VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,851'-
PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS
FIVE KILLED BY
TERRIFIC STORM
SNUFF OUT FUSE
POISONER GIVES
MOTIVE FOR ACT
ADMIRAL THOMAS
DIES SUDDENLY
TAX LA1T INIID
OF
IS LOST ON BRYAN
DECLARES
T
GALE WORST EVER KXOWX IX
"EV MEXICO.
MURDERER WRITES ANONY
MOUS LETTER TO CORONER.
HEART DISEASE TAKES EX
COMMANDER OF FLEET.
BRYAN
WCTDR
KIDDER
SIR ill fib
LIVER
PLUTOCRACY
PARKER
BOMB
COUP,
Hosts of Mammon Bow
Before One Man.
NEW YORK DELEGATES YIELD
Glad to Take Bryan's Man for
Vice-President.
GAYNOR OF BROOKLYN
Wall Street's Vassals Arrive at Den
ver to Conquer, but Find Fight
Hopeless and Yield to Man
Who Defied Them.
Walter Wdlmin to Chicago Kecord-Heraia.
DENVER. Colo.. July 3.-(Sicial.)
This is one of the proudest daya in the
career of William J. Bryan. It la the day
which marks the beginning of the end of
hla eneirtles. Out of the Bast today came
the big men of Democracy, who have the
mighty "Interests" behind them, the In
terests which for ever so long have been
doing all In their power with skill and
brain and money to make the nomination
af Mr. Kryan impossible.
There came Tammany and its boss, men
from Standaad Oil and Pennsylvania, the
representatives of 'Torn" Ryan, the re
spectable Judge whom they together made
a sacrifice upon the Democratic slaughter
table four years ago. And what do they
f.nd?
Bryan Beats Plutocracy.
Bryan in complete possession of the
Held, master of the situation: the con
vention hte, to do what he likes with, and
hardly a possibility of breaking down his
rule. The National, the broad, the his
toric, the hopeful significance of it is
this: Plutocracy haa been overwhelmed
by the tenaclounesa with which the peo
ple have stood by the man who. In their
belief, represents principles. Men have
Beaten dollars. The Idolatry of the Demo
cratic hoe's for one man has proved a
greater power than organized and aggres
sive wealth, with all Its resources and
hired cleverness.
There remains nothing for the mn from
Wall street and from the "Interests" to
do but make as graceful a surrender as
possible. And during the next few daya
much of the news will pertain to the.
manner and method of this Inevitable
bowing of the knee by plutocracy to the
plowboy of the Platte.
Man Conquers Mammon.
Here are the heroics, here is the drama,
of the hour a man has conquered Mam
mon; a man with nothing but people be
hind him. No American should be
"ashamed that It is so.
Murphy of Tammany. Sheehan from the
Ryan strongholds: Parker, who was the
candidate of Kyan and Belmont four
years ago: Guffpy of Pennsylvania, Colo
nel Harvey, the srholar and commentator:
Dltlleton, the able lawyer all the East
ern crowd of whom so much has been ex
pected end so much said, came to town
today. It was supposed that Immediately
.after their arrival great plots and counter-plots
would be set In motion. Bryan
might possibly be beaten for first place.
The platform programme was to be upset.
Will Take What Bryan Gives.
But the Easterners had not been here
half an hour till It became known that
there was little, if any. fight left In them.
They muttered a bit and did not know
exactly what they were going to do, and
they would consult and caucus and look
around, but a man with half an eye could
see that, unless some amazing change
comes over the spirit of their dreams,
they will In a day or two Join the pro
cession and hand over their golden swords
to the farmer of Falrvlew to be beaten
into plowshares for the Autumn. Instead
of offering battle to Bryan they already
gather in groups and whisper that, if they
should be good and not kick up any trou
ble, and take the man they believe Bryan
secretly wants for Vice-President Judge
Gaynor. of Brooklyn they might be able
t get the second-place prize in consola
tion for their overthrow.
Bryan's triumph, now apparent, and
soon to he fixed and complete. Is made
ths sweeter upon his lips because he de
fied these sani3 Interests and refused to
bargain or arrange with them.
ANOTHER WAR APPROACHES'
Central America to FlRlit as Pre
liminary to Union.
MEXICO CtTT, July 3. According to
unofficial advices from Central Amer
ica, trouble In that refrion la looked for
in the near future. If predictions con
tained in letters and telegrams from
the refrlon prove to he well founded the
work of the Washington Peace Confer
ence will have been of no avail.
The rumore are to the effect that
Salvador and Guatemala are to align
themselves against Nicaragua and
Honduras and that the outcome of the
trouble will be the ascendancy of Jose
Santos Zelava, of Nicaragua, or Ks
trada Cabrera, of Guatemala, m the
leading figure In Central American poll,
tics. Later will come the union of the
fr Republics Into one nation. Either
Cabrera or Zelava will then dominate
la tha new Republic.
All Fatalities in Little Town of
Sunnjside, Which Is Laid
in Ruins.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. July S.
Five persons' were killed and 40 seri
ously injured in a terrific storm which
swept through the towns of Sunnyside
and Fort Sumner on the Santa Fe cut
off In Guadaloup County, at 6 o'clock
Thursday night. The dead:
HENRY GERHARDT.
GERHARDT'S INFANT.
MISS MACK AL VARA DO.
TWO UNKNOWN MEXICANS.
All of th6 fatalities were in Sunny
side, a town of 500 Inhabitants, and
practically every residence and busi
ness building in the town was wrecked.
The storm was not a twister, but was
one of the gales common to the plains
of Eastern New Mexico, although the
most severe ever known. The wind
was accompanied by a terrific hail.
MEYER MAY BE CHAIRMAN
Hint Thrown Out by Committeeman
After Conference.
WASHINGTON. July 3. Postmaster
General Meyer. W. T. Ward and Frank
B. Kellogg, the last two members of
the National Republican Committee
from New York and Minnesota, respec
tively, had a conference for an hour
and three-quarters with "W. H. Taft
today. I,ater Mr. Ward admitted they
were discussing the National Chairman
ship. Mr. Kellogg" was asked if the
selection of a chairman pointed to
him.
"Oh, that Is utterly ridiculous. I
could not undertake the matter in any
circumstances."
"How about Mr. Meyer?" he was
asked.
"Well, I can't say anything on the
subject at all." he replied. Then Mr.
Ward interjected this remark:
"You better be careful what you say
about General Meyer."
The comment of Mr. Ward is suscep
tible of two constructions, and he did
not indicate which one was to be
placed upon it. Both men agreed that
no chairmanship announcement would
be made until after the Hot Springs
conference.
Mr. Ward left today for New York
but will be In Hot Springs next Tues
day. Mr. Kellogg will go to Hot
Springs, Virginia, tomorrow. Mr. Taft
left for Hot Springs this afternoon, and
should reach there at 11:55 o'clock to
night. Save for the trip to Cincinnati to
receive his formal notification of his
nomination, Mr. Taft and his family
will spend practically all of the Sum
mer at Hot Springs.
FIGHTING AGAIN AT TABRIZ
Looting by Reactionaries Caused
Rebels to Renew Battle.
TABRIZ, July 3. The trouble in this
city broke out again today, when the re
actionaries and the revolutionists, after
a brief truce yesterday evening, again
started shooting at each other.
The revolutionists last evening hoisted
a white flag and intimated their readiness
to surrender, but instead of bringing
Pace. the circumstance was embraced
by a reactionary mob to loot and destroy
the quarter of the city where the bazaars
ar located.
The revolutionists at once recalled all
their men to arms, erected another bar
ricade and another bloody conflict in the
bazaar district began.
All the foreign residents of Tabriz have
hung out over their houses their respec
tive flags. They are not, believed to be
in danger.
Thore Is a serious shortage of bread in
Tabriz.
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND
Death I-Jst of Missouri Wreck Is Now
Eleven.
S EDA LI A. Mo., July 3. Two addi
tional dead bodies, terribly mutilated,
were found today in one of the tele
scoped baggage-cars brought here to
day from Knobnoster, near the scene
of the collision yesterday between two
Missouri Pacific passenger trains. The
bodies were identified ,as thoe of J. 15.
Campbell, baggageman, of St. Louis,
and W. P. Welsh, express messenger,
of St. Louis. A detached arm was also
found in the wreckage, but the body
to which it belonged was not in the
wreckage brought here.
All of the injured in the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas Hopital here are get
ting along well and all will recover.
A Strang, the train dispatcher here,
was summoned to appear before the
Cot oner. who is Investigating the
wreck at Knobnoster today.
POTTER HOLDS HIS OWN
Blfliop Somewhat Stronger Than on
Previous Day.
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y July 3. Bishop
Potter seemed to hold his own fairly well
during the day, and at 6 o'clock tonight
he appeared somewhat stronger than at
the same hour yesterday.
Don in a Approves Budget.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 3. The
douma has passed its approval of the
budget of the state revenues amounting
to Jl.ia.OOO.ono practically without change
in the ministeiial figures. It Is note
worthy that the opposition refrained
from criticism of the main features of
the existing system of taxation. The
report of the commission was supported.
in commendatory ppeeches by the Con
stitutional Democrats and the October
ists. who gave M. Kokovsoff. Minister
of finance, credit for sound judgment in
steering unshaken through the crisis of
war, revolution and famine.
Factions Unite to Still
Rising Storm.
NO OFFENSE TO BRYAN MEANT
Parker Will Let New York Fix
Exact Wording.
BRYANITES FAVOR EULOGY
New York Will Xot Fight Xebras
kan, but Opposes Antf-Injunctiou.
Test Strength of Candidates
Before Caucus.
DENVER. July S.-The probability of
a row in the Democratic National con
vention over the wording of the reso
lution eulogizing the memory of Grover
Cleveland was somewhat diminished to
day. Judge Alton B. Parker, who drew
up the resolutions which the Bryan men
construed as being a direct slap at their
leader, arrived during the day and at
once announced that lie had no intention
of offending Mr. Bryan; that the reso
lutions as printed were merely a tenta
tive draft and that, while he was still
determined to offer a Cleveland resolu
tion and considered himself the most
appropriate person to "do so. Its exact
wording will be determined after he
consult the members of the New York
delegation.
Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany
leader, also asserted that the Cleveland
resolution was proper matter for the
New York delegation to consider before
it was offered in the convention. He
said that Judge Parker had apparently
written without consultation with other
members of the New York delegation
and asserted that no resolution, should
be introduced as coming from New York
unless it had been submitted to the
delegation. He had never heard of the
Parke- resolution until he saw .it la
print.'"" '
Bryanltes Favor Eulogy.
The Bryan people early in the day,
still angry and disturbed, declared that
they were heartily in favor of a reso
lution eulogizing Mr. Cleveland. They
also said that they were entirely willing
that it should be Introduced by Judge
Parker, providing he would so modify
it as to eliminate past differences be
tween Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cleveland.
As Judge Parker had stated to the Asso
ciated Press before reaching Denver and
before -he was aware of the .wishes of
the Bryan people, his entire willingness
to do exactly what they are likely to ask,
the prospect of trouble over the Cleve
land resolution seemed tonight to be dis
pelled. The members of the New York delega
tion deny that they intend to make a
fight on Mr. Bryan personally, but say
(Concluded on Page 2.)
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Makes Grave Charges Against Phila
delphia Physician, Whose
Death He Caused. -
PHILADELPHIA. July a. (Special.)
The ingenious murderer of Dr. William
H. Wilson, who died just a week ago to
day at his home. 819 North Seventh
street, after sipping ar mouthful of
poisoned ale. has outwitted the Philadel
phia police and Is supposed to be now on
the high seas on his way to Europe. Ho
left behind two letters that might easily
have led to his capture had the police
acted on them.
Last Sunday Coroner J. Rush Jermon
received a typewritten letter, postmarked
Bristol. Pa., June 2. saying, in part,:
"Dear Mr. Coroner: I want to write
you regarding the. death of Dr. W. H.
Wilson. This person was a malprac
tioner and in some way induced my wife,
without my knowledge, to leomie a
patient of his. She was buried with an
other cause assigned.
"To rid the community of this whole
sale baby killer I have removed him, as
I might a weed from a garden.
"Now that this sen-Ice to the com
munity Is rendered and the death of my
dear wife avenged. I am going to quit
this part of the world."
LOOKS ON BRIGHT SIDE
Cortelyou Says Big Treasury Deficit
Is Keally Surplus.
WASHINGTON, July 3. Secretary Cor
telyou today gave out "a statement re
garding the situation, in which" he says
that the deficit of $60,000,000 shown by the
Treasury statements is more apparent
than real, because of the antiquated book
keeping system, whieh "is being over
hauled, and contending that "considering
ordinary receipts of the Government"
there is really a surplus.
The Secretary says that the items in
cluded in ordinary expenditures are such
as might properly be covered by the tesue
of bonds instead of paid out of the current
revenues, the latter method constituting
an exhibition of financial strength which
shows only Imaginary deficit. The state
ment cites methods of special accounting
of foreign governments along these lines.
CLEVELAND'S WILL FILED
Value of Estate Will Exceed First
Estimate.
NEW' YOKRVtily 3. The will of Gro
ver Cleveland has been filed with the
Surrogate' of Mercer County. New Jersey,
and will be probated within 0 days,
when Mrs. Cleveland will come to Prince
ton from her mother's home in Tamworth,
N. H.. where she has bserf staying since
the former President's death.
The amount "of the'estate could not be
learned, but It is said it was larger than
hitherto supposed, and would provide
most comfortably for Mrs. Cleveland and I
Hi, children. Mr. Cleveland drew the I
will himself and arranged that the bulk
of his property should go to his widow.
Los Angeles and Sitka Talk.
IX)S ANGELES. July 3. The new
station of the United Wireless was in
communication with Sitka, Alaska, a
distance of 1600 miles. A greater range
has been attained where greater
stretches of water obtained, but in this
Instance the wave was obliged to
travel across a gieat stretch of land,
and the communication is here consid
ered a remarkable one.
'THE FLAG
O flag, aflow
And afloat in the glow
Of the sapphire Summer sky!
O flag that flings
Defiance to Kings,
Aflash and afiaunt on high!
Those folds are a story
Of valor and glory.
Or steadfast souls who . dared,
Of a few who were true
Where the death-bolts flew.
Where red whirlwinds of battle glared.
That flag, unfurled
O'er a darkling world.
Sent splendor like a flame
On the anarch stronghold
Of wrong earth-old.
And shriveled her shapes of shame
It is set up there .
In the masterless air
As the doom of Pedigree;
As a sign to the drone
On Tradition-girt throne
That all men must be free.
Dark looked - its fate
When Civil-Hate
Blazed from the r?bel g-un;
Its eighty years
Of toils and tears
NAt length seemed all undone.
Yet. still it waves!
Though a million graves
' Hold the hearts that held it there.
Yes, there It flies.
F6r all men's eyes ,
Lovely and stainless and fair!
But that war begun
By Washington ,
Is a war that goes on without end:
Yon free flag they
Of i dauntless day
Bequeathed, each ags must defend..
And not the foe
Whom we see and know
Is It that we must heed
Not the sworded-hand.
For that we'll withstand:
We must guard against traitorous greed!
Harry Murphy.
Predicts Election With
out New York.
REFUSES TO GO DOWN AND GUT
German Opinion Does Not
Scare Nebraskan.
CANNOT CARRY NEW YORK
Veteran Editor Tells Him So and Is
Informed. He Can Ho' Without,
If State Is Not Anxious
for Harmony.
BRYAN INSISTS ON PIBUCITY
PLANK.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July' 3. Bryan
in a banquet speech tonight said
that if the convention did not in
corporate In the platform a specific
and plain campaign publicity resolu
tion tbey must look elsewhere than
in Nebraska for a candidate.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 3. (Special.)
"Get off the ticket. You jeopardize the
success of the Democratic party by In
sisting upon being ita nominee. You
cannot carry New York state. I am go
ing to Denver to do all I can to defeat
you?"
rudder Beards Bryan in Den.
Herman Ridder, of New York, bearded
the William Jemjjngs Bryan lion In his
platform-making den today In order to
deliver his mind In these pointed words.
He publishes the New York Staats Zei
tung and he came 1600 miles to tell the
Nebraskan what the New York Germans
thought of his proposed candidacy. He
told It strong. Mr. Bryan received the
pessimistic news, first with a stretching
of his great, expressive mouth and then
an arching of his ominous brows. He
looked Mr. Ridder In the face for a few
seconds . , and then well, Mr. Ridder
quotes him after this interesting instant
as saying:
Elected Without New York! '
"Mr. Ridder. I will be elected. Mr.
Ridder, I will be elected without New
York state. I'd Just as lief be elected
with New York state, but after every
thing possible has been done to make the
situation Democratically harmonious, if
New York state does not want harmony,
that doesn't say the country doesn't."
"Now what do you think of that?"
asked Mr. Ridder helplessly, after the
big interview was all over. "Here I come
to tell him in a quiet, decent way to get
down and out. He actually thinks he
can be elected without New York. Who
else believes It? I couldn't tell him so
Concluded on Fcge 2.)
Seated on Porch of Del Monte After
Dinner Succeeded Evans
In Command.
DEL MONTE. Cal.. July 3.-Rear-Ad-miral
Charles M. Thomas, retired. l S.
N.. died here tonight at 8:30 o'clock of
heart failure.
The Admiral had just returned from
dinner with, Mrs. Thomas and Rear-Ad-miral
Swinburne, and was seated on the
porch of the hotel when he was suddenly
stricken and five minntea later passed
away.
Rear-Admlral Thomas was second in
command of the Atlantic battleship fleet
on Its cruise from Hampton Roads to San
Francisco. On the arrival of the fleet at
San Francisco Admiral Thomas succeeded
to the command on the retirement of
Admiral Evans. He was In command of
the fleet for five days at San Francisco,
when he retired and wa succeeded by
Rear-Admlral Sperry.
After his retirement from the service
Admiral Thomas had resided in Califor
nia. Admiral Thomas was born at Philadel
phia. October 1, 1846, and graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1865. He rose by
successive stages until he attained the
rank of Captain In 1899 and Rear-Admiral
on January 12. 1905. He served on many
ships of the old and new Navy, command
ed in the lighthous; and naval training
service, and succeeded to command of
the second division of the Atlantic
squadron in January. 1907.
PASTEBOARD TRUST FAILS
Receiver Named for United Box
board & Paper Company.
TRENTON, N. J., July . Vice
Chancellor Howell today appointed
Thomas Raymond, of Newark, N. J.,
and Sidney Smith, of Chicago, receiv
ers of the United Boxboard & aper
Company, a concern which has a num
ber of mills located In different sec
tions of the country.
The applioation for the receivership waa
made by the Lock port Felt Company, of
New York, and waa hot opposed by the
Box Bdard Company. The current liabili
ties of the company are given as $962,000
and its current assets as 1828.000. The
company's total bonded indebtedness Is
given at 33.880.400. The interest .on these
bonds could not be met out of the profits
of the concern. ' ' '
The general assets of the company. In
cluding its 16 mills, amount to I21.035.SS9.
The general liabilities amount to t34,139.5.
These liabilities Include the capital etock,
which aetregate J28.927.400.
The statement of assets g!vs IH.000,000
as the value of the several plants.
NEW YORK. July 3. The Federal
Court today named Henry A. Robinson
ancillaiy receiver In this district of
the United Boxboard : Paper Com
pany. The . campany 'was formed in
New Jersey in 1902 and acquired a ma
jority of the stock of the American
Strawboard Company and the stock of
the Knickerbocker Pulp Se Psper Com
pany and the Uncas Paper Company,
Norwich. Conn. In addition it acquired
other plants, controlling or operating
some 41 plants manufacturing straw
boaid and boxboard.
A dividend of 1 per cent was paid
on " the preferred stock December 15,
1902. Since then no dividends have
been paid.
MORMON CHIEF AT SEASIDE
'President Smith Goes to Ocean.
Praises Oregon's Great Paper. '
SEASIDE, Or.,, July 3. (Special.)
Presirt?rit Joseph Smith, of the Mormon
Church, and party arrived here this aft
ernoon in a private car. and will be vis
itors In Seaside for a day or two. Mr.
Smith was called upon by a reporter of
The Oregonian and asked as to his plans
for church extension in -this state. He
laughingly responded that he thought h
had escaped the newspaper Inen. but
found that even In Seaside there was no
such thing as avoiding them.
He added that there was nothing be
could say with reference to the subjedt
of church extension, further than the
fact that the Mormon Church had Its
regular organization in Oregon. Nephi
Pratt, the president of the Northwestern
States mission, being located in Port
land. Mr. Pratt. Mr.. Smith said, has
some 40 elders laboring in Washington
and Oregon. The mission, he said, had
a number of branches, one of which is
in Portland and one In Seattle.
"We came to La Grande." said Mr.
Smith, "to attend what is known as the
Union Stake" of Zion. held last Saturday
and Sunday, and simply came on to Sea
side to have a look at the ocean."
Mr. Smith, who is a man of singular'
personal magnetism and commanding
presence, remarked when speaking of
newspapers that:
"You may tell the editor of your paper
that I consider The OregonUan the great
est paper In the West."
EL PASO'S .HEAVIEST RAIN
Train Held Up, Streetcars Stopped
and Two Drowned.
EL PASO. Tex.. July 3. The heaviest
rainfall in the history of El Paso oc
curred last' night.' Over an Inch of rain
and hail fell In less than 20 minutes.
Streets are badly washed out and
trains from the West are delayed by i
washouts. Streetcar are also tied up.
This morning the bodies of two un
identified Americans were recovered
from the bed of the Rio Grande River,
and several persons are reported
missing.
Bluejackets Join the Fleet.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 3. The United
States naval transport Buffalo arrived
here today from the Isthmus of Panama
with a large number of bluejackets from
the East for the Atlantic fleet. The men
made the trip to Cristobal from New York
on the transport Prairie with 85 marines
from T-eague Island. The marines, who
p-oeeeded to Camp Elliott, were sent to
the Isthmus as a precaution against pos
sible trouble during the election for a
successor to President Amador, which will
occur on July 12. -
Galloway Decides Case
in Yamhill County.
UNJUST IN ITS OPERATION
Burden on Counties Unequal,
Contention of Plaintiff.
WIDE EFFECT OF DECISION
Shonld Judge's Finding Be Af
firmed; Distribution of Taxes Will '
' Vndergo Changes Means Big
Increase for Multnomah.
McMINNVILLE. Or., July 3. (Spe
cial.) That the law prescribing . the
apportionment of state taxes conflicts
with the Oregon constitution and la
therefore Invalid. Is the gist of a de
cision rendered in the circuit Court
here today by Judge Galloway.'
The case at hand was the suit
brought by Yamhill County to prevent
payment of alleged excessive taxes to
the State Treasurer. The suit reads,
"County of Yamhill vs.-County Treas
urer Foster and State Treasurer Steel."
wherein the former. Is enjoined from
paying and the latter from collecting
the sum of J22.4S2 excessive state tax
for 1907, alleged to have been wrong
fully and arbitrarily apportioned to
this county by the state board, and ar
guments on the demurrer were heard,
today.
Attorney General Crawford, -who ap
peared for the state, contended that
the money collected by the county waa .
for a specific purpose and must be
turned over to the state If levied and
collected for the purpose of being ap
plied to the payment of state tax; fur
thermore, that the taxpayers and not
the county should have brought the
suit. ,
The county was represented by Mar
tin L. Pipes and McCain & Vinton. The
attorneys for the plaintiff attacked the
constitutionality of the law" of 1901. pre
scribing the mode of apportioning the
state tax and cited numerous authorities
to prove that a. county could sue and be
sued and could resist the collection of
taxes .unjustly or unequally levied, as
it was contended they were .under this
law. The court overruled the demurrer.
The Attorney General declined further
to plead and gave notice of appeal,
whereupon the Injunction was declared
perpetual on the grounds that the law
conflicted with the constitution.
SHIFTS BVRDEN OF REVENUE
If Decision Stands, Several Counties
Will Pay Less Taxes.
SALEM. Or.. July . (Special.) The
state law which Jude Galloway, has
l''oncluded t-n Pag: J. I
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
. Trie Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum .temperature. 83
degrees: minimum. 5,
TODAY'S Showers, followed : by clearing
and warmer weather; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Japanese Cabinet will reeign, but retrench
ment policy will continue. Fane 2.
Terrible results of Russian -mine explosion.
Page 'I. .
J.atioaal.
Large Increase In postal clerks for Portland.
Page 14. .
Politics.
Bryan victorious over plutocracy among
Democrats.- Pane 1.
RUter tells Bryan he should withdraw and
Bryan answers he can win without New
York. Page 1.
Tammany delegates arrive at Denver and
will caucus on Vice-Presidency. Page 3.
Storm over Parker's resolution subsiding.
Page 1.
Mttleton lateat candidate for Vice-President.
Meyer may be Republican chairman.
DomeMlc.
Death of Joel, Chandler Harris. Fsge 2.
Admiral Thomas dies suddenty. Page 1.
Murderer of Dr. Witson - writes anonymous
letter telling motive. Page 1.
Tornado In New Mexico kills five persons.
Page 1. . .
Six persons killed by fireworks explosion at
Cleveland. Page 2.
Sport.
Coast League scores: San Francisco A.
Portland 4; Los Angeles 4. Oakland 3.
Page 12 f v
Trans-Paciflc yacht race stains today.
Page t.
Cans and Nelson to tight today. Page 12.
Rowing races at Seattle postponed because
of rough weather. Page V2.
Many important spotting eeni are sched
uled for today. Page 12.
Fatctflc Coast.
Oregon tax law invalid, decided Judge Gal
loway. Page 1.
Prunegrowers don't like , contract prepared
by packers. Page 5
Mad scramble for favors In filing petitions
of candidacy at Olympls. Page. 6.
Commercial and Marine.
VaMy wool grower holding for better
prices. Page 1I.
Stock trading at New York at standstill,
paae 13.
Wheat dull and weak at Chicago. Page 13.
Sal!n nh'.p owners do not change rate for
charters to grain ports of the Northwest.
Page 8- 1
Portland and Vicinity.
No agreement reached at late liour In Booth
land-fraud case. Page H.
Council to shut off rro-5cytlon of Notting
ham for' violation of fire limits law.'
Page ft.
A. L. Mills declares Oregon is apathetic
In fight against tuberculosis. Page 1.
Nine divorces granted by Judge Bronaugh.
Page 14
Mrs. Robert Hardy, pioneer, dies days
after husband. Page 7.
United Brethren conference shows poor ra
. port for year. Page 8.