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i)H ELECTION STATE
LI LODGE WEDNESDAY,
grand encampment met this
h at the Btnto house, with the
ng In tho chnira:
HecKwlth, Portland, grand
ch.
Seoley, Albany, grand high
Ilobterson, Roscburg, grand
I warden-.
Williams, Eugene, grnnd
warden.
election tnkcB'placo at noon,
according to Odd Fellowship
love will probably all be pro-
to a higher chair.
UVrvoimlM nnd Vialtoi-s.
im will have tho 'wo thousand
DEMOCRATS
RED HOT
PLATFORM
ARMOUR
IS BIG
LOSER
IN GOLDEN STATE IN THE CHICACO PIT
BRYAN ENDORSED ASIATIC EX- MILLIONS VANISH WHEN FAM
CLUSION WANT OREGON 1)1
HKOT 1JMARY ENDORSE U.
8. SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE.
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JUMPS IN CORN SHORTS
CAUGHT.
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WT ROBERTSON OF ROSE-
BURG.
Siifor W'uUen of the Grand
lUlliment. Who Vnu Klnvntori
1'iout OpiMixlUon to the OIHw of
Mnl IK irM,t ( ,t. EK'cHJon
to Today.
T8 The lintolo u'ltpn nil full (i
OWlniT Mntlilnv nlt.li Tho
Ijttee were working like benv-
p" miunignt last night and as
s four this morning finding
N HI 1 lodge Is represented by
fe na s, Geo v. Stlckel and W.
PCK ThPV nrrt nlsn rnnrasant.
We Lake encampment.
1 Maeefp iinfvnv nt nnM tiui
P r c' ah ntsomblv.
M V.i s. nniivin w w
A L Hanov did hanl work
terete it on committee meeting
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1 A Li Ilrnwn fra TTnrvAV
er MrS PInrn CarDiicmi nnil
MaP MlrLnv oa l. .,Hn
fOra" B Imi'n l.nnn . vn.l
flv , nlno rrua .it.. ...,.1,1
ueen -,tv nttlro.l In huntlni;
FaSS t fnr thA folno
6"r 1 uluft nrnnnr.ilnno nnt
"TJ, Vf lnealay n 9 o'clock.
:n Mr J n nnvf.v Mm Knn.
POWI) nf Oinvtnn -- i ty,a
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P Wfl'lEh nf Plln TTn.b lQ tha
'f'ecan iio D.i. ..i.
ua ra man frnm Tnhn t f.
i, 'he. n, : ."..- r.r
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;0 wh to advertise Pilot
L p'aw . Geo Wright, P. C.
"on MrB i M sears. Mrs. J. J.
LJoan, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
wJIrs A,,ce Kirk and Mra.
"Wgea are the Albany dele-
t Mo Ho Alllrtf hem nf tlol.a,.
t aalley in yew Park
"jjfcrred tire Degree.
ip- Wfc- . --. a w a,
"-cntlnued onpaBTtenO
(United I'fi'M I.cnued Wire.)
Fresno, Cal., May ID. A. platform
tosmlng with denunciation of tho
Southern Pacific, Instructing unquali
fiedly for Hfyah, "nrst, laBt and nil
tho tlmo," ridiculing the state rail
road commissioners for their '"p"r
tended Investigation of violations of
'aw as pointed out by Hon. Franklin
K. Lane," nnd demanding total ex
clusion of Aitlatlc laborers and Im
mediate tariff reform, was adoptod
by tho Democratic Btnto convontlon
tndny. Tho document Is ono nf the
niont vlgorouH of Its kind, over pre
sented to a California political con
vention. It denounces graft nnd political
corruption.
Declarei for preservation of local
and stnto's r'ghts.
Instructs for nrynn.
Cburges that Southern Pacific hns
corruntcd publln ofilrlals,
DonouuccH tluv lnto railroad com
mission. FavorB granting more power to in
terstate roinmerco commuslon.
Advocate municipal ownership of
pub lo utilities.
Ask reduction of ra'lrond rates.
Favors total oxcluslou of Asiatic
laborers '
Drmands Immedinto revision ofi
the tariff.
Asks vigorous enforcement of!
criminal luw ngalitst trniHts.
(United I'reiH I.emed Wire)
Chicago, May 19. In a spectacu
lar bnttlo in tho corn pit of tho Chi
cago board of trado J. Ogden Ar
mour 1b suld to have lost millions 0
dollars when James A. Patton
squeezed tho big packer, forcing the
yellow corenl iup to 7G cents.
Armour wont down to defeat In his
attempt to cover his locscs by break
ing tho Pntton corner. It Is ronorted
that J. Brandt Walker, tho daring
young speculator who recently made
a vast fortuno In Wall street, Jumped
jnto Monday's fray and dripped great
sums Of money. Then followed a
scrnmblo by tho shorts to find
enough corn to nnke up tholr delin
quency. DecnuBO of tho lack of
grain tho trading wns limited, and
tho shorts could not buy on account
01 pntton refusing to sou.
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RECOMMENDS
DIVORCE OF
VANDERBILTS
(United l'r. I.rafd Wire)
New York, May 1H. If tho courts
Urges consorvatlon of nabural rc-'ftct favorably on tho report of Itof-
juruu uuviu .Mature, wno nan noon
1 taklug ovldenco In tho enso, Mrs. Al-
trou awynno vnnacrbiit will be
granted nn absolute divorce and
?10, 000000 or tho mllhonnlro'R foi
Uiuo may bu set nsldu for tho :ur of
tholr son.
It 1b understood that Mrs. Vnnder
blU haa not mado any request as to
tho amount ehe wishes her husband
to settle an her personally, hut sho Is
qulto Inui'tent In hor demand that nn
enormouB sum should ho given tho
son. Ilernuso it would affect his In-
sources
Favors indopondonco of tho Phil
ippines. Behoves In restrictions of tho pow
er of Injunctlonn.
Favors amendments to tho anti
trust laws as shall entirely oxcludo
'nhor union j from tholr operation
and effect.
Urges nn eight-hour day on pub'Jc
work, law to prevont tho employ
ment of children of Imtnnturo years,
nn adequate naval forco for tho Pa
cific, election of united Ktatea son
tor by direct vote of tho people, a como at this tlmo, Vandorhllt Is try
direct primary law Blmlllar to thej,ne ta 'Prevent any action looking 0
'aw now In force In Oregon, and In- ? nnrrnn"rect'n,R "m to llan ,w,tn
structs the delegate to the nntlonnl' 0.000,000. His Inoorno has boon
convention to endeavor to secure tho reduced to 1800.000 durjug tho pajt
ewtlon of Theodore Bell as chair- 'ear, Ilowevor, ho has Instructed his
man of that gathering. KnTiXZrNL t0 '"8 Wlf '1,500,
As the result of ono of tho most,00 In securities.
burning Indlctmonts evor hfnrd on
the floor of a California Democratic BOOSEVELT AND TAFT
convention, R. F. Goings nnd Eddloi OPPOSE MUHHOWS
Morris of Lo? Angeles will no longer, wnnungion, way ia. rresmoni
FATAL
END OF
REVELRY
AOTORUNSOFFBANK
j ;
I'UETTV GIRIi FATALLY IHJUT
WHEN DUUNKEN CHAUFFEUR
DRIVES MACHINE OVER CLIFF
IN 'FRISCO.
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Snn FrunclBco, May 10. Bertha
Ruyze, a benfatlfut 18-yenr-old girl,
Is dying nnd u chauffeur, who Rnys
his name Is Ave Morvln, will not sur
vive the day ns the culmination of n
night of revelry which resulted In nn
Intoxlcnted chauffeur driving nn ntt
tomobllc ovor n high embankment,
the innchino turning turtle and pin
nliiKthe 11 vp occupants boneath It on
4 he ficena bench, at 3 o'clock thu
morsHng.
Insthc innchino wcro Mlti Huvzo.
Moryin Anita. Brbwin H. C. Wllllajns
and''Vhe- chauffer,- who'1dlwrrfr'el
aft or' the accident. With tho excep
tion of thu Kuyzo girl all of thu
names given nro fictitious as shown
by Hiiuseq'.ient investigation.
Tho merry party nftor riding
about town for sevornl hours made
Its way toward tho ocean bench, tak
ing In all tho reiorti that lino thu
thoroughfare.
Boou after Btnrtlng for tho city nt
n point whoro n turn must bo made
to avoid plunging over nn ombank
muut to tho beach, wns reachod.
But the mun who was driving was
apparently unfamiliar with the road
and Instead of turning sharplyito the
right allowed tho innchino to con
tinue ctrnlght ahead with tho resuH
that It left tho main highway, turn
ed completely ovor nnd pinned the
occupants boncnth. Their plight
sns discovered by another n'ltomo
btllst, wlu summoned nsslstnnco and
tho unfortunates w.ore released.
The Ruyze girl' sufferod a com
pound frarturo of tho nose, lacerated
wound of tho scalp, a poslblo frac
tured skull, besides numcrouit
ahrnfilons about the body. Mu-vln
rwjelvcd n fractured right arm,
punctured wound of tho loft log, con
tuxlonn of tho right shoulder, com
pound frncturo of tho nose and a
compound frarturo of tho skull. No
hopo Is held out for either.
Tho other members of tho party
wrro treated for minor Injuries.
On Mi'rvln'B person wero found
ltttors nnd papers which would lend
to tho belief that his right namo is
Paul Kumerer.
BILLION
DOLLAR
SESSION
OF II. S. CONGRESS
APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL $ 1,02(1,.
000 PROBABLK DEFICIT; RE
TWEEN 915,000,0O0 AND $175,.
000,000 HOUSE WARNED.
(United I'rett l.onxxl Wire )
Washington, May 19. Congress
will havo appropriated tho enormous
r.itn of $1,020,000,000 beroro tho
proiont sos?lon ends, thereby earning
thu tltlo of tho "billion dollar con-gross."
There Is ovory Indication, too, that
ono result of this will be a deficit of
betweou $125,000,000 and $175,
000,000. Nevor befofo has any congress
voted such heavy appropriations at
a slnglo session. This money is for
RIOTING
GOES ON
IN OHIO
CARS ARE STONEH
POLICE RUSH TO RESCUE OF
"SCABS" CAR ItUNS INTO EX-PLOSIVE-A'O
ONE BADLY 1
.1URED.
uppropria'lon committee, dcclnrd In
tholr opinion, they will reach tho
$900,000,000 mark, nnd no higher
Tho house linn been warned by
Chnlrmnn Tnwney, of tho houso com
mltteo, that tho surplus now In tho
treasury will be wiped out by Juno
30, 1904), m at tho end of tho fiscal
yenr there will bo n deficit of nenrly
$05,000,000.
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KILLED, BY
BURSTING
OF CANNON
be recognized ns members of thnt
party. What "Silver Dick" Warner,
of thp Los Angeles delegation, would
have failed to accomplish, as lie
faced tho hisses and cat ca'ls of a
disorderly aHsomblage in pleading
for the support of his resolution un
seating the two men nnd expelling
hem from the party. Theodore A.
Bell carried through by an almost
unanimous vote.
When Bell finished his stirring
fweech against railroad control of
Callforn'a politics nnd denounced
Going? as nn example of a corpora
tion tool, tho conventlo ncheered to
ctho and not half a dozen voices
were cast In favor of the? recognition
of Goings and Morris as Democrat.
To CIoms i Honor of Fleet.
Unltel Treji I.aed Wire.)
Cflott'A. Mav 19. The banks of
this city will close Tuesday. May 2C.
owing to the big parade and recep
tion which Is to be given tho Atlan
tlo fleet on the last day of the visit
bere. , ,
Big Crowds pomlng.
The railroads are rushing extia
passenger coaches west In which to
handle the large crowds from the
northwest which will visit .Seattle
during the visit of the Atlantic fleet.
Over 400 extra cars have been dis
tributed throughout Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington
Roosevelt and Secretary of War Tnft
aro greatly disappointed In tho se
lection of Sonator Burrows of Michi
gan to bo tho temporary presiding
officer of tho Chicago Republican
convoutldn asserts Wnltor Wollmuu.
tho political writer. Tho speech of
the temporary chairman, as the first
offlc'nl utterance of the party In con
vention assembled, is an Importnut
tnsk. So much oppose' Is Roosevelt
to tne Foleotlon of Burrow, d'ares
Wellman, that ho v. Ill not submit to
It if he has tho power,
o
STEA.MER PROBABLY HAD
"2il" SIGN ABOARD
San Francisco, May 19. The
stoamer State of California, from
Port'nnJ and Astoria which was or
dered Into quarantine upon her ar
rival Monday afternoon because a
case of smallpox was found on board
Is being fumigated todny and will be
releaied this evening
Bad luck attonded the voyage of
th California from the north. Soon
after leaving Astoria she ran Into a
southeaster and for 1C hours plunged
and rolled off the rock-bound coast,
with the result that her cargo shifted
Then II. Chester, a cabin passen
ger, and a tailor by trade, Jumped
overboard, taking his cult case with
him.
When the California reached .the
Angoi inland quarantine &tat!on.John
Boyle, 60 years old. a cabin passen
ger, was found to have smallpox.
RUFFIANS KILL
WOMAN'S PROTECTOR
(United ITm Leaned Wire.)
Chicago, May 19. Frank Knight
is dead today, the victim of an asass
'n, because he volunteered to pro
toct n woman from the Insults of a
band of Greek ruffians.
Knight was walking on a South
kM ret with a party of friends of
ll)i oung woman was a mem
br A they approached n strte
corner they pime-d a crowd of
O'eeks, one of whom Insulted the
woman Knight struck the offender
r. sMnglng blow, knocking him
down, ond then ran undor n vlnd'irt
to escape the ruffians. !I was board
log a car whn the mnn ho fo'Ied
with hi fist thrust the point of n
dagger Into his breat. As Knight
fell over bleeding and dying tho
Greeks took to their heels nnd havo
not been captured. The woman wit
nessed the tragedy.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
I1Y HANKOW RIOTERS
ToUlo, May 19. The rioting in
Hankow, which began ten days ago,
has been suppressed. The damage to
nrniiArtv Inftlnturt liv thtt rlnff-rn
amounts to 500.000 yen Many por- forenco, on what he thinks Incites
ons wero willed and wounded. I arson murtier anu aseninmiuu.
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
VS.
(United I'reM Lrasril Wire.)
Clovclnnd, O., May , l&. Rtatlnc
today continued to mark the prox
rets of tho streotBcar tytrlkc, though
tho ond of tho troiiblo secnis to bu In
sight,
In ninny.-Instances cars and the
crcwB thnt man thorn Wero stoned,,
but tho polled were bo quickly on
the scene that serious disorders did'
not result. In one part of the city a
streetcar collided with an expjestv
that had boon placed on the track
and was badly dnniRKed. twt no onu
tho AschI year beginning July 1,1 war. Injured, It Is hoped and oxpect-
lBOSr-' AlthoHh..tfls toe-MrJyiuuj en. iHVreA wiu.Krow--owt-or a.coi
inako predictions nl to tho" dofinlto; forenco being hold today botweeu
ninoiint nf tho revenues dnrlnc thai members of tho statfl board of arbl-
period, some of tho members of triti 1 tratJon, union officials and offlrlala ot
mo iuuuicipai 1 motion company.
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licet on Wy North.
(United I'rew Leaned Wire.) .'
On Board V, S. S. 0mrgla, at 8?a.
wireless to Maro Island, Cal., May 19
Iong rolling seas ami a heavy fo
mndo tho momlnur run of tho At
limtlc huttlo'hlp fieot n dlHagreeab!
ono. In tho afternoon the fog Jlfted
a hit, but tho fens continued heavy,
nnd tho nhips stoameil nt about an
8-knot sped At nlcht tho wonttiAr
clenred nnd tho speed was lncrease.1
o 12 knots. Tho fleet I prorcfldliflc
In lino of squadron,
Whllo tho temporary rulcf fror
oclnl duty Is welcomed, couilderuhln
Interest Is being manifested In th'e
visit to tho north roast.
But few nhsentees wero renortod
on leaving Snn Francisco and It U
exrK'cted that tin majority of thosv
loft behind will toko trnln to Uie
north nnd Join tholr ships.
Tho fleet tenmod ha f(ir Inshorei
ns It could with safety and whosi
night foil tho wny wns blnxetl by
huge bonfires, beacon lights of pa
triotism, burning on the hill top
nnd on tho shore. With tho glnHso
the forms of men, women nnd chil
dren could bo mndo out, dancing In
front of tho flreB and waving tholr
arms. Tho sight was a weird ono
and kept many ofilcerH on deck until,
n Into hour. Until dnybrenk tho fire
twirnod nil tho wny up tho const.
On Board U fl. H (loorgo, by wlro
los to Table Bluff, Cal, Mny 19
On a rough sen that mudo It Impos
sible for small cYnft to go out and
meet thorn, the 10 tmtt'oihlpg under
Admiral Sperry's command maneu
vered outside of Humboldt bnr to
day In tho prosunco of thousands of
pooplo, ninny of whom had been
standing out In the drenching rain
since early morning Th- rnln wns
Pouring down when tho fleet started
tawnrd tho bnr, the gnat uhlpB drop
ping cit of squadron formation Into
ono long lino. In this formation tliev
circled In then but, again dropping
Into squndron formation a tiny
stood out to sen
At 11 o'clock the wonther was
fair, but the sen was the himvlost 011
countemd ioc tho fleet loft Hamil
ton Bonds.
Just before tho fleet stood out to
sen wlrule groetlngi wore ox
chang 'd with the chnmbor of com
merce of Eureka.
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Dcrn.VKi: scores in
LAND FRAUD CASE
Washington, Mny 19 Tho do
fenso lost a wrong point lu today'i
proceedings of tjio Hyde-Benson Innd
fraud case when tho court refused to
Mrlko from tho records tho ovldoncu
of J. F. Shearman, handwriting ex
pert, who t'-fltlfled to tho alleged
fraudulent character of tho applies
tlons for laud purchases that passed
through Hyde's ofilco In Snn Francesco.
Ono Dead Four Serious y Injured
mid Several Slightly Hurt.
(United I'rrm I.euxed Wire.)
Ferndale, Cal., May 10. Whllo
firing snlute to Admiral Bperry'B bat
tleahlps which passed hero nt 9:30
this morning, n cannon posted on
tho bench nanr Centervillo, flvo miles
from here, exploded Instantly killing
Isnno Davis nnd corlo-isly Injuring
thrco women and n boy and slightly
Injuring sovernl others Tho can
non was an old one, having boon
used hero for 30 years,
POSTMASTER
GENERAL IS
NOW CENSOR
(United I'riiit) I.ettNel Wire I
Washington, May 19. Unprece
dented power to censor tho press am)
oxorclso his own dhcrutlon as to
what, in his opinion, cuntititutes Im
proper mailing mntter Is given the
postmaster general In the amend
ment to tho postolllce appropriation
bl'l as It was "fixed" In committee
conforonce.
Tho nmondmont authorizes tho
head of the government's postolllce
department to throw from the main
any papers whose editorials nro not
to his liking, nnd editorials inciting
anion, murder and usnsslnntlon aro
claused with "Indecent" matter As
tho amendment Is worded at pres
ent, the postmaster genernl cannot
only keop such matters from going
through tho malls but he can rule
alone, without nsslstnnco or Inter-
PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
GHH3 called at 3:15.
Wt'dn-HJy. May aotli.
ADMISSION 9Sc.
Willamette Field.
GRANDSTAND 10c.
The recontly started building or
American republic Is bringing in
many Inquiries to Washington from
all over the western helsphoro front
Interested merchants,
j