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THREE STATE
CONVENTIONS
Uusy Day for Politicians In Port'
land Yesterday.
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M'KINLLTS POLICY ENDORSED
Republican Flal.h Their Work-Tbe -Rcm
mil Still at It-IUrriwi Alice Noml
led lor Dlilrltl Attorsey la
Tali District.
PORTLAND. April 12. Three polltl
fill slate conventions, republican, dem
ocratic mii'I populist, met here today.
1 republicans nominated a Justice
of I hi- supreme ruurt and food and
dairy t otmiilmtloncr und elected eight
delegate to the national convention,
a li''li-d it pint form endorsing McKln
hy'a utlmlnliit ration of affairs In the
Philippine and adjourned at 8 p. m.
Tlic d'-itiocrai worked all duy and
fur into the tilKhl and only selected
d' d liudK in i In- national convention
und rTi-lv m! o. Joint platform agreed
upon by u conference committee.
Tin- ini ullsts simply ree.dved the
Joint platform .which will probably be
adopted ininorrow, tioth the di-ino-
iruilc mid pupullflt conventlone lll
inert Htriiln tomorrow.
roi'.Tl.ANIi. April 12-Thc republi
can piulf convt-ntlon today nominated
I he following tlckt-t:
JijutliH of the mipreme court K.
Wolv rton (re-nomltmted); food and J
dairy commission, r, J. W, Italley of ,
"Ullimroan.
rrmlir.ntlal eleclora-). F. Taxton,
Multnomah; Ttlman Ford, Marlon; J. '
C. Kullerton, Doiulaa; W. J. Furnish,
rmntllla.
I "eli-dute to the national cimvenlbn
-II. K. Ankeny, Jackson; J. 1). Daly,
IVnton; Wallace McCammant, Multno
mah; M. P. Kuck. W'aac6.
Alternatej Louis Simpson, Coo; K.
I.. Militate. Kenton; Wallle Nash, Lin
coln, J. W. KnovvU-4, Union.
For circuit Judres M. C. George? and
A. F. Heara were nominated In the
Fourth district, W. It. F.llle waa nomi
nated for Judge In the Hlxih district.
The following district attorneys -were
r.imlnuted-Flrnt district, H. Wat-f-n.
Jackson; Second district, Cieorge
M. I'rown, Iourflus; Third district, N.
J. Hart. Polk; Fourth district. K E.
wall, Multnomah; Fifth dlHtflot,
H.irrl.ion Allen, Clntsop; Sixth diatrlct.
Janus A. Fe. I'nmtUla; Seventh dis
trict. L. R Menefee. Waaco; Eighth
district, C. K. Co.'hrane, Union; Ninth
ll-trlct. William Miller, Malheur.
Joint senators It. A. Booth for Ijine,
I'otiKlna ami Josephine.
1 he new slate central committee was
announce:! aa follows:
Maker-Dr. O. M. Dodson.
Itenton-J. W. Crawford.
Clackamas Not filed.
Clatsoe-C. W. Fulton.
Columbia F. C. Watta.
Cooa-Not filed.
Crook-J. H. Williamson. '
Curry rat rick Hughes.
Douglas E. D. Stratford.
Oil Ham Ueorge B, Dukek.
Grunt C. O. Guernsey. - .
Harney I. S. Geer. ,
Jackson II. E. Ankeny.
Josephine C. E. Harmon.
Kainmath Ft, S. Moore. ",
Luke L. F. Conn.
Ijine A. C. Woodcock.
Llnn-J. H. Whitney.
Lincoln B. F. Swope.
Mulheur C. H. Brown.
Marlon -E. M. Crolsan.
Morrow Q. W. Phelps.
Multnomah O. F. Pax ton.
Sherman W. H. Moore. .
Polk-M. P. Ellis .
Tillamook B. L. Eddy. '
Umatilla J. S. Gundane.
Cnlon M. Baker.
Wallowa-F. A. Clark.
Wnsco H. L. Kuck.
Washington Not filed.
Wheeler W. W. 8llwer.
Ynmhlll-W. A. Howe.
The populists and democratic con
entlons this afternoon appointed con-
erence committees which agreed upon !
Joint platform. The committee re- I
port was received by oth conventions, !
but wan not acted upon by either, a
Special
IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15
Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75
CHARLES HEILBORN & SON
59I-S9S COMMERCIAL STREET
rnolli.n to .uljourn until lom irrow hav
Irg bci-n carried.
The di'mocratji elcrt-id Ihv following
di'li-xHti-H '. their nutlonal convention:
J, It. ll.il.-y, t'irio) IIIh : M. A. MdK-r,
Unri; It. M. Vciitch, Iiim-; N. A. J'lery,
Mnltnoinih; John Welch, Mu'irioinah;
J. (i. Ilootli-, Jom-pliliif ; Churlee Nlck
cll, Jack(in; A. 8. Ji.M'W tt, Wacco.
The Joint plutf inn 'ufllriiiH the
(tale iila t(m in of the 'Ii-iihk rml' t o
ple'a und allver-rrpubllcan partite of
On-Ki.n, adopid In Wft: It favora the
Income tux law and the election of
I "lilted HUlteK lenat'irii by direct vote
of the Je.ople; It oppose government
by Iiijuik lion; It fiivorn the punragf of
the employer' liability Ret, applicable
to mill oad C'ornpuiiiei It favora the
InltiH he and reftendumr It oppoaea
whin of cor.i'iueet and eolonuil ponaea
clon; It fuMir Klliplno lnd"P"ndnce
mid a nroti-t'torate by the l'nlt-d State
uud expr:'iin" nympathy with the
l:ri; It condetium tnihtn; und con-di-inrm
the pienetil rep'ibllcan admin
lm ration.
The platform hIko fiivorn the gov
ernment owiii-IHliip of telegraph and
municipal own -ruhlp of franchise.
liiml aiiffnig-' la eiid n"el.
The dolenat-a to the national con
vontlon weri Inmructed to vote for W.
J. liryan for preKldent.
At the evening m-imliin f the Kpu
Imi convention Will tt. Kin, of Mal
heur county, wan elected chairman of
the iHipulIxt plate central committee.
A 'ommlttee whi Ii wan app l ntonl
mm ai. act of courfwy, to wait upon
a meeting of twelve middle-of-the-road
populiHta to Inquire hat, If any, com
mon Kroun l could be reachml by which
tluli- ork'unliiatlon could work har
iiioiiloiiHly, reporte'l that the reply had
been that the (round upon which they
could woik together r.:i for all to Meet
at the inlddle-of-the-road national
convention and do pa they did that the
iiiiddle-of-the-roadeia had nothing to
do with any fusion movement.
K.-8. Sheridan, of Douglas county, woa
umlKhl elected chairman of the demo.
pintle state convention, defentlnar H. P.
Nicholas, of PortUuid. by a vote of 15
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XKW MALI. WILL BE RKADV.
Kamuia City Will Have the Democratic
National Convention.
. KANSAS CITY, to.. April 12. There
will be r.o chanire in the date or place
of holding the democratic national
convention, previously wt for Kansas
city. July t.
A nub-committee of the national
committee met the local committee on
flrrangementR here todnv, and after
golnu over the situation thoroughly,
made a statement showing that the
new hull. In place of the one recently
burned, will be btiilt before the con
vetitlon convene.
WILL NOT AGREK.
FKANKFUltT. Ky.. April 12. At
tomeys for the republican ofllclaU this
afternoon declined to sign an agree.
ment to hasten the litigation for the
possession of the minor state offices
through the state courts so that the
supreme court can hear It with that
of the contest for governor. No rea
son Is assigned.
THE COMMISSION AT WORK.
NAPLES. April 12.-The Transvaal
commissoners, acompanled by Dr. Mul
ler and Herr Van Rooschoten, start
ed this morning for Milan.
ANDREWS WAS SURPRISED.
CHICAGO. April 12. Dr. E. Ilenja
mln Andrews, superintendent of Chi
cago public schools, when seen at the
Hotel Norniandle In regard to his elec
tion aa chancellor of the University
of Nebraska, said:
"The offer is a surprise to me, though
there was talk of some such movement
last summer. Until officially notified
I do not care to discuss the subject."
CONTRACT LABORERS CAUGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 12.-Thlrty-three
of 21$ Japanese steerage passen
gers who arrived on the steamer Bel
gian King a few days ago, have been
refused a landing by the Immigration
officials but have appealed to the sec
retary of the treasury and, pending a
reply from Washington, will be held
here. The principal reason for their
rejection by the officials Is the dlscov-
ery of evidence that the Japanese came
here aa contract laborers.
Week Only
PUERTO RICO
BILL A LAW
Signed by President McKinley
Last Night.
SALARIES OF OFFICERS FIXED
The Qaay Cite Takea lpA Blllcr Oppo
illloo te Scellei the Scaator Mjai-feitd-The
Pi'llppleei
leder Fire.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Tli pr.-s
i'lenl signed the Puerto Rico bill to
night and it is now a law.
At 1 o'clock the speaker signed ihe
bill, and It was Immediately ! nt to
I refMi-nt "pro teiii.) Frye, of the sen
ate, for his signature.
I'nsioent 'pto tern.) Fry of the
h-iiate, attache his signatun; to the
bill at l.Oj p. m., and it was then sent
to the president.
WASHINGTON. April I2.-An effort
was made In the scnau today by-
Morgan to dixplace the present un
finished busiress, vis, the Sp.ioner
Philippine bill, by the substitution In
Its stead of the Ntcaraguan canal bill,
While Morgan's motion failed, 15 to
23. the Philippine measure had a nar
row ciwape from being dkplared by
the Alaskan civil code bill on motion
of Curter. motion being defeated on
roll call. 22 to 21.
The feature of the day's proceedings
was an exhaustive ditu8ion of the
Quay case by Burrows (rep.), of Mich
igan.
Burrows said that as a member of
the committee on privileges and elec
tions called upon two years ago to con
sider the case of Henry W. Corbett,
appointed as senator by the governor
of Oregon, he "was forced to the con
clusion that the power of appointment
In that case was not lodged with the
executive, and the majority of the
commItte so r ported. The senate rus-
tulned that report by a vote of 50 to 19.
"Since that time I have seen nothing
to cause me to reverse my Judg nent,
then formed. Further examination has
Bervcd, rather, to strengthen and con
firm It. The material facts In this case
are the same as they were In that."
In conclusion he said:
"And let me say, senators, that no
sooner shall you have established the
doctrine contended for by the minority,
than there will be a popular iivrislng
In this country w hich no power an re
sist or suppress to take from the state
legislatures and governors all power
to appoint senators, and lodge It with
the people."
Cullom presented the confeience re
port on the legislative, executive and
judicial bill. The report was agreed
to.
Jones of Arkmsas. chairman, ad
dressing the senate on the question ol
personal privileges, defended his ac
tion In offering an amendment to the
Puerto Rican tariff bill, proposing to
refund dutlis that had been collect
ed from the people of Puerto Rico to
the people who had paid these du
ties. Jones said he had offered his res
olution from a conviction that the gov
ernment had no right to levy tariff
duties upon products coming from
Puerto Rico, and. as the government
had no such right, it was common
honesty to give the money back to the
people from whom It had been tak
en. He had withdrawn the amend
ment, having become satisfied that the
whole matter should be left' to the
courts to determine.
Morgan made an unsuccessful at
tempt to hav.j the Xlcaraguan canal
bill made the order of business for 2
o'clock, April 30.
Cooper, chairman of the committee
on Insular affairs, called up In the
house today the resolution for which
he has asked unanimous consent sev
eral times, to authorize the secretary
of the treasury, to designate banks In
Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines
as government depositories. A number
cf amendments were offered and re
jected, the debate at times being quite
spirited. Ihe resolution was passed.
The salaries of all -the officers ap
pointed by the president for Puerto
Rico are as follows:
Governor. IS.000; secretary, attovney-
general, auditor, commissioner of the
Interior, K0O0 each; treasurer, 15,000;
commissioner of education, 13,000; chief
Justice of the Supreme court and Uni
ted Stutes district Judge, 15,000 each;
associate justices, $4,300 each; two
marshals, each )3,000; district attor
neys, jt.ooo. No export dutlos are to
be collected, but taxes and licenses
may be levied. '
On the regular election day In No
vember, and every two years there
after, Puerto Rico may choose a com
missioner to represent the island at
Washington, with a salary of $5,000.
RKSERVATION OPENED.
Valuable Land in Washington to Be
Homesteaded by Farmers Has
Mineral Wealth. ,
WASHINGTON, April Il.-The presi
dent has signed a proclamation open
Ing to settlement the northern half of
the Colvllle Indian reservation In
Washington.
The proclamation will go Into effect
on October 10 next. The land opened to
settlement Is all that part of the res
ervatlon which has not been allotted
to the Indians and comprises about a
million and a half ar-re. It will be
disposed of under the homestead laws
at a dollar and a half an acre. The
right to mine in the reservation was
granted several years ago, and It Is
now opened up for agricultural pur
poses.
PCERTO RICO'S GOVERNOR.
Charles II. Alien, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, the First to Hold.
That Position.
WASHINGTON April 12.-CharWs H.
Allen, at present assistant secretary
of the navy, will be the first civil gov
ernor of Puerto Kico, under the pro
visions of the bill passed yes'erday
by the hout-e of representatives.
PHILI PPIN B COM MISSION.
All the Members But One Assemble
In San Francisco.
SAN FJIANCISCO. April 12. All the
members of the Philippine commission
are now here, except Henry C. Ide of
Vermont, who Is expected today.
Prof. Bernard Moees, the California
member, will entertain his colleagues
at the University Club today after
which they will hold a formal meeting
to elect a secretary-
The commissioners expect to rail for
Manila on '. the transport Hancock
about the 16th Inst. They are." acom
panled by their families. The clerical
force toaccompany the commission con
sists of a secretary, assistant secr.tary.
Spanlhh secretary, translator and a
private secretary for each member.
There will be 43 people in the party.
The ladies and children are to be left
at Yokohama for a month until the
commissioners have secured houses
and made everything ready for their
comfort.
WHITELAW REID'S ADDRESS.
He Warns the Philippine Commission
Against Hasty Action.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 A ban
quet was tendered the Philippine com
missioners tonight by the "merchants
of this city. The principal address was
mtde by Hon. Whitelaw Reid. Ad
dressing himself to the commission, he
said:
"In the interests of your coun'.ry, you
will not make haste to extend the priv
ileges of American eitixenship, which
on the one hand will enable those peo
ple to flood our labor market In ad
vance of any readiness at home to
change our present laws of exclusion;
and on the other hand would, open
the door to them as states In the Un
ion, to take part In the govern nent of
this continent."
COMING TO THE COAST.
Great Trans-Continental Line to
Be
Built Into Portland Within
a Tear.
CHICAGO, April 12. The activity
w hich the Chicago, Burlington & Quln
cy railroad Is displaying In building
new lines has led to a rumor, partly
authenticated, that the road Is head
ing for Portland and the Pacific ccast.
While officials of the road will not ad
mit that they are aiming for a through
train service on their own rails from
Chicago to Portland, they have an
nounced th.i proposed building of a line
from Billings, Montana, to the Yel
lowstone Park. The ' new line will
start at Toluca. which is about 45 miles
west of killings, and will run to the
east side of the park, a distance of
about 200 miles. It Is proposed to have
the line In operation by the Inst of the
year.
CRUSHED BY FALLING WALLS.
Building Collapses In Pittsburg and
Burys a Number of People In
the Ruins.
PITTSBURG, April 12. A four story
brick building at the corner of Sec
ond avenue and Wood street collapsed
today, burying in its ruins a number
of people, three of whom were taken
out dead; six wer badly hurt and sev
eral others slightly Injured.
The dead are: Mrs. Martha Jones,
aged 64; Eugene Barnhardt, Allegheny,
salesman; Oscar Bigler, carpenter.
The building was occupied by the
Armstrong, McKelvy Lead Oil Com
pany, and was being remodeled.
VANDERBILT'S MANY MILLIONS.
NEW YORK. April 12.-The appel
late division of the suprema court
today handed down a decision In the
matter of the appraisal of the estate
of the late Wlliam K. Vanderbllt. The
order of Surrogate Fltsgerald declar
ing a certain fund subject to the in
heritance tax law was affirmed. This
was a fund of $5,000,000, held In trust,
for the benefit of the late Cornelius
Vanderbllt
WAITING FOR
A BIG BATTLE
Roberts Said to Have Indicated
a General Advance Soon.
VIVID SKETCHES OF THE WAR
Death el Bsdca-Powdl I'ncaflflrmed tad Is
Not Believed la EoiU4-A Trtai
tadotis Army Now Ii Stk
Alrka.
I
LONDON, April 13, 4:45 a. m.-In a
roundabout way London hears that
Lord Roberts, when Wiring to the
Prince of Wales at Copenhagen, con
gratulating him upon his scape from
assassination, added two or three hope
ful sentences portending an early ad
vance with a wide-reaching combina
tion. Quiet assurances are passed around
among the military men that Lord
Roberta Is employing his great army
effectively and that the adventurous
Boer commandoes are likely to be en
meshed. Scraps of news a detail htre
and another there have reached Eng
land tonight over comparatively Idle
cablea but they do not Illuminate ihe
situation.
The Colonials at Wepener still hold
off the Boers. Lord Methuen ha work
ed eastward until he is now within 80
milea of Kroonstad. Boer scouts have
gone around Ladysmith and have ap
peared at Dewdorp and other places
on General Buller's flanks and rear.
Olflcers of Butler's Irregular horse es
timate the Boers in Natal at 18,000 but
these figures are probably excessive,
10.000 being regarded here as the out
side number.
After General Hart's brlgnde leaves
him. General Buller will still have close
upon 35.000 men. It Is generally as
sumed that this brigade Is going to
Join Lord Roberts but Its destination
Is really unknown.
The Boer note to Portugal legarding
the use by the British of the Beiera
route tor the transportation of troops
to Rhodesia may, if the Boers act
against Portugal, lead Great Britain
to land troops at Lourenco Marques.
The work of the Boer peace commis
sioners has begun. M. Fischer las
asked Italy to intervene and the Ital
ian minister of fereign affairs. Marquis
Di Viscounte Venostu, has replied that
while he would receive envoys, the best
he could do would be to transmit their
proposals to London, thus following
the course of the United States.
It Is calculated that Lord Roberts
now has 214.000 effective troops, with
HOMO more afloat or under orders. The
war ollice has instructed the officers
not to take any more expanding bul-.
lets to Africa for revolvers.
"A special dispatch from Elandslaag
te, dated yesterday, says:
"Flshting was renewed leytnd
Elandslaagte this afternoon. The Bo.rs
steadily advanced upon the British
positions. There was a continuous rttte
fire and the Boers' big guns were in
action. The British replied effectively,
and after two hours' fighting the Boers
were checked.
PRETORIA. April 12. -Advices from
Wepener, whre the British force is
surrounded, say the batile continues
favorable to the federals. About 1,500
British troops are said tobe there.-
Heavy cannonading was heard this
morning In 'he direction of Bullfontetn,
situated midway between Wlndburg
and Boshof, in the Orange Free State,
and north of Brandfort.
LONDON, April 12. Klumlsl.iagte.
and Wepener still monopolize atten
tion. At both places a series i f in
decisive actions are occurring. The
boer report of the righting on April 10,
at Elandslaagte.avers that the advance
on the British camp was made with
fie loss of only three mules and two
horses, while the British losses, bays
the same report, muHt have been heavy.
The bombardment lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding
the rumor of Colonel Baden Powell's
death, nor is there anything tending to
show how long the general advance
toward Pretoria will be delayed
The announcement of the. reoceupa.-
tion of Smlthfleld by the burghers, just
received, is no news, as the small Brit
ish force at that place withdrew after
the Reddersberg affair.
LONDON, April 5.-Mr. Bennett Bur
leigh, w riting to the Daily Ten graph
under date of March t, says:
"Our friend, the wily Boer, is at his
own congenial game along our front
Every rough kopje and defensive posi
tion he is industriously fortifying, i
have ridden out and see; iilm dijrt:iy
ir.Miches. building aton? wa'ls. eVet't-iiife-
sandbag redoubts, mounting can.
noil and preparing to receive u In t;
direction ho hopes we sliull advance'
For uch a country he has made h,,,, ..
of the stror.inrt p.,--::.:.: :;.. ....
miles he is entrenching south Vi
from the Modder skip from nuil-,. i..
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