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33rd YEAR. NO.' 166
REPUBLICANS
GATHERING
Leaders Hold First Ses
sion With Hitchcock
AT COLORADO SPRINGS
Enthusiasm Displayed by Lead
er of Sixteen States for the
Coming Campaign
TEXAS WANTS GOOD SPEAKER
State Chairman of Oklahoma Says
Hit Stat Will Glva the Democrat
Close Race All Representatives
Are Confident
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 20.
The first session of the Republican
leaders with Chairman Hitchcock of
the national committee opened this
afternoon onu continued until nearly
8 o'clock. During that time the mem
bers of the national committee and
chairman of the state central commit
tees from 16 States and Territories
addressed the assembly and explain
ed state conditions. .
Tonight Hitchcock is talking; indi
vidually with the leaders of Western
States for the purpose of working
out with still greater detail the plans
for opening and conducting the cam
paign. Great enthusiast was dis
played by all the participants in the
conference.' Representatives from
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oregon, South Dakota. Utah, Wash
ington and Wyoming declared in pos
itive terms that their States can be
carried for Taft btit at the same time
insisted that the campaign there
should be carried on with the great
est vigor and enthusiasm. Colonel
Lyon of Texas complained that his
State has been neglected by the Re
publican national campaign managers
in the past and he wanted a strong
spekcrs sent there. The situation in
Texas will be taken up at some other
time, Oklahoma also desired that
it be not ignored in the coming cam
paign and State Chairman Hunter
said if an earnest effort is made the
Democrats will be given a close race,
There is factional fight in Colorado
and an effort was made to get Hitch
cock to referee the controversy.
The national chairman refused to
be drawn into the fight in any capa
city, and told the local leaders that
jthey should settle their differences
so as not to injure the Republican
tamps. -Another conference will be
held tomorrow afternoon.
TAFT ADDRESSES GATHERINO
HOT SPRINGS, July 20.-Judge
Taft today assisted in the opening, of
court and in the dedication of the
court house at Germantown, Vir,, five
miles from here. The subject of his
speech was the administration of
justice by courts, He was greeted by
a large gathering from the neighbor
ing towns and by the country folk,
many whom traveled far to, see and
her the candidate for the presidency,
lie was given a cordial welcome. The
strength of the judiciary, Taft was
declared to be based on the fact that
it rested upon the principal that the
people share the responsibility of the
work of courts in the form of duties,
placed on the juries and in other ca
, parities. ''- He justified the proper
criticism of the courts by the people
. because by such criticism, those who
administer justice shall feel that
they are under the critical eye of men
and women who are, entitled to have
Justice. for the people administered,
"Without fear or favor."
lie could not come into the atmos
phere of a court he said without a
feeling of deep regret that he ever left
the bench. He concluded his re
marks by congratulating Bath county
uoon the fact that in it two political
parties are nearly equally divided
which he said was guarantee
atrainst evils in the administration of
the government. Judge Taft was
heartily applauded when .he opened
his address and was frequently in
terrupted by applause. He was pre
sented to the assemblage by J. A.
Rivcrcombe, a member of the board
of supervisors. In presenting Mm
Rivercombe referred to him as the
"Most distinguished gentleman in the
United States."'
7 TOO MUCH NOISE.
New York Starts Crusade To Stop
Unnecessary Sounds.
NEW YORK, July 20,-New
York's new crusade against making
unnecessary noise Is on in earnest
under Police Commissioner Bing
ham's order and yesterday, although
Sunday is an off day for street haw
kers, several arrests were ,made. Sev
eral too vociferous push cart men
were among the visitors. To-day
the police under instructions will be
gin their first week day's work In an
effort to suppress the noise makers.
Venders, scissors grinders with bells
and bugles, old clothes men, unneces
sarily noisy vehicles, trolley cars
with flat wheels and other nuisance
makers are under the ban. General
Binirham is on record as, meaning
business in this crusade to make New
York a quieter icity and numerous ar
rests are expected in the campaign of
suppression.
LIKE JEaFvALJEAN
Ex-Convict Caught Who Was
Leading Exemplary Life
SERVED AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF
Prank Sherlock Rode Away On War
den's Horse From New Mexico
Penitentiary Eleven Years Ago,
And Now Must Return To JaiL
CHICAGO, July 20.-A dispatch to
the Record Herald from Williams,
Arizona, says: .
With a pistol pressed to his abdo
men by Ranger H. E. Woods, Frank
Sherlock, alias Charles Ely, recogniz
ed as a convict who rode away from
the New Mexico penitentiary on the
Warden's horse eleven years , ago,
yesterday exclaimed, "Guess you got
me, kid," and quietly surrendered.
He was delivered into the custody
of Capt. Christ Man of the New Mex
ico penitentiary last night and im
mediately s'arted on the overland
train for Santa Fe,. where he has two
years to serve on a four year gen
tence for horse stealing.
Sherlock was betrayed by a fellow
convict whom he discharged from a
position with the Grand Canon Lime
and Cement Company at Nelson, Ari
zona., where Sherlock had taken a
contract. Sherlock was' a Jean Val
jean since his escape and has since
led an exemplary life. For eight
years he has served as a deputy sher
iff of Mojavo conty, and in that time
has run down many desperate crimi
nals, '
STILL AT LARGE.
' RENO, Nev., July 20. Peter Clau
dianes, for whom the police are look
ing in connection with the dynamit
ing of Gallagher's home at East Oak
land, Cal., is still at liberty, It was
related that he' had been captured but
it proved false.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1908
BRYAN VAS
WORRIED
Notified Anti - Injunction
Plank Was Worthless
SAID HE WAS TRICKED
A Reporter Relieved His Sus
pense Regarding the D. B.
Hill Bill
CLEARS AWKWARD SITUATION
Bryan's Appeal to Farmers For Cam
paign Contributions is Meeting
With Success Many Responses
Enclosing Money Being Received.
FAIRVIEY, Neb., July 20.-Influ-
ential Eastern Democrats, today no
tified Bryan that in their opinion the
anti-injunction plank adopted at
Denver was hardly worth the paper it
is written on, the reason alleged by
them being that the D. B. Hill bill,
passed by the senate which is special
ly endorsed by the Democrats, simply
carried out. the common law. The
provision granting trial by jury in
contempt cases, "In discretion of the
presiding judge." The plan was draft
ed on the assumption that the Hill
bill was passed only after it been
amended to make a trial by jury
mandatory at the demand of the de
fendant. While Bryan was reason
ably ure of his ground, the allega
tion was that he and the majority of
the resolutions committee had been
"tricked" caused him to worry and
he admitted he intended to make in
quiry on the set.
An Associated Press correspondent
this afternoon relieved his suspense
by explaining that advices from
Washington that the Hill bill as final
ly adopted by the Senate in 1896 pro
vided for summary punishment in
the direct cases of contempt but made
it mandatory for the court to grant a
trial by jury in all cases where such
contempt was committed outside of
the presence and where a trial was
demanded by the defendant. This
was an Bryan remembered it and it
cleared up what promised to become
an awkward situation for the Demo
cratic candidate. The appeal of
Bryan to the farmers 6f the country
for campaign contributions is bear
ing fruit, Today a number of re
sponses were received with sums en
closed varying in amount.
STATUE OF LEE.
Prepared For Statutory Hall of the
National Capitol.
NEW YORK, July 20.-Ex-Judge
Geo. D. Christian of Richmond, Va.,
is here after , returning from Provi
dence, R. I., where with other mem
bers of the Virginia commission he
inspected the new Valentine statue of
Gen. R. E. Lee, designed for Statu
tory Hall at the National Capital.
The commissioners were .accompan
ied to Providence by Edward V. Val
entine, the Richmond sculptor who
designed the statue of Lee over the
general's tomb in the chapel at Wash
ington and Lee University, Lexing
ton. Members of the commission
express themselves as being greatly
pleased with the statue. . Virginia
has been represented for' a year ' in
Statutory Hall by a figure of Wash
ington but the other niche to which
the old Dominion is entitled , has all
this time been vacant because the
legislature was wiling to accept none
but one of Lee. When the bill was
introduced in the Virginian general
assembly providing for the appropri
ation of $10,000 for a statue of Lee
for the second Virginia niche, many
expressed the opinion that the move
ment was ill,-timed. ,
The legislatre passed the bills,
however, and the commission does
not doubt that the statue will be accepted.
CELEBRATES 80th BIRTHDAY.
NEW YORK, Juiy 20.-Ex-Justice
Rogar A. Pryor of the supreme court
member of the Confederate states
congress, Confederate general and a
life long democrat, celebrated his
eightieth birthday yesterday. A few
friends called to see him and the
large desk in the library of his home
in West 69th Street, held two huge
bunches of beautiful flowers. But
he spent the day as he spends most
of his time now-with his books and
flowers. Mrs. Pryor is his constant
'companion. Ex-Justice Pryor was
the youngest member of the conven
tion which nominated rranklin
Pierce at Baltimore in 1852, and he
yet has decided opinions on politics.
IS FATALLY ASSAULTED.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 20.-Frank
Casena, a candy maker, was found
wifh a fractured skull and a wound
in the inside of the, mouth evidently
made by a sharp stick or parasol, at
the corner of First and San Fernan
do streets at an early hour this tuors-
ing by two friends whom he had left
bat a moment before. His compan
ions state that . he was attacked by
some one or ones in party of three
men and three women, whom they
pursued several blocks, finally giving
up the chase to return to the woun
ded man's assistance,, Casena will
die.- , '
DEAD BY DOG'S BITE
Dread Hydrophobia'Causes Lit
tle Brooklyn Girl's Death
BITTEN BY MONGREL CUR
Convulsions And Rabies Come After
Six Weeks and the Girl Finally
' Dies With Screams That Could be
Heard For. Blocks 'Around.
NEW YORK, July 20.-Hydro-
phobia has caused the death of Flo
rehce Kirkman the six year old
daughter of Ralpli Kirkman of
Brooklyn, For hours before the
child was removed from her home to
a hospital her cries could be heard all
over the neighborhood where she
lived.
Six weeks ago the child was bitten
in the hand by a mongrel dog. She
was playing in. the street at the time,'
tossing a ball into the air. As she
stopped to pick up the ball the dog
ran at her and bit her. The girl's mo
ther took her to a nearby drug store
and had ' the woun cauterized. The
wound seemed to heal and nothing
more was thought of the incident un
til about a week ago when the girl
began 'to get spells of dizziness.
' Mrs. Kirkman called in a physi
cian but he thought that the dog's
bite had nothing to do with the
child's illness. Then the child had
one convlsion after another. The
doctor advised her removal to a hos
pital. ' She wastaken to the Kings
County hospital where she. died.
SPENT QUIET DAY.
DENVER, July 20.-The Western
Federation of Miners' : convention
spent the entire day discussing in
dustrial unionism and adjourned
without taking action. There is no
opposition tb President Moyer and he
will doubtless . be re-elected presi
dent by acclamation. This will be
his seventh term.
A BIS
DOING VELL
Score: United Kingdom;
' 54; United States, 46
U. S. LEADS IN SPRINTS
Also Win 100 Metre Swimming,
Standing Broad Jump and
Wrestling Match
TOURISTS "ROOT" AMERICANS
Liverpool Police Tug-of-War Team
Challenge American Team Other
Nations Have Not Improved Their
Positions.
LONDON. July 20. The second
week of the Olympic games began
with the first day devoted principally
to field sports, such as Americans
are ' accustomed to witness. The
American and British runners and
jumpers gathered in the lion's share
of laurels as usual, but the Americans
exceeded even the most sanguine ex
pectations.
Several hundred Americans, mostly
tourists, with many ladies, massed
together in seats next to the royal
box, and gave an exhibition of root
ing which suggested an American
college crowd and immensely amus
ed the foreigners. The spectacular
features of the day were eight trial
heats of 100 metres races and eight
trial heats of 800 metres. In the
sprints America captured eight heats
and Great Britain four. British won
six and Americans three heats of tfoe
nine in the 400 metre hurdles.
The" American colors .went to the
top of the flagpole .three times, sig
nifying: a victory in the finals of the
100 metre swimming, standing broad
jump and the bantam catch as catch
can wrestling. The results today
added three wins to the American's
score and one to France. The other
nations are not improving their po
sitions. In the field events America
added six points, while Greece, the
only other nation to increase their
score in these counts, picked up
three. "America is now only eight
points behind the United Kingdom,
the score reading, United Kingdom
54, America 46.
The City of Liverpool police team
which won the Olympic tug of war
has issued a challenge to the Ameri
cans, both, teams in stocking feet or
ia any footwear the Americans prefer
and the match is to be for love or for
any charity.
VIOLATED COURT'S ORDER.
Federation of Labor Boycott Buck
Stove & Range Company.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-In the
Buck Stove & Range : case, Justice
Sandetson of the district supreme
court today summoned Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor; Secretary Frank
Morrfson and John Mitchell of the
executive council, and former presi
dent of the Mineworkers, to appear at
court on September 5 and show cause
why they should not be punished for
contempt of the court's injunction
order. The situation alleges ' that
Tustice Gould's order forbade a na
tional boycott by the Federation of
Labor and that it has been violated
by public utterances and addresses of
three labor leaders. Several utter
ances were quoted and John Mitchell
is charged with having last January
put to a vote at a meeting of the
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Mincworkers, a resolution composing
a $5 fine on anyone who purchased a
stove or range of that company. The
resolution also provides for the ex
pulsion of men in default of payment
f the fine.
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
Philadelphia 1, Detroit 4.
Boston 8, Chicago 1.
Washington 5, Cleveland 3.
New York 3, St. Louis 8.
National League.
Chicago 5, Boston 2.
Pittsburg 6, Brooklyn 3.
Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 4.
St. Louis-New York game post
ponedf rain.
TROOPS READY.
Governor Comer Orders Out Ala
bama Cavalry as a Precaution.
BIRMINGHAM, July 20.-Gover-nor
Comer today ordered the Ala
bama cavalry to proceed to Birming
ham at once 200 strong. They arriv
ed tonight. The action of the gov
ernor is precautionary and the men
will be held in readiness in case of
further trouble as a result of the
miners' strike. Reports from various
camps today are that everything is
quiet There is considerable desultory
shooting in various sections however
and a feeling of unrest prevails.
FIRE DESTROYS TOWN. (
.
SPOKANE. July 20.-Fire at Cot
tonwood, Idaho, early this morning
ing, wiped out the business section of
town and did damage to the extent of
over $250,000. The fire started in a
saloon and communicated to the ad
joining buildings which were as dry
as tinder and burned with great
rapidity.4 .. Ty '
TO BUILD IN HASTE
11 ".y.V.l
Keen Rivalry Between Workers
on Two New Battleships
THE FLORIDA AND THE UTAH
Both Ships Will Probably be Ready
Within Two and A Half Years,
While Delaware and Dakota Are
Partially Completed.
NEW YORK, July 20.-The na
val constructors at the New York
Navy Yard who are to have the su
pervision of the building of the 20,-
000 ton battleship Florida, authorized
fcj the last congress, are not going
to lose any time in getting th.e sfiip
ready for commission. The prelim
inary work is now well under way,
and within a few weeks the navy de
partment will ask for bids for mater
ial needed in building the battleship.
There promises to be keen rivalry
between . the private concern that
will build the Utah, the Florida's sis-
Jer ship and the workers who will
build the Florida. It is expected by
naval officers that both ships will be
ready for the fleet within two and a
half years. At the close of 1910 the
United States will "own her first
squadron of all big gun ships to con
sist of the two vessels already named
t ft
and the Delaware and North Dakota,
both of which are over thirty per
cent , completed. Naval constructor
William J. Baxter, the man who built
the Connecticut, will again be at the
head of the government force.
MANILA, July 20-Lieut. Guy
Burr, who was wounded July 10 in
an attack on outlaws at Cota on the
Island of . MindanaC, has died from
his wound. Lieutenants Burr and
Whitney, commanding a detachment
of the constabulary, stormed Cota
which was occupied by the outtaw
Hyan. Fourteen of the outlaws
were killed and two guns were cap
tured.' '. ' ' ' -. ' "" , ' ': '