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BMLLE CITIZEN FOURTEEN PAQC8. . , " . PAGES ONE TO EIGHT - ..FOURTetN PAGES. PART ONE. . VOL XX NO 279 ASHBVILLE N. C, SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 27, 1905 PRICB FIVE CENTS. PROCRASTINATION MAY SAVE DAY FOR THE PEACE NEWSPAPAR APPEALS TO ROCKEFELLER TO HOLMES, THE COTTON GRAFTER FAILS TO PUT YELLOW JACK IS STILL MARCHING ON IN TRIUMPH : AT THE CRESCENT CITY PAY THAT INDEMNITY! IN COURT APPEARANCE ENVOYS AT PORTSMOUTH BEE AS While Outlook is Dark There Is Still One Little Ray of Hope ADJOURNMENT TILL MONDAY IS SIGNIFICANT Nevertheless. Emperor Nlch olas Remains Firm on War Indemnity Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 26.A& Indl cated In these dispatches last night. there was no rujv.ure In the peace ne gotiations today. Peace Is by no means assured, but an Important crisis has been tided over and 'the fact that the life of the conference has been pro- loneed Into tiext week adds materially to the chances of a favorable Issue. According to the Russian version it was Japan and not Russia which weak ened this afternoon. Mr. Wl te public ly announced, after the sitting, that It was Baron Komura who asked for an adjournment until Monday In order to have time to submit a new propsllion Yet It Is known that Mr. Witto has re ceived Instructions sent after the presi dent's Intercession at Pelerhof through Ambassador Myer to agree to the divis ion of Sakhalin and to permit liberal compensation for ithe Russian prisoners of war and the cession of the Chinese Kaaiern railroad, but to continue ab solutely to refuse to pay war trlbulte under any guise. ' Pastas to Japan. tohuf ,Wa described In Russia's "ul rtlmatum,"' leaving the same old ques tion of money' a stumbling block to an agreement. ' . In he regular course of procedure, ttfjer thc'.pr tfencnlin:!' of U'f-Jp:iniit compromise proposition on Wednesday, the diplomatic move pased to Russia and It was Mr. Wltte'b turn nnturallv to present .tb,e counter proposition f his government. If he succeeded, as Is Intimated. In withholding his card anil forcing the Japanese to play again, h undoubtedly gained a point In ihe game. But no actual account of the proceed ings at 'today's meeting is forthcoming The plenipotentiaries by agreement ex cluded the. secretaries. There were no mrnirtes. There Is no record. This in Itself Is extremely significant. When men who are fighting a desperate bat tle lock themselves in a room alone It ta the best evidence '1 at they are ter ribly In earnest. . Emperor's Response. Emperor Nicholas' response to Mr. Mvcr and his Instructions .o Mr. Witte are' remarked ns his last word, so far s Indemnity is concerned. Compromise bv which Japan.can secure a comparatl ly modetote mm of money Is still open Hut the gulf to be spanned is still wide hhrween the two adversaries, Russia ,now Is willing to divide Sakhalin. Ja pan, on Wednesday, claimed the en tire island by right of occupation, of fering only to pell the northern half at the price of "the cost of the war," and It should be borne In mind that the elimination of an teles 10 and 11 (sur render of Russia's interned warships and llmitalloii of Russia's sea power) was conditional upn her acceptance of this proposition. Baron Komura and Mr. Takahlra want time to consult their government be'ore agreeing to yield further. The most compete!" Japanese authority said tonight: "The question of peace or war still hangs In the balance." For the first time there appears to be some dissension In the Japanese camp as to the advisability of making an other conciliatory step. Many of the attaches are strongly of the opinion that they should not recede another Inch RUSSIA MAKES HER FINAL CALL . ima St. Petersburg. Aug. 27.2:43 a, m. The curtain hat been rung down on the St. Petersburg stage and the center of Interest In the peace negotiations be tween Russia and Japan has been transferred to Portsmouth. F.mperor Nicholas, after carefully weighing the consequence of hla act. has aald his lot words. Russia will make no finan cial contribution to Japan In any form whatsoever, and unless Japan accede to President Roosevelt's effort to effect a compromise between Russia and Ja pan, his eftorU will have proved us-availing-. " : Her. Ultimatum. Mr. Myer. the American ambassador, yesterday Informed President Roosevelt of Russia' ultimatum. She agrees t cede half of the leland of Sakhalin ami to pay to Japan' for the mstntenanc of prisoners of war, but nothing more. SOLDIERS ARE UNDER ORDERS AT HARRIMAN, TENN IN READINESS FOR THE STRIKERS Nashville. Tenn, Aug. 2. Diacus-lng ihe mining trouble at Tracey City, Gor ernor Cox aald tonight that the Third regiment, state troops, tiow In camp at Harriman, la under orders to be In ireadlnes to start for the scene of trou ble promptly upon . receipt of Instruc tions. It is said that cars are being placed THE ULTIMATUMS St. Petersburg. Aug. 26. Am bassador Myer today communi cated to President Roosevelt Emperor Nicholas' last word and his untlmatum that Russia will not pay one penny of In demnity to Japan in any guise whatsoeve: . Russia is ready to agree to a division of Sakhalin, Japan retaining that portion, previously belonging to her and Russia retaining the northern portion. Russia will pay for the maintenance f her priso ner's, but will mak no other concessions In addition to those ulready made. If Japan does not accede to these terms the war will be continued. Saturday morning Mr. Myer receiver his laiest communication from Presi dent Roosevelt and a- a result called on Foreign Minister Lamsdorff later in the day. Whi final proposal was con tained In President Roosevelt's com munication It was Impos.-lblo to learn accurately, but there Is reason to tm llcve It suggested a compromise on lliu basis of Russia' paying Japan for Hnx halin. Russia's final answer was com municated to Ambassador Myer. who hi once Informed the preslden . No stoim was left unturnad and no effort was spared here to secure a settlement. AMERICAN BOAT WINS PRINCE'S CUP Elmlna II Comes -Off Victo rious in the International Yacht Race Off Halifax! N. S. Halifax, N. S., Aug. 26. The Ameri can schooner yacht Klmina II, won the nternatlorral lace, for the Prince of Wales cup. The American schooner Coronna was second. By official cor rected time the Elmlna JI, covered the 10 mile course In three hours and 32 minutes, beating the Coronna by 2 minutes and 10 seconds, above time illoiranse' of 2 minutes. CIGAR MAKERS CO ' OUT ON, STRIKE Tampa, Fla., Aug. 26. Because th management refused to allow the rea der la' read fiom an alleged anar chist paper, Tierra, published at Ha vana, to cigar-makers in the factory of M. Stachelberg & Co., all the em ployes of the factory, except the of fice force are on a strike. The ar ticles objected to. in the Havana pa per contain personal slurs of Tampa manufacturers, and Incited workman to quit work. ' . , When B. J. Stachelberg, of the firm ordered the reading of the papei stopped, the employes made a dem onstration, and demanded that the reader be allowed to proceed. Wher this was refused a strike followed. Three hunlred men are out. TROUBLE BREWING. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 26. Sheriff Powers and four deputies left late today for Bradley, on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, where is located the plant of the Brad ley Lumber company. Negroes had trouble with Manager Mashburn, and armln gthemselves have threatened to kill him and burn the mill property. There Is no telepraphlc communication with the place, so no details are at hand. CHARLOTTE MAN ADMITTED. Annapolis, Md., Aug. 26. Walter R. Tlaferro, of Charlotte. N. C, was to day admited as a member of the new fourth class of midshipmen at the na val academy. FAVORITES WIN. NewporV t. Aug. 24. Again favor ites came through the day's round In the national tennis championships today without a reversal of form, although a few of the winners were forced to ex tend themselves, especially' Clothier, who played five full acta before van quishing U H. Waidiier, of Chicago. - 4 . '. S i on the railroad sidings near the camp 'to await the troop. .The regiment, which has about UOO men under arms, j Is fully equipped for field service and wen suppiien wun ammunition, uov ernor Cox said that It has been reported the miner will not inrn out to hear him, but that he will o to Tracey-City anrwar tomorrow morning. The Matin of Paris Cables Long and Costly Request ' to American Magnate POINTS OUT GREAT GLORY FOR AMERICA Remarkable' Piece of Journ aUstlc Enterprise Sprung From French Capital Paris, Aug. 26. Dulng to the re ports from Portsmouth indicating thai ne question of peace between Russia and Japan hinges soli ! on Russia paying an Indemnity to Japan, the Matin, has cabled tonight u remarka ble appeal to John I). Rockefeller, nt Cleveland, Ohio. The appeal in part follows: The question of money threatens to unloose afrtsh and with redoubled violence the scourge of war". Presi dent Roosevelt Is making a noble and leroic struggle to bring an end to this itruggle which Involves one-seventh f the civilized population of ' the ?lobe. The question ailses ns to whether nether American would) not share he gloiy of Presldt nt Roosevelt and omplete his work by overcoming the lole obstacle now hindering . peace. -Ie would thus demonstrate (he nilgai lof money In powerful and generous hands. The Matin. constituting itself pokesman for this sentiment, nddies- e the richest eltlsen In the world." The appeal concludes with lengthy rgumenls showing the Ifmense 4enc- a such an act would confer upon Ivlllzation. Rockefeller 8ays Nothing. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 26 Mr. Rock- feller declined to make any statement onlght concerning the cablegram rom the Paris Matin, which had beer ecfived early in the evening at For st Hill, his summer residence. TURFM AN IN TROUBLE. New Terk. Aug. 26. John F. Mad 'en, the Kentucky turfman, owner of pveral fast horses, two of whlcl vere entered In the Futurity today as convicted of criminal contemp "f court, fined $250 ami .' sentener' t serve thirty daya In tha Raymotr treet jail in Brooklyn, today, for jg 'orlng a subpoena of the suprem mrt of this state. Madden was sum mned lo appro before a commit" ionrr in Sarto?o during the raeln isnn there to be n""E'loned In; hi' ife's suit .for divot o , but failed tr espond. 7; . , ,..f, Untie Sam Wowl Creat jumpirf OLD ORMONDALE GETS FUTURITY Descendant of Equine Blue Bloods ' Walks off Wltk Big Makes WINS GREAT TURF EVENT AT SHEtPSHEAD t t Purse Amounted to $42,680 and 35.000 People Saw the Victory New York, Aug -' Oimondale, a real blueblqad af t'li turf .defendant of a line of aristocrat" canines extending back nearly a ten my and a halt to that greatest of rn horses. Rcllp.f, in 1764, won the lglitei-nih runnnlng of the Futurity stake lor two-year-olds at Sheepshead Bay today. Favorite In the betting 6 to 1. i h .Inst sllgh odds In hls.favor over Flip-Flap. Orniondalo. splendidly ridden by It. ill'ern, won with half a length toap.ire. The titr.e, 1:11 1-5, equals the time of the Futurity of last year. Timber Was whipped Into sec ond place by blldehrand, while Bel mere, of the lUirl'W entry, ran third under a hard ride by Buchanan. The winner ran. In the name and olors of , he Oi mondale stithies, a raelng part nership composed of V. o'll. McDonald, the wealthy California!!, and Andrew Miller, of New York, one of the stew ards of tho Jockey flub. Sired by the ESiKlish-hred Ormonde, 'or whom Mr. McDonald a few years igo paid $150,000. Ornumdale was really he class of the race. Tho Futuri y pujtix' this year ainount d to a total of Jlesn. several !hou anda short or early e tiinates. The vinner's hare was $3n.o. To Mr: Whitney as own r of the second horse, he sum of $.'!,tM.33 was awarded, and '.o Fred Burlew, owner of Helmcre, J2, 166.6". Redfern's Great Riding. The crowd numbered do e to 3.r,W0 eople. but was by no means a record ireaker. The weather was perfect, the aln of yesterday and last nl(4ht hav ng been succeeded during the fore 'oon by warth and sunshine. The race, un down the six furlongs of ihe Fn urlly chute, was exciting. To a fair tart tho seventeen two-year-olds left Continued on page four THE SHOE TrIAT PINCHED. Jack! Get it John. That tho Ho Was Due to Answer Sum mons and Give Bond Yesterdav HIS ATTORNEY ON HAND TO EXPLAIN Mr. Lester Declares That He Will Prove Client to be Innocent Washington. Aug. Hi!. Former as slstant Statistician Kdwin S. Holme.- Jr., of the department of agrli ultuii wanted in connect nil', .villi the pre mature promulgation of t lit- col;ci rop (Stlmat s of t hi- deiKirttnui! .'tilled lo appear before the crlmlna nun today and give bond, as his at oimy hv.U promised to do. District Attorney Beach was tit hb iftlce e.irlv In the day and renialnet litre until 12 o'clock, when under ill? aw federal offices close onSaturday He went before Justice Stafford, who on Mr. Beach's suggestion fit-d Holmes' bond a: 810,000. ivilh the art derstancjlng that when Holm s sliulil at rive the bond would be executed before Ihe clerk of the court. The ehrk of the court l?ft a few minutes afttr .Mr. Beach departed naylng that under the law he could nut execute a bond negotiated after 12 o'clock. Mr. ICHtt r. Holmes' attorney, ar rived In the cltv at 3:30 p. m.. and was accompanied by Mr. Holmes. The at torney went to his office, but he de clined to sav where his client could be found, contenting himself with thi statement that lie would be produced Monday. "I told Mr. Beach" Mr. Lester said further, "that I would have Holmes heie today, but I forgot at the time that today was but really a half a day and I oould not get him here be fore 12 o'clock. Mr, Lester declared unequivocally thai Mr. Holmes gave no advance In formation onccinlng the cotton crop reports and said this fact would be conclusively shown In the trial. VARDAMAN ON HUNT. Jackson. Mls.-i., Aug. 26. Oovernor Vardamiii and S'lTelarv Hunter of the state boaid of health, left here tonight for Memphis to trace the orig in of the yellow fever ense at New Orleans, which Surgeon Whllte of thf marine hospital s rvlcc. says was de veloped from a' Memphis focus. Thev will confer with the Memphis health authorities. No new cases are reported tntilsh! from Gulfport, or Mississippi City. pinch. NEW YORK LEADS IN RIFLE TOURNEY Captain Corwln of the Fa mous Seventy-First Still Retains His Post of Honor Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 26. The first three luys of the big military title tourna iiH iit hcie have passed and the open ing eveiv of the meet remains uncom pleted. When "eea-e llriitg" was sound ed at 6 o'elo. k this evening abou: three tourtns of tne competitors In the na tional Individual match had finished shooting In the slow tire and rapid fire stages of the contest and 1H2 of the mo iv i. nan 600 competitors had made ihe first of the two skirmish runs. It Is doubtful if the match can be com pleted by Monday evening. When the tiring ceased this evening It was learned that Captain Corwln, of the Seventy-fli't New York regiment, hud regained his place at the head of the list of compe itori; ut least he was n the lead of those who finished work 0 the slow and rapid fire stages. Cap tain Corwln won the gold medal and 120 In cash provided for the competitor making the highest aggregate score In slow fire In .this march. Captain Corwln's to.al for the slow fire and rapid Are stages Is 266 out of a possible 300. FARMER IS KILLED BY DEADLY BOLT , (Special to The Cltlsen.) Salisbury, N C Aug. 26. John Brooks, aged 35. a farmer residing five miles jeast of Salisbury, was Ins anttr killed by lightning yesterday afteraoon during a thunderstorm. Mr. Brooks was us: reaching his home to sheMer him self from the storm when the fatal bolt ame. The animal upon which he was (ding was also Instantly killed. THREE PERISH IN AN HOTEL FIRE Marunarnok, Me., Aug. 26. Thre? vis were lo t ami four persons were njured by the burning of the Hotel Maraiiacook here today. At noon,' after was thought that all of the 100 or more guests whose lives were endan gered by the fire had been accounted or, ! was reported that one was still missing and a search of the ruins, hleh. hnd revealed three bodies, was renewed. The dead: James H. Martin, Auburndule, Mass., i years Of age. Mrs. Martin, wife of Mr. Martin, 82 ears. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin, aged 0 years. The Are, which is supposed tb have been caused by a defective chimney, pread rapidly through the two and one-half stories of ihe woeden bulld- ig. Clerk Bout well discovered the ames, and rushing through the corrl- ors aroused an 'the guests, in do ing thlf, however, he was seriously burned, and later, while attending to the guests, In the cold air of early morning, contracted a severe cold. hleh, It Is feared, will develop into pneumonia. None of the guests saved their personal effects and many of them were unconscious by the tlm they had reached the open air. . ROBBERS LURED PRIEST Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. 26. Upon fas atement. made to the police by Rev. Benedilct Roslnskl. a Catholllc' priest f St. Stanislas church, that he had been held primmer for 24 hours with out food, and forctd to sign two note for 2500 each, and two shecks for like mounts, which had since been eash- bcsldes being robbed of 130 and CARL ZARBEL, ASKS AS A HE BE Camden, N. J., Aug. St. Carl Zar hel, a farm hand, today surrendered himself to Wilson T. Jones, sheriff of Ctouester caunjty, and asked to be hanged. Zarbel said he killed a man in Virginia last January. The Vir ginia authority were notified by wire and Information waa received that ZartM-l's story was true and that a reward bad been offeted for his iwpture. Zarbet has been employed on Continued Warm Weather Yet Responsible for Increase of Deaths NEXT MONTH DREADED BY THE OFFICERS Owing to Much Rain at That Time Extra Precautions Will bo Taken YESTERDAY'S RECORD. New Orleans, Aug. 26. Offl- clal report up to 6 p. m: New cases, 47; total to date, 1,712. , Deaths. 10: tottil, 242. New disease centres, 12; total 390. . Remaining under treatment, 243. . New Orleans, Aug. 26. The Increased number of deaths today IS not 'regard ed as surprising, in the (ace. of such Intensely hot weather as has prevailed during the last few days, i : ' . , Health officers today finished . the salting of all gutters on cross street. Five hundred tons of salt have Been put In the gutters during the week, the Idea' being to make a solution of 24 per cent., which has been proved to be am,(.4e to destroy all the wriggler. ' It developed today that the discov ery of a case of yellow fever on Cheet nut street. New Orleans, traceable dl rectly to Oulfport, resulted lit the dis covery of three cares at Gulf port on Friday. As September, owing to much rain. Is . the month yielding the largest num ber of yellow fever fatalities In New Orleans, Dr. White today urged all the sanitary worker f o Increase their vig ilance so that every rainfall that may come will be followed, by renewed oil ing of cisterns, sailing of gutters and rigid Inspection of cistern screens. Dr. White, discussing: meteorloglcat condi tions and their effect on yellow feyer, said today t hat a drought of six weeks would undoubtely be the greatest' ally . of the healih officer In the ,flgh against the yellow fever. ' v-'; ' ; '; Ten deaths were recorded during the last twenty-four hours, exceeding Sny dally number during Khe present scourge, except August 4 and August 10, on which day twelve deaths were reported. " L"' Health Officer Auxoin. of Assumption, , today reported two cases of yellow fe ver at BayoBocuf and seven cases at Amelia. " ' " ... , .. ' .' , ; Dr. White today telegraphed to Dr. Heber Jones, sr. Memphis, the result of his Investigation of the- case of Mrs. Frank Ouerlco, the woman III with yel- : low fever, whom he believed ito have been Infected in Memphis. On a report of the marine hospital service to thla effect, Jackson, MI.b., and a number of other ilowns Imposed .. quarantines against Memphis. Memphis officers are reported. to have expressed Indignation over .the report, sayin gthat the woman reached r.here on July 27, With other Italians, that all bad been kept tinder observation, that no flckness developed in i' he house she visited, and that she left there two weeks ago and must have contracted (he fever on her return o New Orleans. ? .. KILLS HI8 COUSIN. Meridian, Miss., Aug. 26. At a pic-; nlc today in I'nlon Springs, Flunk and Manson Chlsolm, cousins engaged In a quarrel, In which Frank was stab bed In the neck and fatally wounded. As he fell he drew a pistol and firing twice. Instantly killed his cousin, Man- -sort Chlsolm. TO DEN BY SENDING IN A FAKE SICK CALL some jewelry, two men and A woman were arrested today. The woman I , said to have lured the priest to her room in Cedar avenue, by pretending to be 111 and In need of spiritual con solation, and the men whfo are ald to have rushed hi upon them and held , Rev. Roslnskl until he ( had satisfied, their demand. a '" : FAVOR THAT HANGED BY THE SHERIFF the farm of Joh Rambo for ft month. He appeared to be melancholy and to day told hla employer that be wa a murderer. He declared that on Jan uary 19, last, during a quarrel be had killed James Jeffrie In Virginia, end had fled to the north. His conscience gave him no rest and he was impelled, to give himself op. Zarbel Is In Ja!l at Voo'.'-n-r iwalilng the action of te Vn, i authorities. t