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ILLE CITIZEN h the weatr. ; SHOWERS DOAROINQ HOUeE AOS. IRINO SUMMER BOARDERS - e) VOL XX NO 57 ASHBVUXB N. G, SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 12, 1905 PRICE FTVB CENTS Russias Reply to the Japanese Terms Indicates an Early Rupture THE 7VSHEV CZAR'S M USTER WITTE REFUSES TO MEET THE Dl.iAMDS OF JAPAN'S ENVOY AND THE HE OTIATIOHS FOR PEACE MAY FAIL Cession of Island oilsakaiillen and Payment of a Large Indemnitee the Great Stumbling Blocks That! Threaten to Put an End to Pace Conference at WITTE BELIEVES PROSPECTS OF REACHING AGREEMENT ARE NIL Russian Minister Is Aire , When the Expected sumato Declare; Give Way as to PORTSMOUTH, N. H., AUG. 11. RUSSIA'S REPLY TO THE JAPAN-l...m ESE TERMS FOR PEACE CONDI TIONS WILL BE DELIVERED TO BARON KOMURA AT 9:30 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. THE RE PLY 13 WRITTEN, THERE BEING TWO TEXTS, ONE IN FRENCH, THE OTHER IN ENGLISH. UPON THE TWO CRUCIAL POINTS, IN DEMNITY AND THE CESSION OF THE ISLAND OF SAKHALIEN, THE REPLY IS AN ABSOLUTE NON P08SIMUS. OTHER POINTS ARE ACCEPTED AS BASIS FOR DIS CUSSION, WHILE STILL OTHERS ARE ACCEPTED CONDITIONALLY. The reply is rather Ion?, bcct.'.tso In enumerating the condition.'' discussion Is admitted, and In those upon which decision U declined reasons ;md ar guments are given. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are expected :o ask for an Immediate adjournment to ix amine and prepare their reply. Japs are Silent. Mr. WjUte will probably Intimate that the rtusslan plenipotentiaries expeot the Japanese to disj-y . as much expedition as they thl Rus sians) have shown In the preparat:or. of their icsponsc. Monday, therefore, is expected to be (he day on : which the real discussion will begin. Neither side wants to Indulg? in diplomatic sparring. The t!m? for fencing is over and less than 4 week rnosi decide whether a basin of peace 1s possible. The tactics of the Japanese ate in scrutable. They have shown through ourt -thenvur this ability to guard their secrets, military, naval and diplomat ic, and now not 'the remot s; cluv comes from behind their closed doors as to whether they arc prepared to make substantial Concessions. Silence and secrecy are tlx lr watchwords. But If the conditions as submitted constitute their last word, hope of pemce may be r-garded a having dis appeared, if the fyfllng reflected in Russian circles U a true criterion. And that no substantial 'concessions on i the miin i-sus vlll be made Is the belief both in Russian and Japan ese circles. I : - ; Hussians Gtjomy. . Tonight In the Inmr camps of bolh plenlpotcntiirl' s the deepest pes simism relfps. Mr. Witt?, It Is posi tively known, believes the prospects of an agreement are so remote 'as t.i be practically nil. He has no desire to prolong the agony, and. Instead of fencing when the plenipotentiaries come together after the Japan's' have , had the opportunity to examine .the ALDERMAN'S REMARKS SHOULD HAVE : RAISED BLUSH OF SHAME SAYS BAILEY McGregor. Tex.. Aug. ll.-VTnlted States Senator Joseph W. Bailey was the speaker at the Confederate reu nion here yesetrday. his sulect be Inr a defense of the south, fits fath er was a Confederate snd father a Federal soldier, battle axalnst rach oth s grani- K-Ing In Amor? said: other things. Senator Ral' - T hat-p hern pained ith'n the Mt few months to I ;n tnai a 'outhern man. etellc4 the prsi- flency of the rmv.-r-'fy of Virginia. hJ r M ST.. ortsmouth dy Making Plans for Action Rupture Comes Mat- Japanese Will Not Single Step emands In ply. thire is strong reason to b. lliuvo In. j 111 not iintv wle,i:iir. hut iiBt ,.,, 'immediate dls- usslon of all the proposed busts. Ho MSiinistlc Is he that he has already ecu talking to his colleagues of his ans when the rupture comes. He ro suiting for home he contemplates brief visit to Chicago. Knew All About It. That the Jiipjm.se tetms. Insofar as ey touch the main points, will not withdrawn or materially modified the opinion of the most competent ftpaiiese who is 111 talk fur publicat ion, namely Mr. Jutl Matsumato, a ilember of the Japanese parliament, ,lai Is here as a financial emissary of .I.ipan, and who Is In close communl liini with Baron Koniura and Mr. Tikahira. rThe Units, in 'their broad out- s." said he, "have been substan ly known to us In Japan. If Haron li'.tra should yield on the chief its public feeling In Japan would so strnncr that he .vould be mur dered on his return to Japan. We ot be reimbursed for the costs of thot war, and wo have national claims a?;jlnst Russia which we have never forgotten. The trims are looked up on hy us as moderate. A strong par ty tn Japan favored claiming not only Sikehlin, the I.lao Tung peninsula. the protectorate over Korea and evac uation of Manchuria, hut t:ie cssioii o Japan of the territory mound the mouth of the Amur." RUSSIANS SURPRISED St. Petersburg. Aug. 12,-3:45 a. m. The news of the speedy completion of Mr. Witte's reply came as a surrrls" to the Ilu'rtan pub'le, as a deity until at lea-t Monday was anticipated, to permit a consulta ion at Petertoff. Mr. Witte's initiative and decision have evoked the admiration of the Russians, accustomed as they aire to delays In matters of a similar nature. Japan's demands, as predicted, have served to array the nurlm government and people under the same banner for the Ar t time since, the beginning of the war and it Is evident that M. Wltte will find almost solid support at his back In whatever answer he way irake to llaron Komura's communica tion. Favored Associated Press. . The government permit ed and en couraged the publication of the full As sociated Press dispatches containing the Japanese conditions which like a fiery cross ral'led Kus'la's disunited elans. Reaetionary. Conservative Liber al and Radical. With scarcely an-exception every voice Is raised In urging the government to hold out against Ja pan's principal demands. IN A HURRY. Washington. Aug. 11 -The cruiser Galveston, which arrived in Hampton Roads. Va., this evening. Is taking on coal under Iturry orders, preparat ory to taking trip to Panto Domingo. should speak disparagingly of south ern traditions." He remarked1 that the Virginia un' versity. being founded by Thomas Jefferson an 3 being In a state 'with sue a a reputation 'as Virginia, shout! of all educational Institutions be ex pected to teach the truth about the .;jth. Rut Dr. AldVrmaii. at a ban quet in Neu York, had made a speech which. Senator Railey declared, shouH have, caused n blush of shame ti mount to the chrefc of every southern m m at the table. r . TRIUMPH FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Portsmouth, Auk. II -einc eif the blKKcst fratiires if the day at he Weiitw.nlh Imiel as the publication nf ilie Japan ese terms by the A"etated Press. HfTorts were aiale to discredit their autht utility, but neither 'the Japanese m.r Rus sians would discuss 'In- sub jwt, and before nlub f .1:1 all those InN rcte'd bee i aw e,ii. vlnced eif their 'accuracy. Roth Mr. Sato and Mr K"r.t,i Vltr. the s ikt sun n Ihelr respective sides, I i-. to suy anything "fnYt.iily .ilmu: the terms, wblcii. by mutual agreemi nt. were to be kept se cret, but Mr Kon-sinx Its. In the name of Mr. Wltte. did not hesitate to coiifliin the aecu tacy of the Associated Press ststemi nt this evening that the Russian reply was completed und would be delivered tomor row morning. He even went to the extent of saying that It would be an agreement on some points, conditional agree ment on same and rejection of some of the terms. He also took occasion to confirm the statement that Mr. Wltte had re-celved no Ins! ; uctions from St. Pi'tereburg regarding the nature of the reply to be given, as his powers were ample'. REYES DECLINE5 TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY Antonio, Tex. Aug. II. A special to, The Daily ICxptess from the Cbty of Mexico says: General Rcrnoiido Reyes will not go to Out-many as minister for Mexko to hat country in a sordance with plans made some time ago. He has posi tively declined to nccei the post und leave Mexico. As far as Is known he will continue as governor of the state of Neuvoleon. General Re-yes Is the first Mexican In "nv years to decline a post Belected for him by President Diaz. FIGHTERS IN GREAT DANGER One Emlncnl Surgeon Now Numbered Among Fever Sufferers SPREAD OF DISEASE IS BEING CHECKED Thought That Some Progress Is Being Made In Fight at New Orleans YESTERDAY'S RECORD. . New Orleans. Autt 11. om ftul report to C V i i New rases, tl: toial cases to date, 808. Deaths s. total to date. US. Near sub-foci. 12; total to date, 163. New Orleans, Aug. 11. -The day's record Is something ' an Improve ment over that of the day before, both as to new eases mid new points f Infection, und Is taken as an en- 'ouragiiiK sign, A la ue majority of the sub-f.Kl are above r.uial street. one of the-m being In Carrollon. Thi iroportlou of Italians Is much larger than the day before. The fact that Assistant Surgeon G M. lt"rry of the marine hospital ser- lee Is now down ml.li the fever has not dampened the ardor of his col- cugiifM. Those who have never had he fever, while they take every pos sible precaution against It, know that being thrown continuously Into build ings whlcTi mar be harboring In fected mosquitoes, -they run a good chains- of being bitten at one time o motlnr, so they igpeet to get It. Dr. Herry. s-inre his arrival Ik re ten days igo. has bun working right In the nidst of the ccn'tuat focus of infeetloa and bus done yeoman service there. He- had a high f' ver tonight, but. as his physical condition Is good anil as ie has youth on his wide, the chances lie all In his favor. .Surgeon White 'las put the district hendiiuart-rs la ipernllon and ns--tgned a contract sur rc in and assistant surgeon to each. in some dlsMlHs. namely th. fifth and sixth, where the bulk 'of tfie In fection Is, several surgeons will be assigned. Must Hold Bananas. -Surgeon While will not allow any bananns to be shipped out of here to any of the southein states. Cargoes of fruit are coming In here, but they (Continued on Page Three.) CALLED BACK. PAGE IS NOT TO BE FIRED Alderman FItipalrlcK's Black mailing Charges Were Not Proved ALDERMAN. HOWEVER. IS HIGHLY PRAISED His Desire to Have a "Clean' Police Force Recognized by Board The dual chapter of a rather 41 11- sntlonal investigation that has been going on under the direction of ttie polii'e committee of the boa. el of nl dormen for the past month, and whl las be Ml considered a: several meet inics of the board of aldermen In ex ecntive session, wis written last nigh at the regular open srsslnn of th ho.ird. It had to do itli the charge of attempted tlackmall made by Al lerman I'ltxpatriek against Pat:olm. Pii're of the local police force', ami a the matter m- stands the- charge. will probably be allowed to drop on account of the impossibility of ob alnlng the testimony of two ma erlal witnesses, who are not with! reach of the Investigating committee. Fitzpatriok Praissd. The report on the matter, tiled la night, recognises Alderman Fttxpat rlcK s pure motives In - bringing tni rharges against Patrolman Pnge nn commends him for his apparent dVsIre to have none but the best men on the police force, but adds that the evl uence auvanceji is eir Itseir Insufflcb n to warrant the committee In recom mending Mr. -Pages irmoval. This report was unanimously adopted, with one amendment The report sit forth that Alderman Mtzpatrlck himself admitted thin th -vldelire was Insufficient te Wnrran 1 removal and that he 01 be lU-vi V'S ' guilty of tmv attempt blackmail chargfd. This stntemen Alderman Kltspnt ick denied stoull last night i.vljcn the report was sub mitted, and although Mayor Ra t ard said II was his recollect Inn tha this remark was made to him In 1 conversation with the alderman, th leport was amended to remive th objectionable feature. Th Charges. The charges against Patrolman Page we-rs made m-veral weeks ago b Alderman Kltzpatt'lok. who asked fc an Investigation. He charged that th patrolman, several mouths ago, con. curled a scheme- by which he Intrude, to gel the alderman aad ex-Chief of Continued on page Four TEXAS MOB BURNS NEGRO ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED ASSAULT AT THE STAKE KOMURA IS IN PREDICAMENT His Credentials do Not Give Him Powers Equal to Those of Wltte RUSSIAN ASKS FOR , A CERTIFIED COPY Remarkable State of Affairs Fxlst Which Must be Clear ed Away Portsmouth. N. H., Aug. 11. A very remarkable tate of affairs exists re garding the credentials oni the Japan ese plenipotentiaries, und the end Is not yet. Notwt hstandlng yesterday's state- erent that with the exchange, of cre dentials all differences on that point had been removed, the Associated Press learns authoritatively that Uho matter Is still at Is.-tie. After the failure of llaron Komura, to produce his credentials at the first ses sion on Wednesday an Kngllsh copy was communicated, to Mr. Wl te with, the statement that It was a copy, but .he pnir.er was In nowise attested. At yesterday' session Huron Komura sub mitted 1 he original In Japanese, bti , o 'ourse, no member of the Russian mis don ctiuld read It. Mr. Witte's creden tial', on the contrary, while In Russian vvere accompanied by a certified copy U Fre-iKh. which bore the signature o; 'eiunt Lamsrtorff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs. Mr. Wltte has ret urned i!o Baron Keimurn the copy of the latter' credentials In the expecta tion that ho would forthwith receive in attested copy of the translation, bir up to noon today he had received nothing. Delioate Point. The difference in the powers con ferred upon the two sets of plonlipoten tiarlesi also raises a very dellea.e point nd one of the greatest moment. In the Russian credentials the emperor of Russia (ledges his word of honor to sign any treaty which receives the ap proval of Mr. Wltte, The power con ferred upon Mr. Wit: e .0 negotiate and onclude a treaty of pence Is nbsolte. Haron Komura's credent lal, on the contrary,- specifically provide that any eny Ire-aty negotiated by Baron Ko mura mu-t receive the Imperial rutifl- a'lon of the emperor of Japan.. This llvergence in the character of the cre dentials fs so vital that Mr. Wltte has ominunlcaied to Huron Koniura an ; official diplomatic note wherein he no- Itles the Japanese plenlpotent lury :hH while he stands ready to exercise the full powers conferred upon him. In lew eif the limitation placed upon the peiwers of Japan's chief negotiators. he regards it as only proper that he hould conflder his powers limited In he same, way. In other words, unless he powers of Hiron Komura are- In- reased to make them co-equal with hose conferred upon Mr. Wltte, Km- peiror Nicholas will have the right to ratify or reject any treifty that Is ne- ot lated. : VEW YORK LIFE FIRST TO HAVE INSf ECTION New York, Aug. 11. -Insurance Commissioner Folk nr Tennessea an nounced today that an Interstate ex- mlnatlon of life Insurance companies would commence on October 1. The New York Life Is to be the first ex- mlned. The announcement was made after conference between the InHUratjaal commissioners of Kentucky, Mlnfyi sota. Wisconsin, NeurasKa, Louisiana nd TeJiaessee and President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insur ance company. ROOSEVELT GREETED AT BY 10,000 Chautauqua. N. Y Aug. 11. "Let us give President ltemsevelt the Chats u- 111 salute at Its best." - With these orde Bishop John H. Vlne-ent toelay losed his brief Introduction of th president to the Chautauqua assembly. Instant ly lO.ono white haadkerchkfs llut ered In the air over the heade of the ast audience In the great amphlthei- ter. It was m lnpitlng and beautiful sight and as President Roosevelt tepped forward smilingly the audience rote as one person and cheered en- thuslaa h-ally. Victim of "Orderly Crowd' Saturated With Oil and Roasted to Death MOB STANDS BY: . ' ' WATCHES IT WORK Negro Charged With Attempt Ing Criminal Assault on Young White Girl Sulphur Pprlngs, Tex., Aug. 1L Tom Williams, a mulatto negro, made an at tempt to assault a young white girl In a pasture near this town about o'clock thlr morning. Three hours later he was a biasing mass In tha public sejuare at Sulphur Springs. The whole proceed ing was as orderly da such proceedings ever are. There was no excitement and 1 ht lynching was participated In by reveral hundred people. In leas than four hours after the assault the trag itdr hail ended -and the town had re turned to it accustomed voeatlons, and the Incident waa over. Attempted Assault, On a farm nbout two miles southwest , of town Mary Chllds Uvea with her mother and slaters. About t o'clock this morning she started, as waa her wont, to the pasture to drive up the cows tn the niHklng lot She had found the cows end was re.urnlng with them when Williams accosted her. He toek hold of the girl and the latter realising her predicament tolfd the negro he had. better release her, us her sisters were near by. This evidently frightened the negro, and the girl seeing that he hesU ated, set up a wream, end Williams oosened his hold on her and ran oft as " an 1 a ih could. The girl mads her way home and tokt What had happened. Pees lit Pursuit, : , OlhVers and i posre started after the negro and he was soon caught about a mile and a half east of town. He was taken at once to the scene of IJte at tempted nssiult and was fully Identi fied by his intended victim, who told In detail of her experience with him. The mob took the negro away from the officers. When the mob arrived at the pub- He square the tools of Its trade were provided. Prom ,h!s head to his heela the negro was saturated wl'h oil.' A match was applied to the feet and a. -blase shot high Into the air. The meb ; stoeid by and wutched the flames de- vour the ncgy The fire waa kept go- Ing for a while, but It soon burned Itself out and 1 he body was cut down. Then more oil was poured on It and the blase started afresh. The body waa nlmtwt liK'!iiera"ed. Then the mob dispensed and In half an hour no sign remained : nt the grewsome tragedy that had been enacted, nor of tthe victim whose death had been compassed so tiukikly after , his crlttTe. ' The relatives of the mun were per mitted o take whit was left of the body. They scraped up the remains and took ithem away. Later they will : be burled by them. MANGLED BODIES FOUND IN WOODS Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. ll.8amuel Simmons, a wealthy naval stores and si mill man, und lis son, EH Simmons, were both shot and killed about fifteen miles from here today by Thomas HIs ler, who enters the plea of self-defense;. The bodies of father and son were fo ind In the pine wood near the public road. The elder Simmons waa shot through the hejirt by a full charge of bBeWiot and :l heart w is found 011 the ground about a foot from the body, having ev ident ly been torn out by hand after tke shooting. There were eeveral bullet wounds In the body of Ell Simmons, Hf was also shot In the back with a charge of bird shot RUHLIN WINS. Pan Frincfcco. Aug. 11. Gus Ruhlin texilght knocked out Jim McOormick tn the elgh'h round. CHAUTAUQUA ' WAVING HANDKERCHIEFS The .president waa ese-orted to tho assembly pisiform by Bishop Vincent. Tke great audience rose und cheerefd for a fctll minute. Under the lead of the flue pipe organ the chorus and the audience sang "The Star Spangled Banner" and then at the request of President Roosever; "Dixie- was sung amid greet enthusiasm. The president a;oke for nearly one hour, and after the singing of 'Amerl ea" by ehe audienice fce at once start 1 for his carriage, receiving a great ov i-tl-m.
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