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AMERICAN FLEET LEAVES SIBERIANS EAT
MANY MINERS
ALSO HAS FATAL
WIVES. BROTHERS
SYDNEY TOMORROW
ENTOMBED IN
TRAIN WRECK
AND CHILDREN
BLAZING MINE
RESISTS PAYMENT
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Sydney. Aug. 26.—The American
fleet today enjoyed the last of the
festiTitie» of the past week and will
MI1 for Melbourne tomorrow. The
government gave a luncheon to visit-
Ing ard local journalists at noon to-
dzy at which Admiral Sperry was a
guest
Forty thousand persons, including
Governor-General Northcote, of Aus
tralia. and wife. Sir Harry Dawson
and wife and many officers and men
of the fleet gathered at the cricket
»rounds to witness the evolutions of
the school children. Eight thousand
children In vari-colored dresses par-
ticlpated in a living tableau repre-
seating 'he words "Hall Columbia.”
At the Stadium Bauer defeated Fred-
erick for the featherweight champi
onship of the fleet.
tee of five to n.
sales of stock Saturu
M«t<thed sales were
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• the heavy
St Petersburg. Aug 26.—Details
alleged are given by a Yakutsk newspaper of
a revolting case of cannibalism among
the I.atnuts tribes. One of the No
mads, driven desperate by hunger,
devoured the bodies of bis brothers,
wife and four children. During the
melting of the Siberian snows the
tribes pass a precarious existence and
endure many hardships.
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lunncn
evening for
Middle
Island.
Bass Inland.
”rI he wl11 spend a week fishing
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Mr. Taft has received a number of
communications indicating tha the
support of the colored voters has not
been withdrawn from bin
ADDRESSES LAWYERS
Seatelt, Aug 26.—The feature of
the morning session of the American
Bar Association t day was an address
WHEAT MARKET AT PORTI.AND by Former Senator George Turner, of
Washington. The remainder of the
day was devoted to reports of stand
INVESTIGATE HEAVY
„
ing committees.
SALES OF STOCK s ATI III)
• milling sorts—track prices Club.
89; bluestem, 93; turk.-v red J2
New York Aug. 26.—President valley, 90. Export standard quali-x
Yesterday’s baseball scores: Oak
Thomas, of the New York Stock Ex-
Club, 88; bluestem
9”- turk-
land, 11; Portland, 9. Los Angeles,
change, today appointed a commit-< red, 92; red Russian 86
' 3 ; San Francisco, 0.
Springfield, -Mo., Aug
26
The
Southeastern Limited on the St. Lou
is A- San Francisco Railroad, from
Birmingham tor Kansas City, was de
railed early today. The fireman was
killed, the engineer aud mall clerk
McAlister. Okla . Aug 26
One of
fatally injured, and seven passengers the worst mine disasters in the his
seriously injured.
tory of this part of the southwest oe-
curred at Haileyville, fifteen miles
east of here, today, when between 2 5
and 30 miners were entombed in the
Hailey-Ola mine as a result of a
fierce fire which started from a bar
rel of oil.
The fire is burning so
fiercely that rescuers cannot enter
the mine. t The miners arc all for
eigners, and the grief of the crowds
♦
Seattle, Aug. 26 -A spec
I of w ildly excited women and hildren
♦ ial dispatch to the Times
surrounding the shaft is pitiful.
♦ from Valdez records the atro
♦ cious murder of Peter Kavor-
♦ zoof, who recently married a
♦ young girl and took her to his
♦ farm. George Pestriakoff. a
♦ former admirer of the girl,
♦ followed. The young woman
+ hated and feared her husband
♦ and induced Pestriakoff to
♦ kill liim, which he did in the
+ presence of the dead man's
♦ 1 2-vear-old son.
ATROCIOUS MURDER
AT VALDEZ. ALASKA
CARVER GRADING
LINE TO MONROE
p
Eugene’s Busiest Store
1 he Mail Order House of Lane County
JUDGE BAKER
REPLIES TO
ALLEGES THAT
SENSOR
IX
MTION OF
LEVYING
TRANSPORTATION
\S-
FOR
Is
arriving at the local mills over the
M 1.1. and von»
Corvallis At Altea Railroad, the first
cars having been received Saturday
The road Is to go to Monroe Instead
of Bellfountain, as was originally in SEEKS TO EX.IOIX S1IERU T FltOM
tended. and grading has been done In
the streets of the former town. Only
I'ROPEltTY OF
i mile or two of grading remains to
LAXE COI XTY
be done, when the road will be ready
for the rails to Monroe.
Negotia
FOR I OI.I.IXTION OF 82*29.21
tions are said to be pending by which
the line may be ultimately extended
to Eugene
The length of the line
when completed to Monroe will be 17
miles.
The W ells-Fargo Express Company
will resist the payment of the tax as
levied by Assessor Keeney, of Lune
county,
against
the
company's
rights and privileges on the South
Twin Falls, Idaho, Aug 26.
I. F. ern Pacific Company's railway lines
Tupper an I his six-year-old son were in Lane county for 1907. A suit has
dr >wned in the Snake river yesterday been instituted In the circuit court,
seeking to enjoin the county from
while fishing.
colectlng the lax. The title of the
suit Is Wells. Fargo A Company vs.
Lane County and Harry Bown, sher
iff
The complaint, as filed this
morning by the attorn,-.* for the
c ompany. Snow A McCamant, of Port
land. is In substance as follows
That in his assessment for the year
1907 the assessor of Lane county as
sessed the* property of the
therein as follows:
Tram,
rights and
privileges ov
miles at 1200, $15,180;
property, $75; total. $15,21
That said pretended asae
Xtlantii, Ga., Aug. 26 Damage es
aforesaid wan tranaeferred I
timated at $500,000 has been done roll of Lane county for 19
»I a
by heavy rainstorms in this vicinity. tax levied against the plaint
At Camden two Ilves were lost last sum of $231.40, of which I
night and the situation Is critical. a tax on personal pfopert
Reports from Augusta at noon today
plaintiff, aaaeazed at $75. a)
are to the effect that the City is en 21 was a tax levied upon the
alleged
tirely flooded
The principal thor transportation rights and privileges.
oughfare Is four feet under water.
Merchants are making desperate ef That it was the Intention of the as
sessor in levying the assessment of
forts to remove their goods to the $15,180 aforesaid to assess to the
upper stories.
plaintiff the railway lines of the Ore
gon & California Railroad Company
and all other railway lines in the
county operated by the Southern Pa
cific company. That plaintiff has no
Interest whatsoever In said railway
lines or In any railway line» in Lane
I county. That the railway lines were
likewise assessed at such a sum as
the assessor believed to he their val
Cottage Grove, Aug. 25. Two ue. That the assessment Included the
dwellings were burglarized at this value of the railway lines for all
The residence of purposes, Including their usefulness
place last night.
.1 H. McFarland was entered through for transportation of express matter.
............. avers that the aaseaaor
the pantry window.
The thief en The plaintiff
tered the bedroom of Frank McFar had no authority and no power to
land and taking the occupant's trous levy a second aaaesament on the rail
ers carried them to a vacant lot, way properties against the plaintiff.
where he rifled the pockets. He se or any one else whomsoever; that
plaintiff has no connection with the
cured $18.
Oregop A California Railroad Com
A similar job was worked at the pany, or with the Southern Pacific'
residence of Mr. Hanson, a Southern
Pacific railroad employe living on
Fourth street. Entrance whk gained
through a window and Mr. Hanson’s
trousers were taken from his
room to the porch. Fifty cent»
all the money secured from
trousers.
RIGHI*.
RAIN STORMS
GREAT DAMAGE
Our Suit Department is like every other department of our store, which in magni-
tude and variety of goods displayed has no counterpart in Eugene
We are
showing new fall 1908 suits that are distinctive, beautiful as well as practical.
We were never so confident concerning a fall assemblage of ready to wear suits.
Vie never opened the season with such a large stock and never so RICH IN
STY LE AND VALUE FOR 7 HE PRICE. We have always been leadersand
every season places us much farther in advance. The high quality of our
merchandise, the low CASH PRIC ES which always “beats credit explains our
great success. Suits arriving daily by express ranging in price from $ 16 to $60
Wash Dress Goods Nearly all Sold
Balance of our lawns, batistes and all
thin wash materials closed out at X-price
10c lawn _
5c
20c lawn
1 Oc
Long or Short Kimonas
At, a Make-Room Price
Every garment reduced.
$1.25 long’or short kimonas,
A ^r*
make.room price, each
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Wash Dresses Closing Oat at %
Jacket suits and shirt waist suits, some
pique, others of India Linon, all at %-price
$10.00 suits .
$5.00
$3.75 suits ____
$1.88
Wrapper Sale Contin’d
Mercerized Ginghams
Pure Linen Suiting
Dark wrapper dressesof black and white,
gray and blue,and white calico and percale,
all for less now.
$1.26 quality now $ I $1.50quality $ 1 25
$1.75 quality now $1.50
25c mercerized ginghams, blue,
brown and light checks. Make-room
price
35c 36-inches wide linen suiting
blue or lavender.
18 cents
The yard 27c
Zephyr Ginghams
33-inch
zephyr ginghams,
wanted colors. (See window)
Linen Finished Suiting
Lisle Gloves
36 inches wide, white only
75c long lisie gloves, 12 button length, 55c
Si long lisle gloves. 16 button length, 85c
SI.35 long lisle gloves, 16 button length, SI
Goshen, Ind., Ang. 16. Judge
Francis Baker, of the court of ap
peals. which reversed the decision of
ludge Landis In the Standard Oil
ase. has replied to the criticisms
against the court.
He said it was
not the Standard Oil Company, ln-
orporati'd under the laws of New-
Jersey, the parent concern, on trial,
but tl.e Standard Oil Company of In
liana. an offspring undoubtedly, but
i much weaker organization.
But
when it came to passing judgment It
was on the offenses of the parent
ompan.v that the Indiana offspring
vas found guilty, and that against
he property revenues of the parent
ompany the fine of the offspring
vas gauged. If li was the desire of
he court to punish the Standard Oil
'ompany of New Jersey, that com pa
ly should have been indicted.
HOLDUP
WAS
MADE TO ORDER i
Butte, Aug. 26 According to Mrs.
7. A. Ironside, who was a passenger
>n the Meteetse-Cody stage which
was held up yesterday, the hold-up.
CLEARING UP AFFAIRS
OF BROWN & CO.
New York, Aug. 26
The work of
clearing up the tangled affairs of A.
O. Brown A Company, whose suspen
sion was announced yesterday, be
gan today, ft Is believed it will take
several days before the liabilities and
assets will be ascertained. The fail
ure had much less of an effect upon
the stock that might have been an
ticlpated
Reports were circulated
In the financial district today that
an offlc al of a New York trust com
pany - ared In the speculations which
sw. pt Biown A Company under un'li
he saw the venture was abn.it to re
sult disastrously, when he withdrew.
pair
all
The yard 15c
The yard 12^c
New Fall Dress Goods Are Now Ready
plain, fancy and the invisible
stripes which Dame Fashion has decreed the most popular, are here ready for your selection. The best arc sure to be
•elected tir$t. The assortment is complete
Latest, of the Laie
Seen in the Clothing
Department
( wo-piece suits for men, light-weight
for warm days, dark or light colors. Prices
fr tt $4.50 to $15.00. They
7 C A
are vours for one-half $2.25 to4* * «JV
Men’s Work Shirts and Sox
Extra heavy, dark colors,
50c
each.................
3 pur heavy white sox
25c
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harvest hats
35 and 45c
Sale Prices 25 Cents
TROUSER BURGLAR
AT COTTAGE GROVE
J7
COLONEL W. F. 8TEWART.
Army officer w bo wi« •'hanlsbed" to
a desert fort In Arizona by order of
President ItooaevelL
INFANTRY WINS
NATIONAL TROPHY
Company except that the plaintiff
fill I >■ goods over the railway llhes
That th« sum of $229 21 so un-
d»r ;.k.n i.»be levied ns a tax against
the plaintiff In the manner and f irm
1«rein before aet forth la not due from
the plaintiff, and said tax Is wholly
void and the proceeding* undertaken
Newest of the New
We caii your attention ’o the full line of
"Dutchess Trousers” now on display.
Fresh from the factory.
No used-to be
or has-beens.
New, snappy up-to-date stylish goods
and every pair backed by the celebrated
guarantee
(Continued on Page Tw«h. )
RAILROAO OFFICIALS
LAST REGIMENT
MAY END STRIKE
LEAVES SPRINGFIELD PRESIDENT AND WIFE
Humors from
AT JORDANVILLE
the Ca-
111 •• I of
a f
10c a Button; $1 a Run
It you don't know what it means, ask us.
IN PHILADELPHIA
Hampton Bros
558-564 Willamette St,.
WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT
ISIDOR RAYNER.
Maryland senator who Is champion
ing the cause of i olouel Stewart, the
■'exiled'' aruiy officer.
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