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. THE DAILY JOURNAL L T" Tonleht an Tomorrpw.Rain Cooler Tomorrow. 1 WODEL HOME PAPER si m mm -JJ-" SALEM OREGON, TUESDAY JAKUAHY 7 1902, NO 5 VOL XII x We are Now Open OUR 254 - 256 COMMERCIAL STREET. And Shall Continue Our, enin 10 Per Cent off on all New Goods, and Shop Worn Goods at any Old Price. Those superior well - made suits for men and boys that we are selling below all competition please every patron who enters our store. x x xc x, BLANKETS Everybody is invited to come and visit our new store whether you want to buy or not. We have some rare practical Holiday presents, such as neckwear, suspen ders, gloves, housp jackets, blankets, handkerchiefs. - C. P, BISHOP, Dot Soba Will keep out the Cold Try Some at I nc or At 114 State Street We Make a Specialty of Salted Peanuts This is to Certify Cou'S'oWlon -I Plem. Ore, An,. 2. 1901 Crippled and Many Years an Invalid. To whom theee present 'lull come, Greeting. About fourteen yean since at ulno yean of age 1 met with au acclduut which causea an lulury to my spine and imlvlo bone wblch resulted In the formation of humpeil shoulders and hip, a khortenlocr of tbe waUl and displacement of lu leftist organa, ami sliorienhiK of about two luetics of one limb between tbe knee and hip. In addition to tho outward appearance of my body as above described In March 1VO0 1 wm taken with a teyero attaok of La Orlppo from the eflect of which I tufterud greatly with my lung end heart, and when la May 1VUOI came to and began treatment with l)r, J. V. Cook my condition was about an follows. Could per form no manual labor, could not stoop to pick anything from the floor. Could get about the house only with difficulty, and setting upstair was noxt to impoaslMe. Could use my limbs only with difficulty and one of them was muoh wased. My nervous system, was badly wrecked. Had cough and severe pain on lanes and heart, no appetite, could sleep only in broken spells, aud In many ways iuftervl almost constant and ludescrlbable agonies. In short I was as muoh dead as alive. iTevlouily to my attack of La (Irlppe I was treated over a nenod of years by many physicians to noeileeuire purpose. My personal appearance at this time Is atrauht In the back as anyone. My wasted limb re.l r.d 1 1 uoim.it slse au J but I"! more than "alf an inch "horurr than th '' . .tave free mi i i us and n fo ip utlrs one foot kit. 1 1. v Mr w i' ;rft ' My was it Is f"i'beuiug tm o'-n l. tb floor with eats. Can get straw and tt pretty much any and every tbloj other .! k4' i-tn do. M) ai-ptlitv is splendid; slep nouudly aud am abso'ti ely free from ilu. . Hating lived tu Ur Cook's I'mllt f..r rearly aymrl have seen nmoh of the nmt of his treatment upiu others, and ean trnlr and he r'uliy reemtuend tbe Doctor aud bis lni-d-leal . II to all tn any war Bflllftel. Tbo btx-cor'a treattneut lu UiU wane wl ql. lyomidnwl to hit il.itaulcal Haiedlo. uhi utu tionj'ly a twinlsleratl " retort to thi use of Vullf. nircliaiihsl appliance or oth rraciiiod of treatment Wl KO,Knu.w. Lillian Rosn1aun has iivv-l lu tills t. Ity about nine year-. W j. thf undrr gued, wns. y s-'iuaint-ed with the above am at ana herf'il uU scribe to i te tatU f . v fujeent, g nat ut. N icmi nraI M. ' er A. V. KuNH I '. Subseribod and sworu to before w this 3tth '"gtltA W.W.OALL. w Uouuty Olerk. By A. ilcOOLloni. Deputy. 20 Per Cent off FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. On Cut Glass, Silver Plated Hollow Ware and 8 day Clocks. ' ' 1-3 OFF ON UMBRELLAS ' - ' Remember for a Few Days Only. ...BARR'S JEWELRY STORE... 118 State Street for Business in H STORt g OcLIG Everybody admits that our own make Woolen Mill Blankets excel anything on the market for quality and low price niiii Store Proprietor. - --- New Desips for 1902 In jewelry and watches are now shown at Pomeroy's. If you want the latest and best there is, you will examine this stock, you can make your selection at a pi ice to suit, and will be sure of getting the best value for the money. Pi ices cut in two. C. T, Pomeroy 288Com'ISt. Watchmaker and Optician THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES. One of tlio AiK'Icnt St-vi-u Womlcra r tli World. The nnclcnts mtectVdeil In innk'nK that nlloy of copper which Is known ntt bronze. Aniony the sevon. woutlorit of tho world was tho fumotis Htntta whol ly lunilo of bronze, historically known an the coIosrus of Ithodes. It repre sented I'ha'bus, tho national deity of tho IthodlmiH. It wns bogim by Chares, a pupil of LyslpptiH, tho sculptor, and wns completed by Laches 283 II, 0. The popular belief Is that It Htood nstrldo the harbor of Ithodes, that It was 10r feet high and that ships could easily sail between Its logs. I'llny said that few men could clasp Its thumb, it was cast on metal plates, afterward Joined together, and thin process occupied twelve years. In the Interior was a spiral staircase reach Inn Into Its head, and In a Krcnt mirror suspended to Its ueck were reflected the const of Syria and the ships sailing to Egypt. After It had stood for slMy-four years this colossus wits overthrown by au eartlupinke, and Its remains lay on the shore for 02.'! years that Is. until A. D. 072 when they were sold by tho Hnrocens to a Hehrow dealer. The original cost wns 800 talents-say, $(),-000,MM)-nud it Is not too much to say that a similar Image might be eon strui'ted now lu one-fourth of the time and at nuo-thlttl of the original cost, ithodes, by the way, must hae had columns on the brain, for I'llny relates that' tho port was adorned with 1.000J colottuil statues of tho sun. Men's Ifutbuxes, "It might soorn," said a trunk and bag mnuufnefuror, "that u man's hat box was Just a hatbox; but, as a mut ter of fact, men's hatboxeo are made lu very cousldurablo variety. Thoy are oval aud square and oblong as to form, of solo leather, or hamwM leather aud of enauiolod leather as to material and of various cmeltles, from boxes de signed for ono hat to Imj.om for four hats. Aud there are marie in the oral shape boxoa with a removable center section lu which, according as that sec tion Is taken out or left lu, cmu be car ried one hat or ture. "Aud some hntboxea have a tray for collars aud cuffs, aud so on, and lu some the hat bowls are removable, so that upon occasion the lox oau be turn ed Into a good slued plain oase that can lie used for any purpose whatever." Niw York Sua Salem. Oregon I DOUGLASS OPENS THE BALL Files Bill of Complaint Against Merger The Octopus Must Show reasons. its Why it Should not be Per petually Restrained. Washington, Jnn. 7. Attorney Gen - oral WallacoR. DouglnBS, of Minnesota Med In tho United 8tatoe Supremo court a bill of complaint in tho case of tlio State of MinneBOa,:complalnant,aa ins tho Northern Securities Company, de- fondants. It asks that tho defondant! ba renuired to show cauao why it should not bo perpetually enjoinod fiom ef fecting tho consolidation of tho Great Northornnnd Northern Pacillc Railroads as proposed. The Fleht In Chlcaeo. Oiiicaiio, Jan. 7. What la expected o bo ono of tho most interesting sessions of tho lntct-Stnto Commoreo Commis sion over hold began hero today whon tho Commissioners liotoned to tho testi mony concerning thonllcKod discrimina tion in connection with packing houso products In favor of Kansas City. Pub lic interest, honevor, in centered on to morrow's meeting, at which tho com missioners will endeavor to got soruo light on tho effect of tho recent railroad mergers on tho rate situation. Ciiicauo, Jan. 7. It Is now stated tiAtit la almost curtain that beforo tho Interstate Commerco Commission fin ishes its InvcB'Igation of tho recent big railroad morgor in tho West, a summons w II bo laeucHl for J. P. Morgan to ap pear as a witness. Tho financial king's part in tho forma tion of tho combination and his knowl edge of its scope, tho commissioners de siro to know. Mr. Morgan's rofural or failure to appear and testify would sub ject him to punishment for contempt, tho commission's power to inflict such punishment having boon upheld by two Federal Supremo Court decisions. The session which Mr. Morgan and his aids will likely ho summoned to at tond Is to bo hold either in Washington or Now York eomo titno after tho Chic ago sitting is ended. That tho commission contemplates summoning Mr. Morgan is based upon a statement said to havo ucon mado by ono erf tho commissioners. Train Smash upat Salem Another accident occurred at tho Southorn Pnclfio pussenger dopot last night. This is tho third within a month, having taken place within a six hundred yard limit, boon after midnight last night, uu extra south-bound freight carno into the station, and lenving tho train on tho main (track, cut in two and pullod down to the freight de pot to do some switching. On return ing, the fireman on tlio ongino was "stoking" itl tho furnace and not watch ing far tho brako'mnn's orders, and tho uiiglnoer was backing In at a good rata of speed, and backed into the train on tho main track. Tho cars strik ing eacli other wero two cars of lumber. It resulted in three cars of tho heavv timbers being dumped to tbo ground, and two of tbe cars wero consid erably injured. This occured immedi ately in front of tho passenger depot. The lumbor is 1Sx12, from Inman, Poul son Co, of Portland. Tho wrecklngerew arrived a few hour' after tlio accident, and worked all day clearing away tho debris from the cars and reloading the umber. Held for an Old Crime North Yakima, Jan. 7. J. 8. Fife Is under arrest here, charged with being oonn acted with the murder of Prank Uiohardton, of Savannah, Mo., on Christmas 1D00. Fife is employed as olerk in a store. A Sentimentalist. Johnny Sglzzletop Electricity Is n great thing! Willie Boerum Wwhy, yes, but there Isn't Iwlf the (uu pushing olecli It buttons at folks' front doors that there Is iHtlllng the old fashioned doorbell! Urookhu Eagle. Deceived. Kdltli-You say old Mr. Goldloy tie celred I&lltii dreadfully about his age' Uladjrs Ye, itoor girl I After they were married be cwafesswd that he was only sixty Instead of seventy-five. IieMHAe yeu are better than the man y dHse does net mean that you are not worse tban those who despise yon. Kew York Press. Tomorrow Is not elastic enovgu In wbk-b to press tbe neglected duties of today. SCHLEY WILL BE HEARD President Decides to Consider His Appeal Against the Decision of Secy. Long. Counsel Raynor and Teague Preparing the Papers. ' Wasiiinuton.-Tuo object of Admiral Bihloy'a visit to tho Whlto liouso yeBtor. day waa to request tlio I'reetuont 10 cou- aldor his appeal .lor a reversal 01 mo action of Secrotary Long, and for tho disapproval of tho majority judgment of tho court of inquiry. Tho President (jranted tho Admiral's request. Kaynor and Toaguo will today nsoiot benloy in tho preparation of tho appeal. I CHINA'S I K U L C IK kJ RETURN In State to the City. Forbidden Puki.v, Jan. 7. Tlio imperial co entered tho Foiblddou City at 1:30, afternoon. It wns tho moat brlllia econo Pekin has uvor witnessed. procession consisted of a thoutand ; geouily attired noblomen mouutod ut glittering caparisoned horses. Emperor and KmproBS dowager enter tho temple in the guto incetiBO. SERIOUS ' CLASH IN CHINA Russians and Yankee Blue jackets Fighting. i House is Considering Nicar- aguan Canal Bill. Washington, Jan. 7. A serious clash has occurred been Americans of tho United States Btoamsbip Vicksburgand Russian soldiers at Niou Chang, China. There had been threo fights, nud one Russian soldior is reported woundod. Tho Russian ambassador at Pekin has complained to Unltod Status minlrter Conger. Congor in turn Informod tho statu do partmout, and Secretary ol tho Navy Long cabled to Commander Ilerry, of the Vicksburg, to use ovory effort to provont further collisions. Tho House today wont Into a commit toe of tho wholo for tho consideration ol thoNlcaraguan canal bill. Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of tho committee on in terstate and foreign commerco, which reported tho bill, opened the debate. A NEAT JOB BY BURGLARS Bound and Gagged Watchmen Got $5,000. St. Louis, Jan. 7. Masked men enter ed the National Stock Yards Hank at East St. Louts, Ills,, during tho night, bound and gagged throe night watch men, blew open the safe, and got away with $5000. One of tho watchmen as Loo Philpot, a rough rider friend of President Roosevelt. The robbers work ed at the vault from 7 p. m. to 4 a. in. ELLEN'S ALIVE AGAIN And Again Her Release Expected.- is New YoKK, Jan. 7. A lueosenuer who has juit returned from the brigands reports that Mita Stone and lime, Tsilka wore well 30hourtago, cable tho Satnakov, Bulgaria, correspondent of the Journal and American Consul General Dickinson has ro turned to Sofia and an early roloaso is oxpectcd. Tito present obitaclo la Mr. Dickinson's refusal to pay tbo cash be- ' foro Miss Btono'i roleaso. Tho brigands demand Is first tho ransom, then tho roleaeo. It is said, howovor, in explan ation that they novor violate tho recognized brigand code of honor, always freeing tho captlvo when tho money is paid. Tho brigands want tho ransom de posited in tho ground within Bulgarian jurisdiction. They then will undoitako toreloase Miss Stono within Turkish jurisdiction. They want to bo on tho Bulgarian sldo aftor tho cloeo.of negotia lions, but this condition la not urgent. The district governor of Satnakov Bays tho snow is forcing tho brigands to como to terms. If not rolonsod before tho middle of tho month tho brigands will go into permanent wlntor quarters, and negotiations cannot bo reopened till HpTIIIg. "I havo captured and killed many brigands," adds tho Governor, "and the delay in tracing or capturing tho pr'a ont band is caused by tho Turkish troopa staying in tho villages and fearing to pursuotho brigandsiuto tho mountains." BANDITS BADLY FROZEN Two of Ricker's Murderers Captured. The Alan Who Fired the Shot Still at Large. UASi'Kit, YYyo., Jan. 7. Levi Hell, a member of tho poeso in pursuit of tho murders of Shoriff Rickor,w ho was killed last week, brought In Claronco Woodward and Frank S.Foote, last night. Thoy had had nothing to eat and wero badly frczou wheu captured. Lynching is threatened. Chas. Woodward, another of tho escaped men was Boon on Saturday thirty miles west of Krvay, going West. He is sup posed to bo tho one that shot Rickor. Molineux to lie Tried Again Nkw Yoiik, Jnn. 7. Roland 11. Moli neux will not bo placod on trial for a second tlmo, charged with the murder nl Mrs . Catherine J. Adams, until tho beginning of March, Kx-District Attorney Olcott of his council, callod on District attornoy Jor. onto and asked him whon tho raio would bo ready for trial, saying ho wouldper for to havo It placod on tho calondar as soon as possible Ho was told by the District Attorney that Assistant District Attornoy Oabbrno who will havo charge ol tho prosecution, will be engaged in tho trial of Albert T. Patrick, who Is accusod of instigating tho death of William M. Rice, an eccon- trlo millionaire. This trial, which will begin a week from Wednesday will occuy at least six weeks, it Is belioved. Tho Molineux trial will follow It. OREGON FARMERS CONGRESS In Full Blast With Three Day Program. Specialists Discuss Pr- gre.s ive Methods of Dairying. There was a good crowd nut Monday night to welcome tho Farmer's Congress at Its initial meeting. Mrs Bcovell, a popular Salem soloist, sang and responded to au onoore. Mr. Thlelsen accompanying. Tho forenoon was devoted to Oeo. i Weeks' paper on ensilage, the dalry ' man's sauerkraut for tnlleh cows, I Tbo senate chamber was full of bright ' fan d keen-eyed farmers, mostly youug and middle aged. Prominent farmers are present from many parUof Western Oregon, They are a solid IkkIv of men and look very mmh as the ideal Oregon Senate should (look. The afternoon aud evening will be taken up with dairy topics by gentlemen aud ladies of ability in this line, inter spersed with music. Supt. Miller and a number of officials of the B. P. Co., and other lines are at tending the farmer's congress. McKlnlcy Memorial Gov. (Jeer today received a Utter from former Secretary of State William It. Day suggesting that a day be set apart for the children of the public schools to commemorate the death of the latePre ildent aloKlnley and to contribute to the memorial fund now being raised throughout the country, OFFICER WAS TO BLAME Walla Walla's Look out Warned Him But no Notice was Taken the Danger. Captain Johnson's Story the Wreck. of of San Fhakcisce: Tho examiner sqys on tho authority of doputy coroner Skin ner, of Humboldt county, that E. John ton, ono of tho lookouts on tho wrecked atoamor Walla Walla, testiflod that ho saw tho lights of tho French bark many minutes beforo her prow sank Into tho Walla Walla's hull J that twico ho warn ed the ofllcor on the brldgn but that his warnings Wbro not heeded. 8eattle, Jan. 7. Tho steamer Dlt patch which picked up tlio survivors of tho Walla Walla disaster, arrived in port yestorday and Captain Victor Johneon gavo n vivid account of tho work of reecuo. Of his own great ser vlco in saving tho lives of so many, ho would talk of but llttlo. Ho expressed strong indignation at tho actions of somo of tho Walla Walla's (ctcw. In speaking of tho wreck, ho said : "To begin at tho beginning wo sailed from San Francisco Now Year's day and wero passod that afternoon by tho Walla Walla, I thought nothing nioro about her until 8 o'clock the morning of Jan uary V wncti wo picked up a lllo boat containing three llremon. Thesu men I will havo to doBlguato thorn as men told mo tho Walla Walla had sunk; that no one savo thotmolvos was left to tell tho tale. At first I was inclined to discredit them. Thoy stuck to their story altor they woro aboard, so I had to beliovo them. Then It dawned on mo what thoy hud dono, sneaked nway llko cowards, threo sailors In a strong boat, capable of carrying many, and It'ft help less women and 111011 to drown. "Within a short tlmo wo camo upon another boat, ami another, and another, until wo had found four boats and four life rafts, all told. Wo cruised and cruisod, picking up pt-uph hero, thero and ovcrywhtro. Such hardships! Somo woro hauled aboard unconscious, others woro practically undo, nntl many had borne up with remarkable Btrongth and vitality. Wo had to handle thorn roughly getting them abokrd." ' BOERS BADLY WORSTED In Fierce Fighting Africa. in South London, Jan. 7 Lord Kitchener, tel egra phing from Johannesburg on Janu ary sixth reports skirmishes In various parts of the field, Tho moit serioue wore at Ameosfoot on Jan. 3, and when Maj. W. II. Plumor and Col. J. H. Pons droro Commandants Curlsteneon, Ilotha and Opormau's commands from their positions. ThorJomoraet light infantry aulferod sevoroly. Maj. Valentino and elghteon men wero killed and flvo ofllcora and twenty-eight men wounded. The lloors left nlno men dead on tho fluid, Col. Colenbrader, surprised Field Cornet Lowe, in larger ut Wntervolo, on Jan, fi, killing five men and capturing 20, Tint comm'st-loners who havo arrived aro M.trtin Kr-app, New York, Chali- inan; J. I). Yuomant, Iowa; Formtr Governor Jotiopli W. Flfer, Illinois, and Charloi A. 1'routy, Vermont. Mr. Clem ens of Georgia, tho other member of tho commission, will arrlvo today, Judge W. A. Day, of Washington, I). 0 the commission's counsel, has bren In town since Saturday, WIRELESS TELEGRAPH TO ALASKA Seattle Promoters are ing it Along. Push' Will be Completed to Nome City Next Summer. Ciiilaoo, Jn. 7. Alaska and the United States may soon be eouneoted with a line of wireless telegraphy. Se attle capitalists are negotiating with Chicago flrtna for the iuipment and promoters believe that next summer a alluo will be In operation between Nome City and Seattle, GENERAL ODELL ANSWERS In Suit for Interest Against Bank Left Papers With Them for " , Collection. Had to Borrow Aloney to Make the State Good. In tho caeo of J. A. Raker, plaintiff, vs th) Williams und England Banking Co. dofendant, in dept. No. ! Marlon Circuit Court, yo8torday, Gen. W. II. Odell. ono of tho claimants, tiled his answer to the second umeuded complaint and petition of Ladd & Hush. Gen. Odell denies tho material allegations of tho petitioners, nud tnakcB tho following further and separate answer to Laud & liucli a sec ond amended potltlon aud objectiens: Thnt tho said principal sum of $5017.27 or any part thereof was dopositod with said corporation by W. II. Odell while ho acting as clork of tho board for tbo sulo of swamp or school or university lands, or as clork of tho Stato Land Hoard, or that Bald Bum of money, or nuy part thoroof, waa stato fundH, or othorwiso, or at all, oxcopt as horoin after stated; Denies that no Intorosl should bo allowed tho Bald W. II, Odell or that his contract does not call for Intoredt; Dantoa that on July 3rd, 189(1, or at any other time, ot at all, this court uuulo in due form of law, or otherwise, or at nil, a certain, or any order, or decree 111 this cause llxlng or establish ing the umount or 'diameter of all or any claim a presented to tho Itccelvor herein and adjudging and decreeing that no Interest bo allowed on any claim whero no tntorest was contracted to bo paid ; Denies that tho presentation or proof of said claim of W. II. Odell wai or is an imposition, of fraud, on this or any court, ir an imposition or fraud on tho creditors, or any crcdltor,o( tho said cor poration ; Dofontlnut W. U. Odell, by way ot a further and separate atiBWor and dofenso to Ladd & Utieh'a Second Amonded Potl tlon and Objections, complains ami nl locs: First; That for a long tlmo prior to tholnvolvoncyofdofondant corpor. Hon, W II Odell waa tho duly elccted,(iuallflod and acting clork of tho Statu Land Hoard, of tho Stuto of Orogon, nud bo continued us Bald clork until tho day of Au gust, 1801). Secend: That us clork of said Stato Land Hoard W. II. Odell rocelvod dlvoia drufta and chormias for tho uso und ben efit of tho said fdiool fund and that all of Bald drafts and checquos wero drawn payable to defendant W. II. OJoll per sonally, or to "Tho e'erk of tho Stato Land Hoard." Third ; That all of said uhccquea aud drafts woro by W. II. Odell ondorsed and deposited with said corporation for collection, ouly. Feurth: That whon said corporation became insolvent, It had of monoy bo collected tho said sum of f5,047.27. Fifth: That nolthor thu wholo nor any prtrt of said sum was placed on do. posit witli eald corporation aud that all of said sum camo Into possession of Baid corporation, as agent of tloloudant in collecting salt! money and not by way of deposit. Sixth: That when said corporation became Insolvent and said sum pFjgsssgsasssjsasjsjsMsatMstasM ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE A plain statentut or west's lolur. on at the nig Store. TWak about It; talk about It; take alvantaie of the cpcoriusiry. LADIES' SUITS I 0 00 Suits for $ 0 00 12 00 Suits for 8 00 (16 00 Suits (or flO 00 MS GO Suits for 112 00 S'JO 00 Suits for 113 31 2i 60 Suits for I5 00 fUO 00 Suits for W 00 Salespeople who arc experienced lu cutting and fitting, to wult upon you. LADIES WAISTS All wool flannels U 10 f 50 liaiiuel waists $' t H All new snappy styles. DRESS GOODS 38cCounter-Oomprlsln a line f oholoe Mulling worth 6O0 and ISO 48C Counter Composed of Dress Uo"da varying in price fryin t!0o te f 1 10. 98C Counter Ootuprlalnu a line of our 11 36, 11.60 and $ 76 values One-Third Reduction 09 CHILDREN'S JACKETS a could nbt'bo paid, W. H. Odell borrowed money on his Individual and persona credit for tho purpose of reimbursing tho Stato Lund Hoard for all of said $3017 27, and thereafter Immed iately paid all of said sum to the Stato Treasurer of tlio Stato of Oregon for tho uso and bcnelH of tho different funds to which It proporly bo longed. Soventh : That, thereafter, to wit: oa or about the Jay of- , 18 W. II Odell duly presented lilt raid claim to tho rccolvcr of Bald Insolvent corpor ation and nil of said sum was thotonlter duly allowed by the oald Receiver there of and that, thereafter, to-wit; on or about July 3rd, 1890, this court duly and regularly mado and entered its jndg mout, order aud decree fixing, adjudg ing, decreeing and establishing said sum of $5,017.27 as tho amount then proporly duo W. II. Odell from said corporation. Eighth: That said ordor, judgment and docroo has never been appealed, or othorwiso called into question. Tho above answer Is presontod by Gonoral OJoll's Attornoy, L. II, Mc Mnlmn. Miners Blown to Pieces Idaho SrntNas, Jan. 7. Aa a result of a promaturo explosion of powder blasts in the Nowhoueo tunnel, two men are dead, another is fatally Injured and two others aro in a serious condition Tho list ot dead and Injured follews: Dead: Ernest Wheeler, John Kckard, Injured: A. 0. Lawes, fatally ; Horry Haird, rlba brokon ; Louis Phillips, hand crushed. Tho mon wero known as tho powder gang. Thoy wero loading holes with ponder under tho direction of Lawes, the foreman. Phillips was assisted by Halrd In tamping holes on one side of tho tunnol aud Wheeler and Kckard wore tamping holes on the other side. Lawes was standing hack about six foot, giving directions, whon tho explo sion occurred. Tho cause has not yet boon positively determined, but It Is thought tho accident was caused by tho tamping ot a shot. My Lungs Perhaps they arc sore and weak from constant cough ing:. How. 13 this? Have you forgotten about the cough medicine your grandmother gave you fifty years ago, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral? Ask your doctor how many years he has prescribed It. "An omlncnt physician told me 1 certainly bad consumption. Avor's Cherry Pectoral and I took it com- plctcly cured me." Mrs. S. L. Ycoger, Oxford, Kans. ., JOc, $1.00. J.CAVEaCO.,UwII.Msts. Tho Do lleurs Consolidated Diamond Minos, Ltd., of Klmlitrley, South Africa, havo just awarded contracts to Ameri can concerns for about $200,000. X FRESH TODAY A Taffies and Cocoanut Loaf -AT- Ellis & Zinn's Phone 2874 154 State Street MEN'S SUIJS Bee our Liberty street window. $10 00 Suite for H ill 00 Bulls for I ' 52 12 00 Suits for 5 So $12 60 Suits for J,X JJJ JU OOSulta for fix JK (16 OOHults for u w NEGLI0EE SHIRTS Two special lines shewn on Lib erty street. $2 00 values OOeatidfr. 00 valaw.. ... FANCY VESTS $S 00 values l fin values C0 SOo $2 00 $3 00 SMOKING JACKETS iflWvatvee $ ilOOOvalusa v LIS fl6 00 values u Queen Quality SaOftd, $3 00. Durlnir onr sale we gW P 0I belt "rsula ftlorw rbl wltb evwy Mir of ahoas. Meyer'aMen'sSboM.ia-jS Equal in every respect to I.U9Hm $1,60 shoe store ihow,