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33rd YEAR. NO, 147
BELL CHOSEN
CHAIRMAN
Of tbe Democratic Nation
al Convention
TEMPORARY CAPACITY
H. D, Clayton Is Mentioned for
the Permanent Chairman,
ship by Committee
OTHER APOINTMENTS MADE
Large Crowds Expected In Denver to
Attend t Convention Mayor Dahl
man of Omaha Arrives Delegates
Have Seats But no Votes.
DENVER. June 27.-Theodore A.
Bell, of California, was today chosen
temporary chairman of the Demo
cratic National Convention by com
mittee on convention arrangements.
No selection of permanent chairman,
this being left for the inecling'of the
full committee. Names that are per
manently mentioned in this connec
tion are II. D. Clayton, JiuUon P.
Harmon, Governor Folk and Senator
Bailey, Other appointments made by
committee, were: General Secretary
Urey Woodson, Kentucky. Assistant
General Secretary, Edwin Stone,
Washington City; scrgcant-at-arms,
John I. Martin of Missouri; chief
assistant sergeantat-arius, J. C. Fenn,
Indiana; chief doorkeeper, Eugene
W. Sullivan, Illinois; parliamentarian,
N. D. Crutchficld, Kentucky; chaplain
for opening day, Archbishop Keane,
Wyoming,
It was reported early in the day
that there might be a fight against
Bell, who it was thought was favor
ed by Bryan and not the choice of I
Roger C. Sullivan and it is predicted
that when it came to the vote Bell
would find six votes out of the nine
ncninut liim Tli,r tun, nn rnnt&f
vnadc however. The committee after
considering the status of the dele
gates from the Phillipines it was de
cided precedent of 1904 should ob
tain. The delegates have seats but
no votes.
A lengthy discussion over the ap
portionment of the ticket occurred
but no settlement was reached and
the matter went over until the com
mittee meets Tuesday.
The unprecedented demand for
tickets admission prevails. In Chi
cago and the other big cities, the con
vention is no novelty, but in the west
this is a new thing and practically the
entire population of Colorado and the
states seem to have the idea that the
seats may be had for the asking. Be
cause of the tremedendous nressure
it may be necessary to hold the pro- j 'sh the work in five years,
cecdings until those who cannot ob-l "It took the government 20 years to
tain seats can march through the . build the canal and locks at the Cas
aislcs in order to be given a chance cades because there was lack of or
to see what a convention in session ganization in the state to make our
looks like. needs m Washington. The gov-
Mnvnr nahlmnn of Oinnlin. a close eminent is spending about a million
friend of Bryan's, arrived today. He
declared Bryan's position on the
chairmanships is unchanged. Dahl
man is generally credited with having
a draft of the platform which is to be
submitted to the convention. Dahl-
man, however, said while he talked to
Bryan on the subject, that there had
been no platform so far as he knew of
that had been drawn up.
There is no mystery about it, Dahl
man said, as it is generally known
throughout the country, what sort of
a platform on which Bryan is willing
to stand. When asked whether there
would be an injunction plank, Dahl
man admitted in this respect in the
ntatfnrm nf tho enmintr rnnvpntimi.
would probably differ from that of ways Dei ween uastern viegon, r.asi
the former Bryan platforms. Dahl- em Washington, Idaho and those
man said nothing has been determin- portions of the Inland Empire tapped
ed yet in this respect and that in all by the Columbia and Snake Rivers,
probability the entire matter would I hope there will be a good attend
:await the probable interview between , ance of Portland citizens at the meet-
Bryan and a number of prominent la
bor leader at Bryan's home in Lin
coin, early next week.
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BASEBALL OAMES.
American League.
At Detroit-Detroit 1, St. Louis' 0.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia 6,
Washington 0.
At Cleveland-Cleveland 6, Chica
go 3.
At New York-New York 7, Bos-
ton u.
I National League.
At Chicago Chicago 1, Cincinnati
4.
At St. Loui-St. Louis 1, Pitts
burg 4.
At Denton Boston 4, Philadelphia
I.
At Brooklyn Broklyn 3, 2, New
York 4, 5.
Pacific Coast League.
At Los Angeles Los Angeles 4,
Portland S.
At San Francisco San Francisco
4, Oakland 5.
Northwest League.
At Spokane Aberdeen 1, Spokane
5.
At Seattle Seattle 4, Tacoma I.
JOS. BUTLER DEAD.
Head Of The Big Eastern Butler
Estate Dies At Cilverton.
CHICAGO, June 27. A despatch
to the Record Herald from Cincin
nati! says:
News was received here last night
of the death at Cilverton, Col, of
Jos. Butler, millionaire, head of the
big Butter estate in this city. Mr. But'
ler with C. J. Christie, former mayor
Fleishman's representative and other
prominent Cincinnatians was on route
to Colorado to inspect mining prop
erty and stopped at Chicago to attend
the republican convention. !
OPEN RIVER FORCES
Calls a Meeting to Plan Active
Campaign .
WILL RUSH CELILO CANAL
The Government Should go Ahead
With Work on Celilo Canal Says
J. N. Teal and Finish it in Five
Years.
TORTLAND, June 27.-"Nature
has done a whole lot for Portland in
the matter of easy grades connecting
it with an empire of wealth, and the
city should do something for herself,"
said J. N. Teal this morning.
He is promoting the holding of a
meeting of Portland business ill en
and property owners for Tuesday
evening at the Commercial Club
when practical methods for opening
up the Columbia River at Celilo will
be discussed.
"The Government should go ahead
with the canal at Celilo without in
terniisison," he says, "and it is our
business to appeal to the National
authorities in such a manner as to
have appropriations sufficient to fin-
' nn nra nn tum i on n r:in:ii niiw hut
it will take about five million dollars
t ocomplete it.
"The portage road constructed
around the dalles of Celilo has done a
great deal in keeping freights down
'between this city and the Inland Em-
pire. out mere are not Doat aDove
Celilo to connect with those on the
I Columbia river below the point. We
' must arrange to put on the boats
necessary while awaiting the comple
tion of the canal. Portland capital
can do this and make the enterprise
pay.
"Cheap freights will make a city,
' and there is no excuse for Portland
not having cheap communication both
ASTORIA, OREGON,
PORTLAND
Los Angeles Man Fatally
Injuring His Wife
NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE
Follows Her to Portland from
Los Angeles in 'Effort for
Reconcilation
OVER DOMESTIC TROUBLES
Chester G. Halloway, Civil Engineer,'
Attempted to End Life Last June
' Trouble Believed to Have Unbal
anced Hit Mind.
PORTLAND, June 27.-Chester G.
Halloway, of Los Angeles, a civil en
gineer, shot his wife tonight. It is
believed Mrs. Halloway" cannot re
cover.
- Hallo way, followed-hit-, rife her
from Los Angeles in an effort to ef
fect a reconsoliation following the
estrangement between them. His
efforts were not met with any degree
of success and on June IS he at
tempted to kill himself by cutting the
veins in his arm. Tonight ,in what
appeared to be his final attempt to in
duce his wife to return him, HalloVay
went to the home of her sister, with
whom Mrs. Halloway had been stay
ing. Mrs. Halloway came to the door
in response to his request and gave
him another refusal. Halloway then
fired three bullets into his wife, one
of which found lodgment near the
heart. Halloway did not resist ar
rest. Brooding over his domestic
troubles is believed to have unbal
anced his mind.
DEEPEN HELL GATE
Blasting Not Yet Begun But The
Preliminary Operations Started.
NEW YORK, June 27-Operations
for the deepening of Hell Gate will
be begun to-day when one dredge and
a barge will be put in place in the
channel between Middle Reof and
Hill Rock.
Blasting will not begin for some
time; that part of the work depend
ing upon the material encountered by
the dredge in its preliminary opera
tions. Now that the steamship Whitney
has been removed from where she
run on the rocks, navigators will have
the dredge to look and probably will
have to use , the Harlem in coming
south at ebb tide while at flood tide
the old channel between Reff and As
toria may be used. The work is in
charge of J. E. Clark, Supt. and is
under the jurisdiction of the Engineer
Corps of the Army.
TAFT AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-Secre-
tary Tuft returned to Washington to
night after a trip which included Cin
cinnati, New York, New Haven, New
London and Oyster Bay.
SENSATION IN LONDON.
Robert Siever, Well Known English
Editor Arrested For Blackmail.
LONDON, June 27.-Robert Siever
the editor of the Winning Post, and
one of the best known sportsmen in
England was arrested today charged
with attempting blackmail on Jack
Joel, nephew of the late Barney
Narnato, the "Diamond King," out of
$25,000, The arrest created a great
sensation.
ing Tuesday evening in order to show
that we are alive to the interests of
the city in these matters."
SHOOING
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1908
SHERMAN NORMAL.
CLEVLAND, June 27.-Rcprescn-tative
Sherman passed a very com
fortable day and tonight his temper
ature, purse and respiration are
normal.
TORNADO DESTROYS TOWN.
Clinton, Minn., Reported to Have
Been Completely Destroyed.
CLINTON, Minn., June 27,-Tor-nado
here at 5:30 tonight six killed
and scores injured. The town is com
pletely destroyed.
. BUD BARNES GUILTY.
Jury Return Verdict of Guilty of the
Murder of Mrs. Aldrich.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 28.
Bud Barnes was tonight found
guilty of murder in the first degree by
the jury which has been trying him
on the charge of the killing of Mrs.
Aldrich, an aged woman some weeks
ago. The jury rendered the verdict
at 1 o'clock this morning. They were
out 45 minutes, and returned the ver
diet on the first ballot.
A TOTAL LOSS.
NEW YORK, jUne 27.-The Clyde
Line Str. Chippowa which struck a
rock near Montauk, Wednesday is
still hard aground and will probably
I rove a total loss.
Since Thursday thousands of water
melons have been thrown into the
seas, and hundreds of people may
from the Connecticut have visited the
scene to gather the rich harvest.
When a melon is washed ashore there
is a wild scramble among the beach
combers to reach it.
MEXICO UPRISING
Inspired by Three Irresponsible
Men on American Soil
WOULD-BE RAIDERS FOILED
They Appealed to Criminal and Ig
norant Element to Make Raids Un
der Pretense of Raising Funds For
Alleged Revolution.
MEXICO CITY, June 27.-In
statement to the Associated Press,
Vice-President Correl declares that
the uprising in the northern part of
the country was inspired by three
irresponsible men who are at present
residing on American territory and
who are claiming America protection
These men he says are Enrique
Flores Magon of Los Angeles; Thom
as Sarabia of San Antonio; Anton
Parraujo of Austin. They appealed
to the criminal and ignorant element
on the border states of Mexico to
raid certain towns and rob banks and
government offices under the pre
tense of raising funds for the alleged
revolution. The plan contemplated
raids on Ceiudad Juarez. Ceiudad
Diaz, Las Vacas and Viesca. Except
on the latter two ,the attempts have
miscarried and the would-be raiders
are now in jail. Vice-president says
the affair has absolutely no political
significance, merely being participat
ed in by the criminals and lowest
class of men who have been preyed
on by designing Charlatans.
EL PASO, June 27.-E1 Correo, a
conservative paper at Chihuahua,
says today that the army variously
estimated at from 4000 to 7000 men
is marching on to Torreon, one of
the richest cities in the state of Coa
huila. The story says the country is
swarming with armed men and
bridges have been burned with the
possible object of impeding the pas
sage of troops. It is generally sup
posed that a movement not against
the state of Coahuila, but against the
federal government. One version
however, has it that it is wholly
against the state and that it grows
out of the fact of the Governor ob
jections to people.
LOS ANGELES, June 27 Ricardo
Flores Magon, president of the , revo
lutionary Junta, who has been in
custody here for many months charg- j
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INSULTED
Bad
Shooting Scrape at
San Francisco
TWO SAILORS INJURED
Because Jackies object to 19
Year Old Sailor Drinking Nar
rowly Escape Death
THE SHOOTER ARRESTED
Harris and Harvey the Victims in a
Serious Condition Were Taken to
Hospital and Later on Board the
Georgia.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-As
the result of a shooting affray tonight
H. A. Harris, a hospital steward on
the battleship Georgie, is dangerously
injured: B. J. Harvey, chief gunner's
mate on the Connectitcut is the other
victim. The shooting was done by
Philip A. Becsker, boatswain's mate
on the Philadelphia. Becker entered
a saloon in company with J. Francis
Gunning, a 19-year-old member of
the crew of the Brooklyn. Harvey
and Harris were standing at the bar.
They objected to Becker allowing
Gunning to drink whisky. Gunning
had one drink, but when the second
round was served he was not given
the whisky. Becker and Gunning left,
returning a few minutes later. As
they entered the saloon Becker drew
a revolver and said he was not going
to be insulted again and without fur
ther warning opened fire, striking
Harris twice, once in the left breast
Then he fired two shots at Harvey
one hitting him in the jaw. Harris
and Harvey were taken to the hospi
tal and later Harris was taken to the
Georgia where an operation
was performed. Becker and Gunn
ing left the place and visited a num
ber of other saloons before . they
were apprehended by the police.
ELECTED OFFICERS
DENVER Col, June 27.-The Na
tional Association of credit men con
chid their convention here last night
by electing officers as follows:
President Frank M. Gettys, Louis
ville, re-elected; First Vice President;
T. H. McAdoo, Chicago second vice
president, Wm. A. Given, Pittsburg
Secretary -treasurer, Chas. E. Meek,
re-elected; Directors A. C. Foster,
Denver, Frank F. La Motte, Balti
more; t, K. Salisbury, Minneapolis;
J. W. Spangler, jr. Seattle; H. C.
Moore, Kansas City; Geo. K. Smith,
New Orleans and David S. Ludlam,
Philadelphia. Philadelphia will be
the nest place of meeting.
BANK PRESIDENT HELD
MEMPHIS, Tenn.; June 27.-W.
H. Bingham, former president of the
Binghamton Bank which recently
suspended, was yesterday indicated
on four charges as an outcome of thi
falure' of the bank. Three of the in
dictment charge "larceny by fraud,
scheme and device' and the fourth
charges that he, as president, received
deposits after bank was known to be
insolvent. The Bank was located at
Binghamton a manufacturing suburb
of this city.
I
ed with violating the neutrality laws
of the United States by inciting revo
lution in Mexico says the outbreaks
in the last 48 hours are part of or
ganized movement and declares fur
ther that if it lasts three months until
the people of Mexico can learn that it
is going on ,it will result in the com
plete overthrow of the existing government.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
PATTERSON NOMINATED.
Wins After a Bitter Picturesque
Fights Against H. W. Cormack.
NASHVILLE, June 27-In today's
democratic primary after the hardest
fought, the bitterets and most pic
turesque campaigns ever known in
Tennessee, Governor M. R. Patter
son won the gubernatorial nomina
tion over H. W. Carmaclc Carmack
based his fight on state-wide prohibi
tion and alternation supported by the
present local option statute.
AT BIG FALLS
An Immense Electric Generating
Plant Will Be Constructed
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 27.
John D. Ryan, managing director of
the Amalgamated Copper Company
and John G. Marony, president of the
paly Bank and Trust Company of
Butte and of the First National Bank
of Great Falls are the heaviest stock
holders in the company purchase the
Great Falls Water Power and Tran
sit Company, the sale of which by J.
J. Hill and associates to John D.
Ryan and others for a million and a
half of dollars was announced last
night.
The purchasers deny that the am-
algumated Copper Company has any
interest in the deal.
The property embraced all the
property of the Great Water Power
and Townsite Company.
It is probable that an immense
electric generating plant will be con
structed at the "Big" falls.
KITCHIN FOR GOVERNOR.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 27.
Congressman Kitchin was nominated
for governor on the 60th ballot at 6
o'clock tonight by a majority of 60
VOteS. " ,,-
JURORS ACCUSED
Hyde and Schneider Claim Their
Liberty Was Bartered
VERDICT WAS AGREED TO
Both Declare the Jury Had Planned
Their Verdict by Mutual Agree
ment by Which Freedom of Two
Was Obtained.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-Mis-conduct
of the jury after the case was
submitted to it, amounting to a bar
ter of the liberty of Frederick A.
Hyde and Jost H. Schneider, of San
Francisco, to effect an agreement up
on a verdict, is alleged by Hyde and
Scneider, recently convicted of con
spiracy to defraud the government of
public lands, as an additional assign
ment of reasons for a new trial.
This supplemental reason, made
public in the criminal court today,
charges that the verdict was the re
sult of an agreement among the
jurors that if some of their number
who held a different view would
agree to convict the two men, other
jurors would vote to acquit Benson
and diamond.
The defendants say that jurors who
were in favor of convicting Benson
were told that if they would join in
a verdict of acquittal as to him,
those in favor of acquitting Hyde
would vote for conviction, and that
if those who thought all four men
should be convicted would vote to ac
quit Dimond, the jurors favoring a
general acquittal would vote to con
vict Schneider.
Attached to the motions are affida
vits of the attorneys, A. S. Worthing
ton and R. G. Donaldson, counsel for
the defendants, that their belief that
the barter was made is based on in
formation received from two of the
jurors, and that they are making fur-
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i iner errort to secure amdavits of the
other members of the jury as to what
transpired during the jury's delibera
tions. BERNE, June 27. -The federal
court here ordered the release of
four Mormons convicted in the lower
court of having preached their doc
trines, on the ground that they have
committed no offense.