TRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1908.
VOL. XLVIII. XO. 14,846.
DAKOTA VILLAGE
HIT BY TWISTER
FOREMOST GRAIN
PORT ON PACIFIC
IOWA'S GOVERNOR
ABOUT TO RESIGN
T
ARE KILLED
Ti INJURED
FIGHT LIKELY ON
VICE-PRESIDENT
BUSY MAN MAKES
OLD TOWN GASP
MEXICAN REBELS
TIE UP RAILROADS
JOHN" AY. GATES PAYS VISIT TO
ILLINOIS VILLAGE.
EVERY HOUSE IS MITCHELL IS
DAMAGED BY STORM. ,
CUMMIN'S MAY QUIT TO TAKE UP
LAW PRACTICE.
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Denver Promises Some
Lively Balloting.
NEW YORK OFFERS FIVE SONS
Johnson and Judge Gray Still
Backed by Friends.
TROUBLE 'OVER PLATFORM
Struggle for Anti-Injunction Plank
Promises to Parallel Scenes in
Chicago Southern Man Is
Picked for Chairman.
DEXVER, Colo., June 2S. Selection of
the Democratic nominee for Vlce-Presl
dent promises a lively time in next week's
convention. The list of prospective can
didates is long and unless Bryan shall
Insist on a particular nomination, it will
be anybody's game for many a ballot.
Denver was quiet today. What few
political leaders have arrived went for
pleasure trips to the mountains. No del
egations are expected for some .days. Not
a single headquarters has been opened
as yet and it will probably be Thursday
of this week before events are in full
swing.
Very little talk has so far been heard
concerning the platform, but It is gen
erally believed among the recognized
leaders now here that the fight over the
"Injunction" plank in the Republican
resolution committee may find a parallel
when the Democratic platform builders
are fairly at work. It is generally un
derstood that In the event of the Bryan
people securing control of the resolu
tions committee the declaration of prin
ciples will follow closely the planks of
the "Lincoln platform."
Excitement Over Second Place.
The Vice-Presidential situation, from
the present outlook offers the greatest
' encouragement to lhat-to-of delegates
which is looking always for excitement
at a political convention. Unless the
nominee for the first place should de
mand of his friends the election of a
running mate on whom he may have set
his heart, the indications would seem to
point to numerous ballots in the com
pletion of a ticket. That frequent bal
loting and spirited contests are wonder
ful factors in creating enthusiasm is
asserted by Democratic leaders now here
and they are looking forward to a scram
ble over the Vice-Presidency, particularly
if a nomination for the Presidency is
made on the first ballot. A well-fought
contest to the finish over any question
which interests the delegates, it Is as
serted, engenders good feeling and har
mony. The disposition of the party
leaders therefore, is to Invite rather than
to discourage, prominent Democrats to
enter the race for second place on the
National ticket.
Long List of Those Mentioned.
The present prospects are that there
will not be a dearth of candidates for the
Vice-Presidential nomination. Some of
the names now heard are those of men
who have said they do not desire and
would not take second place. They will
have warm friends in the convention
nevertheless, who are likely to make
campaigns for them if Mr. Bryan should
be nominated and fall to voice his pref
erence for a running mate. Among them
are Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, and
Judge George Gray, of Delaware, both
of whom will figure in the ballot for the
Presidential nomination. That both of
these men would prefer not to be thought
of In connection with the Vice-Presi
dency and in fact, might go so far as
to positively decline in advance to qual
ify if nominated, apparently has failed
to eliminate them from the list of possi
bilities.
The argument in favor of both Johnson
and Gray is their unquestioned popularity
in the communities where they live and
the fact that they could be expected to
appeal to conservative business Inter
ests. Governor Johnson is serving
second term as the chief executive of his
state. He was the editor and publisher of
a newspaper in his state when he entered
public life and is not a lawyer. It is well
known that Judge Gray would much
rather not enter upon a campaign for the
Vice-Presidency.
Xew York Presents Five.
The names of five New York men are
looming up conspicuously in the pre
convention gossip owr the Vice-Presidential
situation. These are Morgan J.
O'Brien, ex-Chief Justice of the New
Tork .Supreme Court; Herman L. Nietse.
city comptroller of Brooklyn; -Representative
Charles A. Towne; Lewis Chan
ler, Lieutenant-Governor and ex-Representative
Francis Burton Harrison. The
two latter are young men and have been
successful In politics. Mr. Towne, for
merly of Minnesota, has made a reputa
tion in the East and will be a strong cam
paigner. Judge O'Brien is an Intimate
friend of Judge Alton B. Parker, who
made the race for the Presidency on the
Democratic ticket four years ago. It is
being argued in favor of Judge O'Brien
that he could bring Western Democrats
Into the Bryan camp. The same claim
is made in behalf of ex-Governor William
L. Douglass, of Massachusetts, for Judge
O'Brien. Mr. Douglass Is a manufacturer
who enjoys the confidence of business
men in the East. Another Eastern can-
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Upsets Staid Hamlet With His Ways
of Doing Things In a
Hurry.
ST CHARLES, 111.. June 2S. (Special.)
John W. Gates, the "Bet Ton Million"
man who founded the home in this vil
lage for boys, slipped in here yesterday.
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John W. Gate, Who Spent
Money 1-avlshry When Visiting
St. Charles, 111., Yesterday.
and. what he did during his short stay
has left the town gasping. There will be
no other topic mentioned here for the
next six months. Epitomized, here is
what Gates did in about five hours:
Kissed his old mother.
Got shaved by the town barber and
gave him a $10 gold piece. .
Threw showers of quarters and half
dollars to the street boys.
Was run home by a curious crowd.
Bought a fine stock farm for J25.O0O
and gave it to an old friend.
Begged for "dear old 5-cent cigar" and
smoked It blissfully.
Yelled at the son of a friend to come
and go to Europe with him and took him
along.
Left for Chicago at 11:30 last night
with Mrs. Gates and the boy, after one
of the greatest days of his life.
Gates and his wife will tour Europe"
in an automobile.
REBELS SHOOT REPORTER
Wound Him in Arm and Kill Guide
Before They Escape.
DEL RIO, Tex., June 28. Edward E.
O'Reilly, a San Antonia newspaper
man who left here Saturday to report
the revolution in Mexico has been shot
in the arm and his Mexican guide killed.
Mr. O'Reilly and his guide crossed the
Rio Grande a half mile above here.
They unexpectedly ran into a party of
revolutionists who promptly opened
fire. The Mexican guide was killed but
O'Reilly although shot in the arm man
aged to cross the river again and came
into Del Rio.
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Matamoros.
AMERICANS SEEKING SAFETY
Women and Children Will Be
Sent Over Border.
TROOPS ARE MOVING NORTH
Reinforcements Being Rushed From
Southern Capital Toward Jimlnez.
Soldiers Two Hundred Strong
Arrive' Opposite El Paso.
EL PASO. Texas, June 28. Fifteen hun
dred troops have arrived in. Torreon to
protect that city from the expected at
tack by revolutionists and the Americans
are preparing to send their families to
the States for safety, according to re
ports brought here tonight by passengers
on the Mexican Central.
It .is reported that the revolutionists
have attacked the village of Matamoros,
Coahulla, about 15 miles from Torreon.
and have occupied that town. Official
advices relative to sending troops to
Torreon say that with the forces already
stationed there the town is "impreg
nable." In Chihuahua there is considerable
alarm among citizenry, and guards num
bering from 20 to 25 soldiers in a single
patrol are continually passing through
the streets. A great many" extra police
have been sworn in to do guard duty.
Burn Railroad Bridges.
Information brought here tonight by
passengers on the incoming Mexican
Central train is that all bridges and
approaches to Torreon on every, road
except the Mexican Central have been
burned.
The international line out of Torre
on, on which is located the town of
Matamoros, reported to be in the hands
of revolutionists has suffered heavily,
and the Coahulla Pacifico is entirely
tied up as the result of depredations
committed by- revolutionists. A pay
tram on the Coahulla & Pacific was
attacked Friday night soon after leav
ing Torreon. but the crew succeeded
in running the train back to Torreon
and escaping.
There is a general movement of
troops from Mexico City to North, ac
cording to news received here, and
reinforcements are being rushed to
Jtminez, which is said to be still in
the hands of revolutionists.
Both jails of Chihuahua are protected
by reinforced guards and troops are sta
ttoned on the roofs of public buildings.
The officers in command of troops in
Chihuahua .ave by special orders been
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Crops in Adjacent Fields Laid Low
by Hail and Rain Grain '
Elevators Upset. '
MITCHELL, S. D., June 28. The little
town of Pukawana, in Brule County,
about 50 miles west of Mitchell, on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad,
was almost wiped out at 11 o'clock last
night by a tornado. No one was injured.
Thirteen stores and homes were totally
destroyed and every house in town was
damaged. Two large elevators were
blown down across the railroad track,
covering a freight car. The railway sta
tion was wrecked.
On the ranch of Carpenter Sanberg,
adjoining the town on the north. . all
buildings but two were destroyed, entail
ing a loss exceeding $100,000.
The tornado was accompanied by rain
and hail which covered a strip of country
three miles wide. All crops In the path
of the hail storm were ruined. A coal
car standing on the Milwaukee track was
half filled with hail stones.
SEVERAL DEAD AT CLINTOX
More fhan 60 Hurt 33 Houses in
Town Destroyed.
GRACEVILLE, Minn., June 2R. The
tornado that struck Clinton, a town of
4(10 inhabitants " In the western part of
Minnesota late Saturday afternoon, killed
several people injured more than 60
others, only 11 of whom were seriously
hurt. Thirty-three houses in Clinton
were destroyed and 25 were practically
ruined.
TO EXPOSE CARLOS' GRAFT
Lisbon Republicans Demand Investi
gation of Royal Fund.
LISBON. June 28. A mass meeting
organized by the Republicans and pre
sided over by Bernardino Machado, the
Republican leader, today, passed reso
lutions demanding a vigorous investi
gation of the advances of money to
the royal family and the misuse of pub
lic funds during the regime of the late
King Carlos.
A strong force of police surrounded
the meeting place, but there was no
interference with the speakers, some
of whom were most violent in their
expressions. . No untoward incidents
took place. ,
NEW CONVERT, MURDERER
Terre Haute Man Shoots When
Taunted Because He Joined Church
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 28 Be
ing taunted because he had joined the
church. Roy Liggitt, today shot and
killed his companion, Fred Koch. The
young men were on their way home
from church.
Montana Democrats to Meet.
HELENA. Mont., June 28. Montana
is the last state to hold its Demo
cratic convention to elect delegates to
Denver. The convention will meet In
Bozeman next Wednesday ' and will
end a delegation to Denver instructed
for Bryan.
Portland Will Serve
Great Territory.
HILL LINES WILL SHIP HERE
Sound Business to Be Diverted
by Adrian Branch.
BIG EXPORT FLEET LISTED
Railroad Construction, New Docks
and Comparative List of Char
ters Show Shipments Will Be
' Increased Many Millions.
Fulfilment of the announced plans of
the Hill lines, published in The Orego
nian yesterday, unquestionably will es
tablish Portland permanently as the fore
most grain-shipping port in the Pacific
Northweet. This will be the certain re
sult of the completion of the railroad
projected by Hill from Adrian, terminus
of the Washington Central branch of the
Northern Pacific, through Douglas and
Franklin counties, to a connection with
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail
way, probably at Pasco. It is the evi
dent intention of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern management to route all
grain shipments from the Lewlston and
Nez Perce territory via the Lewlston
gateway to Portland over the. North
Bank, which affords a water grade to
this -city.
By these changes the long and ex
pensive haul of grain over the moun
tains to Puget Sound points will be
avoided and practically all of the wheat
territory of the Pacific Northwest will
be made directly tributary to Portland,
increasing the business of this port sev
eral million bushels annually. This ad
justment of traffic conditions by the Hill
lines Is said by the officials of That eys--tem
to have been contemplated for some
time.
Serve Big Bend District.
Confirmation of Hill's manifest inten
tion to divert the shipment of the grain
crop of the Big Bend and Palouse dis
tricts over the North Bank to Portland
is found in the increased number of ves
sels that have been chartered for this
port by the large exporting firms.
On June 28, 1807, 36 grain-carrying ships,
having a tonnage of 73.498, were en route
to this port for cargoes, while 26 ves
sels, with a tonnage of 45,694, were en
route to Puget Sound points. Yesterday
there were 46 vessels, with a tonnage of
83.547, en route for this p6rt, while the
number chartered and en route to points
on Puget Sound was only 15, having a
total tonnage of only 29,605.
These figures are the more significant
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Desire to AVork In Fall Campaign for
National Ticket Will Influ
ence His Decision.
DES MOINES, la., June 28. (Special.)
In reply to a persistent rumor that gov
ernor Albert B. Cummins is contemplat
ing resigning his office to immediately
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Governor Albert B. Cummins, of
Ion a. Report of Whone In
tended RentKnatlon In In Cir
culation. resume the practice of law, the Governor
tonight said:
'I have not yet taken up the matter for
final consideration."
It is well known that the Governor's
ambition has been to serve in the United
States Senate, but recent primaries in
sure the election of Senator Allison. This
means the Governor will retire, at least
temporarily, from public life in January,
and many of his friends are urging him
to resign at once.
It Is likely he would do so were it not
for his desire to take part in the cam
palgn this Fall and lend his aid to elect
the Republican state and National ticket.
However, certain as many are of the
election of Taft and Sherman, it is de
clared in many quarters that the Gov
ernor's personal aid will be necessary 'n
Iowa.
PATTERSON SAFE WINNER
Tennessee's Governor Defeats Car-
mack for Nomination.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 28.Further re-
turns received from yesterday's Demo
cratic primary election in this state in
dicate the certain nomination of Governor
R. M. Patterson over ex-United States
Senator Edward W. Carmack. Reliable
returns received by the Commercial Ap
peal give Patterson 734 delegate votes and
Carmack 584. Carmack followers, it is
said, will probably contest the election
in two small Interior counties, charging
fraud. The loss of the delegates Involved
will not affect the result.
Governor Patterson's popular majority
is about 9000 votes. The election was held
on the county unit plan, Senator Car
mack favoring state-wide prohibition and
Governor Patterson announcing for local
option. The Governor said, however, on
the stump, that if the. platform called
for state-wide prohibition he would sign
such a bill if passed by the Legislature
CLOUDBURST RAISES RIVER
Families in Nebraska Town Are
Driven From Homes.
BEATRICE. Neb., June 28. The Boue
River at this place is on another ram
nfifl no.iieri bv a two-inch' rainfall last
night and a cloudburst today near the
town of Plymouth where the precipita
tion is placed at seven inches. The rise
hero today was very sudden and water
tonight Is running over West Court
utrnet. for several blocks.
Thirty families in a low-lying section
were compelled to abandon their homes.
Traffic over the . Union Pacific Is
abandoned, water running over one
section of the track to the depth of eight
feet.
ROOT TAKING TREATMENT
Secretary Retires to White Plains for
Hard Work and Good Food.
NEW YORK, June 28. Secretary (
State Root is at William Muldoon
health institute at White Plains, again for
a course of medicine, ball-throwing, hard
walking and riding, cold shower baths
and plain cooking. He went there on Sat
urday, not because he needed this treat
ment as he did last year, but because he
obtained so much benefit then that he and
his physician decided a short course o
Professor Mouldoon's currlculium each
year would be a good thing.
COLLAPSE DUE TO NERVES
Yale's Stroke Not Suffering From
Physical 111.
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'THOUSAND ISLANDS, N. Y., June
28. Dwight T. Grlswold, the Yale
stroke, whose collapse last Thursday
was followed by an easy victory fo.r
the Harvard crew, is ill at the home of
G. B. "Noyes, Deer Island, Alexandria
Bay. Griswold's collapse during the
race was said to be due as much to
nervousness as to physical exhaustion.
ihapter of Accidents
in 24 Hours.
MAN IS CRUSHED UNDER GAR
Elma Obermiller the Season's
First Victim of Firecracker.
BOY DROWNS IN SLOUGH
Ole Jemtegaard and Olland Jackson
Are Dead, and Patrolman L.
K. Evans Gets Severe Blow
in a Baseball Game.
ACCIDENTS WITHIN S4 HOURS.
Elmer Obermiller, 4 years of age,
835 Grand avenue. North, probably
fatally burned while playing with
matches and firecracker.
Olo Jemtegaard. S21 Kast Thirty
third street, crushed to death under
wheels of car at Kern Tark. on
Mount Scott line.
Oland Jackson, 18 jars of age, of
Falrview, drowned in slough at Fair
view. Lawrence K. Evans, patrolman on
local police force, serious blow on
head b in collision in baseball game.
Will recover.
Four serious accidents, two of which
resulted in fatalitfcs, within 24 hours,
was partially a record of the happen
ings of yesterday. One fatality, how
ever, occurred late Saturday after
noon, though all were within a period
of 24 hurs.
In two of the accidents death was
Instantaneous, while in another the
victim may die at any moment.
More horrible, perhaps, than any of
the other three, was the fate of little
four-year-old Elma Obermiller, daugh
ter of Adam Obermiller, whose death is
momentarily expected. She was play
ing with a number of other children
in the yard of her home yesterday aft
ernoon, when she suddenly disap
peared. Her parents, sisters and sev
eral neighbors were seated on the front
porch. Presently they were startled
by the screams of a child in the base
ment. Rushing inside, they saw the little
girl emerging from the cellar, envel
oped in flames. Sara Block, a cousin,
and Matte and Ida Obermiller, her
older sisters, seized the child and at
tempted with their hands to extin
guish the flames. Men and women
joined, but the flames clung greedily
to the tiny form.
Rescuers Also Injured.
Quickly Block and the child's two
Bisters flung her away from the group
and with Block's coat finally succeeded
in extinguishing the flames. It was
too late, however, to prevent what are
believed to be fatal injuries.
Dr. J. G. Abele was summoned, but
it was found that the child had been
frightfully burned, even her under
clothing having been almost totally
destroyed. She was unable to explain,
but Investigation showed that when
she' left the other children she went ;
alone into the cellar and began to '
play with matches and firecrackers.
Young Block and the two sisters
of the little girl were severely burned i
.in . their efforts to reocue the child.
Their hands and portions of their i
clothing were burned and they are un-
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. .
TODAY'S Fair and warmer: northwest
winds.
YESTERDAY'S .Maximum temperature 73
degrees; minimum temperature 4S de-
BreeS Political.
Ltvelv scramble for Vic-Preidentla1 nomi
nation premised at Denver. Pace X.
Democrats more hopeful of carrying next
House than electing Bryan. Page 3.
Governor cummfiw expected to resign.
Page 1.
Taft has not yet settled on National chair
man Page 5.
Domestic.
Plunger Gates visits St. Charles. and
rids himself of much coin. Page 1.
Harry Thaw In court again. Page 2.
South Dakuta village razed by tornado.
Page 1.
Treasury deficit largest In years Page 9.
Commissioner Land receive optimistic re
ports from railroads. Page 6.
Foreign.
Mexican rebels reported to have captured
village of Matamoras. Page 1.
General Obaldta's party carries municipal
elections In Panama. Page 3.
Presence of Spanish warship in Havana har
bor starts riot. Page 1.
Sports
Woodburn beats West Portland, 7-2. Page 8.
Portland defeats Los Angeles by score of 3
to 2. Page 8.
Pacific Coast.
Washington Railroad Commission computi
cost of reproduction of roads In state.
Page 4.
Cale asked to withdraw from Alaska dele
gate contest. Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland has great future as grain port.
Page 1.
Chapter of accidents In 24 hours. Page 1.
Mrs. O. C. HaMoway. shot by Jealous hus
band, has chance of recovery. Page 14.
Booth bribery case likely to take two week
more in Federal :ourt. Page 7.
Annular eclipse Is not visible from Port
land. Page 7.
Rev. S. C. Lapham agafn attacks Christian
Science. Page d.
Missionary blames America for originating:
Japanese war scare. Page 9.
Activity lq real estate and kulldlnc. Pax Uk