The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-09-22
DATE AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN
Quite Probable That the Answers of
the Powers Are Received.
No Question of the Call, However, and.
Uncle Sam Has Had a Front
Place i'm the Matter.

peace. No sooner is the Russo-Jap
anese war overland even before the
peace treaty has been ratifed-than
his majesty issues invitations to- a sec
ond peace conference at The Hague.
| That the emperor has done so is
learned from a source which leaves no
shadow Of doubt as to it's authenticity.
1t is officially announced that ''the
Russian government proposes to adj
dress the foreign powers with view
| to the holding of a second peace con-
ference at The Hague"
Fixed 1t Up with Uncle Sam.
But it is known that negotiations
preceding this announcement that the
government proposed to address the
powers" were entered into especially
with the United States, and were con-
Quoted with the greatest secrecy, there
being not the slightest inkling that
Russia contemplated anything of the
kind. The announcement created the
greatest surprise here, and that Rus
STA should plan a second conference
despite the steps already taken by
President Roosevelt was also heard
with amaZement. 1t is clear that the
step could not be taken by Russia
without first reaching a complete UNI
Outstanding with President Roosevelt.
Roosevelt Steps Aside for the Gar.
The fact that President Roosevelt is
reported as being entirely in sympathy
with the proposal, and that he is said
to believe that to the initiatOr of the
first Hague conference should belong
the honor Of convoking the second,
and readily and gladly acceded to the
Russian proposal, is clear proof that
the conference has already been called
and that President Roosevelt relin-
| Quishcd his part i'll it to the emperor.
There is strong reason to believe that
| the news even Of the intention Of the
| Russian government would not be
given out unless invitations had al
ready been sent to the powers and,
possibly, that their answers had been
| received.
Date Is as Vet Unknown.
1t is impossible to learn the pro-
lpOsed date of the second conference or
to gain even an approximate idea re-
garding it; but it probably will not be
greatly delayed. Russia as the power
cOnvOking the conference will proba-
bly, submit an official programme, the
other powers submitting suggestions.
THERE'S NO PEACE DOWN HERE
Tartars Continue Their Deviltry
Troops Fire on Mob.
Tifis, Sept. 19.-General Shirinkin,
commander of the troops, has received
a telegram from the officials of the
copper works at Elizabethpol request
ing him to send Cossacks to the dis,
trict. The telegram says that the dis
trict is surrounded by bands of Tar.
tars, and that property and the lives
of the employees are in imminent dan
ger.
Five wagons filled with Armenians
refugees from Shusha were attacked
by Tartars. Most of the refugees were
KILLED anu women were carried off.
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Gus districts.
A mob Of 1900 persons attacked a
mail train at the Abasha station and
detached the engine. The troops and
lpOlice fired and drove off the rioters,
who had many killed or wounded. Sew
eral other Outrages on the railway
have occurred in the neighborhood.
Reign of Terror in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland, Sept. ia bar
barous reign of terror, conducted un-
der the direction of the police, exists
here, and equals anything which has
happened in the worst days. Arrests
Of persons suspected of political of
lenses are made nightly. Hundreds
of we'll known local residents have dis
appeared, and it is supposed they have
been victims Of their form of persecu-
ton.
Armistice Ordinance Is Signed.
Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, Sept. 15.-
Major General Ovanosky and his suite
have returned from Kochiation. Gener-
al Ovanosky and General Fukushima
signed an arnistice ordinance in the
open plain near ShakhedZe, after nego-
tiations had been conducted for nine
consecutive hours.
J Pretender Makes Raid.
The Hague, Sept. 1S.-An official
: dispatch reports a successful raid
made by the pretender, Sonnebait, Of
the Timor archipelago, who recently
Invaded Dutch territory, killed thirty
two persons and carried off siXty-two
captives.
Death of Gen. Benham.
Tiffin, O., Sept. 1S.-Brigadier Gen.
eral Daniel w. Benham, u. S. A., died
suddenly OF apoplexy, aged 6S. He
enlisted as a volunteer in 1861 and
was placed on the retired list in July,
1893.