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JtWWWg jHi w VOL. XLTTT. yp. 13,572. PORTLAISD, OEEGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IES PARTY ILL Oregon Election a Body Blow to Democrats. ROOSEVELT MUCH PLEASED Large Majority Is Really a Matter of Great Surprise. , COMMENT OF EASTERN PRESS All Agree That the Pacific North west Is Solid for the Elec tion of Roosevelt and Con tinuance of His Policies. BEPUBUCAX GAINS IN OREGON. PRESIDENT. 1S36 McKInley. Rep.... 48,779 Bryan, Dem 40.662 Plurality ...... 2,117 2000" McKInley. Hep. 46,523 Bryan. Dem 33.SS5 Plurality 13,141 SUPREME JUDGE. 1000 "Wolverton. Rep ...44,025 Greene, Fus S3.3SS Republican plurality .- 10,037 1002 Bean, Rep 49,870 Bonham, Dem. 32,730 Republican plurality 17,140 1004 Moore, Rep., plurality.... ....22,000 Estimated. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June S. President Roosevelt's comment on the Oregon election was char acteristic "I suppose," he said. In semi-humorous vein to a .friend who called today, "you "Western menjiavp come here, to condole w'lth me Aboatihc' Oregon election. "l " aui most gratified to note- the large majority. It is fine. It Is a remarkable majority for a state the size of Oregon. I consider It equivalent to a majority of 30.000 or 400.000 In New York." It was "his method of introducing a sub ject which gives him great pleasure In dis cussing. The President is not only grati fied at the large majority la Oregon for the Republican ticket on account of the general Impetus that it will give to Re publican success throughout the country, but he appreciates fully that the people of Oregon are grateful that they know he has been a friend of the state and of the Lewis and Clark Exposition' during his entire term as President. Other states may give the President Eomo concern, because he is naturally am bitious that the Republican states of four years ago and the states of the West, to which he has given his best energies and support, shall support him and the Repub lican ticket in the coming campaign, but he will no longer have a care for Oregon. Comments of the Eastern press indicate that Oregon has sounded the keynote, and that there is nothing in the prospects which need cause any concern in case the vote of the Republican states Is polled. Democratic papers, with few exceptions, are absolutely silent on the Oregon results, which is far moro eloquent than any at tempted explanation. MAJORITY IS ONLY SURPRISE. Washington Paper Pays Tribute to the Intelligence of Oregon. "WASHINGTON, June S. (Special.) The 6tar. Independent, in Its editorial columns, prints the following concerning the Oregon election: "The result in Oregon is no surprise ex cept in the sire of the majority. That, tinder the circumstances. Is remarkably large. It may be said that the campaign ran itself. Senator Mitchell, though not Indifferent to things, did not even go home. He Is one of the strongest men of the state, but feltjt entirely safe to re main In tho East where he had business. His Judgment and Information about the situation justlflod his absence. His serv ices were not necessary. The party had victory in its grasp, and all that remained was the polllns of the votes. Mr. Roose velt will probably have an even larger vote in Novembor. "Oregon was the first of Western States to take the side of soun&jnoney when that issue became acute. Mr. Bryan was never a hero thore. Protection, too, though not of the Chinese wall variety, has always been favored, and when the cry of Impe rialism "was raised as the result of the taking over of the Philippines Oregon showed no quaking about the stability of Republican policies. She twice voted for McKInley, and Is preparing to vote for Roosevelt. In the main, she is satisfied with the record and wants to see It lengthened. She will do what she can in November to help lengthen it. "It would be anything but wise to say that as goes Oregon so goes the Union. But Oregon returns are important. The state Is prosperous as never before. The people are intelligent and progressive, and among the most alert In that quarter of tho country- They are preparing to cele brate next year that fine chapter in our history of which Lewis and Clark are heroes. They want no change for the present in our National policies. The Na tional growth does not alarm them. And o they went to tho polls on Monday and recorded themselves in tavor of continuing what they had helped to establish. Na tional, as well as state matters, -were In volved and the Republicans -won hands down. TVc-uld it have counted for much In their favor if the Democrats of the state had known the name of their new Na tional leader, and been assured of a 'sane and conservative' National platform? Probably not. Republicans won upon their record, which, to Oregonlans, seemed to represent as much sanity and conserva tism as they need In their business." LESSON TO NEW YORK BOSSES World Sees in Oregon Result a Rude Awakening for Them. NEW YORK, June 8. (Special.) The World, the leading Democratic dally of this city, prints the following editorial on the great Republican victory in Oregon: "Tho returns from the Oregon election Indicate no dissatisfaction with the Na tional Administration and show no diminu tion of the usual Republican majority. To be sure, there is an exceptional condition of affairs on the Pacific Slope. The acquU sltloa of the Philippines, and war In the Far East have greatly stimulated local trade. The Administration Isthmian canal policy Is so popular that no complaint Is made as to the means to achieve the end. Local logic makes stimulated commerce the direct consequence of imperialistic policies arid Republican majorities were to have been expected. But it is none the less desirable that the East should have an early glimpse of the political status from a Far Western point of view. There are plenty of people In this section of the country who are certain that because New York distrusts the President, Roosevelt and the entire Republican Administration are to be bundled unceremoniously out of office. They think that if the Democratic party ends by nominating some sane and safe candidate nothing is to be feared from preliminary quarrels or the efforts of 'tupenny' bosses to manipulate party machinery to their own advantage. Such belief finds in the Oregon result a rude awakening." BODES ILL FOR DEMOCRATS. Other States Can Only See Defeat Ahead in November. PHILADELPHIA, June 8. (Special.) The Press, editorially speaking of the Ore gon election, says: "The Democrats will npt find any grounds for comfort In the returns of the election of Monday In Oregon. The state now has a Governor elected by a small plurality in 1S02. With that encourage ment. Democrats had hopes of making a good record at this election which they could use for inspiration of their followers In other states. But Oregon has given the largest Republican majority in its his tory, about ,20.000.- -The. 'tremendous in crease in plurality this, .year bodes ill for Democrats in November. 'The situation in Oregon is not a situation calculated to en courage Democrats In other states. It will not help Hearst, who controls the dele gates to the St Louis Convention." POINTS WAY FOR MANY STATES Redemption of Whole Trans-Missouri Section Is Prophesied. NEW YORK, June S. (Special.) Com menting on the Oregon election, the Trib une saj-s: "The first important election of 1904 was held on Monday In Oregon. Oregon elects her Congressmen earlier than any other state In the Union, and the vote she casts, especially In Presidential years, can be taken, for the Far West at least, as guaglng pretty accurately the drift of pop ular sentiment. . . "This year's campaign was made avow edly on National Issues. It was a straight- out party fight. The result in Oregon is altogether gratifying. It shows steady growth of Republicanism in the state and section. In which, only eight years ago, Republican supremacy was dangerously challenged. Monday's election In Oregon, with its sweeping evidences of Republican success, points to the redemption thl3 year of the whole trans-Mlssourl section." SHOWS NORTHWEST IS SOLID. Shot Fired by Oregon, and the First at That, Is of No Uncertain Sound. BOSTON, June S. (Special.) The Tran script. Independent, today contains the following editorial allusion to the Oregon election: "Oregon has fired the first shot of the Presidential campaign, and It Is no un certain sound. Oregon has a Democratic Governor, who was elected In 1902 by the consequence of factional fighting among the Republicans, who made weak nomina tions. The fact that Oregon has a Demo cratic Governor has caused uneasiness among those Republicans who have forgot ten that on the very day on which he was chosen Republicans carried both Congres sional districts by great pluralities. Ore gon's vote of Monday shows that there is no Republican slump In the Pacific North west." OREGON PEOPLE AT THE FAIR Those Who Put in an Appearance at the St. Louis Building. WORLD'S FAIR. St. Louis. June ". (Special). Visitors at the Oregon building today were: Ex-Senator George W. Mc Bride, J. Lesher, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. SwI- gert. Anton Broetge. L. O. Waldo, Port land: Mr. and Mrs. George A. Robinson, Coqullle; J. S. Landers, The Dalles; Mrs. Gertrude Lewthwaite, Oregon City; Mrs. J. M. Berry. Mrs. F. B. McKennon, La Grande; Mrs. H. E. Holmes, Wallowa; Thomas W. Hammond. Ashland; Adalbert Moody. C "W. Dletzel and wife and Norma Dietzel, The Dalles; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Austin. Woodburn. . "WILL COMMAND THE OREGON. Captain J. P. Morrill Is tSent to the Famous Battleship. WASHINGTON. June S. Captain J. P Morrill has been detached from duty' in connection with the general board and assigned to the command of the battle ship Oregon on the Asiatic squadron. SIT OF T North Coast Flour Ship ments Still Increase. GREAT LOSS TO CALIFORNIA Big Mills of Portland and Puget Sound Made Larger. MUCH PRODUCT GOES SOUTH Tacoma Has Exported More Flour Than Seattle This Year, Much of Which Was Sent From the Mills at Portland. TACOMA, Wash., June S. (Staff Corre spondence.) The 1903-01 grain season for Tacoma closed early this year, and It closed without the usual tapering off pro cess of a cargo or two for the final month. With the exception of small consignments for California ports, there will be no more wheat shipped from Puget Sound until some of the 1901 crop reaches tidewater three or four months hence. While flour shipments have not yet en tirely ceased, they have- dwindled to such small proportions as materially to lessen the prestige reflected by the heavy ship ments earlier In the season. It is now a certainty that the shipments for July and August will be much smaller than for the same months last year, and but few of the millers expect anything of consequence in September. The steamship Lyra, which sailed about a week ago, took out but 220 tons of flour, and the Hyson, now loading here, will have a still smaller shipment. Both of these steamers are immense carriers, and earlier In the season were going out with 5000 to O0O tons . of flour at a trip. Difficult to Apportion Shipments. The intense rivalry between Seattle and Tacoma makes It a very difficult matter properly to apportion the flour shipments of the two ports. The Government in its monthly statistics on breadstuff Shipments very discreetly amalgamates the business of the two ports under the general head "Puget Sound." Vessels loading part cargo at Tacoma frequently go to Seattle to finish and clear, and vice versa. The Government, of course, Is In no danger of duplicating te clearances, but it not Infrequently happens that local statisti cians double up by counting the cargo once at the loading point and again where It clears. Flour now loading or under engagement for Juno loading will be sufficient to bring the total shipments, foreign and coastwise from all Puget Sound ports for the year ending July 1, to approximately 2,150,000 barrels, compared with 2,050,000 barrels for the preceding 12 months. A few coast wise shipments have been made direct from Everett to San Francisco, but the bulk of the foreign shipments from that port have been made from Seattle. a difficult and perhaps a delicate matter to make an accurate division of the busi ness of the two big ports, but it Is be lieved that of this season's business Ta coma has handled approximately 1,300,000 barrels and Seattle 850,003 barrels. Flour Shipped Through Tacoma. Tacoma's lead over Seattle in flour ship ments Is not the result of larger milling capacity, for the two ports axe fairly evenly matched In this respect," but Is due to shipments from interior mills which passed through Tacoma in greater volume than through Seattle. Even Port land paid generous tribute to Tacoma In this respect, and in the early part of the season before the O. R & N. Co. awoke to the necessity of taking care of Portland business, nearly 250,000 bar rels of flour was sent out of Portland or Portland territory for shipment from Tacoma. This unnatural diversion of business ceased In December, and tha effect wlli be quite prominent in the final figures for the season's business. These will show that while Puget Sound increased her flour shipments in 1502-03 nearly. 200, 000 barrels over ,the preceding season; her Increase this season will be only 100,000. barrels. Portland, on the other hand, remained practically stationary during the season of 1902-03, all of tho overflow from her limited steamship facilities going to Ta- jcoma, while thl3 season her Increase will be 150,000 barrels', or 50,000 barrels more than the increase of both of the Puget Sound ports. This recovery on the part of Portland will be even more pronounced next sea son, as with good shipping facilities it will not be difficult to win back more of the business that was driven from Port land territory to Puget Sound. Big Mill to Be Built. Despite the fact that the mills now here are facing ,a long period of Idleness, an other thousand-barrel mill will be built in" this city, and tne Hammond mill at Seattle will increaso its capacity 1000 bar rels per day. This Increased capacity in the two ports will Just equal the Increase In the capacity of the Portland Flouring Mills plant at Portland. These Increases in milling capacity at Puget Sound and Portland alone call at tention to an Interesting feature of the flour situation on the Pacific Coast. For the 12 months ending July 1, as previous ly stated, the total flour shipments of the entire Pacific Northwest -will show a gain of but 250,000 barrels over the previous season. As the mills already built are running on less than half time and fac ing a long period df idleness, it is ap parent that they could more .than take care of a. 250,000-barrel or even greater Increase next season. In addition to the 1000 barrel daily In crease of the big mills of Portland, Seat tle and Tacoma, tho Wasco Warehouse Company at The Dalles and a. number of smaller mills in Portland territory will "have' an increased output naxVseason. As. also will the Centennial and other mills in Puget Sound territory. Here is suggested the query: If an in crease of 250,000 barrels In the demand Is Insufficient to keep the mills already built busy, wherein lies the necessity for additional capacity of 4000 to S000 bar rels per day? California Is Losing Trade. Unless we question the judgment and business ability of the men who are building these mills the answer would seem to be that the flour trade of Cali fornia is drifting into the hands of the Oregon and Washington millers so rap idly that this increased capacity is de manded In order to meet it. This view is corroborated by the fact that while Oregon and Washington made heavy gains in the Oriental flour trade during the season just closing, California (Concluded on Pace 12.) TOO LARGE A CLUB TO CARRY TO WASHINGTON WAS NGTSUICIDE J. C. Conn's Death Un doubtedly a Murder. NEW EVIDENCE GATHERED Reign of Terror on the Sheep Ranges of Lake County. DEAD MAN WAS THREATENED Coroner's Jury Which Said in Its Verdict That Conn Had .Killed Himself Was Afraid to Dis please the Outlaws. New Information at hand throws add! tional light upon the death of J, C. Conn In Lake County and leaves no 'doubt that a crime was committed. Mr. Conn disap peared on the morning of March 4, and his dead body was found April 21, a mile and a quarter west of Silver Lake, near the bank of a small creek and not 150 yards from the public highway. When he was missed his brothers put out searching parties that scoured all the country for miles. It was thought by some that the man had been murdered and his body burled In the sage brush, and careful search was made for a new-made grave. Rafts were built on all the streams and the bottoms thoroughly dragged. The same thorough Investigation was. made In the very field where the body was found. The body lay on a small sandy knoll within a fenced field, and it could have been seen from any point for some distance. The place is easily Identified, Why was it that the searchers did not dis cover tho body sooner? Another circumstance is moro convinc ing. All through March the weather was very severe and stormed almost every day. The precipitation was unprecedented in that part of the country for that montn It rained or snowed almost continuously untll the last day of March. Persons out In a storm would become thoroughly soaked in a few hours and drenched to the skin. If the body of J. C. Conn had lain on that knoll all that time, would It not, too- have become raln-soaked as to the clothing? He had just paid a note- for $450 in Lakeview a few days before his death. and this" note was found canceled on his person. It wasn't even wet. He wore a. white starched- shirt and cuffs. Never a drop of moisture had. touched these arti cles of apparel -where he lay. They were as smooth as the day he put them on, Rain would have -wrinkled them. Other papers In his pocket had never touched water, and all these are still In evidence. Where was the body of J. C. Conn during all those storms of March? It surely never lay in that pasture. Body Had Been Hidden. There Is another thing. The body after being exposed to the elements for seven weeks was still well preserved. The skin underneath the clothing was still clear white. Only the hands and face were blackened. It goe3 to show that the body had not been exposed to the elements but had been concealed in a manner to pre serve it. The morning he disappeared the ground was frozen very hard, but there was no snow. How far into frozen ground will a bullet from a 3S-callber gun penetrate after passing through a human body? The bullet underneath Conn's body was found burled six inches In the ground. It is be lieved that it was fired there when the ground was thawed out. How long had the body lain where It was found? It must have been some time. for the April grass had started to grow up around where the revolver lay. The gun must have been deposited there before the grass had made much headway. But from April 1 till April 21 never a drop of rain feu in Lake County. It Is further believed that Conn did not have his revolver with him when he was killed. It was not his practice to carry a gun. He always kept a weapon in his tore, but it was not his custom to lug it around with him. Why should he have taken a gun with him that particular morning? It is true that it was his own revolver that was found underneath his left arm with two empty shells In the chamber. One was underneath the ham mer just ts It was left after tho last shot was fired. Conn Had No Gun With Him. Conn was last seen Friday morning. Nothing was thought of lil3 absence until the next day, and search was not Institut ed till Sunday. Thus two nights had In tervened without any investigation. Then It was discovered that Conn's gun was missing, and it was argued that he must have taken it with him. But later this gun that was thought missing, a new Smith & Wesson, was found underneath some books where it had been all the time. But Conn had another revolver, an anti quated 3S, that had been discarded years before and was never used. It was kept In his desk at the store. This was old fashioned and had to be cocked before it could be fired. Was a man already mor tally wounded with a bullet through his heart likely to stdp to cock this weapon to fire another shot? It was this revolver that was found underneath the dead man's arm. It Conn had planned to do the deed himself which gun would he have been likely to choose, tho new Smith & W esson or the antlauated six-shooter? Conn carried with him the keys to tne store. His clerk also had a set of keys If Conn was murdered, his body examined and those keys found, could .not some one that nljrht have entered his store, taK en the revolver, and not be detected? No one slept in the store. Laudanum Bottle Never Opened, This might also account for the presence of the bottle of laudanum in his pocket, for the bottle was the same as that car ried in stocK m tne arug aepartment ot his store. The bottle had never been opened. It was thl3 audanum that in fluenced the Jury most strongly for a verdict of suicide. But it Is believed that Conn himself had taken this laudanum with him. for a physician had prescribed its use to allay, hemorrhages with which ha was troubled. There seems no doubt that the body of Conn was searched after his death. A daiy journal,, or diary, that he always carried with him Is missing, in tnis no made memoranda of all his daily trans actions. It is believed that in this book he had made notes bearing upon the recent sheep-killing, and. that It bore damaging evidence against the perpetrators. The book may have been appropriated to ne Btroy such entries. That persons were interested in stifling Investigation in this matter is shown by tho fact that one local newspaper re ceived notice to cease agitation or swing from a limb, and a Silver Lake merchant, who had expressed himself very freey, received one morning in his mall a piece of rope and a block of matches. From information received by the Gov ernor, and from letters to private persons in this city, It is learned that the sltua tlon in Lake County Is greatly improved. The publicity given the matter through The Oregonlan, and the action of Gov ernor Chamberlain In offering rewards has inspired the people to vindicate the law. There Is no longer fear of anarchy, Indeed, It Is to be believed that tho fear (Concluded on Ninth Page.) CONTENTS OP TODAY'S PAPEB Rasso-Jssancse War. Vladivostok squadron Is reported to have Joined Port Arthur fleet. Page 3. Chinese- Inform Kuropatkin Vladivostok squad ron sank four Japanese warships. Page 3, Political. Eastern press Is a unit in declaring the Oregon election greatly disheartens tha Democrats. Page 1. Attorney-General Knox enters tho race for Senator from Pennsylvania. Page 2. Beckham forces defeat Blackburn and antl machine men in Kentucky. Page 2. Colorado Strike. Miners fire on militiamen sent out to round them up; and one union man Is shot. Page 1, Martial law Is again declared In Teller County. Page 1. Official organ of Federation urges the miners to give up. Pago 1. Armed men. Invade office of mining paper at Victor, destroy the equipment and. order printers to leave the town. Page 3, Domestic. Colorado bandits hold up another train than one Intended, and get only S10. Page. 6. Witness to the Toung tragedy declares the turfman accidentally shot himself. Page 3, Case of Postmaster Bancroft will be decided tomorrow. Page 14. : Commercial and Harlne. Weekly review of local produce and Jobbing markets. Page 13. Continued activity In New Tork stock market. Page 13. Weakness In wheat at Chicago. Page 13, Wool higher at San Francisco. Page 13. Excellent, seamanship shown by master of NIcomedla. Page 12. Schooner "William Bowden will be docked at St. Johns .today. Page 12. Bailey Gatzert oaens excursion' season. Page 12, Sports: Pacific Coast League scores r Xios Angeles 4, Portland 2; Oakland 3, San .Francisco 1 Seattle 11, Tacoma 1. Page 0. Pacific Coast. Republican plurality climbs to 22,000. Page 4 Local option has majority of over 2500. Page 4, Williamson Is re-elected by 13.000, and Her maun by 7000. Page 4. California flour trade Is shifting to the North west milling centers. Page, 5. Mayor Balllnger, of Seattle, will refuse petition to allow resumption of gambling. Page 0. Experiments in culture of oysters show Oregon bays adapted to their growth. Page 5. Governor Chamberlain grants conditional par don to man who slew his son. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Montavilla likely to be the first to apply the local-opUon law. Page 12. Bunker Hill & Sullivan, miners sue for dam ages for Injury due to a delayed blast. Page 12. Change In time-card on the O. K. & N. Page 12. State Sunday-School Convention decides to send out a field-worker. Page 8. District Attorney Manning embarrassed with many candidates for assistant. Page 14 Postmaster Bancroft punishes .some of his hos tile subordinates by giving them unpleasant work. Page 8. Official returns show Nottingham's plurality over Courteney to be 107. Page 14 Portland Club loses heavily -in election he's. bes. Page 8. I ON TROOPS Colorado Miners in a Pitched Battle. ONE UNION MAN KILLED Militiamen Sent to Round-Up Are Met by Bullets. ASSAILANTS NOW IN BULL-PEN General Bell Goes to Dunnville to Capture Laborers o.n Hearing They Were Coming to Vic tor Bent on Violence. VICTOR, Colo., June S. A pitched battle) between the military and union miners was fought at Dunnville, the new mining camp, 13 miles out of "Victor, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon, John Carley, a union miner, was killed. The troops re turned to Victor at 8 o'clock tonight, bringing with them 14 captives. Intense excitement again reigns here. It was reported before a special train left for Victor at 2 o'clock bearing the force under General Bell that the miners In the hills about Dunnville numbered 250 men, and that It was their Intention to march Into Victor tonight in a body and make an attempt to 'liberate, by force, the Inmates of the temporary bullpen in Vic tor. That the force actually consisted of but 21 men Is the statement of one of the number that was taken captive. The train proceeded to the immediate vicinity of Dunnville without unusual in cident. When about a quarter of a mile distant from the Dunnville temporary sta tion, the officers could see the camp of tha miners. It Included one cabin and six or seven tents. The officers left the train at the command of General Bell, and pre pared to advance upon the camp ot the unionists in regular skirmish order. Greeted by Volley of Shots. As they emerged from tho cut in which the train had come to a stop, they were greeted with a volley of shots which" came from the points of vantage In the sur rounding hills. The deputies returned tha Are to the best advantage possible and promiscuous shooting was engaged In for a period of 10 minutes. From the charac ter of the shooting from the hills, General Bell immediately recognized, the fact that the strength of tha miners had been greatly overestimated, and that he had sufficient force under his command to make an immediate round-up and capture tha opposing force. Accordingly, he di vided the deputies and soldiers into seven detachments, and these detachments, in c6mmand of the officers named, set out to make a complete clean-up of all the sur rounding hills. The following were taken prisoners: Harry Boaz, John James, Goldfield; H. W. Moore, Victor; H. Lang. E. D. Skin ner, later released; Dick James, Roy Cav anaugh, John Duffle, Charles Hard, Jamea Hard, Fred Keefe, Cripple Creek. A. D. Hemenway, A. D. French and G. Fore, all of Cripple Creek Union; Fred Waddleton, of Anaconda, and H. W. Shldler and "William Shldler were arrested, but later, released. A Second Battle. A second battle took place at Big Bull Hill, two miles east of Victor. Seven sol diers sent on horseback to arrest union miners found them entrenched. The men refused to surrender, and the soldiers opened fire. Over 200 shots were fired. The miners opened fire on the soldiers as soon as they saw them coming up the hill. No one was wounded. Seven men were captured by the guards and taken to Cripple Creek. There Is an evident feeling ot fear lest other and more serious clashes occur be tween the established authorities and tho supporters of unionism in the camp. This is due to the persistent report which has gained circulation, but which is given but little credence, that all members of labor unions, regardless of their occupations, will be asked to leave the district under pain of deportation. An Important feature of the day's events was the appointment of a commit tee to deal with the prisoners. This com mission consists of the following: D. French, of Victor; Nelson Franklin, J. B. Cunningham, Judge H. ".Garry, D. W. Copeland, F. M. Burden and T. J. Dultz dell. They axe well known citizens and business men ot the towns in the district. Their disposition of the cases brought be fore them will not be final. It Is the pur pose to have them separate the prisoners into groups so that those considered de serving of being charged, with crime may be held and the remainder freed or de ported as is considered advisable. The sessions of the commission will be secret. No definite clew to the perpetrators of tho outrage at Independence has devel oped. The deported union men who were brought to this city are being cared for by their brethren of the "Western Federation of Miners and will, according to pro gramme, remain here at least for tha present. Sheriff Sure He Will Get Fiend. DENVER, June 8. In a Victor (Colo.) special the News today prints an inter view with Sheriff Edward Bell, of Teller County, concerning the Independence Sta tion tragedy. He is credited with say ing: "I will get the murderer, sure. The crim inal who set that Infernal trap off and killed 14 men will be caught. I have a. number of clews that are valuable, but will not divulge them at this time. I don't believe the murderer Is in the state at this time. But I can and will get him. I have no doubt but what he is a member of the miners' union.'' w