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VOL. XIV7I XO. 14,150.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DECLARED
SAFE UNO SANE
Backed by Bolters of
Last Election.
BOOM FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Judge Parker's Trip to South
a Lamentable Failure.
FOUND HEARST IS STRONG
In the Hope That the TwIcc-Dcrcatod
Xcbraskan May Prevent Hearst
Getting Control, "Conserv
atives" Turn to Bryan..
NEW .YORK, April 15. (Special.) The
conservative candidate for President on
the Democratic ticket in IPOS wilt be
Wiliam Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska.
This is the latest decision of the men
who forced Parker's nomination two
years ago, and the boom for the two
time nominee will probably be launched
nt the Jclfcnpon dinner of the Democratic
club to be held here Monday.
Judge Parker's trip intended to electrify
the South, has been a lamentable fail
ure. The Southern men. after calm.
obcr reflection, did not &eem to enthuse
over the subject of a Southern man for
President. They oicplalncd privately that
although times have changed and new
issues are coming to the front, yet they
do not believe the time Is ripe for a
resident of their locality to head the
Democratic ticket.
Sad News for .Judge Parker.
It is admitted that the Judge heard
many things about Hearst, and. In some
localities, found a. well-defined feeling In
favor of making the New York man the
party's Standard-bearer. And. naturally,
this made Judge Parker very unhappy.
The leaders of the Democratic Club,
which include, beside? Judge Parker.
Grover Cleveland. "Mayor McClcllan,
ThomaB F. Hyatt, O. Cady Herrick and
firactically all the "safe and sane" Dem
ocrats In this vicinity, hope to stretch
out and make their organisation National
in its scope They will appeal to Demo
crats all over the country to support
them, and expect to make the club a
rallying point for "a sane Democracy as
against a Democracy going over to social
ism, a condition now threatening the
party."
Ever since election the "safe and sane
Domocracy" have been planning how
they could head olT Hearst, for his re
markable run in New York City made
him the most prominent man In the
Democratic ranks.
The first cfTort was by following con
servative tactics with a. conser-atlve
candidate, preferably Mayor McClellan,
G rover Cleveland or some big New Tork
business man. "Feelers" were sent out
along this line, and the responses were
prompt, emphatic and decidedly unsatis
factory. Nearly Ixst the Solid South.
Ex-Senator James Smith, Jr., of New
ark, the undisputed leador of the New
Jersey Democracy, and a skilled poli
tician, told the Democratic Club crowd
that they were wasting time.
"You people picked the candidate in
1901." he said. "Well, what happened? It
was only God's mercy that we didn't lose
nil the Solid South, instead of only Mis
souri. "The Parker brand of candidate will not
do for an encore. Everybody knows he
would be beaten to death, and. anyway,
you couldn't nominate him. Outside of "a
few Eastern States, you .wouldn't have a
delegate In iho convention." So xhev
called It off.
The second chapter was the "Awakening
of tho South." which has Just had so un
satisfactory an ending.
Having failed In the North, which is
also the East, and failed In the South,
the only other point of the compass left
was tho West, and that Is how Bryan
came to be discovered. So now observe
"William Jennings Bryan boomed for Pres
ident by the very men who bolted the
Democratic party when he was nominated
In 1S36.
Willing to Aoccpt Bryan.
Grover Cleveland Is willing to accept
Bryan: August Belmont Is willing to ac
cept Bryan; so is Thomas Fortune Ryan.
Congressman Bourke Cockran and a num
ber of others who were outside the breast
works ten years ago, but who now are
eager to command the fort. The publicly
expressed reason for this turning to
Bryan by his old enemies strikes the un
biased observer as being keenly humorous.
Here It is:
"Although Mr. Bryan has many ad
vanced ideas of which wo do not approve,
yet. in comparison with Mr. Hearst and
his out-and-out Socialism. Mr Bryan is
a conservative."
Bryan strengthened himself amazingly
with the conservatives during the last
Presidential campaign. He fought Park
er's nomination, but afterwards honestly
did all he could to elect him. while as
Delancy Nicoll charge. "Hearst was a
traitor."
"Bryan." said a prominent Gold Demo
crat today. "Is the only man In the party
who can km off the Hearst boom and at
the same time enable the party to present
a practically unbroken, front to the en
emy. Hearst has a great following, but
ft would melt away like snow If Bryan
took the field, and Hearst knows It- That
Is why his newspapers have practically
suppressed all reference to the Nebraskan.
"In the Eaitern States the political ma
chinery Is In the hands of men opposed
to Hearst at every stage of the game, and
we can swing "them to Bryan If it comes
down 10 a fight between the two. With
Bryan backed by the conservative!.
Hearst would cut absolutely no figure In
the convention, and would be compelled
to ruu on a third ticket If he desired to
get before the voters. It means the end
of Hearst, and that Is what wc are play
ing for."
New Views on Either QhcaUoh.
Mr. Bryan Is now engaged In a tour
of the world, and it is tho understanding
among local Democrats of prominence
that shortly after his return he will an
nounce, cither from the platform or
through his paper, that while he believed
the principle of 16 to 1 to be the para
mount issue in 1S and favored Its re
affirmation in 1500, yet conditions have
changed because of the enormous output
of gold and he no longer regards it as a
leading issue.
The speakers at Monday night's dinner,
at which It is expected that Bryan will
be boomed, and the toasts to which they
will respond, will he:
President Woodriw Wilson, of Prince
ton University. "Thomas Jefferson";
Mayor McClcllan. "Democracy": Senator
Gcarin. of Oregon. "Jefferson and the
West"; ex-Judge Harmon. "Essentials
of Democracy."
In addition to the set speeches. Con
gressman Bourke Cockran and the Rev.
W. I. Robblns, dean of the General Theo
logical Seminar)', are scheduled to talk.
It 1e understood that Mr. Cockran Is to
come last, and make a general political
speech, using some of the previous
speeches as his text.
Ex-Congrcssman Francis Burton Harri
son, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor
In 1WM, is back In tho city after
a tour of the upper counties of the state.
Hand In Vev York Politics.
The primary obJct of his trip was to
investigate political condltons. with par
ticular attention to the Independence
League, which is busily establishing
clubs at many points. The most impres
sive league club, on paper any way. Is
that at Buffalo, which started out with
500 members, including ex-Attorney-Gcn-eral
Charles F. Tabor. ex-State Senator
William F. Mackay (Democratic candi
date for Lieutenant-Governor In 1900),. W.
H. Cuddeback. ex-Corpora tlon Counsel of
Buffalo, the Mayor of Tonawanda, and
a number of other prominent citizens.
From the report which Mr. Harrison
brought back, the "safe and sane" lead
ers are convinced that conditions require
the nomination of a Gubernatorial candi
date who will be satisfactory to the
Bryan wing of the party, and will let
that matter rest until the Nebraska man
reaches here.
It is now admitted that Hearst cannot
control the state convention, even if he
tries; Murphy and McClellan have got
together in Manhattan. McCarren, who
still rules Brooklyn, and who at one time
looked upon Hearst with favor. Is with
them, while the two up-state factions,
represented by ex-United Stales Senator
David B. Hill and last year's candidate
for Governor. D. Cady Herrick. are also
in favor of harmony.
May Xante Entire Ticket.
The expectation is that Bryan will call
together a number of his srtanch support
ers, -and hear their suggestions as to
a Gubernatorial nominee. The chances
are that he will practically name the
whole state ticket, for the men who have
ruled the Democratic parry here for
years are anxious for only one thing, and
that is to bent Hearst.
Tho probability is that one and per
haps two places on the ticket will be filled
by representative labor men. In an effort
to injure Hearst where ho is the strong
est. With "Conservative" Mr. Bryan ana
"Progressive" or "Radical" Mr. Hearst
as opponents, the political fur promises
to fly at a greet rate In New Tork
State this year.
TD AMEND CONSTITUTION
EX-SENATOR TURNER "WOULD
CALL A CONVENTION.
Provision Is Made in the Instrument
Itself Which Has Never
Been Put to Use.
SPOKANE. April IS. A convention to
amend the Constitution of the United
States, so that many of the reforms and
laws demanded by the people may be car
ried out, is advocated by Judge George
Turner. ex-United States Senator, who
has recently returned from Washington,
D. C. A provision for tho calling of such
a convention Is made in article V of the
Constitution, although never in the his
tory of this country has it been applied.
"I am in favor of having a convention
to amend the Constitution called." said
Judge Turner tonight. "Experience has
demonstrated that there are omissions and
corrections which it would be wise to
regulate.
"In Article V of the v'nited States Con
stitution It is provided that 'Congress,
whenever two-thirds of both houses shall
deem it necessary, shall propose amend
ments to Ahls Constitution, or, on the
application of the Legislatures of two
thirds of the several states, shall call- a
convention for proposing amendments,
which in cither case shall be valid to all
Intents and purposes, as part of this Con
stitution, when ratified by the Legisla
tures in three-fourths of the several
states, or by convention in three-fourths
thereof, as the one or the other mode of
ratification may be proposed by Con
gress. "I believe that there is an urgent need
for such a convention. In rny opinion it
Is the only way by which the necessary
amendment can be passed to elect Uni
ted States Sensijrs by popular vote.
"Theje is an amendment needed to the
Constitution to enable an income tax
law. This measure has been passed by
Congress, but declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court. Such a conven
tion would make possible a uniform di
vorce lax- and also the Federal centre!
of life lnsuraftee matters. advocated by
President RooseveK. The conventles
could so over the aattr-MtltBti.M
CIST OUT SEISES
TO SNM
Fishermen Swarm Out on the
.Cokimbia From Astoria at
Opening of Season.
RIVER IS ALIVE WITH SAILS
Swift-Movlnc CHrrcnl Seizes Craft
and Whirls Away to the Favorite
Drifting Ground of Men
4
at the -Helm.
BT XnSO DOSCH-
ASTORIA. Or.. April IS. .Special.) The
Spring salmon fishing season opened here
today at noon. When the hour arrived a
thousand glllnets whisked over the sides
of the fishing boats and drifted out in tho
very end of the ebb tide, while the stout
oarsmen swung swiftly on the sweeps and
pulled them across the current. Two hun
dred and eighty to 0 fathoms were paid
nut. the leads on the lower edge weighing
down the full six fathoms In the ensuing
slack water.
Then the tide began to run. and the
twine meshes slipped through the muddy
water of the Lower Columbia, gradually
accumulating their load of snared salmon.
Yesterday, and even before, the fisher
men began leaving town, some running
an high up the river as Calhlamet, but
the greater number heading out teward
the sea. Everywhere for miles alpng the
river the gillnets are floating, each mas
picking the spot where some former ex
perience has led him to believe he will
find the best fishing. From the scatter
ing It is evident that the fishing is ordi
narily about as gotd In one place as an
other. There Is In fact no better place
than the river channel a hundred feet off
the docks of Astoria, but the passing of
vessels makes the use of the channel by
fishers impracticable.
Pish May Be Playing Outside.
It will not be known until tomorrow
night, when the majority of the boats
have put Into the stations established by
the canneries and cold-storage plants.
Just how the fish are running. They may
be heading upstream or they may be play
ing about the mouth of the river. "What
ever the case, the fishermen hava do
cldMJy the better of the fish, as the water
Is as thick as mud and the salmon have
no chance to see the net before they are
enmeshed.
Only about half of the full number of
boats are out today. The remainder will
go out gradually as the catches Incrcaso
with the season's growth. There will be
2000 boats or more on the lower river
when the season is In full swing.
For the season's catch will probably
be paid out J2.O00.OM by the canneries and
cold-storage plants. A third of each
crew's catch will go to the captain and
owner of the boat, a third to the man
who handles the oars and a third to the
net. Most of the owners are Independent
and own their nets, though many are In
debt to the cannerymcn and pay off their
debt In salmon during the season. The
Independent cold-storage men do not have
a following, from financial reasons, a fact
which will put thousands of dollars In the
pockets of the fishermen.
Cold-Storage Men Pay Highest Price.
The cannerymen have mrt the prices of
the Fishermen's Union and are paying 5
cents for fish under 25 pounds and 7 cents
for fish over that sire, but the cold-storage
men who are not also in the can
nery business are paying 6U and 8 cents.
On account of the following of the can
neries, they are practically compelled to
raise the price In order to get the fish.
The result will be that the Independent
men will sell to the highest bidder, the
canneries will be slack and the cold-storage
men will be getting the bulk of the
fish with their tempting bait of a higher
price. They will even get many from
men who are indebted to the canneries.
Instead of leaving out from Astoria In
a bunch with a sweep of the oars and the
sails bellying to the wind, as usual on this
first day of the season, the boats slipped
out this morning one by one even before
dawn. The current Is running rapidly,
and as soon as the boats pulled out be
yond the docks upon which they had been
fitting up their nets, they were caught In
the swirl and were half a mile down be
fore the sails were set. This gave the
peculiar picturesque effect of the water
blossoming with sails.
Gasoline Motors Replacing Sails.
The sail on. the Columbia River is
passing away very rapidly, however.
Fully half the fishing-boats are now
fitted out with gasoline motors and
the number is on the Increase. Almost
all the sails that went out this morning-,
though, were new.
Under the wharves for days there
has been a ureal bustle in the fitting
out of boats. Men who a few weeks
ago were farming, piling: lumber at the
sawmills or following: any ordinary
occupation, put their earnings into
fishing- sear and began to prepare for
the season's sport. Salmon fishing re
quires tremendous work at times, but
for long stretches the boats drift for
hours with the tide. In such times
of slackness the fishermen usually take
a sleep, setting- an alarm clock two or
three hours ahead to wake them before
they reach a certain point. This has
caused the death of many. Poor alarm
clocks have failed to wake the sleeper
and his boat has drifted Into the
breakers or out upon the bar. and the
end has come suddenly.
Tteady for Days of Toll.
The danger of the occupation does
not seem to affect the ftshermen. hew
ever. ad some meet death la this way
year after year. Today nothing
seemed further from their salads than
SALMON
EVENTS OF THE COMING WEEK.
Beajamta FrsakHa OltfenUfoa.
Two ciUor.i will Join this wfsk la
paylog homage le thm ratrnory of
BaJaielB Fnaklla. la Paris a nota
ble celebration will be aIJ on Fri
day ob the occaslca of the vavcrtlcg
of s its tee of Franklin tur th s!la
of the home he occaJd whsa Minis
ter to France.
Th statue ! th' stft of J. II.
HarJ. the American banker of
Parts, to thr munlcipalltr of that
city, and I a r plica of the one no
In front of th pouofflee la Phila
delphia. Antbiiiidor McConnlek wUl
Introduce the speaker of the occasion.
Albrt Henry Smith. vprla! repre
sentative of thr United States for the
FraaVHa bicentennial.
In Philadelphia th American Philo
sophical Society, wblcb was rounded
by KranVIIn. will hold an Interna
tional celebration April JT-ro of tho
bicentennial of bts birth. These dates
were cboten In order to secure the
presence of the representatives of the
Government at Wsshlncton of the In
stitutions wblcb conferred derrees
upon Franklin and of the societies of
which be siaa a member. The cere
monies will close with com m -mors llv
addreeses on Friday by Joseph If.
Choate. late Ambassador to Great
Britain; President Eliot, of Harvard,
and Dr. Horace 11. Fume, the
Sbakerpetresn schotar.
Trial ea Ctuu-R ef He-rr.
The trial of the Iter. Dr Algernon
fi. Crspsey. of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church. Rochester. N. T. on a chars
of heresy, will begin la-Bstavl.
X. T April IT. UostK4Maf the
charces against Dr Crspter
dental of the rateaeVs Mrtk ""it
Christ, made iq afMrtaoe-deMvered 1V
published, la Mac form , va4tr tit
title ,JUg a4 PjJca." Dr.f
Crspoey rrists tw' efeetlfle
scsiool sf thmrtltrnt, refe to
accept the mtfeiti .as htgfcr than
!a4s or aa liwrt wortky of belief
tfcaa myth; Mrie.
JijiUta 11 isr In New York.
Pre4let Weodrosr "Wilson, of
Ffineeten University. U to be the
principal speaker at the annual Jef
ferson blrthOay dinner of the Demo
cratic Club of New Tork at tho "Wal
dorf tonight.
Phi Kappa p! Arrfa CobbcII.
The 34th biennial grand arch coun
cil of the Phi Kappa Pal Fraternity
will be held In Washington April
17-20. President Roosevelt Is to hold
a reception for the delegates.
the possibilities of destruction. "With
their heavy blue shirts and buff-leather
brand-new hip boots, they seemed ful
ly prepared for the worst fight the
Columbia could put up. Moreover,
they were remarkably stout-looking-tbls
morn rag. as most 'of them had
been making the most of the last night
In town.
Hereafter they will be out for a
week on end. only stopping In atthe
stations to unload the fish and take
in fresh stores. All day and all night
they drift up and down with the tide,
and do It day and night from now to
August 25. During this time the most
successful .boats will earn as high as
JtOW.'but the average will be far be
low this. At that, tho fishing- season
proves very profitable to the fishermen
and the most of 32.000.000 Is spent in
Astoria, which accounts In gTeat part
for the freeness of money in this city.
One schooner fitted out for the Alas
kan fishing- season left for Bristol Bay
yesterday and two will follow tomor
row. To sail with one of these means
a certainty of pay. but most of the
fishermen prefer to take their chances
on the Columbia.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 64
der.; minimum. 44. Precipitation, none.
TODAY'S Shower. Southerly winds.
PoIUica.
Democratic conservatives now acknowledge
the leadership to W. J. Bryan. Page 1.
National.
Colon Is threatened with a water famine.
through Inefficiency of governmental
worke. Pane S.
Lieutenant Graeme It the seventh victim of
the Kearsarxe disaster. Pace 3.
Coagr.
Railroad rate bill will not come to a Tote
tbls week. Page X
Free alcohol measure to pas the Houj un
der suspension of the rules. Pace 2.
Senators quick with denials of affiliation
with railroads. Pace 4.
Foreign.
Brilliant crowd sees mediocre pictures at
varnishing day of National Society of
Fine Arts. Pace 4.
No Jews were killed at the opening of the
Eastr holiday in Russia. Page 2.
Vesuvius la spoutlnx sand, but is gradually
approaching quiescence. Pago 1.
London papers Join In praise of spch of
Roosevelt at corner-stone laying. Page 4.
Doasestlc.
Third victim of Mlasourl lyncher la siren a
mock trial before neck is broken. Page 1.
Governor Folk offers rewards for arreij. of
Springfield mob. Page I.
ZIonltea bear sensational documents read br
Leader
r Vollra. Pace 3.
Fpert.
Pacific Coast scores: San Francisco 10-Q.
Seattle I An eel 19. Oakland O:
Portland 7. Fresno 0. Page IX
Fast make Toluntary contribution to see
the Sunday National game at Brooklyn.
Pag 13.
Rosebea It tho iavorite in the Carter handi
cap. Page IX
Pana wall pleased with first week's showing
of Portland team. Pag IX
Up man loses Iamaa d!asoad medal at trap
shoot. Page 7.
-Jack Marshall returns to Portland with a
rood word for the Seattle ball team.
Page IX
Pacific Coast.
Salmoa fishing season opens la the. Columbia
River. Page I.
Colonel DeLoBg and John Wray drowned
whlU selalsg ta breakers oS Long .Beach,
WaiX Page L.
Gore id or haaber!aJn given a cordial wel
come os Tisit to Taathlll Ceasty towas.
Paga 4.
PwrtUad aad Vfetaky.
Oregon Water Power Company's freight
crews demasd better wacea; may strike.
Pag S.
New primary law readers old methods of
cleettoseertag leecTectlve. Page .
Batter hats sad stasstar ecstasies teea oa
street parade. Page 7.
Seme candidate afamlltar with caart d'e-
ctaleas la-Ttfard to perpetaal frasshtsea.
Pax S.
PeHUeal prspfcets baffled br registraUoas
aader arw prtsaary law. Pago 9.
Labr arty ladorsea Boarae for Seaatr sad
It ethers for mimr sOcea. Pace 9l
GHASTLY FARCE
AT TIE LYNCHING
Accused Negro Is Given Mock
Trial Before a Howl
ing Mob.
VICTIM'S - CALM COURAGE
Stands Upright and TJcitfs Guilt
of Murder UhUI TMlcltcd Front
Tower With Rope About
Ills Xcck.
SPntNGFTELD. Mo.. April IZ.AI 2:13
o'clock this morning William Allen, a
young negro, was taken from the County
Jail here and lynched In the public square
by the same mob that two hours earlier
had hanged Horace Duncan and James
Copeland. The body of Allen later was
burned to ahes. as had been thoje of the
other negroes, beneath the spot where
they had been lynched.
Following the dispatch of Duncan and
Copeland. some one suggested that Allen
and Bus Cain, two other negroes known
to be in the Jail, should also be lynched.
The mob, now bloodthirsty and wrought
up to the highest pitch of excitement,
readily took up the cry. and soon the
charred body of a third victim lay be
neath the statue of the Goddess of Lib
erty. Cain escaped.
Allen and Cain were belng held upon
suspicion of having murdered O. P. Ruark.
while Duncan and Copeland were accused
of assaulting Mabel Edmonson, a white
domestic.
.Militia Pntrols tlicStrccts.
Their work finally accomplished, the
mob quietly dispersed. But today crowds
filled the atrcets, making threats of fur
ther vengeance, and tonight several com
panies of state mliltta. ordered . out by
Governor Folk, together with 3 Deputy
Sheriffs, patrol the streets.
When the mob left the jail at midnight
with Copeland and Duncan. It prisoners
escaped In the excitement. Among them
was Cain. But Allen was there yet. and
the mob found him hidden under a cot.
He was dragged out. his bands were tied
behind hla back, a rope was put around
his neck and he was marched down the
street to the tower In the square. Two
ten climbed up the Iron stairway and
stood upon the platform, with Allen be
tween them.
One of these men. who held a lantern
in his hand, faced the crowd below, and.
waving his hand toward the negro, said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: This Is Will
Allen, the man who murdered old man
Ruark. What shall wc do with hlmT'
"Hang him!" cried the crowd. "Throw
him overboard."
"Can any one Identify this nigger?"
asked the spokesman.
"Hold up the lantern." some one shout
ed. The man put the lantern up so It
shone Into the face of the negro, and
some one In the crowd said:
"Yes. I Identify him. Hang him." At
this the crowd laughed.
"Are you Will Allen?" asked the orator.
"Yes. but I did not kill Ruark." he an
swered. "Well, who didr
"I only know what I heard that Bus
Cain killed him." the negro answered.
"Make him spit it out. Make him con
fess," the crowd shouted.
Mob Is "ot Decided.
The man with the lantern shouted
again: "Js this nigger guilty? Yes or
no." Some one shouted "Yes," others
cried "No."
The mob was undecided. While the
crowd was debating the second jhan on
the platform began tying a rope to the
Iron railing. The negro stood directly
above the smoldering ash heap, from
which the smell of burning flesh arose.
But he stood erect while the man with
the lantern harangued the mob. and they
jeered at the negro. In the meantime the
rope had been placed about Allen's neck,
and presently the hangman caught the
negro's ankles, lifted him and threw him
forward over the Tailing.
Allen turned a somersault In the air.
and as the rope came taut his neck
cracked like a pistol shot. The rope
broke and be fell In the bed of coals on
top of the other two negroes. There he
kicked and floundered around until an
other rope wasbrought. thrice looped
round the neck, and he was again sus
pended in midair.
More boxes were brought, another big
fire was kindled, and soon the swaying
figure, now dead, fell into It. sending- up
an arrowy spray of live sparks. After
that most of the men went home, but
some men and boys stayed by the tower
all night and fed the Are. When daylight
broke upon the scene there remained only
the blackened trunks and charred remains
nf the three negroes.
Dancers Sec Horrible Sight.
Five thousand persons saw the trio
hanged and burned. Among the crowd of
spectators were hundreds of women and
children, girls and boys. In a hall overlooking-
the plaza, an Easter dance was In
progress. Jts music stopped while the
dancers crowded to the windows and
watched the writhing black bodies and
the flames that finally oonsuraed them.
Today souvenirs of the occasion, consist
ing of a button from the trousers ef one
of the negroes, a piece of the hangman's
rope, and other pieces of relief were
eagerly bought by many among the
crowds that gathered at the scene.
Two Declared iBaoceat.
The authorities tonight assert that
two of the victims. Cepelaad and Dun
can, were Innocent. This Is the gen
eral belief. !Mlss EdmeadeeB. the at
tack vpea Warns provoked the lynch
ing outbreaks, when teld of the werk
f vengeance, said: -Served them
rlKht." Her condition Is pronounced
serieus.
The jrreatcr part of the negro popu
latldn has been in hiding all day. In
the negro quarters many women and
children took refuge In cellars and
barrels. Whole families fled to tho
country.
MILITIA SENT TO SPKINGFIELD
Governor Acts Promptly at Request
of the Sheriff.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. April 15. State
militia, reinforced by 0 Deputy Sheriffs
sworn in during the day. guard the
streets of Springfield ionlght against a
possible repetition of the work of tho
mob that last night lynchea tnree ne
groes In the public square. There are
hundreds of strangers- In the city and
Springfield still is In the grip of the mob
spirit.
Although'no untoward move was made
during today, many threats were heard
and Sheriff Horner, fearing a fresh out
break when darkness should fall, tele
graphed Governor Folk early In the day
for aid. The Governor responded prompt
ly and within a few hours six companies
of militia were on the way here from
Aurora. Carthage. Pierce City. Butler.
Nevada, and one other point. The tlrst
of these companies arrived at 7 o'clock
this evenlny. and was followed during the
night at Intervals by others.
In additon to sending' soldiers here to
guard against a further violation of the
law. Governor Folk took quick action to
prosecute the leaders of the mob. Today
he authorixed the offering of a reward of
POO each for the arrest and conviction of
members of the mob. This is the limit
allowed by law. In addition he Instruct
ed Rush Lake. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, to proceed here at once and aid the
grand Jury of Greene County In ferret
ing out and prosecuting the prime mov
ers in last night's work. Mr. Lake left
Jefferson City for Springfield tonight.
Of the II prisoners, whites and negroes,
who escaped from the prison last night
durftig the mob excitement, four were
captured during the day.
Thousands of people today swarmed
about the Jail, to view the wreck caused
by the mob. and about the public square,
where the three negroes' were hanged
and their bodies later burned to ashes.
Every train brought hundreds of persons
to the city font surrounding towns, mostly
hoodlums. who apparently scented
trouble and were anxious to take a hand
in it. Many others who came from the
farmhig districts caught up the mob
spirit readily and joined the general sen
timent that the negroes should be driven
from the city, and that now. when the
feeling against the race was strong, was
the time to do it.
Negroes who dared appear on the
streets were greeted with hoots and Jeers,
and on several occasions crowds of men
and boys collected to attack them. A
crowd of COO gathered around one negro,
who recently had been released from
Jail, and threatened him with violence.
The fact that no one would assume the
leadership alone saved the negro.
Both the negroes and whites are armed,
and the negroes will not likely be driven
from the city without a struggle. There
was a steady demand today for firearms,
and at many hardware stores. It was re
ported that they had sold nearly their en
tire stock of guns of every description.
Ropes were stretched around the Jail,
and a force of S deputies was kept busy
keeping- the curiosity seekers from forcing-
their way beyond the lnclosures. The
damage- done to the Jail cannot be re
paired for some time, and It could be en
tered easily by a mob unless opposed by
a sufficient number of armed men. Prose
cuting Attorney Patterson Is saM to have
secured the names of more than 100 men
who took part In the lynching.
A crowd of negroes assembled on the
square early tonight and refused to dis
perse, but when the first company or
militia arrived they sullenly scattered. It
was feared that an attempt might be
made during the night to set fire to build
ings on the outskirts of the city, and con
sequently the arrival of the other com
panies of militia was anxiously awaited.
SCATTER "VVH-EX TROOPS ARRIVE
Great Crowd or People Had Gath
ered at Scene or Tragedy.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. April 13. (Spe
cial.) Two companies of State Militia
reached Springfield at 10:33 o'clock this
evening- and marched directly to the
County Jail, where they were placed
In service at the disposal of Sheriff
Shorner. "With the arrival of troops.
It Is believed further violence, as the
result of the hangings and burnings In
the public square last night of three
negroes who were taken from the jail,
.will be stopped.
Crowds began gathering In the pub
ltc square and streets leading from It
shortly after dusk tonight. At 8
o'clock there were probably 5030 peo
ple in the vicinity of last night's vio
lence. Thero were no Inflammatory
speeches or loud discussions. Every
one seemed to be waiting; for some one
to start things moving.
At 10 o'clock word was passed
through the throng that tho militia
was due to arrive within an hour, and
the crowd gradually dispersed. When
the militia marched through the streets
to the jail probably no more than 1000
people viewed the spectacle. Believing
that there would be no outbreak, tho
crowd broke Into little groups and
gradually disappeared until at 11
o'clock but tfew people were on the
streets.
At midnight the militia had cleared
the public square of all people and
was sleeping: around the tower where
the thrco negroes were lynched last
night. Other squads of militia, were
parading the negro districts. The
streets otherwise were jdeserted. To
night a reaction set In and most peo
ple condemn the action of the mob.
Mob Members Guilty of 3Inrder.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. April 15.
Governor Joseph Folk, in a statement
today said:
"The lynching at Springfield was a most
disgraceful occurrence. Whatever the
offense of the negroes may have been
and however deserving of death they
may have been, they were entitled to pun
ishment by law and not by a mob. and
when a mob takes the law into Its own
bands, aa this one did. any member of It
Is guilty of murder." .
Will Appeal to President.
CHICAGO. April 15. The colored clergy
of Chicago will appeal to President Roose
velt for an official investigation of the
lynching of the three negroes at Spring
field. Mo.. Saturday night. A resolution
was prepared today asking the Presi
dent to take action, and It will be laid
before the Chicago African Methodist
Episcopal Ministerial Association to
morrow. Dr. Miller Goes to Swarthraore.
PHILADELPHIA. April 1. John An
thony Miller. Ph.' IX. fdmerly of Leland
3 tan ford. Jr.. University and now profes
sor of mechanics and astronomy at Ia
HaB& University, has been elected pro
fessor of mathematie pA astreaemy at
Swartkfflore CvUhur.
N
LONG
S
Small Boat js Upset After Nets
Had Been Spread Off
the Shore.
SEVEN MEN SWIM ASHORE
Colonel De Long: and John Rayt
Though Snpportcd by IiUebelts,
Arc Dead When Their Bod
ies Are Washed Up.
ASTORIA. Or., April 15. (Special.)
Colonel De Long and John Ray, of
Long Beach, Wash., were drowned in
the breakers at that place about noon
today. Some time ago the Wild Goose
Seining Company was organized at
Long Beach to seine for salmon in the
ocean surf. This morning nine men
went out In a small boat to lay out the
seine, and as they were returning their
boat capsized.
After a hard struggle all succeeded
In reaching the shore excepting De
Long and Ray, who were drowned. Aa
all the men wore life belts, the bodies
of De Long and Ray were soon washed
onto the beach, but all efforts to re
suscitate them were futile.
De Long was about 40 years of age
and left a widow and three children.
He was for several years a member ot
the Hwaco Beach Llfesaving crew. Ray
was a single man about 25 years of
age. The men In the boat with De Long
and Ray at the time the accident oc
curred were Harry and Gilbert Tinker,
Clyde and ,Claud Woodhall, John Mc
Kecn, John Adamson and Frank Liz
miff. Those saved tried In every way
possible to assist their less fortunate
companions, but on account of the
heavy surf running were unable to res
cue them.
People on shore who witnessed the
accident telephoned to the Cape Dis
appointment Llfesaving Station and.
Captain Stuart and his crew responded
as quickly as possible, but as they
were, compelled to cross out over the
bar and. pull several miles up the coast,
they arrived too late to render any
assistance ,
Two s'uccessfnl trials were made by
the seining company before this disas
ter. BURIED FOR SIX DAYS
TWO WOMEN RECOVERED AIIVTQ
AT OTTAJAXO.
Vesuvius Is Spouting Vast Quanti
ties or Sand, but End of Erup
tions Seems Near.
NAPLES, April 15. The somewhaB
threatening condition of Mount Vesuvius
Saturday night having subsided with the
ejection of enormous clouds of sand and
ashes, the elements have begun to settle
slowly, again enveloping the mountain in
a thick haze and cutting off the view
from Naples, only the outline of the base
being visible. Professor Matteucci, di
rector of the Royal Observatory on tho
mountain, tonight issued the following
bulletin:
"My Instruments are now most caltp.
The emission of sand continues in abund
ant quantities, and I await serenely a
satisfactory termination of the eruption."
The sudden renewal of alarm Saturday
night gave way today to the celebration,
of Easter with unusual fervor. The fes
tival is always picturesque in Naples, but,
today it was doubly so. Cardinal Prlsco.
archbishop Naples, celebrated an elabo
rate thanksgiving mass in the cathedral,
while along the streets crowds prostrated
themselves before sacred Images.
The gravity of the situation has now?
shifted to Ottajano and San Giuseppe,
where the recovery of the dead from tha
debris goes on amid the misery of thou
sands of homeless refugees. A sensa
tional development occurred during thet
work of salvage at Ottajano today, whoa
the searchers unearthed two aged women .
still alive but speechless, after six days"
cntombment. They were among the hun
dreds who were crushed beneath the fall
ing walls during the rain ot stones and
ashes last Sunday and Monday. Hope had
been abandoned of finding any of these
persons alive. The women were protect
edby the ratters of the house, and had
managed to exist on a few morsels oC
food which they had In their pockets.
Nine dead bodies were taken out today,
and it is estimated that 100 more remain
under tho ruina. The work of salvage
goes on amid the twisted masses of fallen
houses, churches and stables, and In deep
drifts of cinders and ashes. At some
points the ashes wero ten feet deep,
reaching to the windows of the second i
stories of the few hovels stilt standing.
The work of salvage, at San Giuseppa
has brought to light a remarkable condi
tion. Bodies have been found of women
in whose hands were coins and jewels,.
and one woman held a rosary. Indicating
the Instinct to preserve earthly belongings!
In the moment of fleeing from death.
The excavations of Herculaneum, over,
which the town of Reslna stands, have,
recorded similar Instances of death over-,
taking its victims carrying their Jewels
while fleeing from the invading lava.
Blgelow .Leaves Prison to Testily.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. April 15.
Frank G. BIgelow. the Milwaukee bank
president now serving a ten-year sen
tence in the Federal prison here for bank
wrecking, left this afternoon for that city
in charge of Captain Zerbst. a prisoa
gsard. BIgelow goes to Milwaukee t
testify at the trial of Henry G. Goll. ex
casMer of the bank. BIgelow probably:
will he returned' to prison here thla 'Mifrj
SEINERS
DROWN
BEACH