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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
Q. & ". BOARD RESIGNS.
New Directors Chosen to Control the
 Road.

New Directors Chosen to Control the
 Road.
 New York. Dec. 7.-The board of di- rectors of the New York. Ontario and Western railroad, at meeting to-day resigned in a body. This was done to allow the new interests of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road, which has acquired the other road. to take control in the board,
 Eight new directors were elected and five old directors reelected. The new men are J. Pierpont Morgan. William Rockefeller, Charles s. Mellen. George MacCulloch Miller, Charles F. Brooker, P. Newton Barney, Frank W. Cheney and William Skinner.
 A dividend of three dollars a share was declared, payable on stock record led on December P, and payable on January 1G.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
BOSTON PoL1oF-srUDENT RIOT.
Counsel for Students Wants Charges
 Preferred Against Police.

Boston, Dec. "A request that the police board order charges preferred against Captain Hall and patrolmen of his command alleged to be responsible for the clash between the police and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 2, was made to-day by Counsel Hill represent ing the students.
 Judge Emmons, chairman of the board, said that the board would make it's report to the governor as soon as possible, and take action on whether charges would be brought against the police as suggested by counsel for the institute.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
Nothing to Do With Sales of Coal.

London, Dec. S--The German embas- sy in London authorizes the statement that it had nothing whatever to do with the sales of coal at Cardiff. It admits that the German consul who Is mer- chant at Cardiff, may possibly have sold coal; but what he may have done in his private business capacity was no concern of the German government.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
six-Day Bicycle Race.

New York, Dec. 7.--At 10 o'clock to- night 1,244 miles and one lap had been covered by the Vanerstyft-Sto and Root-Dorlou teams. The relative DO. sitions of the twelve teams had not changed. Tn erecord for this time is 1876 miles, 4 laps, made by Miller and Waller in 1929. <.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Cabinet Appointments Are Approved by
 the Senate.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The senate to day confirmed the following nomina- tions:
 Paul Morton, Illinois, secretary of the navy; William P. Moody, Massachus- etts, attorney general; Robert J. Wynne, Pennsylvania, postmaster gen eral; Victor H. Metcalf, California, secretary of commerce and labor; Francis E. Leupp. District Of Columbia, commissioner os Indian affairs,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
Earlier Bombardment.

Tokio, Dec. (11a. m.)-Imperial headquarters has made the following announcement:
 The result of the bombardment of Port Arthur by four large ealibre guns on the 7th inst, was very good. Many effective hits were made against the battleships peresviet and Pobieda, and the protected cruiser Pallada In con- sequence, the Peresviet caught fire and at S:15 o'clock the Pobieda listed to starboard.'' 2
 The commander Of the Japanese na- val guns in front of Port Arthur, tele- graphing on December 6, says:
 An observation, taken from 20S- Metre Hill, shows that the turret ship Poltava is sunk and that the battleship Retvizan is listing heavily to port. Ob- servations taken December 6 covered the results of the bombardment of De- cember 5. Are now taking observations 1 from a hill near Shuishiying.
 Since December 2 we have daily bombarded the enemy's fleet lying south of Paiyu Mountain. From that point only the masts and funnel tops of the battleships Pobieda, Retvizan, or the cruiser Pallada could be seen, but it was impossible to count the number of our shells taking effect. On other ships explosions, resulting from our shells, could be seen, but owing to their positions behind hills it was difficult to exactly identify them.
 The totals of our shells taking effect on the enemy's ships were as follows: On a vessl of the Pobieda type, S4; on the battleship Retyizan or the cruiser Pallada, S4; on the turretship Poltava, Il. Besides these fifty other shells struck, from which explosions followed:
 On December 5, seven shells struck the battleship Pobieda, and about 3:sO p. m, a big explosion was observed south of Paiyu mountain, resulting from the effects of our shells, evidently on a powder magazine
 The successful result of the bonn bardment on December 5, is inspiring our men to still greater effort.
 A dispatch from the headquarters of the Japanese army in front of Port Ar thur confirms the news about the Rus sian battleships and cruiser. The re- port goes on to say:
 Owing to the plunging fire from 203- Metre hill, the enemy has withdrawn to Akasaka hill. On December 6 our forces occupied an entire fort at 1 D m. Sub sequently our forces after dislodging the enemy occupied an eminence north I of Suerh Kou, and two eninences north of Sanlichiam, at 3 p. m.
 tOn December 6, at D. m. in re- ! sponse to the bearer of the enemy s flag of truce, an armistice of five hours was granted for the removal of the dead.
 i London, Dec. S.-A report from Tien- tsin states that the Japanese shell fire l at Port Arthur also sank the Russian battleship Peresviet, but no further news concerning the fortress has reached London.
 The Daily TelegrapI's correspondent 1 in front of Port Arthur cabling under date of December says that the Rus sians ceased their attempts to recap ture 2O3-Metre hill on December 6.
 Berlin, Dec. S.--According to a dis- patch from Tokio to the Lokal Anzeiger the placing of heavy cannon on 203 Metre hill will enable the Japanese to i fire on and sink junks and other craft bringing supplies for Port Arthur from Chefoo.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
patterson Iurx Nenrlx Comnlete

New York, Dec. Flour jurors were selected to-day for the trial of Nan Patterson, leaving only one vacant chair in the jury box when court ad- journed for the day. Justice Davis an- nounced to-day that women would be excluded from the court room during the present trial.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
Noted nrinstrel props bead.

Chicago, Dec. - Lew Spencer, known prominently in the minstrel world for the last twenty years, and formerly an assistant of the late tBil- ly" Rice, dropped dead here to-day. Heart disease is believed to have been the cause of death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
REFUSE TO COMMUTE SENTENCE

Vermont House Declines to Pass Bill
 to Save Mrs. Rogers.
 Montpelier, U, Dec. 1.-The Vermont house of representatives this afternoon refused to pass to a third reading a bill to commute to life Imprisonment the sentence of hanging imposed upon Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, who was con yicted of murdering her husband. The vote was 91 in favor of the bill and 1S9 against.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
BRITISH STEAMER FOUNDERS.
ChiIian Warship Succeeds in Rescuins
 the Crew.

-
 Santiago, de Chile, Dec. 7.-The Brit iish steamer Cumbal. Captain Barry, from New York. October 27, for Val paraiso, Callao, etc, has fougdered near the straits of Magellan.
 The Chilean cruiser Pinto went to the assistance of the Cumbal, and succeed in, rescuing the crew.
 The Cumbal was steel vessel of 4,259 tons gross. She was owned by the New York Pacific Steamship company, linn tied, of London. Her principal dimen- sions were Length, 960 feet; breadth, 4S feet; depth. 20 feet. w. R. Grace & Co. were the vessels agents. Her crew numbered about forty men. She car ried miscellaneous cargo valued at about $SOGOo0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
Turkish Corvette sinks.

Tripoli. Dec. 7.--A boat from the Turkish corvette Mansura, manned by forty seamen, has sunk in the road stead. Nineteen of the crew were drowned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
HUGH M,LAUGHLIN DEAD.
For Many Years Democratic Leader of
 Kings County.

New York, Dec. 7--Hugh McLaugh- lin, for many years democratic leader of Kings county, died at fifteen min utes after eleven o'clock tonight at his home, 163 Remsen street, Brooklyn. The cause of death is thought to have been heart disease.
 MT. Mclaughlin was born in Brook lyn, April 2, 1927. He was master me- chanic of the Brooklyn navy yard from 1857 to 1861, and was register of Kings county for three terms.