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PEACE CONFERENCE first Official Meeting Is Held at Portsmouth, N. il. PESSIMISM FILLS ATMOSPHERE Split Expected on Indemnity Question Dolti Sides Appearing Abso lutely Unyielding. Portsmouth, N. II., Aug. 10. The llrst official meeting (if tint UiinmIhii Japanese peace envoys txik place in this city yesterday. Credent IhU werii exchanged nml accepted. It wn ll'Cllrl tO liolll IWO (tally BCHHIOIIN, OIHt iii the morning Ht OiMO, and dim In tin afternoon Ht II. To HVuiil delay Hlld give tin plenipotentiaries nml delegates tilllll fur CollHtlltalloliH between Hen sions, it Iiiih l ecu arranged that luncl (iu will lut served at I In1 navy yard and tin' envoys, iipnii leaving their quarters in tlm morning, will not return until the afternoon scxition adjourns. Three ccretarien fur ach side w ill be. in at tendance to draw III) t In) protocols of the meetings, which wilt In written in liotli I''. iUhIi and French. Tint French text, lloWfVIT, in CHHIHof (liHlllte, will tut accepted in evidence (faint fol). Tlm llrm Httitudit of M. Wr.te in priviitit conversation against tint pity inent of an indemnity and tint iiniinteiit reports cmiiuat ing from Japanese quar tern that a "tiff war contribution Hp proxlmating tint tohI of tin war, vari oiisly stated at from ilt)O,O00,0O0 to MOO, 000, (101). constitutes ono of Jap hii'h ili'iniindH, indicated a wide if not irreconcilable difference between Ja tin's irreducible minimum and wliut Rusitia is prepared to accept. I'pon the question of the payment of a large indemnity tint inittriictlona of tint Bus isu plenipotentiaries ant lielieved to admit of no concessions, although it in poHHilile a certain compeiiHation in kind in i k I ' t lie arranged, For instance, it is suggested that f ir the relinquishment of tin inland of Sakhalin, now in Japanese handH, tint possession of w hich by Japan would give her romniand of tint whole Siherian littoral, Russia -uu hi with propriety pay a large sum. At tlitH morning's meeting liaron Koinura spoke Japanese, his secretary, Mr. Honda, translated it into French, while M. Witte HiMike entirely in French. TO CALL ASSEMBLY. Nicholas Approves Call for Congress To Ba Issued Saturday. Ht. Petersburg, Auk. 10. On Hatur lay next the czar will proclaim the na tional assembly at Miwruw, the ancient Muscovite capital. The special com tuittce drafting plana for tint gathering 1 1 an computed its work ami Kmperor Nicholas has approved them. Tint national RHHemtily will lie a de- liherativit and consultative hody for tint diHciiHHion of ineaHiirei laid hefore it hy tint emperor or his ministers. It will have tint power to enforce the withdrawal of ininiHterial propositions liy h two-thirds vote, which gives it at leant a negative control over legislation, It will havit M)0 members, chosf-ii by a svsteni of direct elections, and the first session, it is understood, will lie lield in Novemlier. The elections will take place in October. Women Fight Highwaymen. Heno, Nev., Aug. 10 Mrs. C. Krnwn and Mm. A. Matthiesen, wives of well known residents of Garduersville, south of here, had a thrilling experience w ith two highwaymen while driving last evening. The women went on their way home, w hen they were ordered hy highwaymen to stop. Instead of com plying, they drew revolvera ami hegan tiring at the would-be rolUrs, who ittarteil to ret lent, at the same time emptying revolvers at the women. The women bravely ntood their ground until help arriveil. The handitH, however, made their escape iktohh a field and liave not been seen eince. Noted Church Burned. New Yolk, Aug. 10. St. Thomas' Kpiacopal church, nt Fifth avenue and Fifty-tliird street, one of the iiiohI richly furnished religious ediclica in America, was wrecked hy lire today, Within u block of the ruins of the church are tint homes of half a score of the country!) wealthiest men. I)irectly in the rear is the city rcHidenco of John I. Rockefeller, and near hy are the residences of William Rockefeller, II. McK. Twomhley, Colonel J. J. Mc l!ook and the home of the late Ianicl H. Lamont. Bomb Factory at Gomel. -Ht. Petersburg, Aug. 10. Reports received here show that the situation tit (iomel and in that neighborhood is HcrioiiH. A bomb factory has has been liseovered at (iomel hy the police and it ia aHuerted here that the Jews are trying to Ht i r up diHordera among the jmuHiintry. (iomel wits the acene of the JewiHh maNNiicre hint year. Work tins been reHiimed ut Reval, w here a rerioiiH wtriko has been ou for some time ptiHt. Typhoon Drowns Hundreds. Victoia, H. 0., Aug. 10. News is received here hy ntcanier of the Ions of over 100 Hinall venHela of. the JapaiutHe pearling fleet off (into inland, 645 of over 000 men on hoard being m inning and believed to he drowned. Fifteen boats with 74 men survived the ty phoon end about 100 men reached Mejinia inland. STORE DUILDINQ COLLAPSES Scores of Hhi,t Girls Buried Undnr Mass of Wood and Plaster. Albany, N. Y., Aug. It Thiee hun dred pernonn employed in the largo de partment More of the John O. Meyer entnte at No. .'IH-4 I North I'earl street, had junt gone to work yi-Htorday morn ing when tint whole center of tint build ing eolhipHcd from roof to cellar. More than a hundred pernoiiH, moMly sales gliln, were cart led down in the wreck. The first estimate placed the number of killed and injured nt 40. I'p to II o'clock one dead body bad been taken f.om tint ruins, and 75 in jured. The most of the lat'er are seri ously injured. The manager of the store at that time made the statement that there were 50 more underneatl the ruins. There in no doubt that when the rose tiers roach the Ixittom of the heap of debris they will find l number of dead. The catastrophe came without warn ing. The Mover. estate had been mak ing extensive rrpairn ou tint building In the morning a kK Italian work men started to remove the iron pillar that supported the main floor. Kvi ilently they had failed to brace the floor proMrly, for scarcely had they loosened the post when down came all three upper floors within a radius of 50 feet from the fatal pillar. The wreck crashed through to the cellar, burying the workmen and carry ing down those who happened to he working in that portion of the build ing. The fire department wan called out and the work of rescue liegan at once Considering the nature of the accident, the numlxT of persons who escaped with only slight injuries in remark able. Most of the injured were young TAFT TOASTS CZAR. Dinner and Reception at Manila Dazzle Old Spanish Colony. Manila, Aug. !. At 7 o'clock last evening Major Ooncral (orbingavea dinner to the gentlemen of the Taft party. Rear Admiral Kuuist, of the Russian navy, and his staff, were pres ent, (ieueral Corbin tousled President Roosevelt, and Sii-retary Taft toasted the RuHrtian emperor. Rear Admiral Kuuuist, who was much affected, then arose and made a profound salutation At tlie same hour Commissioner Forbes entertained Miss Alice Ronoe. velt at dinner. H H o'clok about 3,000 persons at tended a brilliant reception given hy Oovernor (icnersl Wright at the Mala canari palace. Thoee present, from the highest olhcial and most prominent citizen to the humblest native, were greeted by Hecretary Taft and Mins Roonevvlt, who shook hands with all. Rear Admiral Knipiist and his staff were present. Spanish residents say that the reception surpassed anythini: previous in the history of Manila. CONCESSION ANNULLED. Venezuelan Court Decides Against the Asphalt Company. Oyster Ray, Aug. 1). President Roosevelt has lieon informed hy the De partment of Slate that the Federal :ourt of Venezuela had rendered a de- fision against the Rermudex Asphalt company in the case inrolving the so called Hamilton concession, annullini; the concession. What action may he taken by this government regarding the matter can not be announced at this time. In fact, so far as can be ascertained here, no determination of the (pucBtion lias been reached. It is quite probable that nothing will be done until Hecretary Root, who in now on a vacation in Labrador, shall have returned to the United States and considered the subject with the president in the light of the report which w ill he made hy Judge Calhoun of his investigation of the entire as phalt mutter. No Judge Ohosen Yet. Washington, Aug. (. Attorney Gen eral Moody returned to Washinuton this eveiiim: after two days' vacati n, hut did not bring with him the name of the man to be appointed Federal judge in Oregon. "No selection has been made," said he. "I am not in a hurry and shall probably go very slow. I doubt very much if any appointment will be made this week." No inkling is given of the names under considera tion or as to the progress being made with the inroHtigation, and no clue can as yet be obtained. Excursion Boat Sinks. Indianapolis, Aug. 9. The excursion steamboat Sunshine sank this afternoon at Rroad Ripple park, ten miles from the city, with 180 passengers on hoard, all of w hom were men except one. a woman, who was rescued hy a launch. No one was drowned, hut several weie injured in the panic. The boat plies on the backwater of ltroud Ripple dam ou White river, and was carrviinr a picnic party of employes of the Union stock yards. Sunken War Ships Floated. Tokio, Aug. 0. News received from Port Arthur suys that the former Rus sian cruiHcr llayan will start fro-n that duce, under tow, for Japan about Au gust 15. The Poltava and Peresviet will leave a week later under their own steam. TANANA IS FLOODED Hundreds Made Homeless Near Fairbanks, Alaska. DRIVEN FROM CABINS AT NIGHT Danger of an Epidemic from Molding Cellars and Crowded Places of Temporary Refug. Hostile, Wash., Aug. . A special letter to the Hoattlo Times from Fair banks, Alaska, under date of July 0, says that a flood raging in Chena for several days had rendered homeless 700 to 1,000 people. The flood was caused by a wind anr! rain storm that htd recently swept the Tanana valley. Keyes' saw mill had 1mmi swept away and carried down the stream, being lodged in front of Noyes' mill. A large log boom broke from its moor ings at the Tanana Development com pany's mill and was carried down stream, entailing a loss of severs! Ihonsand dollars. Cellars were flooded and in a few instances stock drowned. People were compelled to move out of their homes in the early hours after midnight. Homes were temjiorarily provided for the people and they were not allowed to go hack to their wet cabins for several days after the flood had subsided. At the time the letter was written grave fears were entertained for the safety of the people, an epidemic being threatened. The hanks of the river were badly broken, but piledrivers were at work putting in bulkheads long hefore the waters had subsided. TROUBLE AHEAD. Kaiser to Warn King Edward to Calm British Feeling Against Germany. ltcrlin, Aug. H. If the kaiser meets King Kdward next week at Frankfort, he will, according to authority there, tell his uncle that, w hile Germany does not want war with England, neverthe less the present atmosphere of mutual hatred, jealousy and suspicion must be destroyed or F-urope will remain in danger of an explosion. King FMward will be given to understand that Ger many holds F.ngland responsible for the creation of this situation. The correspondent is informed that the consequences to which the present situation may lead are now causing Germany's responsible statesmen the deepest anxiety. These possible conse quences filled a large place in the kaisers' recent interviews with King Oscar, of Hweden, with King Chris tian, of Denmark, and with the cxar There have been oflicial attempts to render lens apparent and to obscure the seriousness ol the situation, but Wil liam and his advisers aie profoundly concerned over England s constantly increasing hatred of Germany. It is thought that this hatred is now more yiiulent than ever before. FEVER SPREADS.- Two New Centers on Plantations Out side New Orleans. New Orleans, Aug. 8. Two large foci of infection were discovered today out side of the city by officers of the Ma rino Hospital service. Dr. Corput went to the Diamond plantation in St. Charles parish to look into some sus picious cases aiid found eix positive yejlow fever cases of secondary infec tion, three of w hich were dead. They are on a sugar plantation and three of them aie Italians. One is a negro. The other point of infection is the town of Patterson, in St Mary's parish, where Dr. Guiteras found lit cases of secondary infection. Most of these are also Italians. The local health hoards have taken charge in both instances and are follow ing out the directions of the Marine Hospital service. Havtian Steamtr Suspected. Philadelphia, Aug. 8. The Rritish hteamship l'armton, w hich arrived at the Delaware breakwater on Saturday from Porte de Taiex, Hayti, with 15 of the crew ill with fever, docked at this port today. The Barneton was held hy the government quarantine ollicials pending an investigation as to the character of the fever, but after careful observation the steamer will be permitted to come to port, the physi cians finding the seamen suffering from malaria. French Fleet Welcomed. Cowes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 8. The French fleet, consisting of 18 battle ships, cruisers and torpedo boat de stroyers under comand of Vice Admiral ('a i Hard, reached the Holent today to spend a week. The officers and sailors are guests of King F'.dward and the British navy. Heavy downpours of rain throughout she morning drenched the decorations and shrouded in a heavy mist the yachts and British war ships collected to welcome the visitors. Yellow Fever In Mexico, City of Mejcico, Aug. 8. The super ior board of health reports five cases of yellow fever in the republic, four at Vera Cruz and one at CoaUachoaleos. GREAT CROPS EVERYWHERE. Condition of Grain Now Makes Im mense Harvests Almost Sure. Chicago, Aug. 8. American farms will produce bigger and lxttter crops and return many more millions in rev enue to the farming interests this year than ever before in the history of the country. All kinds of crops wheat, corn, oatn, hay and smaller grain and produce staples huve progressed to Ihn stiige where thin prediction may be made with scarcely the slightest chance that the final oflicial figures will dis prove itn correctness. Railroad officials and statisticians of agricultural departments in the various states of the government grain pro ducing regions give their personal and oflicial guarantee that th year 1005 is to he the banner year in farm prosper ity. If there is a dissenting voice any where, it is drowned out hy the clamor of optimism that comes from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, the far Houthwest, the Pacific coast and the wonderful spring wheat country of ttie Northwest. Possibly one wheat crop that of 1101 will exceed that of H0. In I!)0I tlm crop aggregated 748,000,000 bushels. It may tie that one previous corn crop, that of 1 Sr02, when 2,524, 000,000 bushels were produced, will not quite be equaled hy the yield of this year. According to figures emanating from state capitals Haturday afternoon, 370, 000,000 bushels more of corn will he raised this year than last in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis souri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin. WORKMEN STARVING. Strike at Poutiloff Works Resulting in Hunger and Disease. fit. Petersburg, Aug. 8. As a result of the strike at the Poutiloff works, there is terrible destitution among the workmen, and hundreds of cases of actual starvation have been reported. The people are suffering with scurvy, ami General Trepoff has been applied to for relief. A dispatch from Riga states that grave developments are expected in the Napheta district, where the strike is spreading rapidly. Rioting is reported, and in several cases troops have been called upon to quell the disturbances. Sunday morning a man whose iden tity has not been learned, threw a dy namite Issmb into the office of the dis tict treasurer of Riga, seTerely wound ing the treasurer, two janitors and a reporter. Gomez Defiant. Havana, Aug. 8. Jose Miguel Go mez, governor of Santa Clara province and Liberal candidate for the presi dency of Cuba, has given out an inter view full of defiance to the Palma gov ernment. With reference to the Vu eltas case and the Cuban government's assumption of the right to inspect mu nicipalities without refence to the pro vincial authorities, Governor Gomes says: "I will not allow anyone excepting the provincial authorities to inspect the municipalities of this province Should a municipality be governed by moderates, I would refuse to consent to this procedure just the same and would deliver justice to them if per mitted. "If the Supreme court decides against the contentions we are now maintain ing, we would not obey its mandates, because of its partiality in favor of ex ecutive authority. The court would be certain to be against us in order to in crease its favor with the government." Cable Over Grand Canyon. Salt Lake. Utah, Aug. 8. Over a cable 8,000 feet in the air passengers are to be carried across the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The Grand Canyon Transportation company, pro moted hy Utah men, has been incor porated with a capital of (10,000 to bridge the chasm in this unique man ner. Tourists will be taken from the fam- oub imght Antel I rail on the anta Fe side of the river, across the Ruck- skin Plateau. The length of the cable will be 500 feet. The wire rope will be anchored to the opposite walls of the gorge, and a car will be run back and forth. Russia to Grant Terms. Boston, Anjj 8. A special to the Gl.the from Gloucester says that Russia will grunt the Japanese demands, pay an indemnity and cede Sakhalin. The contest in the negotiations will he over Manchuria, but Russia will more than recover its losses in the next war with Japan. The special declares that the indemnity will only be lent, and will some day be collected with interest from "the presumptuous little brown men. tins position is in accordance with Russian policy, but is not consid ered seriously by the Japanese. Naval Brigade Returns. New Orleans, Aug. 8. Two vessels of the naval brigade, the Marie and the Wolverine, returned to the city to night from the Rigolets, where they had gone under orders from the gover nor to protect the fishermen in Louisi ana waters from the depredations of the Mississippi patrol boats. The inci dent is closet!, except for the case of the Tipsey, and that of two officers under arrest in St. Bernard Parish, who were captured in Lake Borgne. Boycott on Special Lines. Yokohama, Aug. 8. The meeting of Chinese, which it was announced would be held today, resolved to boycott American bankers, shippers and insur ance agents, but deferred action with regard to other lines of business. PUZZLE X. " v.. rind the "Richest Louis Globe-Democrat at A Little Lesson In Patriotism 3 Aitar the purchase of Louisiana much speculation was rife throughout the country as to the actual extent and character of the newly acquired territory. The vagueness that en shrouded the west made the value of the purchase un certain. An expe dition into the un known eountry was planned In or der to ascertain th points concerning which there was doubt Lieutenant Zebulon Montgom ery Pike was ap pointed to conduct EEBVL05 PIKE. this expedition to trace the Mississippi to its source. Leaving St. Louis on Aug. 9, 1808, he returned after nearly nine months of constant hardship and exposure, of continual danger, having satisfactorily completed his work. Ia 1803-7 he was engaged in a geo graphical exploration to the western part of the Louisiana territory, In the course of which he discovered that mountain In the Rockies that Is named after him. "Pike's Peak." Ills work carried him to the Rio Grande River, and having been found In Spanish ter ritory, he was captured and lnipri oned. Iu the war of 1812 Pike was select ed to command an expedition against York (now Toronto). His own cour age ana tne aamiraDie pians mac ne had formed led to the capture of the first redoubt. The advancing column was halted xinni preparations couia be made for an attack upon the next redoubt The magaslne of the fort exploded, killing General Pike and some of the soldiers, and closing bis career in a moment or victory. Perhaps no name was more feared In certain districts of the United States during the time of the Civil War than that of John Sin gleton Moib j. Guerrilla and raid er, he spread de struction where he rode. His band of men aceompiisnea ns much good for the cause they fought for and as much evil to the cause tney rougtit against as an army of a hundred times Its size could hare done. IOEN. MU8BY. Mosby had been a student in the University of Virginia, where he shot and seriously wounded a fellow-student who had Insulted him. For this ba was Imprisoned and fined. The Legislature remitted his fine and the Governor released hiin. Mosby's grat itude to the State of Virginia for this was almost fantastic. It was cuara er istic of him that he never forgot a favor. Mosby aided General Joseph Johns ton upon the Manassas operations in the Shenandoah. At the expiration of the twelve months' enlistment Mosby was one of the two men, the only men In the army, who were willing to re enllst without a furlough. At the close of the war Grant ex tended a pardon to Mosby's men. When Grant rnn for the presidency his most ardent partisan was Mosby. He incurred tho dislike of the South because of his attempts to aid Grant In his measures toward tho South. But Mosby would accept no favors from the Northern government. He fought for what he had thought right, and not for reward, f mm mm, PICTURE. imi ) Kf - . t . World.' THE LATE a F. X. O'BRIEN. Am Irish M. P.. Who Was One tnced to Bo Htagfd. The death of Mr. J. F. X. CBrfen, member of the British House of Com mons for County Cork, Ireland, recalls the clrcumstanco that he was one sentenced by the British courts to be hanged, drawn and quartered. James Stephens had started that vast conspiracy known as Fenian Urn, one of tho most formidable J. w. x. o bbiew. movements against the British connection which had been put on foot since the Rreat rebellion In the end of the previous century An insurrection broke out In several counties in the south of Ireland on the night of March 5, 1807. Mr. O'Brien at this period was engaged In business in Cork. He was already ap proachlDg bis fortieth year, and seemed the last man in the world to be called upon to head a body ot armed men. But when the forces that were called out to meet at the trysf Ing place there was no leader of those who had been expected to take com mand, and O'Brien spontaneously and promptly took up the vacant place? and put himself at the head of the headless force. Then they started out on their expedition, and first made fdr some police barracks In the neighbor hood. There was a brisk skirmish at one of these barracks, and ultimately the police agreed to surrender, and O'Brien himself brought the ladder to the wall of the barrack for the pris-' oners to come forth. The humanity with which he treated the conquered policemen was remembered In O'Brien's favor afterwards. His tri nmhp was short-lived; the soldiers came up, and O'Brien was arrested and transmitted to gaol. In due tJm came a series of State trials, and O'Brien was convicted of treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. The sentence was, how ever, commuted to one of penal servi tude for life, and he spent several years In the convict gaols of England. When an amnesty came he was re leased and returned to business, and likewise to revolutionary propaganda. He was a member of the governing body of the Fenian organisation. Sub sequently, when Parnell started the Laud League, Mr. O'Brien's views un derwent some modification, and in lSftT), when the reduction of the fran chise In Ireland gave Mr. Parnell hi first chance of electing a large party, O'Brleu stood for a division of Mayo and was elected. At a later date he became a bitter opponent of the Par nell faction of the Irish party. How to Fool Them. Vassar girls tell a good one on an of ot II to ancient and venerable instructor paleontology at that Institution learning. From time Immemorial liad been his custom at recitations call on the young ladles in alphabetical order, beginning at the beginning of the alphabet each new term, and call lug on three pupils each day. It did not take the girls very long to figure out Just when their turn would come, and neglect or prepare the lesson ac cordingly. After many years of this system the professor was shocked and grieved to find out how the young Por tius were taking advantage of him. He spoke to tne girls severely of the wickedness and folly of such conduct as had come to his ears. "Since you are not to be trusted," he added soleruly, "I shall fool you by abolishing the old method. Hereafter shall begin at the end of the alpha bet and go backward." Philadelphia Ledger. In Coolldge, two girls In the sama family married two doctors, and now there Is a terrible time in that family deciding who Is thi greatest doctoa iu the world. Man In the