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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1904.
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An nttompt lina bcon mndo to assas
sinate the governor genornl of Finland.
Cuba hna bcon swept by n hurricane
which catiBed many deaths and great
damage.
Tho sultan of Morocco lias alarmed
Tnngior by Bending troops of tho worBt
typo there.
Tho Porttland mine will suethoetato
of Colorado for $100,000 on account of
boing closed by tho military.
Tho Vladivostok squadron is now
known to havo sunk two Japanese
transports, which carried about 1,000
men down with them.
Tho Amity dam in Iho Arkansas
river, near Fort Lyons, Colorado, has
been torn out by tho big water and is a
total lose. Tho dam cost $100,000 to
construct only last year. Immoneo
damage is feared to crops undor tho
Amity canal.
Two masked men held up tho North
Coast Limited Northern Pacific passen
ger train near Bearmouth, Montana.
Tho safo in to express car was blown
open and the contents tnkon. It is not
known. how much was secured, but it is
beliveed tho sum was largo.
Oneoral StalKelborg, badly beaten nt
Vafangow, may yet savo his army by
retreating. Two batteries of artillery
have been llternllyc ut to pieces by tho
Japanese and of thoir 10 guns, 19 wero
so badly dumngod as to bo rendered
utterly worthless ana wero abandoned.
Colorado troops havo sont SO union
men to New Mexico.
Firo at Orovillo, California, destroy
ed property valued at f 130,000.
The inventor of tho eubrnarino mines
used by the Japanese has been killed.
Burglars dynamited a safe nt Pipo
stono springs, Montana, near fiutto,
and secured $2,700.
Tno rosorves Just called out by Rus
sla means tho dispatch of 200,000
ttroops to Kuropatkin.
Two men held up n street car in tho
suburbs of San Francisco and secured
$23 from tho conductor.
Attornoy General Knox will retire as
soon as his commission ns senator ar
rives. Moody is likely to succeed him.
Admiral Togo lias captured a number
of rice ladon junks attempting to tun
tho blockado and enter tho Port Arthur
harbor.
Total Loss of Life In Steamer Disaster
Now Put at 700.
Now York, Juno 18. With unceas
ing effort search is going on for tho
bodies of tlioso who perished yesterday
on tho steamer General Slocum. What
tho list of victims will total senrcoly
nnyono dares venture to guess, but
whatever tho number mny bo, there is
hardly a purallel in tho history of dis
nstcts whero death cntnd to so many In
so brief a period of time. Police and
health department ofliclals havo placed
tho number nt n figure as high as 1,000
and moro, but tonight it Mould scorn
that tliu maximum figure will not
largoly exceed 700.
All day long, until darkness shut off
oven tho melancholy satisfaction of
watching for tho dead, anxious search
ers kopt up their vigilance and at dusk
there had been recoveicd 530 bodies,
for tho greater part women and chil
dren mothers who, weeks ago, had
planned that fatal outing for thoir chil
dren, and little ones who had longed
for (ho coming of tho happy day.
Up to dusk 400 bodies had passed
through tho morgue and of theso moro
than 300 woro unidentified. Tho East
Side lina its sympathy aroused to tho
fullest extent, and down by tho river,
whero tho boats unloaded their dead,
thousands gathered throughout tho day.
Streets leading to tho morguo were
blocked, nnd only with difficulty could
tho police clear tho passages leading to
tho long roH of oofllns for tlioeo who
camo in Bcnrch for tho missing.
Up tiie sound, whero tho hulk of tho
General Slocum lies submerged, show
ing only a paddlo-box, scores of small
craft aided tho tugs in grapling for tho
victims. Divers went down timo and
tlmo again, nnd when tho work ended
for the day thoy declared thoro wero no
moro bodies in the wreck. A scoro of
time a divor reappeared alter his
piungo with tho body of a woman or a
child. Two of them coming to the
surfaco togothor on ono occasion had in
thoir arms two llttlo elrls. sisters.
clasped in each other's ombraco, nnd
thoir mother, it was thoupht, whoso
dead hand tightly clenched tho skirt of
ono of them.
As far as they could, tho divers
600 LIVES ARE LOST
Bid
EXCURSION STEAMER TAKES
FIRE 0FP NEW YORK.
Pot of Urease Overturned and Flames
Spread to All Parts of Dont In Short
Time Women and Children Trampled
Under Poot, Many Pushed Overboard,
Others Leap to liscnpe Heat.
MANY MHN LOST.
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searched tho wreck from stem to stern.
Tho wreck lies about 200 feet off Bnr
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is deep and tho current is swift, and
beyond a doubt many bodies have been
borne along with tho tide to bo given
up on a later day at some distant point.
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Oholom Lots In KaUamall, tho Oounty Seat of the Famous
Flathead Oounty.
Tho Vladivostok squadron Is report
ed to bo In tho Coreun straits and heavy
iiring indicates an engagement with
the Japanese
Tho government will tako hold of
tho Utah lako Irrigation echemo and
complete tho work. When llnlshcd
tho project will water fully a million
acres ol land.
Many doported union minors aro ar
riving at Denver.
Tho Russian forces at Ping, south of
Niu Chwnug havo been forced to evacu
ate Russia will not heed tho protest of
Hrltaln against declaring foodstuffs con
traband.
An attempt has been mado to kidnap
the Italian consul at Tangier, Moiocco,
by bandits.
All Russian warships at Port Arthur
aro expected to ho ready for service
within a fortnight.
Tho tenth semiannual reunion of
Scottish Rito Masons of Oregon is in
session at Portland.
Congressman Metcalf, of California,
is slated to succeed Coitelyou as socio
tary of commerco and labor.
The national heads of tho Rathbono
Sisters and Pythian Histers, at a con
terence, have prepared a plan for tho
consolidation of the two otdors.
A cloudburst on the tableland adja
cent to Sterling, Colorado, caused a
sheet of water 10 to 18 inches deep to
enver tho lower portion of the town.
Much dumago was done to growing
crops in that section.
The land ofiVe at Oregon City may
be moved to Protland,
Abner MoKlnloj, brother of the late
President McKinley, is dead
The Colorado train robbers have
again eluded the posse- and are further
into the hills.
The man who attempted to kill the
Spanish premier has been sent to pris
on for 17 years.
The wife of Mayor Dallinger, of Seat
tle, has been warned of a plot against
her husband's life.
Chinese report that a battle was
fought June 0 within seven miles of
the inner forts of Port Arthur.
Russia has called out moro resreves.
The Panama commissioners aro sure
a currency system acceptable to the
United States will be adopted by Pana
ma. More union miners ate being deport
ed from Colorado and the work will lie
kept up until all are taken out of the
state.
The Japanese are constructing a rail
road from Feng Wang Cheng to Shak
dedsi,, 30 miles to the southeast, near
the mouth of the Yalu river.
Tokio, Juno 18. A flotilla of tor-
podoboats and torpedoboat destroyers,
under command of Captain Tsuchiya
and co-oporating with tho army, mado
a rcconnaissanco ill forco near Slau
Ping Island yesterday and bombarded
tho Russian outposts on tho coast to
the west of tho island. Slau Ping 1st
land is 12 miles to tho west of Por
Arthur. At noon tho Russian cruisor Novlk,
convoying ton torpedoboat destroyers,
steamed out from Port Arthur. Tho
Ruseian slioro batteries protected these
vessels with a heavy cannonade. The
JapaueRo ilotillu retreated slowly, fir
ing oh it went, for the purpose of decoy
lug the enemy to sea. At 3 o'clock in
the niternoon the Russian ships re
turned to the entrance of Port Arthur.
Tho fact that the Novlk came out of
Port Arthur makes It certain that the
RtiHslans have succeeded In hlastini; a
channel through tho cement laden
merchantmen sunk by tho Japanese In
Jho entrance to the harbor. This free
dom of egress comes too lato to permit
of any effect upon tho operations of the
Jupaneso army, for men, guns and
storeH havo practically all been landed,
and Admiral Togo is capable of keonliiL'
Lthe remnants of tho Russian fleet im
prisoned in Port Arthur.
Last Monday night Japanese vedotto
boats, protected by torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers, succeeded in
reaching tho entrance to Port Arthur
and planting a st-rles of mines there
The darkness of midnight favored tho
nopration, The Japunese vessels wore
not observod and thoy returned to tho
rest of tho cqiiadrou without having
sustained any damage,
Ururg Pair Exhibit.
St. Louis, Juno If. Iieforo depart
ing for Now York, Prince Pun Lun an
nounced himself as a solf appointed
committee of ono tocecuro China's par
ticipation In the Lowla and Clark expo
sition to be held In Portland, Or., in
1005. Tho prlnco remarked to Theo
dore Hardee, apslstant to Secretary
Wulter IJ. Stevens, that he was yory
much impressed with tho American
Idea of celebrating tho annlvercaries of
great events with big expositions, and
declared he would use ovury effort to
secure Chinese participation,
Now York, June 17. Ono of tho
most appalling disasters In tho history
of Now York, troglo in its Immensity,
dmmatic in its episodes, and deeply
pathotlo in tho tender ago of most of
its victims, took placo today in the
East ilvor, at tho entrance to Long Is
land Sound, within a short distance of
tho Now York shore, and within sight
of thousands of persons, tho majority
of whom woro noworleas to minimi
tho extent of tho catastrophe
By tho burning to tho water's edgo
of tho Slocum, a three-decked excursion
steamer, ono of tho largest in theso
waters, moio than 000 persons, tho
majority of whom worn women and
children, woro burned to death or
drowned by jumping overboard or by
boing thrown Into tho whirlpools by
tho lurching of tho vessel nnd tho fran
tic rusn of the panlc-strlckon pasHon
goiB. Tour hundred and elghty-ilvo
bodies havo been recovord, and aro
now being tagged at tho morgues of
Bollevuo hospital nnd Harlem.
DhorB were still busy at a lato hour
taking bodies from tho hold of tho ves
sel, which, thoy say, is choked with
tho remains of human bodies, whllo
tho bodies of scores who leaped, ot
woro thrown, into the rlvor havo not
bcon recovered.
If Is variously estimated that thoro
woro botweori 1,500 and 2,500 porsons
on board tho General Slocum whon she
loft tho plor at Third streot, East
River, though tho Knickerbocker
Steamship company, which owns tho
Slocum, oflleially states that tho num
bor of patsengors was 837, that being
only ono-thlrd of tho vessel's capacity.
It is thought, however, that thoio woro
several hundred children in arms, for
whom fares aro not usually charged on
these trips.
Tho General Slocum loft Third street,
East Rlvor, atfl:30 o'clock this morn
ing, having on board the Sunday school
oxcurlson of St. Mark's German Luth
eran church, located In Sixth stroet.
Hor destination was Locust Grovo. ono
of tho many resorts on Long Island
Sound.
Tho Slocum had reached a point near
tho Sunkden Meadows, off 135th stroet,
Manhattan, which is at tho extremo
eastern end of Randall'B Island, when
tho flro broko out. Tho headway of
tho vessel and tho high wind almost in
Bluntly fanned the insignificant flame
Into fury. Efforts wore at oncn ill.
rected to subduing tho fire, but they
were futilo Tho blazo spread aft with
almost lightning rapidity. Captain
Vanschttick then headod for shore.
Tho great open decks, built for ox
cursionlsts, with littlenliHttuction from
bow to stern, offered n clear sweep for
tho fire. Ab tho Slocum dashed for
ward, the flames caught Htair hlon and
cabin woodwork, eating and tearing
their way across the vessol.
Ah tho fire Increased, the strugglo to
gain a point of vantage ut tho stern be
camo frightful. Women and children
crowded agaliiBt tho aft rail until it
gave way and hundreds woro pushed off
into tho river. After this thoro was a
steady stream of persons who Jumped
or wero thrown into tho water. In the
wake of tho Slocum as she hurried up
stream was n lino of little black specks
marking tho heads and bodies of thoso
who hud solium to escape tho roaring
furnaio on the ship by throwing them
solves overboard.
Japanese and Russians Engage
Furious Skirmish.
St. Petersburg, Juno 10. Gonoral
Stackolberg, through tho army head
quarters nt Harbin, reports a nurnbor
of desperato skirmishes with tho Jap
nneso, in which both sides lost heavily
ami in ono oi which tno Hussion Gen
oral Gemross was soverely wounded.
2, iniuuiiy yesterday an entire di
vision of Japanese made n desperate at
tack on tho loft Hank of tho Russian
position nt Vafangow. They attacked
in threo columns, and after sholllng
tho Russians with heavy nrtlllory mado
a furious bayonet charge in tho faco of
a heavy chargo of rapld-flro gunB nnd
musketry. Tho desperation of tho Jap
anese chargo 1b shown by tho fact that
soino of them succcedod in getting with
in a few yarda of tho Russian trenches
boforo thoy woro shot down. Thov
wero finally compollcd to rotlro, leav
ing tuny ;juu dead bomnd.
Tho First Siberian rifles boro tho
brunt of tho attack, nnd their lostca
woro very heavy. Thoir commandor,
Colonol Kavastounoff. foil almost in
tho first flro, with a ballot through his
brain. Adjutant Sub Lieutenant Nod
ochlnsky was killed almost at tho samo
tlmo. Two majors and a nun.bor of
ofllcora of lesser rank wero picked off
by tho Japaneeo sharpshooters, whoso
flro was unusually deadly and acurato.
Genornl Gomroes wob shot just ns
tho Jupaneso ntacklng column broke
and fled. A shrapnel bullot shattered
one side of his Jaw, hut ho refused to
retire.
A report waa nlso received from Gen
oral Kharkovitch tolling of the battlo
botween tho outposts at Utlotnn Satur
day. Ho states that tho Jupaneso at
tacked from front nnd flank enrly In
tho afternoon and tho fighting raged
until lato. Finally tho Jupaneso woro
driven back, and the Russians followed
up thoir advantage under covor of dark
ness. Just beforo dawn tho Ruosiana
chorgod tho holghta of Llao Tung, car
rying tho Japanese position with a loss
of but four killed nnd 18 wounded.
Get oral Kharkovitch also reports
that his scouts havo reported to him
that a Japanese column numbering 3,
000 men Is marching toward Huayen-slang.
FOOLTHE RUSSIANS
JAPANESE MAKE FEINT AND
800 OP CZAR'S MEN.
KILL
MAY ESTABLISH NBW BASE.
Will
Ruailane Now Believe Japanese
Take Nln Chwang.
St. Petersburg, Juno 10. Tho bom
bardment by tho Japanese of tho coast
noar Knlchou nnd tho blockado of Nlu
Chwang is taken to I nd lea to that tho
ultimate object of the combined move
ments la to clear the Lino Tung ponln
suln of Russians nnd occupy Nm
Chwang as a now base. Tho garrison
at Nlu Chwang, it la wild hero, remains
undiminished, but it is not believed
the Russian plans contomplato n seri
ous attempt to hold Nlu Chwang.
Tho Japanese aro strongly fortifying
Feng Wang Chong as a precaution
against disaster.
Tho war ofllco has advices slnco Juno
12 from Pu Lnn Tlon, In tho southorn
part of tho Llao Tung ponlnsula, and
they do not mention tho reported Jap
anese ambush of that dato, resulting in
tho loss in that vicinity to tho Russians
of 800 mon. Neither has tho war ofllco
any confirmatory report of tho ambush
ing nnd almost total destruction by the
Russians of two Jnpanoso battalions on
tho Hal Cheng road. Tho olllclala of
tho war ofllco discredit both reporta.
Defeated Troops Fall Back on Kalchou
Show Indications of a Long, Forced
Alarch, but Will dive Out No Infor-
matlon to the Correspondent Who
are Along Their Line of March.
St. Petersburg, Juno 15. I is re
ported that a naval battlo between tho
fleota of tho Jnpnnoso on tho ono side
nnd tho Russian fleet nnd nhoro bat
teries on tho other aldo occurred off
Port Arthur on Juno 10 Tho navnl
battlo waa nccompaniod by tho ndvanco
of tho Jnpanoso troopa to tho rear of tho
Poit Arthur defense Tho Russian
forces within tho fortress woro in com
mand of.Gcnoral StocsBol, who, It is
reported, la wounded. It wob neces
sary to amputate his leg at the knee,
Nlu Chwang, Juno 16. Information
haB boon received hero through heieto
foro roliablo channels that part of tho
Jupaneso forco loft at Pu Lnn Tien to
checkmato tho Russians' southward
movement to rollovo Port Arthur was
attacked southeast of Sluing Mao yes
terday. After slight fighting, the Jap
anese mado a fnlso retreat, tho Russians
hotly following them, when the Jnpan
oso mado n flark movement, catching
tho Russians in a trap. Tho Ruaelan
loseos are placed at 800 men. Thoy
then foil hack on Knlchou and began
to rotreat along tho Balmatgu-Tsai
Ohou road.
About 2,000 Russian Infantry from
Kalchou passed through Nlu Chwang
yesterday, nccompaniod by a largo sup
ply and hospital train. Sovoral cart
contained bandaged men. Tho troopa
appeared to bo fagged out, and shewed
every indication of a long, forced
mnrch. Tho ofllcora refused to furnish
any Information, but a noncommis
sloned ofllcor told a correspondent of
tho Associated Press that all tho troops
woro retreating from Teal Chou. Bo
foro ho could Bay anything further, ho
was reprimanded by a captain. Strag
glers are closoly watched by noncom
missioned ofllcora to prevent them
from talking. Tho Russians havo
abandoned tho ground mines eight
miles louth of bore.
A native .messenger Just in from the
Russian camp west of here reporta that
there nro many wounded mon there.
KBVOuT AT PRISON.
IIFLIUVHs Wa AUOUT OVI-K.
Japanese Transports have Close Call.
Tolo, Juno 18. It ia reported hero
that tho Japaneeo protected cruiser
Niitaka engaged the Russian Vladivo
stok squadron off Tsu island, in tho
straits between Corea nnd Japan. This
report, howevor, lacks confirmation.
The Japanese transports Ugoand Fuyo,
homeward bound, met tho Rinnan ves
sels this morning near Oki island. Tho
Russians pursued them and fired 10
shots at the Japanese ships. The
transports escaped,
Russians Marching on Port Arthur.
Tien Tsin, Juno 18 It has been
learned hero from a Russian source
that 40,000 Russians passed Tashichao,
20 miles south of Nlu Chwamr. L'olnu
south. It is supposed that this force
ia going to the relief of Port Arthur.
Lese liig Battle.
London, Juno 17. Tho Tokio corres
pondent of tho London Dully Chronicle
cables that the Japanese have defeuted
a force of 8,000 Russians near Fouchou.
70 miles north of Port Arthru. Tho
Russians are declared to havo lost 1.-'
000 killed and wounded, anil fled to-
ward TashlchlaH and hnlping, retreat
ing in great disorder and leaving nil
their guns on tho field, The Daily
Chronicle's lorrespoudent ut Tokio
cables the same news, adding that tho
Russians, to tho number of 7,000 men,
are now in full flight,
Ruaalani In a Tight Place.
Berlin, Juno 17. Tho newspapers
toAay discuss the situation of General
Htakelberg's corps, which is regarded
as being extremely grave. Tho Kreuz
'(titling points out that tho attempt of
tho Jupaneso in yesterday's fight to
trim tho RiibhIuii left creates n situa
tion similar to that ut tho battle of the
Yulu river, and says that even if Stak
elburg is not surrounded, he will find
it extremely difllcult to executo his
100-milo retreat.
Another of Bandit's Dcmanda Met.
Tangier, Juno 17. Two Sheiks of
Hen M. Kuar havo been imprisoned by
tho governor of Tangier. This fulfills
another of Itaisuli's conditions for the
release of his captives, Messrs. INrdi
curls and Vurloy. Tho sheiks impris
oned aro two of those who helped
treacherously to capture Raisuli some
time ago,
Pcabody Dlscussca Strike Condition and
Rrpllet to Crlllca.
Denver. Juno 16. "I think tho wnr
la nenrly over,' said Governor Penbody
todny "I have iicwh from Genornl
Bell that tho Cripple Creek mines aro
open and running todny, ulso that
there is comparatively little disaffec
tion among the men, There Is no
news nf anv further trouble or any like
lihood of nny.
"I 'lenrn from Captain Bulkoloy
WoIIb, ofTellurldo, that tho union men
there conct do that their cause Is lost,
and thosu of them who nro acceptable
to the mineowuers are already at work
again. One hundred mid fifty capable
men, whether union or nonunion, have
been invited to go to work nnd the in
vitation will ho speedily uccepted.
Rvolution la Certain.
Tnngler, Juno 10. French occupa
tion Is tho only remedy for the serious
internal condition of Morroco, A revo
lution is practically certain within a
couple of months, and it will ho sup
ported by tho entire educated class,
Tho sultan's authority is virtually non
existent, and until tho country is occu
pied Europeans nro on the edgo of n
volcano, should Franco avoid hot re
sponsibility, Amerlcu or Great Britain
may bo forced into energetic action,
thus creating a situutlnn similar to that
existing in Egypt.
Release May Be Delayed.
Tangier, Juno 10. A courier from
Ruisuli, who kidnaped Messrs. Perdi
curls nnd Vurly, nrrlved here during
the night, United States Consu'. Gen
eral Gummero and tho British embassy
visited Mohammed El Torres, the rep
resentative of the sultan of Morocco, to
discuss tho contents of Ruisull's iiich
sago, The distance of RaHiill's head
puarters mnkos the negotiations drug,
It is now thought possible that the
captives will not bo released this week.
Mine Kills Nineteen Men.
Tokio, Juno in While tho Talhoku
was engaged in laying mines at tho en
trance to Port Arthur, last night, a
mine exploded, killing ono officer and
18 men, nnd wounding two oflleers and
seven men. Tho Talhoku, which Is n
naval transport, was not seriously dam-aged.
Four Condemned Men la Ohio Penitenti
ary Attempt to Escape.
Columbus, O., Juno 16. An nttompt
waa mado by four of tho nine con
demned mon nt tho penitentiary to es
enpo at 1 o'clock this morning by over
poworlng tho guard. Tho guard waa
badly beaten, but two guards from the
hall came to his assistance and the pris
oners wero forced back Into their colls
and locked up.
Tho prisoners in tho plot to cscapo
wero Moses Johnson, of Scioto county;
Philip Nnglo, of Wynndotto county;
Lewis Harmon, of Franklin county;
mid Ben Wndo, of Lucas county.
Guard Richards, of Williams county,
wub iu chargo of tho prisoners. Ho
waa unarmed, no weapons beimr 1.
lowed In the nnnex. Tho prisoners
bent him down with thoir fists, nnd
secured tho key to tho cage in tho an
nex, but failed to And t'.o key to the
outer door.
Guard Richards mado such an outcry
that two guards In an adjoining hall
wero attracted, and thoy camo to his
rescue. Tho prisoners were nvorpow
ered nnd looked up Guard Richards
was badly beaten, hut his condition is
not considered sorlous.
It was evidently tho purposo of tho
prisoners to get nut of the door of tho
annex which leads Into tho prison yard
and scale tho walls. Thov had no
wenpona, hut oxpeetod to secure thorn
from tho guaid. It is not believed
tlmt tho live other men In tho annex
wero a party to tho plot to escape.
Whlpplng.Moat Rrglma Revived
Lexington, Ky., Juno 16. Police
Judgo John J. Riley todny revived tho
old whipping post regime whon ho sen
tenced Simon 8ceurce, a 15-year-old
negro lad to bo whipped in tho public
square. Kcearco hud struck it white
hoy. The court decreed thut tho boy's
mother tnko tho hoy to the publio
square nnd give him 20 lushes with a
buggy whip. Tho mothor, in tho pres
ence of n largo crowd, administered the
punishment us directed. This 1h tho
first tlmo such an Incident has been
witnessed einco tho Civil wnr.
Believe Big Ships are Held.
Chicago, Juno 15. A special to tho
Daily News from Chefoo says: Accord
ing to tho captain of ono of tho ships
comprising tho Jupaneso blockading
fleet, tho cruiser Novlk has been out of
the harbor on several occasions hunting
Jnpnnoso destroyers. Tho captain
thought the obstructions ut tho mouth
of tho harbor prevented tho oxlt of the
larger Russian vessels, Tho Russians
have threo subrnnrino boats which have
been put together nt Payu.
Howie Coming home,
London, Juno 15, It is announced
that John Alexander Dowlo has decided
to return to the United States by the
first steamer, In strongly.worded de
nunciatory editorials, the London
papers thh morning express unbounded
satisfaction with Dowio's epeody departure.
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