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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904,
ENSATION IN THE METHODIST
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CONFERENCE
NOTHER RUSSIAN CPjUISER IS BLOWNJJP
loudhurst Desolates Colorado Rivet Valley
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SENSATION
lleged Knock-Down Ovfer the
Question of Higher
Criticism
arst's Examiner Was Denounced by
a Resolution and the Publication
Discredited Generally
j9 Angeles, May 21. The, most
iatlonal scene in. the Methodist
rerenco tooK piace mis morning
an anonymous attack In Hearst's
liner. The Btory was printed In
BExamlner this morning and, said
I James R. Day, president of the
buse University, and a candidate
bishop, knocked down Prof. Alex-
Br Hnrdle, pastor of .the San For-
llo, California, Methodist .church,
called him a liar, In an argument
the higher criticism. Tho Ex-
Iner's informant Is anonymous. Day
Be a public refutation on tho floor
the conference. A scene of confu-
followed, tho conference protest
ing its belief In Day. Rev. J. M.
Buckley read a resolution declaring!
tho attack as made in the Examiner
a disgrace to Journalism, an insult to
tho conference and to the denomina
tion which it represents, and a fla
grant Indignity to their hosts, tho
city of Los Angeles. Further he rec
ommended that tho conference pro
hibit tho privilege of tho press during
the remainder of the conference, Ho
was greeted with, the Chautauqua sa
luto, and, amid shouts, it was unani
mously carried. ReV. L. W. Munhall,
an alleged opponent of Dr. Day, made
a public announcement that he had
nothing to do with the accusations.
RUSSIAN
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BLOWN UP
To Save Their Warships From
falling Into Japanese ;
Hands
Japs Put Two Repulses to Their Long
Score of Military Credit Marks and
Keep the Enemy Busy
RTLAND MAN
CONFESSES TO
CRIME OF ARSON
Toklo, May 21. Vice-Admiral Togo
reports1 that Japanese gunboats and
torpedo destroyers reconnoitered1 to
ward Port Arthur Friday, steaming
close to the entranco of the harbor
They sustained little damage of fire
from the shore batteries, despite hot
cross-fire, and no casualties.
Russian Cruiser tost
London May 2W The St. James
Gazette today reports the Russian
cruiser Bogatyr lost at Vladivostok,
by being blown- up after grounding,
to prevent it falling into Japanese
hands.
Toklo, May 21. Tho report of tho
Russian cruiser Bogatyr being ashore
at Vladivostok is confirmed here.
ederick Clifford Surrenders Himself
for Burning Redding Lumber Yards
Purpose Was Robbery
kedding, May 21'. Frederick Cllf-
i, a man 50 years old, appeared at
sheriff's offlco this morning, and
'hen a
"Regular
Merchant"
iAsks you 115.00 for'a sultljust
remember that hevwaVofferlng
the 115.00 lines at $9.50 and
! 110.00 in his "January Sales."
The reduction a merchant Is
able to make on a general line
is a fair measure o'f "his regular"
margin of profit
Extravagant business methods
and the "credit system" may
make Buch profits necessary,
but why not trade at an eco
nomically managed cash storo
like the
The New York i
Racket
E.T. BARNES Proprietor
And avoid big profits. The re
markable growth of our busi
ness is evidence that both the
quality and prices of our goods
e right
Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing,
atS, Shlrtfl. Evarvthln In
j Ladies' and Men's Furnishings.
env Cheapest One Price
Cash store.
$
confessed to burning tho Terry Lun
her Company yard hero yesterday
morning, and Is now in jail. Cliffords
said he set the Are to attract the at
tention of tho police to tho north end
of town eo he could rob tho bank of
Northern California. In getting awayfl
from the firo he lost his kit of toolsf
They were found this mprning. CUM
ford comes from. Portland.
' 'CABLEfTO SITKABY&IULY.
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Assurance Given by Officers of the
Signal Service.
Seattle, May 21. Captain Edgar
Russejhand Captain Charles Wallace,
of the signal service corps, who are
here to accompany tho cablo ship
Burnslde north, announced that the
cablo from Seattle to Sitka will bo
laid and work commenced on the Sit-ka-Valdez
cable by July. The- com
pletion of theso two cables gives the
government connection over ita own
cables with all Alaskan land lines.
Two Crafts Are Chummy.
Topeka, May 21. A member of tho
boiler makers' union, who is high: In
tho councils of the Federation of La
bor, Bays he believes that If the boll
ermaker8 on the Santa Fo system go
on a strike within, 30 days the engin
eers will follow.
Russians Driven Back.
Toklo, May 21. A force of Japan
ese, which landed at Takushan on
May lijth, defeated the Russian cav
alry In the neighborhood of Wang
Chitunjg Friday. The Japanese bus
talnedfcno losses, while the Russian
loss was Increased by the capture of
a captain. The Japs have capture
Kachow, .20 miles. southeast of New
Chwang, driving the Russians back.
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Killed One Korean.
SeovMay 21. ThevJaBMefedcon
sul at-Gen Ban reports a collision be
tween Russian and Korean troops at
Kankow, the center of the Northern
Tong Hak disturbances. One Korean
was killed, and several Russian's
wounded.
COLORADO
CLOUDBURST
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FATALITIES
River Sweeps a Large
F'rotfi Southern Wy
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Wall of Water Mowed Down Hbiisres;
and People Were Caught Like
Rats in a Trap
From Russian Sources.
St. Petersburg, May 21.lt is report
ed that a detachment of the Japanese
army is approaching Mukden.
A Lio Yang dispatch states that
(Continued on Page Six)
Donvel, Colo., May 21. Meagro re
ports fro mCache LaPoudre valley, -In
Northern Colorado and Southern "Wy
oming, this morning show that water
spouts Friday afternon did immense
damage. Four are known1 to have
lost heir lives, and scores, are miss
ing' at Cheyenne. Four bodies were
recovered at Crow creek, Edith
Sproul, Archie, Charles and Henry
Clayton, all children. Tho Cncho La
Poudre river widened from 50 feet to
nearly a mile, corosof. houses, in
tho Russian" settlement at the ''sugar
factory wero carried away. Tho rail
roads report serious washouts.
, Communications with. Fort Collins
was resumed at noonv The first ro
ports of tho losses.,, were underesti
mated. One man lost hla life at Fort
Collins, All headgates. of irrigation,
ditches and mllos of irrigation! .canals
are washed) out. It is feared i they
cannot be repaired in time to irrigate
this yeaWo crop, making a, total loss
estimated at , $2,000,000. All bridges)
are washed out, and" several sailea-'otf
,tho track of .the Colorado .Southern
No word has been received from) Tin-!
math, Wvermore, Belleyuo and; La-'
ri-Jam all were roported under
three to four feet of water last "night
It is believed the casualty list will be-,
largely increased.,' & ,
,. Henry Clayton.glven up for dead,;
was Tocovored. Two18 Fort Rubs1i!
batterymen are missing. An nn-'.
known wonran and baby wore seen to?
fipat away ' Many others aro miss-
ing." A wall of water many Xeet hlght
came down tho valley, and caught pco-l
plo like rats. .There was a heavy loss
of railroad and ranch property.
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Valuable Piece of Paper.
Washington, May 21. A check for
19,000, tho remainder of the amount
to be paid for tho Panama conces
sion by tho government, was hand
ed to Morgan's representative $Us
morning.
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