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VOL. XIX.
ST. HELENS, OIIEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 190L.
NO. 35
EVENTS OF THE MY
FROM THB FOUR QUARTERS OP
: . THE WORLD. .
A Ceenarsheaoiir Ktvltw ef tht ImpeHar;
ttappof ef tha Pari Wok, Presented
hi Condensed rna, WKkh.U MmI
Uaely te Pre ef Interest to Our Hany
The riilUtlutpbU Tlmna aud Pu'WIo
. Ledger have combined.
The International Typographical
Union it In tension at Cincinnati this
Tlia t-o! ni Zlim Newt ol 8i. Louit
aye a merger of, white load core panic
tlltallMd ai 9u,uw,uuu it being
" formed. ..-.... .......:....'.,...
Altar three day of fighting at Bare
ia, Veneauela, President Caitro'a meu
wre beaten, loalng 00 men and (Jen-
ral Bravo, Uielr commander.
Mm. Elisabeth Young, tha oidwl
actreet on tha American staite, died
fc'uiiday at the Aetna Fund lluma, on
Htaten. I .land, aged 03 year,
King Edward'a coronation waa cele
brated by 41 American gunboat at
Cavelto en Saturday, They dreamd
aliip and fired a salute o( 21 guiit.
ThB seventeenth annual session ol
tlia Oregon Pros Association convene
at Newport, Or., Thursday evening,
Aug. 14, and continue until Aug. 17.
In tli sedition van of tlia Manila
Freedom; Judge Ambler ha dented it
editor a jury trial, taylng that In their
ran the Constitution of tha United
Mate doos not apply.
The Philippine- Catholic church ha
' Imen organise! In defection front the
Church of Homo, Governor Taft, Ag
ninaldo and Departo da Tervo, a mem
ber of tha Philippine commission, are
honorary president.
Irlnh Lad won tlia greet sporting
iweepataket at Saratoga.
Senator McMittin of Michigan it
dead, lit had been in congreHB since
1NM. .''.'
A tornado in Steam county, Minn.,
Saturday evening did much damaga to
farm building! and crop. .
General Corbln la authority for the
statement that. Pacific coast army
headquarters wilt not be mo rod from
Vancouver, Waah.
The Kan Francisco police eommiiwion
haa decided to enforce It order of July
82, requiring enlooiikorper to remove
their alot machines paying cauli prise.
A syndicate of Americana, led by T.
B. Hoard, of Nebra.ka, wealthy cattle
man, will establish the fin bonanaa
heat farm in Canada, between Craik
and Davidson. Forty thoiitand arret
have been purcbaand.
The bouaa of common! hat adjourned
to Oct. 18. ,
The report of the comptroller of the
trvaxury thowi national bankt to be in
good condition.
An advance In Krle tock haa been
cauaed by rumore of J. J. Hill' con
nection with the road.
N. 0. Hopper , the Chicago amateur
rider, lowered the world half-mile
amateur bicycle record, nnpaced, on
the Rait Palace saucer track, covering
(he distance In OW-S. The previous
record wat 0:68.
The Britiah rremier, A. J. Balfour,
haa announced the apitointment'of the
following oommlttee ol inquiry Into the
conduct of the Boer war: The Karl
of Elgin, chairman ; Mr Henry Nor
man, Kir John Hopkina, I.ord Ether,
and Sir John Kdge.
Flood have devaeUted tha low coun
try on tha ooaat of the Black tea.
..Thirteen wen wore killed by an ei
ploalon In a mine at Bowen, Colo.
A Viking thlp, 49 feet long, haa been
unearthed on . the Inland ol Karmoe,
Norway. '
Tha expedition which ttarteJ irom
Vancouver. B C.toaearch for
Coco
Iiland Curled treaeure, have
returned
without tucceta.
Lucy Hovlng, chief organlier of the
Socialist party in Utah, wtun over
by a horn and buggy at . Ogden .. nd
IntUntly killeii.
The Colorado Republican convention
will be held at Denver Hept. 4. The
Democratic convention will be held In
tha tauie olty Hept. 8.
Profetor John Jay Wateort, a well
known mutical director and author ol
many popular werkt, died at liotton
Xhurtday. He waa born In 1830.
The varloua oyatar canning and pack
ing companiot In Mlaalaalppl, Alalmma,
and Looialana, 10 In number, will,
la eald, combine under one hoad,
with a capital of 1 2,000,000.
Wu Ting Fang, the retiring Chinete
miniiter at Waahington, hae accepted
an Invitation to addrcet the local labor
union at Blngharopton, N. on
Labor day. Thla It the flrtt inviution
which ha ever been extended to a
Chinaman by a labor union in tm
country.!
William C. Whitney, of Yrk'
hat given a handaoma house and lot to
the phytlolan who attended Mre. Whit
ney in ber long lllneet.
Turner In convention at Davenport,
la., defeated a proposition to admit
womon to membership and urged taxa
tion of church property.
St. Louie and eastern caplUlliit have
organised to build a bridge over Ihe
MtulBalppI at St. Iul. and new
COULD SEIZE MINES.
Mwua Delphi SuSSuii a Mum of Endlnj
tn nig ted strlk.
New York, Aug. 13. Pnwldent
Hooasvelt ha In hi hand, acwrdlng
to the World, a plan iibmltted by
Martin Dolphin, ex. pruMidunt of the
International Order of Kailway and
Commerelal Telegraplior, by which
Mr. Dolphin tliitik the strike in the
anlhraclia eul flxld could he ended.
President Boovolt reorrcd the prop
osillon to the attorney general' de
pnrtmeiit, and it I now being conoid
ered by 11, M. Uoyt. acting attorney
general.
liiit plan I to have the government
exnrclse the right ol em I mint domain
end oij certain number of miiiei
and operate them for the puriMMte ol
taking out all the hard coal reuird
by the government for it varion build-
iiigv, on the ali ips of the navy depart
merit and mt . all otiujr governmental
purpose, me right ol the govern
ment to intervene In a strike which
Interferes in any way with govern
mental function was proved, Mr.
Dolphin coutundri, by President Cleve
land' ai-tion In the fliicugo strike of
inn.!, wneil ue ordered out united
State troop to keep the striker
frolu interfering with tiie trunntMirta-
lion ol tne united Mate mails.
In the present cam the Intervention
ha advocale, Mr. Dulphln says, would
alro break the backbone of the strikv
Dv toning the operators to resume
work In all the intuiw.
EARTHQUAKE AT 8KAQWAY.
Ctiimntyi Tumblw), Wladowl Srektn, lyaa
. Caul Ron fivt Fut
Heattle, Aug. 12. A ait-ial to the
Tlniee from Kkagwny, Alaxka, say
Yesterday a most severe eartlupiake
was hilt here about noon. The firxt
shock was 50 (MM-onda long, rattling
thing up gxiiemlly. heveral large plate
glan wlnilows were broken. Chimneys
n the northern part of the city were
tumbled down, fho water in Lynn
-anal rose Ave feet very suddenly, then
nulniilod a quickly. A report from
Junrsii this morning says the little
lleet there wat pitched around and aev-
ml rapxized.' The tirnt long slus k wut
followed by a lighter one,
wsU'niay evening at 7 o clock an
other light shock was felt. "
SHEEP HERDERS KILLED
AtUcksd Tewa ef Bsttlt, Wyoming, la Rtlsl-
islloa lor Sl.ujhtcr ef Shop.
Battle. Wyo., Aug. 13. A crowd of
Mexican ihexpUerdfrs atlunipted to take
the town of Untile, with the result that
twool the members were killed. Sev
eral made their escape Into the woods,
one man being shot in the leg. One
citiren was hit on the heul ami Miss
Kstell Handera, a resident, way severe
ly cut In the face by a window pmne
broken by a stray shot. Every man in
the town i armed, fearing the Mexicans
will swoop down on the town, as there
are scores of them in this vicinity.
The attack was iu retaliation for the
slaughter of S.OdO sheep by Jhe towns
people, who had or'lered the ehoepnien
to teep away, as this territory is
reserved for the cattlemen..'
BUILD DOUBLE TRACK.
Nerthtra Pacific and tirtst Northtrs te flsvs
Them Bilwn Tcom sad Evtrttt
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 13. Railroad
President Hill and Mellun spent the
afternoon at Tacoma inspecting the
grain and Oriental torminula. They
decided to build double track on the
Northern Pacific from Tacoma to Beat
tie, and on the Great Northern fro-n
Seattle to Kverett, to provido adequate
facilities for Imth roads.
Dtnlth Undilhiai Elictlont.
Copenhagen, Aug. 13. The lands
thing elections in tho Faroe Islands re
sulted in a complete ministerial vic
tory. The campaign turned on the
Hale of the Danish West indie to the
United Htatea, and the government
captured all opposition. Other wards
will hold election next month. A
good minisleial majority is confidently
expected. The treaty will be tuken
up soon after the opening of the rigsdug
in October. . - '. .
, R.lit Bulbs os Sound.
Everett, Wash., Aug. 13. George
Gibbs, of Whatcom, says that from
experiment he hss demonstrated that
the bulbs of hyacinths, tulip, iris, nar
clssus and jonquils cau lie raited In
Western Washington as successfully as
in Holland. At no other point in the
United States has it been demonstrated
that this can be done. This mny per
haps form a part of Washington's ex
hibit at the St. Louis fair.
Sold Union Cigsr Ubsli.
V-iMnam. Ainr. 11. Jacob Goldsmith,
once a prominent cigar manufacturer of
this city, is under arresi nere uiiuor
what is said to be a systematic plan for
orging Union cigar labels. He was
taken Into custody at a down-town ho
tel after he had delivered 3,000 of the
bogus labels to eome union men who
had set a trap for him.
Not AHewibl In Oleomsrgsrln.
Washington, Aug. 13. Mr. Yerkes,
the commissioner of internal revenue
has made a decision on the question ot
whether palm oil in very small quan
tities may be used in the manufacture
of oleomargarine. The commissioner
holds in the negative. The decision
gays that the sample of palm oil sub
...ittMt was found to conttm a large
.mount of free fatty acid, was by no
free from disagreeable
odor
....I taste, and was or a
red or
j , T,ia
,nlm nimmUt
effect would
be to
. . ....... I, la htiltar.
mane oio
NEWS OF THE STATE
HEMS OF INTEREST VftOM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON. '
CommtrtW u4 rirtaadti Happtalnj af Inv
pert" A Brief fUylew of tht Growth
aad ImprovtmenU ol tht Many mdiutrlei
' ujheutOurlhrivlajCommwiwtilth
' Utut Market gtport.
fievonty-five ton of hav wat burned
near Gaston Sunday.
Two hundred and forty flalem people
went to Newport fiondsy on the South
ero PacihVe trial excursion. Other
valley towns sent good quotas.
The Baiter City council haa called
lor bide to furnish and maintain 40 arc
treet lights for one year from Novem
ber 1. The contract will be let Sep
tember 1. j .
The growera of Bartlett pears in
Southern Oregon will this week begin
packing and shipping fruit. Sixty car
loads will be shipped to Eastern marr
kets during the season.
Judge Bolxe of the supreme court ha
rendered a deciaion that building and
lwn cotnpsnie in Oregon cannot col
lect a combined Interest and premium
charge to exceed 0 per cent.
Fire completely destroyed the 0. R.
A N. atockysnls at The Dalles Monday.
The origin waa iparks from an east
bound passenger train. Several sheep
and 00 hoad of hogs perished.
The Oregon supreme court hld that
a shipper is bound by his agreement
that property shipped is of a specified
value and cannot disregard the an roe.
ment arid bring action for damages at
common law. -
A. T. Keller, a prominent lumber
man who hat just returned from the
East prophecies thnt Oregon will have
2,000,000 population by It0. He says
great rut-li o Eastern settlers is Just
now beginning.
The little folks will be delighted
withthe dg and pony show at the Port
land Elks' carnival. It is one of the
features of the Jabour Oriental Circus
Carnival SiigreaiHtion which furnishes
the principal part of the amusement
features of the carnival.
Independence hss two octogenarians
who do the work of nien 50 years their
junior. One, Mr. Dirkey, is a wagon
maker, and each day finds him at his
accustomed bench. The other is Joseph
Hmtihk, who celebrated bis birthday
Friday by allocking foul acre of oat
during the morning hours.
A new large gold dredger on John
Day river has started up.
C. A." Francis i-f Mount Tabor was
drowned at White Salmon.
Machinery has been ordered for aeon-
densed milk factory at Hillsboro.
Forest fires are causing considerable
damage in the vicinity of Grants Pass.
The Portland Civic Improvement
association ia making war on billboards.
A largo amount of cement sidewalks
are to be ordered by the Portland city
council.
Citizens of Independence have de
cided to give a bonus of (3,000 to the
first railroad building to that place.
F. A. Schracht, who was in the
employ of the 0. R. & N. Co. for 20
years as a ship tnd steamboat builder,
died Monday at hit home near Damas
cus. 1 he marriage of L. Bush Llvermore,
editor of the Baker City ' Herald, and
Mi"8 Ethel Cox, occurred, at Stephen's
Episcopal church at Baker City Sunday
evening. '
The Sugar Pine Mills, constructed at
Grants Pass, on the lite of the old
factory are about completed and will
be ready for operation by the middle
of the month.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 8061c for n-w
crop; H3Bto for old; valley, one;
blueatem, 6666c.
Barley- f 17.75 for old, $16.50 for
new crop,.
Flour Beat aradee. I2.06O3.60 par
barrel; graham, 2.953.20.v
Millstuffs -m Bran, $15016 per ton;
middlings, $21.60; aborts, $18;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.0001.05; gray,
9fc.$1.00.
Hay Timothy, $12018) olovar,
$7.50010; Oregon wild hay, $506 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbankrf, 75 86c
percental; ordinary, 60c per cental,
growera prices; sweets, a.ou(ga.uu
per cental ; new potatoes, le.
Butter Creamery, 20021c; dairy
1718o; store, 1717Xc
Eggs 80021c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twint, 12X
0 13o jYoung America, lSOHKc; fac
tory prices, 10 Die less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60
4.50; hens, $4.0006.60 per doxen,
11 OH, Mi c per pound ; springs, 110
HKo per pound, $2.5004.00 per doe
en; ducks, $2. 60Q3.00 per dosea; tur
keys, live, 1301c, dressed, 1518o per
pound; geese, $4.006.00 per doaea.
Mutton Gross, 2)0So per pound;
dressed, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, 630) dressed, 77tfe
per pound.
Veal 708o per pound.
Beef Gross, cow, 803); eteer.
Si0', dressed, 708o per pound.
Hops 16017c; new crop 17018c.
Wool Valley, 12 15 ;Eas tern Ore
gon, tQtHet mohali , 25028 poaad.
TRACY DEAD
fOTED OUTLAW SUICIDES TO
. ESCAPE f APTuftE,
CloKly Punucd and Twic Wotintkd, tie PuU
an End to His Exlitcc Body Fn4 la
t Whtt Field Near (hi Eddy (butch, Whers
H Spent the Utt ft Dayi of ttli Ule.
ftUI Wovsd Mao fcy 45 CallberRcvolver
Spokane, Aug 0 Harry Tracy Is
dead The notorious criminal, convict,
outlaw, deseprado and multi-murderer
committed suicide last evening, after
being shot twice bj his pursuers., His
body waa found at an early hour this
rooming, ' cold, and -rffead,' viug facs,
upward, and the hand still' caressing
the famous 30-80 rljle and 45-caiibre
Colt's revolver. Tlie resting place wat
in a wheat field near, the Eddy home,
where Tracy spent the last few days.
and whither he had been tracked by hit
hunters. , . ."' 1
The body wat taken to Davenport,
udner care of Sheriff Gardner of Lin
coln county. Its disposition will be
decided later by the official a in charge
After defying for' m-srly two months
all law, setting at naught all efforts of
the authorities of two states to capture
or kill him, baitiiug tha best man
hunters of the Pacific Coast, and travel
ing across two state with impunity,
demanding and reaeiving entertainment
all along the line, this criminal won
der baa at last been sent to hit final
resting place..
A party from Creston, Wash., had
the honor of running to earth the out
law; and are due to receive the re
wards of $S,000 offered by the govern
ors of WaHbington and Oregon and by
private individuals. The party was
mule up of the following persons, citi
zens of Creston: C. A.' Straub, deputy
sheriff; Dr. E. C. Lanier, Maurice
Smith, attorney, and J. jrMorrison,
a railroad , section foreman. These
four men, armed to the teeth and bent
on achieving success where others" had
failed, eet out from Creston yesterday
aftrenoon about two o'clock.. .They
were working on the information of
the Goldfinch youth, who had been
forcibly made the companion of the
Oregon convict for over 24 hours at the
Eddy ranch, and 'proved said informa
tion te be well founded and worthy of
belief.
Proceeding in a southeasterly direc
tion for about 11 miles, the pursuing
party made all possible haste in get
ting near the Eddy ranch, which is sit
uated on Lake creek, about three milse
directly south of Fellows, on the
Washington Central railway, where
the outlaw wat said to be located.
The country ia what ia called "scab,"
and when near the ranch the party
took all precautions at to ambushes or
surprise. - ';
They approached the place In safety,
and when within some f"W hundred
yards came across Farmer Eddy mow
ing in a field. The party went to
him, and while engaging him in corn er-1
nation they saw a man issue from the
barn, which could be plainly seen from
where the party stood on a rise of the
ground. "Ia that Tracy?" at-ked one of
the party. "It surely Is, laconically
replied Pddy. With this information at
baud, and the man so close to the hunt
ers, there was naturally a great deal of
excitement. . Inn party separated, and
Lahter and Smith accompanied Eddy
in the direction of the barn, while tho
other two men swung around to cut off
any break, for liberty in another direc
tion, Noairng that atructure, the two man
hunters stepped behind the barn on a :
slight eminence, from which they conld
watch everything that went on, and the
farmer continued up to the barn door.
When he arrived there Tracy came
from the barn again and began helping
the farmer unhitch the horsea. He car
ried no ride, althouh he had his revol
vers in place.
The fugitive saw the men camyng
rifles, and turning shraply on Farmer
Eddy, sard: "Who are thoee men?"
"I don't see any men," said the host.
Whereupon Trucy pointed out the two
men on the hill, waitng to be sure of
their man before they began shooting.
Eddy informed his companion who the
men were, and at that time the otneers,
stepping a little closer, commnaded:
"Hold up your hands!"
At this juncture the outlaw jumped be
hind Eddyand placed both the man and
his Jborse between himself and the
hunters. In this position he command
ed the farmer to lead his hoise to the
barn, and remaining under this cover
he moved toward the shelter. When
nearly to the stable he broke and dash
ed inside. . He did not linger long, but
in the-.twinkhng of an eye reappeared,
rifle in hand, and started on a dead
run down the valley. Turning to the
two men looking for him, the desper
ado fired two shots, but without his
usual precision. Neither bullet took
e fleet, and without waiting for further
fighting Tracv took to hie heels and
made all possible haste down the valley
leading south from the barn.
The man hnutera were on in pursuit,
firing as rapidly as possible at their
fleeing quarry.
Coming to an immense rock, the out
law saw a chance to 4et rid of his pur
suers, and accordingly dodged behind it
and began a fusilade which he proba
bly imagined would end th struggle.
Sight shot In all were fired, and
theae eight will take aome of the efful
gence off the repntation of the Oregon
convict a a dead shot. Seeing he was
not succeeding in hi eudeavort, he left
bit position behind the rock tnd made
a dash for the wheat field not far dis
tant. - Just as he was entering the field
he stumbled, and failing on hit face
crawled on into the field on bit hands
and knees.
This led the hunter to believe that
they had at least wounded their man,
but it was getting dusk, and they did
not dare to proceed, at they could, not
see their man nor know bow ready he
wat to take a "pot shot." Therefore,
after holding consultation, they de
cided to surround the place and wait
for daylight.
Shortly after Tracy'a disappearance
into the wheat field the watchers heard
a shot which sounded as though it came
from about the spot to which he bad
crawled. No investigation wat made,
however nnti) morning, hut that ahot
ia supposed to have been tbe fatal one
and to have been responaible for hav
ing tent the noted desperado into the
Great Beyond.
In the morning search was made and
the body was found lying face upwards
near the edge ol the wheat field.
Upon examination ol the body it
was found that the wound which result
ed in the outlaw's death wat inflicted
by the 45 caliber revolver, held close
to the bead. Tbe top of the head was
badly mangled.' Two bullet wounds
on the left leg showed the cause of . the
man s despair and subsequent sicide.
BURIED BESIDE MERRILL.
Remains ef Harry Tracy Interred at the Salem
. ' -. Penitentiary. ., ;
Salem, Or., Aug. 11. The remains
of Harry Tracy were recleved in Salem
Saturday morning, and were quietly
buried in the prison cemetery by tbe
side of David Merrill, the confederate
whom the outlaw had cowardly mur
dered. A few people Were allowed to see
the corpse, but at the depot many
backed mementoes from the cheap
coffin. The burial was unattended hy
ceremony. Before the coffin, was ' low
ered chemicals were placed in it for the
purpose of destroying the corpse, hut
the'gr&ve will be watched in order to
prevent any person from stealing tbe
body. A the body was positivel)
identified by the prison officials, there
is no question of-the payment of tbe
reward, but just who is entitled to it
is a problem for the. claimants and the
Jtate to solve. His famous rifle was
given to the officials. -...Merrill's
rifle was found in the brush
within 200 yards of the spot where his
body was found. . (.
Those who wish to lake their fami
lies and spend a week at the state fair
will find one of the finest camp grounds
on the coast, absolutely free. Any in-,
foimation regarding the fair by the sec
retary at Portland.
M'BRIDE HOLDS OVER.
Supreme Court of Washington Decides the
' Governorship Case.
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 11 The state
supreme court has handed down an
important decision in the test case
brought at the last term of the court
at to the permanent increase of the
membership of the supreme court, and
as to whether there exists a vacancy in
the offices of governor and lieutenant
governor as a result of the death of
Governor Rogers. The opinion , of the
court is unanimous that there is no
governor to be elected this fall, but
that Mc Bride fills the vacancy to the
end of his term. The judges are di
vided on the question of an increase
from five to seven in the membership
of the court. '
B. P. a E. Day at Portland,
September 4 trill be Elks' day at
the Portland carnival. Lodges of the
B. P. O. E. will be present from ail
parts of the state and several adjoining
states, also Texas and Colorado. Prizes
amounting to $2,500 will be distribute
ed among the drill teams that will com
pete. An elaborate turn-out of the bro
therhood, with novel floats and strik
ingly beautiful effects will be seen.
PREMIUM LIST IS OUT.
The premium list of the Oregon
State Fair is now out and is being dis
tributed among the farmers and breed
ers throughout the state. If carries
$10,000 in cash premiums on livestock
and agricultural products, tvery farm
er and breeder in the state ia invited to
bring something to the State Fair this
vear and help swell the big exhibit
that Is alread promised. The South
ern Pacific compaliy hauls all exhib
its to and from the fair free of charge,
which enables everyone to send some
thing to help the good cause along.
FIFTEEN WERE KILLED.'
Railroad Wreck la lows Wont Than at First
: Reported. . "'. ,
Marshalltown, Ia., Aug. 11. It is
now known that 15 persons were killed
in the freight wreck on the Milwaukee
road Wednesday afternoon. Of the In-
iured two or three cannot recover. It
is thought that more bodies may be
found, as tbe wrekage has not yet been
entirely cleared away.
The Oregon State Fair this year
promises to be one of the greatest in
due trial expositions and livestock shows
ever held on the coast.. The fair has
been good the past two years, but it
will be better this year. Don't fail to
see it.
RESIGNS HIS PLACE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE LAYS
A8IDE HIS ROBES.
Has Had Twe Stroke ef Apoplexy tad Con
sist red His Usefulness Eedcd- President
Appoint Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cfllef
justice of Massachusetts, to Fill Vacancy
Justice Cray's Career,
Oyster Bay, Aug. 13. President
Roosevelt hat announced the appoint
ment of Oliver Wendell Holme, chief
justice of the supreme court of Massa
chusetts, to be an associate justice of
tbe United States, vice Justice Gray,
resigned. ., , ,7
Tbe resignation of Justie Gray was
due to ill health. Several months aeo
he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, which
sometime later wat followed by an-
"ther. He haa not appeared on the
bench since he waa stricken the first
time. His advanced age, 74 years,
told against hit recovery with serious
force. Realizing that he probably would
nerer be able to again assume the
place which he so long filled with dis
tinguished ability and honor, he de
cided a short - time ago to tender his
resignation to the president. With the
exception of Justice Harlan be had
served upon the bench of tbe United
States Supreme Court longer than any
of hie colleagues. He was appointed
by President Arthur in 1881, Lis service
extending, therefore, through a period
of 21 years.
Judge Hoi met, whom the president
has selected as Justice Gray't successor,
is one of tbe most distinguished law
yers and jurists of Massachusetta. His
career on the bench, particularly as
chief justice of the Massachusetts
court, has attracted wide attention.
Like Justice Gray, he is a native of
Massachusetts. He is a ton and name
sake of the late Dr. Holmes, the poet.
Justice Gray was born in Boston in
1828; graduated from Harvard Univer
sity, 1845; graduated; from Harvard
Law School, 1849; admitted to Massa
chusetts bar, 1851; reporter Massachu
setts supreme -court, 1864-1873; chief
justice Massachusetts supreme court,
1873-1882; associate juatice of United
States eupren.e court, 1881-1902.
TERMS FOR CABLE.
President Tells Pacific Cable Company What
It Mast De.
Oyster Bay, ' Aug, 13. President
Roosevelt has made public tbe condi
tions under which he will approve of
the plan to lay a submarine cable ia
the Pacific to connect the United States
with its Pacific Oriental possessions.
The principal requirements are:
The government business shall have
priority. r
The United States shall at ali times
have the right to purchase the caole
lines, property and effects at an ap
praised value.
Tbe government shall have authority
to aesume full control of the cable
when at war or when war is threatened.
All contracts entered into by said ca
ble company with foreign governments
for the transmission of 'messages shall
be null and void when the United
States is engaged in war.
The operators and employes of said
company above the- grade of laborer,
after said cable shall have been laid,
shall be exclusively American citizens.
The company shall agree to main
tain an effective speed of transmiseion
over the main cable route from Califor
nia to Luzon of not less than 25 words
per minute. . ' ','"'?
REBEL BLOCKADE. 1
Fjrminitts Declare Cape Haytien a Closed Pert
McCrca Get instructions.
Port au Prince, Aug. 13. The gun
boat Crete-Pierrot, which la in the
Firminite service, gave notice yester
day ot the blockade of Cape Haytien.
The foreign consuls here and Com
mander McCrea, of the United States
gunboat Machias, protested against
this action. Soldiers have gone out
Irom here, and a battle in a. few days
is believed to be inevitable. The bad
feeling against foreigners has increased.
Washington, Aug. 13. Commander
McCrea, of the gunboat Machias, today
cabled the navy department that a de
facto blockade had been established by
the insurgents at Cape Haytien. . The
M tchias is at her anchorage. ' .
Acting Secretary of tbe Navy Darling
sent the following reply to Commander
McCrea: "If the . blockade, is not
effective, Cuban, American and un
protected innocent neutral vessels shall
be protected in their - international
rights. Can Bend you collier from San
Juan if necessary."
These to Examine Cadets.
. Washington, Aug. 13. The officers
selected to hold examinations for civil
candidates for the army at Vancouver
Barracks on Sept. 1 are Major Rudolph
G. Ebert, surgeon ; ' Major Calvin D.
Cow-les, Seventeenth infantry; Captain
Carl Reiehrnann, Seventeenth infantry;
First Lieutenant Harry L. Gilchrist,
assistant surgeon; irst Lieutenant
Raymond H. Fenner, artillery corps.
Portland Elks' CarnivnL .. .
Everybody remembers the great car
nival on Sixth Btreet, which' the Port
land Elks gave two years ago. The
street fair on a scale twice as great, and
many of the latest midway attractions,
is to be reproduced September I to 13
In Portland, extending from Seventh
and Washington streets to Flanders
1 street, taking in the park blocks.
RECEIVED CKOWNS
EDWARD AND ALEXANDRIA NOW
KINQ AND QUEEN. ,
Seen la Westminster Abbey wu Marvelous
Aged Archbishop of Canterbury Nearly
Overcome, and it was with Difficulty
That He Completed the Ceremony efth
Coronation.
London, Aug. 9. Edward VII, B. I.,
by jhe grace of God, ot the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and ' Ireland .
and tbe British Dominions Beyond the
Seat, King, Defender of the Faith, Em-
peror of India, was today crowned with- -out
bitch or harm, and tonight London
is noisily celebrating the event for
which the wot Id haa. awaited at, per
haps, it never awaited any other coronation-.
,
In all respects the coronation wat im
pressive. That pride of empire. which
marked Queen Victoria'! jubilee, was
lacking; and 1 in its stead there pre
vailed among all claaset a keen recollec
tion that onlx six weekt ago their king '
lay in danger of death, and this today
produced thankfulness and genuinetytn
pathv for the man rather than adula- -tion
for tbe king. This, however, did
not prevent the public from voicing
appreciation of such military display , .
as tbe short military procession gave
them a chance to see. ..
Until tbe booming of the guns an
nounced that the crowning of King
Edward had been achieved, there lin
gered in the minds of thousands a
nervous apprehension that even at the
last moment some untoward event
might onee more plunge the nation
into consternation. When this waa
passed the unrestrained jubilation wat
aa much a tribute to the king's per
sonal popularity at it waa an evidence t
of relief from tbe tension of the- last
few weeks. .80 while tbe scene on the'
streets were robbed of many of those '
elements that usually accompany a -great
pageant, they will long be re
membered, perhaps somewhat tenderly
by those who stood on- tbe stands, at
windowa and on the sidewalks to see
King Edward after he had won almost
from the jaws of death hit crown.
la Westminster Abbey.
In Westminster Abbey the acene waa
nothing leas than marvelous.- Nearly
7,000 member of the nobility, the.
clergy and tbe " gentry had gathered
with " foreign princes, a'mbas-adors,
colonial rulers, Indian potentates, - and
leaders from the tartiiest quarters of
the globe to where the union - jack fiiea, -to
do honor to the king. ; Two inci
dents of the service in the Abbey will
live in the memory of many who wit-,
nessed them. The first of these,
which almost developed into a dramatic
contretemps, centered around the aged
Archbishop of Canterbury. From the
commencement of the service the arch-,
bishop had the greatest difficulty in
reading or remembering the prayers.
The book from which his almost blind
eyea endeavored to read shook in his
hands', and when he came to place the
crown upon King Edwards head bis huge
frame, towering above the seated king,
swayed so violently that the Bishop of
Winchester had to support him, while
the Dean of Westminster put a guard
ing hand under the crown. It was evi
dent that the Archbishop of Canterbury '
could not see his sovereign's head,
and, after probing around, be waa just
about to complete the most important
part of the ceremony when it wat dis
covered that he had the crown the back
tot he front. Slowly he raised it, but
too late to prevent the choir from pre
maturely bursting out with a loud
"God Save the King.," Amid a tension
that had grown to a pitch of painful
nervousness , the archbishop finally
managed to place the crown corrrectiy
upon the king's head. A few momenta
later came the climax of hia feebleness.
He was kneeling to do the first homage
of all the subjects of tbe king, when
suddenly he almost fainted, and would
have fallen upon his sovereign's knees
bad not King Edward tenderly, but
firmly grasped both the prelate's hands
and lifted him to his feet. Tbe bish
ops of London, Winchester and Dur
ham clasped their arms around the
archbishop, the king kissed his wrink
led hand, tbe archbishop's head fell
back, his feet moved slowly and me
chanically, and thus he waa more car
ried than led Irom the throne to King
Edward's cbapel, where he waa re
vived. " - .: - ': K. ' '
: Her Majesty's appearance woa e-'
travagant encohiuma, especially from,
the wflmen, many of whom declared
that Queen Alexandra did not look a
day over 35.- The queen's own crown
ing waa brief and simple. When the
four duchesses went to holoVa canopy
over her majesty s head, the iruchest
of Marlborough and the Duchess of
Portland led the way. They performed
their duties excellently. At the ap
proach of the crucial period for which
the peeresses had long practiced, name
ly, the putting on of their coronets the
moment the queen was .crowned, a
flutter of nervousness ran through
their ranks, coronets - were ' prilled out .
and pinched into shape, their faces
hardened wtih anxiety, and then all
their arms tuddenly woke upA .and .
coronets, large and small were put- in
place, some crocked and eome straight.
For the next fiv'e minutes tbe peeresses
disregarded what passed before them;
first one and then another turned
around for advice and help, and then
en-ued a mutual pushing of each,
other's coronets into place.
Throughout the kingdom' there were
great illuminations and displays o"
fireworks and general celebration of
the event In the evening.
pot in tha heart of the city,