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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1903)
0 fjflP 'Hi "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET UEFT." VOL. XV. UOOD KIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1903. SO. 9. HfOD RIVER GLACIER Publlthed every Thursday. S. P. BLYTHE St SON, Publisher!. t erms of tuUcriptiou (L60 4 year when paid In advance. THE MAILS. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednrsdays and Saturdays; departs tha same dsys at niMn. i For Chenowetb, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and hatunlRvs: arrives at 6 p. m. For White saunon (W ash.) leaves daily at I At a. D:.i arrives ac 7:16 p. m. from White Salmon leaves for Fiilda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and Uleuwood dally at a A. M. ForBingen (W ash.) leaves at 6:46 p. m.; ar. rivet ll 2 cm. SOCIETIES. IlOt'HT HOOD RIVER No. 42, FORESTERS OF ) AMERICA Meetssecond and Fourth Mon ays iu each month in K. of !'. hall. H. J. Frrukwci, C. R, 8. F. Fouts, Financial Secretary. iAK GROVE COUNCIL No. 1, ORDER OF r rcvvii. mwim iitv wrona ana rouria ... ... .u i. ii. I,.,,.. i omed. F. IT. IIkopiuh, Counsellor, alias Nklui Clark, Secretary. ORDER OF WASHINGTON. Hood River Union No. UJ, meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth baturdaye in each month, 7:0 o'clock. c. L. Corrus, President. J. E. Hamna, Secretary. J' AUREL REBEKAH DKOREK I.ODOE, No. 1 87, 1. 0. 0. F.-Meeta first aud third Fri ayi in each month. Miss Edith Moons, N. a. L. E. Morsi, Secretary. ilANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. R.-HeetsatA. J 0. V. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdavt f each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All U. A. R. nil ni tiers invited to meet Willi us. . W. If. 1'kkky. Commander. T. J. Cunnino, Adjutant. rtANBY W. R. C.r No. 16-Meets second and JU fourth Saturdays of each mouth In A. 0, U. W. hall at 2 p. m. Jlris. Iannis Bah-ky, Pres. (Mas. T. J. Canning, Secretary. HOOD RIVER I.ODGK No. 106, A. F. and A M. Meets Saturday nveninr on or before each full moon. IVi.M, Satss, V. M. C. 1). Thompson, SecretMrj. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M Heels third Friday niKlit of each month. . U. K. Castnku, H. P. A. 8. BLOWEita, Secretary. riOOD RIVER CHAPTER. No. 2S, O. E. 8. JL Meets second an,l fourth Tuesday even, lngs ol each mouth. Visitors co.uiaily wet- corned. M bs. M a y Y atks, W. M. Mas. Mary B. Davidson, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 10ft. United Artisans, Meets Brut and third Wednesdays, wqrk; second and fourth Wednesdays social; Artl ana hall. F. C. BRUSH'S, M. A. F. B. Barnes, Secretary. TTJACCOMA LODGE, No. 30, K. of P.-Meeta If lu K. of P. hall eve' y Tuesday night. F. L. Davidson, C. C. Dr. C. IT. Jenkins, K. of It. i S. KIVERSIDE LODGE, No. P8, A. O. U. W. i Meets first and third Sanmlavs of each month. F. B. Barnes, W. M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Shute, Keejrder. 1DLKWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets In Fraternal hall every Thursday Bight. ceo. w. Thompson, N. 0. J. L. Henderson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. 0. T. M.. meets at A. O. U, VV. hall on th first ana rd Fridays of each month. Walter (jerkins, Commander. 0. E. Williams, Secretary. SIVER8IDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W. Meets first and id Saturdays at It P. M. Kate M. Frederick, G. of H. Mica Annie Smith, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellow s' Hall tue first ana third W eduetdavs of each month. J. H. Reks, V. 0. C. tj. Dakin, Clerk. JjlDEN ENCAMPMENT No. 48, I. 0. 0. F. y Regular meeting second and fourth Mon eys of each month. W. O. Ash, C. P. Y. L. Henderson, Scribe. JJR. J. V. VOGEL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood Rivar. Residence 8U3 Sixteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. Q II. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work, . Telephones: Office, Ml; residence, M. Offloa in Langtlle bid. Hood River, Oregon. JJR. I. T.CARNS. Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Date Dentlstrj. HOOD RIVER ' OREGON LJ L.DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town or ooantry, Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, SI i Office, M. ' Office over Everhart's Grocery. J F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 2M. 8URGEOS O. R. A N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, Nf TAKY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. For 23 veara a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. 'Has had many years experience la Keel Estate matters, as ab. tractor, aearcber of titles and agent, satisfaction guaranteed er no charge. pREDERICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimates furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of (hop work. Shop on State Street, between First and Second. A.JAYNE. LAWYER. Abstract! Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C. BR0S1CS, M. P. " THYSICIAN AND SURG EOS. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. 1 1 to t and 6 to 7 P. M. gTJTLER A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. UOOD RIVER. OBEQOS. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening of the Past Week, Presented1 la Ceaeenseel Ferm, Moat Likely to Prove "Interesting to Our Many Reader. Archbishop Kratzer, of Wisconsin, it eriously ill. Russian encroachments on China bring the crisis nearer. , j :' Screetary Root says ' army officers must not assign their pay. The Jewish petition is now in the hands of President Roosevelt; SecretaryrRoot will resign next fall and Oliver is slated to succeed him. A monument is to be erected atProv incetown, Mass., where the Mayflower landed in 1620. According to the latest advice! Cas 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 coalminers at Ardena, Ohio, have gone on a strike because of difficulties with foreigners In the mines there. " It is said that Cleveland will declare himself a candidate for the presidential nomination at a banqnet in Chicago in October. Conductors and brake men on the Illinois Central have been granted an increase in wages that will add over 1200,000 to the annual payroll. . A collision between passenger and freight trains on the Great Westren, near Savannah, Mo., resulted in the death of one person and the Injury of 20 others. Cyclones on the Irenui Island of Tonquin caueed 150 deaths.' Colonel R. S. Oliver, of Albany, N. Y., has been appointed to succeed San ger as assistant secretary of war. A ' score or more of Christian En- Jeavorers were injured by wind wreck ing the big convention tent at Denver. AearxMntn Juatiffl Brewer, nf Wiscon sin, says every man who participates InJynching or-borning of aegroes is a murderer. The Dublin council has voted not to present the kins with as address of welcome on the occasion of his visit there shortly. . British firms in the Philippines say the new law allowing no freignera un der contract admitted will drive them out of business. Three men were killed, two serious ly injured and three buildings des troyed by an explosion ai-1he Laflin powder works, Laflin, Pa. The naturalization of 39 Russians and Italians has been set aside by a New York judge as fraudulent. Sever al hundred more will be declared void. The St. Louis fait commissioner ha returned from the Philippines and says the exposition has the promise of 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 and Demo crats are now looking for other mater ial. The Pacific Nrothwest will produce a record crop of prunes. Chines intrigue in Corea makes Japan more determined for war. Kentucky Republicans will nominate Morris B. Belknap for governor. ins next congress win m aueu w make an appropriation (or 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 issued an appeal for help in fighting for an eight-hour day. Russia regai ds the stand of the Unit ed States on the Manchnrisn question with surprise and resentment. An attempt was made to blow np the home of Judge R. T. Miller, of Iron Mountain, Mich., with dynamite. One of the leaders in the assassina tion of the late king of Servia has been promoted to a place in the war depart ment. PAnainn Commissioner Ware has ordered Agent Terry to come to Oregon to collect Indian war lolls, so all veter ans can get pensions. H r. Watann.ol Pittsbnrc. who has. for the past two months, been prepar ing a hrinf In the Alaskan boundary case, has finished his work and sailed for London. Italians are betting on who will be the next Pope. Mrs. Blaine la past recovery and the end may come at any time. Manchurian war talk hi China is greater than for three years. Ex-President Caro, of Colombia, is doing all in his power to defeat the Panama canal treaty. The Jewish population of Crorow, Galicia, is epxeeting an anti-Jewish pereenction similar to those at Eish Inef. PmmI Amea. ax-chief of notice of Min neapolis, has been sentenced te the penitentiary for six and a ball years lor grating. WOOLEN MILLS DESTROYED. Fire at Oregon City Throws Three Hun dred Out of Work. Oregon City, July 15. Fire last night destroyed property of the Oregon City manufacturing company valued at between 175,000 and $100,000. The loss is covered by insurance. Spontan eons combustion in a catbonizer 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, but the blaze will necessitate suspen sion of mill operations for at least three months and the throwing out of em ployment for that period of about 300 people. . ' The llatnes were discovered issuing from the roof of the wool house at H 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 louhgt heroically. The main woolen mill building was on fire several times, but under the direction o' Fire Chief Ru conich the structure . was saved, al though the interior was damaged some what by water. Vigorous and timely action alone saved the property of the Portland flouring mills company. The large warehouse of this company wag 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 noith east, it In considered reniaikable that the Portland flouring mills were not burned. The firemen did most effect ive work. , SIX KOB A CAR. Oaring Hold-Up In Outskirts of Portland One Man Wounded. Portland, July 15. Robbing Fred Day, whom they mortally wounded with a needless shot, taking $300 in money, watches anud jewelry from 40 paisengers on a Sell wood car, then rob bing a lone pede3trian as they left the stene, eix desperate highwaymen last night made their escape and now bid defiance to the police. On the crossing of the Southern Paci So at East Eleventh and Division streets, but half a mile from the boni- ness center of East Portland, the hold up was committed a few minutes before midnight. Daring and cold blooded, the high waymen boarded an out bound car at 11:45, shot Fred Day in the back with out provecation, and as he fell in their arms apparently lifeless, held him up 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 saatched quickly and thrust into the pockets of the highwaymen. Nor did this content them. Not nervous in the least over their bloody : deed, they stopped in their flight long enough to hold up and rob O. N. Bitt- ner on Milwaukte street. POWER WANINO. Age Qradually Saps the Strength of . Pope Leo. Rome, July 15. Another remarka ble rally in Pope Leo's condition oc curred yes'erday afternoon, after a morning in the course of which bis hol iness suffered spells of delirium and at times his strength sank to the lowest ebb, and now he lies in no worse con dition than he was on Monday evening, extept 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 previonly the pope himelf had made all preparations for death. Unsatisfied with this show of vitality, he transacted consideraole business and bad an interview with four cardinals, with whom he talked in an anlmiited way. According to the physicians the pon tiff may die at any moment, even in the midtt of one of those extraordi nary intervals. Stock Train Fall In River. St. Lonis, July 16.A special to the Post Dispatch from Poplar Bluff, Mo., . . ... . i .1 says: A freight wrecx occurreu on tue Iron Mountain railroaa today Detween Rouden and Gurdon, Ark., south of this city. Two brakemen, a negro tramp and 35 cat loads of horsee and males were killed. A boxcar jumped the track just as the train ran on the little Mistouri 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 18. Preparations are being made to resume the work of opening the roal mine here and rescu ing the dead bodies of the victims of the disaster ol June su. a party oi miners arrived last night from Rock Sp'ing, and others are en route from Diamondvule, Cumberland and hpring Valley. These men have had years of experience in fighting mine fires, and they will make a herculean effort to ex tinguish the Barnes an l reacn the Dodiea. Crown Prince travels Incog. ViMnria R. C. Julr 15 The steamship Empress of India, which ar- ved today from tne Unent, had among her passengers Crown Prince RnnnrApht Marie Luitrxild Ferdinand of Bavaria and the crown princess, who have been making an enforced tour of the world on account of a scandal at- taebing to th crown prince which agi tated I'-avaria. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON CLACKAMAS FIFTY YEARS AQO. Old Records Olve Interesting Figures on Wages and Agteismcnts. ' In rummaging about his office" a few days ago County Clerk Sleight un earthed some official records that con tain some Interesting statistics with reference to Clackamas county in the early "50s. They consist of some statis tics complied by Joseph T. Meek, who was then territorial marshal for Clack amas county in June, 1850. In that year the assessable value of property in this county was $1,020,344, classi fied as follows: Heal estate. 1836 C50; personal. $183,694. The schedule of wages paid at-lljat 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 Oaily 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 lathered from the statistics which show that Benjamin Simpson from 400 logs, for which he paid $3 each, manufactured 100.000 feet of lumber, which had a salable value of $75 per thousand. COLUMBIA COUNTY FILLINO UP. Recent County 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 has 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. Heavy Sales of Live Stock. The sale of sheep, cattle and horses from the Orefron ranges this fall will be the heaviest in years. This Is the opinion of C. J. Millie, who has charge of the stock department of the O. R. & N. He has been over a large por tion of the ranges and report that feed will be scarce this fall. Large shipments of cattle were made from 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 be 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" een 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 la exceptionally short this sea son, as there has been scarcely any rain since sprinc. 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 large number Is required 40,000,000 eggs can be hatched without overcrowding. F. O. Brown wiU be in charge of the in stitution. Will Enlarge Baker City Depot, " Tn rnannnan to the r.rvlrtf needs of Raker fltv the O. R. A. N. ComoanT has decided to enlarge and improve tne passenger and ireignt depot In that city. Material for the im nrnvpnienta Is now on the ground and just as soon as the carpen ters can be relieved rrom tne Heppner branch the work will he 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 ladiea. Oreat Booa to Ontario. The contract for building the new steel bridge across the Malheur river, near where It empties Into Snake riv er, about two mile below Ontario, has been let The price is $4100. This bridge will supply a 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 Hainea, and is now actiely engaged in the work. It is thought this is one of the preliminary steps to government-aided irrigation. LOO BOOM ON NORTH UMPQUA. Franchise Qranted for Extensive Im provements by County Court. One of the most Important steps made in the development of the lum bering Industry In 'Douglas county was taken when the county court voted to grant a franchise to the Ore gon Boom ft 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.flve miles north of Roseburg. After the improvements are made the com pany tn given the right to collect a 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- tlve, F. J. Blakely, having been here most of the time for the past two years. ... - , PUBLIC LAND STILL OPEN. Nearly 600,000 Acres Remain In Oregon City District. The annual report of the United State j 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.- ou; total, 596,738 as against 637.279 lurveyed; 161,190 unsurveyed; 898,469 total, as shown in the report a year iKO. The 14 counties constituting the Oregon City land district are: Ben ton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Mult- lomah, Poik, Tillamook, Wasco, Yam hill and Washington. The total area of the land surface of these counties is 7,468.250 acres. The area 4n acres appropriated last year was 5,675,115, while the acreage under the same classification this year is 5,629,846. Map of State Institutions. Secretary of State Dunbar Is hav ing a map mde showing the location of the state Institutions at Salem. Blue prints of the map will be kept at each of the institutions and the original will be 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 given, 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 County Cherry Crop. The cherry crop is lust 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 yield 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 County Seat Fight. County Judge J. B. Doan, whose home la at Rainier, says that St. Hel ens will have to receive over 1000 votes at. the second special election on the first Monday in August to retain thf 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 Point preeincts. 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; val ley, 77c. Barley Feed, f 20.00 per ton; brew ing, $21. EFlour Best grade, $3.95 4.30; graham $3,4503.85. ; 1 Millstnffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. 0ats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15 gray, $1 OS per cental. Hay Timothy, $2021;' clover, nominal; cheat, $1616 per ton. Potatoes Best Bu.-panks, 60(3 65c per sack; ordinary, S54lc per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3(3 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc: yonng, 1314c; bens,' 12c; tnrkeys live, 16gl7c; dressed, 20922c; dn.k $7.0097.50 per dosen; eeee, $6.00? .50. Cbeeee Full cream, twins, 15 li 16c; Young America, 15315)ic; fact ory prices, ItilXc Ues. Batter Fancy creamery, 20225tfi per pound; extras, 22j; dairy. 203 22Xc; ataTa, 16c18. . Eggs 17J 20c per dosen. flops Choice, 18(g20c per pound. Wool Valley.WfiKc-.Eaetern Or egon, 8314c; mohair, t6SVe. Beef Grots, cows, 3 (3 4c, pet pound; steers, SfJ53e; dressed, 8)e. Val-7)3Sc Mntton Gross, $3.59 per pound; dressed. 6 He Lambs Grow, 4c per pound ; dressed, 7Xe. Hog Gross, 66!e per pound dressed, T38C. PAYNB WANTS TO RETIRE. Postmaster Qeneral Will Not Go 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 vt it.- i here is every indica tion that Payne desires to retire from the cabinet, and it will not be surpris ing 11 ne aoes so during tne coming winter, provided the affairs of the post office department are straightened out by that time. Mr. Payne is in very bad health, and his condition today is regarded as far more serious than it was four months ago. 1 he strain attendant upon the investigation has told on him, and he needs rest. His retirement will cany no political significance. It may be said that if the postmaster general had not been ret-ting under.criticisms mora or less severe, he would have relin quished bis cabinet office some time ago. He is merely determined to re main until he can retire with honor, 1 he 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 responsibilityof bis im portant office as he would like. fevertbeless 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 irreat energy whenever evidences of wrongdoing appeared, and be has no intention now of relaxing bis efforts to thoroughly reform tne meth ods of transacting postal bueineess. His course has met with the full ap proval of President Roosevelt. SMUQQLERS IN SILK. Captain Harris, United States Engineer, Caught by Customs 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 has been caught in the meshes of the law. Captain Wiiliam II. 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 by his wife. When he came off the vessel he was asked if he bad any dutiable arti cles in bis baggage, and ne replied that he had 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 he bad 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 li ble to a fine of three times their value. It will' probably cost him several thousand dollars to get outo f the scrape. HE DEFIES DEATH. Recovery of Pope Leo ' Is Now Consid ered as Possible. Rome, Juty 13. At 9:15 o'clock this morning the doctors issued the follow ing bulletin regarding the condition of the pope : "Up to midnight the pontiff re mained tranquil, but afterwards he ex perienced agitated intervals. A phys ical examination of the thorax shows no change lince day before yesterday. The action of the kidneys continues slight, and the general condition of bis holiness is somewhat depressed. His puhe is 82, respiration 32 and temper ature 36. Mazzoni. Lapponi." Rome, July 13. The condition of the pope was stationary during the night. He slept at intervals, but not entirely tranquil, , Troops Quit Scene ol Riot. Evaiibville, Ind., July 11. After talking with Governor Durbin 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 for the city and county admin istrations and said this was not a time for criticism, but for sympathy for the Iriends 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 illness in the naval hospital, Brooklyn. He was attacked by the grip early laet September, and the dis ease seriously affected bis heart and kidneys. Prior to this attack. Admiral 00k has been on the sick list but once in all bis 40 years of service, and that happened when be sprained an ankle. Wirek as Telegraphy Not a Success. Honolulu, July 14. The system of wirelers telfgrapbv, which has been in service for tome time between several islands nf the Hawaiian group, has not given satisfactory results. The system has lately been placed in the hands of a trait company, with a view to its fi nancial and operating improvement. To give farther encouragement the gov ernment will give the new owners a subsidy of $1,000 a month, beginning August 1. THE POPE IS WORSE END SEEMS NEARER NOW EVER BEFORE. THAN Suffers a Second Relapse- Allnd Is Fast Becoming Confuted- Stimulants Keep Life Up-Too Weak to Speak Longer -Pontiff Shows His Weakness by Docility to Doctors. Rome, Jluy 14, 2:1 A. M. "While there is life there it hope," was all the consolation that Dr. Lapponi would give tonight in admitting that Pope Leo's condition was very grave. The pontiff has suffered another relapse, and he lies this morning n a more crit ical condition than at. any time sin.e the middle of last week. The semi comatose condition into wlikh 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 grave t nature and as pointing to an imminent dissolution. Even in the early evenine medical opinion was less pessimistic, and Dr. fuazzoni thought the end was not w th in sight. He expressed the belief that unless the disease took an unexpected tarn there was no reason to apprehend death for two or three days. This statement, however, did not relieve the anxiety of those who know what pow erful stimulants are beirg constantly administered. Borne attribute the pontiff's exti erne weakness tonight to the excessive mental and physical efforts undertaken yesterday in receiv ing visitors, hearing mass, etc. .Never before has the patient's weat- ness progressed as it did yesterday. For the first time since his illness, the pontiff asked to have the emitters al most closed, ub the light hurt his eves. and at the same time, contrary to his ustom, he begged to be left as quiet ss possible. Another noteworthy svmptom of his weakening condition was the docility with which he took his medicine and nourishment. Previously, indeed, dur- ng 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 sas fast di minishing. Late last evening nine car dinals, including Satolli and Marten elli, were admitted to the sick room, but the pope could .not even speak to them, merely giving them his hand to kits. NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP FOSTERED. Britain Believe II Scored a Triumph on the Visit of Loubet. New York, July 15. Kine Edward's visits to Portugal, Italy and France; President Loubet's reception in London 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, says a Berlin dispatch to the limes by way of London. The leading part played by King Edward in developing British foreign relations is becoming generally recognized. More over the popularity of the British gov ernment's foreign policy is beginning to oe 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 etr. am, 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. Falls to Find KldJ's Gold. New York, July 15. Another search for Captain Kidd's treasure has come to naught, and all there 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" whirh caused the search were playing no idle joke .when they transmitted to him the information that Captain Kidd had deposited $50 000,000 worth of loot in the ground there. Few Favor the Treaty. New York, July 15. A rough can vaas of the Colombian senate seems to show that only one-fourth of tin mem bers are favorable to the Hsy-Herran canal treaty without amendments, says a Herald's dispatch from Bogota. The Colombian government has not official ly asMimed responsibility for the trea ty. Dr. Rico, the minister of foreign affairs has rent a mepsage to congress on the treaty following the same lines as that sent to the United Statea senate. Czar Says to Go. 8t. Petersburg, July 15. According to the newspsper Novikrst, 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, owing to the presence of Englishmen and Americans, who, in disguise, are engaged in espionage. Russia, according to the paper, prom is to open the ports six years hence, when the country has been tranquilized and settled. i! 1: 1 u 1