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Washington County News GROVE. jQRBGOM NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form tor Our Busy Readers. A Resume o f the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events o f the Past Week. The d r»ft of a new Franco-Russian treaty has been completed. Arrivals of immigrants at New York in July were atiout 48,000, against 36,- 000 in July, 1904. Fire destroyed the m ill, warehouse and elevator of the Kansas City Milling company, at Kansas City. Loss, $100,- 000 . James 8. Carnaham, commander-in- chief of the Uniform Hank, Knights of Pythias, ia critically ill at his home in Indianapolis. The Fagan Iron Works, in Jersey City, were destroyed by tire, involving a loss of $100,000 and throwing 800 men out of employment. A cloudburst near Colroado Colorado, flllod a c it on the land railroad with Hand for a of a mile and blocked trallic line. Springs, Hock Is distance on that INCREASE OF FEVER DEATHS. T O CONSIDER CANAL. High Temperature the Cause — More Cases Outside New Orleans. President Desires Congress to Decide What Type Shall Be Built. New Orleans, Aug. 2.— Today wit- ! nessed an increase in the number of | deaths from yellow fever, a fact that was not unexpected, in view of the high temperature that has prevailed the past two days. There was, how ever, the usual large preponderance of Italian names in the list, both of new cases and deaths, which has character ized the reports since the time when the fever was first officially announced as existing here. In spite of the increased mortality, the health authorities exhibited no concern over the situation, contending that, with the accumulation of cases, there must be expected an incerase in fatalities to maintain the average death rate of the fever. It is still possible to trace all the new cases that are appear ing to the original foci. Meantime the health authorities and citizens are making arrangements to give the result of their observations of the foci outside of the original district. The scientists have declared that the female stegomyia can only receive the poison of a yellow fever patient into tier system during the first three days’ linens, and that she is unable to com municate it until 10 or 12 days there after. In from 17 to 20 days it w ill become evident whether or not there is to be a spread from any of the outlying foci, and the health authorities w ill by the beginning of next week include in their daily tables, beside the appear ance of new foci, the disappearance of existing foci from which there has been no secondary infection. Washington, Aug. 1.— It it be true, as reported from Oyster bay, that the president intends to call an extra ses sion of congress early in November, it is not probable any attempt w ill be made to force the prompt consideration of a railroad rate b ill. That would be out of the question ; at least it would be impossible to secure final action on such a bill within a month. The probabilités arc, and observing officials here believe, that the president intends, at the early session, to have congress take up and settle once for all the question of whether the Panama canal shall be built, as originally planned, with locks, or shall be a sea- level canal, as advocated by so many prominent engineers. This is a ques tion that congress must decide, and the sooner it is out of the way the better the men in charge of the canal can operate. The president has not taken the pub lic into his confidence; he has not an nounced what his object may be in calling an extra session, but it is diffi cult to figure out how anything could be gained on a railway rate bill at a session convening only three weeks in advance of the regular session. It takes that long for the house to orgainze, elect a speaker, and for the speaker to appoint committees, and the senate con sumes almost as much time in its or ganization. Owing to divisions among parties, Chile has been without a government T O O FEW OLD O FFICERS. for two months. President Kiesco is formiog a provisional government Commander Young's Defense in Ben amgon his personal friends. nington Explosion Case. The Haytien government is having a San Diego, Cal., Aug. 2.— The naval dispute with its creditors about cus toms reci i its deposited in the National court of inquiry which is hearing evi bank, each party claiming them. The dence in the disaster to the gunboat bank refuses to surrender the money Bennington resumed its session at 10:30 until the courts decide the question. this morning behind closed doors. No A cholera epidemic prevails at Mad one but witnesses is admitted to the ras, British India. meetings, and no disclosure of the pro Norway and Sweden w ill not favor ceedings w ill be made until the Iina4 making the Baltic a closed sea. report is formulated, and then, prob Germany is suspected of bad faith by ably, only after submission to Wash- France in the Morocco matter. ington. It is understood that a portion of The court of inquiry into the Ben nington disaster has begun its sessions. this report will deal with the alleged shortage of oflicers on the Bennington, Suit has lieen commenced against the to which reference was made by Com direct irs of the Equitable to make them mander Young in a letter to Admiral return their ill-gotten gains. Goodrich some days before the explo Fire in Swift A Co.’ s packing plant sion, in which he said he had “ only at South St. Joseph Mo., destroyed four duty officers, young and inexperi over $250,000 worth of property. enced, which is likely to destroy the According to reports made by the tine record we have made for this ship, and to keep up the standard I must county assessor Portland has a popula have two more experienced oflicers.” tion of 110,500. This is 20,000 more The Bennington is again at anchor in than in 1900. the stream, and probably w ill remain Britain and Japan have nearly com here until the court of inquiry com pleted a new treaty. The new alliance pletes its work, and will then be towed will be decidedly more comprehensive north by the flagship. than the present one. Great Britain will press its claim for T U R N S FROM PEACE. pay for a number of steamers sunk by Russian auxiliary cruisers after the Czar Again Shows a Desire to Fight battle of the Sea of Japan. War to a Finish. W hile a few new cases are appearing Chicago, Aug. 2.— According to the In New Orelans, the health authorities St. Petersburg correspondent of the believe they have the yellow fever situ Daily News, the pending peace confer ation in hand and that in a few days its ence w ill fail and war with Japan will spread will have been stopped. continue. He says: The Chinese lioycott has caused large The announcement that two more di orders from a San Francisco firm to lie visions of Russian troops are going to cancelled. the front next week indicates the czar’ s A ll of the peace envoys are now in determination, since his recent confer Washington excepting M. W itte and ence with Emperor W illiam , to carry the war to the bitter end. The chief his party. of the mobilization department said to The kaiser and czar are said to be day to your correspondent: contemplating declaring the Baltic a The peace danger is over. W itte’ s closed sea. trip to America w ill only serve to show The Japanese now have an army be the Russian people that Japanese de tween Vladivostok and the main Rus mands render peace impossible.” Petitions in Russia are forbidden un sian army. less they are officially inspired. This Germany and Britain are at dagger's fact gives special signitiane to today’s oint about sending the British fleet to official publication of a |>etition from Ihe Baltic. Kbaborovsk, Siberia, asking that the Louisiana is quarantined on all sides czar “ carry the war to a successful end and new cases of fever have broken out and break the foe’s last effort, giving despite the efforts of the health author up not an inch ot territory and paying not a ruble of indemnity.” This pe ities. tition bears upon it in the czar’ s hand In a row in th city council of Spring- writing: field, Illinois, the mayor came off vic- “ I entirely share these sentiments.” torios by calling in police, who used their clubs freely on the city fathers. No Welsh Coal for Germans. Warren, Pa., was visited by a cloud liOiulon, Aug. 2.— Questioned further burst which did thousands of dolla.-i in the house today on the reports of worth of damage to property. The the purchase of a coal area in South people escaped drowning by staying in Wales by a German syndicate, Premier second stories of buildings. Balfour again stated that, so far as the France and Germany are again quar government was aware, there was no reling over Morocco. German syndicate in treaty for any ana Europe regards Roosevelt as arbiter containing steam coal used by the Should the necessity in case Japan and Russia deadlock in British navy. arise to prevent any foreign syndicate their peace conference. obtaining control of such an area, he Sweden is negotiating for a war loan. said that the government would pro A national bank is to be organised at pose a modification of the law debarring foreigners from holding teal property. Nome, Alaska. Japan w ill not cease hostilities pend ing the outcome of the peace conference. A new plot has been discovered against the life of the sultan of Turkey. Germany ia furious at the proposed cruise of British war vessels in the Baltic. Huarriman wants to gather the I lli nois Central railroad into his svetem. Great Britain is planning to store an immense amount of food for home use in case of war. Police has unearthed a counterfeiters outfit in Portland and arrested six peo ple in connection. District Attorney Jerome of New York is now taking a turn at the tricky lawyers of that city. NEW MINING TO W N. Borealis Falls Established at End of Government Rapidly Clearing Way for Calapooia Road. Klamath Irrigation. Brownsville— Borealis Falls is the name of a new mining town which has just sprng intg existence on the Cala pooia side of the Blue river mining dis trict, 40 miles southeast of Brownsville. The camp consists at present of four loghouses and boasts a population of 13 souls, but this w ill be added to soon by the addition of at lest ten more people. The town is located practically in the heart of the district, on the siuth bank of the Calapooia river, near the falls of the Calapooia, and is an ideal site for a modern mining town. The site is at the end of the Calapooia river wagon road, now building into the district from Brownsville, from which joint roads w ill branch off to the many mines of the district. This road is now under construction by Linn coun ty, and when finished will give accesss to the district by a direct route of con siderably less distance than any other. Already the road is completed 28 miles above Brownsville, and the county is lending every effort to complete it this year. A small portion of the road passes through a section of Lane coun ty, and this will be built by the citi zens of Linn county and mineowners. Irrigation Congress Delegates. Salem— The following persons have been appointed by Governor Chamber lain to represent Oregon at the Nation al Irrigation congress in Portland, Aug ust 21-24: W . P. Campbell, Chema- wa; T. G. Hailey, J. H. Raley, A . D. Stillman, Walter M. Pierce, Pendleton; W. R. King, A. N. Soliss, C. W. Mal- lett, Ontario; J. A . Woolery, lone; Lee McCartney, E. A . McDaniel, Baker C ity; E. J. Frazier, E. J. Young, Hen ry Ankeny, Eugene; A. King Wilson, R. C. Judson, M. A. Drake, Portland; F. Holbrook, A. Bennett, Irrigon; S. A. Lowell, S. A. Hartman, Pendleton; F. 8. Bramwell, La Grande; J. R Estch, Echo; R. M. Veatch, Cottage Grove; John W. Gates, Hillsboro. Orego.i Delegates to Congress. Salem— Governor Chamberlain has appointed the following delegates to the Trans-Mississippi congress at Port land August lfi-19: W. A. Munly, J. M. Moon, H. M. Brunson, C. II. Meus- dorffer, M. H. McMonies, Joseph Fried- enthal, Sol Harris, D. C. Burris, M. A. Raymond, Leo Peteison, F. A . Watts, Daniel McAllen, W illiam Foley, E. B. Duffy, A. W. Cauthorn, and Tom Rich ardson, Portland; E. Hofer, George Collins, A. M. Cannon ami £. T. Rich ardson, Salem; Bert Huffman, Pendle ton; W. A. Nash, Dallas; E. J. Fraz ier, Eugene; F .A . Seufert, The Dalles; E. J. Kaiser, Ashland. Washington— The secretary of the interior has authorized the purchase of the Little Klamath Water Ditch com pany’s rights and property, known gen erally as the Adams ditch, for use in connection with the Klamath Falls ir rigation project in Southern Oregon. This ditch system is to be used as part of the project and the agreement to sell includes also certain color of rights to land now under water and which are to be drained and used for irrigation pur poses. The secretary has also approved the purchase of certain rights and property of the Jesse D. Carr Land and Live stock company from 8. L. Akins. This purchase involves a large area of land for the Clear lake reservoir site, also rights of way for ditches to lie con structed by the United States over these lands and certain color of right to lands now under water which will be drained and irriagted. The former purchase is to be made for $ 100,000, less certain deductions stipulated in the agreement, and the latter for $197,500. S L U M P IN C H IT T A M BARK. Product Goes from 20 Cents Down to 3 Cents a Pound. Albany— This is ail off year with the chittam bark people. For the last two years a great amount of money has been put in circulation through the medium of this medicinal bark, hun dreds of people spending their outing in the woods peeling the bark. The price of the commodity soared up past the 20-cent mark, and those who were fortunate enough to secure a valuable belt of chittam timber netted a neat income. Little boys who had never earned a dollar in their life lined their pockets last year and the year before at the rate of from $3 to $7 per day. As the result of the great increase in price, many tons of the cascara, or chittam, bark were gathered and sack ed, only to lie in some warehouse un sold. This overproduction caused a stump in the market, and this year the bark is going for 3 to 3 l4 cents per pound. Forest Fire in Clackamas. Oregon City— A forest fire, one-half mile in width and already having cov ered an area one mile in length, is rag ing at the head of Canyon creek, in the foothills east of W ilhoit, this county, and iu the vicinity of JameB. Report of the fire was brought to this city by Dee W right, of Liberal. The fire started presumably from a campfire, on the Hungate homestead, owned by Ilel- For Bridge at Milwaukie. vie A Jones. Only underbrush and Salem— Governor Chamberlain has second growth timber are being con appointed State Senator C. W. Notting sumed, the flames not having reached ham and Representative S. B. Lintlii- any of the valuable heavy timber. cum and J. N. Bramhall as commis sioners to investigate the project of Mrs. Church T o Be Matron. building a bridge across the Willamette Eugene— The committee from the river near what is known as the White board of regents of the LTniversity of House, in the vicinity of Milwaukie. Oregon which i.ad in hand the selec The appointments were made under the tion of matron of the dormitory has at authority of the house concurrent reso last decided upon Mrs. S. C. Church, lution 2, of the last legislative session. of San Francisco. She has accepted, The plan is to have a bridge built by and w ill assume her duties early in Multnomah and Clackamas counties. October. The present matron, Miss The commissioners w ill serve without Fitlia Williams, will open the dormi expense to the state, and w ill report to tory at the beginning of the school the next legislature. year and conduct it until Mrs. Church’s arrival. S. P. Puts Out Rangers, Grants Pass— To prevent the out break of forest fires in its timber do main, the Southern Pacific company has put out a number of rangers in ad dition to those appointed by the gov ernment. By reason of the unusual dryness fires w ill spread easily in the timber this year, and extra precautions are being taken. Violators of forest reserve rules and earless hunters and campers who leave camp fires burning w ill be more severely dealt with thiB summer, that the ravages of past sea sons may not be repeated. Take Out $ 8 6 0 in Five Days. Sumpter— Another clean-up from the Belmont group, Greenhorn district, has been placed on display here. It repre sented in value $8110 and resulted from five days’ operation of the small m ill on the property. The ore from which the clean-up was made was taken from the upper workings on the rich ledge opened up some time ago and which has made such a wonderful output since that time. A shaft is now being sunk on this ore body, and the output is ex pected to Ire muon larger when a depth has been reached. v , Chinook Running in Wallowa. » Astoria— Fish Warden Van Dusen has recieved a letter from A. D. Allen, superintendent of the new state hatch ery on the Wallowa river, stating that the chinook salmon are now running there and large numbers are alreadv in the racks. Work on the construction of the new hatchery is well under way, and the plant w ill be ready for the tak ing of eggs the latter part of the com ing month. The plant w ill have a ca pacity of 15,000,000. Laid Low by Windstorm. Beaunnyit, Tex., Aug. 2. — Word reached here this evening that m e white Iwiy and two negro boys were killed outright and 20 other persons were more or less seriously injured in a heavy windstorm which struck l’ess- may, La., this afternoon. The town is situated in a forest of pine timber, the wind uprooting several trees, which Grading Active on Tillamook Road. fell on houses, killing and injuring oc Hillsboro — Superintendent L. R. cupants. Telegraph and telephone Fields and Resident Engineer Donald, communication is prostrated. of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, were here a few days ago conferring Strict Quarantine in Arkansas. with Engineer George I.. Davis, of the T.ittle Rock, Ark., Aug. 2. — Gover Portland, Nehalem A Tillamook rail nor Ih»via issued an order ’ directing way, relative to the junction to he ¡General Haynes, commander of the formed in this city between the two state m ilitia, to detail as many men as roads. Active grading has already com may be necessary to establish a strict menced on the Tillamook road, and the state quarantine against all points contracts for the bridge timbers and tie« have been signed. where yellow fever may exist. a- B U YS T W O DITCHES. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat— New club, 73>ic per bushel; new bluestem, 78)^c per bushel; new valley, 78c. Barley— Old feed, $21.50(822 per ton; new feed, $2C: rolled, $23@24. Oats— No. 1 white feed, $29@30 per ton; gray, $29. H ay— Timothy, old, $13(815 per ton; new, $11(812.50; clover, $8@9. F’ ruits— Apples, new, 90c@$1.75 per box; apricots, 90c per crate; peaches, 5e@$l per crate; plums, 75c per crate; blackberries, 5@t>c per pound; cherries, 50@ti0c per box; pears, $2.25 per box; prunes, 85c(8$l ; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; watermelons, 1 @ 1 l^c per pound; crabapples, 50c per box. Vegetables— Beans, l@ 4 c per pound; cabbage, 1 0 1 * 4 0 per pound; cauli flower, 75@90c per dozen; celery, 75® 85c per dozen; corn, 75c®$l per bag; cucumbers, 15(825c per box; let tuce, head, 10c per dozen; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 2®5c per pound; to matoes, 5 0 ® 75c per crate; squash, 5c per pound; turnips, $1.25® 1.40 per sack; carrots, $1.25® 1.50 per sack, beets, $1®1.25 per sa*-k. Onions— Red, $1.25 per hundred; yellow, $1.25. Potatoes— Oregon new, 50c®$l. Butter— Fancy creamery, 21 !^®25c. Eggs— Oregon ranch, 22® 22 ^ c per dozen. Poultry— Average old hens, 13®14c; mixed chickens, 12® 12*yc; old roost ers. 10®10'^c; young roosters, 11® 12t*c; springs, 1A$ to 2 pounds, IR S ® 17c; I to I ty pounds, ltl® 17c; turkeys, live, 18® 19c; geese, live, per pound, fi®7c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, 10® 14c. Hops— Choice, 1904, 17 ® 19c per pound. Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, 19®21c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 25®27c per |<ound; mohair, choice, 31c per pound. Beef— Dresser! bulls, l® 2 c per pound; cows, 3Sv ® 4 itc . Mutton —- Dressed, fancy, 5c per pound; ordinary, 4c. Veal— Pressed. 3 *t® 7 ttc perponnd. Pork— Dresser I, 8®7t%c per pound. S T A N D S BY ALLY. Japan’ s Peace Conditions Will Receive Endorsement o f Great Britain. Washington, Aug. 1.— Japan comes to the Washington conference assured that, whatever her peace terms, they w ill have the sympathetic approval of Great Britain. Several suggestions from Washington to London that the cause of peace would be served by an explanation to Japan from her ally fa voring moderation in.her demands up on Russia have not availed to change the British government in its apparent ly unalterble determination to stand by Japan, however severe she makes her conditions of peace. Nor has the Brit ish government seen its way clear to render assistance to Washington in the efforts which this government is mak ing to obtain an armistice. Advices reaching here show that London is opposed to an armistice until Japan has been satisfied that Russia’s plenipotentiaries are prepared to do more than discuss means of ending the war. If Russia is ready to conclude peace and has so empowered her pleni potentiaries, Great Britain, it is said, might favor an armistice, but even in this event she would, it is said, not be willing to offer Japan advice on the subject. E D IS O N ’S NEW B A T T E R Y . AFTER BIB FELLOWS 'V One Millionaire in Jail Worth a Thousand Others. STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY HENEÏ Does Not Believe in Convicting Man Who Has Been Bought and Letting Buyer Go Free. Portland, Aug. 1.— Scathing in his denunciation of graft in public life, merciless in his arraignment of the mo tives of the defendants, severe in his charges against the attorneys for the defense, dramatic in his earnestness of speeeh and effort, F’rancis J. Heney made his argument yesterday in pre senting the case of the government in the Williamson-Gesner-Biggs trial to- the jury. Those high in public life who used their offices for private gain and for the practice of illegal business were held up before the jury as men worse than thieves and robbers. “ It has been intimated by the de fense in this case,” said Mr. Heney, “ that I have told the witnesses when they came before the grand jury as witnesses that I was not after the little fish, but after the big ones. It has been insinuated that Eiack of my move ments lurked a political motive, but I need only to bring th is to mind for you to know how false it is. Though the defense lias never lieen able to get a witness to say that I told him I was after the big fish, I w ill say it myself. I am after the big fish, and as long as there is a hook and a line or a bit of tackle in the government box I w ill keep after them. Graft is ruining Russia today; graft ruined Rome, the ancient empire of the woi.d, and, un less the juries of the nation sustain the laws of the United States, graft w ill ruin this country.” Turning to the defendants and their motives, tfie attorney held that when a guilty man attempts to prove defense for himself he always hews as close to the truth as possible. “ But crime leaves its scar upon the conscience and the mind,” said Mr. Heney, “ until if we open wide enough the windows of ttie soul we can see the markings left. It is this consciousness of scar that has led the defendants in this case to plan tiie defense they have. I am after the big fish I do not want the poor devils who have been seduced through the in fluence ot power and wealth. I want the big fish. One millionaire in the penitentiary is worth one thousand of the pqor devils he bought, as an exam ple to the world.” \ WAR WITH BRITAIN IM M INENT. German Paper Says German Navy Is Ready for Action. Inventor Says It Will Be Cheaper and Berlin, Aug. 1.— A very considerable Lighter Than Present Ones. sensation has been caused by the pub New York, Aug. 1.— Thomas A. Edi lication in the Tegel Zeitung of a state son lias made the declaration that he ment that a v;ar between Germany and Great Britain is imminent. The paper has solved the problem of providing says: cheap and serviceable electric traction “ According to the most reliable in for vehicles. formation furnished to the editor, war “ By October my light battery w ill be between this nation and England may ready for the market, and we w ill be not be averted. A ll German warships ready to equip automobiles of all de have lieen fully prepared for prompt scriptions,” he said. “ To reach the action, having received secret instruc goal for which I aimed and keep down tions that war is considered inevitable.” Tegel is a Berlin suburb, where are the cost to a trifling portion of what present batteries cost to keep alive, I located the extensive works of Messrs. determined upon a simple combination Borsig, the well known machine and of iron rust, potash and nickel rust. gun manufacturers. This firm controls For a time it failed me, but now I have the newspapers and the assumption is accomplished the result with these in that the “ reliable information” eman gredients, and a new light battery is an ated from that firm. accepted fact. It will weigh one-half of the present batteries in general use, Distress Among Italians. and w ill be about the same size, al New Orleans, Aug. 1.— Much dis though it stands somewhat higher in tress is beginning to appear among 'the its proportion than the other. As to Italian population growing out of the its power, there can be no question. A practical suppression of the fruit busi new factory wtiere the cell batteries are ness from Louisiana on account of the to tie man factored is being erected in quarantines, and relief work is one of Orange, and automobiles w ill be built the tasks which the Italian societies and equipped there.” and citizens’ committees w ill now have to address themselves to. W hile the Milling Wheat for Mexico. six-day detention order of the board of San Francisco, Aug. 1.— The Kosmos health lasts, all the lines which have steamer Thehen, which sailed today for been operated from the steamers into the southern coast on her way to Eu New Orleans w ill divert their ships to rope, carried 1,000 tons of m illing Mobile. wheat for Guaymas, Mexico. For sev Seek the Judgship. eral months past the Mexican govern ment has abolished the duty on wheat, Portland, July 29.— The scramble for owing to the short crop in the Hermo- the district judgship has begun afresh, sillo district and steamers sailing from since W. W. Cotton threw away the here have received consignments of plum, and aspirants for the job are wheat sufficiently large to warrant slanting their eyes toward Clatsop them in calling at Guaymas, far up the county, where dwells Senator Fulton, Gulf of California. The duty will be and toward the third floor of the Fed imposed again on August 31. eral courthouse, where holds forth Dis trict Attorney Francis J. Heney. That Changes in Land Laws. Mr. Fulton and Mr. ’ Henev have the Washington. Aug. 1.— The public strongest pull of anybody in Oregon is lands commission, appointed nearly realized by all the candidates. two years ago to investigate and re Rojestvensky Is Recovering. port upon the operation and needed modifications in the public land laws, Tokio, Aug. 1.— Rear Admiral Ro- hopes to submit a final and comprehen jestvensky’ s condition has made satis sive report to President Roosevelt prior factory progress since the operation that to the assembling of congress next fall. was performed on his forehead. He The commission has about completed was able to leave his bed and sit in a its investigations as regards the home chair yesterday. Pains in one foot, stead, the desert land and timber laws, however, prevent his walking freely, but not of the mineral land laws. but no cause for uneasiness exists. The admiral has expressed his sincere War Party Has Upper Hand. satisfaction with the treatment accord St. Petersburg, Aug. 1.— News of the ed him. utmost importance is daily expected from the army in Manchuria. At army Taft Party at Nagasaki. headquarters there are evidences of Nagasaki, Aug. 1.— The steamer great activity, and there is no doubt Manchuria arrived here at 7 o'clock that word fo a general engagement is thia morning. The governor, mayor looked for. The war party stilt has and other officiala went aboard and ex the upper hand and there ia still little tended official welcome to Secretary ol talk of peace. War Taft and Miaa Roosevelt. V >