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ISSUED IK &KBI-WKJacjLT 8ECTJOXS, KACH TCESIUT AXO KID AT. 51st YEAR NO. 41. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 3, 1902. SECOND SECTION EIGHT PACZS. ; :i Why are SMr - 5 - So Popular If you've Worn them j'know the. reason. If "not, you should j ask your neighbor about them at once. ' THEY mWKLL i j, THKY 1 AUK MADB OX "UP-TO-T DATR- LASTS. ' . THKY WEAR WELL, j THEY O I VE SATISFACTION EV ERY TIME and they're sold by : "aeSa---a-SaB--BBBBk " . r-. ' -,-v- . . , i -f. oo fl sjt cash, business basis. You're missing a goodthlng If you do not wear them. ' We're baring a grand i : 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT SALE r'Meo's, Bays ard CL.ttr-n's Clotblcg. f '$' ;'Si ", if.''!.. ' '5 ! "f I; V f ."'C'"- !; i'l i,.-- '. It will ray you to fit out yourself and t- while this sale last. i: .a majked up price, but 20 per cent 6ft fro it re ular prices -which aretall marked In plain figure. ; .j 4 .-; ...... r I - Salem's Cheapest One Price C ish Store " OUR" STORE CLOSES AT O' CLOCK every evening except Saturday :Cor. Commercial and Cbemeketa Sts. v E. TBAUNES, Prop. IN CONGO rnEtTATE AW. ; L ..ATROCITIES PRACTICED Y O FICIALS AND PLANTERS. Cannibal m Their Service Supplied With Arms, to Hunt Down Natives " for Their Flesh American Mis sionartes Are Corroborated by an Officer ; : ' 1 fNlM N, .T f taln : Guy Iiu - row. wh(!fji! lJt retired from the employ of he t'onjfo lree State Gov-eriinit-nt. iifttr nix yerr servlfe; de-t-laren in an lntrvlfv' tuday, with the .nta.nlilllr. tit A mu,,.!....! T-eoS . . V that, the i oidt(4oitH prevailing Jn the fongo Kr State iirt aoTSgiTeJxvlv . iliat!Uln and far worse than ever b fore He: pi tiiref atrocitiea of a tnoHt horrible t huimttr, p-rietnitftl mi the natives byi l1U-ial mini whites who had the foftct'sslon of the. rubber land. "As u typlftil Instapee of the means employed ty the Kree State tJovern tnnt. CaptiUn Hurrows i rroborated the .utatement of American nilssiorvri-. ta tfi erTeot that the. officials employe! &(ny-cannibals, to whom V. they". Issued Htles to , "niaxNacr and rapture un anncd luttiies who had retn-iled against their brutal methls." " V ' "I hfe sworn, testimony. said Hur rows, "of the : ttelgians handing over natives to the cannibal tribes, for the eret porjHse of btlng.e4.ten. Fore J lubr; prevultr everywhere, and the "shotgun rule" Is the truest diwriptlon the pr-nt adihinlrtration. , ONE MAN RESIGNS." ' Ccv. J. . R. Raejrs Appointee ' Ready i r. "for- H isV Successor. i. - t VERETT. Wash., Jan. 2.The Pan Am-rlrnnj Commissioner. Chas. Elmer Johnston, has resigned his position of Cotnmission 10 prepare tne Washington state exhibit for the St. Louis fair. Mr. Johnston says, as he received his np- Iointn)ent at the han,ds-f , Oovernor Rogers, he believes the resignation is a matter of courtesy to Oovernor Sic Bride. . i "'.;:;.-; - ". V ' RET1RNG THE STOCK, i - MEW YORK. Jan. 1. The office of the Northern Pacific Railway Company was kept open today;; for -the receipt J nnd redompiion'of the preferred stock of that connanr. Lpwards of teO.Ooo. 0 of th- entire f THK,o of that lsoe w as received paid fpr and cancelled. Under the terfns-ofJ thej company's notice al the outstanding shares ofmhe whole issue ot ine pirterred stock b- came actually ; reiljred at midnight to night, and "T-eaHl to eidst as stock, and all holders t certificates forthe pre ferred stock liave ' been notified that, on presents.! 'W of the same at" the c-wtipany'a ' ft -they will recet pay ment In Cash to the.nar amount of each -"-" IN rf LFTEEN ROUNDS. ST, LOUIS.n. 1 Joe Bernstein, of New York was awarded i a decision over Tommy, White, of Chicago, toiay. at the end t fifteen rounds, before the .Went Eend Club. 1 the ' : i Stari f f V - f younwif jou' THE MOSJ NOVEL COURT EVER .CONVENED IN KANSAS IS NOW IN SESSION. it Consists ef Federal Officers and Con- . rvicts in Stripes, and "Will Try the Mutineers in ths Government Pen itentiary in Kansas on Charges of Murder. ' ? '. ' ! ' ' LEAVENWORTH. Kans., Jan. 2. The moat novel urt which evpr sat In Kansas convened in the library f the United States; Penitentiary this af ternoon, for th jtrraignmentf Of the ringleaders of the mutiny of Kovem Wr 7th. and who are Jmjdi rated in the killing of Guard J. B. Sv'aldrupe. Every riton in the coTrt.wittrbut one ex ception, was-either a United StatesTof ficial or a' prisoner wearing the stripes deroting a dftsperatecharacterv The mutinrajBgventeen in nuttib, were brought in, each 'wearing a ball anl chain, and the following were atf rafgned n the .charge of murder: . ' Turner Eirnw, I4ob Clark. Frank Thompson, Gilbert Mullin and (Fred Rnelnson. Kour othf-rsr-who' havtynojl Jet bpen ci p jred, are; Included in the charges. J' h of the 'prisoners ejnter eI a plea not guilty. The trial Win beJield toi rrow. i ' M . .. R lilroad Merger Cass. J 1 t Mifiheayoiis Minn., Jans ' 2j Gover nor Van Rant and Attorney General Douglass reached home this afternoon; Hot h Immediately Iwent to work on the railway 'mrer case. The Attorney Generjtl will leave tomorrow night for "asnlngtdh, and will, institute the state's suit Monday In the Federal Su preme Court, Hip appearance Monday will be k formally. The court will ert a.date jor -hearihg, and Douglass will return t : Mlnnvsota. ' .When h next goes toVaJilngton heiwiti be accom panied oy G"e. -JPr Wilson land I D Munn, hfs, assoHates In the case. Theu the great batUe .wilI-be on In earnest. From the Conference, Seattle. Wa-h, Jan. -'2 Attorney General Stratum ha returned from th loGrfrnors' conference at Helena. He Saidthat, whether a suit will be broughtnto prevent !consrtidation of the Northern Pacific Great Northern., and Burlington Railroad- systems. in this state, is doubtfuL depending nfutnre cohtingeneles which; he cannot nOWMlis- - uss. The conference, I which decided that consolidation was unconatltiitlon- Lai- Iftjiire states- Washingtofi, ' Idaho, outh Dakota, Montana and Minnesota Stratton says. :wa harmoitious,.-' THE CABINET OINED. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. A dinner to the Cabinet, the first of the large for nial function of the year at the White Housesraa given i. by President and Mrs. Roosevelt tortighL .r'.- What Do tho Children Drtik ; Dont give, them tea, or coffee rHave you trted the iWr food drink GRAI.N Q? It Is delicious and nourishing- and take the tace ;of roffeev The more Oraln-O you glvW the children the more Ijeanh you dlsmbcte tnrougn their ftrstems. Grain-O is made of nnr Vntn. nd when properly pre- luired tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs 4 about as much. PORTO RICO IS TRANQUIL GoYtrccr Hant's P.!essase tl- cates Great Improvement IN THE INTERNAL A F F A I R S 7. OF THE ISLAND TERRITORY . GREAT INCREASE IN SCHOOLS. Commerce Has Developed, Railroads ' Are Being Constructed, Agricultuia Has Became Mora Profitable, and1 Prosperity Appears to Prevail The Republican Differences in the Ohio Legislature Continue. SAN JUAN Porto Hioo, Jan. 2 Governor Hunt's message to the Legis lature of Porto Rica was delivered te day, before a joint session ef that body. The message saysi 'Tranquil ity and contentment prevV? in Porto Rico ; the schools have multiplied; railroads are being constructed; tre commerce of the island has 1 been de veloped, and exports have Increased; agriculture has become morm profit able; roads are being built, and 'debts are ' being paid. - Tolerance of opinion has become more common, forrfier an tagonism being forgotten" - ., -Governor Hunt's report said further that 885 schools were open throughout the island, 93Lteachers were employed in them, and 15,000 pupils attended them. -,. r . . . Tha Result in Doubt.'. Columbus, 0.,vJan. 2. The. contest between the . Republican factions Of er the organization of the Legislature is stilt li doubt, so far as the House 'is concerned. The claims of either fac tion would indicate that one element Is confident of. Prjce becoming speaker. annl the other .of McKinmm winning. H but t he efforts of. lolh shcw that thero tire yet "votes to get," by whomsoever becomes speaker. Supported by Tammany. U 1 New York, Jan. 2.-Justice ScJtt. of the Supreme 'Court, today handed down a. decision '- decla ri ng Perry , Bel -mont to be fegular pemwratlc nominee for Congress, In the Seventh dlstHct. Colonet Asa -Bird : Gardiner ailed on Candidate lMmont this eve nlngj. ami assured him of the support of Tammany Half, some of wnose Iead ershad opposel him. r ; , HORSE FLESH USED. Section Men en .Utah Railroads Find That (Freights Make Other j,. Meat Too Costly. . ' ALT LfrK-ClTT.', Jan. 2. Wild horse . meatTlrthe prlnrtpaljirt icle of fod, for the section men on tfir-de.srt districts of therail roads' in Soul hern Utah, according to repfjrts wh'fh'icome from there. The men say that so her meata. are .too expensive after freight or express ehargerejia4d, enm quently the wndhorse hunt takes place frfiuently, the animals 'being plentiful in! the region between Slilford and CaJi lentes. ' '; :' ,f . : - Th section men say the meat is not bad. especially when It Is , thNonly fresh meat obta'nable 1 COVE IS DESTROYED. Ths Little City iln Union County Suf fers a Heavy Fir Loss. , , UNION, Jan, 2. Nems .was brought In front Cove. Or., tnat a fire, had de stroyed the business portion of that town. The fire was discovered in the saloon of J. Bloom A Son. It spread to th bowling- alley, destroying that and the meat market, of Joe Depere. barber shop of Buck Alexander hd the. blacksmith shop of Joba Mitchell. This Included 'nearly v the i entire ba nes portion of Cove-'; The tare w dis covered shortly after & " 'cloclt tlHS morning. Most all are Insured. TO SUCCEED VALENTINE. . New President and DirecUr Chosen by " v Wsils; Farga..A Co.' " ' .. """. SAN FRANCISO, Jan. 2. The stcick holders of Weils, Fargo e Company met this afternoon, for the. purpose of selecting a : president and : a director to fill the twa vacancies caused by toe death of the late J. J. Valentine. .Dad ley Evans. oX iNew York. elected acting president, and E. H. Ilarrlman, director. 1 . - - . COINAGE OF METAL. Work efth Mints During , th Year Reported by Officials. Pest: WASHINqTON; Jan. 2. The state ment of the Director of the Mint ho-rs the coinage executed at the mint of the United States, during the calendar year ending , December 2L 1901. wa 1134.693.770. of which $101.TJ5.17 was gold. $3.73S.t60 wa silver and 12,120. 122 was In-minor coin, v HE HAS RESIGNED. WASHINGTON, Jan. . 2. David A. Nunn. whose resignation aa Collector of, Internal Revenue of the Fifth Tennessee-' District, was called for by the President a few days ajro. today hsndeil bis resignation 10 the President lir per sona .. !:.; " A SERIOUS CHARGE. DILLOJf. Mont Jaii. 2. Constable J. .-t W, Dikes, of Uillon. Or., has arrestel Ernest II. Boyd In this city, charged with criminal assault upon Effle M 11 soo, years of age. a resident of.alll top. 'Boyd says he will return without requisition papers. He w ill be taken to Oregon tomorrow. 'Boyd was formerly a resident of Dillon. He aa-w service in the Philippine with Company B of the Montana Volunteers. Another res ident of Milton Is arretted charged with the aanie crime. Uyds father lives here, jioyd came to Dillon a week ago. ' IS NOT CONTAGIOUS. Consumption May Loss Some of v Terrors If This Be True. Its i ; NEW ! YORK.' Jan, 2. Dr. S. A. Knopf, the well known authority on tuberculosis, la addressing the Aca demy! of Medicine today, said th it, contrary to the pinion of the United Ktatea Government, tuberculosis was mot contagious. j r- . ! 4 MISS STONE fREE. , Such if the Rumor in Vienna, Though ! It Has fclot Yet Been Confirmed, j- " r T . 1 " l" LONDON, Jkn. 2. A dispatch to the Central; News, from .Vienna, says the report-Jias been received" thece, via Sofia, to the effect that Miss HHen M. Stone, the American captive 'mission ary, has been released. - TheJ report lacks confirmation. - FELL FROM ENGINE. A' Fireman Killed Near Baker City A Most Peculiar Accident. ; BAKER CITY. -Orj, Jan. 2. Flremin Patrick Carrigani on the west bounfl O. R. & N. "train, fell from the engine tonight! near iDurkee, and was kll!Hl It Is supposed he lost his footing as. the train rounded t cune. !.H1GH WATER, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., ; Jan. 2. 'A hundred' families living in the flats anjd lowlands around Chattanooga camrd on the. knolls last night as a result of high water. Suburban stfeet-car traf fic Is crippled anl many houses are 1 submerged. Twenty-seven miles frf track are under water on. jt he Western A Atlantic Road. ChattanMga Is al- imoat surrounded by water. ; At noon today the water had fallen, two incfies. Most of the damage has been due to .back water. : .... """ -'L AMERICANS RELEASED. re-ent arrwit of two naturaixel Amer icans at Tripoli, for-refusing to pay- the tax providing -for exemption frnn iroilltary service, ha led to sharprep-!rf-ntatlohson the -part of the 'UnlTed State, Minister to Turkey. John . Flelshmsin, to the porte.. The latter -promptly- ordered the release of, I he nien arretted and Instructed -the1" au thorities not to molest American citi zens. !. I PASSING OF A VETERAN ' K . OF THE CIVIL WAR Adam Good Died at His Residence Rips Old Age Funeral Tomorrow. " Ada my Coode, aged M yea r and 1 days, died at tils residence on the; ner of Market and tth street.: North Salem, at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon. iMr., Coode ha been a residm of Jthfs city? for a numler of years' and 'an active And. enthufiastic membier oif me r re ienoaisi cnurcn. iir serve! during- the Civil War with jhe 3',th Iowa Jnfantry, called the '"Orey Bear. Reveral children survive liim. the 'jMaJorlty of Wfo.m reside ;in i Ithls cit J. F. Goode, the aucUonevr, being 4, soil. The funeral ervlc w'llf Hxe held in, the Free Methodist church in North. Salem, at 10 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) January th, , ; At Bd Tifti. I i I take, a pleasant nerb drink, the next morning J I feel bright and my com- plexion Is better,- My doctor says it acts gently oh the. stomach, liver and kidneys, and is a pleasant lax j tlve. It is made from herbs and ' I prepared a easily a tea. It Is , called Lane's Medicine. All drug' gists sell It at 23c, and SOe. Lane's Fsjnily 'Medicine moves th bowels eaehdax. If you cannot get It, send foF, fref-araple- Address Orator i. F. Woodward. Le Roy. N. Y. S. , T G, B4. HoyL- th JefferaOn prod ore and potato dewier, was doing business In Salem ' yesterday. - Mr. C S. Moot and mother. Mrs. N. LangelL of Medford.: who Is visiting with her. 'returned! last night from a L visit to Portland. " 'Mr- Harj-' Drum, of; Lansing, Mic-h-tgan, ... who' has beea visiting with friend In thl cityfth past few day, departed last night if or Honolulu, II. J where to expect to engage In bul- ,-tm. A. GreenJeaf, formerly -of this city, arrived yesterday afternoon from his present home In Los Angeles. CaL, fr a few days lsit to friend jd rela tive. - t :. , '- ."-. ." - ." '- Rev, aha Mm. M. M. Wrote depart fog Oregon City and Portland this morning, on the Pomona, for a business trip, and to vitoit their son-in-law and daegbter, Mr.1 and Mrs. J. P. Menefee. of Portland. Mr. Menefee Is health of ficer in that city. .' DIG SYNDICATE IS Vil TROUBLE A Ccrspzny Owning Electric UilU way zzt Te!eph3ce Uses PLACED IN CONTROL OF COMMIT MfTTEE OF BANKERS- MONEY .' STRINGENCY RESPONSIBLE. The Concern Controlled Twelve Hun dred Miles of' Motor Lines in Ohio mnd Michigan A Run on a Bank Was ths Result of the Announce ment of ths Embarrassment -ci the Firm.'.' '" r -.'r t ' " " ' : i . ':..--, . - , . " . CLEVELAND, Jan. 2. The fin anci'al affairs of th '' Everest -Moor Syndicate, owning or controlling number oflirban and inter urban elec tric railways and extensive systems ef local and long distance telephone lines in Ohio and Michigan, passed: into. the control of a committee, comboseTTof seven prominent banker of fhis city, today. This action! was taken, it :s sid, as a result of a temporary finan cial ontbarrassment on the part of the syndicate, which has for some time past been affected by th stringency ?' th money market. -" - :!. -' " j The work .Committee' ' chosen has been at investigating'the affairs -of the a a wr a he IVejM. syndicate, and expresses the firm lief that the concern is entirely .nol and that Its enbartasiment 'Vill ;be only temporary. -';- ..''.";"m ' ? The Everett-Moore. ryndicatej is ac credited w ith t controlling ' more than 1200 miles of urbunund- interurran elec tric "lines In Ohio and Michigan., with new extension still In. course of con struction. The aggregate rapitaliza tin of all the artiu? pnpertle( ou nd or contrtilleI ,by lh syndicate ( Is' paid to be about $130,00.000, j J Run on a Bank. '. Cleveland, t., Jan. 2. As a result t-f the annoum.-ehient of the financial em 4arraaament of the - Everett-Mo.r. B E AU We i-ermit.no one t undersell u we sell "WETTER GOODS FOR THE 'A- ' GOODS FOR LESS MONEY, than BECAUSE We hav Ihe largest store In the :f.'-".f : - i-f ." V.S'-'- "':. ' '',:' v -; t--r -" pies sent here by Eastern facjories and Jxibblng' house. , r THAT'S WHY THE! BIG STORE SUCCEEDS -if 1 ' '-, ;.-'',-.';:'.'. - j . - .- ' I ' SO WELL IN ITS N EW QUARTERS. : LADIES' s r . -, - ! suns IJi DI ES'J. WUAIU . CHILDREN'S WRAPS. REDUCED 1;-.. Our reductfctn are .fferej In a ' legitimate way We actually give you what we. promise. TRUNKS and VALISES. . QUILTS. -BLANKETS, All reduced in order to make .-or.m for the arrival or our spring good.. r:rSt:re Cl:stst 6 0'CI:tk Syndi?te, a run as started on tl. Dime- Saving ' liankhif; Cuinp.iuy, of which Mrtsra,, Everett and Mihu ia directors, latotottay Alt Jonwn.!. w---. proinpUy net, and jlresldcnt W'alU"! -Uon said the bank had anu l f un H v hand to pay all depositors !' d.-;r-ed their money. . "nen Its last report was Ism- i. In were placed at $3,752,007, iiulaiir.;; a 6urr.lus fund of- $32S.tKHi. 1 ANOTHER COMPLAINT HCAHD Hamburg Ship Owners Protest Again; t Desertions of Sailors. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. . The H retary of the Treasury has forward'"--! to; Customs Collector Stratton, copl of correspondence 'letyeen himself m l the Union of JIamlurgv Ship Own m s. In relation to the frequency of the d- sertioo of German sailor at 'allfir nia and Oregon, pot ts. These dTMti are caused, gar the Hamburg iHtptt, by local shipping masters who ln lt seamen to d-s'it. The Grtnan.'"!if,v,l- at Portland. Orj and at San Frajw ii i report that they) have put been able ta uceeI in effecting any Improvement' ia the matter.: ' ' WORK OF NIHILISTS. A Bomb Exploded Under Balcony of a . Grand Duke of. Russia. : PARIS, Jan. 2. A dispatch to li Patrie, from Kiev, luruptaiif ttu-i 1. under today's date, says , bomb wtis exphNled last night under the, balcony of the palace of (he Grand DuV Con stantino, The explosion occurred at a moment when the salon wer thronsr ed with guests. . A great ijank?' followed butnotKdy was injure!, althugh !h damage done -ilas" fonldralie. "Alt the Window near' the scene of 1 he rt plosion Wjerv shat't-rel. - Nihilist stu-. outrage. ; Fifteen itud-nts have bn arrested. T - ! , - The Grand. Duke' Constantine is a on of the laje Grand Iuke Constun tine. who was -Che brother of Emtvpfof Alcxarulcr II. One of the rretM-Pt-- Grand Duke Cohstantlne'svisters is th Queen of HJreece. . 'The Grand' Duke Is President f th' Imperial Academy f Sctntes. Alde-de-Camp Oeherai, . Slid Chief of Military' Srltuol of Russia. A WRECK SOMEWHERE. British Columbia , Lighthouse Keeper Reports Evidences of It. u - VICTORIA. B. i.. Jan. 2. W. J oayKin. itgnuiouse kccjxt ni arrnaii ah. in a letter ilisHit hed by the Q.M-ori' City. siys Ihe roust vls littered With wriKkage in the vicinity of the Unlit-,, hoiis! It Includes large butter kegs or Imrrrls." with gidvanlzed hriop: two hatches pitlntel a reddish brown, t io -alln doo-s painted white; 'a vesswl's b.jwsprlt and ar Jlbboom. : consider It our Sfwlal mission to SAME MONEY. OR THE SAME any uther store In Salm. tity, w ire h ave flrat' choice of tbe,sam- GREA T i'v jMEN'H FOXJX. ; .. BOYS' ClTHING, . FURNISHINGS ' fF ALL KINI. GHEAT VlltES If. niiws iCLnvitAa Ask U tee the Lrxern Wool Underwear;; it.' the best of its kind on'thei maSket. icttths' v.Vi'S shoes $3.15 . SALE piticr. l-iual to '$t:0 and fi.id shoe store, shoe. : " Every Ever:3 Except S:t:ri;:y Ail grocers sell it. la eta. ana s cis.