CAPE MAY HERALD. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1904.

TOWN IS IN FLAMES

Now Train Big Qum on Port Arthur.

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LONDON, Dec. IS.—A Mukden report ■ays that the Japanese opened a heavy •re on the UaaaUn poaitlon at SUakbe, bat the BusaUim had acarchUxhta In raoSlueea and for the flret time uaed them. Three arnjj llyhU proved very ' affective, and a deadly rifle and artillery Are being concentrated upon the Japaaaee advance they were driven back with heavy loea. The bombardment of PoatildfT (Lone Tree) hill wa* renewed vigorously at dawn, but slackened affer a few hour* without a direct attack. Advice* from Tokyo last night aay that the battering by the Japanese of the Port Arthur fleet continue*, and there U little ground for expecting that the ahipe ever again will engage the Japanese. The crulaer Balyen. flagship of the detached squadron, while cooperating with the army In bombarding Port Arthur struck a Russian mine, was enTttoped In smoke and sank very rapidly. The gunboat Akagi succeeded In reecelng fifteen officers and 175 men. but Captain Taj 1 ms and thirty-eight others went down with the ship. St. Petersburg reports that the emperor has decreed the dispatch of a third Urge squadron to the far east, comprising the battleships Paul L, the fOava, which will be completed as speedily as possible; live older battleships. with five cruisers and forty torpedo boat destroyers. The Japanese before Port Arthur telegraph that all of the Buaalan battleships and cruisers, together with the gunboats Glltak and Fuaadneck. have been sunk or destroyed and that only the torpedo boat destroyers remain. According to unofficial reports, the crews of all the Kuaalan war vessels In the harbor were landed, and apparently rto effort waa made to move the vessels out of range. Latest official reports from Tokyo aay that Port Arthur U in flames, caused by the terrific bombardment from the forts already taken by tbe

The wireless telegraph station has ben destroyed, and Are has burst out ta tbe arsenal, while flames are being kindled In various sections of the city. Tbe Japanese are advancing closer and doeer to the town. The bombardment has already inflirted great damage upon Golden hill, the east stronghold of the Kuaslarva With that gona the port will fall Tbe fire of tbe Japanese is now directed toward this point, especially from the haary naval guna placed on Two Hundred and Three Meter hllL The commander of the Japanese batfttfy. reporting, says: “FOur Bnselan battleships, two cruls•n. one gunboat and one torpedo store■hip lying In Port Arthur harbor ary completely disabled. There is no fur-' ther necessity for bombarding the Bnsifian naval force. “Are now eogaged shelling the town of Port Arthur, which la being heavily

LYNN, Maas. Dec. lA-Tb* body ot Albert A. Hatch, a member of the firm of Hatch A Fern* Id, building contracton, has been taken from tbe aee pear ~ 1 Bock by tbe police. Mr. Hatch *. from 'bfe-office and .-a search was InatftutimrMr. Hatch was stxty-nine years of age and married.

Aa Opra ▼•sOM la Bashas Oaaa. COLUMBIA. 8. a, Dec. lS.-The Jury mt inquest 1c the Hughes case assembled at Trenton and after two or three hours of testimony and conslderaOon returned a verdict that the Hughes family came to death at the hands of parties or persons unknown.

BOSTON. Dec. lA-Th* voters of this city today are balloting for memban of tbe board of aldermen, common council, school committee and a street commissioner add will say r tbe present system of licensee!* of liquor la L» fcootlnue.

8KOWHEGAN. Me.. Dee. IL-Mau-riee Gayford of Brighton wsa arrested

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NAN PATTtN*ON*» TRIAL.

NEW YORK. Dec. lA-What Is cm aldersd to be a most Important point by the defense of Nan Patterson, oc trial before Judge Davis In the criml nal branch of the sup reins court tot tbe murder of Caesar Young, was mad* when tbe defendant's counsel, Abraham Levy, established through Coro net's Physician O'Hanlon that bo be He rad after making nn analysis that the stains, believed to be blood stains found oo the right band of Oaenai Young were ponder suing. He added that be had detected no odor of powder or the hands of Nan Patterson when he made a test aftei the tragedy. A headless human skeleton, dorsal vartebra and riba, played m Important part In tbe trial. Tbe grewsom* exhibits were made use of in the examination of Dr. O'Hanlon, who performed the autopsy on Young’s body. Mlaa Patterson's counsel protested st the use of the skeleton, asserting that It did not compare correctly with tbe structure of the dead man’s body, but his objections were overruled. When Mr. Levy asked Dr. O’Hanlon If he had not at first declared tbe case to be a suicide tbe prosecutor* objected and the objection was sustained. Dr. O'Hanlon testified positively that he had found powder marks on Young's fingers. His testimony as to the coarse of the bullet wss corroltorated by Dr. Rigims of tbe Hudson Street bosplUL

STORM HOLDS CONNECTICUT. Railway Tntisa asd Testier Cars Hr la i> All Over tbs State. NEW HAVEN, Coom, l»*c. 13.-Coo necticut la In the grasp of a blisxard. transportation companies, both trolley and steam, being tbe principal suffer era In a-snowstorm that covered the ■state for a depth of eight inches. Falling steadily from an early hour, the dry, light snow made fast and as the day wore on the troubles of tbe steam and trolley roods Increased. At a late hour last night the New York, New. Haven and Hartford railroad trains were anywhere from half an hour to an hour late on tbe main line, and In obscure points In the state some were held up for hours. Expresses from New York and Boston were held up by the storm at different points along tbe line, and not a train reached its destination on schedule time Reports from all over the state reveal a distressing condition aa far as trolley service Is concerned. The wind, which blew at an average rate of twenty-three miles an hour, caused huge drifts to be mode la the outskirts of the dties, stalling hundreds of cars throughout tbe state.

ROBY BUILDING BURNED. Roeheotar Res SuOar Flra, With

ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Dec. lS.-Tbe Roby building. Main street west and Elizabeth street, was destroyed by Are •t 4 o’clock yesterday morning, entailing a losa of about *400400. The bunding, which wss valued at *00000, wss practically destroysd. The Vsn Bergb Silver plate company loses *250,000, with an Insurance of *150,000. Tbe Hayden Furniture compeny lost *100,-

cellar to top before half the companies arrived, and In forty minutes tbe floors fell, following a series of explosion*. Surrounding property was endangered, but the fire was confined to the Roby building, where it originated. The Hayduo Furniture company was burned out at Court and Exchange streets

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BT. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.-A poplar antigovern men t demonstration, tbe participants In which included large there of students of botb-sexes, began at midday In tbe Nevskl prospect and lasted about two boms. Hundreds of poUc* and mounted gendarmes who a bidden In tbe courtyard of tbe public buildings emerged suddenly and charged tbe crowd at full gallop, driving tbe demonstrators In headlong con fusion and screaming with terror upon

streets. This led to serious encounter*, fifty persona be ly Injured. Large

NEW BRITAIN, Coihl, Dec. 1A~ Levi 8. Wells, seventy yeera old, president of the Savings bunk of this place mm. dm, wn t, • «nU o<

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