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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
MAY REFUSE TO PAT CLAIMS
Russia's Attitude Toward Settling for Damages to Foreigners Property.

Russia's Attitude Toward Settling for
 Damages to Foreigners Property.
 St Petersburg, Jan. 3--The Russian government will probably decline to settle the claims of foreigners for dam ages sustained during the riots at Mos COW and elsewhere on the ground, as was previously the case when claims for damages were made by foreigners, whose property at Baku, was damaged, that while every effort has been made and will be made to protect foreign in- tarests and property, foreigners living in Russia are entitled only to the redress which Russian subjects have, namely, to recover under the law from the rioters and local authorities, the imperial government not being liable. This is the position which Russian took in the case of the destruction of Chi nese property at Vladivostok, although Russias share of the Boxer indemni- ty exacted from China was $S7,5O0 O00. Russia recently presented a claim against Persia for the destruction of Russian life and property.
 It was learned to-day from an au- thoritative source that the Russian government has been without commu- nication with General Lineviteh for al- most five weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
POLICE AJAX IS INJURED
STRONG MAN OF NEW YORK
 FORCE BADLY HURT.

In Trying to Stop Runaway Which He
 Was Pursuing on a Bicycle He is
 Trampled on by Horse-~Ghin Strap
 He Grasped Gave Way-Many Other
 Escapes
 New York, Jan. S.-Selig Whitman, a bicycle patrolman known as Ajax" because of his remarkable strength, was perhaps fatally hurt to-day while trying. to stop a runaway ice wagon horse at 1SOth street and Firth avenue.
 After Whitman had leaped from the saddle of his wheel, to the horses head, he was shaken off, trampled under hoof and crushed by the wheels of the heavy wagon. He was taken, unconscious, to Harlem hospital, with probable fracture of both legs, cuts and bruises, and pos sibly internal injuries.
 The policeman has stopped many run aways since he has been patroling 125th street. and though he has had many narrow escapes, has lodged serious in jury. To-day's runaway started at 125th street and Lenox avenue. The horse, a heavy, powerful animal, was attached to a loaded ice wagon, and it's driver, W. Rudolf, had left 1t standing unhitched when an automobile came roaring along. The horse at once bolt ed east.
 Whitman was pedalling slowly along, about 100 feet behind the ice wagon, when the horse started running. He pursued, but, owing to other vehicles, whose drivers pulled their teams out of the path of the ice wagon, he could not reach the horses head. At Fifth avenue the runaway swerved north. Whitman cut across the corner and at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street was abreast. He pedalled close beside the galloping animal, and when the bridle was within easy reach, loosened his feet, kicking his machine from un- der him. He hoped to grasp the horses nostrils, but the strap he seized gave way, and he fell under the animals
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
MCCALL RESIGNS FROM
 NEW YORK LIFE INS. co.
ALEXANDER E. ORR MADE PRES IDENT AT SALARY OF
 $5O,OOO A FEAR.

Mccall Received 1OO,OOO--Board of
 Trustees Cuts Down Number of Vice
 Presidcnts-TwO Now Instead of
 Three--NIcCall in Letter of Resfgna-
 ticn Calls Attention to What He Has
 Accomplished During Fourteen Years
 us Head of Company.
 New York, Jan. 3.-John A. Mccall to-day resigned the presidency of the New York Life Insurance company, and Alexander E. Orr was appointed in his place at the salary of $5O,oOO year. MT. McCall's salary was $10O,OOO.
 The board of trustees also cut down the number of second vice. presidents so that hereafter there will be two of theae officers instead of three.
 MT Mccall, who has for fourtAenA years held the office which he resigned to-day, sent a letter to the trustees in which he stated that his errors prob ably seemed greater to him than to his critics, but that he was comforted to think of the companys unprecedented achievements and to know that no ofIl- cer or trustee had profited improperly at the policyholders' expense.
 It is uncertain whether Mir. Orr will retain the presidency beyond April 1, when MT. McCalrs term wouldihav ex- pired The new president is a retired merchant of this city, president of the Rapid Transit commission, former ! president of the Chamber of Connnerce and director in many financial and philanthropic institutions. He was born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1881.
 In accepting the presidency MT Orr said that he hoped John c. Mccall and | Vice-President Kingsley would remain in the company's employ. John C. Me, Call is the son of former President Mc- Call and is secretary of the New York | Life
 John A. McCalls letter of resignation is in part, as follows.
 Tn the period of my service as pres ident l have made mistakes. It is easy to see mistakes after events have fully developed the situation, but when fac- ing great problems daily 1t is not easy to be inerrant My errors probably seem grweater to me to-day than they seem to any even tolerably just critic, but, notwithstanding that, am without comfort. My consolation cdsslea from these considerations:
 "First-The unprecedented achieve ments of the company.
 Second-That no officer or trustee has profted improperly during that time to the extent of a dollar at the ex- pense of the policyholders.
 At the close of 1905 we have added net to the company, as it stood at the end of 1881, volume of outstanding insurance which, in round figures, equals $1, 4SO, GOO. This total, gather ed in fourteen years, approximates the entire outstanding insurance of the
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
DROWNED IN BANTAM LAKE.
TOrrington Man Breaks Through Ice
 While on Fishing Trip.

Litchfeld, Jan S.-Robert Lyman of Torrington, an employe of the Coe Brass company, and a well known ball player. was drowned in Bantam lake this afternoon and his body was swept under the ice. Lyman's body has not been recovered and it is feared that it may not be until the ice breaks up in the spring. It was stated to-day, however, that an effort to find the body will be made by the Coe Brass company with the use of dynamite, providing that the proper authority is given.
 Lyman and friend, Herbert Bishop also of Torrington, took the afternoon off for a fishing trip at Bantam lake, and while Lyman was walking across the lake on the ice to an advantageous point for fishing, he broke through where it had been cut and disappeared immediately.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
GEAR ASTONISHED.
Also Witte and Ministers at Rojestven-
 sky's Allegations.

London, Jan. 1.-The St Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says he has had conversation with Count Witte, in which the premier stated that the emperor and his minis ters alike were aStonished at Admiral Rojestvenskys allegation, that the British admiral had concentrated his ships at Weihaiwei, expecting an order to destroy the Russian fleet in the event of Admiral Togo's being defeated in the battle of the Sea of Japan. Count Witte said he was taking measures to clear up the matter, but, he added. it was self-evident that no level-headed man in Russia would attach impor- tance to the allegation, which the min ister of marine, he said, had not mo- ticed until it appeared ill print.
 The Times St. Petersburg correspond ent says that Great Britain has been dragged in to help Rojestvensky, and to prepare public opinion for his im- pending acquittal and rehabilitation, which are indispensable for the repu- tation of the Russian navy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Fire in Worcester.

Worcester, Mass, Jan. S.-The large wooden block in Rochdale, town of Leicester, owned by Rochdale Hall Co.,, and occupied by Frank D. Tucker, postmaster and general storekeeper was destroyed tonight with all it's con- tents, including mails. The loss on the building is set at $12,OOO with $S,5OO in surance. The loss on contents is set at $S,OOO, with $4,OOO insurance. The fire started in the cellar from an un- known cause. The block was built to replace one burned ten years ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
FAMINE IN roR3H JAPAN
Worst Since the Deadly One of Sixty
 Years AgO

Victoria, B. C., Jan. 3.-Thousands are starving in north Japan on account of the famine there, according to advices received here to-day ny the steamer Empress of Japan. A government re-
 port says Miyaga, Flukushima and Iwate provinces, with D population of 2,821,557, are confronted by the worst famine since the deadly one of sixty years ago. So great is the calamity in Miyaga that famine Investigators re- port that the sentence of death has been passed on one-third of the people of the province" Already thousands in those three provinces are obliged to cit shrubs, roots and bark of trees to sus- tain life and a million people are in ex
 treme conditions. The misery arising from the famine is indescribable. Com mittees of foreign residents have been formed to arrange systematic relief
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Denied by schwab

New York, Jan. 3. Gustave H. schwab. the New York representative of the North German Lloyd, on being asked to-day if he had seen the rumors referring to an alleged amalgamation of the North German Lloyd with the Hamburg-American line said that these rumors are absolutely untrue and have no basis of fact whatever.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
SWEPT BY TORNADO.
Georgia Town Suffers severeIy-Great
 Damage in Wake.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. S.-A special from Albany, Ga, says;
 A severe tornado passed over the western portion of the city at 1:3O D. m, to-day. The acid chamber of the Virginia Carolina Chemical company and mnay other buildings were destroy ed. Ben Johnson, a negro employe of the Chemical company, was killed in stantly and others are believed to be under the debris of the building. Scores of cottages occupied by negro families were demolished.
 Great damage is reported in the wake of the storm in the northern part of the city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
CADET DECATUR'S CASE.
Court Martial Makes Finding-TO be
 Sent to War Secretary.

Annapolis, Jan. 3.-The case of Mid shipman Stephen Decatur, jr., who for three days has been on trial before naval court-martial for the alleged haz- ing of Midshipmen Isaac N. McCrary and Gaylord Church, was given to the court shortly before o'clock this aft ernoon. At 4:45 the court had decided upon their findings, which will be for warded to the superintendent of the naval academy for his action, Under the Jaw the record then goes to the secretary of the navy, but as Secretary Bonaparte has said that he regarded his duties in the matter as merely min isterial, and that unless some glaring error should have passed the superin- tendent's notice, he will approve the action of Admiral Sands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Shipping News.

New York. Jan S.-Arrived: Steam CTS Statendam, Rotterdam; sailed: steamer Noordam, Boulogne and Rot terdam
 Glasgow, Jan. S.-Arrived: Steamer Astoria, New York.
 Liverpool, Jan. 3.-Arrived: Steam CTS Oceanic. New York via Queenstown.
 Antwerp, Jan. 3.-IArTived: Steamer Finland, New York via Dover.
 Bremen, Jan. 3.-Arrived: Steamer Main, New York
 Naples, Jan. 3.-Arrived: Steamer Prinz Adalbert, New York for Genoa Sand proceeded).
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
DOMINICAN REVOLUTION.
Twenty-Five Killed and Many Wounded
 at Puerta Plata.

Washington, Jan. S.-The state de- partment has received a cablegram from Puerta Plata giving an account of the uprising there. It says:
 Revolution has broken out here late to-day (Tuesday). General Rodriguez fought his way into town and then re- tired. Not less than twenty-five killed and many wounded, General Cespedes holding the fort. Still fighting
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
FRANCE AND GERMANY
 BOTH PREPARE FOR WAR
REASON OF LATTER,S ORDER
 FOR 20, GOO FREIGHT CARS.

Belief That in Quietly and Secretly In-
 creasIng Efficiency of Army in View
 of Possible Rupture Over Morocco
 the Country's Supply Was Found In-
 sutIicIent--A Bold Answer to French
 Statements of Preparedness.
 Washington, Jan. 3.-Nelther the American ambassador to France nor the like official to Berlin could treat of the situation which now exists between France and Germany in any report which could be published here without involving them into troff5ie. But it is believed the explanation of Germany's last movement. ordering 10000 freight cars at a cost of $5O,5oOO, 600 to be de- lvered by the middle of February, is to be found in the fact that last July, when the Morocco situation developed an acute phase. the French general staff discovered that the entire army, especially the transportation facilities, was not ill condition justifying Franco in adopting an aggressive atti- tude, So the negotiations suddenly as- sumed a mild tone. and have dragged along up to this time. Meanwhile the general staff went to work with great assiduity to correct the evils which had developed, with the result that within the past ten days it was discovered that in the opinion of military experts, the French army is in better condi- tioh than at any period in his history. The mobilization has been strengthen- ed, so that vast bodies of troops can be collected at the populous centers, and transported to the frontier posts in an incredibly short period of time.
 It is believed here by officials who have kept close watch on the situation, | that the Germans have likewise been quietly, and, as far as possible, secret | ly, Increasing the efficiency of their army But when the internal resources l failed in the matter of producing a sufficient number of military railway cars and 1t became necessary for the German government to go to foreign countries for the needed supply, 1t was patent that such an order could not be concealed. So to make the best of the situation, this news of the placing of the vast order for transportation ma- terial wac boldly announced from Ber- lin, as an answer to the French unof- ficial statements as to the prepared ness of France for military action.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Yale Defeated.

Charlottesville, Ind, Jan. S.-The Wa bash college basket ball team defeated the Yale university team at the Y. M. c. A. auditorium tonight by a. score of 24 to 8. The game was rough from the start and was marked by many fouls, which benefited the local team.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
REQUEST TOR RESPITE.
Made of Governor Higgins in Behalf of
 Patrick,

Albany, N. r., Jan. Ex-Governor Hig gins was requested to-day to grant a respite to Albert T. Patrick, who is un- der sentence to be executed during the week of January 22 for the murder of the aged millionaire, William M. Rice of New York city. The request was made by Former United States Senator Lindsay and A. c. Shenstone, who have been retained to represent Patrick, ow- ing to the illness of Former Senator D. B. Hill, in order to give them sufficient time to examine the record in the case for the purpose of perfecting an appeal to the supreme court of the United States. Governor Higgins has not yet decided what he will do.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
SPRINGFIELD CHURCH BURNED.
Fire Captain Killed and Fireman Seri-
 OusIy Injured.

VuSAS AAJuACUs
 Springfield, Mass. Jan. 3.-Captain Sidney Bowers of engine No. was kill ed and Frank L. Hines, a fireman, was seriously injured in an incendiary fire which completely destroyed the High land Baptist church tonight. The fire started in an adjoining barn, in which fires had been set twice previously in the last two months. Twice during the last two years fires have been discover ed in the chapel of the church.
 Captain Bowers and three firemen were in the barn when the roof fell in. The three firemen were pulled out, but it was impossible to reach Bowers. Af- ter the fire was under control search was made for Captain Bowers body, but only the head was found. The church, which cost about $60,0O0, was dedicated in 1893. The insurance is about $40,00O
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
VIII Attempt to End strike.

New York. jan. S-Offieers of the Housesmiths' and Rridgemen's union announced to-day that an effort will be made to extend the strike of the structural iron workers to all big cities throughout the country. The strike is for an increase of pay from S4.5O to $5 day. The independent employers have granted an increase but the iron league, representing seventy of the large build ing employing firms in the country, have refused to grant the demands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Woman Killed and Man Shot Through
 Eye

New York, Jan. 3.-During a pistol battle tonight in the rear room of a saloon in upper Second avenue, kept by Frank Romando, an Italian woman named Saveria Cozza, twenty-five years old, was killed. Pietro Cervasi, who said he was engaged to be married to the woman, was shot through the eye and has but a slight chance for recov- cry. Romando, who, it is said, also ad- mired the girl, made his escape from the place before the police arrived. It is believed the woman was ulintention- ally shot during the fusilade.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
waIlingford Boy Drowned

WalIingford, Jan S.-William Lereux, the fifteen year old son of Mrs. Annie Lereux of 12O North Cherry street was drowned in Community lake this after noon He skated on thin ice and broke through. Lereux sank almost imme- diately and his body was recovered an hour later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION
RUSSIA ASKED TO EXPLAIN Ro-
 JESTVENSKY,S WORDS.

burg Acts Without Awaiting Instruc-
 tions from Reconsideration Caused
 by Defeated Admiraps Assertion that
 British Fleet Was in Readiness to
 Destroy Russian if Togo Failed.
 St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-Mr. Spring. Rice, the British charge d'affaires, without waiting for instructions from his government, demanded an explana- ton from Foreign Minister La1nsdorff this afternoon of the statements com tained in the Admiral Rojestvensky's $ letter to the Novoe Vremya. The ad- miral makes the remarkable allegation that the British fleet was held in readi- ness to destroy, the Russian fleet if the battle of the Sea of Japan had gone in the Russians favor.
 The charge that the British admiral concentrated his, ships at Wei-hai-wei expecting to receive an order to destroy the Russians in the event of Admiral Togo proving unequal to the task has aroused considerable sensation in dip lomatlc circles, the more so as Admiral Rojestvensky's letter was published with the minister's permission.
 Admiral Rojestvensky's account of his tactics in the battle of the sea of Japan is calculated to convince the reader that the Russian commander out-maneuvered Admiral Togo at every point, and was himself the real victor. He declares that he knew Admiral Togo's exact whereabouts two days be- fore the battle, made his dispositions accordingly, and entered the fight with his eyes open. The admiral only cas- ually states in the course of his letter that the minister of marine is investi- gating the causes of the catastrophe in order to determine whether the com mander shall be court-martialed for the loss of the fleet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
REDUCED TWELVE NUMBERS.
Lieutenant Who Requested Sergeant
 to Vacate His Seat.

New York, Jan. S,-For requesting an under officer to change his seat at a theater First Lieutenant Roy I. Taylor, of the Coast artillery, is reduced in rank twelve numbers. He was tried by court-martial last week and the verdict was announced to-day. The offense was committed at theater in New London, Conn.,, where a sergeant of Taylor's company, who was in uniform, vacated a seat at the request of Lieu tenant Taylor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
CROP REPORT.
Winter Wheat Region Has Suffered
 Little Because of Lack of Snow.


 Little Because of Lack of Snow. Washington, Jan. S.-The weather bu- reau's monthly summary of crop condi- tions is as follows:
 In the southern states the month was much colder than usual, with excessive precipitation, and was generally unfa- vorable for farming operations. Over the middle and southern plateau re- gions the month was abnormally cold, with less than the usual precipitation in these districts and also throughout the Pacific coast states. As a whole, the weather conditions were mild and favorable to agricultural interests throughout the northern portions of the country from the Atlantic to the Pa cific.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Thefts from BOurder Alleged.

Christopher Hardt, a brakeman about twenty-three years old, was arrested yesterday by Detective Dorman on a charge of theft. He is charged with stealing a gold ring and sweater to the value of S10 from boarder at his former boarding place, GA Minor street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
Negroes for Greek Letter Fraternity.

Columbia, O., Jan. S.-The First Ma tional Greek letter college fraternity to be founded by colored students was or ganized to-day at the Ohio State uni versity by eleven colored students. It is called Pi Gamma omicron.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

New York, Jan. S.-The resignations of James w. Alexander and James Hazen Hyde from the directorate of the Fidelity Trust company and the Union National bank of Newark, N J., were accepted to-day. Their success ors will be elected next Tuesday,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
FRENCH MILITARY ACTTVITY.
One Explanation of It--Change of
 Methods of Ministers.

Paris, Jan. 3.--The ambassador of one of the powers said to-day that careful inquiry had convinced him that the re- cent revival of French military actiy- ity, which has given rise to alarmist re- ports, was due mainly to a change from 
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ResignatIons Accepted.

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PISTOL BATTLE IN SALOON

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