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New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
ON BUZZARD,S BAY.
Vel KnOzcn Persons Haze Summer
Homes at Marion, Mass.

The qu2int old town Of Marion, in Massachu-
setts, has been interesting centre from vari-
standpOints for more than two hundred
years, since it was settled by the Pilgrim
Fathers, and the old town stands to-day almost
it did a hundred years ago. 1t is true that
it has been added to by more modern dwellings.
but the old village itself remains the same pict-
UresQue, romantic spot full of memories of the
past The native residents Of Marion the
Iroduct of an old New England stock of sturdy
ancestors Visitors have not changed them
from their simple mode of life, and although
there are always several men and women III the
town of worldwide reputation, any one of whom
would make pedestrians in Fifth-ave. stop and
turn with an interested curiosity, they take
item all as matter of course. If these inter
llpgrs are gentle folk in their manner, they
ale received as such and treated with
cordial respect. If they should attempt any
lo.dly airs they merely receive the respect
ful silence of these plain people. They are proud
of their celebrated citizens, but they not
awed by names or deeds-it Is by the character
that they judge the worth of the man.
Marion figured prominently in Revolutionary
times. Indians were fought back into the forest
pines that still surrounds the town, sO-caled
Wiz, hes burned and many interesting per
sons passed their days there, OF recent years
Marion has been visited by men and women
prominent in every profession and by those
whose names and works we'll known.
It is a picturesque, sleepy, old New England
town arm of Buzzard's Bay. Although
oily couple of hours from Boston, il is seem
insly as remote from any city turmoil though
removed by infinite space.
one of the centres of interest is the old Glider
st@dio, which stands on the edge Of the deep
woods just on the outskirts of the little village.
The artist there entertained such men and
women Booth, Forrest, Irving, Sarah Bern
Nardt, Mrs. John Drew and Ellen Terry.
To-day the little village is the summer hor
of some now famous in letters and art and in
some instances the winters does not drive
them away, for Marion is in no sense a summer
resort Mr.. Cleveland made his home there for
many years, and it was there that Joseph JEFF
lerson and the former President spent so much
time in following their mutual hobby of fishing.
Mr.. Jefferson's home is a short distance from
Marion. and he Is often in that place.
either calling on some Of his old friends
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
THORNY CROWNS.
Strange Fate of Those SoUereign
WOmen Not Of Royal Birth.

Queen Draga's shocking death at Belgrade
serves to draw attention once again to the more
than ordinary share of misfortunes that have
fallen to the lot of every of those women
who have been raised from among the people to
sovereign rank. 1 am perfectly aware that there
exists popular impression to the effect that
thrones in these modern times are beyond the
reach of those who do not happen to be of i'm
periaI royal birth. but the fact remains that
during the last hundred years there have been
nearly dozen instances of sceptres being won
by women of parentage that was either merely
noble else bourgeois The great Napoleon
wont to remark that every brave soldier
carried the baton of marshal of France in his
knapsack. In the same manner, especially since
Alice Heine, of New-Orleans became consort of
the reigning Prince of Monaco, it may be said
that every pretty girl carries in her Saratoga
trunk the diadem of queen of an empress.
The crowns thus attained have, however as I
have stated above, proved of an exceedingly
thOrny character. Indeed, these fair soveregns
remain on record objects of sympathy and of
pity rather than of envy and the celebrity
which surrounds their names is due not so much
to the brilliancy to the sadness of their lot.
Empress Josephine, born as a Mile. Tascher de
la Pagerie, owes her place in the niche of his
tory to the heartess treatment to which she was
subjected by her husband, and she is remem-
bered not as the brilliant and frivolous consort
of the monarch who for twelve years was the
mightiest in Christendom, but as the pitiab BILE
victim of his selfish ambition and of his cruelty
Equally sad the fate of the beautiful
Hortense, mother of Napoleon ILL., and born as
Mile. de Beauharnais. who, from the day she
became Queen of Holland until the time of her
death in poverty, abandonment and exile, was
a disappointed. sorrowing and heartbroken
woman. The gilded apple Of royalty, which had
been placed in her hands in 1904 had turned
into Dead Sea fruit She had seen her eldest
son die. her second killed and her third son
fugitive, forced to seek haven OF refuge in
the United States. The very name she bore was
prescribed; all her relatives were either in BAN
ishment or dead. while her poverty was so great
that she was forced to appeal for relief to King
Louis Philippe, the bitterest enemy of her house
and the most relentless prosecutor of her sur
viving son. Nor was the fate of Queen Caroline
Murat whose husband was first imprisoned and
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

then executed by order Of the Bourbon King OF
Naples. any happier.
Julia and Desiree Clary. the two daughters Of
Marseilles broker. who became respectively
Queen of Spain and Queen Of Sweden. were both
noted for their domestic sorrOws and for the
neglect and indgnities of every kind to which
they were subjected by their husbands. Queen
Desiree of Sweden died at Stockholm some I'VE
and twenty years ago. and in going through my
boyhood memories am able to recall to mind
trip to Stockholm. and of being taken by my
father 10 kiss the small and fragile hand OF
singularly sweet faced old Iady-a vision of black
lace, white hair and still wonderfully brilliant
black eyes-who enjoyed the distinction of hav@
ing Tilted the great Napoleon previous to her
union to his rival General Bernadotte. Curl
ously enough. she could never be persuaded to
revisit her native country, and from the time Of
her husband Bernadotte's arrival in Sweden, 70
1910, after his election Crown Prince OF that
country, she never left the dual kingdom to the
day of her death. She retained however, to the
last all her French sympathies and tastes,
Every Frenchman who visited Stockholm was
made welcome at ther palace, and she displayed
the keenest interest in French politics. French
social events and French literature.
Exile widowhood and the tragicaI death of
her only in South Africa have endowed
Eugene de Montijo, the granddaughter OF the
Scotch merchant Kirkpatrick with majesty
which, though sOrrOwful, is far superior to any
which she ever possessed in the days OF her
greatest magnificence at the Tuileries. The
aspect of the once beautiful brilliant and su-
premely elegant, but broken and infirnu
and aged cOnsOrt of Napoleon III is sufficient to
excite commiseratiOn even in the hearts OF the
bitterest enemies Of the BOnaparte regime To
such extent is this the that when she
first visited Paris again a few years ago the
mob of men and women who had assembled at
the railroad station terminus to hoOt and hiss
her on her arrival for her alleged responsibility
in the disastrous war OF 1870 made way re-
spectfulIy for her the men barring their heads
and the women murmuring ptifUlly, "Oh, Ia
pauvre femme" (Oh the poor woman). while thia
wreck Of former splendor. beauty and elegancs
limped feebly tc her carriage.
Yet another Of these heroines Of royal romance
is Natalie de Ketchko, the more or less legally
divorced Queen Of the late King Milan of Ser
via. Her life until has been more stranga
more extraordinary and more full Of exciting In
cident than those Of the three other women
above mentioned. Were 1t described In a novel
II would be set down as extravagant unreal and
impossible: but, far from such being the case, IA
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
THE ICE HAD VANISHED.

can you imagine having a burning fever and
no ice within a hundred miles?" began the man
from Mexico at a dinner the other night.
Did 1t give you fOretaste Of hades?' % asked
one.
mo foretaste," he declared; "it was hades it
self. l was stricken In a mining camp in
the dryest part of the Mexican mountains. There
was no ice; the drinking water was lukewarm
and worse.
e There is ice to be had at the coast said
one. And the coast was only hundred miles
away. 1 offered a fortune for a single piece, and
a relay of Indian runners was arranged. They
were to get big piece as they could carry
and run 1t into the camp with all possible speed"
I'm wager you enjoyed lit" said the hostess.
"Oh. yes. I enjoyed 1t. That Ice when it reached
me was nothing but q steaming hot rag"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
MONEY in DANGER BY FIRE.
New York Assay Office AbIaze, with Mill
lions In Bullion on Hand.

New York, Feb. 3.-Fire broke out
today in a laboratory in the second
story Of the United States assay Office,
which is next door to the United States
subtreasury, and destroyed portion Of
the roof and upper story and some Of
the apparatus. Chief Assayer Torrey
said the loss on the building would be
nominal. He thought the business Of
the assay Office, which amounted to
about 75 assays day, would not Ee in
terrupted longer than three OF four
days. Mr.. Torrey believed that nitric
acid, which is used in testing bullion,
was the cause OF the fire.
An alarm. was turned in and the 65
government. employees in / the building
hastened to save the millions OF treas
ure in their care. There was about
$40, 100000 in bullion in the vaults
and about 81 800, 900 lying outside in
various parts of the building. The
81 500, 900 and about 800, 900 in melt
ed state, as we'll as the books of account
and records we're hastily locked up.
The building used by the assay office
is historic. Before it began to be used
as an assay office, 40 years ago, it was
a government mint, and for time it
was the United States or government
bank. The structure is of gray stone
and brick and very old fashioned.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06

the hands of the government on con-
Clusion Of the bargain, among them
being offices, quarters, storehouess, hos
pitals, shops, stables and miscellaneous
structures. There is an immense
amount of machinery, consisting OF q
floating plant Of tugs, launches, dredg.
es, a rolling plant of locomotives and
cars, together with excavators, cranes,
pumps, etc. In addition to all this,
there is quantity OF surveying and
other instruments and miscellaneous
supplies.
The official estimate Of the time re-
quired to complete the Panama canal
is 10 years, and the estimated cost is
$1S4, 900, 900. The Walker commission
thought it would take but eight years
to build canal at Nicaragua. 1t is
estimated that millions will need be
spent by the United States engineers
in making Colon, Panama, and the
canal route sanitary before much work
can be done. The Panama fever has
cost 100, 900 lives, and no one can live
long there under present conditions.
1t is thought that Chinese and Negroes
will need to be imported for work in
the ditch, as the climate is too oppres-
sive to permit much labor by Ameri-
cans, and the natives will not work.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat- Walla Walla, 75c; blue.
stem, sec; valley, 7Sc.
Barley-Feed, $2S.5O per ton; brew
ing, ga.
Flour-Best grade, s4.3O@4.s5; grab
am, $3.45@3.S5.
Millstuffs = Bran, t1S@19 per ton T;
middlings, $2S @ "a; shorts, $1,000.
chop, SIS.
Oats-No. l white, t1.15 @ 1.20;
gray, t1.12h@1.16 per GENITAL.
Hay = Timothy, s11@12; clover,
ss@9; cheat, t9@10 per ton.
Potatoes-Best Burbanks, 60@7 per
sack; ordinary, 40@50c per GENITAL,
growers prices; Merced sweets, $40
2.25 per GENITAL.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11Kc;
young, 1l@12c ;hens, 11@12e; turkeys,
live, 15@16c; dressed, 10000; ducks,
s7@7.6O per dozen; geese, s7@s.6O.
Cheess-Full cream. twins, 16K@
17Kc; Young America, 17K@1sKci
factory prices, 1@1kc less.
Butter-Fsncy creamery, S0@32xC
per pound; extras, S0c; dairy, 2O@
22xc; store, 16@lse.
Eggs-26 per dozen.
Hops Choice. 25@26hc per pound
WoOl-valley, I2k@16c; Eastern
Oregon, s@l4Kc; mohair. 26@2sc.
Beef = Gross. cows, S@3Ac pei
pound: steers. 4@47ze; dressed, IKE
veal-7k@sKc.
Mutton = Gross, &c per pound
dressed, 71ke.
lambs = Gross, &c per pound
dressed, 7lke.
Hogs - Gross, exc per pound
dressed, 7@7ke-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
ELEVEN WOMEN BURNED.
Awful Holocaust on Malcolm IsIaud-
Seventeen Injured.

Awful Holocaust on Malcolm IsIaud-
Seventeen Injured.
Seattle, Feb. "A special to the
Times from Vancouver says: Thursday
evening witnessed grim tragedy with
dire erresults to the Finnish settlers on
Malcolm island, some distance up the
coast from Vancouver. In a terrible
holocaust which broke out while the
men were at a meeting, in a common
living house in which "a families were
living, ii women and children we're
burned to death and IL injured.
The anguish Of the men, who were
powerless in many cases to help the
women and children, owing to there
being no water supply, was terrible.
AS they stood outside the blazing build
ing, children were thrown from the
house at their feet and frantic women
we're falling all about them crippled
and bruised as they leaped from the
second story Of the doomed hotel.
There are about 100 families on the
island. The building burned was put
up to provide temporary shelter for the
more recent arrivals, who had been
living in tents. Many Of the men per-
formed acts Of great bravery, and were
badly burned.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
TERMS OF TREATY
ALASKAN BOUNDARY QUESTIONS FOR
TRIBUNAL TO SETTLE.
Document is Largely IN French and Must
Be Translated-Three Men Appointed
by United States and Three by Great
Britain VIII Act as Jurists- Decision
In Three Months.

Washington, Feb. 5.--There was
some discussion yesterday in the execu-
tive session of the senate with reference
to making public the treaty recently
negotiated by Secretary Hay and Sir
Michael Herbert for a settlement of
the Alaskan boundary dispute. Owing
to the fact that a number OF articles are
in French, it was decided to await a
translation before making the treaty
public. The secretary of the senate
was directed to prepare translation.
Article l of the treaty provides that
the boundary line tribunal shall be i'm
mediately appointed, and shall consist
of six impartial jurists, three to be
named by the president OF the United
States and three by his Britannia ma
iesty. All questions must receive
majority vote of the tribunal. Pro-
vision is made for the appointment of
other jurists to fill vacancies and for
officers of the tribunal, including scien-
tific experts and agents.
Article 2 provides that written or
printed case OF the two parties and 9th
er documents, correspondence and e,i-
dence shall be submitted by the two
parties within two months Of the ex-
change of the ratifications Of this treaty.
Two months afterward the counter case
may be submitted, but the tribunal
may extend the time If it so desires.
Articles provides that the tribunal
shall consider in the settlement of the
questions submitted to its decisions the
treaty between Great Britain and Rus
sia OF 1926 and the treaty between the
United States and Russia OF March 80,
1867, and particularly articles III, w
and V of the first mentioned treaty"
The original text of these articles is
given in French. In the treaty be.
tween the United States and Russia
articles III and " CT the Anglo. Rus
sian treaty are quoted as describing the
line of demarcation between Russian
and the British possessions.
1t is provided that the first meeting
of the boundary tribunal shall be in
London. AS soon as possible after the
arguments are concluded a decision
shall be prepared and within three
months, unless the president or the
British king, by common accord, ex-
tends the time. Provision also is
made as to how the decision shall be
prepared and handed to the agents Of
the respective governments. As soon
as possible decisionssshall be prepared
and handed to ths agents Of the re.
spectlve governments.
As soon as decision has been sent
to the contracting parties each shall
send one or more scientific experts to
lay down the boundary line in accord
ance with the decision. Should there
be failure Of the mairoity to agree on
any of the points submitted, the re.
spective governments are to be notified
through the agents.
The exchange of ratifcations, as soon
as the same has become effective, is
provided for.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
hoBsoN GIVES UP.
Hero Of the Merrimac Resigns from Navy
on Account Of his Eyes.

Ou ACSOuHt vi Ilis Eyes,
Washington, Feb. 3.-Captain Rich
mond P. Hobson, Of Merrimac fame,
has rendered his resignation as a naval
constructor in the navy. For some
time Captain Hobson has sought to be
relieved, but the board before which he
was examined pronounced him fit for
duty, and he was ordered to duty in
charge OF construction work at the
Bremerton navy yard.
1t is we'll known that tor somo time
Captain Hobson has suffered from an
affection Of the eyes, he and his friends
have declared, incapacitated him from
active duty. A bill to retire him has
passed the house Of representatives, ard
recently, when it was called up in the
senate by Mr.. Morgan 1t was passed
over. on an objection by Mr.. Cockrell,
who insisted that, an examining board
having pronounced him fit for duty,
Hobaon should not be retired.
In letter to the secrslaay, {: {. .hA
navy Hohson sets out che reasons for
his resignation, the Yrincpial one being
the bad condition o, his eyes. It is
understood that Adluirat Taylor, the
chief OF the bureau Of navigation, will
maze favorable recommendation ON
Captain Hobson's resignation.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
Nome Recomes Suh.nort.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The secretary
OF the treasry has issued an order max
ing Nome, Alaska, a support of entry.
This action was taken after thorough
investigation OF the whole subject Of
officials in Alaska, and it is expected
that 1t will add very materially to the
prosperity Of Nome and the whole ter
ritory. At present all vessels going to
Nome are necessarily subject to many
Inconvenience and delays. Under the
new arrangement vessels will enter and
clear and duties will be paid at Nome
the same as at oil other ports OF entry.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
TO MAKE ONE STATE.
Congress May Admit New Mexico and Ari,
zona as One, to Be Divided Later.

Congress May Admit New Mexico and Ari.
zona as One, to Be Divided Later.
Washington. Feb. 5.-Strong efforts
are being made to bring about a COM
promise on the statehood bill. Many
senators who are decidedly displeased
with the legislative situation would
welcome compromise in order to clear
the way for other legislation. Some
hope was built today on a statement of
Senator Quay that he "might" have a
modification to make to his statehood
amendment to the agricultural appro-
priation bill, and consideration Of that
measure has been postponed at his re-
quest until Friday.
The compromise most favored is the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico
as one state, Quay contending that such
provision should be modified to au.
thorize the admission of Arizona alone
when it shall develop sufficient popula.
tion. 1t is learned on good authority
that the president would be willing to
see such compromise made, if it was
further provided that at the time the
large state vas admitted, not only
Arizona, but New Mexico as we'll,
should have an adequate population.
Efforts are being made to reach some
compromise which will not arouse an
tagonism when the bill goes back to the
hOuse.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
DoBLIN is GUILTY.
Committee In LessIer Case Says He At
tempted Bribery Minority Report.

Committee In Lessler Case Says He At
tempted Bribery Minority Report.
Washington, Feb. 8. - The house
committee on naval affairs has reported
tc the house its findings in the matter
of the investigation OF the Lessler brib-
cry charges. 1t finds that Philip Dob
lin tried to bribe Lessler, and lie liable
to punishment for that offense and for
perjury, but Lemuel E. Quigg and the
Holland boat company are innocent in
the matter.
A minority report signed by Repre-.
sentative Kitchen dem. N. o., Van
diver dem. Mo- and Roberts (Rep.
Mass. was also submitted. 1t finds
that there was no attempt at bribery,
or in effect, that Doblin's whole story
is a fiction of his imagination. II
argees in the rest Of the majority report.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
BIG SACRAMENTO FIRE.
Department Store Burned, Causing Loss
Of $50O,OO0.

Sacramento, Feb. 3..-The great de-
partment store OF Weinstock, Lubin &
Co., was destroyed by fire this morning.
One fireman was killed by a falling
wall. One other fireman was fatally
injured and several others received
serious injuries.
The store was one Of the largest in
California. 1t was four story brick
and cement building, covering large
area Of ground. An immense stock Of
department store goods was carried, as
in addition to being the leading store in
Sacramento it did large business
throughout Central and Northern Cali
fornia.
Colonel Weinstock and the company's
directors have decided to rebuild at
once. Meantime, the debris will be
cleared away and temporary warerooms
put up. About 400 people have been
thrown out OF employment.
The total insurance is estimated by
Colonel Weinstock at about 5000 900.
Loss, probably 100000.
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GOES WITH PANAMA.
Old canal-and Plant, Railroad, Buildings
and other Property.

Washington, Feb. 4.-If the United
States finally enters upon the construc-
tion OF the interoceanic canal over the
Panama route, as now seems probable,
it will first pay to the Panama canal
company the vast sum of $40, 900, 900.
This payment represents more than the
mere right OF way of this company; it
represents the work already done to-
wards digging the vast ditch, the Pana-
ma railroad, the maps, drawings, rec
ords, and balance thrown in by way
Of bonus, but it is said that the latter
item lie comparatively small, for tho
ditch already constructed, according 60
official estimates, represents an expsnd-
iture of about $27 900, 900, ard the
Panama railroad stock at par ls worth
almost 81 100000 The French COM
pany will give to tbs government
among other things, about $4,000 acres
Of land which, with the lands belong
ing to the railroad company, cover
nearly all the ground required for the
actual construction OF the canal. Some
thing like 1890 buildings will fall into