Alexandria Gazette from Alexandria, Virginia • Page 2

PBB8IDK51 sent his an BUtl Ooagiaaa It is bnlky document and, like all sujIi papara, la a resuroe of much with uhich the country ia already familiar. niay have been expected, he dwells opoa what hc terms the prosperous co. dltloa Ol the cmntry. and coolly Bppro prialea all the praiaa fcr the party he rapnaaaja, xaying that the importa. prodiieing conditions 1 ib? "long-continued governnien! He cautions Congress against extravagance, bbo aaja "the cost of do govarament busineas should be reg ulatedwitfa UteaaaM rigid aetaUay an tbe coat of doing a private business." anotber placa, boaafar, he urges the building Of a large uavy, and makes no ptoteat against the lavish expenditures pateut in every branch of the govern? ment.

Hacalla ultention though to a Urga waate ol Btoaay ii printing and binding certain documcuta in the gov arnuient printing office which are seld.o, rcad bf any ravetheprintera and proof. reaaare. Tha Praalaaat davotes a portkM of bU message to the ioetdeatto the struggle betwetn capital atd labor, aad among other Iga thinks tbere should be in order lo better secure the rights oftba ladividaal laborar, and recognizes tbafacttbU labor unions, when con dactad upon coneenratlve and aaaaible have been etl'eetive agents in fef good and for up thecondition of tiaaaarboae wcl should be cloBBBt lo our hearts. 'i'iie Praaident, bowerer, flpoaraa apon -ii, orgaaixatioaa wbeo laat atteaapl 10 achieve proper ends by impropi i neaiis. He aaya thatwageworkers have ba right to organlaa and a legal right to re to aork in ooaapaay with meu who deelineto their naioof, but that tbey have no right tO eOBBUit violence agaiaai tboae who rafdae tosupport their Ihe Presidentmakes erratiooa oonoaraing the employers' liability law, reeonjaaeoda medals of hooor to tboae wlm by their heroism on daoger their own lives to save other? tbe sea aud reeoav niends oertain aafegoardi for the preven tion ol railroad aeciueuts.

In regard to employeca ofthe government and their to labor oaiooa tha President iayi tbe govenunentcan neither dJacrim inate lor oor diecrinjinate against non iinion meu who seek employment under the government. He also throws out a meoace to municipa! or rural letter car ners wbo baod together ir thepurposeot deleating Congressmen who refaee to give proaaiaaa coaaaroiag ineraaae ol pay which they nay be eoa acientioualy oppoaad lo. The Bureau ol Labor is given an extonsive review, as aNo eorporaUoaa, which he thinks ibould be managed with due regard to th iataraata of the pabiie. "When this can be dotie under the present laws it should he doue. Where these laws short otben ahoakj be cnactcd to aappleaaeal them." Much follows con certiitiK the Bureau of Corporations and its dutiee.

The reaaaiader of the bmo iage treata ofrourine noattera. BAMKTT, of New York, introdm-ed a bill in the House rday whicb providea better tectioa agaioal Bre oa ataaai vessels car. riog paaannffiia nd for the protcction of life oa Teaaali feoarally. The object ofthe bill ia lo requira Bra-pcoof bmh terial, aa far as possible. to be used in the oonstrdctioa of ateaaaan which are 10 traaaporl passengers.

Provision is anade thal all nmvable benches, ebaira or itoola oa i-utli lreaaala shall be so con structed thal they will have aufficient baoyaecy aenre as MaaaorM on thia line should. have been adopted veais aajo, and such terrible tnis as the barniog of the General Slocum would bave baen avoided. New Yorl Herald bas made an inquiry aaaonfl the republicafl aaeeabera of the Kilty-eight with a view to aacertaioiog the party setuiment oa the revision of the tartfi. The raaail ahows: Infhroi taritl'revision, 22; totariff revision, The noes have itand therewill be no the present, at ienst. And this is just what might have beea expected, uot withstanding the tariff revision promines made before the eleclion.

JuiKit: DoBUta, in Baltimore, has al lowadAllan McLaae $111,680 lor bis aerriaea Ba reeeiver of ihe Maryland rrust Ooaapaay for one The ex peuses of alministratioti were 119,208. A l-'w more auch allowances and those (. whom the money rightly belongs will get Perhaps the niost uotsble icsult ofthe Zemstvos nu-vement transpired in OOW Iast night, when a large nutiiber of nobility of that city met and ex pressed unqualified approval of the re formsattained by the Zemstvoista. Prince Troubetakoi over tbe nieeting, and waa instructad to go to St. Peters burg and inibrtu the C'zar of the nleas ira ofthe meeting.

From Washington. 'ria Gaiette.l D. OL, Dec. It is practically a-sured that a rivts and barbor hill ca.ring aonetbiog lesr than $20,000,000 will be iatroducod in Congress at the present sessbn. Kven the most ardcnt advocates of the 10BM ure, however, have grave doubts about I ita passage in Ihe Senate, and are will ing toadinit tbat March 4 will probably i come before it can be placed ou the atatute bookfl.

Major William Warner, of KaOaM City, ahoifl here hiniself a candidate for the V. 8. Baaate, to aucceed Seaator Oockrall. He bIbo aaaoaaaed that he had been offered tbe position ol (''iiiiiiiissioiier ol Pcnsions to iniii-sioner Warc, by the President, but had declioed ii. An infeetigattoa of the atl'airs ol tbe Panania Railroad Company, its oper.i lioti, uuttiagenient, condition, fraacbiaea and contracts iu by the resolu tion iatrodocad today by Rapreeeotatlve jShackieford of MlBBOarl.

The tirst object of the author in to learn whether the company paid out dividends i amounting to about $169,000 in of gross oarnings, aud to wboB) tbe money waa paid; aecndly, to learn whether or uot there ii any contract be tweeu the railroad and the PaciDC Mail or any other steanisbip company to con trol the traffic of the isthmua in restraint of trade, and, thirdly, ahether it ia neceasary to keep up New York oftbfl railroad al a cost of $200,000 amiually or whether tbe affairs of the railroad could uot be conducted more ecouomically by ihe Chief Engineer on the latbaaoa, who needs the railroad for the purp. se of hauling aqppUaa aud lor other porpoeaa, The Bhackleford raao lution calla for an larOtHgOtloB bf thu House conimittee on lateratata and foreign coinuierte. It baaai tbe later pst oi tbe I'nited States in the rnatt.r ou the iact that tbife country has pow ac ijuired 'Jo per ccnt of the capital atoek of the railroftd. ThP I'owers ol tbe oiittee are made very broad and Bweepiog. Mr.

LaJeaa (rep.) Peoaayrraaia, in trodaoed a bilt ia the House today, graniini: lodBye1 leave of abeaaoeao oaally to raraj free dellrery earritra. The I'reaident seni tothe Senate today IfjOOreceaa aapxrlotiieuta and a num? ber of ooniioatiooa, antoag whicii were tfaa following: W. Crora, colored, of South Caroiiua, collector of cus touis, at Charlest W. K. Wil cox, of New York city; John A.

Iferrttt, poataoaater of ytfaab ingtm, D. 0. Francis Leapp, Oflhe Diatrict of Coluoibin, to baeoetmiaaloaer of Indiau all'aits; John 0. Brady, of Alaska, to be governor of Alasku, aud Rolaod P. Falkaar, oftbe Dietrict ol to be comniis.sioner oi e.lu.a tion of Porlo gieoj also of thefollowiog members of the Cabiuet which have not previously been aobaiittad ooqflraiB; tion: William H.

Moody, chusctla, tobe Attorney Oneral; Robert J. Wvnne, ol Pepnsylvania, to be Poat tnaste'r General; Paul Mortoa, of II linois, to be Secretary of tbe Vavy, and Victor Metcali, of'Caliloniia to rctary of Commerce. Senator of Wiaooaflja, intro daceda bill in the Senate after booo, providmg that tbe ioteratate eoinmissioi) be given the power to lix railway rates, in accordance with the recoiuinetulation in the Praaideat'a BMBBBge fhe House ootaraittee oa iateratate and foreign comnierce tool up the saiie subject at a special meetiiig today, and will probably graal hearings to iotereeted partieB. Secretary of War Taft today I Oongress for authority to use $20,000 from tbe early appropriatloa of one mil lion dollara lor the mainteiiance of the tailttia, to defray expeueee of army offl ccrs detailed on mllitia inspection. At teu niinutes before noon Assistant Secretary lo lUtnes companied by Assi-taut Secrelary Fora torand Executive Clerk Youog left tbe White Hou-eiu acrriageforthe Capital bearing the two bandaonelf printed parehmeot eopiea of ibe Presiooat'e an nual message which were to be read tbtc ihe Seaate and Houbo.

Thecoplea Inr the meinbers ol the two Hoesei earted to the Qapitol in tbe White Hooae market wagon, which followed immcli Btely after the secretaries. The joint committee ol Hottat aa 1 8 taateaopoiat ed to ini'ori'i tlu- Prcaideal that Ooagraai iu BOBjion and ready to receive any coinniunication be might have to Btflke, perfonaed tbeir doty late yeatarday after noon, bo Ibal they were ready to report immediately upOB the COOTOBlag of day'a sessimi. Jaatea ufLouisa Ooart House, was arreated in a prlvate fallery ol the House a few iiiiinites betore the ll.uisc eonreoed today. He gare ut teraaee to some oaeartbly ahriefca that alarmed liieiniier.s aad riaitora. The old man explaiued aoaeeai liiiess of his conduct was due to a lit.

When asked for his 00 tariil revision at the White Hooae today (ieii. (i-rosvtnor, of Oiiio. rep iod "We are iu perfect accord. will be per fectly satisfied with whatever we do." Members of QoagitBadropped tbe routine of coogreaaional lile -tbe eom inittee morning without paraat etl'ort and tbe committee chair inen have already begun to hurry their committeaa in order to keep the House inisy and avoid daily tarlyadjournments. Potnorrow the committee on appropria tions will report the legislalive, execu iiveati.1 juflicial appropriatioti bill to the House.

It will carry about iioo.ooo. The poBtoffice appfopriation bill, theestimates of which total $188, 000,000, was considered by a suh-coiii mittee of the comwittw on pOBtafllcea this morninir. Tomorrow Poatautatar Qaaeral Wvnnc will be oalled to BTaaje a general stateineiit of the required ap propriation. Chairman Tawney. ol tbe iXMainittee on industrial arta and axpo sitionB.will call the members ot his bobb niittee one day this week to consi ler the bill to appropriate to aid the proposed naval and iodusinal BSpOMtkM to be held it Jamestown, in cotnmenioration of tbeestablish inent of the first in America.

The public lands commit? tee will tomorrow roteoa the to repeal the limber and stone act, the coiunuitation clause of the homestead and the desert land law. The propoeed repeal of theae law? was freely discuaaed by this conimittee during the last sea aloa. The Indiau appropriation bill will be taken np by the committee on Indian affairs, on Tbursday. The com? mittee on Territoriea will meet this week, to consider bills of importance to Hawaii. The rivers and harbors committee has been at work for more than a week.

Chairman Burton will not make public any in the bill i until it shall have been virtually com i pleteO. Senator Platt, of New York, will to morrow introluce a bill fixing the basis of representation in the House on the male. voting population of each state, aa shown by tbe lasloensiis. This bill waa suggested by the Ntw York Republkan club. It will rcduce the nuniber ol rep rcentativcs from Southern Stn: Senator Platt savs ibe bill isnon-partis and applies lo the North aa well aa South.

Baeaataryef BI aM Haj lodaj aaked I to jirovide for un extrc.rdii.ary and i.leni]K.t.'nti?rv to Romania nnd Barila, at a of 67J00 a year and for a wretarv legadoa aud oonaul gi neral to thaaa et.untries, at a sabiry of $1,500 each. Representative Oiinipacke', of Iadiaaa, haa given up hope of aecurinx any detinis. action oa bi. pet phw of south-Tii uprasan tati.in radaotioo this aeasiou. His raaHodoa ereatiuK a eoininittee for the PVrpOsa af in reatifatiag the rabjaet bas not baaa reportod from tbe oatamlMee oa rafaa of tln- II whicb ii waa lafciiei, and the of tbat body oortfpa iadra l.rinir tba matter out oflha pifcoa bale lo whien II nurigaad.

"Il woald not take to an-ive ai a repoit," aaid CrBaapneaer tbia BMratag, "and i- paaaoa it raald not taken up at aawJoa of fAav Bat, of aoarar, if dta aonaaltl rnlea aoea aet raporl Um reaolatioa, aathiag areoapliahad." Rrowi.ingA Bafaei atd Frank Hiime, as ereditora, yeatetday pi litioinsl the Supreine Coarl ofthe Diatnctof Colombia lo adjadaji Ralaoa II. Darall a bankrapt. Nathan I. iiartley haa been poat Iluir Ilill.Orangaooooqr, rlea Mrs. SMrab E.

Bartlr News of the Day. Aecordiug to a jjapatpb lrom PbJOBgO, a gigantic telephone trust, involvinp a capitalization of $700,000,000, is said pj ba projected. Among the bills introduced in the House was ope to prohibit the liqoor in the Pistrict of (Jolumhia ou inauguration day and on cerlain holidaya. The Baptist Foreign Mission Board has reeeived news ofthe death at I'arn, Hrazil, of yellow fever, of Rev. .1.

K. Hamilton, lormerly of Louisiana. The I'rosideiit has aeeaptad the natiou of Second Lieutenant Jeoolnga V. Wise, of the Ninlh Iiilantry. Tli' lieutenant is a son of C'aptain Jolin B.

formely of Virginia. Hpna ibe haaa ofthe ollfiaa Marioti Hatuiiton Siminotis, (if Boatoe, to Jvlward B. Owen, ol Stockbridgo, which was celebrated Wednesday. a fortune 0400,000. II the bridegn om dies childless, the estate will go to charity.

BfOWB yesterday delivered Ihe opialon of the Supreme tfourt of. the united st-ttfB In the eaac oi 0. Thoasaa the L'nited States. it. rulriag ibe rights of naval otficers in re apcct lo extra pay under the navy per acla 1900aad 1001.

The opiaion is in favor oi tbe (Jovernment. An Irislima.i of hereuleati proportiou boarded a Niatb-areaue elevated Iraia in New Batarday night, foaght ol! the goarda of the train al intorvals, knocked down wonieii and kicked win out ofthe car until Fiftieth street WM reached. Tbere be bald up the train and blooked ten minutes. while be wfaipped oa tbe aUtiqa form two guards, a police doorman and three patrnlnien. Ten persoiis were injured and oiio worth ol pnperty destroyed by ex pleaioaa eaoaao by a ipark leaping from agasoliue machine on whicb achaurfeur was working in an autoniobile garage on west Thirty njnth street.

New York, yes? terday. f'orty were de ed or badly daauagad, and aq rapid waa the profreaa of the lire that men working in the second atory "I'the build? ing had no opportunitv loeacape by way ol the atairwaya, hut were foreed to leap from the windnw-. A Wells-Fargo express car on an At.liison, Topeka and BaoU Pe OfOf land passenger train, westbound, was cntered early yesterday tOflawa here be? tween Needles and Hageett, and Eran 0. Roberts, express mes-entrer, was shot and probahly Intally woonded. The way safc was rifled, but the inain safe, said to contatn $200,000 in peoaioo money, was not robbed, BO fhrat known.

Olficen of the express company say the robber secured $400, and that the niain sale was not opened. ForTarlff Iterlalon. Representative Fordney, repuhlican introduced a resolution in the bTottae yesterday providing for Ihe ap of ten members of tbe House toconstiiute a commissinti to be known aa the "taritt revision cominission." It will ba the duty oi the cominission la thoroughly consider the of taritt" revision and report to 'Jongress on tbe opealng day of the next Congress, Deoaaabaf 1000, Bapraaaotatifa Itohart Baker, ofNew York. known to lame as "Anti-pass Baker," i.flered two anti-trust reaolu the House yesterday. The one recitcs that "the tariff is a fraud on the American people wherever is levied on any article whose labor I less iu the l'nited Btatea than elscwhere; that Charles M.

Sehwab declares that Englisb steel mauufac tnrersean tmt produce steel rails at leaa than $7 a toti in excess ol the eoat ol them in this country that a tax ol a ton is levied on the steel lails brought ti the United States, and that, therelore, Resolved that this despieahle IrHU.l tipoti iht American people be atopped, by put ting steel ralb on the free list, until aucb time as the United Btelca jtoration furnishea conelusive evideiut that the amount paid by them to their is greater than that paid by the Entrlish steel rail nianufacturers." Tho other resolution reeites that it is geaarallj known that a combination wfaerahy burers because of limitcd productionare compelled pay exor priees that this combination exacts the enormous profit of $16 on a ton of steel to er cent oi the eost Of pfoaaettOB, that it is in violation ol the United States statutes and that, therefore, be it 'tbe Attornty Ueneral of the United States be directed to communicate forthwith to this House his opinion aa to what extent tbese acts coustitute a violation ol the law and what steps, if any, be has taken to prosecute eriminally, those forming tha combination." A dispatch to the London Centra! News from Rome says that Prince Albert of Prussia visited the today, and dc livered a letter from tbe Kaiser to intitf. The dispatch adds tbat tbe Papa has been auffering aince from rheumatiemr aakiaat lawyer sb.u: "I'ewer lealloat; wears loigwr." Virginia News, Miss Bettie May Jordan died at her home in Sunday typhoid fever. Rart J. Noonau, thirty years of ape, one of the most popular young mer of Wincheater, died yesterday mornirg. Wm.

R. 08 years old, a iormer Conlederate soldier, of Winc.i-ster, died yesterday. He was three wceks ago. Oolonel R. E.

Witbers, who Iibb been il! at his hotne, in Wytheville, 88 much lolter and every symptoin to a speedy recovery. Ootooel George W. Miles, of East Radford, longhead ofSt. Albana School, haa gone to New York to aecept a part nership in the bank'ng rirni of E. R.

Chapman Co. The Ricbmond City Cotincil has in vited President BeoeeTell to stop over in Kichmond 011 his toar South, aud a com? mittee will go to Wa-shington to invite him iu person. Danville will also Bafc tbe I'resideut to makethat city avixit on his trip. H. L.

Caunon, a shipbroker and tow inrand tratiBportatioti mauager, (iled a petition in voluntary bankruptcvin Nor lolk yaaferday relief from debts ainniiiiliug to of which 626.71 is in claims. Tbe sum ot $7,620 is given aa duo iu aecured A bill asking for an appropriatloa of $6,000,000 for the Jamestown F.xpoai tion was introdiiced in the House yester? day by Itepresei.tative.Maynarcl, ot" Vir? ginia. Tbe bill mukes some changes in the nature ol the iovernment aid asked. The principal, though, is the inereiwd appropriation. Mrs.

Mary Brent Foster died in Kich? mond yesterday at the home of her bou ia-law, JadgaSL B. Witt She was the widow of Major TboaUfl R. Foster, of Fatiquier county, and sister of former United States Senator F.opa Hunton. she will be bairlad The Ptaiaa, Fau quier county. An ineffectual Bttea.pt was made in Lyacbbarg to hold the aanaal reeetiog the board of traateei ol the Odd lell'ms' Siate Orphau RoBje llids were received lor tbe Old PolkV Home, which it ,8 proftoefd to bttild, and the resignatioii nfftOT.

HootBgUC ai a metubproi the board ffla read. quorufli being preeenf, bcUqb taken. Miss Pord, daughter Ford, a lerchatit ot Boyce, Clarke coun? ty, was riotialy injnred in a rtitiaway a.cident tiear her home Sunday night. Miss Pord'e boree raa offaad the young lady was thrown violeutly to the gnuind. beearae entangled in the reins and was dtagged a distance ol 100 yarda.

llerarui was hroken in places and dic was cut and bruised. OoBeltlenblf iirtfiBeimaa is felt over a ilireatencd smallpox ej ideiuie in Vir? ginia this winter. The iefccUofl has been icattered over the State by pegroea from railroad camps. aud it has hroken out a more or less vifuleut forni in a num? ber of places. A number ofcaaatfl Spottaylaaaia county, aud the disease la troublosotnc iu the southwestcounties.

The Board ol lleallh of Virginia, which is without appropriation, can do little except adviae the local authoritics. The Circuit Court for Prince William county convened at Ma.ia*-a- yesterday morning, wilh Judge Charles K. Nicol prtsiding. The only trial of much in? terest to be heard al this term tff Ibe cotiit will be tha caat of the Oraaaaoa aealth afalnal K. Ucloteer who is eliarged with attetn diug to kill Deoofl Colbert at Dunifries.

Mclnteer waa sentenced to the penitentiary some tnne ago for attempting to kill his brother, but was by the (Jovernor. Tbe War Department has directe 1 that Stephen I'utney, jr recroit bfthe geaaral service, Jefferaoa Barrecka, be dlaetiarged without bouor froai Ibe army on tbagrooad that r.e enlisled false preteoaea. I'utney is man from Riebaaoad who receatlygi tiato troubleal st. Louia reeultiog ia the l.ss of all hi- moiiey. One of the storiet.

was tliat he had been kidnapped and robbed ol some valuable family jewels and that he enlisted in the army while suft'ering from the eflect ofa drtig given bia. by the kidnappers. I.eiler Defles the Union. "Labor unions at Zeigler nor any where else can put collar around neck aud givc me oroera wbal kind ol labor I shall biiy wiiii my liiuney Whe-i I go into the market to purehase labor I propoae to retaioiuel as much freedom bj doea a purcbapif an.v other kiud ol a market. The union at Zeigler can neither buily, blnll uor frighten me Such vaa the declaratiou of Jbeepll Lei ter night Ofl his to (Jbicago irom Waaalagtoa, abare he haa been atteadtog the wedding of his sister, formerly Miss Nancy I.eiler, to Major ColiuCampbell.

"There is 110 difflcalty whatever in nbtaining labor," said Mr. Leiter, "lor the country is full of iinemplnyed inen, and pk-nty of them do not belong to the aaioae." Mr. Leiter gave emphatic denial to a irt that it wi's to pell the manaion in Washington. "There ia 110 truth wbatever in the story," he said. Nor is there any truth in tho story thal my BJOther BBd unmarne.l sister coi.teiiiplate leaviog America per nianently.

We are here to Deafness Cannot be Cured by kteal applications, ax they cannot reaeh ihe diaeaseu portiou of the aar, There aaly MH way to cure deafness, and tliat is stitntlonal remediea DeafhaBB eanaeo bv an iiillumcl condition ot'tlie DOCOBB liningof tli hiafl Tnbe. Whea IbJs taba you have a riimliliiiK HMMtd or iiniiertect hear laa. and whea it is entin-ly 1 laaad. Dl i- the rcsult, aad BllleM tbe coi he lakeii out and thfl tnbe r.st.red to Doraaal condition, kaariag will daatrayad 0Ot af ten are BBBed bj Catarrh, arkka la nothiiii? bat an inflamcf condition oftbe mucou-surfacea. dvaOaa Dollars Baraaj that cou not be enred by rtall'a Catarrh Care.

Beaa nlars, free. F. J. CIIKNKY A Toledo, Sold bv Take BfllPa Family 1'ills In coiisiipaiion. A Pleaaant l'lll.

No pill ia aapleaaaot and poaitive I Witt's Little Early Riaere, DaWitt'fl Litde Early Risera are so mild and efleetive that eaildrea, deliaati i.i.li,- aad waflh peopleen jov iWilr rlaanaing 1 Hw I. Mrons people aay they are the hest liver pilln Sold hy all druggiata. The towu of I'erryaburg, Ohio, ia tbreatened with destruction by lire. Ap paratus has been sent from Toledo. Ask your about "Fewer gallonx weaia longer." The Markec.

AMrgatown. Dec. ii5aAl.oa, Today's Telegrapiric News THE EABT. St. Petersburg, Dec eanguine report has been reeeived by the 'from General oakbaroff.

nioat nn 1 porunt featyre is tbe statement that no eogagementa occurred oo Sunday. This I news flatly contradicU the unofficial rc ports that General Renneokamptf on that day gained asignal victory over the Japanese force which had been sent to Iturn the Russiau flauk. General Sak haroff adds that the conditiou of the soldiers is splendid. St. Petersburg, Dec.

0. to dispatches reeeived at the War Office from the Manchurian army, the Japa eootinue to harrass the Russian right llank. Numerous rtconuoitcring parties have been obscrved, aud several petty etigagemenls took place yesterday. The most important skirmish ofthe Iast few days occttrred Saturday afternoon, wheu the euomy reuewed his attack upon the Baaahu position at Biaahiuho. The Japanese wercrepulsed altera short struggle.

St. Petersburg, Dec. fact became known today tbat during Noveru her one hundred and four soldiers were driveu mad by tbe borrors of war and the privntions which they had to under go. They bara arrived in Moacow in a ailiable coudilion, and are now inmatcs ol the national asylum for the insane in that city. So far as can be learned, the are nearly all incurable.

Some of the untortunatea are raving maniacs, aud others been reduced to a state of apathetic idiocy. Tokio, Dec. reeeived from Port Arthur are to the efl'ect that the JapaaeaC bombardmeut of tbe. Raa ilaa laat theeaaoatiaaai to be eaactire. in Sunday evening, Iast two or tbree of the war vessels were seen on fire and they burned for half an bour.

The panes ofthe vessels or the aoiount oi damage they sustained has not vet been astertained hy the Japanese. It is be that the fleet must soou make a s.irlie or sufler irreparable damage, at the hands ol the Japanese. An imperial ordinance was issued to? day calling affara from olli.ers and meu whoso time has expired to rijoin the potora, The ordinance has been tiaaaakted to the comuianders of the arasiei in the far Eist, and will, it is expected, meet with hearly rrsponse. While thf eail to the men is in accord ance with th? custoin adopted shortly after the bcgin.iing ofthe war, the re qoeat aztanded to olficers is rather un usin.l. It ia explained in the fact that the Bumber ofoffjeera killed in recent an gagemeuts was so lar above the average that the commanders in chiel have been in many casea, to replace them with non-commissioned oflicers.

Tokio, Dec. attempU have been made by the Russians to retake 20.1 Hi'l, but without BOi The Japanese occupation force has been considerably reinforced, aud the mount ing of large guns continues. Repoti reeeived atthe War Ollice state poaitira ly tbatit will beimpossible fortheenemy to dislodge the Japanese. A moderate estimate places the Russian iossesduring the recent attapks, all of which occurred St night, at The pre vails in the army circles that the pletion of defence works on the hill will be lollowed by beginuing of the general assault upon the approacbes 10 the Goldeu Hill, aud other forts, bat DO news of such a inove uiay le expected until 203 Metre Hill shall I made absolutely sure. Rus-ian garrbXM must be in terrible straits lor want oi meu it is believed, neverthe lc.s tbat General Stoeasel will gather bja forcea for a final desperate assault upon the hill belore retiring upon his Iast lorta, Londoti Dec.

despatch to the Heitter Telegratn Cotnpany from St. Petersburg reports Russian success OO the Shahke river. The Japanese cas nalties are said to nuniber 1,500. I.otid'in reporta froii; various Cbine.se sources state that Geu erat tlku, conimanding the Japanese left, is ill. yuarrel.

New York, Dec. lagano, 2fi years old, is dying. and Henry Lauvdau, years old, is iu jail as tha result of a ipuarrel early this morning, nt 100 Bleecker street. Iagauao ia a watchman in the house and LauvJaga is thejanitor. Last midnightthemeu bad a dispute in conucctiou with the paying of the rent by the latter, terminating in cacb asking the other tothe street whero ihey w.mld settle their argument.

Af' t. a tussle Iaganao got a club and aererdy beat his antagoniat. During lha struggle Lauvdau pulled a revclver and lired five thota, Fotir struck the watchman in the head, and the fifth penetrated the right lung. He was taken to St. Yinceht i boapitai, where it is be cannot survive.

Arreat of Alleged Murderera. Jersey City, Dec. Detec tivea Lee and Larkins today arrested Frank Chalnoski, 21 years old, who ia wanted in Bellport, Long Island, loi the murderof Michael Diango, a junk er. Diango's dead body was found under brush near the Bellport road on tbe morning after election day. The head was erushed, and the faue cut.

Diango was known to have had $300 but tbe was not found in his clothing. Chalnoski disappearcd from Bellport on the day of the murder. Wheu arrested today he carried a new revolver and a slung shot. Tbe police ot Bellport were notified of his capture. Trlal.

Frankfoid, Dec. Ap pellate Coarl today reversed the case of Cileh Powers and granted him a new Irial. Powers is uudersentenceof death charged with complicity in the nation of Governor Goebel. Startling Kvidence Freab tostiniony iu jrrea: qiiantity ia eon stanlly BOBaiag in, deciaring Or. Kiiot's New Diacorery lor SoMampdoa, Coogba and Colda to be A recent expression fMBl T.

J. IfeFarJaad, of Baatoorilw. serves example. He writes "I liad Hronelutis 1 three years and doetoradall thetiuie with l.einj; beaofittad. Theu I brgsn tsking King's New Disvovery, and a few I.

whollj cured me." Equally etfee'ive iu eur ing all Lung and Throat iroubles, Comunip lion, I'neutnonia and (irip. (iuaranteed by E. Leadheater A Sions, druggists. Trial bottle free. regular siaea 50c and $1.00.

Ile guiefc. Not a minute should be lost when a child sbows symptoms of croup. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy given as BOOfl as the child becomea hoarse, or even after tho croupy cough appean, will pre vent the attack. It never faila, and ia pleaaant and safc to take. For aale by Gibaon and Tiinbarman and W.

F. Creigbton A Co. Patteraon'a New Trla New York, Dec. NaB Pat. accused of the murder of booki Young, made her appearance at 10:30 a.

m. today, for her retrialio the crimin al branch of the Supreme Court. Two hundred taleamen were in the court room, waiting to becalled to qualify as jurors. Several talesmeu were called, but owing to their cooscientious scruples about con ricting a womau, for murder, in the6rst degree, they were excused. Tbe twen tieth talesman, John Lauger a baker, waa accepted aa the tourth juror.

Fifty-Eiglith Congress. Washington, Dec. 6. SENATE. There was an unustial number of Sen? ators preaeat when the prayer waa de livered.

Members of the Pennsylvanig and delegations in the House of Representatives were preseot in an ticipatiou of the oath of office lo be ad ministered lo Senators-elcct from those Statea. A uirsseugcr from the Honse of Rep? resentatives aiinouuced formally the as setnbliug of that body for business, and reporting tbe bills passed and the resolu tioaa agreed io. Beeatora Allleea aud Cockrell, the committee appointed to wait upon tbe Presideut, reported ihat they, in con junction with a like committee from tho Hooae, had performed their mission and had been informed by the Preaident that be would communicate with the Senate in writing. Senator Lodge preaented the creden tials of W. Murray Crane, appointed to till the vacamcy oatised by the deatb of George F.

Hoar. and they were read. Setiator Penrose presented the cre dentials ol P. C. Knox, elected to fill the vacancy causen by the death of M.

S. Quay. The obligation was then taken, Mr. Penrose and Mr. Lodge escortiug their colleagues lo the har of ibe Senate.

They were then Baeofted to aeala on the ex treme left of the democratic sido of the chamber, and there congtatula tions. When the President's message was re? ceived, itiimediatcly after, printed copiea were laid upon each raember's desk. The document'a reading was foilowed carefully by most of the Senators. The Senate adjourned at 2:25. HOUSE, There waa a lack of both members being present)and visitors, when the House met at uoon, today.

The rspeaker laid liefore the House a statement oi Clerk McDuwell. that D. C. Edwards and John D. White, cou testants for the sei ten.

elevenlh Ke laiied to make repl Sled against it is said, practical drawal, and assurev Jir. iiuuter nisseai. Mr. Hiinter is a republican as are two uieu who Tlw House, at 12:10, recessed until 12:80. At 11:80, the scesion was resumed, i aud Assistant Secretary Barues of the I White House preaented the President's message.

Reading of it was at once beguu. Copiea were distributed among the niembers, many of whom followed the reading attentively, although not a few took advantage of the oppurtuoity to adjourn Ui tha lunch room, The House adjourned at THLBORAPHIO BKKVTTIKh The first aaow in two years fell yes? terday at El Paao, Tex. A statement of the total admissious to the World's Fair, from April 1 to Dec ember 1, inclusive, given out by Secre? tary Stevens, gives tbe total attendance at 18,740,073. The figures for closing day are 202,101. In the United States District Cour' in New toduy udge Holt iasued an order restrainiug "The Six Little Tail ors." of that city, New Haven, and Washington, D.

where the cor poration named have stores, from inter ferinir with ordisposiug of their property in the cities referred to, aud appointiog William Blau receiver, to take testimony iu the eaaa, and settle up the efl'ects of the once famous clothing rOBBIOM NKWS. Ihe death of Qeaaral Kicciolti Oari baldi is momentarily expecled, in Rome. The palient is suflcring from infiamma tion of the kidaeya. He is the last sur viviog 80U of the Italian hero, (iuiseppe (iaribaldi, aud his first wife, Aoita. Deputy Jaures, the socialist leader, and Paul Deroulede who has been iu political exile since his participation in the plot to overthrow the government.

fought a due! at Sendaye, Frauce, this morning. Two shots were exchanged, but neither man was toucbed. The chal lenge to right a duel which was sent by Deputy Jaurea, last week, grew out of the agitatioo of tbe students resultiog from alleged insulting remarks aboutr Joan of Are made by a profeasor of his tory at the Lycee Condoroet. THE CHADWIOK CASE. Developmeuts in the 9lrange drama of high fiuance in which Mrs.

Cassie L. Chadwick is playiug tbe Ieading rolc malerialized with great nipidity yeaterdajr Subpoenas will be iaaaed lor Andrew Carnegieand Mr- Chadwick in connec tion with the Oberiin, Ohio, bank case. The rumor that two notes, aggregat iog $750,000, that bear the name of An Carnegie, were among the asaets of the Helunct Citizens' Xatioaal Bank ol Oberiin wasconrtrmed by S. District Utoruey Sullivao, of Clevelaod. Cashier Beckwith then volunteered the informaliou that there was a third Chadwick note bearing the alleged sig nature of Andrew Caruegie.

It is for $500,000, makioe the total of these $1 Heeaya Mrs. chad o.i note. He also says eitlier an awlul dupe or a ter ol. I gueas there is no doubt of my being a tool. I know I have done wrong, and although crushed to the earth iny -elf I do not propoae to hemade a scape to ahield the sins of others.

An Irew Carnegie entered a second deaial of all and any knowledge of Mrs. Indwick. President Beckwith and Caahier Spear, of the defunct Oberiin bank, were arraigned in Cleveland. They pleaded not guilty and werereleaaed un? der bonds. Nathan Loeser, appointed receiver lor Mrs.

Chadwick, took poaseasion of her propertiea. Emii Chadwick, the wonaao'a soa, rived in Cleveland. adberingstrenuoaaly to tba policy of silence his molhat has upon all concerned in tl Gborlin, Dec 6. "Ii earth should be arres.ed it is wick," declared President C. with, this morning.

"Evide has committed the crinae of 1 The beart broken man was on tiu ol a nervous collapse. He is today ia a much worse condition than he haa at any time since the close af tbe of the Citizena' National Bank. Tears were in hia eyes, aud his vofce waa cboked with grief. COURT Proceedings ofthe Court of Apj yesterday were: City of Richmond vs. Gay's udmiuis tratrix, fully argued and stibmittod.

Richmond Passenger and Pow Omi pany vs. Steger, argued and submitted Harrison vs. Thomas, argued aml submitted. The next cases to be called are Kixev, vs. Rixey's admiuistrator and otbers.

Cbesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Smith. and Norfolk Ilail war and I.ight Company vs Bpratly, by, 18 14 and 15 on argumeuc docket. The Governorahip. Thecampaigu for the goverumship of Virginia is already open, and man Claude A.

Swanson will at once proceed to put his claims before tbe peo? ple. It is generally aamitted tiiat be bas a most excelleut efaaam for the uomination. tbe method af n.i. nating a governor baviug been changed from by a convention to a regular pri mary election. It is that maiu fight will be between Judge Wil? liam Hodges Mann and Ooagiaawaua Swanaon, although Lieut.

Governor Wil lard will Ilkely haveto beieckonci with. There is a report in circulation to the feet that Colonel Willard nny retire t. give Mr. James R. QttOO, of Alcxamlri a elear fleld in hia race for the ofloeof lieutenant governor.

Charles I. Bland. of Portsmoutb, tho other candidatr for Lieutenant governor, expecU lo make au extensive cauvaaa. The republicatis are expected to nomiuate a full ticket. Rabbit Graftctl on itoy IMea.

The rabbit hich was graltcd upon the leg of tbeboy, Corneiitis Pbat, ia IV N. livedonly twe ityfour honrs iu thal poaition. Nevertheless, Dr. ('. I).

Atho performed the opetatioa in tl Mary'a Hospital, in PaaaeJO, is bopc f'ul that the animal has not died ira vain. The boy is doing well, and his chances of cure are doubled by fact that Ihn labbil aaiiliadHhuimih uli so long. Cornelins passed a good daj i and niuht hut the rabbit sni'e ni th? sedative the rabbit gave a IfCl died. The surgeonsevere.l tln oa and examiued and dressed tbe He lound appearances of aaVctrictty. The disarrangement ol eiaatrta lighl wires by the storm yesterday afteroooa caused a cellar grating in Niutii on one of the busiest eoraera in Lyaob bnrg, to be charged with aboot voltsand at tbe same time aet Bre ibe occupied by the Lyaohbarg Seed Company.

Before tha carreaa could be cut oH', S- W. Cueatwond, aa Amherst farmer, walked on tln graliBg and reeeived a terrible ahock. II upon the charged ircn and hall a .1 1 a meu wbo attempted to ptill liim off by his feet were knoeked down by the of tbe electiical current. Tbe iaiperiledl man was finally 'pulled from ibe dangaff with a fircuian's hook, more drad than He recovered after .1 time aud was able to go home. Tho daaii the building by fire was slight Letter 40 Yeara Umlelivored Hartlord, Dec.

I'i a few days General O. 0. Hoaraid wiU r. al his home iu Burlingtoti, a lattaT written nearly 40 years ago by ileneral W. T.

Sherman. (ieneral Howard nrver saw tbe Iast Friday, when he eame laetara al Triuity Collcce. He was asada awara afiBi exUtence by Iloraee B. who ealJad on the (ieneral and abowH him tM lett.i, ibi. Ii haa been hanuing in a fninie in Mi.

Aaatin'a house years. The lett-r is date.l Wi (ieneral Mherman's beaibomiters, iu catup near Alexandria, and eral Howard to ride with the writer Bthead ofthe coluniu of troops iu the graad I Washiogton 011 May 24. Tha tter araa given to Mr. Aiistin uiauy years by bis I Thomits II. AnafJa, of Bafaeld, who is aaid have reeeived it froru a I'.

Olivar Uainea, who was a clerk at Sherman'-. MIh lhrilliiiKOr.b-.il After beiug wadged for seversl baaaJ h- I two pilea in a North river ferry New York, with the tide slowly riainj; uoiil 11 wa within an ineh of his a uian was tiual iy rescued early yesterday moriiiiiij l.v ihe helpof 20 policeman and tiremen armed with axaa, aud was runoved to tbe New York II pital inaane and dviu? from Tbe man watrhed tbe blaek upon him ineh by ineh, until his mn.il way under tlie struiu. Htfl worked an hour and a half before they were able toextri eate niiu, aud had hereiimiued in half an hour longcr the won .1 have been over his head. Ilow aeaut itito such a predirnraent is a misterv. The nun died iu tbe New Y.irk Hospital mr after he was reseoed, without ajiwii aevount of himself.

His MhBM fa I beved to (teorge Fahey. Uuconfirmed reports are peraialentiy circulated at Muk-len that tho Japeaeea force aent to turu Qeoeral aaao kampfl'a flank has brea repuhajd with great loaa, 1,000 dead bei laft the field, BaoaeakaaipA'i (fceaaaha, according to this aeooeat, eaafht tho Japaneae in ambush at the aaaath of a paaa. New Vork Stock Market. New York Dee disposition toward further in aarfj dealinas due mainly U) the nopleaaanl lm oreaaioacreated hy theexport engagemeiit oi nU raatarday. There wa? alao 1 10 operate with t.s.

mueh onlideuee iM-ndina publiralion of tbe rrmoaat'l mes sjtife aotadthataBdlaa the sornewliat oVtriuiental to a soirit. the apeculation is not without featurea ot" streiigth. feature ofthe laaaad aaai the irregularitv in the list, with uianv in tereaU inclined to hold ofl pureliasintt orden until aom? further eoueessions had brougbt about. Ask your grocor arx.ut "Fewer aajkaat) weara longer." NOTK -K. Alexandria.

Va Uec. The of the theOHi 1.I.KANDKA MI A. kailri mr ww No Alexandria, irgiaia aaSartJ. u'clook 1 busineV. ly con letftd mav con leetinK may con KFOKU, SeereUry..