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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
DRUNELZIER WRECK.
Steamer Abandoned to Her
 Fate on Fire Island Sands.
ENTIRE CREW TAKEN OFF IN SAFETY
Vessel Has Four Feet of Water Tn HOId-BoiIers Broken Away-BuI-
 warlks Stove In-LittIe Hope
 sE of Salvage.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 - Captain Frost, Captain Doxsee and Captain Baker, with their crews, have just re- turned to Oak island, bringing thirteen members of the crew of the steamer Drumelzier.
 They had hard time getting to the stranded vessel and back, but landed at Oak island safely.
 The steamship has been entirely abandoned by her captain and crew.
 Soon after sixteen of the men had been taken off by the Sandy Hook life savers the remaining thirteen mem bers of the Drum melziers company, in- cluding Captain Nicholson, were res cued by the life saving crew of Oak island. This accounts for the twenty nine members of the Drumelzier's com pGpy.
 There is four feet of water in the Drumelzier's hold. her engines and boilers are loosened, and her bulwarks and bulkheads are stove in.
 When the position of the stranded British freighter crew had become des- perate Captain Nicholson hoisted the signal Send lifeboats to save crew" The Oak island and the Fire island life saving crews at once tried to put of from the shore through, the break CTS, and boats were also hastily low cred from the three Merritt Chapman wrecking tugs which had been stand ing by the steamer since morning. Earlier in the day the D Drumelzier hoisted three signals'S. @. zs' (''In bad condition'), TX D. R. ('tCrooked and bent'') and 70. 2. R." (''Laboring very badly'l.
 All the rescued men were we'll, but showed plainly the effects of the ex- haustion and exposure which they had 1 undergone during the 100 hours since the vessel struck The men rescued by the Moran were brought to this city, while the remainder were made comfortable for the night at Oak is land
 The Drumelzier will be total loss, 1 go can be saved if the weather holds good owing to the fact that the hull ] is firmly imbedded in the sand. The steamers back is broken directly un4 der her boiler room and this has rais- ed her engine about six feet. Every strain threatened to cause her to break completely in two. There are six feet ] of water in the steamers hold, ard she ] is so strained that the bolts are being sheared off by the plates
 When asked the cause of the disaster Captain Nicholson said:
 "All ! can say is that in q blinding snowstor1n we got out of our reckon ing, and the first thing I knew we hauled up on the bar while running twelve knots an hour.
 When asked whether his compass had been affected by the 1000 tons of steel bilIets that formed a portion of the cargo the captain replied. It might have been so,'' and declined to discuss the matter further
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30

sionship between the captain and first lieutenant of frigate, yet the younger man never presumed upon it, and the older man never condescended on ac- count of it, and no mischance had arisen.
 And you shall have 1t, Capt Graf ton" replied the younger man, impul- siveIy. Might I, without presump- tion, ask the Iady's name?"
 ''De Rohan,' answered Grafton. "The Countess de Rohan, the grand- daughter of the Marquis de- Chabot- Rohan, in whose castle was confined five years ago. met her then as 8 little girl, and as luck, nay, Provi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
CHAPTER xx.

s9ggEIghs l90l .by ?. Applet0a 2 co.. NeV Y0Tk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30


 Er SHEETS AND FLOWING SEAS.
 A GRAY sky and an angry sea.
 A solitary ship in the
 waste of waters. staggering
 along in a roaring gale From the west; every rag of canvas Aat could safely be spread-ay, and sven e-urging her forward be- fore the fierce wind; driving her madly through the tossing waves. A lonely. restless man upon her deck passing the long weary hours on the forecastle looking eagerly ahead, ever ahead; turning like devotee his face to the east, pointing his vessel toward the rising sun; though driven aside by the Happenings of the sea, returning to his goal with the accuracy and the per- ststency with which tne polar needle ewings toward It's star.
 Some 200 leagues ahead Of the fri- sate. with the man on the knight eeads pecring fruitlessly across the eaTk expanSe of tossing water, another sesseI, drfvsh in ike manner, steadily eizrsusd It's course for the same dss- nnation As if conscious of the un- aa.ying. indoulltable pursuit, she, too, made her way onward madly, recklessly. crossing the great deep. Skill and seamanship of the highest Eype were at her service as we'll. 4 willlngness to drive was there in al- most aa great a measure, for this ship vas hcmeward bound When she dropped anchor in the waters of France, those aboard of her, now held prisoner by the l1eavy-1inked chain of honor, would be free.
 And woman hung over the quar- fer of the second ship listening indif- ferently to words of sweetness, re- spending not at all to passionate plead- ings that fell upon her ear; woman, turning her eyes back toward the west, gazing upon the setting sun that had carried down to darkness with it her maiden heart; woman marking the long white wake of the ship. her sad- ness growing greater. her regret deep ening, deepening with each swiftly passing league.
 Aud yet the lonely woman on the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
WALL PREACHED BY DYNAMITE.
Capture Cuts on Russian Retreat From Golden Hi11 Forts Except by suBways Said to Have
 Been Constructed.

TOKYO, Dec. 3O.-Army headquar- ters has published list of casualties at Port Arthur, showing that forty nine officers, from the rank of colonel downward, were killed and that fifty eight, from colonel downward, were wounded in the attack on the Rihlung mountain position.
 A newspaper correspondent tele graphs an account of an interview which he had with General Kuropat- kin near Mukden. He declares the commander in chief is in fine physical condition, always sanguine and now absolutely convinced of ultimate vic tory. Kuropatkin looks and acts as ha did before Plevna.
 Let them send me good soldiers, :" the general is quoted as saying, "and I will accomplish the task"
 A report from the headquarters of the Japanese army before Port Arthur says that Rihlung fort was captured at o'clock in the morning with 1000 Japanese casualties
 Seven dynamite mines, exploded be- fore the assault, made breaches in the front wall, through which large body of Japanese troops charged under cover of a tremendous bombardment and captured the first line of light guns. A bitter fight resulted in the capture of the fort. The garrison, numbering 800 men, escaped.
 The captured fort on Rihlung noun tain forms part of the inner circle of the chain of forts defending Port Ar thur and is situated two miles from the outskirts of the town of Port Arthur, from which 1t bears due northeast.
 After months of fighting, sapping and mining the Japanese have thus occu- pied Rihlung mountain !
 Excepting the capture of Two Hun dred and Three Meter hill of the west ern forts little is known of the exact positions occupied by the Japanese, but it would seem that the inner circle Of forts is now cut in three pieces, and that Two Hundred and Three Meter hill prohibits communication with the Liaoti forts, just as possession of Rih- lung and Ieekwan cuts off communi- cation with the Golden hill forts, ex- cept by the many underground ways which are said to exist in various parts i of the fortress.
 From Rihlung mountain, which is nearly opposite Two Hundred and Three Meter hill, 1t would appear that the Japanese fire will be able to reach anything in the harbor and town which the Japanese heavy guns on Two Hun ] dred and Three Meter hill are unable to hit, thus making it apparently inn possible for the Russian second Pacific squadron to make any use of Port Ar thur.
 l A Mukden dispatch says that Cos 1 sacks have brought in the body of 1 Captain Erldaroff, noted scout, who was killed in an attack on the village of Tifanty.
 Advices from St. Petersburg say that 1 the itinerary of the czar's journey to | Minsk and the Don Caucasus, upon which he set out, includes stops at l Kharkov and Odessa The report last night of an explosion at Minsk has had ] no effect upon the emperor's plans. It is stated that the explosion was a small affair and not of revolutionary i. origin, but similar to a recent criminal 1 attempt to collect insurance covering a 1 package in the mails.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
IntemperaLe Iea prinKlnR.

In this age of mental tension, high pressure and overstrain tea is felt to be doing much to overstock our Iunatfc asylums. There can be little doubt that tea-drinking is form of intemperance in these days-a national and female intoxication second only to that Of strong drink and in some respects per- hans even more injurious.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
Problem up to Russians.

SIOUX. CITY, Ia., Dec. 3O.-The last of shipment of million pounds of barreled beef has been started from a packing plant here to the besieged Russians at Port Arthur. The prob lem of. getting the meat to the besieged army is left to the Russians to solve
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
Russians Flee From Army Service.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3o.-Of the, 7O5 steerage passengers brought over on the steamer Merion more than $50 were Russians. Most of these were ablebodied men between the age of twenty and thirty years and liable for duty in the army.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
PROF. BAILEY. Citizen Bank Block
Learn TO Dance

at Miss Nellye T. Reeds Dancing Academy. 1OS Bank street. second floor Jones & Morgan's building Tuesday evenings advanced class. Beginners. classes always forming. Thursday and Friday evenings. Terms, 12 class les sons. S4; private and, $ class, s5;1c private. $5; single private lesson $1.
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HIS l. Fillmore Austn Custodian. Texas DyislOa D. t.

one close to that figure they say that
sou must sell it at giye-avay price.
Stand together. both merchants,
farmers and bankers. and you will
come out all right. but If yon throw
your holdings on the market you may
rest assured that the spinner will buy
It Just as low as he possibly can; and
don't blame hjm for doing so,
The spinners of the world ar this
time are forcing the market down.
so also is he bear Spectator Every
spinner in the world. with few ex-
ceptions, is doing the best business
n The history of the trade. They
can afford 10 pay from SC to 10c per
pound and make good profit at
present prices goods are bringing.
The consuming world is in po-
sition financially 70 pay higher prices
today rban they have been for a great
many years.
Low priced cotton really ought TO
be a thing of the past Look at the
prices Of wheat and corn. We have
raised big crops all over the world
With the exception of this years
wheat crop. set prices are double
what they were few years ago. A
}2.1No. .0o0-hale crop is worth 1oc
and that ought 10 be the low price
FOR a great many Eears 20 come and
IT rests with the producer to say
whether or not he viii raise more
than the requirements Of the world
and become a pauper. or whether he
will raise a moderate crop each sea
son and grow rich
Hold firm. stand together, and
don't give your cotton away at pres
eut prices.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-08
POTATO MEN COMING.
Committee from Commercial Club
Appointed to Meet Them.

The government Irish potato ex-
perts are expected to arrive in Ennis
over the Midland tomorrow at 10
o'clock and they will remain here
over night leaving at $50 Thursday
morning
These gentlemen propose to tell us
how to avoid raising cheap cotton and
beat the boil weevil They advocate
raising other things, especially pota-
toes. The propose to tell us how
to do SO at profit. They are author
ized 10 promise freight facilities so
tha we may ship small as well as
large quantities.
II Is important that the people OF
Ennis meet these gentlemen and get
the advantage of their ideas
In order to insure the proper re-
ception OF these visitors, President
Lewis of the Commercial Club has APP
pointed a committee to meet them at
10 a m. at the Union depot
The following named gentlemen
constitute this committee
Mayor John Sharp. w. L. Harper,
y. Baldridge 10 w Allison, f. l.
Pittman, G. II Eubank, q c. Sander
son, J, M. Calhoun. J P Chambless
and J. Blakey. Ennis News
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HOLD YOUR COTTON
Advice of Cotton King Brown to the
Southern Planters. Merchants
and Bankers.

New Orleans. La. Dec. 5-W. p.
Brown. the cotton king, has issued
an address ever his signature as fol-
lows
To the planters, merchants and
bankers OF the South Cotton has
declined to point below The cost
of production. Are you going 20
sell at present prices, or hold until
YOU can get the market value for
lhs balance of your holdings The
decline IS unwarranted TO he con
servatlvs { say tina, the balance OF
this crop could bring at least 18c
az the ports and according 10 ms
Judgment the only way 10 obtain an
advance Is for the planter to keep
his cotton on his plantation until
the actual demand is sufficient 10
enable buyers 20 pay the proper value
TOR the stun The merchants who
are carryl lne cotton should not force
XIV hat they have on the market. but
stand firm and demand higher prices
or not sell The banks all over the
South should stand by the merchants
and planters and not force them TO
sell their cotton at present prices
which they all know is below The
price of production
These prices mean ruin 10 the
south IN affects every branch Of
trade and The only thing 10 do is
FOR every man that is interested tn
manner. shape or form. 20 stand to-
sether For the sake of argument.
admit that the crop is 10000 600
fthouRh I don't believe IL ts.t The
consumption az these prices ~tlI oe
at least 1850. 900 bales. and 'he
other soc 600 bales will be a small
quantity 20 40 into mill reserves
The spinuers Of American cotton
throughout The world should al least
add this year to their depleted stocks
half a million 10 million bales
The South went broke raising cot
ten az = aud Sc per Bound In
1SsT-ss and during that period
everything was cheap as we'll as cot
fon and the cost ot raising cotton
~ns small as compared 10 the pres
rrt crop. which Is the most eNpen-
siv. one ever wrowu lt would pas
The farmers 20 keep stiii and not
ssll bale of this crop untH he can
res above tee and reduce his acre
age another season At least rs per
cenf and instead nf raising another
humpor crop. ratss oniy enough 20
supply The wurla The iast crop
was ouly te.oeo see bales. aud tt
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-08

Topic. Preparation for the fu-
ture life.-Miss Lucille Arnold
Certainty of a future life for the
righteous and unrighteous - Mr..
Howard Williams
The care which men have for this
life pleads against neglect for the
future life.-Miss Jenett Dowling
Relations of the present 10 the
future life-Mr Henry Lee Ingram
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W. s. Baily =. o. True. Texas
writes My wife had been suffer
ing Eve years with paralysis in her
arm, when ! was persuaded 10 use
Bauard's snow Linlment which
cured her an right ! have also used
Il for old sores. frostbites and skin
eruptioaS It does the work Csc
Soc. 81 90 Sold by Hood q
Martin
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Three weddings in One Day.

Martial obligations were assumed
by three couples in the county
clerk's Office yesterday Justice W.
f. Cox, of Italy, who was attending
court here. was called upon to tie the
nuptial knot for r l.. Pitts and Miss
Ada Pratt Justice K. P. Anderson
united in marriage Frank Reeves and
Miss Lena Followed and Charley
Johnson and May Bell Watson. the
last couple being of African descent.
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We are now making our own corn
chops and guarantee them TO be fresh
and nice. Try a sack Waxahachie
Grain Co. II
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The following convictions and
pleas of guilty have been had in the
county court since Monday,
John Courtney. gaming. fined $40.
Bill McSanes, carrying pistol
fined SIS
Gus TidweH, giving liquor 10 a
minor, fined $25
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-16
PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION.
Delegates To Be Elected in the Regular
WAY,

Washington, jan Ex-senator Penrose, chair
man of the Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania. to-day issued a call for the Re-
publican State Convention, to be held at Harris
burg on April g. for the purpose of electing four
delegates-at-large and four alternates to the Re-
publican National Convention in Chicago. The
convention also will nominate a candidate for
Judge Of the Supreme Court and thirty-four per-
soHs for Presidential Electors.
The text of the call is follows:
To the Republican Electors OF Pennsylvania:
l directed by the Republican State Com
mittee 10 announce that the Republicans Of Penn
sylvania by their duly chosen representatives will
of Harrisburg Wednesday. April 6, 1904 at 10 80
o'clock a. m. for the purpose OF nominating can
ddates for the following offices. to wit:
One person for the Office Of Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
rty-four persons. two at large. for Prcsiden-
tial Electors: and
TO elect four delegates and four alternates at
held In Chicago on June q. 1904: also for the
transaction Of such other business may be pre-
scented.
In accordance with the rules governing the or
ganization. the representation in the State Con-
vention will be based the vote poled the last
Presidential election: under the rules each legis-
lative district is entitled TO delegate for
every two thousand votes cast for the Presidential
Electors in 1900. and additional delegate for
of thousand.
By order OF the Republican State Committee.
BOIES PENROSE, Chairman
W. r. ANDREWS Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-16
ORGANIZING IN PANAMA.
Constitutional Contention Meets
Good Feeling Shozon.

Panama. Jan. 15.-Members Of the Junta and
to-day AT the first session Of the Constitutional
Convention, which was also attended by great
crowd of people.
DR.. Pablo Arosemena, temporary president of
the convention. delivered the opening address.
which repeatedly interrupted by applause.
Among other things. he said
The republic will live less by its material
power than by the virtues it will practice In
dependence must be maintained and the republic
probity which is born of justice and knowledge
DR.. Arosemena reviewed the favorable au-
spices under which the republic had been born
and said:
Its security is protected by a powerful peo-
pie in whose veins runs the rich blood of those
Puritans who shook off the torment of re-
ligious intolerance and the opprobrium of politi-
cal despotisn.
DR.. Arosemena concluded by recommending that
in the exercise of their duties the members of
the convention should keep their country in
their hearts and minds.
DIR. Eusebia Morales delivered the Junta's
message to the convention, after which the
ministers left the meeting
The convention appointed Aristides Ariona
Juan Batista Amador and Manuel c. Jurado a
message. Representative Burgos proposed that
the convention should send a patriotic salute TO
the Junta for its distinguished services to the
country This was unanimously approved thus
indicating the cardinal relations which exist be-
tween the legislative and executive powers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-16
BRYAN WON'T TALK CANDIDATES
But he Saws He Is Not in the Race Himself.

ST Louis, jan l5.-"Everything points to victory.
,aid william ]. Bryan who spent sn hour IN TINS
civ TODAY on his way 10 his home In Lincoln.
Neb in answer to a question asked by Inc fosl-
f1isnatch" as 10 the Democratic national outlook
-, hat do you think about Judge Parker, OF New
York; he was asked.
Il am not thinking about Parker at all
How would Senator German. of Maryland SUIT
youe"
II am not discussing Mr. German or any other
candidate at this time
lis IL true that you have expressed a preference
for MIR. Hearst?"
Now sand Mr. Bryan. al wish you would write
down what 1 have to say about Mr.. Hearst" He
then dictated the following: Il appreciate the work
Mr.. Hearst has done for the Democratic party, and
count him among my personal friends but am
advocating his nomination or that of any per-
son. am avoiding any expression OF preference
tor anybody" ----..AxA
Are 500 a candidate. Mr. Bryan"
4 think have already made II perfectly plain
that am not
Would you becom. one IL conditions should
indicate the necessity of your making the racer"
Il can imagine no circumstances under which
would be eilher wise or necessary for me TO be-
come candidate"
Mr.. Bryan would not commit himself as to the
eligibility OF Mayor Mcclellan, of New-York for
the Democratic nomination
did your journey modify in any way your views
1T did not" he replied enphatically. II am
xtll believer in the principle Of free silver. But
viii say this, that I got idea, which /
viii discuss at some future time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-16
HEARST MAY SPLIT SOUTH DAKOTA.
Looks Like Two Delegations to the National
Convention.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l


Armour. S. D.. jan 15.-HarTy Smith, OF TINS
place chairman OF the Democratic State central
Committee returned last Saturday from tip
South in the interest of William Randolph Heart
for President. and announced that the South Da-
kota delegation would be for Hearst, and that lne
State Convention would be fixed TO TINS emu
II has been known for some time that ex-senator
r F. Fettigrew has been working among ehe
Democrats Of this State in the interest OF eaIs.
and Smiths announcement, coming the Gay Ioi-
lowing the meeting Of the Democratic leaoers Oh
the Black Hills counties. where the Hearst nliii's
interests control politics, wrought CONSERVATISM
among the old time Democrats. To couhterac'
the movement Senator E S. Johnson, OF TINS place
to-day announced himself as candidate lor Nd
tioraf Committeeman TO succeed Mars IaS iot, ~
moved 20 Washington johnson opposes hea a1Is
simultaneously John A Bowler leaunls N gee
land Democrat and formerly chairman OF me s'sor
Central Committee, announced his caioluacy- Loi
Nafional Committeeman. The State CentIai Soin-
Iuiffee VIII meet in e few days 10 can ths sIate
t-onvention and the fight will be between hears
and anti-Eearst factions. The contest promises
N he bitter and indications are that ~ VIII US. =
rupt the party and result IN TWO cohEel.oats g.
choose delegates 10 the Nauona4 Con'eA'i'i a. ~
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