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I PART C0MFR3MISE I Bussia Not Altogether Justi- j fied in North Fei Affair. f ' - THE OFFICIAL DECISION I > ^... Ftrffc, on British Fishing Boats by Roj- j eatvensky's Fleet Was Without' ! I c;v Just Cause, So the Interna . tional Commissioners Say. decision of the international K commission of inquiry into the North i * Seat incident was publicly announced ?? the closing session of the commission at Paris Saturday. The decision lengthily sets forth the circumstances and incidents and gives the opinion of the admirals on the various important points involved. The decision says the delay of the Russian J transport Kfunsehatka, following the breakdown of her machinery, was per V* j{ t f\ t , . haps the cause of the incident. Tne commander of the Kamschatka dgaaStfd to Admiral Rojestvensky and reported that he was attacked by torpedo boats. The a&miraJ, therefore, had reason to believe he was attacked, and -gave orders for strict vigilance against the possible approach of tor pedo boats. The majority of the commission outsiders, that Admiral Rojestvensky's i * -, orders were not excessive in lieu of war, particularly under the circumstances, and that he had every reason jto consider the situation very alarming. The commission, the decision says. , recognizes unanimously that the fishing fleet committed no hostile act and die majority of the commissioners bef * tng of the opinion that there were not, > neither among the fishing boats, nor in their vicinity, any torpedo boats, the opening of fire by Admiral Rojestp vensky was not justified. The decision further says that the Rsslmn commissioner did not share in the latter opinion. "hi any event," the decision con? t ttnues," the commissioners are glad to recognize unanimously that Admiral Enjeetvensky personally did all he could from the commencement to the ^ end to prevent the trawlers from being the object of the fire by the Russian squadron." Concerning the squadron's proceedbig without assisting the damaged trawlers, the decision says: "The commissioners are unanimous tho circumstances nreced tag and following the Incident, that there was such uncertainty concern. ing the danger to the squadron as to warrant Admiral Rojestvensky in continning his route. "However, the majority regrets that the admiral did not inform the neighboring maritime powers of what had ccnrred." "The commissioners declare that -- their views as formulated are not of a nature to cast any disrespect on the military valor nor upon the sentiments of humanity of Admiral RoJestvensky end the personnel of his v sqnedron." SHOT FOR A FOOTPAD. gr ; -? Atlanta Citizen Mistaken for Highwayman and Instantly Killed. Thinking he was being held up by a footpad, Thomas G. Foote drew a pistol Sunday night at the mouth of en alley on South McDaniel street iu Atlanta and shot Peter F. Ryan dead > In:-his tracks. * Not "knowing whether he had killed . _ ... <08 man or not, Foote continued on | bis way to get assistance. Ryan was a wen known business man, being secretary of tho Atlanta Wire and Iron Wbrks Company. . ? RETURN PEONAGE INDICTMENTS. United States Grand Jury at Montgom. ery After Law Breakers. f Tb? gfand jury in the United States court for the middle district of Alabama In session at Montgomery, Thursday, reported a number of true 5111a charging peonage and whitecappmg. S. D. Miay, sheriff of Crenshaw .-rnmty. who recently disappeared, was indicted for peonage. The jury in vestigated one lynching case, but fail* ad to return on indictment. > - TO WIDEN COTTON MARKET. * Senators Clay and Foster Wiil Ask for Half a Million. A Washington dispatch says: Senators Clay and Foster have decided to ask for $500,000 for the purpose of poshing the inquiries into the possibilities of wider foreign markets for cotton and corton- products, and will present this in the shape of an amendment to the sundry civil bill. V .? c.-"'. -/ HOT SPRINGS FIRE-SWEPT j Forty Blocks Go Up in Smoke. Caus- j tag Loss Aggregating Two Million j wonurs; v.-wy i hree Fatalu.es. I Fire swept the southern portion of j Hot Springs. Arkansas, early Saturday j morning, doing imfhense damage and causing the known death of three persons. The Josses are variously eati- j mated at. one million to tsvx> million j dollars. Forty blocks were burned. Three charred corpses were found | among the ruins, and, as several persons are reported missing, the death list may be increased. The fire, which started at 2:39 o'clock a. m., was the worst the state has ever experienced, and in five hours had burned over an area of one square mile, Block after block of residences, business houses, hotels and other buildings were swept away and the entire town wap panic-stricken, although the fire was confined to the southern part of the city. Street car wires and telegraph and telephone poles were destroyed and these services were temporarily demoralized. The flreswept area includes every house on Chapel street, all of Market street, from Central avenue west; Grange street to Grand avenue, and a portion of Oak street. Among the buildings destroyed are the Grand Central hotel, the Lee house, Moody hotel. Plateau hotel, Columbia hotel, the county court house, jail, First Mothodis: church, the - Jewish church and residences and stores to a large number, conservatively estimated at from 200 to 250. The fire started in the Grand Central hotel and its origin is a mystery. A strong north wind was blowing, and before the fire department could reach the scene the flames spread rapIdly to adjoining buildings. A general alarm was sounded and every engine in the city responded. BLAZE IN NEW ORLEANS. Sweeps Away Big Grain F.levators Filled With Wheat?Twenty Thousand Bales of Cotton Also Destroyed. >Fire involving millions of dollars loss in physical property, and that strikes a serious, if temporary, blow at the immense export trade of New Orleans, swept the river front Sunday night and wiped out the vast freight | terminals of the Illinois Central, known as the Stuyvesant docks. 'Nearly a dozen squares of modern wharves and freight sheds, two magnificent grain elevators, hundreds of loaded cars and vast quantities of freight, including 20,000 bales of cotton, were destroyed, together with a large number of small residences. The ocean going shipping seems to have escaped serious damage. A number of firemen and employes of thed ocks were injured. Actual estimates of the losses are impossible as yet, though they may exceed $5,000,000. The Stuyvesant docks extend from Louisiana avenue almost to Napoleon avenue, a distance of 12 squares. The wharves between these two points were covered with miles of trackage and steel and iron sheds ran the whole distance. The two grain elevators were of the most modern construction, the upper one having a capacity of a million bushels. Thousands of bales of cotton, several hundred thousand packages of sugar, great quantities of cotton seed ?11 ? asVa InmKoi* en/) ntrftf r UU iUlQ UU V>MO, luuiuu auu v<v?^ conceivable variety of freight filled the warehouses and sheds. Practically all the export business handled by the Illinois Central was put aboard ships at these docks. The docks and improvements have been under construction for ten years past, elaborate extensions and immense investments having been made after the constitutional convention of 1898 made it possible for the road to invest per* c manently at this point. The fire was discovered shortly after 7 o'clock. It was said to have resulted from a Journal that had not been sufficiently oiled. The whole plant was equipped with gigantic water tanks and fire extinguishing apparatus, but the blaze, small at the beginning, almost instantaneously got beyond control, communicating through the conveyers to the lower elevator and some of the sheds. NO LAGGING IN ALABAMA. . ?- ? A. ?i_ J n.j j mvvomcni V? nuiu uwiiun ?na ncuutc ; Acreage Starts With a Vim. W. H. Seymour, who was elected president of the Alabama Cotton Association. will begin at once the work of Interesting the farmers all over the state in the movement to hold cotton already made, reduce the acreage and reduce the amount of fertilizer. Every part of ther state will he reached. s , * HAD RICHf TO FIR [ ( North Sea Commission is Favorabie to Russia. I BUNGLING JUSTIFIABLE I Fatal Firing on British Fishing Ves- ( % sels Warranted ? Semi-OfFiclal Statement Issued at Paris, ( Anent the Findings. * A Paris special says: A semi-official announcement appeared Wednesday 1 relative ro the work of the interna- ! tional commission, which has been considering th? North Sea incident. It 1 Is as follows: ' "The Hull commission met this morning in the ministry of foreign affairs, and again this afternoon, in ' order to proceed to a final examination of the report recapitulating its conclusions. The report is rather long ' and comprises about ten large pages. ] The principal author is Admiral Von Spaur, Austrian, but all the members . of the commission collaborated in drawing it up. The commission gives | no opinion on the question of the presence or absence of Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, declaring . merely that the Russian admiral legitimately believed that his squadron was endangered, and that he had the , fight under the circumstances to act , as he did. The commissioners refer to the Russian government's engage rr'nttme nf f V) a in ems lu mucmiuij tuc vaumg v* i deplorable incident. The report will be sent by special ' messengers to the Russian and British government, not because it is subJect to modifications at the instance of one or the other of the governments, 1 the commission's decision being without appeal, but the commissioners do not wish the powers interested to 1 learn through the press of the last ' public sittings and the conclusions J reached. There is nothing in this pre- , llminary communication or report except an act of deference." The public sitting for the reading of the conclusions will probably be held on Saturday. The proceedings probably will be closed by a Bpeech of thanks by Admiral Fournier, pres- , Ident of the Commission, to his colleagues. Members of the commission who . were seen Wednesday refused either to confirm or deny the foregoing statement, but officials having favorable opportunities to judge of the results of the inquiry regard the statement as substantially correct. A .London special says: A strong chord of Indignation is sounded by x ? ! the London daily newspapers Thursday morning over the semi-official A *-*1 4-V _ ,4nf statement reuuve cu cue uocmuu ui < the North Sea commission giving to Russia the victory, but it is still hoped that the publication of the full text of the commission's report may modify the impression produced by the preliminary version, which is one of , intense disappointment. The Daily Mlail goes so far as to ( declare that the decision has dealt J a death blow to arbitration. Some of ' the newspapers blame the government , strongly for ever consenting to subJect such a matter to arbitration,while some of the government organs find ?old comfort in the fact that the country by doing so avoided war with . Russia. No question is raised that the decision must be respected, and Great Britain's share of the heavy costs will 1 be ruefully paid; but it Is held that the decision leaves the question of a neutral's right on the sea in a deplor- 1 ably unsatisfactory condition and creates a dangerous precedent SENTENCE 13 FORTY YEARS. * Manila Court Goes Hard With Major Carrlngton for Embezzlement Mhjor General Corbin, commanding the Philippine division, cabled the war department Wednesday a con flrmation or the press report 01 tne conviction of Major Carrington at ( Manila for embezzlement, and stating : that the sentence was for forty years. General -Corbie stated: "Major Carrington, convicted by the 1 court of first instance of all counts ! against him. Sentenced to forty years 1 in the Bilidad prison. Appealed to supreme court" IS NOT SEEKING PEACE. Japan Indifferent as to Whether War C.ontlnes or Otherwise. Japan, through her minister at Washington, Mr. Kogoro Takahira, has categorically and absolutely denied all rumors and reports that she was suing for peace, or that any act of the mikado's representative here can be possibly so construed. y " \ . . . c UNIVERSITY IS LIBERAL. ! " ! i i Confers College Degrees Upon Roose- ; velt, British Ambassador, German j Kaiser and a Few Citizens. i i Commemmoration of W a-shington s ; birthday by the University of Pcnnsyi- ! vanla at Philadelphia was? made nota- ; ki- v.? >?? fo/%* that rpnrpsent.atlrGS of : IMU UJ IUC AAVk . three world powers participated In the ! exercises. The United States reported by the j chief executive of the nation, Thew- I iore Roosevelt; Germany, represented j by Baron Speck ron Sternburg, am- j bassador to this country, who acted j as the personal representative of. the ! emperor, and Sir Mortimer Durand, the i British ambassador. The occasion was marked by one of 1 the most enthusiastic demonstrations ever witnessed in the Academy of Music, where the exercises were held, j President Roosevelt was the orator of the day, his theme being "Some ' Maxims of Washington." The degree of doctor of laws was j conferred upon the president, the Ger- ! ru?ui emperor, the British ambassador, i Rear Admiral Charles E. L. Clark. | U. S. N., United States Senator Uhilander C. Knox and David T. Watson, a distinguished lawyer of Pittsburg. 1 Thomas Bailey Aldrich. the poet and j author, received the degree of doctor { of letters, and upon 'Robert Simpson Woodward, president of Carnegie institute, was conferred the degree of doctor of science. Barcm von Sternburg received the degree for Emperor William. v. When the president appeared on the Btage, the hand played "Hall to the , Chief," and the entire assemblage j arose and cheered for nearly five min- j ute. It was a splendid ovation and ' the president smiled his appreciation, j bowing his acknowledgment at its con- j elusion. During his address, the pres* | ident was repeatedly cheered and hla reference to the navy which he ad- ! dressed directly to Admiral Clark, who sat on his left, aroused great enthusiasm. The president was the guest of the First City Troop at luncheon and left at 3:25 for Washington. BUST OF WASHINGTON. j Presented to Congress by France Through Ambassador Jusserand. A Washington dispatch says: Amb as as dor Jusserand presented to the > congress Wednesday the replica of j the original marble bust of George Washington, which was destroyed by a Are In the library of congress in 1851. The ceremonies took place in the rotunda at the capitol, where the bust was unveiled, and in the president's room in the senate wing.where j speeches were made by the ambassador on behalf of the French donors, and by Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island and Representative Mccieary | of Minnesota, on behalf of the two branches of congress. President Pro Tern Frye of the senate presided. The French ambassador placed in a receptacle of the pedestal documents containing a history of the bust announcing that the acceptance by the United States of the gift from France sealed eternal friendship between the nations. 8enator Wetmore read a resolution adopted by congress accepting the gift, and the ambassador delivered a speech of presentation. NO SENATOR IN 8IGHT. j Twenty-ninth Ballot in Missouri Legls- ; lature?One Defection. There was one more defection from the forces of Thomas K, Niedringhaus, the republican caucus nominee in the Missouri legislature Wednesday, when the roll "was called for the twentyninth ballot to 8eclect a successor to United States Senator Cockrell. The | ballot resulted as follows: Ooclcrell 73. Niedringhaus 64, Kerens 12, MeKinley 1 5. Petti John 1, Ossenfort 1. BODIES BEING RECOVERED. Remains of Seventy-five Explosion \ Victims Taken from Mine. A Birmingham dispatch says: At 8 o'clock Wednesday evening seventyfive bruised, blackened and disfigured bodies had been recovered from the Ill-fated Virginia mines, In which the awful explosion occurred on Monday afternoon, entombing what Is now confidently believed to be more than one hundred and fifty of the best miners in the Birmingham district s INSURANCE MAN SUICIDES. Captain ArnaM, Georgia Manager of Phoenix Life, Ends Existence. With his wife's pistol, Captain Charles Arnall, general manager of the Phoenix Life Insurance Company, and one of the best known citizens of Atlanta, blew his brains out in the bath room of hLs residence. 17 Baltimore block, Thursday morning. No cause In assigned. OLD LADY IS MUMT Mrs. Chadwick Refused to i Ancumr nuoofinne in Pnnrf nuon&i yuuoiiuno in uuui u j WAS ACTING ON ADVICE I , j i J , * Farcical Bankruptcy Proceedings Held in Cleveland Consisted Principally ! of Spats Between Opposing * Attorneys. 'fJ i i At Cleveland,- Ohio, ACra. Chadwick, j when placed on the stand in the bank- j ruptcy proceedings against her, Fri-! day, before Referee Remington, re- j fused at first to be sworn. After a consultation with her attorneys, she finally consented to take the oath. She was then asked to state her name. She refused to reply to this or any other questions that .followed. Mrs. Chadwick sought refuge in her privilege as an accused person, and she refused to answer most of the questions on the aground that what she said might tend to aid the prosecution of her criminal cases. Referee Remington found in her favor,\ although he insisted, against her counsel's wishes, in making her qu&si-explanation of her refusal ."My financial affairs are so <!2$sely allied with the case in the federal court that anything affecting thai one ? -?#Ani' ViQ /iftinr " must L'.evesjxaiujr aucvb , said Mrs. Chadwick, and the referee declared that that explanation of her position was as admirably expressed as it could be. ?' " "What they want is to get possession of your information," stoutly declared Attorney Dawley, on behalf of Mrs. Chadwick. "They want to have a look at your hand. They are trying to ascertain our defense. Now, if the government will tip off its hand, we might arrange a deal." Dawley frankly told the court that Mre. Chadwick was only following his advice in refusing to be sworn. Attorney Grossman, for "Trustee" Loeser, Insisted on an examination, however, and Referee Remingtcn finally decided that Mrs. Chadwick would hayfe to be sworn and take the witness stand at last. At the Very outset, Mrs. Chadwick refused to give her name. Another lorg wra<ngle resulted over this seemingly unimportant question. It was In vain that Grossman declared he had < no designs of trapping the witness into an incriminating reply. Mrs. Chadwick simply refused to say that she was Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick, and, smilingly, persisted in that course. Referee Remington vainly appealed to her, explaining to her, cajoled her, and almost threatened her. He went at length into just what her privilege was, and Just what amounted, to contempt of court Mrs. Chadwick was an interested listener to all he had to say, but his conversation moved her not a jot Finally, Remington grew a little exasperated at her cheerful indifference. The entire examination was a series of wrangles and disputes between opposing attorneys. Mrs. Chadwiclr answered a few questions, but her answers were remarkably free from information. Finally, the court and counsel on all sides agreed that the examination nright just as well let off abruptly," because there Vas no hope of securing any information from the bankrupt. Accordingly, March 31 was set for the resumption of the hearing, with the understanding that Mrs. Chadwick would testify freely on that date if the criminal cases against her had been disposed of by that time. Mirs. CbaJwick had paid $3 fro? her own funds for . carriage to convey her from the county Jail to the bankruptcy court, a distance of one block: i HOUSE HONORS TEXANS. Statues of Houston and Austin Accept j ed for Hall of Fame. The house Saturday divided its time j between legislation and patriotic exercises. An hour and a half wae spent In passing minor bills. Legislation tben gave way to oratory. in which many members participated in honoring the memory of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, following which the marble statues of j each, which have been placed in Stat- j nary Hall by the state of Texas, were j formally accepted. . j nt The Oklahoma house committee has f recommended for passage ' Walker's ! bill, providing for the appropriation j of $200,000 to erect and maintain a J territorial oil refinery at Stillwater, j Representative Clifton Wilder'? bill j appropriating $125,000 for the estab- j lishment of a state oil refinery was favorably reported to the Colorado house by the finance committee Wed? nesday. * US^OF VICTIMS GROWS.., Ninety-two Bodies Were Taken fitm Virginia Mines by Heroic Rescuer#; Up to Thursday Night. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: At 8 o'clock Thursday, ninety-two bodies had been recovered from Virginia mines, and the rescue work con tin"v? HOC The foul odors from the decomposing bodies have now become so unbearable that the rescuers work in short relays, and hundreds, of pounds of disinfectants have to be' used to make farther work possible. Fifty-five funerals were conducted in the suburbs of B'nainghaTri, chiding the day, all of which were for victims of ihe awful disaster. It is estimated that there are, at least, twenty-fivf more bodies to; be taken out, and the rescuers hare to flniah up the "level" they are now on. and open one more "level." There are three bodies in the bottom of the lowest level, which, it is expected win require at least ten days bo reach., The bodies are those of ths pamper and his assistants. They are covered with water, and since the pompiftg machinery was ruined by the expk> ^ 3ion, it will take'a much longer time ' to get the water out of the mines. . ||j Governor Cunningham has officially instructed State Ullne- Inspector Gray O-Jl and his assistants to make a thoroqga investigation of the disaster and re- | port to him at the earliest practiceble moment The relief fund for the stricken lamHies continues to grow. Bessemer alone has raised over $3,000, and the total subscriptions so far retarded amount to more than $15,000. SENATORS ARE CALLED. A Special Session of Upper House: to iM ' Convene March Fourth. President Roosevelt issued a proo- ?J| lamation Thursday convening the senate In special session at 12 o'clock, March 4, to "receive such comTntretaar &sgs| t'ons as may be made by the ezecative." The proclamation reads: "By the President - of the United . . Jj| States of America?A Proclamation: .$m Whereas, Publid' interests require that, J| the senate of the United States be cogs- \f vened at 12 o'clock $n March 4, next, to receive such communications as may be made by the executive; . ja| "Not, therefore, I, Theodore Rooee- ;i|| velt, president of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim, and de- . r;s clare, that an extraordinary occasion - || requires the senate of the United '4jS States to convene at the capitol, in Cv|| the city of Washington, on March 4, ||| next, at 12 noon, of which all persons v who shall at that time be entitled to . <|| act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. "Given under my hand and the seal- '^8 cf the United States at Washington, "3 on February 23, tie year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and flvet 2g| and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty i ninth. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." MILES PUBLISHES LETTER. . Compiles in Part With Request of Mrs JIS . Jefferson Davis General Nelson A. Milec has part: ly complied with the request of Mfca ^ Jefferson Davie, made that he publish cM in full any letter or note that he may jS have from her in which she thanked him for his treatment of President , Jefferson Davis. The letter which he publishes is as follows: . V "Fort Monroe. Va., May 23, 1865.? is Please receive my thanks for , your ' 0 courtesy and kind answers to my questions of this morning (May 23). 1 cannot quit the harbor withoot beg-. ging you again to look after my hue ^ band's health for me. Yours very re spectfully, , r (Signed) "VARINA DAWIS." */f| LA I MKW SLA I tU run I UUM. Friends of Neidringhause Make Move to Select'Another Candidate. Gardiner Lathrop of Kansas City | may be decided upon as a compromise X candidate for United States senator to succeed Francis M. Cockrell, ac- ' ' % cording to political gossip in Kansas City, Mo. 1 "\||| This gossip is based upon a conference bold with Mr. Lathrop by Alox ?? Neidringbause, a brother of Thomas Neidringbaus, the republican senatorial caucus nominee, and others. ALL BATTLE FLAGS GO BACK. * M Senate Adopts Joint Resolution for Their Return to States. ; The senate Thursday unanimously adopted Lamb's Joint resolution pro- X J viding for the return of captured confederate flags and recaptured union flags to the proper authorities of the >|| states in which the commands were Xp organized. The full list of confeder- X | ate flags shows a total of about 440.