- : yi. !.- . ": . . .'w.-sw .""... G OOD EVENING. Wm nil TKE CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS 1 5.600 k hh wiirxia. ... Tonight, and-- Wednesday, fair," rraer , Wednesday ; northwesterly wUida... . . ' . ... "f-7 PORTLAND. OREGON. ? TUESDAY. EVENING. JULY S, 1904, -VOL. TIL NO. 104. ' -PRICE VIVE CENTS. Tit 1 . v - ; v 1 JAPANESE ' W ' BaSSxXxBSisSBBS WM-M CUPID SNARES VICTIM fflTH NEWSPAPER CUT 1 - - mk , gn- Agreement - Against New . r orces Amazed . at move ; , Sub-Committee on Contests Reports to FuU Com mittee Giving Preference m All Cases to Those Holding Regular Credentials '. '.''. - (By United State Senator Dubois of Idaho.) y . . 1 St. Louis, July 5. I think the ticket will be Parker-, Turner. . I do not see how any combination '.can be fixe'd up that will prevent Parker's nomination, and the best man to place on the ticket with hirn is Judge Turner of the state of Washington. He . is a man of recotrni-ted ability, a creat " - O - - " . -f. C ' , J f O lawyer and his speeches would be sure tq be good campaign - - documents. His nomination would help us carry Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and .Montana. . - : . . . " , ' ( Joaraal SpocUl Serrlra. ) - -St Louts, July In an 'xclulv tatement for th Bcrlppa Nwa aaiiocla ' tlon Bryan today rave thla opinion of tha situation It was At 9 o'clock this -morning;: . r; - "Th airuation Is unchanged, and ad dltlon to th Parkar Hat are not suf- .. flulent to insur his nomination., I take - It for granted that ther will be a strong antl-truKt plank la th platform. ' Far ffbm surrender, howaver, was th . attitude of th anti-Parker men In touch - with Bryan-today. Th Nebraakan waa : arouned at all houra of tha -nts-ht, and ahortly after o'clock this morning Ben- - nor ,ies , .pf Jtrkananii.aer t ior hlrn. tQ take part In an Important conferenc wniin a series . 01 conierences was . planned for th day. " " .. Th moat sensational move of th en tire political situation was mad today, when at 10 o clock this morning It wns announced by th anti-Parker leaders that a combination against Parker had flnall been effected. At that hour th anil-Parker leaders authorised. Harlan -Cleveland. In char of th boom of x .Aft nrn.vJ lAn.ru 1 Mnmwin trfe wlrA 1 4 it I- - mnn m ritiplNn.H A Kov. i.h.p In fit Ixula Wednesday morning' stating what his position was In 1D96. 41 f the letter satisfies Bryan, Harmon will be th choio of the antl-Parkerltes and they will concentrate their strength on him to beat Parker. Th strength of Olney, Wall. CoCkerell, 1 liar gen and Gray formed a nucleus Of the deal, and th Bryan-Hearsf forces completed It . r . .. Th baala for th mov was consti tuted In a petition secretly , circulated during th night by the ant la, which was Humorously signed. It Is confidentially announced that 400 voters are in a com bine and all are pledged against Parker on tha first and second ballots. The past does not extend beyond that'period, but th antls declare- they are Just as skillful in the political gam as their opponents, and that with this foothold they will be abl to defeat Parker. Parker's Position Bangarons. " They say the future will tnk car of itaeldand. declare lhat lh Oothsm jur lat Is now In a most dangerous position, 'being within striking distance! of th goal and not abl to clinch It. These states with favorite sons are claimed to be solidly held In th agree ment of the ant la: Missouri, Wlacon-j sin, Massachusetts, Ohio and Delawur. . : ...... ll I JS...,- .I, , -mi V - A! I . A r ....v-f-v r r vij 1 CONVENTION HALL; If 8T LOUI8, WHERE THE 0 EMOCRATS . WILL MEET TOMORROW t61CHOO$E , NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. . . i- - ' V ' , . . w--v ' - , V - , V " ' .-- ..... to ' Stand Together : ' They represent 140 votes. . AH th power of the- new machine as constructed In th pact ha bean set to work to win back' -Guff y--of - Pennsylvania, thereby weakening th effect of a coup by tb Parkerltas last nighu Although th conservative leaders, specially th Parkerltea, claim not to be Interested tp Bryan and. attempt to treSt th Nebraskan with cold disdtin. th fact Is they as (Well as everybody else her Is extremely, snxlous to get an an swer to the question! ."What I. Bryan going to do?". " " - - - Every possible mesn Tias been 're sorted to to. amok out the great silver leader, but.. ba.atsaiiUy--refuses tobe smoked. ' v - "I am going to decld th question of my position without anybody' help." said Bryan to your correspondent. "My friends ought to glv me credit for being a bis to do this,-:and I glv them credit for being abl to deejde for themselves without advlc from m." Bryaa a Storm- Center. j Bryan's room ha v been one of the storm centers ever sines . he . arrlvftdl Both friends and enemles'have calleiTn th former. for advlc and to swear fealty, th latter to abuse and to try by angering th radical leader to get him to man an Indiscreet statement: but" Bryan's tamper remain unruffled and his replies to friend and foe silk are given with a smiling courtesy, it seems to be th general .opinion that Bryan will make the speech or hi life at th first opportunity b Tta In th convention. ' . . .... . ;,, .' .'. - Varkar'g Tot. Thar i an air of feverish suspense and uncertainty pervading St. Louis to day on th ev. of th Democratic na tional convention. It is 'true that th managers and parttaan of th several candidates for the presidential nomina tion profess perfect" confldenc In the. result, but awsy down deep In. their hearts these leader who declare that It I alt" over but th shouting undoubt edly share th aame feeling of doubt and. uncertainty In th issue that la felt by -a 11 unbiased observers of the situa tion. In th confusion of claims and denial filling th air today., th tabu lated statements given out by tha tat'' IMlclans ""of th various headquarters and th prediction that thla or that del- : (Continued on Page TwV) 5C TIT I . ""'. I " -ww " We - iV 'Wis .a r r. t 'x II I . - X i-.r- u 4 III line of Kuroki's First ;Army.Is Now 40 Miles irt Length. KUROPATKIN RETREATS Great Rapidity and Precision Harks the Movements of the. Mikado's V- Man Fen Shut Lcng Is w '.- ' ow Fully, Occupied.' ' " (Jooroa! gpeclal Service.) London. July t. Tha Central News Tokio correspondent reports that, th central, column of the Japanese first army now occupies a line nearly 40 mile In length between Motien. pass and Hstenkal pass. Two hundred. Bussians encountered by Japanese retreated west' ward toward Tenalu Tien. . A portion of tha northwestern column of the Japanese army has occupied 8iao PelnHng, six mile northwest of 1'any Shulllng. - ' .' . Reuters agency ha a dispatch r. porting that th Japanese have even advanced further on th road toward th Russian rendesvous and have occu pied Fen Shul Ling. Th 'main army of , th Japanese ha advanced -west, ward. Th . movements ar all being mad with great' rapidity and precision. . BtrssxAirs un ' TmOD. Kor Tha. BOO Xasss Ar How Being Treated la Army Hospital. (Journal Special Merrier. Rome, July 6. Agensla Liberia' Liao Tang correspondent report, that more than (00 cases of typhoid fever ar now beinc.treated in th Russian army. Mtnr. of the . array . hospitals ar crowded with -patient and facilities for fever nursing are taxed to tb utmost. The typhoid 1 said to have been largely disseminated by the carelessness of sol dier nurses st outlying post where trained help wa not to be had. On camp alone furnished (0 cases. . ADMIT TKZXX OEI11T, At Yanssllng Pass mosslan Ar Com- ''-:; pUd toBtrat.. (Journal Bperial Service.) i ' St. Petersburg, : July B. Official, an nouncement wa mad today that In I battle fought to th east oft Liao Yang, near Tanseltng pass, th Russians re treated, losing fOO men In the engage ment.. : The newspapers in commenting on th bulletin declare the loss is trivial a far a strategic point ar concerned, and that no particular gain could .have been had by holding tb position. limUD WITH X.OH. Basslan Attempt to Bels Kotlra Iilag . ra. . - (Joaroal Special Serrloi.) ToWo, July S A foroe of Russians attacked -a Japanese Outpost at 'Motien Ling pass Monday, but were repulsed. losing 80 killed and 'wounded, while the Japanese casualties war but it killed and wounded, v SB. KAZCHMAHH 1M .DBAS. (Jojrnal Rpeclal Servlce.t Hamburg. July 6. Dr. Halrhmann, th city burgomaster. Is dead. He was one of the best-known men -on the con tinent. I 1 .-Ur-i 1 II 1 FOURTH OF JULY BEHIND Many Accidents Reported as Result of Yesterday's Celebration-rOne Little , Boy Killed by Bullet From a Pistol and Several Others May Lose EyesDoctors Kept Busy Attending Numerous; Injuries k There were at least 25 accident, yes terday as a result of Portland' cele bration of the Fourth. Only one of that number resulted fatally, though msny may be followed by . serious . eonse- quences. A number of persons may lose their eyes or hands through Injuries re ceived while participating In th ob servance, . , The majority ofth accidents wer caused lay the explosion tit giant crack er. Only one, which resulted fatally, was caused by a revolver. Bomb also did considerable damage.- There wer ten fire and 0 rrsts were mad by Tn police. 5Urgewis KIIU iibiwibii. did rushing business. .P 1 .: Uttl Boy KiUsd. Little Ernest Vogt th 4-year-old son of Frederick Vogt of Muntavllla. lost his life In trying to make noise a the ether boy were doing on -the Fourth. He found an old revolver hidden In a woodshed hear the house and acci dentally shot himself through the abdo men. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon, but he lived until this morn ing at t o'clock.. . Fearing a scolding or possibly pun ishment for playing with th revolver, the lad refused to tell how he wa. in jured and It wa not until after his desth that the cause of the wound was learned. The child' father, with three of his other son, waa In lha yard and noticed th lad go Into th woodshed. They did not follow andheard no re port. It was only a few minutes later that ha emerged from the place and went Into th house. Doctor Was CaUsd. . 1 He told his ' mother that It had burned his clothing. Shejioticed a dark red" spof' oh ""hie garments-but knew nothing of tha serious nature of the ound.- Examining the lad, however. she discovered, that be wss bleeding, and th boy explained by saying thst he had fallen on a sttck and scratched himself. Dr. T. C. Humphrey was summoned and questioned the lad concerning th In jury. He received no Information, how ever, but discovered fya wound.-" He' PLUCKY WOMAN TAKES A Plucky Mrs. 'Jennie A. Deshon. living it North Third street, .captured a burglar who entered her apartment this morning at 1 a'clock. He awakened her by entering, and Instead of lying still In deadly fear (if her lfe, she got up and seised him. Well shfccrted for help and Policemen - Kndlcott and 'Oassett re sponded. After a fierce fight, thejr suc ceeded In landing the hurglar In Jnll. He Is Phillip Myers, and claim to be deaf and "timb. . Ii the municipal rouri mis artemoon he wa given a hearing before Judge Hogue. He refuse to make any state ment. M'Hen asked to writs a state' ment he declined. , It evidently is his. in tention to make the official irv their cua without assistance, ', , , . 4 A CRIMSON knew nothing of th revolver and wa at a "serious loss to understand. Tha bog grew rapidly worse until I o'clock thi morning, when he died. " A search of the premises . waa mail this morning and the rusty revolver wss found with an empty chamber. s There wss another cartridge In th weapon which had not been exploded. Th lad had heard, other youngsters exploding ' firecrackers during th day and decided to make some noise himself. He had previously told his brother thst he knew where the revolves waa hidden. It was on a shelf In the shed and It Is LtjHvvA that l ,rvln. 1, IWei Weapon exploded.' The affair was reported to Coroner Flnley today. In v the opinion of the coroner the affair wa accidental and no inquest wa held. . .."'-..'v.... May &o Kla By. ". - Ernest Bernenberger. 11 year of age, who lives with his parents In Mt. Tabor, bent over a b lighted a charge of powder. A a result his -face, eyes and a part of his body ar seriously Injured. He may lose an eye. ; After striking a match and Igniting a'fuae attached to the powder he started to run away. Ha altpped and fell and a he did ao th explosion occurred. HI face wa close tq the powder which wss burled In tb skin In many places.' His right eye waa torn and ut and places of powder-wer burled In th bell. A womanwhosjame': th..l)hylclan refuses to ' divulge, wss preparing to celebrate the Fourth, last night and was curling her hair.'. The lrona slipped from her hsnd and singed her face. Her eye wa also seriously Injured. Edwin Davis, If years old. "who lives firing a toy cannon when it exploded prematurely and he may lose an eye as the result. He wss holding a csn of powder In his hands while loading the cannon.- In eome way, .he cannot ex plain, a lighted fuss came In contsct with the powder and an Instantaneous explosion folio wad. Ills right rye wa almost torn from the socket and his face was badly lacerated. IEF SINGLE-HANDED The polios do not believe Myers I desf and dumb; they Jhlnk he Is sham ming, for esrly thtalnornlng Jailer Ben Brsnch heard him.-, talking when he hought-nerms" ws near to hen Jilmt He wa 'unable, -however, to' make out what h waa saying... ' "I wa sound fesleep-until the man en tered," aald Mrs. Deshftn.. "He mads a noise thst awakened me, and at that time he was standing right by my aid. I leaped out and graspad hlm.Tb.eu-l srramed. 11 psid no heed, and I was mystified. He made hut little effort to escspe. I cried for help and tha police men came right away. "I would , not- let any-man rob my house or prriwl around without trying to captur him. But I hat to sign a com- A ' ' ". :.V-f. '. - . ', SECOND CONVENTION MAY BE NECESSARY '- (Journal Special Servtra.) 'Indianapolis, July. I. Chair man Stewart of th Prohibition lsts ha secured an option on Tomllnson hall for July. JO, tl and 22. His object is not given out, but It -Is expected thst 8wsl low will decline th prohibition nomination, and fn th event th ' Damocrat at 8t. Louis refuse to take up General Miles' ' name, . 4 another Prohibitionist conven- tlon will be held, at which Gen- , ral Mile Will b nominated. The fact that Mile had auch . a following in the regular con- vehtlon until his name was with- - 41 .drawn makes this latter fact a 41 certainty. H might again with-- v draw hi name, but would have 0 to do ao in a much more vigorous " fashion, so th party leader say, to prevent hi nam being used. J .It Is reported that a Mter ha been aent film to induce Jilm to accept 1f chosen again. .0 Thomas Curry. It year old. held giant firecracker In his hand too long andj nearly lost a thumb and two nngers as a result. It exploded before ho could throw It away and th thumb. Index and little finger of hi right hand were aeriouslv Injured. Physicians a believe that amputation will not be necessary. Toung Curry 1 mployed at th Cali fornia bakery. - . ' .' Mis Marguerite WHey. it OUaan street, also nrocrsatlnsted in getting rid of a lighted firecracker. It exploded sooner thsn shs Intended and sh ha a hadiv.manaled hand a a result. There are several abrasions, of ths skin while her hand wa bad ry burned in places. Her wounds are painiui, dui ars nui aldered serious. Dr. J. W. Hill of th Hill Military academy wa als Included In the list of founded. A percussion cap exploded near him and a fragment of It waa driven Info hi hand. Physlclsns de clare that blood poisoning will not fol low and thst he will oon recover en tlrely from th ffects of the wound. Willie Boearth, It year old. 2SS Front street, wss th -victim In an encounter with a small bomb which was thrown by another boy. Th bomb exploded on striking a wall near the boy' bead. In flicting painful and perhapa serious In juries. His face was badly bruised and torn and hi right; eve wss severelyin- Jured. He mivfWUirtn ey. lor Hi Hna. f An old colored man was standing at Flrat and "Washington si ree s .yester day afternoon when one of the crowd avhlfh. thrnn ired the street threw a giant ntecracker near him. Evidently fearing that It would cause damage to some one ihoenVexJfaAher,away!07llt exploded In hi hand, almost completely UarlngJ rav in naim. - physician' offlc nd th wound dressed, uia name was -not learned. , Little Laura Kelly, thf ll-year-o",d d.nirhter of ' lr. Richmond Kelly, was oeiehratinc at her home at Gladstone (Continued on Page Two.) plaint that may send him to th peni tentiary, When Policemen Kndlcott and Gassett arrived and took charge of Myers, he put up a desperate fight. He ssld nothing ;during the conflict..' '-- Mrs. IVshrn-TS'TiLceper of a store on North Third, end Is much- older tt the, burglsr she csptured. Th police s ra unable to understand why the man mad no- sttempt, to get away from her. beft-hsMt.-tB-ettH a haM fight when the patrolmen reached the scene. .He Is not believed to be a professions! burg lar. Ha Is unknown In local police cir cles. It Is acknowledged, however, that he may be an expert - burglar, whose scheme. la .work th deaf and dumb dodas whon trapped, I LEAVES , , ...J TRAIL Michigan Capitalist Capit ulates to Picture of Mildred Ra'ab. WRITES FOR FULL DATA Picture Appeared in Woman's Edition : of The Journal Friends, of . ' .Miss Raab Investigate ' .': ..' : Suitor. v-. There has been - much excitement . Among the forty or more members, of the Lmaies' Annex of th . Multnomah ' Athletic club for three weeks psst, ex citement that has resulted" In the 0(7 ,' fleer of the" annex: going into executive -session snd' deciding that the -cause of th discussion was a secret that should be kept. Thla matter , waa kept secret three weeks.' Then it leaked out.' In th women's edition of. The Journal published on May- 4, there appeared a half page picture of a (.roup of mem bers of the Ladies' .Auiirx of the Mult nomah. Athletic club, A copy of the " Paper fell into the hands of a' wi-althy manufacturer of Grand Jtaplds. Mlch., whose attention' was particularly at tracted to One member of the group. 8he was a strikingly pretty girl of atliletlo. build and" of a typ that is aeldomdyes -oped outside the far western states. To say that the Michigan man . was In terested "would scarcely express his 1 feelings. ' After gaslng- upon and admlr- -lng . th likeness,, , he tossed the paper -away. Hecould not. however, dismiss the subject from - his :mlnd. ' He re covered th paper, took another long look at the picture and again threw it away. Then he picked It up once -more and arrived at "a drupe rata conclusion. H would ascertain the nam and ad' dress of this young woman. . So he cut out th picture and wrote' a ' letter, appealing for the desired lnforma- rtlon. sent It to the women's committee of th Multnomah Athletla club. The officer of. the ladle' annex looked up the Grand Rapids manufac- -turer. They appointed " committee to Lrinit out whn hl man hn ... aa deeply . Interested in one; of their fa vorite-member, ''V'jj... V- ' One of tl)l commltteSchanceti. to know all about Grand Rapid, and sh -Conducted th direct correspendence be- ' tween the. club and her friends In Grand Rapids before the name of the young t woman sbcAild be given. In the course-' of two weeks the ladies' annex had be come convinced that th bold man of Gcand Raplda wa single, of excellent "' family, a member-of a firm manufactur ing one of the beat known carpet sweep er. in th world, and then, without the consent of th young woman, they sent her name. Miss Mildred Raab, of Burnatd street near Fourteenth, 1 the young woman whose picture hsd traveled all th wsy to Michigan In th woman's edition of," The JburnaL . SlncV then Mia Raab. haa naturally ' been .ah object of 'Interest -"ta..; cvfcry : woman of th annex, and In' theprU-acy of the club she now goe by ths" name . of "Michigan." . . To tha questions, "Are we all to be at the wedding?" or "Ha he proposed. Michigan"' or "How many letter have you received,- Michigan?"- ah la non commltal, . '.!- ... There Is gray doubt at th club bout any of th letter of th stricken man. In Orsnd Rapids having been answered. . Miss Raab herself is th only one who can throw any light on ima, ana sh4 1 preserving A discreet Uence. Mlss Raab, In the group prKitosTgrfrTTl On one of the large granite railings lead- . ing ( th club. Her likeness came out wonderfully clear. In the first leter the tJrand Rapids' man "cut out girl and granite block, fastened the picture to his letter and sent It. with the cleverly worded -note asking concerning the orig inal of tly likeness. - - ... , ' Among all. lof th members of the women's , an ne non iB mnre- popujlsri Or better liked thsn Miss Raab. She la pretty, a brunette, and la on of th wlttieat members of tha club, Hr family haa lived In Portland many year. Sh wa born here, ana --in so- , clety she Is a member of the best local ' "set." la the sthletlc club sh has long ; been known among, the women on , of their best swimmers and fencers. In addition to the club and society she I a devoted church worker. . t r POPE HAS' ATTACK OF. ; HEART PALPITATION (Jnnraal gpeclal SerTlea.) , Rome, July . The pop suffered from a sudden attack of palpitation of the heart early1 thla morning, due to the heat and worry over Vatican affair a. The attack soon passed, but left his hollnaas Wry wesk. ' Ills entourage ws much alarmed. ' - I txxa rABatxBS' oovaBiaa. . (Jimroal Spei-ial Hervlca Pryan. Tx.. July What proralas to be the moat lmpoitant meeting evr held y the Turin' furniTt' - mnra opened tndav at the Wtat Ari lioli in snd MerVsnU-sl aij-K. Tlie a-al.is wilt continue until Krldar. Many di- tlngillshed ssrl'iltur.il anlhni'i tll add res the .meeting. .. lil--'i miu-i.M.m will be given to Ui , bull tmi i tlon. i . " ' . , . . Y I' 7 '-I'