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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND! SUNDAY MORNING.. JULY 3, 1904. SIGHS FOR DASH NIONS ON : OHILD CAYUSE PLATFORM THE AftF M1QV 4 k (Continued from Page One.) meeting. waa the report of Mr. Campau ' ) v .that the conventiun hall will be turned over to the committee tomorrow, when au.uievleoorauona .jk Jb oumweUtl.- i Col. John. I. Martin, eergeant-at-arms of ' the convention, claims that -the ar- - rangements are the moatjcompleteend convenient or anr .ever made for any ; ' convention. ' He la appointing hie staff,' which will consist, of 10 aaelatant door : . keepera to be named by the national ; ; committee and no one pt whom will be . . a resident of fit. Louis; an assistant Bergeant-at-arms, medical officer, a . ';.. special officer, an usher and a page for ' . each national committeeman i I In all. , There will be no army of 1.600 asslst- ant sergeants at arma like there was at the Republican convention at Chicago." ' aald Colonel Martin. "We do not have to uae thoee method to fill our halL" -, , i .With five or six presidential, eandl- s uiei aiseaay in ins neia, ana. munii "dark horses" being diligently trained. .'. ; to be entered as "added starters" at the . last moment, the p.rospecta, or a lively ' ' and spectacular oonteat are treat' - No C on now here .expect the .convention, to be concluded In .three dnys. It may run ' or ,a -week. - But while. It laata there will be ample ' opportunity for the en- - thusiasts to "enthuee" and - for the .,J lea ther-lunged. patriot to ahout hlmaelf . hoarse - In behalf of hid country, hla . party and hi candidate. - . Coliseum BAIL v ! The setting for the big Kent baa been we)l choaen and every preliminary has been errenaxl. The convention -will be held in the great hall of the Coliseum ! ? rir nr Mr ima Ann wmviniuii i i lilj-eached byi several Unas of street cars, j They wUl be seated on each side 6f a The big hotels are within easy distance. I wide aisle leading straight to the plat The decorators have already taken thai form, and there will be an alale on each hall In hand and expect to have com - i Dieted their work ' by Wednesday. , C. W. Martin, the head of the Missouri I who desires to send -a telegraph mea : Tent Anlng company, of this city, I sage, can do so without disturbing his Ises to make the hail a bower, of beauty. If the-prof uae use of flags and greenltlons, which is done by a blind-folded stuff can do that there la no doubt -that he will fulfill his premise, for ol them he has a plenty. .. ,. 7 At Chicago the most prominent fea ture of the decorations waa a large Dlcture of the late Senator Hanna. Be - cause of the pre-eminent part he had "taken In the formulation of Republican 1 policies in recent 'years, that was ap propriate enough. But at St. Louis the central figure will be a large picture 'of Thomas Jefferson. 'Republicans .may aay that that la anotner inaicaiion uh -Ahe Democratic party la living In ta past. But to Democrats and this Is to be a Democ ratio convention the on - traM will have another alanlf lcance. : There will be no pictures of the only J living -7 Democratic" ex-prealdehtT Mr.1 Cleveland, nor of any of the candidates for the presidential nomination In the hail. In this respect the decorations will Ire non-partisan. - The hall lUelf la oval In shape and of substantial .Btructure.- Great steel glrdersNiupport the roof, which Is arched so aa to arrora tne greatest accouauoiof Assistant Postmaster Henrv P. Wv- properties. A tier of seats rialng from! the floor ot tne nan exienaa arounu each side ana a gallery up nearer me roof - increases the accommodations forjtodlan. A corps of carriers will be In : visitors. ' There are seats provraea ior i attendance to carry the mall to the dele .10.400 persons in the bait. Three thou-1 gates' in their seata, thus snaking the sand of these are on the floor itself,! mall delivery as nearly as rapid as tele- stni leaving ample 'aisle room. - graph y aa it Is possible to make It " In the arrangement of these seats a - Bight or 10 long-distance (eiephone new idea haa been carried Into effect boxes are ranged on the north side In . by Bergeant-at-Arms John 1. Martin close proximity to the stairs leading to of Bt. Louis, who baa. officiated In a the telegraph room a similar capacity in the last three Dem- Jn the southeast corner of the bulld ocratlo conventions, snd who Is the pre- ng an 'emergency hospital has een lo siding genius In charge of every detail cated, fitted up with all the latest sp here. Colonel. Martin Is making' an' pliancea. This has been established effort to have ' thia convention so per- under the auspices of Dr. John H. 81- fectly arranged that It will be a model for all future assethblles" or the- kInd,Tof health. Doctors, two fraInedHnurses,TIumbla. Unofficial advices suggest that nd he is quite liable to "make good.' - Speaker i Center.' . " The speaker's platform Is in the cen ter on the north side of the hail, on of the long curves of the ovsl. It is raised about five feet from the floor. .Back of this platform is a tier of sats for tht members of the national I - . 1 . I. V. A i.at. A ni hoxei Ttenda airthTway around nr engrossed and colhred eommls "w slon has been Issued to them ss well me n&u. tiw " - " . Gaxden..New ,iork. t-U) noroe snow, and theee, too, will be reserved for dis tinguished people. . :. " Immediately to the right' and left of the platform are the desks for the work ing newspaper men those representing dally newspapers .whose "reports must be dashed off at once to the telegraph wire, These,.deaks number 171 on each side. '-Just back Of them .are ralled-of f sections containing.. 1 00 chairs on each .side for the use of the representatives of the weekly papers and the magaslnea. Altogether, there will be over 100 seats on the floor reserved for the press.--. Stairways In front of the correspond ents snd by 'the side .of the platform lead down directly to the telegraph offices of the tx- . iT.in. nn. side and the Postal Telegraph company on the other, so that "copy" may be rushed to the wires without delay. Back of the correspondents on each side-end here is where the new Idea comes In are the Beats' for the alter- natM. - Heretofore In all national eon-1 nttnns the altfnat nave been stretched In long lines from end to end of the hall back-of the delegates. ; ' Wedge of Delegates, -tr " The delegates them srt yes. In a -wide-pointed wedge formation, will occupy the exact center of the floor, stretch ing from dlftxtly In front of the speak- RICH lid -tonio, propertUanecassartoi I . . .... x. , t : . i ti l , quiet tired nerves and bullit up-a run- - f "down system Is moef-of the rye and . ' Rmirhnn rtilt,kv nffj. - trtr mala Ita endorsed by too many people to be . without worth, STTS to show our belief we ask you "to try a -ouert bottle, W leeve the decision to you. Full Measure House log ftXTK ITMIT, BIT: WAIBlBCh- ' TOST MMm STABlXw . ..''' ' ,t . , .- (Special. -Dlsnatch by Leased Wire to The Journal.) y . . (By Senator James '. X, Joaes of Arkansas.) ' d 4 St. Louis, July 1. I believe the Democratic platform ''should be one 4 4 that all Democrats and some Repu blicans can cordially endorse. ' I d .4 think such a measure can be framed and I believe the members of the' d resolutions committee will present a report that will meet the approval d df 'tSeThtlreiventf6nr " ............ r . '. The platform, should have a strong anti-trust plank, a declaration d d that will give the people confidence of the relief from toe treat d monopolies Jo.the.; event ' of 'success f the "party as -the pollW1;:, -. A reduction-of the burdensome tariff Is one of. the fundamental prln ciples 0 the Democratic party and that principle .should 'be clearly 4 and 'concisely set forth Id the platform. ' , . V . 4 I thlnir.the Kansas City platform la sound and believe that our plat 4 form should declare out allegiance to the principles It sets forth, , but I 4 don't ' believe the . currency ' flueetlon, meaning thereby the free coinage. 4 of silver at the ratio of. It to 1, la an laaue at this time. V" ' v . . (y Moretary Pemooratlo BattoaaT Committee, Charles , W. Walah of j . .: xowm.) . . -.. . . . .' -. '' "': St-Xoufi.; July . l.r-Te matter of paramount Interest in ihe'Demo d gratia national convention is the trust plank of the platform. It should' 4 ' be strong,, explicit and eertaln In Ita terma Anyone, the Republicans' 4 and all others, can. deal In gritterlng generalities, but f he Democrata demand speclflo statements of the remedy' for the trust evtU ; d 'lue anti-monopoly plank of the Kansas City platform covered; the matter thoroughly and the new declaration shoulrte along the skma d . Unea, a bold, .'determined statement rfor complete publicity, penal pun- .. d Ishment for violators of the trust laws and the squeezing of alt water 4 from the trust stocka. ; i . . ' , , ' v", ; . ; . " The outlook' for the nomination of Mr. Hearst for t the presidency seems to me. to be good.' The" H'arst se'otlment Is , a great deal stronger than it has. been p-iesented thaklng tine progress. ' . v - - - -..w 1 side of them, so that a delegate who I Is called to the platform to arteak. or hee4iasju I . The drawing 6t seats for the delega 1 boy who draws the name of each state I from a box previously well shaken, will L occur In a da or two In the office of I the' sergeknt-at-arm. The first names lout of .the box get. the front seats, and I the lottery frequently haa peculiar re- suits.: Just how It will turn out thisJ Lr Will not he immAm krui.n until jht day -before the -convention, when the standards, ' bearing the name of each state,, will be placed .In position. The atandards, by the way,, will he muow securely. to me noor so mat I delegates- lna; momenf of enthusiasm may not anatch them up and bear them 1 in triumph around the hall. That la a I favorite "stunt" of . the delegate and frequently results In much confusion be- tauae'Of his "inablUfyto find the "place Irora which be took the standard when he want to replace It. , i, , ) rostoffloe Za the MaJL At the east end of the hall a com- piet poatoff Ice is being fitted up with jetter boxes for each delegate, and al- ternate. This will be under the charge man of Bt. Louis, -William M. Drumm, the efficient secretary to the sergeant- i st-arma, and . McDonald Martin., cus mon. preeldent of thet. Louis board in - ambulance and attendants with stretchers will be In "constant attend ance. An Innovation Is the appointment as officers of the convention of a number of "honorary medical officers." - Each member of the national committee haa, in. response to Invitation. Wtned one of these officers irom eacm state, and as to the doorkeepers, assistant ser-geanla-at-arma, special officers, ushers. etc '- N ... ... - - - - . STEAL DYNAMITE TO Bubbling over ' with patriotism but short on funds with which. to purchase the necessary noise - producers' to cele brate the glorious Fourth In the style which the average American youth has been led to believe Is right and proper. some hair aosen or ao dots in me Woodlawn neighborhood put their heads together and did no small amount -of '"I"1"?- v ', ,' ' ':w Finally a bright Idea atruck them, They had seen workmen clearing out a ngni ei way r -w t-mux considerable-blast in g 1 dor the men were using dynamite. It was necessary In their line ot business. "What's the matter with us swlpln' some of that dynamite,", aald one of the boys the other day. -, "We can cache It away, and -when the Fourth comes we can have one of the roimlngeat celebra tions that was ever pulled off any where.",- -.-- .-.--"-"'-''- . "That'll be line." said aaother. "I wonder we didn't think of It before." i . 1 SCHOONER ANTELOPE " MAY HAVE BEEN LOST (Special Diapatek by Leased Wire to The Journal) San Francisco, July 3. There Is con siderable speculation In maritime cir cles as to the Identity of the craft re- pored"ToIiaVr tui jied turtlewmawiiaralpeclaj gttp.teh to The IserMim - within 51) mllee to the- westward of the Parrallonea. The schooner Ante'lope, wblQh left this port 11 days ago for Blualaw, hal not been heard of, and- It la thought that the little : vessel , may have met with disaster. Bhe left here light and wa hound for a cargo of lumber. From the descrip tion given It la probable ' that the wrecked vessel Is a two-masted schooner closely-.. anBwer..ngJhaToutllnes of the ' Antelope, which came lnto1ortTnr1er last trip In a waterlogged condition. OOHS TO AMBBIOA &AXB. ' (Speelai' frlapatrh to The Journal.) "Roeeburg, Or.. July 1 Ira Cele of the local company of militia has' received orders to report at American Lake, Washington. If after a trial he Is found competent ' be Wilt be' selected as one of a team of II men to represent the ' - . ' ' '. ' -- and the campaign In his Interest Is . . . ' ,: .- .' 1 Every attention has been given to ward promoting the comfort of the dele gates and-others in the hall. Numerous electric fans have been placed atadvan tageous points to keep the air oool and In circulation. In the northeast corner has been placed .a huge Icebox, to con tain 20 tone of Ice and a. large quan tltv of the finest drinking water obtain able. .-A. corps of young men. dreasd In white duck,' will-carry iced. water through the .hall for the. use ot .thirsty delegates and guests. beading- a Band kr Those. - A Special bandstand to accommodate 10 pieces - has -been ' erected above the gallery facing the speakers" stand. -Tele) phone and electrlo bell connections be- 1 Jween, 8ergeant-at-Arma . Martln'a desk ana me jeaaer oi inm Dana, wm-enaoie the .former to give the necessary direc tions as to what muslo Is most appro priate at .the moment. There will be an efficient fire patrol under- the -direction- of -the chief of -the city fire department and a still alarm force armed with extinguisher Two hundred policemen will be on duty out side of the hail to-preserve order about the entrance. The - subcommittee on arrangements of the national committee will hold ita final -meeting at 10 a. a., July S. There will be nothing for the members to do except to select a .temporary chairman for the. convention. This will probably be John Bharpe Williams of Mississippi. C. A. Walsh of Iowa will be the tem porary secretary and CoL John L; Mar tin of Bt. Louis the temporary sergeant at -arms. Cant Frank B; Bruat has been selected as chief doorkeeper. -' . ' Clerks-and Contests. " The ftMwwing will' be the reading clerksi v C. J. Gavin of Raton, N. Max.; K. E. Murphy of Leavenworth, Kan.; W. W. Brandon of Montgomery,' Ala.; Jef Pollard of St, Louis and John J. Xona- varf of Milwaukee. A number of notices of contests have been filed with Secretary Walsh. Among them are contents from' the twelfth iCoLumbus) district of-Ohio; the second district of Maine, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth snd sixth districts of Penn sylvania, and from the District of Co- other contests may be made, but these are all that have been filed so far. ' The national Democratic committee will meet at 10 a. m. on July 4, to take up these contests and' the other pre liminary Work of the convention." There Is talk of organising a big pa rade for the night of July I. the eve of the convention,' in which all -the marching clubs that, come to the con vention, and the military and semi-mill-tary organizations of the city sre to take . part, ftut the movement has - not yet takefi aeflhTfii'tbrm. ----- ON THE 4TH And away they sped to carry out their hastily formed plan. Down In the woods near by they found a box of dy namite that had Just been opened. Each took out an arm load, of the Innocent looking but dangerous sticks, and they made for the tall timber. Finding an old hollow, stump they -carefully laid away their fireworks, and then went home to wait, for the Fourth.. . But the youths were doomed to dis appointment, i The following day. the workmen missed their' giant powder. nd surmised that some of-the boys whom they had seen loitering around In that vicinity knew something about Its disappearance. Close questioning soon revealed the fact that ' they had . the guilty boys, and It proved to be an easy matter to make them confess. Shortly afterward the dynamite wae returned, and it Is how said to be probable that the boys will, live longer than Monday. Besides they will not develop Into dyna miters so early In life. '' state in an Inter-rfYte shoot to be held between' Washington, Idaho and Oregon during the encampment at that place. NEW BRICK KILN IN LEWISTON EXPLODES Culde Bao. Idaho.. July T. M Dww brick kiln fired thia morning iblaw up this evening, a hole j carrylrflr . J5.000 brick being rent Inside. ; The Cauae waa steam generated by the overheating of damp brick.' . - There were-no fatalltlea but the dam age Is considerable.. Oreat alarm was caused by the noise and falling brick. 4.DclltMs Jfl.KllllntjPeople; ' That BarkeTonlo la i. weapon against the fiend that goes about killing people la not surprising, for It Is the only rheumatid remedy that cures' rheuma tism In 4 . to 10 days. . Barks Tonlo is the only rheumatic cure that oleanses the liver, kidneys -and bowels, purifies the blood and tones up a run-down sys tem. .Price, lie per bottle at any drug store.' J. A. Clemenson, druggist. Port land. Or wholesale distributor. ULr-iura job , rAU, vjr-raa . iuin ros KArnro two bo. Y Till pF 1IU OH UISBTATXOK, fMxnm jazxi oobsidob uit uanT, - t , "I want free life, and 1 want freshair I a nil ..I, signaler a gallophiles the- tie, or a dash among the aage and cao-J tus." said Joe Parr, a half-breed In- dla'n who Is confined in .the county lail I awaiting trial with hla friend, Charles Bellinger, for having taken beer upon nit umaiuia- inaian reservation. -Tne I two half-breeds began a Fourth of July ceieoratlon two weeks ahead of sched ule lime and when .they Started home lorgot to leave the peer behind. In enlna- from Penrlletnn t th ha. I Vrvatloa they took with them several bottles of the . stuff that made some town famous and were promptly ar rested by a detail of Indian polioe. They did not give or aell the beverage to others of the tribe, but having' it in I taeir possession waa Sufficient justlfloa for the arrest. 'The minion of the' law seised them ana confiscated- the beer. The captives were -held until- the arri val of Deputy United Btatee MareUkll Blowers, who brought them to .this city, where -they sre swatting trial, in de fault of-1200 bonds. . Parr is a member of the tribe of I Walla Walla Indiana and la one. of the! nandeomeat specimens of his race. He la half Indian and half French-Canadian. Hla father was a voyaguer who roved far Into the west and took an Indian wife. TheS he threw-bis fortunes with I the whites end rendered valuable serv. ice to the state troops in the Indian! - wars or , . Psreag Psefc The younger Parr, wiio Is now be hind, the bare of the .county Jail, "haa also . rendered- valuable service ' to "the government. It waa his daring pres ence or minq rnat saved tne life of a federal officer who waa attempting to capture two Indian Iwree thieves three years ago. A pair of horses had been stolen from Parr's home on the reservation and ha started to -look for the animals and tboae who committed the crime. After notifying the Indian police and other, officers of the reservation he started on the trip. Finally he overtook the rob bers and returned to ell the officers of his .discovery. A Trench-Canadian, Brolsbola, was chief of the Indian police end accompanied parr in hla journey arter tne roooers. The two Indians refused to surrender snd. a desperate battle ensued. Parr was unarmed and took no part In the engagement. , The Indians finally sue ceeded In. disarming- the polioe officer. and one waa In the act of stabbing the fallen man when Parr seised a weapon and fired at the assailant.-The Indian waa wounded, but with his companion leaped upon nis norae ana escaped. They were Anally overtaken and pun lahed-foc the .prima. On his -return the officer told the story of how the young half-breed had saved his life snd haa never forgotten the debt of gratitude. Parr never re fers to the occurrence and refused to discuss It yesterday. . lerr Xs Hot Boastful. "No. I haven't anything to aayabout it," he said. " "I want to get out of JaiL I want the air. the life, the free dom that-1 have always had. I walk and walk here along the narrow corri dor and dry to imagine that I am out on the reservation-wua my people. . i try to forget. . "But I cannot forget. " The place is too small: there are too many here and they laugh and Joke aa if they did not care. We committed no crime. Just had two bottles of beer with ns as we started home. ' We gave none of it away and did not aell It to the other Indiana" - Parr was partially educated when a boy at the reservation school. He Is a fluent and pleasing talker and haa none of the patois, of the voyageur nor the gutterat accents of the Indians.- Friends are attempting to raise the sumnecee sery for his release. PATRIOTISM IN CLACKfMAS COUNTY OBZOOH CXTT WtZ.Ii BrXHXi BAT QtrrETLT H.OH. OSOBOH 'o. BBOWmii THB OBATOB OF TBB bat at cxuJtra CAHXT - wxxi TVBH X.OOBB ZgTACAOA'S FZBST (Special DUpatrh to The JearaaL) ' Oregon City, Or.f July-. In Clack- amaa county there will be many oppor tunities to attend a real old-faabloned celebration. Nearly all the county towns of any sise-are celebrating and they .are advertising the fact with pos ters that are placed all over the county. n Oregon City the day will be Quietly apent aa far as any formal celebration la .concerned. Hut the eitisena win snow their patriotism by exploding fire works and attending the celebrations that the Other towns are holding. BrowneHat Clarkes. In the county celebrations will be held at various points. At ClarkeB there will be - a large celebration and Hon. George C. Browned will be the Orator of the day and the Maccabee quartet will sing patriotic songe. Other fea tures of ' this : celebration will be two ball games isrt.a dance that will lattt all afternoon aiig Into ,he evening. At Oswego the townfolk wtrf -.celebrate In the good old fashioned way with speak ing and a picnic. I Mllwaukie also will make the eagle scream in juiecinc nre sna any one going, to that little town will have cood time on the natlonkl holiday. Wilsonvllle Is not behind her Bister towns In enterprise ana there a big cele bration will be the- order of u.e day, ' At Oanby. '' Canby s going to turn loose and have the celebration of her history. There will be the regular speech of the dsy and base ball games snd foot races. At llulilierd I hereby ill be another turning loose of patrlotiornlWuslasTna:ndttie people will go for miles around to at tend the celebration. Eatacada will bold the first Fourth rejoicing of her existence -and from, all indications' there ' will be one of the largest trowds-there..that. "nave aver gathered to hear the declaration of In dependence read In this cjunty. . idany people will go from Portland. "In every town-, ; vintage and hamlet the daywm-1e-ttiogly. spent, and the pa triotism that Will be in evidence In1 Clackamas eounty on that day Is a trib ute of the love that tne people bear to- warda their country. . Bld Hot. From Life.' Cashaway Did you kiss Miss Pink erly'sfaceT . 4 s." - tievertonOh, do her cemplexlop, -' . ' . . . . V i-. f- ,- - - : ' ' ' 1 'JrV I -a--.-K ll-v. -,- , 58 1 ' - SACRIFICE CARGO TO SAVE THE SHIP r- f '- -.: FXBBCB WATIi IWUff THB BHCK OT TH lOIOOl-IB XL BOBASO XH CBZHBIB W ATX Ml ABB THB ffuw TBI vnamn rt wwwnw BTTMBBB OVXBBOABO. The American - 'schooner El Dorado, which arrived in port laat night. lost nearly all her lumber cargo. In Chinese waters wbUe proceeding up'the Shang hai . river. Bhe . waa loaded on Puget Bound and made the trip aoroa-the-Pa-clfio without incident. Reaching the, mouth-of-the Shanghai, a pilot waa se cured to guide her up the river into port." The pilot lost his bearinga and before he succeeded In finding the chan nel the vessel went aground on a sand bar. , . - . That point In the stream Is not far from the sea, and the breakers swept all over ths vessel. To save the ship the crew began throwing the lumber over board.' Although tugboata made sev eral attempts they were unable to pull the scuooner- out into deep water until three-fourths of the cargd had been sacrificed. During all this time there was a strong gale blowing, and it .was constantly feared that the vessel would be broken to pieces,- j Finally she waa gotten adiflft after being badly battered and damaged. Bhe waa then compelled to go Into dry dock, where ahe had to? remain three weeks before her repairs were rom- pleted. ' 1 On this trip the El Dorado came from Shanghai In ballast, and waa but 41 days making the passage.- Fine wrath er was experienced' during the entire voyage Her commander Is Captain It Smith, who Is well known In Portland. Thia la fits third visit here during . the past few years. Amors the sailors he Lis said to be one of fhe moat popular captains on the coast. All or them know him and make an effort every time nv arrives to ahlp with him, but it Is bard for them to get the poeltlone thoy crave. Although he pays them elf at every port his old men nearly al ways re-shlp with .him. - The El Dorado is under charter to re turn to China with another cargo' of lumber, and this time the captain says he hopes he will be more successful and get It to Its destination. The cargo will be secured at the Inman-Foulson mill. 1 , . MABnra hotbs. Astoria. July J. Arrived down early ana eauea at :io a. m. Bteamor Des patch for Ban Francisco. Left up at T a. m. Schooner Eldo rado. .- ' hJ. ' ..Condition of the bar at' ( .. nu sraoothcL wind":" northwest; weather cloudy. ' - J St. Helena, July 1 Psssedatl m. cnooner , iLiaorsao. . -. - - Wlsn. He At 1 what time In .a girl's life should; she be. engagedT . -f-n ' unm. jmiorr wnw in inn rri-n. JfKeeley UOUOR-NCWfrtlNE-TOBACCO ire nai ruvuincnui winu f0 FULL BSATicut aJ vpn P'v:: mW :&&o Warm-W Clothes BEN FOR MEN AND BOYS Unbroken Assortment at Our Usual MODEST. PRICES LEADING CLOTHIER POPE WILL WRITE TO PRESIDENT LOUBET (Copyright, Rearst New fcTice, by Leased wire to The Journal.) Rome. JUly I. Despite the opposition of Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state, the pope has decided to act personally in the dispute between the Vatican and France. His . holiness will send an autograph letter to President Lou bet snd he may even go so fur aa to send a similar let ter to Premier Combes if such a step is necessary, to avoid 'renunciation of the. concordat between France and the Vatican and the suppression of the French emtasay at the 'Vatican. The Paris Revue de Commerce Ex terleus of recent date says: The construction ot a pea-American railway to unite the.-three Americas, which was decided upon at the ' Pan American congress at Mexico, la now as sured by the formation of the Pan American Railway company at Guthrie, Okie., with a capital of $241,714,000. The 5- ' v if : :;- I ' ' ' ? If' M ! ' - . ' : c . M r- ; 4 fi J - - . . , I ! ' f7 ' -- From a snapshot photographed of as'ed King Oscar I rf : taken, aboard a torpedo-boat In the Meditorrunoan. 1' I delight lu Bailing on these swift-moving little -craft, a.. I 1 diversion during his stay In southern Kurup I line will start from Port Nelson, on the Hudson bay,' thence to Wlnnlpea, and will traverse the Dakotas. Nebraaks, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas. Mexico, Cen tral America,' Panama, Colombia, Ecu ador. Peru, and -ends at Buenos Ay res. Branch Ifnes will be built to- Rio de Janeiro . and, .Valparaiso. The total length of the line will be about 11.000 miles. Only about one-half of this will be bull t, al nee ex is tl ng lines coverthe i balance. It is estimated that It will cost $1I,000;000 to build the connecting lines, and that It wlU take eight years to complete It. Bras 11 and La plats, are being visited by an agent of the company- ' - Barla Xduoates raps. ' From the Philadelphia Press. A school for dogs Is the latest devel opment of the educational movement. It has been established In Paris with the object of teaching, net letters, but po liteness. The schoolroom Is furnished with chalra, tables and ruga, to give the necessary "local color" to the surround ing. The dog pupils are trained to welcome visitors by Jumping up, wag ging the tall and giving a low bark. When' the visitor leaves the dog ao companies him to the door and shows his fareweH by bending; hla head to the floor. ' :