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Queen Wilhelmina Willtash
Castro and Teach Arrogan
President a Lesson.
PLANS HEIXG MADE
TO BLOCKADE PORTS.
Cnrtro Practically Helpless Against
Modern Battleships Fleet of Six
Vhmi'U Ordered to Asemble 1n West
Indian Water at Once One Boat
Already There and Second Fleet Is
rrepaved to Sad at Moment' No
ticeBuying Auxiliary Boat
The Hague, July 29. The Nether
lands government today ordered tie
battleships Heemakerch, Pleelheln
and Evertacn and the cruisers Hol
land, Utracht and Friesland to as
semble at once In the Wert Indies,
The commander of the eastern squad
ron was also ordered to be prepared
to dispatch his fleet to Venezuela at
a moment's notice.
These warlike movements lead to
the general belief that Queen Wll
helmlna Is determined to crush Cas
tro and force a recognition of Dutch
claims In Venezuela.
It la known also that the minister
of marine Is today negotiating for
the purchase of several small fast
steamships with which the fleet could
be supplied In case of a blockade of
Venezuelan ports.
Castro is practically without means
of opposing well armed ships.
mSGEN IS NOMINEE;
HEARST 18 MANAGER
Independent Formally Name Presi
dential and Vice-Presidential Offer.
lngn Bryan's Name Starts Riot.
Chicago. July 29. President-
Thomas L. Hlsgen, of Massachusetts.
Vice-president John " Temple
Graves, of Georgia.
The above ticket was -last night
nominated by the Independent party
at Its first national convention.
The friends of Mr. Bryan made an
effort durlnr the night session to
bring his name before the convention
and J. O. Shepard, of Kansas, who at
tempted It nearly produced a riot and
narrowly escaped physical violence at
the hands of the Indignant delegates.
Under the guard of several ser-
genat-at-arms he was hurtled out of
the hall while some of the Incensed
delegates vainly attempted to strike
him with fists and one of them swung
at him savagely with a cane.
The nomination of Mr. Hlsgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitors being Milford W. Howard
of Alabama, and John Templo Graves
of Georgia. Reugen R. Lyon of New
York, received a complimentary vote
on the first ballot and William R.
Hearst had 49 friends who voted for
him on the first ballot. '
The nomination of Mr. Graves was
adopted unanimously, the names of
the other .candidates having been
withdrawn.
The platform was read by Clarence
J. Shearn of New York. The plat
form set forth In the preamble that
the action' of the Independence party
Is based upon a determination to
wrest the conduct of public affairs
from the hands of selfish Interests,
political tricksters and corrupt bosses
and make the governmnet as the
founders Intended, an agency for the
common good.
Day by day, It said, the control of
the government drifts further away
from the people and more firmly Into
the grip of machine politicians and
party bosses.
The republican and democratic
parties, It Is charged, are not only re
sponsible for these conditions but are
committed to their Indefinite contin
uance. It Is not our purpose, con
tinued the preamble, to attempt to
revolutionize the American system of
government, but to restore the action
of the government to the principles of
Washington and Jefferson and Lin
coln. To Preserve Liberty.
The Independence party is "there
fore a conservative force In American
politics, devoted to the preservation
of American liberty and Independence,
to honesty In elections, to opportuni
ty In business and equality before the
law. ' . - "
Mr. Shearn read' the platform force
fully and with dramatic emphasis.
The declaration on the labor ques
tion, on the currency, for the creation
of an Interstate, commerce court for
a greater navy and for the popular
election of both state and federal
Judges were heartily applauded.
At the conclusion of the reading
Mr. Shearn moved the adoption of the
platform, which he 'declared was the
unanimous work of the committee.
The platform as read was adopted
ieeeu
unanimously, the delegates evincing
unbounded enthusiasm as it was done.
Hearst Is Manager.
Chicago, July 29. The national
committee of the Independence league
today elected Hearst as chairman and
campaign manager, Charles Walsh
Is secretary of the committee. An
active campaign will be started at
once.
STARTS AS PEDDLER;
DIES A MILLIONAIRE.
Dltter Content to Be Waged Over WUI
of Benjamin Hart.
New York. July 29. A bitter con
test Is expected over the will of the
late Benjamin Hart, which will prob
ably be filed tomorrow. The estate Is
valued at over a million. He died In
Paris on May 11 after many years res
idence there. There were five codi
cils attached to the will, one of whlcfi
Is missing, and over this the fight will
hinge. Under the will Hart divided
his property among relatives and
friends. t
Hart originally a bagman, AH J
goods from a pack to the wives of
farmers and Invested his profits In
New York real estate. Thirty years
ago, having amassed a fortune, he
went to live In Paris. Hart married
27 years ago and he and his wife
adopted the Lucchesl girl. Mrs. Hart
lived In this city for 24 years follow
ing her separation from her husband,
and was known as Mrs. Elizabeth
Wright, her residence being 21 Perry
street She Is now said tp be living
In the Chelsea district. Hart's adopt
ed daughter asserts she Is entitled to
all the property.
DECLARE THEY ARE GOLNG
OUT OF EXPORT TRADE,
Attempt Being; Made to Coerce In
terutate Commerce Commission to
Rewind Order Made Recently
Japanese Will Probably Buy Pacific
Liners Running to Coast Ports.
Chicago, July 2. Railroad officials
here have sent out notices to shippers
that they will go out of export trade
to China, Japan, New Zealand and
Australia, November 1.
It Is freely predicted that the
steamships of the Harrlman line out
of San Francisco and the Hill lines
from Seattle and the lines out of
Vancouver will soon be offered for
sale and that the purchasers will be
Japanese.
In sending out the notices the rail
roads have carried out a threat made
to the interstate commerce commis
sion some time ago when they pro
mulgated the rule which requires the
roads to publish the overland portion
of their rates from foreign ports to
Inland ports In, America.
The Canadian Pacific, Great North
ern, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Oregon Short Line
nd Santa Fe are the roads which
sent the notices.
TWO AMERICANS
REPORTED KILLED.
El Paso, Texas, July 29. A spcciul
dispatch received today says an en.
gagenicnt lias Just been fought be
tween Mexican revolutionists, soldiers
and citizens In Mexico across the bor
der from Comaiock, Texas, In which
It Is reported two Americans were
killed. It is not known whether (here
ere other casual ties.
Bryan to Talk Little.
Lincoln, Neb., July 29. A close
friend of Bryan said today that the
commoner plans to make very few
prepared speeches , during the cam
paign and that he contemplates com
pleting all his speech-making by Oc
tober 1. He will spend October at
Falrvlew, where ,he will give inter
views, and prepare stuff for publi
cation. He declined to discuss Taft's
speech of acceptance.
Vanderbllt's Stepson Killed.
Paris, July 29. The big Vanderbllt
motor car was wrecked today near
Polssy and A. M. Sands, son of Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbllt by her first hus
band, was killed. It was first suppos
ed that William K. Vanderbllt had
been killed. The La Patrie Issued an
extra announcing the death. It Is
thought the car, which was on its way
from Deanvllle to Paris, was upset
at a sharp turn. The chauffeur was
seriously Injured.
Begin Campaign Saturday.
New York, July 29. An office
force has been engaged and other ar
rangements completed for the open
ing on Saturday of the republican
headquarters In the tower of the Met
ropolitan Life building. . Secretary
Hitchcock will spend most of his
time here. The formal opening of
the New York offices will mark the
beginning of the Taft campaign.
RUADS CARRY
ROT HEATS
PORTLAND
S225J1 FIRE
One Full Block of North End
Business Houses Wiped Ou
by Flames.
PART OP four BLOCKS
ARE BURNED OVER.
Flames Fanned by Wind Spread Rap
kMy and Wooden Structures De
voured In Twinkling Origin of
Fire Unknown Street Car lines
Put Out of Commission Trolley
and Telephone Wires Cut Part of
City Left in Darkness for Several
Hours.
Portland, Ore., July 29. One block
of the North Portland business dis
trict was practically blotted out by
fire late yesterday afternoon. The
entire district was threatened and
property valued at 1226,000 waa de
stroyed, most of which consisted of
mall frame buildings and contents.
The fire originated in the top of
the building of the Oregon Transfer
company in the block bounded by
Fifth, Sixth, Gllsan and Hoyt streets
about 4:45 and burned more than two
hours. The flames spread rapidly,
traversing four blocks. The origin Is
unknown.
Three or four atreet car lines were
put out of commission and the elec
trie power turned off in certain parts
of the city. Trolley and telephone
wires were cut either Intentionally
or by falling walls.
The frame buildings burned like
tinder. The rapid spread of the
flames was due to the fact that they
were fanned by a stiff wind, which
died down soon after the fire got a
good start
BOY HUSBAND DESPONDENT
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.
Parson's Son of 15 Who Married Girl
of 12 Is Unhappy With Girl Bride
of Two Months.
Chlago, July 29. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Seargent says Leonard
Jos. Hall, son of a Baptist preacher at
Hilllard, committed suicide yesterday
In the home of his father by shooting
himself with a gun. For several
weeks the boy had been despondent.
He was married two months ago to
little Miss Rhodia Profit, barely 12
years old, his schoolmate, with whom
the boy husband had not lived hap
pily.
Governor May Be Drowned.
St. Joiin, NT. F., July 29. It Is be
lieved the vessel bearing Governor
McGregor of New Foundland, Is
among the several lost during the
fierce storm which swept the New
Foundland coast a few days ago. Mc
Gregor vas on an official tour of Lab
rador.
JAMES H. Cill DECLARES HE IS
II
James H. Gwinn returned last night
from a ten days' outing on the Coast
range. Interviewed by the East Ore
gonian this morning on the action of
the city council in putting the ordin
ance granting a street car franchise
to sleep, Mr. Gwlnn said:
"I am naturally somewhat surprised
for'the reason that the day following
the Introduction of the ordinance I
saw members of the committee and
explained that while we could not
take the public Into our confidence,
as the people who build railroads do
not publish what they are going to do
until all preliminaries are completed
yet I was prepared to make such a
showing as would satisfy them that
this was a business proposition, and
that if final surveys and estimates of
cost of construction, together with
traffic In sight, checked with the es
timate made by the expert who ex
amined arid reported on the propo
sition, the road would b? built. The
courtesy of making this showing was
not extended and no opportunity
given me to moke good.
"When the engineer was here and
examined the proposed line he stated
that as a business proposition the
thing to do was to build a line trim
Athena to Helix and then on to the
Columbia river at Cold Springs. This
would be of light construction, a down
hill haul, operated very cheaply, and
yet the territory along the road
would give fully SO per cent of the
traffic. To make. Pendleton the Init
ial polni more than doubled the cost
of construction and operation, with
not to exceed 20 per cent additional
business. .
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Gould Capitulates, and While
. President Submits to Power
Behind Throne.
IltOM OCEAN TO OCEAN
DREAM COMES TRUE.
Gould Lines Get Money for Improve
ments ami Harrlman Gets More
Lines to Manipulate Latest Moves
In Great R railroad Game of Chess
Causes Abandonment of Harrlman
Holding Company Erie Road Fig
ures in tlie Deal.
New York, July 29. That actual
arrangements have been perfected be
tween Gould and Harrlman by which
Harrlman has at last secured control
of railroads reaching from ocean to
ocean la the rumor current today.
According to the atory, Gould will
remain president of his roads, but the
policy will be directed by Harrlman.
This agreement will give the Gould
roads the money for necessary Im
provements and will give Harrlman
Joint use with the Missouri Pacific of
the Western Pacific, which Gould Is
building. '
The Erie road will have a half In
terest, either by direct ownership of
trackage or rights over the Wheeling,
Lake Erie and Wabash Pittsburg ter
minal. This will let the Erie into
Pittsburg. . -4
It is understood that Harrlman has
abandoned all plans for the Harrlman
holding company, which waa to have
taken' over the investments of the
Uuiwi Pacific.
RAISE $100,000 FOR STAKES.
Western Federation Orders Per Cap
ita Assessment Levied..
Denver, July 29. In order to be
prepared for future strikes, the con
vention of the Western Federation of
Miners today ordered the executive
board to levy a per capita assessment
sufficiently large to raise a $100,000
strike fund, to be used only during
strikes. A constitutional amendment
to authorize acceptance of withdrawal
cards of the Industrial Workers of
the World was defeated.
All work save the election of off!
cers and the selection of next year's
meeting place has now been com
pleted.
War On Standard Oil.
Lenox, Mass., July 29. Bonaparte
and Frank B. Kellog, "the trust
buster." concluded a conference to
day. It is supposed they have com
pleted plans for the immediate re
sumption of action against the Stan
dard Oil In connection with the re
vocation of the big fine. Kellogg ex
pects to reach New York tomorrow
and will then proceed to Chicago.
MAKE A
"We insisted that this was a Pen
dfetori proposition and that the show
ing made for the while line gave
sufficient passenger and freight busi
ness to pay fixed charges, which
should justify capital In making the
Investment
Our only Interest In the
enterprise is that of citizens of Fert
dleton anxious to hn'o build up the
city. I was simply acting as trustee
for the capitalists If they came
through and built the road, and for
anybody else In ca?e they failed,' or
I would surrender th9 charter to the
city. A charter for a street railroad
In a town the size of Pepdleton, and
with Its present prospects, has no
commercial value, nr.tf hvJ the totin
ell granted the one applied for and
my company failed to use It I should
have gladly assigned It t) tho first
party that wanted Sr. for practical
use. In order t3 protect tho city as
well as the capitalists who wanted It,
It was considered advisable to have
the franchise granted to a trustee.
who could make the assignment when
the preliminaries were completed, or
In the event of failure surrender the
grant.
"I have reported the action of the
council to the engineer who represents
the capitalists. Whether this will .end
the matter or whether ne will revise
his report and recommend the tulld
of a line froir. Athena to the river of
course I can not say. The latter line
I am afraid would hurt the town, as
It would cut off some local business-,
yet It would be n great benefit to the
wheat tarmers In the northern pari
of the county, giving them a short
wagon haul and river transportation
for their grain."
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COMPLETE
AMERICANS HARD IHT.
England's New Patent Law Is Ex
ceedingly Good for England.
, London, July 29. Many American
and German manufacturers are hard
hit by the new British patent law,
which became effective yesterday,
The law requires foreigners who ob
tain patents from the British govern
ment to manufacture their goods on
British soil. As a result of the act,
many German and American firms
are either opening factories in Great
Britain or are overcoming the dlffl
culty by means of royalty agreements
with British manufacturers.
The law Is hitting the Germans so
hard that the union of Industrialists
is now petitioning the German gov
ernment to adopt retaliatory meas
ures. Several English authorities are
convinced that the law will confer
greater industrial and commercial
benefits on Great Britain than any
law that has been passed In the last
half century. It has already resulted
In the employment of many thousand
British work people and the Introduc
tion of an enormous amount of cap
ital from foreign countries.
It appears not improbable that the
recent prophecy of Sir Alfred Jones
to the effect that the new law will
cause the Investment of $125,000,000
of foreign largely German capital
In manufactures In this country will
be fully realized. Already a large
number of foreign firms have secured
factory sites. Over 20,000 British pat
ents have been granted to foreigners
within the last three years, and not
one of the processes for which the
patents were taken out has been car
ried on to any great extent In the
United Kingdom.
DEVASTATING TYPHOON
'"' SWEEPS SOUTHERN CHINA
Canton and Hong Kong Are Two
Largest Cities In Path of Drstrno
tloi
More than Hundred Chine
Vessels Sunk Public Gnniena De
stroyed and Hundreds of Buildings
Collapse.
Hong Kong, China, July 29. The
whole southern coast of China Is suf
fering from the effect of the terrible
typhoon Monday night
A report from Canton today says
that over 12,000 were drowned, la
stead of 3,000, as first reported.
In Hong Kong conditions are sim
ilar. The Immense public gardens are
a total wreck and houses collapsed all
over the city.
Over a hundred Chinese vessels'
were sunk.
Offices of the Pacific Mall com
pany In a granite building. Just com
pleted at a cost of $600,000, were de
stroyed.
The Pacific mall steamer Persia
was blown ashore at Kowleen on the
mainland near Hong Kong.
STRIKERS PRECIPITATE A RIOT.
Battle Between Union Men and Strike
Breakers at Elgin.
Elgin, III., July 29. In a riot be
tween strike breakers employed by
the Elgin and Belvldere Electric rail
road and a crowd of strike sympathis
ers in the central square here today
one man was probably fatally Injured
and several were hurt. James Far-
Willi CHINESE
ARE DROWNED
ley, of Cincinnati, who has been wide-'noon
ly known as a leader of strike break
ers, was arrested, as were also two
companions, both of Chicago.
Wales Leaves Canada.
Quebec. July 29. While the guns
boomed out a farewnll Hiia In hts
honor, the Prmce of yaie8 saiied
this morning for England, after aof the gate receipts, the winner tax
week's stay In Quebec which will longjing sixty and the loser forty. Nel
be remembered as the most notable 'son will have a two-thirds Interest
visit of royalty to Canada. There! in the moving pictures. Gans will
will be additional parades and page- have no Interest In them. Both will
ants tomorrow and Friday, but the
departure of the prince marks the be
ginning of the end of the tercentenary
celebration, and In a few days the
ancient city will have returned to Its
customary calm and quietude.
Evidence of Murder,
San Francisco, July 29. Jammed
tightly between piling beneath the
Greenwich street wharf, the unidenti
fied body of a man, probably mur
dered and thrown into the bay, was
found today. There was a wound In
the scalp.
Fitzgerald Is Sachem.
Medford, Ore., July 29. The 17th
session of the great council of Oregon
for the Independent Order of Redmen
today elected J. H. Fitzgerald of Med
ford, great sachem for Oregon. Port
land will be the next meeting place.
Big Forest Fire.
Klamath Falls, Ore., July 29. A big
forest fire Is raging In the vicinity
of Keno, among the timber holdings
of the Weyerhauser Lumber company.
Men have almost succeeded in putting
the Are out It has already destroyed
nearly 600 acres.
nor nra
MAKES CHARGES
Files Injunction Suit in the
Federal Court Against In
dians. SAYS AGENT HAS NOT
FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.
Alleges That Indians Have Threaten
ed Him With Violence if He At
tempts to Harvest Wheat on Res-
ervation Land 160 Acres of Wheat
Form Bone of ContenUonTa-mo-sin
and Hall Are the Refractory
Redsklns-rCase Is Similar to One
Just Settled.
It was announced by Judge
Lowell this afternoon that :ho
.case mentioned below had besn
settled.
Roy V. Perlnger has brought suit
before the federal court In Portland
to have Ta-mo-sln, William Hall and
others restrained from Interfering
with his harvesting 160 acres of wheat
on the reservation. In the complaint
filed with Judge Wolverton by Judge
James A. Fee and J. P. Winter, at
torneys for Perlnger, some sensation
al charges are made.
The Perlnger-Tamosln-Hall case la
somewhat similar to that of the Jack
Peringer case which was but recently
settled after a sharp legal skirmish.
Perlnger leased the land of Ta-mo-in
for a period of four years and waa
to pay $150 annual rent and also to
make Improvements worth $400 on
the place.
.Following the custom of the reeer-
I ma v tatAa in Yiu onmnlfllnt thJLT
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he cultivated the land and seeded It
to wheat He had seeded all but four
or five acres when he was notified
by Agent McFatridge to cease work,
as his lease had been rejected by the
Indian department
It Is then set forth In the complaint
how the case was taken to Secretary
Garfield by Perlnger with the result
that an order was Issued directing
that he, Perlnger, be allowed to har
vest the wheat that he had seeded.
Indians' Threaten Violence.
This Perlnger alleges he has not
been permitted to do as Ta-mo-sln
nnA Hall threatened bodily harm
should he try to thresh the grain on
the disputed land. Agent McFatridge
Is also accused of having failed to
carry out the Instructions given by
the secretary of the interior.
Accordingly the court Is asked to
appoint a receiver to thresh the wheat
on the land Involved and to hold the
crop pending the settlement of the
suit. An order restraining McFat
ridge, Hall, Ta-mo-sln and othert
from Interfering with the harvesting
of the wheat Is also asked for.
GANS-NELSON FIGHT.
Will Be Tulled Off in September
Nelson Dictates Terms,
San Francisco, .July 29. Gans and
Vpison will fight again the after-
of September 9 for the light
weight championship. promoter
Coffroth signed them both last night
for 45 rounds. Forfeits of $2,500 on
each side were posted to bind the
match.
Nelson dictated the terms and has
the better of the financial matters.
The fighters will divide 170 per cent
weigh 133 pounds at the ringside
TEXAS PROBABLY DRY.
Fort Smith. Texas, July 29. Texaa
Is still uncertain whether It Is "dry"
or "wet," as a result of tle primaries
Mondny. At noon today the result
changed, the "dries'' being about 1000
ahead.
FIENDISH MURDER
OF YOUNG WOMAN.
New York, July 29. With
face eaten away by acids, her
hands and feef bound with
ropes, and a deep gash In her
throat telling how she met her
death, the body of a young wo
man was found In a burning
heap of trash In an unfrequent
ed part of Williamsburg today.
James Ruddlck, a watchman,
found the body and he and his
son Joseph are under arrest.
The girl was evidently subjected
to barbarous mistreatment.
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