ENVOYS NAMED BY
JAPAN AND RUSSIA
Long Step is Taken in
Direction of Peace, i
'Two Former Will Represent Russia
And Later Two Japan Rus j :
si a Came to the Terms !
of the Japanese
Oyster Bay, July
-Official an
nouncement was made by President
Roosevelt to-day of the names of the
Russian and Japanese envoys to the
Washington peace conference. The
character and ability of men selected
ty both, belligerents is an earnest of
the desire of their respective govrn
ments to conclude, if possible, the
tragedy being enacted : . in .the Far
East. The plenipotentiaries are: : j
"Russian Ambassador Muravieff,
formerly minister of justice and now
ambassador to Italy, and Baron Ro
sen,, recently appointed as ambassa
dor to the United' States to succeed
Count Cassini. , J
Japanese Baron, Komura, minister
of negotiation affairs and Kogoro
Takahira, minister to the United
:States. 1
Roosevelt's Announcement
By direction of the President, Sec
retary Loeb. made , the formal an
nouncement in the following state
ment: . . . . . ' k
"The president -announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
hive notified him that they have ap
pointed the plenipotentiaries i to meet
here (Washington) as soon 'after the
first of August - as possible.- The ' two
Russian plenipotentiaries are Embas
sador Muravieff, former . i minister of
justice 'and now ambassador at Rome
and Ambassador Rosen. The Japan
ese plenipotentiaries are Baron Ko
mura, now minlstjer of foreign af
fairs and minister Takahira.
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"It is possible that each w side may
send one or more additional repre
sentatives. The plenipotentiaries jof
both Russia and Japan will be en
trusted with full power to negotiate
and conclude a treaty of peace, sub
iect, of course, to ratification by their
respective home governments." j
A day or two ago the Rusisan and
-Japanese governments formally
communicated to President Rooso
velt the names of the pelnipoten
tiaries they respectively had selected.
Acting as intermediary, the president
communicated the names of the Jap
anese envoys to the St. Petersburg
government, and those of the Rus
sian representatives to the govern
ment at Tokio. Having received
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from both governments asurances
that the selections v. ere satisfactory,
the president, according his agree-
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ment with the belligerents, authoriz
ed the public announcement of. the
envoys. -i
Preliminaries Concluded
Baron Rosen' already Is enroutejto
the United States, his coming being
to succeed Count Cassini as the Rus
sian ambassador to this country, f It
is probably that Ambassador Mura
vieff will start soon for the United
.States, accompanied by a consider
able staff of secretaries, clerks and
interpreters. The Japanese contin
gent of officials and attaches, headed
by Baron Komura, it Is expected, will
leave Japan in time to reach Wash
. ingtoin by the first of August.
No decision yet has been reached
as to the place of holding the ses
sions of the conference. For the
purpose of organization and to deter
. mine upon plans for the future, the
..-plenipotentiaries will meet In Wash
ington, but it is regarded a3 highly
probable that at an early date there
after theywill adjourn to hold the
business sessions of the conference
in ' some city on the North ; At
lantic seaboard. In this connection,
th i word, "here" in the" official state
ment issued to-day is likely to be
misunderstood. It means merely in
this country."
The sessions of the conference, of
course, will not be ; held in Oyster
Bar. although it is expected that the
envoys of ' the two conferring pow-
s ; will come to Oyster Bay to pay;
their respects to President Roosevelt,
and to receive his greetings. This
trip to' the "president's home proba-.
will be made in two warships, the
Mayflower and the Dolphin .being un-
der consideration for the mission.
TEXTILE EDUCATION AT
THE A. & M. COLLEGE
Five Courses in Cotton Manufactui
ing Offered Young Men
North Carolina is rapidly growing
in importance as a textile manufac
turing State. New mills are . being
bu It and mills now in operation are,
in many cases, changing to a finer
product. All of them are busy.
he textile department of the A. &
M. College, Raleigh. N. C is educat
ing young men for the textile mills
of J North Carolina. The graduates of
this department who have gone into
mills have met with signal success.
W thin the past year three former
students have been made Superintnd
enLs of cotton mills in this State.
Ti ere is a demenad for the services
of all the graduates. "
- rhe courses offered in the depart
ment are as follows: s
-1 Four year course in cotton manu
fauturiiiffv;, -:W.rt
I. Two years course in cotton man
uf . icturing.
J. Four year course in dying. ' j
1. Special short course In cotton
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ya rn manufacturing.
3. Special short course in Weaving
ar d dying.
Further information about these
co urses and the textile department
w 11 be gladly furnished, if you will
write to Prof. Henry M. Wilson, West
Ri leigh, N. C.
Many Improvements being made
in eluding the addition om new ma
chinery to the value of $5000.
The textile industry in - North Car
ol na is a large and varied one. It
af ords to young men practically
ar d technically trained a satisfactory
ar d. remunerative career. There are
m iny opportunities for advancement
ai d many calls for men of talent and
industry. I
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L ETTER OF JOHN PAUL JONES
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Is Found in Historical Collection of
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i North Carolina
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Raleigh, N. C, July 3 Everything
of ! interest about -John Paul Jones is
n iw sought; for. In the historical
cc llection here is an autograph letter
f r Dm him written In 'Paris, in which
ho' asks that a copy of the constitu
ti ra of Norths Carolina be sent to him
Ir I order that he may lend it to a
friend who is deeply interested, like
h mself,' in this state. He used his
title, "The Chevalier," and the hand
writing Is very good, and entirely leg
ible. j Notice to Red Men
The members of the Red Men, No.
Z of Salisbury will meet at their
h ill tonight at 8 oclock to make ar
n!ngements to attend the funeral of
Brother James R. Kerr, of Spencer,
who died this morning.. The funeral
will take place from the residence on
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A. R. SHINN
Sachen.
REWARD OF 5500
FOR MOB LEADERS
State Also 0ftersi$200
for Each -Member'
Every Effort Wifi Be Made to Ap
prehend and Punish the Oconee
County Lynchers Rewards
to be Paid for Arrest
With Eedvince to
Convict
Governor Terrell has determined to
eave no stone unturned to effect the
capture and prosecution of the mem-
bers of the mob who took eight
prisoners from the jail at Watkins
ville, Oconee county, on Thurday and
shot them to death.
The governor had already sent S.
J., Tribble to the scene of the lynch
ing on Friday to make an investiga
tionand on tht day the legislature
called on him to offer rewards and
to employ detectives for the .purpose
of bringing the members of the mob
to justice.
Yesterday the governor offered re
' wards of $500 each for the arrest
with evidence sufficient to corrvict, of
the first five members of the Wat-
kinsville mob, and $200 each for
every other member of the mob ar-
rested and delivered to the sheriff of
Ocone county with proof to bring
about "conviction.
The offer of such large rewaTds as
thes? i something unusual, but tho
case is one that demands-that every
possible be done to uphold the 'good
name of the State. This is the way
the State house officials view it, and,'
it isstated. 'the ovQrnor-wiUnot,
stop with simply offering re wards.
He will see to it that the invesga
tion is pushed by every means within
the State's power. v
Preliminary Heading Postponed
l Dockery's "Condition Better.
(Special to the Sun.)
j Raleigh, N. C, July 3.-3 : 30 p m.
The preliminary hearing of Police
man Isaac W. Rogers for shooting
John W.' Dockery on the ground that
Dockery ruined Rogers daughter, was
to have been held to-day, but was
postponed again, this time until next
Monday on account of the continued
critical condition of Dockery. The
report from the hospital to-day is
T;hat Dockery is somewhat improved,
his lung healing and his condition is
some better. In fact, that the bullet
is not located keeps the physicians
in doubt as to the possible outcome.
However, they are very hopeful at
this time.
REAL ESTATE SALES
Three Pieces of Real Estate Sold at
The Court House
The homestead of the late W. H.
Julian, on Fisher street was sold at
the court house at noon to-day. It was
bid In by Mrs. Julian for $415. One
hundred acres of land, "fifteen miles
West of Salisbury and near Mt. TJlla
was sold by W. M. Graham. It was
bought by Mr. J. Hodge Krider for
$1,106.
The Mose Trexler place of 103
acres, eleven miles from Salisbury,
in Providence township was "bid in
by Mr. N. C. Park, for $1,125. The
first two sales were- left open twenty
days for a ten per cent bid. The last
sale was closed. .
WEATHER FORECAST
Washington, D. C, July 3. For
North Carolina the ensuing twenty
four hours: the weather is fair to
night, except thunder storms and
warmer in the extreme Western por
tion. Tuesday occasional showers
and not so warm.
DUTCHMEN -WON' LAST GAME
Greensboro, Defeated Saturday by a
! 4 Score of 17 to 6 1 .
- Salisbury-Spencer- won the game" of
baseball from Greensboro Saturday
afternoon at Cona Park by a score of
17 to 6. - Charter; who pitched for
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GrecnsborO Friday and won the game
was In the box Saturday. As he had
pitched oh the previous day he was
not in' ood form and consequently
his woirkdid not measure up to his
usually high -standard, i McLauglin la
suffering from a bad shoulder and is
unable to pitch, and as Lucas has
been released. Charter is the only
pitcHer" able to rk
Thegame Saturday afternoon was
slow and rather too one-sided to be.
intere'stingi There wer iseveral nice
double plays made. The score.
Greensboro. 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 07-6 10 7
S-S'.
.1 0 5 3 0 5 21 17 18 4
."Batteries Greensboro:
Charter
and Ryanf Salisbury- Spencer, Moser
and Bentley. Umpire McGrath.VTiroe
CHARLOTTE. DEFEATS DANVILLE
Charlotte won from . Danville Sat
urdaybyf a score of 7 to 5. . 4
Where they play this week:-: , .-
July 3, 4, - 5TCharlotte at -Greens-
boro j SaHsbury-Speniser at Danville.
July f, 78 Qreensboro. ' at Char
lotte ; Danville at Salisbury-Spencer.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS"
ClubiT
Danvijle
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SalisbiirySpencer
Charlotte. ,
Greensboro. ...
.Won tost P, C,
22 it;'
36
21
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.' Casaball Fans to Danville
5 'e hundred o.r more people ,.frpm
?ai7--Jb"ar.' 'or Spencer ". tare - going o-'
iaiville tomorrow to see the" double
header played there between the
Salisbury-Spencer and Danville
teams. One party will leave tonight
and another will leave tomorrow
morning on the 5:17 train. The fare
for tfie round trip is $4.25. Qne
game is to be played in the morning
and the other in the afternoon.
1 ' With several hundred rooters Sal
isbury may take both games.
Vardaman on Wrecked Train
Jackson. Miss., July 1. The East
bound passenger train on the Queen
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and Crescent was wrecked at midnight-just
beyond Pearl- River bridge,
near here. None of the passengers
wera killed, but several were quite
seriously injured, and traffic was tied
up for fifteen hours. The accident i3
thought tohave been due to a defec
tive flange on one of the engine,
whels or the displacement of tne
switch at which it occurred. The
engine, mail car, baggage coach and
combination coach left the rails" and
were all badly damaged. ,
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION
County Pension Board and '' School
Board Holding Meetings
The county commissioners are in
session in the court house to-day,
and will not adjourn until 5 o'clock
this afternoon. " The county Ppnsion
board is also holding a mee(ing in
the court house and the school board
of the county fs swearing in sev
era! new members and transacting
other business pertaining to the
schools of the county.
;. itCall'Meeting'.J. O. U. R. A. M.
There will be a called meeting of
Chestnut Hill Council No. 2G, Junior
ft
Order tonight at 8 o'clock in the hall
over the Wachovia bank. All Jun
iors invited.
Funeral at Cleveland
Washington, July 1. It is announ
ced that Secretary Hay's funeral will
be hera at Cleveland and that the
body would leave here on a special
train sometime tomorrow.
JAMES KERR DEAD.
MA James R. Kerr Died at His
Home Wear Spencer This Morn
ing Foreman of the South
.4 ern's Wrecking Crew
Mr. Jamef Kerr died at his home
on Long street In East Spencer this
morning a? 9:35. His death was due
to a complication of liver and kidney
diseases, which affected his brain
this morning and caused hia death
soon afterwards. "Big Jim Kerr" as
he was called by his associates and
fellow-workmen was the picture of
health, and up to six weeks ago,
death was to him a far away dream.
He was foreman of the Southern rail
way's wrecking and derrick crew,
and a genial good fellow.. He was a
member of Chestnut Hill- Council
Junfor Order United American Mt.
chanics, and a Red Man. -Mr. Kerr
s survived by a wife and two child
ren, one of thvim an infant, 14
months old, the other a 'little girl of
tnree and onehalf years old; also by
six brothers and tnree sisters. The
funeral will "be held from the house
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
by Rev. J, H. Grey. The Red Men
and Juniors will have 'charge of the
burial.
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Henry A. Presley and Francis
R.
V - Weller .
Civil and Hydraulic Engineers,
- ,4 Washington D. C"' July 1, 1 905.
'Mr. A.- W.v Hicks, Town Clerk,
' Spencer, N. C, . 1.
Dear Sir: ' I.beg to inform you that
I expect? to be in" Spencer the latter
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part- of next' week to start the con-
(of the 'water works here
aV jitiV In
"-i-tJue:. Ae have gotten every-
thing-in shape now to go-ahead with
the work, and will have let all the
contracts within the next two weeks.
Have also completed the plans for
the sewerage and street improve
ments. --;'-;,:. ; : .u. s-
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I trust that you will hav no trou
ble with the bond issue and tnat you
will receive an almost . unanimous
vote for the same.
Anticipating seeing you at an early
date, I am, Very truly" yours,
FRANCIS R. WELLER,
Civil and Hydraulic Engineer.
The above is a copy of a letter re
ceived at Spencer this morning and
is self-explanatory. Mr. Weller is
the representative of Wm. P. Lock
wood and others who have the fran
chise for constructing and operating
a water works system in Spencer
plans for which have been approved
by the board of aldermen of that
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place. The acquisition of the sew
er system, school building, street
and other improvements depends en
tirely upon the result of the bond
election to be held Wednesday, July
5th. '.
SPENCER BOND ISSUE
Meeting of Voters to be Held in Wac
hovia Hall Tonight
There will be a public meeting of
the voters of Spencer at 8:30 o'clock
tonight In the Wachovia hall at
which time the proposed bond issue
for Spencer will be fully discussed
All voters, whether In faovr of, or
against the measure are uitged to
bo present and participate in the
meeting. A number of short talks
will be made by citizens Interested
In the measure,, either one way or the
other. The election is to be hel-.
Wednesday and every thoughtful vo
ter will readily understand the im
portance of posting himself as to
how he should vote.
Owing to tomorrow being the 4th
of July, and a legal holiday, all the
hardware stores in the city will close
at 10 o'clock. "
AMONG THE TRAVELERS
Notes on the Migration of PeopN
Personal Mention
Ludolph Fox, of Albemarle, spent
Sunday In Salisbury.'
J. Michael Peeler, of AlbemarleF
spent Sunday In Salisbury.
John Turner and Dart Webb of
Statesville spent Sunday in Salis
bury.
James Dry spent Sunday in Win
ston with his family, who are visit
ing there.
Dr. Leak Wyatt, who has been vis
iting at the heme of P. M. Bernhardt,
returned to Wadesboro last night.
H. T. . Aehcraft went to Mecklen
burg county this morning in the in
terest of V. Wallce & Sons. ,
The Sun force will take holiday
tomorrow, and the next paper to ap
pear will be Wednesday, the 5th.
Prof. Allman will give lessons to his
summer class on Tuesday, Thursday
and ' Saturday. Special rates. The
parents are invited.
Mr.s M. S. Dupuy, of Davidson Col-
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lege, who has been Visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Frank R. Brown, re
turned home this morning. .
Dr. J. C. Rowe and Rev. J. H. J.
Farrington returned from Lexington
this morning, wher they have been
attending the district conference of
the Methodist church, 1
Miss Beta Coulter and Miss Kellie
Alexander, who have been visiting at
the home of Mr. P, A, Cauble, re
turned to Newteu this morning,
Msse Linda and Ruth Wharton,
cf Greensboro, who have been visit-
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ing Ivllss Mary Shaver, returned
home this morning. " ' '
Misses Mamie and Ila Bell Plurn
mer left this morning for Richmond,
Vr..,.tau.visU-at the'home of Mr. C. A.
Davis.
Mrs. A. H. Dreher, who has been
visiting Mrs. L. M. Swink in Winston,
returned home this afternoon.
Miss Cosette Foust, who has been
visiting In Greensboro and Raleigh,
returned to Salisbury . this afternoon.
Dr. W .W. Bays returned to Char
lotte this afternoon.
Rev. Thomas L. Trott,' of Durham,
arrived in Salisbury this afternoon,
and will spend several weeks here
and at South River.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson
came in this faternoon from Thomas
ville to visit Mr. Thompson's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. .F. M. Thompson.
Mr. A. Buford, agent of the South
ern at Salisbury, Is recuperating at
Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Miss Minnie Curd left this morning
for New London, , where she will
spend several days the guest of Miss
Minnie CrowelL
Misses Mamie and Ila Bell Plum
mer left on 36 this morning for
Richmond, Va., where they will
spend a month.
Dr. Cook received a message from
Jefferson hospital, Saturday, stating
that his sister had regained consci
ousness, since the opjeration of last
week and is getting along nicely.
Off to the Mountains
Mr.- and Mrs. L. H. Clement left
this morning for Lake Toxaway,
where Mr. Clement attends the an
nual meeting" of the State bar asso
ciation. They will be gone a week or
ten days.
Little Miss Frances Wright, daugh
ter of Dr. J. T. Wright, returned to
Newton this morning after spending
some time with her aunt, Mrs. John
A. Murphy.
Mr. Hilton Rufty, of Richmond,
arrived in Salisbury yesterday and
will spend a two weeks vacation
here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M
C. Rufty.
Rev Craven Returns With Bride
Rev. J. B, Craven and bYide arrived
in . Salisbury this morning, and will
be the guests of Capt. and Mrs. L.
A. Frazler for several days, after
which time they will live at the par
sonage of East Salisbury Methodist
church on Long street.
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