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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. onJiEM, OREdON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1000.
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FAIRMOUNT PARK
REV. ELWORTHY MAKES THE CITY A VERY
LIBERAL OFFER THAT THE CITY -COUNCIL
ACCEPTS WITH
: UNANIMITY
Tlio preliminary steps wore taken
Wednesday ovonlng to procuro for
tho city a beautiful park of about
.25 ncros on top of Falrmount Hill.
This matter ha been agitated by
tho Seventh ward improvement loa
suo nnd as a result of tho activity
of tho commlttoo on parks, a vory
favorable offor lias been obtained
from tho owner of tho proporty. Fol
lowing report was read last night
nnd unanimously adoptod by tho
council. Tho city will sccuro an op
tion until the matter can bo submit
ed to a voto of tho pooplo, and In
tho mean time tho proporty of Mr.
Elworthy la out of tlio market.
Report of the Committee on Parks.
Your co m m I tto on parks would re
spectfully report that thoy havo had
under advisement nn offor mado "o
tho city by Rov. II. D. Elworthy of
Hlllyard, Washington, ownor of tho
Falrmount Park property.
Mr. Elworthy has owned this pro?
perty for twenty years. Both ho
and his wlfo wcro educated In Salem.
Mr. Elworthy taught school In Mar
lon nnd Polk countlos boforo enter
ing tho ministry, and out of his sav-
fzxmmmwiwi
r D
oeiuie we aiaii moving
Into our new store we will offer goods at such low prices that they cannot be du
plicated anywhere in this part of the country, Go to the other stores and get their
prices first. Then come here and see the big saving you can, make, We are here with
the goods the latest and newest in the markot,
MiJI Prices om the Following;
Fancy Lawns, 4c yard; Ladies' 26c Black. Hose, 10c; Children's Ho.ie. all colors. IO05 12tf'c; lBb and up
India Llnona. yard. 5c, 8 l-3c, 10c and up; Ribbons, all prices, 2c, 3c, 4c, 6c. 8 1-ac'nnd 10c and' up;
6c Vol Laces now selling for 12 yards for 2Ecr Linen Laces 3c, 4c, 6c, 8 l-3c up. Conio here for Values.
$3.00
Parasols
selling for
t
nwx -
CT'd.
I $1.50
NOW WITHIN REACH
OF THE PEOPLE
lings purchaECd tho land
on
Falr-
mount Hill, which ho platted and
named nftor Falrmount Park ' In
Philadelphia Ho donated a block
and a fraction of another block to
tho Salem Water Company. Part of
ono block has bcon convortcd Into a
reservoir. In tho ovent of tho city
acquiring public ownership of tho
wator system, this reservoir and tho
laud owned by the Wntor Company
will bocomo city proporty.
Your committee on purks would
ro'pcctfully rccommond that tho
city ontor Into negotiations with Mr.
Ellvorthy, with n view of acquiring
this proporty for a public park. It
Is tho most beautiful and sightly
plcco of property that Is available
for park purposes.
At prcicent real estnto values, Mr.
Ellworthy's proporty could bo plnc
od.on tho mnrkot at from $12,000
to $15,000 and would soil very read
ily. Whllo In tho city Inst week Mj
Ellworthy had numerous offers
from leading renl estate firms to
take this land off his hands at his
own prices. But ho decided to go
(Continued on Page 6.)
VkJ O-l A.
Wool Silk
and Duck Suits
Wow on Sale at Bargain Prices
1909 lntcst and nowest garments
now soiling nt movo-thom-out prices.
All long coats nnd sheath' skirts, silk
llnod, materials this season's, nowest;
nil handsomely trimmed', tailored nnd
finished throughout. See tho price,:
118.00 Wool Sultsnowonly. .$ O.BU
J25.00 Wool Suits now only. .$13.no'
118.00 Princess Silk Stilts now
only MW
17.00 Duck Suits now only,. ,9 a'.KO
Dress Skirts, G8c, f 1.50,, 92.80, $3.n0
up
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INDIANA
MAN 6ETS
NOTORIETY
t United Press Lotted Wlre.t
ColumbttB, Intl., 'May 14. Charlos
Caldwell, tho attorney who recently
attempted to oubJ. Secrotnry Knox
from offlco, was arrested today after
being pursued laBt night by a posso
of 100 mon bearing a ropo and hend
e'd by two bloodhounds, hold In loaBh
by th ofnthcr of Doma Romy, n 1G-year-old
girl whom ho Is accused of
attomptlng to ontlco away from homo.
Caldwell was covorod with mud
when tho offlcors found him hiding
in his Jaw offlco horo. Ho wob thor
ougnly frlghtonod nnd begged tho of
ficers to put him In jnll where ho
would bo safe from tho mob. Ho was
taken to jail at Ellzabothtowu and Is
being kept undor heavy guard.
Roiny.accuses Caldwell of writing
letters to his daughter in an attempt
to ontlco hor uwny from homo. It
Is reported that tho lawyor hns ad
mitted writing tho lotterB but this
ropnr cannot bo continued.
Mrs. Caldwell has fllod suit for dN
vorco nnd makes sonsntlonal chnrgos
ngaltiHt her huBbnnd. Cttldwoll first
gain cdnotorloty whon ho wroto to
Washington domnndlng Hint Phllan
dor C. Knox bo ousted from offlco ns
secretary of stato, charging that ho
was Ineligible for tho office because
ho voted for nn Increase In tho sec
retary's 'solury whon ho wits In con
gress, Tho papers In tho oiiHtor milt
woro returned to Caldwell n fow da)s
lator with tho Intormntlon that thoy
woro Improperly drawn.
Caldwell has boon practicing law
horo nbotit n year. Ho enmo horo as
a school teacher nnd oponod n law
offlco after resigning his position.
If
MILLINERY
1'909 nowest models at bargain
prices. Hundreds' of pretty stylish
hats to tBoIect from. Don't bo paying,
double price for your hntB.
Cut prices now--
$1.50; $1.95,52.50,
$3.50 and up
Bed
ding
XtSt
for all the
Itoufco nt
Imrgulu prices
COACHMAN
CHAFFEUR
BLACKMAIL
t United Press Leased Wlre.1
PnBadonn, Cnl., May 14. "It's
blackmail. Plain, wanton blackmail,
to which I will not and cannot sub
mit," vohemontly declared Mrs. Draco
Vollo Hnrpor today, discussing tho
charges that sho, tho daughter of S.
II. Voile, a Mollno, 111., manufacturer,
nnd nlcco of tho late Charles Dooro,
millionaire implement mnnufncttlrcr,
had lured Sidney Harris, coachman
nnd chauffeur, from his spouso's stdo.
Mrs. Jano Hnrrls, wlfo of tho coach
man, filed a suit In Lob Angeles yes
terday afternoon for $150,000 dnm
nges charging thnt Mrs. Harper had
nltonntcd tho coachtnnn-chnutfour'.s
nffoctlons. Mrs. HnrrlR declared that
sho had followed Mrs. Harper, who
la tho wlfo of Stuart hnrpor of Rock
Inland, III., through many cities of
tho ' United Stntcn nnd ovon to Eu
rope nnd Jnpnn
Supplementing tho chnrgo of black
mail, Mth. Harper declared that tho
wUi!I;W!l0r.or?2 S it"1
MniihrH. r lnrivSrnrM Hnr ? I
Mrs. HnrrlB. Attorneys for Mrs. Hnr-
per havo plnccd a Beat of sllenco on
hor lips nnd sho will not discuss tlio
enso In dotnll. Hor nttornoy declared
that tho suit will bo fought to tho
bitterest end nnd If It Is posslblo to
prove blackmail, prosecutions will
follow.
Lob Angeles, u.ay 14. DaVld Gold
borg. of Qoldborg & Molly, nttornoys
for Mrs. Hnrrls. said this aftorneon:
"Wo rnvo ovldonco In black nnd
whlto to provo tho complaint of Mrs.
tinrris against, mrs, nnrpor. vu hhyu
lottors wrltton by Mrs. Hnrnor tolling,
of her attachment for Harris.
'This thing hns boon going on for
BQVOiitl yearB and wan public scandal
In Chlcaco nnd Rock Island. Mrs.
Hnrrls had alllos in Chlcngo working
nn tlm rnim nml wn hnvo corrnanand-
QIICO irom inoni WHICH RlVCS OVIUOIICO
'a i . ii a. ..
J - .. . - 1 t
of tho truth of tho charges, Wo
will havo witnesses brought from tho
enst who will testify in bohalf of Mrs.
Harris.
"Mrs. Harper In a woman about 40
years old Hnrrls is about 28. It
Is simply n enso o. Infatuation on tho
pnrt of Mrs. Harper."
In regard to Mra. Harper's state-
inont tnat sho hns boon shadowed.
Mr. Qoldborg said:
"Mrs. Harris Is a poor woman nnd
hns novor had enough monoy to have
any ono shadowed. That la all imag
ination on tlm part of Mrs. Harper."
Mrs Harris haH bcon In I.os An-
golos n wook, nccordlng to tho stato
mont of Attornoy Qoldborg, nnd will
remain horo until tho trial takes
place.
O
THP PflTflFFIPF AT
inc ruoiurnuc hi
BREMERTON ROBBED
fUnlt.,1 Prru I.d W(r.I
Sonttlo. WitBh., Jfuy 14. Ono of
tho most dastard!, crimes committed
In this section for many years oc
currod onrly this morning whon bun-
dits landed at Dromorton In n launch,
forced their way into tho postofflco
nt that nlaco. blow onon tho sufo ami
stole thousandfl of dollara worth of
stamps and sovornl hundred dollars
In monoy nnd (hen mado tholr es
capo.
The robbory was not discovered un
til this morning whon clorks In tho
postofflco wont to work. The Inter
ior of tho room whoro tho safe wan
locntod was wrecked. The safo door
was blown half way ncross the room. """ "" inf iitui iiugo b mco
Papers In tho safo woro scattered nnturnlly hnru, being of the cloan
obout and thu doors of tho prlvato cut; Ctt",co B?rt- ,v?d ,n u fJw
apartments were broken and tlio con-Of hurd ork ,""iea Uo.,"k,n.'?k
tents stolen I drawn. In addition to this Kolly,
Itis estlmutod tbnt between 000 1 w"o, Bubstantlally built, la not pos
and' JC000 in stamps woro taken and' fc"aod of ,u 'ju'ky !K.,,y, thS. ".oah
between 260 and 300 In monoy 1'0,"8 ?von dltrlbutod ovor his five
socured feot nlno Incnoa. Although no has
THoro Is not a clue. It Is tho gen- been M " I"- Kt),,y ,s Bt
oral bellof ttiut tie robbora landorf!. 7""R """ "'n X. zo "
horo In a launch between 3 and 4
o'clock tills morning-. Tltuy tlion en
tered tho pbatofflcb by a rear door,
forcing tho lock, blew opoh ttio Kuril
a Bonly expttrU at tile buBlbesa can, 1 CHhrllb Rellly und Jim Foley, light
andthon dentarted-. No one near thb I GB 'ts", starts at 1:30 nnd Kelly and
scone heard the explosion. Mall Back's
woro strewn about the room, show-!
Ing thai theso were nllod against tllb'.
safe to doadon tho sound.
FERRIS HARTMAN WAS
HRE WITH T0YMAKER
Ferris Hartman. the leading man llumo Company, which rocontly sold
In "It Happened In Nordlapd," whlchl for $2,000,000 Kb vast holdings In
Is on at tho Oraud tonight, was for! Oregon and Washington, Intended to
many years the star at tho Tlvoll, In" invest hoavlly In Son Francisco real
San Francisco. Theatre goers will estato. Tho company Is handling the
remember him as having been here ' eaiato of tho lata It D. Hume, the.
with tho '"loymaker" Boveral yearB 'Ran Francisco millionaire who made
ago. He is at the head of his pro-, his fortune in tho cannery business
fossloh on tho coast and la backed by, on tho BOtun coast of Oregon,
a splendid company The strength of I The initial investment of the com
tho comnany Is shown by the fact I nanv horo was to ourchase nronorlv
that U pin v a three-weokB' ongaga-
ment In Portland and a like time in
t Seattle, Playing' a return engagement)
ih ruriiiiuu.
WASHINGTON FACES
DEFICIENCIES IN ALL
STATEDEPARTMENTS
GOVERNOR HAY MAY CALL SPECIAL SES
SION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO OVER
HAUL THE SEETHING MASS
OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION
(United Press Leased Wire.
Olymptn, Wash., May 14.
Among Btnto Iioubo officials and legis
lators who nro In tho capital', It Is tho
general bellof today that Qovornor
Hay will call a special sosslon of tho
loglslaturo to Inqulro into tho gener
al Bltuntlon with regard to tho af
fairs of stato ofllcos.
Tho first gun for a apodal sosslon
will bo flrod when tho special logls
latlvo Investigation commlttoo flloa
Its roport with tho govornor upon his
return to Olympla tomorrow. Tho
uwt ot Stato Insuranco Comrals
"lonor J. II. Schlvoly to resign, and
,,, ,,....,i .inn.,inntinn .,. ,inf
and
his announced dotormlnatlon to doty
tho legislative commlttoo and tho
govornor will, It 1b claimed, bo ono
of tho prlnelpnL reasons urged In fn
vor of tho call I tig of nn extraordinary
Honalon.
Upon tho hocla of tho disclosures
brought to light by tho Investiga
tion commlttoo, Roprosontatlvo W.
M. Doach, of Mnson county, Is today
,
MIDDLEWEIGHTS DUE
Tn nn Dlr qatti C
I U UU blu DAI I Lfc
(I)y Willie Jacobs.)
Salt Francisco, May 14. Drying
out Is tho order of tho day at tho
to on
Il'lKO
camps of Ittigo Kolly nnd Hilly Pnpko
and by lilKlltfllll. UIlleBB tho tlllforo-
MAJtM limiimiiH ln 1A IrttilillAtifillnlita
"" nuiiuuov iuu t"u iumuiunihnia
.Ill 1m .Inmit in llin tlmtlrttml Mtnlnlll
will bo down to tho stipulated wolght,
168 pounds, for their IS-rtiund battle
tomorrow.
Tho fact that Kolly has boon moro
than a favorite In New York, Pnpko
In I.os Angolps, nnd that tho hotting
here Is nt evens, makes tho contest,
from tho standpoint of wagorlng,
' ono of tho oddest In tho History of tho
ring. Now York unquestionably has
Installed favorlto on his allowing
ngnlnst Joe TliomaH, whom ho per
mitted to stick flvo rounds, whon ho
could havo put him out In tho flrst
round of their mill, In Now York.
Kelly made a great hit with tho Now
Yorkers, so great, In fact, that until
Kotohol gavo Jttck O'Hrlon his, thoy
conceded Kolly moro than nn ovon
j chanco ngalnut tho Michigan boy. Ioh
Augotes is mnKing nipKU lavoruo
moro as a mattor of KQntlmont. Tho
'ox-thundorbolt spent sovoral nioiuna
V10 01lth ""M18 h? Is mloxcood'
Ingly pleasant follow ho mado mnny
.frlonda who nro willing to risk their
monoy on him nt any odds. AbUIo
from, tUo "ontlmontnl part of It, tho
jouthprnors know that Pupko lived
the slmplo llfo whllo in tho south,
thnt he took a goou vncutlon, broath-
"K tho pure mountain air. c Imblng
"."""".. "D' "
Is "right." Ho will hnvo to be If ho
hopes to win from Kolly tomorrow
aftornoon.
Kolly, nlthough n trlflo pulo and
pcakod, Is In good shape Somo of
tho fans who havo watched him go
through his paces think ho looks a
bit too "Kreyhoundy." but Tralnor
"cuonnia moroiy magna ut litis. 110
old. a stnue too early In llfo to loso
vitality ds' the reault of many train
ing rfpells.
The lO-zpunu preliminary botweon
"P"? , wll bo Bont away on their
cheduled 46-round Journey at 2:30.
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R.-D. HUME ESTATE
INVESTS $26,000
lltnlttJ I'reu UutA Wire.)
San Francisco, May 14 -Announcement
was made today that the R. D.
t Fifth antl Hrrrlson streotH,, where
4 flats will bo erected ut a cost of i
f 20,000 A number of similar deals'
ure peuuiIIB I
preparing wrltton charges, whlck be
says ho will mall to this committee,
ngalnBt all officers and departments
Incurring a doflcloncy during the 1r
b'onnlal period. Ho Btatcs tbat be
will make tho chargo on tho general
ground that Iho creation of tho do
flcloncy is, undor tho law, a orlmlnal
offense
Attornoy-Qonornl Doll declares
that tho stabuto makes tho creating
of a doflcloncy n'mlBdomoanor, una
that tho action of tho loglslaturo ia
making tho appropriation tor tmch
doflcloncy docs not nffect tho applica
tion of tho law or coudono tho of
fouso It haa boon clalmod that 32 offi
cers of tho stato nmy bo hold liable
to civil nnd crlmlnnl action, it tho
attorney-general enforcos tho statute
ngnlnat thorn, noflc'ouclos nggrogat
ing upwards of 1D0.000, it Is main
tained, nro apparent, and upon
which prosecutions might bo Intrtl-tutd.
SOLDIERS ENGAGE
IN FATAL SH0QTING
H'nlted I'rtM l.mpd Wlr.
San Frnnclaco, MUX 14. -Henry
Solno, n private In tho Sixtieth coast
artlllory, m'iib sho't nnd possibly fa
tally Injured c.trly today by Horbort
Qardon, u meosmato, wio is now a
fugitive, Solno Is in n procnrloitH
conuitlon at tho Presidio gonoral hos
pital. Tho Boldlora ongngod in n trivial
dispute while walking nlong Joffor
son Btroot shortly nftor midnight.
Tnoy finally enmo to bbwa nnd 8or
gonnt A. L. Jenkins, n mombor of
tholr company, who was pavulng, at
tomptod to soparato thorn. Suddenly
Qnrdon drow a rovolvor and flhot
Solno, then holding Jenkins nt bay
with tho gun. barbed nwny for a short
tllstanco nnd stnrtod on n run townrd
the Prosldlo.
Jenkins summoned an nmbulanco
and had tho wgundod man romovod
to tho hospital, n tnndo n report
to his captain. Soarch of Oardon'R
(luartorH failed to reveal him and u
squad has boon sunt out to sourch
tho city. Oardon Is 22 years old and
hasj boon In tho army but n fow
wooka.
FOREST BURNERS
ARE ARRESTED
(Unltfd l'rras UtttA Witt.)
Portland. Muy 14. Tho Rov. W. t
j'ustor, pnator of tho Sunnysldo
church of Portland and formerly of
tho Mothodlst church nt Pondlotan,
was notified today that Sheriff Mitr
tin of Wallowa county is on route to
Portland to take hi in into custody on
nn Indictment voted agulnot him yes
torday in Pendleton.
Tho charge against tho preacher
and Jack Houston, proprietor of the
Pendleton Prlntcry. Indicted Jointly
with him, Is ropurtod to be thnt of
aottlng flro to a forest, or permitting
tho fires to burn through careless
ness. Tho Rev. Kustor said today that
whoovor brought the charges mtist
bo mistaken in his mon. Ho says he
and Houston wore put hunting in the
Wallowa mountains last Bummer but
they woro not careless with ther
camp fires. r
0
HACK WAR
POHHIIILK
Iff HUNNV TKXAH
lUBttta I'reM l,u4 Wlr.)
Tyler, Toxaa, May 14. A race war
appears imminent today following a
clash last night botweon Texas rang
ers; and a mob of white men who
attompted to remove from Jail nlno
mon arrested on charges of partici
pating in tho lynching of Jim Hodgo,
a nofcro.
When the mob surrounded tho Jail
and attompte'd io batter down the
doors n troop of rangers was callod,
The mob refused to oboy an ordor
to dlsperso 'and ' the rangers wore
cotnpolled to fire a volley over tholr
heads boforo they could disperse tho
apgry cltUons.
Feeling Is very bltUr today and
threats uro being made agalnrt th"
ulack population. Troops uro stand
ing guard and ovory precaution is be
ing taken against tho organization of
another raid.