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-..- ' ; . V , ' Js r- ' . SALEM OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER fHlGZ - - - --v. " "J . ; " HRST SECTION SIX PACEC
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i IN ST. 10UIS
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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.
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, ' ;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 : ; . ' :
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High Qiiallty and Low Price
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you dry. We carry everything In
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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.'
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. . ,
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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
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Forests Near Oregon City Are
. Belns: Destroyed
FAIU1ERS HEAVY LOSERS
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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.,
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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'.. .
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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.
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