Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - December 2, 1904, Washington, District Of Columbia Washington business men tise in The Post because it is the paper the people To-morrow increasing light variable DECEMBER 2, THREE IS TO Fairbanks Party Will Make PROTECTION MUST BE Sound Not to Vice President-elect at Home Market Club Banquet at to the Republican Doctrine of as Proclaimed by Sent Declared minion Does Not Want Reciprocity DC n aud of nure n ice leet tailes f Indian i f i I th al i i It jt th UP I i ti i stlon it ti innu il b 11 i i t tl o Marke C In 11111 s Hall tu Among other s Jc hn L Mass i tf tl f N J n D Long Di II M i if loio pi i tl it inada el t J 1 n M I in New 1'imi hh an 1C ele H m v R belts J me 1 lie bpo ik is w feen i or inks GJV Bates ex v Loi Di Mont 1 C Robert r Davis ill II F i of ti e t ub a tin nn it tho t i In r f iring 1 1 the of the e is by tie Mill t Ii su i that Ji Kadi ig i rs ot t i ti i House ot P i r s i i tit would soon i witn tl admn on the t o r ot tij iff i ISK i VI lo lit 1 w IIP to 1 th i i it is to the time ill in f 1 U 1M J 1 1 1 i pis 4-1 L t nit ben able t t i lit w e r 1 fTo n i TJ o t ru tiie Miss hus t s t s I and i it t P K with I n u i tie jr t 1 w i a most jo a ce f c' then SE k II sa d in Growth of Market b t to 1 ill t lomt 1 t tu t t i se H a f il 11 1 1 link Ifl i t i it it t u i nd t i n nuke must hive en t 0 i t c nti n h e u kt 1 n t o con ij t Ic p ot t st f t i ott L n 11 tit 1 r ur d mt stic mar ket s n tht begn ut r Ii t i lin iti n h s stu 1 rd 11 is tj i ar it on i e in i 1 j u 1} t IT- j. 1 1 end i s in 11 Int it i pi 1 In in tl f t t tl i i tt t s i ici in the ni id i t 1 Tt C hie igo toai Ji b uc of i I i i i t i t i I nite I s in s fi m tl in 0 JO t i mot t i SI K ii tit i t i i 3d f j i t y 1 ist n il census 'n tu tit I IT t es r is I- u -s than miit r h L it 1 Iv n i u 1 1 i me c mbi 10 1 f 1 i It i in lift lent to pos i g in tic fullest our r of th mi f c e i ttf i positi i i to p tie r n to s f the nth thin are Vv Mi m. hind w d tha i tlr in i ket more ua I tit is i tl the other t f r t hich he ind our 1 si ted upon il p 1 upon of 1 r i tlor t It mai be i I e a t fis i p pj It i 1 it e i so s w 1 N e ition of trade o mme Tht on of foreign com- m in uti R an pol cies and Re- an t mir s e n e of f t th i the Repi b Iran I Lies aie ni fai as our en tra cor Tn ISO our x of mn LI d products to 1 r court t d to ist reached the im of noo 000 Trade Balance in Our Favor thr n r of George g i first a to s te n the nt t balance aior ot ti f I nit d States was the of i t Mi Kill s flist t rm until March J t i t la moo m or of the I 3 S atts of 1 I s t m the pait cf wisdom to 1 t ist to tt r e mo is i res ind the ad t pul it iff i is undt r which h ud i i i results b n 1'he 1 1 s kin 1 ti th mil t in the ud i p under which so III n in the interest 1 Sn 11 i i ti and com m i I o in has wisely de 1 c It t tho of all fi i s i i h tt n 1 ai expand oui com- It his b n liberal m making lv nr ft tl t of our 1 1 it stands to ik thei our na 10 al irt i s i equire f t i importance tnat tl ci u o- the countri should s mi i that the f s which sail the seas may t ch ud ti id with us sf i i it made t si bo to the needs in t nlie i k I with and i n t tne u of the I I 11111 r will in a m s r tie of the United f m I tht 1 n K v. f el in in i spe i u degree the m t is r th Ii ti i it the con ti i U in cf til th n be ween tno two I ei section of tl i pi will sh m bone measure OS r tor Point and Newport Steamers Nor oik oit st 6 30 p m co at N Tith for ork and 1 us n sea ad page 13 Phone 2290 FUSILLADES AT Three Hundred Shots but No One Was Injured Duquoin Hi Dec ding to Shei Ift an attack was made on Zeigle ibt night tiring began at the pumping st ition two of ai J bick to th m nmg town whti em sail it were nied lie mae h e Ml tht in lit Tine n w ei p ailed out a d t ie son e ailed loi i posse in gle i but the miners i tut i is n R ce who is tci that the shooting la i ilk it w jt ihe same c h irac tei as pi vi jus ro at I i i to tc jk ni pait in the shooting la t The Tal has con el lush into the mining town s men is ne to woik the 1 I int to itb Last evening skill d weie brought in Ton St over the St Louis by w ij of Desoto They arriv e-i in two and were drawn inside the stockades The cai wee halt with deputy 1. Sta m ind guai ds furnished bj the rd is from Ze gier that ot tie two mine i s who shipped into Zeigler last night managed to creep under n er of ind were agents ot he 1 W win them transportation back to mi i 111 Doc 1 to c thit no was hit the firms u last nig it Joseph Letter w h w is i c pen ted t i be it is ct in the e t mm SATISFIED Expects to Be Paid in Full by ANOTHER CARNEGIE RUMOR Woman Said to Have Visited the Millionaire's Her Presence in Their Office Disclaimed by One Member of Firm Who Declined to Comment on Attorneys Say She Owes but Can Pay Bankers Decide to Stop Talking About Affair for the BROKERS Richmond Co Had Scores of Branch Offices in Surrounding Territory Pittsburg Pi Dtc 1 Co local do ed tho i v A issued the to account of financial no fur be transacted bj this company until further RICHMOND CO Inc Beit R was not at the office wh ii ch jt and no t u Id be obtained Tho firm of R Co nas large offices at Buffa o and in addit on tl heir ht n e of c i n Jt nts in mai o' the sm i 1 t it and towns in t and anada It understood that the firm did the its kind between Ntw nk and In the talk of the the was kn 11 is a bucket shop N 1 Dec 1 o of the I i inch of R PJ cj this L The man in rh ii ol tnf i iting loom said in to a qiu sti in is to the cause of the failure I it the bull mai Ihen ttr hae been c t xp rise Iho Buffalo blanch alone its i t offices tf ed t New York and Canada Oui if t sponges been 11 and this t tken in on with the bull has been mote than we could stand RICH SHOPLIFTER HELD Appeal for Clemency Because of an's Social Position Refused N w York and social n will not be accented as a reason t i In the cisp of any of shoplifting according to a st made to day bv Magistrate Vt t itman 1" the Tefferson Market Police t Thf announcement was made in connection with the case of a woman who under n me cf Mrs Kobart Jets Heights has been found ot stealing from a ThP s lent of the store s id that his firm wanted to withdraw the charge and for the discharge of the bee of her social illness extending cr three V C S M responded that the worn ins il DObit on would make no re in tho c It makes crimp with which she is more flagrant ind of the possible punishment sud the magis trite He however that the plea of w Tuld be investigated and that if the woman was lound to be mentally in she would be Otherwise she would be sentenced The cis then postponed to allow an in- to be made Contrary to Public the New York Supreme Court Holds New Yoi k Dec 1 the shop is illegal was decided the of the appellate division of the Supreme Court sitting in Brooklyn A contract entered into between the firm of Morris Cohn Sons an 1 e Coat Tailors and Local 55 of the United Garment of ira whereby the Him was prohibited from labor not to the local and also f i om even i member of thp union unless such mem ber held a card signed bv the business agent of the local was by the court to be to public Presiding Justice wrote the court's opinion Justice Bartlett dissent ed SHOT FROM United States Marshal Victim of an sassin at La. La Dec dispatch from Mom oe La saj s United J n Pope wis shot and Instantly killed this evening his home at Trenton by in unknown man who fired from a Pope vv is leac ing a calf the h s fired with a gun loaded with buckshot months iao Pone it is said was warned to leiv e tic undei of death for alleged activity in ing peonage cases ST. LOUIS HUNTER KILLED Fired Upon by Who Allege He Was St Louis Dec 1 hunting with his friend illiam on the Big Bend load just south of Claj ton to Wll son Ingman aged nineteen wab shot and killed Investigation b3 the police lev paled that and his com were fired upon by farmers who alleged the hunters were trespassing on their property According to one of the farmers now under arrest at the mounted district tion a dozen or more shots were ex- changed Collision in the New Dec 1 misplaced resulted in a collision in the night between a passenger train and tool car An Italian laborer was injured and a number of passengers were en a sev ere shaking up The accident occur red at 142d In the avenue branch New Chicago C. O. 2 30 p m only one night New Yoik Dec Rj local for Herbert D to night mide a the settlement upon with Mrs Cassie L of Cleveland is for the payment in cash of Mr Newton's entile claim The he is to be made either this week 01 early next week No securities have been given for this payment he we are sure it will be made Edmund counsel for Mrs Chadwick made a statement the case this afternoon He said that the total indebtedness to Mr Newton was appi 800 Of this he said was money actually owed and due 000 was due on bonuses to be paid foi the accommodation and was owed on two of each which would not mature lor a Mrs Chadwick's Resources Chadwick has ample to meet hei debts said Mr Powers She Ins over in her own It Is tine paid over to her husband 000 some time but she had enough to meet ill of her debts which total the of tne Citizens ition il Bank said that Mrs was in no wise to blame He the insolvency to the bj the officials At the bank Mi Powers that had advised Mrs Chadwick not to anj ment to the public until a pending claims against hei had been and that she would very likely pursue that coul se In reference to the statement bj Mr that of the amount claimed by Mr represented notes en Mr speaking foi Mi said Mi is in hls The notts lefers to dd not represent s The settlement Is upon our full claim of 800 Mi further said that Mi wab in conference with nis own attorneys to div but that no one representing him inj conference with Mrs 01 hei attorneys Mr Newton and Mr Caivet to Boston this roon Alleged Visit to Lawyers A. story was current late that Mrs Chadwick drove from the Holland House to the Central Ti ust Company in an street she several houi s in the law offices ot Butler Joline Mr Joline of this is attorney for Carnegie Mr Joline disclaimed am knowledge of Mis Chadwick's and led to make any statement her Other members of the firm also declined to make comment It was stated to night that Mrs wick would probably leave New York Her destination is not known Oberlin Dec 1 directors and officers of the National Bank of this which is now in the hands of government have decided that there is more for the depositors and concerning the affairs of the bank and its prospects in secrecy and hereafter will have less to say for publi cation Their principal hope is that the report of the two bank examiners will show the bank to be in good condition Mayor Cat ter a director of the re plied to inquiries to day as to the charac ter of the security which the bank holds Mv God I wish no one would ask those questions Those Mysterious The of the securities left by Mrs Chadwick has not been made of Oberlin is deeply ested in the report of the bank which is expected to be given out from Washington within the next few The bank examiners would make no ment of the report of findings 1 he failure of Judge Albaugh of Mrs Chadwick s counsel to appear to-day a keen disappointment It was said that he informed the bank that his coming could be of no use to the bank at this time President of the National Bank is still confined to his bed at home He was more cheerful to than heretofore He received telegram but would make no statement as to where or who It was from President Beckwith said that lie had been talking too much regarding the bank s and he announced that he would have lesb to say from now on No more newspaper men will be admitted to his home until further notice Relative to the loan which had been made bv Oberlin President said that the loan was not maae either by himself or the but that he was instrumental in having the loan made Receivership Case Dec 1 re- case brought ton of cl Cassie L led ii mon Pleas Court to an of the law firm of Cair Steams representing the re- quested the court to again postpone the hearing Judge Babcock granted the re- quest with the consent of counsel for Mrs Chadvick and the healing was fixed to take place at 9 30 a next Saturday Iri secretary and treasurer of the Wade Park Banking who is reported to have securities m his possession belonging to Mrs Chadwick to the value of from to stated to-day that if the Newton claim should be the other claims would doubtless be liquidated within a few days at the most Mr Reynolds again declined to make any statement ing the stocks or alleged to be in his owned by Mrs Chadwick A force of experts Is still at work on the books of the Paik Banking Company preparing a financial statement of the Institution Mr Reynolds declared to-day that this statement would show the bank in first class condition and also that the indebtedness of Mrs Chadwick to it is only about 000 This ness it is said is seemed of undoubted value and more than ample to covet the claim of the bank Federal Investigation Reported Officials connected with the United States district attorney s office here re to the report that the Federal authorities are making an inv esU gation as to whether Mrs is liable under section 5480 of the United States which makes it a nal to use the mails to defraud It was not denied by the officials that such an investigation is being made It was stated that there was noth ing to give out for publication It was further pointed out that such investiga tions are not officially bi ought to the at tention of the district attorney until they are completed A Cleveland paper to-night offered its columns to Mis Chadwick if she cared to make a statement Mrs replying fiom New sent the follow ing message Thanks for telegram offering free use of your paper for statement I pay every dollar I Regret exceedingly that so much groundless gossip has without any fault of rains caused so much trouble to others You are at liberty to uae this LASSIE HIS BODY FOUND ON BEACH Nissen Perished on Lake Michigan Trip in Left Note Saying Air Hose Had Broken and He Was from Stevensville Mich Dec 1 scn who fa tailed across Lake Michigan in his boat called the Killer No 3.' w is found dead on the two miles and a half west of was about twenty rods down the beach from the and was con- damaged A his were fastened to the shaped car in the boat The body was to It lies in the town hall The hands and face aic and the features fleet hit The clothing on the was somewhat toin It is thought that Kissen could not been dead a great while when the body was as rigor had not set m It is almost that Nissen reached shoie alive about 4 o lock af tci he had been out of Chicago twenty-four hours The Killer No 3 wag then seen about 200 lods from shore oft six miles south of A heavy gale was and it is he was un- abte to and was probably about up shore all night n is believed that Nissen either unconscious 01 so thoroughly chilled that he was unable to save himself wlW the killer and that he was When the wrecked aquatic balloon was one of Nissen s business cards was on the of which was a note fiom the dead an air hose upon which he depended to re i ew his of all had broken and that he was doomed to die of suffocation William a saw the being toward shore about 4pm three miles south of the place where Nissen's body was found W hen Fuller d it the craft had apparently not as yet been broken up the waves It is believed here that Nissen was alive when his boat first touched the eastern shore of the His boat was late to day hauled into Stevensville and a coi jury was Impaneled The in- quest was adjourned for further gation ASPHYXIATED IN HIS BLOW TO Fort Taften by Japanese Is Key to Port CAPTURE COST MEN Charge Followed Charge Before 203- Meter Hill News Received with Joy m Tokyo and Causes a Rush of Conscripts to the Col- St. Petersburg Ii Is Feared Japanese Success May Mark Beginning of the Commands 1 tarbor and Russian Fleet May Be Men London Dec 2 Chefoo of the Daily Telegraph at says thot It Is Committed cide When He Found Gone New Yoik Dec Paddock a lawver was found dead in bed at his home to-day having been asphyxiated by escaping illuminating and it is that he The circumstances leading up to the act were unusual The dead man went to his home last night and found that his wife was not there she having gone out several houis earlier He waited for a but as she did not he to his leaving his dinner untouched on the table That was the last seen of him until his was found to Mrs Paddock returned to her home day and said that during her absence bhe had been searching for her husband Mi Paddock was the son of a known lawyer of He graduated from in the class of 1890 ATTEMPTED Adler Cut His Throat When Police Broke Open His New De eight years ness under the Co at 14 as he was making to For three days he a hotel in broke in the door tempted suicide He confessed to misappropriated him by workingmen hattan did a banking name of Novak was arrested to escape ONE MAN has been in hiding at n When the police of his room he at- cutting his throat police that he had intrusted to and women in Take Piso e Cure for for coughs and colds By all druggists 25c SI KB Baltimore and B A O. R. Every and good until Sunday Fire at Duquesne Junction Tied up Street Car Pa Dec 1 person was cremated two injured and four houses burned early this morning In a at Duquesne across the hela er f i om Braddock which tied up street car traffic for and de- all the telephone and telegraph wires passing through the junction The dead man is Albert H aged two formerly of Joseph Benson was shocked bv a live wire and and Mrs of Joseph ed bi wire and burned about the hands The property loss is only 000 Threatened to Dynamite Minneapolis Minn Dec. 1 arrested Alexander file alias Robert C Egan for attempted blackmail He admits having written a postal caid to Col C H tor of the West threatening to dynamite that building unless Col Woods him Gordon has a long inal Baltimore and B. A O. B. Saturday and Sunday All trains both waj both except Royal the attack on 203 meter Hill in heavy losses to the Eirst Division of the Japanese Simultaneously with this the correspondent the men of the Ninth and Eleventh divisions advanced and menaced the and forts It is the adds that within the last hours the Japanese casualties have totaled 15000 and it la asserted that the attacks have been planned to con- until December 10, it is the capture of Port Arthur will com- Nogi Reports Dec 1 Imperial army quarters announces that the Japanese troops besieging Port Arthur are in session of 208-meter Hill The following dispatch has been given The army commenced a bombardment against 203-meter Hill at dawn ber 30 and made several charges before 4 0 clock in the afternoon Owing to the enemy's stubborn resistance the charges failed At 5 o clock in the afternoon our foice advanced against the southeastern portion of the made a fierce and reached within thirty meters of the summit At 7 o'clock with ments we charged to the which was occupied bv oui forces Against the part of the hill we also charged and at 8 o'clock the entire fort on the summit fell into our hands Russians left heaps of dead ies on tho eastern side of the but we have had no time to investigate Cheers in Gen telegram announcing the I storming and of Meter was received with cheers by the Japanese people It revives the hope of an early capture of Port Arthur The ple have nev er despaired of the success of the but the fortitude of the de- and the prolongation of the which exceeds by months the most liberal estimate of the time required i to accomplish tho reduction of this I has been a source of deep 1 combined with the loss of life and disappointments ov er the fact that the siege has occupied such a large force of men decreasing Field Marshal Oyama's strength at a time when he needed every available man Rallying to the Colors To-day was the date set under the con- scription act when recruits could join the army Cheered by the news from Gen thousands out the empire marched to barracks and foi the first time lowing an honored relatives of carrying flags and corted the new so diers to Their In Tokyo to-day there have been scores of little processions escorting ments of popular conscripts Tne ber of men who have Joined the colors to-day under the conscription act has not been made public Two Generals Reports from the Japanese army be- sieging Port Arthur say that Lieut. Gen is among the and that Gen. the leader of the specially trained body of swordsmen which charged into the Russian forts Nov ember injured In both legs St Dec 1 reported capture of 203 Meter Hill at Port Arthur was reflected on the bourse Im- 4s declining a quarter of a The war office here is not yet prepared to accept the report of the but If it is officially the war office admits that it will be a desperate blow to the gallant defenders of the fortress The position commands the and If the Japanese can mount siege guns on Its summit they can force out the Russian squadron or destroy it at Its anchorage May Not Hold Those familiar with the supporting plans of the forts think It is by no means certain that even though the Russians are forced to retire from 203-meter the Japanese can place in position heavy against the which the other forts can bring to bear on it Still the war office officials reluctantly that such a breach in the chain ders the position extremely and though the garrison might be able to hold out in the Golden Tigers and forts for some It may mark the beginning of the end The war office is convinced that with the approach of the Russian second Pacific squadron the Japanese considered that elimination of the Port Arthur squadron as a ing factor was absolutely vital thus counting for the reckless sacrifice of life In order to secure a position directly com- manding the harbor Postpones Peace Official announcement was made at the State Department yesterday of Russia's conditional acceptance of the American government's invitation to join the other powers at The Hague for a second peace conference Russia's suggestion for a postponement of the congress until the close of the wai must necessarily delay further steps for the for the son it is desired that Russia shall participate m this and ov ei several would be unwilling to attend the e tf Russia wene not Russian Ships at Dec 1 eral warships anchored in the bav late to-night They are supposed to be a portion of the sian Pacific squadron Davis Confers with Secretary Rear Charles H who will represent the American government on the Dogger Bank court of called at the State Department yesterday The Creditor's Sale of Oriental Bugs the Brown Tolson 1412 H continues at 11 a. m. and 3 g. m. Sacrifice prices prevailed to confer with Secretary Hay his mission How soon Admiral Davis will leave for Paris has not yet been but he will be prepared to start with his aid in time to attend the session of the EXTOLS ARMY AND Japanese Diet Thanks Soldiers and ors for Their Special London Times Cablegram to The Post Dec. 1 Japanese House of Peers has adopted the following Since the army entered Man their strategy haa been their fighting and their and vigor They have er lost a battle nor quailed before a difficulty In south they are reducing the fortress at Poit Ar- and they have conquered at and broken the back of the enemy's resistance on the River By their great efforts the war has been carried on and the country's tige enhanced at home and abroad This house expresses its admiration of the ex of the Manchurian and tenders its thanks An address to the navy was also as follows the country s combined rons went into active they have achieved great successes In repeated com- and shown conspicuous and in Port Ar- thur at and in Sova Strait Through long months have maintained the blockade of Poit braving all discharging ery the wisest and displaying Incomparable efficiency They have well-nigh destroyed the enemy s fleet in far Eastern and enhanced their country s prestige at home and This house expresses its tion of the exploits of the combined and tenders them its est thanks OYAMA REPORTS Russian Forces Thrice Repulsed Between and Special London Cablegram to The Post 1 Oyama reports On November 28 a mixed force of the enemy advanced against the high land east of but was On the same day a body of cavalry and artillery attacked but re- before our rifle Also on that day we Inflicted some losa on the enemy s cavalry and infanti y north of Ing The above refers to the region between and Fushan the Russians claim to have repulsed a Japanese at- tack which lasted three davs and ended on the 27th, accounts via Seoul show that the Russians were driven out of by the Japanese with ly any fighting the Associated Press St Dec 1 kin under v the continued pursuit of the Japanese who retreated from hetchen The Russians November 29 forced the Japanese rear guard to evacuate a pass ten miles southward of The Russian losses were insignificant Dec another small skirmish 011 Gen front on November 10 but otherwise ev remains quiet here The weather is w armer and more agreeable A de- hot skirmish took place on No- vember 29 on the Russian right the villages of and the latter place being occupied by sian Several companies of with taking tage of tried to cut the Russian cation in this but border scouts inclosed the Japanese on two sides end routed capturing ten rifles and eral horses The Russian loss was e killed or wounded The Japanese loss is supposed to have been much TO ISOLATE GREAT Treaty Will Further Russian It Is St Dec 1 is univer sal commendation of the promptness with which Russia accepted the American tration treaty but ex pressions of satisfaction at the fact that It will bind the two co closer the p indulged in little The exception is the Bourse which declares the understanding will dispel the falsehoods regarding re ations Russia's tory in the far East the paper is just as necessary for the United States as for Russia s ally France and her frierd Germany Mutual ties between the United and arguee the Bourse Gazette will tend to isolate Great the real breeder of Intel national whose ambi- the paper declares are the real menace to the peace of the world London Dec 2 Daily correspondent at St Petersburg claims to have unimpeachable evidence that Russia IB reckoning on the necessity of making a lasting peace with Japan bv means of an offensive and defensive wr is recognized as an indispensable tion for the success of Russia's Eastern policy NEW RUSSIAN WAR French Banks Will Take and German Dec 1 bankers here ex- that the new Russian loan of 000 000 will be issued this or next month A syndicate of French banks will take approximately and the German banks The Credit has the general di- rection of the but it has not vet in- subscriptions or the terms The bankers say there is an unusual abundance of French money for the close of the year the prevailing discount rate being two per cent This leads to the be lief that the new loan will be taken up at nearly par or above 1-2 Dr Wagner Sails for New Dec 1 Charles ner who has been lecturing in this try for two months sailed for France on the steamer La Savoie Other passengers on the steamer were Page Bryan American Minister to his Harold and French commissioner eral to the St Louis Earthquake in San San Dec severe shock of was felt here at i o clock this morning Three other lighter shocks were felt a few minutes later in culck succession est Nebi Dec 1 shock was relt here this morning No damage was done Cooke Sale i sale of fine old family 1 china finely bound books any at 1407 G st at 11 m. and 3 p. m. INDEX TO PART ONE Pan banks on Tariff Mrs Chadwick's Japanese Control Harbor Closing of the Fair Chaliman at Work Butane s Men s Annual Session 3 Bank Fight causes a Hun Lively in French Chamber President to Honor Stonewall Jackson The m Congress Law to Be Tested 5 News ol and Editorial Comment of European Capitals Talks Washington's 7 Social and Racing and Other Sports HuU Murder Trial W C T U to Appeal to Father Sues Son tor Accounting Schools to Celebrate PART TWO Forgery in Land Frauds of Life Savers Child Laboi in the High Prices for Famous Book's Welshmen Stirred by 13 Financial and Commercial SHOT DOWN BY Immense Throng Saw Lights Out at SEVEN MONTHS OF SUCCESS Money to Pay All but Stockholders Will Get Slayer of Three Men Killed After night Siege Fort Worth T x Dec 1 The sequel to the that cost the of Stephen McKinney and a hired on their faun near came to-day J M fired the fatal barricaded himself in his home and the officers He sent woid to daughter the widowed bride of the man he had that it she did not come to him he would kill hei In fear and ing she went to the There she found her father aimed with a rifle and in a frenzy of rage The officers were afraid to fire Into the house for fear 01 killing some me Tiber of Williams family whom he held there to shield him All night the officers watched from tho where lay the bodies of the men killed bj 11 Finally Williams seated himself by a rifle across his and becoming drov sy his head on his breast and he slept Assuring her self that her father asleep the widowed bride stole irom the house and fled to the home where hei husband s lav As soon as the posse learned Williams was alone they opened on him He was not slow in returning it F his shots ceased and the sheriff the house found Williams 1> ing on the floor with a bullet through his GEN. BELL WANTS Closing Day Named in Honor of Tells of World-wide of Exposition Farewell Dockery Thanks dent Roosevelt for His Kindly Interest in the Challenged Person Selects Swords and the Militiaman Special to The Washington Post Colo Dec 1 Gen Shor chief of the Colo rado militia and a member of Roosevelt s Rough Riders has challenged to i. duel Willard a young mnn who was employed fay Bell to wiite a and a general history of Bell s exploits Hatch who is ac lenge and named ired the light of Hatch to select u weapon Friends are trying a peace compact Gen Bell in an interview said entered into a contract with Hitch end he has not lived up to its n i paid him and when I did rot con sent to pij him hundred he wrote me threatening Hatch Bell Mw s refused to give me material foi book He spent the time during oui in tolling how he had reporters bluffed and how he would fortify Colorado Inv by foreign nations Bell is a bogus hero BATTLED WITH THE Terrible Experience of Sailors Wrecked in the London Dec 2 story of terrible ex is told by the two survivors of the of nine of the steamer Blanche which was sunk in the Mersey er in a collision Wednesday night They escaped in a which immediately was cashed against the sinking three of tl e seamen being drowned The re six the boat tnd rowed awaA but weie buffeted by the waves which soon filled the boat with freezing water Two more diea of exposure the boat was capsized but the four bv superhuman efforts managed to scramble in again Though almost dead from cold they renewed their efforts to reach shore but two more before at 3 o clock Thursday the lifeboat struck shoie at Formby The two ors painfully dragged the boat and its grewsome cargo the surf to after having been sev en hours in the boat without food or water FREIGHT TRAINS Three Men Killed and Several Others Have Narrow Escapes N Y Dec 1 men were several s had narrow escapes from death and property valued at fully in a collision between two freight trains on the Susquehanna division Delaware and Hudson near here to daj dead men were all firemen were P A MARTIM PRANK PLATT Oneonta GEORGE WILLIAMS W. A fist freight train west bound ning at the rate of miles an roui Crashed into an extra which was shunted off to a side track The engine of the fabt freight was smashed Cais weie crumbled up and thrown from the tracks and the three firemen were literally ground to pieces The engineers and the other trainmen saved themselves by Jumping SCHOONER LONG Fears for Safety of Pleasure Party of Seven on Board Everett TV ash Dec 1 schooner Sta of Wash left Everett last Friday with seven sengers on board They were expected to return They have not been heard of in Everett since and it is the craft maj have gone down in the storm of night Those on boaid were Mr and Mrs C E Pritchard and their three daughters of the who makes the craft his home and a man named a marine engineer Fifteen Thousand in Gold San Francisco I of week officials Wells Tirso Company anil a force of detectives have been seeking to ihe In gold has disappeared fioti the company's office in this city The was eagles and was do to the company's agents for ment to San Jose It properly I hilled but from that point all trace of the sold is lost 1.25 To Baltimore Return mi 25 I Pennsylvania Saturday and Sunday Tickets good on all trains ex cept Congressional and good for return Sunday St. Dec brief but Impres sive held at the base of the Purchase Monument concluded the Fair at midnight President D R 1 rancis accompanied by a of the officials of the exposition congre gated in the impromptu rostrum ith the words a. farewell to all jour President touched a small lever and the throughout the grounds ceased The exposition was at an end From the inception of a project to hoid an exposition fittingly to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana until the portals were thrown open and the world was in to enter and the completed exhibition of the world s occupied a. period of seven years The deration of the exposition has been seven and during that time nothing has red to throw a dampening effect on the interest or to detract the in any waj Ihe best has been maintained throughout time have been a. few fires but all woie of small mo ment with the exception of Lhe tlon of the House oaH 3 I thi destruction ol tip build ins Jh was rebuilt No lo s of lifo has occurred dm met UIP exposition froni u St has her gracious hospitality to the woi Id ana it has been accented a Great Success Throngs of visitors h i poured In to atti nd the with the eta tlon of pleased and satisfied have depai ted amazed and gratified opinion has been at time on all sides and that th Purchase has been n 3a.-rr--wer received in large PU from pins of the country ard Irom abroad felicitations upon the success of the exposition The man most pi eminently known in connection with the World 3 Fan is the president David R ind it was deemed fitting that final should be designated as Francis Dal In his honor The closing exercises were at the base of he Louisiana Pi ri Monu ment in the plaza of St where were held en months tgo th that formally opened thp to the On the opening day the vast in spirit an J n led with a unanimous desire to e s sion to good feeling depr ssio i prevailed because of tic sion at hand and it was rather a mourn fill assemblage that formed a pha lanx around the tall monument and tened to the farewell addressee Theie was but it was the cheering of final and not the spt outburst of enthusiasm The principal speeches weie of Missouri and President and Intro du ed Gov who said In oart Tribute to Roosevelt In farewel to the a Fan I want to a tribute to the feeling expressed toward this exposition by the President of Scales In the execution of this exposition we have been Americans and not have united in everything possible to contribute its success and the President has shown unqualified Interest throughout The St Louis Exposition takes a long stride toward the contest of the of which I now nain the nations e don t intend to send our warships but we do intend to send our merchant ships and we will contest on the seas for the trade of the world e are going to whip in commerce If in no other After this exposition will come a better ing- the nations and I trust will result in peace that The introduction of President Francis was greeted with an ovation of ing After his appreciation of the manner in which the people of St Louis had united to honor dent Francis saiel This been the work of mv life It has consumed entire time for the paal foul but ev hour has an hour of plea ure to nip I have d mv stork of adjectives in ing- to this fair It is as difficult to do it justice as It ia to paint the lily Scope of the Enterprise results of this woik be ad measured bj flip i v of landscapes the grace an 1 of the r ness of Its the 01. the elegance of its social noi bv the pleasures on Its natrons but time will be i to demonstrate that the and the laboi and the that I i II to It were not ill bestow d The will continue to fo if least a generation to Its e will be felt and in widen ing circles as go bv It. marks a ucu 'n the in and trial ad of the w 01 Id the dawn of a in the interna tional relations of governments and peo pie After the cheering follow ngr President speech rad died aw Fest J Wade of Louis a of the board of an 1 to President a be silver as a token of fiom the ex management V gift was to ur r TS H Thompson T Mi Thomp son was unable to participate lie was confined to his with cold Francis responded f i at 4 o clock all thp grc it ex hibit palaces ere closed ard visitors were excluded In the Palace of 4ST1- culture onslaughts were made on some ot Ofi
