THE .EUGENE GrXJ ARB DAILY
KIGKXK, OUK.tiOX, MONDAY. Jl l.v 11,
DEMOCRATS OF
NATION CONVENE
TOMORROW
answer td t.
t.,ix- fi The Tammany
. rZ New York City, ar
tUZ. . , ,rivd at the
l... ans to be no
Patrick McCarren' Drook
Lelegatlon. not of them contest
,. m the fight between McCarren
un?irpby .also arrived today.
jmYirnlGEMKXT KOIt
WWl , CHAKM'-S A. TOWXE.
Denver July 6. The vlce-presl-denUH
headquarters of Charles A.
J!.V,. nf New York, announce that
hrorable reports are being received
f?S?JElm ""any arriving
111 ni.- MlcmnHnns took a
JSfS.rn.tta train, showing the
mure delegation for Towno except
oVo favored John Mitchell, the
labor leader, me unmann
; tion, when canvassed, stood for
Towno.
Several southern delegates ex-
i pressed preference for Towne.
, .isaiilM nryau
' ",1 1 compromised
,"ss1 "'" -' Sullivan.
f lljimis. wliH. votes h- needed,
ends interest to ,u. statement made
b- M. r Diinh.p, delegate from Il
linois, who declared that Sullivan
will not be chairman of the National
Committee but that he would resign
as the Illinois member of that com
mittee without a fight.'
"Has Bryan used bis Influence to
secure Sullivan's withdrawal?" was
asked.
"I think that Hi van will be
pleased." was the reply.
se'Qcimni ef the contests for seats.
The motion was declared by nnti
Guffiy men to be carried although
mit mure than half a dozen delegates
voted. Tnose favoring left the meet
ing amidst cries of ' cowards" from
the Ciuffey men. Guffey then entered
the room, and the meeting was again
called to order, 47 delegates being
present, including four or five alternates.
NEW YORKERS,
SWELTERING IN
INTENSE HEAT
I NATIONAL COMMITTER
MET THIS MOItMXU.
Denver, July 6. -"The National
committe met this morning for the
purpose of considering evidence In
the various contests for seats at the
temporary roll calL It had already'
Deen arranged mat eacn contest be
referred to a sub-committee. A reso
lution was adopted requiring each
sub-committee report not later than
five o'clock In the afternoon.
Jl'IKJE GltAV MAS
NOT WITIIIilt.VWX.
Denver, July "Judge Gray's'
name has nut been withdrawn and tin-!
der no circumstances will It be with-!
drawn," said Joslah .Marvel, muting-1
er of the Gray presidential fortes, In I
answer lo a persistent report that i
Gray had telegraphed Instructions to j
his friends to explicitly withdraw his'
name. ;
SULLIVAN WILL NOT 1JH
COMMITTEE CHAIHMAX.
Falrview, July 6. The reference i
of Colonel Guffey of Pennsylvania In
(UFFKY HE-ELECTED I
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN, i
Denver, July fi. J. M. Gufley wasi
re-elected National Commltteemai
by the Pennsylvania delegation. Sev-I
eral delegates left the caucus before!
Guffey was re-elected, declaring the
proceedings Irregular. After being I
called to order by a motion made by!
John H. Fow, adjournment has been I
taken until eight tonight, pending n
COMMITTEES HKAIt
CONTESTS OF DELEGATES.
Denver, July C. Sub-committee
hearing New York contests went in
to executive session abruptly after
McCarren had indulged In consi.ler
ablp vituperation of the Murphy fac
tion. McCurren ;vas hot permitted to
complete his remarks.
The sub-coniinlttee dismissed Mc
Carren's contest as he presented no
evidence to show the Invalidity of
the credentials of the opposition.
The sub-committee that hear! the
evidence In the Idaho contests decid
ed in favor of the Dubols-Ilelfeld fac
tion. The Sullivan delegates from Illin
ois are seated on the temporary roll
of a convention by the National com
mittee, j
1
Denver. July 6. The National
Committee decided the contest In the
Nineteenth Ohio district In favor of
the Rockviell faction. The delegate?
favored by Tom Johnson were defeated.
Standard Patterns
;llpi
Butterfly
Waists
Papiltoire Model Waists of
fine sheer mull- and lawns,
beautiful embrold,. -y and lace
trimmed; place on ale Tues
day morning at one-half the
former price. These klmona
sleeved waists sold for $5.00
and $6.00 each; sale price,
cach $-..-() ami $;.()(
Parasols
lu
White parasols embroidered,
hemstitched ur , m,roidery
trimmed, worth from $1 -, to
3-0'. To., ! in!r. pp.
half price; , K-;,
While Wash
elts '
Entire line of white wash
""Its, plain or embroidered; on
Mle at une-halr price: each
I2!jr In 'Joe
Embroidery
Special
worth
6m yard;
We Make Buttons to Match Any Suit
July Clean-Up
Sale
1
TUESDAY morning; a sale extraordinary
will be a feature ot the day and con
tinue throughout the balance of the week.
Dainty wash fabrics comprising- everything1
in sheer lawns, mulls, batistes, in- many
harmony color combinations. . Entire line of
this seasen's summer goods placed on sale at
the very unusual price of ONE-HALF. .
The price range is from 8c to $1 00 the yard. r
' Tuesday morning the price will be 4c to 50c the yard.
Goods Shrunk j
New York, July 6. New
Yorkers, who for nearly two
weeks have been sweltering
in one of the most protracted
and enervating periods of hu
mid heat for many years were
warned by the w-eather bur
eau today that the end was
not yet in sight. All of last
night in the poorer portions
of the city, thousands slept
on fire escapes, stoops, and in
open parks. The effect of the
long continued abnormal
conditions as apparent early
today when reports of deaths,
prostrations, and sudden in
sanity, begun to pour into
police headquarter.
Four deaths and thirteen
prostrations by the 1 itense
heat in Hrooklyn and .Man
hattan were reported shortly
after noon today. Th hot
weather caused the death of
414 children last week.
o
that the Tinted Slates marines will
mil lie withdrawn until after the el
ectVms, although all information In
dicated that their presence at the
polling places will probably not be
necessary.
MII.I.S Wll.l
SOON
STAHT II' A;.l.
Cottage drove. Or.. July r.. The
recent Interstate Commerce Commis
sion upon the freight rates, is prov
ing to be a stimulus to tiie milling
anil lumbering Industry in this sec
tion, one of the heaviest timbered
and heaviest milled parts of the
state. The mill men at now much
encouraged, and feel that within the
next sixty days conditions will be
materially improved. Already ituniir
ies from heavy buyers are coming in
and some orders have been placed.
This Is of vital interest to Cottag'
Grove, as the burden of her payroll
depends upon the lumber industry.
STIUKE CALLED DV
ALABAMA MINIMIS.
Hirmlnghani, Ala., July 0. A
strike has-been called by the union
miners of Alabama, only two com
panies having signed the wage con
tract offered by miners, 55 cents a
ton.
WILL XOT WITHDRAW
VXITEI) STATES MAItlXES.
Washington, July fi. At a confer
ence today between Secretary of War
Wright, Admiral Pillsbury, acting
bead of the navy department and
General Clarence R. Edwards, chief
of the Insular bureau, It was decided
GEIS HELD AS
, MURDER .SUSPECT
Philadelphia, 'July 6. The police
Hie holding Frederick (lies, Jr.. on
suspicion that he knows something
of the murder of Dr. Win. 11. Wilson,
who . died Juno 2ti, after drinking
poisoned ale. dies' wife, the police al
lege, died after an Illegal operation,
performed by Dr. Wilsou. (lies says
his wife died of Hrlght's disease.
They, were married secretly last .lan
nnry. dies says she died on June 19.
the police say on June 6. The police
believe they have circumstantial evi
dence enough to hold dies for examination.
CELEBRATION
IN EUGENE WAS
BEST EVER
I'RIXCE 1IELIK AXD
ANNA WILL MARY SOON.
London, July 6. Prince Hello de
Sngen lias given notice of the regis
try office In this city of his Intention
to marry Mine. Anna Gould. The date
Is not given but it will probably be
I July 7 or 8.
Clothing With Harvest Sup
Straw Hats
are much in demand tleso d
Have you one yet?
We will sell yon our regular
hat fi .1- 2iic.
Oilier qualities from
!5c to $1.50
wnni. ni 5!Milue
Je to l.-,,.
rard
If you haven't bought that
suit yet it is high time you
did. You can wear it for sev
eral months.' Think how
much more comfortable you
will be with a light weight
all-wool summer suit than in
ithe heavy one 3-011 are wear
ing. Hart,- Schaffner & Marx
suits are always all-wool and
the best ones worn by any
body: You come in today or
any day, we'll show you the
best clothes you ever wore.
$15.00
Laces to
Canvas GLwes
made of strong, lough drilling.
2 pcir 25c
Dutchess Trousers
These goods are the guaranteed
kind; $l.bu a rip, or 10c Tor a button
that conies oft.
The pair $1.00
Boys' Knee Pant
Suits
It's well lo save when win can.
You can gel the l"'s; end of the bar
gain In our boys' suit depart up lit.
$1..-I) boys' two-piece Ml
special
IH'J.(II)
$2. Till boys' two-piece suiL':
$:l..')U boys' iwo-pieee soils; sp'clal
Wash Dresses
Reduced One
Half Id wash suits, white or col-,
ored, well made, shirt waist or
iiious;, worth $3.50 to $10.00;
siile price, one-haif $1.75 to $5
Woman's Wool
Suits One-Half
Price
J' , pockets silk or satin
.. I a 1 !.kir;., all g'lod ni.'i
i -elleii'ly tailored; sale
,.i -half . .ifh.DK to - .
Doited ?Vwiss
ltter.is Re-
$4.'.' i Swiss dress patterns,
pink, tan. blue, black and
white; i"duced price
t'J jniils for $'J.."0
Rompers for
Less
!) Children's rompers, dark
colors 'abor savers; special,
caeii
Dress- Goods
Special
"t'ht-rolond dress goods,
:.d s.'.lrl regularly at Ml-,
y morning on sale, the
;t.-ic
CHAIRMAN BELL -MAY
NOT REACH
DENVER ON TIME
worth
Tilled;
yard .
40c
Kimonas
EACH
25c
Ladies' Collars,
Pegular J5 anT
20c
Special Each
10c '
.Hamntion Bros.
Willamette St.
wuitdr CASH BEATS CREDIT 0
Boys' Wui:ts
Worth 50 to 7lc
Special Each
25c
20c
Socks
TWO PAIR
25c
Lincoln, July G. Theodore A.
Bell, who is scheduled to call the
Denver convention tomorrow may
not be In that city at the appointed
time, as floods have cut oft Lincoln
railroad communication from the
outside world. Hell reached Fair
view at noon. Iliyiin told him his
one hope of gettlug out of the city
lay In a' special train scheduled to
leave over the Union Pacific at 1:40
p. m., carrying the Lincoln Hrynn
Club to Denver. Uallroad officials
are pessimistic as to when the train
will get through. There were five
inches of rain last night. Conditions
are extremely serious.
Lincoln, Inly fi. At 1:30 p. m.
Mrynn was assured thuf the .Missouri
Pacific expected lo despatch a train
for Omaha and he has arrangid for
Hell lo take that train. It is sched
uled to leave here at 2:110 and if not
stalled, will reach Omaha at a::lo
!. in. This will enable Hell to catch
the regular train to DenvtT as the
I'liion Pacific Is officially reported
: clear.
Omaha, July fi. If Bell can man
i nge to reach the Union Pacific main
1 line there will be no further trouble.
! Denver, July 6. The purpose of
i Bell's visit, It Is authoritatively
! stated, was to havo discussed with
1 Bryan some questions likely . to be
asked by tho platform committee,
j They had a fifteen minutes confer
I enco but owing to the necessity of
ithe hurried preparations for Hell's
I departure for Denver a number of
j matters were .not discussed.
A conference of all antl-Bryiin peo
I pie is arranged for four o'clock. The
pari Iclpants will include represenla
I lives of Cray and Johnson and ninny
' Instructed delegates.
! Lincoln, July II. Hell has nband
I oned the Missouri Pacific. Idea and
j will try to conned with a llo'ck Is
! and special on the west side of the
; break, and falling In this he will
j drive to YVavorly, ten miles, to Caleb
a Hiirliiigtnn train there for Omaha.
RAiH CAUSES
BETWEEN 0. S,
AND VENESUELA
New York. July (i. The break In
the diplomatic relations between the
United States and Venezuela, whi -h
resulted In the withdrawal of Jacob
Sleeper, tin? American charge !' Af
fairs, Is more complete than at first
suppose I. Friendly relations as re
vealed by the full text of diplomat ic
notes which passed between Sleeper
and Dr. Jose De Jesus Paul. Venezu
elan milliliter fori Ign affairs, have
been completely Hevered.
GREAT FLOOD
AT LINCOLN
PROJECTILE COMES CLOSE
Lincoln, July fi.- Nearly
all Lincoln is under water to
day as a result of the terrific
rainstorm of last night. There
is immense property loss and
It Ih believed u considerable
loss of life. One milkman is
known to he drowned and a
woman and three children In
the iKittnni bind arc missing.
An area of 2f square miles Is
cov'red with water from two
to fifteen feel deep.
TO GREEN FAMILYiBENStHMAYB;
Hubert Creep, who lives at 271
Lincoln street, had what be consid
ers a narrow escape Saturday night
during the fireworks from being
struck by u projectile that was fired
off Skinners Butte. The end which
lilt first, a round bard pulp shell,
I wo inches In diameter, and two feet
lung, broke I he boards In the bottom
it a wheel burrow near where the
fiunlly was silling, slicking through
n I in- under sld' . 'I he stick was fi-s
ii an inch bv 1-2 an inc:i anil 0 iv i,
ron'ained the powder, was blriui.
Tiie roeket carried a qnnr'er of a
mil., by air line, though how far It
actually travelled through the at
mosphere, there 1b no way of ascer
taining. .,
CALLED FOR TRIAL
Washington, July 6. It Is
officially announced that
John A. Benson of Sit n Uran-
cfccii will h" called for trial
In the-criminal ' court her-'
next fall on charge of bribery
lu connect Inn with tile west-
cm laud cihcs.
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I Work was beitnn ibis murtilti'4 on
the exi :ivntlon for the pavement on
Hie block Indwell .Willamette mid
Olive streets on West Kleventb. Dig
ging is also being done on Oak
street between Ninth and Klgbth.
imiiaiH': i-'ixixr lcvi'.u si:kx ih
l'.l (ii:K AND tiK!) AS KOSK
I KSTIVAL l'.(;I.ANT.
I'.Ui CK(VI 1IKKK Dl'lMXti TI1K
HAY WKAT1I Kit CONDITIONS
W KHK ;ooi UA lOKClSl'.S AND
I'AUADK VI LLK.D OI F WITH-'
OUT A HITCH.
Eugene's Fourth of July celebra
tion was the best ever held here.
and, In the opinion of many visitors
from a distance, was one of the best
ever seen on the coast. The commit
tee in charge had exerted every ef
fort to make the affair a success and
they were especially desirous oi uo
lng so to make up for the partial fail
ure of last year. A largo crowd, Just
about what it was last year, experts
In judging the size of crowds say,
,..u hum Tim weather was all that
could be desired, although the even
ing before unite a rum ten nu .
looked as if there was going to be a
,.-.. iv, fourth, but aside from be
ing threatening during a part of the
forenoon, the day was mem. i
clouds clearing away about 11
o'clock, and the remainder oi me uajr
was sunny, but not too warm.
The parade what shall we say
i i,7 ii u einuilv the best ev
er. It was over a mile long and from
its beginning to end wns interest iiib.
A great many business houses were
represented by floats and some of
them were as good as any ever seen
in any celebration of any kind. A
good many who saw the big parado
at the Portland Hose festival say tho
Kugene parade exceeded it tor at
tractiveness. That's saying a whole-
lot. , ,
The big cavalcade started prompt
ly on lime and passed through tho
crowded business streets with pre
cision, and everything passed off like
clockwork. First came Alton Hamp
ton and Dr. L. L. Whitson, members
of tho committee, on horsenacK anu
between them was an excellent char
acleri.atlon of an American Indian.
i...ii.....i., ....,... the officer of the
il.iv anil those who were to take part
i the onrk. then
111 IllH .... ..... . -
tho city couiicllmen and members or.
the county court, in iituoiiiooiies. in
Fiinone, band came next nnu
Co'b. A and C, O. N. 0. The tloddess
of Liberty, Miss Belle VnnDuyn was
tlext. 8be was charming in the us
ual habiliment of the tloddess and
her float was ii wonderful and beau
tiful creation, with an immense gol
den eagle, which she was driving
..tin -iitti it I'llitinn. Misses Marirar-
et lletlcb and Freda Goldsmith wers
her aides. Then came tile mini wun
the little girls representing tho
states of the Union, followed by J. M.
Woodruff, mounted on u horse nnd
representing President Koosevelt
with bis "big stick." Miss Winnie
Dudley, us Columbia, rode on a well
atriingeil flout, mil she had as aides
Misses llelene Kiiblnson and Sybil KI
lloll.. Master and Little Miss Gil
bert, represent lug George and Martha
Wa.-liiuglon, .I'.ilowed in Hi ir lltllu
buggy, .linwn by 'Shetland ponies.
Cosby Gilslnip giidd. ss ot .lust ice, fol
lowed. Her aides w;ie MIhcj Pau
line Potter and .Mary " B.i.kcr. Tho
floats Hint f ..Unwed wv as follows
in the order as given here: Thlinlilo
Club, Modern Wo;.d:ncn c.f America,
Ladies (if the G. A. It., I a lie county,
W. C. T. '., the city's cheuil.-al fln
inline, an nnlo bearing ll iut of llur
en tlra'Krn. shoe -b alers, Stevens
j & Hull!!, pianos, KUborn and inrd
Inler, well drillers. Women of. Wo.id-
erall, Woodmen of the World, the
Ureswcll band, F. K. Dunn's Sbelhind
nony, driven' bis daughter. Miss
Valley Co., advertising gas r ingcs,
the lt"d Cross Drug Co., Long & Hall,
plumbers, telephone girls. Chambers
Hardware Co., McV'tiy's Transfer Co.,
Iterger Bonn Hardware Co., (float
drawn by gasoline traction engine),
Overton's p:ilnt store, S; B. Flnne
gan. blii"ksiiillh, Hampton Bros., dry
;oo(U, Kugene Woolen Mills. Kugene
Poultry Co., J. A. Nash, s'.one work
er Hunter & Wllloiighby. electrical
supplies, F. D. .Matlock's general
store, Morris Music House, C.llb'.'rt
Art. Co., Dunn's Bakery, the Orpheuin
theater with a Iteub band, Ihe Palace
of Sweeis, I lit. Griffin lliti ilw'nre Co.,
Plank ft Johnson, real est a to agents,
Hie city's steam street roller, the
Wnrren Consl ruction Co's. steam
roller and their many piivl'ig wag
ons, all repainted, licking spick nnd
spun. This was the end.
The reading of tin ib cl.ir it Ion of
Independence, the delivery nf the or
.t:jn and other usur.i exercises held
on tho Fourth came t ff in the Fast
park wher? several thousand people
bad gathered. A qun'iet sang pat
riotic songs. Kev. II. N. Mount deliv
ered Cm Invocation and l'rof L. H.
Alderman read the Declaration of In
dependence. Hon. If. G. Smith ot
Grants Pass, delivered the oratlnn,
which was el;Hiient. MavY .1. D. Mat
lock acted as master or ceremonies,
he being president of the day.
Tin Af(i'Miocui,
The afternoon was as full of In'er
et as the forenoon. Athletic coniests
were pulled off. hind concern wero
given and a baseball game was
played. Tho game resulted In a vic
tory for the Springfield team over
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