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zzzzzzz J , -ISSUED IN- " SEMI. WEEKLY SECTIONS t EACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. oooooooooooooooooooo Don't! Waste Hoggling over prices at a store with a different price f .r each I toiner. Trade with the NEW YORK RACKET TIipv liavft nKcoIntol v nnn nriwi fx. '' n ! T7 "fV V J a , . s rv. BROWNE II ' IN SHANK Shoes? They're economizers for you. You'll get full satisfaction from every pair. If you need good, serviceable clothing that is made right, and want to save 15 to 25 per cent on the price, come and look over our line before you buy. . Hosiery, underwear.hats, shirts and a fall lino of furnishing goods. Salem's Cheapest One Price Cash Store J LsxdieS Pacrty Slippers S ON THE LIGHT FANTASTIC TOE Blme Satin, Pint Satin, Red Kid . and White Kid, Special $1.50 94 STATE REPORTS Of APPRMStST TILED. Property of, the Elizabeth Snyder Estate Is Valued at $2500 Two Execu tors Discharged. In the probate department - of the Marion county court, yesterday,, the fol lowing proceedings ! were- had and entered-of record; i i Jacob GJ Miller. L. Wcbcrt and Wm. I'ny, appraisers of the estate of Eliza beth Snyder. deceased. filed their report of i the prppcrty belonging to the estate and fituatcd in -Marion county; the property is valued at $1272. oS. James Smith, Samuel Gribble and Samuel Wclfcrd. appraisers of the Clack amas county property belonging to the same estate, filed their report, showing the" property appraised to be valued at $1250. making the total valuation of the estate $2542.08. j John Murray and G. A. Cone. Jr., co-executors of the estate of G. A. Cone, deceased, filed their report, sup plemental to the final account recently heard by the probate court, showing the distribution, among the legatees of the will. 'of the $3264.72. on hand when the final account was heard, and -which sum was ordered distributed i at that ti ne. Vpon thi showing the court released the co-executors of all further liability, ami discharged then from their trust. (WANTS A DIVORCE. Jennie Maple plaintiff. vsj Wesley L. 'Maple, defendant: U the title of a new action The President Called , , r- 15c a Yard Madras and ginghams that formerly sold fornvx: and 25c a yard. Silk novelties that formerly sold for foe a yaixl our carnival price is 48C 25c a Yard - Silk ginghams and imported madras termer prices, joc ana-jju. Special 5 1 QRfJDlEp - - - - - r f i ' ' Your Time cus- owjrwuy ana inavs me very wave jrou worn me MARK SHOE STORE j STREET 3 for divorce filed in the state circuit court for Marion county, department No. 2. yesterday. The plaintiff alleges fnat she became the wife of defendant, in Marion county, on October 11, 1888, and that for a number of years he has abused her shamefully, by cursing, beat ing and choking her many times, and that he has several times deserted her, the last time in Jaunary. 1000, since which time he refuses to support her or return to her home. She paints him in the lurid colors of a brute, and asks that the marriage contract be set aside. Weatherford & Wyatt, of Albany ap pear as attorneys for the iwrongcd wife. LAY BY. THE SHOVEL AND '"Pshaw!" exclaimed papa, throwing aidc his paper, "the poetry they print nowadays. is distressing." "Yes isn't it!" mamma agreed. "I read a new poem yesterday by what's-his-name. Don't you know? Who was the man-with-the-hoc " "I know." cried little Tommy. "Old Uncle Ned." 'Philadelphia Press. A MODERATOR CHOSEN. Chicago. May 24. Rev. J. P. Sankey, of Rochester. N. Y. was chosen Mod erator on the first ballot today, at the General Assembly of the United-Presbyterian church. Pacific. Homestead, Salem, Or. Best farm, paper. Issued weekly. $1 a year. for 75,000 More Volunteers 1 A special sale is now- in progress at our store on all our fine new wash fabrics. Prices lower Than Ever WashGoodsCarnival Prices on All Tailor-Made Suits CRASH SKIRTS. 7K to $400.. WOOL SKIRTS. $; - J to $10.00. MERCERIZED (WAISTS, $150 sfLK WAISTS, $joo to $7 So- SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, A: BOER 'HUNT Advance on Pretoria Is Continuing. Many Bridges Are Being Destroyed. The Federals on Their Retreat Tear Up the Railroad- Kmger Sow Favors Surrender. ' . v LONDON, May 25 Lord Roberts' infantry advance is delayed at the Rhenoster river, for a day or two, by the depth of the stream which is not ferdable; the banks, which are precipit ous, are forty feet high. Pontoon and temporary bridge construction are un der way. The Transvaalers have offend' ed the Free Staters by destroying their splendid bridges while retiring ti Kroonstad. They refrained from doing this on the retreat from the Rhcnostc-, but now they are destroying the rail way ami bridges almost completely north of the Rhenoster. The British troops are in the form of a crescent with the horns thirty miles apart, with General French'seavalry on the left within twenty-three miles fro. 11 the Vaal, and General Ian Hamilton's mounted "infantry on the right within thirty miles of the Vaal. The centre of the crescent is about forty miles from the Vaal. Seventy or eighty miles to the left, Lord Methuen is advancing up-; on the Vaal. The Boer telegrams say that 3000 British with ten guns are near Vrcede-; fort, which is close to the Vaal and clcse to Parys. One corresnondent refers to the ad- vance as a "promenade." Another de scribes it as a "Boer hunt." ' THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. London. May 2. Under a stimulus of the relief of Mafeking and Lord Rcbj; crts' raid and successful progress, the Queen's birthday has been celebrated throughout the empire with unique and almost unprecedented rejoicing. The two-fold nature of the celebrations gave the occasion an unusual brilliancy. HE WOULD SURRENDER. -London. May 25. The Lourenco Marques correspondent ot the Timcis. telegraphing Wednesday, says: Ac cording to a private letter smuggled through, from Pretoria, President Kru ger now favors a surrender, on the gound that a continuance of the war would ruin the property ot tnc Uurg- hcrs. A BIO FIRM FAILS. COTTON .BROKERS IN NEW YORK IN DIFFICULOY. Prominent Capitalists Throughout the United States Are Interested inf the Concern. NEW YORK. May 24. Price, Mc Cormick & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in the city, failed t -day with liabilities estimated at $13,000. 000. The firm is a member of the Stock. Cotton and Produce Exchanges, ar.d of the Chicago Stock Exchange, and has branch offices in about thirty cities throughout the United Stales. The failure is ascribed to the fact thit the firm was "long" on cotton in' the face of a fast falling market. . i Mr. Cromwell said the total liabili ties are about $i3.ooo,oto, nearly all of Two Years Ago Today. 1 tTTT- -T r- - ii mi m I 11 I' II I 10c a Yard Madras novelties and ginghams worth from liV to 20c a yard. Lappets and lawns good patterns and very exceptional values 1 6I-4C I5C Batiste crepe a regular 25c quality for 15c just tor a nyer. ; MAY 25t 1900. which -was secured. The firm is com posed pi. Theodore 1 H. Price. Wm. G. McCaroiick. R. G. M. Stewart-Wort Icy and Walter W. Price, with Geo. Crocker of San : Francisco as special partner on an investment; of $500,000. McCotrmick is of , the well-known Chi cago family of agricultural implement fame, (and Stewart-Wortley; is a son-in- law o Kear Admiral bchley. The firm was organized, in 1097. HE MARKET EXCITED. Cotton Sales in New York Yesterday Reached the Million' Mark. New Y'ork. May 24. The cotton mar kt was one great sensation today. No ofiicial record of the transactions was kept, ibut conservative estimates placed the aggregate of the day's dealings at considerably above the million mark. From start to finish of this most extra ordinary session, there was one enorm ous oiutpour of long cotton, supple mented by most aggressive conduct on the p4rt of the bears, who added largely to their short interest. The immediate reason tor today's collapse was the fail ure of Price. tMcCormick & Co., who had fior months dictated the price of cotiort the world over. ; 4 NO PLAGUE CASES. 5ian Frnr5;ro ' lav u mi TYtrrp ? nn change in the plague situation. No new cases or deaths haTc been reported, and physicians think the disease will be successfully combattcd atnl that all dan ger is past, although every precaution is being taken. PHILIPPINE MAILS. Receipts of the Postal Department in ; ' the Islands, i Waj-hington. May 24.1 Postmaster- General Smith has received a report from ' the Director of Posts of the Phil ippine Islands, under date! of April 14th, in which he states , that with all ex penses paid there will be a profit of over .$16,000 for the it montfii from May 1, 809. This, he says, maikes absolutely certain a continuance of service until June without a deficit. Daring the last quarter, with four stations to be heard from, the receipts on account of sales of stamps were $27,612. frpni box rents and second-class matter; $854. ' The ac counts for the quarter were not all paid, ut the expenses were considerably less thani the receipts. The ' only accounts, outstanding, were those for foreign ser-i vice and for supplies from the State. the money-order business Jot the Manila otnee for the quarter was as. follows: Domestic orders issued, p.'SS. amount- ng to $tsi.osi : international; orders, 293 amounting to $7.W: fees received for money-order!". $1580; Ordjcr paid and repaid, $1792, amounting to $100,577. A CHURCH CONGRESS. Pacific Coast Congregationalists Elect their Uthcers. San Francisco. May 24. The Pacific Coast Congregational Congress conven ed iri this city today. The nominating committee made nominations as fol- ows: Moderater for Southern Califor nia. Rev. C P. Dorland. Lets. Angeles. Oregon, A: V. Ackerman, .Portland: Washington. Rev. Lincoln mith, heat- tie, secretary, George H. Himcs, Port- ana; nrst assistant secretary, n.ev v. . Culver, of Southern California; sec ond assistant secretary-. Rev. Jonathan Edwards. Spokane. I he ! report ot the committee was adopted. . SEVERAL MEN WOUNDED. BLOOD WAS. SHED IN ST, LOUIS YESTERDAY Between Guards of. Street Railway X rains ana siriKers ana mcir ' Sympathizers. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. MaV 24. Tonight there occurred a "repetition of yester day's events in the street car strike. An attack was made on a ttam on the Park division of the Transit Company, at Compton.and Park Avenues.. Sev- craluhots were fired by the guards, and tbree Persons wounded, one seriously. Two cars were" sent out to make a trip from the Union station to the car .heds. A number Oi boys began to race along with the car, jeering at ;the ere-, and rocks Were thrown. The gnards open ed fireabout fifteen' shots being fired. One of the bullets hit a spectator in the heel. Another i bullc passed . through thefgfa front of a cafe, and lodged in the 'right leg or Dave Watts, a striking motorman. J, H. Harding, also a motorman, reccivetl a bullet in the right side of, the chest. His condition is ser ious. Postmateer 'Baumhood thinks that substantial aid from the United State government, to insure a prompt operation of mail carsji is imperative. NO INJUNCTION ISSUED. J.J- 'j- ! . San Francisco, Cat. May , 24. The only c'evclopmcnt in the plague situa tion oday, was the application made in ' the United States court, by the Chinese, for temporary injunction to restrain the San Francisco board of health and Dr. Kinymtn. the Federal quarantine officer, ; from interfering wkh. the -commerce and comfort of the Chines charter, by establishing a quar antine wn the pretext that the bubonic plague exjsts in this tity. Judge Mor row refused to grant an ex parte re straining 1 order, but ! granted, instead. an order- to how 'cause why. the in- jrnction shotiid not be issued. . Th order is- returnable tomorrow. THE ALASKA BILL. Washingtonii May 24.-The House practically dewted eight fmurs oda, to the consideration of the Alaskan Civil Governnsent bill, bat progress was slow. The amendment wa adopted. authorizing the Secretary of War to is sue permits to excavate or dredge for gold below low water marK on tae j beach Cape ome. SECOND WARMMBATE New Possessions Were the Subject Of a Discussion in the Senate. Antl-Expansionists Aecnaed of Pro lonfflngr the Insnrrection iu Philippine Islands. WASI 1 1 NGTON, May 24 The duty of the United States towards its "island possessions" was the subject of a heat ed discussion in the Senate again today. . Spooner declared that "nobody but an anti-imperialist who, by his words and actions, desired the dishonor of his country and the making o! campaign material in a Presidential year, could have so little of good faith as to make a-'4r-utal charge against the President of the Lrnitrd States, that he had been responsible for the precipitation of hostilities in the Philippines." fciKionc saw. the last words of Chiv alrous Lawton, were, that the men over here, the so- called anti-imperialists, were prolonging and inciting the Phil ippines rebellion. "I wish to God, said General Law- ton, "the whole truth of this Filipino situation could be known, as I know it. If I am shot bv a Filipino bullet, it might as well be by one of my own men. ANTIS IN SESSION. Advocate an American Policy in ihe Philippines. New York, May 24. A mas'S' meet ing to alvocate "an American policy in the Philippines" was held tonight in Cooper Union under the auspices of the Anti-Imperialist League of New York. The speakers were George S. Hon tw ell. of Massachusetts-: Carl Schurz, and.. Captain Patrick OT'arrcl!. of Washington. Captain O'Farrell. who stuintcd the country for McKin ley in lSi was very bitter in his criti cism of the President.' , BOUND FOR ALASKA. One Steamer Carries Four Hundred Passengers to Nome. r- t San Frawisco. 7al.. 'May 24. The steamer Ciiarles l. Lane sailed for Cape Nome today with 300 passengers. At Seattle she will take alioard 100 more. The transport Lawton ilso sailed for Alaka. via Seattle, where she will take on board almdy of troops and distrilmte them among the wiouj Alaskan boundary quarters: NATIVE CHRISTIANS KILLED. A MASSACRE OF CATHOLIC'S THREATENS TROUBLE. Boxers Openly Drilling in Pekin. and Foreign Diplomats Arc Urging Their Suppression. LONDON. May. 24. A dispatch to the Daily 'Mail, froim Tien Tsin, dated Tuesday, says: "The massacre of sev enty native Catholics at Lao La u Tsun, May 14th. is ascribed to the "equivocal attitude of 'Fckas-. the virtual governor of the province of Pe Chi Li. who is accused of favoring the Boxers. iBOXERS ARE BOLD. Shanghai, May 24. The membcT of the Chinee society, known as Ilox ers." are now openly drilling at Pekin, and many high manchus, including members of the imperial clan, are 10m- ing the movement which is becoming so thrcatemng that diplomatic repre sentatives arc about to take action. De iColotran. the Snanish minister and dean of the diplomatic corps, hat made a demand upon the 1 sung 1,1 Yamen, couched in the strongest terms for the immediate suppression of the "Boxers." threatening that otherwise all the powers concerned, would land troops in China, i A disoatch frojm Corea says that Russian troops now occupy WasatmVho and will prevent the passage -of all com ers over the territory in Corea claimed by Russia. 1 : TO DEF EN D MANCHURIA. St. Petersburif. 'May 24 --The plan lor the defense -ofi Manchuria ha been drawn up. Six fortified posts will be erected. General Sacharoff.chicf of the Russian general staff, will -start for Manchuria at the end of a month, .ac companied by eight Rnssian officers, to prepare for ' a possible conflict with Japan. - A DAY Of ELECTIONS. The Unification and Consolidation Sen timent Causes 'the Abolishment ot Some Officers. rilir.(.(l Mav . 2.1 Ihu a day of elections, attended by extremely l,vf H.hil.t in the lrthortitt llmrr- a! Conference. The agents of the East ern and Western uOk concerns -were ramrd, the elections lor western agents 1ttttr in 4h rMirrmf nt rf Ilr I w i c 1 1 juiiiii ... ..... - - - - Curtis, of Chicago, over whose manage- . . - a If ment ot tne omce consiaeraoie con troversy has taken place. rollowing the general plan of unification and con solidation, which has prevailed throughout-the sessions, the Conference today SECTION EIGHT PAGES 1 abolished the office of secretary of the Epworth -League, and refused to allow another secretary for the Sunday School union. It did. "however, Teeonsider its lrtnnn ( a ffi in Htli&!linr A,t ditional secretaries of the various church benevolences, so far as the rreedmens Aid and Southern Education Socictie were concerned, RHODESV ENTERPRISE. London, May 24.--Cecil Rhodes Al fred Beit and Julius AVehner, with the other South African mining million aires, are about to develop a gigantic mining enterprise in German West Africa. - 1 . Tlic iDaily Express asserts that gold, silver, copner and lead have been found in abundance, within 400 miles of Wal fisch bay. One hundred Ihousand Hunds will - ie spent in pros pecting and then, if the results war rant the outlay, 2.000.000 will be ex pended in constructing a railway. SENT TO PRISON. Rutland, Vt.r May 24.-s-Charles W. iMusscy has pleaded guilty in the Unit ed States District Court to an indict ment charging him with the embczling and misappropriation of the fumls oi the Merchant' National Bank of. Rut land, of which he Was cashier, and was sentenced to jeven years' imprisonment. STRICT ORDERS. 'Washington, May 24. The Federal authorities have issued orders to all transportation companies, not to sell tickets to Chinese in San Francisco who have not been inoculated. . ' A MONUMENT. Antictam. Md.. May 24. A Monu ment to Alajor-licneral imdi L I). Manfir!d wni unveiled here today. A pa try of about 200 persons came down from Connecticut and. had the dedica tion in charge. Uicneral - Maisheld a-iimniam'cil the Twelfth Army Corp 01 tr.e t'ottimac. lie W3s mortally wounded on the battlefield of Antictam. September 17.1 1802," while- deploying his corps in action. ' . ' A RICH STAKE. New York, Mav 24. Ilderin -won the rich JJclmont stake today, at Morris Pank. The distance was a mile and three-cinhtsh,' and the stake was worth i$i ?.fKxi. 'Petruclwo- was second. ( aiivl Missionary third. Time, 2:21, 'i. ; WI LL M EET AGAIN. Sharkey and Jeffric Will Fight-Under Certain Conditions. , ' -1 New Yotk.iMay 24. Jim JefTries and Tom Sharkey were matched today, to fight on August 25th before the elub offering Hie nest purse. Jf bliarkey oj.es to McCoy 011 June 2Sth, or to Ptihlin on July xlih, the fight with Jef fries will be off, and Jeffries will offer to meet Sharkey's conqueror. A NEW CANDIDATE. (Washington. May. 24. The candidacy of Representative George B. iMcClellan, of New York, for the Democratic Vice- Presidential nomination, was announced today by his friends in Congress. SAILED FOR NOME. Seattle. Wasrti.. May 24. The steam ship Ohio sailed for Nome today with 706 passengers. OFFICERS CHOSEN. By the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Astoria Yesterday. Astoria. Or., May 24 The Grand Iodgc. of Odd Fellows, in session here. elected the following officers today: Grand Master, James V. Welch, As-- tona; deputy grand master, J. 11. el-. son, McMinnvillc; grand warden, Kch- ert Andrews, Portland- grand secretary, . k. E. Sharon. Portland; grand treas urer, Byron -E. Miller, Portland; grand marshal. Joseph Mtcelii, joseurg; grand chaplain. A Lcroy. Portland; grand representative, J. K.-Wcajhcrford, Albany. , . TO MEET IN ALBANY. G. W. Weeks returned yesterday afternoon from Independence, where he has been attending the annual meeting . of the State Grange. The sessions covered three days and there was a' full repres entation of the membership. In the bi-ennial election of officer. B. J. Leady. of AVashington county: wis elected state master. It was decided to meet, next year in Albany. 'Mr, Weeks, who is a candidate for legislative hon ors on tne Lemocratic--itcns ticket. leaves- today to join his colleagues and will complete the county canvass. FOR CAPE NOME. -On thesteam- tr Nome City, leaving Porfland tomor row evening, the following Salem peo- f)le leave for Cape Nome:, I, iromli (y. John- Kaiser. Frank Kaiser. E. A. Kaiser. B. C. Ward. Thomas 'Holman, Frtd L)ck!ev.- Ben '1. Tayl'n-. Oscar Taylor, Jim. S. Burdettc, 1,J '('. Gefra:c. Jesse George, A.. A.' Bashor, Mrs. I' tester. Mf. Ingersoll. Joseph Btum- baogh, Marion Sumner. On the teamer Elder the following Salemitcs will sail: L V. Claggett, I. A. Krebbs, AL Davis. Jeff Gwinn.P. Gwinn, Henry'; Brown, Carter Allingham. There's not a joy the world can give like that it take away, When Ihe glow of early thought de , dines ?in feeling's dull decay. f i Byron. It wis a. childish ignorance. But, now-. 'tis little joy" To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. Hood. 1st ixi Ysa Kan H!ars Bcrf BlfBatw f