The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07
WAITING FOR THE
PEACE ENJOYS
Finishing Touches Put on at Ports
mouth Navy Yard.
CITY GAY WITH BUNTING
HOTELS ARE CROWDED WITH
THRoNGS OF VISITORS.

Portsmouth, n. H, Ang. 6.-After
day of activity in the navy yard, the
finishing touches i'm preparation for the
peace conference were made late this
afternoon and everything is now in
readiness both on the inside and the
outside of the large new naval stores
building where the plenipotentiaries are
TO be received tomorrow. and where
they are to hold the daily sessions
thereafter The second floor of the
building is to be occupied by the peace
missions. The conference room is in
the center of the building over the
main entrance.
Adjoining it on one side is a suite
of three, spacious rooms which have
been assigned to the japanese ENJOYS.
On the other side is a reception room
dedicated to the representatives of the
United States government. Beyond
this is a suite of three rooms for the
use of the Russian mission. On either
side of corridor which divides the
building are large dining rooms where
midday luncheons will be served to the
respective missions and in the eastern
dining room Admiral Mead, commsn-
dant Of the navy yard. will tomorrow
give banquet to the ENJOYS, their
suites and about sixty invited guests.
Two hreproof rooms have been fitted
up for the storage OF documents.
Furnishings Are Fine.
The conference room is imposingIy
furnished. A mammoth table in the
center is surrounded by huge chairs
beautifully upholstered in black leath-
er, On the floor is a costly Persian
rug. At each end of the room are
mahogany tables, adapted for clerical
work. The walls of the rooms are
draped with flags contributed by the
navy i'm making the international code
signals. The flags relieve the bare walls
in all Of the rooms. and are the only
decorations. Handsome desks, tables
and chairs make all of the rooms up
IN elegant dignity. Persian rugs are
laid uDOn the floors.
1t cost the United States government
$4,000 to equip the quarters for the
conference.
Without the building all appearance
Of newness has been removed. The
borders of the newly laid cement walk
have been sodded and the gravel walk
leading to the landing, 900 feet away.
has been put in repair. Everything
at the landing stage has been made
shpShape.
The wOnted quiet of a New England
sabbath was somewhat disturbed in
Portsmouth today by the. animated an
ticipation ~of tomOrTow's event The
business section of the city is gay with
bunting. the national cOlOrs prevail
ing in the decorative scheme. Throngs
OF visitors from the surrounding cities
and towns today augmented the many
strangers who have fiocked TO the city.
Hotels Are Crowded.
Every available room in the hotel
where the missions are to be quartered
has been taken. The city is filed with
d small army of newspaper cOrrespon-
dents representing in addition to the
press associations and the great dailies
of the United States. journals in Eu-
rope and Japan
The news that M White had aban-
dOned his trip by water and was to
arrive here by train was the only de-
velopment Of interest during the day.
The arrangements were made whereby
Herbert D. Pierce. son of the third
assistant secretary Of state. win meet
the Russian plenipotentiaries at the
railroad station and will convey them
TO the hotel Wentworth i'm an auto
mobile. Young Mr.. Pierce speaks Rus
sian huently.
All arrangements for tomOrrew's ex-
ercise, including the breakfast at the
navy yard and the extension of the
hospitality of the state and nation at
the Portsmouth court house have been
completed. At the conclusion of the
exercises at the court house the pIeni-
potentiaries viii go to their hotel.
there to remain until the first business
session of the missions is held on Tues
day morning.
Tonight Rear Admiral Mead issued
an order pOstpOning tOmorrow's eKer-
Cises until further notice Messrs.
Berg and Batcheff. assistants to Mr..
ShipOfr- director OF the treasury de-
partment and delegate from the Rus
sian minister of finance, arrived at the
Hotel Wentworth tonight from New
York. They said they had not been
Informed of the delay in the arrival of
the peace ENJOYS.
1t is only ten cents round trip to
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