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The lynchings for the first half of
1903 number 48.
The Irish land bill passed its third
reading in tho commons by 317 to 20.
Ajbert C. Ferguson of Ottawa, Kan.,
has been appointed farmer at the
Grand River Indian school, North Da
kota.
The first life Insurance company
was started in London in 1698 and
another in 1700. Neither was suc
cessful.
Balloonists who ascended about 10,
000 leet in Europe the other day
found a temperature of 27 degrees be
low zero. .
Anonymous remittances amounting
to $35,868 were sent To the conscience
fund of the United States during the
fiscal year.
For the first time in thirty years at
the navy yard in Boston there was a
launching, the craft being the new U.
S. navy tug Pentueket.
It is probable the western railroads
will accept the form of clergy permit
which is now in use on the lines of
the Central Passenger association.
The secretary of war has directed
that all officers who have been on de
tached duty for a period of four years
must return to their regiments or
companies.
George E. Harvey, superintendent
of the Pawnee agency, O. T., Is in
Washington on pis annual visit to ac
quaint himself with tho policies of the
Indian bureau.
Prof. John K. Paine of Harvard will
represent that institution at the un
veiling of the W'agner monument in
Berlin. Mr. Paine is professor of mu
sic at Harvard.
Baron Utsumi, minister of the inte
rior, has resigned on account of ill
health. He has been succeeded by
Baron Kodama, who will retain the
governorship of Formosa.
Dr. Luther Gullck, director of phy
sical training in tho public schools of
New York, and the father of basket
ball, has been elected president of
the American Kiyslcal Education as
sociation.
Nine men were burned, one fatally
an5 two others seriously, by an ex
plsion of cinders at Open Hearth fur
nace No. 1 of the Homstcad works t>f
the Carnegie Steel company at Pitts
burg, Pa.
The largest fresh water pearl on
record was found at Geona, Wls., by
a 17-year-old son of Willis Hastings.
It weighs 185 grains and is pure white.
It measures fifteen-sixteenths of an
inch in diameter.
In a Berlin insane asylum is a pa
tient, it is said, whose hair changes
color with her temperature. When
she is cool and quiet her hair is a
light yellow, but when she is restless
and excited it becomes auburn.
Chicago & Alton officers announced
an increase in pay to conductors,
brakemen and swichmen Blmilar to
that recently granted by the Illinois
Central and the Burlington. Freight
men will receive an Increase of 15
per cent and passenger men 12 per
cent.
Over-exertion while participating in
the sun dance which the Cheyennes
have been holding near Watonga, O.
T,. caused the death of an aged
squaw. She had danced without rest,
food or drink for forty-eight hours,
and being 70 years old the strain was
too much.
W. H. Murray of San Francisco is
in Washington looking for 2,000 un
skilled laborers, men, women and
girls, to go to the Pacific coast to
help harvest the thousands of car
loads of fruit to be gathered, packed
and shipped the last part of this sum
mer and in the fall.
The cantaloupe season, which is
now drawing to a close around Al
bany, Georgia, has been one of the
most successful that the growers in
that section have ever experienced.
The yield, the quality of the melons,
aihTThe prices have ail been satisfac
tory.
Arrangements have been perfected
for the announcement of the plans in
regard to the consolidation of the
Jewish theological seminaries of the
United States. The scheme has been
for some time in the hands of a New
York law firm. The result of their
work will be made public, it is stated,
in a few days.
A war .is breeding between cattle
men and sheepmen in Grant, Mathoir
and Harney counties, Oregon. The
cattlemen have posted notices threat
ening to kill sheepmen unless the lat
ter keep their flocks out of certain
districts.
It is estimated by Buran House,
who is probably the largest individual
dealer in grain in Oklahoma and who
has kept close tab on the wheat har
vest, that th« yield for Oklahoma this
year of wheat will exceed 40,000,000
bushels.
THE POPE IS DEAD
VENERABLE PONTIFF YIELDS TO
ATTACK OF DISEASE.
THE LAST MOMENTS PEACEFUL
Cardinals, Relatives and Members of
the Papal Court at the Death Bed—
Burial Will Take Place in Nine
Days.
ROME—The pope (lied shortly after
I o'clock Monday afternoon. His last
moments were comparatively peacetul
and painless and were preceded by a
period of insensibility.
Around the bedside at the final mo
ment were the cardinals, the relatives
and the papal court. Before lapsing
into unconclousness the dying pontiff
feebly moved his lips, his last articu
late words being those used in bestow
ing a benediction.
Gradually the shadow of death
spread over the pontiff, his extremities
became cold, hk3 features assumed the
fixed rigidity of death, and Dr. Lapon
ni noted his last fluttering heart beats,
which gradually became slower and
weaker, until they finally stopped.
The news of the pope's death spread
rapidly throughout Rome and caused
a most profound sensation. The whole
city Is in mourning.
During the alarming crisis about
noon, while the, pope was lying on his
bed, perfectly motionless, and around
him knelt the cardinals and other
members of the papal court, praying,
without any preliminary restlessness,
the pontiff opened his eyes, which fell
on Cardinal Oreglia, who was at his
side, and said solemnly: “To your
eminence, who will so soon seize the
reins of supreme power, I confide the
church In these difficult times.”
Of the supreme moment, Dr. Baponnl
gives an Impressive description. He
said:
"Death occurred through exhaustion,
although in the last two hours Pope
Ixo made a supreme effort to gather
together all his energies. He suc
ceeded in recognizing those about him
by the sound of their voices, as his
sight was almost entirely lost. Still
he made a marvelous display of his
energy and eveu Ills death was really
grand. It was resigned, calm and se
rene. Few examples can be given of a
man of such advanced age, after so ex
haustive an Illness, showing such su
preme courage In dying. The pontiff’s
last breath was taken exactly at ,4:04.
I put a lighted candle to his mouth
three times, according to the tradi
tional ceremonial, and afterward de
clared the pope to be no more.
“I then went to inform Cardinal
lapsing, at. another rallying, with ex
Oreglin, the dean of the sacred college,
who Immediately assumed full power
nnd gave orders that the Vatican he
cleared of all curious persons having
no right to bo there. Contemporan
eously the cardinal instructed Mgr.
ltlghi, master of ceremonies, to send
the Swiss guards from the Clementine
hall to the close all the entrances to
the Vatican and dismiss all persons
from the death chamber, the body be
ing entrusted to the Franciscan peni
tentiaries.”
CEREMONY AT THE VATICAN.
Cardinals Formally Declare that Pope
Leo XIII Is Dead.
ROME—Tuesday morning began
the first of those grandiose and unique
ceremonies which follow the demise
of a pope, and, although private, it
was conducted with great pomp and
was most impressive.
All the cardinals present in Rome,
numbering twenty-nine, assembled at
the apostolic palace to view the re
mains of the late I.eo XIII and to offi
cially pronounce him dead.
Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the sacred
rollege and camerlingo of the holy
Roman church, had to put aside his
cardinal's sign of deep mourning and
was gowned entirely in violet. Tho
other cardinals wore crimson robes,
with violet oollars, indicative of
mourning.
Within the death chamber the body
lay, with a white veil over the face,
on the bed, surrounded by the Francis
can penitentiary, while outside the
noble guard maintained a solemn
vigil. The profound silence was only
broken by the chanting of prayers
for the dead.
Into this solemn presence came the
mourning procession of cardinals,
who, kneeling silently, prayed. Then
the prelates reverently looked on
while Cardinal Oreglia approached
the remains. For this function the
pope’s bed room has been transform
ed into a mortuary chapel, au altar
at one end. having in the center a
! crucifix surrounded by six lighted can
' dies. Four candles stood at the bed
' corners. The white veil was then re
1 moved from the dead man's face, re
veaiing the cameo-like features of the
- departed pope, rendered sharper anr
! more transparent by death. So life
1 like was the body that those preseni
■ had expected Leo to raise his hand ir
1 the familiar gesture of blessing.
1 A moment of breathless silence en
sued and then the cardinal earner
lingo, taking the aspersorium, sprfn
and said In a firm voice, “Gioacchino”
(the Christian name of the deceased
holy father).. When there was no an
swer, the same word was repeated
three time"!, louder and louder. After
which, turning to the kneeling cardi
nals, the camerlingo solemnly an
nounced “Papa vertu mortuus est”
(the pope is really dead).
As the words were uttered there
arose from the kneeling cardinals a
sigh, a tribute paid to the late pontiff
by these princely heads of the church.
After this, in voices trembling with
emotion, the ranking cardinals recit
ed the Do Profundis, gave absolution
and sprinkled the body with holy
water.
The vicar of Rome. Cardinal Pietro
Respighi, has caused to be attached
to the doors of the churches an an
nouncement of the death of Pope Leo,
with instructions regarding the pray
ers to be offered and also giving in
formation about the funeral services.
The government of the Catholic
church has been officially assumed by
Cardinal Oreglia, as dean of the sa
cred college and as dean of the car
dinal bishops. He will be assisted by
the deans of the other two orders of
cardinals, Cardinal Macchi of the car
dinal deacons and Cardinal Rampoila
for the cardinal priests, the latter,
however, as a substitute for Cardinal
Netto, the patriarch of Lisbon, who,
when he arrives, will take over his
own duties.
GIBBONS OUTLINES PROGRAM.
Cardinal Leaves Instructions Which
Will Likely Govern Churches.
BALTIMORE—Before Cardinal Gib
bons departed for Rome he left with
ceremonial at night, when the body
was conveyed from the throne room
to St. Peter’s, was one ot the qjost
striking of all the obsequies.
During the day the congregation of
cardinals met and decided to hold the
conclave under the identical regula
tions which obtained at the conclave
which elected Deo.
Dr. Daponni. in the course of the
day, presented to Cardinal Oreglia a
report of the autopsy which was held
and which showed that there was no
sign of cancer in the pope’s body.
POPE'S BODY IS EMBALMED.
Doctors Perform Autopsy and Find
Pleurisy Only Ailment.
ROME—Dr. Papponi presented to
Cardinal Oreglia. dean of the sacred
college, the official report of the au
topsy performed Tuesday on the body
of the pope, which was conducted so
far as permissible in connection with
the embalming. The report is chiefly
important in disproving the presence
of cancer or nephritis. The text of
the report follows:
“Rome, July 22.—Yesterday even
ing, from 4 to 8 the embalming of the
body of his holiness, Deo XIII, occur
red.”
After giving the names of those who
assisted and those who were present
at the autopsy, the report says:
“We began by injecting into the
thigh over five litres of special pre
serving fluids. Having opened the ab
domen the lower viscera were ex
tracted and found to be perfectly
healthy. The spleen and kidneys
were absolutely normal. In the lat
ter the cortical substance was well
preserved and of a pale pink color.
“After opening the thorax it was
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POPE LEO XIII.
Rev. Dr, William A. Fletcher, rector
of the cathedral, an outline of the
services he desired hold in the
churches of this province, and which
will supposedly be followed by the
Catholic churches throughout the Uni
ted States. The plan is set forth in
the following statement furnished by
Dr. Fletcher Tuesday at the request
of the Associated Press:
“Prior to his departure for Rome
his eminence desired that a solemn
pontifical requiem mass be celebrated
in the cathedral, to which all the
bishops of this province and the rever
end clergy of the archdiocese will be
invited.
“The mass in the cathedral will
take place on the day of the funeral
in Rome. Right Rev. Bishop Curtis
will officiate. The discourse will be
preached by Right Rev. Bishop Dona
hue of Wheeling.
“The ceremonials and music will be
of the most impressive character.
“The cathedral will be draped in
mourning within and without for thir
ty days.
“Every evening until after the fu
neral at the hour of the de profundas,
at 7 o'clock, (Vie cathedral bell will ’>e
tolled for thirty minutes.
“This is the program which has
been adopted for the cathedral. No
doubt the pastors of the other church
es will make similar arrangements."
IN STATE AT ST. PETER'S.
People of All Nations to Pay Their
Last Farewell.
ROME—The body of I.eo XIII lies
in state in the basilica of St. Peter's
Beginning Thursday at sunrise the
people of Rome and those of all na
tions now in the Eternal City will be
' admitted to pa* their last farewell
1 Opportunity for this solemn tribute
will end Saturday. Until 5 o’elocl
; Wednesday afternoon the remains o
1 ihe dead pope lay in the throne roon
of the Vatican, where the leaders o
• the diplomatic, clerical and civil work
were allowed to pass the bier. Th(
found that the heart, the aorta and
the carotid arteries were healthy, ex
cept that in the archa aorta was
found an athersimateus excresence.
Nothing unusual was found in the per
icardium. The pleura On the left side
was quite normal, but on the right
sit)# the pleura was full of liquid of
an orange yellow color above and
bloody at the bottom, with a large
clot of fibrine floating. More fibrine
was on the free surface of the pleura
towards the ribs, with a slight scrap
ing of fibrine easily detached, allow
ing a view of the surface serum. The
upper part of the right lung was quite
normal, but the lower part was some
what hard and cracked at the touch,
and while cutting a whitish, frothy
liquid oozed out, The inferior lobe
had partly adhered to the wall of the
thorax, and when this was cut a
dirty white, abundant liquid without
I gas oozed out, showing complete hepa
tization.”
TALK AS TO THE NEW POPE.
Conditions Are Such He May Be Man
Not Yet Mentioned.
ROME—According to a statement
coming from a high ecclesiastical
source, the arrangements at the Vati
can are being pressed forward which
Will enable the conclave of cardinals
to begin sitting August 1. However,
it is thought the sessions may last con
siderably longer than at first expect
ed—even long enough to permit Car
dinal Moran of Sydney, N. S. W., to
arrive in time to take part in the pro
ceedings.
An ambassador accredited to the
Vatican says the question of Pope
Leo's successor is a peculiarly oper
one at the present moment. The per
sonality of the candidates plays s
much more important part than in anj
preceding conclave, since the condi
f tions prevailing in the past are now
i entirely changed.
f Cardinal Svampa Is quoted as say
I ing: "The conclave will be verj
; short, as were the last two. At th(
utmost I think it may. take one week,
as now there does not exist in the sa
cred college the marked political dif
ferences of other times. Therefore, it
will be possible to arrive at an under
standing more easily and quicker.”
WAR IS SCENTED.
Fear that the Fear East Will Breed
Hostilities.
LONDON—The Dail Mail’s Tokio
correspondent sends a rather alarming
view of the situation in the far east.
He says Russia's rention of Manchu
ria, the increase of its fleet, the dis
patch of reinforcements to Manchu
ria, the southward movement of the
army occupying Manchuria and the
defiant conduct on the Corean fron
tier, all alarmed the Japs, many of
whom are convinced that it would be
better to fight now than risk the
eventual loss of Corea and the rele
gation of Japan to a secondary place.
The Japs, he proceeds, are accumulat
ing stores and negotiating the pur
chase of ships and already have a
squadron off Vladivostock, to which
port Russian vessels have been sent
as a precaution, and both fleets are
ready for action at any moment.
The Siberian press is declared to
reveal the aggressive spirit of the Rus
sian military party and to show that
the Russians believe they will lose
prestige if they give way now, as
their far eastern empire will be lost
and Japanese influence will become
predominant.
The appointment of Marquis Ito as
president of the Privy council, the
correspondent says, is favorable to
peace, but Russia must retreat or
there will be grave danger of war.
The Japanese believe France and Eng
lang will join in the expected con
flict, which diplomatists at Tokio
think, if once begun, will continue for
years, involving disastrous results to
Japan financially and the creation of
a sort of Balkan difficulty in Corea.
He adds that confidence is shown ip
the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
TWO FIRMS GO UNDER.
W. L. Stow & Co. Sink First and
T. J. Taylor & Co. Afterward.
NEW YORK.—The announcement
on the stock exchange late Friday
afternoon of the suspension of T. J.
Taylor & Co. and of W. L. Stowe &
Co. was the cause of a period of ex
cited selling of stocks and wide cuts
in prices which has not been equaled
since the present movement to liqui
date set in. There is nothing in
either failure that can be traced to
business or industrial conditions out
side the exchange, the case lying close
to a diagnosis of speculative collapse.
Both firms have been largely concern
ed in speculative stock market pools,
formed for the purpose of taking on a
line of stocks, sustaining their price
by supporling orders real or manipu
lative, and seeking to realize profits
by selling out to outsiders at the high
prices. Such operations have resulted
in increasing difficulties with the
growth in the stringency of money, the
solicitude of bankers over loans em
ployed in such productfon, and the
jaded appetite of the public for such
securities. The operations of the
firm of W. L. Stowe & Co. were on
a large scale in Mexican Cenlral, and
the difficulties accumulated by them
are added to the price of 11 touched
recently, compared with 3414 last
year.
MAKE SERVICE ATTRACTIVE.
Government to Provide Amusements
at Navy Yards.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—With a view
of making the naval service as at
tractive as possible to enlisted men
and lessening visits to dives and de
sertions, the navigation bureau is now
working on a scheme for the estab
lishment of recreation halls and
grounds in navy yards and stations.
One of the most complete projects so
far unfolded within reasonable price
came from the Norfolk navy yard.
This plan makes provision for a foot
ball ground, base ball diamond, grand
stand, cinder track, swimming pool a
recreation hall, costing $35,000, with
gymnasium and library, dance hall,
and smoking room. It is probable
that where sufficient ground can be se
cured these Norfolk plans will be
adopted as a type for other yards. An
appropriation for the purpose will be
requested at the next session of con
gress.
PRINCE FERDINAND FLEES.
Fears He Might Meet Fate of Alexan
der of Servia.
BERLIN—Notwithstanding the offi
cial denial that Prince Ferdinand's de
, ; parture from Servia amounts of flight,
j | the Vossiche Zeitung, which gets well
i : authenticated private information
- j from Bulgaria, says that the rumor of
i the prince's flight has some founda
- tion and thinks he has left the coun
try until the excitement subsides. A
' special dispatch from Sofia srys that
an attempt against Prince Ferdinand's
- life is not impossible, Servia's exam
r pie having a profound influence on
s the prince's enemies.
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The number of opium smokers in
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If a woman's husband isn’t admired
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Minds which never rest are subject
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MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY.
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An Appropriate Object of Sympathy.
Pension Commissioner Ware’s sym
pathy has been aroused once more,
this time by the pension application
of a battle scarred veteran who tells
a story of domestic infelicity, con
cluding in this fashion: “I got blood
building a fifty-fourth castle, a mag
wen I cam bak from the frunt. The
eg Was not good wen you send my
penshun I want the Deed made sos
my wile cant get none of it—she
throde the eg. She war a rebel.”
Origin ot Names of Carriages.
Omnibuses were first seen in Paris
in 1827, and the name is nothing more
than the Latin word signifying “for
all.” “Cab” is an abbreviation of the
Italian word cabriola, which was
changed to cabriolet in French. Both
words have a common derivative—
cabriole—signifying a goat’s leap. The
exact reason for giving it this strange
appellation is unknown, unless be
cause of the lightness and springiness
of the vehicle in its original form. In
some instances the names of special
forms of carriages are derived from
the titles of persons who introduced
them. The brougham was first used
by the famous Lord Brougham, and
the popular hansom also derives its
name from its introducer, Mri Hansom.
Landau, a city in Germany, was the
locality in w'liich was first made the
style of vehicle bearing that name.
Found a Friend.
Valley City, N. Dak., July 27th.—
Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of this place
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There is one liquor shop for every
seventy persons in the province o£f
Eure, France.