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IK BATTLE FOB LIFE IS ENDED
' ho Aged Pontiff Passed Away Ihis Afternoon Surrounded
by CarU.iinfs and Friends—End Came Peacefully and
Without Pain—The Whole World Mourns the
Loss of a Good Man
(by the Associated Press.)
HOME, July 20, 4:40 p. m—The Pope
dOsd shortly ufter four this afternoon.
His lost moments were comparatively
peaceful and painless and were preced-
ed by a fieriod 6( insensibility. Around
the bedside at the final moment were
the cardinals, relatives and members of
the rtipal Court. Before lapsing Into
unconsciousness the dying PonMff feeb-
ly moved his Hps. his- last articulate
words being those used in bestowing a
benediction.
Graduafly the shadow of death spread
>ver the Pontiff, his extremities became
cold, his features assumed the fixed
rigidity of death and Dr. Lapponl not-
ed his last fluttering heartbeats, which
gradually became slower and slower
until they finally stopped.
News of the Pope's death spread rap-
idly throughout Rome and caused a
Most profound sennation. The whole
lty is in mourning.
ROMI3, 5:45 p. m.—A large crowd
has gathered about the Vatican but
perfcct order prevails there und el«e-
w here in Home.
The Pope rr death agony was short
and was terminated by a paroxysm of
•hoklng.
After a short interval Cardinal Sera-
Ino VannuteUi Intoned the requiem,
midst the weep|n<r of those present,
hea till kissed the Pope's hand be-
>re leaving the chamber.
NEW YORK, July 20.—12:14 p. m.—
For two hours all telegraphic commu-
nication from Rome hits been suspend-
ed. There is much reason for the be-
lief that the 1 oe is dead, although no
official statement to that effect has
been received. An unofficial tel. gram
announcing the death was reported in
Paris a few minutes since.
ter, stands near, while Centra, his val-
et, prays and weeps before a huge Ivory
crucifix. Dr. Lapponl sits by the bed-
side ready for any emergency.
While the doctors were examining
him this morning, believing him to
be unconscious, the Pontiff suddenly
fixed his eyes, even now bright and by
nfl means lifeless on them, saying:
"This time. Doctor, you will not win
In your brave fight Wfth death."
"It is vour Holiness who is brave,"
replied Dr. Lapnonl, but before the re-
ir-.rk was uttered, the Pope was again
unable to understand what was said.
The words the Pope addressed to Car-
dinal Oreglla. and which may prove
to be his Inst utterance are much com-
mented upon and It is wondered wheth-
er the intention of the Pope was to in-
dicate Cardinal Oreglla as his succecss-
or. They will certainly have consider-
able weight In the decision of the Car-
dinals who take part In the conclave.
ROME.—About noon the Pope was
seized with a sinking spell. For a few
moments It was believed the catastro-
phe was about to occur. So near death
was the Pontiff that Cardinal Van Nu-
telll began to recite p ayers for the dy-
ing: and administered the absolution.
The Pope, however, once again dem-
onstrated his marvelous vitality by ral-
lying from an apparently fatal seizure,
only to relapse immediately into a state
"f h -.nl-consclousncss. although the
Pontiff continued In a general condition
of lethargy, he had fleeting speels when
hi • reason asserted itself. During one
of these periods he murmured the ben-
ediction and solemnly confided the in-
terests of the Church to Cardinal Or-
eglla.
A wonderful .thintr about Leo is thai
every time his mind became clear, he
seemed to trrasn the fact that it might
be the last and he made the highest
use of it. When, during the alarming
crisis about noon, he was lying on his
bed perfectly motionless, while around
him knelt the Cardinals and other
members of the Papal Court praying
and not knowing whether the pope was
already dead, the Pontiff opened his
< ves and said solemnly to Cardinal Or-
eglla:
"To your eminence, I confide the
churches in these difficult times.
Pope's medical attendants that his holi-
ness Is in a critical condition, the sac-
rament Is set forth In all the churches
in Rome. At St. Peter's It is exposed
on the high altar, covered with a cloth
of white lawn, which is only removed
on the death of the Pope.
Meanwhile, summons are sent by
telegraph to the foreign or absent car-
dinals. and those In Rome are called to
the Vatican.
On the death occurring, the first step
to be taken ure the official verification
that the vicar of Christ is no more.
This act, which Is performed with a
certain prescribed ceremony, devolves
upon the cardinal Camerllngo (cham-
berlain) to whom, on the demise of the
holy father, the supreme authority for
the time being is committed. Attired
In full canonicals, his eminence, attend-
ed by the cardinals, prelates and lay-
men of high rank at the papal court,
proceeds to the chamber of death.
Knocking at the door with a wand of
silver, the cardinal camarlingo enters
the room and advancing to the couch
on which lies the dead figure of the
Pope, touches the breast and forehead
and then, sinking on his knees pro-
claims in a loud voice: "Domlnus pnpa
nioster mortusest." The fisherman's
ring and the other papaJ seals are
Hi en handed to the cardinal camarlingo,
together with a document, formally at-
testing the death of the Pope. As soon
as this ceremony Is accomplished the
body Is embalmed and attired in the
portificial vestments as a preliminary
to the public exposition of the remains
In St. Peter's. The body whloh Is com-
mitted to the charge of the papal cham-
berlains is first of all taken to the
sistlne chapel and thence by a covered
way to the great basilica, where it lies
In state for three days in the chapel
of the holy tmcrament, reposing on a
richly draped couch. Pour members
of the noble guard watch over the re-
mains, day and night, with drawn
sword. The body is so exposed that the
faithful In defiling past can kiss the
feet of the dead pontiff. While every
church In Rome Is draped in mourning
and masses for the repose of the soul
of the departed, together with the spec-
ial prayer for the guidance of the
church and of the new Pope, are said
constantly. During this time the ar-
rangements for the holding of the con-
clave are being perfected. The ten
sacred congregations meet on the third
day from the Pope's death in the hall
of consistory nnd there appoint three
members of their body, a cardinal
bishop, a cardinal priest and a cardinal
deacon, to form, with the cardinal oam-
erlingo, the temporary state executive.
On the first meeting of the^r ardlnals.
the cardinal camerllngo reads the papal
bulls touching the election of a Pope
and then in the presence of ail breaks
the flhermnn's ring and signets of the
deceased pontiff.^ ,
THE ARID REGIONS
Enormous Task Undertaken and Work Kp
proached Carefully
MR. NEWLLL'S QUALIFICATION
Tha First Attempts at Making Gigantic
Reservoirs—the Cost Will be Very
Heavy
POPE LEO XIIT,
IWERCSTED IN GIBBON*
If Trance Cannot Have Trench Pope Would
Prefer an Americsn
(By tha Associated Press
PARIS, July 20.— Cardinal Gibbons,
who has Just arrived In Paris on his
way to Rome, Is the object of great In-
terest here on account of a report pub-
lished yesterday that there Is a possi-
bility of his condldncy for the papney.
A large number of Catholic prelntee in
Pranoe believe the Influence of th
ehurnh would he tremendously devel-
oped were either a French or Bn Amer-
ican pope to suceeed Pope Lew 'In case
they had to choose they would prefer
an American to an Italian pope. On
account of the recent sccleRlastlcal
troubles In France the highest French
fSitholIc dignltnrles have thought It
fH to ke >p out entirely from the pres-
ent papal politics. Cardinal Gibbons,
however is h"tnp made the recipient of
marked attentlrnt-n*i part of Crimin-
al Richard, archbishop of Paris, and
other heads of the Paris diocese.
'"'ardlnnl Gibbons, who was weary
wfth traveling, fh's morning received
the newspaper correspondents- kindly.
He asked of them the latest reports
from Rome While marveling at the
power n! romance displayed by Leo.
he said tbnt he felt himself unable to
expr*«* himself with regard to the
situation at Rome before arriving
there. When the subject of the re-
mote possibility of the election of an
American pope was suggested the car-
dinal^ secretary Interrupted and took
off the cardinal to the convent of St
Sulplee where he will stay until
the death of the pope.
Mgr. O'Oor.nell, rertor of the Cathol-
ic unversity at Washington. D. C. who
has preceded Qtrtlntl Gibbons te
Rome will act as hlf< secretary during
the conclave.
ROME, ITALY, July 20.-1:50 p. m.—
Dr. Mazzoni has been hustily recalled
io the Vatican. It is believed the su-
preme moment Is at httnd.
ROME, 2:40 p. m.—The pipe has en-
tered into what the doctors believe to
be his last agony. Tne death rattle is
audible to those waiting outside the
sick room.
3:30 p. m.—Dr. Mazzoni on leaving
the sick chamber a few moments ago
said the present indications pointed
to the Pope's death within two hours.
ROME, 4 p. m.—The Fope had lost
all consciousness.
ROME—Pope died at 4:04 this after-
noon.
ROME.—At 11:30 there was great al-
arm at the Vatican as the Pope was
suffering from grave increased cardiac
affection.
Dr. Lapponl thought the end had ar-
rived and prayers were offered for the
dying* Pontiff and he was given absolu-
tfon lnartlcuio mortis. Death was con-
sidered so near that all the Cardinals
were present and members of diplomat-
ic corps were admitted to the sick room
as accordlu* to tradition, the Pope
must be surrounded by the sacred col-
lege. Ppntiflclal Court and diplomat*
accredited to the Vatican. Just that
moment a large party of American
tourists, unaware of the critical sit-
uation, ascended the grand staircase,
talking and laughing. They were ap-
proached by a gendarme, who said:
"Please do not make a noise; the
Pope Is dying."
The Pontiff's hands are folded over
the Rosary, which he has used for over
fifty
which his llo:
The famous
will neve
chair
this my last greeting."
ST. PAUL. Julv 20.—Arch-Bishop Ir-
eland in an euloarv of the Pope said:
"How rich and varied was the store
of knowledge. Rapidly as he convers-
ed he would travel from liternture to
science and art. from theology to di-
plomacy—everywhere the manifest
master, everywhere the cultured schol-
ar. He lived and worked purely fur
God anl for men. He met kings and
peasants, men of hicrh social rank and
of the lowest—all bowed before his gra-
c lousneBfi and whispered words of affec-
tion and devotion.
"V\ Ith Leo there dies the admirer nnd
lover of America."
OYSTER RAY. July 20 —President
Roosevelt was deeply touched bv the
death of the Pope. On being informed
of the demise of the venerable h ad of
th Catholic church he dictated the fol-
lowing to the Associated Press. He ex-
pressed his profounJ reeret nt the
death of the venerable Pontiff whose
long career no less than his exalted
character ha« commanded the respect
of all Christendom.
The President said that In uttering
these sentiments he was giving expres-
sion to the feeling of all the people In
the United States wholly without re
*ard to their rellrlous faiths.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 20,-The
State Department upon learning of the
death of the Pope, sent the following
cablegram to Cardinal Rampolln: The
President desires me to expr.-s* his pro-
found sense of loss which the '.Tiris-
tian world has stetelned In the death
of his Holiness. By his lofty charac-
ter. his great learning and his com-
prehensive charttv he also adorned his
exalted stntlon aud made his reign one
of the most Illustrious as It has been !
one of the longest In the history of the
Catholic Church.
Triend
GIVES PTRSONAL THANKS
President Palms is Grateful to His
and Neighbor
fHv Associated Press.>
HAVANA. Jnly 20.-Pr aident Palma
has sent a letter to President Roosevelt
expressing his personal thanks for the
cqrurtflamtlon tfhown Cuba throughout
the negotiations of the treaty.
The Cuban administration Is greatly
pleaded over the action of the senate
on the treaties, which, it believes, re-
lives what might have developed into
an embarrassing situation for both the
United States and Cuba The author-
ities learn that the amount of gov-
ernment land within the area of the
naval station at Quanta nam© Is much
greater than was supposed. The ex-
pense of acquiring the private holdings
will not be great. The gunboat Nosh-
vllle, will proceed nt once to Bahia
Honda, glim six- wIM be joined by th.-
Cuban engineers. The area of the sta-
tion nt Bahla Honda, has been dellmln-
ated nnd includes land on both sides
of the hurbor.
Dl AO MAN SWORT
Rochester Nev\ York Man Cama *9 Life
Rather Than Submit to Treatmet
fBy The Associated Prr-r* ,
ROCHESTER. N. Y.« July 2u.—Geo.
Wilson, an old resident, who wns pro-
nounced dead by his physician* Satur-
day night, has coma to llf< When the
undertakers arrived, Wilson's body wa-
stlff nnd cold. Preparations wei" being
made for embalming when the suppos-
ed corpse Fuddc iv Jun ped up and
swore at the undertaker for handling
him so n
sued ordo
Tlx
Iding
i! twelve hours ufter tin certificate of
death.
ANNOUNCING THE DEATH
HERE FR^M INDIANA
M. L. Goldberg of Prlneetei
In the . iiy, th< - of G. W.
the 1 well Known attorney.
Ind., 1
r Hi th
The 17tli of June Is marked with red
letters on the calendar of American
patriotism as Bunker Hill day. The
same day also witnessed last year,
President Roosevelt's approval of the
National Irrigation Act and the en-
thusiastic friends of the irrigation pol
icy take considerable satisfaction in
the fact that both events may be cele
brated on the same day and are in-
clined to claim that future genera
tions will find almost as much glory
and pride in the stataniaiillke deed
of 1002 as they will in the military
deed of 1775.
The stubborn and unequal contest of
Bunker 11111 was one of the things
which gave us a country to work for,
and the long sought victory of national
irrigation was certainly one of the
best steps in the country's develops-
nient.
The irrigation law Imposes a heav
responsibility on the secretary of the
Interior. Thnt already busy official
Is charged with the work of selecting
the projects to be undertaken, fixing
the size of the homsieads which may
be taken up on the public lands to be
reclaimed and making the rules and
regulation? for the use and# dlstrl
butlon of the wnter supply. The task
is an ardous one, and in some cases
a delicate one, since there are often
conflicting interests that must be
conciled.
Furthermore, it is obvious that with
the limited amount of money at his
command the Secretary can not build
works every where at once. Weste
communities are proverbially enthus
lastie over their own local advantages.
The people of each valley are prone
to believe that theirs Is a little the
best valley in all the West and thai
they enjoy the glorious privilege
living on the "best soil that ever lay
out door."
Hence, they are bound to be disss-
pointed when the Interior department
makes its necessary, always difficult,
choice between the claims of rival lo-
calities. II is a case of where many
are called but few are chosen. And
so it must be unless the Nation shall
some day decide to enter upon
work on a much greater scale.
Secretary Hitchcock committed the
details of the work <o the Geological
survey, which h>ts long been deuling
with hydrographlc problems In the
West and whose founder, the late Ma
jor John Wesley Powell, waa the first
scientific man to comprehend the
nomic value of the arid region.
The Director of the survey organ-
ized a new branch to take chargi
the irrigation work, naming it the
"United States reclamation servloe.'
Frederick B. Newell, who has been in
Frederick JL Newell, who has been
In charge of the water investigations
of the survey was made the chief of
the new service. He has been trained
for a dozen years for Just such
opportunity as has now come to him
and the friends of irrigation are pro-
foundly pleaaed with the choice.
Mr. Newell was confronted with the
task of organizing and setting in mo-
tion a very large undertaking.
field of operation Is half a Continent.
Its contemplated expenditures will run
into tens of millions. And the number
of people whose weal or woe will ul-
timately depend upon the wisdom and
honesty of the administration of the
work will be equal to the total pop-
ulation of many of the American states
and many a European nation. In oth
er words, it is a big thing, requiring
the service of big men.
Mr. Newell has the advantage of a
wide familiarity with the conditions
of the arid region to begin with. He
was thUB able to direct the preliminary
investigations with little loss of time
or money. To this end, he brought
together large numDers of bright young
men from various parts of the coun-
try and set them at work measuring
streams, surveying reservoirs and can-
al sites and estimating the cost and
efficiency of the first proposed works
These are the dam on the Sweet-
water in Wyoming, the dam at the out-
let of St. Mary Lake and the diversion
of the waters to the Milk river, the
construction of the Gunrlison River
tunnel, for the Irrigation of the Un-
comphagree Valley In Southwestern
Colorado, the construction of a chnin
of reservoirs on the boundary of Cal-
ifornia and Nevada, for the reclama-
tion of land In the latter state, and
the building of th" great Tonto Reser-
voir on the Salt River of Arizona.
It is estimated that these five pro-
jects will cost about seven million
dollars and reclaim upwards of six
hundred thousand aores of land. That
is to nay that it will probably cost
about 111.00 an acre to make this land
fit for cultivation. The money is not
permanently invested by the govern-
ment. Jt is to be returned by settle?b
in ten equal payments over « period
of ten years. There Is no Interest
charge. The government collects its
interest In ti. form of social and e- -
onomic galni which quickly material-
ize into the taxable values for the
benefit of the county, State and nation
The new policy is not very young
But marvelous progress has been made
during the year. The work has gone
one silently without a flourish of
trumpets. And yet nothing more mo-
mentous has been undertaken by this
government In the way of Internal
Improvements.
There Is but one thing that stands
In the way of this creation of count-
b*ss small home- out of the arid
waste, ' ne thing whir h the nation must
yet do before It can mok the future
wuqg for it-'|f ,ud for the multitudin-
ous bomeseeker: It must (repeal
certain tenure* of it.« present land la ws
under whl< h the publh domain Is being
speculated In and fraudulently absorb-
ed Into larj. < prlvnt holdings. It must
take heed of tb< President's injunction
In his last mep.- tge to Congress regard-
ing the spoliation of the puil< iandi
In the west and readjust Its la\ s *<
that the government land shall l e
served agnlnft the time they muj
needed by home mnk ^H
WILLIAM
The Great blberian Railway
BT\ rKTKMBTTRa, ffuly ni
at his St. Petersburg polaoe that I mot
Prtnce Hllkoff. Tl e appointment was
fl.\ed for 11 o'clock in the mornlrg. and
At that time 1 found tils excellency at
work In his study, lie mil asl<J<; his
paper aa I entered, he shook my hand
and addreased jne In Dngjlsh, He
speaks English fluently, and it waa in
that tongue that the Interview was
conducted. As the prince talked I had
some obance to study him. He Is a
straight, well formed nnd rather heav-
ily built man of 50. He has a broad
forehead, bright, piercing eyes and hair
and beard of frosted silver. lie looks
more like a pructioal business Ameri-
can than one's ordinary idea of a Rus-
shui prince, and he Impressed me with
his force of character and common
sense.
The first subject that come up wns
the Trans-Slberiun railroad, and in the
course of the trJk I asked his excel-
lency If he thought It would be a com-
mercial suc cess. He teplled:
"The road wns built as a military
and state enterprise, and the emperor's
Idea was that It would develop Siberia
for our surplus population. It was be-
lieved that the increase In values would
eventually make the road pay, but the
outlook now Is that It will be a very
profitable undertaking, and will event-
ually give good dividends on the cost
of construction.
"The traffic has grown beyond our
wildest expectations. We are already
running ten trains each way per day,
and we shall have to Increase this num-
ber to fifteen or sixteen very soon. The
passenger traffic is growing in the same
ratio. As for the whole line it already
pays Its operating expenses and about
2 per cent on the capital Invested. The
traffic Is so heavy thnt the rails will
not stand It. They are too light. We
shall have to relay the whole road and
replace them. I did not approve of
these light rails, but T had no Idea of
the possibilities of the line. We ex-
pected nt first to run about three trains
each way dally. The road was hardly
completed when we had twice that
many, and. as I have said, we now
have more than three times that num-
ber."
"Give me some Idea of your freight,
your excellency," said I.
"It Is far different from what we
supposed It would be," replied Prince
Hllkoff. "We expected to carry grain,
cattle, farming machinery, merchan-
dise and military sapplles, and so we
do. But, In addition, we have a big
business In dairy products. The grass
of Western Siberia is very rich. There
are vast pastures, and the cattle feed-
ing upon them produce the finest or
milk and butter. Siberia Is already
of the best dairy countries in the
world, and butter from there Is ship-
ped direct to London over the Trans-
Stberlan road and through Russia. We
•arry It to the Baltic and send it thence
to England by fast steamers. It takes
about three weeks to get It to the sea-
board. It Is ciirrlej in refrigerator
cars, some cooled by Jcc and some by
hemlcals.
"We have already one thousand cars
devoted to this trade alone, and during
the season we run two fast butter
trnlns every day. We have refrigera-
tors at the stations to store the but-
ter. We are already shipping almost
a billion and a half pounds of butter a
year, and the business is In its infancy.
It will steady grow, nnd in time Im-
proved breeds of cattle will be Intro-
duced.
"Another feature of our traffic," con-
tinued Prince Hilkofl, "Is the shipment
of fruits to Siberia. There are people
In Siberia who had never seen an ap-
ple, gnii es nr oranges until the com-
ing of the railroad. These fruits were
sold only In the larger cities. They
had to be brought by post or steamers.
and It was Impossible to carry iw rlsh-
able fruit. Oranges then brought as
much as 7G cents or -$1 apiece. They
are now sold at reasonable prices all
along the road.
"How about grain, your excellency?
Can you make a low enough rate to
compete with ours In the markets of
Europe?"
"I think we shall be able to do so,"
replied the minister of railroads. "We
.are already shipping grain northwest
to Archangel, and from there to differ-
ent parts of Europe by sea. Our grain
market of the future will be largely
In the Far East. There Is an enormous
demand for wheat and other cereals
In China, and that trade will .probably
l>e developed."
"How about the prospects of Ameri-
can trade In Siberia? Does It offer any
field for our commercial Invasion?"
res,'' rqplled Prince Hllkoff; "Amer-
ican goods are already sold In many
parts of Siberia. This is especially so
of farming tools. There is a demand
for readers and mowers, and there
should be an opening for all sorts of
sids supplied by the Western States.
look for a great increase |n the com-
merce between F^istcrn Siberia und the
''aciflc slope. That part of your coun-
try la almost destitute of coal. We
have excellent coal in Hiberla. which
we car ship you at a profit, and in re-
turn the vessels can bring back Amer-
ican merchandise and machinery.
American furniture Is also in demand,
ind there is no reason why all sorts
f American goods should not be sold."
"How at*>ut the coal areas of the
Siberian railroad, your excellency?"
"We are finding new coal fields ev-
ery year," replied Prince Hllkoff 'One
r the great arguments against build-
ing the road was the probable lack of
fuel It was said that we should have
cut down the forests to freed the en-
nes. The prospects are that we shall
Have plenty of coal for all time from
the beds along the line of the road. The
• eal we are now using comes from de-
posirs near the track. Home of It Is
oxcellent cooking coal, and near It arc-
large deposits of Iron, so that we expect
to have a manufacturing industry away
out there In Siberia."
I here asked some questions about
the Improvement of the Trans-Siberian
rallro.'id, nnd his excellency took me
across the room and showed me n
number of maps In Illustration of his
talk. I can only give the gist of his
eon vernation. The road, when com-
pleted with Its Manchurlan branches.
will be 6,542 miles long, and th« route
from ocean to ocorin, that la, from
Havre to Vladivostok, will be :.- o
miles In length. At present It tikes
a little over two weeks to go from St
Petersburg to Port Arthur, and thr
time will eventually be cut down t.
ten days. General Miles made th. trip
from Peking to St. Petersburg In eigh-
teen days, and told me that traveling
XVIIS vary comfortable all the way a largi
through. Within a short time w« shall | railroad
be able to go from London to Paris to ' rail# nt
Shanghai in sixteen days. Instead of in , the heu
the thirty-five days required by rail- , rylng
road and sea via the Suez canal. The < ur\es
l itter trip to Shanghai cists >150. The In the n
' h ns-H|herlan fair is $160, making a that th
ving of J21H). In uddlwlon to the twenty If so tti
FiJays, 'Hern In no doubt but that the proxlinf
SM* iHA*. ^ouotft of the travel to the Far Jitemi will , lint- aim
BLOODY BATTLE AT CUIDAD BOLIVAR
Venezuelan Revolutionists Begin Battle and Get More Tha |
1 hey Bargained for—Streets Covered With Dead
( y the Associated Press.)
BOLEDAD, VENEZUELA, July 19—
At 6 o'clock this nvomlng an engage-
ment between the government forces
and the Revolutionists occupying Ciu-
dad Bolivar began In two different di-
rections. The Revolutionists opened
the battle. At six o'clock the smoke
over Cludad-Bollvar was so thick that
it was impossible to see the city. At
7 o'clock the government troops, after
a terrible fight, in which they lost
moro than 100 men, captured the ceme-
tery. At R o'clock the Venezuelan fleet,
consisting of five men of war, shelled
the government building ut Cludad
Bolivar.
At 10 o'clock the Revolutionist's flag
hnd disappeared from the government
building and at 11 all the streets near
the building were captured by the gov-
ernment forces and a charge of all the
government soldiers In the city wns or-
dered. The wounded were then be-
ginning to arrive nt the government
headquarters from all directions und
the fight was general but the move- [
ment could not be followed from here I
In consequence of the smoke caused by I
I
which seemed formidable. It was vig-[
orously answered by tho government I
guns and only a few shots reached the |
fleet.
At 2 in the afternoon a block of hous- I
es opposite the govarnment building I
was captured by storm. The Revolu- [
tlonlBts seemed to be resisting desper-
ately, The Associated Press correspon-
dent will follow the advance with Gen-
eral Rival, The latter Is waiting for a
signal from Gen. Gomez, the Venezue-
lan commander, who conducted the at-
tach from Mlraflares, to enter Cludad-
Bolivar with all his reserves and four-
teen prune. The spectacle In the
steets of Cludad-Bollvar when the
smoke cleured away was heart rending.
There were over 200 dead Revolution-
ists In the steets, not counting the
wounded.
be by railroad in the very near fu-
ture.
1 understood that the trains are
good. The express, which goes once a
week, has sleeping cars, dining cars,
a library, a gymnasium and all the
comforts possible to railroad travel.
The trains go at a good speed, and ev-
erything is done for the comfort of tho
passengers.
At present the enrs are ferled across
Lake Baikal, but there Is tulk of build-
ing a railroad along the banks of the
lake and connecting the two ends of
the line. 1 asked Prince Hllkoff what
be thought of this and he replied:
"I do not approve of It. As It Is now
we cross the luke on a steam ferry.
The distance Is only twenty-four miles,
whereas If we extend the road It will
mean a hundred and fifty miles of new
line, and this will have little advan-
tage over tho lake, as It will tr.ke lon-
ger to go by train thnn by ferry. Tho
great objection has been that the lake
is covered with Ice In the winter, but
this can bo obviated by Ice breakers.
We had one from America which work-
ed well for a year or so when Its pad-
dle wheel broke. This stopped traf-
fic for a time and was the cause of the
proposition to build the railroad around
the lake. Several good steam Ice break-
ers would keep the lake open the year
around and they would be Infinitely
cheaper thai the new railroad, which
would cost millions of dollars."
"What Is the railroad doing for Si-
beria, your excellency?" I asked.
"It Is opening up the country and
It will result In Its development. Num-
erous branch lines will have to be eon-
!-'t ' ni t. (i. and In time tbere will be ^
great empire out there Inhabited by
Russians. The territory Is enormous.
Siberia Is two and one half-times as
big as Russia In Europe. It is half
as large again a* the whole European
continent, and considerably bigger than
the whole United States with Alaska
and your new colonies added. The
northern part of It Is not worth much,
being composed of polar marshes, the
subsoil of which is always frozen, but
a little south of that there Is a vast
belt of pine and fir trees, and farther
south the wide strip through which
the railroad goes. Much of the land
there compares with the northern part
uf the United States, which you call
your great Northwest, and with the
adjoining country on the other side
of the line belonging to the British.
It will raise wheat and all sorts of
hardy cereals. We are finding It ex-
cellent for dairying and It is Impossi-
ble to toll -what It may not be In the
futuro. A large part of the value of
Siberia is In Its minerals. It has gold,
sliver, copper and Iron. It hns coal,
reck salt and precious stones, and It Is
In short a world in Itself we have not
yet prospected."
"How rihout Immigration'"' I asked.
"The population Is steadily Increas-
ing," replied Prince Hllkoff. "We are
shipping in a vast number of settlers
over the railroad and the steamers take
mnny from Odessa down through the
Suer canal and about Va/ilvoatok and
other parts of Eastern Htb «rla. The Im-
migration began along about 18R0, and
In 18R0 about 110,000 had Immigrated
After that the number coming In in-
creased much more rapidly, and nt
present villages, towns and little rlth~<
are growing up all etpng the line of the
railroad. The total population of Si-
beria is now about 8,000,000, Of which a
large proportion Is Russian. The Trans-
Siberian alone carried 150,000 Immi-
grants lout year, and we shall take
more this."
"How nrbout the settlement of Man-
churia? Will you not establish Russian
Colonies along the line of the Eastern
Chinese railroad?"
"I have nothing to do with tin Man-
churlan end of the line," replied his
excellency. That Is owned by a privatr
company, and Is more directly undei
the charge of the minister of flnan- ••
I don't believe that colonies would
pay there. The land Is poor and there
Is no Inducement for emigrants to take
It up."
"What Is to be the great city on the
Trans-Siberian rond, your ex- -Henry?'
I asked.
"I think It should be Vladivostok."
replied Prince Hllkoff. "I nhouhl Ilk
to see the railroad metropolis of the
Far East In our own territory, and be-
lieve that we should go to work to mnke|
for our steel trust, as It Is about the
only company that could fill such an
order.
Branch lines will be built from time
to time, so that our steel makers should
watch the movement and take advan-
tage of It.
I find that American railroad ma-
chinery Is popular In Rupsla. A lurge
number of the locomotives on the
Trans-Siberian are Baldwins, and more
Baldwins will probable be used In the
future. Most, of the cars are equip-
ped with Atnerlcon aJr brakes and a
large number of the thirty odd miles
of bridges were mnde at Sparrow Point,
Maryland. Our big manufacturing
companies should keop their eyes on
Siberia and especially on the govern-
ment works going on there. Steam
dredges nnd building machinery of
various kinds will be In constant de«
n land.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
MORRIS B. BELKNAP FOR DOV.
THE TICKET.
For governor. Morris B. Belknap, Df
Louisville.
For lieutenant governor, J. B. Wll-
hart, of Ashland.
For treasurer, Jno. A. Black, of Bar-
hours vllle.
For uudltor, Geo. W. Welsh, of Dam
vllle.
For attorney genura^ Win. Booking
of Winchester.
Utr fnnliiT Of Slate, J. O.
of Mayiiald.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ July 17.~£ flee
ond day of pioturesque politic*! tne-
neuvers In the etate convention Of the
Kentucky republicans failed to oul-
ralnate In the final grand surprise of a
winning dark boss whose coining half
beon hinted at and whose followsrC
dusing yesterday's sessions set the Do-
mical inanagHi-s to guessing. Colonel
Morris B. Belknap of Lquisville, *
wholesale merchant, widely known
throughout the country, reoelvea the
nomination for governor on the first
ballot. His delegates, contrary to pre-
dictions, stuck to him, though how
much of their tenacity can be charged
to the announcement by Former Gov-
ernor Win. O. Bradley that he waa not
candidate can only be conjectured.
Mr. Belknap was nominated after an
enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Bradley
had placed the former governor in nom-
ination the followers of Augustus E.
Wilson had tacitly withdrawn the man
supposed to be Mr. Belknap's nearest
competitor by falling to present his
name. The threatened stampede to
Bradley was quelled by an emphatic
declaration that he would not be a
candidate but for some unknown rea-
son the convention officers called hla
name during the ballot and he received
a great number of votes more than
Clifton J. Pratt, who had made an
active canvass.
The resolutions after congratulating
the people of the United States upon
"The unparalleled prosperity achieved
under national policies," says:
"We stund for the continuance of
existing republican financial and tariff
policies."
They continued:
"We express highest appreciation ef
the record that President Roosevelt ha«
made In continuing the great work be-
gun by William McKlnley and In behalf
dealing with the new problems that he
has had to solve, in his hundltng of th«
Philippine question; in his firm man-
agement of the Venezuelan crisis; in hh
wise and courageous course with ref-
erence to the anthracite coal strike; Ir
his honest efforts to secure Justice tr
' 'uIih ; in hls.zeal for the Panama canal
In his vigorous demand for official put
lty and honesty and punishment of th
corrupt and dishonest; in his resolut
stand against the closing of Chine:
lhM'ts to our trade; In ihe succe:
I achieved by his efforts to enforce ti
' law against unlawful combinations ai
! in the encouragement he has given 1
the laying of a cable n* ross the I'ueifl
! which brings us Into closer touch wit
'he Philippines than we were with ti
Louisiana territory or with Californ
quired. He ha<
g executive, as
sho
hln
I up
ic is an Ide
md enthusla
nation for ti
atlng the la^
i or Kcntuck
t clt
Tile
at Vladivostok Ih the
the bay during the v. i
could easily he broken
hy i. e breaker* so ti
call there all the year
think so much of l aln
rial City we are hulldli
r hurlan end of the Tran
It Is true that It has a-
bor open all the year a
outside of Russian terrl
do not like."
From th!* con versa th
Hllkoff and other sourc
a large port of the
rallroud will have to h
1,000,000,nw M
This will be
nils
tld kepi
shlpa
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