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VOL. XL, VIII. XO. 14.842. PORTLAND, OREGON, AVEDXESDAY, JUNE 24, 1908. PRICE FIArE CENTS. OPERA DOOMED TO BECOME EXTINCT SHAH TURNS GUNS ROOSEVELT HAS DAY IN HAYFIELD MAY HONOR HER . REFULGENT SON YALE GIVES TUFT WILIi TAKE HAND AT MAKING HAY THIS MORXIXG. J. "HAM" LEWIS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT IS GEORGIA'S CRY. NEITHER ART NOR MCSIC, SAYS BOLD MISSOURIAN. BONDS SEVERED WITH VENEZUELA SHERMAN IS ILL, BUT 15 IMPROVING ROUSINGWELGOME PARLIAMENT Last American Diplo mat is Recalled. CASTRO QUARRELS WITH ALL Germany Only Country With Which No Dispute. HOLLAND IS THE LATEST Expected to Recall Minister Because Venezuela Prohibits Trade With Curacao Revolution Against Him Brews in Colombia. CARACAS. June 22. The members of the American Legation are awaiting the arrival of the United States gunboat Marietta at Port Cabello, the warship having been ordered there for the pur pose of transferring them to the United States. Jacob Sleeper, who has been act ing as Charge d" Affaires since the de parture of the American Minister, W. TV. Russell, anr"Lieutenant Francis A. Ruggles. the military attache, withdrew from the Legation at Caracas on Satur day and proceeded to Port Cabello. The interests of the United States were placed in charge of the Brazilian Lega tion, as the representatives of the Euro pean nations are having considerable friction with President Castro's govern ment. The American Consular Agent, John Brewer, remains here In charge of the archives. Only Germany Has Xo Quarrel. President Castro returned here sud denly a few days ago after a long ab sence in the interior, and his arrival attracted much attention. All kinds of rumors are current and the withdrawal of the representatives of the United States is not quite understood by Ven ezuelans. It is probable, too, there will be an early rupture with Holland, and there are reports that l revolution, against the administration is being or ganized in Colombia, As matters now etand, the United States, France and Colombia practically have no relations with Venezuela. Great Britain and Holland have serious ques tions pending with the government. Ger many alone has no dispute. Says Justice on His Side. The Constitutional. President Castro's organ, in an editorial today says: "The United States, in closing a sensational diplomatic process in such an unexpected way, cannot weaken the spirit of brotherhood and high con sideration of the Venezuelan people (toward the United States. The Vene zuelan government and the President Jhave the satisfaction of possessing 'justice and law In the attitude which 'they have maintained and the indis putable adhesion of trie people." Before his withdrawal from the Le gation, Mr. Sleeper sent a note to the (government asking for passports. (This note was answered In very con siderate language, and the American (Charge was Informed that .passports twere unnecessary, inasmuch as he per sonally was persona grata and that (diplomatic immunity would continue until he was on board the Marietta, there being no question of war ln tvolved. The communication to Mr. iSleeper extended to him the cordial wishes of the administration for a I happy -voyage. Row Begins With Holland. The recent diplomatic friction between Venezuela and Holland over the closing ;of Venezuelan ports to Dutch vessels and .President Castro's decree prohibiting the ! trans-shipment of cargo in the Island of Curacao reached a crisis several day3 .ago, when the President vigorously answered a note sent to him hy the Dutch Minister, J. H. de Reus, protesting against this decree and criticising the Venezuelan Consul at Willemstad. Presi dent Castro refused to modify the or ders which he had issued. Minister de Reus Is now awaiting instructions from The Hague, and the opinion among the diplomats here and others in well-informed circles Is that a severing of re lations between the two countries is no unlikely. There has been a great reduction in Venezuelan revenues because of the prevalence of the plague and bad econ omic conditions, but the government, it Is announced, is still paying all its obi!-" Rations. CASTRO DEFIES ALL POWERS Dream to Unite Northern South America Against "Barbarians." PARIS, June 23. An interview which the Caracas correspondent of the Matin has had with President Castro, of Ven ezuela, in which Castro is quoted as say ing, "I do not fear Europe; all the powers can coalesce, but Venezuela will remain impregnable while I live," is attracting considerable attention here today. After saying the President's policy was to fight all foreign countries that monop olized the economic life of Venezuela, the correspondent quotes Castro as saying: "The business Invasion of foreigners In Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecua dor threatens our, National peace. Why dissimulate? My dream is to regenerate (Concluded on Pas &0 Goes to New London With Whole Family Thursday to See Vale Harvard Boat Race. OYSTER BAT, X. T., June 23. The sun shone at Oyster Bay today and the President made hay. During the mowing Mr.- Roosevelt was content to supervise the work, but tomorrow morning, when the crop that covers the hillside in front of the President's home has" ripened, the Chief Executive will take a hand in the work. Making hay is one of the yearly occupations engaged in by the President ,, Shah of Ferula. Who hns Con quered Parliament, After Bloody Battle. on his Summer's vacation and he enjoys it thoroughly. This morning he took a horseback ride. In the heat of the day he labored in the field and Just before dinner lay low a sturdy tree, the usefulness of which, except as fuek was past. Secretary Loeb announced tonigfit that the President did not expect to meet Mr. Taft at New London. At 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the President, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Quenttn and Archie will board the Mayflower for New London. The Mayflower will arrive in the Thames Thursday' morning. As the May flower is too large a craft to navigate the river the passengers In the morning will transfer to the Sylph, which will precede th Mayflower to tha mduth of the Thames. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the President's eldest son, who Is a Junior at Harvard, will Join his father on board the Sylph. After the races the Mayflower will re turn to Oyster Bay, enabling the Presi dent to reach Sagamore Hill Friday morn ing. No visitors will be received by the President at Sagamore Hill until Satur day. At noon on that day Secretary of War Taft and his successor. General Luke E. Wright, will arrive. The entire afternoon will be' devoted to them by the President and affairs connected with the War Department, especially regarding its future policy under General Wright, prob ably will be discussed. LEAFGREEN SUIT AGAIN Widow Renews Claim to Share of Howard's Estate. ST. LOUIS, June 23. The suit of Mrs. Mary Leafgreen for a widow's dower from the estate of the late Laclede J. Howard, appealed from the Probate Court, was commenced in the Circuit Court today. Mrs. Leafgreen contends that she was married to Howard in De catur, 111., In 1S83 and that he left her two days after the ceremony. The defense contends that the man Mrs. Leafgreen married was not Laclede J. Howard, but Thomas Jefferson Miller, who was Mayor of Tumwater, Wash. Miller's deposition was read at the first trial and it Is said he will personally testify In this hearing. Laclede J. Howard was president of the Evans-Howard Fire Brick Company, In St. Louis. He died in April, 1903, leaving an estate valued at $500,000. WST0L DUEL TO DEATH Nevada Miners Settle Quarrel Over Woman in Street Tight. GOLDFIELD, Nev., June 23.-M. Taylor and C. W. Priest, both miners, engaged in a duel this afternoon on Grand avenue, and both men are now in a dying condi tion. Tho duelists emptied their guns into each other, Taylor being shot sev eral times In the abdomen. Priest was taken to the hospital in a dying condi tion. The shooting occurred immediately fol lowing a remark by Priest reflecting upon Taylor's wife. It is not known Just what started the quarrel, but It is said that the men have been enemies because of Priest's persistent attentions to the woman. ELEVEN DEATHS BY-HEAT Sun's Rays Continue to Strike Down Chicago Citizens. CHICAGO. June 23. Eleven deaths due to heat prostration or allied causes were recorded In Chicago today. The ther mometer again climbed to above 90, but late this afternoon a shift in the wind brought relief, and it Is believed that tho torrid wave has broken. 1 :t?f t vl Gall Stones Cause Pain and High Fever. OPERATION MAY BE AVOIDED Sick Man Sends Hopeful Mes sage to Colleague. WIFE HASTENS TO. HIM Removed to Hospital When Symp toms Grow Worse and Spends . Restless Day Probable Course If Illness Proves Fatal. CONDITION AT EARLY MORS. CLEVELAND; O.. June 24. At 2:30 o'clock Mr. Sherman's tem perature was 101 3-5. puis 92, res piration 28. He was reported as resting aulebly. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23. Repre sentative James Schoolcraft Sherman, Republican candidate for Vice-President, who was removed early today from the home of ex-Governor Herrick to Lakeside hospital, a sufferer from gallstones, Is re ported in an official bulletin tonight as holding his own after a somewhat rest less day. If the patient's condition con tinues to improve, the bulletin said, it is not likely that an operation for the removal of the gallstones will be neces sary. The physicians state that Mr. Sher man's well known abstemlnous habits have given him much bodily strength to resist the ravages of the disease. The following telegram was dictated by Mr. Sherman to his secretary late this evening In answer to a message of sym pathy from the Presidential nominee, William H. Taft: Confident of Recovery. "My Illness, is not of a critical nature (Concluded on Page 8. ) PHOTOGRAPH OF THE i : x t k .-".'. - f -r ' ; . . i . . . fK iiNtU ytj - - - 5 ; o it T il-': s i kr ,r':- $k Native State Asks Permission to Nominate Pink-Whiskered Chi cago Colonel at Denver. CHICAGO. June 23. (Special.) Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket. This was the cry today from Georgia, the state in which Chicago's Chesterfield and candidate for the-Democratic gubernator ial nomination in Illinois, was born. Colonel Lewis received a telegram to day from a delegate to the Georgia state convention asking him If he would permit President Ciprlano Castro, of ' Venecuela, Defiant in Face of ' Hostile World. that state to adopt a resolution recom mending him for the Vice-Presidential nomination at the Denver convention. The message came as a surprise to Colonel Lewis, engrossed as he Is in deep thought over the gubernatorial possibilities. But he pondered carefully and, after several hours of mediation, sent a reply. As near as Colonel Lewis could remember It, the reply he sent back to the Georgia delegate was something like this: "I am not a candidate for the Vice Presidency, but I would very much ap preciate an honorable recommendation such as you suggest. Being a Georgian, the honor accorded me would be one that no man could refuse. The office of Vice President, however, like that of the Presi dent, is neither to besought nor to be declined." ' i.MVW MllUWmUHMU ULll -ll "ff--4IM! , W w4 :: ! REPUBLICAN VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, TAKEN JUST AFTER HIS NOMINATION JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN. Visit One Continuous Grand Ovation. NEW HAVEN WILD WITH JOY Crowd of 14,000 Cheers Re publican Standard-Bearer. HE ATTENDS BALL GAME War Secretary Roots for "Old Ell' and Leads Class Reunion Parade Around Diamond Harvard Beaten by 8-to-0 Score. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 23. This has baen a glorious day for "Old EU," and a glorious day for Secretary William H. Taft.- "Big Bill," as he Is affection ately termed by all old Tala men, was the center today, of all the enthusiasm Bur- roundlng the Tale commencement festivi ties. The quietude of yesterday gave place to the most enthusiastic demon strations of affectionate regard for one of Tale's most distinguished sons. Throngs of graduates, students and citizens of New Haven followed the War Secretary's every movement. .From the moment he appeared this morning in a big auto mobile at Woodbrldge Hall, where he at tended an Important meeting of the Tale corporation, until tonight when he left the Edwards House the headquarters of his class of '78 for the New Haven Coun try Club to attend his class dinner, thou sands of people constantly were about him. One Continuous Ovation. They manifested their affectionate regard for him in every conceivable way. Classes of graduates serenaded him with fine bands; hundreds of friends extended personal greeting to him on the street and at the Tale-Harvard game this after noon, and as the Secretary marched with his class to and from the field, the streets were banked with people anxious to pay their respects to the War Secretary. They (Concluded on Pase 4- , 5 5. ? Xs t Jf- I President of State Association of Mu sic Teachers Shatters Cher ished Idols. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. June 23. (Special.) Intellectuallsts in music, who have smiled indulgently at their uninitiated neighbors when the latter yawned through grand opera and applauded only the love scenes, will not be al lowed to rest on their superior erudi tion, if the ideas and opinions ex pressed by Captain Oscar Hatch Haw ley, of Macon, president of the Mis- "I Mins Jean Held, Daughter of American Ambassador to Lon don. AVho Wu Married Yes terday to Hon. John Hubert Ward, I'nder Auspices of King- Edward. sourl Music Teachers' Association, re ceive approval. Captain Hawlej; in an address on "Absolute Music, the Music of the Future," before the state convention of music teachers, denounced grand opera as "trash" and "atrocious non sense." He predicts that in the next decade or so this form of music will disappear. He declares that the operas of Wagner, all operas, in fact, are neither Ideal, real or poetic. "Opera," he says, "has no basis in real life. It is puroly artificial. The drama is art. Opera is nothing. It is neither art nor music. It tends to a lowering of the moral standards." CHOLERA AMONG TROOPS Four Deaths at Camp Gregg, Luzon. Many Natives Dying. MANILA, June 24. Cholera has broken out among the troops at Camp Gregg. The scouts and one civilian have died from the disease and the camp has been placed under quarantine regulations. Lieutenant Jones, of the First Calvary, and Lieutenant Muldoon, of the Philippine Scouts, have been stricken. The situation with regard to the cholera outbreak In the province of Pangasinan on the Island of Luzon Is very serious. Ninety-three cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, 60 of which have proved fatal. The collier Caesar has arrived with the submarines, which are Intended for this station, on board. Bears as Mascots for Fleet. SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. The Bteamer Watson, from Seattle, arrived today, bringing two bears shipped from Alaska to be turned over to the Atlantic fleet as mascots. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Tha Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 76 degrees; minimum, 49 degrees. . TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foretipi. Miss Jean Reld married under auspices of British royal family. Pago 3. American missionaries in Persia besieged at L'rumJah Kurds. Pago 3. Shah's troops bombard Parliament and nil Teheran with dread. Page 1. National. Diplomatic relations vlth Venezuela sev ered ; only Germany has no quarrel. Page 3. 'President Roosevelt makes hay. Faa L Baron Takahashl suggests remedy for Jap anese immigration problem. Page 2. Politic. Taft leads Yale rooters at ball gme with Harvard. Page 1. Sherman seriously ill with gallstones, but Improving. Page 1. Close parallel between Republican and Iemocratlc convention. Page 4. James Hamilton Lewis boomed by Georgia for Vice-President. Page 1. Kills says whole Republfcan platform was approved by Taft and Roosevelt. Page Z. Foraker to stump Ohio for Taft. Page 4. Domestic. Missouri music teachers condemn grand opera. Page 3. Sports Coast League scores: Los Angeles 7. Port land 4; San Francisco 4; Oakland 3. Page 7. Louisiana Legislature passes anU-bettfns; bill. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Alumni day at TJnlvenslty of Oregon: ban quet and elHtion of officers. Page 6. Aberdeen bel ie ves M 1 1 wau kee Is seek ins; en trance to Grays Harbor. Page 16. Commercial and Marine. Herman Klabers view on hop market pros pects. Page 15. Chicago wheat market weakened by liberal selling. Pago 13. Stock speculation dull. Page 15. French bark Vendee clears with valuable cargo. Page 14 Portland and Vicinity- Government rejects as Juror in Booth, case man who dislikes Heney. Page 10. Portland business men going; to Eugene on excursion today. Page 14. Heavy work for Council at today's session Page 14. Walton's fourth trial for streetcar holdup ends. Page 10. Depth of water Is now 26 feet on Columbia bar. Page 10. Benator Fulton returns from Chicago con vention. Page 9. Si - St I T Persian Nationalists Driven From Hall. COSSACKSTERRORIZETEHERAN Capture Popular Leaders and Loot Mosques. SHAH AGAIN IS MASTER Parliament House Bombarded When Shots Are Fired at Troops Battle Between People and Cos sacks la Streets. TEHERAN, June 23. After a bloody fight, which was waged around tha Parliament building, the city was com paratively quiet tonight, although the Cossacks were camped in the streets and squares. Cossacks and soldiers early in tho morning surrounded the Parliament building and demanded that a number of persons whose arrest the Shah had ordered be forthwith handed over to them. The Parliament refused to com ply with this demand and shots were fired at the troops, several soldiers being killed. Orders were issued from military head quarters that the Parliament building bt bombarded and the bombardment com menced soon after 10 o'clock. While this was in progress bombs were thrown from the Parliament building and the Mosqus building, disabling one of the guns and wounding the gunners. Eventually ths halls of Parliament were cleared, but not before many persons had been killed and wounded. The bombardment con tinued until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when it suddenly ceased. In the meantime the troops attacked the political clubs in. that neighborhood end numerous residences of members of Parliament, in which work they . were aided by the populace. The number of casualties Is unknown, but it will be very large. The parlia ment buildings are practically In ruins. The tiring was confined to Parliament Square, the other parts of the city being comparatively quiet. Large numbers of leading Nationalists, Including priests and members of Parlia-, ment, have been placed under arrest. STREETS STREWS "WITH DEAD Shah's Troops Drive Out Parliament In Napoleonic Style. BERLIN, June 23. News has Just been received here that the troops of the Shah of Tersla have captured the Parliament buildings In Teheran. The city Is now being bombarded by ar tillery. The square In front of the Parlia ment buildings is said to be heaped with corpses. The troops have dragged the reformers, who had taken refuge in the Parlament building. be fore the Shah. The Shah seems to be entirely master of the situation. A despatch to the Lokal Anzieger from its special correspondent at Teheran, dated, last evening, says: The disturbances ended In victory for the Shah's party, the opposition forces being entirely dispersed. The bombardment ceased toward 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the artillery was partly withdrawn from the Parliament building after that building had been cleared. Some looting continues In the parlia mentary quarters. The dead have not yet been carried off the streets, and they are lying everywhere in exposed places. A very large number of persons were wounded. Tho artillery fired on the population at very short range, while from the roofs of the houses and the mosques the peo ple, replied with rifles and revolvers. To night the Cossacks hold all the squares and streets. " The Shah remained almost entirely alone during the fighting, only his per sonal aides accompanying him. All the troops were engaged and they suffered losses of more than 100 dead and wounded. The European quarters In Teheran are comparatively quiet. TOWN IX HAXDS OF RUSSIAN 9 Troops "Loot Prince's Palace and Mosques, Enraging People. LONDON, June 23. A special from Te heran to the Times says that the killed and wounded in yesterday's fighting to taled 70. tho casualties being heaviest among the Nationalists. Several deputies were killed. The foreign residents are In no danger, as the town Is In the hands of the Russians. Rifle firing lasted for two hours, after which the Parliament building and other buildings were bombarded at close range, the 200 defend ers of the former being eventually scat tered. The looting which followed the firing was Indescribable and continued through out the day. The Times correspondent states that the behavior of the troops. Including the Cossacks, was disgraceful, tbe mosques, the neighboring houses, ths palace of Prince Zilles. Sultan and ths (Concluded on Pmt& &.) j