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The Jones County News
VOL. XI."
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tliilr Gai-risori to Be Made
Prisoners.
OFFICERS TO BE PAROLED
Full Text of Articles of Capitulation
of Port Arthur a* Agreed Upon
and Signed by Nogi and
' .. fitoessel;
A teiegrarri from Gerierai Nbgi, glu¬
ing the text of tho capitulation con¬
vention was received In Toklo Tuesday
afternoon. It Is as follows;
"Article 1.—All Russian soldiers, ma¬
rines, volunteers, also government of¬
ficials at the garrison and harbor of
Port Arthur are taken prisoners,
“2. AH forts, batteries,warships, oth¬
er ships and boats, arms, ammunition,
torses, all materials for hostile use;
government buildings and all objects
belonging to the Russian government
shall be transferred to the Japanese
army in their existing eondititin.
“3. On the preceding two conditions
being assented to, as a guarantee for
the fulfilment thereof, the men garri¬
soning the forts and the batteries on
Etse mountain and the line of emin-
ences southeast therefrom, shall be re-
moved by noon of January 3 and tho
same^hall be transferred to the Jap¬
anese army.
"Article 4. Should Russian military
or naval men be deemed to have de¬
stroyed objects named in Article 2, or
to have caused alteration in anyway in
their condition at the existing time,
the signing of this compact and the
negotiations shall bo annulled rifid the
Japanese army will take free actldil.
"5. The Russian military and naval
authorities shall prepare arid transfer
to the Japanese army a table showing
the fortifications of Port Arthur arid
their respective positions nnd ihaps
showing the location of mines, ufldbr-
ground and submarine, and ail othef
dangerous objects; also a table show-
in gthe composition and system of the
army and nhval services at Port Ar¬
thur; a list of army and navy officers,
with names, rank and duties of said of¬
ficers; a list of army steamers, war¬
ships and other ships, with the num¬
bers of their respective crews, a list
of civilians, showing the number of
men and women, their race and occu¬
pations.
“6. Arms, Including those carried on
the person; ammunition, war materi¬
als government buildings, objects
owned by the government, horses, war¬
ships and other ships, including their
contents, excepting private property,
shall be left In their present positions,
and the commissioner 0 f the Russian
and Japanese armies shall decided up¬
on the method of their transference.
“7. The Japanese army, considering
the gallant resistance offered by the
Russian army as being honorable, will
permit the officers of the Russian
army and navy, as well as officials
belonging thereto, to carry swords and
to take with them private property di¬
rectly necessary for the maintenance
of life The previously mentioned offi¬
cers, officials and volunteers will sign
a written parole pledging that they
will not take up arms and In no wise
to take action contrary to the inter¬
ests of the Japanese army until the
close of the war will receive the con-
sent of the Japanese army to return
to their country.
“8. Non-commissioned officers and
privates of both army and navy, and
volunteers, shall wear their uniforms
nnd, taking portable tents and neces¬
sary private property, and commanded
by their respective officers, shall as¬
semble at. such places as may be in¬
dicated by the Japanese army. The
Japanese commissioners will Indicate
the necessary details therefor.
‘9. The sanitary corps and the ac¬
countants belonging to the Russian
army and navy shall be retained by
the Japanese while their services are
deemed necessary for the caring for
the sick and wounded prisoners. Dur¬
ing such time such corps will be re¬
quired to render service under the di¬
rection of the sanitary corps and ac-
countants of the Japanese army.
"10. The treatment to be accorded
to the residents, the transfer of books
and documents relating to municipal
administration and finance and also
detailed files necessary for the en-
forcement of this compact shall be
embodied in a supplementary com¬
pact. The supplementary compact shall
have the same force as this com-
pact.
"11. One copy each of this compact
shall be prepared for the Japanese and
Russian armies and it shall have im¬
mediate effect upon signature thereof.”
TRUNK CONTAINED A FORTUNE.
Thieves Relieve Young Woman of $41,-
400 in Valuables.
Mrs. W. L. Cunningham, a young
woman claiming Chicago a« 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.
THE ROW IN COLORADO.
Governor Peabody Draws ths First
Wood IH Contest Before Legislii-
tiare ^hiidSt Wild Turmoil;
A Denver, Col.; dispatch sajfa: gained The
followers of Governor Peabody
the victory Friday in the first fight
over the canvas of the vote for gov¬
ernor.
Amid the greatest confusion they
passed a resolution creating a com
mittee of fifteen members, twelve of
vwhom are republicans and three dem¬
ocrats, to canvass the vote and make
dally reports to the house and senate
with a final repdrt hot iatdr than
MOnddjr ftibhilng;
At li o’clock A m. the legislature
went Into joitit Sessioit; OOnfusWn tit
once fesulted when Lieutenant Gov¬
ernor Haggott, the presiding officer
of the senate, took his position be¬
side the speaker to direct the joint
session; Mr. Dickson refused to give
way.
“The clerk of the house will call—”
said Speaker Dickson, with a thump
of his gavel.
“The clerk of the senate will call
the roll of the senate,” said Lieu¬
tenant Governor Haggott.
Immediately the two clerks coni-
nienced to call the rolls amid great
confusion. Biit ffew names had been
called when Representative Erewen"
arose,
"Mr. Frewen, you are out of order,”
said the speaker.
“Mr. Frewen, you have the floor,’”
repeated Lieutenant Governor Hag
gott.
Bang went the two gavels. The two
men stood side by side, behind the
speaker's desk, both refusing to give
way.
The confusion was so great that no
voice could be heard and although Mr.
Frewen continued to address tho as¬
sembly, his voice was riot, distinguish¬
able.
A motion to adjourn was made and
seconded, it came to a vote, the ayes
and noes sounding in about equal vol¬
ume.
“The ayes have It and the joint ses¬
is dissolved,’” shouted Lieutenant.
Governor Haggott.
"The noes have it and the motion
Is lost,” shouted Speaker Dickson.
Whack went the lieutenant gover¬
nor’s gavel.
“The assembly is dissolved,” he
shouted.
“The assembly is not dissolved,”
called the speaker.
"I repeat tp't the session is end-
et * an d the senators will leave the
room," said the lieutenant governor,
and out filed the senators, headed by
the lieutenant governor in great con-
fusion.
Many of them did not leave the
room, but stood behind the seats of
the representatives, watching the pro¬
ceedings. Speaker Dickson refused to
recognize the passing out of the sen-
ate and declared that, although the
senators had left, the room, the Joint
session was still in progress.
AFTER LAND GRAFTERS.
Investigation of Crookedness In Ore¬
gon is to be Pushed.
Oliver E. Pagin, special assistant
to Attorney General Moody is in Port¬
land, Oregon, and will remain as long
as the. investigation into the land
frauds in the state continue. In an
interview Mr. Pagin says:
“The President has started to in¬
vestigate the conditions, and he will
not stop until the examination has
been thorough, The investigations
have been a long time on the way.
but now that they are begun they
will not cease until they are success¬
ful in getting at the bottom of the de
captions practiced.”
Flagship Not Lost.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Re¬
ports that Vice Admiral Rojest.ven-
Rky’s flagship, Ihe battleship Kniaz
Zouvaroff, has struck a rock and sunk
are unfounded.
Springfield City Hall Burned.
Springfield, Mass., city hall, valued
at more than $50,000 was completely
destroyed in fire in less than an hour
Friday.
A GREAT WAR GOD.
Congressman Baker Accuses Presi¬
dent of Such Ambition.
The house Friday, passed the forti¬
fication appropriation bill and adjourn¬
ed until Monday. After Mr. Littauer,
of New York, had drawn a lesson from
ihe siege of Port Arthur to show that
submarine mines had proven of the
greatest importance in warfare, Mr.
Baker enlivened the proceedings, by
attacking President Roosevelt, who
he said, wanted to hold himself up as
the “counterpart of Wilhelm II, ths
great war god.”
DISTRICT CLERK GUILTY.
Watson Convicted of Embezzlement
In District of Columbia.
Jamas M. A. Watson, clerk employ¬
ed In the office of former Auditor
Petty, of the District of Columbia
was found guilty on Thursday on two
indictments, which alleged embezzle¬
ment of $12,826 of district funds in
1901. The total amount he Is accused
of having appropriated to his own use
ia estimated at $73,000.
GRAY. JONHS CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY J2. 190,..
PEACE IS SCORNED
Czaf Would Says to Stop War Now
Be £ DlsgtaeO.
JAPAN IS UNCONCERNED r
Mikado is Too Busy Fighting to Talk
of Pacification, While Even the
Suggestion is Abhorent
to Russia,
Aw Associated Press dispatch from
St: Peteifcbufg says- Regarding thd
pedcS tdik abrOrid, Ilf; Sduvotin, edi¬
tor of the Novde Vrem.vn, id a signed
editorial id that paper Fridr£, pas¬
sionately declares (hat th& voice of
the nation should give an answer id
order that the world might understand
once for all Russia’s position.
The emperor, he added, should con¬
sult 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 he roncludod without dishonor,
if peace were made the? would de¬
clare it disgraceful. What possibly the peopld
warit he (M. Souvorin) can¬
not affirrii; but the idea cf ending
the wan tit. this juncture is abhorrent
to him and, he believes, to the Rus¬
sian people.
The army, M. Souvorin further says,
holds the honor and fate of Russia
in its hands. M. Souvorin then re¬
views sorrowfully the record of hitter
humiliations suffered thus far and the
chances for the future. In concluding,
he declares the government must de¬
cide and weigh well the consequences,
but the ?ditor insists the people must
be united, as "disunion, riots and rev¬
olution mean the downfall of the
Fatherland.”
Japan Has No Time.
A Washington special saj-S: Japan
ha§ made nh overtures for peace to
Russia, directly or indirectly, through
the United States or any other pow¬
er, arid contemplates no such action,
arid noW that Port Arthur has fallen,
proposes to press the war in the north
all the more vigorously by reinforc-
ing the Japanese armies at Liao-
Y'ang, with the greater part of tho
troops which have been besieging Port
Arthur. This, in brief, represents the
views of Mr. Kogoro Takahira, Jap
anese minister, who has recently re¬
sumed 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 princi¬
ple. Certainly It is an important
step, but nothing could be further
from the truth than the assumption
that because Japan has captured a
stronghold, the fall of which has long
been expected, the Japanese govern¬
ment will now make overtures for
peace. Japan is too busy fighting.
We are as much 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 re¬
iterated that Russia would fight all
the harder In view of the temporary
loss of Port Arthur.
Europe, It Is feared, is firmly of the
conviction that, however dark the out¬
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 peace
negotiations will be initiated. As a
European ambassador says, the
American government is practically
the only government to which both
belligerents will be willing to look for
assistance in reaching a settlement
when the time comes and aside from
Ihis fact, the high personal regard In
which the president is held both at
St. Petersburg and Toklo makes it all
the moro probable that through him,
when Russia and Japan have fought
their fight, the powers must hope for
peace.
nan seeking freedom.
Habeas Corpus Writ is Argued Before
Supreme Court.
Nan Patterson, accused of the mu r-
der of Caesar Young, was taken Into
the New York supreme court, in an
eort by her counsel to secure her re¬
lease on bail.
She was taken before Justice Green-
baum Wednesday on a writ of habeas
corpus, secured by her counsel, lo
show cause why bail should not be
fixed and accepted.
After hearing arguments on the ap¬
plication for bail, Justice Greenbaum
reserved his decision.
STATEHOOD BILL COMES UP.
Motion in Senate to Cons'der Matter
Prevailed by Large Vote
Upon reconvening Wednesday after
the holiday recess the senate plunged
directly into the consideration of the
bill for the admission of two states to
be composed of Arizona and New
Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Ter¬
ritory. a motion by Mr. Beveredge
to take up the bill prevailed by a vote
of 31 to 17.
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
peripis bi Htintingdort, W. Vi., were
startled by A leHTtflA explosion, fol*
lowed almost tmmcdtately hr a lurid
glare which 1 lighted up the heavens
for miles around.
Investigation showed that th« holl¬
ars of the towboat Defender exploded
lust opposite the city and the boat and
number of the barges in the tow
,
were in flames.
Eight men were killed outright and
maity Others injured,
The Hftfefldei- *as owned by the
Pittsburg Towboat Cdmpafly Nttd was
one of ikb bl^gbdt tdwboats bti tile
river. Shb had b'eefi ofiO tff the fltst
boats Out of Pittsburg ctnl th'ri t'dfc’C’tff
rise and loWed ft heavy line of Coal
barges to the Cincinnati mafket.
She was returning to Plttsbt*rp 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 arid her crew knew nothing of
the atAflij fiisastef that had befallen
her.
The' iiurnirig df die Heferidet bf tfrftS
witnessed by thousands people,
many 6’f Whom were gowned in flight,
robes. The work of rescue of thfe Vic¬
tims was difficult, owing to' th'e dark¬
ness, and it seemed that only a few
yawls could be secured to go to the
scene.
Captain Woodruff, of the 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 tlfe
river. He is not seriously Injured.
One victim was found half a mile
below the scene, clutching a portion
of the Wreckage, being »o chilled that
he couid 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 wafe soon all aflame; hut. they
were ciit ibose arid they floated dowri
the stream aflame. They werh Anally
landed an dthe flames extinguished by
the fire department.
NINE perish in flames.
Horrible Fate 0 f a Polish Miner’s
Family In Pensylv a nla.
Fire consumed the home of Frank
Noweskl, a Polish miner of Morris
Run, Pa., at an early hour Tuesday,
and the entire family of ten except,
•he 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,
but it is thought that, a stove fell
over and the ’ urnlng coals set fire to
the house.
Noweskl was employed by the Mor¬
ris 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 suf
ferers 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 min¬
ing engineer and mineral agent, was
arrested In 1896 on the charge of ob¬
taining money and jewelry from Wo
men under false pretenses. A special
committee on inquiry came to the
conclusion that Beck had been the vic¬
tim of miscarriage of justice and that
the blamo rested with the Judge, Sir
Forest Fulton, who excluded from
Beck’s trial In 1896 all evidence fa
vorable to the accused and who re¬
fused to state a cause.
RUSSIANS DESTROYED SHIPS.
They Are Not Blamed, However, by
Japanese Naval Officials.
Comment in naval circles at Toklo
upon General Stoessel’s action In de¬
stroying the Russian warships and at¬
tempting to choke Ihe entrance to the
harbor of Port Arthur subsequent to
his offer to surrender Is entirely op
P° -te to.the opinions expressed in the
local papers. A member of the naval
staff said that if he bad been In Gen¬
eral Stoessel’s place he would probably
have acted in a similar manner and
further, that if Stoessel had beetc a
Japanese he would probably have com-
aiitted suicide.
ACTRESS HORS DE COMBAT.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Fractures Knee
Cap In Fall frem Carriage.
At Philadelphia Tuesday night, Mrs.
Patrtck Campbell, the English actress,
fractured a knee cap, the result of a
fall while entering a carriage to go
to the Broad street theater. It will be
two months the doctors say before she
will be able to walk. The remainder of
her American tour will be abandoned
FACTS SMOTHERED
Congressman Livingston’s
Resolution Turned Down.
TABLED IN THE HOUSE
Objecf of Measure Was to Get Inside
Information a* <* How Govern.
m«rrt Secures It* Special
CO*t»r» Statistics.
A Washington special says’.' The cot¬
ton statistics question was aired
fully in the house Thursday, when,
after considerable discussion, Colonel
Livingston's resolution calling for In¬
vestigation was laid upon the ta¬
ble'.
In brief the argument against the
resolution that It was unnecessary
in tho' light, of prtmaus investigations.
Mr. f'»-.rltso.n of Texas, a tottoii plan¬
ter, Mr. Lov'e+irig of Masachuseft*, a
cotton manufacture?, and Mr. Sim*
of Tennessee were among those who
supported the motion to table the res¬
olution, and incidentally these gfifi-
tforaeq had much to say in praise of
tho efficiency of the two departments
which deal >vith statistics of cotton
and ether crops.
Colonel Livingston disclaimed nny
purpose to question the honesty of
the agi'iciiWUrai department or but the
census department sla-LAtldana, ho
argued that in view of fliA Widespread
dls,sat.!,®i‘acf,;em over recent reports
there should be an irivestigatiott.
The agricultural eonifnitlee, which
at first determined to report, the res¬
ole t 'on favorably with some minor
changes, finally determined to take
contrary notion, the members of the
committee being convinced that was
no good ground for criticism of the
statisticians and no need, as they
see ft, of nny investigation.
The tlUesticsi eftmo ttp on a motion
by Mr. Wadsworth, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, to lay on
the table the resolution fiffiserited by
Livingston several weeks ago, ftUlifiiif
on the secretary of agriculture fof
information regarding tho method of
collecting cotton statistics.
The motion to iky on the table pre¬
vailed After Messrs. Burleson of Tex¬
as .Wadsworth of New York, Lever¬
ing of Massachusetts and Sims of Ten¬
nessee had vigorously defended the
government.’® estimates.
In rrltielsing the action of the
committee in ordering the resolution
to lie on tho table, Mr. Livingston
said that there w«g nothing in his
resolution which charged dishonesty
cr falsehood on the part of the agri¬
cultural department, but he did Insist
that ther: was dissatisfaction in the
South over the department’s report.
The press of the South, he declared,
not only wag dissatisfied with the cot¬
ton estimates of the agf(cultural de¬
partment, but wag determined If the
estimates wore made en accurate In¬
formation and would be given much
more than two months apart, to de¬
mand the abolition of the statistical
division of the department.
Another cause for dissatisfaction,
he said, was that the department es¬
timated the acreage of cotton last,
year moro than a million acres too
much, and corrected tho estimate in
October. "The department,”' he said,
"that, could make a mistake of one
million acres in the product of cotton
in the Soulh In one season seems to
me ought to give the country the In¬
formation upon which such Informa¬
tion was based.”
moody after beef trust.
New Attorney General Present* Brief
to United States Supreme Court.
The bri»f of the government In the
case of Swift & Co. vs. the United
States, known as Ihe Beef Trust, case.
prepared by Attorney General Moody.
was presented to the supreme court
of the United States at Washington
Wednesday. The brief Is devoted prn
cipally to an argument, to show that
the packers are engaged in a conspir¬
acy to monopolize Interstate coni-
merco In fresh moats.’’
WILL TRY PORTO RICAN LABOR,
Islaiders to Be Employed on Great
Isthmian Canal.
A Washington dispatch says: It Is
decided to experiment In the Ameri¬
can zone on the isthmus of Panama
with laborers to be taken to Panama
from Porto Rico. Secretary Taft had
a conference Saturday with the presi¬
dent concerning the matter. At the
conclusion of his conference he said
that he expected to have about. 500
Porto Rican laborers taken to Pana¬
ma with the Idea of introducing them
Into the canal work.
CONVICT LEGISLATOR FIRED.
Massachusetts Solons Begin Their
Session of 1S05 In Boston.
The Massachusetts legislature began
its session of 1905 at Boston Wed-
n^sday. The house adopted a reso-
lution uns( ”'t iD « Representative Thos.
’ Curley of the seventeeth Suffolk
dl8lrict - Curle Y ls servln g a Ben¬
tence ^ or * rau d against the United
S tat es B^ernment In connection with
c 1 , gervi ^ e examination. Ho was a
prla0a0r whea e,ected lMt ^mber.
NO. 9.
C. B. WILLINGHAM.
Cotton Factor }
MACON, GEORGIA.
By a liberal policy and honorable methods I
have built up tho largest Cotton Commission
business in Macon, Ga.
Ship Me Your Cotton and Get Best
Returns.
G. . WILLINGHAM.
W . F. HOLMES. F. S. HARDEMAN
Cotton Factors,
Macon, Georgia.
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