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was quoted ex-dividend Of go cents per share
IN the board yesterday under the new rule
The dividend will be paid on November Il
The Standard Oil Company OF New Jersey
has declared a dividend OF 81 per snare, paw
abls December Is. Last year a dividend OF S14
was declared for payment on the sans date;
TC-day's dividend declaration makes a total
dividend for this year OF 36 per cent, com
pared with "a per cent IN 1908
Late assessments are; Wabash Mining COM
pany 1-5 OF 1 per cent, delinquent Decemoer
is; Gray Wing Mining Company. cents, NO
verlber 2S: The West Vancouver Commsrciai
Company 1 cent. December IL The Gosfora
Land Company OF Kern County, 81, December
s; The Potrero Land and Water Front CON
pany of San Francisco. Is cents. November 80.
The Pacific Gypsum and Marble Company, 80
December 7; The Great Dane Gold Mining
Company OF Nevada County. cents, Decem-
Der 9: The Esperanza Gold Mining company
OF T11olumne County / cent, Decemoer -
At a meeting OF the directors ot the HONS
OF Company Monday the regular monthly
dividend OF PIC per share was passed ana
further dividends will not be paid until WAE-
ranted by the financial condition OF the COM
panv Meanwhile attempt VIII d MACS
TO increase the contracting production oy oriii-
ing a new well. -.
me Ward Shaft Association mads caSn
pavment OF $40 900 yesterday on the pumping
contract lust signed this being the nrst IN IN
stsllment on the cost price OF $50. W.. ms
sssociation still has in its treasury Szo.0VO
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Hay and Feedstufs.

Hay dealers still report the demand for Hay
very slow and quotations weak though no
lower. The top figures quoted below are ex-
treme and not easily obtained Bran. on the
contrary. is quoted steady with fair de-
mand. Rolled Barley is firm in sympathy
with the raw grain.
BRAN-S1SG19 per ton.
MIDDLINGS-$2 50Q2S per ton.
SHORTS-$1s@19 per ton.
FEEDSTUFFS-Rolled Barley $23d24 so per
ton: Oilcake Meal at the mill $31 5On32 5O
1obbing. S33; Cocoanut Cake, $23G24: Cocoa
nut Meal $24G25: Corn Meal S31631 30;
Cracked Corn $31 50Q32 Mixed Feed 500 5O6
% Horse Beans, $30@40 per ton; Broom
Corn Feed. 90c per ctl
HAY-Wheat, $10d15; Wheat and Oat, S1O0
IA; Oat S9012; BARLEY and Oat, $s1I1; VoIun-
teer Wild Oat $7d10; stable. $9d10; stock
S5 5O@7 Glover $7910; Alfalfa. $9d12 per
ton
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in small quantities and sold at 4G5c per

in in small quantities and sold at 4G5c per
pound
POTATOES-Burbanks from the river 400
65c per ctl; Salinas Burbanks 81 1901 30 per
ctl; River Reds. 60@7Oc per ctl; Sweet Pota-
toes, 65qS5c per ctl
ONIONS-S1 1892 per ctl.
VEGETABLES String Beans, 994c per 10;
Wax Beans, 445c per lb; Lima Beans,
4G6c per lb; Tomatoes, 4OQS5c per box;
Summer Squash, $1q1 % per box; Cabbage. 6Oc
per ctl; Carrots. 75c per sack; Cucumbers. 29Q
Soc per box; Garlic, A15G5c per ID; Egg
Plant. 5oae5c per box: Dried Peppers. nom
inaI; Green Peppers. 25Q35c per box; Mar
rowfat and Hubbard Squash. S1O612 per ton
for round lots
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FLOUR and NIiIIstuHs.

The millers continue TO report a very fair
movement in Flour and all kinds Of Mlllstuffs
at previous prices
FLOUR-Calitornia Family Extras 81 s0@
10 usual terms; Bakers Extras 81 70d5;
per bbl
MILLSTUFFS-Prices in packages are as
follows: Graham Flour. 50 75 per 100 lbs; ;
Rye Flour So %; Rye Meal. 50: Rice Flour
81: Corn Meal 50 50 extra cream do So co.
Oat Meal 81; Oat Groats. $4 25; Hominy,
So 6OG3 So: Buckwheat Flour 81 %: Cracked
Wheat. So 75: Farina. "a: Whole Wheat
Flour, 50 80; Rolled oats, bbls: Sc 1917 so; in
sacks, S4 25 Pearl Barley. $5; Split Peas.
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Beans and Seeds.

Receipts of Beans We're again liberal being
7O49. sacks, making 1924 sacks during the
past two days. Most Of the current receipts
continue to show the damaging effects of the
early rains. and choice lots are scarce The
market rules dull and more or less weak. ex-
cept for Lmas which are firm at the slight
advance reported yesterday. There is nothing
BEANs~Bayos. 81 1898; Pea, SO 1908 25;
Buffers 81 1908; small White So I56I3 20.
large White, 81 4Oa2 65; Pink 81 750l3 Isl:
Red 81 25q4 SO: Lima, 81 15a4 %; Red Kid
neys $4 50q4 10; Blackeyes, 50 60d2 20 per
sEEDS-Brown Mustard, 81 1905 Yellow
Mustard. SO 25; Flax, $2q2 10 Canary. So;
07c: Alfalfa, 155@16iAc; Rape 1l5G21sc.
Timothy, 5stc: Hemp. SI9G3Rc per ID: Miliet
21ag315e; Broom Corn Seed; $2oq21 per ton
Peas 81 75@2 so per ctl.
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holds very strong and prices are tending up
ward. Quotations:
California--Humboldt and Mendocino 261s@
27c; Northern Pacific. 24q26c; middle counties,
196p2Oc Southern 15@16c
oregon-Eastern staple 19@21c; clothing, IL
G1Sc. .o,,..o -
16617c: fine medium, 1612Q19c.
Wyoming-Fine. 17hads1sc; heavy hps. 100
AOf Utah I,'9 and Nevada@Fine. 17Q1sc; heavy
fine i5GI6c; fine medium. 171zQ1sc.
Montana-FIne choice 21q22c; average. 1SQ
zoe: fine medium choice, 21922c; average,
i'Ss5EG eSsoiorado-Fine. 15@1ec; fine medium. 1e0
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Potatoes. onions and Veeetahles

The market for river Potatoes is still very
much depressed as the daily receipts are far
in excess of requirements and dealers Ana n
impossible TO effect clearances, even at fha
minimum quotation. Salinas Burbanks are
steady, particularly for fancy stocks Sweets
and Onions are steady at the old quotations.
Miscellaneous Vegetables showed bur little
change. Wax and Lima Beans were higher
Tomatoes were in good request and steady
while poor lots continued to drag Cucun-
bers and Green Peppers moved very slowly at
law rariA-- DA~- frnEn Los Anaalaa wArA affA--
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wire service was little better to-day the wheat
market continued dull. Weakened by bearish
Argentine crop news and lower English cables
the price dropped sharply and closed TsQ2Ac
lever. May closed at 81 13 1915; July closed
at 81 OPS; December closed at 81 1SK.
crop, 31Q3ec
HIDES-Strong.
WOOL-Firm.
CoFFEB-spot Rio. steady; No. invoice
i-1oc; mild quiet Futures closed steady. 3
points lower; sales, 27 500 bags; December
e.9591c; January. 7.1oc; March .25G7 SOC;
May; 4597 50c; July. Z. 6od7 .65c: September
sUGAR-Raw. firm fair refining, 4c; cen
trifugal SO test, e-1ec; molasses sugar, 3%o
Refined. strong.
BUTTER-UnchanEed
CHEESE-Unchanged
EGGS-Unchanged
DRIED FRUITS.
EVAPORATED APPLES-The market is
quiet Common. 3& Q4hc; prime. 41zc; choice
~ q5Ae; fancy. 5hG6no.
PRCNES-Are in moderate demand. The
market is firm. with Oregon fruit pretty well
cleaned up. California varieties range from
&c to &c, according to grade
APRlCOTS-Show change being well held
at 9hQ1Oc for choice 10A Q10hc for extra
choice and 11416o for fancy
PEACHES-Ate steady, with choice quoted
at sQ9hc; extra choice, ehQ1oc; fancy, lO3a
911c.
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Rutter. Cheese and Eggs.

The weakness in Butter continues and. while
there is no further decline. posted buyers find
no difficulty in getting all the choice creamery
they need at 20c. The market is still burdened
with large lines of creamery. which have oeen
piled up here for a week or ten days awaiting
buyers and such stock much of ii OF sterling
brands, has to be worked of for what 1t Will
bring
AS already mentioned. a decline in Cheese
is expected though it has not yet appeared
The production is increasing and dealers are
willing 10 meet buyers half way.
Receipts of fresh Eggs yesterday were the
heaviest foD long time. being ZIG cases; and
prices declined again. Some houses did not
quote over 45c, and the days ruling price was
Acc, though 4Tc frequently quoted. East
and lower grades showed no change.
Receipts were %, 200 lbs Butter 116 cases
Eggs and 6400 lbs Cheese.
BUTTER-Creamery at first hands, 20Q21c
for extras and 1Sq19c for lower 10 medium
grades; dairy 1Iq19c; cold storage. nominal |;
store Butter. 1oq1+c; Eastern cubes, nominal; !;
Eastern ladle- packed, 15416c
CHEESE-1201215c for choice mild new and
10d1lc for old: cold storage, 10l5d11c Young
Americas. 12Q13c; Eastern 10Q15c per lb.
EGGS-Raneh 45@47c for good TO choice
and 3715q4212c for common; cold storage. 259
30c: Eastern 25d2Sc for choice 22d24c for
standards and 19421c for seconds.
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EASTERN MARKETS.
New York Money Market.

sew YORK. Nov 15--Money or call
steady 2Q3 per cent. closing bid. 2l4 offered
at 20 per cent Time loans steady; sixty
DAYS 81 per cent. ninety days and six months.
8i7Qass per cent Prime mercantile paper.
80 az per cent. Sterling exchange firm.
with actual business in bankers bills at
S875ls $3.50 for demand and at S4s46pf S4o5
frr si1ry-day bills. Posted rates. 81 S5d
sT1s- Commercial bills. 81 s3fs a S3s<- Bar
sIirer 56-tc. Mexican dollars, f6ltc. Gov
e--me-L BINDS. s-eaay: ral-road bonds. strong.
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Foreign Futures.
G louis wool Market.
LIVERPOOL

CT IOrITs Nov. 15.-WOOLl-Steady. Med
Inn, Grades combing and clothing, 20Q2Sc
light fine 17a22c; heavy fine. 1sa1sc; tub
washed 25G13S1@c.
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Cash Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour. weak; No 2 spring wheat,
81 1Od1 IA; No. g. 81 lOQl y; No. red,
low. 5Sc; No. oats 29lac No white. 32hc;
No white, 39Q41&c; No. rye, soc; good
ing 40a52c: No I haxseed, 81 1919 No. 1
Northwestern, 81 1719: pless pork, per barrel.
SI1 10d11 To- lard. per 100 pounds. So 81 y a.;
short ribs sides Qoose). Sc S71aG7 121a; short
clear sides Cboxed). SO s71zdT; whisky. basis
of high wines, 81 "a; clover, contract grade,
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NEW YORK. Nov I5.-cotton futures
opened steady; November, 9.s5c: December.
Q. 90c; January. 1o.o1c; February, 1o. .O5c:
March 1oI1c: April 1o.14c; May, 10. 24c;
June. 10 26c bid; July, I0. 26c
Futures closed barely steady; December.
e.s3c; January, 9.92c: February. 3 9ec; March.
10. .O5c; April, 100 May. o.07c; June.
10. .1sc July, 10-21c.
Spot closed quiet: middIing uplands 10 25c;
middling gulf 10. 6Oc Sales. none
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New York Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK, Nov 15-FLOUR-Re
2e.400 barrels: exports. 900 barrels: market
dull.
easy. No. 2 red 81 21% T. O. b. afioat No.
Northern Duluth, 81 27% Z. o. b. aHoat; No.
hard Manitoba, 81 0s Z. o. b. afoat. As the
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Iondnn Conper Market.

LONDON. Nov. 15.-Copper Strong to-day on
New York adyices, reaching 66h, but closed
easier at 6655 on realizations. Sixteen hun
dred tons were sold.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Boston wool Market.

BOSTON. Nov. 15.-The wool market is
ouieter this week, due to the fact that stocks
in the hands Of local dealers have been heavily
reduced. many manufacturers having pur-
chased freely for future needs. Buyers now
fnd much difficulty in getting desirable lots
of grades needed for the nnilla- T1AA naarl.4t
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Erchanee and .BulIion.

Deranged wires in the East render H E&ciynse ToSe
rates were very weak and the quotatlonS oe
low are certainly high enough. sterling rates s
1O so ie,rer and Continental rates showed more
o. less variation Silver was unchanged
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Meat Market.

The situation remains as for some little time
past Choice Beef is still in light supply. but
poor and thin stock is plentiful There is
sufficient Mutton Lamb and Veal coming In
a. ---~t all requirements. Hogs are firm at
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london Closing Stocks.
Condition of the Treasury
New york Cotton Marked

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-To-day's state
rnent OF the treasury shows: Available cash
balance. S144. $50, 3eT; gold. Ss6, ,1e1, ,4s2
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs.

CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-On the Produce Ex-
change day the Butter market was steady;
creamery. 16G24c: dairies, 15G21c. Eggs, firm
er. at mark, 1T1zd201ac. Cheese, steady, 1OA
d11c.
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Northern Wheat Market.
OREGON

pOpTTAND Nov I5-WHEAT-For ex-
mort: Walla Walla, soc; bluestem, soc; val
ley. s734c. ,,. oo,. h,,as+ar, s7c
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA. Nov 15.-Wheat 1c lower Blue
stem soc; club, Soc
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Northern Business.

SEATTLE Nov. 15.-clearings' 1913 4So;
balances, $144 1856 - esAo o5a.
TACOMA, Nov. 15.-Clearings' S04S'oo4'
OaFsHRgs PoRT1HSp stS Nov 15cearings, S7ss. .512
balances, 500, ,055. - c,..-,,a. Szso 672.
hnIarcne SIS 232.
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CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS.
Chicago.

Chicago.
CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-CATTLE-Rece
1900, including 400 Westerns; best steady,
others 1Oc lower. Good to prime steers, IS 90
and feeders. s2d4; cows, 81 25qi4 40; heifers,
81 1916 40; Gamers. 81 2592 40: bulls, S2G4 %;
calves, 50 soar; Western steers 50 10d5 10
HOGS-Receipts, 3S, 900; tomorrow, es-
timated, 50. 600: market 1Oc lower. Mixed and
butchers, 81 65Q4 STA good to choice heavy.
81 s0C4 90; rough heavy, 81 50d4 65; light,
81 eOd4 So bulk OF sales, 81 65Q4 so.
sHEEP-Receipts. %, 600; sheep weaker;
lambs steady. Good TO choice wethers. 81 300
70; fair TO choice c =, mixed 50 6oq4 20; West
Western lambs 81 50d5 So
Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. Nov I5.-CATTLE-Re
celpts, 10 600: market 5G10c lower. Native
steers. $3 1916 %; native cows and heifers,
81 50G5 stockers and feeders. 50 25Gl4 20; bulls.
81 1913 so; calves. 50 5096; Western steers,
HoGs-Receipts. 1000: market 5q1Oc
lower. Bulk OF sales. 81 5o94 20: heavy. 81 70
al so; packers. 81 eoa4 70; pigs and lights.
sHEEP-Receipts. 54T1 5000; market strong Nut
tons, S4d4 so; lambs, 81 25@5 20; range weth-
ers S4a4 10: ewes 81 5OQ4; Utah yearlings,
81 pounds 81 60; Utah lambs. 66 pounds. So so.
Omaha.
OMAHA Nebr.. Nov. 15.-cATTLE-Re-
ee eeRs and Si0R Reiers & 4o@S so western steers
S4q8; COWS and heifers, 81 1908 so; Western
steers. 81 1903 70; range cows and heifers,
81 2593 so; Gamers 81 15q2 70: stockers and
feeders. 50 25q3 90; calves. 50 50G5 so; bulls,
HoGsDReceipts. $500; market 5a1oc lower.
Heavy. s4 e0a4 20; mixed, 81 6oa4 e5; light,
IHEEP-Receipts. 5000; stronger. Western
yearlings.. 81 25q4 50; wethers, $4G4 so; ewes,
SO 75a4 40; common and stockers. 1894 20;
lambs S5d5 rs.
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General Merchandise.

BAGs+GraIn Bags. $5d5 %: San Quentin.
81 so; Wool Bags, 30932c; Fleece Twins 755c.
CANNED FRUITs-Following are prices for
the 1904 pack:
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
rupspAY. N0v. e >. =.
ATFa BONDS.

UNITED STATES BONDS.
pa AsEI Bid. Ask.
4, - .,,,r 10sit 1Osa[ A. or CD new .13OA131
e VI Vt 80 1Of1f TO6sf e or coup. .1O41
NIIsr-r-I la EOTS BOND9.
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Dividends payable to-day Sovereign ItSc
sterlin= &c. Four OH 1c. Caribou &c.
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Morning Session.
California Stock and OIL Exchange

IS Cal Ca Gas Electric Corp. so %
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SALES.
Morn.ng Session.

Continued on Page Fourteen.
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sTRFEr RAILROADS.

.,.z,a a. a5 Oceanic Co 315 sA
Cal F c a. 9els Pae AUX IA "a
Cal Wine A q Pac g Borx.lo tos ,9s =
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Receipts of Produce.
ZOE TUEspAY. NovEMRER !
STOCK MARKET.

Corn. ctls ...... 1.OOOl
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THE SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
She Was Miss Cecilia Moss, of Ian
caster, Pa.

New York, Dec 2S.-Jockey John
Hoar informed the police Tuesday
night that the young woman known
here as Cecil Hall, who jumped to her
death Monday night from the window
of a lodging house in West 46th street,
was in his company Monday afternoon
and that he went with her to the door
of the house. There he left her, he
said, and about an hour later he called
her up by telephone. She appeared to
be in good spirits, he said, and asked
him to write to her. He admitted that
he met the young woman while he
was riding at a recent Bennings meet
ing and that he came to this city with
her at the close of the meeting.
Lancaster, Pa, Dec 28.-The young
woman calling herself Cecil Hall, who
was killed by plunging from the third
story window of a lodging house in
New York Monday night, has been
identified as Cecilia Moss, aged %
years, of this city.
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FOR MRS. CHADWICK.
A Syndicate Ready to Furnish
$4,000 Bail.
Gov. OdeII Issues a Warrant for the
Arrest of Her Husband-He Will
Be Taken to Cleveland, Where
He Is Indicted.

Albany, n. Y, Dec. 27.-Sneriff Bar
ry, of Cleveland, o., who expects to ar
rest DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband
of Mrs. Chadwick, when he lands in
New York on the charge of forging the
name of Andrew Carnegie met a check
in his plans Monday when he failed
to-robtain from Gov. Odell the requisi-
ton papers necessary to permit the
transportation of Dr. Chadwick to Ohio
for trial. He called at the executive
chamber at the capitol Monday morn
ing, but was informed by Judge John
T. Joyce, the governors pardon and
requisitiOn clerk, that his papers were
defective, in that they failed to prove
that DR.. Chadwick was in the state of
Ohio on March 5, 1903, when the al
legged forgery was committed.
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 29.-The amend
ed reQuisition of Gov Herrick, of Ohio,
was presented to Pardon and Requisi-
tion Clerk Joyce Wednesday morning
by Sheriff Barry in the executive
chamber. After a short examination
it was pronounced sufficient.
AlSIA lJOyCG DOWSNSl, I1dL I1C
wished to communicate with Gov.
Odell before issuing the warrant. He
promised to do SO at once and to send
the papers to the sheriff at New York
police headquarters as soon as the gov
ernor had given his formal consent.
The sheriff and his attorney accepted
this decision without argument. No
application for extradition of DIR. Chad
wick to Massachusetts has thus far
been received here from the Boston
authorities.
Cleveland, O., Dec. ga syndicate
for which Attorney P. D. Quigley, of
this city, is spokesman, is said to be
ready and willing to furnish bail up
to the sum of $4,000 to procure the
release of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick,
held in Jail here awaiting trial on the
charge of forgery. Attorney Quigley
would not give the names of the pros
pective bOndsmen of Mrs. Chadwick,
but says that they are we'll able to
furnish any reasonable sum of money
required if Mrs. Chadwick is permit
ted to go out on bail.
The federal officials are said to be
not in favor of giving Mrs. Chadwick
her freedom and will, it is understood,
discourage such proceeding without,
however, infringing on the prisoners
constitutional rights.
Oberlin, o., Dec. 29.-President
Beckwith. of the Citizens National
bank, of Oberlin, who is under indict-
ment for misapplication of funds of
that bank, became suddenly and seri-
ously i'll Wednesday. His physician
says the illness is a serious case of
heart trouble and is the result Of wor-
ry and anxiety over his financial trou-
bles.
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FORCE TO BE DIVIDED.
Simultaneous Attacks Will Be Made
on Two Sides.

Toxic, Dec. 29.-It is understood
that the Japanese dynamiting and par
alleling against the eastern section of
the main circle OF forts around Port
Arthur is progressing favorably. The
right wing Of the besiegers continues
a heavy and effective shelling of the
town preparatory to operations which
are nearing completion. 1t is proha-
BILE that the next attack will be SIM
ultaneously directed against the east
and west forces of the fortress in an
endeavor to divide and weaken the
resistance of the defenders.
Toxic, Dec. Trustworthy adj
vices from Port Arthur confirm the re-
port that Gen. Kondrachenko has been
killed, and that Gen. Stoessel has been
injured by falling from his horse.
Gen. Smilnoff is also reported as
wounded
Toxic, Dec 29.-The Japanese oc-
cupied the entire fort on Rihlung
mountain at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday.
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RAN INTO A FREIGHT TRAIN.
One Man Killed and Ten Injured Near
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 2S.-A Wa
bash passenger train, east-bOund, ran
into freight train on switch three
miles west of this city Tuesday night,
killing one man and injuring ten 9TH
ers.
The dead: Albert NJ. Ballard, Of
Peru, Ind, engineer of the freight train.
The injured: Charles Ernest, of
Peru, Ind, engineer of the passenger
train, leg. and arm bruised. w. H.
Cox, Peru, engineer of passenger
train, head cut. Mrs. Roman Zoeller,
Fort Wayne, nose broken and face
bruised. Miss Anna Dewald, of Fort
Wayne; Conductor c. r. Mcbride, of
Toledo, and H. Bishop, Robert White
and H. ]. Hulett, of Detroit, and E. H.
Watt, of Kansas City, were slightly in.
jured. Bishop and White are colored
porters.
The wreck was caused by the blow
ing out of a switch light during the
heavy wind and the engineer of the
freight train running over the switch
where he was to have waited for the
passenger train
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MEN IN SUICIDE PACT.
One is Dead and the Other in
Jail in New York.
Bostonians DoWnhearted and Discour'
aged Over Financial Reverses
Take Poison in Hotel and
Agree to Die.

New York, Dec. 29.-Benjamin ]. Ri
ley, of Brookline,' Mass, Wednesday
night declares that he and Orestes A.
Weed, of Boston, came to this city
with the intention of committing sui
eide together The two men were ta-
ken from the Grand Union hotel early
Wednesday suffering from morphine
poisoning and Weed died at the hos
pital, after the physicians had tried
for hours to save him. Riley was re-
vived Wednesday afternoon and was
transferred to the prison ward of
Bellvue hospital, where he is held on
a charge of attempted suicide. 1t is
thought that he will recover.
According to Coroner Scholer, Riley
made the following statement:
''Weed and l have been chums since
boyhood. We knew each other well,
and when we became older we sepa-
rated and met only occasionally. We
saw each other at least three or four
times a year and last Sunday we hap
pened to meet in Boston. We chatted
for some time, and told each other of
the trials we had encountered during
the past six months.
Both of us had met with bad sue
cess and we were both what you may
term as down and out.
Neither of us had anything that
gave any promise and we were down
hearted.
In some manner, now, l do not
know our talk drifted to suicide and
one of us proposed, l can't tell which
one of us did, that we should commit
suicide together Both of~us agreed
and then we made preparations to
die"
Riley then told the coroner of how
they left Boston and came to this city.
They went Immediately to the Grand
Union hotel, where they registered
and were assigned to a ROOM Riley
said that in their room he and Weed
discussed the best methods of ending
their lives and it was finally decided
to take morphine. They left the hotel
late in the afternoon together, he said
and went to drug store where they
purchaSeds the poison.
I'VE were to die last night" the
man continued, "but one of us pro-
posed to put it off for a few hours
We had some money and we decided
to spend that before we died. Then,
too, we were very nervous. We went
around the city and visited several Of
the theaters and also drank heavily" >"
Riley then stated that they went to
the room on Tuesday night shortly
before midnight and that each took a
dose of morphine. When he had fin
ished his story he was told by the cor
oner that Weed had died. Riley then
said:
81 am now awfully sorry that tried
to die. I want to live and in the fu-
ture will do my best to earn my liv-
ing. I am awfully sorry to hear that
Weed is dead. He was a fine fellow
and was married and had two chill
dren."
Mrs. Weed was notified and came
on from Boston at once. Mrs. Weed
stated that she will take the body
after the autopsy to Boston for burial