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GOVERNOR AGI
New Yorkers Need the
Reformer.
NATION CAN WAIT FOR HIM
Empire State Would Prefer
Renomination of Roosevelt
KNOX'S BOOM NOT STRONG
JCeystone 'State Divided Because of
His Corporation Affiliations
Taft's Political Prospects
Hurt by Lack of Tact.
BOOM HUGHES IV INDIANA. ,
INDIANAPOIJS, Ind.. June 30.
(Special.) Friends of Vice-President
Fairbanks are exercised over what
seems to be a quiet movement through
out the state in favor of Governor
Hughes, of New York, for the Presi
dency, and it is being engineered with
so much skill that It baffles the
Fairbanks managers. It Is charged In
some sections that the Republican
National Committee, presumably
through Chairman Harry S. New. is
at work in the Interest of Hughes.
It is well known that New has long
ceased to be Identified with the Fair
banks element, and that Fairbanks
opposed his selection for chairman.
New's friends, however, deny that he
is taking any part in the controversy.
OREGOKIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, June 30. There has been
more or less talk of nominating Gov
ernor Hughes, of New York, aa the
Republican candidate for President
next year, but the probabilities are
that he will be content to again run
for Governor of New Tork. That Mr.
Hughes Is a big enough man for the
Presidency is unquestionably true. He
has demonstrated his ability In the
short time he has been Governor of
the Empire State. Due to his indomit
able will and his determination to en
force that which is right and eliminate
that which savors of graft, he has ac
complished move for New York than
any other man who has occupied the
Governor's chair in recent years.
But the situation in New York Is
very much like the situation In. the
country at large. Mr. Hughes has by
no means completed the reforms he has
undertaken, and therein he resembles
President Roosevelt. While New York
State would like the honor of again
having the Presidency, many Republicans
outside of Wall. Street seem to' be sat
isfied that they can have that honor
without nominating Mr. Hughes that
is, by renominating Mr. Roosevelt. And
at the same time the state can unques
tionably have another two years re
form if the Republicans renominate
Mr. Hughes next year.
Those who ought to know declare that
Mr. Hughes can have a re-election for the
asking. The people overwhelmingly en
dorse his carreer and would be glad to
have a continuance of his policies.
All this does not conlclde with the
prediction of Henry Waterson, of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, for he picks
Mr. Hughes as the Republican presi
dential candidate for 1908. But Mr.
Watterson has made other mistakes in
his eventful political career.
Not Solid for Knox.
Pennsylvania is no solid for Senator
Knox for President. The leading Re
publican papers of the state have en
dorsed his candidacy, and a great many
prominent Republican politicians have,
declared in favor of his nomination, but
there is a strong undercurrent of op
position among Republicans who were
prominently Identified with the reform
uplift a couple of years ago, and some
of the smaller, but none the less influ
entlal, papers that never had any re
gard for the Quay machine are throw
lng bricks at the Knox boom and urg
ing the people to support Mr. Roosevelt
and have done with Mr. Knox. Their
opposition to Mr. Knox Is based on the
belief that he is too Intimately ac
qualnted with the Standard Oil Com
pany, the Steel Trust and the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
It is true that, as Mr. Roosevelt's At
torney General. Mr. Knox was the prin
cipal figure in the fight against the
law-breaking corporations, but as At
torney Genera,! he could not do other
wise than as directed by the President.
Prior to the time he became Attorney
General he was constantly associated
In a business way with the Standard
Oil and other corporations, and there
is a fear that. If placed In the White
House, he would remember old favors
done by them.
The corporation affiliations of Mr. Knox
constitute the principal. If not the sole,
objection to his Presidential candidacy.
There is no question as to his compe
j teney; In ability he is probably the equal
! of any man who today has Presidential
aspirations and Is, superior to many of
i his fellow-candidates, but with all this
I there Is a general susnlolon that ha
'. would not loyally carry out the wishes of
!) the people as against the wishes of the
I corporations, and this very suspicion is
most apt to prove his undoing. The pub-
11c mind, as at present constituted, does
not regard favorably any man who im or.
WAN
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even has been closely affiliated with cor
porations. As the little papers In Pennsylvania
ere attacking Mr. Knox, so the smaller
papers In Indiana are after Vice-President
Fairbanks. The Vice-President is a great
believer in the power of the press, and
accordingly bought up sufficient stock to
give him control of the big Republican
papers of Indiana. In doing so he evi
dently discounted the Influence of the
smaller dailies and the country press en
tirely, and now he is beginning to realize
that the small fellows reach a good many
voters who do not have the advantage of
a large dally newspaper. The country
press and the small dallies of Indiana
have undermined his strength to a greater
extent than he is willing to admit, but
their very opposition will be a factor In
compelling him to come out later on and
declare himself a candidate for renomi
nation as Vice-President. ...
Taft Not Good Politician.
Secretary Taft, on his recent tour of
the West, demonstrated the fact that he
Is anything but an adroit politician. No
body who knew him ever accused him "of
being a politician, but some of his en
thusiastic friends believed that he would
be politician enough to make political
capital out of his trip, when. In point of
Cathrlne Countiss, Whose Marriage
Was Announced In New Tork Yes
terday. fact, he injured his boom. Mr. Taft Is
primarily a man of Judicial mind, and is
more at home on the bench than else
where. His duties in the Philippines and
aa Secretary of War have been more of
a judicial than of a political nature, and
his career, both In the Philippines and In
Washington, has been the career of an
administrative officer rather than of a
politician. As head of the War Depart
ment Mr. Taft has administered his of
fice in the interest of good government
and not in a way to win the approval of
politicians. So It was In the Islands.
In pursuing this policy he did a great
many things he would not have done had
he been a politician.
It 'is the make-up of Mr. Taft to do
what he believes is right, regardless of
the consequences as they may affect him
personally. His Judgment is always based
upon the law. All of which is very much
in his favor. But it so happens that, in
following out his own Judgment, the War
Secretary has not exercised that amount
of tact that is looked for in a Presl
dential candidate, and in consequence he
has stepped on the toes of a great many
men who might otherwise have assisted
him. If he la ever nominated for the
Presidency it will be because of the con
fidence the people have In him and not
because -of any support that he gets from
politicians. . It is unfortunate that his
brother, who is managing his campaign,
la not a politician. Both Tafts are alike
on this point.
Alpbonse and Gaston.
Hot-weather Presidential gossip is not
without its funny side, and quite the
most amusing incident to develop this
Summer is the Alphonse-Gaston stunt of
Vice-President Fairbanks and ex-Secre
tary Shaw. Mr. Shaw has never ceased
to take himself seriously. He somehow
got the notion in his head that he stood
a chance of being nominated in 190$, and
that idea does not leave him altogether.
At intervals he tells his close friends
that he. knows he stands no chance of
being nominated, but - the boomlet still
bothers him In his sleep.
The other day some newspaper men met
Mr. Shaw and buzzed him about things
political. Ha hemmed and hawed for a
while, and finally said that he would be
glad to land the nomination for himself.
but would be just as well pleased if Mr.
Fairbanks should be the party nominee.
When Mr. Fairbanks was told of the
Shaw, declaration he politely replied that
It would give him great pleasure to see
his friend Leslie Shaw nominated by the
next convention. The incident is the fun
nier because neither man stands a ghost
of a show of being nominated.
CHICAGO BANKS TO MERGE
Capitalization- of $7,000,000 and
'Deposits of $105,694,378.
CHICAGO, June 30. The Record-
Herald tomorrow will say:
The creation of the largest banking
institution in Chicago Is about to take
place in the consolidation of the Con
tinental National and Commercial Na
tional banks. Negotiations to this end
have been under way for acme time,
but with indifferent success until re
cently. Now. it Is believed, the merger
wil come about in time for the amal
gamated institution to take possession
of the banking floors of the Commer
cial National's new building which Is
nearly finished. The new bank will
make the following showing:
Total capitalization, 17, 000, 000, COO;
total surplus and undivided profits,
18,948,486; total deposits, f 105.694,378.
Close Havana Cigar Factories.
HAVANA, June 30. The clgarmakers
who are on strike, not having replied to
the ultimatum of the manufacturers Ho
submit their differences to arbitration,
the manufacturers announce their inten
tion to clqss all their plants Indefinitely.
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Scandal Doesn't Touch
Sculptor Barnard
VICTIM OF BUNCO BY HUSTON
Substantial Contract Prom
ised but Not Lived Up To.
HIS OWN MONEY PAID MEN
Peddled Antiques to Settle Wage
Bills of Men Who, Like Him, Kepi
On for the Joy of Working.
Tells Story to Committee.
HARRISBURG. Pa., June 30. (Special.)
In all the hideous muck of crime, mal
feasance, fraud, petty filching, traitorous
robbery of the commonwealth and even
dishonor among thieves that has been re
vealed by the turning of the limelight of
Investigation upon the Pennsylvania State
Capitol scandal, there stands forth one
heroic, magnificent and withal pathetic
figure George Grey Barnard, American
born and held by the critics of Europe to
be the greatest sculptor of the age. Sur
rounded on every hand by Pennsylvania
Btate officials and' contractors whose
hands reek with the filth of their thieving.
this man stands penniless and stainless.
Barnard was persuaded by Architect
Joseph M. Huston to become sculptor for
the capltol, and was promised a contract
for ,.3700,000. He mapped out a monu
mental scheme of statuary for the build
ing. Then Huston went to him with a
long face and told him the contract would
have to be reduced to 1300,000.
Was Not Working for Money.
"This Is my native state," responded the
sculptor; "I do not care for the money,
except for my needs."
Then Huston came again with apologies
and contract for $100,000 and verbal orders
with additional work to the amount of
$300,000. Barnard signed it and was re
quired to give a bond which, cost him
$20,000. To pay for the bond he hypothe
cated his life Insurance. He went to
France and set up his studios. For three
years he worked. He ran out of money
and over and over again cabled and wrote
to Huston. Huston would not answer.
Barnard despaired and called his work
men together and discharged them. He
could not pay them. They would not quit
and worked on for 14 months without pay,
and the plaster models of the statuary for
the state capltol were completed. Then
Huston countermanded the contract.
Statues Called Masterpieces.
Barnard peddled antiques in - France
until he earned enough money to pay his
workmen. Then he came to America and
told his story to the capltol investigating
committee. His statues star& In the rain
in France, and French critics rave over
them as the masterpieces of the century.
He begs only for enough money to have
turned into marble a few of the statues
that are still in plaster, so that he may
bring them to this country and set them
up in the capltol. The state still owes him
about $25,000 on the $100,000 contract, and
Governor Stuart Is trying to arrange some
transaction whereby the sculptor shall
be compensated as he deserves.
Barnard's story was told to the Invest!
gating commission in executive session
last Wednesday and was made public to
day. .
AUTO JUMPSj40-F00T BANK
Machine Lands With Three Occn-
pants In 20 Feet of Water.
ORTON VILLE, Minn., June 30.
While going at a high rate of speed
this afternoon, an automobile contain
ing three persons suddenly swerved
and went over a sheer embankment of
40 feet Into Big Stone Lake. One of
the passengers was probably fatally
injured. Those in the automobile were
Charles and Walter Bucholz, promt
nent merchants of Appleton, and a 3
year-old son of Walter. ,
They were driving along the lake
shore road, which, at the point where
the accident happened, runs along the
edge of a bluff. At the highest point
the machine, suddenly got beyond the
control of the driver, swerved and went
directly over the embankment. The
heavy car did not turn over as it fell
but landed in 20 feet of water. Charles
was struck by the steering-wheel and
received internal Injuries which may
prove fatal. Walter was badly cut and
bruised and 14 in a serious condition.
The boy escaped unhurt.
A gasoline launch was near the scene
of the accident, and those aboard has
tened to rescue the automoblllsts, who
otherwise might have been drowned.
DRILL INTO UNSHOT BLAST
One Miner Instantly Killed; An
other Is Badly Injured.
TREKA, Cal.. June 30. Grant Childers
was killed and Bee Hall was seriously
injured by an explosion in the Mono
Mine, 10 miles northwest of Yjeka, at 10
o clock tnis morning, (jnnaers ana tla.ll,
who belonged to the second shift of the
mine, accidentally drilled into the blast
that had been set by a preceding shift
and which had failed to explode. The
Jlaat exploded, killing Childers and lnjur-
HUME ESS
OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1907.
E VENTS OF COMING WEEK.
New Immigration Law.
The new immigration laws placing
numerous restrictions upon the In
coming" of undesirable foreigner will
go Into effect Monday. The most
Important change brought about by
these acts, which Congress passed",
is the increase of the head tax from
$2 to $4, with the provision that all
over $2,000,000 of the revenue so
derived will revert to the United
States Treasury Instead of being en
tirely devoted to the uses of the Im
migration bureau. Another provision
makes the steamship company sub
ject to a fine of $100 for the trans
porting of physically or mentally de
fective emigrants, or those afflict
ed with loathsome or contagious
diseases.
Roosevelt's Quiet Vacation.
President Roosevelt will begin his
third week of vacation free from all
engagements whatsoever, and Sec
retary Loeb will meet the daily ap
plications for appointments, which
come by mail and mire, with the
same severe censorship as In the
past. The President has been re
lieved by his neighbors from mak
ing hfs customary Fourth of ,July
address In the village. The celebra
tion was abandoned entirely In defer
ence to the President's plan for a
rest. On the evening of the Fourth
of July, Sagamore Hill will be turned .
over, as usual, to the younger gen
eration of Roosevelts.
Royalty Exchanging Visits.
The Emperor and Empress- of Ger
many will visit the King and Queen
of Denmark, at Copenhagen, July 3.
It is rumored in Danish Court cir
cles that the Emperor's third son,
Prince Adelbert, la engaged to Prin
cess Theresa, the second daughter of
King Frederick.
in? Hall. Hall was standing behind
Childers at the time of the accident, and
this saved his life.
CATHRINE COUNTISS WEDS
BECOMES AVIFE OF E. D. PRICE,
THEATRICAL MANAGER.
Marriage a Culmination of Romance
Which Began Only Last Month
at the Actors' Fair. ;
NEW TORK, June 3i. (Special.)
Cathrlne Counties, formerly leading
woman of the Baker and Columbia
stock companies in Portland, Or., was
married at Mount "Vernon, N. T., todayj
to E. D. Price, one of the best known
theatrical managers in the country.
Miss Countiss and Mr. Price went to
Mount Vernon in an automobile, ac
companied by W. H. Clendeonen,
treasurer of the New York Theater,
and Benjamin Richert. The arrange
ments for the wedding were planned a
week ago, so secretly that not even thajj
closest friends of the parties obtained
any inkling. Their companions on the
automobile trip, ostensibly for an
afternoon outing, were amazed when
the machine was halted at the First
Methodist Church in Mount Vernon.
The Rev. Mr. Bartholow was waiting
in the vestry, and the .ceremony was
quickly performed. The bridal tour
will bo to Atlantic City.
This is a sequel to a romance of the
Actors' Fund Fair last month, where
Miss Countiss had charge of the racing
wheel. Price won 15, but lost his heart
before the wheel stepped spinning. So
vigorously did the promoter promote
his suit that before the week was over
there was an engagement.
Cathrlne Countiss is Texan-born
and was educated in a Maryland con
vent. She is a daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Crooks, of Denlson, Tex., and is
known on the stage everywhere in the
West. Mr. Price has been prominent
as a manager for many years.
Mr. Price has managed John McCuI
lough, Richard Mansfield, Mrs. Leslie
Carter, and other famous stars.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 72
degrees; minimum, ST.
TODAY'S Partly cloudy, with showers;
westerly winds.
Foreign.
American ideas meet with approval at The
Hague, page 8.
Pope will take a week of rest. Page 3.
. National. '
Government receipts show big surplus at
end of fiscal year. Page 6.
Hughes likely to be renominated for Gov
ernor of New York. Page 1.
Domestic.
Four women save great loss of life. Page 1.
Rockefeller seen twice yesterday on his
daughter's est&te. Page 1.
Cathrlne Countiss weds New York theatrical
manager. Page 1.
Tucker divorce suit brings hints of scandal
on both sides. Page 1.
Blameless man found In Pennsylvania capl
tol graft scandal. Page 1.
New York City without garbage collectors.
Page 8.
Pacific Coast.
Defense seeking to show conspiracy on part
of mtneowners.' Page 2.
Railroad surveyors are active in South
eastern Oregon. Page .
Portland and Vicinity.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson upholds the un
written law. Page 9.
Romance dating from San Francisco disas
ter loins Lieutenant J. L. Benedict and
Miss Genevieve Ardell, vaudeville singer.
Page 12.
Mazamas make final arrangements for ( an
nual outing. Page 14. -1
Prizes hung up for automobile races. Page 4.
Some basis for charges of lack of discipline
on flreboat. Page 8.
Highwaymen attempt to hold up automobiles
In Linnton. Page e.
Teachers leave for Salem convention to
day. Page 12.
Lid In Vancouver Is glued down. Page 4.
Sports.
Cubs beat Brews in double-header at League
grounds. Page 6.
Portland - wins two cams - from. Oakland
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DISASTROUS FIRE
OH FIFTH STREET
Building in Heart of
City Burned.
LOSS IS PROBABLY $150,000
Originates in Archer & Schanz'
Wholesale Drugstore.
CHEMICALS START BLAZE
Series of Explosions Followed by
Outburst of Flames, Attracting:
Attention of Police Firemen
Fight Under Difficulties.
Repeated explosions of chemicals
stored in the five-story brick block oc
cupied by the Archer & Schanz Com
pany, . wholesale druggists, at the cor
ner of Fifth and Stark streets, at 3
o'clock this morning, caused the total
destruction of the handsome new build
ing, with all its contents. The loss at
this hour (4 A. M.) is estimated at
$150,000.
The building was practically filled
with drugs and chemicals, most of which
were of an Inflammable nature, and im
mediately after the explosions were first
noticed the building was a mass of
flames. On account of the chemicals it
was a most dangerous blaze for the fire
men to handle.
-Captain of Police Bailey and Pa
trolman Edgerton were standing; at
Fifth and "Washington streets when
they heard the explosion, and, glanc
ing in the direction from which the
sounds came, saw the flames shooting
out over Fifth street.
Firemen Respond Promptly.
It was the work of an instant for
the police captain to dash to fire
alarm box No. 135 and turn In the
alarm. The firemen responded prompt
ly and soon had lines of hose on the
burning building, but it was immedi
ately apparent that more apparatus
was needed and Chief Campbell sent
In a general alarm which brought fire
companies from all over the city.
By the time the firemen were able
concertedly to engage in the battle
with the fire the entire building was
a mass of seething flames, and be
cause of the frequent explosions their
lives were endangered at every mo
ment. At no time In the history of Port
land waa the want of a fire tower
more in evidence. The brave fire
fighters were unable to cope with the
fiercely burning upper floors which
soon forced them to abandon the fight
from the aerial ladders and seek the
ground for safety.
Roof of Building Falls.
At 8:30 o'clock the roof fell in with a
crash, sending sparks and flames 200 feet
high into the air. Captain Bailey and
his squad of policemen immediately
started clearing the streets of the.
throngs of spectators who had assem
bled.
Soon after the fire started, the police
aroused the inmates of the adjoining
buildings and ordered them to dress in
order to have time to make their escape
should the flames spread. Most of these
people were badly frightened by the con
tinuous explosions, and for a time were
unable to grasp the situation and called
frantically for assistance from the up
per stories. As soon as a police officer
informed them that there was no Immi
nent danger, however, and that the ex
plosions were caused by burning chem
icals, they became calmer.
Costof the Building.
The building, which is "a. five-story
modern brick structure of handsome
design,, waa erected about one year
ago by Louis Dammeler at a cost of
about 1100.000 and waa leased im
mediately by Archafs & Schanz, who
have occupied the premises only
few months. The . damage to the
building la estimated at its full value,
for it will have to be rebuilt on ac
count of the explosions, which com
pletely wrecked the interior and bad
ly bulged the walls.
The cost of the structure Is esti
mated at about 8100,000 and the con
tents of the drug firm are valued at
about 350,000. As the owners and oc
cupants were unable to be reached by
telephone at the time The Oregonian
went to press, it was not possible to
learn what insurance was carried by
them.
At 4 A. M. the tire was reported under
control.
HARD WORDS FOR HUSBAND
Mrs. Tucker Says Colonel Subjected
Her to Humiliations.
WASHINGTON. June 30. Special.
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, daughter of
the late General John A. Logan, ad
mitted today that she and her husband.
Lieutenant-Colonel William F. Tucker.
of the Pay Corps of the Army, Have sep
arated. Mrs. Tucker, who Instigated an
official Investigation of the alleged scan
dalous conduct of her husband regarding
a number of women, declared there Is
Uttle chance of a reconciliation, and
that she has not heard from her hus
band since they separated.
A storv of the scandal in wnicn ijien-
tenant-Colonel Tucker has become In
volved is published in the Manila Times
of May 2S, just received here, under the
caption: "Colonel Tucker and Mrs.
Piatt." It treats of the subject at some
length, and the article refers especially
to his alleged attentions to Mrs. Mrytle
B. Piatt, a widow and former school
teacher.
"The charges against Colonel Tucker
are undoubtedly sufficiently serious to
result in his being court-martialed,"
said Mrs. Tucker today. "If Colonel
Tucker had entertained a' little con
sideration he would have acted differ
ently. As It was, he made no effort to
hide his actions, with the result that
on the " Pacific Coast his manner
created abundant gossip. And when
we returned from the Philippines,
Colonel Tucker was granted a month's
leave of absence. One week was spent
in San Francisco and 10 days in Port
land. During this time his actions
were not those of a man who seeks to
possess a spotless reputation. If his
conduct had not been reproachable in
Portland, the Investigation there would
not be In progress. I must say Colonel
Tucker did not spare me humiliation."
If Mrs. Tucker enters suit for di
vorce it Is believed Tucker will con
test the case, and there wlll be a re
vival of the gossip current here 12
years ago when George E. Lemon, a
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John A. Rockefeller Has Anybody
Seen Him? The Officers Want
Him.
millionaire pension attorney, died. Mrs.
Tucker and Lemon were excellent
friends and her youngest son was a
favorite of Lemon. When Lemon died
he willed 125,000 to Mrs. Tucker, gave
a similar amount to her son, Edward
Tucker, and made Mrs. Tucker and her
son two of the five residuary legatees
of the Lemon estate, which was esti
mated to be worth $1,000,000.
WOMEN SAVE H LIS
THEIR HEROIC WORK PRE
VENTS BREAKING OF DA5I.
Four Spend Entire Night Filling
Leak With Hay and Straw
Fntll Help Arrives.
LARAMIE, Wye. June 30. How the
breaking of the Wheatland Dam, im
pounding the largest artificial body of
water In Wyoming, was prevented by the
heroic efforts of four women Is modestly
told In a letter from Miss Knight, ad
dressed to her mother.
Miss Knight, who is visiting Miss Helen
McGUl at McGill, with her hostess and
Mrs. M. J. Reed and daughter, waa rid
ing by the reservoir when she noticed
a leak In the dam. The women notified
Mrs. Reed's husband, who Is In charge of
the reservoir and he started for Wlfeat-
land to summon help.
Mrs. Reed and the three girls spent
the entire night filling the crevice with
hay and dirt, using eleven loads of hay
When Reed returned in the morning they
were almost exhausted, but had succeed
ed in keeping the break from enlarging to
the danger point.
The reservoir contains an Immense
Quantity of water, which is backed by
the Laramie River, almost bank-full, and
the giving way of the dam would have
meant a . tremendous loss of life and
property, as the area below Includes
Wheatland Flats, the most thickly set
tled farming section of Wyoming.
TEXAS RESORT IS BURNED
Town of Mineral AVells Suffers Fire
Loss of Over $100,000.
MINERAL WELLS, Tex.. June 30.
Mineral Wells, with nearly 10,000 visitors
from all over the South, was threatened
with total destruction by fire tonight.
The fire started in the skating rink of
the Palace Amusement Company, a new
$5000 structure, Just finished, but not yet
opened. From there the fire spread to
the Mineral Wells Sanitarium, a four-
story brick, filled with patients. These
were all moved out and no loss of life is
reported. The Mineral Wells bathhouse.
which was empty at the time, was total
ly destroyed, as were the Llthla Pavilion
and a part of the Wann Hotel. About 30
small frame structures were also burned
The total loss will foot up over J1O0.O00
There was no loss of life, and the Crazy
Well and Carlsbad Wells were saved.
ASSAILED BY KOREAN MOB
Pardoned Fugitive Is Attacked by
Anti-Japanese Sympathizers.
TOKIO, July 1 At a public reception
yesterday, at Seoul, accorded to Pak Yon
Ho, a recently pardoned fugitive, he and
the president of the Ilchinghot were as
sailed by a mob of 40. Pak Yon Ho and
his companion safely escaped, but one of
his assailants committed suicide on the
spot A paper found in the suicide's
pocket gave the reason of the attack
which it was shown was prompted by an
anti-Japanese motive. '
Roosevelt Boys at Sagamore Hill.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. June 30. Theo
dore, Jr., and Kermlt Roosevelt have ar
rived at Sagamore Hill to spend their va
cation.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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TACQNIG VILLA
Two Men Get View of
Oil King.
SEARCHLIGHT GUARDS ESTATE
Every Foot of Great Farm
Made Bright as Day.
ON WATCH FOR OFFICERS
Rockefeller Poes Not Propose Sub
poena-Servers Shall Catch Him -Napping
"I Don't Know" Is
Answer to Telephone Calls.
WAS NOT SEEN AT CHURCH.
TaRRTTOIVN. N. T., June 30. 1.
Z. Rockefeller did not attend church
as unual In New Tork today, taut It
was stated that he was at his pocan
tlco Hills estats.
FITTSFI ELD, Mass., June 30. (Spe
cial.) With a searchlight in the south
west tower of Taconlc Villa, spreading
its rays all over the estate, with the
highways leading up to the villa bril
liantly lighted and all closely guarded.
John D. Rockefeller Is tonight with
his daughter, Mrs. E, Parmalee Pren
tice, In this city. Mr. Prentice left this
afternoon on the millionaires' express
for New Tork.
Mr. Rockefeller was seen today by at
least two reputable persons. At 7
o'clock this morning, when Joseph E.
Gardner, assistant superintendent of
the FIttsfleld Electric Company, who
has a camp on the south shore of
Onota Lake, was taking his daily swim.
Mr. Rockefeller and another person
were out in a launch. Mr. Rockefel
ler's companion had a pair of field
glasses. They stayed on the lake for
an hour or more. Later this morning
Mr. Rockefeller was seen near the villa
by William H. Harrleon, a farmhand.
Knew Him by His Picture.
"I know it was Rockefeller," said
Harrison tonight, "by pictures I have
seen of him."
Shortly before 6 o'clock tonight Mr.
Rockefeller was seen again, on a swing
on the west veranda of the villa over
looking picturesque Onota.
Above the trees the electric search
light with a strong reflector casts its
gleams about the meadows tonight. It
can be seen from all buildings of
Plttsfleld, three miles away. As the
west street gateways leading to the
house are closely guarded, no subpoena-server
can get near the villa to
night. Big Bog Taken to the Farm.
Incandescents along the wooded boul
evard have just been installed with the
searchlight. Farmer Potter, by orders of
Mr. Prentice, .took over to the villa to
night the great Dane which has been
guarding the farmhouse. On the north
side of Taconlc farm is the Burbank
Park forest, belonging to the city of
Ftttfcfleld. This boundary line Is also
closely -watched. Hundreds of curious
folks anxious to catch a glimpse of the
"richest' man in the world." walked over
tc Taconlc farm today, but only those
inside the fence could see him. No sat
isfaction is gained by telephone calls.
"Is Mr. Rockefeller at Taconlc farm
tonight?" The butler answers the tele
phone. "I don't know anything about it?"
Will Claim $50,000 Reward.
The story that Mr. Rockefeller left for
Cleveland at midnight on Friday was'
said tonight to have been given out by
Interested parties. Both Gardner and
Harrison said they would claim the
J50.000 offered by Mr. Prentice for evi
dence to show that Mr. Rockefeller is in
Plttsfleld. Along the wooded shores of
Onota Lake tonight the launch is keep
ing up its ceaseless patrol, while the oil
king sleeps within his guarded cloister.
FRANCIS MURPHY IS DEAD
Noted Temperance Advocate Passes
Out Peacefully at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 1. Fran
cis Murphy, thu noted apostle of tem
perance, is dead. The end came peace
fully yesterday forenoon at the resi
dence of his daughter in this city,
where for three weeks he had been ill.
For more than a week all hope of re
covery had been given up, and the one
effort which the physicians made was
to sustain life until members of his
family could reach here from the East.
The immediate cause of death was dia
betes. At his bedside were his devoted
wife and his son, Thomas Edwin Mur
phy, of Philadelphia. Lieutenant
Governor Murphy, of Pennsylvania,
and another son, together with their
families, are expected to arrive hers
tonight.
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Longshoremen Go On Strike.
NEW TORK, June 30. The longshore
men on the docks of the Cunard Line
steamers today struck when the Umbrla
from Liverpool docked. The men de
manded 0 cents an hour for Sunday
work, which was promptly refused. Stew
ards of the vessel, with the help of non
union men, removed the baggage of th
passer gera after considerable delay.
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