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A wealthy Arkansan has actually
discovered, but be was found
Am experl says Noah was a million
aire. Yes, we also know that he car
riei a lot of watered stock.
Up in Connecticut they are making
tatter from the juice of the miffc
weeds. This beats nutmegs from
A Massachusetts preacher has gone
the stage, and the "drommer" may
w consider itself elevated sure
. Oeacerning'the "secret of old age,"
it isn't a secret any longer. The peo
ple, have been told "How to Live a
fhssdred Years."
Those three Russian generals who
were wiped out by a single stroke of
a Tokyo official's lead pencil have
come to life again.
The editors and proof readers de
atly hope that the. diplomats are
right in their belief that there will be
ae Turko-Bulgarian war.
Threats are being made that partic
ipants in future French duels will be
punished. Why should there be any
objection to innocent sport?
The Mikado promoted a Japanese
aval officer after he was killed. As
m post-mortem decorator the Mikado
beat a fashionable undertaker.
After a long and unaccountable de
lay the man who licked Theodore
Roosevelt when a boy at last has
aiade his appearance on the scene.
There is a woman in Germany who
fcas become the mother of triplets
twice this year. The present where
ahoats of her husband are unknown.
.
Closely following Chicago's un
fcissed professor comes Chicago's un
sailing school principal for a brief
'ma through the newspapers of the
vouatry.
Here is a chance to say a fair word
for Mrs. Cbadwick. She has refused
aa offer of $200 a week to go on the
vaudeville stage. Cassie, too, has her
Sod points.
The Birmingham Age-Herald says
that "the country is infested with the
atrical advance agents." Well, isn't
the walking good in Alabama this
tiate of year?
- It is reported from the East that
somebody has invented an automobile
sleigh. Some people are never satis
fied unless they arc adding to the
world's troubles.
"A Cleveland dispatch asks "Where
did Mrs. Chadwick's money go?" which
should be framed and hung alongside
the jioetical query. "Where are the
Sowers of long ago?"
There is a good deal of mistletoe
that might as well not have been hung.
Girls who don't know enough to hang
their mistletoe behind the doors can
blame only themselves.
la this country there are, according
te the census, fifty-one girls to every
forty-nine boys. Yet in spite of the
census' almost any boy will tell you
that there is only one girl.
"Are the American people growing
shorter?" asks the Medical Record.
Those who have had dealings with
Cassie Chadwick will probably join
ia the opinion that they are.
Richard Parker, aged 14. and Grace
Morris, 13 years of age. were married
the other day in Stewart county, Ten
aessee. Think of what's coming to
thcat before they reach middle age.
Father Angelo of Pennsylvania says
levers should not sit on the same
As they have experience in
natters and he has not, bis pro
test lacks power. Grand Rapids Her
. aM.
A lock of Thackeray's hair was
'. self at auction for $16.50 the other
aay. If some barber had saved the
ftaasorial clippings of the novelist, he
weald have left a rich heritage to his
children.
The Pasteur Institute has at last
succeeded in transforming a radish in
te a potato. They should now try
.their hand at turning a boarding house
'steak into a small porterhouse, with
(washrooms on the side.
The cables tell of an American lady
shrsart who is "the life and soul of a
aoase party always full of fun. with
ever a disagreeable word for any
ok." There is a fine recipe for pop
ularity in the last seven words.
An Ohio dentist Is "doing some
for the sultan of Morocco. The
has ta!:en precautionary meas-
by having a eunuch stand by for
with an;ax; the dentists sim-
fettt diplomatic reply was a rub
dam. - New that the girl students at Ogontz
. Save hazed their principal. Miss East
. sss. by mistake, taking her for one
at their number, and sousing her in
. a tah of ice-cold water, hazing at
will stop, or the principal will
the reason why.
idit Ratsuli is banditing around
ea -search of somebody else whose
friends will be willing to put up a
satisfactory ransom. The bandits who
'icaaght Ellen Stone seem to have got
enough out of their first transaction
to be able to retire permanently.
Aa Ithaca man has committed sui-
cMe because he was removed from
the position of police sergeant. What
a strange notion that man had of the
' Hailtations of human fallacy! A great
essay of us are not police sergeants,
yet we are happy, happy, so happy.
Vicar General Fox of Trenton, X.
J, says: "Hen do not destroy wom
en; women destroy men' Washing
tea, statisticians say that men in the
United States are numerically supe-
te women, but that women live
Now, what is that old ides
Siad about a weaker six?
Fret Loeb has tteen r asking far-
iatBortaat experimeats in heter-
hybridization of echino-
all for results which.
woaderfaL are so swan that
at he sees with the asked eye.
.aatVL.
War will go on
NO GOVERNMENT FRIENDLY TO
RUSSIA CAN ADVISE.
REPARE FOR SPRING CAMPAIGN
Kouropatkin Will Have 700,000 Men at
His Command by that Time. Jap
anese Take Many Prisoners. 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
advise peace or to unite with any other
government for mediation. The feel
ing at the Russian court, it is assert
ed here, is so absolutely for continuing
the war that probably not one person
who has access to the emperor of
Russia could be found who, even pri
vately, favors Russia accepting defeat.
German military opinion, while ack
nowledging the large moral effect of
the fall of Port Arthur, inspiring the
Japanese and depressing the Russians,
regards it as only an incident and as
having little relation to the immense
field operations that will begin in the
spring. General Kouropatkin, it is as
serted in official circles, has 600,000
troops east of Baikal, of which more
than 400.000 are already gathered at
Mukden. It is impossible, the German
military men aver, for the Russians
to cease fighting with that army in
being, which by spring, they add, is
likely to number all told 700,000 men.
The Japanese, being full informed of
Russia's preparations, are putting
forth every resource to surpass them.
Field operations of a magnitude not
before seen in the war it ia believed
will begin in a few weeks.
PARIS The official view here con
tinues to regard mediation between
Russia and Japan as impracticable.
The Temps, semiofficially, in a lead
ing article says:
Russia will not consider mediation at
a moment when its self-esteem Is suf
fering from the deepest wound, and
will continue playing its strongest
card, namely, the concentration of an
overwhelming force under General
Kouropatkin.
The same opinion is held at the
Foreign office and at the Russian
embassy.
TOKIO The Japanese captured
25,000 prisoners at Port Arthur. The
total number of the inhabitants is
35.000. of whom 20.000 are sick.
General Nogi reports to the army
department that on January 3 the 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 as 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.
Griscom, the American minister in
Japan, stating that the minister for
foreign affairs of Japan notified him
that General Stoessel surrendered
Port Arthur at 5 o'clock Sunday even
ing. The legation advices add that the
Russians blew up Tunk Keewanshan
and "Q" forts and confirm the press
dispatches of the occupancy by the
Japanese of the same forts and
heights "N" and "M," of the blowing
up by the Russians of almost all their
ships in the harbor entrance, and that
hostilities had been suspended pend
ing the conclusion of negotiations for
the Russian surrender.
The advices received at the Japan
ese legation say that General Nogi ac
cepted the terms of surrender pro
posed by General Stoessel.
Mr. Kogoro Takahira. the Japanese
minister, was asked whether, in his
opinion, the fall of Port Arthur would
hasten the end of the war with Rus
sia. Without directly responding to
the fact that while the fall of Port
Arthur was impending and its capture
by the Japanese inevitable, the Rus
sians had dispatched the second Pa
cific squadron to the fear east and
notice had been given of the inten
tion to send a third army to Manchu
ria. The further prosecution of the
war now, he said, rested with the
Russians. If they should continue it
Japan would be prepared to meet them
on sea and land.
"Will Japan now welcome any of
fers of peace that may now be made
by Russia?" he was asked.
"Japan always has been for peace."
the minister replied. "The Japanese
will always be for pece. if justice
can be obtained for all concerned.
Japan started in this war fighting 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. Ia. Wholesalers of
Iowa, Nebraaaa and South Dakota
have instituted an organized move
ment to support Roosevelt in his ap
peal for store railroad legislation. Ev
ery Jobber proposed to write to his
congressman urging especially the
passage of the Cooper-Quarles bill or
legislation calculated to give much
needed authority to the Interstate
commerce commission. The congress
men are also asked to oppose the plan
of legalizing pooling, declaring It will
destroy competition.
inspecting Foreign Ship Tare
LONDON The Russian naval at
tache here informs the Associated
Press that Vice Admiral Doubasoff.
who succeeds Kazankoff on the inter
national commission to inquire into
the North sea incident, is head of
the technical commission appointed to
make a tour of the shipbuilding yards
and ordinance factories of Great Brit
ain, France. Germany and other coun
tries. The commission is to report
on the capabilities of the various
plants with the view of possible fu
ture orders for ships.
Wedding Gift for Royal Pair.
BERLIN The joint wedding gift of
100 cities of Prussia to Crown Prince
Frederick William and the Duchess
Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on
the occasion of their marriage, to
which invitations to contribute were
6ent out by a committee of mayors,
will represent about 1 cent apiece
from each Prussian city dweller. The
present will be a silver table service
for fifty persons and of more than
1,000 pieces of original designs, cost
lag $125.M0. or $2.000 store than the
fjift to the iataerial pair ia 188 J.
TEXT OF CAPITULATION.
Conditions Under Whish Port Arthur
Was Given Up.
TOKIO A telegram from General
Nogi, giving the text of the capitula
tion convention, has been received. It
is as follows:
Article 1 All Russian so!diers, ma-
j rines, volunteers, also government of-
uciais at ine garrison ana naroor ox
Port Arthur are taken prisoners.
Art. 2. All forts, batteries, war.
ships, other ships and boats, arm?, am
munition, horses, all materials for bos
tile use, government buildings and ail
objects belonging to the Russian g.v
ernment shall be transferred to tha
Japanese army in their existing condi
tion. Art. 3 On the preceding two condi
tions being assented to, as a guaran
tee for the fulfillment thereof, the
men garrisoning the forts and the bat
teries on Etse mountain, Sunshu
mountain. Antse mountain and the
line of eminences southeast therefrom
shall be removed by noon of January
3 and the same shall be transferred to
the Japanese army.
Art. 4 Should Russian military or
naval men be deemed to have destroy
ed objects named in article 2, or to
have caused alteration in any way
in their condition, at the time of the
signing of this compact, the negotia
tions shall be annulled and the Jap
anese army will take free action.
Art. 5 The Russian military and
naval authorities shall prepare and
transfer to the Japanese army a table
showing the fortifications of Port Ar
thur and their respective positions,
and maps showing the location of
mines, underground and submarine,
and all other dangerous objects; also
a table showing the composition and
system of the army and naval serv
ice at Port Arthur; a list of army
and navy officers, with names, rank
and duties of said officers; a list of
army steamers, warships and other
ships, with the numbers of their re
spective crews; a list of civilians,
showing the number of men and wo
men, their race and occupations.
Article 6 Arms. Including tboso
carried on the person; ammunition,
war materials, government buildings,
objects owned by the government,
horses, warships and other ships, in
cluding their contents, excepting pri
vate property, shall be left in theft
present positions, and the commission
ers of the Russian and Japanese
armies shall decide upon the method
of their transference.
Article 7 The Japanese army, con
sidering the gallant resistance offered
by the Russian army as being honor
able, will permit the officers of the
Russian army and navy, as well as
officials belonging thereto, to carry
swords and to take with them private
property directly necessary for the
maintenance of life. The previously
mentioned officers, officials and volun
teers who will sign a written parole
pledging that they will not take up
arras and in nowise take action con
trary to the interests of the Japanese
army until the close of the war, will
receive the consent of the Japanese
army to return to their country. Each
array and navy officer will be allowed
one 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 private property, and com
manded by their respective officers,
shall assemble at such places as may
be indicated by the Japanese army.
The Japanese commissioners will indi
cate the necessary details therefor.
Article 9 The sanitary corps and
the accountants belonging to the Rus
sian army and navy shall be retained
by the Japanese while their services
are deemed necessary for the caring
for the sick and wounded prisoners.
During such time such corps shall
be required to render service under
the direction of the sanitary corps
and accountants of the 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 detailed files necessary for
the enforcement of this compact shall
be embodied in a supplementary com
pact. The supplementary compact
shall have the same force as this
compact.
OYAM A SENDS HIM A LETTER.
Kuropatkin NetHled ef Fall ef
Arthur.
"Continued and intense cannonad
ing has been heard since dawn. along
the railroad near Sinchlnpu and
Shakhe. A resumption of the cannon
ading is expected."
BERLIN The Lokal Anzieger's
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
small 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.
Find More Double Stars.
BERKELEY. Cal. More double
stars have been discovered and meas
ured at the Lick observatory. The
latest bulletin issued by the univer
sity contains an account of another
hundred new double stars discovered
and measured there. These new
double stars are of the same char
acter as those previously discovered
at the Lick observatory. The distance
between the two components in most
of them is very small and nearly all
would be difficult objects to observe
under conditions less favorable.
For Port Arthur's Dead.
ST. i.RSBURG There were re
quiem services at the war office and
the admiralty touay in honor of
those who have fallen at Port Ar
thur. The national service at the
Kazan cathedral nas been postponed
until Sunday.
Causes a Reeeas ef Diet.
TOKIO It Is expected that the
diet will sow take a recess sad hold
a special session for the purpose of
passing a vote of thanks to Geaaral
Nogi sad the act of the Third
WORK THIS WEEK
CONGRESS WILL NOW
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
GET
THEJOIHTSTATEHOOD 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 be the prin
cipal topic of discussion in the senate
during the present week, but other
measures will receive attention each
day during the morning hour, includ
ing the omnibus bill, for which Sen
ator Waren stands sponsor. The bill
comprises more than 200 pages, but
the senator already has succeeded in
having it read by utilizing odd hours
and thus has put a large and import
ant part of the work of consideration
to the rear. There- will be- an- effort'
made to get through the bill provid
ing for the compensation of Ameri
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, 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
bill shall have first place on the calen
dar, aside from appropriation bills,
after the statehood bill is' disposed of,
and therefore they will not antagon
ize the statehood bill for the present,
if at all.
inacussion or the statehood ques
tion will begin on Monday with a
speech by Senator Morgan, and he
will be followed by other opposing
senators. The presnt plan of the op
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 his Ib
postponed too long, to displace the
bill with the pure food bill. Failing
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 talk of eliminating those territories
entirely from the statehood proposi
tion. It is believed that if this were
done the bill for admissionjof Indian
Territory and Oklahoma wouid be
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 anx
ious to keep other matters In the
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.
The military administration will
only retain a small garrison as soon
as the prisoners are withdrawn and
order is restored. The fleet is busily
engaged in clearing mines, but owing
to their great number navigation will
be unsafe for a long time. Only gov
ernment craft will be allowed to enter
the harbor. It is probable that Dalny
will soon be opened up to neutrals.
Japanese 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 the 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 Stoessel and the other
Russian officers who have been given
their parole will be brought to Naga
saki on a Japanese 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
te
Theodore Thomas.
CHICAGO Thousands 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
fully half an hour before the time
set for the 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 halls throughout the
city.
Sugar Bounty Law ia Void.
LINCOLN, Neb. The supreme
court of Nebraska has decided that J
the sugar beet bounty law. enacted at
the legislative session of 1895. is void.
The law provided a bounty on sugar
manufactured from Nebraska grown
beets, but subsequent legislatures re
fused to make an appropriation for
the payment. The Oxnard 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.
Homesteaders' Leaves of Absence.
WASHINGTON Senator Hepburn
has introduced a. bill granting leaves
of absence, not to exceed six months
in any one year, to homesteaders on
lands to be irrigated until water is
turned into the main irrigation canals
on such lands.
Chinaman Hanged for Murder.
FOLSOM, Cal. Sing Yow, a Chi
naman, was hanged in the peniten
tiary here for the murder of Jeong
Him, at Walnut Grove, Sacramento
county, in October, 1902.
Nebraska Manufacturers' Census.
WASHINGTON Work will soon be
commenced by the government to
take another census of the manufac
tures throughout the United States
for 1904. Three special agents will be
designated to take the Nebraska cen
sus. Two will be appointed at Omaha
and one at Lincoln. These agents will
be selected upon the recommenda
tion of congressmen from the state.
The compensation will he $3 per day.
Circumstances spur us as much as
they hinder us. J. R. Green.
SITUATION AT j PORT ARTHUR
! Town Not as Badly Damaged as Re
ported.
LONDON Subeial dispatches from
Tokio say thav the Port Arthur garri
son was marshaled at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning at Yahutsui in accord
ance with the terms of the supple
mentary agreement.
The Standard'.? Port Arthur corre
spondent reports that the town ap
pears to have been little damaged by
the bombardment. Carriages and
rickshas, he says, are moving about
with well 'dressed people, who appar
ently are anything but starved. The
ruined forts resemble bills shaken by
a might convulsion, and in many
cases every trace of the works has
disappeared.
According to the Daily Mail's Wei
Hai Wei correspondent the British
cruiser Andromeda, which sailed from
Wei Hai 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
ities. RUSSIA'S FATE IN BALANCE.
St Petersburg Editor Discusses Pres
ent Cor ion in East and Locally.
ST. PETERSBURG Regarding the
peace talk abroad M. Souvorln. edi
tor of the Novoe Vremya. 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
all Russia's position. The emperor, he
added, should consult with represent
atives of the land as his predecessors
did before the days of John the Ter
rible. 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. Souvorin)
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 of the zemstvos in favor
of peace, represented the voL-e of the
nation, it would mean the collapse of
all of Russia's aspirations and fare
well to its position in the nations of
the world.
TAYLOR MAY LEAVE CASE
Smoot Prosecutor Receives Federal
Appointment and May Retire.
WASHINGTON Robert W. Tayler
of Ohio, appointed to be judge of the
United States district court of the
northern district of Ohio, called on
the president to pay hiv respects and
to thank him for the appointment.
Mr. Tayler expects to assume his new
duties on February 1, on the retire
ment of Judge Francis J. Wing, re
signed. At present Mr. Tayler is the
principal attorney for the protestants
in the inquiry which is being made
by the senate in the 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. Tayler
will withdraw at that time.
All Prisoners Turned Over.
WASHINGTON The Japanese le
gation received the following cable
gram from the foreign office at Tokio,
under date of Jan. 8: "General Nogi,
on Sunday, reports delivery of Rus
sian prisoners under capitulation was
completed on Saturday. The total ctf
the prisoners were 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 be sent to Japan
as prisoners.
Russian Prisoners Jolly.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY. VIA FUSAN
The Russian prisoners, while waiting
at Changkingstu, a railway statio.
for transportation to Dalny celebrated
Christmas. Religious services were
held in the morning at 10 o'clock and
the assemblage of prisoners was ad
dressed by a Russian priest in full
canonical dress. After the services
there was music and dancing on the
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 the late Samuel M. Jones,
who for several years was mayor gf
Toledo, O., was held Sunday night at
Cooper Union. Nearly 2,000 persons
attended.
Over 24,000 Men Transferred.
TOKIO The transfer of prisoners
was completed Sunday afternoon. The
total number of officers transferred
was 878; men. 23.491.
Shoots Two House Breakers.
CHICAGO Sitting on guard each
.night for over a week for the re-appearance
of burglars, who had 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 entrance to the office and
were both shot by Campbell before
they could make their escape. Joseph
Sicer was shot In the body and will
die. The other robber, name unknown,
managed to escape, but not before he
had been shot in the leg.
Stockholders Must Pay.
AKRON, O. Judge George Hayden
rendered' a decision in the state bank
ruptcy case of the Aultman-Miller
company, affecting over $1,000,000
worth of stock. Many stockholders de
murred to paying the double liability
obligation on the ground that the re
cent amendment to the constitution in
that connection absolved them be
cause the failure occurred after the
amendment was adopted. Judge Hay
den held that stockholders must
stand for double value of their shares.
Henry G. Poor is Dead.
BOSTON. Mass. Henry G. Poor,
widely known for many years as a
railroad authority and an expert on
financial affairs, is dead at his home
in Brookline.
Mr. Poor fell on the Ice and broke
his ankle three weeks ago. and the
shock to his system eventually affect
ed bis heart. He was born in Maine.
In 1813. He was the oldest graduate
of Bowdoia college.
"One of the best sorts of minds I
that which salads its own buslBess.
NO PEACE SOUGHT
NEITHER RUSSIA NOR
ASKING FOR IT.
JAPAN
THE WAR TO BE PROSECUTED
The Mikado, it is said. Has Made No
Overtures and Has Not Been Ap
proached in Regard to the Matter of
Intervention.
WASHINGTON Japan has made
no overtures for peace to Russia, di
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 Liao Yang
with the greater part of the troops
which have been besieging Port Ar
thur. This, in brief, represents the5
views of Kogoro Takahira. the Jap
anese minister, who has recently re
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, be
cause Japan has captured a strong
hold, the fall of which had long been
expected, the Japanese government
will now make overtures for peace.
Japan is too busy fighting. We are as
much in earnest today as we were at
the outset of the war. We have made
no overtures for peace, either directly
or indirectly, nor have the powers ap
proached us with any idea of inter
vention." At the Russian embassy it was re
iterated jthat Russia would fight all
the harder m 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,
when the prospect brightens it is to
President Roosevelt that the neutrals
as well as the belligerents will look
for the intermediary through which ne
gotiations can be made. As a 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
6t. 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
peace.
AS TO FORESTRY.
Chief Executive Speaks Before the
Congress.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt was the principal speaker at a
special session of the American For
est Congress held Thursday at the
National theater. The president, ac
companied by Secretary Loeb, arrived
at the theater promptly at 3 o'clock.
He was escorted to the stage entrance
and as he appeared before the im
mense audience, which filled every
part of the house, the people received
him standing, while the theater rang
with applause and the orchestra play
ed a patriotic air.
President Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific presided at the morn
ing session. The board of directors re
ported action looking to the creation
of ar. advisory board of the forest
congress, to consist of representatives
of various industrial bodies and to
meet annually in Washington.
Charles F. Manderson. general soli
citor of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy and former United States sen
ator from Nebraska, characterized the
preservation of the timber industry
of the country as "the paramount Is
sue" and urged the planting and hus
banding of timber wherever trees can
be grown. He spoke of the enormous
demands for ties. "Of the ties now on
the railroad tracks of the country." he
said, "10 per cent have to be replaced
annually; their average cost is 50
cents, making an annual expenditure
for this purpose of $45,000,000, .which
is exclusive of the labor employed and
the cost of local transportation. No
feasible substitute has been found for
the wooden tie." He urged the rub
jugation of private rights to public
necessity, the study of means for elim
inating waste and mismanagement,
and the repeal of the timber and stone
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 ft Western railroad, and
Herman von Schrenk of the Bureau of
Forestry. The latter detailed the good
results already announced in the pres
ervative treatment of railroad tim
bers 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 The local grand
jury, in making its final report for
the present term of the supreme court
for the District of Columbia today rec
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 wife beaters
in the District of Columbia. A rec
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, es
timated at COO bales, gathered together
in a huge pile in the little town of
Asher. in the southern part of Potta
wattamie county, furnished a huge
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 of other sections to
reduce the supply.
Druggists Are Enjoined.
CHICAGO. Judge Healy of the cir
cuit court of Cook county granted a
temporary injunction, returnable the
third Monday in January, to Isaac
Piatt, a retail druggist of Chicago,
against the National Retail Druggists
association and the Association of
Wholesale Druggists. Mr. Piatt prayed
for the injunction on the ground that
the defendants had refused to sell him
drugs, because he had put in opera
tion a scale of prices below that main
tamed y the defendants. Judge Healy
granted the inhracthm.
ROUSE SELECTED SPEAKER.
South Platte Combination Wins the
Day.
LINCOLN The forces of Douglas
of Rock were overthrown Monday and
the republicans in legislative caucus
chose Representative C. L. Rouse of
Hall county speaker. His election
was ratified Tuesday at n-on when
the house convened. John Wall was
chosen to succeed -himself as chief
clerk of the house. Clyde Barnard
will be his assistant.
Senator W. H. Jennings af 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 headed by
Rouse, who Is a North Platte man.
The combination hustled and secured
votes, while the Douglas men were
apparently powerless to stem the tide.
Overconfldence on the part of the
Douglas forces was one reason as
signed for their defeat. Some con
tended that Douglas could have won
if his workers bad consented to give
up Westberg for clerk of the house.
The list follows:
Speaker George L. Rouse. Alda.
Speaker Pro Tem R. B. Windham.
Plattsmouth.
Chief Clerk John Wall. Arcadia.
Assistant Clerk C. H. Barnard, Ta
ble Rock.
Second Assistant Clerk C. E. San
da.l. York.
Third Assistant Clerk "Will Down
ey. Lincoln.
Sergeant-at-Arms Buck Taylor,
Omaha.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms J. II.
McKinnon, Greenwood.
Chaplain A. C. Crosthwaite, Uni
versity Place.
Postmaster S. D. McGinnls, Holt
county.
Doorkeeper J. B. Parrish. Blair.
Chief Clerk Enrolling and Engross
ing Room A. M. Timllng Nebraska
City.
Senate Officers.
The result of the formal caucus of
the senate was as follows:
Chaplain Rev. Jacob Flook, Kear
ney. Secretary W. M. Wheeler, Fair
field. First Assistant M. J. Greevy, Cm
aha. Second Assistant Walter Abraham
son, Holdrege.
Sergeant-at-Arms H. D. Weder.
Stella.
Assistant Mell M. Schdeld, Dakota
City.
Postmaster J. R. Manning. Wayne.
Chief Clerk Enrolling and Engross
ing A. E. Chaffee. Syracuse.
CLEARING AWAY THE MINES
Japs
Benin the Work o Getting
Charts From Russians.
TOKIO The Japanese naval offi
cers have net examined the sunken
Russian warships at Port Arthur and
therefore nothing is known of their
condition and possible availability for
further service.
The Russians surrendered posses
sion of the dod!t yard and other naval
property yesterday and turned over
to the Japanese ten small steamers
available for immediate use. All the
other craft had previously been sunk.
The work of clearing away the
mines commenced as soon as the Rus
sian charts provided for in the capit
ulation agreement were delivered to
the Japanese.
It is impossible to move the ma
jority of the sick and wounded, who
will be 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 ex
pensive task rnd it is possible that
Japan will arrange later to return
them to Russia. The question is now
under consideration at Tokio.
It is said that General Nogi will
return to Tokio at the request of the
emperor, in tieh case lie will re
ceive a tremendous popular ovation.
The foreign attaches entered Port
Arthur yesteiday.
RUSSIANS MARCH OUT.
All the Regular Troops Leave the Sur
rendered City.
PORT ARTHUR (With the Third
Japanese Army), via Fusan Only
eighty Russian officers have accepted
parole.
All the regular Russian troops have
marched out of Port Arthur and will
leave for Port Dalny today. Japanese
troops entered the city yesterday to
keep order. Noncombatants are allow
ed the option of remaining at Port
Arthur.
The Japanese navy Is removing
mines and the Japanese hulks at the
harbor mouth. All the forts have
been taken over by the Japanese.
The authorities of Che Foo are
ready to receive the first portion of
the 1,000 resident noncombatants at
Port Arthur who are to come here.
Up to 10 oVIock last night, however,
they bad not arrived.
Frederic Emory Resigns.
WASHINGTON It was announced
at the state department that the re
signation of Frederic Emory, chief of
the bureau of trade relations, had
been accepted by Secretary Hay and
he will retire March 31. Secretary
Hay characterizes Mr. Emory's work
as of unusual Intelligence and skill
and says' that he will leave as envi
able record In the department Mr.
Emory was appointed secretary of the
bureau of American republics in
March, 1903, and has held other posi
tions of an important character.
Brazil! Wants an Ambassador.
WASHINGTON Brazil. through
her charge d'affaires at Washington,
has transmitted to this government
the Intimation that she desires to be
represented at Washington by an
ambassador and would welcome the
appointment of an American ambassa
dor at Rio de Janeiro. Cordial as are
the relations between the two govern
ments, the need of an American am
bassador to Brazil Is not felt by this
government, and it is quite Improb
able that the suggestion will be en
couraged. Favorable Report on Brady.
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on territories authorized a fa
vorable report on the nomination of
John G. Brady to be governor of
Alaska. The nomination has been held
up at the request of Pennsylvania
commercial interests in Alaska.
Hearing on Railroad Bills.
WASHINGTON Tbe senate com
mittee on interstate commerce agreed
to take up all bills relating to rail
road rates and kindred subjects oa
Friday. January It.
PROVESGRUTPOWER
When Regular Medical Treatment
Failed, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
Cured Her Rheumatism.
Hundreds of people afflicted with rhe.
matisni have spent years under the care
of excellent physicians in vain. Then
they have settled down to the conviction
that it is fastened on them for life at ,.,
Dinsuiore was not willing to join the
ranks of the hopeless merely because her
doctor did not know how to help her.
Here is her story :
" Four years ago I suffered greatly
with rheumatism in my hands and,
knees. After I had been sitting a while
my limbs seemed so heavy I could hardlv
walk on the first attempt. So long as I
kept moving I was all right, but just as
soou as I stopped, something seemed to
settle in my knees and make them ache.
My hands were so bad I couldn't roach
the palms of them on a flat surface; they
were swollen and pained so."
"Did you call in a physician?"
"I doctored steadily for over a year;
then oue doctor said : You have tkn
medicine strong enough to kill almost
anything.' Still, it did not kill me nor
the rheumatism.'
How, then, did yon get rid of it?"
"At different times 1 had read iu vari
ous publications about Dr. Williams'
wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People,
and I finally decided to try them. I took
them steadily for four months :n ac
cordance with the directions. By that
time I was completely cured."
"Have you been free from it ever
since?"
" Sinco then I have had bnt oue flight
-eturu of my trouble, and n box or two of
the same pills nindo me all right again."
Mrs. F. A. DiiiMuore lives in heurty
enjoyment of her recovered health at
Woburn. Mat., entirely freed from the
grave anxieties that rheumatism alway.t
brings. When it appears iu but a single
joint it shows that the blood is in a faulty
state in the whole body. It mav at any
moment break out elsewhere, and one of
the dangers is that it may break out in
the heart and then the result must bo
fatal. The only security is to keep the.
blood all the time iu n perfectly sound
condition.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills make healthy
blood. All other relief is superficial.
This is thorough. These pills are sold
by all druggists.
The Good Old Times.
When Benjamin Franklin took the
reach from Philadelphia to New York
he spent four days on the journey.
He tells us that, as the old driver
jogged along, he spent his time knit
ting stockings. Two stage coaches
and eight horses sufficed for all the
commerce that was carried on be
tween Boston and New York, and in
winter the journey occupied a week.
Success.
Rum Changes Tribe.
The Nyam-Nyams. of the upper Nile
valley, used to be a very harmless,
amiable people, whose amusements .
were to smoke and hold nightly con
certs. Bnt ritles and rum changed
them, and now a British expedition Is
marching to punish them for shooting
at British "patrols." though what
British patrols were doing in tho
Nyam-Nyam country is not explained.
Value of System.
A wealthy merchant remarked the
other day that "his filter of success
had a wrapper marked "system." " And
he declared that both those who sold
goods to him and those who bought of
him were so Impressed with bis show
of system that the confidence ema
nating therefrom was a big capita! in
Itself. Success.
Especially for Women.
Champion. Mich.. Jan. 9th. (Spe
cial) A case of especial interest to
women is that of Mrs. A. Wellatt.
wife of a well known photographer
here. It is best given in her own
words.
"I could not sleep, my feet were
cold and my limbs cramped." Mrs.
Wellat states. "I had an awful hard
pain across my kidneys. I had to get
up three or four times in the night. 1
was very nervous and fearfully des
pondent. "I had been troubled in this way
for five years when I commenced to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and what
they caused to come from my kidneys
will hardly stand description.
"By the time t had finished one box
of Dodd's Kidney Pills I was cured.
Now I can sleep well, my limbs do
not cramp. I do not get up In the
night and I feel better than I have in
years. I owe my health to Dodd's
Kidney Pills."
Women's ills are caused by Dis
eased Kidneys; that's why Dodd's
Kidney Pills always cure them.
Women like to read about how to
preserve their youth and beauty, even
if they don't follow the rules laid
down. Philadelphia Bulletin.
BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE
Body Ravw With Humor Caused Un
told Agony Doctor Did No Good
Cuticura Cured at Once.
"My child was a very delicate baby.
A terrible sore and humor broke out
on his body, looking like raw flesh,
and causing the child untold agony.
My physician prescribed various rem
edies, none of which helped at all. I
became discouraged and took the mat
ter Into my own hands', and tried Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost Immediate success. Be
fore the second week had passed the
coreness was gone, not leaving a trace
of anything. Mrs. Jeannette H. Block.
281 Rosedale St.. Rochester. N. Y."
Make a practice of doing some act
of kindness every day until the habit
grows on you and stays with you.
A Rare Good Thing.
"Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and
Can truly say I would not have been withouV
it so lonp, had I known the relief it would
give my aching feet. I think it a rare good
thing for anyone ha ving sore or tired feet.
Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, It L"
Sold by all Druggists, 2c Ask to-day.
Charity is more than dropping a
crust in the slot in the expectation f
drawing out a three layer cake.
A OCAKANTKKO Cl'KK FOR TII.KS.
ItrMns. Bllui!, Ulrediarf or rrtrul!o4 I'J.-"- V'nr
dnnc-'lit will refund money If l"A.o OIM"MK.T
lulls to cure jruu la t to It diy. tiijc .
It's no use bragging of your an
cestors U!i:s they would feel like 10
turning the compliment.
I am sure Pi.s Cure tor Consumption saved
my life thrfc 7n. ago. -MnTuoa. Kobbiss,
Mapl Street. Norwich. X. V.. Feb. IT, 1MO.
The man who goes into a thing with
a swelled heaJ always comes out with
a sore one.
Dr. DmM tuMir' rt iwMr
pt 4wpf miT TrtmayQ9pmm aim
ten
oc. -. I. rrawmiicn.mnMiK.ii.a.i,
Religion for reward would be sin for
a raise.
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