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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1905)
PEACE ENDS WAR Envoys of Russia and Japan in Accord on All Points. SACRIFICE BY JAPAN. , Last Concession Granted from Tokyo Clinches Result in Short Order. ( Official Statement Issued at Ports mouth that Peace Plenipotentiaries Have Agreed Japan Yields Practi cally Every Point in Dispute , "Waiv ing Indemnity and Purchase Price ifor Sakhalin. : Peaco has come. Envoys of the war ding countries have reached an agree ment on all questions and the devas tating war in the East is over. The efforts of Theodore Roosevelt have .borne their fruit , and the comuiission- ers of Russia and Japan have arrived ; at terms of peace. Japanese Give In. In the interest of peace Japan yield ed practically everything which the Russians demanded , giving up her claim to indemnity and contenting her- s e 1 f with that which yhe had won as the immediate fruits of war. The vision of peace came out of a cloud. Undoubt edly Mr. Witte and Baron K o m u r a knew that it was to alpcuri Irat eacll BEBGIUS WITTE. eilVO.V put Oil ail -appearance early Tuesday that was /more / than unpromising. Those who Jiad felt , and practically known that iin amicable agreement was to be the -outcome , did not allow forbidding looks to disconcert them. That which has been consistently .forecast is an accomplished fact , and from Portsmouth will go out the word which will disband armies and restore concord to the fields where Avar has Tvaged. Japan Shows Greatness. Japan has added to the exhibition o' heroism of her soldiers in the Held a -display of moral courage which .amounts to greatness. Magnanimity Jias marked her course throughout the peace proceedings , and to-day she . stands as an example to the world. The Mikado sent word to his peace commissioners that rather than have Ihe efforts which had been made to end the war fail it was the judgment of the government that concessions might be made with honor. The con cessions were made , and out of Ports mouth goes the proclamation of peace. Points on whvh , . . . . . . . . .t the Japanese yield .are indemnity , the restoration to Ru ? sia of war ship' ? interned in neutral ports and the limi- -tation of Russian naval power in th TSast. The two last points she had been ready to yield for .a week. The one KOMI ItA. great matter on -which she save way was the demaiit indemnity. Neither Belligerent Humiliated. The terms of peace contain nothing which is humiliating to either bellig eranr. Russia has lost mucB it ! navy , Manchuria. Port Arthur , the Chi mesc Eastern Railway , and its prestige in the Orient but has saved its "lion or. " Japan has gained much And has saved its "honor. " ' It has tfot beer humiliated as it was after the conclu .sion of the Chinese war , when the Eu ropean nations compelled it to give ur Port Arthur. Tactically 1in > IVM : rt'i i. > with Rus sia. and Sergiu "A ituis the hero of the hour. Morally , and probably in the solid advantages gained and In the judgment of history , Japan Is the vic tor. Russia keeps her money and saves lier pride. Japan secures the foothold on the Asiatic mainland she had set out for and appeals to the world for confidence and faith. Each nation will be free now , thanks in part to the generous efforts of Pres ident Roosevelt , to devote itself to the : arts of peace. A year more of fighting would have exhausted both financially , iind an irredeemable paper currency would have taken the place of gold in both empires. They have escaped that danger. Tlie Russian government can devote itself to the restoration of in ternal peace and that of Japan to the restoration of Corea. Each has been so much worn down by war and is in such need of rest that they are likely to remain at peace for many years. Enthusiasm Is Great. News of peace was received outside of the conference room and in the streets and hotels of Portsmouth with the wildest enthusiasm. The tidings spread with the rapidity of the passage of light. Men were cheering every- where and many women were weep ing. Hats , canes and coatswere thrown into the air and the scene was one of thrilling excitementwhich wai fe laggard In subsiding. Advertise in this paper. HOW THE WAR HAS CHANGED THE MAP. BEFORE. AFTER. Russian territory shown in black. Japanese territory or sphere of influence in white or shaded. PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE WAR. War began Feb. C , 1001 War ended Aug. 29 , 1903 570 Lusted ( days ) First shot on sea ( at Chemulpo ) Feb. 8 , 1904 First shot on land ( at Pingyung ) Feb. 28 , 1904 First naval engagement ( Port Arthur ) Feb. 9 , 1904 Last navel battle ( Sea of Japan ) May 27 , 1905 First land battle ( Yalu ) May 1 , 1904 Lust land battle ( Mukden ) Feb. 2(5-Mirch ( 10 , 1903 Russia's army in field at close of war * . (529,014 ( Japan's army in field at close of war 912,780 Russia's strength in guns 1,11(5 ( Japan's strength in guns 1,030 Russian Generals killed 2 , Japanese Generals killed 0 | > Russian Admirals killed 3 Japanese Admirals killed 0 Russians killed and wounded on land B. 291,779 Japanese killed and wounded on land 113,000 Russian losses at sea 81,000 Japanese losses at sea , 3,070 Russian prisoners 07,701 04(5 Japanese prisoners Russian ships engaged in war S3 Japanese ships engaged in war 70 sunk 57 Russian ships sunk 12 Japanese ships Russian ships captured 7 . Japanese ships captured 0 Russia's money loss in ships $135,3(50.000 ( Japan's money's loss in ships $ 24.720,000 War cost Russia $1,200,000,000 War cost Japan $ 800,000,000 | > Russia borrowed $ 870,000,000 Japan borrowed $ 030,000,000 MIKADO ORDERS CONCESSIONS. Komura and Takahira , Downcast , Sub mit to Instructions. The result was not brought about by the initiative of Baron Ivomur.u the chief Japanese envoy , and his aid. Min ister Takahira. it wiordered by the Japanese emperor himself. Komura and Takahira wanted an in demnity. They claimed and claim now that by this action Japan has lost the legitimate fruits of her victories. Although President Roosevelt had much to do with bringing about these overwhelming concessions by the Japan ese , it is known that Baron Kancko , the Japanese financial agent , who is in this country and who has been so persistent a visitor of the President , went over the head of Baron Komura and reached the ear of the emperor through Marquis Ito. one of the elder statesmen. The Japanese officially explain their remarkable concessions on the ground of humanity. This is as good an official explanation as any other. The fact is that the present envoys. Komura and Takahira , were beaten at home by the representatives of Kaneko and the influ ence of Marquis Ito. The hard-headed business man. M. Witte , whom the Czar so wisely picked out for his envoy , although besought by people in his own country , in England. France and America , and although per sonally begged by President Roosevelt , 10 pay some sort of an indemnity , stub bornly and persistently refused. lie won. It must be said that he did not expect to win , for he said that he was thunder struck when Baron Komura waived the indemnity. Although Witte is a peace man , he would have allowed the war to 20 on indefinitely before he would have paid a cent of tribute. He granted all the obvious demands of Japan , granted everything Japan had requested before the war. Then he made the argument that Russia is not a con quered nation , that this war is a colo- iii'.l war and that Russia cuii continue it indefinitely. Witte had no Baron Kaneko work ing against him in this country. lie goes home with the glory of settling a war that has crushed the Russian ar mies , destroyed the Russian lleets , driv she had grab en Russia out of territory bed as if his country was the conquer ing force instead of the conquered. RUSSIA'S INTERNED WARSHIPS. Location and NaincH of Vessels to Which Japan Waives Claim. The interned warships to which Japan has waived her claim and which will be returned to Russia are : The battleship Czarevitch , at Tsing- tau. China. The cruiser Askold , the gunboat Mand- jur and the torpedo boat destroyer Groz- ovoi. at Shanghai. The cruiser Diana , at Saigon , French Indo-China. The cruisers Aurora , Oleg and Jemt- chug , at Manila. The converted cruiser Lena , at Mare Island , San Francisco bay. TRIUMPH FOR ROOSEVELT. American President Praised for Aid in Securing : Result. The conclusion of peace between Rus sia and Japan is a splendid triumph for Theodore Roosevelt. It is another illus tration of the singular adaptability and good fortune which have characterized his career. In the present instance his facility and good fortune have won him the applause of the whole world and no one will begrudge him the honor thus ac quired. Blessed are the peacMwker * . TERMS AGREED UPON BY RUSSIAD JAPAN. Korea. Recognizing Japan's preponder ating influence in Korea , but Japan to observe its territorial integrity and preserve the "open door" policy. jHnnchuria. Mutual obligations to evacuate M.inchuria , to restore Chinese sovereignty , and for the "open 1 door" principle. < Russia surrenders to Japan its Liaotung leases , including Port Arthur and Dalny. Railway from Quanchoutze to Port Arthur and Newchwang to be surrendered to China , with limitation of the privileges obtain ed in 189(5 ( by Mr. Rothstcin and Prince Uhktomsky. Sakhalin. Agreement to divide Sakhalin , the surrender of which island Japan at first demanded. Japan to have fishing rights on the Siberian coast. Genera' . Russia to pay Japan a reason able amount for maintenance of the G5.000 Russian prisoners. A broad compact for mutual commercial privileges , by which each country will guarantee to the other the benefit of the "most favored nation" clause and the "open door. ' Demands Withdrawn. For remuneration of Japan for cost of war ( indemnity ) . For surrender to Japan of in terned warships. For limiting Russia's naval power in the East. News of Minor Note. A woman miser , owner of two tene ment houses and having large sums ii : banks , was found dead in two rooms 10 occupied in Xew York. The caterer of the Tombs prison in Xew York proposes to sue Xan Patter son for the return of a rabbit's foot loaned her during her trial. Rebels in Batavia , Dutch East Indies , have attacked the post at Rambong and slain two officers and twenty-two men. Only six men escaped and they were wounded. Alfred Waterhouse. a well-known ar chitect and prominent member of the Royal academy , died at London at the age of 7. ) . He designed many of the best-known buildings in various parts of England. From injuries received by the explo sion of a toy cannon July 4. twenty-nine years ago , Fred Bashang of Xewport , Ky. , has undergone a serious surgical operation and is in a Cincinnati hospital in a critical condition. Denver , Xew Orleans , Kansas City and Salt Lake are seeking the next meet ing of the Trans-Mississippi congress. John W. Xoble of St. Louis , ex-Secretary of the Interior , and Col. H. D. Lovell of San Francisco , are mentioned for the presidency of the congrea. Thomas W. Lawson is made a defend ant in a suit by Paine , Webber & Co. of Boston over $0,000,000 worth of Copper Range Consolidated stock. The bill filed asks restoration of 70,000 sharei of the stock , which the defendant refus ed to transfer , or , in lieu thereof , 000,000. SOLAR MABYEL SEEN. SAVANTS AND LAYMEN WITNESS ECLIPSE OF SUN. Camille Flammarion , French As tronomer , Sees Flames of Burning Hydrogen Gas 31.1OO Miles High- Clear Sky Makes Observation Easy. Savants and laymen over a major portion of the civilizedyorld gazed on the sun as eagerly as Zoroastrians "Wednesday. The blazing life-giver passed behind the inoon in his daily march across the heavens , the result being the phenomenon so important to scientists and so mysteriously fasci nating for the multitude a total eclipse. The United States was not fortu nate enough , however , to be in the path of totality. Only the skirt , or penumbra , of the moon's shadow passed over this country , while the complete shadow , or umbra , took a slanting path from Hudson's Bay to Southeastern Arabia. In this tract , from which the direct rays of the sun wore totally blocked for a few min utes , many parties of astronomers set up their apparatus in the hope of making observations which would render more intimate the world's ac quaintance with the mighty ball of fire about which it revolves. Three American expeditions , stationed in Spain and Morocco , were among the number. From Assouan , Egypt , comes the news that the British , American and Russian expeditions enjoyed perfect weather , and made valuable observa tions. The period of totality was two minutes and twenty-four seconds. The corona , or fiery atmosphere , which envelopes the sun , was of moderate size. In the City of Tripoli , which has had the novel experience of two total eclipses in the past five years , the American , French and Italian scien tists also were aidea by a cloudless sky. The total eclipse lasted three minutes and four seconds there. Ten minutes before the period of totality the inexplicable shadow bands began to flicker over nil smooth sur faces on the earth , and were particu larly clear. The corona was developed evenly , and Professor Todd of Am- VERMONT ENTERS THE WATER. Description of Battleship Taking First Dip at Qnincy , Mass. The battleship Vermont was launch ed at Quincy , Mass. , Thursday fore noon. She Is one of the largest and most powerful of tho ships of war constructed for the United States navy. She is of 10,000 tons burden with a length of 4oO feet and extreme breadth of 70 feet 10 inches. She will be required to steam IS knots an hour for four consecutive hours. The main battery will consist of four 12-Inch breech loading rifles , two mounted forward and two aft ; eight S-inch breech loading rifles ffnd twelve 7-inch breech loading rifles. In the secondary battery will be twenty 3- inch 14-pounder rapid fire guns ; six 1- pounder automatic guns ; two 1-pound- er semi-automatic guns ; two 3-inch fieldpieces ; two machine and six auto matic guns. The 12-inch pieces will be mounted in pairs in two electrically controlled balanced elliptical turrets. The 7-inch guns will be mounted in broadside on pedestais on the gun deck behind 7-inch armor. The hull of the battleship is of steel throughout. It is protected at the water-line by a complete belt of ar mor 9 feet 3 inches wide , having : i maximum thickness of eleven inches for about 200 feet amidships. The engines are of the vertical , twin-screw , four-cylinder , triple-ex pansion type , of a combined horse power of 10,500. There are twelve boilers placed in six water-tight com partments. There are three funnels , each 100 feet high above the base line. line.The The Vermont was designed as a flagship. . The quarters provide ac commodation for a flag officer , a chief of staff , nineteen ward room officers , ten junior officers , ten warrant officers and not fewer than 7G1 men , iuclud- . ing sixty marines. ROADS READY FOR STRIKE. Bacr Denies Anthracite Miners "Will Go Out Next Year. In spite of President George F. Baer's emphatic statement that there will be no strike in April. 1000 , when the pres ent agreement between the anthracite operators and the United Mine Workers , under decision of the anthracite strike commission , expires , the action of the Reading and other coal carrying roads in Pennsylvania during tho last few mouths , indicates the opposite. PATH OF THE RECENT SOLAR ECLIPSE. horst College , head of the American expedition , made many excellent pho tographs. Bailey's beads a ring of bright spots sometimes seen around the rim of the moon just as it com pletely covers the sun were not in evidence. Astronomers gathered at Almazin , Spain , from all parts of the world to observe the total eclipse of the sun. . Camille Flammarion , the French as tronomer , was assisted by his wife , . M. Flammarion said after the eclipse : "Clouds prevented a perfect observa tion , but it was accurate despite them. The design of the corona was not so beautiful as that of the eclipse of 1900 , but the contrast was greater. In the eclipse of 1900 the sky was black. To day it was gray. I found the corona was decidedly circular , typifying max imum solar activity. "In 1900 the corona was oblong , showing minimum activity. To-day I saw flames protruding to nearly a height of r 0.000 kilometers (31.071 ( % milo i. They were flnmesy of blazing hydrogen gas. They protruded from the side in 1900. 1 saw the double corona , but not the flamed irregular ity of heat. " In Washington , D. C. , the sun was covered with clouds during a part of the period of the eclipse's duration. Professors Skinner and Hall , and Messrs. Hall and Hammond studied the phenomenon from the United States observatory. Xew York and Boston were deprived of even a glimpse of the eclipse by clouds and fog. Observations were made from the university observatory in Cincin nati , and four groups of sun spots , each of considerable size , were seen. At Columbus , Professor C. Lord pho tographed the eclipse. Whether any epoch-making discov eries have been made , such as the finding of the intra-Mercurial planet Vulcan , or the analysis of the compo sition of the corona , will not bo ascer tained until the expeditions make the detailed reports. It is feared there will be a general mutiny in the Russian navy the moment the government carries out the sentence of death that will be almost surely im posed on the Potemkiu's crew. Captan Carl F. Hartmann of the sig nal corps , U. S. A. , who was court- martialed at Vancouver barracks , Wash ington , accused of unbecoming conduct , has been acquitted. Dunkards near Muskegon , Mich. , threw cabbages at John Alexander Dowi and his son , Gladstone. Since vague rumblings of discontent on the part of the anthracite miners have been heard the Reading and Pennsylva nia , especially the former , have been lay ing up unusual , quantities of coal. It is significant that tin official , high in the Reading Coal and Iron Company , recent ly declared that by next April the com pany would have on hand a supply of anthracite sufficient for one year. Should President Mitchell remain firm in hh announced intention of presenting the miners' ultimatum to Baer at the con clusion of the agreement now in force a strike surely will follow. Should Baer and the operators agree to meet Mitchell the latter's demands are certain to be refused , and the an thracite regions again will be the scene of a monster strike. Since the last strike , however , conditions have changed considerably , and , for a variety of causes , the miners would find themselves face to face with a greater uphill fight. Stor ing up of coal by operators shows they will bo moro prepared for the crisis in 1900 than they were in 1902 , and the miners' chances of producing a fuel fam ine will be diminished accordingly. The miners oft > et this , however , by declaring that , as the soft coal agree ments , where such have been made , will expire simultaneously with the life of the anthracite strike commission's decision , the United Mine Workers , which have jurisdiction in both hard and soft coal Gelds , will inaugurate a universal strike. Rear Admiral Schley is sah : to smoke the strongest cigars made. Ed Green , the Texas railroad man , ; ind sou of Hetty Green , has become a practical florist. Baron Komura. leading member of the Japanese peace commission. speaus English well and French a little ; while M. de Witte. head of the Russian party , speaks French readily and English not at all. The present Governors of Kansas , Minnesota and Oklahoma were country [ ditors , as well as the State Auditor of Kansas and the Congressman at large. Thomas Green way , ex-premier of Man itoba , estimates that within the next few fears more than $75,000,000 will be spent in western Canada in railroad construc tion. tion.Thomas Thomas F. Ryan patronizes a news paper press clipping bureau and has been Hooded since the Equitable expose. He requested only favorable notices , and it is said that he has not bad a clipping iu more than tep day * . 3,8OO FOR LINCOLN HOME , Old Kentucky Farm Knocked Down to New-Yorker. At Hodgenville , Ivy. , tho Abraham Lincoln birthplace was sold the other iay by Commissioner Handle } * . There were a number of bidders present , but the farm sold for $3,000 , much lens than was expected. The purchaser was R. J. Collier of New York. He will get pos session in December. He has not yet decided what he will do with it , and probably it was bought as an investment. The farm contains 110 acres and tho price was not much more than the prop erty is worth for farming purposes. Since the birth of Lincoln , on Feb. 12 , 1809 , the farm had changed hands but twice. Thomas Lincoln , the father oC the President , sold the land to Richard C'reel about the time the Lincoln family moved to Indiana. The property contin ued in the hands of this family until something like fifteen years ago , when A. W. Dennette of Xew York bought the place for $3,500. So the birthplace of Kentucky's most noted son for a third time has becomo merely so much county and State taxa ble property , which , judging by the past , the owners will have some slight diffi cult } ' in keeping up. During the last decade or so many at tempts have been made to perfect plans looking to the converting of the property into a national park , and , while these ef forts have aroused some comment , noth ing substantial has resulted. Thomas B. Kirkpatrick , postmaster at Hodgenville , has tried in vain to awaken a patriotic interest , though ho still believes that tha time is not far distant when the peopU will appreciate the opportunity that has so long been neglected , and then in trua American style make the most of It. The farm derives its name from a large spring about 100 yards from tin log cabin in which Lincoln was born. In its present state the tract is cut in twain by a broad thoroughfare , pictur esque to a degree , and winding through as lovely a spot as heart could wish ta know. Two miles to the north is Hod- genviile , typical of Kentucky , with a pop ulation of about 1.000. A branch of tha Illinois Central connects the town with the outside world , and a combination freight and passenger train makes two trips daily to Cecilia , seventeen miles away. The records of Hardin county show that the farm was bought by Thomas Lincoln in 1803 with funds which he had earned as a carpenter. In 1814 a joint deed was made by Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln. At the time the farm came into the family of Lincoln , Thomas Lincoln was not yet 25. showing that he was & man possessed of more than ordi nary thrift , instead of careless and shift less , as some biographers have seen proper to picture him. FINE WEATHER AIDS CORN. Promise of Rich Yield Borne Out by Re ports Sent to Government. The weekly summary of crop condi tions issued by the weather bureau iu Washington is as follows : During the week the principal corn States of the ceutral valleys have expe rienced exceptionally favorable weather for tho development and maturity of corn. Cutting is iu progress in Oklahoma and Indian territories , southern Missouri and over a large part of Kansas. The reports indicate that the bulk of the early corn will be safe from injury from frost by Sept. lo. Spring wheat karvest is finished , and good yields are generally reported. Tobacco has suffered from wet weath er in portions of Kentucky and in Vir ginia and Maryland , but in the first men tioned State has generally made good progress. More favorable reports respecting ap ples are received from Maryland and Vir ginia , but elsewhere the outlook for this crtjp looks very poor. The general outlook for potatoes ia very unfavorable. THE PRINTERS' STRIKE. Chicago Compositors Aim to Make Strike General in I.arje Cities. Having planned to raise enough fund : ? to carry a small army of men on strike indefinitely , officers of the typographical union in Chicago have demanded signed agreements from members of the Typo- thetae guaranteeing the eight-hour day , under threat of instant strike. By aim ing to have a general strike of job print ers in all the big cities near Chicago , from Ohio to Missouri and Minnesota , Chicago unionists plan to halt the impor tation of non-union compositors from Minneapolis. St. Paul and other cities where the Chicago Typothetae has been advertising for men to work under "open s-hop" rules. With thesy ; cities them selves in the throes of a strike , members of Typograi hiral Uiu n 2. > . 1G believe there would be no surplas of printers to be sent to Chicago. In addition to the Chicago shops which have posted "open shop" notices and come under the ban of the union , more than twenty other mem bers of the Chicago Typothetae are threatened. Union officials expect that about ten of the remaining firms will de clare for war. PEST IN THE BAYOUS. riiirtyfive Cases of Yellow Fever Found in Jefferson Tirisli. Thirty-five cases of yellow fever Tvere discovered the other day in the settle ments of fishermen on the bayous and Iak s In Jefferson parish. La. , by Dr. C. Milo Brady , who made a tour of inspec tion under directions from the State board of health. Most of the cases are along Bayou Barataria. twenty-five miles from New Orleans , where a number of deaths have occurred. The patients are principally Portuguese and Spaniards , and there is much suffering among them. The State board will send a physician and two nurses to the place immediately , and a supply of medicines and provisions also will be forwarded. The local situation continues to be of the most hopeful character , and the con fidence of the federal authortiies is grow ing that the disease will have practically disappeared before frost. The earliest recorded frost in New Orleans occurred in the second half of October , but the average appearance is between the mid dle of November and December. A socialist organization in New York is raising funds to bring mutineers of the Russian battleship Potemkin , who are now in Roumunia and Rom * , to America.