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BOTffllS AGREE Kussia and Japan Will Now Select Peace Envoys. v PROSPECTS GROW BRIGHTER Representatives to Be Selected by the Two Governments May Meet In Washington?Czar and Mikado Announce Willingness to r Discuss Terms of Indemnity. The Associated Press has definite knowledge that both the Russian and Japanese governments have accepted President Roosevelt's suggestion and that a meeting of representatives of the two contending powers is assured. -From an authoritative official source It? is also learned that it has been practically determined that the plenipotentiaries for the determination of peace terms will hold their sessions In Washington. It was stated at the foreign office in St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon that Russia is ready to appoint representatives to hear the Japanese pro' posals on being informed that Japan is nominating representatives for this purpose. Practically, although not formally, an armistice can be said to exist, Russia awaits Japan's notification, the name of her plenipotentiary and the place of meeting, as upon the place will depend the appointment of Russia's representative, with the naming of tne plenipotentiaries a limited suspension of hostilities will be formally declared. From the conversation of an official of the foreign office with the Associated Press it is not certain whether Russia will send a formaly reply to President Roosevelt's appeal, the emperor's assurance to Ambassador Meyer of his willingness to negotiate being deemed sufficiently official. "We cannot select our plenipotentiaries." the official said, "until Japan has indicated the place for negotiation. In order to avoid delay, in the event Washington is selected, Count Casslni, or possibly Baron Rosen, if he could arrive in time, may act for Russia. If Manchuria is selected, Gen: eral Linevitch may be the representative of Russia- but it does not neces sarily follow that either of them would conduct the negotiations to the end, as the first question to be determined is whether a basis is had on the principal terms. If they are considered to afford a basis for the conclusion 01 peace a regular set of plenipotentiaries may be appointed and the negotiations may proceed in the customary way." , .: The official with whom the correspondent of the Associated Press talked was by no. means sanguine that Japan could offer an acceptable basis for negotiations. A Tokio special says: Japan has fcgreed to President's Roosevelt's suggestion to appoint plenipotentiaries to meet Russian plenipotentiaries. No further details of the Mikado's intentions have, as yet, been given out. The czar's government would prefer that Paris should be the scene of tiie initial step, but it is explained to the Associated' Press that neither the place nor the personality of the Russian representatives matters very greatly. The Russian representative will not be a plenipotentiary with full power to negotiate. His duty will practically be confined to the reception and transmission to his government, whatever action is taken. While proffering all aid in his power, it is well understood here that the president, navmg serving to oring tne representatives of the warring countries face to face, believes it would be to the best interests of all concernea that he step aside. The United States, it is recognized here, desires to keep all the powers out of temptation when the spoils of war come to be divi'deiL FORTY UNION MEN JAILED. They Are Suspected of Partlcpating in Attack on Joyce. Forty members of the local branch of the National Structural Iron Workers and Bridge Builders' Union were committed to jail at Philadelphia on Friday without bail, awaiting the result of the injuries of John Joyce, who is said to be dying in a hospital. Joyce's home is in Washington. He is a member of the local bridge builders' union, and Thursday night attended a meeting of the organization, at which he was shot. CAMP CHASE MEMORIAL DAY. Southern Flowers Strewn on the 2,300 Graves of Confederates. Memorial services were held Saturday afternoon at tbe confederate cemetery at Camp Chase, a few miles * west of Columbus, Ohio, under the auspices of Robert E. Lee chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Flowers were sent from many south- ' ern cities to be strewn upon the 2.300 3 graves in the cemetery. I ALL PRAISE ROOSEVELT. His Delicate and Shrewd Diplomacy | Shown in Engineering Peace Move Meets Hearty Approval. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The text of President Roosevelt's personal appeal to the sovereigns of the warring countries to arrange a meeting of the plenipotentiaries for the purpose of agreeing on terms of peace, which arrived Saturday morning, rent the veil, and for the ske?ucs at St. Petersburg who refused to believe j l-resiaent Kooseveirs enorts to or;ng the belligerents together could succeed, it came like a bomb shell. President Roosevelt's "sole purpose to bring about a meeting" has been achieved and now it is merely a question of whether the results will be the peace for which the whole civilized world will pray." J\ * It is a diplomatic triumph of the first magnitude and the diplomats could make no attempt to conceal their admiration of the new world brand of diplomacy which acts while the remainder of the world thinks. A London dispatch says: The keenest interest is manifested in President Roosevelt's note endeavoring to bring, Japan and Russia to an understanding. While tbe British government is not taking any active part in the negotiations, it is giving the most cordial support to the president, of whose actions in the matter it has been kept fully informed. Diplomatic and official circles speak in the highest terms of the. diplomatic manner in which the president handled the matter and fully accord with what they considered to be the only way in which the difficulty could be overcome. The United States, not being involved in any way, cGuld take action, but even they could do no more +>ion on^oowir. tn <3fort rtlrpoi- nperrfia tions between the belligerents. A special from Paris is as follows: President Roosevelt's success in opening a way for peace negotiations between Russia and Japan is the absorbing theme and France has forgotten her own troubles with Germany over Morocco to join in enthusiastic approval of the American initial. Portraits of President Roosevelt, Ambassador Meyer, Minister Takahira and Ambassador Cassini appear in all the journals, with pictures of the wl?ite house as the scene of the historic origin of the peace movement. Without exception, comment on President Roosevelt's action is favorable with the expression of a slight sense of disappointment that France, as the ally ?f Russia, has not taken a more prominent part in effecting tlfe preliminaries. Baron Rosen, the new Russian am bassador to tne united states, woo arrived* in Paris Saturday night, on his way to Washington, and whose name is mentioned as the probable Russian peace plenipotentiary, said: "I have arranged to sail for the United States June 28 with my family. In the meantime I am renewing acquaintances here. "I observed in the press the u?e of my name as the probable peace plenipotentiary, but that wholly Is i without my authority or knowledge." Beyond this Baron Rosen would not 1 discuss the question of peace or war or the part he might take in the ne- 1 gotlations. The departure of the am- * bassador from St. Petersburg appears ] to have been before Russia reached 1 final determination to accept the * American proposition. Should he be delegated to act as plenipotentiary it < will be a month before he arrives ht Washington. ARMS SENT TO ROOSEVELT. ' Relics Were Picked Up on the Manchurian Battle Fields. Minister Griscom at Tokio has sent J a letter to the state department say- '< ing that he has forwarded to the < department for the president and Sec- 1 retary Taft, arms that were picked up on the battle fields of Manchuria. ( These arms are both Japanese and * DneeioTi onrl ri fl A<1 hflTTmpfp: Xl-UOOiUU, *MV?UV ^ , swords and cartridge shells. Two rl* j * fles and bayonets are from Port Ar- j i thur and were used in the siege and i defense of that stronghold. T URGED TO GROW COTTON. Britishers Anxious to See Staple ' Raised in European Countries. The international cotton congress adjourned at Manchester, England, * Friday, after deciding to meet in Germany in 1906. ? The congress passed resolutions urging the nations of Europe to promote the cultivation of cotton in their possessions, and instructed the international committee to look into the matter of improving the baling i ? and marking of cotton in the United i States aud Egypt. j c MORE RIOTING IN RUSSIA. Nearly One Hundred People Shot in a Disturbance in Minsk. The London Times' St. Petersburg n correspondent reports that there fias f( been severe rioting at Minsk, during which nearly 100 persons were. shot, c The police with drawn swords ti charged a mob of two thousand work- e: men in Moscow, wounding many of g :hem. r< A JOB FOR MORTON Retiring Secretary of Navy to Head Equitable Society, OLD OFFICIALS GOING OUT Alexander, Hyde, Tarbell and Wilson Tender Resignations?Hyde Also "Divests" Himself of Majority Stock. l XT TT 1 . T? A. i>t?w iui\K. uiayaiuu saj's; *-<im Morton, who retires from the secretaryship of the navy on July 1, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. His election marks the first and most important step in the reorganization of the society, and was followed by the tender of the resignations of President James W. Alexander, Vice President Hyde, Second Vice President Tarbell, Third Vice President Wilson and Fourth Vice President Mclntyre. The new chairman to further quote 3enator Depew, did not consent "to take office until he had received positive assurances that he would have a "free hand as to measures and men." Mr. Hyde "divested" himself of the majority control, but as made clear in his letter to the board, retains a substantial interest in the society. All of the resignations submitted to the meeting are subject to the pleasure of Chairman Morton and none have yet been accepted. Just what action Mr. Morton will take as tc these resignations was not disclosed, but it "was strongly intimated that President Alexander and Vice Presidents Tarbell, Wilson oil/? Mfilntrro rofirori With auu iv * vv<a vu ? v?? that their executive relations with the Equitable had ended. The interests to which M*. Hyde disposed cf his stock number some two score individuals, led by Thomas F. Ryan, vice president of the Morton Trust company, which has close relations with the Mutual Life Insurance company, one of the Equitable Society's principal rivals. CZAR THANKS ROJESTVENSKY. Admiral, His Officers and Men Re* ceive Remarkable Testimonial. Emperor Nicholas has cabled the following message to Admiral Rojeetvensky: "From my heart I thank you and all the officers of the squadron who have so honorably done their duty for your unselfish 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 source of pride to the country. I wish you a speedy recovery. May God console you alL "NICHOLAS." The peculiar wording of the message is attracting attention. The restriction of the emperor's thanks to those honorably doing their duty is fanning the ugly talk regarding the surrender and the conduct of some of the crews. The messages of Admiral Enquist and Captain Chagin, of the Russian cruiser Almaz, did not contain any intimation of misbehavior on the part of the officers or crew. CONSIDERS IT AS A JOKE. Assistant Chief of Bureau of Statistics Suspended on Request. At bis own request, E. S. Holmes, Jr., assistant chief of the bureau of statistics, department of agriculture, it Washington, and acting chief in the ibsence of Mr. Hyde, has been suspended, pending the investigation ivhich is now being made of ttie charges of "leakage" made by the Southern Cotton Association. Holmes is Dy no means worried oy lie investigation, but, on the conrary, treats it as more or less of !a oke, and is quite confident tbat it vill completely exonerate him. BAN ON MAIL ORDER H0USE8. 'lumbers Object to Outsiders Selling Material to the Public. The National Association of Master 'lumbers, in session at Atlanta, pu% 1 ts ban on the mail order houses rhich sell plumbing material and the * upply houses which furnish them rith material. No official statement was given out 1 0 this effect, as the matter was aoted pon in executive session, but the < pinion of those who did not attend i ut ought to know is that the asso- ' lation did take such action. i RAILROADS IN PHILIPPINES. < nvitations for Proposals Made Public \ by Secretary Taft. The war department has made pubc the invitations by Secretary Taft x )r proposals of railway construction ? 1 the Philippines under an act c ongress. An elaborate scheme of f -ansportation is involved. Tho go* a rnment agrees to protect all the s rantees against ladrones, insurgents, c sbels and outlaws. | t I MAYOR STILL SLASHING. Philadelphia Chief Executive Wields Ax on Necks of Seventy-Nine City Employees. A Philadelphia special says: The principal developments in the local political situation Monday was the resignation of Samuel Salter, as assistant to the chief clerk in the office of the county commissioners and The issuing of an order for the dismissal of sixty-five emnlnveos in the human i of city property and 14 in the electrical bureau. Probably the most interesting dej velopment was the resignation of Sal! ter, who, some years ago, after being a fugitive from justice for about a jear, returned to the city, and wa's acquitted of the charge of stuffing a ballot box. In his resignation, which came as a surprise to the citizens 'of the city, Salter stated that he intended to go fnto business. The election fraud case with which Salter's name was linked was one of the most sensational in the annals of ballot box crimes in the city. Salter, who had been a member of the legislature and who was serving as a deputy coroner, was arrested in November, 1899, along with six or seven others, some of whom lived in Washington, D. C., charged with conspiracy in placing 215 fraudulent votes in a ballot box. They entered bail and then fled. The bail was forfeited after a long fight in the courts, and, when execution for the bail was about to be issued, Salter and some of the accused men returned. Mayor Weaver was, at that tinn?, district attorney, and he prompt!? brought Salter to trial. The juryrendered a verdict of acquittal. A curious feature of the case was that one of the defendants subsequently indicted with Salter gave himself up, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and was sentenced to one year. He was free'd before the other fugitives returned, but could not be found when wanted as a witness. After Salter's acquittal city councils created the position of assistant j to the chief clerk of the county com- ; missioners, and Salter was appointed to the place at a salary of $2,000 X year. One of the duties of the county commissioners is to prepare the election paraphernalia of the city. After the uprising against the gas lease subsided some of the Philadelphia papers asked the county commissioners to remove Salter, but they took no action. Salter's resignation Monday, the commissioners say, came to them voluntarily. The order for the dismissal of 65 men from the bureau of city property was not unexpected. The mayor has issued an order that all employees not needed should be dismissed. Their dismissal will mean a saving to the city of more than $41,000 a year. Mayor Weaver has another contest with councils. This time it is over the granting to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company of franchises to operate surface cars on an additional 110 miles of streets without the city receiving any compensation. The bills granting the franchise were passed and vetoed by the mayor. OFFER FORMALLY ACCEPTED. Cassini Calls Upon Roosevelt With Official Message From Czar. A Washington special says: Official assurance that the president's effort to bring Russia and Japan toget.Vr toward peace will be crowned with success was brought to the white house Monday by Count Cassini, life Russian ambassador, who called by appointment and in the name of Emperor Nicholas, formally accepted the president's "offer of good will." The following official statement regarding the conference was issued at the white house: "Ambassador Cassini has called to express the Russian government's assent to the president's proposition and to state that they would appoint plen ipotentlaries to meet the plenipotentiaries of Japan to discuss the question of peace. The place of meeting is at present being discussed." ROBBER MAKES RICH HAUL. Steals $120,000 in Securities From Under Sleeping Owner's Head. A robbery involving the loss of $120,000 in securities by Henry W. i Comstock of Boston, which occurred < on board the steamer Puritan during ] her trip from New York to Fall River ' Sunday night, was reported to the po- ( lice authorities of Boston Monday. ^ The securities, which included 22 ^ certificates of stock of Various rail- j roads and of the United States Steel Corporation, were taken from under i pillow in Mr. Comstock's stateroom. e. SHIPS THEORETICALLY DONE UP. curious Blank Fire of Forts Too Much for Maneuvering Squadron. v A Baltimore dispatch says: Admi al DIckins did the unexpected thing >y making an early morning attack t >n Fort Howard and the other local c ortiflcations and the battleship Tex- v is, a cruiser and three torpedo de- E troyers were theoretically blown oiN t< >f the water by the artillerymen sta- t< ioned at Fort Howard. a WARNING TO GZAR Given By Russian People in Remarkable Document, MUST CALL AN ASSEMBLY Petition Devoid of Usual Phrases of Respect?Autocrat is Bluntly Told That He Must Not Delay in Issluing the Call. A St Petersburg dispatch says: The voice of the delegates of the zemstvos and the municipalities demanding in no uncertain tone the immediate convocation of a national assembly to pass upon the question of peace or war, to heal internal strife and , to unite the people for the rejuvenation of Russia, will be heard in the address adopted by the all-Russian remstvo congress at Moscow, which a deputation headed by Count Hayden and M. Shipoff is bringing to present to the emperor. The document bids fair to become historic. Tlie customary phrases of respect at the opening and closing are omitted and it is otherwise unceremonious, employing the direct personal pronoun. The address arraigns the bureaucracy and reminds the emperor that his pledge to convoke a national assembly is slow of fulfillment. It says the country is on the verge of civil war and even' ventures to criticize a royal measure. The address urges the summoning of a national assembly that the war may become national. Ther.e is in tense interest to learn whether the emperor will receive the bearers of ao bold a message. The address is a lengthy document, from which the following are extracts: "Sire: Russia has been drawn into a disastrous war by criminal abuses and the negligence of your counsellors. "Our army is powerless and our .fleet has been annihilated, but more menacing than this extreme peril is the prospect of a civil war waged fry your people against all the vices of a dangerous and ignorant bureaucracy. "Sire, before it is too late, for the welfare of Russia, command a convocation of representatives of the nation, elected by equal franchise ana let these elected representatives dtr cide with you the vital question of war or peace, thus transforming the war into a national one. "Sire, do not delay. Great is your responsibility before God and before Russia in this terrible hour of national trial." COWHIDE LEADS TO TRAGEDY. Physician Horsewhips Old Man and is Later Killed by Marshal. John C. Hardy, aged about thirtyfive years, a well known physician of Ghipley, Ga., was shot to death there at noon Thursday in the store of S. A. Goodman, mayor of the town, by Qlfn Wihite, the marshal of Chipley. During the morning Dr. Hardy had publicly horsewhipped an old white man who had offended him. A case was made against him. At noon Dr. Hardy walked into Goodman's store pulled out his pistol and asked the mayor how much he was going to fine him. In the conversation he called the mayor a liar. Marshal TVlHte was in the store, and when he started to interfere Hardy began shooting. Both he and the marshal fired three shots. "When the smoke cleared Dr. Hardy was dead, having been shot through the body and through the head, hte brains spattering the floor. Mayor Goodman had been shot through the left arm and the bone shattered near the wrist, and Mar-1 1 * nHV rrli S?L2il YV*?tiC^ W<U UiiiUj ui aiiuvugu two bullets had gone through h?g cTothing. Dr. Hardy leaves a wtfs and several children. MIGHTY WAR8HIP8 MOVING. Sham Joint Army and Navy Maneuvers Under Way. A dispatch from Fort Monroe, Vv, says: The joint army and navy eaer:ises began at midnight Sunday night. Rocket signals were sent up at For* Monroe, the guns were manned and searchlights flashed across the waters )f Hampton roads. No trace of leet of sixteen warships, under Rear \dmiral Dickins, however, was visi)le, and there was nothing to show , vhetber Admiral Dickins is to attack it Fort Monroe, Baltimore or at Wa3h- | ngton first. GALLOWS AWAITS WOMAN. Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere ,? in Case of Mrs. Rogers. Justice Rufus W. Peckham of the Jnited States supreme court has de- i lined to grant a writ of error, which 1 rould allow the case of Mrs. Mary r Logers of. Vermont, now under sen- ( =nce for the murder of her husband, c d go to the United States court for c djudication. 1 | NOTE OF ROOSEVELT Cabled Both Russia and Japan In Connection with Peace Move. Full Text of the Document A Washington special says: An identical note, the text of which, by authority of the president, was made public late Friday night at the white house by Secretary Loeb, has been : forwarded to the governments of Russia and Japan by President Roose; velt. In the interest of humanity the \ ! president urges the warring nations to conciuae peace. ? is suggeaiwa ujr ; the president that the negotiations ; for peace be conducted "directly and exclusively" between the belligerent nations. The note indicates the prea| ident's belief that an intermediary may not be necessary to effect coni elusive negotiations, but likewise exj presses the president's willingness to I do all that he properly may do to proi mote the preliminary arrangements for a time and place for the meeting of the representatives of Russian ahd Japanese governments. The following is the text of the dispatch as given out: "On June 8 the following dispatch was sent by the president, through diplomatic channels, to the Japanese and Russian governments: "The president feels that the time has come when the interest of all mankind must endeavor to see if ft j is not possibble to bring an end to j the terrible and lamentable conflict ! now being waged. With both Rus! eia and Japan the United States has inherited ties of friendshihp and good will. It hopes for the prosperity and welfare of each, and it feel that tha I progress of the world is set back by the war between these two great nations. "The president accordingly urgea the Russian and Japanese governments not only for their own sakes, but in the interest of the whole civilized world, to open direct nego- / I tiations for peace with one another. $ j The president suggests that these( peace negotiations be conducted <Ureetly and exclusively between the belligerents; or, in other words, that -> there may be a meeting of Russian > end Japanese plenipotentiaries or delegates, without any intermediary* in order to see if it is not possible for these representatives of the two powers to agree to terms of fteace. The president earnestly asks that the Russian and Japanese goverments do now agree to such a meeting, and is asking the (Japanese), (Russian) government likewise to agree. While i the president does not feel that any intermediary should be called In, in respect to the peace negotiations /> themselves, Is entirely willing to . do what he properly can it the twT powers concerned feel that his services will be of aid in arranging the preliminaries as to the place and time of meeting, but if even these preliminaries can be arranged directly between the two powers, or in any other way, the president will be glad, as his sole purpose is to bring about ft meeting which the whole civilised world will pray may result in peace." The foregoing note was forwarded to the Russian and Japanese governments Thursday afternoon. It is rendered especially significant by the " fact that it was prepared and sent only after assurances had been received from Tokio- and St Petersburg that such a proposition would be welcomed. While both Count CaeSini, the Russian ambassador, and Minister Takahira of Japan were cognizant of the nature of the note, it was not sent to their respective governments through them. It was cabled by direction of the president to' St Petersburg and Tokio, and then UC11 V Vl VU VV W*v "***^ Japanese governments respectively by Ambassador Meyer and Minister Gviscom. SAMAR REBELS EXTERMINATED. Leader of Insurrection and Thirty. Nine of H4s Followers Killed. Enrique Dag a hob, the leader of the ineurredtion movement la the Island of Samar, was ldHBd, together with thirty-nine of Ms followers, Jane 4, according to fedvices Just received at headquarters In Manila. . AUTO PLUNQes WTO RIVER. Three People Drowned in Dash Thro* an Open Draw Bridge. Three persons were drowned and two others narrowly escaped a like fate Saturday night at Chicago wflen an automobile, In which five were riding, plunged Into the Chicago river through a draw of the Rush street bridge. Those drowned were: Jerome G. Kurtzman, Chicago, manager for a chemical company; Mrs. Jerome G. Kurtzman; W. S. Hartley, manager of an automobile house. A man and two women were rescued. SHOW STAND GOES DOWN. Sixteen People Injured During Enter* -* tain ment at "10t" Ranch. Fifty or more yar<is of the mile ind a quarter grandstand surroundng the exhibition arena at the anch collapsed in Oklahoma Sunday i veiling, sixteen pecsons being more >r less seriously injured. The acciient was witnessed by the 30,600 specators attending the entertainment . ..... | O