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Bflsy Readers.
A R esum e o f th e L ees Im p o rta n t b u t
N ot Lee« In tere stin g Event*
o f th e P a s t W eek. „
Mulai Hafld has reached the Moroccan
capital and proclaim ed himself sultan.
Woman suffragists in London held
the greatest dem onstration ever seen
there.
T aft says he would like to see a
“ good game of baseball; a game for
b lo o d .'’
W. J . B ryan say* th at 44 the anti in
junction plank of the Republican p la t
form , as finally adopted, is a transpar
©nt fra u d ."
A collision of electric cars three miles
from Portland on the Mount Scott line
badly injured six persons, slightly in
jured m any more and wrecked two mo
to r cars.
An accident to the Portland Railway
company generating plant a Cazadero
destroyed three dynamos, worth $30,000
each, in about threft m inutes, besides
about $20,000 damage to turbines and
power house.
• A W ashington man has applied for
leave of absence from hid homestead on
account of the numerous rattlesnakes.
He expects to be away helping neigh
bors during harvest and dares not leave
his fam ily alone.
* Jam es Cantillon, a professional ball
player of M arinette, W ii., who was to
tally blind, regained his sight a t Belle
vue Hospital during a fit of hysterics,
which followed the surgeon’s announce
ment to him th a t his case was con
sidered hopeless.
C L O S E CALL FO R T A FT .
B reaking o f Piaton Rod on Engine
N early W reck* T rain .
D ennison, O., Ju n e 23.—S e c retary
T a ft had a n arro w escape to n ig h t
from being involved in a serious
w reck on the P ennsylvania F lyer,
w hich w as c arry in g him east.
P ro m p t action of the to w e rm a n in
a signal statio n a th ird of a m ile east
of C oshocton, and of the engineer
of the flyer, alone averted w hat m ight
have been a d readful accident.
A s the train w as speeding along at
the rate of 50 m iles an hour, th e pis
ton rod on the left side of the lo co
m otive broke sh o rt off. A lm ost in.
sta n tly the cylinder of the engine was
cracked by the unm anageable rod.
S e c retary T aft and N ational Com
m ilteem au K ellogg en tered the d in
ing car and sat dow n to d in n er a fte r
tlse accident occurred w ithout th o u g h t
of a n y th in g serious in connection
ith the stop p in g and delay of
the train. T he S e c retary m ade no
com m ent on the incident w hen in
form ed of it. T h e en g in eer of the
locom otive explairted th a t it was
m erely good luck th a t a v erted a bad
accident.
If the p isto n rod, a fte r it broke
had gone un d er the train ," said he,
‘we w ould have gone in to the ditch,
as we w ere ru n n in g 50 m iles an hour,
and the derailm ent w ould have been
serious m atter. F o rtu n a te ly the
broken rod landed six or eight inches
outside of the left rail. T h a t saved
u s " _________________
TAFT IS NOMINATED
Roll ol Slates Called by Mega
phone Anid Uproar.
ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE A FAILURE
N om inating S p e e ch M ade by S e n a to r
B urton — T a ft’s N am e S ta rte
W hirlwind o f E nthusiasm .
Chicago, June 19__For president of
the U nited States, W illiam H. T a ft, of
Ohio.
T a ft on the first ballot, T a ft by 702
votes, T aft by the uAanimou* ehoice of
the convention.
Such is the record of the culm inating
day of the Republican national conven
tion of 1908, effected amid scenes of tu
multuous enthusiasm , and a fte r a nerve-
racking continuous session lasting near
ly eight hours. W ith the president
named and the platform enunciated,
there rem ains only the nom ination for
vice president to complete the momen
tous work. L ast night the whole city
was given over to wild exultation in
honor of the new candidate, whose
JA PA N W EA KEN S.
name goes echoing through the eountry.
The picture w ithin the walls of the
W ould E nd C h in ese B oycott by Re
vast am phitheater as the presidential
m itting Indem nity.
candidate was named was one truly
San F rancisco, June 23.3-Sochita grand in its m agnitude. In front, to
A sano, president of The T o y o R isen the right and left, below and above,
K aisha S team ship C om pany, rep u ted the billowing sea of hum anity, restless
to be the second w ealth iest m an in a fte r hours of w aiting and stirred from
Japan, ran k in g next to B aron Shi one emotion to another, was in a fever
bqsaw a, has arriv ed here en ro u te to of expectancy for the culm inating vote.
The favorite sons of other states had
N ew Y ork on a financial ifiisslon.
S peaking of the b o y co tt against been named, save Knox and La Follette,
Japanese goods in C hina, M r. A sano and now on the rollcall came Ohio.
As the Buckeye sta te waa reached,
said th a t Japanese trad e had suffered
severely because of the b o y c o tt re the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E.
sulting from the T a tsu M aru affair, Burton, w ith student-like face and se
but he did n o t expect it to continue vere black, clerical garb, advanced to
the platform to nom inate O hio’s candi
m uch longer.
,
T h e Chinese w ere feeling its reflex date. B e spoke fervently, w ith the
A Ja p spy has been cau g h t w ith
in flu e n ce and he th o u g h t th at finan singing voice of an evangelist, which
com plete plans of N ew Y ork forts.
cial c o n sid era tio n s w ould soon o u t le n t ringing through the g reat building.
T h e P ro h ib itio n p a rty is raisin g the w eigh se n tim e n ta l reasons.
The close of his speech of nom ination
b ig g est cam paign fund in its history.
A different version is b ro u g h t by- was the signal for the long pent-up
C ro p s in so u th e rn M innesota w ere T h o m as F. M illard, the au th o r, who feeling of tke T a ft legions. In sta n tly
badly dam aged by a w ind and hail w as a fellow -passenger of Mr. A sano the Ohio delegates were on their feet,
on the steam ship M ongolia. A ccord other T aft states following, while the
storm .
ing to Mr. M illard, the b oycott is convention hoBts in gallery and on floor
T a ft has not yet Selected a chair h u rtin g Jap an ese trad e so severely broke into a mad dem onstration.
m an for the R epublican n ational com th a t th e g o v ern m en t, th ro u g h the
“ T aft, T aft, W. H. T a f t,’ ’ came in a
m ittee.
m erch an ts of the em pire, called the roar from the Ohioans. Megaphones
seemed
to spring from coneealed places
M ore th an 50 New Y ork m ilitiam en Chinese m erc h an ts in Ja p a n to g eth e r
gave out from the heat and over in o rd e r to m ake a proposal to end and swell tho T a ft tum ult into thunder.
the boy co tt by re m ittin g the indem A huge, blue s J k banner bearing the
e x ertio n of a five-mile m arch.
nity exacted in the T a tsu M aru in ci fam iliar features of the statesm an-sec
A N ew Y ork m an plans to propel dent.
re ta ry was swung before the delegates,
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and co n tro l an im m ense balloon w ith
aw akening a fresh whirlw ind of en
a 45-horse pow er autom obile engine
thusiasm.
T U R B IN E S RUN W ILD.
suspended from the balloon.
All semblance of order had been
A m an com m itted suicide by throw S tra n g e A ccident W reck s C azad ero abandoned, and the delegates were
maelstrom of g rstisu latin g men. The
ing him self in fro n t of a N ew Y ork
P o w er H ouse.
guidons of the states were snatched
subw ay train , alm ost causing a panic
am ong the crow d who w itnessed the
P o rtlan d , Ju n e 23.— An accident to up by the T a ft enthusiasts or borne
the m achinery at the C azadero pow er under by the storm of disorder. The
act.
f
band was inaudible— a mere whisper
T h e 'j u r y in the H yde-B enson case p lant of the P o rtla n d Railw ay, L ight above tho deafening volume of sound
&
P
ow
er
C
om
pany
early
yesterd
ay
is still unable to reach an agreem ent
For 10, 15, yes 20 m inutes this uproar
B ryan feels sure of the D em ocratic m o rn in g caused th e com plete w re ck was continued. I t was a repetition of
nom ination, figuring out 116 votes ing of the sta tio n , e ntailing a loss of the scene of W ednesday, when the name
$110,000. Flying pieces of h o t m etal
m ore th an enough to win.
and b urning in sulation set fire to the of Roosevelt brought the convention
V irgil Gavin, who played ball with building, d estro y in g inflam m able parts into a frenzy. B ut there is a lim it to
the Chicago N ationals and New York of the stru c tu re . T w o o p e ra to rs who the physical resources of th ro at and
G iants, is dead.
w ere on duty a t the tim e had a m irac lung, relays had not been established
and at last the tired voices died down
The first steam ers frpm S eattle thie ulous escape from in sta n t death.
T h e th ree big w a ter w heels “ ran to a hoarse shout and subsided.
•eaeon have reached Nome, a fte r
T his lull now gave the opportunity
aw ay,” one a fte r th e o th er, the g e n
h ard b a ttle w ith the ice.
"g T a f t ’s nomina-
e ra to rs to w hich they w ere coupled for the spoech seconding
Races will be held B eat year under flying in pieces and w reckage from tion by George A. K night, of Cali
the auspices of the U. S. Signal Service each m achine in tu rn disabled the fornia, his big, round face beaming
betwoen balloons and aeroplanes.
next w ater wheel. H uge p a rts of the forth on the sym pathetic m ultitude and
dynam os
w ere
hurled his splendid baritone voice going forth
Denver police were enjoined from m o n ster
in terferin g w ith race trac k gambling, th ro u g h the b rick w alls to the station like the tones of a g reat church organ
C alifo
to T a ft waa brief
and bookmnking is carried on freely.
and th ro u g h the iron roof.
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XI u te n.
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The Amorican auto has overtakea
lull in the T aft movement, while the
w
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rig
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t
in
the
m
idst
of
thh
flying
and passed the Gorman machine in the
rem aining candidates were placed in
New York to-Paris race.
They — w reckage, th ey escaped w ithout
nomination.
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scratch.
adw crossing Siberia.
The secretary was powerless to make
his call of sta te s heard above the deaf
B uried In A ncient S ta te .
Jam es J. Hill eayt the crop prospeets
ening
clamor. Seizing a megaphone, be
for the year are good, and as the crop
H onolulu, Ju n e 23.—T he funeral to
will not be an unusually large one, it day of P rince D avid K aw ananakoa shouted the roll of states: “ A labam a,’ '
“ A rkansas,’’ but his voice was swal
will bring good prices.
w ho died re ce n tly in San Franisco, lowed up in the mad uproar. Gradu
E. G. Bethel, the English editor ar and w hose body w as b ro u g h t here on ally, however, the curiosity of the mul
rested for seditious utteraneoe a t the steam sh ip M anchuria, w as one of titudn conquered its enthusissm and it
Seoul, has apologized for the publics the m ost im posing royal funerals ever lapsed into silence to hear the result of
held in H aw aii. T h e cerem ony was the call. A hush of expeetaney hung
tion, and eaye he was misinformed.
in accordance w ith the ancient H a over the assembly as the call proceeded
Mr». M ary B aker E ddy says th at waiian usage in the case of chiefs
during the past y sa r new C hristian T h e F irst regim ent of th e N ational _H asty summaries showed th a t T aft
Science societies have been formed nt G uard of H aw aii, a d etach m en t of the was fa r in advance. W hen New York
the ra ts of ons every four and one half T w e n tieth in fan try from F o rt S h a tte r was reached the T aft column totaled
427. Ohio carried the T a ft total to
hours.
and m arines and sailors from the 511, or 20 more than enough to nomi
b
a
ttlesh
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M
aine,
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labam
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and
St
A faderal grand ju ry in New York
nate. Still the call went on until the
has indicted the heads of the New Louis, now in the h a rb o r, m arched final result was aanounced by Chair
York Cotton Exchange nnd the Manila in the funeral procession.
man Lodge:
Papor and F iber M an u factu rers’ Aaao
• ‘ F or Theodore Roosevelt, 3 votes
D iscover Big G raft.
eiatlon.
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for Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, 16
votes;
for Charles W. F airbanks, of
N ew Y ork. Ju n e 23.—cvfter having
An E nglish e ditor is on tria l for se
d ition by Jap an ese a u th o ritie s in investigated for fonr m o n th s the ac Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph G. Can
counts and m eth o d s of the office of non, of Illinois, 58 Totes; for Robert
Corea.
the president of the borough of the lut Follette, of W isconsin. 25 votes; for
H avana a u th o ritie s do n o t credit B ronx, C om m issioners of A ccounts Charles E. Hughes, of New YoTk, 67
the ru m o rs of a w ell-organized in su r M itchell and G alligher sub m itted a votes; for P hilander C. Knox, of Penn
lvanla, 68 votes, and for W illiam H.
rection.
re p o rt w hich sta te d th at "th e evidence sylvania
has convinced us th at the en tire T aft, of Ohio, 702 v o tes.”
A dining car will be added to the B ronx d e p artm e n t has for the past six
A. & C. train s b etw een P o rtla n d and y ears been adm in istered prim arily in
Noble Act o f R oosevelt.
Seaside.
the political in te re sts of P resident
London, June 19.—The news of Sec
G overnor D aw son, of W est V ir L ouis F H affen, and th a t to this arc retary T a f t’s nom ination was received
ginia, has a w ell-developed case of ascribable m ost of the deficiencies,
irreg u laritie s and d e p artu res from the too late for editorial comment in the
tuberculosis.
law discovered by us.”
m orning papers, except the Times,
T h e tra n s p o rt S herm an will be
which savs: “ I t is the g reatest and
q u aran tin ed at A storia. She has
Plague in P o rt o f Spain.
^nost strik in g of all R oosevelt's many
sm allpox on board.
P o rt of Spain, Ju n e 23.—Since June victories. By the unflinching exertion
H a rry and E velyn T h aw have be 15 th ere have been four new cases of of his personal will P resident Roosevelt
com e reconciled, but T h aw m ust re plague here, re su ltin g in th ree deaths defeated the yndoubted will of the Re
m ain in the asylum .
T h e fo u rth case is in th e isolation publican party, and w hat is hardly less
h o spital Active m easures are being certain, the will of the A m eriran peo
A runaw ay autom obile jum ped off tak en b y the sa n ita ry co rp s in de ple. lie haa chosen to sacrifiée his
th e docks in to the river in flew Y ork stro y in g ra ts and cleaning up the personal am bition in hia aenae of duty
and d row ned fo u r persons.
city A bout 150 p ersons w ho cam e as a citizen. I t is a noble a c t.”
I t is estim ated th a t th e spring in con tact w ith these cases are now
P rohibit T ip s and C a u sa S trik e .
clean-up in the T an a n a d istric t of in the o b se rv atio n cam p, but up to the
p re sen t th ere is no sign of infection
Cherbonrg, J a n e 19__ The agents of
A laska will reach IIS ,000,000.
am ong them . T h e m edical a u th o ri
T h e rivers have begun to fall at ties take a v e ry hopeful view of tl\e the North German Lloyd line have for
K an sas C ity, and it is believed all situ atio n , and expect to be able to bidden the dorkw orkers in th eir em
eradicate the disease a t an e arly date ploy to aeeept gratuities for the trane
d a n g er from the flood is passed.
ferring of passengers’ baggage from
A V enezuela w a r vessel fired on a
D am age Up in Million*.
train to steam er a t th is port, and conse
D utch sailing vessel and took from
M ilw aukee, W is , Ju n e 23.— T he quently the men yesterday refused to
th em all m ail n o t in re g u la r mail
wake of last n ig h t's sto rm has left handle the baggage of the passengers
sacks.
m illions of d o llars of dam age C rops who came down town from P aris to
Sam uel G om pers, p resid en t of the in the vicinity of P rairie dii Chien arc embark on the K aiser W ilhelm der
A m erican F e d e ratio n of L abor, i t ill to tally destroyed, buildings wrecked, Grnaae. To get over the difficulty the
in C hicago.
glass fro n ts sm ashed, tre e s uprooted company requisitioned the services of
F o u r thousand of th e sultan's o r broken dow n T he loss in P rairie the sh ip 's sailors, and tit a baggage was
du Chien will reach $ 100,000 In M
handled w ithout delay.
tro o p s are in revolt
G regor, across the M ississippi, the
Bnbonic plague has m ade its appear loss will reach llOO.OOO A bout four
P ersia in S o rry Plight.
ancc in C aracas, V enezuela
inches of rain fell in the 40 m inutes,
Ft. Petersburg, June 19.—A dispatch
S en ato r Bailey, of T ex as, is reco v during 27 m inutes of w hich hail as
e rin g from his atta ck of b ronchitis
large as w alnuts fell.
received here from Baku says a Russia*
F red erick A rth u r Stanley, E arl of
gunboat ha* entered the Persian port of
S
sv
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n
tss
n
C
ondem
ned.
D erby, and ex-g o v ern o r general of
St P e tersb u rg , June 23.— A m an Enzeli on the Caspian ana. but the
Canada, is dead.
and w om an have been condem ned to statem ent has not been confirmed. The
A m erican w arship« are g a th e rin g at death at W arsaw on the charge of
foreign office here is w ithout definite
San Francisco, p re p a ra to ry to their
being im plicated in a re ce n t a ttem p t advices from T eheran concerning the
trip around the w orld.
to kill G eneral Skstlon, go v ern o r
A S o u th ern Pacific g a te k ee p e r com general of W arsaw . Seventeen death situation in Persia. I t seee but few en-
m ilted suicide because h it g ates had sentences w er announced today frortt conragiag r vm plows la th e present
accidentally in ju red a wom an.
o th e r tow ns and cities in Russia.
s ta ts if snsrchy th a t sxists la Persia.
FIRE S W E E P S MICHIGAN.
RACE WAR RAGING
T A F T AND SH ER M A N .
FACTION WINS
New Y ork C o n g re ssm a n N om inated
fo r Vic* P re sid e n t.
C hicago, Ju n e 20.—T a ft and S h e r
Nine Negroes Lynched in Sabine man. T h is is the tic k e t of the R e iDioDCtloo Plank is Adopted by
publican p a rty , com pleted yesterday
Platform Committee.
as the R epublican natio n al con v en
County, Texas.
tion concluded w ith th e nom ination
of Ja m es S. S herm an, of N ew Y ork,
for vice-president, am id a final ro ar
REVENGE FOR DEATH OF WHITES of tum u ltu o u s d em o n stra tio n . A gain EXPECTJVO FURTHER OPPOSITION
the vast assem bly w as sw ept w ith
wave on w ave of wild, ex ultant
clam or, as the m ultitude, realizing F e a r T h at 1 aft M ight R efuse to Run
T w o O th e rs H urried Away fo r S afety th at at last the w ork was done and the
if Plank W as Ig nored F o rc e d
record m ade upon w hich th e R epub
— B oth S id e s A rm ed and Ex
lican p a rty goes b efore th e country,
O pposition to A ccept.
pecting M ore T ro u b le.
united in one last, m ig h ty o u tb u rst
of en th u siastic trib u te to the m en
who will b ear fo rw ard the sta n d ard
Chicago, Ju n e 18.—T h e biggest
Houston, Tex., Ju n e 23.—Nine ne in the stru g g le now a t hand.
A n o th e r inspiring pipture was pre p roblem before the resolutions com
groes met death last night a t the hands
sented y e sterd a y as the convention m ittee of the R epublican N ational
of a mob in the vicinity of Hemphill, in nam ed its can d id ate foT" vice-presi convention— th at of the proposed
Sabine county. Today both races se dent. T h e en o rm o u s th ro n g s had plank in the platfo rm dealing w ith
cured arm s and the tension is such to w aited th ro u g h an ho u r of o ra to ry , the questio n of the lim itation of court
night th a t a race clash appears immi sw elterin g in the heat-laden atm os inju n ctio n s in lab o r con tro v ersies,
phere, packed, as before, in to solid was disposed of at 2 A. M. today,
nent.
m asses of hum anity, w ith only here when, by a vote of 35 to 16, w ith' one
The lynching« followed the killing and th ere a few v acant sp o ts in the re sta te (S o u th C arolina) n o t recorded,
m
ote g allery— the d eleg ates in the the full com m ittee agreed to the
of two white men by negroes. Two
weeks ago Hugh Dean and several broad aren a below , th e b rig h t-h u ed plank. It was predicted a fte r the vote
lines of fem ininity in th e c ircling g a l
other w hite men visited a negro church leries, and over all th e enveloping th a t th e re w ould be no fight on the
m a tte r on the floor of the convention
and schoolhouse, where a dance was in folds of O ld G lory.
w hen the full re p o n of the com m ittee
progress, presum ably in quest of
F ro m the o u tse t it w as d istin c tly a was m ade today.
S
herm
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alleries
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T h e full com m ittee adopte d the
liquor, it being the custom of some of
ready train ed in to c h o ru ses of S h er
the negroes to sell whisky during the m an so n g s and an invading h o st of sta te hood plank for Arizona and New
M exico, th u s reversing th e subcom
progress of such affairs. During th-* S herm an . m arc h ers
s ta rtin g
the m ittee ’s action.
evening Dean was killed and six ne echoes rin g in g w ith a huge p o rtra it
At 2:30 A. M. the com m ittee a d
of th e N ew Y ork candidate. A m ong journed.
groes were held for the killing.
the
e
arly
arriv
a
ls
on
the
floor
was
T h e vote on the inju n ctio n plank
A t the prelim inary exam ination evi
S peaker C annon, o nly y e sterd a y a is said to have been as follow s:
dence tending to show th a t the plot c andidate for p re sid en t, but today
Y eas— Alabama, Arkansa s, Connec
was planned a t the dancp to kill Dean here and a pillar of s tre n g th in the ticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Il
was * produced. S aturday last Aaron S herm an m ovem ent. T h e w idespread linois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky
Johnson, a prom inent farm er, was as affection for the old w arh o rse of the Maryland, Massachuse tts, Minnesota,
p a rty was also show n b y the crow ds Mississippi, Missouri, N ebraska, New
sassinated while seated a t the dining of delegates purging a bout him to York. N orth Carolina, N o rth Dakota,
table w ith his wife and child, the bul g rasp his hand and bid him welcom e. Ohio, O klahom a, Pennsylvania, Rhode
T h e prelim in aries w ere brief, and Island, S o u th Dakota, Texas, V ir
let being fired through a window. For
M ONEY FO R PR O H IB IT IO N .
this crime P erry Price, a negro, was a t 10:30 the n o m in a tin g speeches for ginia, W ashington, W isconsin, W y o
vice-president began, w ith a -lijjn t of ming, A laskj, Arizona, New Mexico,
arrested, and, it is stated , confessed, ten m inutes to each speaker. O n the
Party R aising L arg est C am paign Fund im plicating R obert W right, a relative call of sta te s, D elaw are yielded to Philippine Islands, P o r t o Rico.
N oes— California, Colorado, lo w i,
In lts j H istory.
of one of the negroes held for D ean ’s New Y ork, and e x -L ieu te n an t Gov Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada,
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Idaho,
N ew H am pshire, New Jerse y,
C hicago, June 22.—T he larg e st cam murder. Price declared he was offered
the p latfo rm for a glo w in g speech O re gon, Utah, Verm ont, W e s t Vir
paign fund in the history of the P ro $5 to kill Johnson.
placing in nom in atio n S herm qn as ginia. D istrict of Columbia. Hawaii.
hibition p a rty is w hat C harles R
Then followed the form ing of a mob New Y ork s choice fo r the vice-presi
T h e votes of Louisian a nd T e n n e s
Jones, chairm an of the natio n al com last night, the overpowering of the dency. N ow cam e a surprise, as the see were not ascertained when this
venerable
C
annon,
w
ith
his
Lincoln-
bulletin was sent.
m ittee, ex p ects to get, and the c o n tri ja ile r a t Hem phill, and the lynching of
U n d e r the operatio n of -he strict
butions so far in d fta te he is n o t ex the six negroes held for the m urder of like visage and shaggy beard, em erged
from the Illinois delegation, and. secrecy adopted by the committee,
pecting w ith o u t hope. A lready m ore Dean. F ive were hanged to the same stepping to the p latform , was yielded this vote is unofficial.
than $35.000 has been donated to “the tree, while another attem pted to escape unanim ous co n se n t to second the
nom ination of Sherm an.
Doltiver fo r S econd Place.
cause,” w hich is m ore th an tw ice the and was shot to death.
Such a pictu re of stu rd y , hom ely,
Chicago, June 18.— (2 A. M .)— S en
largest a m o u n t ever received so early
L ater in the night W illiam McCoy, plain A m erican citizenship as C annon
a to r Jo n a th an P. D olliver of Iow a,
in a p re sid en tial cam paign.
another negro, was shot and killed appeared as he advanced before the will be S ecretary T a ft’s ru n n in g m ate
W ith its unusual cam paign fund, while standing at the gate of the Jo h n th ro n g , w hich rose to do him hom on the R epublican ticket. T h is has
Mr. Jo n e s is w illing to pred ict the son home, and this m orning the bodies age, has seldom been seen before a been definitely decided in im p o rtan t
natio n al convention. H is face was conferences
party will cut a w ider sw ath th an it
to n ig h t. D espite
the
has m ow ed before. Several have been of two more negroes were found in tho beaded w ith sw eat, his collar had p ro te sts of Iow a R epublicans, Mr.
creek
bottom
.
W
right,
the
negro
who
m
elted
to
a
rag.
w
hich
hung
limp
m entioned by the P rohibition leaders
D olliver is to be drafted, as his p r e s
as possible nom inees for president. confessed to the killing of Johnson, and about his neck. H is vest w as throw n ence on the ticket is considered im
F red F. W heeler, a real e sta te dealer the man im plicated were taken to Beau wide open, exposing a crum pled shirt, perative in o rd e r to w age successful
of IYos A ngeles, Cal., w ho has c o n mont for safekeeping under guard of and the sleeves of his black alpaca w arfare w ith W. J. B ryan in the M id
trib u ted liberally to the cause of te m the m ilitary company of St. Augustine. coat curled up ab o u t his dangling dle W est, the g re at and vita! b a ttle
perance, w as the first suggested. Dr.
Sabine county is situated in the most cuffs to his elbow s a t his waving gro u n d of the cam paign.
J. B. Cranfill, a B aptist m in iste r of remote part of the eastern section of arm s em phasized his rin g in g w ords
D allas, T ex., w ho was a can d id ate for the state, with sparse railroad and tele for his colleague and friend, Jam es
Yells fo r Roosevelt.
S. Sherm an, of N ew Y ork.
v ice-president in 1892, has also been phone facilities.
Chicago, June 18.—T h e second day
F ro m the o u tb u rsts of enthusiasm
m entioned.
which g re eted every m en tio n of Sher of the R epublican national conven
A lfred M anierre, an a tto rn e y of
DYING FRO M HEAT.
m an ’s nam e it w as plain th a t the mind tion b ro u g h t the long-expected R oose
New Y ork, and D r. W. B. P elm ore.
of the convention had been m ade up velt yell, a w hirlw ind of enthusiasm ,
ed ito r of the St. Louis C hristian A d
which raged w ithin the v a st am phi
vocate, are said to be w illing to a s E ight D ead in C hicago in O ne Day — and th a t the decision was only to be th e a te r of the C oliseum for fully 45
recorded.
Police Kill U nm uzzled D ogs.
sum e the honor.
m inutes, for a tim e p re sen tin g to the
N ow began the vote, tak e n am id
Chicago, June 23.—The h ottest day
confusion at first, w hich increased as tim id th e sp e c te r of a R oosevelt stam
S H A R P N O T E FOR JAPAN-
of the year, w ith the m ercury standing the to ta ls clim bed upw ard to the pede. T h is d e m o n stra tio n w as d e
a t 94 degrees, brought death and suf nom in atin g point. T h e re su lt was cidedly the feature of a day o therw ise
Hayes C onveys M essage F ro m P re si fering to Chicago. E ight deaths were never in doubt, as th e to ta ls of sta te s notable for a stirrin g speech from the
p e rm a n en t ch airm an of th e con v en
d e n t on C oolie E xelution.
reported to the c oroner’s office, and w ere heaped one upon an o th er. T h ere tion, S en ato r H e n ry C abot L odge, of
w
ere
sc
a
tte
rin
g
Votes,
but
the
g
re
at
San F ran cisco , Ju n e 22.— In a heat prostrations were numerous.
body of delegates sw elled the total M assachusetts; for m uch political
speech before the A siatic Exclusion
In addition, a mad-dog scare spread of S herm an until it touched 816. W ith procedure in placing the convention
a sm ooth ru n n in g basis, and for
L eague of San Jose, C ongressm an E. through the city, and the chief of po keen a ppreciation of the effect of cli on
final defeat of the plan to reduce the
A. H a v es delivered to d ay w hat he lice ordered his men to shoot all u n m ax, C hairm an L odge announced the rep re se n tatio n of Southern S ta te s a t
declared to be a p ersonal m essage muzzled dogs. A sim ilar order issued result, re serv in g S h e rm a n ’s huge to ta l future national conventions.
until th e last:
P ro b a b ly the m ost im p o rta n t act i»f
from th e p resid en t of the U nited a t M orton’s P ark, a suburb, resulted in
“ V ice-P resid en t F a irb an k s g ets one
S ta te s to the people of the Pacific the killing of 40 dogs in a few hours. v o te; G overnor S heldon, of N ebraska, the day and the one having g re atest
10 v o tes; G overnor C urtis Guild, of significance on the final resu lt of the
Coast.
The death list today follows:
convention was the adoption of the
M assachusetts, 75; G ov ern o r M urphy re p o rt of the com m ittee on c red e n
“T w o o r th ree days a fte r the a d
F ra n k Cass, 35, overcome w hi’e work
jo u rn m e n t of c o n g ress,” said Mr. ing in his garden a t LaO range, a of N ew Je rse y , 77 votes, and Jam es S. tia ls , seating the T a ft delegations
S herm an, of New Y ork, 816 votes.”
H ayes, “ I w ent to th e p re sid en t and suburb.
A fter this the floodgates of wild en p ractically in toto. If th ere had been
asked him how I should explain the
Samuel Douglas, 25, a negro, made thusiasm w ere let loose, as floor and any lingering doubt of the T aft
absence of exclusion legislation, which dizzy by heat and fell off a yacht into
stre n g th , it disappeared before this
I told him m y c o n stitu e n ts expected. Jackson P ark lagoon, drowning before g allery jo in ed in a pandem onium of decisive action, wjitch in effect placed
d e m o n stra tio n for the nom inee.
H e replied:
m ore th an 700 delegates in the T aft
aid could reach him.
“ ‘I am still try in g diplom acy. I
colum n. E qually im p o rta n t and even
John Golden, drowned in Desplaines
“ T a ft Is A m erican D auphin.”
am sending to Jap an the sh a rp est c o r river while seeking relief from heat.
m ore rem arkable was the final ac
respondence th a t any nation has ever
L ondon, Ju n e 20.— M ost of the ceptance of th is result by the "allies’’
W illiam D ettling, 55 years old, negro,
received; but tell y o u r c o n stitu e n ts crazed by the heat and comm itted sui m orning new spapers and the weeklies w ithout the form ality of a dissen tin g
that, if I cannot get w hat I w ant by cide by drinking P a ris green.
which cam e ’out to d a y p rin te d edi m inority re p o rt and w ithout carry in g
diplom acy, I will g et it by exclusion
W illiam
Hobson, 55 years old, to rials on P re sid e n t R oo sev elt’s tr i the question to th e floor of the con
legislation.’ ’’
dropped dead of h eart failure superin um ph in securing th e nom in atio n of vention for the open fight w hich has
Mr. H ayes did n o t sta te w hether duced by heat.
S e c retary of W ar T a ft for the p resi been long th reaten ed .
the p resence of the fleet in the P a
Baby Gunther, two weeks old, died dency. T h e D aily C hronicle says:
cific w as in any w ay co nnected w ith a t county hospital of heat prostration. “T o save the life of his policies, he
R oosevelt W ould N ot A ccept.
the p re sid e n t’s note to Japan.
Sarah Oskmus, 9 years old, died at loses his life as presid en t. It is an
Chicago, Ju n e 18.— In his speech
Presbyterian hospital, a fte r heat pros in te re stin g p henom enon.” T h e Daily
before the R epublican national con
T estim ony by the Mile.
tration.
G raphic describes Mr. T a ft as an
"A m erican dauphin,” a dding: “ T here ven tio n yesterday. S e n a to r H e n ry
H elena, M ont., June 22.— T he 41
T h e o d o re Jr.* G ets a J o b .
is so m eth in g N apoleonic about this C abot L odge, p erm an en t chairm an of
days’ a rg u m e n t in the case of F red J.
Estelle E. Ely, 13 days old, died at creation of new dyn astic legitim acy the cpnvention, touched on the "th ird
Bliss a g ain st the A naconda C opper
un d er th e S ta rs a n d S trip e s.”
M ining C om pany, know n as the county hospital of h eat prostration.
te rm ” question a fte r review ing the
“sm oke case,” was concluded today
achievem ents of the R epublican p a rty
New York, Juno 23__ The T ribune to
S e n a to r B o ra h W ins.
before F e d e ral Ju d g e W . H. H unt. morrow will say: Theodore Roosevelt,
for the last 50 years and the future
T his is said to be th e longest a rg u
W ash in g to n , Ju n e 17. — S enator o u tlook as com pared w ith the D em o
Jr.,
a
H
arvard
junior,
will
have
his
m ent in the h isto ry of legal c o n tro
B orah has not only got the scalps of cratic party. H e a sserted th a t P re si
versies. T he case w as sta rte d May first experience of work th is summer, D istrict A tto rn e y R uick and M arshal dent R oosevelt's decision to refuse
5, 1905. D u rin g the trial 26,000 pages and will get th a t experience as an em R ounds, of his slate, m en w ho w ere a n o th e r term w as final, and th a t any
of ty p e w ritte n testim o n y w ere taken. ploye in the U nited Steel Corporation.
m an w ho seeks to urge his nom ina
T his a m o u n ted to 6,500,000 w ords. John C. Greenway, who was in the responsible for his recen t indictm ent, tion is no friend of R oosevelt.
he has had the p leasure of pick
Placed line to line the testim o n y Rough R ider regim ent in the Spanish but
ing successors to b o th m en. th e p re si
w ould be 714 m iles long. T h e briefs war, find for whom the president holds dent today a p p o in tin g C. H. L ingen-
C ut O ut O ra to ry .
a hearty friendship, is superintendent
co n sist of 3,000 pages.
felter,
of
L
ew
iston.
U
n
ited
S
tates
C
hicago,
Ju n e 18.— An agreem ent
of the W estern M esaba departm ent of
the Steel C orporation’s ore property, d istric t a tto rn ey , and Shadrock L. was reached to n ig h t by re p re se n ta-
G re a t A m erican C rim e .
H odgin. sheriff of A da c o unty. U nited .ives of all th e candidates by
S ta te s m arshal on sole reco m m en d a w hich the nom in atin g and seconding
Indianapolis, Ind., June 22.—O n e of
^
B a rtn e tt F ound Guilty.
tion of S e n a to r B orah. S e n a to r H ey-
the m ost im p o rta n t m ovem ents in the
for_ P re sid e n t w ill be m a
San Francisco, Ju n e 23.—W alter J. burn was not consulted about either speeches
h isto ry of ra ilro ad has been sta rte d
terially curtailed. T h is a g reem en t is
bv the railro ad com m ission of I n B a rtn e tt, ex vice president of the sus of th ese a p p o in tm en ts.
th a t o nly the nom in atin g speeches
diana to stop w hat W illiam J. W ood, pended California Safe Deposit & T rust
shall be m ade for each candidate, and
R epaint L e tte r B oxes.
of th a t body, term s “the g re a t A m eri company, and ad m inistrator of the es
th a t the long list of seconding
can crim e.” T h is crim e is the k ill
W o rd has reached P o rtla n d from speeches w hich have been h ith e rto
ing and m aim ing of over 10,000 p e r ta te of Mrs. Ellen M. Colton, this a fte r the postoffice d e p a rtm e n t at W ash announced have been abandoned.
sons by A m erican ra ilro ad s a t grade noon was found guilty of embezzling ington, th a t all s tre e t le tte r boxes in
T h e speeches for S e c retary T a ft
cro ssin g s T h e crossings co n sist of securities and bonds owned by the es all cities of the U n ited S ta te s are to will be m ade by T h eo d o re E. B urton,
in te rse ctio n s at grade o f steam ra il ta te to the valne of $31,700. The ju ry be painted a b rig h t scarlet T h e p rin of C leveland, and G eorge A. K night,
roads a n d highw ays, and of steam was out less than 50 m inutes, and cipal reason assig n ed fo r th e use of ofC alifornia,
ra ilro ad s and electric lines F o u r reached a verdict on the first ballot. the b rig h t and a ttra c tiv e color is that
sta te railroad com m issions will assist R artn ett was recommended to the these m ail deposit boxes m ay be d is
C hicago City D ads S n u b b ed .
Mr. W ood.
mercy of the court, and Judge Conley cerned m o re readily. T h ese boxes
C hicago, Ju n e 18.— F ifteen aider-
fixed 10 A. M. June 30 as the time for are now painted in an alum inum color
pronouncing sentence.
P ro s tra te d by H eat.
and are n o t easily located in the m en. som e e m b arrassed and som e a s
stre e ts by m any p e rso n s d esirin g to sured. filed out of the council cham
O ttaw a. K an., Ju n e 22.— F ra n k J.
deposit letters.
S piritu alist F a k e r S e n ten c ed .
b e r th is m orning, the trailing, in g lo ri
H anly, g o v e rn o r of Indiana, was p ro s
Denver, June 23.—Mrs. Leonora
ous finish o f the special m eeting
tra te d by heat w hile a d d ressin g the Pearce, convicted of having obtained a
H e a re t Gain* 109 M ore.
called to p ro te st against the fa i'u re of
O tta w a Chnutauqtta here th is a fte r valuable diamond ring from Mrs. H a r ’ New York. Ju n e 17.—l a the exam the Republican national, com m ittee to
noon
G overnor H a n ly was g iv tn riet Crowe, an aged blind widow, by ination of 155 ballot boxes yesterday furnish the city dads w ith tick ets to
m edical a tte n tio n and assisted to his palm ing herself off as a spiritualist W illiam R. B earst m ade a gain of 109 the convention. It takes 3« to m ake
train. H e sta rte d fo r hom e tonight. capable of restoring sight, was sen votes in the recount of tho disputed a quorum ; hence the sad exit of the
T he g o v e rn o r cam e here d irec t from tenced today to serve three to four m ayoralty retu rn s of 1905, now going 15 w ho had m u stered up courage to
the C hicago convention to a d d ress the years in the sta te penitentiary. Mrs. on before Ju stie e L am bert. N ine hun brave ridicule and a tte n d th e m eeting.
C hautauqua. H e had alm o st finished P e a rc e ’s attorney gave notice of an dred and thirty-aix boxes have been ex
his re m a rk s w hen he was taken ill application to the supreme court for a amined so fa r usd B earst haa gained
P a s t U p Dividends.
supersedeas. It is charge.! th at, in a d 327 votes. There ere 1,012 ballot boxes
and forced to stop.
N ew Y ork. Ju n e 1*.—D ire c to rs of
dition to the ring. Mrs. Pearce secured y et to be examined.
the I j k t E rie ft W e ste rn R ailroad
from Mrs. Crftwe $16,800.
MeneKk Nam e* S u c c e s so r,
C om pany y e sterd a y om itted the sem i
2
,0
0
0
on
Full
Tim
*.
A ddis Abeba. A byssinia, Ju n e 22 —
annual dividend on th e com pany's
T aft’s B ro th o r C om ing to C o a st.
T he question of th e ascension to the
Omaha, Ju n e 17.— Two thouaaad shop p re fe rre d stock. T h e last setni-annnal
8 t. Paul. Ju n e 23.— H enry W. T aft, employes of the Union Pacific Railroad dividend paid w as 2 per cent.
th ro n e of Abyssinia, w hich has been
quiescent for over a year, has been brother of W illiam H. T aft, secretary were yesterday plaeed ea fall tim e,
D ir e c to r r of th e C leveland, Cincin
revived by an official sta te m en t from of w ar and nominee for president, ac a fte r w orking short tim e tia e e Ja n u nati, C hicago ft St. L ouis R ailw ay
K ing M enelik d esignating his g ra n d companied b r Mrs. T aft. Mis« Louise ary 1. At Union P aeifie headquarters C om pany jresterday o m itted th e sem i
son, I.ig Yasu, the 12-year-old son of T aft and W illiam H. T aft. Jr., le ft to it was stated th a t other departm ents annual dividend on the com m on stock.
his d a u g h te r, W aizaru Shoa R ogga, night for Yellowstone P ark , Portland which were eut dowa a few months ago A y e ar ago 2 p e r cent waa d rcla-ed ,
iwiU be augmented about J u ly 1.
and R as M ichael as heir to th e th ro n e end Seattle.
and six m onths ago 1 p e r c e n t
Villages A re D estroyed and H undred*
M ad* H om eless.
D e tro it, Ju n e 22 —F ires in N o rth
ern M ichigan forests, fanned to great
p ro p o rtio n s by the gales of the last
tw o days, have destroyed a t least
th ree villages, rendered h u n d red s
hom eless, sw ept over th o u sa n d s of
acres of tim b e r land and caused d a m
age estim a te d a t about $200,000.
T he heaviest loss has been sus
tained in P resq u e Isle and C heboy
gan
counties,
although
Lelanau,
C harlevoix and O tse g o have also suf
fered.
In m any to w n s today lam ps w ere
lighted, as the sun was obscu red by
the heavy amolde.
T h e v illage of Case, in P re sq u e Isle
county, w as d estroyed today. A spe
cial tra in conveyed the h om eless vil-
'a g e rs to O noaw ay, w here th ey were
sh eltered to n ig h t.
L egande, a little tow n in C heboy
gan c ounty, was also a bandoned to
the flam es to n ig h t. M any w om en and
children w ere tak en in w agons to In
dian River.
W hile a big fire a t W olverine today
was being fought, a forest fire th re a t
ened a n o th e r section of the village.
W hile the W olverine d e p artm e n t was
engaged, a call for aid was received
from R ondeau, th ree m iles north.
T he firem en could n o t leave W ol-
v e rire , a n d R ondeau w as at the m ercy
of t i e flam es. A hotel, several sto res
and louses and the M ichigan C entral
sta tio n w ere burned.
In 1 elanau co u n ty a g re at fire raged
near Pouche. All night the glow of
the fire could be seen at T rav erse
City, 12 m iles away. Several farm
buildings w ere destroyed, and Fan-
n e tt’s big lum ber y ard was w iped out.
Much valuable tim ber was burned.