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CAPTURING MUKDEN
\ JAPANESE FORCING THE RUSSIAN
ARMY BACK FROM CITY.
Japs Fought Marvelously— Russian
Communication Still Open—Japan
ese Prisoners So Tired. They Could
Not Move General Nogi's Great
Effort.
St. Petersburg, March 6, 3:25 a. m.
—The fate of General Kuropatkin and
bis army hangs in the balance today,
depending on the result of the fight
ing almost in the outskirts of Mukden.
According to latest reports this morn
ing the fighting went well for the Rus
sians, who beat back the wave that
threatened to roll over Mukden as it
had over the fortifications of Port
Arthur, but nothing is known as to
what is going on beyond the line of
breakers; whether part of General
Nogi's force, is in full career for Tie
pass or Whether the Japanese have
staked all in a cast against Mukden.
The Imminence of the peril on the
west wing lias withdrawn attention
from the operations on the center and
left where the fighting has been ex
tremely heavy, and on the left, es
pecially, where the Japanese gains are
sufficiently great to cause apprehen
sion.
In other respects the situation also
resembles that at l.ianyang, the Japan
ese making a costly demonstration to
hold the Russians in their fortifica
tions on the center and throwing away
the lives of thousands in order to give
the flanking forces an opportunity to
administer a telling blow.
A feature of all accounts of the figg
ing reaching St. i etersburg is the
emphasis laid on the awful carnage.
There is reference after reference to
dead, piled high on the ground over
which an attack was delivered, strew
ing breastworks, almost hiding abat
tis from sight and even being used by
Japanese to construct hasty entrench-,
inents. The Russian losses on both
flanks are conceded to be enormous,
but it. is claimed that the defenders of
the center suffered comparatively lit
tle by the Japanese bombardment and
beating off the Japanese attack.
The attacks delivered by General
Nogi's soldiers were marvelous in view
of the forced marches which they made
for live or six days, recalling the rec
ords of Stonewall Jackson's "foot cav
alry." They entered the battle with
the greatest dash and fought day after
day with vigor, but those of them who
were taken prisoners dropped to the
ground utterly exhausted and hardly
able to speak. They had not eaten
for two days which accounts in part
for their utter fatigue.
General Kuropatkin's line of com
munications has not been touched,
though it is in extreme jeopardy.
At the close of yesterday's battle on
the west front the Japanese who were
taken prisoners were unable to walk
or remain awake on account of ex
haustion, and lay like dead under the,
guard. This incident shows the tre
mendeus effort back of General Nogi's
engagement.
ROOSEVELT HOME SUNDAY.
——————— „ -
Thousands of People Peer Into White
House Windows.
President Roosevelt passed the first
- Sunday after his inauguration quietly
at the White House. Surrounded by
the members of his family and his
■ house guests, he spent the day in re
cuperation from the fatigue incident
to the heavy mental and physical
straia which he underwent during the
"inaugural ceremonies.* - 1-'--"■»''*'»-•
.: It was expected that the president
would attend religious services and in
anticipation of his leaving the Whit"
House thousands/of people gathered
in and about the White House grounds
as early as 9:30 o'clock. ?.<->
No restrictions were placed on en
trances to the grounds, and throughout
, .the day innumerable thousands of peo
% ple wandered near the historic man
sion. They swarmed 'about the main
*; entrance and peered through the
* closed glass doors and windows. ■'"-*
The White House, of course, was
closed to all visitors except the per
sonal friends and relatives of the
RoosssaU family. During the day the
president arid Mrs. Roosevelt received
informal calls from many of such
friends and at both luncheon and din
ner large companies were entertained.
3u; q y j?*!barjr Charges. 4 [i/j n
J : i Denver, CoL, March. 1 7.—A commit
tee ha* bean uppointoqd by the general
assembly of Colorado to investigate
charges of bribery in the contest for
t the governorship:) (^barges have been
made aiSd pubis'aod in the looal papers
to the effect that a fund had been rais
ed by the corporations and was being
used to purchase viotes for James- A.
Peabody, who eeks the nflice t held by
Aiva Adams, but no notice of them
was taken by the general assembly^ s''
Amiability may «*aßp€fate. TrT
.Vl\7 .WAKtJJy**
AT THE INAUGURAL BALL.
Thousands of People Enjoy the Ecene
of Splendor.
The inaugural festivities closed at
midnight with a ball that in splendor,
attendance and artistic effect fittingly
ushered out a brilliant day. Thousands
of handsomely gowned women, with
escorts, from every state in the Union
and nearly every civilized country, in
the grand illuminated court of the
pension building paid their social de
voirs to the nation's chief executive
for the next four years. The setting
for the ball was beautiful, with a
wealth of various colors in evergreen,
palms and flowers.
At half past 8 the president and
vice presidential party arrived. As
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
reached the grotto in the center of
the ballroom they paused, and, facing
their box, saw beaming upon them
their children, Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Theodore, Jr., Ethel, Archie and Ker
mit.
As the party strolled slowly around
the hall many friends were recogniz
ed. Completing their promenade, the
presidential party ascended the stair
way to the first gallery, where the
president's reception room was situat
ed. Instead of waiting until he had
entered bis box, the specially invited
guests entered the room and a recep
tion was held in advance of the hour
appointed for this function.
It was just 10 o'clock when the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt entered
their box. About 6000 persons were
in the Improvised Italian garden and
cheered for several minutes. Their
greeting was supplemented by the stir
ring music of the band.
At 10:30 the president and his party
and the vice president and the mem
bers of his party were escorted to the
supper room.
After supper, which was finished at
about 11 o'clock, the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt, the vice president and
Mrs. Fairbanks again entered their
box. As soon as they were sighted
by the throngs below a mighty shout
went up, and the president responded
four times to the prolonged cheering.
Finally he turned and escorted Mrs.
Roosevelt to the railing of his box,
and they stood for several minutes
bowing to the crowd. Following a con
ference with members of his party,
the president again went to the edge
>f his box, and, motioning to the band
at the opposite end of the hall, clap
ped his hands, indicating the pleasure
their music had given him. This
again called forth tremendous ap
plause.
Finally, the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt appeared at the edge of
'heir box for the last time and stood
'or several minutes bowing their fare
wells. They left the box, followed by
members of their parties and after
ibout live minutes spent in the presi
lent's reception room, departed from
:he building. . .
LOCK OF LINCOLN'S HAIR.
In Ring Worn by Roosevelt at Inau
gural.
On the third finger of President
Roosevelt's left hand during the inau
gural ceremonies was a heavily em
bossed gold seal ring. The ring was a
present to Mr. Roosevelt; from Secre
tary John Hay. Instead of a seal on
the oval fiat surface of the ring is a
receptacle with a glass face. Under
the glass Is the lock or hair cut from
the bead of Abraham. Lincoln just af
ter his assassination and before his
death. While in his' room and wait-
Ing for the ceremonies in the senate
chamber to begin, the president galled
at\ent\on to the, ring. Secretary Hoy.
ho said, bad given it to him with the
repressed wish that should be worn
during his inauguration. >
"I am very* glad to wear it," added
the president, "and shall always value
it very highly:":; :
The ring is very like in pattern to
the one" 'which Mr. Roosevelt wears on
the little finger of the same hand.
STREETCAR VS. AUTOMOBILE.
A *h 5 .„, — — ff pi
Six People Badly ; Injured by ;'a Col
lision.
New York. —In a collision between
an^.Ejgtyth. avenue trolley car and an
automobile, "~ at One Hundred and
Thirty-fifth street, four men and two
women wore v badly cut and bruised.
The automobile, valued at $10,000, was
completely- wrecked and the streetcar
badly battered up. *
There were three men and two wo
men in the automobile which was own
ed by Kdward \V»si»rman. n broker.
The latter was not of the party, which
consisted of the chauffeur and friends
lief was taking for a spin. )■{ \
In * • ■*« '■*: * **> o • if'
j h\ ; Coe Commission Fails.
Minneapolis, .Minu., March B.— The
Oc^CommisßiwTcompany of this city,
%Thich did a businofes of ,000,000 last
.year, is oat of business. So also are
the numerous branches in the Pacific
. northwest, including those at Spokane,
| Wash., Hud Wallace, Idaho. Six hun
| dred-^npjoyss "re cut of work. »
goat?d by a Spell
CHAPTER Vl.—(Continued.)
After I had snt thus meditating for
about ten minutes, I began my work. I
wrote very quickly, aud in less than an
hour I had finished my task. 1 opened
my door and an quietly as 1 could, with
out an appearance of stealth, descended
the stairs, hoping to reach the kite},en
unobserved. But my master was watch
ing too vigilantly; he came out of the
parlor as 1 reached the landing place.
"What do you want creeping about
the house at this time of night?" he
asked, sharply.
"I wns going down into the kitchen
t. get v glass of water," 1 answered.
"I have finished my work."
"You cnn't go iuto the kitchen; Mnr
flm lias gone to bed. You can go into
my room and get water, mid then go to
bed."
Without answering him. I remounted
the stairs and heard him following me. I
went into his room and drank a glass
of water, for I was really parched with
thirst. While I was there 1 heard him
ascend the second flight of stairs and
go into my room. As 1 reached the door
I met him coming out, with the envel
opes in his hand. 1 wished him good
night, but he did not answer me. 1
watched him over the bannisters, heard
him p;-,ss along the passage, lock the
street door, take out the key, and then
re-enter the parlor.
"1 am a prisoner," I thought; "ami he
will take good care that 1 have no com
munication with Martha."
Suddenly I remembered the way I
got out of the house on that memorable
October night. As soon as all were abed,
I 'would creep up to the boys' room—
they might all be asleep, and not hear
me; and if they should, 1 did not be
lieve that they would betr.'iy me; 1 had
always been as kind to them as I had
dared, shielded them from punishment
when I was able, and 1 believed that
they liked me.
I felt renewed confidence after this
thought. "1 had better lock my door,"
1 thought, "in case lie should come up,
and find me not in bed."
The key was not in the lock! It must
have been taken out while 1 was getting
that glass of water. This last incident
shook my couraga severely, "l'erhaps
they want to enter my room, and smoth
er me In my sleep!" was my first thought.
Then I remembered that I had heard my
muster say that he should not resolve
upon any course of action until he had
satistied himself of what I knew.
While 1 was tlms revolving in my I
mind every imaginable horror, I beard .
footsteps ascending the stairs. 1 put out ;
my light, anil tore off nay boots and coat, I
and then jumped into bed, The foot
steps stopped outside my door, paused
for several seconds, then 1 heard the ■
handle cautiously turned, and a light j
began to creep through the slowly open- '
ing door. The agony V I endured at that
moment I shall never forget 1 could i
not move nor speak, but lay watching i
the stream of light gradually broaden, !
until it was darkened by the figure of
Mr. Porter standing upon the threshold.
The rays of the candle fell upon his face; j
it* blotches were inflamed with drink, !
but otherwise it was very pale, and
there was a haggard look upon it. As
he caught the expression of my face, he
started back. I am certain it must have
been very ghastly. As he stood thus, I
fancied 1 saw a black shadow flit.sud
denly behind him.
"Ain't you asleep'/ 1' he said, in a thick
voice.
"Nil, sir. Oh, how you frightened
mi!" I cried. I could not help it.
■"That shows you have a sinful con
science; the righteous are never fright
ened, I am never frightened. Pray —
pray, and then go to sleep." -
He was more intoxicated than I had
ever seen him before. He closed the
door; then 1 heard him put the key in
the lock; then, click! The 'key was
turned!
My last hope was gone. I was power
less, helpless; a prisoner, utterly ut the
nirri'y of this man. I spraHg out of
bed ; I searched for a mateh —there was
not one in the room. I drew up my
blind, hut the night wns moonless and
cloudy. I opened my window, and look
ed out. All was deathly still; not a
leaf rustled; not a ray of light any
where: naught but blaok shadows. I
was looking down npon a gulf to which
there seemed no bottom.
Oiu-e, in my desperation, I hnlf resolv
ed to east myself out, but the depths
looked too awful. I closed the window
again, lest the temptation should be too
powerful to resist. Bathed in perspira
tion, yet (shivering with cold, utterly
prostrated by the brooding horror that
was upon me. I threw myself upon the
bed, and waited my fate.
CHAPTER VII.
How or when I fell nsleep I could
never remember. But I did full asleep.
Neither cau I remember how long I
slept. From the time that I threw my
self despairingly upon my bed, all is
hazy. I can never precisely separate the
vision from the reality.
First, the dream. I was living hack
In the past It was the very October
night that I have so minutely described.
I was standing at the window of the
boys' bedroom; I was surrounded by the
old faces that had departed long ago;
the moon was shining brightly, as it'did
on that uight. I thought that I • had
just shaken hands all round, and was
looking below, half fearful of the peril
ous descent I was about to make. Stand
ing out clearly in the broad light, with
h«r fac« upturned towards miue, was the
child of the Norman gate, her face color
less and statuesque, her hair glistening
in the moon's rays, just as 1 had seen
it once before. She was waiting for me.
We were going to fly together, whither I
know not. 1 had begun my descent, pud
was rapidly nearing the bottom, when
my steps were suddenly arrested. Just
on a level with my head, writhing and
twisting its coils round one of the pro
tuberant branches of the pear tree, WM
a red snake; but although its body was
a mass of moving coils, its head whs
perfectly motionless; and out of it glared
a pair of codl, stony eyes that held mine
a pair of cold, stony eyes that held mine
take away my gaze from them, but they
held me with a resistless power. All
strength deserted me; my hntida relaxed
their grasp of the boughs, my feet slid
powerlenly from their hold, and L fell
The reality. I awoke — not with n
start, but I slowly rose up into a sit
ting posture, as though an iron le\er,
Worked by some hiddenu power, had
ptessed me upwards. I could feel that
my eyes were wide open Find utaring —
my whole body locked and rigid.
Upon the desk at the foot of the bed
stood a lamp, the light of which v\a
strongly intensified by a reflector. 11^
glare fell full upon a woman's face. In
an instant I recognieed Jndith Porter.
She was attired in a dress of black vel
vet, made high up to her throat; draped
behind her head was a curtain ot black
velvet, upon which was. as it were,
thrown in powerful relief her pale coun
tenance and red hair. Her eyes were
unnaturally dilated and fixed. They
seemed drawing my soul out of my body,
and absorbing it in themselves.
My next sensation was that I was
speaking —answering questions, of what
nature 1 could not tell, for the answers
were made without any volition on my
part; they seemed drawn by come occult
influence from the most secret recesses
of my memory.
By and by all consciousness deserted
me, and I became motionless. When I
awole I was lying just as 1 had thrown
myself, half dressed, upon the bed. The
dull light of a lowering sky, out of which
the rain was descending in torrents, was
upon me. My visitant had left no trace
behind her; every article was precisely
in the same condition, as far as I could
rt number, as when I retired to rest.
I pot off the bed and bathed my head
and face with cold water. This revived
me; but there was a dullness about the
brain that 1 could not clear away. As
my faculties resumed their functions, 1
became conscious of sensations yet more
strnnste. There was a fpeliug <>f roid
iii'^, as though some vital principle had
been drawn from me; but, above all,
there was an intense longing to be again
within the influence of those eyes—yet 1
shuddered at the thought. There was a
spell upon me—a spell that drew me
irresistibly towards Judith Porter.
Mr. Porter's threat was no idle one.
Body and soul was. through his daugh
ter, utterly subdued to his will. Out
of her presence, I felt that .1 could not
exist. 1 followed her about like a
spaniel dog. I was ever trying to catch
her gaze; a few seconds beneath its in
ilueuce reduced me to a trance-like state,
in which my soul seemed to pass from
my keeping into hers. .My sleep— when
I could sleep, which was seldom —was
hruuted by- the wildest fantasies. My
health soon, began to suffer; my chocks
became hollow,, my looks emaciated.- It
whs as though a vampire was proving
upon my life. It was not love that
she inspired me with, but a fearful fasci
nation; while I lay at her feet, passion
ately imploring her to take pity upon me,
to (rive me her love, to become my wile,
1 would have given the world to have
possessed the power to fly from her to
the furthermost extremity of the earth.
1 was her slave —bound to her by chains
stronger than were ever forged by hu
man hands.
And she was merciless in her power.
She hated me, loathed me, despised me!
She did not tell me so. but my instincts,
vow preternaturully f-ensitire, needed no
words to divine her thoughts. Wlr.le a
free agent, I had refused, shrunk from
an alliance with her, and she was now
enjoying her vengeance.
"You should have taken me when I
was offered to you," she said, mocking
ly, "now it is too late!"
I knew she did not moan the latter
part of Tier sentence. 1 knew that after
she had flatted herself with my torture,
she would become my wife. 1 could wad
it as plainly as though her mind had
been a printed book open before me.
I still weut through the form of super
intending the boys, but I was very liitle
use in this pitiable condition, and Mr.
Porter himself was oftener in the school
room than I had ever known him before.
He treated me the same as usual, but he
never regarded me without a miming
leer of triumph. Except during the
school hours 1 was never suffered to
enter the kitchen, of to exchnag*! a
word with Martha. I afterwards harri
ed that she nxide several attempts to get
to me, but all these efforts were balked
by the vigilance of her master or mis
tress.
As for me, I made no effort to see KpfJ
neither hud I any desire; I was alienated
from every object in life save one. One
Bights 7 ijvas^oijig to bed, 1 f O i7hd
bet standing close against the wall mxiii
the first s landing. She laid her hand
upon dj.v an». and said, in a w hl.Mp«V.
What «w they doing to yon, MngiHr
S;l ? «?;l What has so awfully chafed
you? You don't look like a creator* of
this world. Can I do anything for you?
"Yon can't do anything for me, M nf .
tha. Thnnk you for your offer," 1 B «id,
prvMing her hand.
"Is it true that you are going to mar
ry Mis Judith?"
"I hope so," I answered; and jet I
shuddered as I spoke.
"Poor boy! Whatever can it be that
ails you? I do believe that woman hat
bewitched you!"
Before I could answer, the sounl of
footsteps in the passage warned us that
spies were at hand. I blew out my
cni.dle and crept upstairs; and Martha
disappeared in another direction.
One evening, several of the principal
members of the congregation of Littl«
Itethlehem were invited to tea. I wag
present, and was seated next to Judith,
who was kind and almost affectionate in
ber demeanor towards me.
When the mt'«l was over, we went
mid sat together at the window, she
drawing her chair close to mine, now
mid then laying her hand upon my shoul
der, Buffering her long hair to brush
agnlnst my cheek ns she pointed out
some object in the garden, and now and
again casting a furtive glance from be
neath her drooping lids that shot through
me like a flush of lire.
At the other side of the room Mr.
Porter was talking to hi« friends iv a
subdued voice. I and Judith were the
subjects of the conversation. A portion
of it occasionally fell upon my oar.
"He dotes on the ground she walks
upon," I heard him say. "It is sinful
to so love a creature of dust; but she
is a treasure more precious than gold."
"Yes; she has always been a pious,
modestly behaved young woman," nn
swered one of the tea drinkers, Mrs,
Humphries, in a modifying tone- "but
v. li'it hns become of that .Mr. Rodwell?
I thought there was going to ue. a match
there':"
■('oiild 1 trust my precious lamb to
rhnt man of sin':" ejaculated the rever
end hypocrite, in a voice of pions horror.
"1 hod hoped to turn his heart from the
ways of the wicked; hut it was callous
and unrejjenerßte; ;uu \ finding that. I
bade him go his ways, and told him my
child was not for him."
The party groaned an approval of this
conduct.
"This young man," he went on, evi
dently referring to me, "has nothing—
neither money, nor birth, nor friends;
hut, thanks to me, he has a humble
heart that reverences those who have
been good to him. And is not that tar
above the riches of this world, which are
hut as dross?"
"Yet a little worldly wealth is neces
sary to us while we are sojourners in
this vale of tears," remarked Mrs.
Humphries.
Bj and by the party left, nnd we were
alone. I and Judith sat still nt the vriu
dow, watching the angular, gloomy look
ing figures go down the garden walk,
preceded by their host.
"Ah, if you would always he to me as
you have been this evening!" I said to
her. gently laying my hand upon hers.
"Poor idiot!" she cried/ with a mock
ing laugh; "do you think it was for your
sake that I played the fool to-night?
It was only to throw dust in the eyes
of those hypocrites, and give n color
to what I have to do. You see, I have
no "secrets from my lover," she went on,
with momentarily increasing irony. "You
will not he'able to accuse me hereafter
of haying deceived you. My candor
relieves you. too. from the trouble of
eavesdropping. You can learn nothing
fresh .from behind the rhododendron
bush." ?
'"You know, then, that?'' I began,
faintly.
'"1 do know that, nnd every secret<
thought ff your soul," she interrupted
fiercely. "There is nothing that you <an
conceal from me. I have but to ask,
and you must answer."
I shuddered, but. could not speak.
"Now listen to me, Hilas C.'irstqn. or
whatever your name; may lie. You liave
Blade me drink my degradation to its hit
terest drop.-. My father asked you to
make me your wife; and you refused tn»
—you, a biisel>orii, pitiful, mean hound
like you, refused me —yon. whom j look
upon as dirt beneath nty fee'fi Had you
spared me Unit degradation — bad you
taken me then. I would have fought
agonist the contempt I ' felt for you; I
would have dove nil in my power to
have done my duty. I would have oven
been grateful to you. Now I hate >ou,
I loathe you: and yet I will marry you,
that I may degrade you, make yon my
tool, and your life a curse! 1 tell yon
all this boldly and fearlessly, for you
.cannot shake off my power.^.You'-will.be
my dare, as much as ever, and crawl
and fawu upon me and implorei' (ny love
dl much as you did before."
(To b« continued.*
Senator Fairbanks in Collesre.
Young Fairbanks, by farm work and
wagon making, had saved $41 hy the
time he reached the age of 15 years.
With it and one suit 0f, % clothes He
traveled to- Delaware. Ohio, wherefte
entered Ohio Wesleyan University. He
turned to account his,, rudimentary
knowledge of "carpentry by working
on Saturdays for a zl6calboiUf^tor for
?1.25 a day.
"■'-A few weeks after young Fairbanks
arrived at college he fell and split bis
duly trousers beyond immediate repair.
It-was hiScessHry for him to borrow a
pair z, from a fellow student, and the
loan had to be continued. 'because be,
was denied "credit for a ;-: new pair at
the stores in town. ;t- He had to
send home for his mother to make him
another pair.
J Working in college during the col
lege year and in the harvest fields in
vacation, he wju» graduated, from t|«
collegejaiui its law course at 2"- 4 l
2'i lie was admitted to tb.- Si^l*
Court 1 |f ;o]iio?,-and;!!atQr \MI wn'l|f a.;
InVUujiapollVtiMsli&s MoithJyM %
p y ,"t -"-'I M '1 'f *T f! -^ Iff
iM^ ltf "s>*h J?evdr sfio^^hilJp^
so much as when he is civil. —Ore villa.,
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