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t - GAZE IF 7 ft A SIxV.'.. I Cissiliiitti Fel, 18S1 OOBVAULIS, BENTOiN COUNTY, OBEGON, JB72IJJULX, JULY 24, 1903. VOJL. XXXX. NO. 31. CORVA WEEKLY. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our . Many Readers. King Edward and his queen received -a heartyjjjwelcome in Ireland. Cattlemen and sheepmen of Wyom ing are engaged in a fierce war. Arcadia, a small Ohio tows, has been almost entirelyawiped oat by fire. Bnesia has withdrawn her demands on China, bat is preparing for war. Turkey has nad to send more troops to Macedonia to cope with the rebels. A Dlot has been discovered in Chica J -go to assassinate the German emperor. ' ' Venezuelan rebelB have been driven to their last retreat after a desperate battle at Soledad. A band of rebels operating in Albay province. Philippine islands, has been routed. A large number were captured or killed. A hailstorm which visited Chicago did great damage to property and was the indirect cause of five people being seriously injured. ( Colombia finds herself in financial straits. Expenditures largely exceed receipts and necessaries of life have reached an almost prohibitory price. Archbishop Katzer, of Milwaukee, is dead. . ; King Edward has started on a tour 1 -of Ireland. The war feeling against Russia is growing in Japan. In the destruction of a Nome hotel three people lost their lives. A street car collided with a wagon at Kansas City, seriously injuring six people. A Conner creek mine, near Hunting ton, has been robbed of a large amount of money and dust. V The heir to the British throne is to Yisit ' the United States and will be the Suest of President Roosevelt. In an explosion at the Minnequa r steel works, Pueblo, five men were burned by hot metal, two fatally. y" A bloody battle" occur red"" at "Cindad Bolivar, in Venevnela, when that place -was captured by government forces. ; A severe wind, hail and rain storm swept over a part of Southeastern Iowa, destroying all crops in its path and lev eling many buildings and trees. Governor Yates, of Illinois, hae re turned from a trip to Europe. Tae next annual convention of Knights of St. John will be held at Feoria, 111., on June 22, 1904. John Lanbershim, of Los Angeles, the Harvard student who stole an auto ' mcbile as a "lark," has compensated the owner and been released. A dog which bit a number of chil dren in Milwaukee proves to have had Tables and the health board is trying to find the children in order to apply an tidotes. ' The death by apendicitis of Mrs. F. O. Matthiesen, -widow of the former president of the American sagarrefining - company, leaves her nephew, Conrad H. Matthiesen, heir to $15,000,000. . Axel Simonson, a sea captain, has ' ened for libel a magazine publishing company for publishing a story repre - eenting him as having been the first to leave his wrecked ship. He says the . story is false and by depicting him as a cward damages his reputation. Notice to vacate has been served : on 8 squatters on a .tract in the suburbs of New York city, which is to be con verted into lakes for additional water supply, but some of them will resist. Included are four churches, four schools, six hotels, ten summer-residences and About 40 farms. A package containing six yards of -- lace said to be valued at $600 has been ''"'"''missing since April 6, when it was shipped by express from New York to Washington. The lace is a part of a et valued at $30,000 belonging to the -wife of General A. E. Bates, of Washington,- D C. It was a family heir loom. A conspiracy has been discovered -among army officers of Portugal to over . throw the king. . ' Japan has now a gold reserve of 173, 000,000. - . - , The battleship Kearsarge has started i on her race across the ocaen. United States authorities have cap tured seven Italian counterfeiters in Brooklyn. . ... Fire destroyed the Sabin hotel and natatorium at Port Arthur, Tex. x Loss 100,000, bartly insured. A report is in circulation in London 'that France intends to transfer its pos--sessions in the eastern Pacific to the - United States. Twelve Chinese were killed in an ex plosion in a Nanaimo, B. C, mine. The Russian war minister says Port Arthur is a fortress inaccessible to all -enemies no matter bow great their nnm "bers or whence they come. The prohibition of the importation of --arms and ammunition into China ex pires in August. The ministers have decided that the prohibition is useless --and ineffective and that the Chinese are ' capable of regulating the importation of war munitions. LAW FOR EXPOSITIONS. Foreign Exhibits Must Be Returned or Pay Duty. Washington. July 23. Foreign ex hibits brought into the United StateB for display at the St. Louis exposition will, under a recent ruling of the treas ury department, be exempt from duty. provided they are, at the close of the exposition, taken oat of the country in the same condition in which they en tered." This is a customary rating re garding foreign exhibits at all expo sitions where foreign manufactures and products are provided for, and similar instructions will be issned one year hence regarding Oriental exhibits that are brought to Portland lor the Lewis and Clark exposition. . In the case of foreign exhibits which are to be sold in this country, however, the usual rev enue charge will be made, as such goods are regarded as pure importations for commercial purposes, and naturally a large percentage of the foreign exhibits will never be returned to their owners abroad. In order to be exempt from duty, goods for the exhibition must be re ceived in bond at the first port cf entry into this country and sent in bonded cars direct to the exposition grounds, where tliey will be continued in bond nntil the close of the exposition. At that time, they must be repacked in their original packing and returned through the same port at which they were entered. The ruling, it is said. will require the presence within the St. Louis exposition grounds of upwards of 500 revenue officers, inspectors and supervisors, and at Portland of a pro portionately smaller number, to be reg mated by the size of the Oriental ex hibit. At St. Louis and at Portland certain classes of goods will be subject to re lease without duty, such as personal supplies for use of the foreign commis sioners within the limits of the expo sition, free samples of merchandise to be distribtued by foreign contributors, and advertising matter in the form of literature. - ROMB IN SORROW. Silence of Mourning for Pope In the Holy City. Rome, July.21. 'The body of Pope Leo XIII lies tonight in the hall of the throne room, s few steps from the room in which his death took place. The same vestment, the comanro hood, the rochet and the white gown which were pat on, yesterday. cover the form. which rests in semi-state, surrounded by the lighted candles, the noble guard and the Franciscan penitentiaries. Tomorrow morning the . diplomatic body, the high dignitaries and the Roman aristocracy will enter the hall to pay their tributes ot respect to all that remains of the pope, who won tne respect and affection of the world. In the afternoon the body will be arrayed in all the glory of the pontifical robes, the mitre replacing the hood, and at sunset it will be taken into the chapel of the Sacrament of St. Peter, where for thiee days the public will be given an opportunity of paying a last fare well. The interment will occur Satur day evening. - CAMPAIQN IS ON. Politicians are Busy Around Vatican Over Coming Election. Rome, July 22. The conclave of cardinals will meet at out August 1 to elect a new pope. . A vigorous campaign is being made by the adherents of the varions candi dates, these including the foreign am bassadors to the Vatican. , Kaiser William is supporting Cardi nal Gotti in the hope that he will give the triple alliance a protectorate over the Oriental Christians. Gotti has been made the subject of attack on the ground that his brother is an ex-convict. . Svampa is supported by those who desire a short-lived pope, but is op posed because he rides in an auto mobile. Archbishop Merry del Val," whose mother is English, has been elected secretary of the concrave. - , Italy Win Honor Cardinals. Rome. July 23. The Italian govern ment has given orders to' the railroad officials that cardinals coming to Rome for the conclave shall be considered princes of the blood and have reserved compartments or saloon cars placed at their disposal from the frontier. In addition, instructions have been given to all the government authorities to .put themselves at the disposal of the card inals if they are requested to do so and to leave nothing undone for their ac commodation and protection. Hostilities Warded Off. Helena, Mont., July 23. A serious clash between cattlemen and sheepman on the middle fork of the Sun river, 90 miles north of Helena, has just been averted by county officers, who were called to the scene. The cattlemen, who had organized, sent sheepmen notice that if they did not remove their herds from the range by Sunday they would be forced out of the country The sheepmen sent to Helena for arms and ammunition to resist. Beef Trust Has Appealed. Chicago, July 23. The Chicago pack ing firms, the "Big .Six," made defend ants in the beef-trust case, today ap pealed the suit to the supreme court of the United States. This is the case in which the packers were enjoined frcm continuing the operation of fan agree ment which the court held to be in re straint of trade. . .. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON NEW LAND LAW DEFECTIVE. State Board Believes Old Act Still In Operation. . Application has been made to the state land board for the. purchase of a tract of school land located within the boundaries of one of the proposed forest- reserves in - Eastern .Oregon. This land has been withdrawn; from sale by the state land board for 'the reason that if the reserve should be created the land would probably be more valuable for "base" than for sale as school land. The applicant in this case contends, however, that the board has no right to refuse to sell any sqhool land when the legal price, $2.50 per acre, has been tendered. They state land board, in considering the. question, has discovered that there is a defect in the title of the act of the last legislature which makes it doubtful whether the legisla ture raised the price of school land to $2.50 per acre and required the board to sell at that price. The title of the act refers only to indemnity land, while the - act itself applies to both, indemnity and school land. The board is inclined to the opin ion that so much of the act as applies to school land is inop erative, - and that the old law is still in force on that subject. The old law authorized the board to sell school land at any price not less than $1.25 per acre. Under that law the board could withdraw the land from sale, or could fix the price at $2.50, which was intended by the legisla ture. ; " - If the land should be placed in a forest reserve, and could be used as a base, It would be worth $5 an acre. For that reason purchasers are anx ious to get it, and the state land board is desirous of holding it. .The ques tion of law involved will be submit ted to '. the attorney-general for his opinion. ' , ' Work Begins on Bxpensive Barn, ';.'' - Work 'has commenced on the hew and modern $7000 barn to be erected on the grounds of the Eastern Oregon experiment station at Union. ; The first story will be constructed of cut stone, and the superstructure of wood. Twelve men are now employed laying the foundation. The building is lo cated on the southern part of the 620 acre farm owned" by , the state, and riot far from. the main line of the O. R. & N. where It rounds Hutchinson Point. The building will, have cement floors and will be of a very pleasing architectural -design, and will be used for experimenting inthe development of Inoroughbred" IfyesttcS.'"?? "frrf1 Crops hi Lane County. While there has been much com plaint about unfavorable weather and many farmers have expressed the be lief that crops of all kinds, would be light, there is now a change to the al truistic view of the situation in Lane county. Conditions are turning out much better than anybody believed a few weeks ago.' Probably the most elated of all the producers are those who have orchards. Conditions for years past have been more or less discouraging to" the horticulturist and only the strong hearted have been able to bear up against the repeated failures of prune crops especially. Clatskamie-MIst Road Surveyed. ' The survey has been completed for a new location of the wagon road be tween Clatskanie and Mist. The new road will be built on a 6 per cent grade, making an easy ascent up' this side of the mountain. Money is being subscribed to make the improvement, and the work will be finished at an early date. The improvement will be an important one, as this road is the only outlet by- which a number of sawmills in the . Lower Nehalem. get their products to the' railroad. Smoky Pall Reappears. . The pall of smoke which annually visits the Southern Oregon moun tains, screening the. ; pine-covered ranges from view and shadowing the entire Southern Oregon country, is making its "appearance. A few minor fires have already been observed in the surrounding mountains, though none of them have occurred in the heavily timbered districts. A strict er vigilance will be kept this year than usual, and It is not likely that the dreadful fires of last summer will be repeated. . Coming Events. Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Aug ust 19-21. Sta,te Fair, Salem;, September 14-19. 1 fair, Eugene. September, 29-October 3. Summer Association of the North west Indian agencies, Newport, Aug ust 17-27. - . . ' ' Lane county teachers'' Institute, Eu gene, August 4-5. Watermelons Late. . , From all indications Josepine coun ty will maintain its widespread rep utation of being a great watermelon section. ,The melon season will be some later there this year than usual, but the growers say the luscious fruit Will be as much in evidence this sum mer as ever before. Melons are exown In the bottom lands below Grants Pass by the 60 and 80-acre fields. ' Assistant Postmaster Blamed. Postmaster-Moomaw, of Baker City, has received an order from the post office department at Washington, di recting him. to dismiss Assistant Post master 'George H. Tracy. This is the seauel to the loss of two registered letters sent throueh the Baker City office on March 17 last, which were not received by the people to whom they were addressed. Flax Will Have to Be Cut. After having tried for more than two weeks to secure men to pull flax, Eugene Bosse, proprietor of the Salem flax plant." has been compelled to abandon the effort, to gather the cron 'n that T"anner. and much of it will be cut with mowing machines. APPROPRIATION SHORT. Money to Pay Indian War Veterans Has Been Exbauoed. The appropriation of $100,000 made by the last legislature for the payment or tne Indian- war veterans will all be exhausted, by the payment of claims already filed, and over 300 claimants must wail until the next legislature appropriates money v before they can get their pay. The unpaid claims will aggregate some $50,000, so that the total amount paid out on this account will be -$150,000. As it had become apparent in the last few days that the appropriation would soon be exhaust ed, Secretary of State Dunbar asked the attorney-general for advice as to the course he should pursue with re gard to the claims that come in after the $100,000 has been expended. Attorney-General Crawford has ren dered an opinion In which he held that the secretary of state has no au thority to audit the ' claims or issue warrants- after the appropriation is exhausted. This .means that until the legislature makes another appropria tion, those whose claims are not al ready on file in the office of the sec retary of state will have no lesral claim against the state. Section 2398 of the code provides that the secretary of state shall not issue a warrant except when an ap propriation Is - available for the pay ment or the same. It also provides that where a. claim has been incurrei in pursuance of authority of law, but no appropriation has been made, '- or, is made, has. been exhausted, the sec retary snail audit the claim and issue a certificate-as evidence that the claim -has been allowed The attor- ney-general holds that the Indian war claims do not come under any - of these classes and that, therefore, the secretary has no power to issue war rants or even certificates. He can do nothing , but receive the claims and keep them on file until the next legis lature ' .meets, when he will " report them to that body for their consider ation. The indian .War veterans' claims were not incurred in pursuance of any law of the state of Oregon, but were incurred under the territorial government. The United States gov ernment assumed all the laibiiities of the territory when the state was ad mitted, and for that reason the-veterans had no legal claim against the Etate. The appropriation is held, therefore, to be the measure of the amount-for which the secretary may audit claims. : ... ' -Wew Mia for tlalJc- Creeky Galice creek, which has already be come, noted as a rich placer mining region and producer of placer gold through the Old Channel mines of that district, is to have another great hydraulic, placer, mine. This new mine will 'be one of the largest and best equipped hydraulic placers in the West. The new., hydraulic mine is being equipped by the Galice Creek Hydraulic Mining Company. This company has had a large crew of mtn at work for the past six months pre paring the placer fields to be operated upon, for the installation of an ex tensive hydraulic plant, '-' Working on Rainbow Mine. The Rainbow mine in Doglas coun ty will in the near future be among the producing mines of the state. At present they are wbrking two veins. The ore is from five to 20 feet wide, carrying gold and copper values. There are 2000 or, 3000 feet of drift tunnels and shaft work, exposing 100. 000" tons of "ore or more. The com pany has been steadily developing and blocking out ore . for the past two years. A plant for treating ores will be erected soon. : Sawmill Burned. The Liembaugh sawmillK six miles from Cottage Grove, on Mosby creek, caught fire while the creW was at din ner..: The entire plant was destroyed. The., valuation -was not given. There was no insurance. - Collected by Fish Commissioners. : Fish Commissioner H. G. Van Dus en has deposited in the state treasury $3303-85, which sum was collected by him during the mpnth of June. N PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7078c; val ley, 80c. ! i Barley Feedj $19.00 per ton; brew ing, $20. - ': Flour Best grades, - $4.10 5.60; graham, $3,353.75. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07 1.05 ; gray, $1.05 per cental. Hay Timothy, v 2224; clover, nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton. - Potatoes Best t Btrrbanke, 7075c per sack; Ordinary, 3545c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.50 per cental. - Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; young, 1617Jc; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, I4rail5c; ducks 4.005.00 per dozen; eese, $6.00 6.50. - ,V. - Cheese Full, cream, twins, I6c; Young America, 15 15 Kc; fact ory prices, lljc less. - ;Butter Fancy creamery, 2022c per ' pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20 22Kc; store, 16o17. Eggs 2021f per dozen. : Hops Choice, 1820c per pound. - Wool Valley,1217c ;Eastern Or egon, 814c; mohair, 3537c. i.": Beef Gross, cows, 3J4c, per pound; steers, 55Jc; dressed, 7Jc. Veal 7K8c. , . Mutton Gross, 3c Z per ; pound ; dreBsed. 67c. .v "'; . " '. Lambs Gross, 4c per " pound ; dresesd, 7 He , . Hogs Groan. 66Jc - per .pound dressed, 647ti - OLD LOUISIANA BONDS. Issue Which Paid for Territory to Be Shewn at St. Louis. Washington, Jaly 22. One of the most interesting histroical exhibits to be made at the St. Louis exposition next year will be a collection of can celled' bonds used in payment for the Louisiana Territory. These old papers were recently found in the treasury de partment by Chief ClerkgHills. A history of the payment has been compiled by a. A.N Bayley, of the treas ury depart meat, who stateejthat among the national loans of the United States was one known as "Louisiana 6 per cent stock," issued in 1804. Mr. Bay- ley sarB: . "This loan was contracted to pay France for the province of Louisiana, ceded to the United States by that power April 30, 1803. According to tho construction of the United States, the cession by Fiance included all the region between the 31st parallel and the Gulf of Mexico, and between the Mississippi river and the Perdido river now the western boundary of the state of Florida. The United States had heavy demands on France for spolia tions committed on American commerce during the ptevioua ten years. The amount of these claims was estimated at $5,000,000. The first proposal of the French minister was that the United States should pay for the pro vince of Louisiana 100,000,000 francs. and take upon themselves the payment of the claims for spoliation, but the amount was finally fixed at $15,000,' uuo, of winch France was to receive $11,250,000 in United States bonds.pay able in 15 years, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The remaind er, amounting to $3,750,000, was to be devoted to reimbursing American citizens . for French depredations on their commerce. The treaty was con firmed by the senate of the United States, but was the occasion of an ex tended debate hx the house of represen tatives. The act to issue the stock in payment for the territory, which became known as the Louisiana stock, was approved November 10, 1803. THE POPE'S FUNERAL. Only PreHmlnWy Arrangements Made, but Wm Be Elaborate. Only the mcst general funeral ar rangements have thus tar been made, as the shock ef the pope's death for the moment eccnpies all attention. Cardinal Oreglia, together with the members of the sacred college, will de termine the details of the elaborate fu neral cereSQoaies, which will last nine days. In the case of Pius IX, his per sonal friends among the Roman aristoc racy we-e permitted to see the en balmed body before it was removed to St. Peter's,3 where the general public had a like privilege. It Unexpected that similar plana will be carried out in the present case. On the evening of the eighth day the corpse will be enclosed in two coffins, the inner one of cypress and the outer ot lead, which will be de posited within a stone scarcsphagus. It will not be immediately committed to its final resting place, but will be de posited high over the door near the choir if a chapel in St. Peter's, where it may be viewed by all visitors. The ultimate burial place will be the mag nificent basilica of St. John the Lateran. Following Pope Leo's expressed wish, the niche in which it will lie will cor respond to that which the pope desig nated as the resting place of Innocent a recumbent figure of thepontiff sur rounded by allgorical figures. - Plenty ef Chance to Steal. Washington, July 22. The - special report of the treasury experts on their examination of the ' affairs of Auditor Petty ,"of the District of Clcnmbia, fixes the shortage in that office, for which James M. A. Watson, a clerk, is now in jail, at $73,397. The experts criti cise the system by which the money was handled and say that for a period of more than four years Watsons' work was not revised, checked up or other- wi-e proved or tested by any other em ploye of the office or by the auditor. Cassia! Gave Verbal Pledge. Washington. July 22. In a conver sation at the Russian embassy cu tbe afternoon of June 28 with the Associ ated Press, Count Cassini referred to the call of Secretary Hay on the day previous, and expressed his gratifica tion at its results. The ambassador, in reply to the question as to whether Manchuria was under discussion during the call, replied in the affirmative, and stated that he had assnrred Mr. Hay that Russia would execute to the letter her pledges in Manchuria and concede certain porte. dive Old Soldiers Preference. Washington. July 22. Acting Com missioner Williams, of the internal rev enue bureau, by direction of Secretary Shaw, has issued a letter to collectors of internal revenue, calling attention to President Roosevelt s order of Janu ary 17, 1902, providing that preference shall be given alike in appointments and retention in the public service to honorably discharged soliders of ' the civil war. Collectors are instructed carefully to oDserve this order. Chinese Seek Revenge. , ' . Honolulu, July 22. It has been an nounced that ' the Chinese here will hold a mass meeting to make an em phatic protest against their exclusion from the United States. They will ask their government to enact tariff regu lations againBt American goods as a matter of retalliation if the immigra tion restrictions are not removed; . IN ETERNAL REST POPE LEO XIII HAS PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND. Earthly Career of One of World's Most Remarkable Men Is Completed" He Was Over Ninety-Three Years Old and Had Been Pope a Little More Than Twenty-Five Years. CHR0H0L0GT OF TOPE LEO XHL Bqra at Carpineto, March 2. 1810. Kntered college at Rome, 1824. 1830triCUUtd 0rorln Mivewlty, Entered eollefeof Noble Ecclesiastics, 1832- . A Appointed domestic prelate by Ores oryXVII, 1837. " Order of priesthood conferred, Decem ber 16, 1837. lgApostolic delegate at Benevento, 1837- Govemor of Spoleto, 1841-1841 Papal nuncio at Brussels, 1846. Created cardinal, December 19, 1888. - Made cardinal carroerlengo, July, 1877. Elected pope, February 20, 1878. Reviewed Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland, March 4, 1878. Encyclical condemning- communism, socialism and nihilism, December 28, Encyclical against hersy and social ism, 1 ovember 6, 1882. Recognized unity of Italy; October 7, 1883. Encyclical condemning liberalism. November 8, 1885. , ' Celebrated golden jubilee, 1887. Celebrated grand jubilee, 1888. Encyclical on socialism and labor. May 16, 1891. ' Celebrated Episcopal jubilee, Febru f 1893 Issued appeal to England for reunion of Christendom, April 14, 1894. Celebrated sixtieth annrarsary of his first mass; February 13, 1898. Declared 1900 a year of universal jubi lee. May, 1899. . Held consistory and created eleven new cardinals, Jun 19, 1899. Celebrated ninetieth birthday. March 2, 1900. Stricken with pneumonia, July 8, 1908. Died, July 20, 1908. llWlWSISJSISJ,ilS,SlSli1 Borne, July' 20. Pope Leo XIII is dead. The last flicker of life expired at 4 minutes past 4 o clock this after noon and the pontiff now lies at rest. Tonight the emaciated and lifeless frame which held solbrave a spirit Hcb on the bed in the Vatican, beside which almost all tbe world has prayed. The red damask coverlet rests lightly over the body, the cardinal's scarlet cape is about the shoulders, while on his head has been placed the papal hood of vel vet, bordered with ermine. A white silk handkerchief is bound about his chin, and in the 'hands that have blessed so many thousands has been placed a crucifix. Sc Pope Leo will le main until tomorrow, watched by uni formed officers of the Noble Guard and rongh elad Franciscan penitentiaries, who will keep a ceaseless vigil until the bural ceremonies. Tomorrow the sacred college of card inals will assemble for the official duty of pronouncing Pope Leo dead. After this sad function has been , performed, the body will be taken to the small throneroom adjoining the death cham ber, where it will be embalmed. The funeral ceremonies will extend over nine days, the body being removed to the cathedral of St. Peter's, where it POPE LEO XIII. will lie in state. The ultimate resting place of the dead pontiff will be in the magnificent basilica of St. John the Lateran. Pope Leo's final momenta were marked by that same serenity and de votion, and, when he was conscious, that calm intelligence, which is asso ciated with his 25 years' pontificate. His was no easy death. An hour be fore he died, turning to Dr. Lapponi and his devoted valet, jTio Centra, he murmured: "The pain I suffer is most terrible.." Yet his parting words were ' not of the physical anguish that he suffered, but were whispered (benedictions upon the cardinals and bis nephews, who knelt at the bedside, and the last look of his almost sightless eyes was toward the great ivory crucifix hanging in the death chamber." Practically all the cardinals : now in Bome. kneeling at the bedside, watched the passage of his soul. Earlier in the day Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli had impressively announced the absolution in articulo mortis. The condition ef his holiness varied from agony to coma. Wishing to re lieve him, Dr. Mazzoni snggested that morphine should be administered. . War Feeling Orows. Victoria, B. C, Julv 22. The steamer Indrasamaha, which arrived last night, brought news that the war feeling in Japan was stronger than ever when -the steamer sailed, as a'result of the alleged secret concessions made by the Chinese government to Russia. The increasing excitement of Japanese paperB is also accentuated by the change of attitude of Prince Ching, who is said to have gone over completely to the Bussian side.v ' i. ? M 4i v - 'J- ''.T'" ' . - V " ? ? jl Assess 9 : J QUESTION OF HOURS. . Death of Aged Pontiff Expected' at Any Moment. ;- ' '! Rome, J nly 20. The pope' liea in a state of coma, and there are grave doubts in the minds of his; doctors whether he will ever '- complete! emerge. . His immediate dissolution seems only to be diverted by the action of his heart. His poise, though Wk, continues stead. Short! hf,4 a m aT vVw.w night, Dr. Lapponi said : The pope at the present moment is . State Of COma. which mair tJ Mil! in a i a condition preceding the last agony. the o uuraiion.oi wnicn It is; impossible forecast, although evervtnin lao- to to the belief that his condition cannot last ' - - - - - . 'Toibe mnm nnut Kn xm , -v.., io oiuj in a State Of tnrnor and ,tn. i . . , "-fv.i , iruui wnicn, however, he aronses occasionally, when he bears sham annnil. , t. z . I InfllfltAflt Vni.JA Af I. . ... iars calling loudly to him. ' Left alone. w roapees immediately into a condi tion of torpor. At intervals he mur- mum in hia Blaan i: , . . wuwuuing co nave forbodings that he is being abandoned by bis valet. Ponfr. xnese are the nvmntnmo . . cerebral anemia and general exhaus tion. He can no longer tnrn in his bed without assistance, and is being, kept alive by j artificial stimnlanta During the last 23 hours he has hadT tWO iniecHnna r( u ... ... three of caffeine and two of hypoderm- " wwm, ueaiaes arinxing stim ulants." . .-.-..-'.., :-,'.. ' RUIN BY WIND AND RAIN. Central State Suffer Great Damage by Milwaukee., July 21. RenrtrtV t damage from yesterday's storm coming In 1 from many parts of the state, and are to the effect that the crops : were battered , down flat! In uiany insianceB it will be impossible to harvest the grain crops, and the only recourse Jeft to the farmem will u f turntheir livestock into the fields for pasture. - .. ' ',' . The Htormn am ravfir.ln.i Lake Michigan. Thousands of dollars' worth of damage was wrought to the government tpier which protects Mil- tn k-nn n T .. I ...... naumcv Miuur. it is Btatea that great piles were uprooted and tossed about like fflftthnpa Pnn..nt. 1 r:n- , wuuavuur juujri says that massive stones weighing as ', much mo av uua wwre nispiacea and tossed across the breakwater as though they nviQumi uui tt jew ponnOS. 'i i ujruukau m many Bections of Milwaukee and hundreds of cellars were flooded because ef the in adequacy of the sewers to carry off the flood. Twe inches of rain fell U Mil- "UOT- iuauiuon reports 3.U4 inches. .TatlAflvillA. Rmulhiiail --J iu:: - Falls report severe storms and minor PALMA SENDS THANKS. Cuban President Rejoices That Treaties Are Completed. ' Havana, July 21. President Palma baa sent a letter to President Roosevelt. expressing his personal gratitude for the consideration shown by the United States throughout the negotiation of the treaties, and also hia pleasure over the satisfactory conclusions regarding naval stations and the Isle of Pines question. The Cuban -administration y pleased over the action on thn treat ies, which it believes relieves what might have developed into an embar rassing situation, both to the United States and Cuba. The ' anthoritio team that the amount of government land within the area of the naval na tion at Guatanamo is much greater than was supposed. Tbe expense of ac quiring the private holdings will not be great. The gunboat Nashville will nrrraAri at once to Bahia Honda, where she will be joined by the Cuban engineers. The area of the station at Bahia Honda. has been delimitated, and includes land on botn sides of the harbor. - , Turkey Most Explain., New York, July 21.' A report has been recived by Rev. Dr. J. I. Barton. of the American board of foreign mis- 2 1 12 ' 1 I ... . HiouH, regaruiug me seizure ana im prisonment by Turks of Professor Tene- kijian, of Euphrates college.Harpool, a graduate of an American college in Turkey. The professor is charged with conspiracy against the sultan and with fomenting rerolution. The report as serts that he has been subjected to cru- treatment. Representations are be ing made to the state department at Washington. Hail Kills Fruit and Alfalfa. Pueblo, Colo., July 21 A special to the , Chieftain from Vineland says: 'One of the heaviest hailstorms ever ex perienced in this country fi sited (Vine land this afternoon, accompanied by a high wind. The hailstones were as large as walnuts and the ground was covered with ice to a depth of three inches. The alfalfa crop was .beaten, into the ground and trees were stripped of their fruit. The area fof the storm was only aoout tnree miles. ? Six Regiments Coming Home Washington, July,: 20. In carrying . ou the program for the reduction o . the force'in the Philippines the 'secret tary oi war nas directed that three reg iments of cavalry and three recimntn of infantry be returned to tbe United states as soon as transportation Is tvailable. Ihe regiments having the longest service In the islands will h, selected. , - ' 7 , , ,