The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1904, Page 2

, the facts cf the conspiracy, as Mr. Jerome had them, were laid before Do piece by piece. He corroborated every one of then. He sald that he been willing to come back and tell all he knew at any time, but that h virtually a prisoner in Texas at the hands of legal representatives o: wan he accused of inaugurating the proceedings ovt of which grew the great scandal, It appears thaz the friendship of Mr. Morse and the politician was form- ed while the latter wag in office, and that through the influence of Mr. Mors the politician acquired a great deal of money in the stock market, But oon after the administration under which the poltician held office went out ‘of power he had a quarrel with the ice king. There had been business differences, but these could have smoothed over. The base of bitterness in the quarrel was a soolal slight which had been put upon the politician by Mr, Morse and his wife. TO STRIKE THROUGH THE WIFE, ‘The politician was perfectly conversant with all of the history of Mrs Morse. He knew of the divorce from Dodge and how it had been obtained He knew that Mrs. Morse previous to her marriage to the Ice King had acted as his housekeeper. The District-Attorney’s information fs that he determined to strike at Mr. Morse through his wife and the Dodge divorce proceedings. With this object in view he is eald to have consulted a prominent |aw- yer, Soon afer this a letter reached Mr. Morse conveying the information that the Dodge divorce sult was {llegal, Then followed Mr. Morse’'s wove to annul his marriage, based upon the affidavits of Dodge that he had not been served with a summens and complaint in the suit for divorce brought by as th w been his wife, It had been the expectation of the politician that the court proceedings could be kept secret. But the news of the annulment of the Morse mar- riago leaked out and became public property and out of the publicity grew proof that when Dodge swore that his wife's divorce was fraudulent he had | perjured himself. DETECTIVES DISCOVER THF CONSPIRACY, This was the first intimation, according to the District-Attorney’s proots, that Mr. Morse had of the fact that there was some outside influence at work against him. He eet detectives to work cud‘partially uncovered the conspiracy, but before the work was complete Dodge had skipped to Texas. Not only is the Tammany man under fire, but certaln prominent law- | yers will be openly attacked by the District-Attorney when he gels the machinery of the law in motion, It is @ significant fact that Dodge has retalned former Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney James W. Osborne to look after bis interests. Mr. Osborne fs personal counsel to Charles W. Morse. Dodge had scaresly landed in New York Jast night from the steamer ‘ Lampasas when he announced that while he wae in Texas he had received $8,500 from a@ prominent lawyer of this city, The District-Attorney has the name of the lawyer and he is said to be the man who was consulted originally by the vevengeful politician. TRIED HARD TO SEF, PRISONER, Daring his confession and the all-night confereace at Police Headquar- ters “Abe” Hummel and “Abe” Kaffenbdurg, who have represented Charles W. Moree, and who later, through the work of Kaffenburg, tried hard to kedp Dodge trom being extradited trom Texas, and Bartow $. Weeks, who | has just been called into tho case, tried hard to see the prisoner, When this was refused them they all but resorted to foree to gain an| entrance into the room where Dodge was telling the full story of the al- leged conspiracy. In his statement made to the assistant District-Attorney Dodge, it is alleged, told of his marriage to Mrs, Morse, of the separation and of her| taking up her life hero in New York. He then, so ft is said. divorce, the legality of which was afterward questioned; of Morse’s mar- riage to bis former wile; or Morso's divorce on the grounds that his mar- riage was not valid, his wife's divorce not being valid. Dodge also told who bad supplied him with funds, and why A. H. Kaffenburg had become | interested in his case and had attempted to keep him in Texas. During this recital Rartow 8. Weeks called at Police Headquarters and Gemanded that he be with Dodge during his examination, Then came Hummel and Kaffenburg. it was neariy 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the Lampasas reached her dock at the foot of Maiden Lane, Bast River, Awatting the steamer was Kaffenburg in a cab. Kaffenburg spent months In Texas trying to as Dodge in keeping out of the clutches of District-Attorney Jerome, gooner had the steamer made fast than hé began talking in a whisper to Nathaniel Cohen, of Howe & Hunmel’s staff, who came up on the steamer with Dodge, IN CHARGE OF FEDERAL OFRICER, The prisoner was in the custody of United States Marshal W. N. Han- son, of the Southern District of Texas, who had orders from Judge Burns, of the United States Circuit Court, to turn the prisoner over to the New| York County anthorities upon his indictment for perjury, | The alleged perjury censisted in swearing that he had not been served | with s summons In the suit for divorce which his wife years ago brought | ogainst him, and which, after it was granted, was followed by her marriage | to Charles F. Morse, He was also charged with swearing that he never re-| tained a lawyer to represent him, With Marshal Hanson were Deputy Marshals Wormack and Van, of| ‘Texas, two other special deputies, Letuctives D. bt, Jesse, repr. venting Dis- triet-Attorney Jerome, ant Netective-Serat. John J. Herliliy. These men stood about Dodge all the time and refused to allow the Prisoner to speak to any one. After four carriages had rattled on to the pier alongside of tho ship Dodge was hurried to 4 carringe with the greatest haste. Dodge is apparently about sixty years old. His hair anc mustache are white, his face full. He ts short and fat, and crush hat well pulled down over his brows, 1 straggling 1 wore a soft! dark cluthes and a new overcoat, CHAMPION FENCER HERE ON LA SAVOIE,, Tithe at Varts FE | | 246 Furnished Rooms, 112 Boarders Wanted. 129 Pieces of Property. 109 Business Opportunities, 89 Houseworker:, 81 Boys Wanted. Merignae Won position—Prie Jubilee Visit in Re t who m Havre to-duy <2 Agents Wanted. sehaol OF fenet 46 Girls Wanted, Rreevort Hote ~ 39 Colleges, Schools, &e. Wey ee the 24 Stores to Let. Pe nats Pye ls Exposition of of Fencing of the Huenw Ayre Jon a hint of the diversity of | | Guim and in atacemey (No Week AY opportunities to satisfy os . a Fons, champl amateur sw mise | the everyday wants of the } | home and office afforded the } | public through the Sunday World's 12-page Want Direc. tory, the above statement {5 printed, showing a partial record of advertisements AL- READY received in advance for publication to-morrow— Sunday. Aside from the offers men. tioned above, there will be thousands of others asking and offering employment, rentals and sales of Real Es- tate and Business Property; chances to buy and sell all kinds of staple and odd furni- § | Another arrival wae pey, a French art comes here to take a pl New York art dealer ward Chap-| lsseur, who TF * ont , iversary of th doctrine of the Im- FELL DOWN STAIRS, NOT THROWN, JURY DECLARED, | Meters of Dead Man Had Named a Man tm Conneetion with Thete Brother's Death, ture, fixtures, &c. Prony rf I rr eat at Ja 4,071 advertisements were } | Hugh Clark, t . : printed in The World's died on Nov, 18 ort Week} | raed strest + Directory last Sunday—a gain of 488 ads. over the corre. hearing the | Sanday a year ago, }| stairs, “Crurs deed 2% 5.4 who wonder Hf } | "heros tides cat Sut Hone Wests" pay may be | | teiteved thar tronics aes boy! Interested to know that in re- } | down the stairs oy a man recy pe. ao to those Ay sare tn }| war Clark bat Tanerorerer fein ' ory — y STEAMER SINKS CANAL.BoarT, ‘The British steamer Caribbes, which srrived to-day from Demerara and ‘West Indian ports, while docking at the s anal hiker told of his |‘ | Tn LIFE BY ARTIST MORTIMER.) WORE: SATURDAY LV ICEMBER 24, CHAR FOR A DIVORGE Or. James T. MoBride, Once a Leading New Jersey Dentist, Explains His Suit for $109,070. ; Against Ohio Politicians, DAY DECLARES THEY CONSPIRED | TO ALIENATE WIFE'S LOVE, | Her Brother. Warden of the Ohio’ Penitentiary, and Judge Mid- dieton, Who Granted the Di- | vorce, Are Nemed in His Suit,| |} Dr. James T. MeFride, formerly t) leading dontist of Jersey City. Drange and Aabury Park, whose suit for $190,000 against seven of the of | conspiring to allena the affe na of | wife, hag created a sensat i City to-day, He has ¢ : lavity for use In his , hands of Pormer Attorn ' Frank Monnett of Ohio, whose deter : | mined fit against the Standard O A « pany mad m famous. # “Lam not seeking pecuniary recom 4 in this sult,” seid Dr. Mobrid r day when seen by an Evening World iy reporter, “Lam seeking to lay bare the 1 cy by which my wife secured a} y 1 me In Ohio, with the cus-| t of our {idren—Catherine, | aged nip la, agel six. By the terms 4 1 am allowed | only twice a year at Fur: | acevilie but since Uy ree | was granted my wife lus disappeared | with them and I do noc know their Whereabouts "LE pefusud to consider a proposition | of my her get a divorce + ec oe) y wife ft me Ghhing the Phildren. "Her: mother hed + feft hee the butk state valued Cover $10,900, and she dud plenty of money She Drought Divorce Sait. “Just ator Le@vas served) with # notloe that uid sued me for] Jotolololajetefeletotofete divorce In Ohio, alleging a legal resl-| isin iobeleleistelelsinieleisieleleinteiototo dente there. T'went on to defend tho] — — — - ~ ae sult and found that my wife was sup . | forted by her brother, Orrin D. Ga Warden of the Oho’ I ary a o and her hal er He * Judge Jour nnon 1 his son, Henry Bapnon, who ts United States Representative : Judge SMOKE FIGHT WEALTHY MAN Mrs, Gretchen T. Persche Has | President's Protest to District Tee DRIAL Io m ateores aalton ict pete William Baughton Arrested 1 ihe wate (put in my tense of Co umbia Commission Hav. Charged with Striking Her— i oe ‘c : We made a Whorti| lig Failed, He Publishes His, giso Names Her Husband. t Judge Middleton ro: ta Leiter Sent to Them. | iping my case ve State, deeree had en t 1 to The Evening World.) Y ne N Deo, M.—William the He | WASHINGTON, Deo. %1—Drasttc ace nest took | tion has been re aitod the ¢ of the Bher- ha t ! » ¥ Wil Paint Com cht ean iy of contenant President looking t suppression of rile aml aullty ft and | ‘ the City onl! t No. Elliot Square, was ar- he 0 1 did not | Washing A letter was vont by hig tested here to in his apartments pati Ureetion to the District Commissioners at th ey by a Deputy Sheriff rt on Nov. %, Inquiring were not pos-, His arre sed by Mrs, Gretohen h minally agiins rT Pe he f West Ni ighth Seeaea. Wat In coneteend : Usht company, | etret, New York, who has brought sult i © would protect me from pros. the violation of the to recover $5,000 damages from Bough: ¢ re h shall ontotn ton. alleging that he brutally assaulted aft day re doors of the Wh er in her home the night of Dee. 17, ot and urged that last tea, but my attorney the weleas any trouble, and was released im- ot a mun to t Nor nse havin eetiate fterwards on ball, He re- lided In the conspiracy np . fused positively to make statement Gou'd and my wife's Ralf brot pS my, t a Hi known here, About Middlete the two Ts 8 ized to-day the publicall letter | Mr. Persch is well known here, 4 t wo lawyers wh -|to the District Commissioners, It fol- | Yelr ago tie came to Buffalo to con- Ale my dete lows; soliaate brewerles here, but his ae WHITE HOUSI ® led, Tt was then be met WASHINGTON, Nov. %, ot | Bou Houghton went to New York ACCUSED OF STEALING GEMS,|..., ,, WAS#N@tos. So: aondh Rega gene nde The Prest b up| He aa Perach. ' Prisoner Charged with Forging Or-| with his Ca sya Mrs. P ‘ims that on Deo, 17 ‘ler on 0 te con door 1or apurtments rang. 1 " coe ly tol& sswered door, She claims that Willtais. ‘Roseman ; , the] a belltoy shaved 4 bagus telegram into | was held tn $10 ball ination 1. and walle she stood reading @ Tombs Pollee Court lay on a und, with whom she had had wo @ , H 8 red, with Boughton follow with nt f Kw ton and her Ata | ” ie ried exit when they nd would seem to bt whe business ct was des very limit of « law Atlantle Ct |head of th any highest mametnGiiinantast: ma present for Ruther's wife, i284) MAGISTRATE WANTS TO sald t viias of David Mendel i'r) HEAR POLICE IN ARSON CASE. ered ti nd around the jewelry | to a flagrant det i i Maluen'iane wad, overhearing |tespect for public opinion and 1s fraught econ ig made, would take the name | With setote Consus j “"'Y| gad Peeling Retween € wait Tor the | Of AWAERINEL Oe Lorn, aR Pelecaen hepee oe : ; ‘ President.” | Desires AML the Dom 7 Villa avenue, the Bronx, wa | RUSSIA TO ABOLISH a THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. | tne aorrisanta Coure'to-dsy, on 0 tar LINER RUNS DOWN SCOW, ad ease, paneestion ta Dominick Sanguinto, o Commission Has Umbria Cats Craft in Two Going) wnrtch WI Be F existed b Down the Hay, One of Minin aioe on tra, surgeon from the Norwegian Hospital While gotng down the lower bay earl | PETERSBURG. <8 sme one placed) 284 taken *0 his home to-day the Cunarder Umbria run dow | nN i on Sang. RS egeeTr m the c was faved, Sucsilon k fire, Banguinto de The scow was in tow of the tu |S Oi taw will be mulgited by the brother-in-law was to blame for it | Charles E. Matthews. Coming up th Benate within six # AS One of the A tile wite, the ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, Lip ’ " ‘ ' . and 1 Wife, ChOr® con rises, 7.22\8un sete. 4,88/Moon risea 7.04 bay waa the steamer Saratoga, The cap-| solid reforms bet berate srding-house that nigne| THE TIDES. in of Umbria 4. and the, | {atration of Interio Sviatopolke s boarders. Patre High water., Low tad the alternative ar getting tan | A of ins Bone Portlets 4 Mi J nom, 0 are ‘andy . ed up in the haws cutting th | 7 ed ¢ and é ew island | 852 0.18 flGw in two. Phe fatter wan taken an | LINER RESUMES VOYAGE, . dlscovnred Mt extire| Sera S peek tk ae the bie liner crashed ¢ zh the scow —— " 1 it before it was necessary to s aaesenieaae The Umbria stopped after cutting the | {sound »a alarm 7 oF NEW york, beat in two, and © boat was about to | Prinsess Erewe Gets Coal at Waltfax |”) Oo was riterred to the Fire staid fo lowered to reseu he man aboard | scow when immigration tux amberlain came along and took the ft and Heads for New York, HALIFAX, N. &, German Lioyd steamer fF Marshal tm De ing who testified that on t three monthe ago « man on Inat night's Bow prees tn ‘The residence alte on the southeast/order to reach thelr homes before eorner of Fifth avenue and Seventy: | Christmas. Phe train Is due in Boston | Patric fifth street has been bought by Otto H. | Sut 4 o'clock to-night, Boul ta, fram Hamburg via Dover and ngne, for ot, house of Ka: cattainetinin natin y wirelons SR Er a ee rien Rak k Rotello,forty-three years old, | een the nd witnesses appeared In cou'g ‘ eli» The Hamburg-American Line steamor | 1904 SHERIFF WILL MEET CHADWICK When Woman Financier’s Hus- band Arrives from Europe He Will Be Arrested on Charge of | Forging “Carnegie” Notes. HASTEN TO CLEVELAND. |Gov. Odell Asked by Wire to Be Prepared to Honor Extradi- tion on Monday—Receiver Still Hunts Woman’s Property —Sherlff Barry Odell, of New York, asking that the extradition papers for Dr. Leroy 8, Chadwick, Indicted with his wife, Cassie L, Chadwick on a charge of forgery, be granted on ihe Sheriffs arrival in Albany Monday, ff Barry feared there might be no at the New York executive office on | Monday to honor the requisition from Gov. Herrick and took this precaution to prevent delay, Mrs, Chadwick's attorney has given Sheriff Barry a letter to hand to Dr, Chadwick when the steamer on which the latter ts a passenger arrives In New York Wednesday, telling him of his in- dictment and advising him to return to Cleveland a9 800n as possible, Sheriff Barry will leave for New York to-night, to be at the dock when the steamer Pretoria lands her pas- sengers and place Dr, Chadwick under |arrest. Prosecutor Keeler had in- tented to accompany the Sheriff ito look tp certain evidence in the caso against the doctor, but he sald it would be im- possible for him to wo now, It was planned that Emil Hoover, Mra. Chadwick's son, should go to New York with Sheriff Barry ,to meet Dr. | Chadwick on his arrival, Sheriff Barry offered no objection, but when Emil told | his mother Of his Intention she opposed it. | An express company, it was learned | to-day, has recelved a trunk from New | York City addressed to Emil Hoover, son of the woman In prison here, On the trunk was the name “Chadwick,” The trunk was taken to the home of D. 1. Pine, tn Glenville, where young Hoover taying. The receiver immediately took steps to obtain pomession of the trunk. Me refused to say what was In it. but It is supposed to be the trunk which Was spirited away from Mra, Chadwick's apartments in the Holland Mouse in New York. All that Mr. Loeser would say was: “We are locating considerable prop- | erty belonging to Mrs, Chadwick. As to the stuff which disappeared in New York, we have traced it and will secure possession of it immediately. “We made a hurried examination of the contents of the Chadwick house and there seems to be any amount of furs inere. We found a sealskin uit, a beautiful sable coat, a boa and muff of very great value, a suit of baby lamb, chinchillas and hata of furs, I should say that there were a hundred boxes of hats, many of them of fur, to mateh sults, and all of them bearing the label of Mme.Loulse. the New York milliner, who has a claim against Mrs. Chadwick. This Indicates in part how | the woman spent her money.” SIEGER FAILED TO SHOW UP The match between Jack Lee, the light-welght fighter of the Avonia A, C,, and Charley Sloger, the Hoboken pugtl- ist, which was to have been arranged 4 afternoon was not consummated, jt 7 men were to have signed articles of cement to fight in private within two weeks for a side bet of $00, but ) claimed he could get back- Ing for #0, falled to put In his appear- ance, | Paddy Welsh, manager of Lee, was on hand ready to post his $0, and after waiting for forty-five minutes for Sieger he went away, leaving a fortelt of $100 to bind the matoh in case Bleger should show up. Lee i# matched to fight an unknown on Monday afternoon for a side bet of $10), POLE IMPALES MAN ON CAR. A team of horses attached to a brew- ery wagon became unmanageable at Seventy-ninth street and Third avenue, Urooklyn, last night, and ran full tit The pole of the w the side of the car and pierced a pas- venger, James Nally, a livery stable keeper, of Ninety-fourth street and Fourth avenue, in the abdomen, badly injuring him, He was attended by a ARKIVED, waa sent down the side of th ‘ was heard making threats to his broth Umnria Ina sling to examine the bee |Dound from Naples f er-in-taw that he would bury the house. { | Cheeaemog which apparently was uninjured, and|Whleh put in at this port for a coal) Maxistrace Baker wished to hear tre Lum 1 aes | the Hner then proceeded on her ocean | Supply late yesterday, sailed for her © of the two policemen who dirs. Ba | trip. by gre wat? afternoon. red a are 7 ey . hie Ya being of, & or Pitty o firet-clags pa A down for to-mor vente ne Right Rev. John and ball fixed at $L iy BANKER KAHN TO BUILD, [Carnatic ifishoo ot Stan: $a, firunaeley pb dade bees and Prof, B, Perrin, of Y n PATRICIA COMING IN. ex 5 OUTGOING GOT TRUCKLOAD OF NEAR-MONEY Local Secret-Service Men Seize Stook of “Cassie Chadwick Bank Rolls” Being Sold by Fakers on the Street. LOOK A LITTLE BIT: LIKE $100 BILLS, Resemblance Strong Enough to Bring Tham Under the Law— Now Trying to Locate the Place Where They Are Printed Chief Flynn. of the local Secret Ser- vices, made a gigantic green goods raid to-day, By his orders hia operatives confiscated the entire stock of scores of street takers who were selling large rolls of imitation $100 bills for a nicke). The traffic in this. near-‘money on the streets for the past week has been tre- meidous. The imitations were ex- tremely crude, but there was a point of resemblance to real money Inasmuch 08 the fake bills were green. Instead of the label ‘100 dollars’’ the signs showed them on close examination to be “100 yards” or "109 pounds.” Chief Flynn consulted legal authorl- tles am! was told the subterfuge did not protect the fakers against a charge of violating the law which prohibits the manufacture and sale of !mitations of money. Accordingly he ordered the raid and got about a truckload of what the fakers called “Cassie Chadwick bank rolls," After cleaning out the stock of the fakers Chief Flynn ordered his men to find the place where the goods were printed. If he locates it he will con- fiscate the entire supply. ODELL PARDONS HIRSCHKOPE Governor Releases Man Who Was Called “King of Fire- bugs,” Convicted in this City and Now Believed Innocent. Adolph Hirsehkopf, who was called “king of firebugs” and other names of that character when he was convicted fn this city in 189% of munier in the second degree for the death of Lissle Yaeger, a four-year-old orphan, who ‘Was burned in @ tenement house fire at No. 129 Suffolk street, was to-day par- doned by Gov. Odell. It is belt now that this man, who has spent elght years of his life in prison, is innocent. Former Assistant District Attorney Henry 8. Davis signed the application upon which Hirschkopf got his free- dom. Davis was the prosecutor in the Case and through the fight he made had Hirschkopt sentences to life imprison: ment. Davis declares his bellef to-day in the man's innocence, Hireohkopt’s conviction was obtained on the testhmony of a number of al- leged assoolates, who turned State's evidence. These witnesses claimed to be members of a ring of flrebugs, of which Hirschkopt was the leader, which made & business of arson on side for a percentage of ineuranc A pathetic incident in conneotion with Hirschkopt's conviction was his desire to divorce his wife as soon as he knew he must wear the stripes of a convict. He caused his attorney to begin an ac- tion, and the woman went Into court and begged that her husband's suit be dismissed, She said he was not guilty, and that some day this would be prove: No matter what became of him, and if he should have to remain behind bars to the end. 6 ld keep his name and fight for eedom. fd Ah WOMAN JUMPS FROM « WINDOW IN NIGHTROBE. Imagining Some One Was Trying Kill Her, She Flees Through Streets. Clad only in her nightrobe and pur- sued by the hallucination that eome one was trying to kill her, Mrs, Ada Blan- chard, twenty-four years old, of No, 29 West One Hundred and Thirty-third street, crept through the window of her apartments early to-day and fled through the snow tc Eighth avenue, where she waa stopped by Policeman ‘Taylor, As Mra, Blanchan) was being placed in the ambulance summoned from J, Hood Wright Hospital, her mother-in- law, Mrs. Marshall, who had Alscovered her daughter-In-law's Might and roused the tenants to ald in the search, rushed up and pleaded with the woman to re- turn home. Mrs. Blanchard refused, do- ital and from there transferred to hia store. firm #or some montha Mrs. Hianchard has ing treated for nervous troubie bro child, dren. ola that some one was trying to kill ‘Sirs. ‘Biane! rd is the wife of the a Pinindetp ma: in the pe under the care of Dr. iagan, No. @ West One it on since the birth of ner iast her. She waa taken to the Harem Hos- hal of the jewelry department in a was this olty, 3 Hundred and Twenty-sixtn street, She is the mother of three chil- sanative, antl- _ septic, cleans- ing, and iy DAP The emollient, JAPS STORM Rusgian General Kondratenko Killed at Port Arthur and Gen, Fock Wounded, According to Captured Prisoners, CZAR’S POWDER IS SEIZED BY'CHINESE. 3,000,000 Rounds of ‘Rifle Am= munition Destined for Port Arthur Found at Fentai — Came from a German. Firm. TOKIO, Dec, M.-—The Japanese forces leging Port Arthur yesterday stormed and now hold the heights east of Houyangshukou, Prisoners captured by the Japanese report that the Russian General Kon- dratenko and another general officer! whose name ts not known have been killed and that Gen. Foc is among the wounded. WASHINGTON, Dec. &.—The Japans ese Legation to-day received this cablof from Toklo ‘Port Arthur army reports that the right detachment occupled a hill on the east of Houyangshukou, whereupon he enemy made a flerce counter-attack, but! was repulsed. Our occupation of the bee slewed post is now nearly assured, This hill ts situated one mtie and a half south | of %8-Metre Hill. The bombardment of. our heavy guns caused a great confiag- | ration on the north fort of! Hsitayangy hao.” poaees nay LOT OF CZAR'S POWDER SEIZED BY CHINESE, i we + LONDON, Deo, M—If aidesyaich ustes, % tecblved here from Peking be true, the* Chinese have committed an offanse against the Russian Government which will Ikely lead to complications, The despatch says that Chinese yeas terday selzed at Pental, near Poking, 3,000,000 rounds of Russian rifle ammuni- tion consigned to a Russian firm at Tientsin and destined for Port Arthur, Tt Is believed hore that this was morely an act of piracy, and that it had not the sanction of any of the of- fietals of the Chinese Government. The ammunition was concealed among bales of wood brought on the backs of camels frum Kaigan under the charge of a German agent of a German firm, the same firm which bought and loaded contraband on the steamer Fuping, a valuable prise recenUy captured by the Japanese. Occasional junks loaded with ammi nition and provisions still suceed In rune ning the Wloekade of Port Arthur though the price paid ty costly, For every junk successful {t {9 estimated That three are captured by the Japanese, — fe RUSSIA NOT READY FOR ANY MEDIATION EFFORT 6T, PETERSBURG, Dec, U—Ambas- sador Hardinge, whose visit to Forelga Minister Lamsdorff Wednesday, taken in conjunction with Ambassador Ben- kendorff's audience of King Edward Thursday, gave rise to suggestions of another attempt at mediation, to-day oMolally declared that the interview with Count Lamsdorff was without ape- clal significance, The Ambassador called on the Forelgn Minister in the ordinary way about purely current matters, Ambassador Hardinge has not the slightest reason to believe that mediation would be any more acceptable to Russia how than hitherto, ] ed SOLDIERS’ DEBTS ORDINARY. War Department Refuses to Act aa a Collection Agency, WASHINGTON, Dee. %—An opinion by the Judge-Advocate-General in re- ward to claims against army officers has been given out at the War Depart- ment, with the statement that the views expressed may be expected to govern the attitude of the department, The Judge-Advocate polmts out that the department is not a collection agency, and that in matters of private debt an army officer etands on no dif- ferent plane trom any other person, ‘The clvil courts, the opinion holds, ar the proper agents to determine if an indebtedness exists, and only where the non-payment of an established obliga- thon n offiter threatens scandal to the service does it become proper for the military authorities to consider the case. en GAS ‘The Foremost Comfort Producing INVENTION Of the age for COOKING ~—ABATING | TIGRTING | | oe 01s Coe gerne TERRE ERs cane MORE HEIGHTS ‘f, nf + if o ‘ * t \