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EUGENE DAILY GUARD
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Kl'UKXK. ORKGOX, WEDXKSD.tY EVKX1SU, DKCFMHKn ill), 11KW
NO. lliKl
HE
ALE OF,
NESS LOT
i
neered by E. J. Frasler, the real es
tate dealer. Hampton Bros, an
nounce that Hey will erect a hand
some three or four-story brick and
stone building to cover the entire lot,
and will occupy every floor with a
big department store.
Makes Handsome Profit
This is couidered one of the very
best business lots in the city, situated
as it is acnus the street from the
government tostofnee site and heinu
i in a central location. Mr. Chambers
four years aso from the Lauer heirs
for $4300. This Included the hn.
inbers Sells Sixth and! iul tauer residence, which sir.
inucio ciio iaiii Chambers nim.ed off ,ast sjnce
'purchasing tie property he has built
! a two-story brick block on the south
i ciHa nf tha h nrf otlil . o
,i ( . miv auu ol.ii una so leeL
mptOn BrOtnerS . frontage left, selling less than half of
I lutj piupvujiur over iour times wnat
i he paid for the entire quarter block.
I Bit Business Mock
Hampton Bros, will erect the build
ing either sat' year or In 1910, prob
ably not until the latter year. They
plan to put ip; the finest store build-1
Ing in the dt-; and devote the entire
space on evtry floor to their business.
They promlie to have the finest store
building bmveen Portland and the
big Califonia cities. They have not
yet adopteiany plans, but they have
decided to lave the corners built of
stone the same as, the new Bible
University Is built of and plate
glass will ate'nd, on the lower floor,
from the cutheast corner of the
building Willamette street clear
around 'to dieV northwest corner on
West Slxtistreet. The building will
have an ekctric elevator and all oth
er modern tonveniences.
MADE TODAY!
tette Street Corner
IN THOUSAND IS
PRICE PAID FOR IT
Bros. Will Erect Mod-
I v.
iree. or Four-Story
Store Building
ABE RUEF IS
SENTENCED TO
FOURTEEN YEARS
Former Political Boss Receives
Maximum Sentence From
Judge Lawlor
ns completed today where-
lambers sold the corner lot
kd Willamette streets to
Irothers, the dry goods
for , $18,000. The lot
fillamette street 75 feet.
back to the alley, a dis
feet. The sale was engi-
Judge X li. Pipes of Portland, has
been at He Woodcock farm below
Irving sloe Saturday morning. Re
port has 1 that he has killed three
blackbirdiind one klldeer.
San Francisco, Dec. 29. Fourteen
years in the penitentiary, the maxi
mum, Is the sentence meted out to
day to Abraham Ruet, who for four
years directed the political destinies
of San Francisco as adviser of the
administration of Eugono E. Schmlti,
mayor of the city.
Judgment was pronounced at the
cIkiso of n dar devoted to legal bat
tle, wherein the defonse sought to In
troduce many reasons ror a new trial.
When Judge William F. Law tor had
denied this and other motions in
volving delay, the defendant nrose at
the court's command and stood un
moved through the recital of Judg
ment. There were no demonstra
tions on the part of the spectators
during the proceedings in the court
room, nor lator when Ruef, having
entered the prison van in the custody
of a deputy sheriff, started in the
& ABRAHAM RUT.F.
dusk on his long ride to tho county
Jail.
Before the adjournment of court
notlco of appeal had been filed on be
half of tho defendant and the court
had signed a writ of probable cause,
which will act as a stay of execution.
In a trial that was prolonged
through a period of nearly four
months Ruef was convicted. Decem
ber 10, of bribing John J Furey, an
ex-supervisor, to favor the award of
on overhead trolley franchise to the
United Railroads. This was one of
114 indictments returned against
(Continued on Page Five.)
g January Stock Reducing Sale
m has been our custom for yean past to hold a gigantic January Sale, we will make no exception this year.
Tie annual sale will be a mow-saving opportunity for the people of Eugene and surrounding country, and for us it
duoe our great stock and enaW us to better handle the spring goods when they arrive. From day to day different
will be added to the list on salemaking the last day as interesting as the first. For lack of space we can tell you
r a few items. The better ways for you to come to the store and look around. It will pay you.
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domestic Department,
CALICOES, 5c
b and 8c Calicoes; every piece in st during this sale,
rd
MR Fl AIMNFI S AT REDIICED'RICES
3 Vic Heavy Twilled Outing Flanaelthe yard
6 Vie Outing Flannel, light and daricoiors, tne yara. .
DALE MUSLIN CHEAP I
jOOO yasds Lonsdale Muslin, 36 incbi wide: the yard. .
; SHEETING f
4 Sheeting during this sale, the
4 .necting during this sale, the yu-
at, the
5c
. . .10c
. . . Be
, . 22c
. . 2Uc
jjnderwear Deportment
DREN'S UNION SUITS 1
leavy Fleeced Union Suits for Chlln'Jacn 2r,c
EN'S VESTS 1
hiite or Ecru Vests or Pants for ie. each 23c
EN'S UNION SUITS 1 I
leavy fleeced Union Suits for Won": perfect fitting, each.SOc
Art Department
lOW-COVERS, LAUNDRY B ETC .
0c Fancy and Scrum Pillow Cor- " P" j--"
k tni,...k. ,nii .11 n,k.n same price, each. . . .13 He
ll.SO High Art Japanese Pillow"" wltn Marine and Land-
Icape Tlewa; sale price, ee.cn : "7
io and toe Laundry Bag., made' creton or art canvas
Lie price, each 4 18 e "d
Notion Detainment
Ions and fancy good!SPcials
13.50 Mirror, Brush and Coms"
kria , tin BAt r " '
52.00 Mirror and Brush Set, la
lolls. Hand Mirrors, Twine it;
lbums, Pin Cushions, etc., '
fine goods: closing out
I.T
ach "
Parses Pictures, Post Card
,lf-prlce.
at and Suit Apartment,
ES' COATS FOR RAIN 0 WEATHER
., . .,,,,, fit fof Misses on sale now at "4
5.00 and $9.00 Cravenette l I a .10 to $I-.V
price, or. each 'i' ''1.11,''..'. ' a ,.',.
rials. rworth from J3.50 to V
H price, or
JIEN'S SHORT COATS
UlI.SO tot 2 0.00 Short Bp
Past aeasoa'i goods, bat hisf
go: fun
n
DK this January sale at
SI. 7.1 to S.1.0O
EN AWAY
ner a Satin iidm,
ey last, ea. .SS.oo
Dress Goods Department
DRESS GOODS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SALE
. Every piece of Dress Goods In this big stock will be cut In price
during this stock-reducing sale. It makes no difference what
the price was now you can buv for less.
25c Dress materials will be sold at,,, . . .
40c Dress Materials will be sold at. ... .
SOc Dress Materials will be sold at.
75c Dress Materials will be sold at. ... .
$1.00 Dress Materials will be sold at. ,
$1.25 Dress Materials will be sold at. . .
...20c
-32c
40c
60c
.. -80o
$1.00
$1.20
$1.50 Dress Materials will be sold at
SOME MATERIALS WILL BE SOLD EVEN LESS
85c Wool Suitings, 4 5 Inches wide; all dark colors; sale price,
the yard , , O.lc
50c Plaids and small Chocks, dark colors for winter wear: make
good school dresses: the yard lttc
$1.25 All-Wool Plaids, 42 Inches wide, In bright and medium
colors: the yard H7r
Japanese Goods
WOMEN'S LONG KIM0NAS
(15.00 Quilted Silk Kimonas, black, bluo and pink, with silk
lining; excellent home or loungiug robe; January sal price,
each 0
JAPANESE CREPE
25 Japanese Crepe In dark blue, light blue and lavender, with
suitable figures: special, the yard SSUc
CHILDREN'S COLLAR AND MUFF SET i
White Collar and Muff Bets, from 1.26 U'7.0, at naif prior;
4 sale price , . ., .A Me to JM
TRIMMING BRAIDS i
About 608 yards of colored Trimming Dralda Id almost every
conceivable coloring: worth from 20c to 35; sale price, yd. trie
WOMEN'S CORSETS FOR ALMOST NOTHING
R. and . and Royal Worcester Corsets, worth regular from
$1.00 to $1.50: this Is a broken line: closing out at. eadi. .-2ftc
Clothing Department
MEN'S SUITS ALL REDUCED
This Is the time you have lie n waiting for when you rould buy
that suit at a bargain price. Come berorn the w nk Is gun th"
earlier the better, as you get more lo plrk from, because they
will surely go fast at the prices we name on them. Aro you
readv? Head:
$10.00 Suits you now can buy for $ 8.00
$12.50 Suits you now can buy for $10.00
$15.00 Suits you now can buy for --"$12.00
$20.00 Suits you now can boy for $16.00
$25.00 Suits you now can buy for. ... ., $30.00
$30.00 Suits you now can buy for -$24.00
BftrrK the saving an Tar. nun
BOYS' OVERCOATS AT A SAVING OF ONE-HALF
Boys' Overcoats of good materials, well lined; all gnod colors,
worth from $1 E to $10.00, at M. Priced at. esch SI. 78 to .0O
ises' Dresses
14 years, worth SJ.OC10
at One-Half Price
. 50c to if0
Hampton Bros.
556-564 Willamette SC.
WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT
The Best $3.00 Hat
on earth is a
Gordon
HALF POPULATION OF CALABRIA DEAD
OTHER HALF WEEPS FOR Tl
FAMILIES LOST AND HOMES DEVASTATED
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Eome, Deo. 30. Prom tho latest estimates today it is four
ed the total number of victims in Sicily and Calabria will reach
more than one hundred thousand, while the damage to property
will total several hundred millions.
ALL INHABITANTS DEAD
Cantazaro, Calabria, Doc. SO. A report receivod here says
the town of Bngnar, on the coast north of Roggio, is completely
wiped out, fire finishing the work of destruction, Tho report
says all the inhabitants are dead. The population was ton
thousand.
REGGI0 HEAP OF TANGLED RUINS
Paris', Deo. 30. A dispatch from Rome says tho torpodo
boat sent to aid the sufferers at Reggio has returned, reporting
nothing remains of the city but a heap of tangled ruins.
AMERICAN CONSUL LOST
Washington, Deo. 30. A dispatch to the state department
from Consul Gale confirms the death of Consul Cheney and wife
at Messina. , The bodies have not yet been reoovered.
BISHOP AMONG THE MISSING
Washington, Deo. 30. Right Rev. David Sessums, Protest
ant Episcopal bishop of Louisiana, 1b believed to have beon In
Messina at the time of the earthquake. Nothing has been
heard from him.
many are starving:. Messina's erylntt
need Is for doctors, nurses, food and
flremou. The first work of resrua
was porforined by volunteers rrora
ships lu the harbor and groups of
heroic survivors, who, at itreat per
sonal risk, extricated many persons
from precarious situations. Not tha
least ut the suffering was caused by
a down pour of cold rain.
ANOTHKIl yt'AKK
KUUiHTENS PKOI'I.K.
Palermo, Dec. 30. A slight undti
latory shock occurred at 7:30 lust
evening; and created a terrible panic.
The population la wrought up by tha
efforts of the recent shuks, crowded
t tie churches, carried out the lmng.es,
saints aud sacred vessols and march
ed In a procession through the streets
Imploring- a cessation of tho earth
quako scourge.
KAHTIigt'AKK 8IKM-K
rAl'HKM MIMCAT KMU1IT.
Syracuse, 8lclly, Dec. 30. Violent
earthquake shocks were experienced
here at half-past five this morning.
The people of Syracuse, terrified and
tearful, rushed Into the streets and
Into the surrounding country. Two
violent earthquake shocks were felt
on the Island of list lea last night.
KINO AND QTKKM
WOHK HKIMMCAIJiY.
Home. Dec. 30. Half the popula- of ruins. A national committee has
tlon of Culnlirla nnd tho eastern part been formed to collect funds for tho
of Sicily nra dead nnd the other half victims, the Hat hetnit opened by a
weeping for (hem. As tho great ex j contribution of $400,000 from the
tent of the seismic disturbances be- king. The premier has received a
comu apparent, it seems Impossible ; telegram from Klgtmr Fellcu, a dep
to exaggerate tho horrors whlrh havo : ttty lit Messina, summing up the slt
followeil litem. Tho calamity which j millnn as follows:
haH overwhelmed lluly Is almost ho-! "Messina Is completely destroyed,
yond the grasp of Imagination, not j raxed lo Iho ground. Tho victims
only because vf I lie number of dead, I may be numbered by the tens of
but been use of iVu Innumerable : thousands, mid the conflagration
wounded bnrlcd In ruins, many of; whlrh Is still raging Is completing
whom will perish ns It Is Impossible I hn ileatrucllon or the city. Halvnge
to rescue them from the wrecks of , Implements, firemen and soldiers
their forniw homes. The total mini-' must too sent Immedi'itely. The dls
ber of victims is variously estimated aster exceeds the wildest Imaglna
at from 1(1.000 tn '150,000. ' "
Tho king aad queen arrived at The volcano Sttnmboll Is active
Mensina today, and as they made ,and the sea around the Islands Is very
their way Inta it lie ruined town tha l-nvltalod aud dangerous to navlga
scene of horror was too much for the ,Uini.
qaeen and she almost swoonod. i The pope has telegraphed the arch
Crowds of terror-stricken peopletUilshop at Palermo a large sum of
snrrounded the Toyal couplo, throw-! money and Instructed lira to proceed
lng Item set ve In the mud and tin Messina immediately and neip tne
screaming for aid and pity.
As tar asihe facts concerning Mes
sina tterome available fhey corrobor
ate In every Uetull tho worst fears
heretofore expressed, while the hor
rors of the urination and compleui
ness of the (lent ruction become lixr
ly more apparent.
l"int l.lne Altered
The rouat line Is greatly altered
by the narthqunke, the beautiful
survivors.
I'IMONKII IX IU1NH
AM) lU RNKK.
Catania, Dec. 30. King Victor
Kmmanuel and Queen Helena ar
rlvod at Messina today and Immed
iately Joined In the rescue party and
labored as unremittingly as the oth
ers. The King personally extricated
several Injured from tha ruins, and
the Queen devotod her attention
principally to the little chlldrn. Hhe
rescued herself, a throo yoar old boy
blooding from many cuts and bruises.
An overpowering stench Is hogln
ntntr tn nriit from the ruins of Mes
sina. Ten thousand soldiers will be
required to buiy the dead there.
ltl lMMl tTTIKH
ItKHK.MIII-K 1-OMPKU.
('nimiiiirn. Dee. 30. Such frag
mentary- news as Is recolved from
Hegglo confirms th eroports that tha
city Is practically obliterated. A
messnge from there concluded:
"Mussina and Hegglo look Ilk
Pompeii." ..
Uriel lptclw. '
Home, Dec. 10. -Cable Communi
cation with the Aslonlan Inlands, It
miles north qf Sicily, la interrupted.
It Is feared the Islands have also
been devastated.
Catsnla, Dec. 30. There wera
further shocks at Messina last night
whlrh added to the panic of the sur-
Catania. Dec. 30. A Messina ret-
ugeo says that only a small propor
tion of the population escaped.
Thousands of Imprisoned and pinion
ed human beluga unable to extricate
themselves, were burned alive while
homes along the shore being ii mnns others are dying of Injuries snd
j nmno. Dec. 30. The Minister of
J Marine esllmstes me vicious ui eu
ieannquaso suu uui ih v,--
j rla and Sicily at no.uuu,
New York, Doc. 80, J.Pleipont
Morgan has given $10,000 lor the
rellel of the esrthumil'.'' sufferers.
JOHNSON-BURNS
FIGHT WAS BRUTAL
Australian Authorities May Pro
hibit Future Contests
Sydney. I we 40. Chief Secretary
Wood, ot Krw Wales, declare today
that the autxmrlUes are giving the
prlxe-flghUag sirUiatlon serious con
sideration, ft is declared the Hurns
Johnaoa fight was more brutal than
scientific, and .unless (n-tlgbting Is
eliminated boxing will soon be re
garded as an illegitimate sport.
FIFTY MINERS
DIE JN EXPLOSION
JAMES I FINCH
f.lURDER CHARGE
MURDERER TIMM0NS
UNDER INDICTMENT
G ran d Jury Finds True Bill.
Against Wife Blayet
lortland, Dec. lO.-Klneh "
i was convicted of murder In
the first degree. Th Jury
ara out 30 minutes. 4
! Knnle, W. Va , Dec. .10. The fa
llnlillin In the I. Irk branch mine us a
Tin
aft
A
) Irtdn
Arenrrilnir in a rIm foreman 2H
men were lo the mine and there Is
llttlo chance or ineir recovery ame.
The cause of the explosion la unknown.
I'ortlsn.l. Ix-c. So. Th of
Jaui'-H A. Flnrh. rlijirgwt with the
inurd'T of It ilph II. Kinder, prosecu
tor t.t the Hlsle liar AmmocIsiIoii, went
to the Jury at 2 : &0 oVIm k tills at-terno'in.
iliile In the I.lrk branch mine ns a
suit of the ex.liiin of ycmAiay
'ternoon will prolmbly tvtvhM -Hi
nunilH-r of bodies were tTii out
I'll-.! ( lilie I. t Inil.
J-os.?ph, Or., Dec. 29--The first
i 111 nook of the winter. In Wallowa
roaiily, rime Sunday evenln-, and
on Monday luornlng. It was raining.
Th cold season jaine early this sea
son, and on Christmas diy the sleigh
ing was splendid.
; FLOUR MILLS AT
SAUKAMtNIU BUHNtUi
Chicago Wheat Harket.
fiacrsmento, Dee. 30. The Floneer
flour mills were burned to the ground
today. Th mill were owned by he
Southern Pacific Company, aad th
fir Is believed to have been Incen
diary, as there bare been several
previous atleOpt to burn them. The
buildings were used by wholesalers
for storage purpose.
The notarial commission of Dar
wla Brlstow was filed today with th
Chicago, Dec
May. II. OH -,
Sfipt. T-l.
Dec. $1.04;
July $1.04 1-1;
Standing for th first time In tha
Marlon county circuit court room, C.
Y. Tlmmons yesterday heard rad th
Indictment charging him with mur
der In th first degre. telling a fear
of th details of the horrlbt tragedy
when It It alleged, he eut his wife's
throat.
Tlmmons Is a short, rather heavy
I set Individual and does not h-sr th
I earmarks of a murdersr. H took
't'te news ot the indictment stolidly
'eiiotiKh snd hli fac was expression
I !' as he was led from'tiie rourt
nxin back to his cell by Deputy
Sheriff Kuril.
Tlimnuni wl'l be arraigned this
morning and the tictions of setting
his (-as. f,r trial will eume up.
Contlderalile testimony was taken
In the grand Jury room and the In
' ilti'tment was brought in after alw.it
two hours consideration of th rase.
It has developed that the sheriff's
office Is provided with sn accurate
map of tha entire house whs.- tha
murder look placs. The plans wer
drawn by a competent engineer and
win figure prominently in Ihe trial
of Tlmmons.
Not a detail has bean overlooked Is
this plan of the house and especially
In the plan of the room where tha
killing occurred. Salem Statesman.
forest R0;r C. II Young of the
Cmpqna Roserre arrived last night
from Florence and will be In Kugene
several days In connection with con
tests In his district.
Several Oregon towns are expect
ing lo do more paving next year;
r,-y cnrl-rel If .!!'
A warm rain throughout Jf xbou
County the first of tn week, caused
some flow In the mountain streams,
which so far this season have been
scarcley more in volume than last
summer. Th rain was actually
needed In farming operations. Th
fine weather for the last month has
been a boon to the orchardmen and
It Is estimated thai already mora
than &000 acres of orchard hasa I