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POPE 18 PASSING
DOCTORS 0N WATCH BY
DYING PONTIFF
L
KIS DAYS SEEM NUMBERED
Last Sacrament Administered to Him
andHeH9l Given Directions Con
cerning His Wiches Is Being Kept
Alive By Stimulants
HOME Gods will bo done
Who would it when
only ten daysiago I waBTirosldlrig over
a- publipconsJistorymurmijred feebly
Ppc Leo as he felt -himself late Sun
day evening sinking lntbja ijeep sleep
which lasted about three hours until
excruciating pain Tjfpuglii 1
pontiffuack to consciousness He
groaned and cdniplalricd ofpafrison
both sides of the jthQraju -Tenderly
Dr Lapponni assisted by Pope Leos
valet Pio Centra and the physicians
secondassjstantr lifted hisXormand
changing the position succeeded in
giving the patient some relief
Though hovering on the brink of
death the life of the pontiff Is
means of stftmg stimulants
and concentrated nourishment and
while he Js still alive his wonderful
-Jill
vitality may again resist and connuer
the attack of this illness - -
Late Sunday evening after the ex
citement of the cerbfltdny of tjje last
sacrament was pve the pope- seemed
less restless partly soothed by the
religious service andrpaftly by a dose
of chloral which was given to him in
considerable quantity -
The i great Vatican testifies to the
conviction that the -passing of Pope
Leo isyery nearT The court yard of
St Damasq is filled with carriages oi
the cardinals Cardinal S atoll i drove
to Rome from Fracati1 the beautiful
carriage horses coveedwith dust and
perspiration In thecortilc are drawn
up carriages of the -cardinals and
many notables Servants and messen
gers hurriedly cross the court with
huge bundles of with
the robies of ecclesiastical dignitaries
awaiting within the palace The ante
chambers of the palace were all
through- the nigh J thronged with
princes r f the church high noblemen
and members of the diplomatic corps
Telegranis of iriuJEyJiavfi beeri re
ceivedfrom several monarchs of Eu
rope -
All kinds of 1spenlation7isaiready in
circulation as jtptha probable sucj
cessor to tlie throne oc St Peters
Opinion is much to the
many interests which will be affected
according to the choice made by the
sacred college the
cardinals Jwii fiaVG to solve Is whether
the conclave Vilirbe held in Rome or
outside of Italy
iir - u t - T
ONE CASE OF CANCERCURED
T
Vienna Medjcal Men jnterestecjjfin a
r Hetjort Nlade u
VIENNA Medical circles here are
greatly interested
nicatedfromtHeieriesse so ciety7of
physicians- andreala
ting of the Imperial academy of sci
ence to -the effect thata long stand
ing casgofvcancer wastcured
dium rays at toe clinic of the late
Prof Gaussenbauer TSe patient
who was 6L years of age had -long
sufferea from cancee of the palate
and lip and had repeatedly been op
erated uptin fruitlessly In thre au
tumn of 1902 waHrtHe pttyiciam5 6f
Vienesse llospital declared -it vasab
solutely useless to operate again qne
physician - determined as p lastre
sort tgtryr rdium rays j ux 4-
AcjreejtQr sPass Tfrdrichni f i
WASNGTQNASv a esujtpf nur
merous conferences held here during
the past few weeks it has been agreed
so those in well informed circlessay
to passtheAIdrich1 bill in the form
desired by the president Representa
tive Canriori who has been oppbsed to
ihcmeasure has
won over and will lend his support
as speaker of the new- house to the
bill Others who were opposed have
also been won ovei
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j
Fleets vjHoyeri Oyerj China
TIEN local newspapers
Comment on the significance pf the
gatheringfpfrthe American JBritish
and Japanese- fleets in the northern
part othpgul 6PeChi Li It is
asserted that no less than fifty seven
Russian warships of-one-sort-and an
other are aasbmBlda at -Port Arthur
The Japanese Teservie who
were 6n leave in NerlU China are
said tohave bee5 -called h6me
rXF
WouidBfaAssassin Burned AHye
ALGIERS rlt is reported from the 4
Moroccan frontier that - an attempt
was recently made Xa assassinate
i T iystff f j lT Wtiftimiftitemtamm ftiH l II t rT
fi w ii Mnii mm
TARIFF QUESTION CONSID2jEE 4
pflo5d3 renewed the dehato
over the preferential tariff proposi
tion making a further request for in-
plans In the course of a long speech
he ridiculed Colonlal Secretary Cham
berlaln61 program and said he did not
believe the government intended to
The Luke p Devoiishirlprd
ldentof the council sajfl jfGwasim
possible novfrto give tgettpxactSpppo
8f theiqujry He epuioVsatbati
the ppsiqn pftheIngoYernientJat
present wapomewhafc different fromj
that tf rhanubqrainij but theyn
did no conflict vThpyhole cabinet
had agreqLtthtejjipel3vasiRipe
ior an inyfigatkjnr outej ppssibilh
ties oa doJsgrscaJunipn1fflitbe
v tTVJ ylUMV
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w
yea6s the mint
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Great iricreasei In PrPductjon Without
Incrfcase inEtfiJensa
PHrCATjETJPHlA The fiscaT yqaf
of the United States mint here Just
e rt i f f ii n i -fir iT i
ended vfas a record breaker inthe
iiumoer oi coins meaais ana dies
struck and the Increase in the
tion was accomplished withput any
material Increase in expenses Accord
ing to the reportmade b y Superin
tendent Landis tb the treasury de
partmentr atiWashirigtbnthe coinage
was 19573766i pieces greater thahr
fthe previotisear ah1 iricrease in med
als of 7032 pieces and ah Increase In
dies of 309 About 2GO000000w6rtif
of coined bullion was jcouijted i and
weighed as follows t
Goil coin 5C00D000 gold- bullion
4600600l04r silyer dollars- 92v000000
silver buillion 236oo000 - jBesides
this there was a large amount of sub
sidiary Silver nickel dnd bronze
A BIG PO STA li D E I C I E N C Y
Deficitfor Pest Year Double that of
Previous year
WASlirNGTON U C Captain
i u i J
Castle auditor of the treasury for the
postoffice departmentr made the offi
cial estimatethat the postal deficiency
for the fiscal year just closed will be
4617203 The deficit fo the previ
ous fiscal-year-was 2961170 This
big increase is -attributed jtothp en-
torced increase in expenditure for ru
ral free delivery service during the
past year n f
The receipts of -the-postal service
for the yaf were 134268609 arid the
expenditures Si88S5812f Ther defi 1
s - - jiit
uiiuy iu ine iree ueiivery service is
not yet defiriitVlyownheyprid the-
estimate agp
master generaLthat itjwonldihe i227
QJ0 by -the Close of the fiscal year
The deficiency however jmay -prove
considerably largerthantlrsrngure
INHERITANCE TAX rLAVV VOID
Minnesota Supreme Court Decides it
v- i
I lrnief inf innal
S T ir t tVr
lf
ST pAIILnlpnn TrThe irsupreme
court handed down a dedision
day m which the Inheritance tax law
was declared unconstitutional
y 2ipsni j br i u f
The decision was made in the cas
of Alice A Russell executrix of the
i
estate or sol deceased i
formerly a welUknowriadtorTI l l
After the estate of her husbanS faad1
been settledinnthei HennepiiiiiCouiity
probate court iMrs Ituflselhasked foni
a finaUaqopnntingfi The courtfheld
tbat thjcstate ijvasj subjecfcitothaiin jj
sheritance tax iand urged a claims of
575 unde5
iCpuntytdistript courtf jheld thatthetlaw
was unpojftstitutiondl i The nsupreme
court sustainedthis decision mi
NotCheer the King
C Ji
DUBLIN 2A special meeting df the
Dehd
RbME GduntPaoW Cariiello Is
dead He wasatone tirii of1
St Peter s Catholicism
later preached jviQjenlK0agajnst7the
Vatican in Italy England and Jhe
United States recanted did -penance
and was restored to tne priesthood
Mine
DENVER Colbf AspecFaito the
Republican from Haftna yo says
Ti wiiv rAGJxtsrviyi ti Ji 0
UeilCVCU 141- U 111c l UC iuuic
MnlevMohannned the sultans broth- -which was the scene of the recent
er wnOiilSf inieagut Wliu lu yie ctjipiuaiuu auu tuuacijucuiucmj iuoo
tender Bu lamaraj whHe in camp at of life- is under icontrol The work
Sidehalssa A Mohasa tribesman fired of removing the debris Jromathe main
a is pjpsressinJayrirablyi It is
ed a sbldierifitThe would ba assassin
was inimediaty selzeddrerichedwitli
riot believed howejVer thacan at
tempt will be made to remove the
bodies of the miners until several
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ALL men
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IN THE MINE SARE
doubtless dead r i
r
HOWEVER RESCUERS TOIL OH
The Mine Penetrated and Many Dead
Discovered Twenty Bodies Found
TVlingTed with Debris that the Unfor
tunates Tried to Pass
jf HANNsFyQSneflIaLtothcpffla
na nee vvprK ior ine men suspense
for tlile women certainty made more
This i summarizes the days proceed-
rngsJAll througli the daylight hours
pie weary rescue parties toiled fon
hoping tPvxeacb possible smwivxjra
6fTuesdaysjminp
Kreets or gathered in mute agony
about the various entrances to the
pit t
Members- of thercsculngpartiestelI
of pitiful scenes about the seventeenth
level as deepasit has been possible
it penetrate r Spme hi the survivors
were driven insane arid fought like
fiends -rescuers Dazed
jlistjesssur vivorswere found sitting on
cars or lying on floor careless pi
whether they lived or died At -the
sjyenth ieyelinlpile ofi twenty bodies
Ayas of debris
vhich the -men had tried to surmaunt
before overcome by the deadly fumes
Some were seared and blackened by
ffames hjit alljiad died crawling to
ward fresh airr -The eleven -rescuers
who penetrated thus far were too weak
tobring out a body
Vor hours the scene at the entrance
Of the mine was heart moving With
J tcloihes and wives
-sweethearts and children huddled to
gether weeping and wringing tiielr
their hands Slany sat on shattered
timbers blown irom the -minds mouth
insensible-to-their-surrounding Tire
most frantic pushed to the edge ofthe
gap and tried toforce a way into the
slope i n
Among theidead is Alfred Hapgood
who turnedi thenfirst shovel ofcdirt in
starting the slope
The t fire bosses who had reported
all safe before working- time Tuesday
I met death while making a second in
spection x u
Many gathered in small- crowds on
the hill overlooking tnev mouth of -the
ill fated ming Many believed
wpuld oe brought throughitheirear
shaft and congregated- -therefore on
the brow ofa hill overlooking that
opening and waited anxiously through
the entire day but their vigil was
noti regarded for no ibodies were ire-
moved f rom the mines duringrthe day
-The womea andVi older children- are
apparently stupefied- and do not re
alize the awful calamity that has be
f alien them Many firmly believe thai
their dear husbands sons arid broth
ers are still alive and will reach the
surface in safety j but these grief
stricken people have not yet leafrieja
the- truth and1 will not fully realize
the- awful situatibri until they aro
confronted by he blackened partially
hnvtiftH1 nrt wont AnnrtH wV n rrlnrl
bodies of theirhushands sons
uves ana inenps
Cuban Veterans damorous
HAVANA The radicaUwingofjthe
revolutionary veterans at Havana have
petitioned jjpngress fpr the immediate
appointment of a congressional- com
Lmitteeto pass1 upon the Validity 6
the soldiers claims They ask that
25 per cent thereofhe paid outofithe
governments preserit surplus- Some
ofthe most radical yeterans denounce
thg goyemment because these pay
jinents have beendeiaypd
- ni r DUl lAn crWc
J f nnlln1 - ca- iut uuiuiy Viibiiivno suju
sider the
tb Bdwaf d on1 his ap7
prdaching visffto Ifelahdwas bfbkeri1
up in the publicf
ies1 Th6 Timothy C Hari
ririgton finding he colildnbt
tnechalrabruptly
and the meeting
ple in sang GbdysaVe
Irelandrahd cheered for if eland incest
santlyuntil remojrdlbythe onlcials
-
Russia Preparedrfbr Trouble1
fast cruisers of the Russian -volunteer 4
fleet which arewlyinsidlS at
ppl and Odessa are being herd Iffthe
the OdessaM cofrespbndent Vf the7
Times He adds that it is -reported
that an intimation was given June 20
to tne commanaers or tnese vessels
that there is a possibility of their be-
ing requisitioned -to Sy the naval flag
tfl
Decrease in PrJceof rSilveri f v
ASHINGTON -The quarterly - e
tiinte -of thte value of foreign coins
Vi L f i tfi
-issued dv tne airecror or tne mint
snows that for the three months end j
ed Junet 30 A903 the- ofi silver
decreased from 53144 cents an outtee
tdr 4695 icerits an orifiSea total of
549 cents an ounce
DaHlGodfrrey DealT
tLONDdNDah dddfrey rtheJi fam
ous bandmaster of the Grenadiert
Guards- died Tuesday pi
x
f ir
-II tVJ liiJl 1 v i j
rayne oecs rvearns
NEW YORK oslmasterdfeneral7
Payne arrived from Washington yia
tne PerinsylvaniaTailrBad Thursday
accompanied by Mrs Payne1 en route
for a short rest in the Catskills He
went air edt ltb hisf odnir leaving word
that hpwouidseeTio catlefs Hfe saw
Senators Kearns of Utah howevlir at
great lerigth SenffirfieaffiSlIs the
ownerdf gl
which Perry
ierosepB and burned alive - days have eagsed ant Poster- general i ffie editaf
A MINE DISASTER
3
t
xplo3lonjrerminates in Fearful Los
uANNA3vyo Twovhundred aqa
hfrV foyrdeadanseveralffiothprs
slightly injured out of 280 is the rec
ord of the most fearful disaster which
-ever-struck- mpftroundi
here
Shortly after 1030 Tuesday morn-
Ing a miner entered a closed shaft
leading into the No 1 mine of the
-Union Paeifio Goalcompany with a-
naked light Through years of idle
ness gashad been allowed to escape
and accumulate tilV It needed but a
kpark to set it allght arid- Wreck the
ipit This was--supplied by the min-
gr Instantly there was a roar as If-
ofi ecljping thunder Mine timbers
rock and ironj veretprn down t and
hurlecT athwart JLhe entrances
blocking ief escape of almpsl
300 men employed below ground -The
sound of the report echoed and re-
echoed below and above the surface
-and -brought men hiirrylngfrom every
direction fearing they knew1 not
what but j knowing v something
happened Gradually sur i
vivors began to appear forty six of
themu ragged disheveled t men with
gaping wounds and clothes torn by the
explosion From these the first
fles of the disaster and the closed
j ffli X
Condition of the various underground
tunnels were learned
Almost before they appeared how
ever rescuers had volunteered for the
task of -carrying succor to their stride-
pn comrades below ground and headed-
by E S Brooks superintendent of
fthe mine a hundred willing hands
were speedily at work clearing awaj
the debris and opening Tip an avenue
pi escape forthe imprisoned men and
a shaft whereby pure- air might be
conveyed to them
For a time it was feared the ex
plosion had bred a wqrse disaster- and
rumors of fire sweeping the workings
-were bandied about among the crowd
of watchers and -workers which head-
-ed the pit mouth Fortunately how
ever these rumors proved of false or
igin arid the eritombed inen sur
rounded with sufficient horrors without-
were spared 7a holocaust
GERMANY HAS1 SOME CLAIMS
Cubans Are Puzzled Not Knowing
What They Are
HAVANA Garcia V6lez the Cuban
consul general at Hamburg reports
that at a banquet at Hamburg at
whichEmperor William and foreign
Secretary Baron jyou jRichthefea were
present the latter remarked to him
that the first matter to be taken up
by ithe German minister to Cuba was
th claims of German- citizens The
officials here do not know what claims
ithe Germans have since
the
MINE DEAD CREMATED
war
claims are closed so far as Cuba is
concerneb Dytlie treaty of Paris
The ebnsui wafs not in a position to
enlighten them on the point arid the
circumstances have been - communi
cated to Stirior QUesada Cuban iriiri
ister at
Flames Baffle- Willing--Workers afid
i j Consume VictfmsBbdies7 -
JIANNA WyoOf th6 234 Jmen en
tombed by themine explosion on
Tuesday the bodies of only five have
been recovered andnall hops -than any
Tof the others are alive has been aban
doned -
jFire andsnpkle aie
ploration of jtlie lower wordings and
it is feared that many if not all of
the bodies now in the mine will be
consumed
It was officially announced Thurs-
tay that no more bodies would be iak
sej out for several days unless some
were found in the main slope As
depth is attained a few of the handy
hieh arid drivers may tie found on the
main slope and thgse bodies willbe
removeaas rapidly as they are found
rThe majority of the dead irieriare in
the entries below No 15 and -cannot
be reached- -
a Lockout in BUtldihg Trades
SALT LAKE Utah The Building
Contragtorsassociatipn composed of
practicallyr eyery j contactorj and-
builder in this city has depided to
suspendVall building in -this city on
July 6 The lockout wHl directly
niore tiiau juuu wunuueu auu win
continue inforct until an understand
ings is reached between the contrac
tors ahdr thfeir1 workmen- In a state
mtit issued Tfirifsday the contractors
coinplain that meri at work on vari
dus he city -have
been called out- andrio explanation of-
hYeted This appears- to be the
cipal grievance
Hoppers Slay Many Cattle
BUTTEifpntT Prof Copley of Jhe
State Agricjiltural college atBpzeman
has retumedfrom an investigation of
ttie grasshoppertriden district about
Fofsythe He says that the insects
have devoured everything in astrip
seventy and fifty Jmiles
wifde arid thafas a consepfenfce bf
their rtidsTanMe Jco5ditiori3 are thVj
wofst til eversawiThepainsiare
dotted withccattte that hare starved to
jril
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Udiut l3iatf tfViov
SOUTH OMAHA
their bids
South
1
JSte t
rATfTHRTtfffHtta of cattle r3Yecar
fairly llboral and tho demand on the
part of the packers did not show any
lirtjirovemoirti -Reports from outside
points weroratherfiscouraKinff and as
a result a slow and weak market was
slow In starting- out and they were
rather beah The b prices ln
most cases sold at rlgrht around steady
prices or In dthdr WordVsteady t6 a
JBllade ower uOthqr kinds thouh
sold all the way from weak to a dime
lower the commoner the cattle the
greater The market
was slpnna sales ye made all 4tle
wjy from steady to a dlmp lower Tho
best grades7 ofJorrifeUiJ1 sold without
muchaifllbiltyhf Steady p Vlces but
when It came to the commoner kinds
and to grassers the market ywas very
uneven andu5i0c Tower on thc aver-
vge CannersJ weVe extremely hard U
dispose of at any figure as it was more
a question of finding a -buyer than one
of price Bulls veal calves and stags
were -also slow sale alnd rather weak
IIOGS There was a heavyruri of
liogs andr the general market was In
rather unsatisfactory condition to the
selling interests At the start a few
loads sold a shade higher hut before
salesmen had an opportunity to tilsp6se
of more tian 20 loads packers lowered
Salesmen figured that It
vas simply a temporary weakness and
hold on for thermbrrifng - prices The
situation however grew rapidly worse
and closed fully 10c lower than t tho
opening or a big lc lower than yes
terday At the beginning hogs sold
from- 550 to JGCu and the the close
thay sold largely at S500and Gi00
SHEEP rrQuotations for grass stock
Good to choicq lambs 1575 -25 fair
to good lambs 525ffP57i
choice yearlings 475 jp 5
good to
500 fair to
gpod yearlings 450ft475 good to
choice 350 375 good to
choice ewes 350f375 fair to good
ewes 32553rib feeder lambs 250
350 feeder yearlings 2S0ffi350 feed
er wethers 2nogi3GO fdeder ewes
200275
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KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Dressed beef steers
Steady others lower quarantine cows
steady steers weak cPwsand heifers
dull and lower stockers and feeders
slow choice export and dressed beef
stqers 450510 fair to good 300
71450 stockers and feeders 275 450
western fed steers 375ii46d Texas
and Indian steers 2705400 Texas
cows 240320 native cows 2004
420 native heifers 32400435 can
riers 125 240 bulls 2250450
calves 2G5C00
HOGS Market averaged steady top
55S5 lulk ofsales 5Crfi570 heavy
565SS5 mixed packers 5G5i5575
light 560575 yorkers 570575
pigs 540575
SHEEP ANTJ LiUiBS Sheep 25c
lower feeders steady -native lambs
330645 western lambs 300025
fed ewes 300 500 Texas clipped
yearlings 320515 Texas clipped
sheep 300500 stockers and feed
ers 320400
CHINESE DO NOT LIKE IT
Object to Regulation Regarding Visit-
ors to Worlds Fair
PEKIN The United States treasury
regulating regarding the- Chinese vis
itors to -the St Louis exposition are
bitterly critioised in the native press
and itiabelieved iwilt demoralize Ghi
nals efforts -to take creditable paTt in
the exposition The most objection
able points in the eyes of the natives
are the 500 bond the photographic
ideitificationvjpolice supervision of the
visiting Chinese and the expulsion
from America of the Chinese work
men and assistants when the fair
closes The press points out that the
Chinese visitos will be no better than
prisoners throughout their stay The
official newspaper of Chi Li province
whbseutterances are understoodto be
directed by Yuan Shi Ki the governor
of the province taunts America with-
hypocritical pretense of friendly inter
course and says the politeness with
which what is called the most just
nation on earth treats its guests is a
warning to Chinese and others con
templating visiting St Louis
An Old Editor Dies
TOLEDO O--Clark Wagner for
many years an editor iri Ohio died in
the Toledo hospital aged SO years
He was elfitor of the Blade from 185G
to 18Go arid editor bf the Toledo Com-
- - rf
mercial from 18C5 to 1S73
Dies in Barber Chair -DECATUR
111 Richard Pedde
cord nephew of the late Governor
Oglesby died Thursday in a barber
chair supposedly of apoplexy
More Bubonic Plague
SANTIAGO DE CHILE -The exist
ence of bubonic -plague at the seaport
of Iquaque is officially confirmed
Resist Education Act
LONDON -The first foreigners to
Join the -passive resistance move
ment against - the education act are
two American - taxpayers living at
Wimbledon ithe Rev R W Farquhar
formerly a pastor of Portland Ore
and E P Gaston who at one time
lived in Chicago They have both re
fused to paythe education rate con-
lequently their household goods will
be seized arid sold at auction to satis
fy claims for a few shillings
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EXfJEDITIONS H1 tu
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OUT TO
RECOVER TREASURE
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Valuable Fiiids Made in the Wect
Indies Have Stimulated Speculation
of
Immense Amounts
A party of three wbwere chatting -on
the deck of a steamship during a
LexuflEtenxtnl BeaCflteexbnyArA jvnuLKoyagc f rom Jamaica to
The falkTell upon
the West Indies land each ofciu3uhaUw
his taie to tell i
A -couple of months lago sald i thQi0ii
first man an Anpriqan mining epginv Htv
eerI was in Jew Pffividpncj1aritlU3r1
everybody waa tnjjiins
American who had been denvn
j 4 IttlJjCt tVU Mill TO BVU
in the Bahamas just before
I flH - UHfl
Jle came In a small schooner and
anchored off one of tWsltaaffWs
or islaiiils wnidrafa id riumeHcras Aiv
there He said holmiiitc6itiirfdr
sponges of cPral diBalf brTjemTs
would not tell anybody whati heUa
had come fon -- m iiu
One day he hired two anon and got mi
aboat filled with tinned provlsionsd ovf
tools and a tent liQmadejthem
row him over tp another cay ajbout tn
six miles ofi a mere lump of coral jj7
and a few bushes where nobody lives
There he stai fpr aweek making
tho men dig like fury in pVaceho
pointed out while he watched over
them with a rifle to see that they did
not ahirfr - - --
After six days digging they cariieit
across a h6avy bfass bourid trurik -They
Carried it to the boat and rowed
to the schoonor As soon aathe -
box was aboard he weighed anchor
and notning more was heard of hjm
Nobody knew his name r what he
had found but of course they all
think that he had the clew tb some
pirate hoard and found it
When I was in Haytl iri 198 said
the second rriember of bur party a
Canadian business- man I came
across a curious- treasure story At
poor man at Cape Haytien who
everybody knew had not got 100 to
into a man of wealth and went in for
land speculation
Presently the socret leaked out
The house he lived in wis a ruined
French chateau dating back to the u
days when the French colonists occu
pied the island a magnificent old
ruin of the type one often sees in
Haytl
Sawing through the wainscoting
one day to make some repairs he
came across a big oak chest filled
with French gold pieces gold and
silver plate necklaces brooches
watches and other valuables The box
was worth about 15000 -
A wealthy speculator in Cape Hay-
tien hearing of his firid concluded-
there might be some iriore chests
there so he offered to buy the
house ana eventually did so for
2000
The new man did more- than
search he pulled down the house
and in the end found four other
chests found altogether to be worth
nearly 200000 The first got
very angry and wanted to -share but
he came off badly-
The speculator had political influ
ence and soon had hini flung intajaibi
and despoiled of most of his i wealth
for the heinous crime of concealing
treasure trove from the state That
speculator and his family tP dayare
among the richest people in Hayti
I recounted a most marvelous but
perfectly true story told to me iri
Jamaica last year by the skipper of a
turtling schooner from the Cayman
islands - -
He was aboard the schooner one
day last spring rnchoced close to a
reef near the Caymans on which a
bark had been recently wrecked
Looking over the side of his vessel
he saw a curious yeiiow gleain on
the ledge of the reef about eight feet
under water Thinking it was a large
sheet of copper or brass he orderdd
one of his crew to- diveiforit
The man carae up with his hands
full of gold coias Spanish doubloons
with the arms of Seville on them The
ledge was covered with loose gold
The snipper showed me a lot of the
gold in a store jn Kingston Jamaica
and sold the entire find soon after
ward for over S10JOO
At this moment there are two
or t jree expeditions English and
American searching for buriedtreas
ure in various parts of the West In
dies The favorite hunting grounds
are the Bahamas from New
dence as far south as Tortuga and the
Virgin islands Chambers Journal
A Leading Question r
Brer Williams said Brother
Thomas spese a mad bull wuz ter
take arter you what would you do
Climb a tree suh said Brother
Williams
But spose you had de rheuma
tism en a wooden leg en couldnt
climb
Brother Williams was silent a mo
ment then he said
Brer Thomas its des quisi
tire niggers ez you dat keeps dis race
problem gwine Ef de lynchin com
mittee dont git you finally itll be
kaze you outruns eml Atlanta Con
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Chaos of fears arid 6f Tjllsaes
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