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VOL. XXVII. XO.; 33.
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SORDID MARRIAGE
CALLED DISGRACE
ran
TOWN IS DIVIDED
ON ROOSEVELT
ANOTHER NEGRO
ENGINEER'S WILD
RAGE WITH DEATH
LYNCHED BY
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FOR 1(1
KILLS PUBLISHER
GRIM MOXSTER BEATS IROX
HORSE BY HOUR.
JCDGE DEXOrXTES TJXIOX OF
OLD AXD YOUXX3.
STATUE OF PRESIDEXT CAUSES
RIOT IX TEXAS.
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. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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SHELDON
MILLION
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in
airships
Is
ATTEMPT TO STORM ARMORY
Cavalry Disperses Rioters
Bent on Assault.
ORDER OUT MORE TROOPS
Springfield Outbreak Causes Lynch
lag of Two Xegroes, Death of
Two Whites and Desperate
Wounding of Others.
SPRIXG.FI ELD. 111., Aug. 15. The sec
ond lynching of the Springfield riot oc-
curred at Spring and lawsrj streets,
within two blocks of the Capitol, tonight.
A negro named William .Donegon, aged
80 years, was strung up to a telegraph
pole by a mob of such proportions that
the firemen and police who responded to
the first alarm were, unable to handle It.
Reinforcements of troops were sent for.
Another disturbance took place in front
of the state armory, where a ' mob
gathered and threatened to storm the
building wherein were housed a number
of negTo refugees. Company - L of the
Fourth Infantry and Troop B of the
cavalry were Bent to the place, charged
the mob with bayonets and dispersed it.
This affair was simultaneous with the
lynching of Donegon, four blocks away.
Govrnor Deneen was in his office and
at once ordered the troops to scatter the
crowd at all hazards. The mob broke' be
fore the cavalry.- .
The Governor tonight, on a report from
General Young that sufficient troops were
not at hand, ordered out the Second
Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and
tommanded the Seventh Regiment to hold
Itself in readiness for a calL Both are
Chicago regiments. , .
CITY CALMS DOWX DVRIXG DAY
Troops Hold Rioters lnCheck After
Xlght of Carnage.
SPRINGFIELD, I1L. Aug. 15. Spring
field, the city which Is richest in mem
ories of the great emancipator. Is to
night an armed tamp, because Its cm
sens yesterday gave vent to hatred of
the race which Abraham Lincoln de
clared free and equal with all other
peoples in this country. Squads of sol
diers are patrolling the downcown
streets, and In the troubled .portions of
the community entire battalions are
watching over the lives and property
of the neeores. Sobered by the recol
lection of the tragic events of last
night and this morning, the city has
quieted down and only the murmured
threats of friends of those who were
killed or wounded in the street frays
gtve evidence that the presence of
troops is necessary. It Is this murmur
ing, however, thai is keeping the au
thorities on the anxious seat
Early today friends of 'William Bowe,
a county official who was so seriously
hurt that he Is hovering between life
and death, almost succeeded in enlist
ing followers for a raid of vengeance
on the "black belt."
More Troops Called Out.
Taking a lesson from last night's ex
perience. Sheriff Warner at once noti
fied Governor Deneen that fresh out
breaks were threatening and that more
troops would be necessary. The re
sponse of the Executive was prompt,
and as a consequence a full brigade
of state troops is here under the com
mand of General i. C. Young. The
troops consist of the First, Fourth and
Fifth Regiments of Infantry, the Sec
ond Squadron of cavalry and a Gatllng
gun section. Two of the Infantry regi
ments are scattered through the city
at various points, the First Regiment
being held. In reserve and the Fourth
for patrol duty.
Saloons and Theaters Closed.
The determination of the state to pre
serve order is shown in a vigorous state-
(Concluded on page 8-1
Gettlnsr Ready for the County Fair,
Old Man of Eighty
Strung to Pole.
Father Breaks Speed Record, Only
to Find Child Has Died From
Frightful Burns.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. IS. (Spe
cial.) Tragic indeed were the circum
stances surrounding the death and the
race of her father to the bedside of
little Lydia Murray, 6-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Murray,' of
Revelstoke.
The little girl was yesterday after
noon playing with matches, when her
dress caught fire and she was fright
fully burned. It was a question
whether she would live even a few
hours.- Here father Is an engineer of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the
upper country and was to have taken
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George It. Sheon. Treasurer of
Resmuliean National Commit
ter, Who Estimates Coat of
Campaign.
the eastbound passenger tiain . from
Kamloops' to Revelstoke, 130 miles.
Murray, was in the qab at Kamloops
with his engine coupled to the train
readv for his run, when the news of
the accident came to Kamloops by tel
egraph. The first telegram to the-
father was followed Immediately by an
order from the Canadian Pacific's su
perintendent at Revelstoke authorising
Murray to take his engine "light" Into
Revelstoke to reach the bedside, of his
dying daughter.
Not more than five minutes had
elapsed from the time the first mes
sage was received before the locomo
tive had been cut off from the train
and had bounded eastward through
the long train yard like a skyrocket.
No such time was ever made on the
run. and . probably it will never be
duplicated. The line was cleared of
all traffic, freight and . passenger
trains, being held at Sycamoos and
other crossings while the lone engine
rushed, . east The. vwhQle.-trJp was
reeled off better than a mile a minute
and all records for the run were beaten
by over 20 minutes: ' ' .
. Grimy with " coal dust,' ' but with
nerves unshaken from his frightful
ride,-the engineer .leaped from the cab
almost before the big drivers, had
ceased turning, as the locomotive
rolled into the depot .at Revelstoke.
Two friends who had come to tell him
pthat his little daughter' had' died an
hour before led the 'engineer to his
stricken home. - . - . .
KIDNAPS HER RIVAL'S SON
First 'Wife of Sacramento
Steals Xo. 2 's Child.
Man
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 15. (Spe
cial.) County and city authorities have
been looking today for two women
who are wanted In Placer County for
kidnaping the 9-year-old son of Tom
Rodgers. of Loomls. One of the women
is supposed to be the former wife of
Rodgers. She and another woman, who
carried a young baby In her arms, ar
rived In Loomls yesterday, putting up
at che hotel.
The mother of the little Rodgers boy,
who Is Rodgers' second wife, sent the
boy on an errand last evening. When
he .had not returned at 9 o'clock Mrs.
Rodgers Informed her husband.
A-k-h! Tkla IS Great!
May Be- $500,000 for
Speakers' Expenses.
TAKES NO CORPORATION GASH
Has Returned Many Checks
. Received From Them.
IGNORANCE OF NEW LAW
Renubllcan Treasurer Reminds
Them Congress Forbids Im
mense Cost of Distributing
Literature and Buttons.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. For the first time
since his appointment as treasurer of the
ReDubllcan National Committee, George
E. Sheldon, of New York, today consented
to tell the troubles of the men who are
expected to find the money for a National
campaign. He is here to discuss wltn
Frank H. Hitchcock and other National
committeemen the National campaign.
His talk with National committeemen
was about the Ignorance of corporation
officials and even of members of Con
gress that a law has been passed deny
ing the right of corporations to make
contributions to campaign funds. Be
cause of this Ignorance of the law, Mr.
Sheldon said, he had been compelled to
return to the senders a number of
checks that should not be received, al
though the money is greatly needed.
He declared that It is his purpose to
publish every individual contribution Im
mediately after the election, which plan
Is in accordance with the expressed wish
of Mr. Taft as well as of the Republican
leaders generally.
Publish All Subscriptions.
"The decision to publish the names of
all contributors," raid Mr. Sheldon, "has
made the matter of collecting funds up
hill work. The gathering of the funds
will be done wholly under "the auspices
of the National committee and will be di
rected' by the treasurer or assistant treas
urer and the advisory committee, which
Is soon to be appointed. The suggestion
has been made that state committees
handle the collections in their own states,
but this plan does not appear to be feas
ible. The National committee will have
Its own agents in each state, the men to
be drawn from : the influential business
men of the various sections."
Probable Cost of Campaign.
Speaking of the probable cost or run
ning the Republican National campaign.
Mr. Sheldon estimated that between
1400,000 and $500.000 .- would be needed
to defray the traveling expenses of speak
ers and that It would cost at least $200,000
to put one piece of literature in the hands
of every. voter. He fixed tne cost or
campaign buttons' at- more than " tfO.OOO
and said that other large sums would be
needed for the expenses of headquarters.
lithographs and advertising. Then there
are other matters that will be costly.
WOODRUFF CALLS FOR FVXDS
Asks Xew York Business Men to
Contribute for Taft.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15. Timothy L.
Woodruff, chairman of the state Repub
lican committee, today dictated a circular
letter to Republican business men of New
York. The letter In part follows:
If we are to Insure
beyond question the election of Taft and
Sherman that a -campaign be prosecuted
In this state which may arouse every be
liever in a safe and conservative gov
ernment to a full appreciation of the Is
sues which are involved. By campaign
orators, bv the exposition of the Issues
through the press, by the distribution
of literature and by personal canvassing,
every voter should, be Informed of tne
dangers and uncertainties wnlcn . would
follow the election of Bryan.
"To make this campaign we rely upon
those who share our belief that the In
terests of the people would be best con
served by the continuance of Republican
policies and I appeal to you as business
men to' make such contributions as seem
to vou suitable to enable us to do this
work In the most effective manner."
GLIMPSES OF LAST
ROOiEVE'.T
WONT SPEftW
"I'm no Bfe-ir-r-rvons."
Refuses Divorce to Woman Who Ad
mits She Married Millionaire
for Money Only.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 15. (Special.)
"Such : marriages as these profane the
most sacred relations of society and are
a scandal and disgrace to the com
munity," said Judge. Kennedy today In re
fusing to grant a divorce to Mrs. Julia
M. Pratt, wife of Colonel J. H. Pratt, the
widely-known Western rancher, rated as
a millionaire. . '
'Mrs. Pratt married Colonel Pratt four
years ago, she being 35 and he 78. In
her testimony she admitted that she had
married him because he was wealthy and
that she had no love for him. Judge
Kennedy said Mrs. Pratt knew her hus
band's age when she married him and
what to expect.
Colonel Pratt, In replying to the peti
tion, also filed a cross-bill for divorce,
but this also was denied. The case
created a sensation In Omaha society
and the courtroom was crowded with a
morbidly-curious crowd throughout the
trial. .
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
so
degrees; minimum. ST decrees.
TODAY'S Pair and moderately warm;
northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Castro crows over exclusion of Dutch war
ship from La Guayra. Section 1, page 8.
National.
War Department will ask for $1,000,000 to
build airships. Section 1. page 1.
Politics. .
Sheldon tells of expense of Republican cam
paign and return ' corporation donations.
Section 1, page 1.
Taft advises Wright on Philippine affairs.
Section 1, page 1.
Many changes In Senate Impending. Section 1.
page 2. ".
Murphy predicts Bryan will carry New York.
Section 1, page 2.
Domestic.
Captain Haines. U. 8. A., kills Annie, maga
zine publisher, with aid of brother, at
fashionable yacht club. Section 1. page 1.
Another negro lynched at Springfield ; mob
marches on Armory, . but is repulsed.
Section 1, page 1.
'Deneen says whole power of Illlnoln will pro
tect negroes. Section 1, page S.
Unveiling of Roosevelt statue causes riot In
Texas town. Section 1, page 1.
Omaha judgs denounces woman for marrying
old man for money and refuses divorce.
Section 1-, page 1. ". .
Pacific Coast. . ,
Marion County hop-growers fix picking prices.
Section 1; page 6.
Muoh time will be required to mark Wash
ington primary ballots. Section 1, page. 6.
Canadian Pacific engineer breaks speed record
In race to reach dying child. Section 1,
page 1.
Puter expects to escape trial on Marion
County indictment. Section 1, page T.
Five hundred Italian laborers for Northern
Pacific threaten to . strike. Section 1,
page 7.
Snorts.
Orirnn athletes -will arrive. In New York this
week, section , page o. -Attell-Moran
match settled, by flip of coin.
Section , page 6.
Baseball msgnatea consider .change in Coast
circuit. Section 4, tng T. r
Prise list for livestock show ennomiced. 8ec-
tlon 4, page T.
Pacific Coast League scores: Los Angeles 2,
' Portland 1 ; San Franclaco 8, Oakland T.
Section t. page 2.
Yacht Cleveland wins first race for Upton
cup. Section 3, page 2.
KeeneV Helmet ' wins Hopeful stakes at
Sheepshead. Section 2. page 2.
Commercial and Marine..
New Oregon hops will be of superior qual-
itjr. -Section 4. page 9.
Unloading of December breaks wheat at Chi-'
cago. Section 4, page 0.
Many fluctuations and few net changes in
stocks. Section 4. page B.
No demand on Wall . otreet for crop-moving
' funds. Section , page . -American-Hawaiian
Steamship Line has es
tablished a regular service between Port
land and New York. Section 4. page 8.
Portland nttd Vicinity.
Senator Bourne's secretary said to be working
for Chamberlain's ' election. Section 2,
page 10.
Victim of auto accident asks heavy damages)
. of Dr. Watte, Section 3. psge 10.
Woman homesteader tells of bitter experience
with administration of Federal land laws.
Section 4, page 10. '
Secretary Muller, of Board of Trade, predicts
wheat crop of 50,000,000 bushels. Section
. page 8.
Trustee Company completes plans for big
. building. Section 8. page 10.
Charter Board will soon be ready to begin
work. Section 8, page T.
Many large sales of North Portland realty.
. . Section 8. page 8.
Public Improvements help EaM Side real es
tate market. Section 3, page 8
Large' clubhouse will be erected on Portland
Helrhts. Section 8, page 8.
WEEK'S EVENTS BY
Portland Yon Boys ' Better Get
Yonr Brldse Before Yon Place It."
What Experts Will Ask
of Congress.
MOST VALUABLE AS SCOUTS
Whole Squadron Costs One
Tenth One Dreadnaught.
OTHER NATIONS BUILDING
Signal Service Convinced Day of
Aerial Cruisers Has Come and
Uncle Sam Must Go Into
Procession Quickly.
Walter Wellman to Chicago Record-Herald.
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (Special.)
An aerial squadron or fleet of air
ship scouts for the United States Army
Is projected by General Allen, chief of
the signal office, and his aids. In the
near future Congress will be asked for
an appropriation of $1,000,000 to start
this. branch of the service. The offi
cers who are interested In the plan
entertaln.no doubt that Congress' will
give them the money needed to keep
our military establishment well' up
with the armies of Germany, France
and Great Britain.
Notwithstanding a certain Inevitable
public incredulity as to the efficiency
Of airships as a military adjunct, it is
now admitted by most progressive men
in all parts of the world that an im
portant part of the military operations
of the future will take place in the air.
General Allen and the staff of earnest
and efficient officers of his corps are
determined that the. United States shall
not lag behind In the race of progress.
If It does,' the fault will not be tneirs,
and Congress will have to take, the
responsibility.
With a million dollars, or about one-
tenth the cost of building and equip
nina- a . Dreadnaught . battleship, the
United States could put into commis
ion a dozen or more 'cruisers of the
air of Urge else and efficient type,
The maintenance and repair of this
ouadron would cost less than the
same Items for one battleatilp. What
such a fleet of air scouts and cruisers
could actually accomplish In case of
war must of course be left to the fu
ture to determine. There Is no abso
lute certainty about their utility, nor
can there be till the test of trial in
the fleldls had.
Other Xatlons Convinced.'
But in this, as In everything else,
the opinions cl scientific men and
practical, experts are' worthy consider
ation. It means something that the
best Informed men of Germany, France
and England, ' as well as of our own
country, believe' the motor balloon has
a future of usefulness ' in warfare.
It means something that -foreign mili
tary powers are going ahead building
and launching such ships.. Against
this evidence and. the still better evi
dence of what has been already ac
tually achieved in aerial navigation,
the Incredulity and the Jests of people
whd know nothing whatever about the
subject do not count, or ought not to
count.
Aerial Travel Is Dream.
Neither In Europe ijor In America do
the officers who are carrying on this
work of progress labor under any de
lusions as to the character of the serv
ice they are laboring to provide. They
have no illusions as to air navigation.
Few, If any, of them believe travel In
the air is likely to be a commercial
success In our day and generation.
MORE MEX FOR PACIFIC FLEET
Xew Recruits Arrive for Cruisers
With Short Crews. r
VALLEJO, Cal., ' Aug. 15. Seven
hundred and fifty enlisted men arrived
(Concluded on page B.)
HARRY MURPHY
Led Astray In Darkest Jfew York.
Unveiling Is Signal for Free Fight.
Compromise Arranged With
Bryan's Admirers.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 15. (Spe
cial.) Word reached here today from
Brown-field, Terry County, that citizens
there Thursday erected a life-size statue
of President Roosevelt, after a street
fight. In which one person was fatally
hurt, nine others Injured and 50 shota,
fired.
Brownfield is 100 miles from the near
est railroad. Its population Is 1500, com
posed largely of rich cattlemen, cowboys
and planters.
The erection of the statue . was vigor
ously opposed by the Democrats and
some Republicans, but It had already
been ordered from Denver by a citizens'
Governor Charles 8. Deneen, of
Illinois,, Who Declares Oeter-
'.mlnutlon ' to Protect Negroes
From Mobs.
committee, which refused to alter its
plans. The Democrats wanted a Bryan
statue on the opposite side of the town
square, but the town could not afford two
statues. ,
At the unveiling Thursday, a erowd of
cowboys fnade a rush for .the statue, but
was met by an equally determined crowd
of defenders. Revolvers, fists and clubs
were freely used, but the statue was not
disturbed. ' After a riot a compromise
was effected, It being agreed that, should
Bryan be elected, his statue should be
placed near- that of Roosevelt.
TRY FOR WORLD'S RECORD
Smithson Will Meet Rector in 100
' Vard Dash at Xewark.
' PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 15. (Special.)-
Forrest Smithson, of .Portland, the famous
hurdler who won the 110-meter champion
ship in the Olympic games in London and
a few weeks ago .broke the world's rec
ord, will have' another chance at a rec
ord next Saturday. 'On that day he will
meet James A.-Rector, the famous Vir
ginia sprinter,, who. took second in. the
Olympic . 100-meter . dash. The race with
Rector is to be the. feature of a big meet
at Newark, N. J., and with A. A. A. U.
officials in attendance will be a trial for
the world's record at that' distance, now
held by Dan Kelly, of Oregon, at 9 3-5 sec
onds. '. .
Judged by his -wonderful work over the
hurdles, athletic authorities believe Smith
son to be the one man capable of making
9 2-5 seconds, especially paced by the fam
ous flyer Rector. " '
NEW TROUBLE FOR GOULD
Millionaire's Wife Files Additional
Charges of Infidelity.
XEW YORK, Aug. 15. (Speclal.)-An
amended complaint was served on Frank
J. Gould today In the divorce suit brought
by Mrs. Gould. Additional charges of in
fidelity are made by Mrs. Gould 4n the
new complaint, but the details are with
held fro-n publication by the attorneys.
The allegation deals with Gould's Inti
macy .with a woman lq this city and It Is
supposed relates to his acquaintance with
Bessie Devoe, the actress who was men
tioned In connection with the subornation
of perjury charges filed by Gould against
Mrs. Ben Teal and others.
Melting; the Solid South.
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Tragic Climax of Do
' mestic Scandal.
BROTHER HELPS IN REVENGE
Haines Shoots Annis in Gay
Crowd at Yacht Club.
MEDDLERS WARNED OFF
Captain's Brother Whips Out Re
volver to Prevent Rescue of An
nis, Who Is Accused or Wrong
Done Wife of H&lnctv
BAYSIDE. L. I., Aug. 15. Captain
Peter Conover Haines. Jr., U. S. A., son
of Brigadier-General ePter Conover
Haines, U. S. A., retired, fired seven bul
lets from a revolver Into William E. An
nis, of New York owner and publisher of
Burr Mcintosh's Monthly and other mag
azines, late today on the landing stage ;
of the Bayslde Yacht Club, Flushing, and'
Annls. whom Captain Haines' brother had'
accused of having been Improperly at-1
tentlve to the Captain's wife, died In the
Flushing Hospital a few hours after the
" ghooting.
Mrs. Annis Sees Husband.
A crowd of gaily-dressed women and
yachtsmen, among whom was Mrs. Annls,
witnessed the tragedy.
Captain Haines, accompanied by his
brother, Thornton Jennings Haines, well
known as an author and amateur yachts
man, walked to the landing stage of the
club aa Annls and a club member named
Harway were disembarking from a boat,
and at once opened fire upon Annls.
Annis attempted to get behind Harway,
but Captain Haines reached under Har
way's arm and emptied his revolver upon
his enemy.
Warns Off Meddlers.
Immediately there was commotion on
the club-house veranda. Mrs. Annis
fainted, and a dozen yachtsmen rushed
to the float to the assistance of Annls.
Before they could get to the side of the
wounded man, however, T. J. Haines, the
captain's brother, whipped out a revolver
and threatened to shoot the first man who
interfered.
"This is an affair between these two,"
he said coolly. Annls had twd bullets in
his abdomen, one In the arm and two In
the legs.
Captain Haines and his brother, neither
of whom appeared in any way disturbed,
awaited the arrival of the police on the
club float and then surrendered them-
selves.
Son of Distinguished Soldier.
Captain Haines is attached to Fort
Hancock as Quartermaster, having en
tered the Army at the close of the
Spanish-American War with the rank of
Second Lieutenant of artillery. He is a
graduate of the Naval Academy at An
napolis, but left the Navy in 1904 shortly
after graduation. His father, Brigadier
General Peter Conover Haines, is a West
Poln graduate with a distinguished war
record.
Mrs. Haines Has Confessed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Both Captain
and Mrs. Haines have friends In Wash
ington, who have kept close track of an
application for divorce filed by the former
last June, and they recall the fact that
Captain Haines eloped with his wife, a
Mies Claudia Libby, of Wlnthrop, Mass.,
in 1900, when she was a schoolgirl of IB.
So far as Is known, they have lived
happily together until Captain Haines re
turned from a trip to the Pacific Coast on
summons from his brother, who pro
fessed, to have made discoveries of im
proper conduct on the part of Mrs.
Haines. At that time Captain Haines
summoned hi s father, Brigadier-General
Haines, to New York, who, upon return
ing, stated that his daughter-in-law had
made a confession to him that convinced
him of the correctness or tne son s posi
tion. The couple have three children, which
are In the custody 'of General Haines. .
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