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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
5
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 6 preparations complete for the peace conference in the new naval stores building on the navy yard site. The second floor houses the missions with a central conference room and three rooms for each delegation.
Envoys dine with chefs from Waldorf to prepare meals for delegates as discussions proceed on peace between Japan and Russia. Notable figures include invited diplomats and kitchen staff coordinating in an atmosphere of diplomacy and hospitality.
A list of dishes includes glai se, sliced cucumbers, pommes Parisienne and baked ham with glace au madere. Main courses feature filet of beef with piccata style mushrooms, Lobster a la Newburg, roasted beef ribs with Philadelphia capon jus, and broiled squab on toast. Sides span green peas, asparagus, tomatoes, potatoes, and salads with lettuce mayonnaise. Desserts offer Pudding Imperial, gage pie, vanilla biscuits, and gateau miroir with candied gin. beverages include cup consomme and coffee.
The Russian statesman M Witte arrived in Boston secretly after leaving Newport. He tours the city with attendants and secret service, greets railroad workers, avoids registration, and is described as large, simple, and affable while officials and reporters seek interviews.
Cooperstown, Aug 6. Bishop Henry C. Potter issues an official notice authorizing a prayer for use in Episcopal churches of the New York diocese during the upcoming peace commission session with Russia and Japan at Portsmouth New Hampshire. The prayer asks divine guidance and unity to hasten peace and teaches the Lord’s way to bring brotherhood.
Peace squadron commander Rear Admiral Meade will greet Russian and Japanese envoys aboard the Mayflower and Dolphin then host a breakfast in the navy yard. Envoys will receive ambassadorial salutes, visit the Wentworth, and tour Market Congress Street to the Rockingham courthouse before returning to ships.
M Witte arrives in Boston for rest and will view historic sites. An 8 o clock automobile tour is planned and he will not make an official visit nor receive callers.
The Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries aboard the Mayflower reach Newport at dusk after fog delays. M. Witte leaves for Boston by special train while Commander Winslow orders sailing deferred to tomorrow. En route, Witte conceded rail travel for the voyage to Portsmouth, with officers signaling Dolphin and Galveston to proceed toward Portsmouth at once.
In New York Harbor a pantryman from the steamer Advance died of acute yellow fever at Swinburne Island detention hospital. He had been among 200 fever suspects from Colon and Panama ships, marking a rare second summer death and the first multiple-threat year since 1897.
The squadron will steam toward Portsmouth with M Witte and Baron Komura aboard the Mayflower. The voyage from Oyster Bay to Newport was uneventful. Dignitaries H H D Petree and Captain Cutler sent greetings by wireless as the Mayflower and Dolphin progressed. Witte saluted the Galveston and waved to the crew during a stopover at sea.
Rear Admiral Meade orders a delay of tomorrow s exercises due to weather. Berg and Batchoff arrive from New York as assistants to Chipoff from the treasury department and delegate from the Russian finance ministry. They have not learned of the peace envoy delay.
The Mercury under Captain John Ford spotted the Gloucester schooner Acacia, 20 tons, ashore hard on the Spit near Bug Light. After a favorable trip the Acacia was carrying 57 swordfish to a wharf when, in thick fog at about 3 45 P M, she struck the bar.
Patrolman Patrick Corbett of station 12, South Boston, saved four children from asphyxiation after a gas light was left burning and extinguished. Louise 2, John 4, Carrie 6, and Clara 7 Borgaard, of 608 East 8th street, were found unconscious. two younger children were admitted to Carney Hospital, the others to Dr Gallivan. All are reported safe.
Miss Ethel M. Cram of New York remains unconscious after a July 13 runaway in Lenox. Doctors now entertain hopes for recovery as she regains strength, though doctors fear permanent paralysis of her vocal organs.
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