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Show " jumnr" i, fULASSeCIATED PRESS - IflECBAPlilC I NO. VOL. EIU.1 SERVICE mil 354 OGDEN CITY, UTAH, MONDAY MORNING. Metre MU at dawn November 28. according to dispatches from TfVto, the souths eMsin summit of occupi-- d tliv M!1 at 7 o'clock in the e ciung of November 30 and the northwestern ummlL an hour later. A diapatrh from Chefoo December 18 an id that the seven Russian, Flat in Heart of City Fitted With Dumthe truthfulness of the Japanese my Counters and Snelveo Six findofficial reports which told of the Under Arrest, and Plunder fleet ing of several ships of the Russian Recovered. that had been cunk. but Commander Mizzenoff in Ms Interview makes no San Francisco. Pec. IS. the police mention of the bombardment from 203 have fnund, t of Sau right in tl Metre hill or of the resultant disabling what they .1, lure in a school Fraud.'.), Russian of tbe warships. In that H'liml women, of But for the confusion as to the date, it I shoplifting. been tangiii with painshare said, and it was tiepin, he says, the attack care tn go into i lie big stores would eeetn that hU dramatic story taking steal cloths and grmc,ita steal and mountain. reters to the battle of High them with such skill that a at oiAn effort, is being made to clarify the lman's eye would not be able to detect foregoing. them in' the act. And tins is no story nf Fagin and bia school for piekpiickeis GENERAL STOESSEL REPORTS no tale from tiie brain of a novellHt REVERSES AND SUCCESSES. but a hard fact in the Christian city of San Francisco and in the unimaginative 18. year of 19t4. General Doc. St. Petersburg, Thia school, where, the police allege, Stoeseel'a dispatches to the emperor, crime waa taught by criminals, waa in which were received Friday night, flat D at 313 iarkia stieet, between were given out today. The first is Turk street. Thai ia no dated November 25, and is as follows: noisomeanddenEddy up' a reeking alley. It ia a T am happy to inform your majesty mndernflat, on a modern rtreet, with that on November 20. after aa incable cars continually clanging by. It ia atthe bombardment creased Japanese not far from the great City Hall, tacked one of the forts on the north- where the solemn Judges sit dispensing a poreastern front and leaped with But when the police tion of tho forces on the parapet. variegated Justice. pounced upon Ihe place they arrested and fire rifle were annihilated by They six persons there three men and three the bayonet, and thrown back into the women the instructor and the pupils. trenches. Their reserve were scatThe women were lizzie Pierce, tered by ahrapncl. Bertha Allen and Maria IVagstaff. The From November 21 to November men were 8. II. Hock, J. Wagstaff a'ad 23 the enemy violently bombarded L. C. Robertson the last uatned said the fort and In spite of great kisses to hold a position as Janitor in the effected by their perseverance a pass- city hall. The six are now on the age between two forts on the north- detinue hook, while the police ere lookeastern front. ing further into their method. At 5:30 oclock in the evening of Already gixala worth flJtoO have been r Nnven-,le23, after heavy firing the recovers! good that the pupil of that Japanese suddenly hurled themselvra school of crime had lifted, the detectives against several works on this front say. from tbe counters of IVeinstock, and seized a portion of the trenches, Ltibln Co., Pragera, the Emporium but they were thrown back by the re- and R. D. Davia ft Co. of this city and serves after a fierce bayonet struggle. the Eastern Outfitting Co., nf Oakland. more. They returned to the assault at The search goes on for When Lizzie Pierce was arrexted she midnight and again occupied a part of the trenches, but were annihilated by sparkled with diamonds worth at least $1,000. She said they had been given to our bayonets. At 2 oclock in the morning all her by her former husband. The police was over and your majesty's heroic are of opinion that she lifted them troops were able to rest sad started as she lifted valuable articles at wearThe loot of the gang waa repairing the damage ransud by tbe ing apparel. secured Inside of two weeks, so soma bombardment. be had nf the industry of the "From the 20th to the 24th ths Jap- idea may of that strange school. anese lost more than. 2,0tm men. Ail pupils Two weeks ago tbe flat was rented. It of our troops behaved as heroes. The was at once fitted up with dummy following distinguished counters and shelves. On these were especially General Kongdratenko, themselves: dry goods and garment. The Nikitin, (commander of the artillery), placed men the women ieaeouB in how gave and Gorbatowsky, and Lieutenant-Colone- l the to take goods and garment from Kaoumenko (a doxen other off- the shelves and counters. While ths icers in lower grades are mentioned men stood off like watchmen in a store, in ths dispatch). Hie women walked up and down, tak"Bombardment of the town and har- ing the things sad eecrcting them bor continues daily. A number of build under their garments. If they bungled Inga have been destroyed and the haro the men could detect them in the act, bor baa sustained some damage. The they were forced to try again and again. garrisons are Jn excellent spirits." Just as students are made to go over In other dispatches dated November and over some task on which limy limv 28, General Stoessel says: tumbled. When the women acini with The 26th and 27th were the blood- superior skill making it impossible to iest days in the assaults on Port Ar- detect them at their work, they were thur. The attacks began on the ajghl encouraged and applauded. The women becume o expert that of the 25th on our left flank near Pigeon Bay. The first waa repulsed they rould secrete under their clothinga with great loss to the Japanese. Tbe heavy blanket and give no token to same night tbe enemy attacked a de- watching eye that anything waa amts. tachment on Panlnng mountain, but The blankets were ths- ultima! e test. When they could be secured the pupil was ready for graduation into tiie prac(Continued on Page 3.) tices of crime. The woman who could grab a. blanket with three men on watch without being caught in the act was turned out as a skilled shoplifter. And so tbe srnonl of shoplifting waa conducted right in the center of the city, on the street with the cable can, ana not far from Hie great city hall where the Judges ait But. the trained eye of Detective Ryan and Welter had found that there was more than ihe usual shoplifting in the crowded store. They soon were on a trail. On Wednesday night they arrested Idzzie Pierce in all her glitter of diamonds, and S. H. Hock. Then they slowly unravelled the threed of the strange story of the school of DISCOVER THIEVES 203 JSCHOOL cuti-flrm- ed h.-ti- Assault on High Hill Noted for Slaughter Disclosed a Ghastly Picture More Infernal Than Dante's -- Stoessel Reports Loss of 203 Meter Hill arid Damage to the Fleet. 1 s- Chefoo, Dee. 18 For ferocity end oaiainni desperation on both sides, of High the struggle for the posse-ski-n Rill was probably the moat remarkable In the history of the siege of Port siege noted for slaughter. This siatenwnt i based on an interview which the correspondent of tho Preen had with Commander Awx-latelp Miuenoff, executive officer of the Poltava up to the time that veisel was disarmed and who, aa already told, bended the party of seven Russians who left Port Arthur in a mil boat on December 13 and after extreme suffering while crossing in a driving snowstorm arrived here December 16 bearing dispatches which wrv turned over to the Russian consul for transmission to St. Petersburg. Thesa d laps tehee, it is understood, enosiai partly of a statistical report of ths effect of the Japanese bombard-men- u and there is nothing in them to iadicats that General Stoessel la without hop that the fortress will be able to hold ant. Commander Mizzenoff, who was wounded In the leg during the battle of High Hill, said to the Associated rims correspondent: "Since the Japanese on lhe28lli began their attack on High Hill, which they tall 263 Meter hill the lighting has been continuous. The sleep and sandy slopes of ths hill were streaked and dotted with enow when tbe Japanese began ths battle which was destined to furnish so many deeds of heroism that they bname common place. There wni u much slaughter that even Port Arthurs veterans ehuds dared at the eight, The Japanese were compelled to clamber up the elopes of the MU, in many case, without firing, in the face of one of the moat murderous deluges aver poured from rifles and machine tuna. I was there and it aeetned to me ihit flesh and blood would be u nab I a to Hand our fire for a minute. "The enemy went down in squads and nmpaniea, but always there were olh ire grimly coming forward. Their bravery was beyond praise, as waa that of oar own men. Sometimes tbe lighting wee hand to hud, with the muzzles of the rifle, at the breast of the the bayonets being usud as hat-tleA- iA iworda. "The Hides of with bodies and with the hill were strewn the enow wee crimson of the wounded, some .of the Mood had crawled into It, seeking In fa coldness surcease for their dying vhnm .a . RUSSIANS ABANDON BATTLESHIPS. Tukio. Dec. 19, 10 a. m. Official report state that the Russians at Port Arthur have abandoned the battleships Peresviet, Poltava, Pobleda and Rctvlzan and the cruisers Pallada and Bay an. a made many awful mistakes and beyond fluubt heaps of bodies containing helpless wounded were shoved in masses in the pits and trenches. "J lie Japanese in the darkness and in their feverish liaste were unable to distinguish between the dead and ths ' wounded. Sigircely an nffirer participating in the battle of High hill escaped unhurt, and. the proportion of young officers killed was very high. It is not clear whether Commander Mizzenoff's story refers to the fighting on 203 Metre hill or to that on High mountain mentioned in dispatches from Chefoo and St. Petersburg on October 5. In these latter 'dispatches High mountain a as described as being 30 feet high, facing Pigeon Bay and slightly south of Fort Etse. According to the Si. Petersburg dispatch, the farts were taken from an offirial report by General Stoessel, a desperate assault .by the Japanese from September 19 i'o September 23 was directed chiefly against High mountain, which, had it fallen would have given them a tremendous lever against the chain of inner defense. The Japanese, the dispatch said, displayed a frenzied bravery, but they lost J 0,000 men and their only success waa the capture of two redoubts guarding tbe waterworks. Tbe Cbefoo dispatch asi,l that on September 24 and September 23 the Japanese made repeated and desperate attempts to. capture High . mountain drawing the Russians from their shelters and working havoc among them. The mountainside was strewn with mingled Russian and Japanese bodies and the boulders were trickling with blond. The 8t. Petersburg dispatch said that a day or two after, according to a second dispatch from General Stoessel dated September 80, the Japanese resumed their bombardment The Japanese began the storming of gurnet. "Eventually, as in similar Instance vhiih were to follow,' we retired, leaving the work of driving the enemy from i be summit to the resixtiers guns of the elghborlng fort, notably those of Utotl mountain. "One incident of this assault will re-aforever Impress'd on my mind. When the Japanese . standard-beare- r ln the summit and planted hit a gigant Ic Russian corporal, left f. bia retreating comrades and rushing baik seize, the Japanese flag, wliirh he was with his hands and with tearing hia teeth when he fell, pierced with wreral bullets. "When the Japanese retired under a heavy artillery lire, the Russians occupied the summit. "The second and third assaults were wplicas of the first, although the aec-"o- d nas the moat ferocious, being all hand to band lighting, in blch mercy was neither asked nor t Demonstrators Dispersed With Sabres and Volleys Did. not Succeed in Drawing Working Men Into the Disturbance. Moscow given. A remarkable Incident occurred 'fl assault as the Russians, still 'cingi the enemy, retreated. A Jap-'a- n holding hia flag "Mt. climlied the pinnacle and fell d clutching the colors. In hia tracks other arose with the colors, only to I instantly with a dozen wounds in J '"'ly- - Six others followed and 5n ? fate. At last, when nm'b mn a Russian oncer exclaimed appeared Dont shoot that e flag; it will be planted toyhow." 'he third clard-beare- r, Moscow, Dec. 18. The polios and Cossacks today dispersed a demonstration of 3,000 students who had assembled on the principal streets and in front of the governor's place. Three hundred of the students were arrested and sixty were injured. SHOPS TURNED INTO HOSPITALS. fol-th- "The Japanese adopted a curioui wtwnt. which assisted them gr fWrd assault. They had b,P Piles of wood, coal tosialks. which they ignited, b"K In the faces of the Tbe f'onli era immediate rmoke compelled the Russian ,ar rtZa? from thia fir flhaatly picture more into dreamed by Dante, aKu,ts thus far had ca it t at 12.000 deaths for the em ,n the Russians was h iE J?- J des of the hill were The trenches i rhi ,h.bodiesb,ood- Evry visible V'S, crfmn. 1 Xlonr.W n,mkt the h,n " 'bUt the 1,1,1 !l to ywiissr" ,ben numerous small Wient.T ,d M XI bepn WI6ed, but the ,r,,p;v'np ,be 1 r; !. S r ' 3Sau:t, S' V boors was agreed upon 111 b'ir nf "T to v. dea'1 lii'r i ' 'b great speed was neros 1 ' Japanese undoubtedly H-.- succeed In drawing the working from the factories into the and after many collisions the firing blank volleys and charging their sabres, ihe crowds finally i dispersed. Many were wounded more were arrested. As for as u none of tbe rioters was killed, policeman i reported fatally tail. Many on both sides were roughly lied. ic authorities knew in advance that and many ble was Impending les along the Tverskaia street were tally guarded. vrral squadrons of mounted Gcnu-e- s were concealed in the court yards ouses, ready for an emergency. Tbe in rd began to collect at mid-da- y VersVaia street, students, young and women mixing with the The thoroughfare wss soon of . humanity jested with a mas h converged on Strastnin square, aaaem- -. p three thousand persons rariy-flag- s. and clubs manv armed with Tlie crowd, singing moved. Ser-trd the Palace of Grand Duke of Moscow. the governor-gener.e pr lice attempted to thick the In t, whereupon the trouble began the broke through crowd Tbe on and one policeman was Knocked a and. It is thought, fatally hurt, ittmllons of police were brought up to reinforce their com ouble-quic- k dis-an- re e gen-pubf- eng tor keeping the Japs 11,11 ,n torr '"11n,lnk gnus thereon has W. tn tii shrapnel fire tiM.TnfJ tb Janane-- e, wh(f eMelv r. r,, rt ,rTe .v Xnrt-i- r fr- o- 1,1 Dec. 18. This city was the e of revolutionary rioting today, isbly 6,000 persons actually partlri-- d. Fortunately, the agitators did tcW. al t rades. Sticks and atones ware freely used by tbe mob and the police, under orders of (heir chief, fired several blank volleys, while mounted men charged, using the flats of their swords. The mob stubbornly, but finally broke and sought shelter In the side street Many of the demons! ratoiw paraded In inside streets In smaller flags and singing. A group, waving crowd of COO collected la front of the theatre where revolutionary flags were hMsted amid shouts of Long live freedom. The police were not prepared at this point and the crowd, gathering in volume, moved from the square to Negli-n- a afreet and Koominestlki bridge; the chief street of Moscow, where the police met them. Another stubborn fight ensued, ending with throe blank volleys and sabre charges. The disturbance continued at isolate ed spots through the afternoon. Many simps were turned into hospitals where the wounded were temporu-arll-y cored for. The workmen held aloof from the demonstration, employers having given them warning that would be any who participated dismissed. SOCIALISTS REFRAIN FROM DEMONSTRATIONS. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18. The reported disturbances were today confined to Moscow. Tbe Socialists Revolutionary party in 8t. Peieraburg has decided to abstain from further demonstrations, many of the leaders having been nr wounded on December 11. and no further trouble Is likely unices mobsr-rt- ed ilization of reserves Is prorJaimed for this city in the event of the tall of Port Arthur. Meanwhile, a group of lawyers is collecting evidence upon which they purpose to Institute proceedings against the polire for the alleged ill treatment (Continued on rage 3.) shop-liftin- g. a sharp 618 Larkin evening they made Last descent upon the fist st street There, midst the dummy counters and shelves they arrested Bertha Allen, Maria Wag.talf, J. Wagstaff and L. C. Robertson. BANK OFFICIAL ARRESTED Search of Hia Effects Disclosed Sue pectsd Identity Was President of Elkhom Valley Bank. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 18. A man giving tim name of J. A. Bryan was arrested here today and a search of his effects disclosed his suspected identity, which he later admitted, as Bernard B. MrGreevy, of ONeill. Neb., late president of the Elkhorn Valley bank, which closed its door the night before Tbanke-givin- g. MrGreevy den lei taking any money and say he will go bark without a requisition. He ia a dignified look'ng man of about 60 and baa been here since December 4, end was under surveillance by Detective McDonald for several days before he arrested him. UNEARTHED MORE FRAUD Expert Hamma Will Report a Majority of Democratic Votes Cast in Precinct Throe of Donvor Fraudulent. Denver, Dec. 18. Expert llamma has examined the ballots of precinct 3, ward 4. submitted to him yesterday by the supreme court and will report tomorrow that 240 of the 371 ballots found in tbe box are apparently fraudulent. Of these 235 are Democratic and 5 Republican. William J. Klndel, supreme court watcher, has testified that City Detective William Green, one of the four men on trial tor contempt of court, In thix precinct. iritrurtd repeaters, many of whom weie women, K3NDAY USD TUESDAY PRICE FIVE CENTS DECEMBER 19, 1904. but did net iu any manner imerfete with the watrlici dr vutcr in general. Alva Adam. IVmocratic candidate for governor, ha lost 1,152 of hi plurality of 5.275 in this ru'.i:y by the ''linn of the supieme court in ordering the election euuuniion to eliminate five piecincts from the returns. Hi plurality in tiie state still simple about lu.oeo. By the supreme courts orders, the Democrats lose Hire senator who were apparently eleclrd iu this city and Hie Republicans gain control 'of both branches of the legislature with a of tliiity on Joint ballot. They are planning to submit to the legislature evidence nf frauds in Denver au4 ask that body to declare Governor Peabody elected. The supreme court is to Im reorganized April 4 uexl by consuliilation with the appellate court and will consist of seven Judaea, two of whom era to be appointed by ihe governor. mm CANAL AND ITS ENGINEERING TASKS nia-J'-rl- ty HOLIDAY RECESS Nsxt Wednesday Legislators to Soloct a Building Whare Inaugural Ball ia to bo Held. Will Comatsncs Chief of Isthmian Canal Commission Supplies Valuable Data to House Committee- - Three Plans and Approximate Costs. Elaborates on Washington, Dec. 18. John F. Wallace, chief of tbe Isthmlsa Canal Commission, has given the house rumiult-te- e on interstate and foreign commerce the benefit of his Investigation so far etude regarding ihe engineering tasks to Ih pmrlornied in the construction of the Panama canal. The tell-ntuuwaa taken aboard tha army transport Sumner in Colon harbor on the occasion of (be recent visit of the committee to the renal zone. It is to be printed for the use of Congress. The Asstx'iaied 1resn baa been given tiie iicudlt of the testimony In advance of Ha publication through the courtesy nf Chairman Hepburn and Mr. Cusbmaud of the romudssiou. Before taking up in detail the tour distinct canal propositions which are being considered by him, and one which he is lo report to tho canal commission, Mr. Wallare made this explanation of the general problem: The Isthmus Is traversed by a mountain range, the summit of which is approximately 12 miles from tue Pacific and 35 miles from the Caribbean. Originally, a gorge evidently existed from the carrilwan, near Colon, to the vicinity of Gamboa and extended beyond that point iu an easterly direction, forming tiie upper basin ot Ihe Chsgres river. t After filling this gorge with sn alluvial deposit the Chsgres bs swung itself from one sido of tbo valley to the other. The result is that Uie thread nf tbe original gorge cannot be followed ur fouud from surface indications and it la unly by drilling to bedrock that exact information of any particular locality can be obtained. The presence of bouldera in Gila alluvial deposit alto explains the reason why engineers, not taking time to go into the rock far enough to determine its actual character, have been misled into thinking (hey had truck bed rock. To determine I lie moat, feasible plan for Ihe construction of the canal will require' a most careful and comprehensive examination not only of surface condition, but the must be explored. After following the survey of the rhagres to Gamboa, (he line of the canal follows a tributary called the Obispo lip the summit of Cti'clirs and thence follows down the vallev of tha Rio Grande into (he bay of fonania. Ths summit of Culebra wsa originally almul 8u0 feel above tiie sea level and is tbs lowest point ia tbe divide along the entire length of the Isthmus of Panama. The plan of tbe former y Washington. .Dec. 18. The senate will adjourn on Wednesday for tha Christmas holidays and no businexs will be attempted up to that time. A large number of tha arnatnra already have left, for their homes to spend the holiday and there is an understanding that immediately after being railed to order on Monday the senate will adjourn until Wednesday and that Wednesday's proceedings will ha confine.! to the mere formalities. Po'-after the senate reconvenes in, January the committee on appropriations will report ths legislative appropriations bill. Other supply measures will follow apeediy. HOUSE MAT NOT HAVE A QUORUM. Washington, Dec. 18. The exodus of members from tha house and city since the adjournment on Friday indicates tha( Ihe lower branch of emigre will be. without a quorum when it mreta tomorrow:. Should this be tiie case, and should any mamlier make the point on the floor of the chamber, the only thing that, ran lie done, is to adjourn from day to dy until Wednesday whan the Christmas holiday recaw until January 4 begin. The qiieatiun nf where the inaugural ball shall be held Is Ihe only matter of legislation In sight in the, house for the week. This will come up under suspension of the rules, on a motion from Morrell of PennsylRepresent stive vania. The senate has proposed the pension office and (be house congressional library. There are indicat ion that a deadlock has been readied on the matter and that when it lx again the caplto building will be proposed aa a compromise. ed FORMALLY TAKE COMMAND. Mukden, Dec. 18. General Kuropat-kln-, on December 17 at a parade of all GENERALS the available troops, fOrntauy Invested Generals Grippeaberg, Unevilch and Raulbsrs with the command of their respective erodes. sub-siirfa- i-r commlsdon provided for a dam of practically J0U feet in height above sea level at Buhki, with a ware." level of P0 feet alawe sea level. This place waa selected on accottiit of the fart that at that poiut the hills on either aids of tiie cliagrea come comparative! v cloaa together, lieiug about fifteen hundred feet apart and from tbe surface indications it retired a favorable place for the const ruction of a dnin. But the Indications are that this locality would he an unfavorable and expensive one for the construction of a high dam. The first pliin to bn considered, tha one esliviatcd uism by tha former coin, missfiiii ia tha possibility und prohu-bili- ty iff a high dam or proper foundation for a high dam at Boh In, upon rt which deiMunl the advisability of lug's high level canal, with the etirfsce of the water 90 foot above sea ron-Htru- level. The second plan under summit level of sixty feet above is eea level. Constructing a cansl on this plan admits of two different methods: Find, the construction of a dam sixty feet above ta level at Buhin, with two lock of 30 feet, there being two locKt oa the western slope; aeroni, the construction of a dam sixty feet above tea level at Uutvu, eight miles from Colon locks In tha same with Iwu vicinity. The adoption of a sixty foot level ilo will render It necessary to ron-trua dam at Gamlnta in order to 30-fo-ot et provide a reservoir to accumulate water enough during the wet season la furnish water for (ha summit level of tiie cun!. Jlie construction of a dum t Gamboa in this connection would also control tho Chagres river except that It would he necessary to provide a by the cnntnictlon of safety spill-waa tunnel some eight miles in length through tlis divide, discharging the Surplus' wafer of tho Chagres into tho of tiie Juan Diaz, or tbe headwater alternative plan of constructing a tun- nd four miles Ion? through ths divide, ' separating the Chagres basin from the headwaters of the Uutuncllio, a stream that enters Into tha Cliagrea valley of Oatun. Should this latter course ba adopted It would ba neressary to construct an auxiliary channel tor tha Cha-gn- -a to divert its flood waters into tha ' bay westward of Colon. The third general plan under consideration would lie the construct ion of a canal with a thirty foot level above the aea with a single lock at Miraflorea, and a single lock at Bohio. or In tbs immediate vicinity; the construction of ths Gamboa dam lo be required iu this instance tbe same a In ths rixty foot y, level plan. The fourth would be the coneu level with a tidal lock at Mirnflnres. In this connection it is ncccswry to explain that while tha mcAu sea level of Ihe Fneiflu and the CarlbbeNn are the same. ilgb tide In I lie bay of Panama rises tftIeet above mean w level and falls ten feet below; whereas, the fluctuation nf tha tide of the Caribbean at Colon i less than two struction nf a TERRIFIC GALE STRIKES CAUSE SERIOUS RIOTING cached EilRECESI (fttlHEJ ATLANTIC COAST plan feel. Tup run! ruction nf a dam at Gsmlma s, aa noted with Ihe necessary in the, previous plan, would be tha ssnie spill-way- under tin- sea level plan as ugjer tiie thirty nr sixty font level. The 'const ruet ion of tiie Gamboa dam would provide the water supply for the entire line of rtie ranal including the cities of Panama and Union. It alo would iirovlde a power plant for the generation of electric power sufficient in furnish ample power for he operation of the Panama railroad and for the operation of any machinery Unit might be used in the construction of the canal. It would require two vesrs to construct this dam, and roughly estimated its cost, including would be between fifteen and sixteen million dollars, not including the power plant. Asked by members of the commission for an estimate of the cost for tha vsrinu plans, Mr. Wallura said the best estimate that could be made ut present would lie based on the estimate of the former commission of 3200.0G0.-iKfor a ninety font level canal. Figuring, with this for a basis, .the sixty foot level would coxt $225,000.0(10, could be open for traffic in tea years, nd fully completed In twelve years; the thirty foot level would cost ns open for traffic In twelve years and completed ta fifteen years; would cost $300,000.0(10, ihe could be open for traffic in fifteen years and completed in twenty years. Mr. Wallace hinted that the excavation of the Culebra cut was the feature of the excavation of the canal that took ft me. Ha sold: Upon the eixmomlcal and efficient handling of material from Culebra depends the cost and time ft would taka to complete the canaL Every other dinahe and Inferior to the problem connected with the entire work is subordinate anil inferior to tha problem of the excavation and disposal ot tha matter from the Culebra cut; that is the principal problem of this work. Work Is now going on in tha cut. one American steam shovel and aome French machinery being ta operation. Answering a question about the operation of a sea level canal Mr. Wallace said: A era level ranal would be toss expensive to maintain and les expensive to operate and It could ba widened when desired without interfering with traffic." - Dense Snow Storms With High Winds Pre- vents Lights Being Seen at a Boat's Schooners ran on Length- a Standstill --M- any Shore--Traffi- cat New York. Dec. 18. The snowstorm end gale whifc struck the coast yesterday afternoon and continued until ihe early hours of this morning ws tbe mot violent that has occurred for several years. Report from New Jersey and New England manta and from incoming slesraers tell of numerous disasters. Tiie American liner Kt. rani, which arrived today, rejxmed heavy gales and high ness during the whole voyage. Most of the Bound Steamers were lot e in arriving at their piers. In the rivers and in the harbors the traffic was almost at a standstill. So heavy wss the snow fall that the lights rould not be seen on tiie rlvoro a boat's length ahead and the ferry boats and other craft proceeded at a diminished peed, blowing whistles and making way slowly and cautiously through the blinding storm. In the afternoon the wont her cleared and with ths coming of bright sunshine Central Park and the Speedway were thronged with sleigh. Three feet of snow on the level woe the record storm In the cost of Long trains were deIsland and os a ro-u-lt layed. One train bound west from 8ag Harbor is still stalled in tbe Shinne-ooc- k hills. practically at a efandetill. The storm began at midnight last night and abated at. noon today. Oil a level tho simiw L more than two feet in depth, whlto a strong wind has plied up drifts that block the streets. T he first train Trout Boston was five hours 1st. Tiie Fall River line steamer from New York woe untight 4n the storm and reached here five hours late. WIRES WERE DOWN. Boston, Dec. 18. A Blizzard of severity prevailed today along the Southern New England coast. Wires along Cape Cod were prostrated and there has been no communication south of Ware-haby land lines since early this morning. g The captain of the Watch Hill Station reported that when the storm cleared this forenoon three barges were seen ashore on tne south side of Fishers Island. It is believed the erews were taken off. Life-savin- SCHOONER ON SHORE-CRRESCUED. EW Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 18. A schooner said to be the Lizzie H. Bray-tofrom Baltimore to Providence, is on shore off Bay Head Lifessvtng Station. The Bay Head lifesaving crew rescued ihe crew. Muntokrklng Lifesaving Station reports an explosion in an oil steamer off that station this afternoon. It is believed the crew escaped. n STORM DRIVES SCHOONERS ON SHORE. Wood Hole. Mess., Dec. 18. A tug from Vineyard Haven late this afternoon reported that the wind drove fifteen schooners, anchored in the harbor, on fhore, while others were damaged to a considerable extent. As far ss couhl tie learned no lives were lost. TRAFFIC PRACTICALLY AT STANDSTILL Newport. R. I., Dec. IS As a result of tiie worst blizzard that has visited Newpurl'in mapy yraro, ail traffic is PORTE REPLIES TO NOTE. epill-way- fl, $250.-000.0- Constantinople, Dec. 19. The Porte has replied to notes from Austria and Russia that its object In increasing officers for the Macedonian grns-- d sun-eri- e Cleveland. Dec. 18. The exsmlnre was on the ground Gist the us; ive tlon of Mrs. Chadwick in tbe bankpopulation would olherwine have been ruptcy proceedings against her is set disturbed. lor tomorrow. v |