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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefe, Publishers
ALLIANCE
NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Bella Cole, tho American singer, 1b
critically ill in London.
Tho Now York Times bulldlns, Just
eccuplcd, la thlrty-ono stories high.
A member of the Iowa delegation
at Washington suggests a new plan
for government control of freight
rates.
Florenco Mitchell shot and killed
XSla Swisher during a danco at a
rotuttwa&o, three miles from. Logons
port, tad.
Colorado supromo court decides
that Investigation of alleged election
Irregularities bo on extensive scnlo
demanded by republicans.
The British consul's rcsldenco out
Hide et Tangier was attacked by Insur
gents during tho night of January 4.
Guards drovo tho attackers away.
M. Scherbatoff, the reactionary
president of tho Imperial Agricultural
society of Russia, has realgnod be
cause of tho opposition to his courso.
Tho plaguo district In tho Ural re
gion has been cordoned by Cossacks
And tbo dlscnso has been localized.
Tho mortality has rapidly decreased.
A national board to exorclso super
vision and control over corporations
is provided for In a bill Introduced In
tho Benato by Senator Hepburn of
Iowa.
Chief Justlco Albert Mason' of tho
Massachusetts superior court, died at
his rcsldenco in Drookllne, Mass., of
pneumonia. Ho had boen ill about ten
days.
Senator Hepburn has Introduced a
bill for the control of corporations,
suggesting a new department to bo
known as "national board of corpora
tlons."
Benjamin W. Thomns, 83 ycara old,
prominently known both In Europe
and America bocauae of his sclontlflo
Investigations nnd writings, tiled at
his homo In Chicago.
Tho Question of penitentiary labor
contracts In Missouri 1ms been sot
tied on a basis by which tho prison
receipts from this sourco will bo in
creased at least $25,000 annually.
J. M. Chccsbrough, assistant gener
al passenger agont of tho Vandalla,
has been appointed general passonger
agent of tho lino, to succeed 3. A.
Ford, promoted to Unfile manager.
On board tho Toutonlc, which ar
rived at Now York from Llvorpool,
was Eugene a 'Albert, tho composer
and pianist, to begin what will prob
ably bo his farewell tour of America.
"The College Wldowor," a burlesquo
on 6&o ofQeorgo Ade's plays, was tho
new offering which tho "Weber and
Zlefeld company gave at its Broad
way theater in Now York.
RL Rev. W. O'Connoll. bishop of
Portland, Me., recolved a papal brief
appointing him assistant to tho ponti
fical throno, accompanied by a com
plimentary letter from Pope Plus X.
Former Governor William Claflln
died at his homo on Walnut street,
NewtonvWe, Moss. Death followed an
Illness of a few weeks, incident to old
age. Ho was governor In 1872, 1873
and 1874.
Tho sum of $200,000 for James
Smith, Jr., for acting as receiver for
the United States Shipbuilding com
pany was asked of Judgo Banning In
the Unfed States district court at
Newark, N. J.
In excavating for tho foundation of
the new National theater, at Mexico
City, an ancient fountain has been
found covered with hieroglyphics and
on which aro figures of Indian war
riors, priests, etc.
Tho Dodgo lectureship at Yale for
1906 will bo filled by tho appointment
of William H. Taft, secretary of war.
This lectureship was founded by Wil
liam B. Dodgo, who In 1900 gave $30,
000 for tho lectures.
A call has been Issued for a meet
ing of tho Santa Fo stockholder; on
January 24. A vote will be taken on a
proposition to increase tho capital
stock by $50,000,000 and to issue
bonds for that amount.
Thomas W. Hart, one of the best
known crimlnnl lawyers In Missouri,
died in Los Angeles of diabetes. Ho
was 69 years of age and for thirty
years' had been a successful practi
tioner at the bar In St. Joseph.
President Palma gave a dinner to
all the foreign diplomats at tho pal
ace at Havana, the decoration of
which has Just been completed. Tho
cabinet ministers and presidents of
the house of congress and ladles of
their families wero prosent. Minister
and Mrs. Squires wero seated next to
President and Mrs. Palma.
Advices from Colombia report that
the projected revolution has been un
successful and that Genorat Joaquin
Kelez and Gonzales Valencia, who
were at the head of the movement,
and others have been Imprisoned.
Royal II. Mllllron, the 25-year-old
son of a Bait Lake physician, shot
himself through the heart In a hotel
at Provo. Utah. He had left home os
tensibly to return to his medical
studies at Rush Medical college, Chi
cago, where he was a member of tho
junior class. No causo known for tho
deed.
Tho steamer Dora from Colon and
Panama has brought to Havana 111
passengers, three of whom are ill
with what may prove to be yellow
fever. They have been taken to the
detention hospital.
WAR WILL GO ON
!
NO GOVERNMENT FRIENDLY TO ,
RU8SIA CAN ADVISE.
REPARE FOB SPR1HQ CAMPAICN
Kouropatkln Will Have 7CO.00O Men at
His Command by that Time. Jap
anese Take Many Prloners.--25,000
Are Surrendered at Fall of Port
Arthur.
BERLIN The highest diplomatic
opinion here Is that the surrender of
Port Arthur makes It impossible for
any government friendly to Russia to
advlso peace or to unlto with any other
government for mediation. Tho fool
ing at tho Russian court, it Is assort
ed here, Is so absolutely for continuing
tho war that probably not one person
who has access to tho emperor of
Russia could bo found who, even pri
vately, favors Russia accepting defeat.
German military opinion, while ack
nowledging tho largo moral effect of
tho fall of Port Arthur. InBplrliig the
Jnpnncse and depressing tho Russians,
rogards it as only nn Incident and as
having little relation to the Immense
field operations that will begin In the
spring. General Kouropatkln, It Is as
serted in ofilclnl circles, has 000,000
troops east of Baikal, o',' which moro
than 400,000 aro already gulhered at
Mukden. It Is impossible, tho German
military men aver, for the Russians
to cca&o fighting with that army In
being, which by Hprlng, they ndd, is
likely to number ull-told 700,000 men.
Tho Japanese, being full Informed or
Russia's preparations, are putting
forth every resourco to surpass thorn.
Field operations of a magnitude not
boforo seen lu tho war It Is believed
will begin in a few weeks.
PARIS Tho official view hero con
Unties to regard mediation between
Russia and Japan as Impracticable
Tho Temps, scml-oftlclally, In a lead
ing article says:
Russia will not consider mediation at
a moment when Its self-esteem Is suf
fering from tho deepest wound, and
will continue playing Its strongest
card, namely, the concentration of nn
overwhelming forco under General
Kouropatkln.
Tho same opinion Is held nt tho
Foreign ofllco and at thu Russian
embassy.
TOKIO Tho Japanese captured
25,000 prisoners at Port Arthur. The
total number of the Inhabitants Is
35,000, of whom 20.000 are sick.
General Nogl reports to the army
department that on January 3 tho com
missioners of both the Japanese and
Russian armies concluded their con
ference and that from the morning, of
January 4 the actual transfer of war
materials at Port Arthur rb property
of the Japanese government com
menced. STOESSEL'S TERMS ACCEPTED.
Japanese Legation at Washington No
tified of the Surrender.
WASHINGTON The state depart
ment received a cablegram from Mr.
Grlscom, the American minister In
Japan, stating that the minister for
foreign affairs of Japan notified him
that Genera Stoesaol surrendered
Port Arthur at 5 o'clock Sunday even
ing. The legation advices add that the
Russians blew up Tunic Keewanshan
and "Q" torts and confirm the pros
dispatches of the occupancy by the
Japanese of the same forts and
helghtB "N" and "M," of the blowing
up by the Russians of almost all their
snips in the harbor entrance, and that
hostilities had been suspended pend
ing tho conclusion of negotiations for
tho Russian surrender.
The advices received at the Japan
ese legation say that General Nogl ac
cepted tho terms of surrender pro
posed by Gcnernl Stoesbcl.
Mr. Kogoro Takahlra, the Japanese
minister, was asked whether, In his
opinion, tho fall of Port Arthur would
hasten tho end of the war with Rus
sia. Without directly responding to
tho fact that while the full of Port
Arthur was impending and its capturo
by the Japanese Inevitable, thn Rus
sians had dispatched the second Pa
cific squadron to the fear east ami
notice had been given of the Inten
tion to send a third army to Manchu
ria. Tho further prosecution of tho
war now, he said, rented with tho
Russians. If they should continue It
Japan would' be prepared to meet them
on sea and laud.
"Will Japan now welcome any of
fers of peace that may now l6 made
by Russia?" ho was asked.
"Japan always has been for peace,"
tho minister ropllod. "The Japanese
will always bo for peace, If justice
can be obtained for all concerned.
Japan started In this war lighting for
a principle and she will continue to
fight for a recognition of that princi
ple and the just attainment of her
rights."
Three States Join Hands.
SIOUX CITY, la. Wholesalers of
Iowa, Ncbra&Ka and South Dakota
have instituted an organized move
ment to support Roosevelt In his ap
peal for mora railroad legislation. K
ery Jobber proposed to write to his
congressman urging especially the
passage of the Cooper-Quarlcs bill or
legislation calculated to give much
needed authority to the Interstate
commerco commission. The congress
men are also asked to oppose the plan
of legalizing pooling, declaring It will
destroy competition.
TEXT OF CAPITULATION.
Conditions Under Which Port Arthur
Was Qlven Up.
TOKIO A telegram from General
Nor I, giving tho text of tho cnpltula
I tlon convention, Las been received. It
Is nn follows:
Artlclo 1 All R :sslan soldiers, ma
rines, volunteers, also government of
ficials at tho garrison and harbor of
Port Arthur aro taken prisoners.
ArL 2. All forts, batteries, war
ships, other ships and boats, arms, am
munition, horses, all materials for hos
tile tise, government buildings and all
objects belonging to tho Russian gov
ernment shall bo transferred to tho
Japanese army In their existing condi
tion. Art. On the preceding two condi
tions being assented to, as a guaran
tee for tho fulfillment thereof, tho
men garrisoning the forts and tho bat
teries on Etse mountain, SunBlm
mountain, Antse mountain and the
lino of eminences southeast therefrom
Bhnll be removed by noon of January
3 and tho same shall bo transferred to
tbo Japanese army.
Art. 4 Should Russian military or
naval men bo deemed to havo destroy
ed objects named In article 2, or to
havo caused alteration In any way
in their condition, nt tho time of the
signing of this compact, tho negotia
tions shall bo annulled and tho Jap
anese army will take frco action.
Art. 5 Tho Russian military and
navnj authorities shall prepare and
transfer to the Japanese army a table
showing tho fortifications of Port Ar
thur and tholr respective positions,
and maps showing tho location of
mines, underground and submarine,
and all other dangerous objects; also
a tablo showing tho composition and
system of the army and naval sorv
lcoi at Port Arthur; a list of army
and navy officers, with names, rank
and duties of said officera; a list of
nrmy steamers, warships and other
ships, with the numbers of their re
spective crews; a Hat of civilians,
showing tho number of men and wo
men, their raco and occupations.
Article C Arms, Including thoso
carried on tho person; ammunition,
war materials, government buildings,
objects owned by tho government,
horses, warships and other ships. In
cluding their contonts, excepting pri
vate property, shall be left in their
present positions, and the commission
ers of the Russian and Japanese
armk'3 shall decldo upon tho method
of their transference.
Artlclo 7 The Japaneso army, con
sidering the gallant resistance offered
by the Russian army as being honor
able, will pprmlt the officers of tho
Russian army and navy, as well as
officials belonging thereto, to carry
swords and to take with them private
property directly necessary for tho
maintenance of life. Tho previously
mentioned officers, officials and volun
teers who will sign a written parolo
plcdglug that they will not take up
arms and in nowise take action con
trary to the interests of tho Japanese
army until the close of the war, will
receive the consent of the Japanese
army to return to their country. Each
army and navy officr will be allowed
ono servant, and such servant will be
specially released on signing the par
ole. Article 8 Non-commissioned officers
and private of both army and navy
and volunteers shall wear their uni
forms, and, taking portable tents and
necessary privato property, and com
manded by their respective officers,
shnll assemble nt such places as may
be Indicated by the Japanese army.
Tbo Japanese commissioners will indi
cate the necessary details therefor.
Artlclo 9 Tho sanitary corps and
(ho accountants belonging to the Rus
sian army and navy Bhall be retained
by tho Japaneso whllo tholr services
aro deemed necessary for the carlns
for the sick and wounded. prisoners.
During suoh time such corps shall
bo required to rr.nder service under
the direction of tho snnltary corps
and accountant of tho Japanese
army.
Article 10 The treatment to be ac
corded to the residents, the transfer
of books and documents relating to
municipal administration and finance
and also detalhd files necessary for
tho enforcement of this compact shall
bo embodied In a supplemental y com
pact. The supplementary compact
shall have the same force as this
compact.
OYAMA SENDS HIM A LETTER.
Kuropatkin Notified "of Fall of Port
Arthur.
"Continued and Intense cannonad
ing has been heard since dawn along
the railroad near Stnchinpit and
Shakhe. A resumption of the cannon
ading Is expected."
BERLIN Tho lx)kal Anxleger'a
Mukden correspondent. In a dispatch
dated January 6. says:
"Field Marshal Oyama has sent a
letter to General Kuropatkin contain
ing the news of the capitulation of
Port Arthur and praising the bravery
of Its defenders. The effect of the
news was especially confounding, last
reports anticipating a long resistance.
It Is believed It will Influence the sit
uation on the Shakhe.
Warned Away, Account Mines.
WEI HAI WEI The British cruiser
Andromeda, which sailed from here
for Port Arthur with hospital stores
and surgeons to assist the sick and
wounded, returned, not having been
allowed to make a landing at Port
Arthur. The cruiser proceeded to a
smull bay ten miles north of Port
Arthur where she met with some Jap
anese. The latter refused all offers of
assistance or stores of any kind and
declined to allow the ship's officers to
approach closer, the reason given be-
- Ing the presence of unlocated mines.
WORK THIS WEEK
C0NGRE88 WILL NOW
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
GET
THE JOIHT STATEHOOD MEASURE
It Will Have the Right of Way In the
Senate, Though Friends Will Not
Make an Effort to Push It at
Present.
WASHINGTON The Joint state
hood bill will continue to bo tho prin
cipal topic of discussion in tho scnato
during the present week, but other
measures will receive attention each
day during tho morning hour, includ
ing the omnibus bill, for which Sen
ator Wnrcn stands sponsor. Tho bill
comprises moro than 200 pages, but
tho senator already tins succeeded In
having it read by utilizing odd hours
and thus has put a largo and import
ant part of tho work of consideration
to tho rear. There will bo an effort
mado to get through tho bill provid
ing for tho compensation of Ameri
can fishermen whoso vessels wero
seized previous to the arbitration of
1893. This measure Is in tho hands
of Senator Fulton, who will press It
as an act of justlco to men who, ho
thinks, havo been discriminated
against.
Tho pure food bill will remain in
tho background for tho present, not
because tho friends of that measure
havo abandoned It, but because they
consider its chances will be improved
by not pressing for immediate con
sideration. They havo been assured
by tho republican leaders that tho
bill shall havo first placo on the calen
dar, aside from appropriation bills,
after tho statehood bill Is disposed of,
and therefore they will not antagon
ize tho statehood bill for tho present,
if at all.
Discussion of the statehood ques
tion will begin on Monday with a
ipeech by Senator Morgan, and ho
will bo followed by other opposing
senators. The presnt plan of tho op
position to keep tho discussion going
until somo of tho appropriation bills
aro reported and it becomes neces
sary to tako them up, or if his is
postponed too long, to dlsplaco tho
bill with tho pure food bill. Falling
in all these expedients, they probably
will seek a compromise. Tho only
real light Is against tho uniting of
Arizona and New Mexico, and there
Is talk of eliminating thoso territories
entirely from tho statehood proposi
tion. It is believed that if this wero
dono the bill for admission of Indian
Territory and Oklabonm wouta bo
passed. Thus far there has been no
conference of opposing factions on
the subject and possibly there would
be little done to change the present
status so long as tho leaders aro anx
ious to keep other matters In tho
background, as appears to be the
case at present.
PROGRAM OF JAPS.
Naval Station Will Be Established at
Port Arthur.
TOKIO The Japanese intend to es
tablish a naval station at Port Ar
thur. Vice Admiral Y. Shibayama will
probably be placed In charge of It.
Tho military administration will
only retain a small garrison as coon
as tho prisoners are withdrawn and
order is restored. Tho fleet is busily
engaged In clearing mines, but owing
to their great number navigation will
bo unsafe for a long time. Only gov
ernment craft will be allowed to enter
tho harbor. It is probable that Dalny
will soon be opened up to neutrals.
Japaneso companies are preparing to
establish weekly services to that port.
It Is proposed' shortly to float a'fourth
domestic war loan under the same
conditions as tho third was ne
gotiated. The transfer of prisoners was com
pleted yesterday afternoon. The total
number of officers transferred was
878; men. 23,491.
General Stoesscl and the other
RuBsinn offlcors who have been given
their parole will bo brought to Naga
saki on a Jnpuneso transport. It is
probable they will remain at Naga
saki for a few days and will then sail
for Russia on a French steamer via
the Suez canal.
MEMORIAL FOR DEAD LEADER
Tribute of Chicago Orchestra
to
Theodore Thomas.
CHICAGO Thousnnds of persons,
eager to pay tributes of respect to
tho memory of Theodoro Thomas,
were turned away from the Audi
torium theater Sunday night because
every seat In the hall was occupied
fully half an hour before the time
set for tho memorial concert by the'
Chicago orchestra for Its dead leader.
While the public memorial service
was being held In the Auditorium a
program of the dead musician's fa
vorite numbers was also being ren
dered In many balls throughout tho
city.
Sugar Bounty Law Is Void.
LINCOLN, Neb. Tho supreme
court of Nebraska has decided that
tho sugar beet bounty law, enacted at
tho legislative session of 1895, is void.
Tho law provided a bounty on sugar
manufactured from Nebraska grown
beols, but subsequent legislatures re
fused to make an appropriation for
the payment. Tho Oxnnrd Beet Sugar
company and the Norfolk company
brought suit to collect $40,000 In pre
miums from the state. The lower
court decided against the companies;
and the supreme court affirms.
8ITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR
Town Not as Badly Damaged at Re
ported. LONDON Special dispatches from
Toklo say that tho Port Arthur garrl
Bon was marshaled at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning at Ynhutsul In accord
ance with tho terms of tho supple
mentary agreement.
Tho Standard's Port Arthur corre
spondent reports that the town ap
pears to havo beon little damaged by
tho bombardment. Carriages and
rickshas, ho says, aro moving about
with well dressed people, who appar
ently aro anything but Btarvcd. Tho
ruined forts resemble hills Bhnkcn by
a might convulsion, and In many
casea every traco of tho works has
disappeared.
According to the Dally Mall's Wei
Hal Wei correspondent the British
cruiser Andromeda, which sailed from
Wei Hal Wei Wednesday morning for
Port Arthur with hospital stores and
surgeons, and which was not allowed
to mako a landing at Port Arthur, had
a narrow escape, having passed two
floating mines.
Japanese officials In London con
sider that it was solely on account of
tho danger of tho vessels taking mines
that the Andromeda's offer was de
clined. It 1b stated, however, that tho
British admiral omitted the formality
of first asking whether assistance was
acceptable to tho Japanese authorities.
RUSSIA'S FATE IN BALANCE.
St. Petersburg Editor Discusses Pres
ent Cor Ion In East and Locally.
ST. PETERSBURG Regarding tho
peace talk abroad M. Souvorln, edi
tor of tho Novoe Vremya, in a signed
editorial in that paper, passionately
declares that tho volco of tho nation
should give an answer, in order that
tho world might understand once for
all Russia's position. The emperor, ho
added, should consult with represent
atives of the land as his predecessors
did before tho days of John tho Ter
rible. Whllo papers abroad now say
that peaco could bo concluded with
out dishonor If peace wero mado, they
would declare It disgraceful. What
tho peoplo want, ho (M. Souvorln)
cannot affirm, but tho idea of ending
tho war at this Juncture Is abhorent
to him and, ho believes, to tho Rus
sian people. If the inscriptions on tho
banners of demonstrators and tho ac
tion of somo of the zemstvos in favor
of peaco, represented tho voice of tho
nation, it would mean tho collapse of
all of Russia's aspirations and fare
well to Its position in tho nations of
tho world.
TAYLOR MAY LEAVE CASE
Smoot Prosecutor Receives Federal
Appointment and May Retire.
WASHINGTON Robert W. Taylor
of Ohio, appointed to be judgo of tho
United States district court of tho
northern district of Ohio, called on
tho president to pay hlv respects and
to thank him for the appointment.
Mr. Taylcr expects to assume his new
duties on February 1, on tho retire
ment of Judgo Francis J. Wing, re
signed. At present Mr. Tayler is the
principal attorney for the protestants
in tho inquiry which is being made
by the senate- in the coso of Senator
Smoot of Utah. It is expected that
the formal Inquiry- by tho commltteo
will have been concluded by February
1, but If It should not bo Mr. Tayler
will withdraw at that time.
All Prleonera Turned Over.
WASHINGTON Tho Japaneso le
gation received the following cable
gram from the foreign office at Tokio,
under date of Jan. 8: "General Nogl,
on Sunday, reports delivery of Rus
sian prisoners under capitulation was
completed on Saturday. Tho total df
the prisoners wero 878 officers and'
23,491 men, whereof 411 officers and
229 orderlies have given parole so far.
General Smirnoff, General Fock, Gen
eral Gobatovsky and Admiral Will
mann preferred to bo sent to Japan
as prisoners.
Russian Prisoners Jolly.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY. VIA FUSAN
Tho Russian prisoners, whllo waiting
nt Changklngstu, a railway station,
for transportation to Dalny celebrated
ChrlBtmas. Religious services wero
held In tho morning nt 10 o'clock and
tho assemblage of prisoners was ad
dressed by a Russian priest In full
canonical dress. After the services
there was music and dancing on tho
open ground in front of 'the station.
An 8-year-old daughter of a Russian
officer was among the prisoners.
In Memory of Golden Rule Jones.
NEW YORK A memorial meeting
In honor of tho late Samuel M. Jones,
who for several years was mayor of
Toledo, O., was held Sunday night at
Cooper Union. Nearly- 2,000 persons
attended.
Over 24,000 Men Transferred.
TOKIO Tho transfer of prisoners
was completed Sunday afternoon. The
I total number of officers transferred
was 878; men, 23,491.
Shoots Two House Breakers.
CHICAGO Sitting on guard each
night for over n week for the re-appearance
of burglam, wbofhad enter
ed his office on several previous oc
casions, Thomas J. Campbell, a real
estate dealer, reaped the reward for
his long vigil when two robbers
forced an entranco to the office and
wero both shot by Campbell before
they could make tholr escape. Joseph
Slcer was shot in tne body and will
die. The other robber, name unknown,
managed to escape, butnot before ho
had been shot in the leg.
NO PEACE SOUGHT
NEITHER RUS8IA NOR JAPAN
ASKING FOR IT.
THE WAR TOJte PROSECUTED
The Mikado, It la said, Has Made No
Overtures and Has Not Been Ap
proached In Regard to the Matter of
Intervention.
WASHINGTON Japan has mado
no overtures for peaco to Russia, di
rectly or Indirectly, through tho
United States, or any other power,
and contemplates no such action, and
now that Port Arthur has fallen, pro
poses to press tho war In tho north
all tho moro vigorously by reinforcing'
tho Japaneso armies at Ltao Yang
with tho greater part of tho troops
which havo been besieging Port Ar
thur. This, In brief, represents tho
views of Kogoro Takahlra, tho Jap
aneso minister, who has recently re
BUraed charge of tho legation at Wash
ington after a long Illness at New
York.
"Tho fall of Port Arthur," said the
minister, "is but a step in tho war
which Japan Is waging for a princi
ple. Certainly It Is an important step,
but nothing could bo further from tho
truth than tho assumption that, be
causo Japan has captured a strong
hold, tho fall of which had long been
expected, tho Japaneso government
will now make overtures for peace.
Japan Is too busy fighting. We aro as
much In earnest today na wo wero at
tho outset of tho war. Wo have mado
no overtures for peace, either directly
or Indirectly, nor have tho powers ap
proached us with any idea of inter
vention." At tho Russian embassy It was re
iterated that Russia would fight all
tho harder In view of the temporary
loss of Port Artnur.
Europe, it is learned, is firmly of
tho conviction that, however dark tho
outlook for peaco at this moment,
when tho prospect brightens It la to
President Roosevelt that tho neutrals
as well as the belligerents will look '
for tho intermediary through which ne
gotiations can bo made. As a Euro
pean ambassador said today, tho
American government is practically
tho only government to which both
belligerents will bo willing to look for
assistance In reaching a Hctticruont,
when tho time comes, and asldo from
this fact tho high personal regard in
which tho president in held, both at.
St. Petersburg and Toklo, makes it all
the moro probablo that through him,
when Russia and Japan havo fought
their fight, the powers must hope for
peaco.
AS TO FORESTRY.
Chief Executive Speaks Before .the
Congress.. (
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt was the principal speaker ata
special session of tho American For
est Congress held Thursday at the
National theater. Tho president, ac
companied by Secretary Loch, arrived
at tho theater promptly at 3 o'clock.
He was escorted to tho stage entrance
and as he appeared beforo the im
mense audience, which flllod every
part of the houso, the peoplo received
him standing, whllo tho theater rang'
with applause and the orchestra play
ed a. patriotic air.
President Howard Elliott ef the
Northern Pacific presided at the morn
ing session. Tho board of directors re
ported action looking to tho creation
of an advisory board of the forest
congress, to consist of representatives
of various Industrial bodies, and to
meet annually In Washington.
Charles F. Manderson, general coli
cltor of the Chicago, Burllngtou fc
Qutacy and former United States sen
ator tenia tfcbaka,,'characeHzed the
preservation of the tlniber industry
of the country as "tho paramount Is
suo" and urged tho planting and hus
banding of Umber wherever trees can
be grown, no spoke of the enormous
demands for tics. "Of tho tics now on
the railroad track's of the country," he
said, "10 per cent have to bo replaced
annually; flielr averago cost is 50
cents, making an annual expenditure
for this purposo of $45,000,000, which
Is exclusive of the labor employed and
tho cost of local transportation. No
feasible substitute has been found for
tho wooden tie." He urged the sub
jugation of private rights to publlo
necessity, the study of means for elim
inating waste and mismanagement,
and the repeal of the Umber, and 's ton
land sale act. Other addresses were
made by J. T. Richards, chief engineer
maintenance of way, Pennsylvania
railroad; President L. E. Johnson of
the Norfolk & Western railroad, and
Herman von Schrcnk of tho Bureau of
Forestry. The latter detailed the good
results already announced In the pres
ervative treatment of railroad timbers-
to prolong their durability.
Mr. von Schrenk also gave some
facts adduced In recent experiments
by the government, showing that, con
trary to many reports, the Injection of
creosote Into wood brings about no
brittle- and weakened condition of the
wood.
Whipping Post Advocated.
WASHINGTON Tho local grand
Jury, In making Its final report for
tho present term of the supremo court
for tho District of Columbia today rec
ommended tho establishment of the
whipping post In the District. Tho
question has been considerably agi
tated ever since the president in his
last annual messago recommended
corporal punishment for wife beaterw
In the District of Columbia, a rec
ommendation that persons about to be
Kmarried produce evidence of, freedom
irom corim uueaici miio u tnadt.
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