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PUIUSHIS rULt At tOClATCO PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 186
ML STREET
COTTON WAR
Bulls and Bears Fight to
Control Market
PRICE DECLINED $2.00
Estimated That 150,000 Bales
Have Been Liquidated in
Past 2 Days
LARGE BLOCKS EXCHANGED
Liverpool Broken Wert Supporting
the Market Even at the Decline,
Think the Bui' Leaders, Who Were
Obliged to Ceate Buying. ,
NEW YORK, Aug, 12.-Amidst
the greatest excitement since the
Sully year the big battle between the
Wall street bull pool and the local
bear interests for the control of the
cotton market was renewed today,
the cotton ring fairly seethed under
the tremendous operations, blocks of
3000 and 4000 bales 'being flung back
and forth like 100 bale lots in ordi
nary times, until, fairly overwhelmed,
the bulls were for a time obliged to
cease buying. This precipitated a
fresh outburst, during which October,
after having sold early at 9.43, drop
ped to 900, or over $2 per bale below
the high record of the morning, and
$4.25 per bale below the high price
of last Friday, There wer,e rumors
of dissensions among the bull leaders
and even at the decline Liverpool
brokers were believed to be support
ing the market. It is estimated that
at least 550.000 bales of cotton had
been liquidated during the past two
day.
FLORIST'S HARD LUCK.
But Will Get Free Railway Transpor
tation Back Home.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The re
sourcefulness, of a Maywood, III., wo
man has caused the interstate com
merce commission for perhaps the
first time in its history, to recommend
the granting of free railroad trans
portation. A letter from James S.
Harmon, a member of the commis
sion, came yesterday to Mrs. Wil
liam Ryan Snyder, promising his as
sistance in obtaining transportation
to California for Harry F. Post. Al
though provision for such emergen
cies is made in the Interstate Com
tnerce law this part of the act 'how
'ever1 has been invoked heretofore.
Until he was stricken with tubercu
losis, Post was a florist in Maywood.
Driven to California in his Sight for
health he sought to sell the green
house and was lured back east by a
Kansas City man, who was found to
liave nothing to offer but $300 in notes
payable in his home town. Post was
left without enough money to get
back to California, and with no means
of support for his wife and six child
ren. . :
A CHOLERA CASE.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12.-A
fatal case of cholera occurred yester
day at Nizhni Novgorod. Thirty ca
ses and 15 deaths were registered
Monday at Saratov and eighteen new
cases and thirteen deaths at Barasa
tin. One case of the plague is reported
at Khirzig.
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
Philadelphia 2, Boston 1
Pittsburg 0, Chicago 3.
Brooklyn 5, New York 1. .
American Leagut.
Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 3-
Pacific Coaat League.
Loi Angeles 2, Portland 0.
San Francisco 3, Oakland 2.
Northwest League.
Seattle 4, Butte 1.
Spokane 3, Vancouver 2.
IN "A SQUARE DEAL."
; NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Announce
ment has been made that Wilton Lack
aye, the well known actor, has signed
a contract for a term of years with
Lleblcr & Company and will star un
der that firm's management. He will
open his season at the Crand Opera
House, Chicago, September 23, In a
new play entitled, "The Square Deal,"
by Cleveland Moffet, the magazine
writer. The play is based on Presi
dent Roosevelt's saying, "A square
deal for every man.
PARKER WILL SPEAK.
Disliked to, But Will Address San
Francisco Democrat
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.
YieldinK to the importunities of the
Iroquois Club, the local Democratic
organization, judge Alton B. Parker,
former oresidential candidate of the
party, will speak on political issues of
the oresent campaign at a meeting
planned for Saturday, August IS, in
this city. Delancey NicoII who is ac
companying the New Yorker will go
to Yosemite valley today, returning
for the1 meting of Saturday and then
start north to attend he bar associ
ation 'gathering at Seattle on the 23rd.
CHINESE MUTINEERS
1000 Soldiers Revolt and Kill
Three Officials
ROB VILLIAGE OF $100,000
Because Comrade is Arrested For
Gambling, the Soldiers Murder
Officers, Loot a Village, and Then
Join the Rebels.
HONG KONG, Aug. 12.-One
thousand soldiers stationed near
Wuchow mutined yesterday because
a comrade was arresed for gambling.
The mutineers murdered the com
mander, his clerk, and secretary, and
then attacked the camp of soldiers at
Onyung. The loyal soldiers fled to the
roofs of cillages and the mutineers
pillaged the village securing $100,000
in money, then they joined the rebels
in the Tsiking mountains.
GIRL IS FOUND.
Daughter Of Prominent Wisconsin
Family Is All Right.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. A dispatch
to the Record-Herald from Portage,
Wis., says Miss Edith Babbitt, "who
has been reported missing, has been
at the home of Rev. J. D. Whttelaw
in ' this city since Sunday. She left
Chicago 'hree weeks ago and has
been in Indiana and Ohio, employ
ed in a private family most of the
time. Miss Babbitt made her 'home
here for six months previous to July
1, and is highly regarded. She is a
daughter of the late Congressman
Clinton Babbitt-of Beloit, and her
mother and sister live in that city.
Professor R. W. Burr of Beloit Col
lege and Judge Rosa of Beloit, rela
tives of the Babbitt family were hare
yesterday and had a conference with
Miss Babbit and she will in all prob
ability remain with the Whitelaw
family in Portage. .
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903
BRYAN'S 3RD
N
Formally Accepts Demo
cratic Nomination
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
The Nebraskan's Appearance on
Platform Brings Enthusiastic
Cheers
KERN MAKES SHORT ADDRESS
Not a Single Incident Occurred to
Mar the Proceedings Almost the
Entire Republican Administration
Represented at the Gathering.
LINCOLN, Aug. 12.-Under the
burning rays of an almost tropical
sun, in the presence of vast assem
blage which cheered him at Echo,
Bryan today returned from Henry D,
Clayton of Alabama, the format no
tification of his nomination for
the Presidency of the United States.
Thrice honored by the Democratic
party as its standard bearer, Bryan
plainly exhibited the pleasure it
gives him to once again proclaim the
principles for which he stood. His
nomination the third time, can only
be explained, he said by the substan
tial and undisputed growth of prin
ciples, and politics, for which he, with
multitude of others, had contended,
The ovation accorded Bryan as he
rode through the streets of Lincoln
on his way to the state capitol, where
the exercises were held, was of a non
partisan character. .
Almost the entire Republican ad
ministration was represented, Gover
nor Sheldon and many state officers
giving their presence, both in the
parade and on the platform.
Bryan arrived at the hotel from
Fairview shortly after noon and he
and John W. Kern, the vice-presidential
candidate, were the guests of
honor at luncheon to the committee
on notification..
The state house grounds was a
mass of humanity and Bryan's ap
pearance on the platform brought vo
ciferous cheers and handclapping.
Not a single incident occurred to mar
the proceedings. Before the notifica
tion and acceptance speeches were
delivered, Norman E. Mack, chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee, who acted -as presiding officer
called upon Kern to make a speech.
He responded with a. few felicitous
remarks in which he gave .unstinted
praise for the non-partisanship char
acter of the exercises. The speech of
Bryan concluded the ceremonies and
he and Kern retired to the capitol
building where they held a public re
ception. Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Bryan enter
tained the members of the notifica
tion committee at a dinner in their
home at Fairview.
NURSES ON OUTING.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Through
the kindness of Frank J. Gould, the
nurses of many hospitals in New York
will enjoy an outing - ort the sound
and the Hudson today. Mr. Gould,
who is commodore of the Seawanha
ka-Corinthian Yacht Club, has ten
dered the use of the flagship, the Hel
inite to the fleet surgeon, Dr. Homer
Gibney, for the outing.
NOT! AT
RAILWAY MAN DEAD.
John Scott Had Been President Of
Several Roads.
NEW YORK, Aug, 12,-John
Scott, at different times president of
several railroads, died yesterday at
his home in Tompkinsville, R. I., at
the age of 61 years. Mr. Scott had
been ill with a cancer for several
months. He leaves a widow and four
sons and four daughters. Mr. Scott
came to this country from England
in 1880 to become president of the
Alabama & Southern Railroad, a
place which he held until 1886 when
he came to New York and became
president of the Cotton Seed Compa
ny, with offices in Beaver Street. In
1890 he visited Colorado where he be
came interested in a silver mine and
also accepted the presidency of the
Colorado Midland Railroad Company.
Going to New York in 1892, Mr.
Scott acted as a consulting expert on
railroad matters, after having served
under the receivers for the Northern
Pacific and in 1904 he reorganized
the Seaboard Air Line. Two years
later he became president of the Au
gusta Construction Company, then
engaged in building 261 miles of road
through Georgia and Florida.
FERNIE FIRE SPREADING.
In Teeth of High Winds Fire Enters
National Park District
WINNIPEG, Aug. 12.-The forest
fires which have raged around Fernie
have spread to Canada's national park
district near Baniff in Bray Valley.
The fire burned fiercely on the
heights of Goat Mountain this week
and, last night in a strong wind 18
miles west of Baniff -the. fire spread
over eigbt miles. The shifting wind
has Jielped the fire-fighters.
M IS BANKRUPT
His Counsel May Take Case Out
of New York
MAY GO TO COUNTY COURTS
And if he is Judged Sane he Need
Not go Back to New York Where
That is the Only Charge Against
Him. '
- PITTSBURG, Aug. 12.-Thaw to
day was declared bankrupt. Every
move of the proceedings show the
determination of Thaw and counsel
to take his case out of New York and
was the force of the hearing on the
question on his mental conditions in
th'e courts of Pittsburg. The attor
news say any creditors' right to the
appeal to the United States courts
here have Referee Blair's order of
adjudication set aside on the ground
that Thaw is insane, and the question
of sanity can also be raised at a
meeting of creditors any one whom
can demand Thaw's appearance at
the meeting and a force examination
of sanity by objecting to his being al
lowed to testify on the ground that
he is insane and tlrerefore not a com
petent witness. Thaw's sanity may
be takpn into the local county courts
and if -he is adjudged sane he need
not go back to New York where the
only ground holding him is that he
is an insane person.
SOLDIERS FROM HAWAI. ' ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12,-The
Hawaiian national guard team arrived
here yesterday on the steamer Ala
meda en route to Camp Perry, Ohio,
where the teams of the states, terri
tories and the regular army will meet
in a three days competition, commen
cing August 24. Major W. R. Riley
is in command of the team.
CHURCH NOW
IN POLITICS
Methodist Episcopal De
nomination Electors,
IN . ACTIVE CRUSADE
Movement Is Commenced to
Farther the Interests of the
Temperance Cause
POLITICS AND RELIGION
The M. E. Church Has Over 3,000,000
ftrnmunicants, and Wants to Have
a Speaker of the House Who Will
do Iti Will.
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BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-The
Methodist Episcopal church has be
gun an active crusade for the election
of a speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, who "Will allow congress
'.o vote on the interstate liquor ship
ment bill."
, The church, which has over 3,
OOO.OHU communicants, has created a
temperance society with authority to
represent the denomination in all
temperance matters.
This so'ifty is managed by a board
composed of a bishop and 15 mem
bers named by the bishop and elected
by the late general conference.
FOR NEW TOWN SITE,
British Columbia Settles Differences
. Over Prince Rupert
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 12.-An,
agreemnt -signed by the lieutenant
governor on behalf o fthe province
and bv the representatives of
the Grand Trunk Pacific, on behalf
of the Railway disposes of all the
outstanding differences with respect
to the townsite of Prince Rupert be
tween the provincial government and
the railway corporation.
The water frontage is in all 28,500
feet. The government, by the orig
inal agreement, gets 8500 feet of this.
By this agreement now consumated
this is divided into 5 strips of unequal
length ranging from 1,000 feet to 3000
:eet, and located at points which, in
the opinion of the government engi
neers, will prove of stragetic impor
tance with the development of the
northern city. The railway obtains
all the land they require for terminal
purposes, but concedes the govern
ment 23 acres in other parts of the
townsite for the surplusage of land
they receive enbloc.
LUTHER LEAGUE MEETS.
More Than 700 Delegates In Session
At Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The , eighth
annual convention of the Luther Lea
cue of America was formally opened
by a reception and grand rally of del
egates in Emanuel Swedish Lutheran
Church last night.
Moac than 700 delegates represent
ing a membership of 60,000 from ev
ery state in the union, Porto Rico,
Canada, India, Africa, and China, are
in attendance. Business sessions are
to be held today and tomorrow in
Handel Hall and the convention will
close with a big rally and cantata in
the auditorium tomorrow morning.
A chorus of 500 voices will partici
pate in the musical programme and
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota
will deliver an address.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OLD MEMORIES STIRRED.
Photograph Of Chicago
Pioneers
Are Glanced At
CHICAGO, 'Aug, 12.-Memories of.
many years were stirred yesterday
when the photographs and biograph
ies of Chicago pioneer citizens of 50
years ago were removed from the Mo-
sher memorial vault in the city hall
to another vault in the temporary
quarters at 200 Randolph Street. Five
albums, full of the faces of men
whose names for the most part are
now known across the continent were
opened, for a moment, and then clos
ed up again to remain secure from
light and air until 1976. Thirty five
packages were left untouched.
The dignity and old time courtesy
depicted upon the faces of the men
who made Chicago great, delighted
the spectators.
"There are no men in Chicago with
faces like those," commented Com
missioner of Public Works John J.
Hanborg. f
"I suppose the driving life we lead
prevents it. In these pictures there
is a sort of simple courtliness which
is rare now, although I do not think
we are the less polite in our intend
ons than were our fathers. Perhaps
the difference is that they had time to
be courteous and we sometimes think
we have not . And, if you notice,
nearly every face is pleasant, humor
ous, almost, and kindly."
. . ;
RETURNS ARE' IN.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 12.
Governor Deneen has received com
plete returns by tclgraph from ev
ery county in the state. The returns
as announced give Deneen 211,054
votes; 199,441 for Richard Yates; a
majority for Deneen of 11,613.
NO DOUBT OF GUILT
Hassim Nemmer Is Held by the
Coroner's Jury
FOR MURDER OF YOUNG BOY
Witnesses Tell Strong Stories That
Point to Nemmer's Guilt, According
to Testimony he Threatened to Kill
the Whole Shashem Family.
CHICAGO, Aug.'12.-Hassin Nem
mer was held by the coroner's jury
today on a charge of being the mur
derer of Tuffa Shashem, the Syrian
lad, whose body was recovered
piecemeal a fortnight ago, from var
ious r laces, including Mud Lake and
the drainage canal. Witnesses told
stories which pointed strongly to the
guilt of Nemmer. According to the
testimony he is a degenerate and had
threatened to kill the Shashem fam
ily and to drink it's blood. Nemmer,
who is Turkish, is a devout Mussel-
man. He insists he is innocent of
the crime charged.
WANTS ZEPPELIN'S FUNDS.
President Of Airship Company Would
Divert Them.
FRI EDRICHSGAFEN, Aug. 12.
Count Zeppelin, it is said, is opposed ;
to a plan suggested to Emperor Wil
liam by Walter Rathonau, president
of the German Electrical Company,
and who is also a director of an air
ship company and of an aeronautic
club, for the organization of a com
mission to take over the funds that
pvervwlipre in flermanv are bcinz
subscribed for Count Zeppelin's use
in carrying out his experiments in
aerial navigation and administer them
partly in Zeppelin's behalf and also
treat them as a national fund for gen
eral airship purposes from which to
make appropriations to further ex
periments. It is not known whether :
Emperor William has approv.ed this
plan.