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Snbscriber’s Paper—Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR, SLIGHTLY WARMER MONDAY: TUESDAY FAIR, FRESH SOUTHWEST WIND8, ESTABLISHED IN 1828. MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1904. REPORTS FROM GEN. STOESSEL Is “Happy to Inform” as to Incidents NEWS AT TORT ARTHUR Tales of Fierce Assaults and Repulses BRAVE OFFICERS NAMED One Russian General Succumbed to Wounds Received—Japanese Losses Placed at Enormous Figures— Prayers of Emperor and Empress Re quested by tho City’s Defender. with 11-Inch and 16-lnch shells. A fierce fight reged all day. We repelled three assaults. "Towards evening the Japanese suc ceeded In obtaining possession of the crest of the hill and immediately got two machine guns into position thereon. "Among the wounded are Gen. Tser- pinsky and Lieut-Col. Bountonssoff, of the frontier guards. Col. Irrman per formed prodigies of valor." Gen. Stoessel’s last dispatch is dated December 10 and says: "Since 'the capture of Visokala Kill our ships In the harbor have been suf fering from 11-Inch Japanese shells. "Gen. Tserplnsky succumbed to his wounds. "The troops are in excellent spirits." ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.—Gen eral Stoessel's dispatches to .the em peror which were'received Friday night were given out today.' The first is dated November 25 and Is as follows: *1 am happy to inform your majes ty that on November 20, after an In creased bombardment, the Japanese attacked one of the forts on the north eastern front and leaped with a por tion of their forces on the parapet. They were annihilated by rifle fire and the bayonet and thrown back Into the trenches. Their reserves were scat tered by shrapnel. "From November 21 to November 23 the enemy violently bombarded the fort and, in spite of great losses, ef fected by their perseverance a passage between the two forts on the north eastern front. Work of Bayonets. "At 6:30 o’clock in the evening of November 23 after heavy firing, the Japanese suddenly hurled themselves against several works on this front and seized a portion of the trenches, but they were thrown back by the reserve after a fierce bayonet struggle. They returned to the assault at midnight and again occupied a part of the trenchep, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o'clock In the morning nil was over and your majesty's herolo troops were able to rest and start re pairing the damage caused • by the bombardment "From the 20th to 24th. the Japanese lost more than 2.000. All of our troops behaved as heroes, the following es pecially distinguished themselves: Generals Kondratenko, Nikitin, (com mander of the artillery), and Gorbat- owsky, and Lieutenant Colonel Naoum ko. (A dozen other officers In lower grad®* are also mentioned In the dla* patch.) "Bombardment of the town and har bor continues dally. A number buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustained some damage. The garrlons are In excellent spirits." In nnother dispatch dated Nov. 24, General Stoeasel says: Two Bloody Days. "The 26fh and 27th were the blood iest days In the assaults on Port Ar thur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th. against our left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsed with great lo** to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked a de tachment on Panlung mountains, but wert repulsed, as also was their at tack on Vlsokal (203 Metre Hill). "On the 26th the Japaryese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the northeastern from and the ad vanced trenches. The trenches re peatedly changed hands. Neverthe less. on the night of the 26th we threw back the Japanese at the point of the • bayonet. The enemy succeeded In blowing up the parapet of one of the forts and began building paralells there. At another fort on the same night they laid sacks along the ram part, but our artillery dispersed them. Towards ten o’clock In tho morning the Japanese attacked a battery on our left flank In considerable strength and at first obtained possession of a portion of the works hut our heroes brought bayonets Into use and the Japanese retired, leaving a heap of . their men. Along the whole front the Japanese reopened a violent fire against the interior of the fortress, keeping It up until 5 o'clock on the morning of November 27. By God’s Help. "The help which God sent us oh the birthday of our mother, the czarina, gave us further victory.” The message mentions the same four officers as given In the preceding dispatch, together with several others who specially distinguished themselves. A further dispatch from Gen. Stoes sel. dated November 30, snyt: "Since November 27 the Japanese have been carrying on a violent bom bardment and making incessant as sault* In considerable force against Visokala (203-Metre Hill). Their as-, saulta were repulsed." On December 2 Gen. Stoessel reports ns follows: "The twelve dayr’ assault which commenced on November 20 was defi nitely repulsed last night. I am happy to say that your majesty’s hemic troops alone could have been capabl of doing this. There hss never been such a fierce assault. The following contributed principally to the repulse Gens, Kojidratko, Xirinkin and Gorba- towsky. and Cols. Irimann and Eretta- koff and Want.-Cols. Naoumenko and Gandourlne. ft Is. thanks to them, and t'w* heroic offers end naval sh«»*n- * hooters and the artillerymen, that > c.it Arthur succeeded again In re sisting. The Japanese, according prisoners and Chinese. lost at least 20.000 men. "$$> request your prayers and those * of the mother empress, which are man ifestly ,shielding ‘us. "As general aid-de-camp to your majesty. I have expressed your tnaj esty's thanks to the garrison." On December 5, Gen. B to easel re ports: « £ „ Three Assaults Repelled. "At 7 o'clock yesterday morning the Jnyaneec. having concentrated all their began an uruuli on Vlsokal* H.ii, bombarding U simultaneously Necessities Short. FUSAN, Dec. 18.—(Headquarters of the Japanese Second Army.)—There Is a probability that there may be a shortage of fuel and food among the Chinese this winter. Fire wood Is quoted at 340 per ton and food is sell ing at three times Its normal value, with the end of supply in sight. The Japanese are paying Chinese laborers treble their ordinary wages and also are paying market prices for all the fuel and supplies they purchase. The cold weather continues. The^mllltary situation is unchanged. CONSTRUCTING PANAMA CANAL an auxiliary' ohsntwi for the Chagres from Gatun to the sea. tn order to dl- •ert its flood water* Into the bay east- rard to Colon. "The third general plan under con sideration would be the construction of a canal with a 20-foot or 80-feet Investigations of Chief En- and gineer Wallace THE GENERAL PROBLEM An Interesting Explanation Is Made TWO PLANS IN VIEW Testimony Which Was Taken by Isth mian Commission Aboard Army Transport Sumner in Colon Harbor on Occasison of That Body’s Recent Visit to Canal Zone. Captured the Position. LONDON, Dec. 19.—A special dis patch from Toklo reports that the Jap anese naval bombardment on Saturday sank a Russian torpedo boat at Port Arthur. According to the Daily Telegraph’s Che Foo messenger from the Japa nese lines at Port Arthur the Russians had prepared around the fori at Pan- lung a moat six hundred yards long and 30 feet wide which they filled with petroleum to a depth of several feet, then covered It with wood and straw. In the course of an attack upon tho fort early In December the Japanese storming party sank Into this morass, which the Russians fired with an electric fuse. The fierce conflagration lasted all night and day and hundreds of Japanese were burned to death, but tho second night the trench had dried the Japanese advanced In small detachments, protected by large wood en shields and engaged 1n a savage bayonet light. Tho Japanese, the re port continues, captured the position and made prisoners of 152 Russians, Invested With Command. MUKDEN, Dec. 18.—General Kuro- patkin, on December 17, at a parade of all the available troops, formally In vested Gen. Orlpenbery, Llnevitch and Kaulbars with the command of their respective armies. The Third Squadron. LIBAU, Dec. 18.—Work is being hur ried upon.the vessels of the Prospective third Pacific squadron. All of the ships‘are being stripped and their ma chinery overhauled in preparation for a long voyage. At present there is a shorings of .worlyntfL but this, it is fexpected^WllTsoon be remedied. Continued on Page Two. ADAMS LOSES SOME OF HIS PLURALITY Decision of 8upreme Court of Colorado Against Several of the Democratic Candidates. DENVER. Col., Dec. 18.—Alva Ad ami, Demociatlc candidate for gover nor In the late election, haa lost 1,182 of his plurality of 5,276 In this county by the action of the supreme court In ordering the election commission to eliminate five precincts from the re turns. Ills plurality In tfce state, how ever, still stands at about 10,000. By the supreme court's orders, the Democrats lost three senators who were apparently elected In this city, and the Republicans gain control of both branchea of the legislature, with majority of 30 on Joint ballot. They •e planning to submit tn the legisla ture evidence of frauds In Denver and ask that body to declare Governor Pea body elected. The supreme court Is to be reor ganized April 4 next by consolidation with the appellate court and will con sist of sev$p Judges, two of whom are to be appointed by the governor. II. M. Hamm, an exepert, has ex amined the ballot of precinct three, ward four, submitted to him yesterday by the supreme court, end will rr.port tomorrow that 240 of the 371 ballot a found in the box are apparently fraud ulent. Of these 235 are Democratic nd five Republican. W. J. Klndrel. supreme court watcher, has testified that City Detective William Greene of the four men on trial for contempt of court In the prectlnct, Instructed repeaters, many of them women, but did not in any manner Interfere with the watchers or voters In general. CATHOLIC RITES. Beatification of Caspar* Del Bufalo Ob served at Rome. ROME. Dec. 18.—St. Peter's was espe cially decorated for the formal announce ment this morning of the beatification of Gaspare Del Bhfalo. founder of the con gregation of the Precious Blood and Can on of San Marco under Plus VII. The function was performed at the altar of at present In Rome, went to venerate the blessed Del Bufalo. The ceremony had the added object of the demonstration of loyalty. Over 30,000 people crowded tho *wst!lra. It was much remarked that Pope Pius. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Mr. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Isth mian canal commission, has given the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce the benefit of his Investigation, so far as made, regard ing the engineering tasks to be per formed In the construction of the Pan ama canal. The testimony was taken aboard^ the army transport Sumner In Colon harbor, on the occasion of the recent visit df the committee to the canal zone. It is to be printed for the use of congress. The Associated Press has been given the benefit of the testimony In ad vance of its publication through the courtesy of Chairman Hepburn and Secretary Cushman of the committee. Before taking up In detail the four distinct canal propositions which arc being considered by him, and on which he Is to report to the canal commis sion, Mr. Wallace made this explana tion of the general problem: Tho General Problom. "The Isthmus Is transversed by a mountainous range, the summit of which is approximately twelve miles from the Pacific and thirty-five miles from the Caribbean. Originally a gorge evidently existed from tho Ca ribbean near Colon to tho vicinity of Gamboa and extended beyond that point In an easterly direction, forming the upper basin of the Chagres river. After filling this gorge with an alluvial deposit the Chagres has swung .Itself from ona sides of the valley to the other. The result la that the thread of the orfglnal gorge cannot be fol lowed or found \ from surface Indica tions and and it Is only by drilling to bed rock that exact information In re gard to any particular locality can he obtained. The presence of boulder In this alluvial deposit alone explains the reason why engineers, not taking time to go into the rock far enough to .de termine its uctual character, have been misled Into thinking they had struck bed rock. To determine the most fea sible plnn for the construction of tho canal will require a most careful and comprehensive examination not only of surface conditions, but the sub surface must be explored. Lino of the Canal. "After. following the valley of the Chagres to Gamboa, the line of the canal follows a tributary, called Obis po, up to the summit of culebra, snd hence follows down the valley of the Rio Grande Into the bay of Panama. The summit of Culebra was originally about 300 feet above the sea level and is the lowest point In the divide along the entire length of the Isthmus Panama. The plan of the former com mission provided for a dam of prac tically 100 feet In height, above sea level, and Bohlo, w’th a wnter level, of 90 feet above sea level. This place wad selected on account of the fact that at that point the hllla on the other side of the Chagres come comparatively close together, being about 1,500 apart, and from the surface Indications It seemed a favorable place for the con struction of a dam. But the Indlca tlons are that this locality will be an unfavorable and expensive one for the construction of a high dam. The instruction to the chief en gineer by the present commission were to make full and thorough examina tions of the canal route, the manner of doing the work and the various plans which might suggest themselves, and lay before the commission the result of this examination, with hi* final re commendation. Tho Two Plans. ‘The first \>lan to be considered, the one estimated upon by the former com mission, In the possibility and prao ticablllty of a high dam, or proper foundation for a high dam. at Bohlo, upon which depends the advisability of constructing a high-level canal, with the surface of the water 90 feet a level. "The second plan under considers tlon is a summit level of sixty feet above sea level. Constructing a canal of this plan admits of two different methods of treatment; first, the con structlon of a dam 60 feet above sea level at Bohlo. with two looks of 30 feet, there being two locks on the western slope; second, ■the construe lion of a dam 60 feet above sea level at Gatian, eight miles from Colon, with two 30 foot locks in the same vicinity. The adoption of a sixty fool level al so will render It necessary to construct a dam at Gamboa, in order to pro vide Bohlo, or In the Immediate vicinity; the construction of the Gamboa dam to bo required In this instance the same as (n the sixty foot level plan. "The fourth plan would be the con struction of a sea level canal with a tidal lock at MIraflores. In this con nection it is necessary to explain that while the mean sea level of the Pacific and the Caribbean are the same, high tide In the bay of Panama rises ten feet above mean sea level and falls ten feet below; whereas, th<f fluctua tion of the tide of the Caribbean at Colon Is less than two feet. The con struction, of a dam at Gambon, with the necessary spillways, as noted In the previous plan, would be the same under the sea level plan as under the .30 60 foot level. The Gamboa Dam. "The construction of the Gamboa dam would provide the water supply for the entire line of the canal. Includ ing the cities of Panama and Colon. It would also provide a power plant foY the generation of electric power suf ficient to furnish ample power for the operation of tho Panama railroad and for the operation of any machinery that might be used in the construction of the canal. It would require two years to construct this dam, and, roughly estimated, its cogt,. Including spillways, would be between fifteen and sixteen million dollars, not Includ ing the power plant." Asked by merhbers of the committee for jjn estimate of the cost of the va rious plans, Mr. Wallace said the best estimate that could be made at pres ent would be based on the estimate of the former corrimisalon of $200,000,000 for a 90-foot level canal. Figuring with this ns a basis the 60-foot level canal would cost 1225,000,000, could be opep for traffic in ten years, and fully completed In twelve years; the 30-foot level , would coat $250,000,000. open for traffic In twolvo years and fully com pleted In fifteen years; tho sea level canal would cost $300,000,000, could bo open for traffic in fifteen yenrs und completed In twenty years. MAY NOT HAYE QUORUM TODAY Exodus of House Members From Washington Frank Griffin Said to 0/ Known in Macon. 1 GAINESVILLE. Ga., Dd 18.—Frank Griffin, better known C. "Shorty," dropped dead at Erwin’s boarding house this morning. He was here with a carnival company, but was formerly well known as a printer and lived at Macon. THE INAUGURAL BALL Event Is Most Important Now in Sight SENATE ADJOURNMENT Upper Body Will Begin Holiday Ro- cess Wednesday and No Business is to be Attempted Previous to That Time—Consideration of Legialativo Appropriations Bill. (Continued on Pago Five.) Woman’s Body Found. COLORADO SPRINOtf. Col.. Deo. J$.— The dead body of a white woman, an- mrentlv about 18 years of ngc, ling hern ound on Mt. Cutler by two surveyor*. An Attempt to destroy thr features, suppos edly to nrevent Identification, had been made. Detectives have been unable to establish the girl's Identity, but advance theories that she wnn n tourist from tho East. The girl had been dead a week or ten days when the body wag found. toria. although that mode of travel In variably cause* him nausea. He was un able today 'o walk, bee*w ».* gout, with which he ha* suffered - Killed Over Cards. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Dec. IS.—A «*• cb*l to »bc Journal and Tribune from Jellfr.o, Tenn.. s»ys: Near Red Ash. Ky.. this afternoon C»l. Marcum shot J. Mirsh Blier through tr reached ro re» the irn*»ev when Mu shot him ard then lest him over head with LAs pistol. .Marcum h~« •wet* arce»fe*r . * *’ parties are laid to have tees drinking. Alleged Green Goods Swindlers. INITIAL CITY. IV. V* nee 1K McKIroy nnd his wife CF, PRINTER FALLS DEAD TENNE88EE TRAGEDY. Town of Woodbury In State of Uneasy Expectancy. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Dee. 18— At Woodbury, Cannon county, today Thomas Potter, a prominent morrhiint, shot and Instantly killed A. J. Kmlthson, i torney. The tragedy grow out of national law suit In which Potter's testi mony on the witness stand wuih adverse to Smithson’s interest. This morning a Smithson, who. It Is said to have re marked she would not keep company with ~an who would swear falsely. The met later, a quarrel ensued ahd Smithson was killed. Potter surrendered himself nnd was admitted to hall. Bmlth- ragedy nnd the town tonight la In a state f uneasy expectancy. the action caused a great senmtlon. SNOWSTORM AND GALE CAUSED DISASTERS Reports From Now Jersey and New England Coasts Tell of Ugly-Weath er Which Occurred. NEW VORK. Dec. 13.—The snow storm nnd gale which struck the coast yesterday Afternoon and contin ued until the early hours this morning was the moat violent that hna occurr ed for several yenrs. Report* from the New Jersey and New England coast nnd from Incoming steamers tell of furious gnle* and many disasters. At Vineyard Haven, over 15 sc boon ers, anchored In the harbor were blown ashore early today and several others were damaged In collisions. Off tho Bay Head, N. J„ life saving station: the schooner Lizzie II. Brayton. bound for Providence, R. I., from Baltimore, went ashore, the crew being rescued by the life savers. The Cunarder Umbria and the Amer lean liner Bt. Paul, borv of which ar rived today, reported hijvy weather and adverse gales during the whole passage. The Anchor line steamer Aatorla. bound for Glasgow, went ashore today In the lower bay but wa* later floated without Injury and pro ceeded. Most of the sound steamers were late In arriving at their piers. In the river and harbor the traffic was for a while during the worst of the storm, almost at a standstill. No accidents of any moment were reported. In the city the snow which began yesterday afternoon fell almost without Intermission until early this morning, by which time eight Inches had fallen. There wag little Interrup tion of traffic.13,000 snow shovelers and four thousand teams being aet to work as soon es the snow ceased falling to clear the principal thoroughfares. In the afternoon the weather cleared, and with the coming of bright sunshine Central park and the speedway were thronged with sleighs. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—The exo dus of members of the house from tho city since the ndjourtiment Friday in dicates that the lower branch of con gress will be without a quorum tomor row. Should any member make this point the only thing that can be flone Is to adjourn from day to day until Wednesday, when the Christman hoi 1 day recess until Jnnuaiy 4 begins. The question of where the Inaugural bull shall bo held is the only matter of legislation in sight In the house for the week. This will come up under suspension of tho rules, Tho senate has approved the pension office and the house the congressional library. There are Indications that a deadlock has been reached on the matter, and that the eapltol building will bo pro posed as a compromise. Tho Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The sen ate will adjourn on Wednesday for tho Chrlstmns holidays, and no business will bo nttempted previous to that time. After being called to order cm Monday the senate will adjourn until Wednesday and Wednesday’s proceed ings will he confined to moro formali ties. Soon after the aepnte recon venes In January thireiVimmltteo on appropriations will report the legisla tive appropriations bill. It will bo the policy of the senate to take It up as soon ns possible nnd to have other Hupply measures follow speedily. CONFINED TO MOSCOW. Revolutionary Socialists of 8t. Peters burg Will be Good. RT. rETKKflBURO. Dec. 18.—The re ported dlstUflwnoea today were confined to Moscow. The rtoclnlfstlc revolutionary party In Bt. Petersburg lisa decided to ab stain from funner demonstrations, many of liielr leaders having been arrested or wounded on Dec. 14. and no further trou ble Is likely unlsSH mobilisation of re serves is proclaimed for this city or In the event of the fnll of Port Arthur. Meanwhile a group of Inwyers Is colleet- Ing evidence upon which they vurpmo to institute proceedings against the police for the alleged lll-treatinont of prisoners In the affair of Dee. II. A meeting of 404 undergraduate girls of the medical Institute today passed resolutions of sympathy with Basnuoff, who on Dee. 13, was sentenced to Imnrls- onment for life for the murder of Min ister of the Interior Von Plelive. Another resolution adopted demands legnl reforms. The meeting wound up with shouts for “Down with atitfK’rnry!’’ and "Long live freedom!" At a banquet of engineers tonight rase- 1 iifIons similar to those adopted by the semstvolsts were passed, f Sensational Reports Denied. MEXICO CITY. Dec. IS.—The superior hoard of henlth. which * ‘ “k d of honlth. which has agents all the republic, denies sensational re- s wired out regarding starvation and disease on tho west const In part of the state of fllnolno. It Is true there have been more deaths from malaria and starvation In Blnalno than were caused by bubonic plague. Reports received by the superior board of health today show only a few cases of yellow fever remaining In the republic, which nre to be found at Coatnacoalcop and Merida. Mexico will be represented at tbe sessions of the American associa tion of nubile health to bo held In Havana tbe ninth of next month. Steamer Reeoued, CHARLESTON. *4. C.. Dec. 13.—The British steamship Dnventry, Captain Bailey, which ran nground nbout ffcrer miles off Bt. Helena bnr Hnturdny After noon. was pulled off the bunk this morn ing by tha combined efforts of flve tugs nnd proceeded to this port. The Dsven- try snlled .from Huelva Nov. 22 with a cargo of pyrites for Chnrreston. The ac cident Is understood to have occurred during a fog. The Dnventry Is now nt quarantine nml suffered no material dam age from her grounding. Liked Congo state. LONDON. Dec. 18.- Mr*. M. French flheldon. Afrlcsn explorer nnd author, who has Just returned from a tour of the Congo Free Htnto, g-iyn Hint her assertion that she hnd witnessed more ntroeltles In London streets than she had seen In tho Congo should imply to the rubber eountry nh well iim to ttie rest of the state. Hho travelled, she says. In every part of the eountry, King Leopold having accorded her complete freedom, nnd she was con- ARBITRATION IS DESIRED Agreed Upon by Fall River Textile Council TO NOW BE SUBMITTED May Not Be Accepted by tho Manufactures BIG STRIKE STILL Another Effort Will be Made to Settle Differences in Great Labor Dispute which Involves Twonty-Six Thous and Workers and is Now in Its Twenty-Second Week. FALL RIVER. Deo. 18.— 1 The textile council voted today to submit an arbi tration propoaitlon for the settlement of the strike in tho cotton mills to the Individual unions, and in case of their approval, by n vote on Tuesday, to nsk tho civic federation to choose a board of arbitration. Tho arbitration proposition was agreed upon by the textile council nt a three hour session when the follow ing resolution to be submitted to tho textile unions for their action w • > adopted: "Whereas, believing In the Justice of our cause and always favoring tho grand principles of fair arbitration, and whereas, realizing that a continuance of tho long and protracted struggle In' detrimental to the best Interest <'f our city, be It, "Resolved, That we submit the whole Found Asphyxiated. NEW YORK. Dec. 18.—James P. Sanders, nged 86, believed to be tho oldest past master of the order of Odd Fellows In this country, was found as phyxiated by gas In his home in Yon kers today. Mr. Handers at the time of his death was grand sire of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows In tho United States, . Fir# Destroys Infirmary, MOBILE. Ala.. Dec. 18.—The Inge Bondurant Infirmary was destroyed by fire this morning. Thirty-seven patients, tho majority of whom were unable to assist themselves, were re moved before the fire drove the doc tors and nurses from the building. One patient, who had undergone an opera tion for appendicitis, died during the removal. Captain Thomas A. Doyle, of the fire department, was hurt by felling v'ood work. The loss will be about $35,000, the principal Item being valuablM sur gical and electrical Instruments. Will b* Mar'f! Cardinal. MEXICO CITY. Dec. Hl.-Mnnslgnnf Herallnl apostolic delegate tn nils coun try, will. It Is sittfl lu rl«VCtM Mfcles. be made a cardinal at the next consistory. THE GIGANTIC TASK HAS BEEN COMPLETED M. Witte 8tft* Evidence Heard by Committae Working in Interest of Russian Peasantry. Fire in Infant Asylum. PROVIDENCE. It. I.. Dec. 18,—Four persons were Injured during a fire that caused $20,000 dnmage to the the 8t. Vincent Infant asylum today. Through a! splendid exhibit of bravery on the part of tha sisters who conduct, the asylum and firemen every one of the 170 children In the home was rescued uninjured. Home of the rescuers, however, were severly burned. The most seriously burned were Bisters Lultgnrd, Mary Paul, and Kacharia, and Watchmen John II. Henderson. The asylum is a Catholic Institution. BT. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18,—M. Witte, president of the ministerial council, to whom n* chairmen of the special committee appointed In 1903 to Ineatlgate the question of the bet terment of tho conditions of rural en terprise nnd general revision of the peasant laws, was confined the task of sifting the enormous moss of evidence collected. Including the opinions of 11,000 of the best qualified peasants, landlords, merchants nnd manufac turers, which filled several thousand volumes, has completed the gigantic task. Ills conclusions, which have Just been published, are In line with the most enlightened opinion for nine' Inrating the peasants’ conditions. These conclusions, which are under stood to have the Indorsement of Km peror Nicholas und Minister of the Inferior Hvlatopoik-MIrsky. are perted to be adopted by the commit! slon ns the basis of new laws. The press hulls the memorandum not only us a signal victory In the direction of real national progress, but ns marking n definite shelving of the plan devel oped by the late Minister of the Into rlor Von Plehve, for extending the linkers of local officials over the peas ants and Increasing, rather than de creasing, the tutega 'exercised over Ahern. Von Plehve’s purpose was to rush through a law before the com mission could complete Its labors. In all points M. Witte's recom mendations aim Is for the completion of the emancipation act of 1891, by ending the treatment of peasants as a ctass apart, giving them a method of ’Enabling them to free themselves for ever from the soli and placing them selves on an equality with all other lasses of the imputation, snd remov- proposltlnn to the-members of our i pective unions^ it being Identical w Mi the one^'fiuhmlttcd to the executive council of tho cotton manufacturers' association. All efforts having failed to effect a satisfactory settlement or the strike existing In our city, we ogre•* to submit the whole subject matter In dispute to n board of arbitration to be chosen by the National Civic Federa tion from lta executive board, and agree to accept their decision as final.” To Decide Tuesday. The Individual unions will mrM t-» •t on tho proposition at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. A two-thirds vote of the unions will be necessary to adept, the resolution but the labor b say that it is hardly possible that tho members will reject It. The loaders iuk» the nre satljified to puhmtt the settlement of the strike to arbitration and believe that It will hurt the cause of the manu facturers materially if they refuse to accept the plan. President Borden of the mnnufa »• furors’ association was seen tonight and said that he did not knov# how tho manufacturers would consider tho proposition, nnd be did not know when tho manufacturers would meet. The textile council will meet again on Tuesday afternoon after tho union i hnve voted. The strlko, which Is now « • r upon Its twenty-second week, was call ed when the manufseturera announced a new wage scnls, reducing the income of operatives 13*4 per rent. Thirty- seven mills and nearly 26,000 employ. 4 were Involved. Traffic at Standstill. NEWPORT, R. I., Dee. 18,—A result of the worat blizzard that has visited this city In many years, all lo cal traffic la practically at a stand still. The atorm began at midnight last reservoir to accumulate water j night and abated at noon today. On a enough during the wet season to fur- | level tbe snow is moro than two feet nfah water for the summit level of the j In depth, while a strong wind has piled canal. The construction of a dam at up drift# that block the streets. Gamboa, In this connection, would al- j — - — ■ so control the Chagres river, except Heavy Fall of Snow, that It would be necessary to provide ; BOHTON, Dec. 18.—A storm which a safety spillway by the construction ! nearly reached the proportion* of a of a tunnel some eight miles In length hurricane swept over southeastern through the divide, discharging the I New England today. Tho snow fall, surplus waters of the Chagres Into the especially along the coast from New headwaters of she Juan Diaz, or the a!temat ( ve plan of constructing a tun nel four miles long through the divide separating the Chagres baair. from the head waters of ' the GatunclIIo. a stream which enters Into the Ciia- gres valley at Qatun. An Auxiliary Canal. "Should this latter course be adopt ed It would bo necessary U» construct London. Conn., to Cape Cod, was un usually heavy, while n wind Velocity of sixty miles an hour was reached at Block Island. Rhode Island. For the second time within the past six years Vineyard Haven, the favor ite anchorage for coastwise shipping; proved a trap for the northeast gile. blowing directly, Into the harbor, tore fifteen schooners from their moorings Judge Payne Acquitted, LAWTON, O. T., Dec. 18 — Judge E. M. Payne nt Chickasaw, United Htates commissioner, has b«*ert acquitted in the federal court at this place of the charge of drunkenness and, permitting the sale of liquor In the Indian'Terri tory. The charges were made pnbllc some time ago. The attorney general of the United Btates was asked to rail for an Investigation and the matter I | t ,g the restrictions upon Initiative en- was referred to Judge Townsend of tefprlses which have heretofore the federal court. I crushed out all ambition. In order to — 1 ■■ — ■■■ | accomplish this he proposes to abolish Her Clothing Afire. [ practically the whole system of laws ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 18.—Maggie | applicable to peasants alone. At the Hmlth, a white woman twenty-two same time the backward condition of years, was found In her room at 113ty the vast majority of the peasants and Decatur atreet at a late hour last night I the fact. If placed on a complete equal- with her clothing In a blaze. The wo- ity j n the matter of holding and dl*- man had thrown herself on -the floor In I position of property, they would soon front of the fire and her clothes caught l become the prey of the shrewder among on fire from the grate. The Smell of them, as well us of merchants who burning cloth attracted the 'Attention would like to ponses* their lands and of some of the Inimates of the house, I keep them In a state of perpetual debt, who reached her In time to oave her | |* fully recognized. M. Witte, there- llfo. An it is th lower portion of her! fore, recommends the preservation of limbs were badly burned and she was I certain laws designed solely for the sent to a hospital. I peasants* protection, such as the ln- . I alienability of communal lands and In- —————— i gtimtiinia. For the management of the and drove them ashore. I one and for the freedom of the other News from Cape Cod, the scene of from debt special laws will be recom- ho many marine disasters, came by I mended, supplemented by methods the train tonlg'.it tor the first time j whereby peasants may .leave their w since 1898. Every wire ea*t and south | commune* under certain safeguarded I AyXin*-r has of the W#reham was prostrated or dls- I condition*, or delimit lands tor indl- abled by the gale. I vldual ownership. There t* also In The snowfall reached beurly three I contemplation the organization of a feet on the southern New KngMnd I system of land credit and scheme for coast and street railway fines were (the settlement of stale lends by pea- doubly crippled, * ants, who want larger opportunities. Lost Torpedo Boats. TrjKIO, Dec. 18, 10 a. ni. The Jap anese have lost two torpedo boats dur ing all the operations against the bat tleship Hevastopol. which was report ed yesterday tn advices from Tort Ar thur to be completely disabled. At Mukden. MUDKEN, Dec. |8. Artillery Are still continues along the front of the Russian army. !r wa* particularly severe on December 16. when the Jap anese made u demonstration .gainst Russian advanced positions on tha railway. The Russian camps jpresent a r! 'tur- esque appearance. The sides of the hills and the fields around the villa t* * nre dotted with mud huts and little chimneys of dug-outs, from v.h h smoke Is rising. The •> i .i.itattor.s f the common soldiers are nioir# cornf< : - sble than the officer's quartern in Chinese houses. The transport service I- working well, ss the roods are hard frozen nnd in excellent condition. The rouble has depreciated in value aa the result of the stoppage In the shipment of sti ver. The weather is clear and ! graration In the situation in Mac Is seriously occupying the atten the powers. The warfare of Be and Greek hands, the correspond n piitrlatlon of BulgArlan refugees u Adrtanople Vilayet. The National Educator*. was made tonight by Irwin 8hrpai Winona. Minn., secretary of th- n *• Educational n.-r'Orjation. thst the fo fourth annual convention of the n»* tlon wouM be tirld at Asburv Ptrk Ocean Grove. N. J . July J to 7 n- \r d DuUo Promoted. RRRURG, I'- D -The Duke Rori* to bi e n gazetted. The promotion of grand duke with a goide INDIAKAPOI Barnett: depart t tonal Biscuit and Stuart R. been al* or-l for hr he uu|