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NUMBER 3854 WASHING WASHLTON CONTH1JRSDAY > THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 29 1 1904 04 PRICE ONE > CENT
t S GAPT CAPTAIN AlN AND GREW
ARE YET ABOARD
ILLFATED SHIP qmn owr
Tug T gH4s Has Fastened Fqs enedHaw Haw
s sfer er r to the Steamer
IT f V Drumelzier Di
LIFEBOATS OF NO USE
Ar Any iy Attempt ttemptat at Rescue RescueJust JVlust
Await Subsidence o f f
Wind and Wave
PATCHOGUE L I Dec 29 2The The
Drumelzier Drume IZier ± Ier is isrestlng resting more more quietly this
morning morning in the outer bar threequarters thre qu rters
of ofamUe a a mile off Fire I Island laI1q Point
The captain and crew are are still on
board and can be seen seenscurryingab scurrying about ut
the ice iceclad l clad ddecks decks over overwhich which the seas sea I
are ar still st illashing washing
The tug tiIgw which hlchwas was seen s een alongside last
night has fastened a hea heavy hawser to
the Drumelrier Dr1ime1 er which is is reported to
have steam up uj and may remove the
captain and crew
Lifeboats of fNo No Use
The surf continues too high to permit ermlt rmit
the lal1nchingQr launching of the the lifeboats No N at ¬
tempt to tocomm communicate tmi ate with the Drumel ¬
zier zie zz in in that way wa yma may be b made today
It is impossible imp s5ibl to learn the extent tent
of damage to tc fthe ft fthe e vessel
It is Isbellev believed beIIe edsl1 ed she is isin in bad b d condition L i
and an d that no no aftempt ft Pt to tofioat float her can be b l
made before me t the sea seasubside subsides sufficiently sufIlcIentl
to permit the th i J lightening of o the cargo
This however cannot be accomplished I I IThls
until more favorable r orabIe weather follows olIow I
and lighters ligbt rs arrive rti rr1e from the th city i
The crew on oI board last night suffered I
extreme hardships hardshipsby by the water which I
rilled l1ed ih the cabin and by the th intense cold
The greatest greatest difficulty dlfi cult is sustained In ir
securing s r1ng news from the scene cet of the
wreck 7 k it being beln accessible acc sSibleonh only by teI tele ¬
L phone phonerelas relays over the thirtymile
stretch of o beach to the mainland r alnlaud
Ship S ipIs Is inT inGreatP ip Great Peril ril
The ships sh ps condition is serious in the i
extreme and 1Jtecave llfesavers 1ifesa em marvel znarvelh rnar el how wsh she
has held together toge ther so long under unde i ipe the e ter terr tsr
rifle rificracic rack mcc and strain of the lireaking 1rea break1n king
seas They are re wondering moreover moreover
as q lothe to the he welfare ielfar of the crew and andsc scan n L
Ahet t ctfan i n ha haie ve < beca fCI1irlV 2r1v
en toia to tate ttk ttkreftge refuge r fJZge there
Small refuge it t voald oald be as s every e e er
wave wayeburics buries the t e deck d k as high as the Uu th
bridge and flings spray praycleaIj clean over oV o er r the tht
funnel unnel and andm masts m sts
Fire Island is separated from the
E mainland fuMnland by the Great South SouthBIlY SoxthBa Bay This Th1 i
atretch zstretchof of water is now nQwam a mass m sso s of Ice
and so filled with hummocks and so
churned by the gale ti1atthe that the hardiest
boatman will not xiOtventure venture across it it
Western Union and d Postal Telegraph L
wires have been beencnrrledaway carried away by the tht t
storm and andthere1s therels no means of commu ¬
nication with the mainland except by b
courtesy of the Government telephone t
service to the lifesaving lifesavingstations stations
There is nn unverified rumor rnmor that the
boilers of the Drumelzier rumelzier have worked
loose loosebut but little credence is given to this
as there has ha been b cn no communication
with the vessel
Death Aboard
The Drumelzier Drume Izier has her British en ¬
sign flying at halfmast indicating
there has been some death aboard
Captain Frost of the Oak Island I
X LifeSavIng i Station signaled the ves ¬
sel asking whether wh th r he hecould could do any an ¬
thing for her
Later the Drumelzler hoisted signals
E JV J Jmeaning meaning send life boat to save sav
crew
The Oak Island and Fire Island life
4 saving crews have both started for the thi
t vessel
UNKNOWN SHIPON SHIP ON
DIAMOND SHOALS
NORFOLK Va Dec 29 29Lffesavlng 29Lifesav1n Lifesaving I
crews from Cape Hatteras Klnnakeel
and Creeds Hill Stations on the North Nort
Carolina coast oast started off this morning g
to the unknown Jake lumber laden a
steamer stranded on Diamond Shoals
The ship with which whic h hnocom no nocom communica munica
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THE WEATHER WEATHERREPORT REPORT
The western storm has passed down dow r
the St Lawrence Valley and Is appar ¬ I
ently moving eastward over the Atlani Atlas L
tic Pressure Is low along the northern I
boundary i there being being1 a marked depres j I
sion along the north Pacific PaciticCoast Coast and an i
B second one in the Canadian North L
west
An area of high pressure Is moving movin g I
eastnortheast over the lower Mississip i
pi Valley Yal v
Light snow snow has fallen fail en in the lower OWE r 1
lake region and rain in Pacific Coast Coa i
States Statcsnorth north of ocentral central California i
It is decidedly colder in Atlantic Coast Coa ti I
districts Tom from Florida to New England I
and temperatures are rising in the Mis Mi 5 1
souri > ouri Valley and the Northwest Except Excet tF f
for light snow flurries in the lower lake ial e J
region the weather will be fair tonight tonIght tonig tt
and Friday Fridayn In all parts J of o the Washing ¬
ton forecast district
Cold weather will continue In Atlantic c
Coast districts dIstrktstonlght tonight and Friday but by tt
It will be warmer tonight In the Ohio OhI
Valley and lower low r Mississippi Valley
and warmer Friday In the east Gulf Gu
States Florida the Ohio Valley YaIle and an d
the lower lake region
TEMPERATURE i
9 l a m 22 j I
12 12noon noon 28 1
1 1 lprrt p m J 31 g ii
2 p m 23 fi
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE TElIPERA nE
Registered 4tt1e Afflecks sStandnrc1 Standard Thermometer Th > nno eter
9 a m 25 b
12 noon vv i 22 2
i i
1 p m 2 23 is
2 p m 37 IT
THE SUN i
Sun sets today toda 443 t
Sun rises tomorrow 71 719 I
TIDE TABLE TABLE
High FIightid tide e today todayl22P 122 pm p n a
Low tide today 801 p m a r
High tide tomorrowl43 tomorrow u lt3a a m 220 22 Q p m n 1 l I
I Low ow tide t1detomorrow tomorrow tomorrOW21 S21 21 a m 305 9O p m a l j
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BECKWITH B DYING
IN UBERLIN HOME
HIS PRIDE BROKEN
Dupe D upe of Mrs Chadwick Cha dwick
in Utter Discour ¬
agement
FEELS F EELS KEEN DISGRACE
Attorneys A Wor V king to toOb Ob ¬
tain tam 40000 for Their
Accused AccusedCHent Client
CLEVELAND CLEVE Dec DCc29 29 Crushed Crnsh d In L
spirit spIrit sp irit and broken brokenin in health and andrtune fortune
C T Beckwith the elderly president of o ot
the th e defunct Oberlin Citizens National
Bank B ank is i in a critical criti condition con d tion the vic ¬
tim ti m of deception
Beckwith his hisfrlends friends fear can live m
but b ut a few more days da s Callers who have t
visited vi sited him as he h lay moaning and weep ¬
ing la g In his bed at his Oberlin home are
surprised s by the change in his condi ¬
tion
Beckwith B ckwith Is unconscious most of the th
time ti me and is only onlyrevived revived with difficulty <
His Nerves Shattered
Since the exposure df his hisconri connection riUon t
with w ith ith Mrs Chadwick the banker once t
proud p roud and self selfesteemed esteemed has been fail ¬
ing lr tg His nerves have been shattered
Sleepless Sleeplessnightsaz nights arid ddays days crowded
with vc ith racking rac king worry worr conspired to upset
his his hissound h is sound physical condition eonditionuntil until today
jhe he h e is but a pathetic s shadow of his for ¬
mer m er self
President Beckwith was one of Mrs
Chadwicks C1adwickslatest C latest but most gullible
dupes d upes As president of the Oberlin 1
bank b ank he met Mrs Chadwick ChadWl k through his h1 3
cashier c Spear
On the theRe Reynolds nolds certificate ce rtificate and a t
sight si ght of th the Carnegie note for 250000 250000
Beckwith BeckwithU B eckwitn It Is alleged was waS Jnduced to tt
lend le nd the thewoman woman woman 102000 of his own
money m oney a arid rid 240000 o of the money of the th
I bank b ank
Both BothB Beckwith ckw 1thand and Spear are e now now un
der der d er bail on nFedera11ndictments Federal Indictments for hav na ¬
ing Irtgwreckedho in g wrecked the bank barik i
May Get Bail for Her
While 11UJ wiw th Plb thc hankerdupe banker r djipe peL is l thy th n gaz L
death d eath the attorneys attorne S torthe for the wo ¬
man m an are arranging arran ng to free Tier hei
on O fl bail b J P Dawley Mrs
Chadwicks C counsel it is said has in ¬
duced du d uced ed a a bonding company to furnish 1
40000 40000 4 bail for her
Dr Allan McLane Hamilton the th
alienist a has written for the Cleveland I
Press P ress an an analysis of Mrs Chadwick
The T he article Is copyrighted but the therol fol ¬
lowing lowingare lo wing are some of the points in the
scientific s study I
An 0 originally ignorant woman who I
came c ame to possess 11 a a highly developed I I
knowledge k of human nature
Her criminal career shows a logical I I
evolution e of o method
Eyes Suggest Degeneration
Her eyes eyessugg suggest t degeneration the tlu I
left le ft being at a lower level than the
ri right ght
The ocular ocu r weakness
gives the
eyes e eye es C
a peculiar shifty expression common i
among a neurotic individuals
Her photographs show a hard cruel crue I
face f ace the jaw suggesting determination I Iface
She exercised the subtlest kind of 0
Intelligence i and
personal Influence was yy
secondary secondar s r
She swindled for the gratification of o I
v vanity anltj and to keep up a kind of appear ¬ I
ance anc n ace
Like Madame Humbert she appears S I ILilte
to t o have been b < en callous sentimental at a t I Ito
times t and always cunning
Her Iermethods methods need not imply the tb e
exrolsc e Of any occult power nor any I
thin thtt4 but the Ilar
peculiar pc personality personam of a t
remarkable r woman
She always exercised an unusually unusuall I
efficient e power of suggestion sug estion
It Is difficult to fin find d in her conduct t
any a ny suggestion of insanity or any an men ¬
tal t al state that would bring with It irre ¬
sponsibility
She Is the product of the twentieth h
century c high finance
SEEKING BAI BAIL j
IN INBALTIMORE BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE Md Id Dec 29 29The The 5
American A Bonding Company has been bee n
approached a to furnisn furnisl15OOO 515000 l5000 bail for ro r
Mrs frs Chadwick ChadwickJIrs Mrs Chadwicks attor attorI atto ¬
neys fl CY5 J J P Dawley Dawle and P D DQuigley Quigley r j i
s said aid In their letter that that th at while the famous s I
woman was in jail she could get no one on e
to t o come to her aid but If she s he could get g t tl J Jto 1o
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out o ut she could get enough m to
money nej en em I ¬ I
a able ble her to settle all clalmsagalnst her he r
The company has not taken any defi I ¬
nite niteactlon n ite action yet As soon as the letter lctt r I Initeactlon
vasreceived was received the bonding company wired wire a
bac back k that It would be glad to furnish ii I Iback
bail if Mrs lrrsChadwlck Chadwick or Tier friends
would secure them In the sum sum of 15000 l50
Negotiations were carried on on all day cia y
y yesterday and at the offices of the bond bon i ¬
Ingcompany ing ngcoxnpany company a a statement stat mcnt as us to o the ulti ult ¬
mate intentions of
the company was Wa
r refused
The matter will not be definitely set zei I ¬
t tled ied until tomorrow
BODY OF OFCOLGIOVE COLGROVE
TO BE BROUGHT HERE r
The Th body bod of Russell Colgrove former lariat r
vice Ice consul general at Canton China < t
who died on Christmas ChrlstmasDay Day at Pekin i
will probably be shipped a to this city for Ic r
burial I Colgrove was the son of James Jam a
B Colgrove or this city eft who was well we Ii
known as a contractor for carrying carryin g
on star routes
Russell Colgrove lived in this city and an d
k aJ many mnn friends triend here He was once en em 1 r rha1
aged in the steamboat business bu lness on the tI
Potomac otomac managing the City CIt of Rich
jond which ran between bctv Cn Washington a I
Colonial Beach
5125 zSTo To Baltimore and Return Return13 5133 I 5 I
Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday and an d
Sunday tickets goon ooci on all trains ex e ¬
cept Congressiona l Limited and nd irood goo a
fpr 9 pr return until Sunday night nlhtAdv Adv
STUTLEB S RESIGNS
SENDS LETTER TO
COMMISSIONERS
May M ay Prefer Charges
e Against Henry H enry L
West W est
WILL W ILL LEAVE AT ONCE
Retir Retiring R etiring ing Official Hints at
Conspiracy to Get Him Him
Out o of f Office
Warner Stutler stutler Stt itler Superintendent Sup iIntendent of
Street StreetClear1in S treet Cleaning this afternoon tendered
his h is resignation to the District Commis ¬
sioners s to t o take effect at once
Commissioner r Macfarland immediately
recommended r that t mt it be accepted
At the same time Mr Sutler SutIergave gave out
an a n interview in which he charges con ¬
piracy sp s ira C on the part bf of several sev erllperso persons nS
whom w hom he does not name to force him
from f rom office
He failed however today toda to an ¬
nounce fl what charges he h would prefer
If any in reta retaliation liation iationagainst against Commis ¬
sioner s Henry L L West who hohe he Inti ¬
mated m ated yesterday was wa responsible respon blefor for
his h is prosecution p osecntion on charges of malad ¬
ministration minlstrationandblackmalI m and blackmail preferred
by b y Royal Robinson
May Prefer Charges
This morning ho h said said sai that as soon
as a s his resignation was accepted he
would w ould prefer charges against Mr West j
and an a nd that these charges would beprer bept i
sented s to the President In his resig ¬
nation nati n atiOn n and his statement tins afternoon
he h e makes no mention of these pro ¬
posed p osed Charges
This morning also he hinted that a
resolution resolutionwould r would be introduced on the
floor fl oor of the Senate by one of his fr friends iends
authorizing a an Investigation of his
j charges c hares a against Commiss CommissIoner ioner West by
a subcommittee of the Senate District Distri t
Committee Co C onunlttee mitt e
This ThisafternooII afternoon he announced that he
would w ould not attempt at empt to t o o2ssume assume the role roe of
private pri p rivate ate prosecutor pro s cutor of any official deem dee m ¬
ing i ng this a duty dut which falls upon those thos
in i n an official authority
MrStutJcs Mr Stuties tatement
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T The e statement ir ni mtde lade de by byMr Mr Stu Stutler r I
this I bis afternoon followed a lengthy lengthycon con ¬
sultation s with his attorneys attorne s Cole
Donaldson D onaldson and ± reads as follows
Pursuant to the verdict of the Com ¬
missioners m lssioners and under the advice of my m
attorneys a Messrs Cole and Donaldson
and a nd some of my friends whom I Ihae have
consulted co c nsulted about the matter I have
handed h anded the Commissioners my resigna ¬
tion ti on as Superintendent of the Street Stre
Cleaning C1 C aning Department of the District or
Columbia C to ta take ke effect at once
1 do net care to make any statement
in I n reference re ference to the verdict reached by
the th e Commissioners except to say that
under n ader the evidence evid < nce they could have ar ¬
rived r at no other result than to 0 exon ¬
erate c rate me me from all the charges brought
by b y Royal Robinson
A Strange Verdict
The he latter attcr part of the verdict in
which W hich they thc request my resignation not ¬
withstanding w the fact that they ac ¬
quitted q tmittd me of all the charges is some ¬
what w hat strange but It is not particularly particularl
surprising surprl s ing to me as I have ha eknown known all
along a long that the
fight to get me out of
the t he office was inspired and encouraged
by b y a certain high official of the District
government goernmf g > rt and certain certain financial inter
efts e sta in the DistrIct who I were < tic cre iiiieresieu interested
in 12 i contracts under my m supervision
As long as I occupied the office of
Superintendent S of Street Cleaning I de ¬
dIned d ined to permit any an of these parties
interested i in contracts from drawing
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any a ny public moneys mone s for work not done by b
them t and in m a great many instances it
was necessary necc sar for me 1n to make frequent
complaints c against these interests I I
which w illc h hwerc were friendly friendl and close clo se to the
official o referred to and the attack made
upon u pon me and the Investigation Inve t1 atlon which I
followed followed f was the direct t result of my
attitude a toward to ward these financial Interests
dejiiing d with the Goernment and andmy my
retirement retir r menl is the direct outcome outcn me of the
situation sItua s tion I IsItua
WellKnown Facts
In reference refe rence to his statements yester ¬
day d ay und today tl kLt at tt he intended to pre ¬
fer f er charges charg cmrrgca tlgain against t Commissioner West
Mr 1r Stutler said sa id
The things to which I refer are well
known to other officials of the general enerdl
Government Govern ment and I have no knowledge knowh > e I
of what the outcome will be be 1 Ido do not
desire nor norshaJl shall I attempt to assume assum
the role of private prosecutor of any an
official That Is a duty which falls upon
those in ofticial authority
Mr West Goes South outh
Commissioner r Vest left Vashlngton
hurriedly l1uaic l last night r ght accompanied by
Mrs West and his family faml1 physician Dr i
H L E Johnson for Black Mountain
N TIL tI where his mother is reported as I
seriously III ill He
may not return for I
several days
Mr Stutlers decision to resign rather
thun than to await removal from office sur ¬
prised pri ed a number numh r of people about the
District building buUcUn 111 His friends However
insixt i that his resignation re lgm tIn under pres ¬
sure will not weaken eaken his position when
he makes the proposed charges against
the CommJ Comm3sloner o sioner
The time allowed Mr Ir Stutler by b the
Commissioners Comrni > slonels in which to resign re lgn ex ¬
pires at 4 oclock this afternoon Jt Is
believed be Ueved his resignation will be accepte d
to t take effect trcct December 31 and that on
Saturday Saturda at noon Warner T Tarner arner Stutier will
l lock his desk and anddeUver deliver the keys of
th the office which he Jl has S occupicf occt ocecyi as
superintendent since 1F97 119
Stidham Will Succecl I
A anticipate d in The Times yesler Y sle
day Harrison Stidham formerly ansistr afsi3 wslat t
ant superintendent of street cleaning In I
York city clt win probably proi > ably assume 1
the office o tl ce at once Owing to toCommis Commis ¬
Wests sudden sudden departure depnrturcheha he has 3 l
110tyet not yet been notified of his appoir ient eat
however
1 i iWILL WILL SUCCEED WARNER STUTLER 1 I
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Choice of the Dis Districlf trict Commissioners for the Important Position of Superin
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L MUlE BEER BUCK
FLEES FLEESFROM FROM ZOO
S Smbo mboNowat lo Now at Large in il
8u Suburban bnrbftll Woods Woo s
HE H E JUMPED A HIGH FENCE
Sri Suflden d Acqtuaiiion tq tqti ti no o f fD Dire i ire re for fa t Free F Fr r ee ¬
dom Due Dne Du e to o Annoyance by
Intrusive Dogs
A new record for highjumping has
been b een established at the theZo Zoological > logical park Park
Sambo S ambo the the finest mule deer buck in the Ul
reservation res re rvation made a flying leap and
cleared cl eared the seven se sevdn n and onehalffootfence
encircling en circling his quarters He Immediately
to took ok to the woods wo ds and nd was chased all
yesterday afternoon and this morning
b by y a small army arm of keepers He Is isstill still
roaming aming at large largesomeWhere somewhere In the
woods oods In the vicinity of Chevy Chase
Lake ake
No No ileer eCr has ever made such a leap
as s this before and the authorities at
the e Zoo are yery very much worried over i
S Sambos ambos performance A seven ana anomie one
half alf foot wire fence has been be nsufficient sufficient
to keep captive all the various kind of i
deer eer up to this time The mule deer Is
not ot a tl jumper in any an sense of the word
HIshome fcfis is home is is upon the prairie and his
record is in the line of speed and not no
jumping mping So when wh n Samba SambJis is brougat
back ack if 11 he ever eeris is it is quite likely likel
that about abouttwchc twelve inches inchr i of wire dre Ire wit wial l be t i
added to his fence fenc
Dogs Do s Sneak Sne kI4toPark Into Park
The cause c use for Sambos Samlo5r remarka marmb1e ble ex e ¬
hibition of highjumping was the old
Lnemy of his race rlccthe the dog Yesterday Yesterda
about noon noontWo two or o r rthree three bad dogs bent
upon pon mischief entered the Connecticut
Acnu A venue entrance of the Zoological ParK
They hey escaped the watchful eye of the
Suard uard and sneaked sneak < d down a path l > ath toward
ihe he center cent r of the park Dogs ar are not
f lowed in tile park and these canines
wtr were ere apparently u anitre nire nre of tnat fact and L i
took one of the pats na not frequently frequ frequntI < nuy
used stl This funs by the home of ambo
which hich is locaud about Jffi yards from L
the he west entrance
For some days Sambo has been in ii L
sole possession po session or the little stable and I
yard ard ardWhich which is generally occupied by b
three or four of his people but in the th
la last ast t week or so hfc hehu has been Somewhat
tyrannical and fought his mates a go gO Kl KlI Kld < Kl i I
d Jcal cal dl So he was separated from KlI the t I
ather mule deer and left all by b himself I
Set Forth Savage Yelps 1
When hen the dogs saw him marching i j
with ith kingly tread up and down beside m
Lne nt fence fenc inclosing inclosIn g his kingdom tiuy tlll i j
aecided ecl ed to have some sport A visitor vlsI c1 i
flaw aw them run up t > against the fence all anDf I
3f f a sudden and let rorth two or throe ti1rc hr t i
r iuvage yelps The mule deer ruihc < l L
cross to the other side of the inclosure I
but ut his persecutors chased hl hin 1 iron t I t
me ne side to t the other oth r untl the buck < oi ni i I
mad ad With ith Hashing ey el Y s riambu > amb Situtr
< L I 1 himself hm cJr oK o1 into tne rniddio midd of tnc tn m I
inclosure and an rushed rus 1ed madly madl at the S i
renc fence ence He leaped highly highl into tne air and andI an I I
cleared it with the exception ot his I s hind liln 1 j
reel eet which struck the top wire and ant I 1 i
roke loose the staples sta i > les in the posts
But ut he landed on the other side without I
x scratch
The dogs did not wait for the battle
ivhlch hlch they th y had invoked but took them th m ¬ I
selves t lve off through the woods Sambo
nade ade a beeline for the entrance and ant 1 I
ntered the woods I
None of the officials of the park saw sa t I
the performance but they quickly dir di ¬
covered the escape of the thebuc buck and a d all n al l
> f the spare keepers were Ere mustered mUst rfd for fat
he chase ch = e
Located Near Tenleytown
Sambo was tracked In the direction of o I
Fenleytown and an his hi pursuers pursu ls came cam
jpon pon him in nthe the woods about bout a half a
n1l from the th park rhe keepers had I
not thought of having any trouble troubl In it I
capturing apttirln the buck but the sweet air ni r
jf f liberty had by b this time pervaded hIs hi
entire n tire system and as soon as ashe he saw sat a r
hem hemcoming coming he hestnrted started off through the th C
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Your grandmother used PIsou PIS I Cure It Is I 3
UU the best be5tremcd remedy for Coughs Ough5Adv A iv
I LABORERS STATUS
IN INCIVIL CIVIL SERVICE
May Tak5 T Th ik k Examination
Working as Clerks
SMALL HOPE OF OFPROMOT PROMOTION N
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Critic 1riticism cr iticiniof ism of Commission Co COlTflI mmission 5Ofl by an n Offic OJiicia1 ii ial i
of tie e Department of f j
Agriculture Agricultureaj aj I
I CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE VIEWS i
I Laborers or doin doing clerical work can
take examination for classified ser s ¬
vice while working wor king for the Gov ¬
I ernment Some are competent but many I ISome
are not bavingbeen Laving been appointed at
the request of a member m embe r rof lof of Con ¬
gress
As a class their mentality is not
I Ias as high as that of clerks cler KS obtained
I by examinations and they are not
I competent to perform duties of
civil service appointee I
Competent men and women omen can ¬
r
not be separated from the incom ¬
petent p tent Extension of law law to cover
these employes e employeswould nployeswou1dmeanadding would mean adding
the names of several hundred un ¬
desirables to the rolls
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i The forgoing are the the views vIe s of the th I
United States Civil Service I Ion
i Commission Commlssi
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If
on o n the proposition to take into the class i f I I
r fled grades gra de hundreds of employes emplesabout about
i the Government departments who are I Ii
I doing clerical work of a high hi h character charact
for which they th are only receving rece recel l ing the le
pay of laborers I
I Members of the commission have been
i opposing such a plan for fo several seve ral years f
and If they th can prevent it there will be
no such action as the employes hope
I President Roosevelt will take l
i Violation Violati Vi l tion l of Law
I
At the offices Qf Q the commission It Is i t I
said that this class of o men mOn and women t
1 were wor working king k ih g in direct d Iree tV violation iOIntf on of the I
law but that the commission permits the
condition to exist because It would In ¬ I
terrupt t < rmpt the business busine ss of some som e eo of o the
departments depatmentsand and work hardship on the
employes to make any change at the 1
present time The commission how howJ J ¬
ever Insists that th t whenever any aIi of f these
positions are vacated acn te l they the must be filled I Ipositions
from the certified lists
In fact the Civil Service Commission i
Is extremely extremel positive In its belier It is
of the opinion that the law should be j
obeyed o e ed in the spirit and letter to the
last degree It Is Iso of the opinion thatj that t
no nomat matter er how long these laborers
have ha ve been In the service they the should J f
have no more rights In the premises i
than late applicants for examinations
who have never been in the Government
service I
Precipitates a Conflict I
It Is these views Iews that are being op op ¬
posed po ed to the efforts of those who are
attempting to have the cases taken up
and acted upon by bPresident President Roosevelt
Which hlc h hsIde side will be the v vIctor ictor is an
open question
Several membjrs memb membrs rs of the th Cabinet and
as many man Senators to say nothing of r
number of Representatives think tho
employes who have been be < n doing ClaSSi
fid work for more than two years enrs 1
should h uld be made rnadeeUglble eligible to togromotion promotion by b
means of noncompetitive exanimations ex n Inatonct I
No more of this class hlss of employes is
being appointed nppolntedsald said an officer of tin I Ibltg I
Department Dl > partment of OfA Agriculture gr 1 c Ulture today todu and
all have been at work ork from two tc
eight elghtears years Many went into office b
Continued on Second Page
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JAPS JAPSCAPTURE CAPTURE
ANOTHER FORT
Erlungshan Eriun gsha Im portant Defense f nse ofort of Port Ar ¬
thurTakenAft thur Taken After r a S StQut Jcait Q t Resistance R Rsi si sf sfnce nce
iv by the G Garr Gartispn rt1s ison J
Wlt WILLMATERIALLY I IERIALLYH ALLY HASTEN
o t 1r L THE 11E FALL fALL OF OF THE T THE E GITADEL GITADEL ITADE L
Parapet Para petBlown pet Blown Up by Mine Fort Then
Taken by bT Assault issaultDefensive Defensive Works
Built Bu iltby by Ja ps Under Fierce Fire
f
LOr LONDON OND ONDe29BaronHayashf Dec e29BaronHayashf 29 29Baron Baron Hayas Hayashi hi the fhe Japanese Jap nese minister mJn ister to Great
Britain Bfit nreCeiveda received a telegram telegramJrom from Tokyo today announcing that the Port
Arthur besieging besiegIngarmy bes g1ng army captured on on Wednesday night 7 7Fort Fort Erlungshan Er w gsha
The capture Pture of the the fort fortis is regarded in army army and naval circles here aa
of the highest importance and will materially hasten fallof
7 the fall of the t e for for ¬
tress tres
OFFICIAL JAPANESE REPORT I
The report received by Baron Hayashi is as follows
The ThePort Port Arthur besieging besie g gng ng army reports having left the thec center army
at 10 a R m IILc Wednesda Wednesday They blew b ew up the parapet in itt front frontol of ErIungshan
Fort then occupying occup g the parapet by assault
They Theyc constructed nstruct defensive works tinder cover overof of heavy siege siege and ndfi field ld
guns despite deSpite the fire fireo of the enemy After the placing p in tu position of heavy
guns the army proceeded procee ed to the gorge of the fort fort whence the enemy wa waa
eventually ev ntual1y dislodged after a stout resistance
The whole wTholeort fort fell f n into our hands at at730in atiSOlnthe 730 in the tl evening evenin u
The Japanese casualties c in the th capture of the height are are estimated at
1000 killed and wounded wounded
Stoessels Stoesse Vs Headquarters H
Removed d to toLiaotishan Liaotishan
TOKYO Dec 23 29It i91t It Is unofficially
s ted ted that thattJle the Japanese Japm e sapping gotth of the
ntnilfeastern n lentheastern Ports fatta a at t Porf P P ft ttKfh Sfftmr r rl m is
suing oihg on steadily s t df Y arid successf su suceessfuliy c cessful1J essful1J ully t pre pre
pa r aratory fatoIi to another an other attack at t an early e et irly
dat late ate It Is expected pect d that this attack attack I
will ill be made mndeconcurrently concurrently from the east
and n ne d t west W gt sides the tl ti object bjectbeln being to try I
to o div divide ide the thg garrison i
It is reported report eti that a Japanese mine 1
W vas as exploded I e4 Tuesday Xu day destroying d trOyfug the th e 1
parnpeJ > arapet arnrej of c the Erhlungshan fort fort An 1
Infantry infantria I attack a ta k followed fqIIot olIow cI dbut but the result I
Is s unknown
I
A A Russian who was captured on De De ¬
cember em IS Js iquoted qu q ptect J as g sa ging lt gtpgthat that jh t tha th e
Ja Japanese 2am iere tarn 1L destroyed nve llv tlveguns guns uns and
I5nb dini iEled ed 7 aih0 rithousanen 5 en at TEtSS1iaXL s Sfu n
The THe Et R Pusslan ssJ3ri issla ri headquarters h adciuarl s has been
removed remoye d to the foot of o i Ldaotisharu l aOtisluta
The report that tlt t a a a Japanese sojaaeTrOn
has sailed s to the th west exStes exSeskeeIi exn ea keen In ¬
terest teresthere here as is it introducesla in introduces a new neW phase
in the operations o per tl ini
Ad A Amirai miral Togo and Vice Admiral dmlrc Kain
Iiaura are expected to airfare e here he short
ly Iytvhen when they will have tudiericeswith rudlerices wlth tV ItII
theilikado the MIkado and be than thaXLed Jted ea for or their
great gre services sert ices to tciJam Jap Taptn tn An Atx enthusiastic entli siaStic
popular welcome welc me for or themUs them 1S being pre pre ¬
pared d
THREE HREE CENTS Cj1ts A APOUNQFOR POUND T FOR
H HORSE RSE MEAT IN PORT ARTHUR
LOXDOX LOXD 0 X Dee Deer r r 29 29A A news n ws agency
dispatch from rom Tokyo TO hosays says the stern of o f
the he battleship > Sevastopol Sevl topolis is sunk in
hallow water w ater ter Thebowshows The shows damage
in n two places pla es I
The garrison t rrison ofPort of Port Arthur rth r is Isconfi confi
lent l of relief before January Jan1 arjr3 31 3 Despite
heir heavy hem losses the thet troops p3 are ale e cheer
RUSSIAN PRINCE
AMONG AMONGTHE THE DEAD
ST PETERSBURG Dec 29 29General General Gen raI
Sakharoff Sa khaIotr reports thit three skirmishes sldrmlshes
occurred on 1 December Dece mber 25 25
In one at Peitziahun peitZiLih U n on the bank of
the t he Hun River Prince Vildaroff a sot
ala commander and five others were
killed
The TheT Japanese pa ese lost 1ostseventeen seventeen men In
this t his skirmish Both B th sides sustained sutamn ed
losses l osses in the ethers et hers I Ilosses
A dispatchtrom dispatch from a correspondent of o a
newspaper who is with Kuropatkin
says Kuropatkin told him in a recent
interview I he had personally personallexamined examined
into i nto the details cesardg regard l > s the thecondiUon condition I
of the Russians at every position 1
Kuropatkin declared he was more
than content with the state of affairs
as the percentage of the sick was below
that In time of peace
TlIs was due to the pure air a mild
winter and the absence of barracks
which always alwn s J1Is has as an 111 effect upon the
health of the troops ps
ARE DIATISFIED
WITH ViTH REFORMS RErO RiV1S
ROME RO IE Dec 29 29A A large number of
Russian exiles held a meeting here to to
day under the presIdency of of the yen venema ern
ble Pope KanekofT who was was wa for twenty
five years an exile in Siberia
After long discussion the meeting
adopted a a resolution declaring that the
reforms proposed in In nthe the Czars ukase
Issued a f few ew days da s ago were illusory
and totally total inadequate and that the
need for the thereormaUon reformation of the consti ¬
tution was urgent in order to maintain
the Internal peace of o Russia
ST STPETERSBuRG PETERSBURG Dec 29 19Xot1i1ng Nothing i
can be heard regarding the Czars man m
ifesto except e xc e pt expressions expreS51 on S of O t the t h e deepest de e pes t
disappointment i
It Is quite evident the government Is j
going to act up to the letter of Its
promise In regard to anyone fomenting j
Ideas ot re reform form bein being g conSid considered eredas as nn
enemy enem of o the thecoun country
In Moscow Tuesday the sitting sltt g of the th
town council crow crowded ded to too overflowing
was stopped by b order of o the chief of o
police
A A banquet to have taken place at th the
He Hermitage rmIt3 e Restaurant In the same city cit
Vas been countermanded
Public feeling elIng runs at the hlghost
pitch pl and the government Is equally cqual de de ¬ E
termine termined d to torepreS8 repress any an political politicalmoe move ¬
meats from whatever whatecrqunrter quarter Tho sit ¬
uation altogether Is highly interesting
In the Samara district a number o of
pr proposed posed meetings have been prohibited prohlblt d
fed iu fan and d resolved resolVedto r solted to fight D shtto to the th the last las t
I man man The arms trmy has ln provis pro pov1zins ions ns to last
till February and the navy n nav has sup sup ¬
plies plieS for a L m9n monTh e
Beef Bee Is selling at 75 To cents a poun pound d
ho horse norse rse meat t3 3 cents ce nts dog nea18 meat 8 cents
SL apourid a pound Turkeys eys cost c st TO each Eggs
cost 5100 l lX J per JOtf 1lit
CZAR IN EFFIGY
BURNED IN POLAND
BERLIN Dec 23 29ReP 2tLReports Reports rts received
from the Russian Russ l frontier state that
widespread revolutionary reolutiolla outbreaks
have occurred
Railways have been destroyed
bridges damaged d nagf and the telegraph
lines cut Bomb Born outrages ou ges are a e also re re ¬
I ported from rom various towns to > ns
In the revolt at Kiclce Poland d many
1 persons were killed k11l and wounded and
the same condition of affairs is re re ¬
I ported from rom Kousk where wh re factories fa tor1es were
demolished by b the the rioters
The TheCz1r Czar was Was burned Ih effigy efii in
I scores sco s of o towns 5
MOSCOW Dec 29the 9 Jhe students here
have sent a a demand for fortn an Imperial Impe rial in ¬
quiry quI into the circumstanCes surround ¬
lag the riots r iots that have occurred recant rec nt
ly 13 In Uiis t t kis s city
WANT ENGLAND TO
FURNISH HARBOR
I
BIRMINGHAM RlR G Englan d Dec 2 l The
Post hears that Baron Hayashi the
Tapan Japanere e minister to Great Britain lia has
I Iinquind inquired inquir d whether w hether facilities can be given
f fforcoaling for forcoaling coaling the Japanese warships in
British British h East InCies 1 n es
The J Japanese pu1 e win provide thi their own
fuel but a harbor for coaling and aclU ¬
ties are itre e desired
Continuing the Post says
It is difficult to see how the Tapan JapaneSe e
can be refused re msl sed sed Ii In view iew or the many ad
vantages antage s the Russian Bati fleet en ¬
joycd while on the passage to the theeast east ¬
ward
TO COURTMARTIAL
I RUSSIAN SAILORS SAILO RS
I
i ODESSA Dec 29 29A A dispatch from fr > In
SImpheropal says that the commander
1 inchief In hief of othe the Black Sea fleet has or ¬
r dered dcmr d eightyfive sailors to be court
I martialed mut1al dlhe The charge chargeabdi against t them is
I mutlr
ITALIAN IAN YARDS
MAY BUILD SHIPS
NICE ICE Dec 23 Ztnis It is stated that the
purpose purposeof of o the visit Isit df r three Russian of o
ficlals who ho have arrived at Toulon ic m
s