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— — ——^——^——— ————__ — . ~* " . -«v*-5..-^^ ...•.•.-. '._.• t *'-..- ._<£¥SstorfSS^«*l YouV ou LXIV N°* 21.141. GARRISON" BEATEN BACK. SORTIES FROM FOKTS. Losses on Both Sides Heavy — Skir mishes Sear Moukden. Port Arthur's garrison is reported to be in desperate straits man/ sorties having been made from the fortress to regain control of tie water ' supply and to retake positions from which the town and harbor are shelled. tM the Russian attacks, it is said, have been jjpdled with heavy losses on both sides. The situation of the Russian fleet is pre- CtfiOUF- Xhe situation in the Mnnchurian interior rcTfff iTi'-. apparently, unchanged. Skirmishes Sjyg reported south, southeast and east of Moukdtn. but the belief prevails in Japan flat tli - next important action will be fought at Tie-Ling. The £rst Japanese railway train reached liao-Vaiip; • :! Saturday, and n regular sched ule is expected to be in operation in a few fart. solving for the Japanese the problem ef transporting supplies to the armies of Marshal Oyania. It i- announced at St. Petersburg thit Em peror Nicholas will visit Heval to-morrow to bid farewell to the Baltic fleet. PORT A 111 ill I! DESPERATE. Warships' Peril— Lack of l.'ater — j Battle Expected in North. t&' . Oct. 2.— The Russians are reported to be dm*'-- cndea\«>rinß to retake their lost jcsltlor-s, including Fort Kuropatkin, in the hop; of restoring the water supply of Port Arthur. They are paid to havo repeatedly assaulted the Japanese after shellinp from neighboring forts and batteries. The Japanese continue to hold the positions. Both Fides are said to have suf fered severely. The newly mounted heavy Japanese pun? are Mid to command the entire harbor. The posi tion of the remnant of the Russian Poirt Arthur feet is eaid to be precarious, and It v believed the vessels must soon emerpe or be destroyed. Aflvlces from Manchuria are to the effect that the Japanese and Russian outposts and •'outs continue In close contract. «=outh, southeast and east of Moukden. Skirmishes are occurring dally, and an aggressive per.«n»l action li ex pected soon. I* is believed that the general engagement will take place near Tie Pass and that General Kuro y-atkin Is holding- Moukden and positions along 1 the Hun Hirer merely to check the Japanese ad vanoe temporarily. ■ FIGHTS WEST OF FORTS. Chinese Bunt Many Dead—Ships Used as Hospitals. Che-Foo. Oct. '.'.-Severe fighting, the Russians being the aggressors, took place on September 28 and 2Ti on the west shorp of Lao-Teai Prom cctory. near Pigeon Bty. a. -cording to a re port brought by Chinese who left Port Arthur en September 30. The Russians already ap parently are attempting to capture the heavy •guns which the Japanese have mounted in that vicinity. The Russians were in considerable force, and they made several sorties, dragging ■eld artillery with them. They were unsucccs<s- Jtil, however. Three Junks, with ]";<» coolies, arrived at Che- Poo to-day. They left Port Arthur because they were forced io <-arry the wounded and bury the *cad. They also were afraid that eventually BSSTWOU have no food, although rice is ple.ntl- * l ' l »*»'. according to their stories. They further ■** 1h * t the Russians lost heavily in the at **dat!S -ptember 10 and September 23, but the Jajaat»e loss was much heavier. One of the coolies, who had been a water carter, showed a wound in the hand received on September -'2. Ho. and four companions went ** a trell in the outre of the town. a shell •■at ar.d killed three of his companions and wounded the fourth. The Russian ships v.f-r" silent during the bat "p."p. ar.d the hitherto unused merchant ships «ere. as a result of the fight, turned Into hos- Seven,! of the Chinese Mho w*»re employed in carrying bodlea say that the dead were so •■ meroui! that they were unable to form an? «i.r.g like an estimate of the number who fell Jn attacking and defending the supplementary XOTts near Itse-Ehan. sw the battle both aides KKttou« to art, ;it interval, daily. The BUS «ans make many small sorties against the Jap anese trenches. Small poritlona frequently change hands. . The OUflese say tln-y xren petted to bury the 2*f by BteaJth at night for the reason that the -*?aae*e v.ould lire on them. Ut/riC FLEET FOR EAST. i *miralt?( «l Lost Decides to Send Out Warships at lieval. jt Petersburg, Oct. acement is mad- JuT mr * Nlcholan will visit Reval on Tues- CSttirt? bld farevv ** !1 to the Baltfc fl<--t. After .. , 7f '' r Preparation and aeveral false starts ■ f*t t V * d that th ' C ' aquadron Is at last on the' Civw US ' 5 "" 1 " 1 "* u on ':•* long journey A *n«l<» In the Admiralty baa exist, through <£ period of preparation 31-lnj the advisa. I «ecu °" sendl '-c out the squadron, but wi:h the il J*T n to <!ouWe the 6lre of lh<! Uanchurlan i 'in th end press **• war with vigor, the logic f- «v o ** Wh ° for " iyrilhß have insisted that "*** available ship should be ..4 to Fap East has finally prevailed. I. 11?! tr ' Umtnt that "° complete victory over lit »k "^ l 8 >1 " li " un!ess *• co ™™« I overeLT U crested *«>ra them could not be j^r"J*"»«. and though murli valuable ti, llc . haft .^caclajjy intimated that a donjon bM ^ V* to «to|#at«:U Jin- Hai, t , jf «v*i, apnns, arter the Japanese shJna To-morrow. rate, frch to brUk northwest winds. PRIM.ATE AT OLD TRINITY. GREAT HOST HEARS HIM. Historic Church Packed with People When Archbishop Preaches. For the trst tim* that a Primate of All Bng and has e V ,r addressed a New-York congrega tion. Dr. Davidson, the Archbishop of Canter bury, preached at the morning, service at Trinity Church ycaterday. Never perhaps since Its foundation. In the seventeenth century, has the parish church sheltered such a congregation as gathered at the high celebration of the Holy Communion to Fee and hear the Archbishop. While the church has a seating capacity only of about LfiOO persons, fully twice that number were In attendance, thf overflow reaching to the edge of the sidewalk outside. Well dressed nan and women, young and old alike, struggled fiercely for :i view of the ornate oaresnony, hotly contesting every Inch that lay between them and a gttmpM of the Archbishop. Hats were crushed in. Women screamed, and were borne out fainting. Pewholders who ar rived after the service had begun wore unablsi to reach their seata, The Archbishop, accompanied by the Rev. Meaarm Henry M. HoMen and EL J. EL Kllison. his two chaplains, arrived in his carriage ut !<•:".<» o'do k and was at once escorted to the vestry, where he received a warm welcome from the ractor, vicars and other representative offl of Trinity pariah. In addition to the Archbishop and his chap lains, those who occupied the chancel were the Rev. Dr. Morgan Pix. rector of Trinity; the Rev. J. Ne\!: Steele, vicar of Trinity; the Rev. Dr. W. 11. Vlbbert, vicar of Trinity Chapel; the Rev. Philip A. H. Brown, vicar of st. John's Chapel: the Rev. J. W. Hill, curate of Trinity Church; the Rev. Dr. W. T. Manning, of St. Agnes's Chapel; the Rev. T. H. Lill. vicar of St. Chry sostovn'fl; the Rev. A. C. Kimber. vicar of St. Augustine's Chapel; the Rev. Dr. Goodwin, of St. Cornelius, Governor's Island; the Rev. D. M. Geer. vicar of St. Paul's Chapel. and the Rev. Messrs. Albert IV Willsori and A. W. Grif fin, curates of Trinity. John W. ('.swell, the senior warden, and Colonel William Jay. Junior warden, of Trinity pariah, were also seated In the choir. remost ,t the sen Edmund D. Etandolph, a H. Cammann, i:;ihu Chauncey, Richard r, John T. Lockman, : EL Derby. Nicholas :ner. Dr. William M. Poik. V. H. Bangs. J. H. Van Amringe, B. Edward Nash, EL C ermerhorn. George F. Barain an 1 I Mur ray. Jr Among the congregation were J. Plerpont Morgan, Senator Kean, of New- Jersey; Mrs. Morgan Dix. Mrs. William H. Fehermerhorn and Miss Schermerhorn. tiie Misses Cumralnjr, who came all the way from Gloucester, Mass., to attend the service, and a number •: other well known i>erson?. The celebrant of the Holy Communion was the Rev. Dr. Steele, with the Rev. Di W. H. Vib- Nrt and the Rev. Philip A. H. Brown assisting. One of tha vessels used was the Eggleston •raaicr, wmcU la u*>~<i omyro evtraora!nu.t>- «■*• cutflon?. It is a memorial of Professor Thomas Eggleston, who v. as a vestryman of Trinity. An unusually large number of the congregation received the communion. The music, a special programme given by the large choir of men and boys, was under th» di rection of Victor Baler, organ! • of Trinity. In the suffocating crush at the rear of the church Miss O'Harrls. of No. 1.340 Paclflc-st, Brooklyn, swooned, and was carried out by Pa trolman Levy. She was soon revived. When she fainted she dropped her prayer book, pocket book and umbrella. A search resulted only In the finding of the prayer book, At least ten others were carried out fainting, but revived on gaining the outer air. Hymn No. 4*.*, "Pleasant Are Thy 1 AK-ove," uas the Processional, the .">: hblshop. iv the brilliant red vestments of the 1 *i-i 1 r : 1. being preceded by his chaplain and his Ifer. Prosßptly at v>:v> o'clock th- procession of the surpn. Ed eh- rgymen emerged from I portion was lead by the ■ with bis silver mace, followed by the hearer of the <-ru< if<-i and the full vested choir slid Junior clergy of Trinity <'liur.li. Al 1 am ble Interval there followed, preceded i>y olyte carrying a crucifer, the Rev. l>r. Morgan iJix and tli<- nirie vicars* of Trinity parish. Aft<-r a furtln-r interval the third part of the procession entered the church, it was lead by t cradfer In a scarlet cassock and lace ootta, carrying an ••piscot.ai crosa. Following him cloaclj was the Archbishop of Canterbury, v.ho, in tarn, was followed by two acolytes in K-arlet caasoefcs. The Archbishop <if Canter bury and th-5 Hey. I»r. Dlx wore the scarlet hood of IM>- tor of Lawn from Oxford University. After the Gloria n Hi r ■!■*■ had been sung, or. \Ax if rap 1 1 to the centre of the churn el and announce,] that the vestrymen of the corpora tion would greet the Archbishop and that the address In their behalf would be made by Colonel William Jay. Tr< c«ded by th" verger carrying the mace the vestrymen in a Ixjdy left the two pews in which they had bea n sitting in the centre- of the church ami marched to the chancel, where they formed a semicircle. The Archbishop l<-ft hi.s place In the Bishop's (hair ;iiid advanced to meet them. Coloiiei jay welcomed the Primate, and ex pressed the united gratitude of the congrega tlon for his kindness in i-onsentlng to preach to them. He rehearsed the history of Trinity parish from Its original royal charter until the present day. ic<oui!ting its growth in tho addi tion of chapels, and referring also to its perilous times In the American Revolution. Tlie Archbishop responded briefly. Ho said be llimilllll it a great plefisure to be al'le to "j.Mach In '■■ church tin rich in historical associ ations, and l.efore such a representative gather ing of the b^bt In the Church of Kngland, as represented in Americs." The Archbishop occupied an episcopal throne to the right of the altar. The clergy, with their various hoods and cassocks, the choir boy* In Mad and purple cassocks and white cottas, and the acolytes in scarlet cassocks and white cot tan. made a rich rnlsensemble. Throughout his sermon the Archbishop spoke In a clear, resonant voice, and his words could be distinguished In the furthest parts of the great nave. He took as his text St. Luke xix, 10. "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." In an address which was listened to throughout with deep in terest and attention, the Archbishop spoke of Christianity under modern conditions, of Christ's special mission to the weak, and of the disposition to overlook them in the etorm and stress of to-day. He suld in part: It would be a dangerous thing for any one to try to put Into worda-or at all events to try to Continued on fearth page. WINTER BCHEDUIiE TO AOBURT PARK. Winter schedule between New-York •" d . I fc Ott f Brmn"h and Asbury Park via Pennsytrsnto JUllroaa 2jU * Inaugurated October i. See new time table. Za&vu NEW- YORK. MONDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1904. -FOURTEEN PAGES.- »,i»S JAPANESE SCiT.TNO THK FORT PA-U-OHWANO. FLOOK FALLS Will! 150. Many, Including Bishop, Hurt at Cornerstone haying. Adams, Mass., Oct. ll.— While th-« Right Rev. Thorn .-■ D. Heaven, Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, was laying the cornerstone of St. Stanislaus's Polish Church here this afternoon a floor collapsed, precipitating 1"»*> persons Into the basement. Thirty-seven persons were so in jured as tc# require medical treatment. Of this number, the Injuries of sixteen are serious, and In one case may prove fatal. The other* sus tained minor cut* and brulsen. Bishop Beaven and several of the priests assisting him were slightly hurt. • About 7.000 persons attended the ceremony, and 'JOO were Heated or standing on the floor which covered the newly made basement Bishop Beaven was attended ly the Rev. A. T. Mc- Laughlin, of St. Thomas's Church. Adams, and the Rev. 1.. O. TriKann<\ ;..-i»<tor of Notre Dam*: Church, Adams, as deacons. Th.- Rev. James W. I -.lan. of St. Thomas pariah; the Ri-v. 1,. T. Roder, of Notre Dame Church; the Rev. M. F. isstoacfoak »-i.«.i-.j r tit, BaatMnvMs^a Church, and others, were near the B!shr>p. Juwt an the laM named was about l<"» lay the stone a sec tion of the flooring, about forty feet square. collapsed, dropping twelve feet and carrying with It the Bishop, the clergy and about 140 others. In the confusion that followed many were unavoidably trampled on and half i«uffo cated. Bishop Beaven was caught In the crush, but was able to nave himself from serious injury. He t bruised about the body and had his hands scratched. Father Trlganne had his nose crushed, sustained cuts on the cheeks and fore head and was injured in an eye. Fathers Mc- Laugh and Dolan were beside the Bishop, but escaped Injury. The pastor of the church was severely bruised and cut. A number of police officers and a score of doctors were present, and within twenty minutes all the Injured had been extricated and cared for. The most serious case appeared to be that of Orodek Mlschloskl, a Polish boy, who was caught under many others. He was unconscious when extricated, having been nearly 1 suffocated. Both of his legs wen- Injured and there was evi dent c of Internal Injuries. «>n<- of the priests administered the last ritea to him, but later he was abi.- to i,. removed to his home. The accident was caused by the breaking of a heavy wooden girder which had been spliced. A quantity of stone to be used in the building work rested on the no'"'. and this additional weigh 1 contributed to the accident. The cere mony of laying the cornerstone was Indefinitely postponed. . Bishop Beaven was able to attend the service at Notre Duuu- Church to-night, where he con firmed 273 hoys and girls. The bishop announced that the pastor. Rev. I. O. Trtganne. was con fined to his bed as a result of Injuries sustained In the accident, and called on the worshippers to offer thanksgiving that so far no fatalities naa resulted. MARCOS I AVTO' STOPPED. Wireless Inventor Given Cash Hail for Driver Continues Ride. The automobile trip of William Marconi, the wireless telegraphy expert, from Ardsley Manor to this city yesterday, was brought to an abrupt stop In the Boulevard Lafayette when the driver wss arrested bj Bicycle Policeman Mul- Isrkey, after a chase which extended over live blocks. Mullarkey was moving slowly along the drive, which is a favorite one for automobllists, about 5 o'clock, when s big red touring e:-.r flashed by him. Mullarkey declares it was making at least twenty-two miles an hour. He yelled to the driver to •toy. As no heed was paid, ap parently, to hi- hall he gave chase al One-hun dred-and-seventh-flftb-st. and wheeled Bye l"'^ Mocks before he drew abreast of the machine. He escorted the party to the West Qne-hun dred-and-flfty-second-st. station, v. here Kr. Marconi made no attempt t<> conceal his Iden tity. He seemed much disturbed thut the young woman who accompanied him should have been put to any Inconvenience, and protested that he did not appreciate that his driver was violating the corporation ordinance. The driver, Joseph p Qrady. of No. M- East Forty-flfth-st.. was placed under arrest, and Mr. Marconi furnished <s,im> rash ball to Insure his appearance in the Harlem police courl ibi* morning. Aft*»r giving ball Mr. Marconi was permitted to continue on his way downtown in the automobile. "NO CUTTING IN STEEL BILLETS." Member of Jones & Laughlin Says Most Manufacturers Cannot Fill Orders. IB! TELEGRAPH TO TIM: TRIPt:.\E.) I'ittsburg Oct. 2.— "There is no foundation for the story that some manufacturers are selling: steel billets at $17 50 per ton and cutting rates In other ways," said B. F. 'ones, of Jones & LaughUn. to-day. "There is no provocation for any such work as most of the manufacturers cannot now fill the orders which have crowded In since therr was a readjustment of rates some time ago. Ther* Is no friction between the manufacturers, either, as has been announced from some sources. All Is Wt.lv. and you will no* senary more rate cutting.* -ißlAck «a<l Whtt«. TWELVE KILLED IN FLOOD. Half of at rou X. M., Washed Area//- Damage at Las Vegas. Lai Vegas, N. M., Oct. 2.— Half of Watrous has been destroyed by a flood in the upper waters of the Rio Pecos, and at least twelve per sons have been drowned. Including three chil dren of J. H. Stevens. Felix Vlllareal, his wife, two slaters and a couple of children, and O. F. Porter. J. H. Stevens and his wife escaped. They are In a critical condition. Many persons were rescued from trees and housetops. The greatest damage was around the junction of Mora and Sapelloire creeks. A rock crusher, an iron bridge and much track at Watrous were washed away. The Galllnas River formed a new channel at Las Vegas. In the Gayinas Canyon the dams of the Aqua Pura Company broke, bringing .i lanifk flood on the city. The Montezuma Hot Springs track went out In many places. Half a dozen bridges were destroyed and the Mont— vms bathhouses were partly carried away. For two blocks In Bridge- M. every business house was flooded. Oallinas JVrk Is under water, and the trolley line cannot be repaired for two weeks. One hundred thou sand dollars will not cover the loss to the town, an 1 the railrond loss Is as great. TWO TOWNS WASHED AWAY. Rio Grande in Flood Near Albuquerque — Hundreds Homeless. Aubuquarque, N. M <ki. •_*.- Reports from the Rio Grande Valley i below Albu • show that Valence, ami Los Lentes were i away, aid several hundred families an homeless. The river swung to the east, eat ;i new channel and poured a torrent through the two towns. No lives were loaf, in BareJa, a oi Albuquerque, fifty houses were de stroyed. The damage >t Los Cordales and Ala north of Albuquerque, \\i!l amount to sev eral hundred thousand dollars. Passenger trains • iiis have been •o : ransfi r .... : letour passengers. WHITE MAS LYSCHED. South Carolina Officials Overpowered Before Militia Arrived. (FIT TELEGRAPH TO TUB TKIIUNE.I Columbia, 8, C. Oct. I.—Y esterday afternoon in the town of Kersnaw, this State, John Morrison shot and instantly killed Will Floyd, a well-known farmer who lived near that j'!a>»'. 'I'll- shooting occurred on ill.- main business street of the village. It i\)iy said Floyd asked Morrison to lend him 10 cents, and when the latter s.iltl he htid no charge, Morrison Ared two shots, 01 • lodging In the back ami one in the arm. This was the fourth man that Morrison had killed, hi.< last victim btliuc a negro, for whose murder he was recently acquitted. Morrison tried to es cape, but he wus captured and there were many threats of lynching. Tin- militia was ordered to protect Morrison, but .before it arrived a mob of citizens overpowered the local officials and lynched him. Both men were married. This i- the first lynching of a white man In South Carolina. . Governor Hcyward gave out a statement last night in regard to the lynching. Me was severs in his condemnation of It, as he is of all lynching* He .-;i!<i that be wanted the people T of South Caro lina to know thai he condemned lynching as a blot on our civilization, anil that no crime com mitted made mob law excusable. Even In :mi of assault, he taiJ. punlchment by death could and would be meted out by the courts, and the record cf recent ysirs proved that lynching for this crime leads to lynching for other crimes. The time had come, he said, when the good people of the State, the law abiding people, should rUo up und call a halt. BURGLAR ALARMS SOVXD. Puliee Twice Surround Fifth-aye. Homes Without Result. The police of the Tenderloin station were hur riedly called twice within an hour to houses in Fiftb-ave. last night to search for burglars who did not materialize. The tirst alarm came from the house of Mrs. Augusta Bltel the widow of George H. Bliss, at No. .'IST Fifth-aye. The house Is equipped with burglar alarms which were sounded off in some unknown way. A wquad of police, under Roundsman Andersen, surrounded the house while detectives made thorough search of the premises. They found no burglar. An hour later Miss Elizabeth BDa, who has an apartment on the third floor of the St. Marc, at No. 432 Fifth-aye., telephoned to the police that a man was trying to enter her rooms through a window. Detectives Drennan and Lehr investigated, but after searching the neighboring roofs decided that there had been no attempt made to enter Miss Ellla's apartments. A guard was left at each house. DIVES AFTER RUNAWAY Rescuer, Once Knocked Down Saves Boy — Horse Drowned. Going at breakneck speed, a big bay horse, attached to a light runabout, in which was seated William Dorry. at" r years old. of No KM West Forty-eighth -s.. yesterday afternoon^ leaped into the North Riwv from th« string piece at West Forty-eighth-st. The boy was rescued, but the horse was drowned. The boy's father. Adam Dorry. is employed by the New-York Lumber Company, at Fifty elghth-st. and Eleventh-aye. He went for a drive, taking with him his daughter Irene, five years old. His son, who was not allowed to go, waited around the house all the afternoon In the hope that his father might let him rile to the stable. Mr. Dorry returned soon after 5 o'clock. He had a bundle to leave at the house, and Jump ing from the vehicle started up the steps. William climbed into the seat with his sister and picked up the reins to held »hem until his father reappeared. In Forty-eighth-st. p.: the time a number of boys were playing "shinny," knocking the bung of a beer barrel about th- Street. One of the boys knocked the bun^ against one of the horse's forelegs. Th» animal began te prance. William pulled steadily on the lines, but the hoys. Rooking for th. play thing, surged about the animal, brandishing their "shinny" sticks. This increased the ani mal's fright and it bolted. William caught up his sister and dropped her to the sidewalk Just a* the horse made a dash. ■ Seeing the horse start, the boys in the street* began to shout. William was clinging to the lines, but could make no impression on the big horse, who got into his stride quickly and sped toward the river. "Help. help:", was the shout on all sides, but none seemed brave enough to try to stori the horse, until Samuel Lederer. who n-as standing on the stoop of his home, at No. »JlB West Forty elghth-st., ran Into the street and made a grab for the bridle. He was thrown to the ground and piinrully bruised. Undaunted i>y his injuries. Lederer regained his feet and star! in pursuit. On both - let of the streets the tenement house windows were lined with peopl?. all shout ing directions t<> the lad in the buggy. '•Jump for your life" 1 they yelled, but he seemed petrified with fear. As the horse passed Twelfth-aye. like a brown flash he did not turn. An instant later th« on lookers saw the buggy spring into the air as it hit the stringpiece. and then horse, buggy and boy disappeared in the water. Lederer was quickly at the pier, and without hesitation dived into the river. He reappeared in a minute with the boy in his arms, and a hun dred willing hands dragged them from the water. Late last night the 'buggy, with the shafts broken, iras found, but the body of the bone was not recovered. FREEHOLDER A SUICIDE Brooded Over Corruption Laid at His Door by Investigation. Pnterson. N. .1.. Oct. . _ ¥ (Special).— Brooding over the outcome of an official investigation be gun yesterday into the administration of th- Board of Chosen Freeholders of Passaic County, James M. Ponton, representative In the county board from the Eleventh Ward of Paterson and one ••: the best known politicians in Passalc County, took his life by swallowing an ounce of carbolic acid at Eastside Park. His body was found this morning by' Thomas Wilson, who. with William Denton. a son of the freeholder, was gathering chestnuts at a secluded spot near the river bank. Young Den toe swooned when he recognized the body. Freeholder Denton gave up a place as rail way mall clerk to become a tax assessor of Patersoti. Be was director of census in the Congress strict when the last national census was taken. He was recognized as one of the best Informed men in New-Jersey on census af fairs. Three years ago he became a freeholder. Few questioned his honesty as a public official: Recently there has been a loud demand for an Inquiry, and when it became apparent that an Investigation was inevitable Denton seemed t«> his frlenda to become greatly worried. While discussing the probable effect of the Investiga tion a few days ago In the office of one of the count] officials Denton fainted. Yesterday morning the inquiry began at the courthouse, and the first batch of evidence seri ously Involved Demon and two other free holders. Denton left his home shortly after dinner, telling his wife he had an engagement to play In a cricket game at the Eastside Park. He did not take part In the cricket game, and nothing was heard of him until his body was found to-day. Morgan Jackson testified yesterday that he had been engaged to repair the Broadway bridge, the cost of which he afterward found was to I"- borne equally by the Pasaalc and Ber gen county boards. Checks for doable the amount of th-"> contract were received by Jack son, but one of the checks was turned over to .Denton. In another case it was shown that re pairs to a culvert ordered by Denton cost Pas sate County $900. and contractors testified that the work could be done at a liberal profit for $150. DIES IX THE PRIZE RIXG. Holtoken Man Struck Over the Heart. It Is Said. John t". Peters, a young man of Hobnken. died yesterday Inside the prize ring in which at a " early hour in the morning he was contest ins with another boxer welt known in BakafcfO. Several arrests have been made, and County Physician Converse, of Hudson County, Is con ducting an investigation. Peters lived with his mother, 'at No. 70S BloomSeld-st., Hoboken. He was twenty-two years old. His opponent in the ring, it I charged, was Patrick Dormady. twenty-Jive years old. of No. 60 Congress-st.. West Hoboken. The fight took place in the hall on Connolly a\e. Homestead, North Bergen, at the rear of the saloon of Alexander Koehler. Kochler says that about 10 p. m. on Saturday a party of men visited his place and wanted to hold a "stag party" In his hall. He names a number of men who. he says, were In the crowd, including three special policemen. When Mr. Koehler declined to let the party have his hall unless he knew what was to take place he declares that these men. who were known to him, assured him that nothing wrong would oc cur. He says he accepted the assurance of the officers that the law would not be violated, and opened his hall. A ring was laid out. and a few minutes before midnight the men entered the ring. Betting was about even. Peters had the best of the first round, apparently, but after that It looked as if the first round had been used by Dormady to ••size up" his roan, and from that until Peters was put out Dormady had all the best of it. Peters was knocked down several times, and finally, in the fourth round, went down twice in quick rucresslon. The last time, it is said. was. us a result of a blow over the heart. He re inalned down, and the referee counted him out. When he did not come about in a reasonable time word was sent to a physician's house near by. but the doctor was out and an ambulance was called. Dormady was arrested and held without ball. The delight* of Montreal Quebec and the St. Lawrence will «stnnlsh you. New-York Central offers seven routes. Ticket agents will explain.— AUvt. - riUCE THREE CENTS. DAVIS'S ACCEPTANCE. VIEWS BRIEFLY GIFEX Good Time for Change— T/zriff Re duction—lndustrial Arbitration, Henry G. Davis's letter accepting the Demo cratic nomination for ice-President la made public to-day, It is as follows: _ ¥ , Elkins. W. Va.. October 3, 1901 Hon. John Sharp Williams. Chairman, and Other Hem lit rs of the Committee. Dear Sirs: In accordance with custom and my promise when notified by your committee at White Sulphur Springs, on August 17. of my nomination for the office of Vice-President, I submit the following observations upon some of the questions now before the country: TIMES PROPITIOUS FOR CHANGE. The times are propitious for the reinstatement or tne Democratic pa>ty in control of the gov ernment. Th? public mind is hi.ivt; disillusioned of the pretension of the Republican party so long and so arrogantly made, that the material prosperity of the country depends upon its own ascendancy. Thoughtful and patriotic people are becoming more and more distrustful of the heady and personal element of the present ad ministration, and are more than willing to see it replaced by one that hetter recognizes consti tutional and other lawful restraints. They de mand that the present wasteful extravagance in the expenditure of the money, drawn by taxa tion from the industry «X the people, shall cease. and that economy and honesty in the public ser vice shall be aguin regarded as virtues in the high places o£ the ge>ve-mment. EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT. The expenditures per capita of the govern ment are Increasing at an alarming rate. When the present administration went into power there was a large surplus, but. notwithstanding the enormous taxation, the revenues therefrom are not now adequate to meet the demands mad.' by reckless approprlaticns. The revenues fell short during the" lust fiscal year *>f over $40. 4XHUMM>. in the first sixty days of this fiscal year the expenditures exceeded the receipts by £M.OO(XOOOt and if this rate of excess should coming, the ilf-fkit for the present fiscal year would be in the neighborhood of $140,000,000. ThL; needless deficit is due to the extravagance of the administration, and can only be met by Imposing additional taxes or selling bonds, thereby increasing the Interest btvixing debt of the government. Which course will the Repub licans adopt? The > ost of government durinsr the fiscal year was $7 14 per capita, which means that the average tax paid in seme form or an other by every family of five persons toward the support of the National Administration of public affairs was over £2~>. which, in the case of wage earners, is a considerable percentage of their entire earnings for the year. No more money should b*- taken from the people by taxation. direct or indirect, than Is necessary for the need.-* of a government economically administered. To show the rapid growth of the cost of govern ment it Is only necessary to giw the total ex penditures i;i the last fi-scal year of the following administrations: Bnchanan. IS6P, S6&WA.MO ...Per capita. ««! • "I'Wluml W- ">5". «:iv> i'i'iO Per capita. '>'".* I. AC.MV In answer to criticisms upon the size and ex pense of maintaining the army, the President has said that the number of soldiers now is no greater per capita than in former times. But an army then was necessary to protect settlers from the Indians and ti> do other police duty in the unsettled portion of the country— conditions which do not now exist. The army, however, has greatly Increased in cost, orach faster rela tively than it has in numbers. ■ Th<> "penses were: Under Btt-hanan In IS6O v.^«OWWO irml.r Hayes Jr. t»r ■ 38.<XH).00i> Under Roosevelt In Ml HV«O.<XJ PANAMA. We all hail as the harbinger of the new era in the commerce of the world the inception of the great work of buQdins the canal that is to Jota the two great oceans; but we deprecate the ac tion of the present administration, which 1" - flicted a wound upon our national honor by its disregard ->f ThA rights of a weaker nation In or der to gain a doubtful credit for energy In for; warding that great enterprise. Territory (if :■• neighboring republic, with which we are at peace, was seized by a hand of revolutionists. protected by th" guns of the United States Navy, and prut- i into a State overnight, which th ■ President promptly recognized as an indepen dent nation— a gross offence agatnst a friendly republic which it was helpless to resent. IMPERIALISM. . These and many other unwarranted •things that belong more to an empire than a republic haTe occurred under the present administration, and brought deep concern and alarm to thought - lul and patriotic minds. They must be regarded as the first fruits of imperialism, and show bow fast we are drifting toward absolutism and cen tralized power. The effect of the imperialistic tendency ol the Republican party upon our for eign affairs is in opposition to the teachings of the founders of the republic, and so impressed was Washington with the importance of keep- Ing aloof from the affairs of other nations thjat in Ins farewell address ha warned his country men especially against foreign entangling alli ances. Imperialism is hurtful and abhorrent In a free government and subversive of free institu tions. The policy <>f imperialism— if it can be said to have a policy — is always dangerous to liberty. Its powers are first exercised in far off territory and u:i conquered people, but once adopted fur a •:■ mired and distant pasSGSStOBsv it becomes, sooner or later, the rule of the home government. Liberty and free government have always been secured at the cost of great sacri fices, but history teaches us that both can be easily lost without the knowledge of the people. TARIFF. Our federal Constitution has appropriated to the exclusive use oi the general government the power of Indirect taxation, covered by the popu lar designation of "tariff duties." In excluding: the States from this domain of taxation there is an Implied and wise partition -of the taxing power between the Stares and the federal gov ernment. Except in the exigencies of war. the taxing power has been exercised by Congress largely in the direction of the Imposition of <'uti. - upon Imports. Xo one expects to change this arrangement, which has proven so con venient to the general government and m con ducive to th*- Interests of the Stores, whoa© re sort t> other sources 61 revenue is left untram melled. Indirect taxation, however convenient, needs, by reason ol its indirectness, to be watch fully guarded, lest abuses should attach them selws unknown by the people; That many of the existing tariff rates .re ex cessive and 'enable powerful combinations to extort unjust and oppressive tribute from the pcoyle cannot be controverted The tariff is iridoabtedly too blsta upon such articles a* en able th- manufacturer to sell his products! abioad cheaper than at home. Steel rails are a conspicuous example in this respect. It is ad mitted thai Iney are beine made for Sl"i a ton. A few years ago they were freely sold in this country at >!, a ton. They are now selling at the mills here for home consumption at *:&* a ion. and for the foreign market at from $1S to S*_-J a ton. Th unjust discrimination against our people Is njade possible only by a tariff that on this article is entirely too hi-rh. The average sellings price of a hundred ar ticles, taken principally from the iron and steel list, is found to be about "JO per cent higher In this country than abroad. Relief from these conditions will only come through the success of the Democratic party, which stands for a wise, conservative and gradual change in the tariff laws, which will equalize the burden of taxation and make honest competition possible. But In making such changes its purpose win be to legislate with due regard for the labor and capital in.-jlvet* in industrial enterprises. TRUSTS. It la estimated that ther? are in the United States between two and threo hundred combina tions of capita! and corporate Interests known as trusts, whtih have grown up in the last few years under Republican rule-. Some of them are ao conducted ns to be pernicious and harmful to the general interest. With the power they are able to exert, they can less-Mi competition, control prices and regulate to their own ailvi'riMO l'.:o luxv el supply unil demand. lndlvMu.il effort la helpless against such strong rivals, and tfcf natural risht of all persons to barter and trade is unnaturally restricted. The effort at these trusts is to control or monOfjoMie. and these monopolies, when unrestrained, seem to sroduce conditions which brine about strifes