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■Washington, Nov. 25.—It Is aekkun
Ui'.vt much hutnnn Interest Is found in
the pnges of the formal aannl report
of it government officer,,bat Pool mss
ter-Geueral Blssell has succeeded in
proving the exception to flue rule in his
account of the operations of the po»t
office department during the past
twelve months, which ho hits just sub
mitted to the president. It contains
nunJbar of novel, almost unique sug
gestions and recommendations, but
they arc praotCcnl ideas and pljtus that
render them of moro than ordinary
value'snd hind to Incite deeper .study
Into their soopo and worth. The pos
tal service naturally oomes in closer
contact wflth people geneittlly that tiny
other branch of govienuneuthl admin
lstraiCon, and tbffs fact alone Is sum
c ent to bring general attention to
whint Mr. Bisstdi has to aty. Com
bined, however, with the novelty of
his suggestions, the thought of prosb
ness, which Is nJwnya associated with
tho nnnnUl report, is overshadowed
anrl much of impbrttinca oouoctjitng
the brant* of government which acts
as tho national messenger may bo
learned ivMJouit loss of Interest. Tho
policy which Mr. Bi-sell hhs outlined
may ho bnletly given In h's own words.
“In general,” lro says, “I would rec
ommend that the first and most lm-
pontawt tiring to be done is to revlso
tlic law as to second class mail matter,
so as to pflaco the posiofllco department
upon a Self-sustaining bus’s; second,
avoid expensive experiments, lllro tho
postal telegraph, rural free delivery,
eitc.; th'nT, devefop the postal service
on existing lines of administration,
via.:
** “(A)—Extend free deif.very In cities
that now enjoy it.
"(B)-Accord It to towns already en-
v titled, to, if under the law.
“(C)—Quitken railroad transporta-
tfon.
"(ru—dtovlsp arid re-classlfy organi
sation of the railway mail service and
re-clnsslfv-alcrks in posjtofiiccs and
“(El—Provide for district sitporvls.
Ion of nil postal affairs by appointment
of expert postal offiri’nls from etnas’Him!
service ns recommended In the last
annual report.’'
Two of flip novel features to which
reference lvas been made concern n 11m-
l.tn,titan In the bread construction; placed
on second elnss nwlttter and a sugges
tion ns tio the selecKpn of the low’er
grade of poefttmn steps/ Tn the first In-
friutVe Mr. TVs—M onts fomvn.nl a plan
bv wb'ch lccltimPte publicuMon* of
th* second c’ass. such ns new-sneper*
nnd itWo'h'caK mhy ho curled free
tf;"nuto the pililTs. nnd ret leave the
government with a surplus !ns*end nr
nn awiiM tleficioney in the ma'oton-
Pwp of tlio postal service. With ref-
oronee to the noStirmsheri} In the
—M— offieec, Mr. B'saell expresses
)■» w'Ulnsmem tn Indorse nnv recom-
raeodtitlon or plan which will take
thmr Rotwffon. —W nil the consequent
Kekcr'um end Irolong-os. from the
bonds of . tho onotiuMettPempnerol, nml
he makes Ws 'dots so bread on th's
fsiTMpet ps to leave no donht that he
tv'll favor the *(*fj|fwStad ponnlar vote
r* (he means on* of the difficulty In
oases where there Is more than one
oi-id’drCo.
v l qtvt—.q n— -Toil.’ .crtrpvpcs!,
To show lust how vast Is the postal
•ervlce of tho United States. Mr. nis-
lell has taken another novel method.
He tins secured from his subordinates
and Incorporated In his report a record
of .What Is actually accomplished In
ano day, and tho figures presented
give a better Idea of postal business
than fuller and more complicated de
tails.
The record of an average day’s busi
ness Is as follows: .Number of miles
3f post route run. 1.100.000; number of
stamps manufactured, 8.300.000; number
of envelopes manufactured, 1,800,000;
cumber of postal cards manufactured,
1.500.000; number, of pieces mailed, 15,-
700.000: number of letters mailed, 7,400,-
000; number of pieces'of mill matter
distributed and redistributed by rail
way postal clerks. 27.000.000: number
of pieces handled 1. dead letter office
dally, 24,000: d.illv transactions In
money order business. 51,100.000; dally
expenses. 1231,100. The deficiency la
postal revenues for the fiscal year end-
M June 30. ISM. was J3.243.935. The
total revenue derived was J75.0S0.I97,
ind the expenditures JS4.324.414. Tor
the current flsoal year Mr. Blsscl es
timates that the expenditures wlM
lmount to 590,393,485, leaving an cstl-
maded deficiency of 55.971,736, and his
estimates far the fiscal year ending
Tune SO. 1S9C. places expenditures at
191,059.233. and the deficiency at only
14.151876. > ‘ ’
According to Mr. Blssell’s Showing
the deficiency for the last flsoal year
would have been much larger 4f uie
department Had not curtailed the ex
penses. This was accomplished, how-
-ver, without anv detriment to the
poo is 1 service, for, as Mr. Blsaell says,
■he pestofflee establishment “cannot
stop and should not stop to consider
litre economies.”
The most Important topic. In the re
port is treated under the explanatory
ciptton of “abuses connected with scc-
oad-elaes matter.
Mr. Blssell states without rcetrre
t at advertisers, book publishers and
Others have taken advantage of the
broad construction of what constitutes
matter of the second-class, by oend-
Inr nut their advertlsesnefita. and pub
lications under the technical disguise
of r. wsoitors and periodicals, and
have thus secured the benefit of the
lower rate of poeUre. He has discov
ered tint the abuse has grown so great
that it now coats toe government eight
times u much to carry second-cHxs
matter as the revenue derived from
legitimate newspapers and periodicals
or magazines. My purpose Is to urge
the withdrawal of low postage rates
rwta the large class of pretended pe
riodicals that arc now improperly en
Joying them; not only owing to the In
herent propriety of that course, but
becausn I an almost hopeless of ever
seeing the financial condition of the
department properly established until
such withdrawn 1 Is brought about.”
Jn defining some of the publications
chat secure the benefit of serond-ciass
rates, the postmaster general aocs not
mince words. Ho says:
The most conspicuous class of these
pretended periodicals are wlmt are now
generally known as serial patter-cov
ered ibooks. They are in no sense se-
rla., however, except In name, being
usually given some suca general dis
tinction as the "Fireside Series,” tnc
“Detective Library.” or so ne other ti
tle of like character. They are nothing
bOT books, pure and simple, and many
of them are verv trashy books at
that, each one distinct In itself, the
"series" never being devoted to any
thing in. particular, having few sub
scribers, and -with no real subscrip
tion price, except a nominal one, for
not one man In a hundred ever dreams
of buying Che books except as he would
buy any other book. They, In fact,
differ In no respect from other books,
except to u large extent in the lack of
Jitenary merit and having always pa
per covers.'
Another class of publications which
Mr. Blssell would exclude from the
benefits of second-class rates Is what
he calls “t'he house organ," a paper or
pamphlet devoted mainly to advertis
ing some mercantile, manufacturing
or other establishment. Still another
publication is the "bogus trade paper,”
consisting of a lot of advertising cir
culars. "wth a little worthless literary
matter thrown In' here and there to
give the thing fhe semblance of gen-
ulnene33." In fhe liberal privilege ac
corded In the mailing of sample copies
of second-elasa matter he finds <in ad
ditional ' abuse. 11
During the last six years the post-
office department accepted for entry
21,304 new publications purporting to be
of the second class. According to a
prominent newspaper directory tile net
Increase of newspapers and periodi
cals during the same time was 3,747,
or 15 per cent, of the number of en
tries.
Mr. Blssell also states that so far the
publications of fraternal, scientific, ed
ucational, trade, professional, literary
and historical organizations, admitted
to the privileges of second-class mat
ter. under the act of July 16. 1894. are
almost wholly of a' mere advertising
character and are . therefore not of the
! class to which any exceptional privi
lege should be given.
It Is In - the concluding paragraphs
ou this topic of second-class matter,
that Mr. Blssell makes a suggestion' of
great Interest, particularly to publish
ers and readers of. legitimate newspa
pers and periodicals, This Id what ho
says:
If It be policy of the congress to con
tinue tho privileges on second-class
duties, then tho remedy I would sug
gest would be an amendment of the
law limiting this rate to them and to
legitimate newspapers and legitimate
periodicals or magalnes. I believe th^t
one year’s experience under such lim
itations with the frauds and abuses
checked would demonstrate that we
have already reached the time nnd
conditions when all such legitimate
newspapers and periodicals or maga
zines may be transmitted through our
malls from publishers Into the hands
of subscribers free of all cost.”
Mr. Blssell snakes a strong argument
for civil service reform In the postof-
flee department. He contends that It
should be extended wherever pratloa-
ble, that unprecedented efficiency has
been attained through Its workings,
and that It Is a stimulus to the best
work. He presents facts and figures
to prove these assertions. As n mor<
radical extension, Mr. Blssell suggest
that the tower grade—the fourth class
—of postmasters might be Included
within the benefit* of the civil serv-
DEFEAT SEEMS MOST LIKELY.
Ice law.
THREE PERSONS KILLED.
Knocked From a Railway Bridge By
An Express Train.
OumheAiml, Md., Nbv. • 25.—This
morning at 0 o’cJook a terriWo acci
dent occurred at Green Spring, W.
Vo., eighteen mobs east of this place,
resulting In the .death of Isaac f jylor,
aged CO yell*; lies wire, aged 5S. ami
a Mias Kidvvol], aged 17 yours. They
wore crossing tho South Branch bridge
on *he Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
when tho Now York and Chicago ex
press train, west bound, No. 17, came
thundering along at the rate of forty-
five miles an hour ana struck tlio three
persons oral hurled them into the river
bolow, n distance of fifty feet, killing
them icstamtly.
All throe were badly mangl'd, the
body of the young lady being horribly
muU.ta'ted. The engineer said lie did
not seo them until he wns within two
oar lengths 07 them, anil then It was
uaterly tarpoMsIWo to stop the train.
BISHOP HOWE DEAD.
The South Carolina DTbcese In Charge
of Bishop Capers.
Charleston, 8. C.. Nov. 25.—Bishop
W. B, W. Howe of the Episcopalian
diocese of South Carolina died at his
home In this city at 5 o’clock thin af
ternoon. BShop Howe was disabled by
paralysis about two years ago, end at
the diocesan convention- in the spring
of 1893 the Rev. Ellison Capers was
elected as assistant bishop und cas
slpce been the acting bishop, and by
Blahop 'TTowe's death becomes the
shop of the diocese.
FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas C*y, Nor. 25.—Fifteen pesl-
enccM. occupying tho square between
TwCtUy-nto’li and Thirtieth streets nnd
G.irfledttond Eutfld avenues were com-
pldtrily destroyed by fire, wli’ch broke
out at notrn today. Host of toe bonne
“ vstroyod were cosily structures aud
wore toasted In the most aristocratic
jurt of the town. Most of the oceu-
pinfs of the burning dueli ngs tried to
their furniture by carrying it out
to the Btreot. Ml the flumes were so
Here? tint the furniture enught fire
nd noto ng wti* saved. The loss is
JS5.000, with 740,000 insurance.
A Family Husrrel Has Tak.s Fiscs tn
the Russian Imperial Henssbold—
Russian Colton Co.ta More
Than the American*
Berlin, Nov. 25.—Tho emperor has
caused Prince Hohenlohe to let Bis
marck know that his presence would
be very welcome at Che Inauguration
of 4he new relcbstag building on De-
ceber 5. The person carrying the mes
sage to Varzin intimated that the em
peror 'had refrained from sending a
formal Invitation merely because he
was not sure how Bismarck wotlid take
It. If Bismarck should refuse the Invi
tation, even on the valid ground of his
wife’s Illness, it was said the general
opinion would be that the emperor
had been rebuffed, and this was to bo
avoided. As yet no reply to these over
tures h.m come from Vureln.
Dr. Scwenlnger has been In Varzin
since Wednesday attending the Princess
Bismarck, whose illness still prevents
the 'family’s return to Frederldhsruhe.
Considering tile adverse circumstances
at home, besides the niw nlr and fickle
winds of the last two weeks, the prince
in doing well, ills Intimate friends say
that hs health Is excellent and his
Interest in' poUtlcs is unabated'. He
watches with Intense expectancy tlfe
development of Prince 'Hohenlohe’s
policy. In his opinion, this policy to be
successful must he guided along the
old lines. Neither he nor Count Her
bert Bismarck Is known to have anti
cipated 'Hohenlohe’s acts with <t word
of ‘hostility. Count Herbert, moreover,
has disavowed explicitly the Inter
view” published by tihe Ball Mall Ga
zette. He never saw a Pall Mall Ga-
*2ette reporter, ihe days, and; never
accorded such an interview to any
body.
DEFEAT IS LIKELY.
The tide of offlpoalJlon to t’he new re
pressive measure has grown so strong
•thalt tho defeat of itihe government:
seams ptobahlc, an'l thee pmspertlv
dissolution is uilretiliy a tending tuple-
Although (Che exact scope of the tuopo-
sais iraa llu'. uuv.r uvatlte, «uip-ig‘a *s
niiuw a uu euir arj.Agoitis.il tn 'Unex'p.-otea
dimmers, ‘x'no lUmui.aita ciern:u. ; .a naive
joined the B'a.vafvaiiu 'tor tattr protest
a'ghlmst giving peace uLfi Jiru^'Cs erastre-
itjanary pdwi.u. Oi the A-io-e t-lcrltal
patty otay lOie Prutulsin Uaiottollca of a
Stro.tgly oonsa’vdiave toms seim in-
cllnod to help the govammerft. As the
combined vote of the olenicrU majority,
tho radicals and IChe social democrats
would defea t .the government, a crisis Is
deemed taevtlatole. The htgh tariff con
eerv'tuclvcs make the most of the situa
tion to claim itholr ponud cf flash. The
Agrarian Deutsche Zestung warns the
government not to risk an election be
fore giving a clear and binding declara
tion of bis attitude towards he agricul
tural agitators. “We are convinced,"
K says. ‘Ithalt the demands of the oon-
sorvaJtlvo land owatrs will prove’ a
great faotor in any. eOeptlon. The minis
ters will make a great mistake if they
believe tho caimpafgn can he fought
with only thelbalMe cry ’Down with the
evolution!’" ,
The paper here reveals the htsfit
Agrarimn scheme. The lAwra.rians will
enter the new ro) oh stag building as the
advocates of « potDWtol deal In which
they plan to sell their support of toe re-
pres'lvelow far government concesstone
to tho grain growers.
NOT IRRECONCILABLE, si
Meantime the Clericals may hot
J” lt »o IrreooncUahle as they seem.
Hohenlone has their good’ will and he
may strike a bargain by promising toe
return of the Jesuits or the revival
of the Seedliz-Treutsdhlcr school bill,
ftnd at the same time conceding n few
minor points In the anti-revolutionary
movement. How far Hohenlohe can go
In weakening the Catholic opposition
remains to ha seen. In any event, the
ultimate fate of the bill will prob
ably be known within two weeks after
the reopening of the relcbstag. The
National Liberal newspapers, despite
some repugnance toward the proposal
to limit popular liberties, admit that
the gorvernment can rely upon the do-
cErlty of their, party. Tho Conservatives
alone hall too return to tho repressive
ayitam as an unmixed good. Tho
semi-official press has the£>wn out some
hints that something may too con
ceded to. the agrarian agitators, but
no further protection of the sugar in
terests Is probable despite the outcry
of the Kreuz Zcltung In behalf of the
beet sugar men. Tho Kreuz Zeltung
also suggests that Dr. Mlguelta new
tobacco tsx be replaced with an In
creased duty on beer. The budget
scheme Is still indefinite, as the new
ministry has not found'time to de
brae Dr. Miguel’s plans.
THE ANOLOJRUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg ridi
cule the reports of an Anglo-Ru»3lan
alliance on the basis of the free pass
age of the straits, mutual notion in ithe
far east, etc. The negotiations in prog
ress between the two governments re
late solely. It Is said, to a more accu
rate delimitation of the Afghan fron
tier.’ The settlement of the Pamir
question has hem affected and the
protocol has been 3lgned. The entente
covers also the succession to the throne
of Afghanistan, In which Russia has
pledged herself not to intervene. This
is a praotloal sain for Egypt, <U tt re
lieves her of fear of the Afghan pre
tender. who will now be little more
than a subsidized refugee. Thee* mat
ters do not concern Germany and
their settlement oauses neither satis
faction nor regret here.
OauRt Sdosuvaloff, Mtttubm embeeaa-
dor to Germany; has oat returned to
Kertln. although the Tepert of hto re
call hove been dessled. ■
The German government has the best
reasons to know that rrtatkuw between
Germany and Russia are growing more
friendlv than ever. If tho sudden
Anglo-Ru-titan conknUty oauses regret
.am-where. 4t !« In France. The German
press predicts; however, that the *or-
dlallty will coo! as soon as England and
Rusta. ore natural neesnleu, with nu-
•m l trie reals that cannot toe btr-
•//■d. In Bertln everybody echoes
Koelntache Zfttung’s warning to
Lord Rosabery not to alienate Germa
ny's rntW by expending England’s col-
*««t«! gwme cf giMto.
The ronoval of the Grand Duke Vla
dimir fro u St. Petersburg to the Cau-
r.iaufl 1s ropafdjd us the result of a fam
ily smistoble. The grand duke’s wife.
Mecklenburg princess, never enmbrnced
'the orthodox Greek tagOt, nnd she re-
PI-aiohod the Pi'lncesH AMx with Protes
tant engugy for anathematizing her re-
■tatan- The swive between the *wo
is.rrr-d the whole Imroartal circle. There
was a fpHpecit of Ifurth-er urpletPint-
nrer If the grand duehen* (should re
main "t ctourt. g 0 jbe erir arranged to
keen h°r .and her husband alt a d ; mce.
Poaslh4ltt.tes <tf G*n. Gnuvka’e recall to
.'at. Pctersluana * u 4 -i-.• ,-n, t, '.r n.n\.
avjskl. chief of toe aVaibrw'bureau, has
bean retired to make' way for Gnurke’s
?’n. Tbj ehnnre Is remrded as nn Indl-
•Trt.'nn thr't far from betatg piraken Gour-
kn ti nt-*>pigri r too-, ever. The 1«nor nf
ell recent news (from Ei.’ Priterflhurr Is
'bat for the -ve—nlt the czar will ll'lld
to bis father’s .m,'rS*e»r.
OUR ‘ COTTON IS CHEAPER,
The Novo Vremya says that Ktln.
knn cotton arbitrage committee has
petitioned the government to raise the
duty on American cotton, as tho Turk
estan rotten growers cannot produce
■at such low prices tas the planters in
the Southern states.
The Berlin chamber of commerce has
placed before the government a memo
rial concerning bourse reforms. R ex-
jjressee disapproval of the project to
register all limn operations on the
produce exchange and advises against
the appointment of <i committee to con
trol Issues of loans. It recommends the
Issuing of loans through firms held re-
nponsIlVe for three years and advo
cates the formation of it general-court
of control or discipline on every
hourse. The memorial has been com-
tnended generally do business men.
Tho unmet s’ alliance of Rapt Prus
sia has petitioned Freiherr von Itam-
mersteln far the expulsion of Russian
grain denlera from the Baltic ports
and markets. Tic foreigners are said
to be mostly Hebrews, who conspire
to undersell the Germans and ruin
them by dishonest practices.
The noarrels of Ihe Social Demo
cratic .leaders are without end. Herr
von VoKi.nnr, the South German cham
pion, closed yesterday a series of ar
ticles denouncing August Bchel and
urging fhe need oT parly unity. The
social drrnorracv. he said, must rely
upon principles and not on Mechanism.
An agitation controlled by a despotic
executive and enforced uniformity of
utterances, were opposed to the spirit
of the party. Both wore begotten of
the Prussian' drill sergeant methods,
which had made Prussia's rule hated
throughout Germany. Bebel deserved
censure fob trying to thrust such an
organization upon tho party. Tho Ba
varian. Social Democrats would not se
cede It moderate councils should pre
vail in the party. That the Bavarians
desired an open rupture was an Illu
sion of Bcbel’s feverish min'd.
The Hnmovenfcm socialists have
J-Slnal in tha cry agaMt - Belbea, Their
organ, the Volkn Zaltung, says that If
he refused tiS sUtrardtaitte himself to the
’welfare of toe party, ho must be
theivvn out, as was Dr.Ruedlt.
In official dipoles flull credit Is given
the report -that the czar .will visit Dm-
poor William and Francis Joseph In the
noiCMfiseurcj-.i . ;
iBairon KWOrfin-Wiiochter, who was
condemned to fan unonltlhs’ conilncmcnt
In a ifortrreu toocause he fought a duel
with Dr. Fototorff of the Klakldertatsch,
has been l el cased from 'prison alt the
emperor's command. He served but
two weeks.
•A society of Henry George single-tax'
ors has heenfoirie'd here with Karl Mar
fata as secretary. At-the first public
meeting, to be holld on too 291h, Mr.
George’s economic thoorkn will be dlo-
cussdd.
The A/merictm consular eporta far Oc
tober have been reoeUvrid from Bremen,
Munich. Kell aril Nureiritatrg, A nota
ble incrarae of 'trade over October, 1893,
la shewn The woolen .minufneturcrs,
especially, -the Berlin cloakmakera, are
preparing for a great increase of ex
ports to tthe United Staten next spring.
.TOWN HAUL AnrSvCICBD.
Rome, Nov. 23.—Some six hundred
pcana>nits anti thtfir irtves, with flags
und clubs, attacked dio tmvn hull lu
Alatrl, ntuti Forentlim, yiotcrdny,
uhoiit'.ng tliait they would pay no tnoro
tuxes. Tho iad.ee, to friBhlton them,
fired In the air. They tvero benten and
abon«l by too mob a-nil were driven
Into the ball, where they remained In
native, while the pcuaanls throw stones
torougfi too windows. Bvcntaally tho
troops il Rparsctl too mob. Tho soelul-
ist deputy, Fcrrl, has lvren exllotl from
Mflntiu for sevenlty-firvo d.ij's for be-
lousing fc> a revoltrOomiry aoolety.
Koveril otoor doputles will probably
bo prosaxitcd.
WILL REMIT TAXES.
Sf. ralrrsbUtag. Nov. 25.-4Jn b'.s w«d
ding diiy Hie mu will isstto minlfes-
toes reirf WSrg arrears of taxes nnd
some scittigKV’e and recording other
nets of clemeney. When lie received
the moils'rm j-esterdjy ho welcomed
M. ile filers t of the forefgn office with
sporr.nl nouiAesy and cordiality, say
ing that he hoped they would work to
gether Cor a long tf me.
SNOW STORM AT VIENNA.
Vienna, Nov. 25.—A snow slunn
dampened too anlor of tlio suffrage
duitanvili’.iittbu today. Groups of work
ingmen paraded toe r nfritmwo sltout-
Mg for universal suffrage. Most per
sons not il remfly iiuteresteil In the
iigiludion remained Induoni.
Accounts of tlio Attack and Capture
Furnished by tho Loudon
Fapcrs.
WHOLLY A LAND ENGAGEMENT
Heavy Artillery tVrieUeett With Telling
RITecI—The Squadron Only Used (o
Attract tho Attention of tho
Seaward liatterlei.
EARTHQUAKES IN SICILY.
Palermo, Nov. 25.—Severe ourtb-
quako slDiekd shook large d'otr’ota of
HWJy Itatay. The simU nfitages of
SUa-tri, Samptert, Mdei, Aceurtillda
and San Roberto were MMjw The
homrtca* Intubltanta luvo enoimped
lu the fields.
PARADES IN IUEIaViND.
Dublin, Nov. 25.—latrge paradM In
luma' of Ihe cxecaiicd Fcnhini were
held In iVirk niul Limetlck toitay. Tbo
miynr of limerick presided over a
mectong of 0,000 perttoiis.
RbXHSrnilAR REMOVED.
Kdiuns O’.ty, Nov. 25.—Tills morning
It mis turiroii tnitfa-ciy announced that
Governor Sima would at once remove
Cburles A. Ouvley, recorder of votes
for Il'atms CTty, owCng b> Ihe fraud*
perprtr.iied to Ills office. II. UUy Ar
nold, a druggist, nnd cha’rman of tho
Demoemtio county eftinmittoe, wiU b**
appofrited 4o aooctcd Ifm. It I* also
stated that file givenior will appoint
an nxrtHtant ar'/erney^;-ineml for this
county to fin«ecate Heol’Uo frauds, the
prrramt nffle<T haring been accused of
dereiWJon of duty.
London, Nov. 25,-T’bo Port Arthur
oonewpomtent of tho Cvutral News
sends tills (Kspitch:
"M.ilrinl OnsijH had approached
Port Arthur steadily ft»r two weeks
■with Us nnn’es In two divisions, l'as-
rttga was tfimv and tldficuh, as the
muds, where there were tiny, were
poor and the artillery oottld bo brought
farntml only after toe primings had
prepinvl toe wuy. Tlte villages wv-re
almost empty of supplies. Many of
liliem hud beeoi pluudered bare by the
Chinese.
“Sklrnrislfing began ou Novombov
17. Every fort laid heavy artillery,
ivtarti litis used with effect. The large
Krupp puis at tlekiiuMU, apparently,
were served by skiileil artillerists, and
were esproCnUy tlestmeHve. On the
evening of tho 21st the Chinese still
held c’gbt or nine rettlotibls on tho
coast and lull twenty guns In working
order. Tlio Japanese bivouacked on
tlie 1 Mills. Shirty cai tho morning of tho
22<1 they begun storming tho redoubts.
They captured Fort Ixutmu after o
"harp, short llglit. The other pos.llons
were taken In quick suucesslou without
liftiivy losses to the Jaimiuese, Elgltty
guns and an enormous quantity of
rico were taken. Lt was wholly it
land tight Tho ooumo of etetita was
engitrailed to tho Jopigesu licet off the
coast.’’
Trent ’Biklto toe Central News Itoars
tlgiit Admiral Ho sent tills reptrt yes
terday;
"Port Artour whs taken on tho 22d
by toe nriuy alone. The tmllod squad
rons merely ntiraetetl too attention of
too enemy’s seaward tebtenes. Hlttoe
yrdtenkty I have been removing tlio
torpedoes from tlm mouth of tho port,
dock yards and arsenals. The Hit I pa in
too itorts are handed over to the naval
<lu]itu!ltmen:t. Tbo tloek yards and nr-
seiral are lu perteet working older."
Tho Tbklo correspoiilent says Ad
miral I(V> negteotisl to specify the ships
captured And licnltn tlicvc was a naval
ItaMIe. It Is brJlorcd, ho says, tliu-t
the ships lu qurstJon are CUlneso war
ships wb’eti took refuge at Port Ar-
tour nflier llwi bi-ttHe at the mouth of
tho Yelu„nnd although fully repaired,
did not vents ire out again. Unofficial
nows Is to Ihe offoot dint Admiral Ito
did not thk« part In dm attack be-
catiso duo eiiiiuneo to dm port was
stiudded null torpedoes, ami all dm
usual landmarks for the gulclanoo of
pilots hud lieen removed.
“A dispatch boat has left Ping Yang
Inlet flu Port Arfimr to oonvcw tho
mliudo's oongruluibatlnns to .Marshal
Omaya."
A dlspatoli to fife Tlnie* from lllro-
altl.ma says that dur'ng din attack on
Port Artour toe Jaipaneso dot* assisted
the land troops. All toe Chines; ships.
flacalMl-es nnd doelas ivero taken Intact
and ready for use.
Tho Ghee I-'oj eoirespiondeiit of tho
11!roes wires under today's ilnte that
Tort Artour is slril biimliig. Twelve
Jupancso vsoels have been sewn tocrc
nod tbo cruisers nro still near tho pen
insula. film Chinese fleet Is at Wei-
HnlAVei.
From Bltinglval Ibe Tlraes hears:
“Now Ohtwang roiiorLs say thut Gen.
Bung's army (s divided, Ouo part’
holds Mdtolsen Ling firmly, conalaudy
i'"pu!sing tbo Jttpanesp.
“Tho oilier part, under Gen. Rung. I*
mnrcli'vig rapidly townnls Port Arthur
to alilttiek toe Japanese. A portion nf
too fiiiit Japanese army iv’l! attack
Mpi'hlewm Ling and the remainder will
follow’ Gen. Sung.”
Tho Times oorreopondont In Hiro
shima rays:
During toe attacks on Port Arthur
tho Jiipinese Itoot assisted dm laud
troops. The Tong-Haks have revolted
ng.iln 'n Boudiem Oowa nad .lapaneso
and Cord in troops aro busy suppress
ing the disturbance*.
THE JWPA1NERE REPORT.
TVikto, Nov. 25.—Gon. Onlijia, In
oomuund of too Japanose forces, offi
cially rtqwi'ta from Port Arthur, under
dale of Novemlmr 22, that on tho 21st
die Jupunaie forcai attacked (lie torn
mur tlxut idjcv. film right division of
tlio army ntormed aud cupturotl tlm
Cant to dm ivcotwunl. vritli 11* artillery
and luradc ground* at ttafiO o’clock 1*1
tlio marling, nnd toon advanced In
tlio direction of Port Artour, storming
and rapturing tlm Koktoisau fort Mi
route. Iu toe mctuitoue, toe left di
vision stormed nnd raptured the fort*
to die wslthrast. On dm 22d all toe
other fort* were raptured. The euemy
f-mglit Irravoly ihrouglimit. Tho Jap
anese loss la KTtsl and woumleil wi ll
not exceed 200, wlfile die number of
Olilncnc killed nnd wounded and taken
prisoner* 1* a* yet unknown.
Tho Japamwo raptured a grmt quan
tity of ammunition and other materials
ns ivtil a* nuny ivtanon. The ChCaaie
forces numbered over 20,000.
OIIINI-JSE DENY HIE REPORT.
London, Nov. 23.—A illspitrli re-
cJ Ved lure ashy from ShanghaiHtstes
Ijxtr Chinese official* are telegraphing
iraaces broadrast saying that dm re-
porta of file downfall of Port Arthur
are falsrirscD. Tho place, they nay,
Is denfended by 30,000 brave soldiers.
ONE DEAD, T1YO WOUNDED.
Fatal Result* of An Artempt to Arrest
a Jluidercr.
Memphis, Nov. 25.—A fight occurred
at a_ektirch near Oarrol.ton, Jls*„ to
day between officer* aud % murderer,
aud ms a result one man Is dead and
two ninety wmurded.
R, V. CiktUmun, toe marshal of Oar--
roll,'on, and D, C. Drawer, a deputy
sheriff, ippt loilay jur’ Enou chertli,
leu miles south of Carrollton, in arrest •’
Cluttde E. Moss, who Is chanted’ with ■
murder at MomEcollo, Drew county, >
Ark., anil iriio luul boon a fugitivo
from Jusalco fqr moro than a year. .
Governor .Stone had honetyil die retiul-
s'.cion of flic governor of Arkansas aud
fad ordered tlm sheriff of Carroll comi
ty to arrest Moss.
film officers lotndug that Mo*4, Who
bail recently grow-n bold, WOOld prob-'
ably attend churoli m Elion today; lift
for ttthe pilot anil reatiutl dm obUreh
Just ns tlm mlwistor was bcgluu'ug •
simtIlvo. JbiH; and ills companions
were otouA ng nmr tho churdi door
when (.'lwlinvtai aal Brewer appeared. >
Moss torow hi* hand lo his hip pocket .
a* f to draw Ills pistol, when Ciiallm.m
ffbUted Tita littnds, nnd Brower also
grabbisl liltn. Moss, being n smut .
young imin, resloted the officers,' when
both olllcirtt pulled thur pistols. -They
sonllh.il with Mas* until toey roacho.I'
11m <fian.fi door, tblrty fecit amiiy,
I whoa Moss had nlmost succeeded in*
giitrug llreuw’s [tiCol and tired It.
once at Ohnilmua, but Broiver knocked
tlm pistol up ami uiuglit the bullet In
hi* arm, inCuUug a serxni* wound. •
Ho then nuuned Brower’s pistol .'.ntn
UhnlHmn's broist and pailcu die trig-
gi'r ngiln and agn-lu, hut Brewer’s band
canglit the trigger and tlm ffistol only
snipped. IP* bum!, however, ivns ter-
t'.-bly mPr By this time Cliallinan had
se’zeil hi* pistol from Moss' grasp nnd
fiivil six 1 hi tie’s Into Moss, killing him
almost InriinutTy. Thera was lnteiiso
exolfomcmt at too church and scores
of women flalivtod.
BENATOR WALSH TALKS.
DURUY IB DEAD.
Itaria, Nov. 25.—Jam Victor Duruy,
the w<jl-known IVomli Utaforhui and
n former miu.btcr of public Inatnuitlou,
died today.
Gave Hla Views as to toe Recent Elec
tion Result*.
Now York, Nov. 25.—Senator Patrick
Walsh of Georgia was at toe Astor
house todav.
What wao too causo of toe de
creased Domrwratlc pluralities In tho .
South?" .ho wvs aaked 'by it reporter.
'Five 'cent cotton, I rockon," ha re
plied. "Tho figures In Bomo cf tho
state*: An fact, In many, noth North '
and South, show that toe actual do--
creased Democratic vote this yeacVv-n;
not so great as toe decrease In top
Republican vote In 1890. In many tw
in most of the states the changes
were brought about, not because Demo
crats voted tho Republican ticket, bait
bemuse Democrats staid awuy from,
the poll* . At tho same time, Uie re
sult was an overwhelming change. I
think this shows that all over the
cup.try there Is an Independent voto
which is sufficient to change tho ro-
HU'.t all over the eoutry.
“Take Uie result In New York. There
ure- as -many Democrats In -this state
ti» there were two venrs ogo, but there
were peculiar conditions and unusual
Influences. I hellovo too work of the
Lcxow committee had an effect nofi
only aR over this state, -but in other
parts of the country. Tho exposure*
mado of (ho Tweed rascality twenty-
year* ago hud a far-reaching effect on
the party with which Tammany was
allied.'-
W>hat will become of bills providing
for free sugar, free iron, etc., to -be .
enaoted at tlho noxt Besslon of con
gress?”’ •
"I have had no consultation with any .
senators on this sublect, nnd I do not
know what their disposition is. X can
only ray that for myself I would ho
Willing to vote for a -bill providing for
free coni, free sugar and free coffee.
I do not know, however, whether these
bills will be considered."
:'How do tho oeonle of the South re-.
gard the recent bond Issue?”
"They nro not In favor of It In my
state. I think.” toe senator answered.
What do they want?” Mr. IWalsh
was asked- •’ .. . ..
”Wh,it they wanl,” said ho thought
fully, -is 10 cent cotton, or, possloly,
15 cent cotton.” ,. .
RESULTS OF THE OAlME.
Muuphy Laugh* nit Ifla Injuries—Kar-
. yard l’iayers Aro Ktoklag.
New Haven, Nov. 25.—Fredi T. Mur
phy, 'the Yale football player who was
knocked unscnnVoto In uie game against
Harvard yemcniay, lv'tuned hero to-
pOght 4n good concUUon. ItCiVill suffer
no petmaneat effect whuitever from tho
cncoutvter with Macklca boot, and will
ip lay with Yale In llhe mmu.il game of
tho Princeton* next Gaitunlay. Mur-
Phy’sbody brars n> ’visible mark* of tho
dieper.ilte conflklt from whldh he was
taken unconscious, arid he himself kt
lawghlivg at Wls exprtenoe, terming It
trifling 4n the oxertme. Butterworxh's
Injury -will also be hardly more serious.
Jlehatl file l*cer.i-te,l optic d-rereed to
night by a Now Ybrk physician, and c-x-
ir-eodt to be In playing trim by Wednes
day, Jorrems 4* not likely to be In ptay-
ttlni for sane -time from the effects of '
n blow orithe dtomach, but hi* injury 1*
tick «crfou*. * ’ ,
THE HARVARD PLAYERS.
Oambfdge, Muse., Nov. 25.—Harvard
men are feeMng raitoer nettled over the
rreuft of yerirevhiy’o game. The men
nil feel that the Harvard team out-
pleydd the Yale team. nnd. but for “ttieft
Yule luck" nail Umpire Hovlard'* dec!*-
lor«s the vlotory would be where It
rightfully belongs.
Dr. Brool®. 3forvard’o head conch, •
enld tons girt 'that ithe report* of Injuries
ho tho T>layer* are groiltly oxaggera'.e-l.
Brnwtr’* leg 4* bn'dily Hwotlcn, but not
ro'KT ’wiyrse 'than It would have been
(fI.'rn iVitly practice. Wrlghtlngton’e
collar-honie m* not Siroketi, but only
d'elwaicl. Hallffwnll’o nose 1* tat-lly
ewollehjbnt f'hlmt 4« tbo only infury he
MMMrisBd. He end W.rirb'lnrtne will
cot play (O the PemnylvjinH game.
TOWN LAID IN ARHIPS.
Tfilrty-ono House* and All the Stores
but One Were Destroyed.
Asheville. N. C., Nov. 25.—Thirty-one
houses and every store but one at Ma
rlon, N. C„ wnre dratreyed by fire
this merninr. The estimated lose Is
about 5125,005; Insurance, small. The
flame* started in a building next to
tho Jail. Twenty-eight prlsonera were
removed' In safety. The town had no
fire uparatus. Marlon Is forty miles
east of this city.
m
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington. Nov. 25.—For Georgia:
Fair, warmer, variable wind*.
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