Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1905)
1 SSUED mil-emu ACr JiUtU 0L.il-..:'. .1 ULU tuescay o f;.:.... TUESDAY AHD FRIDAY fifty-fifth -Steab no. l SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JTJLY 1905. ..''! FIRST SECTION EIGHT TACZZ. V - ' 5r I i irkUh 1 ' . ' TURN RIFLES ON OFFICERS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS REFUSE TO FIRE ON MUTINEERS. SUPERIORS ARE SHOT DOWN. Attempt to Carry Out Sentence Against Mutinous Citizens Provokes , Serious Result. " . ' ... When Shooting Party Was Organized and Word Fire Was Given Soldiers Rebelled and Dozen Officers Are Slain As Many More Cossacks Are Killed LONDON, July 10. The Post, from . private - sources, learns that . twenty three mutineers in tho; recent.; Libau uprising were condemned to be shot. The attempt to carry out the sentence provoked an even more serious mutiny. The port commander deferred the exe cutions until he received instructions from St. Petersburg.; The' government directed the executions to preeeed. When the shooting party formel and the .fire order was given, the squad turned its guns on the officers instead of the condemned mutineers and a dozJ . en officers fell dead. Before the mnt iny was quelled twenty ir thirty Los sacks wore killed. , j ANOTHER SOURCE OF TROUBLE Foreign Insurance Companies Demand Claims of Russia for Damages at Odessa. ODESSA, July 10. The authorities here are informed that the Potvrnk'me has sailed from Kustenji for Sebasta pol. -The question of inmiraore on the property lost by fire in the harbor dur :ing the recent disturbances is occasion ing serious disputes between the lius sian government, and the foreign insur ance companies. The foreign corpora tions declare that they will make their claims against the Russian government. The claimants number about 400 and TTte total losses are estimated at $20, 000,000. ; : TURNER TOWN" TOPICS. f 'TURNER, July 8. Mrs. Wiliiara Ilil Icary returned Tuesday from the Port land fair. ; , ,1 Kenneth Cole returned from forvai lis a few days ago. lie was a student at the Agricultural College the past year. Mrs. C'lara Waldo, state grange lee- (WnirMk PEOTUES J3AH&AIN EtOVSEr Our Great i Clearing Sale 1 . Continued. j It always has been the policy of our store not tocarry any goods over from one season to the other. That is why we inaugurate this Powerful Clearing Sale every season to clear the store of this season's goods and havethe shelves ready for our fall arrivals. The wonderful trade we did. the past week shows us clearly that the people appreciate our. way of do-. ing business. Read the following price list over carefully and if you don't trade with us it will keep you from paying too much for your goods else-! where. ; ? - WASH SUITS AND SKIRTS, $4.50 pretty percail wash suits dain tily trimmed; clearing price $2.95 $5 .pretty wash suits, price. .. .$3.50 $2.50 Fancy PK Dress Skirts. .$1.60 $3.50 Whie PK Dress Skirts. .$2.45 Odd lot. of $1.75 wash dress skirts 5c SUMMER SHIRT WAISTS 85c Pretty Dimity Shirt Waists, price ... 45c $1.35 White . Shirt Waists, neatly trimmed, clearing price. 75c $2 White Shirt Waists, handsomely trimmed, price ........... .$1.35 Silk Waists at Clearing Prices. 1 Accordion PleJted Skirts ! We carry a swell line of those pretty accordion plaited Dress Skirts in .all -colors; they are worth up to 8.50 and $9, clearing price. .$4.75 $1.50 Mohair Dress Skirts, . .$2.95 MOHAIR AND SILK SUITS $12 Mohair Suits, all tailored, goods latest style, price. . . . : ". . .$5.90 $15 Silk Shirt Waist Suits. . .$8.90 $10.90 Covert Jackets,, price. . .$6.20 MILLINERY j Clearing prices on everything in that department.. , - - $2.50 Trimmed Hats, sale price $1.39 $5 Trimmed Hats, sale price. . $20 Children's Hats . . . .... .Half Price DRESS GOODS:. A : And still the rush for Dress Goods keeps up. and why not? We have the latest goods to show yod and at the smallest prices in Salem. ) -1 ' SALEM'S FASTEST Corner Commercial and McEVOX tnrer, visited Surprise Grange Satur Davis Cornelias is visiting relatives in i aimer. - .- 4. . I';,. - -i. ,'j Ci A Bear, accompanied-ty his moth er an.l aunt, returned Saturday from a fchort trip to Newport. A number of the Turner people cele- praieu me J-onrth at Ktaytotn. Miss Maud Barr is attending summer school in Salem,- . PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. At San Francisco Los Angeles. 8 Oakland, 1, At Taeoma San -Francisco, 3; Ta eoma, 2. Have you' reaa "our great' clubbing offer in this issue? If not turn to it at once and read it. , t:- GENERAL BLACK IS ILL. ' BOSTON, July 10. General Black, commander of the G. A. K., is HL The physicians are unable to determine whether the illness is serious. ; ;v BIG RACE MEET MULTNOMAH FAIR ASSOCIATION ARRANGES SPLENDID CARD r FOR COMING RACES. ; v Best Class of Horses of Country WOl : Enter for Big Purses that Have Been Hung ? Up for Forty-Nine Racing Days Big Stake and Handicap. 1 PORTLAND, July 10. Among the great attractions which the Lewis and t 'lark Exposition will afford the, visit ors to Portland during this montht will be the opening of the race meeting giv en by the Multnomah Fair Association at Irvington Park track, beginning on July 22. More than .100 horses will be stabled at Irvington during the forty nine racing days which, by the way, will be the longest race meeting ever held in Oregon. The horses that will start in the stake and handicap events are the pick of those that raced last winter at Oakland and Los Angeles. Such owners as E. J. Ramsey, Doctor Rowel!, Harry Stover, 'Winters & John son and Del Fountain, have entered their, stake horses in the events, horses that would have been shipped east, but for. the generous purses and stake mon ey that the association have hung up. When, the association officials 1 made up their stake events last ,, year . they were in; a generous mood. : Knowing that the exposition would bring lovers of the thoroughbreds from all over the country, they made up their minds that . V Fancy Mohair Dress Goods 25cJ 35c and 49c, worth double the price. Imported Fancy . Mohair . Dressj Goods, swell stuff, 65c, 75c and 85a . FINE SILKS ! This department is a wonder. ' Wd cannot keep enough of them in stock 45c Wash Chiffon Silks, all colorsi yd ......23d Wash India Silks for Shirt Waists in white, cream, pink, ' blue, navyi price 25c 39c, 45c and 65c, worth double. Remnants of Fine Colored Silks... J Half Pried Black Silks, every kind and ever price. j SUMMER. WASH GOODS Out they have to go; no mere? shown to any piece of , goods in thi4 department, no matter how prettj it is. ' . 500 yds. Fancy 8aC pretty lawnsj v price. . . . . . ... I . ... . .3Va4 12Hc, 15c and 18c Fancy Wasn Goods, price sc ana ivq White PIC and White Indian Head Dress Goods at Small prices. CLEARING PRICES On every article in the following de. paxtments: RIBBONS, LACE3EM; BROIDERIES, LADD3S and CHTL D REN'S HOSTEBT AND UNDER WEAR, NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS, TABLE LINENS, SHOES. MEN'S, UNDERWEAR, NECK TIES, COL LAES, STRAW HATS, CAPS, HATS and OVERALLS. - - t . ' ' ' 3 GROWING STORE.- . BROSJ Court StreetsSalem-; t : ' if handsome purses and . valuabfe stakes would attract the best class of horses and the best, owners, they -would eertainly bring them to" Portland. , This tuey. have done and in all they will dis tribute over $100000 among the wis ner of the stake events and purses. Such good horses -as Horatins, Sea Air, Bombardier, Hugh McGowan, Gloomy una winner or the Seattle Derby, W his ky King and a host of others that have won winning brackets, will be there. The Lewis and Clark Exposition Han dicap will bi worth $l,50O to the win ner, the Irvington, Handicap $1,200 and the Labor Day Handicap is valued at $1,000. Many of the horses that will race at Irvington have been racing at the Meadows, and hardly a day goes, by but some track record is broken, and as a sample the jnile record was cut from 1:40 to 1:39 & ty Hugh McGowan. Anticipating one of. the greatest race meetings sever held in the Northwest, President A. R. Diamond has kept teams and men at work on the track at Irvington all winter, sml even as tarly as this it is lightening fast. The stalls have been fumigated , and have been given a fresh coating of whitewash, and painters are now at work repairing the grandstand, fences and , paddock. The association has also announced that from September IX to September 23 it will endeavor t give a light harness race meeting, f Very liberal purses wdl be given and some of the best trotters and pacers from California will be seen at Irvington in addition to a strong lot of Oregon and Washington horses. . . No paper published In Oregon gives as much local and state news as the Twice-a-Week ; Statesman. Subscribe for it now. SUIT DISMISSED t PLATNTIFF, DECLINES TO FUR- TIIER PLEAD IN CASE AGAINST GEERS AND ODELL. Ro swell t P. Flower Pleads Guilty to Crime of Larceny in Office and Court Will Pronounce Judgment Friday Silverton Man Accused of Rape. When the July term of department No. 1 of the state eircuit court for Marion county was convened yester day morning Judge Burnett made an order dismissing the action at law wherein George Summers appeared as plaintiff and T. T. Geer, L. li. Geer and W. H. Od ell were defendants. On Fri day of last week Judge Burnett sus tained a demurrer filed by the dcienu- ants to the amended complaint in the case and as the plaintiff declined to plead further the defendants' motion for a dismissal of the cause was granted. This suit was brought by the plain tiff, who represented a number of oth er claimants, to recover about $9,500 paid to V. H. Odell for information as to the location of base land due the state, aggregating a large number 'pf acres. At the time of the alleged transactions T. T. Geer was state land commissioner, L. B. Geer state land agent and W. H. Odell acted as speeial agent. M. K. rogue appeared m the case as attorney for the plaintiff, the de fense Wing conducted by. Attorneys George (J. Bingham, A.' O. Condit and John W. Reynolds. In i order j. to clear the way for the trial of Charles Monte upon the charge of murder in the first degree, which had been set for 1 o'clock in the after noon; Judge Burnett heard and dis posed of a number of motions and other matters during tue forenoon. Roswell P. Flower appeared in court and through his attorney, Webster Holmes, entered a plea of guilty t the charge of larceny in an office which had been plaeed against him by District Attorney J. II. MeXary. The attorney asked the eonrt to give the young man, who is but 18 years of age, the benefit of tae parole law passed during the last session of the legisla ture. iThe matter was taken under advisement by Jndge Burnett until Friday morning, when he will pro nounce judgment. Young Flower was recently arrested, for robbing the money till in .the' -office of the O. Stoht bottling works in this city. - Other deket entries made by Judg Burnett were as follows: Alice D. .Preseler vs. Oscar Cole, admr.; action for money; continued to October term on motion of defendant. E. A. Downing vs. Henry 8mith; ac tion for money; settled. , : L. 8. Limkin vs. Asa Simnrons; ac tion for money; nonsuit by plaintiff. William Mosier of Silverton was ar raigned upon an information filed against him by the istrict attorney, in which he is accused of the erinie of rape, alleged to have been commit ted upon his 13-year-dd granddaughter. Mosier entered a plea of not guilty. Ernest Penny of Sublimity and W. T. S. Hickman of this city were ap pointed bailiffs of the eonrt. C A. Gray and Ed. Martin . were excused from serving on the regular jury panel on account of sickness. In the Reform School. Sheriff V iL Shutt- left Saturday morning foe Salem, taking, with him Wesley vyle, a fiftee-year-old boy who had been, committed to the reform school . by Judge Ayers. , Young. Kyle was brought to . this county from the orphans' home in . Portland by Tom Davidson about one year ago. The boy was given a homo and taken eare of until about the twelfth of last month, when he ran away from the Davidson home taking a horse. He was located in the Monument - country in Grant county, where he was - arrested bv Depnty-Sheriff Fenget ud held until the arrival of Sheriff Shute. who brought him to t hie ty last Wednes.-A-mtr . Tim ws ffirM ,a he&riiiff before Judge Ayers Friday and the wayward youth was commute! to xbb reiorra school. .JThe boy had made several trades .and disposed of the horse he had taken, which, however, was recovered. Ileppner Gazette, , t , GRIRI GRIP OF LAW TIGHTENS TRIAL OF CHARLES MONTE BE GINS IN CIRCUIT COURT. IS GIVEN A SEPARATE HEARING. Jury Selected to Try Case After Three Hours of Closest Kind of Examination. Taking of Testimony Will Begin This Morning at Nine O'clock Govern ment Will Attempt to Show Defend ant Furnished Guns to Tracy. When department Xo. 1 of the state circuit court for Marion county con venes at 9 o'clock this morning, Dis- triet Attorney J. II. MeXary, on be half of the Stat , of Oregon, will call the first of the state's witnesses to the stand, by . whose testimony he expects to prove Charles Monte guilty "of the crime of murder in the first degrte.' Monte was indicted jointly with Harry Wright upon th specific charge that they furnished the guns to Tracy and Merrill with which those desper ate convic'ts killed Frank Ferrell while making their sensational ectape from the Oregon penitentiary on the morn ing of June 9, 1902.5 When court was tailed to order at 1 o'clock ; yesterday afternoon, Monte, through his attorney, H. J. Bigger, ask ed for a T Separate trial, which was granted. Attorney Bigger also filed a motion asking that a stenographer be appointed at the expfns of Marion; county, but this motion was denied by Judge Burnett. I It having been decided to try the case against Monte first the clerk was instructed to draw twelve nam'os from the jury box, but from this number only five proved acceptable to the respective attorneys. More names were drawn and when the regular panel was exhausted eleven men had been allowed to sit as jurors on th case, and Sheriff Culver mm in i mi uiii in. i.i.ii Iw"i mi i j .. . ipi I ' IF YOV WANT fJVAUTY. COME TO TjlE WOOLEN M1LI. STORE J OTe (lifiference between a ROBERTTS HAT and "others j is not only a difference of style but of durability. $3.00 Stiff, Soft and Straw. The ROBERTS is the best $3.00 hat on earth. Come in and find out for yourself. Salem Woolen Mill Store Tififin f'lM. ...M'lur- ,l.,'iJiia-y,r";BTvrl:..T :ir,-,, was ordered to summon six additional men from the body of. the county. ' Af ter examining three of these, one was found competent, to occupy the twelfth ehaair in the jury box, and the twelve men were promptly stom anad plac?d in charge of G. G. Gane, who was ap pointed a special bailiff by Judge Bur nett. Rigidly Examined, chair in the jury box, and the twelve jury was, three aud a half hours. Each man called to the box was put through a rigid examination, the state using due eare not to accept a juror who might have conscientious scruples re garding the matter of capital punish ment or who might 15 even slightly prejudiced against conviction on cir cumstantial evidence. The jury selected to decide the fatej of Charles Monte is composed of seven! farmers, a carpenter, merchant, insur ance agent, gardener and a laborer, as follows: A. L. Mack, Staytotn, farmer; H. B. Thielsen ,halem, insuranee agent; By ron Denney, Sublimity, farmer; Harvey Hart man, otts Mills, farmer; O. Y. Mason, fcalem, carpenter; R. 8. Mont gomery, .Sftaytonj farmer; Fred Nendel, Woodburn, merchant;. Enos Presnall, Ralem gardener; Walter SScott, Wood burn, laborer; John Murray, Bntrevilh, farmer; William Bents, Buttevillc, farmer; Hamlia Smith, Halem, farmer. Deputy District Attorney C. L. Me Xary made the opening statement . to the jury, presenting the state's ease in a brief but able and intelligent manner; He said the state would nttempt.'by its testimony, to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, that Charles Monte was an accessory of Harry Tracy nd Dave Merrill in the commission of the terribh? crime, at the Oregon peniten tiary on the morning of June 9f 1002. That the testtimony would - show thst Charles Monte and. Harry Wright pur chased the' guns wiOt which the crime was committed from a gun dealer in Portland; that Wright and Monre were overheard discussing " the. matter and that Monte had made a confession to a fellow prisoner while confined in jail in Pendleton. ' ; Defendant's CaGe.' - . IL J. Bigger, in addressing the jury, said the defense would introduce testi mony to show Monte 's movements from the time he was discharged from the Oregon penitentiary, on or about May 10. 1902, until after the following June 9, when the prison break and murder occurred. After the atttorn'eys had concluded their statements, Bailiff Gans was in structed by Judge Burnett to keep the twelve jurymen together and not per mit them to communicate with any one outside of their number and the court was then adjourned until this morning. During the entire proceedings of yesterday afternoon the defendant, Monte, sat near his attorney and lis tened attentively to emy worJ spok en by the attorneys, judges aand-jurors. Nothing escaped his notice and at times he plainly evidenced hig deep interest in what was taking place, II is attorney, who is being assisted by ulon. P. 1L D'Arey, will i-ave nothing undone to clear his client and feels confident he will be able to eonvinee the jury of hia innocence of the crime of which he is accused, believes On the other hand the state it has a strong ease against the accused nd that conviction will follow the introduction of its testi- mony. Iiiatfict Attoraey J. IL McNary will be assisted by his deputy, C. L. McNary fin his effort to weave a net around the defendant. DIES RATHER THAN CHOP WOOD. r f .: ' Walter St Clair, Eleven Tears Old, Hangs Himself When Told to Cut Some Kindling. SAN " FBANCJSOO. July 10.-r Walter Ht. ClairJ aged 11 years, hanged him- self touay, me Doy was oruereu y to ehon some wood and he his moth r became Sul ilky. v Later: Mrs. St. Clair found the lad s dead body hanging tn the cella DEA-J ROLL IN PITTSBURG. PITTSBURO, July 10. The intense heat was responsible, during the last twenty-four hours, - for seven deaths, two of them direi-tly by the hvat and the others by drowning, the result of inexperienced swimmers seeking relief in the rivers. ., DODSON IN LUCK WILL PROBABLY ESCAPE DEATn GALLOWS BY COMMUTA ON TION OF SENTENCE. Sentenced to Be Hanged on August 11 for Murder of William Dunlap Clemency Is Recommended by Prose cuting Attorney and Judge. The office of Governor Chamberlain is in rdeeipt of replies to the governor's letters of inquiry from Judge IT. K, IlTnna and District' Attorney A. E. Reames of the first judicial district, in whfch ereiBe of An both heartily recommend the ex- f executive clemency in the case ttrew Dodson, who confessed to murder in the first degree, for the kill ing pf William Dunlap, a hermit .miner of near Grants Pass, and is nnder sen- tence There o be hanged on August IL is a strong petition in for the Commu tat ion of Dodson 'a sentence of death Ito one of life imprisonment, prinei upon the ground that while guilty to first degree mur- he pleaded der, hej was only a tool in the hands of And Ingram, who stood trial and with .conviction of murder in escaped the seeon d degree and life imprison- ment. Botbj, Judge Banna and Attorney Reames, after a full recital of the de tails o f the crime, ns confessed to by Dod sod , agree that Dodson was entirely under the influence and control of In- gram a nd that but for Ingram he would not have eoiumitteed the murder. Gov ernor C hamberlain has . practically ad mitted that it was bis intention to commute Dodson 's sentence, and since it is so recommended by the. judge and district attorney little doubt is enter tained' as to the certainty of his tak ing such action. ' In bis letter Mr. Reames states that Dodson ('was continually urged ..by. In gram to kill Dunlap"; but that, although he made two visits t the Dnalap cabin with that purpose in vifjw, he could noKmitster up the coldness of heart or courage to commit the deed until ho had imbibed freely of ' whisky, which was furnished him by Ingram. Mr. Rame also states that lngram had induce 1 Dtxlson to go to Applegate, distant about fifteen miles from his raneh, to bold up A. -man by the name of Tel ter, who was supposed to have some irioney, and he also induced Dod son tc take Ingram's 15-year-old son to the home of the boy's mother for the purpose of robbing her, with the nn derstaiding that no violence was to be done unless it was necessary, but his courage failed him when he got to the house and he refused to do it. Thee oeeurr ?nCe were about a month lefore the Dunlap murder. In closing, Attor ney Blames says: . . "There are .Jt wo reasons why I rec ommend eommnVng Dodson sentence to life imprisonment. The most import ant is that his evidence was what eon vieted Ingram. He assisted in seeing justice done, .and is less guilty than Ingram." The other one is that there are three -or four , other mcrders that have een committed in or about Grant? Pass and we are getting pretty close ;o evidence to convict in. these cases. We may have to hold out in ducements to. some of the parties con nected and it will be especially hard to get statements from them if Dodson be hung under the circumstances. THE DIAMOND CURE. The latest news from Paris is that they jhave discovered 'a diamond cure j for consumption. If you fear consump tion or pneumonia it will, however, be best for you to take that great remedy mentioned by W. T. McGee of Yanleifr, ienn. "i naa a cough lor fourteen years. Nothing helped me until 1 took Dr.; King's .-New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, which gave instant relief, and fffeeted a per manent cure." unequalled quick euro for Throat and Lung Troubles. At Danl J. Fry's drug store; price 50e and $1; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Does your friend take the Twice-a- Week Statesman? If ; not . show him our great club offer... ANOTHER CONVICT CAPTURED. TACOMA, July 10.A" Ledger spe cial from Ravensdale stares that Matt Moor, one of the McNeill island escapes was captured at Henry's Siding last night. ' - ENTER COMBINE KLRKPATRICK AND WILLIAMS-INTERESTS SET AN EXAMPLE ; FOR HOP GROWERS. Dallas Raisers Take Hold of Corpora tion Scheme Suggested by Conrad Krebs All Have Agreed to Enter Their Harvest in Proposition. DALLAS, July 10. r-Hop men in this vicinity will enter the proposed bop cororation -that is now being agita ted by Conrad Krel of rilem, presi dent of the Oregon Hop Growers' Pro tective Association. Eighteen growers signed agreements to that effect yester day and it is lelievei that all the other growers in this section will fol low ku it lefore long. It has all along been supposed that ilia hop men hereabouts would have nothing to do with this innovation and that Ms. Krebs would find little en couragement for his missionary work here because of the alleged opjtositiuj or the Kirkphtriek and Williams inter estsi. These two men were among the first to sign the agreement and their is little douh but that tUeir example had much to do with thC signing up of the ther growers here. " I'resident Krebs had, then, very little, work to do when he reached here today to begin prostieeting for the cornering of the l'tt3 hop crop. II is- work had been done in advance of hi1 coming and he had bnt to take the stump and deliver one of . bis inimitable addresses to the growers who received him with tho utmost cordiality and warmth and applauded his reraa-- .to. the echo. - There were everal bop growers at the meeting helj hero this afternoon at which Mr. Krebs spoke. w The ma jority of tle men engaged in the busi ness of hop raising hereabout were absent for the reason that Mr Kreba had selected a poor date for his visit. However, those who were not person ally present were there by proxy, so that today 's gathering may be said to have leen a representative one. Enthusiasm for the eorjoration here, is rampant and Mr. Krebs will receive unstinted support in his efforts to keep the price of hops at a respectablo fig ure for the coming yield. The growers in this vicinity are re joicing in the hot raya of the sun of the past three -days. It means death to the, hop lice and the honeydew, and a better crop for tho year. TAKEN' TO OHIO CALEB POWERS IS NOW WITHIN JURISDICTION OF UNITED STATES COURTS. His -Coming to Cincinnati Cause for Fist Fight Between Jailer and Mayor Latter Is Knocked Down Row Starts Over Question of His Cell. CINCINWATJ, July 10.-Tn the cus tody of the United tSates marshal and under orders of Judge Coehran, who last week: assumed jurisdiction in his case, Caleb Powers, -charged with com plicity in the murder of William Goe I'ol of Frankfort, in the winter of 1!XJ, was tonight lotleil . in Newjwrt jail, aeross the river from this city, where he will bo Jietd. pending a deeision on the various legal points arising out of bis transfer from the slate to federal jurisdiction. . When I'owcrs. arrived at "Newport jail tonight a controversy arose be: tween Jailer, I'loeger and Mayor Hem bold as to what cell, the prisoner should occupy. The mayor insisted that the cell prepared for Powers ' was not a proper plaee. I'loeger and the mayor finally came to blows, and the' latter was knocked down. During the fight the furniture in th cell prepared for Powers was confiscated by unknown persons. ; Hubscquently Powers was plaeed in another eell with other pris oners, w heretic will remain until Jailer I'loeger can secure other Quarters, for him. . "' : The Largest Sale of Men's Clothing, Hats and Furnishing ever held j in Salem 'J "' . ' ' ' ."' '' i - Will begin tomorrow, (Monday,) morning at tho SALEM WOOLEN MILL STORE :;. ; See ad. on page eight. 'IS UNABLE TO UPHOLD POVER LORD ROBERTS STARTLES nOUHI WITH HIS FRANKNESS. ITS SOLDIERY IS INADEQUATE Field Marshal Scathingly Attacks Peo ple for Lack of National ' : '-reeling. Says That There Is Little Enthusiasm and What There Is Is Only Evanes centEnthusiasm That Would En tail Nothing of Self-Sacrifice Shown. LONDON, July 10. Field Marshal Lord Roberts created a sensation in the House of Lords this evening when, in a lengthy and well considered ieerh, ho dr!ilerately expressed the opinion that the practical soldier and military firee ttt (ireat Britain was inadequate, inierfe-tly trained and unfit to up bold Great Britain as a first class pow er. Lord Roberts did not blame tho government, wLich, be said, was ac tuated by h national feeling, but seath ingly attacked the people- of England, who, be Kiiil, showed no national feel ing toward the military until danger arose. True, said Lord Roberts, the soldier was the et of the people, but this was only an evanescent enthus iasm, which would not entail self-iuic-rifiee and passed away as soon as the danger disappeared. The speech was delivered in connec tion) with a motion introduced by the Earl of Wemyss and March (conserva tive )t,raversing Premier Balfour's statement regarding the impossibility of an invasion of Great Britain aud urging the necessity of keeping up-suf ficient land forces" to repel any possible invasion. MEAT CHEAPER OVER ABUNDANCE OF BEEF CAT TLE IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY CAUSES DECLINE IN PRICE Opening of Bids for Asylum and Peni tentiary Supplies Develops Some In teresting Features Contracts Award- I ed for Some Kinds of Foodstuffs. The opening of the bids for tho sup plies for the insane asylum yesterdny afternoon developed some interesting facts which have been overlooked, or rather not called to tho attention of tb general public. One is that, not withstanding the general prosperity of the country the price of all foodnlufls and supplies arc lower than for tho corresponding period of last year, and tho second is that thero is an over abundance of beef cattle in the Wil lamette valley as a result of which tho price of meat on foot is cheaper by one-half cent per ponnd and one cent per pound cheaper dresned and served out to the retail trade. The contracts for furnishing the sup plies have not been awarded in full us yet, except for meats and other food stuffs, as it requires much time to com pare the bitls as to price, quality of material and quantity, and it will take, several days to complete the work. As to the insane asylum, contracts have leen awarded so far as follows: Beef, Steusloff Bros., at $.1.40 per hundred; ... mutton, George Fendrich, at 5 cents per pound; fish, W. H. Fitr, Haleni, bran and shortn, Balfour, Guthrio Si Co., of Portland; flour, Balem Flouring Mills "ompany, at f.t.fifl per barrel; graham flour, Kiekreall Milling Coiiany; drugs, 1. .1. Fry, nt .1"S.'J; sugar, Al len & Lewis, '1 'or Hand, $5.59 per hun dred; hardware, the Hpeneer Hardware Company aud Jt. M. Wade & Co., Ha lem; and leather nnd findings, to Mas tick & Co., of Portland.' As a result .of the opening of tho bids for the penitentiary supplies for the ensuing six months the contract for furnishing beef was awarded to K. O. Cross for $2175 per hundred, whereas the present contract specifics the rate, at t per hundred, whilo Sleusloff Bros, secured tho asylum con tract -for S3.40 per hundred againxt $1.-10 forth corresponding period laxt year. George Fendrick was the next lowest bidded to E. C. Cross for the fenitentiary contract, his price hav ng been fixed at per hundred flat. famouslense" THREATENED. Forest Ftres Sweeping Over San Jose ' ' and May Burn Noted Lick Observatory. BAN JOSE, July 10. Forest fires are threatening Lick observatory, in which is. located the famous Lick tele scope. The corps of professors has telephoned, nuking the governor to call ort the militia of Kan Jose to fight the flames. . The fire is now within eight miles of the observatory, and the flames are making rapid progress ti ward the station.