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pA(TR7'nT?w: V f.g1, off A -..., . r WX'IEt Til I .VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1901. NO. 207. DENEEN FINALLY CHOSEN Great Illinois Deadlock Is Broken and Deneen Is (he Candidate Finally Chosen for the Gubernatorial Honor :; ' Combination. Effected Whereby Yates, Sherman and Hamlin Threw Their Strength to Him DENEEN THANKED DELEGATES IVnt Vp KttthulMii IJrck Loose When Dfnwn Ad viuicr toth Hliuut to Tlmuk Convention. , Springfield, III.. June t.-tly making ti combination with Charles B. Deneen L. T. Sherman, Howland J. Hamlin and John If. Pierce, Governor Yates today broke the deadlock In the stata re publican convention and brought about the nomination of Deneen for governor. The nomination was nmde cm the mv-enty-ninth ballot, which stood: Yatea, 1; Lowden, 822 Deneen 57H; Warner, H. The combination wan the result of a series of conference which were h1) last night and thin morning. The agreement had not been consummated when tht convention met at 10 o'clock thin morning, and the Yates and De neen people forced ft recess until 2 p. m. . . Then the parties to the combination met and finally agreed upon Deneen M the candidate. When the convention reconvened Tatca, Hamlin and Bher man withdrew their names from the consideration of the delegate. When the seventy-ninth roll call waa com pleted. Lowden moved to make the nomination unnnlmoua, and Chairman Cannon declared the motion carried. All the pent-up enthusiasm of the delegate manifested Itself as Deneen mine to the platform and briefly thank ed the convention for the honor. asleep In her room In the Holland house. Phlpps, though pursued by his wife and caught up with in tha Pennsyl vania station In Jersey City, escaped with the children after a painful scene. He declared his wife had brought the children to New York Intending to take them to Europe and h waa going to take them back to their home In Pitts burg. ' lie arrived there tonight with them. Mrs. Phlpps lawyer was in con sultation with Assistant District At torney Johnston. - On her return from Jersey City Mra. Phlpps wen to the New Netherlands hotel, .where she' will remain until she haa decided on the 'court proceedings she will bring against her husband. Pittsburg, June J. Lawrence C. Phlpps had not arrived here at mid night. Phlpps Is reputed to be worth 120,000.000. NO REDUCED RATES. Trsffio Manager Anneunoes There Is Some Misapprehension. Ran Francisco, June lOwlng to the uncertainty regarding westbound freight rates, the local shippers have lately refrained from ordering consign ments, preferring to wall for the re duced rates which It waa claimed would shortly be announced. On this subject William Sproule. tramo manager of the Southern Paclflc, said today: "There Is to be no reduction In trans continental rates to the coast. "Some misapprehension has appar ently arisen over the result of the re cent conference between traffic offi cials of the northern lines and the merchants of Portland, Seattle, Tacorna and Spokane regarding tha Spokane rate situation. I do not know what waa determined upon it tha Chicago conference, but If thera is to be any readjustment of rates to Spokane, It does not mean there Is to be any re adjustment of rates to Paclflc coast terminal points." TRAVIS' VICTORY POPULAR. MILLIONAIRE STOLE CHILDREN. Phlpps Makes Away With His Off spring While Wife Sleeps. New York, June I. Lawrence Cowle Phlpps, nephew of Henry Phlpps, and original partner with Carnegie and a multl-mllllonaira of Pittsburg, took hie two children from their mother's cus tody thla morning while his wife was London Newspapera Comment on Golf er's Superb Play. London, June No International sporting event for a long time has created the Interest that has been man Ifcsted by the Travis victory. In dls cussing the play at Sandwich, In long editorials and commentorles. all the newspapers this morning poy tribute hearty and ungrudging, to Travis' su perb play. Ryan Badly Beaten. Chicago, June $. Buddy Ryan, th Chicago lightweight, waa beaten eo badly In the fight tonight with Jimmy Gardner of Lowell. Mass.. that the referee stopped the fight in tha sixth round to save Ryan from further pun ishment. FOR ALL WEATHERS I f 1 Hfl$duMI AUTK i-f V V Mini ! S HwdTutoml i'nA3i W isr1 yM!f!! i. i IV-- it W ' - r-U I f S ft The nice thing about a rain coat is, you can wear it In shine as well as rain, and look well. , The best fact about our rain coats is, they're made for us by Hart Schaffner & Marx, which is only a short way .of sayitg that there are no better rain coats to be had anywhere j and that you'll think so yourself if you buy one. We have plenty of other good overcoats to show you ; we'll show you the Hart Schaffner & Marx label in them: a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. OoprHlM MM J But fehWrnr Hut P. A, STOKES, 0ne Price To Eveibody FIRST OUTER DEFENSES OF PORT ARTHUR HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY JAPS Little Brownies Are Getting Ready to Capture the City by Assault Russians Are Weak, Declare They Have But 40,000 Men In Port Arthur-Story of the .... . m . . a m a . 1 1 Tl ft e e Battle of Kinchou In Uetail-Japs iireninen ineir fosmon Field Marshal Yamagata Takes Command , of the Troops. Times of GusUf Adolph"..Z. Topelius aunnar" II. J. Boyeson The Pilot and His Wlfe"..Jonaa Lie The Fugitive" ...Ezra Bruchno "Hesper" Hamlin Garland "The Gordon Elopement". It G. Wells "When Wilderness Waa King" Parrtsh Battle and Rest".. Z. Topellus "Real Diary of a Real Boy" Shute Daphne" . . . .M. Sherwood The Memories of a Baby"...Dakam One of these, the "Hesper," of Ham lin Garland, and "When Wilderness Waa King." of Parrlah, a new writer, will most appeal to tha lovers of good Action. Of course, tha new book by Josephine Dodge Daakatn will find a multitude of readers, as will the diary of Henry Ehute. London, June 4. The Rome corre spondent of the Central News syndi cate telegrapha: "A Tokto dispatch to Guornale D'HalU saye the Japanese have occu pied the first outer fortifications o( Port Arthur after a feeble resistance. The correspondent at Toklo of Llb eraa aays that four divisions of Jap anese troops have occupied Kwang Tung heights on which they emplaced heavy artillery dominating Port Ar thur." . Conditions at Port Arthur, Chef oo, June l.-(Noon) A Chinese passenger on a Junk which has arrived here from Dolny states that he waa at Port Arthur, and that the Russian force, Inclusive of sailors, numbers only 40.000 men. Four of the large vessels of the Russian fleet are un damaged, but all the others are In the hands of repairers. The Japanese have restored order at Dalny and Tallen wan, and have driven out the bandits. : Dalny, according to tha passenger's story, was not badly damaged by the fire.. Only the old town waa de stroyed. v ' Movements of Armies. Iindon. June . No further light has been thrown on the rumors con cerning General Kuropatkln'a Inten tions. Dispatches In the Morning Pot from Shanghai and to the Chronicle from Nlu Chwang repeat the reports of the movement of 15.000 Russians to Kat Ping. The correspondents assert that Ave days' fighting took place at Wafangtlen, and that the Russians are employing 4000 carta to remove muni tions from Liao Tang to Kal Yuen. 79 miles north of Mukden. The Post'1 Shanghai correspondent also says that General Mlafchenko haa sent 4000 cav alry of the Imperial guard from Kuajig Cheng Tsu to cut off the Japanese at Pltsewol. No great reliance, however. ! should be placed on these dispatches, which evidently have some common Chinese origin. " The Dally Mall's correspondent at Mukden, telegraphing on June S, says that fighting occure dally beyond Llao Tang, but a decisive battle la not ex pected for aome time. The Japanese plan for the campaign la regarded at Mukden as now having been definitely, disclosed. They occupy Llao Tung peninsula in three divisions between N'enganlen (Nakwanllng) and Wa fangtlen, with line communication by the coaat to their position at Feng- wengfang. The Standard's Toklo correspondent mentions a discredited rumor that General Stoeasel proposed surrender oil the condition that the whole Port Arthur garrison arould be permitted to retire to Niuchwang under anna. Story of Kinchou, St Petersburg. June 1 The minis ter of war has received a report from General Stoessel, dated Port Arthur, May 2$. as follows: "After a fierce battle lasting two days. I ordered our position at Kin chou to be evacuated in the evening, for we had opposed to us at least three divisions, with 120 guns. "The enemy's Are. particularly that from the four gunboats and six tor pedo-boats, annihilated our batteries mounted at Kinchou. The Fifth regl nient, which waa posted on this spot, stood Ita ground herWcsJly. The Are from this regiment, 'as well aa that of our batteries and the gunboat Bobr, off Khounouesa, Inflicted enormous losaes on the Japanese. "Our losses amounted to 30 afflcers and 800 men killed or wounded. We blew up or damaged all our guns which the Japanese had not put out of action. "It would have been expedient cer tainly to bring up siege artillery dur ing the Aerce Aghting. "The battle of May 28 began at 6 a. m. and lasted until 8 p. m., when I ordered the position evacuated grad ually, but the explosion of a number of our mines and fougades waa rendered Impossible by the Japanese, who turn' ed our position Immediately. "The Japanese advanced through the water up to their waists under protec t!o of the ships. 'The spirit of our troops waa excel lent" Yamagata Gets Command. London, June J. A dispatch to the Dally Express from Toklo says that Field Marshal Tamagata haa been ap pointed commander-in-chief of all armies In the field. He is expected to proceed to the Llao Tung region shortly. WATERS ARC FALLING. Kansas Floods Are Not as Bad as at First Reported. Topeka, Kans.; June S. The Kansas river at this place is rising slowly to night It registers slightly over 12 feet above the low water mark. The weather bureau says that by noon to morrow the river will be three feet higher. No great damage Is antici pated here. At Emporia the Neosho Is stationary, while the Cottonwood Is rising. At Strong City the Cottonwood Is falling. In Cottonwood valley the water Is from three to ten feet deep, and the Marls des Cygne river Is rap idly rising again. This will make trou ble at Ottawa, on the Santa Fe. 1 Sand Creek at Newton la falling rap Idly. The Santa Fe and Missouri Pa cific have had great trouble with their tracks. Many washouts are reported. A woman and child are reported drowned at Florence. ; The damage done by the Aood Is Immense. army posas and forts to be expended during the fiscal year beginning July I, The following amounts were alotted !to forts on the PaclAc: Fort Worden, I Wash., $130,000; Fort Casey, Wash. $53,000; enlarging posts In Alaska, $150,000; Boise barracks, Idaho, $24S, 750; Vancouver barracks. Wash, $39, 000; Fort Lawton. Wash., $19,950; Fort Walla Walla, Wash., $90,000; Fort Wright Ore.,. $14,000. MONEY FOR THE FORTS. Allotments Have Been. Made for De fenses ion Pacifio Coast. Washington, June 3.-rSecretary Taft today approve ! the allotments made by the quartermaster of the funds for barracks and quarters at the various HARLEM HANDICAP. Twenty. One Horses Will Start in the Great Race Tomorrow. - Chicago, June 3. Twenty-one horses are listed to start In the Harlem Na tlonal handicap, which will be run at Harlem tomorrow. Among those sched uled to start for the $15,000 prize are some of the best horses racing in the west Witful will carry the top weight of 111 pounds. Colonial Girl, 103. and McGee, 105, have been Installed equal favorites. The race will be run over a fairly fast track, according to the Indications tonight New Books at the Library. Patrons of the public library will be pleased to learn that another list of books has been received, some of them the best that have been published In their line for some time. Those re cently added are as follows: COLORADO FLYER IS WRECKED Disastrous Collision on Missouri Pacific Near Kansas City Last Niht Cost Nine Lives. ABUNDANCE OF GOLD. All Records Are Broken in Klondike , . Region Thia Year. . Seattle, June I. A Dawson special to the Poat-Intelligencer aays: - Since sluicing began In the Klondike on May 8, a royalty has been paid on 55,753 ounces of gold, or nearly two tons. This Is the largest amount ever produced up to June 1 In this district. Last year only 11,000 ounces were taken out In a similar period. WILL SELL PROPERTY. ; Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt Has Ordered California Real Estate Sold. - San Francisco, June 3. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt jr., according to the Call, baa Instructed her local agents to sell all of her real estate In California. The property, which will be offered In separate pieces, la valued at several million dollars. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacifio Coast At San Francisco Portland, 2; Oak land. 4. At Los Angeles San Francisco, 1; Los Angeles, 8. At .Tacorna Seattle, ii Tacotna- 1L Pacifio National. At Spokane Boise, 1; Spokane, 2 (11 innings). American, $ At Chicago Washington, 1; Chica go, 5. - At Cleveland Boston, 1; Cleve land, 2. At Detroit New York, 4; Detroit 5. National. At Boston St Louis, 0; Boston, 1. At Philadelphia Chicago, 4; Phlla delphla, 3. At New Tork Cincinnati, 8; New Tork. 2. . At Brooklyn Pittsburg, 4; Brook lyn. 6. Oregon Loagua. At Albany Roaeburg, S; Albany, 1 At Eugene Salem, 1: Eugene. 5. Wreck Was so Bad Railway Au thorities Would not Let Re porters Go to Scene TRAMP AMONG THE SLAIN WtVs Riding on iSlind-liaggage and Wan Craabed to Dath When Traim Met Head On. Kansas City, Mo., June 3. Nine per sons are reported to have been killed and many injured In a collision be tween two passenger trains on the Mis souri Pacific railroad near Martin City, 15 miles south of Kansas City. The . trains, which met head-on, were the westbound Colorado Limited and the eastbound local accommodation train. A message received by officials bera ordered them to send a relief train as soon aa possible and to get all the sur geons possible, from which it is In ferred that numerous passengers were hurt The newspaper men were not permitted to go with the relief train, which left about 11 o'clock tonight The Colorado Flyer had orders to meet the accommodation train at Mar ti r The crew, It Is believed, overlook ed the orders and the train met the accommodation about one and one third miles south of Martin, The en gines were large and were demolished. Among the dead is a tramp who waa riding on the blind baggage. ARE AFTER ESTATE. Lawyers Will Try to Get Fortune From Stratton'e Estate. St Louis, June 8. The suit against the estate of Wlnfield Scott Strattoai waa brought up In the United States circuit court of appeals from the Unit ed States court to Denver today. Tha case la one In which Stratton's Inde pendence limited company seeks to re cover $4,000,000 from the Stratum es tate. 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