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CRESCENT
AT ALL GROCERS
PIUS X WILL CELEBRATE THE
FIRST PAPAL MASS IN THE
VATICAN IN THIRTY YEARS
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Kor the first time lu more than 30
jears Homo expects this jear to see
the gorgeous Papal Christmas mass
celebrated In St. Peter's.
Prom the time Pope Plus IX. de
clared himself a "prisoner cf tbo vat
Iran" no Papal mass was said in the
great cathedral until the present
pope, Pius X., observed the ceremony
there after his coronation. Previous
to the reign of Plus IX. it was custo
mary for the pope to celebrate three
public masses a year in St. Peter's
on Easter, on the patronal day or the
church and on Christmas.
A Papal mass Is a magnificent dis
play, but the Christmas mass sur
passes every service of tho Catholic
church for overpowering grandeur.
When Pope Pius IX. celebrated his
last Christmas mass 50,000 persons
witnessed it. Comparatively few of
them are living to see Pope Plus X.
repeat the ceremony. Kor the occa
slon tho cathedral was lighted by 10,-
000 tall wax candles.
At 11 o'clock the cathedral trem
bled tinder the notes of tho Immense
pipe organ and those near the Vati
can entrance could see tho approach
ing procession. First ramo the cross
bearer, escorted by a guard of honor,
mill re-iiilenilwit in the robes of his
i high office.
' following was a line of cardinals,
In their rich red gowns, each one hav
ing ills two train bearers. Behind
the cardinals came the ambassadors
from foreign governments In their of
ficial uniforms. Then the archbish
ops and bishops of every rite, vested
In the robes of their several sections
of the church, and after them tho
representatives of tho various religi
ous orders.
Far In tho tear of this seemingly
Interminable pageant the smoko of
Incense rose. It came from the cen
sers carried by the thurlfers who pre
ceded the pope. Minutes passed,
however, before tho popo himself ap
peared. Clad In spotless wblto and
mantled with the jirgeous vestment
of his rank, Plus IX. was by far the
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l01. A f1f f.. f in cf nrtr.
uiohi imposing figure of all that
noble line.
He was a'tended by tho members ,
of hU guard and clergy, a host or '
knlshts, r.utlo esquires, prothonotar-.
Ics and canons or thu church, all
rostumed according to tho forms of ,
their Heveral courts or countries. I
Like a thread of blight colors this
procession wound Its way through
the mass or solemn spectators,
through glittering lights and tho In
laid columns nnd ' tho Jeweled arch-1
ways to tho altar or Jesus, which is
, elevated above the mosaic floor just
undc- the center of tho dome. It :s
In such n position that everyone in
the cathedral can see It.
When the procession entered tho
t.anctuary eacli pair or tho marchers
knelt beforo the sacred ho3t, then
separated und took up positions on
1 opposite sides. Plus IX., upon his ar
rival, was escorted to his throuo and
: then began the robing for tho mass,
i He was attended by tw. deacons and
i two sub-deacons, ono deacon and ono
, sub-deacon, vested in robes according
' to tho 1-atln rite, and ono deacon and
ono sub-deacon clad according to tho
, Greek church,
' Tho ceremony Itself did not differ
from that celebrated In tho Itoman
church tha world over until tho offer
tory, when the sacristan approached
tho popo, took from tho challoo tho
sacred host, broko off a umaU por
tion and ato it beforo bandlm; tho
remainder to bis holiness.
Again he tasted tho wlno lu the
chalice beforo offering It to th popo,
as was tho custom in tbo middlo ages
when great men wcro obliged to havo
their food tasted to guard thomoolv'03
against being poisoned.
At tho end of tho ceremony ;ho
popo mado tho sign of tho cross to
his audience and pronounced this
benediction:
"lienedlct vos oronlpotens Deus,
Pater et Fillus et Splritus Sanctus."
Onco more tno great procession
formed and inarched through tho cl
ient throng whllo the Sistlno choir
ml tho organ filled tho air with
music.
t o'clock on tho morning of Decern
ber 1G, and narrowly escaped being
lost. This news was brought by tin
steamer Farrallon, Captain Kuril,
which arrived hero early flits morn
ing. The Amur left Skagway December
12 with 73 passengers an. a light
cargo. After leaving Ketchikan, the
vessel encountered a denso fog, which
grow heavier as tho vessel proceed
ed on ber voyage. On tho morning
or the accident tho rog was ho thick
that the lookout could scarcely nee
ten leet ahead or the ship's bow.
CUTTING THE TIME
TRAIN RUNS TWELVE
MILES IN NINE MINUTES
NEW WEBFOOT INDUSTRY
MONTANA MURDERER HANQ8.
ELUBLE BKRvrnir
V' bean
1M KINDS
"w oraen at
Walter's Flouring Mills
Capacity, 160 barrels a day.
Flour exchanged for wheat.
Flour, Mill Feed, Chopped .red'
etc., alwaya on hand.
James Martin Must Pay Death Pen.
alty January 7.
Helena, Mont., Dec. 24. If nothing
occurs to prevent the execution of the
law James Martin, convicted of tho
district court of Sliver Bow county
of murder In tho Drst degree, will
pay the penalty with his llfo on Jan
uary 7, tho supremo court having af
firmed tho decision of tho lower court
In an opinion prepared by Commis
sioner Foormnn and handed down
yesterday.
Martin was chargod with the mur
der of John Williams at Silver Bow
Junction in January. 1901. Charles
Lennox was accused of complicity in
the murder and both men were con
victed and sentenced to death.
Tho two wero among tho batch of
prisoners who escaped from tho Sil
ver How Jail at Butte a few months
ago. I.ennox has nover boon retak
en, but Martin was captured a Bhort
time after the breakaway, having pro
ceeded no further from Butte than
Woodville.
AGAINST CIVIL 8ERVICE.
Seattle Citizens Tire of the Old Meth
od of Selecting City Officers.
Seattle, Doc. 24. A petition already
signed by nearly 1,000 voters Is being
circulated with tho object of having
abolished tno present system of civil
servlco for city employes. Tho peti
tion is addressed to the mayor and
City council, and calls for tho sub
mission to the voters at the coming
election whether or not tho civil ser
vice provisions of tbo chartor Bhall
bo continued.
T, J. McCorry, a former doputy
sheriff and health department em
ploye, and an old time politician, Is
tbo leader of tbo movement. Ho put
out 28 copies of tho petition a month
ago.
It has been signed chiefly by poli
ticians of all parties, and by a consid
erable number of lawyers and other
professional men. Saloonkeepers
havo also signed freely. Undor the
session laws of 1903, It requires only
the signatures of 16 per cent of tho
number of voters at the preceding
election to such a petition to make
it mandatory. Tbo number of voters
at tho la-,t election was 11,100, and
those who aro back of tho abolition
movement hope to get at least 2,200
signatures,
STRUCK REEF IN FOG.
The Amur liuns on Harbor Reef Off
Port Simpson.
Seattli Doc. 23. Tho Canadian
Pacific Jta'lway company's steamship
Amur plied p on Harbor reef, while
attempting to enter Port Simpson at
First Carload of Cedar Goes Out of
Coos County to the East,
Portland, Dec. 24. One of the first
carloads or whlto cedar lumber 'ver
shipped rrora Coos bay to New York
was brought up tho coast on tho
steamer Alliance, which arrived In
port Saturday night. It Is very valu
ablo timber and will be iiHcd tor boat
building purposes In tho Empire
state. Tho shipper Is the Simpson
Lumber company of North Bend. The
lumber wbb transferred onto n car
this morning and Is now
East. From now forward frequent
shipments of this character am to
bo made.
Tho Alliance also brought a con
of carloads of matchwood for siilp-
meut East. Tho remainder of her
cargo was made up of general mer
chandise, which camo from tho Hay
City, After finishing discharging at
tho Alnsworth dock, she will bogln
loading for tho return trip,
PANIC ON SHIPBOARD.
Officers Could Only Control Passen
ners With Guns.
Now York, Dec. 23. Officers of the
steamship Bleiicher arrived today, re
port a panic among several hundred
stecrago passengers dining a storm
whllo crossing tho Atlantic. The
passengers wero Klshneff Jews who
believed the ship was about to foun
der and rushed for tho lifeboats, Tho
officers quelled them with .revolvers,
and drove them back Into tho steer
age and battened the hatches,
C M. WATER8 APPOINTED.
Salaries
Is Made Superintendent of
and Allowances.
Washington, Deo, 23. Postmaster
General Payne today appointed C. M.
Wators, of Now York, superintendent
of salaries and allowances, the place
formerly held by Beavers. Waters
has boon acting In that capacity nlnco
March, being calleu from the head of
the Colorado division. He has been
in tbo servlco 10 years. The salary
Is $4,000 per year.
KILLED IN PRIZE FIGHT,
Sacramento Justice Discharges the
Survivor on Recommendation.
Sacramento, Dec, 23. Kid Wil
liams, who fought Tom Pendergast
Friday night, from tbo effecta of
which Pendergast died, was dismiss
ed by the police Jimtlco this morn
ing, on recommendation of tho city
attorney, who said be was satisfied
It was excusable homicide.
Union Pacific Flyer Makes Phenome.
nel Time on Denver Division
Record Breaking Speed on Western
Roads- , mivam
To travel 12 imiert in nine mi ilea
In a wonder, oven In these days of
rapid transit, says the Denver Pojt
This was tho rate miulu by train No.
1 of tho Burlington road, which was
duo In Denver at 0:60 Sunday night
and urrlved only 20 minutes late,
making up two hours and flvo min
utes after leaving MiCook.
Tho train was pulled by one of the
now Burlington "battleships," as tbo
huge now engines aro called, and waa
handled by Engineer "Bud" Hurdy,
who la nicknamed "the wizard or tho
ii. ..ii,. or,, i rvituliii'iiir .1. J. Ciirrnn.
Hoe'edlnc n ono part it tho road, Just thla
foment 'side or Akron, the heavy train made
to 12 miles in nine minutes, nearly ou
I miles an hour, und stretch or 120
,,1,.' miles was covered III 110 minutes.
I"1 l it f iiv.tlln,- nil
uu, yea, u n .....,....
right," sand Conductor Currnn at tho
Ht Elmo hotel, where ho resides,
"but It was an experience wulch
seemed to plcaso the passengers very
much,
"Tho way or It wns this; Charles
Sevoranco or Mon(o Vlslu and sever
al Chicago capitalists Interested with
blin In a big mining company wero
Just bound to bo In Monte Vlstn on
Monday, to attend a directors' meet
ing. Mr. Severance told Englneor
Hardy ho would give him $100 It ho
would get him Into Denver In tlmo
for lilm to moke, connections for
Monte Vista and also allow time for
Mr. Severance to go up to tho Brown
hotol and sectiro somo necessary doc
uments. "Hardy said ho would do It If Mr.
Severanco could arrange with tho of
llclali, for a clear track, and this was
done Everything in the way wns
sidctracltcd and the big train bognn
to pound nnd leap nlong like somo
great, live thing.
"Benklcman, Wray, Akron, uoggon
nlaces forty and odd miles apart.
wcro passed In such short periods of
tlmo as almost to seem miraculous to
tho passengers, who stared out at tho
stations as tho train whizzed by. But
Hardy kept his word and got his hun
dred, sr.d well tc deemed it, ror
ho worked nobly, as did also the lire-man,"
Engineer Hardy only smiled when
asked about It, "There was nothing
about it to worry anybody," said no.
"I'd rather go fast than slow, for If
tho road's nil rltlit the train travels
more steadily and accidents aru not
likely. If there's anything wrong with
thu track well, you would bo killou
just ns dead If wrecked nt a 40 mile
gait."
AGAINST DUELING.
Czar Co-operates to Break the Cus
tom In Russia.
Berlin, Dec. 23. Prince lwen
berg, president of tho German Antl
Duelling Society, has secured tbo ac
tive support of tho czar, whoso at
titude has brought forth great Indig
nation from Husstan army officers,
who are strong adherents of the duel
ling custom.
William Cusbing, who served on
Admiral Dewey's flagship In the bav
tlo of Manila, was convicted In New
York of murder In the second degree
for killing his wife.
FORCING A SETTLEMENT.
Stockholders Asphalt Company Must
Pay Assessment.
New York. Doc. 23. The court to-
day signed an order for a levy of an
do nor cent assessment ngalnst the
stockholders or tho insolvent Asphalt
Company or America, thus collecting
tho $24,000,000 tho amount uuo croa-Itors.
WARLIKE INVE8TMENT8.
Holland Will Invest In Munitions of
War.
The Hague. Dec. 23. Tho second
chamber or parliament today passod
tho bill for $1,760,000 to buy Krupp
guns, ,
Large line One pocket knlvog for
boys and girls. Nolf's.
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