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n X UEOTIOKS BACH TDUDAt AXD VBIDAT. J 624 YEAR NO. 32. ; SALEM. OREGON., TUESDAY.; OCTOBER 21. 1905. FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. ft. ssr iim ii I K - "1. ' f 1 -- - . !::!:"f.' ,; :: ''-.'li-i.vii-' ..-' j . . ., ... . . l . . : : : 1 1 JIM YOUNGER ! EPS HIS LIFE He Shot Himself Because Gov. yan Sant Refused Pardon I WANTED TO GET MARRIED And Became Despondent Over j Ill-Health and Sep T aratlon C" ? WAS ONCE" A LEADER OP THE NOTED JAMES OANO OP OUTLAWS-LEFT SEVERAL LETTERS OF EXPLANATION HI9 J AFFI ANCED MAKES A STATEMENT. ST. PAUL. Oct. 20. James Younger, formerly a member of the notorious James band of outlaws, which Infested the Western country a. quarter of a century ago. committed suicide yester day by shooting. He left a letter to the press. In which tie gives as a rea son for him act despondency over con tinued Ill-health and separation from his friend. The suicide is .supposed to have occurred about S o'clock, yester day morning. Younger occupied room lnj a down-town block, and when he did not make his appearance as iu ual yesterday search was made ' for him. About 5 o'clock, yesterday after noon theTdoor of his room was broken in and the dead body found, stretched on" the floor beside the bed. a revolver clutched In his right hand, lie had shot himself through the head and evidently - had been dead for several hours, . Younger; since hhy parole from Hhe State Penitentiary in July of last year, had led an exemplary life. His, first employment waj as a travelling lagent for a tombstone dealer, and on one of the trips he made about the state he was quite seriously hurt by a fall from a wagon. Old wouada Jie had received earlier In life alxo gave him much trou ble, and, although he soon obtained lighter employment, his health- was extrem"!ypreca.t lous, and this caused him much 1 w-orrinient. On a bureau In the room , was found a long Manila eh velopc, on one side of which was writ ten: , . v "JIM YOUNGER." . On! the other side of the envelope wert these words: -V.. "Oh, Lassie, good-bye. ' ' "All relatives, just stay away from ma.- No crocodile tears wanted. "Reporters Be my friends. Rurn me up. JIM YOUNGER." On another sheet of paper Younger had written this message, evidently his last words before committing suicide: October IS. Last night on earth; so good-bye, lassie, . for I still think of thee. Forglv me, for this is my only chance. I .have done nothing wrong. But politics that Van Sant.-Wolfer and others of heir stripe caffe for; let the people judge. . Treat me rlht and fair, reporters, toe 1 am. a square man, a Socialist, and decidedly in favor of woman's rights. Bryn Is ' the brightest ron these United States has ever produced. Ills one mistake was in not coming out, for all the people and absolute Socialism. Come out. JBrvan. - There is no such thinjr as a personal God.; Ood 4s- universal,, and I know YOUR NEIGHBORS rind It saves them money to trade with a cash store. Don't you think It would pay you to try It? We can fit thel Shoes. THE fuct that our Shoe Business I continues to grow, is proof fthat Mtr shoes give satisfaction. I Our prico-i aro from 10 to 20 per cent, below "regular stores" for ' jthe sajue qualities. Our assort-, iment is very complote. Wo sell jmoro shoes thaik the most exclu 'fiivoVh'Kj toie?. , I : Tsrsloewsato CLOTHING will surprise you when we tell you a suit is "all wool," there's no - cotton nor shoddy in it - Don't jou need OVERCOATS for yourself and tho btyt? ! . It won't cost you much ioteep com fortable during the winter if you fit out nt the NEW VOiiK KACKET. -II ir i him well and am not araid. I have pity' for-the , pardoning board. They did not atop to consider their wives or to think of the man who knows how to loye and appreciate a friend In truth. Good-bye. sweet lassie." 1 .- Could Not Get Married. . The envelope contained a package of letters that had passed between Young er and a lady with whom he Is said to have been much in love. The lady, who Is prominently connected, is said to have reciprocated his affection, and it was reported at one time that they were to be married. The lady's rela tives raised strenuous objections to the Wedding, and a further obstacle .was the fact thax it was point out that a paroled prisoner could not legally eon tract a marriage. ; The couple . deter mined to disregard the objections of relatives, and an effort was made to overcome the other obstacle to their marriage by ! securing from the State Board of Pardons a full, pardon and restoration to citizenship. This effort failed, and this, l it L thought, bad much to do with Younger' determina tion to end his lite. The lady Is said now to be in Boise. - Idaho, for her health. ; It is also said that relations between Jim and Cola Todneer were very much strained In fact, that the brothers had not ; been on speaking lerms for the past six months.- Cole Is confined to his bed with sickness and could not be seen "by reporters. The difference between the brothers is said to be over money matters. The body was, viewed by the coroner, who decided that an inquest was not necessary. It is not vet known what disposition will be - made of the re mains, some d6ubt arising under the terms of the parole whether the body can be removed from the state The Sweethearts Talk. BOISE. Idaho, Oct- 20. Alice J. Mul- icr, sweemeart ana oeiroinea wire oi Jim . Younger, who cammlted suicide, in Ht. Paul, Saturday night, has been. a resident of this city since last August. Today she said: "Jim wrote me, stal ing he had given up all hope. He was driven to this act by his persecutors, I am his wife, you know, spiritually. No scandal has ever been attached to my name, but before God, he is mine and mine alone." -. ,' , HULIN NOT DEAD APPEARED; IN COURT WHERE PEAKE WAS BEING TRIED J FOR MURDER. ' KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 20. Just as the case of Clarence Peake, charg ed with the murder of Silas Ilulln, at, Clinton, Tennessee, was about to be called in the: Supreme Court here to- dayfc a man 'entered the court rooai, and, addressing Chief - Justice Beard, said: : "I am ilas Hulln, who was not killed by Clarence Peake." . Peake is now In the Asylum, a rav ing maniac, as the result of his trou bles.,; Huliii declares that Peake shot another, whose name Is now unknown. Hulin escaped and went to Colorado, from which state he came back to prove that he was not dead. WORK ON NEW ROAD. FALLS CITY, Oct. 20. Construction Foreman McPherson reports work pro gressing on the Falls City & Dallas Railroad at an unexampled gait. The last move toward this place was made Friday, and work : will soon begin at the other end of the road. Mr. Mc Pherson says that he will be able' to ut the task; of grading down several weeks in the expected four months alj lotted him,:-: ; '- f u . - '','-. " Legal Blanks. Statesman Job Office. Legal Blanks. Statesman Job Office. whole family In SUM? UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, SHIRTS NOTIONS. , f , Salcni's Cheapest One Price Cash Store, i - , ' , Ccrctr , Ccnziznlzl and Ctr.ektta Streets. $1 THE RAILROAD .COMMISSION Of Kentucky Files Complaint Against Seven Companies CONSTITUTE COMBINATION Which Is Regarded as Unlaw ful Under Laws of That . State IT ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN Tin3 MATTER IRISH NA TIONALISTS BOMBARD SECRE TARY WYNDIIAM WITH QUER IES THREATEN DISORDER. - WASniNOTON. Oct. 20. The Inter- State ' Commerce ' Commission today made public the complaint of the Rail roads Commission, of Kentucky, against the Atlantic Coast Lines Rail way Co., Louisville & Nashville, South ern Railway, The Southern Railway, is Kentucky, the Southern Railway, in In diana, Cincinnati,. New Orleans & Texas, and Pacific Railway, the Cin cinnati Southern Railway Co., and the Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville Co, involving all the roads accused of un lawful combination. The complaint asks for an investigation as to whether the contracts, etc., constitute an un lawful combination-.' : ' , Indignant Irishmen. LONDON. Oct. 20. Irish Natlonal ists were much In evidenct at question time in the; House of Commons tods y. They bombarded Irish ; Secretary Wyndham with all kinds of queries, interruptions and contradictions . of statements, anent the imprisonment of the Irish members. Wyndham's re plies, though given In a coacillatory tone, iqvoked storms of derisive cries, mingled with hisses, and the speaker was kept busy suppressing the demon strations which threatened to develop into dlsorderllness. Irish National League. BOSTON, Mass.. Oct. 20. The nota ble gathering of the leaders of Interna tional reputation made remarkable the opening of the first convention of .the Irish National League in this 'city to day. - John- E. Redmond. Michael Dayltt and John Dillon, envoys for Ireland; Edward Blake, Irish ilvmbt-r of Par liament; United States Senator Smith, of New Jersey; Patrick Egan. former United States Minister, to Chile, and Patrick Ford, of the IriAh Wot Id. were among the delegation. The convention was opened by National President John Flnnerth. ' DEAFNESS AND a CATARRH CURED ANOTHER UNUSUAL CURE PER FORMED BY DR. DARRIN AT ,THE WILLAMETTE HOTEL. To the Editor: For more than ten years I had an ulcerated or scrofulous catarrh, so It had eaten a small hole through the septum of my nose. It became very disagreeable to me, as well as others, and caused almost total deafness In one ear. Through Dr. Dar- rin's skillfAl treatment, I am cured of both deafness and catarrh, and advise al similarly afflicted to try Dr. Dar rin's new method of treatment by elec tricity. Refer to me at the corner of Court and Front streets. Salem, or at the planing' mill where I am employed. A. I FRYMIRE. PRESIDENT CHANDLER ENGLISH LABOR ASSOCIATION SEVERELY ATTACKS TRADES w UNIONISM, t LEEDS, England, Oct 20. The tenth annual convention of the Labor Asso ciation opened here today. The dele gates represented 400,000 workmen. President Chandler made an attack on Trades Unionism. He claims that the growth of Industrial freedom greatly tended toward the dlmlnltlon of strikes and declared that the Trades Unions excess in violence to personal freedom was a disgrace to labor. BAD FIRE AT ABERDEEN. ? ABERDEEN. Waslw' Oct. 20. The Western Cooperage Company has suf fered from another disastrous fire in the dry kiln, the flames breaking out at 11 o'clock Saturday night About 200.. 000 shingles were stored In the kiln, which has just been rebuilt after the first fire six weeks ago. It Is supposed the blaze started from spontaneous combustion. After the first alarm the fire was thought to have been com pletely put oat, but It flared up again and completely destroyed the building. The old Tiger A West and Blade's fire boats could not be used owing to the low Ude In the bay, but after the second alarm was sent In the tide had risen and they proved effective aids. The Hoqulam fire ; department also came to; the assistance of - the local force, proving Indispensable again. The loss will be between $3,000 and $5,000. owing to the amount of salvage. There is no insurance. : , i " " i SERIOUS CHARGES, OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 20. President Alonso Miller, and members J. L. Kubat and Theodore Schroeder. of the Doard of Education, of Pouth Omaha, were todar held to the District Court on a charge of accepting bribes. DELEGATES t CONVENTION Vote on the Proposed Plan of Settlement Not Reached MITCHELL MAKES APPEAL Engineers,Firemen and Pump men Have Received No Assurance RESULTS- OF CONVENTION WERE: MITCHELL'S SPEECH OF PRESI IDENTS PLAN; IMPROMPTU. AD VOCATINa ADOPTION, AND RES OLUTIONS COMMITTEE. WILKESBARRE, Pa Oct. 20-The anxiously awaited convention of 143,000 striking miners, met today, but did not reach a vote on the proposed plan of settlement. It is expected to do so to morrow. There were C6$ delegates present and they were empowered by the local unions to cast 87 votes for or against President Roosevelt's pro posed plan of, arbitration. . The question of the engineers, fire men and pump men getting places back proved the only stumbling block in the way of the amost immedate adoption of the President's plan, which carries with It a declaring of the strike off and a general resumption of work through the bard coal mine region. Leaders Did Net Talk. The leaders of the strikers, except Mitchell, were hardly heard at all In the convention today, the engineers be ing allowed to give full expression to their feelings. But tomorrow, It is predicted, the ' leaders will be heard. and one of them said today that there would not be more than fifteen votes recorded! against the plan which the President of the United States has pro posed to them and which all the high' eat official of the mine workers in this region have earnestly requested. There were two sessions, forenoon nd afternoon, and the net, result as regards the progress of thje convention towera Its great ooject was me per manent organization with Mitchell In the chair; his speech laying the Presi dent's plan before the delegates; his eloquent impromptu speech advocating Cs adoptolon. and the appointment of a committee on resolutions. Tlie question before the convention when It adjourned (or the day was on the adoption of the resolutions em bodied in Mitchell's opening speech to call off the strike and leave all ques tions to the. President's Commission. Mitchell's Opening Address. Wltchell was unable to attend the morning session, but presided In the afternoon and read a carefully prepar ed opening address. The closing words of Mitchell's address were; 'That there are discordant elements In this convention: that there are dis satisfied) ones at borne, I am fully aware; but, gentlemen, with . all the earnestness of which I am possessed, I urge you to give approval to the action of your executive officers . who have recommended the4 acceptance of the proposition that the strike be declared off and all men are then to return to work in? the positions and working places occupied by them prior to the inauguration of the strike, and that all question at issue be submitted for ad justment to the tribunal selected by the President of the United States." Tremendous applause greeted close of his address, Mitchslls Condoling Words. Later In the day. speaking of the the complaint that the engineers, firemen and pump' men would not secure thejr former positions, Mitchell said to the convention;. ."As you know, the companies refuse direct negotiations with us, through intermediaries we hare received the assurance that the companies are going to meet the Issues squarely; that as far as possible the old men are to be re turned to their old places. "While we. shall try with all the pow er we have to get every man that struck back to his old job, we will make special efforts for none and show special favors to none. ' "It may be true that some will be sacrificed, and, much as we shall re gret that, I desire to say that no battle was ever fought, no victory ever won. that did not carry with It some, vic tims. Lives have been lost to gain the most brilliant victories that were ever won la the world. Reeelution Committee Meets. The committee on 'resolutions met tonight' and' outlined a set of resolu tions to be presented to the convention tomorrow. Nothing official was given out as to what they will contain. 1 COUNTY IS RICHER LA GRANDE GAMBLERS CONTRIB UTE LARGELY TO UNION COUNTY TREASURY. LA GRANDE. Oct, 20. Several members of the gambling fraternity of La Grande, who have been up before the grand Jury, contributed largely to the funds of the county treasury. Luke Stevenson, Ed Adcock, Jack Harris and Ernest Tborson pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling, and, paid a fine of $100 each. Henry Dray and J. D. ICerr stood trtaU were found guilty, and the former fined $200. - J. D. Kerr Is not yet sentenced. Charles Monk, of Portland, pleaded guilty to being pro prietor of a gambling house, and will pay a fine, probably not less than $200. Marshall Stelnbach was also fined $125, Frank Bloom, of Cove, pleaded guilty to the charge of gambling, and was fined $100, and Andrew Lund, of the same place, was convicted of selling: liquor without license and fined $200. The county will be , $1,200 or $1,400 richer on these cases, and the gamblers feel correspondingly sore. La Grande Is supposed to be a "closed" town, but gambling has been persistently kept up In defiance of the law with the result that some of the boldest manipulators Came to grief. - ' RUSH NOW OVER x ;- - .. I NOT MORE THAN 1.000 PASSEN GERS GREATER THAN LAST. MANY ALIENS. NEW YORK. Oct. 20. By the end of this week most of the American tour ists In Europe will have returned and the trans-Atlantic passenger business will begin to assume its normal win ter proportions. The close of the tour ist season and the approach of the winter, season have shown themselves already In the passenger lists of the incoming steamers. ; The business this year was not more than 1,000 passengers greater than It was last year. It may be described as normal normal meaning between S. 000 and 70.000 In one direction. The number traveling westward in the first cabin is always slightly larger than that crossing in the other direction, as a few Immigrants come In that cabin. The coronation did not Increase the traffic, but started the' eastward migration earlier. The business up to June showed an Increase over that same period for the previous years of about l.r.0O. From that time f-;".r i there was no Increase over last year. An interesting phase this year was the Increase in the number of east- bound steerage passengers over last year. - This was In the neighborhood of 24.000, and is ascribed to the desire of many aliens to visit their old homea RAILWAY MERGER SUIT CAME UP FOR HEARING IN UNIT ED STATES SUPREME COURT. ST. PAUL, Oct. 20.-rThe adjourned hearing of the Government suit, against the so-called Railway Merger, was called to order today and the en tire day was given to the direct testi mony of . PreiUdent J. K. I11IL for the defendants. Hill went oVer much of the ground previously covered by him In the testimony before the Inter-State Commerce Commission, . but today he .brought out more, fully that the ex change of the Great Northern stock for that of the Northern Securities Com pany was an Individual act of the Indi vidual shareholders and .dwelt at length on his statement that the whole purpose . of the organization of the Northern Securities was for the pro tection of the great commerce with the prient, which the Northern lines - had sought to develop In competition with the transportation companies of the whole world. A BRAKEMAN KILLED FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC YARD AT ROSEBURO. ROSEBURG, Oct. 20 Taylor Beck ley, a Southern Pacific brakeman, was killed under a switch engine at the Roseburg yards early today. He was in the act of crossing the track as the engine was backing, his apparent In tention being to board the foot rail of the tender. Unfortunately, he missed the rail and fell In front of the en gine, which passed over his body, hor ribly mangling it. An Inquest will be held during the day. Beckley was a young man and unmarried. . Colonel Jack Frost was one of the Influential elements lb the coal strike situation. ,v; Ladies' Wraps Business In this department Is Increasing every day, A'any who look at the par menu shown else where come back to us and buy. Oct $8.50 sad $12.00 raises re equal to t bone shown (else where at 10 and $15. Bobbinelte Bed Hets, a beauti ful spread with bolater or shams to match. Prices $300 and $7.00 Comfortables The largest nd best assort meut In the Willamette Valley. 63,5 to $30.00 25cCesI:ntre Win fJuaranfeed fast color, will not crock. The best values In all Oregon. Every ladjr should ree them. ? '"'"', Outing Flannel frowns, skirts sod diawers for ladies Outing fiaonel gowns for children. We are tho onlv firm In Kalera boW-JL ing a complete line of thee g'i. FIEND MOBBED IN ARKANSAS Charged With Murdering r irr. Lewis, a White Woman OVERPOWERED SHERIFF Obtained the Keyes, Dragged Prisoner, Out and Burn ed Him EXECUTION WAS WITNESSED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE VICTIM B1XK1ED PlTEOl'SLY. BUT ANORY MOB TURNED DEAF EARSr WOMAN KILLED. - FORES TCITY, Ark, Oct. 20. Cha. Young, colored, charged with murder ing Mrs. Ed. Lewis (white), was burn ed at the stake her t'onlg-ht by a rnoh. About 1:30 o'clock; tonight the mob reached the JaIT, took the cell keys from Deputy Sheriff Murphy, and. breaking in the Jail door with sledge hammers, dragged the prisoner from his cell. The mob tok the negro a sB!f-tn!l east f the town, bound him, piled wood around hltn and set fire to It. The neirro besreed plteoualy for his life, but the mob turned deaf ears. He expired In the presence of several hun dred men. Marian Nolan Killed. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. to Marian Nolan, the young woman who became famous on the Pacific Const, In 1S3. as. the California Venus, was shot mi l hilled this afternoon, by Edwsrd Mam. chutz, who then snt a bullet throng 1 his own brain. The tragedy was I ho outcome of a love, affair. Another Suicide. SALT LAKE. Oct. 20. A special to the Tribune from Orangvr. Wyo.. says: C S. Lewis, who was traveling to some point In Idaho, shot and killed himself In the toilet room of the smok ing car on the overland train here to day. Temporary insanity Is supposed to be the cause. v: MORE HIGHWAYMEN TILLAMOOK STAGE HELD IfP AND THE PAHHENOEItS ROBBED OF ' VALUABLES. .- NORTlf YAMHILL, Oct. 20. On Saturday evening, about t o'clock, the Tillamook stage wss held up by high waymen, about five miles out of this city. While the .stare was going through a wooded section three masked men stepped out from the timber, ani while one held the horses the other two made thepassene;ers line ud and re lieved them of their valuables. In all the robbers secured about $2i.O. C. F. Levins, of Portland, a brother to James Levins, of the Atlantic Oyster House.. on Third street, wss robbed ef $100. O. H. Davenport and Omar French, two Tillamook men. hwa HW between them. This is the first rob bery of this kind, on tfle line, since the days of Dick Csse and the Wood gunpr. Case was killed several ywira ago. While engaged In holding up a nlrei-t car near Tacoma. The Statesman wants- to employ a young msn as advertising solicitor and reporter. One who Is not afraid of work. Not necessarily one of experi ence. Men's Shoes Nelson S high grade shoes for turn. A splendid line la bow being show n in our shoe depart ment, i Price $3.50 a Pair There are none so good for I he price. We guarantee their value and style, every pair Is made of carefully selected stock. Great Salecf Men's nuDLers Next Yitizttizy Men's first grade storm rubtiern the regular 75c qualities will be oo saje Wednesday at j 50caf.;;r Sco tl:3 5(;irts Now on display In our Court FL window, nex to the entrance. They are the regular fl0 kind oirrel S;ecl:l$l.C ! BPAN'IHH VAIIN " ' ocafV-Jif- Af-IC A! '?T IT