vol. xxvi. MONTEREY. HIG ULAND COUNTY, VA., JANUARY 13. 1005. NO. 51 HIRTY PEOPLE HURT rident at the Metropolitan Opera House. MUSIC WAS DROWNED BY SHRIEKS. Panic In the Vast Audience Prevented by Presence of Mind of the Chorus and the Eames; Persuas o i of Heinrich Conrled ?Bridge Used in thc First Act of "Carmen" Collapses. a. New York (Special).?By the break? ing of a bridge over the stage in the Metropolitan Opera House, at Fortieth street and Broadway, during a perform? ance of "Carmen," nine persons who were beneath it were injured, a few of them seriously. Notwithstanding the fact that the accident occurred in full view of an audience that filled every teal in the vast auditorium, there was not the slight? est semblance of a panic, and after a few minutes' delay the performance was continued minus thc bridge and the in? jured people. Ambulances responded to hurry calls from the New York, Bellevue and Roosevelt ho-pital-; and the injured were taken to those institutions for treatment. Frank Palmer, the stage carpenter, was arrested, charged with negligenc-', but at thc request of thc management of the opera house he was permitted to return to the theater until the conclu? sion of the performance. The accident occurred ten minutes after the curtain had been rung up on the opening act. The act was at that time well filled with chorus girls and several of the principals. Everything was proceeding along smoothly, when suddenly a creaking noise was heard, instantly followed hy a crash. The bridge upon which were stand? ing seven men, participants in the scene, had broken in the middle and the dis? puted end? smashed into the chorus he stage below, piling in a heap on each t week, referring evidently to the representations which the Orman For? eign Office made to Great Britain re? garding a bellicose threat against Ger? many in the Army and Navy Gazette. Dr. Paasche's words were: "I know with absolute certainty that Germany and Great Britain last week were much nearer warlike complications than many people dream. Our diplo? macy succeeded in averting thc danger, though with difficulty." Referring to the American duty on German wines. Dr. Paasche said he had mentioned the matter to Chancellor von Buelo*. who had promised to do every? thing in his power to prevent it. Never? theless, he added, the Americans were incensed against Germany because of difficulties thrown in the way of the im? portation of American goods into Ger? man v. Fatal Hunting Accident. Concord, Mass. (Special).?Clarence E. Jones, son of B. H. Jones, of the Bos? ton banking firm of Blake Bros., was fatally shot From a weapon in the hands of Samuel Hoar, son of the late Samuel Hoar. He died a few moments later. The discharge of the tiring-piece was ac? cidental. The boys, who were close friends, and each 17 years of age, were hunting muskrats on the Concord River when the accident occurred. Jones re? ceived a ball from a .32-caliber rifle in the left temple. NEWS IN SHeRT ORDER. Tba Latest Happening Condensed for Rapid Readloj. Domestic. A new presentment against Bishop Talbot, of the Central Pennsylvania ,)io cese of the Protestant Episcopal Church, is being prepared, lt is based mainly on charges set forth in thc first docu? ment. The body of an unidentified woman was found in a ditch at Dunning, near Chicago. It is supposed thal the wom? an died after an operation and that her body was thrown into the di'ch. The followers of Governor Peabody in the Colorado legislature gained a point by the passage of a resolution cre? ating a commission of 15 members to canvass the state's vote. An agreement has been signed be? tween the Chicago Railway Company and its employes by which they agree to resort to and abide by arbitration to settle differences. In his message to the legislature Gov? ernor Durbin, of Indiana, dwells upon the bribery evil and says that the tune has come for its suppression. II. O. Barber, former vice prcsidrtnl of the wrecked Commercial Bank, y\ Cambridge, O., has been sentenced the penitentiary for embezzlement. In a freight wreck it Glencoe, on tlu Pittsburg Division of the Baltimore am Ohio Railroad, four unknown tramp: were killed. William J. Bryan delivered an ad dress before the Jackson Club of Mern phis, Tenn., his subject being "Watch men of the Night." Prof. Fred ll. Perrine, of the Eic! Conservatory, at San Jose, Cal., ha: discovered the sixth satellite of Jupiter Justice Grecnbaum, of the New Yorl State Supreme Court, denied thc appli cation of Nan Patterson for bail. Alfred M. Lamar, a member of lin New York Consolidated Stock Ex change, has been expelled. Sing Yen, a Chinamian, was hange< at Folsom, Cal., fop the murder of an othei Chinaman. Elwin C. Foster, of New Orleans, ha been appointed receiver for the Nev Orleans Railways Company by Judg Lanning, 'in the United Stales Circui Court. j The Canadian Carriage Company' plant, at Brockville, Ont., was destroy ed by fire, causing a loss of approximate f ly $300,000. The insurance is $225,000. Miss Mary Abbott, of Wateitown, Ct I has been appointed chairman of the edu 1 cational committee of the General Fed j elation of Woman's Clubs. The Twentieth Century Limited aiv a Lake Shore special collided near An gola in the snowstorm. Eight passen gers were slightly injured. William L. Douglas was inaugurate governor of Massachusetts. In a scuffle following a quarrel abott io cents Thomas Mooney shot and kill ed James Dunn in Waterbury, Ct. William T. Cobb, of Rockland, wa inaugurated governor of Maine. Neil S. Phelps, a capalist, of Battl I Creek, Mich., who lost his fortune, com j mitted suicide. Brigadier General Nathaniel Collin ? McLean died at his home, in Bellpor Ia, I Henry V Poor, the railroad exper j died at his home, in Brookline, Mas John Mcl.ane, of Milford, was inat j gurated governor of New Hampshir* Prof. Albert P. Mathews, of the Un versify of Chicago, declares that th present creation of life has been prove the result of purely physiological-chen ica! reactions. The United States Steel Corporatio j repeated its offer to its employes to a ! low them lo subscribe on the same pla as last year to the preferred stock. A Baltimore and Ohio tr.'in crnshe I into a trolley car carrying 100 wort I men of the Cambria Steel Company ; a street crossing in Johnstown, Pa. The body of the woman who vii found dead on Mount Cutler, in CoU rado, was identified as that of Mr Bessie Bouton, of Syracuse, N. Y. The Massachusetts legislature ni seated a member who is now in ja for fraud in connection with feden civil-service examinations. Foreign. The executive committee of the Zioi ist organization concluded a confereiu at Vienna after making arrangemen for the next annual Zionist conferem in Switzerland, nexl? July. Count Tolstoi's son, in an article di daring that Great Britain's constant di sire is to embarrass Russia, says tlu if the former forces war she will haste her own end. In an engagement between the Ge man troops and the Hereros in Soutl west Africa the natives lost heavil many being slaughtered in a bayon charge. In an encounter between strikers ar Cossacks at Balakhany, Trans-Caucasi six strikers and one Cossack were kilW and many persons were wounded. Ambassador McCormick returned St. Petersburg from his visit to tl United States and resumed his duties John P. Sousa and the members 1 his band arrived at Liverpool and we guests of thc Lord Mayor. An English jockey named Dent, ri> ing in a novel stage production of tl Derby in a London music hall, w; thrown from his horse and killed. France and Morocco have settled the recent misunderstanding. The refrigerating plant of a brewe: at Coburg. Germany, collapsed und thc weight of snow, burying nine worl men, five of whom were killed and foi inj ured. The members of the Danish Cabin have resigned owing to disagreeme over the military situation. A conference of the Zionist Committ on the proposed Jewish settlemeiiK. British East Africa is being held Vienna. The British consul's residence, on side the city of Tangier, Morocco, Wi attacked by insurgents . Foreign Minister Tittoni of Ital while on a shooting trip, was strickt with apoplexy. Jiu-jitsu and the American style we compared by Japanese exoerts . "BEEF TRUST" CASE BEGUN Supreme Court Hears Argument of the Packers. COMMERCE IS NOT INTERSTATE? Mr. Miller Attacked the Bill of the Government as Insuffic ent in Its Failure to Allege Facts Necessary to Constitute a Cause of Action, and Said That the Charge s Made Are Not Facts, But Conclusions of Law. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Argu? ment in the case of Swift & Co. against thc United States, known as thc "Beef Trust conspiracy case," was begun be? fore the Supreme Court of the United States by Attorney John S. Miller, of Chicago, in behalf of the packers. Mr. Miller attacked thc bill of the Government as insufficient in its failure to allege facts necessary to constitute a cause of action, and said that thc charges made are not facts but conclu? sions of law; that thc commerce charged is not interstate or foreign commerce, and that even if it be interstate com? merce the facts given constitute no vio? lation of law. lie said that an injunction had been prayed for and secured from the United States Circuit Court tex the Northern District of Illinois under the Sherman Anti-Trust act, and, quoting thc de? cree of the court making permanent thc injunction, Mr. Miller said it nierelv adds the prohibition of the court to that of Congress, leaving the packers to as? certain whether individual acts will be in contempt of the court's order. He contended that the case presents an in? terference in business such as never be? fore has been undertaken. The charges, he said, are of the most general char? acter and do not specify time and place. He did not believe, therefore, that the charges could stand at all, and he quot? ed the indictments in the whisky cases to show that charges much more spe? cific than are here made were consid? ered insufficient. "It is alleged," interrupted Justice White, "that your clients' agents com? bined to refrain from bidding in order to put prices down, and again agreed to pat them up. Do you think there should have been a specification of hour and place?" "Yes, your Honor," responded Mr. Miller. "If the Government had these facts, why should it not have given them ?" "Did you ask for a bill of particu? lars?" inquired Justice Harlan, and Mr. Miller replied in the negative, saying that th? defendants had filed a demurrer in the case." / Mr. Miller said that if thc packing s^ industry could be interfered with, as proposed in this case, the manufactur? ing industries could be similarly regu? lated, "and thus you will find," he add? ed, "the Federal courts is regulating a considerable part of the commerce of the country " He continued that there is no inter? state commerce involved because the business of the packers, including the purchase of cattle and the sale of meat, is confined entirely to Chicago. The shipment, he said, is no part of the pur? chase or sale. Explaining the economic situation, Mr. Miller said the demand for fresh meat is fairly uniform and that owing to the necessity for maintaining a prop? er supply of an acceptable article there should be some understanding among the packers. This is, he said, perfectly legitimate, and the Government itself might properly assume this supervision. The cattle supply is not so regular as the demand, and to this fact he attrib? uted the fluctuation in prices. When Mr. Miller concluded Attorney General Moody began. It was idle, he said, to discuss the contention that thc charges of the bills connected one with another. Be that, he added, as it may, the purpose of the suit is single and all the separate parts of thc bill are in? dependent for the accomplishment of thal end. He also maintained the con? stitutionality of the provision of the bill asking for discovery of the books.of the packers. . MR. CARNEGIE'S LATEST. A Gift of $50,000 to the Lebanon Valley College. Lebanon, Pa., (Special).?Kervin U. Roop, of Lebanon Valley College, Ann ville, made announcement of the receipt of a letter from Andrew Carnegie in which the latter promises to give $50,000 toward erecting a greater Lebanon Val? ley College on condition that an equal sum is raised by the college, exclusive of the insurance recovered on the fire which destroyed the administration building. The announcement was made at a meeting of ministers and lay de :>f j legates of the Eastern Presbyterian Con? ference of United Brethren Church held in United Bretr jen Church at Annvillc. Thc purpose o the meeting was to meet the crisis ca' sed by the burning of the main dormitory on Christmas Eve. The meeting resulted in pledging the $50,000. The amount of the insurance is approxi? mately $45,000, which will give the trustees a total of $145,000 Mr. Carnegie last spring gave the Le? banon Valley College $20,000 for a li? brary building, which is now rapidly nearing completion. To Life Imprisonment. Rising Sun, Ind. (Special).?James Gillespie, convicted by a jury for the murder of his twin sister, Elizabeth, was sentenced by Judge Nicholas Cornet to the penitentiary for life. A motion for a new trial was overruled, but it was agreed that it might be taken up at a latter date, if necessary. Gillespie then prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court, which was granted, and 60 days were given in which to file his bill of excep? tion. 1, / LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. A Miolster (or Morocco. Secretary/Hay, through the Secretary the Treasury, has asked Congress to ipropriate $7,500 annually to provide t an envoy extraordinary and minister enipotentiary to Morocco. He urges at the establishment of such a mission lould not be delayed. Our relations ith that country are growing, he says, id there are possibilities for a large durne of trade. Forcasting import it changes in Morocco, Secretary Hay lys that potential commercial interests f the United States should be safe narded. Thc representative of fte United tates in Morocco is a consular officer, hile nine European powers have min? ters who are permitted to see thc ultan and impress him with a senr.e of ic significance and power of the gov rnments they represent. Thc Secretary lys the consequence is "those who en )y American protection in Morocco are ot treated with that degreee of courtesy nd justice that is accorded to those vlv> arc under the aegis of any of the hie European nations which have dip imatic representatives in that country." School for Army Bakers. The Secretary of War has directed ie establishment of a training school ir bakers at Fort Riley, Kansas, at diich successive classes will bc instruct d for periods of four months. Each f these classes will be composed of 18 ecruits, four from thc cavalry, four j rom the artillery and io from the bl? unt ry. On completing the prescribed I ourse of instruction the men will bc j ssigned to various regiments. This ction was taken at thc instance of icneral Weston, commissary general of ubsistance. Six-year Term for President. Senator Bailey submitted to the ienate a proposed amendment to the Constitution fixing the term of the pres dent at six years, and making him in ligible for re-election. The text of the mendment follows: The executive power shall be vested in . president of the United States, who hall hold his office during a term of ix years, and, together with the vice tresielent. chosen for the same term, ?e electded as provided in article 12 >f the amendments to the Constitution. Hie president shall forever be ineligible 0 a reelection to the presidency who tas served as president under any suc :esssion provided for in the Consum? ion or the laws made ni pursuance hereof. Sugar Beet Industry. That temperature and sunshine are he dominant factors in producing the lest quality of sugar beets is announced ts the result of five years' experiments vhich have just been concluded by the Chemistry Division of the Department if Agriculture. The data obtained is :xpected by agricultural officils to save mmense amounts to capital by pointing nit in what sections of the country >eet sugar growing industries should be instituted. The tests were made in ocaiities ranging, from New York to North Carolina and entirely across the Zontinent. The Cortelyous Go Abroad. George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the National Republican Committee, and Mrs. Cartelyou left here for a seven iveck trip to Southern Europe. Mr. Cortelyou, who is feeling the effect of his . rduous work during the recent cam? paign, is in need of a rest. He expects to return to Washington in time for the inauguration of President Roosevelt, md will enter upon his duties as post? master general immediately thereafter. Proposed Honor Medals. Secretary Taft has forwarded to his House the draft of a resolution author? izing the President to cause medals to be struck and presented to officers and soldiers and others who served in the Spanish war, China relief expedition and Philipinc insurrections. Whippingpost in Washington. Representative Adams, of PennsyL vania, introduced a bill providing for the establishment in the District of Colum? bia of a whipping-post for wifebeaters. lt prescribes that the whipping shall be done privately by thechief of police or his deputy., in the presence of the jail physician only. Notes of (he Departments. President Roosevelt and Ambassador Jusserand delivered addresses before the Forestry Congress. The House laid on the table the res? olution aimed at the statistical depart? ment of thc Department of Agriculture and vindicated the cotton reports. Henry M. Rose, reading clerk of the United States Senate, has been ap? pointed internal revenue collector for the fourth crdistt of Michigan. A favorable report on the extradi? tion treaty between the United States and Panama was authorized by thc Senate (Committee on Foreign Rela? tions. The Senate committee authorized a favorable report on the nomination of W D. Crum as collector of the port at Charleston, S. C. James A Watson, was convicted on thc charge of embazzlement while in the office of District Auditor Petty. The Comptroller of the Currency has in his possession an emerald ring and a diamond sunburst brooch that arc said to have at one time belonged to Mrs. Chadwick. They were deposited with the failed Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin, G., as collateral. When the bank failed the jewelry was taken pos? session of by thc receiver. At the meeting of thc House Commit? tee on Interstate Commerce members oi the committee denied thc statement? attributed to E. P. Bacon, of Milwau? kee, president of the Interstate Com? merce Convention, that members of Con? gress are influenced by railroads. Conrad H. Syme, attorney for A. W Madlen and others involved with hitr in the alleged postoffice conspiracy, filee application for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. Involuntary bankruptcy proceeding were instituted against John Ridout, tht real estate dealer. RUSSIAN SHIPS IN PERIL Admiral Rojestvensky's Charts Are Defective. DANGERS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. Warships Likely to Strike a Reef or Rock at Aoy Time?The Czar Leaves lt Optional With Officers at Port Arthur to Accept Parole Under Obligation or Share the Des? tinies of Their Men. The ships of the Russian second Pa? cific squadron are reported to be in con? stant danger, not from any encounter with thc Japanese, but of striking hid? den reefs and rocks. Vice Admiral Ro? jestvensky's charts of the waters in which his squadron is now cruising are defective and practically worthless. Jap? anese naval officers at Tokio regret the recall of the Russian squadron, as they had expected "a splendid fight." Lieutenant General Fock, commander of the Fourth East Siberian Division and of the Russian left wing at Port Arthur, is dead. The Japanese have raised thc block? ade of the Liaotung Peninsula, but for thc present no ships except those in the Japanese government service will bc al? lowed to enter Port Arthur harbor. The Russian Christmas brought sor? row and mourning to thousands of homes, instead of the usual joy and good cheer. There was no elaborate cel? ebration at thc imperial palace. Thc Czar has sent a dispatch to Gen? eral Stoessel, leaving it optional with the Russian officers at Port Arthur with them to accept parole under obligation neit to return to service during the war, or to share the fate of their men. About 150 so far have been paroled. Charts Are Defective. Paris ( By Cable).?Information re? ceived in offici-il quarters here shows that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's charts of the waters in which the Russian sec? ond Pacific squadron is now cruising are defective and practically worthless. This arouses apprehension of a possi? ble future catastrophe, as it is known that the charts do not show the recent hydrographic dangers of the Indian Ocean. In naval circles the recall of the Rus? sian second Pacific squadron is not re? garded as a sign that Russia eloes not hope for final success on the seas. It is considered that thc authorities at St. Petersburg have realized the improbabil? ity of thc second Pacific squadron alone defeating Vice Admiral Togo, and has recalled it to await reinforcements and to further train its officers and men pre? paratory to a supreme effort for the mastery. A naval officer said: "Japan has con? fidently awaited thc arrival of the sec? ond Pacific squadron of the Russian Navy, in the Far East. It would have been a splendid fight. Now we must prepare for the future, of which we are not afraid." Admirals at Chefoo In Disguise. St. Petersburg (By Cable)..?A dis? patch from Chefoo says it is reported that Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky and Rear Admiral Dochinsky have ar? rived there disguised on board a launch. Prince Ouktomsky assumed command of the Port Arthur squadron after Ad? miral Makaroff was drowned a< a re? sult of thc sinking of his flagship, the battleship Petropavlovsk, at the entrance of Port Arthur April 13. Later the Prince was replaced in command of the squadron by thc late Rear Admiral Wit hoft, and after the latter was killed dur? ing naval battle of August io, Prince Ouktomsky again assumed command of the squadron, and, it is said, contrary to orders, returned to Port Arthur, for which, it was alleged, he was to be tried by court-martial. This, however, was denied, but the Prince waa succeeded in command of thc naval forces by Renr Admiral Wircn. Recently, it is understood, Prince Ouk? tomsky has not been attached to any of the Russian ships. The name of Rear Admiral Dochin? sky has not figured in the cable dis? patches from the Far East. No po by ti, al di iii pl at pi S p; RI ce ol e; e: w o: ii tl Ci P K st Vi rt e b si tl EX.QOVERNOR LOWNDES PASSES AWAY. His Death From Heart Failure While in Ap? parently Good Health. Cumberland, Md. (Special).?Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, former Governor of Maryland, died suddenly Sunday morn? ing at 9.30 o'clock at his home on Wash? ington street. Cumberland, from organ? ic heart trouble, in the sixtieth year of his age. Th r ? was no premonition of the approach of death. Mr. Lowndes had just taken his morning bath in wa? ter about the temperature of the body. Brown, his faithful colored valet, wn-; rubbingliim down when he fell forward on his face and expired instantaneously. The left side of his head struck the bath tub, making a slight scar on the side of the cheekbone and on the fore? head. Members of the household heard the noise of thc fall and Mrs. Lowndes was the first to reach her husband's side. Then all sign of life had disappeared. but she thought he was unconscious, as did the son, Mr. Richard T. Lowndes, who had just arrived from Clarksburg. W. Va., to visit his wife and child, who have bern at the home of Governor Lowndes since thc holidays. Dr. James T. Johnson, the family phy? sician, arrived 15 minutes after the Gov? ernor had fallen. He simply pronounced life extinct, saying that from all indica? tions death was instantaneous. Dr. Ar? thur H. Hawkins, who was also called, corroborated Dr. Johnson in his diag? nosis that death came from an affection of the heart. A Girl's Mistake. Rome. N. Y. (Special).?Maud Let son, aged 19 years, testified before Jus? tice Scripture that in 1902 she married innocently her dead father's brother. The girl was placed in an orphan asylum at the age of two years and her relatives lost track of her until last September, when her sister, Mrs. Vernevale, of Al? lentown, Pa , wrote "You've married our uncle David." Justice Scripture grant? ed a decree of annulment. CITY OF DEAD AND WOUNDED. gi Reports That 29,000 Out of 35,000 Are Disabled. Tokio (Ry Cable).?The followingre rt was received from General Nogi: "Order is maintained at Port Arthur the officers. The people are quiet. "Our minute investigation was not ished until Tuesday night. "The total number of inhabitants is out 35,000, of whom 25,000 are sol? ars or sailors. The total number of :k or wounded is 20,000. "Common provisions and bread are entiful, but there is a scarcity of meat id vegetables. "There are no medical supplies at jrt Arthur. The Japanese are str-jn ?usly succoring thc people. "The capitulation committees are ishing their respective works." The Czar has cabled to General oesscl saying that the giving of their role or the alternative of imprison? ed is optional with thc Russian offi rs. The weight of opinion in Japanese ficial circles is against a belief in the rly conclusion of peace, and doubt is ^pressed that the fall of Port Arthur ill materially affect the situation. One several high officials, who discus,ed e question, voiced the sentiment of e majority when he said: "We are confronting a situation which Mltinues to be purely military. Thc ?esent problem is created by General uropatkiu's army and by the Russian sond Pacific squadron. Wc are de? ming all attention to them. "We anticipate that the Russians will ?new more determinedly than ever their Tort to drive Field Marshal Oyama ick and that they will strive ro a;ain ipremacy at sea. We are preparing > defeat both these objects. "Thc situation makes talk of peac*e nile." The Jiji. discussing the capture of ort Arthur, reviews the price paid in ires and says: "We ought to keep' Port Arthur in ur hands so long as our Empire ex ts. Port Arthur is the key to peace 1 the Far East, and it is our duty to eep the city in our hands." Commander Pelem and a lieutenant f the Russian torpedo-boat destroyer astoronpy, who were captured on board ie British steamer Nigretia and taken n board of her to Sascbo, have cou? rsed their ? identity before thc naval 3tirt lhere. Heretofore they posed as rcrman super-cargoes, but when con ?onted with the results of the Japan >e investigations at Shanghai, conceal lent was impossible. They have been esignafed as prisoners of war. No contraband of war has yet been iscovered on the Nigretia. Her cargo ?insists of kerosene and the prize court i still undecided upon what action to ike in her case. It is probable if thc hip is condemned it will be solely ow ig to connivance in the escape of the Lussian officers. BOOTY OF THE CONQUERORS. o^l and Rice Said to Be the Only Prizes at Port Arthur. Chef ti. China (By Cable).?It is said hat the booty which fell into the hinds f the Japanese at Port Arthur amount d only to 80,000 tons of coal and some atinns of rice. Of 270 officers of the Russian navy t Port Arthur at the beginning of the rar 180 have been killed or wounded, nany of them while doing duty in the ons. The protected cruiser Akitsushima, our totpedo-boat destroyers and two orpedo boals constitute Japanese guard iff this port. Thc destroyers which warded the Russian flotilla wont out t the expiration of 24 hours, returning nth others. They have been in mid I >ut of the harbor intermittently ever ince. RUSSIANS SAY JAPS LOST 80,000. (idicule '.be Statement That Losses at Port Arthur Were 50,000. Chefoo, ( By Cable).?The statement of h e censored dispatches from corre? spondents with General Nogi's army hat the Japanese lost only 50,000 men n taking the fortress is declared to be insured hy Russian naval officres here. Their lowest estimate, they sa>, based loth on personal observation and on uories told hy prisioncrs, is that thc lapanese lost 80,000. Advices from Japanese sources say :hat the condition of Port- Arthur is maotic, hut that General Nogi and C.cn jral Stocssel are rapidly systematizing iffairs there. General Nogi* is prepared, through igcn'.s who have been recrnitiujr for ncnths, io jin; a horde nf Chinese coolies ti work in the fortifying of Port \rthur immediately that the Russians ire disposed of. Vast quantities ?f :emcnt and timber arc ready on the S'alu River for this purpose, while steel dates are ready in Japan for trans? portation to thc fortress. Thc Japanese arc confident that the refortification o? Por Arthur will place he fortress in a better condition 'han ncr, with the Russian defects elimi? nated, long before Russia can besiege it, if such a thing ever occurs af all. Ammunition, food and medical sup ulies to last for years will he sent to Port Arthur. Japan being heedful of the mi-takes made by the Russians . FINANCIAL. There is now only $io.?.ooo,ooo of United States funds in national banks. Thirty-two railroads in November earned gross $41,680,000, aa increase of o per cent. Active railroad shares have now re? gained 5 of the 6 points they lost on the average of Lawson's raid. Kuhn, Loeb ot Co. are quoted as say? ing that no new stock or bonds of the Pennsylvania will be i ;sued for at least iix month XII OLD DOMINION Latest News Cleaned From Ali Over (he StaU. William AnsHl, of Norfolk, while shaving cut his throat and is at the Protestant Hospital. He is a machinist, formerly working at the navy yard, but at home recently of ill health. He is J5 years old and unmarried. During the absence of his mother he says, he at tempted to shave. The re-mlt was a long, dangerous wound in his throat, *hich barely missed the jugular vein. Hil relatives declare the wound was acci? dental, but it, wi'h his feeble condition. [>uts his life in jeopardy. Suit for $10,000 damages was entered in the Corporation Court, Newport News, by the administrator of A. N. Calhoun, igainst the Newport News Shipbuilding ind Drydock Company. Calhoun was he Richmond man who fell into the h:g frydock at the yard the day the battle? ship Virginia was launched and died is a result of injuries received. The War Department mine-laying >oats, General Evans and Sarah F. (?'.vans, arc at Old Point Comfort, where instructions are being Riven thc officers )f the Artillery School in thc art of aying harbor-defense mines. Col. Thomas F. Goode died at Boyd ?on. He was a distinguished Confcd ?rate veteran and a man universally oved and respected. He was the owner if thc famous Ruffalo Lithia Spring; n Mecklenburg county. It was Colonel lioode's custom for a number of years :o donate $1,000 annually for the care of he aged Confederate veterans of Meck? lenburg county. Thc Colonel leaves several children, among them Thomas P. Goode, Jr., a well-known banker of Boydton. It was ascertained in Lynchburg, from a/hat is believed to be a reliable source, that out of 85 members of the junior ;las> of the Virginia Polytechnic In? stitute who left the school before Christ nas on account of the expulsion of Cadet Coulter, of Richmond, only 12 have been reinstated, and they are under strict probation. It was stated by a cadet who is not a junior that not more than 113 of the 600 or more cadets had returned from the holiday vacation, although the leave was good only until last Wednes? day. The Court of Appeals refused a writ of error in the case of Joseph H. Copen haver, the convicted Clarke county wife murderer, who is now in the Berry ville jail, and he will have to serve the sentence of 12 years imposed upon bini in the lower court. Copenhaver shot and killed his wife while in a drunker frenzy last April. His trial was heh: at Berryville last August and resulted in the verdict of guilty. Since the crime was committed he has been in jail it Berryville. where he has received atten? tion not accorded other prisoners. Under a new law enforced by the Corporation Court, Norfolk, two men were released from jail on giving bonds to contribute to the support of their families. John A. Griffin's mother gave a bond for bim to pay his wife $20 a month. He had been in jail 111 the complaint of his wife. J. \V. Haskett, an insurance solicitor, gave a bond to pay his wife $5 a week. There are other case-? of a similar character pending. William Sanderlin, conductor of Hh police patrol wagon, obtained a ver? dict of $1,500 damages in a suit again it the Norfolk Railway and Light Com? pany for injuries sustained in a collision with a street car. Sanderlin and Officer Hoy were both crippled in a collision last April. W. E. Crismond and C. H. Stokes, clerks in the postoffice at Portsmouth were discharged from the service on thc recommendation of the Civil Service Commissioner on account o: alleged ir? regularities in their examinations foi thc places. The cases have been pend? ing a long time, but the order of dis? missal came from the Postoffice Depart? ment, in Washington. Harry Starr, a young man of educa? tion and refinement, went to jail in Portsmouth to recover from the drug habit. He was arrested for housebreak ing, but Judge W. N. Portlock decided to acquit him if he would return vol? untarily to the jail hospital, to be under thc treatment of the jail physician, by whom he has already been partially restored to self-control. The death of Theodore Thomas has recalled the fact that his father was a member of the band of thc United States ship Pennsylvania, at the Not folk station, and that Theodore Thomas spent years of his youth in Portsmouth in a house on High street, now j bakery. John Alexander Dowie blessed Rich? mond as he pased througn on his way to Miami, Fla. Standing on the rear platform of his private car "Ranger" he .stood with uncovered head and up? lifted hand until his train had pass* I the city limits. Then .murmuring "Pu* Vobiscum" he went inside. Dowie wai accompanied by his private secretary -ind numerous attendants, cooks and porters. He talked for a while with newspaper men. He said that he was going to Florida for a short stay on account of his health, account of his health. Hancock Brothers & Co., plug to? bacco manufacturers, Lynchburg, ship? ped a solid train of lb cars of plug tobacco. The Lynchburg Lodge of Elks, for thc first time, held its weekly meeting in the lodge room of the new home, which has recently been completed at a cost of $40,000. The lodge has a membership of about 350 . Sydney Cole, of Parkersburg, whe bas served three years of an l8-yeat sentence in the penitentary tor killing William Lerry, ship's carpenter of the steamer Keystone State, while that boat was landing during a Hood near Cole'; home four years ago, has been grantee a new trial The Board of Supervisors of Clarke county have accepted from the builder the new steel bridge over the Shenan? doah river at Castleman's and Berry's ferries, which were erected at a cost of about $50,000, y