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FIGHTING AT MOSCOW
CONTINUED IN STREETS.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
uwya aid uiauuauy uaiumy
the Upper Hand Over
the Insurgents.
STRIKERS BEGINNING '
NOW TO BREAK AWAY
Leaders Must Precipitate Mat.
ters or the Strike Will go
to Pieces.
RUSSIA TO HAVE
AN ELECTORAL LAW
People ol Lower Class to Have
a Hand In Ruling of the
Government.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26, 5 p. m -From
the standpoint of the government
there was a alight Improvement In the
outlook thlH evenmg. Notwithstanding
the decision ofhe workmen'! council
to continue the trlke. many of the
striken broke nwny, Including about
one-thlrtlof the employes of the Put II
o(T Iron works, several In other facto
ries and a Portion of the miy men.
It Is evident that the leaders must pre
cipitate matters or the strike will go
to pieces.
Fiom the standpoint of the leader,
all now depends upon the situation at
Moscow.
A telephone message Just received by
the Associated Press from Moscow says
the fighting In the streets continual
throughout the day, hut the populace
Is not participating and the troops are
gradually gaining the upper hand. Toe
soldiers are hemming In the main body
of the Insurgents in the quadrilateral
near the Brest railroad station, bound
ed by Tverskala street, and the Tver
skol, Mailovia and Bronnia boulevards.
In. -this . quadrilateral the insurgents
have fortified their lines with telegraph
poles and fallen trees, and have con
structed an entanglement of wires. Ar
tillery is being used. Troops J-.ave ar
rived from St. Petersburg.
The fires which destroyed the Brest
station and oilier places last night have
been practically extinguished and the
danger of the destruction of the city
by lire seems to be over for the pres
ent.
REVOLT REPORTED
TO BE CRUSHED
(By Associated Press.)
ST. -PETERSBURG. Dee. 26. 7:5s
p. m. The revolt at Moscow has piac
Ttoally been crushed. A correspondent
ofthc Associated Press telephones at
7 o'clock tonight that the insurgent!!
no longer have a chance and that they
are making a last stand. He predicts
that there will be no further heavy
fighting.
All tile troops,' he- says, are now
fighting on the fide of the government.
Police and troops in St. Petersburg
today surrounded nd captured all the
members of the executive committee
of the fighting revolutionary organi
zation, while they were discussing
plans for an armed uprising here. They
dtptured also the detailed plans for the
uprising aswell as large quantities
of amis, bombs, etc. It is understood
that ar a result of these captures that
the government had obtained exkreme
, iy Important information concerning
the connections formed by the revolu
tionaries with the army.
A man named Schoolman was at the
head of the executive committee, which
numbered 74 members. The govern
ments Is confident that these captures
practically put to an end for the pres
ent any attempt to repeat in St. Pet
ersburg the uprising In Moscow.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26, 2:40 p,
m. Tr new electoral law was gaietted
today and was accompanied by a state
ment explaining that In view of the
fact that even some of the western
countries do not possess universal suf.
frage the cabinet could not assume the
responsibility of decreeing It. The ultl
mate decision must be made by the na
tional assembly Itself. The election
district will be published forthwith, the
date of the elections will then be an
noun nl and as soon as the govern
ment receives notification that half the
members are elected the national as
seinbly will be convoked.
The extension of the suffrage pro
claimed today applies especially to the
cities where it Is made almost unlvet
sal. The workmen will choose an elec
tor for every lft.OOO men. The result 1s
shown in the case of the province of
St. Petersburg, where ti e electoral col
lege will contain fourteen peasant elec
tors, eighteen landlords, fifteen lty
landlords and twenty-four workmen.
By this method, while the workmen's
electors are the largest class they will
only be able lo elect representatives in
combination. The new law Is a great
extension of the law of August. It
contains elements which certainly .will
appeal to conservative opinion, but
with the slogan of 'Tnlve:sal suffrage"
ringing in the popular ear it w ill prove
a great disappointment and is certain
to furnish, the proletariate organiza
tions with a new weapon for agitation.
They no longer want concessions. They
ar? boldly proclaiming that nothing
but the complete overthrow of the au
tocracy and the establishment of a
demo ratio republic will satisfy them.
DOUBLE LYNCHING
AT COLUMBIA
UPRISING IN
SAN DOMINGO
GAINS GROUND
Many Revolutionary Leaders
Taking a Hand In The
Present Outbreak
FUGITIVE PRESIDENT
PURSUED BYTROOPS
United States Government
Decides Not to Take Hand
In The Fracas.
(By Associated Press.)
TURKS IS UNI), Bahamlas. Dec. 20.
Mall advice received here f:om
Monte I'hrlstl, Santo Domingo, yesr
terday say that Gunyubln, Dajabon
and Abanlta haT taken up arms
against the D.imlnlcnn and the Amer
ican fiscal convention.
Gnernl Lasala has marched on Li
Vega with a force of about one hun
dred men. Geiu-rat-D.schnnips, for
mer vice-president of Santo Doming),
leaves here shortly on board a railing
vessel to operate ngn-Inst Puerto Pln-
A laige force have started for
Santo Domingo to attack that city.
It 1? rumored here that President
Moral? Is a prisoner In irons at the
capital. Santo Domingo.
UNCLE SAM WILL AWAIT
McCLELLAN MAYOR
BY OFFICIAL COURT
Votes Cast in New York County
Give Him Clear Victory
Over Hearst.
(8 Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Dee 2.-T'..r official
count of votes casi in New York coun
ty for mayor In the last election, wn
Issued today by the county comnils
sinners and shows that Mcl'lellall re
reived 140.264: Hearst, 12:1.22, and Ivlns,
M.2SW.
The offlcal returns from the otbe.-
three counties In the city were an
nnuneid as follows: Kings: McCle
Ian, 6K.77S: Hearst. M.SSS; Ivlns. 61.13.
Queens: M.Clellau. 13.228; Hearst. U
06; Ivlus, 7, 21S. Richmond: McCelel-
lun. 6.127; Hearst. :t. 06; Ivlns. 4.419.
The total vote was: 22S.SH7; 224.92(1;
137.1SS.
NICHOLAS TOLD MAN WHO DEFENDED EMMA
IT IS ALL OVER PQSTOFFICE IS REWARDED
BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
BUT SHOUTING
NINE PERSONS
ARE POISONED
KI.
(By Associated Press.)
PASO, Tex.. Dc. 26. At Tor-
roeno. Mexico, nine i.ersons, who were
poisoned at a banquet Saturday night,
have died and many others are 111. It
is alleged that the poisoning was part
of apolitical plot. Strychnine was put
Into a bowl of punch. All the dead
were said to have been of one political
faction. The members of the opposing
faction who attended the banquet
were not affected by the punch they
drank,
Governor General of Moscow
Tells His Emperor That
He Is King Pin.
WlTfE SEEMS TO BE
"FROM MISSOURI"
THREE KILLED
BY FAST TRAIN
He Will Not Rest Peacefully
on Downy Couch Till the
Last "Red" Dies.
Were Walking Along the Track
to Avoid an Approaching
Freight and Were- Caught
URTHER DEVaOPMENTS'ASHtVILLE TO HAVE
FRATERNITY MEET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. For the
present there will not be any Interfer
ence by the United States in the diffi
culty which has arisen in San Domlu
go. Toe trouble Is regarded by the
state department officials as entirely
nn internal one and so long as outside
interests are not menaced this attitude
of non-lnterventlo will be maintained
If, however, conditions should change
naterially, and awess acts shotid be
ommltted against Americans and
rVmeiican interests and involving the
ollectlon of the Dominican customs
by the government or other acts of
violence occur, which In the opinion
the officials here wtilcih. make It
proper lor this government to interfere,
his step will be taken and measures
dopted to quell the trouble.
This decision was reached by the
tatu depai tment 'officials during the
lay and. was confirmed at a conference
t the White house late this evening
in which the president and Secretaries
STRIKE AT ODESSA.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 26. A dispatch to
a. news agency from Odessa says, that
the general strike there is only par
tially successful and that probably
It will collapse. The strike committee
is threatening to resort to arms and
the governor-general has announced
that he will deal In a drastic manner
with any such attempt. The corres
pondent adds that while the people
of Odessa are In a state of nervous
tension, the city at present Is tran
(By Associated Press.) -
COLUMBIA. S. '., Dec. 26. Xews
of a double lynching at Barnwell. 1'ri
day, has 'been received here. Sheriff
Crech has wired Gov. Hey ward that
the affair was brutal murder; that
helpless prisoners were murdered In
open daylight and that officers were
guilty or dereliction of duty. 11. 8.
Craddock. a well known white mer
chant, was killed by Frank and John
Deloach, negroes, who were arrested
by the constable and placed in a lock
up. The men were taken out and
shot to death with guns and pistols
Friday.
The mws of the lynching was sup
pressed. Sheriff Crech is preparing
to make arrests and Omv. Heywnrd an
nounces that he will sustain the sehr
iff In' his actions.
THREE KILLED AT
TURKEY SHOOTING
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. ' Ky., Dec. 26. News
reached here late last night of the
killing of a deputy sheriff and two
other men In Leslie county yesterday.
At Big Fork, a crowd of men congre
gated at turkey shooting match. A
aispute over the match caused a. gen
eral disturbance in which John Duff
and Jacob Wilson shot and killed Jo
seph Wilson and Alexander Little shot
Mack Roberts, a deputy sheriff. Duff
and Wilson were ajrested. Little es
caped ,
At Moose Creek, James Creech was
shot by William Van Over In a quar
rel. "- ,
SINGLE SURVIVING MEMBER OF CREW v
TELLS OF SUFFERING ON WRECKED SHIP
(By Associated Press.)
nolPfiOyTqtfather. ETAR'aR ODOl
TAMPA Fla.. Dee. 26. Capt. Leon
ard of the schooner Helen Thomas, ar
riving at Port Tampa, today from Gal
veston, reports the wreck of the three
misted schooner Sakatka, of Fan-born.
Nova Scotia, and the drowning of
the entire crew, excepting John F. Wil
liams, of St. John, N. B., the mate.
The epslx?d schooner . was . first
sighted by Capt Ionard on December
21. He fnt a boat containing his
second officer and five men to the
wreck. The men found Williams
clinging to the vesel. having been
without food or drink for four days.
Hunger had forced Williams to eat "9
portion of his oil-skhi coat. Among
the drowned were 'John Conlan, man
aging owner of the schooner and his
son, tooth of Parsboro, N. B.. John Cox,
steward, and four seamen.
Williams has about recovered from
his terrible experience. The wrecked
schooner was bound f"r Havana.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.)
(By Associated Frets.)
Birmingham, Ala.. Dec. 26. Dele
gates fiom Epsilou Province of the
Sigma Alpha Kpsilon fraternity, which
Includes Georgia. Florida and Alabama
began a two days' meeting here today.
The principal matters discussed were
the building of the Devote Memorial
hall at the University of Alabama, in
honor of Noble L. Devotie, founder of
the fraternity, and the proposed meel
inf of four provinces at Ashevllle, N.
C, in June next.
A banquet was held tonight. The
meeting will lose tomorrow.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
(By Associated Press.)
' BLt'EKIKLD. W". Va., Dec. 26. John
K. Grcsted and Kenton W. Atwell were
blown to atom- at Cedar Bluff yester
day by an exil"sion of twelve cans of
wiynnmlte, whi-h they attempted to
thaw.
(By Assoeiated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 26, 11:55 p
m. Emperor Nicholas and Count
Wlttee received tonight a report from
General Doiibassoff, governor enerl
of Moscow, saying that the revolt
there had failed, that tn military had
the situation in hand and that what
ever defection may have existed anions;
the troops hadsbeen overcome by at
tacks on them with bombs and revol-
vers to whtah they had been subjected
from the windows and roofs of 'houses
and which had so enraged them that
they could hardly be restrained.
Although rebellion may flare up itn
mediately elsewhere and although these
already Is an Indication of another up
heaval at Odessa, if the attempt at
armed rebellion in Moscow should be
crushed the leaders of the "Beds" will
receive a blow from which they can
not quickly recover.
Count Wltte Is not so blind as to be
lieve that the revolt can be stamp? . I
out, but with the present demonstra
tlon of the lengths to which the "Reds'
are wll lug to go he had hopes that the
modi rates of all classes will come to
their senses and aid la counselling of
order and in accelerating the convoca
tlon ef Hie- rtoums, th law governing
the elections to which was published
today.
Among the developments hers today
the most important was the capture
of the leaders of the "Fightlnn Le
gions," which It is believed ends the
danger of un attempt at an armed up
rising in St. Petersburg. This capture
It is understood places In the hands of
the government, complete Information
regarding revolutionary plans and the
pluces where arms are concealed as
well as dis losing the weak spots In the
army.
Insurrection Fails.
Shortly before 9 o'clock tonight the
corresondent of the Associated Press
at Moscow telephones that there seemed
to be no longer doubt that the Insur
rection was collapsing. The Insurgents
(By Assoeiated Press.)
SPABTANBrnO. 8. C. De-. 26.-D.
M. Hill and Richard lingers, of Saxon
Hill, S. c, and J. F. Stone, of Cross
Anchor, were struck and Instantly
killed by a fast train on the Southern
Railway In the yards here today. The
accident occurred on a curve In the
road above the Brawley street trestle.
The men were walking on the west
track towards the depot and to avoid
an approaching freight, stepped over
to the east track when the fast north
bound passenger train, running two
hours and a half late, struck them. All
were badly mangled.
Htone was a well-to-do farmer, who
came here to pay taxes.
ALDERMEN CAUSE
MUCH TROUBLE
Greensboro Officials Leave
Meeting of Board and Are
Sought by Policemen.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
(By Attooiated Press.)
GREENSBORO, N. C, Dec. 26. At a
rprclal meeting of the hoard of alder
men held for the purpose of electing a
city attorney, three of the six alder
men, as the result of a factional light
of long standing, started to leave the
room, paying no attention to the order
of the mayor to remain. The mayor
then directed the chief of police to
bring back the three aldermen with
whatever force was necessary.
The three men could not be found
and In the hunt the Merchants and
Manufacturers' Club, the most fash
ionable cluli of the city, was searched
by four policemen and trouble was nur
lowly averted u; on their being ordered
out of the rooms by the president of
the iub. ,
The three remaining members of the
board, then employed a city attorney.
S. H. Alexander's Christmas
Gift Comes In The Shape
of Promotion. v
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT
GIVES STORY OF DEED
Narrative of North Carolina
Bravery Which Has Sel- ,
dom Been Equalled.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. , St. As a re
ward for defending the postofflce at
Emma, N. C, four years ago against
four burglars. President Roosevelt has
waived the civil service regulations
upon the recommendation of Postmaster-General
Cortelyou and It. H. Alex
ander's ChtUtmas gift was a promo
tion from a laborer to a clerks h I o In
the department. , V'
Not, only has the brave North Cur-
ollnlan been promoted, but to aceen-
uate the honor an official statement
was Issued 'Which gives a full acciMint
of the deed. The attempted robbery
took place on the night of February
1901, and the official account shows'.
"After the store In which the post-
office at Emma is located, was closed
for tho night, Mr. Alexander, who hajd
been sleeping In the toom adjoining,
beard a knock on the door and In
quired what was wanted. He was told
that som one living near wanted his
mall, and he unbarred the door. Two
masked men entered, covered him with
revolvers, and commanded him to givs
up .nis, own revolver sna open the.
Arc-proof safe. ' While onn'ol the bur
glars. Frank, Johnson, who had bilJ
his revolver on the desk near the safe.
was stooping In the' ac t of looting tho .
safe and during a moment when the
ut.ur burglar, Ben Foster, had hU
head turned, Alexander seized the Idle
revolver and shot the latter near the
heart. lle attempted to shoot Johnson
I mi, but failed to do so as the revolver
napped. , , :
A desperate struggle followed. Fo-
er, although seriously wounded, pur-
ued Alexander nnd shot him in the
abdomen, the bullet coming' out at'
he iback. Alexander, seeing Foster
bout to shoot Rt him again swung
ohs son around so that the bullet
truck's left shoulder from the rear.
insHlng through his neck and lodged ,
, m- & ss i , e a
NEGRO DESPERADO
SHOT TO DEATH
Unci Sim It certainly keeps ms guessing just wfcst sort of stunt I'm going ts de in this psrtioular spot.
(By Associated Press.)
WILMINGTON, N. C, Dec. 26,-Rob-
ert McMillan, a desperate negro
charged with attempting a criminal as.
sault last May upon the wife of a white
fanner In the Island Creek Bectlou of
Duplin county, this state, was shot to
death by Sheriff Mlddleton and posse
whom he held at bay with a shotgun
for sometime Christmas night. At a
critical move by the officers the negro's
gun snapped and he was shot down. A
(oroner's Jury today gave a verdict of
Justifiable homicide.
The negro had once before been cap
tured, but at the preliminary trial his
wife slipped hlirt a pistol with which
he held the officers off until he could
make his escape. He had gone further
Houth and returned to his home to
spend Christmas when he was shot
down.
MAJ. LACOSTE DEAD.
(By Assooiatod Press.)
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 26. MaJ."
James C. LacosteT a Confederate vet
eran, who took a prominent part in tho
firing of the first guns at For Sum
ter, died here today at the age of 66.
He came to this city from Charles
ton, R. C. and Is well known through
out Alabama.
nis right Jaw from which It win
xtracted. Alexander's face and hands
were badly rut nnd bruised, before hi
overpowered the burglars. Alexander
managed, however, to put them "both
out of the building and to call out a
signal of distress and then fainted,
The postmaster, hearing this signal,
came to Alexander's relief and found
him lying weak and faint In a pool
of blood. ., '
His bravery Is the more accenuated
when it I 'known that Mr. Alexan
der Is a man of small stature, proba
bly not more than five feet six Inches
tall ami weighs less than 120 pounds.
It would seem that he must have been
possessed ' of almost superhuman
strength to oust the iwo desperadoes
from the postofrlce.
"Two accomplices, who were wait
ing on the outside .carried away th
wounded burglars to a house In which
they were arrested the same night.
"The two burglars above mentioned,
together with two accomplices, after
trials, were given the extreme penalty
of the law which for the offense com
mitted In the State of North Carolina,
is death. Afterwards the sentence was
commuted In the case of two. of the
burglars to life Imprisonment. . The
other two were hanged on Fdbrunry
26, 1902, at Ashevllle, N. C."
CHANCELLOR ILL.
(By Assoeiated Press.)
ATHHNS. Os EM. 28 Chancellor
Walter B. Hill, of the University of
Georgia. Is critically ill with pneumo
nia, and the attending physicians state
that he is now passing through the
crisis of the disease with the chancel
against recovery. Every effort Is toe
ing made to save the life of the distin
guished educntor. He- was taken 111
with la grlpiie last Tuesday and the
pneumonia was a later development.
NEGRO WAS KILLED Blf MORTALLY
y WOUNDED MAN AND NOT BY MOB
(By Assoeiated Press.)
TAMPA, Fla Dec. 26. A special to
the Tribune, from St Petersburg. Fla..
says the coroner's Jury Investigating
the killing of lpt. J. J.. Mitchell and
The Jury, however, claims to iiave
had proof that Captain Mitchell shot
the negro fatally after he had re
ceived a mortal knife wound from the
his slayer. John Thomas, colored, to-J negro, and that the negro was In a
day rendered a verdict that Captain
Mitchell came to his death at - the
hands of fie negro, while In the dis
charge of his duty, and that that the
negro met bis death from a pistol shot
fired by Captain Mitchell. The latter
feature of the verdict caused surprise
it was generally believed that the
negro had been slain by a mob.
dying condition when taken to Jail and
actually dead before the mob got pos
session of him. Kxcltement ran high at
St. Petersburg all day today and then
was some talk about running all ne
groes put of towiu but this proved only
idle talk.
The funeral of Capta!a Hiu:!;-'! v
curred this afternoon.