeland,
Wadsworth and Dunwell, all of New
York; Representatives Hemenway of In
diana, Foster of Vermont, Dalzell and
Sibley of Pennsylvania and Hill of Con.
necticut, Mr.. Timothy l.. Woodruff, Mr.
e. II. Butler. Mr. Charles G. Bennett, Sec
retary of the Senate and State Senator F.
c. Stevens of New York
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The japanese Trophies.

The following cablegram, dated Tokyo,
December 81 has been received at the ia p
anese legation:
Port Arthur army reports our trophies
at the battle of the north fort of Tunkeek-
wanshan were four quick-firers, whereof
two are usable: four machine guns all
usable, and five field guns, which are under
examination, beside rifles, shells, ammuni-
ton, grenadeS, etc
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Young by Luce when he saw him just be-
fore the fatal cab ride began.
The testimony of expert witnesses who
appeared before the jury might be dis
missed with the statement: Expert testi-
mony is no better than your own COM
mon sense We got experts to testify
either one way or the other. They testify
only for the side that pays them"
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A Historic Frame.

Mr.. Stewart, librarian of the Navy De-
partment has secured portions of the ma
hogany banisters that were in the old
Naval Academy building at Annapolis, in
which the memorial stone was placed in
October, 1914, and has used the wood In
making a frame for the historic portrait
of ex-Secretary George Bancroft, 1.-THE
father of the naval academy" In the pos
session of the department. The picture as
newly framed will be hung on the walls
of the Navy Department library
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Personal Mention,

Mr. Melville w. Miller, assistant secre-
tary of the interior. has gone to Indiana
to spend Christmas with his family at the
old home in Lafayette. Mr.. Miller left the
department Monday, and the city yesterday
afternoon. He will remain away until after
the holidays. returning to his desk about
January 4.
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FOUR-MINUTE SESSION
Attendance of the Senate Was Small
Adjourned to January a.

After a session of four minutes duration
the Senate adjourned at 1904 pm today
until January next. The proceedings
consisted of prayer by Chaplain Hale
the reading of the journal of Mondays
brief session and the receipt of number
of nominations from the President The
attendance was small and no other business
was attempted.
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ADMIT WRECK Of SHIPS
Russians Now Confirm Re-
ports From Port Arthur.
WARSHIPS SEAWORTHY
BUT ARE UNFIT TO SUPPORT
SECOND PACIFIC SQUADRON.
Misfortunes of Port Arthur Fleet Bitter
Chapter in Cars Naval
Annals-Hopeful.
WARSHIPS SEAWORTHY

ST. PETERSBURG, December 21-While
declining to give details, the admiralty ad-
mfts that Russian advices from Port Arthur
sent by Gen. Stoessel substantially con-
firmed the Japanese adviceS of the partial
wrecking of the Russian ships in the harbor
and the censor has been instructed to per-
NIT the publication of the dispatches.
1t is claimed that several of the larger
ships and a respectable number of torpedo
boat destroyers are still seaworthy, but
they are not being considered as factor
in the coming fight between Admiral Togo S
ships and the Russian second Pacific
squadron.
The whole series of misfortunes which has
attended the Port Arthur squadron is a
bitter chapter i'll Russian naval annals, but
since the arrival of the latest advices there
has been less disposition to criticise Rear
Admiral Wiren'S failure to make sortie,
Gen. Stoessel having decided that further
defense of the fortress would be impossible
if the guns of the warships and the sailors
landed were re-embarked.
At Mercy of japanese.
Had the ships been able to go out under
the conditions existing they would have
been at the mercy of the japanese and
have been sacrificed without hope of in
ficting commensurate damage. If the
fortress is relieved it is believed that most
of the ships will be raised and saved.
The reports that a Japanese squadron of
forty vessels had already sailed to meet the
second Pacific squadron is regarded at the
admiralty here as being incorrect and cir
culated for purpose.
Skirmishes Reported.
TOKYO, December 21.-The following re-
port from Manchurian headquarters was
received at 11:30 last night and made pub
lie today:
On Monday at In the afternoon the
enemys artillery east of Da Mountain bonn
barded the neighborhood of Sin Lin Tung.
At 1 in the morning Tuesday the enemy's
infantry attacked us south of Pieniuhung-
pao and at TatZupao. By in the morning
he was repused. simultaneously the enc
my's infantry attacked Chinshantung,
Heilintung and Huanti and made most
vigorous attack in the neighborhood of
Chinshantung. The fighting continued about
hour when the enemy was completely
repulsed. We had no casualties
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Trip for Foreign Naval Attaches.

TOKYO, December 21.-The japanese
transport Manshu leaves Japan for Port
Arthur about December 28 carrying the
foreign naval attaches and parliamentary
delegations. The trip is intended TO give
the attaches an opportunity to make tech
nical observations.
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CONTRABAND INQUIRY.
Examination of British Steamer Seiz-
ure ON at Sasebo

TOKYO. December 21.-The examination
of the cargo, passengers and crew of the
British steamer Nigretia, which was seized
by the japanese cruiser Tsushma, Decep1-
Der 10, is progressing at Sasebo. Seemingly
il is undetermined whether parole breaking
officers are on board the Nigretia. The
Japanese are carefully investigating this
feature of the case because Of the ques-
ton of the ability of the Chinese officials to
properly conduct the internment Of Russians
who seek refuge at ports in China. 1t is
considered Vitaly important
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To Eradicate Cattle Disease.

Secretary Shaw today transmitted to the
House request from Secretary Wilson for
deficiency appropriation of $4,000 to
eradicate scabies in sheep and mango in
cattle.
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Postmaster at Brentwood.

Annie J.. Van Horn has been appointed
postmaster at Brentwood. Md.
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attempts to bribe the witnesses TO aver that
there were torpedo boats among the fishing
fleet off the Dogger Bank.
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Merit
4Advertising.

There is much in merit,
but of two stores of equal
merit the one that does the
best advertising will do the
most business.
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No Motive to Kill Young.
Did Not Prove Pistol Story.

The prosecution failed at vital point
in its case. he declared in not being able
to prove that Miss Patterson had a re-
volver.
He maintained that it had been proved
conclusively that she had no pistol and
suggested that the man who purchased
the weapon at Stern's pawnshop might
have been Youngs brother-in-law, Luce,
and that the pistol might have been given
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29
LEAVE WOODS
FOR. REZREAT Nv WZWOWA
Gate City Furnishes Sanctuary for Thousands of Squiy
rels, Which Seam the Riger from Wisconsin Woods
to Make Their Home IN the 7osyn- Citisens Protect
Them BY Ordinamce-Nnt Market Boons

The city of Winona has become the
home of thousands of squirrels-lively,
playful little fellows, of whom the resi-
dents of the gate city are very proud.
Some months ago the squirrels came
Wisconsin woods, directly across the
river from Winona. In order to do this
it was. necessary for the. little animals
to swim the Mississippi. And in. SO
doing there is little question but that
hundreds Of them drowned, the swim
being too long for their strength. At
the time the squirrels were leaving
Wisconsin, boating parties on the river
frequently saw them in the stream.
There are number of instances where
the little animals, almost exhausted
would swim to the boats and climb in
on oars or allow themselves to be lifted
from the water, evidently preferring to
risk their lives in human hands rather
than be drowned.
At first the squirrels were hunted in
Winona by small boys, and many
brought down by small rifles. But pub
lie sentiment soon became strongly set
against mo1esting them. The Humane
society and those interested prevailed
upon the city council to pass an ordin-
ance prohibiting the hunting or injury
Of the squirrels within the city limits.
The city attorney in drawing the or
dinance, and the council In passing it,
were we'll aware that the city had no
right to make game laws, but the or
dinance was adopted in view Of the fact
that it would have good moral in
Auence, altho it might not hold in court.
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Months have passed since the SPUR.
them has ceased, and instead every
them enjoy life. There is hardly a
private residence to be found but that
squirrelhouse has been fastened
among the limbs of the trees in the
yard. In these houses, with due APP
probation, the squirrels are making
themselves at home And within the
tiny walls of their elevated domiciles,
every squirrel already has a large sup
ply Of nuts hidden away for use during
the long winter. For altho the nut
crop proved a failure in Wisconsin,
Winonans are seeing that such is not
the case within their city. Hundreds Of
bushels Of nuts have this fall been
scattered on lawns and around the base
Of spreading shade trees for the benefit
Of the little beauties who tenant the
boughs above. More nuts of all kinds
have been sold by Winona dealers the
last six months than in years before,
and the arrival Of the army Of SQUIRRELS
is the cause OF it.
Residents of nearly every home make
pets Of the squirrels living nearby
Hundreds of the bushy- tailed little fell
lows will readily and without fear APP
proach friend who holds forth in one
hand supply Of nuts. And the per-
son thus making an offering to little
four-footed playfellow is more than re-
paid for the Investment in the nuts in
seeing the squirrel sitting up on his
hind legs and eating the coveted food,
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tn moonlight. He was in here tn other day, be-
wallin' his fate IT'S gr-reat misfortune says
he. what did ye get FIR itq' says I. That's tn
throuble,' says he We'll, don't complain says T.
think what ye in barber's bills, says, an
he whit away lookin much cheered up. Es
''No, Hnnissy, you an T. me frind, was not
cut out be providence to be millyonaires. If ye had
nawthin but money, ed have nawthin but money.
Ye can't ate it, sleep it, dhrnk it, carry it away
with ye. Ye've got a lot iv things that McMullin
hasn't got. Anybody that goes down to Noses,
won't ye'er peace iv mind hangin in tn win
dow unredeemed pledge An anyhow, If
ye're really in search iv fortune, perhaps cud
help ye. Wud dollar an a half be amy use
to ye?"
ELife is full " disappointments,' said Mr..
Hennessy.
"It is" said Mr.. Dooley, eff ye feel that way.
IT'S thrue that a good nanny have thried it an
none have come back FIR postgraduate coorse.
But still it amt SO bad as career young man.
Ye niver get what We ordher, but it pretty good if
ye'er appytite amt keen an we care FIR tn
scanery.''
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he goes an stays till ye re bald an yeer teeth fall
out an ye set dhrummin' on tn table an lookin'
out at tn scenery, By an by he comes back with
ye'er ordher, but JUS he's goin' to hand it to
ye Rockyfellar grabs tn plate. What kind iv
car is this?' says ye. Don't get anything to
eat7 Can't ye give me little happiness?' Il wud-
dent recommend tn happiness says tn waither.
Its canned an it kilt tn las man that thried it,
well, gracious says he. I've got to have some
thing Give me little good health an I'll thry to
make a meal out iv that Sorry, SIR says tn
black man. 'but we re all out iv good health. Be-
sides, he says takin' ye- gintly be tn r-rm,
we're comm into tn deepo an ye'el have to get
out, he says. ..W
can there ye ARE. Yell niver get money
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he finds me at tn bride, modestly waitin' FIR him
to weep on me bosom. But as FIR scramblin down
town arly in tn mornin' an buyin' chattel NOR
,gedges I niver thought " it. / get up at siven
o'clock. ] wudden t get up at quarther to siven
FIR all tn money dhream about I have lot iv
things ar-round here I cud cash in if cared FIR
money. I have tn priceless gift iv laziness. It's
made me what am, an that's tn very first thing
ivry rich man cashes in. TIL millyonaires We r-read
about thryin to give til rest v tn wurruld good
time be runnin over thin in autymobs, all started
with a large stock iv Incidence, which they cashed
in Now, whin they cud enjoy it, they can It buy it
back. Thin / have me good health. Ye can always
get money on that. An have me frinds; rayfuse
to cash thin in. 7 don't know that cud get much
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or scampering playfully up tree with
store, and down again with all speed to
get more.
Children as we'll as adults make pets
Of the squirrels and seem to fully en-
Joy them. "
Blacks Are Popular.
There are two kinds Of squirrels in
Winona. One is the we'll known gray
squirrel, and is by far the more numer-
Gus. The second variety is the black
squirrel-no prettier, perhaps, than the
beautiful grays, but more admired be-
cause of their greater scarcity. The
Winona resident who has black SOUR
for pet, is not slow to let his friends
know Of how he has been honored, and
is the envy of his neighbors, whose
equal display of kindness and offerings
of sweet nuts has only secured for them
a number Of the gray variety.
To the stranger, a walk thru the
streets Of Winona at present is an in.
teresting treat. In the various ward.
PARK? re sGa%pe a apo p the grass
play and chattering. Not infrequently
a squirrel will trot fearlessly across
sidewalk a few feet in front Of a pedes-
trian; or one will sit up on his hind
legs within almost reaching distance
and view his human friend with brill
liant little eyes and little show Of fear.
Nor is it unusual in passing thru the
streets, to see some family sitting on
the porch Of their home with squirrel
|perched on the shoulder Of some indi-.
vidual, or sitting on the porch railing
getting fat on the never-ending supply
of nuts which his admirers are gladly
feeding him.
Winona has always been noted FOR the
beauty Of its foliage as the widespread
ing shade trees adorn every lawn and
line every street. boulevard. 1t seems
but fitting and in keeping with this,
special attraction Of the Gate City that
these beautiful trees should be alive
with pretty, bushy tailed squirrels, who.
from sunrise to sunset never tire of
playing and chasing each other abouts
and u g aGlag a aaaang an t an astract1yei
little metropolis Of southeastern Min.
lnesota.
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he'll pass Vanderbilt, carry away tn tape on his
shoulders, an run two or three times around tn
thrack But an him started tn same way. TIL
on " Inference was that he wud cash in an [ wud-
dent. TIL on'y thing liver ixpicted to get money
on was me dhream iv avarice I always had that.
I cud dhream iv money as hard amy We liver
see an can still. But I nver thought iv wurrkin'
FIR it. I've always looked it dishon rable to
wurruk FIR money. I wurruk FIR exercise an I get
what tn lawyers call an honoraryium be dilutin'
tn spirits TIL only way I liver expict to make
clint is to have it left to be rich relation, an
I'm tn pluthycrat iv me fam ly, or to stub me toe
on gamblers roll or stop runaway horse FIR Pier
pont Morgan. An tn horse mustn't be runnin'
too fast He must be jus goin to stop on'y Morgan
don't know it, havin' tainted. Whin he comes to,
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onless ye fix tn wather an grab tn dishes fr' tn
other passengers. An ye won't do that. So yell
niver be rich. No poor man liver will be. Wan iv
tn sthrangest things about life is that tn poor who
need tn money tn most tn very that
niver have it. poor is poor an rich
man is rich man. Ye're ayether born poor or rich.
It don't make amy diff renee whether not We
have money to begin with If yere born to be rich,
yell be rich, an if yere born to be poor, yell be
poor TIL buttons on ye'er vest tell tn story. Rich
man, poor man, beggarman, thief rich man, or
ruds to that effect. always find that have aye
ther two buttons or six.
IA poor man is that rayfuses to cash in:
Ye don't get anything FIR nawthin' an to gather
in millyon iv thin beautiful Autographs iv Salmon
P. Chase, we have to go down ivry day with some
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</~ EAR me, I wisht had money" said
Mr.. Hennessy
$50 do l." said Mr.. Dooley. II
need it,


eye wudden't get it fir IN me-" said Mr.. Hen
messy.
"If didn IT, said Mr. Dooley, " 'twud be be-
cause I was poor or tired. But what Eye want
money FIR? Supposin' lost me head an handed
all me ACCUMULATED wealth. What wud We do
with that great fortune7 Befure ye had spnt half
Nv it, ye'd be sick ye'd come to me an hand
back til remainin' eighteen dollars. q
GA man has more fun wishin' FIR tn things
he hasn't got thin injyin' tn things he has got.
Life Hinnissy, is like Pullman dinn' car; fine
bill v fare but nawthn' to eat. Ye 60 in fresh an
hungry, tuck yeer napkin in yeer collar, an square
away at tn list iv groceries that tn black man
hands we. What'll we have frst9 Ye think ye'd
like to be famous an We ordher dish iv fame an bid
tn waither make it good an hot. He's gone an age
an whin he comes back ye'er appytite is departed
Ye taste tn ordher an says ye: why, it's cold
an full iv broken glass. 'That's tn way always
sarve fame this car says tn coon. Don't ye
think ye'd like money FIR tn sicond coorse? Mis-
Their Rockyfellar there has had forty-two help
ms says he. 1T dom to agree with him, ,
says We, 'but We may bring some' We say. Away
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on thin, but if wanted to be millionaire, I'd
tuck you an Hogan an Donahue undher me arm
an carry we down to Nose.
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ton 8 old mansion at Mount Vernon
would raise a national storm Of protest,
and an attempt to whitewash the
grimy exterior Of old Trinity church in
New York to make it more presentable,
would set all Manhattan up on edge. Of
recasting Of the Liberty Bell, and yet
not one of these suggestions is a whit
more vandalistic and unsentimental
than what the government has let some
body do at Fort Smelling.
The old Round Tower, in it's new
jacket, is less attractive than one Of
the neT cylindrical grain tanks which aiea it
And the interior! -.
Hardwood floors, electric lights, plate
glass windows, steam radiators-all
as a tomato can.
A similar fate has overtaken the old
hex f tower winch shouldeted the
river valleys.
The Round Tower is an office; the
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hexagonal structure a storehouse. Both
buildings are inseparably connected
with Minnesota g history and within the
last L decade especially. the old Round
love and respect as the one thing which,
and mighty empire develop. With it's
rough stone half concealed in vines, it
was the rallying place of the loyal old
settlers to whom it stood as the symbol
Of their early struggles.
Now it is changed-moderniz
suit the idea of one man whose only
standard of Judgment is that Of a hard
utilitarian. There is genuine and wide
spread sorrow among the old settlers.
They have been assured of the love and
loyalty and appreciation Of the younger
generation, but this Dissertation of their
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most dearly beloved shrine is more cruel
than blow in the face.
Candidates for admission to the West
and Is years Of ape, must not fall be-
low feet 3 inches in height and 100
pounds in weight; if between Is and 10
years, S feet 31a inches in height and
lO5 pounds in weight; if over 10, 5 feet
inches in height and ITO pounds in
weight.
MIR. and Mrs. Nicholas Drew of Big
Rapids celebrated their golden wedding
whom live out Of the state, being pres
ent. One feature of the occasion was
the presence at breakfast Of the same
party Of six which sat down to the we'd
ding breakfast so years ago.
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-xNTcMULLIN did cash. He had no more lazi-
seNl thin me, but he cashed it in befure
,- r. he was twinty-wan He cashed in his
good health, large stock iv fam y ties tn affection
iv his wife, tn comforts iv home, an wan frind
afther another. Wanst in awhile, late in life he ID
thry to redeem pledge, but he niver cud They
wasn't anything in tn wurruld that McMullin
wudden't change FIR tn roly-boly. He cashed in
his vote, his pathreetism his reijon his riitives,
an, fn'lly his hair. Ye heerd about him, didn't
yeq He's lost ivry hair his head. They amt
speer iv vigitation left him. He's arid as tn
desert v Sahara. His head looks like an iceberg in
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<T OOK at McMullin He rowlin' in it. It
W. bulges his pocket an initiates his convar-
sation. Whin he looks at me, always
feel that he IS wondhrin how much I'd bring at
forced sale. Well, McMullin an I had tn
start about forty yards behind scratch an Wander
bilt to beat. They always put tn best in amy
race behind tn line. Befure McMullin gets thru