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ALASKA CABLE LINES
Report sf Snoceufil Eiperinunt ia Gt
romtat Owicrtaip of Teltgraph.
SYSTEM BUILT BY THE SIGNAL CORPS
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It U.mpriies 2,0V fV of Oabls and
1,439 Mil.. 2 dLins.
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HANDLES FEDERAL Al VIE MESSAGES
All ImporUnt PoinU 'erriUrj Bow
ia Touch with . '.tiott-
SAME SYSTEM IN
'HILIPflNES
llitffi of the Largost Island Ar
Sow Connected aad Lnst Year
Twe Million Private Mes
sage Wer teat.
WASH INOTON, Nor. 1$. -General A. W.
Greely, cbif signal officer of the United
States army. In his annual report (Ives
an Interesting account of th work per
formed ay hie 'corp In tabllshing an all
American telegraphic system in Alaska,
uylng the undertaking l unique In the
annal of telegraph engineering. Tha
' cahlea used In tha Alaaka ayatem would
rewch. from Newfoundland to Ireland, aad
thr- land linea from Washington to Texan,
there being 1,071 mile of cable, 1.439 mllee
of land llnea and 10 mllea of wireless lines.
General Greely say the XTnlted State ha
brought southeastern Alasks, tha Yukon
valley and the Behrlng straits region lnta
telegraph) communication with the raat of
the ctvlilxed world.' General Greely na
that after thorough consideration he de
cided to Install material of American man
ufacture, to be operated by American ol
ilcra and to be laid by American ship,
except lomi cable Instruments and ma
chinery. . '
' How Repairs Are Made.
A aaleoted forca of men haa been to
trained that today tha signal corps of tha
army ia oompetent to operate in war
emergencies a submarine cable of any
length. The report soys:
Kepalra In 'Alaska are maintained by
parties stationed at log cabins about forty
miles apart, one signal corps repnlr man,
with two assistant from the , line of the
army and a dog team, Deing si eacn cauiu.
The men meet the terrible condition of
hardship -nd prlvnuou uncomplainingly and
with a fortitude chaiaeterlstlo of Anierl-
. can soldiers. ,
The report says tit Nome wireless stn
tlon has dally and uninterruptedly t:n- -mltted
the entire telegraphic buslne -j of
th seaward peninsula, 5,0X1 words Lin
exchanged in one afternoon between
' Safety Harbor and Bt. Michael. Th sig
nal' corps of the army, ho say, ia regu
larly operating the longest wireless sec
tion of any , similar telegraphic aystem of
tha world. - The annual business of the
Heattle-Sitka, cable is estimated at U",000,
and during the year thera haa been rpent
8)6,9,34 for. Alaskan telegrams handled by
the signal 'dorps.; " .'(.. ;,
Cables la the Philippines.
! Speaking of the Philippines, ha aays the
sixteen most Important islands of the
archipelago ar now connected with cable,
which lines, h adds, are recognised as
indispensable both by th military and civil
authorities. During the year there ha
been collected and deposited In the Insular
treasury of. the Philippines telegraph line
receipts to the amount of So9,685, there be
ing, not Including government business,
more than J.OW.OUO message. The total
expense being $325,516. The report says it
Is a mutter of the utmost Importance that
signalling apparatus of suitable character
I be lnetalled at the most Important points
along the Atlantic and Pacific to permit
of intercommunication between the army
and navy. It Is strongly urged in the
report that steps be taken by the United
State to adhere to the International Tele
graph union and that International regula
tions to govern wireless telegraphy in time
cf war be adopted.
STEAMSHIP RATE WAR IS ENDED
Cnnard I.lne to Become Member of
Coatlaeatal Association.
1SBHLIN, Nov. 13. The rate war between
the transatlantic steamship companies over
tho third class rates originating with th
Cunurd company's invaalon of Hungarian
.territory is now a thing of the paat, a two
days' conference at which all the leading
companies were represented . having re
volted In a treaty of peace. Th exact
terms of the agreement, which are subject
to ratification by th Hungarian govern
imrit, have not been made public, but it is
glutei that the Cunard company will join
the association of continental lines so far
m continental traftlo 1 concerned. The
.Agreements formerly in existence between
ilio Cinard and the Continental llnea will
be resinned, the continental rate will b
restored and nil war measure withdrawn
from today. . Among the companies repre
sented at th conference wer th Hamburg-American,
the North German Lloyd,
th Compagnie General Transatlantiqu,
' th Cnnard, th Red Star and th Adrla
Hung.r:an lines. About thirty representa
tives of th various ateamshlp companies
participated in the conference.
FATALITIES IK HIOTS AT WARSAW
T Policemen aad Bight Civilian
Arc Killed.
WARSAW, Nov. IS. Ther wa rioting
1 here today which wa suppressed by the
troops. Two policemen and eight civilians
I ar reported to hav been killed and thirty,
on were Injured.
SOLDIERS BEAT flERMAH CONSUL
Incident Which May Cans Tronble
for Terkey
ALEPPO, Asiatic Turkey, Nov. U.-Ad-Vlces
hav been received her that Eck
hardt, th German consular agent at Urfe,
has been severely beaten by Turkish sol
dier. Krlead el America Advanced.
PARIS, Nov. l.-Baron D'Eetouroellea d
Constant, heretofore member of th
Chamber of Deputies, was today elected
a senator from Barth to succeed M. Le
gueduo. deceased. Americans her ar
much pleased with th election of tha
baron owing to his prominence in th
movement for strengthening th ties be
tween the United States and Franc.
Baron D'Estouraelles' constituents declare
that hi election was a striking approba
tion of tha policy of union and peace pro
moted by mutual concession .between
Kuropean nations.
Prelates Are Assassinated.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 11-Th death
I announce of the Vicar Calboll, us Ath.
mar, together with his secretary, near Van.
It Is presumed they were assassinated.
ADOLPH WEBER ARRESTED
Tessg Man Charged with Harder of
Father, Mother, Brother and
Sister.
AUBURN. Csl.. Nov. 13.-Ado ph Weber
i has been placed under arrest charged with
the murder of his parent flster and young
brother last Thursday night and with hav
ing set the family residence on fire, after
ward to conceal the crime. Weber jook his
arrest coolly, but was alive to what he
considered to be his legsl right. Th ar
ret took place Immediately after h left
the witness stand and after ha had re
luctantly answered the question pro
pounded to him by Coioner Shepard, th
district, attorney and several of the Jury
men. A warrant for his arrest had been
(worn ut and afier Its service he asked
to be allowed to read the document.
"I see It has been signed by a Justice of
Ihs" peace," h coolly remarked, "and a
Justice f th peace haa no authority la
law to leaue a warrant to arrest me."
Sheriff Keenan said he was himself per
fectly satisfied with the legality of tha
warrant and advised Webor to accom
pany him to the Jail without making any
Unnecessary trouble or causing a s er.
Weber, after carefully buttoning hi
coat, announced that he was ready and
with little loss of time the sheriff brought
him to the Jail. The prison doovs had
scarce!) cloned behind him before he a-kel
to be allowed to consult with an attor
ney. The latest theory In th Weber murder
case I that the muideier shot th father
first, then, aa th slater appear J in the
hall, he ahot her, and then the mother,
seeing what hsd been done, screamed and
started from him when he shot 1 er. She
continued on across the room and, raising
her left hand, took down the telephone I-
celver to call for help, at which time si'
received th second shot, which penetrntej
the body Just under the left arm. Th
child being the only one left, the murderer
struck him over the head and ft lied him.
The operator at the central telephone of
fice, aays that the line that the Weber
residence 1 on showed "busy" at about
a half hour before the fire waa discovered.
Adolph Weber in Jail this morning hid
nothing to say beyond that ho had a
good night's rest. Ne effort ha been mnd
as yet te get the yeung man out on a
writ by his attarne.y.
Weber's dercrlptkn 1 raid to tally wl'h
that of the robber who recently robbed
the bank here. It will be recalled that
after the daring robbery In the middle
of tha day, the robber drove rapidly down
the road leading toward New Castle for
about a half mile and then left the rlj
and took to the hllta. At this time Mr.
T. S. Palmer went to his homo and being
an expert rifle shot, took hi rifle with
him and went afto the robber. Upon
reaching the spot Where the buggy waa i
abandoned he noticed a man climblna th
hill on the opposite tide of the road from
that which the robber was supposed to
have taken. Upon overtaking the man he
found him to be Adolph Weber. Julius
Weber misted one of his home-made money
bags about this time, which tallied very
closely with the one vised by the man who
held up the bank. . .
No evidence has developed today except
the finding of the yiHtol ball that pene
trated Mr... WeberV boJ.y: The doctor at
the autopsy, found the wound and last
night Undertaker Walsh found the bullet.
It was of the same caliber aa that of the
two found In th bed lea of Mrs.' . Weber
and MIk Weber. Methlng has yet been
found In the bodies that would materially
aid In unraveling tho mystery. The search
will be continued tomorrow. The inquest
will be resumed Tueaday.
JACKSON B0Jf SURRENDER.
Men Waated In West Virginia for
Marder Driven from Monntnln
by Hanger and Cold.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 13.-H. O.
and George Jackson, the two brothers of
Montgomery for whom rewards have been
offered by both statu and county authori
ties, surrendered to4ay and ar in the
county Jail In Charleston. Th men had
been secreted n an abandoned coal mine
Just outside Montgomery and were driven
to surrender by hunger and cold. Word
waa sent to Montgomery by a mountaineer
and on th arrival of 'Squire Davis and
a constable the men gave themselves up
without a atruggl. Since th shooting
of Sheriff Daniel and their subsequent dis
appearance the men spent the time In the
coal mine, secreted from their pursuers
and the bloodhound that were put on their
track. During this time they wer with
out food and drink. Th officials took the
men around the town of Montgomery and
by a roundabout way brought them to
Charleston to avoid a riot, or a lynching I
would hav ' evidently occurred had the
citizens of Montgomery discovered that the
Jacksons hud been apprehended. There
are six prisoner now implicated In the
Montgomery shootings. In tha Charleston
Jail. It is not considered saf to hold the
heal ing of any . of them at the present
time.
SURGEON DEFIES A MOB
Georgia Hospital Doctor Protects
Woanded Patient from Would.
Be Lynchers.
MACON, Ga., Nov. 1.-Ther hav been
no further developments today In the at
tack mad at an early hour this morning
on a hospital her, In which Frank Chris
tian, the (layer of Fred Tharpe, lit
wounded. No further attempt haa been
made by friends of the dead man to secure
th person of Christian since Dr. Elder,
the resident surgeon, drew hi revolver
and Informed the mob that he would kill
the first man who crossed the threshold.
Th members of the mob believed he meant
what he said, for they took their departure
and hav not yet returned. While no an
ticipation of trouble is held by the authori
ties, a force of officers continue to do guard
duty and no effort to protect the wounded
man will be left undone. a
Christian, who wa cut In the stomach
during the affair which ended In hi an
tagonist death, is resting easily tonight
and tho attending surgeons are still of the
belief that he will recover.
LAWYER COMMITS SUICIDE
Thenias Ewart of Marietta, Ohio,
Hang Himself While HI Family
Ar at Chorea.
MARIETTA, O., Nov. I3.-The body ot
Thomas Ewart, a prominent lawyer of this
county and wall known In Masonic circle
throughout Ohio, wa found hanging from
the buluster of tho stairs of the reception
hall of hi home here today when hi fam
ily returned from church. Ewart wa ilt
years old and a graduate of Marietta col
lege. Poor health at supposed to b the
wm oC lb act of self-deslructlom '
MAJORITY IS EMBARRASSING
Fot Enough Bonis Employes to Qo Bomnd
Among- Republican. Members.
CUTTING SOUTHERN REPRESENTATON
Many Hew Face Will Be Seen In the
Senate When It Meet In Extra
Session After the Foarth
of March.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. IX (Special.)
There are aeveral officials connected with
tha house of representative who would
have preferred to have a smaller repub
lican, majority in the next congrer If they
could have had their way. Whenever a
new house is organised there la Invariably
a great deal of strife over the distribution
of the patronage. Just a soon as the
clerk, ' sergeant-at-arms, postmaster and
doorkeeper are elected their troubles begin.
Every member on the majority aide of the
house assumes that he haa the right
especially If he la a new member to name
several clerks, messengers, pages and la
borers, and there are never enough such
offices to supply the demand. In recent
year, or since Governor Stone of Pennsyl
vania, Judge Hooker of New York and
Representative Tawney of Minnesota
formed the celebrated patronage combine
in 1895 an arrangement has existed whereby
each fctate delegation haa been assigned a
certain number of places, based upon the
I total republican representation in the nous
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the patronage among theimselves. Then tha
officials are notified of the selection and
the appointments follow. When' the ma
jority of the party 'in power i smull It I
a comparatively easy matter to divide up
the political pluma, but with a majority of
a hundred, as the Fifty-ninth congress will
have, the tuk is an exceedingly difficult
one.
It Is a foregone conclusion that Spetiker
Cannon will be re-eiocled at the first meet
ing of tha new congress in December, 19C6,
and thus far nothing like opposition to the
re-election of Major McDowell, the clerk
of the house; Colonel Casson, the sergeant-at-arms,
and Frank D. Lyons, the door
keeper, has developed, nor is it likely that
they will be opposed. But it stand to rea
son that many of the employes under theve
officials must give up their place to make
way for the friends of the new men who
are to come In with the tidal wave. The
most Important employes In th patronage
list are the official stenographer. There
are five of these who report the house
! Proceeaing. ana iwo otnera wno are ar- ;
elgned to the committee work. They re-
celve annual salaries or s&.ouo each ana in
addition receive a month extra pay each
year uy resolution or congress, ruve.y ona
of tho present force of the house and com
mittee reporter ha long experience and
because of the technical knowledge of par
liamentary procedure : required of ..tbemi
they gr not likely to be disturbed. In
fact, the. floor reporters arc never changed,
even when a party goon out f. jvi'wer.' v
But nearly all the other employe aro re
tained only so long aa their backer remain
In congress. There la a fore of teveral
hundred of them In all, ranging from labor
ers at 150 to $60 per month, pages at 175," to
clerks at from $2,000 to f2.fi&). It is among
this class that great anxiety 1 felt ever
the phenomenal majority which the repub-
licans will have for thsy know that thy
cannot all stay on th rolls and no one can
gueas where the axe will fall.
Readjustment of Representation.
It Is almost certain that one result of tha
great republican tid?l wave, landslide and :
avalanohs combined, will be the early at-
temot of Congressman Crumparknr of In-
dlana te pres to passage his bill lo re.id-;
Just the method of representation in the '
electoral colleg and In the house of icpia. '
sentatlves. The republican pl.tt.form of
1904 declares in favor of such a program,
and while there are many republicans who
doubt the widom of antagonizing the
southern states, It appears to be the par y
policy to push the Crumijacker bill. There
Is little probability of success with this
measure In the senate this winter, but It is
understood that the republican 1-aders are
determined to force It through dining the
next two year, even if they aie comiel'ed
to adopt the cloture rule In the upper
branch of congress as a preliminary.
Success in this direction will reii.it in
cutting down the representation of every
southern state which 'has disfranchised
the negro. Just what the total curtailment
of southern representation will amount to
a a result of the enactment of such a law
Is at present a matter of conjecture, but
the whole number of votes in congreas und
in the electoral college which will be hat
to the "solid south" will be romewhe e
between twenty-five and forty. Of course
ther will be a bitter fight before ucs leg
islation can be enacted, but th republican
party Is so strong In the present house
and so much stronger In th next hat
there Is no doubt whatever a to t.e out
come In the popular branch and a persist
ent campaign 1 very likely to result In suc
cess In the senate as wall before the next
congress Is to be elected.
New Faces In Senate.
There will be a number of new faces in
the United State senate when that body
meets In extraordinary session 'it noon on
March 4, next. Of the thirty sena
tors whose term xpli with the el jib cf
the legislative day of March 3, 1DD5, a great
many will be re-elected. But at least ten
will b succeeded by new men, and In ad
dition Senator Fairbanks, elected vie pres
ident, will retire to make way for another.
There are not less than ten aspirant Icr
the seat to be thus vacated, including Con
gressman Landls and Governor Durbin.
But Harry New, for many years a leading
republican of Indiana and a son of John
C. New, former treasurer of 'he Un..a
States, has announced his candidacy and it
is believed here that h is likely to giv all
th Vest a very lively hustle for tho honor.
On' Wednesday morning last the press
report Indicated that J. Edward Addlck
had finally succeeded In securing the elec
tion of a majority of the legislature of
Delaware favorable to his election to the
senate, but ter report show that he
ha again failed and that there may be
a deadlock one more. Now, however,
word come from Wilmington that Colonel
Dupont has been decided upon as the can
didate of the united republican and he
will probably be elected.
In Wisconsin the bitter contest between
the La Follett and Spooner factions is cer
tain to result In th retirement of Senator
Quarles. But who hi successor will be I
a problem which no one 1 yet able to
solve. La Fllett doubtless ha th con
trol of a majority of th republican mem
ber of the legislature -and ome of tne
political prophet believe that he will try
to reacj the senate himself. But such an
attempt on hi part would b likely to r
ult In creating a deadlock m.h as de
prived Utah. Delaware. Montana and
Washington of rvrataUea In th sen-
ate for a considerable period In th past.
In Missouri the venersble Cockrell, who
will have rounded out a term of thirty-two
years on the fourth of next March, givei
place to a republican. The candidate for
the seat Include Secretory Hitchcock.
"Dirk" Kerens, and the late candidate for
governor, Cyrus P. Walhridge. But there
are many others In hiding and the con
test In Jeffertfnn City when the legisla
ture meets will be as entertaining as a
republican convention) in the district of
Columbia and there are few political
gatherings In the country so Interesting
as these quadrlennlal political functions.
Governor Odell will, beyond doubt, dom
inate the legislature which will meet in
Albany In January to choose a successor
to Chauncey M. Depew. Kdward Lauter
bach of New York City declares that the
governor will comn to the senate himself.
But It is also asserted thut he had pledged
himself to forward the re-election of Mr.
Depew. Ex-Governor Black has a host of
friends here as well as throughout the
state who hope for his election, and Ellhu
Root Is "mentioned" aa a possibility. But
after all New York Is considered a "doubt
fut state," so far as Its election of a sen
ator Is concerned and no one among the
politicians here can guess at the out
come. Hawley ' to Retire.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut might
succeed himself but for the feeble state of
his health. He has had four full terms
and was at one time a power In legisla
tive matters. But today his physical con
dition precludes the possibility and an
other and a younger or more vigorous, re
publican will don his toga next March. No
one can guess Intelligently who it will be.
but Connecticut has plenty of material and
trouble will come only from the -difficulty
In making a choice.
Utah will in all likelihood send ex-Congressman
Sunderland to succeed Mr.
Kearns, and Montana is practically pledged
to return "Tom" Carter to reoccupy the
seat which he lost as a result of the elec
tions In Montana In 1900.
MoComas of Maryland Is the only re
publican who will retire. to be succeeded
by a democrat. His state legislature chose
Isldor Rayner as 1.1s successor last win
ter. Foster of Washington and McCum
ber of North Dakota will probably paH
out, but at present the guessers have not
been able to nam their successor.
onnv.tscE f.xperts .ahe needed
Board Also Itenort that Naval Gun
Factory is Overtnxed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Lack of offi
cer for ordnance duty and the over. ax
ing of the naval gun factory' at Waah-
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Lift wvuiu! " . '
the report of Rear Admiral Newton Mason,
chief of ordnance. Just approved by Secre
tary Morton. .,.''
The report taya a plan for reorganiza
tion of iho work of the bureau wi:I be
aubmltte, wlth a view to incieie
,rg tne ,ut p.y o ordnance experts. Of, th
; rush of orlt fat tne IiOV4ll gun factory, Ad-
miial Mauon ruys: .. ,
The naval gun. factory has been running
night and dny at full capacity, and al
though sood proareaa has been made, ti e
cnnat, .t -Ot:(il l jli . f all WOI'K ttt r
W.rtmJt tnlPhtf ctt ttji'rom the schooner aft.r It truck end no
Is matarlallv increased, eventually lajlt
In failure to sttpplyia ordngnce outfits of
ships In time to meet the dciu&Hda oi iie
contractors. ' ,
the twenty for the Vti ginU cLea hve been
completed, six of the - IR-caUhor guns nrs
being machined and . the , forglngs for
twenty-two of tho temitinlnfe ho Vein
orderod and are being delivered.- Nine ten-
, inch guns aro under construction.
Of tho 126 elght-ineh gun required,
twenty-four 40-ca!lber guns -for the Penn
sylvania clas of armored cruisers are
nearly complctod. The naval gun factory I
will make sixteen of the eighty-eight
seven-inch gun required, the others hav-
w-Z neen contractu kit ay pnvuie era-
par.leu, of the 280 six-inch 50-caliber guns
requireu tuwe :
' armored cruisers have been completed
and 144 guns required for the battleships of
tne inrin!a ctvases ana me armcr-'a
crultiers of the Tennessee and St. Louis
classes are being manufactuied.
For the armament ot all vessels build
In, 48 three-Inch BO-callber guns are re
quired. One hundred and twenty-five of
these have been provided for and further
orders have been suspended pending the
development of an efficient semi-automatic
gun of this caliber. A vast amount of work
has also been accomplished by the gun fac
tory in alterations and repairs of ordnance
material.
Estimates for the improvement of the
gun factory and increase of the plant are
renewed.
Smokeless powder haa received consld
erable attention by the bureau in the last
year. The report snys the normal output
of private powder factories and of the
government factories at Indian Head and
Newport Is not greater than Is required
to meet the demands of the service target
practice and fill the requirements of the
commissioned ships. The manufacture of
armor, the report says, has progressed in
a satisfactory manner. Tin re hav re
cently been some delays to ship contrac
tors caused by the nondelivery of armor,
but the opinion Is expressed that this was
due not to belated armor deliveries but
to unusual rapid ship construction.
To obviate th recurrence of this a re
assignment of armor contracts has been
made by the bureau. During the year 14,
S4S.80 tons of armor have been delivered.
Projectiles have recently caused th bu
reau difficulty, some of them failing to
meet the sever ballistic tests required.
Recent attempt have been made to de
velop a special design of telephone for use
In communicating throughout the ship. Ex
periments have been made with telegraphic
methods of transmitting orders.
Two hundred and seventy-four torpedoes
are required now to completely outfit the
various vessels, so that the supply is In
excess of requirements. As their test has
been developed contracts will be made for
reserve tor;edoeB.
Appropriations are asked for this year
to make the naval powder depot at Lake
Denmark, N. J. the main storage station
for smoktrless powder on the Atlantic
coast.
KO CALL rOR A FEDERAL LOAN
Secretary Shaw Makes a Qaallfled
Denial of a Hnmor.
WASHINGTON. Nov. U.-In view of th
published statement that Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw would make a call on gov
ernment depositories for a loan of :0,
009,000, It can be positively stated tonight
that no ueh oall In th Immediate future
la contemplated. There is at the present
time. It was aald. no pressing need for
such a call. Should It-be made at all, the
probabilities are that It will be some lime
during the month of January.
Seuretary Shaw, when seen tonight, said
he had heard from different quarters that
he had proposed Issuing the call, bat It
may be stated on authority thut the rail
will nut be Issued until January and may be
not then, unless some reason develops for
It Issuance sooner, which at tho pr snout
tan Is mot felt to ho th case .
BAD STORM STRIKES EAST
Telegraph and Telephone Communication
it Slow and Unoertain.
TRAINS GREATLY IEIAYED BY THE SNOW
Washington and Territory a Far
Sonth a Sonth Carolina Visited
by SneTr Wrecks Reported
Along; the Const.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1S.-A a result of
a snowstorm which set in here shortly
before H o'clock this morning. Washington
tonight for several hours was completely
cut out from telegraphic and telephonic
connection with the outside world. Later a
wire waa obtained west, but nothing south,
north or east. Roth telegraph companies
report severe damage to their wires and
their Inability to get any messnges through.
Inquiry at tho railway station developed
the facts that trains were departing on
time, but Incoming trains were three or
more hours late.
The snowfall of today was the first of
the season, several Inches covering the
ground. It started with a drlxzllng rain,
which later developed into a heavy wet
snow. Local telephone service wa seri
ously hampered.
KNOXV1LLE, Tenn., Nov. 13.-Nearly
an inch of snow fell in Knoxville and
throughout the eastern part of the stnte
today. The coldest weather of the season
accompanied It.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 13.-The edge of
the snowstorm, which visited the north and
ast, struck Atlanta this morning between
4 and 6 o'clock. The fall here was very
light, but Is reported heavier In th nor.h
ern part of th state.
CHARLESTON, 8. C, Nov. 13-Th first
now of the season was reported from
Anderson and Aiken, In the western and
southern section of South Carolina.
WOODSHOLE, Mass., Nov. 13. The two
masted schooner Earcularius, Captain
Nason of Rockland, Me., went ashore in
the severe northeast gale shortly before
dark tonight about three-quarter of a
mile west of Tarpaulin cove on the island
of Naushen. At sunset the seas were
breaking over the craft, masthead high.
No trace of the crew has been found and
fears are entertained for their safety. Tha
vessel Is In a paitlcularly expose J condi
tion and the chances of It being sav 1
are slight. The crew numbered four men
and all were plainly seen when the vessel
truck, but darkness set in almost Im
mediately and nothing more waa seen of
the men or the voKeel.
The nearest llfe-ravlna station on the
north side of the Vineyard sound Is at
Cuttyhunk, twenty mileu from Tarpajlin
cove. On the south side of tl.e Bound th.ro
is a life 'saving station at Oay head, but
that 1 too far away to ba of servli e In
tonight's disaster. Keeper Carson had no
boat thut could be launched, and bld:-s
the eeiu wero s6 high that nothing but
a surf boat could possibly eseapo a!m s;
Instant destruction. . No light were shown
answer was given to frequent ia lings.
SARATOGA N. V., Nor, 13 With' the
temperature at trie'fYeexing point, a-heovy
snowstorm began 'today and is continuing
ton,jfht- accompanied by a dr.vlng
w,n
Bt-TIMORE. Md.." Nov. 11-A snow,
' w'" ratn siorm wnicn aevoiopea nere
eariy tins morning una continuea tnrougn
out the day and night, caused an almost
complete prostration of electric light,' tele
graph, telophone and trolley wires. : A
number of accident were occasioned by
the hea;lly charged wires during the day
and this evening, but so far as known
there has been no fatalities. '
With the exception of a few Western
Union wires to Philadelphia and New York,
Baltimore is cat off from communication
with the other parts of the country.
The local weather observer sent out a
warning this evening to musters of vessels
to the effect that a second storm Is fast
traveling up the Atlantic coast and is ex
pected to reach this section tonight. Aside
from the interruption to telegraphic and
telephonic communication with the outside
world and the minor accident above re
ferred to, there has been no serious re
sults recorded at midnight.
CATTLE RUSTLERS KILLED
Show Fight When Officers Overtake
Them and Hcsolt I Disast
rous to Them.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 13.-On outlaw
I dead and another 1 in jail mortally
wounded as the result of a battle between
cattle thieves and officers near Dceth, Ne
vada. Sheriff Clarke and deputy of Elks
county caught Jim McKelvey and Charles
Wlnslow In the act of skinning cattle of
the Graham brand. When called upon to
surrender they dropped behind the carcass
of the animal and began firing at the offi
cers. The latter sought shelter and for
twenty minutes a duel pontlnued. Finally
McKelvey sprang to hi feet and fired. The
shot was returned and McKelvey fell dead.
A few minutes later Wlnslow surrendered
and was found to be mortally wounded.
He was placed In jail at Elko.
Elko county has been troubled with cat
tle thieve for some time and the officers
have been on the lookout for them. Mc
Kelvey was known throughout the country.
ATTENDANCE AT WORLD'S FAIR
Nearly Half Million Person See the
Big; Show Daring tha
Week.'
' ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13. The following rec
ord of admissions for the past week was
given out by the World's fair managers
tonight:
Monday, November 7 70.781
Tuesday T,4i
Wednesday 8 '.6 9
Thursday W.23
Friday 4,;S
Saturday lll.m
Total '
Keeaj itulatlon:
April, one day
May, twenty-six days
June, twenty-six das .......
July, twenty-seven days ....
August, twenty-seven days .
September, twenty-six days
October, twenty-seven day
November, twelve days .......
Total
. 498,14
, 1S7.791
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2.V-'4.83(i
2.343. S57
3.088,743
3.6.1,87:1
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WRECK ON THF WABASH ROAD
Northhoand Passenger Trala Derailed
hear St. Loni Several Pas.
aeagers Injared.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13. A northbound pas
srnger train on th . Wabash road was
wracked today north of Bt. Louis by
spreading rails. Injuring a number of- pas
eeogwrs, aosu orleusly. - J4n. wsr killed,
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FUSHIMI HOPING FOR PEACE
Indicates Belief War In the Enst Will
End Within a Short
Time.
CHICAGO. Nov. 13-Prlnce Fushiml,
member of the Japanese royal household,
accompanied by throe of his countrymen
and a retinue of servants, arrived In Chi
cago today over the Northwestern railway
on his way to Washington to call on Presi
dent Roosevelt and to visit the capltol and
government offices. On arrival In Chicago
the party was taken in charge by the Jap
am so consul, who looked after the enter
tainment of the visitor until tonight at 6
o'clock, when they left for the cast over
the Pennsylvania railroad.
. "There Is no question of national Impor
tance nop any phase of eastern conditions
that I care to discuss' said Prince Fu
shiml through his interpreter. "While
Japan Is not at pence we hope for a cessa
tion of hostilities before long. My visit
has no particular significance, except Inso
far as It may serve to strengthen the
friendship that exists between Japan and
the United States, but this visit has no
connection with the war with Russia."
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS.-HIb Imperial
highness. Prince Sadanaru Fushiml, who
Is on his way to Washington from Japan,
vlalts this country by order of the em
peror with a double purpose. First, to de
liver to the president a special message of
good will from the emperor from Japan,
and, second, to vWt the World's fair at
St. Louis, where Japan hat a large exhibit.
While In Washington the president has
designated Mr. Peirce, third assistant sec
retary of state, as his personal representa
tive to attend upon the prince and arrange
for his entertainment. Mr. Peirce will be
assisted by Colonel Symons, and already
several 'functions have been planned. In
cluding a dinner at the White House, a
visit to the capltol and congressional li
brary, a lunch by the secretary of state,
a reception by the prince to the gentlemen
of the diplomatic corps at the Arlington
hotel, a trip to Mount Vernon, and a din
ner by the Japanese legation. From Wnt-h-Ington
the prince will go te the World's
fair, where preparations are being made
for his reception. He will assume hi ofll
clal oharactcr only In Washington und
St. Louis and thereafter will travel In
cognito to New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago. Ho may also vlplt several
other large cities, but as he will sail from
San Francisco on the Mongolia on De-
ramt. ffi kta , n . r i n , I rn,,nt I m n ..... . .
sarlly much restricted.
Th prince is essentially a soldier and'
has 'followed that r"fesslon- from early
boyhood and . diMlngulshed himself In the
Chin o-Japanese war of 1S94 and In the early
stages of the present war with Russia.
WEARY OF LIFE'S STRUGGLE
Two Slaters Die lu Finch Other's Arms
' After Being' KJected from
Home.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Locked In each
others arms on the bare floor of a disman
tled flat In East Fifty-first street from
which they hnd been dispossessed on Fri
day, two sisters, Louise and Valerie Abel,
44 and 38 years old, respectively, wero
found dead today. In the mouth of each
was a rubber tube which connected with
the chandelier. In the hand of the younger
woman was an open letter written In Ger
man which stated that the sisters had de
cided to die together after talking over
the matter for a week and requested that
they be buried In one grave. "For this
consideration," the letter continued, "we
give our bodies for the benefit of medical
science."
The two women had failed to pay the
rent for the flat they occupied and on
Friday were dispossessed. At the same
time ' their furniture, which they had
bought from an installment company, had
been taken from them. They had been
given permission by the janitor to remain
In the flat over Sunday.
DYNAMITE WRECKS RESIDENCE
Home
of Mayor Fay of Virginia, Minn,,
Blown Vp Threats Made
VIRGINIA, Minn., Nov. IS. A terrific
explosion occurred in the rear of the resi
dence of Mayor Fay early today and the
handsome building is a mass of ruins.
Fortunately no one was Injured, but It
would seem that dynamite was placed in
the rear of the house with the intention
of killing the maybr as well as with the
Intention of wrecking th building.
For some time the mayor has been mak
ing a vigorous warfare on the violators
of the saloon law, and many threats have
been made again him. Ther is a clew
to the perpetrator of the crime.
FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Woman' Ores Catches la Chain of
the Machine and She is Dragged
to Death,
STOCKTON. Cal., Nov. 13,-Mlss Anna
Buddlck of this city, aged 23, wa killed
In an automobile accident today. She and
a male companion were seated on the
back of a three-seated vehicle, their feet
hanging over the rear, when her dress
was caught In tha chain and she was
thrown off and dragged a considerable
distance along the pavement.
Meslcsn Sugar Trust Meet.
MEXICO, Nov. 13.-The Sugar Planters,
union, at a. meeting here, have considered
the disposition of the surplus stock from
last year's crop. It was decided to export
10 per cent us soon as tha planters com
mence grinning early next January. An
other 10 per cent will be exported In Feb
ruary or March. Conservatively estimated
the sugar crop "6 will reach 2.,
pour. is, of wl. i- plunters will control
UiO.iiou.oQO poun
Fatal Fight Over Horse Trade,
ST. JOSEPH.. Mo., Nov. 13 Joseph Rob
Inton, 32 years old, a well-known horro
mnn, was shot and mortally wounded here
today by John Wyatt. a horse trader from
Savannah, Mo. Three shots wero tired,
one taking effect In the abdomen and an
other in the spinal column. Trouble over
a horse trad" is attributed us the cause.
Farmer Mires la a Msrsli.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Nov. 13.-NI-liols
White, a farmer. 70 years old, IIvIilk five
mile weat of Hall's Station, Mo., while In
toxical! late rluluniay night became mlied
In th suft marsh along the river near th
tannlnal tracks and uaocaud to death.
SHELLS HURT LITTLE
Bnsaian Artillery Keeps Up a Bombard
mailt of the Japanese Fosititsi.
ATTACK ON LEFT WING OF MIKADO'S ARMY
Advanos Movement by Ciar'i Mei Friday
Afternsoa ie Repulsed.
WAR TAX MEASURE" IS OUTLINED
Tokis Ministry Taking Steps to Meet tk
Demand for Funds.
WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIET NOV. 21
Increased Dntlcs Proposed on Eleea
trlral and Aarlcnltnral Mnchln
cry, Alcohol, Metal. Vehicles
aad Other Article.
GENERAL KUROKI'S HEADQUAR
TERS, Nov. 13.-(Vla Fusan.)-The Rus
sia;', forces are still encamped north of
the Shnkhe river. The Russian bombard
ment of the Japanese lines has lessened
lately. From the beginning It ha ac
complished surprisingly little damage, al
though on many days a hundred big shell
were fired. No Japanese were killed by th
bombardment and very few wero wounded.
Rnaalnn Advance Hepnlsrd.
TOKIO, Nov. 13.-7 p. m.-The Manohur
lan army headquarters, telegraphing to
day, says: "In the direction of the left
army the enemy attncke.l rrom Wuchental
November 11 at 12:20 o'clock In the morn
ing. Thy were repulsed. On November
9 200 Infantry and 300 cavalry appeared
In tho direction of Siaozalton. Our fore
stationed there repulsed them. The Rus
sians retreated to Machuuntxu. Th Rus
sian losses were sixty; our, six."
War Tax Measure.
A draft of the war tax measure which
the government plans to submit to th
Diet, which In to meet on November 28,
shows a proposed Increase In Import duties
of $750,000. Divided among a large number
of articles, the Increase orr Individual ar
ticles Is small, except In the case of to
bacco, glassware, beverages and keroaen.
Among the articles on which It Is pro
posed to Increase the duty are object of
art, ammunition, compasses, rrulclbles,
cutlery, electrical machinery, agricultural
implements, fire extinguishers, photo
graphic apparatus, spectacles, telephones,
thermometers, cunfectlonartes, preserves,
grates, safes, stationery. Inks, straw pa
per, Hyrup. felt, spirituous liquors, car
riages, bicycles, pictures, alcohol, spirits,
, cnemical.-, cotton, brass, copper, load.
steci, goiu ai.a silverware.
The duties on a number of articles, ex
clusive of Chinese production, are in
creased. The budget to be submitted to tho Diet
will be practically the same aa outlined
In previous dispatches of the Assoolated
Press, except that further reductions hav
been made in ordinary governmental ex
pendltures. , . . - -
Daron SoneArusuka, 'minister of finance,
answering the- criticism of th term of
the recent foreign loan. ald that the loan
was unsatisfactory to the government, but
the delay in capturing Port Arthur and
the depurture of the Russian Baltic fleet
hau created n hitch in the negotiations,
and had compelled the acceptance of terra
less advantageous than those of the first ,
foreign lean. '
Warship Strike aRook.
It ia reported that tha armored ' orulsnr
Gromobol struck a rock and was severely
damaged at Vladivostok. It I understood,
that the accident happened during a trial
of tha Gromobol after repairs on It had
been completed. It Is said that It returned
to Its berth In a sinking condition, sur
rounded by a fleet of smaller craft, which
kept It afloat, and that it was redecked.
If the report is true it assures the con
tinuance of inactivity of th Vladivostok
squadron.
URGED TO HOLD BACK COTTON
Protective Association lasses Clrcmla
to Growers of tho
Sonth.
I-;
MACON. Ga Nov. 13.-Hon. Harvey Jor
dan of Monticello, Ga., president of tha
Southern Cotton Growers Protective asso
ciation, has Issued an addras to th cot
ton, producer of tha south In which - b
ays: ,.
The producers ar to be congratulated
for the firm stand they have already taken
to market the crop slowly, and that fact
alone lias prevented the price from falling
to 8 cents during the month of October.
The crop is about gathered, debts gen
erally aro paid and it is no longer abso
lutely necessary to sell the balance of the
crop. The Kilmers' report recently Issued
from the United States census bureaus In
dicate that up to October 18 only 8.4U0.0U0
bales of cotton had been ginne.1. This
report clearly indicate that this crop will
not exceed ll.lwj.ntKj if it reaches that fig
ure. The aplnneis can well a fluid to pay
the producers 1J cents Mr pound fur every
bale of Americ an short staple cotton made
this season. .The price of yarns hts ad
vanced 3 Cents per pound within the last
sixty days and an unprecedented demand
for cotton goods exist while stocks gen
erally are lower than thev have I een tor
the ast twenty years. The thing to do
now Is to give the markets and thlppers
a rest during the next sixty days and al
low present stocks of spot cotton to be
gotten out of the way. Let the -p'nners
who are living from hand to mouth run
short of cottun and force them Into tho
markets a sc'ive buyers.
Let every holder of cotton absolutely
stop felling and sit down at homo aad
quietly ( oiitcmolate results.
Let each LoMer put no more cotton oa
the market until prices ttdvxnne and never
sell a halo on a d-pressed market.
Let county meetings he held all over tho
belt and stronger actlvs step be taken
to defend this most valuable sgrlcultural
fu-oduct from the greed of selllsh specu
ators. LIBERTY BELL'S RETURN TRIP,
Relic of Independence Day Will Bo
Escorted Back to Philadelphia
by a Committee,
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13. Tha committee at
the select and common council of Ptiila
di l;i' ! i arrived today over the Vandalla
road to escort back to It resting place In
Philadelphia Old Liberty bell, which ha
been on exhibition In the Pennsylvania -building
rotunda at the exposition. Or.
Wednesday exercises will be conducted In
the nature of a farewell to th old bell and
It, will start on Its homeward Journey,
Mixed Ticket In Stanley.
PIERRE. 8. I).. Nov. 13.-(3peolul Tele,
gram.) Th official count of Stanley county,
which wits completed last night, show
the election of a mixed ticket. The re
publicans electfd William Sweeney repre
sentative, George 1'nnte treasurer, M. Mor
gan register of drrds, J. F. Hughes attor
ney and Mrs. M. L. Wee1 superintendent
of schools. The d. nioi r- e'e-tfd W""ren
Young venator, M. P. Kennedy auditor,
Andrew Feeney sheriff, 8. Arnold clerk of
oourt aitd David JkWor govintx Jv , ,