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X UEOTIOKS BACH TDUDAt AXD VBIDAT.
J 624 YEAR NO. 32.
; SALEM. OREGON., TUESDAY.; OCTOBER 21. 1905.
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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
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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,
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, 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
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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
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