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SUBSCRIPriON: 8,0Q fER YEAR. CHARLorre; n. c Friday moknino. December 2,jw. PKICL'FIVE CtM. MBS. fcUADWJCK 80LTKST. MTSTEItY ITfSOIiVED, HOWEVER, Attorneys for Cleveland Woman State , That All legitimate'" Claim Will be Met, and Counsel for the Largest Claimant Profess TlMsmaclves Sat-lBflcd-Reported Payment to Her ' Husband . of $2,500,00 Some Time Ago Would Still Leave Her With t 91,000,000 In Her Own Bight. , New York, Dec h The announce ment that one Of the largest creditors of Mrs. Cassi.e 1. Chad wick, the Cleve land woman, whose financial affairs -ceine Into jprdmlnenee In a sens itlonal way a few days ago, had ugre,!' upon a settlement, ha given a new poaae to this strange case. ; At the same tithe,: the air df mystery which haa surround ed every turn was still present to-day. and there was absolutely nothing be yond conjecture to -'lnJWcate what the outcome would be. That all the legiti mate claims against Mrs. Chadwick will be met, la the statement made by her attorneys, but at th-same time they decline to say anything as to tha source from which the necessary funds will be obtained. "Mrs. Chadwick will produce the necessary collateral to meet) all (Just , "obligations at the proper; time. We do not feel called uoon to inform ' the public as to the nature of ..this collateral or whence It will come." This statement, in brief , covers the at titude taken by Mrs. Chadwlck's legal advisers. "We are now in a poaiUlin to state that Mr. Newton's claims will be paid in full, and we have gone so far that we are not relying any more on mere promises." This, statement concerning his client's, present position was made to-day by Arthur A. Stearns, the Cleveland lawyer representing Herbert D. Newton. Edmund W. Powers, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, .made a statement regarding the case this, afternoon. He said that the t'otal Indebtedness to Mr. Newton was approximately $190,800. Of this, he said, $78,000 was money actually owed and due; $6.,000 was due on bonuses to be paid for the accommodation, and $50,000 was owed on two notes of $25,000 each, which would, not mature for a year. "Mrs. Chadwick has ample money ta meet her debts," said Mr. Powers. "She has over $1,000,000 In her own right. If it is true she paid over to her husband $2,500,000 some time ago, she had enough to meet all of her debts, which total about $600,000." Mr. Newton had a long conference with his attorneys here during the day, when the situation with regard to a set tlement of the claims against Mrs. Chadwick was thoroughly discussed. At the conclusion of the conference, George Kyall, Mr. Newton's local counsel, said: "We are now satisfied that Mrs. Chad wick has ample means with which to meet all our claims, and that she means to do so. It is now only a question of arranging the details of the settlement. "Our claim will ba the very first to be settled, and It will be settled In a very short time. I have seen v Mrs. Chadwick and I am satisfied that she is not the woman she has been repre sented to be in some quarters; that per haps she has been careless in money matters, but that she means to honestly pay all legal claims gainst her. A proof of this faet.Mhink, is that she nas many powerrui rrienas wivo are seeing her through present difficulties."' W ILL SETTLE OCT OP COURT. Hefulng In Snit Against Mrs. Cliad- iflck at Cleveland Postponed. Cleveland, O., Dec. 1. When the re ceivership case brought by Herbert Newton, of J5roiokllne, Mass., against Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was called In Common Pleas Court to-day. Attor ney Carr, 'of the law firm of Carr, Chamberlain & Stearns, representing the plaintiff, requested the court to again postpone the hearing. Judge Babcock granted the request, with the consent of counsel for Mrs. Chad wick, and the hearing was fixed for next .Saturday. . The action was taken. It Ik under stood, as a result of negotiations which. it Ift said, will probably result in set tling the claim of Mr. Newton out of court. DIAZ'S SEVENTH INAUGURATION Procession of Bands Troops and So cieties Traverse Profusely Decor ated Streets to tlie Scene of Cere monies In the Chamber of Dep uties. City of Mexico, Dec. 1. The inaugu ration of General Furfirlo Diaz as Pres! dent of the republic oil Mexico for the seventh time and of Senor Don Ramon Corral as First Vice President, took place to-day in the hall of the Chamber of Deputies onder most auspicious cir cumstances. At sunrise to-dy all the artillery stationed in the Federal district, and also the infantry here and at barracks throughout the republic, fired a presi dential salute and flags were hoisted over all public buildings. The princi pal streets and edifices and residences were decorated profusely with arches and national flags, fraely Interspersed with the flags of foreign nations. One of the features of the street decora tions was two allegorical arches over the Paso de la Reform, the municipal street of the capital, representing "Peace' and "Prosperity." There was a process'lon made up of thousands ,of Federal troops, the re serves, bands, aoeletles, political or ganisations and many prominent politi cal personages, 'including the (Governors ot the States comprised In the Union. The procession proceeded to the hall of Congress, where, amid great enthusi asm, the President and Vice President were formally notified pf their election ana toon we ostn or allegiance, ine parade was then reviewed, To-night there' was music on the various plaias by military bands, and an inaugural ball, to which over one thousand: persons ave, received Invita tions. ' KAISER'S -HUNTING RECORD. 925. Birds and Two Hares FaU to ills uun in one Day, i Berlin, Dec. 1. Emperor William did some remarkable shooting at Alawenltz, Silesia, yesterday.- From daylight to 4 In the afternoon, he brought down 810 pheasants, IS other birds and two hares, The guns of the party bagged 3,215 head of game. The Emperor and his party shot 10,042 birds tn two days last week on thu estate of " Count von TloU. seekers, closed their doors yesterday and Wii. t,le "owlng notice ta their cus Winckler, which were sent to market ln,tomwi: -.0n accoont of flnartclal embar- Berlln,whlch city receive almost every, rassment no further business will b trans . day several thousand pheasants, besldes.acted by this Company until further no larger game, as a result of. tho Imperial tice." No further statement could' be carty forays. . , - obtalaea. ., . ' T" .. ; Assistance- Rendered to 1,001 ..vessels, Involving More Tlian 3.300 Uvea- Service Ureatlv Extended and Will Noon be Supplied With Wireless Telegraphy. Washington Dec. 1. Tha annual re port of the general superintendent of the Ufe-Saving Service shows that dur ing the year assistance was ren dered by the life-saving crews to LOCI vessels of all kinds, involving the liven of more than S.300 persona, and property to the value of nearly seven million dollars. The crews also rescued 103 persons not on board vessels from various perilous ait nations, and through aignnl warnings of the beach patrols saved from possible disaster 161 vessels in danger of stranding. The vessels wrecked were generally of small ton nuge. The total number of disasters to vessels of a!) kinds was 770, with a valuation of $t,7f,580. of whieh $5,$30,080 was saved uud $1,375,450 was lost. The total number of persons involved ai 8.328. of whom thirty-four lost their lives. The telephone system maintained by the servcie hus proved of great assis tance, and much attention has been given to its improvement and exten sion. The service lines . now extend tpractlcally unbroken from Maine to the Carolina, and have connection at an important points with the commercial telephone and telegraph lines of the country, and also,, where desirable, with the light-houses and Weather Bureau offices on the coast. The life-saving .stations, the report says, constitute an Important factor In the System of coast guard patrol maintained' by the Ni'vy Department for protecting the coast in time of war, and it is expect ed rJiat the wireless telegraph system. nov, being tested by the pavy, when sufficiently perfected, wllUbe extended to the life-saving stations; In fact, plan nlrej.dy tre being prepared for its m- 3t: i li tioi i. KLKLED IN BARRICADED HOUSE. Texas Farmer Who Made His Daugh ter a Widowed Bride Meets Death bjlJ Officers' Bullets. 4 Fdrt Worth, Texas, Dec. 1. The se quel! to the tragedy that cost the lives of Stephen McKinney,. his father and a bred man on their farm near Alva radil Tuesday came to-day. J. M. Wii llnn. who fUed the fatal shots, bar rle.ii ed himself in his home and Jelled the i fflcers. He sent word to his daugh ter, i he widowed bride of the man he had killed, that If she did not come to h in he would kill her.' In to - uni trembling she went to the h.ou:-. There ne iiounn ner ratner armed ,virn a title pnd in a frenzy of rasre. The of dceh were afraid to fire into the house for finr of killing some member of Wil liam family, whom he held prisonei s thcrftf to shield him. All night the of ficers watched from the McKinney homef where lay the bodies of the men killed by Williams. Finally Williams seai.'l himself by a window, his rifle acnKL his knees, and, becoming drowsy, his tufad dropped" on his breast, and he s'ckt. Assuring herself that her father wa (asleep, the widowed bride stole froinithe bouse and fled to the home wherf her husband's body lay. As soon as the posse learned Williams was alone they opened fire on him. He was not flow in returning It. Finally his sho.s ceased, nndthe--tmff'wteTrng the house, found Williams lying on the floor with a bullet through his brain. W. C. T. U, WIRES ROOSEVELT. Want IVohibltion Enactment for In dian Territory In Case of Statehood leaching the Negroes to Vote Dry. Philadelphia, Dec. 1. President Roosevelt was to-day requested by the national Women's Christian Temper ance Union, in convention here, to see that Congress observes the existing treaties with the Indians, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors be fore granting Statehood rights to the jnciian 'territory. A telegram was for warded to the Presldetu, asking him to use his Influence to carry out treaties of our government with the. Indians concerning the Ba)e of intoxicating liquors in Indian Territory, and that this prohibitory clause be inserted In the enabling act for th? new State. Mrs. M. M. Allen, of New York, re viewed the work of the year in the whole country. Lucy Thurmsn, of Michigan, the na tional superintendent of work among colored people, said the branch was Becoming effective in the politics of communities. The fourth ward of Co lumbus, Ohio, was cited as an instance of the strength of the colored union at the polls. The white leaders, of that district cxpectel the colored vote to defeat -the local option, but the color ed men voted the other way, and the ward was "dry." North Carolina lrl Recites Before a W. C. T. U. Audience. Special to The Observer. Philadelphia. Dsn. 1. Miss Helen Shore, qf North Carolina, a little girl 10 years old. in attendance at the na tional W. C. T. TJ. convention, bv request recited in the Coofcman M. E. church to-night before an audience of 2,000 people. Miss Shore Is a W. C. T. IJ. medalist, hnvlng on-previous occa sions been awarded two medals as evi dence of merit. She Is here, attending tne national convention with her moth er. Mrs. H. E. Shore, of KernersvlHe, who is a delegate' from North Carolina. WILL. ASK PRESIDENTS Alp. Head of the Iron and Steel Workers' Organization Seeking Means to Set tle Strike in Ohio. Washington, Dec, 1. President Shaf fer, of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel workers, arrived here to-day from Pittsburg. He has sn engagement to ape the President to-morrow in com pany wun Kcpresentative-ieiect - Thom as, of the nineteenth Ohio district. Mr. Shaffer's mission is to enlist, the influence of the President In the set tlement of the iron and steel strike now-in progress In Youngstown and Girard, Ohio. He villi propose that the President suggest to the United. States Steel Company that the differences be tween the .company and the strikers be submitted to arbitration. - Jdo. Intima tion, is gtven as to the anawer the President will make to the propol tlou, - Rlchmosd "& Co., lrttorporated, Pittsburg TRAINS HIT AT DURHAM NEGKO MAY BE FATALLY HURT. Jack Price, Yard Conductor at Dur ham, Is Suffering From Scalded Feet- Hie Collision Waa Between an East -Bound Freight and the Ox ford & Clarksville Passenger Train Tlx- Engine of the Latter Was De molished and Many Freight Cars Wrecked. Special to Thi Observer. Durham. Dec. 1 There was a head on collision on Hie Southern at Kast Durlium to-night at 9:80 o'clock. Tom Trollinger, colored , fireman, was prob ably fatully Injured, and Jack Price, yard conductor, Is suffering from scald ed feet. Trollinger ban badly broken ankle and knee, his rlghi leg Is cut, and he Is scalded and probably hurt Internally. The men have been moved to the hospital. The collision was between tlirouRh freight No. 1X3, west-bound, mul the oxford & Clarksville passenger train, which was being tal5.cn to the "V" to turn around. It is a id that the head light ni tlu freight was not burning, and that th" crow of the other train did not see the approaching freight un til to late to stop. The crow on the other train saw the light of the pas scuger engine, and was slowing down at the time, The freight engine was of the bis hofT kind, and was not used up very badly. Tha other engine was literally torn to pieces, and the won der is that any one livid through the wreck. The freight train was In charge of Ben l,loyd. coulueior, and Fred. Burroughs, engineer. C. G. Snell was fireman. Neither of these wore hurt, although It was said that none Jumped. The passenger coaches were uninjured, The front engine was running with tinder In front, and in this was Tom Trollinger, colored fireman, and Jack Price, yard conductor. The roar en gine was In charge of Engineer Green. The force of the collision caused the tt-ndcr on the passenger engine to tel escope the cab, and this pinned the two i men between the tender and the en Slne. The cars following the tenders tele scoped, the second and third cars being piled high In the first car, which was a coal car. Ail the way down the I rain there were broken ears' the force of the collision In ing such as to force the trucks from -some cars and under other. A wrecking crew is now on the way to D.irham. and it is thought that the track can be cleared early to morrow morning. It may be 9 o'clock before trains can pass through. IltXINS COLLIDE IN A TUNNEL. Two Trainmen Killed and One Se riously Injured in a Freight Wreck. Wheeling, W. Va Dee. 1. In a tun nel near Kalrpoint. 17 miles Wheeling on the I'.altirnore wchi. 01 & unio Kailr-ail, a fatal f eight wreck wan caused to-nisht by the collision of two sections of a west-bound frelRht. The dead: Y. WHITK, engineer of the second seciion. riirichsville, Ohio, killed in stantly. .1. S. HRVINtTTON, brakeman of sec ond .section, of Mc.Keesport, Pa., crush ed badly, died at 6 p. m. Kuward C. MlUer.. fireman of second .section, of Holloway. Ohio, had his shoulder seriously fractured. The colliding trains were running about thirty car lengths apart when the first .section was held up in the Falrporit tune!, and before the flag man could emerge from the smoke, the second section crashed into it. FATAL COLLISION. Two Men Killed mid Several Others Injured on the Danville & Western. Danville, Va., Dec. 1. A head-on col lision between two trains on the Dan ville & Western division of the South ern Railway at Stokesland, five miles above the city this morning, resulted -n the death of O. G. Mlnter, of Stockton, fl: eman. and Sam Staphs, colored brakemat:. Hlehard Hr.lrstMn. -a colored lireman. was seriously injured and will probably die. Charles Hundley, of this city, brakeman: J. L. Lloyd, of Stuarl, piiKiiu-er. am', t antiuctor deorge i. Ware, received painful injuries. Both trains were running fast when the ac cident occurred. Ihe collision was the result of a misunderstanding of orders. THKI.F FIREMEN KILLED. Freight Trains Collide Near Oneonta, N. Y.. Smaslilng an Engine anil Sev eral Cars. Om onla. X V . Dec. 1. Three men w-rc killed, several others had remarkably nar row cscip s from dentil, and properly val ued at fully $4'i,ml was ipstroyed in a col lision between two freight trains on the Si:MUebaiaia division of the Delaware & Hudson ita iho.i.l. hear here, to-day. The dead men were all firemen. 1 hey were: F. A. MAKTIN. Cooperstown. FRANK 1'ItATT. Oneonta OK.OHOK WH.DIAMS. Worcester. A fast freight train, west-bound, running at the rate of 4fl miles an hour, crashed Icln an extra freight which was being shunted off to a. side track. The engine o,f the. fast freight was smashed. Cars were crumbled up and thrown from the tracks, and three firemen were literally ground to pieces. The engineers Hnd the other trainmen saved themselves by Jump ing. v WEEKLY CROP REPORT. November Was a Mild and Droughty Month, Good for Corn Cribbing and Cotton Packing and Bad for Winter Wheat. Washington, Dec. 1. The weekly crop report, of the Weather Bureau, issued to-dajr is as follows: "As a whole, November was a very mild and exceptionally dry month. Throughout the central valleys and in England, the Middle Atlantic, Central and West Gulf States the absence of rain was so marked as to prove injurious to fall-sown grain, and to hinder plowing. The drought has been especially severe in the Ohio val ley, where I here Is a great scarcity of water for stock and domestic purposes. "In i the principal corn States, the weather has been favorable for husk ing and cribbing corn, the reports in dicating that this crop is of exception ally fine quality. "Winter wheat has been unfavorably affected by drought over 'the greater part of the winter wheat belt. Fa vorable reports are received from the -Atlantic coast' States,, where, however, lack of moisture has retarded growth. "In the Southern, States the weather conditions were favorable for the com pletion ot cotton picking.' , ATTACK OX MININtJ TOWN. At Least 300 Shots Fired at Xelgler, Where a Stockade Has Been Erect ed Machine China Answer the Fire Mljitla Not Involved. Duquoln, IH.i Dec, 1- According to Sheriff Stein, an attack was made on Zeigter last night, FlrinK begsn t tho pumping station, two miles north of Zelgjer. . and spread bi:k to the min ing town, where Stein ssld at least tW shots wer fired. The machine guna responded promptly. All the militiamen were culled out, and tho sheriff's son called lor a posse in Zelg ler, hut tho non-union miners would not respond. Sheriff Stein said that he could not say whether most of the firing was from the Inside or outside of the town. No one was hurt. Assistant Adjutant (leueral HeecC, who M at Keigler, said to-day that tl, shooting lust nljtht n of the same character as previous tiring, continued at Irregular periods. The militia, ac cording to Col. Kaece. took no part In the shootliTg last ntorht. 'ol. Iteece' left for Springfield to-lay to make hla report to Gov. Yates on the situation. In an Interview to-day. A. It. Fry, State's attorney-elect of Terry comity, where the Indictments against Joseph letter and Attorney Henry H. I'latt, of the Zelgler Cpnl Company, were re turned Nov. 12, Stated that he would tnke up the matter of Issuing capiases as soon as he assumes office Monday. FALL RIVER CONTEST ACUTE Determined Efforts of tbf Manufac turer Have Resulted In Several Thousands Non-Unlonlsts Going to Work- More Assistance for Unions. Full River. Mass., I . 1 .-After more ll. mi four nioritt.M. the struggle between the local cotton manufiietiircis and the anion operatives who arc on a si like ap pears to becoming acute. The Hit mil Ion la line mainly to the determined cfTnrts of the manufacturers to shatter the union force.". This Is the third week .since ihe mill Kales were re-opeued uftei h. Inn el( :-ed for .lxtein weeks la coiuiecilo i witli the effort to bleak the t;(MKe Con illctltiK claims are math- by both ."Io. -s as a the result of the move, but It Is appar nt that sevei il thousand non-anl.iu builds have (one to work. The union memie r. as a body, howvver, lire silll hohbim out. The III a 1 1 u la it it ia tm figure that tic strike will Kraduiilly wear away as winter ail vanci s. The unions are receiving assistance frnin other mill towns, where it is fcari'd that ti failure or ihe Fall River strlk w uilil mean a general reduction of w ines in the cotton mills of the Nilt th. Twetity-t n additional collectors lu;e hen sent from j Fiill Kiver this week to the Middle and I Western State. CHAPMAN WAS OMR Oi:i. Verdict of Coroner's Jury in London on Suicide of Wealthy Young New Yorker. London, Dec. 1.- "Sub ide during tem porary Ins.-.nity," v. as the ver.li. t of Hi- cm-oner's in ucst on ICI i-rtln I;. 'ha p- nuin, of New York city, who oimmltt d I suicide on the evening of November 28th at the Carlton Hotel by throwing himself from the third-floor landing to the vestibule. The evidence of friends showed 'hut Chapman, while in Paris, exhibited slpes of derangement. He, therefore, was closely watched at the i.tiio,, Kvit c,i,,aa ti, i-ittii.. ..f hi. attendant and succeeded In t hrowlng ! himscif into the vestibule. Chapman i never rei'ivered consclnusiiess. Prtof to committing suicide, his i-ist act was to Icind Villi I, notice teti.r n r ,1 e.auil l,i hi. f.th.r mi...,.' ...tn. ,,, xprosslng regret if they had any disagreements In the p.iFt and wishing them long mil happy lives. THREE HI HT IV AUTO WltECK. Machine Strikes a Large Dog and is Dellected Against a Telegraph Pole. Jacksonville, Fla.. IVc. 1. -Three men were hurt one of theri seriously In an automobile nei Ident on the Hell road, north if this city, this afternoon. The Injun it are: H. K. Park, traveling salesmen for a St. Louis house, shoul der brol'en tni'l several bruises: Harry Cook, Jr.. fatally bruised about the legs: J. (i. King, owner and driver of the machine, thrown tidily feet and landed hi a ditch tincunseiouH. King's Injurlca -re iaa serious. The accident Has caused by running over a large dog. The machine swerved and struck a telegraph p a- and was completely wi ecKe,). YOl'XO FAHM Fit ASSASSINATED. Shot From Ambush Wide Playing a Violin on Ills Front Porch. Jacksonville. Fla., )ec. 1. John I'lummer, a prominent slid influential fanner, living a few miles northwest of this city, was Instantly killed last night by an unknown assay dn. At the time of the murder, Mr. I'lummer was sitting on the front porch of Ills resi dence, playing a vlofln, and near him was one of his farm hands. The crack of a gun was heard, and Mr. I'lummer fell to the floor, expiring in a few mo ments. The deceased w.1s a young man and had no known enemifs. and so far there Is no clue that would seem like ly to lead to the detection of the mur derer. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BIRTHDAY. Salutes Fired, Hags Flying and Church Bells Pealing Simple Fes tivities at Sandringham. London. Dee. . Queen Alexandra Is celebrating her 60th birthday to-day at 'Sandringham. Flags are flying everywhere, the church bells are peal ing, and the usual salutes were fired at the naval and military stations at home rind tn the colonies. The fes tivities at Sandringham were of a elm-Die character, the main feature he - ing the entertainment of the school I era I Nakamura the leader of the spe chlldren of the estite, ut which theklally-trulned hody of swordsmen Queen and her srttests personally attend I which charged into the Russian forts to the wants of the little folks. The I Nv. 26. was lnjur?d in both log. Queen was the recipient of an Immense variety of presents, mostly eurios and artistic knicknacks. TIIE CLOSED SHOP ILLEGAL. Coirtract Between a Tailoring Firm and a Union Declared Contrary to Public Policy. New York, Dec. 1. That the closed shoD Is illegal was decided to-ilay bv the Jus tices of the appellate division of the (Su preme Court, sitting in Brooklyn. A con tract entered Intrr between the firm of Mc rrls Cohen & Sons and the Protective Cost, Tailors snd Pressors' Local Union No. 55, of the United Garment Workers of America, whereby the firm was prohib ited from employing labor not belonging to the local, and also from, employing even a member of the union unless such member held a card signed by the bus iness agefnt of the local, was declared by wr' court ft bt erotri7 to jmbllg trolley, KS HAD '.'FOR ST0ESSEl.? KT. I'ETERKBUIRl SO ADMITS. While the Itciiort That Meter lllll Ifaa Fallen is Not Yet Ofllclallj Con-lii-mcd. It Is Not Dented That Much a Hrcach May Mark the Beginning of the Kiid8rane Hope That the lapnncae Can lie Prevented From I'laclng Heavy China to Hwecp tho Harbor. Ht, IVtersburg, Dec. 1. The War Of fice here is not yet prepared io accept the report that the Japanese before Port Arthur have token Meter Hill, but If it Is officially confirmed, the War Office a'limltN that It will to n desunr ate blow for the gallant cefendcrs of the fortress. The position commands the harbor, and If the Japaticae can mount siege guns on Us summit, they can force out the Kusnlan squadron or destroy ft at Its anchorage. Those fan lllar with tio supporting plans of the forts chink It is by no mctniH certain that even though the Itusnhin.N arc forced to retire from Meter lllll, the Japanese can place In petition hi'Hvy Kunw against tl.e lire which the oilier forts can bring to Imar on it. Htlll. the War fflce officials re luctantly agree that such a breach In the cin.ln renders (he position extreme ly critical, ami I hough the garrison tnlKht he able to hold out In the (lohlen Hill. Tiger's Tall and I.Piotle forts for some time, it may mark the beginning of the etui. The War Office Is convinced that with the approach of th Uusslan nee-j oinl 1'iieinc squiKiron. ine .japTti, 4c con wldered that the elimination of tiie Port Arthur souadron as u tlshtlng factor was nhaoh't'ly vital, thus aceounlllig for the reckless sacrifice of life In order to secure a position directly command ing the harbor. " FOFK IU'KSIAN HEPIILSES. A Scries of Scattered Outpost Attacks Made Willi Uniform Failure.. Toklo, Dec. 1. Maiichiirlnn head quarters reports as follows: "At midnight yesterday n body of the etit toy's Infantry attacked Mnnchua nantzu Mountain, our non-eoinmls-rlonod officers' picket then repulsed them. "Japanese scouts despatched to Llu chnngtiiii encountered and repulsed a body of the enemy, and succeoded In discharging the ditties required of j ,,.,.,,,. force In the neighbor- imod or 1 la lencbila l:g reports that at ,,i,,, , ..',a..,.i, i,, o, (i.,.. ,.r v,... a body of the enemy consisting of Infantry and cavalry Hilvnltoea on Slantsint?o Heights. We repulsed them at about 7 In Ihe evetilii-f. The sntne dav at -4 in the afternoon fhe enemy's cavalry and artillery attacked Suchla h in t ku . our fire drove t'.etn back. "The same day our force en used some losses to the enemy's) Infantry and cavalry appearing north of Chentssu- j FAIL TO CUT COMMUNICATION. , Japanese Attempt on the Itiimlan tight Thwarted by Border Suouts. ! Mukden, Dec. 1.- There was another lain.- II skirmish on (leiu-ral Iteneii- Uampft's right on Nov. 28th, hut every l.l.t.... u ....!,, V I'U,. .. ..K lu"a"n's rlM 28th, but every- , 1 . ,1 , A decidedly hot skirmish took place Vov. Lll on the Russian rtglil, between I the villages of cbjaiilati and In"' villages of Cbjanlan and Syaok icneu, ine inner pince oeing occupieo by mission troops. -vi ral companies of Japanese, with cavalry, taking ad vantage of hlght, tried to cut the Kus slan communication In this direction, but border -o;tH enclosed the Jap anese on two sldoM .iml routed them, capturing feu rifles and several burses. The Russian loss was five killed or wounded. The Japanese loss is sup posed In have b"n much heavier. EXPECT CAITUHE BY DEC. 10. Japanese Said to Have Suffered 15,000 Casualties in -I Hours Before Port Arthur. London, Ilec. li. - The correspondent at Chefoo of The Hail Tclcpraph says that the alack on Jlntir Hill resulted in heavy losses to the first division of the Japanese stunners. Simultaneous ly with this assault, the correspondent .says the men of the Ninth and Elev enth Divisions advanced and menaced (If KhlluiiB and Keewan forts. It Is staled, the correspondent adds, that within the hist "4 hoars the Japanese casualticH have totaled 1 r, .000. ami It Is asserted that the attacks have been planned to coiiLIi'h.k until I):'i 10. when it Is hoped t.ie capture of Port Arthur, will be completed. New Russian Iioan Apt to Bring Nearly Par. 1 Paris, Iwc. I. Tip- i, ankers lere ex pect that the new -Hussion loan of $;eo,- OM.fM'O will be Issued this or next! month. " syndicate of French banks) will take !ipproxlm-n;ely $l0,0C0.OOa, and the German hanks $IO".Oim.tX.O. The backers say theer Is an unusual abun dance of French money for the close of the year, the prevailing discount rale being 2 per cent. This leads to ne be lief that the new loin will b-- readily taken up at nearly par or about Still Pursuing Japanese Flankers. St. Petersburg. Dec. 1. Gen. Kuro putkln reports under yesterday's date the continued pursuit of the Japanese who retreated from Tsinkhetohen. The Itusslafis. Nov. 20. force! tho Jap anese rear guard to evacuate a pass ten miles southward of Tsbikh'-tchen. The Hussion losses were insignificant. Two Japanese Generals Wounded. Toklo, Dec. 1. Reports from the Japanese army besieging Port Arthur say that Lieutenant General Thuchlya t among the wounded, and that Gell President ExM-cted to o to Jckyl Island. Brunswick. Ga.. Dec. 1. At the regu lar meeting of the Brunswick board of trade to-day resolutions were unani mously adopted mviiingi President Koosevelt to visit this city on his Southern tour. It is said here that the President will spend a few days on Jekyi Island, the winter home of many wealthy men, a 'few miles from" this city, and the board hopes that he will stop in Brunswick one day. 20 Killed by Poisoned Brandy. U Mn, Dec. 1. A dispatch to The lokal Anaelger from Kierr, Jtuasia, an nounces that 20 person have lost their lives there' through drinking poisoned brandx. .. NKAR BOLfJXO loox. Peter Mlssen, W1k Attempted to Crow !akr Michigan In a Novel Manner, Foil ml Dead on the Beach. SEevsnsvllie, Mich,, Dec, , l.Peter N'lssen, who id vied across Laka ftttrh ifcn In Ms host, called the "Foot Killer. V. 3," was found dead on the brtfch, two miles und a half vrest of here to-day. .N'tfiaen ia supisiaed to have been w.'.hd ashore during the night. His "Peol-KIlier" was about Z0 rods down th beach from the body and v.a:s considerably damaged. A life preserver and his overcoat ware fast ened to the basket-shaped cur in the bout, The body was brnughl to Stev eiisvlt'.c, when It lies in tne town hall. The hands and face are froaen, and the features reflect his suffering. The clothing on the body was somewhat torn. It la thought that Nisscn could not have been dead a ureat while when the body wns found, n rlK'r mortis hud not set In. Nlssen's employer was notine' as soon as word was received hcr that the body hud been found, and a Cormier's j iry was Immediately Impaneled and Itcgap iitt Inquest, a party has gone to bring In the wrecked "Fool-Killer." When tho wrecked a.tiuatle balloon was examined, one of N Ibsen's business cards was found, on the back of which y.'iis a not from the dead adventurer, saying up air hose upett which he de pended to renew his supply of nlr had broken, and that ha was doomed to die to sr.ffocathm. It Is believed h;-re that XHasen was alive whh his bo-it nt touched the eastern shore of the W There was a smile on the face of ih? dead navl gtor. NO EXCUSE FOR SHOPLIFTERS. New York Magistrate Refuse to Con sider Social Position of a Convicted Woman, but Will Investigate Plea of Illness. New York. Dee. 1. -Wealth and socls.1 osltion will not be accepted as a reason for clemency , In the esse of any person found guilty of shoplifting, according to a statement made to-day by Magis trate Whitman In the Jefferson Market police court. The announcement was made In connection with the case of a woman, v.ho under the nam of Mrs. C'nioilnc llohart, of Jersey City Heights, has been found, guilty of stealing from i I'.epnt tinent utoie. Sentence was about to he pronounced when the superin tendent "f the store walil that his firm wanted to withdraw the charge, and nk for (he discharge of the prisoner heciuse of her ' 'social prominence, and Illness extending over three years." The titifierln;i iident said that Mrs. Ho lm r I was a 'petuber of one of the best families In New York. Magistrate Whitman lesponded that the woman'. social posltli-m would make no differ ence In the case. "It only makes the crime with which she )s charged more ttiiKtant ami deserving of the severest possible punishment," said the magis trate, lie added, however, that the plea of (i!ni:s would he Investigated and that If the woman was found to be mentally Irresponsible she would lie dis charged. Thu case was then postponed to allow an Investigation to he made. JACKSON'S GRANDSON TO ARMY. President Roosevelt Indicates Ills In tention to Apitolnt Stonewall Jack son Christian a West Point Cadet WUL Alao Appoint Georgia Autlior Politicliin's Son. Washington, Dec. 1. To Representa tive Livingstone, of Georgia, and to Col. ! c. Woodward, president of the Georgia Military Academy, President Uoosevelt to-day Indicated his Inten tion to appoint Stonewall Jackson Christian, a grandson of General Stone wall Jackson, us a cadet to the West Point Military Academy. The young man Is a student at the Georgia Mili tary Academy. Mrs. Stonewall Jack sun, widow ,if the general. Is now a resident of Charlotte, N. C. The Presi dent also said be expected to appoint as a West I'olnt cadet a son of Harry Htrihvctl Kdvvarits, postmaster at Ma con, Ga. Mr. Edwards delivered one of the spec hc'i te conding tho nomina tion of the President at the Chicago invent Ion, and Is a warm personal friend of Mr. Uoosevelt. The appoint ments wHJ be made as soon as the ncrcafrury Vacaniies take place. FELTOX PLEADS NOT GUILTY. . Man Who Fired a Fatal Shot cm Bronclway Arraigned- Claim of Self Defenses Being Investigated. New York. Dec. 1. viUA.wt A. Fel toit, known us "Hit; Frank" Felton, who in Thanksgiving bay fatally wounded Guy Hochc, a gambler, and who was indicted try the grand Jury for murder In the flrut degree, was arraigned to day before Jcdge Foster and pleaded not guilty. He w is remanded to the Tombs. Dis trict Attorney Jerome said he was in vestigating the cose, and that, if it was shown that Felton acted In self iefense, he would ask for a dismissal af the indictment. The Bell Purchases Lynchburg's Home Telephone Company. Lynchburg. Va , De . t. -The tele phone war In Lyn bburg. which has been on for the past twelve years be tween the Southern Bell Telephone Company and the Lynchburg Telephone Company, was brought to an abrupt end here this afternoon by the purchase of the home compnny by the Bell inter ests, The Hell Company, which has no franchise In the city, having been operated all of the time without one. Is now seeking a new franchise from the city council. Chamber of Commerce Welcome Prince Fiisbiml. New York, Dec. 1. Prince Sandanaru Fushinii, of Japan, who ia in thia country on a friendly visit, was to day the gueot of honor at a meeting of the New- York chamber of Commerce, and was formally welcomed to the city by Morris K. Josup, president of the chamber, in -a brief address. Mr, Josup, referred to the war in the far East and expressed a hope for its early termination. The Prince, reply Ing through an Interpreter, expressed, his pleasure at the reception accorded him, and was then escorted to hla hotel. Xew Customs Cigar Stamp: Being Sent Out. . Washington. Lec. 1j The . Treasury Deiiartmcnt; is sending out to collectors of customs a sunply of the new cus toms cigar stamp, which is to take the place of the larger and more -i con spicuous etamp in v.se bp to this ttrr.e. The new stamp., which will be placed on the bottom of the box containing Imported cigars, ia printed tn black Ink and measures 4 by 1 inches. It wilt he 'issued to cover the costumeb dutiea on boxes containing 25,- 50t 100, THE yOBl D'S'FAi:: hnxixnart fiiiow in e i Closing Exercise Held In V 1 , of Ot. Ixmls, Exposition I'n Francis and Co. Dock cry 1 . . log the Principal AiUn-vv Francis Kays the Fair Has 4 .. Ilia Entire Time for Four Yen-t -la the Work of Ilia Life Da a , Designated "FrancU Day" in , Honor -Cloning hcenea impre-, : . ' St. Louis, Dee, - L The Lot:! Purchase Exposition has endd. ', stupendous and magnificent expou; . whose tendril of Interest havo err ed Into every portion of the ci l. world, and even . Into aboriglnut cesses, bringing within the gates of . ItOUl mill ions of visitor from thro-.; out the entire world, has ran feu.-, and now passes into history probably, having comprised the p representative collection , of the i sources. Industries, , art, peoples custom of tha world ever assem?. The beat order ha been nwinta! throughout; there have been a f fires, but all were of ml mom. with the exception of the dentructn 't the House tt Hon Hoo, and th i -ttal destruction of rth Missouri lb..' Ing, recently,' The' former was Imr dtately re-bullt. No lost of life 1 occurred during " the exposition f .,: accidents, flt, Louis ha proffers t i -mast araclous hospitality to the won and It ha been accepted. 1 Throngs visitors hove poured In f attend the exposition with ths expe. ra tion of being pleased , hd satisn -! They have departed amated and itraf . fted. Tha opinion ha been exrire-.-. : at alt times, on all aide and witho. , reserve, that the Louisiana .Purchs-- Exposition has been a success. Ti man probably most prominently know in connection with the World's Fair Ii tho president, David R. Francis, an1 it was deemed fitting that the final A should be designated a "Prancls Day," in his honor. s - , s "Thl exposition ha been the wc-v of my tlfe," aald President Francis, "r has consumed my entire tlm (or the. paat four years, but every hour Ihh been an hour of pleasure to me, I have exhausted my tocg Of adjectives la trying to describe thl fair. It la difficult to do it Justice a it Ut to paint the Illy." ' ... ', ' Tb closing exerelse were - held at the base of the Louisiana Purchase tvotn-ment, in the plaxa of St Lou'-', wherrr were held seven months a&o t-' excnlses that formally opanei th gates to tho world. The princlp- I s(ceebea delivered were ' by- Governor i'ockery, of Missouri, and Prestdci.i Francis. President Francis, In ht addre. spoVe of the lasting Influence of the fair, "which mark a new epoch In tii" Intellectual and industrial advancement of the world and the dawn of a new era In the International relations r f governments and people," . In conclu sion, he eald; "May this, enterprise with which we have been conpecte.1 fo nearly seven years past bring Into st.l! ( loser brotherhood all the nations arid all the peoples who have participated In It. Ma it deepen our, patriotism. May It strengthen our love for a beni.tn Providence that smiles upon tis,M Promptly at 4 o'clock all" the gre.t exhibit place were closed ani vteH'" were excluded. - In the 1'alace of Api culture onslaughts were made oa roc of the exhibit, where the settings wt-e composed of straw "and 'fragile mate rial, snd for a time general demolition was threatened, but prompt action In affecting a general ejectment put a stop to the threatened turmoil."' As the night drew on. ..throngs con centrated in the main avenues to view for the last tlmo the magnificent elec tric Illumination. One solid. stream of humanity swept through the Pike from end to end. Tho spirit of revelry was there. "- Steadily the white bulb silhouetted the exhibit pilac.es against the nigat, periodically tho illumination of the. Tctraee of State surmounting Festival Hill i hanged from white to red. then to Breen. and then back to wtllte Over on Agricultural Knoll tho great floral chick clicked off th minute Of the de parting pageant. And In the night rang out Hip tones of rhe rrutsstve bell, a.i the midnight hour wa tolled by the great clock. Instantly a hush aeeme I lo pervade the entire grounds. The glowing electric bulb slowly besan dimming, the pulsation of the great engines that drove the cascades gradu ally died dov.-n. Tho light faded stead ily diminishing until but a faint glow was perceptible. Suddenly there was darkinss, and the Louisiana Purchase Fxposlt.on had passed Into the chron icles of history. , .''. .SCRPLPH WILt E SMALL. Secretary Stephens Announces That IVactlcally All Debts Against tho Exposition Company r Have Already Bcn Paid Total Attendance 1S,- 000,000. St. Louis, Dee. LWhlle It ' will be impossible to obtain the acute! receipt and expenditures of the Louisiana Ex position Compnny, before the .middle of December Secretary ' Walter P. Stevens, ef the World Fair, made the following statement to , the Associate) Press to-nirj-ht: " . "From report that have been sub mitted of the admissions to the ground up to 9 o'clock to-night, we estimate that the attendance on "Francis Day" will be a few thousands In excess of 200,000, and that the attendance for th exposition period will be In the neigh borhood of I8.00o.0CtX "In round numbers, me Exposition Company has expended I2S.000.000 sim-a the Inception of the. World' Fair pro Ject. and the expenditures of the sc ral States and Territories have react,--a total of $9,000,000, The receipts st the opening day, April SOth, -h-'-. amounted to about $10,000,000, cony. Ing of admissions and concession rt-i - ties. While It is impossible to state cj ' the financial condition ef the comp ' on this, the closing , day. It can authoritatively announced that all . ' against the company have been with -the exception of a ievr ci accounts, ' such as salaries etc., these will, ft is thought, cmisurr" ly all the .surplus. so th.tt th- only be a" very small amount 1 the stockholders." . Deputy Federal Jlarshal A l-f.reveportl. La... lee. t. Depi Stales tltmlid J. K. P"tn' v. ItiSpmtly killed this eveiiirj r. at Trenton hy an unkn-xvn i red from behind a tree, l'cj " Ing a calf alng tl vi'i , slcoer fired with n .'! i i buckshot. Several m-mrcs said, was warned to 1- ,m . janalty of t! .;t'i f -r
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