TWICE A WEEK
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Vol. XXXV
ROSE BURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.
No. 55
EBURO
BODY LIES
IN STATE
IMPOSING CEREMONIES
AT VATICAN.
PRIVILEGED MOURKERS PAY
THE LAST TRIBUTE TO
THE DEAD.
Rome, July 22. The first of the
great ceremonies of Pope Leo 6
funeral commenced today when the
body lay in state in the throne room
of the Vatican from 9:30 a. m. until
1p.m. All the diplomats accredited
to the Vatican, the Roman :Princes,
Dukes, Baroas and other representa
tives of ancient families remaining
faithful to the papacy, all the high
dignitaries of the church, the arch
bishops and heads of religious orders
passed in solemn procession before
the bier.
The papal throne had been removed
and in its place, under the famous
canopy, on a small bed, lay the body
of Leo. Over the bed was thrown a
red damask covering, on which the
body reposed, robed in white vest
ments, with the red rochet and
camaure hood, and on the feet slip
pers embroidered with gold. The
thin hands clasped over the chest,
held tightly a small ivory crucifix.
Around this was entwined a rosary of
mother pearls, set in gold. On the
third fititrer of the riffht hand the
huge emerald Pontificial ring sparkled
Ghastly Scene in Throne Room.
In striking contrast with the
ghastly face was the purple hood
drawn down over the head almost to
the eyebrows and over the ears. The
sunken cheeks and jaws brought the
nose and chin nearly together on the
mouth, which was reduced almost to
nothing, though no signs of agony
were visible. It was the corpse oi a
rnan who might have been dead 50
years. On either side near the shoul
ders stood a member of the Noble
Guard, erect and motionless, only a
faint quiver of the drawn sword giv
ing any indication that they were not
statues. The ordeal of the soldiers
in the heated chamber is so intense
that they have to be constantly re
lieved.
At the four corners of the bed
stood lighted candles, ten feet high.
On the right of the body, close to the
bed, was a small table covered with a
white linen cloth, on which were two
candles, throwing a glimmer of light
nn fhp r.rnrMfix between them. At
the foot of the cross was. a crys
tal bowl, filled with holy water,
from which each cardinal, whenever
he passed the body, sprinkled it and
nttereda benediction. Besides this
were the devotional books used by
the Pope.
Chanting Breaks Silence.
The silence was unbroken save by
thi Rolemn chantine of six of the
Franciscan penitentiaries, who, kneel
?n or or standins at a bench at the
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foot of the bier, continued their in
cessant supplications.
' To the left and right on the walla
two zreat eold and marble brackets
supported many branches of candel
abra, but these were not lighted, nor
were the lamps on the marble col
nmna at each corner of the throne
room. The only light ; .rown on
this solemn scene came from the can
dles beside the body and from the
faint rays of sunlight which filtered
through the two windows.
The red damask tapestries with
which the room was hung gave a
touch of royal splendor to the sur
roundings. Otherwise it was an al
most simple scene for the death rites
of a Pope. There was no carpet on
the marble floor, and not a flower was
to be seen, according to the strict
ritual of the last hdnors of the church
to a pontiff. As each lay or clerical
dignitary entered the throne room he
advanced slowly to the side of the
bed, took one last look at the body
and then withdrew. Some knelt in
mometary prayer and crossed them
selves. It was the last tribute of de
votion and affection, rather than mere
outward homage to the head of the
great church.
Contrast Without.
Outside the throne room the long
corridors of the Vatican presented a
brilliant spectacle. At the entrance
of the court of St Damasco Pontifical
gendarmes were drawn up, and ren
dered military honors as each car
riage drove in. The diplomats were
in full uniform and the Princes and
others were dressed in black.
From the St. Damaso court they
passed up the marble staircase into
the clermentino hall, where the Swiss
Guard was ranged in double columns
on either side. Next thev entered
the hall of Palafremieri, where 25
grooms in red livery led the wav to
the hall of the Swiss, where a com
pany of gendarmes stood on guard at
the threshold of the antechamber.
Further along they passed through
the hall of tapestry and the chapel of
the Pope. The Noble Guard, in full
scarlet uniforms, glittering brass hel
mets and silk sashes, the latter cover
ed with crepe, kept the last watch at
the door of the apartment of their
dead master.
Outside of the Vatican an interest
ed crowd, including a number of
Italian soldiers, watched the coming
and going of the privileged mourners.
In the meanwhile the congregation
of cardinals met in the hall of the
consistory, under the presidency of
Cardinal Oreglia. It was determined
to arrange for the accommodation
of the cardinals during their enforced
seclusion at the conclave in exactlv
the same manner as when Pope Leo
was elected.
Monsignor Merry del Val took up
the duties of secretary of the con-
sistorial congregation.
An elephant hunt in Abyssinia on a
grand scale is reported to have been
planned by several prominent brokers
in New York. One of the leading
spirits i3 personally acquainted with
King Menelik, for whom many valua
ble presents will be taken along.
Some of the brokers' numerous friends
intimate that the hunt will not be for
elephants, but to seek trace of the
long-lost mines of King Solomon.- '
In Cleveland, Ohio, President Dick
son, of the Cuyahoga Telephone Com
pany, in a circular letter today to all
employes, announces as a result of an
experiment, one-fifth of the surplus
earnings of the company will bo set
aside and distributed among its employ
es in proportion to their salaries, dating
from July 1. The plan is adopted in
the belief that it will result in more
efficient service, greater economy and
ifsucessful, will be permanent after a
trial of six months. Several hundred
employes are affected.
AMi 18 inimical Chronometer:.
The error tf an astronomical chro
nometer la rarely greater than two
aes-tronflredtha of a second.
7000 ELKS
n pi A n r i
IN r A H A 1 1 H
mi i nnnuL
i
FEATURE OF CONVENTION
AT BALTIMORE.
THE
DELEGATIONS APPEAR
VARIOUS GROTESQUE!
COSTUMES.
IN
Baltimore, July 22. The Elks now
in National convention marched in a
parade today, about 7000 strong. It
is estimated that 200,000 people wit
nessed the parade, and the marchers
were enthusiastically cheered.
At the City Hall the procession
passed in review before Mayor Robert
McLane and other city officials. The
members of a number of lodges ap
peared in costumes of a novel and
grotesque character.
Among these were the famous
cotton-pickers of Greenville, Miss.
The Cincinnati lodge marched in golf
costumes. The Alliance, O., lodge
was in German costumes, and was
headed by its famous "Little German
Band."' The members of the Annapo
lis lodge appeared in United States
naval uniforms.
Embezzled Union Funds.
New Yop.k,Ju1v-32. Before Judge
Newburger, in the Court of General
Sessions, Lawrence Murphy, formerly
treasurer of the Journeymen Stone
cutters Association, has been placed
on trial for grand larceny. The spe
cific charge says that Murphy, on May
1, 1902, appropriated $12,794, all the
funds of the union. Some of the
questions John F. Mclntyre, Murphy's
counsel, asked the examining tales
men, and regarded as signincent,
were:
"If the evidence during the trial of
this case shows that it was customary
in this Stonecutters. Union to levy
fines and penalties upon master
masons, owners, builders and bosses,
would this prejudice you against the
defendantr
"If it is shown that through threats
and fear these owners and builders
have given up to persons in the union
large sums of 50,000, $40,000, $25,
000 and $10,000 from time to time,
would your verdict be influenced V
"Could you still return an unpre
judiced verdict?'' continued Mclntyre,
"if we prove that persons connected
with the union were in the habit of
meeting in a saloon to arrange plans
for extorting money from owners and
construction companies and then
divided among themselves these large
sums surrendered to them to prevent
strikes or bring them to an end?"
Attorney General Delivers Opinion on
School Lands.
Attorney-General A. M. Crawford
yesterday delivered to Clerk G. G.
Brown, of the State Land Board, an
opinion in which he holds that the act
of the last Legislature, raising the
price of school and indemnity lands,
is inoperative so far as it relates to
school land. Thi3 ruling is based up
on the fact that the title of the act
mentions only indemnity and, while
no reference is made to school land.
The act is held to be operative as
to indemnity land.
This opinion leaves the State Land
Board, free to manage the sale of
lands under the law that existed prior
! to the session of the last Legislature.
'aw ave ne oard power to fix
the i,rice of scho1 land at the actual
value of the land nofc less than ? g.
an acre. The Board has been sellinc
land at $2.50 an acre since the new
law went into effect. While the new
law did not legally raise the price of
school land, the Board, under the au
thority of the old law, has raised the
price as the Legislature attempted to
do. Members of the Board have ex
pressed their intention to follow the
intention of the Legislature regarding
the minimum price of school land.
This question regarding the defect
in the title of the act of 1903 was
raised because some one tried to pur
chase school land situated within the
boundaries of a proposed forest re
serve. If the reserve should be cre
ated, the school land will probably be
worth more as 'base" than it is as
school land. The members of the
Board were inclined to hold the land,
and bad, in fact, instructed Clerk G.
G. Brown to withdraw it from sale.
The applicant contended, however,
that the Board had no option in the
matter, but, under the act of 1903,
must sell to the first applicant at
$2.50 an acre. The Board took a differ
ent view and submitted the question to
the Attorney-General, with the result
stated above. The Board is now at
liberty to hold the school sections
within the reserve or sell them, as it
mav see fit The next meeting will
be held next Tuesday, when some de
cision on the questisn of selling the
lands may be reached. It is reported
that if the Board will sell at $2.50 an
acre there are applicants ready to
take all that is likelv to fall within
the lines of a forest reserve.
Oregon has about the same popn
lation as South Dakota; the natural
conditions are more favorable- to
dairying in Oregon than South Da
kota and the average price of dairy
products are higher here than it is
there. Nevertheless the number of
much cows in boutn Dakota on
January 1, 1903, is estimated bv
the U. S. Department of Argiculture
at 378,679, as compared with only
129,713 in Oregon. Even Oklahoma
has more milch cows than Oregon.
The number credited to the state of
"Washington is 141,601. There is no
present occasion for anyone in Ore
gon to worrv about over-doing the
dairv business in this state, savs the
Oregon Agriculturist.
The annual overhauling of the assav
office in Wall street, New York, attend'
ingthe yearly examination which the
treasurv officials from Washington are
accustomed to mukc, has been complet
ed. It resulted in the discovery of about
$10,000 in gold dust, which is entered as
a surplus in the refining department.
The furnaces were taken down and the
flues cleaned and dust on the roof was
swept up for refining. The year's re
ceipts of gold and silver bullion amount
ed to $50,000,000.
In Meetectse, Wyo., sheriff Fenton, 1
with his prisoner. James McCIoud, I
it
ii ... - f tn : l I
r .ul '.' , f n: tt
Basin, tho county scat of Big Horn
County, last night. The 60-mile ride
acroas a country full of friends of the
prisoner was without any incident
worthy of mention. It was given out
at Thermopolis that McCIoud was
wanted for the Buffalo, Wyo., post
office robbery, but it is understood ho
will bo charged with having been
implicated in tho murder of Sheepman
BsnJ. Minnick.
A. Doable Barreled Joke.
The facetious boarder had the plot
laid for a tilling Joke,
"If g a wondor," he said, "that jre
didnl sorvQ up tnls hen, fcatietB and
all."
"The next time," said tho landlady,
with marked emphasis, "I'll serve her,
MUST KEEP
PROMISES
RUSSIA AND GHINA1T0
BE HELD TO PLEDGES
THE UNITED STATES IS VERY
determined in regard
to :manchuria.
Washington, July 22. Notwithstand
ing the publication of dispatches from
foreign cities questioning the extent of
the promises made to the American
Government by China and Russia re
specting Manchuria, the officials here
postively dec'ine to add to or take ons
word from the statement which was
published from Washington just before
the department of Secretary Har, to the
effect that satisfactory assurances had
been received that two or more Man
churia ports would be open to the world's
trade.
It is quite certain that China, which
is here regarded as the sovereign power
in Manchuria, made these pledges, and
it is equally certain that the United
Slates Government fully intends that
they shall be kept.
The details referred to in the original
statement as requiring adjustment are
still unsettled, but the State Depart
ment is patient, resting in full confi
dence of the of en'ng of the ports request
ed within a reasonable length of time.
It is true, as stated in the London dis
patches, that Japan looks with suspi
cion upon the Russian pledges relative
to Manchuria, and has intimated to
the State Department that they are not
satisfactory, but so far the department
sees no reason to accept this view.
A decision was handed down by
judge C. Y. Raymond, United States
judge for the western district of the
Indian Territory, which will invali
date leases on 2,000,000 acres of
Creek Indian lands, and will bring
dismay to speculators and law-leasing
companies. It is difficult to appre-.
ciate the sweeping effect of the
court's holding. Judge Raymond has
held that the parent of an Indian has
no right to lease the land of his
minor chiidren unless he has by due
course of legal procedure been made
the legal guardian. Cases where the
parent has been made the legal guard
ian of his children are few in the ex
treme, hence the thousands of acres
allotted to minors that have been
leased by their parents have been let
irregularly, and the leases will not
stand. In the Creek nation there are
3,072,813 acres of land. Of this 2,
500,000 acres have been leased to
outsiders. It is roughly estimated
that only about 500,000 acres have
been leased legally, and that the re
mainder is now held by persons who
can be removed by minors going be
fore the Indian agent and demanding
possession of their allotments. The
specific case that came up before
' Judge Raymond was an injunction
b f "J
suit, entitled W. W. Witten and Mor
ns KlacJt against baoenleldt, Indian
agent. The agent had instructed an
ndian policemen to put a man of land
allotted to three minors and leased by
! their father, who was the natural,
but not the legal guardian. An in
junction was asked from the United
States court by Witten and Black to
restrain the policeman. The injunc
tion was denied, and the land will be
restored to the three minors.
It s oow stated that Koaslan m
chants are 'counterfeiting Americas
trademark. TM i another illutr
ttoa of BbmbVb jpcslkx diplomacy,'