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PEACE ENVOYS
BEGIN WORI
Japanese and Russian Plenipo
teotiaries Meet at Portsmonth,
N, H,, Na?y Yard.
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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 (
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IXG. PORTSMOUTH (N. H.) NAVY 1
IRD. 1
ice (Commissioners are holding tlieir (
tings.) l
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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
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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
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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
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! 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.
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SCORES BURIED IN DEBR
Department Store of John G. Mve
Co, of Albany, N?.Y,, Collapses*'
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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.
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