The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-05
They Arc to Meet the
 President Today.
ARRANGEMENTS C0MPLETE
Formal. Greeting for IT.
 Plenip0tentiarieS.
Representatives of Russia and Japon Going Aboard the MayflOvver
 and win Lunch with Mr. i,
 Roosevelt. a


 l engagements were completed tonight for the reception by President Roosevelt Of the Russian and Japanese peace en- voys tomorrow. The reception, which will be a formal greeting to tho rep-8 resentatives of the beliigerent pswere by President Roosevelt on behalf Of the United States government, will take place on the cruiser Mayf1ower. the finest vessel of her class In the navy. It will take place at 1:3c ?. m, and will pe attended by notable de-a monstration in honor of the distin- guished guests of the country who have been designated by the empcrors ington peace conference. The cruiser Mayflower arrived here and cast an- chor in the lower hay serly this af- ternoon. She Ia in command of Com mander c. M. R. Winsiow, the Presi- dents naval aide, and carries Q full complement of 250 men.
 It Is expected that the Sylph. the Presidents naval yacht, with Third Assistant Secretary of State s. H. H. Peirce. and some of the guests invited to the reception of the envoys, will arrive tomorrow morning. Secretary Feirce, in the absence of Secretary Root. will represent tho Department of State. Russian and Japanese plen- ipotentiaries and their suites will leave
 
 Japanese at o'clock and the Russians at 10 o'clock. The trip te Oyster Bay will be made in sister cruisers, the Chattanooga and the Tacoma Thus they will not meet until they reach here and are formally presented to the President. The cruisers are expected to arrive in the outer bay. that bear ing the Japanese envoys about II :45 o'clock and that bearing the Russian plenipotentiaries an hour or so later. President Roosevelt will go aboard the Mayflower at 1 o'clock. As soon as his flag is displayed tine Japanese plenipotentiaries ard their suits will proceed in launches from their cruis- I CT to the Mayflower and bs rsoeived on deck by Commander Winslow and | lis ofilcers.
 After being presented to the Prssi- dent in the main cabin by Assistant Secretary of State Pierce the Russian plenipotentaries. accompanied by their suite, will board the Mayfiower and In the same manner be received and pre- sented to the President. The envoys of the two powers then will be pre- scented formally to one another, when every effort will be made by President Roosevelt and Secretary Pierce to render the ceremony as natural and easy as possible In order to eliminate any embarrassment.
 These ceremonies concluded, luncheon will be served. In order to avoid any unusual questions of pre- cedence, the luncheon will be buffet collation.. Thus will be avoided the seating of the guests at the table with the President. The party In attendance at the luncheon will number about twenty-five. Shortly after the luncheon President Roosevelt will take leave of the envoys and will return to shore in a launch. His flag will be lowered as he leaves the ships side.
 From the Mayfower the Japanese envoys and their suites will be convey ed to the despatch boat Dolphin. which will be anchored nearby the Russian envoys and their suite remaining on the Mayfower. On these ships the two sets of envoys will be conveyed to Portsmouth. N. H.. where the sessions of the peace conference are to be held. Soon after the departure of the guests the Mayfiower and Dolphin will weigh anchor and start on their journey. con voyed by the cruiser Galveston.
 President and Mrs. Roosevelt today informally entertained Sergius Witte and Baron Rosen. the Russian Elm peror's plenipotentaries to the peace conference.
 Wilenkin Enters Denial.
 New York, Aug. 4-Gregory Wilen-
 
 Government, said today:
 The statement in this mornings pa- pers to the effect that M. Witte is bounding American hnancfers with a view to the placing of new Russian loan in the United States Is wholly without foundation. M. Wittes visit to Wall Street yesterday was one of curiosity simply. It is quite true that he had interviews with some leading fnanciers, and no doubt he will have interviews with many more. But all of those gentlemen are personal friends and acquaintances of M. Witte. who knew him during his term of office as Russian Minister of Finance. and the calls were of a purely social character and had no relation whatever with q Russian loan. Naturally, as M witte has so long made d study of economic questions, 1t gives him great pleasure to discuss with the men of affairs of this country these important questions with view of learning the methods adopted in the United States.
 Tuesday Not Unlucky.
 St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-The selection of Tuesday as the day for the opening of the Russo-Japanese peace conference has relieved the minds of many Rus sians who feared that the conference might begin on Monday. which to the Muscovite is a day of evil omen.
 Definite information as to the nature of the Japanese terms is not expected before Thursday as the exchange and verification of credentials and other formalities, 1t Is expected. will consume two days.
 The first installments of fund raised among the officers and soldiers in the field for the recruiting of the navy. sub scriptions for which were voluntarily begun after the battle Of the Sea of Japan, have been received here
 Funeral Breaks Into Trial.
 Rome. Ga. Aug. 4.-The Sanford trial was abruptly broken into tonight by the