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By Cabla to The Daily Gateway.
jo Investigate Standard Oil
N.-w York. I Vo. 2 It is reported
here on ;;e'*d authority that .1 mo\<.•
tuent will he -el on foot at an early
datt* for an investigation of the Stand
ard Oil Company and its methods, ft
is also allirmed that President House-1
velt is behind the movement. The in
vestigation i* to be made by Con jf.es
sional committee.
Thi> investiv d ion. it is said, will be
seat chin v. an 1 will run back through
out the • liti.'e history oi the Standard
Oil ;ls> f.||> i ossible. Particular at
tent ion " ill be :-iv,‘n r" ibs rebate rec
ord in railroad trans|K)i tation.
German} Seeks Panama Trade
Panama. P< c. - Germany is seek
ing to control the trade of the Panama
canal belt tfurinif cur struct ion. A!
ready tier- an manufacturers are bmie
inc factories in the canal zone for the
manufacture of articles nor's>ar\ in
canal cei.s'.rv.c’-: -n. e*j*- ct.u.y .,..u..<n
cry.
The fact that Germans have formeo
this dc'i-u h.;s just bcc tue known.
Ti e prei notary uesrut. tiioii" wer«
conduct. ; u<d a way that it «a
assumed that Americans wore the pro
moters. 1 it - uc the actual wo, k o
ercctin.tr ti e plants w.s commaucev.
the Gern in ownership hu> o -e. as
certained.
Savs Natives Prink less Boorc
washing ■ P G.. Pec. J « apt.
Hamlet, m.rd. ‘‘ ’ ' ti.-‘ revenue CHer
Bear, is ■ "v o f trial upon c ’ < >
of illic.t ::; . e with Alaska naiiv. -.
tank-ills-1.. >■ h women. II.
•l:.v Ik..- c. --.in. li ui'liv ork;
ka na'iv S i- tiecre.r ; ea
He s'i e<" . in■ > ■ ef u 1 e"U r
start an ■ .hi: ; Dale 1
ci d; et m -sir. *r.v > , -.ns in th
aort h.
MrS SttvTii'r “on Li’ke
< 'hvr;t_ ■. . J t
I rah <_>« . lv ■* hex n i - . ' ‘ «■*•? lU’'
n *'
WJ*> . Si " V, a- * •> • d
Palma Rf-electei tvLu rresident
1'ivj . 0 o
c«*nt « ' ■ n 'i
mar -
• v*‘ a w kinvr win deity ■ u |
soruu- of. . to Ua-tr'ih t x* I
Coi i, ‘m To, ,-s "• hoiv they are
the a«e> i ' vy.
Santa tiara Sails for Srxxard
Scv.tth . P« . - Sto.itt. r Sc at a Clara
sailed lav : .hi for >ow;.rf in the it.
side i> .".o- -■ Sl.o carries an. oar.-- |
cf freiyht and loft several hunureu
tons ou ti ttoek for the x>n yon. 1 n
tatter is >*• tieduled to sail Mon. ay.
jack an and Johnson light I>raM
Baltin . Doc. 2 Vouny IVt. •
Jae’>or. end Jack dorr 'it *' - -1
twelvero - In t>last n: yhl toudraxx.
Both m n eolured.
Proposes tong Didancc Telephone
S. :,r t; . IV •. J [t > st- .* d hotv tin
s comt'tf.x i ho il:s‘* t'atfc, a
Nk .me -,."t y u* to r »nst r.;ot n:us o;e-j
rate iony dStance't ropinmo lim > j
that oit; td the i.npot‘: ani4toxvn> i J
Alaska.
Corea Opposes Japanese Rule
Sroui. k a, D> c. 4- i io* ; • • ' 'r'
directs tine the higu*-»t iant*;*;•*.I hosier- i
be paid :<• i-i- min:-tor. Mm k?u : j
Won. w 1 i*< t; ii.it’ • u >u c:do ra l.t
that', c-.i- :n to ti.. Jaj -tu- proU cto-1
rate < ver K, rca. Many ... r oil.* .1 s
have r*‘- gi . and tl; Foe mg against
Japan i- v* ry l»it?. -
Whil-. > t m\ ha* her: j
nn 'c :: g< ».■ l id,; o -tiuved tna !
whenever . ii ;,n 'f> rupi- to ox* it p<*
itivc* author :y over Korean aT.iir> a
revolt wiii iv-uSt. So f;*»* Jsman's t«
tent ions ; ;vo not boon anno.meed fur
tlier tbaa ti general dnolaration o:
the pro’* urate, which was consented 1
to by Hat-- i in the i 'ort smooth t reaty, |
but it is * \!>f u that th< Japan*-«
govern met: t will -ek *0 dictate, in r.o
rcan politic- 1- well as claim con titer
rial advantages in tin o> try
Fenn>\.vania Rivers Cverfiow
Pittsburg, i *. c. 4 -The Ohio. Monon
gahela ant Alleghany rivers are over
flow! j;; tl bank- m ar tins city arm
the lowlands are flooded. One small
Ruhurivan town i< almost -ubtner/ed.
Mm drred and Joommate VIsslnQ
Seattle. Pec. 4 -Fred Ciagnon, a rich
barber, wu- murdere 1 in his hotel room
last night, and hi- roommate, a man
name i lb'll, i- missing. Gagnon
usually cartied a large sum of money
with him. hut none was fouml in liis
pocket - or bis room.
Midshipman Acquitted and Fired
Washington, ft. tDec. !-■ Mid-hit
man Merriw* atber was acquitted of tl e
charge of manslaugt ter for cau-.ng
the death o‘ Midshipman Branch iu a
fight at t «> Annapolis naval academy,
but wa- immediately afterward dis
rois-ed from the academy.
Mini- fable Breaks and hill-. Ore
Kavensdal \ Wash., Dee. 4 One man
was killed and two injured by tin-:
breaking «>f a cable on a slope in the
mines of the Northern Pacific Hailway
Company here last night.
Dirk R>a.i (ices to Washington
Seattle, Dec. I Kichard S. Cyan,
one of t he delegates to Congress named
by the recent Alaska convention in
this eity, wi.l have tonight for Wash
ington. ili* say s he M ill refuse a seal
unless th** i ther t vo Alaska delegates
are also admit b d.
Seattle Chamber IDs Mew Secretary
Seattle. Dec. t C. B. Yandell was
elected secretary of the Chamber of j
\ opip-.eree today to -uoceed .Janu s B.
.Yeik'e. who has resigned to enter a
trust company. Yandeli is one of the
!v st-knowu newspaper men in Seattle
mi has been for the last seven yea is
on the editorial staff of the Post-ln
telligev.eer. ,J. P. Parkinson, eity
editor of tlie Post-Intelligencer. and j
W. M. Shettit-id. secretary of the Alaska i
, bsb. we.-c also candidates for the j
place.
Congress Begins Annual Session
Washington. D. C.. Dee. 1 The lirty j
ninth. ( - met today for Its lirst i
ses-ion. .loM-ph Cl. t 'anno’i of Illinois J
was re-elected speaker oi the House In j
too Kennbiiean majority, .iolu: Sharp t
William-of Mississippi was again the'
Democratlc caucus nominee.
I os Angeles Wins in Coast l eague
San Francisco, l Vo. J The sccotui
Ivilf-df ti Pad tic Coils t base ball h-.i-gi • i
,, -i end- S’ *«t:t v With la's Vngcles j
. .* i-' .
t >,!!•; . Y:*d. S lour* h, Port la no t
liftii . ... Tacoma la*.?. Tacoma was'
t’.rst ..i m drs> half of tlu seysob sit
» 11 play a ->-i';e> with. Co* Angelo- fo-. j
the c1 - • • i ' *'■ '.
lew Cut-can f -ini? frauds
Pori. imi. < Dec. 1 Mxl- tisiv •
hirv.l frair is inv ■: ■ iu a forged e« vtiiieaes ,
m* "•« t- 'a-- - -. ■ 1 . .kscuveivd. 11 1
•* it.p .-»siii.! - iime t-j to.i llie ex
it-:,t « ‘ f: ati' - * .! v .a'. v., re a,
r-osi wholly e-ast. rners. bn* the number .
i> kiviwn t » be .siege. No record is
available yet.
ftm’ivcr G?ts Two Railroads
t *' a t i ; >.V. *• Tin ( itv;nuati,
IT•;. : Jton ae.i IX-\. 'i mi ha a-* a: •; tin*
i‘i, ; tv Mar r:»* ra:I road were placed
a clnuvo i-i a !■ e*ov r today by an cr
ib r in the l'. S. iT.vuh court, .fub-oi:
Harmon, ai: o.v -.y-yvnera! its the sec
ond Cleveland c • mt. was appointed
bets G‘i.; a ;b fra.n Colorado
Washington. I). C., Dec. a—A trnidfi.
heart, of m. tal pr »1 ic'd in Colorado
mines, was pres, .ted to President
Ibtosevelt today in bchr.lf of the )> pie
of Colorado by a delegation of citizens
of that stat e.
Find land Frauds in Kansas
Topeka, K'n -ns, Dec. •*> A jyrar.d
jury in the 1*. S. d strict court today
hi ya an invc -titrait m oi land fraud
t Kansa-. John A. Kelly is accused
of '’cueing !n fiftyur square n dies in
Steve us c >unty for pasturage, con
trary to federal law.
Just Onr MasKa Appeal Case
Washington, D. Dec. The only !
Y.asku ca e in ibe >upr<••.!••• court 01 i
th<- l niteu Stu' •> at the present term!
of r*' ;.‘t is that of the Nome Heac!) ;
!.; ha i.. ;■ Cv Tra: »i* • ; tat ion Company !
v.*ains». t :*• XtvmUrd Marine Insurance'
Company. J. involves liability for «j
.e.; cargo belonging to Catherine l
X (1' e U.s.
Bonapar c hunts Ten Battleships
Wusitington, D.C.. Dec. ”* x.oeretary
Bonaparte of ttie navy department it)
his annual rejKU't to Congress recom
mends tim eo!>; r:i,!‘oi. of ton new
buHieship> to repLe* v* ssels and mon
itors of' old typeji. He urges th‘> hi
addition to *h<* new v--ss. l.srecommend
♦ i th nava1 board, lie also favors
the construe) loj! of a drydock in the
Cuvet Sound navy yard.
C Urr.dc hark Twain’s 7dlii Birthday
New York. D* o • ■ A dbiing isbett
crowd gave a banquet last night to
Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain) in
honor of too nut hoy’s 70th birthday.
Tue veal date was Nov. 3>. but as that
wa> 1 hauksgivh.g Day the banquet
was held later. Letters were read
from many noted men, including' 1’resi
lient Roosevelt.
,\ortli Pale Pushers Report
Seattle, Dec. 7- A message received
at Viable City, Alaska, by Roland
Amum >, n from the Deary North Role
exploration party state- that the party
left Ilorsciiel island and was mushing
•lortitwaid, having found a northern
passage. The message came by
courier from Nansen, a post on the
route taken by that explorer.
To keep Put foreign fishermen
Washington, i>. C.. Dec. 7—Senator
Fulton of Oregon today introduced a
bill into the Senate to prohibit foreign
fishermen irom fishing in Alaskan
waters. The bill is aimed at the Jap
anese. who for several seasons have
been encronc ing upon American fish
ing preserve*.
To Separate Churrh and State
l’aris, P v. 7 Tho Senate today
passed a t>ill providing for the perpet
ual separation of church and state
in France, by a vote of 1*1 to 10'J.
r.liu hell Resigns Chairmanship
Portland. Ore*.. Dec. 7 Senator Mit
chell of Oregon, who was convicted
las sunni er in the V. S. district court,
of accepting fees for otllciai influence
in . (I mattei s before the general land I
office, today sent to Washington his
r.W;:: at ion of the post of chairman of
th . nat« committee on the inler
oceanic canal.
Would Veto Anti-Jap !’,iil
Washington, D. (b. Dec. 7 Presi
dent Koosevolt today informed a dele-;
gat ion of t abiocnians who called upon
him to urge tin* enactim ut v>f a letlecal
law prohibiting Japanese immigration
into the I'niled States that it such a |
law was pr.sred he would veto it.
Th-- Pi odder,t manifested consider- '■
able heat as he told the Californians!
that their proposal would ho impobtic
and wrong in principle. 'J’he visitors
were much disappointed as tins had;
hop-si to he able to obta'n the passage
of at least a restrictive measure
against ,i; pan so laborers, if not tho
absolute prohibition of th ir entry into
the country. The attitude of the Pres
ident would make tlie p . age i f such
a bill I : :lr--’ as its advocates could
not |h -sii>l\ hope to carr; it by a two
thirds vote oc r the execntivi \eto.
To lb !;> H. ild Japanese Fleet
S- .a’t' -. Dee. 7 Consul flisamidzu.
,h:p;U.« represent at: W lit this port, is
arvi • local Japanese to subscribe t<
th Mi'.d ti* 1> odd a national voluntt i
■ an auxiliary to the Japanese
«;ivv, iie sa.*s that one-tl.:cd e.f 1 :>•
. • ssaty hits ;t .'y been
>ti! SCCiln 't.
Pr.Mik Strychnin** h F«*er
Viiii'Otivi'r. ii. Do*. 7 Thomas
.achy ii. a i doing man v. know:.;
,pth * • .• o a-t. and his wife drank i
-alt i'.i ho* ' htst r.ignt. darns* r> oieo ,
a Ii". i, ,r.n‘.. s later in c- nvai-.'u-.s.anb .
Mi-, Jackson's lih* wa- barely suv-ri. 1
,\i-i .-i- -hi"t that the salts contained
.vthi ra. Its presence in the >ah
is a my stery.
Ora \!j'ka rclepatc h- in Capita!
W a -11 •: gt* ... 1). C., D> r. 7 < ..j*: - < *• ;
.!, li phrey i- the only of tin j
Alaska delegates to ('< eg; vs* who 1 ne
ap hi ,’ ii Washington. Dick iVyai
,> f.voerteu t« arrive here by S eday.
h i-j believed that the deh-.'.ite.
wii! be accorded floor | rivileges.
To Refund Money to Chtna
Wa-hinvt m. I). Dec. v S. nator:
i*i!es of Washington introduced a h li
n;o t; e Senai** uxtay providing for re
funding to the city of Ciiena. Alaska,
the >tuii of fltii". paid as license money
to the ch-rk in the Idnited Stales dis-!
trie', court of that district fora right 1
of way for a telegraph and telephone
line.
Moats to Know About Ir ranee
\h w Vor . Dee. " - District Attorney
.for••mo today asked the committee ;
wiii i. is conducting tlie life insurance j
investigation when he might have:
caai - of its ret orts. It is believed ,
ti.it 1 if int i.-.s to institute criminal j
pro: ecu t ions.
COLLISION KILLS m \
AfiB Ili&iS nineteen
Freight engineer on Union Pa
cific Disobeys Orders and
Wracks Two Trains.
It; Ci.'.l'. *-0 TI : r.r’ly Gateway.
Omaha. He; . s fon persons were!
killed ami nineteen injured in a head
on collision bct wi - n a freight aud a
pavscng-T train on tho Union Pari.ic
.;car Hock Sittings, Wyoming, last
night. Engineer Brink of the freight
had, an order it.' v. ait tor four passonget
trains to pass, ij.it pulled out after tlie I
ibird had pa.-.sou him.
Brink is among t lie dead. l»ut it is
supposed ihat lie became confused in
his count and thought that four trains
had. passed. Tho o nductor of the
fr •ight >ays he gave no signal to the
! engineer to start. Eleven of the in
jured person* are railroad employes.
Necklace of Ants
A necklace made of black ants is an
article of adornment, in New Guinea.
The Anglican mission there gives par
ticulars of one which measured over!
eleven feet long and was composed ofj
as many as l.vl.t b dies of ants. Three
little pieces of sin'll and a dozen Eng-1
lish beads were incorporated into it.
a:.d there was a native string holding
it together, yet ii* weight only reached
2 drams 2 scruples 13 grains. These
large black a;.is make big- nests in the
native garde is, and the native women
and girls catch them, null oil their
heads, bitoil ai d swallow the other
end and thivad the thorax.
i’ll! OfFICIAlS
ON DEATH LIST
A
Russian Terrorists Plan to Assas-j
sinate Obnoxious Men,
Including Trcpoff.
3y Cablo to The Daily Gateway.
Si. I Vtersburg, Dec. 8 The terror
ists have condemned numerous high
ollicials to death, including (Jen. Trc
polT. A11 arc guarded closely by troops. j
Some of the telegraph operators are!
returning to work, but the strike gen- j
orally is in force. The industrial de
pression is bringing on a financial cri
sis ami the banks are refusing to lend
money to anyone. It seems impossible
to avoid a financial crash.
Witte Becoming Discojr.igcd
London* Dec. 8- A special from St.
Petersburg says that Witte is losing i
heart. He seems to stand absolutely!
alone, and is the sole prop of stable!
government. It is believed that if bis
cabinet falls the deluge of revolution!
will come.
Jews \\k Aid of Rothschild
London. Dec. 8 Lord Ilothscbild has
been appealed to for financial a hi for!
Kussian .lews, and to exert bis inllu- j
once t«> st- p persecutions.
Russians Would Have Republic
S-. 1 'eioishur/, Dec. 2 Talk of a
republic is grow in;; throughout Russia,
and Republican sentiment is beeomm/
dcliant. On every hand men advocate
the estah!in!.iii"',t of a republic with
t'ae United S’ :tes a> a model* The
'e• p*1 rial /overnmcnl no lon/er at
tempts to repress the free expression
■v swh (minions, a** it has mere th in
1 is able to rope with in soepil dis
O1 . ,‘S,
The O issaeks alone M>om loyal to the
throne. The revolutionary spirit is
spread in/ anioi/tlie national troops,
especially here ami at Moscow, amt th
. overtime;-; lea. • that they may jo n
t; • in - .r-'criion in a body in ease of an
outbreak.
»r. I :r* at vc COW
Mo, aiw, a I An h • t o ary tin
is "a/.n/ here, winch has d* stuyt il
h»e or. d> of ‘..ti.es s>nc" it sta**te<;
last te/ht.
ic'errap1) Hi ar.’y \!i C «t Off
Moscow, hi-. .V The tel /raph op
erators* strike lets -nia ad until it now
e Kiiolctely cuts olT till communication
by wire throughout the etnphe, except
that the military telcj/rnph bet writ;
Moscow aim Vibor/. Finland, and that
ho, woe:. Mo?row and the imperial
p 'aeeut Tsai ski.c Selo, aro st ill wot k
it,«/. 'I bey are stror./ly /uardid by
troops at d mi tar a sul'icient force c>f
opoiaitors lir.s been ivtaiiud to send
. m ini me* -;.ye*. over them.
A1 i new*, now has to he sent out of
the country by way of this city to
Vibei as St. Ietm-sbur/ has no out
Mdc wire except the inililary te!e/raph
- hrou vb ti s coy. A lor;/ the border
. (.01 can he ?’ ui out, hut the inter
ior is completely isolated except the
r.artow zone near the military tele
Ziaph line.
Witte Refuses to Treat
It is r* ported from St. Petersburg
u.day t}i:i• V. itte has refused to give
and cnee to a delegation of operators j
H-pteM l.tii theorgat ization,.and that j
he l as declared that he will light to j
tlie end against further concessions. j
Kaiict ad:< peiatives in gieat numbers
an steadily joining the telegraphers,
and i ni!n ad operation has practically
ceased. Thirty-four provinces are in
volved in the -trike, and all industries j
in iluv-e districts arc almost at a stand
still.
In St. Petersburg yesterday, it is re
ported, the government opened a lew
factories.
German fleet In Baltic
St. Petersburg, via scow, Dec.'
A hu t of Kern an warships is in the
Pal tic. oil' Kronstadt, ready to -ail at a
it on ent’s notice fur: that port with!
the czar if he should he compelled to j
Sloe for his life.
Seu ml villages along the Baltic
shore have organized a provisional re-,
public for their own government and
declined the ir independence ol the im
perial authority.
Witte t< day made an appeal to the
zemsiovoists to aid the government in
the present crisis.
jews Tear Gtreral Va.nacre
Cdessa. Pec. •! -By courier to Pod
\vo.ocz.»ska, Calicia,—'1 he Jews here
fearanothe t geneial massacre and to
day issued : i. ai } cal to ti.e world for
p i t, ctit n. They assert that ti.e n ili
tuiy are plotting revenge on the Jews.
Governor-General Kaulbars claims that
he i-, powerb^s to prevent a slaughter
if one is attempted.
New York Jiws Protest
New York, Dee. 5—New York Jews
to the number of 100,0(10 marched here
last n-ght in a big street parade pre
ceding a meeting to protest against
the porseciui net Jews in I.ussin. At
il,o l eet ir g i .solutions were passed
asking President Roosevelt to aid in j
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^ A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
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> New, Neat and Comfortable. T. V. THOMAS, Prop.
v i> i r g protection for tho Jews of
Kussia.
\i!Js to Capital forces
St. Petersburg, via Moscow, Dec.fi
v-two battalions of infantry, fifteen
1-.(j'latiroes of cavalry and twelve lat-j
teri*-s of machine guns have been added t
to the forces protecting this city from
r. volu.i..nary attack. Yesterday the 1
HU rial forces were reviewed by the |
( ;.r. No overt evidence of disloyalty
n as offered.
A cone* rted plan to raid tho imperial
tnasurybya large armed force was
tipped off to the government this morn
ing by a confederate who weakened
on t h*' plot.
All industries are tied up by the ;
trike, and great suffering results to;
all the people. This is causing a re
action in favor of tho government.
Women Kill Gen. Sakharoff
St. Petersburg, Dec. 7—Lieut-Gen
; Snkhan IV. former minister of war. was I
assassinated yesterday at Saratoff by i
1 w; men belonging to a flying column of
revolutionists. He was shot down in
the street at the head of a sq.uad of
t roopers.
(Jen. Sakha rod had been sent to Sar
atov to suppress riots in that province.
Ward Cabinet to Retire.
Moscow, Dec. 7—A resolution was
passed here today by tli» convention of
agriculturists demanding the dismissal
of the pie.-eut cabinet. The Liberals j
in the convention were particularly |
emphatic in their demand for Witte’s
r tin n.ent.
Distribute $2,000,000 4ntong Jews
London. Dec. 7 More than $2,000,000
has already been distributed among the
Jewish victims of recent Russian riots.
The commissioners who disbursed the
money report that the destruction of
life and property, and the consequent
.suffering among the people is in
describable.
Cana.la’s Increased Population
William E. Curtis, in writing of the
wonderful increase in population being
sc *■< (• by the Northwest territory says:
“hi L'-l Canada had 4,324,810 inhab
itants. Luring the next ten yews it
increased 18.97 per cent to 4,833,239.
During the next ten years it increased
11 .(',(> per cent to a- total of 0,571,115 in
i 1 oi. and according to the best author
| itii s net less than 500,000 iiave been
I added to that total during the past
lour years.
“The greater part of this increase—
practically all of it—has been in the
northwest. British Columbia, during
the last ten years, has increased 82 per
cent, Manitoba 07 per cent and the
territi ries—the now provinces which 1
wrote :.b ut—have more than doubled
their population during the last four
years. For example, in 1891 tho ter
ritories had 98,907 inhabitants: in 1901
they had 2il,649, end they are n<rw
credited with 500.000 people.”
Seward Assay
Office
Chemical Analyses and Assays Made
Price List for Assaying
Gold or Silver. $1.50
Gold and Silver.$2.00
Silver and Lead. $2.00
Gold, Silver and Lead $2.00
Copper. $1.50
Gold and Copper.... $2.50
Gold, Silver and Cop
per . $3.50
Gold, Silver, Copper
and Lead. $4.00
Prices for other metals and min
eral on application.
Gold and silver bullion refined,
melted and assayed or pur
chased.
H. E. ELLSWORTH, C. E.
Lava Streams
It isscieniilieally reported that thx>
lava streams from Vesuvius- in 1S<V$
were so hot twuhv years later that
steam was issuing from the cracks and
crevices, while tho lava beds from the
eruption of Ktna wore found to be
steaming hot just below the top crust
as lato as 1*40. But still more remirk
abla are tho scientific reports of the
volcano Jorullo, in Mexico. This sent
forth immense streams of lava in LTofi.
In I",SO the lava beds were examined
by a party of scientists, and it was
found that a stick thrust into the crev
ices instantly ignited, although there
was no discomfort experienced in walk,
ing on tho hardened crust. Again
some forty years after the eruption, it
was visited by scientists and report d
to bo steaming in many places, and.
even eighty-seven years after the
eruption two column of steaming vapor
were found to be issuing from the
crevices. Sometime* the upper- crust
of such a stream of lava cools so that
plants and lichens find a precarious
growth on the surface while a few feet
beneath the lava is almost red hot.
Tho Pope has directed the parish,
priests throughout Italy to read in
their churches on Sundays the inform
ation given by the Italian department
of emigration as to the condition of
Italian emigrants inforeigu countries.
The idea is to discourage emigration of
Italians. The Pope also has given his
approval to the plan for placing a
chaplain aboard each of the transatlan
tic steamers to care for the spiritual
needs of the Italian emigrants.