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DETHRONES OSCAR Norwegian Storthing Dissolves Union with Sweden. CONSULAR VETO IS THE CAUSE Ready to Elect a Bernadotte as Ruler Prepared tor War If Nscsssary. Christiana, Norway, June 8. "Nor way trout today 1 a fully Independent und sovereign state." Thin in tho text of tin editorial In the Norwegian titwppirii ami It re flect tliu spirit with which tho people of Norway accept today' action of the Htorthlng when It proclaimed King (Incur no longer king of Norway. Tli Worthing will, If necessary, de fend tlio step taken today by force of urniH. If a prince of thn houscof Ilcrmidotte should consent to occupy tho throne of Notway ho miiHt give up all idea of ui-rcsioii to t!m Hwedisli throne. M. Anctandcr w ill In Norway's first foreign lu i 11 inter. Il I now chief of tho department of Commerce, Nuviga tion iiml Industry. It in learned that Crown Prince Gils tav will rct'irn immediately from Iter liti. It in understood that an extra ordinary session of llic Swedish Riksdaf will be called Juno 21, if not earlier, aa tho result of today' action of the Stor thing. It In not anticipated that Kin Omar will consent to any prince of the house of Hernadotto accepting tho Norwegian crown. Should the king refum-, there in it possibility that the throne may he offered to l'rinie Witldciniir, the. third Hon of King Christian, of Denmark. The people of Denmark largely sympa thize with the Norwegian deiiiundn. Tho consular bill, while apparently of little importance, designed to open the whole iiostion of foreign affairs, which Norway desire to man age independently of Sweden. One of tho causes of the desire in Sweden and Norway for separate eon tuilur system wit the fact that Sweden in fur protection and Nirwny in for free trade, and bImo because of Norway's inoie extensive sen tiade and other di vergencies of commercial interests. TERMS OF PEACE. Russia Hat Asked What the Japanese Government Wants. Washington, June K. Preliminary peace negotiations hetween Russia and Japan are generally helieved to he tin kler way, and it in conceded that Presi dent Roosevelt will in all prohahility act, not an a mediator, hut ua "the friendly channel of comtnunication." There in on yet no otlici.il admission that Russia han accepted what lOiint Cassini in liin cablegram to Count Lamsdoiff last week described an "tho offer of good will of tho president," al though instruction to the ambassador are helieved to have reached here to night in a long cablegram w hich w an re ceived at the Russian embassy quite late and wan laid I afore tho amhiun.tdor just before he retired. Immediately after hi return from a long conference w ith the president, Mr Takahira, tho Japanese minister, began the preparation of a dispatch to bin government, upon which ho -was occu pied until quite lute. For tho first time since the annihilation of the Uun sian fleet the minister did not feel at liberty to comment on any phase of the situation. Pope Thanks the Mikado. Homo, June 8. The popo today ad dressed an autograph letter to tho em peror of Japan, thanking him warmly for the lilierty granted to Catholic mis sionaries in allowing them to enter the territory conquered by the Japanese, and liolping thorn to estalilish their bouse. The litter wbb Kent through tho Con gregation of tho Propaganda to Monsig nor Alvarez, apostolic, prefect at the. island of Shikoku, who will deliver it to tho Japanese emperor. There al ready existed in Manchuria two apos tolic vicorates. Hat Stolen for Years. Washington, Juno 8. William W. Karr, tho accountant of the Smithson ian institution, and disbursing agent or the government bureaus under it, wn arrested here today on the charge of embezzlement, which, according to hi own confession, aggregate $40,000. Hi stealings, lie confessed, have been going on for the past 15 years, lie is 50 your old. He came to Washington from Memphis, and has boon identified with this institution since 1880. - Warships will Intern. Manila, Juno 8. Rear Admiral En quist received at 1 o'clock thi morn ing tho following cable from St. Peters burg: "Remain at Manila at the disjioBi tion of tho American government. Kffoct repairs a much as possib'e. Nicolai." Governor General Wright Las re quested Rear Admiral Train to arrange for the disposition of the Ilusaiaii war uhips and their ohMcers and crews. Three Thousand Men Idle. Grand Rapid, Mich., June S.The flood situation in Grand Rapids is be coming more serious tonight, and the Grand river is rising at the rate of six Inches an hour. Three thousand fac tory employes have been made idle. WILL DETHRONE KINO. Norway Hat Decided on Revolution ary Action, CnponliHgon, Ju.jii 7, Thn Chrl I Inula correspondent of thn National Tiilendcii say: It In the general opinion that r disso lntlon between Norway and Hwedon Ih now Inevitalde, hut that It cannot occur without removing or suspending the existing Norwegian legal iowir. Ileforti tho end of thi week tho Htor thing will liavo adopted rcolutlonn which, from tho instant they come in force, will mean the dethronement of tho king. Tho Norwegian maintain that tho kliiK, ly not revoking hi veto given at Stockholm of tho law for separate con Biilar representation ami partly hy hid ahsenco from Norway, him suspended hi right and dutle an king of Nor way. Under article 13 of tho constitution the Storthing will Install a responsible government, which in the absence of tho king will govern in tho king's name. Notification!! of eventual change in the coiiHtitutional situation will pro)) ahly he given to the power hy special mission. JAPAN READY FOR LONG WAR. May Be Meant of Liberating Russia's Oppressed People. Toklo, Juno 7. "If Russia prefers to continuo tho war, Japan in willing to meet the enemy' challenge," say the Kokumin Shimbnn, a leading paper of thin city, commenting on Russia's ap parent stubbornness in admitting that tho time han arrived to arrange for end ing hostilities. It declare that, did tln responsibility rest upon Japan to decide the question, tho Japanese could not afford to ignore the demands of other countries for tho cessation of hos tilities, though based upon purely hu manitarian principle. As tl e case stands, however, nay tho Kokumin Shimhiin, it in the enemy who desire the indefinite protraction of hostilities, and nothing prevents Japan from shear ing Kussia of her military strength as she has deprived her of her naval power. In tli in way it would bo possible to liberate the czar' Htricken peoplo, who have long suffered from tho oppression of tho autecracy, to restore independ ence to the Pole and Finns, to estab lish a free state out of tho remaining portion nf Russia and to bridge, the chasm dividing that country from the powers. Japan, it add, is ready for any war program, whether for 520, 30 or 100 yearn. WORTHY OF GREAT EVENT. Vice President Fairbanks Speaks Ifi Praise of Portland Fair. Chicago, Juno 7. Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived in Chicago today from Portland, Or, where the vice president went to open the expo sition. Tomorrow the vice president will make an address at the laying of tho corner stino of tho now Federal building at Flint, Mich. Mr. Fairbanks was inspired by the Portland exposition anil ho did not hes itate to say so. "Tho exposition is in every way worthy of tho event it commemorates," said the vice president. "Tho people of tho coast took a prido in the enter prise from its inception, and they ful filled their ideals. The exposition has a worthy setting. Nature aided the builder, and tho site and its surround ings are of rare beauty. Tho buildings are properly grouped for purposes of the best effect and their artistic excel lence cannot bo denied. It seems to me that the fair cannot fail of the suc cess that it most certainly deserves. We had a delightful time in Portland. The people of the west are charming hosts." Wires Cut to St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, June 7. Telegraphic and telephonic eonvnui.ication with Moscow has been severed and the re port of tho evening session of the all Russian Zonistvo congress has not been received up to midnight. A rumor is current in St. Petersburg that the meeting was broken up hy the police and military, but this has not boon confirmed. Dispatches to the Associ ated Press from Moscow show that the authorities did not interfere with the morning and afternoon sessions of the convention. Will Discuss International Rivers. Washington, June 7. General Ernst, chairman of tho International Water ways commission, today received notice that the Canadian contingent had ac cepted the American view ot the limit ations: on the work of the commission. This action excludes the St. John river from consideration. The first meeting w ill take place at Ottawa in the near future and headquarters will be estab lished at Toronto for the Canadian and at Buffalo for the Americans. Tidal Waves in Lake Michigan. Chicago, June 7, 'Shifting atmos pheric conditions on Lake Michigan caused a succession of tidal wave to day, two being reported in Chicago. Each of the. waves on the Chicago side of the lake roee to a height of three and one-half feet. CREATES DICTATOR TrcpofI Given Supreme Power by the Czar. MEANS WAR TO BITTER END Ukase, Instigated by Aged Procura tor, May Be the Precursor of National Assembly. St. Petersburg, June fl. Emperor Nicholas' nkano virtually creating Gov ernor General Trepofl dictator has giv en rir.e to a mighty enation. It i the imperial recognition of the crisis in the internal affair of Kunma and Inntinctlvely rwalln the step taken by the emperor' grandfather, Alexander II, immediately after the attempt to blow up the winter palace in 1880, when he appointed a commission of public safety headed by General Iori Melikoff. "Reaction and suppression" doubt les will lie the quick interpretation put upon the emperor' act a soon an it become known to the Liberal. Hur led in the column of tho Official Mes senger and coming almost without warning, tho ukase in not yet generally known, hut to the initiated the future of Coiistantine Petrovitch Pobiedonost oseff, chief procurator of tho holy syn od, looms largo. Rchind the scene tho old mail remain an stern and as uncompromising as ever. He left what many believed to tie hi dying Im:1 last Thursday and went to Tsarskoe-Selo, whore he spent almost tho entire day with hi majesty. The decision to place in the hand of tho strongest executive in Russia, which Tr poff is universally recognized a !eing, the power to crush with an iron grasp the political agitation which bus brought Russia almost to the brink of revolution, according to public be lief, is the fruit of Pobiedonoetseff' visit, for, ho far as can be learned, not a single one of the emperor' ministers was in the secret. The ukase came like a bolt from a clear sky. WOULD BE ELECTED KING. What Would Happen toHRoosevelt H It Were Possible. Washington, June ft. II. Clay Evan, late consul general to London, was in the city today to pay hi re spect to the president previous to his departure for his old Tennessee home. In an interview standing for tariff re vision, ho declared that the people of England loved President Rixjsevelt. "If tho king of England were an elective oflice and Theodore Roosevelt a subject of Great Britain, he would un doubtedly lie a sovereign. That is what these cousins of our think of President Roosevelt," is the way he expressed it. "The jieople over there are connected with ua by so many ties of friendship and kindred that Americans can dis tinguish little difference when they get to know the English people. They have our sympathies, too, and are our warm advocates and friends. President Roosevelt is as much a popular idol over there as ho is here." WARNING SENT TO ENQUIST. Russian Admiral Awaits Orders Jap anese Warship Near Manila. Manila. June f. Major General Corhin at 10 o'clock this morning re turned the call of Rear Admiral En- quist. Upon his leaving the Russian flagship a salute of thirteen guns was fired. Executive officer Forcuson boarded the Russian flagship todav and deliver ed to Rear Admiral Enquist the ulti matum lrom Washington that he must either sail at the expiration of 24 hours or dismantle his ships. Enquist is awaiting instructions from St. Peters burg. Repairing has been commenced on the ships. A two-funneled warship, believed to be a Japanese vessel, has been sighted northwest of Luzon. It iB headed south. Big Profits of Suez Canal. Paris, June tt. The report of the Suez Canal company for 1004, to be presented next Tuesday, will show the following: Transit receipts, $2,477,- 000; financial operations, $17,000; dis posable assets, .$2,20,t00, and the statutory reserve, $4i8,800. Sales of water have decreased slightly, while the expenses have been decreased by $83,200. An extraordinary reserve has been provided for this year amounting to $1,000,000. The increase in transit receipts was caused by exports of In dian wheat and coal to the Far East. Great Alarm for Gomez. Havana, June 6. General Maximo Gomez, w ho is ill at Santiago, is in such enfeebled condition that it was de cided to bring him to Havana at once. A special train left here tonight in charge of Dr. Pereda to bring Cuba's foremost patriot here, w here he can be given the best medical attendance in the island. It is reported from Santi ago that Gereril Gomez has high fever and that his condition is much weaker. Great alarm is felt for his recovery. Norway as a Republic. London, June 6. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Paily Telegraph says: It is believed here that Norway intends to establish a republic, and that Important events may be expected within a few days. RIPE FOR A REVOLUTION. Feeling Agains the War is Running High In Russia. St. Peteisbiirg, Juno 0. Condition nre, indeed, ripo for an uprising throughout Russia which w ill be of a widespread character. At tho Pavlovsk concert-hall last night a gigantic dem onstration wa hold, at which a dozen prominent speakers, throwing dicre lion bo the wind, denounced the czar and thn government for continuing a struggle which could only result in the nation Wing plunged deeper into debt and in the useless sacrifice of thousand of loyal subject. The excitement wa intense and on order of General TrepofT, the police at tempted to clear the building. A free fight followed, in which the police used their whip and club, but the excited people fought back, aVl for a time it seemed that they would gain the mastery. The crowd wa eventually dispersed when soldiers arrived on the scene and threatened to fire. The officers of the guard regiment, who have ieen sent to ontlying bar rack to instruct the reserves, have openly revolted and refused to do their work. A number of them have been placed under arrest, and are likely to be shot this morning. From all over th country come re port of anti-war meeting which the police have been powerles to suppress. Only the official das favor the contin uance of hostilitie, and the pressure in favor of peace is very strong. It is reported that several regiment of re serves at Sevastopol and Odessa have mutinied and openly defied their offi cer. Trouble is looked for here dur ing thi week unless gome steps are taken to placate the malcontents. PASSPORTS FOR HEBREWS. State Department Informed of Pro posed Russian Law. Washington, Juno 0. Acting Secre tary Loom is, of the State department, has lieen officially informed by Ambas sador Meyer at St. Petersburg of the provisions of the proposed new law in Russia under which all American passports, including those for citizens of the Hebrew faith, will be recognized there. This information is confirma tory of the press dispatches of a week ago, which announced the approval by the council of the empire of the recom mendations of the passKrt commission which included universal recognition of foreign passports. Mr. Loomis lias communicated the contents of Ambassador Meyer's dis patch to Simon Wolf, of this citv. chairman of the civil and religious rigtits section oi ttie L nion oi Ameri can Hebrew Congregations. This con gregation, Mr. Wolf said tonight, had leen working for 25 years to secure the full recognition of passjorts granted to Hebrews who desired travel in Russia and the final triumph of the efforts of those who have labored to this end, he paid, is a source of satisfaction to his countrymen in the United States. TO REPAIR SHIPS, Russian Admiral Given Permission by Governor General Wright. Manila, June 6. Rear Admiral En quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral Train and the French consul, formally called on Governor General Wright tli is morning. After the usual greet ings had been exchanged, Governor Wright asked : "Admiral Enquist, do you wish to stay at Manila permanently?" Rear Admiral Enquist replied: "My Ehips are uneeawortby. I have not heard from my government, and I request time to make repairs." Governor Wright then said that ac cording to his construction of the neu trality 1 iws, the Ruesain vessels could remain long enough to make necessary repairs, and after these were finished they must leave within 24 hours or dis mantle and intern. Rear Admiral En quist requested permission to bring his ships behind the breakwater for repairs. This request was granted him. Narita Goro, the Japanese consul, called upon Governor Wright just pre vious to Rear Admiral Enquist and made inquiry regarding the probable disposition of the Russian warships. On leaving he met Rear Admiral En quist in tho corridor of the governor's residence and tendered him a profund salute. Togo Visits Rojestvensky. Tokio, June 6. Vice Admiral Togo visited Vice Admiral Rojestvenskv at the naval hospital at Sasebo and ex pressed his sympathy for the admiral's wounds. He praised the desperately courageous fight of the Russians and expret-sed the hope that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky would soon be able to re turn to Russia. Rojestvensky was deeply moved by the admiral's words ami thanked him. He congratulated Japan on the courage and patriotism of her sailors in the recent groat naval buttle. Storm Wrecks Churches. Chicago, June 0. During a thunder storm here today three churches were struck by lightning and two of them completely destroyed. The storm was the worst of the sens on,' and besides the churches, several other buildings were struck and damaged. The total loss occasioned by lightning is estimated at $200,000. At the time the storm pass ed over the city the churches were empty and no loss of life occurred thereby. Expect Soon To Be Attacked. Vladivostok, June 6. It is expect ed here that a Japanese attack on the fortress will not be long delaved. There is, however, a calm and determined spirit manifested by the population in face of the forthcoming crisis. . IRRIGATION PRODUCES 8WCCT8, Ut Ngar Making In the Wm4 la Vary Intaraatlns; Procara. In some of the Western Btato. espe cially Wla'onaln, Nebrnnka, Colorado, nnd the wet-rn part of Kanem, the jrowlrifr of leet for sugar, ha become s wognlzKl Industry. Iirge factories for the conversion of the beet Into sugar have bn erected, and here are Hnployed large numtHTs of men during the fall and winter months. Colorado lends in the production of lifeta. Till can lie accounted for by the name raon that he I noted for her cantaloupes; that 1. Irrigation and the large number of day of sun shine. The sun shine on fully 800 days of the year and the beet U stim ulated to a wonderful growth. In growing beeU the ground 1 pre pared In ranch the same way a for rantaloupes, a thorough breaking and pul verlilng of the ground being necee ary for best result. After leveling the ground, which makea Irrigation eaaler, the beet drill 1 brought Into use. Thi drin Is on the order of an ordinary grain drill, with the excep tion that It only plrfita four row 18 Indies apart at a time, and has no at tachments for drilling In fertilizer. On the drill are two small shovels, placed no that they make two furrows be tween the two row on each side. These furrows carry the Irrigating water, which sonka back and moistens tho seed. When through with the dlng, the water I turned Into the furrow made by the drill, between each two row. The water I kept running until the seed la thoroughly soaked, care being taken that the water doe not over flow very much, a this causes the ground to Ixike, and the prouts cannot force their way through the crust thus formed. When plant have obtained the height of one-half Inch to an Inch, the cultivator la brought Into use. Thi cultivator la drawn by one TI1E ROCKY FORD BEET SUGAR FACTORY. horse and cultivates two rows at a time. It Is mounted on two wheels, each about 80 Inches In diameter. Be hind these wheels are two horizontal bars, connected by two other bars to the axle, on which they have a free up and down motion. There is also a pivot which allows a side motion, con trolled with handles by the operator. With the cultivator are several seta of knlve shovels, etc., any of which can be fastened to the horizontal bars, the grower using whatever kind la adapt ed for the kind of cultivation he wish es. When plants ere a couple of Inches high they are thlnued out, leaving plants six to ten Inches apart This work Is usually done by contract, the price paid averaging from $0 to $7 per acre. In removing beets from the ground, a large plow or lifter Is used. This plow ha a depth of IS Inches or more, made necessary by the great depth to which the beet penetrates the soil. It Is drawn by three or four horses, and raises the beet partly out of the ground, so that It can be picked up by the topper. The beet are taken by local freight to the factory, where they are dumped into long ditches, which have a stream of water flowing through them. These ditches, which are lined with cement. slope toward the factory building, near which they converge Into one large one. The water In these ditches serve the double purpose of carrying and partially cleaning the beeta. At the end of this hrrge ditch, the beeta are raised from the water by an elevating apparatus, which deposits them In a large washing machine. This consists of an immense pplral revolving in a round Iron box, placed In a horizontal position, and with a stream of, clear water flowing through It The beets, rolling and tumbling, are pushed for ward through this water, and coming out free from dirt, are deposited In a screw elevator and carried to the top of the factory. Hero they And their w ay into an automatic weighing ma chine, then dumped Into the sllcer where they are cut in small pieces. On the next floor below the sllcer Is located the diffusion battery, which is composed of a number of iron tanks, placed In a group. The tanks are con nected with each other by large pipes, and each tank is capable of holding three or four thousand pounds of the slices. The first tank is filled with slices, and haa water turned Into it. This Is allowed to stand while the second tank 1 filling wtth siloes. Then the valve connecting the first tank with the second Is opened, and the water In the first tank, having absorb ed some sugar from the slices, is forced into the second by fresh water being pumped Into the first This water passes from tank to tank ab sorbing a little more sugar from each tank, until it has gone through them all. The first lot of wateT turn4 hfj takes out GO per cent of the sugar, and the second lot takes CO per cent of the remainder. This Is repeated ten times, and In the end ha et haunted all the sugnr from the slices to within one tenth of one per cent The slice re maining after this procpsn are dropped from the tank and run through large preeaes, and the partly dried pulp la deposited In cars and wagons to be used for feeding cattle, It being a great milk and flesh producer. The Juice remaining la of a dnrk brown color, containing much organic matter not sugsr. It Is run Into tall tanks holding a couple thousand gal lons, and here the lime solution which takes out the organle matter, Is a (Vi ed. It now goes through a series of boilings. Altering and clarifying pro cesses, which leave the fluid a moder ately thick syrup, ready to be boiled down to sugar. The syrup la pumped up Into large round vacuum pans. In side these pan are colled large copper team pipe, and a large air pump produces a high vacuum and removes the evaporated water so that the syrup bolls very rapidly and at a very low temperature. Thi boiling mans Is watched through glass windows In the sides of the pens, and when small grain begin to appear they are fed by adding fresh syrup until they reach the required size. When the size I right, and the water evaporated sufficiently, the steam 1 turned off, the pump stoppd, and the ma 1 allowed to run Into the tank below, by opening a valve at the outlet in the bottom of the pan. The syrup at thi stage hn the ap pearance of dark molasses, thickened with granulated sugar, end Is so thick that It will barely run. This is put In to the "centrifugal. " large whirling drum having their sides perforated, and lined with gauze. Am these ma chines whirl around, the sugar rises along the sides of the drum, and the ' 5 A . r . , ... . - .:. I , . - : . : . 7: f . . ; i - k ; ill", v i! v t .A molasses Is thrown out through the holes In the sides, leaving the sugar sticking to the gauze. The sugar Is washed by spraying cold water and air against it as It whirls, a little bluing being added to give It brilliancy. The machine is stopped and the sugar now white and moist. Is dropped from the bottom of the machine and conveyed to the granulator, where It Is dried. This granuiator Is a large horizontal, revolving cylinder, heated by steam. While drying is la process, the fine dust of sugar is drawn out by a suc tion blower. The sugar passes out of the granuiator through screens at the end, which removes the lumps. The sugar is now placed In bags ready for shipment The molaases which has been thrown from the centrifugals, is either mixed with fresh , syrup and boiled again, or is boiled alone and once more passed through the machines. The brown sugar resulting, la refined by mixing with fresh syrup. In all beet factories, chemicals play on important part, and the laboratory rnlght be called the heart of the fac tory, as it la through the agency of chemicals that the sugar la extracted from the beet All beets, Juice, syrups and boiled sugars, are tested, and th analysis of every pound of sugar is known, and every loss located and ac counted for. The values of different soils and fertilizers for beet growing are tested, as are also all coal, coke and limestone used. At Rocky Ford, in Southeastern Col orado, is located one of the largest beet sugar factories in the country. The buildings are built of brick, and are surrounded by fine grounds and fine residences, where some of the officers of the company live. Like all other factories, this one runs day and night, seven days In a week, and only stops in case of an accident or to clean up. This factory, on an average, converts 1,100 tons of beets Into sugar every twenty-four hours. One ton of beets will make 200 to 275 pounds of sugar, and from 1,100 tons, this means about 150 tons of sugar each day. Wllllams port (Pa.) Grit A Uioirraphioal Dictionary. One of the most helpful books to keep upon your table, ready to be con sulted as you read other books, Is a biographical dictionary. Then, when you come to some historical character about whom your knowledge Is a little faded, it will require but a moment to refresh your memory and make your reading more Intelligent You have a right to the acquaintance of these dis tinguished men and women, and should keep up at least friendly relatloia with them, if for no other reason thaa in gratitude for what they have done to make your life pleasant St Nich olas. Some men's ideas of reciprocity ar rather one-sided.