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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28

ernments TO pause and consider seriously
the results before breaking up finally
the present conference without an agree
ment Indeed they would scarcely dare,
I'm the face of the worlds opinion, refuse
to accept, in principle at least, the sug-
gestions offered by the President.
DELAY MAY BE EXTENDED.
Assistant Secretary Peirce after the an
nouncement of the decision to adjourn
over until Tuesday saw both Mr.. de
Witte and Mr.. Takahira, and then sent a
long cipher message to the President.
Although the public tonight was led to
believe that the meeting was definitely
adjourned until Tuesday, the press
learned late tonight that according to
the joint understa nding between Mr.. de
Witte and Mr.. Takahira it was agreed
that there would be no meeting until ia
pans response to what may be regarded
as Russias ultimatup arrived. The meet
ing. therefore, may not be held until
" ednesday or Thursday. Toxic now
must decide. and judging from the tone
of the japanese press the Government
must face q great deal of opposition at
home If II yield further
Mr. PIacon acted as interpreter for Mr.
de Witte and Mr.. Takahira at their inter-
view tonight. After the interview Mr.. de
Witte called Mr. de tMartens and Mr..
Pokotiioff into conference.
The interview between Mr.. de Witte and
Mr.. Takahira was the sensation Of the
day. Everybody had been at high ten
sion. On all sides the report had been
spread that tomorrow would witness the
final breakup and that tomorrow night
the hotel would be deserted. The Russian
attaches, who know Mr.. de Whites posi-
ton. talked of making their pour prem
dre congo calls. and were discussing the
dates of the steamship sailings. etc. Then
suddenly. at o'clock. the rumor got
abroad that Mr.. de Witte and Mr.. Taxa
hira were in private conversation.
Fifty correspondents beleaguered the
door of Mr.. de Whites room When II
was over Mr. de Witte emerged and pre-
tended to be greatly astonished at the
crowd of journalists. He appeared to be
in very good humor and cracked several
Jokes in French, which most of those
present did not comprehend. and tnen
briefly made the announcement quoted
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
TOXIC PRESS IS FOR WAR.
Russian Proposal to Divide Saghalieu
Pronounced Absurd.

TOXIC, Aug. 27.--The proposal that
Saghalien be divided between Russia and
Japan is meeting strong popular opposi-
tion here, and 1t is freely predicted that
acceptance of it will result in demon
strations against the Government. The
Nichi Nichi declares:
Peace under such circumstances would
be imperfect. Since the island was recov-
cred at the point of the sword there is
no room to entertain the proposal for a
partial surrender of 1t. Should our Gov
ernment try to conclude peace in the
presence of so many obstacles to effecting
a lasting peace the result would only be
a temporary cessation of hostilities, for
which we hold our authorities responsible
and unhesitatingly blame them. Japan
shall adhere to her demands with refer
ence to the payment of indemnity and
the cession of territory
The Hochi Shimbun expresses surprise
that the proposal to divide Saghalien was
made, and says the proposal .verges upon
the absurd.
The Mainichi says:
"If the reported proposal to divide
Saghalien is true, it Is a most grave and
serious danger to our country. 1t will be
impossible TO entertain It, as 1t would
only serve to sow the seeds of further
dangers and complications. Let us stop
the peace negotiations If the proposal is
seriously made.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
MISS WALTER APPEALS
TO SUPREME COURT
Fight for Alaskan Mining
Lands Is Carried to
Washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Proceedings
it is said, will shortly be instituted in
the Supreme Court of the District by
Miss Lena Walter of Alaska to enjoin
or estop the Secretary of the Interior and
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office from issuing patents or certificates
of title to certain lands in dispute In
Alaska, involving an aggregate valua-
ton of $1,O00,000.
The suit grows out of dispute be-
tween Miss Walter and the Wild Goose
Mining Company of San Francisco over
the possession of certain lands in Alaska.
Miss Walter claims s1.0Oo.000 worth of
land in Alaska: the mining company al
leges. on the other hand. that the land
belongs to the Government
It is announced that the litigation will
be instituted not only here but at Nome,
Alaska to resist a Judgment awarding
the lands to the company, and in San
Francisco, where officers and members
of the company reside.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
MANY AMERICANS
IN ATTENDANCE.
lnterparliamentary Con-
gress Opens To-Day in
the Palais de la Nacion
MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT
Mr.. Roosevelt Is Thanked for
His Mastery Effort to
End War in the Orient

BRUSSELS. Aug N.--An unusually
large and representative delegation from
the United States Congress Is here to at
tend the interparliamentary congress.
which viii open in the Palais de Ia Nacion
Tomorrow. The Parliaments Of Europe
are also numerously represented. the
Italian Chamber OF Deputies sending 100
delegates, the British House OF Commons
sending thirty and the French Chamber
of Deputies twenty, while the German,
Austrian, and Hungarian houses and the
Parliaments OF Denmark. Norway, Swe-
den. Belgium and Holland are represent
ed by number Of conspicuous members
These include Herr Won Plener. former
Minister OF Commerce OF Austria and now
president of the Mid-European Economic
Union. and Count Apponyi. leader Of the
Hungarian opposition. Among the Amer
lean members of Congress are Repre-
sentative Bartholdt OF Missouri. president
of the Interparliamentary Union, and
Representatives Burke of South Dakota;
Bates. Barchfeld, Dickerman, Moon and
Palmer of Pennsylvania: Boutelle and
Fuller Of Illinois, Goldfogle and Waldo or
New York, McNary of Massachusetts,,
Norris of Nebraska, William Alden Smith
of Michigan. Slayden of Texas. Wood OF
New Jersey and Littlefeld OF Maine
Former Congressman Barrows OF Massa-
group met this afternoon and Representa-
tive Burke proposed the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted and cabled TO
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
Assembled In the cause OF International arbi-
tration We send you hearty greetings and con-
gratulate you upon your cOmmendable and mas
terly effort in the cause OF peace. which. re-
gardless OF the immediate results. has chal-
lenged the admiration OF the world
Bartholdt, chairman Of the Americans.
reported to the executive council of the
congress, which met this afternoon under
the presidency Of NJ. Bernaert, the Bel
gian Minister Of State and adviser TO
King Leopold.
BarthoIdt presented a draft OF model
arbitration treaty and a plan for a per-
manent International parliament. With
the aid Of the English members, Philip
Stanhope and W. R. Cremer, the plans
were referred 10 a special commission
for final action prior to the reassernbling
of The Hague conference The discussion
showed considerable opposition to arbi-
tration on the part of the Italian and
German delegates.
In the absence of Bartholdt the Ameri-
can delegation unanimously adopted
resolution for presentation to the Nor
! wegian Government asking that the NO
! bel prize be conferred on Bartholdt IN
recognition OF his efforts IN behalf OF ar
F.. bitration.
King Leopold will receive the members
/ OF the congress at the royal palace at 1
| O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
STEW
CURE FOR TETANUS
Widow of Army Surgeon
Urges Application
of Remedy.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

CHICAGO. Aug. 27-Mrs. Mary B.
Portwood, widow Of DR.. Robert L. Port
wood. army surgeon. telephoned to Belle
vue Hospital last night that she had
read that Mary Hall was patient there,
suffering from tetanus, and that she had
an almost certain cure. which she wished
the doctors would try. When asked to
describe the cure she said:
Put twelve large cockroaches into a
teacup, add pinch of salt and cover
with boiling water In a few minutes
there will appear a milky substance
which is to be forced down the throat
of the patient. a teaspoonful every If
teen minutes. until the jaws become re-
laxed.
Il assure you." she added. this rem
cay has been tried many times with sue
cess
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
RYAN OF EQUITABLE
ON HIS WAY HERE
Financier Reaches Seattle
and Will Come to San
Francisco.

SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. 27.-Thomas F.
Ryan, the financier of New York City,
who recently acquired the controlling in
terest of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of New York by buying the
holdings of James II. Hyde, arrived in
the city yesterday afternoon in his pri-
vate car "Pere Marquette" He is trav-
cling with his private secretary.
Ryan, after reaching the city, went to
the Hotter Washington, where he en-
gagged a suite of rooms. He is taking
one of his few vacation tours He will
spend several days in the city and then
will go to Portland to visit the fair, and
from there proceed to San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
Twenty Laborcr. KILLED.

MAZATIl1AN. Mex. Aug. 27.-Twenty
Mexican laborers were killed and a
number injured by the premature ex-
plosion of quantity OF dynamite at the
port works at Manzanillo While 1t is
said that the explosion was the result
of carelessness on the part of some OF
the laborers, the families of those killed
have been indemniffed by Colonel Edgar
K. Smoot, the contractor in charge of
the Manzanillo port works.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
Prison For Deserter.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 27.-Charles Henry,
arrested here two weeks ago for burg
larry, has been found to De a deserter
from Company F, of the Fifteenth IN
fantry, stationed at the Monterey Pre-
sidio. A general courtmartlai, the
Judpe Advocate informs Chief of Police
Carroll. has sentenced Henry to spend
two and half years at hard labor at
Alcatraz, to be dishonorabiy discharged
and to forfeit all pay due him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
MEXICAN MINING LAWS
TO UNDERGO AMENDMENT
Ownership of OIL and Coal Lands VIII
BE Affected by the Proposed

CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. PA project
is under consideration IN the Depart
inent of Mines for amending the laws
relating to oil and coal lands so thu :
instead of being the sole property Of
owners, as at present, oil and coal de-
posits may be appropriated, as il; the
case with lands containing metals It
is suggested that the owners OF lands
with coal and oil may be compensated
by a royalty on the value of the prod
ucts extracted. The matter Is Of great
Interest and lawyers are likely to differ
il, to the constitutionality o. the pro-
posed change.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
CENSUS BUREAU
ON EDUCATION
Analysis of Statistics Re-
lating to Teachers Is
Published as a Bulletin

! WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-The census
bureau has Just published as bulletin
an analysis by. Professor Walter r. Will
cox of Cornell University of the census
of statistics relating to teachers. Cal
culating the school age as from five to
twenty-four. the report finds that TAX
ing the country as a whole. there is an
average of one teacher to every seventy
one pupils. OF 14e for every 1900. The
computation shows that the supply of
teachers in proportion to school popula-
tion has more than doubled in the last
thirty years and that teachers exceeded
the total number of clergymen, lawyers
and physicians.
In 1900 Nevada had the. largest pro-
portionai number of teachers: Vermont
ranked second. Maine third and Iowa
fourth. The proportion of teachers was
smallest in some of the Southern States.
During the past decade the proportion
has increased in every State and Terri
tory, the increase reaching a maximum
in the State of Washington. The States
of the North and West showed a greater
increase than those of the South.
The bulletin continues:
The proportion OF teachers in continental
United States is smaller than fn Enssnd and
Wales, but greater than in uermany. France.
Italy Canada. Mexico Cuba, and in the
in England and Wales: Maine and New lamp
shire Vermont, Connecticut. District OF Colum-
bis Ohio. Minnesota, Iowa. North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas. Colorado.
Nevada Washington. Oregon and California.
During recent years the proportion OF teachers
increased in this country to z greater extent
than in England France. Germany or Canada.
The immigrant population contains proper
tionally fewer teachers than the negro popu-
lation. The children OF immigrants. however.
have engaged in teaching to such an extent
that the proportion of teachers among ADULTS
of this class exceeds the proportionate among
prhit Ire children
In continental United States. as in all couli-
tries for which figures were obtaina ble the
greater part of the teaching Is done by women
The excess of female teachers over mae l.
greater in this country than IN any other
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
Krieger vercin at Joliet.

JOLIET. H., Aug. 27.-The national
convention of the Krieger Verein of
America opened here to-day with an
elaborate parade. Large delegations
are here from Chicago and other cities.
Fest day was celebrated at Hers
Park where Mayor Barr welcomed the
delegates. The business session of the
convention will begin tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
Ru..ian stations Bombnrded.

TOXIC, Aug. N.-Rear Admiral Ka-
taoka has reported to the Navy Depart
ment that a division sent by him to the
mouth of the River Amur bombarded and
destroyed two Russian guard stations.
Zharef and Lazareba. which were situ-
ated south of the embouchere of the
Amur and which had been recently rein
forced.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
Fighting Against Typhoid.

LIDIAPUTZE. Manchuria, Aug. H.
Reports telling of large number of ty-
phoid cases among the soldiers have been
exaggerated. There are some cases, but
the general state of health In the army
is excellent. AS typhoid generally arises
through the soldiers drinking unboiled
water, movable machines for the boiling
of water are being rapidly established.
The japanese advance along the railroad
has ceased. They have withdrawn to
Shahedzy.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
TOXIC CHIEFS
+. ARE MEETING

TOXIC, Aug. 2S.-An especially sum
moned council of the Cabinet of Elder
Statesmen is now in session. discussing
the latest final phases of the peace con-
ference at Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Aug 2S.-There
is persistent report that President
Roosevelt has made new appeal to the
Emperor of Japan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28

Bd japanese
d mis- keep
Japan there appears be
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28

He cannot know success who does not
delight in sacrifice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26

sale of / 900 shares of Pennsylvania
railroad stock being carried for hm
on margin.
George w. Thatcher OF Dayton,
OHIO, pleaded guilty to three counts
in indictments charging use OF the
Of the mails to defraud by means OF
what he called the Mercer" estate III
England, seeking mony from possible
relatives for the alleged purpose OF
collecting their shares in the property.
.Thirty-five buildings. including the
greater portion of the business esctl n
of Sprnvaie, Me, We're burned, caus-
ing a loss of $4,000. Among the
buildings burned were w. r. Usher K
Sons shoe factory, Odd Fellows block,
Western Union telegraph Office, New
England telephone Exchange, Masonic
block and Tribets' hotel
Upon application Of the MetropOli-
tan Trust and Savings bank of Chica-
go, as trustee for owners of $4,000
worth of bonds, Judge ]. c. Richter,
in the La Porte Ind. circuit cour,.
has appointed Superintendent Frank X.
Northam as receiver for the Edwards
Railroad Electric company manu-
facturers of electric headlights.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26
OBITUaR nv.

Dr.. Courtney l.. Smith, one of the
best known surgeons in northern Iui-
nous. die,i at Aurora.
J. n Wooliscroft a prominent
grain merchant, presiden, Of the
Standard Commission company. died
at his home In COvington. Ky.
Dr. Herman Schroeder, one Of the
best known physicians of central hi
nois died suddenly at Bloomington.
He was born IN Germany eighty four
years ago.
]. y. Parent. a French, Canadian is
dead He had twice represented Can
ada at Paris exhibitions and had been
decorated with the ribbon of the L.
sion of Honor.
Or AdOlph Holman of Oak Park. a
member Of the faculty at the Jen-
ner Medical college of Chicago. is
dead DR. Hoffman was So years old
and had been connected with the Jen-
ner college since it's opening in 1896.
Heart disease caused the sudden
death of DR. Charles V. II. Ludwig
of ST Louis, aged 20 years. as he was
helping his wife pack her trunks pro
paratory 10 her going to Paris to visit
their daughter, Mrs Charles Fl Beck
en-, an opera singer T. Pr is Her
stage name is Jane Nuriu
DIR. Henry Lummas. the oldest pro
fessor of the faculty Of the Lawrence
university Ia Appleton. is dead at the
age Of so years. He had been i'll
with asthma for several months. Or.
Lummas was born in Port Elizabeth
y. J, In the spring of 1886 he was
called to the chair of Greek languages
and literature at Lawrence university.
Mrs. Hannah Nelson. mother OF the
late Mrs. Charles l. Fair is dead at
/ her home in New Market n. j She
was at one time "bushel" woman in
a clothing factory with other heirs
of Mrs. Fair. she brought suit for q
portion of the estate of Charles I.
Fair. after the death Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fair in an automobile accident in
France.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Massachusetts senate rejected
the bill to authorize the submission to
voters at the various elections OF all
questions Of public policy.
Alton B. Parker at a jefferson din
ner in New York denounced "fads in
politics" opposed national regulation
of railroads. municipal ownership or
utilities, etc.
George W. Atkinson. former COVER
nor OF West Virginia, has been ap-
pointed judge in the court OF claims
to succeed the late Judge Lawrence
Weldon of Illinois.
The Rhode Island senate reconsider,
ed and adopted the act enabling the
New York. New Haven and Har fora
railroad to acquire by condemnation
all leased lines in that state in which
It controls Is per cent of the stock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
JAPANESE WAR.

The car snubs M. Witte, who is
discouraged and will go abroad.
A plot to assassinate Governor Gen
eral Maximovitch in Warsaw failed.
Russians complain of Great Britain
for revealing the location of warshlps
The Russian autocracy notified the
workmen it is preparing to grant
their demands.
A steamer arriving in Hongkong re-
ports sounds of heavy firing in the
China sea, but details are lacking.
Eighteen Russian war ships were
sighted in Kamranh bay, 200 miles
northeast of Saigon, by the crew OF
the liner Prinz Heinrich.
Residents of ST. Petersburg expect
that the workmen will begin an era OF
pillage and incendiarism during Eas-
ter week and much alarm is felt.
Diplomats believe that decisive
naval battle will be followed i'm.
mediately by negotiations for peace,
set on foot by President Roosevelt.
The japanese learn retreating Rus
SLAMS are uniting at kirin, separated
detaehments having arrived there
from Mukden positions over different
roads
The use of the harbors in French
Indo-China by the Baltic fleet is con
sidered a breach of Frances neutrality
in London, and Japan is expected to
lodge a protest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26
LABOR NOTES.

A strike is threatened in New York
by 2J,00) rockmen and excavators.
The labor troubles at the iron mines
at Hibbing and Chisholm. Mimi. were
reported as subsiding. some of the men
returning TO work.
In a battle between troops and
strikers at Limoges, France, one
striker was killed, one mortally and
several slightly injured.
A settlement is expected in the
strike of teamsters employed in haul
ing produce from the West Philadel-
phia, Pa, freight depots. At pres
ent freight cohsignments are being
held up in the yards.
Hundred crews of singers are sent
out to assault nonu1ion transfers in
Chicago. and they are to be paid IS a
day with an extra allowance. graded
by the severity Of the injuries infiict-
ed on the object of attack
william d. Mahon, presiden of the
amalgamated street railway employees
union, left Boston for Detroit after a
conference with owners there of street
railway lines in Wisconsin, where a
strike may be called because of certain
grievances of the men.
One hundred boiler-makers of the
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
way shops at Topeka struck They
claim that botcher work done by
unfair labor" at western Santa Fe
points where The union men are out
is sent to Topea to be worked over.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26

authorizing the more extensive use Of
voting machines; and the senate
sanitary committees, prohibiting the
sale of canned goods containing DELFT
eriols preseryatives or other in.
gradients. The trading stamp will
not be interfared with by this legisla-
ture. Two bills were killed one in
PRODUCED by Mr. Theme. to pro-
hlbit them, and another by the same
member, to license their use. Among
the other bills killed were Curtin's, to
change the time of the sessions of the
legislature; McGregor's, authorizing
the appointment of policemen at re-
ligious and other meetings; BeadIe's.
to provide for state liquor commits
sioner; and Metzler's, to fix stand
ard for Illuminating and fuel gas.
The bill introduced in the assembly
by the committee on judiciary provid-
ing for the payment of bounty for
the killing of wolves, lynxes and
wild cats, with the amendment chang
ing the bounty from SO to 81 head,
was referred to the committee on
claims, as it provided for the payment
of money from the state treasury.
Some of the most important bills
were laid over on account of the alb
sence of senators nterested. Among
the bills reported for indefinite post
ponement was tfat of Senator Roehr
providing public school teachers re-
tirement fund in cities of the first
second and third classes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-26
DOMESTIC.

Frost killed fruits In Illinois and ad-
sjaeent states
President Roosevelt shot his seconr
bear from the saddle after four mile
chase.
Four men robbed bank at Chum.
busco, Ind, of $500 and terrorlzed
the town
President Roosevelt brought down a
superb 50O-pound bear on his first
days hunt
The condition OF Joseph Jefferson.
actor, changed for the worse. the
doctors are losing hope
Four newsboys were crushed in A
theater panic in Indianapolis. caused
by false alarm of fire.
In the Belasco suit A. l.. Granger
testified that the syndicate controlled
more than IS theaters
James H. Hyde of Equitable Life
Assurance society failed to prove his
charges ssainst Alexander
The rext annual session OF the FAR.
mer's national congress will be nerd
in Richmond, Va, Sept. I2-22.
The plant of the West Ware paper
company at West Ware. Mass. was
destroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
Al St. Joseph. Mo. Cassius Brown
colored, was convicted of the murder
If Mrs. Nancy Gay last November.
The conspiracy charge against Nan
Patterson was dismissed. thus shutting
the grand jury records to her lawyers.
Peter Nelson, engineer for the
Beloit Electric company. was killed
while at his work in the engine-room.
The private bank Of NJ l.. Stewart
& Co, of Owosso. Mich, closed its
doors because of loai.s n a carriage
firm
Parker Atkins shot and instantly
Killed his stepfather. Albert Rea. al
Zeigler. H.. in quarrel over a boaro
bill
AT FreepOrt robbers looted the store
OF Edward A Blust OF 100 pieces on
silk valued at $1,000 and took nearly
500 in cash.
Al Stockton. Cal. William Mohr.
from San Joaquin county. killed his
brother. George, with a rife and then
Killed himself
At Minneapolis John Pardula is dead
and Peter Stopa and George Pardula
are in the city hospital as a result of
a cutting ARRAY.
At St. Paul Governor Johnson of.
fered reward of $500 for the muir.
deres of Annie Kintop, who was Kill.
ed near Little Falls.
The Cecil Rhodes scholarship for
Tennessee has been awarded to Ber-
nadotte Every Schmitt of the Univel
sity of Tennessee.
At Lincoln, Ill.,, Charles Fasting was
stabbed and killed in a alteration
with C. r. Shyer at Latham Both
parties had been drinking.
John Manner marshal of Pretoria.
Ga. was shot and killed by Pete