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KISM) JAPANESE
WAR ENDS!
Peace Finally Declared.
Japan Magnanimously Waves Indemnity
anil Codes Half of
the Island of Sakhalin to
Russia.
Portsmouth, N. It., Au?r. 29.
?Tho long uud bloody war l?nt'.vecn
Japan and Russia is ? a I; d.
Tho terms of peace xvoro settled
by Mr Witto and Huron Konmra
nt tho session of tho (conference
tills morning, and this afternoon
preliminary arrangements for an
armistice were concluded and tho
actual work of framing the k,Tiea
ty of Portsmouth'1 was by mutual
agreement, turned over to Mr. Do
Martens, Russia's great international
lawyer, and Mr. Dennison,
who for 25 ycais has acted as tho
legal advisor et the Japanese
Foreign Oflieo.
The treaty is expected to lie
completed bvtho end of the week, i
This happy conclusion of the j
conference, which, a week ago, '
would have been shipwrecked hud
it not been for the heroic intercession
of President Roosevelt, was
sudden and dramatic. For the
sake of peace, .Japan, with tho
magnanimity of a victor, at the
la*t moment yielded everything
still in issue. Russia refused to
budge from tho ultimatum Czar
Nicholas had given to President
Roosevelt through Ambassador
Meyer. No indemnity under any
guise, but an agreement to divide
Sakhalin and reimburse Japan for
tho maintenance of tho Russian
prisoners, wore his last words.
They had been repeatedly reiterated
in Mr. VViite's instructions,
and in the form of a written reply
to the Japanese compromise proposals
of last Wednesday they
were delivered to Baron Koinura
this morning
TOTAL SURPRISE TO WITTK.
Mr. VVitte went the confer*
once declaring ho was powerless
to change tho dot of tin "i" or the
cross of u Mt" in his instructions.
Czir Niclu.las' word hud been
given not only to him but to Pres*
dent Roosevelt, the head of a
foreign Stale. When Baron Ko
mora, therefore, first offered the
now basis of compromise outlined
in the dispatches last night (the
complete renunciation of indemnity,
coupled with a proposition for
tho redemption of Sakhalin at a
price to be fixed by a mixed trib
until consisting of representatives
of tho neutral power?;.n fact, if
not in lUdl'Hu llin uolnl ion iiffni-o/t
by President Roosevelt) Mr. VVitte
again returned a non possumus. It
whs what Mr. Witte termed in his
interview with the press the "psychological
moment." Mr. VVitte
did not flinch. He expectod u
rapture and as ho expressed it afterward
ho was stunned by what
happened. B iron Komura gave
way on all the disputed points.
With the prescience that has en.
ablcd the Japanese to gauge tho
inontal processes of their adversaries
on the field of battle and
upon thojsea, they hud realized in
advance that pence could be obtained
in no other way. They
had their government. President
Koosevelt had also, it is said, advised
Japan that it was better to
meet the Russian positions than to
take the responsibility of continu
ing the war for tho purpose of
collecting tribute. Tho Mikado,
ul uiu session of the cabinet uiul
elder statesmen yesterday, laid
.sunclioncd the final concession.
When Baron Komura yielded, the
rest was mere child's play.
OZAU KKKl'S INTERNED Sllll's.
Article 10 and 11 (intorned warships
and the limitati m of Russia's
sea power in the far East) wore
withdrawn. Japan agreed that
only that portion of tha Chinese
Eastern Railroad south of Chantufti,
the position occupied by Oyainn,
should l?o ceded to Japan.
Both sidrs, once the deadlock was
broken, wanted a "just and last*
ing" peace, in that spirit it was
decided to practically neutralize
Sakhalin,- each country binding
itself not to fortify its half of the
island, and Japan assuming an obligation
not to fortify the La Porouse
strait between Sakhalin and
Hokkaido, which would bar Russia's
commercial route to the Pacific.
The plenipotentiaries went farther.
They decided to add a new
clause in the nature of a broad
provision for mutual commercial
privileges by which each coun'ry
wiB secure for the other the bene
ni or mo "most tuvorcd nation
clause," and the "open door."
LOOKS ItATHEK LIKE ALLIANCE
The now treat)' therefore will
he a wonderful friendly document,
of character almost to raise tho
suspicion that tho two countries
have not negotiated peace but have
concluded the basis of a future alliance.
There is, however, no
evidence as rumored that any secret
clauses are to be appended to
tho present treaty.
Before leaving the conference
building, felicitations were exchanged
with tho President at
Oyster Bay. Both Baron Komura
and Mr. Witte telegraphed. The
former confined hunself to apprising
Mr. lioosevolt of the conditions
upon which peace had been
concluded. Mr. Witte frankly
laid his tribute at the President's
feet. In his message ho said:
"History will uscribo to >ou
the glory," and added the expression
of Russia's hearty appreciation
of the President's "generous
initiative."
Mr. Roosevelt replied with
words of thunks and congratulation.
Throughout the late afternoon
.thd evening messages of congratulations
by the score poured in upon
the president from people both
in America and in Europe. The
groat part ho has played in bringing
about the success of tho conforence
and in promoting the inIni
net j i \ ? ni l!r*nl i/\?> ^ t ?.?.!
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throughout the world, as is indicated
by the cordiality and wide
range covered by the congratulatory
dispatches. None of these
messages was made public.
A. NEW JERSEY ED/TOR'S
TESTIMONIAL.
M. T. Lyneh, Editor of the
Philipsburg, N. J., Daily post
writes: I have used many kinds
of medicines for coughs and colds
in my family but never anything
so good as Foley's Honey and
Tar. I cannot say too much
in praise of it." Sold By Funderburk
Pharmacy. 0. () Floyd,
Kershaw S. C.
Few people who go up in the air
u?e an airship.
Some mon would rather be in
politics than be right.
What man has dona woman
thinks she can do better.
One blow starts the trouble?
and oecasianally onds it.
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Newberry Free o f Rum
Demon.
Dispensary Knocked Out in Homo
of Evans and Bleaso.?Vole
2 to 1 or Belter.
Special to Greenville News.
Nowhorry, August 29.--Here
in tlio homo of lirman 11. 11.
Evans, of the board of director*.
ami Vvino uienso, lis champion, liio
dlspensaiy was knocked out today
by a vote which was early cstiniatod
at more than two to one. The
result was not a surprise ?to tho
advocates of tho law, for they realized
immediately after tho Spartanburg
investigation that tho evidunces
of corruption and graft had
changed sentiment, and while
many citizens may have doubted
tho effectiveness of prohibition,
they wanted to register a stinging
rebuke to the system so bitterly
condemned by tho bettor element
in South Carolina.
The first fourteen proeints reported
showed 237 votes for tho
dispensary, with 78 3 votes
against it There aio 24 precincts
in tho county. Tho result cannot
bo changed by tho vote at tho other
precincts.
Senator Blcase went into tho
campaign and fought v'gorously
for the dispensary, making speeches
and publishing letters for the
cause. His encounter with a
minister at Young's Grove is believed
by many to bevo hurt the
liquor chances It was practically
conceded, however, that tho dispensary
crowd was shipped and
tho public simply waited for tho
returns to see how tho majority
had grown.
What it Cost Newberry to Vote
Out a dispensary.
The action of the citizens of
Newberry in voting out the dispensary
was not precipitate. The
matter had been discussed on the
stump and in tho papers. Tho determined
spirit of the people is
therefore all tho more apparent.
ljflMt vonr NnuillOI-I'lT nnnnln ?"
, --- ..J WU.JVJT I?ceived
from tho profits of tho
State dispensary $6,376.64, none
of which was from tho 1 'deficiency
fond'' but all from the surplus
fund which under the law cannot
he participated in by counties voting
out the dispensary.
In addition to this the profits
divided between county and town
last year were us follows: Baxter,s
beer dispensary, $008.40;
Prosperity ,$1,970,98; Newborry,
$10,918 40; making a total of
$13,504.18.
In addition to losing these profit
items, which might have been
duplicated or even made larger
this year, the county of Newberry
will have a levy of 1-2 nnllon its
$5,678,265 of taxable property to
enforce the law, thiR tax amounting|to
$2,849.32.
The items in the aggregate are
as follows:
Surplus school fund ..$ 6,376 24
County and town profits 13,504 18
Half mill tax 2,849 32
Total $22,729 74
USED FOR PNEUMONIA.
Dr. C. J. Bishop of Agnew,
Mich., says, "I have used Foleys
Honoy and Tar in three very Hevole
cases of pneumonia with
good results in ovcry case, llotuso
substitutes. Sold by Fundorburk
Pharmacy. C. O. Floyd
Kershaw. S f'
Gallows l?\?r it During Haider. u
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in
Lexington, Ivy., August 2i).? 1
Withered by ngo unci exposalo, 01
tottering on the brink of the grave, tr
William 11. York, known as the bi
"dared^d of Morgan's Haiders," hi
occupied a cell in tho Jefferson ui
Count y J ad charged with tho mur- ni
dor of Ids brother, .lames li. York, h<
80 years old, in his homo in An- tl
dorsoti county, last Friday after- ol
noon, when (ho members of tho In
household wereattending thocouu- di
j iy fair in L iwroneeiiurg, Ky.
1 Tho piisoncr is 77 years old and fr
/ i'inkertnn detectives sav thov mi
have cunvincing evidence of the n<
old man's gu'll. He stoutly
maintains ins innocence, and inks w
everyone who viaits htm if it is tc
creditable that his wrinkled old
bauds would lie guilty of the foul
rime charged against him.
William H. York fought gallantly
under Gen. .John H. Morgun.
He was known to his comrades
as "duredevil Bill.', Since h;
the war he has had the respect of y
his fellow man in Anderson conn- ())
ty,Jand although the circumstances
soem to point clearly to his guih, i|
few believe that he could have jt
committed the deed of which ho is g,
accused.
James K. York, the murdered p,
man, was one of the wealthiest r(
men in the county, and had long w
hcon regarded as one of the most ftl
philanthropic men in tho State. ^
tie was a widower and resided tj
with ^lr. and Mrs. William Wallace,
tlho latter a niece, end the
daughter of the brothor who is
now accused of the murder. A
short distance from the Wallace
homo lived William York with ^
another daughter and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Byrdwbistle. ^
Tho elder York had always been
very liberal to his brother and the
hitter's family. Long ago he ]
deeded ^the house und farm on p
which he lived to Mrs* Wallace. ^
He had made other rich bequests
to tho other children of his brother f
William, aud tho latter, too, had 0
frequently come in for much of j
his brother's fortune. Finally, al
becoming disgusted with William's
recklessness, James York refused
to give him further aid. It is ,j
aid that moro than a year ago he ^
made a will in which he bequeath*
ed part of his fortune to his niecos
and nephews, und made generous
bequests to educational institu- rjturns,
hut cutting the brother off
without <a dollar. When this fact
became known it is said the brother C(
b?came angry, and several times
threatened James. The detectives g(
even assert that several months ^
ago he tried to hire a man to kill IT
his brother, offering $ 100 for the ^
deed.
The Wallace and Kyrdwhittle C1
families returned to their home gj
from ihe fair about the samo time gj
on Friday afternoon. Lying on a tj
cot in the hallway of Wallace -{l
house was the body of J. R. York,
his head almost torn from the p
1 body with two loads of shot from
a double-barreled shotgun. S
Mr. and Mrs. Byrdwhistle discovered
that their shotgun, which q
had hung over the door in their ti
bedroom for years, had boen die- ?<
charged, but the person using it vi
had replaced it on the rack over v
the door upside down, and when a
the door was opened it struck the 0
> hammers of the gun, causing it to a
' fall to the floor. p
From the time the detectives h
were first detailed on the case suspicion
pointed to the brother.
"I have lived a good, clear life," n
ml tho ngcd prisoner, when seen
i his cell in tbo jail today, 4hind
had hope to have my nanio honed
and respected. 1 had hop*
> have tuy children stand at my
ier and say, 4lle was a good
,ther, and no act of his evortar.
shed the nanio ho gavo us.' lint
nv that hope has passed. 1 will
a proved innocent, I know, ever
tore will como into the minds of
F my children and my frionds the
jrriblo suspicion that mayho 1
id commit this awful crime. "
York has long been a suffor*r
om heart trouble, and it is the
pinion of his family that he will
st livo to survive the charge
gainst him. The men who were
ith him in the war have rallied
> his support.
0 Date Fxod for the Reunion of
Confederates.
pociul to Grtcuvillo News.
Columbia, A ii*r. 28 - No action
us been taken by any city in the
tale toward securing the Confcdate
reunion which will bo held
mietimo this fall, and it is likely
lat efforts will bo made to have
held hero during fair week. The
idhering was not held in May as
1 usually the cuse, but was postoned
by General Carwile on the
jquest of many of the veterans
ho wished to come to Columbia
id who know that this city would
ave its hands fuM with the educnonal
conference in the spring.
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Ex Dispenser Bouzanl in Jail.
Orangeburg, August 21). ?A
'arrant was issued yesterday by
lagistrute C. P. Brunson, of this
ity, for tho arrest of Mr. Harvey
'. Bouz ird, formerly county dis>
enser at Fort Mottc, and he wus
rresled to-day. Tho warrant
harges that tho "said Harvey F.
louzard, bein 5 county dispenser
; Fort Motte, did inisapproprite,
misuse and other vise wrongally
dispose of moneys and proprty
of tho State of South Caro11a,
of the county of Orangeburg,
id of the town of Fort Motte, to
je amount of $2,271.81." The
arrant is formal iu its specificaon8
and follows the' wording of
io statutes to a largo extent.
A Coin 612 Years Old.
he Observer.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 28.?Mr.
laid Honey, an Assyrian, who
inducts a grocery and fruit store
n West Fourth street, is the pos2ssor
of an Asiatic coin which is
12 years old, having been made
1 1293. The coin is known as
[arshhocompse, and.is valued at
bout five cents in United States
urrency. Tho coin is about the
17.0 of a half (lime, and is mado of
ilvcr. Mr. Honey brought it to
us country and has had it made
ito a cuff or stud button.
'l&rence to Vote on Dispensary.
pccial to News and Courier.
Florence, August 29.?Florence
Jounty will now have an oppornaity
of voting on the question of
dispensary or prohibition." Such
ras the decision of County Superisor
James B. McBrido to-day,
ftcr he had completed the work
f going over the various petitions
nd verifying the signatuiosof the
etitioners. The election will bo
eld on Tuesday October 3.
Familiarity breeds contompt for
losquitoos. ,
Boyd Evans VVon't Dabble in
Newberry Situation.
Speciul to Greenville News.
Columbia, Aug. 20. ?No action
will be taken in Newberry by Boyd
Evuns in the dispensary situation.
Mr. Evans stated this morning
that as yet ho had nothing to do
with tho matter in that county and
that there were only threo counties
in which ho was interested?Pickens,
Union and Marion. In tho
two first tho matter is now in tho
courts. An election has been
ordered for Marion for Soptombor
17 and Mr. Evans said this morning
that ho would carry tho caso
into court should tho election bo
decided against the dispensary.
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mil 11v'l oujr uu w uui ^lUUIUlS
this would be done, but it is presumed
that the same point will he
raised there as was raised in other
counties ? that the signatures to
the potilion for the election were
not all genuine and that all of them
were not registered voters. Mr
Evans was inclined to think if
there was a full vote the dispensary
would win in Marion, hut he
doubted seriously whether there
would bo anything like a full vote.
After Viewing Remains of Dead
Friend, Ashoville Man Dies.
Asheville, Aug. 28.?James
Dougherty, a well known whito
citizen of Ashoville, who for years
operated a numbor of teams here,
was found dead at his hoarding
house in the depot section of tho
city this morning. It is said that
last night Mr. Dougherty wont to
view tho remains of G. C. Gentry,
who wus killed yesterday evening,
and that the sight of the corpse
somewhat affected him. lie wont
home, however, later during tho
night, and early this morning inmates
of the house heard a noise
in one of tho halls hut little attention
was paid to it. This morning
Mr. Dougherty was found dead.
Good for Mr. Jordan.
As long as Mr. Hurvio Jordan
is at tho bead of the Cotton Association
it will never bo a pack
horse for politicians and offices
seekers. Mr. Jordan has put his
foot down hard on this. In the
constitution ho was instrumental
in having a clause inserted that if
any office-holder in tho Cotton Association
accepts a political office
or even becomes a candidate for
one, ho forfeits his office in tho
cotton association. Mr. Jordan
has demanded the resignation of
several officers in Georgia on this
account, and a high-up officer in
North Carolino will likely bo called
to taw on the same thing. "This
is a business movement," Mr.
Jordan says, "and we are not going
to put out time and money into
a scherao to benefit tho country
aud allow it to bo used as stepping
stones by selfish peoplo for their
own ends. This has boon the death
of a good many farmers' organizations,
and we aro determined to
steor clear of it."?Monroe Jour-*
D&l.
SPOILED HER BEAUTY
Harriet Howard, of 209 W. 34th
St,. New York, at ono time had
her beauty spoiled with akin
trouble. Sbe writes: "I had Salt
liheum or Eczema for years, but
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I noimng wouuicuruu, unui 1 uauu
Bucklen's ArnicaSal ve." A quick
and sure healer for cuts, burns
and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros-,
,J. F. Mackcy & Oo's, and
Funderburk Pharmacy, drug
store.
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