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Show fill MATH PRESS EUII TEUCRAFHX SERVICE. FAIR T03AY AND SATURDAY .iwwwvw. jjoMHunnr VOL. I. NO. 3G9. OGDEN Strenuous Life He Would Curb the Rising Generation and Feels Hurt AIRSHIP at the Country's Progressing FOUND so Rapidly. UNHURT Hanford, Conn., Not. 8. Four enJudge thusiastic audience, greeted Parker today on bis only visit to tins state during the campaign, in several other places through which his special train passed be was given rousing imThe Democratic promptu welcomes. tandidste left New York during tbs morning end speed was slackened at Stamford and South Norwalk before tbs special train reached Bridgeport, The vbero the first stop was made. principal speech of the trip was in this city tonight. The meeting in this city was the greatest of this state. Judge Parker vas given a warm welcome from the time, he reached the city at 6 p. m. When the special train bearing lha Judge and his party, the candidates for and governor and lleutenant-guverna special committee of prominent senators arrived at the Union station, several thousand persona were gathered to greet the candidate. lie was driven through the crowds to the Hartford was the club, a here the candidate guest of the local committee at dinner. All entrances were blocked before the candidate waa driven to the Opera was obtained House and admittance with the greatest of difficulty. Militarism, tariff, trusts and other issues sere discussed by the Judge. Judge Parker held Informal receptions after each of his meetings and shook hands duilng the day and evening with several thousand people. He remained over night in Hartford aa the guest of J. H. Morse, candidate for congress In the first district. He will start for New York tomorrow morning on his special train over tbs New Haven road. New Haven, Nov. 3. A large and eager crowd filled the New Haven station as Judge Parker's train rolled into it. There, waa cheering when the candidate waa recognized, crossing the platform accompanied by Judge Rob risen, the party caadldate for govpr ernor. The party took carriages and we driven slowly through a number Mreeta to Music hall, where Jud Parker spoke. Judge Parker said: For a number of years now, I ha1 been delivering a course of lectures the Albany Law school. Thia woi and the personal contact with the bright students of tha law, many whom are helping themselves aa did when taking my law course In th fcsme institution gives me an ints est in young men, which is ateadi growing. It is, perhaps, inaccurate to si ibis work has given me thia lnterei It is probably due, more than to id thing else, to n kindly act of a gre Judge chief Judge oileetion of the Church. The re way hla ready syi psthy helped me gave me the moll wr a deep interest In young men. remember aa if it were yesterdi standing before that great Jurist r first case, weighted down with i Possibility of making an effect!' presentation of my client's cause. , the mmnent I rose to begin my are .1 tewed finlure. Chief Jud nrch divining my difficult, boW( 4 laid: 'Now we will hear you, A rker. My nervousness disappear ..InaB,c under' the influence of I ndly act and kindly tone. I plun J into the argument at once. Wbi ue decisions came hi case down, my wn won, as good fortune would ha opinion016 Chlf Judge htd written tl the many ye fS"f .man I have been in hardly a case has Pi"! In court Churchs kindness tfa Vief Judge to not flash over me. And I hai 1 ,n all these years to d ensrge the debt I owe him by treatij young men into court M treated me. coming By own Perience I can reci o stronger illustration of the tru Iood 5? Sw.ib" hM hecome a fashion di to exhort our you 7f!ntws ,ea.d whet has been called T "n,e hte.1 Not content with c in tadtry, o donqueat of a continent and t our ideas tTsii l,vpread the world, andPopular thus to ma h0 for other irfiini5ample toward peopl freedom a blU7 the conclusion seen Teached lhat somehow t lid 7looked something. brave Vum h,d an efficient army bsve lu Vgp" , we mc,et 1 eouuusnded. tor our needa th ab,e o resist the TtBe' t0 W,rd Off ft Interogf1?1?? d t0 atle our o' ,rf!V'le". hut this does i We must be atn ak)nf ,n ell thing! whi Pmnr glJod' ter safety, and We mu8t atrenuo la Peraonsl glory a eve, in t V ; a fight It la . euough that we shall Sci'T- nd reHgio movement everything that can p our rou hf ?wnd th diHciPllno ePPsreaUy do i sure reVr lhwe t . Progress. So we are ,lde from these it Hnp. te, activity and ndventt Which WhSsra11" cru,,adoa and mnatei cestle w the onlv humnn beir ranldto ra.rly ,naidwhich to have a right lire seti S K 1 fr C LiT,, ,n our colic to luwuna slratuiv little Investigation or knowledge serves to show that the college student A has always been so. But in what direction? He has been devoted to hla studies, as our scholarship and our universal education amply attest. Nor has this activity been limited to the few; it has permeated ihe masses, it has been a heritage of the country. But the si udent has not accounted it to himself aa a virtue, but aa a duty, something he owed to the society, in himfouud which he self ; his who perparents, haps, were making great sacrifices to enable him to be better fitted for the duties of life and to himself. This activity goes even further, until we find that in nil the great colleges of our country now a fourth, now a third, again almost a half, willingly and cheerfully take up any kind of employment which can yield sufficient money to carry them through their college course, whether academic or professional. You here in Yale have known strong, energetic, able young men who belonged to families In which thia process has gone through several generations. They have furnished to thdr country great Jurists and lawyers, great physicians and eloquent divines, who have carried our traditions into whatever jiart of the world they have gone and upheld our honor. They have gone forth to found new communities, to promote new butdneai enterprises and to play a strong and effective part In our life. Merifen, Conn., Nor. 3. The only rear pl.it form address made by Judge Parker was when hla train stopped here for five minutes on the way to Hartfoid. It waa an impromptu address in which he flayed the Republican party because of the financial aid that party is alleged to have received from the trusts. He charged that every monopoly la doing everything possible In Its power to. bring about the election of the pre- FRIDAY OTVf UTAH, ing 117 lmve been found at peace with our neighbors. If arbitration had been recognized ae a policy we might have those four, and the disparity between the years of peace and the years of war certainly admonishes its a here our interest lies. trust Judge Parker took up the tariff question, declaring that the made it ptuudbie for the great corporations to levy a tax upon every consumer. Judge Parker repeated his charge against the administration of the department of commerce and labor. In Place of he bench, WEATHER I03ECAST MORNING. SUCCESS Achieve Greatest Victory 'Pnt! K r. r St. Louis, Nov. 3j Tho airship of Captain T. 8. Baldwin, which suddenly slipped away last night as it waa being towed In from the country to tbs aeronautic concourse, was found today sixteen miles west of St. Louis. It was unharmed by its wild night flight, save for two small rents in the gna bag, which Captain Baldwin stated could be repaired in half an hour. Word reached Baldwin late In the day that hia airship had been found. He and Aeronaut Knabensbue hurried to the scene in an automobile and were rejoiced to find the aerial craft unintwo jured, with the exception of alight tears iu the balloon. Captain Baldwin tonight stated that he expected to have the airship In readiness for a flight by Saturday afternoon. Rats of Commission on Orders Sent to Hungary is Now Much Reduced. OllnNrLU Washington, Nov. 3. PoMtmaster-CenerWynne today eigued a supplemental treaty with the Hungarian government relating to money orders passing between the two countries. Under lu terms the rate of commission paid by the country of origin to .be country of payment Is reduced from one half of one per cent to one fourth of one per cent. This appliea to all classes of At the Internationa money orders. same time It affects a corresiumdlng reduction in the fees charged fur the use of money orders in Hungary. So far as this country is concerned the feea are reduced to from right cents to fifty rents, whereas formerly they were from ten cents to one dollar. Tbs money order business with Austro-Hugaia said to amount to between 83,000,000 and $4.000.0u0 and it ia beRECEIVER APPOINTED lieved here that under the new treaty Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 3. George C. this amount will bo increased. Munger of Syracuse, waa today appointed receiver for the Royal TempWashington, Nov. 3. Assistant Seclars of Temperance, supreme council. retary of the Navy Darling, will leave The directors of the concern have ad- Washington on Saturday for a trip vised the members that arrange- through the west and his trip will ments have been made to insure them probably extend to the Pacific coast at the same rate they have been payDEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ing. less all emergency assessments. The liabilities of the order are placIIXEQALLY NATURAIJZED. ed at $205,000, and the assets at about Redmond City, Cal.. Nov. 8. Joseph $52,000. De Benedettl, a member of the board of supervisors and a candidate for PRESENTS COPE TO on the Democratic ticket, waa ITAUAN GOVERNMENT. arrested at Half Moon Bay today on the charge that he waa Illegally natNew York, Nov. 8. The cope stolen uralized In 1873 and that he had illegfrom the Cathedral at Aacoll, Italy, ally voted since. De Benedet tl waa rehas been presented to the Italian go' leased on a 15.000 bond. Mr. I)e Beneeminent by J. Pleriiont Morgan, who dettl haa been a suim-vieo- r for eight purchased it. al ct ic NEGOTIATIONS NOT COMPLETE Cur ia Considering Term of Traaty and May Desiro Boms Modifications. SL Petersburg, Nov. 4. 4:30 a. m. Negotiations regarding the North Sea court of Inquiry have not- - yet Iteen concluded. The Associated Press la informed that the politics! pooltlon is as follows: The terms of the draft of the treaty for the constitution of the court are under consideration by the Emperor, who may desire some modifications. In which rase of the draft to London will, of course, be necessary, but the amendments, if any, are not expected to be of importance. One of the points already agreed on la that Great Britain and Russia will Jointly propose that- France and the United Stales appoint a high naval officer aa a member at tbe court, which probably will ait in Paris. t sent president The mention of the Standard OU company, in thia connection, ia the first denial the Democratic candidate b 1 made to the charge that the Standard Oil company ia preparing to assist financially toward hia election. Said Judge Parker: Of iate we have had presented to our attention a question ol ur uune Importance than any presented by our national platform a question that was not understood at the time, and that the ivty could not contemplate. That la the question whether It ia possible for tli trust of this country to control tb elections with money. Winn the trusts of thia country united for the purpose of raising a fund that was to bis large enough to control the election, it became youi duty skd mine, without regard to any other bane, to settle the question once and for all whether money or manhood u first should control. W met the guage of battle which they tOresr down and from one end of the country to the other men are saying if da country shall not pan Into the haada of the trusts. We hive had a very remarkable situs tl n presented. After the recommends don six or eight yean ago that action should be taken toward curbing the trusts, the Republican party passed a statute to that end, but when we extmlne the statute closely we find tl at It authorizes the president to appoint a cabinet officer to Investigate the tnsta. The Information he receives may be given to the people or kept p.lvmt4 as the president may di- rect I Notorious Robber for Long Time Maste Mind of the Hole - in- the - WaU Gang, Supposed to be Dead, Is AN AMERICAN AD- MIRAL SUGGESTED. at Work Again. Paris, Nov. 3. The suggestion that an American admiral be requented to n in be a member of the fernatlonal arbitration commission, la official partly approved in French quarters. Although no official Information baa been received, the officials hers are inclined to believe the commission will hold Its sessions In Paris, hut the Russian authorities expert the meetings will take place at The Hague. Anglo-Ruasia- er of the two men who attempted to rob the bank at Cody la Harvey Logan, the notorious train robber and that it was Logan who killed the cashier. Lo- gan was supposed to have been killed In Colorado about four months ago, but men who knew him slate that be was In Cody several (lays before tbe attempted robbery which resulted In life murder of Cashier Mlddsugh. Logan is a dead shot. Is armed with automatic guns and can hardly be takenallve. For a long time Laigan was the master mind of tbe gang. The reward for the bandits, dead or alive, haa been increased to ten thousand dollars. The sum has been mado up by Colonel Cody, the citizens of the atate, the banks of tbe atate and other concerns and will probably be increased In a day or two. U Th( man he put at the head of that bureau was his private secretary. After the campaign opened he became chains in of tha Republican National comml see and whatever Information be hM van perfectly well understood Cody, Wyo., Nor. 3. The different by thl heads of corporations. They know 'ghat secrets he had that they bands of men hunting the men who killed the cashier of the 1 irat Nadid no( cars to have made public. tional bank here have the robbers rtlord, Conn, Nor. 8. This city practically aurrounded in tbe foothills fifty nt) wildly enthusiastic over Judge of the Owl creek mountain, sr at a monster rally held in the miles from here and their death or louse tonight. Democrats from capture la certain within a short time. si U of the state came here and It is reported that a large xorce of vmmodationi for the audience their friends are coming to their astirely inadequate. The candl sistance from the waa first greeted with a demon-io- n country and a number of men have left cm the arrival of the special here to reinforce the pursuers. Buffalo Bill, with Indian scouts and (tom New Haven, whereat the the cowboys, has taken the trail and a ford escort was in wsitlng e m. He waa driven to the lively time may be anticipated. Colta- onel Cody and hia force are heavily An served. waa dinner il reception followed, but beforee armed and are determined to get the robbers. The bandits have cut all the is over a great throng had to serve as a volunteer telephone wires leading through the x to the opera house. At 8:30 basin and it la almost Impossible to get k before the candidate appeared farther facts. tW the audience, which was tb g GOVERNMENT HAD NO FUNDS. dgmonstrative of any he bad the da7. The ovation lasted beCody, Wyo., Nov. 3 Tbe report that iotJtes, most of the audience while the Federal government had a laTge lt their feet shouting wildly, amount of money In the local bank reds of persons waved flags. waa a mistake. The government has said: Parker IgA to time time from at no time had funds on deposit there. much bear of different quarlera fim many of MWtry about the necessity for war. Thia demand ia aome-- i si j tent that the citizen is after whether, ask to lupted and more timely be not could t if we 1 humanity for elpfui of Id consider the war question So far as ; repared for peace. However, When dr of time is concerned, it haro He Has teto Admit, Machinists That Tariff incommensur-Talking nr yrtance entirelywar. la a Good Thing. t bat devoted to WcU 121 the u,vg was Keyser, W. Va- - Nov. 3. When Hentd since the independence reached Ridgley today ry G. Davis we have been "Ked remain Wait Virginia. U"trl mnnhtna of lisn-- ta 1 Hart-wi-er- gsth-pgtsld- fac-irig- DAVIS SAYS TRUSTS ARE REPUBLICAN ZiuJuu - i Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 3. The officials of the United States marshal's office here are convinced that the short- . shops were closed down for twenty minutes so that tbe men might bear him. Mr. Davis said that when President Roosevelt came In power tlntea were prosperous but every since then timea bad grown worse, very much worse. Under McKinley, said he, there was an overflowing treasury, milcontaining a surplus of fifty-fou- r lion dollars. Now there is a deficit million dollars, and the of forty-onamount ia growing larger. In sixutk-inhere to an audience that filled tha Muaic Hall, Mr. Davis said that the trusts were all kept up by (he tariff, although, said he, as you know I atn not n free trader. I think the tariff on special things that foster the trusts should be reduced, but without fear of contradiction, I will say that every one of the two or three hundred trusts In this country are Republicau. The beef trust, the Standard OH trust, tha steel trust are all contributing and working for Republican success. Mr. J. P. Morgan, who, it was said some time ago, was favorable to Parker, Is now giving bis money and giving it freely and doing everything be can for the election of Roosevelt. ELECTION COMMISSIONERS CHARGED WITH FRAUD. e Ban Franriaco, Nov. 3. Tbe grand Jury today filed in Judge La whir's department of the Ruiierior court an ac cusatlon against tbe board of election commissioners. The arm sat ion ia of an inveetigatkm nude by representatives of the Merchants association. In connection with the recent primary election. It ia charged that the board appointed as members of tbe election boards in the various Ixioths men who did not reside in tbe precincts to which they had been appointed and that members of the city government were appointed election officials in violation of the law. The accusation In nJ valent to a petition for removal. The defendants have ten days in which to file an answer. All of the election commissioners were appointed by Mayor Piedmont, W. Va., Nov. 3. At this Schmitz. place Mr. Davis in addressing a crowd from the platform of his car, said: PORTLAND, 3; SAN FRANCISCO, 3. There are over 100,000 federal San Francisco, Nov. 3. The PortIn office today. One-hal- f of them are going over the country, land nnd San Francisco learns strugwhile under government pay, urging gled for eleven innings today without the people to keep them iii power, reaching a derision, darkness preventThere never was a time- when there ing a continuance of tbe game. In the were so many cabinet officers going long game only three bits were scored over the country political against Iburg and Whalen was touched making itp for only seven scattered bits. The speeches. Portlands made their three runs in the second on two hits. ROADS MAY MERGE. H. W. Score .....3 7 2 New York, Nov. 3. Banking Inter- Portland ..... 3 3 i ests closely idenlilled with tbe Erie San Francisco and Kelisckey; Batteries iberg said is it that Railway company today true that negotiations between that Whalen and Gourlmauer. road and tbe Cincinnati, Hamilton A Dayton road are pending. U could not , be learned whether the Erie purposes FATAL STUDENT RIOT. huvlng control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, or whether it is onInnesbruck, Austria, Nov. 8. ly intended to lease that property. NeThe opening of tbe Italian faculty to comiilcted are be likely gotiations at the university here today led within the next few weeks. to a terrible affray between Gen. s Gorman and Italian students. Ital- e ian students fired upon tbe oth- ers with revolvers and six were wounded, one of them fatally. Rome, Nov. 3. Pope Pius X. has a almost completely recovered his health, al'hough hla foot remains Oklahoma City, Nor. 3. A cotton swollen. He walked about his company In this city has conthe did compress apartment during day, hut tracted to furnish $60,000 worth of not go out. firm of Japanese for imcotton to mediate sbioment to Nagasaki. g offic- e-holders - see AGAINST PORT ARTHUR His- Ottawa. Out,, Nov. 3. The Dominion Parliamentary elections were held today. The returns at midnight point to tbe ion of the Laurier government with a majority of between 60 and 70 In Ihe bouse of commons, which is compound of 214 members. This Is a liberal gain of about 15. The conservative leader, R. L. Borden, waa defeated In hia own constituency In Nova Scot la. Tlie province of Quebec, Laurler'a home, aiiatained the premier, returning large liberal majority. Tbe campaign waa brief and remarkably free from political rancor, the principal Issue being the construction of the Grand Trunk-Pacifwith government aid. The liberals favored this project. ry f the Htlitax.N. 8., Nov. 3. The Lilierala swept Nova Scotia iu today's election from Cape Breton to Capo Sable and won the greatest vieturv ever achieved iu the history of Canadian polities. The) not only defeated Robert I. Borden of lialitax, leader of the Conservative force, iu Canada, but they elected every one of the candidates 'of the party In the province. The liberal success in Nova Scotia ia attributed to a perfect organization, the lutlucnee of s- - Fw?llltaK. finance minister, and of Senator Frank 8. Borden, minister of militia and defense, as well as to the general prosperity of the country under the present administration. Tlie Grand Pacific railway issue was prominently set forth in the campaign here, but so far as the port of Halifax and the province lu general were concerned. It did nut unfavorably influence niauy Idberula and if it bad any effect it was tremenduously offset by other considerations. Outside the defeat of Mr. Borden, the principal feature of the election was the defeat of Seymour Courley, the Conservative member who, during his two terms at Ottawa, attained considerable fame by several violent attacks uku the United States. MONEY ORDER California Arrow Took Sixteen Mila Flight to tho West of St Louis. ' In tory of Csnadtan Politics United States T reducer Defeated. a Y JAPANESE OPERATIONS SWEEPING St. Petersburg, Nov. 4, l;2r, a. m. There is a scaivi-lveiled feeling of relief throughout the city that tha day lias passed with- out bringing news of the full of Iort Arthur. There bad Wen deep fear that the Japanese might push home the final attack today, it is now felt that there may come an- other period ot resp.te. The au-tboritiea atate that tiny are with- out direct news from Port Arthur and everyone is depending uiain foreign sources for news from the garrisuu. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1901. 4. LIBERALS' RUSSIA FEEI.S RELIEF. X NOVEMBER IMIMMMM i Soldiers, Without Special Orders Capture Important Fortified Ridge with Tremend- ous Loss of Life After Fanatical Sacrifice of Life by Officer. Headuarters of the Third Japanese Ariuy, in front of Port Arthur, November 2, via Che Kuo, Nov. 3. At daylight all the Japanese batteries of the cinter division concentrated their fire ou the Benjusan and Kcekwan forts, but despite the artillery support the Japanese were driven out of the east Keek h an fort by an attack of a massed Uidy of Russians from tbs Chinese wsll. Tbe aseault threatened to result. in an utter failure to secure a foothold on the fortified ridge and General Xogl summoned the gcneralN of the left and center divisions to consult with him concerning the operations. During his absence, at II oclock in tbe morning, without special orders, several companies of a regiment of the center divleltm ruiergnd from their trenches at the foot of the east BanJusan fort, amt in lens and twenties charged up lbs slope to tbs broken wall of the trench around tbe crest of the fortified hill and under cover of a splendid shrapnel practice from their field Imttery. The Russians behind the wall and tbe fortified poel-tiogot. their guns into action and they welched forth on the inlrepld Japanese. They were forced bark until tbe slope was covered with bodies, but a third attempt waa made and a scows of Japanese reached the broken wall. Hie terrible firs of the Russians, however, started their retirement. Suddenly an officer, regard leu of danger, stood up, called out an order, placed his regimental flag cm the wall and was immediately riddled with Russian bullets. Ihe effect on the Japanese of this sacrifice was Instantaneous. The in retreating infantrymen stopped their tracks, hesitated and then charged back, fought like demons, Jumiied over ihe wall, charged the Russians with bayonets and furred many of them up the glacis, over tits ramparts bjkI into the fort. Ihe fact, that they wall on the bad reached the timid ground' enabled the Japanese to Russian hold on, though tbe entire fire was concentrated on that point for six hours. The Japanese were reinforced from time to time by rushes made by their comrades up the denih-ws- y from tha trenches Slid they stubbornly held the corner wsll and ft small section of the Russian trenches till 5 o'clock, when two companies of another regiment worked through the trenches and attac.kad the west Itanju-u- n fort, the magazine of which was blown up by a shell a short, time before. Taking advantage of a diversion of the Russian fire, the Japanese 'Attacking the first fort, forced the Russians buck, captured ihe fort at the point, of the liayonel and pursued Jbe Russians along Ihe iimner tin trenches to the Chinese wsll. The fort was raptured at. 7 o'clock, after a alight resistance, tbe Japanese being unable to occupy It, as the magazine was blown trench line up, but they held the around the crest. The reckless courage of the Japanese Infantry was wonderfully demonstrated In the capture of the two Hanjusan forts. They seemed to court rather than fear death. In tbe afternoon three battalions of Japanose reserves were added to the center division, and during the night a regiment left the division and assaulted and raptured part of the south Keek san fort, a feint attack of the renter division and redoubt at tbe foot of Urh mountain in order to divert tbe Russians attention from the mass-taof troops In tbe valley in front of Ihe Banjutan forts. Four field gnus and four machine guns were mounted In tbe east Hanjusan fort, and six field guns and four machine guns in the west BanJusan fork The dawn of the 23rd developed a peculiar position. Tbe assault of the previous afternoon had rmialtsd lu piercing tbe Russian fortified 'ridge east of Port, Arthur, in the form of a wedge, while the entire Hue east and west was still strongly held. The concent rat Ion of the Japanese reserve in tbe Shuisbl valley In front of the raptured forts showed that it was tbe evident intention of the Jcpr.ure.e to use tbelr foothold on the fortified At daylight the ridge by assault. Russians concentrated tbelr shrapnel fire on the captured forts and the Japanese south of Krekwan were ejected from tbelr positiona. Ihe Ban Juan forta were subjected to an awful fire, but tbe Japanese in possession of them continued making bomb proof tienrbes on the bills. There was a fierce bombardment. Tbe Japanese casualties from tbe 19tb to the 24th were li.uuu. The center division alone lota G.UOO and a single regiment lust 2,5(Si. Only six officers and 200 men of this regiment were left after tbe lighting. Tlie retention of the BanJusan forts gave tbe Japanese a foothold on tbd fortified ridge as a result of tbe six casdays of general assault. Heavy ualties marked this hazardous attempt to take a strong modern fortress by adkault after a few days investment. General Nogi waa aware that his army was anxious to make the attempt. Success meant the Immediate fall of Port Arthur, which great achievement army, would release the besieging which for month had been capping the strength of the positions. The ability of General Stoessel and the determined spirit of tbe Russians been underestimated and tie experiment was never repeated. Ass with the Russians at Plevna, with splr-itheavy dashed by repulse sad losses, the Japanese army settled down to sapping and making parallels. For two weeks the Russians were unceasing in their efforts to recapture the ns g t4 BanJusan forta. They bombarded and s SHMulteil by day the and trenches which the Japanese repaired by uiitht. Bespit artillery fire sad infantry sorties, however, the Japanese ' held the fort. There were 5UU nieu and four machine guns iu each fort. Tbe field guns which were first mounted in the forta were removed. Though the Japanese resorted to unoccupied the decoy trenches and bomb-proodaily loss was lofi in each fort until Frptei.her Sih when the Russians cessed tbelr continuous efforts to recapture tbe forts. While tbe defenders of tho Banjus-an-s were converting tbs forts and trenches Into bomb-prooftbe army was concentrating a system of sires parallels, the lilt division toward the east, southeast of ihe Keekwan forts, tho renter division toward the redoubt at tb foot of tbe Vrh Juris and tb right division toward ina lomettcs south of Shuishi village and 2u3 meter hill and from the, west toward th ridge on the north front of the asm hill, called by tbe Japaness Namaok-yam- a. bomb-proof- s, The object on tbe eastern fortified rHge was to captnre the two Urh forts on the west and the two Keek wan forts on the east side. The cap: lured BanJusan funs enabled the Japanese to mass a force under cover uimn the fortified ridge and, ao using the Urh forta as a pivot, awing th line, capture the fortified ridge and envelop Port Arthur from the east. Tbe rapture of Shuisht was necessary In order to enable tbe concentration of parallels to the Urh forta. Tb strength of the fnrtiflcd ridge waa due to the fact that the Huugrbow, and Chair 1 IIU fort groups, with tbe advance fort on 203 meter hill formed tho right angle of a triangle. the base line being from Eta to 20.1 meter hill. When the Japanese outflanked tTi fortified rldgA, occupying the res' front west of tbe ridge, they were unable to advance upon tlie rear of the ridge iNwause of a concentrated fire on tbelr new front. Tho advance fort on 203 meter hill waa the key to the position, because the Infantry could easily approach the wesk west side of Chair bill, caiitnre it snd enable tbe assaulters, undqr cover of artillery fire from ' th base of the triangle, to carry th fortified ridge lo (he apex and upon Pori Arthur from the west. 1 hiring the operations from August 2.Itli to Scptemlier 18th tbe Ru aians sort ted and attacked workiug parties almost every night, while guns bombarded by day. As tbe Japanese trench line neared the entanglements on the fort hills the sorties became determined. Qnarier frequent and th was neither asked nor given; fiercest antagonism was displayed, and even slri'lchor hearers were killed. The pioneers suffered tbs heaviest cssiialitlea in cut ting entanglements. Through wires the pioneers were seut forward with ropes, dragging posts and wires away. This worked satisfactor- lly until the Russians began Ihe use of bracing wires. Th pioneers then advanced and fell as though killed dos t to the entanglements and remained motionless until, unobserved, they could work akmg their harks under thi win, which they cut with long sb ears. As a result of Shis expedient, the Russians made certain that ail were dead who felt near the entanglea a ments. The latest expedient steel shield covering the fare and body susjiended from the shoulders of tbs pioneers, from behind which the cutlers were usd. Dynamite bombs are uer by tlie Kiihs'ihus against tbe Japanese Iren cbe and advance works. forts It was impossible For to use bom Its, wooden nionara were used, bound with ltambou. Theoe are carried by the inldier and with them bomba were thrown fifty to 100 yardH. These were the most rffiMive of any of the devices tried by the Japanese. While the selge operations were In progress, reinforcements, mostly from tlie Second reserves, were added to lbs existing units to bring the array up to Its full strength and It was announced from headquarters that the siege opera) tons would be finished with a general assault on September 19th upon the Nsmokayama ridge, the 203 meter hill, that of the Mixm forts of the Shu-isvalley and the icdoiibl at tlie foot of Kthliing mountain. Ihe bombardment was at sued at davrn. The Russians failed to reply till the afternoon, which delayed the snacks until five In the evening. Three battalions of tbe renter division advanced from tbe parallels and attacked a redoubt at the foot of Rihlnng mountain, which tho Japanese twice before had tried to capture. The works were strongly built and surrounded by a ditch, perpendicular walla and breastworks. There was also a steep distance to the top of the parapets, and at the bottom waa a ditch 25 feet deep. The inter! jr of the redoubt was faced with heavy timbers. The trenches around wtere bomb-proand there was heavily constructed blockhouses. Inopholed for infantry and machine guns. From the rosr of the redoubt, three g lines of trenches extended to fort. The main attack was made gainst the northeast corner and simultaneously a Japanese battalion attacked tbe east line of trecchra. Tb Japanese were met by a tremendous fiisilade from rifles and machir guns and were forced to roiire to their eon-ver- bi of Kih-lun- I (Continued on rage Three.), |