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I All Ian Colored Shoes REDUCED AT THE NEW YORK RACKE1 Ladies' $2.75 line reduced to ' $2.25 . Ladies' 2.50 line reduced to .! 1.95 t ' Ladies' 2.00 lino reduced to 1.C5 . Men's 5 3.40 line reduced to,'J 2.75 Men's ' 2.85 line reduced to. ; 2.25 Men's 2.25 line reduced to 1.90 We have a full assortment of sizes in the above lines, but want to close all the colored shoes out Our "bargain boxes" are full of extra good values in broken lines at 75c, $1, $1 40 and $ 1.90. Our regular prices are the lowest. Our reduced prices are regular snaps. There's a reason for our low "prices. It's because we sell for rash. Most cash stores have collectors. , We haven't. : T i r Salem's Cheapest One E. T. BARNES, AHUAL SHOE 10 per cent, discount on all shoes. One year ago we inaugur ated our annual shoe sale. Our customers will remember the wonderful success of our monster shoe sale. This month we will have the greatest shoe sale ever heard of. l Ten per cent, discount on all shoes. ' All goods are marked in plain ficures. 4&& SHOE STORE 1 94 STATE f WAIEX, OREGON i I in. I. STT5LBY. Rhincipru We a re bow in new quarters, aud are pare yon n is: men suid woraou for usefulness. Js-eause they -an competent. five covhses Business, Shorthand, English, typewriting and Penmanship On new eatal?guei will give full Information in' regard to t lu; i-onrsm of study rali-s of, tuition, etc. SEND FOB - A COPY. A business educa tion U paykig Investment. Plan now to attend the.-coining fall. r- ARE YOU GOIIIG TO RAISE BELGIAN HARES ? NOW IS THE TIME to buy does bred to good buck. I have set eral.fine Yukon and Gold Bug does bred to Britain and Lord Berlin bucks. Write for prices. Englewood Rabbi try I 491 Commercial Street ? C. D. MllSTOM, - - . - Proprietor 13 c JmM M YARD . ' Z&r-- - " VARI) ORGANDIES !::i!:i .; . . VsbwV". "iSV''J-?N' ';rr$yr .'.7 GOOD Don't put; off until tomorrow which can lsi ilone today. j . . . - that yd Price Cash Store Proprietor SALE STREET belter equipp! .than ever .to pr C- Our graduates mfure positions J and Today and Tomorrow We will offer an elegant line of tine organdies and dlmftles worth Jc. 2.V ami U-V a yanl for the very normal sum of Lie. Now don't wait for your neighlsir to tell you -what she saw, but i-oiue yourself and be cotiviucetL ". i. . - ENOUGH: SAID 2i' a yard, 'ioe a yard, 5c a' yard. today aud tomorrow. 13 J9 -', - '.' ' ... v. . ' ' (wASH-OOODSt ' , WAR CLOUDS ARE DARKER America Sends lltimatnra to Viceroy U Hang Chang. , CHINESE MIST f REE M!NISTERS Before Receiving the Aid of I be United States In Preventing the March : , ' on Their Capita!., WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Secretary of State Hay's reply to LI Hung Chaug has closed the negotiations with China unless the old Viceroy 1h able to seenre a full acceptance of our terms relative to the foreign Ministers and that at om-e. No orders, therefore, looking to a relaxation of the preparation for' the advance on Pekin have gone out of Washington, for, ax the situation is described by one of the leading officials here, "there will be no bargaining on our part In advance of a concession by the Chinese authorities of full aud free communication with the foreign Min isters. ' "' There- Is, moreover, a note ominously close to actual war, in Secretary Hay' declaration that the conduct of the Chinese Government Is "unfriendly." That kind of language Is extreme in diplomacy, aud It Is only a narrow tcp between it and formal war. Tn Impression prevails here that the Cl!n;""c Government, if it Is mt ahsoluK ly bereft of. power to act in de fiance cf the Boxer?, will accept our terms and sonie such action Is looked for very soon. Possibly a battle will be requTred to bring the Imperial Government to tho point of acceptance, though in that case it in questlona'!'." whether tlie or ijt;iial eondit lorvs .Would-be regrariltii as still open -to aect-ptapce. If the Chi nese t Jovernuicut now. a ecepts, how ever, the United States Government will Ik face to face with one Of tho lnoft delicate 'and momentous diplo matic tanks ewr undertaken. , It imiHt attempt ''to mleem its promise to use its good-otni-cs-In furor of tJhhiflT atrd in the pri!siit teinjK-r of noiiie f the Knropean powtrs. the greatest dittieut tle may in expt-ctcd to arise iu the pmsecutiou of this attempt. It Is the couiidcut expectation of the otl'cials l-ere, lMwevir that if the Chi nese tSoreruuieut actually aud in good faith-meet all the four conditions laid down by the President .In his reply to the Chinese Kuiperor's appeal for aid. that at least a majority of the Powers now represented In Chiua will accept, that as a proper bae upin whk-h to cease the present hostilities, and oeu negotiations for a settlement. Tlie di cisiou of a majority in .such a case without doubt would. receive the netiui esccuces of the minoilty, else an Inter minable entanglement might arise. It is not believed, at the War lie part ment. thai tho-advance- has lieca male, as jet, from Tien Tsin. REPLY TO HAUL LI. Washington, Aug. Z-The State He pal! ment has made public th follow ing correspondent lietwi-eu Lf Hung Chang and the Department regarding the abandonment of th campaign on Pekin: Telegram sent to the t'nited States Embassies iu Peiiiii. London, Paris, DlflETJES Elegatrt values all this seasons pur chases,. 2IX-, 25c and S3e valm-s.: . ' E3C yd : Home and St. Petersburg, and to the United States Minister at Tokio: "Department of State.' Washington, Angustt 1. 1!Wio, ;!n reply to a sugges tion of L.1 Hung Chang that the Minis ters might beisent tinder sae escort to Tien Tsin. provided the Powers would cngape not to inarch on Pekin. the Secretary- of State ret4ied on the 3Uth of July; Thi Government ' will not enter Into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of Legations without Hrst having free communica tion with;. Minister. Conger Ilesponsi billjy' for their protection rests upon Chinese lloveriimeiit. l'ower to de liver at Tien' Tsiu presupposed iiower to protect and to optu communication. This is Insisted on.' s "ThU message was deliveml by Mr. Gmslnow on July 31st to the Viceroy, who then inquired whether. If free -tnmunicatioii , was established be tween tb Ministers and their Govern ments. It could le 'arranged that the Powers should not advance on Pckiu, pending negotiations.' . To tliis inquiry the following reply was sent on the lirst of August: "Gooduow,, -'Consul-General,-' Shang hai: I do not think it expeilitnit ' to submit the proposition of Karl IJ to the otlier I'owers. , Free communica tion wkh otfr reiresen tat Ives In Pekin Is demanded as a umtfvr of alisolute light and not as a favor. Since the Chinese Government admits that it Kisses the power to give communi cation, it putn Itself in an unfrlemlly attittHle by denying it. No negotia tlous seem tcdrlsa bio until the Chinese Government shall have put the diplo matic representatives of the Powers lu full aud free commuuicatlon with then resiH-ctlve Jovernments and n1 moved all danger "-to their lives and liberty. We would urge Iitrl LI ear nestly to advise the Imperial authori ties of China to place, themselves In frhudly commuuicatlon and co-operation with the relief exiiedltlon. They are assuming a heavy responsibility of acting otherwise. "You will communicate this informa tion to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Hay." THE AIVANCK. Si'attgrut' WeluesLiy-J August 1. The alliesadvanced towards Pekin to day. It is estimated that the expedl t?on miui-bers 0,txi men of all arms with 170 guns. It is hoped to reach IVklu August 12th. THE It E LIEF FOI1CE. Iioudou. Ani Friday).No word coiyes this jii-ji niug regarding the for trues of the i-6uiparatively small Inxly of troops lel!eveil to le forging their way tiwat;tl l'ekin. The sileue Is probably due to a diligent censorship eaffrer tliaii to any lack " of develops mtMit. A 8hahghal iKMt!al aunoiinces the receipt -of an otiieial tigriiin from the Tsarg Ll Yiilneii, asMTtaig that Xl-vliJi ess-were all well July & Hit. and thht TiMiifnb!es, trait aud other sup ille; had tcM seut to the legations ou creral .occasions.' 'A .'friendly ; siiieifjursv." tae otlielal tch gram s ays. Is mw bv'i::g carried ou ltween 11 )ie M. lusters and ILc lai pei ial tJovei Unii-nt." : ' Ac-onllng to the Daily Express, how ever, the f cablegrams from Che Foo aPnoum-e that the Iihik rial troops, a d-! vancing to oppose tii e relief, force, have comi!?tely wjihhI 'ut a Christian Mown near! Pekin. killing live foreign priest and llMt, native Clnistiaus. . - . f ; ' 1 -I - " A CHINAMAN'S APPEAL. St. Pi'teiburg. Aug. 2. The Chinese Minister. Yagu Lu. on behalf of the other Chim'se )Ministeis at the Euro pean capitolsi has cabled tbe Governor of . 8hau Tung demanding that the members of the legations tie ermlttel free telegraph cmimuiiicatiou with their Governments, and le ent to Tien Tsin under a Chinese: escort. SAVING Till; EMI1KET IomloiUAg. '-. lu the House of Co'mnHms 'today.. Mr. llnslerick, the Pa rl!a iiH-uta try" ' secretary, '. ail : ; "The Cabiiiet Is tmanhuoits agnlust the partition 'of China, which would be fraught with infinite. danger, and the Goveimnesitj ha' no reason to believe they, are a.t a variance with any, of the Europeau :'iowers u ' that respect. Fr.i'ther. the tJovetnineht will do noth frig, to set lib anything but a Chinese administration in Chiua." MISSIONARIES KILLED. IoihIoii, Aug. 2. From Sluiughai the Daily Express has received a confir mat ion of the reHrtet1 murder of tifty ndssfonaiies- fa t lie province of Shan Si. and eight English womt-11 were be headed. A SEKMON ON CHINA. Perlin. Aus. C Tlie pa.kts print a sermon preached by Emperor William last Sumlav. on lioard the Imm-rial yacht liolieiizollern from Exodus, 17:7: "And it came : to pass, when Moses held up Ids band that Israet pre t ailed: and when he let down his band Amalek prevaile!." , v Tim subject was: The Holy Duty and Holy Tower of Intercession. The reports Show, that the discourse was quite bellicose toward China. TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS.. Xa.hrnie. Tenn., Aug. 2. The ootih- rr Democratic primaries, held through out the state today, practically Insure the election of Congressman carmacK to the United States Senate. AX IXCHEASE. Washimrton, Aug. 2. Tlie census of- flea today announced the population of Locihtville. Ky, w no aauu u in crease ef over the census of 1SJ0 HEADY FOR SEA. liwton. Mass.. Aug. 2--Order have lieen rweived at the Charlestown navy vard to put the gunboat Bancroft into commission as soon as possible. 0 The Inference 1 that the Bancroft will be sent to Chinas fc ; - " Fine printing. Suteimaa Job Omcc QEIEOQN ..-rilBtlC SCHOOLS Apportionment of Interest on Irreducible Fund Made by the State Treasurer. Heavy Receipts Daring the Year Gave Opportunity to Reimburse the Principal for Losses Sustained from Bad Loans. The State Treasurer yesterday made' the aunual apportionment of the lu tertst on the irreducible School Fund, collected during the past year. Tli total number of M'rsoiis of sehol age in the state was found to be 133.1S1; the amount of money apportioned, f2t7,457Jl I, making a iter capita dis tribution of $l.Tts. During the past few weeks the State Treasurer has checktl the iNioks of loans lu the Tn'asury He- partmeut and the Iand Deiiartuient, to ascertain the iuuuler of tnortgagj?s XorotHoseil. the nundter of places, thus secured, sold, and the losses accruing to the school fund as a result of these foreclosures. Those lossTes had gradu ally reduced the Irreducible fund ' a trifle, and It was proposed. In view of tin large Interest receipt during tne past year, to relmbun-x? that fund out' of this year's Interest receipts, thus reducing the amount to Is? distributed. The interest receipts during the past year on account of this fund were 223,81. the losses suflered by tlie principal of the irreducible fund, ag gregated $Hi.:W.!U aud this latter sum being deducted aud credited to the-principal.' thus maklug the fund whole, left $27.4.7.a4 to le distribu ted, the largest apportionment ever made by the department. The nin lor nortlon of the loss of lti,3Tr,tNl In the Irrexluclb!e Sclmol Fund was ovaslouel on one loan. In 1870 the legislature authorized the State School liud Board to loan $lo',- sm to the -Maker City Academy on Its bnllding and property. lp to 1HS7 but one years interest ami no part of the principal had been paid. In that year, seventeen years after the loan was made, the Legislature passed an act Instructing the Iiud ' Hoard to fore close Its mortgage on the property of the Academy, and uie iiakcr tuy schod district purchawnl the land ami building for $15n. Thus over half of the loss to the Irreducible School Fund was caused by the bad loan author ized by the legislature of 1870. The several counties In the state re ceived the amounts; as shown by the following table, where also is shown tho number of school children in each county; a No. of . County. Children. Paker. ... . . ... $ Benton. . . . . . 2.rsi (Mackamas.. .. .. 7.5H2 Clatsoii. . , . . . ';i,ir.w Cxilumbla.. .'. ... 2.2L1 Coos. . . . .... . . 3.MK Crook.. . . . . l.fW Curry. . , . . -S2 Douglns. ...... . , I r,3T Gilliam. . . . . .'. l.tBH Grant. ... ...... l.tUT Harney. ... .... J.M Jackson . . ... . . o.iCk Jowphlue.. . . . . 2.3!4 Klamath.. .... HW3 I Jlke. ..... . . . . 07! liane. . .. . . .. .. 7.3K2 Lincoln.. .. .. .. 1.2."Xi Linn.. .. .. .. .. ttfUW Malbenr.. .. .. .. iJVC ' Marion. ..... ... t.775 Morrow. . . i .... l.riKS Multnomah. ... . . 21.87 Polk.. .. . . . . 3.i Sherman.. .. .... 1.2JH Tilla monk. . . . 1 . . . 1 ,72t. Umatilla., .. .... 5.1 lTnlon ...... . . ; . r.."4 Wallowa:. .. .... 2,1 V.t Wiiwo. . . . i. ... 4.KI8 Washington. . . . . . r.CU Wheeler.. .. .... HSS Yamhill.. . . .. .." Amouut. U.tCCt H2 3.1KS1 s 11.522 mi S.770 41 3.4.V2 2M 0. 121 ; LOtkS (S 1. tx.3 t2 8.35T, 3d i.7m; t;i 2"(B 32 1..VUJ '.'I .hs' m 3.734 M 1.011 4.S l.r.27 21 11 .15 !2 lXM 3d 10,703 (II 2,tKir &) 15.2 HI tttl 2.377 2 3S.8.'3 72 n.tw m 2.013 WJ 2.H7 21 1M04 10 JMiOI 21 3.352 41 O.K70 4S S.7!rj 10 1 i sr, 7.015 '.r. Totals. . . . .. ..133,11 .$27",4."V7- 31 The school superintendent of. Chick a mas ifninty rei?ortel last year 7HNS instead of 7WO person of school age. Ireoee Clackamas , c-ounty rM'eiv-d $:MK.tr2 more than it should have n- celved. and that sum 1ms lsen deduct il from the amount dut that county this year, and 'the above table shows Clackamas, county's quota reduced by that amount In transmitting his report to the State Land Board. Treasurer Chas. S. Moore makes the following statement regarding the reimbursement, of tbe Irreducible School Fund: "State or Oregon. Treasury Depart ment, Salem August 1,'ltXS'. "To the Hon. State Land Board (icntlemen: I have the honor to sul mlt herewith a detailed statement 'of all places acquired by the lioard by foreclosure, of , mrtgafre or deed : from mortgagors", which have biu resold and the place have failed to sell for tbe principal of the loan, or the pro ceeils or any iwrt thereof have ts-eii credited to the wrong fmnH also state lueut.showing In detail cases In which the expense; of forckHure of mort gage, taxes, etc.. have leeu charged to the wrong fund, together with a summary showing tlie amounts ne-e-Mtry to le trsnsferre! from one fund to the other to make all losses of prin cipal good, from the interest of tho re-sj-ective fond, and to straighten up ach fund ao that It will stand charged with its proier amount of expense, ami would reconinieud that tlie ; clerk of the !sanl Is? directel to draw warrants Iu favor of the State Treasurer on the funds that have gained, to Ik credited to the re'sitective funds siiffering tho eoiTCrtHiMlins; loss, and that all losses of priuciiKil la- made good from the in lerest aiHMuit of, the 'respiytlve fund aud that warrants tk' ordcml draw n theivfor. i " . 5 -"I make this reoniuieiidatioii at this time for the reason that owing to tin? . large aiihiunt of Counnoir S ho l 1'tiii.l hitH'cst 011 hand this Itciog the fund fioui which tlK' priitcial. transfer will have to m niade this al ut nieiit ca-i vitw Is matte ami still leave more money, to Im distributed by seeral , thoiiNaud l11ars. thau has ver b. en ' .1! ....11 rt-.. i. a 11 distributed before. This S due to the Imge amount of dellmiuent tntprest collecteil during the past year and which cauuot amouut 10 so much in th"? future. These detaileil statements have-been made up. from a thoroitgii I search of Hm rw-onU In this ortice atnl the omens of the Clerk of the Hoard and the.'Secretnry of State of all the loans trade slnee the Hoard hss liocn handling tin Ii.-ns. ami while )Hrliaps they do not contniu all the cases in which losses of principal hare lieen leiide or funds misapplied, they eon lain all that can" In aseertalne! from the records available. . Verv. respect-- ft'llv. CHAS. S. MOOUE. "State Treasurer." State Treasurer MMre also gaveout a f-oinparatlve statement, showing tls? apport ioutm-nt made each of the jmst ten years, ami that this year's apjior tiouiuent Is by far the largest sum ever distributed, as follows: ! - So. of Per .- . Year. 18it. . 1ff.rj. IM'.t.. 1W:5.. 1S4., IStC... 18JSJ. , lKt7.. tUdldren. ('jiplta. , AiiKiuni. .i(r,c.2 ?i 4. ir:t.trti iMi . .111.77 . .l(MM5 . .12MU5 ..1 21.7 W ..12d.'.KtT . .121I.IJ2:i. . ,i2.a-ti 1 4-, 70 : 7i 7 1 or. I or, 1 dt 1 2d 1 r.t 1 rs; lllMMt Ml Sls'451 ro X4.451 50 lo7.0ii:t S2 13.t,JN1 75 135.472 Vi 135.154.21 15d.t)3 00 lni).lt05 M J 2(17.457 31 lS...,.jyd.7oa isiK.....i:52.:,Ks lOiM lart.isi The apMrtiouiiient of .these- funds should have lieen done on August 1st, as by law provided, lmt the n 11 una 1 re ports of the school stiperlutchd- nts of Mtdtnofuah cmunty. A, P. Armstrong, and iKiuglnsi--county. . P. It. Hamlin, due In State SuiH-riutendeiit ,L H.-.Ack- eriiian h otnce In June, li!id iiot lsen tecervitl, and It was found necessary o use the telegraph in: order to aeer- tatit the school iiopulattoti of these two eoiiiit'les. Had tin iiiortIonment bis-n made among tin? counties .reporting on time, without ' waiting. 'for -these two dellmptents. they would have 1mji taught a valuable but. exeu.s? lesson. AN IMPORTANT SUIT 1 CI BIN COiatV FAHMKIIS SKICK RECOVER MUltEV Tt For Tblr Unln Thil V Irregularly UIpmihI of bjr m Wsreliou Dealer, Tiow llM-mmea. ! An unusual proee'eillng' Is on trial la the Linn -county circuit court In-fore JudgA It. P. . Bolso. -. It is, an action brought by LIuu county farmers against the Portland Flouring Mill Company, et. si., to recover the Valtio of approximately lo.ooti ImisIhIs of wheat that was store by the pl.iiti tins in certain Linn county warehouses and which was afterwards irregularly removed therefrom and sold to the de fendant coiiHiratlons--by T. J. I'.laek, now dei'e'asfsl, the then ow ner and i? era tor of the waitdiouses. ' The farmers now ek to reeorer the ..t,.. ..r ll.nt. .(In u-ltl. .. I m...t ' 1 iuvii fsiic. iui i n 1111 n 1 leged ila mages, from the Portland Flouring Mills Company t which owns ami manages the Salem millsi, Balfour Suthrie : Conijtany, and tither grain buying Institutions of the valley. Some of tlx grain was sold and delivered at the Salem mills, - the ,deecaed ..ware--houseman Isdtig paid tlnrefor. The shortage, which nmounts to iM-tween 12.'x and 15.KS) bushels, covrs a liorlod of three. years 1SU7, 1SJW and Krx IL B. Holland, manager of the Sa lem 'mills, and II. B. Thielscn, have been lit Albany several days as.wlt-nes-u'S In the case. TMs Is probably the Initial case of the kind ever lustltntetl iu the circuit courts In this state and the decision of Jtvlgc Boise will la; awaited witb Im tertt. .,' . Tin? local market quotation for wheat dropped another cent yesterday and the price oJTered Is 45 cents. Iterts frrmi i!m luin,-! tleit is tiri!rreitn iu all sections of the county Is not any more em-ouraeing than tlie prosneets warranted earlier in tbe season. Coun cil ma a E. W. Walker, of this city, yes terday reported that snlng grain Would not yield any better than fall sown grain, which goes to prove that the yield will not average even a half crop. one or tne new grain uas yec 'been received at the Salem mills.