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SA T.TIM, OSEQON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAT 24, ' 1904.
Stockton teD
Three, Days
';ale,of :
VoHe '!
cIDress.
(Boods
Tills seas; n 'a most popular 'and
able drea fabrics trill be on sale for three
days at the people's favorite store;
$1 .50 Crepe VoileWool Veiling and Plain
Voile, special for three (lays ..... . . . .
$1.35 Lace Stripe Voile, a rery beauti
ful fabric, very new, three days sale. .
$1.25 Plain Voile, very sheer, perfect
weave; three days sale., ii..........
NEW KID BELTS, AT J, COLORS
Dressed and Undressed, Just Received
BIO DEFICIT.
The Director? of the May Festival Face
Shortage But Pay the Bills With
out Murmuring.
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..
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PROMISE OF SETTLEMENT.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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