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PEACE ENVOYS BEGIN WORI Japanese and Russian Plenipo teotiaries Meet at Portsmonth, N, H,, Na?y Yard. > PRESENTATION GEREMONiE Both Parties Wildly Cheered l>y tl Crowds?Democratic Attitude cf tl .Foreigners In Their Contact Wit Strangers Admired by the Throngs Buffet Luncheon Served In the Bullc Ins?Admiral M?? le and Got. McLai Welcome the Official*? Credentials < the Ambassadors .Exchanged at Fir Kagular Meeting?Japs ana Itasslan a/iuv iq ruuxic auu ox tut aon Wont worth. Portsmouth, X. H.?With impressiv ceremonial incident to tbe bestowt of full ambassadorial honors II. Witti senior envoy of the Emperor of Ru: sia, and Baron Komura, senior envo of the Emperor of Japan, were we corned to the Portsmouth Navy Yarc THE GENERAL STORES BUILD Yi (fVhere the Russian and Japanese Pe< mee and conducted to the conference hall .where they will discuss the moment ous question of peace. Baron Komura, with liinister Taka liira, received an equally hearty greet ing, and responded as graciously at th Court House, where the crowd hai massed in anticipation of the arriva of the envoys. Governor Join McLane and his staff, in gilt lace had already reached the Court House and were awaiting the arrival of th< envoys. \yhen the envoys arrived.they wen taken to the main courtroom on th< second floor, which was elaborate]; lecorated for the occasion. The Gov ornor then made his speech of we] come and. after handshaking al round, the formal festivities of the da; were at an end. The envoys wer subsequently taken in automobiles t the Hotel Wentworth, where elabor ate apartments had been reserved fo them. At Tlielr Hotel. ' Instead of keeping to their rooms, a it was expected the plenipotentiarie A ~ IJ n ?, % ,1 T..nn n./U.A mit< liked America because of the bett opportunities i; afforded. Jap Force Lands at Port I:nperat< A Japanese force has been landat Tort Imperator, 130 uiilss south Castries Bay. wuuiu uu, rwu^siciii ?u:u iiupauror iuu gled freely among the guests, strollin ubout the verandas, chatting voiubl and acting generally in a care-fre manner, as though the entire war "ha been settled." Right off the lobby, in the publi bil'iard room. Baron Rosen and M. D M&ertens, of the Russian Legation, ei gaged in a friendly game, with K witte as a spectator. Two Japanes correspondents gave close attention t the game. Baron Komura. worn out by the day exertions, kept to his apartments, an Mr. Takahira was seen about the hot< but once, but the other members c their suites were much in evidence. The first day of the actual Russ< Japanese peace conference, which tl world is hoping will result in tli "Peace of Portsmouth." broke wari and fair. At 9.30 o'clock the tw senior ambassadors caused Third A sistant Secretary of State Poire? to t notified that they were ready to stai for thp n.ivv vard. and at 10.30 tl two peace missions were in the squai red brick naval stores building, whici meagre as it is from an architectur: lioint of view, is in many respects tl most interesting structure in esisteuc to-day. Credential# Exchanged. By 11 o'clock the conference had b gran. Soon after the plenipotentiaries ei tered the Navy General Store it w; learned that M. Witte and Baron Iv mura had exchanged compliments, t! latter using Mr. Honda as interpretc Lost School Teacher Found. Miss Mary A. Tucker, the Pro\ Uence (R. I.) school teacher who di appeared from a camp in New Ham shire on July 2o. was found in tl Maine woods, emaciated and on semi-conscious. Chentung Liang-Cbong Sees Preside! Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng calied Oyster Bay. N. Y.. to explain to tl President why his Government desin to purchase J. P. Morgan's Hanko Railroad concession. Jap Praises Russians. An officer of Japan's naval staff. Tokio. wrote in praise of the hero:s of some of the Russians in the bati of Japan Sea. Russians in Boston Meet Witte. Russian Jews in Boston. Mass.. wi whom Witte conversed, told bim th as neither Baron Komura nor Mr. Tnk;iliira are very familiar with Freucli. while M. Witte, although understanding English in reading, cannot speak (it. Immediately after this formality the envoys proceeded to the exchange of their credentials. The departure of iwth missions from the Hotel Wentworth was made grave, ly. It was as if the envoys were talc. iug part in some solemn rite. M. Witte's face was even graver |- than usual. He walked slowly and, apparently, with some difficulty from the Wentworth porte cochere to the automobile, and. as a ripple of applause reached his ears from the veranda. slowly and solemnly raised his hat and bowedBaron Rosen seated himself next to the senior plenipotentiary and a secret service man took his place with the chauffeur The members of the RusSsian suite then tiled out and entered the automobiles set apart for their use. While the Russians were departing from the aunex in which they were quartered. Baron Komura and his suite were leaving the main wiug of tbe hotel. The departure of the .Tapani? ese was characterized principally by lt> businesslike agility. Their dignity was lrreproacuaoie, out mere was none oc the Russian .-adness in their bearing. ? Baron Komura, small and wizened, I. and Minister Takahira, equally abbreie viated in stature but broad of shoulder, took the places of honor. Mr. Sato and the others followed in the next convey8t ance. t? Before leaving the hotel Mr "Sato Bl courteously decline<l to discuss the peace conference in any way. He greeted the correspondents pleasantly, but q gave abundant evidence that he could . keep silence as well as talk. After the plenipotentiaries had started for the navy yard Mr. Honda, private 5- secretary to Baron Koniura. went to j y the apartments of the Russian mission, where he was met in the reception room by M. Shipoff, M. de Plancon, M. ' I. Batcheff and M. Berg. Mr. Honda ( ? * IXG. PORTSMOUTH (N. H.) NAVY 1 IRD. 1 ice (Commissioners are holding tlieir ( tings.) l ? t I. said the object of his visit was to dis- J euss the best programme for the ex- = change of cards by the members of * the two missions. The short conver- J " sation 'which followed was very cor- c dial, and it was decided that the cards c ? should either be left at the office or j that a secretary from each side should ? convey them direct to the respective j J1 apartments and there be formally re- ! ceived. It is noticeable that with each day B the members of the two missions are j fraternizing, more easily, and it is no ? longer a subject fqr comment when a ( s Russian and a Japanese are seen talk- \ 7 ing together. : [j Extraordinary Precautions. * Extraordinary precautions have been ' 7 taken to exclude from the navy yard j ? every person not connected with the Government service. While the eon- ( BA30N KOMUBA, 8ENIOE JAPANESE PEACE ' ie ENVOY. 1 11 o fcrenee is in progress the workmen '< s- must have passes in order to enter, and >e the 130 marines on duty at the l'pser- i rt ration have been pressed into guard i le duty. *e Assistant Secretary Peirce stated boll. fore the envoys left the Wentwortli j 1 il t!mt them wnnlrl lip Iittlp eeremonv in I 1 io opening the first actual session, . o "I shall conduct the envoys through I the offices set apart for th-ir respec- i tive use." said he, "and wish them all good fortune in their deliberations. I c- shall then retire to another portion c? the building and the missions will be- i [l- gin their deliberations." is The ambassadors will" remain in the o- building until each session is adie journal. A restaurant has been iur, stalled in the conference hall, and if Mrs. Macicay Now a Commissioner, j. Mrs. Clarence Mackay made heis. debut as a School Commissioner of p. Eoslyn. L. I. 10 ly Czar's Council Approves of Assembly. The plan for a national assembly was approved by the Council at Peterhof. Russia. at ??????? He Secretary Shaw Speaks to Assembly. ?d Secretary Shaw addressed the State w Republican Convention ar Roanoke, j Va. . Newsy Gleanings. Tim Trill in.ike n tonr of ! tie the South in October. Th-* Empress Downier of China has built herself a tomb which cost $5,000.000. th j Japan has secured the opening of the ey | Korean port of Yougampho to foreign ;er j trade. The first American tuberculosis exhibition -will be held in New York in >r. November. ed The sea canal from Cronstadt to St. of Petersburg is to be deepsned to twentvj tight feet. I080KEN PIERS BURNED elaware and Lackawanna Railroad Station Destroyed by Fire. 'JKE'S HOTEL ALSO DEMOLISHED lumen liroko.Out on Ferrjbo*t Hopatcong VFhilo In Her Slip, and the Entire Terminal Was Soon Afire?One Hundred Cam Ruined?Kutimated Lous Over ;i Million and a Half Dollard. New York City.?A disastrous fire any session is a Ions on& tlio envoys' [ wants will bp amply provided for. & It is highly /improbable that mor? tlian two or three sessions will bo held cach week. Although the envoys have plenary powers, they will submit even; n proposition to their home Government before acting upon it. This will necessitate the delay of cabling and re ceiving a reply. But delays will prob ably not be unwelcome at times to tbf negotiators. n It has been arranged that the hours of the conference each day ilia 11 be f: t. UEBOICfl WITTE, SENIOR RUSSIAN PEACE tl ENYOT. ai 'rom 9.30 o'clock to noon, and from 0 s' -ill 5.30 or a o'clork. e< The Russian plenipotentiaries. rbrough M. Nabokoff, who assisted at " :his"meeting as' secretary, issued tbe * Allowing official statement: D: f"The first meeting took place this norning. M. Witte. Baron Rosen. Ba- 0 on Komura, Mr. Takahira. and a sec- c! :etary on each side participated. The , ?j jrogram of the following meetings has 11 jeen fixed so far as the form, is con:erned. The meetings will be twice a lay, in the morning and in the after- e< ioou, after 3. .. "Information will be given to the jress after being agreed upon by both ^ jides. The records of the proceedings K md all of the documents will be com- ? )iled both in English and in French. " rhe French text (fera foi) will be ac- ^ :epted in evidence in case of dispute." Baron Komura, in accordance with ^ :he agreement, has chosen Mr. Sato, V Vlr. Adachi and jMr. Otchiai to partici- -?1 )ate daily in the conference as the offi- 11 ,'ial secretaries of himself and Mr. c' rakahira. The envoys traveled to and from the lavy yard in motor cars, and will con:inue to do so while the conference is n session. g All kinds of rumors were afloat as to t< :he cause of the quick return of the ti invoys to the hotel, conflicting state*. J nents were made concerning the mis- S( :ake over the credentials, and a num- t< >er of persons were afraid that the ne- ft rotiations had been abruptly broken )fif. Later the Russian secretary, M. vorostovtz, explained the matter ;l<early and the misunderstanding was ileared up. A good deal of attention was attracted by the fact that the Russians dined ^ n a room up stairs bj- themselves in he eveninr instead of takincr the meal si a tlie large diniug room as tliey did E )efore. One explanation is that the Russians like to smoke at the table. ei :t has been noticeable that outside the ;onference the Russian-and Japanese c] )fflcials have not mingled together. Che Japanese stroll freely about the tl lotel and converse affably with any t( me who approaches them; the Rus- E iians keep to their rooms in the annex, ind are rarely seen in the main build- E ng. ? In the evening the amenities were ob- 1 served by the general exchange of 13 :ards, M. Witte, Baron Rosen and heir suite sending theirs through the Cl lotel office, while the cards of the Jap- a uiese mission were left at the doors of c' the members of the Russian mission 13 )y a little Japanese messenger boy. Commanders Winslow and Gibbons n madp thpir nffiniiil nulla unnn flm rrx-n S missions late in the afternoon. 0 The Japanese and the Russian news- v laper correspondents have broken the ce and have begun to fraternize. u Meanwhile life at the Hotel Went- s svorth is unusually gay. Not outside ^ )f a European capital does one often T ind so cosmopolitan a gathering as that which furnishes the setting to his momentous peace conference. n Gathered under the roof of the big ambling summer hotel is a representa- 0 tive of almost every nationality. o The great dining hall at night pres?nted a striking scene. At one end ^ if the spacious hall a long table, with fi :overs laid for seventeen persons, was * occupied by M. Witte and his suite. c A.t a similar table, with the same num- A ber of covers, placed nearer the eutrance, sat Baron Komura and his as- 1 sociates. t The two parties were separated by b a distance of about thirty feet, with many tables intervening. t The Japanese* entered the dining hall I first, walking in orderly disorder. Bar- f m Komura and Minister Takahira in s the van. When all had gathered about i tii? board the chairs were drawn and v the party seated itself almost as one s a?an. At the Iiend of the table sat Baron t Komura. Ills short stature making it c tneessary for him to stretch out his j o elbows. J t Big Strike at Riga. t Twenty thousand men went on strike f at Riga. Russia, and there was much t disorder in the city. c President Harper to Resign. Dr. Harper, president of the Chicago University, has decided to resign, it was reported in Chicago, 111., because of his health. General Emmons Clark, for twentytive years Colonel of the Seventh Regiment, died at eighty-seveu years, at his home in New York City. I Many persons <vere reported killed ? or wounded in a fi^ht between Cos* 1 sacks and Jews at Zhitomir. 1 With the Toilers. I A number of drivers' helpers, em-, ( ployed by the American Ice Company^ went on strike. The bakers' strike at Warsaw, Poland. is the causo almost daily of murders and other "excesses. Four thousand workmen in the Warsaw Iron Works and 5000 in the Doin- < browa Steel Works struck. Tb* strike of millmen at Aberdeen,' Wash., has been settled by the grant] in? of the conditions asked by thrj unions. :arted ou the ferryboat Hopatcong, f the Lackawanna Railroad line, at er Hoboken pier at 11 o'clock at igbt. Almost in a flash two other ;rryboats were ablaze. The. railroad waiting rooms and ?rry stations flared up. They were estroyed. and with them went more uui 100 of the Lackawanna Rail)ad's cars. Most of them were pas?nger cars. The loss of property to the railroad ; estimated at not less than $1,500,000. 11 of this was lost in about forty linutes. The fire was under control t midnight.* With the station went Duke's Hotel, hich stood opposite the railroad lidding in Hudson place. It was one F the best-known hotels in New Jer?y and had an interesting history. Of the three ferryboats belonging to le Lackawanna Road, one, the Hoptcong, on board of which the fire arted. was burned to the water's iffe after having been towed to the ats off Weehawken. The other two, le Montclair and the Binghamtou, :efe taken out of their docks, but were adlv burned. The fire started shortly before 11 clock on board the feryboat Hopat3?g, which had been out of commison for some time and which was ed up in its slip on the north side of le Lackawanna Station. Nobody knew iat night just how the fire was start1 4 Some of the cw?w were aboard at le time. All of them were saved, nd nobody was injured but Charles :obinson, who returned to the boat fter the fire was well under way. te barely escappd with his life, and as badly burned. iue iKrrjuu.ii ;vi uscoiimcuug, luaueu ith several hundred passengers, was ?ported to have had a narrow escape, ist backing out and missing the burnlg Hopatcong. before the latter was lit out and taken into the river. Jer?ey City Helped. As soon as the fire was discovered a eneral alarm was sent out. bringing ) the spot the six engines and all the "ueks of the Hoboken Department, layor Lankering telephoned to Jev?y City headquarters and in response ) his call for help three engines were t oncc dispatched to the fire. x^arly in the morning the Mayor said Liat but for that timely assistance rom the sister city the ruin wrought y the fire would have 1 **n many mes greater, embracing probably both ie JW.amburg-American and North rermaii Lloyd properties. The outbreak of the fire was also a ignal for a call of the employes of the [amburg-American Line to their staons, assigned to them for just su?h mergencies. A prominent part in ghting the flames was played by the rew of the liner Bulgaria. The fireboats Abr.nn S. Hewitt and ae McClellan, of New York City, went ) the assistance of the Hoboken Fire >epartment. Only a watchman was aboard the [opatcong when the fire began. He ave the alarm and then ran away, 'he flames were leaping out of the oiler room when the men in the staion reached the boat. Before they ould stretch a line of boss the fire nad ssumed dimensions which made it lear that the boat could not be saved, 'he station, too, was afire. The Honatcoiisr was thpn set adrift. nd for some time it floated down tream. Soon a dozen tugs got bold f lier and turned her northward. She as than one mass of flames from row to stern. The tugs kept her in lidstream till the Jersey flats, oppoite Forty-second street, were reached, "here she was left to burn down to the rater's edge. From the boats the flames leaped at rst to the high pilings of the slips nd the wooden station structure coniiining the waiting rooms and the ffices. Everything near the place was f wood, and old wood at that. *It was eked up by the flames as if it had >een no much straw. Within twentyve minutes of the discovery of the fire lie high tower surmounting the statinn ollapsed with a crash, which sent tjie lames hundreds of foot into the air. That was the time when Duke's Tote!, already threatened some time, oolc fir?. In a few seconds the entire lotel structure was ablaze. The entire ferry and train service of he Lackawanna was disorganized, lundreds of passengers wore deposited roin trains half a mile back from tin* ite of the wrecked station, and pressiig forward, joined the throngs that ver? watching the fire from every posible vantage point. The Lackawanna management, when he fire was burning, sent urgent or[ers along its lines as far as Scranton ordering all mechanics to Hoboken. Vn attempt will be made at once to mild a temporary waiting room, but he destruction of the spiling in the erry slips will make it a long and hard ask to restore anything like normal ;o::ditions. _ .Morgan Calls on President. -~.TT^*iprpont~ Morgan called on Presilent Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay. X. Y.. o discuss the affairs of the Hankow Railroad in China, which is controlled iy Mr. Morgan and which the Chinese government wishes to buy for $7,000,)00. Sinperor William Backs Prince Charles Emperor William has promised to support Prince Charles of Denmark ivho desires th? throne of Norway, ii ivas reported in Berlin. Insurance Inquiry at Chicago. Insurance officials of four Western States, who mot at Chicago, 111., decid 3d to begin an investigation of three N'ew York life insurance companies. Russia to Issue New Loan. The Russian Government, it was an nounced in St. Petersburg, has decided to issue another internal loan of $100,000,000. Russians Bombard Cretan Village. A Russian warship bombarded a vii luge in Crete, when? a thousaud IcfUr 2ftQtS bad rnliart-aJ. I i BANNER YEAR FOR FARMS I J I ! Biggest Crop of Grain in the History of the Country Predicts. Enormoui Wheat Yield?Price*, Too, It . in Relieved Will Be Un? unually Hljli. i j Chicago. III.7-America 11 farms wM j produce lugger and belter crops and j return more millions in revenue to the farming interests this year ihan ever before in the history of the country. Ali kinds of crops?wheat, corn, oats, hay and smaller grain and produce : staples?have progressed to the stage where this prediction may be made with scarcely the slightest chance that [tlie filial' official figures will-disprove its correctness. Railroad officials and statisticians of agricultural departments in the various States of the grain producing region give their personal and official guar- 1 antee that the year 1!X)3 is to be the banner year in farm prosperity. If there is a dissenting voice anywhere it is drowned out by the clamor of optimism that comes from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, the far Southwest, the Pacific coast and the wonderful spring wheat crop of the Northwest. Possibly one wheat crop?that of 1901?will exceed that of 1905. In 1901 the crop aggregated 748,000,000 bushels. It looks now as if the corn crop would exceed by p. large margin that of 1902, when 2,324,000 was produced. T<- ic wlion nna takos tllA whpnl' POt'n. oats and hay crop together and contemplates what the grand total of this year of grace is to be that the story becomes au inspiring one. There never before was iuch a celebratiou of stunning figures needed to express the tribute of the nation's horn of plenty. Quite as much to the point, if not even more, in casting up the ledger of prosperity, is the prospect that prices, compared with the hugeness of the production, will b? higher than they have been since war times. An estimate of total values of farm products, i based on present market quotations, would present an array of figures that would be staggering. Superlatives are in oruer uu niung me hub iu ujuixi; me situation sufficiently impressive. If this general survey be extravagant practically every shrewd railroad crop inspector and every State statistician will have been discredited. There is a ' singular unanimity of opinion among those calculators best Qualified to speak of conditions and prospects. But a close range inspection of corn fields, of winter wheat fields from the thresher of the general conditions prevailing in the spring wheat territory justify the flattering comments that are made. Beginning with Indiana, moving ovei into Illinois, then to Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, one finds the same bright ray of promise everywhere in the cornfields. Sturdy of stock, large of ear and plump of grain, there seems no possible weather contingency that could prevent a mammoth harvest of this grain. According to figures emanating from State capitals, 370,000,000 bushels mort of corn will be raised this year than last in the Stntes of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska. Michigan. Minnesota, .Missouri, i\orm uanuia, South Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The entire crop of corn last year, taking official Government figures, was 2,407,000,000 bushels. The record crop of all years was 2,523,000,000 bushels, in 1902. Hence, if the other States of the Union do anywhere near as well proportionately as the twelve mentioned, this year's com'yield will tower high above that of other years. These same twelve States are expected to produce 114.000,000 bushels more wheat than they did a year ago. Of the winter wheat States, Indiana. Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Nebraska and Missouri make a fine showing in increases. Enough of the crop has been gathered aud threshed in good order to make these figures semi-final. With black rust made practically innocuous in the spring wheat country by favorable weather conditions, with the harvest already on in a large part of the area and with a larger acreage than last year from which to draw, the figures submitted for prospects in the Northwest are not apparently overdrawn. "The yield of corn promises to be greater than that of any previous year," says E. W. McKenna, assistant to A. J. Earling, President of the St. Paul road. "It is certain to mature be fore frost. Spring wheat in our territory is in fine shape." "South Dakota has the best crop of wheat it ever produced." said W. D. nMMi!ttAn CimorirtfAnilanf rtt ?^aiuiiiu:i. ucnciai uui<ciiuiv.?u>.ut the Northwestern, after an extended tour just completed. "Iowa has the best corn crop and Minnesota tbe besl spring wheat crop in ten years." E. P. Ripley. President of the Santa Fe. says: "There never was such a corn crop. We figure Sn.000,000 bushels of wheat for Kansas. It is the tirst time in the history of the West when the corn, wheat, oats and forage crops are all good." Mr. Biddle, Superintendent of the Rock Island, and Oeorge H. Crosby Freight Traffic Manager of the Burling ton, agree that they cntinot recall r time when all crop conditions were so favorable. More Plans For Russian Assembly. Another council to discuss the plans for a national assembly was held a* Peterhof, Russia. African Uprisings Continue. A native uprising was reported from German East Africa, which lias hitii j erto been quiet. Tons TTrfp Russians to Quit. The Japanese were reported to be throwing proclamations into the Russian lines in Manchuria urging the I troops, on account of the nearness of , peace, not to waste iheir lives in roc. onnoissances. For Russo-American Alliance. v' nf St\ Ppfvl'A 1 I L IIU WV>Uw T1CUIJU, v?v. fc/%. ? , I burg. Russia, reprints an article writ I ten by Alexander Hertzen in 1S:>? ' strongly urging an alliance with rhe United States. The Field of Sports. Seventy-first Regiment's marksmen . j Avon the Cruikshank trophy at Creed , ! moor. L. I. Philadelphia cricketers defeated th Marylebones, of England, by a margit o? sixty-one runs. Locanda won the 2.04 pacing race ai ' Detroit, Mich., making the fastest mite of the year. 2.0o. Miss. Annette Keilerman and Ed ward Heaton failed in trying to swiii the English Channel. John Sanfonl's Caughnawaga wo& . j the Saratoga Handicap, with Water* I light second and Beldame third. IINOR EMTSOF THE WEEK WASHINGTON. Dr. Salmon, cliief of a Department of Agriculture bureau, admitted partnership with a man who got a eontract to furnish labels to the Government. Secretary Wilson gave up his vacation and will stay in Washington all through the investigation of the Department of Agriculture. Government reports showed that an Increase of more than ."51.000,000 in. the iuternal revenues of this year over those of last. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Major General Corbin gav? a dinner in honor of Secretary Taft at Manila. Ten thousand men took part la a parade which was held in ihe morniUg.' Secretary Taft and his party arrived !n \Tq n ilo nti tltt* ctanuipr \fil llfhlirlfl in the morning. Their arrival was made the occasion of a gorgeous water pageant. Exportation from the Philippine Islands of the dried kernel of the cocoaout. known as copra, is shown by the recent Philippine census to be steadily increasing. DOMESTIC. It was announced unofficially, but from an authoritative source, that Governor La Toilette will relinquish the office of Governor early In September and go to Washington as United States Senator in October. In a disastrous boiler explosion near Del Rio, Cooke County, Tenn., four men were killed and seven -wounded. Their names were not reported. Italian railroad laborers on Pennsylvania improvements below Alexandria, Va., on leaving a work train for camp near Seminary Station got in* front of a.gravel train. Four were killed outright;.two fatally and several seriously injured. F. W. Vanderbilt gave a new million dollar dormitory to the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, at New Haven, Conn. Mock Duck and several other Chinese were held pending an investigation into the shooting of three Chinese in a Chinese theatre in. New York City. The Board of Aldermen of Paterson. N. J., voted to grant no franchises or incur any unusual liabilities until a new Mayor takes office on January I. Important law firms accepted service ?u behalf of Equitable directors in Attorney-General Mayer's suit. A new Herreshoff motdr boat attained a sneed of fortv miles an hour in a trinl on Long Island Sound. Mrs. John G. Carlisle died nt her summer home in West Islip, L. I. Mrs. J. Phelps Stokes' and *hree other women, wives of sumu residents of Greenwich, Conn., fo. med a bucket brigade and helped their husbands fight a fire at midnight. Israel Ludlow's air ship had a successful ascension in New York City, but the navigator became frightened antit slid to the ground. Engineer John Mooney saved ail on the Atlantic City Special but himself when his train ran into an open switch or obstruction on the trestle across Newark Bay, N. J. He and his engine plunged to the bottom of the bay. New York's cordial reception of TVitte surprised the Russians, who had been led to believe that Americans were prejudiced in favor of the Japanese. FOREIGN. A valuable treasure believed to be Roman or Ptolemaic, has been discovered near Takus, forty miles southwest of Port Said, Egypt. It includes a gold diadem, a crown, numerous bracelets and over one hundred gold coins. The Venezuelan Government 1ms placed an order in Genes, Italy, for six torpedo boats and one torpedo boat destroyer. The International Anatomical Congress at its first session in Geneva. Switzerland, accepted an invitation to meet in Boston, Mass., in 1907. 'ihe steamer Kite, returning from Itowsell's Harbor, Northern Labrador, reported sighting a ship Dear Makovick Bay, steaming north, believed tt> be the Peary steamer Roosevelt. All the railway warehouses, sheds, workshops and smaller government buildings at Novorossisk were set on fire. A fire which started In the freight sheds of the Ceiural Railway Statioh (Stazion di Termini) Rome, Italy, destroyed the main building and caused a loss estimated at $1,000,000 or more. A new Cabinet has been formed at The Hague,* with Prof. Van Hamel as Prime Minister. Jonkherr Van Swinderen, at present Minister at Washington. D. C., is Minister of Foreign Affairs. News received from Pc~t Arthur says that the former Russian cruiser Bayan would soon star; from that place under tow for Japan. The Venezuelan Federal Court of Cassation gave final judgment in the matter of proceedings against the French Cable Company, confirming the dissolution of the Government's contract with the corporation. A coalition ministry has been formed witit Herr Lundeburg, Vice-President of the first coambe? of the Riksdag and chairman of the special committee on negotiations with Norway, as Premier. The first instalments of a fund raised among the officers and soldiers in the field to rebuild the uavy, subscriptions having been opened after the battle of the Sea of Japan, have been received in St. Petersburg, Russia. Professor Hollander, special agent of President Roosevelt, said the claims against Santo Domingo are excessive. He estimated the foreign debt at $10.000. (XX). King Oscar o? Sweden, seeking rest and health, issued a proclamation at Stockholm, to the Swedish nation thanking it for its support. Three shots were tired without effect at M. Stoiypin. Governor of Saratoff Province in Russia. Cossacks killed thirty strikers in the Caucasus, and the disorders in Ekaterinoslav are spreading. Infante Fernando Mari.i Alfonso of Spain died at San Sebastian. A cable rrom London says the Privy Council has sustained the Chinese Government in its libel action for $430,000 against the Canadian Pacific Railway. Advocates of liberalism are apparently in control at Peterhof, thirtyfour clauses of the scheme for a national assembly having been passed by the council. The executive board of the English Cotton Masters' Federation decided to urge the members to resist the operatives' demand for an increase of wages. m - m SCORES BURIED IN DEBR Department Store of John G. Mve Co, of Albany, N?.Y,, Collapses*' f OVER 200 IN THE BUILDIh Actual Nambw of Deitd And Injared U Known ? Work of IUicue Projrcg* Tlapldly Immediately After the A? ?TwA?f? Am XC onf Sn Kellevlns the Sufferings of the Hurt Albany. N. T.?The roof and foi floors of the big department store < the John G. Myers Company fell wii a crash at 8.45 o'clock in the raomin three-quarters of an hour after tl store opened for business, and burl( scores of employes in tbe ruins. The store had beeu undergoing alt< ations. Following a short, fierce rai the whole centre and back of the ra and all floors above the ground flo fell ^th a crash, carryiug everythii in tlpir descent and leaving tbe si for i roof. < Those employes who were in the fir flAXAMfw i.KA 4-1. A OCVCUIJ'-ICCI Ul ?Uie DIUiC UU IUC iiv on Pearl street escaped, as the to and floors in that section of the b building did not collapse. The destrc tion was swift and fearful and < curred in a section of the buil&i where there were scores of employes Some of the male employes recelv< severe injuries because they rnsln down the fire escapes and deserted tl girls pinned in thj wreckage' witho making any attempt at rescue. Tb was not true of all the male clerk by any meqns, and several of the worked gafU&tly to h^lp their unfc tunate sisters. Nevertheless, one < the floorwalkers said: "Well, I ha1 a fine opinion of some of the men ei ployed in this place." Rohprf M_ niinlrhprs. rm* of tb<* mei bers of th^ firm, was caught on one the upper floors and carried down wl the debris. His position was disco ered early aud when rescued it w fonnd he had escaped with a took leg and a bruised "body. The police bad serious difficulty handling the crowds, and the work rescue was materially interfered wi in consequence. The whole city seem* to have flocked to tbe scene of the di aster, and business generally was su pended. Twenty-five doctors and tJ four ambulances frhich the city boas of were taxed to their utmost, ai trucks and cots from nearby furnitu stores were freely offered in the woi jf rescue. Rumors of all sorts regarding tl aumber of dead were current. The employes who escaped were : scattered that nowhere near a defini idea could be secured as to the numb buried under the fallen walls. It wj variously estimated. Those who were pinned beneath tl Jebris and who could be seen by tl ,'escuers evinced brave spirits. One of the giris said after the rc ;uers had sawed a large beam jvhh ;ested on her stomach: 'To afirigh aever mind me; there are others there; get them out. ? can talk. Th< ;an't." Many got out of the place I die James street fire escapes. All at the stores on the " lo?k we; turned into emergency hospitals, whe the injured awaited transportation the hospitals. As usual in department stores, tw thirds cf the 2.T0 employes are womei The news of the disaster spfei through the city rapidly, and the scei )f the catastrophe was quickly swari ng with anxious fathers, mothei orothers and sisters having relatir working in the store. The police 11m Qowerer, were rigidly enforced, ai ill efforts were devoted to carrying'ti iebris off the back main floor to 11 streets, in order that those caught the wreck might be saved alive. A score of clergymen hastened to t scene and every one had willing ban :o aid In the work of rescue. ? The whole centre and .Tames ?stre side of the big building from the ro 'o the main floor is a wreck. The Pearl street or former main buii ing seemed to have escaped the c apse. The Pearl street building hi ieen widened and deepened as t business of the concern grew, and would appear as though the back adi tions had collapsed. There were - few customers In t store, owing to the early hour. The weak underpinning of the floc| which were put in while the alteratloH were going on was responsible for tfl collapse. H When the searchers announced thfl belief that no more bodies were in tH ruins. Mayor Gaus called a meeting K the heads of the city departments, afl the following committee was select* to inquire into the cause of tho disas? and report where 10 place the blanH William A. Cattell. civil engineer. H New York City: William F. HanrahS contractor and builder, of Schenecta<H and John Magill, mason and contraH or. of Troy. The dead are: Miss Minnie C. BH man. Miss Katherine M. Cashm* Miss Grace B. Ebner, Michael -T-JTm eerald. Miss Wiunifred Kelly. FrariM P. Leonard. Miss Helen Malone, m| Mary M'Avoy. John E. Powers. MM Alice L. Sharp. Miss Theresa SpajH bauer. Miss Etta L. Snrinks and mH Anna Whitbeck, all of Albany. 9g Archbishop Succumbs to Fever. H Archbishop Chapelle died in New fl leans. La., from yellow fever. Bj King Edward Reviews Fleets, E| King Edward reviewed the FreiH and British fleets off Portsmouth, eH KILLED WOMAN HE STOLI^ Mitchell Shot Mrs. Rankin. vB Eloped With 3im, and Himself. H Waterbury, Vt.?James Mitchell sM and instantly killed Mrs. Mionie RH kin, after an argument with her atH home of John Rice, a farmer. J? Count Von Placen Kiied. 69 Among those killed in tho rail^M accident near Spremberg. GermaH was Co :nt Vou Plauen, heir co H Princedom of Reuss. SB FILIPINO PLOT FOILED. H Conspirators Planted io Send aud Munitions to Sarnar UebeisB Victoria. B. C.?The steamship KtH jaw a. from Houg Konjr. CbH brought uews of a plot there to 10,000 rifles aud 1,000,000 vouudsBj ammuuitiou to Sarnar and other pacitieJ districts of the Philippine^? Th? schema tv.is dis"over:>d and Hp filibusters went in hidiui,'. H Yellow Fever Epidemic Sprendi^B Yellow fever spread to the resiJer^l section of New Orleans. La. m i