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THE MORyQvG OREGOyiAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903. RUMBLINGS OF WA HE LOOPS THE LOOP and a senior at Columbia College; N. Y.. 10 uus oeen appointed ay .Mayor Williams a delegate for Portland to the American -Mining Congress, which meets at Dead wood. 3. D.. September ".to 12. , Major H. Huston, now in command of the Nineteenth Regiment. United States Infantry, at Vancouver, Wash., as lieutenant-Colonel, has been notified that he will be promoted to the rank, ot Colonel on August 16, and assigned to the Nine teenth Regiment. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland S. E. B rue re. at the Manhattan; C. H. Korell, at the Herald Square. From Baker City. Or.-J. K. Romlg. at the Herald Square. DIAVALO LOOPING THE LOOP Aroused by MiVchelPs Phn of Reorganization Diayalo Performs Hazardous Feat Unharmed COMMITTEE SEEKS UHWILLINB Vaator'a Flan of Con centra tin a: Re. pablican Povrer May Stir tp Strife and Strike a, Sang la Sen atorial Ambition of Carer. Mutterlngs and mumblings are heard in Ihe Republican county central committee. Members of that body sniff at ei'ery breeze to find out what part they -will play In the assumption of their powers by an executive or managing commit tee. The gentlemen are thinking a whole !ot these good old Summer days and the color of their thoughts rei-eals that a number of worthies don't take kindly to the scheme of reorganization. The programme Is to centralize the powers of the county central committee In a committee of seven or 11 members. The smaller committee Is to be com posed of Influential citizens, men who have a name In the community for integ rity f.nd political sagacity. The appoint ment of the smaller committee is au thorized by law. but a question more vital to the success of the scheme Is whether the reorganization will be au thorized by the central committee. Sev eral of the 70 councilors are already vo vlferating against the new arrangements. Dthers are "klcklrfg" and still others are quietly thinking of such as: "But what's there In It for us?" The scheme has the putative stamp of Senator Mitchell upon it. Its ostensible purpose is to dispense with "one-man power," which the advisors of the Sena tor say has of late years convulsed the politics xjf this county. For "one-man power" would be substituted "11-man power." Whereat the fftundatlons of the organization would be strengthened, the superstructure would be widened and heightened and such would be the polit ical fortress of the dominant faction in the fight next Spring. The Inevitable "Bnt." All this sounds well, looks well and tastes well for philosophic purposes, but the visual demonstration Is shadowod in many minds by Incredulity, which will ie dispelled only by the actual perform ance. Down deep, the scheme has for its pur pose the placing of power where Sena tor Mitchell and his friends can use It. The power Is not now lodgedv where the Senator Is absolutely sure of its falth lul exercise. As the organization now stands, he has. to trust to the good faith of its leaders. As It would stand if he could effect reorganization, he would have his own thumb on It Instead of the other fellow's. The Senator has been long enough In power to know that, while the promise of loyalty Is good, the pos session of authority Is better. Furthermore, the leaders in the reor ganization movement say that Senator Mitchell will gain by retiring Matthews and Carey from the front of the line. They believe that certain elements, to whom these two men are distasteful, Cftuld be Induced to render faithful serv ice under a changed leadership. But skeptics cry aloud in the streets that tho reorganization will be only a change of dress for the present regime and that the soul, the body and the mem bers will be Just the same under the new cloak as under the old. They aver that the retireerant of Matthews and Carey will be apparent, not actual. They In sist that soon or late the public will learn the deception. "And the result will be disastrous for the organization," said one of them yesterday. "The reaction will be costly. Starting away from Matthews and following the circle back to him Is bad politics. Better stay with him or take a straight shoot from him." MnttlicwH untl Carey In Control. The Matthews-Carey influence in tho committee fs believed to be Impregnable. Out of the "0 members. 56 are said to be indissolubly allied with Mr. Matthews' friends. This is not strange, when one remembers that Mr. Matthews named the committee in the convention. Though he may be out of active politics, his spirit abides with the 56 and his name is writ ten upon the tablet of their hearts. A suspicion stalks abroad that Senator Mitchell, In his desire to get full control of the organization, hopes to persuada the county committee to elect an execu. tlve committee of his own choosing. This suspicion haunts tho central committee. Mind you. the Senator would not have the effrontery to ask the central committee to elect whom he had named. The Sena tor would stay In "500" and his close friends, who wish to see him re-elected In 190 and who desire to see the five State Senators nominated next Spring in his Interest, would do the outside work. AH this makes Jealous certain ones of the 70. If there Is going to be any politics, they say they want to be In the exercise; Instead of letting out the enjoyment by proxy. Senator Mitchell Is reported to have gained the assent of C. H. Carey, chairman of the county committee, and also of Mr. Matthews. But the promise may not mean all that the Senator wishes. To be sure, tho big men of the 70 may be willing to turn over the scepter, but might they not insist that it be wielded by their ow.n executive committee? Might they not say "If 70 of us are too many for the Senator, let him take 11 of us?" or "If we are to retain the political power In this county, would we not better keep hold of it?" or "If the Senntor does not wish to take the power away from us. why should he object to leaving It in our hands?" Slay Be Blood on the Moon. These doubts and fears have made a commotion In the central committee. "There'll be blood on the mo6n." de claimed one of the elect yesterday, "when ever Senator Mitchell or anybody tries to take the management away from the c-ounty committee." "It's all moonlight on the lake," de clared another gentleman of quality, re sorting to a political metaphor of Jona than Bourne. "It's all moonlight on the lake to talk about the central committee's willingness to transfer the authority against Its determination to keep the reins of power." "Can you make an anti-Matthews execu tive committee." asked a reprobate Simon politician, "out of a pro-Matthews cen tral committee? Can tho leopard change his spots?" Carey Hns Ambitions. A story is persistently going around town that Judge Carey will not let live State Senators be put up who would ob ject to prefixing "United States Senator" to his name at the Legislative session of 1M7. The Judge last year wanted to bo nominated for Governor, but his aspira tions are said to have moved up a notch since then. He haa more "swing" In the central committee than he would have In tho proposed executive committee, for the lesser body would be chosen in Senator Mitchell's Interest: hence wise gossips presume that the Judge does not lend his whole soul to the promotion of Sena tor Mitchell's Interest. In this Idea they are borne out by the Judge's provident foresight la storing up influence for him self a. year back. What Does Baker "Want r The relations between Frank C Baker, -halrroan of tho State Central Committee, jnd the heads of the county committee ov jit intr5ly cord'al. tembrs of the TUB DARING III D Eft PERFORMED HIS FEAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE OREGOXIAX 1VHEX THE TAKEX BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER II. 31. SMITH county committee have given free vent to the suspicion that the proposed execu- j tlve committee Is to be set up In Baker's Interest. What Baker wants for himself is a question of Interest among the poll ticians. For some time a report has been abroad that he desires to get Into the Government office of printing and engrav ing, but this story hast become discredited by the gossips. The report now Is that he Is laying plans to be elected State Printer again. It is suspected that he will endeavor to work up a strong country sentiment for him self, and to get as much support In Mult nomah as he can. To this end his leader ship in Multnomah or the domination of the proposed executive committee In his interest would stand him In good stead. Since he was elected state chairman the rural press has been saying things about him. some good and some otherwise. Those who threw bouquets got a letter of thanks from Mr. Baker, signed by his very own self. In the envelopes fre quently went a greenback as a present to the editor. If Mr. Baker can go Into the convention with the country lined up behind him. hi? own county might have the more reason to side In. Tlie Faithful Feel Hurt. Already n "holler" haa been heard from the neighborhood of the- men who set Senator Mitchell upon his feet this last time. These men don't think they are gratefully treated. "Four years ago." said one of them yes terday, "we snatched this county away from the Slmonltes. We elected Mr. Mitchell Senator. Now he turns about and wishes to run politics over our heads. Instead of accepting our counsel he ac cepts that of others and wishes to force it on us. In our ranks were J. E. Hunt. Andrew C Smith. F. P. Mays and others. We haven't got any recognition for what we did and we see men who haven't done anything for the Senator preferred before us." v "Are you sore?" "Oh, no; not sore. But why should we tel.. fr nr. -,- oluttlnnV' If there was much affinity between Baker and Matthews, probably they would call upon each other, for the story goes that they seldom or never come In contact. The same tale is in circulation about Carey and Matthews, but it Isn't true. F. A. Bancroft, Postmaster, repre sents himself as an exponent of the new movement, but whether he Is playing to the galleries Is a puzzle. He frequently calls on Senator Mitchell, but "Matthews goes to the Senator's headquarters only seldom. Mr. Bancroft ostensibly believes in a new shifting of power, but perhaps not offensively to Mr. Matthews, for that were treason. Great Issues at Stake. The whole state hangs on the outcome of next Spring's "cqntest In Multnomah County. Senator Mitchell's re-election rests on the result of that fight. Five, hold-over State Senators are to be elect ed in thU? county and ten outside of Multnomah, and they will vote for United States Senator In 1907. Mr. Mitchell Is fully alive to the political situation, and he knows the weakness and strength of his organization. That's why he wants to "broaden" his organization. But the fact is that his workers are as yet doing but little. The centralization of power In the smaller committee occupies the whole attention of his friends, and that is making slow progress. His, en emies are more active. The Simon people are doing more to restore themselves than Is commonly known. On every side they boast that they are going to "clear things up." The leadership of the County Central Committee was once offered to Mr. Baker "jv Senator Mitchell, but whether that offer holds good Is a question of uncer tainty, Mr. Baker has denied that the offer ever was made, and has averred that he has no ambition to lead the politics of this counts. Senator Mitchell has said that Judge Carey will resign the chair manship of the county committee 24 hours after requested to do so, but even if the Judge should resign, and Mr. Baker or anybody else should go in. how could the Senator gain anything thereby, when the committee could not be divorced from Carey and Matthews? "If Senator Mitchell could depend on 40 members of the county committee to do his bidding," said an observer, "he could rely on the committee. But he can't mus ter that many. Matthews and Carey have a majority, and even if tbr retire from the nominal leadership, their actual con trol remains." Senator Mitchell has said: "I don't care about the committee; what I want is votes," referring to the primaries. However, the central committee has the naming of delegates on the primary tick et. Tne Senator, even If he had the votes at the primaries, might not be able to cast them for the men he desired unless the county committee would stand In. And if Judge Carey has Senatorial ambi tion, will the committee stand it? Executive Committee Censed to. Exist The executive committee of the last campaign ceased to exist after the elec tion. This was not required by law, but by th terms according to which the sub committee was chosen by the central com mittee. The new managing committee will te empowered by law to nominate for primary elections, but the central com mitter can assume this power It It desires. This Is Just what the central committee would do If the executive committee were not of Its liking and the latter would thereupon be nothing "but a name. The last managing committee was com posed of W. F. Matthews, F. A. Bancroft, A. A. Courtcney, Herbert C- Smith, C. A. Malarkey. Samuel B. Schwab. P. L. Willis. George H. Ho weft. Dr. E. G. Clarke. George H. Lamberson. Henry "W. Godcnrd, W. L. Llghtner, Daniel S. Dunbar, Em mett H. Kelly and F. A. BIdwell. This committee was chosen by a special com mittee of five members of the central committee. The five were named by Judge Carey, and were as follows: W. F. Mat thews. T. C. Powell. Henry Chapman, G. G. Willis and James W. Mathena. "We deem it to be to the best interest of all concerned," sala the committee of five in recommending the election of the foregoing executive committee, "to select men of well-known ability. Integrity and high standing In the community and In the party, as well as men of large pollt vical experience and sagacity. "We recom mend that the duties of the managing committee end with the present campaign and that the preparation for the campaign two years hence and the selection of candidates for delegates all be left to the general county and city central commit tee of 70." "WILL GO TO OLYMPIA, Elks Go Ont of State for Clambake an Result of Competition. Portland Elks have decided to hold their clambake at Olympla on August 22, and will go from this city by special train. Olympla and Portland lodges are to act as Joint hosts- and Olympla has invited Aberdeen. Seattle. Tacoma and other Northwest lodges to Join them. The decision to go to Olympla was reached after a sharp fight between the Astoria '& Columbia Rives Railroad and the Northern Pacific for the excursion. Both roads quoted a rate of $2.50 for the round trip, and the lodge added 50 cents to this fare to pay incidental expenses. There Is a story In railroad circles to tho effect that the Northern Pacific, eager to get the excursion, stood willing to meet any rate the seashore line might make. This story, though. Is not con firmed. In any event, there will be considerable disappointment among Portland Elks be cause of the Inability to go to tne sea shore and Join with Astorians In the celebration. Astoria and Portland lodges have heretofore been close to each other. and Astoria has assisted royally In aiding every Portland enterprise. Secretary E. "W. Rowe, of Portland lodge, stated last night that It was the original intention of the lodge to Join with Astoria in the celebration. "We had planned to make the excursion on August 22, the day following the Astoria regatta, and had arranged the plans with Astoria lodge. At the last moment we received a letter from the local agent of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad stating that It would be impossible to furnish us cars, and we had to make other arrangements. ' Apparently the car shortage situation was bettered, for local representatives of the Astoria & Columbia River have been making a strenuous effort to secure the excursion. Added to the pressure from, tills pource Is that of Astoria Elks, who would be glad to Join with the Portland lodge in taking the outing. TOURISTS FLOCK WEST LOW RATES STIMULATE TRAXSCOX TIXESTAL "TRAVEL. Grand Army Convention, Trans-Mississippi Congress and Corbett Jeffrles Fight tbc Attractions. The operation of G. Av R. and Trans- Mississippi Congress rates is bringing thousands of tourists from the East to the Coast. Transcontinental lines are handling more passengers on west-bound trains than they have at any previous time during the year, and It Is predicted by traffic men that the business of tho first two weeks In August will upset some transportation records. Though officials In the passenger de partments have no means of Judging closely at present. It Is believed that the annual encampment of the G. A. R. in San Francisco Is attracting more visit ors than the Trans-Mlsslsslppl Congress. It Is not quite fair to accredit alL the travel to the G. A. R. or to declare the Trans-Mississippi Congress Is not a draw ing card. As a matter of fact a large portion' of the travel Is of a class that will attend neither gathering. Eastern people are being drawn to the Coast by the low rates, but circumstances have worked, thus far, to draw a majority to California. A large portion of this travel will be diverted to the Northern routes on the return trip, so the Northern Hne3 will get more than their share of the busi ness. Northwestern cities will benefit in a like proportion. The fact that the Corbett-Jeffries fight Is to. be held In San Francisco this week adds to the crowd that Is rushing Into tne uamornia metropolis, taiung aavan- Clackamas to complete that portion of the tage of the low G. A. R. rates. Under or- work. It Is thought at Milwaukie that dlnary circumstances an event such as a these changes will be the making of Mll champlonshlp contest would attract thou- -waukie. The present line passes too far sands of visitors and the additional In- t0 the east to be of much benefit to the centlve of low round-trip rates Is adding place. to the crowd. i " . The G. A. R. and its kindred organlza- j . tlons are always a good drawing card i iasH TO COAST OX. for the passenger department of dlf- j Hot Wenther Stimulates Travel to 1 erent railroads. Reports from San Fran-1 ,. . clsco Indicate that the veterans are to Summer Resorts. attend the annual meeting by the thou- sands, and hotel accommodations have been taken up for weeks In advance. The rush from the Northwest to San Francisco is almost unprecedented. Both rail and steamboat lines are handling crowds only limited by their capacity. Both from Portland and Puget Sound the steamship sailings are limited, and tho railroads, for this reason, are profiting. The rates put into effect provide for re turning passengers by a different route should they prefer it. and traffic men ex pect a great number to take advantage of the opportunity to make a rail and sea trip. An Indication of the rasn to San Fran- clsco was that Tifforded by the sailing of the Geo. W. Elder from Portland last night. The steamer had every berth taken. and a creat many first-class pas- sengers were compelled to accept Inferior accommodations because of the steam- ship's inability to handle all the first- class traffic. The scenes at the departure of the steamship closely resembled the rush for a steamer during the Alaska gold excitement. All of the Southern Pacific trains are filled with people crowding into San Francisco. The early rush Is made up in part of veterans and their friends, but more largely by those attending tne prize fight or making a trip to California for nleasure. Advices to representatives of the North- i headquarters at Livingston. Mont. em lines, indicate that a large propor- j tion of Eastern visitors who are making I Testifies Against Caleb Powers, the San Francisco trip will return by f GEORGETOWN. Ky. Aug. 10. Frank way of Portland and Puget Sound. Some CecU the Bell County witness who gave of the Eastern lines' which have been strone testimony against Caleb Powers advertising the excursion to California before adjournment of the court Satur in connection with the Grand Army meet- : daj was called, for cross-examination Ing have provided for the return trip by when court opened today. He held close way of Puget Sound and the Yellowstone to hl, stflrv 0 direct examination. jrarK. The travel Incidental to the meeting of the commercial congress has been making Itself felt for several days. Though no figures have been prepared, to show the Increase, railroad men assert that hundreds of strangers have already come to the Coast, and reports from Missouri ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH "WAS River points show the rush Is Increasing. Hot weather In Eastern cities has had an effect in Inducing travel to the Pa cific Coast. Though the Journey by rail Is not very comfortable during a por tion of the ride, the general understand ing of the balmy climate on the Coast has induced hundreds to come West to escape the climbing thermometer in East ern cities- Ttie class of travelers now being brought to the Coast Is of the very best, while many of them are drawn out of curios ity others are coming for the purpose of looking over the country, and since they are a people with money to Invest railroad men expect, goou results trom tne travel. WILL ASK FRAXCHISE. Southern 1'ncIHc Railway Wants to Build TlirouRk Milwaukie. The Southern Pacific Railway Company will ask the Milwaukie Council for a fran chise to run through that place In a short time, and the Council will ask that a good station be built and maintained in Mil waukie. This franchise Is for the new line of that company, which will branch off from the present line south of Wllls burg and pass through Milwaukie Just east of the main street and cross the track of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Com pany at the southwest corner of the place, follqwlng the Willamette River to a point opposite Oswego, where a steel bridge will be built. The route of the new line passed through private property without much re gard for streets, but Engineer McCloed says that all the company wants is the franchise from the Council and It will ac quire the property rights. The engineer says that the depot will be provided. The building of this new line means a complete change of the system between Portland and Oregon City and Hlllsboro. The surveyors have completed their work at and around Milwaukie. and yesterday Engineer McCloed was ,at the $ Hot weather is having an appreciable ' effect upon the travel to and from the Summer resorts along the seacoast. Traf fic officials connected with both the rail and steamboat lines Insist that the bus! ness Is larger now than It has been at any time during the year. All of the Summer resorts are draw ing big crowds, but those closest to Port land are faring best. Perhaps Seaside, with its rail and steamboat communica tion. Is drawing the largest crowd, but the "North Beach" resorts are all de clared to be filled. Holman's, Seavlew, Newton's, The Breakers and Ocean Park J have attracted more people than other i North Beach resorts, but there are good crowds at Nahcotta, Long Beach, Tioga . and elsewhere. ? The "Willamette Valley Is going to Ya- quina Bay, as a. rule, and there Is good travel to that point from Portland as well. Seaside Is drawing from South- ! orn Washington and Idaho in addition to Oregon. Pearson Succeds Darling-. ST. PAUL, Aug. 10. W. L. Darling. chief engineer of the Northern Pacific, has resigned to accept a similar position with the Rock Island. President C. S. Mellen has appointed E. J. Pearson, acting chief . engineer, to the place. Mr. Pearson is 1 now assistant general superintendent with Lived Years With Broken Back. HOLYOKE. Mass., Aug. 10. James Coghill. 40 years old, who had lived three and a half years with a broken back, is dead. The fall which fractured the spinal column caused paralysis below the break. WHILE TEN THOUSAND CHEER In Fokr Seconds the Great Deed Is Bone at Multnomah. Field .Other DnngeroHs Tricks .on Bicycles liaise-Spectators' Hair. He looped It. Diavolo. who Is known to his tailor as John Ruel, went round KJlpatrlck's man-killing bicycle chute last night In four seconds in safety, and before axjo spectators who gathered at Multnomah field to view the spectacle. Looping the loop is not likely to be come a popular pastime, nor Is It a spec tacle often presented to the public. Kll- patrlck's loop stood for many months. In Minneapolis before Diavolo turned up to ride it. There was no lade of aspir ants, but although each 'rider was com pelled to undergd a course of training and preliminary practice", many of them forebore ever to attempt the final test. while of those who did two were killed and numerous others were crippled for life. The multitude of people who visited the spectacle last evening. Its opening night, certainly had a new sensation, and while the act Itself with all the preliminaries and announcements occupies less than two minutes the crowd was satisfied, if cheering and applause Indicates satis faction. The cycle dazzle with which the show was opened was another daring exhibition in which three men and one woman dashed round the walls of a 30-foot basin at a speed which meant sudden and cer tain death If any of the riders should swerve six Inches from his perilous path. Prof. Hunt's dog and monkey show fol lowed, and then the Francelllas appeared In an excellent act far superior to that of the average strong man turns of the vaudeville stage. Francellla's feat of holding in his teeth a chair on which his 225-pound wife Is seated and cakewalking with her up and down the stage made the hit It deserved with the audience. A troupe of Arabs followed the Fran celllas, and after the whirling dervish had whirled more than 276,491 times in ten minutes the rest of the Orientals did some fantastic tumbling and acrobatic work. But the people had come out to see the hazardous bicycle feats, the acts in Which the performers get killed from time to time and which are always calculated to make the collective hair of the spec tators stand on end while they hold their breath and their hearts stop beating. All of these sensations were experienced even before Dlavalo looped the loop, when Charles G. Kllpatrick. the one-legged bi cyclist, mounted a 200-foot staircase and. Jumping on his wheel, shot like a comet down the incline. A hundred feet from the bottom his wheel swerved and ran. within four inches of the edge. A moan went up from the crowd, but before it was fully uttered the rider was speeding across the level ground unharmed. And then Dlavalo looped the loop. PERSONAL MENTION. G. Muecke, one of the leading hopmen of- Aurora, is at the Belvedere. M. O. Reed, an attorney of Colfax, ar rived In town yesterday and Is at the Perkins. M. M. Godman, the Democratic poli tician of Dayton, Wash., Is a guest of the Perkins. Mrs. D. "W. Standrod came in from Poca tello, Idaho, yesterday and Is at the Perkins. Mrs. John Noyes, of Butte, and Mrs. M. M. Klrkman, of Evanston, 111., are at the Portland. M. U. Gartner, the real estate man of McMlnnvllle, Is" In the city, a guest of the Perkins. Mrs. C. "W. Hess another son, of Colfax, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Read, returned home yesterday. Mrs. Joseph McCabe. Miss Olive McCabe and Miss Mabelle Brents, of "Walla Walla, are among the arrivals at the Portland. James McKean, of the Northern Pacific ticket office at Seattle, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Southern California on a vacation. F. H. Crowell, a business man from Helena,. Mont., who has been at the Port land for several days, left yesterday for Seattle where he will engage In business. F. W. Watson, son of J. Frank Watson. Sunstroke bread-fruit, have a temperature 20 degrees lower than that of white men who are careless about their food or their bowels. It has been found in years of experience, that a CASCAJET Candy Cathartic taken at bed-time every night will keep the body clean and cool inside all day, and forms a safe and thoroughly reliable form of sunstroke insurance. KINGSFOR OSWEGO CORN STARCH Purest and Best -for Puddings, Custards, Blanc Mange, Etc For sale by all first-class grocers. HAS NO USE FOR REFORM Captain Samuel Paal, of Salt Lake, Approves Portland Police Methods. Captain Samuel Paul, for a number oC years vjniei ot Police In Salt Lake City, Is In the city on a. visit Tho -nt!n a favorably Impressed with Portland and Its environs, and while, as he says, he has not taken occasion to look Into the Port land police department, and Its system, he believes the officers have, a very lib eral ana correct taea. of "how to run things." especially in the Tenderloin dis trict. He Is not a believer in reform waves, having resigned from the head of the Salt Lake department at the end of a period of municipal reform which he says would have taxed the nerves of a stone man. "You can't suppress gambling and things of that sort, and It is doing much, even to control those evils," the captain stated. "I hope Portland doesn't catch a severe attack of the reform malady while I'm here," he added. "I'm here for a rest and a change from all that sort of thing." Declines London Cn.ll. ST. PAUL. Aug. 10. A letter was read at the People's Church Sunday from its pastor. Dr. Samuel G. Smith, who 13 now abroad, stating he had declined a call ex tended to him some months ago by West minster Chapel, London. Vesuvius Once More in Eruption. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. Vesuvius has had a recrudescence of activity, says a Her ald dispatch from Naples. The central crater hurled scoria to an unusual height, accompanied by loud rumblings. MffilM "King of all Bottled Beers." DID HE j LOOP THE LOOP? I HE DID a ROMAN'S CROWNlNGaORX U to kite. lioevy o shwciw. a sinw Mond to la unl ester ittnl taj7 taUM or talg by os tgplfaUmi t& Imperial Hair RiEsnefafor iV JStTind OH& A?rtICATIOK LAST w. TEOO. A New Collar. E. & W. Insurance 1 Brewed from I Bohemian Hops. 9 Order from . 0 I Fleckenstein-M ayer Co. 1 M t m m E. & When the summer's heat gets about 90 de grees, you are liable to be sunstruck any time you are out in the sun, unless you take proper precautions. 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