Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

over II, 900 over December of year
ago.
MOSCOW, Jan. 2S.-The situation
here tonight is slightly more threaten
ing. The men in the Industrial section
are indulging in a Saturday night
demonstration. The distributing of
troops will make serious trouble un-
likely, but if the men continue
drinking there will undoubtedly be
disorders.
Topeka, Kas., Jan. 2S.-The Santa
Fe is engaged in the construction of a
very important line through Arizona
where it will practically follow the
ella river through that territory. The
building of this line will give the
Santa Fe two trunk lines from the
Missouri river to the Pacific coast.
The new road bed being built from a
point twenty FIVE miles west of Albu-
querque, known as the Belin cut off
which will connect with the Pecos
Valley and the Santa Fe lines, going
north from Pecos, Texas, up through
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
SOUTH McALESTER. l. t, Jan.
28.-The Farmers and Merchants bank
at Canadian, nineteen miles north of
here was looted early today. The safe
was blown open and s13 in cash was
80 L.
men we're found dead alongside of the
RAILROAD track near Canadian. They
had been shot and thrown from the
train. No Identification marks were on
them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. EuIogies
upon the character of the late Sen.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, engrossed the
attention of the senate today. There
were eighteen speeches by as many
senators, including Sen. Hoars col
league, Lodge, and his successor
Crane. After the conclusion of the
memorial services, the senate adjourn
ed out of respect to the dead senator s
memory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-In a SEES
sion of less than two hours today the
house passed 373 pension bills and re-
ceived for the calendar the naval and
diplomatic appropriation bills The
session was devoted to legislation en-
tiIely devoid of discussion.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3O.-Gen.
Kuropatkin's attempt to break through
the Japanese left wing and outfank
MARSHAL Oyama's position on the
Shakhe river, seems to have failed en-
tirely. Few details have been receiv-
ed, however, beyond the Information
contained in the official dispatches.
Field Marshal Oyama. as at the battle
of the Shakhe river, appears to have
answered the Russian advance with a
counter offensive movement, but no
great disposition was shown to carry
the warfare into the territory held by
the Russians. At the war office there
is an inclination to lay the chief
blame for the failure of the movement
to the sudden change of weather to
intense cold, twenty degrees below
zero, with high wind, which drifted
the snow and rendered it hazardous to
expose the troops to camping in the
open plain, and also impeded the
transportation of guns and supplies
and the wounded. The operation en-
trusted to the second army, under
Gen. Grippenberg was the capture of
Sandepas, which, once in the Russian
hands, would serve as a pivot for a
thanking movement against Oyama,
but Sandepas proved too bard a nut to
crack, and the Japanese taking advan-
tsge of the check of Russians, hurried
up reinforcements and assumed the
offensive on the Hun river as we'll as
along the railroad and the great Man
DARN road. The Russians appear to
have been successful in repulsing all
the japanese attacks.
There is no official statement of the
losses in Thursdays battle, but it is
expected some thousands on both
sides were killed or wounded. News
of this defeat, coming at this time, is
especially hard for the government.
The popular idea continues to be that
the advance was undertaken in order
to divert the attention of the people
from the events in European Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3O.-The
day here was passed in perfect quiet.
There has been manifestations of ter
rorism. The report that bomb was
thown at the governor generals resi-
dence is unfounded. Interest has
been transferred entirely from st.
Petersburg to Moscow and Warsaw,
LODI and Labu, where state of siege
has been proclaimed. Warsaw is the
chief center of interest on account of
the rioting On Saturday and Sunday
night at least one hundred and sixty
persons we're killed and wounded. The
strike is unaltered and business is