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By Rev. Tho: ROM the beggar millionaire in I of the poet's 1i 0 E Isut how is it is fcund in p You may be at war with happy no man can be if he i5 Peace with one's self! I But how? Because it is the most i from every angle and answE Some have tried to find glory. But Caesar ran up a committing suicide, and the upon a lone rock in the sea. Others have sought hal us that miserable was the (I Abelard. In bitter disappoi A very noble way wcul anostle of this creed- he i long life. that he had not happiness. As for weal:h. we do 'r drew Carnegie the cry is t", not save him from a misera hard as he can vo uniOud h d- iurht? Where, then. shall hap' eternal sacrifce of self. He is happy who does others t:.at he has no time t cares at-ut in being the mE To know t'hat you have o: mother, or wife. or chil your better part when concse the only kind of happiness t Throw self, like a rock interests. make your joy the In your cup there will be n( I know this-and what " et price.-New York Amer By the Late UCCESS is attai: men become ri out of a hund able to write keep his own I on canvas and be dissipated c fore, he is not successful, el year. or written the most Si A man -who has many fi bave a large friendship uni faculty of making friends is good man has it he is usual man has that faculty he u of his friends, who soon de, to have friends must "show to be always companionable i do not think that mon, of men who have accumulat isfied with themselves. The: saocrficed every thing to that and hence they are poor wh' for young people to choose v wealth of money. They oug ness, from mere observatio: cide, while a man of strong The pleasure of living is t1 I -think every one desire reached, the man of strong I have never followed my a: probably not have made anl poorest in the end. because when their minds are occupi the improvement of thei' ar business pursuits as wc from his customers, he wiV their needs and their desir4 agers present plays that ax which have a high artistic art, and in the end they re By Henry H .T may be of inte I as in other' d are considered means those o tunnel, import routes from It 00,000O, or lesn Transit subway. The maxir level, is $230,500,000, while alone, .not including that air It has been estimated 1 way in and about New York nea~rly $45i)0~.000.00! These and terminal, $50,000.000; entering New York. W.:th th4 000,009; newv subwrsys :n Gre; Island. and other brirdges. $3 $G0,000.000J.; .improvement of nel, $4.000,000. Siiuar grei been announced thlat exten! Chicago, to facilitate the hax the expenditulre of about $20 so snecessfully and unobtri enlarged and extended, it is There are ,thus contempi two great .cities .of the Unite more than $70,000O,000 most ate resources, and all of whi tional works oef less than on works which owe their exis1 engineerig, works whi' ' a to the expenditures w: ich successorS, may -change ..i conduct of -governments.-B: A lieuse o1f 1Vyster A house of m~ystery has covered in the Bois de Bou has subterranean passages, panels, hidden trapdoors, derground apartmenlts, pa luxu:~ously fitted rooms. trances closed by -3labs of s which glid-e softly back whisper -Open, sesame!" pr ton, insert a needle into a m bole, make th-e seedful signs, and, in short, carry c stage directions fo'-r -effecti ness." It does not appear body has ever made any these appurtenances of thru drama. But there are ta tremendous possibilities in of mystery. though no my yet been wrought within its walls. The melodramatIe sties se'em to have been .e for mere art's sake and for of the thing by the tenant, or was~ until a few weeks as Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart 3 pastor of Calvary Baptist New York. is out in an arti< ing Y. john D. Rockefeller recent "coarse, cruel, coward just attacks" recently made Twenty-four members o: called Theatrical Tru:st v.il standl trial on a charge of < in accordance with a dlecisio by City M.agistrate Joseph Pc York. in the complaint of Jat calve. a dramatic critie, a; Theatrient Maaes' Associx Nephew~s oT Judge Crum; under bond to pre vent an e Happy. ~nas B. Gregory. to the king. from the "bum'in the gutter to the is palace, evcry human being knows the meanln es happiness: our - .ing's ad and aifn. happiness to be found? There is but one answer ace with one's self. voir neighbor and still b: measurabiy happy, but at war wvith him-elf. hat is the only real happiness...... nportant question in the world it has been stadied red in innunrable ways. he summilum bonum along the way of ambition a-d -ainst an assassin's dagger. Hannibal wound up by great Napoleon died broken-hearted and miscrable piness along the way of cauity. but history tells ath of Cleopatra and Nell (;wynne. Alcibiades and itmenrt (ied they, one and all. I seem to be that of self-culture: but the great st lustrious Gocethe-declared. near the close of his ad, all told throughout h;i career. six weeks o ot know that from old King Croesrus down to An t mone dy not satisf' Croesus's mlions cola ble end, and is not the g ort iaister trymng ats mnself of the burden in Th'ch his soul can find no )iness be found? Thcre i bat one answer--in the not care to be happy: who 1,; so Tuy of > think of himself-wlho finds the omy imp- ' ie ans of halppiness to others done your duty--that you .tavc- not forgotten fathe ren. or friend-that you hAve aways acted out of ence has sounded her bugle call-that is happiness, mt is worth taking accoun-: of. into the sea, forget all about your little perscnal oy of the great humanity to which you b&:ong. ana bitternes S. in your life no disappointnent or rget.. :now I tell to the world, without money and w* Really Succeed. oseph Jefferson. Actor. ed by few in its best and most valuable form. Ma:.ny h and many become famous. but not more than on? -ed men are every truly successful. A man may .e t masterpiece of literature and still not be able t ife pure: or he may paint scenes of ravishing beauty not be able to make his own life beautiful. He may d he may not be able to tell the truth. and, the en though he has painted the prize picture of the ccessful book of the season. -iends is successful in one sense because no one can ?ss he possesses many good qualities. I think the one of the most valuable gifts of man, and when a y a very successful personage. Of course. if a bad ;es it to his own advantage and to the detriment ert him under such circumtstances. And as a man himself friendly," I think it a good sign for a man ?y means success-; *far from it. There are thousands ed large fornuws and are still unhappy and dissat have done nothing else but make money. and have one end. They have in many cases sold their honor, le the world calls them rich. It should not be hard hat wealth they most desire-wealth of character or :ht to know which will bri-g them the most happi a. Many wealthy men art known to comrmt sui 2haracter was never known to put an end to his life. o great for a successful man to end it. to be able to live in conyfor': but. when that state is character -works for other things than mere money. t as a means of money making. If I had. I .ould The men who act for money alone are always the it is impossible for them toa malte much progress d with the thought of pecuniary profit and not with . I think that is true to a certain extent in purely If a merchant constantly endeavors to make money soon find he has no customers. He must cornsult s. and give as well as take. Some theatrical man not -popular with the majority of playgoers, btt value. In doing so they are sacrificing money to Lp their reward. for the productio ~~W~r~t terpT15eS. arrison S-uplee rest to -call attentionl to the fact t In engineering. ~partments of wurk and acti-.- the things which of the greatestemagnitude ,d importance are by no the larged .aost r.nd .a culty. Thus, the Simpion ant as it 5. in connection wit.h the opening of new yr to thSorth Sea, is estimated to cost about $15>. than pe-third of the cost of the New York Rapid aui mated cost of the Panama canal, cut to sea he eimates of the new subv.-ays in New York city a completed, amount to $250,000,000. at the works now projected and partially under at the present time will involve the expenditure of woks include the Pennsylvania railroad tunnels he eectrificationl of :the New York Central lines reconstruction of the Grand Central station, $45. tter New York $250,000.000; Manhattan. Blackweli-s 1500.000; extension of the New York water supply, the barbor .and :the <drmedging -of the Ambrose chan t expenditures are planned about Chicago. It has ie railroad improvements and connections about dling of the rapidly increasing traffic, will inv-olve 0,00.:0 while t-he freight subway, which has been 'sively built .under the Chicago streets, is to be reported., at a gost of $50,300,000 .to .$100.,000,000. a~ted andi already partially uinder way, in and about d States, engineerin-g works inv-ooking an -ontlay of of which will be prov'ided from private and corpor h is attracting much less attention than a few na e-third the total cost. These are but a few. of the nce to the development of the applied science to - destined to create values out of all proportion they are causing, and works which. -with their ourses of trade, the -prosprerity of nations., and the - Henry Harrison Snplee. Raoul de V~aux.-Paris Lett.er to Lani been dis ogne. It The Coast of Snain. springing "Ev'erywhere that I have seen it., cret un- the coast of Spain is an iron-bound Ided and beach with a trough sea breaking," n-d en- writes a traveler. "Wiether on the id steel, Atlantic or the Mediterranean shore, ten you whether on the aiscayan or the An es a but- Idalusian coast. there seems to be coscopic ever a heavy s arf booming along the cabalistic Spanish beach. Here on the extreme ut all the! north there were the same somber ye "busi- mountains that we had once se-en that any-* when coasting between Gibraltar and ie of all Mrarseilles; here we saw the same ig ~eo- s-tern landscape and the same gaunt dobtedly cliffs crowned with watch towers. he house tsad-colored like the clif.s and seem ;ery ha ing to be stony growths out of the fearsome rocks themselves." potential nneered Bread is not indispensable in mak her love ing stuffing. Potatoes. rice, fruits who s- and chestnuts answer t'ie purpose as o-Baron w,4l aAcrthur, The Czar called a family council and hurc. Of also conferred with the Ministers in e fmend view of the gravity of the situation cre t and un- Iated by the crusning naval disaster. uon him. A ministry composed of extreme rad the so- icals has been formed in Servia. i have to William Dunn. a marine engineer, onpiracy' fell dead on a ferryboat in Norfolk. :t endered o . in New The gas grab in Philadelphia was e S. Met- made the text for many sermons. ralst the A lone highwayman held up a train 2- Coin Montana. were put attack on Sudden acquisition of wealth trans :nond Iforms family jars into jardiniers. NEWS THROUMdOUT THE COUNTRY Minor Happen ngs cf the Week at Horne and Abro::d. Down in Cixie. Secrctary Taft has extended for three years the operations of his order re quiring tie removal of obst:'uctions to navigation in tire shpne of bridges at Augusta. Ga. Hon. W. N. 2iitchell promires a lib eral appropriation b: (orgia to the Jamestown Exposition. The D'mo:rati2 Committee' of Vir ginia will meet on .iune i.th to fix the date of the primaries. Several houses were burned at Tun nelton. W. Va.; loss $5,000. At the Nztional Capital. A new circuiar regarding poitical ativity by oIllre-holders gives wide latitude t hoe outside the classified sere ice. Though uner stri: t riles. postmas ters are to be allowed to 'eklde ques tions regarding letter-earriers' enter tainments. Secretary Morton wants the formal reinterment ol John l'aul Jones to take llace at Annapolis Se-:tember 23. Secreatry of War Taft de::lined the application of the State of 31issouri to take possession of the Merchants' Bridge across the Missiscippi river at St. Louis. James K. Folk, a law partner of W. C. Cravfcrd. who was indicted for .onnetion with postal frauds, testi fled in favor of Crawford. President Roosevelt was presented with a statuette representing him as colonel o! the Rough Riders. Through the North. James McConnell. 32 years old, a crank. tried Z:> kill Vice-Presiaent Fairbanlls, at Flint. Mi-h. Radclal changes in the business man agement of the Equitable Life Assu rance Society are provided by resolu tions adopted by the directors. The will of J. Montgomery Sears, Boston's heaviest taxpayer, is missing. John F. Gaynor and Benjamin J. Greene, convicted of defrauding the United States. together with Captain Oberlin M. Oarter. are to be extradited from Canada after a long fight. Mayor Weaver has asked all the banks in Philadelphia where munic ipal deposits are made to state the amount of intcrest paid on these det posits. Holders of debenture B Wabash Rail road bonds are to sue for an account ing. Foreign Affairs. K ing lfrro of Spain is being royal 1I v eeo -r edi in Tngland. Pussia has rpractically decided to in terne ih thr"e war vessels now at Mania. T he mi ria g(- af Crovwn jk-jric'Fred erick kWillam anml le Ducesse Cecilia. of Mer~k 1ntnr-Schwein. was sol'na -: In the Palace Chapel at Berlin. Foreign Minister Dleasse. of France. resignedi and Pre mier Rouvier has tak en over his ofilee. It is undcrstood that the Russian Em peror will issue an imperial manifest, creating a legislative assembly. Pope Pius bestowed the apostolic ben ediction at the close of the Eucharistic Congress at St. Peter's in Rome. King Alfonso received the diplomatic corps of Buckingham Palace and at tended other functions. Miscellaneous Matters. Two more directors have resigned from the board ef the Equitable Life Assurance Company. The new developments in the Equi table Life Assurance Society muddle were the resignation as directors of Jacob Schiff and T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Boston. Joseph Ramsey. Jr.. in an interview at Pittsburg. stated negotiations are under way for the acquirement of the Little Kanawha Syndicate's property by the Warbash Railroad.. William Ziegler. the promoter of Arctic explorations, left an estate val ued at $30,000,000.. The Norwegian Storthing adoptefi a resolution dissolving the union with Sweden and declared that Oscar is no longer King of Norway. Russia has instructed her Ambassa dors at Washington and Paris to as certain on what terms Japan is willing to make peace. Premier Rouvier for the first time took up the duties of French Minister of Foreign Affairs. King Alfonso was greeted with en thusiam in London. The United States Government has decidcd that as the Russian warship~s at Manila do not seem to have been damaged by sea or storm, they must either intern or sail at once, King Edward met King Alfonso at the railway station in London, where the two monarchs emoraced. It is reported that unless the French Cabinet supports Foreign Minister Del casse fully in his Moroccan policy he will resign. Amhassador Reid presented his cre dentials to King Edward. Advi'1r: from native sources state that War mbad. the German headquar ters in Southwest Africa. has beer. cap tured by the natives, the garrison per-f ishing. Emperor William has created Chan cellor von 'Buelow a prince. Negotiations for the settlement of the teamsters' strike were renewved and President Shea and another strike leader were arrested. Police Wound Many With Swords. -Moscowv. By Cable.-Police with drawn] swords chasged a mob of twc thousand workmen here, woundingj many of thrnm. The workmen refusedi to disper:=e wli'a tr>ee.l and the police fired blanik:evavr shots a~t them. T he mob stood firm. w.hereupon thle police charged and scattered them. .There ~were no further rditrbances. C1AZ ASKING The Rissian Monarch 5 ontinuing the Ho NEGOiATONS IN WASIlNGTON IC ai In '.nnouncenent of Messages to Rus- m sian Anoassadors at Washington C and Pars That Russia Wished to Know Jvan's Terms, Followed by a Call of tie Japanese Minister on the Presiden:, Aroused Washington II Diplomat to a High Pitch of Ex- si pectancy Is Washingon, Special. -- Preliminary peace negalatione between Russia and Japan are yenerally believed to be un- P der way aid it is conceded that Pres !a Ident Roowvelt will in all prob.iability 1 act not as nediator, but as "the friend- F ly ch'anel of communicatioi." There n is as yet to official confirmation that Russia has accepted what Count Cas- f sin[. in his cablegram to Count Lams- 1 dorff last veek described as "the offer of good vill of the President," al-! though ind.ructions to the ambassador are be'lleved to have reached here late Wednesday night in a long cablegram received at the Russian embassy and which was laid before the ambassadort after lie had started to retire. After reading the dispatch the ambassador retired for the night at an hour ear- t lier than usual. All that can be au thoritativer said regarding this cable grasm is thit it concerned Count Cas sini's cablegram of last week. Immediately upon his return to his legaticn. alter a long conferene with the Presidint, Mr. Takahira, the Jap anese minkter, began the preparation of a dispath to his government. upon which he vas occupied until quite late. At the Wiite.House up to a late hour it was declared that the important cablegram irom Mr. Meyer had not yet reached hele. JAPANISE MINISTER CALLS. Diplomate Washington was aroused to a poini of expectancy unequaled since the keeption of the war in the Far East by the news from St. Peters burg of tte Czr's wish to know Ja pan's -:erm: of peace.-. The interest was heightenedby a call which Mr. Taka hira, ::he iaanese minister, made at the WhitetHouse by appointment dur ing the ening. He called shortly af ter 9 o'ebck and immediately went into confarence with the President. They renained together about twenty minutes. When the minister left he de clined te answer any questions about his cal- The bulletin announcing the trn gpeace was immediately comn municat d to the diplomats most in tereste RUSSI N EMBASSY BESEIGED. It was ot long before the Russian embassey was besieged with callers, but the bassador was without ad vices on t e subject. The Pr ilent had confided to the ambassad who called at the White House, th - e expected Ambassador Meyer to b received at Tsarkoe-Selo. The instru ins to Mr. Meyer did not provide for ormal tender of good of flees. Whi .It is impossible to giveJ their text, Iymay be correctly para phrased in .e words:I "Find 0.1 om the Czar what we can do to a at an early peace." Muchi was left t< tact and diplomatic dis N &eorgia Railroad. Dublin, G Special.-The first an nual meetipi of the stockholders of ther newly organ zed Dublin and Southwes tern Railroa was held here Wednes- b day. The stockholders voted to consoli- r date the Eastern extension with the V Dublin and Southwestern proper, which 0 was competed from Dublin to Rentz c about six nonths ago. Moiument to McKinley. Rc' ding. Pa., Special.-A monument., erected to the memory of President t MKinley, was unveiled here in con-p nectioni wth the State encampment of c the G. A. R. President Roosevelt was f: invied to eform the ceremony, but ita was founC i apossible for him to at-S tend. The u veiling was witnessed by a a la:'ge nun er of prominent men. sev- is eral of wlo- - vered addresses. A il number ol d s 'ashed veterans par tici ated i1 t. hc monies. I Erewe 'in Session. Atlantic Ciy, . J.. Special.-The an n~al conymntion of the United States n B ewers' iss3cia 'on began here Wed- J r~sday. 01e of t e chief aims of theS naeting is to devise plans to ward off t afverse lezisation and place before the t pr blic all available material and argu- c r 'ts desgned to show "that, in the c -rest of trie temperance. brewing g s:cld beentouraged by all legitimate 0 and lawfli neans." Extra efforts will b also .e nude to increase the member- c ship of tlt association, a Mastir Plumbers in Session. Gi Atlanta, Ga, Special-About 600 members if $1e National Association of Master Plimbers of the United s States froa eery part of the country s gathered a t~ opening of the twenty- , third annnl , nyen tion of the organ- th ization. 'he jaddre ses of welcome m' were by 'ol. Albert Howell. Jr., for t the State, .n the absence of Gov. Ter-w rell; by Iayor James F. Woodward die for the ciy, and by2 a representative Jr of the locl p.umbers' association. Ak: poem wriirnl by Fra' k L. Stant n for e the occasin Vas rca . The rons it was by Piuident D~a id Craig, of Bos-' tri ton, who resided. 1e meetings will. x ontinle ntil Thur ay night. jrel FOR TERMS':p ;ees the Futility of peless Struile F G etion of Mr. Meyer as to the manner id words in which the friendly readi ss of this government in the present oment should be made known to the s, :ar. SAW CZAR AF-TER REPORT. e Care was also taken that Mr. Mey- n 's conference with the Czar should i t occur until Count Cassini's report n id reached Tsarkoe-Selo. It can be n ated very emphatically that in trans- r itting a faithful report of what oc- h rred at the Whit, House last Fri- i ty afternocn Count Cassinii empha zed the sympathetic and friendly t ankness with which th'2 President, eaking informally and personally, ex essed his strong desire for peace. "Contact." remarked a European bassador. "is what the President has een endeavoring to establish betwcen i ussia and Japan. To do this it was ecessary to obtain from one side or ie other some expression favorabble to eace. Japan has refrained absolutely 1 -om giving any indication 3s to what i er terms would be, on the ground that t is would be interpreted by Russia as t sign of weakness. It JAPAN'S ATTITUDE. Whether upon receiving from Count assini an official expression that the c zar wishes to know the Mikado's I eace terms the President will be able o obtain a statement on this sub Pct from Japan, remains to be seen. C )iplomats. however, recall the state nent of Mr. Takahira some days afrJ t o the effect that when Russia really anted to know Japan's terms she ould easily find them out without onmunicating directly with Tokio. It is declared on good authority that his far no circular has been aw- i ressed to the American ambassadors broad, but that their instructions have een informal. though dic..ated directly rom the White House. t Norway Leaves Sweden. Christiana, By Cable.-King Oscar's 1 -efusal to sanction the bill passed by ( he Storthing providing for a separate :onsular service for Norway culmin- 1 ted in the passage of a resolution by 1 he Storthing declaring the dissolution >f the union of Sweden and Norway nd that the king had ceased to act i.s king of Norway. An address to the king was adopted. leclaring that no ill feeling was en ertained against him, his dynasty, or the Swedish nation, and asking him .o co-operate in the selec.tion of a young prince of the house of Berna dotte, to occupy the throne of Nor ,vay. "Norway from today is a fully inde endent and sovereign State." This is the text of the cditorials mn the Norwegian newspapers;. and it re flects the spirit with which the peo le of Norway accept today's action f the Storthing when it proclaimed ~..,C o,.. .,. , 'r . insr of Norway. torhing- Nopt~~na roclamation to the Norwegian people in which is giv n a detailed account of the events preceding. Demonstration 'in Stockholm. Stockholm, By Cable.-The Norwe gian coupe de etal was arrested here y a great patriotic demonstration of loyalty and sympathy with King Os ar. A great procession, accompanied y bands, went to Rosendal Castle, vhere the bands played the national inthem. In a few minutes the King d other members of the royal family ppeared on a balcony of the castle ,d were enthusiastically cheered by he demonstrators, while a number of adies advanced from the crowd and ,resented the King with a bouquet. Though greatly excited over the sit iation. the populace remains outward y calm. King Oscar held a council this even g at which the situation was con idered. Jew Hanover Votes $50,000 Road Im provements Bonds. Wilmington. Specia.-Semi-official eturns from all precincts in the county idicate that the election Wednesday pon the proposition to issue $50,000: onds for continuing the permanent ad improvement in New Hanover as carried for roads by a majority I about 500. Only a light vote wasi oled, the issue not being in doubt. 'nly 26 votes were cast against the position. Young Man Admits Theft. Bennettsville, S. C.. Special.-Last hursday night the safe in the Atlan-C e Coast Line Railroad office at this lace was entered and $572.26 in1 ecks and $208.50 in cash taken there -om. Detective C. E. Wheeler was tonce placed in charge of the case. oon suspicion rested upon A. T. Redd. young employe of the office. Redd telegraph operator and was learn g ofice work without remuneration.I [e is only 19 years of age and is from ~ansfield, Ga Receiver Asked For. Asheville, Special.-Henry H. Cum iings, of Augusta, Ga., petitioned adge .J. C. Pritchard, of the United tates Circuit Court, to appoint al mporary receiver for the South Car-I ina & Georgia Railroad. running be .een Charleston, S. C.. and Augusta. a., operated by the Southern Rail- a ay. Judge Pritchard declined to ant the petition, but did i~T. :an der citing the Souithern to appear I efore him on June 26th and show I use why a receiver should not bev ppointed. C and Chapter of Masons Elect Offi- s Aseil. cers. Aseie.June 7.-At Wednesday's ssion of the grand chapter of Ma ns, officers for the ensuing year re elected. James D. Glenn. bro er of Governor Glenn. was chosen C st eminent grand high priest, while e other officers selected were: Lat ilias, of Winston. right eminent tU puty high priest: A. B. Andrews. et .of Raleigh. right eminent grand ~ g: J. C. Baswell, of Enfield, right m nent gr-ani scribe; Martin S. Wil-D d Gf WVilmington, right einent asurr. and James C. Munds, of I rf ESIDENT IS STILL URGING PEACE I ,xt of Dispatches Through Diplo. matic Channels to Russia and Japan is Made Public. Washington, Special.-An identicalI >te, the text of which, by authority the President, was made public late iday at the White House by Secre ry Loeb, has been forwarded to the Dvernments of Russia and Japan by esident Roosevelt. In the interest of manity the President urges the war ng nations to conclude peace. It is igzestcd by the President that the ne ytiations be ecnducted "directly and zclusively" between the belligerent itn-. The note indicates the Pres ent's helief that an intermediary may t be necessary to effect conclusive a aotiations. but likewise expresses the St residen:'s wiiingness to do all that m e properly may to promote the pre minarv arrangements for a time and . [ie f mecting of representatives of j :e Russian and .japanese Govern- of tent '. I The following is the substances of -e dcs)at(ches given out: "Cn June szh the following despateh as sent by the President through dlip >matie ch'annels to the Japanese and S1 ussien Governments: C 'The President feels that the time C as come, when in the interest of all irind, he must endeavor to see if - is not possible to bring to an end t1 in terrible and lamented conflict now b einig waged. With both Russia and anthe Uc.ited States has inherited les of friendship and good will. It tl opes for the prosperity and welfare f cach. and it feels that the progress U f tho world is set back by the war etween these two great nations. The t1 resident nccordingly urges the Rus ian andl .apanese Governments not nly for their own sahkes, but in the aterest of the whole civilized world, o open direi-t r.cYotiations for peace ith one another. si MORTON TC HEAD EQUITABLE. ctiring Secretary of the Navy Elect ed on the Board. e New York, Special.-Paul Morton. ;ho retires from the secretaryship of he navy on July Ist, was elected chair- t an of the board of directors of the a quitable Life Assurance Society. HisI lection marks the first and most im ortant step in the re-organization of he society, and was followed by the ender of the resignations of President ames W. Alexander. Vice President lamEs H. Hyde. Second Vice President 1age E. Tarbell, Third Vice President Gorge T. Wilson, and Fourth Vice President William C. McIntyre. Mr. \to:ton. as explained by Senator Ciaunc y M. Depew. was the unani m(Is choice of the board of directors f the Eouitabble. although the meeting was not altogether harmonious. The new chairman. to further quote Senator Depew. did not consent to take office until he had rer-elved positive assuran ces that he would have a "free hand as to measures and men." Mr. Hyde "divested"' himself of the majority control, but retains a substan tial intenst in the society. All of thec resignations submitted t3 the meeting are srubject to the pleas r:e of Chairman Morton, and none has yet been accepted. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-Emaperor Nicholas has cabled the following to Rojestvensky: "From my heart I thank you and all the officers of the squadron who have honorably done their duty for your un selfish work for Russia and for me. By the will of the Almighty, success was not destined to crown your endeavors. but your boundless bravery will always be a soturce of pride to our country. "I wish you speedy recovery. May God console you all. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." The peculiar wording of the message s attracting attention. The restrictio~n :f the Emperor's thanks to those hon :rably doing their duty is fanning ugly talk regarding the surrender of ships1 and the conduct of some of the crews. rhe messages of Admiral Enquist and1 Captain Chagin of the Russian cruiser< Almaz did not contain any intimation >f misbehavior on the part of officers :>r crew. British Squadron Coming. Washington, Special.-The Navy De >artment has been advised through the 3ritish embassy of the intended visit to American waters this autumn of 2 'rince Louis, of Battenburg, with ai quadron of British warships, consist-I ng, as understood here, of four cruis- , rs. The squadron will visit New York nd the Annapolis. From the latter t lace the Prince is expected to come to t Vashington. While the Navy Depart- I aent is not advised definitely of the - I ate of the Prince's visit, it is under- I tood that it 'will take place some timet a October. Preparing Public For Peace News. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The gov rnment is plainly preparing the public ~ or the announcement that the Em eror has decided to conclude peace ~ d that the negotiations have begun ~ y permitting the publication of all the t ofeign dispatches bearing on the sub- t ect. It can be assumed that there willc e no further bloodshed in Manchuria e til the belligerents have decided 2 rhether it is now possible to agree on s ace terms.t Negro Hanged in Arkansas. Desarc, Ark., Specal.-John Frasler, negro. was hanged here Thursday I >r murder of Webster Southerland, lI time keeper on the Searcy & Desarc r iailroad last November. The killing 2 ia over a -dispute about money -h ich Frasier claimed was due him. j 'n the gallows he claimed that the f booting was accidental it A Physician Assassinated. t Louisville, Ky., Special.--A special t -m Falmouth, Ky., says that Dr. harles Edwards Courtney, a young bysician, has been assassinated nearp ce village of Neave. Courtney form' e I a partnership with Dr.. William t aey, at Leithfield, two years ago. tt uiing the partnership, Dr. Karney 01 as shot and kiiled. Since tho occur- |T Sfc mee there has been a feud i-a the Ia HNE AND GAYNOU se Their Appeal Before Dominion Court NADIAN DECISION IS ADVERSE dge La Fontaine, Extradition Com missioner, Commits Them to Jail Pending Delivery to the United States. Montreal, Special.-Judge LaFO'2 ne, extradition commissioner, gave dgment in the case of the United ates vs. John F. Gaynor and Benja in D. Greene, committing both for tradition and ordering them back to ii to await surrender to United States icers. In rendering judgment, Judge Fontaine spoke for two hours and a LIf. Summing up, he said: "Iy conclusion is that tha allegation the conspiracy to defraud the United, ;ates as being in existence between trter and the accused on or about ily 1st, 1S97. is proven to the hilt. "Second, that Carter was guilty in Le United States and convicted of em zzlement, which offence is knows tder our laws by the term of theft, e difference in the name of the of nse in the two countries being im aterial; that the accused have partic ated by their conspiracy with Car r in the embezzlement so committed r him; that such participation is pun lable by the laws of both, countries ad is an extraditable crime. Conse aently, I determine that the accused st be committed to jail penading irrender." May Be Further. Del-ay. Washington, $pecial.--The Associat d Press dispatch from 'Montreal, stat ag that Judge LaFontaine had render d his decision committing Greene and ,ynor for surrender to the United tates authorities was shown to the ttorney General. When questioned as what further rights of appeal Greene .nd Gaynor had, it was stated at the )epartent of Justice that the prison rs would have fifteen days from the ate of Judge LaFontaine's decision in 'hich to apply for a writ of habeas orpus. This proceeding, if taken, would me before azother judge, who will iave the power to discharge the pris ners or to re-commit them for surren ler, in which case they will be surren-" lered within two months from the date f such recommittal. Peace Offer Well Received. St. Petersburg, By Cable.--Beyond # the statement that the advisability of aonfiding the opening of peace negoti ations to President Roosevelt in the event that Emperor Nicholas shall iave decided that the time had ar rived to indicate to Japan Russia's desire to end the struggle, was pre ented in a favorable light, no definite nnouncement can be maade at this hour regarding the result of Foreign Minister Lamsdorff's audience withi the Emperor on the subject of Count Cassini's dispatch communicatinlg th8 ?resident's practcltne fgo am~t-rnt Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, who was the most un ompromiintg advocate of war to the last ditch, has joined Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of the Emperor, in . ounselling the conclusion of peace. Another important convert made b' the advocates of peace is Admiral Lexieff. With Grand Duke Alexander d ichaelovitch, Grand Duke Vladimir nd Admiral Alexieff on the side of eace the backbone of what has been lemoninated as the war party seems oo have been broken. Nevertheless, he final word rests with the Emperor Washington, Special.-Pendinlg the d cision of the Czar regarding war r peace in the Far East. the President nd the European ambassadors with rom he is daily conferring have greed that sile'ice regarding their ac iities is necessary, and word to this ffect has been passed along. lest Rus i take offense and go contratr'y to rat the neutral powers believe to be. or her own advantage. Texas Ship Channel Completed. Galveston, Tex., Special.-The Tex ss City ship channel has been comn leted and turned over to the govern cent. Beginning work on the channel' i 1899, the contractors made fair rogress until the storm and tidal rve of September 8, 1900, when the ork already accomplished was prac ically destroyed. Taking 'aup agabn h contractors have finally finished . The channel from Texas City to oiivar channel is 3,400 feet long, 25 eet deep, with a width of 100 feet at he bottom. It has cost the govern at $250,000. Attempt to Use Poison. Rnme, By Cable.-Dr. Micucci, who as een in the Italian service in the ongo Free State, has presented the >reign office here with a report which eribes attempts by Congo authorities > poison several persons holding sen .ents unfavorable to the State, In luing Micucci himself and Dr'. Bac an..who was sent to the Congo as nn Italian envoy to report on the pos ibity of sending Italian emigrants h Future Kaiser Married. Berlin, By Cable.--Crown Prince reeerick William and Dechess Ceci a, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin were tared in the palace chapel Tuesday iernoon while the clocks on the laa marked 5. and batteries here and a every garrison town in Prussia and i every sea where German warships oaed began firing a 21-gun salute at lee same moment. In the chapel one thhmost distinguished assemblages tiat ould be gathered in Europe saw lie simple wedding service of the Lu aern Church. Tidal Waves on Lake Michigan. Chicago, Special.-Shaiftinlg atmos ae conditions on Lake Michigan used a succession of "tidal waves" ro being recorded in Chicago. Each. the seiches on the Chicago side of. ee lake rose to a height of three and. ie-hal t feet. Thley did no damage. ue irst ave reairfed stationary r 35 minutes. Later the water rose aain to the same heighbt and did not cedem for hafan honr.