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riEA I S L E C I T T , X .T., Dec. SH.—Tht threo m a ^ e d schooner Rodman Xirkerson went a sip. re about lia f n tnllo south ol the - t no Harbor life Mi' ing s ta ' i . n o i tin- New Je i -cy roast . One o ' the (row was drowned I ii « ' who were af terward reseuod cufTeifd t e i r ' b ' y The men spent the n ight in t he fieri p s tonn lashed to tht rijifrinK a n d were aim. st exhaus ted when tnkon off by tbc life savors.

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Cap ta in Sprague headed tho schoonei for the shore, a n d his only hope was to beach her.

At 1 o'clock in tho m o r n i n g in the very he igh t of tho s torm the vessel s t ruck. She was well i n s h o r e , bu t o w i n g to the bl ind iug sleet the capta in and men could not toll j u s t where they were un t i l their otaft g rounded The shock cnus.-tl by s t r ik ing the Ijftrd sand split the seams more tliaD ever, a n d wi th in a few uiinuti s after she felt g round the schooner sank u n t i l het m a s t s a lone showed above water .

Capta in Sorague had ordered every m a n in to the r igg ing and was the last to as­cend. He had not finished lash ing him­self before the deck was under wa te r and t h e keel r es t ing on the bot tom.

Dropped Frozen In to the Sea*

T h e cook had been a t work in the gal­ley, keeping hot coffee for the men, and when the Bchooner s t ruck he was obliged to ascend the r igg ing in the c lo th ing he wore In the hot galley. He was soon over­come, and when he let go wi th his hands his body slipped from the rope, a n d ho fell in to the water .

Half an hour before s n n r b e the wreck was s ighted by the life savers from F a t h o m Bench and Stone Harbor s ta t ions . Botli crews rallied wi th their full appa­ra tus , but could do noth ing . The wind was b lowing so tha t the mor ta r would not th row the line to the schooner, and the fierce surf rendered the l aunch ing of tho lifeboats intpo-sih'o.

Noon eamo with l i t t le change in the sit­ua t ion The life savers and the volunteers. were helpless on the leach, and the sail­ors were even mole helpless In the i r lofty perches. Jlj- 1 o clock the wind had shift­ed somewhat and abated a li t t le. More a t t e m p t s were made lo send the line from the mor t a r to the r igging, hut. it was not un t i l e ight a t t e m p t s had been made tha t the projectile shot over a n d carr ied the l ine down on the far side.

Seven riieit in all were taken ashore. One or two of them were insensible from cold and exposure when they were got ten ashore. J t took ontiL r> o'clock in the aft­ernoon to b r ing one of the men to hl.« senses. Tho c ok ' s body was washed ashore.

Trains on the Central I>ela3-pd. X'KW Y O I ; K , Dec. L'S.—(Iflicials of the

Xew York Central and-lludsoja River rail­road report t h a t the present s torm Is tho worst experienced since the gro.it blizzard. A pecul iar i ty of the ex i - t i ng bli ckado is found in tho fact that while oast bound t r a ins in the central part of tho s ta te be­tween liulTalo a ' ld Albany a rc from seven to fourteen hours late, there is no trouble wor th speak ing of on the division between Alban. ' and Xew York. Rochester and Syracuse have been the chief s torm cen­ters c u r i n g the past 'J I hours, and these two cities are said by lo.al rai lroad offi­cials to l.o headqua r t e r s for prevai l ing troublos

At the t r a i n d i spa tcher ' s office a t tho Grand t ' e n t i a l depot a . repor te r was In­formed tha t all passenger t ra in were mov­ing. The operators in cha-gc admi t t ed tha t many of the freight t r a ins had been reported stalled d u r i n g the day, b u t they emphat ica l ly di n i .d the rumors tha t some of the mail or pap. r t ra ins had been aban­doned. The r rpo i t s received indicate t h a t in m a n y places siiow has drifted un t i l it has reached a depth . f la or IS inches, a n d the crews sent, out have had a severe Struggle wi th the i leinenls.

West Ail-any is the headquar t e r s for snow shovels, snow plows a m r gangs of men sent i tit to clean the tracks, tho m a m m o t h -hops of the ( en t i a l road be­ing located a t that point. It has. been a busy day for the rai lroad men there, m a n y crews hav ing been dispatched to t he west d u r i n g the day. From Albany south to Xew York then- has been veiy l i t t le wo It for the snow lighters, not a single pas­senger or freight t r a in living reported as iiiu. h as l.j m i n u t e s late.

The first of the th rough passenger t r a ins to arrive, covered wi th nearly a foot of snow a n d filled wi th a tired lot of passen­gers, was No. 10. tho Chicago, Xew York a n d Boston special.

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Fearful Expr r i en re of « TUR'H CreW. Pit ii AtiFxruiA. Pec 2>| —One of tho

most t h r i l l i ng experiences Coincident With the jttnrm was that of Capta in Foster a n d b!s crew of four men on tl e t u g Israel W. Durham. Coming from Delaware City t o Phi ladelphia , ting- felt the fury of t he galo In the most open p a r t "• t n o Delaware r ' m r When off Thompson ' s point, a SUO-pesRion of heavy R«V< hnjUered orcr the sides of the tug, nnd shortly a f t« rward . the wa te r reached the boilers a n d quenched the fires. A t 2 a. m. she began. K» fontl-der.

Beyond reach of any joss ib le oti tside aid. t he rn.ni s ' ranped life preservers nr .und the i r bodies, a n d i t the last tno-ini nt 'eajed Into tho ic j wate rs . They m a n a g e I to ke,'p close to the s i n k i n g craft, huwuvir , and eventua l ly c lambered onto the top of. the pilothouse, which was all t h a t remained above water . There they were compelled to remain t h r o u g h o u t t he fiercest j>an of tho s torm un t i l near ly dawn , when, more dead :han alive, they were picked u p by the tug Confidence, w t r c h itself had a l m o s t succumbed to the rlctnoiits. The men a re i i a ser ious con; dlrion, b u t hope is en te r t a ined for t he i r recovery.

iQttK. SATCRDAY. DECEMBER 2!l, 1894. PRICK TIIRKF. (I'NTS.

Collision In t h e Storm.

ASHLAND, Pa., Dec. 28.-j-The storm is responsible for. a ser ious vrreck which oc­curred at the junc t ion of the Lehigh Val ­ley and Heading t racks , j near hero. A Heading sh i f t ing engino! was r u n n i n g empty to Big Mine r u n wpen tho Lehigh Valley passenger t ra in approached. Ow­ing to the b l i n d i n g s t o r m , Jhp^ngineer d id no t see the sh i f t ing engine) and a collision ocoured. Hoih engines wl-re badly dam­aged, t ha t of the Heading being t h r o w n clear oil the t rack. The engineers a n d firem" n of bo'h engines jumped. Michael Ctir'e.v and Thomas C h a p m a n , w h o were r i t l ing on the tender of th|o B e a d i n g en­gine, were t h r o w n t o tliei g round a n d se­riously injured. Beyond a s h a k i n g u p nono of the passengers wa.4 h u r t .

Many Trains Abandoned. ; BorHKsTEK, Doc. 28. — Local ra i l road

officials say t h a t the presont s to rm is the worst t ha t they have encountered since the blizzard of TSXh. T r r f l l c o n the Au­b u r n branch of t he Cen t ra l ra i l road was pract ical ly abandoned, no been able to get through cuse a n d Koehostor. T r a i n 250 was aban doned, as all p receding stalled nea r Onnandaigt i^ . t r a in s over the A uburt i branch were a b a n

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doned. The Kiupiru Sta the east was seven hours lain A bad freight wreck was. the Centra! a t Memphis by the t ra in break­i n g in t w o a n d b lock ing a l l four t r acks for over threo hours .

Two Almost Frozen Ito Death .

PiTTShii td, Dec. 2H.—Two lives wore nearly sacrificed in the stoifin here. Ear ly in tho m o r n i n g a policeimjn found-Henry Anderson (colored) in a s n W d x i f t on Lib­er ty s t reet a l m o s t dead from exposure. The m a n had been intoxicated, a n d fall­i ng in to t he drift was unab le to rise. He is .at tho l loni t opath ic hosp i ta l . a n d wil l recover. J o h n Rhino was found ly ing in the snow unconscious in Sharpsburg . fto was t a k e n to a resldcneo a n d rovived In an hour. l ie said he became n u m b and foil abutit m i d n i g h t .

The Storm Along thp Coast. J K R S K Y C T Y , Dec. 28 .—The s to rm was

not so severe a l o n g the coast as was ex­pected.

LONG I S L A N D CITY*, K. Y.. Dec. 28.— The no r the rn shore of L o n g I s land felt the full fury of the s torm. Tho galo blew across the sound, a n d several wrecks and g r o u n d i n g s a re reported. A n u m b e r of isolated places on t h e is land a r e cu t off from con imun ica i ' on a l toge ther on ac-oount of tho wires be ing down. T h e south sldo did no t suffer so badly. I n tho in­ter ior the snowfall was no t heavy, ra in , p reva i l ing there yesterday.

A t K a t o n ' s Neck t he schooner Tsetta, C a p t a i n Rol l ins , bound from Bangor , Me., to New York, w i t h 300 t ons of pav­i n g stone, w e n t ashore d u r i n g the d r i v i n g snows to rm. .• T h e cap ta in a n d t h e crow of six were t a k e n off by t he life s a v i n g crew wi th g rea t difficulty. "

Tho fre ighter Tuchahoo of Providence w e n t ashore a t P o r t W a s h i n g t o n , ea s t of S a n d ' s P o i n t l igh thouse , b n t t h o ca_pfain a n d crew wore t aken off in safety. . A t m a n y o the r po ip t s t he re i s considerable d a m a g e reported, b u t n o t h i n g so far <>f a serious na tu re .

A T L A N T I C C I T Y , Dee. 28 .—The coast s to rm is r a g i n g here, wi th , n o gigijBof aba tement . A 40 m i l e ga l e ' Is b lowing from the sou thwes t , p i l i n g u p . . t h e p n r f a long the ocean front . ' Tlio m e a d o w s a r e l ik« a b ig bay, w i t h no- e i g h t of, l a n d for seven miles. T h e rail way t r a c k s a r e s u b ­merged, a n d t h e m a i l s . a rean-nour - Ja te . Houses on t he ineaalow side, of tho c i ty a r eaGoa t . T h e y a c n t s I n t h e T h o r o u g h ­fare have b roken from, t h e i r m o o r i n g s a n d a t e toss ing on tho nroad expanse of w a t e r

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Funera l Par ty Rescued by Life Savers. A T L A N T I C - C I T Y , Dec. 28.—A par ty of

five in a closed hack s ta r ted to drive to the ma in l and to inter tho body of a rela­t ive of ono of tho men. A b o u t t w o mi les west of tho city they were caugh t by the-r i s ing tide. Isaac Millei . the driver, un-hitcheil h is horse a n d s tar ted for assist­ance. , In crossing the t u r n p i k e br idge over t he Thoroughfare the s t r u c t u r e gave way, anil m a n and horso were nearly drowned. T h e Absecon li/o sav ing crew finally launched a boat a n d rescued tho party.

Much Damage In Camden.

CAMIDES, X. J . , Dec. 28 .—Dur ing the hoightiof the storm -« te legraph poles on Marke t s ' reet were blown down, ca r ry ing wi th thorn a great mass of ice laden wires a n d blocking the street foV abou t a mile. T h e local te lephone office. Is closed, a n d the trolley cars have stopped r u n n i n g ow­ing to the wires be ing down. A b ig g a n g of l inemen is ou t t r y i n g to repai r t he wires, ^several houses ware unroofed by tho gale.

Biggest lu Fir t fcn Years.

H O U N E L L S V I L L E . X. Y.. Dec. 28.—The biggost snows to rm in IS years reached hero. T h e streets a re filled so t h a t traffic is a lmos t stopped. P a r t of the street cars havo been abaudonod, and tho Krle rail­road has suffered great ly. F re igh t cars havo jump d the track in the yard, and swi t ch ing is a lmos t an impossibi l i ty . A Buffalo t ra in , w i th four cars, was derai l ­ed before leaving the yard l imi ts .

Canadian Legislators S^orui Bound. QUF.ntr, P e a 2S:—This fortress city

from its clewitcd and expo-ted position felt the g n a t snows to rm more than a n y city iu tho Dominion . Many member s of the provincial legis lature , now In session, were m a d e pr isoners in the p a r l i a m e n t bu i ld ing a l l day, whi le o thers could no t reach it o w . n g to the t r emendous isweep the wind has around the edifice.

The P lymouth ' s Rough Tr ip . N E W P O R T , R. I., Dec. 2.S.—The s teamer

P l y m o u t h of the Fall River l ine ar r ived hero from Xew York, repor t ing t h e rough­est passago over experienced by t he officers of the boat. D u r i n g t he passago a radi ­a to r pipe burs t , a n d a s l igh t pan ic onsued a m o n g t he passengers, which was soon quieted.

Syracusans Had to Walk . SYBACW3E, D e c 28.—Traffic was grea t ly

dolayed by snow on nil the railroads in t h i s city. Street car t ravel was blocked for many hours Several trains on the Cent ra l road became s ta l led a t t h e E a s t

Washington strcot tjmn'isl ^nd-remained so for several hours . ' !

Collieries Closed by Snowdrift*. P O T T S V I L L E , P a . , Dec. 28 .—The s to r to

i n Schuylk i l l coun ty h a s been one\of the . heavies t k n o w n j n ^hh j region. A | l lpcnj-r a i lway traffic, w a s t i ed tip; O v e t 2 5 of, t h e H e a d i n g Coal a n d I ron c o m p a n y ' s col­l ieries were u n a b l e t o w o r k o w i n g t o t h e drifted snow.

Wreclsed on Maine's Coas t . .

SACO, Ma, Dei 28.—The gisnooher Idaho, bound from Boston to Booth Bay, went ashojo on tho* rooks ai Biddeford pool and will, be atojac-lpss,' Tb*;crew was rescued wltli difficulty^ llfo B#yoJg|'

' lulled by a Falling Chimney, JVOKTU ADAMS, Mass., J Dec, S8. —-"Tho

tviud Wow down # feet of the chimney of t n S l at SBriggsviUo. Tho roof of the tbtiiikhouBo was-crushed. to. and tlie fire-lian, iJfctlm Adams, uras Iplled.

COWSTOCK IS ACCUSED Lesion ^ifcttegs Sa^s He Bribed

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GAVE $1,000 FOE HIS PEEEBOM.

Comstock YbToronsly Denies the Charjre.

Mr. Gojr.an.ii I nkpwto r Wil l iams Had a

Spiri ted EncpmitAT, bnt When They F in­

ished l lpnors We're Even.

N E W Y O R K . Deo. 28 .— 'When t h e Lexow commi t t ee r e sumed i ts invest igat ions , the re was n \ e ry large a n d expec tan t Crowd of i n n i e-ted persons In the court­room. After a shor t conference wi th the Senators Mr. Gtiff called the names of Cap­t a i n s Meaklm, "Washburn a n d Westervelt. Nono of t h e m replied, b u t l n s p e c t o r Wil­l i ams told tho inqu is i to r t h a t al l th ree

ANTHONY COilSTdCR. wore sick. T h i s m a d e Mr. Goff very an­gry, and when t he inspector resnmod' t h e w i t n e s s chair his ques t ioner had fire In his eye. which boded evil for tho k i n g of clubs. I T h e sport ive reporters-called th i s Round B in the fencing match . Mr. Goff first asked a b o u t tho location of Wil l iams ' J a p ­anese lots.

" T h e y were In Hakoda te , in the no r the rn patt, of the e m p i r e , " was the reply.

Mr. Goff a n d tho wi tness had a long ar-guiment ns to whe the r foreigners could hold property a t t h a t t ime, b u t Will iams insis ted t h a t H a k o d a t e was a t rea ty port i n 1858, a n d Mr. Goff switched off to the ear ly seventies, w h e n Wil l iams had charge Of the E igh th precinct.

Tho wi tness said there were abou t 83 jhouses of ill fame in t he precinct when ho Iwent there, BTKI they were there when he left. He paid they wore fashionable then.

Mr. Goff then looked u p t he charges biado aga ins t Wil l iams in t he depar tment , and asked the wi tness abou t some of which the re was no record in the depa r tmen t Ibooks.

Accused of Stealing Every th ing Loose.

He said t h a t Wil l iams had been accused of t a k i n g eve ry th ing from a needle to an anchor, a n d read a charge of his h a v i n g t a k i n g se%'eral ar t ic les to the va lue of $100 ifrom Louisa Smi th , a disorderly house keeper. Wil l iams denied this, bwt said .afturward t h a t , ho d id no t romembor the charge.

Spoaking of the E igh th precinct, Wil­l i ams acknowledged t h a t i t was impossi­ble to suppress tho houses there, a n d al­t h o u g h he claimed to have worked hard to do so ho could no t men t ion one which he' closed. Ho ind ignan t ly denied t h a t ho re­ceived protect ion money or t h a t there were (any panel houses in the precinct.

After recess tho Inspector said t h a t ho remembered one panel homo, b u t a e k n o w l -edged t h a t there m i g h t have been more. They were very 'difficult to discover, he said. Mr. Goff quoted tile tes t imony of Sergeant Grew, who testified before tho board of oduoation 20 yoars ago abou t pane l houses a n d others of ill repute in 'the precinct a t t h a t t ime, but Wil l iams pers is ted t h a t Grew was a Lar. j The witness then took occasion to deny some s t a t emen t s made about h im by wit-posses before the present commission. | H6 was then excused, and a most sensa­t ional wi tness came on the staud. Ho was Lou i s S. fctreep,, who once kept a pr int­i n g house in Bookman street. Ho was indic ted in J u n o , 1889, for p r i n t i n g a n d Sending ou t green goods circulars, b u t de­clared t h a t he was innocent , as tho gu i l ty [nan was Edward Bechtol, who hired a faom from h im.

, Mr. Goff produced two ind ic tments ' which had been dismissed, and then camo |lhe sensat ion.

Anthony Comst6ck Accused. " I sWear solemnly before God a n d m a n

ithat I paid ' $1,000 to A n t h o n y Comslock (to have theso ind ic tments dismissed, a n d jl had to borrow POO from my brother, Who sa\v me pay the money to Comstook. " ; Tho Ind ic tmen t s were r cc m m e n d e d by ithe d is t r ic t a t torney for dismissa l a n d IBigneil by Recorder Smyth .

The twin then told a r a m b l i n g s tory of ibeing rearrested on the snnie ohargo in ;the C n l t c d Sta tes ecu t. and l h a t be had ipaid $1.W)0 to United. :-tiites Distr ict At­t o r n e y Mot t to-have tho ind ic tmen t s dis­missed.

• Tho wi tness sa id : " I n August , 1890, ii callod on Ctnnstock wi ih my brother, iwho told m o t h a t the s ta te i nd i c tmen t 'would be dismissed on payment of $1,000. Comstock sa id : 'Mind, the 81,000 is no t in tho sbapo>of a bribe. I t Is a subscr ip t ion to t he society. ' I asked whether If I paid t hem the money 1 might not bo brough t up all tho same. On Co.'-nstot k ' s promise I pa id h im $1.1)0). of which I got SU00 from m y brother a n d 8 00 for m y p r i n t ,

j ing office a t 9fi i < kn.an s t r t e t , which I sold. On the following 1'Mday t he indic t ­m e n t was d ismissed . ' '

Mr. Goff prodi eetl the. ind ic tment , which 'bore an\ jndorsenn n t b. n r lug da te of Sept. jg9. 1890, t h a t the d b t r i c t a t to rney bad ! moved that for reasons i Geoting the ad-! m i n i s t r a t i o n of l aw the i n d i c t m e n t w a s dismissed.

" C o m s t o o k subapguently called on me a n d asked m e to .swear t h a t Bechtol was a n accomplice of mine . I refused, a n d

: he th rea tened to b r i n g m e before t he Uni t -(ed .States cour t . I a sked for t i m e t o con* sider t h e ma t t e r . Bechtol was ar res ted on

i the charge of s tea l ing 1100 from the Ainer-l lcan Express company. He was b r o u g h t (before Oomfcaissioner Shields. Negot ia­t ions were carried on wi th h i m by Com­stock, a n d he pa id Comstoi k $1,000. T h e fol lowing day h e was .discharged. U n i t e d S t a t e s D i s t r i c t A t to rney J o h n A . Mot t

T h e r e Was a buzz of suppressed excite­m e n t infthejjroom when t h s m a n had ' f in­i shed. H i s bro ther Ho e r t corrobora ted ^liittti a s to , ithe p a y m e n t of I h a m o n e y t o 'Coiksfeiok; a i i d then, Mr. Goff a sked for.ua a d j o u r n m e n t

J t i s unde r s tood l h a t ijie commi t t ee w i l l n o t s i t a f te r today, s o t i n t .s g rea t deal of iflprjr wi l l 'havo, to. he crowded Iijto t h o day, "and » n igh t , sess ion m a y be bad.

Superintendent Byrnes, Inspectors Mo-Laughlin^ fund. -McAvoynnd peroral cap­

t a i n s have ye t t o be examined , so tha t to­day ' s session will I * o«e of tho most im­por t an t of th i s conarailtiec.

Comstock Bays Strecp Lied.

SfJSrtHT, N. J . ,Dee, 28 .—Anthony Corn-stock, When seen by a H<p.»rtor a t h is home here, m a d e t he fol lowing s t a t emen t rela­t ive to iho tes t imony given before th r Ixixow commi t t ee by I otiis S. Streep. whe charged h im wi th accept ing $1,000 to have an i nd i c tmen t d ismiss d: "If Streep made any such s t a t emen t before the Lesow bom-mit tee , i t Is r a n k a n d in famous perjjury. Streep was first ar res ted by the police foi ca r ry ing on th i s m.-tinew. bu t the ovi d o r c " w n i Insufficient to s .s tain a n indict­ment , so I tin* st tit for. a n d th rough my evidence^ be was held in $800 bail In the cou r t of genera l sessions. He forfeited tho ball by going to E u r o p a While he was n fugitive from jus t ice t h e case was dis missed . ' '

SHOT BY A MANIAC. He Killed Himself After Wounding Tw-n

Other IV rsons. N K W CAPTI.K, P a , Dec. 2s —Augus t

Permon t i r e . a F r e n c h m a n who was em­ployed a t the Peerless l amp chimney fao-toty. shot a n d wounded Miss Meister, the daugh te r of h is landlady, a n d Robert CI a r i e s , ' ano the r boarder, a n d then blew his own bra ins out. P e r m o n t i r e had for some t i m e shown evidences of insani ty , H e walked in to the Meister boa rd ing housfe a n d fired two shots a t tho younger daugh­ter, ne i ther of which took offect. Going down stairs , he shot a t t he g i r l ' s sister, the bullot s t r i k ing her in t he breas t and Inflicting a probably fatal wound.

Rober t Char les heard the shots a n d ran in to t be liouse.4 Pe rmon t i r e t u rned the weapon upon h im. shoot ing Charles in the groin. The insane m a n then r a n ou t on the porch and fired a bul le t in to his brain. N o t h i n g is known hero of P e r m o n t i r e ' s h is tory except t ha t ho has two sisters liv­i n g In Fostoria, O.

Kuklujc Warn ing . H A Z L E T O N , Pa . , Dec. 28.—On -the door

of the office of the supe r in t enden t of Sil­ver Brook mine a K u k l u x placard was found. I t was embell ished w i t h a picture of a gun , a coffin a n d crossbones, and warned Foreman Cuyle to loave the mines . A s imi lar notice was served upon two oth­er bosses a week ago. Thoy ignored tho w a r n i n g and wore badly beaten by masked men.

Japanese Disperse t he Tonghaks.

S H A N G H A I , Doc. 28.—The Japanese , aft­er four hou r s ' fighting on Dec. 23 wi th n force of 6,000 Tonghaks , suppressed th,3 robcllion at Lai-Ju, in tho province of Haido . whore the rebels had deposed th« governor and instal led one of their n u m ­ber in his place. The Japanese have also d i sponed tho T o n g h a k s who defeated the Korean garr ison a t Cbnl lado.

Pa r tne r s In a P e a d l y Quar re l . N A S H V I L L E , Dec. 28.—H. Clay EzelL a

p rominon t bteeder of jacks, was shot and killed a t h is farm, seven miles south oi the city, by P u r d y Ellis, a p r o m i n e n t dai­r y m a n . Ezoll. and Kills were pa r tne r s in the dairy, a n d they fell ou t abou t t he busi­ness. Both fired. Ell is was wounded in the thigh, bu t he escaped.

Family Massacred by Yaquls. Gl'AYMAS, Mexico, Dec. 28.—Anothei

cr ime has boon commi t t ed by a band of m a r a u d i n g Yaqui I nd i ans in the valley of tho river by tha t naino, in the westorn p a r t of the state . They visited tho ranch of J u l i o Gardenas a n d massacred tho lat­te r and his ent i re family, consis t ing ol wifo and t w o children.

Bank W r e c k e r Fan lkne r Dying. IiocHERTEH, Dec. 28 .—James Fau lkne r ,

who, wi th his brother, Lester B. Fau lkner , wrecked tho F i r s t Nat iona l bank of Dans-vlllo, is dy ing a t his homo in t h a t v i l l age By t u r n i n g s t a te ' s evidence he helped to convict his brother , b u t t he la t te r died of d iphther ia before en t e r ing upon his sen--tence. ^

No Pugilists In liulTalo.

B U F F A L O , Dec. 28."— The recent odict of the supe r in t enden t of police r ega rd ing pu­gilism, followed by t h o explusion from town of Solly Smi th and J o h n n y V a n Heost, has stopped fighting In Buffalo for some t ime to come. The Smi th -Edger ton fight scheduled for the 29th is off.

At lanta ' s Bijf F i re .

A T L A N T A , Deo. 28 .—The old capitol bui ld ing , fount rly t he scat of the s ta te government , but now owned by venable Hros. a n d used as an office bui ld ing, a t tho corner of Marie t ta and Forsythe streets, was visited by a disas t rous lire today. The total loss will reach S'JO.ftOO.

Britliih Troops F ight Wazlria.

C A L C U T T A , ' D e c . 28.—A dispatch from K a n i g u r a m , via Jandt i la , dated Dec. 2 8 / says t h a t a de t achmen t of (300 Br i t i sh troops has had a sharp sk i rmish w i t h the Wazlr is ,near Karan . Several of tho Bri t ­ish force were wounded. In tense cold pre­vails, wi th heavy sno \

Stewart Heirs Sell Proper ty . N E W Y O H K , Dec. 2N.—-The heirs a n d

legatees of tho late A. T. S t ewar t have Sold the Metropoli tan hotel and the g round on which it s t ands a t the nor theas t corner of Broadway and I r;nco street for §1,600,-000. '

Four th Class Postmasters .

WASHINGTON, Die. 28.—Tho following fourth class postum.-teis were appoin ted : J

Connec t icu t—Roberuvi l l c , W. T. Mer-ryfleld.

Xew Jorsey—Mill town, <»eorge Rocdor.

TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. —- - ~ •

J o h n Moreland was found frozen a t Gle im ' s Run , ()., near his home.

F ranc i s II, the last k ing of Naples, died a t Arco, in the A u s t r i a n Tyrol."

Five boys were terr ibly bu rned in a s u b u r b of R iohmond by an explosion of gunpowder.

D u r i n g t he recent s to rm a d isas t rous prair ie fire swept over a large a rea in tho southern pa r t of N county, O. T.

F r a n k McLaughl in , publ i sher of t he Ph i l ade lph ia Times , a n d Mrs. M a r t h a A . Holmes weie mar r ied In Ph i lade lph ia .

Six horses a n d two nrules were ki l led In Phi lade lphia by coming in contac t w i t h the electric l igh t wires which were b lown down.

A t El wood, Ind. , David Jones , t h e weal thy farmer who is unab le t o sleep, has p a v e d his n ine ty - th i rd day a n d n i g h t w i thou t sleep.

T h e old capi tal b u i l d i n g a t A t l a n t a , formerly the seat of J-ho s ta te government , b u t now used as an office bu i ld ing , w a s visited by a d i sns t ious l i te.

George E. Eas t wick,' m a n a g e r of t he s u g a r refinery a t Kew Orleans, a n d Miss Celeste S t a m l e r , t h e y o u n g lady w h o was engaged t o S a m u e l J . Ti ldon, were mar -

CHINA RETAINS FOSTER The Ex-Secretary of State En­

gaged as a Peace Envoy.

WILL STAET FOR JAPAN AT 0HCE,

He OOPS I»« a I'rivatp Individual to Cn-oppr-

Bte With t he Chinese Vmhh*Kari»rs In

Tb*tr Suit For IVaer s„t Ufm-forT to J a p ­

anese Author i t ies .

WAPmvr.Tfe*. TN-c j s —John W. p . e tCT, e x s e e i e t : V of s t r f t e . h a s hi e n i e | o e - i

ml by t i e i . . » ' u. ivernuu nt to go to Jn.p.-1'i . i d ' • p ' . MIS . .t in a i lesof t!i9 fo-ii.e j . n r !•• iiit to o i l tle-ni in their peg, 4 .atioiis fur peace. He has ni-oepted j tl e invi ta t ion and exper ts to leave Wash- ! injrton wi th in a day o.r two. sa i l ing from Vancouver for Yokohama on Jnn . 7 un-les« Informed of a di\ iv n the depar tu re of the plenipotent iar ies i e Inpancse gun -e m i n e n t has be. n •> ' \ "-.•' of 11->• appoint­ment , and Its min i s te r in t )•••. r i ty has VK- ; pressed his satisfaction with it |

Mr. Fos ter desirs"; to have it understood I t h a t he goes to J a p a n pur ly in a pr ivate capacity a s an adviser of i heCh lnese plnn-lpotontiarios. He h . s no au thor i ty to represent or speak for tho gove rnmen t of the Uni ted S ta t t s .

On several occasions General Foster has represented China in diplomatio dea l ings betweon t h a t coun t ry and the Amer ican stnto d e p a r t m e n t a n d is known to be thor­oughly versed in tho politics of tho empire and to havo the confidence of i ts homo government .

j Exper ts to Start Noon.

" Y e s , ' 1 said (ieneral Foster to your cor­respondent , " I h a w been requested by the Chinese government to aid i t s plenipoten­t iar ies in the i r negot ia t ions for peaco w i t h J a p a n . I canno t tell precisely when I shall sail, b u t expect to leave Vancouver J a n . 7 for Yokphama. 13y t h a t t i m e I t h i n k t h e Chineso p lenipotent iar ies wi l l have left P e k i n g and be on the i r way to meet the plenipotent iar ies of tho Japanese . Whore they wil l meet has no t been set­tled, b u t i t probably will be in Tokyo.

" T h o request comes to mo direct from P e k i n g , and all I can say is t h a t I havo accepted and will do m y host to secure peace for China on the best possible t e rms .

" U p o n the a d j o u r n m e n t of the Ber ing sea t r i b u n a l in Pa r i s I made a t r ip a round 'the world, v i s i t i ng China, Korea and J a p a n . I m a d e a special s tudy of the pol­i t ics of those Asiatin na t ions ' and was on very good t e rms wi th tho p rominon t men of the several countries.

" I t seems to be somewhat indefinite when tho Chinese plenipotentiaries will leave P e k i n g , a n d I of course wi l l no t leavo th is count ry un t i l I hoar t h a t they are on the i r way. Theso t w o men a re C h a n g Yen H u a n a n d a n official n a m e d Sbno. Tho fatter I do not know. C h a n g Yen H u a n I k n o w well Ho is a very progressive, l iberal m inded C h i n a m a n , thoroughly convinced t h a t w h a t Ch ina needs is the es tab l i shment of more rail­roads and te legraph l ines a n d a general oponing up of tho coun t ry to Amer ican improvements . .When ho was min i s t e r here, he frequently rode on the rai l roads to s tudy them a n d enjoy the exper ience If such m e n as he obta in Influence a n d prominence in China hereafter; i t wi l l rapidly t iecome a changed country .

Thinks tlie W a r Good For China.

" I t h i n k th i s w a r wil l prove a blessing to China . I t wi l l w a k e her up. Tho Chinese are capable of do ing wonderful* th ings . With the general in t roduct ion of ra i l roads a n d te legraph l ines Ch ina wil l become a far greater power than now. She is even a t tho p r t s e n t t i tno a wonderful nat ion, b u t bound down by conservat ism. Sho has loyal, pa t r io t ic soldiers enough, b u t i t woefully l ack ing in officers and men-skilled in h a n d l i n g modern" appl iances of warfare .

" A s for J apan , I have only tho k indes t feeling. She, too. is a wonderfu l count ry , a n d sho has m a d e more progress in tho last few years t h a n any o the r na t ion on earth. Her peoplo are capable of g rea t cul t iva t ion, a n d she surely deserves every recognit ion from wes tern na t ions for tho efforts she has made a n d tho actual prog­ress she has a l ready a t t a ined in hor ef­forts toward civi l izat ion.

" O f courso I canno t speak as to w h a t will bo do.no a t the peace conference bo-eauso tho p lenipotent ia r ies havo not yet come together.

" I go as a lawyer in a pr iva te capacity ent i rely, and, as I have told you, I shall do a l l in m y power to secure peace for China on the l>est t e rms o b t a i n a b l e . "

General J o h n W. Foster is 5.S years old, and probably has a wider and more in t i ­m a t e acqua in tance wi th foreign d ip lomats , pol i t ic ians a n d s ta tesmen t h a n any other l iv ing Amer ican . He gets his mi l i t a ry t i t le on account of gal lant service in tho w a r for tho Union, h a v i n g been breve ted 'gen­eral when the fighting was done.

Cwllom Ix>oking -After His Fi-nci'S.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s —Senator ('iilloni left for I l l inois today. Ife uiakes no secret of t he fact t h a t his t r ip is for the purpose of looking after his re-election to the sen-

'a te . H e expects to remain away a t least "unt i l af ter the Republ ican members hold tb« i r caucus for the selection of a senato­r ia l candidate .

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Meals at all hours.

Sirs. Diamond Johnson Had Enough . N O R W I C H , Conn. , Dec. 28 .—The pro­

ceedings for the a p p o i n t m e n t of a conserve a t o r for Mrs. D i a m o n d J o h n s o n resul ted in a compromise. I t was agreed t o ad jus t t b e case amicab ly a n d to w i t h d r a w i t from t h e conrts . Mrs. J o h n s o n herself proposed t h e s e t t l e m e n t

Tr ied to J tob t h e Pr ince of Wales ' MaiL

L O N D O N , Dec. 28.—Tho Dai ly Nows says t w o m e n t r i ed to lasso on C h r i s t m a s even ing t h e dr ive r of tho ma i l ca r t con­veying the P r i n c e of Wales' correspondence t o S a n d r i n g h a m houso. Tho driver beat h is assa i lan t s off wi th h is wihp .

Histor ian Kiknc-roft's I>au£lit-er Weds. BOSTON", Dec. 2 8 . — C a p t a i n Oiistavc

Flash , an officer of the Swedish n a w , was m a r r i e d to Miss Pau l ino Bancroft, daugh­t e r of J . C. Bancroft, the famous histo­rian, a t the Fi rs t church hero.

Linguists In Ht-Hsion.

P H I L A D E L P H I A , Dec. 2S.—The first p h i l - . ological congress ever held in th is count ry was called to order by Provos t -Har r i son In t he l ibrary bu i ld ing of the Univers i ty of Pennsy lvan ia . |

Miners Reject the Compromise. PITT:-in"nt;, Dec. 2 s .—The mine r s of

P i t t s b u r g havo rejected tho compromise ra te proposed a t the delegate convent ion las t week.

F o r Keforms I n Armenia . C O N S T A N T I N O P L E , Deo. 28.—It is stated*

t h a t t he council of min i s t e r s has agreed to I m p o r t a n t re forms in A r m e n i a .

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'nil- Hot. 1 formerly the Albion, has been en-llr.-lv lelittiil mill refurnished, and is In all

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