52d YEAR Ncfc E&
FIRST SECTIONEIGHT PAGES.
DEATH CAME
like a thief
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M. Zola, the French Novelist
Gone to His Rest
THE FUMES FROM A STOVE
Caused! the Demise of the
Great Writer of
! Fiction
AT FJRST PARIS BELIEVKD THAT
SUICIDE WAS THE CAUSfE OF
THE" SUDDEN TAKING bpF OF
THE CHEAT AUTHOR THE
WIDOW NOT INFORMED. '
PARIS.J. Sept. 20. M. Zola, the novel
ist, who was born, in Paris Atrll 20.
SAO. died .' this $ morning. Zolar was
found dead In his house from asphyxia
tion. Hi wife Is" gravely J Zola was
asphyxiated by fumn from a stove, the
pipes of which; are said to have been
' out of orderr' At the same time- it is
stated that there are Indications . of
suicide. f::' , V-v" V ,
Zola and . his wife returned to his
Paris home from their country house
at Medan yesterday, and owing; to, a
sudden spell of cold Weather here he
ordered the -heating; stove In his bed
room to be, lighted!" The stove burned
badly, but Zola and his wife retired at
10 o'clock last night and the 'servants,
not hearing any movement in the
aartment this morning, entered the
b-d room at 9:20 a. m. and found
Mmii. Zola lying1 on the bed Inanimate.
Zola was lying half out of bed, with
his head and shoulders" on the floor and
his leg on the bed. Doctors were sum
moned, but they failed to restore Zola's
4-llfe. After prolonged efforts they re
suscitated Mine. Zola. ; '
The rumor circulated regarding
Zola's supposed sulcide from poison
was based- on the fact that ejections
supposed .to have come from his stom
ach were found on the floor, but the
' doctors say they-am'e from Zola's dog,
which was also In the bedroom, and
which did4 not suffer from asphxiatlon
Zola dined with a, good appetite yester
day evening, and the servants of the
household ate of the same, dishes.
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IF THE RIGHT QUALITY ISN'T THERE THEY ARE EX-
' - " PENSIVE AT ANY PRICE
- ' Our over increasing shoe trade is an indication
, j that the quality is right and that the trices are
j right, too. O O O O . O O O O O p O O
? Our "sot cash" :rlan of business enables us to
I : undersell any store which does a credit business
You may always pay casli, lmt if you trRtle at a Credit Htor1 you will pay "credit priced
St-uLl riL-Ut eleven 'yeaSi
f stufu is (My
0 for anything renirnett in iue auuvwuwiv
Men's . Cldihlhe,
. rS..-i- flie lines are not equalled uv
' ! r New Waterproof Rain Coats
! : : Thw'rp' light and dressy nnd keep you
' , OUR LINE OF j - - " .:-
Winter IJndenvear for Men; tvorncn end Children is Very Complete
,lMeU
S;aX?nSr c ...
: t Salem's Ciieapet Qne-Frlce Caslt Store
Corner CoxataercteLzzd Chtmeketa Sfs.-
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Nothing- unusual was heard in the bed
room aunng the night.
Some, workmen arrived at the Zola
residence at halt past this morning,
m order to make . certain repairs In
Zola's bed room, but the servants, al
ready become alarmed at hearing no
sound from the room, decided to enter
It and burst the door open. A slight
odor of carbonic gas was a once . no
ticed, and the bodies of the novelist
and his wife were found in the posi
tions already stated.'. Zola had been
awakened by a choking sensation, tried
to rise but was evidently unable to
do so. , . : ' : ,-.
The windows were immediately
opened, doctors -and a commissary of
police were summoned, and the utmost
efforts were made to revive the novel
ist and his wife,; but the former had
already succumbed.- Mme. - Zola "Re
gained consciousness about noon. She
now lies in a state of complete prostra
tion. An Improvement la her condition
Is anxiously awaited in order to get
light upon the accident. . , , ,
M. Zola and wife retired at 10 o'clock
last night. Mme, Zola, was seriously
ill when the room was brckeilnto this
morning. At noon she-was removed to
a private hospital, where she recovered
consciousness for a short time, and
was able briefly to explain to the mag
istrate what had happened, j
Owing to the sudden spell Of cold
weather, the heating stove In their bed
room was ordered lighted The stove
burned badly and the pipes were-said
to .have been out of order. To the
magistrate, Mme. Zola explained that
she awoke early this morning with a
splitting lieadache. ; She awakened her
husband, and asked him to open the
window., She saw him rise and at
tempt to move toward the wlndow4ut
he staggered and fell to the flooif un
conscious. Mme. Zola fainted the same
moment, and was therefore unable Mo
help him. Mme. Zola does not know ot
her husband's 'death, and it is feared
she may suffer a relapse when Inform
ed of It. It Is thought tonight, how
ever, that she will recover. ' , :
CHOLERA IN SAMAR
- ', t
WHOLE TOWN ARE DESERTED
t AND THE ISLANDS THREAT
ENED WITH DEPOPULATION.
-MANILA. Sept. 29. The cholera
threatens, to depopulate the Island of
Samar.. The population of many towns
has ' been heavily reduced through
death, and the- flight of the panic
stricken people. S :
Many of the dead are unburied, and
the1 Government Is sending surgeons
and medicine to fight the disease. The
epidemic also continues Its ravages at
Ilo" Ho. It la reported that the totals of
the . islands are :; 70,222 cases, and 48,420
deaths. ?- T
Is what yoxi want to look
when your'e buying . .1.
SHOES
-
ago ami they've stuck to it. N..t a.sinale article Je the
pail for. oAonrse we alway refuml the money
SEE OUR.NEWiLlNE OF-
Men's Overcoats, . -
Boys' Clothing, Boys' Overcoats
-HAVE YOU SEEN THE-
PRESIDENTS
; CONDITION
He Passed an Uneventful Day
in a Wheelchair v
. - A:
PROGRESS IS VERY GOOD
The
Army Maneuvers in a
Disagreeable Rain
Storm
WERE CARRIED ON ACCORDING
Tt) PROGRAM ESTIMATES FOR
THE FREE RURAL MAIL .DELIV
KRT FOR NEXT "YEAR DOUBLE
PAST TWELVE MONTHS.
- WASHINGTON. Sept. 29 The
President has passed an uneventful
day, remaining most of the lime In his
wheel chair, by which means he was
able to be moved to various parts of the
room. Tonight he Is reported to be
progressing satisfactorily, i
The Maneuvers.
Fort Riley. Kas Sept. 2S.Mareblng
over a soggy field, swept at
frequent
driven by
intervals by a blinding rain
a lv-mlle gale, the men of the man-
Ifcuver division carried out the program
1 In splendid style. The work was car
ried on without a flaw, and at the con
clusion of the day's work, the umpires
pronounced' it the most - satisfactory
work achieved in the maneuvers.
Fraa
I Mail.
Washington, Se
The estimates
for the Rural Free Delivery service for
the next fiscal year weresflnally framed
todav. The aaa-res-ate Vl2.656.8O0. a
net Increase of $5,126,400 over the ap
propriation maHe-ifor the current year.
A New Commander.
Washington. Sept.. 29. The Navy
partment baa detached Commander
Calkins from the command of the Vixen
and assigned him to the command of
the Thirteenth lighthouse district,
with headquarters at Portland, Oregon,
relieving Commander William P. Day.
Commander Day will be assigned to
command the training ship Mohican;
now at Mare Island.
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THE STRATON.
LITIGATION
Big Colorado Will Case At
tracts More Attention
COUNTY JUDGE IN TROUBLE
Sensational Charges are Made
Against the Three Ad-
ministrators
BY THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE
HEIRS UNDER THE WILL TWO
CON VICTS'IN MISSOURI TELL OF
THE ROBBERY OF A MAIL CAR
aRIER. .
COLORADO, SPRINGS. Sept. 29.
Counsel of the executors In the already
famous litigation over 4be estate of the
late W. S. Stratton this afternoon took
a step In all respects the most sensa
tional yet taken In the controversy.
Formal charges of conspiracy to In
volve the Stratton estate in litigation
for the profit of the heirs are made, and
charges are brought - against Messrs.
IT. M. Blackmer and C. C. Hamlin, two
of ; the administrators appolntel by
Judge Orr, Blackmer being declared to
have already put up considerable mon
ey of bis own in his effort to carry put
the lei ma of a deliberate and fraudu
lent conspiracy, entered into with a
view to a speculation upon the will and
estate. The . charge la made that the
court Itself, the Judge of which is 4
brother-in-law of the third admlnlstra
tor, lias been itself biased and preju
diced and grossly imposed upon and
the demand is made that he litigation
be taken out of this court and trans
ferred to the District Court of 1 Paso
county.
Robbed Mail Carrier.
St. Louis. Sept. 29, Through he con
ession of two convicts now serving
year sentences In the Penlten-
at Jeffersort jClty. Fostofflce In-
Dice. this afternoon caused the
arrest of Ave persons in St. Ixuis, on a
charge ofXhavlng robed Oscar Koel
ling, a mall Carrier, of a pouch contain-'
ing reglsteredNmMl valued at $3000, In
December. I60l. The personf under
surveillance are Ja-k Fickles and Tom
Connitf epMWiyes irhth city, register's
office: Jerry- Kahler. saloonkeeper:
Jerry Creedon. and Emma HIgglns.
ADV0C0TES SECESSION
fRKMIER OF QTJKENSIAND MIJCH
DISSATISFIED WITH TH
AUSTRALIAN "FEDERATION
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. Although
ominous reports have for some time
past been received from Queensland,
Premier Robert Philip now openly ad
vocates tne aecemion of that state from
the Federal Union, the constitution
cannoL be unmade with the ease that
the Premier of Queensland Imagines,
cables the London correspondent of the
Tribune. The Commonwealth Constl.
tution Act does, not make provision foe
secession and apparently there are no
means of obtaining separation hort of
an act f repeal or ClvilWar. Premier
Philip seems to Anticipate that he will
receive the support of the people of
New South Wales and West Australia
who are also dissatisfied with present
conditions, but the extreme measure la
not likely to be taken.
Still, this unreet Is having a very
prejudicial effect on taurines In the
commonwealth and nearly every Aus
tralian Government loan has suffered
In value, during the last fortnight. The
tsouble arose out of the fact that
Owe nsland had been hard hit by Fed
eral legislation on the colored labor
question, which practically wIl anni
hilate the sugar industry, in which
hundreds of thousand of -pounds of
British capital has ben invested. .
LAYING BRITISH CABLE
SHIPS WORKING ON LINE PUGET
SOUND TO AUSTRALIA ARE
MAKING PROGRESS. .
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 29, The
bark VWette. Captain Dodd. from San
Pedro, report that on September 21d
at noon, in latitude. 2? degrees 33 min
utes north, longitude 117 ' degrees It
minute west she sighted a steamer
laying a cable. The steamer was no
doubt the Ooionfa. which left Puget
Sound some days ago for the purpose
of laying the British-Australian cable
between the northern roast and t an-
nlng Island. The position of the ves
sel when seen by the .Vidett was about
midway between Cape Flattery and
Fanning Island, and Indicate good
progrrs In the work. At Fanning Isl
and In the neighborhood of 1090 miles
south of Honolulu the station Is said
to be In full readiness for the cable.
Other steamer are engaged in laying
the cable between Fanning Island and
New Zealand.
O'BRIEN WON.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29,-Jack O'Brien, of
Philadelphia, won on points from Joe
Choynakl in a six-round contest to
night. O'Brien ; wa too fast for
Choynskl. .
INDUSTRIAL DIVIDENDS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2. October does
not give much promise of being an im
portant month ti regards dividend
disbursements bv Industrial companies.
the total thus far announced reaching
J18,;?4.767, says the Journal of Com
merce. ThLs la much below the
monthly average, which Is perhaps best
Illustrated by the fact that the figures,
barring, those for february and. Sep
tember, which were $1T4S0,?23 and 116,
943.SC7. - respectively, are tha. smallest
of the year.. Next month's total is al
so behind that of October. 11 which
caa be explained by the absence of
several dividends from the ll!& this
year. . , . ; -.
GOLD WAS WORTHLESS
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AN AUSTRIAN BANKER. WHO IS
SAID TO HAVE FLED FROM
AUSTRIA IN POORHQUSE.
- NEW YORK, j Sept. 29. Ending his
days as an Inmate of the Almshouse
on Black well's island, there has been
Identified in Adolph Uoedesch, says the
Times, a. onetime banker ( of Vienna,
whom the Austrian police, have been
hunting for years, 'in Vienna, Boed
esch is said to have been known as
Adolph Bettclhetm. a banker, and: he is
alleged to have disappeared with up
wards of 1250.000. The Identification
was made by a city detective, but It
is not likely that Boedesch will be de
ported for his alleged crime. The man
is now over 60 yea 01 old. and Is abso
lutely; penniless. There would be little
to Induce the Austrian authorities to
request his extradition.
; It was in 1894 that Bettelhelm disap
peared from Vienna. A few days after
he had been reported missing, his hat,
and various parts of his clothing,
which had belonged to. him were dis
covered beside the Danube, on the out
skirts ot the city. A body found, a few
days afterwards in the river was Ma
nned by Mrs.' Bettelhelm a that or her
husband. A week or so later Mrs. Bet
telhelm herself .dlsappeared. Now both
husband and wife are In the almshouse
together.
In the four years In which the Bet
teihclms have been In this city their
career has been checkered. For awhile
they prospered as a banker and broker
In Lower Broadway, but the shadow of
the cloud under which thejr had fled
from the Austrian capital seems to
have been always over them, and after
getting Into trouble with the local po
lice, Boedesch lost ' money, rapidly until
last January, when he was stricken
with, paralysis and had to go to a hos
pital, and his wife wentfto the alms
house. When TWdesch Jeft the hospi
tal he followed his wife.
MONEY RATES ARE HIGH
STOCK MARKET
VERELY AS A
DISQUIETING
SUFFERS SE
RESULT OF
RUMORS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29-With call
money up to 35 per cent and a number
nf other adversaries, today' stock mar
ket received a very severe shaking up.
The net losses In many active lues
raneed from 2 to 10 per cent. The
greatest los waa suffered by the
Louisville Nashville. r Disappoint
ment regsrdlng- the probable disposi
tion of the road, as much as anything
' e
else is supposed to have been ;' the
xause. . , M
Apther features that combined o un
settle the market were the disquieting
reports concerning the President, the
prolongation of the coal strike, and un
doubtedly, the fact that London and the
continent are unloading "Americans"
tn large blocks.
Practically all the money loaned on
call today camexfrom the trust com
panies and out otL town , corporations.
and private Individuals. The bank
and clearing house associations jitood
aloof and made practically no loans for
speculative purposes. The substan
tial Interest offered no siipnort to the
market which, with a few eceUos,
Including the. Atchison iml W. Tiiil,
closed at the lowest level.
Js sHrsys stack rk the tatsst
" mtd best predecta of IIm .
Penn Mills ttfTeta, 19 Incite wide.
all colors, fier yaM....... ....... .85c
Black taffeta, 10 inches wide, special
vatae per yarI.'?7r.........w.50
Better grade, 'JO inches.- 75c
Ouaranteed-to-wear tafl'cta silk, 10
inches wide, per yard, ,.......85c
Good grade, 2? IncLe, black taireta.
per yard ....... ...... ..... ft 5c
21 inch taffeta, yarn dyed, colored
salvage, per yard ............ ...$1.25.
22 inch taffeta, extra heavy, per
yard m mm mm eee S2.00
' Persplraiion 1'roof Js panese Hilk, 27
Inches wide, per yard...........JRJ
Feau-De-tioie, 20 Inches wkle, good
grade, per yarl.-. Sl.25
Peaa-De-8oie silk, 20 Inches wide,
best grade, per yard.
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AID FOR NEW
VAPTT PAMTfQ
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Secretary Shaw. Outlines a
Plan for Helping Them
1
A
RESERVE NOW REQUIRED
Will Hereafter Be Available
for Benefit of Com- ,:
merce X
REVENUE AGGREGATING A HALF
jy I I.I.I ON DOLI-AItS l'KR IAT
WILL BE IKlOi?lTKD BY Till:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT THE
SITUATION BETTER.
NEW YORK, Sepl. 29. Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw, who waa In New
York tonight, has issued a statement In
which he Says ihat the banks herenfter
will not be1 required p carry a? reserve
against Government dt'4its isecure.t
by Government bond T This"wlll innke
available tomorrow over $3.ooo,oi0.,
Se-retary Phuw nays the Treasury De
juirtment wouhl co-ojerato as far as
IMtssible with the banks in th-ir effort
to . supply the necessary credit ' to d
the unprecedented amount of bulnes
that Is taxing the rallroais and si fain -ship,
lines, as well as the banks, lo the
utmost. The Treasury hnS on deoslt
with the varioua. banks scattered
throughout the country. In round num
ber ' SI 30.000,000, against which the
banks have heretofore been compelled
to hold more than 30,000.noo of gold or
Its equivalent. . This redslon will re
lease that much reserve and $30,000,000
additional credjt. ' ' ,
The Secretary, said he would continue
to ntke deposits of the entire revenue
and miscellaneous recHpts tall ''availa
ble fr that purse) practically a hirlfy
million tier, day, as long as the situa
tion required. It, and If the banks were
unable o retaln-the Government bonds
to secure the same, he would accept th
same general class tit securities, muni
cipal bonds, etc., as are made avallahlA
by the laws of the several states-for
savings banks. J
J. P. Morgan "was at his office until
late thla" afternpu. Asked fur his
opinion regarding the outlook, lie s.-il1:
"Things are very much better' today.
We have paid out something like $12.
O00.0OO In coupons. I believe the worst
Is bverl but It may take some time fr
things to settle ;
REVOLT IN MACEDONIA
WI LL 1 f A V H TI IK' A CTI V K HIT r
IORT ()F RITSSIA THE SULTAN
MUST SUBMIT.
CHICAGO, Sept.. Si. "There have
been other revolts In Macedonia, and a
good many . attempts t uprising
against the Turkish Government, but
efforts now being planned wUI arouse
Europe,", said Theodore Chrlnloff, of
Kanzanllk. BulgarM. lajit nlxht. "This
uprising was teing planned when I
left my Couwfry.in the early summer,
and It has-been truly said that the
conditions In Macedonia end. In mm nf
the olhes Turklnsh territories are su h
as to aroiiM tlw Russians to asxlst the
Maceilonlans in Any effort to free them
selves from the -Turkish yoke. The
Hultan has repeatedly firomlel tU
Macedonians that they shall have Au
tonomy and seif-government. a--knowledlng.
of rwirw, his sovereignty
and right to levy taxes, but he has
C-r SI .00 KI3 G!v:
Our two clap oversegm, c.!:wv
kid glove are tne U-st one dollar
vsluca In America. All ahadesr, r
pair . ... $1.00
MASCOT Our J 1.25 glove A n
ctc eel lent value of (glaoe) kid tn
all colors. This glove will out-'
wear all other gloves which are
( sold at the same price.... i.ia
CENTAUR $ 1.30 Glove Our leader
UI wu limp (Hiai-c; ' t J - ' v K
fitting,-tjest importetj stock ever
put In a $ 1.50 glove. ,