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VOL. XXVII NO. 2G.
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SHOOTS WIFE WHO
HAD SPURNED HIM
RICH TORREON
Twenty-Five Injured in
Clinton, Minn.
MANY BUILDINGS ARE IN RUINS
Cyclone Blows Moving Train
Off the Track.
TWO CHURCHES DESTROYED
S-torni Starts Three Miles North of
Village and Wrecks Two Farm
llouses Neighboring Towns
Promptly Send Help.
CLINTON, MIX.V. June 27. A torna
do struck this town at 5:25 oVlock
tills afternoon, killing 7 people and In
juring 25, some seriously. Twenty
houses, a printing office and two
chinches were Mown down. The dead:
MRS. VAXDEKMtRK.
JIORTON HKiHIXS.
THOMAS HOI'KWKl.I,.
MISS KATE MII.I.S.
SM'NKHKRRT.
MRS. O. NICHOLSON AND DAUGHTER.
List or the Injured.
Mrs. T. M. Johnson Is missing. A
partial list of the Injured follows, all
these being seriously hurt:
MISS LOTTIE ROCKWELL.
BERT ROCKWELL.
RACHEL HIGOINS.
JAMES MORROW..
MRS. GEOROE PHELAN.
REV. FATHER KEAVEV, of Graceville.
Winn.
The tornado, which was unaccom
panied by rain, started three miles
north of the town, destroyed two
farmhouses that were In its path and
swept over Clinton, which is a place of
about 400 people.
Train Blown Away.'" -
A Chicago, Milwaukee' & ft. Paul
mixed train was just pulling: into the
station as the storm struck the town
and 15 cars were blown off the track,
as was als a passenger coach contain
ing 17 people. All were injured, among
them Father Keavey, of Qracevllle,
Minn.
The two churches destroyed are the
Norwegian Lutheran and the First
Episcopal.
Telegraph Lines Down.
Telegraph lines were blown down,
but as soon as possible news of the
disaster was sent to the neighboring
cities. Soon help was on the way from
Ortonville and Wheaton, nearby Min
nesota towns on the Milwaukee road,
and from Millbank, S. D., which Is but
a few miles away.
WILL MARRY SOLDIER
Chaffee's Daughter Engaged ro Lieu
tenant Howard in Philippics.
LOS ANGELES, June 27. Lieutenant
General Adna R. Chaffee, U. S. A. (re
tired), and Mrs. Chaffee, now residents
of this city, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Helen Valentine Chaffee,
to Lieutenant John Hastings Howard of
ths Ninth Cavalry, U. S. A., now sta
tioned at Camp McGratli, Batangazas
Province, P. I. Miss Chaffee has spent
the past five months visiting her sister,
Mrs. George Hamilton, In the Philippines.
PROTEST FROM GERMANY
X'nwllling to Hare France Land
Troops at Tetuan.
TANGIER, June 27. It is reported that
the German minister to Morocco has
Issued a circular to the members of the
diplomatic corps protesting against the
threatened landing of French troops at
Tetuan, claiming that this would be a
violation of the Algeciras act. There Is
rio actual confirmation of the report.
"Let's Meet Hon Can I Put In a
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Bigelow Couldn't Endure Relatives
Here and Spouse Found Life
Dreary In Falls City.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 27. Special.)
Because Mae C. Bigelow refused to live
with her husband in Spokane, saying
Portland is the only city for her, a di
vorce was granted today.
"As I interpret the law as it now
stands," said Judge Sullivan In passing
on 'the case, "the husband, has the right
to say where he and his family shall re
side. If the wife cannot adapt herself
to such a situation, I see no afternatlve
but to grant the divorce."
John P. Bigelow Is a bookekeper. Ma
C. Bigelow. whose maiden name was ni
disclosed, is said to come from a promi
cnt Portland family. '
"I found it simply Impossible to live
with my wife and have a moment's peact
In Portland on account of her family,"
said Bigelow. "A year ago last July she
packed up her belongings and went back
to Portland. No, she didn't say she
would never live with me again. She
just said she would never live In Spokan '
again. I've asked her to come back an;
offered to pay her way. But she can t
hear me. She and I got on all right: the
trouble was all with the relatives. Port
land was her home and she couldn't see
anything worth living for, even me, ill
Spokane."
COLLISION 0N ELEVATED
Twelve Injured In New York Rail
way Smash-up.
NEW YORK. June 27. Two trains on
the .Third Avenue Elevated Railroad col
lided at One Hundred and Second street
and part of one train -was left hanging
from the elevated structure. Several
ambulances were called. No one was
killed In the collision, but 12 persons werj
Injured, though probably none of them
fatally.
It was a, rear-end collision, both trains
being bound uptown, when the following
train crashed Into the other. The col
liding trains were going at a moderate
speed.
BOMB RENDS SPANIARDS
Explodes at Barcelona, Causing
Panic and Injuring Many.
BARCELONA, June 27. A bomb was
exploded today in a lavatory in one of
the public squares, seriously injuring two
persons and slightly injuring many others.
A panic followed the explosion, which did
much damage, a policeman being badly
torn by a portion of the wreckage.
Many women and children were crushed
and bruised during the stampede. The
bomb exploded while a procession was
passing, great crowds lining the streets
and points of vantage.
SHERMAN HAS GOOD DAY
Condition Is Normal and Only
Needs to Regain Strength.
CLEVELAND, O., June 27. James S
Sherman, Republican candidate for Vice
President, passed a very comfortable day,
and tonight his temperature, pulse and
respiration .were normal. Mr. Sherman
will be kept in the hospital a few days
so as to recover his strength.
Plans for leaving for his home in Utlca,
N. Y., next Friday are going forward.
He enjoyed a good night's sleep and
awoke this morning with his temperature,
fulse and respiration normal.
GERMAN CAR IS IN LEAD
Reported at Tomsk, June 2 6 Due in
Moscow July 10.
BERLIN, June 27. A local newspaper
printed an item from Tomsk, Siberia,
dated June 26, saying that the German
car, In the New York-to-Paris race ex
pects to reach Moscow in a fortnight and
Berlin In 20 days. This car had made 572
miles in the 78 hours previous to Its ar
rival at Tomsk.
It is assumed that the American car is
some distance behind, its German com
petitor. HARRY
Arrival of the Morning Mall, f
C. C. Halloway, Jealous,
Fires Five Shots.
WOUNDS ARE PROBABLY FATAL
Woman Had Rejected . Ad
vances for Reconciliation.
ASSAILANT IS LOCKED UP
Los Angeles Expert Machinist Fol
lows Wife Here and First Vainly
Attempts Suicide .Sought Pos
session of Their Child.
Chester C. Halloway, an expert ma
chinist, of Los Angeles, 50 years of age,
shot and perhaps fatally wounded his
pretty young wife, an operator at the
central office of the Pacific States Tele
phone Company, last night at the home
of the woman's' sister, Mrs. Stella Daw
son, 524 Ros;?lawn avenue, in Highland.
Mrs. Dawson and her two small chil
dren witnessed the tragedy, and her little
6-year-old son suffered a fractured arm
In falling from a chair that was over
turned by his aunt as she fell wounded
to the floor.
As the woman fell, her clothing, which
was ignited by the close proximity of
the weapon when it was fired, began to
burn fiercely. Her sister, Mrs. Dawson,
ran screaming towards the door in - the
hope of calling neighbors, but desisted
because of the piteous pleas of her sister.
"Come back, and put out the fire," said
the wounded woman as the flames en
veloped her body, "it hurts more than
tho wounds."
With her bare hands Mrs. Dawson suc
ceeded in extinguishing the burning
clothing, but both she and her sister were
painfully burned. ' "
Halloway Starts to Run Away. ,
Meanwhile Halloway, seeing his wife
prostrate on the floor and apparently
satisfied in the belief that he had killed
her, ran exulting from a rear door. He
started rapidly towards the path leading
through the vacant lots to the carline,
but had proceeded only a short distance
before he was seized by Dolf Huddleston
and Policeman Drugg.-
"Here's my gun," he said when appre
hended In his flight, "take it, for I have
no more . Jise for it. I have ruined her
pretty doll face, and that's all I cared to
do." He told his captors how he had
followed her from Los Angeles, how she
had spurned and refused to return to
him, how she kept their child from him
and finally how he "had spoiled her pretty
doll face that haunted him always."
The shooting was the result of years
of domestic troubles. Ten years ago they
were married In Kansas and a little
daughter, Stella, 5 years old, has added
to their difficulties. Each wanted posses
sion of the child and it was through her
that once they were reconciled.
Divorces Wife to Marry Girl.
Halloway was living in Indianapolis
when he first became acquainted with
pretty 17-year-old Mattle Beattle. She
and her sister lived with their mother
in that city, and she secured employment
as a maid at Halloway's residence. Her
pretty face captivated him, won him so
completely that he offered ' to become
divorced from his wife, if she would
promise to marry him. Evidently she
promised, for soon he left Indianapolis
for a small town in Kansas. There he
secured a divorce, provided a home and
sent for Mattle Beattle. They were mar
ried and in a short time moved to Los
Angeles.
They lived there in apparent happiness
until two years ago. Domestic trouble
arose, he claiming that another man had
won her love, and she claiming that his
Intense and unfounded jealousy had al
most distracted her. She wrote her
mother, who still lives in Indianapolis,
and was sent sufficient money to come to
Portland." Here she remained with her
i
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MURPHY SPENDS A DAY (IN SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION) WITH A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
Also a Few Cantlldntrs for National
Chairman.
Women Pray and Sing .at Polls and
March With Children, but
Votes go Other Way.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 27. (Special.)
The Democratic Gubernatorial primary
held today was the most exciting in the
history of the state. The candidates were
Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, the
present incumbent, and ex-United States
Senator Edward W. Caemack. The prin
cipal issue in the campaign was state-
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Mrs. Chester C. Halloway, Who Was
Shot and Probably ' Fatally
Wounded by Her Husband.
wide prohibition and local " option, . Mr.
Carmack standing for the former and
Mr.- Patterson for the latter.
Mr. Patterson won the gubernatorial
nomination. Ninety-six counties will
send 1138 delegates to the convention
and of these Mr. Patterson will have
over 700. His popular majority is be
tween 8000 and 10,000.
The feature of the day in this city
and elsewhere was the prominent part
taken by women and children for state
wide prohibition. In Nashville 600 formed
a procession that moved through some
of the principal streets, the parade being
witnessed by many thousands of people.
They walked or rode in carriages dec
orated with red streamers and carrying
banners with various mottoes.
ROBERT SEIVER IN JAIL
English Editor Accused of Black
mailing Barnato's Nephew.
LONDON. June 27. A great sensa
tion has been caused throughout Eng
land by the arrest today of Robert
Siever, editor of Winning Post, 9n& one
of the best-known, sportsmen in this
country, on the charge of attempting
to blackmail Jack Joel, a nephew of
the late Barney Barnato, the "Dia
mond King."
Siever was arrested at the Sandown
track during afternoon racing and
brought to Bow street in a motor car,
where he was remanded to prison for
a hearing on Monday. He is charged
with having threatened to publish a
defamatory article about Joel unless
the latter paid to him $25,000.
Wnntn n Job on the Strensrth of
Knovrlna; His Father AY lien .He
"Was In Grant's Cabinet.
BusinessMenConfident
Taft Will Win.
GOULD NOT DEFEAT JOHNSON
But Consider Bryan's Nomina
tion Certain.
BATTLE VIRTUALLY OVER
Anti-Bryan Democrats and Many
Republicans Sure Nebraskan Will
' Lose Election Convention to
Play Republican Game.
WALTER WELLMAN IN THE RECORD
HERALD. CHICAGO, June 27. (Special.) Bryan
will get the nomination, but Johnson
could win the election. Such Is the opin
ion of all the anti-Bryan Democrats. It
is also the opinion of many Republicans.
The Bryan Democrats believe the Ne
braskan the strongest candidate their
party could name. And in this view they
are supported by a few neutral, inde
pendent observers.
Now that Taft has been chosen as the
Republican standard-bearer, and the
nomination of Bryan at Denver appears
inevitable, it Is interesting to take stock
of the great diversity of opinions held as
to the outcome of the campaign by men
whose judgment is usually of value.
Nomination and Defeat Sure.
' It is the widely, prevalent belief among
business men and men of affairs that
Bryan is sure to be nominated, that he
is as sure to be defeated at the polls,
and that, with the Denver convention do
ing that . which it Is generally expected
to- do, the battle for the Presidency i
already virtually over, and Taft Is as
good as elected to sit in the high chair.
To this view the business and financial
worlds are already adjusting themselves
and their affairs. They wait only to see
If the expected happens at Denver. If It
does, they will, for the most part, go
about their affairs with a serene faith
that nothing is likely to happen to place
the result In doubt. Whether these men
are or are not justified in holding that
view remains to be seen. The important
fact is that they do now hold it and are
proceeding accordingly. And those who
hold this opinion are Democrats as well
as Republicans.
Believe Johnson Could Win.
Another phase of the public mind, so
far as the men of whom we are now
writing are concerned, Is an equally
strong belief that, If the Democratic con
vention should happen to name Johnson
Instead of Bryan, then the election of
Taft would not be a certainty, and that,
till the ballots are counted in November,
the outcome must remain a matter of
doubt. The unanimity of this opinion
among men of affairs, regardless of their
usual party affiliation, is certainly a
most significant fact at the present hour.
If the Denver convention is to nomi
nate the man the Republicans want It
to nominate, because of their confi
dence that they can easily beat him. It
will name Bryan. If that convention is
tj name the man the Republicans do not
want it to name, because they fear him.
It will nominate the Governor of Min
nesota.. LEAD REVOLT AGAINST BRYAN
Twenty Thousand Democrats of Con
necticut Appeal for Johnson.
HARTFORD, Conn.,' June 27. (Spe
cial.) More than two-thirds of the Dem
ocratic voters of Connecticut are In re
volt, according to some of the Denver
delegation, and tonight a remarkable
manifesto against Bryan and his creed,
and an appeal to the Democracy of the
country, was made public by Harry C.
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Drlritationn of ,Suf rraKMtea Want v A
to Know Where He Stands,
Learning She Cannot Rccaxrer, She
Breaks Off Match, but Proves
Love by Will.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 27. (Spe
cial.) Miss Maria Bernardine, of San
Martin, a small town near Gllroy, CaL,
renounced George C. Mangels after her
trousseau had been prepared for their
wedding, when she discovered that she
had tuberculosis of the lungs, but as
an indication of her love bequeathed
him all her property In her will.
On learning of the exact nature of
the disease Miss Bernardine, as a mat
ter of conscience, refused to marry,
although Mr. Mangels with full knowl
edge of the facts, urged her to do so.
She was steadfast until the end. Her
will showed that all her property had
been left to her betrothed as part
compensation for his loss.
"I would have married Mr. Mangels,"
the will recited, "If I had been able
to recover my health. As I could not,
marrying was out of the question. I
have designedly left him all that I
possess as the best testimonial that
lies In. my power to give."
The story came to light today when
a statement of the amount of collateral
Inheritance tax from the estate was
filed with the County Clerk.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67
degrees; minimum. 52.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly
winds.
Politics.
Democratic committee r-hooses Bryan's men
for chairman of convention. Section 1,
page 2.
Bryan's nomination and defeat confidently
predicted by Walter Wellman; Johnson
declared sure winner. Section 1. page 1.
Great preparations of Nebraska Democrats
to entertain at Denver. Section 3. page 2.
Taft confers with Roosevelt and returns to
Washington. Section 1. page 2.
Prohibition defeated in Tennessee Demo
cratic primaries. Section 1. Dace 1.
Loeb refuses Republican chairmanship at
conference with Taft. Section 1, page 2.
Foreign.
Fighting against Shah In several Persian
cities. .Section 1, page 5.
Remarkable story revealed by murder of
- Remy. Paris banker. Section 1, page 3.
Large force of Mexican rebels marching on
rich city of Torreon. Section 1, page 1.
Domestic.
I Thaw gets injunction just In time to prevent
return to asylum. Section 1. page 3.
Railroad men in doubt about Roosevelt's
attitude towards rate increase. Section
1. page 4.
Sailor on warship kills man In San Fran
cisco. Section 1. page 7.
Movement to prohibit race-track betting In
. California. Section 1, page 2.
Everett and Wakeley martyrs in work for
good of country. Section 1, page 3.
Clinton. Minn., dpstroyed ; seven persons
killed, 26 injured. Section 1, page 1.
Two negroes lynched in Georgia. Section 1.
page 11.
Roosevelt delivered eulogy on Cleveland at
funeral. Section lt page 4.
Sports.
Coast Leagua scores: Portland 5, Los Ange
les 4; Oakland 5, San Francisco 4. Section
1. page 8.
Belmont's Fairplay wins Coney Island stakes
at Sheepshead. Section 1, page 9.
Syracuse wins Varsity boat race at Pough-
keepsle. Section 1, page 9.
Two ring battles scheduled for th Fourth.
Section 4. page fi.
Tennis players of the state are ranked.
Section 4, page 6.
Wlckersham wins Ladd cup In tournament.
Section 1, page 8.
Pacific Coast.
Oregon bankers report prosperous conditions
throughout state; close session at Salem.
Section 1, page 6.
Japanese boat pullers allege discrimination
In .British Columbia; appeal to Ottawa
government for redress. Section X, page
"Bud" Barnes convicted of murder in flrat
degree. Section 1, pa-?e 7.
Hill plans new Eastern Washington road to
bring wheat to Portland. Section 1.
page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Local cheese market to advance. Section 4,
page 9.
Sharp rally In wheat at Chicago. Section 4,
page 9.
Stock market dull and bonds firmer. Sec
tion 4, page 9.
New York banks hold largest amount of
cash on record. Section 4, page 9.
British steamship Mandura will take last
cargo of wheat from Portland for sea
son of 1907-8. Section 4, page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chester C. .Halloway shoots and probably
fatally wounds wife. Section 1, page 1.
Volunteer artillery will be formed for coast
defense work. Section 4, page 8.
Judge George H. Williams describes Chicago
convention. Section 2, page 10.
Definite step taken toward founding Reed
Institute. Section 1, page II.
New dwellings lead in building permits is
sued. Section 3, page 8.
Pacific Paper Company to build six-story
brick warehouse. Section 3.' page 8.
Nearly $5,000,000 spent In new buildings
since January. Section 3, page i.
Business men advocate repeal of fire in
surance deposit law. Section 4, page 10.
Wltrveess in Booth trial admits agreement
with Kribs. Section 2, page 1.
Report showing cost of Rose Festival. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Little Advice About His Letter
of Acceptance.
Swarm inMexicanState
of Coahuila.
ARMY OF 4000 TO 7000 MEN
Purpose Is to Loot City, Which
Has Six- Banks.
OVERTHROW RULE OF DIAZ
Supposed Purpose of Outbreak, ,
Though Governor of Coahuila
May Be Target Railroad
Bridges Are Burned.
Eli PASO, June 27. El Oorreo, the ,
conservative dally Mexloan newspaper of ;
Chihuahua, in Its issue this morning, ;
which arrii-ed here tonight, has a story
that an army of a strength variously esti- !
mated at from 4000 to 7000 men is march-!
ing on Torreon, one of the richest cities
In the State of Coahuila.
The story, after reviewing the attack'
on Vlesca, tells of reported attempts to I
rob the pay train of the Mexican Central '
Railroad, and says that the country i
around Torreon, which Is so closely set-!
tied that there are stations about every'
four kilometers. Is swarming with armed !
men, who appear at the railroad stations
with guns and cartridge belts.
Thousands Take Cp Arms.
"These same reports," says El Correo,
"say that three bridges on the railroad
between Parass and Torreon have been
burned, p'robably with the object of Im
peding the passage of troops Into Tor
reon. The incendiaries also probably
selected Torreon for Invasion because
they considered it a rich city to- loot.
Among the reports that we have heard Is
one which says that about 4000 armed
men, nearly ail of whom are Inhabitants
of ranches, are said to have passed
Hornos, in the State of Coahuila, on the
Coahuila & Pacific Railroad about, 63
kilometers from Torreon.
Object of Revolution.
"Whether the movement is directed
against the' government of Coahuila or
against the federal government, no one
is able to say. It is generally supposed
the movement Is not against the state but
against the federal government. One
version says the revolution Is wholly
against the State of Coahuila, that the
Governor is not acceptable to the people
of that state and that he was forced upon
them by the President of the Republic.
"It Is also said that a train of Infantry
has been sent to Torreon from Monterey
and a small detachment of cavalry."
Six Banks to Loot.
Torreon the town named by El Correo
as the object of attack, is one of the
richest towns In the State of Coahuila.
There are six banks: The Banco Minuro
de Chihuahua, meaning a branch there,
a branch of Banco Naconlal de Mexico:
the Banco de Coahuila: the Banco de
Nueva Leon and the Banco de Durango.
The Banco I.aguna, recently organized,
has a capitalization of $6,300,000. There
are about 25.000 inhabitants.
MEXICO WANTS REBELS BACK
Says Vncle Sam Shelters Chief Plot
ters Against Republic.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 27. The up
risings In the northern part of this
republic have become the subjects of
international correspondence between
Mexico and the United States. This
condition arose out of the fact that the
raiders who shot up the town of Las
Vacos yesterday are now on American
soil and claiming the proteotion of the
United States.
In an Interview granted to the corre
spondent of the Associated Press, Vice
President Corral declared the govern
ment had succeeded in unraveling the
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Plank, I"