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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday,, Aug. 8.

Mondays registration for land in
the uintah reservation eclipsed all
previous days, the number recorded
being 1,643.
A deal has been contaminated
which will merge most of the raisin
growing interests Of California into
one corporation.
Willard Merrill, for years vice pres
ident Of the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company Of Milwaukee, is
dead at Pasadena, Cal.
C. H. Prescott, a capitalist of Port
land, Ore, and at one time prominent
In railroad circles, is dead as a result
of a stroke of paralysis.
Through the short circuiting of a
controller box on the front Of a trolley
car on the Brighton Beach IN. W
line two persons were fatally burned
and two others seriously injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Thursday, Aug. 10.

An estate valued at $780, 900 was
left by the late Colonel Daniel La
mont, secretary of war under Presi-
dent Cleveland.
Governor Magoon reports four ad-
ditional cases of yellow fever on the
Isthmus of Panama. One of these
cases was fatal.
A woman who registered at the Her
Grand hotel in Omaha last Thursday
as Mrs. Gibson, Lincoln, Neb.," died
Wednesday from poisoning.
DR.. Charles D. Andrews, rector Of
Christ Episcopal church and dean Of
st. Paul convocation, died suddenly at
St. Paul Wednesday. He was born
in Boston In 1886.
T~wenty-four religious denomina-
tons. containing $4,000, 900 communi-
cants, have each appointed from five
to fifty delegates to meet in New York
city on Nov. Is to take part in an
interchurch conference on federation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
WORK OF TEXAS MOB
NEGRO ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED
ASSAULT is BURNED AT
THE STAKE.

Sulphur Springs, Tex, Aug. 11.-A
negro charged with assaulting the
daughter of a widow near this place
was caught and burned at the stake
in the courthouse square here.
The crime was committed at an
early hour in the morning. When the
town was alarmed about an hour
later a posse of armed horsemen
Went Immediately in pursuit of the
assailant. The country was secured
in all directions and the negro was
finally captured. He was taken to the
courthouse square, chained to a stake
and burned before an immense crowd
of excited citizens.
The name Of the negro vas Tom
Williams. He attempted to assault a
fourteen.year-old girl. Little resist.
ance vas made to the mob by the
officers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Friday, Aug. II.

The fear that there would be an
epidemic of cholera In Russia this
summer has not been realized.
Captain Jerome B. Osier, believed to
be the oldest resident of Illinois, is
dead at Chicago, aged 105. He served
in the navy during the Civil war.
The monthly crop report of the de-
partment of agriculture gives the con-
dition of corn at $50, spring wheat
S9.2, oats 90.S, barley sos, spring rye
92.6, flax 96.7.
There were twenty-five new cases
of typhoid fever reported in Washing
ton Thursday, the greatest number
for any n day during the present
outbreak of typhoid in that city.
Wearing patent leather shoes, a
slightly frayed frock coat and a high
hat j. 7. Rapelee, a retired broker,
eighty-two years of age, has applied to
the commissioner of charities in New
Rochelle, N. Y, for commitment to
the almshouse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
J. J.. HILL IN ST. PAUL.
Gseat Northern Maenate May Take a
Hand in Operators Strike.

Hano IN operators Strlke.
st. Paul, Aug. 14.-President James
J. Hill Of the Great Northern road has
returned from the East and it is ex'
pected that his return will have some
bearing within a day or two upon the
situation in regard to the teleg'
raphers' strike.
President H. B. Perham of the Or
der of Railway T~elegraphers ex'
pressed confidence that after Mr.. Hill
had gone over the situation carefully
and gone into all the details he would
be ready to treat with the strikers,
though having by wire previously re-
fused to do so. According to Presi,
dent Perham no advances have been
made or will be made by the oper,
ators.
The strike situation remains un
changed, the railroads refusing to dis
ouss the matter and the strikers as
sorting that they are losing no ground.
Mr.. Perham received a report from
Fargo that bat four freights had
passed that point Saturday and the
same number Friday, whereas the nor
NAL traffic is about thirty IT thirty
five freights each day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
JAPAN'S PEACE TERMS
CONDITIONS TO BE MET REFORE
POSSIBILITIES IN THE FAR
EAST CAN END.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 1.-THE
terms of peace offered Russia by
Japan are said to be substantially as
follows:
Reimbursement for the expense Of
prosecuting the war.
The cession of the island of SAX
halln, which is the only Russian ter
ritory proper to be taken by the Japa-
nese.
The cession Of the Russian leases
to the Liaotung peninsula, comprising
Port Arthur and Dalny.
The evacuation of the entire prov
ince of Manchuria.
The retrocession to China Of any
privileges Russia may have in the
province and the recognition by Rus
STA Of the principle OF the open door"
The cession to Japan Of the Chinese
Eastern railway below Hardin, the
main line through Northern Man
churia to Eladivostok to remain Rus
sian property.
The recognition Of the japanese pro-
tectorate over Korea.
The granting OF fishing rights to
Japan in the waters OF the Siberian
littoral northWard from Vladivostok
to the Behring sea.
The REIMBURSEMENT to Japan of the
Russian Warships interned in neutral
ports.
Limitation upon the naval strength
OF Russia in Far Eastern waters.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
WARNING TO CHINESE.
President Calls Attention Of ofHciaIs
to Treaty Of Commerce.

Shanghai, Aug. 1.-THE report Ia
current here that President Roosevelt
has Instructed Minister Rockhill to
warn the Chinese government that
the United States government will in
sist on the full observance of article
Is OF the Tientsin treaty of 1858.
Article Is of the Tientsin treaty
provides that lat each of the ports
open to commerce citizens of the Unit
ed States shall be permitted to import
from abroad and sell. purchase and
export all merchandise of which the
importation or expectation is not pro-
hibited by the laws of the empire"
The state department some days
ago directed the attention of Minister
Rockhill to this particular article, in
view Of the published reports that it
was the intention of those managing
the boycott against American goods to
interfere with the landing of Amer
ican goods and to prevent s~tevedores
from removing American goods from
vessels In Chinese ports.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
FIFTY DEAD OR HURT
LANDSLIDE ENTIRELY DESTROYS
INDIAN VILLAGE IN BRIT
ISH COLUMBIA.

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. IA ire.
mendous landslide has occurred about
half a mile west of Spencers Bridge,
near Ashcroft, B. c., sweeping the
waters of the Thompson river over
the entire Indian village, leaving moth.
ing but wreck in its path. The land.
slide caused a wave from ten to fiji
teen feet high, carrying the ferry and
all small boats before it. The mum
Der of dead and injured as a result of
the landslide is nearly fifty. There
were sixty Indians in the village when
the landslide occurred and not more
than a dozen escaped injury or death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Saturday., Aug. ~.

James Britt and Battling Nelson
have signed articles to fight twenty
live rounds at San Francisco for a
purse of 20,000.
Rear Admiral Andrew E. X. Ben
ham, retired, is dead at Lake Maho-
pao, N. Y. Admiral Benham was a
member Of the Schley court of in
quiry.
At Rock Island, ILL.,, August Deck
shot n killed his wife and commit
ted suicide. DeZck was forty-eight
years old and his wife was nineteen
years his Junior. Dezck had been
drinking heavily.
edward Drouin, formerly a wealthy
and influential merchant of Philadel-
phla, is dead at Peoria, III. Drouin
married the daughter of the late S.
n. thompson, a wealthy Wholesale
grocer OF Peoria, and inherited the en-
tire fortune, which has since been
lost.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Storm DESTROYS Crops.

The hail storm that occurred last
week covered much ore territory
than was at first supposed. 1t crossed
the line from Canada, north and a
little west of Souris, and Travelled
in a southeasterly course, a little
north of Souris, thence to Bottineau.
Omenee and east of Willow City. The
damage by hail was five miles wide
and at least forty miles long, and ex-
tended twenty miles farther east, with
less severity for about three miles
wide. The destruction of crops was
complete, and through a territory that
promises twenty-five bushels per acre
at least.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
RUSSIAN REPLY MADE.
Refuses to Discuss Indemnity or ces
sion of Sakhalin.

oiOn OF SdknaiIn.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 12.-The
Russian reply to the Japanese terms
delivered by NJ. Witte to Baron Ko-
mura declines to discuss two points
indemnity and cession of Sakhalin.
Others it accepts and still others it
accepts conditionally.
The reply is long, taking up the ON
ditions seriatim and setting forth the
reasons and arguments for the de-
cision reached in each case. The ar
gument against the payment of an in.
demnity or the cession of territory is
based or the general theory that Rus
STA is not responsible for the wal and
that as Russia is still prepared to
continue the struggle and has sought
this meeting not as a vanuuished
country begging for terms, out be-
cause she sincerely desires peace if
honorable peace is possible. There
fore, she could neither agree TO foot
Japan's bill for war expenses nor cede
territory. The argument can be fairly
stated as follows:
Russia is not vanquished. She has
suffered reverses, but she is not
obliged to accept peace at any cost.
She desires peace now as she ALWAYS
has, even before Japan opened hostili.
ties. That Russia did not cour or
want war was evident by the fact that
she was not prepared for it either ia a
military, naval or administrative
sense. Russia could possibly be prop.
erly accused of only one thing-of
heving gwen the occasion which
Japan was seeking and for which
Japan had been preparing for ten
fears to Wake war upon her. The
responsibility for the war. therefore
falls on Japan add not on Russia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Change of Venue Granted.

Major Murphy, through his lawyers,
Judge Lauder and Palda and E. l..
Sutton, presented an affidavit Of pref
udice before District Judge Goss at
Minot and asked a change OF venue
from Ward county. After the court
heard the arguments on both sides,
he granted a change of venue to Cass
county before Judge Pollock. The
majors counsel will ask the court to
change the venue to a county near to
Minot, so as not to inconvenience the
witnesses required in the case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
CLAIMS SHAVED By REFEREE
Decision in Case of France Against
Venezuela.

Mortified, Vt, Aug. 15.-Claims ag-
gregating 100000 francs held by the
French government against Venezuela,
have been decided by Referee Frank
Plumley OF this place. to whom they
had been referred for a decision and
final adjudication. Mr.. Plumley's de-
cision was announced here Monday to
representatives of the two govern
ments. Count Perrit de la Rocca and
DR.. Jose de j. Paul.
Eight cases involving claims of
10000, 900 francs against the govern
ment of Venezuela were submitted to
Mr.. Plumley. OF the eight cases two
were dismissed for var of equity and
one was disallowed.
The xac aggregate Of the claims
presented was S6,2l5,245. the total
amount awarded TO five claimants
$63G,212.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
FOLLOWED HIS WlFE's ADVICE.
intoxicated %Chicagoan Jumps Int
Lake Michigan.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Joseph Garron
returned home intoxicated and his
wife told him to jump into the lake
and drown himself. All right said
Garron, Il will do just that" He did,
and though he was alive when taken
from the water he died in the hos
pltal two hours later. In the pocket
OF his Goa the coroner found this
note:
This is to certify that my wife,
Maggie Garron, told me to leave the
house and 90 to the lake and drown
myself, Goodbye and God forgive
her"
Mrs. Garron became h%ysterical when
informed of her husbands act and
hurried to the hospital, but she ar,
rived a few minutes after his death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Falls Through Ice crevasse.

Imprisoned for two hours in an ice
tomb in the Sperry glacier, north Of
Lake Mcdonald. in Northern Montana,
after falling through a that
had been weakened by the extremely
hot weather, was the terrible expe-
rience of Mrs. A. M. Burt of James
town, N. d. She was a member of a
party of s%ightseers from the Montana
biological station at Big Fork, who
were crossing the glacier. Mrs. Burt
was rescued by ropes after hard work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Wheat outstrippinq Rust.

The indications are that in the race
for maturity and the struggle for the
possession of the fields, the wheat
plant of North Dakota is outstripping
the black rust SO far that the latter
will be distanced. In the southern
part of the state wheat cutting has
already begun. ln>the north, a few
fields OF barley are cut. and by the
latter part of the week barley harvest
will be well under way. Wheat all
over the state is approaching maturity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
SAVED BY HIS AIDE-DE-cAMP.
Attempt to Assassinate President OF
Argentine Republic.

Washington, Aug. IL. = Minister
Beaupre, at Buenos Ayres, cables the
state department that a laborer named
Blanas Vicello attempted to assas-
sinate President Manuel Q%uintana as
the presidents carriage vas passing
Retro park. The assailant rushed
from behind a monument with a re-
volveT in his hand, but the presidents
aide-de-camp threw himself from the
carriage on the assailant,
cred him and prevented him from
shooting. The man was arrested. He
is supposed to be insane.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. l4.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, s5.25M6.O0; poor to me-
dunn. $3.sO@5.00; stockers and feed
ers, $2.25@4.25; COWS and h~eifers, So
25N4.50; calves, $3OO@6.5O. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, s5.90mG42H;
good to choice heavy, s6.l5@6.4O;
light, sG.1o@6.45. Sheep-Good to
choice wethers, $4.70@5.00: Western
sheep, $4.O0@ 500; native lambs, $5.25
Oils: Western, $6.0O@7.15.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. Notwithstanding,
8OAc: Sept. 81 " @81Ac; Dec, s2Mc;
May, 85Mc. Corn-Sept., 52Mc; Dec.
44Bc; May, 44A @44&c. Oats-Aug..
25Mc; Sept, 25Ac; Dec. 2GMc; May,
28B W2SAc. Pork-Sept., Sl4.27h;
Oct, $14,32k. Flax--Cash, North
western. $1.16; Southwestern. $l.O6.
Butter-Creameries, l7@20c; dairies,
l6@lsc Eggs-l2h 015hc. Poultry
Turkeys. l4@15c; chickens. lie;
springs, l3kc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17

Forest Fires Raging in Mountains
Near Nelson, 3. C.

Nelson, B. c.. Aug. 12.-Forest fires
are raging in the low lying woods
along the south bank of the Kootenay
river, three miles below Nelson, and
for a stretch of four miles the hillside
is aflame. The many scattered
ranches are in grave danger. At Ymir,
twelve miles south Of here, the whole
Of Jubilee mountain is on fire. The
buildings OF the Dundee mine have
been destroyed and the Ymir mine is
cut off by the destruction of the
wagon roads. Several men are known
to be in the mountains. Their fate is
unknown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Husband and Wife Drowned.

South Glastonbury, Conn, Aug. IA.
While trying to save his wife from
drowning in the Connecticut river,
Columbo Serrias became the victim of
her death grip, and before he could
break his wife's hold they both sank
to the bottom.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Pharmacists Elect oHicere

The members of the North Dakota
Pharmaceutical association went from
Fargo to Detroit for a picnic and ex.
curslon last week. The new officers
are; H.. n. Bateman. Cooperstown.
president; F.. N. Leiby, Glendale, vice
president; w. S. Parker, Lisbon, secre-
tary and treasurer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Earl kieer May Recover.

Cleveland, Aug. l4.-Earl Kiser,
the automobile racer who lost his left
leg as the result of an accident to his
machine at the Chenille race track
here Saturday Is resting comfortably
at the hospital and is expected to re-
cover.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Nicholas steinkamp Found Guilty OF
Manslaughter and the Penalty
Fixed at Six and One-HaIf
Years in Prison,

After being out all night the jury
at Fargo late last week brought In a
verdict of m~anslaughter In the case
of Nicholas Steinkamp, charged with
the murder Of Charles Dolman. They
fixed the penalty at six and one-half
years In the penitentiary. Steinkamp
stabbed Dolman to death and claimed
s~elf-defense. Trouble arouse over
their attention to the same woman.
Dolman was a driver of a beer wa
gon. Steinkamp had been under ar
rest for petty %offenses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Will Bring Suit for Taxes.

States Attorney Barnett announces
that the assessment of the county
board OF equalization, $40, 900 on the
Fargo street railway, will be spread
on the books, and suit brought to re-
cover the taxes when due, to test the
constitutionality of the Hanna amend
ment to the equalization laws. The
state board ignored the county's as
sessment, and made one Of only s15,-
900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Aug. 14.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.50@5.O0; common to
fair, $3.75@4.25; good to choice cows
and heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $2.0O@,
5.25. Hogs-s5.70@6.2O. Sheep-Year-
lings, S4.5G@5.75; good to choice ma
tive lambs. So. 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 14.-Wheat-On track
No. l Northern. SLOT; No. 2 North
ern, $50, Sept. (old), SAC; Sept.
new, S0Ac. Fax-To arrive, $1.2O;
on track, s1.48; Aug, s1.2O; Sept,
$1.l5k; Dec, $1.12k.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Cause Of the Disaster.

SdoSC VI IN
Cleveland, Aug. IA fast east
bound passenger train on the Nickel
Plate road collided with a westbound
freight train at kishman, o., near
Vermillion. resulting in the death of
twelve persons, while at least twenty
five others were injured, eight of
whom will probably die.
The wreck, according to the officials
of the company, was caused by a
misunderstanding of orders Or neglect
to obey them on the part of the crew
of the freight train.
Aside from the engineer the men
killed on the passenger train were
all riding in the smoking car at the
head Of the train and were mostly
foreign laborers in the employ OF the
Standard OIL company on their way
from Fort Seneca, o., to Brookt1eld,
O., in charge Of a foreman.
When the trains came together al
most everybody In the smoker was
doing. The sudden jar hurled them
out of their seats into the aisle and
threw several persons to the roof and
sides of the car, which seemed all at
once to crush in like a paper bag,
pdnaing down each passenger in the
position in which he had been caught.
The passengers in the second car
escaped more easily, as there the vio-
lepce of the impact was not so severe,
although few got off without cuts,
bruises, sprains or broken bones. The
two rear cars were sleepers and they
withstood the shock without suffering
serious harm. No passenger in the
s%leepers was injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Robbed Hotel.

The Fisher hotel at VeIva was en-.
tered by burglars and $500 was ex-
tracted from the safe in the Office
Marshal Iceberg Is In pursuit. He
has traced the robbers AZ far IA BAL.
four.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
INJURIES MAY PROVE FATAL.
Walter S. Pullman Thrown From
Buggy at San Mateo, Cal.

San Mateo, Cal, Aug. 14.-Walter
S. Pullman, son of the late George
M. Pullman, was thrown from a buggy
while driving and sustained injuries
from which he may die. There ia a
severe injury to the jaw and another
on the upper portion of the head, but
his physician has not yet been able
to determine whether he is suffering
from conclusion Of the brain or has
had his skull fractured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Illinois Man Killed by Train.

Charles kadel of Bloomington, ILL.,.
was killed by a train in the 500 wards
at Harvey. He had used the track
Tor a bed, and a low break-beam
struck him in the breast, crushing
him to death. The remains were iden,
tilted by a farmer and were sent to
his home for burial. No inquest was
held.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
MARKET
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. l4.-Wheat-
Sept. S4@s4Ac; Dec, S2%@S2hc;
May, $500. On track-No. l hard,
$1.09; No. l Northern, $1.07@1.O8;
No. 2 Northern, S1.O6@1.O7.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
SUCCEEDS DANIEL LAMONT.
j. N. Hill Elected Vice President of
the Northern Pacific.

New York. Aug. Sit was an
pounced at the office Of the Northern
Pacific Railway company in this city
during the day that j. N. Hill, son Of
James J. Hill, had been elected vice
president of the Northern Pacific Rail.
way company to succeed the late Dan.
iel S. Lamont.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Russian Soldiers seif.Mutilated.

Hardin. Aug. 15-Among the sol.
diers medically treated here, 1900
were found to be self-mutilated on the
first fingers of the right hand.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
Monday, AUD. Il.

At Brest, France, an American girl.
Miss Dulap Hunt, was dapwned while
bathing Sunday.
At Newark, N. j., John Simmons
plpebending works were burned Sum
day night. Loss, over 500, 900.
The Hercules gas engine works at
San Francisco were destroyed by fire
sunday. Loss, between $15O,OOO and
100000.
John Z. Gilbert of Chicago, a maya
Zlne artist, was drowned at Corey
lake resort, ten miles west of Three
Rivers, Mich, Sunday.
AT Vancouver, B. c., Sunday. Funp
Sing killed Fung Cling, fatally
wounded the latter's son and then
ended his own life. All were Chinese
merchants.
1he exports of manufacturers in tho
nscal year just ended were the great.
est on record, amounting to s54S 62o
29', as compared with $%452,415.921 in
the preceding year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-17
SETTLE MINOR POINTS
FIRST THREE ARTICLES IN THE
RusSo,JAPANESE TREATY OF
PEACE AGREED TO.

Obligatory and Russia Acquiesces
in Demand to Cede Chinese Eastern
Railroad to China.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 15.-Al-
though very rapid progress was made
in the peace negotiations Monday,
three OF the twelve articles which con-
stitute the japanese conditions of
peace having been agreed to by Nj.
White and Baron Rosen on behalf of
Russia, neither of the two articles to
which NJ. White in his reply returned
an absolute negative was reached.
The crisis, therefore, is still to come.
1t may be reached during the day, as
the cession Of Sakhalin ONE fifth in
the list. The three articles, as they
are officially designated in the brief
communications authorized to be
given to the press, which were dis
posed of Monday. are in substance as
follows:
First-Russia's recognition of ia
pans ''preponderating influence and
special position in Korea, which Rus
sia henceforth agrees is outside of her
sphere of influence. Japan binding
herself to recognize the sovereignty
of the reigning faipily, hut with the
right to give advice ahd assistance to
improve the civil administration of
the empire.
secopd-Mutual obligation to evac-
uate Mauchuria. each to surrender all
special priyileges in that province,
mutlal OBLIGATION to respect the ter
ritoilal integFty" of China and to
mafhtafh the principle of equal OPP
p~ortuufty for the commerce apd in
dustry Of ell nations in that pr3vince
(open doof).
Third-The cession to China of the
Chinese Eastern railroad from Hardin
southwark.