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8HEVILI,E CITIZEN BOARDING H0U8I AOS. tlUNO. UMMIR,OAflOCU VOL XX NO 277 ASHBVUXB N. C, THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 24, 1905 PRICB FIVB CENTS. PECKHAM GETS CELL IN JAIL NEW CENTERS RUSSIA REJECTS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PROPOSITION FOR MTUAL CONCESSIONS AND UNLESS CHANGE OF DISPENSARY t i' 1 ARE REPORTED SMELLS FOUL Arrested for Alleged Complic ity In the Cotton Report Frauds ' Yellow Fever Gaining Re newed Energy Outside of New Orleans FRONT IS MADE THE ENVOYS WILL PART SATURDAY Uftlng of Ltd of W State Grog Shop Is Nause dtlng rr . ...... THB WEATHER. ' SHOWERS .THE i , . t t A "1, ' v.' -Vua V I' J fl 1 Effort to "Sugar Coat" the Indemnity Pill by Having Russia Pay 1,200,000,000 Yen for Northern Half of Sakhalin Ends in Utter Failure, M. WItte Rejecting the Proposition Immediately OUTLOOK FOR PEACE WAS NEVER SO BLACK AS IT IS AT PRESENT Dramatic Moment in Conference Room When Japan Laid Her Cards Upon the Table Making Her First Concession in Interests of PeaGe --All Eyes Fixed Upon St. Peters burg for Further Moves Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug. :3. The Jap- ai.ese plenipotentiaries nt the conclus ion of the afternoon session of the peace conference threw the cards upon the table. It was the dramatic moment the moment to which all the previous proceedings of the conference had led. fl he protocols Involvln agreement upon eight of the twelve conditions originally presented by Japan had been signed. One side or the other must make a move or the plenipotentiaries had reached the parting of the ways. The adversaries faced each other iicroHs the table. Of course It was well un derstood what would happen, but that in a way only made it more dramatic. Figuratively Presldenf Roo.-evUsud-denly entered the conference room. Mr. WItte sat silent' and the move in the groat diplomatic game passed to Japan. Baron Komura In a few words explained that Japan In her great de sire for ipeace was willing to make er tnin modifications of the original arti cles in the hope that Russia could find it possible to accept them. He then evented In writing to Mr. WItte the compromise proposition which Presi dent Rootevelt had suggested. It was concrete and specific and It followed the lines outlined in these dispatches. It offered to withdraw Article 9, pro viding for the payment by Hussia of Japan's bill for the- cost of ttio war, on condition that Russia would uccdM Article D. which provides for the ses sion of the Island of Sakhalin, so modi fled as to Include an arrangement for the re-purchase by Ru "si a of the north ern half of the Island for 1,200,000,000 yen. In addition it offered to withdraw entirely Articles 11 and 12 (surrender of the interned warships and limitation upon Russia's rea power in the Far East.) Russia Rejects It. It was President Roosevelt's com promise and Mr. WItte knew its con tents as well us Baron KomUra. The question of whether he had been bluffing" was put to the test. With out a moment's hesitation Mr. Witte cxDlained that the modification pro pored was merely av-sharri, a change of phraseology, a diplomatic attempt to "dorer la, pilule." and ask Russia to y war tribute under another name. He could not nceept It. He told Baron Komura Russia wanted peace. She had given tiro proofs in accepting every ar ticle involving the issue? upon which the War was fought, but he. could fight. and money for tribute she would not pay, not a kopeck. He asked Baron Komura to withdraw- all demands for i. (tribute, ana so me pieni orenuaries 1 1: tlsnnr.-ited. to meot again on Saturday, I VJtatAnitlhlv to Wrmit Mr. WItte to Place I ".. u-ritinc n if,e rules of the confer- ) if ence require, bis reply to the Japanese ,1 , . I ....-I, t. Tn .1,1 H - IhA adjournment ver the two days was f fly to glveea. h side an opportunity to con I '3 olt lts government for the Lost time. A A .. Outlook is Black. ffgL The outlook is black: many believe it was .never so mat K as lonigni. in-Jaipane-e are not talking. 'Indeed, to night (hey appear to be more taciturn and more resolute than ever. The only .. . , i r.L.iK,. TonawaA Otl- paflDf -line ui iuioxi -.,- fl cession is considered to lie in the dl s t r o diminution n the amount of ths. purchase money demanded for the- mirth 4ialf of Sakh.iln. The de ck Ion1 rests,' therefore, as it has from CHARLOTTE MAN, LOSER . FAILURE Charlotte. N. C, Aug. 23. W. C. Haralson, of Waderboro, N. C. promi nently Identified with various manufac turing; enterprises In this state, com mitted suicide at 18 o'clock tonight bj( shooting himclf through the head, only lialf an hour after reaching home from Blowing; Rock, where he had beer on account of his health. Immediately on reaching bis home be went to his bed the first, with R;;r.sia. ChIoss the em peror agrees to yield between now and Saturday the end Is likely to come on that day. and the Indications from Te terhof, instead of raising the chances of a change of heart on the part of the emperor, seem to indicate even a firm er determination to yield neither terri tory nor indemnity. sugar-coated though the latter may be. Black as the prospect appears to night, however, the failure of the nego tiations Is not certain. The Russian cami is pessimistic to a man, but they all know the Quick and startling cfiunges of front that' "sometimes take place at Peterhof, and there are factors in the situation which might effect one cf the?e sudden and inexplicable changes In the emp ror's attitude which has frequently astonished Russia. Look to President. Private advices from St. Petersburg say that sentiment there, in Moscow and other large centers favors accord ance of the compromise. This may mean much, but the real hope still rests wllh President Roo?eveit. He Is re sourceful. He has made another move. He has .-cut Ambassador Myer direct to the emperor, and ihey were togeth er, ucordiiig to advices1 received here, for three hours today. Mr. Roosevelt himself tonight may know mote aboul how the emperor feels than Mr. Wittt and be able to act upon the information conveyed to him by his ambassador. The report is Industriously circulated here that Kmperor William is respon sible-tor the attitude of Kmperor Nich olas, and everything is traced back to the meeting of the two emperor on board the Hohenzollern in the Finnish gulf. In runport of this It is positively stated that after the Interview Mr, Wit te's instructions were made strong er and more unyielding. POSSE TS FOOLED BY FALSE REPORT flhomasvllle, Ga., Aug. 23. At 10 o'clock this morning thirty armed men wont on a special train to Jarrcts, Fla., fifteen miles south of here, but re turned rtx hours later empty-handed. They were summoned by a telephone message faying Emanuel Harder, a ne gro ho criminally assaulted Mrs. Outne here last week, had at last ten surrounded In a swamp near MI'co suble lake. The report said his where abouts had been betrayed by a con federate, who went to a hardware store in Monlleello, Fla., to buy cartridges for him. The por-se found a negro cab In, where women and children said Harder had boarded, but he had gone, STRIKE ENDED. Warsaw, Aug. 23. The strikes In the factories at Warsaw and Lodx have ended. Trains are running from War taw on time, fTihey are guarded and driven by roldlers. IS OIL MILL AT DARLINGTON, SUICIDES room and shot himself, dying almost la-4 rtantly. . t The rash act Is attributed to HI he-alth, tojpled with recent heavy loses occasioned by the. failure of the Inde pendent Coitojn Oil' company, of Dar lington, 9. C. Mr. Hardison was own er of one of the mills controlled by this company. He was offered the presi dency of the concern shortly foefor tnel suicide of President K. K. Darga n, but declined It . , RTSS1A WILL NEVER CONSENT St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.-2 a. m. The Associated Press has ths bett of reasons and au thori.ty for declaring again, with increased emphasis that Russia will never consent to the payment of an indem nity to Japan. Such payment would so gravely menace the vi tal interests or the state as to make this article in the Japan ese terms impossible of an- cectance. Furthermore the Associated Press has the stme reasons and v authority for the declaration that if Japan withdrew her in- tlemnity demand peace would practically be assured, as the Russian attitude on the other three points, including the ces- sion of Sakhalin, does not pre- 4 jlude the possibility of reaching 4 a satisfactory settlement on 4 thece points. Indemnity is the . crux of the whole matter. LAWYERS MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION .Xarragnnsett Pier, R .1., Aug. 23. Prominent jurists from all rertlons of the United States gathered here to at tend the onening ses-lons today of tne twentieth annual meeting of the Amer ican Bar Association. As the first feature of today's ses sions the president of the association, :lenry St. George Tucker, of 1-xlng-lon, Va delivered his address, pay"1 spo:lnl attention to the mo-t notewor thy changes In statute law made by congrejas and Jn the various state leg islatures during the past year. PROMINENT LAWYER OF SALISBURY DIES (Special to The Citizen.) Sallbury, Aug. 23. Albert Sidney Heillg, aged 40 yeara, one of Salisbury's best known and highly esteemed citi zens, died at his home here thi morn ing of typhoid fever. Mr. Heillg was ne of the wealthiest young men in this city and was prominently connected with every progressive movement of the place, being a lawyer with a con siderable practice. Th Czar Da you think America grsatf M. Witts CraatI j should say mo. Sm th praaa noticas thay av DIES ON A TRAIN UNNOTICED BY ALL Salisbury Man Apparently Asleep Is Found Dead In an Empty Passenger Coach (Special to Tin Citizen.) Sail-bury, N. C Aw. 23. J. S. Pen der, aged Mi years, if ihis city, was found dead in a pass-mi t coach III the Southern rallwnv :mls here late last nlsht. When dl- miinl it was thought the man was ,iilv asleep ami a policeman attempted to awaken him, hut (bete was no rcsiotise to the stern hand of the officer. Coroner Dorsett Rummmed a Jury and a verdict waa four.! that death re- uncii trom heart ruliure Tender was .1 painter and had Jii't returned from Albemarle, where he hail been at work. and died on the hnmru.inl train. I'pon reaching Salibury the . oa. ii in which he was riding wna .la. eii ,m a side track and in the darkm s- his body was unobserved. BALTIC SITUTION IS STILL SERIOUS St. Petersburg, Auu. 23. The situ ation In the Baltic provinces is not Im proving. Hevernl political murdeis hive been reported Official advices show that the disttji lianca s are fos tred and directed by a throughly or ganized Social Ilevrtliiilonary com mit te, with headquarters ai Rlg.lhc "missarlts of which defy tin- hist ef forts of the lJiliee. The intelligence ileparlment of this committee supplies 111ple warning of lite movements of troops. I-Viur of I he leaders wire ar rested recently, no of whom was a woman. T'.ie So, i.il Revolutionaries are very strong al Riga, and Llbti. NEGRO HURT. Oils Jones, colored, was slightly in jured last night by betnpr struck by car on Southsiile avenue. He was sitting on ,-i cross tic and was hit In the side by tie- s'cp, being sevcely bruised. Dr. Williams dressed the wound which Is not severe. O . ! FIRST ARREST AFTER THE INVESTICArION Man Supposed to Have Acted With Holmes. Haas and Van Riper In Tolls Washington, Aug. 23 F. A. Peck- "hum. the New York broker, who was ai rested In Saratoga today, has been oini p r thrill 11st onsplrtolls figures in 1 lie lnvi stirail, hi nf tin. cotton report leakage In the department of agricul ture. Mis indictment is the llrst tin be come known In connection wllh the sensational developments growing out of the charges aKlilnst the Integrity of the government cotton statistics. Mr. IVckliam's name had bet n as sociate! veiy closely wllh Moses Haas of New York, and both of them de cline,! to testify before the grand jury here. Secretary Wilson reported 1 hi I C. Van nipper of New York, sab lli.it Haas acted as go-between In conveying liiformtion fiom Holmes dismiss: d associate statistician, to oilier New Y rU brokers. Correspo vl- ence between Holmes and broki rs, found by the secret service agents cmtaiticil the initial "I" wnlch is said 10 hive been the way In which Holmes referred to Peckman. According lc the report of Secre- tnrv Wilson on Ihe Investigation, he made. Holmes admitted that he and Peckh.im bid close relations and were one time associated in a nusiness ven ture In which Holmes "was to have in Interest equal to the sum o f$6.00ft Which lie was to receive as a gift from the other members of the firm." PECKHAM'S RELATION TO SCANDAL EXPOSED Saratoga, N. Y Aug. 23. Frederick Peckham. Indicted for complicity In the department of agriculture cotton re ports scandal, was arrested here today and arraigned before United States Commissioner Charles M. Davidson who ordered an adjournment of exam inn t ion mil 11 tomorrow. , In default of (12.000 ball Peckham wu lodged In the Saratoga county Jail al Jinllstnn. Tc kham va- arrested at the Oram! Union hotel. The adjournment of the examination until tomorrow was to al low time for the arrival of United States Attorney Curtis, of Blnghamton Tire defendant has retained Count Judge Itoekwood as counsel. Two In dictments were found against Peckham In the District of Columbia, and bench warrant against him was Issued by Chief Judge H. M. Clabaugh, of the District of Lolumbla Supreme court CONDITION IN CITY IS STILL IMPROVING Decided Falling off In Num ber of Deaths and Sub Foci Reported YESTERDAY'S RECORD. New Orleans, Aujf. 23. Ile poi to 6 p. 111: New cases, 58. Total to date, 1,.",B. Dea tlis. .". Total deaths. 219. New foci, 10. Total. 3,1.1. Under treatment. 312. New Orleans. Aug. 23. The report continues to show an Improvement in local conditions.. There, are no well known names on the list of new cases or among the deaths. Only ono of the later occuired up town. Assistant Surgeon Torgion. has made an elaborate report of the con ditions lii St. Charles parish, and this Indicates that what threatened to be i very serious gioup of foci has been controlled with .Rood hopes of stamping out the Infection. This report covers LdiPlnce . Diamond Reserve. Snrpy and other neighboring places Falsa Alarm. Dr. Rrndy has 'returned from hla tour of Inspection on Bayou Pldareon in Iberville parish, where a laree group of suspicious cases werv re ported, but he says there was no sus picious cases there. Hanson City re-r-irts nine new cases. . Wlllswood. plantation, . In JcffnrMin parish , reports two more cases. On Additional case wns reported from St. Rose and another at a point near that town in St. Chrli s pntlslv Patterson reports. Jl new cases ind no deaths. Lake Providence hits developed five more cases of yellow ft?ver pronounced so by Dr. Kruus of the Marine Hospital service, St. Ber nard parish reports two more cases 11 the Italian village and Dr. Meran. who went to Terre Aux Boeufs. says there are five cases of yellow faver there and thres suspicious cases. Mississippi City reports three Vw cases Mors In Country. The yellow fever situation Is ap oarentiy imptoveu in iew unmin m lay. while the scourge Is reporiea te be, gaining renewed energy In Louis lana outside of this city. To Reduos Csntsr. . It Is hoped to reduce the number of disease entree. There has been uo ittsnuit at reduction slnoe the first announcement of the fever a month igo. Ordinarily It would b assumed that a centre would become , exunci in 20 days, the length of time within which the ategomyla mosquito should furnish fresh cases In any nelghbor Kruxi which has been tnfeetod. In order to take m chances, neaun oxn cers win not cancel any disease cen tres until 30 days hava elapsed., ,. NEGRO TERRORIZES TOWN FOR HOURS 1 Raima: ;AlaJ Auk. 23'-Ollye'r1 Lott, a negro laborer at the lumber mill of O. Tniiev. in Tunnel Soring', aurimj a auarrcl with John and Harry Helton over a debt, opened Are on them, kill ing John Helton and seriously wouna Ing Harry Helton. The negro then fled and barricaded himself la a house. A nosse of clt liens under the leadership of O. Tulley attempted to arrest aim They Mirrounded the house, but , Lott refused to surrender and flsed.on the crowd. Talley was mortally wounded and died a few hours later. The posse then fired on the negro, and his body was afterwards found, riddled with bul lets. FIRE AT BEAUMONT. Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 23. The wo-story warehouse ana cny sines office of Swift & Company, was totally kstroyed by Arc of unknown otlgin today. LtMS $75,000; overeti oy insu rance. . COTTON MEN WILL flX MINIIPJ flUT"" FOKSTAfXE Atlanta Oa.. Aug.lv-ThV pyg dtvWIon of the BoutheAi CoHQn'.AiP- clatlon today adopted resolutions call ing ipon cotton growers to fix a mini mum price of SO cents a bushel on cot ton seed and to sell not a pound at a less price, also declaring that no cat ion shall be sold by grower under Its Jurisdiction at less than 19 cents per GRAFr AND CORRUP- TION RAN RIOT Investigation Now in Process at Columbia Featured With Revelations' --v Columbia, S. C, Aug. tX The legisla tive committee which Is conducting an Investigation into the affairs of tho South CaroMnu dispensary resumed Its sessions here at 10 o'clock this morning. Commissioner Tatum, who was on tho witnea stand yesterday, was recalled and testified that case goods In bot tle were not analysed, and that thera was opportunity for fraud as to them. The law requiring all goods to be an alysod was an absurdity, the. witness said, as every bottle would have be ovened. and this would require a force entirely too large. Sensational evidence was given by F. M. Mlxran, who was commkaloner in 1895, two years after the law wen Into effect. He testified that he demanded t per cent, rebates from every whiskey concern from whlcn he purcnaaea liquor. During his eleven month In cumbency, lie said, these -i rebate amounted to 30,000, whloh was turned over to the state treasurer. ; Offered Bribes. ' ; , When aslcd what Inducements, If any, had bewi offered hlni to buy cer tain brands of wht-key the witness said several houses had offered him bribes to favor pertain goods. . , , f . j- Witness swore that 8. J. Lenahan, of the firm of WUHum Lanahan ft Sons. of Baltimore, had offered hlro $30,000 for a portlen of the dispensary busU ness for his firm. Mlxton also testified that Ma halo vltch, Flekher ft Co., of .CJnelnnatl. had offered him $10,000 for his patron srgwrwhleh: he Also refused to accept." ::.;' Letters Demanded. . ' ..'' .' '. When called upon to produce corre spondence with the firm of 3. W.-Kelly & Co., of Chattanooga, Tmm.'irMch he . has had as their representative In cell tng com whiskey to the , dispensary, Mlxson admitted that the letters went In the city and within easy reach, but declined to give them up.. After con sidering the matter the commission de cided that the letters must be pro- duced or Mlxson Imprisoned fof con tempt. Witness askod to be given un til tomorrow morning, at which time he would either produce the letter or refuse to do so, saying that lie wished to consult counsel. - After promising not to dispose of or put the letters beyond the Jiv.elctlon of the commission, the request was granted. .. - The commission adjourned until to morrow, . .;' '' ' MUNICIPALITIES LEAGUE CONVENES Toledo, O-.r. Aug. t:3,-Flve .bunSret delegates, representing cities and towns in all sections of the country, , were present today at the opening session of the ninth annual convention of ihe League of American Municipalities. The president's annual address was tho feature of the first session and ftealt with the achievements of the leagu and Its opportunities for future use fulness. : GEORGIA CAPITOL r HIT M LIGHTNING I- Atlanta, Gix,. Aug. 23-An electrle storm of remflrkable severity, accom panied by a high wind, visited this city today. One young map, James Mc Daniel, 18 years old. was killed by light ning near the center of the city: tbe Kiball Houte and the state capltol were each struck twfee by lightning, but no erloua damage .wa caused to either building. Fully WOO telephones are re ported burned out.; a score of electrto ';' street cars ware burned out, windows Were blown. In, owning! carried away, ' nd numerous eel'ars were- flooded. Bfcyen-lenths nt an tnch of rain fell In tep lnutea, .The damage will amount to aeverul thousand dollars.. ;: AT Tlg jJji f I1IS X1TY pf,Ax lU Mrree4 tifn by (he, executive conunittsc at Jts Bieetlng al Ashe'viUe Jn September. An assessment of I cent a bale, based! upon the number of bales raised las last year," was levied to meet the ex penses of the state organisation. The gathering before its adjournment was addressed by Congressman Latviugstoa end other prosninent men
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