Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-30


 St. Petersburg, Nov. 24-Appear-
 anees again point to the possl biIity of
 a big battle south of Mukden. The
 Japanese, according to official report. i have received a severe set back in the
 vicinity of Sintsintin, in which direc-
 tion they apparently were attempting
 to execute a wide turning movement.
 The opinion here is scarcely believed
 to be possible that the great armies
 can winter within less than rifle shot
 distant from each other, though the
 heavy defenses OD each side make it
 extremely difficult for either to as-
 sume the offensive. It is believed,
 however, if the daedlock is to be
 broken General Kuropatkin will let
 Field Marshal Oyama take the initia- tive as the Russians have the better of
 the present position, namely a strong
 line of defense and Mukden behind
 them, making satisfactory winter quarters where Russian endorsements are now accommodating for the advance | next spring. The Japanese also are strongly reinforced. Rivers are already frozen sufficiently to permit the move ment of artillery and commissary trains, so that the country actually is better adapted to Japanese advance than during the summer.
 Washington, Nov. 23-How badly off the navy is for officers and how seri- ously this condition may effect the navy and the nation, is told in the annual report of Rear Admiral George A. Converse, chief of the bureau of navigation, and approved by Secretary Morton today. Experience especially in gunfire he says, has shown that it is necessary to increase the number of officers assigned to ship so that the estimate made in 1902 of the number of officers needed for ships in com mission, is inadequate. It provided for only about one half as many officers as the ships of the same class carry in the British, French and Ger man navies. Admiral Converse recom- mends that the number of lieutenants be increased from $50 to GOO, and that the number of lieutenant commanders be increased from 200 to 900.
 London, Nov. 24-A dispatch from Tokio to the Standard reports increas- ing assertions from the Port Arthur garrison into the Japanese lines, the stories of the desert Is telling of the demoralization of tlr Russian defend CTS. Some corro. uHdents say the Russian defenders vu he sea front of Port Arthur no longer ire on the ap- proach of the Japanese ,.nf-hips. The Japanese correspondent Nriting to the Morning Post pOrtra,~ be growing anxiety concerning b,. Russian Second Pacific squardon, WLIsh is probably due to the "strength of Port Arthur's resisting powers. He points out the inconsist ucy of Egypt in permitting Rojestvensky' ships to coal when not going to a Russian port.
 The Second Pacific squadron has reach Port Said, Egypt.
 Philadelphia, Nov. 23-The fight be- tween Tommy Ryan, the middleweight pugilist, and Jack Root of Chicago, which was scheduled to go six rounds here tonight, was ended in the middle of the fourth round by Referee Nc Guigan announcing that it was a fake. It was one of the most unsatisfactory pugilistic affairs ever held in this city and the spectators long before the re- fierce stopped the bout, showed their disapproval of the exhibition. Trou-. ble was aveFted by the prompt work of the police in jumping into the ring and protecting fighters and in clear ing the hall The managers of both fighters protested vehementIy, but they found few sympathisers in the crowd.
 Auburn, Cal, Nov. 23-The last act in the preliminary examination Adolph Weber, charged with murder ing his mother, father, sister and brother, was concluded this afternoon when Justice Smith, before whom the was conducted, held him to answer before the superior court. The prisoner listened to the decision without any apparent emotion. Over he protest of his attorney Weber stat sd to the press that a most atrocious crime had been committed and for which the accused requested suspen- ion of public judgment until he had chance to defend himself.
 Chicago, Nov. 23-A labor union is the latest explanation of he automobile tragedy near Lemont, Ills. According to this theory, John V. Bate, jr., the young chaffeur, was ha viotin of bul lats intended for Ed