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TIIE OREGON DAILT JOUKNALp PORTLAND TUESDAY EVENING; JlTLT' i 21, -1903..
SENATOR
GORMAN
GETTING ACTIVE
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Story of Politeal Manueverins
in Maryland and the East in
Preparation tor Democratic
'Convention.
HAY HAVE BEEN A
QUANTRELL BANDIT
ELECTING THE NEW POPE.
Strange Tale of a Traveler Con
cerning Chance Meeting
in Oregon City,
Close Figuring Between Mill
and Bryan Factions, by the
Adroit Senator Who Is Also a
Gold Man,
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. July 21 Senator A.
P. Gorman hal sent word to the faithful
In Maryland that he will start back
from Europe A u suet 25, In order to look
over the field carefully before the Mary
land state convention meeta In the
middle of September. It la practically
assured that Mr. Gorman will cause to
be adopted by the Maryland delegates a
platform that will be a compromise be
tween Bryan and Eastern Democrats' of
the HUl-Cleveland type. None of the
Maryland aspirant's friends' 'or fol
lowers claim ever to have been en
amored of the Western allver leader or
his principles and It la probably tnio
that If Mr. Gorman did not give the
word stopping such action, they would
throw the Nebraskan overboard at the
Baltimore convention. It la believed,
liowever. that the Senator from Mary
land Is too "foxy"' to be caught In any
such trep as this. lie will not repudi
ate Mr. Bryan, whom he supported In
twe campaigns In a manner that wa
pleasing neither to the Eastern Democ
racy nor to the Western. However, the
fact that Mr. Gorman did not take a
nnsltlon of defiance and at leaat made
turn show of support should hold the
followers of Mr. Bryan from bolting
Gorman should the 8enator be the
standard-bearer for the Democracy In
1904. In addition It might cause the
Nebraska leader and the other Western
believers In the ratio of 1 to 1 to sup
port Gorman on the stuntp.
f wytx. Gorman a Gold Man.
It is well known in the East that Mr.
Gorman himself Is a gold man and they
' night be willing to support him even if
ha did ndt disavow the silver plank and
the Kansas City platform in general. The
fact that Senator Blackburn, or Ken
tucky, who ln 100 was a devout and
' vociferous follower of Mr. Bryan, has
come out openly for Mr. Gorman has
greatly encouraged the Marylander's
supporters at home, and his lieutenants
ark using this to good effect in the quiet
campaign they are conducting for him
In his absence. Since the assassination
At Governor Ooebel, Senator Blackburn
has had very good control in Kentuckq,
and If he maintains his grip upon the
. Democratic machine in that state, he
may be able to deliver the Blue Grass
delegation to Gorman at the convention
next year. Senator Bacon. and Senator
Clay have also agreed to swing Georgia
Into line for Gorman. The recent visit
of Judge Alton B. Parker to their state
may make the Job somewhat more diffi
cult than It would have been otherwise.
A HeW tory.
A new story of Senator Gorman's po-
1 lltlcal rise is being told by the Gorman
boomers. They relate It to Illustrate hla
flashing political methods. The fact that
he started as a page In the Senate and
rose rapidly In that august body until he
became one of the members and one of
the most dexterous leaders, holding var
lous positions meanwhile between page
and Senate postmaster Is well known.
But how he came first to be elected to
the Senate Is Just now being told.' For
years, while a subordinate officer of the
." Senate, Mr. Gorman was one of the lieu
. tenants in Maryland of Plckney Whyte,
who was accounted In his day one of the
shrewdest political managers In the
country and who represented his state in
the Senate a number of terms. When the
Democrats gained control of the Senate
for a brief time in the '70'a, Mr. Gorman
who had already been postmaster for
that body, aspired to be Its secretary.
Acordingly he asked his political chief.
Senator Plnckned Whyte, for his support
for that office, "you are not qualified
for that office," stormed Whyte, who be
longed to the old Imperious school of
Senators. 'Then I here and now serve
notice on yoju," said Gorman, "that I will
! wrench your seat away from you and
occupy it myself."
That was In 1877. Two years later
Gorman went before the people of Mary
land and later before the Legislature and
defeated Whyte for the Senatorship. Not
n content with the humiliation of his erst-
while master, Gorman drove Whyte com
pletely out of politics. Although the
agea statesman is still alive nothing la
ever heard from him.
"Once I stayed five whole days In
Oregon City," remarked F. O.. Bennett,
a traveling: mnn of San Francisco, be
tween clp.-tr puffs last night.
"Spending your honeymoon, I presume?"
"No, I hove never married.'
Then fishing? That 1s the next best
gue.r I can make."
"Wrong again. I suppose now you
will want to know how I came to make
such a prolonged stay Jn your old
town," continued the commercial agent.
noticing the puzzled look of his Inter
rogator. "Well. I went there for bust
net, but I stayed out of curiosity. The
nlnht I got there I met an old acquain
tance, at the hotel. I had met him In
Denver In the latter 70's. when Colorado
was fairly wild, when Tabor was not a
millionaire and when Cripple Creek was
unheard of. We played a little card
prime together and he Incidentally men
tioned the fact that be had traveled
with Jesse James and that the Younger
boys were old acquaintances. But that
has nothing to do with the story. He
treated me finely, Invited me to take a
cigar between games and accidentally
displayed a pair of six-shooters.
Whereupon. I failed to hold winning
cirds.
"But to make a long story short, 1
bumped Into this man at Oregon City,
four years ago. He was old and peaee
nble, nnd while we snt over a game
stories of the James boys and the
Youngers and the six-shooters were for
gotten. In fact, the ex-Ouerllla had
nothing . to say except when I stirred
him up sbout the old times. Then he
would liven up and tell me that Jesse
was a good boy and Cole. Younger would
have made an exemplary citizen If he
had not been driven to desperation by
the federal secret service men, but
further than that I could learn nothing
from him, although I stayed In -the
town five days trying to pump him."
"Who was the old bandit 7" was asked.
"I could never learn his Identity, al
though I fired him with questions for
five full days." said. Mr. Bennett. "He
would never ' say anything about hla
past, excepting what I learned from him
In Denver."
"You might have learned more from
him then, when men gloried In reputa
tions such as you say your Guerilla
had."
"I might have,' but reputations such-
ss his were then so common In Denver
that we paid no attention to thm. I
should riever have remembered the man
only for his display of guns In Denver
and my unexnected meeting with him in
Oregon City."
"Have y.iu any idea who he was?"
"None. 1 spent five days trying to
discover his Identity, but 1 could learn
nothing about him. I suppose he was
one of Quantrell's Guerillas who found
the Mississippi country too hot for
them after the war and drifted out
here. Anyhow, after my fifth day In
your old capital he vanished and I have
never been able to satisfy my curiosity
as to his Identity. Have you an Idea
who he was?"
I'll have to confess my Ignorance,"
was the reply.
"Well, I'll have to plead guilty to the
same charge." sold the traveling man.
"I could learn othlng about him, nnd I
shall place him In that mysterious
category assigned by Sir Water Scott
to the regicide who sought his fate In
America."
ELECTING THE NEW POPE.
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A GIRL OF 13
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IS A
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BURGLAR
Little-Annie -Bromley bfCleve-
t laria-bieais. and iMgnis ner
Wayto. Freedom When She
Is Detected.
She Had Been Trained by Her,
Mother to Rob the" Neighbors
-Un natural Parent is iNow
Under Arrest,
CLEVELAND. July II. The round
est female crook and all-round des
perado on record la at large In this city
tn the person of -Annie Bromley, a is-
year-old girl who was detected In the.
act of committing burglary last nigh
nut escaped after fighting savagely wj
a siung-snot.
The girl's mother has been arrested
for receiving stolen goods, many pur
loined articles being found In her pos
session, but the little culprit .Is still at
liberty. It Is thought she was trained
by her mother to steal.
At a late hour last night Annie
Bromley was found In the home of a
neighbor. In the act of stealing $600
worth of Jewelry and ISO In money.
Although badly frightened turhen dis
covered little Miss Bromley did not sur
render and lashed out viciously with
a home-made slunr-shot. When the
woman who had found her sprang back
to avoid the blow the child dashed past
her to liberty, carrying the money and
Jewels with her. .
Above Is faithfully reproduced in full detail the scene that will take place in Rome when the Sacred College of Cardinals srs in solemn conclave to
select from among themselves a successor to the late Pope Leo. While the cardinals remain closeted within this stately chamber, the whole world
outside awaits breathlessly the announcement of the name of the dignitary who has been elected to sit In the chair of 6t. Peter.
SUPREME LODGE
NOW
SESS
Delegates of Oregon Branch of
the A, 0, U..W. Are Gathered
in Portland in Annual Convention.
Grand Master W, H, Miller and
Other Distinguished Visiting
Officials of the Order Are
Present,
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Once more the umpire is doing his an
nual stunt as a martyr.
When a man loses confidence in him
self he makes the vote unanimous.
A boy never considers himself a man
until he possesses a bunch of keys.
About the only thing that comes to
the man who sits down and waits is
-old age..
A new play Is called "A Bad Egg.
It isn't likely to prove popular with the
profession.
Probably nothing pleases a politician
so much as the inability of the freight
payers to get on to his curves.
The Supreme Lodge A. O. U. W. of
the State of Oregon held the first day's
session of their twenty-sixth annual
convention In this city today. The at
tendance of delegates is unusually large,
fully 200 being present, and while there
Is no regular program the session will
cover three or four daysan routine pro
ceedings. The most Interesting feature of the
day's order of business was an address
by Grand Master W. H. Miller of St.
Louis, who will be here during the re
mainder of the convention. His talk
was principally on lodge business.
In addition to the regular delegates
from this state'there are present as
visiting delegates Grand Master HItt,
Grand Recorder J. H. Hemer and Past
Grand Master O. S. Jones of Washington.
The proceedings today, excepting the
address of Grand Master Miller, , was
confined to routine matters. The pro
gram for tomorrow has not been arranged.
WANTED HIS NEPHEW
COMMITTED TO JAIL
Unusual Request Made of Judge
Hogue by Uncle of A.
Heller, a Young Boy,
Judge Hogue in the Police Court this
morning used strong language In de
nouncing the efforts of a man to have
his young nephew sent to prison be
cause the boy had failed to return every
article which he had stolen.
Several weeks ago the lad, whose
name Is A. Heller, was caught stealing
from his uncle. Following his arrest
the boy returned nearly all the articles
and was finally sent to the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society. Under the pretense
of desiring to have the boy assist him
In locating a stolen razor in a pawn
shop, the uncle took hts nephew from
the home Monday night. Then he
turned him over to the police.
In court the unnatural uncle explained
that the boy had failed to return a jack
knife and razor which he had stolen
and therefore he wished the youthful
offender sent to prison. The boy ex
plained that he had pawned the razor
and had given the knife to a companion
and consequently he was unable to find
them for the owner.
The determined attitude of the unci
to have the youth sent to prison
aroused the righteous indignation of the
Judge who roundly criticised the unfor
giving attitude of the relative. T,
judge' refused to take any such action
aa was suggested by the uncle and after
severely castigating the uncle, sent the
boy back to the home.
"Mamma,", queried little Florence,
"should I say pants or trousers?'
MILES OF WEDDING
RINGS IN NEW YORK
MAY BE A SUICIDE
IN THE WILLAMETTE
Late this afternoon a coat and vest
; were found on the bank of the Willam
ette River, near the Standard Box Fac
I tory, and taken to police headquarters,
j where It was found from letters in the
; pocket that the property evidently be-
nr. Montgomery. The cloffi-
i ing wa found by E. H. "Wright, who no
tified the police.
From the location of the clothing it
I Is thought a suicide has been commit
ted. A Masontc'pln was fastened to the
! vest. The police have no record of any
I one by the name of Montgomery as
I missing.
j - One of the letters was addressed: "In
i case anything happens to me, notify
j Gertie Montgomery, 22H North Sixtieth
street, Seattle." He had also written a
(letter to this address, telling his wife
that he had been sick and was out of
'work. The letter had never been mailed,
1 though written two days ago.
; SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD
1 The trial of the case of Le Roy S.
Davidson against the Astoria & Co
, lumbla River Railroad Company was
! begun before United States District
Judge Bellinger this morning without
the intervention of a Jury. The taTung
of testimony will probably be completed
by tomorrow morning, and then the
; arguments will be made. Davidson
i sues for 13,600 for Injuries sustained
from a fall from a planking along the
company's right-of-way in the City of
Astoria.- He alleges that the company
had improperly relaid the planking
along the route granted it by the city
.and that he was Injured by stepping off
one xf these "nightfalls.'1'
ST. PETER'S AT ROME.
HE KNEW A. GOOD THING
According to J. W. Wallace in the
Spatula, lc cream has been In existence
since 164. Indeed, this writer thinks
he discovers ice cream in the Bible, and
'quotes the text: "And Isaac brought
forth the milk of the goat cool with
the snow of the mountains, and said to
Abraham,, 'Eat and drink, for the sun
la hot, that thou may est be. cool.' "
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v The death of his holiness, Pope Leo XIII, and the resultant Interesting ceremonies and proceedings to elect
a new Pope from among the College of Cardinals, brings the world-famous Cathedral of St Peter's, of Rome, the
scene of 4he- great event, prominently within the focus of the world's gaze. In the above snapshot may be
seen the dense crowds that have thronged the Plaza of St Peter's since the Pope first fell sick.
There have been made and sold in New
York In the past year enough wedding
rings to reach, if placed one before the
other, from the city hall along Broadway
to One Hundred and Twentieth street a
distance of about 7.1 miles. This Is the
estimate ef a manufacturer.
According to his calculations there
have been sent out In the past year some
600.000 wedding rings. Of these he has
manufactured' more than 200,000, and In
their making he has used an even ton
of pure gold. The rings sell from IS to
115, but where hey all go is a mystery
to him.
"There are only about five wedding
ring manufacturers in the city," he said,
but these five are kept constantly Dusy
with orders from all parts of the coun
try, every month In the year.
"It seems as if everybody in the
United States must have been married
and purchased one of my rings since I
have sold several million. This Is equally
true of my competitor up the avenue.
The Two Classes. ' 1
"Many people might suppose that the
$16 ring would be the one purchased by
the millionaire to present to his bride
and that the $3 ring would be bought by
the workingman, but the case is exactly
the reverse. The workingman seems to
want the wedding ring that will cover j
his wife's entire hand, while the wealth
ier purchaser wants a small ring, so as
to allow room for a finger furl of dia
monds and other gems.
"When you talk about style In wedding
rings you are talking about something
that does not exist The station In life
determines it ail. Perhaps the most com
mon and most prevalent variety. In the
past few years at least is that about
three-tenths of an Inch in width and
weighing six pennyweight."
At this point the manufacturer set out
on the counter 15 or 20 rings, ranging
In width from a circle no more cumber
some than an engagement ring, to the
broad, thick band.
"There are your .styles," he said. "They
vary in diameter from half an inch to an
inch, the average being about three
quarters of an inch."
His interviewer did a little figuring on
a pad and announced that 600,000 rings
at three-quarters of an inch in thick
ness, would make 'about 450,000 Inches,
or about 37,000 feet if placed one before
by 5.280. the number of feet In a mile. ANDREW CARNEGIE STORY
wuum mue me ioi&i siring oi rings HI
SHOULD BE EXCITING SPORT
A gentleman in England who' has an-
Irascible temper and a shotgun, has ad
vertised that he purposes to shootjh
next chauffeur who scoots athwart b
wun a nea uevn or a mue ttiaze.
the case may be.
There is no room for thinking that
the hunting of the wily chauffeur would
not be a healthful and pleasant sport.
Potting antlephant or a grouse or a
ham in the wilds of Africa, or along the
shores of the Umbopo River may be In
teresting to a few people, but when a
man may have all the comforts of home
and at the same time ujtllise his ammu
nition there should be no choice.
The chauffeur can climb- trees, and is
as reckless and unreliable, also, when
properly mounted, as unwieldy as the
biggest kind of big game. The day may
come when the ladles will wear hats
trimmed with chauffeur plumes and the
men carry grips made of chauffeur hide
If they survive the effort to pot tho
chauffeur. Chicago Tribune.
miles, or the distance from the city hall
to One Hundred and Twentieth street In
Harlem.
Seal Manx Contracts. .
"Do you imagine," the dealer was
asked, ."that these rings seal 600,000
marriage contracts every year?"
"No," he replied. "Of late years It has
become the custom, and the custom Is
growing, for both parties to a marriage
to wear the ring, and this accounts for
the Increase In the number made and
sold. Probably out of this 600,000 lings
sold from 76,000 to 80,000 are worn by
men."
'Do you manufacture engagement
rings?"
The manufacturer smiled.
"There Is a funny thing about that,'
he said. "Last year I sold 15,000 more
engagement rings than wedding rings,
and I suppose my conpetttors have run
about the same. Of course, that places
the sale of engagement rings far ahead
of the number of wedding rings sold."
- "How do you account for the differ
ence?" he was asked.
"wen. ne sam smuing, "when a
man buys a wedding ring he usually
means business, and when he buys an en
gagement ring, well well he may mean
anything. And where one man buys a
dozen engagement rings usually one wed
ding Is enough far him. How this over
plus of engagement rings compares with
the breach 'of promise suits I cannot
say." '
HAWAII RUNS FAR
BEHIND' IN MONEY
I LOVE'S FLEETING DREAMS
Two Sessions of Legislature Ap
propriates Over $8,000,000
Death of Judge Wilcox
Andrew Carnegie tells a story of an
American in Scotland that illustrates-
well the Imperturbability of the Scottish
temperament.
The American, a bicycler, came to the'
shore of a lonely lake and saw in a boat
a man examining the depths of the water
with a water telescope. The man con
ducted this examination languidly. He
would pause every little while to light
his pipe and to converse on the weather
or some such Indifferent subject with a
friend who sat upon the bank, now read-'
Ing a newspaper and now tossing pebbles '
Idly into the stream.
The American got oft his bicycle to
rest, and. In an Interval of silence, he'
said to the man seated on the bank: '
"What Is your friend looking for?
Oysters?"
"No. My brother-in-law," was the re
Ply. Cincinnati Post
GET THERE JUST THE SAME
Dr. Dampwolff of Berlin announces,
that he has found an aquatic insect
which preys upon the anopheles mos
quito. He is cultivating the creature
artificially, with the expectation of de
stroying the mosquito and the host of
germs which inhabit its body.
They've found the bug that eats the bug
That fights the bug that bites us;
They've traced the germ that kills the
germ
That chews the germ that smites us.
But still these bugs microblc thugs
In spite of drugs combat us;
And still these germs described In
terms
Inspiring squirms get at us!
W. B. Nesblt In Life.
The right kind of girl doesn't find It
necessary to give the rlghtl Jlnd of
young man any encouragement
(Journal Spectal .Service.)
HONOLULU, July 21. Two sessions
of the legislature lasting 120 days ap
propriated more than $8,000,000 to pay
which the present revenue amounts to
$4,600,000. Borrowing against future
taxes Is already being arranged. Treas
urer Kepolkai says a month's Income
mounts to $80,000, which will be ab
sorbed by salaries.
Judge W. Luther Wilcox was buried
yesterday: He died from the effect o
cutting a troublesome corn and gan
grene set In. He was noted for his al
most perfect knowledge of the Hawaiian
language.
THREE MEN AND A SPREE
They Were Raising Hot Time In Saloon,
and Paid for It This
Morning-.
Officers Gibson and Baty arrested Tom
Talllson. W. Allen and Fred Murrey yes
terday evening In the "dead town" dis
trict. The men had pawned a waich to
second-hand dealer and were' acting
somewhat queerly when the officers wan
dered by. They were arrested as sus
picious characters and taken to the sta
tion, but as nothing could he Droved
against the strangers they were let go.
Later In the evening the men were ar
rested in a downtown concert saloon
where they were holding a celebration
In such a manner as to greatly annoy
the other customers of the house. All
were drunk and Officer Gassett took them
In tow. Allen was found to have a large
open knife In his pocket, but he did not
attempt to use It on the officer.
This morning Judge Hogue heard the
evidence and informed the knife man
that his fine was $30. while the others
got let off with $20 each.
NOW, DON'T
If your neighbor's affairs do not suit you,
Don t meddle;
If the people next door havea scandal.
Don't meddle;
YouH be better off If you stay in your
cot, -
And remember that whether he's guilty
or not.
The "innocent bystander" always gets
shot i
Don't meddle. - i
"-Clncipnatl Post
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A little bliss,
I And two In one are blended.
A little jaw,
A little law, ' . .
I And lo! love's dream Is ended.
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M. K. Corey, the new head of the United States Steel .Trust who suc
ceeds Charltt M. Schwab,' has, by the important position he has atepped
Into, become a figure of world prominence. . ,
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