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nnmaiMni FIRST EDITION 3 f. M. .v SECOND EDITION 4 P. M. jv , sT ftftWI .11 I mjOSiLZJI I Journal W VOL. XIX. HOI SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT MACHINE LEADERS FIGHT FOR CONTROL Claim to Have Seventeen Senators Signed Up for Their Pro gram Speakership Fight Lies Between Campbell of Clackamas' and Patton of MarionKay the Reform Can didate for President of the Senate. Tho speakership flght has nar rowod down to Hal D. Patton and J. "W. Campbell, among tho statement forces, and Pat McArthur against, in tho house, nnd Sonator Jay Bowor mnn, for tho antl-atntomont ,and Tom Kay for tho statomont for thq pres idency of tho sonato. Tho stafomonts that onough hnvo Blgncd In elthor branch of tho gonoral assombly to compel a coucub should bo rccolvcd with a grain of doubt. Tho caucus 1doa Is tho old theory of machine con trol by a minority, as nlno sonntors nnd 1G representatives will control tho Organization of cither house un dor caucus rule. Senator Kny, for prooldont of tho xuiato will stand for economy and that will put this ntnto Into tho hands COST CUTS Durng Our It is a matter of disposing of t e goods, as we don't want them to be destroyed by lime, sand, mortar and dust later on. Follow the crowds. You will find them all at the Chicago Store This Is How We Sell the Goods Now Cfe and Tc pretty, light colored Percales, yard HHc 9c Bleached Muslin, 3C in. wldo, yard, now 5c 85c latest SllkB. in tho newost bhades, yard 40c 50c Wool Dross Goods, yard 25c 89c Wool Dross Goods, yard 40c 50c full size Blenched Sheets for double beds 20c Woman's $8.00 Long Coats $2.75 l.adtos' Suits, now from $1.05 up; worn $12 and $15. Furs Half Prioe. M e M W S(? FrrKrnrv ,rfjpfd?J ' tr 1 ft v & rii w v ?v 91 rt - A-i mm rv rr j 9 w ' . . -. - . J 1 cut tn his ilfath mnfn rnlmlv than! 'HHKaiHaaaHBBiaBaaHBBBaLiMai iv-jaMiiy 1 ....... DAILY CAPITAL GIVES dor of things to lino up for any can dldato who Is not tho pot, of tho ma of tho Democratic party at tho next state oleclon," says an old Republi can lendor In his city. A prominent Republican soys ho Is disgusted with tho outlook. Ho says tho flght for tho speakership of tho I10118O and the prostdoncy )f tho senate has degenerated 'into a low and coarso strugglo on tho pnrt of tho old discarded political ma chlno to get control of tho loglslatAiro for purposes inlmtcnl to tho people and debauching of tho tnxpnyor." "Tho machlno has centered on Its candidate nnd It Is the duty of nil who stand for a newer nnd bettor or- (Continued on Page 5.) NO FIGURE Alteration Sale! j Come and See And whon you do como you will seo this sale altogother dif ferent from any sale you have ieon boforo In Salem. It is not a matter of cost with us now; it Is a quostion of getting rid of tho Ooods, as later on tho walls hnvo to bo torn out, and tho goods will bo In our way. Wo profer dis posing of them nt a loss now rath jr than carting thorn to some warehouse and run a great risk. - " wi: W JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, Fill ROO NARROWS STREET CARS SPVPI 1 But All Lines at Salem Kept Open Portland Much Worse off That City Will Probably Have Its Lights Turned off and Country People Planning to Keep Away from Portland for Fear of Robberies at Night. Nothing llko it in 20 years! Roats tho tales told by tho oldost Inhabi tants I Snow for threo daya nnd nights nnd still falling. Stroots full of slolgliB and cutters. Tho merry music' of tho slelghbollB. Htieet-ciurlng Dlnicull. Manager Pngo has mnilo heroic efforts to keep tho cars moving, and so far has not como to a standstill, athough they hnvo boon off tho track for many Union, Today four and five-homo teams with snow plows hnvo been clonrlug tho Salem linos. Suporlntondont Stolnor re turned from IiIb California vacation and buckled In with force today to d'g out tho cnrllno from his institu tion to tho city. A force of shovellers was put on Stato street. By -noon nil tho linos woro open and travel by rail in the city was rosumod. Conditions In Portland. Streetcar servlco has boon main tained with ditlloulty in Portland tho J past wook hut some servlco has bean i given all tho tlmo and tho Orogoif Eloctrlc nnd Southorn Pacific hnvo kept trnlns moving. 1 Portland pooplo nro in the midst HOUSE SHOWS TEMPER LAYS MESSAGE ON TABLE (Unltod Press Leased Wire.) Washington. Jan. 8. Declaring that tho lnnguago of Preldont Boose volt In his nnnual mossugo to con gress roforrlng to tho secret sorvlco, wnB unjustified. Representative Per kins, of Now York, head of n coni mlttoo choson by tho houso to consld or a plan of action, coday prosontod a roport which roconunonds that tho socrot sorvlco of the message be Ig nored by bolng laid on tho table. Tho commlttoo roport also rocom monds that the speolnl message sent by tho Presldont in 'reply to a do mand for an explanation bo laid on the table a not responsive. Tho u minimi course of the commit teo In rtcommendfng to the lowor houso that It Ignores communications from tho Prosldont oronted a sonsa tlon. Tho roport declared that tho language of tho Prosldont was mi justiflod and that tho President's suggestion that tho restriction of PAYS DEATH PENALTY AFTER FIVE YEARS San Quontln, Cal., Jan. 8. "Sacrril heart of Joans have moroy on my soul." As the nao-e was slipped about his neck on tin toaTfold in tho peni tentiary here shortly after 10 o'olooH today Thomas P. Fallon spoke those words In a ojoor, Arm volee. Twelve m'nutfs later he was dead. I'allon the wife murderer prayod audibly as he marched from bU el and up tho 13 stops or the ncaffolJ. IPs rtep waa Arm and he was ealtn. Father Walsh. h!s splrUial adviser who was with him during h' lest moments on earth, Mild that th man ent to bis dtath more calmly than DAY, JANUARY 8, 1U0IL DOWN TO MOVING WITH DIFFICULTY of a big flght that has been carried on by Mnyor Lnno against tho Elec tric corporation. Lane has trlod to provont ronownl of n lighting con tract whilo ho had nothing to light tho city with in case of failure to renew tho contract. Lnno hcoiiih to think it is anything to put the Port land Gonoral out of buuinoss whethor ho has anything to talto its place or not. Tho situation Is very bad for the city nnd Is growing worse. N'o Danger of Flood. In Green's history of Oregon, which contains tho farthest back dates by a white man In Oregon, there In n story of an olght-foot fall of snow. It lay on tho Polk county hills for five mouths hut went off Anally with a rush of rain and Chi nook wind, that put tho vnlloy under water for miles. Rut in 20 years three snowfalls have como like this nnd nil wont off without daiuugo ex cept In 181)0, when there wus little snow but prolonged lionvy mIiis. Tho pro nt wnows wili be -t gteal bonw flt to mining nnd lumbering nnd will onsuro big crops for this your by storing tho soil with moisture nnd nmoula. tho secret service was because mem bers of congress themselves did not wish to bo Investigated, wns unwar ranted. Tho roport says that the language In tho nnnual moesngo must be Judged according to tho accepted In terpretation of the English language. Thf roport adds that tho language in question constitute) n broach of privileges of tho houso. The re port then preceeds: "Thonforo, be it resolved that the home declines to consider any com-tauulcatlon-whlch, In tholr judgmont, they oouatder disrespectful," and do olaros that the moeeego of tho Presi dent, which was sent to tho houso on January I constitutes an Invasion of tho privilege of the hoiibo by queetlonlag the motive and Intelli gence of tho members In tho oxer cist of tholr constitutional rights, and that tho messago bo laid on tho table. any condemned man ho over knew Fallon waa tho first man to spoak on tho caff old hero In n long tlmo. Ft Hon has waited nearly four yeoars to die for the murder of hie faithless wife. When he was arrest ed In. the fall of 1904 after ho had killed tho woman, ho said to tho po pe lice: "I shot hr and killed her, nn.l 1 giiew I'll have to hang for it." The 1 -'a! wae not complicated, li eoesteteo of relating the story of how Ptllos, the wheelwright, lot itu lore of bis wife; bow she drifted awsy from him. aud went to live v'l l.n innfc naned Fleming. It vx, charged that Fallon followed ha, end fond her with Fleming; that he took up his residence In the same DECIDED SNUB THREE CANDIDATES ALL THE NORTHWEST IS UNDER SNOWY BLANKET Cold Wave Sweeps Over Coast, from Alaska to California Willamette Valley ia White, but the Temperature Is but a Few" Degrees Below Freezing Point. Portland, Or., Jan S. Under a blanket of buow varying from C to 111 Inches In depth, the groat Pacific Northwost nwoko today to And 'itself In tho grip of that variety of woath or that paralyzes trntllc, froczo. water pipe starts Ores from over heated furnaces nnd Inconveniences tho public in gonoral, Portlnnd, which Is covorod with nlno Inches of snow, Is today shiver ing In tho coldest weather It linn ex porlenced since January, 1897. Sim ilar conditions prevail In othor towiu In Oregon and Washington, Y.oro weathor groeted tho citizens of Helllughnm In tho fnr northern pnrt of Washington last night, but It Is growing warmer thoro. In Spoknuu In tho eastern ond of that stato, snow la 12 Inches deep and people nro complaining about tho cold uunp. Seattle reports ILve, Inches of snow, but tho tempornturn Is not low enough to cnu.ie much aufforlng. Ton Incho" of snow cover tho ground nt Tncomn. Perhaps the coldest spot hi Oregon today is Pendleton In the northeast oru corner of the 1 tato whoro the morouiy dropped to one holnw the zero mark. Thoro Is nlno plenty of snow thoro and tho farmers In that vicinity are reJnMiig, as tho whlfo mantle Is good for the spring wheat now growing. Tho stroot oar sorvlco In Portland Is ho badly crlpplod that scores of pa songors living far from the bust noas Tenter romnlnod homo during the day In proforouco to walking to work. Home shops did pot open at nil yesterday and department storo mnnngnrs woro tnlklng of closing tholr doors hocnuso shoppers worn snowbound In tholr homes and dollv cries could not bo inndo. Hitter Cold North of Us. Vancouver, II. C , .Inn. 8. Trains on tho Canadian Pacific railroad from tho ISast nro running exnotly a day late owing to severe wonthor In the mountains and on the prairie. lloportH yostorday from Winnipeg say that while the woathor moderat ed In the afternoon, tho thermom eter registering 18 below zero, anoth er cold wave swept down at night and the streets woro absolutely de serted with the mercury nt 1G below zuio. Trains on the prulrlo have great dlflloulty In keeping up steam j lu the low temperature nnd several hoiibo, fully aware of tho relations between his wife and Fleming, and that ho borrowed money from Flem ing. Then followed tho day wha Fallon could not stand It longor. llo pleaded with tho woman to return to him, aud when she refused, killed her. Fallon's constant politoimft marked him as a remarkable pris oner. Ia December, 1004, when son tnPtH to hang by Judge Law tor, ho said: "Your Ilonot, I thank you for the trouble you have taken with my etwe, and all that you have don lot me." The data for tho oxeuitlon was sot many ttmee'and postponed for vari ous cuiito, through the efforts of Fallon's friends to save his life. In the earthquake and fire of April, j 190", all of the record" In the t-d wor de troyed, and hl caused an other long delay It was not uut'J NO. 8... trains have boon stallod. In tho Hocky mountains torrlflo winds have cnrrlod away all tolcgraph linos and only tho utmost caution hna pre vented accidents from slides. Tho Canadian Pacific foara worst of all tho advent of milder weathor and with It tho Inovltnbly heavy fall of buow. Snow plows nro now work ing night nnd day to keep tho lino clear butweon hero and North Bend. Thousands of fruit troos have boon destroyed by the Bcvoro hlnstn at Mission and Agnsslz. In Vancouver tho lowest tomporuturo yot Is bIx above zero. Bolllughain, Wash., Jan. 8. Care lessness on tho part of tho yard crow and not tho work of train wrookuru 1h today thought to hnvo canned the serious accident In which tfdward, Stuart, fireman, wns killed Into last night when the heavy en gine nnd baggage oar m a Great Northern passenger train struok an trestle Into Bolllngham Bay. open switch and plumed from n John Daley, the engineer, who, ufter having his leg nearly torn from his body, stood lu live feet of water clinging to 11 pile until ho wns res cued by pasaengers In 11 smnll boat, Is Buffering Intense pnlu today, but ho will live. George L. Uhodcq, a. mall clerk, Is also suffering from a broken shoulder. Tho fact that not a member of the yard urow could bo found loads to tho belief that those men wore lu somo way responsible. A BoarchliiK Investigation Is being mado. The oiigjnu and bnggago oar nro now lu sovenil feet of wntor. Tho body of Stuart wbb found today In tho pit of tho coul tender of tin ongjno. Ho had evidently boon saalded to death. Not one or tho 75 passengers was Injured, although thoy worn severely shaken up. Tho smoking our left the rails .but did not plunge from tho trestle, which Is hopelessly wrecked. The lAjudltiou of Daley as he oluntt to tho pile In the frigid water whh pitiful. Am ho was rowed ashoru his mutilated lug hung over tho side of the bout di'HKNlng lu tho water. Ho waa so thoroughly numbed at tho tlmo that ho did not suffer the pain that wns certain to follow his arrival at the hospital. Stuart, who waa killed, waa 'i'A years old and the trip that ended In doath was his llrst. Inst oveulng, when the warden r culvud a final moseago from Governor Glllet that tho Anal orders for xhu execution woro given. STRAIT OF MESSINA LEFT UNCHANGED ( United Press Leased Wire l Valetta, Malta. Jan. 8. After u careful lnvetlgat'nu. of the Strului of Moaslna and odjnoent channels by a Ildtlsh warbin, Hear-Admiral I'Uher, ndmlrn! superintendent or doeks and yads at thi station to day reco'ved .itUoIni word thnt the re sent temblor en mod no rli'iige lu the Strait of Mrwlua or in the chan nels. The admiral has authorized tho ool loeto' ( ciistoms here to nnnounco tlw. the toposraphy of tho watos p'oout siclly have rcma'ned un changed. . I I