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The Omaha Daily Bee. OAKS CROW f ROM ACORNS BEE ADS BUILD BUSINESS BIG BUSINESS OR . LITTLE BEE ADS WILL BOOST IT. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1905-TEN FAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. BOYCOTT IS WAKING Agitation Againit American Goodi in China Paste. Iti Climax. MOVEMENT STRONGEST AT SHANGHAI Student There Now Demand Admiiaion of All Olaaiea of Oeleitiala. ATTITUDE OF IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT Instruction! limed to Viceroyi Eridently lot Intended to Be Obeyed. i OTHER UNIONS FEAR SIMILAR TROUBLE Possibility ( Fatore I of This Mrlhod of Coercion Caoeee In easiness Anom Riroprni Merchants. PEKING, Auk. 29. The American boycott almost overshadows the peace negotiations as a topic of Interest In China. Accounts reaching Peking from trading centers Indi cate that the movement attained Its great est strength early In August and since then has been decreasing. Nowhere, except In Shanghai, has American business received a serious blow. The boycott would have been equally successful! at Tien Tsln, which Is a distributing market for American goods second only to Shanghai, except for the determined repression of Yuan Shlkal, who la almost the only Chinese viceroy really ruling his own province. Tho Peking government, in response to Minister RockhlU's representations, issued Instructions to provincial officials which read well but which the officials construe to mean that the government sympathizes with the sentiment against the exclusion of American goods, although obliged form ally to oppose the method of Its expression. Several minor offb Inls are Implicated in the movement at Shanghai and Its leader holds the rank of taotal. The government might punish them by depriving them of honors, according to the Chinese custom. If it were in earnest. Merchant Regret Action. Many important merchants who embarked In the boycott now repent of the scheme, but It has passed beyond their control Into the hands of agitators, the majority of whom are students, many recently re turned from Japan and some from Ameojca, who relate at meetings and In newspapers lurid stories of outrages received at the hands of American Immigration officials. They have abandoned the original demand that Chinese atudents and merchants be admitted to America as freely aa those of other nationalities and now are demand ing the unrestricted entry of all Chinese. They argue that If this movement succeeds the same coercion may be employed against Canada, Australia, Java and all countries In which Chinese live. The native newspapers, which have be come Influential only since the Boxer up rising, and the number whereof la multiply ing, are a powerful factor In fanning the agitation. The. best Informed foreigners believe that the boycott has passed Ita climax and will gradually subside; that the cessation of orders for American goods la merely tem porary, and that a decrease of ordeers now will result In a corresponding Increase later In the year. The piece goods merchants of Shanghai telegraphed to Viceroy Tuan Shakhal, pro posing to have Tien Tsln conslgnmenta shipped directly to Tien Tsln instead of through Shanghai as heretofore, and re questing him to take measures to stop the boycott thereof, and Yuan'a civil adminis trator Issued a proclamation accordingly. The end of the Russo-Japanese war, by fanlng Manchuria would give a great tltlpetus to American trade. That country waa practically closed to Imports through out the war, largely because the armies monopollzced all means of transportation. Loss Falls on Commission Men. Most American products sold In China are bandied by the British and German firms on commission and the bulk of the losses falls upon them. What la considered the greatest significance of the boycott Is the possibility offuture use of this method of coercion If the first attempts succeed. The guilds which launched the movement re forming a permanent organization and have plenty of funds to send orators about the country and low clrcu'.ara broadcast. They boast of receiving muny cablegrams and messagea from American eympathlzere Proportionately aa the first boycott suc ceeds, the weapon may be expected to be employed against any government that of fendu the Chinese. GREAT NORTHERN QUITS FIGHT Decide Not to Meet l.nmber Rate from the Southern Woods. CHICAGO, Aug I9.-(8peclal Telegram.) The Great Northern railroad has with drawn temporarily from Ita fight to put northern plnj Into the Missouri river mar kets on an ecjual basis with southern pine. At the meeting of tho executive commit tee of the Western Trunk Line associa tion, the Grat Northern people gave no tice that for the presejit they would not meet the cut recenly made by the Illi nois Central. A short time ago the -Great Northern waa aroused by receiving the new tariff c.f ths Illinois Central, reducing the rates on pine, originating In the southern lum ber districts & cents and making the rate it cents to tiloux Ojty and 80 cents to Bloux Falls. The Great Northern at once tiled notice that unless the southern rates were restored -It would reduce Its tariffs to 31ty cents to meet the Louisiana and Texsa cuts. OLD TIME TELEGRAPHERS MEET Association Asks Pensions for Oper ators Who Served la Field Darin- Civil War. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Men who operated the war department telegraph lines during the civil war, who met in convention here tu.Uy in conjunction with the Old Time Telegraphers and Historical association, sent a message of greeting to operators now In the war department service. In which waa said: "We express the hope that while the first government telegraph lines were used for war the latest lines may never serve rj Che transmission of any messagea but those of peace." Officers were elected and Waahingtou, D. C. was decided on for the next reunion place at a date to be set later. A letter waa aent to President Roosevelt by trie convention advocating that penaiona be paid to the operatora who served In the field aending telegraph Acaaages ur lb the Civil waa HOW TO OBSERVE THE ECLIPSE from nirectlona by Rrr, Father Rlataa of CrelaMon nl versify. The following directions from Father Rlgge for observing the eclipse this morn ing may be useful: "If there should happen to be some fog or hsie or light smoke near the horlr.on the sun 'my be looked at directly by the naked therwlse a colored or smoked glass i e used. A telescope, of course, will a c ch to the Interest of the obeerva tl t excellent method of using a tele set to hold a white card a short dls tan ind the eyepiece and to focus the sun" e upon it. In this way manyper- sons -lew the sun at the same time and n glass need be used. In default of s It the sun's Image may be pro jected 4 ns of a small hole In a csrd, and. mt erestlngly still, by watching the num Images of the eclipsed sun made by ..cs or chinks In the window blind. Every one of these holes, which or dinarily gives a circular Image, will then show the sun ns a crescent. Even the small spaces or Interstices belweei tho leaves of a tree through which the suVillght can find Its way to the ground will form these crescent Images. So that such a large collection of crescent Images of the sun will present an appearance well worth the Inconvenience of early rising. "If the reader can by any of the meth ods I have mentioned obtain a distinct Image of the sun he may try his hand at a real scientific observation and note the exact time of the end of the eclipse. This will occur for the Crelghton university observatory nt 6 o'clock 26 minutes and 35.R2 seconds. As the big Union Pacific whistle blows at 6 o'clock exactly and is generally correct to the second, the reader will have a fine opportunity of obtaining the correction to his timepiece and of thus seeing whether the moon Is on time." WILLIAM F. RIOQE, Prof Crelghton University Observatory. FILIPINOS MAKE A SHOWING Those of Them IVho Desire Indepen dence filven a Hearing by the' Taft Party. MANILA, August 29. The marble hall of the municipal building was crowded all day by followers of the agitators for the independence of the Philippines who had been Invited by Governor General Wright to air their grievances against the insular and federal governments before the visiting congressmen. The meeting was called to order by Senator Scott of West Virginia, who acted as chairman during the meeting. The speakers urged the immediate Inde pendence of the islands Nothing new de veloped In the arugments, which were the same as have been put forward since the civil government was instituted. One speaker, until lately a member of the Hong Kong Junta, maintained that the Filipinos were better fitted for self-government than the Greeks, Bulgarians or Peruvians, and would be willing to accept Independence under an American protectorate or a eys. tern of perpetual neutrality arranged by the( United States with the leading powers, which would guarantee noninterference on the part of ambitious powers. The same speaker said that one reason advanced by Americans for not granting the Filipinos independence was their lack of a common language, He referred to their dialects and com pared the Filipinos with their multitude of tribal tongues with the three languages spoken In Great Britain, English, Scotch and Irish, saying that the nation met wi,th difficulties In the' matter fo languages. This statement aroused uproarious laughter on tho part of the congressmen. All the speakers were subjected to volleys of ques tions by Messrs. Newlands, Warren, Hep burn, Grosvenor, Payne and Cooper, all finally admitting that they had not given the subject sufficient study to" determine Just how to handle Independence If given to the Filiplnna. Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin, In an Interview said: It is quite apparent to any one who has looked into the matter even superficially that self-government for the Filipinos at the present time is out o the question, and that of within a few months after the granting of independence there would be a factional fight, similar to the Agulnaldo Luna feud, which would give the powers as excuse to Intervene and divide the islands. WORLD'S GREATEST PROBLEM Itenjamln Ide Wheeler fays It la the Assimilation of Asia by Occi dental Civilisation. PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 29. Several prominent educators addressed the lewla and Clark educational congress today, among them being President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the university of California, President Wheeler said: The great problem with which the world's history will have to deal In the next cen turv concerns the assimilation of eastern Asia to the other world-half. The man. of the west and man of the east rannot un derstand each other. In superficial things they may seem to establish a temporary understanding, but they are apart on the fundamentals. The Pacific coast has become within fifty rears the outer, selvage of occidentalism. Is population represents by its aggressive Individualism, Its rlskfulness and lis power of creative Initiative, the most advanced type of the occidental spirit. Within the next decade the educational Institutions of the Pacific coast will surely be called upon, to an extent out of all proportion to anything In the past, to render service in opening western education to the people of the Orient. Our nation was shaped for the work of evangelization. It has gathered Into it all the bloods and faiths of the occidental world and has moulded them together Into a peoplH out of which Is emerging the concrete man. Our evangelizing seal is the seal of democracy the ultimate teal of the west, to make men self-determining and self-governing. CHICAGO PRINTERS GO OUT Ksnpleyes of All Job Offices In Windy City Will Strike Before Might. CHICAGO. Aug IS By tomorrow night, according to the expectations of the Typo graphical union officials, every union printer lit all t.toblUliinrnt owned by members of the Chicago Typothetae who have not given assurances favorable to the prlntera will be on atrlke. President Wright and Organiser John C. Harding of the union visited a number of the Typothetae ahopa today, requesting pledges favorable to the eight-hour day and In three shops strikes were called. At the closing hour the officials decided to abandon further efforts 'in the line of demand on Individuals and call out all of the union men tomorrow, but a meeting of the executive board tonight caused a change In the program and the firms who have not been Been will be visited tomor row. It Is expected that none of the re maining Typothetae bouses will yield and the strike will be la full force by tomorrow flight. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Memben Get Into Tangle Orer the Gai Lighting Contract. O'BRIEN DEFIES MAJORITY OF BODY Member from Fifth Attends Session WlthosU Documents and Flatly Re fnses to Procure Any and De feats Passage of Contract. Refusal by Chairman O'Brien of the lighting committee to produce any docu ments In the gas street lighting matter pre vented passage of the 12 ordinance by the council last night. An exciting and verbose contest between the majority, con sisting of Evans, Dyball, flchroeder. Hunt ington and Back, who were lined up for the contract, and the minority composed of Zlmman, O'Brien, Nicholson and Hoye, developed that the gas company has made offers to reduce the price of gaa to con sumers from 11.35 to $1,25 per 1,000 "cubic feet after October 1, 196. and to 11.15 after October 1, ISng, if the 128 contract for street lighting Is approved and signed, covering a period of five years. Mayor Moores claims tho chief credit for securing thla conces sion. Salient Points of Session. Few council meetings In recent years have been as sensational. The features were numerous enough to form a catalogue. Some of them were: Defiance by Councilman O'Brien of all the powers that exist to make him produce the gaa lighting documents last night. Application of the gag rule by Temporary President Nicholson to prevent an appeal from the chair regarding a resolution di recting the sergeant-at-arms to get the papers. Derlaratlona by Temporary President Nlcholaon that his rulings would prevail unless he was thrown out of the council chamber even though the entire police force was called out. Threats by Councilman O'Brien to resign and the tendering of his resignation If It was wanted. Passing of the He so often that It lost Its exciting quality. Three or more members trying to talk at once and each using the full force of his lungs. ' Charges and recriminations Imputing bad faith and Insults hnck and forth across the council chamber as rapidly as they could be shouted. First Act Rons F.aay. The first act In the gas drama passed off smoothly and City Attorney Breen's report of a week ago, recommending the readver tising of bids and opening the competition to all variety of lighting, on the ground that the first responses had not complied with the gas company's franchise nor the Intent of the charter, was placed oa file Indefinitely on the motion of Councilman Evans. The vote stood 5 to 4 as It did on all other questions affecting the gas con tract. Contrary to expectations. Council- j man Schroeder's broken rib did not keep him at home. He was brought to the city hall In a carriage and greeted by his friends in a lively manner. Another sur prise waa supplied by Councilman Back who was in his seat as usual notwithstand ing the fact that he gave it out flat Mon day that he would leave Tuesday morning on his vacation, for which he had obtained a leave of absence from the council meet ing. The appearance of the two council men and the presence of Vice President Clabaugh, of the gas company, was suffi cient warning to the opposition that a de termined attempt would be made to put the $28 contract through. O'Brien Held the Tramps. The plan might have succeeded had not the minority been better prepared. Chair man O'Brien had conveniently left all the papers. Including the necessary ordinance, lorked up In his safe In his office. He had In his possession the only ordinance that could be Anally passed, the rules and law requiring a new one to lay over a week before third reading and ultimate approval. He had held the ordinance since July 5. Despite the fact that the charter penalises at the rate of $50 a day any councilman who holds a report longer than thirty days. O'Brien made good his bluff that he would not produce the documents, and what Is more he made It good, saying he would run his chances on paying fines. Aa an excuse for not bringing In his report with the papers he said the whole matter had been laid over a week before to wait Councilman Schroeder's return. He. too, desired the presence of the full council when action was taken, but he had been told by Back Monday afternoon that Back would not 'be at the meeting. Therefore O'Brien said he had left the papers behind rather than bring in a report to only eight members. His position was maintained in the face of a resolution Introduced by Councilman Dyball, which was adopted, directing him to return the $28 ordinance "forthwith." After a lot of oratory by himself and others the man from the Fifth ward put-his feet up on his desk and cooly told the majority Ave to get the ordinance if they could. Zlmman Argues for Lower Rate. Councilman Evans did most of the talking for the majority. He received O'Brien's excuses with scorn and declared that "this thing has gone far enough. Tonight Is the time to act. This Is the place and we are here ready to do business." Before he sat down President Zlmman, who had turned the chair over to Nicholson, waa on his feet to make what Is probably the most eloquent and Impassioned speech he ever made In the council chamber. He aald that every other city In the United States except one has a better price for gas street light ing than Omaha, that experts unanimously asserted that the Improved Welshach burner, auch aa used on the Omaha lamps, does not consume more than 2.6 feet of gaa an hour. He derided the eighty-candle power assured by the gas company and said that sixty was aa much aa could br would be furnlahed. Cleveland, according to Zlmman., paya only $11 a year for Ita gaa lamps and Baltimore geta gaa for public buildings at 86 centa and for street lighting at $7.26 per lamp per year. Wants to Hear from Company. "The gaa company," said he, "does not approach this council In any way that can be called businesslike. It Is not trying to get thla price on the merits of Its service. No attempt is made to show that $28 Is tho right price and I believe with Councilman Evans that It Is time the gas company Is heard from on some of these points. I am willing to disprove many of the state ments It has aent out and prove everything I have said on thla matter. The gaa com pany haa employed every possible means to coerce the members of thla council, it haa drawn banks, railroads and nearly every other powerful corporation In to Its aid. We will not stand for the $28 price and the contract will not pass thla council until the gaa company haa made some concession. This Is not a Philadelphia council." Councilman Evana repeatedly Interrupted (CoaUaued on Second Page. TAKE OVER ANOTHER RAILROAD Chinese Cancel Concession to Amer icans, bat Will Pay Damages. OTSTER Bay, L. f . Aug. 29 -It waa an nounced here by President Roosevelt this afternoon, that the empire of China had cancelled tho rights and concession of the Canton-Hankow railroad, operating be tween Canton and Hankow. In China, and that, as an Idemnlty, he Chinese govern ment would pay to the owners of the road, the American China Development company, the sum of $6,760,000. The decision to abide by the determina tion of the government of China to cancel the franchise was reached at the conference yesterday between President Roosevelt and J. Plerpont Morgan, the firm of which Mr. Morgan Is the head, controlling the prop erty. The announcement of the decision was received In the form of the following offi cial statement: "After full discussion with Mr. Morgan It was decided to accept the offer of the Chinese government to pay K."6O,000 as an Indemnity for the cancellation of the con tract for the building of the Hankow-Canton railway. The Imperial Chlneese govern ment having cancelled the contract and at the same time expressed a willingness to pay any damage It left only the question of the Indemnity and a satisfactory amount having been offered the stockholders have agreed to accept the terms. "Mr. Morgan has consulted with the ad ministration and shown every desire to do what American Interests In the orient de manded and only consented to the arrange ment proposed by the t"hinrse government in view of the fact thaf the attitude of the Chinese government rendered it obvious that there was no other course that he could take In regard li the Interest of the stockholders he represented. He could not finally decide until he had laid the fact before the president and the president had stated that as far as he could see no other course was open than to accept the offer." The development company owned, besldo the railroad already built, a concession of right to extend It 800 miles Into the Interior of China. The portlonal distance between Canton and Hankow was twenty-eight miles. The Chinese government's offer for the whole was reported to be $7,000,000. King Ieopold. of Belgium, one of the largest stockholders of the company, Is said to have opposed the sale but Mr. Morgan was reported to favor It. SHAW WRITES TO CUMMINS Secretary Says that Pnbllc Men Are o Hound by F.dltorlal Comment, However Friendly. WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. Another chap ter In the controversy between Secretary Shaw and Governor Cummins of Iowa, growing out of statements In a speech of the former, was added tonight when Secre tary Shaw made public the following: Mr. Dear Governor Cummins: I have seen n copy of your letter of August 28, as pub lished. In which you Justify quoting me ns saying that the senate had refused to consider the French treaty because It "gives everything to France and nothing to the United Stotes." By an excorpt from an editorial comment on my remarks. In which it is stated that 1 demonstrated that we were offering Frame a tremendous bargain and eettlnff nractlcallvt nothlnsr In return. You take several -''"n" In -your letter in which I cannot concur. 1 do not agree that public men are hound by editorial comment, however friendly. Neither do I agree that an expression of opinion, how ever erroneous, is a violation of the pro prieties of debate. I expressed, however, no opinion whatever concerning the French treaty in my Des Moines talk, as you would have oDservea nan you reaa uie reporv instead of the editorial comment thereon. I did state three uncontrovertible facts and dlsmiseed the subject. I stated that by the terms of the French treaty we agreed to admit seventy kinds of French merchandise at a less rate ot duty tnan we coneci upon the same kinds of goods coming from any other country and expressly consented that twenty kinds of American proaucts snouia pay a hlKher rate when sent to France than was charged on the same kinds of goods from several other countries. I stated that I favored the ratification of the French treaty, which 1 certainly should not had I thought it gave everything to France and nothing to the United States, as you quote me as saving. I also stated that some senators thought It unwise to discriminate against the coun try of our principal market In favor of another country. As you do not take Issue with any of these propositions, what I re gard as a hasty statement In your letter is that I violated the proprieties of debate, when at the most you attribute to me an opinion with which you take Issue. I for give without your asking It. I doubt not the balance of your speech was more care fully considered. Certainly, the subject was more worthy of consideration than any statement I might have made or any edi torial comments thereon. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Secretary Approves Selections of School I,ands In Wyo ming;. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8V (Special Tele gram.) Acting Secretary of the. Interior Ryan today approved selections of Wyom ing to 6.558 acres of school Indemnity lands, distributed In the following land district: One thousand nine hundred and twenty acres in Cheyenne. The application of the county authorities of Pennington county. South Dakota, for a schoolhouse site in the Black Hills forest reserve was today approved by the forest reserve service. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Davenport, route 1, John W. Adcock, Jr., carrier. May Adcock substitute; Sterling, route 4. Msrk M. Catchpole carrier, LoHn Catchpole substitute. Iowa Boone, route t. H. B. Crouch carrier, Alice M. Crouch sub stitute; Lansing, route 3, William H. Gulder carrier, Lucinda Gulder substitute. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Pali sade, Hitchcock county, John M. Ward, vice A. J. Blunt, resigned. Iowa Ford, Warren county, Homer Gulnn, vice Emma Bradford, removed. Wyoming Dover, Al bany county, Lena Chadwlck, vice George W. Brandon, resigned; Riverside, Carbon county. George G. Herryman, vice Maude S. Dayton, resigned. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES JOIN Merger Formed by Directors is if. proved by Stockholders of the Company. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug J9 -The stock holders of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, represented mainly by proxies, at a meeting In this city have voted their approval to the recent merger of the South ern Pacific railway of California, with the Southern Pacific Railroad companies of Arizona and New Mexico. Following thla action 'the stockholders voted to Increase the capital stock of the corporation to $160,000,000 and to Issue bonds for that amount to meet requirements of merger and the refunding of the old bonds. The merger Includes all the Harrlman lines between San Franrlaco and El Paso, excepting the Southern Pacific coast road between Ban Francisco and Santa Crux, and the Central Pacific line In California, which extends from La Thrope to Goshen and Includes the ferry system between this city and Alameda count. PRESIDENT . HEARS NEWS Chief Executive Highly Gratified by Suc cessful Outcome ef Peace Conferenoe. ALMOST READY TO GIVE UP HOPE Ia Engaged in Fnnmlnar Another Appeal to Tsar and Mikado When Annoancement Reaches Him. OY8TER BAT, N. T.. Aug. .-In his library at Sagamore Hill President Roose velt, shortly before 1 o'clock thla afternoon, received the announcement that the Rus sian and Japanese plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth had reached an agreement and would proceed at once to conclude the terms of a treaty of peace. The announce ment had not been' expected today. The president at no time during the negotia tions had abandoned hope of a successful Issue of the conference, but he had realized more clearly than any other one man In the world the enormous difficulties which con fronted the envoys In their deliberations. While he has not for a moment relaxed his earnest efforts to induce the conferees to continue their discussions with a view to securing a basis of agreement, he had felt for forty-eight hours that the task he had set for himself In the Interest of humanity and civilization was well-nigh hopeless. The president's final appeals to St. Peters burg and Toklo had been made. No re sponse had been received from the orient, but from Peterhof palace had come In F.m peror Nicholas" own words Russia's ulti matum: "Not a kopeck of Indemnity; not a verst of territory." Darkest Before Dawn. The situation looked black. Indeed. The 1 president was In despair. With the final 1 terms of the Jnnenes vovernment. aa soon as they should be received from Japan's emperor, he had determined to seek the eld of Emperor William of Germany In support of his proposition that the warring powers submit their points of difference to the arbitrament of an Impartial tribunal. Ar bitration in one form or another had been the president's solution of the difficulty ever since the differences, seemingly Irre concilable by the envoys, had arisen. To this proposition Japan had acceded. With the powerful influence of the German em peror at Peterhof enlisted it was hoped that the ground of objection might be cut from beneath the feet of Emperor Nicho las. This was to be President Roosevelt's supreme effort to Insure "a Just and last ing peace." News Comes by Telephone. The president's thought of this final ap peal was Interrupted by the tinkle of the bell of the telephone on his deBk. Mr. Loeb, secretary to the president, who was engaged with him at the moment In world peace negotiations, answered the call. "What?" he eagerly Inquired, as the message was given him. The message was repeated. He manifested so much excitement and Incredulity that the president Inquired, "What is It?" "It is announced by the Associated Press In an official bulletin from Portsmouth," replied Secretary Loeb, "that the pleni potentiaries have agreed on all points of difference and will proceed to negotiate a treaty of peace." "That Is fine splendid," exclaimed the president.' "But " as a doubt passed through hla mind, "do you think It Is authentic?" "It Is a perfectly definite statement," Mr. Loeb responded. "Good: Good:" the president declared. The Joyful tidings soon spread through the Roosevelt household. The president i did not conceal his profound gratification I at the successful Issue of the peace con- ! ference. the Initiative of which had come from him. and his feeling of satisfaction at the outcome permeated the entire en tourage of Sagamore Hill. It was a Joyful family rarty that assembled a few minutes afterward around the hospitable board of President Roosevelt. Official Statement from Komnra. Official confirmation of the historic tid ings reached the president at 2:20 o'clock j In a cipher dispatch from Portsmouth. By authority and at the request of Baron j Komura, the chief envoy of Japan, the dispatch stated; The plenipotentiaries of Japan have with drawn their claim for reimbursement of war expenses and an agreement has been reached as to the partition of the Island of Sakhalin. All main points have been definitely settled. The plenipotentiaries will now proceed with discussion of de tails. Shortly sfter the receipt of this mes sage the full Associated Press report of the scenes at Portsmouth Incident to the announcement of the news there, Including M. Wltte's statement of the adjustment of the differences by the conferees was re ceived at the executive offices, and carried by a special messenger to President Roose velt at his home. He read the account with deep Interest. While the president did not seek to conceal his profound gratifica tion that the conference haa reached an agreement, he said he was obliged under the circumstances to refrain from any In formal expression regarding the work ac complished until he should have been In formed fully as to the details. It can be said, however, that he feels that the suc cessful Issue of the conference Is a great triumph for humanity and civilization. Such public expression as he may make regard ing the work of the conference will be an nounced after he shall have had oppor tunity carefully to consider It. It is regarded here as likely that the first Important work of the conferees, now that a general agreement has been reached on the main points of difference, will be the framing of a protocol declaring an arm istice and providing for the return of pris oners. The. negotiations of a permanent treaty of peace, a subject of grave con cern to both powers ancT to the civilized world generally, will be watched with profound Interest. President Will Receive Envoys. At the conclusion of their labors In the Washington conference, the plenipoten tiaries of both Russia and Japan will be received by President Roosevelt, either at Sagamore HIJI. or at the White House. At that reception there will be some no table utterances. Throughout the late afternoon and even ing, measages of congratulation by the acore poured In upon the president from people both In America and Europe. The great part he haa played In the bringing about of the aucceaa of the conference and In promoting the Interests of civilisation la recognized throughout the world, aa ia Indicated by the wide range covered by the congratulatory dispatches. None of these messages was made pub lic Message from Rneslaaa. y Iate tonight. President Roosevelt re ceived the following telegram from the Russian envoys: PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. U.-The iContloued on Second Page ), NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday, Fapept Showers In Southwest Portion l Cooler. Thnrs day Fair nnd Warmer la West Portion. Temperatnre at Otnnha Yesterdayi Hoar. Pes. llonr. Den. B m T I p. m Ftft n ri a p. m no T ni Tl .1 p. m t R T.t 4 p. m HI 9 T A p. m f 10 n. m nt h p. m IH 11 n H4 T p. m MT IS fU H p. n f43 ft p. m H'Jt PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT London, Berlin nnd Paris Papers Pay Tribute to Success of Hie Efforts. LONDON. Aug. JO.-The result of the peace conference at Portsmouth will not be generally known In London and other parts of England until this morning. Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minister, also received the first Information from The Associated Press. The minister was at his country home, where he was seen by the Associated Press. He said: I got my first intimation of the result of the conference from The Associated Press telegram sent to me here, but I must de cline to comment thereon until I receive an official announcement from my govern ment. In all official circles, In the clubs and elsewhere, the announcement of the terms came as a complete surprise, and respon sible persons declined to express definite opinions until more Information regarding the terms had been received. The morning papers, while sharing the as tonishment of the public at the unexpected nature of the peace terms, accord the great est praise to Japan for having chosen so magnanimous a course. All the. papers express gratitude to President Roosevelt and admiration of hla untiring zeal, giv ing full credit for being "the one man who made peace possible." English papers, which have been strongly pro-Japanese throughout the nego tiations express disappointment at Japan's failure to be reimbursed for the expenses of the war. At the same time several of them admit that It perhaps has chosen the wisest and more business like course. PARIS, Aug. r9. The unwavering con viction of France that President Roose velt's notable initiative would culminate In peace has received Its reward. The news of the successful termination of the conference at Portsmouth which was first made known through the Associated Press bulletin, produced a profound impression when It was communicated to the members of the diplomatic corps and the high offi cials of the government, who unanimously expreed the keenest satisfaction that the heavy strain and anxiety had been removed, and President Roosevelt's unrelenting per sistency was generally considered to have been the main factor In cringing about the happy results. American, Russian and French officials displayed Jubilation, while the Japanese diplomats maintained their usual Imper turbability, regarding the event as a thing that had been expected. All, however, re joiced that the disastrous war had been brought to a close with undoubted benefit, not only to Fuasla and Japan, but to the whole world. The news was communicated to Premier Rouvler at the Foreign office and the pre mier, while not departing from hla deter mination to refuse to enter Into the details of diplomatic questions, gave expression to his appreciation of the result which Presi dent Roosevelt had attained In terminating the war. MERLIN. Aug. M. Japan has won a great meral victory, Russia a great diplomatic one and President Roosevelt has become the first figure In International statesman shipthat Is what Berlin thinks of the re sult of the Portsmouth conference. The Foreign office, where the Associated Press brought the first announcement and the summary of the conditions agreed upon thirty minutes before they were known elsewhere In Germany, says unre servedly that without the president's per sonal exertions, supported by his unique position and the power of the United States, peace would not have been attained and that Germany and the whole world will benefit by the statesmanship shown by the Washington government. The Foreign office acknowledges the generosity and moderation of Japan and the steadfast spirit of the Russian government. Astonish ment at the result waa felt by the Foreign office, as It was everywhere else where tho Associated Press made Inquiries. In the downtown part of Rerlln extra editions of the evening newspapers were Issued frequently and they were eagerly bought up. The opinion of those whose lives are far awey from diplomacy and In ternational politics Is that Japan has shown a forebearance that no European power would have shown. JAPANESE DOttTB TO HOSPITAL Visit of Komnra and Takahlra to Be Commemorated by Tablet. PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 29-Baron Komura 'and Mr. Takahlra, who last week attended a garden party at York, Me having subsequently ascertained that the party was organized partly for the bene fit of the York hospital, gave $1,000 to the fund. The management has requested the Asso ciated Press to make public the fact of this "munificent and unexpected gift" and to announce that It haa been decided to per petuate It by endowing two beds In the hospital and placing over them tablets In scribed with the names of the donors. ACCIDENT IN ST. LOUIS Kxploslon In Plant of Malllnckrodf Chemical Works Iajares Fight Men. BT. LOUIS. Aug. 29 Eight emnloves of the Malllnckrodt chemical works were In jured by an explosion or chemicals in one of the buildings of the plant late today, one of whom. John Kenneck. waa so badl burned that It la believed he will die. The others suffered burns, but were not seri ously Injured. Fire followed the explosion and did ti.uov aamage. Movements of Ocean Vessels Anar. SCO. At New York Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Groise, from Bremen; Fuerst Bismarck, from Bremen; Minneapolis, from Iindon; Coronia. from IJverpool. Sailed: Kron Prinx Wllhelm, for Bremen; Hlavonla, for Nai-les. At Glasgow Arrived: Furnessla, from New York. At IJverpool Arrived: Dominion, from Montreal. Sailed: I-aurcntlan, for Phila delphia At Marseilles Arrived: Perugia, from Nenr York. At Antwerp Arrived: Kroonland, from New York. At Naples Arrived: Prinx Oskar, from New York. At Dover Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from New York. t Liverpool Sailed: Iike Manitoba, for aWntreal: Saxonla. for Boston. IVAR IN FAR EAST OVER Japan Tieldi All Fointa at bene for Sake of Peace. CZAR DICTATES THE FINAL TERMS Sakhalin ii to Be Dirided and Fajmtnt ol Indemnity it Waived. WORK OF FRAMING TREATY BEGINS 4t the Afternoon Meeting a Preliminary Armittice ii Agreed Upoa. TRIUMPH FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT lint for Strennons Work of Chief Executive as Mediator Conference Wonld Have Ended With out Agreement. PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug .-The long and bloody war between Japan and Russia Is ended. The terms of peace were set tled by M. Wltte and Baron Komura at the session of the conference this morn ing, and this afternoon preliminary ar rangements for an armistice were con cluded and the actual work of framing the 'treaty of Portsmouth" was by mutual agreement turned over to Mr. De Martens, Russia's great international lawyer, -ind Mr. Denntson, who for twenty-five years liaj acted as the legal adviser of the Japa nese foreign office. The treaty Is expected to be oompleted by the end of the week. This happy conclusion of the conference. which a week ago would have been ship wrecked had It not been for the heroio intercession of President Roosevelt, was sudden and dramatic. For the sake ot peace, Japan, with the magnanimity of a victor, at the last moment yielded every thing still In Issue. Rnssln Refuses to Yield. Russia refused to budge from the ulti matum Emperor Nicholas had given to President Roosevelt through Ambassador Meyer. No Indemnity under any guise, but an agreement to divide Sakhalin and re imburse Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners were his last words. They had been repeatedly reiterated In M. Wltte's Instructions and In the form of a written reply to the Japanese compromise proposal of last -Vednesday, they were de livered to Baron Komura this morning. M. Wltte went to the Conference declaring he was powerless to change the dot of an "I" or tho cross of a "t" In his Instructions. Emperor Nicholas' word had been given not only to him. but to President Roose velt, the head of a foreign state. When Baron Komura, therefore, first offered th new basis of' compromise outlined in tho Associated Press dispatches last night, (tho complete renunciation of Indemnity coupled with a proposition for the redemption of Sakhalin at a price to be fixed by a mixed tribunal consisting of representatives of the neutral powers, In fact, if not in words, the solution offered by the president), M. Wltte again returned a non possuhius. The Psychological Moment. It was what M. Wltte termed In his In terview with the Associated Press the "psychological moment." M. Wltte did not flinch. He expected a rupture and, as he expressed It afterward, he was stunned by what happened. Baron Komura gave way on all the disputed points. With the prescience that has enabled the Japanese to gauge the mental processes of their ad versaries on the field of battle and upon the sea, they had realized In advance that peace could be obtained in no other way. They had warned their government. Presi dent Roosevelt had advised Japan that it meet the Russian position rnther than take the responsibility of continuing the war for the purpose of collecting tribute. The mikado, at the session of the cabinet and elder statesmen yesterday, had sanctioned the final concession. When Baron Komura yielded the rest was mere child's play. Articles x nnd xl (Interned warships and the limitation of Russia's sea power In the far east) were withdrawn. Japan agreed that only that portion of the Chinese Eastern railroad south of Quan chontzl. the position occupied by Oyama. should be ceded to Japan. Both sides, once the deadlock was broken, wanted a "Just and lasting" peace, and In that spirit It waa decided to practically neutralise Sak halin, each country binding Itself not to fortify Its half of the Island, and Japan assuming an obligation not to fortify the ljt Perouse strait between Sakhalin and Hokkaido, which would bar Russia's com mercial route to the Pacific. The plenipotentiaries went further. They decided to add a new clause in the nature of a broad provision for mutual commer cial privileges by which each country will secure for the other the benefit ot the "most favored nation" clause and the "open door." Will Re Friendly Docoment. The new treaty, therefore, will be a won derfully friendly document, of a character almost to raise the suspicion that the two countries have not negotiated peace, but have concluded the basis of a future alli ance. There Is, however, no evidence, oa rumored, that any secret clauses are to be appended to the present treaty. Before leaving the conference bulMlng fellcltatlona were exchanged with the pres ident at Oyster Bay. Both Baron Komura and M. Wltte telegraphed. The former confined himself to apprising Mr. Roose velt of the , conditions upon which peace had been concluded. M. Wltte frankly laid his tribute at the president's feet. Ia hla message he said: "History will ascribe to you the glory.' and added the expression of Russia's hearty appreciation of the prealdent'a "fen erous Initiative." Mr. Roosevelt replied with worda of thanks and congratulation. Jnbllation Begins. Then began the Jubilation. M. Wltte and Baron de Rosen returned to the hotel for luncheon. The Japanese had remained at the conference hall to lunch with Mr. Pelrce. The news that peace had been concluded had preceded the Russian plenipotentiaries, and such scenes of 11J rejoicing have never before been wit nessed In the state of New Hampshire aa greeted them upon their arrival at the ho tel. M. Wltte. dazed at the sudden and happy termination of the conference, waa fairly overpowered by the tremendous ova tion he recclvtd. He could only express hla gratitude by shaking the hands of every body, and In response to the volley of questions fired at him as to the terms, murmured: "We pay not a kopec and wa get half of Sakhalin." Rneslaaa Are Elated. Later In hla room, when be had partlatty recovered himself, he declared that fee)