The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01

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TO May Q the great 5bnttlel Of the Yaiti
was fought. The Russians were routed
/ ~ General Kuroki's army and were
obliged to retreat precipl lately. There
followed closely the ssnnguinary battles
Of Fengw wang tcng, kaiptt1g and Va
fangow' "a s.rhen the Investment e Port
Arthur was made. On June "a the I'm
prlsoned ships remaining at Port Ar
| thur made the attempt to rea oh .iiei
open sea, ana Togo sank the I'eresvlet
and disabled the sevastopol1 = ] trough
July the Japanese advanced Il steadily
the enemy falling back toward Lao
yang, where Kurophtkiii was deter
mined 70 make d stand. On Atfg. = @ 90 4: "a
Icurred the disastrous flight Of the Rus "
Sian fleet from Port Ar thur. Rear az g
mira without. on the tCesarevitctl lost e, y,
Ills legs blythe explosion Of a shell. The NJ
Askold and the Grosovoi put IN Y e e
Shanghai and were obliged to dssa ri ~
Two days fterward Kamimura smash "
ed the vladivostok fleet, leaving only
two fnrmored cruisers In commission
| The land operati ons were conducted
with corresponding 4 celebrity and sic-5
cess. Early In September, after many
hard fights ana frtghtful losses on both
sides, SKuropatkin abandoned his posi-.
4 ton at Liaoyang and retired to M uk-s
dcn,th great Russian base OF supplies.
where he still remains, " 18th the greatly
re- enforced Japanese effective close at
hand. aIf5 a ft3s S333 II Il Il 8s
ii More recently the attention OF the
waiting world has been conferred on the
Hong continued and fearfully destruc-
4 tive efforts OF the Japanese to reduce
Port Arthurands the equally logged and
heroic defense n made Il by the gallant
i Stoessel and his surviving troops. With
4 her noble fleet a memory and her one
4 redoubtable Asiatfc stronghold on the
verge OF downfall J, Russia s position is
4 full Of peril. II T o this must be adde the
domestic entang ements$ growing out Of
4 the popular d demand for q share In the
4 administration of ri the government
|whicl,culminated toward the end OF the
4 year IN the zemstyo gathering at the
Il capitalS and Il the subsequent citation
and discomfort throughout the empire.
n The probable influence OF the eastward
4 moving Baltic leet, until recently the
A occasion Of more alnusenlen thar any
A thing more serious Is grad TALLY be-
coming a matter OF speculat ton.
The aggregate OF results consequent
4 upon scientiflc8researchi during sthe3year
J lis most gratifying In all apartments
1 Iof igihal 4ihvestiga az distinct adj
!: vance may be srepcrted Z his Is espe-
(: |cially true . 6 experimen tai studies look
ling to the prevention or alienation OF
4 physical Sdernngem One III Of the
|most striking achievetnents9 Of the year
was the successful demonstration OF the
4 powerSo ID solution OF coppe to- destroy
/ 1.-the germs OF typhoid and Sot her ma i g.
j lnant levers. The cheap ness and seffl-
h cheney OF the 8ag rent rend erS possible its
use ii I'M v infected districts 4 covering a
! large area. Professo George T. Mo core
I OF the department OF agriculture issto
A be credited with this discovery II
4 connection with X the finding &of y g new
1 serum cure for tubercu1o slsS by the Ital-
4 ian scientist Maragl iano viii CHI is i.e-
}puted 8 to II be, Wond erfully efficient the
a rnedicals professio In all countries has
& linstituted campaign OF DETERMINATION
! Iagainst the H treat viii e plague. ' III AS
Y |laudables orts In the directi lon of the
8liprevento lon OF a iseas SO 70 ma be men
u Itioned the experiments made by Pro;
a lessor Chlttenden Of Yale in&d letetics
n and those OF Dr. w ey and his "poi-
4 son squad" ut wv aslling tons tablishlne
d the danger arising from the emp 10y
rnent soea 90 Call q God pres NATIVES 81
Il BY subsecd uen T. trials DR. Noguchi 81
japan Confirmed hts reported discovery
II OF q positive cure for the biteHo ma
BIlignant y serperl ts, Dr. Castellanl 81
4 Spain reported that he had identified
\ the bacillus OF 4 terry. Soch's It'll e-
Dry that. Tuberculosis could not be COM
4 nunicaated to 81 man by d other animals
\ |discredited 4 by the \ British royal \ COM
y |nnissio 81 y wa s sustained by German Iex-
4 perts. ft Dr. Norton 4 OF N eW y ork made
Il several Il s,cc essful trials II OF aS Liebler's
4 Ialun1iniunltftu for internal #radiuT
4 Treatment of cancer. Captain EberleSoi
4 1.-THE United Il States army found LA the
/ ldengue micro be. Il v The blue light was
employed as an annesthetic III Swift
zerland, and NJ. Curie, Its joint 3discoY-
|,erer, pronounced !. adiumE fatal to y
4 forms az animal life. Professor Bass
] kerville Of the u University OF Mort h Car
lolina announced In April that he had
n separated two new elements. whtch8he
II had named roliniumi and iberzeliun,.E
Il Il he louisiana Purchase exposition
u offered substantial induce cement to \ the
promoters OF aerial nav ation, tn
y the result that IN two tnstan noes 3dtrigi-
a Bile airships established their claim e
Il IIconsideratlon, The Inventors 5of these
/ were Thomas S. Baldwin Of San Fran
4 cisco and Thomas b bow of Montana
Il The most Important chieyementt;3go q
u Epomolog science was the perfection
h Of the seedless apple by John Spencer
OF Colorado. If The new farthest south
record was made by tho 4 ritish shir
j Discovery, Ca ptain r n Scott In COM !!