E ASHEVILX,E CITIZEN
BOAROINQ HOU8K ADC
BRING SUMMER BOAKPtRS ;
VOL XX NO 286
ASHBVILLB N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 6, 1905
PAIC3 FIVE CENTS
JLoar of Uncle Sam's Guns Hailed the Passing of War's Dread Blast
TH
PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED
JAPAN AND
BLOODIEST
All Terms and Conditions of the Peace Doc
' umerit are Made Public for the first Time
Two Separate Copies' Were Signed
Simultaneously By Witte and
Komura and then Exchanged.
JAPAN AfJD RUSSIA WILL
EVACUATE MANCHURfA
All Rights and Privileges Possessed ' By Rus
sia In Conformity With'the Lease of Port
Arthur and Dalney Together With
Land and Waters Adjacent Will ,
at Once Pass Over to Japan.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 5.-THE TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH
WAS SIGNED BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON IN
THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NAVY GENERAL STORE
AT THE NAVY YARD. THE Fl RING OF A NATIONAL SALUTE
OF 19 GUNS WAS THE SIGNAL HICH TOLD THE PEOPLE OF
PORTSMOUTH, KITTERY AND NEW CASTLE THAT THE
PEACE OF PORTSMOUTH WAS AN ACCuMPLISHcD FACT,
AND THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE THREE TOWNS WERE
SOON PEALING FORTH A JOYFUL REFHAIN.
FOR FOR i Y SEVEN MINUTES THOSE OUTSIDE THE CON-
FERENCE ROOM ANXIOUSLY AWAITED THE SIGNAL. SUD-
DENLY AN ORD.iLY DASHED TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE
PEACE BUILOINu, AND WAVED HIS HAND TO THE GUNNER
A FEW FEET. AWAY AND THE OPENING SHOT OF THE SA-
'LUTE' WANG OUT ON THE CLEAR
BEH AFTERNOON
AND JAPAN.
UP TO THE MOMENT OF SIGNING THE TREATY, NO
WORD HAD BROKF SILENCE OF THE CONFERENCE
ROOM. THROWING. HIS PEN ASIDE. MR. WITTE WITHOUT A
WORD, REACHED ACROSS THE TABLE AND GRASPED
BARON KOMURA'S HAND. HIS CONFRERES FOLLOWED AND
THE RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE DELEGATES REMAINED FOR
A MOMENT IN SILENCE, THEIR RIGHT HANDS TIGHTLY
CLASHED ACROSS THE CONFERENCE TABLE. THE W A K was
OVER-'RUb-IA AND JAPAN WERE ONCE MORE FRIENDS.
Portsmouth N. II., So.pt. 5. The
peace treaty was slurried today simul
taneously by the Russian and Japanese
plenipotentiaries. Mr. Wltte and Baron
Komura signed at the same time, one
of each of the original which were
anerwania e acouuk'-u i"w
principals, I?aron DeRosen and Mr.
Takahira following In the same way.
The Treaty
The peace treat'; opens with a pre
amble reciting .that his majesty the
emperor and autocrat o" all the Russlas
and his majesty the emperor of Japan,
desiring to close the war now exist
ing between them and having appointed
their respective plenipotentiaries, and
found to be In foim have come to an
agreement and a treaty of peace has
beer arranged as follows:
ARTICLE 1. Stipulates for the re
establlshment of peace and friendship
between the sovereigns of trie two em
pires and the subjects of Russia and
Japan respectively.
, - ARTICLE t. HI? majesty the emper
or of Ru-sla recognizes the preponder
ant Interest from political, military and
economical points of view of Japan in
the empire of Korea and stipulates that
Russia will not oppose any measure?
for its government, iproteetlon or con
trol that Japan will deem necessary to
take frt Rote In conjunction with the
Korean government, but Russian sub
jects and Russian enterprises are to en
joy the same status as the subjects
lndenter,prises of otfter cOarHtries.
ARTICLE 3. It Is mutually agreed
that tb,e .territory 'of MJnchuria bt
simultaneously evacuated by both Rus
sian and Japanese troops. Both coun
tries being concerned tn this evacu
ation their situations being absolutely
Identical, all rights acquired by private
persons and companies shall remain in
tact. , . -
k ARTICLE 4, The rights possessed by
Russia in conformity with the lease by
Russia of Port Arthur and Dalny, to
gether with the lands and water adja
cent shall pass over In tbelr entirety
to Japan, but the properties and rights
of Russian subjects are to be rafe-
The Open Door.
.. ARTICLE S. The governments of
Russia and Japan engage theselves re
ciprocally not to put any ob'taclea to
the general measures, which shall be
alike for all nations) that China may
take for the commerce and Industry of
Manchurfia.
ARTICLE . The Mamhurian railway
hall be oDerated Jointly between Rus
sia and Japan at Koung Tcbeng Tse.
The two branch lines shall be em
ployed only for commercial and Indus
trial purposes. In view of Russia keep
ing hrr branch line, with all lights ac
, quired ty her convention with China
for the ren4mctkn of that railway. Ja
RUSSIA AND
WAR PASSES
AIR OF THE SOFT SEPTEM-
PROCLAIMING PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA
pan acquire the mines in connection
with such branch line will h falls to
her. However, the rlghits of private'
Dartles or private enterprises are u
he respected. Both parties to Ihls
treaty remain absolutely free to under
take what they deem fit on ex-propri-
ated ground.
ARTICLE 7. RusMa and Japan on
gage themselves to make a conjunction
of the two "branch lines which they
own at Kouanc Tcheng Tse.
ARTICLE 8. It s agreed that the
branch lines of the anchurlan railway
shall be worked with a view to assure
commercial traffic between them with
out obstruction.
The Cession of Sakhalin.
ARTICLE 9. Russia cedes to Japan
the southern part of Sakhalin island as
far north a- the fiftieth degree of north
latitude, together with the islands de
pendln g,thereon. The right of free
navigation is assured In the bays of La
Peiouse and Tnr'tare.
ARTICLE 10. This article recites the
situation of the. Russian subjsrts on
the southern part of Sakhalin island
and stipulate; that Russian colonists
there shall be free and shall have the
night to remain without changing their
nationality Per contra, the Japanese
sovernrnent shall have the right to
force Russian convicts to leave the ter
ritory which is reded to her.
ARTICLE 11. Russia engages herself
to make an agreement w'th Japan, giv
ing to Japan subject the right to fish
in Rust-Ian territorial waters of the
sea of Japan, the sea of Okhotsk and
Bhring sea.
ARTICLE 12. The two high contract
ing parties engage themselves to re
new the commercial treaty existing be
tween the two governments prior to the
war In all its vigor, with slight modi
fications In details and with a most fa
vored nation clause.
Cost of Prisoners.
ARTICLE 13. Kirs 'a and Japan re
ciprocally agree to restitute their pris
oners' of war on paying the real cost
of keeping tm same, such claim for
cost to be supported by documents.
ARTICLE 14. This peace treaty shall
be drawn up In two languages, French
and English, the French text being ev
idence for the Russians and the Brig-It-h
texP for the Japanese. In case of
difficulty of Interpretation the French
document to be final evidence.
ARTICLE 15. The ratification of this
treaty shall be countersigned by the
sovereigns of the two states within fif
ty days after its signature. The French
and American embassies shall be inter
mediaries between the Japanese and
Russian government to announce by
telegraph the ratification of the treaty.-
Two additional articles are agreed to
as follows:
ARTICLE t. The evacuation of Man
churia by both armies shall be com-
' Continued on page foOr
BY ENVOYS OF
THE WORLD'S
INTO HISTORY
JAPS AND RUSS
CLASPED HANDS
Intensely Dramatic Scene
Marked the Close of .'the
World's Great Drama.
HEART BEATS ACCOMPAM
ED THE ROAR OF GUNS
Final Chapter of Bloodshed
and Strife Written -On
Tablets of Lovo and
Memojy..
Portsmouth, Si-tit. 5. iilie simple rer
enion" of- signing the treaty rang
through and deeply impressed the at
taches and secretaries of the two mis
sions, who with the invited witness ,
had formed a large circle around the
delegates sitting at the table.
Baron DcRosen was the fir-t to break
the silence. Rising from his seat, Hie
ambassador, looking Huron Komura
and Mr. Tak.ihira sijuare In the eyes,
said a few words .which one had only
to hear to know that they came from
his heart, lie began by saying that he
wished in behalf of Mr. Witte, Russian
first plenlpotentary, and in hi- own
name to say u tew vords.
"We .Save Just signed," continued the
ambassador, "an act which will have
forever a place in the annals of history.
As negotiators on behalf of the empire
of- Rmwia, as well as the empire of Ja
pan, we may with tranquil conscience
say that we have done all that was In
our power in order to bring about the
the peace for will h the whole civ
ilized world was longing. We earnestly1
hope that friendly relations between the
two empires will henceforth be firmly
established and we trust that his excel
lency, Huron Komura, as minister of
foreign affairs and one of the leading
statesmen of his country. wll apply to
the (.'trengthening of these relations the
wide experience and wise i latemanship
he so conspicuously displayed during
these negotiations, which have now
been so auspiciously concluded."
Ther wn an old woman who
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K'L: ..: .c-'T;
GOVERNMENT'S
COTTON REPORT
Average Condliior of Cotton
On August 23 isMiown
to Be 72.1.
NORTH CAROUVVS
10 YEARS AVERAGE IS 79
Board ofStatestlcs Estimates
Its Findings From Reports
of Agents of Bureau.
Washington, Sep
I'lie monthly
col ton crop report
of agriculture Issue I
as follows:
dcpartmi nt
xin 'oilay, 1
The nop estimate.
board tf
1 the
statistics of the, U -
uiitnt of ngn-
culture finds from .1
Vi ports of Ihi
iivspomients and
IMS Of till! llU-
reau that the avu
coiullllon of
71M, as cotn-
cotton on Aujrust 26 .is 7
pared with 71.9 n JJ.iij
lln5, XI. 1,
August 2.",
vie of 7;i.l.
mi August 2ii, 19(1-1. : mm
l!'i):;, ami a till yi.it
The following tubli
tiun of the cut Ion
.I..US If
he iiuuli-
,' hy
sUt. s;
10- Veu r
'Average,
fill
Auk
States '.ii
Texas I....;
(Korgiu ;
Alcfiuma-. .(, . . .-. . 7
Mississippi ii
South Carolina ... . 7
Arkansas 7
73
76
76
74
4 i
7!
7S
7S
7'J
SD
84
711.0
Louisiana. . ..
North Carolina ,
India n Territory
Tennessee . . . .
Okla-homa . .
Florida
Missouri
Virginia
I'nlted States. .
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STILL SHOOTING AT
SEAGIrlT, NEY JERSEY
Se.iffirt X. J.-. Sept. 5. Excellent
progress was mude tuSay in ileailng
the conjj. sted ptograiit of the third
and last i.wek of the military shoot
InS tournament. '
The competitions cnnrhidi'il today
wcte the Leech 'up mutch, the com
pany ten in nialiii and the r. volver
team match. l.ieut. Richards. of
Ohio, captured i i" Leech cup with a
total score of !2 out of a pnssllihle 10"i.
The company learn mntch, which was
won tiy company B, Second regiment
national guards of the slatr of Wash-
Ington, and the revolver team mulch
by company A, national guard of New
York. !
I iv d in a shoe" Th U a liv.ly vn
PURCHASE OF FULLY ONE MILLION BALES OF
COTTON IS ONE QUESTION WHICH WILL BE
CONSIDERED BY THE COTTON GROWERS
FEVER SPREADS
OUT IN STATE
Reports From Loulsana
Parishes Show Steady Pro
gress of Ye'low Fever.
YESTERDAY'S DEATHS
OUTSIDE NEW ORLEANS
Plague Steadllv Spreading In
Florida and Mississippi
Points.
V
v V
YESTERCHVS record.
New r. tins. Sept. 5. Re-
)i. lit to G p. in.:
V New cas.'s r-5... 3-'
Total to date 2,111
Deaths 2
Total deaths 2!4
New foci . 9
I'nsrs under treatment 3:10
Cases discharged 1 . 4 s 7
New Orleans. Sept. .V Dr. White said
I mlay:
'Ii.nsmuLh as tlieic has been oni.'
po.-Kibillty that misconstruction may
ia ed by the public upon deduc
tion drawn from the large report of
Monday, and -t-prevent an'y "unfair
criticism of the ihphiImis of the hon
oiable medical profession, I waiit to
say that Orleans I'arMi Medical socl
ty ami many other physicians have an
nu stio.'iably re, orted all cases, and any
odium applied to a few derelicts should
not by any possibility be attached to
these iteiitlemen who have been o hon
orable in all their ai is."
All the deaths today occurred on the
outskirts of the city. '
The worst news from the country
districts, is now cumins from Ijike
Providence and the northeastern part
Continued on page four I
ion of ha aortment of trouble-
The Holding of Southland's Staple For Higher Market
PrlGes Will be Discussed By Representative ;
Body Now In Session at Kenil worth Inn .
President Harvey Jordan and Sec
retary Cheatham are Both
Here to Attend Meeting.
FIRST SESSION WILL BE HELD
AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS
Secretary Cheatham Talks In Interesting Manner
Concerning Work Performed By His Associa
tion, a Body WhiGh He Declares Is High
ly Essential to the Welfare of the
Cotton GrowersMany Prom
inent Men are Here.
The Southern Cotton Association will
lent In Its Hist annual convention this
nioiniiiK at Kfiillworth Inn. where
many deleieates, iuduiline President
llarvlo Jordan mid Secretary Richard'
(iicatliam. are now uasembled. It wa
expoiied that rei'resentiitive men
(iitireptcd in totlon would attend, but
the yellow fever in several southern
state's ijiuy prevent so many .from t
lnr here. An Instance of the extent to
which the fever may work uk:i 1 im t the
meetlns was ccmtaliied In a letter re
ceived yesterday from a prominent Mis
sissippi plantir. who Hinted that his
niaiuBer and er.lef l ookkieper had ben
fiinhleiied from the slate, and as he
wa- obliRcl lo be man of all work In
the office he could not be prejent.
The ohjtct of the meeting Is, ns stated
previously in The Citizen, to promote
the inteusts of thot-u engaged in the
cotton li'.:sliit ss, rnaiiufii' tuiers as well
as cotton glowers. Much has already
been aecoinpli'-'heil in this direction by
the A-oclatloii. although it is less than
i year old. particularly the reform In
he United States government method
if estimating the niton nip and the
exposures made of the methods of gelt
ng these estimates by government of
fliinls tn speculators as the re-'ult of
I he persistent charges made by Secre-
tnry Cheatham In the face of the a1
ertions of Secretary Wilson that they
were unfounded. The exposure and
ibolillon of these schemes for giving
out false reports and repnrlfl In ad
vance has been worth maiiy million
dollars to the cotton growers.
Secretary Cheatham Talki.
Secretary Cheatham said yesterday to
The Citizen:
"An association of this kind if es
wntlal to the welfare of those Intercnt
.'d In cotton as growers or manufac
turers. Heretofore everybody has had
i lick at cotton while. other n sricultur
il Intensls have hai nrg.'inlz.itlojii! and
systems of niaikeilng which have not
'eft them at the mercy of spei ulaturs.
The wheat' men have elevator" in which
they may store their grain to await
ood prices, in the meantime holding
(crtllli ales on which they may borrow
money at reasonable rale, and the su
gar producers have an organization, the
most powerful of its kind, which kc
curesi them protc'tion from liUlious
market or adverse legislation, but the
niton men had none liiitil this asso
ciation wa. formed and the exposures
In the statistical office of the depart
ment of agriculture how whfit It tan
accomplish.
"I am not at liberty to sieak of what
PUBLIC PRINTER PALMER
UNDER WAVE
MISGUIDED YOUTH WHO DARED TO DEFY THE MON-
ARCH OF WASHINGTON GETS IT "WHERE
CHICKEN GOT THE AX.
Washington. Sept. 5.-Public Prin
ter F. W. Palmer, practically bas been
lusted from office. It 'aa learned au-
thoritlvly tonight that President
Koosevelt had demanded Mr. Palmer's
resignation t. take effect on the df-
ecnth Instant.
The- demand ofthe President fo-
Mr. Palmer's resignation was due p ri
al irlly to the latters action in trying
to force. Oscar J. Ricketc and L. C.
H ay out ow the government printing
.ifflce. Mr. Palmer asked fv the resd3-
n.itionsuf Ricketts and Hay; The puh-
lie printer formulated the charge rt
i.sj'jci Jlnation against the two men.
MORNING
measures will be taken at thii meet-,
inc und in fait before conference it v
could not be said. The matter of acre
age to Le planted next year will not
crane up. because it hus not been ascer-
talued what is the size of the present
crox'. Our organization will hnve It
esllmate, based on accurate reports
from every district In eery cotton -growing
state, but tba UiUtU have not3
been compile, and they will not )e ia
sucd until Thursday morning. Will thla
estimute affet't. the cotton market? -I do
not knoiwj) I don't know what vluo
will be given it by the cotton exchanea.
But we think it accurate. " '
"The organisation has a complete yi
tern of state as well as Federal, gov
ernment. There are twenty-fjve ,vieo .
president!' apportioned unions the cot
ton stales according to the amount of -cotton
raised by each, and In each
istate there Is u president. Each eou-nty . .
bias its organization and each Ii divided
into district. A competent gTower In
each district, a man who knowa how
much cotton it raisea as he knows how
much he himself raises, estimates th
production for that district and- the
total of thea? by counties and districts
should be a t near certain as possible."
Ot the plan proposed to buy a million
bales of cotton to be held until othier
cotton had been marketed at high
pricts and then sold at a good price toe
cause the extent of the crop would
then be known Mr. Cheathnm preferred
not to speak. He admitted that sueh a,
plan would doubtless; be brought' up.
From other sources tt waa learned that
thi. plan would be one of the most Im
portant to be conslderf I by the meet
ing. ' ; f -
The American Cotton Manufacturers'
aJ-iviiv'iiTii will probabljnot be repre
sented at this meet In ' but In attend
ance are representatives of cotton brok
ers anxious to l?arn what the associa
tion Is doing,, and repre entative of
commercial newspapers, who recognise
the immense importance of ' the- meet-Ing-
. ,. U, '-: , ' t
Prominent Attendants. "
Anions t'.'ose present are former
Cnlted States Senator John L. McLaUr
in, of Soumth Carolina; Louts B. Far
ley, of Montgomery, a member of the
larg st banking hot! e there; R, B. 81i- ;
tcr. of New York; Randolph Lyons, of
New Tork; Charles F. Avery, of Dal- 5
las. representing Bartlett, Frailer A
Carrlngton, of New York; W. H. Sey
mou , of Montgomery: J. H. Sloan, of
Spartanburg; S. A. Wltherspoon. of
Continued on page four
GOES OUf
OF TEDDY'S "BIG STICK"
These charges, it is known, were for
warded to Oyster Bay.
As soon as President Roosevelt
learned of the situation ihac Dad de- .
veloped he directed public printer
Pat ner to foinard to him bis resigna
tion, to take effect in two weeks.,
h-; investigation made by the Keep
Commission disclosed tserioua condi
tion of affairs in tbe management of
the office. Tbe Keep Commission, so
ir us Known, developed nothing to
the disadvantage of Rlcketta or Hay,
(the President took the whole matter
out of Palmer's hinds. A successor -to
Palmer bas not been selectod.