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JVews Section
On Public Ownership Plank
Nebraskan May Head
Ticket.
Combination Is Stronjf&md
Calls for Able O^^
position.
Republicans at Sea for First
Time in Many
Years.
dissensions and Going of
Roosevelt Demand Care
ful Attention.
By W. W. Jermane.
ASHINGTON, April 7.Not
for many years, or since the
old days when John Sherman
was a figure in national affairs, has the
Situation in the republican party, as to
who is likely to be its presidential nom
inee next time, been as obscure as it is
at the- present moment. As a rule, this
londition of uncertainty has been con
dned to the democratic party. The
years 1892, when it renominated Cleve
land, and 1900, when it renominated
Bryan, have been almost the only re
cent noteworthy exceptions to this
rule. The democrats usually have
fought over the question of nominee
right up to the meeting of the conven
tion. The republicans, on the other
hand, have had a habit of trying to get
together in advance of the convention
and agreeing upon candidates.
From this outlook upon 1908, two
years in advance, the rule seems to be
reversing itself. The uncerfeainityand
it is uncertainty of a very pronounced
characteris confined to the-republican
party, while the democratic party seems
reasonably sure at this early day re
garding wliat it will "do.
Unless all the signs should fail, the
democratic nominee for the presidency
will be Mr. Bryan, on a platform whose
principal plank will be public owner
ship. There probably will be a prelim
inary flurry between Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Hearst for the control of the party, but
no thinking man, familiar with recent
political history, believes that Mr.
Hearst can succeed. He may have a
following in the convention, and a
strong on'e, but it will be confined to
those states of the north and east, for
most part, in which there are large
pities, and where public ownership has
received encouragement.
Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, will
have the support of the old south,
which, while never in these days asking
for the nomination of*one of its own
men for the presidency, invariably de
cides, in convention, between the vari
ous candidates presented from the
north. The south admires and respects
and has confidence in Bryan.
Dunne for Vicepresident.
The democratic platform will discuss*
the tariff, but, except in particular lo
calities, notably portions of the south,
the tariff will not be the leading demo
eratic issue. Public ownership will be
paramount as silver was In li$~, and
again in 1900, and Mr. BryaA. jinlV be
its high priest and prophet. 50B--tou
around the world, made especially for
the study of public ownership, 'will
equip him for the fray, and when the
time comes for action, he will
"tkr^foundn
to be better prepared for the 4is
l^t
g*a^r***m.
p
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
Who Probably Will Lead Harmonious
Democrats as 1908 Presidential
Candidate.
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of that issue than any atjKerJjnan in
his party.
It is believed in Washingtanfrtj^t the
aecond place on the democratic ticket
will be given to some democrat from
one of the large cities, perhaps New
York or Chicago, who has thdroly iden
tified himself with the public owner
ship issue. Under conditions that may
easily prevail, Mayor Edward F. Dunne
of Chicago, may be selected. In this
way the ticket, from the viewpoint of
practical politics, would be well bal
anced, Mr. Bryan representing the rural
and western vote, and he vicepresi
dential nominee the urban,' and middle
west, or the eastern vote.
It will be a strong combination, and
the republicans will have to bestir
themselves if they are to overcome it
a fact which already is conceded by
party leaders.
Republicans Inharmonious.
As offsetting this condition of agree
ment rapidly approaching close har
mony which exists in the democratic
party, there is a condition of disagree
ment approaching disorganization in
the republican party. Barely in its his
tory has the republican national organ
ization been so completely out of
alignment as it is at this moment. Es
sentially conservativemade so by the
capitalistic forees which have been in
times past its chief supportit is be
ing led, and very unwillingly so far as
"certain elements"in it are concerned, by
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Cy W. W. Jermane.
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TICKET REPUBLICANS
MAY HAVE TPIXKPQSE
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I U.S. SHIPPING?
Representative Humphrey
Warns President of Al
leged Powerful Trust.
ASHINGTON, April 7.-
resentative Humphrey
Washington today laid before
the president evidence showing the ex
istence of a shipping trust, controlling
freight rates .from Pacific coast ports
to Europe. He also told the president
of efforts now being made by the Jap
anese government to get absolute con
trol of American shipping on the coast.
In the shipping trust are the Eng
lish, French and German shipowners.
They have an ironclad agreement, un
der which rates on wheat from Seattle
to Liverpool have been raised in theman
past year from $1-25 to' $0.50 per" ton,
and rates on other classed of merchan
dise have been advanced in proportion*
Of the efforts "of the Japanese gov
ernment to get control of American
ships on the Pacific coast, Mr. Hum
phrey told the president that the Japs
rhad opened negotiations with owners
severaj months ago. There are only
thirty passenger steamers with Ameri
can register engaged in foreign trade,
and only six of them are on the Pacific
side. The Japanese government has se
cured options on the vessels owned by
the Oceanic and Pacific Mail compa
nies, he said, but up to this time has
not made any headway in securing the
Great Northern Ships, the Minnesota
and Dakota.
"If it had not been for the pend
ing ship subsidy bill I believe tne
Japanese government would have Been
able to buy these vessels sailing from
San Francisco, at least," said Hum-1
phrey. "Should it be able to get all
the vessels now in the trade, it will
ntean absolute dictation by the Japan
ese government or companies on all
matters affecting rates, both passenger
and freight, between the United States
and orient."
It is claimed here that if Japan's ef
forts are successful, a traffic arrange
ment will be made with transcontinen
tal railway lines with which these
steamship companies are affiliated, so
that Japan will help control thru rates
on American railways west of the Mis
sissippi river.
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EDWARD P. DUNNE,
Mayor of Chicago, Mentioned as
Probable Sunning Mate of
Mr. Bryan.
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Special to The Journal.
-Rep-
of
NEW
YORK, April 7.Three mil
lionaires proved themselves
veritable heroes today when
they joined the volunteer *fire^ com
panies of Manhansett, L. I., and fought
a *i blaze that for a time threatened
the destruction of the entire valley set-'
tlement. They are William K. Vander
bilt, Jr., Payne Whitney and Richard
T. Wilson, Jr.
The blaze started on the third floor
of Bice's hotel. The bells of Christ
ehurch were rung, calling out the fire
department. Payne Whitney is for 9-
of the volunteer company, and
soon he was onNfche ran from his home.
A few minutes later Riehazd-3?. Wil*on,
Jr., who is head of the -Great Jtfeek
volunteers, arrived with his men and
not long after the third millionaire,
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. came oni
the scene with his men from the Thom
aston station fire department.
By this time the hotel was doomed
and seven of the cottages were ablaze.
Realizing the futility of trying to savo
these buildings, the firemen, under the
direction of their millionaire leaders,
confined their attention to surrounding
buildings, and thus kept the fire with
in its original radius.
BAIN FIERCE FIRE ON
THE ZULU REBELS
polishers* Press.
P1ETEEMAEITZBURG,
1 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA] IS^NDAY MORNING,, APRIL 8, .1906.
Message Signed
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FIGHT ON FLAMES
Vanderbilt, Whitney and
Wilson Help Subdue
Dangerous Fire.
plained in another
who is the head
department
"Lewis,"
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AHB^GAN, ILL,, ApTil 7.
Dqwier, in *Ms race to meet
his opponents ill a face-to
face contest for the-control of Zion,
has reached tie end of his financial re
sources. He is "broke^" and was com
pelled to wire this evening to one of his
few friends in Zion 'City for help to
aid him in reaching hia people.
At a late hour a telegram from the
"First Apostle" to Deacon Melding
H. Wilhite, the only "man to whojn he
could trust hia power of attorney when
he revoked it from the hands of his
deputy general overseer, ~^Volivaf
reached Zion City, but it will not be
delivered until tomorrow morning. In
it Dowie, thru Beacon John A. Lewis,
who wrote the message, orders Wilhite
to meet him at St. Louis Monday night,
bringing with Mm "five hundred,"
which is taken to mean $500. The tele
gram complete is:^f*,-\, w
"San Antonio, Texas, April 7.
Fielding H. Wilhite, Zion City. The
iniquitous lies reflecting on the charac
ter of our leader will be swept* away
like chaff. Please meet us at St. Louis
Monday night.. Sting five hundred.
See Paxton. '-^-Jolm A. Lewis."
Orders Pidlmaa Oar.
Deacon Wilhite has -been expecting
orders for several days instructing him
to meet the Mexican party at some
point along the line on their homeward
trip, and has stated that if any such
orders came to him he would not hesi
tate to obey them. I expected that
he will start for St. Louis tonight.
The reference to J. A. Paxton, is ex*-
jn AirtonJ&yTeaca
April 8.
The rebellious Zulu chieftain
Bainbaata and his men, who
have been terrorizing the country in
and about Greytown, has at last been
surrounded.
The troops finally drove him into an
nr' .able position and bombarded his
forces with guns dragged thru the brush
by men, where horses could not pene
trate. In the fighting that has so far
taken place, most of Bambaata's prin
cipal henchmen have been killed or
wounded, and his capture or death is
considered but a question of a few
hours at the most.
*on, Zw&J&gyii CL.-T-T-w-
to~St. Louis Jlonday, flight.-Give* tickets
to porter.John A. Lewis*
The ^situation, which iow confronts
the doposed leader is T&jt unexpected
amonjp his people. Gladstone Dowie
state several days ago, when his father
announced that he would start for Chi
cago, that he believed he had just about
enough money to carry him and a small
party thru the journey. He declared
that if the aged prophet attempted to
bring more than two or three persons
with him he would have to obtain ad
ditional funds for the trip.
Had Little Money.
Dowie carried with him when he
started for Jamaica, shortly before
Christmas, a little less than $5,000, and
that was consumed before the first of I
March, when another $1,000 was sent
to him. A large part of this, it was un-1
derstood, went to pay his hotel bills in
the island, and almost all the remainder
was exhausted in his expenses in Mex
ico.
Some help, it is believed, was seand
cured from friends, especially Deacons
Lewis and Peters, who were with him
and had some funds of their own.
Deacon Wilhite early this morning
sent $500 to his chief. He was startled
to find that the contents of the tele-
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Failing to Get Double Rates
Des Moines Publisher Will
Not Print Laws.
BytfibHsbBm*P*ew.
ES MOINES, April 7.Practi-
cally the entire work of the Iowa
legislature'will be rendered void
by the refusal of the Des oMines Capi
tal to publish the laws passed which
carried a publication clause, unless al
lowed' doul the legal rate. As there
is no appropriation for the purpose and
the legislature has adjourned sine die,
the state is in a serious plight.
Half the laws passed carried a publi
DEATH AN^DfSTRUCTION
^WROUGH IN AZORE ISLANDS
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cation clanse which required that they
be printed in the paper edited by La
fayette Young before they became
legal. Young demanded during the ses
sion that the law be amended to permit
the payment of a higher rate, as he
could not afford to accept the work at
the -old legal rate. The bill, however,
'failed to pass both houses, and one per-
^t^'^^^e^i^^y^^ulit^Pfriimds in' ^he
^^1?* M^fe&Ji tl^J*?*
l^gislature
WOMAN ASLEEP SINCE
NEW YEAR'S, NOW DEAD
By Publishers' Press.
OULDER, COL., April 7.After
being asleep ninety-seven days,
Mrs. F. A. Giffen, wife at one of
the best-known attorneys in Colorado
a former regent of the state uni
versity, died this afternoon from pneu
monia.. The. best nerve specialists in
the country were called in to attend
Mrs. Giffen, but she could not be
a,wakened. Liquid food was adminis
tered by means of injection.
Two days ago the patient was strick
en with pneumonia.
LINING UP FOR THE IMMUNITY BATH.
ISnterCity, Neb, Bad! Tub is not.thc only, one in demand these days|^^*|
MA VOLCAN O DESTROYSIOTY
TIDAliWAVE KILL S THOUSANDS
LE~ESCIIP
BUT BEL0NGIN6S,
J'"'
^-^ondon, April _7.Lloyds at midnight received a dispatch from
B$r!ta which states.that the German government has received a rumor
I that the Azore islands have been devastated by an enormous tidal wave
and that several thousand persons have perished. There is no con-
firmation of the report at present, but the present volcanic/ distorbances
indicate its probability
/^'The report is circumstantial as received in Berlin, declaring that
"?some'o the outlying islands of the Azore group have been submerged,
and it was there that the lbss of life resulted.
The German cable to the Azores is reported to be working alv right,
but up to the present time it has been impossible to,jecure any details
of the:rumored disaster.
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HOPES TO ESCAPE
Wakiwright, on Way to Min
neapolis, Suggests De
serves to Be Freed.
HOMAS J. WAINEIGHT, the for
mor caretaker, who looted the
Mount Curve residence of Dr.
Joshua Pinault of plate and rich treas
ure of the Louis XTTT. period of France,
on his way to Minneapolis in custody
of detectives.
Wainwright, whose real name is
Bartlett, is coming back much against
his will. He hopes the punishment to
be dealt to him here will be light, but
before leaving New York he' confessed
that he did not know just what was
coming to him.
Wainright, or Bartlett, was taken
before Magistrate Moss in the tombs
police court in New York, yesterday
and was formally discharged. He was
then turned over to the Minneapolis
authorities.
Looked Crestfallenr.
Ii8
Today Young demanded of the secre-,
tary of the state that he be paid double
the legal rate and, on being refused,
declared that not a single one of themarked
laws would be published, and conse
quently could not become effective.
There is no method by which the
higher rate could be paid, as it is, spe
cifically prohibited by statuter and a
special session may be necessary to
remedy the situation.
The most important measure voided
by the action is the law providing for
the investigation of the insurance com
panies, and the investigation now may
have to. be dropped.
atche
Jounal say
Th
"Wainwright looked cresffaHeft when
told that he was to be taken back to
Minneapolis. He did not like it
one bit.
"This is a great town," he re
just* before arraignment. I
hate to leave it. I 'have had bully
times since I've been here, have seen
nearly everything worth seeing and
have gone a pretty gay pace. Do I
think I'll come back before long? I
can't say. I may and may not. It all
depends on the way Dr. Pinault feels
about it. You see, he may be inclined
to be forgiving, as he has recovered
nearly everything I relieved him of.
I helped the police to recover every-
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Ten Thousand Leave Doon
v- ed City in Nick
^of Time. fWt
j^TT-
Two Other Cities Threat^
ened by TerribleXava
Rivers,
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Detonations Continue^ WitH
Frequent Brilliant Elec
,vtric Flashes. 1 i&k
Hew York Herald Special Service.
NAPLESs
April 7.Mount Vesw
viur i still in violent eruption
and the panic in the village!
near the volcano is increasing.
The city of Bosco Tre-Case *waa
burned today by the lava which flowed
from the crater formed on April 2.
The inhabitants abandoned the city,
in time to save their lives. They ha4
lingered in the hope of saving theifi
belongings, but the destroying stream
advanced so fast that they finally .fled
in terror, leaving their possessions bef
hind* i Tv,
The mountain is enveloped in a dense
cloud of smoke, steam and dust. Be
sides the lava, huge blocks of roe
are emitted. The upper part of the
funicular railway
hasgbeen destroyeds,addthis
A heavy rain
thing, of course, and did it of my own in removal of the inhabitants and therj:
free will. It was generous of me, don't valuables to a place of safety." *f|
you think! You know I could have
kept the things all to myself and
Pinault would not have recovered them
at all.
I had lots of fun, and to show that
there were no hard feelings between
Dr. Pinault and myself I told the police
everything.
Do the Decent Thing.
"Really, now, don't you think that
the most gentlemanly thing for Dr.
Pinault to do when I get back is to
withdraw the charge? It' the.only
decent thing he could do, since. I've
behaved so decently in the affair. 1
only got a few thousand dollars out of
the deal, and I'm sure Dr. Pinault
won't miss that little change."
fallin and
i
to the discomfort of the villagers who
have been compelled to abandon theEr
homes and. eamp in the open country.
g&s*,^ Ten Thousand jFtee^^-^^^i
Ehe eruption became so violent
day thai the authorities ordered the in-,
habitants of Bosco* Tre-Case to leaVi
their homes and retire from the zon
of the danger. The town^ad a popula1
tion of about 10,000 and was the ne
est town of importance to the crater^
lying between the volcano and Pomp
The village was then in danger of
destruction by the stream of lava which
was flowing down the south side of
the mountain and fine sand was felling
upon it in great quantities.
ri
An appeal for aid was sent the gov
ernor by" the mayor. He asked for
troops and artillery wagons to assist
New craters have opened in the sides
of the mountain, some of them opposite
Naples. ,jg -g
Other Cities in Peril.
The lava issuing from the ne*w cra
ter which was formed on April 2 hi
now divided into two streams. One of
these is flowing southeast toward .For
zingo, over the old lava bed of 183^
and is not causing any damage. Th
other is flowing southward "over Bose*
Tre-Caseand the neighboring vineyards
Two other streams are threatening
Ottaino, on the northeast, and Tom
del Greco, which is on the coast of th
Bay of Naples, about seven miles south
east of Naples. Each plaee has abort
30,000 inhabitants.
The peasants are holding services a
intercession addressed especially to 31
Anne, the patron saint of Naples. 3
The violent detonations in the cra^"
ter continue. There are frequent bri*
liant electric flashes.
The prelate of Naples has ordered
the traintservice on the Circum-Veso*
vian railway to'be continued night and
day to give, the inhabitants of endan
gered districts an opportunity to,maki
their escape at any time.
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Villagers Flee to Naples*
Naples is the mecca of the alarine
country people and they have bee
flocking into the city in great number.
The influx of refugees began yesterda1
morning and a steadily-growing streai
of them has continued to pour into the*
city ^ver since.
The villagers' are bringing their'faml?
lies and such household goods as th
could carry away in their hurried flig
and vehicles of every description ha
been pressed into service for this p'
pose. The traffic on some of the roa
is so great that the highways ha
become blocked and it is with difficul
that the carts and wagons are able
make their way. -i-
The military has been used to
vantage in assisting the villagers
escape and save their goods. The
diets have worked hard to assist
peasants and military vehicles ha
been offered freely for the transpor
tion of goods. Carbineers have be
stationed along the roads to poi^t^^
dangerous places and assist the refug
in passing
them.Craters
i-f
a N Mor Open.
New craters have opened and f:
them the lava is pouring down
mountain sides in wide streams. It
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