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I THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1B05. FUUEHS'- SITE GDHVEHT 10(1 A Thousand Persons are Expected to be Present. T-.vo Addresses Mark the Jirst Days Session A Raid in GrecnvHIe Coun ty Preparing for Reception of the President Cases to Come Before the Supreme Court Other Italeizh News Not3. Raleigh, N. C, August 31. Messenger Bureau, The session of the Farmers State Convention began at noon today in th auditorium at the Agricultural and Mechanical college, the feature of the opening being the address by President E. L. Daughtridge, and that by Gov ernor Glenn, the latter being one of welcome. Mr. Daughtridge was interviewed regarding the condition of crops and said that in his section, Edgecombe and roundabout, cotton is at least 00 per cent short and that there will be something like two-thirds of a crop. There is a fair corn crop and peanuts are fairly good. Home cotton has been ginned and shows good lint and yield. He says the labor question is more of a problem than ever before. Professor V.urkett, who has been so active in promoting the convention, savs he exnects a thousand persons to be present, but not a great number of f.-mm-rs were on hand today. Among those present was Jno. S. Cunningham, president of the Cotton Growers Asso ciation, ami who is such a large grow er of tobacco. He says tobacco is cur ing bright in his section, and that r,-. i 'hp Ktartinir off very well. He was very glad to see peace declared between Japan and Kusia, but remark ed that wars kept up prices. Fred L. Merritt of the Atlantic and North Carolina Company is here in re ganl to the entry of four islands in P.eaufort harbor, containing 40U acres which strange to say have never been entered before. He says the question is whether they belong to the stato board of education or to the state. Some of them face on deep waters and ' are verv fine locations for warehouses, factories, etc. People are very rapidly making entries of sandbanks, etc., in that section and one man holds a sand bank near Cape Lookout at $10,000. Secretary of Agriculture T. K. Bru- such case while the man is a fugitive from justice. There appears to be quite a general wish that the Raleigh Chamber or Commerce and the new Young Men's Industrial Club here shall join their forces as both are working for the same purpose. It seems proua Die tnai they will take this course. It will be hardly believed, but is nevertheless true that some persons have made it their business to say harsh thincrs alout Governor Glenn for doing his very plain duty in directing the solicitor to investigate the lyncning at New Dern and for bringing about if possible, the detection, arrest, prosecu tion and conviction of the men engageu It is true that not many persons have indulged In such criticism but the fact that mere was nnv at nil was cause for thought, ine governor is as fearless as he is frank and has a very thorough Idea ot wnat duty is. AFTER SAL1SBURIANS District Attorney and Two Govern ment Agents, In Salisbury Black burn to be Made a Witness District Attorney Hilton and two snetlal agents cf the United States jrovernment spent last nieht and part of this morr.iner In sansDuiv in con nection with ihe investigation of tho charges of collusion between govern ment agents and distillers, wtiat ine.y d.d was done auistlv and Mr. noiion refused to be interviewed Just nerore he lelt for Grecntboio. It is asserted on apparently relia ble authority that the Hen E. Soenor Blackburn will be summoned as a witness at the snecial ternV cf court to be held at Greensboro for the o:r tosc of investigating the charges of collision. Salisbury Post. Notice to Confederate Veterans. Headquarters N. C. Division United Confederate Veterans. Durham, N. C, Aug. 30, 1905. General Order No. 28. Paragraph 1. A convention of the delegates from the camps composing the North Carolina divisTon of the tth rVinfcrJorato Vetprans will be NEGROES IX COTTON' MILLS Why a hey Are Not a Success Absurd Statement as to Their Efficiency. One must needs at times go from home to bear the news, and the follow ing is a case in point the quotation is from the Chicago Record-Herald. Several Textile mills to be estab lished in North Carolina and elsewhere are to employ negro labor almost ex clusively, and it appears that employ ers of labor in Alabama .Arkansas and Texas have been giving strong testi mony in favor of the colored factory employe. One employer wrote recent ly to a Baltimore paper: 'Any two ne groes are worth more to the manufac turers as day laborers than any three Southern white men,' Another em ployer declared that the negro was by far the best workman ne couia ooiaiu in Alabama." The Charleston News and Courier takes knowledge of this bit of infor mation, and observes that the experi ment with negro labor in cotton millsin .rimi-wtnn nod Columbia failer miser ably, and adverts to the history of the hv.fprn.m Cotton mill in our neighbor ing town. Concord, owned and operated exclusively by negroes. A paragraph in The Concord Times a few days ago history of that venture a tragic aspect. It had been initiated and engineered by Warren O. Coleman, a colored man, who, by the exercise of industry and good judgment had ac quired quite a little fortune. He risked it all. lost it all. and died. Our Con cord contemporary gave it to be under stood that this failure ana uisuppimn ment were contributing causes, if not the causes, of his death. Some of the stock in the mill was sold at auction the other day and one block of Qo shares brought, if we remember the u.mr. tan f.pnt not ten cents a share, but ten cents for the 95 shares. This is to say it was absolutely worthless. The negro as a cotton-raiser i& in comparable; as a cotton-spinner, a failure. Some wit has explained this by saying that the unvarying wuin oi FOR IN ARMISTICE Both Countries Agree to Sus- mes. pend n BOSul PRIES HEW ORLEANS PEOPLE ptaidsnt's Answer to Clajor Bur ma's Telegran. TOUCHED DEEPLY BY MESSAGE DRAFTING PEACE TREATY Rapid Progress Being Hade in This important Work. lie Savs Only Those With Lofty SonU Can Think of Other. In the Midst of Their Own Grief Fter Sit na tion In the Cltv Continue to Im prove Conditions at LccvUIc Oct- i I NEW OULEANS RECORD. I net ciiiiic back today Irom mowing Rock and savs the weather is quite cool there and that there are few vis itors. He made the surprising state ment that no visitors are there from the -yellow fever district. It really seems that those people have not yet found out IMowing Rock. It will come like a revelation to them when they do make the discovery. Attorney General Gilmer had no special state cases in the supreme court this week. Next week at the end of the docket he will have the Dur ham killing case, in which a sewing machine man killed his uncle and was convicted of manslaughter and appeal ed The Dewey embezzlement case from New Bern will come up on the third district docket and also the eavesdropping case which is being tried under the common law. Mr. Gil mer can't remember such another case. Under the old law this ogense was classed with that of being a common scold, which was punishable by . i.. Monv nersons will recall III. IV111;-.. i ,, the picture of the woman with inoutn nnl.n.1 1 Willi" ducked as a common T.'..fi.i '. known as the horse pond of the village, while a crowd of m-diimr men and boys stood around .... r..j.....i ti-itment. Many wo JUKI triij-i u"- - , men have been so ducked in England nnd some in this country -rim tntf board of agriculture an nounces the resignation of Franklin cm tmtnn-iolocrist. he having gone to Canada and of II. M. Bently oc.innt be having gone to Tm.noseft. nml states that for the present R.' S. Wovlum will be in charge f ontiro work'. -LOO liiM. uuiitu" .itii iiwpet. enemies of corn, Mr. t.i..,.,t. Ji.irin' tarpon red it. The de- ctnfts that Rently antl fcner- ,.,wim,o.i sinmlv because the were offered better salaries which they .-irr.wi to decline tt Wrtrtic nf Colorado Springs Will. 11. V".V - - . has boon asked by your correspondent to send here the Hag of "The Isbiirg Gravs" which was company I, Wtn s.. v r Volunteers. 3ir, t-i-...t..' Ti-i fir;t lieutenant or tnia I41111C1. " - - - , lion he was wounuea and captured at Gettysburg, and spent two years in prison on Jounbiuu ij ti,q floor i nf silk, handsomely ill 111. . and perfectly preservetl. ( Mr. ockis is in Colorado for lung trouble, and hopes Tt-ttii nnd visit North Carolina Deputy Revenue Collector Kemp AfA,.,.;H 'hoc fPtnmert from a raid in juinii vf-Uvvn here near W nton he captured a large illicit distillery but the operator escaped, ne cupluic iiinpv who was taken to that he would be present and spean went over to try him. Deputy Jiemn says that during the past ten years there has alway been plenty of moon shining in that section, but the moon shiners are very good natured fellows who run and don't make a row. They buv the copper in sheets already punched, and their stills are made by a man in the neighborhood, a very shan fellow who always outwits the officers. Rig photographs of President Roose-T-oit Iimvp been nlaced in all the store windows here with the announcement iw would be nresent and speak Hnrinf the state fair October 19th. Raleigh will have to literally keep open house during the fair to accomouaie imii:mds unon thousands of peo- nifl whn will come here to see the 1 ' 1 v . ' . - - Procirlpnt- of Morcanton came to ask the governor to pardon a man who i o ffr5Hvf from lustice anu.wuo is in Tennessee. While it seems that it is a deserving case, the governor's po sition t thnt which is always iukcu, United conieaeraLe veteiaois ,int0 l,; ta sIppti The held in the Senate chamber at Raleigh the machinery Ptbim to sleep ine on Wednesday night, October 18th lor more probable cause is gUen by a the purpose of holding the annual e!ee- other in sa mg fu a t Ion of officers and transacting such stick for X r,thpr business as may come before the building where nothing is to he nearu body Cam5 whkh have paid their except the monotonous hum just referr- annual duTs to the general headquar- ed to, when he can have so much b- a New Orleans will be entitled to erty and find so easy means sub- delegates as they send to the general reunion. , , , Paragraph 2. It is earnestly hoped that every camp will be represented and that all staff officers will attend in uniform. It is much regretted tba:. no state reunion can be held this year. Two cities have extended an invitation for the reunion next year. By order of Major General J. S. Can H A. London, Adjutant General and Chief of bean the cause, the DiacK man looked to as a reliable cotton factory operative, and for that work reliability is the first requisite. Charlotte Ob server L tt, - TO BK HEAD OF SEABOARD Utainl on Good Authority That For- T-.nfriner Wallace Will IllCl Vtltl. Succeed Barr. The Negotiations for an Armistice Will bo Conduct Ml on tlt Field of Ba.tlc By the Rival Comnanaers3I. Witte Antious to Sisn tl; Peace Treaty as Early as Possible. So That He May Sail for Home on ScDtrm- her 12th Great Care B0J112 Taken in tlie Phraseology of the Treaty So That Thov May be Xo Grounds for Future Disasreement. ! Xew cases t Total to date 1.99 IVatlvs 6 Total 277 iv foci . .... ....... 6 CZAR TO PRESIDENT Warm Appreciation for Dis Peace Efforts. GIVES HIM ALL TE CREDIT. Words ol Congratulation Fran all Ore toe World. Are You Easased? Engaged people should remember, that, after marriage, many quarrels can be avoided, by keeping their diges tions in good condition with Electric Bitters. S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville, S. C says: "For years, my wire suuer i ...40it fremi nvsnensia. compli- eated with a torpid liver, until she lost expire on that date. A gentleman of this city who is m a position to have information on the subject, said yesterday there was lit tle or no doubt in his aind that Joan Findlay Wallace would become the head of the Seaboard Air Line system, the first of May, 1906. Mr. Barr, the president of the Seaboard, has a com tront with th& comnany. which will Mr. wanace saiu tT.onrth mid vieor. and became a mere wreck of her former self. Then she tried Electric Bitters, which help ed he at once, and finally made her en tirely well. She is now strong and healthy." R. R. Bellamy, druggist, sells them, at 50c a bottle. Wheat and Oat Crons in ThA Newtm Enterprise Claremont section (between onri NeAvton) is the best Eicwinsc It uivts in tnsc Catawba. says the Cataw-wheat corHnn in Catawl a county. the names of tiffbt farmers section and the number of ibvshels1 of wheat eacn raisea u.is year. ine amount rdimcs to 1.540 bushels, ine last ciou raised by Mrs. Same nuiu aim Entemrise sav she is tn3 Iai'ff'; wheat arower in tne coumv. j-"- . 1 nn tvia Pirnt tarmera 6 672 bushels and w;ui wr.eaw tt cer bushel these crons are worth lust that -nanv dc?lars. The Seven Snriners tuatawca coun ty) corresnondent or tne n;mermiae reports that Mr. J. F. Drum made 24 bushels of oats on one-fourth of an ar-re. Catawba is fctill a banner county in the matter of farming. Everything is in the name when it - -W T 1 (-I I - TP comes to Witcn tiazei oaive. . DeWitt & Co. of Chicago discovered or.mo vars aro how to make a saiva from Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases De Witt's witcn nazei Salve has no equal. This has gien ris to numerous worthless counter feits Ask for DeWitt's the genuuie. Sold by R. R. Bellamy. tttot! Via ramfi to this country, afte: itmini his nosition as chief engineer in charge of Panama Canal construc tion, that he had been offered a $60, non ninoft in the United States. He has accepted a position with George tho henA of the great V trOLlJJ.lAVJU.K3, vuv - . tyt ;nnnca nnmnanv. It IS not v.rtcrv,f vA rer.eives a salary nearly ap proaching $60,000. Mr. Westmghouse Thomas F. Ryan as one. ot tv,Q Tr.mii table trustees. He is close to iuvj -"1 ... 1 J Mr. Rvan in several ways, it is saiu. Mr. Rvan owns or controls the Sea board. It is said to be his determina tion to put Mr. Wallace in control when President Barr's time expires next May. Mr. Wallace resided in Vir ginia some years ago as superinten dent of the Mathieson Alkali Works at Saltville, Smyth county. Riohniona Times-Dispatch. Its Road Bulldins in Cumberland. There a.ri now twenty-seven con victs on the county chain can ami it is exnected that the number win ne n creae3d to tnirtv-nve oy int t'ciu court before the enc or ne wck. County superintendent of roads Cole was in the city tcdav and savs inai work is nro.etsinjr verv favorably the C!av Fork Tcad. He nas renuui eieht nules cf the road, and the camp is nt.w pitched at wnat is Known as the "lon.sr stretm. a two-mue reacu cf deep sanl. Here he is muKins an entirely new load, makina a det?ur around the stretch where harder soil j f..und. He savs he has completed the eisht mile3 at the rat3 of two .-nil 00 q nionfh. Tt i? the present in- t.ti..n tr. rebuild this roaa tlirouch Tar-away" Beaver Dam. Fayette ville Observer. FEAR SPREAD OF CHOLRRA Appearance in llamnurir scnu Unpleasant Thrill Through German People. '.Berlin, August 31. The spread of .... 11. cholera from two localities on tne river Weichael five days ago to 34 cases in twelve localities, extending from the Baltic to the river Warthe, l.'O miles south, and its appearance in Hamburg, has given an unpleasant thrill to the people ot Grermany ior it may mean a long steady fight as in 1892-93 to prevent the disease iru-m getting beyond control. In those years it is estimated that 800,000 persons died in Prussia from cholera, me rniecinn mvernment is keenly aware of the possibilities of the danger which so far is not regardea as giving occa sion for apprehension. Numerous bac teriologists have been sent into the in fected districts to assist in the surveil lance of persons who have contracted cholera. Cautionary notices are pub lished in all the towns and villages within the affected area. AXGIiO-JAPAXESE TREATY Document of Far-Rcachimz impor tance Recently Sisned bv the President. 4tticl;ed by a Mob and beaten, in a labor riot, until cov PVll V ith sores, a Chicago street car r-rmftnntnr noplied Bucklen's Arnica v""uv . snivp nn.i was soon souua ana wen. 'T net. t in mv family, writes u. d. WAioh rwf Tekonsha. Mich, "and find it rf Art Sinmlv creat for cuts and hums Onlr 25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. "P.fnjrs has taken out a straight life insnriinee nolicv ." "He is a very fool- tsh mnn to insure a life he doesn't lead." Judge. Tf vnn ever took DeWitt's Little Early Risers for biliousness or coasti- THnn vnn know what mil Pleasure s. These famous little puis cieanse iuq liver and rid the system 01 ail pue vthout producing unpleasant effects.' Tndon.-Uffust 31. The report that an Anglo-Japanese treaty was signed August 12 by Foreign Secretary Lans downe and Minister Hayashi is con firmed. While secrecy is maintained jfor the present regarding the exact terms it may te said that the docu ment is of far-reaching importance. it .affords mutual guarantees ior me protection of British and Japanese in terests, even 11 the two contractile powers are only threatened by a sin gle hostile power, and assures the maintenance of the status quo in the far east. The new treaty will be a powerroi factor in ensuring the peace or tno I world at any rate so far as the far east is concerned. - -. Portsmouth,August 31 Rapid prog ress has been made today in the draft ing of the treaty of peace. Baron Komura at M. Witte's request, tomor row will probably fix a day for its signature. Russia's consent to a sus pension of hostilities reached M. Witta tonight in a cablegram from Count Lamsdorff, who Emperor Nicholas has empowered to deal with this important phase of the negotiations. Aithrmo-h funeral Linevitch has been informed of the practical condi tion of peace and directed to hold Ihimjself in readiness to open with Field Marshal Oyama, the negotiations for an armistice, the order for the sus pension of hostilities and the signing of the truce will not go forward from St. Petersburg until M. Witte has been informed by Baron Komura that the Emperor of Japan has also given his consent and has empowered Mar shal Oyama to conduct the negotia tions with the Russian commander in the field. So rapidly and well is Mr. DeMaar- tens, with Mr. Dennison, performing his delicate and important task of drafting the treaty, that he was able to return from the navy yard tonight to report to M. Witte the practical com pletion of ten articles of the treaty. It is expected it will in its entirely con sist of fifteen articles, exclusive of preamble. Japan's original demands are said to have numbered thirteen. Only twftlve. however, were presented to the Russians, as President Roosevelt is eredited with persuading the Japanese plenipotentiaries before the convening nf j.Via inference to withdraw one of tie conditions which he regardad as nniiiRt. Whether this thirteenth de mand dealt with the fortifications at Vladivostok cannot be learned. Having waived three of the demands nrpspnted. the indemnity, the interned ships and the limitation of Russia's n,.-,i etronoh in tne tar east, me ijiivuo"'" " - ' Tononaco final conditions were nine uapouv ""w. B Rp.vprai of thosa. however, will be di vided in the treaty and grouped into two or more. M. Witte is exceedingly anxious to aii for Vinmp on September 12. In the meantime he wishes to take leave of Prpcinrnt Roosevelt. He is there- fn.m rinine- what, he can to hasten the drafting of the treaty, which he would probably be prepared to sign by Tues day or Wednesday 01 next wee, at uie latest unless some obstacle should arise. The only differences whicTi have thus far appeared have been due to the ambiguous language of certain parts of the daily protocols wnicn urm the framework of the treaty. It is here that the long experience and rec ognized authority of the famous inter national lawyers are proving of assis tance to Japan, as well as Russia. Both M. DeMaartans and Mr. Denni son, who is also well grounded in in ternational law, are selecting with great care the language of each artiia in order that the treaty may furnish no ground for differences in the fu ture and accurately record the exact spirit as well as the substance of the agreements concluded in the confer ence by the plenipotentiaries. It thus happens that the framers sometimes spend an hour in the selection of one word, to find finally that they are both striving to express the identical idea Japan, through Baron Komura, nas agreed to the immediate conclusion nf on arm let ire. At 11 O'clock tonight Mr. Takahira went to Baron de Ros en's room and explained that he and Baron Komura" received instructions rvf n armistice. Bar- j on Rosen immediately communicated ' with M Witte, and It is probable that I a meeting will be held tomorrow morning for the proclamation, of a complete suspension of hostilities pre i liminary to the arrangement of the details by the two generals upon the j battlefield. New Orleans, August 31. Evidenc ing his deep sympathy with New Or leans, President Roosevelt today sent the. folio wine acknowledgement to Mayor Martin Behnnan's telegram ap plauding the President's services in restorine peace between Russia and Japan: "Oyster Bay, August 31. 1905. Hon Martin Behrman, Mayor of New Orleans. No telegram has touched me as deeply as the telegram from you show ing that in the midst of her great trial New Orleans is so keenly alive to all that affects the interests of the world and the honor of our own coun try. You have given fit expression to the feelings of your brave and gallant noonip. for oniv those with lofty souls can in the midst of their own grief find time to think of others. I trust T need not sav how deep and constant my anxiety is tor the welfare of your city and state. "THEODORE ROOSEVELi. Mayor Behrman telegraphed to the President on August 29: "New Orleans hastens to give ex pression to her profound admiration of your wonderful accomplishment. It must prove a source ot lasting pna-? to all true hearted Americans to feel anrl know that the whole civilized world is paying homage to the great chieftan, of our country, from whose master mind emanated achievement in Vif paiisa of humanity which win rival any of the master strokes which ever have been, or ever win oe, re mrHprt in history." The report for today was favorable htVi as to new cases and deaths, while there was a diminution in the numoer of new disease centers to six, the few- pat rpnorted on any day since August 8, when federal officers tooK cnarge of tViM namnaien against yellow fever. sprp-onn von Ezdort today returaeu ftvm T.eeville. He said conditions thprp were bad. but that since Doc tors Marcour and Devrorl had arriv ed, the situation was Improved. There are 475 persons in the settlement ana 175 are now sick, between zu ana oj deaths have occurred at Leeville since the yellow fever appeared. notber doctor was stricken today, Dr. Homor J. Depuey, who resides on North Rampart street. Of the deaths today all but one are Italians. One death occurred in the emergency hos pital. All were down town. Pnsuwi Assistant Surgeon C. II. La- Tinder, has been ordered to Matchez to . - -a til take local charge there ana win ieue tomorrow. The most interesting news from the country was brought by Dr. Brady, who made a thorough inspection of the plantation between Hotima and Shriever, in Terre isonne paiiu, u- in$r upwards of sixty cases, scanreu among the Italians. No new cases were reponeu aum Ac-ejoojrkrwt r,fv Xntrhez. or Vicksburg. Gulfport report three new cases and one death. The Ruian Emperor Thanks the lresl tcnt for Ravins Brought tit PcC3 Negotiation to a Successful Conduion Hundred of Consrratn latorv Meases are Still Ponrinc in Uiwti tro Ircidcnt Tlusc Co rue From Foteten Itnlor. American Statfmen a&d People In AH Walk of Life. Oyster Bay, August 31. Emperor Nicholas of Russia, has nvognized gratefully the great part which Presi dent Roosevelt played In the success ful negotiations for peace. In a cable gram received by President Roosevelt today, Emperor Nicholas eongraulateil and thanked the President for his ef forts. The cablegram follows: "Peterhof, August 31, "President Roosevelt "Accent my congratulations and warmest thanks for having brought tbe peace negotiations to a successful conclusion, owing to your personal noixetic efforts. My country will gratefully recognize the great part you have played in the Portsmouth peace conference. (Signed.) "NICHOLAS." That tbo "Itu.ssi.iii Emneror should ' thank President Roosevelt for his ef forts to ensure peace letween Russia ami .Tno.in was to have been expected but it is particularly significant that In his cablegram Emperor -Nicholas ex tended to President uooseveit ma "warmest thanks for having brought the peace negotiations to a successful conclusion." The dispatch is regarded as one of the most remarkable of Its kind ever sent by the head of one nation to that of another. Congratulatory messages by the score yet are pouring iu upon tbe Pres ident. The executive office force here is completely swamied, and it will be many days before asknowledgement of the receipt of all messages can be sent out. It will be imiMissible for Presi dent Roosevelt himself to respond to the felicititations of IiIh friends every where, but In the course of time the sender of each message will receive a response. Amomr the messages received today was a notably cordial one from tho Emperor of Austria-Hungary. ' Among other telegrams or congratu lation received today were those of Vice President Fairbanks, Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, General Horace Porter, Governor Glenn, of North Car olina, Consul General Robert J. Wynne, of London. England, John D. Rockefeller and Senator and Repre sentatives in Congress. Mr. Rockefeller's message follows: "President Roosevelt: "Please accept my hearty congratu lations on your successful efforU for peace. (Signed.) "J. D. ROCKEFELLER. Miss Nannie Hodges has returned to her home dn Florence, after a visit to the family of Mr. R. H. Fickeu. Xtehifrouse for Hattcms. ' Washington, August 31.Specifica ! tions and drawings for the lighthoise and station which congress authorized ! Albert F. Eels and associates of B03- ton, Mass., to construct at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, North Car I olina, were filed today at the office j ox the secretary oi couuuwto bor. Under the act of Congress au thorizing the construction of the ligat t house, the engineers had six months 1 in which to file plans. The time would hare expired on September 3. The plans were referred to' the gOYemmat lighthone board for approvaL TO UNITE AGAINST TAMMANY Rhnl Local Political Organizations May Nominate Jerome for Mavor. New York. August 31. Representa tive of the local political organizations opposed to Tammany Hall, including the Citizens Union, the .Republican ponntv onranization. the Municipal Ownership League, ana tne uermau American League met tonight to dis ua siihiwt. of fusion in the com- V. j inr m-ivnrjiltv campaign, .rso conclu sion was reached. Members of the Mu- rwnprshln Iveacrue maae ii illHn v.' - . . . K- Vioii- rwwmpration with tne I) LO.IL1 Ultll. vuv-". ... 1 nnH.Tmnnv forces would depend. till jl k r , . . m upon the adoption or tne pnucu mm. m 1.1a. illtil tm municipal ownership ot puoic uuuu win?o Ttninin ehairman of the Re publican county committee declared He n1.fMn7.ntnn ravoreti uiumtni ownership, and Mr. Cutting tnade the same announcement on oeuau ui fw rinfr nd Mr. Jerome iaurcu . i nn.ncrh!n niwl he felt the district attorney would accept a nomi nation on such a piatiorm. REPORT AN INCREASE nerort4 on Income to CcDoratlon Commission. (Special to The Messenger.) Tr,i0;M, v . r Ausust 31. The Cor- innratirtn Commissioners find the total of incomes an lucretso last year of $238,480. The commission Koc. nnt vpt finished this work as a - - . . . mimhor rf nersona reponeu oy ui; nnnntr rommisloners for being liable for income taxes who have failed to list. The commissioners serve nouce upon these calls upon them for report. TViirtAf-n ronntiea reDort no Increase. Following are the counties mating me lMct fOTflfflS' IU16I- '' " mnr Wake, $207yy; New uanover 701: Mecklenburg 5221.070; timirora mnift- Onrham S185.C92: Forsythe I1T9.484: Buncombe $1G8,743; Wayne $65,02; Cabarrus $63,736. PEACE TERMS NOT YET KNOWN Japanese People Have Not Rccn Told What Agreement Was rinallr Reached. Tokio, August 31.-110 a. m. Tho public continues to be without infor mation regarding the agreement of the peace enroya at Portsmouth. The di vision of the Island of Sakhalin and the waiving of indemnity are not yet publicly known. Despite the lacK oi nuunuaum many people are convinced that tho Japanese government has made sub stantial concession, and already are criticising and objecting. Unless tbe terms prove to be belter tban were an ticipated. It Is certain that the com pact will prove unpopular and le bit terly assailed by the press ana oy ui i!pf wbffh Is exDeeted to meet in spe cial session shortly. The radical ele ments are asserting that canine, changes are Inevitable. The mass of the public Is not moved. There un questionably, is a reeling oi greai. re lief that hostilities have ended and that the men of the great army will return home, be disbanded and re-enier uie walks of peace. This feeling, however, is without public manifestations. There have leen no processions, no aispuiy of flags or other marks of iopular jollification. The capital city continues normau quiet and reports from throughout tbe empire indicates a similar end. FIRMS CLOSIXY UNITED Williams TaV.en Into the 3Ilddendorf 41IIIJUJ ... .-.- ' " Partner In the Williams Concern, nirimond. Va.. August 31. Formal announcement Is made today by the banking houses of J. viuiam Mioaen rinrf nnl fTomnanv. of Baltimore, Md., and John Lu Williams and Sons, of this city, that R. Lancaster Williams, or the latter firm has been taken into partnership with the former firm and that Mr. Middenaon nas oeen xawcu into partnership with Messrs. Williams and Sons. The Rnltimore firm' name, begin- n?n tnmfwrmr. when the Dartnershlps go Into effect will be Mlddendorf, Wil liams and Company. - namely that he wijl not consider any Sold by R. R. Bellamy.