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,";n',"i,t1"rTwi'!Tr?'fT',' v.. . c ? T NAlx, you xm. 8ALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1903. NO. 194. t; -'W?j , i '.,. 4 ' .,M . tfnBTi ."f. .. 1r II "! - , - -. ,. - - i ?ipMitM ' . 1 ( )f TW I0NORS ABOUT EASY rhristian and Turk' Hike, Only Common Murderers atelier Whole Communities Regardless of Age or Sex, and Without Cause Confederate veterans. The crowds have been greatly augmented by tho presence of delegates tothe an nual state convention of tho Sons of Veterans, It being tho flrat time the two organizations have mot together. While business matters havo a con spicuous place on the program the features of tho entertainment aro both numerous and of an elaborate charac ter. During tho two dayB the conven tion contlnuo thoro will bo addresses by a number of prominent speakers. Tomorro both organizations will choose officers for the ensuing year. Tragic Suicide at Berkeley. Berkeley. Cal., Aug. 26. Wayne McCloud, 20 years old, a copy-reader for a San Francisco newspaper, who was to havo married Margaret Mat thew last night, shot nnd Instantly killed hlmactf while walking In front of tho home cf Miss Matthew's pop ents. Miss Matthew was walking with him at tho tlmo nnd caught McCloud as ho fell. Death was instantaneous. Explosion of Powder Works Carthage, Mo., Aug. 2G. Thoro was an explosion In tho Carthago powder works, four miles out of tho city this morning. The dead aro Leo Harry, Ernest Pearman, John Hayworth, Supt. Orcll, and 23 Injured. Of 30 omployoa only three are unhurt. Win dows wero brokon In the city. Tho explosion Is bollovcxl to have J Vienna. Aug. u. mu iuui6um tIX massacred tho Turkish Inhabl- -jti of CkcrkoizKo on tno Aunanapio iflfty. Turkey has placed an lm pin order for smokeless powder tfi a German firm. J laden, Aug. 2C A Sofia telegram ,lho Times says tho Turkish re- msIto measures In Macedonia ite reached tho utmost limit of bar- dim, with tho ovlderit Intention ol ,i tttlrparatlon of tho cntlro Ilnl pM IUIU...U... -. bocn enhsod by tho ovorhentlnK of ks daya 12 moro Christian villages acids. None of thoso Injured aro ta fallen beneath flro and sword, seriously hurt except Late Bonnett tn, cnlluren nnu mo ngeu navo nun jnmoa Simpson, who aro in a w discriminatingly slaughtered, critical condition. kners havo been murdered by em and tho situation Is gloomy. teurrection Is Spreading V!na.Aucr. 26. Tho dispatches to- liu Indicate tho Insurrection at Adrl- hucpltt is spreading, me insurgents Jilting bombarded tho Inlnda light- xk at the. point whoro tho Russian tot was stationed a fow days ego. fteablo with tho tr ops In tho Bal- m continues, thoso at Monastir are bcontentcd and refuso to fight, and ie Swedish Gendarmerlo who have I xn patrolling tho district of Uskub I 3 preparing to rcsicn. Thoy havo vmM to their government, saying 7 receive no support from the With authorities. Delegate is Sentenced Now York, Aug. 2C. Samuel Parks, the walking delegate of tho house smiths and brldgo men's union, who wca convicted Inst week of extortion, was today sentenced by Ilccordci GOff to a term of not less than two years and six monUio nnd not moro than hrcQ years and six months In Sing Sing. Application will bo made for ball, pending tho decision on appeal. The Lawyer , GotOne Chip Kansas City, Aug 20. A snfo was attached In transit with Wells-Fargo yesterday by Attorney Curry, repre senting tho victims of tho foot-raco swlndloro. because ho believed It Home, Aag. 26. Blshon Hemirfrif. contained IB3 .000 In cr.oh. expressed iCebu. has Instructions relatlvo to .by Kobort Beatrlght, tho alleged lead- iVl Philippines this mnrnlntr Th. W Of tllO BUCkfOOt BBUK to his JftW. i-Ktn nopes tne price of tho friars ra win do augmented. 'ants Better Land Values wisiana Veterans I Alexandria, La., Aug. 20. Alexan- MV6 reyal welcome tnilnv tn thn I f visitors hero from all parts r-.iaiu jur mo annual convention wo 1W1B ann n via nn TTnlttul yer. It was opened this morning and contained one largo buffalo chip. Attempted Assassination St. Petersburg. Aug. 20. The Vied omostl today publishes a story, under reserve, thrt an attempt has been made to psosslnato tho Russian am bassador at Constantinople. LIPTON IS STILL HOPEFUL Forecast Promises the Weather to Suit the Shamrock Wants to Win Next two Races and Then Beat the Third in a Blaze of Glory Now York, Aug, 26. Llpton today refuses to conless defeat. Ho sayd If thero 1b a devunt brcczo tomorrow to look out for tho Shamrock at tho weather mark. Ho Is hopeful of win ning tho neat two races, then will either faco defeat, or win In a blaze" of glory. The only thing that ap peared to worry him was tho handi cap of 19 seconds which was chalked against tho challengor yesterday. Ho says ho Is sorry ouch a mistake waa made, as It looks stupid that elthor boat was In any wise strained In yes. torday's race. Tho Rollanco's now gnff was measured at noon today, and was exactly tho same as tho old ono, bo it didn't chango any measurement of tho boat. Tho weather bureau to day says tho wind over tho Interna tional yacht courso Thursday will bo light to fresh, northeast, shifting In tho aftoraoon to east and southeast, and probably cloudy weather. Llp ton accepts this as forecasting the Shamrock's weather. When asked as to his future plans, ho declined to say whether, In case of defeat, ho would ngaln challomgo. but says after tho races ho will visit Chicago and Boston. Ho don't want to prolong his stay In America, but Is willing whllo tho Shamrocks aro In commis sion 'to nrrango a rnco with tho Re liance, Constitution and Columbia. Arrested for an Old Crime HIGH TONED ' ROBBERS Haynie and Wife do the Hold-up Act in Seattle The Lady was a Candidate for Carnival Queen in Port land, That was the Beginning Seattle, Wash! Aug. 26. H. W. Haynlo has been arrested with his wife for several bold hold-ups. Thoy lived In a fashionablo boarding house, nnd would hlro a cnrrlagoi tho wlfo would hold the horsoo whllo tho hus band held up tho pedestrians. When arrested, tho man wore a silk hnt. and tho woman was fashionably clad. Mrs. Haynlo was Draco Walton, of Portland, a daughter of Mrs, Dr. Tal cott, the well-known specialist, and was a candldato for queen of tho car nival nt Portland. Bho was engaged to a promlnont Portland attomoy, but thrco months ago married Haynlo, Tho pair aro suspected of wholesnlo oporatlons, as tho man answers tho description given by at least 10 victims. Truth today severely arraigns Eng land for her attitude In tho Turkish embrogllo and says tho powers ought to give Macedonia to Russia, provid ed tho latter will put an end to the continual horrors. Ho says: "That tricky scoundrel, tho Sultan, has long succeeded In converting tho fairest districts in the world Into a hall by playing one European power against another. W aro now tho only ono ou which he can still count tn this devil's game." Rain Quenches Forest Fires. Baker City, Ore, Aug. 26. A heavy rain began falling early yesterday and has continued nil day. It Is tho first drop of rnln since July 4. Several dcetructlvo forest fires, which havo boon burning for weeks, have been extinguished. Ono over In Eaglo Crook threatened to destroy sovernl million feet of lumber belong ing to tho Eaglo Crook Power compa ny, but was extlngufshed by tho rnln this morning just In tlmo to save the lumber. lIBI8llff l8iaiBHM llMf f HH Fall Goods Are Arriving! Its A little earlv to talk about them vat. hpenuso onlv a ulki . 7 y ' J if i u nre e u wo " want yu to ver,oo, the pet that Salemites with cash to spend ore going to havo an opportunity of buying tho beet lines of DRY GOODS I prices far below any "regular store" quotation?. A cash "7 Goods houso is something new for Salem. Ynii'.... r i -.1 is r- i. .i it i -v muuu our prices in ouier unea jar ueiow recuiar airu'i - I You'll notice a still greater difference on novelties in the j 7 goods line becauao that is whero tho "recrular stores' pooble their profits. utter wtiat you wat to se In dry (roods It will pay you to see what $ 1 .before you buy. We aro proud of our past record and we a to keep our reputation for good quality and low prices. X Ua Men's CUtbinv ?". .. "V69 "?.? 11,.. 9 hd-io uaic. locKuowMuwa i -mtes are ir von traded with us before. W RACKET! N Our shoe department is full of honest quality give satisfaction and they're the proper styles. why our business grows. That's im's Cheapest One-Price Cash Store-: . 'Ww'i''''""" ' " ( I iwocks and straw Hats at Greatly Reduced Prices ; ; wiiiiwiif if ttwmtw Crawfordsvlllc, IndAug.C. James iLowla' Meycrp has boon nrrcstod hero forn. murder committed 27 years ngo, and when tnkon to tho Jail said ho looked forward to tho first peaceful night's sloep slnc0il87C, when ho be came a fugltlvo from Justice. Tho man nrreeted hero Is known In his Tennessee home as James Lewis, a successful and respected lumber dealer. Ho camo back to Crawfords vlllo becauso he wanted to visit his old homo nnd his relatives In Mont gomery county. Ho rolled upon his changed appear ance to dlsgulso him from tho few who might remember tho killing that took placo at 'Darlington, a mile or two from here, so long ago, Meyers says tho killing was dono In self-dofense, and now that ho has money enough to engngo competent lawyers, ho is confldont of clearing awny the cloud that has bo long- dark ened his life. Only a Dpy at Time of Killing. Ill 187C Jnmos Lewis MoyeV. 18 years of age, was a timber buyer at Dar lington. Ho got into nn altercation with ono of hlo employes, Branson Sloan, The lattor waa drunk at the time, and threatened to kill his em ployer beccuso ho had refused to fur nish him money to attend, a danco. Meyers. In the fight that followed, killed Sloan with a pocket knlfo. There was no Jail at Darlington at that tlmo, so tho murderer, who sur rendered to arrest, was locked up in a school house and a guard placed over him. That night ho escaped and was never heard from until today. An old acquaintance recognized him as ho was registering nt tho hotel as James Lewis, and an hour later ho was arrested at tho homo of a relatlvo Irf Hiding for Many Years. After his escape, Meyors says ho made his way afoot traveling under cover of darkness to Southern Illinois, where for several years ho burled himself In tho timber, shunning tho company of civilization. Ho contract ed his name James Lewis Meyors by dropping tho surname and as James Lewis has been known over since. For several years Meyors claims ill fortune pursued him. Ho shifted from ono point to another throughout Southern Illinois, but with no chango of luck, and ho began to think It was retribution being visited upon him for his crime. He waa ready to return to Indiana and give himself up, when he secured a contract which netted him several hundred dollars' profit, and ho decided to try his fortune in a new country. In the meantime his wlfo had Joined him and thoy moved to Denton county. Tenn.. which Is yor their home. Fortunes Change for Better. Fortuno Beems to bavo smiled upon him there and Meyers is now In com fortable circumstances. Now that ho has been ai rested be says a great load has been lifted from his conscience. Said be the day of his arrest: "I antlclpato the best night a sloop tonight I havo had In 27 long years. When I ran away I was a poor ooy. young ana luoxporienceu, nnd at that tlmo I could only look on tbo dark side of things. I had no money to employ good legal taiem, but now it Is different." Tbo arrest was made on an Indict ment returned November 7, 1878, I which still Is In force. One of his at torneys waa on tho circuit bench 'when theorlginal Indictment waa re-1 turned. The Buildings ollapsed Omaha, Aug. 26. Two four-story buildings In tho center of town col lapsed this morning whllo workmen were engaged In remodeling them. Warned by tho cracking wall tho oc cupants lied without Injury. The Tiresome Power's Case Georgetown, Ky Aug. 2C Arsu meats in tho Powers caso commenced today. Bill Devery's Big Picnic Bulgarian Atrocities Constantinople, Aug. 20. Tho Bul garian atrocities continue. A priest was burled allvo with his head abovq ground at Caatorla. At Kail the In surgonts killed njl tho Crook school masters, aftor horrlhlo tortures. A collector of taxca and two gendarmes wero killed, and tho collector's office robbed nt Losnltzn. At Tchakalar off, flvo Orooks and two Turks wero killed. Tho Insurgents aro embrac ing a wldor area, compelling tho Turks to spread out. Tom Johnson In Control Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20. Tho Democratic convention today endors ed tho Kansas City platform and de clares for tho election of United States senators by popular voto. Tom Johnson controlled tho couvontlon by a largo majority, This insures a del- egatlon from Ohio to tho next nation al convention that will support John son for prosldont. Tom Johnson Is nominated Democrat ic candidate for governor of Ohio by acclamation. ARIZONA HAS A BIG SCANDAL Started in the United States Surveyors Office a Chief Clerk Murphy Made Scape Goat but there are Other Big Ones Will' Build ' Smelters Salt Lake, Aug. 20. Tho Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. paid spot cash for seven Iron claims In Iran county, tc tho Taylor estate This Is taken tu mean tho cxtenolon of tho Hlo Orandc Into southern Utah, and the erection of smelters and rolling mills offset ting the move In this direction by Senator Clark and his association In tho San Pedro road. Dig Dill Dvery of Now York treated 40,000 womon to Ico cream, cako and milk laat week; led a grand march with a woman ho didn't know, nnd an nounced hlo platform as candldato for mayor In tho next campaign. All this happened At a picnic at Sulzor's Har lorn nivor park, at which tho William S. Devory association was host and womon and children from all over town wero guests. Men wore charged a quartor a head to get into tho grounds, tho recolpta to bo used to buy noxt wlUor's coal fot tho poor boforo ihe election. At least 8000 men woro thoro, so there's J 2000 as a staror for tho Devcry free coal fund. Ks-Imntes of tho total attend ance, day and ovonlng, varied all tho way from 20,000 to 7G.O0O. Thoro wero 60,000 peoplo thoro in tho courso of tho day. r.nyhov, and whon Dig Dill eat on an upturned Ico cream freezer along nbout midnight with a nursing bottlo In bis right hand and a hungry baby on his left arm which ho was good-naturedly at'endlng whllo tho mother retired behind a trco to fix up, ho figured that tho momorlea of his picnic would add at least 20,000 to his total voto on election day. Dill didn't go up to tho park till tho ovenlng, aftor tho aftornoon crush of bablos and tho small boys had been filled to the muzzlo with Ice cream and cake. Boforo leaving tho pump at Twenty-eighth street ho read In the evening pnpor storloa about tho great naval Inspection nt Oystor Day and thoy gavo him an Idea. Ho called up Gddlo Schneider, his factotum, at Har lem River park and gavo him this messago; "I want to walk Into tho Joint be tween a double row of rooters that will make that warship gamo down at Oyster Day look Uko a Prohibition rally in becond avenuo. Just lino tho bugs on ono sido of the ball and tho mothors and babies on tho other, and I'll walk down between 'em; and have the band play 'Devory Every.' " Schneider did his full duty nnd got enough "bug" away from bat and enough babies away from Ice cream! freezers to make a crush of admirers, ! and five bands nlayed toeothor tho Devory anthem. 1 iieno, Nov., Aug. zu. -Tno report "There'a two great ovonta in this, that Convict Fahoy was raptured yes- country today." said Dill after he torday Jn Virginia city waa a caso ot reached the platform. "Hero's ono I mistaken identity. rgbt hero that shown tho populace. -o Is supremo, and the other down Oyster Day, which ought to bo called Washington." i Ubbe Pctora. a well-known Linn conuty farmer la very ill with typhoid fover. Ho refuses medical treat ment, saying that faith will cure him. Big Schooner Turns Turtle Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 2C A tug last night discovered the thrco-masted schoonor, Newton, of Dangor, turned turtle off Drldgoport, with nil sails set. It is supposed she capsized In yesterday'o squall. Tno crow of sov on Is undoubtedly drowned. One body has been recovorod. urantea a New Trial Berlin Aug. 2G.-NavaI ensign, Huesner, who was sentenced to two years Imprisonment for killing a sol dler for failure to scluto hlra, waa gran'cd a new trial today. The Zionist" Congress Daelo, Switzerland, Aug. 2C Tho Jowlsh colonization scheme was dlfe cussed In th Zionist congress today, Tbo Russian dolegates opposed, and tho British and Americans favored It. Fahey was not Caught alA Well Known Educator He Arraigns England London, Aug. 26. Labouchero In 8an Francisco, Aug. 20. Martin Kellogg, for 15 years president of tho University of California, diod at noon. 0 Whllo bcr parents wero attending church, 3-year-old Margaret Grady, daughter or Michael Grady, of Dutto, Mont, played with matches .and was burned to death. Tucaon, Aug. 26. Tho scandal In tho United States surveyor general's olllcc, which resulted In Uio removal or Chlof Clerk W. E. Murphy, Is grow. Itig, and prominent ofllclnla aro In volved. Tho United 8tulx nttoruoy's oinco la working on tho case, and In dltcmcnta aro oxpocted. Tho plot waB to make Murphy tho butt of tho wholo scandal. Povey Talked tojthe Judge Portland, Aug. 20. J. 13. Tovoy, president of tho Povey Brothers' Glass Co., of Portland, waa nrrestcd Oila morning for falling to move on when told by n policeman ho wbb obstruct ing tho sidewalk. In tho polleo court ho mado a scene, tolling the Judgo that ho should havo bettor eonso than to hold hltn, but should commit tho policeman who nrrcstod him. Judgo Hoguo refrained from committing tho man for contempt, and continued tho case. Same old Wreck Story Sedalla, Iwd.. Aug. 26. Tho Katy paHsonfeor 'struck a frolght which bad failed to clear the main track at Rhlnclnnd this morning. Fred Dan lots, tho fireman, wan killed, and Charles Durk, tho cnglnoer, serious ly hurt. Fttsh. Today Chocolate Creams Penotia and Peppermint Chews A T- Zin n's Phone 1071 Main. 154 State 8t I Shift Waists Reduced t -3 Our ontiro assortment Sum mer Shirt Waists at prices you cannot resist. Look over tho lino 0.50 values for 0.75 valuos for 1.00 values for 1,50 values for And bo on through tho $0.34 0.50 0.07 1.00 entire lot. See Liherty street window. Wash Goods At One-Half Wo must cloao out what wo now havo on hand in ordor to make room for our fall goods which will soon bo he?oaud wo haven't room to carry over any wash goods. Seo Court street window. Ribbon Special Beet soft corded taflota ribbons in whito nnd colors reg. k T 25c values nt per yd r JC Today Only Our Wednesday Surprise Sale 91.50 McGeo Adjustable Yoke Petticoats, X 2C $!f S s " A. .?. '