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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1905)
" . : ,5. ; _ " " ! < ' : < " : " . . . ' ' ' " . , . ' , , . ! s. . . : : _ : , 'f. , . . THE WAR 18 OVER , Russi and Japan Settle Their Difficulties \V.ith- \ out further Resort to the Sword. ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN ARMISTICE . I . . Ii i In th.e Sclliement. Japan Yields All Points at. Issue for the Sa ! < e of Pe ce.-No In cmnity and . , . . , . fialf of Sa k h a Ii n t.o : : Russia. . 'r ' ' . . n , , , , . , ; PORTSMOUTH , N. H.-Tho long nnd bloody war Iwtweon JalHln nnd HUllsln Is ended. 'rho terms of peace \Vero Bellied hy M. Wltto nnd Dnron 1omul'a nt the session of the conCor. ClICO 'J.'uesday morning , nl In the nf. lernoon prellmlnar ' nrrangements for on al'lnlstlco were conclt\lled al1l the octnal work of framing the "treaty of Portslllouth" wus hy mutual ngreolllent tUl'lled over to 1\1' , Do Martens , Hus- ala's l reut International lawyer , anl1 1\1' . Denulson , who for twentY-fivo years has actr.d as the legal adviser of the Jupanes ( ' forolgn offico. 'I'ho treaty Is eXllocted to bo cOl11llleted by the end of the wt'ele , 'fhls ImplIY cOllcltllllon of the conCor. < Jnce , which a week ago would have heon ahlJ1Wreclcel1 had It not be on for the heroic IntercessIon of PresIdent Itoosevolt , was sudden and I1mmatlc. For the Halo of lIeace , Japan , with the mngunnltnlty of a victor , nt the lnst 1II0l11ent yielded every thIng Btlll In hl8l1e. RURsla refused to bUdge from the ul. UmntulII Emperor Nlcholns had GIven . Lo Prosillent Hoosovelt through Am. Imssadol' Moyer. No Indomnlty under ! lny gulso , bllt nn agl'celllent to dlvldo Salchnlln and reimlmrso , Japan for the I11nlntennnco of the HlIssian prlsonors were his last words. They hnd been ropcntedly reIterated in 1\1. Witto's in. Gla'uctlons and in the form of a written - ten reilly to the , JnplUleso COmlromlse proposal of last Wednesday , they were doUvored to Daron K01l1ul'n this morn. lng , 1Wltto went to the conference declaring ho WIIS ) lowerless to change t.ho aot of all " 1" or the cross of a "t" in his Instructions. Emlel'or ) Nicholas' word hud blen ) given not Qnl ) ' to him , but to President Rooso. volt , the hond of a foreign stato. When Una'on 101l1ura , therefore , first oITered the 110W bnsis of compromlso outlined In the Associated Press dispatches last IIlght ( the c01l1)11eto ) renuncIation of Indemnity couplcd with a proposItion for the l'ede1l1)1t1on ) of Salhal1n at a II rico to lJe fixed by a mixed trihunal consIsting of relll'csentntlves of the , tleutrlll ] lowers , in fact , 1 ! not in . words , the Bolutlon oITered b ) ' the 11rosldent ) , M. Witto aguln retu1'1led n lion IIOIl8U1l\US. It WIIS what M. Witte termed in his , intervlow with the Associated Press the "IIRychologlcal moment. " M. Witto did not mnch , 110 eXllccted a rUIture nnd , nB ho eXllI'essed it afterward , he was stunned lJy what hallpelled. Daron ; KOlllllrn gaVQ way on all the disputed points. With the presclcnco that has ellalJlLHl the .Jal1l1neso to gr\\lgo the , , lI1'ntn.l processes of their adversn.l'lcs Qn the field of hattle 1\1111 UllOn the sea , they hud reallzcd in udnUlco thut llCllr.O I Ollhl b < < 1 obtained in 110 other \VII ) ' . ' ! 'hoy had warned their gO\'erh' menl. Prcsldent Hoosevolt hall lid. , : vlst'd .Jupun that it meet the Uusslan 11O llIol1 rnthor than tllico the r081101Isl. hlllty of continuIng the Will' for the ; : ' IlIIrpoRo oC collecting trihute. The mlHado , ut the flessloll ot the cqhlnot tl ; mill ohlcl' stutesmen ) 'e8terla ( ) ' , hod -p' ; { Jllnctiollcll the fllIlIl concession. WfwlI I ; : Baron K01l1urn yioldcd the rcst was J 11101'0 chillI's Illay. ' ; Articles X anlXI \ (1nt01'l1Cll ( Will" , : t , (1h111S and the Iltnltntlon of HUSRh ; : ' sea IlOwel' t/I / the far east ) wcro with- f drawn. JalJUn agreed thut ollly that portion of the Chinese Easto1'1l m11- road south oC Quanchontzl , the posi. lion occullel1 ) b ) ' O'aml1 , shoull1 bo ceded to Jnpun. Doth silles , Qnco the dcnlllocle was brolOn , wuntell a "just 011(1 lustlllg" l1eacc , anl1 in that spIrit It wus l1echled to practlclllly neutral. izo 8ulhnlln. What Russia Yields. Jalllln's terms 111'0 nccopted by Rus. ala on the following points : Hussla's recogllitlon of Jupan's "pro , 11ollliorant Influenco" In Korea , wllh l bel' l'lght to 11reS01'\'O order in the civil I ndmlnlstrntlon , glvo mlIltnr ) ' mid finan. clal IId\'lco to the omllOror of Kor'a. . Jnpun hindlng hersulf to Ob80r\'O the territorial integrlt ) ' of Koron anl1 it I : ! . . lIel10ved the pol1C ) ' of the "ollen dODl. . Mutual obl1gntlon to evacuate 1\11\11' churla. Jall11noso obl1gatlons to restore In L INDIAN KILLS WHOLE FAMILY , . ehoots Father , Mother and Brother r While They Sleep. ARDMORE , I. T.-Clnreuco Brown Il full hlood Indian , twenty 'ears 01 ngo , ot Stonewall , I. 'r" Is In the fed. crnl jail hol'o charged with the mill' dol' of hIs Cathor , molllCl' unt ! brolhor , The of1lcol's say that rown has con , fosaod that 110 shot his rolatlvt's at night n8 they lay asleoll so ho woule' ' como in 1108se8sion ot the entlro cs " t te of the Cnmll ) ' . Manchuria Chlnoso sovorelgnty nnll civil administration. 1\lutunl ohllgallon to respect in the Cutlll'o "tho torrltOl'lalintegrity ant ! ad. mlnlstrnllvo onll1) ' " of China in 1\1un. chUl'ln and to mnintnln the princlplo of oqunl opportunity for the industry and commerce of allnntlons ( open door ) . 'l'ho smrendor to .Japan 'Of the Hus. sinn leases of the Llao 'I'ung ponlnsula , inchllllng Port Arthur , Dalny nnd the Blond and Blllott islnnds. 'l'ho surrender to China by nrrange. ment with Jnpnn of the brnnch of the Chlneso Eastern railroad , runninr s mth from ChuteCu to' Port Arthur an New Chwang , together with the rotro. cosslon of all the Ilrivllogos obtaIned under the concession oC 1808. 'J.'ho limitation of the Chlneso con. cession ohtalned I ) ) ' 1\1. Hothsteln nnd Prince Uhltomsley in 18DG. under which the "cut off" through Northern I\Innchmln was built to connect the trans.Slheriun nnd the Usurl'l rnllronds ao us to lrovldo Cor the retention of the ownership anl1 ollcI'allon of the IIno by the Chinese , blit with provision - sion for the eventual su slllution of Chlneso imllOrlal pollco for Husslan "rallroall guards. " 'J.'ho gmnt to citlzons of Jal111n of the right to fish in wllters of the Husslan Uttoml from Vladivostok north to the Dering sea. Pay fOl' the mll.'lntennnco of Hllsslan Jlrisoners in the custody of the Japau- ese. What Japan Yields. .Japan yields the fol1owing deman s : Homuneratlon fol' the cost of the Will' . The Burl'ender of the Husslan wnr- shll1t1 internel1 in noutrnl far eastern waters. 'rho limitation of Uussla's nll\'al POWer - er on PacifiC' watm's. Aa to the island of 8nhl(1\lIn it has IICon agreed that Hussln. . shnll tal\O the nOl'thern bnJr and Jnpan the south. ern half. I Rooscvelt the Main Factor. I PAHIS-The unwavorlng conviction of 1"mnco that Prosltlont Roosevelt' : ] notable inltlatlvo woull1 culminate III 11eaco hns received Its rownrd. The news of the successful tonnlnutlon of the conference at Portsmouth which was 11rst mode l(11own through the As. soclatod Press hullotln , produ ed a profound - found impression when it was comnm- nlcated to the mumhers of the diplo. mntlc corllS nnd the high officlnls..of the go\'ornll1ent , \lnanhnously ox' 11ressed the lcconest satisCaction that the hO/1\ ' ' strain and / \ ) IInxlety hall been 1' < 'movoll , nnd Prosillent Roosovelt's IlIIrolentlng 110rsll1tone ) ' was gcnerall ' cons1l10red to hnve been the main fac. tor in bringIng about the hal1p ) ' result : : ! . A RUNAWAY HUSBAtlQ ROUGHT TO NEBRASKA SPRINGFIEJ D , 1Il-Governar Do- neen hoard the n111111catlon for a wnl" rant on a requisition from Go\'ernor : \lIclo ) ' of Nehraslm for the retlu'n to North Platte , Noh. , of lIenl'Y D. Nor. ris of AnchOl' , who is wanted on the chnrgo of nhanllonlng his wIre and child. 1\Iorris , throuh ! his attorno ) ' , 1\11' . StorllnfOllght / the issuIng of n wnrrant on the Cl'Ound that ho hnd ml\do a contract to marry the com. plnlnant , and thnt there was a sth1ll' laUon that aCtol' tholr child was born ho did not hl\vo to remain , and thoro. fore there was abnndonment. " 1\0 GO\ ' ernor Doneen issued the warrant for his I'otlll'n , LITTLE TYPHOID AMONG JAPS Mvoable Machines for Boiling Water Being Established. LIDIAPUDZE , 1\Innchurla-Hol10rts telling o a largo nmount of typholl1 cases nmong the soldlors bavo boon exaggorated. Thel'O are some cnses , hut the general state of henlth In the army Is excellont. As typhoid genel'l\lI ' arises through the soldiers dl'lnltlng unhollod water movable mnchlnes for the 1101I1ng ot wuter nro bolng rnpidl ) ' estubllshed. , Lincoln's Birthplace Sold. HODGENSVII.l.IO : , Ky.-Abraham Lincoln's lJlrthlllllco , a 110-acro farm , wns sold on 1\Iontla ) ' lit nuctlon to H. J. C01l1er of Now Yo 1'1\ , who 11 rob a 11) ) : . ' bought it as IIn invostmont. The llrlco 1111111 for it , $3GOO , is not mol'O than it would 1Iring for farming 11111" Iloses. The l1rol10rty was sold 11) ' or. . dol' ot court in the ImnlrUl1te ) ' case of A. W. Donnettl' ot Now Yorle , who had Il\Irchllsed it fifteen ) 'ears ngo from the Croal fnmll ) ' , into whoso hands It como at the time tbo Lln. coIn fnmll : I'cmovod from the stato. I SHOULD DLESS HEAVEN FOR IT Russian Mlnlstcr of Agriculture 10 : Well Pleascd. S'I' . PETEU8nUnG-Among thOlo who nro comlletelY sntlRlled with the results of the Portsmouth conference nro Charles von Schwanehach , minis. tor ot agrlculturo , who suld to the Aa. soclntod Press : "We should bleBs heaven tor so happy and honorahlo n settlement ot the Will' . Peace is highly deslrahle , nnll wo can now devote our attontlon to the setllemonot of Russln.'s inter. nal ) Iroblcms , which need careful nnd u 11111 v 111 ell oITorts without external cOIIIll1cations. ) ' } 'ho minister expressed his bellet thut the roCorms will now tale n snno and nntural course , hut ho declared that to certain Ilhasos or the agItation , n. . caustic must bo allplled firm I ) ' and thoroughlY , unll the SOl'O lH1rned out of the hOlly politic. 'rho result of the lenCO nogotlntlons , ho said , was 1m. portant to the United Stlltes : us well as to Russin. . anll . Japan , slnco the Amorlcan repuhllc emerges from the negotlntlons with Its prostlgo as the arhltor of great world questions firm' Iy estahllshed. . AU AMERICAN CITIZEN COMMITS MURDER ABROAD CONSTANTINOPLE - The pol1co IInd ether officials llore are malelng inquiries into the mysterious denth hy assnsslnntlon , August 2G , of Apllc Undjlan , a 11rominent Armenlnn , who was shot In the Galuta quarter of this city by a mnn named Chirltls Vartan. ian , who claims to bo a naturalized citizen of the United States. Accord. Ing to the official version of the affair Vartanlnn , who is a nntlvo of Khar. \lut. \ und resilled for ton years in the United Stutes , says ho was ordered to 1(1J ) Un jlan , but refuses to say by whom the 01'1101' was Issued. Undjlan was arreRtOll as a revolutionist durin the massncres of 18DG , but , bad since IUscontlnlled his connection with the rovolutlonary pnrt ) ' . THE AMERICAN CITIZEN IN COMFORTABLE QUARTERS W ASIIINGTON-A cahlegram re- ceivml at the state dopurtmont from Minister 1\Iorry , dated nt San Jose , Costa RIca , snys that Alhers , the AmerIcan citizen urr sted in Nicarl1- gua , is in comfortable quarters and ! s allowed to receive his frlonds in jan. 110 has also heen pormlttcl1 to visit his own house twlco , and has retnine two luwyors who may consult with him. 1\IInistor 1\Ierr ) ' adds that. ho wlJ ) see thnt Albers has 1fuir trial. Alhers , it is charged , insulted the llresillent of the rel1\1bllc. The au. 1hm'Ities of Jalapa commenced crimi. nal suit against him and in the course of proceedings caused his removal to the headqunrters of the district , where Al ers will lJo tried. TWO JAPANESE OFFICIALS MAKE LIBERAL GIFT PORTSMOUTH N. H.-Daron Ko. murn and 1\11' . Talmhirn , who Inst week I1ttended a garden party at Yorle , 1\Ialno , havIng subsequently 1\S' cortalned that the Jmrty was organ. Ized partly for the benefit of the 'Yorle h081111al , gave $1,000 to the fund. 'fho ml1nllgement of the hospItal has roc uosted the Associated Press to mnleo puh11c the fn t of this "munln- cent and unexl10cted gIft" and to an. nOllnco that it hns been decided to 1l01'l1etuato it hy endowing two beds in the hnstll1al and placing ave I' thom tablets inscrlhed. with the names of the donOl's. General Wlnt'n Recommendation. WASHINGTON-Tho annual report of Drlgadler General Theodore Wint , com1l\uIH1Ing the Department of the \Ussouri , recommends that the army chaplains shull not bo allowed to per. Corm mnrrlages of soldi01'S unless IlI'ovious permissIon shall have been i . given by the commanl1lng officer. Steamer Strlkcs Transport. TOKIO-Tho Jalmneso transport Kinjo was sanl , in a c0111slon with the iJriUsh steamer Darnlonl : on August 2 in the Inln1\\l selOno 1mlldre(1 and twenty-seven invnllded Japanese Ioldlol n were d rowl1fl 11. LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE SOLD AT AUCTION HODGENVILLE. Ky. - AlJrahnm Lincoln's blrthplnco , n nO.acro Cllrm , was sold nt auction to R. J. Co\l1m' \ of Now Yorle , who probably bought it as nn investment. The vrico pnid ( or It , $3.GOO , is not moro thnn it would brIng for farming IHlI'lIOses. The property was sold lJ ) ' order of the court in the hanlrnlltcy case ot A.I I W. Dennetto of New Yo 1'1who hnd Il\1rchased it fifteen years ago from the Creal famll ) ' . into whoso hands It came at the tlmo the Lincoln family romovel1 , from the stlltO. SAVES MILLION TO OREGON. Judpc Holds Mrs. Reed Resident cf , That State. POH'rl..AND , Oro-County Ju go \ , ' , bstor Thlll'sda ) ' hllnded down his dOl'llIlon in the colobrnted Reed w1\1 \ cnse , ruling that 1\11'8. Amllnda Heed' ! } log11 ; domlclIo Ilt the tlmo ot her llunth WIIS In POI'tlnnll and thnt the t01'1ns ot her w111 , In whIch moro t1l\11 ( $1,000,000 wns:1'en for the ostab. IIshmcnt of IIn educational institutlOl : ' In Oreson , wlIl thus stnnd. . . IMAKING A TREATY DE n'AR1'W..S AND DENNISON BE. lN WORK ON DOCUMENT. - NO MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY SaId to Be Disappointment on thc' Part of Both Natlons.-Russlan War Party Thinks Witte Could Havc Made Better Terms. - POIt'1'SMOUTH , N. H.-Mr. Donni. 80n nnd M. do 1\Inrton8 worlwd until 8 o'clock Wednesdny night on the draft of the trenty. They completed the wording of the preamhlo nnd three articles and were dlscussll1g the ar. tlcles relating to the cession of the Chlneso Eastern railway when they ndjourned. Up to o'cloclc' Wednes. doy nIght nolther the Japanese em. peror or the Husalan emperor hnd re. sponded to the Ilppeals sent by theIr I reSlJOctlvo plenlpotentllll'lc..q nslt1ng f 'r , the conclusion or an nrmlstlco. . Actual worle of drartlng the "treaty or Portsmouth" began Wednesday , It was done by M. do Martens and Mr. Dennison , ncUng n.s . legal ndvlsers for the rospectlvo sides. WhlIe the "hases" of Ileaco have been accepted by the plonipotentlarlos , conslderahlo dotal ! remains to bo worlwd out in the ela. bOl'l1.tion of the nrtlcles of the treaty. 'fhls Is especla1l ' true in regard to ; the articles deu11ng with the Chlneso I I astern railway and the surren er of 1ho lenses of the Llaotung peninsula nnd Port Ar1hur nnd Tallenwan ( Dalny ) . Mr. PolwtlloCe , the Russlun minister to Pelcing. who was formerly manager of the Hus o-C'hineso lJl1nle at Pelcing and who hils intlmato lenowl. cdge of all the details relating to these matters , Is nsslsting 1\1. do Martens. A very anomnlous situation exists as to the impression created by the conclusion of 11Oaco , WhlIo the outside worM applauds , In .Jal111n there is ovi. dently great disappointment intho terms , and in Hussla , where it would seem that there should be universal rejoIcing over the great dillomatic victory . Wllto has won , the government - ment seems to have received it cold- ly. With the people it wlIl maleo M. Witte a great and popular figure and add to his laurels , but at court evi. . dentl ) the very victory thnt M. Wit to has achieved maltes it al1 the maI'o hltterly resented , It is an open secret' that when the emperor appointed M. Wltto chief plenipotentiary the "ml11- tnr ' party" expected him to fall. They 11111 not want peace and it was freely l1redlcted in St. Petersburg when M. Witto , leCt that ho had heen given an hnposslhlo missIon. They expected him 10 Call in the negotiations or t "maleo a bad peace , " and either woull1 h1\vO spel1ed po11t1cal ruin. Instead , upon the very terms upon which the em. peror toM Mr. Meyer ho wonld maIm peace and upon whIch the ml1ltar ' party Ilid not boHovo it possible for peace to be negotlatod , 1\1. Witto succeeded - ceeded in securing a treaty honorable a1\\l under the circumstances favor. nblo to Hussla , This has vldontly only oXllsperntod his enemies the moro and intrigue is IIgain nt worlt to dis. credit him. Since .Talmn was in n con. I cl11atory mood they say ho made n mistalco in surrendering half of Snk. ha11n. Yet ho did SQ by the czar's or. deI's'nn hImself insIsts that person. all ) ' ho would have stuclt to the end to his original declarntion not to ce o territory' glvo indemnity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION NARAGANSETT PIER , H' , I.-An address entitled "Tho American Law. 'er. " 1101lvered hy Alfred lIemenwa ) ' , of Boston , in whIch the spealtcr touched - ed nlHJI1 mnny topIcs of interest to the legal l1roCesslon , was the feature of the second dny's session of the American har nssoclatlon. A majorIty and minority report 01 the committee on commercial law was presenled , 'I'ho majorIty , which was adol1ted , recommended that the as. soclal1on a hero to Its strong stand In behnJr of a hanlrupt law as a part of the llermanont jurisprudence of the United States and in behalf of the present law , the repeal of which is sought In n b1l1 now pending. t REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION. Good Results Follow Use of Vegetable Juices. NEW YOUK-Ph'slclans of this cIty nro much interested in n circular issue yesterdn ) ' by the Now Yorle Post Graduate hospital announcing the dlscovory ot a new cure for con. sumptlon. This now remedy is the julco of raw tnblo vegotables-pota- toes , heots , carrots , onIons , celery and the 1I1ee , procured by grinding and squeezing , a do so being two ounces after meals. The stntement is made that eleven patients 'vith weU developed pulmon. ary tuberculosis hnvo been absolutol ' cured and are now good sUbjects for lIfo insurance rlsls. I"Ift ) ' other pa. tlents are still under treatment f\nd 11.1'0 . said to bo progressing sntlsfnc. torll ) ' . Accident In Berlin Theater. DEHJ.1N-Tho collapse ot the Um. lJer worle ot a terrace sixtt'en foot abo\'o the stage , during a rehearsal nt the 1\etrolQlo thenter whllo thlr1) ' IlOrformors were 011 the terrace nnll the sago wns crowl1ed , cnused the in. jur ' oC twent ) ' l1ersons. Panlc.strick. on actors anll nctresses rushol1 Into the streets in stage attire. It is tenr. ell that four ot the injured w1l1 die. Max Stolden , the most popular comic slngel' in Dl'r11n hoing among the num. lwr. Nearly ull of the ethers Injured are ) 'Ollllg girls. . DOYCOTT DYING OUT. Greatest Hclght Haa Dcen Rear-had Throughout China. PFJKING-Tho Amorlcan lJoycott nl. most overshadows the Ileace negotia. tlons ns a topic of interest in Chilln. Accounts reflf'hlng Pelc1ng from trud. Ing cunters Indlcllte that the movement - ment attaIned Its grentost strength ehrly in August , and slnco then has heon decreasing. NowhlJre except In Shnnghnl lIas Alncricnn business 1'0- colved a serious blow. The boycott would have been equally successCul ut Tien Tsln except for the determined rel1ression of Tuan Shllml. CHINESE WILL FIGHT . . ALONG BOYCOTT LINES PORTLAND , Ore-"Tho boycott upon Americun goods \n \ Chinn wIll novel' end unt1l the Chinese lleoplo are admltt d freety into the United States , or untll the snmo dlscrimlnfl. lions uro made against the inCerIor clnsses of other nations liS these whIch wo malto against the coo11os of ChIna. " Thus the CUlnese boycott situation was summed up by F. F. Tong , who is at l1resent in Portland on his way to 'Vnshington , D. C. , as a special en. vo ) ' from the emperor of China. Continuing , Ir. 'fong sllld : "Tho American people hnvo no trlle idea of the extent of the present boycott. It is confhied to 110 ono class-men , WOo mon and chlldren are ullited in it. " PRECIPITUUS HILLS AND ALIALI { FLATS SALT LAKE CITY-Many prospective - tivo settlers on government lands In the Uintah reservation are reported co bo returning , haYing become l11scour. aged by t le scarcit ) ' of good lal1l s nvallable. WlIl1am S. Gray of Le. high , Utah , is ono or these. Mr. Gmy drew No. 13 in the allotment anl1 ex. pected to secure n good farm. Arter lookIng carefully over the land ho has roturne , determined not to mo upon any lan . 1\11' . Gray says all tbat Is left for settlement aCter the Indians have talccn theIr allotment is precipl tous hills and nllmB fllltS , Ho reports that men with low numbers who went out to get farms are returning by hundreds. LONG STANDING WAR . IS FINALLY SETTLED CHICAGO-Tho long-standing war between the western roads and the Gulf lines over domestic and export grain rates was finally settlet1 Saturday - day and formal anllouncement of the agreement w1l1 bo made as soon as the yote or the Missouri , Kansas & Toxns mld Kansas City Southern roaQs is received. Under the settlement - ment , the I1nes operating to the Gulf of Mexico ports made a slight concession - cession to the roads from the 1\l1s- souri river to Chicago and connections - tions to all ellstem ports , and the latter glvo something to the gulf 11nos. 'The ' new t rtrfs wl1l go Into effect October 1. Stockholdcrs Vote Merger. SAN FRANCISCO-'fho stockholders - ers of the Southern Pacific Rallroal1 compan ) ' , reprcsented mainly by prox. ies , nt n. meotlng in this city have yoted their apllro\'ai to the recent merger - gor of the Southern Pacific rallwa ) ' of Ca11fornia with the Southern 'Pacific Railroad complules of Arizona and Now Mexico. Following this nction the stoclholders voted to Increase the capital stock of the corloratlon to $1GO,000.000 nn to iS3UO bon s for that amount to meet requirements oC - the roads. For Tuberculosis Patlent . TOPEKA-Secretary S. J. Crum. blno of the state bOllrd of health says the 11hysiclans of the state w1l1 use their intluencQ to have the next legislature - laturo establish n hospital for the treatment of tuborculosis. He sa 's ono is badly needell nn ( ) that it should he located In western Kllnsa8 , where the air is lI hl. President Approves Sentence. WASHINGTON-Tho IIre81dent has approved the sentence in the court. martial case of FIrst Lieutenant G. S. Hlchards Twent-third Infantr ) ' , who was convicted of dupllcating ' pa ) nc- counts nnd was sentenced to dismIssal fl'om the service and to ono year at hard labor. RIGID QUARANTINE IN CAIRO Many Persons Were Detained Be. cause They Had No Permits. CAIRO" III.-Tho waiting room nt Central station , where quarantine pol" mits are issue , gnve strong ovldonco . that Cniro has a rigid quarantlno in I existence , crowds of thl'Ough passon. goers being detained at headqunrters because they were not supplied with permits and a guard wns plnced over I thorn unt1l they could lJo sent on tholr I war. . A number of arrests were made , in each case persons who were try. : ing to evade the otllcers. . Sincere Joy at Odessa. ODESSA-News of the conclusion ot peace was received lJy all classes here with slncero joy and immense re11of , nnd espocinlh- the promulga. tion of a ulaso for the molJlIIzatlon ot trOOIS 011 the previous tla ) ' clearl ) ' In lcntetl the possl llltr of a contln- uanco ot the wnr. The 11elleo terms are considered a great victory fOl'1 : , Witto. The cOll'llIslon ot peace 181m , portant to O essa , whos ( ' commt'I'co nnd industr ) ' suffered se\\rdy dllrlng tbo war. ( 1 . 41 " . SHIP GOES OOW'N' - , STEAMER PECONIC SINKS OFF COAST OF FLORIDA. TWEUTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES - - ' - - Only Two Members of the Crew Es. cape-Cargo Shifts When Hugo Wave Strikes thc Vessel and It Turns Over and Slowly Goes Down. I"ERNANDlNA , Fln.-Twenty mon , . . . constituting all but two of the officera . .Ji' and crew of the American stenmship , ) ; Peconic , Captain James , Phl1adelphio to Now OrleanB with coal , were drown ed by the slnltlng ot thnt vesset on the coust of Florida Ionday. The disaster WIIS the result of n fierce gnl6 which ragcd ulong the coast during the night and eUl'ly morning. Lasb cd lJy the storm un hnmense wn.ve " strucle the vessel with terrific force about 12:60 : o'clock this morning. The impact , coming just as the vessel waa malting a turn , c/1tlsed a shift of the cargo and the yessel leaned oyor nnd sank immediately. 'fho accident oc' curred so qUicltl ) . that only two of , \ these aboard , an Itallnn and Span. iard , were able to savo. themselves. They succeeded in getting into a J1Oo boat , rellched Ameha Dench ab04" " noon and on landing told the story of the dIsaster. About midnight of Sunday , accord. Ing to their story , during the heavies' ' part of the storm , which hnd raged . uH day , the officer of the deck gave the order to put further out to sea fearing they were approaching the coast too ncarl ) ' . In the endeavor to . turn the ship was struck with n heavy sea , the cargo shifted and it began Blnlting rnpidly. In less than ten min' utes lifter the alarm was s unded 11 . liad gone to the bottom. One of the two survi\'ors was at the wheel at tha time the order was given , the ethel was upon watch. As soon as the shil' . . began to careen these two men rushed for one of the smaH boats , which the , jumped into as the yessel began to go down. With their Imives they severed the rOl1es as the water's level wa , reached and the smal1 boat was thrown far out on the waves. They furthermore moro say that they discovered thro gb the blaclC1le s , nnd storm the figures of part of the awakened crew , some 01 whom managed to crowd into anothel of the ship's boats. This was , hoW' ever , cnught in the trough of the sen , throw11 violently against the venUlat. ors and then wedged fasl. Their pit ! . . ful cries for help could bo heard as the ship went down in the sea , whlcb swaHowed it up. Alone through the balance of the , - . night , in the awful wash of waters. with t e storm rnging anl1 threatenind each moment to swamp their small boat , these two men were grnduaHy borne ash ere toward Amelia island. , landing just at n n. m. Monday. , LATE EHGAGEMENTS OF ' - JAPS AND RUSSIANS ST. PETERSDURG--Tho emperor . has received the following report from Genernl Llnevitch , dated August 22 : ' , 'Advanced Husslan detachment on . August 20 drove back the Japanese from three positions. One detach men' ' in the Tzzlncho yaHey occuplel1 the v1l1ngo of Lagovtse .1zy , another op. erate in the direction of Schimiadzy , 1 ' and n. third dislodged the Japanese ( from theIr position to the southward \Iopeyschan , The three Russian I columns drove the Japnnese bacle to their position near Sendjan. " Goneml Linevltch also reports the ropuls of detnchment of Japanese r which was advancIng on Kiajourou' jon. in Korea. ROOSEVELT ON SUBM'ARINE OAT DURINC SUBMERSIONS OYSTER DA Y , N. Y.-Pref1idont Roosevelt went out on the submarine . boat Plunger , remaIning on board the croft while it mal10 several submer. SiO\IS , ono of which lastel1 fifty mIn. utC3. utC3.Tho ' ' " The Plunger's maneuvers werG made at the entrance to O'ster Day , in Lonp Islan sound , in nbout forty feet of water. . / When ho returned to land President Hooso\'elt expressed himself liS boins ver ) ' much impressed with the Plung- er's q unll ties. ALL MATTERS SETTLED . IN BENNETT CASE NEW HAVEN. Conn.-AH lItigntion J over the estate of Philo S. Dennett , n. . former merchant of Now Yorle City , ot which W1I11am J. Dryan was executer , 1 is beUo\'ed to bo ended by the fiUng of a notlco in probate court to the : I effect that nn appeal of Mrs. Grace Imogeno Dennett , the widow , and oth. er holrs , to the allowance of 1\11' . Dr ) ' . nn's accounts , wlI1 bo withdrawn. The nOtlco of an al1peal hnd been entered \ for a hearing and this nctlon by tbo ' heirs wns expected. . ( Officials Are Half.Hearted. SHANG HAl - The senior conEu1 here has Interviewed the taotnl , who stnted that it was his intention to Issue a l11'Ocinmation ordering Chlneso I merchants to resume theh' form'Jr I trallln ! ; In American gOO S , lJut ap. I pnrcnt1y the looal 0111elals are SOrno- : whnt half.hearted In the matter. Tariff Increases Imports. \ IEXlCO CITY-Tho now e1111ngos In the tariff , which go Into eITeot Sop. tombor 1 , ha\'o nod the oITect of mnk. ing large increases in importations.
