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Newspaper Page Textft' A V h. ! m Issued Semi-Weekly T uesday and Fri d ay Issued Semi-ccI: Tuesday and Frid: 11 it I X 11 WW ' i i - FIFTY -SIXTH YEAS NO. 11. SECOND SECTION SIX PAGj SALEM OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1S05. i FITZSIMMONS j KNOCKED OUT JACK O'BRIEN PROVES TOO MUCH FOR FIGHTTNO WONDER. WINS IN THIRTEENTH ROUND. Aged Pugilist Fights Hard But Nature Fails to Endure The Terrible ; i ' i i Strain. ' - j . After Beaching Corner FJtzsirnnions Collapses But Soon Recovers and Walks From Ring After Making a Brief Speech. f . MECHANICS PA VILION, San Fran cisco, Dee. ' 20. Robert Fitzsimmons collapsed after the thirteenth rounl in the fight with Jack O'Brien tonight. He had fought hard, but nature could tio longer endure' the strain, and after the gong rang for the close' of the roun J an! after he had gone to his corner, as he sat in a chair, his bend fell over on hi's breast, the whole body collapse! and the fighting wonder of the age waV ""ail in.". Keferee Grahey saw his eonlition and awarded 'the fight to O'Brien. While 'Tie . was punched in the face and bSSly cut up and was several times in jeopardy, Fitzsimmons always man aged to come to and resume tne fight. Just at the elos'e of the thirteenth round he? landed a hard left on Cl'Iinen"1 stomach and O'Brien came lack,witht a similar blow and followed itup with a left to jaw. As Fitzsim mons sat down in his corner he said to Oraney: " Eddie, he hit me in the stomach and it Is all over." After the fight was awarded --to 'O Brien, Fitfzsimmons slipped to the floor and lay prostrate in the ring. .A doc tor was called a's it was feared hie was in a state of collapse. - Fitzsimmon's revived, however, and was ablo to leave the ring. O'Brien gave a remarkable exhibi tion of sparring and foot work. He ducked, dodged and' sidc-steppo (in a he wilcring manner Jto Fitzsimmojns, who would swing and find only errpty air, and several times nearly wentTthrough tho ropes from the force of ibis mis spent blows.. Tbo Phila.lclphia'man had laid his plans well, ao.t could not be coaxed wit bin range of the old fight er's dangerous punch. Before leaving the ring Fitzsimmons made a little speech in which he sai l be had done the best be could and that he hal fought his last fight. 1 FOUL PLAY SUSPICIONED. Strange Death of Doctor's Wife Re sults in Body Being Exhumed for Autopsy. LAKEWOOD, N.- J., Dec. 21. The grave of Mrs. Carrie Brouwer of Toms River was opened yesterday and her body exhumed , An autopsy will be made today to determine, whether death resulted from other than natural causes. ' .With the exhumation of Mrs. Brou wer 's body the first step has been taken in clearing up the mysterious circum stance?! connected with her death. Mrs. Brouwer was the daughter of Isaac liver of Lakewood. She was a school ti'ncher at Lakehurst in 1895, when she met Dr. Frank R. Brouwer, who had just been graduated from Jefferson Medical (College in Philadelphia. They were married and moved to Toms Riv er, where he established a practice, ijey lived happily until three years ago. Then there was talk of a divorce being brought, but proceedings w;cre dropped. Mrs. Brouwer died on September 25 last after an illnpss of 11 days. Dr. Brouwer attended her part of the time. Dr. Henry II. Cafe of Lakewood, who left here about three weeks ago, was called in , by Mrs. Brouwer. He had borrowed $600 from Mrs. Brouwer a year ago, giving as security a bill of sale of his household and office furni ture. Dr. Gate was not present when Mrs. Brouwer died, but he signed the death certificate, giving acute Bright s disease as the cause of death. Statements made by two nurses after Mrs.. Brouwer 's death caused her broth er, T. K. Hyer, of Long Beach, to de mand an investigation. Justice Hen drickson last Monday, granted an order calling for the opening of the grave. EXPLAINS INVESTIGATIONS. New York Superintendentof Insurance Takes Stand and Testifies Before , Armstrong Committee. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.4-Ruperintend-ent of Jnsnranee Hendricks of New York state was the chief witness be fore the Armstrong committee today. He stated, that examinations by his department were made to ascertain only the solvency of corporations and that bo investigation was made into the extravagance of management or salaries paid the officers so long as the company ;wa able . to pay its obliga tions. The employment of kinspeopie off the officers high in ' authority was not inquired into. Hendricks declared that personally he knew little or noth ing of the various examinations made, as they were intrusted to Isaac Vandcr pool, the chief examiner of the depart ment. WYE Til POSTOFFICE ROBBED. Burglar Enters Room of Sleeping As sistant and Takes Many Stamps.-. WYETH, Or., Dec. 121. While As sistant Fostaiaster D. M.-Stevens, .who is also agent for the O. R. & N. Com pany at this point, was sleeping last night, someone entered - his room, se cured $200 in stamps iu an-envelope concealed in the room, took $50 or $60 in cash from the sleeper's pockets, to gether with two unsigned' checks on the O. R & N. Company and got away. Tne robbery was not discovered until a customer came to buy stamps at the office this morning. . i So far no elew has been obtained as to j the robbers, though it is supposed that either the criminal must be fa miliar with the habits of the office, or else he watched Mr. Stevens as he to tired. :' .."t, . . Postmaster Charles Gray has gone to Cascade Locks, where he will notify the postal inspector at Spokane. i HIGGINS ANSWERS ODELL. ) " ALBANY,-Dec. 21. Governor Jlig gins tonight replied" to the statement made today by former Governor Odell in reference to the governor's action proposing Assemblyman Wadsworth as speaker of the state assembly. The governor said that in saying he wonld not be for any candidate for speaker from either of the large cities of the state, Governor Odell must have for gotten their conference of Friday last. Previous to the conference " Higgins learned that Odell was using Higgins' name for the purpose of securing pledg es, for Merrit. Higgins asked Odell by what authority Odoil did so. Odell re plied that at a conference la month pre-1 vious Odell told Higgins Merrit was the proper man for the place. Higgins ah-j ed if Odell would agree to any other , man and Odell replied that he would not. . AFFECTS FLOUR TRADE. VICTORIA, B.-C, Dec. 21. The O. I: R. steamship Athenian, on her way to the Orient, is full to the hatches with cargo, much of which was se cured on account of the boycott upon American goods in China. The cargo is chiefly composed of flour and ' dog salmon, the latter for the Japanese market. Canadian millers, recognizing I the opportunities that the boycott I places in their hands, are reaping a small harvest. Prior to the boycott leading Chinese firms of Seattle, Ta eoma and Portland made regular ship ments of flour to China. Now, by quot ing flour equal to the American trade at lower prices, the Canadian millers hope to hold the newly acquired trade, even after the boycott comes to an end. . OKLAHOMA LAWYERS MEET. OKLAHOMA C-Tj?, Dec. 21. Promi nent members of the bench and bar are gathering here in iarge numbers for the annua meeting of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Bar Association, in session during the next two days. The program is the best ever provided for the meeting of the srw infirm President C. B. Stuart of 8ith -Me-4 Alester will preside and the prominent 1 participants will include W. L. Barnum I or i-onca city, j. r. jjickerson oi Cliiekssha. S. T. Blndsoe of Aramoro, '. O. Blake of El Reno, , Orville T. Smith of Guthirie, W. H. , Kornegay of Vinita. Jesse. J. Dun of Alva, and Wil liam T. Hutcnings of Muskogee. TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 21. The an nual meeting of the central division of the Modern Language, Association of America is to be held here next week under the auspices I of the University of Wisconsin. More than 100 instruc tors of modern languages in leading colleges and university are expected to attend. The program provides for a number of papers relating to Eng lish. German and Roman philology ami literature, and the 'discussion of meth ods of teaching modern languages. - i GOING HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.; WASIIINGTtN, D. C, Dec. 21 De parting trains today carried a (number of niemler3 of congress who afe going home for the holidays. For some rea son or other the exodus this year -does not appear to be quite so great as in previous years, ,alarge number prefer ring to spend the recess in the capital. It is suggested facetiously that the an nouncement of the railroads cutting oil free transportation may have some thing to do with reducing the number of official traveler. SHIPS CHRISTMAS TURKEYS. ; WALLA, Or., Dec. 21. J. P. AI umbaugh, a farmer near) here, is ship ping Christmas turkeys for the Portland market. Monday hi shipping compris ed a total of 157 Mdrds, aggregating 1659 pounds. Thrs' country is declare! well adopted to the raising of turkeys as well as other domestic fowl. The weather is suitable for the young fowls ami wheat for feed is cheap. INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS. j NEW YORK,, Dec. 21. The chess experts of Harvard, -Yale, Princeton and Columbia gathered at the West Side Republican Club today -and began their annual intercollegiate champion ship tournament. The play will con tinue through the remainder of the week. Harvard ' team is considered by chess experts to be the most power ful and consequently is regarded as tho most probable winner. PEST ON JAPANESE FRUTT. VICTORIA. B O, Dec. 21. A min ute insect pest, introduced in Japanese oranges and as yet unclassified, is cre ating considerable consternation among British Columbia fruit handlers. All Japanese oranges hereafter re to bo subjected to the most critical inspec tion, and already two large consign ments have been destroyed by the in spectors. ( ... i WEDS ITALIAN NAVAL OFFICER. ! ST. T.OHIS. MoJ Dec. 21. A wed- .i;nr nf nnlf here tonight was that of Miss Hester Bates Langhlin ' of this city and Lieutenant carlo trmanno pficter nt the roval Italian navy. The ceremonv took place in the Bofinger memorial chapel, witu liisuop iuiu FIN AL CLASH IS IMMINENT WORKMEN CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE THROUGHOUT RUSSIA TO BEGIN AT NOON TOMORROW. Complete Tie-Up of Railroads, Tele graphs and AH Industries of Empire Threatened. '. Generally Believed Strickenj Country Is on Ere of Great Struggle for Mas tery Between Government r and Pro letariat Both Sides Ready for Battle. - . . . , 1 1 I 1 I 1 I M 1 1 M M 1 I 1 1 1 M 1 1 I I ; ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20. (2:05 a. in.) A call for a general strike throughout Russia, to be- T gin Thursday at noon, was issued ' tonignt. ine can was approved : by the union of unions, union of : peasants, ; general railway union ; and the councils of the workmen of St. Petersburg and Moscow, r The response received from the ; railroad men of Moscow was ; unanimous for ; a strike. The ? leaders declare their ability to stop every train in Russia. r 4 m I I I 1 I 1 1 1 I M I St. ' Petersburg, Dec. 19. Russia, is apparently on the eve of a great, if not a I final, struggle for the mastery be tween the government and proletariat. Both sides are lined up for battle. Late this afternoon all indications pointed to a declaration of war between the proletariat in the form of a summons for a complete general strike tomorrow which will tie up the railroads, tele graphs and every industry and business in the empire. All the proletariat groups here have declared in favor of the general strike and news has been received to the ef fect . that the workmen's council and allied bodiesf at Moscow have also pro nounced in favor of it. The decision of the central committee of the rail road union sitting at Moscow, without the support of which the other organ izations would probably not risk a bat tle, has. not been i received, but it is known that the delegates on the com mittee from St. Petersburg and the Baltic provinces, are in favor of the movement and the leaders here arc con fident that the radicals will carry the day. j 1 Tomorrow Russia mav again be cut off-frem the world not only by wire but by , fail. There is an air of sup pressed eutcitemtnt throughout the city. The streets have a regular holiday ap pearance in honor of the emperor's name dav and are crowded. Collisions between the reds and loyalists are mo mentarily expected, but none have been reported up), to the present time. Batteries with machine guns are sta tioned at several points of vantage throughout the city and also infantry and Cossacks are everywhere. A spe? cially heavy guard is stationed in the neighborhood of the Jewish market. Amy, Feasts in Country. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. The emper or s name day, was signalized by a dec laration of martial law in the province of Suwalki, on the German frontier of Poland, and bv the feasting of the army in the country. An order for the improvement of the condition of the army and navy which preceded the an nouncement, of measures for tpe im provement Of the status f privates, adopted "as a token of the emperor's good will toward his army." provides for the increase of the pitiful pay from $1.35 per year to $3 in case of ordinary privates, and from $3 to $6 in ease. of privates of f the guard. At the same time the pay of non-eoramissione'd of ficers was increased in proportion, in the case of the highest-of sergeants and majors the increase amounting to Government Responsible. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. The Molva, the name under whieh the suppressed Russ is now appearing, declares that the responsibility for the general strike will rest upon the shoulders of the gov ernment, it charges that it is the pur pose of Witte to postpone the assemb ling of the douma until next summer and in the meantime "pacify the coun try in the old bureaucratic way. v Strikers Liable to Arrest. St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. The strike oruer issuea tonignt renders ci-ry member of the unions signinz it liable to arrest and punishment under the new strike law, and Minister of the Interior Dumovo attempted to telegraph orders to Moscow to arrest the members of the railway union and workmen's coun cil, but the dispatches were held up by tint railroad telegraphers. i The members of the St. Petersburg eOuneil of workmen have been notified by the general railway union and the Moscok council of workmen that ; la nrincinle thev are ready for the strike. hut that thev r hesitated ' on practical r " - . . .. " . . . , grounds. The St. Petersburg leaders. however, felt that their prestige wouiu Suffer severely; unless tney coui.i an tho mwernment. determined of fense with a counter stroke while many m-lin Were committee to fell revolution sceretly decided that the ground woe Id he swept from under their feet should the government promulgate the . law granting universal suffrage. SWAMPED WHILE HUNTING. H. C. McKenzie of Sand Lake, Oregon, Drowned Almost in Sight of His Home,. ;. ( CIX)VERDALE, Or Dec. 21. News reached here last night that while. out hunting on Sand lake, II. C. McKenzie was accidentally drowned Mr. Me Kenzie saw from his nouse on the' lake, what be supposed to be a seal, and tak ing his gunv, left the house about 3 a.m. Monday mdroing. He was last seen rowing in. a boat toward tne seal. Noon came, and he did not return, and his wife . with, some neighbors,4 becoming alarmed, made a search, and found his boat in thV lake, swamped. The lake empties into the ocean, and is affected by tne tide. The day being very stormy, it Lj, supposed Mr. . Me Kenzie became unable to manage his boat, and was swamped by the heavy waters, and his body carried to sea by the outgoing tide. - A search was main tained all day yesterday on the beach, but so far no trace of the missing body, has been discovered. Mr. Mc Kenzie was a well-to-do rancher. He was 2o years of age and leaves a young wife. His parents live at Albany and have been informed of the accident. DIES ON-DUTY :. :. f., , . .. j .. l : .: AGED SAILOR KILLED WHILE AT TEMPTING TO RESCUE WO MEN FROM CABIN. . . Steamer Senator Encounters a Fierce Gale on Voyage From Portland to San Francisco Reaches Its Destination Twenty-Two Hours Late. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. After battling against a fierce storm for over twenty-four hours, the steamer Senator 3f the San Francisco & Portland Steam-' ship Company, reached port at 12:30 o 'elo?k this morning, more than twenty two hours late from Portland. One man dead, several cabins wrecked, an exhausted crew and seventy-five seasick passengers , served as records of havoc of the gale against which, the boat fought during all of Monday night and part of Tuesday. Ned Milander, aged 70, one of tne oldest seamen in the employ of the company, was killed while attempting to rescue two young Women imprison ed in a flooded cabin. .The accident oc curred Monday night while the Senator was plowing its way through heavy seas. The aged seaman was on watch on the upper deck, when a heavy sea broke over the craft, tearing down the loor of a cahm. occupied by Miss Kath rine Hazelgrove and Miss Emma Struetzf (probably Kluetscn). The cabin of . the youngs women was half filled with water and their screams brought Milander running to their aid. Anotner sea tore fin air funnel from the deck, and it struck the seaman on the head. He was taken below, and lied a few hours after. ; The ship's vIBeers and crew had a hard fight between handling the boat and giving- succor to the passengers, many of whom are still invalided as the result of their experience. Milander had been in the employ of the compnay for four years. Within the past year he had been in two wrecks one on the Elder, in the Co lumbia river, in January, and on the St. Paul, off Point Gorda. in November. A mutiny nearly occurred among the crew, when the body was boxed and stored away on the npper deck, the men averring that the remains should be buried in ortholox seaman-fashion in "Daw Jones Mocker." The Senator docked m the early hours of -the morning, and the passengers hur ried ashore and dispersed.: Thev were devoutely thankful for their deliver ance from the deep, most ot them hav ing lost, all hope of ever reaching lan u They say that the behavior of the offi cers and crew was ecccellent throughout the trying ordeal and that everything that was possible was done for their comfort. The rough seas -made; made comfort impossible. , - The death of Ned Milander has caus ed deep regret among his companions. It is sail that his attempt to save the two young women was heroic. The waves were sweeping the decks from end to end as he started on his peril ous journey. As he neared the cabin from which the two young women were calling for help, another roller struck the ship an.l swept over her. It struck the heavy iron funnel, snapped it off at the deck line, and tho heroic rosener was delt a fatal blow. His body was recovered ty his shipmates and brougot to this port for burial. This moning a subscription was started on the dock, all his former associates subscribing liberally to the burial fund. GLENN-LUMPKIN WEDDING. COLUMBIA, S. O, Dec. :-21. Trinity church was the scene this afternoon of a large and fashionable weddinfe, when Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. W. W. Lumpkin, be came the tride of Dr. Eugene Byron Glenn .The . ceremony was performed by Bishop Capers. The tridegrooom is a prominent physician of Ashevllle, and the bride a well known elocutionist and a prominent member of the Daughters of tho Confederacy. i DOMINION TARIFF COMMISSION. 8AULT 8TE. MARIE, OnU Dec 21. One of tne most important matters to be brought before the dominion gov ernment tariff commission, which be gan a session here today, is a request for the removal of the duty on soft coal to be used for cooking purposes. It is believed that the removal of the duty would result in the establishment of the cooaing industry here on an ex tensive scale. - 275TH ANNIVERSARY CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21. Un der the, auspices of the Cambridge His torical Society the 275th anniversary of the founding- Of Cambridge is to be celebrated with notable ( exercises in Sanders theater tonight. Richard Henrv Dana will preside and addresses will be delivered by Colonel Tbomrts Wcnt worth Hiinson. President Eliot of Harvard university and "others. NEW SENATOR IS WELCOMED MEMBERS OF UPPER HOUSE EX TEND CEARXN GLAD HAND. HE TAKES OATH AND SIGNS ROLL Senator Burrows' Finds Objectionable . Clause in Credentials Furnished By Governor Chamberlain. Chairman of Committee On Elections Says Fapers Were Illy Worded But Has no Inclination to Prevent Ore gon MaaTrom Taking Seat. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. John M. Gearin, the newly appointed senator from Oregon, was present In the sen ate chamber today when - the senate convened. His credentials were pre sented by his colleague, Senator Ful ton, but before he took the. oath of office, Burrows, chairman of the com mittee on elections, interposed an ob jection, saying that the certificate of election was defective in that it was provided that Mr. Gearin shall serve "until his successor is elected." 1 He said that'-the governor had no constitutional right to place such a restriction upon the appointment. He, however, withdrew the objection aft er Spooner and Teller had suggested that the certificate is not without pre cedent. . Spooner agreed that the words ob jected to were, surplusage, but pointed out that they did not invalidate the appointment which, he said, was reg ular in other respects. Mr. Gearin was then escorted by Mr. Fulton to the vice president's desk, where theoath of office was. ad ministered. Mr. Gearin took a seat on the democratic side of the cham ber. ,lle is the first democrat to oc cupy a seat in the senate from Oregon since i8S7, when Slater retired from that 4jody. . The bill extending for one year the time allowed the Council City and Sol' omonj River Railroad, of Alaska, for the completion of its line was'passed. At 12:30 p. m. the senate went into executive session, and at 1:10 p. m. ad journed to January , 1906. House Holds Brief 'Session. Washington, Dec. 21. There was but a ten-minute session of the house, when the holiday adjournment was taken un til January 4. Two speeches on the government cotton crop estimates which were to have been made were; ordered printed in the record. , Nominations Considered. Washington, Dee. 21. The' nomina ons of General Davis to be judge ad- ocate general and of General Crozier to be chief of ordnance were considered it executive session by the senate to- lay. Action waai postponed until after the holidays. Their confirmation hangs on the legal technicality regarding of ficers succeeding themselves. - WASHINGTON SOCIETY. Cabinet Dinner Marks Opening of the Season at the Nation's Capital. WASHINGTON,1 D. C, Dec. 21. To night's cabinet dinner at the White House marks the official opening of the social season in the national capital. True, society has been enjoying a merry twhirl of receptions, dinners, dances and other functions for a period dating as far back as the visit of Prince Louis of Battenburg early in November, but so far as official Washington goes the season begins with the first .of the for; mal functions at the executive, mansion. Following the usual custom, the! first of the series of functions this year is the diner to fhe members of the cab inet. After tonight there will be no large affair at the White House until the New Year's reception, which is by far the most interesting and character istic, entertainment of the year. Then will fellow in order the customary din ners and receptions in honor of the diplomatic cofps, the 'judiciary, mem bers of congress, the army and navy and supreme Court. These are not the only social func tions that will take place at the White House -during the next month or so, however. The announcement of Miss Alice Roosevelt 'a engagement to Con gressmstn Longworth of Cincinnati will necessitate more than the ueual number of dinners. danea and luncheons through the remainder, of the seasoa. SUSPECT ARRESTED, Officers Capture Mm Believed to Be Wanted in Portland for t , ! ? j Robbery. Upon instructions from the Pinker ton detective agency at Portland, Deputy Sheriff II. P. Minto yesterday causal the arrest of a hobo at Jefferson who is believed to be a man wanted in the- metropolis for robbery. The: sus pect, who gaive his name as Charles llcnry Roger, was brought to this city yesterday afternoon and locked up in the Marion county jail. An officer will arrive from Portland today to identify the prisoner, j. '"''mmi' 1 ' AGREEMENT ENDS. Trass-Pacific Steamship Compsnies De cide to Invade Each Others Territory for Trade. PORTLAND, Dee. 21. The agree ment dividia trrriion-uly the Oriental flour trade between the large trans- Paeifie steamship companies came to an end toiajr as the result of a meet- Jing of the reprcntstives of the differ lent companies held here for the pur poe of inducing the Great Northern Steamship Cbmpany to. confine ; itself to Oregon and Washington and not j to invade California. ' 4 About a month ago the Great; North era gave notice to the other companies tbit-it purposed to establish agencies in I San, Francisco and a meeting was held today ia an effort to induce the Great Northern to reconsider its deter mination.. The Oregbnian, in commenting on the result of the decision, states that while no official announcement has been made no doubt the Harrimaa lines will estab lish agencies in Portland, Seattle and Taeoma, and that the Boston Steamship Company, now operating th Nippon-Yuseu-Kaisha line ' and the Canadian Pacific will enter the California field. TO DIE ON GALLOWS. Geo. H. Turner, Texas Murderer. Will -"Expiate Crime Soon in San - Antonio. . SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 21. Arrangements have been concluded for the execution here tomorrow of George H. Turner, the murderer of Mrs. Eliza beth Lynch. It will be the first of three hangings scheduled to take place in San Antonio in the near future. Tur- nja .fimA vraa et n most atrocious 11V I t v. w - " - . . character. On the night of March 10, last, Mrs, Lynch was found dead in her j home in a "thinly Settled part of the' city by neighbors who werej attracted by her acreams. Hef throat was cut i from ear to ear and ear the body lay i the handle of a razors which was cov- i ered with blood. On the. evidence of Turner's wife, who identified the razor, handle as his property, suspicion was, fastened upon him. A search was made, j but he was not arrested until three, days: later, when he was captured-on the outskirts of the city. CRIME IN LONDON. Costs the World's Mertopolis Tea Mil- lions Annually to Protect: ; V Her People. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Statistics received by the- department of com merce an.l labor show that London is paying the penalty paiu by all large cities. Crime is inside her gates. In ronnd numbers she has to pay nearly 8,000,000 to keep criminals in' check; for that is the sum paid out each year to her police, courts, prisons and pros ecuting officers. It fails to include stolen property,, losses due to the idle ness of criminals, losses to injured par ties, etc. Serious crimes, such as bur glary, housebreaking and counterfeit ing, arc increasing. Arrests, are ipore frequent than formerly, and each af rest adds to the expense and loss ac count to the city, estimates put the Dill oi me cuy expenses as nign as $10,000,000. In other words, each tax payer or head of a household of five persons, pays $6.81 a year for London's crime, or do these millions make up the, total loss. , There are additional hundreds of thousands taken, consum ed by tne criminals, hidden away, lost or destroyed, to say nothing of the large sums paid by private parties an nually for watchmen, caretakers,, bur glar alarms, etc. , ' ': - WERE KILLED IN HOUSE. Wife of Victim Receives Full Details of .! Double Murder Near Diaz. ELPASO, Dec. 21. The details of the murder of two ArnericansantJthe wounding of three others neaif Diaz, ar rived today in a letter to Mrf'.f Ruther ford, the wife of one of the victims. It says the murder oeurred at the home of L. II. Finstend. the first report that they wers aftneted in the road pfoving incorrect. The robbers surroWnded the house, while the occupants were nt'snp per. Finstead opened the doof and was struck with a rifle. He rnn jind hid in haystack. Rutherford wa. shot through the heart, Murray tbrotfgh the ead arid a cow-puncher named ' Shorty! was wounded in the head. The robbers stayed until two o'clock in tho morning trying to' open the safe or, find Fintead to make him- Open it. They failed ami consequently got no monev. , BURNS TO WATER'S EDGE. .4 ATLANTIC CiTY, N. Jt; Dec. 2J. The barge Baker bound from New York for Philadelphia in tow wg burned to the water's edge today. It. is presumed the crew was taken off by the tug Sea King,; as no one was found on Iwmrd her. Nothing has been seen of the Sea King or another barge which she bad in tow. - - t. . , NOTED SPEAKERS TO BE HEARD. NEW YOHK, Dec. 21-The annual New England dinner at the Pouch man sion in Brooklyn .this evening promises to bo an unusually brilliant affair. The scheduled jeakers include Senator Doiliver of Iowa, President St ryker of Hamilton colJepe, and Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota. TO WED IN MONTREAL. LONDOI, Dec. 21. Captain William It. Blackwell of the roval armv medi cal corps sails on the Sicilian today for Montreal, where he is to.be married next - month to Miss Ethel Ay.Iroer, dnugbter of the Hon. Mrs; Henry jbor ell Aylmer and niece of Lord Aylmer. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRESS CHICAGO, I1L, Dee. 21. The .Na tional Agricultural , Press Association held its annual meeting in Chicago, to day. Matters of mutual interest were discussed by the publishers and edif tors of leading agricultural journal, throughout the country. " , COTTAGE COLLAPSES. LOS r ANGELES, Dee. 2L By the collr.pse of a four-room cottage during a wind storm last night on Pico Heights three persons were injured, two jerbaps seriously. The house had been erected not mofe than two weeks. STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS. BRING QUICK RESULTS. 1 . GREAT STRIKE M'.INif-.ROSSIi. WORKMEN BEGIN FIGHT AND A I." INDUSTRY IS TIED UP. ' MAY ISOLATE .T.! PETEE5E HIi: Strikers Distribute Papers Filled WiU Inflamatory Appeals Inciting People to Rebellion. Government Tests Ability by Uovin: Train for Berlin Under Heavy Guar.: With jEngine Manned by Soldiers Workmen Leaders Arrested. , ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21. The strike started at noon today. Tin" shons in the center ot the city under police protection remained open, but the industrial sections were the scene of an impressive demonstration. The main interest in the strike was cen tered on .the Warsaw station where the government made a test of its ability by moving a train for Berlin. Prompt-; ly at noon and after allowing the steam to escape the railroad men walked out of the yards in a body. After a short, delay a locomotive manned by soldiers was" coupled to a train, uwnich was crowded with people seeking to depart from the nhamv country. Lines of, soldiers flanked M he trains and after the coaches had been thoroughly searched for suspicious persons the train pulled out; , Just before- leaving, a guard ot twenty soldiers entered the bncenifH cars and ar ther detachment scattered through I e train. A wrecking car was attached to the train for use iu case of accidents bet weea Stations. Streets Filled With Troops. St. Petersburg, De. 21. Since noon the streets have been tilled wjth troops, especially in the industrial section!. The railroad stations are in possession of the military. Wholesale arrests of . the leaders of the workmen were made last night. It is- report cd to the police that the arrests include the captures of members of the, second workmen's council who placed the fortress St. Pe ter and "St. PaL,with members of tho first council. "; The third council, how ever, promptly" took the place of tho second. - , s ' Moscow is already cut off from St. Petersburg and with the provinces gen- -erally there was no communication this morning The Litdnanian insurrection extended to the province of Vitebsk ac cording to the latest information. At Kokhusen the chief of police and as- ' sistants were tried by the revolution ary tribunal and executed. ' It turns out that Takum, in Courland, ' only surrendered after a severe fight, ! lasting twelve hours. The insurrection- alists fortified the town by throwing up intrenchmenls before which they dug pits. They also had the macbino 1 guns recently captured. The latest information from Khar koff says that 10.000 revolutionists are under arms and that troops are being concentrated for the pnrjose of recap turing the city. , Papers Published Seorttly. St. Petersburg, Dee. 21. A single telephone wire working to Moscow this afternoon brought grave reports f tho disorders and. collisions between the troops and populace. Papers secretly published are being distribute(pby the thousands and are filled with the most inflammatory appeals inciting the peo ple to nrmed relcIIion. Many articles were especially directed to the army which was implored not to shed tho j blood of the nation. It is a significant fact that the work- I men in the mills for more than a week , have been presenting demands to tho priests to discontinue the usifal prayers for the emperor, with the alternative of being boycotted if they did not cease. Telegraphic Briefs. St. Petersburg.. Dec. 21. In the manufacturing districts beyond- tho Warsaw and Narva gates, in Hchliixm- berg district and the sections on both sides of Nevathe workmen generally olieyed tn summons to strike. -wilce, i-ossacks and soldiers arc everywhere, but so far as reported no collision has marked the inauguration of the strike. The workmen are very quiet but de tcrmined. Warsaw, Dce:l. The employes of the Moscow anlf-Brest failroad ooeyed the order to nftrike. The other lines are still in operation, hr ' I Mrsrow,i Dee. 21 (Night). Twelve hundred jwrsons are holding a meeting at the Aquarium. The building is sur rounded by troops with the object to prevent the exit of armed persons un Icn they give up their arms!. A con flict is exjected. Riga, Dec. 21. Eight machine guim reachedf here from St. Petersburg. Gendarmes are coming in from variou statius along the railroad relate that they werex disarmed by the revolution aries. Two Sqa.irons of dragoons driven from Segwold arrived here. A. train carrying gol.bfor a branch of the state bank arrived after being attack, cd nrar WaJek. The attack was re pulsed by the troops. Moscow. Dee. . 21. The town parknesa, and the theatres and clubs are ciosea. ine municipal employes have abandoned their work and r.n unn Lhands are idle. The troops are b-in ronnnoi 10 xne Darracks and everr pre paration for eventualities ' i5 'bci.ij; made. - . ' -r Mitau. Dec. 21. Five carloads ol wounded soldiers have arrived. Thev encountered a band of revolutionaries iiciating. ; . . , . : . - . - ) - - - . ;