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v..i.wv iiiMiiwwni, m A I T IOUO PK'CE FIVE CENTS A nil 111 HIP I CONCUSSION OF BRAIN. 1 r nwsw l,-.u..( , A . , . r -r : m h m h h an i m tm mm iKiiiifiiiu tun iiiiniiiici'iiiiLr i ioar:'j i i mrm m w mr-m mim mt m wm4 m m m ArrALLINU , J lA.N P Ph irr -- Hh UKS liilLUU 111 LU AFFLICTION Sudden Tidal-Bore in China 10,000LIVESWEREL0ST . A I The News of This Great Disaster Was Brought by the Steamer Titan THE BORE WAS 26 FEET HIGH The Scenes After the Duuiter Were Horrible, the Riverside Being Strewn With Deed end Debrit of Wrecked Craft For Many Mile. -ft.. VICTORIA, IJ. C, May 13.-Kew of one of the greatet disasters that China has ever known ,a sudden tidal bore in the Yangtse Kiang Valley which involved the lost of nearly 10,000 lives at Hankow was brotight by the steamer Titan, which arrived last night. , A lxre 26 feet in height, flooded -without warning down ihc river, over whelming thousand of junks, sain pans and small boats, and wrecking some larger river steamers. Some 3000 Chinese were sleeping in sampans and small craft and mat- weds and lulls by the riverside at Hankow were enveloped by the great wave, which swept broken junks, splintered sampans and heterogenous mass of debris, with swarms of drowned Chinese mixed with the wreckage. The scenes for many days after the disaster were horrible, the Tivcrside being strewn with dead and lclris of wrecked craft for many miles. "Kid" Farmer Knocked Out by Jack Morgan, In Very Serious Shape. . PEORIA,. III., May 13-Jack Mor gan of Indianapolis knocked out the original "Kid" Farmer in the tenth round of a fight here last night. The hrt six round were slow, but the last four wer furious, though Mor gan clearly outclassed hit man. Fanner did not recover , promptly and after half an hour's ' work bv three physicians, he was removed to a hospital, where he lies in a semi conscious condition. Examination showed the man to be suffering from concussion of '.the brain y with slight chances for recovery. ' Morgan and his seconds, Charles Barthon, the promoter, and Referee Rvan were ar rested pending the outcome of the injuries. THUG CAUGHT ENGLISH SOCIALISM A FAD. He Added Another Victim - Yesterday Morning PREY A CHINESE TAILOR Prisoner Was Only Saved From Lynching by Opportune Arriv al of the Police grabbed the unsuspecting Celestial by the neck, pulling hirn backward and at the same time showering a number of terrific blows on the luck less Chinaman' head. Although dared by the clubbing, Chung did not lose consciousness, an'd ' shrieked out in terror. J ..-', .'. Failing to silence his victim and thereby unable to search for plunder without fear of detection, the assail ant opened the shop door and ran east on Ankeny street. " '' ; CHICAGO, May 13 A dispatch to the Tribune from Bcllfontaine, O., ays: On the heel of the stir aroused In the district by his announcement that the Countess of Warwick would cross the sea from England to aid him on the stump in the fall campaign, C. R. Wharton of Kenton, socialist candidate for Congress in the 8th Ohio District, yesterday announced the receipt Of a letter from the Duch ess of Manchester, daughter of Eu gene Zimmerman, the millionaire railroad man of CindiHnnti, to the ef feet that she, Joo, district for him. The Duchess has taken uri English Socialism as a fad and became Inter ested in the 8th District situation by the Countess of Warwick (ACCUSED OF NEUMANN CRIME The Circumstances Surrounding the Attacks on the Three" Men Were Similar Deeds Apparently Com- mined by One Man. "TV GARCIA DIES FROM WOUNDS' SEATTLE, May 13. Jose Garcia. Mexican, who was shot bv Detective William Holland a this morning of his initiries. Garcia was wanted at Salt Lake City for the murder of Patrolman - Charles & Ford, on Dec. 14 last, and was deliv. cred into the hands by the police by a former comapnion, who was promised a reward of SoOO bv Sheriff Frank Emery, of Salt Lake Citv. Garcia noticed the sheriff with two detectives coming across a crowded thorough fare toward him and attempted to draw his revolver. Two shots dis abled both hands, which held weapons when" jaillcd from his over overcoat, and a third fatally wounded him, Five years ago Garcia was one of th! principals in a sensational escape from the Colorado penitentiary at Canon City. He confessed to a score of robberies in Seattle. CONFERENCE Conservation of Natural - Resources famous Men present The President1 Finds He Cannot Devote His Entire Time to the Discussions TO NAME PRESIDING OFFICER A Permanent Organization bv the States and the Nation is Necessary and Will Likely Result From This Conference, Adams trial set. ILLLURlDfi,' May 13.-Iudee MORE TORNADOES Half the Inhabitants of Gilliam Killed or Injured PftRTT.AVn .. ; i.r-.i. would stump the Ke arrested today after he had phackleford today .granted Steve uimcn vnmaman named John application tor a change of ning over tne head with a t ece of venue in me murder case cf Arthur gas pipe will have to stand for the Collins. The case will be tried at murder of II. Xcumanil. Neumann Grand Junction, Mesa county. Judge was a second-hand man who was Shacklcford will preside. The next beaten over the head in his store at 41 North Second street yesterday. He died' fonight about 7 o'clock. The Chinaman was assaulted today at 11 o clock, practically 24 hours after Neumann beaten and less than 48 hours after Max Hermann. another second-hand tiis was club bed over the head with a piece of a brakebeam. The circumsta'iices sur term of court is Mesa County begins June 26 and the Adams case will not be set for trial until that date. CHICAGO DELEGATES COLD IN GUINESS HOME. LA PORTE, lnd., May ll-Shcriff s Smulzer is authority for the statc Vnent that several more globules of gold have been planned out by Louis Schultz, the miner who is sluicing the ashes on the Guinness farm. The Sheriff is certain that the discoveries are portions of gold filling from the teeth of Mr. Guinness. LA PORTE, May U-The denials by the officials tha the Rev. Schell has revealed to them the substance of his conversation with Lamphere and the discovery of evidence that Mrs, Guinness was aided by an ac complice in luring her victims to the farm were the chief developments in the case today. In addition II. ! W Wordcn, an attorney of the prisoner issued a formal statement that he had given his client strict instructions not to discuss the charges against hint, "The fact is that Lamphere has never made a confession to anyone and nev er will. He h,as nothing to confess." ONLY TWO HOUSES STANDING r"2,S'2 PMk. . ConveAl. mccid in rwruana loaay ently committed by one man in each case, a bludbeon wrapped in oanel' was used and the victim struck on the back of the head. The link which the police believe specically connects La Rose with the Hermann assault is . m . - - - Rose wun ine nermann assault is The One From Mjtfsourl Last Evert- the al!cged discovery that La Rose ... .v, rn.u7 r.rn1 noutes pledged a watch which they are con- in Freemont and Page Counties and Killed Woman irr Norihboro, fident was taken from the Hermann store. La Rose unhesitatingly admitted having attacked the Chinaman, but he denies any connection, with the other two crimes. i ne ponce oiace no credence in WILL' BE TEE CHOICE There Is i Differance" nf On Whether if is Best to' Seti an In. structed Dtffegatioir" a" Chlbsuro or wot ROLL CALL SESSION. WASHINGTON, May 13.-One-half of the five hours session of the hours today was spent in roll calls on the various propositions presented. When the clay's work had been con cluded the agricultural and apropria- tion bills had been sent to a confer ence and the following bills passed; Permitting owners of patents in cases where the government has appropri ated their inventions to apply to a court of claims tor reitet; authoriz ing tne entry 01 xea sweepings wnen intended to be used in the manufac ture of caffeine and the omnibus bridge bill. 1 PORTLAND, May liWhcre-i a 111 ri f iii'P fir frtitttrttt m uk . and urging that relief be ihegaspipe thug added another best to send to thp nafi ..Ki: 1 .... t.-. tr. .r-... 1:... . it -r-t-.. ' vfuuir i.,i.v. MOIVI UUm.CS IO llic I vi. hi iu ins UIUUU V Hl ill 11 O ClOCK I . . .... I ... .. . - lean rnnvunfmn . j . ...v.v, m ivrtgu it UClCgS- tion instructed to sunnort Wliiarii Postal Telccranh Comnanv her fin received a motKnvf tlmt aUn i.ir (he the inhabitants of Gilliam, La., have Rc was in any way connected with tuner ocen Killed or injured by pne murder ot Nathan VVoItf. tornado sent at l imes say that all the houses in Gil- this morning 6y assaulting John ....... .Ai.fi inW ic uciiiuiiaucu, i v"""k, a viuncsc iiicrcuaiu lauor. Giliam is a town of between 75 and with a section of gaspipe in the later's H Taft for the presidential noiiViria iiiiinminnra unnn' ri a om a hL-dm, eiAv.4. t.x - i : : . t. t . . . . . , ... .... I . I '"lltl nillV.Il 11UH1 uk,b MOINES. Mav 1.1 A tnr. Iwas mirsued hv hi viVtim fnr a cKtrvl . . . nnrln it Cu " " " Itll IISZLjt : ' alPearances tonight Will have to b' -"f mv; juuunvcsiciu i"'1'"", ouu iiicu t-ayiurcu in a a-1 j . .... ... corner of Iowa from Missouri In, t loon. The m-isnnor nf ..rTC,UBU- repuoncan state con- evening, destroying many farm from lyncliintf at the hand's of vention which meets here tomorrow. houses in Fremont and Pas counties I in furiated mob bv the omiortune ariTfc convention will be overwhelm and killing a woman in Northboro. rival of police. He gave his nanw as ingly in favor of Taft but withal there ATLANTA, May 13. According to I lack La Rose, : . . . : -.. - infftrnutim, ... a s . JI r ... ' 18 " ument against sending iwvirvu iu Luis tjiv Liie i ii was lusL it uuurs aicer t ip i iir ,i . tornado struck parts of Louisiana tn. the bleed!., and unro.inHs- in f :10' ,M muoml convention a delega- day causina; great loss life in Gilliam IH. Netiman was fonn.1' in tion- hampered by instructions. The vii ana uoiiineer. The irip&ranh in seennrl sm Pnnfh . frf afr it sucoiion oi tour de eirates ftf lanyp. I communication is interrupted but re- o'clock yesterday morning that tlie unless something' unforeseen WASHIVGTnv nr. r, dent Roosevelt welcomed the Gov ernors and their ,. . r.v.vuuiiiits Ul tne various slates ,a .. icnuuiics at the conference on thi rrtno "ovil4IUll of Natural Resources, whirh at the White House today for a three uays session. The gathering js the outcome of an invitation ( . v.vtiuCU iu e.??tcut,T5! of 'he states and ter- ruones ot the umon by the President, with a view of thoroucrhlv i;f..: the country, and hearine of opinions as to how they may be best conserved for the benefit of the Nation and protected as a fetracir to fining generations. T" ... . f I wo ideas are destined tn m,t. a material progress in America's fu ture, resulted from the first- nf U three days' conference at the White House today to which President Roosevelt, the governors of 44 n.tc cabinet officers, supreme judges, sen ators, representatives and experts are participating in efforts to reach con clusions on the best methods of con serving the natural resources of the United States. The first is that permanent organization by the states and the nation is necessary and will nifeiy result from the oresent confer ence to accomplish the end 'sought. ine second was suggested bv Seer tary Root is that there is no limita tion by the constitution to any agree ments which may be made between the states subject to approval of con gress. The two ideas, fully devel oped, it is predicted, would result in the conservation of the energies-and resources ot the nation through uni form and unconflicting laws both na tional and state. With a flourish of trumoets. the president and vice-president entered the1 Historic east room' of the White Houst; where had assembled the irov- emors ana ouu others who taxed- the capacity of the room and the confer ence, the" first of its kind in the his- tory since the country began. I The marine band ' rendered the presidential honor as Roosevelt Side This honor .!-... fll t ' ernor Nod of Mississippi with an in intimation that it would fall on Gov ernor Johnson tomorrow. The Presi dent then suddenly, as if his political instinct had received a shock, called on Bryan to interrupt the program and address the meeting. Bryan acknowledged the enthusiasm hit name aroused by lifting his hand and indicated a desrie to ?peak oil Friday Upon this, the feera ,an-'Andrew Carnegie addressed the gathering. Dr. I. C White of We t Virginia added his expert knowledge and pre diction on the subject of coal and iron in which he predicted the rnmnU. exhaustion of the Pittsburg Coal supply in 93 years. John Mitchell, the former dent of the United Mine Workers es timated that fully 25 oer cent of th ecal in the mine already developed has been wasted in mining and a much greater percentage in use. Without such waste, which he believed might be overcome, the supply of coal would las2000 years. John Hays Hammond read a paper on engineering methods in which he drew the conclusion that while there no way to revolutionize mining methods, they might be im proved gradually. The climax of the afternoon was a speech of Secretary of State Root. '4 Root's idea in brief j, flat though ne constitution prevent !h State from making any agreement with each other , without the remain Congress, any number can be made ith the consent of Congress and he believes thaf ilti fakirs mmst tr the state sovereignty siouid be exef cised for the common interest of the country and not confine to theif own individual local interests. Secretary Cortelyou followed Secretarv speaking on the connection which the treasury department might bear to the questions under consideration: THE VilEELAND BILL Vote On It Will Be Taken To morrow AMENDMENT LIMITED TO ONE The Leaders Have Caution to Members to be Present as the Heaviest Vote of th S. sion is Expected. ports say that the storm started north gaspipe thug walked into the tailor between- tonight and the of Ishreveport and swept along Little Rock and Texarkana and U centered tonight in Texas. SHREVEPORT. Mav ll-A re. port received here tonight states that three were killed and two others in jured during a tornado which badlv damaged the town of Bollinger, La", late today. jr,vo,uu.uoj iiuuvr as Koosevelt en occurs tered; the governors arose; clapped 249 Ankeny convening will be a mere formality. BASEBALL SCORES. At San Francisco San Francisco 0, Oakland l (12 innings). At Portland-'Portland 3, Los An geles 0. At Tacoma Tacoma S, Butte 4. At Seattle Seattle 2, Spokane 9. At Aberdeen Aberdeen 6, Van couver 4, . - - ! . , shop of. John Chung, ttr, . .... tt., i,u m We .iej' 8 minority winch favors a vnuvi iita nun ut vniuvu a uicvv Jl I gaspipe wropned in several oaires- of" second-elective term for President a newspaper. Upon entering the little Kooseveit, out it is hone esslv small iniiuiiiiK csiiioiisiiiuciii uu careiiuiv 1 lie Iirst atlfl second Hietriet' fnr, .1. j ti t.': c. ;'. iiuiiik U K uuur aiicr nun. ne 111- . .. ... ... f , T , . , , ,. s'vwwwi tuKvemions wnicn Will formed John Chung that he was dc- . . , . . . , . , . 1 r 1 , r also be held tomorrow and which will slrona of OtvleiMrr Q elilt M .lAtl.Ae I. ailu nillv.ll will The Chinaman-told his nrOsnective ench ' elect twd delegates to the Chi customer that. he would have to kriOw caSo conventioni met this afternoon where he was employed before figur- and organized. ing on the suit. The thug quickly re plied that he was connected with the Portland Gas Company, and Chung. satisfied with the explanation, started to show the fellow a bolt of cloth. As the tailor reached to an upper shelf to get the suiting, the assassin In1 the first district C. B. Tohnson of Corvallis was chosen chairman and A. W; Prescotf of Salem, secretary, In the second district W. E. William son' of Portland Ws chosen chairman and E. H.' -Flagg of St. Helens, secre 1 '. nour ot tneir hands, r I.rmtrf . k..- , uiii IIVC UUU ared others took their cue and the demonstration became tumultuous When they subsided, the nresident addressed the assemblage. i he resident's speech ended the morning session. The governors and delegates were photographed with the president. The picture also shows W. J. Bryan, I. J. Hill anH Schwab, as specialy invited partici pants. The real work of the conference began at the afternoon session. Soon after convening for this session it de veloped that the president finds it im possible to devote his entire time to the conference meeting. He will as he did today, call each session to order and then designate a governor to pre- WASHLVGTOX, May 13.-At 4. If) tomorrow the house will vote on the Vreeland currency bill. The best in. formation indicates that the hill will be passed by a small majority. When tne House meets tomorrow at 11 -30. a resolution or order will be reported irom the committee on rules snh. stantialy as follows: That the bill will be taken up for consideration; that the amendments be limited to one' that a general debate oroceerl until 4:30; the time being equally divided , between the two sides of the House and at that hour a vote to he taken The purpose of allowing one amend ment is to give the democrats a chance to move a substitution of the Williams bill for the Vreeland bill, the idea being that some democrats after casting a complimentary vote for the Williams bill wiH support the Vree hjnd bill. Williams however, savs if this is the' game,, he does not propose to be" led iotq 'any such trap and will move the substitution of the Fowler bill. The backers of the Vreeland bill have no "mind to allow this as they have work cut out for them selves without bringing into the con troversy the Fowler ; bill which al ready has caused , hard feeling be tween the Republican elements. In view of this it may be that tomor row's order will designate definitely the Williams bill as the one amend ment which will be entertained. As the leaders have issued strict caution for all members to be in their seats tomorrow noon, it is expected the heaviest vote of the session will be on the Vreeland bill.