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FORTS ARE CARRIED. Whole of Rihlang Mountain is Held by Mikado's Warrior's. FIERCE ONSLAUGHT OF MEN. Thousand Braye Islanders Went to Death in Taking Fort. (The Japanese flag now--floats'-over Port Arthur after a stubborn resistance of eleven months. The terms of sur render meet with Japan's approval, and will be given out in a day or two ) Th Km t Prt Arthar. . Tokio, Jan. 2. General Nogi reports that he has received a letter from Gen eral Stoessel relating to the surrender of Port Arthur. V : The news that the Russian forces at Port Arthur have been reduced to such a strait that at last the heroic com mander has been forced to propose snr render follows upon a month of reverses. The siege began almost with the firing of the first gun in the war, row nearly 11 months ago, and when perhaps , the greatest stronghold In the world was garrisoned by 40,000 Russian soldiers, supported by a formidable squadron of modern battleships, cruisers and torpe do boats. These warships have been destroyed or dispersed until but a few torpedo boats remain in the harbor. The garrison at latest accounts, had been reduced to about 15,C0Q men. Oo December 4, High (203-Metre) Hill,, was captured by the Japanese " On T)ecem ber 19. the East Keek wan fort was taken by them and the Rihlung fort fell on December 29. From the hour of the fall of East; Keekwan event seem to be hastening toward the culmi nation, for on December 31, Sungshu Mountain fell into the hands of the be siegers and only a few hours later the "1IM fort, another strong position was captured. . The report that the non-combatants of Port Arthur had been accorded asy lum behind LiaoTie Mountain may have been an indication that the Japanese commander foresaw that the surrender ! of the Russians within a very brief time was assured. 'v . .; '" Headquarters of the Japanese army be fore Port Arthur, via Fusao. Dec. 29. Rihluner Fort was caDtured a 3 o'clock this morning with a thousand Japansn casual ties. Seven dynamite mines exploded at 10 o'clock yesterday made breaches in the front wall through which a large body of Japanese troops charged undej cover of a tremendous bombardment and captured the first line of light guns. A bitter fight resulted in the capture of the fort The (mrriam immherinir five hundred men escaped, , - Tokio, Dec. 29 After montl'S of fight ing, sapping aud - mining -the Japanese forces finally occupied Rihlung mountain last nieht(Dee. 28). ' - A re Dort received from headquarters of the third Japanese army betore Port Arthnr received here on Wednesdav. Dec. 23 at midniirht 8HV8: ; "On Wednesday, D c. 26 at 10 o'clock m the morning the left center column of our army, following some heavy explosions on the frou ai parapet or mniung niuuu tain charged and occupied the parapet un der cover of smoke from the heavy guns In the afternoon our occupation was prac tically assured. .We charired and occupied the inner lines of heavy gun positions snb- sequently dislodging a remnant ot tue ene mv'sfome atubbornlv holding the gorge fort, which we occupied and captured the entire works. St PeterBbur. Dec 29. The war office points out that the occupation of Rihlung mountain at best only makes the Japanese masters of the ten ace beyonnd the princi nul fortn nf fCpikwin and Still leaves the main line unbroken. . - . Tokio, Dec 29. Noon Manchurian ar mv headnuartera reoortinz today says: "On Dc. 27. Ht S o'clock u the after terunnn. th Rnsaiaus with' heavy field Grmis bomhardwi the Shakhe river railroad bridiri. in lhfl npitrhhorhood of I he Station and the Russian irunsat Tallentun shelled Chihslanaiiui and Shulintzu. Rupstal cav- alrv Mtifti.kri H 'il in tun tat -sunset in the same day, hut were repulsed by the fapai - ese; at 8:30 o'clock oh the same evening the Ku8slan cavalry enveh pe1 ihe J aaiese pickets, who were reinforced and finally repulsed the enemy. - The Japanese casn alties were three men killed Mukden, Dec" 29." Irrefntanie evidence -hag been obtained at headqnarlers that the Japanese are not hiring Chinese bandits to operate on the Russiau flanks, but that they ure enlisting Chinese under Japanese ' officers. " - ;. .'' -;: : ' - - v . ... The Japanese are adopting cunolcg ex- peltenu to defeat the surprise attacks of ihe Russian scouts, from which they have suffered much. 5 They covered the steep approaches of their 'trenches with water, which freezes, rirms ice abdes and makes the scouts slip and fall in confusion. In other places the Japanese scatter, millet stalks over the approaches, the crackling of which gives theai warning of the pres ence of Russian scouts. General Oku's Headquarters, via- Fusan, Dec 29. No change has taken place at the front of the second army. The Russians continued a daily bombardment , firing at random and resulting iu few casualties. The Japanese soldiers pick up fifteen centime ter shrapnel cases and with them made charcoal burners to beat the bomb proofs. Occasional collisions take place between patrols, the Russians always retiring. Both sides seem satisfied to remain in the trenches.' - - ; : '-" ; ' lieutenant General Sir William Nichol son, director general of military intelligence of British wars, who was attached to the Japanese army, left here yesterday on his way to E inland. ,U:r'--'r'.- 0 London, Dec. 30. Barou Hayashi has received the following supplementary re port from Tokio oi the capture of Ehrlung shan Fort, "Our occupation of Ehrlung shan Fort was completely assumed on the night of December 28. We captured among othr things four large calibre guns, seven smaller calibre, 37 milimetre and two machine guns." ; - Tokio Dec. 30 . Admiral Togo. te hero of Port Arthur, and Admiral Kami- mura, who distinguished himself by his good work against the Yladivostock ; fleet, accompanied , by their staffs arrived at Tokio this mor.iing and proceeded tothe palace to make reports to the emperor. They were given a hearty reception by the populace -r . Tokio, Dec. 30. Three Russians were capturea in the : taking of Ehrlungsban Fort ll was . stated that the defenders numbered about 500 besides some sailors. were killed. . " ; .-r"' St: Petersburg, Dec 30.r-L4eut. Gen. Stakharoff report the capture of a Japan ese patiol at 8an Yazou PRESIDENT POLICE GUARD. Greater Precautions Than Ever to Protect Mr. Roosevelt In Public. The detail 'of police at the White House has been increased, and -new precautions are being taken to protect President Roosevelt as be starts out on his regular afternoon drive, says a Washington special dispatch to the New York World. A bicycle policeman has been added to the regular squad. 1 TT Hop. nothing but ride uo and down Minwnf thA Whtt. House, VUV W.W . . - - " ' . I H is there ostensibly to keep traffic moving and prevent-the gathering of ... in japan tuere ur uuw uc ui crowds which might interfere with the rectly of either harakiri or seppuku, as the president's departure. He rides slowly and keeps a close watch on passing pedestrians and carriages. The president always leaves the White Souse for his outing in the coun try between 4:30 and 4:45. He rides, usually in' an open; carriage, to the suburbs, where he either mounts his horse, which is waltiuor for him, or be gins his walk. - ; . . - As soon as the carriage enters the grounds the White House sergeant and two of his men take up their position t. the west pate, through which the president leaves under the new; rule. They are joined by the bicycle police man stationed In front, of the white House, and they all stay at the gate until the nrebident drives out. Two pojemen, two secret service men and the two bicycle policemen" who always follow close behind the president when he drives out are on guard at the" front ft f the White House when Mr. Roosevelt enters his carriage No reason is assigned for the new precautions. The police Intimate that the order came from the White House, and at the White House It is said that the responsibility is with the police, The only effect of the guard at tne gate is to draw a crowd which never assem bled there before, as it was not known when the president would leave or by nrhiAH " Now the aoDearance of tae sergeant and three policemen is ar VV U 1 U - & ' " signal that the president Is coming and a ntf llf Oil Icklv ffathers to wait for him. ; . - The cew arrangement makes the pro tection of the president about as com plete as' it would be without constantly surrounding him with a troop of cav alry; When he leaves, his carriage to go riding, "a mounted orderly, who is the crack shot of the army, is close oe- htnd him all the time, vlf.be walks, a secret service man is at his heels. HARAKIR1 JAPAH How the OerBmonlal Self Db- METHOD FOR ADAIMI0 Etiquette Observed When Feudal Baron or Samurai of Very v High Rank Had to Dis patch Himself Literally harakiri Is 'belly cutting' and this is the expression in common use, but kappuku, or. more usually seppuku, is the word employed by persons of refinement, the actual meaning, however, being the same as harakiri, says Baron Suyemastu in Nineteenth Century. : Suppuku and kap puku are expressions coined from Chinese. Seppuku was not only a mode of self dis patch, but was prescribed as a form of cap ital punishment for all of samurai rank No samurai was ever to be beheaded or hanged. -' X.fA 0- '-A-f';:l-'';h-. A'A . Naturally under such conditions the act of seppuku came to be invested with much formality, and cases in which the most ela borate etiquette had to be strictly observed were those whea a dairaie-i. ' e., a feudal baron or samurai of particularly high standing-was called upon by the proper author ities to dispatch himself in this way in ex piation of some political .offense. A spe cial commissioner was then sent .from the proper quarters to witness the due execu tion of the sentence, and a Icai shaku-nin was chosen to i.ssisr the; principal lidding himself of the burden of life. This person was selected by the condemned from the circle of -Wa own immediate relatives. friei.da or, rela;uerj, and tbe-kai-ahaku-nin's offlce was an honorable one,. inas much as he was thereby privileged to rea der a last service to his comrade or chief. . There was always a special apartment or pavilion prepared in which the ceremony had to take place, a particular dress, de- designed for use only, on bee melaucholv occasions, had to be worn, and the dagger or short sword was invariably placed be fore the seat of the condemned on a clean white tray, raised ou legs, termed sambo, which in the ordinary way is a kind of wooden stand iised for keeping sacrifices offered to the gods or for some, similar solemn purpose. : : : v.; -'.:;-r The HiitakT cutting ODon of the "body was not essential, a trifling in a horizontal liue six or seven inches or rarely in two lines crossing each other the more superficial the better, as proof of a light and skillful touch being ordinarily made, followed by a deep cut in the throat. . As a rule, how ever, immediately after making Jhe incision in the abdonieu the condemned; made a slight movement of his disengaged left Land and stretched his neck forward as signs to the kai-shaka-nin to do his office, perceiving.whicb, the latter, -who stood by with his sword ready poised, instantly s'ruck off his principal s neaa. . . - . eupnemisra u uu Ku-uu vncu cuiu.ujcu literally nine inches and a half, which was the proper lenght of the dagger to ; be used on these'occasions. The weapon was always wrapped in some -sheets of pure white paper, only the extreme ; point being exposed, and it was correct to hold it when making an incision in the right hand, not bv the handle, but by the middle of the paper wrapped blade. How to sit, how to how to tne pnectaiora wnen auout u com mence the awful task, how to unfold rever ently the part of the clothing which covers the upper, part or the Dooy, now to wrap up the dagger and how to make the requis ite signal to the kai-shaku nin were all mat ters on which the utmost nicety was en ioined and were part of the instruction J . - . Lit S f which every samurai was oougqp wrecev from the. master of military ceremonies. Harakiri, Indeed, was to the samurai a mat ter involving an appalling amount of cere mony, The Dead Man to Blame. Spartanburg, S. C, :Dec. 29. Deputy Coroner Holht held an iuquest last night at Arlington over the body of Geoige Mc- Alister, who was shot- by Arthur Leister in the card room of the Appalache CJotton Mill yesterday afternoon. . Seven witnesses were examined and the concensus of their tpstimonv shows that the dead man was ""- - advancing on Leister wben the latter fired three times, the bullets producing the wounds which resulted in the death of MC; Alister. The trouble has its origin in the discharge of amembar of McAllsters family from the mill in whieh Leister was one of the inside bosseaT Both men were at their places of work when the tragedy occurred. One of the largest realty deals traosacted here in some years took place today when the Mills property, on East Main street, nr. anM tn A. n. Cannon for th5 sum of $25,000. The -purchaser immediately di vided the land into four tracts-each, , with the excepUou of one which Mr. Csnnon retained for- himself, was - immediately resold, '. ' . sruc Hon las Perfo ig Training Children. In Proverbs 20:6, Solomon savsri 'JTraln up a child in the way he should co and when he is old he will not depart from it." This is as' true today as it v?as in the days of Solomon. If a child y properly trained there is ' not much Jaeger of it golujr astray when . it be comes a man or woman. On the ..other l and, the reason that so many boys and irls go wrong when they leave home li because of the- poor training which tjiey received as children. They may have received a good education and be proficient in music and all the arts, but if they have not received the training which has made'them Christians, then they have not been trained in the way tatr they should go. Some will ask how this training is to be accomplished. In the first place; if we "want to teach anything it Is necessary for us to know it ourselves If we want our children ta.becbme Christians we' mu9t first be come Christians ourselves. "We cannot skVa child to dbj something whichV we do not do, and this is where a great nny people make a mistake.- They tink that by sending their children to church and Sunday school they jure do iug all that is necessary for their proper trainrogrwbile they themselves stay at home and read the newspaper, br per haps attend to .1 their - worldly duties. You cannot; do J this. There . are two way 3 of training; or teaching one is by precept, and one by example, and t jese two go hand in hand. You can tot teach by the first and leave but the last, N Many of the young people of our h.nd are ruined- by. this very thing. Tarents are anxious that their children should grow up fjobe good Christian men and women but Jhey very often do not 8jt the proper ejcample. The father ; is t uxloui that his' boy should not smoke c drink, yet he is not willing to give uthese thing himself . He labors ua d;f the idea that he can smoke his cigar and drink his glass occasionally and his boy never know, it, but. remember this,' 'Be sure your sin will find you out." . Mothers are f anxious to -have i their daughters well trained, yet many times tb example set before themjs anything but what It should be.' Some' mothers will not allow their daughters to go to a ball or party where there is dancing yet they themselves will go to question able places and think their children do not knotir it. This Is not as it should be. "Benot deceived, whatsoever a man soweth.Thac shall he also reap '? There is another thing which is very harmful to the training of boys and girls on the arm. ' This is he long hours spent at work and the little time left for amuse ment. While II" believe in boys and girls learning b work, yet it is not a good thing to confine them to long hours and no holidays. I believe that the long. hours and hard! work which many boys and girls are compelled to do is doing more to send them from the farms 4nto the towns than? anything else. There Is no reason why the hours on the farm should be any onger than those In the shops, except perhaps a few weeks in harvest and then there can be' enough holidays given to offset this. Young people do not like to be confined too much, and if they see that the farm is nothing but a place of drudgery, they are going to get off of it and go where they will have more time to themselves. There Is no reason why the farm home should not be the most pleasant one on earth, if the parents will only take more time with their families, and not leave their training to Sunday school and dis trict school teachers. J. Allen. : . : ' e ' - " - . .... - - . Be Careful of Your Carriage. Never allowiyour phj slcal standard to drop. Keep up your energy; walk as jf you were somebody and were going to do something worth while in the world, so that even a stranger will note your bearing and mark your superiority. If yon have fallen into a habit of walking In a listless, indolent way trn right about face at once and make a change. You don't want to shuffle along; like failures we often see loitering about the streets, with their hands in their pockets, or hauuting intelligence offices, wondering why fate has been so hard with them. You don't want to give people the impression that ) ou are discour aged, or that you are already falling to the rear.: ' Straighten up, thenl Stand erect! Be-amanl . You have royal blood: in your veins.- Emphasize it by your bearing A man who is conscious of his kinship .with God and of His Dower, and who , believes thoroughly in himself, walks with a firm,' vigorous step -with his head erect, his chin in; hia shoulders' thrown back and ' down, and his chest (well projected iu order to irive a larse lung capacity,- he is the . man who does thinirs. You cannot aspire, or accomplish a great thing or noble thing so long as yon assume the attituderand bearing of a coward or weakling. If you would be noble and do noble things you must look up. - You were made to look upward, to walk upright, not to look down or to shamble - along .. in semi-horizonial position. Put character, dignity, nobility into your walk. BRITISH OPIIill Doctrine. A NAVAL ALLIANCE PREMATURE. The Spectator Considers it Wholly Justifiable in View of Position of the United States. London, Dec. 8L The Spectator,' com menting en a recent speech of Ex-Secre tary of War Root, says that the speeches of a man who may in the near future be president of the United States and who at any rate may be regarded as the inheritor of the Roosevelt tradition, are always worthy of Great Britain's attention. After summarizing Mr. Root's utterances on the Monroe doctrine the Spectator says: 'On his interpretation the doctrine must seem to be wholly justifiable to anybody reflect ing for a moment on the position of the United States.1 The spectator emphasizes tne point that, properly regarded, the doctrine is as much a principle of British as of American for eign policy, though Canada has shown a dislike to it when stated in the extreme form. It wishes for a formal diplomatio recognition of the dootrine in order to pre vent an undue extension thereof in hands less wise than those of President Roosevelt and to secure the - consent of Europe to 'what is a guarantee .of - tranquility. It thinks the United States should embody the provisions of the doctrine in a , diplo matic note to the powers, which would undoubtedly be accepted by Great Britain, and it considers the time peculiarly suita ble for such action. t" The Spectator concludes its article . with a reference to the recent editorial in , the New York Sun on a naval alliance between Great Britain and . the United States, say-' ing that the Sun in the past has not been remarkable for any Anglo-pbili tendencies. It welcomes the Snn's proposal as a sincere if not a friendly recognition of the fact that the interests of both nations are close ly allied, but decides that the proposal; is premature. It says that if the United States wants to secure the world's acquies cence to the Monroe ' doctrine , she. must show herself as a great naval power abso lutely and not merely In an alliance. She must show herself fit for police duties. otherwise her claims will not be respected. Some day a defensive alliance may be pos sible and desirable for both countries. Meantime xace feeling is as .strong as any formal alliance. : The Spectator believes that in any serious war with a European coalition Great Britain would be found on the side of the United States. AMBUSHED IN PHILIPPINES' Lieutenant Abbott and 37 Native Scouts Slain on the Island of V. - '.. Samar. ;-:; -V ; '' : S Manila, Deo. 23 The Pulanes haye am bushed and killed at Dolores, on the island of Samar, a lieutenant and 37 enlisted men of the Thirty-eighth Company of native scouts. .' Two thousand Pulajoes, it is re ported, threatened the town of Dolores. Lieutenant ' Abbott, in command of the scouts, has requested that aid be sent him. Washington, Dec. First Lieutenant George F. Abbott, ; who commands the Thirty-eigkt Company of Philippine Scouts, which was ambushed by natives at Dolores, Samar and one lieutenant and 37 enlisted men killed, was a corporal in the Ninth United States Infantry in the . fight at Tien Tain, China, during the Boxer troubles;; Officers ia Washington familiar with his record say.thaV he distinguished himself in that engagement by seizing the colors when the color bearer fell and hold ing them in the line. Mo advices regard ing the; ambuscade have yet reached the Waj Department, . A Beautiful Sermon. A preacher in Kansas the other day delivered a brief but very beautiful funeral sermon. Here it is: "A word to you all.. Post mortem praises are in the air." People stoop to kiss their dead who never stoop to kiss their living; they hover oyer open caskets in hyster ic sobs but fail to throw - their . arms around their lofed ones who are fight ing the stern battles of life. A word of cheer to the struggling soul in life is worth more than the roses of Christen dom piled high on casket covers. The dead cannot -smell the flowers, but the living can; scatter , them broadcast in their pathway, therefore, and pluck out the thorns before it is too late." T - : THE EMPTY STOCKING. She-leans her head upon her arms, And weeps as thougt her.; heart woud :;;"; break: . ; . "U '-.i Her soul Is filled with strange alarms, - That might a stronger spirit shake. With pain that hardly can be borne Her trusting little heart is torn, So great her childish grief, because, - She finds no gift fiom Santa Claus. The world is full of light and cheer, And merrily the bells resound; - The happiest day of all the year Has come, and yet no joy Is found In this small heart. Behold there lies The empty stocking. Childish cries Betoken depths of childish woe lhat older hearts mavfnever know. The empty stocking! - Gn the bed , - It lies, a limp and shadeless thing, Intended to embrace instead, : f The gifts that Santa Clans would bring. Oh, symbol of the hopes of men, " Who strive and hope and strive again, To this poor little child hi sorrow's power, v What must it naean at such an hour? The empty stocking! All the years And all the joys. that yet may be Cannot dry up those galling tears Nor sweeten that sad memory. Forgotteul Tis a bitter word. By it this childish heart is stirred. And thus how soon tis taught to know How pitiless is human woe. - ' A few days ago this little poem in be half of the little ones came out in a St. Louis paper,and the appeal the writer made for children whose parent were unable to contribute as much as a toy" to gladden their simple lives was touching indeed. 'There also appeared a cut representing a -little girl who had just awakened from a slumber of beautiful dreams of fairyland in which all was candy and dolls and play things, to search -with childish eagerness and hopes her stocking, and found it emp- ; Such disappointment, such grief, . such sadness and such blighted hopes none of us know who never experienced it. No where in this broad land, where nrosneritv beams fronr every honorable industry, where comparatively few people are out of" employment and where abundant r harvests are bringing good returns, should a" single child know the sorrows of an empty stock ing on this approaching Christmastide. There are, no doubt, children living in Henderson county whose , parents are too poor to provide the actual necessities of life,: and not a cent can they contribute to luxuries. , Iu - that ease their duties are shifted to us ' We owe it to them. Can v j w vj mm mmmmwwm H w . J . IMM . J Vt feel exactly right if a little boy or girl, has to go another year without a wagon or doll justjbecause its parents couldn't possibly afford the price? It is an honorable and honest debt and we ought to pay it. . That crime which comes from' poverty is largely due to the craving for something beautiful, and if it in denied from year to year, the desire becomes a ruling passion and theft is the natural result. Somebody once said that boys and girls -pretty had sometimes, but that they were were the only material out of which we can make men and women." Any toy that furnishes harmless amusement will aid a new soul to grow beautiful, and after all the price of prosperity is charity to the poor, especially that charity which helps a child to spend its time as it should spend it. Y, "... ; 1 . . a. n pays society to oe gooa to cuuaren tnat they may grow up to be polite men and sweet wemen, full of high ideals and noble' sentiment. But the greatest . profit is the ' simple unaffected joy of the child when it, receives a gift from the saint of all child ren, toys wrapped in the mystic spirit of Christmas; And even if it is denied us to see and hear the expression of the remem bered child's iov.the consicousness that we have prevented such sorrow as is told in rhyme above ought to be profit enough for any man. -1 N. B. Huoorws " Worlds Fair, St. Louis, Mo. -r rr'- December 22nd, 1903. Rural Policeman Killed. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 1. Rural Po liceman S. EL Cole, of Belmont parkt a suburb of this city, was shot and killed by a negro named Will Springs, near a negro church. H. B. Nabors, a machin ist, and Cole's son-in-law, was shot, but the extent of his injury is not yet known. Springs became engaged in a quarrel with another negro- who went for the officer. ; The latter drew his pis tol and ordered the negro's hands up. Springs put up one hand and with the' other drew his pistol and fired on Na bors,; who fell. He then shot Cole through the neck, the officer dying in three minutes. Nabors regained con sciousness in a few, moments and fired on the negro, who first .fell. and - then regained bis feet and escaped. A posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit of the negroes.'; Early capture is expected. VVe all believe in : inter molec ular 'space; in th6 infinite devisi bility of matter, and in the simple life, but we make no claim to un derstanding them.- ; 4 S - t
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