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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1904)
pAILY CAI ..At- JOURNAL, SALEM, ORBQON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1904. ' . FIVE 1 Five Qtiattei? Dollars. AGoodUmforella We would like to exchange the latter for the former. Arid we desire to call special attention to that adjective "good." It means that these Umbrellas will shed rain, no matter how fierce the downpour; will last for a long time; 'are sufficiently neat and attractive that no one need be ashamed to carry one, and are In all ways much better than this price usually buys. Surely you have use for such an umbrella. By the way, we recover old umbrellas In satisfactory, fashion at modest rates literally while you wait. iMfr Corner State and Liberty Wfl"HHH-HfrH I 18-H HH J Local Social Realm! Events T lathe III HlllHIMIII IH HIH-fr PER80NAL8. Dr. J. H. Coleman loft for Portland Uiis morning. Albort Stewart Is In Portland for a few days' stay. A. P. Morgan has gone to Portland for a few days' stny. H. J. Ottonholmor was a passongor for Woodburn this morning. Uov. Vm. Conoy returned last even ing from a brlof visit to Albany. Q.'g. Bingham wont to Woodburn this morning on professional business. E. C. Horron went to Aurora this morning for a short stay on his hop farm. Paul Tragllo returned last ovonlng from Portland, whero he spont his va cation. Bert Marsh went to Portland last evening for a fow days visit with friends. Miss Myrtlo Schaofor, of Portland, Is a guest of hor brothor, Dr. F. Schaofor. C. L. Parmontor Is In Gorvals to day, to lnstltuto a court of Foresters of America. Mrs. 13. Cooko Patton entertained about 30 frionds Informally Wednes day ovonlng. Miss Margaret Parkhurst loft this morning for an extended visit to KUimath Falls. C. F. Martin was a passongor for I Portland tills morning, going down Eon professional business. Judgo Burnott returned this morn ing from Portland, whoro ho nttondod ; tho Scottish IUto Masons' rounlon. Geo. C. Will was one of tho crowd i of Salem pooplo going to Portland i to Hear Mmo. PattI sing last ovonlng. Mrs. Anna Culbertson and slstor, MIsa Zoo Stockton, are in Pprtland, whero thoy went to take In tho Pnttl concert. C. F. Lansing roturnod this morning from Portland, whoro he attended tho session of tho fruit growors' convc" tlon. Prof. J. L. Carter, formor suporln tendont of tho blind school, last ovon lng for his homo lit Portland, after a short visit In this city. Govornor Chamborlaln loft this morning for Eugene, whoro ho will act as one of tho judgoa at tho orator leal contost this ovonlng, going to Portland tomorrow to Hpond Sunday. Jas. R. Shopard, of Zena, ono of the most prominent fruit growors of Polk county, returned last night from Port land, whoro ho attended tho sosslons of tho Fruit Growors' Convention this week W BU1IWIN! liMiiiiiLiiyiijiuiiaiiyi'jiiuuiiiiMiuMiiiiiMi GEO. E. Wholesale Tobacconist and j Cig&t Largest Stock in 252 COMMERCIAL 8TREET MTPIM Not a cheap trust-made article, but the best 5 cent cfnar on sale. AUG. HUCKINSTEIN, Manufacturer, 8alem. VjfcttirtMitt "" V oyouirte ) 522- Streets, Salem, Ore. Hon. J. H. Flotchor returned this morning from Portland, whoro ho at tended tho livestock convention. Mrs. F. W. Wntors, Mrs. Etta An-ders-WUlman and Mrs. It. J. Hen dricks returned' this morning from Portland, wher thoy attended1 tho PattI concert. Last Night's Play. "Are You a Mason?" drew a good house last night, and It certainly gavo ovorybody tho worth o their money. Tho piny Is an admirable aggregation of ludicrous situations, and ono can no moro holp laughing at them than tho actors could avoid combinations that kept arising for their undoing. It wns tho most thoroughly enjoyable entertainment presonted hero this season and, had Its merits boon un.dorB n locft, h doaIe'r nnd ' ilorstnnil. ntnnillni rnnm wmilil linvn . . - . .... , ". been at a premium. Tho parts wore nil well taken, and the indlos talontod, protty and graceful. Salem has tho reputation 'of bolng a poor show town, yet a good play can always get a largo and apprecia tive audience. Two Pardons. B. B. DoFord nnd Alva Morley, two ycjung men serving sentences of two years each in tho ponltontlary, woro today pardoned by Governor Cham berlain, on tho potltlon oftho lending citizens of Wholer county, from which county tho men wero sont up, and up- on tho recommondatlon of District At- tornoy Mcnofeo, of Tho Dalles, who urged that tho prisoners had boon suf ficiently punished for their misdeeds. Tho mon woro sontonced on April 23, 1903, nftor bolng convicted of tho crlmo of larceny In n store, having been lndlctod for stealing a quirt val ued at 75 conts. County Expenses. Tho county court which has Just adjourned audited bills at tho Janu ary term aggregating $0584.18, this covortng tho entire expanse of tho business of tho county for Decombor. This Includes salarlos of oulcora, and the oxponsos of road work, which lnt tor Horn alono roached tho sum of $3,3335.28, and sliors that road work in tho county continues throughout tho wlntor. Tho oxponses for last yoar wero ?75,G90.18. It is a beautiful thing for a grocer to do, to sell Schilling's Best ; for the goods are good and the dealing is high; there's nothing higher in business. WATERS Dealer Willamette Valley 8ALEM. 'OREGON. New Desig: ns o J 904 In jewelry and watches are now shown at Pomeroy'a. If you want tho latest and beat there is, you will examine this stock. You can make your selection at a price to Buit. and will be sure of getting the best value for the money. . Prices cut in two. C. T. POMEROY 7evekur d OptUba, 268 Com. St. TO PROBE SAUNDERS KILLING First Pronounced Su icide, but Now Said to Be Murder One Person Has Brought Sus picion on Himself-County Court Offers Reward Tlio Marlon county court, at thf roquott of Doputy District Attorney John H. McNary, has offered a ro ward of 300 for tho arrest and con viction of tho murderer of L. B. Saun ders, tho hop dealer, who was shot to death In Butteville n short time ago, and by this act tho court has taken a Btop that will bo approved by ovory law-abiding citizen of Marlon county, who desires to bco Justlco ftono, and tho guilty punished. On tho morning of tho 19th of No vember, on tho streots of tho little town of Buttovllloy In tho northern portion of this county, tho victim of a tragedy was found lying dead, with two pistols beside him. L. B. Saun ,anu amnn oi prominonco in tnat com munity, wns tho man, nnd his taking off was thon, and, is now, shrouded In doep mystery a mystery that It Is hopod may somo day bo explnlnod, and which tho county court last Mon day decided should he probed tb the bottom. The story of tho tragedy, so far as known, is still fresh In the minds ot tho roadors of Tho Journal, On tho morning of Novombor 19th, Sounder's body was found, nnd, in rosponso to a roquost by tolephono, Coronor Clough went to tho scone at onco, ompanollod a jury, and hold tho necossary legal inquest. At tho investigation it was shown that fho deceased had on tho previous day gono from IiIb homo with considerable money, had spent somo of this in paying bills, nnd had spent tho ovonlng at Strain's saloon In company with tho proprietor of that placo and Whlttoy and McArthur, tho last ono nnmod a rosldont of Ynmhlll county, nnd tho other two citizens of Butteville. According to tho tosU mony of thoso throo mon, Saundors had sovoral times during tho ovonlng complnlnod of tho prosenco In tho town of a mystorlous stranger, whom ho feared. About half nn hour boforo midnight Saunders loft tho saloon for his homo, and a fow minutes lntor tha throo mon nnmod loft also, and walked up tho streot; Strain carrying a llghtod lantorn. According to tholr testi mony, whon approaching tho street cornor, thoy heard a shot beyond an lntorvonlng building, nnd, roachlng tho cornor, thoy hoard a second sHot, and saw tho flash of a pistol, and at tho samo tlmo hoard the falling of a body. But this did not caueo them to In vostlgnto, Strain, tho saloon .man, stating ho bollovcd at tho tlmo that a hold-up had occurred, and, having his day's receipts on him, ho did not de sire to mix up with hold-up artists, and ho therefore wont homo. All throo statod that no Investigation was mado by thorn, although the two alleged shots wore flrod with In 200 foot of tho cornor on which thoy stood, and immediately In front of a house. Whon tho Inquest was hold, It do velopod that Saundors had boen shot In the loft tomple, tho bullet pone tratlng the brain, Tho face was not powdor burned, and tho indications woro that the shot hod boon flrod from some distance. This was stated by Dr. B. F. Glosy to bo tho caso, ho testifying that tho shot had boen flrod at a distance of from three to 12 feet, Ho did not remove tho bullet, holding that It was unnecessary. Tho verdict of tho coroner's Jury was that tho man had been killed by a shot fired front a gun in tho hands of somo unknown parties. Later, aftor tho Inquest had boon concluded, the physician and others in that section pronounced the casd one of suicide, and Sheriff Colbath, who went on the ground tho day fol lowing tho Inquest, also prououncod it suicide, and tho matter was droppod. Now tho relatives of the deceased, who are satisfied that It Is not a caso ot suicide, but murder most foul, have started an Investigation, and placed tho caso in the hands of somo ox pert detectives, who are In hopes of soon running down the guilt) parties, and It was to assist In this that the county court offered the reward. Some of tho people In Butteville at thA tlma nf tha mnrHar arA aucmiiofori on account of damaging statements jnade by one who bad spent some time with doceased. This man Is said to have como to tho residence of tho murdered mans family, while in toxicated, and thore protested his In, noconco of tho murder, when no one suspected or accused him of tho deed, and this occurred so often that the finger of suspicion finally turned to, ward him, and his frionds, who ate now said to bo koeplng a close watch upon him, to prevont him making further damaging statements. LOST AN ARM. John Bruckman Has an Unfortunate Experience. Mr. John Bruckman lost an arm at tho olectrlc light station about G o'clock this morning. Ho has been a trimmer, and has only rocontly begun work Inside. At G o'olock a pulley, stoppod at 10 o'clock last night, Is sot running. He was reaching In botwefon that pulloy, tho lnsldo of tvhlch was revolving, and tho adjoining pulloy going at full speed, whon his right arm caught olther on a clutch or oil cup attachment, and was completely severed betwen the wrist and tha olbow. Tho hand was not oven scratched. It was loft In the ma chinery and afterwards pulled out. Mr, Bruckman rushed to tho tolephono and called his brother Louis, and then, after doing what ho could to stop tho flow of blood, ran to the houso of Dr. Goff, only a fow blocks away, whore ho was attended to nnd Drs. Wallace nnd Davis called. Tho arm was dressed, leaving a short stub below tho olbow, and he Is doing well. This is Uio first nclcdont of any consequonco that has over happened at the Albany olectrlc light station. Mr. Bruckman is tho second son of Mr. Fred Bruckman. Ho is married, and has two or three children, and re sides In tho southern suburlm of tho city. A gonoral sympathy Is bolng oxpressed for him and his family In tholr misfortune, Albany Doraocrnt. GREAT PANTHER STORY (Coqulllo City Bullotln.) Wo learned recently that Mr. Bil ling i, who lives, near Ash Swamp, In Eden valloy, had qulto an exciting en counter with a panther about four weeks ago. ' It sooras that Mr. Billings hns a ranch In Eden, and rnlsus cattlo and some hogs. Panthora aro qulto nu merous In that section, and aftor snow had fallen tholr tracks wore to be seou almost any morning around the barns. From tho size of tho tracks Mr. Billings thought ono of tho animals must bo exceptionally largo, so he thought ho would try to capture It. Two good-sized stoel traps wero set ono ovdnlng in a driveway between some buildings, and during the even ing a light snow covorod them from sight. In tho morning Mr. Billings went to look for his traps and found thorn gono. Ho put bis dogs on tho trail and started out to locato tho gaino. Tho trail led down along tho rlvor whoro a stoop bank on tho mountain side loft only a narrow path along tho bluff into tho rlvor, which at that point was cut down quite deep. Mr. BIJltngs had' not gone far along this path until ho hoard a noise abovo him, and, looking up, saw tho panUior crouching on tho high bank just about to spring down upon him. Ho flred at tho bruto as quickly as posslblo, but it did not stop htm, and tho noxt Instant Mr. Billings felt tho sharp claws tearing his flesh as tho panther alighted on his back and shoulders. The boast had two of its foot fast ened In tho trap which undoubtodly savod Mr. Billing's life. During Uio scuffle both of tho combatants fell ovor tho bluff Into the river, which was running qulto high, and Mr. Bill ings, aftor diving twice, managod to break tho panthor's hold and swam to tho ghoroj The animal wont down tho stream for a short distance and then was drawn undor by an eddy and drowned. Aftor tho freshet bad abated Mr. Billings wont baok to see If ho could find anything of his game and found tho animal caught In tho branches of a largo tree, which had fallen across tho river. Ho will havo tho panther skin stuffed, as It is an unusually large ono, measuring 9 feet 7 Inches. Damaged a Collier. Washington, Jan. 15.Admlral Glass reports from Panama that the colllor Nero was Injured by the Concord In going alongside her. The Nero will be grounded at high water for tempor ary repairs. A Pittsburg Fire. Pittsburg. Jan. 15. A Are In the Cunningham glass manufactory tblsj morning caused a loss of $100,000 GRAND PICTURES ARRIV Are Being Framed and Will Be Exhibited Next Week Salem Public Schools to Have Art Display Superior to Anything in the City Fow peoplo havo any conception of Uio grand quality of pictures that aro bolng secured to pormanontly adorn tho walls of tho public schools. Tho first lot arrived and havo been placed in the picture stores to bo framed, and a fow of them are appearing in tho show windows. Tho collection, when completed, will comprlso photographs, carbon prints nnd steol engravings and photograv ures of tho great masterpieces df art from all over tho world, and tho Sa lem public schools will havo tho finest public collection of groat pictures of any public or prlvato schools la tho stato. Thoro aro not as flno pictures in any of our prlvato rosldoncos, and tho result of bringing thoso pictures to Salem will bo that many porsons will want some of thom for tholr homos. The Hornco K. Turner collection of about 200 pictures will nrrlvo In tlmo to bo on exhibition at tho armory Wodnosday forenoon. With fow ex ceptions thoy nro dlfforeut from tho subjects from Uio Elson collection, but nro all largo pictures, and each ono a grand production of somo famous work of art. With tho pictures bought from tho proceeds of tho previous exhibit tho wholo display will bo a grand ono. At tho House Furnishing store aro displayed two Van Dyck's "Children of Charles tho First," tho most boauU ful child pictures In tho world. Hoffman's "Christ and tho Doctors," Corot's "Lnndscapo," Sir Joshua Roynold's "Innoccico," Lorollo'o "L'nrrivoo dos Borgbrs," Washington Crossing tho Dolownro, Corregglo's "Holy Night," St.- Gaudon's "Lincoln," Mlllofs "Gleaners," Rafael's "Slstlno Madonna," Sir Gallahud "Tho Ango lus," At Buron & Hamilton's can he soen Knulbach's "Die Manx," Landseor's "The Monarch of the Glen," Plock horst's "Dor Onto Hhte," Millet's "Feeding the Birds." Boughton's "Pll grim Exiles," nnd "Tho Return of the Mayflower," Dupro's "Haying TIme."i and "The Approaching Storm," Bate's "Dtparture of tho Mayflowor." Marshall Johnson's "Ship nt Sea," Bralth's "Tho Home Coming Flock," Rosa Bonhour's "Brittany Sheep," Strntford on Avon. Board of Control. Tho board of control, consisting of tho govornor, secretary of stato and stato treasurer, for the appointment of the commission to llcenso and con trol sailor boarding houses, mot at tho capltol yesterday afternoon" and organlzod by olectlng Governor Chamborlaln preeldont and Mr. Dun bar secretary, with W. N. Qatens elerk of tho board. The resignation of Commissioner E. W. Wright wan rocolvod and acaoptod, and tho board will, in a fow days, doolde on his suc cessor. Former Salem Boy. Ormond Bean was elected captain of tho Eugene High School football team at tholr recont mooting. He Is a member of tho sophomore class, and W in mi i tmm i 4"HtaiattiePiaioiiief I Ty It Ifvotfwanta better !! cap of coffee than you ever drank buy ! ! a pound of Chase & San- bom's Famous Boston Coffee For Sale fay Fallen & Douglas Grocers 42 State St. Phono 2261 $frMHWfrlt itf e0 fiance 1 $ t en Of Economical ' I Tmn of Mind. i i Now Is tho tlmo for men who llko tq wear tho best, but still do not caro to pay tho usual prlco for top-notch quality. In a fow days we'll bo re ceiving invoices for spring clothing. Counters must bo ' cleared and that quickly. That's why we've slashed the prices on hundreds of up to. date suits regardless of what they sold for or what they cost. The point now Is to make them go, and these cuts ought to do the werk: $9.00 ,-fnd $10.00 Suits now $6.00 t) $11.00 and $12.00 Suits now $8.00 X $13.00 and $14,00 Suits now $9.00 $15.00 and $16.50 Suits now $10.00 ft $18.00 and $20.00 Suits now $12.50 3 $20.00 Suits now v 1 $15.00 j $22.50 Suits now $16.50 6 J $25.00 Suits now i $18.00 Tie Salem i Mill iiStoe !! C. P. BISHOP, Prop. "iiieii9)HHnniin Is vory popular In tho school circles. Ho has boon playing half-back this season, and Is an oxcollont player. PMTTTwnmrnnnwnniwmHUHHfMmg We I Bty and Sell f Mortgages Money To Loan i Salem Abstract i and Land Co. I I F.W. WATERS, Mgr. I fflllttfHHIUMfH""""uuuuuuil ro m Woolen . 4 N