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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ,SUNpAY? MORNING, AUGUST 1, itzx It CAUGHT oLLiiu iOCIAL T DID NOT SAVE FROM RAID ' ; Th pollc an has fallen upon all clairvoyant, spiritualists, fortune tell ers, mediums, . palmists and like prac titioners In the city, and yesterday af ternoon, at the Instance of the district attornev, the city attorney and Chief of ponce cox, a wholesale raia was sianea with the resn It that number said to be engaged in. these practice were ar- DetectfvpIcTieaofl1Ifcrwea were riven chare or these cases ana brought no lees than seven alleged 'to be an g aged In these practices, into the f hats, determined effort wiU made . to rid the city of this class. 01 ousinees Is stated by Chief Cox.. The minimum fine is $20 and the maximum fine 1500 or Imprisonment of not less than 10 days or mora than six months In the cltv Jail. The offense is auoted in -the ordinance as. obtaining money fraudu .., ' lently. . Detectives tfiehenorand Howell were furnished with a -number of warrants in these cases and started their raid shortly after J:v P. m. yesterday. ' - " , . leak Bi Hauls. j ;; Am the majority of these places dose t 6 p. ni. they, were kept busy "and . succeeded In getting a majority of those who were known to be the most flagrant violators of the ordinance. Chief Cox states that the arrests will continue, however, until all, these peo- file agree to leave the city. It ls.be ieved probable, on account of the pre " vioua disregard of the enforcement of " this ordinance, that the minimum fine will be Imposed after the hearing of the ' first cases, a -warning: b given and a promise of Jail sentence given for a second offense. . : ' " " Those arrested by the officer yester. f day afternoon are Mrs, U K. Adams, ' 191 Park street; Nellie Cohn, 171 Stark street; Bophia B. Selp, Third and Morri ' son:' Mrs. George Ralston, Third and 'Yamhill; May Andrews, 231 Slxtn; Mrs. A. L. Stevens, 343H Yamhill, and Mi ' rlon Corelll, 141 Eleventh. The majority ' " furnished bail, although two were forced to stay In the city Jail over night , The ordinance under which the arrests were made prohibits delving Into the future in any way, whether by splrltual . r ism, palmistry, clairvoyance, or any like i SIGH manner. - il proniDiis oirerinw 10 ioci oil wells, or the like, find lost money ' or articles, to attempt to restore lost ' people, reunite lovers or married peo ' pie or anything which pretends to use .' the aid of the spirit or any super .'. natural means. v. , . . x: . '' Kurt JTot Take Money. The offense constats in : receiving ,rr money or property for these practices . but doe not occur when these things are carried on for scientific, investlgat " in g or educational purposes, provided " they are carried on with no compensa-1 r tion.' . ' " - : I . ' " Detectives Tlchenor and Howell stated ' : ' that they received their Information as " to the location of the majority of the " women arrested through the newspaper r' advertisement telling where they could 1?.'. found.''- The majority of the adver tising mediums havu now been arrested and the work of weeding out the others ., mill go more slowly, although It is thought that the majority ; will 1 leave V town or engage In other business since ." the ban1 has been placed . upon their It is stated that there will bf but lit tle trouble In "securing convictions in all cases, as the ordinance makes It un lawful to advertise business or this na ture by display, sign, clrculft handbill, newspaper, periodical or .magazine or any .kind of publication. AH of those arrested had advertisements, which will be tendered In evidence. -. - K 1000 CHINESE ARE DROWNED Floods in Manchuria Cause Much Loss of Life - and : Property1 Alongi Yalu , U Peking, August A government dls ' patch from the flooded district in Man- churia this morning says that not less ' than 1000 lives have been lost in the vicinity of Klrin. The flood is 20 feet -i deep over a large area and the prop ;' erty loss cannot be estimated. .-. As the -; waters are still rising, the extent of the : calamity cannot be reckoned for several - days. The Yalu bank, where large sums ?j of money were on deposit, Is reported to ;t nave neen swept away, seven thousand , houses have been carried down the rag t ing stream, many being swept away with their occupants, who were unable to e- .), cape. . i r - .- . ,. SALEM WILL HAVE . 5" - NEW CITY PARK IBr JosraKl fitaied Blm Wlre.t Calnn. ff Tulu HI U,1UM will h... a special election Monday to vote bonds to buy its first publio park. Salem al ii ready possesses several pretty squares . V where the grass is kept clipped and con ' certs are held twice or three times a ". week, but has made ho provision for a J women, maids and matrons Sold tags ;v on the streets for 10 cents. ' Each bore inscriptions admonishing all to vote for a free park, for boys and girls and for U grown-ups.. When Salem reaches a. n popuiauon or a re w hundreds of thou r sands, green spots will be treasured, tl Kverybody in Salem had to buy a tag t ; Receipts will bs -used to rive the- popu ,7 lace a free rid to the site of the pro . l posed park. ',.-- , , .- . r..- , i hs bond issue for the - park vill be carried. The site fn- , ctuun ururiy av acres ana can be . purchased for $16,000. It is attractively . situated son a high bill overlooking Saleni from the south. Tfte river is 6u i- the west, and the city In the Imme diate foreground, and mountains to the : east being in full view. It is trategic , ally located and possesses considerable natural beauty. It will be called Fair- " mount park.- - T v r It is the slogan of the Salem boost- ers that the capital city of the future - is to be the model city of the Pacific coast, and will be a city that the whole stats wilt be proud of., " " ' I. M ' l- l . Pretty Home M edding, . -Balera, Or, July Jl. The marriage of : Mips Hortense Kimball to Carl Kueel of Buffalo, N. Y., on Wednesday of this week, at a pretty house party in West :' Salem, Polk county, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Kimball, was one of the must important social events that has tnken place in the vicinity since last w inter. The bridal party stood up In a wer of Oregon grape and bridal spray. The rooms were decorated in carnations and other cut flowers, all in red. A dln ' ner was served and Mr. and Mrs. Kugel departed amid showers, of rice and con " pratulattona for their honevmoon Jour bey over the mountains to Yajulna bay. RAID EVIL FLAUNTS NORTH EIIO RED LIGHTS E - disreputable resorts all over the city opened wide last night to welcome thou sands .who thronged the narrow alleys and hallways until well after midnight. Many of the resorts -were under police protection.'- ... -. -' ';. ,;,. .Word went out secretly last week that Saturday, the first of August, would marie the opening-or me restricted aia-trict,T-Vork- of fittng--p ths-bulldlngs in preparation, especaJly . those bounded on the southland north by' Davis and Flanders streets and on the east and west by Third and Fourth streets,, be gan. . , ' - . - With sttnownRr"nlkhtcsJtnB" flinging open of doors and 'the appear ance , of the. women. Hundreds . were present. Mysteriously the word had gone out and within an hour the streets of the north end were massed with men.r Thousands passed in and through the buildings in . the two blocks. -.. fo lies officers kept order, . .. Old Tims Beeallstl." ." " ' Memories of the old days of the wide open town were Drought oacK to tne many by the block encompassed by ravls;w Everett. Third 4- and : Fourth streets. Pracirallv . all of the upper tioors or me puiiaings in , ,iw iwu sauares were occuDled by the women. : Entrance was gained to the Davis street block through n alleyway which extended its devious course from that thoroughfare to Everett street. Men clogged and blocked the passage last night.. v. . ... From the passage, stairway led to the upper floors upon Which the . rooms of the women faced. Conditions upstairs were as of old. Stairway leading to rourtn ana u nira streets ; were . Kept closed by the police. Not even-1 the women were allowed to use the en trance to the numbered thoroughfares. None . were allowed to occupy room downstairs. , x. -Old room In house and office build ings In the square bounded by Everett, Flanders, Third -and Fourth streets, had been converted into .resorts for women. Entrances on : Flanders and Everett streets led to the room of the habitue upstairs. ...... v.-,' . - . ...'. Othsr House Open, yZ Police report testify to the fact that a number of ouss In other parts of the city were running open. Each report is being- Investigated by the officers. If found to be true all houses but those within a certain, district will be closed if found objectionable.; Reports intimated that several of the more exclusive resort were open -' on Seventh and Park street. Officers were instructed to Investigate. Similar action was taken on reports that resorts were opened on Third and Fourth streets south of Yamhill street. - Rule for the conduct of disreputable women and habitues of the resorts in the restricted district were laid down by Police Chief A. M. Cox last night Also he outlined what will probably be the policy of the present administration in contending with the social evil. "No restricted district ha been es tabllshed." averred the chief. "If selec tion of a location follow the site is yet problematical. : ' , Women Establish YnsmsslT, , We did not' establish a district" be tween Davis and Everett street. - Think ing it the probable location, if any was selected, the women established them selves." - Rules laid down by the police depart ment are that objectionable women and resort must be don away with. No . mercy will be shown the women If It is found they have-victimised men or at tempted to do o. Trouble in any of the' houses will lead to tha running; of the Inmates out of the city. "Disreputabl "Women will not be al lowed to occupy rooms on the first floor of any- of , the - houses," declared the chief. "Window flirtations will not be tolerated. Red lights may not be shown. Order must be preserved at all time. Street solicitation is prohibited. "Objections of neighbors of adjoin ing property owners to the presence of disreputable resorts will be sufficient to cause lts removal. Room in the present so called restricted district may not face on Fourth street, even on the second or third floors. Men living orr the earnings or rauen women wur oe Jailed ' ... . . . a. jutimt Be Isolatsd. - :i "Disreputable women will be kept In their place and the streets will . bo cleaned of them. They wllV have to be Isolated people. . Officers will- see thst the houses are kept orderly. Loafera will not be., allowed.! , . "Such house have been discovered to be a necessary evil. - We have formu lated a plan to make the evil less ob jectionable than before. It is the only method of solving the problem." One . stringent rule laid down by Chief Cox u the on 'compelling the houses to close when do the sal pons. On Sunday they must be closed and 1 o'clock in the morning must see the door locked. , . :. ; . MUBDEKEBS APPEAL . TO SUPREME COUET V ' 8Im Boreas of Tb JooraaL) ".' : Salem, Or., July 81. The Oregon su preme court ha concluded two week of hard labor in which four murder cases were heard where nien had been convicted in the first (degree and were under sentence of death have appealed to the higher tribunal. This week tne court listened for two days to attorney in the case of J. Thorburh Ross, pres ident of the Title Guarantee Trust company, - found guilty by th lower court of converting to ' personal us $288,000 of the state's school money de- Soslted In his bank by State Treasurer onrrn fiteeL Ex-Oovernor Lord's plea Tn behalf of Ross was notable. De cision in the case. cannot b expected for several weeks. Tha murder, cases referred to were those of James Finch, who killed At torney Ralph Fisher In Portland; the famous Hembreo . case from Tillamook county; that; or Hans Jancljag. rrom Clackamas county,, and of Harry Daley, from Multnomah county. The state ""; "v.j, 1 found it most difficult to present evl dence In the Hembree case and rever-J slon of the verdict of the lower- court would not be unexpected. - During the trial of all ' these cases the supreme court has been graced by the presence of the best legal talent in the state of Oregon. Attorneys in th - Roes -case were Martin I r Piper, Thad - Vreeland and District Attorney George Cameron for the state- and ex Govemor Lord. Wallace McCamant and W. M. Kaiser -for Ros. - , BOERS WOULD KILL- RACING IN TRAXSVAAL London. July $1. According to ad vices from Johannesburg tb moral wave nas struck tn Transvaal. Th Botha government is proposing severe restric tive legislation upon betting and horse racing and the English, colonist are up in arm against the movement i The antl-bettlng movement Is attrib uted to the Dutch of the earlier type. who nave lnnentea tne oia (jaivimstie temper, and the Enellah hone h mm. binatton with the vounarer and mora lib. era! Boers to kill the proposed legisla tion. . - - . C John F. Cordray To Bring Many New Features i - ' - , I " " : r ! x ) ; ,:- John F, Cordray, Who John F. Cordray, expert in amusing the crowd, and well known for his ability along such lines to Portland people.: with assume complete charge of the Oaks park, beginning with to morrow.1 Announcement of the transfer was made yesterday. It . involves the surrender of every right held by the Portland Railway,. Light A Power oom- any. Mrr cordray is being granted a ive-year lease and elves a bond in the sum of ISO, 008 for the faithful per-, formance of his contract. ' Mr. Cordrav will be content with brightening" the features of entertain ment already planned for the Oaks this season. "But beginning with next season the Oaks will be made the most famous park in the United States," he declared yesterday afternoon. "No amusement park in the country ha - greater possi bilities. "I have In hand the capital for the development of those possibilities. Every amusement feature that has set the people pf the continent to talking during the past year will be .found there. I have already secured the plana for aeroplane sheds. By that .time it DID MR. "G" GET HIS FIFTY? OH MY NO, 'TWAS THE.HIGH HURTLING WHOOP A prominent ' Morrison - street mer chant, who may be called Mr. G some time ago, was mad the victim of one of the cleverest games ever played by a confidence man. He has kept re markably quiet about It, although it cost him a $60 suit, and It is under stood that he did not report the case to the police. It was a long time leak ing out, and his nam is omitted from this chronicle out of consideration for his feelings. The first scene took place in a bakery across the street, when a well dressed man appeared and briskly ordered 300 doughnuts. "Three hundred doughnuts!" ejacu lated tha man behind the counter, who. shall be known as Mr. A- "You want 800 of.'emT" .-..'. -U, "Yes,"; smilingly nswered the business-like gentleman. "Please Tiave, them ready by 5 o'clock." 3 "I am not sure we can supply that many,' , said -tha bakery man. 1 "Well. I need them," said the" other. We will try. and get-them out for ?,! promised the man of' doughnuts, he stranger thanked him and stepped out :." . .. - ' Shbrtly afterward th brisk individ ual appeared in the - clothing store SIMPLEX GAR IS Willie OF RACE W t.Si'4 -'- ssjBwsisssMss -.. . - , .y. Outsiders Finish Strong in Brighton Beach Auto Struggled Brighton Beach "Race Track, N. Y., July -il. Flying at a 60 miles an hour clip.x a Simplex car driven by George Robertson - and Al Poole,- repeated its victory of last October by capturing th 14 hour automobile race at Brighton Beach tonight, covering 1091 miles. A despised outsider in the betting, a 60 horsepower. Rainier car, drlyen by Louis A. Dfsbrow and Charles H. Lund, fin ished second, 00 mues oentna tn win ner. with record of 1011 miles. A Palmer and Singer car. driven by prised tne experts py nnisning- is tnird lace with a record of 68 miles. - A terns' car was fourth with 919 'miles. pUoe covering S86 miles. A Flat car covered 487 miles in 17 hours, when it was withdrawn; tne Acme scored 386 miles and the Haynes SIS miles. Owing to the rough condition of th track, none of the car came anywhere near equalling the record of 1177 made oy tne - simplex car last October. Ho far a the battle of the tires gent, the Michelln carried, off the honors, as the first three cars were fitted 'with their equipment, wnue tne Continental and Diamond claimed that their tires made the greatest mileage without replace ment ... ANDERSON TOO JIUCH : -,' FOR TAC03IA JIOERS Taeoma,1 Wash.,: July- Ji: Anderson was tn th box for Seattle today and, although narrowly missing an ascen sion in several innings, he managed to" steady down sufficiently to pull out of the pinches. The big white haired t wirier was unhlttable when h stuck it over the pan. Seattle played in luck and hit oppor tunely; Hall was not hit consistently, but the blngj secured off his deliv - '.'': ' ' t' ": , . V " J . "; ' ': ,v-..- " Takes Oaks. Has Taken Charge' of the Oaks. Is certain that aerial navigation will have been made practical, and Portland will see the prettiest flying machine ex hibitions that the world can produce. "There will be no dull moment for the people who come to the Oak. . Spe cial feature of attraction will be pro vided for tourists. I. have gone Into this for the purpose of amusing the eople of Portland as they have never een amused before, and I will never stop until I have succeeded. i .- v Mr. Cordray Is in a position to make his promises good. For many years, as manager of some of the biggest the atres in the country, he has made con stant study of the things which amuse best. He has been with the Sullivan and Consldlne company In Spokane, success maker for the beautiful Majes tic theatre in Denver, the opener of the popular Orpheum at Butte,. Mont, and during the past several months man ager of the Grand theatre in Portland. His record i unique among entertain ment experts, in that no plan, he has ever originated has Droved a failure. but on the contrary, the seal of popular approval has been placed on every proj ect ne nas tauncnea. , . across the street. He asked to be Shown some suits of clothing. He picked out one for $50, but there came a hitch when he asked th clerk to charge the amount, saying he did not have the money with him. The clerk called up Mr. G., the proprietor, and the matter was explained to him. - r "Of course, I cannot do. that," said Mr. G. "You are a strangertto me. Tou may be all right, but I ' cannot charge it for you." ' "Well," mused the stranger, "I have 800 coming just across the street It will be in at 6 o'clock.-. Com over with me and I will satisfy you." - That eeemed fair, and Mrs. Q. went over. The smooth one put his head inside, spied Ms. A., and innocently asked: ' ; - - "You remember, I yr&u in here a while agor. - ..... "Yes," assented Mr. A. r "Please let Mr, G. , have SO of that this -evening," he directed, indicating the merchant at hi side, j , . "All right,", said Mr. A. ' " . Mr. G. was satisfied. The stranger got the uit At 6 o'clock Mr.' G. got the laugh when tie ealled for his "60," and the, explanation came, 'Since then Mr. G. has kept silent In seven language.-... V; ........ LOffG WESTERN TENUIS CHAMP Young Californianr Defeats Veteran Emerson in the Lake Forest Tourney, Lake Forest, 111., July 81 Melville H. Long of California Is now western tennis champion, having defeated Nat tunerson or Cincinnati, tne title noiaer, in straight sets,, this afternoon, on th court of the Onwentaia club here. Long, who had won- hi right to con test in tn cnanue round w. n;mer son by defeating his. fellow "native son," T. C. Bundy, was supposed to have lost his chance when he sustained a sprained ankle. It' did hot appear to mar -hi' game, however, and Emerson proved no match for hi speedy work. Long won, -7, 7-6. -0. r f The.- McQuiston brothers ,of Mexico were defeated In the final round! of the men's doubles by R. A. Holden, Jr. and Trux JSmerson of Cincinnati, i-i, s-3. Other results today were: . .. : T Women's singles, ' challenge round Miss Carrie Neely, Chicago, defeated Mrs."1 C.f- N. Beard, f Chicago, 6-L 7-S, Mis Neely retaining her title. . Women's singles, final round Misses Edith Hoyt and- Carrie Neely defeated Miss Miriam Steever and Mrs. G N. Beard, 6-4, 7-8, , , On Tuesday the men's doublf.s cham pion of the north, south, east and west will begin' matches on the same courts for the selection of challenges to play Alexander and Hackett, national cham pions at Newport. . ery were clean, savare swats, an al though but one extra base hit was se- curea, mere was never any doubt about the hits. Six of the elcht wn atraivh clean drives that traveled about a mile a minute. Hall and Baker, the Taooma youngsters, are- favorites with Mike Lynch, the Seattle manager, -but be has managed to show up his own nrnt effectively during the week's series. The score follows; R. H E. Seattle , ,,.6i , Tacoma ,,j g j SPJIIII HOPES DUG LULL But niours May See All Recent Horrors Reen." acted and More. ' ; i-r''r V'- v'sr j. , . . " ' iTJnltrd Prest Leasts Wtre.1 Madrid. Spain. July 31. The Spanish government is tonight permitting itself to enjoy for a few hours the . encour aging news that has been received from the revolutionary centers at home and the war front in Melilla, not un mindful of th fact that 48 hour may again plunge the nation into a crisis f rom which it cannot emerge intact, The outcome, for the present at least, hinges upon two - threatened . occur rencesthe declaration of a general In dustrial strike Monday, and the re newal of the attack by the reinforce ments of th Moor against tha army ux uonerai Manna at fileillia. - Should either of these moves be suc cessful, all that has been rained in the Interest of peace in the last . 24 hours will be swept away. . j ' . Tonight the government Is hastening the troop . to Bllboa . and the province of Biscay, where a strike- movement is farthest advanced. , , , . Mors, Antt-WM.;monstration. Th DBODle are bitter asalnst tha arnv. ernment,, and'' the importance' of pre venting the people of the provinces from J getting th Jump''on th govern ment is apparent to tne orriciais. Pablo' iKlasia. the Socialist leader, is in conference tonight, with his follow ers, and is urging the declaration of a striK in Madrid Monday. . ' .- : : More reinforcements for the Spanish army In Morocco will embark a't Rosa bay tomorrow, and apprehension is felt test in event be turned into a snsantia anti-govemmeni aemonstratioir. Agitators are on the ground and are wildly opposing the further , slaughter L.l . n Tit . ii 11 bbui .una uii uwiuwftu auij, : . - KelUU Situation Improved. -; Two thousand : additional ' troops. several batteries of artillery and a large store of ammunition and provis ion have been landed at Melflla in the last 84 hour and 4000 troops are en route, besides those who leav Rosas bay tomorrow. ,.'.;' The Melilla situation has been ' fur ther relieved ' by . the arrival of - two batteries of 80 .millimeter guns and six mountain - batteries. These guns were trained on ' Mount Guguru today and hundreds of the Moors who were entrenched in that hitherto impregna ble fastness . were driven out If th Spaniards can capture this mountain the SDanish outDosts can be retaken and the entire country about Melilla swept clean , of the tribesmen. ' , Commander Brando at Barcelona to night reported he was strengthening his rosltion and within 48 hours would have he city .and suburbs under control com pletely. . More than 800 ringleaders pf the Bar celona uprising have been executed. In stead of checking the revolt; this ha served to nerve those who still hold out as they realise that surrender will prob ably 'be followed by execution. The an tees of Immunity to those who surren dered were violated by th Spanish au- don't let any thing dissuade you from An unusual sale of regular pianos has held much of about the big piano store during the past ten days. All of the instruments : to can special atienuon to tne magnincent exniDition ox rianoia jtoanos. vWe have an enormous stock of these magnificent instruments on hand' ' never heretofore, not even in New York, ha;s it been possible to show such a tre mendous number of latest Pianola Pianos of each of the various styles and in the various superb and costly woods and finishes used only by the world-renowned makers of this magnificent art product. r - f. - ' Six solid carloads of Genuine Pianola Pianos, all of were shipped during June to Eilers Piano House through standing on the part of our Rather than to return the bigger portion of these instruments to the factories , 1 at additional cost for freight charges, insurance, etc, we decided to accept them. ; All of these1 instruments are now being displayed at Eilers Piano House..1 ' " - ' ,- .' - . 'i . - : '-: - w Never again will Portland witness a showing .of xso extensive anrj superb a : -variety of styles and designs,- .,..,,,; ' ';''"''-.. y .'..."',-":'.'.... " : " ' -..;':.' ' ' i'-' :- ". r Y-'a V-i , ? '-.r - " . r V:;i -y-i.-' ;; v'- a?'.?-.;'--.-1.- .. -:: ".- - . . There's many a "silent" piano in many a home, Where there ought to be a Pianola Piano a genuine Pianola Piano, an instrument that is hot "mechani- cal," but, on the contrary, makes it possible for. every -member of the family to produce the choicest of music with perfect individuality and expression. ' . i- . - - - We are now prepared to take such "silent pianos" in part payment for one of these very latest Metrostyle and Themodist Pianola Pianos, and we will make it ., an object for any owner of such old-style piano to do business with us now. - ; V" Will arrange most unusual liberal terms of payment for any responsible . buyer not wishing on the spur of the moment to pay the difference in cash. ' Il you ever expect to own a Pianola Piano, now is the time to see about it.at Eilers Piano House, Retail Department "the always busy corner" at Park (Eighth) and Washington streets. , v . , , STREET RAIirJAK ST Biggest in , City's History ThreatenedThree '.Cent " Raise Is Demanded. : . (ttrsrst Sews by Longest Leased Wire.) Chicago. July 81. A street railway strike, bigger than any, Chicago has ever known and blocking the wheels of every surface line In the city -I threatened by the leader of th South Side Union as a result of the refusal of the Chicago Cltyi-Railway company to yield to the demand for an Increased wage scale. The demands that the railway refused were principally for a . raise from 27 cents an hour to SO cent an hour..- Th company replied that the men were get ting higher wage than were paid in any city east of the Rocky mountains and. that .they should be satisfied. . FOOT GONE, BUTv . ; . TRAMP STAYS ; V "VITH TRAIN i ', III l II I III '" V 4 (Special Dinpatch t The Journal.) Pendleton, Or.,- July 81.-Hold-- ing his position on the brake-' 4 - beams ' of a. - passenger-, train , $ 4-iandri!lIn itwenlyinllei tif tL$. having; had, his ..foot out com- 4 pletely off 1 -h xhlbltlon of : grit given- by an, unknown man Vwno. crawled from beneath east-' . bound passenger No. 8 at. Mea . '' cham. The man, whoJ aboufr.. ' 20 years of age, allowed his foot to drop from Its position whll th train Was making good time i about. -twenty miles out of Mea-' . chant HI foot was Immediately , crushed off, but th grit of th ' man beld him in hi perilous " ; position, despite, pain '.and loss " of blood. Arriving at Meacham, th trainmen y wer horrified to ; discover th man calmly leaning against coach and balancing himself on ' onsr' foot, who x- plained that h had Buffered th loss of his other foot under th wheel. He was Immediately placed on a atretcher and taken to La Grande for medical treat-' ment - Th foot la lying soma- where along the track. . ; ' .' ' thorities." Estimates of th dead " in Barcelona 'vary all th way from 300. the lowest given, to 2000, the number revolutionists assert that several guar given in some of th renorta from rev olutionary sources. , 10 Purchase now . a situation such as this will never arise again in the sale, however, have been sold, and we wish now y buyer and the manufacturers. STATE FAIR PLAHSj SHOW PROGRESS This Year's Show at Salem Will Surpass AirPrC--. - vious Efforts. '; " ' - By Journal Leased 8lera Wire.) "Salem, Or.. Juiy il. On September It will open Oregon's annual state fair, which has come to be recognized as the greatest affair of the kind ' held west of the Mississippi ' river. Because the Alaska-Yukon-raciria exposition - win still be open, tourists Will get special rates to Oregon's show and a , part of Oregon's superb exhibit -.at th flpattle fair will be Disced on exhibition at Salem. The racing, program offered by tne committee . is most - promising and Lone Oak track , bids' fair to be the scene of more record smashing. President W. F. Matlock of the t board was in the city this week suffer Intending the man" improvements be Ing made on the fair grounds. For the, comfort and convenience of the visit or the board has provided more com modious restaurant facilities and' rest rooms. .'-.' ,-- - Numerous additional 'classes have been added to-the premium list for this vear.' Officers and sunermtendents-of th - $lt ferit -.dopartments -have ben seiecteo ana win do as ionows: rresi- -dent, W.x E. ' Matlock; vice president, A. . ' M, D. Wisdom ; secretiary, F. A. Welch : -treasurer, Ak Bush; superintendent of livestocks George Ofttnmie; superintend-- ent of the pavilion, W. A. Jones; superintendent-of the dairy department, ' Paul V. Maria, superintendent .of the A art department. Mrs. W. N. Gatens; su nerlntendent of tbe textile deoartment. ' Mr. A L. Browns; . superintendent of the floral department, Mrs. J. H. Haas; stipectntendent of educational work, Ella - L. Welch; superintendent t tho poultry department, James D. Ryder. . .. 8AXEM HAS FIRST : STEEL BUILDING - 8alem. Or ' July Si. Th First Na tional bank buildlnsr "of Salem, five! stories high, for which steel has just been erected, is th first steel and re inforced concrete structure of it kind to be erected In Oregon outside of Port-, land. It location, at Stat and Com mercial streets, the commercial, center of th cltv,-makes it most valuable In setting off th appearance of the capital city and will give it a more metropoli tan air than it ha ever been th lot Of Old Bum to enjoy. - - - - I.... n VAuhm&m urn m y ry- - V . v" f A W- 1-TMVwAV ' i" ' 1 H ; ULAli JNiUHULAoS .:: r- . Cherbourr. Prance. July 21.- Th csar. V, aboard th royal yacht Standart, ha arrived 'her escorted by. a formidable array of French battleships. ; This even ing President Fallleres gave a dinner " . to th cxar aboard the battleship Verlt. ' V Conventional comnUmentanr SDeechea wer exchanged. ? a Pianola Piano the attention of , everyone v- .. . them the latest styles? an awkward misunder- . 1 ,iv 4 I - 4. r i t: , '. ...