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, 62d YEAR No. 25. . ' " . V- r " : : " 7 ! ; ' ' !." . 7 : -..- ' ; . V , ' Js r- ' . SALEM OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER fHlGZ - - - --v. " "J . ; " HRST SECTION SIX PACEC j A 1.1 11 ' n a a a 1 , . 1 i IN ST. 10UIS .1 ' ;! .. ' Former ilentsrs cf tfce City K Council Are -Arrested V1 ONE CONFESSES BRIBERY Implicating a Number of Oth- ers Who Arc Also . Guilty . PROMINENT MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE CITY'S POLITICS. ARE IN 8ERI- " OUS TROUBLE CROOIfED OP ERATIONS. t . ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8. A sensation was caused here today by the Issu ance xf bench warrants for the arrest . of members and former members .of the Bt. Louis I loose of Delegates,' fol lowing the confession by Delegate J. K.J Murrell, who' fled, to Mexico last spring; afterVbeing Indicted by the Grand 'Jury for bribery In connection with the alleged bond operations In the granting of franchise' to the Suburban Street Railway and In other legisla tion. Ilia confession, i which ' if most direct. In Tplves other prominent men who have been connected with St. Louts politics. It was submitted to the Grand Jury and the Issuing of warrants followed quickly. Murrell Is now in the custody of Circuit Attorney Folk, and wilt, V is slated,, be granted Immunity from punishment for turn Ing state's evidence. In his confes sion. Murrell says: 4; "'V-j; t""":' 'I could no longer stand the agony I endured a a fugitive from justice. Others-were just as guilty, and I was made their eatapaw. i Warrants were IssuedX for E. , Ei Murrell, Schnetter, Albright. Robert son, Helms. Qurtke, Fatilktfer, Schu macher and Hannlgan. Albright and Faulkner were released on bonds of $50,000 each. ' The, others arrested were allowed to go to' their, homes in the custody of deputy sheriffs, who will remain with them until they have furnished surety Tor their appearance In court. Wrth the exception of Will lam Tamblyn, ' who is said - to be . In Cleveland; all Indicted men are behind the! bench in this city. Delegate Kelly telephoned to the District Attorney this evening that he would surrender tomorrow and give bonds. The police are watching every possible avenue of escape from the"cly, and it wilt be diffi cult for any' Indicted man to escape. Charles J. Kratr, a member of , the . council, who was indicted for being im plicated in. connection with : the Sub urban: deal and escaped to- Mexico at the time Murrell went there, has, not returned. .,' j ; : f ' Fraud Is Charged. Everett. Wash., Sept. 8- A tempor ary restraining order has been grant ed Contractor A. W, Crlaweli, enjoin ing the cWy board of education from accepting the " new- JacksonT School building from Contractor T. L' Grant. The complaint charge the board with the corrupt and fraudulent purpose of allowing Grant $28,000 for the building. Ifie Ris&Sers . are Mere gBBmBMBBMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSBBBSBBBBBBSSSSSSSSBBBlSBSSBSSSSBSBBBBB - t - ,. . J . ,- - -. -I--. X J V.-- . - ... . . i The rain Is coalnz, , v, . , ' ;Youd better prepate for It. t Iff start this season with the tamest line of Ruersy Rubber Boots That we have ever carried , . . They are the Botoa Rubber Shoe Uompany'i make. IV tb best kuown and the moat reliable brand of goods on the market. W Hen looking for . -l : ; . ' : , cia iHtiAt c.:::xatic5i ci High Qiiallty and Low Price - KtipsCir Zzzz Crcwfca Th. -s 5 STU- branilon ashoe .Undi r tor Tail MgJ? onlns..J9 mar awrre yu rrl L- IkI. you dry. We carry everything In OLOT " . ... , : ' ... : - ' -- V For the small boys, t& We can Mderill -regular ' nae Creu Pants at reasarfcaliy low irkM. y.f " -tores" because we do a atrlcUy epot cash business. SUtm's Chttptst which should cost at the outside SIS.' uuu. HOW LIFE BEGUN. v The origin of Jlfe is no longer In volved Int mystery, and is proved by the great evolutionists of the age, Dar win, Spencer, Huxley, Draper and oth ers. Life originated In an electrical bioplasm, si mlcrocite of infinite smaJlness that, has rone - developing and reproducing ItaeH throughout, past countless ages, folio wins; closely, the great law j of nature, evolution, until man is he result. s At' the are Of 40. (and many before this time), he begins gradually to give - up the electrical force nature , gave him to , stronger bodies. Weakness and disease taking Its place. To avert the latter and stay Its ravages, Lone should restore the' lost balance by frequent supplies of electrticlty, brought as near nature's standard and requirements as possible. Dr. Darrln has the perfected apparatus and method for; administering nature's remedy, and hjs success in the. treat ment and cure of diseases is simply un paralleled. . The doctor makes a spe cialty, of all diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat catarrh, deafness, bronchitis, la grippe, dyspepsia, heart, liver, bladder and kidney diseases. He permanently cures all female troubles, ulcerations,, displacements, r painful menstruation; irregularities, etc., also sen Mo-urinary and akJn diseases. In either sex, such as blood taints, semin al weakness and lost vigor, hydroceles, varicoceles and stricture. ' - j , . :f He'WouM Not Tak $50a ; -v Mr. Editor: I deem It a duty to tetl the public, through your paper of the remarkable, cure Dr. Darrln performed on me two years ago; I was -taken wltaJ a contraction of the -cords of my neck, which. drew my. head, to one aide. 1 went under hit. treatment by electricity and medicines, and was cured' In tiva ( months so I could bend my head In any I position, and. have been permanently well ever since the cure. I am no hand . to puff . doctors, but In justice , o the laffllcted, as well as the doctor. I can- . not let this onnortnnltv da T wnnM J not take $60 and be placed hack where I was before treatment. ; 1 1 have re sided near Talent, Or., the ; past , 11 years, and will gladly answer all ques tions.' T ' i ':: :- ;-. J - : " . . JAMES HARVEY. JR. Dr. Damn's Place of Business. Dr. Darrln gives free examination to all. and when necessary gives medicine in connection with electricity Tle poor .treated free from 10 to 11 dally, except medicine. Those willing to pay, 10 to 5; evenings, -7 tb 8; Sundays, 10 to 8. Those wishing treatment should call soon as some cases require--attention during: course of cure" K Catarrh and chest troubles yield more readily dar ing Warm weather Sufferers from this class of troubles should have them attended to at ance. All chronic male and female diseases treated at $5! a week, $20 a month, or in that propor tion of -time, as the case may require. No cases, published, except by permis sion of the patient. - All business rela tions -with Dr. Darrln strictly confiden tial. Letters of- inquiry answered. Circulars and question blanks sent free. Eyes tested" and f glasses fitted: Dr. Darrin'S offices are at the Willamette Hotel, Salem, until November 1st, only. Y BOUGHT NEW ROAD. WHATCOM. Wash.. Sept.. 8. A' dls- patchjto the Evening Herald from St. Paul says: It is learned that the terms have!been agreed lupon for the pur chase by the Northern Pacifier of the Bell Ingham Bay & System Railroad. The independent road connects Belllng ham ;Baywlth the Northern Pacific's Seattle 9c International line: : They atand .t.mroof clothlnur. and tliey keep ; : .. a v1. tfnrk Pliit aai O.e rtlce Cjj Suit. .. v;, ZilAHIE GOES REPUBLICS The Cariliite fcr Goycnicr Gets an Enormous Vets A BIG E(CREASE IS NOTED All Four Congressmen Elec ted by the Same Party THE DEMOCRATS "SUCCEEDED IN ELECTING ONE STATE SENATOR AND A FEW MEMBERS, OP THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE LEGIS LATURE. PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. g. Maine rolled up a big off-year plurality for the Republican party, It approximating 27,000 in comparison with 1X,00 for tb average of former years. l' . The legislature, strongly , Re IubUcan, ' will hair an uncommon number of Democratic tnemben, lome of the strongest Republican towns of the state having elected representa tives of that party. The Senate will have one TJemof rat. , , , v In the First . Congressional District, Conarressman Allen, Republican, was re-elected with & plurality- : of about 5500. In he Fourth: DlstricC" Con gressman ; Powers, Republican, has been re-elected by a plurality; "of 7.000. In the Third District, Congressman E. C. Burleigh, Republican, got the Pro hibitionist" vote, and is ahead of the ticket. In the Second District. Con gressman Li t-tle field had no difficulty In defeating- the Democratic opposition. r, . Roosevelt Notified. Portland, Maine. Sept.. Sept. 8. Chairman Simpson, of the State Com mittee, tonight sent a message to the President saying; -"Maine has gone Republican as It once went for Governor Kent. ; We have carried the state by a plurality of 25.000. , We have elected the 'entire delegation in Congress by a large ma jority, have chosen every Sena-tor with one exception, and about tour-fifth of the Legislature. The Pine Tree state endorses your administration with no exceptions., . W - ; i.v i.. v: . A message like the, former Important one was sent to Senator Hanna, say ing: ' t . v;:; ; "Maine has today shown her appre?f elation of Republican policies, which have given to .our country prosperity unequalled in the history of the world. - ! HOT FIGHT COflllflG 1 4 BIX MEN AFTER .DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR : 7 CONVENTION TODAT. 1 DENVER. Sept. -There promises to be a warm fight in the Democratic State Convention, which meets in Den ver tomorrow, over the nomination for Governor.. The leading candidates are Governor James B . ' Orman. Jhdge E . E. Stimson. of Cripple Creek, and Judge Theron Stevens, of Ouray. Or man will probably receive 400 votes on the first ballot. To be nominated he must have 451. votes, and his opponents anticipate that he will lack the requis ite number on the first ballot, and will not be able to hold his forces together on subsequent ballots. More than 200 delegates are Instructed for Stimson and 125 for Stevens. Other candidates mentioned are Samuel, C. Spencer, of Gunnison; General Joseph Maupln, of Fremont, and B. H. M alone, of Den ver. -. -s . . . , . BBBSSSBMSBSSMBSMSBaBBSBSaSBBBBSSB S STOLE GO VERHMEIf T FUNDS A POSTMASTER " PL.EAD3 GUILTY AND IS SENT TO PRISON FOR ' EIGHTEEN MONTHS., , BOISE. Ida.. Sept. a. In the Uhlted States District Court today. Louis S. Df aportel .pleaded guilty to the aarge of embescllng Government funds while postmaster . at Bridges, Cassia, ounty. He stole 1250 and ; escaped to IT tan wber he . was ca tared. . , The judge sentenced him to the Government pris on on McNeil's Island for : eighteen months. . , riovE AGAmsp noRos GENERAL CHAFFEE ORDERS TROOPS TO PUNISH "-. THE : , TRIBES. MANILA, Sept i General 1 Chaffee has ordered General Sumner. com manding the Department of mindanao, to lead a.? column against the Marin Moros. In his order General Chaffee suggests that eight companies of In fantry, two troops of cavalry and ont battery shall form at Camp Vicars. Isl and of Mindanao.-.' It is expected that the column will move within a, week. Most of the attacks upon the American forces have originated In' the Macin country. Thla movement 1 to be di rected , against bosUies. , several of whom are enumerated in General Chaf fee's order. General . Sumner Is di rected to require the hosUIes to give a satlgfactory pleIse to refrain from aggression In the future. There are several ' Moro stronghel ! in the Macia couwtry. sit Is not defl nltely known where the first opposition will be encountered. "This will depend upon General Sumner's coarse , after movin?i General 'Sumner. la. directed to protect the friendly natives. f TIMBER FIRES, ( ARE RAGHIG - i VS. SSBSBSSSSHSMSSMBMSSMSBSB J Forests Near Oregon City Are . Belns: Destroyed FAIU1ERS HEAVY LOSERS P Six Families Are Already Re ported as Having Lost All TWO BIG FIRES ARE DEVASTAT ING THE COUNTRY NEAR MOL LOLA THB CLACKAMAS COUN TT PLANKED ROAD IS BURNING DAMAGE IS LARGE: OREGON CITY, Sept. Extensive fires are destroying a large amount of property' in this county. The Are , 1 ten miles from this city, between Shubel postoffice, and. Clarke's. It covers the country for three miles and has been burning slowly for 'several days, but after a a.trong wind-sprang up this afternoon it' rapidly spread In a southerly direction, sweeping every thing" before it- It - Is a magnificent Sight trees burning clear to' the top. At least, six families axe burned out, among them the country house of Ed, Hornschurch; severat barns and gran erles are also burned. The planked county road is on fire. Thousands of miles of fences are destroyed, and the names are sweeping the stubbleflelds. Another fire started three-quarters of mile north of . Elmer .Dixon's place, to day, and Jumped to the Mollala road. It burned Dixon's bouse and' entirely destroyed the Robbins house and barns. This fire is a half mile wide and three miles long. - It is Impossible' to estimate the amount of damage, which Is known to be heavy. LIPTON IS A STAYER WILL ONCE MORE CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP HE : IS DETERMINED. . . TIOTHFIHAY. Scotland. SeDt. . Sir Thomas Lipton states that be will mall a formal challenge for the America's Cup to the New. York Yacht-Club within two or possibly three weeks. I i - . - i - New York. Sent. . The members of the; New York Yacht Club were not surprised at the receipt of the news that Sir Thomas-Lipton was almost ready to challenge them. ' W. Butler Duncan, Jr manager or the tnsuiu Uon in her races- with the Shamrock It. said the men who would be called upon to defend the cup were not neanny MommI with the nrosDect. but they would defend the-cup to the best of their ability. . , . ' ' '. l ' NEW YORK. Sept. 8. Members of the Royal Yacht Club, through which Sir Thomas Upton's challenge for the America's cup will be transmuted, are In a state of expectation, for Sir Thom as has -not yet communicated with the club in any wy in regard to the chal lenge, cables the London correspondent of the Tribune, One of the officials In the club is quoted as having said there Is good reason to think that Sir Thom as will send a cablegram this month. annDANAo isIuch THE ISLAND HAS WONDERFUL RESOURCES GOLD, " RUB ' ,BER AND COAL. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. t "A boun tiful downpour of rain Is the only rem edy which will check the cholera epi demic now raging In the Philippines. So said Captain E. 11. Southall, a sur geon In. the United States Army, who has arrived here on the transport Bu ford. Captain Soutaall was for a time In charge of ,tha cholera hospital in Manila. In speaking of the epidemic. Captain Southall aald: . -The Americana In the Philippines seem unable to cope with the. cholera plague. Despite the rigorous methods used to suppress K. the disease seems to spread and Increase. When X left Manila .the death rate was 99 a day. An equal . number were stricken with the disease dally. , Of , course there were a. number of pueblos In the Inter ior from which 'we never heard and in these places "the death rate was aald to be enormous. . It la very difficult to get correct figures of the mortality! due to cholera, because of the fact thai the natives hide the dead and try to keep knowledge of the presence of the disease from the author! ties." BATaXE WITH HfDIAriS . BLOODY J 6II30TING . AFFRAY 4 ON AN. OKLAHOMA TRAIN ONE , . MAN DEAD. f WICHITA Kan.. Sept. t. Returning from a circus at Perry, Oklahoma, to night, some sixty Indians got Into a nuarret on a Santa Fe. train and George llu::.ivr, a& Indian poilceman, began flris r. One Indian is dead and Conduc tor Fennell was seriously wounded. HOP PICKING AT ALBANY. ALBANY, SpL t-Hoo picking be gan In the only yard In the Immediate vicinity of Aiiany today. The hops in this yard are . in good condition. ; and will yield a large crop. In many of the Linn county yard i k klr.g was in prc-ff-ress part of last wek- A great many people, of this city and vicinity , are picking in the different Tarda of this county and In those' near fndepend enca Some people always take their annual outing at the hop yards. ESCAPED CONVICTS DEAD MEN WHO WERE HUNTED IN TENNESSEE FOR WEEKS ARE r RUN TO EARTIL . ROGERSVILLE, Trnn, SVpL Ilm Wright and John.; Templeton, noted Hancock county desperadoes, were kill ed and Wright's son was captured by a posse headed by Joe Moss, of Gate City, Va In an engagement last night Jim WrtCht ahot. and probably fatally wounded George Wolf. , of Spears Ferry, ,Va and Jack Rogers, of Rogersvitle. members of 1 the pursuing posse. . ' Templeton was killed . and Wright's son was raptured. - Jim Wright then retreated to a near-by house, where he engaged the officers until daylight when he. was routed out and ' killed. ';:.' :f .r' Wright was an escaped convict from the Tennessee penitentiary, where he was serving a sentence '., for murder. Wright and Templeton were said to have killed six men each. The scene of action was about U nities from Rogersville. Mobs had been hunting for Wright and Templeton for weeks. ; , CHOLERA IN MANILA DEATII it ATE IS NINETY PER DAY ONLY HARD RAIN WILL CHECK IT. . SAN tTlANCISCO, Sept. t. Accord-' I Ing to James Wilson, at present Second ; ... . ...... ,;-V ... . .. Assistant Engineer of the transport Lawton, all that is needed Is adequate legislation regulating land and mineral claims to make, of ;he Island of Min danao a rich, field tor, the gold pros pector, the coal miner and the producer of India rubber and gutta. percha. Al ready, according to Wilson, who has" pent a long time in the Interior of the big Island, there are many Americans prospecting and preparing to develop the long latent possibilities of the new possession.' Being by profession a marine engin eer, Wilson is much more enthusiastic over the coal deposits In Mindanao than he Is over the gold. . He claims that the coal found there, some speci mens of which he brought back with him. is much superior to the Japanese coal, mo extensively used la the Orient. PHILIP CORklN DEAD SHOT HIMSELF IN , PORTLAND , YESTERDAY OLDEST ENGIN EER ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC. PORTLAND, Sept. t. Philip Corkin, the oldest engineer t on . the Southern Pacific, committed suicide this after noon by shooting hlmaelf. lie was de spondent over being laid off his regular run. ' St. Louis. Sept. 8. Mrs. E.. P. John son, the well-known woman suffragist, committed suicide tonight while tem porarily Insane. ' TWO STRIKING MINERS SHOT BY THEIR OWN PICKETS BY MISTAKETHEY WERE OUT HUNTING. " : - WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. S. Two Italian striking miners, named Frank Portay and Sistlno Van Costello, left their home today on a hunting trip. They were held up by pickets who mis took, them for armed non-union men going to work. Van Costello was shot In the leg and his brains beaten out. His companion .was beaten so badly that his life is despaired of. , , Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Office. irr There U a little we can aaj about this etaaon'a styles tha la a betkr argument than 'C-.e the 'goovla themselves;"" The ' merchanlia Ui.s the a terry evtr.tiije. Kothlc elae. Oar great volume of bual ne U a!gnl3rant to thow how merit win. Our cluth Inz department la the strong' feature of our store. . It la jiow full cf the new Meaa for I'fJl aii4 Wir.Uri: ;2-3. ' a - A :) WJf - if ' z- I ERUPIIOII : SOUFFRiGlUi , , " ii ii. i , Interesting Slants ci l. land cf St. Vincent A BIG STREATI OF FII;: Is'FiorVlnsr Dswn the Bed cf ' theLRabacca: River THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IM WHICir THE VOLCANO IS.SlTtTATED 1IA BEEN CHANGED IN Al'PRAl ANCE THE MOUNTAIN'S SlIAT. IS ALSO CHANGING. KINGSTON, St. Vincent, rVpt. The sights In the Windward district f this Island, resulting from the eruption of SouHrriere, September Sd, are v-ry Interesting. : 'The Rabacca rlrer Is a stteam of fir a QuaHer of a mile wide. The rlvrr bed Is contlnuoualy throwing up dense clouds of steam, mud and peb--blea. The land haa spread farther I sutwrtrd, and la changing the. ap pearance of the 1 district. The . wir t o cer of Chateau Bellaire, who saw Souffriere from the sea, reports the mountain considerably lower than be fore ; September Sd, and the appear ance of the summit has changed. From H erne, i Seattle, Sept. . The steamstilp Cen- . . a .. . . .. 1 . . A . icnniai arnveu irum hip iu. the time of the Centennial's departure there was but one vessel, th revenue cutter Thethls, at Nome. The revenue cutters Bear and Manning, the coant survey steamer Patterson, the steamer Homer, and rhe British revenue cutter Shefwater, were at Dutch Harbor Aug ust list. On AugAist 2th the Centen nial passed the steamship Senator, and two days later the steamship Oregon, both homeward bound., " r Damage By Storm. Seattle, Wash, Sept. 8 Considerable damage, was done by the storm whlrh raged iff the mouth of the Yukon Aug ust 2d and 3d. The tow boat Will 11. lwm started up the river with -thr. barges loaded with, merchandise. F f was caught in the storm before enterlr -the Yukon and was driven ashore th blown to sea. Two of the Urge rl!-' ' were taken off. but the other went oui with , her to Bebring Sea. The twt Meteor reached two of the' barges, In eluding the one carrying the pilot. BASEBALL GAMES. Peoifio League. SEATTLE, Sept. 8. Seattle, I; Port land. 4. National. Lesgus. Boston, Sept. 8. Boston, 2; Chlcag', t. - - . Philadelphia, Sept. 8. First asm Philadelphia, 6; Cincinnati, 4. Scun I game Philadelphia, 1: .'Cincinnati, 7. Brooklyn,. Sept. 8. Brooklyn Kt. Louis, 1. i- New York. Sept. 8-Flrt game New York. 8; Pittsburg, I. Second game New York, 7; .Pittsburg, 4. 1. American League. Detroit, Sept. 8. Detroit, 4; ft. Louis, 8. , . Cleveland, Sept. 8.- Cleveland, 6; Philadelphia, 8. Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Of'.. . JOS. Jl$Q? v ej a so;;s ' Dress Goods Cjyc I ... Are very roach In evidence at the counters is this department, the new fall good teem to n tbcae all trbo ace them. We are showing a splendid" varkty of styles and qualities which are op to the uiaal standard of our past purchase. i - - . . : s . t wr.'"7" ' ' . : x Drczs Goods ' '- .'"'.-; 1 " 4 aroncco, shkunx. scaot rs sc -t.J v:i i':.' rtt t r ? t t '1he Pri-.itk'j Drt 4 C tan'othir. Utir-r c:. I. t.!.v'r t..a L. .. t. - i .