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New Haven Conn April lSA de
cisiou denying b effect the application
ron the removal Of william : Bryan q
executor e the estate Of the late Phile
Is BENNETT bus been rendered by Judge
i, ~ Cieaveiand FL the probate court
The application was brought BY couu
Vel foF Mrs Bennett the widow. AMI
other reslduarT legatees. The mattei
viii Cow so 50 che higher court Oh ap
MI
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Crafty Japanese Admiral Laid ths
Floating Torpedoes and Then Eatiess
His Enemy Upon Them-credit Given
to the Mikado.
Washington, April IS The japanese
legation has received the following ca
blegram. dated Tokyo. April IS:
Admiral Togo reports that the com
bined fleet, as previously planned. com
meneed on the 18th Of April the eighth
attnck Oh Port Arthur. The fourth and
the fifth torpedo boat destroyer aotil-
las end the fourteenth torpedo boat TO
lila and the Keromaru reached tile
mouth Of Port Arthur at midnight Of
the 18th and effected the laying De
mines at several points outside of the
port. defyiHg the enemy's searchlight
The second torpedo boat destroyer
notilla discovered at dawn OF the 18th
one Russian torpedo boat destroyer
trying to enter the harbor and after
ten minutes attack sank her Another
Russian torpedo boat destroyer was
discovered coming from the direction
Of Liaotishan and was attacked. but
she managed to Zee into the harbor
on our side no casualties except two
seamen on the Ikabuchl slightly
wounded. There was no time to rescue
the eneTny's drowned crews. ais the
Bayan approached. The third fleet
reached outside OF Port Arthur at S a. 10. (.
when the Bayan came out and opened
Ere Immediately afterward the No
vik, Askold. Diana. Petropaylovsk, 20.
hieda and poltava came out ana made
an offensive attack Our third fleet.
hardly answering and gradually retir
ing, enticed the enemy fifteen miles
southeast Of the port. when our first
fleet informed through wireless teleg
raphy from the third tieet, suddenly
appeared before the enemy and at
tackled them While the enemy was
trying to regain the port a battleship
Of the Peuopavlovsl type struck mines
laid BY us the previous evening and
sunk at 1892 4. na.
Although another ship was oh
served to have lost freedom Of move
ment. the confusion of the enemy's
ships prevented us from identifying
her They finally managed to regain
the port Our third feet suffered no
damage aud the enemy.s damage be
sides above mentioned probably slight
also. Our frst fleet did not reach firing
distance Our fleets retired at ! p. nj
and prepared Tor another attack They
resailed April "a toward Port Arthur
The second, the fourth and the tifth
torpedo boat destroyer aotiIlas and the
ninth torpedo boat fotilla also joined
III 3 q. III. No enemy's ship WINS found
outside q the port Our FIRST fleet ar
rived at the port al q a. IN. and diseov
cred three mines laid by the enemy
and destroyed all TIE new forts on
Liaotlshan We're finally silenced car
forces retired at 30 b IN
In concluding bis report admiral 10
20 says +1'he fact that not i single
man was injured ia these successive
attacks must be attributed 70 his maj
esty's glorious virtue The officers aue
men proved gallant and dia their mt
most iii the discharge 81 their duties
despite many things that seemed lie
yona human control The ships freely
moving over the enemy's ground with
out suffering any damage must be al
tributea Is heavenly assistance
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80 $50 aurn.d y 80.

Albany y. II. April IS Frank
shear ana Frank Graham, West Shors
brakemeu. were burned to. death IN tie
wreckage of rear end collision be-
tween freight trains of the West Shore
and Delaware ana Hudson roads at the
junction Of ne two roads on the out.
skirts of this city
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-18

Ciuaky has issued instructions for lis
detectives 81 loob f7F and arrest David
Roihsehiia formerly president ot tile
F@Iefal hank po trace az whose
whereabouts since Thursday has yet
ueeH discovered An examination has
revealed iae fact THAI from sl5000O q
$4,000 % The banks loans sre nracfl
calls unace0unted FOR
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Fair Estate . q Distributsd

san Francisco. April IS Superior
Judge Cook has ordered tie nnal dis
trihutiou q THE estate Of The late
Charles = Fair which was appraised
ct S30i9000, " tie two sisters 81 the
decreased. Mrs. Herman Oeirichs and
Mrs William Il Vanderbilt
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Braftlehoro, Nf April is George Al.
Martin editor 81 tile New England
Farmer and q well known writer on
live stock and agricultural topics. has
died at bls home here aged seventy
three years Fot several years Tie was
editor Of tie publications % tie bureau
81 animal industry of the agricultural
department az Washington
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Our Right 10 Bar cslestiais New
Law Proposed.
Washington April is AttorneF Cen
eral KNOX has handed % the president
his opinion regarding the validity II
the Chinese exclusion law. While the
opinion has not been made publie. it is
known thag tie attorney general holds
% effect that lhe dennneiation 0f the
tfeair hp China does not operate to
uailify the existing laws aud thar the
EXCLUSION laW eaa be enforced IS rigid
Isl hereafter as under the treaty
After tue 3en0neiation 81 tie exist
Zig treaty by china tie subject u tire
exclusion of hiuese was considered
by the president ana dis cabinet The
president also discussed the matter
with the leaders ID congress. Hi ae.
cafdance with the action 81 the Chi.
Bese government The treaty win *
pire ga the 7ih of next December II
was manifestly necessary. therefore.
that II should Dc determined before the
adjournment 81 the present session of
congress whether 81 not tie law enact
Cd originally IN 1892 would continue ii
effect after tue treaty had lapsed This
question WAS referred 10 the attorney
general by TIE president and il il Ga
that question he las prepared ID opin.
ION
I'll It's effect The exclusion law Is
more Drastic tlab tile treaty While
the lreafy i q force The points of diff
ference between lhe law and The treaty
are decided ID accordance with The
terms d lhe atter II Is the nope 81
the Chinese government that new
treaty nlay he negotiated which win
prove nlefe favorable to Chinese ItnmI
grants than is the present treaty In
decd sneh treaty now il being con
sldered out ihe negotiations have nor
progressed sufficiently 70 Indicate what
the precise nature ~ Tue convention
ulay be eventually
New Anti Chinese Law Proposed.
4 bli which seeks to strengthen ev-
cry weak place ln the Chinese exclu.
sion net drawn by the department u
Justice. has been introduced In the
house by Chairman Hit d the com
mittee on foreign affairs The drst SEE
lion ohriates amy embarrassment on
account o. The announcement by Tie
Chinese government OF the treaty be-
tween the lnlted States government
ma that country bF striking from tbt
Chinese exclusion yet the words 50 no.
Inconsistent with treaty obligations
The second section permits tile en-
trance into the United states Of per
SOUS Of Chinese descent 9ho Gre citi
aens q ihe Tinted states IS britt. alse
those who are specifically granted rs
law the privilege II admission anc
30 others
Ihe words Chinese person" 81 per
son of Chinese descent are deHaed II
TBS fili 70 mean anY nerson descend
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= often wished had no children About
three weeks ago began taking Painess Celery
Compound, and it's hlesaeed medicine. ii GER
tainly has restored my temper and appetite.
Ny nervousness has all disappeared / am
grateful fog the discovery u such great rem
edy.g-MRs. A. T. ELLEN, Mount Washing
ton. pa.
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Improvement II payns's Health.

washington April Isl A Telegram
received at the postofice department
from Postmaster General Payne re
ports that his healtl has been im
proved hy his sea trip and that be eli
poets 20 yet haek q Washington the
latter part Of this month
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Omaha Neh Anra iS The count Of
the referendum vote - the question of
removing The naionai headquarters q
the Socialist partv from Omaba rs Chi
cage has been completed resulting in
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SIN Confident In St. Petersburg.

Paris. April ls The Eclair's ST Pc
tersbufg correspondent says he IS in
formed that a formal order has beer
forwarded % FiceroY AleNeieH net K
permit the Russian fleet e. leave Por
Arthur before me arrival there Of Yict
Admiral SkrydlQH It s the opinion II
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seVastopol Not sunk.

ST Petersburg April Is The story
of the shifting 1T the battieship SeYas,
top0l and another vessel ~ Port Ar
thor which WAS ID circulation here Is
Officially denied
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New Commander Fer Black Sea Fleet
ST Petersburg April ls Vice Ad.
mirai Doulgassatf has been appointed
commander of the tieet az Russian
ports on the Black sea in succession 20
Vice Admiral Skrydlof who succeeds
the late Admiral AlakafofT Prince HI.
koH minister of railroads vii leave
81. Petersburg for Nladivostok April
10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-18

Win toe exception OF the electric
wiring ana slight damage 70 the hoists
the tessel remains unlaIurea. The ais
soua vii sail for New York not later
fb8a faesday
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sahnarInts - ths Rasslan 80.

PARIS April IS According 90 dis
patch from the st Petersburg GORE
spondeut Of tie Petit Parisieu, an
American engineer Is on bis way to
Fort Arthur Ia direct the reconsruc-
tion ot the three submarine boats
which we're forwarded to Port Arthur
iu sections b March
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-18

Cincinnati Aug &c, i983.-tsI heartily recon-
mend Paiues Celery Compound, as / have used
il for several purposes, and keep il constantly
IN the house. 1 say-'Once used 8lways used
especially 10 the ease Of ailing women 49, Miss
Essie Lloyd, 1851 Russell st.
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ST Petersburg, April Is The claim
Iof Vice Admiral Togo commander 10
Chief of tie japanese standing squad
ron. that lie sank mines OF Port Ar.
thur at midnight on Tuesday has elicit
ed an authoritative statement that not
e single Japanese torpedo boat 40
preached the entrance 10 Port Arthur
At that time
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nigh naval circles u,a8 E got be
necessary TO dispatch the Baltic squad
ron 70 the far east as the army It is
believed viii be able @ cope with the
Japanese forces.
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Queen w.lhslmIns assssr.

Rome kpfil fS The condition o.
Queen Wilheimina 81 Holland who re
Gently ame 20 Italy for the beneaf q
hei iegilh has greatiy improved stree
her soi0urn nj Sorrento
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Her Babies PrattIe
Tortured Her

Run Down. Sick Moody abeTs Bmned Mother "0en Wished Sht
Had No Children But Today She Bright Strong, CHEEKY We'll
Quickly Bcsd nvgorated and Cured By the Celebrated Nerve Vital
izer and Tonic
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PRAISE FOR OUR TARS
Every han % the Missouri !
Hero, Says an Officer
FOUGHT FIRE N MAGAZINE

TN. s.amsn New IN the Hospital es'
crsdIs o. Saving Tire ship 2 Daring
Attempts st Rescue Were MADE p
Midshipman cslsa.
Pensacola. Flaa April rs Etfts rs
acer and man 81 the Missouri Is nero
and tbat toe. under Circumstances
which would uy Gee bravery II tAe
hest man ou earth. said ca oiilceE e
high rank here who Is Thoroughly ~
naliar vim the circumstances q iAs
explosion on thar vessel ard eonQ ~
n the enieers ana men during tAe ai
teen minutes that the IRE ragged N tue
tnrret and handling room infefmalioh
received IRON The Missouri iaFeWs "
lie additional tight ppon tie cause q
the explosion ai agreeing that t5s
rand aring was the primary cause
/ but the DAYS bring forth maay inei-
dents 81 herolsm displayed hy Officers
and men
! Two OF the men nov 10 ile hospital
uill receive recognition from tile de-
/ partment Tor valiant service. These
two men are Seameu McDade ana
welles. While many others Of tile
crew assisted ia saving the ship from
total destruction b. explosion o the
magazines. tie vessel would andouot
eddy gone 70 the bottom bat Cot Che act
Of these men. They were ID magazine
d % when the frst explosion occurred.
and sparks begsn dropping from the
turret to their magazine At the TIME
the trough through whlch powder j.
passed was open. and about four
charges al powder we're ca the oaiside
/ McDade saw tie danger knowing
the powder on the outside would catch
and unless the opening ii the maga
zine was closed that. too would ex
plode. lie reached bis arm through the
opening and attempted 70 anfasten the
catch to close The opening but il re-
fused to work he then placed bis
body ID tie opening until Nelles could
empty large powder can. end whsa
this was done the can was showed into
the opening partly closing It The men
then oiled 90 caegs wttb suab. rnas
| preventing ans aames tran peaetgat
/ ing the magaziue.
on deek men st8e3 at their posi-
iake reel heroes bg iAetf SIDE vas l1e
chaplain ri tlle Missouri VIE would
oeea sloiaily encourage thf men sat
ing STEADY ooys Not man aiach
81 aita9ng'i aeata stared every one ia
ule taee one mao who Aad ueeu
shoFea eut e t9e baud ns ea0m sid
Nh'ie agins 81 ilie arms ~ the chap.
iala' eaplalH towles has sared thFee
lasl 9ss'aes A KS PpoE fei'o"
alsa however 'a gre u.auies
Heroic Work s. Massionsn
AAtNNtfatlt&tt ulN5t, SIS Hfe WIS assign
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EXPLANATION
TO THE PUBLIC.

. The old family ap0thecar.
lee, Carleton and Hovey Of
Lowell, Mass, established ID
1922 haFe ID their possession
the old prescription book IN
which Is fled tie prescription
for Father Johns Medicine.
as written BY the eminent specialist who
prescribed it for the late Rev re. John
0'Brlen Of Lowell hY whom it was recon-
mended 70 his friends and Pensioners, and
from whom c has derived lts name. and
vas advertised With bis knowledge aud
approval 10 Is not patent medicine and
II y free from morphine, opium OF other
poisonous drugs The money IS refunded
ioF any bronchial trouble, cough 81 cold IL
does n0t cure It makes strength ana pre-
vents pneumonia Invaluable as a tonic
and bodE-buIideE for weak and rundown
systems Not q new medicine So years
ID use.
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STOPPED
THAT
ThahbIng Sensation.

eHaving been lrou.
hlea for over d year
with my Kidneys, and
also suffering fron
rhe atiRm. ny
daughter, seeing your
smith's Buciu fishsa.
PILE advertised.
bought a box, and L
used them 10 my entire
sati faction, as I have
not mat throhbine sen
satibn IN ny bhgk.
from which ! suffered
80 long They are an
.hat You advertised
them 10 be- I have
now started % use the
second box. and would
highly ommend
them % any person
troubled as ! was nv
age IS IS years old
Mira. Janet III. sunper.
g Dartmouth sc. By ton
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CHINESE TO STAY OUT
Attorney General Holds That the
Exclusion Law Is Valid.
TREATY IS NOT ESSENTIAL

December Expiration Of the Compact.
Denounced BY China, Will Not Affect
Our Right 10 Bar cslestiais Nav
Law Proposed.
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iUG0 MAKES REPORT
Details Of Action In Which The
PetTOpaYIOYsk Was Destroyed.
RUSSIAN STRUCK JAP MINE

Crafty Japanese Admiral Laid ths
Floating Torpedoes and Then Entiesa
His Enemy Upon Them-credit Given
to the Mikado.
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JAP ANESE FLEET
At VLAD|VOSTOK
Betw cen the Russian Squadron
and That Port.
DID NOT FIRE ON The TOWN
The Russian ships said 4" Hc I"
Po-siet Hay Guarding fnssn=e
of soldiers Across the
1umcn River.

London. March S-Cabling from
Ping-Yang. Korea under date OF
March 8. a corresp ondent Of the Daily
Mall saws that 1000 Russian cavalry
men. with seven guns, retreated last
Wednesday through kusong and Son
chon toward Win They destroyed
the telegraph line
II is believed al the japanese lega-
ton here that the Japanese warships
are now between the Russian cruiser
squadron and Nladiyostok. and there
is reason to believe the Russian squad
ron Is in the vicinity of Possiet bay,
probably covering a movement of Rus
sian troops.
Russian official dispatches do not
mention this squadron, and this iact
lends color 10 the belief that the Jap
anese warships have shut 1t out oil
Nladiyostok.
II is pointed out at the legation that
If this is true. the Russian vessels are
in a critical position. since they must
run the gauntlet of the japanese
squadron of Port Arthur before reach
ing a Russian port
In a dispatch from St Petersburg
I correspondent Of the Standard gives
rumor that the car has received tel
egram 70 the effect that the Japanes'
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NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Latest Happenings Within the Bor-
ders Of Our Own State.
May Take Second Place.

Washington. ID. C., March l.-s ena-
tor Fairbanks was shown published
dispatch stating that he had decided
10 become a candidate for vice pfesi-
dent he declined 90 make any state
ment The Star says Senator Falr-
banks Will not resist movement "
make him the vice presidential nohil-
nee 81 the republican party II the
convention dominates him he Will ac-
sept. More than that. he Will not az
TEMPT 10 DISCOURAGE efforts looking 10
his nomination. IL Is only fair 20 say
that no explicit declaration by Senator
Fairbanks 10 that ehect has been
made. The Indiana delegation IN con-
sress was convinced that Senator FAR
banks had yielded TO the solicitation OF
men high in the councils outside 81 IN
diana 10 take second place on The ma
uonal ticket"
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The Ind ana republican state COM
min, o. On the an. fixed a state con-
yen,iun fcr Apr.l - and p az Indian
ap0iis.
Tho STANDARD on CO.. on the an.
cut the price OF petroleum three cents
4 barrel on an high grade and TWO
cents on the low ar grades This was
thc Second reduction, making total
~ SIX cents
Henry Francis Joseph Kicker. presi
dent ~ the Kicker national bank,
Quincy. lll.. died on the 4th. tie was
born in Germany s. years ago. Mr.
Kicker lived i'm Quincy for % years.
Ills estate was valued AZ S2opo.ooo.
Isaac r. Stoddard. secretary Of the
territory 81 Arizona. resigned. on the
4th. 20 take effect April Ills sue
cossor has not yet been selected.
The Marbleheai tMassl bank closed
lis doors on the 9Th, and rs affairs VII
he liquidated al once The bank hac
been in existence 100 Years.
President IaRue OF the Corning
Gal bank shot himself ihroush the
head. on the eth. dying instantly His
bank had failed
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scourged with Measles

Clay city. Ind March Middle
burg. with a population OF 400 people.
one mile from this city, has been
scourged with measles during the last
winter The public schools. three de-
partments. were closed from the hrst
81 December until after the holidays
while The epidemic run It's course
AFTER thu FIRST al the year the schools
resumed. but The village is still the We
tim al the contasion. ana to at ar
pcarances the disease WILL MAKE
.lean sweep. leaving no one exempt.
neither child nor adult The course ~
he disease has now been a period Ok
nearly four molths.
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Personal AND GENERAL.

Policeman Frederick c Moore was
on the I'd. held al Omaha Neb., hy The
coroncr's Jury for the killing Of George
O'Nenl. officer Moore dubbed O'Neili
over The head for resisting arrest
O'Neill died on the operating table al
the hospital
During a heavy fog. on the 81. on
New York. Pennsylvania ferry boat
sank a coal barge. and a Staten Island
ferryboat was badly damaged by a col
lision with an unknown vessel No
lives were lost in either accident
VIII Schwins was almost ms anIy
killed and his life Mary probably IA
tally sho; ny John White. shepherd
or at Billings. Mont on the 3d. The
shooung occurred in q lodging house
Word was received az Chicago. o.
the ad. 81 the death from tubcrculos s..
al sa-anac Lake ~ " Of Hobart
Moore. son OF w. IT Moore. the we'll
known Chicago capitalist
Portland Ind. on the ~ eNpe 1a'-'
the worst Hood Of years. Wat wa
z foot deep in the principal stree s.
and IA inches in the courthouse base
mant
Congressman Philip p Campbell q
Piusburg. Kas.. was renominated, on
the 3D.. by reclamation by the repub-
leans OF the Third Kansas district
Gov Dockery, on the 18th, granted
a respite TO James Brown. who was
sentenced by the supreme court 20 be
han.-. IN Ea-.as City. Mo. on March
ii. for murder. 70 April s.
Miss Rena Nelson. Of Pierre s. y.
was taken critically III. on lne ith. az
the result OF eating poisoned candy
mailed 20 her from Boone. Ia Accord
Ing to a chemist of the agricultural
college az Brooking who auaiyzed
some Of the candy. the sweets con
tanned corrosive suhhmate.
Two hundred marines from The
League Island navy yard left philadel
phia. on the an. for San Francisco
en- route 20 the Philippines The party
included IS men from Annapolis The
marines werc under the command Of
Capt Lee
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victim Of Apoplaxy.

Lafayette. Ind March Mrs
George O.lrbay. wife 81 prominent
banker of R0mney died IS the result
81 having l1 teeth pulled Wednesday
afternoon. she drove 'o This cry and
went 10 the oflce 81 local dentist and
had The teeth extracted After the
work had been completed ii was fo-nd
that the patient had suffered a stroke
Il apopiexy and was in very serious
condition Almost immediately Mrs
OGlebay was driven 10 her home and
The shock OF the long ride proved fatal.
She died without gaining conscious
ness
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In the harbor
AleXier reports that there were sew
en- ships In the attacking japanese
feet, and that the bombardmcnt last
cd an hour lie says il was entirely
ineffective
Hoth probably at S~a.
II II is true that the Russian Nladi-
vostosk squadron ia on the sea. IL is
equally clear that the Japanese. despite
their vigilance, do not know whore IL
is, or when or whore II may strike The
condition Is much like that which OBJ
tanned in the United States. when Ger
vera and his squadron OF four Span
ish cruisers and torpedo notilla was
loose" in the Caribbean sea
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oPER ,TIoNs oNIA>D.
n japanese Don't Move Soon Nus-
slams Nay Take the Offensive.


SLAMS Nay Take ia. Offensive.
London. March S-lf the japanese
do not move forward within the next
two weeks. 1t is assumed that Russia
will take the offensise IL is reck0ned
that by March 90 she will have "A move
able land force of $4,000 men of all
arms. This army Will include over
400 pieces OF artillery most machine
guns. and light field batteries.
This immense force does nor include
the army which will b. required 10
man the fortresses at Port Arthur.
Dalny. Mukden. Hardin. and other
strategic points Neither does il in
clude the army that Will be detailed 20
guard the l.500 miles OF railway in
Manchuria
Russia's main objective will be the
Japanese forces in northern Korea IL
is her problem to drive the japanese
into the sea or force the surrender of
the armies now in the region of The
Yalu.
Information from ST. Petersburg
leads to the conclusion that the Rus
slams are determined TO defend Port
/ Arthur as heroically as they did Sehas-
topol No large garrison will BE re-
tained there. 10000 men are as good
as 100 600 for defense while the more
men the more mouths TO feed There