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THE MORXIXG OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908. IMS TO STEAL POPULIST VOTES Rosewater Accuses Bryan Plot for Fusion' in Nebraska. of FILES PROTEST AT LINCOLN &ttempt to Secure Populist Vote Un der False Pretenses Arouses Re ' publican Committeeman to Ac tion Bryan Is Silent. OMAHA, Neb.. July 30. Victor Rose rater. Republican National Committee man from Nebraska, yesterday published an open letter to W illiam J. Bryan, ask ng him to disapprove of the attempt that vas recently made to file the names of he Democratic Presidential electors from his state under the head of "People's ndependents." Mr. Rosewater recently iled a protest In the case with the Sec elary of State. This matter is an outcome of the bolt of the Nebraska delegation, headed by Thomas H. Tibbies, from the St. Louis Convention of the Peoples' party, which nominated Thomas E. Watson for Presi dent. VIOLATION OF PRIMARY LAW Rooater Protests Against Same Candidates Tor Two Parties.' LINCOLN, Neb.. July 30. Charging that the provisions of the state primary law will be violated by permitting fusion between Democrats and Populists In the Presidential election. National Commit teeman Victor Rosewater. together with F. W. llollingsworth and Victor Seymour, today filed with Secretary of State Jun kin a formal protest against the names of Henry Gchring and Frank Swanson going on the Btate-wide primary ballot as candidates for electors-at-large. Mr. Rosewater maintains that candi dates cannot appear as representing both the Democratic and Populist parties, as both these parties have regular nominees In the field. . ' ' This Is tha second protest filed and they Rill be taken up Saturday. HAS XO TIME FOR ANSWER Bryan Refuses to Discuss Charges, but Will Invehtigate. FAIR VIEW, Lincoln. Neb.. July 30. KVhen informed of the open letter of Vic tor Rosewater. proprietor of the Omaha Bee and Republican National committee man from Nebraska, in which the allega tion is made that a conspiracy entered Into by Mr. Bryan's brother-in-law is on foot "for the purpose of purloining votes not Intended to be cast for you," Mr. Bryan said: "I have not the time to make answer." He was not certain that he would reply fct all, but said the subject would be in vestigated. SAFETY PIN IN ARTERY Prisoner Tries to Commit Suicide In Novel W ay. OREGON CTTY, Or., July 30. (Spe cial.) O. S. Haines, who Is serv ng & six-months sentence in the county ail, yesterday attempted to take his -wn life by sticking a safety pin hrotiffh an artery in his wrist, and vould have been successful, had it not lten for Sam Bray, another prisoner, iho seized Haines and held him until airRlcal aid came. Hafnes pleaded fuilty to a statutory charge last April, le has a wife and several children re Ming at Parkplace, though he Is only 13 years of age. Quietly sticking the pin in an artery lalnes lost fully a quart of blood be fre his act was discovered by Bray, lalnes Imagines that some one is try 1 g to poison him and he will probably b examined for his sanity tomorrow. SUFFRAGISTS GO TOURING rur Women Make Campaign In Au tomobile and Launch. SEATTLE. Wash., July 30. (Special.) T"cur Seattle' Kirls. Louise." Lucy, Helen aixi Gertrude Kanxley. have commenced a tojr of this slate In an automobile to preach female suffrage. The quartet has completed a trip throusrh Skagit County, alternately using an automobile and a mall launch to reach towns In the Skagit Kiver valley. The four sisters are pleading for the sub Vnisslon of the constitutional amendment by the next legislature providing for qual suffrage. At the time they are Paging a speaking campaign the quartet Is endeavoring to take a census of the lo calities visited to show state sentiment, STEAMER IS BOYCOTTED Duk-h Colony Takes Revenge on Venezuela for Iter Wrongs. W1LLBM9TAD, July 30 The Veneiue- lan ichooner Maria Abigail, from Marl- calbo. loaded with Venezuelan products and dispatched to this port by a Vene zuelan firm, has been boycotted. On her arrival here a guard of police and troops was tationed at the wharf to protect the vepse.. Later the schooner sailed, and on leavirg the harbor dipped the Venezuelan nag, ;ne salute being answered. OLD LEADER NEARLY BLIND uoscpn . namnerialn Returns to England Wltb Impaired Sight. LONDON, July SO Joseph Chamber lain, who returned from the Continent Tuesday and is remaining In I-ondon for a few days on his way to Birmingham, Is reported to be In a very grave condi tion. His eyesight has become seriously effected. Even If Mr. Chamberlain has sufficient strength to travel to Birming ham, It Is very doubtful If he will ever leave f.ngland again. GIRL TAKEN IN CHARGE Denies She Had Evil Intent In Leav ing for Seattle. Blixabeth Olsen, 16-year-old girt, whose -parents live near Oregon City, was sr. Price and Coleman, while she wu waiting 1 outside the O. W. P. Railway waiting room at First and Alder streets, and was held in the custody of Miss Baldwin, of the women's department of the police, on the charge of being a runaway. The girl was arrested at the request of a relative, who claimed to have informa tion that she was being taken to Seattle for the white slave trade. The girl ap parently was greatly shocked at the na ture of the chargeB against her and ab solutely denied them. She maintained that she had been in Portland for the last three years with the knowledge and consent of her parents and that during that time she had been self-supporting." She asserted that during the latter part of this time she had been residing with a Mrs. Lena Caldwell, somewhere on the East Side, and that as Mrs. Caldwell had planned a trip to Seattle and had agreed to take her along, she had gone to the waiting-room to meet Mrs. Caldwell when she was taken into custody. JAPANESE HAVE ARSENALS EVERY CAMP IX CALIFORNIA IS SUPPLIED WITH ARMS. Orientals Keep Rifles and Revolvers in Bosses' Rooms, but Deny Facts to Whites. SAN JOSH. Cal.. July 30. (Special.) It Is known in and about San Jose that firearms are being collected and stored in many large Japanese camps in this part of the state. In one camp near Agnews a large number of rifles, shot guns and pistols are kept, and weapons of all descriptions are occasionally seen in all the Japanese communities to the north of San Jose. The Japanese themselves deny that they have any weapons whatever. It Is almost Impossible for any American to enter their camps to make an inves tlgatlon. One citizen of San Jose who gained the confidence of the Japanese through Ions business relations has been per mitted to see the rooms occupied by the boss of a camp. Among other purposes It serves as the camp arsenal. There Is not one camp without a small col lection of arms, and in the large camps the supply is said to be alarming. BURNS VICTIM'S CORPSE BROOKLYN MURDERER'S CRIME IS CUNNINGLY CONCEALED. Body of Unknown Young Woman Found Badly Charred by Fire and Powerful Acid. NEW YORK, July 90. In the finding of the half-charred body of a young woman early this morning In an Isolated section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one of the most atrocious and cunningly planned murders that has been given to the police to solve in many years was re vealed. Death was caused by a cut across the throat, and then. In an en deavor to utterly destroy att evidence -of the crime, the murder, or murderers, wrapped the body in an oil-soaked mat tress, poured oil over it and set fire to the bundle. A powerful acid had been poured over the face to obliterate the woman's features and make identifica tion Impossible. Although two arrests have been made, the police do not believe they have in custody anyone who can shed light on the mystery. The prisoners are James Rud dick, an old man who lived in a stable not far away from where the body was found, and his son Joseph, a peddler, who discovered the body. TAKES OVER YUKON LINE Great Northern Acquires Road British Columbia. in VANCOUVER. B. C. July 30. All the railway land and foreshore holdings of the Vancouver, ' Westminster & Yukon Railway in Vancouver and New West minster and the railway line connecting the two cities have been formally con veyed by the Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway Company to the Vancou ver, Victoria & Eastern Railway, accord ing to a conveyance filed in the Vancou ver Registry Office. The Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway Company is a corporation sub sidiary to the Great Northern Railway. Roughly speaking, the value of the prop erty involved in the transfer is about $2,500,000, but that was not the consid eration on which the conveyance was made, as the principal amount of money which went Into the construction of the Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon and the purchase of its land holdings came from the Great Northern interests. FIONA IS STILL MISSING Anxiety Felt for Cruiser Bearing Governor to Newfoundland. ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 30. No tidings were received yesterday of the where abouts of the cruiser Fiona, with Sir Will iam MacGregor, Governor of Newfound land, on board, and the anxiety felt for the sofety of the vessel on account of the report of a severe northwest hurricane off the Labrador coast is unabated. The Fiona has not been heard .from for. four days. When last reported she was off the southern Labrador coast and was pro ceeding north on an official tour of In spection. in the storm which swept the inner harbor here, wrecking 17 vessels, three men and eight vessels are also said to have been lost at Byron Bay. LARGE TIMBER DEAL MADE Eastern Men Secure 80,000 Acres on Drury Inlet. VANCOUVER, B. C, July Sn.Oner of the largest deals in coast ttmber limits of recent months is reported today to have Just been completed with the transfer of 30.000 acres of well forested land on Drury Inlet to American capitalists by John Murray, C. P. Olts and H. Thompson. The purchase price was $175,000, a large portion of which has been paid over. The buyers are New Jersey men who are now Incorporating a company in the state to control the property. SULTAN DRIVEN BY TERROR Granted Constitution When Discov ered Plot to Murder. VIENNA. July 30. A special dispatch from Constantinople to Die Zelt gives details of an alleged plot against the Sultan's life, which it says finally de termined the Sultan to grant a constitution. THREE DEATHS IN FLORIDA LYNCHING Sheriff and Deputies Defend Jail Against Charge of Angry Mob. PRISONER FINALLY TAKEN On Second Attempt Crowd Captures and Hangs Xegro, but Only After Many Have Been Wounded. PEXSACOLA, Fla., July 30. Three men dead and a score wounded is the record of an attempt last night of a mob to storm the county jail and to take out negro named Leander Shaw, who yester day assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis near here. Besides the negro, Shaw, who was hung, the dead are H. C. Kellman. a streetcar conductor, and Bird NichoTs. The fatally wounded are A. N. Knowles and Charles Turner, members of the mob, and Jailer Eaton. The mob numbered probably a thous and persons and gathered early, but there was no apparent indication until two hours later that the crowd, -which com pletely surrounded the jail, contemplated making a rush. The first Indication was when a railroad Iron was brought into play by about a. dozen men on the- Iron gate of the jail yard. Charge Jail With Curses. At the same moment the entire mob seemed to catch the spirit and with yells and curses dashed for the jail entrance. Some climbed over the tall iron fence, while others hammered upon the gate. The Sheriff with a half dozerr deputies stood in the windows upstairs with drawn revolvers and rifles. The Sheriff pleaded with the mob, at the same time telling them he would defend the prisoner at the cost of every life present a.ia words had no effect and the moment the first blow was struck on the gate a volley of shots flashed from the upper windows of the jail. This was answered by the crowd which poured volley after volley into the jail, wounding - two deputies. The mob was momentarily driven back with many wounded and one dead as a result of the deadly aim of the Sheriff and deputies. Second Attack Is Successful. At mldnfght the mob, which in the meantime had been reinforced by many residents of the sunrounding country, made another attack on the jail. The Sheriff and officers were overpowered by men who had crept over the rear wall and covered them with rifles and revolvers. Others broke down the cell doors and took Shaw out. The negro- was carried to the center of the plaza and hanged to an electric light pole, after which fully 500 shots were fired into his dangling body. In the last attack on the jail Kellum was killed, while two deputies and four or five of the mob were wounded. At 1 o'clock this (Thursday)1 morning everything Is quiet and the mob has dispersed. NEGRO LYNCHED IN GEORGIA Taken From Jail, Hanged and Rid dled With Bullets. LYONS. Ga.. July 30. Alfredo Williams, a negro who Is alleged to have assaulted Miss Clare B. Owen, last Friday near Ohoopee. was Tuesday taken from the Toms County jail by a mob, carried to the woods nearby, hanged to a tree and his body riddled with bullets. The rope around his neck was cut by the fusilade of shot and the body dropped to- the ground. TURKISH MINISTERS FLEE PEOPLE DEMAND REMOVAL OF OBNOXIOUS ONES. Sultan Dismisses Two and Others Fly Officers of Mutinous Troops Called to Capital. CONSTANTINOPLE, .July 30. Street demonstrations here have now practically ceased, but public indignation is growing at the delay in removing the obnoxious officials and other government officers. Many reports are current of the dismissal and the flight of various officials, but it is impossible to ascertain the details. It is confirmed, however, that the Minister of Marine, Rami Pasha, has been forced out of office and replaced by Haiti Pasha. An trade Issued today appoints Izzel Pasha president of the commission for the inauguration of the Heja railway. He will leave Constantinople at once. It is said that Zeicci Pasha, Inspector of mili tary schools, has been dismissed, while Zellm Pasha. Minister of Mines and For ests, has fled with his family to Brin disio. Three hundred officers or the third army corps In Macedonia have been ordered to replace an equal number of the imperial guard. Oramnian, the Armenian patriarch of Constantinople, has resigned. The report originating in Vienna that the Young Turks have called upon the foreign agents to quiet Macedonia Is un founded. Dispatches from Monastir state that all the mutinous troops have re turned to duty. WILL NOT PRESS FOR REFORMS Russia Awaits Outcome of New Turkish Revolution. ST. PETERSBURG, July 3a The for eign office is without information con cerning the report received here from Vienna that the Young Turks have de manded the withdrawal of the Austro- Hungarian and Russian agents in Mace donia and the cessation of foreign super vision of the local administration. The officials atttach little importance to the matter. Pendng further developments in the Turkish situation, Russia has decided not to press any of the questions connected with the new programme of reform. The cecssation of hostilities on the part of the warring bands Is regarded as a most optimistic sign. POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED Revolutionists and Former Oppo nents Fraternize at Salonika. BERLIN. July 80. A dispatch received from Salonika. European Turkey, says all lfcq gqUao S&pxm. &ai "UitesocAg ain,im. We're grinding down" the prices. We make a clean cut on 100 suits in blue serge, gray cashmere, and fancy worsteds in browns, olives and tans. Suits that were $25 and $20 reduced to $10. See the windows. 166-170 Third Street. ated yesterday. The leaders of the revo lutionary hands and their followers are entering the city and fraternizing with tnelr iormer opponents. ine jnanneeia tions of joy over the granting of a con stitution continue. ODELl AGl IN FRONT WOODRUFF MAKES DEAL EX-BOSS' SUPPORT. FOR Peace Restored Between New York Factions by Agreement for Mutual Assistance. NEW YORK. July 80. A definite agree ment between ex-Governor Odell, of this state, and Chairman Timothy L. Wood ruff, of the Republican state committee, was made Tuesday at Republican state headquarters, according to the Brooklyn Eagle, whereby Mr. Odell Is to give active and energetic support to Mr. Woodruff as state chairman and in return Mr. Odell is to receive such recognition as man who has held the highest office in the state and in the party should receive. "It means," says the Eagle, the re- establishment of an executive committee, of which Odell .will probably be made chairman. The agreement Is said to In clude recognition of Louis F. Payne." HARBOR PUT IN COMMAND Succeeds Hemphill With Asiatic Squadron of Pacific Fleet. WASHINGTON, July 30. Orders liave been issued by the ' Navy Department, making a change In the command of the Asiatic squadron of the Pacific fleet. Rear-Admiral Hemphill is relieved of the command and Is succeeded by Captain Giles E. Harbor, commander of the bat tleship Maine, of the special service squadron. In turn. Captain Harbor will be succeeded as . commander of the Maine by Captain W. B. Caperton, now in command of the cruiser Denver. Changes in the personnel of some of the junior officers on the special service squadron already have been made. It is expected that the special service squadron, which constitutes the vanguard of the Atlantic fleet on its trip around the world, will leave Manila next Satur day, August 1. Admiral Hemphill will re turn immediately to the United States. He will not retire from active service, how ever, until next June. IS LEFT WITHOUT FUNDS Discouraged Man Shoots Himself at Graham Island. VANCOUVER. B. C, July 30. "I am discouraged. You get another man. you can fool with me not later than 60 days after you get this letter." Having writ ten this in a letter to the head office of the Anchor Investment Company, of Win nipeg, Allen Reid shot himself with a re volver. Reid was manager for the com pany at its new townsite at Massett, Gra ham Island, one of the Queen Charlotte group. The Coroner's Jury added the fol lowing order to their verdict. "We the undersigned jurymen, after reading the letters produced, are unani mously of the opinion that the Anchor Investment Company, Reid's employers, are to be severely censured for sending an employe to such a remote part of the province and then neglecting to provide him with funds." HELD FOR BIG SWINDLE Prisoner Slay Also Have Aided Em bezzler Walker. NEW YORK. July 30. Frederick Gon deroff, who is charged with having de frauded Fritz Helsenaget. a Scranton hotelkeeper, out of $25,000 by inducing him to bet on a pretended prize-fight in Boston was arraigned in the Police Court today and was held In bail to await the action of the authorities of Bridgeport, Conn., where it was said that Gonderoff is charged with obtaining $5000 on false pretenses. Detectives are trying to find out whether any of the funds of the New Britain Savings Bank, alleged to have been embezzled by William F. Walker, reached Gonderoff or his associates. DEATH PREVENTS TRIAL Mclntyre Expires While Under In dictment for Fraud. BALTIMORE, July 30. Thomas A. Mclntyre, who was head of the failed firm of T. A. Mclntyre & Co, died here yesterday. Thomas A. Mclntyre. Jr.. arrived In this city today for the purpose of look ing after his father. He said his father had been in bad health for a year and that his financial troubles fra weighed At One Half Off MEN'S SPRING SUITS Men's $30 Suits now $15.00 Men's $25 Suits now $12.50 Men's $20 Suits now $10.00 YOUTHS' OUTING SUITS Youths' $15 Suits now $7.50 Youths' $10 Suits now $5.00 Youths' $8.50 Suits... $4.25 fi; BOYS' KNICKER- ;? BOOKER SUITS . ' All This Season's Patterns. Boys' $ 500 Suits now $2.50 Boys' $ 8.00 Suits now $4.00 Boys' $10.00 Suits now $5.00 Boys' $15.00 Suits now $7.50' WASHABLE SUITS All This Season's Patterns. $5.00 Wash Suits now $2.50 $3.00 Wash Suits now $1.50 $1.50 Wash Suits. now 75c IBEN DECISION TO ATTELL Seattle Boy Stands Punish ment, but Loses. FANS SEE GOOD FIGHT Champion latnds at Will and Plays for Back and Kidneys, Finally Wearing Out Opponent In Ten-Round Go. SPOKANE, Wash., July 30. (Special.) Before a crowd of over 2000 fight fans, Abe Attell was . given the decision over Eddie Marino, of Seattle, in the tenth round of his fight at Sand Point, Idaho, last night, after a one-sided contest. Attell landed at will on the back and kidneys of the lad. Fans from Spokane, Wallace, Idaho, and Coeur d'Alene were present. Attell will meet Kid Scaler at Salt Lake, July 31. Round one Marino forces Attell; spars: clinches champion; lands on Jaw. Honors even; Attell sleepy. Round two Marino forces fighting; cornered by Attell and hammered about head; kidney blows tell on Marino. Hound three Marino lands on Attell's Jaw; champion forces lad to corner and shoots Jabs to stomach in clinch; Marino hit on Jaw; swings wild; then lands on ear. Round four Marino forces: lands on Jaw; clinches; swings wide and Attell forces hard one to Jaw; Jaw blow sends Marino to knees. Round five Marino groggy; Attell clinches: Marino covers and champion lands at will on kidneys; Seattle lad returns volleys to jaw and neck. At tell's round. Round six Marino rushes fighting; lands on stomach; Attell returns hard right to Jaw; lad pokes hard left and NEW SKIN REMEDY Creates Bis; Stir; Drag Stores Crowded With Sufferers. For several weeks past the Bkld- more Drug Co. and other leading drug stores In this city have been crowded with, persons desiring a ' supply of noslam, the new cure. for eczema. This Is the drug which has created such stir throughout the country since its discovery one year ago. For the convenience of those who use poslam for pimples, blackheads blotches, red nose, acne, herpes and other minor skin troubles, a special 50 oent package has been adopted. In ad dition to the regular two-dollar jar, which is now on sale at all leading drug stores. In eczema cases, poslam stops the Itching with first application and pro ceeds to heal, curing chronic cases in two weeks. In minor skin troubles, re sults show after an overnight applica tion. For a free experimental sample write direct to the Emergency Labora tories, S3 West Twenty-fifth Street, TODAY and SATURDAY At One Half Off BOYS' STRAIGHT KNEE 1 PANTS Boys' $2.00 Knee Pants now $1.00 Boys' $1.50 Knee Pants now 75c Boys' $1.00 Knee Pants now 50c Boys' 50c Knee Pants now 25o MEN'S STRAW HATS Men's $5 Straw Hats now $2.50 Men's $4 Straw Hats now $2.00 Men's $3 Straw Hats now $1.50' REDUCED PRICES FOR OUT, ING PANTS Men's $6.50 Outing Pants Now $4.85 Men's $5.00 Outing Pants Now $3.65 Men's $4.00 Outing Pants Now $2.95 Men's $3.00 Outing Pants Now . $2.15 MEN'S FANCY VESTS Men's $6 Fancy Vests Now $3.00 Men's $5 Fancy Vests Now $2.50 Men's $4 Fancy Vests Now $2.00 Men's $3 Fancy Vests Now $1.50 NO EXAGGERATIONS EVER PERMITTED IN ANY OF MY ADVERTISEMENTS lElf L, LEADING CLOTHIER right to face and neck. Even round. Round seven Attell lands hard punches Jaw and body; Marino weakens under shower of blows to back; clever footwork wrings cheers from crowd. Round eight Vicious fighting on both sides; Marino is beaten around ring but fights gamely; Marino, forced through ropes; returns with right to jaw; Attell again forces him through ropes. Round nine Attell forces Marino around ring and through ropes; lands every where; blow to kidneys sends Marino down for nine counts, then jab to Jaw sends him down again; Marino gets up and shows more class than ever before; crowd is beyond control yelling, "Marino, Marino;" Attell again forces him to cor ner; Marino again goes down; gets up and Attell has him In a comer. Round ten Blows to kidneys weakens Marino; down for count of nine twice. Decision to Attell. STRIKEBREAKER IS KILLED Fatal Clash Between Union and Non union Coal Miners. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 30. A clash occurred near Pratt City tonight between union and non-union miners, in which Llge Nelm, a non-union negro miner, was killed, and E. Mills, a union man. was shot through the Jaw. Six arrests were made. Disorders have been report ed in several parts of the district today, but nothing else of a serious nature. teniae feJ-'.ffjS Manager Eugene Commercial Club City. Dear Slri- Answerlng your inquiry, the aarvellous increase In Poet Off loe receipts for the last quarter Is not 35g as you eay, but sajt. The exact figures are 6e.85 for the three months ending June 30, 1908, an Increase of 38 ever the $4609.28 of the cor responding three Booths of 1907. SPECIAL FRIDAYS SATURDAY 500 BOTTLES Dewar's Special Scotch Whisky 85c . A BOTTLE 2000 BOTTLES Concord Grape Juice (quarts) 30c A BOTTLE LAKE ERIE WINE & CORDIAL CO. 234 FIRST STREET. CORNER MAIN, PORTLAND. OREGON I Prices DREAD MALADY IN RUSSIA XATIOX STARTLED BT OUT BREAK OF . CHOLERA. Steps Are Taken to Confine Disease to Vicinity of Volga, Pro tecting Large Cities. ST. PETERSBURG, July 30. The gov ernment Is preparing for an outbreak of Asiatic cholera all along the River Volga, from Nizhni Novgorod to its mouth, sjhd at the Caspian ports. The entire Volga region and both coasts of the Caspian, together with the territory of the Don Cossacks, already has been officially de clared In the cholera zone, but the sani tary authorities hope to confine the dis ease within the limits and prevent it from reaching Moscow and St. Peters burg. This year the government has placed ample funds at the disposal of the Sani tary Commission, but there will be great difficulty In securing capable physicians. Nizhni Novgorod Is considered the danger point of the epidemic, as the annual fair, which Is the rendezvous of the merchants of all Russia and Siberia, has Just been opened. Special sale fine shoes at Rosenthal's. W Eugene. Ore . August 1, ISO. 3 4T if 0 J, Yours truly. 10,000 BOTTLES Fresh Wines 15c A BOTTLE