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t PEAGE IS ASSURED" . I Japs and Russians to End Hostilities in Six Weeks. REPORT SEEMS VERIFIED i 4 Agents of Russia and Japan Said to i ^ Have Held Informal Preliminary Conferences?Situation, How- J ever is Being Guarded. A St. Peterburg's dispatch, says: The information contained in these dispatches for over a week regarding the change in Emperor Nicholas' attitude concerning the advisability of making a pacific/proposal to Japan is tally confirmed and in very high quarters peace within six weeks is regarded as certain. The positiveness with which this is affirmed would indicate that the government is already in possession of information, as the Japanese terms would indicate a basis which Russian can agree to. The exact situation is shrouded in mystery. The secret of what has been done and what is being done is zealously guarded. The Associated Press hears, however, from a source close to the throne that pour parleurs are actually in progress in Paris, but possibly only of a preliminary charac.f ter, and tjiat Copenhagen may be the scene of the first exchanges between representatives of the two powers. In this connection importance is be- " ing attached to the visit ?f M. D'iswolsky, Russian minister at CopenhaMn nnj "Qorrvrt Hrwpn former Rus - . si an minister to Japan, bo Bombard, the French ambassador to Russia, on Tuesday. The parties to this conference refuse to admit that significance k. is attached to it In the meantime, the foreign office is silent. Inquiry, says a Paris special, tends v\ to confirm strongly the statement already made that approaches toward peace hare begun at a private conference in a northern European capital. In view of the statement from St. Petersburg that pour parleurs were .going on in Paris,the Associated Press Saturday night called at the Russian v. embassy end the Japanese legation. Ambassador Nelidoff stated specifically that he knew nothing about such negotiations being in progress, and Minister Montono, while declining to discuss the general question''of peace, f ' authorised the statement that no pour pferleurs were occurring in Paris. At the foreign offljce it was also stated thttf officials there were not aware oft steps toward peace. The foregoing statements by Count " --J TVi. HT/\ntnnn while iniii auu 1/1. WVUI.VUV, eating that negotiations are not prdceeding in Pari*, do not alter the main statement that peace prelimina- ] rieg - are actually progressing elsewhere. ? ' The personage acting for Russia in the preliminary stage of the negotiations iB described as "a leading gene- 1 ral'" ' 1 The personage acting for Japan is not disclosed, but he is believed to "be one who has heretofore taken no -prominent part in Japanese affairs. It is stated in French diplomatic Quarters that among the conditions of peace which Japan might ask would "be tha? Russia give a pledge to build no more warships for a term of years. A diplomatic official said that such ! a condition would be the most effect- ' lve means of assuring Japan against . Hussia's carrying out her cherished project of naval rearmament for the renewal of hostilities under better conditions than those at present existing. It is well known that Russia con-templates a huge plan of naval rehabilitation. This appears to have stimulated Japan's diplomats to consider means of avoiding a peace that would be equivalent to no more than a truce during which Russia would have time to forge an effective weapon, and, there ?1 *V?f ' fore, the intimation is now given uaat | limitation of Russian naval armament may figure as a means of ensuring a . prolonged peace in the Orient CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS BIFFED. Cannot Practice in Nebraska Until Medical License is Obtained. The Nebraska state senate has T passed the Christian Science hill, al- , rekdy passed by the house, which re* ; quires all healers to take a four-yearcourse i* medicine and pass the examination required of regular physicians. When the governor signs the l>ill, all Christian Science healing for Tees will be stopped In the state until after the healers have obtained li? censes. k ttOSSER APPOINTED POSTMASTER \ ^Roosevelt Gives Job to Youngest Brigadier in Confederate Army. President Roosevelt Thursday appointed General Rosser, who was the .youngest brigadier general in the confederate army, postmaster at Char v Icttesville, Ya. At the time the appointment was made, it was intimated that a better position might be proTided for Gen. Rosser in the future. 5* t \ I YERKES IS SOLICITOUS. Deplores "Political Peonage" In the the South, In Speech at Banquet In Honor of Vice President. Three hundred guests, including re puoncans or prominence from ail parts North Carolina and other states, attended the banquet of the Tar Heel Club at Greensboro, N. C., Wednesday uight, at which Vice President Fairbanks and Revenue Commissioner iferkes were the principal guests c* h.onor. There was a tremendous ovation as :he vice president arose, and, after a few preliminary statements, said he tvould not make a partisan speech. He told of the elimination of sectional lines and raised much applause by referring to General Joseph Wheeler's part in the Spanish-American war.. Republican government was ordained to. promote justice; to secure each and all in the fullest possible enjoy ment of equal right and privileges un3er the law. Every American must 3tand before the law upon a Plane of perfect equality with his fellow-Americans. Our laws must be Inspired by a sense of justice. Let us safeguard the rights of property; protect that which honest and patient industry has acquired. But first of all, and better than all. wMarvfl Inviolate thA riehts of men Df low and high degree. Political parties are essential in popular government. They have existed from the earliest days of the republic, and they will continue to the 3nd. ft is of vital importance, therefore, that they should be high-minded ind patriotic; that they, should stand for those measures which are wholesome and which tend to advance to the utmost degree the public weal, rhey should support sound and conservative policies which are the only foundation of industrial and social progress, and of enduring national greatness. The vice president was followed by Revenue Commissioner John - W. ferkes, who delivered the longest address of the night, concluding at 11:45 amid the wildest applause. N Commissioner Yerkes spoke on "Political Peonage In the South." He said In part: "lour ancemors, meu turn nurnci.&? broke away from servitude, religious and political, and sought freedom of action of heart and conscience here, rhey flung away family ties, traditions, inherited belief, ancestral tenancies, when - existing- conditions, dominant and rational, demanded the surrender. They obeyed the call of their present, and met the demands of that present. Yet many of their children, men of high standing and admirable traits, today are democrats, not because the present demands It but because a phantom, a specter, a shade, & political bugaboo, made and used for personal, selfish political interests and called negro domination, frightens them from the path of known civic duty and honest political action. The result is political peonage?political serfdom, thralldom to ? man of straw. That specter, and because some say it is not respectable to be a republican in the south, make some of you dishonest politically. "You demand that the north and east shall keep hands off and allow you to work out certain problems, which, though national, affect you primarily. You say, have confidence in us. We know best. But, gentlemen, do you always do best? Don't we know better than you do? Do you attract confidence when you openly and boldly vote against every principle and policy which experience declares helpful to the high interests of this nation, yourselves included?" Toasts were responded to by vari cms guests, among them one by exSuperior Court Judge Timberlake, who said in closing: "The signs now point to the nomination for president four years hence of a distinguished citizen who has hon-. ored us by his presence tonight His election is just as certain if these signs be verified, by the next national convention, as wa3 that of President Roosevelt, and I can pay him no higher compliment than to say that Chas. W. Fairbanks * will be a worthy successor of Theodore Roosevelt." RENFROE FOUND 6UILTY. Aged Man Convicted by Jury for the Murder of His Daughter.in-Law. At FayefcteviUe, Ga., Thursday, Stephen D. Renfroe was found guilty of murder and recommended to the mercy of the court, which means life imprisonment. An appeal for a new trial was entered by his attorneys. Colonel Renfroe was charged with killing his daughter-in-law, as a result of a dispute over a cabbage patch. The convicted man, who is about 76 years of age, and very feeble, reclined on an improvised bed in the courtroom most of the time. PRESIDENT GIVES CUT DIPLOMAS Acts Master of Ceremonies at GraduatIno Exercise* U. S. Medical College. President Roosevelt presented diplomas Saturday to the class graduated from the United States Medical College at exercises held in the hall of the National Museum, where he addressed a large audience, delivered & message and presented diplomas to the 23 newly-made doctors. BlUFF BY CASTRO Dictator Gives Most Defiant Answer to Uncle Sam. ARBITRATION IS REFUSED While Answer is Considered insulting, No Immediate Action Will Be Taken, as Venezuela Has Best of the Argument Just Now. X Washington special says: President Castro seems to have called the administration's bluff, and from present indications, the United States can do nothing further. Minister Bowen cabled that the Venezuelan president had finally declined to submit to arbitration the ..claims of the asphalt trust, holding that the case must take its course in the Venezuelan courts Castro seems to be in a position to sit back and say: "What are you going to do about it?" It is known that Minister Bowea commented pretty severely upon the action of the Venezuelan president, and it fs understood the minister goes to the extent of pronouncing the reply j insulting. The case in all its bearings was discussed at the cabinet | meeting. The tendency was to minimize the ii^>ortance of the Venezuelan reply,jiaembers of the cabinet saying it has no more effect than; to ieave the situation where it was a year ago, and there is a disposition to believe that Mr. Bowen may be needlessly excited. In endeavoring to force Castro to arbitration there is distinct reversal of the policy of the government, which has always been that claims of the diar&cter of this one of the asphalt trust must be settled in the courts of the country granting concession and Castro occupies, in consequence, a strong position. Castro has executed a shrew flank movement by entering upon an agreement with the Etngllsh and Cerman holders of Venezuelan bonds under the terms of which sixty per cent of the port receipts of all ports, save La Guayra, and Puerto Cabello, are to go to the liquidation of Venezuelan exterior debt. The receipts of the two exceptions are now being applied to the settlement of other claims, according to the protocols entered into in Washington about a year ago. This last agreement eliminates the possibility of European interference and apparently leaves the United States high and dry. There is nothing a naval demonstration off Venezuelan ports could accomplish, and the only effeot of such a move would be to make this country ridiculous. So far as can be ascertained, there is absolutely no warrant for any such demonstration. It is the indicated intention of the president and Secretary Taft, who, in the absence of Secretary Kay, is being relied on for advice in matters pertaining to foreign affairs, simply to await further developments in Venezuela. It is not believed that the situation now is of such a character as to warrant alarm. Indeed, the president is proceeding with the arrangements for his southwestern rtip without reference to the Venezuelan imbroglio. It is regarded as possible that further developments in the Venezuelan , situation may be forthcoming in a few days, but it is not believed in Washington they will add to its seriousness. How Castro Views Matter. The World prints the following dispatch from President Castro: "I have received your telegrams. There is in reality between Venezuela and Washington no question of sufficient importance to occupy puhlic attention and worthy of attention by serious perfbns. Tour minister holds himself itfoof from the good understanding t&at exists, but Venezuela will defend with ardor the common intertats and honor of both countries. "CIPRIANO CASTRO." irrftPMPY WANTS HALF. War Claim Awarded by Congress Held Up by Washington Lawyer. A treasury warrant representing the amount appropriated by congress to meet the claim of some Atlanta people is tied up by court proceedings in Washington brought by an attorney who contends that half the amount must go to him. The claim in question is that of the estate of the late Michael Kreis, for tobacco taken by the United States troops during the civil war, and amounts to $7,404. EXTRA SESSION FOR OCTOBER. Roosevelt Announces That He Will Assemble Congress Early in Fall. The president gave out the statement Saturday morning that he would call an extra session of congress the first week ki October. The purpose of the extra session, he said, was the consideration of legislation looking to freight rate regulation and tariff revision. I | CODY LOSES SUIT. Wyoming Court Declines to Grant DU vorco Sought by "Buffalo Bill." Judge Makes Caustic Comment. The district court at Sheridan, Wyoming, Thursday, refused the petition of Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) for a divorce. A decision was not expected before Friday at the earliest, but the courtroom was filled with residents of Sheridan and the surrounding county when it was given. After the reading of the depositions was finished, the lawyers for both sides announced that they would submit the case without argument. Judge Soott asked the attorneys for the defendants to amend their answer in the case by striking out those sections which dealt with charges agfilnst Bessie Isbell, Cody's conduct in Chicago, and his early excesses'at' Fort McPherson. When this was done the court found entirely in favor of the defendant, Mrs. Louisa Cody. Judge Scott delivered an opinion of considerable length, reviewing the allegations and evidence, and giving his conclusions. ? % - m /Iaaa nrn?Q 1/n 1H6 IdW QJL IUO DUHC UVCTO uub Uiuug incompatibility a ground for divorce, but K does read that extreme cruelty rendering the condition of either party to the marriage contract intolerable it sufficient grounds to allow the granting of a divorce," said Judge Scott. "The first cause of action in this case is the charge of poisoning on December 26, 1900, or some time prior thereto. "The evidence wholly fails-to support this Issue," but shears , the defendant was trying to rescue the plaintiff from a state of intoxication, and administered not poison, but remedies which she deemed beneficial. His inability to speak on this occasion did not oome from these remedies, but came from bis excessive use of intoxicating liquors at the banquet board, and was as humiliating to defendant as to the plaintiff. "The unhappiness caused by the. actions of the plaintiff is shown by* the letter of their daughter, Arta Thorpe, whose beautiful character shone out from her unhappy home, and the - words*ot ner leuer, wnueu juoc before her death: 'Oh, papa, why did he do it? My heart is just broken over it Oh, why- did he do it?'" Judge Scott also found that the charge of unbecoming actions on the part of the defendant toward the colonel's .glieift was'not proven; that there was no evidence that she had even threatened her husband's life, and that when attending the funeral of her daughter Ara at Rochester, N. Y., in February, 1904, she offered a permanent reconciliation and ho answer ever came to this. "She was an over-indulgent mother and wife who always took pride in hig success and- always looked forward to his home-coming and made great preparations to receive him," said Judge 9cott. "In return for this wifely devotion the plaintiff has been cruel to her and heaped indignities upon her. Even if it were true that the defendant had at times been Impatient with him and such impatience has been considered as indignities, it is also true that she had much to contend with. "There are some allegations in the answer that are not sustained by the evidence. From ^he evidence it does not appear that uie plaintiff was so addicted to gambling as to impair his business abilities or trustworthiness. He did not use intoxicating liquors in such quantities as to interfere with the transaction of his business." LONQ TRESTLE FOR RAILROAD. Bridge Structure, Ten Miles Long, a Feature of Line Along Mississippi. W. J. Oliver, a Knoxville, Tenn., railroad contractor, has been awarded the contract to build the New Orleans Great Northern road, running north from New Orleans along the Mississippi river a distance of 350 miles. He is to begin wo^k at once at Slidell, and the road is to be completed within one year. , A trestle ten miles long will be one of the features of the road. It will cross Lake Ponchatrain. GIRL STOPS JAIL BREAKERS. Force# Prisoners to Deliver Saws After Steel Bars Had Been Cut A daring attempt at a jail delivery was frustrated at Scottsboro, Ala., by Miss Lula Austin, the young daughter of Sheriff Austin. After three of the steel bars leading Into the main corridor, which would have practically admitted them to their liberty, had been cut, Miss Austin discovered the condition of affairs and herself forced the prisoners hor thp saws which W IU1U wu _ had been used in the operation, six in number. MEXICAN MINISTER DEAD. Don Aspirot, Ambassador at Washing, top, Joins the Silent Majority. Senor Don Manuel De Aspiroz, Mexico's first ambassador to the United States, died Friday afternoon at the Mexican embassy in Washington. . Although a sick man last fall, the ambassador's death was due to a relapse caused by exposure on inauguration day. s V twTplead cuiLTf Attorney and Ex-Sheriff Admit Charge of Peonage. ucawv riMrc Accrccrn! nLMV i rniLo noouoLu Lawyers of the Defendants Incensed Over Action of Clients and Ask Court to Withdraw Their Names from Case. W. P. Crawley, a lawyer of Waycross, and T. J. McMillan, former sheriff of Ware county, Wednesday pleaded guilty before Judge Speer in the United States court at Savannah on a charge of peonage and were fined j $1,000 each, which was afterwards re- j duced to $500 on condition there j should be no further violation of the law. In passing sentence the judge remarked tha this wast the last time there will be such a light sentence for this crime in his court. He says that there can be no more peonage for debt in his district. Messrs. Osborne and Lawrence, who were among the attorneys for the accused, stood out to the laat during the consultation of, the lawyers as to the advisability of pleading guilty. They j wanted. the case fought to the end. Just before the plea was entered iff. Osborne asked the court to have his firm's name stricken from the list of attorney's representing the defense. This was done. The defendants were charged in four indictments with selling a colored woman against whom no warrant was issued to MicRae Brothers for a consideration of $50. The woman, it was alleged, was advised by the sheriff and attorney that she had been convicted and fined, and served nine months in the McRae convict camp Another charge is that the defendants took from jail two boys convicted' of stealing a watermelon, wbo had been sentenced without a fine alternative, and sold them to MlcRaes for $65. The McRaes pleaded guilty at the last term and''were fined $1,000 each. .. George P. Hart and M. H. Cobb, two negro physicians of Waycross, were also put on trial to answer charges of peonage. Both pleaded guilty, whereupon they were sentenced by Judge Emory Speer to pay a fine of $1,000 each, $700 of which is remitted during good behavior. Cobb paid his fine and Hart went to jail. It was shown that they had procured the arrest of a negro girl upon claims for professional services rendered and had sold her into a condition of practical servitude. The judge told the defendants that it was bad enough When white men act toward negroes as the defendants were shown to have acted toward the girl, but that it is worse when negroes are guilty of such injustice toward members of their race. He said he was afrgid that had the two doctors remained in Africa they would have been in tae slave business, stealing blacks from one village and selling them else* where as slaves. COLORED LIEUTENANT NAMED. President Appoints Negro Soldier on 8taff of Philippine Scouts. A Washington dispatch says: The president has appointed Sergeant Geo. S. Thompson of the twenty-fifth infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Philippine scouts, thus adding one more negro to the commissioned force of the army. Lieutenant Thompson was appointed on his merit, hav^ig received high commendation for heroism and efficiency during the insurrection in the Philippines. He is one of the crack shots in the army, end has received several medals for rifle and pistol shooting. He is now stationed with his regiment at Port Niobrara, Nebraska. > TEXAS STRICTLY IN LINE. - ... . . _ Ul.u * M...M President joraan vwi ton Growers to Determined Action. Since the trip of President Harviek Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association through the state ot Texas, the state is enthusiastic over the work of the association and everything is being done to carry out its plans. It is positively assured that the state will reduce its acreage 25 per cent. So far the farmers have used but very little commercial fertilizers, and even the small amount that has been used there is being reduced this year. ON TO SIBERIAN WILDS. Retreating Russian Army Dare Not Tarry Within Confines of Harbin. News from the front received in St. Petersburg continues to Indicate preparations for a withdrawal of the main portion of the Russian army beyond Harbin, so as to place it out of danger of having its communications with Russia severed if it is found impracticable to attempt to hold the line | at the Sungari river. o ~ * " ' " *- - - /. ..itA i 7.5? ^ > BOMB-THROWERS ACTIVE. Warsaw Police Chief and Half Dozen Aides Wounded by Deadly Missiles Thrown by Terrorists. A bomb wag thrown into the car* mIm/vm /-V# DAMAM VAM \7A1 AK I A# aI VI CA4VU IVii HViAVUf VUlUi V& police oI Warsaw, Russian Poland, at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. It was reported that the baron was severely wounded. According to the latest information ? the attack on the baron was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the revolutionary party. . v Shortly before 8 o'clock an elegantly dressed man went to the police station ^ * at Praga, a large suburb of Warsaw on the other side of tbe Vistula, and threw a bomb into the courtyard of the station, wounding seven persons, two of them dangerously. The man started to run away, but waa caught by the captain of the station. He was 1 found to be a Jew, but his identity haa not yet been discovered. v| A +o1 AakAWA mnaoarrA vtfl ImntA^i. A uivaon^v n w V ately sent to Baron von Nolken at the city ball informing him of the outrage. Baron von Nolken, accompanied by a police official, took a ear*, riage and started immediately for Praga. When passing the castle where the governor general resides, a man standing on the pavement threw a :M bomb at the carriage. Baron von Nolken, who was sitting . on the side nearest the assailant, received the full charge of the bomb, while his companion escaped unhurt. ;,J| The eoachmaa was thrown from the box and the carriage smashed. Baron von Nolken was removed to the city hall and doctors were sum- . moned, who found he had received Injuries on t?e head, neck, arm and leg, which are believed to be serious. * Meanwhile the police official acoompanying Baron von Nolken saw the bomb thrower fleeing and pursued and caught up with him, but the criminal $ proved stronger and tore himself away. /.fRH Another policeman fired twice after him without result. 'Half an hour later a man was found dead in Sowls * <; street, whom the police believed to be * the bomb thrower. According to later Information the tomb which exploded at the Praga . ^ police station was not thrown into the courtyard, but into a room of the station where the men assembled were '<0 going on duty. Six policemen were i|| wounded, and all the furniture, as wen :.M as one wall, was destroyed. The ; bomb thrower in trying to escape met a policeman and shot twice, wounding the officer in the stomach. The prlsoner himself was wounded, and has /'M been placed in the hospital. ^ The man found dead in Sowla street 1 M proves to be a plain clothes policeman who was seen pursuing Baron J| von Nolkei- s assailant The police :-||j believe that the latter turned on the policeman and shot him dead. A few days ago the Warsaw police discovered eighty bombs hidden in a brick grave in the Powonskl cemetery. . BIG 8TEAMCR3 COLLIDE. 1 ,;Jj Eight Hundred Passengers Have Nar? row Call for Their Lives. f-*|B Two great trans-Atlantic liners, the ",1 Parisian of the Allan line and the / ^ Alabano, a Hamburg-American boat, .% both bound in, heavily loaded with pas-' ^ -j3S| sengers, collided off the- harbor entrance at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saturday night Both were seriously damaged, but reached their docks and landed their passengers safely. The Parisian's stern touched bottom - - J as she reached her wharf, while hard pumping kept the Alabno free. Both steamers were from European .Jja| -"' a the Parisian from Liverpool and , < v| pv* % the Albano from Hamburg. The Pa- <|jg risian bad on board 1,000 passengers, many of whom were bound for Hallfax and other ports. The Albano carried about eight hundred passengers, nearly all for Philadelphia, to which report she was to have proceeded. Carnegie Offers Donation. Carson and Lerwman college, a Baptist Institution at Jefferson City,. r - * Tenn., has been offered $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie for a library pro- 5 Tided It raises a similar sum. MALL FARMERS UNPLEDGED. Critical Time of State Association of Cotton Growers ir? North Carolina. , A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says: Zt Is regarded by the cotton growers that this is a very critical time In their affairs. ? The agents of the state association are going in every direction urging the farmers to stand together, and getting every pledge possible for unity of action to holding crop and reducing acreage. Some of the smaller farmers, woo raise 011I7 a few bales, hare net given any pledges. NEW JOB FOR CLEVELAND. Ex-President to Head Advisory Board of Jamestown Exposition. The board of directors of the Jamestown Exposition company will name arn advisory board of one hundred at its coming meeting ,and ex-President Grdver Cleveland will head the list, he having indorsed the exposition and offered his services in any capacity j