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V-LXV N°- 21.591.
DB. CATE FINDS HIMSELF
ASKS POLICE WHO HE IS.
physic*****, Authorities Think, Will
Throve Light on Brouwer Case.
[Bjr T*!<«irrarh in Th* Tribune.]
sprinßfield. Mass.. Dec. 26. — Dr. "William H.
rate, who has been missing from his home in
Lakewood, N. .!.. since December 9 and for whom
Sew- York detectives have been persistently
In the hope that he will be able to
throw some light on the mystery connected with
thp death of Mrs. Carrie R. Brouwer, of Tom's
River, K. J. is a self-made prisoner in the
police station here and will be held awaiting the
arrival of the police from New- York.
A middle aged man wandered into the police
station Sunday night and said he could not
KBember hi? name or how he happened to be
in the city. For more than a week his mind
had r** n a blank, he said. He recalled being in
Albany, bat did not know how he left there and
where he had been since. He thought the police
Begirt he able to discover his name and restore
KM to his friends.
•This :.= George H. Wilson, the hospital fakir,"
said the desk sergeant. "He is a cute one, but
he can't fool us. We will attend to his case."
Satisfied with this decision, the man was
locked up as Wilson. Subsequent inquiries.
hvvever. revealed that Wilson was in jail in
PBebbuig. and the police were put to the task
of siecoverins; a new identity for their prisoner.
vh.-> -eared to be perfectly sane, with the ex
ception that he could remember nothing about
himself.
The city physician was called in to see what
pa could make out of the case, and in examin
ing the prisoner found on his coat the name
•p r W. H. Gate." A photograph of Dr. Cate
trhirh had been previously sent out by the X«w-
York police was shown the prisoner, and after
tasting at it a few moments he burst into tears
and exclaimed: "That's me. Now I kftow who
I am. I"m that fellow."
But nothing more will Dr. Cate reveal. All
the efforts of the police to refresh his memory
have been without avail. He talks rationally
on every subject, but pays that the knowledge
he Is Dr. Cate has brought nothing of the past
to his mind. He is well dressed, but without
money. He has a gold watch, to the chain of
•n-hieh is attached a Masonic charm.
The mystery of Dr. Cate's case was Increased
by the presence at the police station to-day of
a stranger who asked the newspaper men for
a!l the information they could give him per
taining to the doctor, but did rot query the
police. He said his son. who lives in Pough
ieepsie. had told him that the authorities were
looking for Dr. Cate there, and that being him
self a Mason he had been led to come to Spring
field to see what he would do about the case.
He paid he simply wanted to know if. It was
irallv Dr. rate whom the police had, and said
he was satisfied It was.
Dr. Cate disappeared once before and was
absent for a long time. At that time Dr. Cate
told his friends that he had been suffering from
£ complete loss of memory.
COKEYS TO MEET HERE.
Wife to See Husband, but Will
Resist Reconciliation.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Pittsburg. Dec. 26. W. Ellis Corey, president
of the. United States Steel Corporation, will
meet his wife, Laura Cook Corey, In New- York
next Monday or Tuesday. The meeting will be
at his request, but Mrs. Corey has already
served notice that she will not talk reconcilia
tion. The suit for divorce will go on.
A friend of the Corey family to-day gave out
the following statement, with the consent of
Mrs. Corey, and It may be considered official:
Mrs. Corey will see her husband when she
goes to New-York the first of next week, but
she la not going there to discuss any plan
that may lead to a reconciliation. Mrs. Corey
will listen to no proposal for a compromise to
bring- her back to Mr. Corey's household again.
Mrs. Corey has told several of her friends that
her husband has requested an interview with
her when she reaches New-York, but Just what
the purpose of this interview Is. it is said, even
Mrs. Corey does not know. It Is believed by
some at Mr. Corey's friends that, acting under
the advice of Charles M. Schwab and others, he
is now anxious to settle the affair so that the
name of Mabelle Gilman, the actress, whom
rumor associated with the troubled marital re
lations cf the Coreys, will be kept out of the
trouble. It Is said, however, that if this is Mr.
Corev Intention he will find that the plan will
fail. "
SEER DREW CHASE WILL.
Husband of Woman Whose Death
Is Investigated Testifies.
Salem. Mass.. Dec. 26.— That the will of Mrs.
Jennie Phillips Chase, whose death at Bwamp
6cott last September under circumstances indi
cating suicide is being investigated by the Dis
trict Attorney, was drawn by Oliver Ames
Gould, who professed to be an astrologer, in
troduced to her by her husband. Dr. Horace
Chase the heir of her estate, estimated at
JLOOO.OOO, was brought out in Dr. Chases testi
money In the Probate Court to-day.
Mrs. Chase bequeathed her entire estate to
her adopted son, De Forest Woodruff Chase, a
•on of Dr. Chase, her second husband. De
Forest Chase died in Boston last week, and the
woman's ■will, under -which the property would
revert to the elder Chase, Is being Contested by
the brothers and sisters of the dead woman,
I>r. Chase was the only witness to-day, al
though an affidavit from Mrs. Helen M. Junes,
one of the witnesses of the will, who has moved
to Maine, In order, as she stated, to avoid being
examined in court on account of her nervous
temperament, preceded the testimony of the
tkIWH. Mrs. Janes declared that Mrs. Chase
appeared to be of sound mind when signing the
irIJL
Dr. Chase, who is seventy-four years old,
stated that he married Mrs. W. H. Culliton, nee
Phillips, on June L'«V 1899. Mrs. Culliton had
obtained a divorce from her former husband.
Six months after the marriage Mrs. Chase
edojjt<-<; \ ,. Forest Chase* and In her will, dated
"•« y^ars a S r, and drawn by Gould, she left her
Property to th* adopted «on. Two letters by
Mrj. Chase were introduced. In both of which
stated that she desired do contest over be*
W 'H. a< she wanted her adopted son to have th^
trope rty.
I>r. Chase admitted that be knew the provis
ions of the will before it was started, but denied
that he suggested that Gould draw up the doc
ument. He testified that his relations with his
Wife »ere, on the whole, amicable. She was
very i«>iiS"tive and he admitted that In 1 had had
c rose words with her, but said be had never
abui»<M her. On on** occasion he left her for six
Months, but they had made an agreement be
fore marriage to live together or apart, as they
<fc*med best. Dr. Chase said that h<- had had
'Bething to do with his wife's relations in re
«Bt years.
FLORIDA'S FAMOUS TRAINS.
IF 1 * & \v«*t Indian 1.M.." IS A.. M.. A. C. I.
'•stress s •■<- p V '■:••• !!••« *errice via Penn
• Atlantic Coas.: Line. 1161 B'way. X. V.-Advt.
To-day, fair.
To-morrow, fair; brink south westerly wind*.
VIEW OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW FROM IVAN'S TOWER, IN THE KREMLIN.
(Copyright. 1801. br B. Burton Holmes.)
MUEPHY THE DTDORSER
XOTES 'AT CITY BASKS.
Connection of Tammany Leader tviih
Construction Co. Established.
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
is the financial backer of .the New-York Con
tracting and Trucking Company, of which his
brother, John J. Murphy, is president
■ The company's notes, to the extent of $155,000,
indorsed by Charles F. Murphy, are held by the
Mercantile National. Gansevoort and New-
Amsterdam National banks. All of these banks
axe depositories for city fund?, and the fact
that Mr. Murphy, as the backer of the com
pany, vra3 able to obtain large sums from three
city depositories prompted Mayor McClellan
last week to order an investigation of the
amounts of city moneys on deposit with the
banks with -which Mr. Murphy negotiated/ the
contracting company's paper.
Mayor McClellan sent to City Chamberlain
Keenan for a detailed statement of deposits for
the last two years. Deputy Chamberlain Camp
bell worked the office force night and day till
the statement was made out. The Mayor, the
Controller and Corporation Counsel Delany have
gone over the statement, and have satisfied
themselves that Mr. Keenan's administration
of his office has been above criticism.
Following is a condensed schedule of the notes
of the New- York Contracting and Trucking
Company and the banks holding them:
. MERCANTILE XATICOTAL. BANTC. $.V>,ooo.
June 1. 1805 Four months, due Oct. 1. Renewed
Oct. 1. 1905 Four months, due Feb. 2
GANSEVOORT BANK. $55,000.
Feb. 28. 1905 Three months, due May 20. RpnrwcJ
May 29. 1!XB Thre* months, due Aug. 29. Renewed
Aug. St. 19OT Three months. duf> Nov. 29. Kenowed
Nov. 20. 1906 Three montlie, due Feb. 2.5. Renewed
NEW- AMSTERDAM NATIONAL BANK. TWO AT
$25,000 EACH.
Sept. 8, 11*05 Six month*, due March 8
Sept. 8. 1905 Six months, due March 8
The fact that Charles F. Murphy, without
putting up collateral, was able to raise $155,000
on notes of the Murphy-Gaffney company and
that the money came from banks which were
carrying at times largo deposits of city funds
deposited by Patrick Keenan, Murphy's long
time friend, caused widespread astonishment in
Tammany circles and at the City Hall yester
day.
City Chamberlain Keenan, when seen, said
that he knew nothing about Mr. Murphy's finan
cial transactions and that Mr Murphy never
had asked him to deposit city funds in any par
ticular bank.
MURPHY'S SWORN TESTIMONY.
Charles F. Murphy was a witness before the
Stevens Lighting Investigating Committee on
Thursday. April '2<K last. He testified that he
speculated in gas shares^and that he had per
jjonaily met Henry H. Rogers and James Ftill
man. Mr. Hughes then turned his attention to
the Murphy-Gaffney company's affairs, and the
following is the record taken from the official
proceedings:
Question by Mr. Hughes tiave you any In
terest in the New- York Contracting and Truck
ing Company?
Answer by Charles F. Murphy — None what
ever.
q. — Did you ever get any money from that
company. A. — No, sir.
q. — is any stock in that company held for you?
A. -No, sir.
John J. Murphy, president of the company, in
answer to Mr. Hughes's questions, said that bis
brother. Charles F. Murphy, was not In the
slightest way interested in the company. He
said he did not receive any money from the con
cern.
Mr. Murphy was asked all these questions by
Mr. Hughes because the < 'onsolidat^d Has Com
pany, or its subsidiary company, the Astoria
Heat, Light and Power Company, gave the
Murphy company a contract for grading and
othor work on the Astoria lighting plant,
amounting to $326.00. Lewis B. Gawtry, vice
president <>f the lighting company, when asked
by Mr. Hughes If the company had not made
the contract because it was known that it would
be agreeable to Charles P. Murphy, said:
•\"ut at all."
The memorandum furnished by Charles ]■".
Murphy himself with reference to his notes, or
the notes of the company indorsed by himself,
show that he Indorsed the company's paper to
the extent of "",5.000 as early as February 2S of
thl« year. It was on April 20 that he t..id Mr.
Hughes, under oath, that he bad "none what
ever" interest In <1h- company. And liis brother,
John J. Murphy, president of the company, went
on the stand the same afternoon am] said that
Charles I-- Murphy «:i? not In th<- slightest way
Interested In the company and received no
money from it.
Another singular thiiiET about the negotiated
notes Is that th" Murphy paper i« carried by the
po-called Morse banks. Charles \V. Morse and
John K. Carroll arc intimately as;?oriat<-.l in
banking enterprises. It .was supposed by i);«
people on the outalde that Mr. Murphy and Mr
c-irr"l! »*ere hard :md fa?t enemies, and that
f'nntiuiioi on third pace.
For (Übany, Vtien. Syracuse Rochester; Buffalo,
vfV^.A FWta nnd the Wpsi th»- New-York Centra!
11* -V. i,,. if 8:*». S:& I 0:*. "^5 a. m.; 1 :.£. 1 :o-,.
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NEW- YORK. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1905. -FOURTEEN PAGESr^^ MSW
MORE MUTUAL SECRETS TO BE LAID BARE.
HOUSECLEANIXG COMMITTEE TO GIVE UP INFORMA
TION TO LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATORS.
More of the secrets of the Mutual Ivife Insur
ance Company are to be laid bare. The Trues
dale housecleaning committee must tell what it
has learned In Its Investigation. It has been
doing some thorough work and getting informa
tion that was not brought out when the Mutual
officials were up before the Armstrong commit
tee.
Mr. Hughes became aware of this, and decided
that it would be a good thing for the Armstrong
committee to have these facts. Accordingly. Mr.
Truesdale and his colleagues were called upon
for a transcript of their records. They were
told that they must either give up freely or a
fubprena duces tecum would be issued, and they
would have to give up any way. Ex- Judge D.
Cady Herrick, William G. Choate and Bain
bridge Colby had just been appointed associate
counsel to the committee, and their first duty
was to advise the committee to "give up." The
advice waa taken.
In addition to this. District Attorney Jerome
is preparing to seek indictments against nearly
every official of the Mutual. They -will have
company, however, for he is also going after the
New- York Life in the. same way. At the same
time, despite the assertions of Attorney General
Mayer, that he doe? not intend to do anything
until after the legislative committee has pre
sented its report, it was said yesterday by a
man in a position to know what the insurance
companies had to expect, that Mr. Mayer was
preparing complaints against every offkor of fhe
Mutual, in which they would be accused of
wrongful waste and conversion of the company's
funds.
Ex-Judge Herrick. Mr. Choate and Mr. Colby
were brought into Mutual affairs, it is under
stood, in connection with the transactions in
Lawyers' Mortgage stock, in which s?veral of
the trustees made money. There is said to be
a lining up of the trustees on this question.
Those who were not "in on" the deal are not
particularly impressed with the spectacle of the
"reformation" of the company by the men who
are accused of "grafting." There is getting to
be a pretty well defined division among the
trustees, and it may come yet to an open fight
if a compromise cannot be arranged by which
the "grafting" members of the board will retire
gracefully and let those whose methods are un
questioned take charge of the affairs of the
company.
There is to be a meeting of the board of trus
tees to-day, and this subject, it is believed, will
come up then. Part of the evidence to be pre
sented to the legislative committee is said to be
sworn statements from the employes of the com
pany as to why they vanished from this juris
diction.
MINISTER WAS DRUGGED
Up-State Clergyman Found Help
less Leaves Hospital Quickly.
On the heels of a statement from Dr. Ryan, of
BeUevue Hospital, that the Rev. Irving D.
Wlldey, n Presbyterian minister, of Cold Spring,
X. V., who was found in ? helpless condition at
3d-ave. and 35th-Bt. las-: night, was suffering
from the effects of r. potent drug and was in an
alarming; condition. the hospital authorities sent
word to the wafting newspaper men that the
minister had suddenly left the hospital. All that
could be learned of the mysterious case was that
the patient had recovered and left the hospital
while his brother, Ray Wildey, of No. 100 West
S4th-st.. was on his way to see him.
The case is one of the most curious that has
come before the police in some months. The
hospital physicians said he was intoxicated, and
then announced that he was suffering from a
drug. Mr. Wilder was found by Patrolman
Doherty, of the East 35th-st. .station. Dr. Mc-
Kenzie, of Bellevue, reported that he was suf
fering from alcoholism, and had him put in the
alcoholic ward. A few moments later he was
put 111 a private ward. The hospital record Is
'^alcoholism," but Dr. MrKenzle would not dis
cuss the case. His brother. Ray Wildey. be
lipvi's he was drugged, and Fays that he never
knew him to touch liquor or drugs of any kind.
Mr. Wi!d*y was of the opinion that his brother
«vaa visiting th» alum district* of the city,
where he worked as a student, and that he was
held up and drugged on his way home.
Hospital physicians said that a careful study
of the clergyman's condition showed that there
was an entire absence of the effects of alcohol,
and the man's mind was such a blank that
whatever he had tttltsn, or had been given to
him, «as of a powerful nature.
Ray E. Wilder said last night. Just before he
started to the hospital to we his brother, that
the idea that his brother was under the influence
of liquor was preposterous, but what had hap
pened to him was a mystery. He left Cold
Spring for New-York yesterday morning on the
8:30 train.
PARTNERS IN LAW AND LIFE.
jßy Tel^sraph to Th. Tribune.)
San Antonio. Tex.. Dec. -District Attorney 1.
Charles Biker married his law partner to-day. She
_„ Miss Mary Hraden. who lias been practising
for several years past in the civil courts.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD
Tr.ii'i 1"! leaving 34th-»t. 10:30 a. m.. and train
SB leaving Atn«ican»ett «:25 p. m.. will bo operated
until Ju.iua... BUI. Inc. -Advt- .
In the mean time, preparations are already
being made to bow to the public demand. In
expectation of the revision of the insurance
laws by the legislature in the next few months
some of the big companies are already putting
reforms into effect. The Mutual has sent a
notice to all of its agents that after January 1
the commission i>aid on deferred dividend poli
cies of guaranteed cash value will be 60 per
cent, instead of 7S per cent, as heretofore. The
company writes a great many policies of this
class, and the cut means a reduction of hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year in running ex
penses. Paul Morton, president of tho Equitable,
has just issued a circular to agents Informing
them that hereafter the society's rule against re
bating, which has been a dead letter for a long
time, will be strictly enforced, and that extreme
measures will be taken in every case of viola
tion discovered. There is some talk of inserting
a clause in all policies maklnsf 1 them null and
void in case a rebate is accepted by the in
sured.
On the first of the year the Mutual is to abol
ish five large agencies which are still on a com
mission basis. The firm of C. H. Raymond &
Co.. in which Richard A. McCurdy's son-in-law.
Louis A. Thebaud. has a three-fourths interest.
is one of the five. Thebaud's income from com
missions last year was 5148,00 ft. He will draw
no more money for commissions on new busi
ness, but what arrangement will be made with
him for commissions on renewals remains to be
seen. It is believed that a salary arrangement
will be made with Raymond & «'o.. and the ma
chinery of their office so retained for getting
business for the Mutual. Thomas C. Bell, of
the firm, has been made inspector of agencies of
the Mutual.
There will be a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Equitable to-morrow at which the
resignation of Senator Depew will come up. Ac
tion on this will be in the affirmative. There Is
no other business of a like nature to come be
fore the board, but with insurance affairs in the
condition in which they are. and the end of the
year at hand, there is no telling what may hap
pen in a day. This feeling is particularly prev
alent at the New- York Life. The next meeting
of the trustees of the New-York Life is
scheduled for the second Wednesday in January,
and it was said yesterday that no special meet
ing had been called. President McCall denied
emphatically that he had resigned. Intended to
resign, or had been asked to resign. But it was
-«aid only a few minutes later by a man high
in authority, "You never know what will hap
pen these days."
(For further insurance news see page 2.)
J. I HILL WILL RETIRE.
Premature Report Says January 1 —
Son I Amis to Succeed Him.
[By TelPgraph to The Tribune ]
St. Paul. Dec. 2ti.— The report that James J.
Hill will retire from active railroad work at
New Year's was published prematurely to-day.
The story waa not to be made public until Sat
urday, but it is out. and knowing ones confirm
it. Mr. Hill admitted that he will retire soon, but
would not say when. On last Friday he said he
would do so on January 1.
He will be succeeded by his son, LtOUiq W. Hill,
flrat vice-president, who will be succeeded by
his brother, James N. Hill, vice-president of the
Northern Pacific.
Mr. Hill for the last two weeks has been idling
about the Minnesota Club rooms, spending whole
days in this manner and was found to-day in
the billiard room, where he has not been for
many years.
SKILL WINS RICH BRIDE.
Coachman Marries Elderly Spinster
Who Admired His Driving.
[By Te!es;rap?> to The Tribune.]
Ithaca, N. V.. Dec. 2(5.-— Patrick T. Kelly, after
faithful service as coachman for several years
for Miss Margaret B. Fisher, an elderly woman
of this city, married her to-day. The wedding
was a quiet affair. It had been planned for some
time, although without the knowledge of her
friends. It was lietd at her home, in South
Geneva-st. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. E. A. George, pastor of th« Congrega
tional Church, which sho attends.
H*»fined. well educated* and the possessor of
a comfortable fortune, estimated at more than
{100,000, Miss Fisher moved to Ithaca about five
year? ago from the little hamlet of Mecklenburg,
in the eastern part of Schiiyler County. Kelly
at that time was employed in a local livery
.stable. The young Irishman attracted the at
tention Of Miss Fisher the first time he drove
for her, and afterward she would have no other
driver. Several years of such service grew into
an intimate acquaintance and resulted in their
marriage. Mrs. Kelly Is about sixty years old.
NO POLICE OFFER TO GEN. WHEELER.
Ijy Telegraph to The Trlhuni*. 1
Princeton, N. J.. Dec. 2h.- Mayor McOMlan said
to-day that he has nut contemplated offering to
Brigadier General Joseph Wheel* r the position of
p<,ilff« CommiMtoner of New-York. "•• said that
he hud nut neer. him iii two years. He added that
fee hud heard n<j!l>':.£ of any su ■!» rumor.
MOSCOW'S REVOLT CRUSHED.
Grenadiers Return to Duty, and Insurgents Make Last
Stand in Square.
POLAND PREPARING GREAT REVOLT.
i _^
Encounters at Many Points in St. Petersburg — Threats of Workmen's Council —
A Rising Imminent in Warsaw.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 20. 1 1 :."0 p. m.— The re
volt at Moscow has practically been crushed.
A correspondent of The Associated Tress tele
phones that the Insurgents no longer hnve a
chance and that they are ninkinpr a last stand.
He predicts that there will be no further heavy
fißhtinp.
All thp troops, he said, are now fighting on the
side of the government.
Police and troops in St. Petersburg to-day
surrounded and captured all the members of
the fighting revolutionary organization while
they were discussing plans for an armed upris
ing, as well as large quantities of arms and
bombs. It is understood that as result of these
raptures the government ha? obtained extremely
important information concerning the connec
tions formed by the revolutionary leaders with
the army.
A man named Schoolman was at the head of
tho pxecntive committee, which numbered forty
seven members.
The government is confident that thpsp rap
tures practically put an end for the present to
any attempt to repeat in St. Petersburg the up
rising at Moscow.
Emperor Nicholas and Count Witte received
to-night a report from General Doubaseoff.
Governor General of Moscow, saying that the
revolt there had failed, that the military had
the situation in hand, and that whatever de
fection may have existed among the troops had
been overcome by attacks on them with bombs
and revolvers from the windows and roofs of
houses. These attacks had so enraged them
that they could hardly bo restrained.
Although rebellion may flare up immediately
elsewhere, and although there already is an in
dication of another upheaval at Odessa, if the
attempt at armed rebellion in Moscow should
be crushed, the leaders of the Iteds will receive
a blow from which they cannot quickly re
cover.
Count Witte is not so blind as to believe that
the revolution can be stamped out. but with the
present demonstration of the lengths to which
the Reds are willing to go he lias hopes that
the Moderates of all clashes will come to their
senses and aid in the establishment of order.
Among the developments here to-dny the most
important was the capture of the leaders of the
"Fighting Legions." which, it is believed, ends
the danger of an attempt at an armed uprising
in St. Petersburg.
Shortly before !) o'clock to-night the corre
spondent of The Associated Press at Moscow
telephoned that there seemed to be no longer
doubt that the insurrection was collapsing. The
insurgents still held the quadrangle in which
the Workmen's Council was sitting as a revo
lutionary committee, but only because Gover
nor General Doubnssoft" was not yet ready to
give the finishing blow.
Firing continued intermittently throughout
the dny. At ."• o'clock automatic guns were be
ing used in Strastm-r Square, but the insurgents
were becoming exhausted after their four days'
efforts, and the tightinjr was rapidly degener
ating into guerilla warfare. The insurgents de
fended themselves with revolvers and bombs
as they were hunted down from house to
house.
The correspondent says that the entire popu
lation of the city is terrorstrirken anil that
after dark the back streets present n weird ap
pearnnce. As lie drove to the telephone sta
tion he saw only a few civilians, who were
slinking along by the side of the walls so as to
avoid the police and cavalry patrols, who fire
without challenging.
The windows of the bouses are stuffed with
mattresses and blankets and no light is show
ing. The police tarry riiles with bayonets
fixed.
General Doubassoff is enforcing the most
ritrid martini law. and no person is allowed on \
the streets after f» o'clock at night
About one-third of the workmen have left the ,
city and 'ire tin veiling o;i foot to the villages, |
some of which are hundreds of miles distant.
Among the lower classes, which do not sym
pathize with the desire to overthrow th> Km
jieror. the feeling Is becoming intense, and in I
many eases sinkers bare been beaten to death. '
Ihe correspondent predicts that the crushing ,
of the rebellion is likely to be followed by the
most horrible atrocities if the "Black Hun
dreds" are let loose.
Governor General Donbasson* unknown to
the public, is directing matters from his head
quarters in th" Metropolitan Hotel, which is
barricaded and defended by machine. Runs.
The concentration of the troops in the city to
light the Insurgents allowed the strikers and
revolutionaries, a free hand in neighboring in
dustrial towns, like Perovo and Lubertzi. In
the former place three hundred armed men
were sent to reinforce the insurgents ntrl .it
Lubertzl the situation became so threatening
that Mr. Pnnly. rice-president of the New-
York Airbrake Company, which has works in
that town, sent an urgent message to the Gov
ernor General to-day through the American
consul, appealing for the protection of the prop
erty, and of the one hundred American* who
are. employed thorp. S
General l»uubassoff promptly dispatched a
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err»d the best proof that he is cinfident he hsU
the situation in hand.
WARSAW READY TO RISE.
Ix)dz Also in Tumult Miners Pre
pare to Resist Troops.
Warsaw. Deo. 2fi. 1 1 :15 p. m. -The street rail
road employes struck to night and the employes
of the stenm railroads are expected to follow
suit.
Ihe revolutionists are threatening an armed
rising similar to that at Moscow.
The military authorities are making every
preparation and hnve ordered the entire garri
son to be ready for any eraergpney. Ix»taeb
ments of infantry occupy the railroad stations.
The authorities have arrested many members
of the trade unions and a number of revolu
tionary leaders.
Lodz. Pec. 2tf. — The workmen here threaten
to begin a strike to-morrow, and an armed ris
ing in the coal mining districts also is threat
ened. It is said that twelve thousand men are
ready to fight the troop?.
THE REBELS HEMMED IS.
Soldiers Drive Main Body Into
Strong Intrenchments.
St. Petersburg. I»ec. 2rt. 6p. m.— A telephone
message just received by The Associated Pres.4
from Moscow says that the fighting in tn«
streets continued throughout the day. but that
the populace is not taking part In the conflict
and that the troops are gradually getting th»i
upper hand.
The soldiers are hemming in the main body
of the insurgents in the quadrilateral near the
Brest Railroad Station bounded by the Tver
skaia and the Tvprskoi. SadoVla and Bronnia
boulevards. In this quadrilateral the insurgents
have fortified evprr inch of their lines wit*
felled trees. telegraph poles and streetcars, t:i
front of which they have constructed a network
of entanglements. Artillery is h^ing uspil iror
rilessly. »
Two of the four Grenadier regiments have re
turned to duty and are fighting on the side of
the government. Troops also have arrived from
St. Petersburg.
The tires which destroyed the Ilrest Station
and other places last night have hern practi
cally extinguished, and the danger of the de
struction of the city by fire seems to be over
for the present.
The Workmen's Council in St. Petersburg to
day decided to take the most energetic action
against workmen who refuse to .Join the strike.
Three hundred workmen who were organiz
ing a red flag procession were arrested.
Encounters between workmen and troops have
occurred in various sections of this city.
From the point of view of the government
there was a slight improvement in the outlook
this afternoon. Notwithstanding the decision
of the Workmen's Council to continue the strike,
many of the men broke away, including about
one-third of the employes of the Putiloff Iron
Works, a number employed in other factories
and part of the mill men. It is evident that the
leaders must precipitate matters or the strike
will go to pieces. From the point of view of
the leader" all now depends on the situation at
Moscow.
ARMY INSUFFICIENT.
Government Unable to Dispatch
Troops to Moscow,
St. Petersburg. Dec. 26, 2:55 p. m.— The troops
hold the centre of Moscow, and apparently ?»: -^
awaiting reinforcements, which are reported to
be on the way to Moscow from all direction*.
some* 1 of the troops inarching overland. Four
regiments of dragoons from Warsaw have start
ed by rail for Moscow, but have not yet arrived
there. The government is finding great difficulty
in dispatching a sufficient force to the disturbed
city, it being dangerous to withdraw the troops
from other places, most of the available men
having already been sent to cope with the re
volt in the Baltic provinces.
The revolutionists hold the outskirts of Mos
cow. A thousand nun are working night and
day at the barricades, scm» of which are de
scribed as marvels of strength. Trenches bare
been dug and wire entanglements have been
erected in front of the defences, which axteiM)
for blocks and are impenetrable even again :
artillery
A holocaust occurred at th» Syrtin Works,
where 6JCWO workmen were surrounded by cav
alry and artillery. The latter fired at th« betid-
In??, which was soon in flames. Hundreds per
ished in the conflagration.
It in definitely established that th'- •
UonMa have six automatic guns. Gbverr.o?
OenersJ rNiUliassosT has taken rigorous nv,i-
iirts to discover concealed arms, holding a
of houses respon !ble and ordering th» ■
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