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7 CHARLES A. TOWNE DEFINES 'THE DEMOCRATIC ISSUES" IN THE SUNDAY .JOURNAL y" OOP EVENING; THE QRCULATIO:- OF THE JOURNAL ... VCCTCDTV Wit ' Tonight and Sunday probably; lair; easterly winds..", .. . VOL. III. -NO, 102. PORTLAND, OREGON. . SATURDAY EVENING, ; JULY 2, , 1904. PRICE FIVE CfcNTS.' f I- AAA 1 WW PARKER'S JRIEPIDS ARE PREDICTING VICTORY CIaunEewJBan ilrSome of Western Delegations Ar- ; ormanand Bryan Each Still ; Wield .Great In: . Vicc-PresidencyHotelsArc&owded. . , " ' (Joorul Special arrk.) ' Bt Louie, July X. Outward and vls . '-- fbleslgns are already .abundant ' that when the Democratic naUonal conven- l . tton assemble here next week SU-'Uoui '. , will b called upon to entertain the largest 'crowd tver gathered within the city gate. ' At all the large hotel -. every' available room ha been reserved -1n advance, and It 1 difficult to figure ' out how accommodation wm o pro , vided for the swarm of visitors who have not been wise enough to look for a yiV to sleep before their arrival here. ' The thousand regular delegates to the ' ' convention will be distributed among the leading aown-iown noieie, au ui-inom within aashort distance of tbe Coliseum. " where the convention will be held. Wlth- In one block, at te Jefferson hoftl the natlonal committee and several of the state delegations .will be locatjL...Xhe , headquarters of the Tammany delega tion will be at the tiouthera hotel, but a " part of the-Kew York delegation will be located at the Jefferson. The South- . etn will also b the -neaaquaners xor ino Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, - Indiana, llchlgan and Georgia delega- tldna ' " y Charles F. Murphy and two, oar . filled with prominent , Tammany men, 'left for St '.Lou I a 'thl afternoon. ' Bourke Cockraa. Chart; A. v Towns. Bird 8. CoUer and other accompany The party. ' - ' . . . On account of the fact that the dele- ' gatlons from the most Important state will hav their neaoquariera mere, ana - because of it far-famed rotunda, the Southern in all probability will be the center of political activity when the con ; ventlon is not tn. session. The Plantm-a' h6tel will -aocoilmodaU the .West Vir ginia delegation;, but moat of It rooms haveoeen pre-empted by United Starts - aenators, governor and other distln- ; aulshed DoHttcianV - The Hearst heaHauarters are at the Planter'. The riatiohiU-etfrnTUteemen, ' before' stated, are located at the Jet ferson. and that hotel will alaoishelter the delegations from Nebraska, n& Wyoming. f -.; " 'it is not expected" that the great num J ber of delegate . will ( be here before vMomnry morning, ine majority ox me room at the hotel hav been engaged with thl understanding. -The outalda r visitors, however, are already putting .' , In an appearance In large numbers, it Is estimated that the crowd will be twice and perhaps thrice as large as that at . . the) recent Republican convention at Chi' : cago. .- - - .- '.'., This expectation is baaed on the fact that the world' fair will naturally at "tract thousands of tsltors whomrght not take the trouble to attend the na tional convention If itwer not for the opportunity of taking In two big shows for the price of one admission. Then, again, the politicians geneirally will come to the convention because of tha.proba ' blllty that the gathering will develop fashioned sort, with plenty of oratory, aharp debatea and political Intrigue. Tbe finishing touches were put on the convention hall this morning. Thou - sands of flags and miles of red, white and blue bunting have been used to give a gala appearance to the Coliseum, both Inside and out The leading hotel and business house of the down-town ec Hon arelIkeWIM puttlnrou holiday- t ' tire. " " - :,' ' Th belief here la that Tve convention "will not be able to-conclude its -labor before next Saturday at th earliest and X there are many politician who are in ' cllned to the opinion that the session of MAD MULLAH AGAIN ' TAKES THE WARPATH :(JoaVail IdmIsI Berrte.) ' ' -Aden. July i. The disturbing . new reached here today by na- tlve runners thaa. th Mad Mullah has again taken to the - 1erarpath. and threaten hi usual e campaign of blood. . 'Xh - new -w" brought' her 4 .from Nogal, south of which-but a short distance th prophet. I 4 ..'encamped with hi - follower. Unlike his last raid, he thl time appear wkh an army number- rng 1,000 men. most of whom are well equipped with .modern weapons. In his last campaign . hla followers were -armed with antiquated firearms or spears , aad lance. " ..".' Profiting by his past . exp'er- 4 lence and recognising the auper- lurlty of modem weapons, th '. prophet ha secured from soma unknown source not only rifle. but ts said to have 1n hi poa- session several Held pla - T .'latter feature aue the most , apprehension, a It promises to 4 make the threatened war an ex- pensive one far a life Ik concerned. s ' V ' . .- . , .! . the convention will be area much mor protracted, ("' ' . . ' .-','' , , Th vender' of badge and button bear Ins likenesses of the aevaral candi date for rth presidential nomination and without whose presence no political convention nowaday would era com plete are rounding up in ML Louis In anticipation of reaping a good harvest It 1 eatlmated that several carload of button have been shipped to the- city by eastern manufacturer hi week. ' ; "Blm." the original button man. who won fame, and fortune by accurately pre dicting the nomination of Roosevelt for the vice-presidency at the Philadelphia convention four years ago, ia on hand with a, large corpa of assistants.. As a result of the money he made during the JJasf presidential jcampal8n;Bim," whose l run name 1 Max uunoerg,, wa aDie to build several playhouse in -New York City and to beoome a full-fledged theat rical magnate. HI rapid rise, however, has not changed hla picturesque perso nality in the least, and he looks Just -the aame now, a when he himself peddled button on the street and In hotel lob bies.. - ' ; , ; . '"Blm" Bays German. "? . "Btm," has been a pretty good guesser on the way- thlrtg have come out at pre vious conventions, and the wise politi cian are wondering whether he la still a good' prophet. Their Interest la found d on the fact that "film" Is plunging on' Gorman. , He admit that he ha about a ton of Gorman button on hand and expect that there will be a great demand for them, particularly after the convention ha completed It work. " ' The wiseacre say that "BW 1 fol lowing false tip. Hhlmelf say that he ordered the button after lie had learned that Mr. Gorman had bought 500 large aad expensive photograph of himself for use -In St. Louie. . "Blm think that-Gorman. who la a' thrifty man, would -not wast this money unless reasonably certain of hi nomination. At any rate, the tip was good enough for "61m." and he says he 1 willing to take the chance. : At the same' time he ha had the foresight to lay In a good gtock of Parker button so a to be on the aaf aide.' Parker ajeema Sure. The ' delegates, alternates and other Interested In the . Democratic national convention now here aeem to think tfcat the -nomination of Parker I assured either on the second xr third ballot Many declare that thus far the Hearst boom ha fallen flat and the loyalty of delegation Instructed for him I ques tioned. The. allegation la made in all seriousness that he cannot depend on II nola, . 'Washington. Idaho, Oregon or Missouri and that at the first break the delegate from all ot these states will flock to Parker, The - convention leader are- positive that If Parker 11 'defeated the nomina tion will go to no other New Yorker, meaning McClellan, -or any Tammany favorite, meaning Cleveland.1 The Gor man talk 'grows stronger with Parker eliminated, and there Is a disposition. to concede a strong - position to the Marylander. - s Bryan a atrengtli thus tat la not of a positive character. According to plan now hatching John Sharp William of Mississippi may not be only temporary chairman i of- the convention but the chairman of the resolution, committee a - well. - It is known that William ha been at work on a draft of the platform for some UBH--r' --i-., .. . ; v- , , Interested la Platform. Speculation as to the nature of the platform take on keen Interest , For several day John Sharp William. the 'minority leader In cons-rem. has been at the Inside Inn In the world' fair ground. Whipping a platform draft into shape. Of course, Wljllama' platform will be subject to revision by the other party leadera, chief- among whom will be Hill of New York and Carmack of Tennessee. . . William wa the author of the plat form adopted by the Mississippi Demo cratlo convention June It, and that doc ument doubUeaa will form' the ground work, at least, of the platform which will bo approved -by -tbe -ooniervatlve element 'at Bt Loula, ' There la a big demand todav for copies of the Mississippi platform, tin Informed delegates desiring to . be . In- lormea wnat.to expect in the nature of resolutions. - "..-, . i . Mississippi Platform. Thl platform call for tariff Jaw that will compel, the sale of goods, to home consumer at . the ame price a that paid by foreign consumer. . It also demands 4 tariff reduction. - r v On the subject of money .tbVWltltams document congratulated the country on the Increased volume of substantial cur rency reached by - no action of govern ment.' tout by tbe act of God. ' Among other provisions la the elec tion of a president who will not at tempt to usurp legislative functions. Uha resoratlon of , the Wsshlngton and Jefferson foreign policies, cessation of the Iniquitous partnership between the government and banking ' Institutions, upbuilding of a merchant marine with out nwbrtdiee, statehood for Oklahoma, (Continued on Pag To. , -- - - ----- vrs II . : i hi ; i i' tit v-j irnvi r-1 h : , , J I:.'; flit HELD LP NEAR: POLICE STATION Hifibwaymca 6ob ; ; Their Victim Within Shouting :pistanccXof - Army of Patrolmen. . r Two masked highwaymen armed with revolvers held up and robbed . Mohlln Sherwood within a. half block of the oentral police station at 11 o'clock last night. They secured about $11. . After relieving th man of 111 . cash they leveled their weapon at their - victim' head and, cautioning him to be careful not to report to the police too quickly, bade him walk on. . He did sa and the robber made their escape. - There-Is no clue to their Identity. T ; . ' Sherwood, after recovering from hi fright. rushed to the police - station. where he reported the holdup to' Cap tain Moor and Bailey. -The daring of th men wa made greater by reason of the fact that at th time the olloemea or the second night relief were gather Ing-to go-on duty-and th station -was full or patrolmen. Sherwood was unable to give a very complete or aocurate description of the men who robbed him. because of his extreme fright and the darknesaat the time of the holdup. He told all he could, and thl morning Chief Hunt a. signed .'Headquarter Detective Lou Hartman to the case. - He is engaged to day in investigating it. I wa going south on second street between - 8tark -and Washington," - said Sherwood. , "I was about a half a block from ; th central police atation and right near a new building In the heart of Chinatown. 1 saw two men approaohlng; and when they cam with in a lew leet or me, I -saw they wore maska, and la their handa they carried revolver. They ordered ma to hold ud my hand, and with curses said to, keep still. I obeyed. One -of them went through my pockets, ' securing all the change I had. Their efforts netted, them about 111 After ' finishing, they cau tioned me to be careful about calling, on the police, and ordered me to go straight up Second street. When I looked back they had gone. r' "I have been -working for J. E. Allen, grading oontraeter, at-Bast Twenit- etghthf and.Ankeny street, I received f2t .in . payment for work, , and came down-, town to am I had about III left. The highwaymen got it all.- ' This 1 th most -daring holdup of recent month, and I th first reported for several weeks. The city hs been so free from such occurrences thst the stsff detective who wer formeely.'on duty at-nlght hav been detaches and placed on day shift. , -' " uiwt o Arrxtnc (gpeelal Dtapatrb to Tbe Joermrl.) - Roseburg, Or., July I. Herbert Ben ton, a farmer aged about living near Canyonvllle, was taken to the asylum a 8a lenv last night by Slferlff Parrott. HI mania 1 of a suicidal nature, and he labor under , the belief that ha I about to be hanged. If Is derangement, it Is said, was caused from an attack of spinal i meningitis, brought on by a fall which- he suffered some - three month ago, ' - . . ' I' .' .' - . '", ' MKS. ANNA ' VALENTINB IN HER CELL. FROM All Over tlie Oregon Coun-. try Come WTo r i s of Appro tat on cfWxe Journal aVn" J. I" t s Good Work FOUND NEARTRACK SEVERELY INJURED (Special Dlapatrh-to Tb Joorttil.) Walla. . Walla, July -1. John Wilson was found within' IS feet of th Oregon Railway Navigation track near her at 5:50 o'clock uiis morning .with two rib broken; scapula fractured and face badly .cut. ' It Is supposed thaV he started home while drunk and was taken suddenly sick last night and aat on the edge of a' tie and while stooping over . ws hit on the left shoulder by the i o'clock frleght train from Pendle ton and lay In the rock end wet -grass during a hard rain all night. His ' condition Is very serious and lung fever may set In. He was found by 'Bert Sythe, a laborer, and taken to the Walla Walla hospital by the police, where be was attended by Dr a, M. Stiles and C P. Gammon of Walla WaUa UarAaaeejOnajemn-jj:j9 sclous condition since the InjuryTtmt suffer too much pain to talk. ut. 21 year -of age, and live with hla parent,. Mr. and Mr. Wll.ltam Wilson, on the,. Walla Walla liver near the state line, He wa Iden tified by Mr. Isaet of Walla Walla. HI parenta own a . email farm on which they reside..' ' . mi umon ziot.V (Journal Speelat VrrVe.) Bnratoga. N. T., July t Fir laat flight destroyed therBlue Mountain Lake house, a prominent resort Just opened for th season.. Th loss la $50,000. All the guests escaped without Injury. , '." '.'.- XZOXSS TO SB ATM. .. .. (Jearnal Special Rerrlre.) Stockton, July :. James ' Olllls, president of the T'nlon Transportation company,, ' was kicked to death by a horse en hla ranch, near this city thl morning. - " . , ' ' '..-', r .''::' , . - " --' i ANNA VALENTINE'S . ' HANGING PUT OFF V"e 4 (Jotaaal Special BerTlce.) ' '- - Trenton, N. July J. Anna Valentine, sentenced to be . hanged for murder .- yeaterday, secured ' another ; stay of sen- tence for 10 days. This la-the second atay 'granted her la order to .give the board of pardon ' time to consider her case, fully. Anna Valentine came to this country eight years ago a the companion of Michael CorluccU - who at length, drove her from, the home built with her savings. and installed Rosa Salsa In her stead. Anna Valentine murdered "her rival last March 10. , RANCHER'S BODY IS AT LAST FOUND -.Qjnwssssassiisaswsi saa n s ' Fate of Hiram Bickford tlhose Disap , pearance Caused Lengthy Search1 Disclosed by Finding Skeleton. t . (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ' Canyon City, Or July X. Although search for his body ha been abandoned several month, th fat of Hiram Bick ford,. a aheep owner and rancher wa yesterday dlacloaed by . accident. The finding of hi skeleton told a story of aeatn presumably due to hi being lost m th mountain. - ' November S. 103, was th day when Bickford, who wa th owner of a ranch In Fox .valley, disappeared. . It was the belief of friend that he . might have been murdered - by : enemies created through the sheep grailiig over dis puted range and for month a search wa more or less actively made for his body. -A failure to find It led to the final belief that It would never be found and further search wa abandoned. Yeaterday a aheep herder, who wa gracing a band In an, out of the way place, found a skeleton and scattered near It were artlclea of wearing ap pare!. The find was made near Cotton wood creek. A search of the clothing disclosed 0 and paper which identi fied the remain, r . - - It-f-how - believed - that,- though he waa laminar witn the .district and an experienced mountaineer Bickford started to cross the mountain, lost his way. ana alter wandering ' until ex hausted, perished. He had no-: known relative to claim ni estate. PRESIDENT GOES TO "HIS OYSTER BAY HOME ". (Joornal Special Scrrli-s.) Washington, July 2. President Roose velt and his office force left, her this morning at 10 o'clock for Oyster Bay on a a pec lad train of two car running aa a section or th regular train. . Tfi nartv will irHv a , nw.tw "n.w a o'clock thl afternoon, and will be rece celvTil with a demgristratlon by the citizen lxens or that place. Many new mm per correspondent have already established their headquarter at the summer -capital, -..;-' WORLD'S CHAMPION DUFFY IS BEATEN (Joornal tpoctal Bervieo. ) Hochdale. July I. An amateur cham- plmishlp field and track meet, all the famous athletes or England participat ing, wa held her today. The 100-yard dash wa won by Norton of (South-Lon don." Duffy, th world' champion, ran second. Time, 10 seconds. Jupp, an Englishman, won the 220- yard race In 22 4-ft seconds. Walch of New York wa unplaced. In the hammer-throw Shevlln of jraM Waa defeated by Nicholson whose throw was isi ieei t mcnea, , BANDITS AT BILLINGS Chief of Police k Shot "Down and ;, Sheriff ' Is Wounded. GAMBLERS ARE HELD UP PJncky Sheriff Arrests - One Posses Scour JLills Desperadoes May Have. Been Implicated iirf -..' , , Train Robberies. . elena, MonCk July X.-ChiefDTTi- lloe "Robert J. Hannah waa Instantly -killed and Sheriff Hubbard Waa shot in the hand while inr pursuit of two masked men who daringly held up the Owl' sa loon "and gambirng house in tbe very heart of Bllllhgs early thla morning. The robbera secured about 11,000 in-caah aa the result of their raid. The robbers entered the front door and commanded- every-one- in the resort to throw up their handa One man. how aver, escaped unnoticed and warned the police. - - ' ' Juat a th men emerged from the saloon they- were- ordered to surrender by Hannah, who had rushed forward whep notified of the holdup. Both tfve desperadoes- responded -with guns In stantly killing; JIannah. The bartender .arttrward told the po lice that a few minute before the rob bery Jim ' O'Qrady . bad "slsed up the place' and, going outalde had signaled a companion - and that but a moment later th place was . Invaded by Kd O'Orady and a man named MoseP) whoae volrea b recognised. Sheriff Hubbard went to the CGrady house to arrest -the men. Jim i Qrady was there and told Hubbard be waa alone, and did not know where his brothert was. The sheriff, dissatisfied with this statement, started through the house with bis aides, whereupon he waa shot from a second story landing by Moster or O'Orady, who then Jumped from a window to th ground and es caped. Although shot and painruuy wounaea Hubbard, after a fearful atruggle. man aged to hold Jim O Grady until assist anca arrived. . Big posse are today searching for the other two bandits, at whose ren dezvous wa found a shotgun with which It 1 believed cnier or ronce nannon was killed. The bandit have taken to the hills. It is supposed, and on this supposition the officers are working over well known trails. The desperate character of their attempt leada to the beller that they may be wanted for other and more serious crime and suspicion Is fastened upon them In connection with a train rob bery which was attempted a compara tively short distance from her but a few weeka ago. . CLOUDBURST CAUSES . BIG DAMAGE IN UTAH ' (Joareal-gpeelal Service.! "Fait Lake City. July 2. The heaviest loser a a result of lawt night s cloud burst is "the Consolidated Railway c Power company. Three power planta within a radius of 60 mile were, struck by lightning, and .almost every cellar on the eaat aide wa flooded. Th street were torn up and car track demolished.Silt no live were lost. IDAHO MAN AWARDED MORE THAN HE ASKED Special Dlspatcb to The' Joeraal.V Rathdrum. Ida.. July 2. U Nichol son got a verdict of 2,l(i0 for false arrest and damagea to his timtwr ciaira. He sued for damages on account of hu miliation for his arrest that was caused by the" Cameron-Lumber company, and also brought a charg ' of trespass against 'his unlawful detainer. He aaked only 11.800. - THROWN FROM BUGGY - AND NECK BROKEN (Special Dlapateb to The Jauraal.) imbUtiWash., July 2. Ivy Gal loway, tbe wife bT sTbtrnd violinist who died recently, waa thrown from a buggy yeaterday. -Her neck . waa broken and she died Instantly. . She was moving and her two children were ahead, in a wagon, th horse ran away throwing them out Both are badly bruised and In the hospital. , Mr. Galloway waa in a bug gy trailing behind th wagon, wblch waa overturned. . ' HARVARD GETS" - SECOND PLACE (Jnental Special Sarrlra.) New' Tork. July 2. Tbe Harvard ba- hll nine tM morning defeated Yale t I 0 ' a ,1 a-me played to fi''tl9 pec- ' til '.! year lulrco.i" ' aiu ic GO TO THE Non-Combatants at Port Arthur Arc Stnt to " Job SoIdierV EXPECT FINAL ASSAULT Russians Determined to'-Flht to tile Last In the Effort to Keep the ; Fortress From Falling Into' ' - ; .' Enemy's Hands,.:. . (Journal gpeelal gervlm . St Petersburg. .July 2. The Bours. Oaaetta. today, reporta that' the Russian forces have recaptured the Tallen Motion Ling and Fen Cfau Cheng passes out. of which they were routed by the Japanese forcee last Tuesday. k Journal Special Servtee.) " " " ' Chefoo. July 2. A . report from Port Artlrar- tW - momlnr has It that " th -Russfun authorltlea there hare cloaed all the -shop in th town and -sealed ' their dogra. - . . . ' . The lawt of the noncombatants. Including- -avrry able-bodied 'man, have been"' antoutt the trerx'he with the evident ' thought that a full asagult fromth land side is Imminent. The altuatlon at Port Arthur Is de scribed being one,-of terrfflc atraln. the soldiers being fairly worn out with the continual bombardments and expec tations of a final fight .to the death. It Is denied that the sortie made by the Russian fleet waa for the purpose of . strengthening the morale of the soldiers, a they are said to be, grimly determlned " o noia in lonres at all odd or until., all auccAmb. .. MTXM XXCXAMUM TTEWS. .:'". ... . .n Salny Beasdn Cause guspensloa omo . till ties la terrention umored. ."" ' . (Jearnal Special Servlc.) '" Rome, July 2. Several paper her state that the power are exohahglng view with the object of taking advan- " tage of the . neceasary suspension of hostilities In the far eaat -during the rain season to attempt a friendly in tervention., with a view of securing the permanent cessation of the war. - The officials' of the different powers ' believe, - in common with the military . authorltlea of th. tao countries en- gaed, that the rainy season will exer- .. else, an Influence that will .without doubt materially affect the movement of troop and thus disarrange, many plana that have been made that relate to tb military situation. . That General Kurokl and .General Ku- . ropatkln will now . meet In an engage ment I considered by military expert here a doubtful, and even if they ahould it la now thought that , In all probability the clash would be far from decisive. ' . - Campaign Wear Ifad. ft Is now practically conceded that the Llao Tung peninsula campaign la at an end, at least until the rainy -season 4 over and th appearance of good weather. A the outlook now present Itself It seems evident that the Japan.- " ese will be compelled to remain in the position they may be holding, where the rain finds them. ' It la also aald that operation at and ' In tria-Immediate vicinity of Port Ar thur will brconsiderably Interfered -wtrn""" and that the establishing, pf another base, somewhere on the lower part of . the Llao Tung peninsula, and near tlS west coast, by the Japanese, In order to brine- In th food supplies that are nec easary for the maintenance of a large body of troop, such aa are reported to be on th way to Port. Arthur, win p found necessary. That Admiral Wlthoeft wa well on. hi guard, other reports to the contrary notwithstanding, - l- Indicated -by th. report of th action of tbe Port Arthur (Continued on Page Two.) ARMENIAN BISHOPS : APPEAL TO AMERICA , - - .- "t ,.' . ." (Journal Special Sarvlre.) v Washington. July J. -Th state department today .received 1 the following cablegram. da ted;- . 't' Ispayan, and signed "Ar- - mentan Blahop of Persia:" ' - ' lurklsh barbarian r mas ' sacretng thousand of Armenians each day. W humbly solicit the nltfoT BUtcs govem-lieiit. ls- ' name of our common Christian- Ity and humanity, to save human Uvea." - While no ' official statement ha been Issued it I believed w .that the probable eourae of trt .government WlU.be a Utter of instructions to . t'nlted "tstee ' i Minister Lelshmaan at Cunstantl- nuple, ordering blra to make rp- . rHrentatln to the sublime port ; lea ,11 nit to an lnveetluatlon. Kurther. than this. It I hard for th government to gn. owing to the fart thitt no American Citlsen sri knows to l. In- volved tn the m' fi. A lenst. If tTe are aity Arr,-il , cans In the l. rt ii ...rr - r -i r " s'nlI l'ns tm t . c mailt'. i