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DAILY CAP ITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, 'OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1904. FIVE WATER FRONT . CASES II SlfltA f nnrl RnarH Will Unit- zu:x: :::". tppmaiiuiia tut uicrui- chaseofaNumberof Tracts The Newport water ftont cases were before the state land board this morning, but were continued until to- "morrow morning on account of th'o absence of Governor Chamberlain and Attorney Geo. G. Bingham, who appears for the Case estate. The casos are attracting considerable at tention over at the coast as a nuni- f. her of proporty owners are Invilved In the tangle. James Booth, Ed Sullivan and Eugene Williams recently made ap plication as trustees for the city for the purchase of the tide and over flow lands in front of the city of New port, and their applications aie now before the state board for action. Wm. Matthews and Peter Abbey have applied for the purchase of the same lands, claiming occupation and prior settlement of the same. The lands wero granted to the city jof Newport by the state when that place was Incorporated a number of years ago, but Samuel Case discov ered that the chatter was defoctlvo and made application to the state for tho purchaso of the lands somo tlmo afterward. Tho state conveyed the samo to him and Individuals havo title through Case. A fow months iigo, and nfter tho death of Case, ooth, Williams and Sullivan found, t Is claimed, that the survey under which Case purchased was wrong fond they caused a now survey to bo made and their application for pur chase followed. The lands consist of the entire water front at Newport, including harfs and docks. A number of ulldlngs have been erected on tho tract and are occupied by business Sfjhpusos, Including the Abbey hotel, pTS&owport News, beslde3 barber shops, restaurants and numerous small con- .earns. The case will bo wormly contested and Includes a number of Interesting egal questions to be passed upon by the board. Weatherford & Wyatt of Albany ap pear for Matthews and Abbey, and Car3on Adams & Cannon for Wil liams, Booth and Sullivan. J. A Olsen, of Olsenvlllo, has also filed an application for tho purchase t land in lot 1 In front of his addi tion to Newport, but this does not ineludo any of tho land in tho other applications. PERSONALS B Attorney J. R. Wyatt, of Albany, is in tho city. M. A. Calhoun, of Wa;hington, D C, Is In the city. P. H. Farrell, of Woodburn, was In ftho city ye-tordny. W. Johnson, of Winnipeg, Man!- iHoba, is in the city for a" fow days. C. A. Suasdorf Is a new arrival from JDows, Iowa, and Is reglstorod at the : Salem. Miss Loda Buron nnd Miss Nottle .Beekner nre In Portland for a fow days' visit. Peter Abbey, Ed. Sullivan and Jas. R Booth, all of Newport, aro in tho city on business. M Gantz, of Seattlo, is looking over minimum i nn nin-g- T 4 Try Zinn s Ice Cream i It is the finest that was i : : ever made in Salem :: 154 Slate St. Phone 1971 I hi 1 1 1 1 m n in m n hh-m I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I III 1 1 III Ml II If :: We Are : : Paying 15c j: for Eggs Today i ;: Commercial Cream Co. J 225 Com'l St 4-1 1 HUH 1 8 M-HH 1 1 M the Willamette valley, and Is stopping at the Salem. Willis Dunlway, of Portland, was In the city yesterday on business before tho slate land board. Rt. Gulss, of Gresham, returned homo this morning, after several days' visit with Patton Bros. C. D. Frazor, tho popular commer cial man, has beeli In tho city for a few days, Interviewing our mer chants. J. Otten, of the Oregon Shoe Com pany, has been spending several days at Hood Ulvor, and will return this evening. , Miss Mamlo Montgomery Is In tho city, while on her way to McMInn vllle, whoie she Is employed on the Telephone-Register. Miss Kate Horgan, who has been spending a few days with Salem friends and relatives, returned to Portland yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Linn and child ren will leave this afternoon for a several weeks' trip to tho St. Louis fair, and other Eastern points. J. E. Thompson hns resigned his po sition as shop guard at tho peniten tiary, and left this morning for Port land, where ho will probably reside. Clarence VanPatton left yesterday for Fort Stevens, where the contract ing firm of Eib & Van Patton have a large amount of work to do for tho government. A. M. Cannon, of tho firm of Carson, Adams & Cannon, returned from Portland last night, where ho tried n case In the circuit court during the past several days. Clyde Mason, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Mason, of South Salem, has been heard from In South Africa, where ho Is one of a ship's crew, and will not be home for several months. Mr. H. E. Chlpman, president and superintendent of tho Nehnlom Log ging Company, accompanied by his wife and son, aro visiting in Salem for a week, the gue:ts or Mrs. Chlpman's sister, Mrs. A. W. Moores. Mrs. Emma Pfolffer-Dorris, of Pasa dena, Calif., who Is spending n few wooks with her paients, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pfolffor, at Albany, came down last evening, to mnko a short visit with Dr. and Mrs. A. B. GIllIs. Howard D. Damon, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Damon, of this city, re turned from El Pao, Texa3, this morning, and will spend his vacation hore. This is his first return in four years, and his many friends aro glad to see him back again. S V. Hall, tho Santlam lumber man, was in tho city today on a short busi ness trip. Ho Is operating a logging camp for tho Curtlss Company, near Berry, nnd hli own sawmill, a few miles above Sclo. Ho anticipates a good season for tho mlllmon, aftor building gets under way. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Condlt loavo Wednesday for a six weeks' tour of tho Eastorn states. Mr. Condlt Is tho lay delegate to tho Prosbyterian as sembly, to be hold In Buffalo, and from thoro they will go to Now York, Boston, Washington, tho St. Louis fair, and will return via tho Canadian route. Mr. and Mr.?. Glen Schaofor, who have been sponding a month at Now port, returned last evonlng. They re port goad weather on tho bay, and that a few families are coming in evory weok for tho sea air. Mr. Schaefor Is very much Improved In health, and will push his Lustorlno business which is proving a great succosb. Turner Personals. Mrs. Donyor wont to Monmouth Sunday to visit a daughtor, who soon graduatos from the normal school, A baby girl came a fow days ago to gladdon the homo at tho M. E. par sonago. Rev. R. Ennis roturnod from Port land Filday, Miss Alice Smith doparted Tburs- day for her homo at Grants Pass. John Potter and Mr. Rotan took tho morning train for Salem Friday. Mr. Allan Wilson roturnod Monday from a two days' stay with his sons in Portland. v G. A. G. Moore and wife nnd Henry Osborn and wife wore Salem visitors Wednesday. Rev. J. Osburn hat gone to Sheridan to preach for the U. B. church. Soveral of Cheater Sliver's frionds urprlsod him Saturday evening, the occasion being his 20th birthday. Meters McKinney. Bear, Cook, Longsworth. Crawford, Ball, Salus bury went to Salem Saturday, having business before the county court re garding the proposed new school dis trict. Dates Overlooked. In arranciDK the dates for the itin erary of the campaign speakers the following places wero overlooked by tho committees Sublimity. May 27th. at 3 p. m. St. Paul, June 3d, at 10 a. m. Thn Aortarr of the Interior has set aside $2,000,000 for an Irrigation project In Malheur countr. HOUSE BREAKER WANTED John Seymour Served His Time in the Pen but United States Of ficers Need Him John Soymour, who oscaped from tho penitentiary last September, on circus day, while a trusty, and who was recaptured at Tacoma lu October, was released today, having served his time. Ho wn3 at onco domanded by tho United Statos officers for tho crlmo of homo breaking in Washing ton, D. C. Tho warrant was sworn out beforo United Statos Commissioner Clark, of this city, and Deputy United States Marshal J. A. Wilson, of Portland, will take charge of tho prlsonor. Seymour was convicted of larceny in Multnomah county In 1902, and was sentenced to 18 months' confinement. Improve One Street. If Court street cannot bo improved a movement should be started to put down a modern pavement on at least ono street of tills city. The first street to establish a mod ern improvement, park tho sides of the street, construct a permanent pavement, will mnko a great strike It will not only become tho finest residence street of tho city, but will advance values of all property and Increase tho rents. Property that Is now a drug and n burden to tho ownor on unimproved streets, would, If they wero improved, move off at big prices. This statement has been repented ofton in this paper, but a single dem onstration would go farther to con vlnce tho doubtful. With tho Lewis and Clark fair com ing on noxt yenr, tho Capital City has overythlng at stako, and will loso by remnlnlug in the bucolic stngo. The vlllago era is past. Salem Is a city. Tho demands of the time are for progress. With street improve ments wondorful changes will come. There has been no street improve ment since P. H. D'Arcy was mayor, about 15 years ago. It Is time somo ono was waking up. Baseball Gossip. , Tho basoball games of tho second series between Salem and Vancouver, which will bo played In this city, com mencing Thursday, promlso to bo tho best minor lcaguo exhibitions over witnessed in tho state. Each team Is adding now material, and evory man Is confident that he is on tho winning sldo. Manager Probol is on tho lookout for sevornl rapid men, and, as ho has a long suck, and a determination to head tho list, It would not bo surprls ing to see nn aggregation from tho fofolgn city that will bo hard to handle before many moons roll over As It Is, they aro bad enough, and with the ndvont of warm weathor, tho fans may oxpoct to seo tho boys get busy. Tho local people must not forget howovor, that Managor Fay has not boon asleep, and ho has a good, lively array of travelers, who know tho game from evory point. Wilklns has boon u ml or tho weathor with a threat onod attack of fovor, hut ho Is nblo to navlgato again, and will bo bohlnd tho willow this weok. Ho la a little gaunt, but Joe is a ball playor, and doos not mind small things like n week or two In tho hospital, Tho team is promising to mnko up for all short comings of the past weok, and will not disappoint tholr friends. Tho Eugene team has sold R'oltz to Hank Harris, of San Francisco, for S81I0, and O'Day, who was loaned to Piebles, has boon called homo to re place tho old leaguer at second. Roitz has not mlxod up with John Barley-Corn for about nlno months, and Is said to bo playing phenome nal hall. Gillespie Murder Case, Rising Sun, Ind., May 10. Tho Gil lespie jury was completed this morn ing. The aged mother of dofondant was In tho court, vory foeblo. She states that tho four defendants will take tho stand In their own dofonse at tho propor tlmo. Sound business practice i as important, hare, 33 the wealth of nature. Schilling's, Best is the basis of it in Coflw at your grocer's and money-back. jtsmKmmsmemwmamsmm octroi. iH,i, U. K.ppMkdMf 4 &. ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION Of Christian ( lVirCll OpenS at Turner June 24 The urogram of tho Oregon Chris- tian missionary convention will oc- cupy from June 23d to July 3d this year. Tho campmeetlng management have rocurod reduced lulus on tho Dlspatchos from Shanghai say that rallrcad. the Tartar general at Mukden has do- Thoro are sevoral now man in tho cllnod to oboy Viceroy Aloxloft's or state. Uosldog theso wo will havo dor that tho Chlneso ovacunto Muk a chlof speakor W, F. Rlohardson, ' den. of Kansas city, Missouri. Ho stands i amdug our leudors In tho ministry. Ho holds tho degreo of A. M. from Eu- reka college He has hold long pnB- toratos in Denvor, Col ; Alleghany, , Pa and Kan as City, Mo., whoro ho, h now In his tonth year Ho was , Rev. W. F. Richardson. seml-ofllolal dispatch donles that Dal- provident of the Jubilee Convention ? capturoit by tho Japanese of tho A. C M S . held in Cincinnati, jdmira Ity rejects tho report 8nn , that tho crulsor Rurllc was dostroyod. Loaders on tho programs are E. M.'00"01 Kuropatkln's Plans aro kept Patterson, of Tillamook; J. B. Ohom- a ,ocaI Bocrot' Local newspapers dls ley, of Ported; G. S. O. Humbert, C,UB8 ,n 'oar"omo nmnnor tho ooct of Eugene; Geo. C. Rlchoy, of Roso- buret & H- DodU. Falls City; P. 8. son. Kansas City; Jomo Hunter. Eugene: Hnr.y Ronton. Elgin; A. A. Heery. Hood Rlvor; Krnost C. Wig- .. ,. . c i..i,w !.. MtMIl JIIBWIIU, I. U MlUblUVJl WI- laniU-J', H. McCallum, Hti(jno; O. H Klngy-la Grando; P. K. Hllllngton, Cottage sQreve: Davis Eriett. Salem; Mrs W. u. jVfMUii, jviikpi.u, v. ,4. Molllpgar. Ashland; fl. Q. Sanderaoii. quth of Wft y yogtorday, and a KuKfli Albyn 13:rou. Portland; J n augagomont fol0wed. Tho II. Listgr. corresponding seoreury, Jj( d , th()r ,, al,I)ftront. Eugene; P. B. noblnwn. The Dallw; (,,, ,ll8Urnlountnu,0 ,,. Tho Hu8. I. J. Handttkir. Coqulllvi MUJ flng contluued to rtttrwt nor,. A nrownrlw. Myrtle Point; D. C. KM,vUon of tho flr8t cor,)8 Ig . !enH. Drain; C. P. Sanderson, Oranu ch, Now chwau. whoie ovao- Pa8; Mrs. B. A Child Medfonl; Mm. ,,. ,. Mnnmail ,1V n nlim,iar ,lf T. A. Hornady, Corvallls; Mm. Maryi Renton, Elgin; C. A. Dotsan; Mrn Davta Hrrott. Halem; Mrs. M. A. Ran dolph; Gertrude Crawford, Hcppner; Joo Boott, Athena; J. R. Hnlmes; Mrs. W. P. Toylpr, Pendleton; W. A. Elk- Ins, Stayton; Ora Melton, Pot Hand: Celeeto Lljaton. Salem: Vlra Dorward, CottaKo Grove. P B. Hllllngton; O S. Q, Humbert. Eugene ; P. L. Cam; bell, president State University; T A. Brown, Monmouth. Hear Wm'. Wallace Graham at Cord- ray' opera house Wednesday oven- Henry M. Stanley, the noted Afrl iBg. 2t Jean explorer, died at London, Clothes of Quality MHnaHMBBramHHHHHmMmmHBBHMMHI Our smart, handsomo spring and summer suits aro decidedly well brod and you can call them "clothes of quality," for they certainly contain all tho qualities appreciated by good drossers. Tho nowest fabrics aro hero in Blnglo and double-breasted sacks, with tho now narrow collar and lap els. This Is a splondld tlmo to mako your selection. Pricos to ploase. $1 0.00 $25.00 Suit caBos and travollng bags thntjiro exceptionally good valuos, cloth and leathor lined. Traveling bags Jl.GO-to $5.00. Suit casos, all loathor fl.CO to $12.50. SalemWoo C. P. Bishop, JAPS REPULSED (Contlnuod from first page.) litch's error in giving Imttlo on tho Yalu against tho ordors of Gonoral Kuropatkln, tho latctr's plans remain unchanged, nnd onco away from tho lnountnlnous country ho will havo conditions much In his favor. Tho quostlon of tho possibility of tho Jnpnncso finding a weak spot lu tho defense of Port Arthur Is also much debated, and It is bollovod in 80mo Quarters that they will ropeat tnctlcs lUyed In tho war with (China, nnd attempt an assault through tho wostoru defensos, which nl0 icn0wn to bo tho weakest. General Russian Retreat. Paris, May 10. Tho correspondent St. Petersburg, of tho Echo do Par's says Qnoral Kuropatkln has ordorod a Boneral retreat, nnd no doubt Intends to avoid a battlo until ho hns suill- I dent forces. Ho actually has at his disposal not more than 150,000 men, oxcluslvo of the garrison at Port Ar thur, which consists of 30,000, and tho garrison at Nlu Chwung'of 15,000, J A gonornl who knows tho secrets of , tho mobilization, tells mo that the last 1000 men making tho required 500,000 will leavo KaBan July 21st. . adding "Wo will bo vory sick If tho railroad h not working well. It is not likely that Gonoral Kuropatln will fatlguo his troops unccosearlly, If tho Jap iauoso pross him ho will rotlro from Lino Yang to Mukden, or ovon to liar I bin Retreat certainly Is painful, hut It Is now Indlsponslblo." Dalny Not Fallen, St. Petersburg, May 10. A Mukden """' -i' '""' -"- ""'" '"'"" ",v , , , . "olwoon JP" " "' onan 80Uth of Lla YnnK- tho ns foil- ln ,mok' Ua YaB ,B on ,bo rnl,way helwoon Mukden and Port Arthur Another Jap Victory, London, May 10. At Shang Hal ,Cwaft lho flrfit JipilIei0 cor,m ovor , . fh .. ii.iBHlnni. 20 inllnn women who havo just arrived. Hold Two Meetings. The Republican conunltto has nr- ranged for a meeting to ho held at Liberty on Haturday evening. A J number of tho county candidates J will hm prwent and addroae tho votere. A meeting will also bo hold In tho nlversldo sohool liouso tomorroy evening and a good crowd la oxpectod to be rV on up to enli ore Proprietor DIRECTORS HOLDING CAUCUS Important Changes to Be Made in. Salem Schools It Is roportod on tho strdots that sevoral attempts havo boon mado to hold caucusos of tho Salem board of niliirntlnn ntiil Mint ntinMini- nntirMid fis callod for thin afternoon. It Is roportod that tho thrco Dem ocratic members of tho Salem school hoard, who recently votod to havo no grades taught In tho Salem schools nbovo tho ninth grado, havo decldod not to ro-omploy City Supt, Trnvcr, who )b understood to favor higher grndos. Thoy aro contemplat ing tho election of Principal Dakor, of the, Lincoln sdhool, or Prof. D. WV Yoder, who Is to bo recalled from a lucrative position In Eastorn Oregon. Teachers Elected. Teachers oloctod tills aftornoon L. R. Travor, city suporlntondont and principal East school. - H. N. Good, principal Lincoln school. Miss Ada Dayton, Lena Clark and Constance Whonlden grado teach ors. Knights of Pythias, Attention. Thoro will bo work In tho ooeo'ud rank tonight. H. H TURNER, C. C. S Office Tools 2 I" the way of fine Rubber H Stamps Is what we wou d like : 9 toselleverv office In the city- M HI slmlpy because we supply the m A test g Z RUBBER STAMPS Z 2 made mounted on a fine rub- 2 ber cushion, which prevents 2 a blurred Impression, at all H times-then you save nearly 0 IB a half what others chartre for H a the old fashioned kind, Patton's Book Store. J Try it for Pancakes Thoro Is no regrets when you buy our real puro baking paw dor. You got It In a Mason glass fruit Jar; not In a usoloss tin can, EPPLEY'8 PERFECTION RAKING POWDER Is really lino. Rosldos, you get a quart for COc, or In weight VA pounds; or a half pound In a gloss Jar for 20c, and, beyond that, you get the purest baking powdor that you ever usod. Good packagos, good weight, good goods. Most of tho gro cers sell It, or wo will send it to you. C. M. Epplcy FINE GROCERIES. Nlnetooutlt and Stato Stnaet oMtMiMinttimtin