Oregon Historical Society
POilTiiAHD
TWICE A WEEK
ROSEBURG PLAINDEALER
Vol. XXXV
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1903.
No. 54
HUFt IS I
IN TORPOR
HIS CONDITION STEADILY
BECOMES WORSE
procession of women, girls, priests , TLJC "IP I-FAT
and monks winds through the tor-! I ML ULT Lfl I
tuous streets of Trastevere, the pop- i
ular district, carrying an image of .
the Madonna and chanting hymns in '
her praise, while candles flare,!
flowers are strewn alonir the road.
IS FATAL
ONLY GOOD SIGN IS THAT HE
BREATHES MUCH MORE
EASILY
Rome, July 19, 12:10' a. m. The
condition of the pope is growing
worse. His holiness .has fallen into
a kind of torpor.
Rome, July 19, 9:30 a. m. The
following bulletin has just been issued
by the pope's physicians:
"The night was sleepless, with little
tranquility. The pope's strength
contmnes depressed. His respira
tion is calm, but superficial at 34;
pulse regular, full, but weak at 95;
temperature 36.5 Centigrade.
"Mazzoxi,
"Lappoxi."
Pope Leo in Half Coma.
Rome, July 19, 3:05 a. m. The
pope has dropped off into sleep, which
seems half-coma. "When he wakes
Dr. Lapponi will insist that he shall
take stimulants and nourishment
Rome, July 19, 1:35 a, m. The
pope is agitated and nervous fromlus
long stay in bed, and he calls very
frequently for his attendants.
Rome, July 19, 1220 a. m. The
pope is restless, but his condition is
unchanged. All is quiet in the Vatican.
"fc AVltU, ,
ZJSSIWHY THE REFERENDUM
i
AMENDMENT IS VOID
Madonna was taken early and pri
vately to the church without any dis
play, but long and more fervent
prayers were offered to God for the
preservation of the aged Pontiff.
To Stop War on the Ranees.
Salem, Or., July 20. Because of
threats that have been made of a re
petition of the lawlessness which pre
vailed on the range in Eastern Ore-
OREGON COURT AGREES
INDIANA ON MEANING OF
THE CONSTITUTION
Portland, July 20, (Special).
given by the Circuit
COn. last summer. whfn a rrmtest irnc
k v. ,. , lne reasons
..SCu UCiu me Mieepmen ana nnnr( nMMtllm , . , , ., " "u u imaiery wnere me casn
cattlemen, Governor Chamberlain has ! ? ? D? r h,d" i received from Senator Clark is located
ran-, and it is expected that it will be
'funded within the next two years
! The current report that the entire
$10,000,000 was borrowed from the
Oregon Short Line and that the Ore
gon Short Line is now the holder of
, the notes is without foundation. It
arose from the conception that the
Oregon Short Line has between $10.-
! 000,000 and $11,000,000 cash received
from Senator Clark two weeks aco.
It was argued that the Oregon Short
Line, not needing the cash for some
WITH time coul(I do no better than loan it
. to the I nion Pacific at 5 per cent on
'good security. The fact that the
' collateral behind the loan is $13,500,
! AAA r r .
uregon snort Line bonus mav
j have helped the rumor. Underwriters
have the privilege of purchasing the
i bonds at 92 and interest
It is still a mysterv where the cash
may at present be vested
( in COMlFlt! 1. I k t 1 1 1
Huuse oHtoiunuon me, . ... .. ... ....
"wwvu tutkb lb ill, ILUtU
legally adopted are held good in In
diana, from
iiuiisiuus iu yueauuil re UlKen DV ; ji
. i - . i .. . aoie
me maKers 01 tne uregon constitution.
it was maintained bv the court!-
issued a proclamation urging alloeace 7" "I 1 Z " : at the present time. It is hinted tha
officers in that section of the state to , 7, , , ' , uuu . . "Ul some of it
exercise due diligence in suppressing
unlawful acts. While the Governor
does not directly suggest callinc out .
the militia, he assures the local au
thorities that if they are unable to
control the warring factions, he will
render what assistance he can. The
proclamation is as follows:
"Whereas, complaints have been
made to me that in certain counties
in the eastern portion of the state,
notably in Grant, Baker, Crook.
Wheeler and Harney Counties, threats
to do injury to life and propertv are
openly indulged in and serious con-
reason
time, be invested in a wav
thoroughly agreeable to the stock
holderslof the Oregon Short Line, and
n.. it. j x . r a ""iBvr utcuminc me iact tnat it
uui uic auiKBuiaent was lnenecuve - , , ., . ,
Wans it. nnnn rai by the sale of a portion of
; " , J ' "C.,-"r ' the Sho Line system
nosed, had been noted n fi,nV ; . lth to the rais,ne of money
The proceedings of the Indiana;
' for corporate purposes by the issue of
short-term bonds, all railroad autbori-
POPE'S DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Rossoni Says Disease is Cancer, and
Case is Hopeless.
Paris, July 19. A dispatch to the
Petit Journal from Rome says it is
affirmed that the pope is not suffer
ing from pleurisy, but form' cancer
of the pleura, and that Dr. Rossoni
openly declared this at the Academy
of Medicine and at clinics which he
attends daily. An examination of
the liquid drawn from the chest
leaves no doubt as to the nature of
the disease.
Dr. Rossoni, who is a Freemason
and a friend of Dr. Basselli, Minister
of Commerce and Agriculture, has
not concealed from the latter, ac
cording to the Journal's correspond
ent, that his diagnosis differs from
that of his colleagues, and he consid
ers Pope Leo's case hopeless. Dr.
RossoniTs said further to be unwill
ing to contradict officially the affirma
tions of the other doctors, and only
signs the bulletins giving the general
state of the pope's illness without
specifying the disease from which his
holiness is suffering. He signed
Thursday's bulletin, but did not sign
the later one imentioning the pleu-
ratic liquid.
ROME FOREQOES GREAT FEAST.
constitution show that the author of i -no, au rai.roaa au hon-
the section rnr,rin, fM, ntn..' the plan IS the
, , ., , i most, economical possible at the pro-
Posed it for the rerr nnrniiM nf n-a 1 r u
' . . . , . rr . 1 .sent time. Most railroads have bonds
ti.. tj- . t , , . available for issue and sale for pur-
ilicts are imminent between the mm. ! . y i noses nroDerlv phnrtre-nWe m Mr.;tnl
. ... P".1 icjewieu urunusea amenaments i. ... . ... .
i uui uc ,cuic ui suca set. un lies in
jthe present market would be mere
waste of money, t or example, the
; constant improvement that is being
; carried on in St. Louis and San Fran
ere of t0 a v, J:, reiea pniposea
ferenre M t thct . were nam.K a section
VV , because other amendments which
HUUlll. raugeb, umess tne great- t . , ... s
est vigilance is exercised bv the local ko , ,
authorities. bade their adoption under such cir-
"TL- - , ..... ! cumstances.
luereiore, in tne nope that Isuch
calamity may be averted, and our!
! Cisco is financed bv the sale of bonds
which are listed as sold. In the pre-
! sent market such bonds would sell at
about S5, paying 5 per cent If it
. . . .
snouia be necessarv to raise monev
Twri M.!!..! t a
state savea irom the discredit which : gress to .Meet in Seattle.
would attach to it in the event of such I
conflict as annears nnssihle. T A Cripple Creek, Colo.. Julv 20.-
earnestly appeal to the several Dis- The official cal1 for' the next meeting i just now for this purposes, the road
trict Attorneys, Sheriffs, Constables ' of tne Trans-Mississppi Commercial I would economize bv securing a loan at
am. omer oracers ui saia counties to - .ue, n uu., nas Deen o to i per cent, renewable, if desired
whom is entrusted the enforcement Issnea -v secretary Arthur t r rancis. at expiration. If the road sold at 5
of the law and the protection of the ' Ane dates 6x6(1 are August IS, 19, tper cent bond for So, it would be
life and property of the citizens, to -u' iyoi-
exercise the greatest vigilance and Aside from the commercial rela-
care that no overt acts of lawlessness I tlons of tne estern country with
are indulged in bv any of the contend-1 tne Orient there will be other topics
ing factions, and to Dromntlv arrest. ' to be discussed,
re-
and lecislntinn
O 1 " " i' u"i'lM ' O ' " "
and zealously orosecnte nil commended to the National Conirress
implicated in the violation of the ! more directly affecting the people of
laws. , the West.
"In the event of any trouble which Among these are irrigation, rail
the local authorities are unable to ! road rates' improvement of harbors
and water-wavs. the (iovemmentnl
Mines, and
practically paying G per cent on
loan for the period covered bv the
life of the bond, which is regarded as
quite unnecessary extravagance.
control, an anoeal to the state mil i
... , ' Dennrtment nf Afinas r:: . DanV.
mccb m.u sutu rtuume as rne mvr . -r aw jiumiu. i
igood roads, commercial relations withiac ,ts expense. Ihere are two sons
(. ... i.... ... ...
uuu u uaugnici, tut; uuvo ueing in an
The children of the station agent
of the 0. R. & X., at Heppner, J. M
Kiernan. who together with his wife,
were lost in the recent catastrophe
which appalled the entire West, have
been taken in charge by that com-
and are now attending school
u -
will warrant in the emenrenrr "
. wuv.
: tne central and bouth American re-
..n,u.,nwucw. j publics, beet sugar industry, the en- j educational institution
Wyoming Cattlemen Cause Arrest for ' couraeement of home mannfactnre? i and their sister in Iowa.
Killing Cattle on Reserve j statehood for the territories, legisla-
t i io m. 1011 for Alaska, Isthmian canal,
juiy its. lhe 0.t,i,f mn ,i
preservation of forests, postal service,
etc.
Day of Cannalite Madonna Not Ob
served With Usual Pomp.
Rome, July 18. One of the most
picturesque ceremonies of this season
in Rome, the procession of the Car
melite Madonna, which occurs two
days after the fete day of the . Ma
donna, was much curtailed because of
Pope Leo's condition. Usually a long
Cheyenxe, Wyo.,
indignatton of ranchmen over the
extension of forest reserves in this
state and the action of Superintend
ent Anderson and his deputies has
culminated in the arre3t of Forest
Ranger E. J. Hunter, charged with
maliciously killing cattle belonging
to John Cherry, which are alleeed to
have been grazing within the reserves.
Hunter has been given a preliminary
hearing and bound over in $1500
bonds.
Cleveland has a Son.
Buzzard's Bay, Mass.. Julv 19.
A bouncing son was born '.to Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Cleveland at their Sum
mer home here today. The attend
ants say that all conditions affecting
both mother, and.. child are satis
factory. " -J
Union Pacific to Build Roads.
New York, July 20. The $10,000,-
000 lj-year 5 per cent notes issued
oy tne union racinc are not, as re
ported, for the purpose of making im
provements and betterments on the
Union Pacific or other affiliated lines,
but for the purpose of purchasing
properties and paying for new con
struction. The management is not
prepared at present to disclose where
the new properties or new construct
ion are located or to be located.
Every dollar of the new money will be
spent on financing property charge
able to capital account and will ulti
mately be charged to capital account.
The loan is in the true sense tempo-
at Spokane
Those who
followed the details of the disaster
will recollect the heroic work of Mr.
Kiernon, who, at the last moment,
opened the telegraph key and
"flashed" a bulletin of the occurrence
to the next station. He was swept to
his death by the torrent which fol
lowed the cloudburst, and his help
mate met a similar fate. The officials
of the 0. R. & N. were loth to make
public their act in providing for the
waifs, but such a commendable kind
ness could not pass unnoticed through
the community at large when the
news leaked out.
DAMAGED
BY STORM
CENTRAL EAST HAS BIG
PROPERTY LOSSES
THE CROPS OFA LARGE DISTRICT
ARE RUINED-LEVEES
IN DANCER
Milwaukee, July 20. ReDorts of
damage from Saturday's storm are
coming in from many parts of the
state, and are to the effect that the
crops were battered down flat In
many instances it will be impossible
to harvest the grain crops, and the
only recourse left to the farmers will
be to turn their livestock into the
fields for pasturage.
The storms are particularly severe
on Lake Michigan. Thousands of
dollars' worth of damage was wrought
to the Government pier which pro
tects Milwaukee harbor. It is stated
that great piles were uprooted and
tossed about like feathers. Con
tractor Miller says that massive
stones weighing as much as 13 tons
were displaced and tossed across the
breakwater as though they weighed
but a few pounds.
Shade trees were uprooted in manv
sections of Milwaukee, and hundreds
of cellars were flooded because of the
inadequacy of the sewers to carry off
the flood. Two inches of rain fell in
Milwaukee. Madison reports 3.04
inches, Janesville, Broadville and
Chippewa FallsJ report severe storms
and minor railroad washouts.
Haying has commenced in Crook
county and from all reports there will
be as much' hay put up this year as
usual, notwithstanding the reports
earlier in the season that the
and hay crop would be short.
Umatilla county; Oregon, produces
one per cent of the world's wheat
crop.
A Good Location for a Mill.
Centerville, Wash., Julv 17, '03.
EDITOP. PLAIXDEALER:
As an old resident of Douglas coun
ty, I take the liberty of writinc von
this letter.
This place is situated in the Klick
itat Valley about nine miles from
Goldendale and as its name indicates
is in the center of the valley in the
bet wheat section of this part of
the state. This place is on the line
of the new railroad, the Columbia
River & Northern, just finished.
In the warehouse built here last
fall there was 35,000 sacks of wheat
stored, besides 20,000 sacks at Daly'
station five miles west of here, all of
which has been shipped out on the
cars this spring. This place is an ex
cellent location for a flouring mill as
it could supply the fiour for the val
ley and ship the surplus out by rail:
and there is always a demand for mill
feed. A mill would Live tn ha rnn
by steam power as there is no stream
here to supply power. This is a cood
situation for some one with money to
invest. M. Lamiion.
Chinese Seek Revenge.
Honolulu, July 20. It ha3 been
announced that the Chinese here will
hold a mass meeting to make an em
phatic protest against their exclu
sion from the United States. They
will ask their government to enact
tariff regulations against American
goods as a matter of retaliation if
the immigration restrictions are not
removed.
Hereafter Portland's city prisoners
are to be sent to the rock pile. JuiiQ