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XXTTI YEAR-Np.310i
Dit JANUARY 10 1905.
-HOUSTON TEXAS TUI
PRICE-FIVE CENTS
SUGARY OF THE KEYS
-'THS WEATHER.' 1
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WAR. '
r . Ths Japanese estimate "the Russtaa
' )oaoes at Port Arthur at M '
' r Tit march of ths RumUb offtosrs from
y Port Arthur to falny was begun.
I Storms delayed the work at tb lap
. "imm oa tb harbor at Port Arthur....
Stomal refused to or)H thsJspana
. aonouat of .Kuropatkln'i serle of 4
' ' '- ' LEGISTIVIL' y ;
' The Mill may out dowa tb number of
; . . ; . etsrka' '- r
There Is wry strong opposition nmonsj
. in satis ta tM candicay of . aaain
. for chaplain. . - -.
k .; . . Ther U not much aeomnleal tptrlt
. denced among lha members liberal ap-
. ..-. . propnauooa peine mors In favor. . ... 4
- ' Many plana for Increasing tha revenue
' i of tba But ara being discussed moat
of than Involving Increased payments by
tha corporations.
Tba Arkanaaa deeurioa aa to tba poll
' ' tax amendment rata a Sertoli question
: aa to tha legality of .tha amendment to
tha Taxaa constitution. ...
FOREIGN.
Tba North sea oommtaikh
bearing at Parla
bef an ' Ha
' King Chriatian la safd to b behind- m
plan for peace In the Bast -
Minister of Interior Mlrsky W01 ba die-
placed by M. Wttta In Russia. . - - -
- Tba absolute power ot Wttta la ItiMala
fti considered likely to aava tha empire -
WASHINGTON.
-"' Th Indian appropriation Ml! la markad
by avral deoraaaea. .
' Tk hona aaked tha Mini buraaa for
Information on tha mining atatlatlea. .
Banator Morgan apant two nonra talk-
ing agalnat tha atatebool bill In th aea"
at. . ... f
Information anant th gin aenaua la to)
b mada tmmad lately aval labia for eotv
Two official of th Oregon land office
war impended on account of th land
. fraud . - --..........
It la eald that an extra aeeaion of eon-
' fTea for next October haa beta definitely
determined upon. . -
Tae federal auprema court : baa die
meed the FSillerton bucketahop aaaa for
lack of Juriedlctlon.
Mr Ball la confident that th JTOa
project will be put In whatever Ylvera
and harbor bill la paeeed.
DOMESTIC
. Nan Patleraon may have to etand an
operation for tonallltla.
Mr. Varkum aot a verdict of Wo)
aamt judr Bargla. .
Tba timber land fraud caaea fat Mob-
tana are going tq trial.
- . Denver la thronged with cattlemen for
th meeting that open today.
Th twenty-fifth week find th Fall
River strike altuatUn) unchanged.
Youn Duke ha taken tna to have
mi mnera
marriage to Mia Webb an-
xniuea.
. Mr. Duk' partner layloe lMd
Texaa
Jerome eeoured new clew In the Dodga
oaa from an tnvatlgation of tha Mora
hooka '
Governor Dlneen of till not aucgted a
ewmpulaory primary law In hi Inaugural
meaaage.
Oovemor Folk of Mlnourl auggeatad
warloua reform movement In hla menaga
to th leglalatur.
A'Maaaachuaetta cotton mill liquidated
becaua It wae unable to compete with
mllu) In th South.
Mi. OeUhennen claim th ue of her
name In connection with Mar la tha
reault of a cruel Ue.
Th poll tax amendment waa declared
old by the Arkanea lupreme court be-
eauie It did not aecura a maJorHy of th
wot polled.
TEXAS.
''Fir did damage to firm at Winter to
th amount of 10.000.
There were (M6 convict on hand at tha
beginning of the year.
Sit haa been purchaaed for another
Iiojel at Corpua Chrlitl.
The State' augar crop hav paid for
th farm and left a eurnlu.
The will of th late Dennla Call dlapoaea
Of an eilate of between 1300000 and $400-
00". John F. Ryan charged with ateallng
trunk at Washington ha been taken
back.
Judgment of 140000 agalnat a San An-
tonio bank waa affirmed by th auprera
court
H. El Henderson of Sulphur Bprlnga
waa elected messenger of th electoral
college.
1 Mrs Mary Irvine of Oalveaton and Mr.
C. A. Laughlln of Brenham committed
aulclde.
Four itora house with their content
were burned at Devlne Involving a toes
Of SK.SOO.
Edward Arnold of Ban Antonio ha been
appointed chief clerk of the railway mall
aervlce '
The wlreleu telegraph station at Oar-
veatoa will be powerful enough to reach
Havana and Tamplco.
Th contest of Nix v. Powell n now
on trial at Auatln. It Involve (he judga-
ahlp In th Flrt diatrlct.
Th National dinners' association haa
perfected plana for organisation of tb
entire South by counties.
Noah F. Batten who recently dlsip-
L peered from Corpus Chrlitl was found In
a box car with a wound in the nock.
Divorce Reform league ha been regu-
larly. organised and work Is to begin at
no 10 secure change in th laws.
Beaomont salodn men wer M
Chargea of violating the local option law
by (ending whisky into Uanln countv.
r j!uIt.laUoiney. of Tarrant county haa
vv na i w uininiBBai Ul IrlV CnaxTaTAB
against Mr. Nellie Hosklns and Oran
Hosklns setting forth a lack of evi-
Oence. SPORT.
There art now eight baseball leagues In
the South.
Two favorites and three aeoond choices
won at Oakland.
Blackburn haa decided to go ahead with
th Ban Antonio club.
Tha hooks had a false pries of 11 to I
an Merry Acrobat at New Orleans.
Ban Johnson Is tired of tha scheme
aome elubs hav ot covering up players.
Hlldebrand'e percentage of winning
baa been exceeded very largely In the
past
A muddy track spoiled th sport at
Easex Park but did not upset the form
player; .
Meeting of the South Texaa league waa
pot held at Galveston but agreement Was
gaaohed on aeveral matter. . .
The baseball committee held a fruitful
meeting at Cincinnati settling varloua
differencei with the minor league.
Corrlgan waa given full oontrol'of tha
paw track at New Orleana. He will go
U New York before starting tha row.
X f: ' HOUSTON.
Th police alarm ordinance Is1 vetoed
by the mayor and he la uatahted.-
1 A. F Hardle operating larg store .fa
BEEFTRUST
Moody. Resumed Argu-
ment More Court.
ISSUES IN THE CASE
Two Tdals ; For the Court's
THE PACERS' ARGUMENT
b It Trade Among; States and if So
' . Is It a Monopoly?
ORIGINAL PACKAGE QUESTION
Packeri Claim Package It Broken
in Unloading Stock Arbi- .
trmry Prices Are Made. '
(Associated Fraaa lUport)
Waahlngtoa Juuary . Attorney Cen-
tral Moody today resumed hi argument
on behalf of th government betori th
supreme court of tha United Bute In the
ease of Swift 4 Co. va. the United B-atea
commonly know aa th beet trust case
being continued from last Friday.' Mr.
Moody aald non't of the agreement or
acts complained of related to manu-
facture or productlonf but to commerce
conmerc) as dlatlngulahed from manu
facture or production. They don't
Ellin fusion of property In this; be
but' on th othei hand are almply agrao-
ments between stranger to each other
buitnesa. affecting their freedom ot ac-
tion in oertain reipecta. and by that eon-
IderatloB th ca at th bar Is shown
tb be devoid of those feature from which
difference of opinion aroae In th North-
ern Securities ease.
Thus th equity la narrowed down to
only two question for tha determination
of the court. Whether th agreement
among th companies was for commerce
among tha Stat and. if v whether the
agreement constituted a monopoly In any
part ot It. Mr. Mooly aald it appeared
dearly 1b the petition that there were
three main subject In which th de-
fendants entered Into aa agreement. Tak-
ing up the- agreement alleged in para-
graph of th petition Mr. Moody ald
that eliminating all statements by which
the pleader oharacterlaee tha purpos and
effect of tb government' statement of
fact. It la olearty shown- that persons
ojnf
ttra to'na- wring otner
Stktaatand Ttrrllories than laoee la
trntcb th stick yards war situate www
aveustomad to tend such stock to tb
Various stock yarda named for the'pur-
sos of sala Therefor defendants who
were engaged In the business of buying
such liv tock for the purpose of slaugh-
tering and convcrtlr.g It Into fresh meat
entered Into sn agreement with aeon
other to refrain from bidding agalnat
each other except colaborately In th
purchase of llvt stock with the purpose
of suppressing competition In purehaoee.
Is Interstate Commerce.
The Interstate character of the transac-
tion where an owner of a commodity
living In one State ship to another con-
tinues from the beginning to the end. In
continuing the sale of the commodity It
It has not lost Its identity by the break-
ing of the original package In which It
bad been Imported.
Continuing he said: It Is contended
that tha unloading of the cattle from the
car In whioh they are transported and
their disposition In the various pen In
th stock yards constltut a breaking ot
the orglnal package and a commingling of
the property with the domestic property
of the Stat to suoh an extent that the
sals ot them it domestic commerce. It la
difficult to treat this contention seriously.
It the original package conception haa
any real value surely It moat be th
package which nature Itself harmed fer
th original packages.' Th two parties
to the transaction tba buyer and the
seller when they agree upon the con-
tract of aale are effecting an Interstate
transaction.
The further question Arise said Mr.
Meody whether such an agreement af-
fect Interstate commerce by way of di-
rect restraint upon ft. or by Its tendency
' ' ( Continued on Pag Two.) - -
eeeeaoa
the State will open In Houston before
end or week.
New rtee
milling company waa organ-
lied yesterday n
ind will erect a mill for
tin season a crop
Msyor Jackson nopoint a committee ot
cltlsena to act with the council In fram-
ing the new charter " . . .: .
Texas mineral developments ha ere-
ated a run on the Oarnegl library for
geological publication. '
While on her wayMiome last night a
lady was roughly handled -by a whit
man.' who made off with bar oar. ..
Mr. Btandford S. Ward a well known
rltlcen. "dreps m the street and dies
shortly after being taken to hit home.
The Beatty well earns In at Humble
yesterday. It It a gusher and Its capacity
In estimated at from 10 WO-to 12004 bar-
ren. -
Mayor Jackson Inform the council that
he Is wlllin to retire and proooses thit
the commission law go into effect at tba
earliest poselbl Urns. 1
Cltlsena meet and discus the Federal
bulldlna: proposition. .Messages sent to
Plnckney and to Mr. Ball ttattng that
th people are willing to accept 1900.007
at a starter but will not be satisfied
with that as a whole.
r COMMERCIAL.
Cotton was Inactive and lower.
Cold wave prediction brought out a
sharp advance In wheat prioea
Stocks opened at a brisk advance which
was changed to aa active a decline before
the close.
Fort - Worth had plenty ot medium to
good oowa but they were the only thing
wanted by tht packers. v..
r : V RAILROADS. U
J The Mexican Central will complete It
extenalon to th Facifio coast this rear.
The Southwestern Passenger assocla
Hon-Announced reduced rates to cotton
growers meeting' at New Orleana .
Justice Oarnor of the New Tork ' su-
preme court claims that freight rebates
continue. .. . . t .
i - - ' '
MAYOR JACKSON WI
In Naming Citizens Charta' Committa He Sm That tttw Form of Government Be Inaugurated at tht Very Earliest Date
PossibleHe Says'Sodi Could Be Legal! Done and Citf Attorney Stone Coocors W it$ Him in Tliat Vitrw- TEc Chief Ex-
ecutive in a Corimtmiation Fall of Interest in No Uncertain Tonq Gives His Views and ' Outlines Subjects Which He
Thinh the Framers of New Organic Uw forthe City Co Offlsider; with Profit-Full Tat of His Message to 'Gty Fathers.'
Tha juVjoiinatifif featura of tha city council wewianjntxt 2
J day aJttmoon was a ringing message frorr Mayor Jackson in' t
1 whioh he after naminf the twelve gentlemen who wiU comprise
.1 t Jx r . ...1 :.. 1 vt ui- ua a
uie citizen tnmct waucivi luvwuwu wviu Ma4" "" (
eating rexommendations as follows: - - I
1. That the framers of the new charter leave as far as pot- 8
alblc to the incoming mayor and four aldermen the creation f
subordinate positions and the designation of salaries and fur- 5
ther that the will of the people for a change in form of govern- 5
ment be made effective at the earliest date possible.
a. That the constitutional defect discovered in the present
charter fixing the qualifications of voters on bond issues be
remedied.
3. The adoption of the taxing district system as partial
remedy for the inequalities now existing in the matter of public
improvements.
4. The existence of the enormous floating debt is recognized
and the suggestion is made that charter provision result for the
application of the proceeds of bond issues to the liquidation of
the same.
5. Reciting the existence of uncollected back taxes to the
amount of $400000. He urges strong provision for the collec-
tion of the same in the new charter.
f;jS.;-.TPhe'lact'ithat the city of Houston pays about 85 or go
per cent of the) d valorem taxes collected by Harris county
and fails to receive the consideration due at the' hands of the
comrni'Miorujrs ourt is pointed out and the advisability of
applying to the legislature for a law equalizing the commis-
sioners court districts is suggested.
The reading of this document received the closest attention
at the hands' of the aldermen who without discussing any feat-
ures of it referred it to the charter committee.
... The following ta it full text:
m MAYOR'S MESSAGE.
To tha Honorable City Council.
On tha day of -r. In respons to
motion passed by Tour honorable body
1 appointed as a committee to Investigate
the rant:clty charter and rook after
It amendment la uch particulars a It
might . be advlaabl. Aldermra B. I
Jon i. Z. Oaiton and James A. Thomp-
son and City Attorney Thomas P. Ston
an on th .-r day of December 190tI
Issued and caused to be published a no-
tice 'on -the part of th city of Houston to
apply for an amended new charter.
On tha Id day of January IM your
honorable body passed a motion author-
ising tb mayor to appoint a committee
of cltlsena eonalitlnc of two men residing
in each ward of tba city of Houston aa a
cltlsena' commute to co-operate with the
charter committee of th council in con-
nection with the investigation and the
work of revising and securing a revision
amendment of renewal of to city char-
ter and in reipons to th latter motion
I hereby appoint and announce a such
dtlaens' committee the following gentle-
men who are residents of tha wards a
respectively Indicated:
First ward A. Haxthauaen and
Max Otto. " " ' ' ' '
Second ward E. P. Hamblen
and Jake Keller.
Third ward -Joe S. Rice and
George L. Porter. .
Fourth ward Frabk Andrews
and John H.v10rby. . x
y
"S0HE NEEDED LEGISLATIOirWlU BE PROPOSED AT AUSTIN
. ' ' I t"' 1 'I
ssssss
Fifth ward John T. Browne
and J. -H. RothwelL
Sixth ward B A. Randolph
and W. H. Peregoy.
In view of th Importance of tha work
In contemplation and the- fact that the
Btat legislature I now about to convene
la regular aeeaion I suggest that th
dtlsen' eommltte take prompt step to
organis to plan themselves In confer-
ence and co-operation with the council
eommltte. a early aa pratlcabl. In this
connection without undertaking or pre-
umlng to review In detail th defects or
th Imperfection m th present form of
our city government 1 respectfully men-'
tlon a few ubjects upon which I invite
your attention :
1. The most far-reaching and funda-
mental cnang that ywa are to deal with
la th proposed elimination of ward lines
and abatement of all elective offloers ex-
cept Ui mayor and four ld.rm.n who
hall b empowered to appoint other nec-
essary officer and agendas according to
. their discretion. This lasu has been
passed upon by tb qualified volar In
th recent election and while the entire
vote east was act so larg a at an or-
dinary taction In this city tb result haa
hewn that th great . majority of tha
dtlsen. who wen interested 1 th ad-
ministration of th City's tftalr are In
favor of tha proposition and ther is no
altemstiv for tb eommltte. but to In-
corporate in th charter th communion
plan. Without going Into detail. I sug-
gest here that many alteration of mora
or less Importance wlU hav to b mada
to1 th present charter and In some orth
existing ordinance Is Order te adept ids
LUNG TO RETIRE
' eaUresrstsm ta th oomtniasioa M ana
Jt Meats to me especially Important that
th seieerioft of subordinate" Hlcra
aganele and employe a well at th
arrangements for their a alalia or
wages tenuis of office etc. ahoald b
left largely In the discration and upon
th responsibility of th major and th
tour aldermen.
FOR EARL CHANGE.
A question that has been fre-
quently heard is: "When shall
the commission form of govern
ment' go into effect?" That the
legislative power can alter the
form of municipal government so
as to alter or terminate the term
of salaried officers I conceive to
be settled by ample authority.;
There are I think aome good rea-
sons why the new form of gov-
ernment should so contemplate
with its various" improvements
that are expected should go into
effect and become operative at
the very earliest date practicable
and speaking for myself slone I
stand ready to retire from my
present official position at the
earliest date when the charter can
be amended and put into legal
effect. Without presuming to
speak for any other official or cit-
iten I wjsh to express my views
that the people of Houston hav-
ing decided upon a radical change
in the form of the city govern-
ment aa a measure of improve-
ment the sooner the new system
is put into effect the more satis-
factory will be the result and the
greater the delay the more irrita-
tion and disappointment will be
in the meantime.
TO CURJDEFECT.
t In that portion of the present city
charter which provides the power of Issu-
ing bond In excess of IIOO.WIO. after an
affirmative vote by the legal voters of
the city a constitutional defct was dis-
covered during the past year and In the
vent It should be deslrabls to continue
this powar In the new charter an amend-
ment must b. mad for this purpose.
Tha city attorney I familiar with this
point and doubtless ha It In his mind.
( .. TAXING DIS1RICT LAW.
t On of the reasons of tha serious
controversy and contention heretofore ex-
isting In tht city la tli alleged unequal
distribution et publl Improvement out of
tb pressed of toe general bonds Issued
whereby It Is claimed that soma loon 11-
Ues d not receive the benefit which they
are entitled to and need wtjlle others re-
ceive Improvements that they do sot need.
I suggest for-your considera-
tion S'4Vreme'vfortthi an
qultabla. plan tha adoption f
.wht te.commooly known aa the.
improvement district sysUrflv W
be resorted to exclusively for the"
improvement in the given district
or territory or ; In combination
with general funds according aa
the Improvements are purely local
or general benefits. - This system
has been tested in San Antonio
with much satisfaction. ' Without
discussing this feature in more de-
tail t will here quote section 54
of the San Antonio charter which
rcada'aa followtj
"To borrow money on tht credit of any
Improvement dl.trlot of th city and lasu
bond therefor for permanent publlo ley
provemenl In uch district and to this
nd th oAVincH may divide th city or
any portion thweof. Into Improvement
district clearly defining th limits nf
each district j but Sv.ry preposition to
borrow money on tb credit of any Im-
prove meat district for prmannt publlo
Improvement therein .hall ba submitted
to th auallfled taspaymg voter. Tivlng
and owftja property In such district and
Mall' dMhtctly specify th purposes far
which th loan I de.lred and th perme-
nnt publlo Improvements of different and
distinct character and nature may be sub-
mitted u on proposition. If aald prop-
osition be sustained by th majority of
tha votes cast In such .lection nt rsoR
diatrlct ueh loan ihall be lawful All
bond ihall pe!fy for what purpos they
were tutted ahall bear Interact at a rat
not greater than I par c.nt per annum.
I and when sold shall net not I than
par vaiue witn accru.d Interest to data
of payment of th proostd Into th city
treasury and auch bond may b ne-
gotiated in lots a th city coanell may
direct. No debt ihall be contracted for
tha payment whereof auch bond ara
Issued until such bond ihall bay besa
disposed of and no debts shall ver b
created against any such Improvement
dl.trlot unless at th sam Urn provt.
Ion b mads to ass and collect an-
nually upon the property In such Inv
provsmsnt district a .urn sufficient to pay
th Int.rest on such bonds and create a
inking fund of at least t per cent
thereon. The Int.rest and sinking
fund tax which ihall b collected an-
nually from the property In uoll Im-
provement district for such boads shall be
In addition to th other current taxes
levied by tin city and shall b kept p
a rate" by the city treaaurer from other
funda and ahall not b diverted or used
for any other purpos than to pay la-
terest and principal on such bond and
the city treasurer shall honor do draft
on aiild fund except to pay tha mtere.t
and redeem the bond! for which it was
provided. The linking fund for such
bonds shall be Invested aa provided In
section if of this charter or bends of auch
Improvement district Th tax levied for
Interest and sinking fund for bonds
Issued for permanent public Improvement
In any district shall not exceed n cent
on the tioo valuation annually."
FLOATING DEBT.
4. On of tha great burden which th
present admin titration ha inherit d I
the imm.me floating Indebtedness of the
city. In this (connection I salt attention
to th mayor' report (howlng th flaan-
r.HRSKY:7ILL Gi . E
Rumored That Wilt: Will Disj!::: T
xster cf Interior in T.z::'
a
WITTBT8 POWER '-
Absolut 'Will Possfbiy
t
Save Russia.
London January. . Evidence
mltlpue daily f tha uneotnpre-
aajatng oppeaatlea ' ot the war
throughout tha Buarta Basse
Tha was biUnalned Sarins
week by fresh dlscloeures of whole-
sale robsrrlas of war supplies and
:
x
hospital aicnasarte an rout to
Maneburla eves more taaa by th
bows of tb Port Arthur disaster. -Thee
npoanrea are never followed
by the punishment of the high
placed thieve aaaoag tb boraau-
craoy .
Public exasperation which.' In
any ether country would long aao
hav desuwded raven as. at bast
beoeme a foros which must b
.reckoned with. It baa found sx-
preeslon Curing the hurt week In
aeveral new localities where th
local authorities refusal to perform
their usual functions ot providing
fund (or local and- Imperial pur-
pose. Meantime the eaar ha. returned
to St. Petersburg where has moat
alarninoant action Is a dally confer
snoe with M. V Wltte preeldent
f the council. Tale haa aroused
light hopes outside af Hueata
. that the .ttuation may yet be saved.
Nearly very etatesiaan la Buropa
1 Is now convteoed Uutt tb disrup-
tion of tb empir can only be
averted by ptaolng unlimited power
In th bands ot a really etrnog
' man. If ther- eaar baa sufficient
. wisdom and strength of will to
wish at. D 'Witt grand Vteler of
the em aire with abeolut Bother-
I
' tty m all reepeeta th bitwnal art-
nation BUgm sa ' Brougnt
1
aBtw)s
EXPECTED RELIEF
STOESSEL THOUGHT AID
.. NEAR AT HAND.
Refused to Credit Kuropatkln's
Series of Defeats Scouts Re-
ported Him at Yin Kow. '
-' Uoclatd .Pre Report.) '
Readaoarter of tha Third Japan
Army tt Port Arthur January T via
Ttan Tim. January .-Captahi Taunoda
tba Japanea offtoar who was sent to
Port art ear ta convey 1 Oeweral Btoee-
sl to aantsnts of the atmaga or th
sapersr af Japan aasiag' the) garrVn
would ba treated with tha greatest ooo-
tdsratlca Ssjrsr . Oaneral Itsasaal'g rint
Isoulry wit abswt th wkereabewbv' af
OeaareJ Kuftajattkhv if aald I 'did 'hoi
know exactly but understood ' h waa
onMwber about Mukden.
Oeneral stoass.l rmarka that hs had
last Iward from Osnaral Kurapatkla Oc-
tober 1 saying h woakl rellev Port Ar-
thur soon Osnaral Stoseeel added that
ha had lent out Chinee spies who re-
turned and reported that Oeneral Kuro-
patktn with - a relieving army was at
JCInobow; twenty sill aerth -St Part
Arthur - Oeneral Stoessal was plainly
Inoreduloua at the sUtement that On.
aral Kuropatkln bad beca defeated and
driven back toward Mukden o I pr
duoed" map. bowing him t be positions s(
the tw armhai near th Shakh rrraf
and gave Stoeeeel details ( Kuropatkl'
defeat with the loss of MM to MN
men at which tba Jtuaaiaa general ex-
pressed amasament and quickly remarked
that he had been misled. Oaneral Stoes-
1 then asked where th Baltla fleet
was and I told him that soma of th'
hip had act yt passed tb Cap ot
Good Hop 1 (
Wlth ashoaaleaa expreaaloo Oaneral
atol ssMi "Mow that Port Arthur
ha fallen there I no ass of th fleet
coming any farther." I then asked Gen-
eral Stoeesel what bad oauatd tha most
damage ta the aarrlsoB during th slsge
and h replied t 'Tour .lsvsn-lnch how-
Itsara. Aftir tbey arrived cur dfnlv
works became useless. " Omeral Stoee-
sel than pointed sut that ha and Ad-
miral Alex left had beea through tha Box-
er trouble gad had sees tb work of tb
Japanese army. Oeneral Stoeesel said
ha had been associated with tha Japanaa
Oeneral Yamaguchl and Pukushlml at
that Urn and axpremed the opinion that
tha Jluealan and Japan forces had
bam th lien's share of th work. Slno
then b bad a high opinion of th or-
ganisation and working cualltle ct tba
Japan ..a . .
The real aau of th war was. Injjan-
ral Btoeeser. opinio a the Ignoranos ot
tha Itusalan people of th Japanaa fight-
Ins dualities. Tha first attack c Port
Arthur m February by tb Japanas flasl
was h tremondou surprise. Th forts ha
aald r only partly garrisoned by am
troop. At thl point Oeneral Stoeeeel
aid h had alway been under th ord.r
ot Oovernor Sakharoff ot Port Dalny in
spending money in building Port.ltalny
Instead of completing the defenses of
Port Arthur. Governor Sakharoff who
was an engineer offloar. died of dysen-
tery during the rcnt campaign. '
Oen.ral Stoeaael praised the Ingenuity
snd pluck and patlmo of tha Japan
Infantry eapeetally In making .leg par-
allel and tranche to th fort Referring
to th artillery Oeneral Stoeaael aald ba
did not at flrt think the artillery prac-
tice good but he waa soon compel 1.4 to
recognli. how good It was. 0nra
Kondratmko and a colonel of engineers
(Irmanoff) Oeneral Stoeesel pointed out
were killed In North K.kit by Japa-
neee shells prior to tb .IDloeioa of De-
cember II. Oeneral -Stoat! fait this loss
greatlr as KondraUnko was a olavar
general. ....'.
General Stossset further said that ba
had served hi stnparor In three war and
had been thrice wounded. First In tha
Jtuaso-Turktsh war; second In the Boxer
trouble and third at Port Arthur. Now
he felt that he had earned the tight to
return to Russia to llv. In hi old age
with hi family..' Th general added that
he had with him five children af officer
who bad been hilled during tha alas of
Port Arthur. .
General Stoeeeel aald he had Met ex-
pected th ooncMorat treatment accord-
ed to him bp General Nogi. whs appeared
to him as eA old friend rather than the
eenunaader of M erase; which bad forced
bias t surande.
POLICIES COIIFL
Witt Gaind t;:!J.
THE RECENT
Was the Point THat Ca
"Break. '
WITTE'SPOUCTCC:
. ' t j
. i ' ' .
Propoaei to Go Slower
- Mirsky at First But Will
' Further in the End.
' (Aseoclsted Press Report.)
St. Petersburg January . M. win--.
Interior hllnlster Sviatopolk-attrakr's
eesaor. and holding a position In th. c
Ua of Kmperor Nk-holaa appraa )
that Of General MUlikorrs during t
trying Klhlllstla days of Alexander
may ba sa sf th startling reeults of t
eon teat waging over th question of 1
Interior reform.
Tba popular Idea baa been that rn
Sviatopolh-hllrsay and V. Wltte
acting hi -baraoay ta this matter 1
tha Associated Preaa Warn from t
highest source that axactly th 01 :
I th fact. They can so more pn.
b dacrlb.d aa rival and opponent. 1
as friends. Desplt the difficulty of 1
later vlatopoIk-MIraky'a rol .Inc. he .
umed oflce swine to tb powerful i
fluena arrayed again et him. be ba. I
abra to hold hla .own with conn
marks of the emperor's confidence .-
approval. With ht Wltte' advent u:
th scans however tha alluatloa eha;
Prlnor hVtalopolk-Mlrsky iturk ir
to hi suns defending th policy an
he acquired offlc but ha found M.
ta aatagontalng ths vary principle
h oonskl.red vllal thua rally fori
opponents mi th tatter's aid and t
prince found tba ground slipping f
under him. M. Witts prevailed In t
Butter af Imperial manlfeetoe th I
terms of which did not meet with r
hVlatopsllt-aflnky'S views Accord Srit 1
th latter' friends tha contest w
voted temwdtatery upon th com.
I af the eommltte af ministers the p
finding at WIKfl appesed ta th prop
(ton to Invito la oansultlv rapeHtv
arloup classes Interested In th n ;
Th prtaes's friend believe that U. W
WlU so further than ths former althou
It suits his present purpose to adopt
mora conservative attitude until the r
of power ara formally In hi bands. 1
dor the dmsmetnnee ths prtnc. wh
health la greatly Impaired and who u
plalB-apokaa maa nschooled la the a
at Intrigue fee la himself unequal to t
task of eoatlaulng ths contest and h
confided to hi fries ds that within tw.-ty-tour
hour be. prsfera to - rem
Whathar ht haa actually tendered 1
resignation tha Aaaoolated Preas Is n
m position to say. but that tt may eo..
any mlnuto I certain.
EN ORUTETO JAPAN -
March of tha Prisoners to Dalny
.;. ; i. Beein
(Associated Preas Report)
Headquarters of tha Third Japane
Army at y Port .Arthur. January t vi
Ttoa Tain January k rive thousand men
of ths Russian garrison at Port Arthur
wra marched sut of th vUlaga cC
Tahutgul on tha shore f Pi fir
flfteen mlleg to tha railway station sc
Chanllngtau tt S o'clock and tb other
detachments followed ooa afterwarci.
arh detachment waa accompanied by si
loaded transport carta. The Russian
during the alght were token en c-il
trains of open trucks to thtlny snd t..
they will Immediately embark for Jn
on iranaporta now waiting Is that poi 1
Tba long prooeeeion of the remasnis ("
the Ruaslsn garrUKa waa a pathm
pectacle. The ftrel arrlvala at c'hen-
lingtau were four droekya drawn by suit
looking borses. They eontained the e -
officer who bad refused to give th-r
parol. All wore their .words aa
wars allowed to do under the term or
later the flret detachment arrive! 'i
reglmenul officer marched with tli. .
men their head bowed and their fuc.
earned vrltb line showing th remit at
the mental and physical strain they bat
undergone during the long defense. A
the Japanese soldiers crowded shout
them with evident curiosity the fsce ot
the Russian officer were aa lnteretit
iia"T. " 8' 'hem appeared to ftwl ti..
humiliating position keenly and tho
som aeemed resigned to their dtiisn.
other were resentful of being rgHIU
Hh cuiioalty. The men kNiked to t. .
well fed but thHr tacee. like thoee of tt
offioere. Indicated the awful phvis
train they had underirone. Th o(tipe
were clean and well clothed but the 1
were clad la dirty looking sheepskin so
and appeared to M icalgned and -that
the end had come. The horses drr-
ng uie transport cans ware eufferina
wiin missv inougn
the loade
ta the cart
email.
by orderlies.' In the lines n n
the lines were mar
lean
looking pet dogs belmiains to t
offloers. In many case efflcers refus.
to wear their swords but bad them aa
rled behind them by orderlies. Ths v
floe re ealuted the American and Europ-
correspondents with ths Japanese an
and appeared to be both pleased and
toniahed at seeing tba .Europeans
American there.
I rented with the greatsei respect a
Indneee thoilgh they wer regardett
much natural curiosity. The eoM -wers
given food and beer and ths soi . -pondent
of th Associated Press ev
eapsnes Soulier earrruuf ths
fects of the Brlaonere.
ik tne prawnei
railway saua
The railway gauge has been shangt
imwi w run aruiur. .
Telephone and telegraph tine bava neon
completed to ths city and already Jai."
neee engineer are surveying the 1.
troyad forts of tha east era turUi.
ridge. ( - f .
PORT ARTHUR 'CARSICC
Total Casualties Ate Estlrr- -'
About Ten Thousan i.
. Ctssocieled Press Report )
Tokis Jaauary i. In well-lnforn. .
tee It hi estimated that the oru 1
lie. at et Port Arthur numbered
n te eDOot men birtudtng
killed thoee who dit of .
k miaeuuc at skwvj at 0
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