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OUTER WEST FORTS FALL.
YOGI'S RIGHT ADVANCES.
fustians Surprised Miles Still
To Be Won.
Tfltlo. Dec — The following report was re
etrtfl from the bedegere at Port Arthur this
jaorolng:
A body of our rifrbt wing 3urprifed the enemy
•t Hou-Sa-ny-Tan-Tun and i?iao-Fan-Tun, the
f-tter point about six and a half miles north
irect of Port Arthur, at 10 o'clock on Saturday
nj^'hT snd occupied the villages, and, subse
iuentlv dislodging the enemy, occupied the
whole of Taliu-Chia-Tun (abouv five miles north
west of P nrl Arthur) at 2 .">."» o'clock this morn-
Our repeated attacks during the last few days
tnre unlformlv successful, and now all the en
rmy's advanced poplTions fronting our right
wing £-re in our hands.
TaJru-Chia-Tun. or Tuliu-Kia-Tun, Is placed on
trjt of the maps of Port Arthur directly In front of
the m*in fortifications of ItFP-Shan.
TOKIO A VAST CAMP.
Oyama to Have Half a Million Men
— Defence of Formosa.
Tokio. Dec. Tokio Is again a great military
ram?, and the scenes of last spring, when the
: first armies were mobolized and dispatched, at©
being duplicated. Thousands of recruits and
| -jerres are assembled, drilling and equipping
.-epaxatory to taking the field. The permanent
gad temromry barrack? are filled, and It is
' ji «?<avy to bill it scldicra brought to the city.
' «f*ma Field is th« centre of activity, where
jsflintry. cavalry and artillery are constantly
Shin*. The batteries fire blank charges for
fljf purpose of breaking ir. the new horses.
The general military preparations are enor
«t>u« It its planned to give Field Marshal
Oyama a rough total of half a million men, with
a h»avi!y Increased artillery arm, besides pro
viding a defence for Formosa and the southern
Inlands in anticipation of the Russian second
Pacific squadron's attempt to seize p. base. The
port of Kelungr. in Formosa, has been declared in
& state of siege, and other positions in Formosa
val the Pescadores are being garrisoned.
"Winter is not interfering with the Japanese
transport service. The railway between Dalny
and Tentai ie working well, and the running
time between Tokio and Liao-Yang is six days.
'ADVANCE POSTS' ACTION.
Russian* Driven in, but Rally and
Retake Position.
[ Ft Petersburg. Dec. General Kuropatkin
reports skirmishing on December 24 nearTapin-
Ua. The Russian advance posts were driven in
by th« Japanese, but afterward advanced, and
<wi«!>d thftir former position. The Russian
fames wer* trifling, while those of the Japanese
»•*■* Uea,vy.
: Moukden. Dec 25. — A Japanese battery opened
i 'fire yesterday en Chan-Lin-Pu. and two men
-.» re wounded by shells. A Japanese column
t/ivanced, but was soon driven back by the Rus
sian fire. but -was foou driven back by the Rus
fun fire.
Th* general situation is quiet, though Chinese
! report that th« Japanese are strengthening their
i left flank, us if preparing for a turning move
it ; m«»nt.
General Kuropatkin, addressing the troops to
day, said: • .
You must never allow yourselves to retreat.
Even In the case of the Emallest detachment,
having once formed a plan, it must be carried
ont to the end.
Harbin, Dec 25. Chinese from the south say
that th.* Japanese have brought 50,000 Chinese
Into Southern Manchuria, but have great diffi
culty in feeding them. They also say that the
Japanp;^ hav<« prepared a thousand four-wheeled
carte with iron shields In front and on the sides,
which are to be pushed by soldiers and which
ire to carry rapid fire and machine guns ■
Some frozen Japanese have been founl In
abandoned trenches. There is the greatest
activity In Harbin, whei-e th*> Russians are
building enlarged bathj, churches and a hos
pital.
BALTIC SHIPYARDS BUSY.
Admiral Birileff Hope3 to Have Third
Squadron Ready Soon.
It Petersburg. Dec. 25.— Admiral Birileff is
quoted nn saying that aH the shipyards In the
Baltir are working day and night, and that the
Iron will go out in two sections. The
! pledgee himself to have the first eec
hk-h will include the Senlavln, the
Aprax:n. the Vshatyoft. the Nicholas 11, and the
•flf. ready by February, and the second,
<ng of the Slava. the Alexander II and
t»e Fa-nyat Azova a little later.
RUSSIAN DESTROYER AT ALGIERS.
Algiers. Deo. 2g. — The Russian, destroyer
Prouzitelny has arrived here.
RIOTING IN POLAND.
Russian Regimental Commander Is
Killed by Workmen.
n&zom. r.usfian Poland. Dec. 25.— After the
aidnight mass at the Roman Catholic Cathe
dral, a crow:! of workmen paraded the streets,
'""Tying red flag*. The military authorities
'a trying to disperse them were received with
•sots, and a serious encounter followed, in
•faich th* comma of the 2Gih Regiment
*•• lulled and a gendarme was wounded. One
« the rioters was killed.
COUNCIL THANKS PRINCE GALITZIN.
Xotco-sr's Mayor Maintains Firm Attitude
Regarding Reforms,
-'ic^coW, Dec Members c; the council as
sembled the City Hal! here to-day for the
Purpose i)t thanking Prince 'Jaiitzin, Mayor of
Mos'ow-J for his attitude !:i favor of reforms.
rince GalStzin, who was warmly received, said
<r -*t he had only done his duly as a Russian
tftiztn, »M that be was persuaded h*> was
Hading on firm giourid in supporting the re
j orir! » RUggestcd by Ihe council, whose action
*ou)d .•?:••' • the approval of the Russian people.
ttt,. 0 ?? 01 ' 1 ' 3 '*' 1 **>' u>"3»rißu >"3»riR thr. members of the
V r ""' Bt *nd io»ether. saying that by unity
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SEVEN DEAD IN WRECK.
SOUTHERN TRAINS CRASH.
Officials Say Operator's Mistake
Caused Collision,
Louisville, Dec 25.— The passenger train, whioh
left St. Louis at 9 o'clock la*t night on the
Southern Railway ran head-on. Into the passen
ger train leaving Louisville about the same
hour near Mauds Station, IIL, to-day. One
passenger and six employes were killed, and two
passengers and eight employes were slightly in
jured. The dead are:
BOWKS, . engineer. Princeton. Ind.
HOGAN. H. D.. mall clerk. Georgetown. IniL
HOSKIX. Henry, employe. Tenneson. Ind.
HUDSON. John, employe.
ML XT. c-har!ps. flr»man. Princeton. Xnd.
SCHMIDT. Charles. Central!*. II!.
UNDERWOOD, — . section foreman, Princeton. Ind.
St. Louis-Louisville and St. Louia-Knoxville
sleepers were drawn by both trains, but none
of the passer-get"? in these, four cars were in
jured. Both engines were badly damaged and
four coaches destroyed.
The collision occurred between Mount Carmel,
111., ant. Princeton, Ind.. and, according to the
Southern Railway officials, was caused by tho
failure of the operator at Browns. 111., to de
liver to the eastbound train en order naming
a meeting point for the trains.
FIRES SUFFOCATE FOUR.
Three Smell Blazes in Philadelphia
— Eight Rescued.
Philadelphia. Dec. 2~>.— Four men were suffo
cated and eight persons were rescued from fire
in three different parts of the city early to-day.
At a boarding house- at No. 1,545 Wood-st.
Charles McCuSjter, aged forty-four years; Jameg
Merry, forty-eight year?, and Joseph McGiU.
twenty-four years, died in a trap made by
themselves. Aiainst the wishes and the knowl
edge of their boarding house keeper the three
men took n. quantity of whiskey to their room.
They placed on of two beds in tho apartment
against the doo- to prevent interference by the
boarding house keeper.
After the mei had retired a lighted candle
fell from the juuitle on the greasy working
clothes of one of the boarders. Th« clothing
ignited, and tie room was soon filled with a
thick smoke. McGill was awakened by the.
smoke, hut waj unable to move the bed from
the deinr. The boarding house keeper discov
ered the smoke and when the room was broken
into MeCluskei and Merry were found dead.
McGil! died sooi after b«lng removed to the hos
pital.
At No. 1,136 Fntrmount-ave.. Edward Nnth
tine, aged abouttwenty-flve. years, and believed
to be a resident of New-Jersey, wa-p also suf
focated. It is btitevsi ho set the bed clothes
on fire with a lirhtM cigar, and in trying to
leave the room crawled Into a closet by mis
take.
The occupants t/l a house at No. 4.226 Ger
mantown-ave. were more fortunate. The prop
erty loss by the fir> st this pla-c* wa«< greater
than at the other two houses, but. Mrs. David
Dean and the oth'rr members of her family
were cither rescued by flr»men or Euveri them
selves] by Jumping from Madam. They suf
fered much from exposure a* a driving snow
storm was prevailing at th? time.
HAYTIANS GO TO PRISON.
Heavy Sentence?, In posed in Fraud
ulent Bond Case.
Port-au-Prince, Haytl, D«c 25.— accord
ance with the verdict o' the jury in the. trial
of the fraudulent bond case, the court acquits
Hebard Roy; former Minister of Finance., and
two high official*; condemns Vilbrun GulUaume,
former Minister of Wa-. to penal servitude for
life; th» high officials :>f the National Bank of
Hayti are sentenced o four years' imprison
ment, and two sons of former Prudent Sam.
M. Gedeon, a former Minister, and 'Saint Vic
tor, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, to three,
years' imprisonment each. Judgment against
those persons: who are in contempt will b» pro
nounced later.
The. tria! grew out of an act of the Haytian Con
gress of ISO2 nmhoriziig the consolidation of the
national debt in a bon.l ssue of about $6,000,000. and
an additional $213,282, o bo paid the bank for
financing the deal. Before the transaction was
completed the government of President Nord cam*
into power. The bank «fn>lals were imprisoned a
y^ar ago on charges of "inspiring with th* Secre
tary of thr Treasury in fraudulently issuing from
$200,000 to SB.V-.000 in bones, and of alleged bribery.
The trial began on November 28. and of the
thirty-three persons accused, amonc whom were
«-x-Pr»sident Sam, thirteen were present, the others
having fled.
BRYAN MEETS LEADERS.
Announcement of Scheme for Re
capture of Party EiVpccted.
fur TEi.EotiArK ro the TKiprvß.l
I.inooln. Neb., I,)ec. 25.— William Jennings
Bryan ard two dozen Democratic politicians of
State renown held a secret meeting in the office
of Judge Tibbettf. at this place, last night, the
meeting Mng railed, according to announce
ment, for forming an organization of Democrats
presuintMv for the purpose of reorganizing tho
Democratic party.
Those attending have always worked under
the Hi van banner, and Bryan presided at last
night's m^dt ng. Although nothing wan given
out from tht meeting, it is said that a new
scheme was formulated ■which will soon be
sprung on the public and which will have as its
object the recapture of the party by Bryan
MANY ARRESTED AT COCKING MAIN.
Twenty-two Men Taken with Drawn Re
volvers in New-Hampshire Town.
Plaistow, N*. H., Dae. 26.— 0n« of the. most suc
cessful raids ever made, in Southern New-Hamp
shire was accompllshfd In the "Westvilli; district
of th*> town to-day, when officers interrupted a
eoefctag rain and arrested twenty-two of a party
of twenty-three men. One man escaped, and a
warrant has been issued for hin arrest. Five birds,
one of them dead, were taken.
Six officers, with revolvers drawn, surrounded
■ty and marched their prisoners to the Town
Tta!!, where they wen- arraigned and later locked
up pending a hearing 10-morrow.
IRON IN LIFE BUOY AT VICTORIA.
Stir Among Shipping Men Over Apparent
Scandal on Pacific Coast.
Victoria, li C. Dec. £»• "A sensation has been
en used ntnong shippmg men here by the discovery
by ikr.v:i of ai'ieci- of iron concealed In the
fork of : , life buoy token from n local steamer for
repair*. Th* Iron »a» s'fininclv placed there to
make 'he buoy's weight equal to the iaw - » require
i.-.rr.ic
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THE HOPE OF RUSSIA: A DIVISION OF THE BALTIC FLEET AT PORT SAID
WATCHED BY EGYPTIAN PATROL BOATS.
KAVARTW. BISSOI \-ELTKT.
One division of the Baltic fle^t arrived nt Vert Said nt dawn on November 24. remaining until dawn next • day. It consisted of
twenty-one vessels all told, two battleships, three cruisers, seven destroyers, five colliers and four transports, the wholo under the
command of Rear Admiral Volkersam. In th° battleship Pissoi Veliky. —(The Graphic.
SHARE IN EVANS ESTATE
MRS. HENDERSON HAD IT.
Assigned Before Death, 'Tis Said —
Heir's Hunt, for Bonds.
Hohokus, X. .1., Dec. -Creditors of Mrs.
Juliette C. Henderson who were shouting
yesterday that her death had revealed .-mother
Chadwfck case were somewhat calmer to-day,
and til* real facts were learned to be that, while
Mrs. Henderson bad a number of outstanding
bills, she had had at one time considerable prop
erty, and was speaking the truth when she snld
s'.ie was a beneficiary of the estate of Di Evans,
th« American dentist who made a fortune In
Paris. Sh° had assigned her interest in this
estate sonio time »ig". it is said, and had been
living on .'.n Income, whicb reused at her d»nth.
Mrs. Henderson was 8 sister of Charles Enos,
of this place. He had little to do with her,
however, as he and Wr husband were not ov»r
friendly. Mr. Enoa says that at on* time hi?
sister had an income ranging from SlO.OOO ■■
115,06(1 a ;,ear. Vhf stj* i'i nJiish -iUe lived
here was only in keeptng with such an in
come. Mr. Enos thinks tint his hi" believed
some of th" bills now presented had been paid.
Charles En^s. jr.. the solo belt under »he will,
will make a farther search of the bouse for the
strong box in which It is supposed th^re in a
lot of Texas and Pacific Railroad bonds, but
which has not been discovered.
Russell Henderson, tho husband of Mrs. Juliet
C Henderson, was a nephew of Thomas Hen
derson and John Henderson; who founded the.
firm of Henderson Ilroth^rs and were th" Ameri
can agents of the Anchor Line. They aro now
dead. Russell Henderson was never a member
of the arm, but some people used to think so.
His father was a member of the firm of D. & W.
Henderson, shipbuilders. In Glasgow.
SYRACUSE GIRL MISSING.
Colorado Police Thinks She Mail Be
Murder Victim.
Colorado Springs, | . '■ \n entirety new
clew, and one considered Important by Chief of
Police Reynolds, i,as developed In the murder
mystery on Mount Cutler. The clew romes
from Syracuse, M. v.. where ii Is learned thai a
girl named Kemter is misßlnr. The girl came
to Colorado Springs some time ri^" and In Oc
tober a check for $200 was senl to her, which
she acknowledged as receiving. Since thnt time
nothing ha.« beer heard from Ivr, .ml her fam
ily believe that she is the victim of the Mount
Cutler murder. Investigation b\ Chief Reyn
olds b'-ingf out the fact thnt the dentistry of
th<^ mi;*--h i; tfisa Kemter tallies exactly with
that of the dead girl, as do also, tlie hair and
height.
A special received from Syracuse to-night Is
to the effect that the family has directed ■> sis
ter of Miss Kemter. who t? now ii California,
to proceed to Colorado Springs at once and at
tempt to locate h«»r sister or Identify the body.
Syracuse, Doc. 25. — Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kcint«"r,
of this city, fenr that the girl who was murdered
near Colorado Springs wns their daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Ho\!ton from whom they hnv" not heard
since Octobers. Th«» motive for murder, they think,
whs robbery, us th« girl wore ;i watch worth Ji f »)
and several valuable diamond rings. She has trnv
ei!»ri for a drug firm In th« Went, bnt the parents
did not know the name.
The Syracuse girl was married at the age <jf nine
teen, but has not lived with her husband In two or
three years. Six- is twenty-three years old.
FATAL FALL AT SHERRY'S.
Elevator Man Leaves Moving Car
and Tries to Get on Again.
David Horgan, thirty-two years old. employed
at Sherry's as an elevator man, fell from the
fifth floor to th.} basement In the elevator shaft
yesterday morning and was instantly kill.-d.
Horgan was asked to take a package up to tho
fifth floor 'in a slow freight elevator, on the
Forty-fourth-st. side of the hoteL When he
reached the fifth floor he opened the door, and,
without stopping the elevator, jumped off with
the Intention of delivering the package and get
ting back before the elevator passed the Boor.
The elevator was moving at a very slow pace,
but Horgan delayed too long. When he at
tempted to get on the car after it had gone up
several feet paM the floor he slipped and fell
through the opening between the floor and the
car and down the shaft to his death.
POSTMASTER LOST IN THE WOODS.
[BY TCI.'-'.RAPH TO THE THIHt.NEI
Syracuse, r><>.\ 25.— Edmund Pendleton, postmaster
of Star Luk-, has been missing since Tuesday,
when he l»>f t the house without hat or coat. He
was seen that nißht nt the Windfall Hotel, twelve
miles from his home. It '« though! that he wan
dered into th" wools » mJ Perished. Many woods
ucn are looliinj; for him.
BOMBS SCARE FAMILIES.
Explosives of Italian Make Wreck
Glass in Store Front.
Two explosions, one following the other quick
ly, in the vestibule Of th" Ptore of Moses Israel,
at No. 1,882 Thlrd-ave., early last night, de
stroyed a plate glass window on each side of
the vestibule, the glass In the doors and the
transom light over the entrance. The Israel
family and Julius Rnrroid and his three daugh
ters fled from their apartments on the second
and third floors. Persons ran to th« spot, from
ail directions, and when several policemen and
detective-* arrived they had much difficulty In
calming the residents of the neighborhood.
many Insisting that two bombs had been thrown
in an attempt to wreck the building.
The police quieted the fears of the Israel and
Baxreld families, and then set about trying to
find out what caused the explosions and who
the guilty persons were. From scraps of torn
paper picked up in the vestibule the detectives
thought bombs used by Italians In fireworks
Nad been set off mccidentany. The pieces of
wjp^r founi were pan« of Italian Yio^spnper*!
Israel said he had many Italian customer*,
but he had not been threatened and he could
think of nobody who might seek violent re
venge, He paid he- had had trouble a few days
ago with an Italian woman who wanted to ex
change for other article* two hats, but the
hats showed signs of having been worn and
he refused to receive them. Ha said she mut
tered fis she left the store, but he did not think
she bad threatened him.
FIGHTS THREE THUGS.
Builder Held Up and Robbed Near
Railroad Cut.
Attacked by three desperate negro thugs. An
drew R. Walnwrlght, a well known builder, of
Blxth-ave. and Slxty-fourth-st.. Brooklyn. had
.-■ desperate light for bis life on the edge of the
deep railroad cut at Slxth-ave. and Sixty-fifth
st. early yesterday morning. As a result of
his exciting experience, Mr. Walnwright spent
Christmas Day In the Norwegian Hospital, badly
bruised and with a deep < ut on his bead,
"Wainwright was on his way home when he
was suddenly attacked by the men, who sprang
from behind a fence. It was nearly - o'clock
in the morning" and nobody was near who could
have responded to his cries for help. Th" build
er, realizing that he was in for a fight unless
he tamely acceded to the demand] for a large
sum of money he had in his pocket, struck one
of his assailants In the face Then he knocked
down another, but In another minute th» thre»
negroes were all attacking him. As they rolled
over and over In the snow Wain Wright's solo
thought was thai the thugs wanted to roll him
down the embankment onto the tracks of the
Sea Beach Railroad, forty feet below. One of
the negroes finally drew a knife and cut the
builder in the forehead. This stunned him. and
the negroes went through his pockets, taking
some jewelry and ?">O in cash.
Walnwright finally revived and made his way
slowly to the Port Hamilton police station, a
mile away. There an ambulance was called to
take the Injured man 10 the hospital, and do
tectives were senl out to look for his assailants.
Detective Waring and Patrolmen Dowling and
Card later arrested two negroes, whor» "VV'aln
wright at the hospital said resembled two «>i ms
assailants. The prisoners, who described them
selves as George Uobba, of No. 1,802 Prospect
Race, and Thomas Smith, of Btxty-flftb-st., near
Slxth-ave., will be arraigned In court to-day.
ITALIANS HEM IN POLICE.
Revolvers Are Draxcn Against Riot
ous Crowd in Harlem.
shots were fired Inst night L»y some
body In a group of young Italians In East One
hundred-and-ninth-M.. between Second axid
Third aves.. and Dfeteetives Tpton and. O'Grady
charged the crowd and arrested Pasquale Na
],(.ll. twenty years old. In ills possession, the
detectives say. a loaded revolver was four.d.
When the detectives were leading their pris
oner away they wtfre followed by a squad of
sevehiy-fivs men and boys.
The crowd closed about the detectives, who
drew their revolver*. The weapons did not
scare the crowd, which was becoming riotous.
The detectives, being hemmed to. blew their
whistles and called two patrolmen to their as
sistance. Then they arrested John (iallini. sev
enteen years old. Napoll was charged with re
sisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon,
and Galllni WSJ accused Of interfering with an
officer.
QUICKEST LINE TO CLEVELAND.
I^«-e New York 5:32 p m . arrive Cleveland 7:16
next morning. Cincinnati 1-30 r m., Indianapolis 3:00
p. m.. St Louis 915 p. m by .\>w York Central.
Fine Service. No excess r*re.-Advt.
VICTIM OF HIGH LIVING.
DODGE'S HEALTH GONE.
Kaffenburgh, with Him When He
Tried to Escape, Won't Talk.
The holiday yesterday brought a lull In the
Dodge-Morse affair, which will not continue to
day, however, as District Attorney Jerome arid
some of his assistants expect to be at their
offices most of the day preparing a case for the
grand jury. Abundant materiel for such a case
exists in the confession which Charles F. Dodge
made, late on Friday night, and he will be asked
to repeat his story to the grand Jury. Following
the action by this body, proceeding? by the Bat
Association against certain lawyers active in
the case ar« predicted, although District At
torney Jerome denied yesterday that he had
asked the Bnr Association to r-ik» up this c^se.
node spent a quiet day at th* Grand Cen
tral Hotel, receiving no visitors Sa 1 th n Dis
trict Attorney, who was closeted with him for
more »ban an hour, f>.»l^-' ■>• in poor health,
and 'Js now under a physician's ciire. receiving
medical trentment for acute stomach trouble.
According to those who were In close touch
with his movements during th« time he was
"In retirement" in Te.xa*. Dodge bad unpar
alibied facilities for indulging in riotous living,
for which his previous llf? had given him i
taste, and this fr^dom. to which h*r wns urged
by associates there, led to a wrtotw condition,
bordering on srenrral nervous breakdown.
DODi'.E STII.L UNDER GUARD.
Around Dodge yesterday were the guards on
whom the District Attorney and his counsel.
James W. Osborne. are relying to prevent unduly
attentive visitors from annoying the man who
has l>e*n divorced, remarriel by legal process
mid divorced again, with much legal procedure
In which he was represented by lawyers whom
h ft now disown?. Detective Sergeant Jesse, of
Mr. Jerome's staff, was with htm for several
hours, while Detective Bergeaal Hammond wns
with him all day. Dodge spent the entire day
In his rooms, much of It reading and sleeping.
District Attorney Jerome was tiling ••> dis
cuss the case. He denied a statement attributed
to him th;-.t since the bringing back of Dodge
he had asked the Bar Association lo tak^ up .i
case aca.inst certain lawyers who have appeared
prominently In the legal tangle, ii was Teamed
that the District Attorney's office had considered
this phase before Dodge came here, and if such
action was tnken it was before Drx!:;e's con
fession.
James W, Osboine, counsel for r>o,iij.» declared
that be would hHve not the si lection
to Dodge's testifying before the « ;r:»*h<] Jury,
nnd he heii-n^i Dodge would make an excellent
witness.
"I understand that Mr. JeTOtne will caU the
Grand Jury on Wednesday in connection with
this case." said Mr. Osborne. "If he d--es and
wishes my client to appear as - i am
free to say tli.it I shall not have the slightest
objection, and I believe that Dodge will tiii a
straight s:tor>, \\ith mighrv pertinent facts.
Fre\ lo.is to this case he whs known ;is a truth
ful man, of good reputation, and I think jrtmt
develops will put him in that lij:>it agall
-•■.>uit:e. I'm Interested in no preaecvjtlons, except
any which might be begnn rnr**mi Dodge. l"in
acting only as his lawyer, and my only duty is
to free him Of the charge of perjury whi.h was
brought against him. I think I've about done
my work, too. Any reports that I ever
for Charles W. Morse are ridiculous. I never
saw him." /
Abraham H. Kaffenburgh, of Howe & Hum
mel, the lawyer who was with Dodge for m
\' eeks in Texas, nnd Wai with the latter in a
tug when the prisoner was attempting to run
away to Mexico anil was captured, would not
talk about the case yesterday. H- refused to
answer specific questions about points supposed
io have been made by Dodg»> In iiH conf<
He would not u 11 win- fin Mis firm to
act f>>r Dodge. No action was contemplated hv
himseli" or his firm against Dodge, so far as he
knew. Abraham 11. HummeL head of the firm
could not be aaejL
Mr. Osborne believed that the Kar Association
would take up some details of the Dodge- Mors*
legal entanglement, but he felt that thV
not be done until Mr. Jerome's investigate ■
completed.
District Attorney Jerome visited Dod,;
last night. He left the hotel after staying an
hour and a uuarter. He would say nothing
about the case.
A member oi the grievance committee of the
Bar Association said that tho Bar Association
had taken no action regarding lawyers men
tioned in connection with tho Dodge-Mom
tanglement. Tho association was prepsu
receive a communication from the District Ar
torney, .or meet and eettsuli him. If he should so
d.-sin\ but he (the conunitteeman) understood
that the Distri.-t Attorii--^ it^sire to
• ■ in thf n;:ttter.
AN ADEQUATE PASSENGER SERVICE.
IS trains to Buffalo. 14 to Xi aS nra Falll U to
Cleveland. S to (.incinnatt. « t o ■».-. j , MII v u m
Detroit and 13 to Chicugo via SV« York i'c-Ttr-il
ar.d Wen Shore Rallroads.-Advt? L >- ntra i
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CHRISTMAS SNOW-WHITE.
TRAFFIC IS IMPEDED.
About Five Inches of Snozc at Night
and More to Come.
No green Christmas portended" fat churchyards
for the coming year. Shortly after noon there
began the nearest approach to a blizzard that
the city has seen this winter. The storm came at
first as a little flurry of snow. It gradually be
came more severe until at 1 p. m.. twenty-five
minutes after the snow began, the velocity of
the wind was nineteen mlle^ art hour. .This in
creased as the afternoon wore on. and by 8
o'clock the wind was howling through the down
town street canyons with a. thirty-mlle-an-hour
velocity, accentuated by occasional lulls that
made the resumption of the higher velocity seem
greater than it really was.
At 10:30 p. m. the official snowfall was *«•
tween four and five Inches, with apparently
plenty more to come. This was drifted by the
high wind into window?, often a foot or mor»
in depth. The streetcar lines early prepared
for trouble, and got out their great revolving
broom snowploughs, which were kept ?olng
while the snow continued. The weather report
called for continued precipitation to-day.
The fall of snow was considerably above tha
snow removal contractor's minimum of two
inches, but the work o? beginning Its removal
was not begun last night. To-day will be gen
erally observed as a holiday, since Christmas
fell on Sunday. The snow contractor said, how
ever, that he would have his men out this morn
ing, and that the several thousand men ant*
trucks would begin the battle of opening th*
streets bright and early. He would get the main
arteries clear of the snow, so that team« will
have very little difficulty to-morrow, hf =iald,
when the city once more resumes business iXter
its two days of rest.
Traffic was not Impeded last night on ths
Manhattan surface lines to any extent. The ele
vated road's protected and exposed third rail
furnished a modified fireworks display, and up
in The Bronx the Union Railway was subject t<»
little more than its normal delay?.
Oren Root, jr.. said last evening that the car«
of the Manhattan surface lines were running on
schedule time, and had not been interfered with
by the storm. A fortunate circumstance was
that the passenger traffic last night was v»ry
light.
Forecaster Emery said lat» last night lhat
the snowstorm would probably last through th»
night. He said there had been snow and rain
as far West as Michigan, and ih» temperature
wa? below freezing through this State. At Al
bany yesterday morning the temperature was
at zero, and it was below zero In sections of
the New-England States. It was also bafeii
freezing in th«> Middle West, and 12 degrees be
low zero at Montana.
Although the schedules on all th» lines w=>r*
disarranged, and some of the trips were dis
continued, th*» storm did not seriously inter
fere with th- trolley and elevated traffic in
Brooklyn up to a lute hour but night. The
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company got Us sweep
ers an! Highs out early, and they said tha
lines would all be ol#tt by to-day.
At the Grand Central Station last evening It
was STid th.it rrnny trains had been delayed by
the storm. The train fr"m Buffalo du» at 5 \Z>
o'clock, m as two b^urs and twenty minutes laS«\
and other trains were from an hour and, t°n
minutes to an hc.ir and a half late.
Officers -cf the Street, Cleaning Department
said last night that the work of clearing th*»
streets of snow would begin this morntriEr.
Three thousand men will be put to work in tha
principal streets.
The storm caused zreir delay to trolley and st~am
roads on bong IsMnd. Trains from far oat on Ix-r.s:
tstnrid Wfr? • spoct^d to be hours behind titn* to-d.-»y.
Th.- latmjr Island Railroad Company sent out nin*
big wptonaeji Into teat night in an effort, to get
it? tracks clear. The trolley compantes also sent
OUI plough*.
SLEIGH SHAFT PTJNCTUHES LUNG.
Man Blinded by Storm Is Struck by &oa
away Horse May Not lire.
Christopher Lawrence, of Xo. 361 ?omh F"r>urth
st.. Brooklyn, wu knock"*! down and seriously In
jured by . runaway Morse attached to a sl^iarh at
Ptvision-ave. arid Hooper-st.. that boroua:- hit
night. Ore of th.- shafts struck Itawftttce ir. itiei
ch*st. fracturing several ribs, and causing tatemml
injuries. The left Jung was punctured. As Law.
ri^nce lav prti?tmte in the snow the horse trrtm
pl»d on him. llr saM he had .its hat pulled down
over his eyes to battle with the storm, and did no*
bear or see the horse coming.
STORM AUTO'S" ON RUNNERS.
The unusual sight of automobiles on runnrrs
was observed about Hempetead and the Merriclc
■Road yesterday. A portable steel runner, which
somewhat resembles a half iron tire was fast
ened m the outside of the front wheels of th*
automobiles, which were firmly fastened to th"»
axles to prevent then) from sliding. The re«r
wheels were not touched with the exemption of
a covering of very thin sheet iron, to prevent
the Ice from puncturing the Urea
Steel prongs extended from the thin loiertug;.
whi-h enabled the whee's to obtain a purchase
on the prow and Ice. However, when t»om»
of the enthusiastic sleighing automobl!ist3 had
pwncturwl tiros on the sharp points of ica
h«»?i*)rtth the snow, the sport was found too »\
pensive.
EIGHTEEN BELOW IN WASHINGTON CO.
Fort Edward. N. Y.. Dec. Zx— Followlnc several
days of warn weather, which meite<i the sno/l and]
gave Washington County a grren Christmas, a cov.l
« »V«, nccompimifd by a hish wind, struvk her^
to-Uay and carried the temveraturc down to 13 de
trre^s below zero.
FIGHT FIRE AT 20 BELOW ZERO. '
»;jruirv r. Mo.. Der. 25.— While the thermometer
registered 20 degrees below zero to-day the Fire IV*
partm^n' was called to a .Ire UmM gutted th« tw»
tower floors of the Opera Hmm block, dt-stroyln^
the clrygooils stork S. S. Smith & Co. The total
103S i.. fJO.^t. The bio. k is owned by Mrs. Benjaaln
Johnson.
AWOX|: TO FTXD NEGEC.
Girl's Father. Coming to Her Rescue. Seri
ously Wounded.
[8T TUI.KOBAPH TO 'H.: TRIBUNE. |
Baltimore. Dec. 3.— Annie Kon«lski. s>>xt»eT\
years old. who.»»» father. Staneslous Kanelsk!.
sixty- yea/s o!d. l.i u tenant on the Kntsht
farm. Brooks Hill, near this city, swoke about
2 o'clock tliU morning and was »tartl#d to see' a,
negro po'ntiny a pistol at her head. He told her
that if ?h«> Rttrri he- v.-ouM shoot, hut the xirl
•cream«d and awakened her father In anetWr
room. The ne^ro ran do^ii th-> «ta!r^ ai-.a hii hi
the patitry.
Ko:ie!skl fnlljwcd. but us h? entered ;h» i}in:n
room th" rtryni ftreoi at him. The old trt:in MU
seriously wounded, .mil the nrcro escaped. Th«»
Sir", lu h*r r.lcrh! rolv. run t^rovtrh a >lp?t -,~f\
sni">w ntorm to .1 :.<M3hbnr"s ind gav» :he -»la»Tn.
Tfte wounded fiiher wa> removed to a. ho^p'f»lj
H.- says he kacus the negro, who was *mn~i :.-