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AGHER
HIDINGS
TOWN UP
OUTRAGE
SEVENTEEN
SAILORS
DROWNED
EOF PRINCIPAL GRAFT
IS I.N SAN PANCISCO
jYKR Hi DYXAMITJE
'PROPERTY.
WHEN SHIP SINKS
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I, Cal , May 27 Arrests
toduy as the result of
ilttng of threo unoccupied
longing to former Supor-
ics L. Gallagher, who
Ito's evidence In tho grnft
last night and It Is inti-
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STEAMER HUNS DOWN SCHOON
EH FAME SIX ARE SAVED,
, ,HUT FOUR OF THESE AKE
ADRIFT IN DORY.
GONSGN
CHINESE
W"T.i f
IN BOXES
TO EVADE THE LAWS
(United IVmh Lciued Wirt.)
Gloucester, Mass., May 27. Thir
teen sailors of tho "choonerFttino
lost their Uvea rbday In it. terrific col
lision between that boat and tho
steamer Boston, of the Dominion
Atlantic lino, oft tho Massachusetts
coast. j ..,, f f '
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ICAGMIM
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
TWELVE CHINESE FOUND DEAD
IN CRATES WEHE SHIPPED
AS EXPRESS FROM EL PA So
TO NEW "YORK.
e Crowds
isi'iit bnviTH Hint (Lilly vNIt ou. store In the lxt uroot In the
Ht tho CHICAGO STORKS chhm mid itriccs are uhvava rlvrlit.
rr oifcritl such iiioncysuvliiK barKliiH un wo nre now offering
f dt-partiuent.. Got our pric'.
ies' Suits
idles Suits now on sale,
150 Suits now at prices
move them cut quick.
this season's latest gar-
made of tho latest ma-
landromejy trimmed, silk
VERY neat-tailored,
worth from ?18 to $3E.
vvvt Is
$12,59 and $1490
s Goods and
Silks
')" rls of Fine DresB
Dres - Silks now selllns
"-a4 v. Ill suit all pocket
a want tho biggest
pargains in Salem in new
si Goods and Silks,
tio CHICAGO STORE.
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.'Washington, May 27 Twelve Ohl
neso lives woa tho prlco paid by dai
ing smugglers to experiment with a.
new schomo for ovaslon of tho em
grntlon lnws. Tho government has
Just dlBcoyored that a dozen Orien
tals who attempted to galp entrance
lo this .country, by bavin thomneivvs
crated and shlppod by oxprvss from
El Paso to Now York wore dead !!
pn arrival.
Acting .CommlBslonor Larnod, of
tho omlgrntlon bureau, admitted ta
day that n gigantic smuggling plot
had been unearthed on tho Texas
border and that Chlrtwo Impector
Dabcock, ono of tho keenest sleuths
in tho service, Ib. now in New York
on tho trail of tho arch-ploUer.
Quong IJou Yon rocolvcd tho corpse
of his countryman, from tho express
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BANKER'S
SENTENCE
ask! a rehearing
EX-GOVKHNOR LORD ADDED TO
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE--SEV-
ERAL TECHNICAL OIJJECTIONS
TO TRIAL RAISED.
J, Thorburn Ross, tho convicted
president of tho defunct Titlo Guar
antee & Trust compnny of Portland,
appeared beforo Judgo Burnett nt 1
o'clook this attornoon to bo son
tonced M. tho conversion of 338,
000 of thf stato soliool funds, It In
noj itfobatiie, however r that tho non
tonco wiuvjii pronomuced unUI. Jjijo
this evonlng, as nrgumentn for a now
irlnl, and for an arrest of judgmout
will ilrst bo prcsonted at length.
' Upon opening tho court this aft
ernoon. Judge Burnott said that, bo
foro pronouncing (ho Judgment ho
would listen to the arguments that
havo been prepared by tho defense.
Attorney McCamant asked that tho
motion for a now trial be heard, flret,
as ex-Governor Lord, who has boon
added to counsel for defense, had
prepared tho argument on tlib point
BOMBARD
WARSHIP
FLORIDA
T0TESTITSARM0R
CREW REMAINS ON HOARD
ARMOR STANDS ; TEST INSUF.
jriGIEXT PROTECTION FOR
MAST FIGHTERS.
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Thimble Shoal, Lower Choinponke
Bay, Moy 27. (By wlralew' to Fort.
rosfl Monroe.) Disregarding danger
THIRTEEN
DIE IN
TORNADO
SCORES INJURED
PASSES OVER OKLAHOMA DPR.
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ING NIGHT WORST ONE IN
YEARS CROPS DESTROYED-
HOUSES TORN UP 1Y WIND.
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Oklahoma' City, Okla.,Mty 27.
Reports 'lato this afternoon show
th'ht 13 a ro known to bo dead as the
and apparently onxloils to (undergo Irosul't of tho tornado which 'tfwept
(ho experience of opon war at sen. over Oklahoma laU nlht ahtl 11 Is
Commander John C. Uplmhy, Lieu- lirobablo -that roporta flf wore'lcMh4
'tit'
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IiADIE-s LONG GLOVES.
We have Ju-;t recelvtd from our
buyers In New York a big ship
ment of Ladles' Long Gloves Irt
lisle and silk and in all tho want
ed shades. Copenhagen, Tan,
Mode Black, Cream and White.
We aro selling them for snia'I
prices.
10c, fic, 75c, 85c, nnd 08c.
49c, 6tc, and up
iery
Ijll Hats' now o Jale. It.
"Ju well to set onr
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Grand Opening
The Edisonia
Free Tonight
Moving Pictures and Illus
trated Songs. Everybody coime
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"VAUDETTE" TOWGBT
llluslustrated Song, "Km Afraid to Come Home In Ibc Dark"
We have Just opened up he
most beautiful assortment of
Swell Parasols you havo seen for
a long time. You can find here
any class or kind yot have your
mind iet on. We show thera at
all prices.
45o, 75c, OUc, $1.35, 91.10 asul vf(
Store That Saves You Money
company and will bo arrested Jf and waready to present it. ' Tho ro-
trace of him can bo found ijy the da quest was granted and Lord bssan
A UNITED STATES MONITOR AS A TARGET.
A modern monitor which coat $1,000,000 U u rather expoiwlvo tret, but
uiai is tne uo tne inonua, built In 1001, has been turned to by our wy,
Tho Idea of the navy otllclalH In using tho Florida as a target was to tent tw
effect of heavy shells fired, against her gun turret, tho accuracy of torpedo
when directed at a real war vessel and the effect of shotn on it spiral uillUiiry
tnnst. Sudi a tnat was erected on board the Florida especially for tluij
experiments.
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A telegram from Quong Dou Yob
to his friends at EI Paso revealed tho
plot. Flng Mong, an official Inter
preter overheard his countrymen at
El Paco, reading a message which
informed them that the 12 men in
the crates were dead upon arrival.
Ming informed George Harris apd I.
W, Berkshire, emigration Inspector,
of tho plot and they reported it to
tho bureau here.
the argument, When this is flnUboI
tho seoond point, that of an arreit of
Judgment, will bo prosentel by Mc
Camant. v
In presenting hla case Lord om
phaalzed two peints: first, that a
bank official was lab!e,only when his
conduct involved somo dishonesty,
and second, that wh.ero the statute'
saytf 'To convert" this should not be
o construed aa to mean "to erobev
jzle." This attitude, nowever, he
It Is uelleved that the smugglers i,d' w,fl0 " 1 - "K "- evi
crated tho men on the ttexican side t( -VH&. ll w ?&&&
of the line, hnuled them across the
river to El Pao, Tex., where they
consigned them by express to New
York.
Governor Lord laid great street on
the difference between a loan and a
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tenant Joseph Taussig, and 20 men
of tho crew of th monitor Florida
remained on board tho warship here
today while 12-lnch sholls were hurl
ed at it from tho big guns of (he
monitor Arkansas, anchored 300
yards off with her broadside battory
In full play on the target ship.
When It wao first planned to make
the extraordinary test of the power
of tho guns In warfare, it was not
dreamed of keeping any of the men
aboard, but the plans for the tst
were changed suddenly today, Com
mander Qulmby and his nic-n volun
teering to stay nboatd their rhlp
whllo she was submitted to tho ham.
mering of the big projectiles. Kx-
planatlona of thy danger did not
weaken their determination In' the
least.
Whllo the men did not take their
places In the turret which would bu
necessary to manipulate th guns
oaso of actual fighting, they remain
ed ust behind tho turrets while the
firing progressed and were severely
Jolted by the continuous terrific In
pact of the great ehelle as they bat
tcrcd against the heavy tirnior of jtho
Florida.
When tho time camo for tho test,
tho FJorida Immediately steamed In
to her position.. The Arkansas- and
her tender then anchored fore and
aft off Thimblo Shoal, 300 yards
from the Florida with her broadslJo
bearing on the target ship. Tho
will bo- received- from outlying dis
tricts which have not been reached.
Heavy damage to buildings nnd
crops is reported all a'ong tho path
of the storm.
. A nytsjjarowlYiid, tJiUjjifrnQStJi
tny inai nvo persons were klllo.1
outrlgfit at tecomu, wh'cli wni praq.
tically wiped out uud that one wai
killed near Driftwood. In both these,
places scores are said to ho injured.
,' Houses wero twisted- off thejr
foundations and troos uprooted atony
tho path of the "twister," whloh nt
some point appears to have been
of moro torrlllo velocity than that of
any tornado In thltj section In years.
its course wa mainly through conn
try not thickly ssttiod and Alva Is
tho only town reported to have fcftn
damaged.
Crops wero destroyed over an arsa
of several miles around Alyu and
the devastation places a new burden
upon this section which already In
being heavily drained by the dla
trees and destitution following tho
great floods. The persona killed were
crushed tjpder wrecked building
and In the excitement. Identification
is Impossible, It is beleyed mont of
tho injured will recover.
SAN FRANCISCO TREASURY
IH SHOUT WT,W
Saa Francisco, May 27 The "sHe-
clftl depcwlt fund" of the city treas
ury reserve amounting ta 137,000 Ik
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