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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—RAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY) FRESH EAST WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 182t.-
MACON, V GA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 36. 1904.
DAILY—47.00 A YEAR
500,000 KECRUITS FOR
MARSHAL OYAMA
DETERMINING
TRIBAL RIGHTS
tTOKIO IS AGAIN A GREAT MILITARY CAMP—MILITARY PREPARA
TIONS OF AN ENORMOUS CHARACTER — ARTILLERY ARM IN
CREASED—DEFENSE OF FORMOSA—ARRANGING TO MEET THE
RUSSIAN PACIFIC SQUADRON—WINTER IS NOT INTERFERING
WITH THE TRANSPORT SERVICE OF THE JAPANESE ARMY.
Seven Years Work of Dawes
Commission
TOKIO. Dec. 25. (5 p. m.)'—Tofclo
Is again a.great military camp, and tho
Beenes of last spring, when the first
oi'mles were mobilized and dispatched,
are being duplicated. Thousands of
'recruits and reservists are assembled,
drilling and equipping preparatory to
taking the field. The permanent and
temporary barracks are filled, and it
Is necessary to billet the soldiers
brought to the city. The batteries
fire blank charges for the purpose of
breaking in the new horses. The gen
eral military preparations are enorm
ous. It is planned to glvo Field Mar
shal Oyama a rough total of a half
million men, with heuviiy increased
artillery arm, beside ^providing a de-
, tense for Formosa and the southern
Islands in anticipation of the Russian
second Pacific squadron’s attempt to
seize a base.
The port of Keluud, in Formosa, has
• been declured in a state of siege, and
other positions in Formosa and the
Pesscadores are progressing. Winter
is not interfering with the Japanese
transport service. The railway be
tween Dalny and Yentai is working
well, and the running time between
i Tokio and Liao Yang is six days.
COTTON CARGO AFIRE.
Two Hundred Bales Pitched Into the
Sea From tho North German Lloyd
Steamer Brandenburg.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 25.— Fire of an
unknown origin destroyed a portion of
the cargo of the North German Lloyd
steam Brandenburg today Two hun
dred bales of cotton, destined for Bre
men, were thrown overboard and
number of hogsheads of tobacco »ve»e
also thrown into tho harbor. The ves
sel sailed for the German port (after
the fire had been extinguished. No es
timate of the loss to tho earge can he
given by the local agents.
SEVEN KILLED
IN COLLISION
Two Passenger Trains Como
Together in Illinois
ORDER NOT DELIVERED
TOKIO, Dec. 25, 3:20 p. m.—The fol
lowing report was received from the
besiegers at Port Arthur this morn
ing:
“A body of our right wing surprised
the enemy at Housnnytantun (IIous-
nnyentaoi?) and Siaofantun (the latter
about six and a half miles northwest
of Port Arthur) at 10 o’clock Satur
day night nnd subsequently dislodging
the enemy and occupied the whole of
Tantlnchun (about five miles north of
Port Arthur) at 2:65 o’clock this
morning.
. % “Our repeated attacks during tho
. past few days were uniformly suc
cessful and now the whole of the
- enemy’s advanced positions fronting
our right wing is in our hands.”
No Nows of .Port Arthur.
CHE’FOO. Dec. 25.—There was no
news of the operations at Port Arthur
received hero e*th6r,,yesterday or to
day.
Kuropatkin’s Skirmish.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 25.—Gen.
Kuropatkln reports skirmishing Dec.
24 near Taplnlln. The Russian ad
vance posts were driven in by tho
Japanese, but afterwards advanced
again and occupied their former posi
tion. The Russian losses were trilling,
while those of the Japanese were
. heavy.
The Baltio Squadron.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 25.—Ad
miral Blrlleff is quoted in an inter
view as saying that all tho shipyards
In the Baltic are working day and
night and that tbo third squadron will
go out in two sections. The admiral
pledges himself to have the first sec
tion, which will include the Senlavhi,
Apraxln. Ushatyoff, Nicholas II. and
Kornlloff, ready by February, and the
second, consisting of the Slava, Alex
ander II. and Pamalt Azova a little
later.
Kuropatkin War*s No Retreating.
MUKDEN. Dec. 25.—Gen. Kunopat-
kln. addressing the troops today, said:
"Yoq must never allow yourselves
to retreat. Even In the case of the
smallest detachment having once
formed a plan, it must be carried out
to the end."
Operator Failed to Give Advice to the
Trainmen—In Addition to Those
Dead Thero Were Many Seriously
Injured—Four Coaches ‘Wero De
stroyed.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 25,—The
passenger train which left St. Louis
at*!> o’clock last night on the Southern
railway collided head-on with the pas
senger train leaving Louisville at
about the same hour near Mauds Sta
tion, Illinois, today. One passenger
and six employes were killed and two
passengers and eight employes were
slightly Injured. The dead:
Charles Schmidt, Centralla, Illinois.
Engineer Bowen, • Princeton. Tnd
Fireman Chas. Hutt. Princeton, Ind.
Mall Clerk H. D. Hogan, George
town, Ind. •
Section Foreman Underwood. Prince-
town, Ind. .
Employe. Henry;. M. Oskln, Tenny
son, Ind.
Cyrus Hudson. East St. Louis, sec
tion band
The St. Lduls-Louisvllle nnd the St.
Louls-Knoxvllle sleepeVs» WeVe drawn
by both trains but none of the pns
sengers In these four cars were injur
ed. Both engines were badly dam
aged nnd four conches destroyed.
The collision occurred between
Mount Carmel Ills., nnd Princeton,
Ind., and according to tho Southern
railway officials was caused by the
failure of the operator at Browns, III*.,
to deliver to the East bound train an
order naming a meeting point for the
trains.
All of the employes with the excep
tion of the trqlnmen were In the com
blnatton baggage and smoking car.
(Continued on page 5.)
BLOODY ENCOUNTER
IN BLACKSHEAR, 0A
T. B. Altman Killed by Son—Knifo
Thrusts Were Intended for tho
Town Marshal—Letter Will R«
cover.
General Situation Quiet
MUKDEN. Dec. 25.—A Jspan.se
buttery opened Are December 24 on
Chanlinpu nnd two men were wounded
by ebelln. A Japanese column ad
vanced but was toon driven back by
the Russian Are. The general situa
tion la quiet, though Chinese report
that the Japanese are strengthening
their left Aonk. ns though In contem
plation of a turning movement. On
the other hand, the Japaneee In many
place* apparently are building winter
quarters. N
Hard,hip. of th. War.
HARBIN. Dec. 25.—Chinese from
the south say that the Japanese have
brought 60,005 Chinese Into southern
Manchuria, but have great difficulty
In feeding them. They alao say that
the Japanese have prepared n thous
and four-wheeled cart* with Iron
shields In front and on the shins,
which are to be pushed by soldiers
and which are to carry rapId-Are and
machine guns.
Some frozen Japanese have been
found in abandoned trenches. There
Is the greatest activity in Harbin,
where the Russians are building en
larged baths, churches and a hospital.
A scheme has been discovered by
which a Siberia* merchant has been
sending vodka to the front marked
with a red cross and labeled aa med
ical supplies. The perpetrator has
been forced to leave th- country.
Lack of Chinese .liver Is causing the
depreciation of the rouble here, but
the reported closing of the Chine
Bank at Tie Pass Is untrue.
Vessel Breaking Up.
NEW YORK. Dec. 25/—The cap:.-
of the Fire Island life laving stall
rcp-ris that shingles an.! timbers .
bc:n," washed ashore from the cchec
er Frank W. McCulloogh. which
.ground on Fire island bar. Thlt
taken to Indicate that the vessel
breaking up, as tar shingle? were
tir hold.
BLACKSHEAR. Ga., Dec. 25.—T. B.
Altman, a prominent farmer, dead, bis
son. Darling Altman, charged with In
voluntary manslaughter and City
Marshal McMillan badly cut is tht re
sult of Christmas eve whiskey drink
ing. Altman, his son and s young man
named Crews came Into town yester
day afternoon and were soon under the
iuAuence of whiskey. Later In tho
night aa they became disorderly.
Marshal McMillan started to arrest
them. Young Altman drew his knife,
shoved McMillan, who had T. B. Alt
man by the arm. down, Altman falling
on McMillan, and then comment-
cutting. Crews also ran up with his
knife. Clubs were freely used n
when the parties were separated, T.
Altman was found to have received
two gashes In the left arm, severing
the arteries, from which he died In
few hours later. Marshal McMillan
received three severe cuts on the heed
and one In the back. The evidence I
th coroner’s Inquest showed that
young Altman accidentally cut his
father white trying to cut McMillan.
The Jury brought in a verdict of I
voluntary manslaughter. Marshal .M
Millan will recover.
BRITISH CHARITY.
Chri.tmas Day Devoted Largely to Dia
pen.ing Charity.
LONDON, Dec. 26.—Christmas day
passed quietly throughout the United
Kingdom. The most notable feature
of the day was the large amount
charity distributed as the result
the generous sums of money collected
for this purpose through the newsps
per* and other channel*.
Weather conditions were improved
though the fox still hang" over Lon
don. Interfering to Home extent u
"hipping In the river* and ebanrx
A few minor railway accident* w
reported Lite Saturday night, one
an excursion train.
Today -tin distinctly a church ho||
day, and the real uhr obs**rvan<
In of Christmas will begin toroor.*.
morning.
DRUNKEN MEN
CUT THROATS
Terrible Affair in the St reets
of Dublin
VERY TEDIOUS TASK
THREE ATTACKED TWO
llions of Acros of (Land and Thous
ands of Owners Involved—What
Has Been Accomplished—Answer to
Thoso Who Had Accused the Com
missioners of Being Dilatory.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The an
nual report of the Dawes commission
on its work for the five civilized tribes
Indian Territory, which was made
public today, is a general review of
the partition and allottment of the
Hands of those Indians during the past
six years. Tho time consumed in the
change from the old system to the
new has been a moat irksome period
to the people of Indian Territory, and
the commission is not unmindful of
the fact that to many candid .observers
the execution of the task has seemed
to be both tedious and expensive.
While admitting that criticism was
to be expected the report goes on to
say that it is not Just and to show
that the time hns been well occupied
in securing a correct roll of the people,
in obtaining a correct inventory of
their property and in locating Im
provements.
Of the difficulties of these various
divisions of the work they say:
"Every adult or head of a family
In a total of more than 200,000 citizens
nnd claimants was personally exam
ined and his previous tribal record
was looked up. Of this number, and
In this way, more than 120.000 have
been examined since June 28. 1R98,
The proceedings were all taken down,
especially ns every ease could be car
ried to Washington on nppeal, nnd of
ten the record of a single case ■ ■
hundreds of pages in extent. Of the
above numhet* of people, approximately
00,000 will be finally adjudged to law
fully possess tribal membership and
property rights; nnd It can readily
be seen how a less enreful course of
procedure would have utterly dlssipat
ed the properties of the tribes.
"As to the appraisement of the
land, it was thought that tracts of
forty acres, or a quarter of n section,
was nn small a division as could rea
sonably be made the subject of per
sonal Inspection. This acrenge was
dopted as the unit In determining the
grade nnd vnlue of land; but even this
required tho locating. Inspecting, clas
sifying and valuing of nearly 500,000
tracts of land.
As for safeguarding the occupancy
and Improvement rights of the peo
ple. their houses, barns, fences, nnd
other improvements had to be located
by actual survey nnd with minute ac-
cruncy. Perhnps hardly a man in the
territory knew the sectional divisions
of his fnrm or the sectional line of a
single one of his Improvements, ind
hence there was no source of accurate
Information respecting these matters
except the surveys nnd location of
Improvements made by the commis
sion.”
Tho report adds:
"We have been dnlly witnesses of
the distress of the people mused by
delay, not only of the approximately
90.000 citizens of the territory but also
of the estimated 800,000 other residents
of the territory whose legitimate in
terests suffer from nn unsettled state
of affnlrs. It will be seven years eon
numed In this work If It Is completed,
as we expert, by July 1, j905; nnd the
administration of these communnl es
tates amounting to nearly 20,000,000
acre* of land, and to perhnp* hundreds
of millions of dollars In actual values,
will then have consumed that amount
of time and have cost less than 10
cents per acre. We trust thnt a con
slderation of the facts here stated will
lead to the conclusion that, under the
circumstances, the time consumed has
not been unreasonable or the cost un
duly great.”
Speaking of the difficulties connected
with the allotment work the commls
sinners say thnt "speculators not over
scrupulous In their business method*
have attempted In every way to In
fiuence the work with a view to per
sonal gain.”
DUBLIN. Ga., Dec. 25.—Last night
S. West, superintendent of the
weaving room at the Dublin cotton
mills, and brother of P. L. West, su
perintendent of the mill, and L. D.
Wlllinms, the engineer, had their
throats cut by W. F. I*oek. J. I. Lock
and Coon Bracewell. Both men are in
dangerous condition but may io
cover. The cutting was done from the
rear, the men slipping up behind the
mill men.
The Locks and Bracewel* wero drunk
and West and Williams were trying
to prevent them from causing a dis
turbance. Tho two Locks are .now in
JitII. but Prucewell has not been cap
tured. Just after the men wero put In
Jail two other men by name of Lock
and a man named Wood sought to res
cue them and were arrested and yyt
in Jail.
RURAL CONDITIONS
IN THE CZAR’S DOMAIN
Recommendations for the Amelia
tion of the Life of the Peasants art
Generally Favored—Change in tho
Lands.
FT. PETERSBURG. Dec. 25.—The
special committee appointed In 190
to Investigate the question of the bet
torment of the conditions of rural r
terprlse* nnd the general revision
p«asant law*, of which Presid.-it
the Ministerial Council Witte
chairman, has decided In favor of t
extension of the system of state loon*
by the agricultural bank to land ov.
er*. especially peasants and comm*
ere. for the purchase and Irnproven*
of alien lands. The emperor 1
formally approved the recornmemla-
lions.
The newspapers are warmly
proving the work of the commission.
Th*- Rush declares the l*&«is
reforms must be social ai»J politic
emancipation of peasants i.s propo.
bv M. Witte.
W0NDEREUL
WAS THE FLIGHT
Remarkable Success of Bal
dwin’s Air-Ship
IN THE WIND’S TEETH
S. West and L. D. Williams, Prom
inent Mill Men, Assaulted by W. F.
Lock, J.'l. Lock and Coon Bracewell.
The Injured Men in a Dangoroue
Condition—Wero Trying to Prevent
Disturbance.
Makes a Speed of 8ix or Eight Mites
Against a Twelve-Mil© Gale—Roso
to Height of 3,000 Foot—Was Un-
dor Perfect Control—Returned Noar-
ly to the Starting Point—In the Air
For Moro Than an Hour.
HOW HAYT1
WAS ROBBED
And How Thieves in High
Places Wore Punished
FRAUDULENT BON1)3
Court Gives tho Mon Once in the Cabi
net or Conspicuoua in the Publio Ser
vice Very Severe Sentences— Formor
Minister of War Sent to tho Peniten
tiary for the Rest of His Lifo.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—Captain
Baldwin'* airship "California Arrow,”
driven by Roy Knubenshuo of Toledo,
Ohio, who made several successful
lllghts In the *nme machine from tho
World's Fair ground* nt Ht. Louis, was
given itm first trial In California today
and was succesnful with the Mingle ex
ception of it* failure to land at the
starting point. A landing was effected
half a mile away without damage to
the machine, nnd it wan safely towed
back to its anchorage.
The Arrow started from Chutes Park
baseball grounds, in the Boutheastern
part of the city nt 3:15 p. in., sailed
Ith tho wind Northeastward for a
distance of between eight and
miles, thence Eastward for two miles
nnd returned in (he face of u twleve-
mlle gale to a point directly nbovo the
utarting place. Owing to the supply
of gasoline running short. Knabeushue
was unable to effect a landing at cx
actly the desired spot. From the time
the alrHhlp arose from the baseball
grounds until It was safely anchored
nt Pico nnd Htnnford streets, It was
In (light an hour and thirteen minutes,
and in thnt time sailed a distance of
probably twenty miles. When flying
with the wind (he Arrow traveled at
speed of twenty miles an hour, and
turning directly In the face of the
strong Southeastern-gain was able to
muke a rut© of speed reckoned nt be
tween six and eight miles an hour.
The airship was maneuvered by
Kuulrfuishue in every dlrcetion,
ponding readily to Its rudder, circling
and turning in any direction, and rls*
ing and dipping ns tho operntor di-
tod. The Arrow rose at times to a
height of probably ifcOOO feet or more,
with Knnbenshue regulating the height
by shifting UIh weight and raising or
lowering the bow of the craft a
desired to ascend or descend.
PORT AU PRINCE, Ilnytl, Dec.
25.—In accordance with iti.s verdict # of
the Jury In the trlsl of the alleger
fraudulent bonds, the court has pro
nounced Judgment ns follows:
It acquits Hibard Rowe, formor
minister of finance, nnd two high offl
clnls; condemned Hilbruln fJllluume,
former minister of war, to penal serv
Itude for'life; the high officials of the
Nntlonnl Bank of Hnytl are sentenced
to four years’ Imprisonment, anti two
son* of the former minister of for
eign affairs to threo 'yonra* Imprison
menL Judgment ngnlnst those per
son* who are in contumacy will be
pronounced later.
The action against the above men
tlotted person* grew out of an net of
the Hnytlen congress of 1902, author
ising the consolidation of the national
debt in a bond Issue of about $8,000,
0Q0, and nn ^additional $213,282 to be
pnld the bank for financing the deal.
Before the transaction was completed
the government of President Nord
came Into power. The bank officials
were Imprisoned a year ago on charge
of conspiring with the secretary of
the treasury In fraudulently issuing
from $200,000 to (850.000 In bonds and
of alleg'd bribery.
The trial began November 28, nnd
of the thirty-three persons accused,
among whom were ex-President Bum,
thirteen were present, the others huv
Ing fled.
MERCHANT SHOT
BY A NEGRO ROBBER
Loul, J. Roobin, Jr., of Cord.l. Serious
ly Hurt Whil. Trying to Stop a
Thi.f in Hi. Btor..
CORDELK. Go., Dec. 25.—Last night
at th* store of A. Roobin * Bro., I/iul.
J. Roohln. Jr., memtx-r of the llrm, wo.
aeriouriy ahot by a negro who ha.l
atolen n suit of clothe* from the store.
Roobin saw the negro conceal
clothes under his cost and caught hold
of him. the negro drew his pistol nnd
shot Roobin through the right arm
severing the artery. The ball waa lo
rated by physicians in the should
Idnde and extracted. The negro
roped after n lonjjf chase during wide
he wan shot at several time* by me
police force. Mr. Roobin-4s resting
well today as could be expected.
One Hundred and Four Years Old.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. V. Dec. 26 —
Mrs. Mary Hhepherd of ttiis rlty cel*.
Prated her 104th birthday today, hav
ing been born in Ireland In Dec. 25.
lotto, Mrs. Shepherd sal up a'l night
In order to be In time for the 5 o'clock
mass at 8t. Peter’s church thh. morn
ing. She walked sgveral bh-.ka to the
church.
Cutting and Shooting in Atlanta. I
ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 25.—George
Manley, colored, employed as wagon
driver by the Transfer Company,
Herbert King, one of the clerks In
baggage room at the depot this after
noon in the shoulder and arm
negro escaped by running away drw
the railroad track. King, after being
cut. walked over to tho Kimball house
drug store where his wounds were
dressed.
Richard Pulliam, colored, wa
and killed this rifleman on Itutb-r
street by Jim Christian, another nr
gro. The killing waa done with
shot gun loaded with buckshot. P
llam had a pistol, and Christian pie
the muzzle of the gun to Pulltaml
face and pulled the trigger. The
head was torn to pieces.
WILL GOV. PEABODY
HOLD HIS OFFICE?
COLORADO REPUBLICANS FORMULATE A PLAN TO PREVENT ALVA
ADAMS, GOVERNOR-ELECT FROM TAKING THE CHAIR AS CHIEF
EXECUTIVE—THEY HAVE A MAJORITY OF THIRTY IN THE GEN-
Manchester Cloth Market
MANCHESTER, Dec. 25.—A lower
price for cotton am! tho weather con
ditions nt this season of the year com
bined to restrict operations in thp
cloth market last week to the smallest
dimensions. Buyers showed an Indis
position to operate before the new
year. Prices although somewhat easier
ere comparatively steady. Producers
were chiefly ongaged In expediting
unexecuted orders.
Yarns In occasional small lots wero
sold to users who are looking for
considerable reduction In prices later.
MOROCCANS
WANT TO TRADE
Admire Americans nml De-
siro to Bo Friendly
Agent of tho Sultan on His Return to
Tangier Tolls of tho Commercial Op
portunities*—16,000,000 Poople With
out Railroads, Telegraphs, Tele
phones or Highwsys-^Standsrd Oil
tho Only American Company Rep
resented.
CHRISTMAS AT WHITE HOUSE,
Had tho Character of a Family Holi
day—Waa No Tree,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.—Christ
inua day passed uneventfully In Wash
Ington. The weather was cloudy and
raw.
At tho White House tho day was
celebrated as u family holiday. Tho
president remained In the house dur
ing most of the day. In company with
the two older boys and a friend ho
went out for a walk In th© ufteriion,
The dinner tonight Was limited to the
members of the family and Mr. P. H
Ferguson, an Intimate friend from
New York. The members of tho
president's family exchanged gifts hut
there was no Christmas tree. In place
of this the children enjoyed the \-
lights of tho Christmas tree at th*
house of Mrs. W. H. Oowlos, u kins
woman.
Father John of Cronstsdt, III,
CRON8TADT, Dec. 25*—Father John
of Uronstadt Is seriously III and thou
sand* of peasants are awaiting his re
covery In order to confess.
WHITE MAN KILLS
BLIND NEGRO
Tragedy in Dougherty County'
Farmer Collier Blezee Away at
Children in a Cabin and Gete One of
Them—Now in Jail.
ALBANY, Ga., Dec. 16.—R. W. Col
Her. a white man who oversees at
plantation In th© western part of
Dougherty county, was placed In Jail
lost night, charged with one of the
most dastardly murders ever com
mttted In this section. Collier,
company with a negro driver, was re
turning home late Friday afternoon
from a business trip to the city, nnd
when he reached the plantation of
John Bllllngslea the horse driven by
two Indies who were Immediately In
front of him wn* frightened by the
popping of firecrackers which were he
ing set off by some small negro child
ren. The children were requested by
th© Indies not to shoot any more until
they find passed, which request was
promptly complied with. Collier, who
was under the Influence of whisky,
asked thnt h© be allowed to put s stop
to the annoyance to which he Imng
Ined the ladies were being subjected.
The ladles begged him not to create
any disturbance; that th© negroes had
stopped shooting the cracker* when
requested, nnd told him that as he w
drinking he hud better go on home.
Collier then drove on, hut after going
about a hundred yards, he got out
his buggy nnd returned to the cabin
where the children were and opened
fire on them with a pistol. At the
first shot all the children fled except
a blind negro boy who wa* sitting on
the porch of the cabin. After several
shot* had been fired, this Mind boy
arose from hi* ehnlr and endeav
to go Into the cabin. Just as he
entering th© door a bullet from Col
II-r's pistol passed through his head,
killing him Instantly. Collier
went to hi* buggy and drove horn©.
Hherlff Edward* effected his grr*
late last night and Collier Is now
Jail. He I* charged with murder, i
says he ha* no recollection «of th© net.
The murder created great Indignation
among all class©* of people, and the
outcome of tho case will he keen!
watched*
ERAL ASSEMBLY—CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGE OF GROSS
ELECTION FRAUDS.
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US
NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—James W.
. Langermnn. formerly United Htates
vice consul general at Tangier, Moroc
co, Is In New York, on hi* way to re
port to the sultan of Morocco, whose
personal representative ho wa* nt tho
Ht. Loul* exposition.
Hpcaklng tonight of Morocco nnd It*
doNlrn for American trado, Mr. I*an-
gormnn said:
'Never before was such an oppor
tunity presented to American Indus
tries to secure a foothold In Morocco.
It seems strange, but It I* n fact nev-
rtheless, that In thnt country, where
about 16,000,000 people llvo, there Is
hut one big American Industry doing
business sag that Is thw Standard Oil
company.
The sultnn. and* In- Diet all his sub
jects, want to trado with American*.
They realize that the American peoplo
In business will treat them fairly nnd
will hot try to seize the country. I
know personally that the sultan I* one
of the most ardent admirers of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
'It is impossible for tho French
troops to make any progress in Moroc-
i, ©specially, at this time of the year.
They have a difficult task before them.
It Is now the rainy season. It Is Im
possible for thum to transport troop*
thero arc no highways. Ferrying Is
their most modern method of crossing
rivers. There is not a telegraph or
telephono line or railway In the coun
try.”
Mr. Langermnn recently discussed
tho Moroccan situation with President
Roosevelt, hut he refused to say
whether he visited tho president ' on
any particular mission.
DENVER, Dec. 25. If *ho fifteenth
general assembly of Colorado which Is
to meet on Wednesday, Jan. 4. shall
effectuate the plans formulated by the
managers of tho Republican post-
olectfon commission. Gov. Joa. If. Pea
body may servo ns chief executive of
this state for two years more, despite
the fact that Alva Adams still has
nearly 10,000 plurality since the votes
of llvo Denver precincts were thrown
out by order of tho supreme court in
consequence of frauds exposed In con
tempt proceedings against election
officials.
There will be a Republican majority
of 30 or mors in the general assembly
which will canvass tho vote for Bin to
officers. It Is proposed to have the
general assembly appoint a special
contest committee of from nine to 12
members to which will be submitted
the evidence of wholesale election
fund* In Denver and possibly some
other counties, which evidence tho
Republican committee have been col
lecting since the election.
The Republican managers maintain'
that with the fraudulent vote of Den
ver eliminated Gov. Peabody will have
at least 7,000 plurality In tills county
and 2,000 In the state. Tho Republi
cans say they do not Intend that tho
legal votes shall be sifted from the
Illegal nnd then counted, or that the
legislature shall reject the entire vote
of Denver county, but they propose
that about 1,800 Democratic precintM
in the state shall he thrown out on tho
ground of alleged frauds and that tho
vote of the Republican precincts shall
be counted. They assert ^hnt the su
premo court has established a prece
dent for such a procedure.
This radical programme Is opposed
by some conservative Republican
lenders nnd until the legislature moots
and takes action it cannot bo known
certainly where Peabody or Adams
will ho governor far the next two
years. The Democratic leaders are
preparing to contest vigorously tho
attempt to reseut Peabody.
The Democratic managers derlaro
them 1* n monstrous conspiracy be
hind the "disclosures of fraud shown
In contempt proceeding'* before the
supreme court. They say that the
bundles of BpurloiM UiUot-. all Ip on©
baud Writing, found III the box©* of
different precincts could not have been
placed In th© boxes on election day
without having been observed by' the
watchers, and charge that the box.-s
have been tampered with since elec
tion. legal votes luting Abstracted and
purloun ballots substituted therefor.
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THREE MEN DIED
IN TRAP OF THEIR OWN
Barred n Door In Order That They
Might Not be Disturbed in Orglo—
Another 8et His Clothes Afire.
RUSSIAN ZEMSTVO
AND THE REFORMS
Four Thing# Domanded, Inoluding
Freo Pa##, Freedom of Con#cien<
and Compulsory Education.
PHILADELPHIA, De?. 25.—Four
men wero suffocated In fires In differ
ent parts of the city early today. A
hoarding house, 1415 Wood street,
Chas. McCuskcr, aged 44 years: Jan
Merry, 48 years, nnd Jos. M *<21)1. 24
years, died In u trap made by them
selves. Against tho wishes and the
knowledg© of tb« boarding houst
keeper the three men took a
quantity of whiskey to their room.
They placed one of the two
beds In the apartment against th©
door to prevent Interference . by
the boarding house keepor. After (he
men had retired a lighted enndio fell
from s mantle on the greasy working
clothes of one of the boarders. The
clothing was Ignited and the room was
soon filled with a t.itck smoke. McGill
was awakened by t’ie *mok>» hut was
unable to move 'be bed from the poor
and fajrto the floor un©finscious. The
boarding house keep©* dlscoveeri the
smoke and when tho room was broken
Into McCuskor and Merry wera found
dead. McGill died soon after Ik Ing
removed to a hospifi).
At 1126 Falrmount avenue, Edward
Rathtlne, aged about ?C year*, end be
lieved to be a resident of N>w Jet Ley,
waa also suffocated. It Is bcMeved he
ei his clothes on fire with a lighted
Igar and In trying to leave the room
crawled Into a closet by mlstak* where
he was fonnd dead. Ilia face
slightly burned.
LONDON, Dec. 26.—A dispatch to a
news agency from Bt. Petersburg *•<>.<
It can be stated on reliable authority
that the manifesto on the subject of
reforma approved by Emperor Nicho
las will contain four points, as follows:
First—Each semstvo shall send to
tho council of state three representa
tives to advise on the question of In
ternal affairs.
Hecond—That the press censorship
shall be abolished und the presc mad©
free.
Third—That freedom of consdtncu
shall be allowed, and
Fourth—That elementary education
shall b© made compulsory throughout
tho empire.
The Daily Mali’s Ht. Petersburg cor
respondent Biys that th** manifesto
probably will be I>*su©d Dec. 26.
RIOTING IN POLAND.
Workmen Paraded 8treete of Razoum
Carrying Red Flag*.
RAZOIJM. Russian Poland. Dec. 25.—,
After the midnight mass at the Roman
Catholic cathedral a company com
posed of workmen paraded the street*,
carrying red flags. The military au
thorities, In trying to disperse It. were
received with shots and a serious en-
counte followed In which the com
mander of the Twenty-Sixth regiment
was killed and a gendarme was wound
'd One of the demonstrators was
killed.
BARELY SURVIVED STORM.
Experience of a Steamer in Mid Al
lewtlo- Mo»f#me Sing Death Chant,
BOSTON. Dec. 23.—The vtfaltlll
African Prince from Japanese ports t
this city nnd New York came up th
harbor to i y with her prop©U©r *h.!
twisted, steering K- «r damag-l. bout
lost and portions of her deck turn u
by the fury of u dorm encountered i
mld-Allantl©. After the steering k©.i
was demng‘1 the steamer was to*.*.-
for two days In the trough th*?
unable to proceed until repair* ha
been pi ifle. Several member* «<f th
crew recelv** 1 minor Injur!©* by bein
thrown about the tte'-k*.
A large number "f the crew of f,
were Mohainn • I u - who, «ntlclp.ttiri
death, threw their prayer mats th
water-swept decks and. drenched I
the skin by the Icy waves, »a?.g tli
Moslem death chanL
MOSCOY/ MAYOR.
Thanked for His Attitude in
Refo
MOSCOW, D* 25.—Mtmb
the council a*vmb!-*d at th© r
today for th»* purpose of t
Prince Galitzin. mayor of Mow
his attitude In favor of i
Prince Galitzin. who received
mendous ovation. saJd In* h
done his duty a* a Ruffian
and uiat lie was persuaded
standing or) firm ground in sui
the reforms suggested by the
the action of which would m<
approval of the Russian
by
the council
that by
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■ -d t-jR.'ther,
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