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THE ETOEME DAILY OTAUB Vol. 3- EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER i, Igo6 No I The Store that's Doing the Business New arrivals by express Graduated Kea deads , 25c to ?5c each Graduated White Beads---.- 25c to 75c each Three strands, matched white pearls with cross bar in front, studded with brilliants. This is a good value for25c to 75c ea Ladies' Black Broadcloth Coats, 50-in. long, prices from $12.50 to $25.00 Black Broadcloth Coats are very stylish in the big cities now $1.25 Kid Gloves, Silk Lined, for- 99c LADIES' BELTS All Styles LADIES' HAVY WINTER. SKIRTS PR.ICE vsm&- 'VsiJ.S, 'Afmm, UkvMhX - ml ' Py right 1906 by Hart Schaflner Marx uits and Overcoats H. S. & M. This the place to get the correct styles in Overcoats. Prices from $7.00 to $30. Mens' Suits, prices from $8.00 to $30. Gordon Hats for $3.00 Stetson Hat $4.50 to $8.00 ' 1 TON BRO ...CASH STORE.0.. JENNINGS i GETS NEW TRIAL FOR MURDER Grants Pass Man Was Over Zeal ously Prosecuted Says Supreme Court-Accused of Murdering Father For Small Sum of Money He Had Saved Up Salem. Or., Nov. 21. The supreme court today In the appeal of Jusiie,- ; Jennings, granted the defendant a I new tiial. The principal reason as signed was the over-zealousness of : District Attorney Kennies In his proa- i ecution of the case. i Jennings was convicted of murder ing his father, who had a wood chopping contract near Grants I'ass, for the purpose of securing about $600 which the elder Jennings had suved up. He tried to throw thv blame upon his sister. Dora Jennings, who was tried for complicity and ac quitted, following hor brother's con viction. THE HERO OF THE HOUR. : rr ins n I MANY SPEECHES MADE AT KANSAS CITY Kansas City, Nov. 21. Todey war, a day of speeches at the Trnns-Mls-slsslppi Commercial Congress. W. D. Van Diver, superintendent of in jsurance of Missouri, addressed the delegates on "The Business of Insur ance Fnoni a Western Standpoint." John Bnrrott, minister to Colum bia, delivered an Interesting address on "Trade Relations with Latln Amerlcan Republics." tment IIODIKS OF FliOOD VICTIMS KKCOVKItKI) Seattle, Nov. 21. The bodies or jJohn Vloie, a building contractor, ! and Patrick Culhanne, a rancher. Hood victims, were recovered near Orilla today. TO PUMP WATER FROM CONDEMNED WELLS ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP TRAIN AT HOOD RIVER Twenty Sticks of Dynamite Placed On Track of Mt, Hood Railway, But Frozen Condition Prevents Explosion When Train Passed Over It-No Clue to Guilty Persons Portland. Nov. 21. A special dis patch to the Evening Telegram from Hood Itiver. Oregon, tells f (lcnd Ish attempt made Saturday nijhi i. ; blow up a train on the Mount Hood ; railway. Twenty sticks 0f dvnamlte were placed on the track, hut owlni to their frozen condition failed to ex plode when the train passed over It. ! Twenty-live passengers and thi crew were on the train. The company has offered a reward of $300 for the apprehension of thi guilty persons, but so fur no clue has been found. Digging Trench to Tap Old Supply Intend to Take Water From Same' DENNISON ALONE TO BLAME FOR COLLISION Seattle, Nov. 21. That Mate Den nlson Is wholly to blamo for the loss of the steamer Dix, which caused the death of moro than fifty men and wo men, is evident from the testimony taken before the United States ma rine Inspectors today. Captain Lermond testified that he had warned Dennlson never to at tempt to cross In front of anothc.- vessel, but to pass astern. Captain Mason, of the Jeannle. told of the efforts he made to avert th- collision by reversing the Jeannle' engines, but could not do so. Willarmttee Valley Company rt:11!:L: j began Its Inquiry Into relations be j tweon the railroad companies nnd I grain companies of the Northwest. The hearing is held pursuant to the. UiFollctte resolution adopted by congress last session. Hill Proved n Willlllir uflnnao nn.l Source That Caused Typhoid "ZZZtTTtZrn Fever Epidenic Last Winter, j ZZ'SHJZ. hZ Business Mfin and Phvcipanc"'11 118 th0 Brnln hn"1l into Chi- DUMiiub. men ana rnysicans CBBO by , tno roU(ll) runnlng lnlo Denounce Coirpany for Action ""lcily-, "7 th 0rciit N'"- .uiij iui uiiuii lC1.n u,(,, 2,870,000 bushels and In ti. iirm 7. .. I 1896 carried 1 15,000,000. Ho said The Willamette Valley Comnnnv. ,. ...... , . .. .. the enure .., ... i 'l """ '"W"JS "Wn 1,10 l'" tllO iw limn and water plants In Eugene, con, menced yesterday evenlnir tn n,- i road to ; possible, aid the farmers whenever OCNCERNED ABOUT PORTO RICAN AFFAIRS a trench to theetaoln shrdlu shrdlu Ing station to the old well below Midgley's planing mill, and will lay pipe and pump water for continuous use from this old well as soon as con nections can bo made. It will be remembered that Eugene had a fearful typhoid epidemic a few months ago, and the local nhvaiclniiM and state board of health condemned the supply of water as being unfit for use, unless It was boiled. Notwlth standing those facts the Willamette Valley Company has a force of men working day and night digging n trench to the well condemned and known to contain typhoid germs. Business men generally condemn the action of the compnny as an out rage, and the local physicians de nounce the action us a menace to the public health and the welfare of the city. It Is probable that a mass meeting will be called and the situation br; discussed thoroughly, and It Is likely that some action will bo taken for! consideration of a munlclnnl llchl ...,u n.m.-i ivniciu iur iMigene. i Minneapolis, Nov. 21. President Gompers, of the American Federa tion of Labor, was Instructed today to send a cablegram In the name of the Federation to President Roose velt at Porto Rico, asking him to in vestigate the condition of the Island with a view to giving the Islander self government. TllltKK-M.AHTKH BCIIOOXHK iti:poKTi;i Asiioitic Tacoma, Nov. 21. A special t;i the News from South Bend, Wash., says that a three-masted schooner I ashore there on the bar and a life saving crew has gone to her assist ance. She Is about 18 miles from South Rend. Her name Is unknown FAIR ACCUSER , NOT TO APPEAR AS WITNESS New York, Nov. 21. Police Cnn tain Stephenson said today that hj was Informed by a promlnunt busi ness man that Mrs. Hannah nriihnm would not appear In court this after noon when tho caso of Caruso, the eminent tenor, charged with Insult- to send a cablegram In tho numo of Graham objects to being "snap-shotted and having her name sprend all over the city and country." Mrs. Graham Is said to he a woman of em inent respectability. The detective who witnessed tho alleged insult will take the stand against the singer. Policeman Cain, who arrested Ca ruso, gave sensational testimony One of Eugene's prominent bus:-,"" ll he watched CaniBO follow- ncss men, a man who nlways opposed two girls, one nged about twelve the municipal ownership Idea, stated I years, and hnd followed his actions. to a Guard representative today that OREGON LAWYERS ARE IN SESSION Port land, Nov. 21. Tho Oregon liar Association yeslerday afternoon elected the following odlccrs tor tho ensuing year, following the report ot the committee on nominations: President Itcbert Treat Piatt. Secretary R. A. Letter. Treasurer J. J. Schnabel. Vice presidents First district, A. K. Reames; second, F. W. Benson; third. Wllllnin Galloway; fourth, V. V. Ilolmnn: fifth, J. E. HedgesKpixth, W. L. Rradshaw; seventh, A. D. Stlllninn; eighth, Charles II. Chance; ninth, Georgo 10. Dnvls; tenth, Thom as J. Crawford. Exucutlvo committee Thomns O. Greene, William L. Drowstor, Zora Snow, O. P. Coshow and Sam White. At the morning session of the 16th annual nicotinic of tho Orenon nr Association nn effort was made to havo the association Instruct tho grlevnnco committee to withdraw tho charges for disbarment of A. H. Tan ner from tho supreme, court. Judirn Northup olTored n resolution to this effect, but withdrew It after a lively discussion. A Corvallis mnn yesterday offere I Jee Hoselton $ I " 0 0 for his cigar store, which he recently opened, but he refused to sell. This speaks well for a plnce that has been doing bus iness only a few weeks. A. J. Plckard is today shipping tw carloads of hogs to Portland. He saw Caruso move up close to Mrs Graham and saw one of his hand: glide through a slit In his ovorcoat and pinch tho woman. Mrs. Gralium turned swiftly and struck at Caruso's chest, crying out: "You brute! You beast!" Cain then nri-ealftH Papou., larrls, the county physf j Graham accompanying them to the i ue pumping or water i wnere i.aruso pleaded with the woman to withdraw tho charge, declaring his Innocence of wrongdo ing. Carnco appeared nervous during tho examination of Cain. ABkel why he hud not arrested Carus i when he first noticed his conduct with the girls and women, Cain re plied that "he wanted to get hlin good." Caruso took tho stand later in tho afternoon. he thought under tho clrcumstnnee It would be best for the city to own Its own system, that It did not seem possible for the present company t.i either keep Its promises or to give us good light or water; besides, their prices wore exorbitant. Dr.' Jno. Ian, said: from this old foul, condemned we!l must not be tolerated. In case the company Insists on furnishing this water we must protect ourselves bv boiling the water, as I consider It ab solutely dangerous." In speaking of the situation to sev eral employes of the company all seemed to think It wag a bad break, but orders must be obeyed. One om ployc, when told the public would not stand for such water, and that : was a useless expenditure of money, remarked: "Well, the company makes the peoplo pay tho bills." :egro t.ioops will be discharged VS'a iilngton, Nov. 21. The war department Issued a statement today that the secretay of wur, liecomlnir convinced Hint the president will not recede from his position regarding the dismissal of tho negro tro.irw of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, had yes terday ordored that proceedings for the discharge continue without de-lay. Advices From President. Washington, Nov. 21. Secretary Taft has received a cablegram from President Roosevelt saving thnt ha would not suspend the discharge of the negro troops unless there wore new facts of such Importance as to warrant cabling him. Secretary Taft says that Immediate steps will bo ta ken to recruit colored soldiers to re place the men discharged. JAMKH J. iflM, ON TIIK WITXKSH HTAXII Minneapolis, Nor. 21. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northorn. MISSINO IVKR.VA MAY VKT ItK HAVE Astoria, Nov. 21. A vessel believ ed to bo tho Iverna, la reported out side tho bar. The Iverna has bcon missing for some days and war thought to havo been wrecked. PRESIDENT WELCO'ilET BV PORTO RICANS Ponce, Porto Rico, Nov. 21 President Roosevelt arrived from Co lon this morning and was received at the landing at 8:50 a. m. by Gov ernor Wlnthrnp nnd other prominent Insular oulcluls. Tho town Is pro fusely decorated In the president's honor and crowded with people from tho surrounding country eager t groot Mr. Roosevelt. Ilato of Home Coming. Washington, Nov. HI. It Is ex pected thnt tho president will reaoa Washington next Monduy evening or Tuosday morning.