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WnahJnifton, Dea 25 Th annual re port of th Dawn commission son Its work. - for the. flv clvilied tribe of Indians In Indian Territory which1 was . made public to-day 1" a general review of th partition and allotment of the ,lanfla of thoae Indiana during the past six yaari iTh ;t;tlmo con aumed in the chanare front the old ayitem to the' new.n ,theV?omml8sion- ra say, "haa vbeen a moat Irksome pe Mod to the people of Indian Territory and the commlselon Is not unmindful of the fact that to many candid, ob aervera the execution of the task has soemed to be both tedloua and expen alva." . - - ;-:-.;- . While admitting that criticism wax to ba expected, tne report goea on to aay that It is not Just, and to show that the time has been well occupied In securing a correct roll of the peo I pie. In. obtaining a correct Inventory at their property and in locating ltn- rovements. if- EXAMINING RECORDS. Of the dlfflculties f these various tlvlsions of the work they say: . "Every adult or head of a family In a total of more than 200,000 citizens and clalmanU was was personally ex amlned and his previous tribal record was looked up. Of this number, and In this way, more than 120,000 have been examined since June 28, 1898. The proceedings were all taken down, es peclally as every case could be ear ned to Washington on appeal, ana or- tan the record of a single case was hundreds of pages in extent. - Of the aboVe number of people, approximate ly 90,000 will be finally adjudged to lawfully possess tribal membership ana property rights; and it can reaiiy 1 seen how a less careful course of procedure would have utterly dissi pated the properties of the tribes. torts: acres the unit. "As to the appraisement of the land ft was thought that tracts of 40 acres, or a quarter of a -quarter of a section, was as small a division as could rea sonably be made subject of personal Inspection. This acreage was adopted as the unit of determining the grade and value -of land, but even this re. utred the locating, inspecting, class! lying and valuing of nearly 500,000 tracts of land. "As for safeguarding the occupancy ftnd improvement rights of the people, their houses, barns, fences and other improvements had to be located by an actual survey and with minute ac euracy. Perhaps hardly a man in the territory knew the sectional divisions f his farm,, or the sectional line .of a wngje one or his improvements, and fcence ther was no source of accurate Information i respecting these matters tKcept the surveys and location or lra frovements made by the commission, f . WORK. OF 7 TEARS. The report adds: We have been daily witnesses . of the distress of the people caused by delay, not only of the approximately 0,000 cltliens of the tribes, but also of the estimated 600,000 other residents f the Territory whose legitimate In terests suffer from an unsettled state of 'affairs. It will be seven years con- - auroed in this work if it Is completed, as we expect, by July 1, 190$, and the administration of ' these communial states amounting to nearly 20,000,000 - acres of land, and to perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in actual values will then have consumed that amount Of, time ' and have cost less than 10 cents per acre. We trust that a con atderatlon of the facts here stated will lead. to the conclusion that under the ciroumstances the time consumed has not been unreasonable or the cost un duty great" Speaking or the difficulties connect ed with the allotment work the com mlssloners say that "speculators not over-scrupulous In their business methods have attempted in every way to-influence the Work with a view to personal gain." MAX'OR OF MOSCOW THANKED. His Advocacy of Governmental Re forms Wins Him a Tremendous Ovation. Moscow. Dec. 25. Members of the coun-' ell assembled at the city hall to-day for the purpose of thanking Prince Galium. , mayor of Moscow, for, his attitude in fa vor of reforms. Prince Oalltiln. who celved a tremendous ovation, said he onlv did his duty as a Russian . citicen. and that he was pensuaded he was standing on nrm grouna in supporting Tne reforms suggested by the council, the action of which would meet with the approval of the Russian people. He m lauded by urging tne memDsrs or tne council to stand, together, saying that unity alone couia try nope to secure reform. CZAR FAVORS FOUR REFORMS. l ' . .m . ' I fvnuroiuius aiuiiursio taia to AD- Increased j.. mk,uuu.i iw SSemstvos, a Free Press. Freedom of Conscience and Compulsory Ele mentary idncauon, juonaon, , ic its A oisoatcn to a news agency frora St Petersburg, says It can be stated on reliable authority that the manifesto on the .sublect of reiorma approved oy tsmperor Nicho las win contain four potn.es. as follows: . "'First, eacn zamsteo ahail send to the council of state three representa tives to aaviae. on tne question of in. ternai affairs i second,- that the press censorsmp snau oe aoousned and the press made free; third, that freedom nf I conscience shall be allowed; -and, 1 rounn, mac elementary education shall I he made compulsory throughout the empire. . - . , - inn umuy ma.ii ot. -eiersDUraeor-T respondent says; that th maniftutrt t - Pr0baby ylU 06 .towwd Pecember 26th. j House.; Wrecked by Natural Gas Ex- j Wheeling,' W. Va., Deo. 36.-Fi ve pew son were Injured, two ot them seriously, to-day by a natural ga explosion in the pome ot B. F, Blgga In North Wheeling. Mis Peart Cox. of West Liberty, a .vja- rj'"" an" rt aoi iiiivwu iiui way uroH ins i-ats? Mrs? Biggs andU01enWBUga wareSt fully hurt The house wa wmste'iv Inm. a.rin. ,,.4. , V- Vi- wrecked; -H.t....,.-l,..i'll " mm 1 1 ' , '' Former Congressnuui Dead. ' "Denver. Col., Dec. 25. Hugh : H. Price, ef Black River Falls, Wis., a Represetltatlva trom Wisconsin In 1887 and 1888; died In this city to-day, aged 15. He was a son of W. T. Price, for many veirs Rprrntatlve' from., th f '' t . - -, ('strict, nnd sucr-'e 11 SEVEN KILLED IN A WBECK A HEAD-OX CRASH JW ILLINOIS. Failure of an Operator to Deliver an Order Results Seriously to Two Southern ; Trains list of the Dead Embraces One : Passenger and Six i Railway Employes Ten Otlier Per sons Sllgtuly Injured Both Engines and Pour Coaches Demolished. Louisville. Ky Dee. 26.Tha passenger train which left 8t Louis at o'elock last night on ths Southern Railway col lided head-on with ths passenger .trala leaviDg Louisville at about ths same hour near Maud's Station. Illinois, to-day. Ons passenger and six employes wsrs killed and two passengers and eight employes were slightly injured. The dead: CHARLES SqHMlDT. Centralia, III, ENGINEER BO WEN, Princetown. Ihd. EMPLOYE! CHARLES HUTT, Princs- tonl Ind. i MAIL CLERK I10GAN. " Georgetown, Ind. SECTION FOREMAN UNDERWOOD, Princetown, lad. t ; EMPLOYE HENRY OSKIN, Tennyson, Ind.' ' EMPLOYE CYRUS HUTCHISON, East St. Loula. The St. Louts-Loutsvllle and the St l-oulg-Knoxville sleepers were drawn by both trains, but none of the passengers in the four cars was Injured. Both en- Sines were badly damaged and four ooaches were destroyed. The collision occurred between Mount Carmel, 111., and Princeton, Ind., and, ma- cording to Southern Railway officials, was caused by the failure of the operator it Browns, 111., to deliver to the east bound train an order naming a meeting point for the trains. All of the employes with the exception of the trainmen were in the oomblnatton baggage and smoking oar. Engineer Bunchanan and Fireman Tag- gart escaped by Jumping. Nothing wal found of Fireman Hutt's body but some charred bones, which were Hentlfied by a watch and ring near them. The bones vt.re gathered Into a water bucket by the rescuers. Only the trunr of the body 3f Engineer Bowen was discovered, and it was found pinioned beneath the burning tender. The limbs were burned off and the head had been burned from the trunk. The body was Identified by means of a uatch and an Elks' badge. The cars ot the faet-bjund train were telescoped and caught fire. The cars er the west-oouna train were only nartially telescoped and the passengers escaped without serious Injury. A wrecking crew and relief party left Princeton, Ind., at once and began clear ing the track and removing the dead and Injured. The hardest task was to extm sruifh the flames, which had broken out among the shattered engines ana coacnes, CHRISTMAS EVE TRAGEDY. A Row Inspired by Liquor In Georgia Hcs lilts fatally to a Prominent Farmer His Son Charged With In voluntary Manslaughter. . Blackshear, Ga.. Dec. 26. T. B. Altmin. a prominent farmer, dead; his son,. Dar ting Altman, charged With involuntary manslaughter, and City Marshall McMlr- lan namy cut is tne result or Christmas ve whisker drinklna. Altman. his son 'Hrid a young man named Crews cams into town yesterday afternoon and were noon under the influence of whiskey. Laur In the night, as they became dis orderly, Marshal McMillan started to ar rest them. Youna Altman drew his knife. shoved McMillan, who had T. B. Altman by the arm. down. Altman falling . on McMillan, and then commenced cutting. Crews also ran up with his knife. Club a ere freely used and when the parties were separated T. B. Altman was found to have received two gashes In the lett at m, sevaring the arteries, from which h died a few hours later. Marshal Mc Millan received three severe cuts on the head and one on the back. The evidence before the coroner's inquest showed that young Atlman had accidentally cut his father while trying to cut McMillan. The Jury brought In a verdict of Involuntary manslaughter. Marshal McMillan will re cover. A TERRORIST REIGN. Russian Nihilists Threaten It Unless the Cxar Grants Reforms. Brussels, Belgium, Deo. 14. It is learned that a Russian nihilist com mittee met here, on Tuesday last and decided to recommend terrorist activi ty In 'Russia, unless the Csar grants reforms within a month. The commit. teemen left here for a secret ren dezvous to arrange moves. Sir Weetman Pearson Coming. London. Dec. 24. Sir, Weetman Pear son, the biggest English railway con tractor and his wife, sailed for Amer ica to-day, taking with them two of the most eligible parties this side of the water. One is their son Cllve, who will Inherit a large share of his father's enormous wealth; the other George I Churchill, tne son or LAdy Edward Churchill, who will succeed to great estates from his mother and vast wealth from his father. Lady Pear- eon Is a great political entertainer oo the Liberal side. Saicide of Jealous Husband. T nyiot At ' rWw. 91: JflalAllK nv attentions paid to his wife by boarders I fl eVlaa. kMiaa ihow Im m Ta-V I ill ' wio uvueu mww iiwu SJI vai VI VII I Fitshugh street Willi, mCrowley. for- tv.aeven vears old. committed iilcirlo I by taking poison this morning. rore drinking tne deadly stunv Crow ley threw carbolic acid In her face. after vain efforts to force it down her throat She is twenty-eight years old. Kins; George's Birthday. Athens, Dec ,24. This is the forty- ninth birthday anniversary of King George of Greece. - The event,? while not being celebrated ; generally, has called forth congratulations from sev eral European monarch, and all the leading officials of the government called to-day to tender their congrat- uiations to nia Majesty,' Root's Speech Attracts Mexico's At- -(""-, lentlna. .-.. ru. ,.t.i..,.nt hu Boot at the New- England Society din- circle. . It is regarded as an amplinca- tion ef President Roosevelt's' Internreta- uon oi Tne . Monroe ooctnne as given la nia messago to vongress. v Home After .Triumphant Trip. son, who, ror several months, has been pis wia kujh ymn in. xzraei u.h. . . P1'. "Merely ' Mary Ann." ; m arrived hers to-day on the Deutschland. Plans have "been made I ror ner return to England In 1905, ' Admiral Terry Relieved, - " Honolulu. Dee. ii.Rear Admiral sn. las.W. Terry, commandant of the na val station here, wilt be relieved from duty to-morrow and within a few days will aU for the United States to await criers. "( v.1'1 be on the ret . . PUN TO BE-SEAT JPEABODXjr . DcmGK CMKL watched. A CONSPIRACY, DEMOCRATS SAY. I Colorado Republican Manager Now Propose to lnrow Out luO Drnio craUc Precincts and Tnerebv Over r omo Adams' Remaining Plurality of 10,000 Would Act Through (lie j Legislature Conservative Loadera s Opposed fto Uie Plan Democrats . Say Tluvt Ballot Boxes Have Been -rcnperea with to Make SMdence, Denver. Col.. Dec. U. If the fifteenth General Assembly of Colorado, which Is to meet on Wednesday, January tth. snan eneciuate the plans formulated by the managers of the Republican postelection campaign, Oovernor W K?"1 ry? C"'6' mora, gespne tn fact that Alva Adams still has nearly 10,000 plurality sine the votes of five Denver precincts war thrown out by order of the Su- prema Court. In consequence of frauds exposed In contempt, proceedings against election officials. There will be a Republican majority oi tniny or more in the uenerai As sembiy, which win canvas the vote for State officers. It i proposed to nave tne General Assembly a Doom t a special contest committee of from nine to twelve members to which wll be submitted the evidence of wholesale election frauds in Denver and possibly some other counties, which evidence the Republican committees have been collecting since the erection. The Republican managers maintain mat witn tne fraudulent vote or Den ver eliminated. Governor Peabody will have at least 7,000 plurality In this county and 2.000 In the State. The Re publicans say they do not Intend that the legal votes shall be sifted from the illegal and then counted, or that the Legislature shall reject the entire "Vote ot Denver county,- but they propose tnat apout i.boo Democratic precincts In the State shall be thrown out on the ground of alleged frauds and that the vote of the Republican precincts shall be counted. They assert that the Supreme Court has established a prece dent lor such a procedure. This radical programme la opposed by some conservative Republican lead era, and until the Legislature meets and takes action It cannot be known certainly whether Peabody or Adams will be Oovernor for the next two years. The Democratic leaders are preparing to contest vigorously the at tempt to re-seat Peanody. The -Democratic managers declare there Is a monstrous conspiracy behind the disclosures of fraud shown in con tempt proceedings before the Supreme Court They say that the bunches of spurious balots. all In one hand writing, found in the boxes front dif ferent precincts could not have been placed in the boxes on election day without having been observed by tne watohers, and charge that the boxes have been tampered with since the election, legal votes being abstracted and spurious ballots substituted there for. . ELKS' CHRISTMAS TREE. Members of the Order at Spartanburg Will Remember the Poor iSews Notes. Special to The Observer. Spartanburg, s. c, Dec zs. Monday morning the poor children of the city will assemble in the opera house and receice gifts from a well-laden tree which has been prepared by the local order of the Elks. Admlttanos will be by card and all those children folding tickets which have already been dis tributed, will receive a present from the bountifu tree, Brier addresses will be delivered by several well-known cltlxens. The conductors and motormen ot the street railway company last night re ceived from President McCowen hand some caps as a token of his apprecia tion of their faithfulness to duty dur ing the year passed. . David Raugh, who has been con ducting' a' jewelry auction house here during several weeks past for the Arm of J. B. Bennett & Co., Richmond, Is 111 In hlsapartments at the Argyle Hotel. The business has been discon tinued on account of Mr. Raugh's Illness.- He is somewhat Improved this afternoon and Is receiving the best of medical attention. To-morrow will be observed as Christmas in this city, the banks being closed and all public offices and many of the business houses as well. Mrs, , Nancy Tlnsley, wife of M. C. Tlnsley, died at her home on Forest street, last night. She is survived by husband and five children. The re mains were taken to Inman this morn ing for Interment to-morrow. AMERICA TAKES CHINA'S PAnT. Will Not Join In the New Demands Regarding the Boxer Indemnity. WaihJngton, Dec. 24. The State De partment confirms the cablegram from Peking regarding the action of the powers In connection with the pay mant Of the Boxer Indemnity. A de mand has been made that China shall pgy In gold at rates of exchange to be determined by certain international bankers chosen by the powers, re gardless of the rates that may be ob ulnd ln Pen market, TnlJ arAVAWtrnanr nO S TO IT as ft Vin nOrf wisHivnv i-awvu ' In this unusual demand, and has In tnir-t(1 ltd minl.i.r of PnVlnr tn . Be-lfraln from taking part in any move- ment against the rights and interests of China. From the outset of the troubles be ginning with the Boxer uprising the United States has acted in good faith and with perfect falrnes toward China. and will , continue to be governed by thafpotlcy This government -wit; " not Join ths powers In any movement that would in the slightest degree embar rass or humiliate China, In this policy It Is confidently be lleved the United States wll ba joined by Great Britain and Japan. Celebrated ; ClsMnlst Killed In Train Wreck. pans, Dec 34. Twelve persons Were killed and forty injured In a train wreck at JLllle. last night TheLiIle express crashed Into an express from Bolonge. Both were demolished. The dead Include the celebrated Chemist Berthelot and ths son of French Sen ator Cuvlnot. ) . ; Social. tiss Panela Bynum. 1 of Winston- a guest at the home of Judge W. p, Bynum on West Trade street. . ,ji The euehra "nartv nt. Vr . w n Wlnterson will begin at 4 o'clock on Wednesday, Instead of 6 o'clock, as was announced at first - 1 . ? a a . a ' - 5 ,!;, '. ' : .-7. Mayor P. M. 'Brown. Misses Carrie, Marshall and -Nancy I'.rown and Mas ter Willie Jtrown were the iruests at rt'nner yetr:' )y nf J'-. kJ ?.ir.. XL II. Talk of Disbarring Lawyers Concerned in we vane unmet Attorney Je rome Denies Having Asked the Car Association, to Act. Kew .York,i Dee. S5,-Chaa. K Dodge, who was brought back to this city from Texas on . rriday to stand trial on a (iharge of prjury in connection with the Morse-Dodjie divorce tangle, and who was released on his own recognisance yester day at the request of Lwtrlot Attorney Jerome, was guarded to-day. by several member of the detective stuff of the at tached to ths omoa of the district attor ney.;, tU received no visiter and did net leave his hotel. "t Ills -attorney, former Assistant Dlstrtot Attorney James W. Osborne, said that whatever baa been done by Mr. Jsrom in providing suitable gaurds for Dodge baa been wholly acquiesced in by Dodwe. "I shall do nothing further in the case until Mr, Jerome taxes up to matter, ruobaWy on Wednesday " said Mr. Os borne. "I have not seen Dodge since yes terday, r do not think he objects to the fuardship placed over him. In fact I now Mr. Jerome was awure before the deteotlves were-detailed to keep Dodge In sight that Dodge acquiesced in the ntter-t It is said that there will be no move m the case until Dodge goes before the grand Jury, probably on Wednesday, and that he will remain under guard until the district attorney no longer needs him aa a witness." - .tDir,otNAttorn,lr Jerome to-day stated that he had not called on the bar as sociation to take nation against certain lawyer In connection with the Dodge Morse ease. "1 wish to deny the statement credited to me." ne said, "that I have asked the bar association, since the return of Dodge, to take cognisance of the man ner in whlih certain lawyers Interested In the case have conducted themselves. I put that denial bluntly." Mr 'Osborne, speaking of the probable aetlorf of the bar association said: "It Is amQ"t certain that the bar association will take some steps in the matter, but not until Mr. Jerome has completed his Investigation. I d not think It likely that the bar association will make any move until Mr. Jerome la all through with the case; then If there has been anything done amiss by counsel In the case the bar association can feel that it has the ngni 10 act, if m district attorney does not" Late to-nlcht District Attnvnav .Tmm. uw.noiei wnere Dodge is stay ing and remained with him more than n nour. un leaving, Mr. Jerome de wuieu to mum any statement TRADE WITH MOROCCO. SultanCs Representative at the WorM smir, a former American Consul, ruinta vui opportunities Tle Nul ton an Admirer of President Roose. VCII. New York. Dec 2B. angerman, formerly United States vice consul general at Xanoiar. Unnm. co, is In New Yorjt on hi way. to re port to the Sultan of Morocco, whose personal representative he was at the du juouis exposition. Speaking to aigni oi Morocco and it dair American trade, Mr. Tangerman said: ever nerore was suoh an opportunity presented to American Industries to se cure a foothold In Morocco, It semis iiange, out it is a fact nevertheless, that in that country, whem ihnm is . 000,000 people live, there la but on hi' American Industry doing business, and mm is me standard Oil Company. "The Sultan, and In fact all hi mh. jeci, want to trade with . Anaeri :ans. They realise that the American people in business will treat them fairly and will not try to seise the know .personally that .the Sultan la nna oi ina most ardent admirers of Prsl- 11 IS impossible for the French irwvm io maae any progress In Moroc co, especially at this time nf th v. They have a difficult task before them! it is now the rainy season. It is ln- possiote ror tnem to transport troops, as there are no highways. Ferrying is iwuai inooern metnod of crossing mere is not a telearanti nr ti epnone line or a railway line in the counixy. Mr. Tangerman recently Atn,,. the Moroccan situation with Prii,i.i Roosevelt, but be refused to say wheth er oe visited tne President on snv nir- utumi mission. TO ORGANIZE ALL G INKERS. Series, of Meetings Will be Held at jsiuoreni roinu to Arouse Interest. Dallas, Tex., Dec 26.-Extension of th """ vouon uinners Association Voughout the Southern States, lias been pianm- according to a statement given out by President J. A. Taylor, of the as sociation, to-night. It is announced that the following mcLTngs will be held for awakening an Interest In the objects of the association. For the States of Louis- ". Arnaniai ana eastern Texas at Shreveport, Im... Dec. U, Tennessee, Mis- "wi u a i Kansas, at Memphis, Tenn . Hvj' Geoy,a. "ortda. Alabama! the Carolinas and Virginia, at Atlanta, Ran Women From Home. One of the most exciting and sensa tional disturbance in the tenderloin district of the city for sometime was on Springs' Alley, yesterday morning at 2 o'clock, when some young men of the city created a "rough house." at the home of a woman. In fact the women in the house were dispersed and the row-raiser, who, as a matter of course, were drinking, proceeded " to take charge ot things. The police an swered the hurried call, but the offend ers escaped before they arrived. Four white men were arrested yesterday. Jor the offense,' however, and will receive a hearing before the recorder this af ternoon, Mr. Thomas H. Gribble Dead. ' Mr. Thomas H. Cribble died Satur day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his home, at 808 East Seventh street Mr. Gribble. had been ill for several weeks and death resulted from tuberculosis. He is ; Survived by a wife, who was Miss Eva Hargett Mr. and Mrs. Grib ble had been married only a-' few months, and on this account the death is unusually sad. . The funeral services were conducted at the residence yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Dr. A. C. Barron, pastor of, Tryon Street Baptist church. Manchester Cloth Market, Manchester, bee. S5.-A lower price for cotton and the weather conditions at this season of tba year combined to restrict operation in the cloth market last week to tb smallest dimension. Buyers show ed an Indisposition to operate before the new year. Prices, " although somewhat easier., were comparatively steady. Pro ducers were chiefly engaged in expediting unexecuted order..;.- ..-.,....;) . - Yarns in occasional small lots were sold to users who are looking for a consider able reduction in prices later. - - - V.f '. Fire on a Liner.; ' 1 ... ' Baltimore, Dee 26. Fire at an nnVna origin destroyed a portion of the cargo of the North Gorman ; Lloyd steam Brandenbera to-dav. Two ttnnilrM tuihM ef cotton, destined for. Bremen - were thrown ovrbort and a number nf hnn. heads cf tobacco were also thrown Into the - harbor. The .vessel sailed for the Oerman port after the fine bad bn n- tir-iiv.shc--t. No estimate of the 1 i tin carpo hns been civon bv ( 1 TOKIO ONE GREAT- CAMP. LAST SPRIVCS SCENES RETURN. Recruits and Reacrvists : Drilling In reparation to lake the Field Over flow: Rotti Permanent and Tempo rary Harracks, and Many Are Quar tered in the city Planning to Give Oyame Half a Million Men and a Much Stronger Artillery Arm De fenae Provided for I'onntiu amf Other Southern Islands Against the immuo r ieet. . . . .. ';. Toklo,; Dec, J5.6 p. m-Tokto y it again a great military camp and tho scenes of last spring, whan ths first armies were mobilised and dispatched, are being duplicated. .Thousands of re cruits and reservists' ars assembled, drilling and ' equipping preparatory : to taking the field. The permanent and temporary barracks are filled, and It Is necessary to billet -the soldiers brought to the city. The betterles fire blank charges for the purpose ot breaking In the new horses. The general military preparations are enormous. It is planned to give Field Marshal Oyama a rough total of a half million men, with a heavily Increased artillery arm, beside pro viding a defence for Formosa and the southern Islands In anticipation of the Russian second Paelflo squadron's at tempt to selae a base. The port of Kelung, in Formosa, has been declared in a state of siege, and other positions In Formosa, Wtntar is now Interfering with the Japanese trsnsport service. The rail way between Dalny and Yental is working well, and the running time between Toklo and Ltao Yang is six days. EMPLOYING 50,000 CHINESE. Japanese Preparations as Reported to the Russians -A Merchant ho Smuggled the Natioual Drink as Medical Supplies. Harbin. Deo. 26. Chines from the south ay that th Japanese hav brought 60.000 Chines Into southern Manchuria, but have great difficulty In feeding them. They also say that the Japanese have prepared a thousand four-wheeled carts with iron shield in front and on the sides, which are to be pushed by soldiers and whloh are to carry rapid-fire and ma chine guns. Some frosen Japanese have been found In abandoned trenches. There I the greatest activity In Harbin, where the Russians are building enlarged baths, oturche and a hospital. A scheme has been discovered by whl'-h a Siberian merchant has been sondlng vedka to the front marked with a Red Cress and labeled as medical supplies, Th perpetrator ha been forced to leave the country. Lack of Chinese silver Is causing th depreciation ot the rouble here, but th report of the closing of the Chines bank at Tie Pass is untrue. M. Wltte's Reform Schemes Approved. St. Petersburg, Deo. 2S. The spaolal committee appointed in 1902 t Investigate the question ot the betterment of tb condition of rural enterprise and the general revision of peasant laws, ot which President of the Ministerial Coun cil Witt Is chairman, has decided In fa vor of the extension of the System ot State loan by the Agricultural Bank to land-owners, especially peasants and com moners, for the purchase and Improve ment', of alien lands. The Emperor nas formally approved the rncommendatloiia The newspaper are warmly approving the worth of the commission. The Rus declares tho basis ot all reforms must be social and pollt'oal emancipation of a peasants as proposed by M. Witt. Closing in oil Port Arthur. ' Toklo, Dec. 5, 3:80 p. m. The following report was received from the besieger at Port Arthur this morning: "A body of our right wing surprised th enemy at Ht usanytantun and Biaofuntun (the lat ter about six and a half miles north west of Port Arthur) at l o'clock Satur day night and occupied the village, and, subsequently dislodging th enemy, occu pied th whole of Taliachiatun (about i mllos north of Port Arthur) at i:bi oSlock thi morning. "Our repeated attack during th past few day were uniformly ucoeaaful and new th whole of the enemy' advanced position fronting our right win are in our hands." Skirmishing; Reported. St Petersburg. Dee. 26. General Euro- pntkln report skirmishing December 24 near Taplnlin. The Russian advanc posts were driven In by th Japanese, but afterwards advanced again and. occupied meir former positions. The Kusslsn losses were trlflina. while those of the Japanese were heavy. Chef 00 Hears Nothing From Port Ar thur. Cbeefoo. Dec. 25. There was no mm of the operations at Port Arthur receive nere eitner yesterday or to-day. 4V DEATHS BY SUFFOCATION. Three Die In a Philadelphia Boarding nouse in t iicir own trap Another Fatality Clouded In Mystery. Philadelphia. Dec. 26- Four men were suffocated In fires in different parts of he city early to-day.. At a boarding bouse, on Wood street. Chas. McCusker, aged 44 years; James Merry, 48 years, and Jos. McGill, 24 years, died in a trap mad by themselves. Against the wishes and th knowledge of the boarding house keeper the three men took a quantity of whiskey to their room. They pieced one of the two bfds In the apartment agalnt the door to prevent Interference by the hoarding house keerx-r. After the men had retired a lighted candle fell from a mantle on the greasy working clothes of one of th boarder. The clothing waa lanited and the room soon filled with a thick smjke. McGill was awakened by th smoke, but was unable to move the bed from the door and fell to the floor unconscious. The boarding house keener discovered tbe smake and when the room was broken Into McCusker and Merry were found dead. . McGill died soon aftar being removed to a hospital. At 118 Falrmount avenue, Edward Rath Hne. aged about and believed to be a resident ef New Jersey, was also suffo cated. It Is believed he set the bed clothe on fire with a lighted cigar and In trying ta leave th room went Into a closet by mistake, where he was found dead. His race was sllchty burned. NO TREE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Roosevelt Children Enjoy This Pleas ure at the Home of a Hetatlve The Day Uneventful in Washington. Washington, Dec. 25.Chrlstmtis day passed uneventfully In Washington. The iweather was cloudy and raw. At the White House the day waa celebrated as a family holiday. The President; remained In the house dur ing most of the day. In company with the two older boys and a friend he went out for a walk in the afternoon. The dinner to-night waa limited to the members ef the'famlly and Mr. P. H. Ferguson, an Intimate friend from New York. The members, of ths Pres ident's ramlly exchanged ; gifts, but there was no Christmas tree. In place of this the children enjoyed . the - de lights of the Christmas tree v at the house ot Mrs. W. S. Cowies, a. kins woman. . i 4, . r . The steamer African Prince from Jap anese ports to Boston and New Tr'-', crime up Booton harbor yprt-rd:iy v'.-'i he propeller shaft twiHe.1, s-wlr; , ('iuinep,. tviat l"-t -, I ; . r CHRISTMAS IN KEW'YOBK STORM FAILS TO CHECK ZEAL. A Heavy Snow Fall Was Accompanied by a High Wind gnd a Decided Drop : In ' Temperature FestlvlUea Toned ' Down by SabbaOt Solemnity, the inumies items; weir Attended i 4,200 Immigrants on Ellis Inland Given a Chrlwtmas Dinner and All Appropriate Good Tilings. New Tork, Dec . t.New Tork city Was treated to Christmas snow storm accompanied by a high wind and a de cided drop in temperature. By 10 o'clock to-night the wind was blow Ing 30 miles an hour. At that time be tween four and five Inches of enow had fallen, which brought ths record ' for the month up to 22 inches,1 the heaviest snowfall for December 'recorded here In many years. i in lniTft AT frtat MtAtm thara Welti 'MM tack of Interest In the celebration of Christmas throughout the city,- al though the festivities were toned down by sabbath solemnity and In some In stances were held In abeyance until to morrow. Churches wers well attended, and re, llglous services wers held In nearly all tne pnuantnropio and charitable tnstl tutlons and at the pollca court prls ons. - - r. On Ellis . Island 2,000 aliens of many nationalities were Introduced to the American nanta Clau. Later Inthe day, when th number had swelled to t.iuo, they were given a Christmas din tier, with all the good thln appropri ate to the occasion. Owing to th ists arrival of the Sat urday ships an unusually large nam- oer 01 immigrants wr obliged to re msln at Ellis Island over Saturday nigni ana vo spend their ChrlSlmss morning there. Th first surprise came at breakfast. On th long tables were a large number of little four-foot Christmas trees. All the children re ceived toys and candy, the woman fruit and candy, and the men pipes and to oacco, cigars or cigarettes. FOGGY CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND, Generous Sums of Money Distributed in I'liariiy-t-Kecuiar observance To- Day. London, Dec, 25. Christmas day passed quietly throughout the United Kingdom. The most notsbl feature of the day was the large amount of char ity distributed as the result of the gen erous sums of money collected for this purpose through the newspapers favllthraitauiti other channels. "S" mtich.5.ihJL'r ,m Weather conditions were improved, though the fog still hangs over Lon don, Interfering to some extent with snipping in the river snd channels. A rew minor railway accidents were re ported lata Saturday night, one to an excursion train. To-day was distinctly a church hollo day, and ths real sf iular observance of Christmas will begin to-morrow morning. Prisoners In Sing King Well Remem bered. . . a Osalnlng. N. Y.. Dec. 26. Warden jonnson said to-day that he had neve knows so many Christmas boxes to he sent to the prisoners in Sing Sing prison ss were received thi year. Of the MOO inmates of the prison, 600 were remembered by relatives and friends, and received boxes filled with cooked chickens, files' and other good thing to eat as well as articles of clothing. Eight Inches of Snow Around Wilkea- barru, Pa Wllkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 25. A heavy snow siorni raged an any in the Wy omlng valley and about eight inches or snow fell. On the mountains the fail was heavy and drifted badly, and trains on all the railroad were run ning from two to three hours late Four Killed Returning From Family noimioii. Janesvllle, Wis., Dec. 25. While re turning from a family reunion near Evaoevllle to-night, Mr' Appel, an aged woman; Miss LovI and Frank Woods were struck by a Northwestern tram while driving in a buggy and were instantly killed. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS. A Christmas Tree at St Peter's Epis copal viiurcn At tne first naptist. Several of the churches and Sunday schools of the city will have Christmas entertainments to-day and Christmas tress will be in order everywhere. The Christmas tree entertainment of St. Peter's church will be held In the city hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The congregation of St. Peter's ckurch and Sunday school with their friends. as well as all the Sunday schools of ths Episcopal Church throughout the city are invited to this entertainment. The corrected programme follows: "Come Thou Fount of .Every Bless ing" Millard. Quartette: Miss Mary Harrison Oormley, Mrs. M. M. Mur phy, Messrs. B. A. Soutuerland, J. 0. Gardner. "Willie and Annie's Prayer" Siiow. Miss Bessie Virginia Barkhtmer. "The Boatswain's Song" Solo. Mr. John W. Fox. "Santa Claus in a Strange Place" Mr. C. P. Wilcox. "Grandmother Brown and the Two Marionettes" Solo Miss Mary Harri son Gormley, t i Christmas Merriment Mr. G. Ovens. "Santa, Claus in Person, and- His Friend" Mr. Pink Trimmer. The Firt Baptist Sunday school Tryon Street had its annual meeting yesterday, when the following officers were elected: Thomas S. Franklin, su perintendent; L W. Durham and J, p. Hackney, assistants; H. G. Harper, treasurer; Robert Barneti, secretary; C. O. Keuster and Miss Eva Edaina, assistant secretaries; Miss Maud 11 rill. B. V. Durham. McK- KiHough, as sistant; Miss Llszle Conrad, , plontet The year ? ha :'; witnessed;- marked growth, but still larger plan are laid for the new year., Th school will, be thoroughly graded early in v January and a home department inaugurated. - Death of Mr. A, ,H, Boyd. . News was received in the city last night of the death at his homeSat Monroe, of Mr- Albert IL Boyd, who died yesterday Mr.. Boyd, waa one .of the oldest citieens In . this section of the State, being 34 years old. Me was the father ef Dr. E. C. Boyd, of Mount Holly, who. spent - last night here en route to Monroe to attend the funeral. Mrs. B. C. Boyd, who has ben visit ing her slater, .Mrs. Thomas; f-. tea-art, will go to Monroe this niomliiif also to attend the funeral. , Stranded Schooner I ' t;,n. x'p. New York, Dee. 23. The e i tpln ef t' Fire Island Life F.ivlng S imi rrr that Bhlngles and tunbern nr.j h v. el ashore from t! a't:o-.,pr l-r. . '. ?fe'ui:ou"!i, : i - - . - , PLEA YOU DR. CIIADYt'IC WIFE ASSERTS ins ixxocrr r . Almost an Hour Sient In immw Uie Sheriff to bo Kind to );ii I t oner That la to be Aim l u r- 1 About the Distress Involwt for i . C'liadwh-k's Daughter, tu-o V 1 Land With Him .lierl.T !:i t Out to Meet the Hilp and r.rln? 1 Man Direct to Cleveland Unlr t.a . Prisoner Is Hi. Cleveland. O., Dec. 23. Sheriff Irry left for Albany and New York to-nigin, carrying with him the papers for th arrest ef Dr. Leroy S. Chad wick, wio 1 expected to land at New York on th steamer Pretoria some time-..' Wednes day morning. - This ' . afternoon Mrs. Chedwir ' showed ' Unusual nervousness. Tin sheriff spent almost an hour with the woman In her -wll, during which tin e ah wept convulsively, "I know you will treat my husband as kindly as possible under the circumstances, but please remember that he is innocent of ny wrong doing," said Mrs, Chadwiek aa th sheriff entered the jail quarters. Mrs. Chadwiek repeatedly asked htm io be kind to Dr. Chadwiek. "This u the worst thing that has happened dur ing all the trouble of th last f wks," said Mrs. Chadwiek. "I r, thought my husband would be drsca 1 Into this affair. It is so unjust, for If even an honest mat lived It la my hu- .Several tlmea the referred to the doctor's daughttr by a former wife, who is returning with Dr. . Chad wick t this country. The woman also e paclally asked that the sheriff do everything possible to make the situa tion as easy as possible for the young girl. -v'.''.'.t . " "liemembsr tl I have ' told you," called : out-Mrs. Chadwiek as SherlT -wwm- jail. i IH13 in terrible, bat there la on aatisf action; I -.shall see my husband soon." Before leaving. Sheriff Barry ; tele graphed to Albany asking that the papers In th case be made out in ad vance, so ss to insure no delay. It has been srranged for relatives of Mini Chadwiek to meat her. Whether she. will remain In New York or comi " to Cleveland with her father, fs not . settled. It Is thought, however, tUc she will stay in New York With "rela tives and friends for a few days at' least, ' , "I supose It will be a severe blow to Dr. Chadwiek to be met with pup! l ItlB ! ITni : UVH Jimvil in 111!" country," salrfithe sheriff to-night. "I Intend to do everything' possible te ease stances will permit for both Dr. C, 1- wl;k and his daughter." The exact course the sheriff Will f! low will be determined Tuesday morn ing after a conference with New Tor officials. The sheriff expects to go out to meet th Pretoria on either a g'-' eminent lighter or a police patrol boo. HS plans to catch the big steamer oir side of Sandy Hook and to notify Ir. Chadwiek of his arrest before the land Ing Is made at quarantine. "If Dr. Chadwiek is not a sick ma I shall return with him on th ftrpt train I can take out of i New York Wednesday, reaching Cleveland If po sible Wednesday night or Thursday morning." said ths sheriff. "If hs is a sick man, my plans will . necessarily have to be changed At any rate, X shall remain In New York long enough, to be certain of th proper care of Miss Chadwiek' AIRSHIP'S SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. The California Arrow Sails 20 Miles part or the Distance Against a Strong Gale, In an Hour and 13 Mln utes Success Not Complete. Los Angeles. Dec 25,-lCa pt. Baldwin's airship, ' California Arrow,", driven by Roy Knabenshue, of Toledo, Ohio, who made several successful flight Id the, asm machine from the World's Fair grounds at 8t. Louis,, was given Its first trial in California to-day and was suc cessful with the single exception of Its failure to land at the starting point. A landing was effected : half a mile away without damage to tne machine, and is was safely towed back to its anchorage. Th Arrow started from Chutea Psrw baseball grounds, in the. southeastern part ef the city, at J:l p. m.. sailed wltl). the wind northeastward for a dtstann ltwn a lA 1A h.IIu 1Kb... ward -for 7 miles,', and . returned In thi face ot a 12-mile gale to a point direct-' ly above the starting place. Owing t th supply of gasolene running - short, Knabansbu was unable to effect a land Ing at exactly the desirexl spot. : Fronr . the time the airship arose from the base ball grounds until It was safely anchored at Pico and Stanford streets,' it was in flight an hour and 13 minutes, and in that time sailed a distance of probably &1 mile: , Whtn flying wlttn th wind the Arrow traveled ' at a speed of 20 miles an hour, and returning direUy Jn th. face ot the strong southeastern gals wai able to make a rate of speed reckoned at between 8 snd mile en hour ' , . The airship wa mnnoauvred by Kns- bensbu In every " direction, v responding readily to It rudder, circling and turning Itt any direction and rising and ..dipping a the operator directed. 'The Arrow rose at time to a height of probably 3,M feet or more, with Knabenshue reducing the height by shifting 4 his weight and raising or lowering the bow of the era ft a he desired to ascend or descend; LOCOMOTTVE RUNS AMUCK, K Collision In the Yards at Snencet Results in the partial Demolition 01 Two Kngines. " Special to Th Obn'r. a Bpencer, Dee. A collision betweei two locomotives occurred her this af'r noon In which two engines were 1 1 i, torn up 'and Engineer D. A. P- v I Salisbury..-was severely injured, r bound passenger train No. 34, r running several hours late, ha 1 i rived and Engineer Beaver, in 1 engine No. MOD, was preparing to t- train on north and was taklnc " r n ide-track. Unexpectedly an; . , 1 warning, a freight engine whici-i . 1 1 left steamed up and ou dead i - the yards, pr nged around a curu dashed into t; n rear of the pass,., engine- at a rat of about thirty mm f an hour, praetieaily deaioHshlng th t , -ard tender of the latter and cirlviinr trni m up into tiie eiif-ineers seat aui In juring Sir. ,- TViver about the le,ra ant hal. The five mi jump d oft in t::r. ' a v himself. 1 he j-Uot, frame and f.-e-.t of the poller cf tf.e oncoming .- me --- practically "m e. 1 .1. in the tr - -eresh,- thott it nucher .engine 4 . " track. i' - , It is believ 1 that some u"' , sr.n . ettner-. V' "wiy . or atcunteti m 1 ,, :h nig... - t . at a time when ihey ivt u : and opened the throttle tc 1 ' moneter loose on the trn-H to the main line. The tnu-k tvm been cl. v ! ., ore now n,j m v.'. XCA'J I'l'Mt.-,l o