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Russia and Japan Have S And the W PARTIES ARE NOW SATISFIED ians Break Into Rejoicing Over E e Victory of Portsmouth, Which J ey Consider an Offset to Tsushi a, Liao Yang and Mukden, and a iplomatic Triumph of the First agnitude. Portsmouth, N. H., Special.-The long and bloody war between Japan and Russia is ended. The terms of peace were settled by Mr. Witte an.d Baron Komura at the session of the confererce Tuesday morning and Tues <ay afternoon preliminary arrange ments for an armistice were concluded and the actual work of framing the "Treaty of Portsmouth" was by mu tual agreement turned over to Mr. D. M1artens, Russia's great international lawyer, and Mr. Dennison, who for 25 years has acted as the legal adviser of the Japanese Foreign Office. t The treaty is expected to be' com- t pleted by the end of the week. This happy conclusion of the con ference, which a week ago, would have been shipwrecked had it not been for the heroic inzercession of President t Roosevelt, was sudden and dramatic. For the sake of peace, Japan, with the magnanimity of a victor, at the last t moment yielded everything still in is .sue. Russia refused to budge from the t ultimatam of the Czar, given to Pres- 1 ident Rcosevelt through Ambassador 3Ie'er. No indemnity under ary .guise, but an agreement to divide Sak-! halin and reimburse Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners,, were his last words. They had been :repeatedly reiterated in Mr. Witte's instructions. and in the form of a I 'written r-;y to the Japanese com promise proposals of last Wednesday they were delivered to Baron Komura this morning. TOTAL SURPRISE TO WITTE. Mr. Witte went to the conference de- t claring he was powerless to change the I .dot of an "I" or the cross of a 't" in! his instructions. Czar Nicholas' word had been given not only to him but to President Roosevelt, the head of a for egn state. When Baron Komura, therefore first off erer the new basis of coinpromise, o'utlined in the dispatches (the complete renunci-t ation of indemnity, coupled with a proposition for the redemption of Sak halin at a price to be fixed by a mixedt tribunal consisting of representatives of the neutral power-in fact, if not inr words, the solution offered by Presi- t <dent Roosev'elt) Mr. Witte again re turned a non possumus. It was what: Mr. Witte termed in an interview with1 the press th?' "pyscolozical moment." Mr. Witte did. not fiinch. He expected .a rupture and as he expressed it after ward he was stunned by what happen ed. Baron Komura gave way on all I' the disputed points. With the pre 'science that has enabled the Japanese< to gauge the mental processes of their!i adversarices on the field of battle and upon the sea, they had realized in ad- 4 vance that peace could be obtained in ~noother wa-y. They had their govern ment. President Roosevelt had also, I it is said, advised Japan that it was< ~better to meet the Russianpoion < tinuing the war for the purpose of col-atoaethrspniltyf c tn lecting tribute. The Mikado. at the t session of the cabinet and elder states-< men yesterday. had sanctioned the fi nal concession. When Baron Komt'ra I yielded. the rest was mere child's1 play. By Wire and Cable. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw makes public his letter to Governor C~ummins. of Iowa, in answer to the latter's criticism of his alleged re marks concerning the French treaty. s The Secretary claims to have been c misQuoted. A mob of 50 men at Newbern, N. C., hung to a bridge John Moore. a negro who attacked Mrs. Eubanks, postmis tress at Clark, N. C. There were 13 deaths of yellow fever at New Orleans, the largest number yet reported in one day. Ellis Glenn, the "man woman," who has been in so many escapedes in t West Virginia, is said to have been ar-a rested in Michigan. The explosion of a stereopticon in. the First Baptist church at Norfolk iast night caused a panic. Capt. E. W. Jones, of Norfolk. who Skilled Maud Robinson and then cut his own throat. is recovering. A new 40 mile railroad is to be built fromn Towa Creekt to Stuart's Knob, in Patrick ecun:y. Va., The French liner La Savoie arriv'edc :at Newport News to have a new pro- z pellier put in. Popular opinion in Japan is reported to be very strong against a division of Sakhalin Island. and surprise is ex pressed that sale of a part of it should have been proposed. It Agrarian disordlers throughout Rus. C sia are' greatly on the increase, and 1 the nobles are subjected to all kinds of exactions on the part of the peasan- I try, collisions with Cossacs also be-ll ing reported. Both armi:es in Manchuria have re reived reinforemrents andl the frontst have been greatly extended. c There is reported to be much reeling among the Chinese against the gov ernment because of the awarding of a railroad contract to Amgrican s. A government bulletin \hows that I the number of school teachers in the c tountry exceeds the total of' pteachers. <1cictors and lawyers combinecs Edwin S. Holmes. Jr., is said to be in W\ashington and is expecteti to suir-I re'a:le'r himself' today. M.ar.y. membe'rs 0f Congress and~ of the ucri: :2&nts of various co-nt"ies ore a: Brussels where the lnte"-parha itentary Congress wil begin t ss ettled Their Differeces ir is Over CZAR KEEPS INTERNED SHIPS. Articles 10 and 11 (interned warships nd the limitation of Russia's sea pow r in the far East) were withdrawn' apan agreed that only that portion f the Chinese Eastern Railroad south f Chantufu, the position occupied by yama, should be ceded to Japan. Both ides, once the deadlock was broken, anted a "just and laging" peace, nd in that spirit it was decided to ractically neutralize Sakhalin, each ountry binding itself not to fortify s half of the island, and Japan as uming an obligation not to fortify the ,a Perouse strait between Sakhalin nd Hokkaido, which would bar Rus- 1 ia's commercial route to the Pacific. The plenipotentiaries went father. 'hey decided to add a new clause in he nature of a broad provision for I mutual commercial privileges by which ! ach country will secure for the othei he benefit of the "most favored na- 1 ion clause," a . i the "open door." < LOOKS RATHER LIKE ALLIANCE. The new treaty therefore will be a -onderfully friendly document. ot haracter almost to raise the suspicion hat the two countries have not nego ated peace but have concluded the asis of a future alliance. There is, Lowever, no evidence as rumored that ny secret clauses are to be appended o the present treaty. Before leaving the conference build ng, felicitations were exchanged with 1 he President at Oyster Bav. Both ;aron Konura and Mr. Witte tele raphed. The form.r confined himselt > apprising Mr. Roosevelt of the con itions upon which peace had. been oncluded. Mr. Witte frankly laid his ribute at the President's feet. In his I essage he said: "History will ascribe to you the glo ." and added the expression of Rus ia's hearty appreciation of the Presi ent's "generous initiative." Mr. Roosevelt replied with words of hanks and congratulation. RUSSIANS DAZED WITH JOY. Then began the jubilation. Mr. Witte ad Baron de Rosen returned to the otel for luncheon. The Japanese had emained at the conference hall to nch with Mr. Pierce. The news that eace had been concluded had preceded he Russian plenipotentiaries. and such cenes of wild rejoicing have never be re been witnessed in the State ot ;ew Hampshire as greeted them upon t heir irrival at the hotel. Mr. Witte, azed at the sudden and happy termi ation of the conference, was fairly verpowered by the tremendous ova ion he received. He could only express is gratitude by shaking the hands of t verybody. and in response to the vol y of questions fired at him as to the rms murmur. "We pay not a kopeck nd we get half of Sakalin." Later in his room, when he had par ally recovered himself, he declared at he could not have dreamed of such victory-for that he regards it as a iplomatic triumph of thc .'rst magni de, he makes no attempt to conceal. .d that is the general verdict here to ight. The Russians are overjoyed at e result. "We have had our Liao Yangs and ukdens." they say, "and our Tsus imas on sea, but the Japanese have Lad their Portsmouth." JAPS BLUNDERED AT START. Athough Mr. Witte is not a diplo atist, they declare that he has out' anoevered the Japanese, yielding1 n by one to the conditions until he1 o'ced them into a corner on the main ssue of indemnity and left them no, ~scape, except surrender or to con 'ert the war into a war to collect tri lute. The Russians declared that dip. >matically the Japanese made their olosal blunder when they agreed to onsider the conditions seriatim. The Japanese correspondents, hough they said little, plainly showed heir dissatisfaction with the terms uring the afternoon. They stood aloof, ~ent in the midst of the general jubi ation. f'or as the afternoon advanced< he air was 'filled with the sounds of 'ejoicing. Bells were ringing in Ports- 1 Fever at Pensocola, Florida. I Pensacola, Fla., Special.-Dr. Joseph .Porter, State health officer, has is ned a card to the public in which he: f ays that three Greeks with symptoms I'j fyello; +'ever have been found in C pensacola. T'n ecases were diszovereds y Dr. Warren E. Anderson, and agent f ere for the State board of health, andt )r. Porter confirms Dr. Anderson's 1 agnosis of the cases. 1 Ambassador Sees Czar. St. Petrsburg, By Cable.-Mr. Meyer, e American ambassador, had an i dience with the Emperor at Peter-s of Wednesday afternoon, which last- r d three hours. Presumably the mat- t r of peace was discussed at length. ut nothing can be ascertained at resent regarding what aetual ly 5 yk place, as the embassy .eclin es y give out any statement. It is known, I owever, that a long cablegram has C en sent to Washington giving the esults of tne conference. The Emper- ! r attended the manoeuvres in the acrning, and returned to Peterhof just i~ afime to receive ihr. Meyeir. V Decision Against Sov.thern Road. Washington, D. C., SpeciaL-The In er-State Commerce Commission de-r ided four cases brovght by T. M. Ke-J c & Comparny. of Terra Haute. Inad... gaist the Charleston & Western rail :ay Company. the Seaboard Air Line I nailway. and the Phiiadelphia & ~eading Railway Company, the decis I de'laring that the defen.'.ants' es-i blished charge of $1.00) per day for ar demurrage is just and reasonable. Tt Act on Bennington Report. I Washington, Special.-Secretary ~onaparte has just completed a thor- t ugh examination of the record of the'i 'oceedings of the court of inquiry 1in t e case of the disastrous hoiler ex losion on the Bennington at San iego. Cal.. July -.1 last, and will an ounce his action in a dlay or two. It understcod that he dos'. not agree 'th the court in sevecral of its co0 lusns in thc m~atter of the individual csponsiiity of va--ious 04icers en:l ena of th vessel for the cognditions nouth and Newcastle and the vesselL n 'he harbor were adding to the din h heir sirens and bellk. One of the -.panese, however, gave the true note vhen he remarked: IF MIKADO APPROVES, GOOD. "Tell me that the Mikado has ap roved it and I shall be satisfied." In that sentence was compressed he Spartan heroism of the Japanese iation. and later when Mr. Sato issued he official explanation of the reasons hat moved the Japanese plenipoten laries and it showed that the Emper )r nad approved, there was a percep ible change in the feelings of the Jap nese. Considerable disappointment, iowever. continued to be manifested. 3aron Komura following the rule he ias set himself, declined to make any ;tatement. and Mr. Takahira would nly say when asked to make a state nent: "For the sake of humanity and civ lization, and as we believe, in the in erest of both countries and the world, ve have made peace." A scene of the greatest excitement 'ollowed the receipt of the news in he lobby of the Hotel Wentwor7th. The fficial bulletin telephoned from the :onference room at the navy yard by Jr. Sato and like an electric thrill ooded through the room. There were creams of joy. Men threw their hats loft, women actually wept. Then here was a rush for the telegraph )ffices and in an instant the news was ;peeding to the remotest corners of he ea.:h. 'AP CORRESPONDENTS GLOOMY. "We did not believe it this morning," aid Mr. Fukotonii, correspondent for he Osaki Asahi. as he walked away inking his head. Japan expected a reat deal more than this. Division of )akhalin was not to be thought of. It vas ours by the blood of our soldiers Lnd we should have kept it. Russia >rought on this war; she should have >aid for it." He was interrupted by another cor espondent. But the Emperor has or iered it." "Yes." said another. "it is the Em )eror's word." The attitude of th'9 group at the nention of the Emperor's name im nediately changed. "Yes." assented one, "the Emperor ias spoken and Japan will obey. The Emperor is all-wise and Japan is satis ied." The incident was a striking illustra ion of that wonderful devotion of the apanese for their sovereign and of the mplicit confidence they place in his very action. Both Countries May Borrow. New York, S pecial.-Well-informed ianking interests are of the opinion hat the treaty of peace between Rus ia and Japan will soon be followed by Russian loan and with another later y Japan. The extent of the loans will epend largely upon the provisions of he agreement between the two coun ries. Bankers believe that Russia will nake liberal compensation to Japan. .lthough this may be provided for in a epaate understanding. It is known hat Russia has made all preparations or placing part of a loan here, and it s well understo'd that Japan contem lates raising n:ore money to pay in enal obligations. To Draft Treaty Promptly. Portsmouth. N. H., Special.-The of icial account of Monday afternoon's neeting was given by Mr. Sato on his ~rival at the hotel. It is as follows: In the afternoon session of August :9. the conference has discussed the de ails of the treaty of peace. It has ieen decided to entrust the drafting of he clauses of Privy Councillors De artens and Mr. Dennison, legal advis r of the Foreign Office of Japan. wits nstructions to finish the work as soon s possible." Surprise in St Petersburg. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The dis ~atches from Portsmouth brought the irs news of the result of the confer nee. The news came as an electric urpise. as official and diplomatic cir les had been practically without hopes i peace all during the day. The re It will onliy become known at night o comparatively few persons. ilion Dollar Fire at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Johnstown. Pa.. Special.-A serious re is ra.ging in the Pennsy.lvania rafle Stores, which are owned by the ambia Steel Company. The firemen eem to have lost control of the raes and it is apparent that the en re property will be destroyed. The >ss may approximate a million dol Boycott Partly Off. Wasington, Special.-Of particular portance to the Southern cotton pinners and weavers is the announce ient by Minister Rockhill Monday bat the Chinese boycott on American ice goods is about to be ?afted. Cab .ng from Pekin, the minister says his formation is to the effect that the ntiAmerican boycott as a whole is radually subsiding. The Caiinese mc hants of Shanghai dealing in pier'e 'oods are? strongly opposing the boy ott. and taking steps which Minister ~ockhill believes are likely to break so far ar piece goods are conern Cases Continued. Fayetteville. Special.-In the Supe ior' Court here Monday afternoon uige Moore made an order continuing ill the next term of court, the caiss .gainst Mr. J. C. Haigh and Mr. G. G. Ircr, cashier and teller, respective r. of the Bank of Fayette.ille, fcr al ged em'bezzlemecnt ci funals of the ank. Mesrs Haigh and Myrover we're aicted about four' months ago on an .!!eed shortage of about $60).000 in heir accounts. strange Murder in Ashevilla, N. C. Ahevile. N. C.. Special.-"Death at h hans of a person unknown." was he coroner's verdiict at an inquest el Monday night on the body of Jas. >aughtr:.. whose lieless bodyv was oundl in the hall of a boarling houser 2 the ity ea'ly Monday' morning. An utopsy held Monday on the corpse r Taled w~o large clots at 1he base~ of he bran. which were e':Idently. caus d by blows with a blhmt irstruimnt. ;iene adiced r~t the inque's t ail d to throw any lizh: on the 'nystery ROOSEVELT LIONIZED His Efforts In Behalf of Peace Are Highly Commended BY THE WORLD'S GREAT RULERS Congratulatory Messages Pour in From All Parts of the World, Com mending Mr. Roosevelt on His Ac tion. Oyster Bay, L. I., Special. - The crowned heads of the world unite with distinguished statesmen of America and Europe in according the glory of peace between Russia and Japan ::o President Roosevelt. Telegrams of congratulation have been pouring :.n upon the President in a great flood. rhey came from persons of high de gree and low from all quarters of the world. Among the first letters received was one from the King of England, as ollows: "Marienbad, August 29. "The President: "Let me be one of the first to con ,ratulate you on the successful issue f the peace conference, to which you save so greatly contributed. "EDWARD, R. I." Soon afterwards a notably cordial !ablegram was received from Emperor Wfilliam, of Germany. It read: "Neues Palais, August 29. President Theodore Roosevelt: "Just received cable from America Lnnouncing agreement of peace con erence on preliminaries of peace; I'm >verjoyed, and express most sincere ongratulations at the great success due to your iuntiring jefforts The whole of mankind must unite, and will lo so, in thanking you for the good boon you have given it. "WILLIAM, I. . President Loubet, of France, exten4. d his congratulations in this meskage: "La berguae, Presidence, August 30. 'President Roosevelt: Your excellency has just renaerea :o humvanity an excellent service, for vhich I fecilitate you heartily. The French Republic rejoices in the role Jet. but the text of his responses is :his historic event. "EMILE LOUBET." The President has acknowledged te messages received from King Edward, CEmperor William and President Lou Jet, but the text of his responses is 2ot made public here. Then came cablegrams from diplo matic representatives of foreign gov rnments in this country-From Sir %fortimer Durand, the British ambas sador; from M. Jesserand, the French ambassador: from Mayor des Plan :hes, ambassador of Italy, and from Sir Chentung. the Chinese minister. Count Cassin5, who recently was suc :eeded by Baron Rosen as Russian mbassador to the United States, ca bled as follows: "Paris, August 30. 'President Roosevelt: "Profoundly happy at the result of the negotiations, which assures a peace honorable to both nations and in which you have taken so faithful a part. "CASSINI." William J. Bryan sent a message 3rediting the President with the peace agreement, as follows: Janesville. Wis.. A agust 29. 'President Roosevel:' "Accept congratulations. Your ,suc cessful efforts to secure peace between Russia and Japan reflects credit on the nation. ''WM. J. BRYAN." Cordial messages were received also from Senators and Representatives in Congress congratulating the President on his great triumph for peace, also one from former Secretary of State Iohn W. Foster. Among the scores of messages whith were received by the President under Wednesday's date, were con gratulations from General Booth, of the Salvation Army; General King, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army :>f the Republic; from the archbishop ;f Canterbury; Andrew Carnegie and the latter's guests at Skibo Castle. A.mong the Skibo guests are John Mor ey, Nicholas -Murray Butler and Cnar les Dabney. One More Case at Natcher;. Natchez, Miss.. Special.-After 6 o'clock Wednesday evening one new ease of yellow fever, which was re ported convalescent, was discovered. Dtherwise there has been no change in the local yellow fever situation. The work of fumigation is being carried on in every home. There has been no exo dus. Only one special train left Natchez this month. This left Wednesday night with 150 passengers. Tornado Strikes Town. Scranton. Pa.. Special.-A tornado occurred in Carbondo~le. Some~ frame louses were carried 200 feet andi cars w.ere toppled over. Many people were injujred. but fortunately no fatalities accurr'ed. News of the Day. Ii is proposed. to ra isr- t hree' Br'itish w:rshi,.s su:n!: in thec St. Clair river b.' Commo'dore' Pei.rry, and the C'ana 1 ian ( o verumecnt may object. The President confere'd with Genier ii Wood. Genergal Davis and others Cut Woman's Throat. Norfolk, Va.. Specia.-Capt. E. W. Jones, of Company E. Seventy-'irst Regiment Xirginia Voluntee:'s. killad Mauid Robinson .C' ette kn1w as Maud Cameron. byn~e eering the wo [an's he~ad from herhulders vw"th a razor, and tie' alttempte i sui:"ide by cun is e throat Th murde red wo'ian was 'year o' C'aptain .ne Two Cases in Vicksburg. Vi'ksh:ig. Miss., Special.-Mr. John 3:i :eras. of the MarinaQ Hospital Ser vie. reported t vo'( positive cases of vllaw fy,'er in Viekshurg. The slck ness 5;ot a very mild ty ye. Locail phy icians first diagnosed the disease as vellow' fr-ver this ::;rumg. the an louncecmer.t creating some.what of a pani~c. Thce origin of th:e fevcr has not ie ben fixed. Both pa: ients arc vwhite .nd neither has been o::t of town. for mrmthe. FACTS AND FIGURES OF WAR Interesting Sidelights and Statistics That Are Valuable. The Cause. 1. Russia's policy of playing fast and loose with her promises as to the evacuation of Manchuria, whereby China's sovereignty over that land was practically annulled, and the equal commercial rights therein of the rest of, the world seriously threatened. 2. Russia's refusal to recognize Ja pan's paramount interests in Korea and her own "diplomatic" moves in that peninsula, looking toward treaty rights, under which she might gain control of the port, of Fusan-the more northern harbors of Vladivostok and Port Arthur having ptoved less serv iceable than had been anticipated. 3. Japan's 7-year-old grudge against Russia for ousting her from Port Ar thur at the close of her contest with China and (also) Russia's fatal ignor ance of Japan's preparedness and her over-confidence in her own strength. The Duration. From February 5, 1904, to June 11, 1905-493 days. Nbte:: June 11 is the date on which Russia and Japan agreed to meet to consider peace. There has been no armistice since June 11, but there has been no fight it.g. The Results. 1. Japan has reacquired control of Korea, establishing a protectorate, and appointing an American, Durham White Stevens, as advisor to the Em peror, Yi Heul. 2. Japan has regained possession of Port Arthur and the Lio-Tung penin sula and has forced the return of Man churia to China with "open doors" for the trade of the world. Japan also ac quired the northern half of Sakhalin island. 3. International law has gained a c:.eared knowledge than has before been had of what constitutes "contra band of war" and to what lengths a naval officer may properly go in the "*right to search." Both of these ad vances were made largely through the prompt diplomacy of the late Secreta ry of State Hay. 4. Russia certainly will not get on the Pacific coast the "ice-free port" for which she has so long been looking. The Cost. Russia had in Manchuria in Febru ary, 1904, 60.000 men. She has since sent out to the front, 730,000 men. Japan is said to have mobilized near ly 700,000 men. Total force engaged- since the out break of the war (about) 1,540,000 men. Of these the killed, permonently dis abled and invalided home have been computed at 625,000; 375,000 Russians and 250.000 Japanese. Japan has suffered the loss of only one proininent officer, Com-mander Cda; the Russian officers o. rank killed are Count Keller. General Rut kovsky, Smolensky, Rialinkin, Tserpit sy, Kondratshenko, Commander Ste panofi and Admirals Makaroff, Molas, Voslkersham and Withofft. In money, acco)rding to figures pub lished in The Gazette, ot St. Petersburg, the war has cost Russia (including property destroyed) $1,075,000,000. On the 5th of June it was estimated at Trokio that the cost to Japan had en close in the neighborhood 01 475, 000000. Bringing the total money cost (at the agreement to peace parleys) to $1, 550,000,000. Actual Workr of Peace. Portsmouth, N. H., Special.-Actual work of drafting the treaty of Ports mouth began Wednesday. It is being .one by Mr. De Martens and Mr. Den rison, acting as legal advisors for the respective sides. While the "bases" of peace have been accepted by the plen ipotentaries, considerable detail re mains to be worted out in the elabora tion of the articles of the treaty. This is especially true in regard to the ar ticles dealing with the Chinese East ern Railway, and the surrender of the leases of the LiaoTung peninsula and Port Arthur and Talienwan (Dalny.) Mr. Pokotiloff, the Russian minister to Pekin, who was formerly manager of the Russo-Chinese Bank at Pekin, and who has intimate knewledge of all the details relating to these matters, is assisting Mr. De Martens. A very anomalous situation exists as to the impression created by the con clusion of peace. Whilo the outside world applauds, in Japan there is ev idently great disappointment in the terms, and in Russia, wehere it would seem that there should be uni ersal rejoicing over the great diplo matic victory Mr. Witte has won, the government seems to have receivcd it To Vote on Dispensary. Sparanburg, S. C., Special.-Super visor Miles announced that, after feel ng satisfied that the required one Courth of the qualified voters of the ounty had signed the petition calling for an election on dispensary or no dis pensay, he would accordingly order an lection. The- day for the same has been named, the time being Tuesday, November 14. At this time H. 13. Car lsle and J. S. Turner. who were nom :ated in the primary for county sena tor and coroner respectively, will be voted on. Brass Staple in His Head. Winston-Salemf. Spccial.--Mr. John Nail, who was struck on the head by a brass staple and seriously injured at Drwn & Williamson's tobacco far ary a few weeks ago. was eanried to Geensboro 1:' his phy Bnu. HeI goes there for the pulrp of having his hea:1 ?:<ane -or - Long's X-ray ma-hine. ta ee if the staple is in the head. Mr. Nail stated that, at times, his head gives h'im een sierale rain. Czar Surprised and Delighted. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The Em pror visted Bjiorkce to inspect a crui ser in co-.rse of construction there. Ble fore leaving Pceehof his ruaajesty cabled M. Witte to breank off the nego tiations and leave Portsmouth if the Jaanese pic,.ipotentiaries insisted on n iemnity. When he returned to Peerho th e Emperor fournd M. WVitte':: calegram announcir.g the suc-e o the negotiations and was delighted. !h immediately cabled M. Witte approv FEVER IS UNDER BETTER CONTROl New Orleans Situation Continues tc Improve-Priest Goes to Pattersor to Avert Italians' Threatened Riol -Work of Salting Gutters Pushed in the City. New Oleans, Special.-Official repor1 to 6 p. m.: New cases, 29; total to date, 2.024. Deaths. 3: total death, 2S7. New foci, 11. Cases under treatment, 305. Cases discharged, 1,432. For the first time in o0""r a montt the number of new cases was in the twenties. With only three deaths, com ciilman E. T. Duna is alco on the list the feeling of confidence that the fevei Is being wiped out is growing. Among the new cases is that of Captain B. F. Clayton, U. S. A.. the quartermaster in charge of this department. City Coun cilman E. T. Dunn is also on the list Of the deaths, one occurred at the emregency hospital. The country situation is improving somewhat, though the discovery of new foci causes some little anxiety. The situation at Patterson where it was feared the ignorant Italians con templated trouble has developed noth ing new. No overt act has been com mitted, and it is believed that danger is over. Father Widman, the Jesuit priest went there Sunday and met the citizens and a number of leading Ital ians and proposes to make a perrsonal canvass of the town, to talk to every Italian, and convince him of the good intentions of the health authorities. A heavy downpour of rain prevented the mass-meeting which it was pro. posed to hold here today. Today nearly all of the dirt carts were used in the work of salting the gutters. It has been found that since the mosquietos have been deprived of their favorite breeding places, the stagnant gutters on cross streets are filed with wiggle-tails, so special ef forts are being made to render these unsuitable. Over a thousand tons of salt have been used so far and the work will continue. There is much interest in the case of Dr. Philip Berge, the physician who was arrested late Sunday night on the charge of failing to report three cases of yellow fever. He was paroled by the inspector, but will have to answer to the charge Monday morn ing before the second recorder. He says that he reported the cases by mail, but the Marine Hospital Service has no record of them. There has been a recrudescence at Tallulah, in Madison garish, not far from Vicksburg, three cases having been diagnosed by Dr. Krauss, of the Marine Hospital Service. A report from Leeville, under date of September 1, shows that there have been 312 cases there so tar, and 29 deaths, with 145 cases under treat ment. To End Oil Iniquiry. Birmingham, Special.-H. M. Beck, of this city who is representing minori ty stockholders of the United Oil and Land Company, of Columbus, Ga., states that the final hearing in the in vestigation proceedings against the of ficers of the company is to be given in Columbus, Ga.. on September 7. A temporary injunction has been in force since last fall which restrains the majority stockholders from disposing of the company's properties at Molk trick, California, in the Bakersfield district. The Associated Oil Company, which is the largest prroducer in California, now operrates wells which oil daily and the companiespra oer turn out about I,000 to 1,500 barrels of oil daily and the officers of the Asso ciated Company are the majority stockholders in the United Oil and Land Company. No Spread of Disease at Notchez. Natchez, Miss., Special.-This is the fifth day since the promulgation of the report of yellow fever in Natchez, since which time no new cases have been re ported. All of the patients are doing well, the fever being of an exceedingly mild type. FIfty-three volunteers made a house to house canvass and reported very littit sickness. Bomb Explodes in Crowd. Barcelona, Special-A bomb explod ed with terr-ific force Sunday afternoon on the marine parade, which was thronged with holiday makerrs. A panic ensued and the air was rent with shrieks and groans of the victims, who numbered 21, including one woman, killed and five persons mortally wound e. The bonib was conical in shape and was covered with cement. The perptrator of the outrage is ur.known. One witnees states that early this morning a child was seen to deposit a bomb at the foot of a tree, while an othcr version is that the bomb was plac ed at the foot of a tree this afternoon and that the man who was seen to lace it there was injured Doubt Cast on Story. Frnandina. Fla., Special.-The two men from the ill-fated ship Peconic, wichi they say sank near this shore 13:; Sunday. are still here, and, in o'.dince to orders received from New Y.rk. froem the vessel's owners, will ton and several thousand dollars' worth until the truth of their story Is fully esalihd No bodies have yet wash Ied ashore and no wreckage from the vessel has been seen. Lost $15,000 by Fire. Albany, Ga.. Special.-Captain Boyd, of Lear. Ga.. was the victim Sunday night of one of the most disastrous !n ceniary fires ever known in this aee tion. suffering the lo-s of a modern barn. st'ac:ae and other oati!lings. toether ,-vth 'tfine mailes. twecve ruilk cy:s with ralves. ten bai:3 of o ton an:1 .cerrai thous:In-i do!!rs' witl of waz.as. buggics. farn imnlement: ndl' IOc:!StuJIS. Captain Dovd cscimate: is loss at $15,000, without ins. A CHOLERA SCARE merican Seaport Towns Seriously Menaced By the Plague 11 GETS H.OLD IN GERMAN PORTS Plague Record Stands at 51 Cases and 19 Deaths, Two Cases Existing at Hamburg, But. the Greatest Danger to American Ports is Be lieved to Lie in the Austrian Port of Trieste. Berlin, By Cable.-Dr. Nocht, harbor physician at Hamburg, in reply to in :uiries made by the press concerning 2holera, telegraphs as follows: "The transhipment of Russian emi grants having been suspended at Ham burg, further cholera infection is im probable. "The room companion of the first zase has a light attack, but otherwise all the emigrants are healthy. "Three emigrants d e to sail last Thursday on the steager Moltke, (for New York,) were landed and since then have been under medical obser vation. All are healthy. The drink ing water and the sanit'ry arrange ments here are faultless, and conse quently an epidemic is unlikely. "Single instance, naturally, in spite :f the greatest care, cannot always be prevented, but no danger exists for sea traffic. I am convinced that all the means for opposing the cholera are in use. We are going to meet the future with tranquility and we hold that Americans have no grounds for dis quietude. "NOCHT." The opinion is expressed in Berlin that the United States seaboard has more to fear from emigrants shipping at Trieste than from German ports as cholera is already in Austria Po land. The record stands at 51 cholera cases and 19 deaths, a steady increase and a high percentage of mortality. The most uneasy news for America is that a second case exists at Hamburg. It was officially reported that a laborer in St. George's Hospital where the Rus sian emigrant died, has cholera, but it is added that the seizure is of a milder form than the previous ones. Two of the other fresh cases are in east Prus sia, indicating that the infected area has widened. The imperial health office, as shown by the statement made, is confident that it has the disease in hand. The most recently reported vic tims are among the Russian rivermen in quarantine. Professor Adolph Kafa, Prof. Koch's successor as head of the Institute of Infectious Diseases, has gone to the infected district to direct the measures to confinet the disease. The Institute of Infectious Diseases will be open all night examide sere tions taken from the digestive tubes of persons who have died under cir cumstances suggesting cholera. From time to time couriers arrive from some port of Germany with portions of bodies done up hermetically. The Minister of the Interior has is sued an order covering all Prussia, re quiring physicians immediately after the death of any suspected patient to send a messenger with sections of the almentary canal to the Institute of Infectious Diseases for through exami nation. Gets Lower Duty. Mexico City, Special-In* consequence. of a treaty recently made blitween French and Mexico, the former country is now imposing the minimum duty on Mexico coffee shipped from a Mexi can to a French port.' Exports of cof fee to France show a considerable in crease at very good prices. Nqew Casses in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.. Special.-Surgeon Wasdin reports three new cases of yel low fAver at Gulport and states that the situation is well in hand along the Gulf coast. Dr. Labanon report ene case of fever at Pearlington, near the Loui siana line, and has taken charge as State health officer. Three new sun picious cases are under observation at Vicksburg. Peppered the Bridegroom. Richmond, Va., Special.-John Kinkc er was shot and painfully wounded in the left shoulder with a shotgun by W. L. Mason, at Lacross, Va.. Sunday afternoon. He went to Mason's to be married to Miss Lula A. Hirris. who was living at Mason's. It is said Ma son had notified Kinker that he would kill him if he camne on to his yard. On Kinker entering the yard. Mason fired on him twice, as above stated. Kinker was subsequently married to Miss Har ris and is doing well. Mason is under arrest. Case in Indian Territory Little Rock. Ark., Special.-Major General W. H. Haynes. commanding the Arkansas militia, which is fur nishing the guards to enforce the State quarintinie. was officially informed to day of the existence of a case of yel ow fever at Mayesville. I, T.. a e diately gave orders to the g to tighten the quarantine. Mi s and Louisiana. Florida and A t'1, Ga.. have been declared infected ri tory by the State board of health Ma:ico Wz ntz imirants. Mexico Cety. S-ca-iZ.-In vier- of het large nme:- 't V:rpc-: conigra ts who are flockig :o 3cath A:merica. es pteially to Br:-2:l. Ecnor .loauin- r rres. has heen in z:n:t".tin with l a vie Vto livrt'E: Zt: tide o inmie, ticn to Mez. !i probah!? thtaa com:~w!U M :-me~. i or the, p - pese' of hering. su:nC of the desir l emigrants in th'is irection. as ther a gcod dlemand on th'e various pla