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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
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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.