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VOL XX NO 276
ASHBVTLLB N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 23, 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
T
president rdoseveli devises a plah!"
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WHEREBY
TO JAPAN
Associated Press Makes
President's Efforts to Break the Existing
Deadlock in the Peace Negotiations at
PortsmouthBoth Japan and Rus
sia May Make Concessions
THAT NICHOLAS WON'T YIELD
Nevertheless It is Thought
velt's Solution Will Meet With Acceptance--Komura
Favors Prolonging Negotiations
In Hope That Pressure Will ForGe
the Czar to Give Away
Portemoj 1, X. H , 22
ot'lated PfM Is now in n 1
;,h turn t'i
reveal suDSianuany inc "
President Roosevelt lor breaking the
existing deadlock In the peace negotia
tions. His solution would Ingeniously
permit the satisfaction of tih? Japani
demands for reimbursement for the tost
of the wnr, and at the same tlmf en
able Russia to face the world with IV
declaration that she hud not ceded a
foot of territory or paid, a kopeck of
war tribute to the victor. The dilution
Is the one whle'.j has been heretofore
described in th Associated Presr db
patches OS the natural und logical com
promise. .Te,raly jt .iie4 11. consists in
an agreement by nussli t. repurchase
pos.'wsion of el'.he; all or l.alf of the
Island trf Sakhalin, tow In the military
occupation of Jipi i for a sum the
amount of whl "h if tlie two countries
cannot agree on, shall b decided by
some method of arbitration h-reafter to
be determined. Tre pui".-!ia-e money,
together with the mm Japan would ob
tain frdrn the cession of the Chinese
Eastern railroad, and the n'alntenance
at the RusHnn pris, -iers in Japan,
would, It i estimated, about equal the
amount claimed by Japai v her bill
for ti'ic cost of the war. Pra: .leally,
therefore the solution ofeed by Lhe
president Involves recession by Japan
on Article 5 (Sakhalin), and recession
by Russia on Anlc'.o (indemnity.)
Japs Willing.
It seems .practically c rtuiu. tl. .ugh.
that this not to be affirmed positively,
that the prei iden.t today was able to
give. Mr. Wltte assurance that
Japan would be willing to accept such
a compromise. This Is apparently upr
ported by the authoritative Japanese
Statement made to the Associated Press
tonight in reply to a question a's to
whether Japan had not decided to make
substantial concessions. "It all 6e-'
ponds upon Russia."
Witto Gets Message.
' It was the president's message to Mr.
Wltte which caused the sen- a lion of
the day. Early in -the morning had
come the announcement that the meet
ing of the conferen&e which. was? to
have been fteld today had been post
poned until tomorrow at 8:30' o'clock.
The public reason assigned was that
the protocols for submission had not
been completed. A lew hours later the
true reason leaked out. J. L. McGrew,
one of the stenographers attached to
she executive omit-; at Oyster Bay, had
arrived with a communication fram the
president for the Russian plenipoten
tiaries. Mr. Wltte and Baron DcRoseo
had left the hotel, ostensibly for a ride
In an automobile, but bad subsequently
slipped over to the conference building
at the navy yard to receive the message
from Assistant Secretary Pelrce. The
most elaborate ; re: autionn had been
taken to Insure irccr, but It leaked
out through a "tip" .from New York
which reached the AssiK-atciJ Press.
Won't Talk.
"From 10:30 until 1:30 Mr. Wltte and
Baron IeRoen remained at the con
ference building with Mr. Pelrce. All
those present dec-line to make any
statement regarding at transpired at
the navy yard, even refusing to admit
that any importance attached to the
matter.
;t Depend on Czar.
The general dlsposKion was to reijurd
today's swift and kaloidoc-oplc devel
opments as materially brightening the
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS NOMINATE THOMAS S.
MARTIN TO SUCCEED HIMSELF IN U. S. SENATE
Rk-hmond, Va.. Aug. C In the Dem
ocratic state, primary today Thomaa S.
Martin wai nominated to succeed him
self In the- I'nlted States eenate and
Representative Claude A. Swenson. of
the Fifth congressional district, to suc
ceed Andrew J. Montague as governor
of the ate. by large rnnjorltles". Chair
msn J. Taylor Kllyoon. of the Iemo
cTatlc state lotnmitte. ni nominated
for the lieutenant governorship by au
RUSSIA WILL, PAY, KM
AND YET PRESERVE "HONOR"
Public the Result of the
That President , Roose
chunres of success of the prcHitkMit's
1 hrrolr endeavor to suv tht ptraru cn-
fivi'iii'.o frnm f:iiliii'f I'.llt It W:i rt'Jll-
, Used that ail. uh ibcforo. depended upon
the iiRltuiie of Emperor Nicholas und
Mr. Wltte, it is positively stated, per
sonally favors the solution offered by
the president, but he is jiowerless un
less his Imperial master gives the word.
W'lt.h the most intense anxiety that
word was awaited. It .-pells peace or
war.
WILL DISCCSS IT TODAY.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22. It is
stated tha; Baron Komura has agreed
to offer at the session at 9:30 this
morning, - the itreslderUs compromise
proposition. High authority believes
H Impossible 'that a final rupture can
come today, no matter what the cha
racter of the emperor's flnnl Instruct
ions to M. Witte imiy be.
"if lhe lies,' ia :ions can be prolong
ed Into next week" said he, "so much
pressure will be brought to henr upon
t-'le emperor that he will not be able to
resist." '
KICKS AGAINST
AMERICAN BOYCOTT
State Department Continues
to Receive Vigorous Pro
tests Against Retaliations
Washington, Aug. 22. Piotesta
against the Chinese boycott of Ameri
can goods continue to bo received by
the slate department, but very tiw
make any suggt stlon that looses have
been incurred, although in one or two
instances transportation companies
have said that there has been a falling
oil In the shipment of American gooijs
to China. No further reports indi
cating the progress of the boycott
have bcin received at the state de
partment and It is not believed that
there Is any progress of the boycott
outside of Shanghai.
One instance on hji attempt to In
sult the American (lag Was reported
from Amoy. This happened a month
aso, but the govei nor of the province
promptly made amends and ordered
all attempts at a d: monstration di
rected towards Americans cease. The
Washington government Tias no com
plaint to make of -the local authori
ties In China as the rcpoits Indicate
that they have been prompt nnd effi
cient In the protection of American
Interests.
WIL60N TESTIFIES.
Watfjfn'gfnnv Aug.- 22. Secretary
Wilson and Assistant 'kfcretary Ky
ra of the department of agriculture
today testified before the grand Jury
In connection with the' Investigation
of -thee oton report.
overwhelming vote, and William A. An
derson was cBoseo'for re-ele-tton itf. at
torney general, ajnd i. V. Efcgleston.
Jr.. of Prince feMward county, was
nominated for sujerfiitendent of public
Instruction by majorities approximat
ing those of the leaders, of the ticket.
The nominations are rbiimed by the
Demorrata to 1 practically equivalent
to election, thVugh the Republicans
have a ticket In (be field and propose
to make a slAmg fight.
N1TY
HAS CZAR UPSET ALL
CHAiXCE OF PFACE?
Portsmouth, N. H, Aug. 22.
A long cablegram from St. Pe
tersburg, which is believed to
.be the Rucsian reply, arrived
about 10 o'clock tonight and M.
Witto and secretaries, Mr. Na
bvikoff and M. Plancorn, im
mediately began deciphering it
Considerable excitoment was
apparent in te annex where the
Russian headquarters are lo
cated. .Sheet by shoe: the
translation was taken to M.
Witte's room. .The rumor is
that it is a refusal a non-pos-sumus,
a reiteration of the
riusiian position that she has
given ample proof of her desire,
for peace in the articles alrea
dy accepted and that more she
could not yield with dignity
rtd hfcnor.
O
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MANUFACTURERS
GET TOGETHER
Albany, N. Y Auir. 22. Twenty-one
prtunliic.nl manufacturers from differ
ent parts of the counlry are named a
directors of the National Association of
Manufacturer.- of the I 'lilted States of
Amerl -a. which w as incorporated here
today for the principal purpose of regu
lating relations between em; loyers am
enployes and dealing with labor
union. The lertifieate states that the
organization-!!" funned for the better
ment of relations between employer and
employe, the protection of the Individ-
ual liberty and rights of. employer and, Worse even than the dangers of the
employe, the education of the public In sen, of famine an 1 of thirst the pas
the principles of Individual liberty and sengprs say, was the odor of the de-
ownership of property, the support of
5:gl la t ion t.i furtherance of these prin
ciples and opposition to legislation In
derogation thereof, alma to secure free
dom from unlawful and unjust exact
Inns. MORE PEONAGE.
Valdoxta. Oa.. Aug. 21. Deputy
I'nlted States Marshal Godwin, has
returned fiom Baconton. where he ar
rested a negro, William Strickland, on
the charge of violating lhe neonagu
law. It Is claimed that Strickland
has been holding a negro boy named
Henry Steillng, in "Involuntary aer..
vltudo" I
About the snly indemnity that
SAFE IN PORT
Athos Arrives Aficr Drifting
Many Weeks at Mercy of
the Waves
FAMINE THREATENED
TO EXTERMINATE CREW
At One Time Each ferson
Was Allowed but a Swal
low of Water Pa Day
Ne, York. Aug. 2
.thus, 1 7 days over i
pass. iii i m and u oar.
lianas on, I wHh bum
shaiks tin board, to in
Tile
w i
steamer
!i . IkIi
l i. :ed ha
ir ill ali'
ill, i-. l I
S, oilnn.l
of lur viy.ip', urrlve 1
Lights!, ip last niglit.
(in July .10, tlie D"
cnuipauy's ste.iiier A-
il I
unship
lc- 1-,-ft lVrl
New York. ,i
plOVlsl ll III
peri.il. Tlin
' ' nlric l ml on
Antonio, Jumacin. for
six days voyage, with
plenty for ;hls short
hours out of poit an
the
nmine broke und fi mi hit hour
u 1 1 1 1t last Sunday, pr
ti:ms i, nly an taur m
der her own steuni, Hi
tliln; S'Cne-
I iy from un
A;li,,s drifted
'l us. ill roll-
without
::: thi- mercy of the i
slum ,l,i user of fumln,
diinklng water, and re, i
from time to time off .i
UK supplies
ilnur steam
ers until on August iln- disabled
steamer r.ave up aul .-hsiiallcd the
rtramer Altai for a low This steam
er brought the Athos tn New York.
On August 8, the disabled steamer
sighted the steumshlp Adirondack and
signalled "all well on boaid," but on
the H ill the las I tank of water wr
opcird and found to I"' minted wltl
lhe tile of rotting bananas. Some
dolphin were caught two days Intel
and on August 13, tlie incipient fine
Ine was further relieved by the
steamer M ntevidi :, wtfieh Hupplic,"
provisions. But not only was th(
.--learner forced to drift about while
repairs were under way but for two
days of tills period a great storm anil
high .una
steamship.
broke ovfr tlie helpless
raying- banami cargo.
At one time the only water to be
had was ocean brine which had been
balled and condensed. One swallow
a day to each person was all :lint this
process furnished.
CONGER RESIGNS-
Oyster Bsy. N. Y.. Aug. 2. Edwin
H. Conge:.' of Iowa., has resigned hl
post as American ambassador, to tak
effect Ontnhrr IS. next, and Prcsldeitl
RoogeveH has aci cnted his reslgna-
tlon.
It Is believed that Mr. Conflxr wll"
not go to China .s a representative
of the government.
WHEN THE WAR -1$ -OVEri
(e Russian and JP privafe 51dler will
FRUIT GROWERS
Decide to Ha vo Apple Exftlbl
Hon Here From Septem
ber 20 to 30
ANOTHER INDUSTRY
WILL BE DEVELOPED
Possibilities Along the Frul
Lines Fully Discussed
Last Night
Tti.it Asln-vllle should have o fruit
e !i i I , i i, a urn- In w hi, li all of the fruit
CMiuil- cspeei.i lly a ppleg I'll W CIS Of
W i s: el n Neilh Carolina, can exhibit
1 1 ir li'iin-'l s ei hrens was the unan
In "'.: ile Niui of Mine who attended
the onlelelue held at the Audltoilun
la. I ulaht. T.-.e meeting was attend
ed liy 1 1 -J resell 1 a 1 1 es of most of the
larM' fnilt growing seettiMis of West
ern Nitrlii C.inillna and llio greatest in
leiest in the proposed exhibition was
shown, all of the gniwers stating that
lhe pitiple of their section would lend
iheir tippnrt lo the fair ami make it a
scei-ess.
The idea which war kept prominently
l.efen- tlie inii'tlng at all times was that
In .Western North. Carolina there can
lie produced some of the llnest spec!
mens of apples to lie found in the oun
t iy. and that once (his fact Is known
throughout the Soulh a large amount cf
the trade tlfiit now goes to New York
and oirer large northern apple mar
kets will come here. It Is principally
or the pin;' of advertising the up
iles of this rccthiu of Hie state and
xleiiilinjr the field ill which they are
iiarkt'led that ha growers will give an
xhibitlon under the ausphes of lhe
Xsheville Hoard of Trade In ihis city
from September 2il lo f)'tober 1.
Mr. Stewart's Talk.
The nneting was favored last night
ay the preseu e of Mr. Ouv I.. Stew
art, of Atlanta, who In an apple expert
-nd connected w ith the land and indus-
Irlal department of the Southern rnll
road. Mr. Stewart was able to give
ome very valuable hints to the grow
crs and promt ed his valunblo iat
ince 1n making the arrangements for
the exhibition. He said that It could
be positively stated that Western Nort'ti
Carolina can produce as fine apples as
' i be found In lhe country and that
should the farmers in this section inn e
go Into the apple growing business In
eariu-f t and succeed In making the high
quality of their product known
throng-bout the South the future of thl
section would be assured. Today there
ine, practically speaking, no aspples
raised In the South-for southern nuir
kcls. the demand being supplied from
tin; north, while this section alone,
were the' possibilities along the appvle
growing line realised, oould supply a
large number of southern markets with
get.
YELLOW JACK SPREADING:
AT AN ALARMING EXTENT
THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA
frull equal or superior to that now fur-
n!-hed by ii'irlbern siinls.
As to the best mcihod of encouraging
apple growing lit this part of the state
Mr. Stewart reccinmended the follow
ing: First, to make rhe people of West
ern North Carolina acquainted with the
pofslhlllilfN of the industry here; sec
ond to build up lhe tone of 'the Indus
try by means of fairs and exhibitions,
which stimulate the grower to improve
the quality of their frull: third, to
make the oU'slde world acquainted with
the high quality of frull grown here.
In thl " latter j articular, he said. Ashe-
vllle's fame us a resort for tourists was
of value as fairs held here would be
at tended by perrons from every sec
tion of the country.
Ten Day's Fair.
Many of the grower present made
enthusiastic talks approving Mr. Stew
art's suggestions and making others a
to the best method of conducting the
cxhlhllzion. It was finally decided to
hold the fair In this cSty for ten days,
beginning September 20. although the
fruit will probably ls kept on ex-hlbl-llun
for a longer period. Awards will
be made for the best exhibitions of dlf-
rent varieties of apples. Prof. Hume
ind Mr. A. A. Hog-'f, of Wnynesvllle.
were apilnted a committee to prepare
IbK of awards.
It Is pi-iambic thai committee will
be app linted III each of the sixteen
eounlles affected to interest the fruit
growers of the section In tthe exhibi
tion, whln'i will be known as the
'Western North Carolina Appple Ex
hibition." The arrangements for the
holding of the fair will be made by lhe
Board of Trade of this city, whloh Is
one of the prime movers In this plan to
further develop lhe apple Industry of
this section.
WOMAN SHOT TO
DEATH BY ROBBER
Dastardly Crime Committed
on lhe streets of Chicago
While Hundreds Look On
Chicago. Aug. 22. Mrs. 8. E. Mlse,
f New York City, was murdered to
night by a robber whllo taking an eve-
slug walk in one of the fashionable
ideu -e districts of the south rids. .
For tihe greater part of the summer
Mrs. Mlse hus been n guest at the Del
Prado hotel, which fronts on the Mld
wsiy Plalsance. Tonight, In company
with Mrs. B. F. Wilson, of Las Cruees.
M also a guest at the hotel, tibe
wemt out for a short walk. They had
reached the corner of Fifty-ninth street
and Washington avenue, two squares
from the hotel, when they were con
fronted by n. man who demanded 'their
money und valuables. All along Fifty-
ninth street and Washington avenue
n o; le were sitting on verandas and Is
the front ynrds of their residences, nnd
Mrs. Mle. evidently expected help
from some of them, vigorously attacked
the rol-ber, at the rame time calling
loudly for. help. Mrs. Wilson turned
and ran bark toward the hotel.
Mrs. Mlse was able to -utter Just two
crlfw for aid when the robber shot
her through the heart, killing her iri
ftiimTy. Mrs. Wilson, who was looking
back at the lme. fell In a faint. The
murderer escaped.
CHATTANOOGA
PUTS UP BARS
Chattanooga, Tenn,, Aug. 22. The city
and unty bonis of health at a Joint
session today adopted still more strin
gent quarantine regulations. Inspec
tors on trains entering the city will re
quire from all persons desiring to rfop
In Chattanooga health certificate from
proer and recognised authorities.
STEAMER ASHORE.'
New York, Aug. J2. The three-masted
schooner Marion E. TtoekWIU bound
from South Amboy. N. J for Danvers
port. Mass., went ashore near Amngan
sutt Bay, Lontr Island, today, and her
crew- of Ave men were rescued by life
savers from Amat;a,nott station. The
schooner la owned by M. L Gilbert,
Bath, Me., who also commands nere.
roa-istered 270 tons and was laden with
coul. . .
LITTLE GIRL ACCUSES HER MOTHER OF :: r-rmt,.
mil REVOLTING MURDER OF HER HUSDAD
Knoxvllle, Tenn., Aug. S2. The little
daughter of Mrs. John Lea, lately a
widow by the supposed suicide of her
hu band, a sawmill man, who resided
near Cleveland, Tenn.. today confessed
to her grandmother at Murray. Ga.,
where she had been sent on a vHt, that
her mother and James Miax. also a
sawmill mnn. who boarded at the home
of the Leas, killed her father.
The story Is one of the most revolt
ing in the criminal annals of Tennes
see.' Lea was found hanging to a rope
which was attached to one of the beamf
Deaths and New Cases Re
ported Yesterday From a
Dozen Parishes
SIXTY-NINE CASES IN
ONE SMALL VILLAGE
Every House tn Levllle Con
tains a Victim of Awful
Disease
YKSTERDAYlS RECORD. '
New Orleans, Aug. 22. Official
report up to C p. m. .., . f
New cases, 67.
Totul lo date, 1.B0S.
Deaths, 9.
Total, 214. A
New foci, 21.
Tota.l S42.
Remaining under
310.
treatment'.
New Orleans, Aug. 2. -With tna
fever checked In the city and plans
under way to prevent further rela
fecilou from the country, local ,
situation Is still encouraging.
The news from outside the - city
show s the continued seriousness of the
situation. Definite informieflon was
received today from Doctor J. A, Dey ,
ron, the state board- physician sent, to
Ieevllle, at the mouth of the Bayou.
La Kourche, a few days ago. His
repeat shows that the first news re- .
eelved from there was not exaggerat
ed. During w days of work there ,
he found sixty-nine positive cases of
fever; 53 suplsclous cases and 145
eases of dengue. He adds: - i
Case -in Evsry Hows. ',,
"There are. about .J00 , houses and
famines here-and i do not think ther
I as a Single .nouse nere wnicn is not
on r more ra"
seem to hav lost ambltlOrt td or.
They are completely dwnbrallxetJ." ''
Patterson report 16 new case Ind ,
no deaths. St. Tammany parish re-,
port a positive case, .
Hanson City reports .
Kenner reports one new case.
There was one death in rbervflle, '
St. Rose, In St. Chalcs parish, has two
eases, and one Is dead. Oorrlne pl- "
latlon in fM. Bernard parlsli parish .
below the city, reports one. fleatJl. '
Mississippi City reports three new
cases, and states that the report that
the state board has declared: that the
fever epedemlc there, is unfounded.
Banker Arrsstsjtl.
In spile of all the agitation there has'
breu on tir.e subject some vKcrns still
rftniiln unwreened and th polics have
received orders to spare no one who
shows an indisposition to obey the law.
The failure iro sereein caused Hart New
man, former president of the New Or
leans baseball clsb, and a son of Isador
Newman, the millionaire banker, to
spend a brief time In a cell today. Mr.
Newman la the head of Mie company
whh'h o'it.i Athletic rark. Some ont
discovered that there were three ' m
screened cisterns on the grounds, aa4
made nn affidavit against htm. ; -
Boycott Goods. ' y
Some of the country towna are seek
ing to avoid a clash with th statt
board of health In h matter of quar
antine In a way calculated to be 4aa
aging tn New Orleans-. Laks ChsurlM
Is an Instance. The fear of fever Is M
great there that the people refuse 'to
aTcept any freight whatever from hers). ;
Oovernor Blanohard and the stats
board of health hnvlmg- intimated an In
tention to take extreme measures,
Lake Charles people are witling- - to
modify the tquarantlne, ut have cir
culated a petition which 1s being- gen
erally signed, pledging all merchants
tere to refuse to make purchases
here.
TAFT ARRIVES.
' Cebu, ' P. I., Autr. it. Seeretarr
Taft and party arrived here today
the transport Logan. . The Logan was
met outside and escorted Into the : -bnr
by scores of launches and boat.
FOUR KILLED BY EXPLOSION..;
ftosworth. Mo. Aag. IS. Four men
m ere killed by the explosion of an
engine on a dredge boat , near Nor-
t horn. Mo., today. The bodies were
'terribly mutilated.
of the row-mill, his neck broken. ' A
coroner's Jury pronounced him a sui
cide. Then Hlax and Mrs, Lea dis
appeared. The tittle girt declares Hias
held her father while her another broke
his peck with a weapon. Hlax tetlina
her where to strike. They threatened
te kill the child If she told, accordirrs;
to Hie tittle one. Hlax has been ar
rested at Spring Place. (., and: officers
are looking for Mrs. Lea at Sherman
Heights, Tenn.. where she Is visiting.
It Is hinted that others knew of C
alleged crime, but have not toij f r
reaionc- not explained.
I