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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
New Order for Administration of Rural
 Free Delivery Service.


 Washington, Dec. 2.Postmaster- General Wynne has issued an order making important changes in the ad- minfstration of the rural free delivery service in New York and New England. The order follows:
 Ordered dThat the eastern division of the rural free, delivery service, com |prising the states of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, be abolished, to take effect on December 6, 1904 That the supervision of all matters pertaining to the investigation of peti- tions for new rural service, and to the inspection of existing service in the state Of New York. shall hereafter be conducted by the inspector In charge of the New York division of postofice in- Fspectors.
 That the supervision of all matters pertaining to the investigation of petit tions for new rural service, and to the inspection of existing service in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, shall hereafter be conduct ed by the inspector in charge of the Boston division of postofflce inpectors. z
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
FIRE AT THE FAlHs
General Alarm Sounded and Biaze Was
 Quickly subdued.

St. Louis, Dec. 2-Fire tonight broke out in the attraction on the worlds fair Pike known as. nQno Vadis, and quickly spread to the Jap- anese pavilion adjoining. A high north wind was blowing and the sparks were carried over the exposition grounds and in the vicinity of the main exhibit pa aces.
 Hagenbach's animal show is just across 3 marrow exit away from the Japanese pavilion, and it was at first thought that the former was on fire A first alarm brought out all the fire fighting apparatus in the worlds fair grounds, but it was soon seen that the .firemen would not be able to cope with the flames, and 1t was followed by q second, third and then a general alarm. The financial loss is not great.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
s7eses-z-Ft 55s5 F DOGS USEFUL IN WAR.
Successful Experiment. ii Africa by
 German Forces.

Berlin, Dec. 2.-Germany's expert ments in using dogs in the suppression of the southwest African rebellion have proved highly successful. Many dogs were sent out with the previous expedi- tion and half a dozen will De taken on the next transport sailing for Africa. The dogs do excellent service in pre-. venting night surprises of the men on guard duty by Hererros armed with kirris or native clubs. The dogs are also successfully used in tracking flee ing natives and in finding wounded
 men in the bush and on the battle field. Von Sierakowski, to whose efforts was due the introduction of dogs into the German army years ago now advertises for further dogs for German southwest Africa. All breeds except St. Bernards and other heavy weights are wanted,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
MME. JANAUSCHEK BURIED.
Little Band of Theater People Gather
 at Services.


 New York, Dec. 2.A little band of theater people gathered in the chapel of q local undertaker's establishment to-day to take part in the funeral ser vice over the body of Madame Fran acesca Romano Janauschek, the once noted actress, who died last Wednesday in home on Long Island. The cere- mony was extremely simple. consisting of merely the reading of tlla brief ser vices of the Roman Catholic church, and 8 eulogy by William Nobles. a member Of the executive committee of the Actors Fund. which cared for Madame Janauschek in her declining years. Her burial will be in the Actors Fund plot in the Cemetery of the Ever greens.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
ATTEMPT TO RE1sKE HILL.
Russians Beaten Back by Japs With Heavy LOnses.

Tokio, Dec. 2-s ?. nl.--It is reported here that the Russians have attempted to retake 20s- Metre hill They assem- bIed 3 strong force and assaulted the position, but were repaised with heavy loss. The Japanese, finding sailors among the Russian dead, believe that if men from the fleet are being employ led in making sorties, the complement 3of the Russian force must be falling short.
 The fact that the Russians are for stifying the positions available between Liaoti and Manual mountains increases the belief that they will make their last stand there.
 Imperial headquarters makes the an- snouncement that seventeen officers have been killed and sixtyfour wounded in the field, but does not mention the place. It is presumed that 1t was at Port Ar thur
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
RUSSIANS PREPARE FOR
 FALL OF PORT ARTHUR.
ONLY 4 MATTER OF 4 SHORT
 TIME NOW.

StoessePs Friends, However, Believe He
 Will Make Good His Threat to Hold
 Out to the Last Man-Czar May Order
 Surrender-Ships in Harbor Said to
 be in No Condition to Make a sortie
 -Repulse of Attempt to Retake Hill.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.-With the con- firmation of the news that the Japanese have occupied 2Os-Metre Hill and the report that the Russians unsuccessfully attempted its recapture, officials at the war office are beginning to prepare themselves for the inevitable. Golden Hill and Liaoti Hill are high and dom- mate 2OS-Metre Hill. but the officials say that if the Japanese succeed in mounting heavy guns upon the latter it or weeks before the fortress falls. Still, there is not the slightest idea among General Stoesseps friends that he will surrender, even If he should be ordered to do SO. It is hinted that it is possible that, if the fall of the fortress is shown to be inevitable. the emperor may direct it's surrender in order to prevent the un- necessary sacrifice of the remnant of it's brave defenders; but it is believed by those who know General stoessel best that he will literally make good his threat to hold out to the last man and the last cartridge in Port Arthur,
 The ships in the harbor, it can now be stated on high authority, are in no com dition to attempt to break through the investing squadron. The guns of the warships were long ago landed, and the marines and sailors have been partici- pating in the land defense. Some of the ships also have been injured by shells. If the fortress falls it is under stood they will be taken outside and run in the deep water in order to prevent the possibility of their ever being of service to the enemy.
 The question of the advisability of reinforcing Vice-Admiral Rojestven- skys squadron with the Black Sea fleet is again being agitated by some of the papers, fotaabb ply the Nevee Wrefnya, which points out that, with the addition Of the Black Sea vessels, Rojestvensky will have a superiority which will in- sure victory over Admiral Togo's fleet. The Novoe Vrennya calls attention to the fact that Japan was not one of the signatories of the treaty closing the Dardanelles, and asserts that if Japan had the power she might force an en- trance into the Black Sea and engage the Russian fleet. Conversely, the pa per continues, with the consent of the porte, there is nothing in the treaty to prevent the exit of the Black Sea fleet to fight some power which is noWise involved in the treaty. It IS argued that Great Britain is the only power which might attempt to make trouble over the juncture of the two fleets. The project was warmly advocated by some officers of the admiralty before the war, but it never was sanctioned, and the admiralty does not admit that the sub- ject has been revived. Neither does the foreign office admit that any pres sure is being exercised to secure the consent of the porte for the passage of the Dardanelles by the Black Sea fleet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Absorbed by urg-American.

Hamburg, Dec. 2.--After meeting of
 the shareholders of the North Sea
 Steamship company to-day the Ham burg American Steamship company an
 nounced that it had acquired the entire
 property of the former company, in scluding five passenger steamers plying
 between Hamburg and North Sea re- sorts and the southern railway of Sylt Island, province of SchlesWig-H Holstein.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
schutt,s Fine Showing.

London, Dec. 2.-W. E. Schutt, the Rhodes scholarship student from Cor nell at Oxford university at the Erase nose sports to-day won four events, the 1Oo-yard dash in Il 2-5 seconds; the quarter-mile run, in 5S 3-5 seconds; the one-mile run in minutes and 2 sec onds, and throwing the weight, 27 feet, 5 inches. schutt has been selected as a member of the Oxford team for the Oxford Cambridge cross country run, which will occur December 10.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
PANIc oN EERRY BoAT.
Eight Hundred Passengers Frightened
 by Collision.

New York, Dec. 2.-Eaght hundred passengers on the ferryboat Paunpeck Eof the Hob5ken ferry. were thrown into q panic this evening and several were injured when the ferryboat was struck in mid-strean1 by Hudson riv- Fer steamer, the name of which has not yet been learned.
 The overhang of the Paunpeck was torn away from the paddle wheel aft to the rear end of the mems cabin.
 The shock of the collision knocked down a number of the passengers and several were struck by broken timbers.
 The Paunpeck was able to proceed to her dock in Hobolxen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Trial of yon P1ehye,s Assassln.

St. Petersburg Dec. 2.--The trial of Sasoneff, who assassinated Interior Minister Von Plehve in July last, and sikorifsky, his accomplice, which be- gins December 13, will occur behind closed doors and before the appeal court. The prisoners are not allowed to see any one except counsel and the public prosecutor, but an exception has been made in favor of Sasoneff's fa- ther, merchaaltzo Ufa.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
BODY OF REASONABLY
 DRESSED YOUNG WOMAN
FOUND IN ROOM OF HOTEL IN
 EEW FORK.
Wore Expensive Jewels--Had Been strangled or Had Committed Suicide Went to the Hotel With ; Man Who Has since Disappeared and Whose Identity is Not Known.
Whose Identity is Not Known.

New York, Dec. 2.-Fashionably at tired and wearing expensive Jewels, the body of a girl. nineteen years old, was found tonight in room in a ho- tel at One Hundred and Thirty eighth street and Park avenue. Tied about the girls neck was one end of a towel while the other end was tied to the bedpost, The body was found in a half kneeling position, as though she had been strangled, or had forcibly stran- gled herself by straining on the. towel. Last night she went to the hotel with "a man, who has since disappeared and whose identity has not yet been dis covered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
--TE \ f-.-@1@- JAPAN CoMPLAINS TO SPAIN.
Protests Against Coaling and Victual-
 ing of Russian Ships.

Madrid, Dec. 2.-Japan has made off, cial complaint to Spain regarding the attitude of the Spanish government in permitting vessels of the Russian sec- ond Pacific squadron to coal and victual at Vigo. The Japanese minis ter to-day admitted that he had recent ly made representations on the subject. and said he had submitted Spain's re- ply to Tokio. At the foreign office 1t Ys stated that Spain's reply explained the situation and took up the position that Spain observed the strictest neutrality. The Japanese minister says he has not received further instructions since for wording. the reply.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
RUssIA TRICKS ENGLAND.
Narrow < Co. Explain Sale of speedy
 Torpedo Boat.


 Torpedo Boat.
 London. Dec. s.-Yarrow & Co, ship builders, in letter to the Times, ex- plain that. owing to the great success of the high speed yacht Tarantula, now owned by w. K. Vanderbilt, jr., they partially completed two similar boats which might be fitted finally as either torpedo boats or yachts. They declin- ed many tempting offers to sell them as torpedo boats, because it was suspected they would be transferred to belliger- ent. At the governments request in August they stopped negotiations for the sale Of one of the vessels to a Paris firm, but sold the Caroline as a yacht on September 23 to Mir. Sinnett, beIiev- ing his purchase was bona fide. As a iprecaution, however, the government was notified on September A and the sale was completed on October 3, the government not having interfered or commented upon the sale and the Caro- line sailed on October 6 without any armament. ostensibly for Hamburg and l to be lowed to New York.
 The negotiations for the purchase of the Caroline are said to have been con- ducted by Burke Roche, a former mem Der Of the British parliament and we'll known ii the United States, who rep resented that he was acting for a. resi- dent of New York. who wished to race her against the Tarantula. Tn order that the identity of the boat might not be evident, he stipulated that the hull should be disguised as much as possi- ble until she could be landed in New York. After leaving the shipyards the Caroline was coaled and manned with a crew secretly assembled, after which she was taken through the North sea, passed through the Klel canal under the direction of German pilots, and thence reached Libau, where she was delivered to the Russian naval author hities. It is asserted that Russia in tended to base her defence on tie Dog ger bank affair on Roches exploit con- tending that if he could take torpedo boat out of an English port and through the North sea without being detected agents of the Japanese could have done likewise and placed torpedo boats in the way of the Russian Baltic squadron.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
WRECK ON THE PENNsYLVANIA.
Passenger Train Crashes Into Con-
 struction Train.

Columbus. Ind, Dec 2,While run ing fifty miles an hour, northbound passenger train No. 27 on the Pennsyl- vania road tonight ran into con struction train about two miles north of this city, instantly killing three trainmen, fatally injuring at least one other and inflicting slight injuries upon a score of passengers The dead: sam uel Crow, Jeffersonville. passenger en- gineer; Herman J. Jones, Columbus, brakeman; F. ". Achenbach, Indian apolis, fireman. The passenger coaches did not leave the track. and none Of the passengers was badly injured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
SPRINGING THE TRAP
Japanese With 40,o00 Troops Turning
 RennenSSanpfR's Flank.

St. Petersburg Dec. S.--S d. fn.--A special dispatch received here from. Mukden says:
 It is reported that General Rennen- kanpff has captured several Japanese guns and a convoy with 500 rifles but that a force of 10000, consisting of Chinese bandits and a reserve of s, ,00O Japanese, has started to turn Rennen- kempff's flank.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Mcclellan to be Re-Norninated.

New York, Dec. 2.-The declaration was made to-day by Charles F Mur- phy, leader of Tammany Hall, that Mayor George B. Mcclellan would be renominated for another term. As to the report that the Citizens Union and Tammany Hall will work in harmony in the coming city campaign, MT. Mur- sphy said he knew nothing about 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
To Withdraw Opposition to zionlsts.

St, Petersburg, Dec. 2.-Minister of the Interior Prince Sviatopolk- -Nirsky to-day received deputations of Zion ists. He informed them that he sym pathized with the movement they rep- resented and would withdraw the gov ernmentai opposition hitherto existing against 1t in Russia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Dane Defeats Fiening,

New York, Dec. 2.-H. H. Egeberg, of Denmark, defeated John Fleming of New York by two falls out#of three in a wrestling bout, Graeco Roman style, in the Harlem river Casino, tonight. Three thousand persons saw the con- test
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
JAPAN LIKELY TO ACCEPT.
Receiyes President Roosevelt's Inyita-
 ton to Pence Conference.

Washington, Dec. 2. MT. Hioki. the Japanese charge d,affaires, called at the state department to-day and in formed Assistant Secretary Loomis that the Japanese government had re- .ceived on yesterday the invitation of the American government for a second
 conference at The Hague and that the
 invitation would be promptly presented Ito the diet. The intimation is that the proposition meets with Japanese favor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
SITE FOR AMERICAN BUILDING.
Paris Municipal Council Authorizes l Concession of n Plot,

Paris, Dec. 1.-The municipal council. acting upon the report of Councillor Roger Lambeth, has authorized the concession of a plot of ground situated lon the border of the Champ de Mars for the site of the American National Art Institute. The grant provides that unless the United States government gives the Institute $50,OO0 within one year the concession will be annulled. A bill has heretofore passed the United States senate incorporating the insti- tute. Friends of the project say that an annual Prix de Paris will be award ed to American students attending the institute, which will be similar to the French institute at Rome.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
CARNEGIE GITES DINNER.
Entertains Men Formerly Connected
 with Him in Steel Making.

New York. Dec. 2.-7Andrew Carne- gie gave his third annual dinner to- night at his home in Fifth avenue, to the men who were his partners irl the manufacture Of steel before the fornna- ton of the United States Steel corpora- ton. The dinner was informal and there were no set speeches. Forty guests were present among whom were Charles M. schWab, Joseph c. schwab, William L. Abbott, George Lander. George J. Corey, Laurence Phipps, Alexander Peacock, ID. N. Clemson, D. J. Kerr, D J. Packer, w. e. McCaus- land, J. J. Campbell. D. H. Utley, MT. Blaekbother, and John c. A. Leishman, minister to Turkey
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Run Into Unknown Tug.

New London, Dec. 2.-Captain Nc Intyre of the schooner Ella May which arrived here to-day, reported that when off FauIkners Island early this morn ing he was run into by an unknown tug. The schooner lost her head gear.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
neath FroIn li snotted Feyer

Terryville. Dec. 2.--Annie VanNess, aged twelve, daughter Of James Van- Ness, a mason, died suddenly to-day of spotted fever. The child attended school as usual yesterday and seemed all right when she returned home in the afternoon. She was taken sick dur- ing tha night hoWevef.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
FIRED IN sELF-DEFENCE
Verdict of Coroner in Case of Murdered
 Gambler.

New York, Dec. 2.-The coroner's jury in the inquest into the death of Guy Roche, the gambler, who was shot on Thanksgiving day in Broadway by Stewart A. Felton, also a gambler, and known as Big Frank, this afternoon handed in a verdict that Roche was shot and fed from pistol wounds inflict- ed in self-defence by Felton. @ Felton, although exonerated by the jury, was remanded back to the Tombs, as he is under indictment, which charges him with murder in the first de- gree. ES5.-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
5 secontl Army on Spot.

London, Dec. 3. The Daily Tele- graphs Harbin correspondent, under date of December 2, says: The great CT part of the Manchurian second army has already arrived here. It Is in splen- did condition. General Grippenberg is expected tomorrow en route to the front
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
: NO, " Y A.I'H Efs. ..
Boston Herald Cut on by Orders from Washington. s5 5.-e ,s4.

Boston, Dec 2--J w. Smith of this city, the district forecaster of the Unit ed States weather bureau, has received orders from the weather department at Washington forbidding the delivery by hi moi weather forecasts, maps, etc., to the Boston Herald. By these orders him of weather forecasts, maps, etc., by the weather bureau is withheld from the Herald newspaper.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
CHILD WITH TWO HEADS.
Born to Young Woman in East soner-
 yiIIe, Mass.

vile, Mass.
 somerville, Mass, Dec. 2-A female child with two heads, born in East Somerville, twelve weeks ago to-day, lis attracting much interest among the the medical fraternity about Boston.
 The physician who had charge of the case. in discussing the matter with oth- CT doctors tonight, said:
 It is unprecedented in the annals of medicine. The child has two separate necks, each supporting a head, one fac ing to the front and the other to the rear. The latter is not well formed. and the features are irregular and i'm perfect, there being no eyes.
 The baby is in the best of health and perfectly normal in every other re- spect. The mother is a young woman of twenty years. The child weighed fourteen pounds at birth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
EMPEROR SUMMONS II. WITTE.
May Have Rearing on Decision Regard
 ing Constitution.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.-7M Witte, president of the ministerial council, hd a long conference with Emperor Nicholas this afternoon. As this is the first time the emperor has summoned M. Witte for several months past, the conference is considered as having great significance, mad 1t is believed here that it will have a direct and i'm portant bearing upon the imperial de- cision on the zemstyo memorial which is now being considered at the palace.
 A report Is current that great denlon- .strations in favor of a constitution are being arranged in the principal cities 5of Russia for December 19, the anniver- .sary of the emancipation of the serfs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
FOR ISMBIzzLEMENT4
Bridgeport Man Charged With Appro-
 priatinG SOS of Labor Funds.

Bridgeport, Dec. 2.James R. Wilson, of sos Lafayette street, was arrested to- day. charged with embedding $9S be-. longing to the funds of the Central La Dor union, of which organization he is the financial secretary. The complaint was made by William Burt on behalf of. the committee appointed some time ago to investigate Wilson's accounts. They went over his books and found a short- age of $9S, and as he would not make settlement they caused his arrest to- day. Wilson has been released on $500 bonds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
CAPTAIN HURLEY REEL EOTED.
win Head Harvard FootBaII Eleven
 Another Year.

will Head Harvard Football Eleven Another Year.
 Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 2.---At a meet ing of the Harvard football team to- night Daniel J. Hurley, of Boston, was unanimously reelected captain of the team This is the first time in many years that man has been elected for two successive terms as captain. The announcement of Hurley's reelection was received with general satisfaction by the student body.
 Hurley entered Harvard in the fall of 1901. He will be graduated next June and will then enter the Harvard Medi- cal school. As he has represented the varsity team for three years only, he will be eligible to play during his first year at the medical school.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-03
Rooscvelts, Wedding Anniversary.

Washington, Dec. 2.-To-day was the eighteenth wedding anniversary of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. They were the recipients of congratulatory messages and letters from all parts of the country. The anniversary was quietly celebrated by a family dinner party.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-03

not much more than $50, 600 men are
now confronting General Kuropatkin,
but that the Japanese lines are heav-
lily fortified in order to check any as-
gressive movement which Kur>ratkin
may undertake long enough to enable
the Japanese to hurry up reinforce
ments by rail from the peninsula.
The present activity Of the Japan
ese along the froHt, these reports In
dictate, in only feigning to convince
Kuropatkin that the offensive Is Inn
minent. Should this important intel
lieence be absolutely confirmed 1t Il
possible that the Russian commander
in chief may himself attempt to strike
a quick blow. Kuropatkin Is nov
supposed to have nearly 300, 600 men