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THIRD YEAR.
iMEDEOIN), OKEOOX, AVKDN ESDAY, JULY 15, 1908.
No. 100.
Daily
limn
BE SCENE
OF BATTLE
Democrats to Mass Efforts' Cossacks of Shah .Ruth
to Carry State-No Con- iessly Slay Revolutionists
tributions From Corporations-Bryan
Farming
CHICAGO, July 15. Illinois will lie
tin1 storm ('('liter of Hoinneratie activi
ties timing the coming campaign, says
I rev Woodson, of t 'ineiiiuat i, sec re
tary of the national committee, who ar
rived here today from Lincoin and an
nouneed llnil the main headquarters of
the eoniinitlee will lie located in thin
city during the campaign. Woodson
Haiti that a branch oft'ire wit) he main
tained in New York, where the head
offices was in 100-1.
With Woodson were chairman Thorn
as Tuggart ami John W. Kern, I he
vice president in 1 candidate. Kern left
lit 1 o'clock this afternoon fur Indi
anapolis, his home city, where he will
hn given a great reception.
Taggnrt and Woodson both said they
were delighted with tin- result tit the
nu-tniiiL' vcstcrdav at Brvnii 's farm.
and they believe that the determinu j
Hon of accepting no contributions from
corporations will greatly henetit the i
pnriv during the coining 'campaign. )
I
FAIRVIKVY FAHM. Neh., July 15.
William .1. Mryau, the candidate, was
"Hill" Bryan, the farmer, Huh morn
ing, when ho went out early to sen that
the affairs of his iiiehls, which have
been allowed to lag somewhat during,
the- eon vein ion excitement , are i
mimed in an active fashion.
TO PREVCNT COLLISIONS
OF RAILROAD TRAINS
CHICAGO, 111., July lo.--Prepurn
turns are being made today by t lie
members of the interstate commerce j
commission for next Friday's tesls of j
devices, which it is believed v:ill pre- j
vent the collision of railroad trains, j
A joint commission of the American j
Railroad association will see (he lest;
exhibition to be made on Hie Hurling
toll road. !
George W. Ristinofi. president of the!
Tclinesse Central, who invented the de
vice, believes that it will prove effec ;
tive and that by its use collisions will;
be impossible. The device is placed at j
inch I of a railroad "block." While
the train is in the block this device'
serves as n lookout and should another '
engineer disregard the stop signal at j
the block, the device -ateln's and sets ,
the air brakes, bringing the encroaching !
train to a standstill.
ARGENTINE ANT ON
VISIT TO CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND, Ca!., July I'm lessor (
C. W. Woodwnrth. head of the depart ;
meut of entomology, in the University j
of California, has reported lo (iovernorj
Gillette that graded Argentine ant has
made its appearance in California, in
Fast Oakland.
Professor Woodwnrth states that mi 1
less measures are taken at once to drive I
out the pest it will destroy orange mid j
fig tircps.
This nut is but an cioJOu of an inch,
but it is of u fighting nature.
It is one of the most dangerous pests j
that has ever been brought to t he j
United State from a foreign country.
According to a report by the Louisiana '
crop pest commission the ant has de
st roved millions of dollars ' worth of ;
property in that stat 1
No Railroad Passes. j
CHICAGO. July IV United stares j
Judge Kolsaat today declared illegal all ;
contracts between newspapers and rail !
roads weiehy. newspapers pay in ad
verlising for railroad mileage for in
terstate journeys.
The opinion was rendered in a lest
car brought by the Chicago. liidianap- .
o!is A- Louisville railroad. Tin utt i
sustained the Hepburn act and tie- in
terpretaiioii put on it by the inlet Mate
commerce eotumis-i,in.
Although in. .si ,.f the railroads hate
been obeying the new law, iniing linns
port ;it ion in eschanye for ad verl i-ing,
ill v on -tale journevs, yono i.f t he
ilew-papeM and tl t'i'n ial of the C.,
I. A L. read derided to test Hip l-gality
of the provisions on the ground that the
contract is but a m re exchange, giving
V'llue for value,
Lifert, the tailor's big sale. July
1" to H. One-quarter off tiilor-niade
siuts. 100
E
Of REBELS
El
at Tabriz Catling Guns
Mow Down Hundreds
V113NXA, July 15. The culmination
of the horrores of Tabriz has come in
the form of a bombardment and massa
cre which wiped out the remaining revo
bit ionists ami left t he city finally iu
t ho complete con t l id of t he ( 'oss.lcks
under pay from tin shah, according to a
news agency message received here to
day. Hundreds were killed.
The bombardment was directed at
the universities quarter of Tabriz and
the firing continued until that sect in u
was completely destroyed.
The report says I hat the Cossacks
slaiii.hfd machine guns iu the sti.el
and literally swept lliem with bullets.
Bodies of the victims murk the courses
of the deadly firing.
A horrible feature of t he slaughter
was that the offers of the practically
lulpless revolutionists to surrender were
unheeded and the butchery was contin
ued until every revolutionist who could
oe found was killed. Dispatches say
I hat ihe revolutionists, after becoming
crazed with hunger and the loss of
relatives and friends, refused food
from 1 he soldiers and declared t hey
wnnld fight until they died.
The shah recently dispatched a new
detachment of 1 roups from Teheran
with orders to put down the uprising
and it is supposed I hat t he bombard
uieiit was started when I hey arrived
and announced the instructions from
the ruler.
The dispatches today indicate I hat
i he Cossacks at length hae practical
ly exterminated the revolutionists and
it is believed their cruellies can not be
extended further. The I 'mini quarter
was the sect ion in which the revolu
t ionists finally made their headquarters.
TO PROTECT TROUT IN
M'KENZIE TRIBUTARIES
LTtiKXK. Or., July LI. -At a meet
ing of the Commercial club a commit
lee of five was appointed on the protec
tion of fish and game. While this is a
continuing commit tec, its first and spe
cific work will he lo co operate with
the master fish warden of Oregon, and j
t he ol her necessary nut hunt cn, in se !
curing proper protection and providing
for the propagation of trout, especial-,
ly iu the McKenzio river. The matter :
was jut before the club by W. Cox,
a member of Hie Booth Kelly Lumber
company, whose fishing experiences i
have included t he best t rout st reams 1
in the I'nited Slates.
lie considers the AIcKeir.ie the best
stream he has ever seen, but savs that
the trout are unquestionably decreasing
iu numbers. The club will endeavor tn ;
have a trout hatchery bail! iu connee-
tton with the present salmon hatchery j
now on the MeKcnzio, or have a scpa- 1
rate one established.
NEW PATENT LAW MAKES
MILLIONS FOR ENGLAND
LONDON. July l.". Kslimatcs made
public today show that more than tl.'iii,
000,00ft has been transferred from Ainer
ican and Herman manufacturers' purses
lo the pockets of Knglishmen as a re
sult of fiinat Britain's new patent law.
other trade valued at million of dot
lars will be placed iu the hands of
Britons August l's, when a n umber of
foreign patents are sure t l,e revoked.
1'mbr the provisions of the new law
all goods patented in ("'real Britain must
be manufactured on British soil. The
operation of the law has worked to the
great industrial advantage of the I'nit
ed Kingdom.
Anyone applying to Ho ntroller on
August "H ,,( this year may have re
voked any patent granted by Hront Brit
am to any foreigner more t han lour
venrs ago,'
EARN MOVED TO CLEAR
SITE FOR NEW STORE
i Workmen a re busy t inlay tearing
down the barn of the 1'nii.n liverv sta
ble corner of A and Seventh, pre para
torv to commencing Woil. on the n-w
bri. I; Mod, w Ir-d, i-. t.. I reeled on
this site lo house l)i uel & Kent tut 'ft
department store. The livery barn will
l e move.) ..ne k -..., h
Vo de:.V is e.e. fed III I he U Ol 1; Oil
tie- UeW -till, lute wl.ii h, a-' h.i- al
rcadv been announced, will be a hand
..,hm' modern --'oie bi. i Id i n and a ur- :i
. il!iploeuo-Uf to tile e:i-lern end of Sev
enth street.
I!, .1. Outline of Lajde Point vi tit
cd In Medfyird Wednesday,
MASSACR
WAR
HEART IS MURDERS
BROKEN BY i TO SECURE
NO CREDIT VENGENCE
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A Little Girl Attempts to t Crazed Italian Runs Amuck
Commit Suicide When She1. With Rifle After Being
Is Refused Groceries and
Meat Needed by Family
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal July 15.
Learning that her mother will In eared
for, pretty little 11 year old Louise Jan
sen todav deemed she wants to live,
ill hough she tried to commit suicide
lesirrday after being refused credit
at a butcher and baker shop. Leaving
pathetic note for her mother, the
little miss drank a bottle of poisonous
ink, a nd her 1 if e was only sa ved by
prompt medical attention.
onisc's tathor was killed bv the
earthquake. Her mother sought em
ployment as a steamstress and by hard
work managed to keep the wolf from
the door. But her work required long
hours of stead v application, and t he
e ot the three smaller children de
volved upon 1 1 -year-old Louise. She
was a taithtul "little mother" and
her little brother and sisters had the
best uf earn.
Was Rofused Credit.
Troubles of shopping all fell to the
little girl also, but she never complained
and was proud of being able to help
mama. Yesterday on her way home
from school Louise stopped at the but
cher shop. Her childish pride was
wounded to the quick when I ho pro
prietor told her that he could not
charge nnyt'.iing more on her mother's
bill, and when she heard the same thing
from -the grocer 's clerk her cup of
sorrow was filled to the brim.
Asking for a scrap of paper, the lil
tie miss hastily wrote a note, carefully
folded il and tucked it away in her
book satchel, t hen drew back inlo a
dark corner of the grocery store, where
she would be nut of the way. Her lips
quivered, but she was determined to
end her short life, and with a steady
hand she uncorked an ink bottle which
she was carrying with her school books
ami quickly drunk the coiitonls, falling
to the floor in a faint.
Pathetic Note Penned.
A I the Central emergency hospital
the note she had written before trying
lo kill hersi'l f was found iu Louise 'h
satchel. It said:
"Hear Mother: J am sorry to tell
you 1 am dead. The butcher would not
trust me, or the grocery store, and I am
very sorry, mama dear. I know you
would scold. I am a had girl, and I
hope you will forgive me. 1 know dear
Cod will forgive me. I went tit church
and said some prayers for all, and I
send a kiss to all. Your loving duugh
rer, LOUISF JANSEN."
Across t he front of t he note she
wrote: "Please give this to my moth-
DOUSES THE UMPIRE
IN AMERICAN LAKE
TACO.MA, Wash., July I.'. S. (J.
Thompson, proprietor of the City Lauu
dvr, acted as umpire iu a bull game
yosirrday at American Lake, between
Hie Iniiiulrvmcu and the campers, and
as a i unseiiieiii'e, in the last half of the
ninth inning, on account of vhat the
campers termed his "rotten1 decisions,
he was carried from the field und
t hrown bodily into Hie lake.
The unfortunate umpire 's wife fol
l .'.v'd lie enraged certpers and remou
nlrate.l in her husband's behalf. Her
entreaties evidently fell on deaf ears,
for they rinsed the pleading woman
into the lake with her hie, Land.
Fortunately the water was only about
four feet deep and by a good deel of
scrambling they mannyc-l to wnde mil.
: Thorn pSMii took t he durking good nut
nredlv.
SPANISH GOVERNMENT
! RinLWNU NEW NAVV
I
j MADRID. July 1V--I 'nntract fur
.Spain's new navy will be Id lo Span
, t-h builders, according to a Ont.tneut
jmade today.
The new navy, v hi. h will f't'llr''
the one lost iu the war with the United
Slates, will consist of Hire
armor-d j
cruisers, each of 15,000 ton; Hu
tor
pe, boat destroyer- of .! .0 ton-. -
torpedo boat of sn ton and four;
gunboats of son i m j
Seven wars is the time limit et
t oi,'l,.i,, r ll.i. ri.-iv mi vv. Tl,-
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Commercial Club Tonight.
Tin- i 'oiiiinercial club will meet lo
iiioM HiM it is expected Hint Ihe conn
it ;iter committer ill present a re
port ernbodving the results of its in
v.".tii!Nti..in fr watt-r snui.lv now bi-
f,.r,- tho oomm,.t,o. A full attendant
is dosirwl.
Driven From Camp and
Slays Two
Al AH VSV1LLF, Oil., July 15. Sher
ifi Chubbuck and three posses uro today
scouring tho woods in every direction
iu an effort to locale dus'Adolph, uu
Italian, who last night murdered two
men and tried to kill three others iu
a Western Pacific camp iu the hills 25
miles east of Oroville. A hard fight is
expected before t hu murderer is cap
ut rud.
An Act of V on k ounce.
Adolph watt run out of the Western
Pacific camp Inst March aud the other
men in the cump objected to him be
cause he was quarrelsome. The Italian
left vowing vengenuee on the whole
camp, uud nothing more was seen of
him tiutil last night.
Adolph was familiar with the work
of the camp and watched his opportu
nity to get uome of the men while they
were comparatively isolated from the
rest of the men. He slipped upon a
party of five men aud surprised them.
The crazed Italian had killed two
of Hie men before they could defend
themselves ami turned on the rest of
the parly. The three, having no weap
ons, ran lo the woods fur their lives,
spreading Ihe alarm us they ran.
Adolph ran into the wo sis iu another
direction, followed by men from tho
camp. As soon as they saw that it
would hu impossible to oertnko him on
foot they returned to Iho camp.
Posses in Pursuit.
A messenger was sent lo Oroville to
report 1 he murder to the sheriff and
posses were formed to pursue the mnr
derer.
Adolph undoubtedly came to the camp
prepared for a desperate encounter and
it is believed that he Is heuvily armed
and well supplied with ammunitiuu.
Workmen who huve known him a long
tune say that he isa man of most des
perate character and It is beileved that
he will fight as long as possible. Many
even say that he will never bo taken
alive. It in supposed that he planned
u in flight before he mado tho attack on
the camp and the pursuers have found
great difficulty in tracing him.
Big Mercedes Speeds fori
Three Miles With Corpse;
At Steering Wheel i
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LW VOICK Julv 15.-A M hors.
power Mercedes automobile ped along
for more than three miles last night
on Ocean Park Way at a speed of .10
inilen an hour, with Iho hands of a
dead mini at the wheel. Kvery effort
in being made today by the friends of
Stephen W. Anderson, the dead man, to
avoid publicity iu the affair, and the
coroner's office is searching for three
friends who Were iu the automobile at
Ho- time of its wierd journey.
Anderson, who owned the machine,
wua at the wh-e, when he was attacked
t suddenly by a hctnorhage that resulted
ni his doHth. The other occupants of
i the car did not notice Hist anything
i was wrong, nn the dead mnn sat straight
i( hjf 8(,n
A m()llI1,,.( p(tbceinnu hailed the car,
11Mrrj,l(( j to slow down, and whe.ii his
I order wst not obewd he followed the
! ,.;.r and shouted A young woman who
I ,.. Anderson called to him to
did not answer, aud
doW Ho
II-
I, .ii shaking ti i tn the woman vaw blo.l
t r i -k I i ti f from Hie dead man's moiilh
tii nH(j p;ir i,,pped.
ORDEK TH KLVOKKD
! I. ....... V...I U'..ll.il!.V .lit
i ,..,) ii." ,tit,M, of II M. Com for
i,. I. '.i.-l,i, r tin- (.ruin of .Innii-a
cH Sr Tl..- p.mrl I.. M ll.nl u
l:.tiii-s I. I 'oss, Sr., was not
..1 no- coiiiii , mr K.
his person and proj-rty was not in his
iurildietion and tho ord,r issued last
fc w r..voKa. 11. m. v-..
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attorney fallo.1 to appoar, an,t me
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MAN
STEERS
WELCOME MEETING TO
SHIPS TO CHOOSE DRY
HONOLULU; CANDIDATES
Elaborate Preparation is
Made for Entertaining
American Fleet at Ha-
wall-Holiday Proclaimed
HOXOU'LU, IL L, July 15. The
American bultleahip fleet is expected tnat tuv will bo able to poll a million
to arrivo here tomorrow morning, ac i votes for their candidate for preai
cording to wireless messages received dnt, the prohibition party assembled
at the Kahuku station from the f lag j non, ,0aay to at. nid the national enn
tihip of the approaching armada, and veutiou, which was formally opened at
the inhabitants of tho islands, regard j o'clock. Although but 258,205 votes
leas of lace or condition, have joined
enthusiastically in the preparations for
the reception, which is expected to sur
pass any celebration ever seen in Hon
olulu. Tomorrow has been declared a holi
day, and all business will be suspended.
Thousands of people will take thoir
places at daylight tomorrow morning
on Uiamond lleadto watch for the Und
glimpse of the white ships over the
eastern horizon.
A great display of daylight fireworks
will greet the ships as soon as they ure
near enough to mako the welcome of
leetivo. At nightfall tomorrow by Ihe
turning of a switch, Honolulu will be
transformed iuto a fairy city of light.
The electricians have completed the
work of extending the wires over all
the prominent parts of Ihe city. No
such extravagaut work of I his kind
was ever attempted here before. Bunt
ing decorations have been spread over
Ihe city iu profusion.
The Japanese raised $-0,oin) for the
entertainment fund and inns) of the dav
fireworks has been inado by the ori
entail. i
An interesting feature will be the
display of daylight fireworks, which
will be set off by the lepers at Molo
wat islands as Iho ships pass through
One feature of Ihe display will be a
big set piece with "welcome" in large
loiters of fire. Chairman Carter of
the exeeut ive commit lee of the fleet
reception nud entertainment committee
said today that every! hing was ready
for the arrival of the ships.
Carter said that encoanuts would be
on hand by tho t hoitsands and that
jackies will have all they want. Fruits
have been sen I in from all quarters
in great abundance. The fleet visitors
will be taken on many trips lo points
of i til crest over the island and t hey
will be given every opportunity to see
ihe natural beauties of tho country and
the industrial development. -
RHODEH SCHOLARSHIP
EXAMH IN AUTUMN
1' XI V FltslTV OF OKFUON, Fugeno,
July IT, The ezum inutions for the
(Hn.dc s scholarships will lureafler be
held in tho autumn instead of fn Jnnu
arv as heretofore. The change has
been made for the reason that the now
date will allow the successful candidate
much more time tn select and arraugo
for Ihe college he wishes lo euler at
Oxford. Unless select ions are made
I quite early, candidates are often coin
' pelled to accept second choice colleges.
The next Rhodes exam i nation will be
I"""1 in ff'" of tH,. protmnly at the
j University of Oregon. Oregon will have
tvvn whnliira at Oxford next year. Mr.
I-Mwurd Winn ns of Willamette univer
sity, who was appointed in l'J07, and
Mr. Wistar Johnson of the University
of Oregon, appointed this yeHr.
HEPPNER AGAIN BUTTERS
FROM A CLOUDBURST
HLPPNL'lt, Or., July 15. At :t-.:t0
Monday afternoon a cloudburst brought
water in torrents from the hilts about
town, driving Willow creek out of its
banks and threatening for a time a rep
etition of the disaster of June 14, Irtn't.
ltridges nl Ihe upper end of town
were earned away, sidewalks and
fences swept down the streets, und
ma ny houses f ill. d wit h two or three
feet of the walrr, the reredinp flood
having behind a irail of mud and do
bris. Several houses were purtiHlly
wr'"'kM
MYSTIC SHRINE MEMBERS
SETTLE DOWN TO WORK
ST. I'.M'I., Minn , July 1.1. - Aftnr
I.eiiiK i-Mii-rlniiM "I f,,r 4H li,,..r with
hi t-,t of everyll.ttiK the .-ily liff.ir.ls,
i,.,I.1.-m of II.,- Myn.r Hl.rin.- y..t..r.ly
business!
Mown I,, worn. l ni- nunim-
U-i"i. whirl, .on.m.-nrc.l yo.tPt.lay
..;ii v... ..1.WI..I ifi.Uv fiml ilienlln utteml ft inreo uyn cvunenuem.
...in .I,...,.,,. tt,n ro.it
the.r time to merrymi.King.
lres,ed in their RHyt rs.m
...i.iir. v,M1tr.lHV u.Kt.-.l.i'ia
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Prohibitionists in National
j Convention at Cleveland
Claim Thev Will Poll a
Million Votes In the Fall
, CtU.L'MBUM. O.. Julv 15. Confident
j were caat by tue prohibitionists in 1901,
leaders of the party doclare they are
positive they will got nearly four times
as mmv this voir.
.More than 1500 den-ates were preu
M todj.y when '.ho (-i nvention opened.
Each statu is allowed f(ur delegates at
large and tho rest an- apportioned upon
a basis of one for ivory 200 votes cast
l(tt ,)r yWH0W . th lttSt campuiRn.
Delegations fr vn ( oorgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Oklahomu and North Caro
lina were accorded ft great ovation whon
they entered Momoml hall today. All
ol these states have, gone dry since the
last presidential olerl'on.
Robert II. Patten of Springtlnld, HI.,
acted as temporal v chairman.
Afler the convention had been cull ml
lo order, National ' 'hairuian Charles
If. Jones reported on tho growth of
prohibition throughout the country dur
ing tho past four years. Ho explained
that California, in many ways the most
unconventional utate in the Union, had
jumped from 75 4 'dry towns'' ot i-'50
'dry towns" within four years.
Prohibition in cities iu the Uulted
Stales with a population of over 5000
has increased, he snidl, from 100 to 250
towns. There nre now 90 cities iu tho
United States with a population of over
10,000 that aro "dry."
Contributions to the national cam
paign fund during the last four years
were ll,'l5i!.71; expended, $02,5 85. -HI.
The balance on hum) four yearn ago
was $1502. L'5. leaving a balance on
hand now of $745.40.
Allco Not Wanted.
The Kentucky dolegntcs to the pro
hibit inn convention objects to Alice
Roosevelt Longworth buiug a visitor,
been tine, t hey sny, shit smokes cigar
ettes, all ended the Lexington horse
races and sat. beside Boss Cox of (Jin
cinuali, u man of tho world, and be
enuso she placed a tack on u chair iu
the gallery of tho house at Washing
ton, causing pain nnd embarrassmont
to a diplomatic visitor.
(11RI.8 WRI.I. OARED FOB
AT BTATH UNIVtiKHITV
UNI VMKSITV OF OKKUON, Kugene,
July 15.-(Ilrls at tho Universitv of
Oregon will bo well housed next year.
At least three new houses, accoiumo
luling between (10 and 70 girls, will
be ready for occupancy iu September.
The Mary Spiller house, named for Ihe
first woman connected with tho uni
versity, is now being completed and
omfortably furnished. It will hhve
rooms for 10 to 25 girls, and be under
tho sumo general control as tho men's
lormitory. It is bountifully located on
the highest part of the campus, and
gives promise of being a most pleas
nut homo.
The Ktouho Tillicum club will have
a handsome new home by the oponing
oi in.) university. The foundation has
been completed aud carpenters are tiro-
paring to rush the building as fast as
pOBBihie. it will accommodate between
20 nnd 25 girls. The Zeta Iota Phi
Sorority is having u new house built
on Ihe corner of 13th and High streets,
which will have room enough for L'O
giriH. i ne pmns can ror a very band
some building.
Rooms for rent seem much more plen
tiful than iiHual, probably for tho rea
ion that the touch of hard times hns
made many more people willing to rent.
These, together with the new girls'
houses and tho old ones already estab
Inhed, will make it comparatively easy
for the university to find good homes
for the large number of girls thfit will
enter in September.
RAKr.RH PLAN A "HOT TIMU
WITHOUT USB Of OVr.NSlit sent to Portland to be analysed.
ATLANTIC UITY, N. J., July U.
l"'r-k th crnrkor inwl" i tlm ho
: On kin
gnu of members of th Independent
i " ,"""" '
HnU.-r- nwioriBtlon, whq nm,lf. Lei.-
nfito uuenu n inreo nuyw ronvwmiou i
!,...; n..MVnlAn
i lirin(.;ni.i n,,wt of eonvon aiu NV. H. Jenkins, trnvoVing passenger
M 1 H(t0raK.ut, .pent Tuesday and Vednemlay
,u.ta
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b.Un.-'
HIGH TAXES
FOB RUEF'S
SIN
Former Boss In More Trou
ble Assesssr Goes After
Those Who Secured Re
lease of the Curly Boss
SAN FHANCISCO, , July 15. Abo
Ruef is again iu trouble. The latest
woes of the fnllen boss ruiiko Job look
like a rank beginner. Ruef bovb he
just been stranded in the middle of a
prohibition state und not a horse iu
sight.
Abraham 's troublos bogau afresh
whon the men on his bail bonds dis
covered that the luxury of writing their
signatures on those documents waa go
ing to bo expensive.
Announcement was made at tho as
sessor 's office thut the sworn state
ments made by the persons on Ruef 'a
oond would be accepted as the basis for
their tnx, nnd this is a bombshell which
has created such widespread constrona
lion. Of course no ono ever tells the
assessor how much money ho really has,
but ordinarily thorn is no barm in lot
ting the court know your financial
standing. As a rcHiilt of tho lntter
ounte of information, an increase rf
from 50 to 100 per cent will be mado
in the assessments of nearly every per
son who signed Roof's bonds, nl one
instance tho umouut will be raised from
$000 unsecured personal property to
$15,000 cash iu tho bank, which the
bondsman told tho court he had and,
of course, forgot to mention to the as-
I'AFT IS IN TRAINING
TO REDUCE HIS FLESH
HOT SPRINGS, Va., July 15.
Jiulgo Tuft began a course of train
ing for tho comnig campaign. He fin
ished u two woks' course uf golf and
horseback tilling todny at noon. During
t ho two weeks ho has gone without
luncheon. After his rido and rubdown
ho touched tho scales at 200. llo says
he will keep up this course of training
during the entire campnigu.
This morning tho candidate was meas
ured for four suita by a Washington
tailor. The tailor said afterwards that
ue had never measured a man of more
regular proportions, and he has meas
ured tho late ex Presidents Cleveland,
Harrison aud McKinloy and Candidate
Bryan.
Taft'a measurements, which were
mado public for tho first time, are as
follows: Chest, 54 inches; waist, 42V,
inches; hips, 5tJ inches; trousers, inside
longth, :i2 inches; outside length, 33
nchos; sleeves, outside length, 3d
nches. Taft'a chest expansion meas
urement reaches 00 inches, so it is not
feared that be will run out of breath
luring tho campaign.
JEWISH CHAUTAUQUA
IN REGULAR HUSSION
BUFFALO, NE. Y., July 15. Tho
Pacific coant is wqII reproncutod at the
15th annual Jewiah Chautauqua which
opened hore today. Dclogatea from 123
orgiinizittionft aro prcannt.
1 he JowihIi Chautauqua, which was
orgiiuized 15 years ago by Habbi Hen
ry Derkowitt of Philadelphia, hat for
iu chiof objects tho atudy of Jewish
history and the Hebrew language.
PROBE MYSTERY OF
DEATH BY HICCOUGH
OASTLK ROCK, Wash., July 15. A
sensation was caused here by The arret
of Kninhold flreenwnld and Mrs. God
frey Kunart in connection with tho
death of the latter 'a husband, who was
reported the victim of malignant hic
cough and died under mysterious cir
cumstances, according to friends.
Oreenwnld nnd Mrs. Knnnrt were ar-
rented in the homo at Ihe iualiguWon of
red Stanley, who says he is not satis
fied with the story that hiccoughs caused
Kunart 'a death.
Tho body waa exhumed aud parts of
Testimony waa sriveu at tha inauMt
to the effect that Mtb. Kunart tecenUy
iDurrhaied doboh. Iwrtnor tnvesURii
Ipurchwed poon
Un y coronet will no o
Jonn M. Hcott, nsaVatant ffnerft naa-
nnnRftT Rfccnt ot tb Houthern. PacAtte,
east of the city.