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ffe Historical BoctatT VOLUME LVIII ASTORIA;- OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, ,1904. NUMBER 234., watson is ' Named for PRESIDENT Populists Select Georgia Man to Head Their Ticket and Thorn I as H; Tibbies of Nefcp raska for Second. " ! , thunderstorm, when Mt of lightning truck one of the freight houses. THE MARKETS. Other Names Presented, but Are i Withdrawn, and Watson Is Named by Acclamation ALLEN KEEPS HIS PROMISE ltefuftc to Allow 111 Name to Go Before Convention, Did Samuel W. William of Indiana. Springfield, III, July 5. Thomas E Watson of Georgia for president and Thom II. Tibbies of Nebraska for vlc president, were nominated by the ', popullet convention today. ; The names of William V. Allen of ebraska and Samuel W. Williams of Indian were also placed before the , convention for president, but before teblist of slatee had been completed ' In the roll call their names were with drawn, and Watson was nominated by acclamation. The former senator made good his word that be would not enter into any scramble for the nomination, and while the nominations were being made he twice Instructed the chairman of the Nebraska and Samuel W. Williams of the list of states had been completed LIVES LOST DURING FIRE. Crest Grain Elsvstors Destroyed and Seversl Pseple Killed. Boston, July B. The Immense grain elevator of the Ponton A Maine Rail road Company,, one of the Itirgest In the world, together with three of the company's freight houses on Mystic wharf, Charlentown, were burned to night, entailing losses of over 1 1.000, 00. Three lives are supposed to have been lost. Thirty-five sailors of the Allan steamer Austria Jumped over board to save themselves from the flames, which had communicated to their vessel, ths body ot one ot whom has been recovered. i There are two missing. The fire started during a heavy Liverpool, July 6. September wheat, s 1 7-8d. 'a New , York, July J. Silver, 58 l-4cj Union Pacific, MM: preferred, ti. Chicago, July September . wheat opened at SI l-48J 1-Sc; closed at HS-tc; barley, 42082cj fiat, It.OJ; Northwestern, Jll. J-f San Francs loo, July 8. Cash wheat, $1.25. . Portland, July 8.-Wheat: Walla Walla, 7Mo bluestem, 77c; valley, 71c; cattle unchanged. . ! 1 Tacoma, July 5. Wheat: Bluestem, 78c; club, ttc,'- John S. Dloksrson. y New York.' July 5.-John 8. Picker- son, whose echononer yacht, the Mad eleine defended the America's cup In 1878, Is dead here from apoplexy. He was a native of Philadelphia and was formerly head of the firm of metal Im porters. He retired from business 30 years ago."" HEAVY LOSS INFLICTED UPON RUSSIAN FORCES. Japs Best Bsek Reoonnoltering Party ni Kill 273 Men, Take 100 Pris oners, Wound 14 Officers. 8t Petersburg, July 16. Thirteen companies sent out by Oeneral Count Keller In reconnolssance to ascertain the strength ot the Japanese column's advance force moving on LI so Yang came Into collision with the Japanese between Mao Tien and Feng Shut passes yesterday. Sharp fighting re sulted and the Russians retired before overwhelming numbers after ascertain ing the exact strength of the Japanese forces. The Russian Losses. Llao Yang July 5. The latest re ports of the Russian casualties la the reconnolssance made by Oeneral Keller show that 14 officers were wounded, ilf mWklired'and 101 prisoners taken. It is persistently reported that a large section of the Japanese southern army has moved to the eastward, not withstanding the rain, with the object of cutting Its way through the Russian left flank during the absence of Kuro patkln at Tat Tche Klao. OPPONENTS OF PARKER ARE UNABLE TO SHAKE HIS STRONG FOLLOWING 1 ' Make Many Assaults Upon the New YorH Jurist's Phalanx, But Without Any Apparent Effect on It Seeming Inability of the Friends of Other Candidates b Agree Upon Some One Else Makes the Leader's Position Impregnable, and His Nomination on First or Second Ballot Is - Now Conceded By Many Opposed to Hiov Volunteer Steamers Outfit Constantinople, July 8. The Russian volunteer steamers St Petersburg and Sevastopol passed through the Bos- phorous from the Black sea this morn ing. The Sevastopol was flying the Red Cross flag and her hull was paint ed" white. The vessels took on board a quantity ot stores and remained In the harbor until this evening. ' Clothes For Active Men The hardor you are on your clothes the more reason for being sure they're Hart, Schaff ner & Marx clothes. These clothes are not only made to look well; but they're made for wear. And as long as they wear they look well. Yoii will find them the mpst economi cal clothes you ever had both for the service they'll give you and for the satisfaction in ap pearances you wifl get. HmSdufM) V Mint. , OorntfM tM4 Sut Setuenw sn P. h , STOfffnS, One Price To Everybody St. Louis, July I, Parker's strong position remains unshaken. The oppo sition has made many assaults during the day, but has apparently made no Impression. The solid and substantial phalanx of the New York Jurist has withstood all efforts ot the friends of other candidates, and tonight Is ap parently stronger than ever. Assur ances of accessions from Instructed delegations after the first ballot have been received from men who are now tied to other candidates, which, the Parker adherents say, will Insure his nomination by the second ballot All day long the anti-Parker men have tried to offer a candidate who would unite a third of the delegates, so as to have a rallying point when the complimentary ballots have been cast for favorite sons. The impossl bltlty of uniting has been made manl fest and the most sealous opponents of Parker concede his probable nom (nation not later than the second bal lot ' i Effect of Pennsylvsnia's Action. The Parker opposition was disturbed, but not routed, by the action of the Pennsylvania delegation last ; night The 18 votes of that state had been for weeks placed In the Parker column, and are part of the 600 odd votes claimed for him. They were not In structed, however, and If they could have been secured for any other can didate it would have been a serious blow to Parker's Interests. It Is said that after the action of the Pennsylvania delegation last night a member of the delegation held a conference with some of the anti Parker leaders and said that Pennsyl vania, notwithstanding ', the endorse ment of Parker, would give its 68 votes to any eastern candidate, with the ex ception of Hearst, upon whom the op position would concentrate enough pledged votes which, together with the (8 votes of Pennsylvania, would make two, votes more than one-third of the convention. Among the candidates named who would be satisfactory were Pattlson, Gorman, Gray, Harmon, 01 ney and Coler. Upon this proposition some of the anti-Parker men have been working, but they have not been meet ing with much success. Cannot Agree on Man. Cohesion of the anti-Parker men is apparently Impossible. Hearst cannot transfer his delegates, and his support ers cannot promise Instructed men and pledged Hearst men for any man after Hearst Is out of the running, and that same may be said of all the other opponents of the New Yorker. A story was current today that Da vid B. Hill, flushed with' the' fruits of victory, would undertake to force upon the opposition a platform so radical that Borne of the southern delegates would break away from Parker. , But the Illusion was dispelled. Tonight it was learned that John A. MacMahon of Ohio, or Senator Bailey of Texas, or Hill, would be chairman ot the resolutions committee, and that Bailey had been selected to cross swords with William J. Bryan In the debate over the platform on the floor of the convention. Not the least ot the efforts ot the anti-Parker men has been directed toward preventing a stampede by dele gations whether bound by Instructions or otherwise. It is the rank and file that la pressing for wagon seats, and, while the anti-Parker leaders speak dlsparingly ot the men who are so anxious to be on the wlnnlny side, they are aware these delegates cannot be fc;!d together very long in the face of the compact Parker force. The Waning of Bryan. , An Interesting nature of the day's proceedings was the development of the waning of Bryan. The national committee, selected four years ago by a convention following his unquestlon ed leadership, today turned away from him In settling the Illinois contest Bryan bad made the fight against Hop kins his own, and the unanimous ac tlon of the committee indicated clearly that he no longer wields his old-time marvelous control. Many times during the past few days the suggestion has been made that Bryan would swing his strength to this or that candidate, and democrats who were anxious to organize a winning coalition Invest! gated and " found that outside of the Nebraska delegation, the former candi date had no following save a few scat tering delegates who were bound by the unit rule and Instructed. Second Plaes Lost Sight Of. So much attention has been given to the presidential nomination that no conclusion has ben reached regarding the vice presidency.. Friends of ex Senator Turner of Washington believe he will be nominated. Thus far no sign has been given by the leaders that a candidate will be sought on the Pacific coast. The suggestion has been made that Rose of Wisconsin might be se lected, but that state refuses to have him considered, for fear that anything of the kind might be considered as disloyal to E. C. Wall as the presiden tial candidate. Benjamin F. Shlveley and John W. Kern of Indiana and Da vid R. Francis of Missouri have been mentioned In connection with the sec ond place, but no effort has been made to secure consideration for any of them. " The national committee held this afternoon what wiU probably be its last meeting. The reports of the sub' committees appointed to hear contests were heard and concurred in. Not one contest was successful The majority ot these will go before the committee on credentials. TAMMANY STILL FIGHTING. Hss Not Csssed Its Wsrfare on Par ker's Candidacy. St. Louis, July 5. Tammany fur nished one of the few sensational Inci dents of the day by swiftly back tracking on the semi-official announce ment that it had dropped its opposi tion to Parker. During the forenoon the organization allowed It to become known through some ot Its most prom Inent representatives that It had de tided to Join the Parker forces. After a period of silence they renewed war fare against his candidacy. V Senator Dowling.on behalf of Charles F. Murphy, made this statement: "Parker cannot be nominated. We have 400, or more than one-third of the convention, pledged against him. He cannot be nominated. Only this afternoon we won three new states to our cause." It was said by other Tammany men that the real object of the fight was McClellan but Senator Dowling pro tested that Tammany was simply against Parker. Closing his interview, he said, significantly: "You'll see a very hard light on the platform." ; DUTCH FIGHT THE NATIVES. Inflict Heavy Loss In Bsttles With the Achinez 8oldiers. , Amsterdam, July 6. A dispatch from Batavla, the capital of the Dutch East Indies, says that ths commander of the expedition to North Achln (Northern Sumatra) attacked Likat June 20. The Achtnes loss was 432 killed, In eluding 2S1 women and 88 children, and 54 wounded. Seventeen prisoners were taken. The Dutch casualties Included the commander, a lieutenant two ser geants and 13 soldiers wounded. On June 23 the Dutch troops attacked Langatbars, where the Achlnez losses were 6S4 killed. Including 18 women and 130 children, and 49 wounded. Twenty-eight prisoners were taken. The Dutch losses were a captain, 22 soldiers and six coolies wounded. INCIDENT IS NOW CLOSED. President of Hsyti Apologizes to Of fended Ministers Berlin, July .A dispatch from Port An Prince, Hayti, says that all the sol diers ot ths palace guard concerned In the recent attack on the French and German ministers have been severely punished,' and as President Nord, in formal audience, apologized to both ministers, the Incident is now closed. The Weather. 4 Portland, July 6. For Western Ore gon: . Wednesday, fair and warmer. Washington: Fair and continued warm. Eastern Oregon and Idaho: Partly cloudy and continued warm. , THE SANE FOURTH AND SOME OF IT8 VICTIMS. Seattle Negress Kills Whits Woman While Cslsbrating and 8an Fran cisco Boy Is Fatally Shot Seattle, July 5. Mrs. 8. N. Nelsch, a white woman, was Instantly killed in the lower part of the city yesterday by Ethel Berry, a colored woman, who, to celebrate the Fourth, flred a revolver which she thought was loaded with blank'' cartridges." Thlrty-two-callber bullets were In the revolver. One of these struck the woman In the breast She died In two minutes. The Berry woman was standing; on the side porch of her bouse when she fired the revolver, thinking, she said, Into the air. Mrs. Nelsch was in the back yard of her own home, 200 feet away. A stray buUet struck her. The negress and two companions who were with her were arrested. They will be held as witnesses until after the coroner's " inquest on Wednesday. The police are satisfied that the shoot lng was purely accidental San Francisco Boy Shot San Francisco, July 6. While watch ing a fire last night at Fifth and Bry ant streets, Johnny Martenson, a boy of 9 years, living at 412 1-2 Fifth street was shot in . the left side of the nose by some unknown person.- The boy was taken to the Central emergency bos pttal, where It was found that a 22 callber bullet had entered the nose, and, passing In back' of the left eye, had entered the brain. There la very little chance of bis recovery. No clew of the person who fired the shot could be found. " 1 ' MOYER FINALLY RELEASED. Head of Miners' Union Freed on Giving $10,000 Bail. Denver, July 5. Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was released from custody by Sheriff Bell of Teller county in this city this afternoon, after furnishing bonds for $10,000 on the charges of murder and inciting riot filed against him at Cripple Creek. Bonds were provided by a guarantee company. Mr. Moyer has been a pris oner 103 days, and during the greater portion of that time was confined in the bullpen at Tellurtde on the plea of "military necessity." Bonds were also furnished here today for Vice President J. C. Williams and Assistant Secretary James Klrwin of the Western Federation of Miners. The other executive officers of the federa tion, all of whom are included in the information filed at' Cripple Creek, are not now in the state. Secretary-Treasurer William D. Haywood, it was an nounced, has gone to Chicago, but will return in a few days. C . ... SEVENTEEN SURVIVORS PICKED UP Passengers and Members of Crew of Ill-Fated Norge Brought to Aberdeen by Traw ler Largo Bay. Had Been Adrift For Six Days and Were Almost Exhausted When Rescued. LITTLE HOPE FOR OTHERS Search For Mining' Boats Will Be Continued, However Number Unaccounted for ov About 627. Aberdeen, Scotland, July 5. Another boatload of 17 survivors of the ill fated Danish steamer . Norge were landed here tonight by the steam traw ler Largo Bay. Six hundred and twenty-seven per sons are missing, it is reported. The contingent now being cared for at Aberdeen consists of 12 passengers, the third mate of the Norge, the quarter master, the steward, the lamp trim mer and one member of the crew. They drifted at the mercy of the Atlantic for six days. When their water and food were, gone, and when the occupants were almost too ex hausted to hope, a salt hove In sight This was July 4, when the boat was about 88 miles off Stkllda, Those res cued had eked out an existence on two biscuits per day. SMALL HOPE FOR OTHERS. ' Search Will, Howsvtr, Bs Vigorously Prosecuted for Them. London, July 5. The passing of an other day with no news of the missing boats of the ill-fated Danish steamer Norge lessens the hope that a few more of the long list of victims might have been counted among, the survivors. The search of neighboring waters will, however, be prosecuted until the last hope has gone. The Danish government and the steamship company have sent out a steamship to search the seas tor boats, and the vessel will visit all the islands within the possible radius, but the rescued at Grimsby and Stornway, who have gone through the terrible ex perience, believe there is now. little ground for hope unless an outgoing vessel should have picked up one or more boats, or unless the survivors have landed at Stkllda and Flannan islands. . BASEBALL SCORES. Pacifio Coast At Portland Los -Angeles, 5; Port land, 2. At Tacoma San Francisco, 1; Ta coma, 4. At Seattle Oakland, 1; Seattle, 11. American. At New York Philadelphia, 2; New York, 6. r f At Cleveland St Louis, 4; Cleve land, 14. . ( , , At Boston Washington, 2; Boston, 4. National. ' At Boston Brooklyn, 3; Boston, 7. At Philadelphia New' York, 6; Phil adelphla, 6. TAKES UP PUBLIC BUSINESS. President Assumes Duties in Capital at Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay, L. I.. July 5. President Roosevelt today transacted the first . public business he has taken up since his arrival here on Saturday. While nothing of serious importance was con sidered, he and Secretary Loeb spent two or three hours in disposing of minor public matters. The president has not yet taken up the question of the appointment of a successor of the late J. II. Brigham, late assistant secretary of agriculture, and it may be some time before the appointment 1 announced.. The only , visitor of Importance to Sagamore Hill during the early part ot today will be Senator Beveridge of In diana. He is a guest of Joseph Searce at the latter's country home not far from Sagamore ilill , It was the first time since the Chicago convention that the president and Senator Beverldg have met. and their interview was purely Informal and" a friendly ex change of views on political subjects, and was without special significance. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 5. -A special to the Gazette trom Cripple Creek says that a Short Line passengei car from a train westbound from Colo rado Springs to Cripple Creek Jumped the track tonight near Cameron, eight miles from Cripple Creek, and was overturned. , , Two passengers were killed and 15 wounded.