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33rd YEAR. NO. 173
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, , 1908
PRICE FIYE CENTS
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For tbc Candidates of the
Independent Party
BRYAN CAUSES A RIOr
Sheperd, of Kansas, Mentions
Democrat's Name and Is Put
Out of the Hall
NARROWLY ESCAPE VIOLENCE
Thorn L. Hiagen of Mamchuett
la Nominated on the Third Bal
lot With Large Majority Over
Howard.
CHICAGO. July 2U President:
Thomai L Hisgen of Massachusetts.
Vice -Prenidcnt: John T. Crave of
Georgia.
The above ticket .tonight was nomi
nated by the independence party at
it first national convention.
Friend of Mr. Bryan made an
effort during the night tension to
bring hi name before the conven
tion and J. C. Sheperd, of Kanas,
mho attempted it nearly caused a riot
and narrowly escaped physical vio
lence at the hands of the indignant;
delegates. At the hand of the guards
of hevcral scVgcants-at-arms he was
hustled out of hall while some of in
censed delegates vainly attempted to
strike him and one of them savagely
truck at him with a cane.
Hisgcn's nomination came on in
the third ballot.
When the night session was called
to order, Chairman Walsh announced
that the presentation of candidates
for nomination for president wa in
order.
Alabama placed in nomination N.
W. Howard of Fort Wayne. Ala.;
Rev. Rolland D. Sawyer of Massa
chusetts nominated Thomas L. His
gen of that state and then came Shep
ard's disastrous attempt to nominate
Bryan. After quiet had finally been
restored, Judge John Palmiere of
New York placed Reuben R. Lyon
of that state in nomination. Ohio
nominated W. R. Hearst,
On the first two ballots no nomina
tion resulted.
On the third ballot Hisgen received
831 votes, Howard 38, Graves 77 and
Hearst 22. Hisgen was declared nom
inated. The convention then proceed
ed with the nomination of vice-president
and John Temple Graves- re
ceived it. The convention at 1 :24 ad
journed without delay.
The nominations were made at the
tiinht session, after the platform had
been adopted this afternoon which, in
brief declare that the independence
party is for the purpose of wresting
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the controrof public affairs from the
hands of selfish interests and cor
rupt bosses, and to make the govern
ment agency of common good. The
platform endorse the 8-hour day; the
protection of laborers by safety ap-1
pliances, ana nygicnic conmuuns, em
ployers' liability, laws, prohibition of
child labor, condemns prison made
goods, the creation of cabinet depart
ment" of commerce and labor to in
clude mines and mining, insists that
the right to issue money is inherent
with government; demands , revision
of tariff to be made gradually, dis
crimination by railroads, is condemn
ed and to prevent it. The establish--ment
of interstate commerce court, is
advocated whose purpose it shall be
to review and enforce the summarily
orders of the interstate commerce
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H1SGEN
AND GRAVES
communion. The combination In re
straint ( trade are condemned and
prison sentences for violator! of
anti trust law advocated, The plat
form declare for government owner
hip of public utilities, parcel poit,
and pontal aving bank. Asiatic Im
migration opposed. Other plank ad
vocate a rtong navy, the improve
ment of national highway, the pro
tection of American citizen abroad,
and the popular election of United
State Senator.
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Tad Smith, Charged With Aiiault,
Executed in Sight of 100 People.
DALLAS. Tex., July 28. -Tad
Smith, a negro boy, aged 18, charged
with assault on Mit Viola Dclancey.
of Clinton, Hunt county, . yesterday
afternoon, wa captured by officers
early today. He w taken before the
young lady and identified.
The boy wa then hurried to the
Greenville Jail. Before arriving there
however, a mob of citizen overpow
ered the officers, took the prisoner
and prepared to hang him. The idea
was given up, however, and the mob
agreed to burn him at the (take.
Faggots were piled up in the public
square at Greenville and the negro
was placed thereon. Kerosene oil
was poured on and a match applied.
Smith slowly burned to death while
limO people witnessed the execution
by fire.
U. P. DECLARES DIVIDENDS.
NEW YORK, July 28.-The Union
Pacific Railroad Company today de
clared a quarerly dividend of 2 J per
cent on its common stock and a semi
annual dividend of 2 per cent on its
referred stock. The Southern Pacific
Company declared a quarterly divi
dend of one and one-half per cent on
common stock. All these dividends
are unchanged from the last previous
quarter.
GIVES WIFE MONEY
Chicago Man Makes Her Inde
pendent of Him
PAYS HER SO MUCH A YEAR
Lake Forest Couple Surprise Their
Friends A Little, But Husband Says
He Did It Only To Facilitate Wife's
Money Matters.
CHICAGO, July 28,-Lake Forest
was given a surprise yesterday when
two well known residents of the su
burb filed for record a compact which
in other cases might be expected to
accompany proceedings for. a legal
separation. But in their case it is no
thing of the sort. The parties invol
ved are Henry Gordon Strong and
Mrs. Margaret Hubbard Strong. Mr.
Strong is a son "of General Henry
Strong, and a member of the Chicago,
Union League and Onwentsia Clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Strong reside in Lake
Forest and at present are making
their home at the Onwentsia. By the
(terms of the compact which is placed
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on record Mr. and Mrs. Strong both
release all dower or inheritance rights
from each other, while Mr. Strong
agrees to pay his wife $4,000 a year
for the first ten years after July 1,
1909, $4,500 a year for the second ten
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years and then after $5,000 a year un
til her death.
Mr. Strong declared last night, that
the arrangement was to "facilitate"
his wife's financial affairs. He said
that Mrs. Strong goes to Europe
alone frequently and that he wanted
her "to be able to manage her own af
fairs and not be left utterly helpless."
The agreement provides that pay
ments shall not be cancelled. by the
death of Mr. Strong, but shall con
tinue an obligation on his estate. They
shall cease in the event of the death of
Mrs. Strong. '
GREAT FIRE IN
SWEEPS SEVERAL
Threatened North End of the City and Damage
Into Hundreds of Thousands
FLAMES WERE FANNED
Barr Hotel at Sixth and Glison Is Gutted and Stables of Several
Transfer Companies Also Destroyed Conflagration Believed
to Have Started in Some New Hay
FLAMES STARTED IN STABLES
THEY BADE FAIR TO DESTROY NORTH END OF THE CITY,
BUT WERE MAINLY STOPPED BY BRICK WALLS, THOUGH
FOR A TIME A TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION SEEMED INEVITABLE.
PORTLAND, July 28. -A fire
which broke out at 5:30 this after
noon destroyed an area equivalent to
almost four blocks and did actual
damage estimated at $225,000 and for
hours it jeopardized the entire north
end of the city with its millions of
dollar worth of buildings. No live
were lost and there was only one in
jured. This was Edward LeRone, a
lineman, who was seriously burned
and shocked by electricity while cut
ting the power wire.
The flames started in the stables of
the Oregon Transfer Company, near
Fifth and Hoyt streets, and are be
lieved to have been caused by spon
taneous combusion in the new hay.
Four transfer companies have
stables in this block and within 10
minutes all the building in the block
with the exception of a couple of
stores on the immediate corner of
Sixth and Glisan streets were afire. A
high wind fanned the flames against
the windows of the Barr Hotel, a
four-story brick on Sixth and Glisan
streets, and soon this structure was a
seething furnace. It was gutted.
South of the hotel, the fire got into
a two-story brick building used by
small storekeepers and as a lodging
house and almost gutted the build
ing. The Oregon Casket Company, a
six -story brick plant on the south
east corner of this block, presents two
blank walls to the northwest, and
300 CHINESE DROWNED.
CANTON, July 28.-The Chinese
steamer Ying'King, engaged in the
local passenger trade, foundered yes
terday during the typhoon. Three
hundred Chinese are known to have
been drowned. Only 12 of those on
board were rescued. The Ying King
was of 798 tons, 200 feet long and
owned in Hongkong.
JAP SHIP LEAVES 'FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28,-The
Japanese training ship Taisel Maru,
on which are several hundred cadets
who are being trained for the Jap
anese merchant marine, sailed today
for Panama, whence she will proceed
to Kapika Bay in Colombia and from
there to Honolulu and then back to
Yokohama.
AFTER STANDARD OIL.
Attorney-General Bonaparte Makes a
Fresh Attack on the Trust.
LENOX, Mass., July 28.-Plans for
another great battle in the courts
with representatives of the Standard
Oil Company will be worked out here
in the Berkshire Hills within the next
few days. , .
Under the direction of Attorney-
General Bonaparte, who is passing
his vacation time in Lenox, the first
move in the new action which it is
understood is to be brought, by the
government against the Standard Oil
PORTLAND
BLOCKS
Runs
FURIOUSLY BY WIND
OF OREGON TRANSFER CO.
these stopped the fire in this block.
The Casket Company suffered little
damage. In the meantime the fire
jumped across Fifth street and con
sumed the entire half block between
Glisan and Hoyt Its progress to the
cast was stayed by the high brick
walls of the Union Meat Co., which
occupies the east half block. This
half block was occupied by stables
and by blacksmiths and wagon shops.
From here the fire jumped across
Glisan street at Fifth, and caugljt in
another large stable. This was burn
ed down as well as the machine shop
lying between it' and the establish
ment of the Pacific Coast Construc
tion, the construction company;s
plant was undamaged, but the flames
sucked around the southwest corner
of the building and destroyed one
story frame building which faced on
Fourth street. Again the fire was
met by high brick walls and its pro
gress halted. Within these bounds,
by great efforts the firemen managed
to hold the fire.
The fire bade fair to destroy the
greater part of the north end of the
city. Other than the row of bricks
which hedged it in, there are few but
frame buildings for a quarter of a
mile in the direction the wind was
blowing and for a time, the man
ner in which the flames were carried
by the wind, seemed to make a ter
rible conflagration inevitable.
Company is to be made here and the
machinery of the Department of Jus
tice set in motion. This action fol
lowing the recent decision of the
United States Court of Appeals at
Chicago setting aside the judgment
of $29,240,000 returned by Judge
Landis against the company indicates
that the announced intention of the
administration to renew the proceed
ings is to be carried out promptly.
Mr. Bonaparte will be joined today
by Frank B. Kellogg, of Minneapolis,
whose conduct of anti-trust cases
for the government brought him na
tional renown and they will review
the present legal status of the case
and discuss the details of further ac
tion. For assistants they will have
the services of half a score of trained
legal experts in the Department of
i Justice in Washington.
Vv'ILL RAISE STRIKE FUND.
DENVER, July 28.-In order to be
prepared for future strikes, the con
vention of the Western Federation of
Miners today ordered the executive
board to levy per capita assessment
sufficiently large to raise a $100,000
strike fund. All work of the conven
tion, except the election of officers,
is now completed.
PRINCE SAILS.
QUEBEC, July 28,-The Prince of
Wales' visit came to an end tonight
when the Prince set said shortly after
midnight. '
MYSTERIOUSLY BURNED.
ST. JOHN, Or, July 28,-The old
street car depot at North Hill, which
was recently moved to McKenna
avenue by Francis . McKenna, and
which resulted in a controversy be
tween Mr.. McKenna and a man
named Meyers, was burned about 3
o'clock Sunday morning. Wile the
origin of the fire is unknown, it is
intimated that the station was set on
fire. .( ! -.',' -'' ,-
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD.
SEATTLE, July 28. J. D. Weller,
74 years old, a prominent business
man of Tacoma, and member of the
firm of the Weller Grocery Company,
dropped dead in front of Fannie
Paddock Hospital yesterday. He had
been in the hospital a week, and
paid his bill and left this morning. He
had just reached the bottom of the
stairs when he dropped dead from a
stroke of apopfexy.
WILL ANSWER LATER.
LINCOLN, July 28.-After reading
Judge Taft's letter of acceptance, W.
J. Bryan stated that later he would
make some comments for the public.
EX-GOVERNOR SICK.
STOCKTON, July 28.-Ex-Gover-
nor James H. Budd is seriously ill at
his home in this city and according to
the statement of his physician his con
dition is alarming. Governor Budd
has been ailing for many months but
it is only since his return from Eu
rope a month ago that his symptoms
have become grave. A consultation
of physicians was held late last night
and the fear is expressed that the pa
tient will not survive through the day.
Relatives have been gathered" at the
bedside since last evening expectng
the end at any moment.
BIG HAUL OF FISH
Phenomenal Catch of Blue Fish
Is Made
BIG PROFITS FOR THE MEN
An Aggregate Of 50,000 Pounds Of
Blue Fish Taken In A Few Hours
Off Of New Jersey Shore Brings
5 Cents The Pound.
NEW YORK, July 28.-Deep sea
fishermen of Sea Bright, N. J. made
a phenominal catch of blue fish yes
terdays At sunrise two hundred
brawny seamen who follow handline
fishing, put off to the banks opposite
Seabright in one hundred fishing
boats. About three miles off shore
they ran into a big school of "Blues"
and for several hours were kept busy
hauling in.
In the afternoon the fishermen re
turned, each boat carrying from 500
to 600 pounds of fish.The catch ag
gregate 50,000 pounds was sold to
commision houses at the rate of- 5c
a pound. The fishermen, received
for their day's work $5,100. I
INITIATION BY WIRE.
Unique Procedure in United Commer
cial Travelers.
DENVER, July 28.-For the first
time in history the work of a secret
order will be transmitted by long
distance telephone when Manley J.
Hemmens, supreme counselor of the
United Commercial travelers, will sit
in his home in Green Bay, Wis., and
listen to the initiation of 50 candi
dates by Pike Peak Council No. 15
Saturday night, August 8.
That absolute secrecy may be in
sured it has been arranged to place
members of the order in charge of
all connections along the line as well
as at Green Bay and Denver.
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HEARS TAFT
Formally Accepted Nomi
nation for Presidency
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HE ATTACKS BRYAN
Says Democratic Platform De
clarations are Inconsistent
and Dangerous
A HOLIDAY AT CINCINNATI
Taft Delivers Address From Portico
of His Brother's Home Speaks
For an Hour and Seven Minutes
Amid Great Cheering.
CINCINNATI, July 28.-Officially
notified today of his nomination for
the presidency by the republican
party, William H. Taft, standing on
the portico of his brother's home in
this , city, he formally accepted the
honor and pledged his allegience to
the policies of President .Roosevelt,
and declared that the function of the
next republican administration would
be to clinch what had already been
accomplished by the present occupant
of the White House. In'doing this
however, Taft pointed out, in what is
regarded as a conservative note, in
his adderss that there would be a ser
ious and difficult work to do, princi
pally to "Devise ways and means in
which the high level of business in
tegrity and obeyance to law, which
he (President Roosevelt), has estab
lished, may be maintained, and a de
parture from it be restrained without
an undue interference with legiti
mate business." Taft attacked the
democratic platform asserting that
most of its declarations were either
inconsistent or dangerous. Bryan's
politics were held up as being de
structive. A vast audience heard Taft
for one hour and seven minutes that
was required to deliver his address of
acceptance. Because of the intense
heat which he appeared to feel
more keenly than those on the open
lawn, he cuts his enunciation of the
principles of many places passing
over the entire sheets of manuscript
at the time explaining his course and
reason therefore in order that his
hearers might read the entire speech
as it comes out for publication.
The occasion of notification and
acceptance was made a holiday by the
loyal residents of Cincinnati, all of
whom without regard to party affilia
tion seemed to take part in the vary
ing demonstrations. There were con
certs, parades, flag raising, daylight
firewtorks and reception for the notifi
cation committee. From the brilliant
ly lighted river the steamer Taft was'
surrounded by visiting politicians to
witness the night display. Following
the' delivery of his speech, Taft was
called upon to review the militia pa
rade. Probably half of those in line
were colored members of the Taft
clubs organized in this and the neigh
boring states.
BASEBALL GAMES.
Pacific Coast League.
Portland 10, San Francisco 3.
,Los Angeles 1, Oakland 2.
National League.
Philadelphia 1, 1, St. Louis 0, 3.
Boston 3, Cincinnati 4.
Brooklyn 2, Chicago 4.
New York 2, Pittsburg 2, darkness.
American League.
Cleveland 5, Boston 3.
Chicago 0, Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis 1, Washington 2. T' K