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fifN FLEET LEAVES
SYDNEY TOMORROW;
SIBERIANS EAT 'MISSOURI
WIVES, BROTHERS ALSO HAS FATAL
AND CHILDREN; TRAIN WRECK
ti. American
. ... tomorrow- me
,....hnii to visit-
I P' noon to-
..J persons. Including
(,K, Sir Harry u"
S the evolutions of
cillreB. wi1" "'
Slored dresses par
.ohiomi reare-
1 n k..
rarte "Hail
laB Bauer aeieaieu i
irieatherweiBhl chainpi
L fleet.
tee of five to Investigate the heavy! St. Petersburg Aug i.r,n.
Isales of stock Saturday when alleged i are given by n Yakutsk tiewsp, pjr OI
matched" sales were made. H revolting case of cannibalism among
j u'e Lamms tribes. One of the No-
TirrUlll Gil mads, driven despera.e by hunger,
'I AM WILL OU devoured the bodies of his brothers
; 1 wife and four children. During the
am r-iAiiilln vnin melting of the Siberian ........... .....
pass a precarious existence and
icuuure many Hardships
I
Hot Springs, Aug. 26. Arrange
ments were completed today for the
i Departure of Judge Taft on Friday ,
evening for Middle Bass Island. I
i where he will spend a week fishing.
i Air. Taft has received a number of
(communications Indicating that the
support of the colored voters has not
i been withdrawn irom mm.
j Springfield, Mo.. Aug. 26. The
j Southeastern Limited on the St. Lou
I Is & San Francisco Railroad, from
i Birmingham for Kansas City, was de
railed early today. The fireman was
', killed, the engineer and mall clerk
I fatally Injured, and seven passengers
, seriously Injured.
SENATOR TURNER
ADDRESSES LAWYERS
M!I1Tr.v
OFSlKin a.Tii"-
Iv Anr 26. rre&iucuL
he torn oivlr
by jppointed a commit-
I Seatelt, Aug. 26. The feature of
.the morning session of the AmeH.-nn
; Uar Association today was an address
WHEAT MARKET AT PORTLAND i Former Senator George Turner, of
Washington. The remainder of the
I day was devoted to reports of stand-
; Portland, Aug. 26. Wheat, choice I lns committees,
i milling sorts track prices Club, j
IS9; bluestem, 93; turkey red, 92;,
i valley. 90. Export standard quality YesterdaVs baseball scores- Oik
i Club, 88; bluestem, 92; turkey I land. 11; Portland 9 Los Ansreies
,red, 92; red Russian, 86. '3; San Francisco 0
ATROCIOUS MURDER
AT VALDEZ, ALASKA
Seattle. Aug. 26. A spec-
lal dispatch to the Times
rrom Valdez records the atro-
cious murder of Peter Kavor-
zoof, who receutly married a
young girl and took her to his
farm. (Jeorge Pestriakoff. a
f former admirer of the girl,
followed. The young woman
hated and feared her husband
and Induced Pestriakoff to
kill him, which he did in the
presence of the dead man's
12-year-old son.
Eugene's Busiest Store
The Mail Order House of Lane County
Suit Department is like every other department of our store, which in magni-
d variety or goods displayed has no counterpart in Eugene. We are
ling new fall 1908 suits that are distinctive, beautiful as well as practical.
vere never so confident concerning a fall assemblage of ready to wear suits,
lever opened the season with such a large stock and never so RICH IN
L AND VALUE FOR THE PRICE. We have always 3een leaders and
season places us much farther in advance. The high quality of our
dise, the low CASH PRICES which always "beats credit" explains our
success. Suits arriving daily by express ranging in price from $ 1 6 to $60
09 Suit
Styles
nan
Dress Goods Nearly all Sold
P of our lawns, batistes and all
p materials closed out at J4-price
wn 5c
?0cLiwn 10c
Long or Short Kimonas
At. a Make-Room Price
Every garment reduced.
$1.25 long or short kimonas, Rr
make.room price, each OJC
Wash Dresses Closing Out, at, 'A
Jacket suits and shirt waist suits, some
pique, others of India Linon, all at M-price
$10.00 suits. $5.00
$3.75 suits. $1.88
fpper Sale ContiiVd
'upper dressed black and white,
Paolue.and whit i i
, -..vwuiiu .mo percale,
jtss now.
jtynowSI $I.50quality$1.25
J1.75 quality now $1.50
Mercerized Ginghams
25c mercerized ginghams, blue,
brown and light checks. Make-room
price
1 8 cents
Pure Linen Suiting
35c 36-inches wide linen suiting,
blue or lavender.
The yard 27c
Ptyr Ginghams
Mors. (See window)
yard 2y2c
all
Linen Finished Suiting
36 inches wide, white only
The yard 1 5c
Lisle Gloves
pair
75c lone lisie gloves. 12 button length, 55c
$1 long lisle gloves, 16-button length, 85c j
SI.35 long lisle gloves, IB-button length, SI
f all Dress Goods Are Now Ready -J JSTJMSBt
i'irst Tk12 FasIll0n nas decreed the most popular, are here ready for your selection. The best are sure to be
ine assortment is comdetc.
fen in the Clothing
"apartment
450, nV,d0rJ,'ght clrs. Prices
lsWrkShirtsandSox
colors,
" .50c
'7 white sox
Latest, of the Late
Newest of the New
We cail your attention fo the full line of
"Dutchess Trousers" now on display.
Fresh irom the factory. No used-to be
or has-beens.
New, snappy up-to-date stylish goods
and every pair backed by the celebrated
guarantee
10c a Button; $1 a Rip
If you don't know what it means, ask us.
35 and 45c
25 Cent,
Hampton Bros.
558-564 WillTette St. o
WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT q
MANY MINERS
ENTOMBED IN
BLAZING MINE
McAllsiiT. Okla., Aur. 26. One of
the worst mine disasters In ttie his
tory o( this part of the southwest oc
curred at HaileyvilU. fifteen miles
east of here, today, when between 25
and so miners were entombed in the
llailey-Ola mine as a result of a
fierce fire which started from a bar
rel or oil. The fire is buruinK so
fiercely that rescuers cannot enter
the mine. The miners are all for
einners. and the Rrlef of the crowds
of wildly excited women ami children
surrounding the shaft is pitiful.
.arriving at the local mills over the
Corvallis & Alsea Hailroad. the first
'cars having been received Saturday.
' The road Is to go to Monroe Instead
of Hellfountaln, as was originally In
tended, and grading has been done in
the streets of the former town. Only
' & mile or two of grading remains to
be done, when the road will be ready
I for the rails to Monroe. Negotla-
! tions are said to be pending by which
the line may be ultimately extended
to Kugene. The length of the line
"'Ken completed to Monroe will be IT
n-.iles.
CARVER GRADING
LINE TO MONROE
Corvallis, Aug. 2T.
IDAHO MAN Al SON
ItltOW XKI 1 SXAKK HIVIOll
Twin Kalis. Idaho, Aug. 20. I. V.
Tupper and his six-year-old son were
drowned in the Snake river vesterdav
-Grain is new v hile fishing.
WELLS-FARGO
RESISTS PAYMENT
OF LANE TAX
JUDGE BAKER
REPLIES TO
CRITICISMS
(iosuen, Ind., Ang. Id. Judge
Francis linker, of the court of ap
peals, which reversed the decision of
Judge Lnndls In the Standard Oil
case, has replied to the criticisms
against the court. Ho said It was
not the Standard Oil Company, in
corporated under the laws of New
Jersey, the parent concern, on trial,
hut the Standard Oil Company of In
diana, an offspring undoubtedly, but
a much weaker organization. nut
when It came to passing Judgment It
was on the offenses of the parent
'ompnny that the Indiana offspring
was found guilty, and that against
he property revenues of the parent
ompany the fine of the offspring
vas gauged. If It was the desire of
he court to punish the Standard Oil
"ompany of New Jersey, that conipn
:v shouid have been Indicted.
HOLDUP WAS
MADE TO ORDER
Unite, Aug. 2(i According to Mrs.
P. A. Ironside, who was a passenger
an the Meteetse-Cody stage which
was held up yesterday, the hold-up
RAIN STORMS
IN SOUTH DO ;
GREAT DAMAGE
Atlanta, On., Atlg. 2t! Damage es
timated at $500,01111 has been done
by heavy rainstorms in this vicinity.
At Camden two lives were lost last
night and the situation Is critical.
Reports from Augusta at noon today
nre to the effect that the city is en
tirely flooded. The principal thor
oughfare is four feet under water.
Merchants are milking desperate ef
forts to remove their goods to the
upper stories.
TROUSER BURGLAR
AT COTTAGE GROVE
Cotlago Grove, Aug. 25. Two
dwellings were burglarized at this
place last night. The residence ol
J. II. Mcl''arland was entered through
the nn n try window. The thief en
tered the bedroom of Krauk McPar
land and taking the occupant's trous
ers carried them to u vacant lot.
where he rifled the pitl kets. lie se
cured 1 S.
A similar Job was worked at the
residence r Mr. Hanson, a Southern
riiciflc railroad employe living on
Fourth street. F.ntrance was guinea
through n window and Mr. Hanson's
trousers were taken from nis oeu
room to the porch. Fifty cents was
all the money secured rrom me
trouserH.
, l.i.i:t;i.s THAT ACTION OK AS.
SK.SSOH IN UOVYlXCi KOH
TRANSPORTATION ItKilllS IS
MM, AND VOID
SKF.KS IX) KXJOIN SHERIFF FROM
I.KVVINU I TON I'ROI'KRTV OF
COMI'AS'Y IN I.ANK COl'XTY
KOH COI.I.IXTION OF
TAX
The Wells-Fargo Express Company
will resist the payment of the tax s
levied by Assessor Keeney, of Iue
county, against the company's
rights and privileges on the South
ern Pacific Company's railway lines
in Lane county for li07. A suit has
been instituted in the circuit court,
seeking to enjoin the county from
colectlng the tax. The title of the
suit Is Wells. Fargo & Company vs.
I-ano County and Harry llo-wn. sher
iff. The complaint,, as filed this
morning by Hjo attorneys for the
company, Snow ,ti McCauutut, of Port
land, is In substance as follows:
That. In Ills assessment for the year
1907 the assessor of Lane county as
sessed the property of the plaintiff
therein as follows: Transportation
rights ami privileges over 75. !0
miles at $200, $15, ISO; personal
property, $75; total, $15,255.
That said pretended assessment as
aforesaid was transeferred to tho tax
roll of Lane county for 111(17 and a
lax levied against the plaintiff ill the
sum of $231.40, or which $2.25 was
a tax on personal property of tho
plaintiff, assessed at $75, and $2 29.
21 was a tax levied upon the alleged
transportation rights and privileges.
That It was the intention of the as
sessor ill levying the assessment of
$15,1 SO aforesaid to assess to tho
plaintiff the railway lines of tho Ore
gon & California Railroad Company
and all other railway lines in the
county opernted by the Southern Pa
cific company. That plaintiff has no
Interest whatsoever ill saitl railway
lines or in any railway lines in Lane
county. That the railway lines were
likewise assessed at such a sum ns
the assessor believed to be their val
ue. That the assessment included tho
value of the railway Hues for all
purri' s. Including their usefulness
for ti hiisportation of express matter.
Tile plaintiff avers that tho assessor
had no authority and no power to
levy a second assessment on the rail
way properties against the plaintiff,
or any one else whomsoever; that
plaintiff has no connection with the
Oregon & California itnllroad Com
pany, or with the Southern Pacific
CLEARING UP AFFAIRS
OF BROWN & CO.
New York. Aug. 2(1. The work of
clearing up the tangled affairs of A.
O. llrown ti Company, whoso suspen
sion was announced yesterday, be
gan today. It Is believed II will take
several (lavs In-fore the liabilities and
assets will be ascertained. The fail
ure had much b-ss of an effect upo:i
the stock that might have been an
ticipated. Reports were circulated
In tin- financial district today that
an official of a New York trust com
puny shared In the .speculations wlii -ii
swept llrown iv. Company under un:ii
he saw tile venture was alriilt to re
sult disastrously, when he wit llll"i-v.
COLONEL W. F. STEWART.
Army olllci-r who was "banished" to
a desert tort In Aii.ona by order of
President Roosevelt.
was a limdc-to-order afTalr for the
benelit of a corps of moving picture
people sent from Philadelphia to Wy
oming by John Waiinainaker. who
desires to procure some set nes of real
III,- in the We.,l.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
MAY END STRIKE
Winnipeg. Atlg. Rumors fr"iii
;i II ,1 II' !e ill a! I Ve .-','iM e -.!.. , .1" ' .1 -
nadlaii I'acllic oftlclals are tir-.l of
the s'like and liego'lnllons will lulu-gun
tomorrow with a view- of end
ing H.
P-u'laiid will b" well repr.-en'i-d
al i-i- f. -Mon t in- American l,;ir
.-.r.i;ntioti a' Seattle from Tuesday,
to i'lidii-'. T'l I'V I'i'al pi ac-It ioiH-i .--i-.-
pi. inning i" attend.
INFANTRY WINS
NATIONAL TROPHY
Camp Perry. Aug. 2ii The natl ui
al rille mulch I ., i- the trophy author
ized by i - nai : - and $:iuu w as won
today by the Fulled Slates Infantry
t am. The navy team was second
and tin- cnalry third. Wa-hlnglon
look tenth pla'-e.
LAST REGIMENT
I8IDOR RAYNER.
Maryland Hcnnlor who Is champion
ing the cause of Colonel Stewart, th
"exiled" army olllcer.
Company except tint the plaintiff
ships goods over lite railway lines.
That the sum of $22!.2i so un
dertaker, to be levie I a a tax against
the pi.iintirr in the manner and form
lii.ieluberore set forth Is not due from
the plaintiff, and said tax Is wholly,
void and the pro: i eiljtigs undertaken
(t'otttlnueo on rage Five.)
LEAVES SPRINGFIELD ; PHESIDEfiT AND WIFE
I Spl inuli' Id. A 1. 1. 2. The last
National Hilar I reelmeilt doilii'. riot
I duty b'-ie departed tor Chicago to
ld, iv'. No (Xciteuilllt atlended thulr
i depuriui".
AT JORDANVILLE
5100,000 FIRE
IN PHILADELPHIA
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I. Aug. 21-0
d the l.llil'lilK'
early
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lor IjiiivIIIm, N. Y., Auk. t.-- I'res
IdiMit a tul Mih. Hd -isfvclt. arrivil h'io
lutlay to (aitlriiiti In thf riTi'iiiany
M pn-sentinn a librnrv t thf villi'Kf.
II Is a Klft of Mrn. Kohliisdii, ulster
mI the im.(.iI.
At t'i" iHMirini; y st nlay v,t I).
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