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The News and Observer.
Volume LVI. No. 96.
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and Dismayed Shrieks.
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PANIC ON THE BOATS
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No One is Injured in the Collisions.
Efforts to Discover Whether the
Crew is Still on the Drumel
zier Prove of No
Avail.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 27.—50 dense was
blanket of fog which hung over the
harbor all day that business at the
government quarantine station was al
most entirely suspended. Not a single
steamer arrived and the officials nut
in the day waiting for the fcg to lift.
A little puff of wind from the west
this afternoon tore a hole in the fog
bank, revealing four steamers which
had come in during the night and
found an anchorage off the station. A
tug with health officers on board im
mediately put out and after a time
located ihe steamers and gave then'
permission to communicate with the
shore. They were the steamers Ro
man and Saile r Prince of the Prince
Line and the fruiter Avalon and the
Tank steamer Weems.
I Several steamers were due from
foreign ports today, and it is supposed
that they are lying off Sandy Hook
waiting for the fog to lift before at
tempting to come into harbor.
During the fog the fery boats Ber
gen and Musconetcong of the Dela
ware Lackawanna and Western Line,
crashed into each other near the Ho
boken foi ry ships and lor a few min
utes there was a wild panic on both
boats. The Bergen had left the New
York side and was approaching the
New Jersey side under reduced speed
when the Musconet pulling out at full
speed, crushed irto her.
The Bergen lifted the Musconet
high out of the water. As the two
ferry boats came together there was
a wild rush on the present men on
Bergen into the cabin. The shock
was such that it threw twenty or
more of the men off their feet.
In the woman’s cabin the panic
was greater as the passengers there
had received no warning of the im
pending crash. When the boats
drifted apart the eßrgen, uninjured in
hull, proceeded on her awy to her
slip.
There were fewer passengers on the
Musconet coming and the crew had
less difficulty in reassuring tiiem.
The ferry boat Chicago of the
Pennsylvania line, loaded down with
commuters was run into by the New
Haven aßilroad's big steam transport
Maryland in the North river, just off
the Cortlandt Street slip of the Penn
sylvania ferry. No serious damage
was done to the hull. Among the
crowd of passengers on the Chicago
were many women and a panic en
sued when the accident occurred. Sev
eral es the women fainted but no one
was injured.
Telegraphic communication in all
directions was very slow. Througn
New York State many wires were
down. Service to Cnicago was greatly
delayed. In New Emgland the condi
tions were better but to many points
business was moved slowly.
LOOKING INTO DEATH’S FACE.
r
If Nicholson ami His Crew are Still on
Board the Dromelzeii*.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 27.—Efforts to
learn whether Captain Nicholson and
the crew of the British tramp steamer
were still watching from the beach in
Diumelzeir are still aboard the vessel,
Which is aground, have been unsuc
cessful, and to-night the life savers
were still watching from the beach in
the hope of communicating with the
ship.
Hidden in a black fog and pounded
by fierce seas rolling from the south
east, the steamer to-night was in im
minent danger of go-Ing to pieces. If
her captain and crew of thirty-two
men are still in the ship they face an
almost certain death in the heavy surf
breaking over the sandy beach.
The captain would not let the life
savers take off his crew yesterday,
when the seas were not running so
high, and to-day it was too late to help
them. No life boat in the world could
be launched in the teeth of the south
east gale that was blowing up great
waves and crashing them down on
the shore.
The fog was so thick that the
stranded vessel could not be seen from!
the shore, 200 yards away. Out on
the sand bar, where ihe big vessel was
seen rocking in the waves last night,
there was noth ng visible to-day but
u blaek iu ! ze, so dense that not even
signal rockets could be seen from
shore.
Till JEW HERSELF FROM WIN DOW
Identification of the Young Woman
‘Whose Life Hus Recently
Been a Mystery.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 27. —The young
woman calling herself Cecil Hall, who
was killed by throwing herself from a
window on Sixth street last night, has
been identified as Cecilia Moss, aged
twenty-three years, of this city. Her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Moss today re
ceived the following telegram: “Sorry
to tell you your daughter lias com
mitted suicide. What shall Ido with
body ?”
The telegram was signed Mrs. M.
Webb, New York. Mrs. Moss tele
graphed back that the body should be
sent to this city.
Her mother is unable to give much
information as to the girl's recent
career. About a year ago the girl
went to Washington, D. C. Later she
wrote to her mother that on Septem
ber 6th she had married Clitton
Frazier, ol* that citv, who, she said
was a clerk in the employ of the gov
ernment. Some weeks ago she wrote
.that she and her husband would
spend Christmas here with Mrs. Moss,
but a letter received a few days since
announced she would go to New
York. The girl also stated that to
conceal his identity Frazier had
adopted the name of I. J. Hall.
NAWS FATHER RETURNS TO HER
There Were Forty-Five Letters for tlio
Show Girl Yesterday.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 27. —Nan Patter
son’s father returned to Now York
today from Washington, where he had
spent Christmas, ai d yesterday with
his wife. He went difeet to the
Tombs prison to se e his daughter. He
brought with him several gifts for Ills
daughter. He said that he would re
main in the city until*his daughter
nas her next trial.
“She has no other friend in the
world except myself and her moth
er," he said, “and I feel it my duly
to be here.’’
Miss Patterson continues to receive
large quantities of mail every day.
There were l'orty-five letters for her
today.
POWDER AND FIRE
The Usual Crop of Christ
mas Accidents.
Young Dick Traylor of Goidsboro Re
ceives Injuries That May Prove
Fatal. Two Accidents at
Wilmington.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 27.—This
morning about ten o’clock. Mr. Rich
ard Traylor, a young man employed
at the Wayne Agriculture Works, in
this city, and son of Mr. W. B. Tray
lor, the foreman of the same works,
received injuries from which he mav
die.
Dick, as he is commonly called, was
making merry, as was a large crowd
of others, in front of the Hotel Ken
non, when Dick produced a piece of
steel shafting which had been bored
out and was about fourteen inches
long, and proceeded to fill it up with
powder. He shot it this way several
times and had loaded it again and
had applied a match to the fuse and
mi: away several feet rtdid not go
off immediately, and Dick went back
to it, and was m the act of sticking
the fire of a cigarette to the fuse
again when there was a loud explo
sion and Dick was seen to reel back
ward and then stoop over and cover
his face with his hands. Several per
sons standing around rushed to
him and found him bathed in blood,
the contents of the charge having
hit him partly in the face. His hat
was blown to pieces and was sent
thirty feet in the,air. It is supposed
that only a part of the charge hit
him as he was stooping over it.
He was taken to the office of Drs.
Ginn and Miller, where they and Dr.
Williams Spicer, who was also called
in, dressed his wounds. It is feared
that if the shock an H wound do not
cause death even, he will be totally
blind for life.
He is receiving all the attention
that medical science can give. ,
Believed That lie Will Recover.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N C\, Dc-c. 27.—Mr.
King, of Wilmington, the young
flagman, who while riding backward
on the cupola of a caboose, on the
Atlantic Coast Line, was struck by a
projecting spout of a water tank and
knocked from the train, is reported to
be better today, and it is now thought
that he will recover. Mr. King is at
the emergency hospital here and Is
receiving every attention at the hands
of Dr. Robert Miller.
Forehead Badly Gashed.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 27.—Hav
ing placed and lighted the fuse of a
cannon cracker in a tomato can,
Johnny Biddle, the little son of Regis
ter of Deeds W. H. Biddle, was about
to jump back, when the cracker ex
ploded and hurled the can info his
face. It struck him in the forehead,
cutting a gash three inches in length
to the bone,
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 27.—Grey
Hicks, the ten-year-old son of Mr.
R. W. Hicks, was badly hurt yes
terday by the explosion of a box of
caps which are used in toy pistols.
The caps burst in his pocket, lacerat
ing his hand and burning his thigh.
RAILROAD FREIGHT HATES.
The President and the Attorney Gen
eral Discuss Phases of the
Question.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington Dec. 27.—Attorney Gen
eral Moody to-day discussed with the
President some phases of the railroad
freight rate question. Both the Pres
ident and the Attorney General re
centl yhave devoted much time to that
problem. The latter Is giving particu
lar attention to the legal side of the
question. It is understood not to be
the intention of the President and the
Attorney General to prepare and press
the matter In the case of “an admin-
Ptration” dealing with the railroad
freight problem. Such a bill it is
though!! to qudte a, member of \he
teabinet’) “would be destined to 4 de-j
feat.”
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7s, 1904.
TRAINING LEGAL
GUNS ON A TRUST
Injunction Asked Against
the Paper Combine.
UNCLE SAM’S DEMAND
The Suit is Brought by the Government
Under the Act to Protect Trade
and Commerce Against Un
lawful Restraints and
Monopolies.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Paul. Minn., Dec. 27.—Attorney
General Mody for the United States,
through United States District Attor
ney Haupt and Frank B. Kellogg and
Jas. M. Beck, special assistant attor
ney general of the United States, late
this afternoon filed a petition in the
United States District Court, in which
tie makes the General Paper Company
as principal defendant and its consti
tuent companies party defendants in
a suit to enjoin them and restrain
them from doing business through
the General Paper Company as the
sales agent in violating of provisions
of sections 1 and 2 of the act of Con
gress approved July 2 .1890 entitled
an “Act to protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and mo
nopolies.”
The petition alleges that the de
fendants entered into an agreement
to combine and control the sale of
the product of the different companies
through the General Paper oCmpany
in that the General Paper Company
regulates prices, sales and shipment
and territory for the sale of the same
and after deducting operating expen
ses of the General Paper Company
| divided the surplus among the mem
bers of the corporation.
The petition recites that the General
Paper Company was organized under
the laws of Wisconsin May 26, 1900,
with a capital stock of SIOO,OOO di
\ided into one thousand shares which
were distributed among and are now
held by certain of the defendants
named and that later the others.were
taken Into the combination, naming
them in the order in which they en
tered the combine. The petition goes,
on to state that the General Paper
Company became the exclusive selling
agent for the defendants with abso
lute power to control the output of
the various mills, hx the price of all
paper sold and to whom and upon
vhat terms and conditions the paper
should be sold; and into what states
and places it shall •be shipped and
what customers and which mills each
shall supply.
The petition alleges that in conse
quence of the combination all compe
tition in the manufacture, sale and
distribution of paper had been re
stricted and the price of all paper
products greatly increased, particular
ly that of news or print paper which
has been increased about fifty per
cent. It further states that no dealers
or newspapers or other consumers In
the territory west of the Mississippi,
with the exception of certain news
paper publishers in St. Louis and
Chicago can purchase any paper ex
cept directly through the General
Paper Company and then oly upon
terms dictated by the latter.
The court Is asekd to declare the
alleged combination unlawful and that
the defendants be perpetually enjoined
from doing any act in pursuance of
the same.
That the General Paper Company he
enjoined from acting as sales agent
for the other defendants and that the
latter be enjoined from continuing
their arrangement with the General
Paper Company. The court is also
asked to direct the defendants to come
into court and answer all questions
relating to the allegations of the pe
titions.
Statement by Moody.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—Attor
ney General Moody tonight gave out
the following official statement re
garding the suit instituted at St. Paul
today by the Federal government
against the paper manufacturing
companies:
“On the complaint of many news
paper publishers last spring that a
combination in restraint of commerce
existed to control the distribution and
sale of their products among the
States ot the Union, the Department
of Justice began an investigation.”
The attorney today directed that a
petition be filed against the General
Paper Company and the twenty-four
manufacturing companies located in
the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin
which it represents to be such com
bines as are unlawful restraint upon
interstate commerce and a monopoly.
“FM READY TO SKIN THE CAT.”
So Said One of Two Negroes Hanged
Yesterday .lust Before (lie
Drop Fell.
(By the Associated Press.)
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27.—A special to
the Chronicle from Thompson, Ga.,
says:
“John Butler and Guy Reed, the
two men who were convicted of the
murder of R. G. Story here twenty
one days ago, were hanged in the jail
yard today. They both took the mat
ter coolly, showing but little fear.
Just before the black can was slip
ped over the head of Butler, with a
grin on his face he said to the sheriff:
‘Boss, I’m ready to skin the cat.’
“The negroes killed R. G. Story, a
prominent farmer because he would
not let them off from work one af
ternoon, The body was found In a
cane brake. lynching was averted
by the quick work of Judge Henry C.
Hammond of the Superior court, in
convening court arid giving them a
trial. The crime was committed, the
criminals were tried and hanged witlj
in tAventy-seven days, being the record
for prompt action in this State.
LIEUT. PRITCHARD’S BURIAL.
It Will Take Place ut .Marshall Thurs
day Afternoon.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 27.—A tele
phone message was received here from
Marshall this afternoon ot 2:20 to the
effect that the remains of Lieutenant
W. D. Pritchard had arrived from
San Francisco, reaching Marshall on
train No. 12 from ihe West this af
ternoon. Judge and Mrs. Pritchard
other members of the familv and
many friends from Asheville, will
leave tomorrow for Marshall. The
funeral services will take place at 10
o’clock Thursday morning. The
body will be laid to rest inthe famil>
burying ground.
I’lic McCullough Afloat.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Dee. 2 7 —The captain
of the Fire Island Life Saving Station
reports tonight the schooner McCul
lough from GeorgetOAvn, S. 0.. Avhich
went ashore December 23 on Fire
Island bar, is afloat and lying on her
side. She sent for assistance and avIII
make an effort to save the vessel.
A CHURCH SCANDAL
Bishop Talbot’s Moral
Standing Attacked.
The Name of a Prominent Society Wo
man is Mentioned in Connection
With This Sensational
Case.
(Special to the Times-Dispatch.)
NeA\ York, Dec. 27.— Not before in
the history of the Episcopal church
in America has there been threatened
a scandal involving such high per
sonages. as that Avhich Avill be
threshed out in Reading, Pa., next
month.
The central figures In the affair are
the Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot. Bishop
I of Central Pennsylvania; Mrs. Emma
D. Eliiolt, a social leader of Newport,
Philadelphia and Huntingdon, Pa,
daughter of the late General Desha,
hats sister of the former Mrs. William
K. Vanderbilt, A\ho is now Mrs. O. H.
P* Belmont, and the Rev’’. Ingram N.
W. Irvine, the pastor of Huntingdon,
whom Bishop Talbot unfrocked be
cause of his attitude toward Mrs.
Elliott.
A new presentment against Bishop
Talbot has been drawn up in this city
by Henry Budd, Chancellor of the dio
cese and has been placed m the hands
of Francis Lynde Stetson, personal
counsel for J. I’ierpont Morgan,
It was said to charge Bishop Talbot
with conspiracy with Mrs. Emma D.
Elliott, to ruin the ReA\ Mr. Irvine
and to accuse him of the dishonorable
and unauthorized use of the names of
fellow bishops in a letter tending to
injure the former rector.
It is positively stated, however, that
the neAV presentation omits the men
tion of conspiracy Avith Mrs. Elliott.
Still the friends of ReA\ Irvine say
they cannot see hoAV the case can
come up in any form Avithout the wo
man Avho brought about the unfrock
ing of the rector by the Bishop being
obliged to figure largely and there is
little secret made of the fact that in
vestigations are being made along that
line.
Although Mr. Morgan has been
generally credited with being the au
thor of the new charge, because of the
financier’s groat interest of the affairs
of the Episcopal church, he denied
today in the most positive manner,
that he had anything to do Avith the
presentment or that he had the least
knowledge of the presentment or the
charges it contained.
llcv. Mr. Irvine at his home in
Philadelphia, today said: “In the
first place, I Avlsh it could be made
plain that this new presentment is not
an attack by me upon Bishop Talbot,
but that it is a prosecution brought
by the church to inquire into actions
Avhicn bring the church into discredit.
When questioned about the neAV
presentment, Chancellor Budd said to
the NeAV York Herald representative:
“I Avas called upon by several in
fluential men recently, shown several
documents and asked to draw up a
new presentment against Bishop Tal
bot. I would sav that In drawing up
this document I did not act in rpy
official capacity as chancellor, but
simply as a laAwer Avho has been
called upon for advice.
“There has been much discussion
among prominent churchmen about
the case. 1 will not say who were the
men Avho first approached me in the
matter. It Avas finally decided to
fourteen presenters.
“Only seven are needed, but as four
of ihese liav • to be from the diocese
in which the alleged offenses are said
to have occurred and as Dr, Irvine’s
friends in Huntingdon are possibly
not influential as some others it may
have been the intention to have the
weight of the committee come from
Urn outside.
“The Committee of Inquiry, which
meets in Reading next month, is in
the nature of a grand ury, and will
detern uic whether or not the evidence
adduced warrants the summoning of
the Bishop for trial.
“I am sure 1 don’t knoAv Avhether J.
Pierpont Morgan is personally inter
ested in the case or not. T knoAv that
one of his attorneys avi 11 probably rep
resent the presentors at the hearing.”
“Will you state Avhether or not the
charges now bi-ought against Bishop
Talbot are new, or have they been
referred to in previous airings given
the case?” the Chancellor was asked.
SEABOARD’S
ON GREENSBORO
To Enter that City in the
Near Future.
THE MATTER SETTLED
So Says a Prominent Contractor who
Has Large Business Relations Both
with the Southern and Seaboard.
Will Probably Go to Mount
Airy.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 2 7. —Your
correspondent ha.s it from a splendid
source that the Seaboard Air Line is
now contemplating seriously extending
its Durham branch to Greensboro and
probably to Mt. Airy.
A prominent contractor who does a
great deal of work for both the South
ern and the Seaboard, is responsible
for the statement that this Avork will
begin at no distant date.
The Seaboard noAv reaches Durham
byway of Henderson. From what
can be learned the extending of the
read to Greensboro has been serious
ly considered for some time. Only
recently has the matter taken definite
shape, and if the contractor’s informa
tion is straight the matter has been
settled.
When asked as to Avhich route the
Seaboard Avould take, provided it ex
tends its fine to Greensboro he stated
positively that the old North Carolina
road Avould be folloAved as closely as
possible.
WILL GO TO TEAS.
Pittsboro Regrets to Lose Rev. T. A.
Cheatham, Popular Rector.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Pittsboro, N. C., Dec. 27.—Re\\ T. A.
Cheatham, the rector of St. Bartholo
mew’s Church, here, avi 11 elave this
diocese about January 1 for Tyler,
Texas, where he avill take charge of
the Episcopal church in that city.
This announcement has caused a deep
regret in Pittsboro, for while Mr.
Cheatham has not been here quite
Lavo years, yet in that time he has en
deared himself, not only to his parish
ioners. but to all congregations as Avell,
and is loved by both saint and sinner.
He not only confined his ministerial
work to his own flock, but wherever
and whenever a messenger of Christ
was needed he was always and did al
ways respond. Quite a young man In
the service, yet it is remarked by good
judges that he is one of the ablest min
isters that has eA-er preacched here.
He, with his charming Avife, will be
greatly missed in Pittsboro and the
good work done by both during their
short stay here will live for years.
WITH AXE AND ROCKS.
A Serious Cutting Affray Takes Place
at Asheville.
(Special to News and ObserA-er.>
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 27.—A serious
affray occurred in the pest house sec
tion of the city last night about 11
o’clock and Avas participated in by
Joe and Monroe MeCarson and Ed.
and Tom Bishop. During the fight
Toni Bishop, the father, Avas struck
in the head Avith an axe, while Gus
Miller, who was endeavoring to sep
arate the combatants, received a se
vere wound in the head from a rock
thrown fiy one of the Me Carsons. It
was at first thought that the axe
wound in Bishop's head Avould prove
fatal, but investigation this morning
re\'ealed the fact that the skull Avas
not fractured and that he injured
man may recover. The McCarsons
made heir escape.
HE WANTED THE HARP.
Anti Killed a Negro Because He Refus
ed to Give it to Him.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Jonesboro, N. C., Dee. 27. —During
a “Christmas tight’’ near Broadway
this morning, a negro by the name of
Thomas killed another negro by the
name of James Hicks.
From news just received from there
it seems that the particulars are about
as follows: The two negroes were at
a party near Broadway and Hicks was
making musiocc Avith an ordinary
mouth harp, Avhen Thomas called or.
him for the harp . Hicks refused to
give it up, and while he was still
“making music” Thomas drew' his
knife and cut his throat from ear to
ear. Hicks sank to the floor and was
dead in two or three minutes.
LYING DEAD BY THE TRACK.
Joe N. Kenny Probably Fell From
the Train.
(Special to News and ObserA-er.)
Tarboro X. C.. Dec. 27.—Early this
morning a whife man Avas discovered
lying In the ditch on the side of the
railroad track of the Coast Line near
Mac Nair’s crossing about four miles
from Tarboro.
Section master S. B. Watkins at once
reported the fact to the coroner. Dr.
S. N. Harrell. An inquest avus held
this morning and the jury found that
the man fell from the passenger train
that nasses here at 7.30 p., m. In the
pockets of the man \A r ere found several
letters and from these letters, it Avas
determined that the man Avas named
Joe N. Kenny. One letter was writ
ten from Charlotte and signed "Wife”
and dated Nov. 29, 1904. There was
also found a recommendation from
Price Five Cents.
the Bradley Lumber Co., of Warren,
Arkansas.
The left arm of the man above the
- ”as broken and there was a
.ing gash upon the chin. There
' her bruises onithe head. The
jury Liought the mai\ fell from the
cars and was killed.
All the papers found upon the per
son of Mr. Kenny are now in the
possession of Dr. S. N. Harrell, ot
this place.
Fifteen Per Cent Dividend.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 27.—The Comp
troller of the Currency today declared
a second dividend of 15 per cent, in
favor of the creditors of the First
National Bank of Florida, of Jack
sonville, Fla., making in all forty per
cent on claims provide, amounting
to $236,558. The comptroller declared
also a third dividend of 20 per cent,
in favor of the creditors of the First
National Bank, of Macon, Ga., making
in all 85 per cent on claims proved
amounting to $621,113.
Tom Watson’s Magazine.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27. —Thos. E.
Watson, of Thomson, Ga., the candi
date of the ePople’s party for Presi
dent at the last election incorporated
with the Secretary of State today a
stock company called Tom Watson’s
Magazine, for the purpose of publish
ing and circulating a monthly literary
periodical of that name. The corpor
ation is capitalized at $.125,000, divided
into 12,500 shares.
HE FLiiSTBONE
Once the Russians Might
Have Gnawed It.
And Thanked the Little Father for
His Astounding Generosity in
Giving Anything at Ail,
But Now?
(By the Associated Press.) ,
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2 7.—While
Emperor Nicholas’ manifesto on Rus
sian reforms, coupled with the gov
ernment note of warning on th& same
subject. leav r es no doubt that it as
the firm intention of the Emperor Jo
maintain unimpaired the autocratic
principle which no observer here ever
imagined he Avould relinquish, and not
yield to the zemstovoist demand for a
national legislature, the grom of re
forms is a broad one and if it had not
been preceded by the agitation of the
last few months. Avould probably haye
been accepted Avith universal acclaim
in Russia as extremely liberal.
The raising of the peasants to an
equality Avith other citizens of the em
pire is alone practically second only
to the emancipation of the serfs, but
hardly less important are the guar
antees Avhich the manifesto directs to
be incorporated in the iavv-s for the
protection of the personal liberties of
the people against the abuses of ad
ministratiA-e wrongs. The measures
taken under the state of siege are no
longer permittable except in cases € of
crimes against the State. The increase
in the importance and scope of the
Doumas and Zemstovos as well as the
creation of smaller Zemstovos. tlie
definite protection of the Jews and
other unorthodox sects and the revis
ion of tiie press luavs are on the line
of the Zemstovos demands. The ex
tremists of course are not satisfied and
many of the liberals are disappointed.
The government note threatening
drastic measures in the event of a con
tinuation of the vain agitation which
the government considered necessary
in order to put a stop to the agitation
is resented deeply by them and it is
feared vvill inflame rather than allay
the present agitation. Harsh meas
ures it is understood, will however, be
avoided and the government expects
that the solid nature of the reforms
offered will draw to its support all
except the extremists.
THE CHADWICK CASE HALTS.
Trunk and Satchel Have Been Located
But Ormus and Ind Don’t Inhabit
Them.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cleveland, 00., Dec. 2 7.-—Contrary
to expectations the inquiry in connec
tion with the ChadAvick receivership
case Avas not resumed to-day. lle'-eiA'-
er Looser stated that nothing more
Avould be done in the matter for sev
eral days.
“We have definitely located the
trunk and satchel that were taken
from the Holland House in New
York” said Mr. Loeser to-day, ’ and
they will be brought here within a day
or tAvo. Aside from av earing apparel
there is, I understand, little of value
in either the trunk or the satchel.”
Continuing Mr. Loeser said: “We
hid intended to-day to examine Henry
Wuerst the Clyria, Ohio, jeweler, who
holds about $20,000 worth of Mrs.
Chadwick’s jewelry as security for a
loan. He has made a full statement
of just what he holds, however, and
expressed his willingness to, surrender
them whenever the loan is made good.
The jewels will be appraised later,
but my impression is that they are
worth no more than the sum advanced
by Wuerst to Mrs. Chadwick.”
Sleighing in Autos.
(New York American.)
The unusual spectacle of automo
biles on snow runners with gay par
ses of pleasure seekers in the ma
chines, was seen about Hempstead
and the Merrick Road yesterday.
A portable steel runner was fasten
ed to the front wheels, while the rear
wheels were covered with thin sheet
iron studded with steel prongs.
By this improvised method some ex
eeptionally fine sport was had on the
country roads of Nassau county, until
the ice punctured the tires, and then
the sport was found too expensive.