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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, '1903. OLDS, WORTMAN & KING THE HOME OF QUALITY AND RELIABILITY FIFTH AND "WASHINGTON "DIFFERENT STORE" SATURDAY ATTRACTIONS GREAT SUCCESSES NEVER COME UNDESERVED The history of the remarkable growth of this wonderful business, from its starting-point away back in '78, in a little, obscure building down on. Third street to its present mammoth proportions, in a glowing tribute to the power, the push, the energy and the indomitable -will of the master-hands that have safely guided it through all these years of changing scenes and progress. "Now, after 25 3rears and over of steadfast, consistent, brilliant growth and incessant onwardness, fostered by an ambition that knew no rest, this business has achieved a success that can only come through repeated and continuous effort and sheer force of merit. Through all these years it has been conspicu ous for its honest, straightforward, fair dealing, and its masterful progressiveness conquering every obstacle, safely surmounting every barrier. Liberality has ever characterized its dealing with both public and emplo3e whatever was for the good of either or both has been done willingly and quickly. Among modern methods adopted by down-to-date retailers stands out pre-eminent THE EARLY-CLOSING-MOVEMENT. It is a mistaken idea, now relegated to the past by intelligent minds, along with the theory that the earth is flat, that keeping open store late into the night accommodates anybody but the grasping merchant with business ideas of bygone da3s a few of whom still linger on in business. This store leads the move for SHORTER HOURS. . j . x SATURDAY, as on all other business days, THIS STORE CLOSES AT 6 P. M. Btsy Doings in Shoe Stoe Today (First Ploor.) 2 Big Specials and Rubbers Tree!. Boys' School Shoes. Boys' shoes, unlined, steel quilted bottom J broad, comfortable toes; full double soles; specially made for wear through our Oregon Winter best idea for school shoes. Sizes 11 to 2, the $2 kind, for $1.48; sizes 2y2 to 5y2, the $2.50 kind, for $1.78. , Ladies' Empress shoes, $3:50 kind, special $2.78 pair; in 12 styles, newest lasts, in patent kid, box calf, vici Md, velour calf leathers. Smart styles for street and house wear. Today the Last Day of This Offer in Shoe Store RUBBERS GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE TO PATRONS With every purchase of ladles" or children's shoes, sold at regular sale, where the price amounts to $20 or over, a pair of standard-make rubbers In any weight preferred. Umbrellas Men's or Women's First Floor. Things easily forgotten w e must not forget is Umbrellas now an every day need. In every good umbrella fabric, with every good handle, frame and trimming, 50c to $14. Sattctay Specials A Btfsy Day for Bargainers in the Underwear and Hosiery Sections (First Floor.) Last day's sale of ladies' all-wool gray union suits; the $2.50 kind for $1.89 suit. Last dajr's sale of ladies' gray or -white $2 union suits, att-Trool, jersey ribbed, very elastic, for $1.65 suit. Last day's sale of the children's 50c gray or ecru union suits, for 35c suit. Last day's sale of the boys' heavy ribbed fast black cotton hose, 25c quality, for 18c pair. The first day's sale of the ladies' fine ribbed black cotton hose, seam less, double beel and sole, 25c value, for 17c pair. Ladies' black cashmere hose, fine ribbed, finished foot, 50c value, for 38c. Ladies' fine ribbed, cream, -white cotton vests and pants; elsewhere 3tou pay 35c each for not so good ones; our price, 25c each. Boys' heavy blue print waists, either blouse or shirt style; well made; excellent wearers; special for Saturday only, 19c each. Boys' heavy fleece-lined shirts and drawers, heavy, soft, combed fleec "ing. Many places you pay 50c for same kinds; our price, 35c each. . 1 1 f , Today we will place on' our bargain counters our entire stock of Priest ley's Cravenette Cloths, that are world-renowned and positively rainproof. i Suitable fof coats, suits and separate skirt; 56 Inches wide; in gray, green . - and blue and1 brown: jour regular $L75 value; Pf )3 special for today only 56 Inches wide, in 'brown, gray, navy and green; our regular AQ $2.00 grade; special for today only 4X7 Satiffday Is Glove Day (First Floor.) You'll need gloves for Sunday wear perhaps? You'll surely not forget that the best gloves sold by any house jn America are going out from our glove store every day. Every pair of gloves sold at our glove counters is carefully fitted if so desired by patrons. Our celebrated makes are almost too well- known to need extended mention here. The Monarch, the best-fitting kid glove for ladies' wear made in the world. Of finest selected French, kid skins, imported direct by this house from the makers. No better glove at any price can be offered than this glove at $2. . The Derby at $1.50; the Eskay, an extremely dressy glove, at $1.50, are in the same category, while the Mascot is the best $1 glove on earth. Ladies' new golf gloves are here, ready for wear the coming cooler days. Of purest saxony wool, in whites, blacks, blues, browns, pretty Scctch plaids, or silk in black or white, from 35c to $1.25 the pair. Saturday in the Men's Shop . (First Floor.) Good bargain field this, today. Men out gunning for values will find plenty of game here. A few of the birds that fly low. 100 dozen men's Winter-weight, fleeced, jersey ribbed, balbriggan shirts and drawers, fancy blue and white striped, full finished and splendidly made garments the usual 75c values today or until sold we shall offer at, the garment, 59c. Every good kind of wanted underwear is here, in all sizes, regular or "out sizes," including "slims"' and "stouts," from 50c up to $4.50 a garment. 25c Cashmere Half Hose i9c Splendid wearing half-hose, of black cashmere, with gray heels and toes, medium weights, about 90 dozen, while they last today, will be marked, the pair, 19c. Cooler nights suggest warmer sleeping garments. "We've opened new lines this week of flannelette nightrobes at from 50c to $1.25, with several between grades. For those who prefer we have ready a fine assortment of pajamas in flannelette, Oxford cheviot or madras the chtfosing includes new grades from $1.25 to $3.50.. Hew shirts, gloves, neckwear, etc., in larger variety and at lower prices than shown and quoted in the exclusive men's stores. Big Silk Sale Ends Tonight (In the Annex First Floor.) 10 hours more of the Biggest Silk Bargains in America; and. in addi tion they'll be accompanied today by Four Great Dress. Goods Specials for the day only. jt ' 5G inches wide, in small, neat checks: In gray, navy and green; j zJQ our regular $2.25 grade; special for today only ...Mi'Js 56 Inches wide; comes in tweed effects and plain covert weaves; colors are tan, light gray, navy, olive and brown; this is the best Cravenette ob tainable and cheap for our regular low price of $3.00, but fi'' ACk eclal y?s:s today we say,, spec WONT BUILD WEST St. Paul Railroad Not Aiming for Pacific Coast, PRESENT LINES TOO STRONG Hill and Ilnrrlmnn, Closer , Than Ever Before, "Would Wage Battle Royal Fears Also Entertained for .Industrial Future. NEW YORK, Oct. 9. (Specials-Chicago, Milwaukee & flt. Paul has no sur veyors in the field looking for a right of way to the Pacific Coast, and the backers of that road have at present not the slightest intention of carrying their rail road beyond the western boundary line of South Dakota. Careful Investigation has been made of the rumors current for the past month on the Pacific Coast that half a dozen corps of surveyors are in the field between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains in the interest of St. Paul, and the fore going statement represents the result of this investigation. A prominent official of the road said: "I can say 'that St Paul has not, at present, and has not had for many months a single one of its engineering staff west of the Black Hills of South Dakota, About a year ago a few scattered parties were sent out with orders to look for a route to the Coast. I was in command of one of them. We didn't survey a route at all. In fact, we started our work about 400 miles west of Pierre. We simply pros pected the territory from there toward the Coast, due west I did not know then what we were driving at They called us back in about six weeks, and our report ti headquarters was a mere matter of fjrm. I have been told many times since that the survey was a mere bluff to make Hwriman think that our railroad was go ing to parallel Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line. Of course I .don't know whether that is true; you will have to uraw your own conclusions. "We have surveyors at present between Pierre and the Black Hills. We don't tako their work seriously, and in point of fact J. lo not expect to see any St Paul lines run Into that territory for some time, at least I have no doubt that ultimately the lines will run through as far as the western border of South Dakota, but that Is a more guess on my part These re ports that you hear about our surveying parties out along the northern border of Wyoming and through -Idaho are Idle ru mors. "The people that talk about new lines from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast are the people that never traveled on foot through that territory. I have prospected as far as the eastern border line of Ore gon, and I want to say that to build a railroad from the Black Hills as far as I went would be no child's play. The moun tains of Western Wyoming afford about, as difficult a piece of railroading as cpuld be picked out on the continent with the, possible exception of Colorado." From a financial standpoint it appears that while St Paul Is in an excellent posi tion to run a line through to the Coast perhaps in a better position than any other railroad in that territory at pres ent there are obstacles in- the way that can hardly be surmounted without creat ing a terrific disturbance in the railroad situation west of the Missouri. At the moment Hill and Haniman are united in their domlnancy of the North west traffic situation. No one who is not in touch with the financial heads of the Hill and Harriman Bystems can fully appre ciate how complete is the understanding between these two great railroad Interests. The unfortunate episode of 1901, while It appeared to antagonize Messrs. Hill and Harriman, really brought them closer to gether. It can be -broadly stated that at the present moment there Is not the slightest possibility of another pitched battle between the forces o these two powers either in the field or In Wall street Mr. Harriman has been compelled -iy force of circumstances to "invade" the Northwest The demand of shippers for the betterment of the Harriman route towards the North Pacific ports has been Irresistible. Whether Mr. Harriman wished to carry his lines into territory hitherto considered the exclusive property of Mr. Hill he has been compelled to do so by circumstances over which he had no con trol. He and Mr. Hill are In thorough ac cord in the matter and there will be no cut-throat competition. This fact namely, that the territory Is already in powerful hands, is the great de terrent to the building of a new line by St PauL The second potent reason is that the railroad interests of the country are not so confident of the industrial future as they were a year ago. This is getting to be an old story. The gradual curtailment of the demand for manufactures at the present high prices; the exorbitant and high-handed demand of labor organiza tions; the gradual elimination of the mar gin of profit in railroading through he regulation of rates and traffic under the laws of interstate commerce, and the long continued disturbance of economic con ditions in the mining territory through the unseemly squabbles of dominant in dustrial Interests in those territories have combined to check the enterprise and curb the ambition of all the western trunk lines, particularly the lines that operate north of a line from St Paul to San Francisco. This may seem a very sweeping asser tion. It Is nevertheless true. It synthe sizes the feeling of all the dominant pow ers in the territory named. Above all It expresses the sentiments of J. J. Hill and his immediate associates. FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. Traffic Agents Leave for Spolcane to Boom Portland for Conventon. Two carloads of jolly traffic agents left Portland at 6 o'clock last night for Spo kane to attend the meeting of the first district of the Pacific Coast Association of Traffic Agents, which is to be held to day and which is expected to boom Port land for'ihe meeting of the National As sociation in 1904. The party left on two special Pullman cars, every berth on which was taken. There was a total of 46 Portland mem bers and their wives, and they were joined by four from California, who made up a round 50. The California' quartet is: J. W. Adams Pacific Coast passenger agent of the Nickel Plate line and president of tho Pacific Coast Association of Traffic Agents: George J. Bradley, commercial agent of the Southern Railway and chair man of the second district of the associa tion; Malone Joyce, traveling passenger agent of the Colorado Midland; A. C. Hil ton, Pacific Coast passenger agent of the Erie road. The names of the Portland members are as already published, those who have gone In advance making up a total of 52 from Oregon and California. The party will arrive in Spokane at 9:45 A M., and will spend a great part of the morning in taking a trolley-car ride over the city as guests of the street railway company. The rest of the day will be spent at the Fruit Fair and the races. In the evening the ladles will go to the theater, while the gentlemen will hold- a business session, but they will meet again for a banquet to which they will sit down at 10:30 P. M. At least 125 persons are expected to sit down to the banquet board. INCREASING ITS FACILITIES. Docks and Cattle Chutes on Regu lator Line and Columbia Northern. The Regulator steamer line and the Co lumbia River & Northern Railroad are making considerable improvements in their facilities for handling freight from points up the Columbia and in the Klick itat country. Docks and warehouses have been built at Mosler, Hood River, White Salmon, and one Is now building at Col lins. Along the railroad stock chutes have been constructed for loading livestock on cars at Goldendale, Centrevllle and Daly, and stockyards and scales are being erect ed at Lyle. The latter are pronounced by cattle and sheepmen superior to any In this section, being well arranged for handling different lots of cattle at the same time. Large shipments of cattle, sheep and hogs are being made from up-river points and the Klickitat country to the Union Meat Company's plant at Troutdale. The facilities are so good that carloads of hogs can now be taken from Goldendale on the morning train and landed at the packing-house at Troutdale at 4 o'clock on the same day. RUSSIA'S GRAVEST PERIL MICHAEL DAVITT DECLARES IT IS THE OPPRESSED JEW. $2.50 UMBRBXLAS, $1.75 In Ladies' and Men's Sizes Here is an opportunity to buy a high-grade umbrella at a very low price These umbrellas are made of tignt roll union silk; fine and durable. Ladies' handles pearl, Princess, gun metal, silver. Men's handles boxwood, congo, horn. A Busy Little Railroad. Although one of the shortest railroads In tho Northwest the short line of the II waco Railroad & Navigation Company from Ilwaco to Nahcotta is kept pretty busy. It is hauling about 120,000 feet of logs a day on four trains a day to Ilwaco for four Portland firms, gathering them up from all the streams emptying Into Shoalwater Bay. Its superintendent Dor sey B. Smith, who was In the city yes terday, announces a step in advance in tho method of operation. Hitherto trains have run on the go-as-you-please plan, starting when they got ready and arriving when luck allowed, but for the first time a printed schedule has been prepared, ac cording to which they must run to connect with the boats to and from Astoria. "Will Remnln In Mileage Bureau. CHICAGO, Oct 9. Owing to the settle ment of the Interchangeable mileage ques tion among the Western raljroads, the Rock Island has canceled ltsigfitlce of withdrawal from membership In tn&clergy bureau. It will continue a member of that and the mileage bureaus of the Western Passenger Association, and it Is said to be quite probable It will soon resume mem bership in the association Itself. Russian Wheat for Oregon. In pursuance of his laudable undertak ing of naturalizing the products of all countries in the Pacific Northwest Colonel R. C Judson, Industrial agent of the O. R. & N. Co., will sow on the company's experimental farm at Coyote some sam ples of Russian Winter wheat which he has received from the Agricultural De partment These are'Kharkow, Padi and Beloglina wheat and the are said to abound In gluten. Economic nnd Social Conditions Are So Objective as to Give Warning: of a Catastrophe. NEW YORK, Oct 9. Fresh from a visit to the great centers of Jewish population in Russia, Michael Davltt has written his estimate of the conditions and future of those people in a volume entitled, "Within the Pale,' which will be issued tomorrow from the presses of A. S. Barnes & Co. "The Jew, as he Is ruled and oppressed by Russian officials. Is a far greater dan ger to Russian autocracy than anti Semitism is to the Israelites of the 'pale,'" declares Mr. Davitt in the preface to his work. "The danger," he continues, "was candidly avowed by all the representative Russians from whom I solicited light and information." Mr. Davitt sees further catastrophe ahead because of unnatural economic and social conditions. "The facts of the economic and social conditions within the pale, or settlement. he writes, "are so objective that the warn ing they give of a coming catastrophe can not be ignored. It would would be like leaving an epidemic of smallpox to cure Itself by neglect This condition of things Is fully explained and expressed by the term unnatural. It Is analogous to a sit uatlon which would result from a Federal law compelling every European-born artl san and laborer within the whole United States to reside Inside of Pennsylvania. and to be forbidden to seek employment outside the cities and towns of that state. The murderous competition for employ ment the deadly rivalry for existence, tho oaa Diooa between opposing races, the poverty and social wretchedness which such a condition of things would create- apart from the operation of coercive laws can readily be Imagined by the American reader. But this Is no overdrawn picture of the economic anarchy prevailing within the Russian pale of Jewish sentiment "The towns are crowded with artisans and traders, and as these are out of all proportion to the producers and consumers of an agricultural country, they neces sarily become more destitute and wretched as their numbers increase. They are too poor to emigrate. They are prohibited from migrating. They cannot seek work on land They are not permitted to en gage In several occupations." Mr. Davitt asserts that the Czar can accomplish much for the Jews In his do main by destroying the "legend of the blood atonement "M. de Plehwe and the Tsar," he avers, "can accomplish one good and blessed work. If so minded, without altering a single antl-Semltlc Russian law. The Em peror can destroy in Russia, the atrocious legend about the annual killing of Chris tians by Jews as an alleged part of the blood atonement in Hebrew Paschal rites In this humane and Christian task he Is entitled to the co-operation of the Em peror of Austria, the King of Roumania and the heads of the other Balkan states where this story of ritual murder Is con stantly circulated and not Infrequently as a part of political propaganda. There ought to be a truly Christian crusade waged against this infamous product of ancient Insensate, sectarian hate." Mr. Davitt calls attention to the striking economic growth of Russia In the follow ing sentences: "What Russia is accused of coveting in $1.75 Kid Gloves at $1.49 3-plasp Consuelo real kid gloves, Paris point and 2 toned embroidery; all the newest Fall shades. 65c and 75c Ready-to-Wear Veils at 49 c Chiffon Veils, fancy 2 toned and hemstitched ef fects; in all the newest colors. HandKerc'fs at 27c Ladies' all pure linen embroidered handkerchiefs, hemstitched and scalloped borders. The Lialltllinft' Conductor The strange adventures of a & 83 motor car, by Williamson. A novel novel and an all-around good one on sale today tPI'UO Art For Pyrographic work. Colors, red, mode, green, brown, tan, regular 75c and 85c SPECIAL 60c BARGAINS AT DEPARTMENT 100 sheets Superfine Paper, with 50 envelopes to Q match M. J 25c plain Writing Tab- Dennison's best Crepe 52 r Paper Ol- Eagle Metal Fountain Pen V Hurd's fine Paper in t handpainted bx5reg.50c" Men's 25c values At 1 8c pair, 6 pairs for $1 Men's Sox, made of fine cotton yarns, maco soles, elastic ribbed tops, high spliced heels, double toes, guaranteed fast black. MILLINERY Sale of Trimmed Hats at $2.95 $3.95 $4-95 We need say nothing of their beauty and taste they will do their own advertising. There are only 40 of them. New Burgesser Hats. New Robinson & Wells English Walking Hats. overs Fringed all around, three yards long and 50 inches wide. Choice Oriental de signs. New colorings. On sale today. SPECIAL $1.38. SALE OF 10-4 white wool blankets, real value $5.00, at $3.75 11-4 white wool blankets, real value $6.00, at. $4.75 Ladies' .Neckwear New Venise lace Barbes, 35c to 75c. New stole-end lace Ve nise collars, 35c to $1.00. New Venise lace capes, $2:25 to $18.00. , New Venise lace stole ends, $2.25 to $18.00. Novelty silk stock col lars, 50c to $1.50. Every day there are new arrivals , in our new ladies' neckwear department. Nov elties of all kinds make their first appearance here. 11-4 white wool blankets, real value $6.50, at 11-4 white wool blankets, real value $7.o0, at. $6.00 Silkoline comforts filled with pure laminated cotton, special . Sateen comforts, filled with pure laminated cot- 7 fl ton, special w Finest eiderdown comforts, cov ered with dainty, fine sateens, r.da! $7.50 gessr Hats These famous hats have always been ac cepted as the correct fashion in ladies' and misses' tailored hats. The styles for this Fall season are smarter and have more snap and style than we have ever seen .before. The very latest styles in ladies' and misses' tailored out ing, golfing and auto hats are made by Bur gesser. Shown here exclusively. Manchuria or desiring in Persia and not what she is strenuously and rapidly achieving in the sphere of her vast domes tic activities, exercises the critical atten tion of West European and American Jour nalism. And yet the wide and sure and extraordinary progress that is being made in the economic development of a great empire, as self-contained in its measure less natural resources as the United States and with an assured domestic market for most of her manufactured products in a population of fully 140,000,000 growing at a rate upwards of 2,000,000 annually out of a natural increase ought to be a subject of infinitely great concern to the public thought of commercial rivals like Great Britain and the United States as It un doubtedly Is to the keener sense of Ger man competition than what Russian pol icy may or may not mean In its diplomatic trend In the Far East." Returning to the subject of the Jew and discussing the amelioration of his condi tion, Mr. Davitt says: "I have come from a Journey through the Jewish pale and am a convinced believer in the remedy of Zionism. I failed to see any other that can offer an equal hope of success. It Is a necessity of thq actual situation and faces the growing perils of the Russian Jew with a courageous plan of repatriation. Hope for partial or ulti mate emancipation In Russia there Is none. Other countries cannot be expected to relieve Russia of the unhappy victims of oppression and poverty. "Where, then, are they to go?" TWO INDICTED FOR FRAUD NATURALIZATION OP ALIENS IN MISSOURI FOUND ILLEGAL. Assistant Secretary to the Governor One of Those Accused by Grund Jury. ST. LOUIS. Oct 9. The Federal grand Jury today returned Indictments against W. A. Morrow, assistant private secretary to Governor A. 31. Dockery. and Thomas E. Barrett, ex-Marshal of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. The Indictments charge the defendants with aiding, abetting and conspiring, to fraudulently ' naturalize aliens. Morrow has been In (he Governor's of fice for ten years. Barrett will be tried within the next few weeks upon indict ments previously found against him in connection with fraudulent naturalization of foreigners in the Court of Appeals. He Is charged in the earlier Indictments with Issuing papers to aliens In an Irregular manner. 'recent car barn murder. Investigation by the Chicago police has revealed the fact that the vitriol was purchased In a Chi cago drug store. One of the two robbers who escaped at the time one of their number was killed was captured today. Anarchl.it Fugitive Heard From. NEW YORK. Oct. 9. William Mac queen, the anarchist who was convicted of rioting In Paterson, X. J., sentenced to five years In prison and escaped Jus tice by Jumping his ball, has been heard from In London, where he has taken to writing letters to various newspapers. He asserts that he was Induced to flea by the "committee of defense," on the ground that his bondsman was a capital ist. William Grossman, who fled at the same time from Paterson to escape Im prisonment, Is said to be In Chicago. "Knock-Out Drops'' Man Sentenced. NEW YORK, Oct. 9. Walter Wilson. 4? years of age, who pleaded guilty Wednes- Anv to fnnr InrHrtmpnts rharclnir him with robbery and one charging him with carry ing chloral "knock-out dropg," was sen tenced today to 33 years in Sing Sing prison. Wilson admitted having stolen 512,000 in Jewelry and money from women In the tenderloin by administering the chloral. Cabinet Discusses Postal Frands. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. At the Cabinet meeting today all the members except Secretaries Root and Hitchcock were present. The principal topic of discus sion was the postoffice Investigation, which was considered at length, and es pecially with reference to the trials of the cases now pending before the courts. At the conclusion of the meeting Post- J master-General Payne said it was not tne expectation that there would be a whole sale dismissal of clerks and division chiefs of the Postoffice Department as a result of the Investigation. Some further dis missals might be made, he said, on the recommendation of Mr. Bristow, but thus far It had been the practice to dis miss offenders as soon as the evidence of their corruption or incompetency had been obtained. Pioneer Itallroadf Officer Resigns. OMAHA,,'Oct. 9. Robert W. Baxter, general superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific Railroad, has handed his resignation to President Burt, to take effect October 15. Mr. Bax ter" has been in tho service of the road 40 years and has had various official posi tions for 30 years. He was a construction foreman in Wyoming when the Union Pacific was being built. He has not made public his future beyond saying he would leave Omaha. It Is believed, however, that he has accepted a high official posi tion with .the Orient road. DENIES SHE IS HIS "WIFE. New Yorlc DentLit, However, intend ed to "Wed Alleged Embezzler. NEW YORK, Oct. 9. Dr. Albert Mix Johnston is quoted as having admitted that Marie Layton, who, as "Mrs. John ston" is In the Tombs on the charge of having robbed the United States Playing Card Company of a large sum, is not his wife. When the case came prominently before the public a few days ago a woman ap peared who declared she Is Johnston's wife and that he never had secured a divorce. The woman under arrest had been known In social circles at Larch mont, where the couple lived, as his wife, and the appearance of the second woman caused something of a sensation. She was Miss Helen E. Pulls, of Paterson, N. J., and says she married Johnston In 1897. The couple separated some time ago. They have one child. Johnston explained the state of affairs by saying "he Intended to marry Miss Layton when his wife had procured a divorce. However, she had not yet taken steps In, that direction, he admitted. Dynamite Under Home of Officer. JOPLIN. Mo., Oct. 9. The home of Foster McConnell, a Constable, near here, was wrecked by dynamite early to day. Mr. McConnell's two" children were hurt, but the other members of the fam ily, escaped uninjured. McConnell had earned the enmity of the tough element by making several arrests. Sam Mouse has been arrested on suspicion. Safe-Crackers Are Surprised. . SCOTLAND, N. D.. Oct. 9. Robbers en tered the courthouse at Olivet but were surprised before they succeeded in open- ing the safe. One was captured and says he is from Sioux City, and that three men were concerned in the robbery. One of those who escaped was wounded. Boy Sent to Prison for Life. STILLWATER, O. T., Oct. 9. Ivory Rogers, the boy who confessed to the murder of Mary Prokash, a 13-year-oIJ, girl, near here last week, pleaded guilty in court and was sentenced to prison for life. Robber Prepared A gal ii.it Capture. CHICAGO, Oct. 9. In the pockets of the robber who was killed last night near Aurora after having taken part in the hold-up of an lnterurban car on the River View Park line, were found a bottle con taining white vitriol and a revolver, said to be of the magazine pattern similar to that supposed to have been used In the Mrs. Sarah L. Goodwin. SEATTLE, Oct 9. Mrs. Sarah L. Good win, wife of J. M. Goodwin, formerly a well-known newspaper man of Utah, died in Seattle today of heart failure, aged G3 years. Mr. Robin The children don't seem so well today. Can It ,be possible those worms wern't good? Mrs. Robin I'm sure of It. They ought to have been sterilized. Life.