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DAILY C1APT
TAL joubnal
8ALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1903,
NO. S97.
iCRAIN
rV(s. xiii. ,
,UO
STORM OF
SWEPT
BY THE
STORM
RUSSIA
GETTING
UNEASY
FOOLED
THEM
WAVE
EAST
ART IN
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
The Horace Turner Ex
Robbers Were Steal
ing Railway Com
panys , Safe
i
iRolted It on the Track When
a Passenger i rain wan
Into it
Jack Frost Has a
Little Christmas
Hilarity
Eight Degrees Below Zero at
Chlcago-Seventeea Above
in Tennessee
tfnbonsvlllo, O., Dec. 2G Burglars
L jiijgo Junction last night rolled the
Pennsylvania rallway'n Bafo out, and
virtnd across tho tracks, whoro a
fjgoa was waiting on which It was
jdiently planned to load and cart It
aij. A passenger train camo around
ie carve, struck and knocked tho safo
& tho tract, but, na by a mlraclo, the
rsln was not dorallod. Tho robbsra
stsped.
o
KnlQhts Templar Services.
Doilolay Commandery, No. 5,
bights Templar, held a most lutor-
jflng service In tho Masonic lyul yos-
nrjay morning. At 9 o'clock tho com-
uadery met for tho annual Christ
M sorrlcrs. Thoso are held at the
uae hour throughout tho Unltod
gates, whrovor a commnndory Is lo
attt. Following tho beautiful and
tofresdvo services, tho regular month
tr meetlns was held and officers elect
ed tor tho ensuing year, and those
inre Immediately installed. Past
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gnna womiuuiiuur r. it. muuiu in-
tulled tho officers Into tholr respective
(oMUons, as follews:
Fritk A. Turner, eminent command
tr; William H. Byrd, genalllsslmo;
Hetry D. Thlolsen, captaln-goneral;
lftert H. Stolnor, prelato; B. Ai
PiTce. senior warden; Geo. 0. Brown,
huor warden; Lot L, Pearco, record-
A. A. CunnlnKham. warder; Fred
V. 8teutloff , standard nearer; Wm. H.
ftclr, irord bearer; Henry Shoemak
er, uttlncl.
St. Louis, Dec. 26. Almost zero
weather nrovalls tonluht in r ti
Tho day was comparatively warm and
cloudy, but tills afternoon a change set
in, tho sky clearing and the tompora
turo falling 31 degrees In four hours
This fall 'in temperature was accom
panied by a hgh wind that gained n
velocity of 40 miles an hour, doing
hibit of Pic
tures
Held in (the City Hall, Jan.
20-24-Plans to Dec
orate All School Rooms
of Our City
RIOT AND
ANARCHY
SariDomingo a Whirl -Wind
of Reyo
i Iution
Blizzard Turns Day to
Night, Stops All
Business
Tho friends of tho mtbllc schools
and of art will bo pleased to learn
that tho splendid Horace K. Turnoi
exhibit, of Boston, will be in tho city
hall during tho four days of January
20-24. So much intorost was aroused
in the subject of school room decora-
ln 1... 4l. 1?1,. nl.ll.I. 1m V.,..
considerable damage In various parts i,. ,i. mmi. f ij,t h.
of the city. i -eQa orKanZC(i to ralso funds, and take
ii inu uuigui ui uiu uiuw, portions
of tho east and north wells of the par
tlally completed $1,000,000 Bucking
ham Hotel, at West Pine and Kings
Highway, woro blown down, causing
damage ostlmnted at $75,000.
building had beon leased for the
world's fair period by the Buckingham
Club, of which Miss Holon M. Gould
is a momber, but the contractor Bays
this accidoni will not lntorforo with
Its completion on time. On tho world's
fair grounds, noar by, considerable
damago resulted from tho wind, which
blow down scaffolds and wrecked soma
temporary structures.
. Funeral Instead of Wedding.
Kw York, Dec. 2C Tho steamor
Odric brouehL from Kncland Miss
UH Bennett, who oxnocted to mar-
gAfflbroso Good, who was- killed In
M Connellsvlllo wreck, while on
iMle to moot hor. Tho news was
Men on board by a passongor. Tho
W Is nearly insano with grief. Tlie
EBlgration authorities mado an ex-
ftloa in hor caso and pormitted a
alter of tho deceased, George Good,
'JUfli a bond for hor support. This
ralng sho accompanied him to his
at McKoosport to nttend the
lral of tho man sho "was to marry.
Unclaimed Dend.
I&nnellsviiin p nr 2C Twelve
'41ms of tho railway wreck are still
sfclmod. including four unidenti-
Tho timo of tho Inquest Is not
11 d&tormlned.
Cincinnati. Dec. 2C Tho cold wave
continuos, and Is at zero tills morning.
The I In AH II draws.
totlor. Pa., Doc. 20. Tho 78th vie-
1 of tho typhoid plaguo dlod this
"ig. Flvo dlod yestorday.
genoral charge of tho plan to lurnlsh
oach school room In the city with sov
oral fine pictures.
11 will require about ISO pictures to
ilornrntp tho srhnnl rnnms lironorlv.
Thc This numbor will furnish Ave pictures
for each room. Suitable pictures have
several nocossary qualificatiens: 1.
Pictures must be large onough to be
seen from every part of the room. 2.
Pictures must bo durable. 3. The plo
turos should possess gountno morlt.
Within tho past ten years sovernl
firms In tills country ana Europe have
purchased tho right to photograph the
great master paintings found In the
groat art gallerlos of tho world. A
single company In Boston offors more
than 15,000 of such reproductions. It
has been found that tho wondorful
Chicago, Doc. 26. The cold con- photograph oflon improves tho pic-
tlnuos. and it has boon eight below turn.
since early this morning. The photographs may bo obtained
in almost any desired mo, Irom tno
llttlo 5x8 Inches to tho great sizes,
50x80 Jnches. The-prices vary with
tho slzo and tho finish. Tho most de
sirable ropioduction Is the carbon pho
tograph. It Is not affected by light or
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age. It must do ronioniuuri.-u uhh
thoro Is a alst'notlon betweon tno pic
turn that Is nhotographod from the
original and a plcturo that Is repro
duced from a reproduction or tno orig
inal. Thore aro iovoral kinds of
finish used for making tho photo
cranhs. Tho most common are car-
. .. i...i.u Tim ixrina
boa, platinum ami uruimuo. .. ,.--
of a broraldo photograpn in a
22x28 Inches, for example, Is $3, the
platinum costs about $6. whllo tho car
bon picture would cost $10. A picture
about 10x20 Inches Is of good size for
a school room. Such a picture would
cost from $4 to $7, framed.
Tho teacher and pupils of the pub
lic schools aro much Interested In the
success of the picture exhibit, and In
vlte every patron and friend of the
school to assist In some smau -The
funds already on hand are as
Proceeds from Khwr. exhibit 1"'JJ
Hlsh school
Mlts Fletcher's room w
Othr suuscripilons wuw
Every Man's Hand Raised
Against His Neighbor and
No One Knows
What for
Now York, Doc. 26. Passengers on
tho Glyo liner Now York, which ar
rived tfrom San Domingo, says tho
country! Is a seething storm of riot,
anarchs and revolution, until tho pco
plo ho no Idea whnt thoy nro fight
ing. They predict this condition will
provalL until somo outsldo country
ntmin.Trl nml ntmiH It. ftammtinlcntlon
between ports Is suspended, and alt
wires Wown. Business Is at a com
plete) standstill, and Unfile Is prac-
tlcallyft-uspendcd.
Is Afraid China Will
Aid Japan in Manchuria
Washington, Dec. 26. The state du
partnipnt hkas recelvovl the following
from lil!nlster Powell. "Tho lnsur
genUthre now marching on San Do
mingo from Mncorls. The Newport
has arrived, and the German floet Is
All Boats Had to Anchor,
Eyen thc Ferries Drifting
Helplessly In the
Darkness
Now York, Dec. 26. A stOrro
sweeping In from tho wost struck this
city this morning and onvolopod the
streets and bay in darkness. Forrlos
drifted helplessly, unablo to Uoop tholt
bearings, nud tho lines leaving quar
antlno woro forced to anchor. Thc
dny was almost unlvorsally being observed-as
a holiday. Tho WbAthoi
forecast shows today and tonight as
bolng tho coldest of tho year. Ton be
low Is oxpectod by nightfall. Thorc
was several fires this afternoon, nnrt
the high wind mado tholr oxtlngulsh.
lng difficult, AdelphU Hall, a flvo
stcry building on Seventh avenuo was
doetroyed.
expected today.
Inez."
Mncorls favors Jim-
KnlTvllln. Tcnn.. Dec. 26. It was
17 degrees abovo zero thlB morning.
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May Hatch Out One.
Portland. Dec. 26. Among a large
consignment of Eastern eggs, received
by a commission house this morning,
woro many on which Mlts E. Crook, ot
South Omaha, had written a requost
for a husband. Sho sr.ys sho is 17,
good looking, works fo Armour, and
wants a man about 28 years old.
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Japs and Russians.
Paris, Dec. 26. It Is learned today
that Japan Is preparing a force, which
will probably numbor 15,000 troops,
which will bo sent Into Coroa, to main
tain ordor at tho disturbed ports. She
has boon assured by Russia that sucn
action won't bo considered as an un
friendly act or casus belli.
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Steamers Collided.
.., tw 26. Tho steamor
t. nmi tho Clvdo llnor Klqwa col-
llded In Boeton light channel this af
ternoon. Tho latter sunk almost lm
mediately. The Dewey wa badly dli
al-lod and was towed back to port
The crow of a nearby tug rescued all
aboard the Kiowa.
The Lease Illegal.
Washington. Dec. 26. Pnyno an
nounced today that tho loaso of the
postofllce quartors at Choyonno con
tains tho namo of Senator Warren as
lessee, la violation of tho stautes, hut
that It would bo continued In force un
til tho completion of tho now govern
ment building, which will probably bo
Bovorol months. Tho leaso wa oxo-
cutod by between government In
spectors and an agent for proporty,
whllo the senator was cbsont
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1 Boston, Dec. 26. ,,Genornl Poe," tho
lnrKest dredger In tho hnrbor, sudden
ly sunk thto afternoon. Geo. Coombs,
a government employe, and Wm,
O'Nell and Thomas Jonos, black
smiths, wero drownod. Thlrtoen mon
woro aboard and ton woro roscuedj
Tlu drodgor was bolng towed at thc
Umo tho accident occurred. Tho
causo Is unknown.
Chinese Soldiers in the Char
acter of Immigrants Are
Crossing the
Border
8L Petersburg, Dec, 26. Tho Nova
Vromya today states that alarm Is folt
over tho bollof that China Is plotting
to aid Japan against Ilussla Tho Box.
or gonornl. Mar, and Viceroy Klay arj
mentioned oa lenders of tho move
mont. Tho Chlneso soldiers nro hav
Inn constnnt tnrgot practice, ns though
In preparation for actlvo duty. Chlnesa
Immlgrnnts, suspectod of being sol
diers disguised, nro entering Manchur
ia In largo numbers, arms bolng hid
den In accessible places. Tho papor
adds tho Chlnoso may ultlmatoly hold
tho trump card In the Mnnohurlan
campaign,
St Joseph, Mo Doc. 26-Tho body
of Philip Wontz, socrotnry of tha
Wonts Shoo Co., was. found hnnglns
In an ompty box car today, suspended
hv a nloco of fonco wlro. IlolatlvoJ
think It rnurdor, but the coroner vlows
it ts a enso ot suicide.
Now
We have about 2 ton of
candy and nub that we
wanttoscll in the next 2:
days. Call and inspect our
prices.
Zinn's
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154 State tit.
Phone 1071 Main.
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Metty
Xmas
CSJjfli
wetiSe&crnA
Metfy
Xmas
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This Has Been tfae Greatest Wcck m x
the History of
Th
New Yotfc
f
Tool
.'MS.'o
Qj
Ou, safes for the Mtw SlS
sales of any foil week to the history of or host
oess.
Z !
Ot Cask Plan Makes
Business. Gow
We have a few aib.ms, &X a(
oots and frameri plctorcs wWci we will close
ctly ONE-HALF PKUg-
.Salem's aeapest One Pce
Cash Store.
c v WARNES, PoP-
Imf Jk A"" ...,. HHil
U Means War. I
Udoo. Dee. M.-The correspond
... f ,h. Hallv Mall at Sydney. N. 8
W cables that the Japanese govern
'ro;t ha. placed orders forage quan
title, of pis I"" "M New S0Uth
Wales concerns, and that the presump
',lon I. that this lead will be used for
tbe manufacture of bullets.
special cablegrams from tht far
Kast Printed In this morning's papers.
X raf. the reports of alleged wa.
Ipreparatlons. but as Japanese securl
!?, recovered yesterday the lost val
iuo. . thfli. llttlo Importance
luotiaehod to these rumors In financial
WE extend oar best wianes
to oar many patrons for
V A Merry Amas ana a
Happy New Year, and we thank
them fortheftmmense patronage
they have accorded daring the year.
rS Dally Telegraph's correspondent
t0 Shanghai gives the nam i of six
Learners which Japan has chartered
!2Ttt. Conveyance of supplies, and
ays the sixth army division, now at
J bTgarrlson city of Kumanoto, is wait.
ins order. o proceed toCorea.
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Kansas Olty. Mo.. Dec. 26-At l
oresent cold'spen w - -
'winter. tbo
ground
cyn to Death
Llraa O.. Do M.-A wealthy eon
traS Otorle Wiesenaeyer was
raTaes?w1th.nablckofh..b0H,e
ST,mor.l.5.rroiIna.KwdrIft.
We want you to look out f of out
Gf eat Clearance
Sale
Announcements will be published in a day or so.
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