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Fiery Speeches Made in Both
Houses of the Riksdag, As
sailing Norwegians.
NO BERNADOTTE FOR
KING OF NORWEGIANS
Committees Named and Heads
Chosen to Handle Govern
ment Bill.
Stockholm, Sweden, June 28.The
special committee of both houses, to
"Which has "been referred the Swedish
government bill looking to a settlement
with Norway, today elected Herr Lunde
berg, vice president of the first cham
ber, as chairman, and Herr Peherson,
vice president of the second chamber, as
deputy chairman.
Stockholm, June 28.Unless Norway
shall submit to conditions precedent to
dissolution to be dictated by Sweden,
war between the two Scandinavian
countries will be inevitable, if senti
ments expressed in the riksdag correct
ly reflect the situation.
Both houses of the riksdag elected
extraordinary committees to which was
referred the government bill looking
to a settlement with Norway. The
senate committee consists of nine anti
government and three pro-government
members, and. the house committee of
five pro-government, five anti-govern
ment and two independent members.
The debates on the secession of Nor
way brought out fiery speeches, in
which the action of the Norwegian
storthing was condemned and the Swe
dish cabinet severely criticised.
No Bernadotte for Norway.
Kin Oscar has directed the court
martial to issue the following state
ment regarding the rumor that his
majesty would be willing to place a
prince of the- house of Bernadotte on
the throne of Norway:
"The king does not approve the idea
and will not consent thereto. The only
condition utoder which his majesty
could reconsider this decision would be
the unexpected expression of the wish
of the riksdag that a prince of the
house of Bernadotte should ascend the
Norwegian throne."
Peaceful End Unlikely.
The tenor of the speeches thruout
the debates in both houses leaves the
impression that the majority of the
speakers were of the opinion1
WAR THREAT IN
RIKSDAG MARKS
NORWAY DEBATE
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SWEDES ARRAIGN
OSCAR'S CABINET
that a
peaceful solution of the matter was ex
tremely improbable.
In the senate, Judge C, A. Berg, who
initiated the debate, said: "We must
not use force to sustain the union,
which is valueless to Us under existing
conditions, but the riksdag does not
recognize the illegal and revolutionary
breach of the union and does not recog
nize Norway as a sovereign state.
Sweden's representatives must consid
er Sweden's safety and this can only
be dotate thru a cabinet having the full
confidence of the' riksdag.''
Makes Spirited Protest.
Herr Hammarskjold said that the ac
tion of the Norwegian storthing was
revolutionary, but it had raised such a
storm of indignation in Sweden that all
parties had risen to the support of
King Oscar, assuring him that Sweden
would remain faithful even tho Norway
has proved false.
Sweden, he said, had received a blow
in the face which had awakened the
people from their lethargy and they
demanded different action from that
taken by the cabinet. The people were
dissatisfied with the cabinet's wavering
proposals. The bill, he said, was much
too moderate and should strenuously
have censured the storthing.
Norway Must Yield.
It was unworthy of Sweden to com
mence negotiations with revolutionists,
and parliament and the cabinet should
propose conditions which Sweden would
accept, telling Norway that as she had
broken away from the union, Sweden
would be willing to separate, but that
Norway must agree to Sweden's condi
tions.
If Norway did not accept, then
Sweden should enforce her conditions
by war. The speaker said he preferred
war to the sacrifice of Sweden's honor,
and if Sweden was not prepared to
enforce her conditions, then she de
served the contempt of all Europe.
Sweden's conditions should be moder
ate, but once they were offered they
should stand.
Herr Hammarskjold said the cabinet
and parliament must understand each
other, and the cabinet's proposals to
open negotiations with Norway were
not acceptable to the people.
Taught to Hate Sweden.
Pardom -Walstrom, speaking in the
house, said he was willing to remit the
bill in order not to cause hasty expres
sions in the debate, but the union with
Norway amounted to nothing. He said
that in Norwegian schools in recent
years the children had been taught to
hate Sweden. He said:
I am against war, but it may have
to come as a last resort. Norway's ac
tion amounts to revolution and should
be treated as a deadly insult to Sweden.
The government's proposition opens up
the probability of war. Its weakness
lies in the fact that Norway, having
broken the union, is liable to break
treaties.''
"King Has Lost Two Crowns."
Baron Kennedy, speaking in the sen
ate, said:
"If the king's message expresses his
opinion, he has lost two crowns instead
of one.''
This remark was greeted with laughs
ter by the antigovernmeht members.
Baron Kennedy said he opposed the
idea of a conference with' the rebellious
storthing. Sweden must enforce her
conditions and put behind the king all
the resources of the country in order
to protect Sweden's interests, by war
if necessary. The baron ^said every
man in Sweden was willing to give his
life to protect the honor and glory of
the country.
Judge Kronlund attacked the speech
of Baron Kennedy and said that the
utterances were treasonable. He ex
pressed his sorrow that a small nation
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CANADIAN FAITH
IN NEW RAILWAY
Grand. Trunk-Pacific Line, an
American's Project, Sup
ported by All.
An All-Canadian Transcontinental
Road, It Will Open Vast
Domain.
By W. W. Jermane.
Winnipeg, June 28.From Montreaf
to Winnipeg, the Canadian country is
predicting that great things will come
from the building of the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway. Even along the line of
the Canadian Pacific road, which stout
ly opposed the new enterprise for the
reason that it promised to bring into
existence a formidable rival for trans
continental business, people believe that
the government has never embarked
in an enterprise that promises more
substantial returns to the country as a
whole. Besides which, there is the ap
peal to patriotism which is made by
the idea of a transcontinental line
wholly within. Canadian territory.
Altogether, the country believes in
the new enterprise, and would today, if
called upon, indorse the liberal minis
try quite as enthusiastically as it did
when that ministry brought on the gen
eral elections in the fall of 1904, and
was returned to office by an unprece
dented majority, on the railroad issue.
Chief Topic in Every City.
A party of Washington correspond
ents is now .touring Canada, and is to go
as far west as Vancouver and Victoria
before starting back to the east. Every
where the members of this party have
met the leading men of the countryat
Toronto, at Montreal, at Ottawa, at
Fort William, at Port Arthur and now
at Winnipeg, and everywhere one of
the chief topics of conversation has
been this Grand Trunk Pacific enter
prise, regarding the importance of
whichto Canadathere is a prevail
ing Canadian, opinion that *the United
States is not well informed.
At Montreal, the correspondents were
entertained for an hour in the board
room of the Grand Trunk system, and
saw a good deal of Mr. Hays, vice presi
dent and general manager of the com
pany, its brains and moving spirit, and
the man who is responsible in a pe
culiar degree for the Grand Trunk Pa
cific scheme. The general statement
that he had first to convert the Grand
Trunk directorate to that scheme, and
afterwards the Canadian government,
compresses within small compass an un
dertaking,, the success-, of which .has
stamped Mr. Hays as one of the great*
est railway men of his time, for there
was stiff opposition, first within the
directorate, and afterwards within the
liberal ministry, and even after the
ministry had become convinced of the
wisdom of the undertaking, there was
the opposition conservative party to be
dealt with, and finally there came on a
general election, resulting in the great
est victory ever won by the Canadian
liberals.
The compliment to Mr. Hays is all the
greater when it is remembered that his
Grand Trunk Pacific scheme was the
only issue in the campaign.
Gigantio Undertaking.
The Grand Trunk Pacific scheme is
one of the greatest ever undertaken by
railroads on the American continent,
and it will involve the expenditure of
half as much money as the building of
the Panama canal. No wondar it looms
large to the people of a nation of 6,000,-
000 persons, even if it may seem small
to a nation of 90,000,000.
For 1.800 miles, covering,the entire
eastern half of the road, from Moncton
to Winnipeg, it will be government
built and owned.
The western half, from Winnipeg to
Port Simpson of the Pacific, will be
built by the Grand Trunk people, un
der another corporate name. This new
company will operate the entire system,
the government guaranteeing the bonds
of the western half, and leasing its own
half to the Grand Trunk Paoifio cor
poration for fifty years.
The Canadian government owns and
operates the Intercolonial railway,
wh
oonneets Quebec and Montrea
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with Halifax. This road does not pay.
but as it was built for a purely polit
ical purpose, namely, that of uniting
widely separated parts of the Dominion,
it must be termed a success.
Why New Road Is Building.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road was
born because Mr. Hays, who, by the
way, is an American, felt the need for
a western connection for the Grand
Trunk, and because the Ottawa govern
ment felt that the industrial and polit
ical interests of the country demanded
another all-rail route to the west. The,
government and the railway company S
got together, and the former laid be
fore parliament a measure providing for
the construction by the government of
the eastern section and the lending of
government credit to the railway com
pany to build, the western section.
The engineers have been in the field
for over two years, and, altho the loca
tion is not definitely known by the
public except at certain points, it is
asserted that between Winnipeg and
the Atlantic the grade will not exceed
sixteen feet in the mile, and between
Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan river
it will not exceed twenty feet to the
mile. The crossing of the mountains
thru the Peace river pass will be made,
it is said, on lower gradients than are
enjoyed by any' other transcontinental
railway.
Branch to Be Built First.
The actual work will begin first on
a branch line whidi will connect the
main line with the towns of Fort Wil
liam and Port Arthur, on the north
shore of Lake Superior, thus giving the
company a base of supplies from which
it can work independently of rival rail
way line$. The first part of the Grand
Trunk Pacific to be in operation will
probabjy be the line between Fort Wil
liam and Winnipeg, tho work is expect
ed to begin this summer from Winnipeg
west thru the agricultural country.
Between the Atlantic coast and Win
nipeg the new railway will for the most
part traverse forests that were scarcely
explored till its engineers entered them.
Much of this region, however, has a
fertile soil and will support a large ag
ricultural population later on, when the
forests are out of the way.
West of Winnipeg the Grand Trunk
Pacific will traverse, till the Rocky
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QUITS HUSBAND
MONEY TAINTED
Brooklyn Woman Gets Divorce
from GamblerHis Money
Not Honestly Earned.
New York Bun Special Service.
Brooklyn, June 28.Mrs. William
Connell, the supreme court, declared
yesterday that she had separated from
her husband because he was a gambler.
I would not use any of the money
he gave me," said Mrs. Connell, "be-
cause it was not. honestly earned. It
was 'tainted.'
Mrs. Connell, her two children and
her parents were before Justice Kelly
on the return to a writ of habeas cor
pus sued out by her husband for pos
session of the children.
Justice Kelly decided the children
should remain with their mother. The
father, however, will be permitted to
see them. He made no order for the
payment of any money by Connell to
his wife.
DESK FIGHTERS LOSE
IITLE'OF iDIIR i
New York Bun Special Serrioe.*
Washington, June 28.Chiefs of
staff ofthe bureau of the navy depart
ment have lost the privilege of calling
themselves rear admirals. By direction
of the president the navy department
will issue soon the new regulations for
the government of the navy, and these
contain ,an order that officers of the
staff shall not be entitled to positive
rank.
Thus has ended in favor of the line
a controversy which has existed since
the passage of the naval personnel law.
It was claimed by the staff that the
law conferred the title of rear admiral'
upon their representatives who were at
the head of bureaus, of yards and
docks, supplies and accounts, construc
tion and repair, and medicine and sur
gery.
The line ridiculed the idea. The
most influential liwe officers insisted
the use of a fighting title should be re
stricted to men who fought.
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WEDNESDAY EVEMENG, JUNE 28,^1905.
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MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT
Reading from-left to right the names of the members 6? the ministry represented are: M. Olssen, war M. Arctander,
M. Michelsen, President M. Lovland, foreign affairs M. G. Knudsen, M. Vinje, M. Bathner, M. Hagerup Bull, jus-
tice M. Lshmkicht and M. O. Knudsen, public instruction,.
CA NE SCANDAL
IS OI BREWING
Wallace's Resignation Points to
Possible Upheaval in Connec
tion with "Big Ditch.
New York Son Special Service.
New York, June 28.A highly dell
cato situation has* arisen in the affairs
of the Panama canal commission. The
officials at Washington are desperately
endeavoring to ayert a scandal which
would quite put in the shade anything
of the kind heard ojj? since American
control began on the isthmus, and
might even, run in close .competition
with some of the odorous affairs of tho
days when the French, were trying to
,dig_ the canal.
John P.. Wallace, chief engineer of
the commission, has placed a tentative
resignation in the hands of the presi
dent. If this is accepted, Mr. Wallace
will at once become an important fac
tor in the street railroad situation in
this city by being placed at the head
of the Ryan fi]ubwaj- syndicate, rival to
the Belmont combine. However, if cer
tain requests,' almSst in the nature of
demands, made by the chief engineer
upon the administration, are complied
with he. will remain at his post and the
apubjie will. hea_^0thing urther*^
the impending ItyelatiSns. Bnt those
in close touch with affairs at Washing
ton are of the opinion that Mr. Wal
lace will be allowed to go,, even at the
risk of uncovering conditions in the
canal zones which every official from
the president down, is anxious to con
ceal.
Engineer Wallace refuses to say a
word about the situation until Wash
ington is heard from, altho hft admits
that the situation is so delicate that
I cannot afford to be quoted in any
shape or manner."
The attitude Mr. Wallace assumed,
and the manner in which he spoke, gave
the impression, already current among
those in close touch with affairs, that
portentious events are. imminent in the*
political world as a result of the chief
engineer's return to this country from
Panama and his recent interview in this
city with Secretary Taft.
Frank J. Sonnentag has been appointed post
master at Edson. Chippewa county, Wis., vice
William F. Horn, resigned.
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A REAL BOYCOTTIF W E COULD BUT SHUT OUT THE CHINESE FIRECRACKER.
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NITRO EXPLODED
IN THE CITYHALL
City Chemist Experiments with
Fluid Found on Alleged
Safecrackers.
A portion of the nitroglycerin found
in the possession of Charles Kalmer,
Clarence Warmelin and William Doole,
arrested on charges of burglary, ex
ploded in the courthouse today with a
terrific report. The corridors were im
mediately filled with city and county
employees who ran to the scene of the
explosion expecting to see a part of
the massive wall blown into the light
well.
The explosion occurred in the office
of City Chemist A. D. Meads, who was
engaged in testing the liquid to see if it
was the real thing. Only one drop was
exploded, and the report was loud
enough to be heard in every corner of
the large building. Several battles in
the laboratory were knocked off the
shelves and some of them were broken.
The result of the experiment is that
Mr. Meads will be able to testify that
the suspects carried enough nitro
glycerpt- -^h them to openj I fivejy
safe in Minneapolis.
The suspects were arraigned in police
court today charged with .blowing the
Bafes in Carlson's grocery gt
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ty^sixth avenue K, anu in X3ramer's
grocery at Nicollet avenue and Thir
teenth street. Warmelin and Kalmer
waived examination and Doole asked
to have an examination
July-.
was fixed at $3,000. -v
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EXILED FROM CANADA.
"Winnipeg, Man., June 28.J. A. Bangs,
the Calgary lawyer convicted of being
receiver of 'moneys alleged to have been
stolen from mails by Clerk Wilcox be
tween Moose Jaw and Calgary, was re
leased from custody today .upon oondltlon
that he at once leave Canada.
WYOMING SWIMMER DROWN8.
Special to The Journal.
Sheridan, Wyo., June 28.-Will Scullig,
18 years old, son of A. Scullig, a promi
nent ranchman, was drowned this morn
ing near. Big Horn, twelve miles from
Sheridan. He dove off a plank on a dike
Into the water and failed to rise.
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JAP DESTROYERS
OFF VLADIVOSTOK
First Naval Move of Islanders
Against Russia's Last East
ern Port.
Rumored in St. Petersburg that
Kuropatkin Is Dead or
Captured.
Vladivostok, Tuesday. June 27.Jap-
anese warships belioved to be torpedo
boats were seen' on the horizon today.
Plot to Destroy Bridge.
Harbin, Manchuria, June 28.A des
perate plot to destroy the bridge over
the Suneari river has been frustrated
in. time. TJndeT orders from the Jap
anese, a number of Chinese bandits had
for some time quietly assembled in the
village of Fudiaden to execute the en
terprise. Upon information given by an
informer, the village was surrounded
and 450 bandits armed with rifles and
revolvers and a large quantity of "dy-
namite were captured. The loss of this
bridge might have proved an irrepar
able disaster in the event of General
Linevitch being defeated south of the
river.
Linevitch Is Worried.
Gunsho Pass, Manchuria, June 28.
The most disquieting feature of the
strategic situation of the Russian arm
ies is teh persistence of the reports that
Japanese cavalry and light infantry,
with field and machine guns, are work
ing northward east of Kerin and west
of the grand trade route toward Bodune.
The Japanese cavalry on the west is
under the command of General Tamara
and General Akiama. General Line
vitch is not attempting seriously to op
pose the Japanese advance along his
front, but is drawing in his outpost
lines on pressure. Is Kuropatkin Dead?
St. Petersburg, June 28, 2 a.m.A
rumor spread thruout the city last night
that General Kuropatkin had been
killed.
This rumor was connected sometimes
with a report that 70,000 Russians had
been cut off by General Nogi's army,
attd that Kuropatkin has been taken
prisoner.
Nothing confirmatory of these ru
mors has been received either by the
general staff or in press dispatches.
The members of the general staff say
that no reports of special importance
have been received.
A report received from General Line
vitch indicates that the Japanese ad
vance continues steadily attd the Rus
sian van posts under pressure are re
tiring, fighting.
Mobilizations have been ordered in
Tsarskoe Selo, fifteen miles from St.
Petersburg, and at Volmar in the gov
ernment of LivoWia.
ROOSEVELT MAKES
NEW PEACE MOVE
Intervenes for Amicable Settle
ment of Franco-German Dis
pute Over Morocco.
New York Sun Special Servioe.
Berlin, June 28.It is reported here
that President Roosevelt, at Emperor
William *s request, has intervened in
the Moroccan controversy to the ex
tend of advising Great Britain that
strict restraint is advisable in the in
terests of peace. Germany has repre
sented to Washington that the attitude
of Great Britain is particularly aggres-
Svitinge
ire, th language of the British press,
France to defy Germany, con
stituting the chief danger to peace.
Paris, June 28.The Franco-German
complications have been so far over
come that a complete agreement is con
sidered only a matter of time.
PICTURE MACHINE
STARTS A PANIC
Series of Explosions in a Winni
Playhouse Women
peg
Trampled Upon,
Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man., June 28.The usual
vaudeville performance at the New Do
minion theater had just closed last eve
ning when, with startling suddenness,
a series of loud explosions was heard in
the gallery and .intense excitement
reigned in the pit. Flames leaped fierce
ly to the rtfof and scenes of great thea
ter holocausts sprang to the eyes of
the 600 persons present, and for a time
a hideous pandemonium prevailed.
There was a wild rush for the exits,
women screamed and fainted, and sev
eral fell to the floor and were trampled
upon. Men in uncontrollable fear
.jumped over the seats and little chil
dren called out in terror. The specta
tors dashed thru the orchestra, smashed
the instruments and jumped upon and
injured a drummer.
It'appears that the kinetoscope films
caught fire and the whole machine blew
up with a series of terrifying explo
sions. The &re was soon suppressed,
however, and only a few persons were
injured. It is remarkable that more
were not injured. The incident caused
a sensation thruout the city and a big
crowd gathered in the vicinity of the
house. BANK CASHIER GONE
SAFE ORDERED OPENED
Special to The Journal. "i'
Graettenger, Iowa, June 28.William
Mueller, cashier of the Graettinger Sav
ings bank, left here about a week ago
and his whereabouts is unknown. Sher
iff Conkley has secured ah order to
have the bank's safe opened.
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THURSDAY WARMER
RUSS WARSHIPS'
CREWS MUTINY
GUNS ON ODESSA
FEOI OVER THE SEAS
The Journal's Special Correspond
ent 1M JfowtaSeandlnavia and
Will Soon Be Heard From.
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BOMBARDMENT OF
CITY THREATENED
Crews of Battleship and Torpedo
Boat in Black Sea Murder
Officers.
STRIKE IN POLAND
GAINING STRENGTH
Peasants Threaten Dire Vengeance
on Russian Blamed for War
in Far East.
Odessa, June 28.The crew of a bat-3%
tie ship in the Roads have mutinied S
and mvurdered their officers. I is r-*-Vs
ported that the mutineers are threat
ening to bombard the town. All work'^-
at the port has been stopped.
Washington, June 28.Thomas BL-,-*
Heenan, American consul at Odessa, to-'^
day cabled the state department in sub-ftUl
stance as follows: 1?3
/'The Russian warship Prince Potent-]
kine and one torpedoboat arrived yes-'
terday evening. All officers murdered
at sea and bodies thrown- overboard.
Men treaten to bombard the town if^,#
interfered with. The situation is pre-.
carious. The Black sea fleet is expect
ed today."
The Russian battleship Prince Potem-^
kine is a heavily armored turret ship*'-''
of 14,440 tons, having a speed of about.1
seventeen knots. She was completed'
in 1902 and belongs to the Black sea
fleet. The battleship mounts four 12-
inch guns, sixteen 6-inch guns, fourteen
3-incn guns and over twenty smaller
rapid-fire guns. She carries a crew of
636 men.
Strikers Are Successful. '{$
St. Petersburg, June 28, 6:30 p.m.
The only news which has reached here
from Odessa regarding the naval mu
tiny is that the crew of the battleship
Prince Potemkine are reported to have
mutinied because of the bad food fur
nished to the sailors.
Other dispatches from Odessa say the
strikers have everywhere been success
ful. They have stopped the Btreetcars
and all other traffic. The estate owners
of the neighboring provinces, especially
those of Kherzon, are flocking to the
city on account of agragrian disturb
ances.
Sebastopol, Russia, June 28.Eight
sailors found guilty of mutiny were
sentenced here today to three years' im
prisonment.
Polish Strike Spreads.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, June 28.'
A strike was declared today at the coal
and iron mines, foundries and factories
in the districts of DOmbrowa, StratinieB
zyce and Sosnowiec.
The conditions at Lodz are unchanged
excepting that most of the workmen
have returned to work. Out of 60,000
men about 7,000 from twenty-two fac
tories remain out. Martial law still
prevails, the streets are constantly
patrolled and the liquor shops are all
closed.
The universal condemnation of the
strike movement'at Lodz has had the
effect of quieting the situation, and it is
expected that the remaining strikers
will soon resume work.
There was a reiteration on the War
saw bourse today of the#rumor that the
mobilization of troops in Russian Po
land had commenced and possiblv might
be expected in Warsaw in two days, and
it caused considerable excitement. It
is asserted that if mobilization is at
tempted here it will lead to serious
disturbances.
Bezobrazoff in Peril.
St. Petersburg, June 28.News cornea
from Tambov province that M. Bezo
brazoff, president of the Yalu Timber
company, who has been living on his
magnificent estate in that province, has
been obliged to invoke the aid of the
military not only to protect his
propo
erty, but to save his H*e-
Th story
his share in the responsibility for the
war spread to the peasants and they
threaten dire vengeance.
POPE LIKELY TO
LEAVE VATICAN
May Go to Famous Benedictine
Abbey to Be Guest of
Father Erug.
Rome, June 28.The Messaggero to
day says that if the pope decides to
leave the Vatican during the hot weath
er he is most likely to go to the famous
Benedictine abbey of Monte Caasino.
rovince of Caserta, Italy, and thus will
the guest of Rev. Father Bonifaco
Krug, formerly of St. Vincent's arch.
ribbey, Beatty, Penn., who is abbot of
Monte Cassino.
When he was patriarch of Venice tho
pope promised to visit Monte Cassino
the first time he came to Rome, and ho
intended to go there after the con
clave, but as he was elected pope ho
could not carry out his plan. How
ever, twice since then, the pontiff has
renewed his promise to visit Monto
Cassino.
MAINE UNAPPRECIATIYE,
SAYS EXPLORER PEART
Hew York Sun Special Service.
Portland, Me., June 28.Declaring
that he has received scant courtesy
from the state of Maine people, Lieu
tenant Commander Robert E. Peary
last night went aboard his steamer, the
Roosevelt, aWd altho-the vessel is not
vet finished, today it will sail for New
York. i
"If I ever come back to Portland it
will be after I have the north pole,"
declared the explorer. I am confi
dent that I shall reach it this time,
and if I do perhaps Portland people
will appreciate me.."
This remark was brought out by the
fact that the city council had refused 1
to appropriate money to help fit out
the steamer, which has cost nearbr
$200,000.