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Show Police World is More aid the the List Swells Stiil aid More Horrified, While the lake Streioois Efforts to Roi to Earth the Fieidish Criminals, Who Herder aid Mutilate Womea aid no other berths were procurable. The shipmasters have struck and were rethat First avenue, betren fusing to load. It waa probable clauses enacted for SStwih and Fourteenth etreete le the objectionable Over 06 will be modified. a freaa locally, gave up today myste-rio- u penalties were lying idle tt Newvessels the ailing ia atrocity rivaling Wcherwe of lnat week. Thed castle when the Manuka sailed. victim waa an eight-SSSlATLANTIC FLEET GOES TO PAslri. and, like the wo young CIFIC. been had ahe murdered, before death and the JS? mutilated when life waa eu-- Ne Protest Exists, as They Remain in American Waters. are atriklngly The three murder Oyster Bay, Aug. 1. Secretary Loeb Lnat Thursday night, a Imllar. said today there had been no change Twenty-Moon- d woman waa atrangled in a Atlantic batatreet boarding houae ; the neat In the plans to send the ocean and to Pacific the fleet unldentl-do- g tleship erf a atlll morning the body the necessary preparations for that to choked been had who woman, the trip are now being made by the death, wae found lu an areaway in r Pritach-lenavy department. Upon their comKatie gut Nineteenth street restaurant waiter, pletion and approval by the presidaughter of a and wae dent, the voyage will be begun when week a today ago appeared A ribbon placed the president gives the word. killed that night. Mr. Loeb made this statement Inciabout the throat and drawn so tightly by aaylng that there wae no she how dentally showed flesh cut It the ihit foundation for the report that Secredied. He body was found today. Metcalf had been or would be If the brutality of the murder can tary to resign from (be caldnet beasked Prltechler the of girl be qualified, that cause bis announcement that the of was eeaaulted, She ) ranks first fleet would be In San Francisco harbor and then her llfeleaa form wae In the near future. Mr. Loeb said horribly mutilated. It name there waa no reason for criticising The graveyard" takes Secretary Metcalf on account of his from the proximity of the old ThirtLoeb'a announcement. Secretary eenth street cemetery, and the lo- statement that tha fleet will go to the several scene of the been has cality Farlfic Is regarded here as significant revolting murders. The majority of aa being the first direct announceThe are residents foreigners. the ment to that effect made at Oyater discovwae techier Prl Kaile of body ered today within a block of her home, Bay. No protest has been received from '. and scarcely a hundred yards from the location of a placard placed by the the Japanese government against the to send the Atlantic battleship father, calling attention to the fact plan none is exthat his child wss lost How the body fleet to the Pactfle and could have remained undiscovered for pected. it la pointed out here that no haste exists for protest or complaint, week le not esplalnad. The body iay.npon a .bprry crate, as the fleet le to remain In American hath eeamlefiiri aawalfrtH af.srasas h ment COMPTROLLERS REPORT. "You can say for me," Conner declared, "that the e rimes In Berlin, of which the newspapers have Monthly Statement Shews Decrease In Circulation. told, have not been part as had as the murder of this little Washington. Aug. I.-- The monthly girl" the At the coroner's direction, Gaetano circulation statement issued by Rlppolano, whose cobbler shop adjoins comptroller of the currency ahowe that (he girl's home, was arrested and at the close of business July 81, 1807, asked to explain his absence from his the total circulation of national bank ibop last Friday. He established the nates wae 1608(895,886, which was an fact that he had spent the day at increase for the year of 841.914,841, Bristol, Conn. The girl Is said to have dan a decrease for the month of 1392,-80Thin is the first time in nearly frequented Rlppolanos place, and 'a search of the shop brought to light a four yeara that a monthly atatement mu's shirt, which bora red atalns. has shown a decrease In the circulaThe eobbler was arrested and re- tion outstanding. The amount of cirmanded to the coroner. Glueeeppe culation based on the U. B. bonds was Bonfhnto, Rlppolano' partner, wae 8555,023,290, which le an Increase for and a dequestioned, but threw little light on the year of 838,440,891 the case and waa. not detained. The crease for the month of 8547,591. The circulation secured by lawful police also began a search for a woman who la said to have formerly roomed money amounted to 848,372.596, whlih the Pri techier home, bnt who left Is an Increase for the year of 83c thers after a quarrel and took lodg-g- s 464.950, and an Increase fur the month In the house where the 8154.787. glrla oT The amount of bomla on deposit to budy was found. When news of the finding of the secure circulating notes waa 9558r body spread through the 582,550 and to secure public deposits I neighborhood, excitement rose such 8168,536,485. . I sndpttPh that the removal of theto body the arrest of Rlppolano censed MARQUETTE DESTROYED. a riot. Many thousands of per-o- n were In the Agent When nearby streets when Operator Wss Notifying Wire Failed. tJ TJ0 From the morgue arrived, at fight of the covered body the crowd ted Its grief and Wichita, Kan., Aug. 1. All effort! rage In a babel The police were com- to reach Marquette are reported to a tornado pelled to use force to get through the have been destroyed by teleroet. Boon afterward of tbls evening, by telegraph orPacific arrest the me eobhler became known end the phone failed. The Missouri at Marcmwfl charged the prisoner's shop, Ballway telegraph operator mppniano had been safely removed to quette wae notifying the agent at west of there, that the depot 7 button house, bnt hie shop wln-ee- Genesee, were smashed and only the deter-ne- d was almost destroyed by wind and front of the police reserves, that three inches of water stood In tabbed right and left, prevented the depot when the wire failed. Wrier damage. McPherson, some distance east of 1" Kuemlcho, the Russian watcb-t-, Marquette, waa reached by telephone. -ur,ler arrest as a suspicious per- - That place .had heard the report, but communicate with Mar ,ln1 who Is said to been could not AH other wires are down. a the company of toe have queite. whose girl Marqnette waa destroyed by a torJby was found In the areaway on nado In 1905, twenty-aevepersons mfh was remanded street, 2? today vKbout bail until killed, and over a hundred and being clue No Saturday. we murder In Twenty-seconstreet fifty Injured. ircured today. tt w o decided to hold BERNHARDT LEFT OUT. for examination. Dora Meesner. ' to have been seen In the J! Paris, Aug. 1. The Associated Press psny of the cobbler, waa arrested learns from an authoritative eonree wifness. She wae arraigned in that the name cf Sarah Bernhardt, In ,h 11 CUrt and held for th spite of the reports that have been oner current for a year or more, la not to be Included In the forthcoming list of AUSTRALIAN new members of the Legion of honor. STEAMER NEWS. Tile York, Aug. 1. fa( ? j- the foreign populated nelgh-- 3. mur-friere- d. . Har-hurg- 1 4. o'1 al-m- w n f,t7 Bon-wat- Thi Manuk In New Reporu Hebrides Strike InFighting . Newcastle. erIr' he' B C.. July SI. -Ts. which reached port this irfsJfc!! from Australia brought news 5lnR In the New Hebrides, In stearo-Manuk- l.lrkK'llnter between the Hebrides e,ir!V,n.d Punitive expedition land-- o British cruiser Cambrian, traiwS tlw mu',leT oF European tnT.I.he M0 hilled one blue Jack- wousdlV lip."1 ' 1ndln prtjr md on roceived from the tl1 Foundering erf the 'rhoooer Charles and Ella In Captain Warner and of ,.rtran. crew being drowned. . eight ,pamer Manuka brought news unique of strikes prevail-,1- ,, tnr . ?.' WCBptle, a strike of sailing 8trinsent port regulations have t?ac,ed Providing penalties ''.rating ,o 157 pounds dally If revere left at the coal wbsrf while h ROSTAND'S CRITICAL CONDITION. Cambo, France, Aug. 1. Edmond Rostand, the poet and playwright. Is offering from pelrle abscess. The attending physicians, however, have expressed the opinion that his condition la satisfactory and that an operation will not be necessary. RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES. rule, with hardly an exception, that each July shows a deficit A year ago it was about 811.500,000. The receipts from customs last month amouu-te- d to 828,836,448, which Is nearly in excess of July, 1906. Interns revenue, 632.840,304; increase, 8738.000. Miscellaneous, 64.229,712; Increase, 9210.000. The expenditures for July, 1907. aggregate almost exactly 61.000.000 more than for July, 1906, the reduo-done being balanced by nearly 84.-- ! 000,000 Increase on account of con struetkm of the Panama canaL NEW CABLE FINISHED. Sends Congratulatory sage to President Scrymser. Roosevelt Mae- - New York, Aug. 1. The new direct cable from New York to Colon, was opened for business today, by the Central and South American Cable company. Incident to the opening, President Roosevelt sent the following congratulatory message fnyfl Oyster Bay to James A. Scrymser, president of tha company: 'I am glad to receive your telegram and to learn that the Central and South American Telegraph company has completed the laying of the Pun-ara- a, Ion cable. As president of the United States,- - It Is my duty to aid in all proper wave a work ao important to the government, end I was glad to be able to do so." WERE ILLEGAL. Cleveland. Aug. 1. A special meet-lu- g of the city council held tonight a curative ordinance wae introduced and KM0 the first, reading,. which rnea-- l grants act!' and amends ail of the heretofore made to the tfaree-cen- t The restreet railway companies. medial measure la the result of recent decisions of Judge Phillips and Judge Chapman In common pleas court. In which all former franchises were held to be Illegal. The legislation will be rushed through this week. i 1 j TTSSJi t Prince Tl war dtfp,jr. nffectod tm hearing that forty Korean soldiers had THEfLAfi J - been killed or wuundej while restating an attempt of the Japanese to disarm the Korean army. "The death of there soldier." declared the prince, "marks the baptism In blood cf Korea's final efforts to throw off Japan's domination. Tue Korean army will reaist Japan's disarmament steps to tbs (ant, and Korea. responding to a great national entlment, will rise up and fight for her liberty." HAGUE DEBATE. Extension OF PEACE Pittsburg, Aug. 1. The flag nf peace ha been unfurled In connection with the differences of the 14,000 miners employed in tne Pittsburg district and the Pittsburg Coal company. On the initiative of the Pittsburg Coal company, a conference will be held tomorrow, at which it le thought very probable they will be adjusted. President Feeban of the Miners union, following his declaration of last nlirht, that a strike would be called within a short time, today received a letter from me officials of the Pittsburg Coal cam piny, asking that a meeting ba held tomorrow to talk mat- -ters over. President Feehan Immediately made the necessary arrange-- 1 ments for tbe conference as far ae the men are concerned. The letter received by PrefeiHent Feehan from the Pittsburg Coal company elites that If any agreements have been violated, the company is ready to remedy the wronge and treat with their employees as they have always done In the past. The entire situation appears optimistic tonight, and It Is believed there will be no strike. OFFICER'S BODY FOUNa of Arbitration Armaments, to Limit ( Tbe Hague, Aug. 1j In tbe opening debate today upua the subject of general arbitration before the special committee dealing with this matter, M. About (Netherlands) expressed tha opinion that the extension of arbitration was the only practical way to bring about limitation of armaments Joa. H. Choate and James B. Bcdtt, of tbe American delegation, then reviewed at length tbe American proposition tbe dealing with arbitration from standpoint of humanity as well ae of international law. Germany, Great Britain and Mexico supported the American proposition, Situation Now Optimistic and it is Believed There Will be no Strike RIOTB. Popular Excitement on Account of Im- moralities. riots Turin, Aug.l The which have broken out In north western Italy are largely a result of popular excitement, following the publication of certain alleged revolting and Immoral practices of the Baleslan fathers of Varesse. This exposure wae printed In L'Avoro end In It pupils of the school maintained by tha fathers described tbe rites performed dally st which they called the "Black Manses" at whlcgh the priests and slaters were present and which the scholars gy they, were forced to attend. The echonl has hem closed and the pupils sent to their homes. A crowd sacked the church at Varesse night and stoned the convent of the Baleriane. JACK THE gLASHER. anti-cleric- ! j j llt Denver, Aug. I. A Jack" the Slasher" wae arrested In this city today after he had alaahed the dresses of on the nearly thirty women and girls etreete. He was esnght In the act and when searched a keen knife and a number of bits of slashed dresses were found on his person. He gave BL Petersburg, Aug. 1. Tbe body hi name aa Peter Magoffin and hls ocof another officer who went up In the cupation aa laborer. He could not exJuly plain his actions military balloon at Tsarakoe-Selo- , 19, had been picked up at sea. There were four officers in the balloon when It went' up. . Flour days later the balloon itself was found empty and water25,000 RANSOM PAID. i logged at sen. and one body was discovered floating In the Gulf of FinAug. 1. The ring Salonika, land on July 2. Evidence lu the posleaders of the band which kidsession of General Kovauk, in comnaped Robert Abbott from his mand at the aeronautic park, shows father's home on March 24 last, taht the four officers drew lots and have been captured and confesthe threw into themselves successively sed their gnlli. Seventy-!l- e the to water in order reduce weight thousand dollar waa the ranof the airship and keep it up as king som paid to ibe kidnapers for as possible. This explains why the the young man's release and a bodies are being picked up so fsr large part of tbe ransom has been recovered. The British part government has already InsistNOVELIST DEAD. ed that the ranfom bo repaid Londoa.Aug. 1. David Christie Murby the Turkish government. ray, the novelist, died here this afterAn Empty Washington, Aug. 1. The comparative monthly statement of the government's receiving end expenses I enea today shows that for the month of July, 1907. the total receipts were 855.906,465 and the disbursements leaving a deficit for the month of abont 811.000.000. This deficit is explained by the fact that at the beginning of the flacal year nearly all of the appropriations made at tbe lst session of congress become available and large same are Immediately withIt Is a non. drawn from the treasury. N'orlh Charles A. Cosy Arrive From Chicago Bound Leaves the Track TuLlo, Aug. 2. WitaShe exception of an unsuccessful atfarit upon the Japanese troepa yeatead) , by some disbanded Korean sold tor, which resulted in slight csMuwiet on both Idea, the Japanese losQig one officer, a general calm is repeated in BeouL The disbanding of Korean troops does not apply tu tbe eat guards, tbs court being Allowed to Retain six battalions out of consideration of Im' perial prestige. It Is believed that lack of ammunition by the dissl cted soldiers, coupled with tha strict! t surveillance on tbe part of the Ja anew authorities, will prevent rlninifi. os aa extensive scale. According to official if porta received j by General Hxeegawa p to 9 o'ckick this evening, there wen 120 casualties among the Koreans as result of the riots growing out of t disbandment of the Korean troops. j Marquis Ito, In h!a audience slth the emperor this afternoon, assured the emperor of his complete safety. Man quls lto provided the foreign consulates with guards tonight as a precau. tion for safety. The Japanese military lake the j credit for a prompt suppression of an outbreak, having prepared to suppress all garrisons In tha event of a sympathetic uprising. ' The Imprisonment 6t fugitives from the Bhiwa regiments ouuinuea. The remainder of the Korean army distributed throughout the country will be dtalianded as fast he the Imperial rescript readies th different stations. Nn trouble is antlripatjed. The real-degeneral regards the nraent question, that relating to abdication, settled, and believes thaf an army of 7,060 Japanese Is sufficient to maintain t . order. , From Red Mother and Relatives With Lively Scramble st Miles Rock Troops Canss Are Promptly ; Children. FRANCHISES Seven Disband i Tells the Pitiful Story. Balloon ooooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Kansas City. Aug. I. The funeral City, Kan., Aug. N'orth-bflusFr passenger train No. of Miss lotura Matthews, who died track and went into tbe from a pistol wound at Colorado miles from Red Rock, Springs, will be held In this city toUkla., this morning, killing the en- morrow. Charles A. Coey, the Chigineer and wounding numerous pas- cago manufacturer, with wlmni aha had sengers. A roach, chair car and bag- carried on correspondence ; Mrs. Jengage car aa well re the engine went nie Matthews, mother of the girl, and into the ditch. other relatives arrived here from ChiThe dead: cago tonight. They insist that Mias I. C. Mock, engineer. Arkansas Matthews did not commit suicide, bnt waa murdered. After the funeral Mr. City. Kan., scalded to death Coey will gu to Colorado Hpringa to Injured : J. Kunxer. fireman, Arkansas make a thorough Investigation of the tKMiting. City; scalded about the legs; serious. Mrs. W. 14. Vivian. Bradford, 11L; The body of the dead girl will arback sprained; Internal injuriea. rive her tomorrow morning at 9:45 Beryl Owens. Denver; shoulder bad- o'clock over the Rock Island. Mr. Coey tonight axltl that ha had ly sprained ; collar bone broken. Robert H. Wood, Blackwell, OkL, never sent any money to Miss a at Colorado Hpringa, but that right arm cut. Bessie Bifford, Newkirk, Ok la., right ho had sent 9300 to defray her funeral temple cut. expen aea there, aa hs would do for Isaac Johnson, Feorls, III., right any close friend. He waa bitter In hla chest and right arm bruised. denunciation of the testimony Miss Joseph Buford, Okluhoma City, ab- Green, tha nuras, la alleged to havs domen bruised; serious. given before the coroner. Hs said ho A. F. Rankin. Perkins, Okla.; back never knew Rumbsugh and had never heard of hliu until after Miss Matsprained; serious. Mrs. A. F. Rankin, Perkins. Okla.; thews death. He expressed tha belief taht ths girl was murdered by right arm, leg and head bruised. Ollie Smith, Wellington, Kansas; Hs raid that hs haj written to MIm Matthews, urging her to coma right aide bruised. 14. C. Bradshaw, Bliss, .Okla.; right bark to Chicago, and that aha In a arm aud shoulder torn. letter to her mother had Indicated her j Oklahoma Charles Cole, City, bands intention of leaving fur Chicago soon. cut. and that ahe Intended to atop off at Bus Goss, right hip bruised. Kanins City for a few days to visit Maud OoM. left shoulder bruised. with her mother. Mr. Coey said that Ruth Taggart.tGulherte, Okla.; ser- he Invited the greatest publicity for! his letters to Miss Matthews, as iously cut under'rigbt eye. . The most seriously Injured ere be- all reflected credit uixra himself. they He ' ing cared for In a huapllal here. Those aid that he was not engaged to tha able to travel rouliuned their journey. girl, but was her ardent admirer. A number of others were ouly slightly Nell G. Msnson, brother-in-laof hurt. the dead girl, said that thsy bad coma to Kansas City, Kansas, especially to escape newspaper reporters. Ha said HAM INVESTIGATION. DEVILED ha had bssa Interview sd by fllty-nlnsines last Monday night and ' Washington, Aug. 1. A shipment of Irponera deviled ham from the United States that his boms wss squtlimally Man-so- n by newspaper man. Mr. has lieen held up by tbe aiilboritJee at. was slopping st the same hotel le It os because, alleged, with Mr. Butyt Ayres Coey, and their rooms wars the meat contains boras. Tbe matter connected. The warmest friendship !is being Investigated. exists between them. Mr. Coey gave out tbe following letter .from Mrs. Matthews, written today: "My Dear Mr. Coey: Allow ms to ' extend my heartfelt thanks to you for tbe courtesies, help and condolence you hive extended to ms during my late trouble. Alluw ms to further say that there Is not a doubt In my mind tabt Laura did not commit suicide; If It was such. It was not caused in sny way wlib tbs report that you had broken an engagement. Being thrown, aa I have been, with you for the past few days. I think I have had a spies-di- d opportunity to study you perfectly, aud 1 know that you feel the blow greatly and have suffered from tbs effect! as much as myself, aud further, from talhi both mvself and Mr. Second Body Within a Man son havs bad with you. ws are both satisfied that' you are entirely Week blameless for the sad ending. Found With "Again thanking you and extending my sympathy to yon, and never mind Ears Cut off. what the newspapers may say, I always want you to bear ia mind that ' Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 1. you stand very honorable In my esWith ears hacked from the head, tbe teem, and fur my dear jlttlo daughtrunk aud one arm pierced with four j ters sake I know a crown awaits you bullets, teeth knocked out, the mouth In the Great Beyond. "Sincerely your tricnJ. bruised, and dotted blood formed upon "JENNIE MATTHEWS." the lips, the body of Wilbur Gunretii. Is to have who a barber, supposed KING AND EMPIRE MEET. come to Oklahoma City a short time ago from Seminole, I. T., was found at 2 o'clock this afternoon, three miles Rsconcliation Between King Edward and Emperor William Hoped For. west of the dty on the Tenth street livroad, by G. F. Applegate, a farmer dlacov-ere.Vienna, Ang. 1. The meeting of ing near where tbe body was King Edward nod Emperor Francis This Is the second body that has Joseph at Ichl. on Augunt 15, la of been found near Oklahoma City within high political importance. In addition tbe last wees with the ears cut off to diocuaslng any International quesand tbe police are working on tbe tions, It la stated that Emperor Frantheory that a secret society, formed cis Joseph will asaume tbe .role of to wreak horrible vengeance oa its Intermediary to bring about a final in and near reconcllatlon between King Edward enemies, Is operating and Emperor William of Germany, Oklahoma City. A brother, Charles Gunretb, 535 while the reconclllatory policy will culstreet, Chicago, has minate In an endeavor to eatabliah an East Blxty-thlrentente between tbe two groups of been notified. powers, headed by Great Britain and France on the one side and Germany PEARY STARTS NORTH. and Austria on ths other, for which Portland, Me., Aug. 1. Commander purpose King Edward ia seeking tbe Robert E. Peary, who Is staying with assistance of the two emperora. hie family at Eagle Island, stated toFORGER RAPIER ARRESTED. day that he will start for New York, and then for tbe north, just as soon Denver. Aug. 1. The secret service the boilers sr cinstalled In the department of the federal government Roosevelt,- He could not state definitely when that will be, but hopea to ia this city has received a telegram tart within a week. He expects to toting that Bluford Rapier bad been be in winter quarters by September S. arrested in Arisons on the charge of (Commander Peary said that he bad ac- conspiracy to forge government obliIdes, and that gations in the form of disbursing quired no be knowa just what, he needa and will check for the reclamation service. Hi! lake that and nothing more. None of is the last of the Arizona men implicated In the-- e charges, two others bis family ia going with him. now curving penitentiary sentences PUBLIC DEBT DECREASED. and another has boon convicted. The men convicted stole two thousand Washington. Aug. 1. The monthly rheckx that were destined for the restatement of the public debt abowa clamation service. that at the dose of buoiners. Julr NEW CRUISER COMMISSIONED. 31. 1967. the debt amouned to which was a ilecreaRe for Vallejo. Cnl.. Ang. J. With' approthe ironth of nearly 92l.(M6.uiq. which priate ceremonies the new cruiser Calia due to the redemption cf four per ifornia. rerertly completed, was platcent Ik. u (Is which matured on July ed in ccnmlsilou today. Captain Thowill command the 1. Payment on this and other ac- rn? a S. Phc-pcounts reduced the amo'tnt of cash on cruhcr. The California I the finest vmum; thet ever came to this yard, hand by a little v?r 83n,on,tc. nt of 13.COO tors having . Clrplicem-l. cf LIMA CA?INET .'rr.GNS. end an Indicated horeep-iwe- r he will J ln the Pacific rquad- L!:ra. Pert. Aeg- 1 The cabinet resigned lodr.y. Arkansas Bate 116 left the ditch seven d Mat-thew- Rum-haug- , . ' o d "new-fangle- d - Republi- can ConvenlioflFranz Nom inated by Acclamation Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 1. A special to lbs Stats Capital from Tulsa aaya there la lilt change in the situation tonight. The Frants men are still la I ,. complete control. The name c Chas. , Hunter, chairman of ths stats committee.- ia atlll being Inalsted on by the governor, but there remains con- siderahle opposition. A lively fight on this Issue Is expected tomorrow, whoa , the election will take plaee,,. This afiereson the following 'telegram was received from President Roosevelt, to whom earlier In the day a message assuring him of the endorsement of ; the convention waa sent: , "I have a special feeling for Oklahoma and Indian Territory and assure them of my atipport to anything that will further their Interests." There la no serious opposition to I Frants for governor. Full nominations will fulow tonight. ; Congressman McGuire brought tho convention to Its feet by suggesting the following telegram to President . Kooaevelt, which wss ordered amt to the president; "Tbs Republicans of Oklahoma, In conventltm assembled, send you loyal and affectionate ardetingH. Our plat -form endorses your administration and your policy of a aquara ileal for every man r.nd i very unlon of every clime." Tbo Frantz I'.rcm won lu the first leal of vtrcntii whcu.itainii ('ampboll wan named l chx.'r.uuu by . A clash that waa followed )iy a wild demonstration came when J. H. McGowan, of Buyder, Okla., in a speech ' a i tempted i argue agatimt too nam- - ; lug of a ticket and lor the rejection j of the explanation, fl bad captured 1 ths convention whh hla eloquence aud ! finally declared that the party could not afford to name a ticket under ths ; near wHiatituUou. The delegates were fur a moment, hut awjpt ff llndr-fee- t friends nt Governor Friats,' which favor the naming of a ticket, song re-- i allxed what they believed was a trap laid tu stampede tbe convention, agatuHl Frants. Then disorder rated the gathering. Delegates yelled 'for-- ' McGowan to ait down. The speaker ' attempted to stick it out, but tha convention waa against him. "I don't Know whether Frants would swear to support-tha- t constitution or not," bhouted McGowan, 'but we barn bad governors who would not do It" At this point a delegate carrying n Frants banner Jumped, to n press ta-hlThe delegates were wildly excited. Logon county quickly joined Its Frants banner with the other. Policemen went to the stage to prevent ' trouble, hut the affair waa too onesided for the beaten minority to lift Its hand. Governor Frants was nominated by ; acclamation for governor by the Republican state convention. . a. HALSEY TRIAL PROGRESSES. Indictment la the First of Thirteen Against Him. Ban Francisco, Aug. 1. Comparatively rapid progress was made today In this, the first day of the trial of Theodore V. Halsey, for the alleged bribery of Supervisor Lamergan. Halsey, as former agent of tbs Pacific Btatea Telephone and Telegraph company, la the second of the public utlll- ties corporation men to be brought to' bar by the bribery graft prosecution, and the indictment on which he went to trial today is the first of thirteen similar ones that have been returned veniremen against him. Forty-eigwere examined during the day, and of these nine withstood the qualification testa and were accepted, aulijert to peremptory challenge by either aide. SANTA FE WRECK. Topeka, Kas., Aug. 1. Tbe Bants F here report a wreck of passenger train 116 near Red Rock, Oklahoma. today. Engineer Mack and hla fireman were killed and many passengers seriously Injured. A relief train with phyriclans has been sent to the scene. A roach, chair car and baggage car are known to be in tha ditch. officials COAL MINERS TO STRIKE. Pittsburg. Aug- - - The sltnatlon between 1,006 miner in the Ptttabwg district and the Pittsburg Coal company reached a critical stage today. It wa said a general strike order would be lhued should tbe company refuse to answer the miners' complaints that the wage agreement is being violated by the employers. 1- AUDITOR MUST ACCEPT TAYLOR. San Francisco. Ang. 1. Mandamus preceding! were brought In the supreme court tuday to compel City Auditor Horton to recognize Edward R. Taylor aa mayor of San Francisco. Auditor Horton Mayor Taylcr and held a conference today to comdder tlie advisability of transferring the city's fund, a little over 83.006,000. front the United Stales mint to the city TURKS ANNIHILATE GREEKS. j. Ka?toria. European Turkey, Aug. 1. Turklrh troops today annihilated a Greek band, killing forty of tha men |