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I \OI\ O1 LXni...-N° 20,863. ■ THK I'AKKER BOOM SHY. UK H ( LYT I TTEND DINNER CJnclnml Erpected to Outline the Dc m oertHe Platform . -• of the Court of Appeals, ia ■ raaamei T>emocrai who lias noi aeoepted an invitation t»> the dinner to \#- given by Democratic citi e*-r.s af Ne-w-York for Mayor McClellan at Pherry'F on M gkL Two reasons ar? assigned for Judge Parker's failure to accept an Invitation to attend the din r*r. One is that his court work if particularly Bfiapa just at present, and make? it difficult for him to plan to me here. The other is that be feels that there may be ■ collision of booms V bs should attend. Th* emhusiaf ti^ nrtyttiw of Ootnoel MoClsl lan la*t r.ignt at :h= Democratic Club lends color to Ibc belief that Colonel : : enan'a boom ■will b* at the dinr.er— perhaps unobtrusively, r-ut sjUIl iher^. Then there ;«= the unmistakable r.oom cf Judg* PSuher himself, and lastly there Is The ne\er dead boom of ex-President ' "leve !-r.a. trbo wtti b» the prtnclpsJ speaker. Judge Parker if a modest man. and it was suggested test r.:g*;t rt th^- Democrats Clab that be wa? ft trif." Timid over th<^ prospect of allowing his Vjcin to mingle Tvith booms whi' h. from on tact ■with ihe harsh -world, may swagger about with en abandon that might prove somewhat shock 1-ig to the jurist from Albany. Then there ■ the boom of William R. Hearst. Tammany Hall has not as yet got on friendly terms with this boom, but things have a way of coming out of th* W. with surprising swiftness at times, and that i- vrbera Mr. HcanTa boom is travelling vith the greatest success— in the V.>pt. Ex-President Cleveland's address is expected to outline the jpsu'-s of the ne^t Democratic na tional campaign. Mr. Cleveland baa accepted an invitation to speak, with the understanding that h«? v.ill have aJ! the time be waata. For the first time, in mary years he trill speak to a celled Democratic orgtinizaticn in this city. A"«~^ptari-e* hM.ve been received from Senator Gormen, of Maryland: ex-Senator David B. Hill. Representative De Arrnond. of Missouri: William A. Gajston. if MatF^chusctts, candidate for Oov *"ncr last fail; Ooverr.or Gs.rvin of Rh~l' ls' nd. and miuiy other Democra-ts prominent In al politics.. Witliam J. Bryan will he on •he ocean, or. Ms way to the United States. ftft«r travelling In Europe- Hi* troublesome free sJJvfT ghost i«= j.ot cxpectf-d f> bother the guests er> Monday night. The dinner if fl— tTH** r-r the loesJ Democratic leaders to in' I.:**1 .:** :< spirit of ardor and er.thu rieFrr. la the r»errio<-rp.* > 'Tgar.iratioTi of this rity and BtSte, so ns u> start oil the campaign •ri P'-»>s]ii»»nt Ronspvr-it's <vwn State with as much rtr.:«e and good fueling as j.oysiblf\ W. Bourk* <-r».-V;»-a r ! Bjrffl preside at th-* dinner, and he is rosstad or, to ssy flOmetfelSS that will place him «i * good footing with the national leaders and r-iak<° his lines easier as soon as h* pUces his j • ■ • as th«> surr-eF^nr of Colonel M^Clellan. Th» dinner is expected by its promoters to have a somewhai important bearing on the na • • ■ rmu>m— . and for that reason Republicans. as Democrat*. r>f • be State and Nation f.r» waiting to see what is said and done with nacre than ordir.ary interest. FORNES (AN AID PERMIT. His Appointees on Railroad Com 'tec Will Shaw His Sincerity. •he makeup of the new Railroad Commit tm of the Board of Aldermen may depend the • n of the New- York and Port Chester roa-1 regarding the renewal of It* application ■•• Jhe board for a permit to run over and •ji:d*r streets in The Bronx. As Tammany 1 ail will be in undisputed "1.::.. of the new heard, it has power to nil the Railroad Commit ♦•<* with men in •ynpathy with The Port Cbss- Ht p-ojert. Tammany will have an opportunity tn define it« attitude as regards the esjmtfw*- Uoa of the road. a_ad its nap wi" (to far •'• dispel or '•orrfirm the charge* of "graft" r hieh have b«*n uttered ajrainst the Tammany r: I'jeriu^n. Th* present Railroad Committee has only ■t>»- Bronx ■— TTiar. Peck, who had to face the antagonism of the Brooklyn members of the (VOUBtttML With two or three Bronx aldermen 00 th* B*w committee favoral > to the Port ■ bSSfrr project, it is reasonable to assume that a resolution granting the nee«-sßary permission ■<v"uld not b*- permitted to sleep 1- committee. Alderman Gas*, from The Bronx, who Intro duced the original Port Chester resolution, was • - -'■'.-<~\-*. end will probably present a resolu tion to the new board. Gas* hat" always been In - of tb* Port Chester road, th*- cnnctructlon of v. Kich wli; do much to develop the ?^tion if Th» .'(ronx which he represent*. Pret-idert Fornes, who will have the appoint ing cf the alderrr.ar.lc committees, and who has d»r!are4 himself cm favoring the Port Chester xerrcit. can do much 10 assure the public of his ;n<-erlty by putting the right sort c>t men on the iia'lroad Committee. A« told ia Th» Tribune jv*terdar, legislative relief srlO be fought in the event of the failure Of the tocctr.'.ng Board of Aldermen to take Prompt actioN. The Bronx is determined to .fi. and its effort* to bring about Its Doootrortaoa will cease only with favorable ec •• the alderrr.en or -- legislature. ACCIDENT TO FKAHCIS JOSEPH. Austrian Emperor's Spars Caught in Carpet —Injuries Not Serious. Vienna. Dec 2J>— Repnns which reached Vien r» to-«iay of an accident to Emperor Francis Jo •**.a, created sjueh alarm- li appear* that In T*-dar. purl It rioody: »»rl«Wp wind.. To-morrow. f»lr. with rtntag tcmpfrmtar©. PROMINENT DEMOCRATS WHO WILL ATTEND THE M'CLELLAN DINNER NEXT MONDAY, EVENING. T«ATTC A DE AJIMOND. his majesty's customary Christmas visit to his daughter, the Archduchess Maria Valeria, at WeJdeee, he was ascending a stairway when his • ,;rs became entangled in the carpet. He fell ird, but arose immediately without assist- Tiio Emperor has returned t Vienna, and his doctors say that the injuries sustained by the accident are unimportant, some muscles of his back being slightly strained and his forehead bruised The doctors recommend that his ma jesty shall rest for a few days, but they consider no further medical treatment necessary. it has, however, been announced that the audiences fixed by his majesty for New Year's Eve may be postponed. t NO PROTEST TO RUSSIA. WOULD BE UNFRIENDLY, Cabinet Decides to Drop the Whole Kishineff Matter. TFF.OM tee tribune asACI Washington, D->. . ll).— The Kishineff rr.at^r was discussed at the Cabinet meeting to-day at pom" length, but it was determined that the United States could take no action in the prem ise*. Secretary Root made an earnest represen tation of the situation, showing that, especially it: vi»w of the threatening hostilities between Russia and Japan, any petition made to Russia by the United States on behalf of the Jews could not but be regarded as an unfriendly act. and it was determined to let the subject drop. INVESTIGATING MASSACRE STORIES. American Consular Agent Reports No Mas sacre at Kishineff Yet. <By tb* AMociatKj ms ) Washington. Dec. 29.— At the instance of President Roosevelt, who has interested himself la the reports from abroad of massacres and contemplated massacres of Jews In Kishineff. the State Department is making active inquiry through its diplomatic and consular officers v it h a view to ascertaining the «>xa(-t situation 8? affecting thes^ people. The United States consular agent at Odessa already has been heard from, and be Informed the State Department to day thnt there has been no fresh outbreak at Kifhineff. as reported. Simon Wolf, representing the B'nai Brith. and Adotphua S. Solomons, of New-York, one of the trustees of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, held a conference vith Acting Secretary Loomis to <isy. during whkh the subje<-t of the Jews In was dmeoaeed. .Ntr. l^ix>mis showed them the c>dessa dispatch, which grtve them some feeling of relief. They did not present a petition, and will not do so unless lat»r information prove? the situation to be a? serious as reported. Mr. Wolf said tru*t he had been impelled to call Xt the department on account of the meeting whjr-h recently "raa held In Er.gl.nnd, over wfeSch I>^rd Rothschild presided, which, he said, gave the matter a characte-r of seriousness which otherwise might not have been accepted. Simon Wolf endeavored to have an audience with Baron Stern burg, the German Ambassador. to-day, but without avafl. The ambassador was not at home to Mr. Wolf when the latter called at the embassy, and had Baron yon dem Bussche Haddenhausen. the first secretary and i. > IIMCIUh. see him. Mr. Wolfe informed Baron Buss'-h" that he cam" primarily la the interest of a client who had done some legal work for the embassy and was now in trouble. Mr. Wo':f improved th«» opportunity, however, to say that be was interested In the Kishineff agitation in this country, and had an appointment to see the President on the subject. Mr. Wolf made ?io proposition to Baron Bussche touching th« implication of the embassy in th" troubles of the Jews. Me«grs. Wolf and Solomons iater in the day called at the White House, but did not see the President. They were informed that the Presi dent had anticipated their mission by request ing the State Department to Inquire through its consular officers in the Klshlneff district as to the reported conditions there. PILLAGE OF JEWS DENIED. Report of Further Outrages at Khhineff Contradicted. St. Petersburg. Dec. 29.— The correspondent of a Russian news agency at Kishineff, Bessarabia, telegraphs a denial of the statement that the Jewish population is being pillaged by the Rus tti&riß. MASS MEETING TO-NIGHT. unman Correspondents Say Situ ation Is Serious. Th* gra.T-4 marshal" of «•»«! Jewish benevolent organizations la.«t evening united In a movement for concerted action by all of the organization' 1 . Intended to brine as much pressure as possible upon Members of Congress to advocate the "end ing of a. request by President Roosevelt to the Russian government to give better protection to T*-.e Jew?. Several of th* grand marshals met la the Florence Building, at Se<v>nd-ave. and First-nt.. aal others communicated with them by jelephane, agreeing to co-operate in the movement. The socie ties and their grand marahal* are the following: Bnai Brith. Louis M. Levl. Independent Order of Brith Abraham. Max Stern; Order of Brith Abraham. Samuel Dorf: Independent Order of Free ■00 of Israel. 8. Tau*ick. Order of th* Ahawath of I?rae!. S. Friedman; Sons of Benjamin. F»r<i\- C'«jjtißO«l on aeeoad p»*». Unusually attractive, and exceedingly interesting in the January Four-Track News. Five t ent« au n«i sdr-aUrs. -A<s vt. NEW- YORK. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1903. -FOURTEEN PAGES .-tonZBSSS-jSS*—. RICHARD OLNTTT. PANAMA ACTION STANDS. NO CHANGE OF FRONT NOW Secretary Root Takes Mr. Hay's Place in Reyes Negotiations. [FROM THE TIU&r.NE BtKEAri Washington. Dec. 29.— The formal protest of General Rafael Keyes. which has been filed with the State Department, throws no new light on the Panama situation, and will result in no change in the position of this government. There is. in the opinion of the administration, no ground on which arbitration proceedings can be instituted, nor can this country use its pood offices to prevail on Panama to become respon sible for a part of Colombia's debt In advance of the ratification of the Panama treaty. This, in substance, was th» decision arrived at by the Prudent and his Cabinet, after a special meet ing called at 4 o'clock to-day, and which lasted nearly three hours, longer, in fact, than any pre vious Cabinet meeting since Mr. Roosevelt be came President. An interesting fact which was made known at the Cabinet meeting was that the President had designated Secretary Root to act for Secretary Hay in treating with General Reyes, thus facili tating th" mission of the latter. Secretary Hay leing seriously, though not dangerously, ill. Although General Reyes's statement was made in Spanish and it took «some time to complete its translation. Secretary Root Mas able to set before the Cabinet the arguments advanced by the Colombian emissary In detail, and there was a unanimous opinion among members of the Cabinet that the attitude of the United States called for no reconsideration of its position as set forth by Secretary Hay in the statement he forwarded to Minister Beaupr£ on November 6. As the relations of the United States with Pan ama are held to be those of two independent nations, It was further held by members of the Cabinet to be obvious that there was nothing therein which could be properly made a subject of arbitration between the United States and Colombia before The Hague tribunal. While, pending the ratification of the Panama treaty, on which so largely depends the value of the Isthmian right of way, the United States will not commit itself to any policy looking to the inducement of Panama to assume a part of the Colombian debt, it was not decided that a refusal to do so will be definitely made at this time. It is not improbable that, when the treaty is ratified and the United States is pre paring to pay to Panama the $10,000,000 pur chase price, it will also present to the new republic, the claims set forth by Colombia, if so requested. The reply to General Reyes may not be for mulated for several days and may be submitted to the Cabinet before being handed to the Colombian representative, but it may be posi tively stated that there will be no receding from the position already taken by this country, that Panama is an independent government and that the obligation of the United States to pro tect the transisthmian highway will compel this country to afford to Panama such protection as may be necessary from any foreign power which seeks to invade the territory of the republic. Whether Colombia may hope for relief from Congress in the shape of an indemnity for the loss she hits suffered in the secession of Panama is a matter which can be left open for the pres ent, it is said, as Colombia and the United States are concerned now with the broader question as to the Interpretation of the treaty of IMG. Returning a visit of Secretary Root made sev eral days ago. General Reyes called at the War Department this afternoon, and was with the. Secretary for half an hour. Genera] Reyes took occasion to tell again of the grea*. pressure he Is bringing to bear on his people to remain quiet until his mission is finished. The Secretary fully appreciates the delicate position of Gen eral Reyes, and it is possible will be able to give him some suggestions as to how the Co lombians may be made aware of the real situa tion here. General Reyes has ask"d to be excused from attending the New Year's reception at the White House. He will request Dr. Herran to repre sent his government on that day as Charge d'Affaires. REGIMENT FOR ISTHMUS. Sixteenth Infantry To Be Sent — — Men Held in Readiness. [FROM THE TRJB' NF B! J!EA' -] Washington. Dec. 29 — It in the present inten tion of the War Department to send to Panama the 16th Infantry, stationed In the Department of the East. Colonel B. D. Pri ( -e has be*n or dered, to hold hi? command in readiness for duty on tho isthmus, and has been instructed to await orders, which may come at any time. The present plans of the General Staff are to send this regiment to Panama in the course of the next montu or two. whether there la fur ther disturbance or not. and the first soldiers sent to the isthmus will be Companies A. B. C and D. now on duty at Fort Slocum, New- York. The remaining companies, on duty at Fort M^Pherson. Georgia, will follow later. TO PROTECT ISTHMUS. Only Preliminary Measures Taken for Dispatch of Troops. Washington. Dec. 29.— Regarding reports that troops have been ordered to prepare for trans portation to Panama, a high army official to night made- the following general statement: It ia the duty of every departmental and post commander to make preparations for the move ment of troops when there is a possibility that the men under his command may be needed for field servic*-. Such a contingency exists par ticularly at this time, when there is a possi bility that th*- administration may determine runt toned on abroad page. A charming gift for the holiday*. Delettrez Per- Xumra. MjrU* .Kg laia. and Yiolettta Cekates.-Advt. TROVER CXEVEXAND. fOoryrtg-ht. 1903. by RockwooJ.) GEORGE B. iTCTjEIAA**. <Copyri|fht. 1903. by Rockwootl.) WOODBURY TO HOLD OVER COL. MCLELLAN'S PLAN. Leaders Angry — To Keep l^p ths Fight in Favor of Keahon. John McGaw Wcodbury. r'ommispioner of Street Cleaning, is to hold over under Tammany Hall, with the understanding that if. he does not conduct his department above criticism he will have to give way to some Tammany man. The move is made to still the criticism of the inde pendent Democrats, ard bear? a dccc relation to the Grout-Fornes coup. Major Woodbury, it is understood, ha? con sented to serve under these conditions. His re tention is a great disappointment to Patrick H. Keahon. leader of the VHth District, who of- MAJOK JOHN* M. WOODBURY. Who Is expected to be retained in omVe l>y Colonel McClellan. fered to sacrifice his salary if he did not, as Commissioner, make a better record than Major Woodbury. Major Woodbury's retention i? due to Mayor elect McClellan's personal wishes. There has been so much criticism of his appointment of George E. Best. Maurice Feathe.r«on and one or two others that he is said to have told Charles F. Murphy that something would have to be done to allay the growing conviction that the leaders car»d more for the spoil? of office than they did for th>- public's interests. Hence. Woodbary. With rather suggestive promptness, as if to assure the Tammany men that there would be •something doing" in the patronage line. Major Woodbary jrsliriisji sent to the Board of Esti mate and Apportionment an application for ex tra appropriations, aegr^gating $1,468,4701 for an increase of his working force and equipment, so as to enable his department to cart away the ashes from the lar^ department stores and manuf;o turing establishments. Th?- request waa «>f such large dimensions that the Board of Es timate laid it over for Mayor McClellan ar.d his colleagues to wrestle with. Major Woodbury is or.c of the few heads of de partments in the Low administration with whom the Tammany leaders had little fault to find. He did not discharge any Democrats from the force when he took hoM of it. and it was no- ticed that rhe Tammany leaders had little or no difficulty in securing favors from his de partment. Major Woodbury over and over again went to the aldermen and asked for extra money for horses or equipment. At first he would be re buffed, but his appeals always were in a happy and half-facetious vein, and. with only one exception, he has secured what he wanted. His cne repulse was when he asked for §370,000 for what Conti oiler Grout styled a chAteau for horses and carts in Brooklyn. The Major got the appropriation through the Board of Es timate and Apportionment, but It struck a sna? in the aldermen. The major up to date has not obtained his appropriation, but his letter to the Board of Estimate yesterday includes this sum in the money asked for. After referring to the decision of the court that the Street Cleaning Commissioner need not cart away the ash^s from the department stores nd other plants of that nature. Major Wood bury asks for pmm as follows : For fiv» hundred h >rs»« ani carts and »<ju!pm»nt In Manhfrttan fXfc 775 For five hundred drivers an.3 hostlers and feedtnit and Nhnetng in Manhattan ........ 314,180 For two hundred ana' fifty drivers in Brooklyn .. C7<\Coo For Htabl»s and equipment in Brook ■ 475.123 Total - ?1.41».4Tt> In view of the fact that Mayor-elect McClei lan regards the efficiency of the Street Cleaning: Department as one of the tests of his adminis tration, it is likely that Major Woodbury. if he retains the management of the depart will get what he aeks for. When the fa^t became generally known yes terday that Keahon would not succeed Major Wood-ury. he was inclined to bhme the Sulli vans. They soon convinced him. howner. that. wh;!»* th^y had nothing *r Major Woori bury, they had favored the appointment of him self, Keahor., throughout the controversy Mr. Keahon went away from Tammany Hall with a very red face. Before departing he told Charles F. Murphy that he was satisfied that Murphy had don" everything possible fnr him. and that h>' would !"t held anything against the for failure to land the prize It is believed that Keahon will now refuse to accept anything from Mayor McClellan. Mr. Keahon was at the McClellan reception at the Democratic Club last night, and to his friends downstairs be had a goud deal to say about what ought tt> be done in regard to the Street Cleaning Comniifsion^rship. Among other things he made this declaration. "I'll give bonds if necessary and guarantee to do the work of cleaning the streets of th U-rter ihan Woodbury has done it for $I.<" less money a year. I'm a contractor, and know what it is to do practical work I may not know as mu'-h about burning garbaje or de» » TCT«7E GEORGE GRAT. microbes as Dr. Woodbury. but when It comes to cleaning the streets. I <mr. gi\e him cards and spader." If Major Woodbury *=rays in office, as it now seems probable he will, he will be the only head of a lar^e department to hold over. The dis trict leaders who were at Tammany Hall yester day said many uncomplimentary things about Mayor-elect HedeOsai for retaining a reform administration official at the head of one of the great deportments. They said that Colonel M ■■- Clellan. during the campaign, had declared for a partisan administration. They class Major Woodbury as an independent, and say that his retention is an admission by Colonel McClellan that Tammany is afraid ro run its administra tion with its own men. Th<> fight over the place will continue to-day. The district leaders will do their utmost to con vince Charles F. Murphy that the retention of Woodbury is unwise, and that the right thing to do is to have Colonel M^Cle'.lan appoint K»ahon. G. A- FULLER CC. IN. JOINS OTHER EMPLOYERS Building Trades Association Excited — A ccepts A p plication . The Georg" A. Fuller Company was taken into the fold of the Building Trade "Employers' Association yesterday, its application for mem bership being accepted at an exciting meeting of the Beard of Governors. There was consid erable opposition on the part of some members of the board to takine in th^ Fuller Company, on account of its opposition to the plans of the Employers" Association during the summer, and they voiced their sentiments in peppery speeches, which were much applauded. Th» accession of the Fuller Company makes the Employers' Association the strongest and most compact body of contractors in the building trade in the country. The application of th« Fuller Company was made some time ago. but the Mason Builders' Association, which suspended the Fuller Com pany two years ago for failure to pay a fine of $500 for alleged violation of a rule of the or ganization, of which the Fuller Company was then a member, hau something to say. The Mason Builders' Association Is the largest body in the Employers' Association, and held that the Fuller Company should conform to its rules be fore it could Join the latter body. Several months ago President McConnell of the Fuller Company admitted that the company was nut then m the Mason Builders' Association, and said that the company got out because it did not like some of the rules, and that he had heard that a fine had b**en declared. The tine was paid yesterday, and when the board of governors met It was thought that there was nothing to do but pass favorably on the application. Some members of the board, how ever, violently objected to the admission of the Fuller company. They said that when the Building Trades Employers' Association was making its fight for its arbitration agreement and against the Board of Building Trades th» Fuller company started on the opposite tack and got up an independent plan of arbitration, recognizing the Board of Building Trades, of which "Sam" Parks was then the czar. They also called attention to a remark alleged to have been made by President McConnell. of the Fuller company, questioning the ability of the em ployers in the association to carry out their plan, on the ground of inexperience in dealing with labor men. One member said in an itei speech that when the Fuller Company had to trouble it op :he Employers' Association's plans, but •when it fell out with Parka's uni. 'Ti and got into trouble itself it wished to g*>t into the Em ployers' Association. When the opposition had talked itself out rh ta favor of admitting the Fuller Com pany took the floor. . They said it would be a foolish course, when they had won tht- right for the plan of arbitration, to keep up a rixr.t with a big firm whkh was now working in Harmon with the asso-iation. It waj shown th.tt ail th grievances against the Fuller Company ■ the past, the peace party said, and should be allowed to remain burl* 1. TROY CLUB BURNED. . President (lough and William Sham Lazcyers, Perish. Troy. N. V.. Dec. 30.— Fire broke nut in the Troy CM) at 1:30 o'clock this morning and JaaUoyed the building. Two men were taken out dead. They were Moses T. Clnugh, one of Troy's oldest lawyers and the president of the club; William Shaw, also one of Troy's b^st known lawyers. Th* club was th- wealthiest in th<» city. SHOWER OF GLASS IN CAR. Matawan. N. .1.. Dec. 20.— A train on th* Southern Division of the Central Flallroad of New- Jersey, known as the Bridgeton Special, had a narrow escape from a serious wreck to day. It was bound for New-York, and passed a freight train on which were a couplo- of cars loaded with long poles. One pole had shifted, and stuck out so that one end grazed the for ward coach along 1 the window line before the engineer could bring his train to a stop. The polo broke out the glass In the windows, and showered ihe glass and wood on the passen gers. One man was badly cut. A physician. Who was on the train, advised him to go to New-York and consult an oculist, as h* fear**J the right eye might be seriously hurt. CLERGYMAN'S WIFE ASPHYXIATED. (BT TELZIi&AFU M THE TRIBI NE. I Asbury Park. N. J. Dec. 25).— Mrs. France* M G. Wilson, wife of the Rev. F. W. Wilson, of the Reformed Church, was asphyxiated at her home to-day. Mrs. Wilson tried to light a gas Btovi- when she fainted, and the escaping ga» killed her before her husband discovered the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came to Asbury I'ark In it» infancy, and erected Ike first summer home her«. PRICE THREE CENTS. Z>. V. HIX.I* ATT A I X ON SAN DOMIN'.O. REBELS BEFORE CAPITATE The Cherokee Again Has Trouble— Morales Leaves the City. San Doming. Dec. 27.— The insurgents are at* tacking this city, which Is being defended, by^ . the troops of the provisional government. Thai' are now fighting in force. J The Clyde Line steamer Cherokee arrived bM tort to-day. The government authorities) d»« manded that that part of the Cherokee's cargqi destined for Ana de Compostela be discharged^ here. This demand was resisted by the stean-* ship agents, who informed the government thai the Cherokee would proceed to Azua de Ceni-«| postela. In case of aggression on the part o<| the government authorities, the steamship- -t^enjj will ask Minister Powell for protection. A commission from Saa Pedro de Macorls^ which has declared in favor of the insurgents^ arrived here to-day, and Is demanding the M - render of San Domingo. General Morales, the provisional President, M| determined to resist to the limit all attacks by the insurgents. He left here last night on tha- Dominican gunboat Independencia, with the in-* tention of attacking the insurgents in ports to the south. Dec 'M.— The city of San Domingo is again being barricaded, this time against th« force* of the new provisional government, founded at Azua de Compostela by General Pelletier, which are marching on the capital. The financial position of th«» 3*>rales covem ment is bad. The officials find it difficult to obtain rations for the soidl^rs. The American Minister, Mr, Powell, who ha» been living in the suburbs, has been compelled to move the legation u»%Ki<- th«» city boundaries. President Morales returned here last nlsrht. He found it impossible to land on th* northern part of the island, but bombarded Puerto Plata. Th« damage done is not known. Morales is tak ing all possible steps 10 defend > in I>om:ngo. Many arrests have b*»en made. The • urh and East have joined in the Northern revolu tion. The situation is complicated and serious. The government troops are preparing to ieav* here and attack the rebels at San Cristobal, two hours from here. Much excitement prevail* at this place. The arrival of another American warship, to reinforce the gunboat Newport, \* anxiously desired. HTJERY CALL FOE A WABSHIP. Admiral Lamberton Dispatches One in Re sponse to Urgent Appeal. Washington. Dec. 2ft.— With three revolutions! raging on the island, the forces of Jimenez with in four hours of San Domingo City, and excite-* ment prevailing. Minister Powell thinks the situ ation in San Domingo demands the presence of an additional warship, and. In a cable message dated yesterday, appeals to the State Depart ment for aid. In anticipation of the crisis whtcJ* appears to have arrived, the State Department had already taken steps to send another war ship to San Domingo, and at its request Secre tary Moody yesterday ordered Rear Admiral Lamberton, commanding 1 the South Atlantic Squadron, now at Trinidad, to dispatch one «f his vessels to San Domingo at full speed to as sist the gunhoat Newport in protecting Amer ican and other interests. Admiral Lamberton has <abl-d the Navy De partment from Tr.ni la-i that he has s»'; | Boarjieei to reinforce the Rewyevt ta Dominican' waters. ONE OF MANY COMPLICATIONS. Woz y Gil Going to Join His Former Enemy, Jimenez, in San Domingo. San Juan. F. R-. Dec. '2f> — The Cuban steamer* whicn touched here, by way of Puerto Plata. San Domingo, ha ceased to ral! at San Juan, thus severing the lin-» of communication of Gen eral Woz y Oil with the seat of war in that republic. The Gil party openly announce thai they will sail for San Domingo en January » to co-operate with General Jin?.**!!*"!. Tb* jrnth»r ing of war rrtunitior.s continues in Pr>ri.> Rim. Governor Hunt still refuses to recosr.ize :h* Morales consulate here, which hns apoealed ti> th* French consul to prevent the .-"ailing ct 1 >'■"!-•!'.:: Woa y CHI » — IN A BUNCH OF RAGS, 5137 Man Put Savings in Pillowcase — and All Washed— He Got the Pieces. Millbum. It J. Dec. 'J?> — "S*- that hunch of rags'"' remarked Samue! Day. jr., of Millhurn, to nearly »-v-ry SjßßjWtnfaci be met to-day. "Well, that's Slot ." Then l>a> wouM relate how he had save-i $\^Y7 by irr**at seif denial. H* would add thut. fearfut lt»st burs- lars should visit him and get it. he had Ptsjcxl a roll of bill* in his pUlOWesjSfl when he sought his couch on Sunday night. He foruot all about the money un Monday momire. and tht* pillowcase, among o*h#r things, was gathered up for the wash. The pillowcase sad Ms) first went through the washing maihi' ami suds, then they were nicely boi>d and la:-r run through the l ringer. The man has gar he red all the pieces together and will try to g«»t the money redeemed by tiwi V'p.'.trd St.it.»* Treasury Departrr.ent. H Mouqum. Bordeaux, has exported this y*ar 10ri<»4!> gallons ot IfcwitWHl and Burgundy Win* »• l'nit«*d S'.ate*. Tnts I* in^ iars«-«t importation. AsK for price lists at H. Mouiuin. 43S Stxth-aw, ■nd Mouquin Restaurant, ." Ana-st.— Alt CHARLES T. aCCRPHT.