The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-05
GOLDEN HILL FORTRESS AT
PORTsARTHUR IS BEING
: DISINT EGRATED.
Garrison Is Starving -Gen. Stoessel
Holds Out Grimly Although /.
Surrounded by Scenes of
Suffering Towns Peo-} ! &
pie Favor -Surren--
der-Other
News.

Rome, Oct. IA telegram from
Tien Tsin reports that a junk that
arrived from Port Arthur today re-
ports the garrison there in the most
terrible straits. The men are suf-
ffering from a lack Of even the
commenest necessities of life. In
tense misery prevails among all
classes, particularly at the hospital,
where the wounded are in a wretch.
ed condition.
The most serious factor In this
suffering is the lessening Of the wa
ter supply. a
The opinion is growing among
the townspeople that the time
has come when surrender could
be made without.los ofhonor. This
was suggested to General Stoeasel,
who became frantic, raved like a
maniac and DECLARED he would con-
tinue fighting as long as grain Of
powder remained.
n The Japanese are now devoting
all their energies to the reduction
of Golden Hill fortress, which COM
mands the harbor and is the heart
of the defens se. Once in Japanese
possession the Tigers Tail fortifica-
lions could be reduced with ease,
but it is doubtful if further resist.
ancs would be offered after the cap
ture Of the Golden Hill works. y
Upon the stronghold there has
| been a concentrated fire, for days,
and this has proved SO effective, ae-
: 1cording to the junk men, that all
eater-wofks have hasn. rAdnced
; to mere heaps of powdered stone,
f from which the shells hurl clouds
+ of dust into the air when they strike.
So long has this point been a tar
get that the Japanese gunners have
the range perfectly and scarcely a
! shell misses the mark. The an
!! swering fire continues spasmodical-
ly and with feebleness, but the gar
rison and commanders are still de-
f; FAINT and now await the attack
/ which the Japanese expect to make
{ within three or four days.
/ Great as is the hatred between
{ the enemies at this point and bru.
| tai as has the warfare become, the
Japanese are said to regret the ne.
!, cessity Of taking the Russians piece
meal. They regard Stoessel's brav-
cry and stnbberness with admira-
ton, but believe that his continued
and hopeless resistance is not in
keeping with better judgment
which should lead him TO spare the
K. lives of his men from hopeless sac,
{ ri6ce.
{ The junkmen say that there can
s be no question of the outcome and
that the fortress at the most car
: last but a few days longer.
Portland, Oct. Portland Jour
nal: While working so feet from
the ground stringing electric wire'
this morning, Tom Waldron's ha
came in contact with a live wire ant
10000 volts of electricity passed
:: through his head, killing him in
stantly.
Waldron was working for tn
Portland General Electric Compa
. ny in Eleventh street, opposite th'
Weinhard brewery. The othe
! /, workmen of his gang were som,
i distance away from him.
=. Waldron did not notice the loos
live wire dangling above his head
. He climbed a-little higher on th
pole and his hat brushed it. In
stantly there was a fash, a sizzlin,
sound and Waldron plunged head
/ long to the pavement below. H
was dead.
Several workmen at the brewer,
: were the only ones who witnesses
Z the accident. Their attention va
attracted by the fash and the siz
zling sound of the current as j
passed through Wa]dron's body
When they reached the body lif
was extinct.
{ Where the current had passe'
{ through his hat there was a smal
! hole. The hair was burned fror
! his head where the current had en-
i tered. His flesh was burned i
{ Eplaces. The remains were remoy
+ ed to the morgue, where an invest
+ cation is being held by. Corone
/ Finley.
I Waldron resided at 3OS Fourt