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ihu.Zo. ; SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST. 10, 1900. SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGES .
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In Men's Summer
Fine blue serge coat ami vestL'
Fine grey mohair coat and vest
Fin black innhair ejats,-
Greyunoliair fcoats -
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rey necK monair cottts
Men's crash suits
JMens crash suits .
Men's crash suits .. . .
Men's crash, fiants,- .
Men s Iignt,suinrner coats, 35c and
THE NEW YORK RA CKE1
Salem's Cheapest One Price Cash Store
ANNUAL
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 havej the greatest shoo sale ever heard of. Ten per cent,
discount bn all shoes. All goods are marked in plain figures.
Cvy SHOE STORE
94 STATE
DWELlilNG BURNED
K4RLY MOBNINO FIKE DESTROYED
IIOMK P O. l MEAL. -
Family ! ('aiopliic In the Moantalm
Oris la oif Elr and Amount of
Iaqranca Unknown.
At i-SU o'fitxk IhU il'ritlayl tuoni
Int; th r"ii'ii- f !. 1. X"nl. 011
Nrlh J.Hht,v stn--hf . just out?ilk of
t-lty liniils. w;i !? ryil by fm.
Th Mwelllnfc .ntnl -mnt-iit) wr n
tiri'ly frrtwupKiI. !Th' origin of thu
Mazo. is not iihvii iiiul iu Uie nlts-iM-'
from tlie city of the family, who art
cauipis oul, on tin Saatiani iu tli
vicJuily of -L'kle. it tnM not 1m asovr
t.ihittl hastj niuht wlkt-tlMT auy Insur-aut-
wa -arr'ul ou fitliir 11m dwll
hix r tho contiMit.4. The -dwelling
Hst jwnKiblkV alnnit
Th lire was liMtveniI lortly 1h
ftr 1 :.". lM-k. but the cottage wan
Uh-ii envel.Nl in flamin reiHleriiij; it
ImpoHsihh 1) save any of tle couUiits.
The hiilhirnip buruel rapidly ami when
the lire deprtmeirt r"cliel the setie.
the ' Kt'nwtiv was en! irely put ted.
iS!U'iidil sU'rvK-e iva rendereil. how
four Years Ago Today a Hot Wave Killed 1000 People in the U. S.
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IF YOU ARE IN A MUNCr-PiAnmu inuw,
COME TO
Little prices,
our removal into
timely.."
First
Children's
and Misses'
Wraps
now Ion saleln the largest and by
farjthe most .elegant assortment
ever shown by us. Golf Caies
f ih1 ltox Itack Jackets, from $1.UT
up j.4 $12.50.
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New L ;
Arrivals
LADIES" SUITS.
LADIES JACKETS.
LADIES CAPES.
LADIES' WAISTS.
Preparation sale
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Coats and Vests
....$5.00 reduced to $3.75
...... 4.50 " 3.50
. 4.00 ... " : 3.00
... 2.50 1.75
2.00 1.50
1.(5 1.25
. . 1.45 " 1 25
1 1.35 " 1.15
3.05 w 3.00
...... 3.35 " 2.75
... 2.40 ' " 1.95
1.00 . ; .75
..$2.75 line red need to $2.25
2J0 " " 1.05
2.00 " " 1.05
. 3.40 " " , 2.75
. 2.S5 " " 2.25
... 2.25' w '1 1.00
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SHOE SALE
STREET
ever, hi ; prewnUns llio Uames from
ispreading to an adjoliring . blacksmith
nhop ami a butcher nhop. Two
Ktreains were direclel nim tlw Haines
which were mhwi -extIn;uUhel.
' Mr. Ne:il aixl fainlly. hrt .nlKut ten
day ago for au outiug ou the Snliaut
Neal r-tnrnet to tliJs c-Ify on Wednes
when tliey an ihw iieniiiM4l. Mr.
day .afterttoou to atleud to some hu
ines natter aihI left oil his bicycle
alNHit the middle of yesterday after
noon to re-johl his fanrily.
MOUK TIUMJFS.
Berlin. Auk.'. It Is generally 1h
lieveil that IJcrmany will send another
extMilitiou to China. hriUKiiiK the total
i;crm.iu contiuKt'Ut up to ;a.Ot by the
middle or Octolter. but neither the for
iKU tticeor the Minister of War will
confirm the reiort to this cfTtct. The
foreign otlice. however, denies that
KmiMTor Wlllnwm has arraiiKei wiin
the Czar for the transjHrtatfou of Ger
man troops by way of the Siberian rail
way. A WIDK SPLIT.
Nashville, Tenn.. Aug. 0. The two
UepiiUlit-an fai-tUms in Tennessee, l.sl
by Congressman - 1. Browidow and
I'ensiou ComniissioiHT H- 'la.v Kvans.
split Wide open today and at present
tlie Kulf is wider than ever. The light
will continue through the campaign.
There will Ik two ICepublican tickets
for state officers, and also for electors.
m , mm 1 S W 111 UAnrt
OUR
but big values, an uuring uus immiu nun
larger .piarters. our many offerings will
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Fall Shipments Arriving
Shirt Waists
.Oc sisH-ial. .
9i sjHM-ial. . .lioe;
77s-sieIal. . .arte
lKH-ieclaI. . .&c
A fjOOD SEfiW
Cipher Messages from
Ministers in Pekin.
WILL BE FORW ARDED TO THE POWERS
Th Chinese Gorernmpnt Will Send
Originals to Consul, as an Kvi
deuce of God Fall a. :
WASH I X .TON Aur. O.-Act ing
Secretary of 8tate Adco tonigrht maie
public the following cablejiram from
Coiiiul Fowler, at Che Vh, which
reached the dejKirtiucut at It o't-ItK-k
lonlsht.
"Che Too, A us. 0. )n th inorning
of the Sth I teleraplied the Ooveriior,
protetiii; against limiting the eorrea-iMmdciv-e
with MJiiixler t'ouifer, an.I
reiueKang the ioveruir to forward
my lunotagf to Vktu. The lioYemor
now telejjraphrt tle folkiwing:
Itectived aiote from iTnunn I.I Ya
uien, dated tlx- fifth. Tunjr li Yauieii
Iisim jut receiv-l au slid. jvinittiii
ttw 31ini.Htei! to. have iwaceful. jeirrit,
tck-jrrapliic coniuiinucat ion with their
countries. All Minister! at lVkiu
have telegrahis for trausuussiou lj
tlicir roverii)imut!. It 1 proosed.
after despatching the same, to end
ori-Hail to the nul- for vcriti-:-Uoiu
Signcl rowlcr."
VOULI .NOT ;LEAVR
Vienna. Aug. !. The foreign office
has; reHived the following from lr..
A. Von Host horn, secretary of th
Austrian-Hungarian legation at IV
kin, dated August 4th: .
"The Austro-Hnugarian Legatloa
with the archives, was burned June
21sf. Since' Jnne 'Jfnh we. witli a:
Freuch dctahment. iiave Im-ii defend-.-iihg
the French legation which has
Imsii iMvudianhnl iy cannon :unl ritle.
tire. . I'art of their building was de-;
smyl by mines. Since July lr.th
the Chinese attacks hart not Ihhmi se
vere. The Chinese Uoverniiient wish
es to indmM us to leave fr Tien Tsin
under a safe conduct, but until uosv
we liave hot fallen in with 'this oner.
STILL ALIVE.
Lwidon. Aug. 1. 4 Friday.) The
collect ir of customs at Shanghai has
iH'civtMl a routine message from Sir
UolK'rt Hart, director general of itn
Hrial customs. shtwiig that tlie lat
ter is still conducting the business of
the luiNriaI enstmus rather a cm ions
change of affairs when taken iu eon-'
jumtaon with the wrds: "Happily
still alive, wfiicli lie jncimieu in me
dispjitch. which Was d'atetl l'ekia,
July 27th.
T" CHOOSIX4J A LEADKR.
Washington. Ang. IU The- subject of
the apisMiitmeut of 4kumt Von Wal
dersts to command the Internatiintal
forcs in China has. lsen iresntsl to
the I'nited States 4!overiment, but no
answer has yet Ieen retnmd. 'omvt
Von Wahlerw" Is regardd as an emi
nent soldier, and It is lNlieved he will
1h satisfactory. If is stated his sdee
t.ion Mould Is for a camiaigu of much
broader scoh than th.1t In which our
forces -are. engaged.
A LIE 15V LI.
Washington, Aug. a An important
dispatch has Is-en received In diplo
matic quarters In Washington, for
waixled fnin the foreign office of one
of tlw Towers taking psiit in tV In
ternatioiial inoveiiMMit. ami giving with
!
be tempting and
bally
New .
Velvet
Ribbons !
Plain and with Polka Dots.
Stock
Collars
Velvet, Satin and Silk, 2T.c.
. ItAIXY DAY SKIRTS.
COLF Sl'lTS
PETTICOATS AND SKIUTS
Slletz Indian
Baskets
ST cents to 75 cents.
much detail a einv-sation by LI
Hung: Chauff. hi which he iays that
h is satislied the conservative, or pro
prrcjosi ve element. t which be Ih-Ioush,
u longer haa any iuflueuce at IVkin.
A MISSION Alt Y TALKS.
Foreign IipIomaN at IVkin No Match
for the Wiljr Chluesc
i Vancouver, B. C. Aug. O. The Rev.
Jonathan head of the Iindon
Miststtivry KcJetjv urrived from TJeu
Twin on the Kleainsliip Kmpres of
India. He a id that but for the Chi
nese convert many .iuiashmariea
Would have In-en kilhil. . They were
invaluable during the siege. They
built all the barricades under a raiu
of buUebt. 1 i.. -
; He wverely sconl the foreigu dp
unts who. lie Rays, are bahie lesidv
the wllys Chinese. As an Ltistaiice of
how: little the: Kuropeau rejreHenta
tlven know -of th native rulers, lie
raid that "the dajr before' l'ek In was
tlosd. Sir .Claude Maclkmald ier
Kiiaded some ladit( who were visiting
him. that- there was no danger and
that they might as well prolong their
visit
M ULKTEEUS I X AFIJICA.
Washington. Aug. 0. The IVjar't-.
nient of iat Is in receipt of a dis
patch froni'the Coustul-;eueraL of Ihe
l ulted States at Cai Town, relating
fnrtlker Ut the shipment of American
Citizens as uinleteers at New Orleans,
on British traiisiort. In this In
stance Mr. it owe remarks Utat he
sends home, free, all who apply to
him but, adds:
: "OverVsio have arrived, and further
shipment of tlese muleteers ought to
In prevented." .
A WINK WAU.
Fresno. CaL, Aug. 0. The grape-
growers and the wine men are at war
at present. T1m wiue inen have called
in their tmyers awl say tney w in ouy
no nore grapes, as ine growers are
holding them too high. Th.-y are ask
ing $1M a ton for black grajn-s and ?1"
for M us tits.
UK WAS WIIIFFED.
New York. Aug. !. At the Broad-
.... - -mm a A. 1 . 4 4 4 ... ..,-...
wav AtluellC l iui. itHiigni. i'ik'
McFadden whijis"l "Kir McFart
land so lttdly. that McFarlland's s.-c-
onds threw up the sistnge iu tlie six
teenth routuL
HE 1$ AN AMERICAN.
SENATOR IiEE MANTLE 11 HI L. I J
Tt) ItECl ELICAN" l'AUTY.
Will Not Support the I'roposnion iti
4'ravciily Hoist the Miite I lag
1 iu Luzon. ' -
ST. rA.VI. Minn.. Aug. 0. A Hutte,
Mtint.. siieclal to the Ciouecr rrcss,
SllVS eX-fM'liator ix .Mamie, cuairmau
of the Silver Itcpublicans. has written
a letter, fownally renouncing his alleg-
iaiM- to that party and going back to
the Kepublieau party. Mantle says iu
effect that the silver uuestlon is dead
and that it lias ls-eu practically aban
doned by the IXmcrats.
"To my mind." sjiid he. "tiio para
mount issue .today Is the Issue Tf main
taining lite honor and dignity of the
nation and the supremacy of the Flag
wherever it Is rightfully floating, or
throw down our arms, era venly hoist
the white flag and admit to the world
that we are incapable of solving the
Mi-oblems which -confront us."
TO CAPTURE ROBERTS.
V PLOT T4 .MASSACRE BUITISH
OFFICERS IN IMIETOHIA
Ami Alwlud the rointnaiHler in-Chief
Iis;overelThe Conspirators
Are In J.ail.
LONHOX. Aug. lO.-The Daily News
has the' following dispatch from Pre
toria, dated August Otli:
"A plot to sltst all Itritish officers,
and to iuake Lord llolsrts n prisimer.
as lieeh opsrtnneIy discovered. Ten
of the ring leaders were arrested and
ire now in jail.
A SHUEWD PLAN.
Pretoria, Aug. .!. The conspirators
numbered almoin They had plan
ned to set file to the houses in the ox
freme western part of the city hoping
hat the tnsms would Is eoncentrafeii
there. The Plan was that -'then the
i-nii rotors were fowibly to enter all
lnses scupks1 by Drltislijfficers and
kill the occupants.
: Boer! sympathizers were acquainted
with i tbe! plot, and several had been
told to secure ihe person of Ijord Rob
erts and to hurry with him to Ihe near
est commando. Horses had Is; en oIh
talnel for this tmrwtw. The affair
has created a tremendous sensation.
FACINO IESTRlTnTION.
Thousands of Treasure Sekers De-
lend Upon tJie Government.
San Francisco,- Ang. fl.-rChaxles P.
Lane.-a -well known miner who lias
returned from Caie Nome, where be
has large Interests, snid today:
"Fr6ra r..fW)rt trt 10.OO0 people at
N'onie are facing alwolute destrnctkm.
and' 'their only possible relief is
throiirh the United States Govern
ment." " ,'
WILL COMPETE!
Strikers In St. Uuis Will Boild
; ,Oierate Street Oar Ines.
and
St. Iuls. Mo.. Ang. 0. Itesolnt kw
were mlopted at a meeting of the
exeentive committee of the Street
ltailwar Enndoves Union. lolay. op-
pointing T. It- E4iwards. S- o. toinns
anJ W.; D. Benson a committee to or
ganize a company and enter the street
railway business for the Union In St.
Loota.
CAPTURE Of
First Objective Point of
Has Been
American Troops Were in the Baltic and Suffered -The Advance
on Pekin to Be Made in force
Immediately. ;
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VtASIIINCJTOX, AR. 0. The capture of YnnS Tsun,
the first ohjt-clive K)int of International forces, was tlio su-
P preme news of intMrlance received tMlay on the Chinese situ-
ation. The firt ronl of thicature, eHeetel last Monday,
J .' came to the signal office at the War Department from Colonel
J SMriven, a general officer at Che Foo.
jP A half hour after this message a cahlegram came front
General Chatlee, giving allitional details of tlie capture, and
showing that it had be at a cost of about sixty casualties
among the American troops. :
Washington. Aug. !. Hardly less im-'
Hrtant tliau the rcisirt of the capture
of Yang Tsuu. was a dispatch from
eneral -TiTaiichl. shhih1 in command
of the Japanese f taff. sut to the" war
tiice of Japan and traiisinit ti-I lo Hie
Ii'gation here, stating thai the Inter:
national army would total ."., ni im n
on August l.tii, to advance on ivkm.
This dispatch stated that u August
Ith, when It was frwanhd.. the -ad-,
vauce had not liegun. This was at lirst
lucmprcl!ensibh. Iu vh-w of the ia-l
that lighting had -actually ceurhd.
Hut the latter statement that the lu-
t
ei national force wouid total rsM"
iim'U on the irth. appears to make
clear
4Jeueral Terauchi's meaning and
to
i
econcile'it with tScneral Chaffee's dis-
patches. The pivseut movement of
some 1;,4HK nii'ii doubtless Is viewed in
Ihe light jf a rH-oiinaissance in' force.
the lua in uiovemut of the army of
SMMMi to follow on the 15th. This
makes clear the meaning of General
.'haffce's dispatch that Vang Tsun was
the obJctlve Hjinr. . If wuld apis-ar.
however, from Ceneral Terauchi's dis-
talch, that the lirst force of ICinhi hu-ji
having oiieued up coininnnieatiou to
nig Tsnu. brought forwanl supplies
and established this advance Ikisc. the
way would then Is clear for the ad
vance of a larger force on the l.'ith.
The capture of Yang Tsun is. therefore
an iiiiisrtant strategic branch 'of t he
fast maturing military plans.
The place is a Unit eighteen miles be
yond Tien Tsiu. aud little les man a
quarter of tin way to IVkin. Colonel
Serlven's statenient "wire up. Om-
ralus much meaning as it is explained
as showing that there is Telegraph' com
munication with the army hi tlw Held.
Aside from the assurance this gives, of
seedy transmission of news from
the front, it gives the additional assur
ances that the line Is intact back to tin
lirst base of oeratIoiis. The capture
f Yang Tsun on tlie day following tin
Kittle of I'el Tsang Is regarded us a
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IIOW-QI'A. THE RICHEST MAN' IN CHINA.
Thlf? Js"all. wluwe epicurean life amrpasses Aladdin's luxury in his fain
ut ialaccat Cauton. is now looked upon as the empire's -main prop. He is
the forlorn hots of . Jlie'.fire5giier4. in, Canton, mw that the Viceroy, LI Hung
Chang. Is at SbamrhaL Owing to his gigantic commercial connect Ions nil over
the world, this saffron rnereha tit prince appreciates the advantages of civili
xatiou. Consequently. the.Anierieaos and Eurojeami In tnat threatened city
solace themwlres with the lelief that he will use his enormous' Influence t.
preserve order. Nevertheless, the native merchants - are taking down .their
English ftignboards every day. j
YAWQ TSUrJ
the International forces
Taken.
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highly suct-essful military achievement
and especially in view of. the fact that
it was iooketj iipou as a stronghold,
whose capitue muht give the foreigu
ers -oiisidera'l ! tonble. -
l-.itf iislay tin' tate liepartuient. rt
celved an '-Imp riant dispatch froiu
Consul tieuenii l .'.mhIiiow at Shanghai.
ainioiiiK iirg .he laudtng of Britisli
thxips at this, point. ..The' consul does
not stale that lie has. protested' against
this neiloii. an.I the-?taie Depart iheiit
judged from -this Unit no protest
had been made by hiiii in. 'the. absence
of Instructions. He stated, however,
that the merchants of the city -strongly
disapproved the lauding of British
troops, fearing that It Would Incite
the Chinese to hostilities.
The 4ioV4rnmeut at. Washington lias
taken no action in -the uiitler of a
protest, atiil il is stated ollii ially, that
no such action will 1m takciiJ
Secretary of War.' Hoot -regards the
situation. ImI1i from a, military and
diplomatic point of view, as much im
proved. - -
It AUD FI45IITING.
Loiiilon. Aug. lo. -U'riday. -t a. in.).-
In the capture of Yang Tsun. fTiT? losses
of the allies, -according to a dispatch
to-the . Daily. Express., from Che 'Foo.
August Nth, were ps'i. a majority of
I hem being, killed.
"The allies lnarelieil on Yang Tsun,"
says this report, "at dawn mi Monday.
The position held by loOO Chinese was
well eiiireiK'h'Hl to Ihe east. of the river.
After four hours of heavy lighting, the
Chinese "were ' driven from their de
fense works."
TItOOPS Flt4M INDIA.
Simla, Aug. !.-r Including" the Fourth
brigade, the strength. of the force pro
ceeding to China is HO British otliccrs,
im; non eoiiiriiisioinil and native otlic
ers, i:t,'.i7o ifien. H.KTsi followers. 11.V1
ilrivers. '2'-t horses, l.'ttip Mnet and
uiules. twelve guns. '-fourteen Maxims
and. 1Wn IiniM-rl.il service troops".' It Is
exNstsl that .the entire. force will
have KaileiT I-fure the middle of next
luolit S. ' . J ' ' :