Tokio, Jan. 2.—General Xogi, the commander of the Japanese force*

besieging Port Arthur,reports that he has received a letter from GeneralStoessei, the Russian military commander, relating to surrender.

General Xogi's dispatch reads: "I received a letter relating to sur-render from General Stoessei. the commander of the Port Arthur garri-son, Sunday night, at 0 o'clock."

The Russians are preparing to evacuate their entire position east ofPort Arthur.

HOPE EBBING FAST.

Port 'Arthur's Daily Paper ShoxcsSigns of Despair.

Che-Foo. Jan. t.—Pathetic references to thelast stand of the last ship of the Russian Asiaticequadron appear In the Port Arthur "Novikrai"In its Issues of December 24 and '_'.">. sTven Gen-

eral Stoessei. who had made little mention of

th« navy since August 10, Issued an order prais-

ing the Sevastopol and Captain Essen, who for

five nights withstood numerous attacks of theJapanese torpedo flotillas, till at last the ship's

end was causod by the gaping wounds In Itssides, and Russia's Asiatic fleet was no more.

"Nothing." -ays th« "Novikrai." "could ex-

ceed the unflinching devotion of the men. whonichtly calmly went forth to the roadstead in

the face of certain ultimate destruction."For the first time since the siege began the

"Novikrai." whose *«ole aim seemingly has been

to inspirit the garrison at Port Arthur, betrays

signs of the hopelessness of even the most heroicresistance. Discussing High Hill,the -Novikrai"says: "The hill has received with Its breast thehammering of 600-pound shells, which split even

the rocks and went through IS-inch steel liKe

paper. Who but Providence can save us from

these thunderbolts? We do not expect the

Baltic fleet; we do not expect relief, but we can

fight tilldeath. What Port Arthur goes through

it is impossible to describe, but Russia willknow what her sons have suffered. It la past

human genius to paint or d-scribe Port Arthur

Bufferings as they really are."The Hlsh Hill fighting, ae«eew*ej v< tho

"Novikrai." ssSlai sixteen days, unt'l Decem-

ber 0. when "death, wht h had had aa rest for

slxteeu days, ceased Us work."The only other mention of the flwt tn the

copies of the "Novlkrat" received here is tha

feeling of helplessness with which every one

Japanese Losses Small inCapture ofSung-Shu-Shan.

Tokio. Jan. 1 (230 p. m.i.—It Is reported thar

the Japanese are following up their successes in

the capture of Rihlung and Sun?-Shu-Shan.They have captured the observation rid^e be-

hind Sung-Shu-Shan. slight resistance heirg

shown by the Russians. Itis reported that the

losses of the assaulting party in the attack onSung-Shu-Shan were srn;v;. Every hadpoints to a material weakening of the defensive

j.ow^rof the garrison at Port Arthur.A lelegram from th" kesiectng army at Port

Arthur received to-day sa>?:Through an opening at the entrance Into tha

bombproof In the gorge at Suns-Shu-Shan allthe entombed Russians were gradually broughtout. The rescued number two officers and overone hundred and sixty men. According to theprisoners, about one hundred and fifty corpsesare buried under the debris caused by the ex-plosion of our mines. The trophie3 takc?n in-clude field and machine guns not yet enumer-ated.

At fi o'clock on Saturday morning our sappingbody infront of the east fort on Pan-Lung-Shanblew up a part of the old Chinese wall, and isnow constructing defence works there.

BURIED RUSSIANS SAVED.

News of the continuance of Japanese suc-

cesses at Port Arthur is received with elationin Tokio. It is known that the Japanese tosses

were comparatively light. It is believed herethat the Russian garrison is finally reaching Its

limits of strength, endurance and numbers.Headquarters Third Japanese Army, via Fu-

san. Dec. 31—The fort on Sung-Shu Mountain

was captured at 11 o'clock in the morning.

The works were mined and exploded at 10

o'clock. Many Russians were killed and buriedIn the debris. "Phose-Trh^-r'wn.^m-ri-tn ;li".Imt

we«* captured.

There was little opposition to the attack. Thenortheast section of the fort was destroyed, af-fording cover for the assaulters. The Japanese

now hold forts guardtng the entire western half

of the eastern fort ridge.

Part of the centre, dislodging the enemy, occu-pied H Fort at 7 o'clock this morning and alsocaptured a new fort on Panlung-Shan. Thusth^ line between Rihlung Mountain and HFort via Panlung-Shan fell firmlyinio our hands.

Part of our right, which commenced a bom-bardment at 8 o'clock this morning and dis-lodged the enemy, who lesjated stubbornly^firmlyoccupied a height south of HousanyentaWat 2 o'clock.

A telegram received h»r» late to-day from

tha besieging army says:

Besiegers 1 Lines Aho Closing in on

Their Right.Tokio. Jan 1.

—Following the dramatic capt-

ure of Sung-Shu-Shan on Saturday mornins.the Japanese to-day captured H Fort and a

recently constructed fort on Panlung-Shar.

which gives them possession of the entire line

between Rihlung Mountain and H Fort by

way of Panlung-Shan. Simultaneously the ex-

treme Japanese right, pressing south along

Pigeon Bay. captured th» heights south of

Housanyentao.

wedsre driven iiomk.

Police Headquarters Send Alarm,

to AllStations.From Polio? Headnuartera to all Hbsjs a m»n-

eral alarm has sea sent out. urmti- prompt eo-tion in tracing jewels valued at J3.SSO. Tti^ polic*officials v."ill not say from -what placs th?,s<iM

were stolen, but it is thought th^y are owned by *\u25a0• tlth'- woman who lives ia Rtrerstda Drive. Th»

police list, of twenty items, mentions a gold brace-let- containing thirty-twodiamonds and forty tur-quotsea and :i pold sword, with twenty-eight dia-mond in thi hilt.

TO LIMIT LENGTH OF MARRIAGES.[BY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBINB ]

Topeka. Kan.. Jan. t.-A bill m^kii!«{ marriage*of limited lensth possible willbe introduced tn thalegislature which will meet here next w»fk byF. Dumont Smith. Senator from WwSjaelS County.

Thastnr Smith w • in Topeka fvnißht and satd:

A law limitirj ih*» length of marriage* m t«nyears would be a blessing to mar.y poop!.*. Iwomdnot provide for limiting all marriage In the Stat»ti» this term, but *-.>>d<l m:ik«» It .posslb.e to l»'i«

license? which nhould bo binding on the contracttajparties only tor that length of time.

KANSAS CANNOT PAY STATE BILLS.[nr TCECRAPH TO THf TnIBIXE.I

Topeka. Kar... Jan. I.—lti3expected that the ••\u25a0-eral rerensja fumi el tsje State Treasury will b*depleted f>.ir!\ this week. At th* rices ef h\i»ineselast nlKht Urn ammint el fund had decreased to

Js<\r.?t. which fa X<'»>* than enough u> pay the St.*t»expenses tar a week. Thf Styte nil! he unable top:iy its bill* for a week, whrn th» NsJMssta willmake t.i<> aassssnnr appronciutlon. The dopietioa

of the fund is caused by the failure of the couattasu>pay inadvance their *har.? of the l»f. taxes.

STEVENSON TO DEFEND ACTRESS.Philadelphia.^ "Jan. 1. -Ex-Judge Maxwell St«vea*

sen. <>f this city, has been ajked t» defend "Nan"Patterson. .\s a criminal iawyer. 3Jr. Stovec*on ea-joys aa eavUble yoeiUoß.

GEMS WORTH $X#Oo GONE.

Gemerwl* Who Headed Move went i;i

Colombia Imprisoned.Panama. Jan. t.—Advices from Colombia re-

port that th»» projects revolution has been un-successful, and that Oenfruls Joaquin Veloz anclGonzalez Valencia, who wcrp at the head ol th<»mnvemi'i.t. and others hay«» been imprisoned.

PteaMeal Reyes has lasuod a MBIfMMto th«Archbishop approving of his conduct.

Cieiswals Urtbe-Uitbe; Lucas and Caballerohave been appointed Ministers to Brazil. Argen-

tina anil Venezuela, respectively.

A REVOLUTION (RUSHED.

Xn Definite Statement of a Pro*gramme Made, Hozvever.

St. Petersburg. Jan. I.—ln spite of th<» reportpublished in the mire.l States unier a ItPetersburg #a*S that BMayetei Nicholas h?*

sanctioned the expenditure of SSOO.OOO.OV* forrebuilding th-? navy, the tmei i» that Russia's

naval programme hi not yet 'own deflnitety

deci'led or promulgate-!. All that is positively|ms>sju is that the plans cover a long peri".l ofyears.

•For r»T»ew of the r»!it»ni War up tn dat- •*•Par* -•>

RUSSIA PLASS NEW XAVY.

Departure of Third Division fromPort Said Postponed.

Port Said.. Jan. 1—Th« departure ol Rear-Ad-miral Botrovsky's third division of the Baltiafleet has been pon<?d.

Agreement Not tn Fire on TheirShelter Made.

London. Jan. 2.—The "Dally Mail's" cor-

respondent at the headquarters of General

Nogi before Fort Arthur telegraphs under dataof December 31 that the non-combatants have

been sheltered under Liao Tie Shan. The cor-respondent says that UM Russians hare,

promised not to fire from that direction, andhave reqpearH the Japanese aejl to bombardtha position. The Japanese have consented to>

.- thrs. proposal.Ii \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0, \u25a0ill i\u25a0— s—SSBSS*—

—~*-

BALTIC FLEET DELAYS.

XOX-COMBATASTS SAFE.

Four Russian Vessels and a LaunchReach Che-Foo.

Che-F-v>, Jan. 2, S U. m.—When the tog rrhtclxprevailed this morning had slightly lifted it

was seen that two Russian torpedo boat de-stroyers- wer« ia this" harbor. A later clearlnsof the atmosphere shoxv-rt a total of four Rus-sian torpedo boat destroyers and one launch In

the harbor. A bundle of dispatches was *ena

ashore by the Russians.

ALL DESTROYERS ESCAPE*

saw ship aft»r ship *ucrumb to th« hngm 38.&+anese shell?.

Barashoff Langa. hunt master of the Czar arufsuperintendent of the Red Crr>ss at Port Arthur,

has bad a conference with the Japanese withreference to the protection of hospitals fromshells. The conference resulted in raakinf the.Red Cross flag larger and also in painting the»red cross on the sides of hospitals.

QUICKEST LINE TO CLEVELAND.I^ave New York 6 S3 p. m.. arri»9 Cl^v-lard 7 14

next mnrnin? Clncirn:»« 1:30 p. m.. indiar.apolU 3:00p. m.. £t. Louis 9:13 p m.. by NY* York C«nuait^nc B«rvic«k No excess £are.-Advt-

1 .One Thowid Employes of Axle Works

lefuse to Accept Cut.tBTELKORAPK TO THE TRIBCXB-1

Pitt#burs.an. L—Trouble is the portion of theCarnegie S« Company at the opening of the new

jenr. The c thousand employes of the Howard

Axle Workrt the Carnegie concern at West Home-Aead have cllned to accept a reduction In wagesBilging frc 6 per cent to 16 2-S p*r cent, to tak«

tffect to-ds Not a wheel is turning In the West

lomesteadilll. The men have refused to go to

A delegati of the workmen came to the ofljees

<f the Carjiecompany to-day, hut found no one,aid word »> left that they would be ready for.a©nferencen Tu««rlay morning. The employerstalm thnthc lack of orders hit* made the.mining of Howard Axl« Works a burden. Th««rkni»n iltn that cor.dltiona warrant a. rise In'&ges ratr than a cut. thut when there was«ttir.g la year and the workmen demurredtey were Idby those hi«h in the Carnegie com-iny that.3 coon as conditions would warrant(iMr wag«»oal<l da liipreased. That matters arei> worse tn last aeason la.the claim of the work-*n Tvho\y they must b« s^«*n on Tuesday orto miIJU IIbo ciooeJ down cony? letelr.

Neusof His $263,000 Gift to Mary-

laid Institute Made Public.Baltirore. Jan. I.—Soon after the fire of last

Februar the trustees of the Maryland Insti-tute, wick was entirely destroyed, made a

statemet of their losses to Andrew Carnegie

and askd his aid. The correspondence which

resulted has led to the grenerous proposition

containe in the following letter, now made

public a a New Year's gift to the citizens of

Baltirnor New vigor is thus assured to an

Inetitutio which for many decades has been

of ineßliablo service- to the people ofBaltimore.

The letr is as follows:

December 8. 1004.My Pc; Mr. Oilman: Tours of December 2

received. \s 1 understand the situation, thatotal assetof ths Maryland Institute are $2tU-000, i. c.. lauranre. $70,000; endowment, $lt>.-000: eontiutloa from the State. $175,000.

The clty.f Baltimore furnished the institutewith a sit and it seems reasonable to expect

that It wotl not do less whan the Institute 13

ready to rulld. J.--Ipresurr that an amount equal to what It

has nov., s $263,000. would provide a suitablebuilding.' t site being given by the city. Ifthl? be arrKed it will give me great pleasure

to furnish at sum. which would duplicate thaassets for t erection of a building. Very trulyyours ANDREW CARNEGIE.

Dr. DaniC. Gllman. Baltimore. Md.

CAJEGIE STEEL STRIKE.

CARSEGIE'S SURPRISE.

Clericals Attend Reception at the

Qvirinal for the First Time.Rome. Jan. 1.-For the first time in the his-

tory of United Italy, clerical aldermen w»*eamong the officials who went to the Quirinal to-

day to extend N>w Year's greet ings to King

Victor Emmanuel. It i." reported that the cler-

ical aldermen had cestsulted Pope Pius X as totheir attending th© King's reception and were

advised that they should do their duty as loyal

citizens.Among the many tubjeeta dlscwasd at the

reception at tho Quirlnal. the Kingshowed espe-

cial tnterest In the wax in th» Far East and

the situation at Port Arthur.

After the reception the ofn>ini<» were receivedby tht Queen Dowager Margher'ta, who. con-

versing vith Deputy Pavla, spoke of the St.

Louis F.\pof»ition. and said she regretted thatshe h>d been unable to visit the fair, as she

had wshed to do, adding: "America is a most

interesing country."

HARMOXY IN ROME.

Emperor William received the Ambassadors in

the Marine Salon, a 6mall apartment, and only

the \u25a0 and Chaacellor yon BUlow.w«re present.

Vor t vi« Ei.'-nsr^r and Cov.nl yon Bu'Q-.v with-dre-JTrthe Empress, wlrh- ihe court marshar ami

th« ladies-in-waiting,-. 1 entered and talked witheach Ambassador.

Iwish that an arrangement could be madeunder which American professors could i-ome toour universities and deliver courses of lectureseach year, and for German professors to go to

American universities and deliver lectures there.

Mr Tower replied that he felt confident the

suggestion would be welcomed in America, andhe assured the Emperor that he would be happy

to assist in carrying It out

During the conversation, which continued sometime, the Emperor said:

"General yon Loewenfeld." said he, "has told

me with what kindness he was treated. He

was really overwhelmed by the warmth of hisreception and at the good will shown him by

every one he met. His account of what he

saw and how he was received gratified me very

much- Iappreciate it."

Th© Emperor alluded to the recent unveiling

of the statue of Frederick the Grea: at Wash-ington.

"Idesire." said Emperor William, 'to send to

the President and people of the United Statesmy wishes for a fortunate and happy New Year.

President Roosevelt ia leading the Americanpeople to an advanced position, of power andinfluence In the world. Germany looks uponthe increasing greatness of the United Stateswithout concern, because Germany ha* nothing

but friendly feelings toward the peop;e of the

United States"

Wished America a Happy Xerr

Year—

Praised President's Policy.Berlin, Jan. 1.

—Ambassador Tower called at

the palace to-day to present his New Year'scongratulations to the Emperor and Empress ofGermany.

KAISER SENT GREETINGS.Or. OrToi>er 24 Th* Tribace printed a Wash-

ington dispatch vhic\. in the light of subss-

qu*T.- event*. Is slgnlflflant. Itstated that Sec-

reuur Hitchcock L*.<* f«--^nl proof of the exist-

ence tk grave fW«f 1 BtiH he had called for there«:gnst:on of Binger Hermann. ex-Commls-

fcioner cf the General Land Office, and added

that Sens tor Mitchell, who had Just arrived in

XTMhlnstoa. characterized the report* of landstealing as "grossly exaggerated."

Since that time The Tribune has, from time to

toe. printed a number of dispatches concern-ißsr the land frauds, but many of the most lra-

-ortant developments were suppressed at the

nmiest of Secretary Hitchcock, who feared

pranattw publicity might defeat the ends or;üßticf.

Rl IIOM ABOUT MITCHELL..

Si-ce November 1 reports connecting the

-sm-s of F*nator Mitchell and Representative

Hermann have been rife in Washington, but it

vis' not supposed that evidence had been dis-

covered which would prove more serious than

gravely to embarrass the Senator from Oregon,

who, it was assumed, might have failed to in-vestigate with due caution such projects as he

had b-en asked to indorse before the General

Le.nl Office.That evidence had been procured * which

would lead \u25a0 federal grand Jury to Indict Mr.

Mitrhell or. so serious a charge as accepting a

J2.000 bribe for "expediting" fraudulent caseslath* Lard Offica was probably known to only

one \u25a0\u25a0 -riber of the Senate. Mr. Knox. under

•whose supervision tk« prosecution was insti-

tuted.The extreme reluctance of the leaders of the

Senate to Intrust to Mr Mitchell the chairman-ship of the Committee on Interoceanlc Canalsteas not. as has been popularly supposed, due to

Itn orts connecting the Oregon Senator with

tha land frauds, but sraj because of certain

SslMallifi measures exploited by Mr. Mitchell.

wfcldC 't was believed, he would hare repudi-

ated, eb did o*l Benat« ultimately, had he in-

vestigated their purpose* with greater care.

Mr. Mitchell "was elected chairman of thatcommittee in the early part of the present ses-

sion, but only because he rejected every over-

ture made to induce him to yield his right of

tMilorltr. a right which is never violated In theFenate. An effort, was .made in Portland lasttight to arrest Mr. Mitchell, but the Senatorstarted Immediately for" Washington, and the

law willnot permit Interference with a memberof OOsJHbbI on his wav to a session of that body.

HERMANNS "PERSONAL- LETTERS.Burprlsf- that Representative Hermann had

been indict? d v.as net fo great as in the case ofEtaitar Mitchell, be^au^e certain facts in con-

r.ertion with Mr. Hermann's administration of\u2666.he Land Office had leaked out. It was known,

for stasjee. that only at the earnest solicita'iorof Mr. Mitchell waa Mr. Hermann permitted to

resign, instead aC being dismissed; an-1 that\u25a0Hmsj h!s resignation was accepted, to take effectthree ireeldi later. Mr. Hermann caused to be de-

ItBBS/ai thirty-five 500-page letter books, sup-

posed to be a part of the records of his office.Mr. Hermann Bubsequently explained that

tkaaa books had contained only his personal cor-

:*sponc>rice. \ at Home officials active with theirpencils \u25a0 «a:ately calculated that if that were

tro« Commissioner Hermann must l.aye written

rot lees than ten piivate letters a day for eachend every day of his fixyears' administration

The assertion that personal prejudice and vln-

SBSSJwsmss: have resulted in the indictments re-

turned in Portland yesterday. Is regarded aspuerile by many members of Congress. It ispoint<>d out that n<> MMofficial of the admlnls-InrJsji is responsible for the prosecution, andX *her« had been any vindlctlveness

"it must

\u25a0BSJS) b«*n shared by Secretary Hitchcock, At-torr.«y General Knox. Chief of Secret Service

"tViikle »md *v«n the President himself.Th* first intimation of the wholesale system

ef fraud which so sjearly swindled the nation outcf nV.Ulor.s of dollars, came in the form of ao»nfess!or. made by one cf the conspirators totn agent of the Land OfHcn nearly two years

•*'j. The corfession waf promptly forwarded•jCommissioner H«rnur.r., who pigeonholed It

without action. It was not until several weeks'.a'.er that an inquiry as to the reason no actionhaa beer, taken reached Secretary Hitchcock,

*ho found the confession in Mr. Hermann's pos-••eslon and Immediately piaced ItIn the handso* Mr."Willde of the 6*>crK Service. Mr. Wllkle''etallM .• r. assl»» ant ir.act Su conjunction withUrn la.tr efficer of the DepartSMOt of the Inte-rior, and a rhase was instituted which haa ln-xa<^ over half tho State* and Territories oftns Union, has aii«ady »ei>ultM in several con-victions end numerous indictments, and stilltron-iless o. rrutnb*,- of Bcnsatlonnl tfevclop-

BBSSBSI.".

As coon c. evtit..:; which seemed sufficient*''wuTsjrt crlmJaiJ proceedings was aocuxed

M waa aubmUted to Attorney General Knox.*rli adrlsed limr.ediate prosecution of some of

th« parries to the fraucis. and who selected Mr.**»«yaa rpeciaJ attorney to conduct the prose-c^tlon. Since then evtry legal step has been***•*»en the inttlative of Mr. Heney. usuallywith the aflvlee at the Attorney General

T*e removal cf John H. Hall. United StatesD^trist Attorney, it may be authoritatively'**.!*<!,was not due to his having been indorsed*rBer.eior Mitchell or because of Mr. Mitchell's*aa*flto aave him. but b»caua« of Braver allega-

"oos. which will,in due roursr of tlm«. be sub--JSed I»ttf «Tm**jUry.m£**Jt>*majfm*loti.has thtJß far revealed twoSr?^i#ef •J««*d oonaplratori. one operating2fc*s?"s2 fc*s?"sP *' Arizona anfl N>w-Mex!co, tb«££*f m WHjM Its. sjsiaf figures li th>> Cal-j£TO* «•*•• are Frederlrk A. Hyde. John A*"»cji. Hyde'e partner; }fer.-."Pr inond. their

One More Nome May Be "Added toThose ofMitchelland Hermann.

[rnoH THB TWBtnnc BtmiATJ.]TTeehinrtoa. Jan. I^—The news yesterday that

another United SU-tea Senator and a Repre-Mntatlrehad b«ea Indicted by a federal grandjury la Orafon cunt as a thunderclap here. Itfctd bear. hoped that the case of Senator Burton.cf Kansas, would be the last of its kind.

•r^ revelation to-day, bowc«<r, that still an-other member or Congress will probably be in-dicted In connection with the publio land con-spiracies hs>s caused still further dismay.

The evi&enee which led to the indictment ofSenator Mitchell and Representative Hermannits been in process of collection for nearly two

re&ra. Knowledge of lta existence did not reachthe public, however, until the fall of 1906. whenth«se dispatches of Ootober 23 contained thenews that evidence of gigantic land frauds had

been discovered. Tae Tribune of that date said:

Jt if maintained by persons presenting thosebJmzV** that many members of Congress haveer.cixed tn a eystem °r conspiracy by whioh•her hsve procured title to worthies* lands, ln-duceJ the government to make reserves forforest purposes, including their holdings, and»tcui«d the right under the lien land forest re-serve act to select, in11-u thereof, valuable landsr.ct so reserved, thus effecting the exchange otpractically -worthless land for that worth from$5 tosQ on acre.

Cosiiauac tm aUtb p««*»

Cedrio Pangers Subscribed $160 for One,

It Is Declared.-Doc" Ow« who used to ploy cards on Atlantic

liners and i> some time ago nuedlto have his

picture remed from the Rogues' Gallery. 1, to

»7v« a loig our. so said passengers of the

Crfrlc. whiefc-rived yesterday. When the Ceflrla

Bailed from tl port on December 7 she had among

ncr pa^nge "Doc" Owen. Mr. Owen told the

ST SHr^VS r-luhUon and dX not at-

'^asTef. of «. «««".

--£—

He rolfl .tori« gave decision, on fin £nt££

mmMm«d p*a.ont «\™ *>•£;""£. c. Leghorn.

wTwL^Srr^*-<«\u25a0«\u25a0 js;movement to gU Owm\.%j t̂^%xi Itifo

l^of'^v^an'S'^rbtd.^n^.monr of a Plea,-

ftHatred tlxt a lar«* »**lin txmdon willbe

the ncsr.e of the yiantatlom

NEW TRAIN IOR MICHIGAN CENTRAL.

Leave. Grand ft.*N£r

"doc; ova to receive loving cup,

Holy Commu£ hurch &**Ha

Sufficiet' Itt Work.Announcement vade y*?t«day at the

morning service in lUrch ot the Hol Com "

munion by the r the Rev. Henry Dr.

Mottet. that the ber S endowment fundof $100,000 had b*»pleted. The movemenfor the creation ofund was begun by ananonymous well \O* the church, who of

fered to eubsrrlb^ provided that beforthe end of the ET5.000 additional was

forthcoming. Th*>ers ot the church con-

tributed liberally,working woman offered§1.000. which wai°ne

-half of aIIher 8av *

Ings. The offer>ot accepted, hul wlur

!mentioned i***"*b*;*&& x^-'over. A small, ; parishioner wem ft-om

ihouse to house t pennies, that he might

have wherewith'the cause

But perhaps tr striking feature of the

movement lay 1,-esponsa that came from

without the chu^bership. Regardless ofsect and creed; carae spontaneous aud

generous contrif- Even people who had

never visited th^ were found to be among

the contributor^*****new endwm

'

The endowmefamed alter and is a trib-

ute to the mem<the late lUv.Dr. McAdamAugustus MuFS. the founder of the

church. He be- as an ab»olutely free and

open church fo^ople. regardless of sect or

denomination.The church if downtown and commercial

district. Withe area bounded by Four-

teenth and TwtWrd 8t9.. Fifth and Eighth

aven.. thirteenrches have abandoned theneighborhood m the last thirtyyear*. Holy

Communion's ibership is recruited from

among all cl.sf people livingin that part of

the city.

Wh-n. in l»e church celebrated Its golden

jubilee, the « presented the church an en-

dowment of 1100. So the church willenjoy

now the incw* §200.000. added to the con-tributions o^vorshippers. There is at pres-

ent an enr«4 of about four thousand indi-viduals, of-a 1.100 are communicant mem-bers. Thebols. clubs and guilds have a

membershf one thousand. The Penny Pro*

ident Banl> over thirteen hundred depositors.

The Mublrg branch of the New-York Pub-

lic Librarjunded and begun by this church,

circulated 110.000 volumea. The Work-ingmen's ia beneficial and social organiza-

tion whlcambers about two hundred mem-

bers, is th-three years old. and haa paid out

over $35.0n benefits within that period. St.

Luke's Hoal and St. Johnland are the chil-

dren of thiother church.Itis thtterminatlon of the church to re-

main whet is. among th« people, Btudying

their wantid working for them.

The chu Is visited by steadily increasing

numbers, lalone of church members. Shop-

pers along, avenue are constantly In and out° hVVhinKton, who as a young man was

a teacher the Sunday schoo of the church.madTan at>s ß of congratulation at the morn-ine servl^?Moß«ages of congratulation were

r^eiv/dfr Bishop Potter and Bishop Greer.L7Mottet his Fcrrror Baid hft had received acheck fromßorran Catholio.

FUND OF $,000 RAISED.

TRIBUTE FOUNDER.

According to the affidavit made by Mrs,Tewksbury. Amzl L. Barber, on October 15,

1903. delivered to her InNew-York, for a valua-ble consideration, two drafts upon Messrs.Drummond, of London. The drafts were in-dorsed by Mr. Barbe.- and wero made payable

to bearer, but when presented for payment they

were not honored. When Mr. Barber was noti-fied he paid no attention, and she says he hasnot paid either of the drafts. These drafts weregiven bef it's her marriage to Mr. Tewksbury.

Business men ancl others in this city' wereastonished to learn last summer, through anotice printed in "The London (Sunday) Times"and other papera, tha Lewis Greene Tewksbury

married on May 14 at Westminster Miss VioletAubrey Butler, of New-York. Tewksbury hadnot been heard from since he left New-York in1900. He fled to Chicago at that time, andthence to Mexico. His counsel. B. Gerson Op-

penheim, vlßlted him there, and found him in-stalled inprincely fashion in a suite of office* in

the City of Mexico. He was doing a flourishing

business under the name of Louis Thorne. Hav-ing obtained somo contract work from PresidentDiar, he soon amassed a fortune, with a portion

of which he paid off his Eastern Indebtedness.The last claim, said to have been $15,000 due to

W. B. Johnson, was settled last year.

Since then nothing has been heard of Tewks-bury in this city. It is not known when he left

Mexico and at what time he took up his resi-dence in London, but it la evident he haa pros-

pered. By his marrla«e with Miss Butler, it is

said, he added at leait $5,000,000 to his fortune.

His first wife was a Mrs. Greenhut, from whom.It is said he obtained a divorce. She wasformerly the wlf« of the whiskey merchant of

that name. Violet Aubrey Butier la said to bethe divorced wife of Guy Butllr. an Indianfighter and war correspondent.

"In her suit against Amzi L. Barber Mrs.

Ttwksbury asks for Judgment for the amount

of each draft, with interest. Her counsel,

Benoni Lockwood. declines to 6ay what thevaluable consideration was that his client gave

for the drafts. He said the facts in the casecame to him in the usual way from his Londoncorrespondent.

Tewksbury has had a meteoric career. Hecame to this city In 1888 from Manchester. N.H where he ran a drug store. He soon becamea member of the Consolidated Btock' and Petro-leum Exchange. His offices were at No. 32Broadway, where he did a larg« banking busi-ness paving liberal interest on deposits. Itwaa' the sudden withdrawal of these deposltHthat compelled him to go out of business. Inthe hel-ht of his success he waa the owner of aline etablo of trotting and pacing horses, among

them John H. Gentry and Joe Patchen.His house No. 29 West Seventy-second-st.,

was one of the finest In the city. It etood on a2. by 100 foot lot, and was a five story aixlAmerican bacement building. The house was

fliled with works of art. including oil paintingson mirrors as well as an extensive art gallery

and a running fountain. He entertained lav-lehly keeei' g open house for hts friends every

Funday In 169S he "oldthe house and its fur-niture for about $000,000, and his horses for1100000. In April.1902. the house was bought

it auction by the 6pier estate, of Glens Falls.who sold itagain in 1903. His wife Mary MillsTewJtsbury. \u25a0"«*! hlm for divorce In JPO2 *"<*

Justice Dugro, of the Supreme Court, elcned fen

order on July 28 of that year permitting the ser-

vi"*of tile summons and complaint on Tewke-burv by publication, and a copy was sent toS*69le. £>c Frossr & Frothlngbam. his repre-sentative* at London. England, where. the de-

fendant had last been heard .'ion. Mrs. T«wk«-nurv received an Interlocutory decree of divorceon Decemb«r 8. 1902. on statutory grounds.

W. W. Kiles, counsel for Mr. Barber, said lastnight that he knew

'the plaintiff in the suit

he is defending was Mrs. Tewksbury and thathe knew considerable about her. He denied,however, to give any information concerningher or the suit.

Married to Broker in London—

SaidTo Be Worth $5,000,000.

The Violet Aubrey Butler who is suing AmziL. Barber, president of the Barber AsphaltCompany, to recover the amount of two drafts,one for $2,916. the other for $4.560, is the wifeof Lewis Greene Tewksbury. the broker, horee-man and patron of arts, who in 1900 left thiscity owing from $400,000 to $500,000. but whohas since made a part settlement with his cred-itors. They wero married in London in Maylast, and at that time it was said that Miss But-ler had a fortune of $5,000,000.

Guy Butltr. the first husband of Violet AubreyButler, met her while she wa§_an actress in the"West, and married her there. He was ao In-dlan fighter and war correspondent.- They weredivorced. later, when Butler came to New-York,and was employed on a dally newspaper. Afterthe divorce she went on the stage .again. Hodied suddenly last year. It was said last nig-htthat the drafts, the amounts of which Mrs.Tewksbury is now suing: for, may have been theresult of gome previous action brought whileshe was still an actreps.

NOIZ SUES A. L. BARBER.i .

L. G. TEWKSBURY'S WIFE.

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STOESSEL OFFERS TO TREAT.iv.-T.ar™.. f*Md o^S^l^T^hwllrt-li 3STEW-Y6 MONDAST, JAXUAKY 2. 1905.-FOUKTEEN PAGES.— bTiwrvtb^^Ai^uuna. PRICE THREE CE>T&

THE MAP SHOWS THE GREAT FORTS THE CHAIN ENCIRCLING PORT ARTHUR.Which the Japanese have bY storm within a«* day*.

V"» LXJV. yo. 21,232.

ANOTHER INDICTMENT.JN.LAKD FRAUD SCANDAL.

NOGT REPORTS TO TOKIO THAT HE HAS RECEIVED 3fLETTER RELATIVE TO SURRENDER.

Japanese Press 'Advantage After the Fall of the Sung-Shu-Shan ForU—Russian Resistance Evidently Weakfr

—Four Destroyers

from the Fortress Reach Che-Foo.

Tokio, Jan. 2., 10 a. m.—The Japanese stormed and captured Wan-

Tai yesterday (Sunday ).