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VOL. XL VI. NO. 14,247.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST . 7, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OF
LOST BY BANKERS
Million Dollars Stolen
in Chicago.
CASHIER HAS DISAPPEARED
Shock of Failure Causes the
Death of Two Men.
RIOTOUS CROWD GATHERS
Milwaukee-Avenue Bank Closed by
Stat Officials, Who Find.Flctl- '
tlous Entries Higher
Officer Is Suspected.
CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (Special.) The Mil
waukee Avenue State Bank, a concern
with more than 14,000,000 In deposits, was
closed today by the State Bank Examiner.
Out of the tremendous excitement which
followed there are grave charges that the
Institution has been systematically looted
elnce 1901 and there are hints that some
of tiie state officers knew of the shaky
condition of the Institution two months
ago, but permitted it to continue, pre
sumably in the hope that It would
straighten out Us difficulties and avoid a
crash.
The bank, which was largely patronized
lay foreigners of moderate means and
working people, had 22,000 depositors,
mainly with small accounts representing
the savings of years of toll, and the ex
citement among them is Intense. All of
the day and tonight they have besieged
the closed bank, hoping for a word of
cheer. One man, who was the treasurer
of a society and had deposited the funds
cf the society In the bank, dropped dead
when he heard of the failure. Another
depositor, believing that his savings of
years had been swallowed up, committed
suicide.
Two Officers Suspected.
It le said the bank was closed because
of the discovery of gross malfeasance on
the part of at least two of its officers. ,
President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier
"W. H. Herring are being sought to ex
plain their share In the affairs. ' It is
said the bank had been looted of $700,000
to Jl.000,000. Fictitious notes to this
amount have been found. Numerous notes
listed as assets. It Is asserted, have been
found to have been takn up, but not can
celed by their makers. Therare rumors
that Herring is short $130,000, and that
J1000. disappeared as late as Saturday
night.
A member of the Clearlne-House com
mittee said this afternoon that the trouble
In the bank was first revealed by Presi
dent Stensland in a letter written from
St. Paul to his son. It Is not yet known
whether the money was lost In wildcat
real estate speculation or in the security
market.
Two Deaths Caused by Failure.
In the excitement following the an
nouncement of the failure, J. G. Visser,
an official of the Royal League .who had
on deposit In the bank funds of that or
ganisation, fell dead of heart failure.
Henry Koepke, a small grocer, on hear
ing that the bank had suspended pay
ment, went to the rear of bis store arid
shot himself. He died a few minutes
later, while being taken to a hospital.
Riotous scenes followed the announce
ment of the failure, and a large force of
police struggled all day to keep an ex
cited crowd of depositors, nearly all of
them foreigners and many of them wom
en, from bursting in the doors of the In
stitution. Warrant Out for Cashier.
The fact that the bank was on the
verge of failure was first revealed by
President Paul O. Stensland, one of the
absent officials. A letter to his son, The
odore, who is vice-president, written from
St. Paul, and received last Saturday,
started the Investigation which brought
about the suspension. Another sensation
al feature of the affair was the disap
pearance of the cashier, Henry W. Her
ring, and the issuing of a warrant for
his arrest on a charge of embezzlement.
A message ordering his apprehension was
sent to every police station In this city.
Clamorous Crowd at Bank.
The first public announcement that the
bank was In trouble was the posting of
a notice at the beginning of banking
hours by the Bank Examiner, that busi
ness had been suspended for the purpose
of making an examination of the bank's
affairs, and that the Institution was In
the hands of the State Auditor. The
news spread rapidly throughout the en
tire Northwest side of the city, where
the bank has been for years a popular
depository for funds saved by working
people. Soon a clamorous crowd gathered
before the doors and demanded admis
sion. Anticipating trouble, a score of po
licemen were hurried to the scene. The
people were permitted to file past the
doors bearing the posted notice, and were
compelled to keep moving. Only those
having keys to safe-deposit vaults were
allowed to enter. Many burst into tears
when they found that their savings were
endangered or lost. Visser, to whom the
shock proved fatal, was Beveral blocks
from the bank. Hearing of the rumor,
he stepped into a drugstore seeking par
ticulars. He fell dead when assured that
the bank had failed.
An examination of the bank's affairs
was begun quietly last Saturday, after
receipt of the letter from President Stens
iknd. Acting upon Instructions contained
s
POO
therein, Vice-President Theodore Stens
land opened a deposit box and discovered
proofs that the bank's funds were in bad
shape. President Potter, of the American
Trust & Savings Bank, which acted as
clearing agent for the defunct institution,
was called into consultation. The State
Auditor was notified and Immediately sent
the Bank Examiner to make a full inves
tigation. The shortage is estimated to be between
J750.000 ana $1,000,000. Disastrous specula
tion in real estate and In the security
market is said to be responsible. Mem
bers of the clearing-house committee were
told that most of this amount was wholly
unprotected by adequate collateral.
All Kept in the Family.
The institution was known as a "fam
ily bank." The Stensland family, for
years well-known residents of the North
west Side, held much of the stock and
members of the family operated the bank.
It was organized in 1891 with a paid-up
capital of $250,000, and succeeded the
banking firm of Paul O. Stensland &
Co. A statement made by Vice-President
Stensland today showed $1,051,000 In cash
on hand. He said that the bank carried
deposits of $4,200,000 and had 20,000 depos
itors! The bank was not a member of
the clearing house,-but cleared through
the American Trust & Savings Bank.
The concern's New York's correspondents
are the Mercantile and the Chase Na
tional Banks. The last report of the
bank was made on June 19, and Is as
follows: Statement of Bank's Condition.
Resource: Loans and discounts, $3,223,
172.72; overdrafts, $1323.72; stocks and
bonds, $350,638.33; real estate and safe de
posit vaults, $75,863.83; current expenses,
$11,477.34; exchanges for clearing-houses,
$71,202.85; checks and other cash items,
$3815.50; cash on hand. $285,162.16; due
from banks. 1669,424.22; collections In tran
sit, $25,312.23; total, $4,697,474.80.
Liabilities: Capital stock paid in, $250,000;
surplus fund, $250,000; undivided profits,
$61,866.85; dividends unpaid, $150; savings
deposits subject to notice, $3,175,195.21; In
dividual ' deposits subject to check, $869,
091.83; demand certificates of deposit,
$7200; time certificates of deposit, $30,822;
certified checks, $8651.75: cashier's checks
outstanding. S43.997.14; total. I4.69T.4T4.80.
Mr. Jones, who is investigating the at
fairs of the institution, said tonight:
It will take at least a week before I will
be in a position to make a reliable state
ment of the affairs of the bank. From what
1 have discovered, however, since I started
the investigation, I am of the opinion that
some of the officials of the institution are
responsible for the necessity of suspending
business. When the examination of the
books is completed. I think It will be found
that Cashier Herring 1 not entirely to
blame for the closing of the bank. While
there have been reports that Herring has
been using the funds of the bank for his
own personal benefit, I am not prepared at
the present time to state that such is the
fact. On the other hand, however, I be
lieve I have found enough to Justify me in
making the statement that there has been
some Juggling- of the bank's funds and that
Cashier Herring is not the only one that Is
involved.
As to the bank's opening for business
again, I can only say that, when a Chicago
bank falls and the doors axe closed, they
generally stay, closed, and I don't believe
the Milwaukee-Avenue EanK"wlll be any
exception to the rule.
Soma of the securities held by the bank
will hardly be as valuable as the bank's
statement would Indicate and If It is neces
sary to dispose of them to meet the pay
ment of the depositors. It will be impossible
to dispose of them at the price they are
credited at on the bank's books.
Up to a late hour tonight the where
abouts of Herring were, unknown. He
was last seen at the bank last Saturday
afternoon. His home Is being closely
guarded by detectives.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 8T
deff. ; minimum, 68.
TODAY'S Fair and cooler. Northwest winds.
Raesia-
General strike will be fiasco unless railroad
men Join it. Page 4.
Threats of mutiny in Odessa and Sevastopol.
Page 4.
Radicals issue new strike manifesto. Page 4.
Stolypln explains why cabinet was not
changed. Page 8.
Foreign.
Shanghai officials tear down Jail built by
Chinese. Page 3.
Many victims of Slrlo disaster washed
ashore. Page 8.
Pan-American Congress votes for arbitra
tion. Page 4.
Polities.
Iowa Democratic convention will declare for
Bryan. Page 2
Cannon's reply to Gomper's attack. Page 1.
Shaw's boom killed by Cummins' victory in
Iowa. Page 1.
Domestic.
Three negroes lynched by North Carolina
mob. Page 1.
Successful balloon voyage In East. Page 4.
Lawyers argue Hartje case. Page 6.
Many deaths, from heat on Atlantic Coast.
Page 2.
Teati.ters' convention opens with fist fights.
itrge 4.
Chicago bank falls, "having been robbed of
$1,000,000 by its officers. Page 1.
Two grand Juries to investigate Standard
Oil Company. Page 6.
Hport.
Mischief II wins first race for L-lpton cup.
Page 9.
Kaiser's yacht loses race at Cowes. Page 9.
Pacific Coast.
Unalloted lands on Yakima Indian Reserva
tion to be sold. Page 5.
Chinese gold miner killed in battle with
robbers at Martini, Mont. Page 5.
Servant-girl question raises tempest in tea
pot at Fort Walla Walla. Page 5.
Lawler gold mines in Quart zvl lie district,
Oregon, sold for $200,000. Page 5.
Old man murdered by boy tramps in Lane
County; murderers are caught. Page fl.
Idaho Democratic state convention unseats
two Mormon delegations. Page 1.
Major W. H. Scofield kills himself in San
Francisco. Page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Demand for hops exceedingly strong.
Page 13.
Chicago wheat market turns firm. Page 13
Stocks advance on small sales. Page 13.
Grain crop of Upper Columbia will come
here by water route. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Trial of Charles A. Watson for perjury is be
gun in Federal Court. Page 8.
Dr. Knopf, tuberculosis specialist, declares
disease can be checked if common sense
methods are employed. Page 9.
Attorney Rlddell argues that W. M. Ladd
should be removed as administrator of
Johnson estate. Page 9.
Motor car No. 4, of Harriman system,
proves unsuited to local conditions and is
sent back to Omaha. Page 12.
Caltfornlan recognises candy store girl as
long-lost daughter, but, despite startling
resemblance, case proves one of mistaken
identity. Page 7.
State troops are preparing for Journey to
American Lake. Page 8.
Programme for convention of Fire Chiefs
at Calgary. JB. C. Page 14.
W. J. Clemens, Insurance agent, accuses
Chief Campbell of Incompetency, and
cnarges will be brought before Commis
sion. Page 3.
Chsrles. Nickell pentencefl to 13 months' im
prisonment. Page S.
LYNCHING STOPS
TRIAL OF NEGROES
Mob Hangs Three in
North Carolina.
PLEAS OF JUDGE FRUITLESS
Militia Called Out, .but Has
Blank Cartridges. '
ACCUSED OF HIDEOUS CRIME
Speechless With Terror, the Victims
Neither Deny Nor Confess Mas
sacre of Iiyerly Family.
Will Punish Guilty.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Aug-. 6. A mob
of 3000 men shortly before 11 o'clock
tonight forcibly entered the Rowan
County Jail at Salisbury, removed
therefrom three of the Ave negroes
charged with the murder of the Lyerly
family at Barber 'Junction. July 13,
and lynched them. Mease and John Gil
lespie and Jack Dillingham, supposed
to be the principals In that crime, were
the victims of mob vengeance. The re
maining two negroes were not molested
and later tonight were taken to Greens,
boro.
Vatn Appeal to Reason.
The mob began gathering at sun
down. Mayor Boyden promptly ordered
the saloons closed and with other prom
inent citizens. United States Senator
Overman, Judge Long-, who was to try
the negroes, . .and . Solicitor Hammer,
gathered on . the jail steps and ad
dressed the crowd, which at that time
numbered 2D00. There were howls and
catcalls from the mob, but for a time
there was no move, the mob lacking a
leader. While citizens were appealing
to the . mob, . two- men slipped . through
the crowd and attempted to break In
the Jail doors with hammers. They were
discovered and arrested.
Militia Not Allowed to Shoot.
About 9 o'elelt-ftTJr -Boyden called
upon, the local military company for
aid. It assembled Quickly, but was
supplied only ' with blank cartridges,
having no orders to shoot to kill. Fire
man McLendon, of Charlotte, a South
ern Railway employe, was shot and
fatally wounded by a member of the
mob. Will Troutman, a negro delivery
man, was also shot and seriously
wounded. Both of the shootings are
said to have been accidental.
At 10 o'clock the mob was augmented
by fully 600 men. It was but a few
minutes after their arrival when a
crowd of 50 men made a rush for the
jail doors, overpowered the officers and
effected an entrance. The great crowd
surged in behind the leaders and in
a few minutes more emerged from the
door with its victims and marched
northward.
Hanged and Riddled With Lead.
A halt was made at Henderson's ball
grounds on the edge of the tdwn. There
the negroes were given time to confess
the crime. They refused either to deny
or confess and were so thoroughly
frightened as almost to have lost the
power of speech. John Gillespie wept
piteously and begged for his life.
Finally at midnight the three were
strung up to the limbs of one tree, and
with howls and curses the crowd rid
dled the dangling bodies with bullets.
The mob then dispersed.
George Ervln was taken from the
jail with his associates and closely
questioned. Then the mob led him back
to his cell.
Ed Barber, a relative of the mur
BEFORE
'V
jjp
dered man, followed the mob with the
prisoners to the scene of the lynching
and pleaded with them to return the
negroes to the jail and let the law
take its course, but the mob paid no
attention to him.
Massacre of the Lyerlys.
The crime for which the three men
were lynched was committed on. the
night of July 13 near Barber's Junc
tion, about 40 miles from Greensboro,
A. C. Lyerly, a well-known farmer, his
wife and two children were killed,
while asleep, a third child was fatally
wounded and the house set on fire.
Sheriff Julian arrested and brought to
Charlotte for safe keeping- the two
Gillesfles, Dillignham and wife, George
Ervin and Henry Lee. The trial began
today at a special term of court at Sal
BLOT ON GOOD NAME OF STATE
Governor Says He Will Bring .the
Lynchers to Justice.
RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 6. Governor
Glenn was at 11:10 o'clock last night
told by Judge Long over the telephone
of the work of the mob at Salisbury.
He at once wired orders to the military
companies at Charlotte, Greensboro and
Statesvllle to hurry by special trains
to Salisbury. Finding these were too
late, he countermanded the order.
He stated that some time ago he of
fered the Sheriff the service of the mi
litia, but that the offer was declined
as unnecessary. He characterized ' the
lynching as a blot on the state and said
he will at once take steps to discover
and bring to Justice the guilty parties.
PENSION GRAFTER CAUGHT
Howard M. Stearns Pretends Injury
to Spine and Fools Examiners. .
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6. Howard M.
Stearns. 29 years old. was arrested yes
terday by United States Special Examiner
O. L. Sues and Deputy United States
Marshal DeLancie. on a charge of pre
senting a false pension claim. Stearns
served in the Spanish War, and on Feb
ruary 4 applied for a pension on the
ground that he had received a permanent
injury to his spine while playing ball at
the Presidio. It was learned that the in
Jury to his spine had been permanently
cured before he enlisted and that he had
not been injured at all as stated by him.
Stearns, it is alleged, simulated curva
ture of the spine so well that he made
the Board of Pension Examiners believe
last July that one of his legs was sev
eral Inches shorter than the other.
United States Commissioner Heacock
set bail at $2500, and ordered him to ap
pear for hearing next Saturday morning.
NEW METHOD OF REBATING
Stickney Says Railroads Manipulate
Tariff Schedules.
ST. PAUL, Aug. 6. "Instead of giving
rebates, the railroads now manipulate
their tariff schedules," declared A. B.
Sticney, president of the Chicago Great
Western at the hearing today before the
State Railroad and Warehouse Commis
sion. "I have called the attention of the In
terstate Commerce Commissioners to the
fact that the constant filing of new tariff
schedules by the companies ought not to
be allowed. The manipulation of these
tariff schedules by the railroads has taken
the place of rebates."
GOES TO JAIL FOR HIS DOG
Doctor Hides Animal Sentenced to
Death for Biting Girl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Dr. K. A, Hoorigan, a prominent physi
cian, member of the Democratic County
Committee and candidate for Congress,
was sent to jail today because he refused
to disclose the whereabouts of his dog
that officers desired to kill for biting a lit
tle girl. The doctor was later released af
ter having agreed not to Interfere with
the police In their search for the animal.
STORM SCARES WILD WEST
Kills Two Men, Injures Several .and
Stampedes Spectators.
HARRI9BURG, Pa., Aug! 6. A terrific
rain and wind storm struck Harrisburg
today. Lightning killed Charles M. Rich
wine and Chic Befrandi, and injured sev
eral employes of Pawnee Bill's Wild West
Show. Befrandi was a Japanese acrobat.
Several women in the main tent fainted
from fright.
THE DIRECT PRIMARY AND
DENY
MORMONS 'SENS
Bitter .Fight in Idaho
Convention.
ALMOST COME TO BLOWS
Credentials Committee Holds
a Strenuous Session.
MEETS ON LAKE STEAMER
Democrats Settle Factional Fight
During Excursion Around Lake
Coeur d'Alene Fremont and
Bear Lake Unseated.
COEUR D'ALENE CITY, Idaho. Aug. .
The unseating of two Mormon delega
tions, one- from Fremont and- the other
from Bear Lake County, was a sensa
tional feature of the Idaho State Conven
tion, which met in this city this morning.
This action of the credentials committee,
which was ratified on the floor of the con
vention this evening, was taken this aft
ernoon on board the steamer Idaho dur
ing an excursion around Coeur d'Alene
Lake, given in honor of the delegates.
The committee's session was lengthy
and marked by extreme bitterness. . At
this hour, nearly midnight, the convention
is still in session, but has made little
progress toward permanent organization.
The anti-Mormon fight is on with a ven
geance, and the outlook is favorable to
the defeat of the Mormon forces, though
oil may yet be poured on the troubled
waters.
Opening of the Session.
The convention began its session at
noon in the Coeur d'Alene Auditorium.
C. H. Jackson, of Boise, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Committee,
called the convention to order. Ex-Sena
tor Henry Heltfeld. of Lewiston, was
elected temporary chairman, and J. W.
Avery, of Boise, temporary secretary.
Mary E. Lynch, of Ada County, was elect
ed assistant secretary. The convention
then adjourned till g p. M. ;
At 2 P. M. the delegates were taken
on their pleasure trip on Coeur d'Alene
Lake, on the steamer Idaho. The Du
bois, men are believed to be in com
plete control of the convention, and
today's boat ride Is claimed to have
been arranged by them to head off
danger of outside interference while
the platform was being shaped.
Fight Taken Up Again.
When the convention reassembled
tonight after the return of the dele
gates from their trip up Lake Coeur
d'Alene and the St. Joe River, the fight
over the question of seating the Mor
mon delegations from Southern Idaho
was transferred from the committee on
credentials to the floor of the conven
tion. On the steamer Idaho in midlake the
issue between Gentile and Mormon was
fought out during the afternoon, with,
a vigor that at times threatened per
sonal violence. After a debate of two
hours, In which the lie direct came
near being given, the credentials com
mittee decided to throw out the Mor
mon delegations from Fremont and
Bear Lake Counties. Fremont's 11 dele
gates were excluded by a viva voce
vote of about 3 to 1. The Oentile con
testing delegation was seated.
In the case of Bear Lake County,
there was no- contesting delegation to
be seated, but the Mormon delegation
was thrown out on the ground that
they had repudiated the Democratic)
party at the last election. On this
AFTER
DE
MOCRATS
issue the committee stood 10 to 8. The
committeemen from Ada, Boise, Cassia,
Custer, Nez Perces, Oneida, Owyhee
and Shoshone voted to seat the Mor
mon delegates. -
Fist Fight Is Threatened. ' .
That a physical encounter was
averted' at the committee meeting on
the steamer was due only to the fact
that a wide table separated State
Chairman C. H. Jackson and Delegae
Dalrymple, of Bear Lake, and that the
audience was packed so closely about
them that they could not get at each
other by going around the table. Mr.
Jackson had charged that Delegate
Puggemeyer, of Bear Lake, was a late
polygamist.
The contest tonight on the floor of the
convention was- spirited and sensational.
On a test vote the convention by a large
majority sustained the action of the
committee on credentials.
The plank of the Democratic state
platform which will provide for the re
enactment of the famous "Test oath,"
disfranchising the Mormons of Idaho, was
prepared In rough form by the resolutions
committee tonight and with slight modi
fication win be adopted tomorrow In sub
stance it follows:
""We demand the extirpation of ' po
lygamy and unlawful cohabitation In the
State of Idaho and the complete separa
tion of church and state in political af
fairs; and we pledge ourselves to enact
legislation that will render effective that
wise and patriotic clause of the consti
tution of the 8tate of Idaho which reads
as follows:
The Test Oath Clause.
No person Is permitted to vote, serve aa a
Juror or hold any civil office who is a biga
mist or polygamist or is living- in what 1
known as a patrlarchlal, plural or celestial
marriage, or in violation of any law of this
state or of the United States forbidding such
crimes, or who In any manner teaches, ad
vises, counsels, aids or encourage any person
to enter into bigamy, polygamy or such patri
archal, plural or celestial marriage, or to live
In violation of any such law, or to commit
any such crimes, or who is a member of or
contributes to the support, aid or encourage
ment of any order, organization, associated
corporation or society which teaches, advises,
encourages or aids any person to enter into
bigamy, polygamy or such patriarchal or plural
marriage, or which teaches or advues that the
laws of this state prescribing rules of civil
conduct are not the supreme law of the state.
WILL REPLY TO GOMPERS
CAXXOX WILD. DISCUSS LABOR
WHKN HE IS NOMIXATED.
Blame Labor Leaders for Failure to
Get the Desired Legislation
Through Congress.
DANVILLE, 111., Aug. 6. (Speclal.V
When Speaker Cannon Is renominated for
Congress, on August 16, he will deliver a
speech of acceptance in which he will
plunge Into the. labor question. He will
accept the gage of battle hurled by Pres
ldent Gompers of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and defend Congress and
the Republican party against the charge
that labor's demands did not receive their
proper recognition. He will . take up
three questions, the eight-hour bill, the
an tl-inj unction bill and the educational
provision of the Immigration and natural
ization bills. He will contend that the
eight-hour law now on statutes Is as
effective as it could be and that the bill
printed by labor Is absurd In its provi
sion penalizing a worklngman for putting
in more than eight hours a day on any
work that may be performed In an estab
lishment having any sort of contract with
the Government. It would require the
employes to convince themselves that
their employers did business with the
Government, for, if ignorant of that fact,
they would have to pay S3 every time
they worked a few minutes longer than
the prescribed eight hours.
He will hold Gompers and the legisla
tive committee of the American Federa
tion of Labor responsible for the defeat
of the antl-injunctlon bill. The House
committee on judiciary was ready to re
port the antl-injunctlon bill which was
prepared by R. W, Fuller, agent of the
different railroad brotherhoods, and
which was approved by President Roose
velt, Attorney-General Moody and Com
missioner of Corporations Garfield. It
provides that no Injunction shall be is
sued in labor disputes unless notice of
hearing has been served on both aides.
Gompers antagonized this measure and
the President warned him that his an
tagonism would probably defeat the bill.
Gompers insisted on a more radical
measure and Speaker Cannon will charge
that, but for his attitude, a solution of
the problem, acceptable to the railroad
men of the country, would have been
reached.
He will charge also that Gompers at
first insisted on the educational test of
the immigration and naturalization bills.
Differences of opinion arose among the
ranks of organized labor' and Gompers
subsequently withdrew his opposition,
sending word to the Speaker that the edu
cational test would not be made an Issue
in the coming campaign.
Other parts of the Speaker's speech of
acceptance will be devoted to a discussion
of trusts, prosperity, wages and current
political topics.
It is authoritatively asserted that the
convention will not be made an occasion
of a Cannon boom for the Presidency.
The Speaker is of opinion that to have
such a boom originate with a gathering
that may be presumed to speak his wishes
would not show becoming modesty nor be
coming political astuteness.
GREAT STORM IN TEXAS
Deluge of Bain Swamps Kail road
and AVaslies Out Bridges.
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. S. Reports
from Ballonger, 400 miles west of here,
today are to the effect that nine inches
of rain fell during the past 24 hours
over an area including several hun
dred square miles. The Colorado River
and Elm Creek are higher than ever
before. Santa Fe Railroad bridges are
being swept away and in places the
track is under 20 feet of water. Today
wires are down and the devastated sec
tions cannot be heard from. Relief
trains are being sent out from Temple.
Untermyer Declines to Run,
NEW YORK. Aug. 6. Samuel Unter
meyer, counsel for the International Pol
icyholders' Committee, today gave out a
statement declining to be a candidate for
trustee of the Mutual Life Company and
the New York Life Insurance Company.
SHI
BOOM
BEYOND REVIVAL
Defeat in Iowa Deals
Fatal Blow.
CUMMINS IS CHOICE OF STATE
May Lead Revision Forces in
National Convention,
ROOSEVELT'S LAST MOVE
By Hi Dollar Subscription to Be
publican Campaign Fund, He
Sets Example, and Dollars
Eoll Into Treasury.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Aug. 6. The Iowa Republican
State Convention, Interesting as it was
on account of the much-discussed tariff
fight, was especially important in that it
unquestionably sealed the fate of the
Shaw Presidential boom. It has been
known for a year or more that Secretary
Shaw was trimming for the Presidential
race: he has long had his eyes on the
Presidency, but he does not appear to be
Iowa's favorite son. He may have been.
In times past,, but he has been forced to
make way for Governor Cummins, the
late victor, and, unless there should be tt
change in the trend of sentiment, Iowa
will go to the next Republican convention
backing Cummins and not Shaw for the
nomination.
Shaw led the fight against Cummins In
the recent convention, and, had he won,
would have been a step nearer the Presi
dential nomination than he has ever been
before. He would have been the acknowl
dged party leader in Iowa, and woulcf
have been in a position to ask for the in
dorsement of his state In 1908.
Cummins Is Favorite Son.
Immediately after the convention there
was talk of Cummins as a Presidential
possibility in 1908, and there is every in
dication that the Oovcrnor of Iowa will
have a little boom of his own long before
then, especially If it appears that Roose
velt is not likely to be forced to accept
a renomlnation. Iowa, notwithstanding
the attitude of most of the members of
Its Congressional delegation Is in favor
of tariff revision, and, if the state de
cides to present a "favorite son" to the
next Republican National convention. It
will be most likely to choose a man who
favors revision rather than an absoluta
stand-patter like Shaw.
If Shaw cannot have the indorse
ment of his own state, he can hope for
little support in the National conven
tion. All candidates look primarily to
the support of their own states, and a
convention naturally has little confi
dence In a candidate who cannot get
the Indorsement of his own delegation.
Therefore Shaw, robbed of the indorse
ment of Iowa, has little to look for
ward to In 1908. The only thing that
will save him will be an announce
ment from Cummins that he will not
let his name be presented, and such,
an announcement is Improbable, par
ticularly when the Governor sees his
own strength Increasing as the de
mand for tariff revision spreads lit
Iowa.
Starts Dollars Rolling In.
Roosevelt Is repeatedly giving evi
dence of the fact that ho is an ex
tremely shrewd politician. He went
Into the White House with the repu
tation of being a poor manipulator, but
It was not long before he made a few
moves that caused the old leaders to
rub their eyes and wonder. Lately the.
old warhorses have come to acknowl
edge that there Is no more adroit pol
itician In the country than Roosevelt
and none, more successful. His meth
ods are unique but effective. The lat
est move of the President that at
tracted attention was his contribution
to the Republican Congressional cam
paign fund. Chairman Sherman had
announced his intention of appealing
to Republican voters for money with
which to defray the legitimate ex
penses of the campaign, and it had
been decided that Jl was all that was
to be expected of any man. The Pres
ident promptly wrote a note to Sher
man, inclosing his fl contribution. It
was the first money received. Sher
man, with his usual foresight, gave out
the President's letter for publication,
and it was sent broadcast through the
land. That letter will do more to call
attention to the II contribution scheme)
than anything else that could have)
been written or printed. Now that
the President has set the example, oth
er dollars will pour into the Republi
can party coffers, thousands of them
from men who would not have known
of the dollar contribution scheme had
the President not led off in his char
acteristic manner.
Just Escape Going Over Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 6.
Charles Walsh and his wife with sev
eral women were rescued from a dis
abled launch in the Niagara River
yesterday, Just as the craft was start
ing over the falls. The launch lost its
propeller. Walsh tried to drop anchor,
but it did not hold. They then shipped
the oars and they snapped like pipe-
stems In the attempt to drive the heavy
launch against the rapid current. One
of the women tied a skirt to a broken.
oar and the attention of people on tha
shore was attracted. The party waa
rescued at the danger line..