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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1908)
A F NEWS OF THE WEEK In 1 Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TVQ CONTINENTS A Rasuma of the Last Important but Not Laaa Intoreating Evanta of the Past Weak. Thee Rivers, Quebec, had a million dollar fire. The wrapping paper trust ha< pleaded guilty, and each member was fined. Eight persons died and scores were prostrated from the heal in Chicago. A second son has been born to King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, of Spain. It is claimed many cures have been effected in a leper colony in Louisiana. The bribery case against Tirey L. Ford, of San Francisco, has been dropped. Hyde and Schneider were convicted of land frauds, and Benson and Dimond acquitted. Two men jumped from a speeding au tomobile in California, thinking it was beyond control. Both were badly in jured. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, pro poses to raise one million dollars for a Democratic campaign fund to elect Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, presi dent. and W. J. Bryan, vice-president. liulai Halid has reached the Moroeeaa capital and proclaimed himself su.taa. Woman suffragists in London held the greatest demonstration ever seen there. Taft says he would like to see a • * good game of baseball; a game for bloed.” W. J. Bryan says that “the anti in junction plank of the Republican plat form. as finally adopted, is a transpar cut fraud. ’ ’ A collision of electric cars three miles from Portland on the Mount Scott line bad y injured bi persons, slightly in jured many more and wrecked two mo tor cars. As accident to the Portland Railway company generating plant a Cazadero destroyed three dynamos, worth «30.000 each, in about three minutes, besides about *20,000 damage to turbines and power house. A Washington man has applied foi leave of absence from his homestead on account of the numerous rattlesnakes. He expects to be away helping neigh bors during harvest and dares not leave his family alone. James Cantillon. a professional ball player of Marinette, Win., who was to tal y blind, regained his sight at Belle vue" Hospital during a fit of hysterics, which followed the surgeon’s announce ment to him that his case was con sidered hopeless. SHAH AGAIN MASTER. CLOSE CALL FOR TAFT, Persian Nationalists Driven From Par liament Buildings. Breaking of Piston Rod on Engine Nearly Wrecks Train. Teheran, June 24— After a bloody fight, which was waged around the Parliament building, the city was comparatively quiet last night, al though the Cossack* were camped in the streets and square* Cossacks and soldiers early in the morning surrounded the Parliament building and demanded that a num ber of persons whose arrest the shah had ordered be forthwith handed over to them. The parliament refused to comply with this demand, and shots were fired at the troops, several sol diers being killed. Orders were issued from military headquarters that the parliament building be bombarded, and the bom bardment commenced soon after 10 o’clock. While this was in progress bombs were thrown ft.-m the Parlia ment building and the mosque build ing. disabling one of the guns and wounding the gunners Eventually the halls of parliament were cleared, but not before many persons had been killed and wounded The bombard ment continued until 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when it suddenly ceased. In the meantime the troop» attacked the political clubs in that neighbor hood and numerous residences of of members of parliament, in which work they were aided by the popu lace. The number of casualties is un known. but it will be very large The parliament buildings are practically in ruins. The firing was confined to Parliament Square, the other parts of the city being comparatively quiet. Large numbers of leading national ists. including priests and members of parliament, have been placed under arrest. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST i OFFICIAL RETURNS. Largest, Plurality for Congressman Ever Recordad. Salem.—The official return* from tbe recent election give Chamberlain a plu rality of 1.S8S over Cako for United State* aeuator. While the official can tun ha* not been made, Secretary of State Benson ha* tabulated the figure« from tbe different eountiee. nnd tbe result i* definitely known. There are some of the abstract* yet to bo cor reeled by the county clerks before the official canvass can be made. The of ficial return* gave Chamberlain a gain, of 100 votes in Crook county, as com jiared with unofficial reports. The total number of ballots CA*<t waa in the neighborhood of 115.000. the ex act number not being reported by all »•aunties. Since there .ire some voter'» who do not mark their b.allots as to all offices, it m not possible to determine from the number of votes for any office the total number of votes e.xst. The largest vote waa that for senator, which was aa follows: Am«*« i Prohibition) ............ ... 3 787 Cakv (Republican) ......... . . . 514.999 Chamberlain ilVniocratie) .. ... 52 4 21 Cooper (Socialist) ................. ... 5 2«; Total ............... ...111 .37« Party strength is computed according to the voto on congressman, and by this te«t it is found that ths» Republican plurality in the state is 38.76 2. H.iwlev having a plurality of 17.O4S in the first district and Kilis a pluralitv of 21 714 in the «eeond district. This is by far the largest plurality ever recorded for congressman in either district. The ROOSEVELT IN HAYFIELDS. plurality, however, is about 4<M> short of the pluralitv for Roosevelt over Goes Thence With Family to See Big Parker four years ago. The vote on Yale-Harvard Boat Race. senator by counties3s as follows: Oyster Bay. N. Y.. June 24—The Vnited States Senator sun shone at Oyster Bay today, and the president made hay. During the J Cw mowing Mr. Roosevelt was content í ’I P to supervise the work, but tomorrow 2 • * ' COUNTY. morning, when the crop that covers the hillside in front of the president’s 2 home has ripened, the chief executive p will take a hand in the work. Mak ing hay is one of the yearly occupa 44 1.577 1.111 171 Baker ................ tions engaged in by the president on Benton <5 1.071 1.0S3! 38 ........... his summer’s vacation, and he enjoys I'ldikanias ... is: 2.135 2.SS« 2 5 8 1S4 J»S7’ 1245 23« Clatsop .............. it thoroughly. SO 8SH! 732' 203 This morning he took a horseback Columbia ........... 15 n 1.505 1.3*6 412 Coos ................... ride, in the heat of the day he labored Crook ................ Ü3 6*4 93*», 107 19«' 35 7 2S3 in the field, and just before dinner Curry ................. S7 l.SOJ 1.892 234 lay low in a sturdy tree, the useful Douglas ............. 448i 2 4 If. 453 Gilliam ............. ness of which, except as fuel, was (•rant ................. «53! «4 4? <>î» is 4«! 395! 5s past. Harney ............ 1571 1.702 :.tsii 2«1 ....... • Secretary Loeb announced last Jackson 57 SOS 949 315 Josephine ........ night that the president did not ex Klamath . ......... • S<9 57 7!5 4 50 31 :s 3*3 pect to meet Mr Taft at New Lon Lake ................ 2.3 ’ 2 21 339 i»s :,s8t Ijtne .................. don. At 1 o’clock tomorrow after 30 482 530! 82 ............... noon the president. Mrs. Roosevelt. Uncoln 133 1.940 2.339 232 Linn 55 791 5 4 SI 0 Miss Ethel Quentin and Archie will Malheur . 294 3.309 3.235 1«3 board the Mayflower for New Lon Marion.............. 491 79 32’ «31 Morrow don The Mayflower will arrive in Multnomah «30 12.17« 13.243 793 the Thames Thursday morning As P<»lk ................... l-s 1.305 1.4SX 133 20 354 4 1 4 42 the Mayflower is too large a craft to Sherman ............. 37 54<i 447 io,-. ......... navigate the river, the passengers in Tillamook t’matilla ........... 1«7 2.071! 1.777 155 125 1.550 1.5« 7 183 the morning will transfer to the Sylph, t’nion 51Í 9041 801 87 which will precede the Mayflower to Wallowa ............ 14S¡ 1.700! 1,«43 137 Wasco ................. the mouth of the Thames. Washington ....... 20S 1.911 1.778 120 2H 390 327 11 Wheeler Yamhill ............. 2»Jl I.S9S- 1.5«5 134 MISSIONARIES BESIEGED. A Jap spy has been caught with Kurd* in Persia Strike Terror to AmericanTResidents. complete plans of New York forts. St Petersburg, June 24—The Novoe The Prohibition party is raising the biggest campaign fund in its history. V’remya today published a dispatch from a correspondent who has just Crops in southern Minnesota were completed a perilous trip from Tab badly damaged by a wind and hail riz, Persia, to Urumiah. through a storm. country swarming with pillaging Taft has not yet selected a chair Kurds. He declares that L’rumiah is now completely surrounded by Kurds, man for the Republican national com who are ravaging the villages on all mittee. sides up to the gates of the town. The More than 50 New York militiamen sound of firing is constantly heard ga\ e out from the heat and over The missionaries at L’rumiah have exertion of a five-mile march. held a meeting and sent out to their A New York man plans to propel respective countries a statement of and control an immense balloon with the critical position in which they find a 45-horse power automobile engine themselves. Turkish regular troops are close suspended from the balloon. behind the raiding Kurds. Two bat A man committed suicide by throw talions of infantry, tw'o squadrons of ing himself in front of a New York cavalry and a battery of artillery have subway train, almost causing a panic among the crowd who witnessed the occupied villages three miles from L’rumiah. and six days ago one bat act. talion of infantry and five batteries The jury in the Hyde-Benson case of the Sixth division of cavalry went is still unable to reach an agreement. into camp in the region around Suj- Bryan feels sure of the Democratic bulant to settle the dispute between nomination, figuring out 116 votes Turkey and Persia. more than enough to win. It is declared at the foreign office Virgil Gavin, who played ball with here that Russia has made continual the Chicago Nationals and New Yerk representations to the porte about the situation, but without result up Giants, is dead. to the present time. Russia has not The first steamers fr,pm Seattle this yet decided upon any more aggressive season have reached Nome, after a steps. ________________ hard battle with the iee. Cholera Among Troop*. Races will be held next year under Manila, June 24—Cholera has the auspices of the U. S. Signal Serviee between balloons and aeroplanes. broken out among the troops at Camp Gregg The scouts and one civilian Denver police were enjoined from have died from the disease, and the interfering with race track gambling, camp has been placed under quaran and bookmaking is carried on freely. tine regulations. Lieutenant Jones, The American auto has overtaken of the First Cavalry, and Lieutenant and passed the German machine in the Muldoon, of the Philippine scouts, New York-to-Paris race. They are have been stricken The situation with regard to the cholera outbreak now crossing Siberia. in the province of Pangasinan, on the James J. Hill says the erep prospects island of Luzon, is very serious for the year are good, and as the erop Ninety-three cases have been reported wi'l not be an unusually large one, it in the last 24 hours, 60 of which have proved fatal. will bring good prices. E. G. Bethel, the English editor ar Duel to*Death. rested for seditious utterances at Goldfield, Nev , June 24.—M. Taylor Seoul, ha* apologized for the publica and C. W. Priest, both miners, en tion. and says he was misinformed. gaged in a duel this afternoon on Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy says that Grand avenue, and both men are now during the past year new Christian in a dying condition. The duelists Science societies have been formed at emptied their guns into each other. the rate of one every four and one-half Taylor being shot several times. hours. Priest was taken to the hospital in a dying condition. The shooting oc An English editor is on trial for se curred immediately following a re dition by Japanese authorities in mark by Priest reflecting upon Tay Corea. lor’s wife. It is not known just what Havana authorities do not credit started the quarrel, but it is said that the rumors of a well-organized insur the men have been enemies because of Priest’» persistent attentions. rection. Law Knocks Out Races. A dining car will be added to the A. & C. trains between Portland and New York, June 24—The Brighton Seaside. Beach Racing Association has decided to cancel all of its stake events for Governor Dawson, of West Vir this year. The purses amount to ginia. has a well-developed case of 1200,000. This action was made tuberculosis. necessary by the great decline in the A federal grand jury in New York daily attendance at the racetracks has indicted the head* of the New since the anti-betting laws went into York Cetton Exchange and the Manila effect. The mid-summer meeting of Paper and Fiber Manufacturers’ Asso- 22 days will be held at Brighton Beach as planned, with over-night eiatioa. sweepstakes to take the place of the stakes. The transport Sherman will be quarantined at Astoria. She has Eleven Die From Heat. smallpox on board. Chicago. June 24—Eleven deaths Harry and Evelyn Thaw have be due to heat prostration or allied come reconciled, but Thaw must re causes were recorded in Chicago to day. The thermometer a^ain climbed main in the asylum. to above 90, but late this afternoon A runaway automobile jumped off a shift in the wind brought relief, and the dock« into the river in New York it is believed that the torrid wave has broken. and drowned four persons. Total 3.7*7 5o.*9S'5:.t.T5.3S7 UMATILLA DAM FINISHED. Water Soon'Ready for 20,000 Acre* of Arid Land. Hermiston__ The dam of the I'm» tilla project is practically complete and the distribution is nearing completion as rapidly a* men and teams can do the work. In a few week* nearly all the men who have been employed on tbe project will have departed and one of the largest and best irrigation scheme* in the northwest will be in shape to water 20.000 aeres of arid land. J. T. Whistler, chief engineer on the project, has already left for Portland, where he will open an office, having resigned his position with tbe United States recla mation serviee. . D. C. Benny, supervising engineer for the reclamation serviee, ha* stated that he expect* Secretary James R. Garfield here to visit the project about July 15. He will doubtless make a tour .f inspection of the various proj ects and his visit here will doubtless result in helpful suggestions to the set tlers. He will be the guest of the board of director* of the Water Users’ association while here. Land Shark* Sharks Busy. Salem.--People from every other part of the United States as well as from every section of the state of Oregon continue to write the attorney general for advice regarding the possibility of acquiring a prior claim to quarter sec tions in the Oregon & California land grant. Timber sharps are offering to locate anybody on a quarter section of this valuable land for all kinds of prices, and many people are biting. “The people must learn that no at torney or timber cruiser or company of either,” say* Attorney General Craw ford, “can locate any person on a quarter section of this grant for either «50 or «500.” Bankers Organize. Pendleton.—A movement has been started to organize a Umatilla Coun ty Bankers' association Saturday evening in this city. A number n» the banks in the smaller towns oc the county have agitated the matter. It is believed a county organization including the thirteen bank* of Uma tilla county will be formally organ ized for mutual protection and to promote the banking interests in every way A grand banquet will be given the bankers here Saturday evening. Officers will be elected and a regular set of by-laws adopted. Sue Road for Lack of Cart. Pendleton.—The first suit filed in Oregon against the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company under the provisions of the law passed by the last legislature, giving shippers dam ages for failure on the part of a railroad to supply cars was filed in the Umatilla county circuit court The plaintiff* are Martin A- Rigg*, of Milton. The plaintiffs allege that last fall they lost «6,316 50 on ac count of failure to get cars upon ten days’ written request. Self Supporting Normal. Pendleton.—President French of the Weston Htate Normal states that if the school made the progress another term that it has during the term just eloeed, the institution would be self support ing. If the normad had 500 students instead of 200 the income from dormi tory rents and other fees would make the institution absolutely self support ing and it would cost the state nothing to maintain it. NEW ROAD FILES ARTICLES. Astoria. Seaside & Tillamook Lina is Incorporated. Astoria -Article* of incorporation of the Astoria, Sea »'de & Tillamook Rail way conipany were filed in the county clerk'* office here Yesterday, by F L. Evan.*, E. Z. Ferguson, H. G. Van Dusen and \V E Buffum, a* incorpor ators. The capital stock is $2.000 000, divided into «00,000 shares of $10 each The principal office of the company i* to lie in Astoria, and. according to the articles it* object i* to construct and operate an electric railroad and tele graph and telephone line* from Astoria to I’llIamiHik via Warrenton. Hammond and Seaside It i* also authorized to erect and maintain elevators, docks and warehouse*, and to operate steamers on lhe Columbia and Willamette River*. Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. ANOTHER.HIGH SCHOOL. Lincoln County Makes Good Mova for Higher Education. Newport__ Lincoln county marks an other step forward by providing a high school for the young men and women who have just graduated from the rout mon schools. The county court has issued an order giving both Newport and Toledo money to establish high school course* immediately, though the question as to where tne school will eventually be located was left to popu lar vote two years hence. Event* have been coming thick and fast the past two months on Yaquina bay. The organisation of a commer cial club was almost instantly followed by a vote to establish a high school, and nt the same time a large influx of capital caused large changes of hold ings of property and promoted building in Newport till now some «20.000 of new buildings are unde' way. Dennison, O., June 23 Secretary Taft had a narrow escape tonight from being involved in a serious wreck on the Pennsylvania Flyer, which was carrying him east Prompt action of the towerman in a signal station a third of a mile cast of CoVhocton, and of the engineer of the flyer, alone averted what might have been a dreadful accident A* the train was speeding along at the rate of 50 mile* an hour, the pis ton rod on the left side of the toco motive broke short off Almost in stantly the cylinder of the engine was cracked by the unmanageable rod. Secretary Taft and National Com mitteeman Kellogg entered the dm ing car and »at down to dinner after the accident occurred without thought of anything serious in connection with the stopping and delay of the train The Secretary made no comment on the incident when in formed of it The engineer of the locomotive explained that it wa* merely good luck that averted a bad accident "If the piston rod, after it broke, had gone under the train." said he. “we would have gone into the ditch, a* we were running 50 mile« an hour, and the derailment would have been a serious matter Fortunately the broken rod landed six or eight inches out »ide of the left rail. That saved us” TURBINES RUN WILD. Strang« Accident Wracks Cazadero Power Hous«. Portland. June 83.—An accident tn the machinery at the Cazadero power plant of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company early yesterday morning caused the complete wreck mg of the station, entailing a loss of «llo.txto Flying pieces of hot metal and burning insulation set tire to the building, destroying inflammable parts of the structure Two operators who were on duty at the time had a mirac ulous escape from instant death. The three big water wheels “ran away,” one after the other, the gen erators to which they were coupled flying m pieces and wreckage from each machine in turn disabled the next water wheel Huge part* of the monster dynamos were hurled through the brick wall* to the station and through the iron roof Although the two operator* on duty were right in the midst of the flying wreckage, they escaped without a scratch. Good Job Vacant. Salem—The election of Robert G Morrow to the office of circuit judge in Multnomah county will create a vacancy m the position of supreme court re porter. which Morrow has held for a number of years There are already four or five candidates for the place. Tile -upreme nidges select the court re porter His duty is to arrange copies JAPAN WEAKENS. of supreme court decisions for the printer and to write syllabi to be pub lished at the head of the decisions. Hi* Would End Chinese Boycott by Re mitting Indemnity. compensation i* $500 per volume, which means about $?'<> per year The work San Francisco, June 23—Sochita does not interfere with private practice Asano, president of the Toyo Ki»en Kaivh.i Steamship Company, reputed Digging Artesian Wells. to be the second wealthiest man in Klamath Fall*.—A year ago there Japan, ranking next to Baron Shi were no artesian wells in Wood River busawa, has arrived here en route to valley. Now there are twelve well*, New York on a financial mission Speaking of the boycott against flowing steady stream*. The temper ature of the water is 37 degree*, and Japanese goods in China. Mr Asano those familiar with the requirements said that Japanese trade had suffered pronounce Wood river section an severely because of the Iwiycott re ideal location for mi'k condenseries sulting from the Tatsu Maru affair, on account of the supply of ice cold but he did not expect it to continue water, the grasses, and the general much longer. The Chinese were feeling its reflex health of the stock At present lack of transportation makes a endensery influence, and he thought that finan an impossibility. Many more well* cial considerations would soon out will be dug this summer, pipe having weigh sentimental reasons A different version is brought by already been shipped from Klamath Thomas !•' Millard, the author, who was a fellow passenger of Mr Asano Ontario|Wool Sales. on the steamship Mongolia Accord Ontario —The largest Wool sale in ing to Mr. Millard, the boycott i* eastern Oregon will be next Thur« hurting Japanese trade so severely day. June i*, in Ontario, when the that the government, through the M M C- mpany will place 2,500.000 merchants of the empire, called the pounds i.f wool on the market Chinese merchants in Japan together At the wool sale in Vale recently in order to make a proposal to eml the prices ringed from 10c to 14c. but the boycott by remitting the indem since then the price of wool has been nity exacted in the Tatsu Maru inci steadily advancing, and the sheepmen dent. expect to realize a good price for their clip Nearly all of the Malheur Buried in Ancient State. and Harney county woo! clip is Honolulu, June 23—The funeral to- stored in this city. day of Prince David Kaw inanakoa, who died recently in San Franisco. Warehouse for Canby. and whose body was brought here on Canby —Work has begun on the new the steamship Manchuria, was one of warehouse of W. H Bair, and the new the most imposing royal funeral* ever building will tie one of the best and held in Hawaii. The ceremony was most complete warehouses in the valley. in accordance with the ancient Ha The structure will lie 50x100 feet m waiian u*agc in the case of chiefs size, with < ncrete cellar, and two flo >r*. The First regiment of the National with paper-lined air spaces in the walls, Guard of Hawaii, a detachment of the making the building frost-proof This Twentieth infantry from Fort Shafter makes four warehouses of this kind at and marine« and sailors from the Canby, am! makes Canby the best mar battleships Maine, Alabama and St ket along the Southern Pacific, in this Louis, now in the harbor, marched in the funeral procession. vicinity. _______ PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat—Track prices: dub, R8e per bushel; re I Russian, 86e; bluestem, 90e; Vallsy. 88e. Millstuff* Bran. «26 per ton; mid dling«. «30.50; shorts, country. «28.50; eitv. «28; wheat and barley chop, «27.50. Barlev—Feed. «25 per ton; rolled, «27.50ft 28.50; browing, «26. Oat*—No. 1 white, «27.50 per ton; gray, «27. Hay—Timothv. Willamette Valley, «17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi nary. «15; Eastern Oregon. «18.50; mixed. «16; clover, «14; alfalfa, «12; alfalfa meal «20. Dressed Meat«—Hog«, fancy. Sc per pound; ordinary. ?e; large, 6c; veal, extra, 8c; ordinary. 6@7e; heavy, 5e; mutton, fancy, 8ft 9e. Butter -Extras, 25c per pound; fancy 24c: choice. 20c; store, 16c. Eggs Oregon. 17Jft>18|e per dozen. Cheese Fancv cream twins, 13c per pound; full cream triplets. 13c; full cream Young Americas. 14e; cream hrick, 20e; Swiss block, 18e; limhurger, 20e. Poultry Mixed chicken«. I1ft>11je ner pound; fancy hens, lie; roosters. 9e; fryer«, 16ft>l"e; broilers, 16ft)17e- duck*, old. 15e; spring. 15ft20tef geese. 8ft9e; turkeys, alive, 16ftl18e for hens. 14ft)16e for gobblers; dressed 17ft 1»e. Potato*« Old Oregon. «1ft>1 10 per hundred; new California, 2ft,2|e per pound. Fre«h Fruits—Orange«, fanev. «3.25 fti.3.75; lemons. «4ft>4.75; strawberries 50eft«1.25 per crate; grape fruit «2.75 ft 3.25 per box; bananas. 54ft>6e per pound; cherries, «1(81.25 per box; gooseberries, 5c per pound; apricots ♦ 1ft>1.25 per erate; cantaloupes, «2 75ft> 3.25; blackberries, «1ft)1.25 per erate; peaches. 90e^«l per crate; plums, «1 per crate. Onions California red. «1.65ft)1.75 per sack; Bermudas. «2 per crate; gar lie. 15ft 20e per pound. Hops. 1907, prime and choice, 5ft 5Jc per pound; olds. 2ft>2Je per pound. Wool - Eastern Oregsn, average beat, 6ft 13”,e per ponnd, according to shrinkage; Valley, l«ft)12Je. Mohair—Choice, 18@18Jc per pound. TAFF IS NOMINATED Roll of States Called by Mega phone Auld Uproar. ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE A FAILURE Nominating Speech Made by Senator Taft's Name Starts Whirlwind ot Enthusiasm. Burton Chicago, Juae 19 For prraidsnt af the Fitted Ntulaa, William II. Taft* of Ohio. Taft on the first ballot, Taft by 7 UM vote«, Tuft by the uSttnimuus choice of the convention. Such in the roeord of the culminating day of the Kopublirau uational eonven- lion of IWUh, effected amid «ernes of tu iuu H uoun vntUuniasm, and after a urrve racking continuous sresioa lasting near ly right hours. With the president named and the platform enunciated, there remains only the nomination for vice president to complete the momei tou» work. Last night the whole city wa« given over to wild exultation m honor ot the new candidate, wkow name goes echoing through the country. The picture within the walls of the vast amphitheater as the proeolenlinl candidate waa named wa« one truly grand m it» magnitude. In front, to the right and left, I k »low and above, the billowing sea of humanity, rootlets after hour« of waiting and stirred from oue emotion to another, was in a fever of exneetanry for the culminating vote. The favorite «mi of other state« had been named, nave Knox and I «a Follette, and now on the rollcall came Ohio. A« the lluckrye state was reached, the tall, gauut form of Theuduro K Burton, with studeut like face and «e vero black, clerical garb, advanced to the platform to nominate Ohio's candi date. He spoke fervently, with the singing voice of an evangelist, which .ent ringing through the great building. The close of his speech of nomination wa» the signal for the long pent up feeling of tbo Taft legions. Instantly the Ohio delegatee wore on their feet, other Taft states following, while the convention hoMs in gallery and on fluor broke into n mad demonstration. **Taft, Taft, W. II. Taft,” came in a roar from the Ohi »«ns. Megaphones »«-emed to spring from concealed places and swell the Taft tumult into thunder. A huge, blue silk banner bearing the familiar features of lhe statesman «ec rotary was «wung before the delegates, awakening a fresh whirlwind of en thusiasm. All semblance of order ha.I been abandone*!, and the delegates were a maehtrom uf gesticulating men. The guidons of the states were enatched up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne under by the storm of dioordor. The land was inaudible—a mere whisper above the deafening volume of sound. For 10, 15. yes 20 minutes fhis uproar was continuixl It was a repetition uf the «C4’ne uf Wednesday, when the name of Kuosevclt brought the eonventiun into a frenzy. But there is a limit to tbe physical rerourcei of throat and lung, relays ha<l not I wen established anil at last tbo tired Voice« died down to a boars«* «bout and subsided. This lull now gnve th«* opportunity for the sp4'«*rh seconding Taft's nomine tion by George A. Knight, of Cali forma, bis big, round fare beaming forth on the sympathetic multitude and his «ftlrndid baritone voire going forth like the tones of a great church organ California's tribute to Taft was brief and fervid. Now there was another lull in the Tuft movement, while the remaining candidates were placed in nomination. The secretary wan powerless to make his rail of states heard above the »leaf ening clamor. Seizing a megaphone, he shouted the roll of state« “ Alabama,” “Arkansas.” but his voire wns «will lowed up in tlie mn«! uproar. Gradu ally. however, the curiosity of the mul titude conquered its enthusiasm and it lapsed into silence to hear tire result of the call. A hush of expectancy hung over the assembly as the call proceeded Hasty summaries showed that Taft was far in advance When New York was reached the Taft column totaled 427. Ohio carried the Taft total to 511, or 20 more than enough to nomi nate. fltill the rail went on until the final result was announced by Chair man Lodge: “ For Theodore Roosevelt. 3 votes; for Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, lfi votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph O. Can non. of Illinois. votes; for Robert La Follette, of Wisconsin 25 votes; for Charles E. Hughes, of New York. 67 votes; for Philander C. Knox, of Penn svlvania. AM votes, and for William H. Taft, of Ohio, 702 votes.” FIRE SWEEPS MICHIGAN. Villages Are Destroyed and Hundreds Made Homalaa«, I>ctr«>it, June 22 l ircs in North ern Mkhigaii (oretls. fuiinrd to great proportions by the gales ot the last two days, have destroyed at least three village«, rendered hundreds homeless, swept over thousands ot acres of timber land and caused dam age estimated at about 1200.000 The heaviest loss has been sus* tamed in Presque Isle and Cheboy gan counties. although l.elaiuu, Cluirlcvmx and Otsego have also su(> fered. In many towns today lamps were lighted, as the sun was obscured by (he heavy smoke The village of Case, in Presque Isle county, wa» destroyed t<»«l.iy A spe cial tram conveyed the homeless vil lagers to On<».iway, where they were sheltered tonight I rgande. a little town in Cheboy gan county, was also abandoned to the flames tonight Many women and children were taken in wagons Io hi dian River \\ hilt a liig lire at Wolverine today was bring (ought, a forest tire threat rned another irction <»f the village While the WulvcHtie department wa« engaged, a call (or nd was received from Rondeau, three miles north lhe firemen could not leave Wol venue and Rondeau was at the mercy of the Haines A hotel, several stores ami hou»es and the Michigan Central station were burned In l.rl.m.iu county a gre.it fire raged near Fouche All night the glow of the fire could be seen at Traverse t ity, 12 miles away Several farm building*» were destroyed, and Fan nett's big lumber yard was wiped out Much valuable timber was burned MONEY FOR PROHIBITION. Party Raising Largest Campaign Fund • In Its’ History. Chicago, June 22 The largest cam paign fund in the history of the Pro hibition party is what Charles R Jones, chairman of the national com mittee. expects to get, and the contri butions so far indiote hr is not ex pectmg without hope Already more than i)po has been donated to "the cause." which is more thar twice the largest amount ever receiv.-d so early m a presidential campaign. With its unu»ua| campaign fund, Mr June* 1« willing to predict the i will cm i wider awatty tinn h ha« mowed before Several have burn mentioned by the Prohibition leaders a* possible nominees (or (»resident Fred I Wheeler, a real estate dealer of Lot Angulc«, Cal, who has con tnhuted liberally to the cause of tern perancc. was the first suggested. Dr I B ( rantill, ,t Baptist minister of Dallas, Tex . who wa« a candidate for vice president in IffiMI, ha» also been mentioned Alfred Manierre, an attorney of New \ orlc. ami Dr W I! Belmore, editor of the St Lotus Christian A l vocate. are «aid to be willing to as sume the honor. SHARP NOTE FOR JAPAN Hayes Conveys Message From Presi dent on Coolie E«elusion. San Francisco. June 22 In a speech before the Asiatic Exclusion I eagtie of San Jose, Congressman I- A Haves delivered today what hr declared to hr a personal message from the president of the United States to the people of the Pacific ( oast "Two or three days after the ad journment of congress,” said Mr H-iyr*. "I went to the president' and askrd him how I should explain the absence of exclusion leghlation. which I told him my constituents expected He replied: “'I am «till trying diplomacy. I am sending to Japan the sharpest cor rcspondence that any nation ha« ever received; hut tell your constituents that, if I cannot get what I want by diplomacy, I will get it by exclusion legislation ' ” Mr Hayes did not state whether the presence of the fleet in the Pa cific was in any way connected with the president’« note to Japan Great American Crime. Indianapolis. Ind, June 22 One of the most important movements in the history of railroad ha* been atarted hv the railroad commission of In diana to «top what William J Wood, nf that body, terms "the great Ameri can crime ’■ This crime is the kill ing and maiming erf over 10,000 per sons by American railroads at grade crossings. 'Hie crossing* consist of intersection* at grade of «team rail roads and highways, and of steam railroads and electric line* Four state railroad commissions will assist Mr Wood Plague in Port of Spain. Port of Spain, June 23—Since June 15 there have been four new cases of plague here, resulting in three deaths The fourth case is in the isolation hospital. Active measures are being taken by the sanitary corp* in de stroying rats and cleaning up the city About 150 persons who came in contact with these cases are now in the observation camp, but up to the Noble Act of Roosevelt. present there is no sign of infection London. June 19.—The news of flee among them The medical authori ties take a very hopeful view of the retary Taft’s nomination was received situation, and expect to be able to too late for editorial comment In the eradicate the disease at an early date. morning papers, except the Times, which says: “It is the greatest and Discover Big Graft. most striking of all Roosevelt’s many New York, June 23.—After having victories. By the unflinching exertion investigated for four months the ac of his personal will President Roosevelt counts and methods of the office of defeated the undoubted will of the Re the president of the borough of the publican party, and what is hardly less Bronx, Commissioner* of Account* certain, the will of the American peo Hr hns chosen to sacrifice his Mitchell and Gallighcr submitted a pk report which stated that "the evidence pepionn) ambition Ip his sense of duty has- convinced us that the entire as a citisen. Jt is a noble net.” Bronx department has for the past six years been administered primarily in Prohibit Tipi and Cause Strike. the political interests of President Cherbourg, June 19.—The agents of Louis F Haffen, and that to this are ascribable most of the deficiencies, the North German Lloyd line have for irregularities and departures from the bidden the dockworhers in their em law discovered by us.” ploy to accept gratuities for the trans ferring of passengers’ baggage from Damage Up in Millions. train to steamer at thia port, and conse Milwaukee, Wis, June 23.—The quently the men yesterday refused to wake of last night’s storm has left handle tbe baggage of the passengers millions of dollars of damage Crop* who eamr down town from Paris to in the vicinity of Prairie du Chipi are embark on the Kaiser Wilhelm der totally destroyed building* wrecked, Grosse. To get over the difficulty the glass fronts smashed, tree* uprooted company requisitioned the services of or broken down The loss in Prairie the ship’s sailors, and the baggage was du Chien will reach «100,non fn Mc handled without delay. Gregor. across the Mississippi, the loss will reach «100.000 About four Persia in Sorry Plight. inches of rain fell in the 40 minutes, St. Petersburg, June 19.—A dispatch during 27 minutes of which hail as large as walnuts fell. received here from Baku says a Russian Testimony by the Mile. Helena. Mont , June 22 The 41 days' argument in the case of Fred J Riis* against the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, known a, the "«moke case," wa* concluded today before Federal Judge W. II Hunt iThis ly said to be lhe longest argu- meat in rhe hietofy of legal oontro- xersies Tbv c,»e Wa* started May 1UII5 During tip- trial 26.006 pig- * of typewritten testimony were taken. TM« amounted tn 6,500.000 word* Placed line to line the testimony would be 7ti miles long The brief* consist of 3,t>(6> pages gunboat has entered the Persian port of EnzeLi on. the Caspian sea, but the statement has not beeg ***firmed The foreign office here is without definite Advice* from Teheran epficerning the situation in Persia. It neon but faw en- rournging Symptoms In the present ■tats if anarchy that exists in Persia. Menalik Names Successor. Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, June 22 — The question of the ascension to the throne of Abyssinia, which has been quiescent for over a year, has been revived by an official statement from King Menclik designating his grand »on, Lig Yasu, the It-yenr old son of hi* daughter, Waizaru Shoa Rogga, and Ra* Michael as heir to the throne. Seventeen Condemned. St. Petersburg, June 23— A man and woman have been condemned to death at Warsaw on the charge of being implicated in a recent attempt to kill General Skallon, governor general of Warsaw. Seventeen death sentences wer announced today from other towns and cities in Russia. Prostrated by Heat, Ottawa, 'Kan.. June 22 Frank J. Hanly, governor of Indiana, wa* pros trated by heat while addressing the /Ittawa Chautauqua here this after noon Governor Hanly was given medical attention and assisted to his train He started for home tonight. The governor came here direct from the Chicago convention to address the Chautauqua. He had almost finished his remarks when he was taken ill and forced to stop.