Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-08

they move forward. With unfaltering
persistence they attacked, only to be
thrown back They repeated the at
tack at 10 o'clock after an artillery
commandment and reached the Rus
sian trenches, where a bayonet fight
ensued. At the crucial moment Cen
eral Alieff, commanding the vanguard
arrived on the scene with two COM
panies and turned the scale against
the japanese. Toward evening the
fight slackened.
Gen. Rennekampf's Headquarters,
March ., via Mukden, March Cat
tacks by the japanese today, near
Tupintai and on the forces of Gen.
Liulf Liubivin we're repulsed with
heavy losses to the Japanese. The
Russian left has been advanced slight
ly.
NEW CHWANG, via Tientsin, Mich.
6.-Trad7rs arriving here report that
last night 10000 japanese gained an
entrenched position five miles west of
the gates of Mukden. Hand to hand
fighting continued until daylight,
when it resulted without advantage to
either side. These traders further re-
port that the Russians are becoming
alarmed and have burned the govern
ment buildings preparatory to retreat
ing. One thousand Russians are re-
ported moving southwark on the east
side of the Lao river to attack The
japanese in the rear.
WASHINGTON, March The fol-
lowing nominations we're sent to the
senate today by President Roosevelt:
Members of the csbinet-John Hay,
District of Columbia, secretary of
state; Leslie NJ. Shaw, of Iowa, secre-
tary of the treasury; William Taft,
Ohio, secretary of war; William Fl.
Moody, of Massachusetts, attorney
general; George B. Cortelyou, of
New York, postmaster general; Paul
Morton, of Illinois, secretary of the
navy; Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Mis-
souri,, secretary of the interior; James
Wilson, of Iowa, secretary of agricul-
ture; Victor H. Metcalf, secretary of
commerce and labor.
Ambassadors extraordinary and min
listers Observation-Disclosures Reid,
of New York, to Great Britain; Robert
S. Mccormick, of illinois, to France;
George vi. Meyer, of Massachusetts,,
to Russia; Edwin Fl. Conger, of Iowa,
to Mexico; Henry White, of Rhode
Island, to Italy.
ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
potentiary-William Woodville
of District of Columbia, to
China; Davis j. Hill, of New York, to
the Netherlands; Henry Lane Wilson,
of Washington, to Belgium; Brutus
j. Clay, of Kentucky, to Switzerland;
Thomas j. O'Brien, of Michigan, to
Denmark; Charles j. Graves, of Min
nesota, to Sweden and Norway. There
we're also numerous other nominations
made to serve as ministers to South
republics aud at the courts
of smaller European nations, besides
various nominations for consul at Eu-
ropean capitols.
WASHINGTON, March 6.--The
special session of the senate opened
today by loud applause for Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks, when he appeared in
the chamber to preside. He raped
the senate to order and prayer was
offered by Chaplain Hale. New sena-
tors, Piles, of Washington; BulkeY, of
Flint, of California;
Noxoine, of Nevada; Burkett, of Ne
Rayner, of Maryland; Carter,
Of Montana; Sutherland. of Utah;
of Indiana, were warmly
greeted in the senate. In response to
resolution, Allison and German we're
named as a committee to notify the
PRESIDENT that the senate was in ses-
ion, ready to receive communications.
\ recess was then taken until O'Clock.
1t the expiration of the recess the
reported that the president
would at once send message. ~ five
minutes after O'Clock, Assistant Sec
etary Barnes arrived from the White
louise and Immediately, on motion of
.odge, the senate went into executive
ession and at half past two adjourn
d.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 6.
Albert Beverly, the former .utler
nd Miss Richmond, the former raid
{ the Stanford household were rlos-
ted in the office of Captain of Detec-
ives Burnett this afternoon for three
ours. The conference was of the star
hamber order, the police taking the
reatest pains to preserve absolute
,crecy.
District Attorney Byington and At
,rney Wilson for the Stanford estate
ere both present. When the confer