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7 ' "V SECOND SECTION' SIX PAGES. 'J 8AT.T?,T, OEEJH5N, FBXDAY MOENTNQ, MAY 6, 1901. 5 f rirTY-rounTii yeas no. s. ifitfrft At the '.'Old White Corner and 298-300 Commercial St. Tips By A Togflery Tipster I: i : Clothes are human In some respect constant wearing fatigues ! them. Give them a holiday once In a while and the rest will j do them good. Tbeyfre uotalways what they seem. Char-; I : - t-ter is the- the true standard of man and the tame applies to j clothes. They must ha veiwearinff qualities and be thorough through and through. Its worth that eounU. COME TO US FOR YOUR SUMMER TOGGERY f fSfTITilTAfir r t f a. t a - NEW BELTS f SWELL NEW BIG FLOOD IN KANSAS HEAVY RAINS CAUSE RIVERS TO OVERFLOW AND STOP TRAFFIC. . MANY KILED , BY MGHTNING Tornado Passes, Over Many Counties Destroyinig Property and Kill ing Livestock, o ; A Thousand People Driven .From Their Homes City Water System Crippled In Kansas City Storm Swept Over Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa. KANSAS CITV, '3Jo.,- May 3. A Tai-u lii.trin that enlcl totlay was of ...extraordinary si-verity, its most ser iniH result t.eing tbe ?rijpling of: the ity water service. Street, ears in this c ity wore delayed on nearly all lines by biih water on the tracks. Kansas riv-r U above the danger line and is ft ill riing. A thousand ieoide have lteeu driven from their homes in Eose daUy Khdmbs, and Kansas City, by the overflow of Turkey creek. .John Dor npy, a laborer was killed by lightning at the oil refinery in Kast Bottoms. The itv halt and Savoy Hotel were struck by lightning but none of the buildings" were severely damaged. Livestock Killed. Fort Worth, Texas, May 5. A spec ial to the Record from Ciseo, Texas, savs: It is reported here that many people were killed and. much property and liveHtoek destroyed by a tornado just south of Moran, eighteen miles north of here. Wires are down and, it is imisfible to get particulars. At Morclawd, in !rlfaekleford county, sev eral i'0 bj are known to have been kilUl. tornado is also reported in llarkor county, near Weatherrora with several lives lost. Cut a Big Swath. Wichita. Kan.. May 5.-A telephone messajr to Kaie from Carmen. Okla homa, states that a tornado started at Helena and passe! through Timber 1 ,a ke, extend ind -1 o Alva. It cuet a swath miles lonjf and IVj mc wide, .lest roving crops and some build ings at Timber Iake. i Many Wires Down. , Oklahoma City,.'.- Okla' May 5. A Kp.ial from Bridgeiwrt .y a cyclone pnr.l three mile west of there this 'afternoon i proceeding northward, it i also repNtrted that tbe town of Cor dVll'waS visited ty a tornada tderable prirty was destroyed bot wire are lown west of -Bridgeport and the riHHn cnnt le Verified, .o loss of life kas bcenreportcd. ! METHODISTS IN SESSION. ' - General Conference Hears Exports' and 'Addresses But Does No ! ; - ' Business. v . " ' ... Tl. . 1. tMliwt GrtTiral onferenee held two ses sion lo.lav, the rooming seiwion being derated to the reading of the quadra ennial aldresses of the ward of bisl opn and the steraoo'n to the receipt and reference ot memorial from the various annual conferences. The mor, iiiu fusion was presided over by llinbop Jlenry W. Warren and tbe af ternoun ecssiou by Bishop J. W. AN al dvu. . ' M F I.:-. I- ROYAL WORCFSTER CORSETS l - VhiteSVVash Goods When out shopping today don't fail to stop in and see-our new White Wash Goods. A delayed 1 0 -r 1 NEW SILKS LACE HOSE Justin Halsts Tor Ladies t-" High class dressmaket made NO MORE DELAY LAST YEABS, LACK OF MOTIVE POWEB WUUX, NOT BE BEPEATED. Southern -Pacific- Buys 130 NW En-j eines, of Which Forty Hare Already Been Delivered and Remainder Will Be by August Good News for Ore gon Shippers. " ' ' fT.i PORTLAND. Mav 5. Julius Krott sehnitt, rtirector of maintenance and ojMration of the llarriman .system, left this city for San Praneisco tonight af ter: having spent several days in exam ining the Harriman lines in : Oregon. Relative to the trouble along the Southern Paeific line last year, owing to the lack of motive power Mf; Krutt sehnitt stated that there will be no lack of engines this year, lie says 130 have been ordered, of which forty have already been delivered and the re mainder will be delivereu by the first of August. When asked relative to the -building- of "ithe Iiewison-Riparia road Mr. Kruttschnitt said he could say nothing. lie stated that it; was not a matter for his consideration!. Strikers Modify Demands. f Topeka, May 3. ITp to ) his j time the indications are that the ' ftahta' Te is' ahead in its contest with the later national Association of Machinists re garding the strike. Xone of the en gines of the company have been injur ed and the only delay to trains has been caused by rams. Within forty eight hours the machinists wU submit a proposition to the management pf the road for a settlement or jthe striks Thev will not insist on a closed stxrp. iu-cording to the statement j of Third Vice Presideat Boekalewr bit want a definite contract with tbe road after the fashion of those held by the en gineers, firemen. and otners f WON WRESTLING MATCH. I..." Dan McLeod, the Ex-Champion Bests ! t r John Berg of Van v ) , j VANCOUVER, B. C. May 5. Dan MeLeod, the ex -champion, threw John Berg her tonight in a c-at5h-as-catch- mh handicap wrentlin match. Mc- I eo.l won tbo first, secona ana iourxn falls with half Kelson aid CrotH lioldx. . Berg .won the third fall , wnU a side roil. Dwyer Defeated t 'harlot tesvitle"," Va.. May j 5. Oeorge Burlingame , of Baltimore..! wen -the eatch-as-catch-can wrestlihg -; inatch from M. J. Dwyer, the light weight champwn of the Vnite-I States tonight bv securing a faU in t wentf -eight min utes oa a -strangle hold.; j BclJamc, winner of the Carter handi cap a few weeks ago, was; third after a nose and nose nnisb with the moen vaunted i liigh BalL TimeJ Ui. The race to the winner , was WortTi; about $11,300; 2WX io the second, and; ftouo . . .i.- ti.:i t..rn it fimt the betting IW IUC Kill nv" "--j - ... , was three to one against Irjsb Lad, and later, two to one. 4 auc 33,D!0, ana the Weather delightful. The tiack was perfect.' ' t oiLs wo ak a.',; i m la! TfM aa wqc Mrs. Kussill Catjin rctuhHl last ev ening from Portland where Lo has Wen visiting for a few wfcKS. Esart tks i. STATE mi BRING SUIT THE WARNER- VAIJLET SETTLEES GAIN POINT .WITH GOV EBNOB. ZAKD BOARD CAST KOT - AGBSB LXftmtoar and Moore Say the Board Has 2e Authority to Order f ' ; : ;? - Salt. ; Chamberlain Protests and Directs At torney General Crawford to Sue the Warner Valley Idre 8tock Company Secretary Hitchcock Gets Warm Boast From Oregon's Goyernor. ' Suit will be brought in the name of the state of Oregon in bahalf : of the iWarner Valley ; settlers to annul the deeds by which the Warner Valley Live Stock Company seeured title to 3000 acres of land. ; This decision was reached by Governor Chamberlain yes terday after a 'meeting of State Land Board in which there was a "disagree ment. Secretary oi State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore, constituting a majority of the board, decided that the board had no authoritr to Order a suit brought. Governor Chamberlain filed a protest and then sent to the Attorney General a letter directing him to bring a suit in tbe name of tbe state to set aside the deeds. Mr. Craw ford said last evening that he will bring the suit, as requested. Though the members 'of the State Land Board differed widely in their view of the board's authofitvv they differed good naturedly ana each went on record as to his opinionsc Tbe ma jority decision, whieh prevailed, was written by Secretary of State Dunbar and Treasurer Moore. The opinion recited tbe fact that the Warner Val ley settlers filed, a petition asking the board to order "a suit brought and that after considering the matter they were satisfied that 'there is no law authoriz ing or even suggesting that the board ordsr such suits brouglit. They heiu, on the other hand, that under sections 368 and 369 of the code, and under the; decision of the Supreme Court in the ease of. State vs. Carlson, - the power to bring sueh srits is given to the Attorney - General or" any district attorney. In1 this view of the matter they ordered that the petition of the settlers be referred to the Attorney General for such action as be might deem proper. In order that bis position might be clear, Governor Chamberlain filed a written protest, to be made a part of the record, declaring his belief that when an application has been made in good faith and upon sufficient showing it is the duty of the board to Order a suit brought to cancel a deed allegeU to have been ybtained through fraud ulent representations. lie asserted that it is especially the duty of the board to order a suit brought When the applicants have been in possession of the land for nineteen vears? and are willing to indemnify the 'state against any loss or expense in connection with the suit. " The Governor followed up this pro test with a letter directing that suit be brought in the name of the state. The Governor has the power to do this in dependently of the board. In his let ter the Governor state the faets in the Warner Valley settlers controversy and takes occasion to roast the Secre tary of the: Interior, over whose de partment, he says, the ordinary citi zen sees the motto: "Who enters here leaves hope; behind." iThe letter i-s s follows: May 3th, li04. Ifon. A. M. Crawford, Attorney General, ! Salem, Oregon, Dear Sir: J. s ' ; J. L. Morrow and other settlers in what in known as Warner Valley in township 39 south, range 24 east, have through their attorney, Hon. John II. Hall, made application to the . State Land Board requesting the members therof to authorize a suit to be insti tuted in the name of the state of Ore gon against the Warner Valley Live SJtoek- Company to have cancelled and set aside certain deeds made ' by the State Land Board in 1X91 and in 1890 to said. Warner Valley Stock Company, or its predecessors in interest, but a majority of ' the ftate Land Board have deelined to eomply with the request of hte settlers for the reasons set forth in the record? of the S.tate Land Board, to which I now refer you. As a .minority member of the State Land Board I dis agreed with the board, and felt then and feel now, that, the State Land Jtoard should have granted the application of the settlers and should have requested yon as"Attorney General of the state to institute proceeding to cancel and annul the deeds referred to. My rea sons for tbis belief are briefly these: .In ISHI, one II. O. Owens applied to the estate IjIBi Hoard to pnrcbase as swamp land a traAt of about - 78,0OO acres, in whieh is included the lands in relation to' which Mr. Morrow sod others, desire to have a snit instituted! Said" applieatKia was rejected, and in 193 Owens renewed fats "application and tendered for the first time twenty per centnra of the purciiase price, and this application and tender were-refuse ed and denied."? In March, 1984, Owens again" applied to purchase said lands, and notwithstanding the fact that be tween the first application to purchase and the last a law had ' been passed ly the legislature of this state forbid diag say one person from acquiring more than 320 acres of land, this anph ration was allowed, and on the 3d dav of April, 1SS4,; a eertinrate or sale of said lands was issued to uwens eonui tioned upon his reclaiming tbo same Later Owens coaveyed his interest in the lands to C. N. Felt on of California, and through mesne conveyances the Warner Valley. Live Stoek ompanv is now the. owner thereof. In about i 885 J. L. Morrow and numerous other per sona undertook to and did settle on about 5,000 aeres of land , embraced within the Owens application; improv ed, cultivated and built homes' on the same and are-bow in actual possession thereof. It does not appear that any of these settlers ever had a hearing be fore the State Land Board. For near ly twenty years they' have contested the claim of the Warner Valley Live Stock Compasy and its predecessors a interest in. the, Federal Land Offiee with varying degrees of success. Some times decisions have been rendered i their favor, and some times against them. ' ' - - -w. - i V. - My attention Was called to this eon test by these settlers nearly a year ago, audrI have given their claims and the claims of the Warner Valley Live Stock Company my very eareful and painstaking consideration, and so much impressed was I with the belief that ! these settlers bad not had such a bear ing as I .felt they were entitled to as citizens of this state that when I was notified oy the commissioner- of the general land offiee at Washington that tbe lands in controversy bad been clear listed to the state as swamp land, I re quested that no patent should be issued until I had investigated tbe merits of the. controversy between the conflict ing claimants. The swamp land set provides in substance that the patent to swamp lands shall issue at the re quest of ithe governor. Notwithstand ing the fact that I did not request the issuance of the patent, but on the con trary vigorously protested to the Sec retary of the Interior against the issu ance thereof until the matter could be investigated -bv me, the patent did is sue and contrary to all precdeent was notf delivered to the otheers of the state and never : has been, nor has it ever been recorded. On the eontrary, I w,"s advised (by the department that the patent had been plaeed in the hands of -the Warner Vallev Live Stock Com- Under all these-circumstances l reel that the settlers on the land in contro versy had-a right to have their cause heard, tried and determined in our, own courts, unlrarameled by any of the red tape" methods ot tne uepart- raent of the Interior, over the doors of which the plain, every-day, ordinary citizen of the ; United States at least finds written the motto which is in scribed over Dante's Inferno: "Who enters here leaves hope behind." If these- men are defeated in one or tho, courts pf our state the controversy f VOTE FOR TWO Tkere are tw circuit judges to Vote for both of the Republican '!..- . GEORGE H. BURNETT ; and- ; B. L. EDDY. V will be ended; otherwise, in my opin ion, there will always lurk in the minds of many of the citizens of this state the suspicion that they have not ob tained a fair and impartial hearing of their t-ause. - I, therefore, as Governor and; Kx- offieio and Commissioner of the state of Oregon, request you as Attorney General of the state to institute a suit in the name of the etate against tbe present owner of the land in eontro versv1. with the end in view of ascer taining whether or not they have been fraudulently obtained from the state. Provided, however, the parties direct ly in interest give satisfactory security- to indemnify the state against the cost and expenses that mavbe incurred hv fin ell uit, as provmeu ut wthuh 3?0 of Bellinger k. Cotton's Code. I have tbe honor to remain, - Yours very truly, , GEO. E. CIIAMBtRLAIN, Governor. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE OF 'I APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given to all whom it mav concern that the undersigned has been appointed as the administra tor of the estate of Peter P. Kirk, late of Marion couaty; Oregon, deceased, by the .County Court of aid county. AH persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified and requester! to make immediate payment to the undersigned at the law ofnee of Til men Ford,(W. T. Sister and W. M. Kaiser in the City of Halfin, Oregon. And all perSoss havr hr nntifii! to DTMlit. lh ftam to the undersigned at said law office duly verified witnin six moatns irom stne date of -the first poblfcstion of this notice. '-5 ' --I -5 i '.. ' ' - Datcl at Salem. Oreson. this 'the 0th day of May, 1904. i i .; THOMAS K1KK, Administrator of the estate t of said Peter P. Auk, deceased. Is Pretty Heavy Loss.' St- Petersburg, May 4. The Emperor has received through General Kuropat kin, General - Kashtalinsky 's report of the tattle o Msy 1. It consists prin cipally of" deta'ifed-statement of the variocs tactical maaeaver of Kashtal insky 's division. Th reiort conclude wth, the statement that the Bussiaa losses amount' to forty oflicers aad 2000 men 'and -"Japanese losses must have been enormous.','- , Nowhere does he al lude to bi; having" been wounded as re orteil by the Jiaocset ' port arthur En danger DEPARTURE OF AIXXEEFT SEEMS TO INDICATE A CBISZS. ' i i JAPS BEADT TO LAND - TROOPS No Boom For Doubt Now That Fort i Arthur Has Been Bottled ' s;- Up. . ; The Japanese Apparently Sent Out Two Fleets of , Ten Fire Ships Each to Block; the Passage and. One of These Was Successful - Though the Other Was Not. u ST. PETEBSBCRG, May 6. Viceroy Alexieff has left Port Ar- thur to confer with General Kuro- J patkin at Liao Yang. . ' .s -. - m 9 " W w LONDON, May 6 Viceroy Alcxieffs departure from Port Arthur is inter preted here to mean : that tbe place is in imminent danger of isolation and the Japanese preparations for landing are considered a confirming the belief that Port Arthur has been bottled up, possibly . by two of the sunken ships which Eussia "failed to locate." v In tbis connection attention, is drawn, to the discrepancy between Russian and Japanese f aceonns of the attempt to bottle up tbe port, the former stating that it occurred about 3 o'elock in the morning, 'while the latter said it took place in tho afternoon. It is suggested that there may have been two separate attempts.' each time with tea ships. It will be remembered that it has been previously asserted that tbe Japanese prepared It went y vessels for this pur pose, and if thfs Tipiaflntion is correct Russian accounts, referring only to the early morning affair, may be justified in asserting that it vtas unsuccessful. : I . ' ' - - - ; Bnsaia on Defensive. St. Petersburg, May 6. With Vice Admiral ! Togo hovering in the immedi ate vicinity of Port Arthur and trans- CIRCUIT JUDGES. elect in the third judicial district. candidates) , I. ports leaded, with ; troop lying at Pit sewo, northeast of that stronghold, Russia has braced herself for, impend iag conflicts with her Toe iiTwhieb she will again plan" a leTensive role, this time, i is hoped with better success and .therefore with less sacrifice of life than is the engagements on the Yala. Tbe war commission at .2 o'clocS. this morning announced that there was nothing to communicate to the public. It is known, however, that the Emperor has been informed of ; the presence of the Japanese fleet off Liao Yang SLan promontory and the appearance of transports ai Pitsewo, in the rear: of Port Arthur. j Looks Af te Her People. St, f Petersburg, May 6. Japan Is anxiously inquiring through tbe United States1 government as to the fate of the Japanese who were, esptured by f. Vice Admiral Makaroff ' ships during their raid rear Miaotao islands. The men are feing held as prisoners, as the steamer which was sunk bv the Rus sians had en board grins, mines and a wireless telegraph oot fit. n '- ( I And Still They Come.' j Tokio, May 6. (Noon) It is offi cially announced that a Japanese force has been lamling on Liao Tung pen I n,- ula since yeterday.v The place, where the lading is oeeorriag and the number of men being UnOe.1, is withheld. 4' . I I " . :,! Will Keep Her Credit Good. London, , May 5. Further inquiries bow that, a Japanese loan of -"o)000, OOOj Will, be issued next week. It will take: the form of seven-year 6 per cent bomjs, and the hsoe . price probably will! be Wi, the seeuritv being s first charge on the Japanese customs. The loan will be; issued simultaneously in ew York and London,wtbe only de-- taili remaining to lie determined being regarding tbe amount which shall be allotted to es-h eity. It is anticipat ed test London .will get $35,000,000 and New York I3.0OT,Wi. , j M. Takashi, tbe Japanese financial not! ber sent to Jspan, l.mt will be em ployed ia paying the balance of trade, llei adds that in his opinion no other loans will be required by Japan before tbef conclusion of the war. -. Jay Avery and Erie T. Klepptn, two young men "of this eity with theatrical aspirations, have signed with tbo Em pire Stock Company, being formed in Portland, and went down yesterday af ternoon to join the company in a tonr the vallev cities, and, will then go East. Mr. Avery has recently return ed from a tour with the Marguerite Fisher Company, j - SEEING SALEM. ' Syndicate Writer Tor Ohio Newspapers in Salem Visiting Talks of His , Trarels Cuba and Porto ilr. Jesse Huber, special correspond ent of the Ohio Newspaper Syndicate, is in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton is MY. Iluber's cousin. Mr. Huber baa been traveling for the past two years, and his travels have taken him to Porte Rieo Cuba, Mexico and all over the Pacific Coast. Previous to beginning this work he was editor of the Findlay Morning Chronicle, of Findlay, Ohio. Mr. liuber talks-, very iaterestingly of his travels through the islands of the West Indies and Mexico, especially. He says that Porto Kico is 'a great country and that American rule is proving that a tropical country only needs good government to prosper.. He compares opportunities in Cuba with those of the Willamette valley, and says that bad Cuba good government that there would be no country found more attractive nor rich in opportunity than Cuba, outside this Oregon val ley. ' ... ' Mr. liuber says that the difference between good j government and the Cuban, which if an improvement . on most Spanish governments, is evidenc ed by the comparative prices of land in, Porto Kico and Cuba. In the for mer island good arable land sells read ily at from one hundred to one hun dred nnd fifty dollars per acre, while in Cuba land of the same character sells for four or five dollars per acre. . Mr. Huber visited lucatan and other parts of Mexico, and rode horseback from Chihuahua to Guaymas, 4 on th Gulf of California, lookiffg for the Yaqui rebellion. He says that now fa mous and sanguinary campaign re flected great credit on tbe imaginative American newspaper war writer, be cause he could find no evidences of it in the Yaqui country. j , Jt is very likelvthat Mr. Huber will locate in Oregon, being thoroughly'fton vinced of the opportunities this valley offers for a young man. He is accompanied - by ; Mrs. Huber, who has been with him on bis travels. . JOKER WAS JOXXD. Charlie Belly Gets Humorous, ; and His Friend Cannon. . Betallates. i There is a story going the rounds concerning the genial Charlie Beily that is too good to keep. It relates to a baseball incident and runs tbusly: Last year Keilv, who oace was a Sa- lemite, took a deal of interest in . the Willamette Vallev League. It .will be remembered that owing to some differ ence about the umpire Roseburg did not play tbe last game with Salem. Cannon, who is a friend of Beilj-, and Runs the Roseburg team, was in Portland recently, telling his- friends what he would do to the Raglans. Time went by and it came to jmss that Salem took three from the Shamrocks. Then Reilv Went to work aad a mes sage was whizzed over the wires to Cannon: i "When does. the Willamette Valley League open and where f Answer." Cannon answered. lie sent a 30- word "collect" message, which cost Beily an easy 111 bill ami it read like this: ..'.- .;- "Read the Telegram , for the last three days. You fellows are. trying to string me, are . you, just because we lost three games to Salem. Just watch our smoke awhile, boys. You pav for this." L . !"::" And Reilv did pay for it. FA-enmg Telegram. I Hon. D. M. 0. Gault was la Portland on business yenterdav. . . HO ft X.I SNYDEH At Aurora, j. Oregon, Mon day, Aiay iw to ;ir, ana irs. II." A, Snvdfr. a daughter. The happy father is; the well known Aurora postmaater, and his many friends extend hearty u congratulations. 2 o'clock a. m., to Un nnd Mrs. C. S. aa . wnite, a gin. i . -. MABBIBD. MUX DELT-MITCl I LL A t the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, on Pottage street, Salem, Oregon. Wednesday, May A, 1904, at 2 o'clock p. nu. Miss Maggie Mitchell to F. T. MondeTl, of Fort- land.- ' - 'j ; -. . '..1 , The bride in this happy affair Was a popnlar and winsome aoeiejy lady of Salem, and the CTOom is a. young nut from Portlmd, wba formerly resided in this city. Tne happy: yotisjf couple do- parted for Portland on the afternoon train, followed by the aood wishes of a host of friends, many of whom gather ed at the depot to bid them farewell, sad will reside in Portland. " : LUCAS At the family home In West Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 4, 190.' at 12:30 o'clock a. m Mrs. ' Naney Lucas, wife of Andrew Iic as, aged 71 years, of a complication of diseases. , ; , The funeral will be hld from the home at 10:30 a.in. toJay, and the ser vices will be conducted bv F.lder D, Errett, of. tho First Christian church of thi eity. The remains will be i l t erred at City View Cemetery. SHEEP KING I FINED $5,00 A CHABLES CTJNNTNQHAM TZZAZZ - GUILTY TO LAND FEAUTJS. HIS DUMMIES GET OFF, .'EASY - They Were Considered Mere Tools of . the Man Who Furnished the Money. Cunningham Says He Did What Oth ers . Did and If all Cases Like Ilia. Were Prosecuted the District At torney .Would Be Busy 200 Tears Trying Cases. . ...... w IRTLAXD, May 5. When Chas. Cunningham. the " Eastern Oregon "Sheep jving," Glen H. Saling. Shelly Jones, iHllas O 'liars. Mark Shackle ford and Kate James were arraigned in the I'nited States district court here this morning, all but Shacklsford and Kate James pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to defraud tho I'nited States government out of pub lic lands, Kate James was discharged for want of probablecause, and Shack iWord's case went to trial this after noon. Cunningham, the ringleader, was immediately sentenced to pay a fine of 3000. The others being consid ered mere tools, of Cunningham, were let off with fine of 100 each. None was sentenced to prison. These convictions are the direct out growth of the trial of Am Thompson, receiver 4f La Grande, Oregon, " Land Office. During his trial the defendants in the present case made admissions which placed the authoriti in posses sion of evidence necesssry to convict. A few weeks subsequent to Thomp son's' trial, Cunningham and the oth ers were arrested. It, was supposed from the start; they would fight con vietion to tbe bitter end, even if con viction was eventually obtained, of which there was considerable doubt, owing to the result of the Thompson ase. !- i - As he walked out of tbe court room after receiving his sentence, Charles Cunningham's face wore an ethereal smile, and he seemed st peace with all the world. Five thousand dollars did not seem big to him, evidently, and lie bad a heart v haudelasrr for all" who congratulated 'him on g 'tting off . so easily. , " "I have very little to mv, replied Mr. Cunningham to a question asked bim. 1 "1 only did what ail the rest of toe people of Eastern Oregon were do ing and are doing now. ' If the district attorney should investigate all of, the cases like mine he would have all of Eastern Oregon up in court and it would keep him busy for 20Q yesrs trying the cases.", V PIECE OF BAD LUCK. Country Home of T. B. Jones, Mission . Bottom, Is Destroyed by rire. . . ; The couutry home of T.. B. Jones, a prominent Marion county retired farm er, who now lives in this city, on Mis sion Bottom, ninemjles north of Salem, was totally destroyed by fire at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The orig- n of the lire was a defctive flue in tun kitchen, ami, although tbe fire spread rapidly and consumed tbe house in a comparatively abort time, all of the fur nishings of the houae were aaved ex cept those in the kitchen department. The horse, although an old one, was valued at about $:i.TO0, partially cover ed by insurance. This will prove mora serioua loss to Mr. Joues than the real monetary value of the property de stroyed, as it is much needed in tb midst of the spring work upon the farm where a large force of hrdp is employed. THE QUALITY OF OUR CiotEiitig - ; Is Unsurpassed. , It's Above the Average. The minor details in themiko p of our men's suits receive th , cdoaeat attention from the tx , rerienccl tailors in the fin-lory rf Crouse & - Orondsgee That's why they fit and ke tbeir taape." : The fabric i ar- st lected for lx)tb style a u d a: r v i Our cash pUn of busim- iiuj:. lower prices than at "re; i! -' ' stores'. ; THE fJew iYor'i flee:: ; -Salem's Cheapest Onc-Frlce C E. 1. BAIUIESi Prcrri Me i