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CONGRESS WILL NOW GET
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
" THE JOINT STATEHOOD MEASURE
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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 the principal -
cipal topic of discussion in the senate
during the present weelt. but other
measures will receive attention each
day during the morning hour , .includ-
r , ing the omnibus hill , for which Senator -
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ntor 'Varen stands sponsor. The hill
comprises more than 200 pages , but
the senator already has succeeded in
having It read by utilizing odd hours
r. and thus has put a large and imP rt-
, b - ant part of the work of consideration
to the renr. There will be an effort
made to get through the bill provid-
Ing for the compensation of American -
can fishermen whose vessels were
seized previous to the arbitration of
1893. This measure Is in the hands
of Senator Fulton , who will press it
as an act of justice to men who , he
thinks , have been discriminated
against.
The pure food bill will remain In
the background for the present , not
because the friends of that measure
have abandoned it I , but because they
consider its chances will be Improved
by not pressing for immediate con-
sideration. They have been assured
by the republican leaders that the I
bill shall have first place on the calen- i
dar , aside from appropriation bills ,
. : . after the statehood bill Is disposed of ,
and therefore they will not antagonIze -
; . Ize the statehood bill for the present ,
'f I If I ai ! l all. .
Discussion of the statehood question .
tlon will begin on Monday with a
speech by Senator Morgan , and he
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will be followed by other opposing
senators. The pre mt plan of the opposition -
position to keep the discussion going
until some of the appropriation bills
, are reported and It becomes neces-
, sary to take them up , or if this is
postponed too long , to displace the ,
, bill with. the pure food bill. Failing i
In all these expedients , they probably )
will seek a compromise. The only
real fight Is against the uniting of
Arizona and New Mexico , and there
is taUt of eliminating those territories
entirely from the statehood proposi-
tion. It is believed that If this were
r , done the bill for admission of Indian
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Territory and OltlahonJt\ would lie
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 the leaders are aux-
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m ! ious to keep other matters In the
_ background , as appears to bo the
case at present.
MEMORIAL FOR DEAD LEADER
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i Tribute of Chicago Orchestra to
Theodore Thomas.
CHICAGO-1'housands of persons ,
eager to pay tributes of respect to
the memory of Theodore Thomas ,
were turned away from the Audi-
torium theater Sunday night because
. every seat in the hall was occupied
t 'i tully half an hour before the time
set for the memorial concert by the
Chicago orchestra for Its dead leaelor.
While the public memorial service
was being held in the Auditorium a
program of the dead musician's favorite -
vorite numbers was also being ren-
dered in many halls throughout the
city.
hlnaman Hanged for Murder.
1m ! MOM , Col.-Sing Yew , a Chi-
nam.n : , was hanged In the penitentiary -
tlarr here for the murder of Jeong
K- Him , Ilt Walnut Grove , Sacramento
7i county , in October. 1902. :
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SITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR
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Town Not as Badly Damaged as Re-
ported.
LONDON-Special dispatches from
Toklo say that the Port Arthur garrison -
son was marshaled at 9 o'cloclt Thurs-
day morning at Yahutsui in accord-
ance with the terms of the supple-
mentary agreement.
Tile Standard's Port Arthur corre-
flpondent reports that the town ap-
pears to have been little damaged by
the h011lhardmont. Carriages and
I'icltshas , he says , are moving about
with well dressed people , who appar-
ently are anything but slarved. The
ruined forts resemble hllls shaken by
a might convulsion , and In many
cases every trace of the works has
disappeared.
According to the Dally Mail's Wet
Hal Wel correspondent the British
cruiser Andromeda , which sailed from
Wel Hal Wei Wednesday morning for
Port Arthur with hospital stores and
surgeons , and which was not allowed
to make 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
the danger of the vessels ! : ! : taking mines
that the Andromeda's offer was de-
clined. It Is stated , however , that the
British admiral omitted the formality
of first asking whether assistance was
acceptable to the Japanese author-
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RUSSIA'S FATE IN BALANCE. I
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st. Petersburg Editor Discusses Pres-
ent Condition in East and Locally
Sl' PETERSBURG-Regarding the
peace talk abroad M. Souvorin , editor -
tor of the Novoe Vrem'a , in a signed
editorial in that paper , passionately
declares that the voice of the nation
should give an answer , in order that
the world might understand once for i
all Russia's position The emperor , he I
added , should commIt with representatives : . :
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atlves of the land as his predecessors
did before the days of John the Tel'-
rib Ie. While papers abroad now say
that peace could be concluded with-
out dishonor if peace were made , they
would declare It disgraceful. What
the people want , he ( M. Souvorln )
cannot affirm , but the idea of ending
the war at this juncture is abhorent
to him and . he believes , to the Rus-
sian people. If the inscriptions on the
banners of demonstrators and the ac-
tion of some or the zemstvos in favor
of peace , represented the voice of the
nation , It would mean the collapse of
all of Russia's aspirations and farewell -
well to Its position In the nations of
the world.
TAYLOR MAY LEAVE CASE
Smoot Prosecutor Receives Federal
Appointment and May Retire.
ASHING'fON-Robert W. Tayler
of Ohio , appointed to be judge of the
United States district court of the
nurllle1'1l district ur Ohio , called on
the president to pay his respects and
to thank him for the appointment. ,
1\11' Taylor expects to assume his new
duties on February 1 , on the retire-
ment of Judge Francis J. Wing , re-
slgnell. At present 1\11' Taylor is the
principal attorney for the protestants
In the Inquiry which Is being made
by the senate in time case of Senator
Smoot of Utah. It is expected that
the formal inquiry by the committee
will have been concluded by February
1 , but if It should not be Mr. Taylor
will withdraw at that time.
WASIIINGTON-The , Japanese legation -
gation received the following cable-
gram from the foreign office at Toklo ,
under date of Jan. 8 : "General Nogl ,
on Sunday , reports deliver of Rus-
sian prisoners : under capitulation was
completed on Saturda , } ' . The total cf
the prisoners were 878 officers and
23,491 men , whereof 411. officers and
229 orderlies have given parole so tar.
General Smlrnoff , General Fock , Gen-
eral Gobatovsky and Admiral Wtll-
mann preferred to be sent to Japan
as priso1lCrs.
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'NO PEACE SOUCHTI I I I
NEITHER RUSSIA NOR JAPAN
ASKING FOR IT.
THE WAR TO BE PROSECUTED'
PROSECUTED'I I
The Mikado , It Is said , Has Made No
Overtures and Has Not Been Approached -
preached In Regard to the Matter of
Intervention.
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WASHINGTON-Japan has made
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no overtures for pence to RusBia directly -
rectly or Indirectly , through the
United States , or any other power ,
and contemplates no such action , and
now that Port Arthur has fallen , pro-
poses to press the war In the north
all the more vigorously by reinforcing
the Japanese armies at 1..lao Yang
with the greater part of the troops
which have been besieging Port Ar-
thur. This , in brief , represents the
views or Kogoro Takahlra , the .lap-
anese minister , who has recently resumed -
sumed charge of the legation at Wash
Ington after a long Illness at New
York.
"The fall of Port Arthur , ' " said the
minister , "is but a step In the war
which Japan is waging for a princi-
ple. Certainly it is an Important step ,
but nothing could be further from the
truth than the assumption that , because -
cause Japan has captured a strong-
hold , the fall of which had long been
expected , the Japanese government
will now make overtures for lwace.
Japan is too busy fighting. 'We are as
much in earnest ! today as we were at
the outset of the war. 'Vo have made
no overtures for peace , either directly
or indirectly , nor have the powers approached .
preached us with any idea of Inter-
vention. "
At the Russian embassy it was reiterated -
Iterated that Russia would fight all
the harder in view of the temporary
loss of Port Artnur. .
Europe , it is learned , is firmly of
the conviction that , however dark the
outlook for peace at this moment ,
whell the prospect brighlemr it is Lu
President Roosevelt that the neutrals
as well as the belligerents will look
for the intermediary through which negotiations -
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gotiations can be made As n. Euro-
pean ambassador said today. the
American government Is practically
the only government to which both
belligerents will be willing to look for
assistance in reaching a settlement ,
when the time comes , and aside from
this fact the high personal regard In
which the president is held , both at
St. Petersburg and TOkio , makes it all
the more probable that through him ,
when Russia and Japan have fought
their fight , the powers must hope for
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peac ,
Whipping Post Advocated
WASHINGTON-The local grand
jury , in making Its final report for
the present term of the supreme court
for the District of Columbia today recommended -
ommended the establishment of the
whipping post In the District. The
question has been considerably agi-
tated ever since the president in his
last annual message recommended
corporal punishment for wire beaters
rll the District of ColumbIa. A recommendation -
ommendation that persons about to be
married produce evidence of freedom
from certain diseases also Is made.
Huge Bonfire of Cotton.
DALLAS , Tex-A special from
Shawnee , Okla. , says that several
thousand dollars' worth of cotton , estimated -
timated at GOO bales , gathered together
In a huge pile in the little town of
Asher in the southern part of Potta-
wattamle county , furnished a hugo
bonfire with which to greet the new
; year. Inthe presence of a large crowd
the torch was applied and the ascend-
Ing smoke was a witness that the
farmers of this section are not to be
outdone by those ot other sections to
reduce the suppl.
"One of the best sorts of minds is
that which minds its own business "
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I ROUSE SELECTED SPEAKER.
South Platte Combination Wins the
Day.
LINCOLN-Tho forces of Douglas
of Rock wore overthrown Monday and
the republicans in legislative caucus
chose Representative C. L. Rouse of
Hall county speaker. Ills election
was ratified Tuesday at noon when
the house convened. John Wall was
chosen ! : to succeed himself as chief
clerk of the house. ClydO Barnard
will bo his assistant.
Senator W. H. Jennings of Thayer
county was elected president pro tem
of the senate. W. M. Wheeler of
Fairfield was elected secretary.
It was a complete victory for the
South Platte combination beaded by '
House , who is a North Platte man.
The combination hustled and secured
votes , while the Douglas men were
apparently powerless to stem the tide.
Overconfidence on the part of the
Douglas forces was one reason as
signed for their defeat. Some con- > J
tended that Dougllls could have won
If his workers had consented to give
up Westberg for clerk of the house.
The list follows :
Spealter-George L. Rouse , AIda. L
Speaker Pro Tem-R. B. Windham ,
. . Piattsmouth . . . ,
'Chlof Clerk-John Wall , Arcadia.
Assistant Clerk-C. H. Barnard , Ta-
ble Rocle.
Second Assistant Clerk-C. E Sandal .
da.l , Yorle.
Third Assistant Clerk-Will Downey .
e- , Lincoln.
Sergeant-nt-Arms - Buck Taylor ,
Omaha.
Assistant Sergeant - at-Arms-J. H.
McKinnon , Greenwood. '
Chaplain-A. C. Crosthwaite , University - I
vcrsity Place.
Postmaster-So D. McGnnls , , Holt i
county. 1
Doorkeeper-J. B. Parrish , Blair. ,
Chief Clerk Enrolling and Engrossing -
Ing Room-A. . M. TlmUng Nebraska t
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Senate Officer.
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The result of the formal caucus of
the senate was as follows : i
Chaplain-Rev. Jacob Flook , Kear-
ney.
Secretary-W. 1\1 Wheeler , Fair-
11eld ,
First Assislant-M. J. Green- , Om-
aha.
Second Assistant-Walter Abraham- ,
son , lIoldrege.
Sergeant.at-Arms-H. D. Wooer , J
Stella. ,
Asslstant-Mell M. Schdold Dakota i
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Postmaster-.I. R. Manning , Wayne. #
Chief Clerk Enrolling and Engross-
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lng-A. E. Chaffee , Syracuse.
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CLEARING AWAY THE MINES i
Japs Begin the Work 0. . Getting
Charts From Rus.lana.
'OKIO-The Javanese naval .Aft-
eel'l' ! have noL exullllutll the sut ken t
Russian warships at Port Arthur and t
therefore nothing is known of their r
condition and possible avallablllty for !
further service. I
The Russians surrenderC'd - possession - !
sion of the dock yard and other naval ; .
property yesterday and turned over
to the Japanese ten small steamers :
available for immediate use. AU the
other emit had previously been sunk.
The work of clearing away the
mines commenced as soon as the Rus- t
sian charts provided for in the capitulation - f
ulatloll agreement were delivered to r
the Jallanese.
It is impossible to move the ma-
jorlt of the sick and wounded , who I
will he nursed at Port Arthur. The ;
Japanese are hurrying supplies of
medicines \ and foods to the scene and
with improved sanitation and careful
nursing they hope to cure thousands
of the patients. The case of the many
prisoners is a troublesome and expensive -
pensive task and It Is possible that
Japan will arrange later , to return f'
them to Russia. The question is now !
under consideration at Toklo.
