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Newspaper Page Text""- ' JW I -. - . .a. . ' a. . 11 I GOOD EVEIIIIIG Journal Circu!2tlc:i THE WEATHER. A. ,. Probably fair tonight and Tuesday; southwest to northwest winds. V I PORTLAND, . OREGON, MONDAY EVENING,. AUGUST 14,' ' 1905 FOURTEEN PAGJES PRICE TWO CENTS. STajSxw" cZITl WITH NEGRO EDUCATOR V. y 'ASK v-.v vj.wyj.l S3 : :-imm ; V. VOli IV. NQ. 133. ' . ' :V. 'tllr'f . jV;h'-' I H- , ,. . -l , L ,.l , . ., ILU . s assaaB .s. ' i a ssaw wsjb m r . I - ill! Poison Found in Bottle of Ginger Ale Which Killed Mrs. Kas ; par Van : Draw Last ; ; s :T7 w'-. Saturday Night. " LIQUOR WAS CHARGED -v . WITH PRUSSiC ACID Mystery of Poisoning It Deepeood by Statement That While Mrs. Mon teith Wa Summoning JBelp Some One Entered and Stole the Ringa From the Stiffening Finger. - : At the morgue lies the body of Mrs. -7 Minnie B. Van Dran. who died Satur day 'ntght the reeult of poisoning by prusslo acid, administered by an un known assassin, and city polio, and private dstsctlvss are seeking to un--' ravel the detalla of a murder mystery : , aa sensational and baffling as the local ' department has been encountered. - - In her home on' Saturday night Mrs. Van Drmn drank a' glass of singer ale. staggered across the room, feu gasping ' v to the floor and died In agony before a physician could be summoned. As "She . lay dying. It ts said, she was robbed of all ber jewelry escept her wedding ' ring." Neither the murderer nor me , ghoul has been .captured. ' Deep mystery surrounds the case. She went walking wltb her husband and . alster. Miss Mildred Montetth, Satur- .. day erenlng and returned to her home at 10 o'clock. Bbe and. ner sister, went Into the kitchen where shs opened a -r-. bottle of ginger ale and poured a glass -for herself and one rotMtes-Mon--teitb. Immedlatelyaftar drinking aba 'laid the glass quickly: on- shelf- and warned her sister not to drink. . Her sister ran to help . Let and t- wnuiH ior Bill... ' . miss atDuieiin nisneei - uowai , vn Stairs calling for "help. On I the -door way of the house adjoining t sat Dr. .Arjaysyjf: ZZJV iMim. Ha followed and tried to revive the dying woman while Miss Monteltb went to the teiepnooa to can a. pnys Iclan. Dr.' William Jones soon answered, but the woman was dead whenv he -reached the. house. --j-. howls SespoU the Body, iv- ' ' Cdroner - Flnley was summoned and 'took charge of the body. - On . the woman's finger he found a plain wed' ding ring. - Three rings. Including a diamond and other Jewels she hsd worn during ths svenlng were missing, tns husband and sister say. Coroner Flnley. at once began aa In vestigation Into the cause of death. He poured a drop of the stuff that remained In the glass from which the woman had drunk on a piece of linoleum. It burned a tiny hole through the cloth. Then he gathered the bottles and glasses to gether and ordered a complete Inves tigation. " ' ' . '' . The contents of the bottle and glasses were examined by Pr. Mary E. Parkef and Pr. Marie D. EquL The stuff was found to. contain Urge quantities of prussle acid. ' Today ths contents of the woman'a atomach are being an alysed by Dr. Hampton and Dr. Parker. Convinced that the woman was the victim of a murder plot - the coronet notified the police, who are being, as- slted by the coroners deputies to solve Mrs. Van Dran was ths wife of Ras per Van Dran, prouprletor of the. Wash ington cafe, - 4iO Washington street; . they lived at 13 North Seventeenth street. . They have been married five years and began housekeeping a month ago. Van Dran has until recently been conducting hotels In various, cities of ths state. . i,, The Wladow la tbe Kitchen. ' The residence Is the second story of a flat that was completed a month ago. . In the-rear Is ths Kitchen opening Into a . hallway that estenda the entire length of the flat 'Outside the kitchen Is a porch connecting the house with the one ad joining, and In the kitchen is a- window that opena from beneath and would per mit the entrance of a person of small ' atature. , At d'cloclfltatuTPday veninr Mr; and Mrs. Van Dran went walking with Mlaa Montelth. They went down town and were returning when they passed the Waahlngton xafe. Van Dran Jeft- them and went to attend to a few business mart era, ha said, but promised to .go mid, out promised to .go The women proceeded l to home soon, the horns. Mra Van . Drsn sald shel wss ...very thirsty and deelred a drink.. She was very fond, of ginger ale. and a supply '. was usually kept at the home. Friday afternoon Mr.-Van Dran took some ginger ale home with him. Two bottlea were drunk then and the other two were placed - in a bucket In which Ice waa kept. The bucket was placed In the kitchen immediately under ths table by the window.' On of the bottles wss slthsr substituted for one dried - with the, deadly potion or was tampered with by an assassin who stole Into ths room In the absence of ths occupants. Watekful Assassin. The bottles remained In ths bucket ' near the window from Friday night un til Saturday night Mrs. Van Dran re- malned at horns all Friday evening and Friday- nlglA, and on Saturday, until I " o'clock.' Detectives assert - that if the poison was put In ths bottle by k pereon who secretly entered ths houss It waa dons ' whlls the occupants were away. Satur day svsnlng. They have advanosd the theory that i an enemy of Van' Dran watched them leave and entered ths plans through the kitchen window. Mrs: Oore, a friend of ths family . whp arrived shortfy after ths trsgedy. Continued on Page Two,i , W x0 i-'.:.' '1':'" 'MrgV Minnie R Van Dran. flORVVAY CASTS 292,300 VOTES FOR, AIID 1 ft 3& VOTES Almost Unanimous Decision to Break the Bonds That, Allied Her - t Sw-dnKIng Oscar Toms Over Government Tempos rarily to Prince Gustav , ' ,s .' (Josrsal Special Servlee.) " Chrlstlsnia, Aug. 14. By - an ' ovsr whelmlng majority ths Norwegian peo ple yesterday -voted In favor of the dis solution of Norway snd Sweden. - Out of 480.009 votes there were 120,00 ballots cast nd at o'clock? this morning ths count as far as hsd progressed showsd 192.100' votee for dissolution to 13 agalnat k ' " The voting took place among scenes of greatest enthusiasm everywhere. Women who could not vote signed peti tions In-the street indorsing ths dlaaolu tlon. ' In ths cities the entire popula tion turned out every one being deco rated In the national colors. Ths storthing will meet August SI. when ths result of ths vote will be com SHIPWRECKED CREW OF GORYPHENE IS RESCUED FROM WATERY GRAVE Bark Strikes Reef Near Cape Prince of Wales and Goes to Bottom in Half an Hour Those Aboard Take to Boats and Battle ' s : ;: With Waves for Twenty-Four Houre J " : (Special Dispatch te The JoeraaL) SeatUa, Aug. 14. Ths bark Cory. phene, Captain Milan, Under, charter for tradmg purpoeea between Nome and Si berian points to P. B. McLeod,' Saturday morning struck a reef miles from Cape Prince of WaleS' and went, to the bottom in half an hour. Ths crew and passengnrs. numbering 10, -took to ths small boats and were rescued last night li miles from the scene of the disaster by - the steamer, formerly the revenue cutter, Corwlsc ..! - . . .-, This- Information' Is .contained . In., a special cable received this morning from Js'ome. At tho time of ths rescue the seas were running high and several times during the work ths small boats were threatened. Captain West of the Corwln. after ' tn rescue, " headed "his veesel for Nome, where he landed the shipwrecks, all-suffering from ths ef- WEDDED SAKE BRIDE TWICE WITHOUT KCOl'O IT Montana Man Remarries Twenty Years After He Was Divorced -Woman Aware of It. (Joeraal Special SsrtlceJ "T Twin , Bridges, Mont." Aug. . 14. Re married SO years after they had been di vorced, ths man not knowing when the marriage ceremony wss performed that the woman at his side wss his former wife, wss the matrimonial experience of Mr. 'and Mrs. James Hurlbutt who srs enjoying their second honeymoon In the east The woman, however, knew the-secret but found enjoyment In not revesting it until after they, were again united.. . ' . - , .-.,: ' . ' X U - . "'.'I, AGAINST Disunion arid Takes a Vacation .I..- municated to the Swedish government and the request for dissolution be re posted to the , riksdag. Ths storthing will also express a willingness to nego tiate relative to ths details of the dis solution. -.',' - :zsvt- King OscsrTeft Stockholm today for Maratrand, on ;g small Swedish Island In ths Kattegat, to seek quiet and rest and givs his broken-down system a chance to recuperate. This Is ths sec ond time thst ths king, compelled by his U health, has turned over the relna of government to -his son. Crown Prince Gustav, whom he appointed re gent during his absence. It la believed In well-informed circles that this tem porsry retirement of the king la merely the prelude for hla permanent retire ment In favor of hla eldest son. V f ects of their 4-hour light with ths waves... , : . Captain Worthln, owner of the Cory' phene, accompanied by his wife, wss a passenger on the lll-fsted craft and both are1 now at Nome. The Coryphene left here June t loaded with a general cargo for trsding purposes. It wss ths Intention to proceed to Nome, where a part of the cargo was to be unloaded and mora to be used in trading with the Siberian' natives taken aboard. . The vessel left Nome 10 days ago and an- countered - heavy' weather but all went well until early , Saturday ..morning, when aha struck ths reef, v . The dispatch ssys nothing of . ths dsmsge, but the fact that ehe settled In hslf sn hour Indicates the effect of ths - shock. Last year the , Coryphene was " under chsrter to C, D. Lane, the Nome millionaire mining man, in con nection with bia operatlona north. James Hurlblttt and Ruth Emery were married In Quebec., when both were young, but - separated soon afterward. Hurlbutt came west and became Inter ested . in mining. His wife got a di vorce ''and msrrled RufusBeresford, whoi died, leaving -ber a valuable es tate in Montana. - At a hotel in Butte Mrs" Bsresford met - her - first husband, Hurlbutt, - SO years after aha had married hlim She knew him Inetantly, but he did not know her. She engaged him to report as eipert on some mining property for hr In the course of subsequent deal In gs' he fell In lovo with her, proposed snd wss accepted. s , SWITZERLAND BANISHES i REVOLUTIONARY, LEADERS ... V"- -'. '. (Jearaal SpeeUI Srlee.V 1 .'" Geneva, Swltseriand. Aug. 14. Swlaa polios, at the request of ths . govern ments of Russia and Turkey, are driving out revolutionist - leaders-- from their headquarters la this country. , - .- . ,, -., , . . . . : ,:s u, i i National Reformers Address Civic .Conference and Tell Harsh Truths About Municipal ; rV"'.i Dishonesty.; ', FRANCHISE STEALS SELDOM MOLESTED John Warner of New York Bar Asso ciation Tells Convention . That Big Steals Are Easiest and That Reform Forces Are Badly Generated and Usually Outwitted by Corporations. . Thsy have erected sn admirable little gridiron at the exposition -and for the next . four daya America's modern "statesmen" will get the grilling . of s century. Some of the eloquent and scathing tonguee of the country are hort to superintend the work and it has be gun. --..'- ..-.' Clvio conditions In ths cities of the United States Inspired the most notable gathering of the Lswis and Clark ex positionthe Clvio conference which convened this sftsrnoon at the Audito rium and listened to men of national Importance on the' sweeping subject of 'The Battle Against Corruption., That Interest In this conference Is wide spread wss' evident by the slss of ths crowd which assembled for the opening session. As will be the ease through out the meeting, the subjects discussed dealt with social problems In city life, ss ths title of the gathering Indicates, and before 'tt-Ha over every phaee of elvlo Improvement and advancement will be considered. Borne or-me nation s greatest-thinkers, speakers, and wrltsrs are either' In Portland or are hurrying' this wsy, attracted by the conference, and will be heafd on topics of vital im portance', to every community' In (the land. . tsmm Onaaa Boafsrsrsss. The Administration band marched to the halt-slim tl Uefuis e-mwua ana drew the crowd in that direction. While it played enlivening aire ths principal partlclpanta In ths 'conference greeted each other Informally for half an hour and flnaUy Mayor Harry Lane called the assemblage to order, i . r . Ths mavor. after a few words of wel come on behalf of Portland. Introduced President. H. W. Goods, who welcomed the conference to ths exposition. Mr. Odods said hs knew sf no event of greater importance than the gathering ef so 'many brilliant minds and tt gave him the eztremest pleasure to bid thsm welcome to the fair. . The convocation addreas was mads by Dr. Joslah Strong or wew xora, presi dent of the American Institute of So cial Science. The speaker outlined the purposes and objects of ths conference and briefly described what has been ac complished by the clvio societies of ths United States sines their Inception. . Warner's stirring Address. The toplo of the day.'The Battle Against Corruption." was Uken up first by. John DsWltt Warnsr, a prominent mamhar of the New Tork Bsr associa tion and prealdent of tho art commission of Nsw York. . s. Me. Warner la a man of stalwart phyalqus and mature, forceful ldeaa He expresses thsm, In plain English; he strikes out frorajh's shoulder wlth re markable effect He stirred the au dience to great enthusiasm, especially by his keen sstlrs snd minting sarcasm. Hs confined his remarks to New Tork. but remarked parenthetically that too many cttlea In ths United States were ...f.. mm la ttia matrnnnlt "" " r j Mr. Warner condoled with ths confer snce thst It could not have heard di rect from hia friend and associate, Dis trict Attorney Jerome or New rora. but he begged the toleration always ac corded an old hat when It Is substituted for a pens of glass It .is not ths fault sf ths hat. , . . . T Hew Tor Tlrse ef right. "New Tork is Just now battling with corruption," aald Mr. Warnsr. "Ths dis trict attorney-is vigorous, but ths cltl ssns srs fsr from excited. Nat that but we have plenty of corruption. We have morr in-late years - ttytn svsr-bsfore. Ths franchise steals In gas and transit are so enormous that they make Tweed tlmea forgotten. "TeMa, with debauchery, in ..our -State legislature snd city administration, fur nishes a condition unparalleled. ... "We hold Indignation meetings yes:- exclaimed the speaker -but- we expect little and nothing happens, it is sasy to saa whv our protests ' do not count. They did so In lt94 and In 1101, but then we were aroused sgslnst polios tesgus with vice. Our good cltlsens snd everybody else could units on thst issue. But franchise corruption Is snothsr mat ter. Too many of our friends are In It to make the lesus sttractlval In fact ws are trying to And aome other Issue Compounding sins, ws srs Inclined to, By damning thoee we have no mind to.' "In anort. we aon l vn agamm franchise corruption; first, because the people do not seriously caret seenndly. because Instead of attacking principals whom ws perfectly well know, snd. In deed, hsve on the stsgs at our Indigna tion meetlna-s. ws attack their dummies. legislators snd officials who ars paid for standing It .Thla la a proceaa not destined to hurt corruption. And In the third place, the politicians aonx trust us; not because they are wicked, but be cause they are duiimm men. ran-chtse-grabbers are - forceful and have long memories. Good cltlsens are too often weak and forgetful. Ths eorrup ttonlsts reward and punlah. Others don t; and hence the buslnsss politician does not 'trust reformers. Finally our cltlsens wsnt a . eonetruotlvs and pro gressive leadership that Of our reform ers Is altogether too general, y Continued en Page Tea) Causes a Sensation in Saratoga Hotel by Bringing Booker i Washington to Table ;' as His Guest : : 4 COLORED MAW ESCORTS MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER Wife of Barclay Warburton Walks - Down Long Line With Founder of - Tuskegee HoteT Guests Object to Reception of the riegro, Which Is . Against the Rules of the floteL x' (Josrsal Special Bentee.) "-VH Saratoga. N. Y Aug. 14. A sensation wss caused - among tho guests of -the United States hotel yesterday by the -appearance of Booker T. ' Washington st dlnnsr In the great ' dining-room. Washington was .ths guest of John Wsnsmaksr, formsr postmsster-general, and acted as escort for Mrs. Barclay Warburton, . Wanamakar's daughter while Wanamaker walked to the table with J. R. E. Roberts. As thsy marched down the long line of tablea every aye of the hundreds of guests wss directed toward the negro educator and former cabinet minister. . Wanamaker ' has been entertaining Waahington for ths last week and la one of the patrons of the tatter's Industrial school at Tusksgee. ' He was present at the commencement exercises of that In stitution a fsw wseks ago." Barclay Warburton, Wanamaker'a son-in-law, is publisher of ths Philadelphia Evening Telegram, and is also muoh In terested -with bis -wife in -the-success DRK1KKIG 111 ARL1Y e. J ; J '" 1 .. . lAtQAnTriiiinnnnAniiiccArinAij iilDUllt IJIVUItULIUu UUJlWUlL Major Says His Capacity Was Three Classes of Beer--Began to Doubt His Wife at the Time of Episode With Lieutenant Fortesque -Assault on Wife Cause of Separation.' ' (Josrsal Special Servlee.) ' ...,.' Woostsr, Ohio, Aug. 14 Major Tag- gart was on tho stand again this morn ing In the divorce case brought agalnat his wife. "Every artifice waa uaed by the defendant' a attorneys to confuse htm. He controlled hie temper with difficulty.. Asked why, when hs found his wlfs drinking to excess, hs did not banish liquors, he replied: "I thought' the reproof would anawer the aame purpose, as I thought she would use liquor thereafter In. moderation." He aald that his sideboard waa known as the "Chicks' bar" and that the. chicka wars young women guests. Hs said that bs nsvsr heard of the sideboard being Tag's bsr. Hs said that ha did not reprove his wlfs merely because her talk annoyed him, but objected to her drinking at alL -Tags-art said that-when he4lved-at Fort Thomas bs believed everything his wlfs said. Hs began to doubt her word at ths time be saw her come from the cellar In hla horns wltb Lieutenant Fortesque. He said' that he first re proved her at a ootllllon at his house, when she got drunk after the guests FULTOIl FOR STATES THAT FEDERAL JUDGE OREGON IS riOT YET NAMED Senator Denies " Saying That Judge Bean or Any Other Aspirant Has Been ChosenSuccessful Candidate Is Not Yet Known, ' Though Appointment May. Be -Made Any Day. f ; , :x ' fSneelal Masetch te The Jearaal.) Aatorla, Or., Aug. 14. The federal ludaeahlD has not been settled. 1 The president Is likely to reach a conclusion regarding the ' msttsr slmost any day now, but aa yet the name of the Judge to be Is not known. v "Is It true that you havs aald Judge Bean would be appointed?" was asked of Senator Fulton. ."No. sir. It Is not truV replied ths senstor. '1 havs said nothing about ths mstter. I will ssy to you now that Judge Bellinger's succeesor has not yet been named, and I will also ssy to you most emphatically that I have not said that any one of ths aspirants would be sppolnted. It Is-too early ,as yet to make, en statement about1 the mat ter." " '. ' ----- Bens tor Fulton wss ssked If he would esy who wss likely to be sppolnted. but declined, contenting himself -with ths statement that ths preeldent would probably make , up his mind within a short tlm's. ' . ' , "Ths appointment may be expected say day." the senator said. ' . ? Ths "rumor "that- Attorney-General Moody -has recommended to the presi dent that Justice Robert & Bean of the Oregon . supreme eesrt v be appointed United Statee district judge to- suo- ...'',. ' )'. ' .-..'-.. ; ' ,' I ; H.v?' j: v-ir'-''- Booker T. Vashington. '. ' . '.' ." ,.'".;-.'-.'.. ,.. of Washington's efforts to solve the negro problem. , Ths appearance of Washington In' ths public dining-room caused a protest on ths part of aoms of tho guests, who ob jected to a negro being given privileges accorded white gueets. The United Statss hotel, which has-always hitherto barred negroes, raised no objections to the gueat of yesterday. . Booker Washington's appearance -In th various hotels of the north haa made him a storm center since hie entertain ment by President Roosevelt two-years ago. itst month his appearance as Fourth 'of July orator st Perth Amboy caused a bitter social war, which nai nof yet subsided. : . . : , ?s- t LIFE IS CAUSE OF hsd gone a wsy all decorous. .The wit ness) said thst during ths party be was not Intoxicated. "At the party." aald Taggart "most of - the gentlemen drankx wbiakey while I drank beer. I think my capacity for beer fa about three glasses. I nsver considered whether I could drink enough to ger drunk. I was nsver drunk in the Philippines.'' In answer to queer! ona the major aald that he thought Lieutenant Forteeque and Mrs. Taggart when they came from the cellar together, looked guilty, ss both were flushed, apparently not from drink alone. He said that hs told his wifs that night that hs thought shs was more Intimate with Forteeque than she had led him .to believe. ..':. When court adjourned for' noon luncheon the cross-examination appeared not to be half through and will. probably-last through Tuesday. This morn ing nothing new was adduced. - The questioning had led by. recces to ths in cident where Taggart wae accused of tearing off his wlfs's clothes and bruis ing her face at Fort Leavenworth, the incident which caused her confinement In the hospital and the final separig Ion. ceed the' late Judge Bellinger-has not received confirmation. ; While It has been the general opin ion that either Justice Beaav Juatlce Wolverton or Judge McBrldo would re ceive the appointment- not even Sena tor' Fulton has been 'able to say with certainty which of ths three would be choeen. Fulton's first choice Is Mo Bride and the senator 'has been hope ful that hla man would be appointed. ' . It haa been plain that Fulton's wishes would not exert a controlling Influence with the president, When ths vacancy arose Fulton sent In a list of nsmes. recommending that some one of them be appointed. W. -W. Cotton'a name wae not on the list and It was not Until tho slsvsnth hour thst Fulton learned that he was being considered for the place. Fulton then wired a strong indorsement end Cotton was sppolnted. When Cotton finally reconsidered bis acceptance of ths office, . ths attornoy general began renewed Inquiries as to the- other candidates. Fulton's list ftf sllglblee included all of the candidates who wore- st all likely to be aeriously eonsldsred. so thst whoever Is named the ssnator will be able te say that the ap pointee had received bis Indorsement Justice Robert B. Been, In reply to a telegram from Tho Journal asking If hs hsd any news concerning his appoint ment as federal .Judge, telegraphed from Eugene to'ay: . "I ks x t" " 1 t " . 1 1 , j i I ' ' ; . j Unievitch' Reports an Encounter With Japanese While Peace Envoys Discuss Terms ; 1 ' ' of Settlement.' . ' CZAR IS VERY EAGER ,s TO SEE THE WAR END Presh Internal Troubles Engage the . Attention of Official Russia Strike ' Agitators at Riga Defy the PoHcer , and Urge the Soldiers to Join Rex volt Against 4 Autocracy. ' , ' . ", :.t ' : . Portsmouth. N. H Aug. iL (Bul letin) Koroetovics telephoned from the . navy yard that the envoys had agreed " upon the first'' article regarding the Jap aneae Interest in-Korea ths establish ment of k Japanese protectorate. The conference adjourned until S p. ul. wheel it will consider the acquisition ef the Chlneae Eastern railway by the ' Jap- . aneae for China,-; ' ... ' ;( " St Pateraburg, Ag. 14. (Bulletin) Llnievltch' reports that the : Russians were attacked by the Japanese aTbng the Mandarin- road on Sunday and repulseoV ' - tJoeraal Special Service.) Portsmouth, Aug. 14. The envoys met at :S0 o'clock thla morning. The Japan-, aee were., up early, working on docu ments and atatiatica concerning the Korean and Chinese Eastern railway sib- ; uatlon. Negotiations ars mors advanced . than at adjournment Saturday. There has been an interehana-e of viewe-in -the- interim. . It wss so cold today that the Ruaaiauia wore overcoats. The Japanese'! did not add to their apparel. , ' . , The feeling today Is much more hope ful than at- any time since the confer-"' snce opened. - The meenlng session was taken up almost entirely with 'arguments concerning the Korean problem, and the euserainty .of Jst aTtftgdom. RUSSIA INDIFFERENT. Shapiie'a Atteatdoxj Zs Oosoentrated ea Internal Befonas glilie Situation. -' ' (Jearaal Special Service.) . . St Petersburg. Aug. 14. The public Is Indifferent as to: peace negotiations st Portsmouth. Attention ts concentrate! only on internal reforms. It is learned from an authorltlve i source that the esar Is working strenuously for peace. - The struts situation in Riga 1 worse. Agitators defy the police end urgs the people to Join the striks ' ' and - the , soldlsrs to revolt s sn OF SOCIETY n LOVE WITH PRETITf REGRESS ' Riverside's Exclusive Set Scan dalized : by Eccentricities of Young Man. . -i ': .v , . . tJoaraa! SpeeUI Serrtea.1 DBn Dvrnaruinuv Uli- au, A niT-F- slUs's sxcluslvs set has been scandal v . i r - . . , ised by ths recent eccentricities of George Porter, the 17-year-old son of . wealthy parents, who became enamored, of a handsoms regress, the daughter of German-African parents. When dis covered be planned to elope and marry her, but hie parents caused his arrest -and he waa thrown Into Jail, charged with being a common vagrant Porter haa bad every advantage, la well educated, and of manly appear- , a nee. Over six months ago he met the negress on the street and waa fascin ated, not realising at ths tlms her par entage. A month later be disappeared and for several' months nothing wss heard from him. Frieada declare he went away and broke the spell cast upon him. Slnos bis return It is proved .that bis abaence did not lessen the sttschmsnt for. be haa been constantly with her, snd when the opposition of bis family took - a stent zorm - ne . contemplated elope ment . . . . i- , ' ..'.' ' . GRAND AERIE IS IN , SESSION AT DENVER (Jearaat Special Ssnswlt Denver. Aug. - 14. The snndal na- ; tlonal convention of Eagles began this afternoon. The important work will be gin tomorrow. Delegates representing every aerie of ths order ot,K"gles from Maine to California are assembled here to attend the annual session or me grand aerie. The greateet Interest is manifested in the election of S new worthy grand preeldent of the national lodge. ,. It Is believed that Henry- IX. . Davis will probably be elected, as he has received pledges of support from many of ths most importsnt delegation Vfr Da via waa a candidate two years ago. but was defeated by Timothy Bui Uvea of New Tork.-- -- . aTJng eXes te rsfasis tloeraal SseeUI Sarvlse.1 London. Aug. 14. Ths king left f :r Marienbsd todsy to take the bet" He will strfp st Ischl to meet Emr" Frana Josef. . Tsrrjr ' V - i ' 'if He'" -A I A,