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THE aiORXETG OREGOXIAy, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1903. One and one-third Billion Dollars Life Insurance in force. More than seven and one quarter Million Policies in force. JOHN BISHOP POTTER IS GALLED BY DEATH Foremost Figure in Episcopal Church , in America Passes Away. AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Relaptte Comes When Hopes of Re covery Are Entertained Twenty Tears at Head of Dio cese of New York. COOPERSTOWN, N. T.. July 21. Bishop Henry Codman Potter, of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, died her tonight. Death . followed an ill ness of several weeks, which beg-an with stomach trouble and developed complications. For the past week the Bishop had appeared to gain, but he Buffered a relapse yesterday, and last night all hope of recovery was aban5 doned. TWENTY YEARS AT THE TOP MJlshop Potter Foremwt Figure of His Church In America. For more than 20 years Bishop Potter, as the head of the metropolitan see of New York, had been the foremort Protectant Episcopal clergyman In the United States. He was conspicuous also for his Ideas and the courage with which he attempted to carry them otit. notwithstanding that some times he met with emphatic evidences of popular disapproval. Coming from a race of scholars and churchmen. Bishop Potter was an Intellec tual aristocrat. But in sympathies and Tlews he waa singularly democratic, em phasizing In hla sermons, writings and con duct the grand truth that all men are equal in the sight and the service of God. His apprehension of the dangers that beset democracy was keen, and his utterances teemed with his hopes Tor the remedying of social Injustice. Bishop Potter was born in Schenectady. X. T May 25. 1S34. nts father waa Rt. Rev. Alonso Potter, bishop of Pennsylvania, and his grandfather was Dr. Nott. presi dent of the I'nion Coli-ge, and hia uncle. Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, was bishop of New York. With these relations It waa natural that he should be trained .for the church. In 1W7 he was graduated from the Theological Seminary of Virginia, and a year later was ordained in Trinity Church. Pittsburg. The young rector's first charge was in Oreensburg. Pa., where he served a year Then he went to Troy. N. Y.. where he was for seven year at the head of St. John's Church. In 1S66 ha became assistant rector of Trinity Church. Boston, and two years later waa elected rector of Grace Church, Jv'ew York City. Rector at Grace Church. For 15 years Bishop Potter filled he rectorship of Grace Church, with Its many and great responsibilities. In 18T5 hi u elected bishop of Iowa, but declined ihe honor. We was secretary for 20 years of the House of Bishops. In which capacity he became welt acquainted with ecclela U cal procedure and traditions. It was natural that when the age of Bishop Horatio Potter caused him to thii of an assistant bishop. Henry Codman Pot ter should be favored for the place. The abilities of the younger Potter dispelled the thought of undue favoritism through rela tionship, and he was elected almost unani mously. la 1SST Bishop Horatio Potter died, and Ordinary and Industrial Policies. Ages 1 to 70. Both Sexes. Amounts $15 to $100,000. m m tm 4 JL jL to m. JOHN F. CRYDEN, PAUER, Superintendent, Rothchild Building his nephew succeeded to the full power and dignity of bishop of New York. A review of Bishop Henry C. Potter's 20 years of service in this capacity brings out clearly the fact that the one great work of his ad ministration, for which If for nothing; else future generations will remember him well, has been the building of he Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Cathedral Not Finished. The cathedral will not be finished for many years, but it's construction is pro gressing and it will form the most splendid monument to a prelate that could be reared. Bishop Potter was full of the cathedral idea of rearing a great temple In which there should be no renting of pews and in which the millionaire and the day laborer should find equality as worshipers. ' At a gathering of ecclesiastics beside the death bed of Bishop Horatio potter the general plan for the cathedral was outlined, and Bishop Henry Codman Potter devoted much of his time and energies to carrying out the plan. The stately structure on Morning side Heights win not be a one-man cathe dral, but its foundation walls were laid on a scale that would perhaps have been un dreamed of but for the brain and the im agination of one man. As the head of a treat see Bishop Potter w-as not content to know the lives of the people through hearsay or the reports of fellow priests, however worthy. He went for himself Into the sweatshops and the ten ements of the swarming East Side as rector of Grace Church, and he did the same as bishop. One Summer he gave up his vaca tion entirely to this work. Sympathetically working with the poor, he came to know their material as well as spiritual needs, and this utternaces on coslal subjects were fearless. Work for His "Tavern." His sincere efforts to mitigate the drink evil caused much misunderstanding of Bishop Potter. Under his sanction 'Th Subway Tavern" was opened as a saloon, where all kinds of intoxicating liquors could be purchased under Influences that were meant to be better than those in the ordi nary saloon. No one was allowed to drink to intoxication In the place, the saloon was closed on Sunday, the liquors were pure and sold at a low price, disorder of any kind was not permitted and popular literature was provided. But the saloon did not pay. it developed Into a show place merely, and drew upon the bishop the fire of Prohlblton workers all over the country. After a few months of experiment the Subway Tavern was sold to a saloon-keeper, who at once transformed it into the ordinary type. The saloon waa aanctloned by Bishop Potter chiefly because of his expressed belief that the social features of such a place were of value to men. and the evils of liquor drink ing lay in excess. Bishop Potter was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth R. Jacob, of Phila delphia, who became hla bride In 1S57. Five children were born to the marriage, all of whom live in New York. In June, 1901, Mrs. Potter died, and a year later the bishop married Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, a widow possessed of a fortune estimated at $13,000,000. Bishop Potter wrote a number of books on religious subjects and was given honorary degrees by many Institutions of learning. Including Harvard. Yale, Oxford and Cam bridge universities. A cablegram dated Queenstown. and signed by Captain Dixon, of the British ship Arctic Stream, announced the arrival at that place of the vessel after a pas sage of 112 days from the Columbia River. The Arctic Stream sailed March 29. JOCWOJD 5 jlWDJAN MAP ' TT.--TTT--, . tr t I ' . I fete 3onimgKsa g I INSURANCE Incorporated President. BREAKS UP GAME Cow Blocks Base Line, Forc ing Players to Go Around. UMPIRE CALLS THEM OUT Result Is That Five Men Are Put Out in Last Inning and Game Is Easily Won by Five Pointers. f CHICAGO. July 20. (Special.) Many are the cases of animals or various kinds interfering with the games In the annals of baseball, although there are but few recorded in the games played in the big league. When two teams of farmer boys get together in the old cow pasture the bovine portions of the audience may take it into their heads to become more than passive spectators. McCarthy, who was tried and found wanting this Spring by the Pittsburg team, says that he pitched in a game which was broken up by a bull which took strenuous exceptions to the red uni forms of the "Bel Township Stars," and Cy Swaim relates a story of how he lost the championship because a mooley cow ate the ball. But a substantial story is that of how the "Five Point Rattlers" beat the "Blues" for the championship of their Congressional district in Iowa with the assistance of a friendly cow. The game was a close one between these old rivals, and in the last half of the ninth there was the traditional condition of the bases full, two men out and the best batter of the Blues at bat. The Five Pointers were two runs to the good, when Gaffney, who later tried to break Into the big league, came to bat! Was Rural Whirlwind. Although Gaffney was not fast enough for the big league, he was a whirlwind when put up against such pitchers as these farmer teams turned out. The sec ond ball up looked good to him. and he drove out a long hit to deep center that looked good for a three-bagger at least, and with the possibility always to be fig ured on In these farmer games that some one would make an error before the ball ?7ni VO' WWON- OF THE Y.M.C.A. BOTS NIGHT AND OVER COMPANY as a Stock Company by the State HOME BRANCH OFFICES IN PORTLAND: was relayed home, he was counting on a home run. i Just then one of the bovine members of the audience which had been quietly chewing her cud in another part of the pasture spied a nice little bunch of grass on the line between third and home and proceeded to go after the dessert. She camped on the line and the runner going from third on the hit ran full tilt into her. That didn't bother her cowship, however, and she still placidly cHewed away at the bunch of grass. The rutiner kicked her and shouted at her to try to drive her out of the line, all to no pur pose. Shortly he was Joined by the run ner from second and then the one from first, but all three of them were unable to move the bunker. Meanwhile the ball was being relayed in from the field, and finally, seeing that they would be caught if they stayed there, the three runners ran out and around the cow and so reached home, but the umpire declared all three were out. thus making a total of five outs for the inning. When "Handsome Dan,' the Yale mas cot, died there were many dogs offered by dog breeders desirous of the advertise ment as a substitute for that famous bull dog. Finally a little Boston bull pup known to all the college men as "Tobey Peckham" became the acknowledged suc cessor for "Handsome Dan's" Job. Tobey had one trick of which he was exceedingly proud. He would chase a stick, stone, or baseball when thrown and bring It back to the man throwing it. All day when not engaged, in the lesser mat ters of eating and sleeping Tobey would trot around the campus with a stick in his mouth and drop it at the feet of any one who looked promising, hoping that said man would throw it for him so that he could show off his trick. In a short time "Tobey" had won so much fame by his trick that his master was known simply as the owner of "To bey" and was called "Tobej-" also after his dog. When the baseball season was started it was agreed unanimously that "Tobey" should take the place vacated by the late lamented "Dan" and he appeared in the limelight once and only once, lie was In stalled on the bench in the first game of the season and of course on the first ground ball hit to short Tobey lit out after it. He gobbled the ball up and. thinking that the. batter was the kind man who had given him this fine chanee to show off his trick In public, insisted upon giving the ball back to him. Shortstop Gives Chase. The Tale shortstop started after Tobey. trying to coax the ball away from him. but the dog hustled down to first after the runner. As the kind man who had thrown the ball showed a strange disin clination to wait for him to place the ball at his feet, Tobey followed him to second, dodging as he went the whole Tale , infield. By the time third was reached the outfield had come to reinforce their fellow players, but still the agile pup evaded their outstretched arms. Just before the assemblage reached the KAMttTO WASARA FALLS AT H" E r JAMEWOWH v.. WARREN TYROXE. FomviLLE "Itt a DAT RACE FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO. OF AMERICA of New Jersey. HENRY LYNCH, home-plate Tobey managed to get mixed up with the runner's feet, and the man and dog went down in a heap, the ball falling out of the dog's mouth as he rolled over. One of the Tale men pounced on it and tagged the man. but tbe ques tion put up to the umpire was whether the ball was dead and should have been returned to the pitcher's box, or whether it was a put out, and Tobey should be given an assist via the whole Tale team. American Gems in Favor. NEW YORK, July 21. Most Maiden Lane lapidaries and dealers who give their attention to domestic gems are re joicing over a report by Douglass B. Ster ret, of the Geological Survey, which in dicates that the production of American precious stones more than doubled in value last year as compared with the year before, the total values of 1907 being $471,400, while in the preceding year the total was $208,000. As this growth comes at a time when the trade in foreign precious stones has declined, the friends of fhe native gems are Jubilant and say that the people are now awakening to the real beauty and value of the native stones, some of which were long regarded as worthless. Senator Clark Breaks Down. CHICAGO. July 21. United ata'tes Sen ator Clarence D. Clark was cheered yes terday by the arrival of his wife from Bvanston, Wyo. Mrs. Clark has Just re covered from a serious illness and had been in the hospital only one day when her husband was stricken with nervous prostration last Friday. Arrangements were made last night for the Senator to make the Journey to his Wyoming home the latter part of this week. Not Admiral Kojestvensky. BERLIN, July 21. The announcement made yesterday from Bad Nauheim, Ger many, that Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, who commanded the ill-fated Russian fleet that was annihilated by the Japan ese in the battle of the Sea of Japan in May, 1905, had died there' July 19 from heart trouble, is incorrect. A Russian named Rojestvensky did die at Bad Nauheim, but he was not the Admiral. Denies Cabrera Gave Money. MOBILE. Ala.. July 21. Dr. Andrew de Leon, Consul-General of Guatemala in this city, in a signed statement today de nies the report that President Cabrera of Guatemala donated any money to the Republican campaign fund.. Anubis Crew Was Mutinous. TACOMA, July 21. The Anubis took on her cargo at this port and departed July 8. After her departure she had trouble with her crew, mutiny being threatened on account of alleged bad food. Several of the men were thrown into irons. TINCBECK POUQHKEEPSIE ME' V4i Prudential Agents are canvassing in this vicinity. They have a message for YOU. It' s interesting. Listen to it AjL Li OFFICE, NEWARK, N. J. Manager (Ordinary Dept.), Corbett Building A r J U D 1 S IS ASHORE Kosmos Line Steamer Probably Be Lost. Will LEAKY AND BREAKING UP Runs on Sandbar in Fog Near Polpl Conception Has 68 Persons on Board Loss Over $200,000, Including Cargo. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., July 21. The German steamer Anubis. of the Kosmos line, bound from San Francisco to Ham burg. Germany, is ashore in the three mile channel between San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands, 30 miles off Point Conception. Tugs have been summoned from San Pedro. Redondo and Port Har ford to take off those on board and ren der what assistance may be possible. The vessel is believed to have struck a sand bar lying half across the channel, and it is probable that both steamer and cargo will prove a total loss. Struck in Fog, Calls for Tugs. The Anubia struck shortly after mid night yesterday morning during a heavy fog and it is presumed that Captain Von Salzen. her commander, had been taken out of his course by the current, which sets in strongly toward the channel be tween the two islands. News of the disaster reached the Point Concepcion lighthouse last night, when a lifeboat carrying First Mate Johannes Dohren, Third Mate Karl Loewe and seven of the crew landed after a pull of over 14 hours in a choppy sea. They wired immediately to the nearest ports for tugs, reporting the Anubis as In dan ger of breaking up within a few hours. Has to Jettison Cargo. Blxty-eight person were left on board when the lifeboat departed and at that time the captain had ordered that an attempt be made to lighten the vessel by putting overboard a portion of her cargo, which consisted principally of grain and was valued at $110,000. The vessel was valued at about the same amount. The Anubis. the mates said, was leaking badly and her fires had been extinguished. She had no passengers on board. Th Anubis is of steel construction, screw propeller, of 4763 gross tonnage and 3897 net. She is 382 feet long. 48.2 feet breadth and draws 26.2 feet of water. She is in command of Captain Solven, and has a crew of 25 men. CONTRACT F0R NEW BOAT Craft Will Be Built for Fish pom. mlssioner. . At a special meeting of the Board of. Fish Commissioners, held at Salem yesterday the contract for the build ing of a new patrol boat was awarded Jointly to O. P. Graham, of Portland, who will construct the hull and fittings, and the Imperial Engine Company, also of Portland, which will Install a 30 horsepower, two cylnder gas engna. The aggregate contract bid tbtaied $2675. The boat when completed will be 45 feet long, 9 feet wide and have a moulded depth of 9 feet. The guar anteed speed must be 12 miles per hour and must be delivered to Master Fish Warden McAllister, by September Agents Wanted. Good Income. Promotion. 15. At the last session of the legis lature an act was passed appropriating; $5000 to be given out in contracts for the building of two patrol boats. The sum of $2013.65 was paid for the build ing of the boat now in use known as the Oregon patrol. This left a balance of $2986.85, out of which the contract for building this latest boat was awarded. 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