GETTING CLOSE TO
ALLEGED MURDERER
Prosecution of Tucker in the
Famous Page Case Making
Strong Showing.
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE
Prosecution Alleges that the Motive
Was Robbery and That It Can
I Prove That Tucker Spent
Dead Woman's Money.
Boston, Jan. 10.—Ashen from prison
pallor, but smiling and indifferent,
Charles L. Tucker sat in the steel rage
in the superior court and heard hint
self scathingly denounced by Prose
cutor Sanderson. He was pointed out
as the murderer of Mabel Page, as a
robber. The prosecutor also outlined
the marine! in which he would try to
prove the prisoner guilty. The govern
ment showed Its hand for the lirst
time, the prosecutor declaring that the
motive of the murder was robbery;
that Tucker went to the Page home to
steal; that he was detected by Miss
Page, whereupon he killed her with u
knife.
What He Would Provo.
Mr. Sanderson said he would prove
that. Miss Pag? was not killed in the
room where tier body was discovered
by her father, but that she had been
attacked either while In the hallway
leading to her own room or on tiie
stairway that connects the sitting room
with the floor above. When the woman
was found dead she was dressed in an
underskirt and appeared as though laid
out after death. The outer skirt vv.gp
found in a corner near the body. A
microscopical examination of this skirt
showed that it had red and white
libers on it, and that the hooks and
eyes had been lorn out. The white
fiber no doubt came from the matting
in the room where tire body was dis
covered; there was no red tiber in the
floor covering in that room. There are
fibers of that color In the carpet in the
hall and on the stairs. This, Mr. San
derson explained, indicated that the
murderer, after stabbing his victim to
death, dragged her body along the out
er hallway and into the woman’s bed
room and there removed the skirt.
Damning Evidence.
I;; Tucker's coat pocket, the same in
which were found pieces of the broken
hunting knife with which, the prosecu
tion alleges, Tucker killed Miss Page,
was found a stickpin ot a Canadian de
sign. There are two dents in the pin.
Amy Roberts, the Page servant, has
identified this pin as the property of
Miss Page. It is said that Mrs. Free
man, a sister of Mabel Page, bought
this pin in Canada. Airr Roberts will
swear that she cleaned tne pin the day
before Miss Page was killed, and that
Miss Page warned her to be careful
about pushiiYfe ii back into the pin
cushion, because it was already bent in
two places.
Mi-. Vahey, o' counsel for Tucker,
said tonight that the pin had been
presented to Tucker by his wife, since
dead, and that long before his arrest
his mother had worn it. Another pin,
the district attorney said, was also
missing from the Page home.
question ot l-landwriting.
Mr. Sanderson told of the finding of
a postal card in Tucker's possession on
the back of which are a number of ad
dresses written in lead pencil, and the
writing that of Tucker. There are the
words “Morton" and "Charlestown.”
In the Page home, after the murder,
young Harold Page found a slip of pa
per on which was written “J. B. Mor
ton, Charlestown, Mass.” It is held that
after Miss Page was told by the robber
that her brother had been taken ill
and was in a hospital in Boston, that
she asked the visitor his name. Then,
tlie prosecution alleges, the murderer
wrote. "J. B. .Morton, Charlestown,
Mass.," on the slip of paper. Experts
in handwriting called by the prosecu
tion swear that Tucker wrote this
name and address. The defense will
have experts who will swear that
Tucker did not write the address.
Had Woman's Money.
A witness will swear that Tucker, about
three days after the murder of Miss Page,
showed him a $10 bill and toid him that
he had lost much more than that by be
ing robbed by a young woman in Boston.
On the morning of the murder Miss Page
gave $1 to Amy Roberts, telling her to
make some purchases in Boston. Amy
Roberts will swear that she saw several
bills in Miss Page's hand, taken from a
wallet containing among other money one
$10 bill, two $1 bills and some change.
When the wallet was found after the
murder there was only 30 cents in it. Mr.
Sanderson said that, the $10 bill displayed
by Tucker was the *10 bill seen in the
possession of Miss Page a few hours be
fore she was killed. Mr. Sanderson said
that only a few days before the murder
Tucker had been without money. ' "ft ap
pears," said he, "that the defendant had
been trying to raise money to go to St.
Bouis; had pawned a revolver and had
sold several suits of clothes.”
jurors oaw ocene or trime.
The jurors were taken to the scene of
the murder by Sheriff Fairbairn and live
deputies. With them also went the at
torneys on both sides. They rode to
Weston Bridge and then walked to the
Page house, where they spent an hour*
Then they walked hack to Cutter’s Corn
er, over to the railroad track and to River
side railroad station, following the route
Tucker will swear he took on March 31
last, except that he will insist that he did
not go near the Page house, hut turned
to the left after he reached Cutter’s Corn
er. The jurors also inspected Tucker’s
home; were shown the room occupied by
Tucker and the cellar where Uie vise was
found with which Tucker says he broke
the hunting knife.
Tucker's father, mother and brother
were present when Mr. Sanderson began
his preliminary address, sitting near the
prisoner's cage.
Miss Page Saved Money.
Ivlr. Sanderson described Miss Page as
41 years old, weighing 125 pounds, a wom
an beautiful in character and beautiful in
figure. He said that she had once been
rich, hut became straitened in circum
stances, and to help support her aged
father had done needle work, that she had
saved money in order to purchase a stone
for the grave of her mother. He told how
on the fatal morning of the murder the ]
members of the family had departed leav
ing Mabel Page alone, and of the return i
of her father, who discovered the body and ]
found the note in his daughter’s hand
writing telling him that she had gone to !
Boston to see Harold, her brother, who
had met with an accident: how the father
had finally called the boy up on the tele
phone and found him well; how the medi
cal examiner had first believed it to he a
case of suicide until after the undertaker
had found the stab wounds in the br< ast
r^nd the back, and how finally Tucker had
jjjbeen placed under arrest.
W Hr told how Tucker had lied about th*
Jposdtjssion of the sheath and the knife
I and had finally confessed that the reason
why he had broken the knife-blade was
| because he feared ilmt he might be sus
pected of murder, since his name had al
ready l>eon mentioned In connection with
it. The prosecutor spoke of the red fibres
and of ihe evidence that Tucker had killed
tiis victim outside of the bedroom, and of
t the slip of paper v\!th illc auure.-s, "J. 1.. |
Morton, Charlestown, Mass," on it. and of ■
Ihe postal card with the words, "Mortem .
I and Charlestown.
! Francis II Kendell, a civil engineer, the
j flrsL witness, told the measurments of the
! Page house and the roads leading thereto.
' ar.d at the conclusion of his testimony
court was adjourned until tomorrow.
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Harold Page Testifies.
C'u tnbridge, Mass.. Juti. 10. Two
points developed at today's session of
the court trying diaries I.. Tucker
on a charge of murdering Miss Mabel
Page.
One of those was Ihe statement of
Haiold Page, brother of the murdered
woman, lhal he had been acquainted
with Tucker more than six years, anti
that Tucker hud called twice at the
; Page home, the first lime at the invi
1 lation of ill- witness.
The other feature was the statement
of M. H. Ewell, of Evanston, III., a
handwriting expert. Ihat the person
who wrote the address "J. E. Morion,
Charlestown, Mass..” on a piece of pa
per found on the floor of Miss Page's
room after the murder, was the per- |
son who filled out and signed Ihe sales |
slips alleged by the government to
have been made out by Tucker while
he was a salesman for a Boston firm
of stationers.
On April 5. the day following Miss
Page's funeral and Tucker’s first ex- ‘
animation by Hie police, Harold Page j
I testified that the defendant and he rode I
1 together in a train from Boston to
Auburndaie. Page said Tucker opened
the conversation by saving:
"Did you know that they’ve had me
in it?"
"I told him I was aware of it,” said
•the witness.
■He asked me is anyone was sus
pected, and 1 told him so far as 1
knew no one was. I then told him I
could not discuss the matter as I was
under instructions not to. He said it
| was a terrible thing, and lie hoped they
would get the right man.”
Page said while his sister had S29
in her pursq before the murder, when
the purse was discovered in a bureau
drawer after the tragedy it contained
only 36 cents.
During the trial today all of t lie
garments worn by Miss Page on the
, day she met death were entered us
exhibits in the case. With the excep
tion of the outer garments and th • |
shoes and stockings every article bore
large crimson stains.
A portion of a skeleton was employed |
! again to illustrate the position of the ,
\ wounds.
WANTED TO bE PETTED
And When Hubby Didn't Do It Mrs.
Joslyn Fed Him a Fatal Dose
of Arsenic.
Mason, Mich.. Jan. 10.—Mrs. Carrie
Joslyn, poisoner of her husband, lays
her trouble to tHe fact that her hus
band's love toward her was void while
she craved attention and kindness.
"My heart was starving for kind
ness," site declared today, "and that
is the story of all that lias happened in !
the last few months. I warn all young
girls not to accept any love but a close
affection, a love that will include the
little things we women like, a love that
expresses itself.
"I am charged with my husband's
death. I attempted to kill him in one |
moment of my life when I failed front
God. This came after long days of
sickness and trouble—trouble made by
his jealousy, the wicked gossip of
neighbors and my own sickness. When !
I married r~y first husband, when I
was 19 years old, I made a mistake.
We were not happy, and after two
years we were divorced. His affection
was distant and he was jealous. After
three years of freedom, I was engaged j
to Mr. Joslyn. We had known each \
other from the cradle and were be- i
trothed a year before our marriage.
Hubby Was Too Cold.
"I found my second husband a man
of strange temper, especially toward
tlie last. He was distant,and aloof. A
wife wants to be kissed, to be petted,
to be made much of, she does not for- ,
get after marriage all that site liked |
before. I didn’t get it. and now I am
charged with murder.”
Isaac Swan, ‘who has been named
by Mrs. Joslyn as her accomplice, was
arrested today. Swan was a hired
man on the Joslyn farm. Mrs. Jos
lyn in her confession claimed he bought
the drug which she administered to her
husband. Swan admitted his com
plicity in the crime when arrested. Mrs. i
Joslyn, who is confined in jail at Ma
son, does not seem to appreciate the
gravity of her crime. She declares she
never wants to see Swan again.
Swan's Own Story.
Swan said today: "I made a fool ot
myself for Mrs. Joslyn because I loved
iter. 1 bought the arsenic with which
she killed her husband. It was not me
who thought of the idea, though. It
was Mrs. Joslyn: sne had been work
ing to kill him for a long time. She
had given him aconite, but it didn't kilt
him. She then wanted me to get some
arsenic, and r did ”
Swan insisted that he had nothing
to do with tlie murder except purchas
ing the poison.
“About a week before Joslyn died,"
continued Swan, "Mrs. Joslyn thought
lie would not last much longer, and
thought 1 had better go away for a
while until the matter blew over. Sr
I went east and stayed there until 1
got a letter from my brother saying
J03lyn was dead and buried. 1 camf
back, not dreaming there was any trou
ble. and was very much surprised at
my arrest today."
Swan, who is slow and rather stupid
in speech, made ills admission freely
and without reserve to the officers aft
er being taken to headquarters.
CRUSfl WINS AT LAST.
Senate Gets Tired and Confirms Negrc
as Collector of Charleston,
South Carolina.
Washington, Jan. 9.—The nomination ol
T\ D. Crum, the negro, to he collector ol
customs for the port of Charleston, S. O ,
was confirmed by the senate in executive
session today by a vote of :59 to 17. Crum
had been nominated by the president thru
times and had received three recess ap
pointments. He is now serving under the
last of these recess appointments.
Confirmation was oppos'd by Sen.itoi
Tillman, who objected to the appointment
of a negro. Senator Tillman math a
speech devoted almost entirely to the
question of the constitutional light of the
president to make a recess appointment
when no recess had occurred, the senate
having adjourned one session and begun
another at. noon of the same d >y.
The race question played a very in.* ig
nifieant part in the debate, which was par
ticipated in by fully a dozen senators
When Crum receives his appointment h
will be entitled to receive the salary which
has accumulated since his lirst appoint
ment.
LEADERS TALK
OVER A PROGRAM
President and Prominent Sen*
ators and Representatives
in Conference.
DOLLiVER AND RAILWAYS
Washington Wonders, f’Om Senator’?
Flop, Whether the Burlington
Road’s Machine Has Lost
Its Grip in Iowa.
Washington. Jan. 10.- An important
conference regarding legislative ques
tions pending before congress was held
at the White House lust Saturday af
ternoon. In addition to President
Roosevelt the parties to the conferenc e
were: Speaker t'annon, Senators Al
lison, of Iowa; Aldrich, of Rhode
Island; Spooner, of Wisconsin, and
Platt, of Connecticut: and Representa
tives Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania; Crcsvenor, of Ohio, and
Tawney. of Minnesota.
It can be said on the authority of
the president that no conclusions were
reached at the conference. Indeed the
statement is made that other confer
ences will be held before decisions of
a definite character are reached. At
tiie conclusion of the conference the
president authorized the following
statement concerning it:
‘ Those gentlemen came here to dis
cuss various matters of policy before
congress including the tariff and the
interstate commerce iavv; but they are
not yet ready to announce any definite
conclusions on the subject.
The conference was called for 2:30
o’clock p. rn. at the executive offices,
and the conferees invited by the presi
dent were promptly on time. The In
vitations to the conference were en
tirely informal, the president having
extended them either personally or by
telephone.
DOLLIVER’S FLOP AGAIN.
Trend of Sentiment Against the Rail
roads Seen in His Stand.
Washington. I.J;m. 10.—it is said, on
what has the appearance of being re
liable authority, that it is the inten
tion of Senator Dolliver of Iowa
to take charge in the senate of the ad
ministration bill for the better regula
tion of railroad rates, as soon as that
hill shall have been prepared and in
troduced
Tills report, if verified, will present
the Iowa senator to Ills constituents in
a role somewhat different from that
which lie has hitherto assumed. The
hand of tlie great railroad corporations
has been so heavy on ttie Iowa public
for many years tiiat few men not out
wardly, at least, in sympathy with
railroad policies, could hope to secure 1
higii office. Governor Cummins is a
notable exception to this rule.
The Burlington system has practical- .
ly controlled the destinies of the state
for years, and its agents in successive
state conventions have dictated candi- j
dates on the state and legislative I
tickets, and even said who in certain i
Instances should come to congress.
Mr. Dolliver for a long time was un
der the railroad speh, whether he
wanted to be or not, and announce
ment that he has probably undergone a
change of heart may be taken as indi
cating several things: First, that the
people of Iowa are in hearty accord
with the president in his determination j
that there must be a better control of
the railroads than lias hitherto existed.
Second, that this home sentiment
seems likely to overturn the old-time
control of the Burlington system; and,
third, that Senator Dolliver wants to
stand where the people stand on this
Important question.
It is such straws as this which show
how popular is the chord which the
president has struck in the railroad
sections of his annual message to con
gress last month.
WILL CUT THEM DOWN.
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Congress Proposes to Prune the Navy
and Army Appropriations to
the Limit.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 10.—One big bat
tleship instead of three is to bo the limit
of new ships authorized for the navy.
The leaders long ago gave out that they
proposed to reduce expenditures to a point
where the deficit can bo extinguished. At
least for the next year no public build
ings will be authorized, and, although the :
river and harbor bill, carrying $15,000,000, |
will be reported, it probably will not be- i
L-ome law. as the managers have agreed '
to load it down in the senate to insure its
ilefeat. ,
Aimy estimates arc to be pruned and no ;
permanent improvements which can be '
dispensed with will run the gauntlet.
This leaves only the navy estimates to
receive the attention of congress. There
will be no attempt to retard the program
is it now stands. Monev will be provided
tor personnel, for purchase oi armor plate
md for construction of ships actually ord
ered, but there will be a halt in budding
lew ships, and one battleship will be au
thorized, merely to show the world that
the United States has not a abandoned
its pretensions to being a world power.
Hale Opposes New Ships.
This reduction in the naval program,
which has been practically decided upon
in the house, will have to run the gaunlet
Df the naval committee of the senate, the j
chairman of wjuch, Mr. Halo of Maine,
doesn’t believe in battleships at all, with
out any regard to the question of finances,
in point of fact, Mr. Hale believes the
navy already is to large. He is a hard
lighter, with abundant resources, and is
no to every parliamentary dodge to serve
his purpose.
It seems to be generally understood,
however, that the senate will not have the
courage to cut down the house estimate if
that estimate itself is a substantial re
duction from the figures submitted by
the navy department. If the house, there
fore, takes the responsibility of slashing
the naval program for this coming year
the senate will hardly go any further in
the same direction, no matter what Mr.
Hale may say or do.
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NOW iT HAS A FLOOD.
Following a Drought Pennsylvania Is j
Suffering from a Damaging
Inundation.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—The effects of
last nights heavy rain and gale are in
evidence today in all sections of the
city and environs. The most serious
result is the swollen condition of the
Schuylkill river, which is seventeen
feet hove normal at Manayunk suburb.
Fourteen mills are closed as a result
of the flood, 4,0u0 hands are idle.
GREAT PACKING HOUSE.
Nelson Morris & Co. Open Their New
Establishment at Kansas City,
One of the Best.
Kansas City. Mo.. Jan. 11 Morris & Co.
opened Its. new packing house in this city
today In the presence of a number of dis
tinguished visitors from this and othei
cities.
The new packing house is considered
to he the model house of the country,
and Is the result of years of experience
on the part of the management and con
struction department of the Morris firm.
The plant has two features which are
believed to be unique not only in pack
ing houses, but in any industrial build
ings in the world. The flood of 1903 proved
the necessity of guarding the refrigerating
machinery from the ravages of the Kaw
liver. Consequently Mortis & Co. have
built their power house thirty-one feet up
in the air. In this way even a repetition
of the record flood of 1903 would fall to
reach the boilers and stop refrigeration.
Then the new packing house presents
a.unique spectacle In that it contains a
private freight depot for the sole use of
the firm, 12f> foot by 92 feet in size, through
which run four railroad tracks and two
loading platforms. The depot Is so ar
ranged that seventy-five refrigerator cars
can bo loaded simultaneously. The
switching te and from this depot will be
done by the firm with its own engines.
To those who are familiar with the
packing industry this arrangement Is con
sidered not only novel, but an Immense
advantage, as It Is obvious that packing
house products, being largely of a per
ishable nature, need to be loaded rapidly.
Thirty-One Acres of Floors.
The packing house has a total floor
space of thirty-one acres and the buildings
themselves cover a site of six and one-half j
acres, although the firm owns eighteen
and one-half acres, having provided lib- j
e rally for future needs.
When the first hog was kiled today, i
among others present were Edward Mur- I
ris and Ira Nelson Morr's, sons of Nelson j
Morris, the founder and president of the ]
company; T. E. Wilson, general manager;
W. R Farris, general superintendent, and
Milton S. Mayer, manager of the Kansas i
City house, and a number of others.
The first day’s operations were restricted \
to the killing of hogs, as It Is obviously •
impossible to commence operations In a i
modern packing house with Its slxty-tvvo i
businesses under one roof in a day.
Charles N. Bird is to be In charge of the
cattle buying department In Kansas City,
and John Nichols will be the head hog
buyer. Both of these men have been long
associated with the St. Joseph packing
house oelonging to the same firm. Oscar
Moody has been appointed chief sheep
buyer.
WANTS ONE WITH POWER
Indiana Governor Demands a Railroad
Commission that Is Able to Make
and Enforce Rates.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan.l I.—The inaug
uration of F. Frank Hanly as governor
of Indiana and of Hugh T. Miller as
lieutenant governor took place today.
The exercises were held in the senate
chamber and rotunda of the capitol, im
mediately following the formal can
vassing of the vote in the house of rep
resentatives. The capitol was brilliantly
decorated and thousands of people
crowded the corridors.
Governor Hanly’s Message.
In his message to the legislature Gov- j
ernor Hanly recommends the creation
of a commission to take steps toward
the establishment of a state hospital
for the scientific treatment of tubercu
losis. He urges the gradual abolish- j
inent of prison contract labor and rec- ;
ommends the appointment of a rail
road commission to determine questions
of rates and collaterial subjects, with
power to fix rates and prevent unrea
sonable and inexcusable delay in trans
portation of freight or cars, or unjust
discrimination in rates, either by way
of rebate or otherwise.
He also recommends a statute for
bidding all state, county and municipal
officials from accepting passes from
railroad, telegraph or express compa
nies.
GOV. DENEEN INAUGURATED.
Simple Ceremonies Held at Springfield
This Morning.
Springfield, III.. Jan. 11.—Charles S.
Deneen was inaugurated today as the
twenty-third governor of Illinois. The
oath of office was administered by
Chief Justice Ricks, of the supreme
court, in the presence of both houses
of the legislature, members of the su
preme court and hundreds of others
prominent in political and business life
of the state.
The ceremonies took place at noon
in the assembly hall of the state cap
itol. At Mr. Deneen's request the cere
monies were marked by us little osten
tation as possible. A great American
flag draped over the speaker's desk
formed the sole decoration of the hail.
The other state officers then took
the oath, and Governor Deneen deliv
ered the Inaugural address. Imme
diately following the inauguration cere
monies, luncheon was served to the In- j
augural party at the Deland hotel. A j
general reception will be given at the
arsenal tonight.
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Now It's Governor Folk.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 11—Promptly
at noon Joseph W. Folk was inaugur
ated governor of Missouri. William J.
Bryan addressed the legislature on in
vitation of the republican house. He
was heartily received.
Mr. Bryan congratulated the people
on the election of Folk, because, he ;
said, it was a reward for duty well per- |
formed. Corporation Influences, fie |
said, often controlled the ownership of
public institutions. Mr. Bryan com
mended Roosevelt for recommending
legislation to have campaign contribu
tions printed, and for his recommenda
tion of legislation enlarging the pow
ers of tlie interstate commerce com
mission.
"The railroads control much legisla- :
tion," said Mr. Bryan, ‘‘and if Roose
velt is in earnest in curbing their pow
er he will lead a strenuous life during
the next four years.”
Missouri Still Sticks.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 11.—For the
first time since 1868 the electoral vote
of Missouri was cast today for the
republican presidential and vice vice
presidential candidates. Roosevelt and
Fairbanks received the full vote of the
electors, who met and canvassed the .
vote of the state.
In Illinois.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 11.—Illinois elec
toral vote of 27 was today cast for
Theodore Roosevelt for president and
Chas. W. Fairbanks for vice presi
dent. Henry Augustus Neal, of Charles
ton, was selected as messenger to de
liver to the president of the senate at
Washington the certificate of election.
Hoch in Kansas.
Topeka. Kan., Jan. 11.—Edward W.
Hoch was today inaugurated governor
of Kunsas. The other new state oUl
cers. all republicans, were sworn In. j
JAPANESE KEEP THE
PORT CLOSED TIGHT
Will Allow No Vessels Save
Their Government Boats
Inside Port Arthur.
THE EMPEROR’S RESCRIPT
—
It Conveys Thanks to the Army and
Navy and Their Commanders—
General Blockade of Liao Tung
Peninsula Raised.
Port Arthur, Jan. 10.—The regular
Russian soldiers at Port Arthur
inarched out yesterday, and the onl/
troops now In the city are volunteers.
Two fires strted in Port Arthur yes
terday. for which General Stoessel apol
ogized. lie said the volunteers were
unable to control the populace, and he
desired the Japanese to enter Port Ar
thur Imemdiutely to keep order. The
formal entry of the Japanese has been
fixed for Sunday.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 7.—A Ohefoo dis
patch says it is reported that Rear Ad
miral Prince OuktomsKy and Rear Ad
miral Dochinsky have arrived there
disguised, on board a launch.
Toklo, Jan. 10.—The emperor today i
Issued a rescript thanking General No*
gi. the Third army. Admiral Togo and
the omhined licet for the taking of
Port Arthur. Togo issued an order
abolishing from today the blockade of j
the Liao Tung peninsula.
London, Jan. 7. — A dispatch to the I
Japanes** legation from Toklo in con- |
firming the announcement, of the rais- ;
ing of the blockade of the Liao Tung
peninsula, adds:
"For the present, however, no ships ;
except those in the Japanese govern- !
inept services will be allowed to enter
Port Arthur."
HEAVY FIRE IS RENEWED.
Russians Celebrate Christmas by a
Bombardment on the Shakhe.
Oku's Headquarters, Jan. to.—The
Russians. In eel> brutlng their Christ- i
mas eve. began a heavy rtlle fire nt 10 |
o'clock lasl evening opposite IJnihimpu.
Their artillery joined In and kept up
for two hours the hardest tiring known
since tlie Shakhe river was reached,
spreading along the whole front of ;
Oku’s army. The Japanese sustained
no damage and refused to reply.
"NOW JUST WATCH US:” JAPAN
—
There Is Another Party to%This War
that Is Only Beginning to Fight.
Washington. Jan.10.—Japan has made
no overture for peace to Russia, direct
ly or Indirectly, through the United
States or any other power, and con
templates no such action, and now that
Port Arthur has fallen proposes to press
the war in the north all the more vig
orously by reinforcing the Japanese
armies at Liao Yang with the greater
part of the troops which have been be
sieging Port Arthur.
This, in brief, represents the views
of Kogaro Takahlra, the Japanese
minister, who has recently resumed j
charge of the legation at Washing
ton.
Only One Step.
"The fall of Port Arthur,” said the
minister, "is but a step in the war th.at
Japan is waging for a principle. Cer
tainly it Is an important step, but noth- -
ing could be further from the truth
than >the assumption that because
Japan has captured a stronghold, the
fall of which has long been expected,
the Japanese government will now
make overtures for peace. Japan is too
busy fighting. We are as much In earn
est today as ,ve were at the outset of
the war. We have made no overtures 1
for peace either directly or indirectly, <
nor have the powers aproaehed us with 1
any idea of intervention.”
Russia Feels Same.
At the Russian embassy it was re
Iterated that Russia would fight all tlie ,
harder in view of ttie temporary loss i ,
of Port Arthur. Kurope. It is learned, is j
firmly of the conviction that however ■
dark the outlook for peace at this mo- !
ment when the prospect brightens it is 1
to prove that the neutrals as well as j '■
.he belligerents will ook for the inter- | |
inediary through which negotiations .
can lie made. As a lOuropean atnbas- ,
sador said today, the American govern- ,
merit is practically the only government ,
to which both belligerents will ire will- r
ing to look for assistance in reaching .
a settlement when the time comes, and j
aside from this fact the high personal ,
regard in which the president, is held
both at St. Petersburg and Tokio makes f
it all tire more probable that through it,
when Russia and Japan have fought
their light, the powers must hope for j
peace.
Russia’s Sorry Christmas.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 10— With a heavj
heart Russia todny celebrated its
Christmas. The trials of the war losses
at the front had brought sorrow anc
mourning to countless homes, and the
usual rejoicing was absent. In St.
Petersburg all departments of govern
ment closed until Tuesday. The In
tense cold kept peoi le indoors, and all
ordinary public festivities and private
entertainments were omitted.
Jap Held as a Spy.
San Francisco. Jan. 10.—Officers of
the steamer Harold Dollar, which re
cently arrived from Petropavlovskl
say Lieut. Ito Matsumato of the Japa
nese army is a prisoner of the Rus
sians. They say the lieutenant was
captured on the western side of Kam
chatka peninsula, and that he is held
as a spy by the Russians.
Fearing lie intended to escape on the
Harold Dollar, the local authorities put
him behind the bars. He was in con
finement when the vessel put to sea.
Neutral Ports Doing Duty.
Tokio. Jan. 10.—Admiral Kataoku re- ■
ports that the commanders of the flo- i
tillas sent to Kiao Chau and Chefoo i
have returned satisfied that the Ger- I
man and Chinese authorities have 1
completely disauned the Russian ves- 1
sell which sought refuge in those ports. >
C-assie May Receive Callers Again.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 7.—Judge Wing in
federal court today abrogated the re
cent order that no person should be al
lowed to see Mrs. Chadwick In the '
county jail without a written permit
signed by the United States marshal.
The decision places Mrs. Chadwick ab
solutely under the jurisdiction of the
sheriff. t
Cortelyou Goes Abroad. 1
Boston, Jan. 7 —George B. Cortelyou *
sailed for the Mediterranean on the j 1
liner Canopic. He is going abroad foi '
two months for a needed rest. {
WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO
Immediate Business Before the Senate
and the House.
Washington, Jan. 10.—The joint state -
100 1 bill will continue to be the principal
top!: of discussion in the senate during the
present w^ek, but other measures will re
ceive attention each day during th<- tnorn
ng hour, including tin* omnibus claims
bill, for which Senator Warren stand*
sponsor. The bill comprises more than
200 pages, but the senator already has
■mcceded In having it read by utilizing odd
hours and thus put a large and ini|>ort
ant part of the work of consideration to
the rear. There will be an effort made to
get through the bilk providing for the com
pensation of American fishermen whose
vessels were seized previous to the arbi
tration of 18113. This measure is in the
hands of Senator Fulton, who will press
it as an act of Justice to men whom he
thinks have been discriminated against.
The pure food bill will remain in the
background for the present, not because
friends of the measure have abandoned it,
but because they consider its chances
will be improved by not pressing for im
mediate consideration. They have been
assured by the republican leaders that the
bill shall have first place on the calen
dar aside from the appropriation bills, aft
er the statehood bill is disposed of. and
therefore they will not antagonize the
statehood bill for the present, it at all.
Discussion of the statehood question will
begin on Monday with a speech by Senator
Morgan and he will be followed by other
opposing senators. The present plan of
the opposition is to keep the discussion go
ing until some of the appropriation bills
are reported and it becomes necessary to
take them up. or if this I* postponed too
long, to displace the bill with the pure
food bill. Failing in all these expedients
they will probably seek a compromise.
The only real fight Is against the uniting
of Arizona and New Mexico, and there is
talk of eliminating those territories en
tirely from the statehood proposition; it is
believed if this were done the bill for the
admission for Indian Territory and Okla
homa would be pasted. Thus far there
has been no conference of opposing fac
tions on the subject, and possibly there
w mid be little done to change the pres
ent status, so long as the leaders are anx
ious to keep other matters in the back
ground, as appears to be the ease 'at
[•resent.
It is the intention of the house to re
sume the consideration of the appropri
ation bills during the week. Today is
District of Columbia day, and the resolu
tion providing for the ceremonies of the
Inauguration of President Roosovelt and
leckling where the inauguration ball shall
l>e held will be considered. Another meas
ure of more than local importance to be
•ailed up is » bill granting the American
Hallway appliance exposition authority
io use the monument grounds for an ex
hibition. It is expected the resolutions in
troduced by Representative Baker will be
I imposed of. They were referred to the
judiciary committee and no doubt will be
reported back today for action by the
louse. These are resolutions criticising
President Roosevelt and Secretary Mor
ion.
The pension appropriation bill will be
•eported today and possibly taken up
or consideration Tuesday. It will be
followed by the army, the Indian and the
District of Columbia appropriation bills.
While they may not all be considered dur
ng the week, they will be ready for
Action.
The currency bill remains the unfinished
business, and Frida} will be devoted to
tension bills.
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BAKER BREAKS OUT.
New York Congressman Denounces a
Few More People and Things.
Washington, Jan. 10.—During the
lebate on the fortifications bill. Baker,
lein., of New York, enlivened things by
citing what he thought of the presi
lent and of some tariff inconsistencies.
Mr. Buker found fault with the pro
vision permitting the entry of war ina
erlal purchased abroad, and charged
he republican party with being a
raud in its contention that the for
dgner paid the tax.
Mr. Littauer of New York spoke of
essons from Port Arthur, and said
onditlons there demonstrated lirst tihe
■fttetency of the submarine mine ahd
he uselessness of guns of long range
vlthout proper direction and tire con
rol. Japanese gun tire only sunk two
ihips, whereas the Russians lost
hrough submarine mines seven bat
leshiiis, nineteen cruisers and thirty
;lx torpedo boats and destroyers.
Mr. Baker condemned the bill as a
vaste of money. When it was sug
gested that he quote sculpture, "Oil,”
laid he, "when we are led by a man
vho worships the war god, who wants
o hold himself up in the United States
is the equal, as the equivalent, as the
ounterpart of 'Wilhelm II.. the great
var god,’ when an administration is
lominated by such a spirit as that,
vhat n farce it is to talk about any
icriptural quotations; what a farce it
s to talk about anything in the inter
st of peace.”
Duties on War Material.
When the concluding paragraph of
he bill was reached relating to remis
ilon of duties on war materials pur
hased abroad. Mr. Baker offered an
unendment striking out that feature,
ind inquired of Mr. Littauer if that
uul been incorporated at the request
if the secretary of war.
"Yes,” said Mr. Littauer, “by the
iresent and all former set retaries.”
Mr. Baker charged that Secretary
L’aft was a member of an admintstra
ion which advanced the proposition
hat the foreigner pays the tax.
Now, why,” he inquired, "are we to
nake this present to the foreigner?"
"If the foreigner was to have his
roods admitted free,” he asked, “why
loes the republican administration,
vhich is so solicitous for American
abor, not tax the foreigner and com
>el him to pay that tax into the Amer
can treasury?"
Mr. Littauer responded that it was
lot the time for that question to be
liseussed.
Mr. Baker exclaimed: “Oh. yes, it
s always the time when you people
ire shown up to be frauds in your
ontention that the foreigner pays the
ax. That is always appropriate."
Mfc Baker wanted to know how the
epublican party could consistently
ome here and say that it was going
o remit from the foreigner the tax
a? oi*lit to pay on the goods brought
nto the United States.
No one was inclined to answer him.
nd after a brief pause Mr. Baker
arcasttcally declared, “and the re
lubllcan administration and the re
lubllcan side of this house stand
nute.';
A PEORIA MURDER.
Voman Killed in Her Bed, Choked
with a Hair Ribbon—Husband
Is Arrested.
Peoria, I'll.. Jan. 10.—Otis Butts, hus
iand of a young woman who was found
ead in bed last night with a hair rib
ion tightly bound about her neck, was
oday arrested at the home of a negro,
lis face was badly scratched and he
vas in a state of collapse. He denied
.11 knowledge of the murder.