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LEAVING BURTON CLEAR FIELD
blnmbus, Dec. 31. Definite announcement that Charles
t had withdrawn from the senatorial race in the "interest
isrmony, was made today. The backbone of the Taft
Birth will be delivered to Burton as the successor of Senator
FORAKER ALSO DRAWS OUT
Columbus, Dec. 31. Senator Foraker at noon' issued a
fcment formally withdrawing from the senatorial fight. This
fes the field practically clear for Burton.
K CASHIER
ACQUITTED, BUT
ARRESTED AGAIN
rett, Dec. 31. Chris Olson, the
Ir cashier of the Scanrtla bank,
closed several months ago.
fed with publishing false stata-
of the bank's condition, was
red not guilty by a jury in the
lor .court today. He was imme-
) re-arrested n the charge or
iy and embezzlement on com
of the bank's receiver.
WILL NOT CALL
ON ROOSEVELT
TO GIVE EVIDENCE
JACOB MAYER
OREGQNPIONEER
DIED OF OLD AGE
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One of the Northwest's Most
Prominent i Merchants
and Masons
Wiihington, Dec. 31. Senator
HaUadttng as chairman of the com
mitttt bn appropriations. In charge
of ike Investigation of the -methods
of tie secret service.. snld today he
had intention, so far as he know,
of smimonlng President Kqosevelt
before the committee after bis retire-
mea on the fourth of March, as in-
THKODOKE E BL'KTOX.
Who now has a clear field In his
candidacy for United States senator
from Ohio.
timnted In some.or the published reports.
CHICAtitf W1IKAT MAHKKT
Chicago, , IVc. 31. December,
$1.04 7-S; May. $1.07 T-2; Julv. 9S
7-S; September. 95 3-8.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN !0RE PORTLAND
THOUSAND
E
IE
IS
OF
NOW OFFICIAL !
DEATH LOSSES!
THUGS ARRESTED
BY OFFICERS
; Officers Keller and Kienlen
Rome, Deo, 31. The official estimate places tho dead in' Continue to Round Ud
vuiuona, ana iasiern aicuy ai iiu.uuu, dui mere is reason 101
Portland, Dec. SI, Ijacob Mayer,
a pioneer of Portland of 1S75 and a
member of the whulesale dry goods
t ir in of Flelshner, Mayer & Co., of
this city, the largest wholesale house
in the Pacific Northwest with
branches In Spokane and Seattle,
died today of old age. He was one
of the best known Masons in the Uni
ted States and the oldest on the Pa
cific coast; was the Pacific coast .rep
resentative to the grand lodge of
England, appointed to that honorable
position by King EdwardM Knglnnd,
when the King was Prince of Wales.
He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, May 7, 1S28.
believe this may be greatly exceeded. No news has yet been re
ceived of the Americans thought to be in the devastated district,
excepting Rev. David Sossums, of New Orleans, and 'daughtor
Alice, who are safe at Rome.
Ambassador Griscom is about to start from Rome for the
south to endeavor to secure information concerning American
travelers.
City Desperadoes
The Farmers' .and Merchants' bnnk
of Conuillc has been organized with
a capital of $25,000.
Chester It. Allen, im of James Al
len, at Strlngtown, au employe of tho
Condor Water & Power Company, of
Medford, was killed near Phoenix
yesterday afternoon by a shock from
the electric wires on which he was
working. ;
jtfg January Stock Reducing Sale
As has been our custom foryears past to hold a gigantic January Sale, we will make no exception this year.
The annual sale will be a money-saving opportunity for the people of Eugene and surrounding country, and for us it
111 reduce our great stock and enable us to better handle the spring goods when they arrive. From day to day different
bods will be added to the list 01 sale, making the last day as interesting as the first. For lack of space we can tell you
only a few items. The betterway is for you to come to the store and look around. It will pay you.
Domestic Department
'ST CALICOES, 5c : -
V 7e nnrt Re Calicoes: everv nlecein stock during this sale, at, the
yard Sc
UTING FLANNELS AT REDUCED PRICES
12MiC Heavy Twilled Outing Flannel, the yard 10c
6 Vic Outing Flannel, light aid dark colors, the yard 8c
Lonsdale muslin cheap
1000 yards Lonsdale Muslin, If inches wide; the yard IKs
'IDE SHEETING
8- 4 Sheeting during this sale, tie yard
9- 4 neeting during this sale, Ike yard
22c
Sic
Underwear Department
HILDREN'S UNION SUITS
jOc Heavy Fleeced Union Suits for Children, each 2,-ic
JfOMEN'S VESTS
f iiti.ii. m ir i Tintr,nii nmmnn nnih . . . . i2,"('
wiULe ur CjUTU venio ui i uu i ,
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS
Heavy fleeced Union Suits for Women; perfect fitting, eh..Oc
Art Department
ILL0W COVERS, LAUNDR. BAGS, ETC .
60c Fancy sod Serum Pillow Coven, sale price ....... oo
2 So Lithographs and all othenat the amine price, each. .
11.60 High Art Japanese, Pilif qoera, with Marine and Land
scape views; sale price, each.- -J '"
25c and 60e Laandry Bags. " a'eton J 5:
sale price, each i-c sum
Notion Department
lOTfONS AND FANCY GOODS SPECIALS
$3.50 Mirror, Brush and Come seta, line goons; cum.. uj
price, the set .r- - - i ',mi
$2.00 Mirror and Brush S. special, each.... i; ' ' 'p..,,
Dolls. Hand Mirrors. Twi Bags. Purses Pictures. Post Card
Albums, Pin Cushions, etc- " at half-price.
)oat and Sust Department
VllSSES' COATS FOR RAIN AND COLD WEATHER
. $5.00 and $9.00 Cravenettf Coats for Misses on ,
trm'wintVr' CaM. wide of' k'viHei; oT good mnte-
h.i; worth from S3.50 to $10.00; during this January sate ai
H price, or.
.SI. 7.1 lo .-i.X)
WOMEN'S SHORT COATS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY
Dress Goods Department
CHESS 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 v. hat
the price was now you can buy for less.
25c Dress Materials will bo sold at 20o
40c Dress Materials will bo sold at 32c
50c Dress Materials will be sold at 40c
75c Dress Materials will be sold at 60c
$1.00 Dress Materials will be sold at 80c
$1.25 Dress Materials will be sold at. $1.00
$1.50 Dress Materials will be sold at $1.20
SOME MATERIALS WILL BE SOLD EVEN LESS
86c Wool Suitings, 4 5 inches wide; all durk colors; sale price,
the yard 13c
50c Plaids and small Checks, dark colors for winter wear; make
good school dresses; the yard tide
$1.25 All-Wool Plufds, 42 Inches wide, im bright and medium
colors: the yard H7c
Japanese Goods
WOMEN'S LONG KIM0NAS ,
$16.00 Quilted Silk Klmoims, black, blue and pink, with silk
lining; excellent home or lounging robe; January sale price,
each $H.OO
JAPANESE CREPE
25 Japanese Crepe In dark blue, light blue and lavender, with
suitable figures; special, the yard c
CHILDREN'S .COLLAR AND MUFF SET ,
White Collar and Muff Beta, from $1.2 te $7.00. at half prlec:
sale price ,
TRIMMING BBAIBS ' , ,
About 500 yard of colored Trimming Braids la almost ever?
conceivable coloring; worth from 3s lo SSo; sale price, yd.lOo
WOMEN'S CORSETS FOR ALMOST S0THING
r. -and O. and Royal Worcester Corsets, worth regular from
$1.00 to $1.60; this Is a broken line: closing out at. each. .itnc
Clothing Department
MEN'S SUITS ALL' REDUCED
This is the time you have been waiting for when you could buy
that suit at a bargain price. Come before the week Is gone the
earlier the better, as you get more to pick from, bocauso they
will surely go fast at the prices wo name on them. Are you
ready? Read:
$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 bny for $12.00
$20:00 Suits you now can buy for $16.00
$25.00 Suits you now can buy for $20.00
$30.00 Suits you now can bny for $24.00
VOTK TUB HA VINO IX THK I'lWK
BOYS' OVERCOATS AT A SAVING OF ONE-HALF
Hoys- Overmats of good materia!!, well lined; all good colors,
worth front $ 60 to $10.00, at Priced at, each l.7 la tfl.00
Ibses' Dresses
to 14 years, worth $1.00 to
t6.00 at One-Halt Pri
. 50c to 3 .u
Hampton Bros.
55A-564 Willamette St..
WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT
The Best $3.00 Hat
on earth is a
Gordon
HORRIBE SCENES ENACTED
Portland, Dec. 31. Tho robbers,
who last ntKlit held up and robbed
tho mn-.oruiau and conductor of Rose
City Park Car, and then stole tho car.
are In custody, and have confessed
1 to the crims. They will be Indicted
1 this afternoon. The arreated men
I give the names of Al Miller and llnr
i man Schwartx.
A frightful scene occurred hero today Mlllor tl"" ' oilJ
amid the ruins of the customs house, whore bands of famished, ho room had occuplBa wlt!.
persons were groping in the debris in tho hope of discovering i si-hwarts in a cheap lodging house.
food. The first of the searchers who were suocossful were at- Srhwnrti thru a revolver into otfl
tacked by the others with knives and revolvers, and forcod to r,,r Keller's tact and was shot In the
......... . . . .... , I arm tor his trouble, and was then
divide their findings, and the struggle was fierce. Famished taken to the city prison whore he
men threw themselves upon each other like wolves, and several I "'VhTarre.t, were made by police
were disemboweled in defending a handflul of dry bones or a officers Koiior and Kieuien, the same
Messina, Deo. 31.-
few ounces of flour. One of the unfortunates was pinned to a
plank by a knife, while clinging to his hand was his ohild, for
wbom he had sought food.
men who apprehended the three des
perate saluun hold-ups lust week.
STARVATION'S HORRORS
ADDED TO MISERY
OF THE SITUATION
Rome, Dec SI. To the terrifying
spectacle of death vauaed by Mon
day's earthquake hav now lxen added
the horror of starvation and fenr of
tho spread of postVlence. As yet It Is
ImnoHslble to obtain nny news of the
fate of the little villages along the
coast, many of whii-h are believed to
have been entirely wiped out. In boiiib
small towns, tho suddenness and
completeness of the catastrophe was
overwhelming. Of 14.000 living In
I'nlml. only a few score nre alive to
day and yfSterrtny: Twenty-two hun
dred bodies were hurled there. Hcg
Klo remains IsuHiited In ghastly deso
lation and the railroads and roads
Ihroughoat the surrounding country
have bees .utnt-ly destroyed.
The visit of Miu King and Queen to
llenina Jvnd itegglo has aroased
wldesprrvd einauslasm In splln of the
auhrHrsnl mourning and distress, and
the sovereigns wero saluted when
ttuy disembarked by the firing o
fun of Jsallan and forulgn warshlss
at Messina. Troops are distributing j
raunns wneruwr ponnuiu iu mniu
get into umch with the stricken peo
ple. Ths wators of tho straight of
Vesalna lire -uoverod with ricmtlax
both' of men, women and children,
and all kinds of wreckage.
patch from Palermo says It la esti
mated that one hundred thousand
persons have embarked on warships
aud other vessels In the straights of
Messina, or havo otherwise loft the
devastated district, all towns and vil
lages along the straits rapidly be
coming depopulated as there are
widespread fears of further convulsions.
111 IINIM) IIODIK8
OK MANY VICTIMS.
Reggie, Dec. 31. As a precaution
ary measure against an outbreak of
pestilence, tile bodies of persons
killed by the earthquake nre being
burned nnd strong disinfectants are
being strewn among the ruins of the
city, 'Troops havo set up field kitch
ens nnd are baking broad in the
Stl'UUlS. ... . . .
KNTIltK llKUIMKNT
I'KOItAIII.V nltOWNKD.
AGED INDIAN
WOMAN KILLED
House Burned to Remove Evi
dence of Ghastly Crime
Port Towusend, Deo. SI. A search
of the ruins of the furm house of the
lata Hdwurd Turner, a pioneer on the
shores of Port Discovery Kay, which
liui-ued last night, resulted In the dis
covery of the charred body of bis
ngi-d Indian widow. There wrt a
deep gash in the head made by a
li In lit Instrument, and the house wus
fired lo remove evidence . of the
crimo.
The woman whs Inoffensive and
why alio was murdered la a mystery.
Reasla. Dec,. SI. There is reason
to believe cinr entire regiment of in
fantry was drowned In the tidal wave
nt I'alml. The budiea of three sol
diers have already been recovered.
BATTM!!!' rl.KKT
M.IV ItKNDKll AID.
AM It lUt 'AS tlATTOVW
W11J, KIU TTAUAVS.
New Ymrk. Dec. SI. -The United
Btaies sejipty slilp Oultlc, will sail
today for Messina with l.f.OO.HOO na
vy ration for the Italian eartlfqilake
sulferers. Tho rntlous were Intend
ed for the Aimirlcnn fleet but the
navy aeettrtmeat authorised their do.
Ilmry te the destltiita Italtags and
Blclllntsk
GOVERNOR C0SGR0VE
GREATLY IMPROVED
Paso Itobles, 1h. 31. Governor
elect Coagrove. of Wushloglon, III at
the springs hero, baa greatly Improv
ed, aud without doubt will reach
Uiympla by January 11.
ATTEMPTED TO
ASSASSINATE .PREMIER".
WmhliMaon Tree. 31. The matter
nff rllimiti'KInu lh Americas battle- I AllK'HItTANH AICIO
ship rieet ti. the stricken city of Mes-1 KAIITIiyi'AKE VIHTIMH.
slaa and oilier taullan ports. Is now i
under ronslrhiriitlon and a speedy de- Athur 8. Chenev, ('nnsul at Mes-i
I arts, Dec .31. A disaffected r
slcan fired several shots this nfier
noon In the direction of the uf'lr
of Premier Clemoiiceuti. No one was
hurl and be wus arrested.
rlslon In favor of such employment Is iniu. and his wlfo.
an!Ctl. The Sixteen warships are i Chli ago: Mr. and Mrs.
now making tlielr way tnrnugn me
Hed Hea and sliuuhl reach Port Said
nt the casters entrance of (Sues canal
by Sunday. Owing to the fact that
full supplies an coaJ and provisions
must be secured, the fleet could hsrd
ly rmrh ktesasna beture January 15.
Wtth flfteea thousand thoroughly
disciplined American ssilors and a
splendid corps at roedhal officers and
aurgeona, with svbundsint supplies of
medicines snd food, It irtbelleved the
Arserlcaa fleet would se a welcome
visitor to tie. shores of Sicily, even
a fortnight
PHfI'I,R FIJKH
FIIOM (ITniCKKN VIM.ArW
Indon, Dec. 31. A special dls-
O. Elger,
'In. Cliurles A. Uikuii, lasl Farber,
T. A. (irtrrin, Jacob llniier, Miss Mail
tia4tua Slenrittr.
Phllarsilphla: Miss Mary Moss.
Mbvs ! In Wood, Miss Frances
Hiirkhis, Miss Jhtssle O. Drorklus.
Miss KnUille Pagan, Miss lllanche
Ksae, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Norris.
Urookllnn, Mnss; Mr. Msrtbs C.
Klttredge, Jtflwss Klhol and Clarissa
JKUthaedgja,
Klgui Be. BMVIr Hessnms. Prot
rstant Kplaoopal lllMhop uf Jxiulslsns.
CONTRACTOR BLAKE
G1VE1 FOUR YEARS
i
1 Ban Franrlsro. I). 31 K A. B.
Illake. the conlrnclor ronv'cted of ut-ti-rnpilng
to brllx- J. M Kelly. s pros
IHtlve Juror In (lie Knef bribery ttl-
, lo rote for acuultinl. was aruttjiic-
I'd b Jude iJijnno ifiiluy to four
y ars' hiiiirlsontuent In the penltuii
itlary.
IIAI.N (lit KNOW
T(IOIUU)M"M WKATllXlt.
Washington, Oregon Italn
west and snow east tonight
or Friday. Northerly winds.
ldabo 8now tonight or
Friday; solder southeast.
Aihlaad k"old"7T,0 of "cliy
light bonds st i 1-1 per east. The
Tldlnas says la suod bayera audai
14000 on the deal.
A Salem man wants a law to rua(
hold-up msn. '
tt'l 1,111 It UltK.IIT
MAKI-J4 UtSU KI.KillT.
Mmsns, France, Dec. 31.
Wilbur Wright broke all ae
roplane records with a flight
of two hours and nine min
utes, covering 73 miles, of
ficial record. He carried one
passenger.
I
j JfWKPIf II. KOKAKKIL
i Who withdraws from the race for
' re-election as flenstor from Ohio.
4
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Taipayers of Multnomah county
nest year will be obliged lo pay tai-s
to the amount of ov.tr 1 1.000. 01)0
greater than were collected In 11)03.
Official flgnres for the city. Port of
Portland snd School District No. I.
together with reliable estimates of
the other tai levying bodies aggre
gate is. 73 mills, as against 11 1 mills
for this year. Oregonlan.
t ,v Y
feff '
CP. TAFT.
Who has announced bis wlthJvawal
in favor of Uurton.
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