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Thf Reno Democrat.
VOLUME XVI.
EL RENO OKLAHOMA TERRITORY THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1905.
NU.VI3CR J3.
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THE IIKflR DRUM IS MUFFLED
what Bel in thinks of the result of the
Portsmouth conference.
PARIS IS SURPRISEO
The Dove
of Peace Has Returned
Russia and Japan.
to
COMPLETE AGREEMENT REACHED BY COMMISSION
in
Sakhalin to be Divided--Japan Accepts Russia's Ultimatum
The Interest of Pcace. A Diplomatic Victory for Russia—A
Moral Triumph for Japan.
J Paris. Auk 29.—The unwavering
contention of France thai President
Roosevelt's noble initiative would cul-
minate In peace has received its re-
ward. The news of the successful ter-
mination of the conference, which was
first mat!, known through the Associ-
ated Press, created a profound im-
pression vhen it was communicated
to members of the diplomatic corps
and the high officials of the govern-
ment.
Considerable surprise was shown
among French diplomats that the Jap-
anese had surrendered so completely
relative to the question of Indemnity.
POULTRY SHOW
Fine Birds of The Country Will Se
Here in January
V B. Allee is making extensive
preparations for the poultry show,
which will be held in this city the
first week in January It is now
known that some of the leading poul-
try raisers of the country will exhibit
fowls here at that time. The poultry
Industry here is making a rapid
growth, and nu better chickens can he
found anywhere than are raised ill
this county. A few days ago Mr. Al-
lee refused an offer of $-_T for a chick-
en less than six months old. and the
offer was made by one of the best
poultry judSes in the country
Portsmouth, N. H„ Aug. 29.—The
long and bloody war between Japan
and Russia is ended. The terms of
peace were agreed upon by Mr. Witte
and Baron Komura at the session of
the conference this morning prelim- |
inary arrangements for an armistice j
were concluded and the actual work j
of framing the "Treaty of Portsmouth'' i
was by mutual agreement turned over
to Mr. De Martens. Russia's great
international lawyer, and Mr. Denni
son. who for twenty-five years has
acted as legal adviser of the' Japanese
foreign office. The treaty is expected
to be completed 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 P/ osr>velt. wv sudden and dra-
matic. For the sake of peace.Japan.
with the magnanimity of a victor, at
the last moment yielded everything
still in issue. Russia refused to bulge
from the ultimatum Etnporer Nicholas
had given to President Roosevelt
through Ambassador Meyer. No in-
demnity under any guise, but an
agreement to divide Sakhalin and re- i
imburse Japan for the maintenance of
the Russian prisoners were his last
words. They had been repeatedly re-
iterated in Mr. Witte's instructions
and in the form of a written reply
to the Japanese compromise proposal
of last Wednesday, they were deliv-
ered to Baron Komura this morning.
Mr. Witte went to the conference de-
claring he was powerless to change
the dot of an "I" or the cross of a
"T" in his instructions. Emporer
Nicholas' word had been given not
or iy to him. but to President Roose-
.V *
MUCH WORK TO BE DONE
Central School Building is Not Y3t
Ready to Be Used
Considerable work remains to be
done in the new Central school build-
ing before the opening of the term,
September 11th, A large portion of
the plastering, which was put on dur-
ing the freezing weather last winter. Is
falling off. and t/he walls will have to
be replaced. Yesterday evening, when
the water pressure was about twelve
ounces, the plasterers shut off the
water supply at the nozzle of a gar-
den hose which they were using in
the building instead of closing the
hydrant During the night the water
pressure rose to several pounds, and
burst the hose, flooding two rooms,
which will have to be replastered W.
H Riley superintendent of constrtic
tion, went home, sick, this morning,
and S A. Layton was placed in
charge of.the work, by the school
board. He will see that the building
is In r-'udlness for the opening of
WATERMELON PARTY
A Delightful Gathering at Th
Plant Last Night
velt. the head of a foreign state. glory." and added the expression of j
Some of the Provisions i Russia's hearty appreciation of the j
Articles 10 and 11 (interned war-' president's generous initiative. Mr,
ships and the limitation of Russia,s Roosevelt replied with words of
sea power in the far east) were with- thanks and congratulations.
drawn Japan agreed that only that
portion of the Chinese Eastern rail- MEANS MORE THAN MONEY TO
way south of Chintfu, the position oc- JAPAN
cupied by Oyatna. should be ceded to
Japan Both sides, once the deadlock
was broken, wanted a "just and last-
ing peace", and in that respect it was
decided to practically neutralize Sak-
halin, each country binding itself not
to fortify on the island, and Japan as-
suming an obligation not to fortify
Laprouse strait, between Sakhalin and
Hokkaido which would bar Russia's . „„„ . ..
Japanese emperors financial agent in
commercial route to the Pacific
The plenipotentiaries went further.' ,his ro,lntr>'' expressed tonight after
They decided to add a new clause in h,J toad received dispatches from Ports-
the nature of a broad provision for j mouth confirming the published re
mutual commercial privileges by ■ ports c.f p^ace.
which each country will secure for
Portsmouth, Aug. 20---The peace conference
arrived at a complete accord today on all qucs-
| tions and decided to proceed to the elaboration
a of a treaty
The Japanese conceded everything. They ac-
cepted the Russian ultimatum, no indemnity and
a division of Sakhalin without payment of re-
demption money.
I he Japanese also yielded the interned w ar-
ships and limitation of naval power.
The following statement was issued by fir.
| Sato on behalf of the Japanese plenipotentiaries:
jif "The questions of final disposition of the island
| of Sakhalin and the reimbursement to Japan of
| her war expenses have from the first been issues j
® on which absolute divergence of views existed
| The difference of opinion upon these points-not 'i
■ii one but both-have frequently threatened the f!Commerciai course win Be Added to
-A existence of the conference. " But his majesty, f j The E' R'"° H'9h Scho°'
the Emperor of Japan, responding to the dictates || n „„ Tuesdays Daily.
if. of humanity and civilization has, in a spirit of
^ perfect conciliation and in the interest of peace $
authorized his plenipotentiaries to waive the
| question of reimbursement ofjvvar expenses and 1
| has consented to a division of Sakhalin upon
ft terms which are mutually acceptable, thus
making it possible to bring the important work
of the conference to a successful end."
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laid his tribute at the president's feet. | Christian nations. We have
in his message he said:
"History will ascribe to you the
glory." and added the
The watermelon party given at the
ice plant, last uighl, by Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Trulock, was a delightful affair.
The ingredients of a feast of that sort,
watermelons and ice, were there in
profusion, and the event was highly
enjoyed. Those present were:
Misses Aline Labryer, Ruth Cusey,
Gertrude Saxey Queina Huber Blanche
Frybergor, Nell Sallee. Daisy Sailee, I
Cornelia I.lbby, Zita Montgomery and
Morrow, and Messrs Karl Humphrey. |
Van Morse. Shirley Chapman. Fred
Qllletf, Morris Rurrlck. Jack Smiley,
II. L. Fogg. Crainger. Short and
Hayes: Mr and Mrs. Fee Smith,
Mr and Mrs. R S. Trulock
One
Million
Dollars
Lots of money, but we have
made arrangements with the
general agents of the Aetna
Life Insurance Co., to loan the
above amount and if you de-
sire a farm loan now or any
time in the future it would
be to your interest to figure
with us. Money ready and
on the beat of terms.
We have also $200,000 to
loan on chattel security. See
us before making your loan.
j Finch & Patterson
I EL RENO, • . OKLAHOMA
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BRANCHING OUT
\ the other the beniflt of the
ifavorred nation" clause and the
tfloor."
Very Friendly Oocument
"most "I am quite pleased. Japan has
"open i achieved much True, we received
I no indemnity, but compared with what
! we have gained the money matter be-
comes of secondary importance. The
I peace of the wt>r1d is dear to Japan.
The new treaty therefore will be a ' She has achieved so much that I was
wonderfully friendly document, of a not surprised thai our envoys waived
character almost to raise the suspi the mere question of money when it
cion that tne two countries have not stood between peace and war.
negotiated peace, but have concluded j "Wp fought for the national exist-
the basis of a future alliance. There j ence of .Japan We have secured ft
is however, no evidence, as rumored, ' Otir position in Sakhalin, lost years
shown
that Japan is entitled to be regard«d
as one of the powers—to a seat at the
table in the councils of nations—all
this is of greater importance to us
than indemnity. Money could not buy
us any of these things. Why, there-
fore. should i we permit money to
stand in the way? We have not, nor
| did I think our envoys would. There
New York. Aug 29,-That Japan has may be.some disappointment a. home,
achieved all she fought for and the but I am sure that with the spartan
question of indemnity was of minor : forbearance that has always charac
importance compared to the establish terized our people, we will look at it
ment of her position among the na aright ——
tions and other advantages gained Speaking of Japan's llnances the
was the opinion of Baron Kaneko. the ' ^art',T1 said that Japan was well able to
meet the expenses incident to the clos-
ing of the war and the withdrawal of
of ner troops from the far east. She
had $50,000,000 in Germany and a like
sum both in England and the Cnited
| States as yet untouched Her war
Naturally." said Baron Kaneko. taxes would, he said, take care of the
national war loans There might be,
he admitted, some disappointment in
The board of education recently de
cided to add a full commercial
course to the regular list of studies
in the El Reno high school The
course will consist of writing, spell-
ing. shorthand, type-writing, commer
cial law. in fact, everything taught in
a business college. The commercial
course will be under the supervision
of Mrs. Maddox. who for several
years has been a teacher in the Wich
ita commercial college.
TEN MILLIONS OF GOLD
Output
From Nome Fields
Great Increase
Shows ^
£
£
£
£
r
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£
£
£
£
£
mmniaummimaimg — m
20
PER CENT
DISCOUNT
ON Al.l.
Dishes
...AND...
Seattle. Wash, Aug. 27.—United
States Assayar Fred Wing, in charge
of the local assay office, has made
the statement that his estimate of the
gold output of Nome for the season of
190H was $10,000,000. This amount
will be the record for Nome and will
exceed the output of last year by $:;,
000,000. Mr. Wing bases his estimate
on the amount of gold which has been
sent out of Nome so far this year
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HORSE THIEVES AT WORK
Walt Ridenour's Pony Stolen I
Saturday Night
From Monday's Daily
Wall Ridenour, who lives six miles
east of El Reno, came to town Satur J
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OLD PH0NI 43
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COAL OIL WAR
The Standard Is Fighting The Inde
pendent Companies of Kansas
Pel Perry was found dead, in
pasture near town, today. Pet was
day evening and hitched his pony to
a post near the Turf saloon When he j Topeka. Aug 28.—(SpecialI The
I got ready to go home that night he standard Oil company has started out
, discovered that some one had stolen | to crush the Independent oil refineries
a j the horse, saddle and bridle The j now beginning operations in Kansas
black mar- WL!n, i ik . • a shoriff s foToe fhlnk ,hp>' havp a H"e An army of special agents has been
black mare which had been driven bv to th< th«>if i i • . „ ,,
• loinetneu. placed in the field with authority to
Deputy Sheriff Hackett found the , make al! sorts of cuts in prices in
pony toda.v, in this city. Thus tar no order to secure a monopoly of the
arrestsh ave been made j trade. The
than eaf oats. She ran as long as !
she lived and Anally ran off a steep Some men go to war because it is
bank and broke her fool neck
Charley Perry for t"he past thirteen
years. She was twenty-one years old
would always rather run away
and
more peaceful than staying at home
•X|l
agents are working in
territory where the independents
pet to devolop their trade
that any secret clauses are o b^ ap-
pended to the present treaty.
Before leaving the conference build-
ing felicitations were exchanged with
the president ai Oyster Bay. Both
Baron Komura ^nd Mr. Witte tele-
graphed. The former confined him
kself apprasing Mr Roosevelt, of
•the conditions upon which peace had
teeu concluded. Mr. Witte frankly
ago through diplomacy, has been re-
established again at fifty degrees
north latitude, its former boundary
We are again possessed of the fisher-
ies through to Behring sea. We have
Port Arthur again, rightfully ours. We
have the railways. In many ways we
have gained much. We have shown
the world that the pagon treatment
of prisoners Is as hump.ne as that of 1 ternational statesmanship That
Japan because no indemnity was paid, i t
but he thought the Japanese people; '
regarded their victory as a grand one !
and would give the money question , i
but little thought. 4
"Then too" continue the baron. '
"the history of nations show that a |
period of prosperity follows a war if I
was so with Japan after the Chinese '
war. it was so with Germany and f
France, and It was so here following <
the Spanish war In fact, after ihe I
Chinese war our business trebled •
GREAT MORAL VICTORY <
Berlin Aug. 29 —Japan has won a J
great moral victory: Russia a great 4
diplomatic one. and President Room 4
velt has become the first figure in in
| (11 rT PR i< i«:s |
ONLOWCITS! 3
We arc going to sell every pair of our
^ Men's, Women's and Children's Low ^
Shoes, and arc making prices that will
move them quickly. ^5
Men's Stetson Oxfords, Pat or Tan, $4.00.
Men's or Women's $.?.50
Oxfords, all
$.?.00 Oxtords, all
or
leathers. $2.(>8.
Men's or Women's
leathers, $2.48.
Women's $2.50 Oxfords, all leathers $ 1.98.
See our Bargain Tables for cheaper grades.
From Thursday's Daily
The. board of arbitration to decide
iih ' difference between the school
i board & Wood Greshan who construct
I *d the Central School building, render
| ed its decision today. It allows Mir.
firesham the sum of for extra
I work done by order of the school
board, not called for in the original
contract. Mr (Iresham's claim was
for $1,018.58. of which the board was
willing to allow only about $200 Ar
bltration was finally decided udon.
and J. E. Snell and C. C. Brown were
seeoted as arbitrators, with authority
to select a third member of the board
if they could not agree without as-
sistance. After several days trial they
selected (Jeo. W Bellamy as the third
man and a final decision was reached
today.
• Mrs
day a
Frank
essee;
.1. E Penner entertained yester
a luncheon in honor of Mrs
Uillett, Jr . of Nashville Tenu
Mrs. Law rence Jenkins, of Ok
| H. R. Canon & Co 1
Kl Reno, O. T. Shoers of the People
lahoma City; Mrs Flora Barnes, of
Kansa- City, and Mrs. Dennis Brown,
of Perry. The CI Reno guests were
Mrs I C Montgomery. Mrs. V. D
Tinklepaugh. Mr* Charles Engle. Mrs.
H K Canon. Mrs. M D. Libby, Mr^
J. A Hatcheti. Mrs. .1. B Pettee, Mrs
O. A Shuttee. Mrs W F Mc Grath
and Miss Dab-
Mrs it. K Davidson and baby went
to Hennessey this morning, to visit
at the home of Mr Davidson's par-
ents
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1905, newspaper, August 31, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111514/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.