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lussian and Japanese Envoys Affix
Signatures to Peace Document
HISTORICAL PAPER'S CONTENTS
W We Signed First and When All
jad Done So Baron Rosen and Ba
m Komura Exchanged Compli
ments For the Two Misssions
Eussian Mission Attends Thanks
giving Service at Christ Episcopal
Church Rulers to Sign Copies
Within 50 Days.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special. The
treaty of Portsmouth was signed short
ly before 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
la the conference room of the navy
general store at the navy yard The
jring of a national salute of 19 guns
tas the signal which told the people
of Portsmouth, Kittery and Newcastle
that the peace of Portsmouth was an
accomplished fact, and the church hells
In the three towns were soon pealing
forth a joyful refrain.
For 47 minutes those outside the
conference room anxiously awaited the
lignal. Suddenly an orderly dashed
to the t itrance of the peace building,
and waved his hand to the gunner a
few feet away and the opening shot of
the salute rang out on the clear air of
the soft September afternoon, pro
claiming peace between Russia and Japan.-
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WITTE GRASPS KOMURA'S HAND.
Up to the moment of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
of the conference room. Throwing his
$en aside. Mr. Witte. without a word,
TOched - across the table and grapsed
Baron Komura's hand. His conferees
followed and the Russian and Japanese
delegates remained for a moment in
silence, their right hands tightly clasp
ed across the conference table, , The
war was over Russia and Japan were
one more friends... , ,
This simple ceremony rang through
and deeply impressed the attaches and
secretaries of the two missions, who,
with the invited witnesses, had formed
a large circle around the delegates sit
ting at the table. , " ' ' .
Baron de Rosen was the"first to break
the silence. Rising from his seat, the
ambassador, looking at Baron Komura
and Mr. Takahira straight in the eye,
said a few words which one had only
to hear to know that they came from
his heart. He began by saying that he
wished, on behalf of Mr.' Witte, Rus
sia's first plenipotentiary, and in his
own name, to say a few words.
ROSEN'S EARNEST WORDS
"We have just signed," continued the
ambassador, "an act which will have
forever a place in the annals of his
tory. Ac negotiators cm behalf of the
empire of Russia, as well as the empire
of Japan, we may with tranquil con
science say that we have done all that
was in our power in order to 'bring
about the peace for which the whole
civilized world was longing. We earn
estly hope that" friendly relations be
tween the two empires will henceforth
be firmly established and we trust that
his excellency. Baron Komura, as Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, and one of the
leading statesmen of his country, will
apply to the strengthening of these re
lations, the wide experience and wise
statesmanship he so conspicuously dis
played during these negotiations, which
havft now been so ausDiciously con
cluded." . .. A .
BARON KOMURA'S RESPONSE.
Baron Komura replied that he shared
entirely the views of Baron de Rosen.
The Treaty of Portsmouth which they
had just signed, he said, was in the
interest of humanity and civilization
and he was happy to believe, that it
would bring about a firmlasting peace
between the two neighboring empires.
He begged to. assure the Russian pleni
Potentiaries that it would be his duty
as well as his pleasure to do everything
in his power to make the-treaty in fact
hat it professes to be in words a
treaty of peace and amity.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special: The
Peace opens with a preamble reciting
that his majesty, the Emperor and au
tocrat of all the Russians, and his maj
esty, the Emperor of Japan, desiring
t0 close the war now subsisting ' be-
U-een "them and having appointed their
respective ' plenipotentiaries ,and. fur
bished them with lull powers, which
were found to be in form, have come to
an agreement on a treaty of peace and
arranged as follows:
Article 1 stipulates for the establish
ment of peace and friendship between
the sovereigns of the two empires and
between the subjects of Russia and Ja
pan, respectively.
Article 2. His majesty, the Emperor
of Russia, recognizes the preponderant
interest from political, military and
economical points of view of Japan in
the empire I of Korea ami stipulates
that Russia will not oppose any meas
ures for its government, protection or
control that Japan will dteem necessary
to take ' in " Korea in conjunction with
the Korean government, but Russian
subjects an4 Russian enterprises are
to enjoy the same status as the sub
jects and enterprises of other coun
tries.: ", . ..: :r
Article 3.-U is mutually agreed that
the territory of Manchuria be simul
taneously evacuated by both Russian
and Japanese troops. Both countries
are concerned in this exacuation, their
skuatlons being absolutely Identical.
All rights acquired by private persons
and companies shall remain,; intact.
Article 4. The rights possessed by
conformity with the lease by Russia of
Port Author and Dalny, (ogether with
the lands and waters adjacent, shall
pass over in their entirety tQ Japan,
but the properties and the rights of
Russians subjects are to be safeguard
ed and respected.
Arucie o. ine govemmeaw m,iua-.
sia and Japan engage themselves reelp
rocally not to put any obstacles to the
general measures (Which shall be alike
for all nations) that China may take
for the development of the commerce
and industry of Manchuria.
Article 6. The Manchurian Railway
shall be operated jointly between Rus
sia and Japan at Kouang-Tcheng-Tse.
The two branch lines shall be operated
only for commercial and industrial pur
poses. In view of Russia keeping her
branch line with all rights acquired by
her convention with China for the con
struction of that Railway Japan ac
quires the mines in -connection with
such branch ..line which falls to her
However, the rights. of private pparties
or private enterprises are to be respec
ted. . Both parties to this treaty remain
absolutely f rree to undertake what they
deem fit on ex-propriated ground. 1
Article 7. Russia and Japan engage
themselves to make a conjunction of.
the two branch lines which they own
at Kouang-Tcheng-Tsei I V ? - '
Article 8. It Ms agreed that" the
branch lines of the Manchuria Rail
way shall be worked with a view to
assure commercial traffic between
them without obstruction. .
Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan
the southern part of , Sakhalin Island
as far north as the fiftieth degree of
north latitude, together with the is
lands depending thereon. The right
of . free navigation is assured in the
bays of La Perouse and Tartare.
Article 10. This article recites the
situation of the Russian subjects on
the southern-part of Sakhalin Island
and stipulates that Russian colonists
there shall be free and shall have the
right to - remain without changing
their nationality, - Per contra, the
Japanese government shall have the
right to force Russian convicts to
leave the territory which Is ceded to
her. - -v ' '
Article .11. Russia engages herself
to make, an agreement .with. Japan
giving to Japanese subjects the right
to fish in Russian territorial waters of
the Sea of Japan, the coast of Okhotsk
and Belfring Sea
-Article 12. The two high contract
ing parties engage themselves to re
new 'the commercial treaty existing
between the two governments prior
to the war, in all its" vigor, with slight
modifications in details and with a
most favored nation, clause.
Artlcle 13. Russia and Japan recip
rocally engage to restitute their pris
oners of war on paying'the rear cost
of keeping the same, such claim for
cost to , be supported by documents.
Article 14. 'Thlsl peace ;treaty shall
be drawn up in two languages, French
and English, the French text being ev
idence for the Russians and the Eng
lish text for the Japanese. In case
of difficuify of interpretation the"
French document to-be final evidence.
Article 15. The ratification of this
aty .shall be countersigned .by the
sovereigns' of the : two States within
fifty days after: its r signature. The
French and American , embassies shall
be intermediaries between the Japan
ese' and Russian governments to an
nounce by, telegraph the ratification of
the treaty. '. , .
The additional articles are agreed to
as follows: '
Article! OneThe V; evacuation of
.Manchuria . by, both .armies "shall, be
completed within eighteen months
from the signing of the treaty, begin
ning -with the retirement of troops of
the first line. At the expiration of the
eighteen months the two parties will
only be able to leave as guards of
the railway fifteen soldiers per kilo
metre. :
Article Two. The t boundary, which
limits the parts owned respectively by
Russia and Japan in the Sakhalin Is
land shall be definitely marked off on
the spot by a special limitographlc
commission.
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
; Department Observer.
The North Caroline section of the
climate and crop service of the De
partment of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week: :. -
The weather has been dry with
warm days and cool nights. The tem
perature has been about normal over
the whole State except in the east
ern part where it has been a few de
grees above normal. The week has
been very favorable for saving hay
and fodder, and all outdoor work.
There has been little or no rain in
the west and central portions, while
in the extreme east the weather has
been e-enerallv fair, hut snmfl few
heavy rains have occurred. The far
mers vare ready, as a fule, to plow
land for wheat avid oats but this has
been impossible in many cases on ac
count of the hardness of the ground.
Many of the crops now need rain,
particularly corn and turnips. Frost
was reported in Watauga county
The cotton crop has experienced no
improvement during the past week as
a whole; in many places the yield is
disappointing, and on the whole the
crop will be fully 30 per cent, short.
In the east the cotton is still shed
ding and . taking rust in many sec
tions; there are also reports of jits
being attacked by the army worm
which will reduce the crop one-third
in those places; Caterpillars are also
doing damage to some late cotton!
The weather being dry also causes it
to open prematurely in some parts.
In some sections the crop improved
a little during the past week, and the
top crop is maturing. In the ccn
tral part the bolls are few and small,
and the lint is short; it is not ripen
ing on top. In the west cotton is
heading in all shapes and small bolls
in some places ; picking is general but
the yield is light. The boll weevil,
it is said, has made its appearance
in Martin county, but in small num
bers. Cotton is being marketed in
Nash county.
Tobacco is all cut and cured in the
east; while in the central and west
portions a great deal has been cut
and curd but there are some-farms
where cutting is only about two-thirds
done. In general the leaf is good in
quality and color but it lacks weight;
in the western part it is firing and
specking badly in places. The crop
will be light, about 60 per cent.- Corn
has improved a little during the
week, but needs' rain; upland corn is
generally good but bottom corn is
drowned; it is earing well and ma
turing rapidly, the crop will be short,
many reporting only a two-thirds
crop; there is some cutting in pro
gress in the west. .
Peas are doing well as a whole, but
in some places in the central and west
district? ihe vines are good but have
few peas ; a great deal of pea vine
hay is now being saved in the east.
Peanuts are generally reported a good
crop, but in the east the crop will be
short in some sections. Most of the
fodder has been saved in the east, and
pulling is ell. under way in the cen
tral and fest districts.. A large quan
tity lost by too wet weather. Hay is
still being cut on a few farms in the
east,v and central districts while in
the west x a great deal is now" being
cut. Most all of the minor crops are
doing well, except white potatoes
which are rotting to a considerable ex
tent in the ground. Sweet potatoes
turnips, rutabegas, and buckwheat are
doing well. Some buckwheat is now
being cut.' Land for wheat and rye
is being . plowed, and some has been
planted. Pastures are reported;good,
and catt le doing, well. Apples - are
fair crpp m the mountain districts,
but a failure in -the Valleys, some are
beinff shipped. Corn crop is looking
fine, and molasses making is in pro
gress "in places.
North State Notes.
" Walter Whitmire j 4 of Spencer, was.
killed, instantly Saturday night be
tween Salisbury ; and Concord by be
ing run over by a freight train.
At. a snpcial term of the Federal
court at Greensboro last week twenty
eight revenue officials rweve: indicted
by the grand jury, borne ot the par
ties have fled the State. ' "
CAR'S FATAL PLUNGE
Frightful Drop From Elevated Road
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in new ion
12'CILLED AND 40 BADLY INJURED
Train on Ninth Avenue Line Going
at Speed in Expectation of a
Straight Track is Mistakenly
Switched Onto the Curving Sixth'
'Avenue Junction and the Second
Oar's.Gouplings Yield to the Strain1
flanging It With Occupants 25
Feet Below.
New York, Special. The death list of
Monday's accident on the 9th avenue
elevated railroad when a car crrowded
with yearly workers on on their way I
down town pitched headlong into the
street, stand at twelve. Three men are
In hospitals with fracture dskulls.
One of- these, who as yet remains uni
dentified at Roosevelt Hospital ,is un
conscious and not expected to live.
More than two score persons were in
jured, many of them seriously. ,
THE DEAD.
Jacob M. Anspach, a merchant and
member of the Newark, N. J., board
or trade.
Ernest P. Scheible, an electrician.
Theodore Morris, colored.
John Cochrane.
? Solomon Neugrass, employed by the
Mutual Chemical Company.
Wm Lees, an electrician.
Joseph Bache, a policeman.
James Cooper, employed by Fireproof
Tenement House Association.
Emma Conhoven, died in Roosevelt
Hospital.
Albert Wellster, clerk, died in Roose
velt Hospital.
Of the dead, the most frightfully mu
tilated was James Cooper, whose head
was completely severed .from his body.
THE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Henry Aitkens, policeman, fracture
ornDS ana aisiocated leg.
Wm. Butler, fractured arm and lac
erated, head. ..." f '
Martin Fitzgerald, internal injuries.
James Greer, leg crushed.
Patrick J. Gilliam, left side crushed.
John Qensel, arm fractured.
Brldgett McMahon, internal injuries
and injuries to head.
John T. McKinn, left shoulder dis
located and leg crushed. . '
Wm. T. Niebuher, skull fractured.
Henry Osterlin, arm fractured.
Seymour Rowe, skull fractured.
Fred Wister, both arms fractured.
Unidentified man, fractured skull, un
conscious, at Roosevelt Hospital.
The cause of the accident and the
immediate responsibility remain to be
settled. The motorman of the wreck
ed train is a fugitive, while aswitch
man, conductor and four guards are
under arrest The, switchman is charg-;
ed with manslaughter and the train
men are held as witnesses. Monday
night Coroner Scholer, who has under
taken the work of fixing the blame for
the wreck announced that the switch
man's bond had been placed at $5,000
and those of the witnesses at $100 each.
: Forty Russians Slain.
Toklo, By Cable. On September 9
the Japanese in North Korea dispatch
ed the bearer of a flag of truce to the
Russian camp, but the Russians refused .
t o treat, owing to the non-arrival of
the notice that an armistice was to be
arranged. ' Skirmishing occurred In
Manchuria September 9. Two compa
nies of Russian Infantry with two guns
opened an attack, but were outflanked
by the Japanese and fled in disorder,
leaving forty corpses.
, ; , Mixed State of Affairs.
St. Petersburg, By Cable, Dispatches
from .Baku received indicate that in-.
creased auiet and better conditions are
prevailing there. No further fires have
occurred and the troops which, have ar
rived there are now ; holding the oil
fields under ' control. The news from
other parts of the Caucasus, -however,
is very disquieting. Disturbances are
spreading all over the region, more or
less seriously. - , .
Arms For: Revolutionists. , ,i
' Helsingfors, Finland, bys Cable Cus
toms" officials on Saturday discovered
660 carbines of Swedish1 manufacture,"
with bayonets, and 120,000 cartridges
on a. barren island In the Giilf .of Both
nia near. Kemt On Sundays morning
a boat belonging to the. customs service
discovered a 300-ton steamer near Kalf-.
swaer Rock, 20 miles outside, Jacob
stad. The captain and members of the
crew, who spoke in English, declared
that the steamer was fully loaded with
Rifles and cartridges, and thereupon the
customs officials ordered the captain to
take his vessel into port and discharge
the cargo. - . .
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Occurrences of -Interest in Various
Parts of the State.
Charlotte potton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons: " . ,
Good middling..- ... ..'.!(
Strict middling . ... .. . . . . . . .10V8
Middling.. .. .. w.
Tinges ...... . . . . .9 to 10
Stains.. .... .. .. .. .. ....7 to 9
x ':l General Cotton Market. - 8 1
Galveston, quiet. . '. . .'. . '..10 6-16
New Orleans, quiet . . ..... . . . .10
Mobile, easy.. .. . . . . ..... .10
Savannah, dull and easy ... .10 '1-16
Charleston, quiet.. .. .. .. .... 10 ,;
Norfolk, steady. . . . . .104
Baltimore, nominal. ... .. .. ...10
New York, quiet . ...
. . .10.70
. ....10.70
a . 10.95
ioy4
....10 3-16
Boston, quiet . . . . '
Philadelphia, quiet . .
Houston, steady..
Augusta, steady . .
Memphis, quiet . .
..ioy8
St. Louis, quiet. .
....10
....10
Louisville, firm . .
A Sensation in Baleigh.
Raleigh, Special. The latest sen
sation here is the arrest and plaeing
in jail of four attendants at the hos
pital for the insane who were charg
ed with cruelty which resulted in the
death of Charles Nail, the 30-year-
old patient from 'Chatham county,
three weeks ago. The superintendent
of the hospital stated that ho undue
violence was used and that death was
due to over-exertion on a very hot
day. It was further stated that one
of the . attendants " nearly afinted; in
fact, was made sick, by the exertion
of the capture. On the other hand, it
is alleged that when the head of Nail
was shaved,' at .the post-mortem, a
number of bruises were found, notab
ly one at thebase of the skull, and
that the rear of the body was very
badly bruised. The" four attendants
are in jail and have nothing to say.
Lady Burned to Death.
Statesville, Special. Miss . Anna
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. John
ston, of Shiloh township was so bad
ly burned Tuesday that death result
ed Thursday morning about 4 o 'clock.
The deceased went to the wash place,
on the branch near v her home Tues
day morning, to do the family wash
ing and about 11 o'clock her mother
heard her screaming and ran to meet
her. Mrs. Johnston found her daugh
ter's clothing on fire and before she
could extinguish the flames Miss
Johnson's clothes from her hips to
her waist were burned off and her
body severely burned. Medical aid
was sumoned at once but little could
be done except to relieve .the unfor
tunate woman's suffering.
Tar Heel Notes.
A Greensboro special to the Char
lotte Observer of. Friday,' says : Fire
'broke out at 4 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon in the dry house of the Mi
nola Cotton Mills, - at Gibsonville,
twelve miles east of here, and des
troyed several thousand dollars worth
of property. The mills are. equipped
with a splendid waterworks plant
and this saved the complete destruc
tion of the enterprise. A large quan
tity of cotton was ruined and the
building and machinery greatly dam
aged before the flames could be ex
tinguished, after two hours of hard
fighting.. Vv;:,VV':" .i; ; '
Messrs. Robertson & Armfield, of
High Point, have obtained charters
for the High Point Real Estate and
Trust ; Company, ; with $5,000 capital
paid in, and for the Merchants and
Farmers ? : Bank, of , Chapel Hill 'with
siu.uuu paia up capuaij ine . siqck-t
holders being 30 residents of that
town and section. , Ztixii-:--.p
Mr. Wiliam L. Geppert, president
and manager, of The Globe; Publisb
ing Company,- publishers of the Sal
isbury Sun and Weekly Globe, thro '
his attorney, J. H. . Horah, has field
a petition ior-ine . appointment, pi a
j reciver lor , the above company, on
the ground ' that the company is in
! debt and has : not sufilcient assets i to
carry on the business,: and that" the
property now on hand will be lost, hh-
iless placed in proper hands. p
I A; special-from f Lenoir says Mr,
;W: H. Bower was stricken, with para
lysis Thursday' about 7 o 'click. A
physician was summoned . imediately
andV he did not "become unconscious..
He is doing as well as possible. The
attack was at the ;Ief t sicfe but' did.
not "affect ony of the 'limbs. It is hop
ed that ; the attack will not confine
him very long. Mr. 'Bower is a. 'well
known lawyer and has served in con
gress. ' I-''--:'- !' ''.-
' The school year opened at ;-W ake
Forest College, last week with nearly
three v . hundred " students t" present.
There hate ben a number of .changes
in the faculty, . v r'v y
Conditions Alternately Worse and
Better at Stricken Centers
VIGOROUS .WORK TO EXTERMINATE
Sunday's Reports Shew That . New-
Cases Are Still Developing, Though
Not So Numerous.
: New Orleans, Special. Official re
port to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 27; total, 2,2S9.
Deaths. 7; total, 316. .-'J' .
New Foci, 11.
Cases under treatment, 296; dis
charged, , 1,677. ; -
The unfavorable part of the Sunday
report is the unusually large' number
of deaths. ! Another distinguished
member of tho Roman Catholic clergy
Is in the list, Father I. E. Green, of
the Jesuit College. He died at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, after being ill eact
ly a week. He was struck with a chill
last Sunday just after delivering a lec
ture, but nothing was thought of it.
The next day he visited a room in the
college which had been screened and
made ready for emergencies in accord
ance with the suggestion of Dr. White,
and . jokingly remarked to one of his
colleagues that they had the room
ready now and only needed the first pa
tient. A few hours later he was the
occupant. He was later transferred to
the Hotel Dieu. He suffered from
other complications which caused the
fatal ending. He was 38 years of age
and a native of England. He had been
here about two years - and I was a
teacher in the branch school conducted
by the Jesuits on St: Philip street1:'
There was not a single Italian name
among the other deaths. One ; occurr
ed in the Emergency Hospital, one in
Algiers and one in the French Asylum,
on i. Ann street.
Since the Marine Hospital Service
h&S been In charge, the officers have
discovered 57 foci infections, which
has been of some standing and were
uhknwon except through the; second
ary infection. The district officers have
been especially diligent in thus trac
ing up infection and .this has been the
means of checking what threatened te
be serious nests in different neigh
borhoods. '
19 MEN BLOWN TO SHREDS.
Terrible Destruction Wrought by
Powder Mill Explosion.
rimelsville. Pi. Special. The Rand
Pnvrfw Mills at Fiiirchance. six milea
south at Uniontowh, were entirely wip
ed out by an explosion at 9.05 o'clock
Saturday. Of the 32 men who went to
work in the mill, 19 are known, to be
dead. Of these 13 have been identified.
Nine men, including a M. Rand, man
ager of pe plant, were seriously injur
ed. . - .
Scores of people in the town of Fair
chance, within half a mile of the pow-
... . . i - .a 1 1
der mills, were more or less painnmy
injured. , . '
The shock of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt in Cbnnelsville, 20 miles
away, building being rocked on their
foundations. At TInlontown hundreds
of panes of glass were, broken. In the
town or Faircnance mere is scarcely
house that did not suffer damage. The
sides were battered as though axes naa
been used. Haystacks were toppled
over in the fields and live stock were
stunned. The rails of the Baltimore &
nhin Pailwav and the West Pennsyll-
vania Traction Railway Company were
rooted from the road bed : ana iramo
was delayed from four to six hours,
transfers being made over the Penn-
sylvanla- Thaln No. 52 on ine aau
more nd Ohio had a narrow escape
fffmn annihilation. It, had lust passed
the Rand Mills when the explosion oc-
coaches were shattered and passengers
coaches were shattered in passengers
thnwm - intn a nanic. Had the ' traia
been a few seconnds late it would have
been blown up, as the mliiSiwere. ia.a
few rods off the track. A street car ort
the West .pennsylvanJoad.had;als
passed lust , a, few, seconds before the
explosion ana was iar away wwus"
escape damage, thougn it was aeraiieu.
; - Not chez Has' Two New Cases. ' ' -
5 Natchez,Mlss., s Special.--Twa new
cases;, in .one- family, making one new
focus of infection .were reported Sun
day. The patients,' Ttuby and Joe
Zlegler, white, live on a street adja
cent to the block where the. first infec--tion
was discovered. There are now
frrA i-nspa .under treatment. A re-
. sume of the local fever record shows
19 cases tor ' the last two 'weeks; no
deaths. "Monday was fumigation day.
Gomez on' Parade.,
Santiago de Cuba, By Cable. General
Joseph Miguel Gomex, Governor of
Santa Clara province and National lib-.
eral candidate J fp Presidency; and an
escort of a thousand hbrsemen entered
the city Saturday morning; and par-
'. . m m ikl. uIVli
.TT ea. lae uoyerpor, pi; ,
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Ing disorder, ;made elaborate police ar-t
rangements, but these were found to.
be unnecessary as tnere wefeno start-'
ing Incidents, f . Governor, Gomez waa
given a Militant reception at the San -Carlos
Club this afternboh and address
ed a meeting at a theatre at night. , ; , j
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