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a good thing fot yolt.
Wo know it. Uso
Tce-Dce Wnnl ""Ads.,
And you will know it-.
Sure Results
to ?sers of ?ei?Iiee
Want Arts.? becMiiO
the buying public be?
Here in thorn. Cost
one cent a word.
THB DISPATCH FOUNDED ?R50
THE TIMES FOUNDED 1886.
WHOLE NUMBER 16,703.
RICHMOND, VA.,tFKIDAY, DECEMBER 2,1904.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
HUT Fill NOW
B?TJJWEMORY
Louisiana Purchase Ex?
position Came to an
End Yesterday.
LIGHTS DIE DOWN ON
STROKE OF TWELVE
Machinery Stops and Exhibit
Palaces Were Closed?Sug?
gestion of Disorder Was
Promptly Put Down.
All Do Honor to
Francis.
fBy Associated Fmt.)
ST. LOUH December 1?Tlio Louisiana
Purchase Exposition bus ended. Tho
stupendous and magnificent idiot*?* ironi
which tendrllls of Interest have extended
Into every portion of the civilized world,
. and.even Into aboriginal recosaos, bring?
ing within tho gate? of St. Louis mll
' lions of visitors from all sections of the
. globe, has rUH*-?U course and now passes
Into history an probably having com?
prised the most representative collection
of the resources. Industries, art, peoples
and custom? of tho world ever assembled.
Tho beat order has been maintained
throughout. There havo been a few fires,
but all were of small moment,. with the
oxcepUon of th/i destruction .of tho House
o? ??oo-Hoo and tho pa-rtlal destruction
ot the Missouri building recently. The
former was Immediately rebuilt. No loss
of life ha? occurred during the. exposi?
tion from oecldeuts.
St, Loul? has proffered her most gra?
cious haipltallty to tho world, and It has
been accepted. Throngs of visitors have
-poured''. In to attend the exposition with
the expectation at being pleased and sat?
isfied.' They have departed' amazed and
gratified. Th-s opinion has been express?
ed at all times, on all sides and without
reservo that tho Louisiana Purchaso Ex?
position has been a success.
Francis Honored.
The man probably most prominently
known In connection with the World's
Fair Is the. president. David lt. Francis,
and It was deemed fitting that tho final
.?.day should be designated ae "Francis
' day" In his honor.
"Tills exposition ha? beon the work
of my'life, ?aid President "'Francis.?'-/*.
"It lia? consumed. my ..entire time''for
the past four year?, but every hour has
"been an hour pi pleasure to me. I have
f-Khausted my stock ot adjectives In try?
ing, to describe this fair. It is aff-jdifll
. cult to do it Justice as It la to paint
the Illy."
The closing exercises were held at the
base of the Louisiana Purchase monu?
ment in the l-Maza of St. Louis, where
were held ?even months ago tlio exercises
that formally opened tho gates to the
world. Tho prtnclpnl speeches delivered
-wore by Governor Dockery, of Missouri,
and President Francis.
President Francis in his address spoke
o? the lasting Influence of tho fair which
"marks a now epoch In the Intellectual
and Industrial advancement of tho world,
and the dawn of a new era In the Inter?
national relations of governments and
people."
In conclusion he said:
"May this enterprise with which we
have * been., connected for nearly seven
years past'bring Into still closer brother?
hood all. tho nations and all the peoples
?who have participated in it. May it
deepen our patriotism. May It strength
oil our love for a benign providence that
smiles upon us."
Exhibit Palaces Closed.
Promptly at -1 o'clock all?tho groat ex?
hibit, palaces were closfKl and visitors were
excluded. In the Pa loco of Agriculture
onslaughts were mnxln on some of the
i-xhlblts where tho settlings were com
posed of straw ami frugile material* and
l'or a time general'demolition was threat
?.-ucd, but prompt :u*tlon in effecting a
general ejectment put a ?top to the
threatened turmoil.
As the night drew on throngs concen?
trated In lili? main avenues to view for
tho last lime tho mag-iiifloent electric
illumination. One ?olid stream ut' huniaii
' 1ty sw?"*pt til-rough 'this pike from end to
end. Tli?-, spirit of revelry w.is there,
Steadily the white bulbs sllhoutted the
exhibit palates against the night, pe
fiodically the illumination o? tlio terrace
of States surmounting festival hill
changed from white to red, then to green,
anil then hack to white. Over on Agri?
cultural Kaioll ifcho great .floral clock
elicited off the minutos of tho departing
pageant, and in tho night rang out the
iones of the massive hell ns tlio midnight
liour was tolled by the great clock. In
utautly a hush seemed to pervado the eu
tlro grounds. The glowing electrlo bulbs
slowly buga.n dimming, the pulsations
of tho great engines that drove the cas?
cade? gradually dle-d down. The light
faded steadily, diminishing, until but a
f?llig glow was per?optlblo, Suddenly
there was darkness, und tho Louisiana
Purchaso Exposition hail passed into tho
chronicles of history.
Cost and Attendance.
While it will he impossible to obtain tho
actual receTptf- und expenditures of the
Exposition Company before the middle of
.December, Secretary Walter H. Stevens
matte tho following statement to the As?
sociated Press to-night:
"From repoi'ls that hiivo been sub?
mitted of tlio. admissions io tho grounds
up to I) o'clock to-night, we estimate inat
the Attendance ou 'Francis Day' will be a
few thousands In excess of ?.'00,000, apd
that tlio utioiiilonco for the exposition
period will bo In. the neighborhood or 1S,
??0,000.
"In round numbers the Exposition Com?
pany has expended ?3-1.O00.M0 since the In?
ception of tin: World's Fair project, und
i he expend?luros of tin? several Btates and
Territories have rpoohod u total of $y,ooo,
000. Tli? receipts slm-.o the opening day,
April ?Oth, havo amounted to ubout 410,
000,000, consisting uf admissions mid eon
_ cession royalties.
"Whilo It Is Impossible to stale exactly
tho flnuuclal condition of tlio Exposition
Company on this, the closing-day, It cut
* be authoritatively announced thai a I
debts against the company have been
paid, with tlio exception ?f ?? few cur?
rent accounts, such us salaries, ate. ?uni
these, will, It is thought, -consume nearly
?ill ihn surplus, so thai (hero will only lio
a very small amount left lor the stock?
holder?.
HOLINESS IDEA
SMSEIIIKfl
Park View in Discord Be?
cause the Pastor is
Not Retained.
BISHOP WAS STRONG
0,M ITS INFLUENCE
Eleven Out of Twelve oE the
Board of Stewards Resign
and Many of Congrega?
tion Are Expected to
Join Some Other
Church.
(Kpec'itl to Tho Tl.n?!s-D!?,>atet?
KORFOIiK VA., Dec. 1.?Park View
Mcthodl.it Church of the Portsmouth con?
ference dlstrlrt, 1* in tho throcB of discord,
owing to tho failure of Hit-hop Wilson to
return It's pastor, Rev. ?, Ellington Mo
Clee, for another year. There are two
distinct factions In the congr?gation^one
holding the "Holiness-' or "Second BlesK
ing Belief." and the other maintaining
there Is lib-such doctrine o? M?tliodlstn.
Mr. MoGec Is opposed to the "Holi?
ness" Idea, and vigorously disapproved of
It In his sermons. ? This course naturally
'brought him the opposition of the "Holi?
ness faction," aud long before the con?
ference met in Dynehburg, ten days ago,
plans wore made to ?ocur?sMr. McGce'a
transfer by those ho had displeased.
Fight for Their Pastor.
This called forth strong efforts upon the
part of the congregation standing with
the pastor, and the fight was an earnest
one. The largo contingent of tho church
favored and desired tho return of their
pastor, continued to work to accomplish
their object. "They,, it Is alleged, be?
lieved that ?heir pr?:sidlng elder was. not
in sympathy with them, as they claim
that four of the board of stewards sought
an Interview with him, desiring to place
before him their Bide of tho case, but
they failed to get a,- hearing that was
satisfactory to them. Their only resort
then, was an appeal to the presiding
officer of tho annual conference, Blaltop
? Wilson, anil accordingly a committee of
prominent laymen from the church was
sent to Lynchburg 'armed with the evi?
dence in the caso to-present their causo
to him. ... ...
'"'.This''committee mot the bishop at
Lynchburg and were re?elyc?* very cour?
teously. They laid ' all the facts before
him, showing him their side of tho
causes that had given rise to the illis'm
tlon In the church.?
A Baneful Influence.
The blsliop appeared to fully sympathize
with them and their trouble, and wba
very pronounced In tho statement that
tho "Holiness" or ".Second' Biasing" ele?
ment had given him no llttlo trouble in
several of the conferences over which
he had presided, and remarked that tho
time had come, In his judgment, that
the general conference should take a de?
cided Btand to check this influence as it
was a serious barrier to the progress of
the church.
The committee then said to the bishop
that they were not before him for the
purpose of making any threats, but said
that If Pat*k View was to be a "Second
I Blessing'' church, the committee and Its
large contingent were Methodists, and
they would quietly withdraw from the
church and unite with those Methodists,
whose views were In harmony /ivlth
theirs,
The bishop appointed Rev. Bascom Dey
to tho Park View ohnrg?s, and eleven of
the twolvo stewards havo resigned, while
next Sunday's service is expected to show
that a very largo percentage of tho
congr?gation has changed Its place of
worship.
? .
Twenty Killed by Poisoned
Brandy.
(By Associated Press.)
BEni/IK, December 1?A dispatch to
tho Lokal Aii.ic-igi.-r from Klaff, Russia;
announces that twenty persons have lost
their, lives there through drinking poi?
soned, brandy.
GARS CRUMBLED AND
FIREMEN WEBE MULED
Trains Crash in New York and
Three Are Dead?Several
Narrow Escapes.
(By Associated Press.)
OXEONTA. N. V.. December 1--Three
men wore killed, several others had ro
niarkably narrow escapes from death and
property valued at fully $40,000 was de?
stroyed' In a collision between two freight
trains on tho Susnuehanna division of tho
Delaware and Hudson River near .hero to?
day.
The ?lead men were all firemen. They
aro 1?\ A. Martin, i.'ooperstowii; Frank.
Pratt, Onoonta; George Williams, Wor?
cester.
A fast freight train, westbound, runjilng
at the rate of forty miles an hour, crash?
ed Into an extra freight- which was be?
ing shunted off to ? ??de track. The en?
gine of tho fast freight was i-mashed.
Cars were crumbled up and thrown from
tho tracks, und tho three firemen wero
literally ground to pieces. The ?mglnoers
and the other trainnien snyocj themselves
"by jumping.
CONDUCTOR STRICKEN WITH
PARALYSIS QN TRAIN
(Sjieeial to The Tlinos-l'lspn.teli.1
LAURwU DEI?-, December 1,?Conduc?
tor tleorgi! A. Mcssli'k wa.-j' sti-ifken with
paralysis on his train, t'Yuukliu City ex?
press, near Berlin, to-duy. ll'i had Just
said: "Tho poxt stop is Stockton," when,
with :i look of agony, he fell to ihe floor.
Tho train was running at full speed.
MUZZLED I
NEWTON WILL
i CET MONEY BUCK
j But Attorneys for Mrs. Chad
wick Do Not Say Where It
Will Come From.
CASE STILL A PUZZLE
Counsel for Plaintiff Expresses
Confidence in Ability of
Woman to Pay.
i
i l (By Associate*! Preis.)
I "NEW YORK,. December 1-?Georgo
Ryall, local counsel for Herljcrt D. New?
ton, to-night made a statement tbat the
! settlement agreed upon with afirs. Cassle
L. Chadwlck, It Cleveland, Is for the
I payment In cash of Mr. Newton's entire i
claim. The payment, he said,. Is to. be
made either this week or early next we-ek.
".No securities have,.been given for this
payment," he added, "but wo are mire
It will bo made."
In reference to the stateonent made this
afternoon by Edmund.'"*"?', power?, counsel
for Mrs. Chadwlck? that at the amount
claimed by Mr. Newton. ?65,0<>V" "repro
setitod nortes given for^Cbonuses, Mr. Ryall
, said: '?'". . .....?'..
I "Mr. Powers 1s mistaken In Ills figures.
Tlio notes he refers to do not represent
bonuses. The settlement is upon our full
claim of $100,000."
Air of Mystery.*
The announcement that one of the largest
creditors of Mrs. Chadwick hail agreed
! Upon a settlement has given a new phase to
: this strange case. At the same time the
; air of mystery, which has surrounded
I every turn thus far made, was still pres
? ant .to-day. and there was absolutely
. nothing beyond conjecture to indicate
j what tho outcome would he. That all tho
j legitimate claims against Mrs. Chadwlck
i will be met Is tho statement made by
i her attorneys, but at the same time they
! decline to say anything as to tho source
! from which th'? necessary funds will be
obtained. , ? .1
("Mrs. Chadwlck will produce the neces?
sary collateral to meet all' just obliga?
tions at tho proper time. XVa no not feel
called upon to Inform the public as to the
I nature of this collateral or whence it will
come."
This statement In brief covers tho at
tltudo taken by Mrs. Chadwlck's legal
advisers.
I . Statements by Attorneys.
"We are now In a position to state
j thaj. Mr. Newton's claim will bo paid In
j full, and wo have gono so far that wo
are not '"Hying any more on mere prom?
ises."
This statement concerning his client's
present position was made, to-day by Ar?
thur A. Steams, the Cleveland lawyer
representing Herbert D. Newton.
Edmund XV. Powers, counsel 'for Mrs.
Chadwlck, made a statement regarding
the eas-o this nfternoon. He suld that
(Continued 001 Third Page,)
DESPERADO DEAD WITH
DULLET THROUGH BRAIN
Principal ? in Bloody Texas Tra?
gedy Shot Down by
Officers.
(By Associated Press.)
FORT WORTH, TEX., December l.~
Tho sequel to tho tragedy- that cost the
lives of Stephen "McKlnnoy, lila father
and a hired man on llieir farm near
Alvarado, Tuesday, ou mo to-day. J, M.
Williams, who fired' tho fatal shots bar?
ricaded himself In his home and defied
tho officers. Ho sent word to h(-s daugh?
ter, the widowed 'bride uf tho man .he
had killed that if sho did not como to
him he would kill her. In four and
trembling she wont to the house. There
sho found her father armed with a i-lflo
and lu a frenzy of rage. Tho officer?
were afraid to fire Into the liouse for
fear of killing sonic members of Wil?
liams'-) faintly, whom he hold' prisoners
there lo shield .Iiim. All night tho ofll
cors watched from the AIoKInnoy home,
where, lay the h'odlea of tho men killed by
Williams. Flnully WilllaniH seated him?
self by a window, his rifle ucross his
knees, niul, becoming drowsy, his liond
dropped on Ills breast and lie slept. As?
suring horself that her father was ?sleep,
tho widowed brido stole from tho house
and find to the home where hor bus
baud's body, lny. As aoiuiitfts the posse
learned Williams was alone they opehod
flro on }il'ii. lie was not slow In re.
turning It. Finally his shots ceased, and
the sheriff entered the house. Ho found
Williams lying on the floor with a bullet
through his brain.
Air Hole Broke and inventor
Realized He Was Doomed
to Suffocate.
FOUND ON THE LAKE SHORE
The Body Was Frozen/ But
_ Face Was Still
; Smiling.
, (By Associated Press.)
STEVENSVXEUE, MICH-, December _,
Peter Nissen, who started across Lake
Michigan in his boat called the "Fool
Killer, No. 3," was found dead - on the
beach, two miles and a half west of hero
to-day. Nissen is supposed to have been
washed ashor0 during the night. His
"Fool Killer", was about twenty rods
down the beach from his body, and was
considerably damaged. A life-preserver
and an overcoat were fastened to the
basket-shaped car hi tho boat, "The body
was brought to, Stevensvillo, whero it
lies In the town lia.ll. The hands and face
are frozen and the features reflect Iptonso
suffering. The o??Uilng on. t}iu body was
somewhat torn. ?Jt is thought tl\,i.t Nlsseiv
could not. have been dead a great while
when the body was found, as rigor mortis
had not, set in.
Nissen's ?s-mployer was notified as soon
as word was received here that the body
had been found,, and a coroner's jury
was empaneled and bogan an Inquest.
Men have gone from hero to bring In the
wrecked "Fool Killer, No.' a."
When the wrecked aquatic balloon was
examined, one 'of Nissen's business cards
was found, on tne back of which was a
note from the dead adventurer, saying
that an air hole upon which he depended
to renew his supply of air had broken and
that he was doomed to die of suffocation.
It Is believed here that Nissen was alive
when his boat first touched the eastern
shore of the lake. There was a smllo on
the face of the dead navigator.
WANTS PRESIDENT TO
HELP SETTLE STRIKE
(By AsBoclnted Tress.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. ; December. 1.?
President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
Iron ami Steel Workers, arrived here to?
day from Pitts burg. He has an engage?
ment to'soo the President to-morrow, in
company with Representative-elect
Thomas, of tho Nineteenth Ohio District.
Mr. Shaffer's mission Is to onllst the In?
fluence of tho President in tho settle?
ment of the Iron and steel strlko now In
progress lu.Voungstown and Girard, Ohio.
Ho will propose that the President sug?
gest to the United States Steel Company
that the differences -between the company
and the strikers be submlttd to arbi?
tration. No Intimation Is given as'to the
answo'r tho President will mako'to the
proposition.
EMPEROR KILLS BIRDS AND
SENDS THEM TO MARKET
(By Associated Press.)
RERUN, December 3.?Emperor Wil?
liam? did some remarkable shooting at
Alawonltz, Silesia, yesterday. From day?
light to .( o'clock In the afternoon he
brought down !U0 pheasants, fifteen other
birds und ^-o hares. Tho guns of the
party bagged X"l~> heads of game. Tho
Emperor and his party shot 10,012 birds
in two days last week on tho estate of
Count von Tlole-Wincklor, which were
sent to market In Berlin, which city re?
ceives almost every duy several thousand
pheasants, besides larger game, ns a re?
sult of the Imperial party's forays.
'?CLOSED SHOP" ILLEGAL,
SAYS NEW YORK COURT
NEU' YORK, Deo. 3,-That the "closed
shop" is illegal was divided to-day by t.he
.lusticea of tho appellate-, division of the
Kirpmno Court, sitting In Brooklyn. A
cot)tract; entered into between the firm
of Morris Colin ?& Sons and Protective
Coat. Tailors and Pressera Doral fi?, of
the United Garment Workers or America,
whereby tho (Inn was prohibited from
employing labor not belonging to tho
local union, and also from employing ?svou
H, member of tho union, unless such
member held it ?'aril ?dgiiotl 'by the busi?
ness ugent of the local, wot) decided by
the court to bo contrary to public policy.
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WANT HELP
TO-DAY.
Tho?? advertlBoinonts for help pub?
lished in to-day's Timos Dlgpiuoh on
page t? are as follows:
\\ Salesmen. 3 J'rofosaional?
?Miscellaneous? ?i Office.
20 Domostios. 2 Trades,
? '3 Agents.
This not only Interests those ?ut of
work, but those desiring to Imjjrov*
their positions a? well,
AWFUL DRDUEHT
Rivers Dry Up and Railroads
Run Water Trains
Regularly. ?-.
OIL WELLS STOP OPERATIONS
Fall Crop Sppils in*- Ground and
Cattle Suffer for Water?For?
est Fires Sweep Mountains.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlwp?tch.)
PARKERSBURG. "W. VA., Dee, 1.?
Western West Virginia and Eastern Ohio
'are undergoing tho most severe drought
ever known In this locality. For four
months jsraotically no rain has fallen.
Section Director Voss, of the local office
of tho Weather Bureau, says there has
been a' dellciency of over ten Inches
in tho rainfall of this section In the last
Ovo months. Streams, which have never
beforo been known to go dry. are now
dusty. Wells and springs havo dried up
and' farmers in many placas are now
compelled to drlvo their stock from six
to ' ten miles to water.
The Dtttle Kanawba river has hardlv
enough water In It to float a small
boat, and. on the upper Ohio there Is-not
a steamboat running.
A-foot and a half- of. water is all that
Is registered here, while at almost every
point between here and Plttsburs ono
could wade tho river. Operations In the
oil fields have been abandoned on account
of the Inability to get water to the holl?
ers. In some place? water Is hauled In
wagons to the boilers, and in others water
Is piped for miles from the-river.?. Rail?
roads are ?suffering Intensely from th<
scarcity of water. Water trains are run
on the Baltimore and Ohio for a hun
l ?rtil miles oast of here. .West of here,
between here and Cincinnati; water train?
are run with thc'sii-mo regularity us pas
I seiiger trains. ?,,
At Clarksburg, which derives its water
i supply from-the West Fork; a tributary
. of the Monongahela river, the river la
almost dry and tho supply tor tho city
has been cut oft; Factories havo been
compelled to shut down, for want of
water to run their boilers, and special
meetings of the City Council-have been
held to deviso moan? . oC . supplying the
city with water.- Should a tire get start?
ed that place would bo In a most dan?
gerous situation. "
Farmers axo iJio greatest'sufferers from
tho drougjit. Fall crops are spoiling in
tho {-round, there not hehig sufficient
moisture to make them sprout. Pasturage
hfl-s burnt out entirely, and farmers In
this entire section are feeding their cat?
tle as they do in the winter, and have
been doing so for several weeks, because
there is no grass for them to eat.
Forest fires .aro sweeping through the
woods In some sections, a large tract
near hero having -been burning for sev?
eral days. There Is little Indication of
rain now, and should It.get cold before
rain , falls farmers would suffer severe
loss.
Persons In 'the Ohio valley are fearful,
lest snow shall* coma before rain, ami
accumulate during the winter, causing
a flood when le begins to thaw hi the
spring.
? ...
Collision in Subway.
(By Associated Press.)
NI3W YORK, Dec. 1.?A misplaced
.switch resulted in a collision In I lie sub?
way to-night between a passenger train
and tool car.', An Italian laborer was
Injured ami a number of passengers were
?lven a. severo shaking up. The ar.c.l
ent occurred at H'.'d Street, in the Lenox
Avontio branch.
WITH CARGO OF DEAD
Terrible Experience of Survivors
of Crew of Wre'cked
Steamer Blanche.
- iliy Associated l'resp.'i
LONDON, December -.?A story of ter?
rible exp?rience is told by the two sur?
vivors of the crew of nine of tho steamer
Blanche, which way sunk in the Mersey
River lu a collision Wednesday ulslit.
They escapea In a llfo boat, which Im?
mediately was flashed against the sink?
ing steamer, tlui>n of the seamen being
drowned. Tlio remaining six righted the
boat and rowel away,' hut were, buffeted
by tlie waves, 'Which sunn filled I ho boat
with froe-sing water. Two moie died of
exposure, Aguln the boat was cnpsli-cd,
but the four survivors by ?superhuman
efforts managed to fci'aniblo in anula,
Though almost dead from cold,- they re?
newed I heir eitert-? to reach shore, but
two more uuceiiiubed before. At it o'clock
Thursday morning I ho life ?loa't struck
?shorn at Foriiiby, and the two survivors
painfully .drugged the boat and? Itt grue?
some cargo through- I ho surf to land,
after having been soveii hours in the
bout without foud' or water.
Run on Bank.
(By Associated Press.)
BUFFALO. ?, V? 'Dec*. l'.-'-A figlit for
?the -i-oiilrolllir,';- |ut,6r?g! In the I'ernnin
American Pi'iik to-day resulted In it run
on ilia.t institution estimated by Vice
President- ?Schilling u\ $ino,oim. Th., with?
drawals worn niudi? by large dnpusltors,
so thai tin-: run did not cans?.* any per
tt-ti I Iblu excltenienl .to-day/
FAIRBANKS O?
ffllFMlEFOI
Says Republi can Party
Will Not Halt at Revis?
ion When Needed.
ALTERATION WILL
BE MADE ADVISEDLY
Ex-Secretary Long Speaks in
Favor of "Adjustment" of
Schedule to the Needs of
the Time?What a
Canada Man
Says.
I (By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, December 1.?Before an au?
dience of moro 'titan S.OOO people, Vloe
VresldeHt-cVjct Charlea W. 3'alrbanks, of
Indiana, defined tho, altltudo of the Be
publicnn ?administration on 'the 'tariff
question at. tho annual banquet of the
Home 'Market Club in Mechanics' Hall
to-nlglit. Among tho other guests wore
Governor John %. Hates, of Massachu?
setts; former Secretary of the Navy John
?. Long, Dr. W. H. Montague, of Toron?
to, a councillor of the Dominion of Can?
ada; Governor-el cot John McDane, of Now
Hampshire, and G-overnot^aleot Hjsinry
Roberts, of Connecticut. The speakors
w?oro Senator Fairbanks, Governor Bates,
Secretary Dong and Dr. Montague. Sena?
tor Fairbarfks stdd in part:
"Wo look forward with confldenco and
satisfaction to the early completion of
tho Isthmian canal, -whloh will Increase
in a larga measure tho commerce 'of^tho
? United States.
The Tariff Question.
"Willie the tariff question is an old one,
' It Is of continual and viral interest. It
must not.bo overthrown or surrendfred
either by ignorance or prejudice; tt must
bo maintained by education, by intelligent
discussion. Tho tariff issue waa sharply
presented In tho iplaUfoi-ms of tho fiepub
llcau and Democratic partlea In the re
I cent oamipalgn. Tho Republican party
' stood squarely by Its protective policy,
while the Democratic party denounced
protection as a 'robbery-' The Republi?
can party Insisted that, 'rateo of duty
should be readjusted only when condi?
tions have so changed that the publlo
interest demands their alteration; while
the Democratic party- favored a revision
Knd a. graduai reduction ot( the' tariff/
Republican alteration's are to be. mode,
? when ..necessary, _along . prot^tiyo. .lines,
wiille Democratic revision uie??ls the elltn
! Inn lion of the protective principle.
"Tho Republican p*arty has . revis??,
tariff schedules in the past when revision
was essential, and It will not hesitate In
the future to subject them to careful
I scrutiny and alterations so mat. our pro?
tective 'systems'may. be just in its ope?
rations. Whenever change of schedules
In essential In the public interest, the
alteration will bo made; It will bo made
advisedly; It wlll.be made with mil knowl?
edge, ' not In response to mere sentiment,
but agreeably to sound economlo neces?
sity. Any other policy Is obviously un?
wise and disturbing in- Its tendency.
I Long Favors "Adjustment."
"The Republi?3au party adheres to the
doctrine of commorclal reciprocity: that
reciprocity which tends to expand our
commerce and to develop American In?
dustry In the Interest of American labor
and American capital. It holds to that
reciprocity which is the 'band maiden'
of protection, but not to that which Is
but another form of free trade and which
is hostil? to tho protectlvo system,"
: Ex-Secretary Long favored tho "ad?
justment" of tho tariff to the needs of the
time.
MAN SHOT AND KILLED
WHILE PLAYING VIOLIN
(By Associated Press.)
JACKSON vlibUt;, FDA., Mecembor I.?
John Plummer, a. prominent and Influen?
tial fanner, living a few miles northwest
of this city, was Instantly killed last
night by an unknown assassin. At tho
time of the murder Mr, Plummor was
Hitting on the front porch of hi? resi?
lience, playing a -violin; and near him
was one of his farm hands. The crack
of a gun was heard and Mr. Plummer
fell lo the floor, expiring In a few mo
I inentsj
IsEC?S? IF TIUI1
COLLIDE IN TUNNEL
Engineer and Brakeman Killed
and Fireman Seriously
Injured.
AVJ-IJSJa?N?, \V. VA.. Dec-ember 1,
In tho tunnel near Fairpmiiit, unventeon
miles west of Wheeling, on tho Clevolnnd,
I.oralii and Wheeling division of tho liul
tlnioro mid,Ohio; a fatal freight wreck
?wa? canned to-niyht by tb0 collision of
two scellons of a west-bound freight.
Tho dead are: AV. Wlil.te, engineer of
second unction, of t'Urie.hsvlIle, Ohio;
killed Instantly.
.1. S, Bevtnglou, brakeman of second
section, of McKooaport, Pa.; orushed
bitdly; dtixro.t ? P. M.
Edward 0, Ml I leaf, Aroman of scennd
section, of l.lollmvtiy, Ohio; ?houldi-r frac?
tured; was seriously Injured.
Tho colliding trains were running about
thirty cars' lengths apart, when tilt* llrst
si'Olioii wa.s. held up In thti l-'ui'rpont tmi
iii-l, ami before tho flagman could; emerge
trout tin.' smoke, tin-.- second section prasTi?
e?l into |t.
District Parsonage.
(Special tu Tito Tiniu*i-l)lipatel?:)
.ilHlClONt?iiOItu, n, O., Peo. l.-Tho
Bounl o? Stewards rtf ?ni-tisbor.j Mls
trict o? tho Western North Carolina Meth?
odist l-'.plsivipal- ?Conference closed the
deal yesterday afternoon- for the. pur?
chase of ?Mr. P. U..K. ['earoe,a' hinrtsome
now reskleni'i, oil Summit Avenuo, (o bo
uscfl as the district puraonofje by the
IIBW pri'-s'iling- older, Roy, Mr. S. 11. Tut
rentlnc- Tho I'ouskU-r.ilioii was ??,
100. Mr. Turi'.ntlni- will iiuivo his family
t.|a?ro ncjil week.
JAPS LOSE 15,111
III ?EDIT
Attack on 203 Metre Hill
Attended by a Terri?
ble Slaughter.
RUSSIA DOES NOT
CONCEDE CAPTURE
Tbe St. Petersburg War Office,
However, Admits That Blow
Would be Very Desperate
One?The Situation i
Around Mnk
- den.
_ ) ' ;
f*By Asioclatetl Fresn.)
"LONDON, December J.?The correspojw.,
dent at Che Poo, of the Daily Telegraph,'
says that the attaok on 208 Metre Hill,
r?tauKed In heavy lossea to the first dl-?
vlalon of the Japanese ?tormers. 81mu>
taaeously with this assault the corree
pondents says the men of the ninth andl
eiervont-h division? advanced and menaced
the Rlhlung and Kekwun forts. It U
stated, the correspondent adds, that with?
in the last twenty-four hours, tho Japan?
ese casualties havo amounted' to 15,000.
It Is asserted that tho attacks have? been
?planned to continue until December 10th,
when it Is hoped the capture of Port Ar?
thur will bo completod.
Desperate Blow.
fBv Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. i.?The wa?
office here Is not yet prepared to accept
tho report that the Japanese before Port
Arthur havo taken 203 Meter Hill, but if It
Is ofllcially confirmed the war office ad?
mita that it will be a desperate blow for '
the gallant defenders of the fortress. '
The position commands the harbor, ant? ?
if tho Japanese can mount siege guns on
Its summit Uiey can force out the Rus-*?
sla.n cuadren or destroy It at its an-'
chorage. Thoso familiar with the sup?
porting plans of the forts think. It Is, by
no means, certain that oven though tin?
Russians are forced to reUro from 203
Metro Hill the Japanese can placo In
position heavy gun? against the tiro
which the other forts ca.n bring' to bear
on it. '
Still the war office officiais reluctantly
agroo that such a breach In tho chala
renders the position extremely" critical,
and though tho garrison might be abln
to hold out in the G-oldon Bill, Tiger's
Tall and Liao-TIo forts for some time,
it may mark the beginning of the end.
The war office Is convinced that, with
the approach of the Russian Second Pa?
cific ? squadron the Japanese considered
that- the elimination, of the'Port Arthur
squadron as a lighting ? factor, was abso?
lutely vital, thus accounting for the reck-'
?less sacrifice of. life'ln-:*?rd?r to secura
a. position directly commanding itho har?
bor.
Japanese Generals Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Dec. 1.?Reports from the Japa
nese arniv besieging Port Arthur say
that Ldeirten.-mt-General Thuchlya ia
among the wounded, and that General
Nalcamura, the leader of the speclallj
trained body ot swordsmen, which charged
Into tho Russian forts November 26th;
was Injured In both legs. -
Genoral Nogi's telegram announcing the
storming and capture of "200 Metre JIM''
was received with -cheers by the Japan?
ese (people. \*iil revives tin hope of.
mi arly capture of Port Arthur proper.
The people have never despaired of the
success of tlie besiegers, but the. fortl
tudo pf the defenders anil, tho prolonga-*'.
Mon of the sloge. which exceeds by
months tho most liberal preliminary esti
inato of I the time retiulred to accomplish
the reduction of this stronghold has been:
a sourcef of deep regret, combined with
tho loss of life and disappointments 'over'-'
?th?*? fact'that the singe ha-*' occupied suoh
a large force of -moni decreasing Field
Marshal Oyama's'strength ?.fu. timo when
he needed every available moj?.
-To-day wa? the dato ?et under th?
conscription act, when i-ocruits could Join,
tho army. Cheered by the news ? from.
General Nogl, thousands of recruit?
throughout tli? ompb'o marched to bar?
racks and donned uniforms for tho .firs*
time. Following an honored custom rela?
tlves of recruits, carrying flags and bfm
uerfl, escorted the, new soldiers to thotr
iharracks. In Tokio to-day there have
been scores of little processions escort?
ing, detachments of popular conscripts. .
The number of mea who have Joined the
colors to-day under the conscription a-ct
litas not boon made public.
RUSSIANS IN PURSUIT.
Japanese Rear Guard Forced to
Evacuate Pass?Situation
in the North.
I By Associated Pie?.*?. 1
ST. l-*KTKRBl3UltG, December 1.?Gen?
eral Kurupiitkln reports mujer yesterday'*
date the continued pursuit of tho Japan?
ese who retreated from T-siuklmtehon.
The Russian?, November 29th, forced the
Japanese rear guard to evacuate a pass ,
ten miles southward of Tslnketohen' The
Itussian losses were Insignificant.
Hot Skirmish.
(lly As?ocliitoiJ I'l-ehtj. I
MUKUKX December L?There was an*?
other small skirmish on d?lierai Pon?
iionknmpff's front on November SO".!*., but
otherwise everything remains quiet hero,
"Tlio, weather Is wanner mid more agroo
able.
A decidedly hot skirmish took piuco on
November '.'?th, ou the Russian right bc
two'?n I be village* of Chyautan and
?Synokchen, the latter placo being oc-.
cupied by Russian troops. Several com?
panies of Japanese, with cavalry, tailing
advantage of night, tried to cut the
tuislati? communications In this direction',
but border scouts enclosed the Japanese
on two sidos -nul routed thein, eapturln?
ten rifles and several horses. The Ru.i
sian loss was five killed or wounded.
The? Japanese iuss is supposed to have
been much heavier,
Fightini-r in T^'-rtb.
illy Aasoc?iito'l 1'ios? )
TOKIO, Deccuihcr J.-.Mi... ?u-ii'in heait*? ?
quarters reportii us Tolluw.
"At midnight j-eslonluy u body ?'? the
enemy's Infantry attacked .u-ii-lnmii.iiiuu
Mountain. Our uoh-ooiiiiiti-^imu-d oftlceri?
picket there reposed them
, "Japanese scouts dispatched to Uluclt*?
ttiigtuu enegunUTi'd and' repulsed.u body
of the enemy find -?in rccdi-d in dis?
charging the dtiilrs requtied of then?.
"A Japanese, furto In Hi?.- neighborhood
of 1-raicuchuaiig report? thai, ut about %
In the uftoi'li-.iini of Nuveiubcr 23th, a,
body of the enemy, consisting of Infantry
and caivalry advuueed on SUivUl.itsu
W^hts We repulsed' them at about f