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THE DALLES, OREGON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1894.
NO. 286
HOW IT WAS TAKEN
Tactics Employed iu Taken
Port Arthur.
THE HEAVY GUNS IN THE CENTER
The First Army Found the Right 'Wins;
and Kumanoto's BriKade the
. Left Wing.
Yokohama, Kov. 24. A dispatch from
Port Arthur says that the second army
formed the right wing and Kumanoto's
brigade the left wing while advancing,
and that heavy guns in the center
opened fire on the citadel. The second
army captured the principal western
fort at 8 o'clock in the morning, enter
ing Port Arthur at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, and had captured the Wogonaan
fort by 4 o'clock. Kumanoto's brigade
meanwhile engaged the eastern forts, all
of which were taken before 11 o'clock in
the evening. The coast forts had not
then been subdued, but they fell the
next morning. The fighting wasjdes
perate throughout the engagement. It
is reported that the Chinese army was
virtually destroyed, the killed and
wounded numbering many thousands.
The Japanese loss was heavy, but far
less than that of the Chinese.
' Tokio, Nov. 24. General Oyama, in
command of the Japanese forces, has
officially reported from Port Arthur, un
der date of November 22d, that Novem
ber 21st the Japanese force attacked the
forts near that place. The right di
vision of the army stormed and cap
tured the fort to the westward, with its
artillery and parade ground, at 8:30 in
the morning, and then advanced in the
direction of Port Arthur, storming and
capturing the Kokinsau fort en route.
In the meantime, the left division
stormed and captured the fort to the
southeast. On the 22d all the other
forts were captured. The enemy fought
bravely throughout. The Japanese loss,
in Wl'ed and wounded, will not exceed
200, while the number of Chinese killed
and wounded and taken prisoners is as
yet unknown. The Japanese captured
a great quantity of ammunition and
other materials, as well as many can-
' nons. The Chinese forces . numbered
over 20,000.
The News at Washington. .
Washington, Nov. 24. Confirmation
of the report of the capture of Port Ar
thur came almost simultaneously to the
state and navy departments ; to the for
mer from United States minister Denby
at Peking, and to the latter from Ad
miral Carpenter, on' board the United
States cruiser Baltimore, at Che Foo,
the admiral at the same time notifying
the navy department that the Balti
more was about to sail for Port Arthur,
where she doubtless has arrived by this
time.
It cannot be said that the fall of Port
Arthur was unexpected at the state de
partment, although the official supposed
that it would withstand a protracted
siege, particularly in view of the fact
that the Japanese, as known, had no
heavy siege guns and were obliged to
rely on light artillery. It is the opinion
of military experts that the Japanese
attack on Port Arthur was a most peril
ous venture on their part. They could
not afford to sustain any considerable
defeat, for the result would have been,
in the first place, to determine the Chi
nese to pursue the war, and in the
second place, to' retard the Japanese
government in its efforts to float a new
war loan. But, by the victory at Port
Arthur, the success of the latter is now
assured.
As' to the effect of this last campaign
" of the war, there is but one opinion
here, and that is that the restoration of
peace is almost certain. It is true that
China still possesses the splendid fortifi
cation at Wei-Hai-Wei, said to be as
strong or even stronger than Port Ar
thur, and that the shore defenses there
are strengthened by the presence of the
Chinese fleet. But, with Port Arthur
as a base, the Japanese have practical
control of the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li and the
ability to effectually seal up the "yater
approaches to Tien-Tsin and Peking,
without being under the necessity of at
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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tacking the formidable Taku forts.
Moreover, with the Chines fleet practi
ally bottled up at Wei-Hai-Wei, the
Japanese are in a position to reach a
portion of their own navy to attack
other Chinese cities and work enormous
damage. So it would seem to be mad
ness for the Chinese to persist in the
war, realizing that for every day of the
delay they must add to the great in
demnity which ' they will be obliged to
pay to Japan, and it is believed that
soon the Chinese will eue for peace,
through the mediation directly or indi
rectly of the United States.
In Shanghai. (
London, Nov. 24. A Shanghai dis
patch says the fall of Port Arthur has
created great excitement in Shanghai.
AH accounts agree the Chinese fought
gallantly. Some officers and men were
cut down at their post by the Japanese.
The Star publishes a dispatch saying
the Japanese torpedo boats engaged at
tention of the fort while the troops
closed around the forts at the rear.
Then the torpedo boats made a con
nected dash and succeeded in getting in
side the harbor. The Japanese artillery
kept up a continuous fire upon the
the Chinese forts. After the first on
slaught by the Japanese the resistance
of the Chinese is said to have been
feeble, and finally the Chinese troops be
came panic stricken and fled.
The Globe's Shanghai dispatch says
China has eent a special agent to Japan
with instructions to" accept any terms of
peace except the cession of any portion
of China proper to Japan.
It is stated that the Japanese secured
at Port Arthur 10,000 tons of coal and
3,000.000 taels' worth of ammunition.
It is believed that the Japanese com
manders intend to seize forthwith the
railway between Shan-Hai-Kwan and
Tien-Tsin, lest the Chinese destroy it.
Officials SatlsBed With the Beipcnte to
the Bond Call.
Washington, Nov. 24. The bids for
the $50,000,000 bond issue recently of
fered by Secretary Carlisle were opened
at the treasury department a little be
fore 1 o'clock today. At 4 o'clock it was
stated at the department that a hurried
calculation showed the total number of
bids was 297, aggregating $154,370,900.
The largest bids were those by the syn
dicate of the United States Trust Com
pany, Drexel, Morgan & Co. and others,
at 117,077 for the whole amount or none,
and $50,000,000 at 116,898, for all or a
portion. The first of these was the best
bid offered, 'as the aggregate on the
bonds above this figure were about $10,
324,150, leaving about $39,675,850 at a
less figure. It, therefore, seems quite
probable that the syndicate bid will be
accepted, although Secretary Carlisle
stated that he could not express an opin
ion as to the result until next Monday,
when the awards will be made. Accord
ing to the terms of this bid the govern
ment will pay 2.878 per cent interest on
the $50,000,000, as against 3 per cent car
ried by the first issue. There is a possi
bility that a close calculation will dis
close the fact that there is a sufficient
number of bids at a better rate than this,
which, with the second syndicate bid at
$116,898, or 2.899 per cent, may make a
combination slightly more advantageous
to the government ihan the other, al
though this is very improbable. Alto
gether the result of the bids is eminently
satisfactory to the treasury officials, as it
shows that not only was there a brisk
rivalry for the bonds, but the rate of in
terest demanded was even lower than
was generally expected.
The call for these bids was made by
circular from the " treasury department,
November 13, last, and was for a new
bond issue of $50,000,000 United States 5
per cent bonds to fcfear the date of Nov
ember 1, 1894, and redeemable in coin
at the pleasure of the government after
10 years after the date of issue. This
action of the secretary is taken under
authority contained in the act of congress
approved January 14, 1875, entitled :
. "An act to provide for the resumption
of specie payments."
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TIPS FOR THE QUEEN.
They Are Called Perquisites, Bat She Gets
Them Just the Same.
Queen Victoria gets more tips than
any other functionary in Great Britain,
and, what is more, she insists on get
ting them. Of course they are not
called tips. They are called perquis
ites, but it is all the same. An ex-attache,
writing1 in the New York Trib
une, says that among the most curious
of them is her right to every whale or
sturgeon captured on the coast of the
united kingdom and brought to land.
Botlf of these perquisites date back to
the days of the Norman kings and it
appears that in the case of the whale
the monsters were divided between the
sovereign and his consort, the queen
taking the head in order that her ward
robe might be replenished with the
whalebone needed for the stiffening of
her royal garments. .
Another of the queen s backsheesh
is a certain number of magnificent
Cashmere shawls, which are dispatched
to her every year from the kingdom of
Cashmere. They vary in value, as a
rule, from three hundred to twelve
hundred dollars apiece and the queen.
is accustomed to present one of them
as a wedding present to every young
girl of the aristocracy or in whose" fu
ture she is - in any way interested.
Every tailor holding a patent of "Pur
veyor to her Majesty," if he conforms
to ancient tradition and usage, should
present her with a silver needle each
year.
Another class of royal purveyors is
called upon to present annually to her
a table cloth, while from other sources
she is entitled to an annual contribu
tion of such varied tips as white doves,
white hares,currycombs,fire tongs, scar
let hosiery, nigh tcaps,knives,lanccs and
crossbows. Moreover, at the corona
tion the lordof the manor of Adding
ton must present to the sovereign a
"dish of pottage" composed of "almond
milk, brawn of capons, sugar,' spices,
chickens parpoiled and chopped." At
the same ceremony the lord of the
manor of Haydon is obliged by virture
of his tenure from the crown to pre
sent the monarch with a towel, the
lord of the manor of Workshop giving
the sovereign a "right-handed glove."
These are only a few of the various
backsheesh to which Queen Victoria is
entitled by tradition and usage.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Sixteen Hungry Boys Fined with Veal
Pie in Dickens' Pieshop.
An exchange tells the following story
of the pieshop in London before which
Charles Dickens used to stand when,
as a child, he drudged in a blacking
faqtory. Every day, on the way to
and from his work, he paused to de
vour the viands with his eyes, and
sometimes he pressed his tongue to
the window-pane, as if by so doing he
got a taste of the good things which
were "so near and yet so far."
An American railroad man who ad
mires Dickens hunted up his pieshop
when in London in order to gratify his
curiosity and his sentiment. It proved
to be a mere box of a place in a poor
auarter of the city, but the original
business was still carried on there. As
the traveler peered into the shadowy
interior, a voice was heard .at his el
bow: "Please, sir, will you buy me a weal
pie?"
The ow ner of the voice was a small,
disheveled person, with whom a pie
of veal, or anything else of a '"hearty"
nature, would have agreed right well.
"How many boys do you think this
shop will-hold?" asked the American.
"I dunno. About fifteen or sixteen,
I should think."
"Well, go and get fifteen boys, and
bring them back here."
The boy studied the man's face for a
moment, as if to make sure that he was
in the enjoyment of his senses, and
then with a yell hurried into a side
street. Hardly a minute elapsed be
fore he returned at the head of a pro
cession of sixteen gamins, of assorted
sizes, unanimous in appetite and hope.
This ragged battalion assembled
close behind its benefactor and fol
lowed him into the shop, where he an
nounced that he was going to give all
the boys all the pie they -wanted.
They wanted a, great . deal, as it
proved; their capacity for "weal pie"
was something marvelous. But their
benefactor was as good as his word,
and sixteen happy and satisfied boys
left the shop singing his praise.
Whistling on Shipboard.
Whistling and let us honor this
sweet tradition is very much against
the proprieties of sea life, writes Lieut.
J. D. Jerrold Kelley, in an article on
'Superstitions of the Sea,"' in Century.
You may, in a calm, if not a landsman,
woo with soothing whistle San Antonio
or St? Nicholas, and a lagging wind may'
be spurred in consequence by these pa
tron saints of the mariner; but once
the ship is going, never, wise and wary
passenger, whistle if you fear keel
hauling, for like the padrone in the
Golden Legend you may find
Only a little while ago,
1 was whistling- to St. Antonio
For a cap-full of wind to fill our sail,
nd instead of a breeze he has sent a gale.
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