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VOJL. XXXX. NO. 31.
CORVA
WEEKLY.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
. Many Readers.
King Edward and his queen received
-a heartyjjjwelcome in Ireland.
Cattlemen and sheepmen of Wyom
ing are engaged in a fierce war.
Arcadia, a small Ohio tows, has been
almost entirelyawiped oat by fire.
Bnesia has withdrawn her demands
on China, bat is preparing for war.
Turkey has nad to send more troops
to Macedonia to cope with the rebels.
A Dlot has been discovered in Chica
J -go to assassinate the German emperor.
' ' Venezuelan rebelB have been driven
to their last retreat after a desperate
battle at Soledad.
A band of rebels operating in Albay
province. Philippine islands, has been
routed. A large number were captured
or killed.
A hailstorm which visited Chicago
did great damage to property and was
the indirect cause of five people being
seriously injured. (
Colombia finds herself in financial
straits. Expenditures largely exceed
receipts and necessaries of life have
reached an almost prohibitory price.
Archbishop Katzer, of Milwaukee, is
dead.
. ; King Edward has started on a tour
1 -of Ireland.
The war feeling against Russia is
growing in Japan.
In the destruction of a Nome hotel
three people lost their lives.
A street car collided with a wagon at
Kansas City, seriously injuring six
people.
A Conner creek mine, near Hunting
ton, has been robbed of a large amount
of money and dust.
V The heir to the British throne is to
Yisit ' the United States and will be the
Suest of President Roosevelt.
In an explosion at the Minnequa
r steel works, Pueblo, five men were
burned by hot metal, two fatally.
y" A bloody battle" occur red"" at "Cindad
Bolivar, in Venevnela, when that place
-was captured by government forces.
; A severe wind, hail and rain storm
swept over a part of Southeastern Iowa,
destroying all crops in its path and lev
eling many buildings and trees.
Governor Yates, of Illinois, hae re
turned from a trip to Europe.
Tae next annual convention of
Knights of St. John will be held at
Feoria, 111., on June 22, 1904.
John Lanbershim, of Los Angeles,
the Harvard student who stole an auto
' mcbile as a "lark," has compensated
the owner and been released.
A dog which bit a number of chil
dren in Milwaukee proves to have had
Tables and the health board is trying to
find the children in order to apply an
tidotes. '
The death by apendicitis of Mrs. F.
O. Matthiesen, -widow of the former
president of the American sagarrefining
- company, leaves her nephew, Conrad
H. Matthiesen, heir to $15,000,000.
. Axel Simonson, a sea captain, has
' ened for libel a magazine publishing
company for publishing a story repre
- eenting him as having been the first to
leave his wrecked ship. He says the
. story is false and by depicting him as a
cward damages his reputation.
Notice to vacate has been served : on
8 squatters on a .tract in the suburbs
of New York city, which is to be con
verted into lakes for additional water
supply, but some of them will resist.
Included are four churches, four schools,
six hotels, ten summer-residences and
About 40 farms.
A package containing six yards of
-- lace said to be valued at $600 has been
''"'"''missing since April 6, when it was
shipped by express from New York to
Washington. The lace is a part of a
et valued at $30,000 belonging to the
-wife of General A. E. Bates, of Washington,-
D C. It was a family heir
loom. A conspiracy has been discovered
-among army officers of Portugal to over
. throw the king. .
' Japan has now a gold reserve of 173,
000,000. -
. - , The battleship Kearsarge has started
i on her race across the ocaen.
United States authorities have cap
tured seven Italian counterfeiters in
Brooklyn. . ...
Fire destroyed the Sabin hotel and
natatorium at Port Arthur, Tex. x Loss
100,000, bartly insured.
A report is in circulation in London
'that France intends to transfer its pos--sessions
in the eastern Pacific to the
- United States.
Twelve Chinese were killed in an ex
plosion in a Nanaimo, B. C, mine.
The Russian war minister says Port
Arthur is a fortress inaccessible to all
-enemies no matter bow great their nnm
"bers or whence they come.
The prohibition of the importation of
--arms and ammunition into China ex
pires in August. The ministers have
decided that the prohibition is useless
--and ineffective and that the Chinese are
' capable of regulating the importation
of war munitions.
LAW FOR EXPOSITIONS.
Foreign Exhibits Must Be Returned or
Pay Duty.
Washington. July 23. Foreign ex
hibits brought into the United StateB
for display at the St. Louis exposition
will, under a recent ruling of the treas
ury department, be exempt from duty.
provided they are, at the close of the
exposition, taken oat of the country in
the same condition in which they en
tered." This is a customary rating re
garding foreign exhibits at all expo
sitions where foreign manufactures and
products are provided for, and similar
instructions will be issned one year
hence regarding Oriental exhibits that
are brought to Portland lor the Lewis
and Clark exposition. . In the case of
foreign exhibits which are to be sold
in this country, however, the usual rev
enue charge will be made, as such goods
are regarded as pure importations for
commercial purposes, and naturally a
large percentage of the foreign exhibits
will never be returned to their owners
abroad.
In order to be exempt from duty,
goods for the exhibition must be re
ceived in bond at the first port cf entry
into this country and sent in bonded
cars direct to the exposition grounds,
where tliey will be continued in bond
nntil the close of the exposition. At
that time, they must be repacked in
their original packing and returned
through the same port at which they
were entered. The ruling, it is said.
will require the presence within the St.
Louis exposition grounds of upwards of
500 revenue officers, inspectors and
supervisors, and at Portland of a pro
portionately smaller number, to be reg
mated by the size of the Oriental ex
hibit.
At St. Louis and at Portland certain
classes of goods will be subject to re
lease without duty, such as personal
supplies for use of the foreign commis
sioners within the limits of the expo
sition, free samples of merchandise to
be distribtued by foreign contributors,
and advertising matter in the form of
literature. -
ROMB IN SORROW.
Silence of Mourning for Pope In the
Holy City.
Rome, July.21. 'The body of Pope
Leo XIII lies tonight in the hall of the
throne room, s few steps from the room
in which his death took place. The
same vestment, the comanro hood, the
rochet and the white gown which were
pat on, yesterday. cover the form. which
rests in semi-state, surrounded by the
lighted candles, the noble guard and
the Franciscan penitentiaries.
Tomorrow morning the . diplomatic
body, the high dignitaries and the
Roman aristocracy will enter the hall
to pay their tributes ot respect to all
that remains of the pope, who won tne
respect and affection of the world. In
the afternoon the body will be arrayed
in all the glory of the pontifical robes,
the mitre replacing the hood, and at
sunset it will be taken into the chapel
of the Sacrament of St. Peter, where
for thiee days the public will be given
an opportunity of paying a last fare
well. The interment will occur Satur
day evening. -
CAMPAIQN IS ON.
Politicians are Busy Around Vatican
Over Coming Election.
Rome, July 22. The conclave of
cardinals will meet at out August 1 to
elect a new pope. .
A vigorous campaign is being made
by the adherents of the varions candi
dates, these including the foreign am
bassadors to the Vatican. ,
Kaiser William is supporting Cardi
nal Gotti in the hope that he will give
the triple alliance a protectorate over
the Oriental Christians.
Gotti has been made the subject of
attack on the ground that his brother
is an ex-convict. .
Svampa is supported by those who
desire a short-lived pope, but is op
posed because he rides in an auto
mobile. Archbishop Merry del Val," whose
mother is English, has been elected
secretary of the concrave. - ,
Italy Win Honor Cardinals.
Rome. July 23. The Italian govern
ment has given orders to' the railroad
officials that cardinals coming to Rome
for the conclave shall be considered
princes of the blood and have reserved
compartments or saloon cars placed at
their disposal from the frontier. In
addition, instructions have been given
to all the government authorities to .put
themselves at the disposal of the card
inals if they are requested to do so and
to leave nothing undone for their ac
commodation and protection.
Hostilities Warded Off.
Helena, Mont., July 23. A serious
clash between cattlemen and sheepman
on the middle fork of the Sun river, 90
miles north of Helena, has just been
averted by county officers, who were
called to the scene. The cattlemen,
who had organized, sent sheepmen
notice that if they did not remove their
herds from the range by Sunday they
would be forced out of the country
The sheepmen sent to Helena for arms
and ammunition to resist.
Beef Trust Has Appealed.
Chicago, July 23. The Chicago pack
ing firms, the "Big .Six," made defend
ants in the beef-trust case, today ap
pealed the suit to the supreme court of
the United States. This is the case in
which the packers were enjoined frcm
continuing the operation of fan agree
ment which the court held to be in re
straint of trade. . ..
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
NEW LAND LAW DEFECTIVE.
State Board Believes Old Act Still In
Operation. .
Application has been made to the
state land board for the. purchase of
a tract of school land located within
the boundaries of one of the proposed
forest- reserves in - Eastern .Oregon.
This land has been withdrawn; from
sale by the state land board for 'the
reason that if the reserve should be
created the land would probably be
more valuable for "base" than for
sale as school land. The applicant in
this case contends, however, that the
board has no right to refuse to sell
any sqhool land when the legal price,
$2.50 per acre, has been tendered.
They state land board, in considering
the. question, has discovered that
there is a defect in the title of the
act of the last legislature which
makes it doubtful whether the legisla
ture raised the price of school land
to $2.50 per acre and required the
board to sell at that price. The title
of the act refers only to indemnity
land, while the - act itself applies to
both, indemnity and school land.
The board is inclined to the opin
ion that so much of the act as
applies to school land is inop
erative, - and that the old law is
still in force on that subject. The old
law authorized the board to sell
school land at any price not less than
$1.25 per acre. Under that law the
board could withdraw the land from
sale, or could fix the price at $2.50,
which was intended by the legisla
ture. ; " -
If the land should be placed in a
forest reserve, and could be used as a
base, It would be worth $5 an acre.
For that reason purchasers are anx
ious to get it, and the state land board
is desirous of holding it. .The ques
tion of law involved will be submit
ted to '. the attorney-general for his
opinion. ' , '
Work Begins on Bxpensive Barn, ';.''
- Work 'has commenced on the hew
and modern $7000 barn to be erected
on the grounds of the Eastern Oregon
experiment station at Union. ; The
first story will be constructed of cut
stone, and the superstructure of wood.
Twelve men are now employed laying
the foundation. The building is lo
cated on the southern part of the 620
acre farm owned" by , the state, and
riot far from. the main line of the O.
R. & N. where It rounds Hutchinson
Point. The building will, have cement
floors and will be of a very pleasing
architectural -design, and will be used
for experimenting inthe development
of Inoroughbred" IfyesttcS.'"?? "frrf1
Crops hi Lane County.
While there has been much com
plaint about unfavorable weather and
many farmers have expressed the be
lief that crops of all kinds, would be
light, there is now a change to the al
truistic view of the situation in Lane
county. Conditions are turning out
much better than anybody believed a
few weeks ago.' Probably the most
elated of all the producers are those
who have orchards. Conditions for
years past have been more or less
discouraging to" the horticulturist and
only the strong hearted have been
able to bear up against the repeated
failures of prune crops especially.
Clatskamie-MIst Road Surveyed.
' The survey has been completed for
a new location of the wagon road be
tween Clatskanie and Mist. The new
road will be built on a 6 per cent
grade, making an easy ascent up' this
side of the mountain. Money is being
subscribed to make the improvement,
and the work will be finished at an
early date. The improvement will be
an important one, as this road is the
only outlet by- which a number of
sawmills in the . Lower Nehalem. get
their products to the' railroad.
Smoky Pall Reappears.
. The pall of smoke which annually
visits the Southern Oregon moun
tains, screening the. ; pine-covered
ranges from view and shadowing the
entire Southern Oregon country, is
making its "appearance. A few minor
fires have already been observed in
the surrounding mountains, though
none of them have occurred in the
heavily timbered districts. A strict
er vigilance will be kept this year
than usual, and It is not likely that
the dreadful fires of last summer will
be repeated. .
Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Aug
ust 19-21.
Sta,te Fair, Salem;, September 14-19. 1
fair, Eugene. September, 29-October 3.
Summer Association of the North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Aug
ust 17-27. - . . ' '
Lane county teachers'' Institute, Eu
gene, August 4-5.
Watermelons Late.
. , From all indications Josepine coun
ty will maintain its widespread rep
utation of being a great watermelon
section. ,The melon season will be
some later there this year than usual,
but the growers say the luscious fruit
Will be as much in evidence this sum
mer as ever before. Melons are exown
In the bottom lands below Grants
Pass by the 60 and 80-acre fields.
' Assistant Postmaster Blamed.
Postmaster-Moomaw, of Baker City,
has received an order from the post
office department at Washington, di
recting him. to dismiss Assistant Post
master 'George H. Tracy. This is the
seauel to the loss of two registered
letters sent throueh the Baker City
office on March 17 last, which were
not received by the people to whom
they were addressed.
Flax Will Have to Be Cut.
After having tried for more than
two weeks to secure men to pull flax,
Eugene Bosse, proprietor of the Salem
flax plant." has been compelled to
abandon the effort, to gather the cron
'n that T"anner. and much of it will
be cut with mowing machines.
APPROPRIATION SHORT.
Money to Pay Indian War Veterans Has
Been Exbauoed.
The appropriation of $100,000 made
by the last legislature for the payment
or tne Indian- war veterans will all be
exhausted, by the payment of claims
already filed, and over 300 claimants
must wail until the next legislature
appropriates money v before they can
get their pay. The unpaid claims will
aggregate some $50,000, so that the
total amount paid out on this account
will be -$150,000. As it had become
apparent in the last few days that the
appropriation would soon be exhaust
ed, Secretary of State Dunbar asked
the attorney-general for advice as to
the course he should pursue with re
gard to the claims that come in after
the $100,000 has been expended.
Attorney-General Crawford has ren
dered an opinion In which he held
that the secretary of state has no au
thority to audit the ' claims or issue
warrants- after the appropriation is
exhausted. This .means that until the
legislature makes another appropria
tion, those whose claims are not al
ready on file in the office of the sec
retary of state will have no lesral
claim against the state.
Section 2398 of the code provides
that the secretary of state shall not
issue a warrant except when an ap
propriation Is - available for the pay
ment or the same. It also provides
that where a. claim has been incurrei
in pursuance of authority of law, but
no appropriation has been made, '- or,
is made, has. been exhausted, the sec
retary snail audit the claim and issue
a certificate-as evidence that the
claim -has been allowed The attor-
ney-general holds that the Indian war
claims do not come under any - of
these classes and that, therefore, the
secretary has no power to issue war
rants or even certificates. He can do
nothing , but receive the claims and
keep them on file until the next legis
lature ' .meets, when he will " report
them to that body for their consider
ation.
The indian .War veterans' claims
were not incurred in pursuance of
any law of the state of Oregon, but
were incurred under the territorial
government. The United States gov
ernment assumed all the laibiiities of
the territory when the state was ad
mitted, and for that reason the-veterans
had no legal claim against the
Etate. The appropriation is held,
therefore, to be the measure of the
amount-for which the secretary may
audit claims. : ... '
-Wew Mia for tlalJc- Creeky
Galice creek, which has already be
come, noted as a rich placer mining
region and producer of placer gold
through the Old Channel mines of
that district, is to have another great
hydraulic, placer, mine. This new
mine will 'be one of the largest and
best equipped hydraulic placers in the
West. The new., hydraulic mine is
being equipped by the Galice Creek
Hydraulic Mining Company. This
company has had a large crew of mtn
at work for the past six months pre
paring the placer fields to be operated
upon, for the installation of an ex
tensive hydraulic plant,
'-' Working on Rainbow Mine.
The Rainbow mine in Doglas coun
ty will in the near future be among
the producing mines of the state. At
present they are wbrking two veins.
The ore is from five to 20 feet wide,
carrying gold and copper values.
There are 2000 or, 3000 feet of drift
tunnels and shaft work, exposing 100.
000" tons of "ore or more. The com
pany has been steadily developing and
blocking out ore . for the past two
years. A plant for treating ores will
be erected soon. :
Sawmill Burned.
The Liembaugh sawmillK six miles
from Cottage Grove, on Mosby creek,
caught fire while the creW was at din
ner..: The entire plant was destroyed.
The., valuation -was not given. There
was no insurance. -
Collected by Fish Commissioners.
: Fish Commissioner H. G. Van Dus
en has deposited in the state treasury
$3303-85, which sum was collected by
him during the mpnth of June.
N PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7078c; val
ley, 80c. ! i
Barley Feedj $19.00 per ton; brew
ing, $20. -
': Flour Best grades, - $4.10 5.60;
graham, $3,353.75.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07 1.05 ;
gray, $1.05 per cental.
Hay Timothy, v 2224; clover,
nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton. -
Potatoes Best t Btrrbanke, 7075c
per sack; Ordinary, 3545c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental. -
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, 1617Jc; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1012c; dressed, I4rail5c; ducks
4.005.00 per dozen; eese, $6.00
6.50. - ,V. -
Cheese Full, cream, twins,
I6c; Young America, 15 15 Kc; fact
ory prices, lljc less.
- ;Butter Fancy creamery, 2022c
per ' pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20
22Kc; store, 16o17.
Eggs 2021f per dozen. :
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
- Wool Valley,1217c ;Eastern Or
egon, 814c; mohair, 3537c. i.":
Beef Gross, cows, 3J4c, per
pound; steers, 55Jc; dressed, 7Jc.
Veal 7K8c. , .
Mutton Gross, 3c Z per ; pound ;
dreBsed. 67c. .v "'; . " '.
Lambs Gross, 4c per " pound ;
dresesd, 7 He , .
Hogs Groan. 66Jc - per .pound
dressed, 647ti -
OLD LOUISIANA BONDS.
Issue Which Paid for Territory to Be
Shewn at St. Louis.
Washington, Jaly 22. One of the
most interesting histroical exhibits to
be made at the St. Louis exposition
next year will be a collection of can
celled' bonds used in payment for the
Louisiana Territory. These old papers
were recently found in the treasury de
partment by Chief ClerkgHills.
A history of the payment has been
compiled by a. A.N Bayley, of the treas
ury depart meat, who stateejthat among
the national loans of the United States
was one known as "Louisiana 6 per
cent stock," issued in 1804. Mr. Bay-
ley sarB: .
"This loan was contracted to pay
France for the province of Louisiana,
ceded to the United States by that
power April 30, 1803. According to
tho construction of the United States,
the cession by Fiance included all the
region between the 31st parallel and
the Gulf of Mexico, and between the
Mississippi river and the Perdido river
now the western boundary of the state
of Florida. The United States had
heavy demands on France for spolia
tions committed on American commerce
during the ptevioua ten years. The
amount of these claims was estimated
at $5,000,000. The first proposal of
the French minister was that the
United States should pay for the pro
vince of Louisiana 100,000,000 francs.
and take upon themselves the payment
of the claims for spoliation, but the
amount was finally fixed at $15,000,'
uuo, of winch France was to receive
$11,250,000 in United States bonds.pay
able in 15 years, and bearing interest
at the rate of 6 per cent. The remaind
er, amounting to $3,750,000, was to
be devoted to reimbursing American
citizens . for French depredations on
their commerce. The treaty was con
firmed by the senate of the United
States, but was the occasion of an ex
tended debate hx the house of represen
tatives.
The act to issue the stock in payment
for the territory, which became known
as the Louisiana stock, was approved
November 10, 1803.
THE POPE'S FUNERAL.
Only PreHmlnWy Arrangements Made,
but Wm Be Elaborate.
Only the mcst general funeral ar
rangements have thus tar been made,
as the shock ef the pope's death for
the moment eccnpies all attention.
Cardinal Oreglia, together with the
members of the sacred college, will de
termine the details of the elaborate fu
neral cereSQoaies, which will last nine
days. In the case of Pius IX, his per
sonal friends among the Roman aristoc
racy we-e permitted to see the en
balmed body before it was removed to
St. Peter's,3 where the general public
had a like privilege. It Unexpected that
similar plana will be carried out in the
present case. On the evening of the
eighth day the corpse will be enclosed
in two coffins, the inner one of cypress
and the outer ot lead, which will be de
posited within a stone scarcsphagus.
It will not be immediately committed
to its final resting place, but will be de
posited high over the door near the
choir if a chapel in St. Peter's, where
it may be viewed by all visitors. The
ultimate burial place will be the mag
nificent basilica of St. John the Lateran.
Following Pope Leo's expressed wish,
the niche in which it will lie will cor
respond to that which the pope desig
nated as the resting place of Innocent
a recumbent figure of thepontiff sur
rounded by allgorical figures.
- Plenty ef Chance to Steal.
Washington, July 22. The - special
report of the treasury experts on their
examination of the ' affairs of Auditor
Petty ,"of the District of Clcnmbia, fixes
the shortage in that office, for which
James M. A. Watson, a clerk, is now
in jail, at $73,397. The experts criti
cise the system by which the money
was handled and say that for a period
of more than four years Watsons' work
was not revised, checked up or other-
wi-e proved or tested by any other em
ploye of the office or by the auditor.
Cassia! Gave Verbal Pledge.
Washington. July 22. In a conver
sation at the Russian embassy cu tbe
afternoon of June 28 with the Associ
ated Press, Count Cassini referred to
the call of Secretary Hay on the day
previous, and expressed his gratifica
tion at its results. The ambassador, in
reply to the question as to whether
Manchuria was under discussion during
the call, replied in the affirmative, and
stated that he had assnrred Mr. Hay
that Russia would execute to the letter
her pledges in Manchuria and concede
certain porte.
dive Old Soldiers Preference.
Washington. July 22. Acting Com
missioner Williams, of the internal rev
enue bureau, by direction of Secretary
Shaw, has issued a letter to collectors
of internal revenue, calling attention
to President Roosevelt s order of Janu
ary 17, 1902, providing that preference
shall be given alike in appointments
and retention in the public service to
honorably discharged soliders of ' the
civil war. Collectors are instructed
carefully to oDserve this order.
Chinese Seek Revenge. , ' .
Honolulu, July 22. It has been an
nounced that ' the Chinese here will
hold a mass meeting to make an em
phatic protest against their exclusion
from the United States. They will ask
their government to enact tariff regu
lations againBt American goods as a
matter of retalliation if the immigra
tion restrictions are not removed; .
IN ETERNAL REST
POPE LEO XIII HAS PASSED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
Earthly Career of One of World's Most
Remarkable Men Is Completed" He
Was Over Ninety-Three Years Old
and Had Been Pope a Little More
Than Twenty-Five Years.
CHR0H0L0GT OF TOPE LEO XHL
Bqra at Carpineto, March 2. 1810.
Kntered college at Rome, 1824.
1830triCUUtd 0rorln Mivewlty,
Entered eollefeof Noble Ecclesiastics,
1832- . A
Appointed domestic prelate by Ores
oryXVII, 1837. "
Order of priesthood conferred, Decem
ber 16, 1837.
lgApostolic delegate at Benevento, 1837-
Govemor of Spoleto, 1841-1841
Papal nuncio at Brussels, 1846.
Created cardinal, December 19, 1888.
- Made cardinal carroerlengo, July, 1877.
Elected pope, February 20, 1878.
Reviewed Roman Catholic hierarchy
in Scotland, March 4, 1878.
Encyclical condemning- communism,
socialism and nihilism, December 28,
Encyclical against hersy and social
ism, 1 ovember 6, 1882.
Recognized unity of Italy; October 7,
1883.
Encyclical condemning liberalism.
November 8, 1885. , '
Celebrated golden jubilee, 1887.
Celebrated grand jubilee, 1888.
Encyclical on socialism and labor.
May 16, 1891. '
Celebrated Episcopal jubilee, Febru
f 1893
Issued appeal to England for reunion
of Christendom, April 14, 1894.
Celebrated sixtieth annrarsary of his
first mass; February 13, 1898.
Declared 1900 a year of universal jubi
lee. May, 1899. .
Held consistory and created eleven
new cardinals, Jun 19, 1899.
Celebrated ninetieth birthday. March
2, 1900.
Stricken with pneumonia, July 8, 1908.
Died, July 20, 1908.
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Borne, July' 20. Pope Leo XIII is
dead. The last flicker of life expired
at 4 minutes past 4 o clock this after
noon and the pontiff now lies at rest.
Tonight the emaciated and lifeless
frame which held solbrave a spirit Hcb
on the bed in the Vatican, beside which
almost all tbe world has prayed. The
red damask coverlet rests lightly over
the body, the cardinal's scarlet cape is
about the shoulders, while on his head
has been placed the papal hood of vel
vet, bordered with ermine. A white
silk handkerchief is bound about his
chin, and in the 'hands that have
blessed so many thousands has been
placed a crucifix. Sc Pope Leo will le
main until tomorrow, watched by uni
formed officers of the Noble Guard and
rongh elad Franciscan penitentiaries,
who will keep a ceaseless vigil until
the bural ceremonies.
Tomorrow the sacred college of card
inals will assemble for the official duty
of pronouncing Pope Leo dead. After
this sad function has been , performed,
the body will be taken to the small
throneroom adjoining the death cham
ber, where it will be embalmed. The
funeral ceremonies will extend over
nine days, the body being removed to
the cathedral of St. Peter's, where it
POPE LEO XIII.
will lie in state. The ultimate resting
place of the dead pontiff will be in the
magnificent basilica of St. John the
Lateran.
Pope Leo's final momenta were
marked by that same serenity and de
votion, and, when he was conscious,
that calm intelligence, which is asso
ciated with his 25 years' pontificate.
His was no easy death. An hour be
fore he died, turning to Dr. Lapponi
and his devoted valet, jTio Centra, he
murmured:
"The pain I suffer is most terrible.."
Yet his parting words were ' not of
the physical anguish that he suffered,
but were whispered (benedictions upon
the cardinals and bis nephews, who
knelt at the bedside, and the last look
of his almost sightless eyes was toward
the great ivory crucifix hanging in the
death chamber."
Practically all the cardinals : now in
Bome. kneeling at the bedside, watched
the passage of his soul. Earlier in the
day Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli had
impressively announced the absolution
in articulo mortis.
The condition ef his holiness varied
from agony to coma. Wishing to re
lieve him, Dr. Mazzoni snggested that
morphine should be administered. .
War Feeling Orows.
Victoria, B. C, Julv 22. The
steamer Indrasamaha, which arrived
last night, brought news that the war
feeling in Japan was stronger than ever
when -the steamer sailed, as a'result of
the alleged secret concessions made by
the Chinese government to Russia.
The increasing excitement of Japanese
paperB is also accentuated by the change
of attitude of Prince Ching, who is
said to have gone over completely to
the Bussian side.v '
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QUESTION OF HOURS. .
Death of Aged Pontiff Expected' at Any
Moment. ;- ' '!
Rome, J nly 20. The pope' liea in a
state of coma, and there are grave
doubts in the minds of his; doctors
whether he will ever '- complete!
emerge. . His immediate dissolution
seems only to be diverted by the action
of his heart. His poise, though Wk,
continues stead. Short! hf,4 a
m aT vVw.w
night, Dr. Lapponi said :
The pope at the present moment is
. State Of COma. which mair tJ Mil!
in a i
a condition preceding the last agony.
the
o uuraiion.oi wnicn It is; impossible
forecast, although evervtnin lao-
to
to
the belief that his condition cannot
last
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'Toibe mnm nnut Kn xm ,
-v.., io oiuj in a
State Of tnrnor and ,tn. i . . ,
"-fv.i , iruui wnicn,
however, he aronses occasionally, when
he bears sham annnil. , t. z .
I InfllfltAflt Vni.JA Af I. . ...
iars calling loudly to him. ' Left alone.
w roapees immediately into a condi
tion of torpor. At intervals he mur-
mum in hia Blaan i: , . .
wuwuuing co nave
forbodings that he is being abandoned
by bis valet. Ponfr.
xnese are the nvmntnmo . .
cerebral anemia and general exhaus
tion. He can no longer tnrn in his
bed without assistance, and is being,
kept alive by j artificial stimnlanta
During the last 23 hours he has hadT
tWO iniecHnna r( u ... ...
three of caffeine and two of hypoderm-
" wwm, ueaiaes arinxing stim
ulants." . .-.-..-'.., :-,'.. '
RUIN BY WIND AND RAIN.
Central State Suffer Great Damage by
Milwaukee., July 21. RenrtrtV t
damage from yesterday's storm
coming In 1 from many parts of the
state, and are to the effect that the
crops : were battered , down flat! In
uiany insianceB it will be impossible to
harvest the grain crops, and the only
recourse Jeft to the farmem will u f
turntheir livestock into the fields for
pasture. - .. ' ',' .
The Htormn am ravfir.ln.i
Lake Michigan. Thousands of dollars'
worth of damage was wrought to the
government tpier which protects Mil-
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naumcv Miuur. it is Btatea that great
piles were uprooted and tossed about
like fflftthnpa Pnn..nt. 1 r:n-
, wuuavuur juujri says
that massive stones weighing as ', much
mo av uua wwre nispiacea and tossed
across the breakwater as though they
nviQumi uui tt jew ponnOS. 'i i
ujruukau m many
Bections of Milwaukee and hundreds of
cellars were flooded because ef the in
adequacy of the sewers to carry off the
flood. Twe inches of rain fell U Mil-
"UOT- iuauiuon reports 3.U4 inches.
.TatlAflvillA. Rmulhiiail --J iu:: -
Falls report severe storms and minor
PALMA SENDS THANKS.
Cuban President Rejoices That Treaties
Are Completed. '
Havana, July 21. President Palma
baa sent a letter to President Roosevelt.
expressing his personal gratitude for
the consideration shown by the United
States throughout the negotiation of the
treaties, and also hia pleasure over the
satisfactory conclusions regarding naval
stations and the Isle of Pines question.
The Cuban -administration
y pleased over the action on thn treat
ies, which it believes relieves what
might have developed into an embar
rassing situation, both to the United
States and Cuba. The ' anthoritio
team that the amount of government
land within the area of the naval na
tion at Guatanamo is much greater
than was supposed. Tbe expense of ac
quiring the private holdings will not be
great.
The gunboat Nashville will nrrraAri
at once to Bahia Honda, where she will
be joined by the Cuban engineers.
The area of the station at Bahia Honda.
has been delimitated, and includes land
on botn sides of the harbor.
- , Turkey Most Explain.,
New York, July 21.' A report has
been recived by Rev. Dr. J. I. Barton.
of the American board of foreign mis-
2 1 12 ' 1 I ... .
HiouH, regaruiug me seizure ana im
prisonment by Turks of Professor Tene-
kijian, of Euphrates college.Harpool,
a graduate of an American college in
Turkey. The professor is charged with
conspiracy against the sultan and with
fomenting rerolution. The report as
serts that he has been subjected to cru-
treatment. Representations are be
ing made to the state department at
Washington.
Hail Kills Fruit and Alfalfa.
Pueblo, Colo., July 21 A special to
the , Chieftain from Vineland says:
'One of the heaviest hailstorms ever ex
perienced in this country fi sited (Vine
land this afternoon, accompanied by a
high wind. The hailstones were as
large as walnuts and the ground was
covered with ice to a depth of three
inches. The alfalfa crop was .beaten,
into the ground and trees were stripped
of their fruit. The area fof the storm
was only aoout tnree miles. ?
Six Regiments Coming Home
Washington, July,: 20. In carrying .
ou the program for the reduction o .
the force'in the Philippines the 'secret
tary oi war nas directed that three reg
iments of cavalry and three recimntn
of infantry be returned to tbe United
states as soon as transportation Is
tvailable. Ihe regiments having the
longest service In the islands will h,
selected. , - ' 7 , , ,