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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1903)
KkiJiAv ILL ' " "' .' "" - ' ' ' " ' " ' ' . II II I . ' 1 - ' ' ' ; "'. ":"! V t:;r H V A. tSSVMD IX SHU-WZKXLT IXCTIOSS JCACB TtTESDAT A3Q j niDAY. ' - V;V:sr'f . ' J' - ' c '' ": : - - - - - - J,' - 1 " " ' ' . . . ' ' . 1 ' ' " 1 ' . ' ' 1 1 ' . ' i t i ' J-' i i " ' i ii i . " -ii - i ' -J ' ; - ' ' ' U ' ' ' 1 '" 1 1 6M YEAR-NO. H ! .1 SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY, . JUNE 9, 1902. ' - " FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. GEN'L MILES WAS CORRECT Governor Taft, cf Philippines, Verifies Report :r FAMINE IS HOT SO GREAT As Was Printed but Condi tion Is Not the Best In the World NO CALLS YET RECEIVED FOR FHKB DISTRIBUTION OF i FOOD. WITH PLENTY OP RESERVE, ON HAND CATTLE LOSS THE MOST SERIOUS FEATURE. ' : : WASHINGTON, June 8. The War Department today made puulie; the re port received from Governor Taft re plying to th statements on the fa mine, situation made by Lieutenant General Mile cHer his visit to the Philippine. Governor Taft aaya: ; "That there la a shortage of food pro-d-uVts. Is true, but I have been surprised to And now little famine there is. : I have not received a single call from any provincial governor for free dla trlbutlMiu We have, bought J809.0O0 worth of rice, which will be aold at about cost. The moat serious feature ia the ions of cattle from Rhlpderpest, which t-hould be Inoculated before lm purtatlon. thus Immunizing for 3 yeara, I am unable to see that the transports would be useful for rice or cattle. Otherwise, aa far aa the depression is concerned, the Lieutenant General is genc-raliy correct, . Served His Sentence. Washington, June $. Attorney Gen eral Knox today received resignation of Henry C Caldwell, of the United States Circuit Court of the eighth cir cuit. Judge Caldwell retires under ths act of Congress which authorlzea the retirement of United States Judges, when they have attained .the age of seventy or have eerved ten yeara on the bench. . . ? An Immense Shortage, San Francisco. CaL, June 1 The street believes that Eppinger & Com pany, who failed Saturday are short something like 27,000 tons of wheat for wht h warehouse certificates have been . luedatul hypothecated with the bank Insr institutions. Thin Information, la fcivtn out from private sources, whjch ! are yneraiiy conceded to be reliable and accurate. have been added to the rolL He goes to Anahem. Orange county, California. Rev. Ritchey is held In the highest esteem by his membership, as well as members of the Ministerial Alliance, of which body he was president until the expiration of his term In April last. His removal will" be a loss much to be regretted by the church! worker of Sa lem, and he doubtless will be found a valuable acquisition to the church- to which he goes. : SALEM'S BIG CARNIVAL - ' " EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HARD AT "WORK AND SUCCESS IS , ASSURED. V 1 i The executive committee of the Greater Salem Mid-Summer Carnival held a meeting at the police court room in. the city hall last evening, at which matters In general pertaining to the coming event, were discussed., A con tract waa closed with Paul Siebert. of Aurora, for 250 aerial pieces of fire works, for the evening of, July 4, -and he will have personaT charge of the display. . ; I . . The lumber has been ordered and the booth section will be built and turned over to the committee" for Inspection within the next ten day a. "ft will re quire 26.000 feet of lumber to complete the booths. The band stand will be moved to the carnival site and treated to. a coat of paint, and the work of laying the water jMpea to supply the carnival grounds will be began at once. Renewed Interest la being taken in the carnival queen contest and the race for first place promises to be live ly from this one. The committee' ts doing some hard work, and everything iir progressing nicely. The project Is In the hands of able and wide-awake manager, and the carnival will be a pronounced auccesa. SALE WAS POSTPONED MARION COUNTY .WOOL GROW ERS ASSOCIATION REJECT ;; ED BIDS ON POOL. r Dixon, Cal., June 8. Epptnger Sc Co. i' are offering all depositors here their ! coin in full of all demands. A LOSS TO SALEM REV. KITCHEY RESIGNS HIS PAS TORATE AND WILL LEAVE IN AUGUST. Rev. Geo. C. Ritchey, pastor of the First "htistian church, of thla city, haa ftl-d his resignation with the official board of the,church. and yesterday an nounced it from the pulpit. The resignation takes effect Aug. 30. I lev, Ritclicy has been pastor of this church for the past two years and. since his pastorate, over 100 membera The Marion County Wool Growera Association held a meeting Saturday afternoon for the purpose of receiving blda on their pool of 75,000 pounds of wool. A number of buyers were :rea en and bids we re offered as follows: (A. R. Jacobs, representing the Ore gon City Woolen Mills 15 cents per pound for coarse, and 174 cents 'cr medium and fine, jWm. Brown & Co 154 cents for coarse, and 17 cents for medium and fine. ;; , j. '; . ' --..r : Theo. Bernhelm & Co, of PortlanJ, lpi nta for coarse and 17 cents for medium and fine. i M. W. Hunt, 15 cents for cenrje, and 174 cents for medium and fin-?. The salea committee of the Associ ation decided not to sell the pool for less than it cents for coarse wool, and 18 cents for medium and finej con sequently none of the bids were ac cepted, and the aala waa postponed. WISDOM'S WHISPERS. It la not good form to tell your fath er how much out of style are his ways. I It la well to forget the woman with the superabundance of love letters to abow to her chums, j It la difficult to talk with a man who wants to be considered brilliant, j There is no use trying to convince a woman that her unhappiness Is trace able to faults of her own. It cost little to . assume an appear ance of contentment. . How many men find success through accident rather than design. I A woman of strong convictions dis likes to confess that she made a mis take. ; - , I Do you know any men who are will ing to give a wife credit for being their superiors at card games? -4 F :r: U .V tllM'' ' The Summit Shirt Has nil the desirable op-Id-date ftalures. Youll lind tl.'e kiud you want among our assortment which is very complete; The prices aie figured on a cash basis. You don't have to pay for a shirt some other man is wearing when' you trade with us. , .i i Dry Good, Shoe a, Clothing, Ladlet' and Men'a Furniahlna The- Ne;v '.VoPli' ISacIseit Oalcm'a Cheapest One - Price Cash Otore C T. D ART! Eft Proprietor JEW-BATTING IS RENEWED Twenty Thousand Peasants Threaten a Massacre I JEWS ARE PANIC STRICKEN Close Their Houses and Stores and Many Fled to the tj Borders ALLMISSOURI 1 IS FLOODED The Flood Has Now Reached Height of Its Power THE BREAKING OF A LEVEE Near Granite City Spreads Devastation and Death 4 Oyer Madison TELEGRAPHED i GOVERNOR FOR PROTECTIOX-U NEGRO ACCUSED ... OP MURDERING OLD WOMAN. . FOR ,f 40 IIS ; CAPTURED MON TANA WOMAN CONFESSES. - BERLIN, June : 8. The Lemburg papers publish an account of the re newal of Jew-Baiting at Brester:.k, Russia, near, Brody, Callcia. Twenty thousand peasants assembled at an an nual fair threatened- to massacre the Jews, who, panic stricken, closed their houses and stores and telegraphed f o the Governor for ' protection. Maty Jews fled to the Austrian border. 7 ; . ; A Murderer Caught. Oakland. CaL, June 8. Chief of Po lice Hod g kin today received a dispatch, from the sheriff of San Benito county reporting the capture of the Mulatto, Walkerla, accused by Mrs. " Ross of murdering Mrs. Leroy at Golden Gate, Alameda county." The colored eitlzz-na o' Oakland have called a mass meeting to raise a fund to prosecute Walkeritr. Was Justifiable Homicide. " Butte, Mont.. June 8. Mrs. J.e Crown, of 5 Powderville. surrendered herself to the sheriff today saying fhe had shot and killed Dick Standtf-r yesterday. Mrs. Brown was formerly the wife of Standifer but had been fii-vor'ed- Standifer, she alleges, , had knocked her down and attemptel o kill her. f ! . Forgad and Suicided. 13o:!e, Idaho, June 8. The remains of L B. Baker, formerly of ; Baker City, Or, were found this morning" about a mi lo beyond the Ninth street bridgs. i:qkcr is supposed to have commlttel puielde last I Thursday morning:, shott ing himself, A charge : of forgery hanging . over'- him is " supposed to; be the cause. -; f Beck Jo the Point. Newport News, Va, June 8. Vbie th " new monitor, Nevada, was at target practice off, the Capes, ' this afternoon, an explosion of .one of the bisr Runs tire up the turret. Inflicting consider able damage. The monitor returnei to Old Point Comfort. TWENTY PEOPLE ESTIMATED KILLED. AND SURGING TOR RENTS WASHING HOUSES FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS RIVER THIEVES ARE BUSY. ST. LOUIS. May June 8. The flood has practically reached the height of Its devastating power and the situa tion Is appalling. The climax came last night when, by the breaking of a levee near Granite City the wall of water six feet high rushed down upon Madison and deeper engulfed that al ready stricken city, sweeping houses from their foundations and drowning fifteen people who Were vainly, fleeing f or, theJe lives. A report was current that fifteen workmen in St. Louis Car & Foundry Works had been drowned but later. It was found that, whl'e seven employes had lost their lives, thirteen others, men, women and chil dren, had perlshed-u ; Hundreds o? -persons were forced to the roofs of their floating houses.; It was ; noon before j the steamer Mark Twain and theAnnle Russel. lashed to gether and- their engines working un der every ounce of steam, after five hours of battle with the current, were t.ble to reach Madison. It is probable that the estimate of twenty lives lost Is far below the actual number. River thfeves are looting the vacant houses .n Venice, Madison and Granite City and are carrying away everything of value they can find. Throughout the entire flooded district meri with riot guns are patrolling the levee. : ? ' Summary of Situation., St. Louis, Jun 8. So great an ex tent of the territory is covered by the flood, so constantly changing are the conditions as the water creeps higher and renders the situation more chaotic, and so unreliable ire the various rum ors of the devastation, that a substan tial summary of the losses of life and property carowt be obtained, but up to 8 o'clock tonight, information from the most reliable, sources showed the aitu- ation aa follows: The river stage S7.5 feet, stationary; ; '"- twenty lives are known to have been lost; more han 20,000 acres of rich banning lands are tinder water.:: 5 ;, i- ; . J : - Twenty-five thousand people ; are rendered homeless, freight traffic Is completely paralyzed and the passen ger traffic practically stopped; the shipping and manufacturing districts of East St. Louis for three miles along the river front la under three to eight i feet of water;' hundreds and probably thousands of head of stock are drown- 1 ed; East St. Louis Is threatened with! complete Inundation; St. Louis Is flooded only along the water front, and the entire property loss is estimated at S 3.000,000. r .. To Succor the Homeless. Topeka, Kas June 8, It Is. regarded' as certain that there win be a special session of 'the Kansas 'Legislature in two weeks to relieve some of the suf fering caused by the flood. If a special session Is called it will be for the pur pose of building the bridges washed away-by the flood. ; HIS TRAVELING BATHTUB. "A few weeks aro." said a modest man, "I was Invited to the new home of a. friend. who is very rich. We had no mdre than exchanged greetings than he began to show me the wonders of his house. says the New York Sun. "The architects anc: the electricians must have sat up nights to think of all the novel conveniences. The food-rrame to the dining room on what might be described as silver flatcars. which ran noiselessly over an jeiectrlc railway from the butler's pantry.- The head of the house could chahge the tempera ture 'of the room by pressing a button. The electric lights were marvels. - "Presently we Went upstairs In an electric elevator that looked like a room. In my friend's rooms he show ed me his system of buttons for lights, servants bells and all that, and then he came to what he considered his greatest triumph something that was his own idea. "He explained, prefatorily, that when ;he arose In the morning It might be 111 to leave his room and take a chance on a lower temperature In going to his bath, so he had arranged a little rail road that ran from his bedroom. All he had to do was to press a lever, a panel in the wall would open and in would slide the tub on a nice, nickel plated railroad. His man, of course, would have filled the tub with water :. the proper heat. " 'Just to show you what a great scheme it is." said my friend, I'll bring in the tub.' So he pulled "the silver lever, a panel in the mahogany wall slid back, and sure enough. In came the tub. "And what was more." said the mod est "man, blushing at the remembrance, "in came my friend's wife, who hap pened to be in the tub. THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE i . t drops in Eastern Washington Suffer From Drought WEATHER IS FRIGHTFUL Hot North Winds and Lack of Moisture Threaten Sad - : ! . Ruin THE WHEAT CROP THREATENED WITH FAILURE GREAT DEFIC IENCY IN PRECIPITATION SAIL OR SUNSTRUCK rON THE DECKS OF VESSEL IN PORTLAND. WALLA WALLA, Waah., June 8 Hot winds from the north are .threat ening havoc to the grain fields of Southeastern Washington, where the wheat crop ia afridy cut down 25 per cent by other adverse condltons. ami . where the continuance of the present scalding weather with withering breez es will soon cut it down a half. Rain ! needed at nee. The deficiency In. the precipitation since January 1 la 3.51 inches,; and, unless moisture comes within s week much wheat in this county will not" be worth cutting. The fate of the spring sown crop will be. known in a few days. A Sailor Sunatruck, , Portland, Or.. June 8. The maximum temperature here today was" K degrees. C. Johnson, a sailor on the steamer Dispatch, died from sunstroke. He was working on the deck, when he fell unconscious, dying "shortly after being taken to the hispital. The river here this evening Is 50.3 above low water, a rise of six Inches during the past twen-ey-four hours. The upper Columbia and the Snake rivers continue to rise, though not so rapidly as last week. It is probable the lower river will con tinue 4o rise all this week and reach a stage of twentyrthree feet by Saturday.- During the great flood of 1894 the river reached thirty-three feet. A Record Broken. Seattle, Wash.. June 8. The; records of the Weather "Bureau for thirteen years were broken today when the temperature of 96 degrees, waa reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon. GET; RIGHT with nature. Osteo pathy points the way. SCHOETTLE, BARR AND BARR. Osteopaths. ' The Drought Ended Boston, Mass., June 8.' Plenty of rain tonight ended the fifty days drought in New England, quenching the forest fires. ,: . e June White Days - - June White Days 1 WHITE SIHII&T VAISTS For June TVhlte Days Hundreds of choice waists at the littlest prices'such garments ever knew. Iainlincss, refinement, ample propor tion?, good material, neat sewingall the merits of the home made garments Reduced During Our June White Days to 45c and varying in nrice up. to $4.50 WHITE SWEATERS For June White Days Neat, dressy, well knitted' faultlessly shaied collars that hold their fosition and don't stretch, i s Sweaters that will wash and retain their original lustre ot finish and shape. White Ones . Reduced FSmit9WJW Colored Ones Cheaper Here Tiiaa Elsewhere Silk Jackets 1 ; Reduced They are not white Jlut" we know you won't object to a Lir c"t i in the price even if they are black. Prsa de Sc!e Jackets $7.50 ' ,'. roach Front Styles ?tzi tt Sole Jicktts $12.00 . Monte Carlo Styles : : : ?tz2 tt Sc!s znJ IzU vlA fcta Coffee J2ctels ;iu Otttr Yafje cp OS2D Queen Fit tor a Queen Fit for any Foot $3.P0 America's Greatest and m : m Meyer's. : Alien's Shoes Fit for a King Will Fit You . $3:50 Made expressly fyr -our most popular Shoe' for Iadic3::; valuable trade. Good as $L00 See the nJw Summer Oxfords 1 or $1 50 Shoe Store Shoes. ? Straw Hats r for Men Correct Hats for all heads If you arc thinking about, bujin a straw hat come here and 4ct us help you think. , ' Wc bsxvc Just Received another shipment of Very' cor rect styles in . various, kinds of straw materials. See the New GORDON HATS