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'ASTORIAi? OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL; 10, 1903.
VOLUME LVI.
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470-472 Commerolal atreet.
Ex-Land Commissioner Won the Nomi
nation After a Struggle From 3 p.
m. Until Midnight.
The Vote Necessary to Nominate Was 87, and Oa the
Twenty-fourth Ballot
Received 95, and Then
Eugene, April . 8i-tal to The Aslorlao.) Blnger Hermann
4 tonight nominated tor congressman by the republicans of the First dl-
4 trlit on the 24th ballot to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
4) Thomaa It. Tongue, Hermann represented Oregon In wmgress for 12
4 years continuously, having been elected the first Ume In 1M. In 1W7
4 h waa appointed commissioner of the general land office bjr President
McKlplcy, and served until November last, when he resigned, .
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VOTE IN DETAIL
Eugene, APril "-The convention was
called to ordr at p. m. by Dr. T.
W, Harris. Biowfiell was el led
chairman.
On the first ballot Hermann received
7' votes. Oatch U. Kelley 42. Vawter
12. On the fourth ballot Hermann re
ceived M votes. dutch 54. On the ninth
ballot Hermann polled 81. Oatch 7, Kel
ley 37, VawU-r 1. On the 13lh ballot
the Lane county delegation broke from
Hermann and "13 votes were cast for
t, T, Harris, while the Clackamas del
egation bolted to Brownetl. Hermann's
figure was cut down to 63. On the lftth
ballot Hermann went clear down to
the S8 mark, while Oatch went up to
60, with nrownell 17, Harrla . Vawter
12. Kelley 18 and Eddy 2. tn the 21t
ballot Hermann polled 82. Oatch 5S. Kel
ley 24, Vawter 12, Brownell 17. tm the
2!d ballot Hermann pulM up to 74,
nnd on the 23d ballot to 79. On the 24th
ballot Hermann received W. Outch "2.
and Kelley , 87 being neceaaary for
choice. The nomination was made
unanimous despite the fact that the
vole was axoeMv.
The convention was In constant ses
sion from t p. m. until almost mid
night. Hermann won amid great en
thusiasm and excitement.
Hermann was called for and In a
strong sneech paid a tribute to Presi
dent rtooaevelt and pledged himself to
make a canvass nnd examine the needs
of the district.
Investigation
Is Courted
New York, April ?.-Mlss Clara Bar
toln, president of , the National Red
Cross society, in answer to what her
associates say she considers the threats
of the opposition to her administration.
Is said to court the fullest Investigation
bv conreis of the affairs of the or
ganisation from her first connection
with It. Miss Mable T. Boardman. one
of the nine active members of the oppo
sition, says she was jiended without
a hearing and cites Bishop rotter,
SDencer Trosk nnd Robert C. Ogden aa
advocating a eorganlsatlon of the Red
Cross, to regain the confidence or tne
public.
Speaking for Miss Barton, her per
sonal renresentatlve says that she Is In
excellent health, but much worried over
all the trouble the Washington "mal
contents," had made for her recently.
"Aa for a congressional Investigation
Miss Barton neither fears nor opposes
It. She would welcome It aa the prac
tical manner of having the Washington
minority show what they mean by all
associations of maladministration and
wasteful management they have been
makina but for which in spite of re
peated requests they have never yet
offered a definite, detailed charge."
Club Espouses
Negro Suffrage
New York, April 0. Members of the
Union League club of this city will
tak radical steps. It Is said, favoring
negro suffrage In the south at their Ap
ril meeting, which; occurs tonight. In
the Han From Roseburg
All Came In to Him.
a word, congress will be appealed to to
deal with the question along the line of
radical reduction of representatives
of the southern states in congress.
It is just a year ago that the Union
league ;lub was divided on the ques
tion of discharging negro attendants.
The neg.o servants were kept by a vote
of three to one after a stormy session,
The report of the club committee on
political reform, which Is expected to
precede the action favoring negro suff
rage, will It I believed, create a. sensa
tion In, the aoutlii-rn states.- After re:
citing that the southern states have
taken steps to circumvent national
legislation giving suffrage to negroes,
the report rei-ommendS that comjres
b asked to tak up the question W ith
out a moment's delay.
It recommend also that this body be
asked to cut down southern represen
tation and that a large sum of money
be appropriated to test the validity of
the recently adopted constitution in Al
abama, Virginia and Other states In
the south. -. ' -
The ablest counsel In the country will
be employed to prepare and
and argue these test cases regarding
the constitutions mentioned. In add!
tlon to the sums appropriated. It Is pro
posed to ask the. Individual members
of the club to contribute. One of the
prime movers In this movement Is said
to be ex-Secretary of the Interior Cor
nellus N. BUsa.J . " ' -i
The club Is exjtected to adopt res!
lutlons following the adoption of , the
eommltttee's report. , Ten .thousand of
these resolutions will be circulated to
slate senators to promiuent ; church'
men and those In authority every
where, v President Roosevelt was vice
president of the club in 1899. He Is
still prominent In Its councils.
General Horace Porter Joseph ' H.
Choate, Johu Jay and t George Cabot
have also acted as presidents of the
club at different times. .The late
Hamilton Fish and William H. Evarts
also hud that 'distinction In- their life
times. ' .
John D. Rockefeller, - J. , Pierpont
Morgan and Andrew Carnegie ar mem
hers of the club, .the two latter being
on the governing committee. The list
of members also Includes William D.
Sloane, George F. Bakej Whltelaw
Retd, John Jacob Astor, D. O. Mills
and many other prominent men.
APPOINTED 1K PHILIPPINES
Washington, April (.Major George
R. Smith has been designated as chief
paymaster of the division of the Pbll
Ipplnes. relieving - Lieutenant-Colonel
Chas. H. Whipple, who has been or
dered to this country. Major Elijah
H. Halford, who has been serving In
the Philippines as paymaster, has been
relieved and will report at Washing
ton. , "' ,
Base Ball Scores.
PACIFIC COAST 6EAGUE. ?
At Los Anegeles Log Angeles, 2;
Oakland, 0. :
At San Francisco San Francisco, I;
Seattle 4. . Called at sixth on account
of rain.' "-- ". ; '' -. '- v
At Sacramento Sacramento, 4; Port
land, 0. : Called at sixth on account, of
rain.-
SILVER MARKET
Bar Silver, 49c.
. .
Court Enjoins the Railway Merger
From Voting Stock, Four
Judges Concurring.
WOULD KILL COMPETITION
Case Will Be Appealed, but May
Not Be Brought UpDur
ing Roosevelt's
Term.
6L Paul, April I. -The United riMtes
circuit court of appeals today at noon
banded down' a decision In the suit of
the United State against the North
ern Securities company, enjoining the
company from voting the stock of the
Oreat Northern or Northern Pacific
Railway companies, but allowing the
return of such stork ax had been de
livered to the holding company. The
opinion was unanimous, all four Judges
concurring, but the opinion was written
by Judge Thayer.
Th4 court holds that the merger
places the control of the two roads In
the hands of a single person, to wit, the
Securities company by virtue of Its
ownership of a large majority of tbe
stock of both companies, and that it
destroys every motive for competition
between two roads engaged In Inter
state traffic which were natural com
petitors for business, by pooling the
earnings of the two roads for the com
mon benefit of the stockholders of both
companies.
The caae will be appealed...
Washington, April . Cnlees there Is
very great expedition in bringing the
merger case to the United States su
preme court and also in its considera
tion hereinafter, the supreme court will
not pass on the case during the pres
ident's term. The court will adjourn
tlnally in the latter part of May and
will not convene agiln until next Oc
tober. " It is considered Impossible that
the papers can be put In shape and the
case prepared for the consideration of
the court within that time.
Another Large
Ocean Palace
New York. April . Larger than any
vessel ever built In this country and
only exceeded In size of all the world's
fleet by the Celtic and Cedrlc of the
White Star line, the Minnesota will be
launched in New London, Conn., on
April 16. Miss Hill, daughter of J. J.
Hill, president of the Creat Northern
Steamship company for whom the new
ship was built, will christen her. The
Minnesota will have features and con
veniences to be found m no other ves
sel until her sister ship, now building,
is launched. She is 830 feet, 37 feet
six Inches beam and 58 feet from keel
to upper deck and has nine decks in all.
English Reform
Legislation
New York, April 9. The Easter holi
day recess enables the ministers to
take account of stock, says a London
dlsitch to the Tribune. They have
not yet received assurances that the
nationalist convention will sanction the
land purchase bill when there Is no
home rule bill behind It. If these as
surances are not withheld the passage
of the Irish measure will encounter
little assistance and themlnlstry blllwlll
gain eoiisUieable prestige. The London
supplement education bill will be stren
uously fought by the liberals, but they
will have leas assistance from the non
conformists than they had lust year.
Mr. Chamberlain Is repored to be bet
ter Dleaaed with the educational bill
than with the land bill. Both meas
ures will receive his support, since
South African problems must be set
tled without a political disturbance in
England this year. Witha favorable
budget the government la likely fc
pull through the session comfortably.
Direct By
the People
Springfield. Ills. April 9.-The house
unanimously passed the senate joint
resolution favoring constitutional am
endment for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
One of the Men Arrested By
Liaville Daringly Esap
ed While Enroute
for Portland.
GETAWAY MADE
NEAR COBLE
Lyman Is Desperate and Every
Effort Will Be Made to Re-taKetlinv-Detective
In Pursuit.
Portland, April Jl. While the train
was running 40 miles an hour S. L. Ly-.
man. wanted here for highway robbery,
escaped from the officer who was bring
lag him from Astoria, by leaping from
the car. The escape was effected this
morning shortly before 11 o'clock. Just
Just after the A. t, express for Port
land left Goble. . Detective Snow fol
lowed his prisoner In a bold attempt to
recapture him.
All went well till Goble was reached.
Each officer kept his man by his side
In different ends of the same car. There
had been no trouble and none was look
ed for. When the train left Goble
Snow and Kerrigan felt relieved. as
there were no stops between that point
and Portland, and the rate of speed
maintained would seemingly preclude
any thought of escape. But not long
after the train had gained Its full head
way. Lyman, the taller and fair one
of the two. who was sitting with Snow,
leaped to his feet and with a blow at
th detective, made for the door and
an Instant later had launched himself
headlong from the platform of the car. j
Through a marvelous chance the dar
ing man was not killed, but was seen
to pick himself up and hurry away.
' The officer, not to be outdone, sig
nalled for the train to stop, and before,
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Its speed was perceptibly slackened
threw hlniself off after his prisoner,
errlgah continued on his way to this
Kerrigan continued on his way to this
city and landed Smith, the dark, heavy
set one, behind the bar?-
'.-Snow will get his man," said Detec
tive Kerrigan when asked about the
sensational ew-ai of Lyman. "I've
known him and worked with him 14
years tnd If he loses this man it wilt
be the first In all that time that Frank
Snow lost. Just the details f the es
cape I don't know, as we had to keep
the men separate, but I firmly believe
that Snow will turn up with his pris
oned later in the day."
The daring displayed by the escaped
man is taken by the police aa another
example of the recklessness of desperadoes.
On Roosevelt's
Private Car
. Livingston, April . When the
president's train arrived here yes-
terday a tramp dropped from the
roof of the president's private car.
He explained that he had ridden
4 from Miles City. President Roose- 4
velt, when Informed of the inci- ,
dent, remarked:
"Poor fellow. He probably was
4 broke. If I had seen him I would 4
have been tempted to help him a
trine."
GETTING HOT IN KANSAS.
Topeka, April t Unusually high tern
peratures were recorded in Kansas to
day. At Abilene, M degrees was the
mark, and at Concordia 80. Rain ie
falling nearly all over' the state to
night.'.; : , V
- Gun Explodes Causing Death.
Penaacola, Fla., April J. A 12-lnch
gun exploded this afternoon on the bat
tleship Iowa, during target practice, -killing
three men and Injuring two.
and BOYS.
Styles Just in
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