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i Tola Ihu of JOURNAL. CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 31,057 The Sunday Journal Oomprtti , 5 Sections 52 Pages Tho Weather Sunday fair and warmer. VOL. V. NO. 23. PORTLAND, OREGON,. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MOB CONTROLS WHILE SOLDIERS ARE PASSIVE ii l i i 4 r. t r .j- ;. ..--r -w " i 11 v ttl GEIS GOOD NEWS Springfield in Stage of Serious Race War Aged Negro Latest Victim of Rioters Who Defy AuthoritiesMore Troops Are Coming. Springfield, Ills.. Aug. 15. Just before 2 o'clock this morning a fresh mob assembled and attacked the home of the Rev. C. H. McDanlel, a nrearher. in North Seventh street. The house was utterly de molished. SlcDaniel and his family fled when the mob approached and escaped injury. Occasional shooting can be heard from various-sections of tho city. (Hearst Niwa by Lnngeat Leased Wire. Springfield, III.. Aug. 15. - When dark ness covered the city tonight the fury of the mob broke afresh. The fires of wrath hail been smoldering all dny long. The leaders of tho mob were waiting only for the over of da-km-ss As if by magic little groups of people began to form n the street corners In various parts of' the city. This mob Wn not awed by the pres ence of 2 . 0 n 0 or more soldiers. Sentries ,-,.,,! l, 1 II, a afreets Soldiers wltll loaded rifles ready to shoot at the order I were In evidence everywhere nioh formed .lust the sani" I.lttle groups began moving common point." Hut the toward The soldiers mane no effort to prevent these gatneringf Gradually the welding of little groups formed ii big group. One big group merged wltll another big jroup and almost in an Instant the mob v. as formed. There was no lack of leaders. The mob spirit was abroad. William Donlgan an aged negro, in hi St John's hospital at the point of r.enth after the worst treatment yet accorded anv of the mobs victims. There Is no hopes for hi recovery lie was shot twice, his throat was gashed with a dagger, be was trimpled on and finally swung to a tree. He survived this treatment after being cut down bv troops from the limb where he had been left dangling by the mob. Werroes Beaton. A white man Is reported to have been fcWed bv negroes at White City, a re sort two miles out. Three other white men are saldto Jiave suffered severe beatings at the hands of the same gang of negroes. No details have been re ceived in the citv and confirmation of the report is impossible. The greatest danger that faces the city Is that the rioters may resort to the use of dynamite against the 2.00(1 j militiamen now guarding the city as well as to destroy more negro dwell ings. A report was circulated tonight that men !md been dispatched this after noon to look for the explosives and fire expected hack at 11 o'clock. Thin report caused the greatest anxiety to the militia officers and led to unusual precautions being taken to prevent the use of explosives. Attack on Donigan. The attaek on Donlgan came after the city had apparently settled down to an evening devoid of unusual ex citement. The some men who engi neered last night s outrages led tiie niob that started away from the busi- ness section Instantly Company G, 1. N. a. of Peoria, was started after the mob to keep It In check. The troons canned Ibe moh to unlit One section went to a mitw of Rmal houses at Edwards and Spring streets, known as "Dnnigan's flats." All tio negro occupants but Donlgan and his wife had left Mrs. Ionlgan took th alarm and escaped "Breaking Into the house two shots were fired nt the negro. Another rioter slashed his throat with a dagger. Then a score .lumped on the old num. cut ting him hmlly. They then carried htm Into the street and strung hi to a convenient tree. iv ti,B tme the troops had overtaken the mob and again put It to flight. Donigan was cut down and huirled to the hospital. There, It is stated, there Is no hope for him. Threaten Women. The anger of the mob Is l.olievod to have partly been directed against I oni gan because his wife Is a white woman. Several threats v. ere made against the woman but she eluded the rioters. Once again tho moh took tin its march, making a wide detour and swing ing to the east end. A report that 2(1 negroes were encamped on a vacant lot on i arpenter street sent the crowd in that direction. With the militia trail ing them the mob moved on. Several times the march was Interrupted by chases after negroes, but all manage!) to escape. All sorts of reports of trouble at points outside the city were received to add terror to the night. A message from Spauldlng, 0 miles out. was re ceived asking for troops as a nofrro baiting mob had been reported to have formed there. fart of the first Infantry was Im mediately sor.f out in automobiles to preserve order. A mob formed at Riverton and blocked traffic on the interurhan Trains were Mooned while hunt a-nu taade for negroes believed to bo leav ing Kpringfle'd. Toung- DlBoouraged. General Young. commanding the troops here, late tonight virtually ad mitted his helplessness to cope with the situation with the force under him. More soldiers are needed he savs. "We cannot deal with the rioters In view of the tactics thev have adopted." he explained. "Half the troops here could quell any mot) that formed, hut when the men disperse oniv to form again and renew their operations, the bodies of soldiers eannot follow- them quickly enough. We now propose to patrol the citv svstema tlca 11 v. Kverr street will be guarded. To do 'this more soioiers are needed. J nat tne real danger feared Is the icsort to dynamite bv the rioters was revealed by other officers. Attempts to blow up the camps are feared, or a resort to the explosive to destroy other negro resorts. "We have prepared for this emer gency, however," declared one of gen eral Young" aides. "The first ex plosion will .-all for a volley which will kill some of the rioters'' . How serious the situation Is regard el is shown by a statement bv the same aide that it m.-iv be three or four days before the troops can he withdrawn. At midnight, Oonignn. the negro, was still alive, but his death was predicted bv daybreak. ySm II H life I . mWJjfV. mi? Urn mm I hi m i p w . it LPfi I. .K ZtMWFr---.- " tff WffAm I ' IJH JL Hill I illn r ! i Xevr York Leaders' Predic tions Cheer the Conir mo nor, While Testimony of Strength Comes From BIG FIRE IN OKLAHOMA CITY Lee Hotel Destroyed but All Guests Escape Loss Half Million. AlVFUL PLAGUE Davenport's Excellent Cartoon on Bryan as "The Gladiator." Drawn for tho Hearst cwspaH-rs When the Well-Known Artist Was' Employed I by Democratic New spajx rs. . HITCIICOC BADLY SOAKED ASTRAKHAN (United Prd Iensed WIr.) Oklahoma City. Okla.. Aug. It. The Lee hotel, the largest In the city, caught fire tonight from en unknown source. The flames spread rapidly hut all the guests eraped. 1 he' tit e -spread more than a quarter of a Mock in the heart of the business s.-etion. Tie- loss jias about $5n0.iien. K.-ht firemen v t re overcome bv smoke SEHALEM .MAxTs"- 3lISSI(i FOK DAYS Soldiers Desert 'ho Were Sent to Aid. and Even Kinsmen Flee. (t'nlted PreM leased Wire.) Odossa, Aug. 1 .'. Kvidence of the seriousness of the- cholera epideml the Astrakhan district was furnished to Auto does Down and Rain Comes Down Confer ence Cut Out. (Sreelnl P!.n1ih to The Joarnut ) Tillamook, nr. Aug. 15 That he is the victim "f fo i play is the fear expresses 1m friends of Andrew Caspar a NfMialem mttn who h.' rorn mlMRinc Hi nr Auki:! A spn r came to this cttv tbt lnv. im! aftf r iLulnK hlq tam in a llviv smhlo. flrr-w his moiipr out u th h.ink ;i!it! disappeni!. n team ha.s hnn at tarhd for money and rpmardnmiQ' fnrp 'r WHITE MK.N THl'EATEX JAP EHCIT riCKEKS (rr1ia t're Intel Wlml ' San Jose. Cal . Aug .V Bitter feel ing has been aroused nmong the uhlte men of this section by the fuct that while rundndu "f 'lite workmen are unemployed marv nrfhirdinta are em ploying Japanese to ph k frii.t Threata of vIMenee have teeri made and as result the sheriffs offiee todsv aent out word to those ernpVvir Japaneae that they tri.it re prerarej for vlo lanc. (t'nlted Press Leased Wlre. Chicago, Aug. 15 While enjoying an automobile ride through Jackson t'ark tonight rtepubli an National Chairman Flank H. llitil:.-ock. his private secre tair. James Williams, nnd National Treasurer Ceorge Sheldon met with an ai-cldem in which thiir niachine was disabled. The nn-n were caught in a drenching rain and wi re forced to re in main out more than an hour before their automoone wa i -pawe i i no accident nrevented a eonfcrence -. liirh was schod- j the war department today It became juled for toplght between .Chairman 1 known that two regiments, sent to the Hitchcock and a number of party lead 1 l. l ai,ri .,.,....,.. '' gat'lered here. ckhndei oi'.w ho.-nkh-. . i ys o. t cmfw cm in fighting the disease have been so de pleted by desertions of terrifbd soldiers that they will have to be reorganized to ma ke t hem f f f ec live The disease, of a met malignant type, ,ds vit-ed oul lo per cent of the population of tiie country in this vi clnitv. Towards treating or nursing the victims practlcallv nothing has been done, as even relative of the affiicted persons flee as soon as the disease manifests Itself Work of all kinds has been almost wholly suspended and many who have thus far succeeded in escaping the ehotern are in -diuee.r of starvation 1'easi.Hts along the hank' of the Volga have thrown their dead into the stream, which csrrled them irto the Caspian sea Many bodies have been washed ARMY OFFICER'S PRETTY WIFE CAUSE OF TRAGIC MURDER AT LONG ISLAND -WIS. (idl'l.ll NAIl.S A KKW STATEMF.XTS up alonnj !h coast and th (n is rtdirui. us ma rrh i have tw( n fT th ocurt ar arriiitfil of inkinc at th desertion of thlr mn. j (Hearst Sfwf by Lonfptl leaned Wlrw.) New York. A ujj 1 h - Uep;;irding pnl- lt.lir.1 sTMtrnnnls tiat an artion for di vorce !(. n lifcuii 1'V Mrs. Frank J. (Joulfi auntr.sl hr liusDand, Mrs. Gould sold todny "Tlier'1 his !tn onlv nn statement ixsuel by myself r fmrdf nsr my anion fur absoiwt e 1 1 er'i f rrrv , m y huHhand and that wa t pf to ini New Vorit paper. Th or.'Hpoiniei.t menttwmod in the complaint is unknown in Nf-w Y'Q-rk and if yon wish w to do s.. I will re iterate thst Ma'prrriit, A rjuantttv of has hrn puhlishe ! in w York n- w "imirp about whi-'h I know nothins I T;Ikd to no one con- I rn ttj f mv affair end neither has my attorney. Captain Peter Cooper Hains Mortally Wounds William E. Annis, Editor of Magazines and Writer of Fiction Noted Writer of Sea Fiction on Guard While Brother Kills. TRAIN KILLS ilAN COUPLE Veteran Chieftian and His Squaw Driving1 in Buffgy When Death Comes. (Slwr!.i! Plspatch to The Journal. (Hearst Nen bjr Long-eat Letaed Wlra.r Lincoln. Neb. Aug. IS. The poet have broken loose, with William J. Bryan a their victim. Almost every mall received at Kalrvlew for the paat 10 days has contained one or more cotlipO" sltiona In eulogy of Bryan and tha Democratic party. Some of these are set to music and are sent to the preal-, dentlal candidate for approval of both words and melody. Mr. Bryan haa not vet decided to give anv of them to a publisher, hut admits that ho haa fount! time to read them and wnn a great dual of interest. The candidnte was In rare good htli mor todav. He had lust been advlaed of the predictions of Boss Murphy of Tammany and Chairman Conners of the New York stato committee that the Iiemocrats would carry Neaw York. The announcement that tho New York atato convention had been advanced several weeks, the original plan having pro vided for a convention lato in Septem ber, also was satisfactory to . Bryan. The candidate wanted to spend several days on a speechma king tour of New York state the latter part of Septem-. ber, tills being the suggestion of Na tional Chairman Mack, but Bryan deemed it Inadvisable tp visit the state until after the convention. Chairman Mack la now arranging for Mr. Bryan's " dates. Kansas Offers Aid. Other encouraging Information reached Mr. Bryan today. It came from Kansas and It was to the effect that prominent negroes are organizing to throw the colored vote of the middle west against Taft. Tho Kansas Watch man, a newspaper published by and for the negroes, is taking the lead In the movement and strongly advocates the defeat of Taft. The information that came to Bryan today was to the effect that the work of organizing negro clubs is being prosecuted vigorously. t urn afinru I. ot; iicj.ii tiling t u- say concerning the Springfield. (Illinois) race riot Mr. Bryan said he had not yet read the accounts of the disturbance and that any long-distance opinions from Falrvlew or Hot Spring's scarcely would aid the authorities or people of Illinois to handle a situation In the lat ter state. Fred P. Morris of Illinois, an old friend of Bryan and a prominent law yer, called at Falrvlew today and told t lie candidate that there was much in the situation In that state to cheer tho Democracy. He expressed the belief that both Rrvan anil Stevenson ntonri a splendid chance to carry the state. Mr. Bryan's Grain Crop. Mr. Bryan will depart Thursday for Des Moines and from that place will go to Chicago for another conference with Chairman Mack and' members of the -various committees in charge of the campaign. The threshing- of the wheat and oats crops harvested in the Bryan fields was finished today, which induced Mr. Bry an to remark facetiously: "We farmers feel especially relieved to know that the pastures are to be 1 good and that the corn has been saved by last night's rain, and this too, with- ' out any Interference to threshing." The Bryan acres have yielded abund antly this season, but the crop of votes in November is his chief concern. L. M. Hull, of Shelby, N. C, a knit ting mill man. called to assure Bryan that he had been In 2S states, since the first of June and he had noted that the nemoei-atio outlook was bright. Brvan ; rh!)nllf.,l I, .Till tKam 1 1 news. G. 0. R SENDS BACK COIN OF C0RP0KATI0XS Motive Ti'.'i!- u-v. Principal t aptam T. Jenkins Mam-, wnur magazine writer am! etliir Cause--. pre;1', w iVter ("i-iper I Iain s and his brother, ! .( stories, and William K. Annis. I well known ptil!;cat i -ns. N'ort'i Ynkim i. Wash . Auk. 1" Kneas : the aged cl.b-f of the Y.ikirnas, was str'iek, by an e t:hioind passenger train at l'a:ker's siding, I'1 miles -ust of. this city, yesterday, and together with! that there is a fcdeial law prohibiting his wife was Instantly killed. The old I s,l'h contributions, according to Na- eouple were In their buggy on Ihflt : 7 ' H" V" lu: .... ..11 Can n Q t lOlin I com m ( t T a-hn a rrk-Ari I mm .Now iork todav. (raited Presa leased W!re Chicajm. Aug. 15. Campaign con tributions to the amount of several thousand dollars received from corpora tions had to be returned to the donors re-cause or their ignorance of the fact wa t'roni tit'"- ic hu y o ns. '!"!. w'a t li v. w a s t 1 1 t h muss i' i' r" hi I " T 1 1 ' ' ' i ' i ; i r . m 'f whites v t taiit.es t ;' nia n nia s t r will h" i-ur:-.l u (Hoarst Nphs hj- !.-.rc.t I ast ! Iro HOXDCIfAS IXCIDKXT STKAKiHTEXED 0TT ST0VK YIELDS IT YALCADLE X CO GET Tlllamnr. Of.. Aug 1 While clean ing put the tov In the Allen hotel ef Tie, Klmer Allen. 0nm of the pmprtetor. :scorrl a lump of rneltnl Mirer and fold wrlshlng two peu nd , t irtca lie nufref fee'rievd tiy ! worth or I T4. It baa be seat t Ibm assay ffloa. i , it nltJ Pnn. Ie4 Wlr.) Washlnrton. Aua IS - Advices were received trwtsv ty the stte department whlrh led to the belief that the inel.lent whl"h caused tbe )t. n 1-nan government to eaneel the exq'nt,.r of American Vful Drew llnard and lce Onnsul Reynolda haa rn aatlsfactorlly -plaiied and that they will won b re stored to their former atatua. Trrnrr a frMe. ftxte risa Ln4 Wr ) Onrtnatl Oh to. A uc li Tfenrr HerL reara of as, a treasurer -f the t'nlted 8t(ee FourwIrT romps nf tht ctty, mmmittil sutctde to-dar hr takina rgh on rata. It la bi)ered that ftr.arKial .trouhlea ls fcia, ta kiiX htfopelf. lis was promise at la German ctrclaa, . DEER LAW TEST TO DE .MADE IX GEORGIA (Tutted Pttm Leaned Wtr I Atinta. Oa . Aug. 1R Steps to teat the new law prohibiting the manufac ture of beer were tak-n tivlay when Aitert Ptelner and Iia Stelner, promi nent braera. t arrestei. They a-ere charred with a violation of tha law in maniifacturtna Intoxicant. It 'a I the first Important caae sine the law beeame effective Il.-ilns' tiniforn. Sotislni; danger, ih sho cailoil to her husband and tried a! bi warn him, l-'it. h" did not hear li5r. She cnllap-'-d In a states of hys teria as she t-aw Annls fall. He w.is in a small cat boat at the ivl of C: pter wiieu -Mains opened 'ire, and 1 ' 1 'cy f. ! li to the water w. und.--d A yaehtsr ar: n quic k-r death I t flr-mn New York, Aug. ' 'a;i' Peter Connor -Mains, son ' f tli ti- Peter Oarnovor Mains. a::d duo of the best known younger nffbors In the United Sit ates annj, tud.'sv shot and mortalli woun !(! Wllli.'tm K. Annis, a mngar.inc puMis!.- r at:d ed itor of this city, at tho yl'-r of tl e Baypldo Varht club at B:v.-id-. T.. I . 1 .11.. .1 1. 1. .!, ,n ...... .o ...... .... xt-t -ro.'i'n and ft ranious writer or sea the Flushing hospital, th. Wm of li)!f v flo, b). durir,g the shooting with v. r - n ss - d .-or b d ,11 a is Y. 31. I IV . lltT i ung even' e o . f I r - 1 u o.it!oi to W'apato to d m;i : vv .10 w.-i s quite I-.i.ler of the tribe In ' r.-i. vv i.h li oecurred .i ; -h a great ntimber '.- ' the list of fa .' only to the Whit is arrl his squaw 1 1 1 the Honors ac- : In a statement this afternoon Mr. Sheldon said it was his purpose to puhlif.ii the names of all individual con tributors to the national campaign fund, no matter what amount they might contribute. All the money collected In the nest bv Fred W. I ph.vt'i, vv U! be sent to New York subject to tne samu rnla. "We shall not rely on state com--mittees to collect our fund- for us. V said Mr Sheldon .. sl.al! do or own collecting and w , i.e. i a large sap to bardie the The ttav- ei.ng expenses for st,..Ke-.- a'on Will amount to between Ituti.otO and tiOW.-. 000. one pie, ... ,,f i-t . .-I'u'e in the hand, of ea- h voter will cost over S'-ftJ.'JtiO. .' . Other exp, rie.- ,:re in proior!icei itnd The i will f...t .i ; irce total ' , i . During ,i -Mr. Sheldon t.rjtrei! . Into en: f-r- I--- with Xa '. i'j;-u! Chairman - I.'.- ...1 I J I I ... I I c if. onf . ... rh .the rtrkeHm of -the 1 e t'r.haf 'r;,-n."-it' -T ' Dttnontr-thalf-." f i'-'ak.'i s ton eon, anil H1CII- : .- !..;' est ri rank by the In- I. ( (X XC1L AT SACRA3IEXT0 1 r.lt;.l Prrss L.iei1 Wlrf.) .ti. to. .Cal. Aug. 15.- .rth grand council of the, ,'s Institute opened here this' It. .1. s H.i !r. elder tro-i : i' si Rimers iorr. una rvemg i:;--.:"a of a convention which -' -i-'il per the end of n.xt D'"egatea begun arriving t.1-iv )s estimated that hy tm--;r i r- will be at least o ooo vis "Salome" Iuncn Haa Arrived. ( llnrtt tr Lofrmt IeaaM Wire New York. Aug IS. Mlaa Isadora Duncan, the "Nlom": dancer, arrived today from Kurope. Mis PvJnran has i'jst termtnateil her engagement at tt e Jhi f Trli a theatre, Ixtruinn. un4 rmmmrnfm her Atnertran en f vr.mmt at iU Untax ion tbau Tu4ar night. a husband's revengo fur a if astray. For year he had boon numbered among Captain Mains' mos: inti mate friends. Bnt ho took advant ap of the. officer's absence In tho Philippine on duty to win awnv 'he young and beautiful Mrs Hs;n's. She confessed to b r husband when he made a b'trrifd trip home. First, a dlrorre Ftilt. Instituted Jane, with Annis the corr-siiond-ent. and then today s shooting, were the result of the ronfcston. Wfe Witnews ShminR. Annls' wife, arromparlfd by her two children, witnessed the Bhooting K:r,...rte preparations have be. r-ii..!e f ,r the entertainment of ts guests nd a warm welcome nil! h- ...... ...! trt IV. rl.ltnr. wKn 1 1 1 nieti-ri--K i.ue iiie .oomei ins: , -,note,er revoh fr. and preyentit anyone r.-d five iihota Into Ari.ls' bo.ly o'-n wreolir.g t. ward a crowd that irird net upon the yacht club pie.-, h- el Its mar-.Sers at b.iv uMI h-' iw that hi brother was nut g mt to. m all parts of the state i he Surdar parable will r-rnhHr'v t Isrgest of ta kind ever .eid b !!- state The business sessier.s open Mordav. the b. ,1 GROWERS COXFOKM a-! . ..j 'mo i t i c r or tr.e iiterary eir.-a-, ... i j I .'i eemp.ugn to col ) i a e:i,i:fn funds The conference r. e--.. ;. -1 ! 'ii-l close 1 doors. I't'-ta- H:tehco-k himself out In a has- il.iv He atate- tonight that t'e e. i. f e-ences ith the leaders at -i :s time will result in completa fr e of the etern hetdiiuaj-t- ir and the arrangement of tha preilm inaiv ea.npaign. tieneral Dpnl bnn arranged to use every available partr ori'or on the turn p.- Theaa speaker be checked up li to their ef fe t !un tinder given conditions nl tij.-.e of the highest atantlant will have ail they possibly can do. th b- t i-- j - ne ' nKni-.i fs t en jres.itei r: 1 r v tlT.e r-l.tts t'.l.r "11 to t'e fr-'Sid lhe s.t down on A Strir-g of . pjirs fiT r-: f ni smoked until th ,n emr and arrested them In the Kl'iehinc n'atlon 1h elt r tretber who nid rat Utlie ta.klng ss done, ssel "Peter shot Mm because at' h' at'j and rH his borne There ! a rPid It Isn t Itr He rr-ade ir-' li'. tfe ronfes-d to him and n- Tbst was rMvi for p-. sh'wtl-g' The. brothers calmly wro'e cut tele iP). Jenkins t a isnifr. I'e'er ti hts fa'her. the diii.iiiel 1 be CLOSELY T0I.AW'TAFT AN,) V0IJYS viw. iiin rn n Tin' t in from the club house plana. Jnst a moment beore the fiei ahot was rai; who m it Fort Hiwt flre4 the caught sight of Cactala I (CoeUaoad oa .Pag S1 Barraa -af TW Jme.i; SAlm, Or,' Aog. 1( FVuit Ir:-e-"tv Armstrong la wwtrhlng th Mar'n coun ty markets closely for Infectel fra't. but o far has hn called t,pon t 4e stmr verT litt! of t Or--ra ara in-i"r ft ttat worwiT sri-'es rroot ( t nsposea or in IM ntrkoi H'Ulill, In oat ir.tar-es It ta onl srv id notlfvr tb retailor tbat t) sp plr mut rien s-4d s4 ?s.nt k IdiukI ts the grower la nr. r a fa raaea this swiumsV bag fruit to cs ttaoMad. . i , .. - 'n thi AS TO HUGHES Py WHltam Kter (Bwt m kg Utai U-u-J ! I Mot Bprtf!g. Tt. Aag li Wi j It Taft staie4 today traf It ii !-i t ee-if-t af lttrs frm yw T - preaatrr t'.rpf r.' a fao't t rf-r iii.r'.ra lie l.J.t tke -f. ' "-- ' . I -3 1 4 i '