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NUMBER 18.
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WIFE SLAUGHTERED WITH
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Revelation Blade This Morning in Sa
il lent Rooming House Drunken Hus
I band Murders Wife and Then At
tempts Suicide Will Live Was
Frequently Drunk and Quarrelsome
Wife Said Yesterday Husband At
tempted to Stab Her Recently.
Salem. Ore., Oct. 21. In a drunken
frenzy Silas TImmons, a pasterer, aged
J7, killed his wife, aged 19, with a ra
zor last night, in a rooming house in
"f this city, and then cut his own throat.
TImmons will live. .
The couple came to ' Salem, from
Portland about five "-.eeks ago. The
body of the girl was found at 7:30 this
'morning In the room with the mur
derer, who was unconscious.
' TImmons was frequently drunk.
The girl told the landlady yesterday
that her husband held a knife ovet
her Tuesday night '
GRVIN ELEVATORS BURN.
. Fire In Denver Iiast Night Causes Ijoss
of a Half Million.
Denver, Oct 21. The grain eleva
tor of the Hungarian flour mills was
destroyed by an Incendiary fire to
day at a loss of a half million dollars.
The police are looking for three men
who are . suspected. They were seen
around the engine room a few minutes
before the fire was discovered. Four
hundred thousands bushels of wheat
were destroyed.
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$2.50 Odds And Ends isdssc
Bofs Shoes SHOE SALE Children Shoes
$1.89 A general cleaning out of all odds and ends Q9C
of shoes consisting of Ladies, Men's and .
aPa,'f Children's at a saving from 25 to 50 per cent a paff
$1.60 and $1.76 little ' . $3.60 and $4.00 men's $3.50 to $4.50 ladles' $2.25 to $25.0 misses'
folks Shoes, odds and Dress Shoes, odds and 8hoeSi odds an4 enu8;
ends, ends
'. , Sale Price Sn!o Price
Sale Price Sale Price .
$1A9 a pr $2.93 apr '$2.95 a pr. $1.69 a pair
$125 and II as bovs' 2.50 to $2.75 ladies' " $4.00 to $3.00 men's 1-60 and $175 ,a"
89c a pr $1.95 a pr $3.45 a pr $1.29 a pr
Do not miss these shoe bargains
Also odds , and ends
From alt other depart
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ALWA YS SOMETHING
HEW AT THE
FAIR STORE
DASTARDLY CRIME DONE IN
PORTLAND LAST NIGHT.
Police Thus Far Unable to Lay Hands
on Perpetrator of Fiendish Crime
Victim Dies on Doorstep.
Portland, Oct. 21. The police are
without any clew as to the Identity of
the assassin of Harry Butterworth, a
prominent Jeweler of St. John, a sub
urb of Portland, who waa shot and In
stantly killed at his front door, on his
way home last night He left the shop
at o'clock A few minutes later his
family heard some onefall on the
front porch. They looked out and
discovered the wounded man, shot
through the. breast He died without
uttering a word. His clothes were
covered with powder, marks, showing
the murderer was standing close.
DIED IN A DESERT.
Note Book Containing Last Entries
Found on Dead Body.
Los Angeles, Oct 21. Thirty miles
from human habitation, B. T. Pratt, a
miner, aged 60, starved to death in
the Inyo county desert according to a
report by O. W. Lewis and H. E.
Shankland, who returned from a pros
pecting tour In the Argus mountains.
The note book was scribbled full
of the terrible account of his dying
agonies. It bore Pratt's name and
contained the following entry, among
o'ihers:
"I left GtapevinJh Inyo county, Cal
ifornia, July 28. Thomas S. Pratt told
me I. would perlshT , I though I coujd
make It but I got lost. So I guess I
will have to give In. I have no water,
nothing to eat, and cannot walk."
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Satisfaction or
your money back
MILLIONS OF RAILROAD
-PREFERRED "STOCK RETIRED.
Company Undecided as to How it Will
Be Done Will Mean Large Saving
One Batch Issued During Hard
Times Convertible Into Common
Stock at Par The Earnings Will Be
Over a Million Yearly Shows Fi
nancial Status. .
New York, Oct 211 An official an
nouncement was mads today that the
Southern Pactflc will soon retire pre-
ferm4 atnir SSS
The management figures $1,800,000
a year will be saved by retiring it.
They are undecided as to the best
method of doing It
The preferred stock was Issued in
1904 when the company was paying
dividends. Another Issue was made
last year when money was tight. The
stock Is 7 per cent cumulative, subject
to call at 115 until July, 1910, and
convertible Into common stock at par
at holders' option.
Photograph Records of Abstracts.
Walla Walla, Oct 20. A rectograph
Is being put in place In the county
auditor's office by the Dean-McLean
Abstract company. The rectdgraph
will Dhotosrraph the county record?
which will be used In the abstracts. It
Is believed that this will save much
work In the matter of copying tb- rec
ords and will be - more rapid. The
outfit . cost several hundred dollars.
The photograph of the page will be
larce enough so that the words on It
can be read distinctly. N
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M you want
Shoes take ad
vantage of this
Sak and buy
HOW
BRYAN ATTACKS VANDER- .
BILT ROAD MANAGERS.
Speech Sold to Have Been Made Last
Night by Three Principal Officials,
Threatening Reduction In Wages if
Bryan is Elected This Subject for
Bluer Attack by Bryan Today
Thinks the Acta Should Be Punished
Hurries On. i.-:----.
,Mt Vernon, O., Oct. jtl.-r-Declarlng
officials of the Vanderbllt railroad!
are attempting to coerce and intlml-
republican ticket, Bryan made a bit
ter attack upon the general manager,
Van Winkle, Vice-President Schaff,
and Assistant Superintendent Ingalls,
In a speech here today. He created a
big sensation. The attack was the re
sult of speeches by the three offllcals
to employees In Bellfontaine, O., last
night Bryan said their statement of
democratic victory meant a cut in
wages Is "coercion and a crime
against the franchise that ought not
to be allowed to go unpunished."
Bryan said: "Confronted with the
wrath of , the people whose earnings
they have taken for their own, ' the
predatory corporations threaten a
panlo If the people elect me. Taft was
In the president's cabinet when the
panic last year started, and If he and
the strenuous president could not pre
vent a panic, how little hance there
Is for Taf t alone, I am fighting to
restore business competition, and . not
to destroy business." :'
Bryan called attention to the fact
that Ingalls is a son-in-law of Charles
Taft.
Bryan will go to New York after
giving one day, instead of the rest of
the week, to West Virginia. He will
not visit Mrayland and New Jersey,
He declares Ohio is wort for the dem
ocrats. Mr. Bryan will make 16
speeches In Ohio today.
Beaten by Robbers.
San Francisco, Oct. 21. Left un
conscious on a sand lot .over nlghl
with his head and face beaten almost
to a pulp, and his throat cut, Freder
ick Kauffman, an employee of the
Oakland Gas company, today has lit
tie chance to survive. The robbers
attacked htm In the dark.
Presbyterians Leave Home,
Belllngham, Oct ' 21. Because thej
could not life a debt of $675 and pay
the salary of the pastor, the Presby
terlans ofthe little town of Nooksack
have forsaken the church, becoming
Methodists, who bought the Prcsby
terian property.
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NEW YORK FIRE CAUSES MANY TO
JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES
ivew jtorK, uct Zl. Tnree were
burned to death In a big tenement
fire In Month this morning. Several
tenants were Injured by Jumping. Win-
dows became clogged In the wild pan
ic. " Three bodies were found after the
fire was put out Incendiarism Is bus
pected. " '
iwosi ox ne tenant were UHictp,
The flames, starting In the rear of the
building, shot up an air shaft and
soon enveloped the building. Many
frenxied women and children flocked
to the fir eacapea and were saved by
firemen aa they were fcUout to meet
certain death by Jumping.
Three reels of nlctures and twit n
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DEFECTIVE WlPUiS PRE- -
. VENT ADDITIONAL FACTS,
Wealthy Canner of Marsh field ami
Two Companions Thought to Be
Lost PartloH Search Beach.
MarshfleM, Ore., Oct. 21. Search
ing parties are patrolling the' Curry
oounty beach for a trace of R. D.
Hume, a wealthy. , canneryman and
former menj.ber of the legislature, and
two companions, who were on two
gasoline schooners which were wreck
ed on Gold beach during Monday's
storm, .'Brief telephone messages last
night told of the. wreck. The wires
were In trouble before the remainder
the fats of the three men unknown
here. ,,,, ' .
Labor Federation. .
Denver, Col., Oct. tl. One of the
most Important conventions of the
year will be held In Denver, beginning
November 9, when the American Fed
eration of Labor will hold its annual
session. . The session will doubtless be
of the greatest Interest, since it will
follow the national election, and the
result of the Gompers declaration in
favor of Bryan will be apparent, The
coming election Is looked upon as a
crucial test, of ' the political influence
of organized labor. If the reaults of
the federation's venture Into politics
should not be satisfactory to the rank
and file of the members, an Attempt
may be made at the convention next
month to return to the old policy of
abstinence from participation In po
litical '. activltjfi: i 'T)i, oeiaUct dele
gates will probably make an attempt
to ouBt President Samuel Gompers
from the position of executive head of
the federation. '
Centennial of Manon.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 21. Cincinnati
Is thronged today with Masons from
all over the state, hero to participate
In the centennial celebration of the
Ohio Grand Lodge. It was just 100
years ago that Masonry was launched
In the Buckeye state, and th anniver
sary will be fittingly observed during
the next three days. A parade with
10,000 Masons In line, with bands and
flags In confusion, Is one of the feat
ures of the program. There aro 75,000
Masons ln the state and a large portion
of them are already here, or will come
later. Elaborate exercises and ad
dresses by distinguished Masons will
be held In Music hall.
InKfwct MlMHissippl.
.St. Louis, Oct.'-21. An Inspection
trip from St Louis to New Orleans was
commenced today by the Mississippi
River commission. The government
steamer Mississippi Is being used by
the commissioners. Public hearings
regarding river Improvements will be
held at various places along the way,
FOUR Bl'UXED TO DEATH.
Fire Breaks Out ia Ship Vtiderolns
Repairs In Yard.
Newburg, N. T., Oct. 21. Four me n
were burned to death today In a fire
destroying the steamer New York,
wh'ch was undergoing repairs In the
nhlpya.-ds. Flftty persons were aboard
and the four dead were trapped be
low the decks. It Is supposed nn ex
plosion waa the cause of the fire.
The wooden boat burned rapidly.
GRUESOME EXPLOSION.
Explosion In Culebra Cut ffcuttura the
Bodies) of VUt Men. ,
Ts'ew OrUana, Oct 2!.--Mva men
were blown to atoms in an explosion
of a hidden charge of dynamite which
was hit by a steam shovel 1' Culebra
cut, according to a cable dispatch from
Colon, Panama, today. The bodies of
tho victims were scattered for a half
mile. ' ' ' 1
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NEITHEU PARTY CAN CLAIM
THE .STATE POSITIVELY.
Taft Will Enter Indiana Tomorrow
Both Pftrtlca Bidding Strongly for
tike Labor Element, , But Many of
That, Class Will Go for Debs Land
, elides Predicted, Bui Dopestcrs AW
Unable to Even Predict What the
Doubtful State Will Do. "
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Indianapolis, Ind., Oct tl When
William Howard Taft begins his three
day stumping tour of Indiana tomor-
most important speaking crusades of
his campaign. Packed up by Sena
tor Beverldge and Vice-President Fair
banks, the republican presidential can- '
dldate Will make a last aupreme effort
to turn In his favor the balance of
public opinion that now swings vari
ably from one side to the other, now
apparently favoring the republicans,
and again presaging a democratic vic
tory. The brecse of Mr. Taft's oratory
may swing the balance In his favor,
and he and his political advisers will
spend a busy three days In attempting
to achieve that result
Beyond alt doubt, Indiana. Is the
fnost hopeless state In the Union for
the political dopes'ters. The most
astute politicians of both parties are
"up in tfVe air" as to what November
3 may bring in the way of Hoosler
votes. The more optimistic ones of
both parties are talking; slandslldc
and wlldy-lni oW f Vjijorltlos - fojt
either Bryan pr Taft, The conserva
tive only shakos his head. If he be
a democrat, he Is certain that Bryan
will get ludlana's electoral vote. If a
republican, he Is equally sure of Taft's
victory. Asked for facts and figures
to substantiate the faith that Is in
him, andhe answers only in vaguely
prescient monosyllables. s
Many Indiana republicans still have
sore spots left from the turn-dowa
thoy received at the Chicago conven
tion. They are inclined to hold Taft
responsible. During the next three
dnya Mr. Taft will endeavor to dis
abuse the minds, of the disgruntled
ones and prove to the satisfaction' of
the Independent Voters that he is a
good fellow, and that the Interests of
the country, and especially Indiana,
will be safe In his hands. If he suc
ceeds, the posHlblllty of defeat may be
turned Into victory. .,
There Is further ground than that
already Indicated for maintaining this
proposition. A vety considerable pro
porion of the labM" vote which Is f x
pected this year to be lust to the re
publicans will not go to the democrats.
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FARMERS CLIMB TflEES'TO ES
CAPE DROWNING Rf FLOOD :;
Shawnee, Ok la., Oct 21. At least
100 persons are thought to have been
killed by a cloudburst and flood west
of her last night, according to report
received today. Details are menger,
as alt telegraph and telephone wires
are down. , The crest of the flood oc
curred this liioruiiiff- iiuuuiuua of
farmers fled to tree tops to save tl clr
Uvea. Bridges over the entire coun
try about here -were destroyed. . It la
Impossible to communicate with th
flooded district '
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