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' * ' -f . "r \ ' < > ' ; r ' T. - >. - v * * ri -; PEACE IS SCORNED i - '. x v . ' % Czar Says to Stop War Now Would Be a Disgrace. JAPAN IS UNCONCERNED fesfe Mikado is Too Busy Fighting to Talk of Pacification, V/hile Even'tho Suggestion is Abhorent f to Russia. An Associated Press dispatch from 'St- Petersburg says: Regarding the peace talk abroad, M. Souvorin, editor of the Novoe Vremya, in a signed editorial in that paper Fridrtt pas* sionately declares that the voice of the nation should give an answer is order that the world might understand once for all Russia's position. The emperor, he added, should consult with the representatives of the land, as his predecessors did before the days of John the Terrible. While papers abroad now say that peace could be concluded without dishonor, if Jpeace were jnade they would declare it disgraceful. What the people ".V ' want he (M. Souvorin) possibly can* not affirm, tyit the idea of ending ' the war< at this juncture, is abhorrent to him and, he believes, to the Russian people. ^ >" The army, M. Souvorin further says, holds the honor and fate of Russia in its hands. M. Souvorin then reviews sorrowfully the record of bitter humiliations suffered thus far and the V chances for the future. In concluding, he declares the government must do. clde and weigh well the consequences, but the editor insists the people must ; he united, as "disunion, riots and rev . oJution mean the downfall of ?the j Bp "fotherland." v Japan Has No Time. A Washington special says: Japan . "has made no overtures for jpeace to > < Russia, directly or indirectly, through * tkie United States or any other power, and contemplates no such action, * . and now that Port Arthur has fallen, proposes to press the war in the north all the more vigorously by reinforcing the %Japanese armies at Liaog Tang, with the greater part of the '' troops which have been besieging Port . V \ Arthur. This, in brief, represents the views of Mr. Kogoro- Takahira, JapIanese minister, who has recently resumed charge of the legation at Washington 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 principle. Certainly It is an important step, but nothing could be further from the truth than the assumption v; . ^hat because Japan has captured % stronghold, the fall of which has long jyj.1; been expected, the Japanese government will now make overtures for peace. Japan is too busy fighting. We are as inuch in earnest today as we were at the outset of the war. We have made no .overtures for peace, > either dirctly or indirctly, nor have the powers approached us with any Idea of intervention." At the Russian embassy it was reiterated that Russia would fight all th? harder in view of the temporary sjC , loss of t?ort Arthur. Europe, it is feared, is firmly of the <v,nTT?/?Hnn +Viat hmrovpr Harlr thp nnK ' ? ? -? J ^ . look for peace at this moment when the prospect brightens, it is to Pres~ Ident Roosevelt that the neutrals, as well as the belligerents, will look as the intermediary through whom pe\ce negotiations will be initiated. As a European ambassador savs, the .American government is practically 'the only government to which both belligerents will be willing t" look for assistance in reaching a settlement "w>>en the time comes and aside from this fact the bieh personal regard in which the. president is held both at, fit. Petersburg and" Tokio makes it all * the more probable that through him, when Russia and Japan bave fought their fight the powers must hope for v > peace. r: ' ' GARRI80N EVACUATES FORT. ... :.? ' , ' / -U * / Only Eighty Russian Officers Accept Parole Offered by Japs. A-drices from Port Arthur state that only eighty Russian officers have ^ accepted parole. All the regular Russian troops have marched out of Port V . Arthur, and will leave for Port Dalny. Japanese troops entered the city Thursday to keep order. Noncombatants are allowed the option of remaining at Port Arthur. The Japanese navy is removing the ?nine9 and the Japanese hulks at the harbor mouth. All the forts have been taken over by the Japanese. f v ft. CREDITORS FILE COMPLAINTS. 1 Many Creditors of Mrs. Chadwick Amend Their Original Petition. At Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, creditors of Mrs. Chadwick filed an amendment to their original petition in bankruptcy against her in the Unl-> ted States district court. It is averred that Mrs. Chadwick committed several' acts of bankruptcy shorlty after the beginning of her financial troubles. \ v ' I" * * EIGHT GO TO DEATH. Explosion of Boilers of a River Boat Wreaks Frightful Destruction and Mangles Many Victims. At 11 o'clock Tuesday night the people of Huntingdon, W. Va.. were startled by a terrible explosion, foi lowed almost immediately by a lurid glare which lighted up the heavens for miles around. Investigation showed that the boilers of the towboat Defender exploded just opposite the city and the boat and v number of the barges in the tow were in. flames. Bight men were killed outright and many others injured. The Defender was owned by the Pittsburg Towboat Company and was one of the biggest towboats on the river. She had been one of the first boats out of Pittsburg on the recent rise and towed a heavy line of coal barges to the Cincinnati market. . She was returning to Pittsburg In company with the towboat Victor, of the same company, and the statement is made that these two big steamers were racing at the time the explosion occurred. The Victor was about a mile ahead of the Defender at the time and ber crew knew nothing of the awful disaster that had befallen .her. 1 The burning of the Defender was witnessed by thousands of people, many of whom were gowned In night robes. The work of rescue of the victims was difficult, owing to the darkness, and it seemed that only a few yawls could be secured to go to tbe scene. \ f Captain Woodruff, of tbe Defender, was picked' up fifty yards from the steamer by some small boys who rowed in a yawl from the Ohio shore and he was taken to that side of tl& river. He is not seriously injured. One victim was found half a mile below the scene, clutching a portion of the wreckage, being so chilled that he could not speak. The boat almost immediately after the explosion sank to the bottom and not more than sixty yards from the West Virginia shore. The barges in tow were soon all aflame, but they were cut loose and they floated down the stream aflame. They were finally landed an dthe flames extinguished by the fire department nine perish in flames. Horrible Fate of a Polish Miner's Family In Ponsylvanla. Fire consumed the home of Frank NoweskI, a Polish miner of Morris Run, Pa., at an early hour Tuesday, and the entire family of ten except the oldest son, aged 18, was either burned to death or smothered. The Noweskis lived in a log house on the outskirts of Morris Run. There were no immediate neighbors. It is not known how the fire originated. hnt It la thnnahl that ft a tnvo foil over and the ' urning coals set fire to the house. Noweski was employed by the Morris Run Coal Mining Company. With his fellow miners he has been on strike since last April. Recently small-' pox broke out in Morris Run.Noweski and his family were among the sufferers from the disease, but every member of the family recovered, and the quarantine had just been raised from their home. FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT. British Government Offers Adolph Beck Sum of $25,000. A London dispatch is as follows: The government has offered Adolph Beck $25,000 in compensation for the wrongful imprisonment to which he was subjected. Beck, who is a Swede, and who was living in England as a mining engineer and mineral agent was arrested in 1896 on the charge of obtaining money and jewelry from women under false pretenses. A special committee on inquiry came to the conclusion that Beck had been the victim of miscarriage of justice and that the blame rested with the judge. Sir Fbrest Fulton, who excluded from Beck's trial in 1896 all evidence favorable to the accused and who refused to state a cause. WILL MAKE MANY SPEECHES. presjcervt in Great Demand as Ora'for at Various Functions. President Roosevelt has accepted for this winter several invitations to attend important functions, ball in Washington and other sections of itie country. At all of them he will tieliver addresses, two or three of which will be of notable significance. Japs at Honolulu Celebrate. Seven thousand Japanese participated in a lantern procession in Honolulu Wednesday night in celebration of the surrender of Port Arthur and the arrival of Prince Fushima. TRUNK CONTAINED A FORTUNE. Thieve# Relieve Young Woman of $41,400 in Valuables. Mrs. W. L. Cunningham, a young woman claiming Chicago as her home, has reported to the police at New York that baggage stolen from her several days ago contained $40,000 worth- of negotiable bonds, in addition to clothing and Jewelry valued at $1,400. ' f ' "y- ' ' . - -.ijVv/?5. fv r-'-. f JAP FLAG IS RAISED Ensign of Rising Sun Floats From Fortress Parapets. STOESSEL'S PITIFUL PLEA Defeated Russian General Wires Nicholas That He Did the Best Ma r.ntilw ? Mora Reoortt from General Nogi. A censored dispatch from Port Ar?, thur under Wednesday's date is as follows: The flag of the Rising Sun floats over the captured citadel of Port Arthur! When the news of the surrender of the fortress reached the soldiers Tuesday, leaping from mouth to mouth, the Japanese drew close to their late enemies and fraternized freely with them. When nightfall came great bonfires rose in the Japanese camp like a blazing halo, while great choruses of "Banzai!" eohoed through the hills. The entire garrison and all the noncombatants will march out of the city Thursday to the village of Yahutwei, near the shores of Pigeon bay, whereN the Russian officers will be transport? "* TV?tvKorotroi* fhov ?d tU UtLLUJf OiiU UiVUW nutiv?v.i may desire. The prisoners of war will be detained at the Russian barracks in the village until they can be transferred to Dalny and from there to Japan. The surrender of the fortress at the present time came as a surprise even to the Japanese, as the desperate determination and courage of the Russians even in the last assaults indicated that the struggle would be to the bitter end. Report From Nogi. The following report was received in Tokio from General Nogi at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon: "Order is maintained at Port Arthur by the officers. The people are quiet ' "Our minute investigation was not finished until Tuesday night. "The total number of inhabintants is about 35,000, of whom 20,000 are soldiers or sailors. The total number of sick or wounded is 20,000. "Common provisions and bread are plentiful, but there is a scarcity of meat and vegetables. "There are no medical supplies at Port Arthur. The Japanese are strenuously succoring the people. "The capitulation commissioners are pushing their respective works." General StoessePs Pitiful Plea. A St. Petersburg special says: General Stoes3el's dispatch to the Czar telling of the surrender of Port Arthur Is pathetic. He says: "Great sovereign, pardon us! We have done everything humanly possible. Judge us, but be merciful. Only one-quarter of the garrison is alive, and of this number the majority are sick and being obliged to aqt on-the defensive, without even short intervals for repose, are worn to shadows." ' t _ '* Russian Nation Heartbroken. A St Petersburg dispatch says: The fall of Port Arthur has taken all the heart out of approaching festivities of the Russians' Christmas. It is even proposed to dispense with the illuminations vand decorations which are always features of the holidays. The unmistakable grief of the people Is also accompanied by undeniable mutteringg against the government. The papers are openly blaming the military censorship for keeping the public in the dark as to the fwTQ oHiiotl r\Tt (n tV?o fnvfvacr or./l nl. ti iuwuvu iu tuc ii/i 1.1^00 aau <a* lowing Its surrender to come as a surprise. They are using this as a text to show the necessity for talcing the people into the government's confidence are continuing their attacks on th^ bureaucracy, whose bloodless lips repeat the same old lie whenever It is proposed that the sovereign shall hear the voice of his people. CONVICT LEGISLATOR FIR0&. Massachusetts So'ons Begin Their Session of 19C5 in Boston. The Massachusetts legislature began its session of 19C5 at Boston Wednesday. The house adopted a resolution unseating Representative ThC3. F. Curley of the seventeeth Suffolk district. Curley is serving a jail sentence for fraud against the United States government in connection with civil service examination. He was a prisoner when elected last November. CRUM SAFE THIS TIME. Colored Collector at Charleston Cor tain to Be Confirmed by Senate. The senate committee cm commerce Ttnrraday by a party vote authorized a favorable report upcm the nomination of Crum to be collector of the port of Charleston. As the Republican members of the committee are unanimously in favor of confirmation, there can be no doubt that during the present session the senate will give formal indorsement to their report. K ' x - 'V " r' ADAMS WINS OUT; v | 1 * Legislature of Colorado De-| clares Democrat Elected, i j< PEABODY WILL CONTEST"! i i I . After Strenuous Wrangle of Soions at , Denver, Dot., Alleged "Dove of DAare" Rrinr* Dprfi??? . Out of Chaos. . 5. "* y \ A Denver, Colo., special says: Alva Adams was declared by the legislature Saturday night to be the duly elected j governor of Colorado. The returns j showed Adams 123,028, peabody 113,-!304. Plurality for Adams, 9,774. A cheer greeted the announcement ' of the result of the election when j made by Lieutenant Governor Hag- j gott. The republican candidates to all the j other offices were declared elected. Un- } der the terms of the agreement reach- j ?d during the day by the various fac- 1 tions in the legislature no notice of j contest will be filed by Governor Pea- j body until after the inauguration of j Mr% Adams, .which was set for 10 i o'clock Tuesday morning. ! i When the legislature convened Sat- i urday morning Representative Wil- ! liam Griffith, of Cripple Creek, asked j for a recess until 4 o'clock in the af- ! ternoon, giving as his reason for thdrequest that "the winged dove of peace is about to light on the dome of the capitol." ' :" | It was nine long hours before the ! dove came down,-and many and de vious had been her flights before she ^ lit. It was a day given over to secret j causcuses, to conferences, to proposition and counter proposition. It was finally agreed at 5 o'clock In the afternoon that, the vote should -be canvassed, that Alva Adams should be declar- ! ed governor, and that no contest j should be made for the office until his j inauguration at 10 o'clock Tuesday j morning. Throughout the entire struggle for the governorship the chief aim of both democr>ls and republicans has been the appointment of two new judges to the supreme court. The question of j whether Peabody or Adams sat in the governor's office was a secondary-matter. The Wolcott republicans were Insistent in their demand that they be recognized in the appointment of the judges, and it was finally agreed that the appointees should be George W. Bailey of Fort Collins and L. W. Goddard of Denver. The Wolcott men made a strong fight for Judge M. E. Leads of Colorado Springs, whom they preferred to Goddard, but they finally withdrew. When I he republican leaders called upon Governor Peabody to inform him of the conclusions they had reached. and to tell him that his only hope j of a second term lay through a con- j test in the republican legislature, thoy^j were met by a wrathful and indignant ! man. He refused to accede to their } wishes, and for hours his friends labor- i ed with him. It was only the per- j sonal pleadings of some of his cto6?st I friends that finally induced him to i agree to the plan proposed and to send j ' in the names of Bailey and Goddard ; to the aenate for confirmation. Governor-elect Adams is quoted as saying: "I do not know whether Governor Peabody will make a contest or not, but I expect that he will. I am In much better position for such a'pro- i ceeding now than I was two days ago. j At that time the investigation was con- \ fined by the court to the city and county of Denver. Now, it includes the ; whole state, and I feel confident that-! the democrats can show as many or I more fraudulent republican' * votes In 'j the outlying counties as the republi- ; cans claim were cast by the demo- i crats in Denver. "I am certain of the result if Vie en- j tire state is brought into the con- \ test, as it must be if Governor Pea-! body decides on such a course." ? THEY TALKED OF FORESTRY. Noted Speakers Entertain' Members of American Forest Congress. The American forest congress * In session at Washington held the most important of its five tiays' session on Thursday. The morning meetings were r* t x-V ? ? u?>uvw iv uiouuwiiuii ?vi i,ii8 reiaucu of the railroads to the forest. The af I ternoon proceedings consisted of a j special session marked by addresses ; by President Roosevelt, the French j ambassador,President Hill of the Great "Northern railroad, members of both j houses of congress and representatives ; of educational institutions, lumber and j forestry. DISTRICT CLERK GUILTY. Watson Convicted cf Embezzlement In District of Columbia. James M. A. Watson, clerk employed in the office of former Auditor Petty, of the District of Columbia, ttos found guilty on Thursday on two indictments, which aliased embezzlement of $12,826 of r'lstrfct fvmv's in 1901. The total amount he is aerused of having appropriated to his own use la estimated at $73,000. ... v :< -t - K . ' - - '.- ... V - ' . ?-; * . * * * STOESSEL MEETS N0GI.1 Vanquished and Victorious Generals Felicitate Each Other at Specially Arranged Conference. v The meeting of General Nogi and General Stoessel at Port Arthur Saturday was as dramatic as the conclu- 1 sion of the siege. It had been previously arranged to take place at noon In the single undamaged house of the village of Shulshi. The house was a miserable hovel called Plum Tree cottage. Through a misunderstanding General Stoessel j A tha maoflnv nlon hAIlP > * vruu W Uic Uivvv*^4??vv MM ?? ?ahead of'time. When the two generals faced each other they cordially shook hands and Nogi, through an interpreter, expressed his pleasure at meeting the hero, the general who had fought so bravely | and gallantly for bis emperor and his! country. > Gteieral Stoesfiel thanked General j Nogi for the pleasure of meeting the j hero of the victorious army. General 'Nogi explained that he bad I received a message from his emperor j asking that the greatest consideration be shown to General Stoesse! and his | officers in appreciation of their splendid loyalty to their emperor and country. Because of that wish, he added, the Russians would be allowed to retain their swords. General Stoesse! expressed his gratitude to the Japanese emperor for thus sav.ng the honor of his (Stoessel's) family and said his descendants would appreciate the thoughtful kindness of the emperor of Japan. The general also expressed the gratitude of his. officers apd. thanked 'Nogi for sending the message from Stoessel to Emperor Nicholas and transmitting his majesty's reply, which read: "I allow each officer to profit by the reserved privilege to return to Russia Cinder the obligation not to take further part in the present war or share j in the ' distinction thereof. "I thank you and the brave men ot the garrison for tbe gallant defense." Both generals then mutually praised each other and their officers for their bravery. The conversation afterwards turned on the explosion of the mine at Sungshue mountain fort. General Stoessel said the entire garrison o! the fen. was killed or made prisoners. ' Continuing, General Stoessel said he had heard that General Nogi had lost vboth of his sons and praised his loyalty in JthuS sacrificing his sons, who had died fighting for their emperor and country. General Nogi, smiling! replied: "One of my sons gave his life at Nanshan and the other at 203-Meter hill. Both pf these positions were of the greatest, importance to the Jap anese army. I. am glad that the sacrifice of my sons' lives had been in the capture of such important positions, as I feel the sacrifices were not made in vain. The'T lives were nothing compared to the'objects sought." General Stoessel then askod permission to present his charger to General Nogi as a token of his appreciation and admiration. General Nogi expressed his thanks for the Russian general's kindness, bnt said he could not accept the horse,' but, he continued, be would accept it for the army, since he considered that the Russian horses were the; property of Japan and felt he conld not make General Stdessel's charger his personal property. The Japanesp commander requested General Stoessel to continue to occupy his residence at Port Arthru until arrangements were completed for . the return of himself &nd family to Rusc s i a. FARMERS BURN COTTON; " A , A' Lively Time Enjoyed by Planter! In Streets of Little Alabama Town. The streets of Brantley, Ala., were very lively Friday afternoon, occasioned by a bonfire of cotton. The Cotton was furnished by the farmers.of Crenshaw county, and the burning was witnessed by crowds of people. Fire works were displayed and shouts from bystanders wentv up as the cotton was seen to burn. y HAMPTON ROADS REVIEW. 'Distinguished Party of Naval Officers Leave Washington. The dispatch boat Dolphin sailed from the navy yard at Washington Sunday with a distinguished party bound for Hampton Roads for the pur- j pose of reviewing the vessels of the j North Atlantic fleet preparatory to j their participation in the naval man- j euvers in the Caribbean sea later in ! the winter. The party included Secretary Morton, Admiral Dewey, Captain Swift of j the general board and Lieutenant Com-1 manders F, L. Champih and Spencer ; rt a. wooa. \ i - POGUE LOSES HIS SCALP. ' -- i Head of Association of Fourth Class Postmasters is Bounced. President Pogue of the Association of Fourth Class Postmasters is to follow the official heads of the organization of city carriers and that of rural carriers and will lose his position on the charge of pernicious activity. Mr. Pogue is postmaster at Blum, HiH County. Texas. ; /' i r *. % i, % . ..v- .'t- ?- ' "> s V'- ' > " . . - STOESSEL SPITTED' Hero of Port Arthur Must % Face a Courtmartial. - . ;* RESENTMENT IS RAMPANT V || Ncgi Reports That Mere People Sti* rendered in Fortress Than Was y| I ' Suspected ? Number placed . ^jj A St. Petersburg apeeiaF; saydC'_jv"J| Few incidents, of the whole warJlAVS v ^ aroused more bitter criticism than the t blunt aanonnrament, officially ^ issued 7;;|| by the general staff, that General* || Stoeasel will have to corns home sad , p stand oourtmarttal for durreodertag ;" >|& 3 the fortress of Port Arthur. . ;$^9 While it is ancient regulation *aftd< "' quite according to law it is bittorly,' resented tm. all sides that such' aa. .euBt-y nouncement should have been cetufr tcrasly made in the same bulletin taining General StoeaseT* appeal-to -: the emperor for "lenient judgmast & garisan reduced to sl&dow?; f 'JH have done all that was possible ft* I human beings to uphold the Wuxr/pt 9 Russia in the face of her eaa^aa" "By all means let us have: a martial and make it, if possible, ipWdpa , The cruel Judges will" perhaps^dSil;^? jlgS leniently with those who have their blood and their lires'^f^ supplied with necessary toad endjnfr !:' nitions to 'enable it to fetid ^featU" S|B hsAa sjich a court will brine:'-teP^SUSSt: Russia, who are infinitely more feflK geroua to the nation than the foe W the surrendered garrison and >?jj||jS garrison to the Japanese at transfer of the forts and colonels and majors, 100 captains mBt surgeon, 20 chaplains, of the rank file of the army 22,434. of the hospitals. The volunteers :are inducted in the list of nonconibgfeanli. v "One hundred saddle horses Wv^. v'|{^g 3,870 draft- horses were snirendera^^^^M Special dispatches say that the ;P<at;^ Arthur garrison was marshaled at " o'clock Thursday morning at YahutsuL * ' V^aSi in accor'.anee with the terms of supplementary agreement. " Squadron to Return Home. A St Petersburg dispatch under f Thursday^ date says: Although. lot;- ders to that effect have not yet' been-3I1M sent to Admiral Rojestvenaky, the aociated Press is able to positively that the decision has beea^^^Hl reached that the Russian second ciilc squadron will return to Buropeafl , NAN SEEKING FREEDOM. f;J9 | Habeas Corpus Writ is J^rgued Before^ Supremo Court. >&m H Nan Patterson, accused of the mar* der of Caesar .Young, was taken Into " the New York supreme court in jus J eort by her counsel to secure her re* She was taken before Justice Green- - 3 baum Wednesday on a writ of habeas corpus, secured by her counsel, show cause .why tail should not. bt-y|?j UA9U (?UU ?vvvywv\4i ^ After hearing argument* on the plication for ball, Juttlce Greenbaup reserved hla decision. \* - ^9 TOBACCO SMUGGLERS CAUGHT. Severe! American# Get Into Trouble * 'Jjj With Canada Official#. A dispatch from Winnipeg, Maafc toba, says: Several Americans hav* been captured smuggling tobacco Canada in the Rainy river district Jw* The internal revenue department at.'V"V' J;'m Winnipeg is working on the cptfe and 'rfjS prosecutions will follow. The'tobacco. V^^I and cigars were seized, Z fi