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TV0 HUHBRED
Mini
llcan of Rockland. Maine, waa elected
to fill the unexpired term of the late
Congressman Dlngley, author of the
Dlngley tariff bill. He waa elected
again to the 67th, 68th, Sth and 0th
congresses. , : !
JAPANESE STEAMER, CREW
' ! AND PASSENGERS LOST.
la a Col Union Oft Hakodate Point,
, the Steamer Hldeyoahl Mara and
MuUu Maru Collide, 61nklng, the
, Latter In Several Fathom of Water
j Passenger Lint Numbered 120,
; the Reat Membera of the Crew The
MuUu Waa Nearly Cut In Two.
4 Toklo, March, 13. The Jap-
aneae steamers MuUu Maru and
the Hldeyoahi Maru collided at S
o'clock thta morning- oft Hako-
date. The Mutsu Maru aank
with the captain and 244 pa-
sengers. '
Toklo, March 2 J.-Later ; advice
from Hakodate, off which point the
ateamera collided early this morning,
fix the number of drowned at 2.
220 being passengers and the balance
members of the crew. The Mutsu
Maru lies In several fathoms of water
and Is a total loss.
v The Hldeyoshl Maru Is not" so seri
ously damaged, The Mutsu was an
SiO-ton conster and was nearly cut
In two. The passengers Jumped Into
the water and the boats , from; the
Hldeyoehl had great difficulty in lo
cating them. - ' -
New Biukling for Grand Rapid. .
Washington. March . II. Bid tor
the construction of the new federal
building at Grand Rapids, Mich., for
which congress mad a liberal appro
priation,' will be opened tomorrow.
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Dissolve Voting Trust.: j
ond. Va., March 13. A meet-1
' To
Richmond,
Ing of the voting trust of the Seaboard
Air line haa been called for tomor
row, at which time the trust will dis
solve Itself. :
FALLS 1 FEET
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SIGNIFICANCE
III TAFTS VISIT
been t awarded lb 11000 prise. Of-y
fered by Senator Jonathan Bourne fort
tha , best essay on ''Why Rooaevelt
should be chosen for a second elect
ive term." :' ' 1 '" ' ' ' ' ' ' :" '
Judge Norcrosa Is an assoctate on
the state supreme court. The essay
will be printed In pamphlet form and
circulated. '
SECRETARY TO ADDRESS NEW
JERSEY HOUSE TONIGHT.
Tmft Boomer Experience Considerable
Difficulty From New Jersey Al
Leading Presidential Candidates
Have Strong Influence In That
State Anti-Tart Men Disapproved
Tonight' Speech and Are Alarmed
at the Significance It May Have.
Washington, March J . Washing'
ton politicians attribute a great deal
of algnlflcance to Taft'a visit to New
Jersey today. The secretary of war
will speak tonight at the annual ban-
auet of the Trenton" Chamber of
Commerce.' Governoi1 Fort, .' who
prominently mentioned as Taft's
ALL flRMS ON THE
"UNFAIR" LIST FAVORED.
The American Federation of Labor Is
: Permanently Enjoined From Plac
ing the Bock Stove Company on It
"Unfair" List May Lead to All the
; Other Companies o Termed, to Ap
peal to High Court Federation
WU1 Appeal to Supreme Court.
Washington, March II. Another
severe judicial blow waa dealt the
American Federation of Labor when
Justice Clabaugh of the supreme court
of the district of Columbia, issued an
order permanently enjoining the fed
eration from putting the name of the
n.ick Rtnvn company on tha "unfair"
list The Buck Stove company aougnt probable running mate, will also tmi
in tntunrtlon restraining the boycott one of the sneakers. The effort to
H SUITS
AM AL
Swindled Over Twe Million.
Paris, March 21. Charged with
swindles Involving over 11,000,800, M.
Rochette, on of the leading finan
ciers of Paris, was today placed un
der arrest The accused man found
ed the Franco-Spanish bank, and haa
capital at his disposal of over 110.-
000,000. The police are reticent and
wilt not give the cause leading up to
his arrest and th entire affair la
cloaked In mystery. , . ,
BOY LOST AT
CONGRESSMAN IJTTLF.FIKLD OCT
Wan R'pM'n Coiurressimm From
' Maine for Several Terms.
Pwtland, Me, March 23. Congress
man C. E. Little field has sent his res
ignation to Governor Cobb of Maine,
to take effect September 30. The rea
eon given Is that he deslrea to resume
Vis taw practice. A close friend of
l.lttlefleld states the congressman will
take up the law business for western
railroads at a salary of $30,000 per
' year.
Charles Edgar Llttlefleld. a repub.
HARRY LIXEBERGER IS '
y , i . TERRIBLY INJURED.
Fall! From Illgii Cliff In Ladil Can.
yon and Slides : Over Steep and
Rocky Inellne to the Bottom, -100
Yards !U-lw Skull FraetumI and
; Kilit Elbow Broken Body a Solid
.AIusk of ' BruleNow' In Grande
lUnule Hos)ltnl and Will Likely Re-
i .cover.' i i ' " '
' Falling from the top of a hlgli'cllff
In Ladd Canyon, a distance of 40 feet,
and" thfcn sliding oh dowa a roik? hnd
teep' incline for a distance of nearly
100 yards and still lives is the re
markable experience' which? Harry
Llneberger went through yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Llneberger ls"a' aon
of the well known resident of Ladd
canyon, who conducts a popular dance
hall . during the eumme- months at
that place.
The ''young man,, who la lesa than
20 years of age, left yesterday noon
With a party' of friends for a stroll
over the hills and high; precipices
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and was granted a temporary one.
This order was mad permanent to
day. ' '
. It Is thought that all other' cor
porations mentioned In the list will
now take the same action. The fed
eration will appeal' ot the United
States supreme court.
line up New Jersey for Taft ha noAv
reached a streunous stage. . Knox,
Fairbanka, Hughea and Cannon each
have many admirers In the common
wealth of trusts and mosquitoes anc
the Taft boomera have not found
their task an easy one.
The friends of Secretary Taft are
Washington March 23. The X'nlted now working for an Instructed dele-
States supreme court handed down a
decision this afternoon against the
state of North Carolina In the railroad
rate case, which a. few weeks ago
threatened to result .In . calling out
troops. The suit was relative to the
rights of the state government and
the federal court. - ' '
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SENATOR BRYAN DEAD.
Represented Florida forSoyeuty Daye
;- I ) Prior to Hto Doatiii 'A .1 "
Washington, March 23. United
States' Senatdr William J. Bryan- of
Florida, died at the Providence hospi
tal yesterday of typhoid fever. He
haa been In the- senate Just 73 days.
Hla death came as a shock, a it was
supposed he was recovering.' Sena
tor Bryan, was the youngest member
of congress. '
t44444Vo4y444 ! possible th administration
I should be kept out of the
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gation, but are encountering much op
position from some of the Btate lead
era In this respect. Those opposlnn
this move assert that for a generatloi
the delegates from New Jersey to th
republican national convention havi
jone unlnstructed, and they are now
reluctant to change this custom.
Secretary Taft dos not go to New
Jersey without considerable opposition
from some" of the republlcna leaders
Many of the latter are tied up to othet
candidates, and BecretaTr-Taff per
sona) Invasion they View wtin alarm.
Senator Kean favors Knox of Penn
jylvanla, while, Senator Brlggs lookf
with kindly eyes upon the aspiration
of Hughes ot New York. When I
was mad known that the secretar
of war was to be made a headltner b
the Trenton Chamber of Commerce oi
tha occasion of its annual banquet
politicians unfriendly to Mr. Taft
made up their minds that If It wat
favorite
tat for
th present
Tht movement took form and sub'
stance when a committee headed by
unnm.nnumrD
liunm l unuLii
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ENTIRE TOWN TURNS ,
i ' , OUT TO AID IN SEARCH.
Minting of Fire Retl at North Pow
der Last Eviulnjr Com CliurelieM
ami ReMident FltH'k to tli Aid of
DUtnu'Uxl . Parent Who . Had Lot
a Hoy In the . Wooda Seven-Vtur-Old
Lad Finds Hla Way to Telo
eaMet, , Where Ho Is Found at Mid
night. ., , '. i, .-. l-.K.
North Powder. .March 23.-r-(Obser
ver Special.) North Powder was sud
lenly awakened from Its serene quiet
ude last evening at' 8 o'clock by the
a ltd ringing of the fire alarm, and
Immediately sermons ceased abruptly,
"origregatlons dispersed, vehicles were
employed and, like wildfire, the news
that a 7-year-old" child was lost in
the mountains, spread from home to
homei This wild state of excitement
continued until midnight - when th
missing boy was found at Telocaset,
Sunday morning Mr. Bertman and
aon Bonnie, aged 7 year, started out
o hunt squirrels, but the trip soon
fatigued the boy. He asked to be al
lowed to sit down while hi father
went on. This was agreed ' to, the
father thinking his son would remain
In the Immediate vicinity until ha re
turned. ' Soon after being left alone
he commenced to wander farther and
ATTEMPTS ASSASSINATION IN
HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO.
P. W, Stevens, American Advlaor 1st
Japanese and United State Gorem
meata Affair In Korea, Shot by an
Unknown Native of Corra Attach
ed Last Night for Hi Verbally An
nounced 1 Opinion Wound - Will
Prove Fatal It I Feared. ' 1
San Francisco, March II. D. W.
Stevens, th American who ha acted
as advisor for both the American and ,
Japanese government In the Korean
affair for many years, waa shot and
dangerously wounded today by an un
known assassin, supposedly a Corean.'
Stevens mad many enemies In th
Cneean eolnnv her yesterday ' when
he said In an Interview that the Jap- '
anese Invasion of Core wis a. grat
benefit to Coreans. ,
Last ' night he Was assaulted by a( '
committee of Coreans In tha lobby of
the Falrmount hotel., -M .- ,
Four' Coreans assaulted : him, and.
beat him with rattajn.chalra. .
Stevens, In a, recent interview, said .
that. tb9(Ooreans were being greatly
beqeflfted , by Japanese , protection,;
This greatly angered ,!he local Coreaaij
who called on him. to protest. . In the.
Interview their anger got the better
ot them and they assaulted Stevens.
, , , txf Prove ! atul.
It was announced after a hurried
examination pf the y.o,und ,.thflt? they'
would probably prove fatal. The,
shooting occurred as Stevens, was step. ,
ping into a bus In front of the Fair-
mount to go to the ferry building. The.
!nnt: wssv.tin unknown, Corean., ,,
Tman who did t!je shooting waa.
accompanied by .another , Corean. .In
the excitement the would-be assassin,
shot one bullet Into his friend who had
joined him In th assault on Stevens,
Both, Corean wer captured and the,
two wounded men wer taken to th.
Emergency hospital... y v, ,.,, i
Th Corean refuse to talk. Th.
assault as stated, was the result ot
Steven' Interview In local paper, In
which, he, praised .th .work of, the '
Japanese, and gav , the, Impression,
that the Corean really welcomed tha
Ja pane, protectorate..,. . . ,, . ,
farther from the rendezvous, . until
Senator Brlggs waited upon Becretary eventually he waa well on his way
G REAT S FECIAL SALE
ulth Its enormous daily Bargain list still continues to brlnjt out a large croud
every day- The values are , IrresiVtable. Never has any store in this city offered
such a complete comprehensive collection of real. Genuine Bargains as we have
been doing at this sale. , .
Taft and advised him not to appear
at Trenton on March It. Mr: Brlggs
made no reference to th fact that
the number "23" symbolize "sklddoo,
but he made It platn that It was his
belief and that of others that It would
be impolitic for Mr. Taft to deliver
an address at Trenton on the date
named. He charges, it Is understood
that- the Trenton organization wanted
to exploit the secretary of war for Its home, however,' and ' learning- that
toward Telocaset. The hunt hid led
the party In that direction In the first
place. , -" J ! ' J
Father Return.
Ia due time the father returned to
the appointed .meeting place, but
found hla aon gone. Believing his aon
had returned to his home In North
Powder, he attached no .particular
moment to the absence. On arriving
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TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY
TOMORROW will be the last chance to get the low prices oftered by us during this
GREAT 9 DAY SALE and if you hive not been he-e before it will pay you to make
an extra effort to be here-TOMORROW.
A FEW SPECIAL SUGGESTIONS FOR CL0SIMG DAY
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own aggrandizement and that It really
had no personal Interest In him.
Becretary Taft listened to Senator
Brlggs, smiled broadly and then sat
down and wrote an acceptance of the
Invitation extended to him by the bus
Iness men of Trenton.
BennleyWas not there, confidence
turned to alarm. ,.
Fire Bell Rang.'
This waa about o'clock, and to
spread the alarm, the fire bell waa
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Boy's 40c Underwear IOC
Boy's Suits worth up to $6.50 $2.29
Youth's Suits worth up to $7 50 $2.89
Standard Calicoes, yd
5c
75c Children's Shoes
SI.50 Ladies' ! Waists
$12.00 Ladies rain proof Silk
Coats
49c
89 c
$5.98
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WANTS RESTORATION.
Convicted Army Offk-er WanU Full
llextltutlon From CliargeM.
Chicago, March it. Oberlln M
Carter, formerly a captain In the
United States army engineer corps,
announced today ithat he would seek
restoration to the army and hi for
mer rank a th result of Judge Kohl
seat's decision, which cleared him of
the charge of fraud. He will appeal
to President Roosevelt Carter claims
he Is an "American Dreyfus." He
was captain of the engineering corpa
at Savannah when the notorious Gay
nor and Green were contractor for
the fortification work. Frauds were
unearthed and Carter was accused of X
complicity. He served four years In
Leavenworth prison. i
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' '.' Norfolk RriDUbllcaiM. '-'
Norfolk, Va., March 18. RepublU
cans of the Norfolk district will con?
vene her tomorrow, when delegate
to the Btate' convention to be held In
Lynchburg next month will be elected.
While It I said that delegates named
at th local convention will be In
tructed for Taft for president. It will
not be easy sailing for those favoring
the aecretary of war. There I soma
sentiment , among local, followers of
the G. O. - P... for Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania, and Governor Hughe
ot New Tork, Is not altogether for
saken., In fact. It may be stated that
It Is not at all n assured fact that
Taft will g it th delegation from Nor
"Ik. '
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BOURNE PRIZE WON.
Nevada Man IU Euay Whieh At
tract Bourne's One Thonaand.
Washington, March II. Judg T Gfalldc
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Frank H. Norcros of Nvada, haa
Thtre is no more vital question to be considered In
the family than that of the compoundieg ot the doctor's
prescription. There should be no ihaf way methods re-
garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded
lust "according to the doctor's orders."
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