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TREMENDOUS CROWD FLOCKS
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RUSHING CRUSHING POPULACE
Humanity Makes a Great Struggle to
Get Through the Cathedral Doors
Ringing of Many Bells Announces
Their Opening
ROME Pope Plus X was crowned
Sunday in the basilica o St Peters
in the presence of the princes and high
dignitaries of the church the diplo
mats and Roman nobles and with all
the solemnity and splendor associated
with this the most magnificent rite in
the Roman Catholic church
As Cardinal Macchl the dean of the
cardinal deacons placed the triple
crown on the head of the venerable
pontiff the throng of 70000 persons
gathered within the cathedral burst
into unrestrained acclamations the
choir intoned a hymn of triumph and
the bolls of Rome rang out a joyful
peal
It is fifty seven years since the
mans and Europe assisted at such a
function as that held at St Peters
Sunday The great basilica popular
ly supposed never to have been quite
full was overflowing with humanity
The papal throne a bewildering mix
ture of gold red and silver was erect
ed in front of the high altar As
contrary to custom at these ceremo
nials there was no galleries the ba
silica bore more of the normal aspect
On the altar which was dressed in
white stood the famous gilt candle
sticks and a magnificent crucinx All
the available standing space within
the cathedral was divided into sec
tions by wooden barriers which to a
certain extent kept the vast crowd in
order
During the early hours after sun
rise a heavy fog hung over Rome and
one bank of the Tiber could not be
seen from the other while from the
St Angelq bridge one seemed to look
into a fathomless abyss The effect
was especially magnificent on enter
ing the piazza of St Peters At
times Michael Angelos great dome
disappeared completely from view
while at others it appeared through a
flowing golden mist
At 6 a m the ringing of bells an
nounced the imminent opening of the
doors and a commotion at once began
among the crowd But ten minutes
elapsed before the doors were open
ed and each minute seemed a century
to the waiting crowd which for hours
had already beeen standing before
the closed portals The police and
Italian soldiers had a difficult task
to maintain order as the crush and
fatigue began to tell on the patience
of the people
When the doors were at length
opened the rush was terrific many
who started from the bottom of the
steps outside being lifted from their
feet and carried into the cathedral
It was a great human torrent let
loose thousands of people rushing
crushing and squeezing amid protests
gesticulations and cries for help
Strong as Pius X is physically he
supported the ordeal with perhaps less
fortitude than did Leo XIII when he
was crowned although Leo was
merely a shadow of a man but pos
sessed a will nothing could break
At night all the churches and re
ligious institutions and many private
houses were illuminated in honor of
the occasion The pontiff was so fa
tigued by the ceremony that the meet
ing of the consistory which was to
be held Monday was postponed
OVATION TO GENERAL MILES
Marylanders Meet Him at the Train
to Do Honor
CUMBERLAND Md General Nel
son A Miles en route from Washing
ton to San Francisco was given an
ovation here Sunday upon his arrival
The Union Veteran legion and mem
bers of the Grand Army ol the Re
public were at the station in large
numbers and cheered the veteran to
the -echo while the South Cumberland
hand played national airs There was
cheering and waving of handkerchiefs
by many thousands of persons includ
ing many ladies
General Thomas R Scott of Balti
more made a short speech referring
to General Miles as the greatest liv
ing soldier and invited the assembled
multitude to form a line and shake the
hand of the retiring general of the
United States army General Miles
was perceptibly moved by the spon
taneous ovation
William E Dodge Dies
BAR HARBOR Me William E
Dodge- the New York millionaire and
philanthropist died Sunday at Stan
wood his summer homo here Mr
Dodge had been in poor health for sev
eral months He was a member of
the New York metal house of Phelps
- Dodge Co and was 71 years of age
He was one of the founders of the
Union League club and well known as
foremost in charitable work for many
years
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MILES BIDS ARMY FAREWELL
Retiring Lieutenant General Issues
Valedictory to Military Forces
WASHINGTON Lieutenant Gener
al Nelson A Miles commanding the
array will retire from active service
at noon Saturday having reached the
age limit of C l years The following
order was issued
WASHINGTON Aug 8 1903
The retirement from active service by
the president on August 8 1903 jf
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles
U S A by operation of law under
the provisions of the act of congress
approved June 30 1882 is announced
Lieutenant General Miles will proceed
to his home The travel enjoined is
necessary for the public service By
order of the secretary of war
H C CORBIN
Adjutant General Major General
IT S A
Several other orders resulting from
the retirement of General Miles have
been issued one assigning Lieutenant
General Young to the command of the
army until August 15 when he will
assume the duties of chief of staff
another assigning Major General Cor
bin as president of the Soldiers Home
board another assigning Brigadier
General Gilesple as president of the
Board of Ordnance and Frtifications
and still another assigning General
Young as a member of the Sherman
statue committee
NEW SLUMP IN EXCHANGE
U P Wabash Mo P and Maple Leaf
Make Low Records
NEW YORK Two more Stock Ex
change railures making a total of six
in the last eleven business days were
recorded Wednesday when Sharp
Bryan and Hurl butt Hatch Co an
nounced their inability to meet their
obligations Neither failure occasion
ed the slightest surprise in fact both
had been discounted for a week or
more
The failure of Sharp Bryan came
during the morning session shortly
shortly after the market had recovered
from its demoralized opening That
of Hurlbutt Hatch Co was an
nounced in the afternoon just as prices
throughout the line were tumbling
lower than at any time before
The days business can best be sum
marized by the statement that almost
four score of stocks fully two thirds
of the active list touched the lowest
record reached during the present
movement which had its inception last
September
Government is Sustained
WASHINGTON United States Con
sul General Gudger at Panama has
made the following report by cable
under Wednesdays date of the termi
nation of the disturbance on the
isthmus caused by the erratic action
of General Cobos General Castro
arrived this afternoon and took com
mand of the troops fully sustaining
the government Commander in chief
is to leave the department
British Take Optimistic View
LONDON Confidential official re
ports received at the foreign office re
garding Macedonia have caused the
British government to adopt the view
that the rtuation is not very seri
ous for the moment although suffi
ciently so to warrant taking of pre
cautions British officials do not be
lieve that Turkey contemplates an at
tack on Bulgaria in view of the known
attitude of the powers especially Rus
sia and Austria
Fatal Altercation
OKLAHOMA CITY O T As a re
sult of an altercation over the ques
tion of moving the town of Mountain
Park to Snyder Hon George S Bai
ley shot and killed W Brown The
quarrel started between Bailey who is
a prominent politician and R K Kel
ley president of the El Paso Moun
tain Park Oklahoma Central rail
road who was opposed to moving
the town Brown was a Kelley par
tisan
Senator Millard to Go to Europe
OYSTER BAY N Y Senator Mil
lard of Nebraska who visited Presi
dent Roosevelt Friday expects to
sail next Tuesday for Europe He will
be accompanied by his daughter and
will be absent only a few weeks
Buy American Machinery
PEKING An American firm has
contracted to furnish Russian flour
mills with 300000 worth of machin
ery The output of the mills will be
increased within a year to 1500 bar
rels a day superceding the supply of
flour from America
Entertained on a Warship
LISBON Admiral Cotton gave an
entertainment on the Brooidyn Tues
day night in honor of the women of
Lcibon AH officialdom was present
and members of the diplomatic corps
Admiral Cotton United States Minis
ter Bryan and the American officers
proved themselves lavish hasts One
Xrn ofrc wi o o tifnlTCL Trrrillr
wnioh was performed by two negro
sailors at the request of umiral Cot
ton
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WRECK ON THE RAIL KILL3
TWENTY THREE
THE INJURED NUMBER THIRTY
Two Sections of Wallace Bros Cir
cus Train Come Together With
Fearful Results Three Iowa Men
Among the Killed
DURAND Mich Ad air brake on
the second section of Wallace Bros
circus train refused to work in the
Grand Trunk railway yards here Fri
day causing a collision between the
two sections in which twenty three
people were killed and thirty injured
The circus travels in two trains of
about thirty five cars each After
Thursday nights exhibition at Char
lotte the two trains left for La Pere
over the Grand Trunk road the sec
ond secttion leaving a half hour after
the first It was 345 when the first
section pulled into the west end of the
Grand Trunk yards here A red light
was hung on the rear car to stop the
second section
Engineer Probst of Battle Creek
who was running the engine of the
rear train says he saw this light and
applied the air brakes To his horror
they refused to work He reversed
his engine but the momentum of the
train behind him was too great and
with a crash that aroused the town
the two trains met
Three cars of the stationary first
section were telescoped and the en
gine and five cars of the moving train
were demolished The rear car of the
first section was a caboose in which
the trainmen were sleeping and the
next two cars were filled with sleep
ing circus employes
The greatest loss of life was in the
caboose One of the wrecked cars of
the second section was occupied by
five elephants and several camels One
of the elephant and two of the camels
were killed outright while the other
elephants and their trainers escaped
With the exception of this car none
cf the menagerie was wrecked the
other wrecked cars containing the
wagons
As soon as they recovered from the
first shock the trainers rushed among
the cages quieting the beasts that
were excited The elephants in the
wrecked car behaved with surprising
calmness and were led out of the
wreck without trouble
The escaping steam and screams
and cries of those pinned in the wreck
was a horrible spectacle in the gray
of the early morning when the train
men in the yards and the aroused
townspeople first reached the scena
Many feared at first that some of the
animals had escaped as they could be
heard crying The fire whistle was
immediately sounded and the whole
town aroused The rescuers could see
the unfortunates through the tangled
wreckage
When the wrecking train crews
han finished pulling to pieces the
tangled and broken cars seventeen
dead men were lying on the grass
awaiting removal to the morgue A
majority of them were killed while
asleep The circus performers were
on the rear of the moving train and
escaped injury Wallace brothers say
that their loss will be very heavy
but can give no estimate yet This
is the second wreck that the Wallace
shows have suffered within a month
Engineer Propst Fireman Colter
and Head Brakeman Benedict who
was on the engine of the second sec
tion all agree that if the brakes had
worked as they should when the en
gineer tried to use them there would
have beeen no collision
UNION PACIFIC IS PROSPEROUS
Net Proceeds the Past Year Show
Increase of 386919
NEW YORK The report of the
Union Pacific Railroad company for
the year ending June 30 shows Gross
earnings 51075188 increase 3
574909 Operating expenses and
taxes 28747215 increase 3187
989 Net earnings 22327972 in
crease 386919
To the net earnings were added
dividends on Northern Securities
company stock of 3888053 and oth
er incomes to make the total income
27392182 an increase of 870527
The total fixed charges were 12071
06S an increase of 80935
After payment of dividends there
remained a surplus of 6904159 an
increase of 3648198
Prelate for Privy Council
LONDON According to the Chron
icie it is not impossible that the kings
Irish visit will result in the appoint
ment ot Archbishop William J Walsh
of Dublin to the Irish privy council
Hitherto no CathoHc preJate has
ever been on the council but iT is
said to have been a long cher
ished dream of Lord Beasonsfield to
appoint a prelate possessing the
conSdenco of the Irish people and the
pope
PIUS IS RUNG IN
Flvo Hundred Church Bells Are In
Activity
ROME rThe attention of Rome is
centered in the ceremony of Satur
day and for which great prepara
tions are being made The throne of
St Peter which Pius X will occcupy
will be surrounded by a canopy forty
feet high The pope has informed
the Vatican officials that he wishes
to be received on the threshold of
the basilica by Cardinal Rampolla
who as archpriest of the church will
address the formal greetings to him
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the pope will confer his blessing upon
the people but it has not yet been
decided whether he will do so inside
the cathedral or from the balcony
looking out upon the piazza where
many hoped he would bestow his ben
ediction on the day of his election
It is said that Plus X is in favor of
the latter plan but the influence of
the Vatican officials is against it on
the ground that it might be interpret
ed as a recognition of the present
state of affairs in Italy The holding
of the coronation ceremonies in St
Peters itself represents a concession
as in the case of Leo it occurred in
the Sistine chapel Although it is es
timated that 60000 tickets will be is
sued for the event the demand for
them is very great
At the consistories to be held Mon
day and Thursday next the pope will
confer the red hat on Cardinals Ajuti
Taliani Katschtaler and Herrero y
Espinosa who were raised from the
purple June 25 but who have not re
ceived these symbols of rank because
of the illness and death of Leo It
is believed that the Spanish Cardinal
Herrero will not be able to be pres
ent at the coronation ceremonies
During one full hour Thursday
morning there seemed to be nothing
but vibrating sounds so penetratinc
were the strokes of the bells of about
500 churches which all ringing to
gether absorbed all other noises The
ringing was in honor of the election
of Pius X a welcome unique of its
kind and ordered oy Cardinal Res
phigi vicar of Rome who issued spe
cial instructions therefor All the
churches contemporaneously celebrat
ed masses for the event the intoning
of the Oremus combining with ths
harmony
The bells involuntarily served an
other purpose that of ringing in the
great ceremony of the reception of
the diplomatic body accredited to the
holy see Rome has lately been sur
feited with Vatican functions but
that of Thursday morning was so
striking that it held its own with tho
others
SCHWAB QUITS TRUST
Resigns Position of President of the
Steel Corporation
NEW YORK The resignation of
Charles M Schwab as president of
the United States Steel corporation
was tendered and accepted at a meet
ing of the directors Tuesday Wil
liam E Corey was elected as his suc
cessor
Mr Schwabs resignation caused no
surprise in financial circles where it
had for some time been foreshadowed
The new president was for years one
of Andrew Carnegies ablest lieuten
ants and is now president of the Car
negie Steel company one of the sub
sidiary concerns of the United States
Steel corporation It is scarcely more
than a month ago that Mr Corey was
made assistant to the president be
cause of Mr Schwabs continued il
health
PONTIFF RECEIVES GIBBONS
Regrets That the American Cannot
Remain Longer in Rome
ROME Cardinal Gibbons was re
ceived by the pope Friday in private
audience In a lengthy conference
Pius X renewed his expressions of
interest in America already made
manifest by his reception Wednesday
to the pilgrims from the United
States
Cubans Claim American Soil
SANTIAGO Cuba Some engineers
who were surveying a site for a ter
minal of the Cuban Eastern railway
on the United St3tes naval reserva
tion at Guantanamo were warned off
by American officers but refused to
go Admiral Coghlan thereupon no
tified the Cuban government and
President Palma sent a revenue cut
ter which forciby elected the tres
passers The railway having acquir
ed the lands claims heavy damages
Guilty of Violating injunction
DENVER Colo Joseph Scott a
member of the smeltermens union
was found guilty by Judge Dixon of
violating the injunction that prohibits
interference with the employe of tho
Globe plant The court sentenced
Soott to two months in the county
jail but as the case will be taken
to tlie svreme court on a writ of
error far supersedeas he was released
on J0Q0 bonds returnable Aug
ust 15
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South
Omaha end Kansas City
frH frfrfrt IM K 1 H It
SOUTH OMAHA
3ATTLE lueru ight supply
of cattle in sight The market at this
point however was in rather bad
shape and as a result trading was ex
tremely dull and it was late before a
clearance was made Beef steer buy
ers hit the market a bad blow claim
ins that prices here have been much
higher than at other points The short
fed cattle suffered the most ajd in sev
eral instances had to sell 1015c low
er or 25 35c lower than at the first
ot the week Trading was slow from
start to finish and although thero
were only a few cattle in sight it took
some time to dispose of them Thero
5ere not enough grass beeves here to
test the market on that class of stuff
The cow market did not show much
change If anything the medium class
sold a little easier than at the best
time the duy before but about steady
with the average Cows In fact have
not fluctuated much during the entire
week so they are not far from steady
There were not enough stockers and
feeders on sale to tell anything about
the market It la safe to say how
ever that not many were wanted ow
ing to the end of the week being at
hand
HOGS There was a small supply of
hogs on sale but in sympathy with a
decline in prices at other points the
market eased off a little hero The
general market could be Quoted about
2ic lower or weak to a nickel lower
The bulk of the sales went from 500
to 505 Choice light weights sold
largely from 507 up to 520 The
top price however was paid for a
very fancy load and in fact such hogs
are more often seen In the show ring
than on the general market Thoy
weighed 203 pounds There was not
much change in the market from start
to finish
SHEEP Quotations for grass stock
Good to choice lambs 3000025 fair
to good lambs 475g500 good to
choice yearlings 3500375 fair to
good yearlings 325350 good to
choice wethers 325340 fair to good
wethers 300325 good to choice
ewes 290 0310 fair to good owes
2500275 feeder lambs 350 0425
feeder yearlings 3250350 leeder
wethers 3000325 feeder ewes 150
250
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Beeves dull and lower
quarantine lower native and western
cows lower stockers and feeders dull
choice export and dressed beef steers
4600520 fair to good 4000460
stockers and feeders 2400410 west
ern fed steers 3000485 Texas and
Indian steers 325 0400 Texas cows
2050300 native cows 1500400
native heifers 2250450 canners
1000230 bulls 2150300 calves
275 0550
HOGS Market steady to 10c lower
top 540 bulk of sales 3070525
heavy 4350520 mixed packers 510
0527 light 5250540 yorkers
3350540
SHEEP Market steady lambs 10c
higher native lambs 3000575 west
tern lambs 290 0540 fed ewes 280
475 Texas clipped yearlings 2900
470 Texas cllpped sheep 2650400
stockers and feeders 2500325
NOT A BUMPER CORN CROP
But Will Be Fair in Nebraska and All
Other Crops Are Good
OMAHA Secretary Utt of the Com
mercial club returned Thursday night
from a two days trip to Denver on
which he inspected the crops of the
state by daylight
While there will not be a bumpe
corn crop this year Secretary Utx
states that Nebraska as a whole will
have a fair crop and that the higher
prices which will rule due to the
short crops in eastern Iowa Illinois
and other corn producing states Vill
more than make up for the lack of
quantity A number of bad places
were noticed and the second planting
of corn in places where the first one
was washed out by the early rains
will be good only for fodder But this
is all the farmers and ranchmen ex
pected of it the corn not being regu
larly planted but sown and it will
be cut with a reaper Aside from
these places however corn makes an
excellent showing for this time of the
year
Of other crops Secretary Utts re
port is that they are all good as a rule
and that taken as a whole the farm
ers of the state never were in better
condition than at present
Cape Withdraws from Fair
CAPETOWN The assembly by 46
to 28 adopted a motion which ex
punges from the estimates the provi
sion of 50000 towards the representa
tion of Cape Colony at the St Louis
exposition
Mrs Conger Visits Dowager Empress
PEKIN Mrs Conger visited the
dowager empress at the summer pal
ace to introduce Miss Kate Augusta
Carl an American artist from Paris
who is to paint the empress portrait
Gambling Declared Felony
OLYMPIA Wash The supreme
court upheld the constitutionality of
the law passed by the lat legislature
making the conducting f a ga mljling
resort or ganw a felony Far tha pur
pose of testaag the law Fritz Diet
rich a Spokane gambler pleaded
guilty to a charge f conducting a
gambling game and was Bcneeaaed to
one years imprisonment in th peni
tentiary Tfie supreme sourt Friday
confirmed the sentence
Prefers Mormonrsm to Divorce
Rev R F Coyle of tho Central Pres
byterian church of Denvoi declared In
a seromn recently that Mormonlsm
was much to be preferred to divorce
As between a systom he said
which allows a man to have his plu
or four ex wlves or a woman three
or four ex husbands and a system
which alolws a man to have his plu
ral wives all at once there Is little
to choose I am not sure but the odds
are on the side of the Mormon
Happiness is a ray of sunsliine be
tween two clouds
English Pronunciation of Schedule
It will be a surprise to most persons
to learn that the English do not pro
nounce schedule as Americans do
The late Dr Tanner once moved the
house of commons to uproarious
daughter by his uncertainty with re
gard to the word First he made the
ch hard in the American manner
and when that was received with a
laugh ho paused and floundered over
it like a startled schoolboy As he
plunged from one pronunciation to an
other the house shouted with merri
ment As a matter of fact the best
English dictionaries givo a choice be
tween sedule skedule and shed
ule
Rib Fractured by Sneeze
Hugh B Stultz a Louisville carpen
ter is suffering from a fractured rib
as a result of a peculiar accident Sun
day afternoon He was sitting on his
porch and sneezed violently He felt
a strange pain in his left side and
the rib seemed to yield to the touch
so he became alarmed Upon exam
ination it was found that the rib was
fractured
There is still hope for the old bach
elor who can interest himself in a love
story
Big Fire in 1907
Lee J Spangler of York Pa who
has been a close student of the Bible
or many years making deductions
from the prophecies found therein
has come to the conclusion that the
world will be destroyed by fire in tho
year 1907 He gives his fellow men
fair warning Mr Spangler is a suc
cessful merchant but he has not be
gun to close up his business affairs
Had a Very Facetious Cold
Dean Farrar has related this story
At one small pubfta dinner at which
I met Charles Dickins I was struck
with his chivalry to an absent friend
Mr Sims Reeves had been announced
to sing at the dinner and as happened
not infrequently Mr Sims Reeves had
something the matter with his throat
and was unable to be present Dickens
announced this and the statement was
recenved with a general laugh of in
credulity This made Dickens who
was in the chair very angry and he
manfully upheld his friend My
friend Mr Sims Reeves he said re
grets his Inability to fulfill his engage
ment owing he added with great se
verity to an unfortunately amusing
and highly facetious cold
Squelched the Living Lyre -
The death of Mrs Harriet Lane
Johnson who for many years was
prominent in social life in Washing
ton recalls the crushing rebuke which
she administered to an over forward
Englishman When living in London
with her uncle James Buchanan then
United States minister to the court of
St James she was seated at dinner
one evening when the lordling compli
mented her upon the beauty of her
hands which were really remarkable
Miss Lane was rather bored by the
mans attentions Finally he quoted
rGays line Hands that the rod of
empire might have swayed and
leaned back in his chair complacently
thinking he had said a clever thing
Miss Lane promptly repeated the line
immediately following Or waked to
ecstacy the living lyre much to the
noblemans discomfiture for the fair
American took care that her voice pen
etrated as far as his
The Wily Little Jap
We have been spouting these ten
years about the cleverness of the Jap
anese Our merchants have gone to
extremes in soliciting Japanese trade
and our great insurance companies
have sent agents broadcast over the
islands of the Land of the Rising Sun
to write policies In no other country
on the globe is the work of the insur
ance solicitors so easy In one month
10000000 of life insurance has been
placed by one New York company
Every measly little dwaf of a Jap
wants to insure An agent has just
discovered that in medical examina
tions he has been badly duped one
healthy Jap standing the test for many
hundreds of his fellow countrymen
As all Japs look alike the doctors did
not detect the fraud until about 5
000000 in policies had been written
New York insurance men are exercised
about it
ONE OF THE LAflGEST IRRIGATING CANALS
IN THE WORLD
A Project of the State of Idaho
On the west side of the Snake river
in Idaho between Blackfootand Ameri
can Foils there is being constructed by
the American Falls Canal Power com
pany under a contract with the state of
Idaho an irrigating canal 85 feet wide
and GO miles long When finished this
cacai will be one of the largest and
most perfect irrigating systems in the
world By its means a vallev of 100000
acres of the most fertile and productive
fruit ana farm land in America will be
reclaimed
The climate of this valley is ideal
Cyclones hot winds floods or destruc
tive storms hav never been known
Grain grass vegetables and all varied
ties of fnfit grew in abundance A
healthful climate a sure crop a heavy
yield high prices and a ready market
are featw pa of this country
TenthoWin d acres of this rich land
are now ready for irrigation and settle
ment Purchase tickets to Blaokfoo
via Oregon Short Line Eailway Go
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