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COB VAIililS, BENTOH COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAX, JUXYJ 17, 1903.
VOU XXXX. NO. 30.
EVENTS OF THE DAY I
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review f the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented la .Condensed Foraa, Mast
Likely to Prove Intcreattar ta Oar
Maay Readers.
Archbishop Kratzer, of Wisconsin, is
seriously ill.
f Russian encroachments on China
bring the crisis nearer.
Screetary Boot says army officers
mast not assign their pay. . . -
The. Jewish petition is now in the
hands of President Roosevelt.
SecretarylRoot will resign next fall
and Oliver is slated to succeed him.
' A monument is to be erected at Prov-
incetown, Mass., where the Mayflower
landed in 1620. :
: According to the latest advices Cas
t " tro now has the upper hand in the Ven
ezuelan trouble. ...
The battleship Kearsarge is to make
a record trip across - the Atalntic to
show what can be done.
' ' Nearly 1,000 coalminera at Ardeha,
-Ohio, have gone on a strike because of
difficulties with foreigners in the mines j
there. . . v.,-' ..;.' - ; ; ; " .
It is said that Cleveland will declare
himself a candidate for the presidential
vnnminttttAA at nttnnnat In. I.I h T ca rrc in
October. '.
- Conductors and brake men on the
Illinois Central have been granted an
j ? it i in 1 1
increase in wages uiai win aua over
-$200,000 to the annual payroll.
, - A collision between passenger and
.freight trains on the Great Westren,
.. near Davanuan,, mo., resulted in me
V . -I I W I a 1 ' . I
death of one person and the injury of
20 others. x ;
Cyclones on the rreneib. Island of
Tonquin caused 150 deaths:
Colonel R. S. Oliver, of . Albany, N.
Y., has been appointed to succeed San
ger as assistant secretary of war.
.a r A score or more of Christian En--deavorers
were injured by wind wreck
. ing the big convention tent at Denver.
r ; Associate Justice Brewer, of Wiscon-
sin, says every man who participates
in lynching or barbing of negroes is a
mnMnr.
The Dublin council ,has voted not tofarms apparently lifeless, held him up
present"' the king-- with as address of
welcome' on the occasion of his visit
there shortly. -.. - ' ' .
' British firms in the Philippines say
the new law allowing no freigners un
der contract admitted will drive them
out of business. " "
' ' VTLMAA M.n Ottawa Ip-iIIa) imwfrk oaniAna.
ly injured and three buildings des-
rtroyed by an explosion at the Laflin
powder works, Laflin, Pa. . . -,
The naturalization of 39 Hessians
and Italians has been , set aside by a
al hundred more will be declared void.
" The St. Louis fail commissioner has
i returned V' from the ' Philippines and
' ... -Via ArivM.tinii lima f ha nrnmiafl at
many fine attractions from the islands.
Judge Parker's icy manner on his
visit to the South was a death blow to
his . presidential candidacy ana .uemo-
crats axe now loosing lor ouier luaver-
. The Pacific Nrothwest will produce a
record crop of prunes. .s
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'"VuilllVaQ uiuiguo au wvavn uiaawo
alHDCUl JAJUrO UOlViUllUOU nM
rr- ' r LI! 1. - : 1 1 .M.M.Snn-i-A
ji m. anrni'KV i-i.Hniiiiiii-Ai.iiii win uumuiaLD
Morris B.s Belknap for governor. .
The next congress will be asked " to
. make an appropriation for a national
art gallery.
United States Judge George Gray, of
Delaware, is the latest Democratic can
didate for president. , , .
The Western federation of miners has
lor an eight-hour day.
... Russia regai ds the stand of the Unit-
ed States on the Manchurian question
with' surprise and resentment.
It, aftamnf. tra- mndn tn Vilnw nn the
. " " r
. . r.. m - ir!ll . . T
Mountain, Mich., with dynamite.
One of the leaders in the assassina
tion of the late kins of Servia has been
, -promoted to a place in the war depart
ment.
Pension , Commissioner Ware has
'ordered Agent Terry to come to Oregon
-to collect Indian war tolls, so all veter
"rans can get pensions. ,
' V H. D. Watson, of Pittsburg, who has,
' rfor the past two months, been prepar
' ing a brief in the Alaskan boundary
case, has finished his work and
:for London.
sailed
? Italians are
the next Pope. .
betting on who will be J
- Mrs. Blaine is past recovery and
the
'end may come at any time.
r .Manchurian war talk in China
is
, greater tnan lor tnree years.
' Ex-President Caro, or Colombia, is
-ilnincr alt in his power to defeat the
JPanama canal treaty.
. .r ? The Jewish population of Crocow,
-alicia. is epxecting an anti-Jewish
perseuctionr "similar, to those at Kiah'
:'inef. . - - -
Fred Ames, ex-chief, ,of police of Min
v nearjoliB. has been ! sentenecd to the
penitentiary for six and a half years for
; grafting. .
WOOLEN MILLS DESTROYED.
I Fire at Orezon City Throws Three Hun
drcd Out of Work.
Oregon City, July 15. Fire last
night destroyed property of the Oregon
City manufacturing company valued at
between $75,000 and $100,000. The
loss is covered by insurance. Spontan
eons com bastion in a caibonizer in the
pullery building is given as the origin
of the fire, which destroyed the wool
room, dye room and boiler room of the
woolen mills. The company will im
mediately replace the burned buildings,
bat the blaze will necessitate bus pen
sion of mill operations for at least three
months and the throwing out of em
ployment for that period of about 300
'people. ;;:
The flames were discovered issuing
from the roof of the wool houee at W
o'clock but the building was already
doomed, and the adjoining frame
structures were soon ablaze. A general
fire alarm was responded to by the fire
department and citizens, who loubgt
heroically. The main woolen mill
bunding was on fire several times, but
under the direction of Fire Chief Ru-
conich the structure was saved, al
though the interior was aamaged some
what by water. ,
Vigorous and timely action alone
saved the property of the .Portland
flouring mills company. A The large
warehouse of this company was aflame
a number of times, but by brave work
the building and adjoining mill were
saved. The warehouse of the O. R. &
N. Co. narrowly escaped burning.
With a stiff breeze from the north
east, it is considered remaikable that
the Portland flouring mills were not
burned. The firemen did most effect
ive work. '-.'
SIX KOB A CAR.
Daring Hold-Up In Outskirts of Portland
One .Man Wounded.
Portland, July 15. Robbing 'Fred
Day, whom they mortally wounded
with a needless Bhot, taking $300 in
money, watches anud jewelry trom 4U
passengers on a Sellwood car, then rob
bing a lone pedestrian as they left the
scene, six desperate Highwaymen last
night made their escape and now bid
defiance to the police.
On the crossing of the Southern Paci
fic at East Eleventh and Division
streets, but half a mile from the busi
ness center of East Portland, ihe hold
up was committed a few minutes before
midnight. ,
Daring and cold blooded, the high
waymen boarded an out bound car at
ll:4o, shot Fred Day in the back with
out provocation, and as he fell in their
until they could rifle his pockets, then
let him drop in a pool of his own blood
and turned their attention to the rest
of the passengers. '
At least 40 people were on the car,
and every passenger was robbed of
money and jewelry. Rings were jerked
violently from women's fingers, and
watches snatched quickly and thrust
into the pockets of the highwaymen.
Nor did this content them. Sot
nervous in the least over their bloody
deed, they stopped in their flight long
enough to hold up and rob O. N. Bitt
ner onMilwaukie street.
POWER WANING.
Age
Gradually Saps the Strength of
'Pope Leo. '.'.;
Rome, July 15. Another remarka
ble rally in Pope Leo's condition oc
curred yesterday afternoon,' after a
morning in the course of which his hol
iness suffered spells of delirium and at
t imes his strength sank to the lowest
ebb, and now he lies in no worse con
dition than he was on Monday evening,
except for the steady diminution of his
strength.
Yesterday s rally was characteristic
ally opposed to every medical theory
and consisted in getting out of bed, on
which two hours previouly the pope
himelf had made all preparations for
death. , Unsatisfied with- this show of
vitality, he transacted considers Die
business and had an interview with
four cardinals, with whom, he talked in'
an animated way.
According to the physicians the pon
tiff may die at any moment, even in
the midst of one of (hose extraordi
nary intervals. ' -
Stock Train Falls in River.
St. Louis, July 16. A special to the
Post Dispatch from Poplar Bluff,. Mo.,
says: A freight wreck occurred on the
Iron Mountain railroad today between
Rouden and Gurdon, Ark., south of
this city. Two brakemen, a negro
tramp and 35 carloads of horses and
mules were killed. A boxcar jumped
the track just as the train ran on the
little Missouri river bridge, with such
force as to wreck the bridge and allow
the 35 cars of stock and men - killed to
fall into the stream below, a distance
of 40 feet. .. ' ; .
, Last Attempt to Reclaim Dead. . .
Hanna, Wyo., July 10. Preparations
are being made to resume the work of
opening the coal mine here" and rescu-
ing tne dead Dooies oi me victims oi
the disaster ol June 30. A party of
minerB arrived last night from Rock
Springs, and others are en route from
Diamondville, Cumberland and Spring
Valley. These men have bad years of
experience in fighting mine fires, and
they will make a herculean effort to ex
tinguish the flames and reach the bodies.
Crown Prince Travels Incog.
Victoria, - B. C, July 15. The
steamship Empress of India, which ar
rived today from the Orient, had
amons her . passengers Crown Prince
Rupprecht Marie Luitpold Ferdinand
of Bavaria and the crown princess, who
have been making an enforced tour of
the world on account of a scandal at
taching to the crown prince which agi
tated Bavaria. :
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
CLACKAMAS FIFTY YEARS AQO. i
Old Records dive Interesting Figures
Wages and Assessments.
on
In rummaging about his office a few
clays ago Uounty Clerk Slelgnt un
earthed some official records that con
tain solne interesting statistics- with
reference to Clackamas county; in the
early '50s. They consist of some statis
tics compiled by Joseph T. Meek, who
was tnen territorial marshal for Clack
a mas county , in June. 1850. In that
year the- assessable value of property
In this county was $1,020,344, classi
fied as follows: Real estate, , $836,-
650; personal, $183,694. The schedule
of wages paid at that time was re
markable. The average monthly
wage to farm hands, including board,
was $80; the average wages paid day
laborers with board was $4, with
out board $6; average daily .wages
for? carpenters, $12 ; board per week
for laboring men cost $8. "
There were published in the county
at that time two weekly papers, name
ly, Oregon Spectator,. Territorial; and
Western Star. Multnomah. An idea
of the value and profit in the lumber
business at that early date may be
gathered from the statistics which
show that Benjamin Simpson from
400 logs, for which he paid $3 each.
manufactured 100.000 feet of lumber,
which bad a salable value of $75 per
t&ousand. ;
COLUMBIA COUNTY FILLING UP.
Recent Conn ty Seat Election Shows Large
Increase of Voters.
The returns from; the late special
election indicates that the voting pop
ulation of Columbia county has : in
creased several hundred since the gen
eral state election held a little over a
year ago. While it is true that much
of this increased vote is due to the
employment of an increased number
of . hands in sawmills and logging
camps, many of them single men, ' it
also is evident that there is a consid
erable. increase in the number of fam
ilies which have become actual res
idents. - - -
County School Superintendent Cope-
land bas received complete returns
from almost every school district in
the county, and now estimates that
there are 250 more children of school
age than were shown by the census of
last year. Reports from every sec
tion of the county Indicate that new
comers from the East are arriving,
and the majority of them expect , to
become permanent residents. ... ; '
. 'Iw WeayjrjSasJLIye. Stocfc;
The sale of sheep, cattle and horses
from the Oregon ranges this fall will
be the heaviest in years.. This is the
opinion of C. J. Millis, who has charge
of the stock department of, the O. R.
& N. He has been over a large, por
tion of the ranges and reports that
feed will be scarce this fall. Large
shipments of cattle were made, front
this district last spring and Mr. Millis
expects that still larger shipments
will be made this, fall. He says a
large amount of stock will have to Jbe
sent out of the country in order to
even up for the shortage of. the feed
crop. The shortage of feed in some
parts is probably due to a lack of rain.
Wool Prices are Climbing:.
Owing : to the shortage of wool In
Montana and Utah the prices of wool
in Eastern Oregon will be higher than
had been anticipated. At the ' large
sale held at Ontario a 'short time ago
wool sold at from 13 to 14 cents.
Many did not 'sell and since that time
some have sold at 15 , cents. The
prices are still going up. Some of the
leading sheep and wool ' men say. the
range is exceptionally short this sea
son, as there has been scarcely any
rain since spring. Everything is
dried up. There. is lots of stock In the
district, and It is feared by the owners
there will be large losses this year if
a wet season does not start soon. ,
. - To Build Big Fish Hatchery, -
Within a few days Fish Warden
Van Dusen will call for bids for the
construction at Ontario on the Snake
river of one of the largest fish hatch
eries in the world. Plans have been
drafted in Portland for the building,
which will be 217x60.' It will be equip
ped with 'all the latest conveniences.
There will be: 320 troughs. At first
they will be conducted so as to care
for 20,000,000 fish, but in case a Jarge
number is required 40,000,000 eggs
can be hatched without overcrowding.
F. (i. Brown will be in charge of the-in-stitution.
i . - A . .",
Will Enlarge Baker City Depot.
"In response to the' crying needs pf
Baker City the O. R. & N. Company
has decided to enlarge and improve
tne passenger " and " freight depot
in that city. Material for the im
provements is now; on the ground
and just as : soon as the carpen
ters can be relieved from the
Heppner branch the work will be
commenced. The ; improvement will
consist in the enlargement of the de
pot building, so as to permit of- the
addition of -a separate waiting, room
for ladies. "' ' T
Great Boon te Ontario. .
The contract for building the new
steel bridge across the Malheur river,
near where it empties into Snake riv
er, about two mttles below Ontario,
has been let. The price is $4100.
This bridge will supply ar long-felt
need. It gives an opportunity for the
people living on Dead Ox Flat of com
ing: to Ontario to do their trading
without going about ten miles above
Ontario to the Halliday bridge.
.Surveying Soil of Baker County.
Charles A. Jensen, of the depart
ment of agriculture, bureau of soils,
has been sent out to make a survey of
the soils of Baker county. He has es
tablished his headquarters at Haines,
and is now actiely - engaged In the
work. It.is thought this is one of the
preliminary steps to government-aided
irrigation. : -, -
LOQ BOOM ON NORTH UMPQUA.
Franchise Granted for Extensive
- provements by County Court.
Im
One of the most important steps
made in the development of the lum
bering industry in Douglas county
was taken when? the jcounty court
voted to grant a franchise to the Ore
gon Boom & Timber Company for
cleaning out the obstructions in the
North, Umpqua river and preparing
that stream for the floating of logs
and timber. This franchise gives the
company the right to use that stream
in the manner mentioned from the
west boundary line of the Cascade for
est reserve to the .main line of the
Southern Pacific railroad at. Winches
ter, five miles north of Roseburg. After
the improvements are made the com
pany is given the right to collect
maximum toll of 50' cents per thousand
feet for floating logs for other persons
In- compensation for the outlay in im
proving the stream. ' The estimated
cost of the improvements is $200,000.
Besides improving the stream, the
company expects to erect a sawmill
of 100,000 feet daily capacity at Win
chester, to be ready for use as soon
as logs can be floated, and other par
ties also expect to erect sawmills and
woodworking plants at the 'same
place. :, New York capitalists are back
ing the enterprise, their representa
tive. P. j: Blakely, having been here
most of the time for the past two
years.
PUBLIC LAND STILL OPEN.
Nearly 600,000 Acres Remain la Oregon
City District.
The annual report of the United
State land office at" Oregon City has
been completed. Fourteen counties
are embraced in the Oregon City dis
trict and the report gives the follow
ing statistics as to area in acres un
appropriated and unreserved:
Surveyed, 455,048; unsurveyed, 141.-
bau; totaL 596,738 as against 537,279
surveyed; 161,190 unsurveyed; 898,469
total, as shown in the report a year
ago. The 14 counties constituting the
Oregon City land district are: " Ben
ton, Clackamas,, j Clatsop, Columbia,
Crook, Lincoln,"! Linn, Marion, Mult
nomah, Polk, Tillamook. Wasco, Yan
hill and Washington. The total area
of the land surface of these counties
is 7,468.250 acres. The area in acres
appropriated last year was 5,675,115,
while the acreage " under the , same
classification this, year is 5,629,846.
fc Pj?.'. State Institutions.
Secretapy of State Dunbar is hav
ing a map made showing the location
of the state Institution's at Salem.
Blue prints , of- the map will -be
kept, at each of; the institutions and
the .original will beJ kept in the Secre
tary's office. : Although located "at
Salem," the institutions are a long
distance apart. Visitors can get but
vague Idea of their location by such
directions as are usually gfven, but
by referring to the map, which shows
all the roads and distances, a stranger
would immediately understand the di
rection to take in going to any one of
the institutions.
...Union Couaty Cherry Crop.
The cherry crop Is just coming on
in Union county. - There were reports
early in. the season that this crop
would be very short, but, as with the
other products of this county,. the
prospects get . brighter as harvest
time approaches. The indications
now are that the yfel will not be far
below the average. There will prob
ably be about 15,000 boxes of the fruit
handled there this season.
Outlook for Conaty Seat Fight. :
County Judge J. B. Doan, whose
home is at Rainier- says that St. Hel
ens will have to receive over 1000 votes
the second special election on the
first Monday in August to retain the
county seat, as it is evident that, 2000
votes will, be polled as the outcome of
the . present contest. Judge Doan also
expresses the opinion that Marsh
land and Oak Polat preoincts. which
gave a part of their vote to Clatska-
nie, at the first special election, will go
solid for Rainier
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7074c: vaU
ley, 77c. r. ,;;v- -S. ';
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew
ing, $21.' - W - '
HFlour Best grades, $3.95 4.30;
graham. $3.453.85.
Mill stuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. i
EgOats No."; 1 white, $1.10 1.15;
gray, $1.0 per cental.
Hay Timothy, : $2021; clover.
nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton.
- Potatoes Best Burpanks, 5065c
per sack; ordinary, 3545o per cental,
growers prices ; Merced - sweets, $ 3
3.50 per cental. ? , ,
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10lle;
young, 1314c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 16 17c; dressed, 20 22c; ducks,
$7.00(97.50 per dozen; igeese, $6.00
6.50. - ';..' ' v: -..-
Cheese Full cream, twins,' 15
16c; Young America, 1515Kc; fact
ory prices, ll)c less.
Butter Fancy ereamery, 2022Jt
per pound ; extras, 22c ; dairy, 20
?.2Hc, stre,'16c18. . 1 .
Eggs 17 20c per dozen. . , '
flops-Choice, 1820c per pound.
Wool Valley,12Ji17c;Eastern Or
egon, 814c; mohair, 35372c.- . J-
Beef Gross, cows,-, 3J4c, per
pound; steers, 55Jc; dressed, 8c
Veal 7M8c. ; ' , -
- Mutton Gross, ' $3.50 per pound ;
dressed. 66c. -
Lamba-Gross, ! -4c - per pound;
dresesd, 7c. ,
Hogs Gross, 60 o " per pound
dressed, 78e. , "
PAYNB WANTS TO RETIRE.
Postmaster General Win Not Qo Until He
. Can Quit , With Honor.
Washington, July 14. Postmaster
General Payne said today that at the
end of the investigation in his depart-
ment was in sight, and he added he
was glad of it. There is every indica
tion that Payne desires to retire from
the cabinet, and it will not be surpris
ing if he does so during the coming
winter, provided the affairs of the post-
omce department are straightened out
by that time. v
Mr. Payne is in very bad health, and
his condition today is regarded as far
more serious than it was four months
ago. i he strain attendant upon the
investigation has told on him, and he
needs rest. His retirement will carry
no political significance. It may be
said that if the postmaster general had
not Deen resting nnder criticisms more
or less severe, be would have relin
quished his cabinet office some time
ago. He is merely determined to re
main until he can retire with honor.
The postmaster general suffers a great
deal from acute indigestion, quite fre
quently being unable to leave his hotel
On more than one occasion he has suf
fered severe attacks, and in his present
physical condition is unable to shoulder
the immense responsibility of his im
portant office as he would like.
Nevertheless he has determined, not
to shirk his duty under such . circum
stances as those now prevailing in his
department. He has acted conserva
tively, but with great energy whenever
evidences of wrongdoing appeared, and
he has no intention now of relaxing his
ettorts to thoroughly reform tne meth
ods of . transacting postal bnsinesss.
His course has met with the full ap
proval of PresidentiRooBe velt.
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; SMUGGLERS IN SILK, '
Captain Harris, United States Engineer,
Caught by Custosas Officers.
San Francisco, July 14. Another
sensational seizure of contraband goods
was made today by the custom officers
of this port. This time it is an officer
of the United States engineer corps
who haB been caught in the meshes of
the law. Captain William H. Harts,
who has been on duty in the Philip
pines in the engineer service of the
army for several years, returned to the
continent yesterday on the transport
Thomas. He was accompanied bv his
wife. When he came off the vessel he
was asked if he had any - dutiable arti
cles in hie baggage, and ne replied that
he bad none. He was - the last of the
travelers to be examined, and the offi
cers had to send for him several times
before he answered the summons. His
manner, when he did "come, and his ev
ident reluctance to make a declaration,
caused suspicion, and today an especial
ly critical examination of his baggage
was made. It was found that be had
about a dozen trunks and that in these,
wrapped in skirts and other articles of
apparel, were large numbers of bolts of
silk, quantities of embroidery, drawn
work and costly Japanese ware. A
valuation of $500 was : placed on the
smuggled articles. Under the law the
goods will be confiscated and Captain
Harts will be liable to a fine of three
times their value. It will probably
cost him several thousand dollars to get
onto f the scrape.
HE DEFIES DEATH.
Recovery of Pope Leo Is Now Consid
ered as Possible.
: .Ce o'clock this
morning the doctors issued the follow
ing bulletin regarding the condition oi
the pope? - ' .-' . ,.
kf Op to midnight the,; pontiff re
mained tranquil, but afterwards he ex-,
perienced agitated intervals; A phys
ical examination of the thorax shows
no change eince day before yesterday.
The action, pf the kidneys continues
slight, and the general condition of his
hoi jness is somewhat depressed. His
pulse is 82, respiration 32 and temper
ature 36. Mazzoni. Lapponi."
Rome, July lS.-The condition of
the pope' was stationary during the
night. - He slept at intervals, but not
entirely tranquil.
, Troops Quit . Scene of Riot.
Evansville - Ind., July 11. After
talking with Governor; Dor bin over the
telephone this afternoon, Brigadier
General McKee tonight ordered ' all
troops removed from Evansville. The
city will be left in charge of the police
department, .which is armed with
rifles. There , were seven funerals to
day. All were conducted quietly.
The" ministers in "one or two cases
prayed Tor thecjty and county admin
istrations and said this was not a time
for criticism,. but for sympathy for the
friends of the dead. ' -
Cook Is Recovering.
New York; July 14. Rear Admiral
Francis A. Cook, who commanded the
cruiser Brooklyn during the battle of
Santiago, is "slowly recovering from a
long illnesB in the naval hospital,
Brooklyn. He was attacked by the
grip early last September, and the dis
ease seriously affected his heart and
kidneys. Prior to this attack. Admiral
cook has been on the .sick list but once
in all his 40 years)f service, and that
happened when be sprained an ankle.
Wireless Telegraphy Not a Success.
Honolulu, July 44. The system of
wireless telegraphy, which has been in
service for some time between several
Islands of the Hawaiian group,, has not
given satisfactory results. The system
has lately been placed in the bands of
a trust company, with a view to its fi
nancial and : Operating improvement.
To give further encouragement the gov
ernment will give the new owners a
subsidy of $1,000 a . month, beginning
August 1. v 1
THE POPE IS WORSE
END
SEEMS NEARER -NOW
EVER BEFORE.
THAN
Suffers a Second Relapse Mind Is Fast
Becoming Confuted Stimulants Keep
Life Up Too Weak to Speak Longer
Pontiff Shows His Weakness by
Docility to Doctors.
Rome, JIuy 14, 2:18 A. M. "While
there is life there ia hope," was all the
consolation that Dr. Lapponi would
ffive toniffht in sdmittino that. Pntx.
Leo's condition was very grave. The
"i"
and he lies this morning in a more crit-
lcai condition than at any time since
the middle of last week. The semi-
comatose condition into which he fell
at midnight, and the confused state-of
his heretofore lucid mind on his awak
ening at an early hour this morning,
accompanied by still greater depression
than during yesterday, are regarded .as
symptoms of the gravest nature and1 as
pointing to an imminent dissolution.
Even in the early evening medical
opinion was less pessimistic, and Dr.
Mazzoni thought the end was not with
in sight. He expressed the belief that
unless the disease took an unexpected warned by the second man, who was
turn there was no reason to apprehend within a short distance of the excurs
deatb for two or three days. This Ion train. The fast mail was running
statement, however, did not relieve the at a high rate of speed and it was, nn.
anxiety of those who know what fJow-
erf nl stimulants are being constantly
administered. Some attribute the
pontiff's extieme weakness tonight to
A. 1 . - t -.
me excessive meniai .ana pnvBical
efforts undertaken yesterday in receiv
ng visitors, hearing mass, etc.
Hever before has the patient's weac-
ness progressed as it did yesterday.
For the first time since his illness, the
pontiff asked to have the shutters al
most closed, as the light hurt his eyes,
and at the same time, contrary to his
custom, he begged to be left as quiet
as possible.
Another noteworthy symptom of his
weakening condition was the docility
with which he took his medicine and
nourishment. Previously, indeed, dor-
ing his whole life, Pope Leo has been
against the prescriptions of doctors or
anything that had the aspect of being
forced upon him. His feelina of fa-
tigue and indifference was interpreted
as a sign, that his vitality was last di
minishing. -7 Late last evening nine car
dinals. including Satolli and Marten-
em, were aamittea to tne "sick room,
burTbepope couldnot-WTen-'epeak to
them, merely giving them bis hand to
kiss.
NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP FOSTERED.
Britain Believes It Scored a Triumph
on
the Visit of Loabet.
New York, July 15. King Edward's
visits to Portugal, Italy and France:
President Loabet s reception in London i
and the toasts and sentiments ex
changed with the officers of the Ameri;
can squadron force upon German poli
ticians certain facts sometimes studi
ously ignored, eays a Berlin dispatch to
the Times by way of London. The
leading part played by King Edward in
developing British foreign relatione is
becoming generally recognized. More
over the popularity of the British gov
ernment's foreign policy is beginning
to be appreciated.
Attempts to make, out that the
whole-. British nation, including , the
parliamentary opposition, does not
stand behind the government with ' its
friendship for .America, ' France and
Italy and its alliances- with Portugal
and Japan, become daily more feeble
and intermittent. The friendship of
these nations which on both sides : of
the Atlantic stand for progress in lib-'
erty's paths is recognized to be a sort of
Gulf stream, encircling and warming
the world and bearing everywhere, by
the happiest coincidences, the surest
guarantee of freedom in the invincible
and unapproachable naval power of the
co-operating empires and states.
FaHS to Find KIdd's Oold.
New York, July 15. Another
search for Captain Kidd's treasure has
come to naugnt, and an tnere is to
show for it is a big hole in the cellar
of a storehouse connected with a big
coffee mill in Brooklyn. The manager
of the plant has stopped the treasure
search, in spite of the fact that Henry
Endum is positive that the "spirits,"
which t caused the search were playing
no idle joke when they transmitted to
him the information, that Captain Kidd
had deposited $50000,000 worth of
loot in the ground there. : '
, ' Few Favor the Treaty.
New York, July 15. A rough can
vass of the Colombian senate seems to
show that only one-fourth of the mem
bers are favorable to the Hay-Herran
canal treaty without amendments, says
a Herald's dispatch from Bogota.' The
Colombian government has not official
ly assumed responsibility for the trea
ty. Dr. : Rico, the minister of foreign
affairs has sent a message to congress
on the treaty following the same lines
as that sent to the United States senate.
'"7 .-V ' ' Czar Says to Go. -
St. Petersburg, July. 15. According
to the newspaper Novikrat, published
at "Port Arthur, Russia has informed
China that she is compelled to ex
clude foreigners from. Manchuria, and
postpone the opening of Manchurian
ports, cwing to the presence of
Englishmen and 'Americans, who, in
disguise, are - engaged in " espionage.
Russia, according to the paper, prom
ises to open the ports six years hence,
when the country has been tranquilizer
and settled . - . -
DEA y EJtcwsl"-
Fast
Train Crashes Into TrainiA.it
Negroes With Fatal Results
Kansas City, Mo.. Julv 15. Mia.
soori Pacific fast mail No. 7 which left
St. Louis at 3 o'clock thin
Kansas City, crashed into an excursion
south bound from Kanaka r.it h
had become stalled at "Bead Man's
Curve" between Little Knob and Lee
Summit, at 10:25 this morning. Three
persons were killed, two of theui
tramps, and 50 were, injured. fWifch
uj wxpeiion of one or two of the-crew
on the ;ast mail, all ;the injured : were
on the excursion train. Most of them
were Kansas City neerfww. Kiohn
were seriously hurt. The injuries of
tne Others Consisted of imta anA hi..
2' V1 Pa,8flen8er8 on the;fast mail
I iue enzinea. th mill j i
cars on the fast mail went down an em-
""uxment, out the rest of that train re
T . w aia excursion
train, wniy cue eneine. mm .,
car and a mail bar on the fast mail left
the track.
Responsibility for the wreok m-
tp .rest with the engineer of th f
mail, who failed to stop promptly when
flagged. The engine on the excursion
wain, wnicn. consisted of 12 coaches
heavily loaded, broke tiown. A flag
man was sent ahead to stop the fast
mail then about due. The engineer of
the fast mail failed to see the foremost
flagman and only slackened nn whm
able to come to a full stop. v When the
fast mail struck, it was making 15
miles an hour. The enitine. th ho
gage car and the foremost mail car left
i 4. 1 A. a -
iracx ana rolled dnn h.
bankment. The empact badly damaged
the engine and baggage car of the ex
cursion train, but the cars remained
upright.
Am.
IDAHO LANDS ARB WITHDRAWN.
Qeological Survey Will Pass on Their
Worth for Irrigation.
Washington, July 15. The HAfirAtnrir
of the interior today authorized tha
temporary withdrawal fiom all entry of
Jh.re tracts of about 3,000 acres each,
iy.lng 10 the Blrckfoot land district,
tbo, witb s view to examination to
aftermi,,e thftir desirability as reserve
sites. The first is known as tha Hnnrv
lake reserve site. It lies in the north
east extremity of Fremont county 1 and
embraces the whole of Lake Henry.
The second proposed reservoir lies 20
miles to the south, and is known as
Island lake .reservoir sit, -while- the
third, Flat Rocs: reservoir site, lies be-
tween the two named.
The geological survey, upon whose
recommendation the withdrawal is
made, is examining to determine the
feasibility of the reclamation sheaie
in Ft emont county, Idaho, the propo
sition being to store water in a serin
of natural reservoirs. These examina-
tions will continue through
the
sum-
mer.
RIDE FOR LIFE ON CAR.
Fifteen People Escape From ; Fire
Jump
Into a Subway Excavation.
New York, July 15. Fifteen 'persons
have been hurt by falling into the Bub-
way excavation at ijexon avenue and
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.
after jumping from a burning ;. trolley
car, on which they had a thrilling' ride
for several blocks, while the motorman
was-making desperate attempts to reach
a fire engine house. - - The car was filled
with about 80 passengers, mostly women
and children. When they discovered
the fire many tried to' jump, but Ahe
motorman put on the full ' power. 'He
had not gone two blocks before the car
was enveloped in flames. 1 , , ;
The conductor saw that -there was
danger of burning the whole carload of
passengers and rang the bell. The car
came to a stop right over the excava
tions for the subway. The passengers
piled off on top of one'anotber. The
planking over the hole collapsed and
about 25 persons were carried down.
Those on the bottom were ) severe! v
bruised, but only one was in a serious
condition.' ,
To Inspect the Kearsarge.
Portsmouth, Eng.? July 15. The
Prince of Wales arrived this evening
for the "inspection of Read-Admiral
Cotton's flagship Kearsarge. Ambas
sador Choate and becretarv White
traveled in the same train from Lon
don. Admiral Charles F. Hotham re
ceived them at the station, and the
whole party drove to the Admiralty
house as the Admiral's guests. H. O.
Arnold-Foster, parliamentary secretary
to the admiralty, and other depart
mental officials have also arrived from
London for tomorrow's inspections. . -
-j War In the Balkans.
Paris, July 15. According to a dis
patch from Constantinople published
here, engagements have taken place be
tween Turkish and Bulgarian troops on
the frontier,- which tbe .Tnrks accuse
the Bulgarians of "crossing. On the
other hand the Bulgarians assert that
the Turks tried to occupy the neutral
zone. , The dispatch adds that a minis
terial council was hurriedly summoned
at the Yildiz Kiosk last night and.
more troops have been'called. : " '
For Cuban Loan. : ' ',
'l Havana; July 15. President ; Pal ma
sent a message to congress recommend- -ing
the appointment : of a .mem bet "of
each house to Jact with an appointee
of the executive commissioners to pro
ceed to the United' States and negotiate
the $35,000,000 loan. The senate held
an extended session - this evening , but
did not reach the matter of the ratifi
cation of thejUnited States naval ' sta
tion treaty. f. ,'.. ,' ;
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