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u Issued Sem i-W e e kl y Tuesday and Friday Issued Scmi-7ce!:iy VY1 i')!- Tuesday and Fridi. y - i " .1 in - I i ttFTY-SECTH TEAR NO. 12 SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING. I3ECEMBER 28, "1305. T1SST SECTION EIGHT FACi: 1: 1 ONLY A HANDFUL of HOLIDAY GCiODS left. You can (hf ye them. at exactly ONE HALF PRICE. We make it a point to cfear them all out the same year they are bought. That 'S vwjiy we always have new goods to show for the Holidays. op-) 07- TO MEET AT GENEVA. ROSTOV, Man., Dec. 23. Word has been received from Rev. F. E. Clark, D. !., from Mont.reux, Btating that he has rccfintly been at Geneva looking after Hie arrangements for the World's christian Endeavor convention to be imM in that city next year. Every thing connected with tho convention is wild to )e In a forward state of prepa ration The city has put at the .disposal of the committee,' one of the finest parks cm the shorn of Lake Geneva, facing Afont . Blancy- anl affor.ling the finest view in the- city. Here the firat -reception will take place. On ithe fourth evening of the convention the great il lumination of the lake will be seen with magniSeeait fireworks for the benefit of the visitors. Service will b hel.l in tho great cathedral of St. Peter's where John jCalvin preached. Speakers in at least a dozen different languages will be heard. ; , ; ( j GOES TO CHtNA TO WED. KKW YOUK, Doc! 23. MUs Etta Mead, lof JJorona; L. I., a voung and pretfy mi of IS, starts alone today for San Francisco. From that city she '1 &EOEZJSS1 BARGAIN HOUSE- Clearing Sale ! Our Great Clearing Sale starts to-day in full blast, and will be'jkept up until fur ther notice. Prices on - the following goods slaughtered right and left. There are tvo seasons--oftheyear j the shelves--that is, from now until February 1st, and frbmthe 4th of July un til September the ;stl;;'- this sale ! It will be a money saver ;for you; The following gb prices. Read on: odd lots of dress goods odd lots of silks, broktiihumbers of hbsi ery and underweaiy soiled blankets and coriifdrts, odd sizes of ladies' cdats and waists, odd lots of furs, broken sizes in shoes, odd sizes of .men's clpthing and Xmas novelties and toys, ladies' hand bags and belts. Half prices on all ourmillinery suits they have to go regardless of cost. Salem's Greatest M I Corner Commercial' and McEVOY J; -J will sail for Canton," China, woere abont February 1, she will become, the wife of Charles S.' Padgett, a , prosperous contractor in the Chinese eity. " ilr. Padgett ; met his bride-to-be while ne was in the engineer corps of the- regular army, stationed at .Will ett's Point, Ij. I. This was aix yeara ago. He left the regular army and went) to China with a free f engin eers, and occupied a high position in the construction of the Ilankow-Can-ton railroad. I At present he is building for th Chinese, French anl German governments,! and" constructing a large wall around the harbor if Canton.' I IOWA EISTEDDFOD. DES MOINES, la., Dec. , ' 25. Hon. JreJs of musicians and singers are here for the Iowa state Eisteddfol an J many mora are expected tomorrow; The visitors5 come not 'only from all parts of Iowa, but from Minnesota and neighboring states. Particular inter est! centers n he competition of the big ehoirs for the grand prize of $500 which will be contested for by choruses from Oskaloosa, Otttamwa and other J points. t I: ' ..t ' '. Growing Store. BROS. CourtStrcets, Salem BIG F ACTORY IS goMdlied FTRE DESTROYS SXX-STOBY BUHD ''TWft'nr writ tr-o- m PEOPLE FLEE FEOM DWELUNO. Flames Threaten Tenements From Which! Christmas Trees 1 Are Car- - rled Hito- Streets.' I Flames Start in Third StOTy of Factory and Low Water Pressure Handicaps Firemen Tries toi i Man Becomes' Frantic and jump From Window. NEW YOBK, Dee. 23.-HuBdreds of tenement babies and their - tov laden hristmas trees were carried into the street before daylight today during a ire which threatened to obliterate sev eral blocks of the eity in the vieinity of Fifty-eighth street and Eleventh av enue. A -ix-srofy frame building at 534 and 538 .West Forty-eighth street, was completely destroyed with a loss of 1100,000. . : - .. With tenement houses on three sides and with (the gas tanks of the. Consol idated Gas . Company within - reach of showers of sparks, the water pressure partially failed when the fire was hot test. Fire engines were hastily coupled together, pumping in pairs and this de vice, together with the bold work of the. firemen, who advanced almost into the atone f the flames in order to play on the fire with their weak streams, finally saved the hundreds of surround ing homes. .- ;; -.- . j ., H The fire was first discovered" whew lames burst from the third-story win dow and belehed completely across Fifty-eighth street with a roar like a lischaring cannon. When the fire de pnrtment jarrived and tried to put up its compressed air extension bwlders to ihe sixth I floor, the ladders refused to extend. This delayed the firement sev era! minutes. ; Half an hour after the fire started, although it wag still long before sunrise, the rooms of Kooseveit hospital, ! some distance away, were Sighted as if .by daylight. There was great alarm both by patients and their attendants. Such crowds rushed out of the tene ment houses near the fire that the po lice from several stations were called out to handle them. . At the height of the fire thousands of spectators temporarily forget the burning building in watching a strng ulejnt he unper window of a tenement house Fifty-eighth street.? man started climbing over the window sill, preparing to drop to the street in his night clothes,. Another man rushed out to save j him. The two fought in. the window above the sidewalk, while the crowd fcflow cleared a semi-Circle. A blanket picked up at hazard from bedding which other tenant were try ing to save was stretched directly un der the (window. .It was hot needed, however, for the half-crazed man was drawn back through his window by main force. J ; f The firemen carried the hose from the coupled ; engines to tho roofs of the neighboring flat houses. They poured water upon the factory fire and extin guished little blazes which continually started on the roofs about them. The sun had risen before the last of the Christmas trees was carried back into the houses. One fireman was injured by falling glass. MANY ASE HOMELESS. Fire Starts in Hotel and Consumes a j Large Part of Baker County Town. ; BAKER CITY, Dee. 25. A message to the Democrat from Sumpter states that fire tonight destroyed a large part of. Tipton, a town thirty-one miles southwest of Snmpter. f The fire started in a hotel and rapidly spread to the ad joining buildings. A blizzard is raging tonight, accompanied by a heavy snow fall and nearly all the people in Tipton are homeless. There was little or no in surance and no fire department and very little water. The 8umpter valley railroad, it is stated, will run a relief train from Siynpter to Tipton. . The loss is not known here. CONSULTS ; COAL ; COMPANECS. PHILADELPHIA; Dec,: 25: The Press tomorrow wilj :' say: President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers' union, has communicated with the presi dent of the anthracite coal nrodncing companies in regard to the demand of the miners to make continuance or worx in the hard coal fields. It is understood the letter i. in refrard to the holding Ot a conference between a committee rep1 :.. va tt ru. W,irH (ml the operators, s As to what; the eperat1 ors will do, it hM not been definitely decided sinnn. ; Besides askinJT for an eight-hoar day there will also be pre a.nfi tiM ismaiiiti . Tli. fnAt im portant and the one that, if adopted, will mean the complete recognition of the union, is the request that an entire new conciliation ot the board be formed. CANADIAN MINISTER DIES. v: PARIS. Dee. 25. Raymond Prefon- talne. the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, died, suddenly tonight. Prefontaine recently came from France, it is said, in connection with the estab lishment of a line of steamers between Marseilles and Canadian ports. f; NEW ENGLAND SPORTSMEN. ' "BOSTON, Mass,- Dec. 25. In a new gnlae Mechanics' building today re ceived the early visitors to the Sports man 's how hell under the auspices of the New England Forest, Fish and Gam association. Passing through the entrance, pntrons of this, tbe moat elab orate exhibition of its kinj ever given in this country, stepped at once into the J 7 reproduction of forest and mountain scenes that were as convincing as they were attractive and unusual. . j .. ,' There was a running stream, stocked with trout, an J having its headquarters in a dammed pool, where beaver otter and muskrats are shown. . A large num ber of animals and . game birds are displayed in cages all or it the, hall, am un Jer the balconies are repreJdctions of typical hunting camps. In the for estry section are. comprchensu ve display hi. Ul TT.U.J' ot.t.. t r- . i: governmenU f ,? 4 ( , j ; . WAS EVTDENTLYfSANE. . ' Stranger Greets John Dobmann in Los Angeles Park and Stabs Him v ..- in Wrist. ""..?-! - : LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25. This is fine 'Christmas weather, isn't ht" in quired a well dressed stranger of Job a Dobmaan, as the latter was seated osr liefore Dobmann answered. the stranger whipped out an ngly looking knife, and before Dobmann could make a move in defense he was stabbed three times in the wrist. Dobmann state that he had never seen the man before and did not uiuierstanti tne onslaught. Tbe man disappeared immediately after the stab bing. ; THEY WIN AGAIN SALEM ALL-STARS CAREY j THE BELT AWAY , FROM STAL WART MULTNOMAHS. Without Boasting, the T Story of the Game Shows That Salem Boys . Ont- piayed tne Clot lien at Every and Turn of the Contest. Croqk Salem, 4; Multnomah, 0. Thus Salem takes the scalp of I Port land's big aggregation of football play ers once again and stands the champion of the northwest. The game yesterday on Multnomah field is reported one' of the very test and cleanest of the year and the playing, of the All-Stars from Salem was of a gilt-edged character. They outplayed the Portland men at every stage of the proceedings and there never was a look-in for 'a score for them. ' ' 1 ' A funny coincidence is that the score is exactly the same as when the Salem team played Multnomah in the fall, made in exactly the same way by the same man at the same stage and point of the game, Rader repeating his suc cessful drop kick . at the - right period. Those who were present speak highly ofithe" work of Frank Lonergan (as ref eree, who was fair, impartial and full of 'knowledge of the'gajnei -a The same is true of Dr. Harry Olinger. as umpire, v - The features of yesterday's game were Chadnecy Bishop's kicking. Fad er's backing up of the line, (Nsce's catching of punts and Coleman rs mag nificent rnn of forty yards, , but it is only just to say that every man in the line was true to the name they bore and was a star in the football field.. It is also said that Philbrook played all around the crack' Idaho- player. Roose velt. I The brilliant players for Multnomah were James and Stott. - f There was great rejoicing among the Salem fans last 'night when The States man displayed the bulletin of the game, and there was genuine pride in the bovs who stand alone as the only set of players that has defeated the Port-. land ciud men ana snown ov repealing the dose that it was no accident. Lov ers of the sport will be interested in tho details which follow: j, . 'J Story of the Game. Game called at 2:30. James kicks to Rader to Salem's 15-yard jline and Rader ran the ball back seven yards before he was downed by Stott. Bishop takes the ball ten yards around " left end, which Nace increases by four yards more; Rader bucks theJ line for two yards. The next two plays netted Salem but two yards and Bishop was forced to punt, sendmp; it 35 yards, when Multnomah ran it back ten yards, in three downs Mnltnomah gains ten yards and in three other plays Mult nomah gained fourteen yards hiore, but in the next two. plays they made on'y four yards and were held for downs. Two tries and Salem was forced to punt. Bishop i punted high for' twenty yards and Nace downed Multnomah's man ia his tracks. In two tries - Multnomah lost two yards and was compelled to punt, sending the-ball thirty yards, when Nace got the. ball ami j ran it in ten jards.- Now by a series of bucks nnd i end runs by Bishop, Rader and Nace, Salem gained sixteen yards, when thev wre held and Bishop punted forty yards and the receiver of the ball was again downed in his tracks by Rader. Two tries and Multnomah gained two and a ; half yardv when James punted thirtv vards and Nace was.dowrfed ;in catching it. Salem gained" three yards and five more by an off-side or.'.uver--field's. Salem in the next two plays made three yards by Rader and Nace and Bishop panted' forty yards, the re ceiver being downed where e caught the ball, by Hinkl. Multnomah lost the ball on" a fumble,' Dolsn falling on it. The first attempt by Salem wan fumble and Multnomah got the ball, bat fsilin; to gain oa the next try, pontad to Bishop, who leaped in the air and caught what looked like a hopeless ball, tnakinz three yards gain Bishop minted fifty yards and Coleman downed the man without gain. Mnltnomah was then held for downs and Salem gets th tall. liishop makes twenty-uve .yaws around end. Next try, Salem fomtled; Multnomah's ball; they make twe tries without results and punted fifteen yards; Nace received ball nd. made three yards, followed by similar gains bv Rader and Pollard, then Bishop kicked forty-five yards to James, who returned it five . yards; Mcitnomah trains three yards in two downs and niit thirtr yar to IVai, who li (Continued page S) NEW YORK IS ' PROSPEROUS CHRISTMAS UNUSUALLY MESSY ... IN BIG CITY OF EAST. PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OP MONEY -. ! -. '. . . . : , ., Merchants in Every Line of Business Report Record-Breaklng ' T . Trade. - " Religious, Benevolent and Political In stitutions Furnish Dinners to More Than 250,000 Men, Women and Chil dren Salvationists Remember Poor.' NEW YORK, Dee" 25. From all indications-this was an unusually merry Christmas for the millions of men, wo men and children who call New York their home. , The , brightly lighted streets were crowded up to the midnight hour last night and thousands of stores remained open for the convenience of belated shoppers. In nearly every line of business the volume of ' the holiday trade this year is reported to have reached record-breaking figures. Money appeared '- to be unusualy plentiful, a fact due in a large measure to the ab sence of labor strikes during the last six months. - . There was no reason why any one in the metropolis should have gone hungry today. f It is conservatively estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 were furnished with Christmas dinners by a host of religious, benevolent and politi cal organizations. The Salvation Army and the Volunteers eclipsed all previous records in the " holding , of Christmas feasts and the giving away of basket dinners to poor families.. At the Sal vation Army dinner alone the menu call ed for 5000 pounds of turkey, chicken, beef and pork, 2000 loaves of bread, 1000 gallons of coffee, 200 bushels of potatoes, 100 pounds of butter and oth er articles in proportion. The work of the Salvation Army was only a small portion, of the great work of Christmas charity in New York, but it was typical of the whole. All relig ious denominations did their share in steering Santa Claus to the homes of the poor and friendless. Nor did the poli ticians lag far behind. Their motives, of course, may not have, been so pure and unselfish, but at the same time the gloves and shoes distributed to the Bowery derelicts were none the less warm, nor the turkey dinners passed out the less welcome because they were paid for byvthe-TUn" Sullivans and their class. 'We are expected to take care of our people at Christmas as at all other times, ' ' sard - boss, " whose n4me stands for the worst in politics, as he tratched the turkey and cranberry sauce vanish this morning before the hungry horde. "But I'm telling you the truth when I say it isn't only that we inmic or. A district leader sees poverty as few people sees it. He is brought up against terrible eases every day. He must have a heart of stone if he is only thinking of his own sel fish interests when he gives his big Christmas feasts. Most of the noliti- cians I know don't worry whether their guests are Republicans or Democrats, whether they have votes or not. They draw no party lines on such occasions.' SHERMAN INDIANS WTN. Ron of 107, Yards One of Features In V Los Angeles Football Game. : LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25. Two ser ious casualties, some spectacular rlav-i ing, including a 107-yard rnn, said to be the longest in history of football, were mo xeaxures 01 tne game between the Sherman Indians anl St. I Vincent's college today, which the former won by a score 01 su to o. o. 11. Wilhoot, of St. Vincent's, sustained . broken collar bone and L. Lugo, an Indian, had two ribs smashed. The Indian outplayed the local men from the start. " - I,, - - --Mi - r'- ; SOCIOLOGISTS TO ORGANIZE. ' BALTIMORE, Md., Dee; 25. An ef fort will be made by th members who aire interrested in socology to form a na- THE INVENTORY SALE Beginning verdsement. Special ad SALEM WOOLEN MILL STORE i ?..'.;.. -;: ..-:-:: ' -:-: - -, ,". -;. ; . C. P. BISHOP, Proprietor. n tional association at the annual confer ence of the 'American Historical asso ciation, the American Science associa tion and the American Eeonomie as sociation, to be held at John Hepkia's university this week. Among those who are interested in the matter are El- ward A. Rose, of the University of Ne braska, Albion W. Small, of the Uni versity of Chicago, Simon X. Patten, of the Lniverway of Pennsylvania, William G. Sumner, of Yale, and Thoe. N. Carver, of Hartford. ; ,1 This Date in History. 1 1 December 26. 1135 Stephen crowned king of Eng land. 1292 John (Baliol) king of Scots, paid homage to Edward I at Newcastle. 1532 Charles V raised siege of Metx. 1X6 Washington crossed the Dela ware, 1811 Many persons perished in the burning of a theater at Richmond, Vs. 1830 Independence of Belgium rec ognized by the allied powers. 1S31 Stephen Girard, Philadelphia philanthropist, died. 1851 Lagos, Africa, destroyed by the British. . 1891 Jorge Montt inaugurated pres ident of Chili. 1900 Treaty between Mexico and China signed at Washington, D. C. CHRISTMAS DAY 3 HOW IT WAS OBSERVED BY PEO PLE AND NUMEROUS SA- ' LEM CHURCHES. ' 7", Rest, Recreation, Worship Honorod as a - Holy Day by Some and ( Festival Day by All Decorations, Christmas Trees and Gifts Numerous. . ,. ' , : The great Christmas festival was very generally observed in Salem yesterday. The business houses were closed and people of nearly all trades and callings rested from their labors. The weather was 4isagreeable for pleasure out doors, but among those who were abroad there was evidence of that "Peace oh earth and good will to men" whfch was an nounced at the coming, nineteen hun dred and five years ago, of the one in whose honor the. day is celebrated. . In nearly all the churches exercises of a special character were held and all were decked in festival array in ftonor of the occasion. In the Roman Catho lic and Protestant Episcopal churches the day is observed with the same de votion as on Sundays and with music especially adapted to the season. At St. Joseph's Catholic church, tne decorations were principally of ever greens -and holly berries, which were arranged 'artistically around the altars, while ia I front of virgin's altar was built a miniature manger, after the one at Bethlehem, and a waxen Christ child lying therein. There were three masses at 7, 8:30 snd 10:30 a, m. At the early service the singing was by the children of the academy and wag very fine. At the 10:30 service singing was by the regular choir, who had practiced thoroughly a new mass, which was beau tifully rendered. Rev, Father Moore preached an eloquent sermon on the sa cred day and the meaning of it. n the evening there .was benediction. At St. Joseph's hall a handsome Christmas tree was set up," generously Joaded with candies, nuts and good things for the children, a charming musical program was rendered, and a beautiful tableau of the Child in the crib, with tbe an gels singing "Glory to God in the High est," was trcsf-itcd, nfter which Santa Claus Huckrstein and his chief agent, Judge Kaiser, distributed the gifts to the delighted young folks who filled the hall. And the little folks were no more pleased than were' the grown folks. who accompanied them. At St. Paul's Episcopal ebnreh there were communion services in the morn ing at. 7:30, also morning prayer and communion at 10:30, and an able dis course by Rev. Barr G. Loo on "The In carnation the Basis of Morality." 'At Christ Evangelical Lutheran there was confession at 10:3i a. m., altar serv ice at 11, sermon at 11:30 and holy communion at 12 o'clhek, Rev. Adolph Eberle officiating. j The Christmas exeritipes at the Con gregfltional chnrch were held on Friday T (Continued on pnge 8).- ! to-day our annual reduction. features mentioned in Look out for MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED CASUALTIES AT MOSCOW YILI REACH INTO THOUSANDS. STREET FIGHTING CONTINUE 3 Revolutionists Make Desperate . Fight Behind Barricades Erected Throughout City. Strikers Deny Responsibility for Agrar ian Outrages Which They Lay at the Door of Socialists People of Moscow Stricken With Fear and Trembling. LONDON, Dee. 25, The Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent states that ai an early hour this morning the caus ualUos at Moscow were estimated at 5K)0 killed and 14,000 wounded. The fight is still proceeding. The inhabi tants, have been forbidden to leave their dwellings after I o'clock in the even ing. It is impossible to move about the city on account of the 'stray bullets. Many innocent people have been acci dentally killed. A famine Is threatened. It is learned that cannon firing is pro ceeding this evening in various parts of the city. The barricades erected by the revolutionists are being desperately defended. 1 i , The correspondent says that from fragmentary accounts ' received from Moscow, he gathers that the civil war has brought no decisive action, but i only thickening the blood cloud and will increase the availing bitterness. Tbe driving force behind both the troops nd rebels is no longer enthusiasm but force is almost superhuman hate, and hence the deeds repotted ire the enor mities of mailmen; "Inthe meantime, " he goes on, "the bulk of the population cowers in the innermost recesses of kitchens and cellars, and is stricken with fear anfl trembling at every boom of a cannon or explosion of a bomb." The most surprising thing, he says, is the loyalty of the troops, which no ono ': had anticipated. In a conversation with a group of .St. Petersburg revolution aries, the correspondent was Informed that tney believed they would be vic torious, but fully realized that they were staking everything upon the issue, and that a failure would sot back their cause for Several years. They denied they were inciting the agrarian out rages, which they attributed to the cialists. In conclusion they stated tnat in the event of the failure of their cause they wmild have recourse to'teri rorism, choosing the victims from all classes of society. . Strike Ends at Warsaw. 'Warsaw, free. 25. The strike of tho rwiat and telciTrnnh mn1nvp ( at an r 1 1 j end here. The strikers have accepted the eonuinons-oi the government. The telcrrarhfra fcaiimorl worfe tmlur Ttm military governor has prohibited tho street sale of newsnanera and fhn i Hir ing of revolutionary songs, meetings and processions, fine rauroaa men ioiay resolved to resume work unless their Comrades at St. Petersburg join, tho strike. -I . t YESTERDAY IN HISTORY. - T December 25. J 800 Charlemange crowned at Rome. 1060 Wiliam the Conqueror crowned in London. 1440-OiHcs De Retz, the fa mous "Bluel eard," executed at Nantes. 1476 Duke, of Milan assassinated. 1U42 Is'aae Newton born, 1CH3 Kxecution of Kara Mustapha. 1702 Great riot at Drury Lane the ater over price of, tickets. 1770 Battle between British and A m r leans at Trenton, N. J. . 1777 Vermont separated from Xwf" Hnrnpshirc and became an independent' state. ! : ' i ' i- , ' 1813 Violent eruption at Mt. Ftna, 181G Treaty concluded between; United States and Algiers. r 1S2H Felix Halm, Prussian prine. who served in American Civil war, born. 1804 Union army repulsed at Foit Fisher, N. C. . . 1 SO'J Earthquake shock felt in southern California. to-morrow's it.