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PEACE IS SCORNED
Czar Says to Stop War Now
Would Be a Disgrace,
JAPAN IS
Mikado is Too Busy Fighting to Talk
of Pacification, While Even tha
Suggestion is Abhorent
— to Russia.'
An Associated Press dispatch from
St. Petersburg says: Regarding the
peace talk abroad, M. Souvorin, edi
tor of the Novoe Vremya, in a signed
editorial in that paper Frida pas
sionately declares that the voice of
the nation should give an answer in
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 be concluded without dishonor,
if peace were made they would de
clare it disgraceful. What the people
want he (M Souvorin) possibly can
not affirm, but th<? idea of ending
the war- at 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 bitter
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 editor insists the people must
he united, as “disunion, riots and rev
olution mean the downfall of the
Fatherland.”
Japan Has No Time.
A Washington special says: Japan
has made no overtures for peace to
Russia, directly or indirectly, through
the United States or any other pow
er, and. contemplates no such action,
and now that Port Arthur has fallen,
proposes to press the war in the north
all the more vigorously oy reinforc
ing the Japanese armies at Liao
Yang, with the greater part of tlio
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 Artlftir,” 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 he 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 bell’gerents, 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
this fact, the high personal regard in
which the president is held both at
St. Petersburg and Tckio makes it all
the more probable that, through him,
when Russia and Japan have fought
their fight, the powers must hope for
peace.
A GREAT WAR GOD.
Congressman Baker Accuses Presi
dent cf 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
the siege of Port Arthur to sh6w 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, the
great, war god.”
NO DATE YET FIXED.
President Hopes. in Near Future tc
Visit Four Southern Cities.
A Washington dispatch says: In
talking with members of visiting del
egation from Birmingham, Ala., Sat
urday, Prudent. Roosevelt expressed
the hope that i n the near future he
will be able to visit Atlanta. Hous
ton, Birmingham and Richmond, four
Okies of the South he is especially
v.hxious to gee,
THE R0W IN C0L0RADa
Governor Peabody Draws the First
Blood in Contest Before Legisla
ture Amidst Wild Turmoil.
A Denver, Co)., dispatch says: The
followers of Governor Peabody gained
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
whom are republicans and three dem
ocrats, to canvass the vote and make
daily reports to the house and senate
with a final report not later than
Monday morning.
At 11 o’clock a m. the legislature
went into joint session. Confusion at
once resulted 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 com
menced to call the rolls amid great
confusion. But ffew names had been
called when Representative Frewen
arose.
“Mr. Frewen, you are out of order,”
said the speaker.
“Mr. Frewen, you have the floor,”’
repeated Lieu-tenant Governqr Hag
gott.
Bang went the two gavels. The two
men stood side by side, behind the
sneaker’s desk, both refusing to give
way.
The confusion was so great that no
voice could he heard and although Mr.
Frewen continued to address the as
sembly, his voice was not 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
sion 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, » j he
shouted.
“The assembly Is not, dissolved,”
called the speaker.
I repeat that the session is end
ed and 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, hut 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- w r ay,
but now that they are begun they
will not cease until they are success
ful in getting at the bottom of the de
ceptions practiced.”
Flagship Not Lost.
A St. Petersburg dispatch stays: Re
ports that Vice Admiral Rnjestven
sky’s flagship, the battleship Kniaz
Zouvaroff, has struck a rock rtnd sunk
are unfounded
Springfield City Hall Burned.
Springfield, Mass., city hall, valued
at more than $50,000 was ccjnpletely
destroyed in tire in less than m hour
Friday.
GARRISON EVACUATES FORT.
Only Eighty P.ussian Officers Accept
Parole Offered by Japs.
Advices from Port Arthur state
that only eighty Russian officers have
accepted parole. All the regular Rus
sian troops nave marched out of Port
Arthur, and will leave for Port Dal
ny. Japanese troops entered the city
Thursday to keep order. Noncomibat
ants are allowed the option of re
maining at Port Arthur.
The Japanese navy is removing the
mines and the Japanese hulks at the
harbor mouth.
All the forts have been taken over
by the Japanese.
POGUE LOSES HIS SCALP.
Head of Association of Fourth Class
Postmasters i s Bounced.
President Pogue of the Association
of Fourth Class Postmasters is to fol
low the official heads of the organiza
lion (J f city carriers and that of rural
c.inters and will lose his position on
urn charge of pernicious activity. Mr.
J og u< is postmaster at Blum, Hill
County, Texas.
ADAMS WINS OUT
:
Leps’ature of Colorado De
clares Democrat Elected.
PEABODY WILL CONTEST
--
Afte r Strenuous Wrangl e of Solons at
Denver, Col., Alleged ’’Dov e of
Peace” Brings Order
Out of Chaos.
A Denver, Colo., special says: Alva
Adams was declared by the legislature
Saturday night to be the duly elected
governor of Colorado. The returns
showed Adams 123.028, Peabody 113,-
304. Plurality for Adams, 9.774.
A cheer greeted the announcement
of the result of the election when
made by Lieutenant Governor Hag
gott.
The republican candidates to all the
other offices were declared elected. Un
der the terms of the agreement reach
ed during the day by the various fac
tions in the legislature no notice of
contest will be filed by Governor Pea
body until after the inauguration of
Mr. Adams, which was set for 10
o'clock Tuesday morning.
When the legislature convened Sat
urday morning Representative Wil
liam Griffith, of Cripple Creek, asked
for a recess until 4 o’clock In the af
ternoon, giving as his reason for the
request that “the winged dove of peace
is about to light on the dome of the
capitol. ■ >
It was nine long hours before the
dove came down, and many and de
vious had been her flights before she
lit. It was a day given over to secret
causcuses, to conferences, to proposi
tion and counter proposition. It was
finally agreed at 5 o’clock in the after
noon that the vote should be canvass
ed, that Alva Adams should be declar
ed governor, and that no contest
should be made for the office until his
inauguration at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
Throughout the entire struggle for
the governorship the chief aim of both
democrats and republicans has been
the appointment of two new' judges to
the supreme court. The question of
whether Peabody or Adams sat in the
governor’s office was a secondary mat
ter. The Wolcott republicans were in
sistent in their demand that they be
recognized in the appointment of the
judges, and it was finally agreed that
the appointees should be George W.
Bailey of Fort Collins and L. W. God
dard of Denver.
The Wolcott men made a
fight for Judge M. B. Leads of Colo
rado Springs, whom they preferred
to Goddard, but they finally
drew.
When the republican leaders call
ed upon Governor Peabody to inform
him of the conclusions they had reach
ed, and to tell him that his only hope
of a second term lay through a con
lest in the republican legislature, they
were met by a wrathful and indignant
man. He refused to accede to their
wishes, and for hours his friends labor
ed with him. It was only the per
sonal pleadings of some of nis closest
friends that finally induced him to
agree to the plan proposed and to send
in the names of Bailey and Goddard
to the senate for confirmation.
Governor-elect Adams is quoted as
saying:
“I do not know' whether Governor
Peabody will make a contest or not,
but I expect that he will. I am in
much better position for such a pro
reeding now than I was tw'o days ago.
At that time the investigation w r as con
fined by the court to the city and
county of Denver. Now. it includes the
whole state, and I fee] confident that
the democrats can show as many or
more fraudulent republican votes in
the outlying counties as the republi
cans claim were cast by the demo
crats in Denver.
“I am certain of the result if tjie en
tire state is brought into the con
test, as it must be if Governor Pea
body decides on such a course. • >
THEY TALKED OF FORESTRY.
Noted Speakers Entertain Members
of American Forest Congress.
The American forest congress in
session at Washington held the most
important of its five days’ session on
Thursday. The morning meetings were
devoted to discussion of the relati on
of the railroads to the forest. The af
ternoon proceedings consisted of a
special session marked by addresses
by President Roosevelt, the French
ambassador,President Hill of the Great
'Northern railroad, members of both
houses of congress a.nd representatives
of educational institutions, lumber and
forestry.
THROWS UP CONTRACT.
Firm Doing River Work for Govern
ment Are Cut Out cf Profits.
M. T. Lewman & Company, contrac
tors for the government work on locks
and dams in the Warrior and Tombig
bee rivers, have thrown up the con
tract, so notifying the secretary of
war, alleging that the plans have been
changed so often and so unreason
ably that there will remain no profit
for them.
STOESSEL SPITTED
Hero of Port Arthur Must
Face a Courtmartial.
RESENTMENT IS RAIVPANT
Nogi Reports That More People Sur
rendered in Fortress Than Was
Suspected — Number Placed
at Fifty Thousand.
A St. Peters burg special says:
Few incidents of the whole war have
aroused more bitter criticism than the
blunt announcement, officially issued
by the general staff, that General
Stoeesel will have to come home and
stand courtmartial for surrendering
the fortress of Port Arthur.
While it is ancient regulation and
quite according to law it is bitterly
resented on all sides that such an an
notuicement should have been gratui
tously made in the same bulletin con
taining General Stoessel s appeal to
the emperor for “lenient judgment on
a garison reduced to shadows, who
have done all that was possible for
human beings to uphold the honor of
Russia in the face of her enemies.”
The Novoe Vremya, despite the ex
ample made by the suspension of The
Russ, says:
“By all mea-ms let us have a court
martial and make it, if possible, severe
The cruel judges will perhaps deal
leniently with those who have given
their blood and their lives for their
country. Perhaps also the court will
determine why a fortress known to
be threatened with blockade is not
supplied with necessary food and mu
nitions to enable it to hold out. Per
haps such a court will bring to light
many dark, hidden things and expose
the creeping, underground enemies of
Russia, who are infinitely more dan
gerous to the nation than the foe who
fights in the open.
Fifty Thousand Surrendered,
A dispatch from General Nogi'*
headquarters received In Tokio Thurs
day largely increases the figures of
the surrendered garrison and Inti
mates that the force handed over the
garrison to the Japanese at. Port Ar
thur will be 32,000, exclusive of 15,
000 or 16,000 sick and ■wounded, mstk
ing a rough total of 48,000. The re
port is as follow’s:
“As previously reported, the trans-
NEW FLORIDA GOVERNOR.
Kon Napoleon B. Broward Inaugural
.
ed at Tallahassee.
Napoleon B. Broward was inaugurat
of Florida at Tallaiiasao 6
ed governor
Tuesdav. The city was in holiday at
tire in honor of the man who started
out life in a barefoot boy, and who
by force of character has risen to the
position of governor. formed at |
The inaugural procession
the governor’s mansion at 11 o'clock |
and proceeded through the streets gay j
with Hags and bunking* impressive to the ceremo- state j
house, where the ,
nies took place. staff
Colonel J W. Sackett with his
on horseback headed ihe procession,
followed by the military band and the
state troops.
The mayor and city council, the re
cepton committee, state officials, rail
road commissioners, justices of the
supreme court, members of the cabi
net. with their ladies, the present gov
ernor, Hon. W. S. Jennings, and Gov
ernor elect Napoleon B. Broward, with
Mrs Jennings and Mrs. Broward,
comprised the official procession,
wheh was followed by many distin
guished citizens in carriages.
The procession reached the state
house shortly before noon.
The gubernatorial party, cabinet and
state officials occupied the platform
at the east entrance of the state house.
At 12 o’clock the oath of office was
administered to the Governor-Elect
Broward by Chief Justice R. Fenwick
Taylor. Ex-Governor W. S. Jennings
then delivered the great seal of state
to the new governor with characteris
tic remarks
Governor Broward's inaugural ad
dress was a very able effort. In the
afternoon Governor Broward reviewed
the state troops. From 8:30 to 10:30
p. m. the governor and cabinet held a
reception in the executive office.
At 11 o'clock the inaugural ball,
which is always an event in Florida
society, was held in the hall of the
house of representatives.
MANY UPHOLD GARRETT,
Man Who Killed Vaccination Officer
Has Sympathy of Many People.
The commitment trial of J. T. Gar
rett. better known as “Foss” Garrett,
was held in Sandersville, Ga., Monday
before Justices J. H. Henderson, T. C.
Warthen and W. -T. Joyner.
Garrett, while resenting arrest be
cause of his refusal to submit to com
pulsory vaccination, shot and instantly
-illed Special Officer Gideon Matthis
on December 22.
Garrett w r as bound over to the March
term of the Washington superior court
under the charge of murder.
This case has received national at
tention and Garrett is being the re
cipient of assurances of aid in his de
fense from the anti-vaccine advocates
from many sections of the country.
CANNOT DESTROY COTTON.
A Free Citizen of Texas Has No Right
to Burn Farm Products.
A Dallas, Texas, dispatch says: It
has been held by the courts that a
free citizen of Texas has no right to
burn or otherwise destroy his own
farm products. Some years ago a far
mer hauled into a Texas town a load
of corn, which he offered for sale. He
was tendered so low a price for the
grain that he deliberately emptied the
whole load into the river. He was con
victed and fined for destroying a val
uable product of the farm.
The same law, in connection with
amendments and other laws on the
subject, takes away a Texan’s right to
burn his own cotton.
DRANK EACH OTHER’S HEALTH.
Russian and Jap Officers at Mukden
Have a Friendly Parley.
A dispatch from Mukden says: Some
Japanese and Russian officers had a
friendly parley between the lines on
Monday. The meeting was the result
of correspondence between two outpost
commanders, begun in a spirit of ban
ter, both finally securing permission
from t^eir respective commanders for
the meeting, which lasted two hours.
The officers drank each other’s health.
The conversation, by agreement, did
not touch on the war Immediately af
ter the meeting was ended the artil
lery opened fire on both sides.
WILL MAKE MANY SPEECHES.
President in Great Demand as Ora
tor at Various Functions.
President. Roosevelt has accepted
for this winter several invitations to
attend important functions, !n*h in
Washington and other sections of \) ne
country. At, all of them he will de
liver addresses. two or three of which
x\ill be of notable significance.
Japs a t Honolulu Celebrate.
Seven thousand Japanese partici
pated in a lantern procession in Hon
olulu Wednesday night in celebration
of the surrender of Port Arthur and
the arrival of Prince Fushima.
A JOLLY FOR BRYAN.
At Memphis Banquet Nebraskan is
Introduced as the Next President.
A banquet at which 400 covers were
enread was tendered William J. Bry
an Friday night by the Jackson Club
of Memphis, Tenn., Hardwig Pere, the
president of the club, introduced Mr.
Bryan as the next President of the
United States.
Mr. Bryan’s subject was ‘Watch
man, Wha.t of he Night?:
tras »_«m **
Vanquished and Victorio u « Ge
Felicitate Each Othe ner 3
r at Specially
Arranged Conference"
The meeting of General ^ogi
General Stoessel at Port -:
urday Arthur g a)
was as dramatic 18 l he conck
sion of the siege.
It had been previously arrange!
•
damaged take place bouse at noon in the single*,'
of the village of Shu
shi. The house was a miserable hoy,
called Plum Tree oottage. Through
misunderstanding General Stoessi
rode to the meeting pi^ an hot
ahead of time.
When the two generals faced
other they cordially shook ear
Nogi, through hand, an
etl llis Pleasure an interpreter, ex Pre ,
at meeting the j}
the general who had fought en
and gallantly for Ms so brave!
emperor and M
country.
General Stoessel thanked Gener:
Nogi for the pleasure of meeting thj
hero of the victorious army.
General 'Nogi explained that he ha.
received a message from his empe
asking that the T(]
greatest considerate
be shown to General 8toessel and hi
officers in appreciation of their sple:
did loyalty to their emperor and cou
try. Because of that wish, he adde
the Russians would be allowed to n
tain their swords. General Stoesd
expressed his gratitude to the Japd
ese emperor for thus sav.ng the ho]
or of his (Stoessel’s) family and sail
his descendants would appreciate th
thoughtful kindness of the emperi
of Japan. The general also express:
the gratitude of his officers aq
thanked Nogi for sending the messad
from Stoessel to Emperor Nichoia
and transmitting his majesty's replj
which read:
“I allow each officer to profit bv t'l I
reserved privilege to return to Ra
under the obligation not to take shall ij
ther part in the present war or
In the distinction thereof.
“I thank you and the brave defense] men J
the garrison for the gallant
Both generals then mutually prai]
ed each other and their officers id
their bravery.
The conversation afterwards turna
on the explosion of the mine a
Sung8hue mountain fort. Gened
Stoessel said the entire garrison \
the fort was killed or made prisoJ
ers.
Continuing, General Stoessel said lj ]
had heard that General Nogi had :
both of his sons and praised his ioj
ally in thus sacrificing his sons, q
had died fighting for their empera
and General ;|
fer of the objects mentioned in ar
ticle 2 of the capitulation compact
took place on January 4 and the
transfer of the forts and batteries has
been completed.
“The prisoners will be assembled
at the place appointed on January
5, but the Investigation relating to
these prisoners is so complicated that
the- result cannot be reported at pres
ent.
“Reports received up to date are a*
follows:
“Eight generals, four admirals, 57
colonels and majors, TOO captains and
commanders, 531 army captains and
lieutenants, 200 naval lieutenants and
naval officials, 99 army officials, 109
surgeon, 20 chaplains, of the rank and
file of the army 22,434. of the rank
and file of the navy 4,500, army non
combatnts 3,645, naval noncombati
taints 500. Total 32,207.
"Besides these there are about 15,
000 or 16,000 sick and wounded in the
hospitals. The volunteers are chiefly
included in the list of noncomb a tants.
“One hundred saddle horses and
3,870 draft horses were surrendered.”
Special dispatches say that the Port
Arthur garrison was marshaled at 9
o’clock Thursday morning at Yahutsul,
in accordance with the terms of the
supplementary agreement.
Squadron to Return Home.
A St. Petersburg dispatch under
Thursday’® date says: Although or
ders to that effect have not yet been
sent to Admiral Rojestvensky, the As
sociated Press is able to announce
positively that the decision has been
reached that the Russian second Pa
cific squadron will return to European
waters.
RECEIVER FOR COTTON MILL.
Oldest Plant in Atlanta Gets Into the
Court on Plea of Creditors.
The Atlanta, Ga., cotton mill, the
oldest mill of the kind in the city, has
been placed in the hands of a receiv
er by Judge Newman upon a plea
submitted by the United States Mort
gage and Trust Company of New
York.
The petitioners allege, in a lengthy
bill, that the defendant company is in
debted to them in the sum of $230,
000, with unpaid interest on portions
of the debt from its creation, and on
other portions still from th§ dates of
maturity.
TRUNK CONTAINED A FORTUNE.
Thieves Relieve Young Woman of $41 ,-
400 in Valuables.
Mrs. W. L. Cunningham, a young
woman claiming Chicago as her home,
has reported to the police at New
York that baggage stolen from her
several days ago contained $40,000
worth of negotiable bonds, In addition
to clothing and jewelry valued at $l -
400,
plied:
"One of my sons gave his life fl
Nanshan and the other at 203-Me:«
hill. Both of these positions were 1
the greatest importance to the hi
anese army. I am glad that the sari
flee of my sons’ lives had been in tl
capture of such important positionl
as I fee! the sacrifices were not mal
in vain. Their lives were nothing coJ
pared to the objects sought.” perai
General Stoessel then asked
sion to present his charger to Generl
Nogi as a token of his appreciatiJ
and admiration.
Genera! Nogi expressed his than!
for the Russian general’s kindness, hi
said he could not accept the accept horsj
but, he continued, he would
for the army, since he considered properj thj
the Russian horses were the
of General Japan and felt he could his not perso ma’j
Stoessel's charger
al property.
The Japanese commander requests *
General Stoessel to continue to co
py his residence at Port Arthru ntj
arrangements were completed for tj
return of himself and family to Ri
sia.
FARMERS BURN COTTON.
Lively Time Enjoyed by Planters
Streets of Little Alabama Town.
The streets of Brantley, Ala..
very lively Friday afternoon, oncasq
ed by a bonfire of cotton. The cott
was furnished by the burning farmers of was Crj "1
shaw county, and the
nessed by crowds of people.
Fire works were displayed q
shouts from bystanders went up
the cotton was seen to burn.
NAN 6EEKING FREEDOM.
Habeas Corpus Writ is Argued Be'o
Supreme Court.
Nan Patterson, accused of the mI
dfir of Caesar Young, was i taken u
the New York supreme court in 1
eort by her counsel to secure her
lease on bail.
She taken before Justice 1,
was of
baum Wednesday on a writ : ^ !
corpus, secured by her counf \'
show why bail should n (
cause
fixed and accepted. the
After hearing arguments on
plication for bail Justice Greenbau
reserved his decision.
MANILA EDITOR PASSES AW’AB
Formerly of Knox vill
times F, Rule,
’ Dies in Philippine Capita'- j
Captain William Rule, editor oi l j
and Tribune- 1
Knoxville Journal 11
ceived a cablegram Saturday anno’-i
ing the death of his son, ".
Rule, formerly managing eJ" 01 /
Knoxville Journal, and at tto
his death editor of the Ma«‘l a ■'
can, and also the Manila '“' Ul
Ice,