ARTHUR HAS FALLEN
,
lussian Stronghold Succumbs At Last To The
Assaults Of The Japanese
nUlWSOnMOE FIXES
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Bag oat tha will of hla aoreralgn. haa
. ana tha rtiiwa of tha beataglag army
jitn la moatatum and anaryy aStll Ui
oat lodger would hut haw a
tat la all quarter* It la
ghat they are such aa aa haaoraUaaoh
ta may-accept from a Inn aad wlo
tortoua
At »:« o'clock Bandar eight tha
AoauBaatoaero completed tha atagtag of
armies had snapaaited hoatfllttaa at*
tan earlier. The city at Ant Ar
thar win ha oeettptad hy tha Thjriaaa*.
Tha aothorltlaa at it, Petersburg, la
<ha ahaaaea of direct official mama
ta» Oaaaral Bloaaaal that Awt Ar
•ta» haa surrendered, ham* aot pel
tattad tha am to haeoiaa pahUe. Bm
Aaror Nlchotaa la hi tha aouth of Baa
-eta. aad hla Nla later* are Bar tha
Mag la tha dark aa to what dia
■Jhtchaa have been seat to Aim ine
•the mat.
jwtf* of all ranks Sadia* 4a tbo ont
■mam compeneatlon ter aU 4k* eecri
•** «f Ute «ad money tkat -was ea
OaOad la th* tea months' slave.
Vo vkat extent tke tell at Port Ar
tkar win mak* ter a wteatioa of
4mj ther rwcM the Unit of human
at tha forts on*
black wtth star
narra strain.
To* apok« to than, bat thay did not
<ba nnawar. only staring dumbly.
"Tba lack at ammunition slona
vo*M ban suggaated tba seeking
at terms. Scant ammunition bad long
been common la tba fortress, and dar
ing tha past month many at tha forts
Sad nothing wtth which to return tha
Sin at tha enemy.
*The Heartens ant la the caaemalae.
•flag not more than once to the two
hundred abate sent by tbs Japan see
Whan tha assault earn* thay rspaleed
tha enemy with bayonets. But tba
man themaatvas, haring art start for
•hr** months on reduced rations, ware
ms worn that It la umrralous thay
*tood tha teal strain so long.
"Yesterday Oaneral Btoeaael would
*ttU Aght. His wound, which was to
tewd early la the siaga, had bean
bothedsc him. but hte determination
»o flbht -white one man stood bad not
bean
“'But-era cannot tight.’ mid hte gaa
wrals. ’Our man cannot mom. They
ate*p standing Thay cannot sea tha
bayonets at ttsir breasts. We can
order, but they cannot obey.’
Than you gensrula tight.’ said
8to*aaal. clinched bla Asia.
"He seamed fanatical an the eub
>**. but Anally be was brought to sea
reason by the Insistence of hla subor
dinate*. Admiral* LochUu*y and
Wlrun. Oanarala Smirnoff and Ptoek.
rand many others, 'sometimes with
bmkun rotoH, urged tha step which
ail .dreaded so long.
"Th* greatest loas suffered by Port
Arthur occurred a fortnight ago, when
JUJm- Oeaeral Krondratenko was
kmed- Oflcers and man auks re
tarded him aa th* brightest star la
-Port Arthur's Armament. Whan his
death became known, the tall la the
spirits of th* soldiers was plainly* rta
tbte. Oaneral Kendrateoko was seated
cutmiw or a certain ion dla
C'“A* with seven other offleera the
h«at way at countermining against
the Japanese, when an tlrrra tanh
shall hont. killing aTerybodylTtte
casemates
“Ouneral Nogl baa taken Poet Arthur
with hie artillery and hla tunnels. Hla
HAa bullets ware seldom found to be
of any naa.
•’Wa who cawarn hare Monday do not
know tha terms at aarraadar sugest*
•d by Oaaaral Btoaasal to Oaaaral Nod
aor tha answer, having left Port Ar
thur area before tha —Minster had
baaa dispatched. Tha general lm prse
•ton. however, la that Stoesaal has
pratoaad that tha army shall go free
aad-that be done be made a prisoner.
It la a staple story. Had the am
munition held out the fortress would
tSmZme. When a man fell there wet
hone other to replace him. Thus the
tarrlaoa was gradually won down.
Two hundred and Three-Meter mn
alowa ooet «s Are thousand men. Tha
wfThSTend.^*4 U“n,tt' beginning
Takle Wildly Joyous.
Toklo. By Gable.—Tbklo to Wildly
Xvone over Oen. Nod’s teetgram an
nouncing that Oen. gtoimsl had neat
a letter rotating to the uurrewAer of
4T*>*T' **owu boys crying sx
•Thl im^net^T.1?a^*yi0f *"** AAWda.
The people grabbed the papers aad re
inlU tto nlw, Than was the news
fQfrtoA throughout the dty. and with
™ a f*w minutes the Arlng at aerial
•••••Tllctot rockets bagan la various
WttoeC the dty. Bunds appeared aad
y^"ttU5rSf“.!Sg
tor tha Bwrntoa fortress. bTka preT
poet of its early poaeadon ehamedtha
‘ta other event of tha war
Tha ■mperor'o Now Tear's
mate to the army and
t.,—— «trtt oMdala ooo
fn.Vs^L* mormtm*‘ The hhwa from
Arthur gava additional cheer to
“JMiahenil tarings of eoagrateto
TEXT OF TIE AGMEKIOT
All RumImw Taken Prisoners, the Of
Ooeft Being Paisled All Porte and
War Materials to Be Turned Over
to the Japanese Army.
Tokio, By Cable.—A telegram from
General Nogi giving the text at the
captulstion convention wax receivnd
Tuesday afternoon. It U aa followa:
■Article 1.—All Russian soldiers,
marines, volunteers, also government
official* at the garrison and harbor of
Port Arthur, are taken prisoners.
"Article 9.—All forts, batteries, war
ship*. other ships and boats, arms,
ammunition, horses, all materials for
hostile nee, government buildings and
all objects belonging to the Russian
government shall be transferred to the
Japanese army in their existing con
dition.
"Article *.—On the proceeding two
conditions being assented to. ns e guar
antee for the fulfillment thereof the
men garrisoning the forts and the
hart prise on m* —***** *^ln_ Bnngshu
Mountain, Amtsa Mountain end the line
of emlnenoee southeast therefrom shall
be removed by noon of January I, and
tha same shall be transferred to the
Japanese army.
"Article A—Should Russian military
or naval men be deemed to have de
stroyed objects named In article 9 or
tn have canned alteration In any way
In, theta- condition at the existing time ;
the signing of this compact end the
negotiation* shall be annulled and the
Japanese army win take free action.
"Article A—The Raaiaa military sad
naval authorities shall prepare end
transfer to the Japanese army n table
showing the fortification* of Port Ar
thur and their respective positions,
and maps showing the location of
mi nee, underground and sub-mart ns,
and nil other dangerous objects; also
n table showing the composition and
system of the army and naval ser
vices at Port Arthur, a list of army
and navy officers with names and rank
and doty of said officers; n list of
army steamers, warships and other
ships, with the number of their re
spective crews; n list of civilian*,
showing the- number oi men and wo
men. their races and occupations.
"Article Arms, Including those
carried on the person; ammunition,
war materials, government buildings,
objects owned by the government,
horses, warships end other ships. In
cluding their contents, excepting pri
vate property, shall be left in their
present positions and the commission
era of the Russian and Japanese army
■hall decide upon the method of their
transference.
“Article 7.—The Japanese army, con
sidering the gallant resistance offered
by the Rsedan army aa being honor
able, will permit tha officers of the
Russian army and navy as well as of
ficiate belonging thereto, to carry
swords and to take with them private
property directly necessary for tha
maintenance of Ufa The previously
mentioned officers, officials and volun
teers who win sign a written parole
pledging that they will not take up
arms and la nowise take action con
trary to the interests of the Japanese
ngmy until , the done of the war will
receive the consent of the Japanese
army to return «b their country. Sack
*~** niTT nfftcsr will he allowed
one servanT and such eervfch will be
sgedaUy released on signing the pai^
“Article g.—Naa-com missioned offi
cers end privates of both army and
navy and volunteers shall wear their,
uniforms nad. taking portable tents
and necessary private .property, end
commanded by their respective offi
cers shall assemble at each places as
may he Indicated by the Japanese ar
my. The Japeneee commissioners will
decide the necessary details therefor.
“Article A—The sanitary corps and
the aeoouatanU belonging to the Rue
elan army and navy shall be retained
by the Japanese while their services
are deemed necessary for the caring
tor the nick and wounded soldiers.
During such time such corps shall be
required to reader service under di
rection of the military corps and ac
countants of the Japanese army.
“Article 10.—The treatment to be ad
corded to the residents/ the transfer of
hooka and documents relating to mun
icipal administration and finance and
also detailed flies necessary for the
enforcement of this compact shell Pe
embodied In a supplementary com
pact. The supplementary compact shall
have force as this compact
“Article It—One copy each of this
compact shall be prepared for the Jm
aneee aad Russian armies, and It shall
have Immediate effect upon sign stars
thereof.” .
REPORT IS UPHELD
fevenscit Officials Claia Acciracy
Far Cotto* Fifores
BURLESON SIDES WITH BUREAU
Dimeter North Set* Perth His Posi
tion In a Latter to the Texas Mem
ber of Congress at Whose Instance
the Provision Wee In started In the
Ceneu# Act Saya the Dureau Can
net Compete With the Proposed
Dinners Association and That Spec
ulators' High Kktlmat* Would Again
Prevail—Mr. Burleson Iirprseess
HI* and Banater Baileys Concur
FtlK4»
■ Washington, Bpedal.—Director at
the Onana North. In n letter to Bepre
asntatlve Burleson, mad* public, takes
vUos of tha situation presented by tha
osttoa statistics given out for publica
tion Thursday and expresses hla snN
prisa and concern at the meant alleged
movmnant in the Southern States "ap
parently approved and augmented by
the cotton growers themselves," to de
stroy the census reports by concerted
refoael of the gloners to make returns.
Director North smarts that a continu
ants of tho cotton ginning reports is
Impossible without the systematic and
whole-hearted co-operation of the gin
ne*s of the South. Immediately after
the receipt of the letter, Mr. Burleson,
a member of the House census commit
tee. end the author of the provision
making appropriation for the gathering
of cotton statistics, gave out an inter
view in which he upholds the director
in the work now being done by hi*
bureau. The letter Is as follows:
"Washington. Doc. 1904.
"Hon. Albert 8. Burleson. House of
KepremntatiTia.
Hy Mar Sir: It sssrne proper to
la rite your atUntloo to cenatn onom
alo«a conditiona which confront the
Oenaus Office in carrying out the pro
tista* of aectloa • of the act to ee
tebUah a permanent Cenaaa Office, di
recting the periodical collection of the
statistics of cotton production through
the agency of the gtaaere. This pro
Ttsion was Inserted la the law at your
urgent request and that of other
Southern Represents tires on the pica
that It was necessary for the protec
tion of the cotton producers against
the speculators sad others fbtsrsstsd
in depressing tbs price of the staple
for their own profit It was stated
that enormous losass resulted from the
tin trustworthy estimates put forth
every year by speculators and agents
of the Liverpool market and that early
and trustworthy official information
regarding (he slae at the crop would
protset the grower, disarm the specu
lator sad market manipulator, and per
mit the law of supply sad demand to
regulate the attoe. v
. ACCURACY UHQUESTIONro.
>''■ 'Urvcs the law was raised, Congress
has appropriated and u>is office has
disbursed more than flX.fOO a year In
1 the collection and lUseomlnetlon of
thle Information. Tha system baa been
gradually . perfected until it has be
oome mors nearly perfect than any
similar plan for obtaining eyact
knowledge of the else of any agtlcul
; (oral crop daring the progress of har
vesting.
"No complaint has been made that
tbs census reports are not accurate;
Indeed, for a year or two past, ws have
I been able to trace the crop so closely
that practically every bale has been
accounted for.
"The statistics Increase In value er
nr rear, for It becomes possible, by
com perl son of the statistics of one year
i *ltb those of the same date In pro
ceeding yean, to judge, the else of
soccs—Ire crops with an accuracy
■•ver before known or approximated.
“The ginning reports of the Census
OSes have crowded .out the specula
tive sad Interested estimates referred
to, and the single object which the
Southern Representatives had In view
la urging this legislation has been
successfully accomplished.
GHNN1CR8' MOV* DBPRBCATHD.
“Tn vlow of tbaaa facta, I here been
Krprload and oonaernad at the praa
ant more meat In Um Southern Matas,
which * apparently approved and nor
vented by the eotton growers them
■atyee, to deetroy the censes reports,
hr the eoneartnd refeaal of the (la
ne** to aanka the ratarna a poo which
they are hand. Thua far the aaova*
Mat haa not eertooely affected oar
work, bat if It eontlnnea and spread*,
ft will aeoeetarUy destroy Its valaa
darfha tha eomlag yanr. it appaar* to
hava base *oddaaly dtaeorerad that
thaae reports, undertaken solely at tha
daaand of tha eotton grower, are
hi** detrimental to hla laureate. Mr.
K *. Wahber, president of tha Mem
pkt* aottoa exehanaa. la twotad aa da
MAKES A GOOD KEPOBT
Corporation Commission Gives Out
Usual fitstement.
The Corporation Commission this
evening gave out Its report to Gov
ernor Aycock. for the present year.
The report say* that daring the year
there were 330,110 miles of main
line of railroad In operation.
The gross earnings were $20,337,940;
operating expenses, $11141329, net In
come from operations, $7,539,011; net
Increase, $1,045,173 over last year's
operations. Tha railroads am ployed
15,206 persons and 120 persons were
killed in the movement of trains. Of
theaa two were passengers and 19
employes; 4,920,095 passengers were
transported; 335 complaints were
made to the commission, nearly all
of which were disposed of.
North Carolina la tha only State In
which railways are required to per
mit first and second class fares for
peas sogers, and tha lawn ware ao
amended as to require only one tare
that could certainly he made lower
than the present first-class fare of
3 1-2 cents. The average rate per pas
senger mile on the leading roads In the
State was about 23 cents The num
ber of banks has increased from 155
to 192. ronr banka were put In re
ceivers’ hands.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES.
The Corporation Commission’s re
port says the earnings or railways dur
ing the year were: Atlantic Coast
Une. $6434,369; Seaboard Air Une.
$3,721,711; Southern Railway, $9,594.
053; miscellaneous roads, 11437.306.
Total, $30,837,940. The capital stock
of all the roads Is $63490.350. Taxes
paid were: Atlantic Coast Une, »219..
897; Seaboard Air Une. $137440;
Southern Railway. $378,446. Total,
$636483, and by miscellaneous roads,
351.493. making a total of all roads.
$077,775. Tho number of employes
U Atlantic Coast Une. 4,909; 8eeboard
Air Une, 3407; Southern Railway,
6,038; miscellaneous roads. 3,051. Val
uation tor taxation is as follows: At
lantic Coaat Line, $34,464,014; Sen
board Air Une, $13,600,000; Southern
Railway, $38,310489: miscellaneous
roads. $6416,370; telegraph, telephone,
street railway and express companies,
$6,061,053; total. 374.542.026.
Penitentiary Report.
The penitentiary directors Monday
evening filed their report with Gover
nor Ay cock, showing a net surplus of
$133468. Included in this are $60,000
in penitentiary debt bonds purchased
by the directors. Other assets, con
sisting mataly of cotton, are estimated
at the pment market value, several
crop* being left out of the estimate so
as to offset any further stump in cot
ten. But for tha slump the surplus
would have been $150,000, the direc
tors state. They reeonunend that the
$60,000 debt bonds they hefld be do
voted | to the establishment of a re
Governor approves thin recommends
tlcn. The prison and Its various
branches are in good physical oondt
tion and the past four years were un
marked by any epidemic, small or
Croat. Tho order was good, generally
speaking, the convicts have behaved
exceptionally well, this being due to
strict discipline and kind aad consider
ate treatment. There am now hospt
ta. wards for white and negro con
sumptives. Many Improvements have
been made in the convict quarters at
the BUta farm. The latter yielded
great harvest.
Creditors Want Reeelvsr.
O mens boro, Special.—In the United
Statee Court here Judge Boyd heard
a creditors' petition in Involuntary
bankruptcy filed by Walter Swlnk of
Concord, and S. M. Swlnk. of Winston,
attorneys for the creditors of D. P.
Dm/vault A Bro.. wholesale and re
tail merchants of Concord. Cootecmee
and Gold Hill. The petition states
the assets of the firm to be $100,000;
liabilities $154,000. Judge Boyd or
dered a subpoena to Issue the partlee
to appear here Jan. 17 to show cause
why they should not be declared bank
rupt. Pending a hearing. T. D. Man
m, of Concord, was named as recetver.
Oiling a bond of $10,000.
■tasmar Blown Op.
Hamilton, Banaods. By Cable.—The
■tauter Qalia, from Hamburg for R*<
Tfa*> bas arrlrad hare with tfce snr
M wa of the erwsr of tha Norwegian
bark Arpaala, Captain Jansen, from
Haw York, Dae. », for Catta. Tha Ar
paala wpe blown ap at saa by tha «x
ploalon of bar cargo of aaphtha, and
aldran of her craw waa ktllad. Baraa
of tha craw, who warn aarad. ward
landed bare Monday night.
Chadwtek
Cleretand. O.. _Bar
ry and laraj B. Chadwtek arrlrad hare
■™**r It* Haw York aad warn
driran at oaoe to tha oonaty Jail where
a ban hand tar « i»jm waa taratahed
tar Or. Chadwick's appaaraaea la tha
Criminal Court next Tnaaday, whan
Tha hall bond waa atgnad by vaST
KBaa, coxae al tar Or. Chadwtek. aad
•loo -f .. 9. Cawley, aoaaaat tar Mrs.
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NORTH STATE NEWS
Occurrences of Interact In Vartote
Parts of tha State.
0 an eel Cotton Market.
Galveston, steady.
New Orleans, eaay.ml
Mobile, Inn .IH4
Savannah, quiet...Pi
Charleston, quiet.Sfe
Baltimore, nominal .IAS
New York, quiet.CAS
Boston, quiet .CAS
Philadelphia, quiet.7.10
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Middling.7^
Tinges.G’A to ▼
Btalna.6H to ■ 7-»
Tragedy In Raleigh.
Raleigh. Special.—A little batten
noon Thursday one of tha most te
loveal men In Raleigh, James H. Al
ford, almost seventy yean old, woo
shot down and fatally Injured In Mo
printing establishment by R. El Kgr
num, a man of SB years, one of hAn
partners In the Job printing boatmen.
Alford died Thursday night. The (Ate
er partner of the firm of Alford.
num A Christophers, namely, ChsrtM
D. Christophers, was present and wte
neased the shooting. The front door
of the establishment la closed, an*
tha terrible affair occurred In the
printing room, which la Separate*
from the front office by a door.
Bynum Is a hard drinker, and ham
been on a dobauch for some day*,
i It Is stated that bo went Into the plasm
and began to curse Mr. Alford, aa*
then made a motion as If to pull *
pistol from a blp pocket. At thla Al
ford moved towards him, and th«te
according to Alford* statement, By
num rapidly shot three times The
pistol must have bean held very doom
to the body. Powder bums show
where two bullets entered the rlgtfh
breast, one bullet remaining in Ike
body and the other going upward n*
smashing a shoulder blade. The otte
er ballet seems to have missed Mm
mark. The old men fell between Ike
cat*, Christophers falling to ste*
Bynum from leaving the place, ete
deotly (earing that tha drunken mate
would shoot him also. It seams Uute.
only one or two persons heard tlte
noise of the shot, but did not locate
It Bynum walked out of the ffraaR
door and along Bast Hargett street.
Hls dishevelled appearance led ms
or two paraona who passed hint Sn
eak him what traS'the matter. Ha im
plied in a drunken voice that he teff
not know, or oornethlng to that effete,
and went on to tha oornar, tsrnkR
down South - Blount street a ante
blocks ft* the .capital building. Tte
till* rmr itei tetri tha inside
the place -Jtu :«Tto"enter by tha a*
pearuaoe of Christophers, whp b b*»
shirt sleeves and hie shoulder ete*
ared with blood, ran out tha fratet
door. The man who entered alls*
Chriatophers and sane others she
came In in removing Alford to tha eff
ace.
North Kit* New*.
The 8tate he* (mated charterer to
the Tar Heel Company, Oreeosborsv
a social club of which Spencer Plash
born. A- E Holton and other mad
nent Republicans are member*. TVs
capital stock being 15.000. To the In
dependent African Methodlst-gpteon
pal denomination, head quarters JSL
Wlnaton-8aJesn, the purpose of whtcto
Is to establish churches, mlsslaaa,
schools, etc., and push the work cf
that denomination generally; to ttje
W. J. RorU Manufacturing Company,
of Wilmington, which will ninifne
turn sash, doors, blinds, eta, csetts*
stock $>5,000; to the Cray Manufac
turing Company, Gastonia, capital*
stock $150,000, to manufacture fshrtae
of cotton and other taatlle. Geo. A.
Gray, Joseph A. Bepark. and C. J».
Husk are the stockholders.
State Superintendent of Schools Js^
nor has Issued a circular latter to th»
county superintendent* celling 1Mb
attention to the unsafe oondltlow nr
the school houses (a regard to tMh
Uabtllty to Ira. He says many of 1ttm.
s*W houses are Itied w1tk term oomst
pipe, which cause twenty par eeaft,
of the Ires la the State,' according t»
the report of the Insurance rnmmta
I loner.
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