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lt ncnon bach tcesdat axd ninii. 53.1 YEAlt-r-NO. 2. , SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY. MARCH 24. 1903. j FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. ISSUED IM 8KJCI SHOOTING NEAR ELGIN BLOODY CRIME IN UNION COUNTY OUTCOME OF NEIGHBORS' FEUD. '. ' UNION, Dr.. March 23. Friday morn Ing about J o'ckx k Archie-Halgarth. who resides alout five" miles easl ; of Elgin, was shot. perhaps fatally, by his neighbor. Wood-son Gray. - It seema It had been Halgarth's lot to make om ruling regarding Mr. Oray"a twelve year old boy, which had given offense to Gray. Friday morning they met In theroad In front of Halgarth's house and warm words pauBwl between them. rauKing HaJgarth to start toward Gray with the intention, o Gray says, f striking him. Gra y then j drew his re volver and said, "do not ' come any nearer," but Halgarth continued to ad vance and th men clenched. During the struggle the revolver jwaa discharg- I l hilt Halvilrik Ikl ,. .111 . . take effwt, but later Gray gained com jplete poase-tslon of the gun and fired three shots, one of-which struck Hal garth In the abdomen!. Gray then TSseyfe Most of Our Pry sirils HAVE ARRIVED WE'RE GETTING THEM READY FOR YOU AS FAST AS WE CAN. You'll be surprised when you see the prices we are offering on all classes of goods. They're Not Bait ! Prices Either. " ' ' I i ; ' ... f ; . ' t I - .. I . -. '. We intend to conduct V our Dry Goods business on the same plan that has made , such a success for us m the other depart ments of our store, j One Price and Spot Cash No Special Sales but special sale prices on everything in the store, every business day in the year New Silk Waistings At prices from , 20 to 25 per cent below regular stores. We've started in to do business and . - .... ! - i mean to make things lively in the new room. : " ; We expect to carry a complete line of dry goods and we know it will pay you to trade with us. No "regular store doing a credit busi ness can afford to sell goods at our mar pin of profit. It costs money to run busi ness and the "don't j care for expenses'' plan and somebody has to foot the bills. We have no unnecessary expenses con nected with the store, - Economical management and economical , profits at New Laces, FieW Ribbons, riew Embroideries. See our new line of Medalions and Bead ings. MusUns Ginghams, Calicos, Sheet ings. . i - Don't lorgot the Shoe department, it's full of good values. Salem's Cheapest One-Price Cash Store. i . E- spoke to his twelve year old son. say ing ?kiil him The boy then drew his knife 'and truck the prostrate body of Halgarth several times in - the back. Later Halgarth recovered Himself and got up again and secured: the revolver, but; Gray begged him not to kill him. pleading that Hal garth then had the advantage and asked for' mercy on the ground that he was defenseless.. Hal garth did not shoot, although there was stilt one load remaining in the revolver, stating that he did not wish to kill Gray Word was at once aen: to Elgin and doctors were sent to the scene of the shooting.. Upon examination Halgarth was found to be dangerously hurt and It was thought that .he could not re cover. -Gray was arrested. and taken to Elgin, where he Is now in Jail await ing' his preliminary examination. Gray is about fifty years of age and has a Wife and five children Halgarth is about forty yeara of age and has a fam ily consisting of a wife and four child ren. " ' 5 , Mrs. W. J. Corcoran and little daugh ter who have oeen visiting friends In this e-iry, returned", to Portland yeattsv .day, afternoon, I WW Delayed T. BARNES, Prop, j : , I ' ' THE : . ' 1 SERIOUS RIOT IN KINGSTOWN Goyernmcnt Refused to With draw an Ordinance ' THE NEW! WATER -WORKS And Angiy Mob Stoned Gov ernment Buildings and ; Fired Them POLICE OPENED FIRE ON MOB, KILLING OR -WOUNDING SEVER- A REVOLUTIONISTS CAPTURE , SAN DOMINGO THE LAD RON HS SEIZE SURIAGO. , t KINGSTON, St- Vincent, March SX A seriourt riot was In progress at 2 o'clock this afternoon In Port jMf Spain, Trinuliid, according: to a dispatch re ceived from that city. A. mob attempt ed to burn the Government buildings, and the police had to fire on the rioters killing or wonnding- several of them. British cruiser Pallaa. at the time the dispatch left, waa landing blue Jackets. The rioting was due to a refusal on the part of the Government to withdraw an ordinance concerning- the new water works. .'" A demonstration was made during to day's meeting of the Legislative' Coun cil and finally the mob stoned the Gov ernment buildings' and set fire to them. The riot act f was read and the police fired on the mob. The city is in a state of great excitement. Th Rebels Ha v. Control. San Domingo. March 23. The revolu tionists are in full possession of. the city; of San Domlngto. They have tak en charge of the cable office and of the Government land 11 net. Foreign Min ister Sanchez has sought, refuge in the United States Consulate. Fighting continues. Assistant Governor Echnique and Commander - of the Government forces. General Pena, have been killed. It: is expected that the Government troop's outside the city will attack the revolutionists who are in San Domingo. General Wosgll has assumed command of the revolutionary- forces. - :TneM ber pf men ; killed or wounded la not knowov but It is reported many have been killed on both sides. Ladrortts Capture Suriago. Manila, March 23. The town of Su riago. in the northeastern part of the Island of Mindanao, was captured yes terday by . Ladrones. who killed Con stabulary Inspector Clarke and several others. A detachment of thirty men. belonging to the Tenth Infantry, nnder the command of Lieutenants Patterson and Brown, is hurrying from Ilogan. on the northwest coast of Mindanao, to Suriago. on the transport Reilly. with orders to recapture that place. American Troops Despatched. Manila. March 23. Brigadier General Sumner, commanding the Department of Mindanao, hag been ordered to send two additional companies of troops to Suriago. It Is reported that the Lad rones are holding the town. The fate of the white officials and other foreigners is not known. If they have been xipturel. vigorous measures will be taken to rescue them. This is the first tirrw the American troops have been used since peace with the Moros was declared. Governor Taft and Gen eral Davis are going to Jolo for a con ference with the Sultan and leading Moros of Jolt) are in the hope of avert ing trouble. The situation there Is re garded as critical- . ; Mrs. George Wf Jones to Portland yesterday. made a visit CALLS SPECIAL SESSION HAVANA. Cuba, March 23. Presi dent Pal ma has sent to the Senate to the effect that unless the amendments by the United! States are approved be fore March 3ll it will be Impossible to conclude the reciprocity treaty. Presi A DOUBLE DEATH IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY URIAH,' Cat,' March 23. Robert Stokes and his wffe were found dead on the floor f their cabin a few miles from Boorieville. this tnornlng. by a brother of Stokes, who lives some distance from their cabin. He heard two shots and commenced an Investigation, which re sulted fn the finding of the bodies of ATHLETIC AND SOCIAL - STUDENTS 7RE DENOUNCED UNIVERSITY OF, CALIFORNIA. BERKELEY, CaC March 23. Dr. Da vid Starr' Jordan, of Stanford Univer sity, delivered the principal ; address here today at the .exercises commem orating the thirty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the University of California. Dr. Jordan spoke on -AmericaJi University, Tendency. and FAITHLESS UNTO DEATH Mrs. Burdick Confessed Her Infidelity to Husband RELUCTANTLY ADMITTED Her Infatuation for and Re lationship With Arthur Pennell ! , PENNELL DREW HER INTO DOOR WAT INTO HIS ARMS AND KISS ED HER BEGGED HUSBAND TO TAKE HER BACK. THEN BROKE FAITH. BUFFALO, Jf. Y.. March 23. Mrs. Alice Hull Burdlck. widow of Edwin L. Burdick. underwent a merciless exam ination by District Attorney Coatsworth this afternoon at the resumption of the inquest. Mrs. Burdick was on the stand when the court adjourned until ' 10 o'clock tomorrow. She then will be re called to complete her testimony. - With a package of letters In his hand, some of which wer 3 written to Mrs. Burdick by Arthur K. Pennell. co-respondent in the divorce proceedings in stituted by Burdick. and other commu nications between Burdick and-his wife, Coatsworth forced Mrs. Burdlck to tell the story of her relations with Pennell from the time he first nade love to her in New Haven in 1898 'until 1901. when these relations w-ere renewed after Burdick had forgiven his wife and ta ken her back to his home for the sake of their children. ' Mrs. Burdick was deathly pale while on the- witness stand. She answered questions in a low, faltering -tone, evading, a direct answer whenever pos sible and reluctantly admitting the facts when the district attorney piti lessly read extracts of the love letters written to her toy Pennell- Not since the inquest , into the murder began has these been-such intense Interest in the proceedings. Most of the spectators in the crowded court room were women. Mrs. Burdick testified that she would be 42 years of age in ApriL She met Pennell at a card party five or six years ago, at which Mr. Burdick was present. She went to New Haven and New Tork with Pennell In 1S96. Mr. Burdlck did not 'go. The district attorney produced a letter from Pennell to Mrs. Burdick. written in New Haven in 1900. inwhich he said: "Yesterday I was at the gate way to the campus grounds, where, more thanvtwo ears ago. I drew you in In the darkness. This place is en shrined to me." Mrs. Burdick. in recalling the Inci dent, confessed that Pennell went into a doorway, drew her in. took her In his arjns and kissed her. She thought she remonstrated. Coatsworth showed the witness a letter from Pennell but she did not remember having received It. -I will read It and see if It will re fresh your recollection. "As I looked into your beautiful eyes last night I feared there was some trouble hidden there. I did not know, but I feared it was because of some other reason than because I was going away. If there was, dearest, I ' wish you would tell me. There Is that In the manner of your husband toward you that makes me fear that some time I might kill him. "Did you take some letters from that box and give them to Burdick? "I unlocked it- ." "How did yea happen . to unlock it ? "He forced me to." "How did he force you?" "He took me by the throat. ! She had no love for her husband,- but did love Pennell, whom she expected to TO APPROVE THE TREATY dent Palms, understands that the Unit ed 8tates House of Representatives will be convened In September and that the matter will be through by October. The Senators supporting the,-administration are eonTfldent that the amend ments win be approved. I ' f his' brother and sister-in-law with bul lets through their bodies. It is " not thought possible that the couple com mitted suicide as they were apparently happy. The case Is shrouded in mys tery. The dead couple came from Port land. Ore, av few days ago to spend some time on their claim. during the coarse of his address, spoke vigorously, against the collegiate sys tem whereby men are required t study things that they do not Intend to use He denounced the men who come to college to jwln prominence In athletics or shine as social lights. Dr. Jordan recommends that these men be exclud ed from universities. ' 4 marry. He bad a wife, but he expect ed they would.be divorced. In reply ito a question as to whether Mrs. Pen nell had consented to a divorce, she said: . ." . " . ' "Sometimes she did and - sometimes she did not. Coatsworth showed her & letter writ ten by her from .Atlantic, City, May 27, IS9L in which she begged to be taken back, promising never to see Arthur, and that she would tie a true and lov ing wife. Mrs. Burdlck admitted that she wrote the letter - in good faith and that she had not keWt her promise. . On one occasion Burdlck wrote her that she could not be trusted. In another letter Burdlck wrote that he forgave his wife the wrong that she had done him. In another letter Burdick declared he had determined to fight for the little honor sh had left him. Three weeks after this letter Mrs. Burdick was taken back by her bus-band.- After returning from Atlantic City. and. after promising her husband to be a good wife, she met Pennell. ; i BACK TO BAKER CITY PLEAS ARMSTRONG. MURDERER OF MINNIE ENSMINGER, TO STAND TRIAL, BAKER CITY, Ore., March 23. Run ning past the hamlet of Haines at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the east bound train upon the line of the O. R. & N. carried the person of Pleasant Armstrong, the murderer of Mlsa Min nie Ensminger. He has been, returned to 'Jail at Baker City. The fact was known to no one outside those directly connected with Sheriff Brown. Th Ilainesites are embittered against the man even more than when the attempt was made to take him from thecal!, and lt was feared some demonstration might - be made should the news leak out that, he was being brought back three days previous to his trial. Sheriff Brown was reported to have gone to Hot Lake after recovering from an attack of smallpox, but Hot Lake saw him not, and he traveled westward to the big city. Colonel James Panting4 was his aide-dj-camp. and between the two the scheme. of outwitting the vigi lance committee was concocted. No ef fort was made to keep away from the public the statement tha the murderer would be here Monday, and the will ingness of the officials to divulge this caused the press representatives to smell "a nigger In the wpodpile." t Armstrong has been here nearly 24 hours, and it is safe to say that not ten persons were aware of It. The Jail is locked securely, and not wide open as It has been during th past few days, and this fact alone assisted In starting a quiet investigation, as it was sur mised, that the, prisoner ..was "back among the old folks once again. His attorney, George Bent ley, has affidavits from attaches of the sheriffs office who were present when the mob appeared on Tuesday morning early this month, and he has taken occasion to secure newspaper clippings' showing the Intense feeling against the murder er, all with the hope of being granted a change of venue, but few in touch with the situation believe the court will al low the application, and are sure that the trial will be held in Baker county. Rumor has it that threats are made, law or no law, the officers will never take the wretch from Baker county to be either hanged or imprisoned in the Penitentiary. A measure enacted at the last session of the Legislature pro vides that ail hangings shall be held at the State Penitentiary, but friends of the dead woman are quoted as say ing Armstrong will never leave the court room if a verdict other than that of murder in the first degree is return ed. BIG RUSH EXPECTED WHEN NEW TOWNSHIP IS OPEN- ED FOR SETTLEMENT NEAR ROSEBURG. ROSEBURG, Or., March 23. Official notice has been issued from the Rose burg Land Office that township 31, in ranges 9 and 10. Will be thrown open for entry. Friday, March 27. This township consists of a large body of timber land lying almost west of West Fork, and is In "the extreme southern portion of Douglas county. 'As there have been many squatters on this township there Is expected a large rush at the Land Office Friday morning for as usual the Umber sharks will - be ready to crowd the settlers out. the land office officials register only those who can get to the counter In a flrst-come-flret-served order. The last time new 'section was thrown open th counters in front of the land office were crowded with settler, who slept there all "night In order to be first at the counter, and wljen the doors Were op ened the rushing crowd broke several panes of glass and a number of fights for positions occurred. READY FOR SHEARING SOUTHERN OREGON SHEEPMEN WILL SOON BEGIN HARVEST-. ' ING THEJR WOOL. t ASHLAND. Or.. March 23-Several thousand sheep have been wintered In the lava beds near Merrill, Klamath county, and the shearing season will soon begin.- Twenty-five sheep shear era are to, arrive at Merrill from Lake county to reinforce the local shearer in the work. Several big herds of "m-ottoo sheep have been driven to the -railroad from Mefrfl during the past four months, the last bunch of 900 eeahlhg .Montagu last week.. I , v '-,, zJ,J- ' :t," f The Klamath cattle are tn fine condi tion and some of the best beef going to the San Francisco market this month comes from Klamath county. Ellis Purvlne made a. business trip to Portland yesterday. YELLOWSTONE ; HAS A STORM Entire National Park Receives v Another Good Coat OF HEAVY DAM? SNOW Making Patrol Work Difficult ' and Visit of President Looks Dismal TRAVEL IN PARK ALMOST IMPOS SIBLE EVEN FOR SKI-RUN NKRS. i PRESIDENTS RIFLE WILL BE S1EZED UPON ENTERING PARK BY THE MILITARY. FORT TELMWSTONE, Montana. March 23. Over the length and breadth olf the National Park there swept a ter rific snowstorm yesterday and lust night. It deepened the snow that al ready lay on the ground and made travi el even for the ski-runners of the army well nigh impossible. Altogether" th prospect of passable trails and pleas . t tve1lng when the President comes to visit the park two weeks hence Is not at all jfood. Major Pitcher, super intendent of the park and commandant of this post, has not received fully the reports of yesterday's storm, but It ts know n the storm was -general over the entire park. . " The snow is heavy and damp, making the patrol work especially arduous. Major Pitcher declared that Roosevelt will do no hunting within the park. Ills gun will be sieved by the" military when he enters the rark Just as though he were an ordinary citizen. It Is under stood the information, received by Mn Jor Pitcher from Washington Is thut one of the chief purposes of the Presi dent's visit to the park is to examine the precautions that are being taken for the protection of game and to see what steps are necessary to make the protection still more effective. Flood Traveling South. Memphis. Tenn, March 23 The river has remained stationary all day at 39.5 feet and tonight it is reported ts) be falling. Danger from the flood in this territory is considered to, be prac tically over. The center of Interest Is now south of Memphis, along the levees of the Mississippi and Arkansas. There has been much wind today and this has caused uneasiness for those points all along the southern levees are but a foot or more above the flood. . . . Hsavy Snow In Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Wis, March "23. Despite the advanced season, Wisconsin .today experienced one of the worst snow storms 6f the winter. Reports from several cities In the Interior are to the effect that nearly a foot of snow had fallen up to midnight. x RPER STARTS HOME TODAY MISSOURI LEGISLATURE APPRO PRIATES SIO.OGO FOR LEWIS j AND CLARK FAIR. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 23 The Legislature today appropriatd tl0.tXH for a state exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Ex-Governor Geer, of Oregon, who has t here looking after the Interests of the Kxj-o-sition. leaves fon home tomorrow. J. J. Whitney, of Albany, was a visitor-in the city yesterday. : NEW ARRIVALS A swell line of the newest crea tions In trimmings, comprising the latest ideas. . New Silks For. Waists arid petticoats in changeable, polka dais, stripe, also plain and plaids. Xow'i the time to secure tee pick for your Spring and Summer wear. . NewMmbrellas Ail colors, new shades, plain and fancy borders. A tOXORKOWS GREAT SALE? of Baskets. Dou't fall to provide yourself with one of these fancy baskets for every one in the bouse U reduced,- - Spring Beauties In Ties We received yesterday araew spring llae of HEJrs TIES. The lias e-mpriwa tverytBlag tsst'i sew aad stobby. Ws would hare ron drop la and see thea whether too intend barifior not , 1L. ML-,-: i