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THE MORNING NEWS. J Established 1850. - Incorporated 1888 > VT’ArPl? rr O'T'T J. H. ESTILL. President. * 1> 1 -ill linli I i.tsil. STOESSEL’S STORY OF THE FIGHTING REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. DETAILS THAT FROM NOV. 25 TO DEC. 4 AT FORT ARTHUR. On Deo. 4 the Japanese Were Finally Successful in Their Attack Upon the Hill ContinniiilinK the Harbor. It Hull Hern Heroically Defended by the Russians—Stoessel Singles Out Offlcern to Praise for Their Gallantry. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—Gen. Stoes sel’s dispatches to the Emperor, which were received Friday night, were given out to-day. The first is dated Nov. 25, and is as follows: ■ I am happy to Inform your ma jesty that on Nov. 20, after an in creased bombardment, the Japanese at tacked 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 scatter ed by shrapnel. •‘From Nov. 21 to Nov. 23, the enemy violently bombarded the fort, and, in spite of great losses, effected by their perseverance a passage between the two forts on the northeastern front. “At 5:30 p. m., Nov. 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 trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o’clock in the morning all was over and your majes ty’s heroic troops were able to rest and start repairing the damage caused by the bombardment. Troops Behaved as Heroes. “From the 20th to the 24th, the Jap anese lost more than f 2, 000 men. All of our troops behaved as heroes. The following especially distinguished themselves: Gens. Kondratenko, Niki tin, (commander of the artillery), and Gorbatowsky and Lieut. Col. Naoum ko. (A dozen other officers in lower grades are also mentioned in the dis patch.) “Bombardment of the town and har bor continues daily. A number of buildings have been destroyed, and the harbor has sustained some damage. The garrisons are in excellent spirits.’’ In another dispatch, dated Nov. 29, Gen. Stoessel says: “The 26th and 27th were the bloodiest days in the assaults on Port Arthur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th, against our left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsed with great loss to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked a de tachment on Panlung mountain, but were repulsed as also was their attack cm Vlsokaia (203 Meter hill). At Point of Bayonet. “On the 26th, the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the northeastern front, and the ad vanced trenches. The trenches re peatedly changed hands. Nevertheless, on the night of the 26th we threw back the Japanese at the point of the bayo net. The enemy succeeded In blowing up the parapet of one of the forts and began building parallels there. At an other fort on the same night they laid sacks along the Tampart, but our ar tillery dispersed them. Toward 10 o’clock in the evening the Japanese attacked a battery on our left flank In considerable strength and at first obtained possession of a portion of the works, but our heroes brought bayo nets Into use and the Japanese retired, leaving a heap of their men. Along the whole front, the Japanese reopened a violent fire agUinst the Interior of the fortress, keeping it up until 5 o'clock on the morning of Nov. 27. “The help which God sent us on the birthday of our mother, the Czarina, gave further victory.” The message mentions the same four officers as given in the preceding dis patch, together with several others who specially distinguished them selves. Repulsed Assaults Upon the Hill. A further dispatch from Gen. Stoes- Bcl dated Nov. 30. says: “Since Nov. 27 the Japanese have been carrying on a violent bombard ment and making Incessant assaults In considerable force against Vlsokaia (203 Meter hill). Their assaults were repulsed.” On Dec. 12 (Dec. 2?) Gen. Stoessel reports as follows: “Tiie twelve da vs’ assault which com menced on Nov. 20, was definitely re pulsed last night. I am happy to say that your majesty’s heroic troops alone could have been capable of doing this. There has never been such a fierce assault. The following contrib uted principally to its repulse: Gens. Kondratenko. Nikitin and Gorbatow sky and Cols. Irrmann and Eretlakoff end Lieut. Cols. Naoumenko and Gan dourlne. It Is. thanks to them, and the heroic officers and naval sharp shooters and tlie urtlllerynien, that Boit Arthur succeeded again in re sisting. The Japanese, according to prisoners and Chinese, lost at least 20,- 000 men. "We request your prayers and those Of the mother empresses, which are manifestly shielding us. “As general aide de camp to your majesty, I have expressed your maj esty’s thanks to the garrison.” This Attack aicvtiaful. On Dec. 5 Gen. Stoessel reports: "At 7 o’clock yesterday morning the Japanese having concentrated all their forces, began an assault on Vlsokaia hill, bombarding It simultaneously with eleven-inch and slxtcen-Inch shells. A fierce fight raged all day. We repelled three aaaaults. Towards evening the Japanese suc ceeded In obtaining poaaesalon of the crest of the hill and Immediately got two machine guns Into position there •ti. "Among the wounded are Oen. Taer plnaky and Lieut. Col Houtonasoff of the Frontier Guards. Col. Irrman per formed prodigies of valor ” Gen. Nioesaei s last dispatch Is dated D*e, 10 and sags: Since the capture of Vlsoltsis hill our ships in the barker have keen suf f*rtng from eleven-inch Japanese shells. Gen, Teetpir.etty succumbed k bis wounds Jlabaimalj Jlofniiig JAPANESE WERE BURNED TO DEATH. London, Dec. 19.—A special dispatch from Tokio reports that the Japanese naval bombardment on Saturday sank a Russian torpedo boat at Port Ar thur. • According to the Dally Telegraph’s Che Foo messenger from the Japanese lines at Port Arthur, the Russians had prepared around the fort at Panlung a moat 600 yards long and thirty feet wide, which they filled with petroleum to a depth of several feet, then covered it with wood and straw. In the course of attack upon the fort early in December the Japanese storming party bank into this morass, which the Russians fired with an elec tric fuse. The fierce conflagration lasted all night and day, and hundreds of Japanese were burned to death, but the second night the trench had dried up and the Japanese advanced in small detachments, protected by large wood en shields and engaged in a savage bayonet fight. The Japanese, the report continues, captured the position, and made prison ers of 152 Russians. ARTILLERyFiRE STILL CONTINUES. Mukden, Dec. 18.—Artillery fire still continues along the front of the Rus sian army. It was particularly severe on Dec. 15, when the Japanese made a demonstration against Russian ad vanced positions on the railway. The Russian camps present a pic turesque appearance. The sides of the hills and the fields around the villages are dotted with ir.ud huts and lit tle chimneys of dug-outs, from which smoke is rising. These habitations of the common soldiers are more com fortable than the officers’ quarters In Chinese houses. The transport service is working well as the roads are hard frozen and in excellent condition. The rouble has depreciated in value as the result of the stoppage in the shipment of silver. The weather is clear and cold. CHINESE SHOrFoF BOTH FUEL AND WOOD. Headquarters of the Japanese Second Army, via Fusan, Dec. 18, noon.— There is a probability that there will be a shortage of fuel and food among the Chinese this winter. Firewood is quoted at $4O per ton, and food is selling at three times its normal value, with the end of the supply in sight. The Japanese are paying Chinese la borers treble their ordinary wages and also are paying market prices foj all the fuel and supplies they purchase. The cold weather continues. The military situation is unchanged. TWO TORPEDO BOATS LOST BY THE JAPANESE. Tokio, Dec. 19, 10 a. m.—The Jap anese have lost two torpedo boats dur ing all the operations against the bat tleship Sevastopol, which was report ed yesterday in advices from Port Ar thur to he completely disabled. Put Generals In Command. Mukden. Dec. 18. —Gen. Kuropatkin on Dec. 17, at a parade of all the available troops, formally Invested Gens. Grlpenberg, Linevlteh and Kaul bars with the command of their re spective armies. Hurrying Work on Ships. Libau, Dec. 18.—Work is being hur ried upon the vessels of the prospective Third Pacific sqifadron. All of the ships are being stripped and their ma chinery overhauled in preparation for a long voyage. At present there Is a shortage of workmen, but this, it is ex pected, will soon be remedied. Promotion for Boris. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.—The promo tion of Grand Duke Boris to be second captain has been gazetted. The Grand Duke has also been presented with a golden sword for bravery. PATIENT DIED WHEN” HOSPITAL BURNED. It Became Necessary to More All Who Were Within. * Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 18.—The Inge- Bondurant Infirmary was destroyed by fire this morning. 'Thirty-seven patients, the majority of whom were unable to assist them selves, were removed before the fire drove the doctors and nurses from the building*. One patient, who had un dergone an operation for appendicitis, died during the removal. Capt. Thomas A. Doyle of the-fire department, was hurt by falling wood work. The loss will be about $85,000, the principal Item being valuable surgical and electrical Instruments. SISTERS WERE BRAVE. They Savnl Children When fit. Vin cent’s Asylum Took Fire. Providence. R. 1., Dec. 18.—Four persons were Injured during a fire that caused $20,000 damage to the St. Vin cent Infant Asylum to-day. Through a splendid exhibit of bravery on the part of tho sisters, who conduct the asvlum, and firemen, every one of the 170 children in the home was res cued uninjured. Some of the rescuers, howev.jr, were severely burned. The most seriously burned were Sisters Lultgard. Mary Phul and Saeharla and Watchman John H. Henderson. The asylum Is a Catholic Institution. GIRL’S BODY FOUND. Features Had Been Marred to Pre. vent Identification. Colorado Springs, Col., Doc. ll.—The dead body of a white girl, apparently shout II years old, has been found on Mount Cutler by two surveyors. An attempt to destroy tho festuros, sup posedly to prevent identification, had aeon made. Detective# have been un able to establish tho girl’s identity, hut advance too theory that ah* was a tout Ist from tba Meat Tho girl bad hoen dead a week or ton dots when the bodjr wa found. SEVERAL PLANS FOR THE CANAL THE CHIEF ENGINEER HAS MADE A REPORT TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. Engineer Wallace Sets Forth the Different Plans That Are Regard ed as Practicable and Discusses the Advantages of Each—Cnlehra Cat Offers tlie Great Problem of the Pnnuntn Canal Work—Esti mates of Cost. Washington, Dec. 18.—John F. Wal lace, chief engineer of the Isthmian Ca nal Commission, has given the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the benefit of hts investi gation, so far as made, regarding the engineering tasks to be performed in the construction of the Panama canal. The testimony was taken aboard the army transport Sumner in Colon har bor on the occasion of the recent visit of the committee to the canal zone. It Is to be printed for the use of Con gress. Before taking up in detail the four distinct canal propositions which are 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: ‘‘The isthmus is transversed by a mountain range, the summit of which is approximately twelve miles from the Pacific and thirty-five miles from the Caribbean. Originally a gorge evi dently existed from the Caribbean near Colon to the vicinity of Gamboa and extended beyond that point in an east erly direction, forming the upper basin of the Chagres river. “After filling this gorge with an al luvial deposit, the Chagres has swung itself from one side of the valley to the other. The result is that the thread of the original gorge cannot be followed or found from surface indi cations, and it is only by drilling to bed rock that exact information In re gard to any particular locality can be obtained. The presence of boulders in this alluvial deposit also explains the reason why engineers, not taking time to go into the rock far enough to de termine its actual character, have been misled into thinking they had struck bed rock. To determine the most feasible plan for the construction of the canal will require A most care ful and comprehensive examination not only of surface conditions, but the sub surface must be explored. Culeltrn the Lowest Crossing. ‘‘After following the valley of the Chagres to Gamboa, the line of the canal follows a tributary, called the Obispo, up to the summit of Culebra and thence 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 of Panama. “The plan of the former commission provided for a dam of practically 100 feet In hight, above sea level, at Bo hio, with a water level of ninety feet above sea level. "This place was selected on account of the fact that at that point the hills on either side of the Chagres come comparatively close together, being about 1,500 feet apart, and from the surface indications it seemed a favor able place for the construction of a dam. But the Indications are that this locality will be an unfavorable and ex pensive one for the construction of a high dam. "The instructions to the chief engi neer 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 re sult of this examination with his final recommendation. Great Dam at Botalo, “The first plan to be considered, the one estimated upon by the former commission, Is the possibility , and practicability of a high dam, or proper foundation for ‘a high dam, at Bohio, upon which depends the advisability of constructing a high level canal, with the surface of the water ninety feet above sea level. "The second plan under considera tion Is a summit level of sixty feet above sea level. Constructing a canal of tils plan admits of two different methods of treatment: first, the con struction of a dam sixty feet above sea level at Bohio, with two locks of thirty feet, there being two locks on the western slope: second, the con struction of a dam sixty feet above sea level at (7atun, eight miles from Colon, with two thirty-foot locks in the same vicinity. Would Need a Reservoir. "The adoption of a sixty-foot level also will render it necessary to con struct a dam at Gamboa in order to provide a reservoir to accumulate water enough during the wet season to furnish water for the summit level of the canal. The construction of a dam at Gamboa In this connection would also control the Chagres river, except that it would be necessary to provide a safety spillway by the con struction of a tunnel some eight miles in length through the divide, discharg ing the surplus waters of the Chagres Into the headwaters of the Juan Diaz, or the alternative plan of constructing a tunnel fAur miles long through the divide separating the Chagres basin from the headwaters of the Gatun olllo, a stream which enters Into the Chagres valley at Gatun. Should this latter course be adopted, It would he necessary to construct an auxiliary channel for the Chagres from Gatun to the sen. In order to divert Its flood waters Into the bay eastward of Colon. Twenty-Foot and Sea Level Flans. "The third general plan under con sideration would be the construction of a canal with a twenty-foot, or thir ty-foot, level above the sea, with a single lork ut Mlraflorea, and a single lock at Bohio or In the Immediate vi cinity; the construction of the Own* boa dam to be required In thla In stance the same as in the alaty-foot level plan. "The fourth plan would be the con struction of a sea level cartel with a tidal lock at Mlrefioree In this con nection It le necessary to explain that while the mean sea level of the Pa cific and the Caribbean fire the asm*, high tide In the bay of Panama rises fivnUaued b Mhlb Pa#* SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1004. MANY BLOWN ASHORE. Schooners Wrecked at Vineyard Haven By Storm. New Tork, Dee. 18,.—The snowstorm and gale which struck the coast yes terday afternoon and continued until the early hours this morning was the most violent tWat has occurred for several years. Reports from the New Jersey and New England coast and from in-coming steamers, tell of furious gales and many disasters. At Vineyard Haven over fifteen schooners, anchored in the harbor, were blown ‘ashore early to-day and several others were damaged lit collisions. Off the Bayhead, N. J., life saving sta tion the schooner Lizzie H. Brayton, bound for Providence from Baltimore, went ’ashore, the crew being rescued by the life savers. The Cunarder Umbria and the Amer ican liner St. Paul, both of which ar rived to-day, reported heavy weather and adverse gales during the whole passage. The Anchor line steamer Astoria, bound for Glasgow, went ashore to-day In the lower Way, but was later floated without Injury and proceeded. 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 re ported. In the city the snow which be gan yesterday afternoon fell almost without intermission until early this morning, by which time eight inches had fallen. There was little interrup tion of traffic, 13,000 snow shovelers and 4,000 teams being set to work as soon as the snow oc'ased falling to clean 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. Along Connecticut; Const. Boston, Dec. 18, —A storm which nearly reached the proportions of a hurricane swept over Southeastern New England to-day. The snowfall, especially along the coast from New London, Conn., to Cape Cod, was un usually heavy, while a wind velocity of sixty miles an hour was reached at Block Island, R. I. News from Cape Cod, the scene of so many marine disasters, came by train to-night for the first time since 1888, Every wire east and south of Wareham was prostrated or disabled by the gale. The snowfall reached nearly three feet on the Southern New England coast, and street railway lines were doubly crippled. Blizzard at Newport. Newport, R. 1., Dec. 18.—As a re sult of the worst blizzard that has vis ited this city in many years, all local traffic is practically-4it a standstill. The storm began at midnight last night and abated at noon to-day. On a level the snow Is more than two feet in depth, while. v a strong wind has piled up drifts that block the streets. adams losing Totes. Ills Plurality tn Colorado Is Bring Cat Down. Denver, Col., Dec. 18.—Alva Adams, Democratic candidate for Governor In the late election, has lost 1,182 of his plurality of 5,275 in this county by the action of the Supreme Court in order ing tlie election commission to elimin ate five precincts from the returns. His plurality in the state, however, still stands at about 10,000. By the Supreme Court's orders the Democrats lose their senators, who were apparently elected In this city, aiid the Republicans gain control of both branches of the Legislature with a majority of thirty on joint ballot. They are planning to submit to the Legislature evidence of frauds in Den ver and ask that body to declare Gov. Peabody elected. The Supreme Court Is to be reorgan ized April 4 next by consolidation with the appellate court and will con sist of seven judges, two of whom aro to be appointed by the Governor. H. M. Hamma, an expert, has ex amined the .ballots of precinct 3. ward 4, submitted to him yesterday by the Supreme Court and will report to-mor row that 240 of the 371 ballots found in the box are apparently fraudulent. William J. Kindel, Supreme Court watcher, has testified that City De tective Green, one of the four men on trial for contempt of court in the pre cinct, instructed repeaters, many of them women, but did not in any man ner interfere with the watchers or voters In general. wreck"ofsteamer WILL BE SEARCHED. Divers Are to Seek the Dead Bodies In the Vessel, New Tork, Dec. 18.—Early this morning the wreck of the ill-fated Glpn Island was found with only the smoke stack visible, near Hempstead Harbor, L. I. The general manager of the Starln Transportation Line has sent divers to the wreck, and will spare no efTort to find the bodies of the seven members of the crew and two passengers who perished In the burning steamer. STEAMSHIP DAVENTRY WAS PULLED OFF. Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 18—The British steamship Daventry, Capt. Bailey, which ran aground about three miles off St. Heleifa bar Saturday afternoon, was pulled off the bank this morning by the combined efforts of live tugs, and proceeded to this port. The Da ventry sailed from Huelva, Nov. 22, with a cargo of pyrites for Charles ton. The accident Is understood to have occurred during a fog. The Da ventry Is now at qum’intlne and suf fered no material damage from her grounding. GEORGIA FARMERS” HOLD 10,000 BALES. Macon, Dec. ll.—Farmers of Twiggs, Wilkinson, Laurens and Pulaski coun ties have, at a monster mass meeting, derided to hold 10,000 bales of cotton, which they now have In hand, until It will bring $0 cents per pound In the market. ■eeafial fa • cardinal. Mexico City. Dee. II —Mgr garsflnl. apostolic delegate to title country, will. It l* as Id In <l*rtraj rtrriaa, be made a sardine) M tba seal soustaiorg*. PLANS TO AID THE PEASANTS LOWER CLASS IN RUSSIA MAT AT LAST HAVE THEIR CONDI TION AMELIORATED. Conrlnslnn* Reached by Witte, After Must Searching Investigation, Re ceived the Sanction of the Caar nn<l the Minister of the Interior. Dlserlmlnattona Against the Peas antry Mny He Removed It Plans Are Curried Out. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—M. Witte, president of the ministerial council, to whom as chairman of the special com mittee appointed in 1902 to investigate the question of the betterment of the conditions of rural enterprise and gen eral revision of the peasant laws, was confided the task of sifting the enor mous mass of evidence collected, in cluding the opinions of 11,000 of the best qualified peasants, landlords, merchants and manufacturers, which filled several thousand volumes, has completed the gigantic task. His conclusions, which have Just been published, are in line with the most enlightened opinion for ameliorating the peasants’ condition. These con clusions, which are understood to have the indorsement of Emperor Nicholas and Minister of the Interior Sviato polk-Mirsky, are expected to be adopt ed by the commission as the basis of new laws. Shelves Plan Von Plehve Formed, The press halls the memorandum not only as a signal victory in the direction of real national progress, but as mark ing a definite shelving of the plan developed by the late Minister of the Interior, Von Plehve, for extending the powers of local officials over the peasants and increasing, rather than decreasing, the tutelage exercised over them. Von Plehve's purpose was to rush through a law before the com mission could complete Its labors. In all points M. Witte's recommenda tions’ aim is for the completion of the emancipation act of 1861, by ending the treatment of peasants as a class apart, giving them a method of enabling them to free themselves forever from the soil and placing themselves on an equality with all other classes of the population, and removing the restric tions upon initiative enterprise, which have heretofore crushed out all ambi tion. Will Abolish Whole System. In order to accomplish this he pro poses to abolish practically the whole system of laws applicable to peasants alone. At the same time the backward condition of the vast majority of the peasants and the fact that, if placed on a complete equality in the matter of holding and disposition of property, they would soon become the prey of the shrewder among them, as well as of merchants who would like to possess their lands and keep them in a state of perpetual debt, is fully recognized. M. Witte, therefore, recommends the pres ervation of certain laws designed sole ly for the peasants’ protection, such as the Inalienability of communal lands and Institutions. For the management of the one, e.nd for tho freedom of the other from debt, special laws will be recommended, supplemented by meth ods whereby peasants may leave their communes under certain safeguarded conditions, or delimit lands for Indi vidual ownership. There Is also In contemplation the or ganization of a system of land credit, and scheme for the settlement of the state lands by peasants who want larger opportunities. 300 STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED BY COSSACKS. Demonstratlon Resulted Disastrous ly fur tlie Demonstrators. Moscow, Dec. 18.—The police and Cossacks to-day dispersed a demon stration of 3,000 students, who had as sembled in the principal streets and In front of the Governor’s palace. Three hundred of the students were arrest ed and sixty were Injured. The police had orders to exclude demonstrators from the precinct of the palace of Grand Duke Sergius, but the demonstrators Ignored all warnings and pushed along Tverskala street, shouting, "down with the war!" and singing revolutionary songs. They stopped In front of the palace and refused to disperse. After a few blank cartridges had heed fired from the revolvers of the police the latter drew their swords and with the assistance of gendarmes and Cossacks, drove the demonstrators, students of both sexes, Into the neigh boring streets, including the Boule vard Pushkin, where the struggle was continued around Pushkin's statue. The general public did not partici pate, but appeared to disapprove of the demonstration. The students had counted on the co-operation of the workingmen, but employers, by a threat to wlthold the customary new year gifts, induced the men to ab stain. The demonstration lasted from nhon till nearly evening. Probably 6,000 peo ple actually participated. Many per sons were wounded and more were ar rested. As fur as is known none of the rioters was killed. One policeman Is reported to have been fatally in jured. Many on both sides were roughly handled. The authorities knew In advance that trouble was Impending, and many houses along Tverskala street were specially guarded and extra policemen were on duty In the streets. Several squadrons of mounted gendarmerie were concealed In the court yards of houses, ready for an emergency. The crowds began to collect at midday in Tverakaia street, students, young men and women, mixing with the general public. The thoroughfare was eortn congested with a mass of moving hu manity, which converged on Htraatnl Square, where 1,000 persona aaaemtiled, many armed with clubs and carrying lU>i. The crowd, singing, moved towarda the pataca of Orand Duka Herglua, tbs governor general of Moscow. The po lice attempted to Mock the afreet, whereupon the trouble began In sern aet. Wtlcka and atone# were freely used by the mob, which threatened to again break through the cardan The police flee 4 several blank volleys and HHtiauled mu viuuged, using Ue flats of their swords. The mob fought stubbornly, but Anally broke and sought shelter In the side streets. Here the police were again severely pressed. The detachments stationed at the openings of these streets to keep people out of Tverskala street, were caught between the retreating mob on one side and throngs of ourious spec tators on the other. Many of the demonstrators who broke through the cordon of police pa raded in side streets tn smaller groups, waving (lags and singing. A crowd of 500 collected in front of the theater, where revolutionary flags were hoisted amid shouts of "Long live freedom!" The police were not prepared at this point and the crowd, gathering vol ume, moved from the square to Neg lina street and Koomlneatkt bridge, the chief street In Moscow, where the police met them. Another stubborn fight ensued, ending as the first had done, with three blank volleys and sabre charges. LEADERS WOUNDED OR UNDER ARREST. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—The reported disturbances to-day were confined to Moscow. The Socialistic revolutionary party in St. Petersburg has decided to abstain from further demonstrations, many of their leaders having been ar rested or wounded on Dec. 11, and no further trouble is likely unless mob ilization of reserves is proclaimed for this city or in the event of the fall of Port Arthur. Meanwhile a group of lawyers Is collecting evidence upon which they purpose to institute pro ceedings against the police for the al leged ill-treatment of prisoners in the affair of Dec. 11. A meeting of 404 under graduate girls of the medical institute to-day passed resolutions of sympathy with Sasoneff, who on Dec. 13 was sen tenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of Minister of the Interior Von Plehve. Another resolution adopted demands legal reforms. The meeting wound up with shouts of "Down with autocracy!" and "Long live freedom!” At a banquet of engineers to-night resolutions similar to those adopted by the Zemstvoists were passed. WARNING TO EDITORS OF MOSCOW PAPERS. Moscow, Dec. 18.—Chief Censor Zbe reff has issued a warning to the editors of the local papers to insert nothing in their papers in connection with the doings of Zemstvos and town councils. He has also reminded the editors that all the censorship laws, though re cently dormant, are still in force and will be executed rigorously In the event of any infringement of his order. do noFfear ThFsuit. Georgia Ofltclnla Think There Is no Danger from lowa. Atlanta, Dec. 18.—Gov. Terrell and other state officials have no fear of the scheme to bring suit on Georgia's repudiated bonds, as Is disclosed In the dispatches from Sioux City, la. H Is not believed lowa will lend itself to any such plan as was followed by South Dakota in the North Carolina case. Georgia officials scout the Idea of citizens who hold repudiated bonds be ing allowed to intervene In the suit of one state against another, as has been suggested, for that would be tantamount to a citizen suing the state, which is prohibited by the constitu tion of the United States. John James of Philadelphia, In a let ter to Gov. Cummins of lowa, states that he Is willing to donate to that commonwealth ten bonds of 11,000 each of a Southern state, not named, If the state wants them. He says he has owned them many years; that the Interest has been re pudiated for thirty-nine years; that a private citizen cannot sustain suit to collect them, but as one state can sue another, fhe state of lowa could bring suit and collect the amount. He adds that the accrued Interest amounts to 196 per cent, of the princi pal. It Is said the bonds referred to were Issued by Georgia. DiedTf hTdrophob 1 a. Brother of the Victim Was Bitten at the Sam* Time. Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 18.—Horace Hoffman, son of a wealthy citizen of Burke county, died at his home six miles from Morganton this morning of hydrophobia. Hoffman and his brother both were bitten Nov. 8. They went to Balti more and were given three weeks’ treatment (ft the Pasteur Institute, re turning home a few days ago. Tester day the symptoms of rabies developed in the younger brother and death in a violent form ensued to-day. The elder brother has as yet mani fested no signs of the disease. FEW ATROCmES THERE. Mrs. Sheldon Thinks King Leopold’s Rule Is Wise. London, Dec. 18.—Mrs. M. French Sheldon, African explorer and author, who has Just returned from a tour of the Congo Free State, says that her assertion that she had witnessed more atrocities In London streets than she had seen In the Congo should apply to the rubber country as well as to the rest of the state. She traveled, she says, In every part of tho country. King Leopold having accorded her complete freedom, and she was con vinced that the allegation of malad ministration was groundless. KILLED IN ACCIDENT ~ AT GRADE CROSSING. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. IS.—William A. Barrett, department manager for the National Biscuit Company, was In stantly killed, and Htuart ft. Johnson, member of the Joseph M. Laßoaa Company, was fatally Injured to-day in a grade crossing accident. KSaeetlaaal Aaasrlallsa. Chicago. Dec. 18.—Announcement was mads to-night by Irwin Mhspherd of Winona, Minn., secretary at the National Educational Association, that the forty-fourth annual convention of ths aaesnlgftan would be hold at As bury Bark and Onego Grove, M. J., July I kf, osvl yea#. 5 CENTS A COPY. DAILY. J 8 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TTMEG- A- WEEK. $1 A YEAR TO GET RID OF THE LOBBIES THE DESIRE OF CONGRESS. KNOCKOUT OF THE LETTER CAS HIERSt AND R. F. D. Senators null Representatives Going Home for the Holidays—’The Late Senator Stanford's Christmas Gift to the Nonnte Pages— Representa tive Lis tngston's Resolution for nn Investigation of the Cotton Crop Reports. By R. M. Lirner. Washington, Dec. 18—At the Capitol, Postm'aster General Wynne’s crusade against the letter Carriers’ and the rural free delivery lobby, Is generally ap proved by senators and representa tives. “It is a notorious fact.” said a veteran congressman, discussing the subject, yesterduy, “that every branch of the government service sustains a well paid lobby in Washington, to look after legislation of special Interest to their respective calling. If the other mem bers of the cabinet will follow the example of the Postmaster General, the entire service will be benefited." Senators and representatives resent the constant Interference of the "walk ing delegates,” representing the army, the navy, the revenue marine, tho printers and binders, the men in the navy yards, and even the clerks in the executive departments. Many un successful attempts have been made to suppress the army and navy lobby, which is s'uid to be alt powerful In legislation directly bearing upon the personnel of those two very Important arms of the service. Have Fnitli in Lobbies. These lobbies are sustained by regu lar assessments made upon the em ployes throughout the service, from the highest to the lowest. The strange pert of this story is that when the persons assessed are asked why they submit to such unjust taxation, they boldly assert that they believe it Is to their interest to spend their money in that way and it is nobody's business. Time and time again legislation Has been enacted to improve the conditions of certain government employes upon the. recommendation of heads of various departments. Members of the lobby interested may not have had an Inkling of what was to be done, yet the walk ing delegates claimed all the credit for the la vocable legislation and the poor dupeH, who are assessed refused to listen to any criticism of the lob by. The reform has started pretty far down, beginning with the poorest patd members of the postal service, but there Is a possibility that the good work v ill go on until the high rollers In the other branches of tlie government are called down by executive order. Christman nt the Capitol. There is already an air of Christmas cheer pervading the Capitol. During ‘he next day or two there will be a general exodus of statesmen from Washington for their respective homes to spend the holiday season, which ex tends to Jan. 6. next year. Many senators, and a few of the wealthy rep resentatives have permanent homes in Washington, but the great majority are only resident here during the ses sions of Congress. Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana; Foraker, of Ohio; Gorman, of Maryland; Cockrell, of Missouri; Knox, of Pennsylvania; Klkins, of West Virginia; Wetmore, of Rhode Is land; Hunsbrough, of North Dakota; Speaker Cannon. Representative Dal zell, Hepburn, of Iowa; and a few oth ers maintain establishments here all the year around. Senator N tan ford nml (lie Fanes. Christmas does not mean as much to the little page boys of the Senate now as it did when the late Senator Ice land Stanford, of California, was a member of that body. Senator Stan ford assumed the role of Santa Claus, and with the assistance of the late Isaac Bassett, the old white haired as sistant doorkeeper, distributed $5 gold pieces to each of the little ‘boys who waited upon the members of the Sen ate. It was the custom of Capt. Bas sett to send to the United States mint, a few days before Christmas, and obtain for Senator Stanford as many bright, new $5 gold pieces as there were boys on the Senate pay roll. Christmas Eve the presentation was made In the name of the Senator from California. Senator Stewart, of Ne vada, looks like Santa Claus, but he has never attempted to do the Stan ford net wtth $5 gold pieces. Livingston nml the Cotton. Representative Howard was com menting upon Representative Livings ton’s resolution to provide for nn In vestigation of the cotton crop reports made up and distributed by the Agri cultural Department. He says he never saw so much cotton piled up In the state of Georgia ns there la at present. All along his route to Wash ington he saw cotton piled up In al most every warehouse, barn and stable he encountered. The owners of cotton, says Mr. How ard, are greatly depressed by'-the slump In the price of cotton, and It will be a very gloomy Christmas for many of them. For the first time In the his tory of cotton growing, the poorer classes, the tenants, who grew the cot ton, are not the sufferers by the fall ing prices. The latter sold their cot ton to their landlords long ago at the rate of 9 and 944 cents per pound. By this means some of them were enabled to pay off debta which had been sus pended over thetr heads for a number of years Senator Clav will leave here the lat ter part of next week to apend the Chrlstmua season with his faintly at Marietta. After the recess he will re turn to Washington accompanied by Mrs. Clay, and expects to he located at the Cairo Plats for the remainder of the session. Champion Need Dlatrlhntor, Representative Johnson of Spartan burg. A. C., has been awarded the champion belt as ths boas dlatrlhntor of garden seed In ths present Congress Home of hts colleagusa assert that by actual oount he has sent out to In dividual constituents. M.OOO packages of garden seed thla session. With es> h package he has aent a letter and drew* of almost every person who has