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VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUKE 3, 1904. NO. 20G. ILLINOIS DELEGATES GO WILD Free for All Tight Prevented Only by Timely Intervention by the Springfield Police, . quotation, "Hold the fort." s Chairman Cannon ordered It taken down and a dozen ready hand tort It from the fastenings and threw the wreck Into the Morgan county (Yates") delegation. A free fur all font was prevented only by the Interference of the police. The banner, after a rescu by the Tatee men, waa hung up In the rer of the platform. KUROPATKIN IS MOVING TO ATTACK JAPANESE AT. PORT ARTHUR IN REAR No Break In the Deadlock Though Yates Throws Kit Strength to Lowden for Several Ballots. BREAK MAY COME TODAY Sherman Gained YeaUrdjr fur j Time Then Low Atfftin ' and Yftteg Took the JLead. Springfield, HI June I A desperate effort on the part of the republican leader to break the deadlock of the state convention haa failed, and at I o'cloi:k thl morning the assemblage took, receea until thla afternoon with out having nominated a candldnto for governor. The committee on resolu tions presented a resolution to the effect that the delegate be' released from thmlr I net ruction. When It waa presented the candidate one by one declared In favor of the resolution. There waa not a. vote sgalnst ' the resolution, but when the roll waa called for the sixty-seventh ballot, there wee no substantial change from the ballots of the prevloua day. On the next bal lot a number of unlnstructed delegates voted for Judge Sherman, and he re celved 10 votes. When the convention reconvened for the afternoon session, the long ex pected break from Tatee to Lowden rme, and he ft "he vote of Speak. t Cannon'a district, M well aa the votes n wtvumi other countlea and some catterlng delegate For several bal lot a the vote Increased until he reached a vote of IStVi. Then the tide turned. and on the closing ballot, the aeventy eighth, hla vote had dropped to 6SIH- It reaulred 76 votea to nominate Yates" lowest vote during the day wart Hi, and hla closing vol waa , 405. There waa no material change In the vote of the other candidates The Lpwden ahoutora aUrted aeveral demonstrations In efforla to atampede the convention. When Lowden began to fall back the Yates peopla began a demonstration and let down from the glrdora a great banner bearing the HAD TO PUT TO SEA. in Torpedo Boat Deetreyer Caught Storm and Almoat Leet Ventura, Cal., Juno 1,In a heavy gale Use raul Jones and the Preble, torpedo-boat destroys, put out to aea today. On board were acorea of vie I tor that bad put out to the war craft an hour or two previously, when there waa no boding of storm. Marooned on the land art officers and men of the vessels, wboae chance of returnlag to their ahlpa .today ended when the de atroyera dragged their anchors. The anchors were finally loet entirely, ao rough waa the sea, and all steam waa crowded on to avoid the danger of grounding. Rim runnln for deeo water the torpedo-boats have not been in eight of land. The gale haa waned some. but Is still too fierce to permit a safe return of the war craft. Men, women and children on the vessels are doomed to wild night at aea. The Wyoming and the torpedo-boat deetrvyra appeared off the shores of Ventura yesterday, and the officers announced after anchoring that visitors would ' be received aboard the veswls today. The Wyoming, a modern mon Iter, that con not be daunted by storm, mill holds Us position. Hundreds eembled at the wharf this morning, In- lending to visit the ahlpa In luunchea The first boatload, consisting or iw tart?d for the fthlDS t 10 u clot k. this morning. Without warn in mitr wind started ui. As the "Wf ...i..ra rimmLrltiv to return In the launch the breeao turned Into a wild gale, and the seas were running furiously. An unusually large number of oftWrs were on land today, drawn .b..i by a barbecue at Caaitas, In their honor. The officers are In Van tura, engaged In quieting the fears of many anxious relatives of the storm bound visitors of the men-of-war. Japs Are Landing Reinforcements Great Battle Is Only Few Days Away at Host BAD MONTANA FIRE. New Hospital Building at Health R sort Bum to Ground. Anaconda, Mont, Juno S. The fine new hospital building at Warm Springs, erected at a cost of 130,000. caught Are thla afternoon and waa practically gut ted. One hundred and fifty paUents were la the building, but none were Injured. Aid waa sent from the Ana conda Are department and from the Deer Lodge fire department and Urge Forces of Chinese Bandits Are Collecting In the Mountains Along Uio River With Intention of Harassing Russians Both Armies Are Making Plans for Decisive Struggle.- London, Juno fc Telegrams from different points aeem to eonflrm the report that General Kurepatkin la at tempting a diversion in tho direction of Port Arthur. Russian reinforce ments, seeording to a dispatoh from Tientsin! aro moving southward from Kai Ping toward Wafangirt under General Stalkenburg. They aggregate 12,000 men. Another brigade le"7ollow ing, the intention being to engage the Japaneee now at Pert Arthur in their rear. Japs Landing Troops. Chef oo, June J. Tho Japanese have loaded another lot of troops at Tsttig Tullse (Cheng Thalts 8u), about 20 miles southeast of TWurhn. A Chi nese junk arriving from there says that 70 warships and transports have discharged troops there. One thousand soldiers have been garrisoned ashore, Reinforcements for tho Japanese army which Is attacking Port Arthur have been landed northeast of Tallenwan. but the number is unknown. Russians Moving South. London, Juno 1. The Dally. Mall's Nijcbu&ng correspondent, cabling un der date of Juno I, says: "General Stalkenberg, with 14,000 Russians, made up of artillery and In fantry, haa marched south of Llao Tang In the direction of Wafangtien. "Large forces of Chinese bandits are collecting In the hills northeast of the Llao river and are preparing to cut the railway north of Mukden. The correspondent of the Dally Express at Nagasaki cables that transports loaded with troops continue to leave western Japanese ports dally for the theater of war. A large proportion of those dis patched during the past week, he says, were to reinforce General Oku." Fifty Thousand More. - Vanzalen, Banchuria, June 2. The Japanese are landing another army of 50,000 men at Takushan, it is report ed. The Japaneee posts were with drawn yesterday from positions near VaiTangow, the men destroying bridges as they retired. They were busy dur ing the night removing the wounded from the battlefield and burying the dead. TALKED OVER SITUATION. New York Politicians Hold a Secret Meeting at Holland House. New York, June 2. Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, Colonel Jam M. Ouffey of Pennsylvania and Ser geant Cram, representing Charles F. Murphy, are In conference today at the Holland house. EX'Lleutenant Governor William F, Shehan, one of the main supporters of Judge Parker, called at tho Holland house and waa with Colonel Guffey for an hour. ' He would not talk with the reporters. Gorman said In ansew to Inquiries that he had retired from politica DAMAGE IN KANSAS BY FLOODS Streams Are Rising Rapidly, Tracks Are Washed Out and Towns Are Undr Water. SHOT DAUGHTER'S BETRAYER. Seattle Woman Has Revenge on Man Who Broke Us Her Family. Seattle, June 2. Mrs. Gertrude Robb shot and fatally wounded George Joye on the Coleman dock this afternoon. She fired five shots at Joye. striking him four times. Two bullets entered his back and two his abdomen. Mrs. Robb gave herself up to a policeman Immediately. Joye Is said by Mrs. Robb to be the betrayer of her 14-year-old daughter. , . Fruit and Growing Crops Dam aged Greatly by High Wind. PEOPLE FLEE FROM HOMES Strikers Aro Quiet. Hanging Rock, O... June 2. There was no disturbance of any kind up to a late hour tonight .Negotiations for the setlement of ten strike have been begun. John Mitchell and Thomas I. KIdd, as vice presidents of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, are repre senting the men. Warships Denuded. London. June S. The London Times' steamer Haymund returned to Chefoo June 2 from a cruise In Kin Chou bay. Five damaged warships are moored at tho Port Arthur Jetties, the Times correspondent learns, have been de nuded of everything movable. General Stoessel retains & large number of junks in the roadstead. The object of this measure can only be conjec tured. ' FOR ALL WEATHERS I n. HmMmSmiI b Mm W.-i il .ti Aim .i I Km, NW'. X ,11 f ft-' Vvi 1 It, The nico thing about a rain coat in, you can wear it !n shino as well as rain, and look well. The best fact about our rain coats is, they're made for xi by Hart Schaffner & Marx, which is only a short way of.sayirg that there are no better rain coats to be had anywhere ; and that you'll think so yourself if you buy one. We have plenty of other good overcoats to show you ; we'll Bhow you the Hart Schaffner '& Marx label in them: a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. ' - en!fci iim k; Rut a khs P. A STOKES, One Price To Evcrybedy MURDER IN BAKER CITY. Railway Fireman Killsd Saloon-Keepsr There Last Night Baker City, Ore., June 1 Lewellyn Lcgg. aa O. It & N. fireman, shot and killed Jock Halsted, one of the pro prietors of the Nugget saloon, about 9:10 this evening. H&Urted waa shot la tho region of the heart Ha walked about forty feet to tho door of his saloon and fell dead. According to Mrs. Laura Lahey, the proprietor of a restaurant Legg be came Involved In a quarrel with her and Halatedi Intervened. Halsted chased Legg Into the street and. on approaching, Legg shot Halsted. Leggs version Is that Halsted hit him with a chair, kicked him Into theotreet and knocked him down. Legg says ho then shot Halsted. READY TO TRAMP AGAIN. Jennie Morrioon'o Partner Out of Jail and Ready to Move. Butte, Mont, June t Ed Grant the male companion of Jennie Morrlsoa, tho Baker City, Ore, maid, who was masquerading In boy's clothes, was turned loose from the county Jail this evening. The police are satisfied that Grant is wanted somewhere, but have been unable to fasten anything on htm. It was intended to hold him on a charge of attempting to break Jail, but this la considered usoless now, as the Ore gon authorities have had ample time to communicate with the police here If he were wanted. Jennie Morrison has been out of jail some time and is staying with friends In the city. That the two will resume tramping across the continent again is very probable. Since she has been out of Jail the girl has been most attentive to Grant visiting him every day and bringing him flowers and gifts. She can be seen nearly every day on the streets, and presents an attractive fig ure In her new tailor-made gown. The Butte girl has not become more accustomed, to wearing woman's clothes than on th first day that she was in Jail. She speaks with disgust of her attire and announces her intention to don man's trousers upon the first op portunttf. - . LYNCHING IN IDAHO. Murderer Taken From the Officers by Mob of Masked Men. Spokane, Wash., June 1 A special to the Spokesman-Review from Grange vllle, Idaho, says: T. M. Myers, who killed George Brownleo and wounded Wallace Jan- ett near Crook's ooxral three weeks ago, was taken from a party of offi cers when near Whitebird this morn Ing and lynched. Tho lynchers were masked and outnumbered tho officers three to one, Tho officers rode on to Grangevllle. The method of deafh is not known. Meyers was being taken to tho county Jail when tho lynching oeesrred. The Weather. Portland, June J. For Western Ore gon: Friday, snowers in norm por tion; fair and warmer in south portion. .Eastern Oregon: Fair, warmer. BASEBALL 6C0RE3. Paeifio Coast At Ban Francisco Portland. 0; Oak land. 4. At Tacoma Seattle, 0; Tacoma, C. At Los Angeles San Francisco, 1; Los Angeles, . American. At Detroit New York, S; Detroit 4 At Cleveland Beaton. I: Cleve land, 6. At Chicago Washington, T; Chlca go, It... National. At New York Cincinnati 1: New York, t. All other National league games postponed. Rescue Parties Work Alt Sight In the Kaw Valley to Save Lives and Property, Topeka, Kans., June 2. Kansas streams are rapidly rising tonight Cloudbursts are reported from Em poria, Newton, Strong City, Florence, Manhattan, St John and Sallna. At Lincoln Center four Inches of water fell In three hours. Heavy rains are reported from up stream In the Kaw valley, but most of the high water trouble is being ex perienced In the bottom lands between Emporia and Newton. At. Emporia the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are re ported to be rising a foot an hour. At Florence the Santa Fe depot Is flooded and the telegraph operator had to leave. The Santa Fe tracks art washed out in several places. Six hundred people were forced to leave their homes In Newton and rescue par ties will be at work all night saving tho people from the flood. The town of Elmdale, eight miles from Cottonwood Falls, is reported to be under three feet of water. A severe wind accompanied the rftla. greatly damaging the fruit and grow ing crops. Edward Holmes of Clements and Orvid Olsen of Concordia killed by lightning. were Escaping Prisoner Killed. Columbus, O, Juno t John W. Man ning, a prisoner at tho United States barracks, was shot and killed today by Private Speck, one of tho sentries at the garrison, Manning was trylag t oscapo. ROBBED THE BANK. Trusted , Teller Steala Fortune and Loses It Speculating. New Haven, Conn, Juno 2. A loss of from $30,000 to $60,000 through em- beaslement by a trusted employe, Douglass K. Smith, is admitted by the officers of the National Tradesman Bank of this city. The exact loss Is not known. Smith, who was paying and receiving teller of the bank, has acknowledged that he embeisled about 30,000 and greater within the past eight or nine months, using the money In speculating. Smith was arrested and held In $15,000 bail. SIX DIE IN COLLISION. Horrible Electrio Railway Accident In Ohio Yesterday. Norwalk, O., Juno J. Six persons were killed and a dosen hurt this aft ernoon as a result of a collision on the Lake Shore electrio railway between an eastbound fast electric passenger car and a westbound package freight car at Wells Corners, a few miles east of this city. AU those killed were In the smoking compartment of tho passenger car. Tho cars were suburban electrio cars of the largest type, and were smashed to plecea They met in collision while ruanlng at full M 1 bilk. inn 1 yyy y F23 Special Prices on SUITS and i$KIRTg This WeeR! Better get our prices before buying. "You can Buy Them CHEAPER" AT THE BEE HIVE. P. S. Beautiful line of Wash Silks at 25 cents per yard. 3 r tt For hodms 1 t , rATfPHAC ana uuiLiuu J. N.. GRIFFIN