The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1905-01-20


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- Tws-Psrt Arthur siege Eveat..
The Russian army is already In win
Der quarters around Mukden anil along
The shA river and the position west Of
the railway. says Richard III. Little,
special correspondent of the Chicago
News. writing from Mukden under the
date Of Nov Is
Alanchuria In a treeIess region. com
paratiyely speaking. but tie Russian
soldiers for the most part are from the
same SORT Of country. ami they build
their winter quarters Just as they build
their peasant homes on the great tree
less plains of southern Russia or Sibe-
ria These huts that the soldiers have
constructed are what are called dug
outs" Ia the Dakotas and Minnesota
and look very much Ike the huts built
by the newly arrived farmers In those
states. though usually they are not so
large
These dugouts seem TO have jumped
No In . single night for miles in every
direction around Mukden- The fact Is
that it doesn't take much more than q
Night 10 build one. First a pit Is dug.
II for n small dugOut IL Is only six feet
wide and eight feet long and two feet
deep. Then a trench two feet wide and
two feet deep is made down tie center
OF this nrst excavation This trench
gives n shelf Of earth on each side Of
the hut where one man may sleep.
One end Of this trench or center aisle
IN the basement elevation OF tie new
mansion under construction il bricked
over. and a chimney IL made. Thus the
furnace Is placed in position. a frame
work II built over the excavation for
the roof. which Is made by simply pill
Ing back on to the framework the
earth taken from the basement A door
IL now made or borrowed from a de-
serted Chinese house. and the soldiers
who have toIled To erect the pictur-
esque cottage disappear within and be
gin housekeeping.
These collections OF houses look more
iike prairie dog towns than anything
else. and the soldiers pop up out OF
them and disappear back into them
again for all the world like prairie dogs.
OF course there are Infinite variations
In the houses. though all are construct
al on the same general principles. But
IN some OF them real windows are
put In ut the ends or on the sides
Some are aristocratic affairs, with a
main building and wings and an l. or
two connected. the whole forming
quite an extensive ur foreground estate
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tains. stones seem to grow ont OF the
ground as they do in New England.
and there the huis are made OF stones
and lined with stones as well.
In some places the huts and dugouts
of the soldiers form fair sizs>i towns.
numbering 4hUbO population. the size
Of the army corps which inhahitS the
place He. the STREETS are laid out
In regular i,!rr AMI have been aTprr-
priately namesI by the soldiers There
L. always "a \eva PROSPECT kurOPat
kin avenue also i common Other
STREETS ara named after cities and
towns in Russia. one thriving duSout
CITY down near the japanese position
along the Sha river has street called
ShitnoSa EVCHU" Cor painfully apparent
rcasnaS. and smother unpopular >trrct
l. cal!,Ni ShraPnel Tusd-
Life II quiet IN the daSuuJ cities now
that the cold weather has set iU
Incidents ~ the siege nf Furt Arthur
have h,vu g.raue,i from letters written
By sold .eTS in the ts-icaEler-vI fortress
The following extracts were printed IN
the London News
An unpleasant hut apparently. from
the defenders point % view 49, = la.
sccne l. the hanging II Japaus>,. anil
Chinese spies Corporal Ksrpry-T says
We have the hanging = spies ~
our hands ~ FL a. fzhI.nE IL a
good thinS and TEACHES TIE ChinaIupn
not 20 ts-srsy u enc Ws~ hau--~' This
morning in fun sight 81 the laps lie
WAS our generals ,Stu---el'<' own ~,.rv.
ant ore morning he came iu's th-
generals stDty with a smu- Er-n D
SWEEP the RON The Seneral sent = n
for something and said Ron. gI'"S-
The Chinaman started 70 Tu#. i.gt sip
pei. and 'rSn Uu1+r his blu. Is E@r
fell a roll % paper u ~sS q a.. -
something - the ''hiusman WaS .zGz
ell WHEN - MAS strung ur and lFsF
one u our U1en said Tets have So,
at the JhisAmAn' 2D1 Gr,~. - tim
The blood flowed from ThT 'stza--an'S
nose. and al oriveT came ~ a1i save
our mar Tie devil"
Apparently even re seUSe Of CON-
ma peril dos Mt cluiu~~ - perfect
peace Another So!,tser d. -ie-> 49, ~
salts 81 \ quarrel
-1BpIkoG and another man had sSkt
yesterday. RuiS0g h.d lis boot II rs