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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1905.
EIGHTEEN fifiE DEAD
Colorado Flood's Victims Grow
in Number.
TWELVE HOUSES WRECKED
Torrent Swept Them Away "With All
Their Occupants, and Families
Are Destitute Six Bodies
Are Recovered.
carpenters of Boston recelvedvan Increase
of -wages under the decision of Judge
George T. Wentworth, to whom, a spe
cial arbitrator, the employers and union
ists submitted the question of a new
working agreement. Judge Wentworth
grants the five main demands of the car
penters; including an Increase from 53 to
$3.28 tor an eight-hour day; double time
for all overtime Instead of time and a
half, and an eight-hour Instead of a nine
hour workday for all shop and mlllhands.
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DISLIKE GAYER BIRDS.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug. 25. According
to Information received from Hastings
this morning, possibly 14 persons were
drowned In the flood at Tabasco, 16 miles
north of Trinidad, yesterday morning.
Seven houses occupied by Austrian and
Italian laborers and their families were
swept away.
Tabasco and Berwin, coalmining camps,
having together about 2000 population, are
located in Rhode Canyon, a usually dry
arroya. Yesterday's cloudburst is the
first that has occurred there since the
towns were established.
Berwin Is a, mile below Tabasco, and
the flood was not of so great force there
as at Tabasco, much of the water having
sunk in the sand and run off Into tribu
tary arroyas. Considerable damage was
done to the Colorado Fuel & Iron and the
Colorado c Southern Railroad Companies"
property.
Persons leaving Trinidad for the scene
of the flood were unahle to go through on
account of washouts.
The Colorado & Southern branch line to
Berwin was washed away and a heavy
volume of water rushed down the canyon
all night, making it impossible to pene
trate to the point where the loss of life
Is said to have occurred. Rumors are In
circulation that 12 to 20 houses were swept
down the canyon and 23 to 30 lives lost.
Traffic on the Colorado & Southern, the
Santa Fe and the Denver &. Rio Grande
Railroads Is Interrupted, owing to wash
outs In this vicinity.
At noon Coroner Espey received a mes
sage from Hastings stating that five
bodies had been recovered. The Coroner
left immediately for the scene of the
flood. Joseph Veltrl. his wife and three
children are reported to have been
drowned, their house at Tabasco having
been washed away.
A telephone message from Hastings
this afternoon stated that 18 persons are
known to be dead or missing. Six bodies
have now been recovered, among them
being a woman with the body of a six
months old child clasped in her arms.
Among the known dead are Harry O'Nell
and Charles Rleboldt, miners.
Miss Fannie Floyd returned from Ta
basco today, where she had been visit
ing her brother. She says that, when
the flood came down the canyon the in
habitants had absolutely no warning of
their danger. A dozen houses were car
ried away, and their occupants thrown
into the roaring waters. Miss Floyd was
stopping at the home of George Mason,
75 yards from the street in the arroya.
From 25 to 30 families living in the
arroya lost everything. wreckage Is
strewn along the arroya for miles.
AGREEMENT ON
Mi PRINCIPLE
(Con tinned from Flrat Page.)
THIRTEEN" DEAD OR MISSING
Jbuel Company Gives List Mines
Shut Down by Disaster.
DENVER, Aug. 25. The cloudburst that
jiul-u xtnoae ana siock. canyons near
Trinidad last evening was not so damag
ing to the property of the Colorado Fuel
6c iron Company and the Colorado &
Southern Railway Company as first re
ported, according to a statement given
out tonight at the headquarters of the
former company in this city.
The greatest loss to the fuel comoanv
will come from the shutting down of its
mines and other property consequent upon
the death of some of Its employes and
the temporary stoppage of railroad traf
fic. Shipments of coal to the coke ovens
will necessarily be held up. althouch the
fuel company officials are confident that
they will have their own lines In shape
soon and the Colorado Southern people
nave named Sunday as the time they
expect to renew operations on the branch
line from Berwind and Tobasco to Lud
low, the seat of the large coking Indus
try of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.
The following Is the list of the dead and
missing as officially reported to the fuel
company here:
Airs. Joseph Veltrle and three small
children. Pasqual Pasco, Joseph Moszaco
Rafael Buccho, Antonio Contino. Philip
Pastore, Pasqual Bottalma, James A.
Mother. Harry O'Nell. William Rayball
The report does not separate the dead
from the missing in the list.
j ne representatives or tne iuei com
pany at the scene of the disaster have
been instructed to provide for the fam
llles of the employes who were drowned
and as fast as the bodies are recovered
they are taken to Trinidad for burial.
Those of Darker Plumage Ready to
Attack Brighter Ones.
Exchange.
Birds of brilliant plumage In these
parts not only fare ill at the hands of
men. but are the objects, of suspicion
and apparent dislike even N to their
feathered brethren of plainer attire.
Some of the brilliant birds are mere
Immigrants, seen here only in Spring
and Fall.
The bluejay Is one of those. He is a
special victim of the pothunters, but
his -vigor and energy protect him from
other birds. The ruby-throated hum
mingbird, one of the few regular Sum
mer residents of brilliant plumage, la
so small and swift that he usually es
capes molestation. The sparrows and
other small birds, Indeed, seem to fear
the hummingbird. With his long:, keen
bill and buzzing:, invisible wings he Is
a sort of animated torpedo-boat of the
air.
Of the Summer residents of con
siderable size the scarlet tanager or
black-winged redbird is the most bril
liant. These birds are scarce in some
ears and relatively plentiful In
others, though their number Is always
small In comparison with the hosts of
the robins, catbirds, woodthrushes and
sparrows. The managers are always
more frequently seen In late Spring'
than In midsummer. Some of them
doubtless go farther north to nest and
others are killed for the sake of their
plumage. Some, however, stay the Sum
mer through and raise tnelr broods.
One has only to watch the conduct of
other birds in the presence of the male
tanager to realize how uncomfortable
is the life of a gaudy bird among the
hosts of his plainer fellows. Nobody-
knows just what birds think and feel.
but they often conduct themselves
much like human beings. A male scar
let tanager sat on a rock In a subur
ban field the other day, completely
surrounded by a fluttering lock of
sparrows, at least 40 in number. They
flew down close to him, poising: them
selves upon their rapidly-moving
wings, exactly as sparrows sometimes
hover about a snake.
The tanager made no effort to charm
the intruders, for he sat In utter Indif
ference to their presence, and it was
evident that his splendid coat excited
either their curiosity or their dislike.
They gathered In greater numbers
kuntll he left the rock and betook him
Belf to a neighboring tree. Thltner
some of the sparrows followed him,
several to alight on the limbs, others
to hover near. None, however, touched
the splendid stranger.
A pair of scarlet' tanagers built a
nest this Spring in a pin oak standing
In a suburban garden. All through tne
nest building they were disturbed by
the visits of curious pr unfriendly rob
ins, and the male tanager's voice was
heard day after day scolding the in
truders. Sometimes as his mate sat
upon the nest he would run about over
the tree in pursuit of tne robins, ana
finally chase them far away. At the
end of a week or more, however, the
robins had their way, for the tanagers
deserted their nest and disappeared
from the garden, nor were they seen
any morfr In the neighboring grounds.
It Is more than likely tnat they tooK
to the comparative safety of a wood
land hard by.
WILL AGAIN ASK DELEGATE
Alaska Renews Fight for Represen
tation In Congress.
TESTING TIMBER AT FAIR
Comparative Strength of Oregon's
Southern Product Is Shown.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 25. It is apparent at this
early day that a fight is again to be made
at the coming session to pass a bill giv
ing Alaska a delegate In Congress. Al
ready the Chamber of Commerce of Nome
Is addressing letters to Senators and Rep
resentatives, notifying them of the adop
tion of a resolution by that body demand
ing legislation in this direction. They
go on to ask for the co-operation of the
member addressed in securing the pas
sage of such a law.
There was no necessity for such a letter
to determine that the Alaska delegate
question would be again laid before Con
gress next Winter. Representative Cush
man, the father of the Alaska delegate
bill, and the man who thas done more
than any other to give Alaska representa
tion in Congress, had already announced
his purpose of reviving this matter next
Winter, and he has high hopes of getting
his bill through. He fought it through
the House at the last Congress, and got
It well advanced in the Senate committee;
In fact, at one time he thought he saw
where his bill would pass. But it was
shoved over until it was too late, and
then it failed, along with hundreds of
other meritorious measures.
If the House will take up and pass the
delegate bill early In the coming session,,
there will be good prospect of getting it
through the Senate before the next ad
journment. But as to the character of
bill the Senate will adopt, there Is some
question. Many Senators, like many
Members, question the advisability of J
electing a delegate In Alaska, because of
the vastness of the territory and the
difficulties of transportation. It Is more
likely that a bill may pass authorizing
the President or the Governor or some
one else to 'appoint a delegate or Com
missioner who can represent Alaska in
Congress, even though he has no vote.
That is all a delegate could do anyway;
what Alaska wants is a voice In Con
gress; It is content for the time being to
be without a vote.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
incton. Ausr. 25. The powerful wood-
testing machine Installed by the For
est Service at the Lewis and Clark Ex
position has aroused keen interest
among visitors to the Government for
ost exhibit. This machine, which has
been operated since August 1, is built
to exest upon the wood to be tested
the enormous pressure of 200,000
pounds, yet its adjustment is so dell
cate as to measure this pressure accu
ratelv and to register the behavior of
the specimen during the test.
While the timber tests at Portland
deal mainly with the red fir and est
cm hemlock, a number of large tlm
bers from the South Atlantic States
have been provided by the "Forest
Service for comparative tests, which
should go far to establish the relative
values for -construction purposes of the
nrlncinal Eastern and Western umbers,
Still further to assist architects and
builders In the choice and speclflca
tions of building material, special
tests will be devoted to ascertaining
the effect which knots, checks, cross
jrraln and similar inherent defects ex
ert UDon the strength of timbers. Tho
results of these tests will enable
more intelligent selection of different
commercial trades for different con
structlon purposes.
A much needed supplement to the
timber tests of this "kind which the
Forest Service Is making at its labor
fatorles In various parts of the country
is the study of the effect of moisture on
thestrength and stiffness of wood
Such a study has recently been com
pleted at the laboratory of the Tale
Forest School. The results are shortly
to be published In bulletin form by the
Forest Service.
conversation had by the Associated Press
tonight the distinct, impression was gath
ered that they would scale their money
demands and use another "formula,"
which would be acceptable to Russia.
AVitte Puts" It T7p to Czar.
It Is believed the Japanese Intend to let
the conference end tomorrow. On the
Russian side all pretense of claiming
that Mr. Wltte Is any longer negotiating
Is abandoned. He has gone to the fur
thermost limits of his imperial master's
orders. More he cannot do, sincerely as
he personally may desire to bring the
negotiations to a successful conclusion.
His position is a difficult and peculiar
one. He Is a statesman of ambition. Lib
eral at heart, he Is yet a servant of his
sovereign. At the present juncture his
role Is described as like that of Mira
beau. He stands between the KJng and
his people. ,Hc obeys his soverefgn. but
he wants his people to know where the
responsibility for the fate of the negotia
tions must rest. At the same time he
cannot himself take a firm stand against
his sovereign. For this reason, and the
authenticated history of the conference
will bear out this statement, he preferred,
when first appealed to by Mr. Roosevelt.
to have tho latter go straight to the Em
peror with his suggestion. Though per
haps in full sympathy with President
Roosevelt, to have himself appeared In
support of It too ardently or to have open-
Indorsed it against his Instructions,
might, considering the influences about
the court which are personally hostile to
and Jealous of him, have Injured Instead
of bettering the chances.
When the President's first effort failed.
he did not discourage a second attempt in
such a way that the Emperor would havo
had difficulty In declining, out of courtesy
to the President, to empower Mr. Wltte
at least tentatively to proceed with tho
negotiations and see If a satisfactory
basis could not be arranged, reserving
the last word for himself. Should such
authority come at the eleventh hour, Mr.
Wltte might make the best terms he
could and then figuratively throw a treaty
at the Emperor's feet to take or leave.
yes or no. As a politician. Mr. Wltte
might not relish the idea of having it
said when he returned to Russia that he
had made a "bad peace." He might pre
fer the Emperor to shoulder that respon
sibility.
Wltte Says It Is All Over.
But shortly before midnight Mr. Wltte
gave absolutely no encouragement to
the Idea that there would be a change of
heart atvst. Petersburg. Unless Tokio
was reaay to receae runner, ne cxpresseu
the opinion that all was over. He said
"I have received no telegram, f rom St.
Petersburg which changes the situation.
Indeed, I do not expect any. I have not
asked Instructions, so that I cannot re
ceive any. If tomorrow there Is to be a
change. It must come from the Japanese
side."
This would seem to indicate that the
President's second effort had failed at St.
Petersburg. What. If anything, he has
been able to do at Tokio, through his in
tcrview with Baron Kaneko this after
noon, still remains a mystery.
Hopeful Sign From Japan.
That the last word has not come from
Tokio, and that Baron Komura may still
appear in a conciliatory role tomorrow.
may possibly be inferred from tfie follow
ing fact:
The time for the sitting of the confer
ence tomorrow was -not set when the ad
journment was taken on Wednesday.
This evonlng Mr. Wltte notified the Japa
nese mission that he would meet It In the
morning at 9:30. The Japanese, after con
sulting, demurred on the ground that the
protocol of the last meeting would not be
ready in time. Therefore, at their re
quest, the meeting was set for 3 o'clock
In the afternoon.
Information received at a late hour In
dicates that President Roosevelt's efforts
arc not exhausted; that he Is still In
communication with Tokio and St. Pe
tersburg. Tomorrow's meeting, conse
quently. Is likely not to prove decisive.
At midnight no message had reached
Mr. Wltte from the President, and it was
regarded as practically certain that an
adjournment would be taken tomorrow
until Monday. v
as long as possible, so as to be free to
force France to Join Germany and- break
with England. For this purpose it is nec
essary to defeat President Roosevelt's ob
ject. In order that subsequently, when
Russia Is exhausted. Emperor William
may become the mediator between her
and Japan, thus to Isolate England by
menacing France with a rupture of her
alliance with Russia. All of which will
conduce to the German hegemony of con
tinental Europe. And to accomplish all
this It la necessary to persuade Emperor
Nicholas that he must not bow before the
failures which have come, that all great
nations have had to suffer such, and It Is
his duty to give -the armies of Linlevltch
a chance to turn the situation.
"All the forces working for peace should
concentrate their efforts to demonstrate
to Emperor Nicholas that the prolonga
tion of the war cannot possibly change
the ultimate conditions of peace, and that
It Is time to cease working In the In
terests of the King of Prussia."
Bia. We helped to lift- Prussia from
the position of a vassal state to that
of a great power; to transferrer Into
the German Empire. Now she obliges
us to keep about 1,000,000 troops to
guard our frontier. In the same way
America has been and is now helping
Japan, hardly yet appreciating what
Is to come. Japan's dream is to free
Asia from European or American in
fluences. To do so she must hold the
outlying Islands strung down the Chi
nese coast. The Philippines will be
the first necessity of the Japanese Em
pire. Even, as far south as Australia
her ambitions may extend."
Arbitrator Awards Higher Wages.
BOSTON, Aug. 25. Six thousand union
Forty Pies Per Minute.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Pittsburg man has invented a pie ma
chine that will turn out 40 pies a minute.
It rolls 'cm out, doubles 'em over, fills
'em, bakes 'cm. scallops the edges and
slaps on the label. Then It growls for
more. Of course, these are not the pies
that mother used to make. Mother's were
handmade and fussy. The Pittsburg pie la
the product of Angers of steel and end
less bands and corrugated rollers. Moth
er's pie bore the thumb mark of loving
proprietorship. The Pittsburg pie wears
the blue label of a soulless corporation.
Of course there Is money In this 40-ple-power
device. That was the prime inten
tion. Jhe effect on the hardened Pitts
burg digestion Is quite an Immaterial
matter.
JAPANESE GO OX A JTJNIvET
Visit Cotton Mills at Manchester.
Rosen Back at Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H-. Aug. 23. Baron
Komura and four members of the Japa
nese peace mission left Portsmouth for
Manchester. N. H.. today, to visit the ex
tonsive cotton mills In that city. Mr.
Takahlra. who was to have made the
trip, did not go. The party returned
from Manchester tonight.
Baron Rosen, who spent last night
at Magnolia, returned to Portsmouth
today. Count Wltte was busy with
his correspondence early in the day.
and Mr. Takahlra. who did not go to
Manchester with Baron Komura, also
kept closely In his apartments. It is
presumed he remained behind to be
accessible for communication with Mr.
Roosevelt In case of necessity.
MANCHESTER. N. H. Aug. 25. The
train from Portsmouth, to which was at
tached the special car of the members
of the Japanese peace delegation, arrived
In this city at 10:15. The visitors did
not alight at the station, but waited until
their car had been switched to other
tracks and then ran directly Into the yard
of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany. There the party came out and im
mediately began a tour of the big mills
of the corporation.
MAGNOLIA. Mass.. Aug. 25. Baron Ro-
sen, who came down from Portsmouth
yesterday afternoon to spend a few hours
with hls family, left this morning on
the train!
Japanese Papers Oppose Concessions
TOKIO. Aug. 25. The Japanese news
paper, JIJI. declares that any compromise
relating to the purchase of the Island of
Sakhalin as reimbursement for the cost
of the war would leave Japan loser, as
both items are vitally important, and a
compromise is impossible. The Jljl says:
"Peace concluded In such form cannot
satisfy us, and cannot be solid. Rupture
would be preferable to such a sacrifice.
Prolongation of the war means a hard
struggle on. our part, but we would rather
suffer any hardship than consent to a.
reduction or alteration of our demands."
The Nlchl Nlchl favors a continuation
of the war over imperfect peace, saying:
No sacrifice la too great to secure per
fect peace In the Orient, for which we
are fighting. There Is not a dissenting
voice In the empire agamst carrying out
our purpose, whatever sacrifices may be
entailed."
FRANCE BLAMES THE KAISER
Suspects He Instigated Russia's Un
bending Attitude.
PARIS, Aug. 23. A sentiment of deep
anxiety prevails In official quarters here
concerning the outcome of the Ports
mouth conference, owing to the receipt of
discouraging advices. Private reports re
celved through official channels show that
Grand Duke Xladlmir, uncle of the Em
peror. Is using his powerful Influence In
favor of peace.
The authorities here are Inclined to take
the view that the Influence of Germany
has something to do with Russia's un
compromising attitude.
Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the
American Embassy at St. Petersburg, ar
rived here today from the Russian capl
tal, and had a lengthy conference with
Ambassador McCormlck relative to the
situation.
Premier Rouvler Is still in Paris.
with his vacation In suspension, main
ly because of the proposed military
demonstration against Morocco. While
continuing to exert its moral Influence
toward the success of the negotiations
at Portsmouth, the government has thus
far refrained from formal Intervention.
The Bourse today was unsteady, owing
to conflicting reports at Portsmouth, but
Ruu-lan securities maintained their
ground, bonds advancing slightly.
DE JIARTEN PROPHESIES EVIL
Predicts Failure of Roosevelt's Ef
forts at Compromise.
PARIS, Aug. 25. M. de Marten Is
quoted In an Interview as comparing the
present situation at Portsmouth with
the darkness of night. He added:
"Russia cannot and will not pay In
demnity or give up Sakhalin. Her posl
tion on the two points Is absolute and
the chances for success in tho negotia
tions rest with Japan renouncing nor
exaggerated terms. President Roosevelt
despite his energy, cannot succeed, for
success is impossible. How could Am
bassador Meyer in an Interview with the
Emperor bring about a happy issue? All
depends upon Japan. If the Japanese
want peace, they must give way, for Rus
sla will not. "
NEITHER NATION WILL YIELD
Russia Holds Out Against, Japan In
sists On, Indemnity.
PARIS, Aug. 25. -The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Temps telegraphs
that Emperor Nicholas, while express
ing to Ambassador Meyer his deep
recognition of President Roosevelt's
efforts, explained that he was unable
to make further concessions. His
Majeaty said that the payment of an
indemnity would be contrary to the
fundamental Interests of the nation.
while It would only further the ambl
tlon of the Japanese for fresh terri
torial conquests and Involve the pos
sibility of u recommencesient of the
war In the near future, with the bal
ance of power in their favor Instead
of an equalized strength as at pros
ent. The desire of the Russian peo
ple for peace, tho Emperor told tho
Ambassador, did not supersede the na
tlonal Interests.
TOKIO, Aug. 25. Tho Associated
I Press correspondent has reasons to be
lieve mat noming mat nas occurrea
at Portsmouth will change the attl
tude of v the Japanese government.
While the Foreign Office maintains its
usual reticence and the officials de
cllne to talk for publication, the de
mand for an adequate Indemnity re
mains 'unalterable.
Northwestern People in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. (Special.) The
following Oregonians are at New York
hotels:
From PortlanoW. Willis and wife, at
the Empire: R. L. McKay, at the Hol
land; Mra.J. E. Oliver, at the Kensing
ton; W. E. Mulholland, at the Metro
politan; Mrs. M. Shields, at the Breslln.
From Salem Mrs. J. R. Whitney, at
the St. Dennis.
From Albany Mrs. W. G. Wood, at the
Bt. Dennis.
Holographic Will Filed.
The holographic will of John "F. Streld
was filed in the County Clerk's office yes
terday. It is dated at Oshkosh, Wis.,
September 18. 1891, and leaves an estate of
unknown value to his wife. Henrietta
Streld, and makes her executrix without
bonds.
KAISER BLOCKS NEGOTIATIONS
Russian Correspondent Says He Is
Thwarting Roosevelt.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 25. Mr.
Brlantchinanoff. the correspondent of the
St. Petersburg Slovo, in his cable to his
paper today, dwelt upon the reported role
played by Emperor William. He wrote:
"There Is a .factor In the situation
which has not appeared on the surface.
but which, nevertheless, has played a
big role. It is Emperor William. The
deep impression produced by the meeting
of the two sovereigns at BJorke Is known
and it Js also known that Emperor Will-
lam returned home enchanted.
"We have read about tho efforts which
are being made by the German press to
prove the solidarity of the Kaisec with
Rootvjvelt's understanding. But the Kaiser
Is tfilnklng only of Germany. For the
good of Germany, it is necessary that
Russia should be engaged In the Far East
RUSSIAN ARMY BELLIGERENT
Learns Japan's Terras and Clamors
for More War.
GODZTADANI, Manchuria, Aug. 25.
Rumors that Russia will cede the Island
of Sakhalin and pay an indemnity to
Japan have reached the army and have
produced an unfavorable Impression.
L1DZIAPUDZT. Manchuria, Aug. 25.
The army Is expressing indignation over
what it terms the colossal demands of
Japan, and the hope that the war will
continue Is expressed repeatedly.
Peace Union Praises President.
MYSTIC. Conn.. Aug. 25. The thirty-
ninth annual meeting of the Universal
Peace Union came to a close today. The
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That our thanki and the thanks
of the civilized world are due to President
Roosevelt for the admirable and diplomatic
manner In which be offered his good offices
and those of our Government to bring about
an armistice between the belligerents of
Russia and Japan and paved the war for the
peace negotiations now being arranged at
Portsmouth and the wise and gracious man
ner In which he received the diplomats with
out showing favor to either party.
A letter from Mr. Wltte thanking the
conference for its expressions of welcome
and for Its wishes In behalf of a uni
versal peace was received.
Basis of Russia's Obstinacy.
BERLIN, Aug. 25. The dominant feel
ing in the Russian court as reported offi
cially hero Is that Russia Is In a better
position to go on with the war since she
has heard Japan's terms than she was
before, because the dissemination of these
terms In Russia Is having the effect of
bringing most educated persons to the
conviction the war must be fought out.
as the conditions are Insupportable and
because the return to Russia of aOO.OOO
soldiers, discontented with their treat
ment in the Far East, and with the vain
results of their endurance, would add to
the Internal fermenj.
No Compromise, Says Wltte.
LONDON, Aug. 26. In a dispatch from
Portsmouth the Dally Telegraph's corres
pondent gives the gist of a conversation
with Mr. Wltte. who. he says, declared he
had done everything compatible with
national honor and dignity to arrive at
a settlement; that he could hear df no
compromise on the two disputed points.
and therefore had unhesitatingly refused
the Japanese offers regarding a money
payment and the cession -of Sakhalin. Mr.
Wltte, the correspondent add?, declined to
give any opinion on or to forecast the
next meeting of the conference or Its
final result.
New Destroyer for Japan.
TOKIO, Aug. 25. The torpedoboat de
stroyer Nenohl has been launched at
Kure. This Is the fifth of the new fleet of
25 destroyers under construction to be
launched.
Lamsdorff Repudiates Interview.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 25. Respect
ing the statement published In the United
States yesterday to the effect that Count
Lamsdorff. the Russian Foreign. Minister,
had been interviewed ana declared that
Russia would not pay a kopeck of war
Indemnity under any guise to Japan, the
Foreign Office this morning declares of
ficially and categorically that Count
Lamsdorff has received no correspondent
and has given no Interview. Neverthe
less, the Foreign Office, through Its re
cognized press representative, maintains
its attitude and reiterates its affldal ut
terances that Russia will not pay such
Indemnity.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 23. The
denial of Count Lamsdorff that he had
made such a statement as was attributed
to him by Renter's Agency, at St. Peters
burg, confirmed the opinion cxpressedby
M. Wltte to the Associated Press corre
spondent here last night that Count
Lamsdorff had authorized no such declaration.
Denies Kaiser Is Obstructing'.
LENOX. Mass.. Aug. 25. When Baron
Von Denbuche, German charge d'affaires,
was shown the reports emanating front
Portsmouth to the effect that the Ger
man Emperor was using his Influence
against the acceptance by Russia of Jap
an's terms, he said: "Such reports are
contrary to the truth. The Emperor Is
strongly for peace and Is not Interfering
with President (Roosevelt's efforts. Quite
the contrary, he earnestly sympathizes
with the President's endeavors."
Russians Flaunt Yellow Peril.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H-. Aug. 25.
The Russians continue to express
their surprise at the support given the
Japanese cause in America. They con
tend from the standpoint of Interna
tional politics that Japan's Influence
In the Pacific constitutes a great dan
ger to America's commercial and
trade development westward.
"America," said a prominent Rus
sian personage, "Is making the same
mistake Russia did In regard to Prus-
HOBSON'S POLITICAL BEE
Hero of Merrlmac Still Struggles to
Break Into Congress.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 25 Richmond Pearson Hob
son, the "hero of the Merrlmac," but
better known as "Hobson the kisser."
still hankers to come to Congress. Twice
since he retired from the Navy on ac
count of defective sight. Captain Hobson
has made an attempt to break Into Con
gress, but each time be has found it Im
possible to wrest the seat from Repre
sentative Bankhead, an old. experienced
politician. But Hobson Is not depressed
because of his failures; on the contrary
he announces his Intentldn of making tho
race again next year, and he has that
hope which comes to so many politi
cians; he says he Is confident of winning
next time.
Hobson in Congress would be a hearty
supporter of President Roosevelt in his
campaign for a larger Navy. On this
question Hobson goes the President ono
better; hols for the biggest navy In the
world, and would appropriate the money
In a bunch, and get the work under way.
But It Is doubtful If Mr. Hobson. with
all his naval knowledge and experience
and all his notoriety, would be much of
an aid to the President In getting more
money for new warships. Men like Hob
son don't carry much Influence In the Na
tional Congress; they attract attention
for a short time, but they soon dwindle
into insignificance. Congress doed not
take kindly to them.
Return to Visit Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barnes, of Provo
City. Utah, are In Portland to see the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, after an ab
sence of IS years, and to make a tour of
Oregon and California, visiting friends
and relatives. Mr. Barnes Is an old Ore
gonlan. for many years a resident of Port
land, engaged In the printing business,
and a brother of Mrs. A. M Swain, of 354
Salmon street, this city. Mr. and Mrs.
Barnes expect to start for their Utah
home about the latter part of September,
and will visit relatives en route in Rose
burg, San Francisco and Los Angeles, tak
ing the Southern route to Utah. Mr.
Barnes Is proprietor of, the Utah County
Democrat, one of the leading newspapers
of Provo City.
D. W. Burnslde Visits Portland.
Davis W. Burnslde, of Lewlston. Idaho,
formerly a member of the City Council
of this -city from the Third Ward, is vis
iting the Exposition, after an absence of
eight years. Mr. Burnsldo is a native of
Portland. Burnslde street having been
named for his father. The old home of
the family was on the present site of the
Welnhard building, and he finds many
changes In other respects. Mr. Burnslde
is engaged In mercantile pursuits at Lew
lston. and has evidently prospered. He
will remain here several days, visiting
old friends.
Mrs. Sadie K. Coe, Musician.
CHICAGO. I1L, Aug. 25. Word was re
ceived by the authorities of Northwest
ernUniversity last night that Mrs. Sadie
K-'Coe. wife of Dr. George A. Coe, who
holds the chair of philosophy at the uni
versity, died yesterday in ' a sanitarium
at San Francisco after a desperate op
eration. Mrs. Coe was a well-known
pianist and composer and was considered
an authority on musical subjects. Her
most noted work Was a musical setting
of Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
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