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The directors of the Oratorio Society met lust night and ainlitecl its bills. The total expenses amounted to $836 the principal items being $473 for or chestra, and soloists $145. The addi tional $191 being made up for hall rent, advertising, and other urn all items. The receipts were $498, leaving si defieit of $.14 H. . In order to give the jeople of Salem the lest May Festival ever presented io Oregon it was neessary to get the fcest musicians in the orchestra that t'ouUl be Lad, and for some of these it cost $7.50 per day and expenses. The best soloists in the Northwest were se cured and 'they charged accordingly. At the May Festivals at loth Orval iis and Kiigene the attendance was such that the receipts were more than suf ficient ti meet the expenses, those at the latter place being', over $1400, as against $4i)S at Half m, and yet Salem is classed as a musical town ami boasts of .two and a half times the population f-Hie city referred to. The managers of the Oratorio Society however, say they are not discouraged and will pay all bills in fall, and promptly. They have arranged with Mr. M. Edwin Robinson of Chicago, to put on Ksther, the lleaiitiful Queen, a fcacred opera. The costumes which Mr. Kohinson furnishes cost something like $3000, and are gorgeously oriental. The TlnlEIE a! la the down grade of price below which cheapne cease. to be economy. - We always keep the quality of our foods above that point. That's why the merchandise you get at Our new dry goods department always waniea a nAcsTT TiR.v rinnna store Now they have It, and they're satisfied it's the place for cash buyers to .trade. We - have "a very full assortment of 1 he newest dress fabrics and trimmings. .,-'-. , -' f crvAo Our Shoeo d v I : i." iiniif?r? SHOES PbrNVomcn. Meri'o Glothinrt liats, Shirts, iloslery, Underwear. Everything In Ladies' aad Men's Furnithlngs SALEM'S CHEAPEST OIIE PRICE CASH STORE : ; . mct desir- Or-- $1.18 $1.10 $ .98 musie is bright and sparkling and is in no sense classical. The drills, and danc ing of the king's maidens will be one of the special features, it will be given in the Grand Opera House, Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16. It is not unlikoly that Miss Ethel May Raymond will be here and take the part of Queen Esther. .. j Prof. R. A. Heritage told the writer a few days ago that Mr. Robinson gave Qiieen Esther as he had seen no other person giveT it, that he was the best in that line he had ever known. So the jMiople of Salem will be given an op Iortunity to contribute to make up the deficit and attend the best presentation of non-classical music ever given in Sa lem. All parts will be committed and It will be given without books. As soon as arrangements are completed further announcements will be made.. J PROMISE OF SETTLEMENT. f - I ROME, May 23. Information re ceived "by the Vatican authorities, in dicates that the situation growing out of the papal protest against President ljouhet's visit to Rome and the recall of Ambassador Nisnrd has assumed a more satisfactory phase. It is under stood the Vatican has been assured that the government, nnless compelled by action of the . Chamber of Deputies, practically intends to allow the matter to drop. LOOKING AFTER THE BOYS. WASHINGTON, May 23. President Roosevelt left here today for Groton, Mass., to attend prize day exercises at (he school which Theodore, Jr., and Kermit Roosevelt attend. A POD NTT is a lively place. gal ladies are noiea ior mir uuiir r Ing qualities. They are perfe4 fitters and the styles are the season's latest. , . ... Vo yoa find it hard to keep your boy id clothes ? Just try one of tboe "Jane Hopkin's Boy Proof Suits4 for hinu It will stand Ihe racket if anything will. , . Men who are particular about their clothing twant the .right patterns and they want a iuit to k ttn It'a than- . That 'a the special feature of- our line of ! , , All ccata are linetl - with hair- cloth. 1 hey're made to give satUfactory wear. FIFTEEN THOUSAND JAPANESE KILLED AT PORT ARTHUR SUCH IS RUSSIAN VERSION OF RE PORTED LAND; ATTACK ON THAT STRONOHOLD. ; RUSSIAN LOSS THREE THOUSAND Ludicrous Experience of an American , Railroad Magnate, While Travel .ing in Japan.'- .,', The Russian Battleship Orel Said to Be Damaged By an Explosion and Ten , Stokers Killed Russians Evidently Preparing ' a Retreat Japs .Defeat , Band of Cossacks in Corea. ST. PETERSBUROMay 23 It is re ported that Foreign Minister Lams dorff has received a message from the Russian Consul at Chef oo saying the Japanese have made a land attack on Port Arthur and in doing so lost 15,000 men killed or wounded. The Rossian loss is placed at 3000 men. The ulti mate outcome of the fighting is sot stated. The Oxel,Damaged. ; London, May 23. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Central News says there was an explosion, today on the battleship Orel at Cronstadt and ten stokers were killed. The vessel, . the correspondent says, was damaged and it will take weeks to effect repairs. The explosion, according to the dispatch, was the result of an accumulation of gas in her bunkers. Hoodooed in Japan. Omaha, Neb., May 23. Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific railroad," who has been travel ling in the Orient, has written to a friend in this city that shortly after his arrival in Japan newspapers all over the Empire published an article, to the effect that he was about to be placed in control of the trans-Siberian railroad. He was at once placed under espionage, and Japanese detectives followed him from place trr ptflferiitrnie was forced" to apeal to the American Consul for relief. The.': Consul secured a retraction by the press of the story that had caused the trouble. Preparing to Retreat. London, May 24. A dispatch to the Mail from Vinkow says: "The Japan ese army is mobilizing at Hiroshima. A change in the Japanese plan arising from the naval disaster involves utiliz ing the second army for a reduction of Port Arthur and therefore the first army is entrenching at Feng Wang Cheng." ; The Post's Shanghai correspondent says it is reported that the Russians ar removing stores and provisions to Harbin and 100 locomotives and H0O ears are collected at Liao Yang in read iness to convey passengers and goods. Therefore, he says, the conclusion is that the Russians arc preparing to re treat. Japs Rout Cossacks. ' t t i r .. oi 4 . of Japanese infantry routed a company I of Cossacks at nementsu yesterday, lne Japan"s? did not suffer any casualties, while. native reports say the Russians lost "0 men. The Russians are still in II in Yen, their position being a semi circle with all its parts about 50 miles distant from Feng Wang Cheng. Big Catch, If True. Paris, May 24-The St. retersbrrg correspondent of the Matin says: "It is persistently rumored that the Vladi vostok squadron has captured three cruisers bought by Japan from Chile. WELCOME TO MARION COUNTY. KLAMA, Wash., May 23. Probably the oldest couple that ever came to Or egon to make a new- home were on board the Northern Pacific train Satur day. - Henry Altnow, aged 92, and his wife, aged 89, passed through here on their way from ) Gaylord, : Minn., to Woodburn, Or, where their son, Henry J. Altnow. lives. Mr. and Mrs. Altnow ' celebrated the 69th anniversary of their marriage April 27. They are in fairly good health and stood the trip welL A NICE IMPROVEMENT. Chairman Manning, of the city park board, is busy these days with a f oree of men clearing the ground for a 12 foot avenue down throngh the center of Willson Park, exactly in line westward from the walk leading from the main steps of the1 Capitol. The location of the avenue s has , been p surveyed and staked off, and yesterday the ground was plowed, to make possible the re moval of the soil and such part of the soil as is necessary to make a level and uniform grade..' 'When . this is done a foundation of screened gravel will be laid, on top of which, will be put a heavy coating of decomposed granite. It is the intention, later to construct serpentine walks from this main avenue to Court and State streets, at' the several, intersections,, thus giving a pleasing landscape effect, i The famil iar old band stand, which stood in the center, was moved south a little. dis: tance yesterday and the removal ' of a few trees became necessary also. When these improvements are completed and the Breyman fountain is in place, the view, westward from the steps of , the Capitol will be much more pleasing to the eye and the Salem citizen who is showing the sights to an Eastern friend will "not be so anxious to take him to the highest steps so that his eye will skip over the nearby scene and survey only the Polk county bills. Dr. A. A. Jessup was a Portland vis itor on Sunday. FRUIT DAMAGED CHERRY AND PRUNE CROP WILL BE SMALL PLENTT OP , . STRAWBERRIES. Marion County Fruit Growers Union , Meets But Excludes Reporters and Spies . as ; Common Enemies Straw berries Will Probably Be Contracted to Canneries Secretary Kyle Re ports. The Marion County Fruit Growers' Union held a meeting Saturday after noon in the court room of the Marion county court, bouse, and a large number of small fruit growers from Marion and Polk counties were present to listen to the report of the secretary, J. M. Kyle, whw recently return ed " from "a I fTp through Portland and the Sound cities, looking after a market for cherries and strawlierries. Mr. Kyle 's report was satisfactory inasmuch as it showed that be had thor oughly investigated the market eoadi tions, but was not gratifying or prom ising of great things. It is likely that not mnch can ie exected from the markets nn the Sound, as the crop in the Willamette valley is lehind about ten, days, on account of a late season, and wiIl,come on at the same time as the Washington crop, consequently there will be no gTeat demand for Ore gon small fruit in. those markets, and it is likely most of the lierries from the Union will lo sold to the canneries. Deals are pending with several can neries, and one vague offer is claimed to have been made from a Portland canner of 4 cents per pound for straw berries. The Salem Canning Company has offered 3 cents and the Union voted before adjourning to sell to this firm in case 3 cents could be secured. This latter figure was set as the mini mum price to be accepted by members of the Union for strawberries. The reporter is unable to give a," full account of the meeting, as after being invited v to attend, and remaining fully ten minutes, he was gently informed that his presence was not .desired j Shortly after his appearance, the presi dent demanded a roll call to ascertain it there might not perchance be a traitor present, ami while this was being done, the reporter awkwardly bowed himself out. The Statesman de sires at all times to give all the news regarding the doings- of the farmers and froit growers, on account of thei great importance of this great industry to the welfare of the sommuhity. Fruit growers report various condi tions of the cherry crop, j In a few sec tions there will be a foil crop, in others not more than a half crop, and in some none at alL It is thought at prcsect that not more than half a crop can be expected throughout the valley. . The prune crop is in much worse con dition, and not more than a third of a crop is expected. Some of the Rosedale growers expect a full crop, but at Lib erty many orchards are almost a fail ure, and 'conditions are even - worse North of Salem. .Many ef the orchards there are totally barren of fruit, Th same reports are being received from Roseburg, and of a total failure from Clark county, Vancouver. The apple crop -will " be larger this year, and the splendid red apples which have made Oregon , famous will be gathered in great abundance next fall, and. will be all the more valuable account of the shortage of other fruits. Apple trees all over the eouatry seem tot be loaded, from the sour, scrubby seedling to the big- red Baldwins and Spitzenburgs, and the golden Bcllflow ers and Pippins. The young fruit has already attained considerable size, be yond all danger of frost and is thriftily growing.- , - ,', l; ! TEMPEST, IN A TEAPOT. : MOXTE VIDEO, Uruguay, May 23.: President Ordines announces a victory over , the revolutionists, by the govern ment troops under General Mania. Eight revolutionists! were killed and . "00 wounded . t BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT . i 1 1 . ... . -. . . i- : - it r' i BRYAN-HEARST MEN PROCLAIM j THEIR ABILITY TO WIN ; ! ' : OUTINOHIO: V OPPONENTS MAKE LTKE CLAIM There Is Evidently a Warm Time' Ahead When Factions Clash In the Convention. New j York State Democratic Central i Committee ; Opens Headquarters at St. Louis and Will Take Care of Judge Parker's Interests Until Con i vention. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 23. The nearst men claim a majority of twenty in the State Central Committee to mor row when tlie contests will be deter mined. The Bryan-Hearst men call themselves the "regulars" and the ethers the "re-organizers." Their: op ponents call themselves the "Conser vatives," and the oth-rs "Radicals." i The Bryan-Hearst men 's poll for the 723 delegates is; Regulars, 351; Re-or-gani&ers, 1T2; doubtful, 200, the bast named including the contested seats. The Conservatives say the contest will be decided in their favor by the cora--nrHtee--m credentials, no matter what the State Committee does, and that their poll shows 323 Conservatives and 200 Radicals, without the 200 contested seats, and when the convention is per manently organized any ballot will show 523 Conservatives to 200 Radicals. . t. Taking Care of Parker. St, Louis, Mo May 23. Headquar ters for the" New York State Democrat ic Committee were pened today a the Southern Hotel, under direction of Ed gar H. Macston, who will be in charge for the present. Until the National Convention, the headquarters will; also look ; after the interests of Parker For Democratic Convention. : ST. LOUIS, May 23. A mib-eommit-tee of the Democratic National Commit tee met here today and practically completed arrangements for the Demo cratic National Convention and ad journed to meet again June 15. j The disposition of tickets for seats in the convention hall was taken care of and other matters were arranged. A resolu tion! was adopted providing that i "all applications; for press tickets for news papers for the Democratic National convention shall be made in the name of the publishers or managing editors of X ?V-' I mi i m WO CANADIAN BANKERS I SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNE the newspapers and must be filed with Charles 1L Mann, press gallery, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C, on or before June &." 4 ' BIO STRIKE IMMINENT.. NEW YORK, May 23. At a meeting of representatives of the Teamsters and Freight Handlers' Unions late tonight it was decided that unless the officials of the New York,. New Haven k Hart ford system consent to meet a commit tee from the Strikers early -tomorrow, the teamsters will go out in sympathy with the freight handlers. According to President Curran of the union, 58,000 will be involved. - f ' FIRE AT ALBANY. ALBANY, jOr, May 23. Fire broke out in the Combination barber shop, in the heart of the business section of Al bany: , yesterday at noon. The shop was ruined, but a spread of the flames was prevented by. good work of , the fire department. SUITS ARGUED U. S. CIRCUIT COURT HEARS DIS PUTE OVER DISTRIBUTION OF R. R. STOCK. Harriman and Pierce Want to Receive Back the Identical 179,000,000 of Northern Pacific Stock Which They Put in to I the Northern Securities Company -The Tyner-Barrett Case Going to' Jury. j TRENTON, N. Jj May 23. Argu ments were closed before Judge Brad ford in the United States circuit court today in the case of the application of E..H. Harriman and Winslow F. Pieree to restrain the supposed plan, of distribution of the assets of the North ern Securities Com nan r. which, was de cidel by the supreme court of the United States to be an illegal combina tion. Argument on both sides turned largely on the question as to the title to Northern! Pacific stock which Harri man and Pierce put into the combina tion and which amounted to about $79, 000,000. The main contention of the Securities Company was that the stock had become; the absolute property of that company, and it waa perfectly legal for it to carry out the pro rata plan of distribution. The complaint's principal point was that by Tea son of the illegal combination, the title to the Northern Pacific stock had not passed from Harriman and Pierce, and in con sequence they were entitled to have re turned t them the particular stock they put into the combination and which involved control of the Northern Pacific Company. The Tyner-Barrett Case. Washington, - May 23. The Tyner Barrett conspiracy case wilt be given to the jury within two or three days. The introduction of testimony was eon eluded at the morning session of court today. Arguments to the jury by coun sel will probably be- limited to two days. - I '.- ' Finn OQWiirr Save money by buying your Mill Store. Come here and let us we are selling at and E3YSP Wc are now ready with a large assortment of Boys Sprlr.; Suits of exceptional values. ' - J Boys between the ages of 4 and 11 tell your mothers that yc j ret a handsome new waist with every suit If you buy this wck. ,PriGeo from S op to 0V. 7S7 JO jPjT si s) . . - - -- -. - - . ' BY THE CAPSEONO OF A E0AT II LAKE OEOilOCTO, III irCW . BRUNSV7ICX. REPORT OF CORWTN'S But Subsequent Information CI. . 3 That the Story Can Have No V Foundation. Valable Power -Plant on the Boise LM? tt Near Idaho's Capital, Swept Avi? By Flood, Involving Loss of $153,CCJ Owners of Plant Live in New Hampshire, ST. JOHN, N. B., May S3. John l. Thompson, one of the most prominent shipping men in Canada, and It. I. Foster, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada, are believed to have txea drowned by the capsizing of a. boat in Lake Oromocto yesterday. Wreck of Corwln Reported. Tacoma, May 23. A report is cur rent today supposed to have originated at Victoria, B. C, to the effect tUt wreckage from the .Nome steamer, Cor win, have been found on the west shore of Vancouver island. . Report Is Contradicted. . - Seattle, May 23. The steamer Cot tage City reports passing the Corwin May 21, between Ketchikan and Wran gel Narrows. This information fully disproves the sensational report to the effect that the Corwin was lost on the Vancouver island coast. When sighted by the Cottage City she, was apparently heading into the narrows. So far as the Cottage City oflleers could observe the Corwin was in no trouble whatever. Big Plant Destroyed. Boise, Idaho, May S3. The plant of the Highland Power Company, on the Boise river, 20 miles above this city, was swept away yesterday afternoon. The loss is about $170,000. The river had been dammed with a crib dam and the power house stood under the river bank 60 feet below the dam. This plant was used for pumping water for placer mining, and was to be converted ' into an electric, plant when the placer ground had lieea exhausted. The home office of the company is in New Hamp shire. GROWERS WELL SATISFIED. . PENDLETON, Or., May 23. In the first sales today at Pendleton this year under the auspices of the Wool Grow ers'. Association, 200,000 pounds of wool were sold, price's being 10 to 14 cents. There was a falling ell in both price and quantity from the first sales day last year. The growers) are well satisfied, however. . OOT HIS DESERTS. NEW YORK, May 23. David Roths child, former president of the defunct Federal Hank, who last week was con victed of grand larceny, today was sen tenced to serve nine years in the: state prison. Rothschild was found guilty of the theft of a note of $10,000 be longing to a man named Nessler, while the former was president of the bank. SPRING SUIT at the Woolca show you what splendid Suits GUOT ' F - - -