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OFFERS UP THANKS7 t __ ? The Sick Pontiff Slill Holding His Gun. OlbSLS THOSE WHO FRAY FOR Hi.tt ?*- i ?? <"? . Th.it the "f. l.a[i|ium vaimvt Pontiff is F.otter, but Says fie Is No N\ orse. j ' Sar :;~(Iay morning's cablegram from Roni< says: "I cannot say the Pope is bettor, but he is no worse." In the words of Dr. 1 a upon i summed up /or the Associated Press Friday evening the Pontiff's condition at the end I of the second week of his illness, in J all iht varying periods of which the ; Pontiff has scarcely had a quieter day , than this, with result that Friday j night's bulletin declares him to he a little i?ss depressed. In the morning after a night during which stimulants end nursing restored him to a fairly good condition, the Pope com plained of soreness, due to me inmi> days be had passed in bed. To relieve this and to humor him, the patient was allowed to sit in his arm chair for a short time with apparent Rood effect. The celebration of mass was heard by the Pope. Prom latest examination of Pope it appears that th^fr liquid in the pleura remains at aWiit the same level which is marked with a dermographie pencil on the Pontiff's side. The physicians think the iinuid amounts to about 1.2M gran: Considering the physical condition of thc-Pcpe the .lot tors do not believe it possible that his holy can I absorb it. as might a strong, well- J nourished organism. After the visit of the physicians the Pope received Cardinal Rampolla who , remained in the sick room only a few minutes, lie again gave the Pope a full acount of the prayers offered iu ! "* M wnrltl His ? his bcnaii an uvvr im Hoiino?~. raising both hands said: "I j bless a?! ".hose who iirav to God for me." iti Vati 'in circles. th* re is gossiping over the groat reception given by Mon-ignor Adjuti. at Lisbon to celebrate h's elevation to the cardinnlate and also i:ver the solemnity with which Cardinal Agliradi toon posses- j .-'ion of his new office of Vice Chan- i eel! .r of th." Church. The Associated j Ptv.-s correspondent. however, learns' that the I'cue h'm-ch". has had a last ! i:it< : view with Ca ditial Agliradi. In . 'ear;: contrast with these corf - I monies ere the continued preparation? a* the Vati'-an for the death of the T'onlif. A huge spit. feet long which he ivci used for roasting food, for in. <enclaves since the time of Gregr-y XVI. was brought from an old store room and will bo employed to roast quarters of beef for the isolated ar(i:r.ils while they are deliberating 111 i he < enclave ovnr the election of the successor to i.eo XIII. Di?. Igippcni and Maz>:oni absolute!, deny th statement published k'i The rr.it" 1 States that Pope l.i,i v.fffeiing from cancer, and ridicule it as anignorant invention. They say they are sure that I)i. Uos.oui takes ill" same vi- v.*. Tox&way Dan Not Safe. < .isr itf'/i. P. C. Special.?President I.. Orr. of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, of Greenville, one o" .he leading cotton mill presidents in the State, has just returned trom the Sapphire country, where he c.ir?fully examined the Toxawav dam. He thinks the structure unsceure and says that if water should rise above the surface of the dam it would be washed awav in two hours and the valleys of J the Keowee and Saneco river would j tncet with another Johnstown flood. In ; the event of a break the Southern and I the nine Ridge railways would be im- j perilled, as well as many large manu- J factur.ng enterprises. I)?ath of Prominent Minister. M.-ecn. Ha.. Special ? Rev. J. W. H;ns !:. on? of the moat prominent .Vrrh'idist ministers of the State. di?d lu re Thursday. He ha i served in the ; .ive ministry tor 30 years, having seved as pastor of th;? Mulberry Street church. Macon, and of St. Paul's Coin nous. Ga. Hp was presiding elder for - rr.ny years. Outrage By Negroes. Tti. hntorrd." Special.?James L. Shel i t;, ex-member of the Assembly from county, an-i now a resident of city, was attacked by negroes and "bri.ir-n into insensibility, while walking in the grounds f the Hermitage Golf Club in the western suburbs of the c:ty. with a young lady, a nurse in on? <>f ihe hospitals. Friday night. It is rriahthat Hie lady was dragged into .m adjoining field and feloniously as shotted. Later it was barium tnai mo yc::nc wr*::an was not assaulted. Drops Dead. TVi:::: ;.! e. Man.. Special.?P. M. Ar~Isr. grand chief of the Brotherhood cf Lr.com aiive Mnainters. dropp-d dead at midnight, wr.ile sptahin?: at the batjfput which dosed the ar.anal convent!.!. cf that body, which had beer, in session for the past few days. Mr. Arthur had just arisen to icapand to t. toast, and -uprated the wrds: I: .t<<e my parting words to yon." wfctr " >< .V.l bs"'iv.ar.t and expired ia ?a lev. m-n^tes. I ????*?????????%?%??%%???%%%????%%?. EVENTS IN POPE r.?rn at CarpSm'Jo 2 Kntcml : ! Koine j Kiuviv<i ?.r Nni.!,. I;;? ?! a priest I?y < ";ii*?II :i:i 1 <M. s. , it!ir ?'iio!?>rii 'K.spitals <iumi;' wnm j 4 Put n:tir <>t" Spntrio !' l'apal at r.ru?M'is !? Dcovatt il 1 y Kitii; l.<op<>i<l will: <\r; j? Kir.u. I? As AriibNhop ??l" IYrupia preventod ! I ory XVI : J f'n-ated Cardinal | J Created Cardinal < *;>? to I'opi j> Looted I'ope aft or three ballots.... |> Itovived Koin.ui Cath.die Iii orarehy I? Founded i*idie tie for A rinonians i: I! | Caitied diplomat ie vietory over 1'riin { trivially relations with Cerinany, I? Chosen to oitlc quarrel between < ?< ? Matnls. t lleeopni/.ed unity of Italy | ( (-lebmted Loldeit inbih-o of his aeet J Celebrated fiftieth anniverviry of his ? Mtv d appeal to Kna'.and for reitnioti ? <'eiehrated sixtieth anniversary of hi ! Created eleven now i-ardii.als { <Vlobrated twenly-lil'f h anniversary | Koeeived King Kdwanl in April, and ft ? w\wv\ w\v\^wwwwwwwvwww CAREER OF POPE I In tho little town of Carpinoto. ] n-rchod on a high otninoneo in tho I>i??*eso of Atiapnl. Italy, already famous is tho birthplace of four 1 oj?es?Inno ent III., Gregory IX.. Alexander IV. iml Boniface VIII.?(> loach inn IVccl Loo XIII.i was born. March 1S10. j * ? ... i !Ie was a mem nor 01 an oiu ami 11111.-*.rious family of Siena. Toward the! niddle of the thirteenth century the; Pecci family already wielded trreat )ower in the eon itry. They soon beNr.ne so powerful that when Pope Martin V. visited Siena he was very j jomfortahly quartered, together with ! Mi his court, in the house of the broth-j ?rs Ciovanni and (liaconio Pecci. who 'urtlier lent him the sum of I.'.ihmi Jorins. When flte future l.eo XIII. was horn H was a dark time for the Papacy. Italy being then under the heel of Xaaoleon and Pope Pius VII. a prisoner tnd divested of his temporal power, l'lie clouds lifted, however, in 1S1-I. a lien, as one result of Napoleon's over:hrow. Pope Pius returned to his sovereignty. He at once restored the Society of .Testis, whleh had beeu sup* .Messed by Clement XIV.. and to the Jesuits the Count and Countess Peecl 'idrusted the education of the future Pope. In 1S.12 the young student entered the Icademy or .'oHoge for Noble Kccle-nasties. the nursery of most destined 'or.a diplomatic or administrative career under the Papal (Toverntnent. Phcre he was educated it: elvil and ecclesiastical jitrisnrudenee. as well a< 'Ju-oloary. In 1 lie won a prize of 51TJ by a thesis on the subjoct.of "Ini'iiediate Appeals to the Koman Pontiff n Person." The Asiatic choWa was sweeping ">ver Italy. Mgr. Pecci. not being yet in priest's orders. could not minister 'o the spiritual wants ami comfort of ho plague-stricken. hut ho was active iikI devoted in assisting his chief, Carlinal Sala. in his important work of superintendence over flie cholera hospitals. It may have hoen due to his nnxety to serve the sick and dying in a ! nriesily character that, on November! i:> of that memorable year, he received <ub-Peacn?ship and Poaconship at the lands of Cardinal Odescalclti. the !*o]h?'s Vicar-tienenil. in the Chapel of st. Stanislas Kostka. in the Church of 'St. Andrew on the Qnirinal." On the last day of that same year?1S."?7?Car-, lin.'l Odescalehi. in the private ehapel >f his residence, in the vicariate, conferred the order of priesthood on Joachim I'ecei. While still in his thirty-third year Mgr. Peed was appointed Apostolic " - ,T-itn .M1I1CIO ill IJ It- niuii in iiM.inui, Km. die titular dignity of Archbishop of Ilamiettn. In the struggle between secular and religions education lie strove to show* the superiority of the religious method by making the religious schools better than the secular. Meantime Gregory XVI. had died. | ind IMus IX. ascended the Papal throne in time for the exciting scenes which made Ids Pontificate memorable. It was an era of struggle and of rcvolu \py LEO XIII. *r 111E TIME OF HIS ELECTION AS PONTIFF. ti?.n. and the wave did not subside bo tore it had spread from one end of the Papal Slates to the other. But it: Peittgia the taet and wisdom of Archbishop IVvci prevented a serious outbreak, and his personal interposition was sullicient to stay the risin.tr tumult. In 1ST,:} Mgr. Pecei was created a Cardinal, taking his title from St. Shot ?ml Killt'd His Slopping tVlff. 1-Tvnk Manoley s!:ot and killed his wif" while she was sleeping lu bed. ;:t Baltimore. She was shot four ii:n<>s in the head. Manoley says he was dreaming that he was shooting at a burglar. Worthy Poor In Crt SIO.OOO. Ten thousand dollars is bequeathed to ('he^tertiold, .M??s.. by Horace 1'. Taylor for "the won by pnor who have never been pubiie eharges and who are disposed to earn their own support far as able." # .'WW%*/VWWl'V'WW 1 LEO XIII.'S LIFE. J March 1S10 \ l S-.M ; < is^' I ;.:i i::i! ;i:<1? <1 in si;* iiintrih! * 1W. * isn-isj:: * isi::-isir? * mil Crr?<?. order founded by < r :mi <tinbp>;i!r .it d'-atli :.f Cre?;- * is:u J Iiceeinbor lb. 1 sr.:: i Pin- IX Inly. InTT J February Jo. 1N7N * in Scotland March 4, 1S7*? * * e Iti>inaivk end re-established \ * iinnny and Spain over Caroline * October 7. 1SSH / <sinii to |111- <m! 1SNS J a? '?'?si(tii ;? ill'- Kplscopate.... IS!* i oj- C]ir>:. i;(lo:)i \j>ril 14. IS! it ? is lirst mass February 1.4. 1S0S * June lb. lS'.ib ' of bis Poniilieate March. 1b<Kt J I Ihnjienir William in May l'.xt:; J * >vwwwwvw*?*wwwwwwwwwv*# vEO XIII. IN DETAIL. [ chrvsogonus. This ancient Roman church ii.ul its origin in the time of | Constantino and was rebuilt in A. I>. ; T.'tl iiy (Jregory III. On February lit?. l^TS. Cardinal roeel i was elected, after three ballots, to be the successor of Pius IX. The secret balloting which preceded 1 the momentous choice was of unusual length and the proceedings of the dignitaries who took part in it were, it would seem, much agitated. On Tuesday. February 1'd. the first balloting l'or the election of Pope took SggPjjgp^: , i ?W-:",} T > . I LATKST POUTIIA IT < j plai-c. Sixty-one Cardinals were pros-1 eut. Cardinal Joachim lVeci*s iiaincj ! was road out twenty-three timos. but.! ! though far ahead ol* all others it lacked i j the necessary two-thirds vole. In tin* ' afternoon another ballot was taken. Cardinal IVeei's name was announced thirty-eight times. IIo had fervently prayed that he might escape the* great burden which he doomed himself unable and unworthy to bear. The following morning. February Llo. i 1S7S. the balloting was resumed, and Cardinal Fe-ei's name was read fortyfour times, the two thirds majority limit was passed, and Cardinal Pecel was eanonieally elected Supreme Pontiff of the Church of Christ. To the question of he sub-dean asking by I what name he wished to be called lie | answered "By the name cf I.eo XIII." It is supposed, and not without good reason, that the advanced age of Cardinal Poeci. his apparent feebleness and the belief that he would not live very long to till the throne which some of his companions in the Sacred College coveted, had much to do with his [ election. The ability which he revealed in Ben-1 evento lie has since displayed as ruler of the Roman Catholic Church. Although he ascended the throne at a moment of great difficulty lie showed himself quite able to achieve his heavy task. His predecessor. Pius IX.. had been a temporal as well as a spiritual sovereign. Pope Leo XIII. bad an effective spiritual jurisdiction only. The anxious throng which stood before the lefty portals of the grand Basilica after I.eo XIII.'s coronation, hoping that by appearing at the traditional window to bless the people, "t'rbi et or I l>i," he -would iiiiw to the now order] [ which had swe.u away tlio aneieut I I temporal power. Tore disappointed. I j For Leo turned his ha ok upoti the! erowd an< ?hut liituself up in the Vati-I ; can. His pale. wan. intellec tual face J Salvation Army Exhibit. The St. Louis Exposition rnrnncontent has offered Commander HoothTucker, of the Salvation Army, land for an army exhibit. One of the foatuers of the army's exhibition will be a colony farm. The army will erect a two-story exhibition building. I V. S. Treaty I>e?cl!ocke<l. The American treaty negotiations are deadlocked, owing to the failure of the Chinese authorities at Pekin to reply to the demand for the opening of Manchurlan ports to trade. was not disclosed to tlicm. His fragile ' hand was not outstretched above their | heads for the expected benediction. I I.ike Pope Pins. I.eo XIII. also was "a I prisoner." I'ut there was a wide and striking | difference be:ween the manner in which Leo XIII. labored to attain his i ends and that of bluff Pope Pius. Hi* strove, lor instance. vainer ior i I lit* principle than for the material re- \ : l;t.v of the temporal power. Ho woitM possibly have contented himself with x ei v i s i g sovereignty over that portion of ]ionic across the Tiber on wliieh stands St. l'ctcr's and the Vatican. and a strip of territory extending to the seaport of Civita Veeehia, so that lie might have liecn aide to receive ambassadors and pilgrims alike | on Papal territory. Without conceding anything to Kins Humbert and Ids successive .Ministers, while openly defying them at times 1 and making protests against the repeat- ! ed interferences of the monarchy with : the cherished privileges and with the | property of the Church. I.eo XIII. conciliated rather than estranged his adversaries. I?y his diplomacy, his foresight and 1 th<> curious shrewdness which distin! gnished him la* also won the good will or respect of foreign nations. It was at the beginning of his reign his ardent wish to bind the Papacy to all the courts and rulers of the earth ny diplomatic tics. As time rolled on lie modified this ambition, and made It bis most zealous aim to gain the pood will, the honor and support not of the rulers hut of their peoples. And, as we know, his prudence, his sapaeity. Ids horror of extremes did not exclude a certain quiet, dopped firmness. It was this lirrnness that led Rismarek to accord the I'ope a deference which he reserved for few. Indeed Pope Leo and Paul Kruper were the only statesmen whom he thoroughly and honestly admired. >f pop*: lko xin. 11 Thoso who Avoro ndniittod to the in- I titmift- nf 1 ??? VI II fiivi'iiril thl> flnSA 4 ( of his beneficent career are well aware of the not perhaps unnatural and most innocent pride with which he regnrck ed his own health and longevity. Thi% pride occasioned liis physician. Dr. Lapponi, mue'i anxiety, as it frequently led Leo XIII. to overwork himself quite needlessly. Almost to the end the late Pope's eyesight was unimpaired. His interest in the social, political and spiritual affairs not only of Catholics hut of humanity at large, was. even in the last months of Ills Pontiticate. phenomenal. Poi>e Leo was always a man of extremely simple tastes, which he brought from his childhood's home at Carpiueto. amid the hills, and possibly his cautious temperament, curiously combined wit it power and unhesitating decision, was inherited from Ills i mountaineer ancestors. For his personal use His Holiness selected Instead of one of the numerous magniticent suits of the Vatican a few simple rooms containing little beyond absolutely necessary articles. His bed stands in an alcove, separated from a larger room by n curtain hanging gracefully over marble columns. Above the lied is a nieture of the Madonna :iii<l Child. Reside it is a prayer table surmounted by a crucifix. A ward- ( robe against tiio wail faces tlie bed. and between the latter and the wall is ' a couch. The rest of the room was used as a study, and contains a writing table with a eruc'iix: a chair on a carpeted platform, chairs and tables for the Pope's secretaries, writing materials. ami a few books, anions: which are the works of Dante. Virgil an*' Horace, besides a Bible. The Pope, even when in pood health, | slept only four or five hours each night, and often in the morning his bed was undisturbed and the Pope was found ! asleep in tb? chair before his writing i table. Faintly Waking "Queer." J. C. Adams, his wife and son .Tofforson were arrested at Bonanza. \rl:.. on charges of making and passing counterfeit money. A counterfeiter's outfit and S.'lbO worth of spurious coin were found in tho Adams barn. To Crc? Speedy Adoption. It was said in Washington that strong representations would probably be made to President Marroquin of Colombia to induce him to urge the speedy adoption of the I'aunua Canal treat}*. THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR. The Mode of Procedure on the Selection of p New Pontiff. On the death, or at the latest, the twelfth day after the death ot' the Pope, the conclave assembles for the election of the new Pontiff. It is held at the beautiful Sistine rhapel within the walls of the Vatican. Ee.i h cardinal is allowed the services of a secretary and an attendant, who while the conclave lasts occupy rooms adjacent to the peculiar cell allotted to their master. On the day fixed for the meeting or tno conclave tne cardinals assemble to hear a special mass for the Holy Spirit and to take the oaths of faithfulness and secrecy. Once within the confines of the conclave the massive doers arc shut with double locks, and from that moment until the new Pontiff is elected, no person is permitted to pass in or out. The meals for the assemblage are prepared within the walls of the Vatican and delivered through a wicket gate, or rather, casement let into the great doer. It is here, also, that on the first day of the conclave, a committee of cardinals. appointed by the whole body, gives audience to the foreign envoys. This, however, takes place before thg conclave has actually men for the papal election. The Sistine chapel Is especially fitted for the holding of this momentous council of the Church. The stalls tot the cardinals, ranged on each side, ar< surmounted by canopies of cloth in the ecclesiastical colors, and at the far end, opposite the high altar, are places assigned to the secretaries. On the al tar itself, or on the table in front or it, is a chalice of silver on which rests the pix containing the host. When the mass has been said and all is prepared the conclave proceeds to its solemn task. The election of a Pope is effected by three methods, by acclamation, by adoration, in which Is embodied the idea of direct divine inspiration; by the compromise or by vote. Pope Leo was elected on the second :;av of the conclave by acclamation. The system of voting, called the Scruptinum. is regulated by exact prescription. The proceedings are under the directions of six cardinals, two from D?."h order of bishops, priests and deacons. Every cardinal is provided with a voting paper, on which he writes the name of his chosen candidate, but not his own name. N'o one is permitted to vote for himself. When the requisite interval has passed, each cardinal, beginning with the one of the most ancient creation, leaves his stall and advances to the high altar. Amid a folenin hush the elector prays for awhile on the altar steps, and then declaring aloud that his vote is given according to his conscience, drops his voting paper in the chalice. When all have voted in like manner the six scrutinizes examine the papers and proclaim the result. If no cardinal has obtained the reir.irod number of votes?two-thirds of the number of cardinals present, plus 3 tic ?the result is declared void, and 'he voting papers, collected together, ?re burned in a brazier with damp .traw, the dense smoke from which issues from a particular chimney, vision,l nifiirn<5 tn the taken place. Under these circumstances, on the ifternoon of the same day, a second rote takes place, supplementary to the lirst and called the accessit vote. In is the procedure embodies the theory hat the cardinal who obtained the i.rgest number of votes in the morn,ng is the most acceptable to the conhave. Consequently his name is the mly one considered for the moment ird each cardinal votes for hiin by writing the word "Accedo" on his Svheda or voting paper, or signifies his iissent by the words " "Accedo nemr.i." If this new vote leads to no result, he papers are burned as before and :he conclave adjourns until the folowing morning, when the election hetins afresh and quite irrespective of he previous day's proceedings. When, it length, the determining vote is :r.ken and the cardinal deacon, as scrutinizer, announces that a certain andidate has been elected Pope, there ;s a departure from the proceedure idooted hitherto. The cardinal deaon opens each folded paper fully, and. ending the Latin motto which each ii-dinai has to inscribe on it for the purpose of ultimate identification, iiakiis known bow each member of the conclave has voted. The election being over, a summons is a,1 once seat to the perfect of ceremonies, who speedily enters the chappi. bearing the fisherman's ring. An Interval occurs, during which the canopies are removed from the stalls of all the cardinals except that of the newly ilected Pope, and His Holiness retires to robe himself in the pontificial vestments. On his return the fisherman's ring Is placed on his finger by the cardinal ramerlingo and the new vicar of Christ gives his first solemn benediction to the members of the sacred college from the step~ of the altar. Then, ta'fing his seat on the Sedia CJcstatorit the Pope receives the homige of their eminences and communiiates the names which it is his pleasure to assume as Pontiff. Next, the first cardinal deacon takes the oath of obedience, and. hastening to the grand loggia or balcony of St. Peter's, looking onto the great piazza, announces to the expectant multitude the election of the Pope, using the form of words, consecrated by immemorial usage: "I bring you tidings of neat joy. We have a Pope, the most high and reverend Lord ihe-c ho gives i ,,lr,,-imo ,,r' the now III.* I ili i.Mian .nm . ... __ ['op."), who has taken upon himself f: : name of Pins X or I.to XIV. | >Ne\vs of the Day, An inscription on a stone tablet found in the ruins of an old synagogue in Kaifengfu shows that the Jews first entered China during the llan dynasty, from D. C. 200 to A. D. 22(?. About $1,000,000 is to be expended on the repair and improvement of the cruiser Mew York. It is expected that the work will not be finished in less time than a year or cighioen months. JTA "1 WHITE MAN LYNCHED t/ _i if _ m_ w* 1. _ IXok/Iam* a# tvemucKy moD rxetuics murucici ? i Respected Citizen. Maysrillc. Ky., Special.?Enraged ! at the tardiness of the courts, a mob broke into the Flemingsburg Jail and hanged William Thacker, a white man, who had been given a life sentence for the murder of John Gordon two years ago. Thacker, in a quarrel with Gordon at Foxport, shot and killed him and then sat on the body. Winchester in hand, while he smoked his pipe and dared any one to attempt to arrest him. At the time Thaiker escaped, but he was later arrested and lodged in jail at Flemingsburg. He was given two trials and finally got a life sentence. Gordon was a good citizen and an inoffensive man. After being sentenced Thacker appealed to the Court of Appeals and was waiting for another trial. Thacker had some money and was able to command the support of some influential men and it was feared that he might escape punishment altogether. The mob collected at Mount Carmel, where Gordon once lived, and came into Flemingsburg by twos and threes in order liot to arouse suspicion. They advanced upon the jail shortly after midnight. The jailor re fused to surrender the keys. He was overpowered and tile keys taken from him. Thacker was hurried to a tree near the jail and was given time in which to say his prayers, which he refused, but begged for his life. To hush hi3 cries he was hit on the head with a stone and his uifconscloua body strung up until life had become extinct Saved From Lynching. Albany, N. Y? Special.?The quick wit of a deputy sheriff at Coxsackle this afternoon prevented the lynching of James Little, a 19-year-old negro hailing from Summerhurst, N. Y., who early Tuesday morning, near New Baltimore, criminally assaulted Emma Cole, age 11 years, daughter of Joseph Cole, a farmer living one mile back of New Baltimore. The negro escaped, after threatening the child with death. Two other children had given the alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met the child coming home and at once organized a party to scour the woods. Little was captured on the railroad track near Coxsackie. and he confessed the assault and was locked up. A mob of 150 enraged farmers started ? from New Baltimore for Coxsackie. augmented by a large number of striking Coxsackie moulders and river men, all frankly vowing their intention to lynch the regro. Deputy Sheriff Van Loon, realizing that the coming of darkness would mean the breaking of the ilimsy local lock-up and the violent death of his prisoner, smuggled the negro out and took him down the river on the boat to Catskill. where there is a well-built jail. The Cole child is seriously iniurea. but mav recover. " i Death of Mrs. James G Blaine. Augusta. Me.. Special.?Mrs. James G. Blaine died at the Blaine homestead here Wednesday. She was 76 years of age. From. Washington, a short time ago. she came to the old family residence on State street. She was in an enfeebled condition, and had been under almost constant medical attention since. Mrs. Blaine'a maiden name was Harriet Stanwood. the daughter of a leading citizen of th? State of Maine. She met her husband while both of them were teaching in a. school in Kentucky. They were married in Pittsburg, and later came to Augusta, where Mr. Blaine became editor of The Kennebec Journal. She leaves one son, James G. Blaine; two daughters. Mrs. Harriet Beale and Mrs. Walter Damrosch. of New York, who were at her bedside during her last sickness. The funeral services t will be held at 4 p. m.. Saturday. aDd the body will be buried at Washington Monday. Exchange Commission. Berlin. By came.?me unuea States international exchange commission arrived here from The Hague and was received today by the Under Secretary for Foreign AfTairs. Dr. Von Muehberg. The German newspapers have hitherto manifested very little Interest in the commission. All the expressions on the subject indicate the belief that the American propositions are impracticable. Illegal Contract Set Aside. Tensing. Mich.. Special.?A majority of the Supreme Court, Justice Grant dissenting, set aside a judgment of $10,000 secured by the Detroit Salt Company in the Wayne circuit against the National Salt Company for salt purchased under contract. The Supreme Court says that the officials of th.o Detroit Company knew that the National Company was endeavoring to secure control of the salt market and the contract is therefore declared to be illegal, being in restraint of trade, and tllO ( Oil! IS Will not ilUl in iur umnsr.MRt of illegal contracts. A Curious Rumor. London. By Cable.?According to the Press Association, a curious rumor was current in the lobby of the House of Commons to the effect that some United States warships had seize.! about 20 small islands off the coast of Boreo. which, it is understood, belong to Great Britain, and had planted the American flag cn them. It is probable that a question on the subject will b? asked In the House. I' J