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codhv2Li::g J(wmXiIw.1 Ci w i Yesicrdry ' : . THE Vt'HATUniJ. Kaln thii afternoon, tonight and Thursday; southerly wind. , fl VOL. V. NO. 157. PORTLAND. OREGON,..' i WEDNESDAY. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1908. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE - TWO 4 CENTS. of r 4t" - - nnnn rira !i! liil! Republican Plurality Is Reduced One Half in State Election From Last Election Held.1- Redfield Proctor Elected Cover- KiS nor by Fifteen Thousand jind a Remainder of Ticket Is Sue- easeful Democrats Poll tht l Heaviest Vote In Thirty Years. (taml Special Bervlce.t ' s "Jutland, Vt,. Sept, I. Complete re , turns from the state election ahew that j Redfield Prootor, Republican, ia elected - governor by 15,7s plurality. over Cla mant. Independent Democrat- The vote ; waa aa follow: Proctor. 41,1(0; ' Cle ; i nant, 11.414; scattering. 1,00. - -The re V mainder of tha Republican ticket waa successful. ' .; ! . Tha Democrats polled tha largest Vota east in tha past 80 years, cutting; down ' tha Republican plurality from I0,ai two yeare- ago, . .;!. i ' - Since 1, tha year of tha big, Demo ' eratio -tidal wave, tha Republican ma- r, Jority la Vermont haa never fallen below t 11.000. In 10 the Republican candt ; data for governor had 14,lt mora votes ; , than hie . Democratic , opponent. Two - yeara later Harrison carried tha tate against Cleveland by In 1S14 tha Republican majority on the., governorship was 1M1. -Then i came tha Bryan-McKinlay campala-n of lltt, in which the Republlcane carried 4 tha atata by tha unprecedented majority ; of 40,490. In lt8 there, waa a XalllDg r off, bat the Republlcane ware atill Jl. , HI otaa.OJ& good. . .In-1M0 tha ma jority roae to 11.111 on tha governor ahlp. -t-vt- '.c r . f . i . roar 'yeara ago tha Republican apllt up and an two, tloketa. - John. U. Ho L Cu'llough. headed A tha . regulars, while '- Percy W. Clement, who waa Teatan yee- terday by Fletcher Proctor, ran aa an ? T.4.u.4..t Ul.h.T.I..... t.Mihllfin McCullough won from Clement by 1.(00. I MoOetlrlck, tha Democratic candidate, S raealvad only 74 TOtea, againat 1 1.(14 for McCuIlough and K.201 for Clement Tha presidential campaign of 104 v showed a Republican majority of 10,(81 In Vermont . Ia- September of that year . tha Republican candidate for .governor v won. by S1.I4I. 'V'S ( 'TI Ulll IIW 1WVIU,-41,UI. 1. wu wv " aaen that tha average Republican ma J jority. baaed on tha returna of tha last 1 yaara. la about t(. 000. Thla year I Clamenb waa taken up by the Democrats aa - their"- candidate. - They . made him i their, nominee, . gave him vlgoroua sup port, i , . . - - .-".r m Tomes CELL Prisoner Cannot Stand Strain of r Confinement Wjthout Exsrclse Yluch Longer -Quarrels With His New Attorney, Who Has Not Visited Him for Days. , - (Jearaal toedal Berries.),.. , New Tork, Bept I.--Rumore were par ' aiatent yesterday In tha criminal courts , building . that . tha relations between 'Harry Thaw and his counsel, Clifford W. Hartrldge, art a trained to tha ut moat and may soon reach the point whara'reeonelllation will not ba. pos- . -alble. . v. : ;. For tha laat few days Hartrldge haa - not called at tha Tombs, but In his place hi partner, A. R. Peabody,- baa talked with Thaw. - ! ."' Thaw baa not bean taking Ma outdoor exercise with tba other prieonere, and will, not go down to tha courtyard when tha others are called. It waa aald In tha Tombe tbat ha would not atand the strain of confinement without outdoor exercise? much . longer. " Ha waa . worn and worried, and unlesa ha gtts out In ' tha air it la believed there will be a physical breakdown." -." 'i It la pointed out that had Thaw re tained a criminal lawyer ha would at ' least (ava been abla to gat out once a week, aa his lawyer would get habeas corpus writs snd have him taken to ( various courts for . hearing i Thla -method baa been used before In similar '. cases In tha past, and prisoners have been abla In some cases to go to court In their carriages,. , , "' KR0NSTADT MUTINEERS 1 ARE PLACED ON TRIAL , - ' Uirnrmt RpeHal artre.l Xronatadt. dept. . The trUI of S00 miitlneera Including Onlpko, tha peasant imfimr of ttie. recent parllsment, bgsn tn1ir. Thre are thousands of wlt- i r 1 it !!! probably be pro- ULLS HE THE," SELF lil QUARREL Pullman: Man Shoots "Spouse Who Refused to Live With Him Be cause of Cruelty. Leaves Letter to Publio Stating KThat Deed Was Premeditated and ' Caused Through Family Discord -Woman Shot While JPealing Pears in Kitchen. ' ieelal Plipitch to The JosrsaL) ' Pullman, Waah Sept. i. iklward H. Fenton shot and kUlad his wife, Bessie Fenton, than 'committed, suiclds at tha Alton lodging-house laat night : .. Fenton and hU; Wife separated two weeks ago after ha beat her during :, a drunken spree. . 1 Thay divided their property, aha taking a four-horee team. He brought thla to Pullman' and waa worklngln a bar rest field.. '.-- ' " " kafnaed Mint Team.' ' -Yesterday she came from their home at Oro rino, Idaho, with a constable and took the team. - Fenton begged her to permit hint to keep tha team until after harvest, aha refused andvbe left tha Alton- house, where aha- waa stop ping, went to a hardware store, bought a -.(1-callbre revolver .and box of cor tridgea .wrote a rote and returned to the Alton house.- He found his wife peeling peara In -tha kitoben and asked her to take a walk. She refused and be shot her t wloe, through tha am and head, then 'blow his brains oat. Mrs. Fenten weald have given birth to -a baby wlthla lw mnntha. ,.The f"ow. Ing iwt wa"-nd' tn the murderer pocket:"" . .-.-.. :,-v- aava Vota to MMla. ' ' "A word to tha pubUe about thla pre meditated dead. , Mr wife and I have quarreled for two' months and cannot resell a peaoeabla conclusion ' at all, benea tha 'reaolta. . Oood-bye children and ovary one else. - Xb H. FENTON." i T. . I have an insurance policy in tha Oro Fino bank. Collect thla for tha children. My wife haa a place la the east aha la about to sell. Also give tha children . the place, on v Whiskey Creak meadowa. . EDWARD H. FENTON.- Mrs. Fenton waa (4 years old and a handsome w6man, - Fanton waa 41. She claimed be waa a habitual drunkard and beat, her when drmtut JS-r-.r j- " - rt Wtaa Taaat Staoa,' ;'. 5; - :; ' ' UmiuI fenMSat arrtaa.l - MarbUhead. Maaaaept- . The Tim, an American boat, won today s race for tha Rooeevelt cup. ENDS BY GRAVE After Ceremony and - Breakfast, Bridal Party ; Repair io Ceme tery and Place: Roses Upon ' Spot Where Lis Remains of a ' Departed Friend. " 1 , v. 4 .A ' . 4 i . (Bnaekl ntxt m Th ImtuLl S. Moscow, Idaho, Sept s Love, pathoa and a moat beautiful tale of undying friendship waa present .a tha wedding here .today of Thomas, Couch Jr., -a wealthy resident of. Great Falls, Mon tana. -to MIsa Gwendolyn Black,- daugh ter of H. N. Black, prominent architect and designer of the new- University of Idaho buildings. Shortly after tha wed ding, which waa performed "at St Mark'a Episcopal church at o'clock. and after the party had partaken of a buffet breakfast at tha homo ef tha bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Couoh. tha best man. tha maid of honor, the two bridesmaids and Mr. and Mra. H. N. Black boarded carriages - for a vlelt to .tba cemetery. In theaa carriages had been ' placed tha bridal bouqueta which had been worn by the bride and her attendanta. " . . ' , . i Arriving at tha cemetery, the party adjourned to tha Forney lot and there tha brlda deposited on tba grave of Mlaa Cora Forney all of tha beautiful rosea.. "MIsa Forney waa my personal chum and schoolmate, and though aha eonld not bo present In person, I know aha waa at, my -wedding In spirit and the flowers which now bedeck her grave will prove aweet (o her. I know." waa tha atatement of tha bride just as aha boarded the carriage for tha return to tba city. - . v .'. "..,?-., The wedding waa tha social event of thla section, aad mora than 100 Invita tions had been lsaeL ,-!, There la a beautiful romance con nected with tha wedding. The first meeting of Mr. Couch and Mlaa Black occurred when aha waa attending Row land Hall seminary In Salt Lake City. Misa nachsei Mary couch, sister of tha I groom, wss also a student there, and she Introduced her chum to her brother. I It wsa.lova.at flret alght. 1 ;.. . I SOCIETYWEDBIfIG OFBRIDE'SJCHUr.l BE EXPOSED BY CORONER FlilLEY I ? Inquest Over Body of Gin Fiend ' ' Expected 'to Develop: Sensa ', tional Evidence Regarding the . Manufacture and Sale of the Poisonous Liquor. ' A strong light will be turned upon tha manufacture or sale of "China, gin" and of the methods of the manufacturers and retailers during . tha coroner's In quest over tha body of John Glenn. Den ning tomorrow morning. .-Denning dropped dead Monday - after . taking a drink or tha staff. - , ., ., , It Is expected that Dr. Victoria Hamp ton, considered one of the best analyt teal onanists oa the Paclfle coast, will hays completed - her analysis of the stomach of Panning by an aarly hour -to morrow. Her findings will be present ed to the Jury and its verdlot depends largely upon too reeuit of her examine . H. t Tartar, ' chemist of ' the atate food and dairy, commissioner, analysed tha gin and found nothing but alcohol, water and ' a, tree of juniper extract Dr.- Hampton - has made a specialty at analysing such difficult matters aa hu man stomachs and a different result U expected from bar investigation, . . ' - y---.-'' trtoenach ta Baa Stapa. ' -';-.--"The atomach was In bad shape wher It 'waa removed." says Deputy Coronet. A. ts. Flnley. "Denning bad bean vomit Ing "blood and It waa evident that th atuff ha had drank bad out through th lining Of the-stomach and a number of tha smaller ' blood vessels were broken.: Tha gin mills have bean a scandal to thla city for a long time and i' will do an i can : to arouse public sentiment against them. Captain Bruin and other members of ' tha police de partment have agreed they are a dla graoa to tha city. Tha Chinese saloon keepers manufacture tha staff them selves and aell it to white men. At the Inquest I expect to have two or three gin flenda present and they - can tell where they bur It A - I bava been talking . to old - Jim Casey at tha city jail,3 continued. Mr. rjnJey. Casey . la one of tha olty'a ateady boardsra. ' Frequently he comen In after his sentence baa expired and requests to bo put to bed. i . , I told Casey ha would be tha next ta go If ha wasn't cerefuL aad be aald: 'I try to keep away front It,, but I can tell you. boys. It's got ma,' . I belleva tha habit la apreadlng." , ; , Tba liquor lloenee, committee yester day afternoon recommended that . . tha licenses, of the gin mills be, revoked. , mere are nve cnineee saloons in tha city besides sevral . grocery . stores (Continued, on Page, Two. ' Editor's- Emissary - - .Saw' He.Withdraw hrom ! Wouid;yLeb Co Mnaraal BneeUl Serrles.l ' - ' '. . New Tork.-Sept i.Ths Herald says: 3. Bryan, before' hie' return from abroad, received and rejected a requeal on behalf of W. R. Hearst to stand aside and permit him to take the Dseiocrstlo nomination for the presidency- in 'lioi. Bryan. - ao far: aa la known, haa aald nothing about the offer made to him en behalf of Hearst Tha fact that an offer waa made baa become known from the Hearst side. After the rebuffs which ha received from District Attor- nav JamiM an4 Jndve ' William J Oaw,e nor, whom Hsarat sought to make his I allies In his campaign for the Demo- eratln ' eresldentlal nomination, the at-IT tempt to Induce Bryan to enter Into a! teltk him with tha Mm miA l 1 View jpnHWUir' will uj i m nwuj jvoio- crats, but the circumstances are . told with so much detail that it ia Impossi ble to doubt them.- Preparations for tha great reception to Bryan on hla home-coming were under way and had progressed far enough to leave no Question of the success of the demonstration' - Bryan had been hailed as the party leader and his candidacy for the yresldenoy bad been Indorsed BRYAN : I . fT ' T ' i - . 77'- ; - ' J ' v SnpaIurto 4WniIsm Jennings Brya Mrs. Bryan both at tha right "in the photo taken from the deck of tha tugboat Eugens T. Moran aa' tha tPrincea Irene WM near the qnar antine. Below ia a profile view of Mr. Bryan ah owing his genial smile. i ,i I, i i. ,i . ii i i ' C i ty i o lv li I n co I n Afl a ifi a oIGreetiHenltirst iess:OTtrartyfAniiiaiions y.a. ,(je4sraal. Special aerrlee.r ' '?: ! . tJaeoln. 'Nab.; Sept- . greeting. In marked contrast'; t'o. .the enmity shown six yeara, ago awaits Wnilam J. Bryan on hla. arrival, here at. ( o'clock thla evening. , Tba town. Is aflame with pa- trlotio oolora and pictures of Bryan are dlaplayed ' regardless of 4 party affilia tions. ' A hundred 'horsemen will escort tha party from 'tha train to the public grounda, . where , Governor . Mickey, and Mayer ' Brownsoa will welcome tha.' re turn of tha traveler. "Byery town In. tha atata haa sent a delegation.''. " . Brvan - and sartr left Chicago .aarly thla morning for home. "With tha Bry- ana are the delegation of . "home folka." who greeted him In the harbor of New Tork. and- have, accompanied him - west ward. ' . AU .. the .way - through Illinois - - Nebras TURIiliOMiRST t0t L H . - 'saB--Ba-BBSsMBaasaeBssaB ' ' ' ' - - . ' ! Presidential Race in ravor.ot Publisher, Who 1912. ; i . ........ .... . .. -. 4 by the. Democratic conventions of sev - t - oral - states, where Hearst emissaries fought him. - It had already become evident' that 'unless something, ahould be done to check the Bryan boom, the CROKER TO RETURN TO FIGHT FOR BRYAN ,....,.;....,, ..- r'rrtr'-n ' '-'rt-w-.i Im,i imi. ' J New Tork. Sept. . Richard J 'Croker la doming back To light for Bryan. He has refused all J blandishments of . Tammany and I - fhnilvht . that that nothing would tempt him , back - T Annie Campbell, . returning on T the eteamer . Coronla. told rs- T porters that at the dinner given T to Bryan at Belfast .Croker told ? him In her presence that he In-, T, tended ' to return to light and T. vote for him In 1I0S.V ; :; ; e,; Bryan, and - W i t h Patriotic Colors Citizen Regard- " and Iowa and Nebraska crowds met tha train at tha depota and greeted tha Ne- hrmakan with .yells of approval and erica for a speech.' to which Bryan re plied - in - v few worda, thanking thoaa assembled for their .weloome. - ' For the first time In Bryan's career thla community ia to pay him the hom age due to him aa the moat distinguished cltlaen of the city and atata. ! Hitherto partisanship haa marred tha receptions tendered the Commoner, but today. It ta all Bryan and everyone, regardless of party, la. joining In tba preparatlona to welcome him. t . . . . .Vt..' ' liebe Zs Appointed. -- (WaahlBStoa Bsraaa ot The Jearaal. - Washington. D. C. Sept I. -Thomas E.Laban waa-appointed postmaster at Wolf Creek,. Josephine county. . - r--t,t.,.u . -V . ..- nomlnation In alt .probability-would go to him praoUoally without contest - Bryan was' overtaken ' by a Hearst representative oa the continent A mes sage Informed hhn that he had a propo sition to make. . Bryan- aeked what tt waa, and the man delivered hie message substantially as follows: " ; 4 .- -"Hearst wlshsa you to remember that he was elected mayor of New Tork City laat year and that ha' was cheated out of hla victory.. Ho desire you to under stand that . h4 can be elected governor of the etate of New Tork this fall, which will make him the logical candi date for the presidency in 10I. If he la nominated for president he will be elected, as President Roosevelt the only tan- -whom the Republicans might 'be able to' elect will not accept a nomina tion. He wishes to remind you that you had two chances for the presidency and he thinks It only fair that yea should now atand aside and permit him to have the nomination. He desires yon to keep quiet and not permit yourself to be made the party leader. In- return he will pledge himself to serve only one term and to Insure the' nomination - f Chamberlain Leads in Race for Presidency of -National I irrigatiori rCongress. y- Although State's Executive Has Not Announced Himself Can didate, Honors Are Thrust Upon Him- Sacramento Asks for Next Session! - fSpeelat Tntpatcb to Tba Journal ) Boise, . Idaho, Bept I. Oovernor George B. Chamberlain of Oregon, the only Democratic executive of a north western state, seems destined from tha situation today to bo elected aa presi dent, of the National Irrigation oongresa for tha next year, despite the fact that ha haa declined to announoe himself aa1 an active candidate for tha position. The Oregon delegation ia making a, strong fight for him and there la every pros pect that It will win. . Governor Mead of Washington Is alao a receptive candidate and tha Montana delegatea are pulling for Senator Tom Carter of that atata, who presided over tha Monday and Tuesday Sessions of tha congress In excellent style. Utah "has candidate la Fred J. Kiesel of Ogden, one of the moat enthusiastic irrigators of the session a. There Is also some talk of Frank C Ooudy of Denver. : ' . Sacramento Waste Bessloas.' Sacramento la In tha lead for tha loca tion of tha next congress and there la every-proepect she will carry off the prise. The California delegatea will ten der a reception at the Idaho hotel this evening to all of the other delegatea to boost Sacramento, The only other places mac are really considered by tha bulk of tna -delegates are Las Vegas New Max loo, aad Reno, Nevada."- r . The sessions today have been largely or a prosaic character, consisting of the reading of papers and tha delivering of ada res sea upon irrigation aubjeota. Borne of these papera were very able, practica bility marking the suggestions of the epeakora throughout the week'a session, Oomoert Tonight, : Tonight a complimentary concert la to bo given the delegatea at tha Rlver- atae park theatre, where the sessions are being held, by the Boise Symphony dub, which boasts aome of tha beat mualciana of , tha weat in Its member ship.. , ' - . . J... .... . , The portion of the program devoted to the reading ef papera was closed this exrernoon. Tomorrow will be devoted to the buslv (Continued on Page Two.) AND DOES POET SIUIIJ 0!l SIDE Charles A. Warner Has 'Em All Faded When It Comes to Woo ing the Muss, He Declares - Hers 'Are a Few Examples for . Illustration. Dent talk about your eebblsr ohll- os op hers! Portland haa a - - clothes cleaner poet! A man who wields his iron with one hand and scribbles out rhyme with the other, then bulletins it In his window-for the edification of the gaping mob! . :(....-.- . Charles R. "Warner la the name ef the man whose Ufa la divided between tak ing out grease spots and grinding out verse at the behest of the divine afflatus, whatever that means. Hla abop ia sit uated In a tumble-down shack - at Seventh and Stark streets, where he will meet -you any time 'With a pleasant smile and write a few , verses about you. " - . '"-"? ,- :- - -" "It Just takes a-hold of. me and I can't resist It Sometimes I try, . but it'a no use. It's ' Inside, miles . and ml lee of IV and it's got to come out If I didn't 1st tt out I believe I'd bust" explained the Inspired clothes-cleaner today.- - .- .. '.v -. -. -. The windows and doors ef the shop are placarded with wrapping paper or the bottome of old ahoa boxes on which are panelled the result of tba Wsrner muse.' The Inside walla ofrthe ahop are plastered with tba same materiel and the spaces beneath the ' tabla are crowded with waate basket e full, of it Every morning' the outside bulletins are changed and, according to Warner, hundreds of persona go out of their way to read the f reeh verses. .', ' ale's Oo Tent Faded." ... Tve ft ' 'em faded," declared the poet, "That tailor- over there can't open hla ahop In the morning before he haa read my poetry. And that real estate man -an't go to brfukfH.t until he knows what I hare written ainm supper time. Hundred rT tlierrt "n by every mernlng ti rend It. 1 -r 1 ra J ; T - - ClEllHS CLOTHES' ISLIDS F0IIL1E0 defSI lilt Evidence Shows Maya Grew Impatient While Waiting for the With drawal From Entry Two Letters From Mays to Din ger Hermann" Are Introduce J ; in Which Former Urges lm mediate Action to Keep Tim 1 ber Men From Gobbllej Land - That State Senator Franklin P. Maya grew Impatient while waiting for the withdrawal from entry of lands In- eluded In the proposed Blue mountain reserve waa shown this morning in the federal court Aa part of Its evidence in tha case of Maya. "Wlllard N. Jones and George Borenson, alleged members of the Blue mountain land fraud con-t. aplracy. the government put In two let-, ters from ' Maya to Blnger Hermann, then commissioner of the general land of flee. . ',. In both' of 'these 'letters, one dated June II. 1901, and the other June 15. just three days later, .Maya4eclared that .timber men were grabbing lands In the district sought to be reserved; and laid atreea on . what he called tha necessity of at once withdrawing the reserve from entry., ' . .Only one witness ; gave testimony, this morning, and at noon hie examina tlon had not been finished. This wit ness was M. J. McVe&n, attorney and land expert now In the government for estry service, but formerly of the gen eral land of fide.' He-identified various letters produced by ' Special Aaslstant Attorney-General - Hsasy, ' who, with United States Attorney Bristol, la con ducting the case for the government McVean -prepared letters-in reply to -persons who protested against tha re serve, and through him the government sought to prove that these letters came back from Commissioner Hermann un signed. Aa McVean did not personally deliver the letters td Hermann objec tion was made by Six-Judge Pipes on behalf of Defendant Jonea that eooln testimony was Incompetent, He argued that only the messenger to whom the witness turned over the unsigned let. ters could testify as to their delivery. 't' eetlxaOBy Baled Out. The point urged Involved the constita-. tional right of a defendant to be eon fronted by and to eroee-examtne wlt- neesea against bin. and Judge Hunt sustained the objection and ruled out the teetlmony. (Continued on Page Two.) Submarine Eruptions Blamed fen Causing Wreck of Steamers Manchuria and Sheridan Hi! a Center of Disturbance -Thousands of Fish Killed. - flearMl Honolulu. Bept - Aa earthquske shock of exceptional violence was felt at HUo Monday evening at f:40 oolocic Soon after the disturbance the beecrt waa lined for miles with dead fish that apparently had been scalded to death. This Is a vsry unusual phenomenon it connection -wltttearthquakes and It ia regarded as showing conclusively that the disturbance waa a 'submarine vl oanlo eruption and - that it occurred within live miles of HUo. Taken la connection with the condi tions that seemingly led to the wrecK- Ing of the great steamship Majtchuria. and the big transport- Sheridan soot after the earthquake that ahonk tht cities of Valparaiso and Bantlaao, this evidence of submarine eruption of m volosnlo nature la regarded as of great sclentlfle significance. - , , Some scientists are Inclined to the vl--v that new Islands are being built up in this region of the Pacific and thxt the South American earthquakes of l-t month, and the April disturbance on -Kaalfie coast of North America wre n to thla cause. No doubt Is entitn I by scientific men lit Honolulu ti nt center of Monrixy'e dlaturb.-rvt t very close to Illlo. SHAW TO GO TO AID of r.:cuY map,::: (Jirn.l . Wsshlnic" . I'. -lmi', I! I" ' rilt i-.v I - ' l F -r.lr. ) l5 V
