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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1903)
S3d YEAR NO. 7. SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL. 28. 1903. - FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. RECEIVED A BIGQVATI0N President Roosevelt Is Lion- ized in. Omaha,. Nebraska TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE Gathered at the Coliseum to Hear Him Speak Last Night F ARTY ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE AND TRYING WVD AND RAIN STORM. WHICH MADE TRAVEL ING DISAGREEABLE CREETED L$Y Sd.OOO PEOPLE. OMAHA. Neb.. April 27. Ten thous and people gathered at the Colis.?um tonight to hear President Roosevelt. The day has been a trying one lor the entire lrty, the wind blowing the en tire day, and at Lincoln a smart rain st;rm greeted, the President on hi ar rival. The dust and sand wfclth blew ieros the prairies added another oh pleaaan feature to the Journey, which was of a circuitous route. ," ' '' . After leaving Orand Island the first stop was at Hastings. , Falrmoujtit and Crete received short stops anil, the train arrirVd at Lincoln p.t'l i'clock. After brief stops at Wahoo ami r .Fre mont the journey was not again -inter-rurAed until Omaha- was,' reached at MikIi preparation had been made In this crty for the. President's coming and he Was greeted by probably 50,000 Iople. ho lined the street oh both nldcs for a mile and a half along - the route of1 the carriage drive. From ev ery nifestaff In the city "Old Glory floated proudly. - " The drive ondod at the Omaha Club, where a banquet was given the Presi dent and. part. Covers ' were laid' for ninety. .."-.,.'.;:- ifhe President's train Will leave at 5 o'clock tomorrow, morning for. a trip through Iowa. After a baniw?t at th Club, the President and party were es corted to the Coliseum. .When f the President entered the band struck up "Hal! to the Chief. and he wss accord ed a tretpejidou ovation, , - novnco int uioorin. Omaha, Neb.. April 27. The PresL dent devoted most -of 'his peech to the question of good cltitenshlp. ' He also delivered a brief eulogy" on the life of U..8. Grant, today being the anniver sary of his birth. Omaha is threatened with an industrial strike on May 1. and the President was asked to say some thing, bearing In this subject- He ad vised his hearers to study the conclu sion of ti'e rrxrt of the Anthraclt Coal Commission. HE WAS HERE BEFORE PLEAS ARMSTRONG. MURDERER. THREATENED'. TO "SHOOT UP" CHURCH SOCIAL. BA KER CITY, Ore.. April 27. At- t.'ifhf nf Khrrrltf . Itrnun'a rfn" h;iv stumbled upon what is regarded as a You Don't Ju But by Its Capacity f or Work ' .. :i -W' "'v;:..';i;:J.L . ' V.: Yv- -Wedon't.want you to consider us a big store just because .we cover a large floor space Judge us by the work we do aiul the way ve do it. It lake$ souicthing more than a big tock to make a successful business. Honest goods and honest business methods together with Uio 6"iot Cash plan have made The New York Racket What it is. Our "ThompronV Glove-fittiDg Summer Cor sets aro here.- Batiste and ventilating ttyles. Better get one before the warm weather comes. AVc're surprising everybody with our prices on Dry Goods. -Our prices on Shoes have made, our shoe department the most popular in the city. We have what you want for the wholo familv. Try one of our suits when you need iihtat- Clotliing. You H find the i assortment largo and the t prices from 15 to 20 per cent below regular stores. We want to licep growing and it will pay you to help us row. r.Iore business means LOUER PRICES IYITH US - Salem's Cl:c6pest Onc E. T- Oarncs, Prop- remarkable coincidence In connection with the Armstrong murder case. "When the murderer was brought to the city Christmas morning it was not his first appearance before the officers nor ini tial Introduction Into the Baker county jaIL The Jail register shows the fol lowing entry: v " "Pleasant Armstrong, disturbing the peace. 1 December 23, 133. Committed to the county Jail, for seventeen, days by Justice of the Peace O'Brien, of Haines." ,.-- Thi crime was that of brandishing a gun. while In an Intoxicated , state, and threatening to "shoot up" a church social which was, in progress. Just three years to the "day Armstrong en tered the same corsidor for tbe second time, though with the enormity of his sin ; manifold Increased.' His first of fence a misdemeanor, and the second the j greatest crime against man, the prisoner can but feel the unusual cir cumstances. The two Journeys from Haines to Baker City he made In the custody of Deputy Sheriff Snow. The condemned man undoubtedly at tached more than passing significance to the remark of Deputy Snow the morning he was taken for killing Miss Ensminger. When about to enter the officer's buggy Armstrong made state ments to the effect that he did not know if he could make the trip.-probably re ferring to his weakness from the self inflicted wound on his head, but the deputy replied. "I guess you can, as you've been overthe same road with me before. ' t WAS FOILED BY FATE YOUNGSTER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ATTEMPTING AN ESCAPE FROM REFORMATORY. Lee Jacks, a 13-years-Old inmate of tho State Reform - ScnooL while at-1 tempting to make bis escape from that institution at an eaily hour on Sunday morning, sustained a heavy fall and In consequence thereof?; a fracture of both legs above; the knees, a broken Jaw and. It is feared, internal injuries that may prove serious, if not fatal. - Jacks and a companion. In their eager desire to effect an escape from the In stitution, improvised a rope of their blankets and sheets and, tying one end to the foot of a bed, dropped the other out of the third-story, window. Jacks was the first one to attempt the de scent and he started down the rope. Everything went well until he reached within twenty-four feet of the ground, when the rope parted and he dropped upon, the cement pavement below with such weight as to sustain-' the plurality of ! injuries mentioned above. He was considerably stunned - for some time, but he was picked up and his Injuries were of such a nature that he was tak en to th Salem Hospital, where Trs. Aj E. Tamiesie and Boyd s-t the frac tures to rights but.: on account of the swollen condition of the boy's head, which renders him speechless, and hla arms, the exact extent of his injuries could" not be. determined. - '; ' Young Jacks .. wu committed to the school from Portland,., but. since his committal, his parents .have removed to, California. , He has tbe reputation as being a very bad boy. Is classed among the Incorrigible;, and has been the; source of no Utile trouble to the management of the institution. He Is a I half-brother to Otto S. Klbbey the celebrated 'high-diver, of Astoria, ; who was so badly cut up by the passenger train in this city In August, 1901, by falling, off the trucks of the baggage car- 'as the train was moving out of town. It Is. very 'difficult for the phy sicians to determine whether or no he will recover the shock. t . - Pf ice Cash Store i - .- - t T . - : - MANY POINTS ARE DENIED By Russia, While Others Are Minimized THE DEMANDS UPON CHINA Not So Stringent and Dicta torial as Has Been , Colored THOSE POINTS MOST OBJECTION ABLE ARE DENIED EMPHATIC ALLY, AND. IF THE ANSWER PROVES ' TRUE. AMERICA'S OB JECTIONS WILL BE REMOVED,- ST. PETERSBURG. Russia, April 27. The Russian Foreign Office, ,when shown the Pekin dispatch of April 23d setting forth the eight demands made by Russia on China regarding Manchu ria, entered a denial of a number of the points, and minimized the importance of the others. St. Petersburg, April 27. Comment ing on each point reparately. the For eign Office says: First Absolutely fr. tee. Not our af fair. . rj. - f ' . ' ' "Second Depends uoon China. !Xot in ourl pour parleys (diplomatic dis cussions). ' . ' -Third False. ' ! "Fourth Unimportant. ' "Fifth Such is the present arrangement.-. ':- I '' ;' ' .j "Sixth Extjcmely important, "since an English .vessel in 1902 introduce! the plague. ; . ;'f: ' ; "Seventh False. ' - : "Eighth Integrity of China !s al ready adopted into the Russian pro gram. No need to discuss tnat now" . As cabled from Pekin, April 23d. the Rasrian demands were s follows. First No mere Manchuri ir. ports or towns to be opened. . Second Xo more foreign Coipu1s to te admitted into Mancruria. Third No foreigners, , esccept Rus sians, to be employed In 'the public eer vice of Manchuria.- ; ; Fourth The present stilus of. th administration of Manchuria is to re main unchanged. - --' ; Fifth The customs receipts -af; the rort of New Chwang-are to be glvam to Hussia. Tb ' Chinese Bank. ! , - Sixth The sanitary commission Is to te-organized under Kutsiaiv control. SevenU Russia Is entitled to attach the.te'egraph poles ind wire of all the Chinese lines in Manchuria,- Eighth No territory in Manchuria s to be alienated to any other- power, - :.t Satisfactory, If'True .? Washington, April 27. Much Interest was shown here tonight in the Associ ated Press dispatch from St. Peters burg, giving the categorical answer by the. Russian Foreign 0."nce to the in quiries regarding the eight demands which are said to have been made xn China in connection with Manchuria. It was regarded as of great Importance and. If borne cut by the subsequent In formation through tlipkmatie channel. wilt rive general satisfaction and Treat In a large degree the xiesires of oir Government." j ' : j WILL DO MUCH GOOD S:: ."- ' .a ROGUE RTVER WATER TO MAKE - - FERTILE BIG AREA OF ; '". ' . LAND. . h . ,i MEDFORD, Ore April 27. J. S Howard, chief engineer of the High Line Ditch. Company, left for Portland last evening. Mr. Howard Informed a Telegram reporter lhat Mr. Leslie, of Indianapolis, who. had been, looking over the line of the ditch and Its capac ity In the way of agricultural Irrigation and use for mining purposes for the past two weeks In the interest of East- em capitalists. Is highly pleased with the' outlook, and will make a favorable report. The ditch, as projected,' is ninety-four miles long, and th- com pany now has in view an extension of some thirty miles.' The estimated cost of ditch and extension is $1,300,900. and It will cover thousands of acres of fine farming lands besides numerous placer mines along its route.- It will be bunt wide and deep enough to carry lumber from the vast sugar pine forests at the head of Rogue river and thus solve the problem of transportation of the tim ber from that region to the railroad. - ; OPEN CAMPAIGN AND A PUBLIC MEETING WAS " HELD YESTERDAY AT ALBAXy COURTHOUSE. . 'ALBANY, Of.,' April 27. The. cam paign for the special Congressional election has at last begun in this city. For the first time br history a. political campaign was begun ra Albany by the Socialist party "and in connection with this remarkable circumstance there was an even stranger lnnoatlon in the fact that the campaign was begun on Sunday.- Yesterday afternoon the Social ists held a publie meeting irt the'eourt house and Speeches In favor of Social Ism w ere delivered by Hon. M- W. WI1 kms, of Lorin. Cal' and Horf. j; W. In gle, of CorvalHu. Socialist candidate for Congressman: Mts. C. B. Harltt. tra veling Socialist, reader, was also pres ent.' The speeches were appreciated by a fair-sized audience.' Socialist litera ture was C distributed throughout the city Saturday and yesterday. - Ipaitdt TlCXTTCn r HIM RELIEF Would Not Interfere With Po litical Questions f THE BLACK MAN'S RIGHT To Vote in Alabama Is De nied by the New Con stitution I : CASE WAS BROUGHT TO TEST THE , VALIDITY OF CONSTITUTION FOUR JUSTICES DISAGREE UPON THE QUESTION. OF JURISDIC TIONA FEDERAL QUESTION. WASHINGTON. April 27. The Unit ed States Supreme Court today decided the case of Jackson W.' Giles vs. the Bo.ard of Registrars,1 of Montgomery county,'. Alabama. ( Giles Is a colored man .who was denied the privilege of rfegistering as 'a. voter under the new constitution jof Alabama and the case was brought to test the validity of the portion of, the staie consituion bearing upon his question. The relief sought was denied on the ground that the case was political. Justice Holmes, who delivered the opin ion said, that for th court to interfere would be an enneard of relief iff cases presenting only political questions. Justice Harlan dissented on the ground that the court should have de clined to assume jurisdiction. Justices Brewer and BrOwn united In the dissent in , which they upheld the jurisdiction of the Federal Court on the ground that as Giles was denied the right of voting for' Member of Congress,-by the refusal of tbe riftht to register, a Federal ques tion was involved. . FRUITWEN INCORPORATE MEDFORD ORCHARDISTS OROAX IZED FOR PURPOSE OF BET . TERING CONDITION. MEDFORIX Ore April 27. The Rogue River Fruit Growers' Union met Saturday and elected- a board of direc tors for the ensuing -year. ' At ' this meeting sufficient stock was subscribed to enable the1 Union to incorporate, and the : articles, which 'have: already been prepared, were filed with the Sec retary of State today: The board - of directors consists of S. L. . ; Bennett, president; H.- F, Meader, " vice-president; W. H. Norcross, secretary; L. F. e Another Lot of Ladies' Suits v arrived yestenla-i Very new styles in novelty cloths in 'the- new coat effect. Ask to See Our Special 0IO.OO Values Our Aims ahd Our Objects in Business" ' ' Wc arlikc other merchants and business people, we want to clo all we can, sell all the goods wc can, make all the ..friends.. ikye? 'caii, - and thereby - grow, larger thaii wc are Our store is large, wc taut you fto know 'our capacity lor handling goods. 'Our extensive output enables us to buy in the open market wherc the largest firms in the country bid fbr busiife and facilities tor handling quantities enables us tor buy at .'the bed rock prices; and our ready cash get us the largest discounts. V 'k':''-- - Reason Will Convince any Reasonable Person That our success and growth is' nof diie iofthe. fexoritan4'7pnccs we "liare-. charged for goods but- quite the coutra'ry. Our constant effort is to outdo competition by sellin? all goods at a clo.se margin of , profit and giving close attention to ourbusiness. Lozier, treasurer;-G- A. Hover, J. A Perry, J. McPherson,' T. L. Taylor," J Merley. , The organisers of. the Union comprise the leading growers of this section outside of the big orchardists like dwell Bros, J. A, Whitman, Lewis, De Hart and others. The Union now has a membership of twenty-two, rep resenting several hundred acres of or chards, and expects to able to reap a benefit from tbe organization both in better prices for products and lower prices for orchard supplies. The sec retary. W. H. Norcross. last year, out of 150 boxes of Newtown pippins, had five boxes that were hot; graded as "fancy stock, which shows what kind of or chardmen are in the Union. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. PALO ALTO, CaW April t 27. Five new cases of . typhoid were reported to day and yesterday. - The physicians say the epidemic, is abatirg. Rome. Italy. April 27. If the Pope Is alive tomorrow ht will have surpassed the .amous Pontificate of St. Peter. His. Hol'ness was elected Pope twenty-five years, two months and seven days ago. Chattanooga, Tehn April ?7. A ser ious wreck on the Clnjmatl Southern Railway near Somerset. Ky, is report ed. The wires'aie down and no detail ed Information is obtainable. - Kelly Not Guilty. Butte, Monti- April 27. James W. Kelly, the newspaper man accused of the murder of Dr. Henry A. Cayley. was today found not guilty by a jury. Kelly shot Dr. Cayley in his (Kelly's) room on the morning of October 12th, last.- "-' - General Miles Reports. Washington, April 27. An extended report of. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, concerning his observations. In the Philippines, was made public today by th War Department. It Is dated February 19. 1903, and coers all the features of his trip through the l3lands, together with recommendations. To Succeed Tyner. - W ashington, A Jril 27. Charles H. Robb. Assistant Attorney for the De partment of Justice,: has been appoint -ed Assistant Attorney Generj I for the Postofnce lepartment to fill the place vacated by J ini'-s H. Tyner. who was dismissed. Robb's h9me state is Ver mont. t SOCIAL FAVORITES WEDDED. IIARRISBURG, Ore April 27. The marriage of Mr. Robert B. Lassell and Miss May Thomas was solemnized in this city yesterday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's parents. Rev. W. W. Xavls. of the Bap tist church, of Albany, officiating. The young couple are local social favorites. They will be at home to their many friends after a Week spent in Port land. ' President J. H. Coleman, of Willam etje University, is in Portland. He has postponed his visit East for the pres ent. . . ' : ;" ' ": . . ;..'.-,". - i . -3- : - h " 1 I ' - - i-, , i- i' . . .... t - - A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC Issued by Suspended : Mem bers Red Cross Society APPOINTED A COMMITTEE To Collect Facts for Purpose of Disclosing: Abuses Practiced CHARGE UNBUSINESSLIKE METH ODS UPON OLD MANAGEMENT IN COLLECTING AND - DISBURSING FINANCES PROCEEDED .UNDER i BY-LAYS ILLEGALLY ADOPTED. WASHINGTON, April 27. Twenty- three suspended members of the Nation al Red Cross Society have Issued to the publie a statement showing the legal status, as they view It, of the executive committee of the sicoety, which sus pended them, and their own position. In addition the meeting appointed a special committee to . collate all the .atls ut their command to show the ebflfes that have been practiced by the old management and the unbusihess- . like manner In which the finances have been collected and disbursed. Another statement, embodying tbe re sults of this special committee' work, will be made "public later. The general public statement, - whic is quite elaborate, is signed by twenty three suspended members. The sus pended members deny the authority of the Phillip's committee lo act. and say that the committee is proceeding under by-laws illegally adopted and '-which b--laws contravene, the Charter of the society. The members deny the charge that.; in their efforts to effect a re-or-ganlzatlbn 'of - the Association along business-like methods, they are attack ing Miss Barton. ' - ' - MONEY IN TIMBER LAND. GRANTS PASS Ore April 27. Charles Setzler, a 32d-degree, Mason, of Eastern Oregon,-has sold 0O' aeres of timber land for $18,200, Mr. Setzlor Is, worth about 3300,000. all made in the timber business. ..The most singular part Is that he Is a salesman -working for small salary. The Km j Yes Haa k'mys BmI LADICjV GL0VJ yhe Boys To US. Vie are Their Friends We cai ry . e very 1 1 i n that a boy coujd wish in clothing and fur ninhing gootls. 0 Exceptional Values in Bpysf Viaists