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jtow,'jpwws,i w- w DAILY CA PITAL JOTTRN A I, VC-XV' " SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1904. NOt 6V HAD A BATTLE X CONFESS!! AT CLOSE S ' - "; TO KILLING TWENTY-THREE (MHiMiiiMHBMSaMNMHMMSiiSMSM Neidernrieyer Committed as Many Murders as He is Years Old c Says Innocent Men Are in the PISTOL RANGE Jap and Russian Spuadroos Get in a Mix-up at Short Raoge and the Latter Lose a Torpedo Port Russians Outnumbered and Ships Fled to Shelter of the Ports Forces on Both Sides Are Gathering on the Yalu and a Battle is Sure Toklo March 14. Admiral Togo, In In the Cnucusus. A mob led by revo- i supplementary report of Thursday''! lutTonary socialists repulsed tho police bombardment of Port Arthur says tho and forced tho governor to scolc pro- Japanese would have boon ablo to res- cuo many more Russians from the foundering; torpedo boat, but for the deadly flro from the shore batteries ind tho closo approach of tho cruiser Korlk When tho Japs reached the linking Stcregushtchl onlyMho bodlon of dead Russians wore found nboard? The remainder of tho crew, It Is be lieved, Jumped ovorboard. Russia Is Pleased. St. Petersburg, March 14 -Thlfj morning's papers speak In commonda- ! tory terms of Roosevelt's notlco on the observance of neutrality. Still Hold Port Arthur. Port Arthur, via Ten Tsln, March 1 14. Reports of tho evacuation of Port Arthur nro untrue. Ninety Were Killed. Rome, March 14. A St. Peters burg dispatch this morning says tho Russians lost 00 seamen killed and 49 tcction In tho military fortifications Six of the ring leadors were subso quently hanged. Russia Appreciative. London, March 14. Tho Standnrd'f Toklo dispatch says tho kind treat ment of tho Russian wounded at Che mulpo was so appreciated by tho Rus slan government, that it has contrib uted 2000 yen to tho Japaneso Red Cross, through tho French minister at Seoul. All Quiet at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, March 14. It is of ficlally announced that tho situation at Port Arthur remains unchnngedj and the evacuation 1b reported unfounded. captured in Thursday's fight. torpedo boat Misfit Ammunition. Moscow, March 14. It 1b learnod tho reason tho Viadlvostock forts did not roply to tho shelling by tho Jap aneso fleet on tho Cth, was that tho ammunition suppllos from St. Peters burg wero too largo for tho guns. Had the Japaneso sailed in they could have taken tho town. Having Trouble at Home, nrrlln, March 14, Tho nowspapoi Vooranrts reports an open revolt against Russian authority at Datoum Russians Withdraw to the Yalu. Toklo, March 14. Advices received from tho Japaneso commander at Ping Yang state that his scouts report that tho Russian forces In Northern "Core a aro slowly withdrawing to tho Yalu river. They aro strongly entronched thore, and will oppposo tho passago of tho rlvor by tho Japanoso army. Details of recent operations about Vlndivostock show that tho Bosphor usStrait Is still blockeJ with ico, thus Intorforlng with tho operations of tho Japanoso squadron. Fuel Famine Threatens at Harbin. Harbin, March 14. Harbin is threatened with a wood and food fam ine, bocauso of tho Increased prlco of tho necessities. In viow of tho cold (Continued on Fourth Page.) 9 2 There's Someth i n g Afcotit the Summit I Shifts That mnkos you want the samo kind again They'ro made to flt. Tho fabrics are tho newest, and they give Fatlsfactory wear. It is time you were looking over our New Spuing Styles . you'vo traded with us you know that the quality and prlcos :; t are both rii 0) """ S Hats Hats Hats! Dozens of new stylos Just in. You want tho right shape, and you want tho quality that will keep that shape. That is the kind TOU'lt flnil at ( I 1 1 1 1 i I I ( I I tmTt4. "KT "KJ ..tf O tf..4 j m. ne new orjt ax ft Cm j. rmjxiNco, jrrop Our price are alwayB Iowerthan at "regular stora" for the sasse I quality, u Is because we stiekto the spot cash plan. THE RUSSIAN CRUISER "AURORA," which shadowed the new Japanese cruiser through the Suez canal, and whoso whereabouts at present Is a mattor of anxious speculation on tho part of thoso directing Japan's movoments on sen. MERGER DECLARED UNLAWFUL Washington, March 14. Tho su premo court, in tho Northern Securi ties decision this morning, upholds tho contention of tho government, and tho morgcr is declared to bo a viola tlon of tho anti-trust act. Justice Har lan read tho opinion. Washington, March 14. "In our opinion," says Harlan, "tho ovidonco fully sustains tho char go that tho do fondants wero properly accused of moj nopoltzlng, or attempting to monopoi llzo, trado between states. Tho North ern securities was organized as a hold ing corporation, or custodian, of mora than nine-tenths of tho stock of the Northern Pacific, and thrco-quartora of tho Great Northorn. Both lines wero held as if by ono ownership. Tho holding company dominated tho roads for the oxclusivo bonoflt of tho stock holders. It becumo ono powerful corporation, so that competition be tween tho constituent companion might closo. Tho profits woro to be distributed on tho basis of stock hold by tho Northorn Securities. Tho com bination Is ono in tho shapo of a trust. No schomo or device could moro thor oughly bo a combination In tho form of a trust in restrain t of trado." Tho contentions of tho defendants that an opinion In its favor would not bo contrary to the Bplrlt of tha anti-trust law is negativo of tho de cision in tho Joint Traffic Association and trans-Missouri cases, tho Addlston Plpo Company and others woro quoted, to sustain tho government's position. Tho decision was by a voto of flvo to four, Holmos, Pcckham, White and Fullon dissenting. Just Shelled Them Out. Manila, March 14. General Wood reports an attack on a roconnol taring force east of Cottabato by a strong party of Moros, whoso position was shelled nnd outworks taken. There wire no American casualties. No News of Mlsslna 8teamer, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 14 Up to 1 o'clock this afternon no word of the missing steamer Propatria hai been received. SHe8eo JEWS GET LITTLE RELIEF. Confined to Certain Limits, and In Poland Allowed to Rent But One Acre of Land. St Petersburg, March 14.-Tb commission appointed by the czar to Investigate the condition of Russian Jews, and mako rec ommendation as to the disposi tion of the semlte population of the empire, will mako tho fol lowing suggestions. It Is Inad visable to extend the limits of the Jewish pale, or aliow the Jews In Poland to own land They should be allowed to rent land, striotly in tho limited quarter, and one acre to each Jew. High schools should be established at Warsaw and Odessa, but the teaching staffs should be entirely Christian. COULD SET 5 THE EAST ON FIRE Salt Lake, March 14. "Wo might have, sot tho East on flro had wo cared to toll all wo knew about polygamy," said Mrs. Emma Mathews, of Marys valo.iUtah, one of tho witnesses in thq Smoot Investigation, who returned, last gjjght from Washington with hoc daughter, Mrs. Mabel Kennedy, "You did not tell all you know, thon?" was asked. "No, Indeed. We simply answered tho questions that woro asked of us.' Mrs. Mathows declined to roveal what sho knew of polygamy on tho ground that It might provo embarrass ing to some of her particular friends. B May Get Warmer. Osslng, N. Y March 14. Thomas Tobln, who murdored Captain Craft In, tho Emplro Hotel, two years ago, was electrocuted this morning at 0 o'clock. Tobln was perfectly cool, and was pronounced dead in 30 seconds. Mrs. Dotkln on Trial. San Francisco, March 14. After two postponements tho second Botkln trTnl began this morning. The task o( socurlng a Jury, it is expected, will consurao four of flvo days. Tho Dola waro witnesses will arrivo Wednes day. 0 Trial Postponed. , Chicago, March 14. Tho trial of Emll Rooske, tho fourth of tho car barnora was callod tills morning, but paused on account of tho oxhaustlon of the state's lawyors in tho proviouB trial. ri r h ) sb J Ven tor n.s Lnmes Marx Admits Killing Eight Men One of Them a Partner in Crime and I Committing All the Other Crimes ' In the Decalogue f Chicago, March 14. Now that tho threo carbarn bandits have boon con demned to hang for tho eight mur ders already traced to thorn, thoy are confessing murdors which havo mys tlfled officials for many years. Peter NIodormcyor, tho brnlns of tho trio, says ho has killed 23 mon, ono for ev ery yonr of his llfo. austav Marx re calls olght murdors, whllo Henry Van dlno professes to havo boon convorted and Is saying nothing about his rcc ord. Marx declared in a confession to. day that he was ono of tho threo men who held up tho Chicago & North western express train at Tower, near Dekalb, four years ago. Tho crime which has passed into history as ono of tho most desporato ovor committed In or about Chicago, has never been fastoncd upon any ono of tho manji suspects nrrosted, and tho Identity of tho bandits has remained a mystery to tho pollco until now. Marx Keeps Confederates' Names. Marx says both his confodoratos in tho orlmo aro doad, nnd rofusos to glvo tholr namos. Ono of them, ho snld, "died with his boots on." Tho railway authorities admitted a loss of 1102,000 by the robbory Marx says tho robbers secured only $8000r tho rost of tho money hnvlng been de stroyed by tho oxploston of dynnmlta used to oracle tho safo. In a sort of footnoto to this s'tart llng confosBlon tho young desperado now standing in tho Bhadow of tlfo gallows for complicity In tho carbarn robbory admits tho killing of eight mon in his enrcar. Speaking of his crlmos, ho said: "Eight yoars ago Neldormoycr and I wont to JancsviUo, Wis., to rob n train, .and hid our dy nnmlto alongsido tho track. A tracks walkor or railway dotoctlvo I havo never learned which camo upon ua and asked us what wo woro doing there. I shot him, nnd wo throw his body into Rock river. "Another man whom I killed I had dono criminal work with in Michigan I mot him at Capo Gold Fields, Colo'., when NIedcrmoyor and I wero thoro last fall. Ho know too much about mo, and I killed him, and left his body lying In tho suburbs of tho camp." One for Each Year of Age. Potor NIodormcyor said: "I havo killed 23 men and wound ed 17. Innocont men nro nerving tlmo for my crlmos In moro than ono peni tentiary. Rowards amounting to flG, 500 nro outstanding for mo In different states. I will confess thoso orlmos if tho pollco will glvo mo a written " ' ' " " """ "" " - I "! (Continued on Fourth Page.) Another Stockton Strike. Stockton, Cal, March 14. Another riot by striking minors occurred in Jamestown last Saturday, in which Splo Terlsch, tho night foreman of tho Rawhldo mine wan hurled through the glass front and. dangoroiiBly out by brokon glass. IIo sworo out a warrant for assault against Albert 1 Sclaronl and McNaughton, mombors of the Jamestown union. jQc&?7lleijeM&$onA I DO YOU REALIZE that the average man of today lives with more comfort and convenience than the kings and princes of n century ago, surrounded as they were by their luxuries and servants? What has dono it? Modern ways of making and selling. And he has bcon most sueres. ful and rewarded who points out the wny. This storo is growing fast, livery point, every new Idea worth the having, is being focused on the store ser vice. Can't you see it? Ladies Spring Suits and skirts in fine array. Full lines of correct stles, in the choi cest fabrics and colorings, hull cato how carefully we have pro pared for this season Thorough ness Is visible everywhere the tort of thoroughness that has kept this Btoro ut the front with the brightest and newest fashions and easiest pries. Bach garmont attests our thoroughness shaping, making 'and tailoring being fault-lose. Spring Jffik Wash Wfth floods SS.OOOD7 Everything is In rsadlnees for spring shopping days. MoBt nil the novelty stuffs are here for shirt waists and waist suits, and they are wall worth coming to see. The variety Is to Urge that you oan find just what you wast. Out J 67th Sale Wendesday We offer another great bargain for your consideration. This week It Is to be HUCK TOWELS plain and fanoy borders at thej very low prlco of 1 8c each New Silks Tho new Pongees and Shantung silks aro shown la a great assort ment Hundreds of women have pongees la mind planning a dross a coat, eta, eta,, to bo mado of this popular fabric Have you seen tho new Shantung silks? Real worth 85c yd our price 65c Stylish Spring Clothing priced so as not to ovortnx the purse. To heap the prices down aad the Quality up Is the constnnt fidsavor of our clothing ilepaty msnt. We have ben successful in doing this, and banco built up a tremonduoim olothlng business. Our elegant line of spring suits, overcoats and pantaloons have taken hold In great shnpo. They sell on sight and why shouldn't they? i II TTVDCMAWO Hoelory for mon In a great variety of tho new spring stylos. FURNI8HINQ8. The most extensive lino in the aity, always growing, always chang ing, keeping right to the front, showing the brighUst. newest and most stylish produotlens of the best manufacturers. m WWeWMWltMMWf