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, ,r-.i.jtf-. ,.,t umlmiHuni.i - .. . , . . ...,.,...-. ,fr ... .... , . FIRST EDITION 3 P. M SECOND EDITION 4 P. M. i V ' I l0umal vol. xix. DAILY CAPITAL JOUItNAL, SALKM, OltKGON, FIIIDVY, .1 VXUAltV ill), WOO. HO ak i A t - ' t- ( " I , r llmln n -msrwfw v- IM 1-1- IDDLE WEST IN WASP OF FIERCE BLIZZARD """'"' ''' .. DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS MEETS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING boosters for A GREATER COMMONWEALTH . v DELEGATES FROM BOISF, BURNS, COOS BAY AND OTHER PLAGES Tho Oregon and Idaho Dovolop ment Congress mot this afternoon at the Mnto houso and was called to or der by Senator C. J. Smith, of Uma i a cciiity. In tho nbsonco of Presi dent Lowell, who was detained todc.y r Pendleton by a murdor trial. Many Delegate Hero. MnoiiK tho first dologatcs to ar- ivo was thoso from Dotso, Idaho, (leaded by Iluby AtklnBon, socrotary of the Commercial Club of that city. Tho Idaho delegates woro mot by a rommltieo of tho Salem Donrd of Trade, composed of Mayor Rodgcrs. Col, Stockton, Judgo Scott and F V. StouBloff, and shown tho courtu sles of tho city. Delegate From Harney. At noon Wm. Hunley, A. V. Gow nnd and I. S. Gcor, of Ilurns, nrrlvod with Col. C. 13. 3. Wood, to boost for Uarnoy county and tho great unex plored Interior, and a railroad from Holso ncrosa Central Oregon to Coou Uny. Hon. Illll Grime Coming. A toloKram announces that Hon Wm. 11. Grimes,- of tho Coos Bay Chamber of Comnierco, would arrive Saturday morning, "with tho railroad dope." This will bo tho surprlso of tho congress, for it probably meuns 'that tho first nuthontlc nows of Hnr rlmnn's Intention to build Into Coos J Bay. "Develop AH Oregon." Beautiful badges woro distributed this foronoon by Salem Hoard of Trade Boosters, bearing tho abovo legend. Tho nrrlvtng delegates woro taken In chargo by tho reception committee, and Introduced to Btaio official?, and shown tho city and state house. Following Is tho program for to te day: Afternoon, 15 O'clock. "Purposes of tho Congress," Proa- Idont Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendle ton. "Dnttlo for tho Conservation of Na tional Itosourccs," Govornor Georso B. Chamberlain. ''A System of; Stato Aldod Hall roads," Hon. a B. 8 Wood, of Port land; Snntor I. II. Ulnghatu, o 15iv gono. , Evening, H O'clock. 'fWhy Snlom Grows So Post. President 0. L. McNary, Salem Board of Trade. '(Mountain Water for tho Cnpltst City," A. Huckostcln, Salem Business Men's League. "Salem hh An Educational contir," Prcsldont b'lotchor Homan, Wlllam otto University. "General Port Commission Illll' Repreamtatlvo Bonn, Lane county, ALL WIRES GO DOWN UNDER LOAD OF SLEET GALE RAGING ON PLAINS STORM EXTENDS FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO TEXAS HER LITTLE KEEPSAKES TELL PATHETIC STORY ALTERATION SALE COST CUTS NO FIGURE There In no uno In you trying to Iwnt our prices, an we nro not look ing for profits now. It Is n matter of deposing of the goods and getting Hie shelves cleared before wo start tearing out Come to our More and see the crowds. Tho people know values and appreciate what He art doing and tho wonderful bargains wo are giving. Tim follow lug prices arc only a few sample of how wi air now selling our goeds: Ilniullftil 7 He Pcrsuui challes in a grand variety of dainty patterns. Vow, ynnl, only Aq Me unsli India silks in all the best etenlng shades! also in staple dark ndors. Yard -JOg "3c new dress and waisting siik In all (Ii. nt,.t shades. Fine for evening dresses or street wear. Yard, only . .gjjg Sheets, white bedspreads and "heeling., nt less than mill prices. Ladies $2.00 whlto Ubch tailored WnUt, handsomely tucked ad plaited; also trimmed with pearl buttons, only ggc White pearl buttons; ouly.Hrj lOO-yurtl best Standard machine ho silk, Now only fa Indies' $18.00 suits made of tho latest materials, long coat, silk lined and the new sheath skirt. These suits- an world-leaters, for $9.50 Fine Wool Dress Goods, this sea son's latest.. .Vow only, yd 5c R5c flue imported goods in plain and this season's nest goods, Yard, only wool dress fancy colors, and newest 49c Ladles' dress skirts, 05c and $2.80 that were lip to $4.50 wd $0.00 each. DRESS GINGHAMS, Uie grandest assortment that was ever seen in Kalem. Tliey Just arrived aud are now in our way. Out they must go. Come and get our prices. Ladies' $2.00 Vlci, IUucher patent Up, heavy sole shoes. Now oay, Pair $1.49 I United I'rcKN Uninl Wire.) San Francisco, Jun. 29. From first scholar In hor Sunday school class to a counterfeiter's coll Is tho unusual way through Ufa choson by Edna Knowlton, alias Joslo Living, ton, who, with R. O. Ilradburn, alias It II. Drcdloy, was arrested Wodnoa dny by United 8tnto3 socrot sorvlco operatives. Harry M. Moffltt and Joaoph N. Nye. In tho room occu pied by tho pair, in Mason stroot, be sides spurloiiB coins and tho appara tus for making thorn, was found to day n strnngu collection, trcnmired I by tho girl. Thoy marked plainly the downward path from tho town of jGnrafoaxn, Dufforln county, Cnnndi, whore eho was born and spent hor childhood, to tho lodging houso whoro tho fodoral law called a halt. Undor hor pillow was a Bible. On the flyleaf was penned: "Flrst piTzo, awnrdod to Edna Knowlton for highest marks nnd crod (table progress. " Thore were letters from hor fath er. E. Knowlton, a morchant to Oarafeaxn, bearing patornal lovo nnd advlpe. Those letters told hor to pattorn her life after thnt of her mother, who had passed this world when Edna was yet a girl. Titers were clippings of pootry, carrying mo'sages of love and honor, whllo sno naa tramea Emerson s oxpra- Blons on honesty. In tho bottom of her trunk vns a broken doll and Itu clothes. All these things testified In tholr sllont way; thoro wn a tlmo when flowors, not weoV. gerdon of hor young llfo (United Press Loosed Wire.) Chicago, III., Jan. 20. Ono of tho worst blizzards of rocetit years Is sweeping Nebraska and Is extending northward Into Minnesota, whoro tho tnoroury dropped bolow zoro. Tolo phono nnd tolographlo communlot Hon with Nobrnskn and Minnesota !s ! almost ontlroly cut oft. '. ' ' a mossago rrom uncoin, Nou ro I'n sl-arp contrast to thoso Uoop-'lorU lhnt nU w,r0B oro 0wn snkiR nf n linlinv olrlhond. In Mm fnr.l t,lt J blizzard Is tllO Worst known nray town of Garafeaxn, an opium plpo, supplied with two bowls, ro- In 20 years. A sloot storm horo last night on tho eastern slopo ot tho Uocklos. Ono of tho freaks ot tho storm wan a combination of blizzard and windstorm nt Grand Island, Nob , whoro ti Junction of railroads and nucloiiB of tolograpH linos Is outnb llshcd. Tho blizzard nnd sandstorm wruiiKht havoc to communication by nil laud wlro In that vicinity. A Bocond storm was roported this morning botweon Kansas City and Chicago, powd at tho head ot tho bod. Tho cu,",?d much domago Thoro Is much offects of tho Insidious drug aro B""B nnK mo poor. plainly traced In tho drawn facoa both or to" gin ana nor consort, tjioi trca- i:rod trinkets of girlhood covore.1 In hor trunk with Denver, Jan. 20. A tromondoas t IV, I If, fif u.llift nnmif nn.l uIaa, b(.iih). WAM r"'' ' ..., .nun UIIU DtUUb OH ULR tlilnin!tn" KruntWeotern p'lnlns oast of horn Sphered s'neo sho left homo, mark- """" ,ro n,Kni' nn" ' n rriort t,H' Ing unmlctokrbly tho tlmo sho loft omy WcKrepli wire between Don tho narrower way of llfo. Horo woro"'' 0k," "lld l,m w,u I"" out found vulgar pooraa, given to lmr.of co"'?'n- The storm extends whllo working In dance halls In No-ifrom :jr, lMc' l" '''xa . and vuda mlnug camps, ohsccno literature from '""Ulcte reports was raging printed on sftloou cards, nudo plc,0,,r,Jp today wlth ""abated "ry turot nnd sordid contributions from- Tho 0lTt!Ct r tho Btorm 0'0 a life of crime nnd Immorality. I B,ra'h, florvcy B bml bflca"''0 ol AlthouBh -till young In years. .,io, th0 Hk'l "ccompanylng tho galo. has dlsnlnyod a coolness and cour-,'10 w,ro' took an ovor-lncreaslng uge that cannot ho reconciled rondily,ront of k'' unl" thc,r wclht " mom io iireaK. urown of llnomon with a meek domeanor. face nnd unobtrusive , . woro sent out during tho night, but Hho wns horn in Kat nnrntonxu.i0' w'" communication botwoon County Dufferln, Canada, Juno IS, 1S8C. Her father, E. Knowlton, Is a morchnnt thoro, and sho has a halt east and wost Is taken by tho toli- graph compnnlOH "aubject to delay.' Tho storm did not porcoptlbly ln IteacluNt Ht, Inils. St. Louis, Mo Jan. 20. Tho windstorm- ihat .has boon swoepnj Oklahoinu and parts of Missouri reached horo today In tho form of a 40-mlla por hour gale, Little dara niter rfnilAotnts 'la. tthlsclty, bu re ports from tho southwoit Indtcato a huavy Iohh of property. Nearly all (olograph wires aro out of commission. brother, whoso present whoroabout.,er,oro w,lh rnIr0B traffic, xc''t la unknown. In 1004 sho went to -------- Senttlo, whoro sho married Alfred A.J Kolfor on May 23d. After her mar: rlago sho returned to Canada, and for a tlmo visited hor mother, Mrs.' Eliza Knowlton, nt Rovelstoko, Can.' In Fobruary, 1008, sho paid her first visit to San Francsco. During this porlod sho has boon known undor vi-1 r'ous namoi, somotlmou using Josla Livingston, Edna Kolfor, Edna TrnlnH iro Kuowliound. Dcnvor, Colo., Jan, 20. Half a dozou trains, Including two passeug or trains, are stalled today on tho South Park division of tho Colorado Southern railroad, in tho vicinity ot Como, at tho top of tho Continental dlvldo, ns tho result of the blizzard. The panuongortj are suffering severely from cold and hungor, as supplied cannot reach them this morning. Slides aro reported fro msover&l sec tions, and tho storm damage Is hoavy. SALEM WILL HAVE A SPLENDID GARAGE ns tho clrcuniBtnuces might require MAY CHANGE PLANS i 7Cc good heavy double blaakcta I bow in the way. Only, pair gcjj I -------------------------------------m-i---- --------------- --------l H ( Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 29. The possibility of a change of plans In 'the constructon of the Panama ca nal Is foreshadowed in a letter today In tho office files of James D. 8chuy- iler, ono of the engineers bound foi J Panama with President-elect Taft : President Roosevelt named com mission of eight engineers among A fine brick building lO&xifi fH grow In tho Knowlton. Edna Hunter and others, ,B IUW M,nif eoiMtriiotod on tho Inn J lying Just north or the old Club llv ory stablos, at tho corner of Forrv and Liberty streets. Tho building In bong uiectod by Iioodlgholmor & White, proprietors k- r4i . . . , !l the Club Stablos, who will convert III" M'A hi A n1 A I A reJ A I 1U lnt0 r K0"oruI "very uud automo III lAllltlflft ljAlliL!,"0Kar'. Tho now building wilt bo a pari of the prosont llvory stable, .but the garcge section will bo In- Ihora Engineer Schuyler, to proceed Wnllod ,n th0 ur,ck- Autos, both Io to Panama to decide upon the feasl-cal anU tn'. w vo a blllty of the lock canal as compared horao ,n B,0D1- "orotoforo tho au with the sea level waterway. It is 0'! ailng to this city from othir posilblo that the lock canal, favor l"lB w"o compelled to leavo their by tho President, may be abandoned. ",c"ln, '" H'O street or In somo If the report of tho engineers sliowin"t,y' duo to tno InadeQUato accom modation, provided for shelter, but th(i roomy garage, which now build ing o'f IloodlKholmpr &. White will contain, wjll be sufficiently largo o that the famous Gatun dam would bo Insecure. Tomorrow night ends 4!ie big sale at Wenger & Cherrington's. Savo $85 to $135 by buying your riano NOW. MURDER REPORTED. FROM ALBANY (United Pres Leased Wire.) Albany. Or.. Jan. 29. Sheriff Smith left this city today to find Cuarlwj Powell, who Is acaused of killing Homer Itoper at a country dance west of here ou Wednesday nlgbt after the two men had quarrel ed over tho girl. afford nholti r for nil tho bubble can. Whon tho nuto business becomes thor oninhly popular again this summer tho llvorymon will procure some ox. porluiictd muchluUts to caro for the machines nnd put In order whon broken down. Carriage of every description will ulso bo nt the wirvlcit of tho public, and the livery bulnes In ovory phaw will be crred on when (be new brick in brought to completion. The proprietors of tho Club Stable havo purchased a now up-to-duto car riage. This vehicle Is the first of the kind seen In Salem. It Is provided with nil tho latest equipments In the wpy of comfort and olegcnfe. with electric JlKht, both out.nnd Inildo. Two beautiful English coach horses laUly purchased, and costing f 1200, will complete tho outfit. The build Ing will u completed by the first of April. moment later. It Is charged. Pdwoll'wBs thrown to tha pavement whllo drew his revolver nnd shot his rivul ' mtumpting to board a street oar. rnZBd,Hl ,,,a" dJlnB W"h"' H r"W ""W,"'H r,b W,'r, rrt0,ur, a" l is feared that ho suffered ildncussloH ----- o( the bruin, Ho Is 9C years of age, MARRYING PARSON ,nni1 ' ' HMu hope for hl re;v- PROBABLY KILLED . ;,:.,,,, .. fl niid Vt t wirr.i gtvuu Irwin beeauso ho hnq-H little Iis Angeles Jan- 29 Hev W A nfllce near the court house and.'prAb- irwin, nn aged charscter here known Ably has married mora couulea thmu Attar vlolnnt aririimMnt In Ihn " 1 -- - . .-, ..- ....,,. u .,i,iv wuu(ii;a maw baUroom, Powell and Roper followed 'as the "Marrylnr, parson' was prob- any two other ministers In Lou Anget' uy set!r-4 concent, wepi puuiae a nuiy i-iany injured lousy wnen Be les m