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' ' l9P?,'fflF5Br -tji yn'-T'y ywgntpjiiji ''imii , r-jJ'. uifpifytn 'm jr.41'.. ig isKj!t" - xv,iyyv'-'V"y';'g'ypfgrBg'.Kii syg irri " f" T17"T VT "7 THJ5 SUNDAY UKS(ONIAfft PORTLAND, JULY ,27, 1902. HE IS TOO PROGRESSIVE OBJECTIONS TO GIVIXG SATOIXlJ Z.EDOOHOWSKPS PLACE. Cardinals Fear He Would American-, Ixe the Propaganda The Other Candidates. POME, July 25. The question of & successor to the late Cardinal Ledochow skl, as perfect of the congregation of the propaganda, continues to absorb all the attention of the Vatican. Against the candidature of Cardinal VIncenzo "Vannutelli is urged the fact that his brother. Cardinal Seraflno Vannutelli, Is the great penitentiary of the church, so that the two highest positions in Cath olicism -would be centered In the same family. Against Cardinal Satotll, who seems to be the candidate preferred by the pope, the objection Is raised that he would be apt to prove a revolutionist in Introducing modern methods and progres sive ideas and in turning everything up eide down. One cardinal said If Cardinal SatollI were chosen It "would mean the Americanization of the propaganda. These arguments, in the eyes of the ablest and most far-seeing clergy, are additional Indorsements of Cardinal SatollI. IIUXGER-CItAZED DOGS. ' American Woman In France Killed by Great Danes. NEW YORK. July 26. Mme. Edmund Sempls, -who before her marriage a year ago was Miss Louise Rutherford, of Brooklyn, N. T., has been set upon, says a Paris dispatch to the "World, by two hunger-maddened Great Dane dogs, which had been secured to guard her husband's country house at Anneccylake, and so ter Tlbly Injured that she died two hours after rthe accident. M. Sempis Is a prominent business man In Paris. His home is at Anneccylake, an Isolated spot. Following a recent attempt "by burglars to enter the place, he pur chased two powerful Great Danes as guards. The dogs proved so ferocious that they were confined In an Iron Inclosure during the daytlmo for the safety of the family. M. Sempls was advised to starve them, so, when food was given to them, they would remember kindly their bene factors. So they had nothing to eat for two days. Mme. Sempls did not accompany her husband and their guests, who started for a drive. She noticed the dogs while she was walking In the yard, knowing that they had been without food, and deter mined to feed them, as they were appar ently quiet. The instant Mme. Sempis entered the Iron Inclosure, the Great Danes leaped upon her like hungry tigers. They bore her to the ground and as she vainly sought to defend herself, their teeth sank in her arms and body. Her struggles apparently maddened the ani mals the more. The coachman heard the screams of Mme. Sempis. She begged the man to save her. He ran to the stable for a pitchfork. "When he returned -the Great Danes had fearfully torn their victim. The coachman fought the brutes Into a corner and kept them there until the cook summoned neighbors and carried Mme. Sempis from the inclosure in a dy ing condition. A few minutes after M. Sempls and his guests returned she succumbed to her in juries after exchanging a few words with her husband, who is nearly crazed by the terrible accident. BAD FOR. AUTOS. 3Iotor-Car Devotees Handicapped by Ancient Lairs. LONDON, July 26. In spite of the en thusiasm with which society has taken up automoblling, its devotees, both from sporting and business standpoints, are woefully handicapped by the archaic Eng lish law. which classes autos and steam rollers in the same category, as- well as the bitter hostility of the country magis trates who line the suburban roads with police patrols and every week arrest scores of motorists who are invariably convicted and fined for violating the speed laws. The English motoring world la anx iously speculating on the possibility of bringing off next year's James Gordon Bennett cup race within the "United Kingdom, one of the conditions of the competition being that the Tace shall bo run in the country where the cup is held. The last hope of motor racing of any sort in England seems doomed by the action of Justice Farewell, July 26, in enjoining Earl Dela--ware from allowing races on his private track at Bexhlll-on-Sea, Sussex, where one successful meet of the automobile club had already been held. There Is con siderable speculation as to whether the James Gordon Bennett cup will be trans ferred to America next year. Every ef ttort is being made to induce American tautomobillsts to enter American cars and Hflrivers in the next race. i In spite of the secrecy maintained as to the latest experiments with the old target-ship Belle Isle, it develops that the iresult was a decided triumph for the con alng tower, which, though covered with .old compound armor, withstood the at ttack of 9.2-lnch guns. A rat which was (imprisoned in the tower in order to ascer Htaln the result of lyddite fumes and con icusslon was found to be uninjured. The IxJestructive effect of lyddite was shown Jfcy two torpedo nets rolled up on the sides 'of the vessel. These nets were utterly irulned by a few shots. , Mr. and Mrs. "Whltelaw Held sailed to iflay for New York from Southampton on. itho steamer Philadelphia, this being the Vdate fixed for Mr. Reld's return soon ai der the announcement was made that tie coronation of King Edward must be in definitely postponed. Mr. Reid was then dnvlted to return whenever the corona tlon should take place. Since that time, .however, circumstances led the British -Government to give notice that under the greatly changed conditions of tho cor--onation, it would not again Invite the spfc cial representatives of foreign govern ments to return, and, although Mr. Reld was assured of a warm welcome person ally, it did not seem best for him to oc cupy an exceptional position. "With tho approval of the United States Govern ment he is, therefore, carrying out the original plan for his return. General Lucas Meyer, ex-commander of the Orange Free State forces, landed at Southampton today, this being his first visit to England. He made the trip from South Africa on the British steamer Briton with a big batch of returning of ficers and men with whom the Boer Gen eral appeared to be on excellent terms. General Meyer is going to Dresden, Sax ony, to visit his wife and daughter, and will return to South Africa In October. He said he thought tho outlook in South Africa was decidedly favorable and that, provided the British fulfill their promises held out to tho Boers, there was every reason to expect lasting peace and a sthdy return to prosperity. The general expects soon to be followed by Generals Botha, Dewet and Delarey. He would not say if he intended visiting Mr. Kroger. XO PUBLIC ENTHUSIAS3I. Preparations for the Coronation Re named. LONDON. July 26. The preparations for the coronation of King Edward have been resumed with full swing, but it is Impos sible, of course, to re-arouse vivid public enthusiasm in tho postponed event. It has now been decided that the whole route over which the royal carriage is to pass will be flushed, dried and then sprinkled with sand, thus forming a car pet which will reduce the vibrations of, the vehicle. The barriers will not be re erected at all the cross streets intersect ing the. corona tlon,.route. Otherwise the orlgrnal rigid ponce regulations will be carried out. One of the saddest features of the post "ponement of -the King's crowning, from the viewpoint of the speculators, is the great slump In the price of scats. A con spicuous example of this Is the fine stand at St. Margaret's, Westminster, where the best seats were sold for 10 guineas. Their prices have dropped 20 per cent, while at many of the best places along the route from 1 guinea to 3 guineas secures seats previously held at 5 and 8 guineas. The Kaiser's Hobby. NEW YORK. July 26. One of the Kais er's pet hobbles Is to send Privy Coun cillors and special envoys to various parts of the world, especially to the United States, to act as so-called "commercial detecth'es,' cables the Berlin correspond ent of the Herald. Privy Councillor Gold berger, who recently returned frjom an eight months' tour of the United States, having concluded an exhaustive volume of observations and statistics regarding the industries and prospects of commercial rivalry between Germany and the United States, other distinguished Germans, in cluding Count Wlnckler. Count Slers torpff and Count Pourtales, are now pre paring to vlelt the United States.and then report to the Kaiser. They will inspect factories, mills and mines and visit New York, Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis. Cin cinnati and San Francisco. The Kaiser displays an unquenchable thirst to learn everything possible about the state of business affairs in the United States. Sensational Austrian Divorce Case. VIENNA. July 26. A sensational di vorce case is before tho court here. The petitioner, Herr Pollacsek, Is a wealthy commission agent. The co-respondent is Count von Wurmbrand. Both are well known in Viennese society. The Count has challenged Pollacsek to fight a duel, but the latter ejected tho former's sec onds and denounced the Count for In fringing the duelling laws. Various counter suits were brought for assault, etc., and the trial occupied several days. Frau Pol lacsek had to be carried out of court on a sofa by six men, at the order of the Judge. The evidence showed that Pollacsek avenged himself on another co-respondent. Louis Lackner, whom he horsewhip ped and cut off his hair and half his mus tache. Frau Pollacsek and Lackner were sentenced to two months' Imprisonment. Count von Wurmbrand was acquitted. China at St. Louis Fair. PEKIN, July 2G. The Emperor an nounces that he has decided to send an Imperial commission to represent China at the 6t Louis Exposition, Instead of placing China's interests In the hands of the Minister to the United States. The United States Minister here, Mr. Conger, has secured an audience with the Em peror for John Barrett, the Commissioner General of the Exposition for Asia and Australia, when the announcement will be formally made. Mr. Conger enter tained at dinner the members of the coun cil of the Foreign Office who discussed the exposition with Mr. Barrett. Incidentally they thanked Mr. Conger for the appar ent sincerity of the United States' as sistance in bringing about the withdrawal of foreign troops from Tien Tsln. Strike Disorders In Gnlicla. LONDON, July 26. A special dispatch from Vienna asserts that over 100.000 agrl., cultural laborers In East Galicla, most of them Russians, are now on strike and that a full-fledged rising against the landed proprietors Is progressing. Near Lcmburg extensive stores were burned down yesterday, '-while excesses arc re ported to have been committed in other localities. The landlords nnnlloil tn tho government for troqps to maintain order, i out me auLnormes recommended that an attempt at conciliation be made by in creasing the wages of the 'laborers. Rus sian students in Galicla. according to this dispatch, are joining In the movement, thereby a.ddlng political economic dis turbances. Latest Move in Irish Land War. DUBLIN, July 26. Another step In the Irish land war has been taken In the filing of an injunction suit brought by John Redmond, William O'Brien. John Dillon and Michael Davltt, representing the United Irish League, against the land lords constituting the new trust who up hold the De Freyno estate tenant trouble. This suit alleges conspiracy on the part of the land trust to prevent the plaintiffs from accomplishing by lawful means the reforms of Parliament respect ing the Irish laws. Wnr In East Africa. ADEN, Arabia, July 26. The British ex peditionary force operating against the Mad Mullah, In East Africa, after scouting northeast of Damol, over an absolutely waterless country, learned the general direction of the Mullah's forces and his prisoners, and sent off a mounted column under Colonel Cobbe. which after an 80 mile chase across Jfte desert came in contact .with, the tribesmen, killed 130 of them, and captured 4000 camels and 12,000 sheep. The British had eight men killed and four wounded. Vcnico Is Carcfnl Now. VENICE, July 26. A technical commit tee has ordered the demolition of the Santo Stefano clock tower, which has shown signs of collapse. Several houses also have been ordered to be demolished and other precautionary measures have been taken. Three hundred thousand vol umes of the library in the ducal palace are being removed, as danger is feared to tho back facade of the palace. Are Friends Asm In. GENEVA, July 26. The Journal de Geneve announces the resumption of dip lomatic relations between Switzerland and Italy which were ruptured April 10 of the present year, owing to the refusal of Switzerland to give satisfaction regarding an anarchist article, published In Gen eva, insulting the memory of the mur dered King Humbert. The settlement was arranged through the mediation of Ger many. Gale Sweeps London. LONDON, July 26. A gale spread over London tonight demolishing many trees In the parks and playing havoc with the remaining coronation decorations in va rious parts of the city. The coronation stand at Clement's Inn, Strand, was blown down, causing injuries to a number of pedestrians and damaging passing ve hicles. The stands about Westminster Abbey also were dismantled. Cholera In Esrynt. CAIRO, Egypt, July 26. One hundred and twenty-four cases of cholera have been reported In this city. The drinking fountains have been closed. The epi demic Is most virulent In character. Many of the victims are attacked In the streets and dio in a few minutes. Order for Spithcad Review. LONDON, July 26. Orders for the naval review, which is to take place off Spit head, August 16, wore issued today: They provide for the assembling of a fleet Au gust 11 at Portsmouth, to consist of 23 battle-ships, 24 cruisers and 29 torpedo boats, training-ships and smaller craft. Storm Destroys Cologne Homes. COLOGNE, Rhenish Prussia, July 26. A terrific hall and rain storm occurred here tonight, destroying houses and barns In the suburbs of the town. Factory chim neys were -blown down, and a water towor and a boiler-house collapsed. Two persons were killed and many Injured. EXCURSION RATES TO CRIPPLE CREEK. COLO. Account Woodmen of the World conven tion at Cripple Creek, August 2, the O. R. & N. Co., on July 28 and 29. -will sell round trip tickets from Portland at rate of 557 25. Return l'.mlt, 30 days from date of sale. Ticket office Third and Washington. AN ' UNKNOWN REGION GRA?f CHACO A SPOT OF MYSTERY OJT THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. Defies All Explorers Five Nations Have Contributed PlneUy 3Ien "Devils of the Woods." Gran Chaco, the most mysterious spot on the American continent, and possibly In the world, has claimed another band of victims; again the Pllcomayo River has proved itself deserving of the title given to It by the natives of Paraguay, Argen tina and Bolivia River of Death. The last victims of the unknown place are the famous Italian explorer, Gulda Boggiano, and his party. From Asuncion In Paraguay the news has reached Amer ican geographers that the party, says a special article In the Washington Star, has been officially pronounced dead. With the slaying of Boggiano, Gran Chaco, triumphantly keeping Its secret, has successfully defied five nations France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Para guay. Each of them sent Its best ex plorers, and to none did their men re turn alive. Creveaux of France, Ibarreta of Spain, Llsta of Paraguay, Sirvent of Germany and Boggiano of Italy, all started from the borders, dived Into the primeval for ests of El Gran Chaco, reached the Pll comayo River and disappeared forever. No man has gone In and emerged alive. What lurks In Its twilight forests that slays so surely? Look on the map of South America. Between the Tropic of Capricorn and latitude 30 south, and between longitude 5S and G5 west, is a patch that Is left al most entirely blank. That patch contains more than 75,000 square miles, about which man knows nothing. It Is the terra incognita of the Amer ican continent. Gnldo Boprsrlano. Five months ago Guldo Boggiano start ed from Asuncion with an expedition of six Indians and a peon to follow the path that so many others had taken before him and that had led them to death. Friends had urged him In vain to desist. Local officials had added their warnings without effect. Men heard from him only once after he had left civilization, as he passed through Puerto Casado. Then came a week of silence, broken by the arrival of two of the expedition. Even In that one week hardships and terrors had become too much for them, and they had fled toward settled country. They reported that the line of march had been through constant dangers and through constant mystery. Unseen enemies had attacked them by day and by night. Un seen animals had prowled on their trail. Unseen things had terrified the Indian helpers, so that even then Boggiano was finding it almost Impossible to force them on. That Is the last that hasbeen heard by man of Guldo Boggiano and his party. A month ago an expedition under local offi cials started out from Puerto Casado to search for news of the lost men. It pene trated only a few miles Into the unknown land not far enough to find even a trail, but far enough to learn that there was no doubt that the entire expedition had been destroyed, presumably by the fierce, prac tically unknown Tobas Indians. This makes the second expedition to vanish within a year. First to meet fate in Gran Chaco was Dr. Creveaux. Ho started Into the Inte rior in 1SS6 with a large and well-armed party, fifed with wonderful stories of strange, tall, savage men, strange wild beasts of huge size and a profusion of new orchids and other fantastic plants and creatures that were said to be In abundance there. He forced his way for several months through the wilderness along the Pllcomayo until he penetrated Into the Tobas country, near the Bolivian boundary, where the expedition, worn and thinned out by constant fighting and hardships, fell Into the hands of the In dians, who suddenly appeared from all quarters and massacred all. The fate of the Creveaux expedition only served to Increase the eagerness of explorers to tear the veil that hid the unknown land. And that eagerness next was to cost the life of one of the most successful and earnest and daring explorers that ever was In South America. He was Ramon Llsta, to whom the world today owes much of Its knowledge of Paraguay, Ar gentina and Patagonia. For many years he had lived almost constantly In the wildest parts of the continent. He was the first man to send out from the depths of Patagonia the report of the possible existence there of a monstrous animal, the mylodon, a giant sloth as great as an ox, that still survived from prehistoric days. Ho reported subsequently that one evening he had even shot at some huge creature that might have been IK But Its hide turned his bullet, and the gloom of the forest made pursuit Impossible. Ramon Llsta, thus on the threshold, possibly, of an epochal discover' In mod ern world history, set his face toward El Gran Chaco. He passed beyond the ut termost frontier of human dwellers, and with canoe and men paddled away to reach the Pllcomayo RIvrr. And when he paddled thus away he passed out of human sight forever. For the River of Death has never given him up. Fragments of his story hare drifted to the outer world, and from the stories told by boastful Indians and ths scattered rumors brought to Bolivian and Para guayan and Argentinian frontier posts. It Is known that he forced his way far up the river, contending against nature and wild beasts and wild men alike, until, thoroughly worn out and sadly diminished In -numbers, the expedition found Itself cut off from cither retreat or advance by the allied forces of human foes anl hun ger. For tho Indians, rarely showing themselves, but constantly lurking around the party, not only picked off any mem bers of the expedition who strayed even slightly from the main body, but pre vented all hunting. At last the party was so reduced by privations that panic seized some and despair others. And the? came annihilation, so that none returned. Llsta himself, so men have learned since then, was one of the last to die. He was brained while he lay starving. And scat tered over many miles of forest trails lie his companions, puraued'and killed In flight. Ibarreta Seeks the Mystery. Ramon LIsta's fate well might have de terred other man from seeking to enter the somber precincts, of the terra Incogni ta. Yet rumors of LIsta's loss had not more than begun to reach Europe, and North America, and already another ex pedition was preparing to hew its way into the place of doom. Colonel Enrique de Ibarreta of Spain was the man to lead It. He made his start from San Antonio In Bolivia with a party singularly well equipped equipped. Indeed, as If for conquest rather than for exploration. He had a flotilla of Indian canoes, each holding 12 men. and with him were six Argentine, two Bolivian and one Spanish companion, all well fitted by knowledge and experience for the work of carrying out tho task of forcing pass age through the River of Death. Tho ca nces were covered with heavy sails and skins, which were pierce with loopholes for rifles. At Fort Creveaux. named In honor of Dr. Creveaux, he got additional force In the form of two friendly Pllagas Indians and an Indian boy, who proved Invalua ble through his knowledge of the many languages and dialects of tho unknown tribes that were encountered during the voyage. Colonel Suarez, acting In com mand at the fort, provided this escort under orders from the Bolivian Govern ment, but personally begged Colonel Ibar reta to desist. His arguments were vain, and early In June- tho party started down the Pllco mayo. And scarcely had they passed from the sight of the soldiers In the frontier fort before the forest was alive with dangers all around them. Men dared not leave their covered canoes, even In the daytime. Game vanished strangely before them. At first It seemed unaccountable, until they found that the Indians. In visible, but ever-present, were driving It; away to starve the explorers out, so that they should venture Into the -forests to hunt, when they could be killed easily. When the expedition reached Laguna PItano, less than 300 miles from the place where they had started. It was Septem ber. I( had taken them more than three months to get there, and yet the mys terious land had scarcely been entered. And the men were then In such extremi ties that Ibaretta saw that they could not hope to get out alive unless help reached them. They were encompassed by savages. Food was reduced to a mini mum. In this crisis Colonel Ibarreta called for volunteers to break through the silent, hidden cordon of foes and try to reach Formosa, on the Paraguayan boundary, to get help. Devils of the Woods. Of those eight men nothing has been learned to this day, with the exception of two, who were found wandering In the thickets with barely strength enough left to tell even the briefest story. They had been hunted headlong from mile to mile. The forests were instinct with death wherever they turned. Six of the fugi tives were killed before a day had passed. The two survivors .said that they had left the Ibarreta party in dire peed. Just before passing certain great waterfalls of the Pllcomayo River the hitherto deserted banks of the gloomy stream suddenly were filled with tall men, hideously paint ed and armed with huge knotted clubs and with spears. Their faces, painted coal black, with circles of light blue over the cheek bones and three blue streak3 radiating from the corners of their mouths, made them look, said the fugi tives, like devils. Indeed, the Pllagas In dians a friendly tribe living near the borders affirm that these are devils and not men that haunt the dark, impenetrable forests of the River of Death; The Indians made an attack In force on the expedition qnd were beaten off only after desperate efforts. They withdrew then Into the cover of the overhanging vegetation on the banks, but they never ceased harassing the explorers. To go ashore for food was out of the question. The only hope that was left when the men started for relief was to press on slowly to find a landing place in open country, where the Indians might be at a disadvantage. The two men did not live to reach civilization, but died near where the friendly Indian hunters had found them. These carried the news to Colonel Carmelo Urlarte, who "quickly formed a relief 'party and advanced to ward the Pllcomayo. For 20 days he marched and paddled, and for all those 20 days he had to fight the savage3, who attacked him from every hiding place along the line. His Indian guides found friends, who told them that the Ibarreta party was totally annihilated, and they led Urlarte and his men to the spot where Colonel Ibarreta, the last man to yield, had made his final fight. The murderous Indians were members of the Chorotls and Orejude tribes, of whom little 13 known except that they live a life of constant warfare between themselves, sinking their differences only when strangers enter the country. Urlarte's spies found the graves of va rious members of the Ibarreta party and returned with slprles of touching courage and devotion. They learned how one member of the expedition after the other had died, either from starvation or wounds, and how the survivors burled their comrades and planted a rude cross on each grave. At last there were left with Ibarreta only a single Indian and the boy. These three worked their way on. ever suffering more, until they were quite unable to wield either paddle ,or pole any more. Then they crawled out on the bank, and while they were plodding on shore, entirely exhausted, the Indians stole on them and killed them with axes, Ibarreta fighting till the last and not yielding until he was powerless to move. Still Nctv Victims. And still El Gran Chaco was to have more victims. While Boggiano's fate was still un known. Captain Sirvent, a German In structor In the Chilean army, started with his son to enter the Chaco country from the west. He expected to return in a month. But three passed and no sign came from the unknown land. Now, according to news Just received in America, Captain Rojas, of the Para guayan army, who started from the east to search for him, has returned to Villa Hayes named after President Hayes to commemorate his settlement of the Paraguay-Argentina boundary dispute with the almost positive Information that this expedition also has been destroyed. Cap tain Rojas found that It had approached the vicinity of the scene of Ibarreta's death, and there, on the banks of the Pllcomayo River, had perished, to prove anew that the River of Death still defies the world's efforts to dispel its mystery. A Land of Aire. Awe holds the man who enters the brooding silence of El Gran Chaco's pri meval places. For in the forests, .great with centuries on centuries of unchecked growth, there Is neither sunlight nor free dom of winds or singing of birds. The waters roar sullenly. The air is heavy with moisture, and neither In tho morning or the afternoon does daylight find Its way through the enormous, fantastic masses of the eternal forest. Gloom and gloom again never less than twilight in the brightest places and as black as night in the darkest shrouds the path of the intruder. A hush so great that It burdens the sense as with physical oppression reigns hour after hour, day after day, week af ter week. Like the terrifying hush be fore a great storm. It rests on the land and makes It a place of fear. The birds flit through lt silently. Silently and llko shadows the wild beasts creep. Only now and again is that hush of dread broken. A terrible cry. a wall that rises and falls and floats away awfully, resounds through the dim aisles. Then the Indians hastily murmur incantations for this, they believe, is the cry of a lost soul, wandering, wandering. In tor ment eternal through the land of the J devils of the woods. It Is vain for ex plorers to tell them that the cry Is that of a bird fairly well known to science. It Is a' damned soul, utterly damned, so they are convinced. Souls damned and suffering the purga tory of Jce, too, are the grotesque, fright ening, shrouded forms of Ice that stand on the slopes of the Cordilleras In that land. Strange figures are these, from three to six feet high, being kept from melting by the shadow of the snow-capped mountains In. the May and by Icy wlnd3 that blow down like hurricanes In the night. "Nieve Penltentes," the Indians call them, shuddering when they see them from afar. So, too, they shudder when once In a while a sudden, tremendous cracking and splintering echoes with startling sudden ness through this land of foreboding si lence. Even wlilte men. armored against superstitious fear, feel their nerves start when that silence of the grave Is broken thus, though they believe It to be due only to the sudden hurling downward of some ancient tree. But the Indians know it to be otherwise. "It Is the devil of the woods," they say with trembling lips. "The devil of the woods Is uprooting a tree for a club to hunt with tonight." And ho is a well-steeled man who, sur rounded by the unknown, surrounded by the terror of his living companions, does not, in spite of himself, feel the fear of the Land of Mystery steal over him and claim him for Its own. TI3IE CARD, STEAMER T. J. POTTER This week the O. R. & N. Cos steamer T. J. Potter will leave Ash-street dock for Astoria and Ilwacn as follows: July 29, 9 A M.; July 20. 9:45 A. M.; July SI, U A. M.i Aupust 1. 12:15 P. M.; August 2. 1:15 P. M. Baggage must be received at Ash-street dock 30 minutes before de parture. Ticket office. Third and Wash ington. Track brakes oa street-cars are In general use in England in addition to the usual wheel brakes.. NEW ENGLAND TOUR ENDS BRYAN SPEAKS IN MERIDEN AND BRIDGEPORT. "Will Enjoy a. Two Days' Cralie oh Lewis Nixon's Yacht, and Will Then Rest at Block Island. MERIDEN. Conn.. July 26. W. J Bryan arrived here today from Maine. After luncheon at the Hotel Winthrop he delivered an address at Hanover Park. Mr. Bryan discussed the money ques tion, the Philippine situation and trusts, and criticized at length the Fowler bill. In this connection he said that by the pre visions of this bill a trust of banks was possible. "It Is a great mistake," he addcQ. "It means practically " the loan ing of money a second time." The speaker cited the case of a bank In Phila delphia which he said "loans $20 ior every dollar of Its capital." Speaks at Bridgeport. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 26. The New England tour of William J. Bryan was concluded In this city today when he addressed an audience of 3500 people' at Seaside Park, and was afterward tendered a reception by the Bridgeport Club. An enthusiastic crowd greeted Mr. Bryan at the railroad station when he arrived from. Merlden. and many of them followed the brass band and the reception committee members who escorted him to the place where he was to speak. He spoke for an hour and a half, his subject being "Civ ilization." Mr. Bryan Is the guest tonight of Archi bald McNeill, Commtfdore of the Bridge port Yacht Club. Tomorrow afternoon he will be'the guest of Lewis Nixon, of New York, on board the latter's yacht, and will take a two days' cruise. After that he expects to enjoy a rest for three days, probably at Block Island, though he said tonight he had not definitely fixed hia plans In that respect. Miss Ruth Bryan, who left Boston on a train which left later than the train which carried her father to Merlden, Is also a guest at the McNeill residence tonight. Dcolinc to Fuse. TOPEKA, Kan.. July 26. Another state ticket Is to be placed In the field In Kan sas under the name of Populist. A call for a state mass convention at Topeka. August 21, was Issued today, signed by J. H. Lathrop, and M. Bobbins, of To peka. They represent the straight-out Populist party that nominated Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, two years ago. The regular Populist convention held here recently named a fusion ticket, dividing the offices with the Democrats. The Texas Dentllock. DALLAS. Tex., July 25. The Democratic Congressional Convention for the 12th dis trict in session at Dublin, took an ad journment last night to meet at Cle burne. September 4. Six thousand and seventy-one billots were taken without selection. Renominated for Congress. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.,, July,,, 2C. The Democrats of the Fifth District today re nominated Congressman Slaydcn. AUSTIN. Tex.. July 25. The Democrats of the Ninth Texas District today remonl nated Congressman Burleson. MURDEROUS LIQUEURS. Danger in Absinthe, Vermouth and Other Cordials. London News. Dr. R. Grlsel. writing In L'Echo de Paris upon the condemnation of "aperi tifs" absinthe, vermouth, noyau chart reuse, etc. by a commission of the French Academy of Medicine, says: "t do not know what will follow from this academic judgment. It is probable that a change will not take place In a day. What Is not doubtful, however. Is that the consumption of murderous liquids has grown In such proportions, even among women and children, that it has becomo absolutely necessary to do some thing to check the downward movement. Even supposing that the state were com pletely Indifferent to the great interests of the health of the race, and solely con cerned -with budgetary considerations, the time has arrived when we must ask ourselves whether It would not be better to renounce the revenue Tesultlng from the sale of the alcoholic drinks a revenue already reduced by extensive fraua thai to see the profits go to the construction of asylums for the victims of alcoholic madness, of hospitals for diseases caused by absinthe and of prisons for the crimi nals that It creates. "And to this picture may be added a diminution of the birth rate, an increased infant mortality, and a swelling of the number of Idiots and cripples, children of drunkards, wrecks of the race and bur dens on the community; the falling off of the nation's wealth In Its workpeople be fore the ravages which alcoholism pro duces In the workshops; the growing de velopment of consumption, of which alcj hol Is one of the principal faqtors. From all this it will bo seen that, given the suppression of absinthe, the apparent loss of revenue would really mean, from the point of view of national riches, a con siderable economy." Coleridge Blames the Government. LONDON. July 26. Lord Coleridge, speaking at Estlng, County of Middlesex, tonight, vigorously criticized the govern ment's treatment of the Boers. He de clared that Lord Milner became an active partisan Immediately after he had ar rived in South Africa. "If," said Lord Coleridge, "the govern ment had only had a tincture of liber alism. It would have known that the war would be costly and that men would fight to the death for thelrt country. The loss of lives and money since the capture of Pretoria must be laid at Great Britain's door. Had the terms on which a sur render was Anally effected been then of fered, the Boers would have accepted them." Lord Coleridge added that if the gov ernment Intended to police thcjiew coun try with national scouts, "those traitors," Lord Coleridge called them, peaceful set tlements would be Impossible. Bank to Aid German Poles. BERLIN, July 26. The Bank of Slemskl, which Is being organized at Posen to counteract the Genrianlzation of the prov ince, has enlarged Its capital to 15.000.000 marks. Paderewski, the pianist. Is a large subscriber to the bank, the object of which Is to acquire estates coming upon the market, subdivide them and sell them to Polish peasants and also t6 assist Polish manufacturers In mercantile enterprises. The bank Is planning, con nections with the Polish banks through out Posen and neighboring provinces for energetic resistance to the Prussian ef forts to Germanize the territory. Cnmhria Mine Disaster. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. July 26. Before the Coroner's jury today Chauncy B. Ross gave the theory reached by all the mine Inspectors who' made an examination as to the cause of the explosion In the Cam bria mine on July 10. He said the gas was ignited by men working with open lamps, In violation of the state mining law. He was posltlvo the gas was not flred by a blast. Mr. Ross favored a law prohibiting the use of open lamps In any part of a mine where gas was found. Clark May Bring? Prcyer Collection. VIENNA July 26. The Neues Welner Tageblatt says that United States Sen ator William A. Clark will shortly remove to the United States the famous Preyer collection of pictures, which he bought In CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Pays Pe-ru-na High Tribute as a Catarrh Cure. c C3StC?SS!?S cMe-Sfi a vIpRslChampion Pool y-ywr Frank Sherman, National Hotel, Washington. D. C. Is Champion Pool Player of the world, defeating De Oro, the former world's champion pool player by a score of 150 to 101. The following letter was recently received by the Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, O.: I have suffered fqr years with a distressing case of catarrh. I have tried everything which was prescribed and advertised for that trouble but experienced no relief until I tried Peruna. This invaluable medicine has eradicated all traces of that pernicious disease, and I wish to add my testimony in favor of the virtues of Peruna to all who may be suffer ing as I once was.' Congressman Pclham, of Virginia. Ex-Congresrman C. Pelham, of Ban croft, Va., x writes: "My sister-in-law has been suffering from catarrh of the throat for a con siderable time. She has been using Pe runa for about one week, and is manifest ly Improved. I believe it is an excellent remedy for catarrh." C. PELHAM. A CURABLE 'DISEASE Chronic Catarrh Is Pronounced CnraUe by Dr. Hartman. There are almost countless numbers of remedies said to- cure chronic catarrh. The most of these are of no use what ever, and worse than useless, boing actu ally harmful. " A few are successful In a small number of cases those which are very slight and easily curable cases which might perhaps get well by simply taking care not to catch cold again. But of all the vast multitudes of medi cines It cannot be said that there are more than two or three which are actu- December last at a cost of 1,500,000 kronen (about 5375,000). The pictures, the paper says, have hitherto remained in Vienna, as the "United States Government demand ed 400,000 kronen (about $100,000) duty, but Senator Clark Is reported to have secured a reduction of this amount to enable him to remove the collection to the United States. Possibilities of the Back Porch. Chicago News. In these days of warmth and humidity the architect who is seeking to evolve the Ideal fiat will find a valuable but neglected opportunity If ho will take an elevated train and ride through some of the popu lous districts of the city. If he Is observ ing he cannot fall to note the efforts which the modern fiat dweller puts forth to make a little private garden for him self on the scanty platform of his back porch. On a hot day the rear of almost any flat building will present a singular parade of domesticity. From top to bot tom the little cave-like niches tell how far the flat dweller has gone in his efforts to find a substitute for the back yard of the suburbanite. Originally Intended as a sort of family way station for the milk man and iceman, a depository for ash cans and refuse, a place to stand the refrigerator or hang out the washing the back porch has been growing In dignity and usefulness. Everywhere are appar ent more or less Intelligent efforts to broaden its sphere of usefulness and make it answer a family need. Hammocks, flower pots, boxes of trailing vines, even occasionally a lattice or awning testify to the prevalent feeling that the back porch should serve other, than merely utilitarian purposes. Evicted hy Been. Chicago News. An English writer says: "Some of the smaller birds are deliberately turned out of their nests at times by bees. I re member watching for the completion of a hedge sparrow's nest a few yeare ago. but before the birds had laid their eggs the nest was usurned bv a small snecics of bumble bee and the rightful owners j deserted. A friend of mine had two wrens' nests In his garden taken posses sion of by beea. In a similar manner, and I once knew of a tawny owl being turned out of her nesting hole in a hollow tree by a swarm of honey bees which took possession." Intelligent Express Horses. Express Gazette. It Is remarkable how iuch these faith ful animals learn which Is of assistance to the driver. They ston without lellintr when driven up to the curbing, and when the j driver steps on the wagon they start j without being spoken to. An express hcrse 1 will learn to slow up when aoproachlng a railroad crossing and look up and down I the track to see If a train Is approaching. S&sEGS FRANK SHERMAN. ally specifics and without doubt the most reliable is Peruna. It always cures when faithfully and conscientiously used. It not only cures catarrh of the head and throat, but catarrh of the stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, bronchial tubes, lungs, and In fact any of the organs of the hu man body. It Is Indeed a dreadful case of catarrh, wherever located, that Peruna cannot cure, or at least greatly help. It may bo procured at all the drug stores and It should be given a faithful trial by those who have tried In vain elsewhere to get relief. A book on catarrh and catarrhal dis eases of 61 Instructively illustrated pages will be sent free to any address by tho Peruna Medicine Company, of Colum bus, O. If you do net derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O. If he sees any cars In motion, he will stop Immediately until the cars have crossed in front of him. There is no dan ger of his ever getting run over or of damaging a wagon. He will walk right up to an engine and will stand until he Is completely enveloped In the escaping steam of a locomotive rather than move away from it. The constant driving over paved streets is very hard on horses, and uimally but a few years finishes their ca reer for the express service. San FrnnclKco nt Havre. HAVRE. July 26. The United States cruiser San Francisco arrived here today. OLD FURNITURE Made new with one coat of Fisher, Thor sen & Co.'s Varnish Stain. Front and Morrison streets. KXIGHTS OF PYTHIAS COXVEXTIOX, SAX FRANCISCO. For the steamship Geo. TV". Elder, sall rg July 31. and the Columbia, sailing August 5, the O. R. & N. Co. will sell round-trip tickets. Portland to San Fran cisco, both ways via steamer, for $20: go ing by steamer, returning rail. $25. Limit for return. September 30. Ticket office Third and "Washington. Few are entirely free from it. It may develop so slowly as to causa little if any disturbance daring the whole period of childhood. It may then produce Irregularity of the stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh, and marked tendency to consumption before manifesting itself In much cutaneous eruption or glandular swelling. It la best to be sure that yon are quite free from it, and for its complete eradica tion you can rely on Hood's Sarsaparilla The best of all medicines for all humors. MAN'S ME ea fSION ON :th. Medical Boolf ITree. "Know Thyself," a boo' for men only; rer ular irlce, So cents, will be snt free wealed postpaid to any male reader of thw paper, tt m lor poauige. Address the 1'cnliuily Medical liitllitte. 4 Uullnncn street. Bos ton. Mtuss., established in l&tio. the oldest and best In America. Write today for fret oooJe, Th Key to Health and Haplneas." "Efllfrnr'5 tint ft For 40 years the Peabody XilLUUr 5s note Msdlcal Institute has ba a fixed fact, and It will remain so. It Is as rtandard as American Gold. The Peabody Medical Institute has many Imitators, but no eauals. Boston Herald.