The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1903, Page 1

CHINA ONCE MORE DEFIES THIS AATION Refuses _‘to Open| Manchuria to Trade. to United States. Washington Government Will Hold Empire to Its Agreement. ECTS WAR. : Russ i Japan Will Soon Be C = 2 emp ¥ wt i ! Fek « nce, whic I3 . In a ma Sim be urrent here to the of nt of certain cir- cumsia € in the Far East the | now at Lisbon - g rs b way of the Suez ————— - Third Reading of Education Bill, LONDOX he House of Com- . =t passed the t f the educa- tion bl reak Pledge| PRICE FIVE CENT MORTAL REMAINS OF LEO XIII REST IN STATE ' IN THE MAGNIFICENT BASILICA OF ST. PETER'S Funeral Procession Descending the Grand Staircase of the UDatican. WOMEN DIE N EFFORT AT A RESCOE Hoods Canal Waters. 1 Dispatch to The Call. Wash., July 22.—Mrs. her sister, Rena Mrs, his city, the latter's aged years respectively, were | drowned near the home of Mrs. Smith at Homma Homma, on Hoods Canal, yes- terday aft n, according to a telephbne message Te ere this morning. The me es not go into details regarding t ident further than to | state t two girls, who were in | patr out beyond their depth and thelr mother attempted to rescue | them. The was overcome in the | deep water ana Mrs. Bradford also went to the rescue and all four sank to their | death. The bodies were recovered. mother two children, | OME, J of Leo XIII lies in state in the basilica of St. Peter's. Begiu- ning . to-morrow . at .sunrise, the residents of Rome and the people {of all nations now in the Hternal City will be admitted to pay thelr last fare- well. Opportunity for this solemn tribute | will end on Saturday. | Until- 5 o'clock this afternpon the re- mains of the dead Pope lay in the throne | room of the Vatican, where the leaders | of the diplomatic, clerical and civil world ; were allowed to pass the bier. The cere- | montal to-night, when the body was con- veyed from the throme room to St. Pe- ter's, was one of the most striking of all the obsequies. : During the day the congregation of Car- dinals met and decided to hold the con- clave under the identical regulations | which obtained at the conclave which | elected Leo. | Dr. Lapponi, in the course of the day, | presented to Cardinal Oreglia a report the autopsy which was held, which sho! ed that there was no sign of cancer in | the Pope’s bodv. Some hours before sundown St. Peter's | was cleared of idle crowds. The mas- sive doors were closed and the throng of | sightseers was pushed back to the fooi of ‘the great filght of circular stone steps. | A half hundred carpenters hastily econ- | structed. a stout fence five feet high to resist the encroachments of the crowds which are expected during to-morrow and the following days. The fence extends directly across the colonnade and in it j.are two narrow entrances which will gh'e“ | mass. Imposing Cortege Escorts the Pontiff’'s Body From Throne-Room of the Datican. y 22.—To-night the body [ ready means of controlling the Ingress | States was represented in the procession and egress of the throngs. CLAD IN POMPOUS ROBES. At 8 o'clock this evening all was in readiness to take the body of the Pope from the Vatican to the basilica of St. Peter's. The mournful procession gath- ered around the bler, which was gently lifted by the sediari, who in.the life of Leo had carried him in the sedia gesta- toria. The dead Pontiff was now clad in all the pomp of his holy office. About him-had been placed the sacerdotal robes, used only when he celebrated a’ grand The vestments were those which he wore for the last time In life in the hall of the consistory, when he confirmed the appointments of Archbishops Farley of New York and Quigley of Chicago on June % last. The golden miter, the gilded steel, the whité cope, the red chasuble, the pontifical pallium and the papal tunic all were there. Nothing that was em- blematic of the power wielded by the dead man for more than a quarter of a cen- tury, and for centuries by his predeces- sors, had been omitted. Leading the procession as it passed out of the throne room came the grooms car- rying lighted torches. Behind them, walk- ing with measured tread, were the aged mace bearers and other domestics of the papal household. The plcket of the No- ble Guard and all the clergy of the Vatj- can, wearing their surplices, followed, Immediately in front of the' bier the pontifical silver cross was held aloft. Be- hind the bier came three nephews of the late Pope—Counts Ricardo and Camillo by Mgr. Thomas Kennedy, rector of the American College. PRAY AS THEY MARCH. | The air was heavy with incense from the censor swinging constantly beside the ‘hod,\-. The Franciscan penitentiaries still ept up the unceasing refrain of interces- ion. At the Hall of Palfraniere the cortege came to a standstill. There the l'ar-“ dinals, who had been waiting in the hall | of the consistory, took their places im- | | mediately behind the nephews. Thelr | scarlet had been put aside for violet | robes, which are worn only when prim:es{ of the church are in mourning. ! Once more the procession, with the bier | now flanked by Swiss guards, moved on. | | After the Cardinals came the whole dip- lomatic body accredited to the Vatican | and the representatives of the Knights of Malta. The latter were followed by the | marshal of the conclave, Prince Chigi; the master of the holy hospice, Prince | Ruspoli and the commander of the Noble | Guards, Prince Rospigliost, all in magnifi- ceit uniforms. Then came the prelates | of the chamber and Knights of the Cape | and Sword in their medieval Spanish | robes. The Noble and Swiss Palatine | guards brought up the rear. No monarch was ever followed to the | tomb by a more imposing array, led by | the Cardinals and prelates and clergy, re- citing prayers and psalms for the dead. As they slowly entered the Sistine Chapel, Peccl and Count Canarliu. The United | * Continued on Page 2, Column 4. WIRELESS TELEPHONE B SUGCESS Transmits Speech a Considerable Distance. HARTFORD, Conn., July of his wireless telephone Frederick Collins to-day successfully transmitted speech between this city and East Hart- for¢, with the Connecticut River inter- vening. Previous experiments by the in- ventor had been made from one Hudson River ferry-boat to another, and they were fairly successful. The Instruments By means which were employed to-day were used in | transmitting messages in the experiments made at Rockland Lake, where articulate speech was communicated a distance of a mile. The wireless telephone partakes of the nature of both the wireless telegraph and the- ordinary telephone, although there are several differences The principle rests on the compromising of the low frequency alternations of the telephone 'and the highest frequency oscillations of the wireless telegraph. The distance over which the wirelegs in - detail. | WILL REFUSE - OHORT TIME FRANCHISE Southern Pacific Is Firm in Its Demand. \Purposes to Stop All Work on Alameda Depot. | | Will Abandon Line in En- | cinal City and Find Out- [ let in Oakland. AR It is ofcially of rece announced that the work er and depot at the two applica- for fifty hises for its lo- ads filed of the corporation. workmen employed at the pier and depot site were off indefinite- | 1y yesterday morning without being given reason for their discharge. There is much to be done befors a pier and depot to replace those des 1 by fire nearly a year ago are rea e. Thus far only the prelimh of clearing away the de P D damaged piles |and framing some of the lumber to be | utilized in the struc has b done. e Alameda have by of gran franchises ting the Sout five years, of the fifty-year privileges the company | seeks. the management is somewhat ation and has de- tatl and ts in that city livision superin- tendent of the road, when seen last night at his home in this city, sald in relation | to the matter “It is true we contemplate stopping all work on the proposed new depot at the | Alameda mole. The Southern Pacific Company does not fesl justffied in going ahead with its plans on the narrow-gaugs | road and incurring the great expense en- | tafled in their completion unless it is as- | sured of a fifty-year f: far the City Trustees of Ala not acted on our petition for a franchise and until they do nothing further will be done toward the completion of the depot track to and the standardizing of the Santa Clara “‘Altogether the the company neighborhood amount will be expended in and around Alameda. attitude of the City Trustees in delaying our franchise is re- ceiving the supp f the public of Ala- meda we want to know it. If the people of that place do not want us, we shall be obliged to withdraw We do not want to do this, but the attitude of the Trustees | is forcing us to shape our plans to that end. will $1.000,000, proposes 4 all in | “A franchise for any term than | fifty years will not be accepted by the | less Southern Pacific Company, as the outlay | for its proposed improvements is too large | to justify going ahead without a guaran- | tes of a long term tn which we shall have ! the privilege of operat We are loth | to abandon the present terminus. but there seems to be no other alternative. | “In case it shall appear that we can- [ not secure the franchise we have asked | for we shall withdraw from Alameda al- together. This will not work any partic- sar hardship on the company, but it will be a severe blow to Alameda. Our with— | arawal will mean a heavy depreciation | of property values throughout the sec- tion we traverse and will cause the re- moval from that place of many thou- sands of people who nmow make their homes there on account of the methods of transportation we furnish. “All that is necessary for us to do is to comstruct a branch from West San Leandro to the main line and make our terminus at Oakland pler. This plan has many advantages from a raflroad stand- point. The cost of constructing and op- erating the line will be very much less than the price of completing the improve- ments at the Alameda mole and at the same time it would tend to center the business of the company at Oakiand, by which operating expenses would be great- Iy reduced. «As I sald, we have no desire to with- draw from Alameda, but If the people do not want us there, we are prepared to find_another outlet for our business. It rests entirely with them and we hope that for their own Interests they will recos- nize the necessity of retaining the road and force the Trustees to grant us the only franchise under which we would feel justified in coptinuing olir work ther L] telephone will work at present is limited, but the inventor is confident that in time this difficulty will be overcome. The ap- paratus operates in the open air, but not to any appreciable distance. The most essful experiments have been made | suect on the water. | This new system is said to be especially useful for ferry-boats and other harbor craft, as by means of it messages may be readily sent from one to another. ‘As energy from the wireless telephone is radiated in every direction, this feature is not objectionable, as in a harbor the various vessels should be aware of the presence of one another. It is the com- tention of the inventor that there has been no real improvement in the means ot signaling craft since the Introduction lot the steam whistle