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PAttT 0 A PTT ALJQffRN AL
W1- SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7Um. " '
P.-M. AND 400 M.
COAL iSEATTLE
MINING . - HAS CLOSE
LAST OF
A GOOD
SOLDIER
HORSES
BURNED
TO DEATH
DUBOIS
FIRES
A BLAST
SCOTT
MAKES
A KICK
PROBLEM ELECTION
Operators Will Not Reco&nfze Moore for Mayor Elected upon
Union but Will In
crease Wages
incmunicipaiuwner'
snip Ticket
New York, March 7. Tbe Mb
, srftteo of anthracite operators, oenelr
ring the demands of tke minors, is net
likely to end its work before tke ond
of the week. It is understood the eub
committee Is composed of railroad pres
idents. Baer and Wileox. find 1ms full
pernor. It nation is problematical, but
it is practically r-erraln tlie operator
will flatly reject tke demand for lull Sohwab
recognition of the union, and tko do
or t for the institution of the "chock
oft'' system in the nnthraclto region
Seattle, March 7. In tke closest
etcecten ever bold in Seattle, Moore,
ftMMfate for mayor en tke municipal
ownership tieket, wen by 16 veto. A
recount la threatened. Out of IS coon
oilmen It Itepuhttnans nre probably
Washington, March 7.-Tke body of
tke into General Sehofteld was "buried
this afternoon with foil military lien
or. Tke President and tke highest
governmental officials participated in
the sen-ices.
Reported Dangerously Slok.
Okienge, Marek ".There are ru
mors on LaSalle etrete tkis morning of
It is likelv It wilt grant tke demand , tl, n,RW o Ckarlos M. Sekwub, tkat
for an increase vf v. iges, and nt'et tbe kit condition is alarming, and ke Is
increase with a higher price for coal, .likely to die. At Gales' office it was
announced tht a telegram had been re-
AGAINST
CHINESE
COMING
Fresno. On!., Marek 7.-Tklrty-Avc
yuug draaght korses burned to death
In a Are which feotroyed the stable at
the Fresno City Hay Market, at 4
o'clock this morning. Two employes
warny escaped witk tkfelr lives by
Jwpg. Three hundred Um of bay
were iicetroved. The lose is $18,000.
They Want Wawlly.
New York, Marek 7. The Philhar
monic society is negotiating to make a
eelred from Oates denying the rumors.
e
New York, Marek 7 Passenger
bg contraot witk Waselly Sefaoff, Tn,M Mnnger John Sebastian, of the
held of the Moecow conservatory, to "" "wta the
conduct the society for two or three """ ornoen i " to-
Mrs, ' F"rfc " " weawao ne was very
a- - ' nd "ft not xpeoied to live
' ' th teiul.. Ma .Jul 4 .La
"""a" " "a- ' iiw mc
Bridge for Keroa,
Pittsburg, Pa., Marok 7. The Ameri
Ma Bridge CemjHiny has received eon
tracts from tke Japanese government
iJer 14.000 tone of structural steel for
the construction of bridges in Man
thvria and Korea.
rirod on Uio Crowd.
Madrid, Spain, Marek 7. Four kun-
4el unemployed laborers bosleged the
Birtpal butliMtiK At Frags, The o
lice lired, killing four and wounding
WMSl.
effect that Sohwab is
received here.
dead have beea
Denver, Marok 7,Sehwub is quite
well, according to autbeatk reports
here, and will reaoh Santo Hoes, New
Mexico, tomorrow,
Topeka, Kan., Marek 7. According
to tko superintendent of tke Heck
Island, of tkln city, Sckwab was mach
better when he left Santa ltesa, X, M
this afternoon.
CHICAGO STORE
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
At Salem's Headqtate.t s fot
SILKS
118,000.00 WORTH OP THK MOST nBAUTIPUIi BILKS THAT WAS
SVBtt SHOWN IN SALBM, from all parts of the worW, They sparkle
with Bewauu aad toauty. Sevoral of tho sw aro oxelusivo and sot
Awm by any othtT house in Salem. Wo bavt hko TepataUoa ski being
Satan, 's Bilk St-itws, and we will prove 'that awe oaolHeiery this soasoa.
The priceH are as low as you eaa buy them la New York or OMeago. Read
Waaktoptoa, March 7. Nearly 400
petition have beea received by Itepro
eatotlve Jailor Kska of OallforHla.
foromoet In the ght atmlNst tke amen
laf of the pfeeeaf Chinese oxolwdeu
laws, HrgiMg that everything possible
be done to prevent aay eaariM la the
existing laws. lt a proud day for the
San Francisco set or when ho fathered
tho Mil when It woo enacted Into law
omo yearn nj, aad thereby broovht
about his defeat at the next eogres-
eal eltotlea at the QoMoa Oato olty.
He wmt rotorned whoa the wisdom of
tho mw became apparent to hm eon
Mimeata and, how from alt along the
one, In Oregon audi Washington, m
well as k Oatlfornia, coma letters np.
proving Ms oowrse.
Th4 m tho reply be has sent to many
of the labor otgaalaatlons that have
seat petition to hlmt
"I am Ming all of the petition in
the hoaae of representative aa rapidly
aa the' come. You may rest assured
that wo will do all wo eaa to preveat
any Weak in tke erietlng exclusion
law. liar myself, I am more than lad
that tke petition are coming In so rap
idly, I look uoh It as a personal via
dleatlou,
'The preuoHt exelosten law la the
one that waa eaaetedi oh April M, lMt
That hi the law which tho people of
California do not want repealed. It is
tke very la wwklok Andrew Purtmok
and Hdward J. Llveruask ok I mod was
no exeJwolea kw at all. It k the name
law concerning wklok tkoy atUokod me
ao tnMy and o Utterly. A I sUU-1
before those petition are myvindloal
tloa," .
WILL
SELL
COAL
Wnohkfto., Mareh 7.-ke kouse to
day pasted a Mil aMborlaing Taft to
soil from tho military Mores at Pert
Davis, Alaska, sack amount of coal as
Is aoeeeaary to relieve suffering.
Tells Wall Street Shark Some
Plain Truth in Few
Words
(Four O'Oleek Hditien.)
Washington, Marek T.-Seootor Du
bole, of lentko, has received a letter
from Fred W. Perry, of Now York, pro
testing against te senator's views
agalnet tko Philippine tariff. Perry k
a member of tke stock exchange, ami
an investment broker. Dubek answered
Mm by saying! "1 notice you belong
to a gambling Joint la New York, and
I imagine you know nothing, andi oare
nothing about the producers of this
country, so long no you can Jeda la rob
bing them."
Another Commissi in Without rower.
Wuahlugtoo, March 7. Tho Preddeat
today seat a message to congress say
In he had signed the TtUman-OiUee-pie
resetutka demaMMng an Inquiry In
to railroad discrimination and monop
oMee of coal and oil. Ho said he boo
Ikied becaaeo tho resolution, as pesaed,
aehkved little or nothing. He aska ad
tHtkftal legMation, provkoing money
to carry oa tko Investigation and to
provide for tko compulsion of witnesses
to attend and answer pteetlene, and, to
state denaitsly wkat Ike com ml salon
may do, and now far it may go. He
urges also tho poss4Me Ineetupatllrillty
of such InvosUKnUon and criminal pro
ceedings. i
WHEAT P110SPE0T8 OOOD.
Cereal Showa an Well aa Wheat Last
Year in Lase County,
NONE OF
YOUR
BUSINESS
Thinks the Courts Could fix
Rate but the Commis
sion Could not
WaoWngteu, March 7. Senator
Scots, of West. Vlrtfwia, Is the senate
thk afternoon, spoke, deals ring ho waa
opposed to Riving the Interstate com
meree eemmkeiea power to fix a eon
tooted ralo without A provision In tho
not for a broad general court review.
He took she position that rato rcgula
Uon was a ffcrm of gevernmoat owner
ship. Ho sofcr ho reoognked tho de
mam for rato regaktlos, but wouM
have it rostrioteA
MOO ydo. 30o KAI KAI CRYSTAL
CORD WASH SILKS, all eolors,
yd SSc
KKMj yK INDIA SILK8, Wt quab
H?; will wash llk Bnudiaa, all
sWa,y Wc
MOO yVte. 75c DOMBSTIO PONGEE
SILK, pkia aad aBr, all shadee,
yi 48c
1 IMPORTBD RAJAH PONOBB
SILKS, taa, ercaai, gray aad
it, yd 60
S6 WABHABLB HABUTIA SILKS
HINDI PONOBB AFGHAN
SILK at all prices, from 49 yd
i 08AKI RAW S1LK8 at all price
5 CRHPB DR CITTNR AND
7Sc HKAVY BLACK TAFPBTA
SILK, yd 4i
1.4 PANOY PLAID M0IR8
SILK, yd eS
Mk FANCY DRBSS SILKS, y4
Wtat4 7oo
1.M SCOTCH OliAN PLAID
SIIJvS, yt)....6e, Ht and UM
$IM lEBAVY BLACK PBAU DB
SOIB SILKS, beautiful, bMreus
qualioy, yV 8o
85o FANCY FLOWBRBD DRAP
BRY SILKS, yd 59c
TUB FAMOUS K0O IRISH SILK
POPLINS sold today for $1.35 yd.
500 yds. LINING SATINS, all ol-
ora oad qualities fro 48 yd. up
A Kidnaping Case.
Now York, Marok 7. Antonio Hoc
anal, aged 14, son of a private Italkn
banker, who was reported aa kidnaped
and hold for ransom of $4,000, re
trat4 hoNU) thk worn tag. Detective
are iavootlgUng the elroumttanoes.
(Daily Bagoao RogUtor.)
ttsrmora ooiaing into toa state that
there k ovary ovldoawo throughout the
county that shore will bo as muck
wheat, If not more, barvsMod next
full no but. Wheat roaahed she top
price kH September whoa Lane county
farmers wara paid 70 coots a bushel
and far mors who hoM rholr grain for a
higher price loot moaoy, aa maay of
them are 41 posing of tikir supply
now at 00 oonu. Hut tho amount of
wheat that is riMl la thk seellea
now is not near so much as a few
years back. Hop protlwotktr has kkon
tho pkoo of raking wheat.
Other grain 4 farm products are
So Says J. Ogden Armour to
Uncle Samuel's Special
Examiner
(Four O'Cleck Bdltlon.)
Chicago, Mnreh 7. T. M. ItaWrtson,
eokI oxamlnor la the Imreau of ear
poratkM, tsoilAed In the packers' ease
tkk morning tkat J. Ogden Armour
refused to disckse tke n (fairs of Ar
mour ie Company, because ke did; sot
"believe It aay of the government's
business, nn they Incorporated for ooh
venlenoe, ami merely for private fami
ly booinese."
Tho boy said he bad beea irivoa
nothing to oat during hk Imprison-1 being pkateri la tho samo proportion
moat. He said bo eoawd whoa hU thk year as last aad th farmoro kok
m . -
j euptofu left tho room.
Serleiw fer tho IndependeRk. '
Topoba, ICa, Mtireh 7-Tho actku
of tho railroads entering thk state, Ih
tkoMing to dkconUnuc transporting
crude oil at tho rates named In tho
nMuhmum freight rato kw eaaetod by
the state kgtskturc a year ago, has
caused coaotornalloa among the inde
pendent reflnoro of thk state. Tho
railroaaV ekohuo that tba rate named
In the kw are discriminative sad eon
nooatory, and that they would lose
money should they transport oil at
Ft HfWrvr
The maximum freight rato kw was
one of four enacted by the Kaneee leg
kkture aStrlng the height of tho anti
Standard Oil Company arusade a year
ago, aa4 has ben the most serviceable
of tho four. It cut the freight rates en
oil squarely H ture anl onaldod the In
dependent trotkieers to dnd a market
for tkoir low grade r fuel oil. It also
aanblet) tho Independent refiners to mar
ket their product on a partly with the
Standard Oil Company in Kansas. Ileth
the state reHuery kw ami the act mak
ing oil pipe linos common carrier have
nlieudy beim nVwkred unoooHltuUoaal.
Tho indeHndout producer and refiner
will now make a dotormined effort to
obUin from tho supreme court a do
okioa ooanrmkg the validity of the
Mas I tm. lu tu f aktl.. . - l.a a
from Waehlagtoa to romsoo all T"" """"h "wpoiHoal
pea- iu tho way af .oalutouuaoe, Knd 7 ? ? " '
to dkeharifo maay of tho omnloyes, to uuTT. CL , .7 . ""
brlag the ooot of otkm and pro-
iwiiw ih wwiity wiwii ims iiMNion i
Naval Service Cripple.
Waehlagtoa, D. CL, March 7. The
navy depart men t has begun to boar
from the commandants of navy yank,
who have Jaa received Jnatructloas
amount required by the refusal of coa
rtsm to peovido the urgent deficiency
appropktka for tho remainder of the
AmbUiI VJsanr
Roar-Admiral Coghkn, commandant
of the Brooklyn avy yards, says'
"The effect of the reduction a fund
Pish OomtalHtenera Meet,
Tho monthly mooting of tho ekto
Ah oommisidoa waa bob Tuesday aft
ternoon, an4 Fish. Warden H. 0. Van
Duson prewnto Ms report for Febru
ary. Among tho arooto and Nrosooutkas
for u pfoorinroas year. Thoy .tate
that the proMmt year would have bee
pwperost U thoy kad not boea bold
up for taxes, which are oonsidcrod
Coal Operators Stand Fat,
CkieoM. Marah T.ItllittLi
oporatora hoM a meeting in thk cit)v0 M- mcom of the Ux eol
today to ooasldor the minors' demands, ketlag soasoa approaoUnK' a go"
it w stated there was a uaaalmous
agrswnoat that no further oeaoadomi
wool) be mado.
1 1- ..luJ,, (I.. utmU., , V, Ual.
aaso k lasniikkat to carry oa mainio- ""T "T f ,L t"' ttmmn
, work in as. ellkiont manaer." ! T ArT 'T "' -vmill
naneo
a SVK IjRMinva VHI 9VW o f
1.58 FANOY FOULARD SILKS,
Py, pink. io.vauW. ....75c
- SOFT MESSALINE RH.K,
Jl eobxnt, a beautiful quality.
J1 89e
U5 LBNSINB SILK, a beauty,
U colore, tt. 9c
Hit TOSKIKO WATBRBD-SILK
.J '. 95e
" GRBNADINH SILKS, 46 in.
f 98c
' 3 in. CHIFFON TAFFETA
JJLKS, yd 95e
l6yd. 95 CHANGEABLE TAP
ETA SILKS, a beautiful range
eolora, a fia heavy quality,
yd 59c
0. yds, PLAIN COLORBD $L00
ATT TAFFETA SILK, yd 69c
yd See
85c Polka Dot aad Fasoy Peagee.
yd
75e Dolly Vardoa Feagee, yd. . . .He
7U COLORBD AN BLACK OHIF
FQNS, double width, prices
..., We, 48e aad 4S
$3.00 PONY COVHRT JAOKBTS,
the k&es sale price. $4.95
aHLLXNEEY.
NBW HAT8 at SMALL PRIOBS.
THB LITTLB NAPOLEON.
THE ASTOR SAILOR.
THE MILAN STREET HAT.
THB DBWBY TURBAN.
THE FAVORITE TURBAN.
THE MODISTE TURBAN.
ALL 3 50, SALE $1-95
Qermany Is for Peace,
Berlin, March 7. The foreign owoc
states that ooaoiliatory lastruotkas
have boon soot to the German represee
tativeu at Algeclras, whkh it k ex
pected will facilitate aa agreement.
Transport Not Hurt,
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Maaik, March 7. Tho intor-kknd
transport lagalls, has been refloated,
anor k apparently undamaged. Bhe
wont asboro Marok 4th, off Southern
Lnaon.
many of tho fames are aaipostag of
their grain so that taxes will not have
to bo paid oa that.
M. M. Gilkepie, a prominent farmer
living near the junction of the Me
KenoJe ane) Wilksaeete rivero waa la
town yoHordiiy and In reply to a quos-
tkn as to the prospoeta for a good
Sktikr eomeitkna aro reported from "' Al,t f H to bo
other yarok and statkos ovorywhoro. I "T,T 'T-,'"- l """" ww.
Frm IIimW ii u .-j .L .1.-' 0t, O ff having
i money at tho dkpoMl of the navy yard T'? !? lh-f WMMt'- U"
wlU not soMce for tho operaUea of thea'; " o miH e Hi
okotrk pknt nkue tt six months, to
say nothkg of doing other work de
volving upon those In charge of pro
tooting pohlk property. In additkn, It
k reported, that tho statka Is left
without the mean of proteetkn agaiast
an outbreak of yellow fover in the
spring a Ml summor, and this Is a feature
whkh baa more than local effect. There
y-ar with the fnmor. said, "Out laju m mt tbe imu c,,.
j --. p tmw wiitf anatiT
look mnoh the same as it did kit
gross has made no provltka for meet
log tho defiotoaoy, aad there is nothing
Suit Is Dismissed.
Now Yojkv Marok 7. Tho wit of
Sarah MadoWn, fer M.00O for broaoh
of prsiaUe against Peter Duyroa, waa
dkoiksed toduy oa'applioatioa of tho
dofensknt.
from thk form of economy will bae to
be borne later,
SalemsGifeatestGfowiagStofe
CEV0Y BROS. fS&&SSS&
Boko, Idaho, March 7. Attorneys
Hawjoy, for tho proseoutkn, and Mil
ler, or she defease, were the only pas
sengora for Caldwell this morning.
There aro no developments in the
BtouBonberg murder ease. It k be
lieved all indictments have been re
turnod. No reason k given for not
takifig the prisoners into court to plead
nnkss tho preaeeutiea plans to not
servo tho warranto until after the bear
ing of the habeas corpus proceedings by
tbe supreme court Friday. Tbe graad
.cry is investigating the coadittoa of
j I tie aecou ats of Canyon county officials. '
season at thk Um There are sovoral!,. 4o wt ,t 4WJ Uc M
good siaa of fall wheat that arejwkU avil,UWe tuii4. ..
looking good, I recently took a ikortltWy mfm VhlUwwr wtt ,- rftHlU
Hf- 0.-M i-9f-;iiip ai riH imi mm
stands of wheat in that oeotloa are
looking fine and the entire country as
far as I observed point towards a
good season for the farmer."
e
New Joint Candidate.
K, N. Donnelly, of Richmond, baa
akd tor ioint ropresoatatlve from
the StMu-Man-aUiiam-AVheokr dktrkt
lla wRl vote for the eandidato for
Patted States senator receiving the
most Ropnbjioan votee.
J. J. Hauer, of IMsiae, Tilkmook
eeunty, flies for joint represeatntive
from the Tillamook-YambiH district.
He will vote for the Republican re
ceiving the Mgbest number of votes;
for United States senator.
Preoinet Committeeman.
M. a Deny, from Sublimity, has
kd. B. A. M. Cone, of Bottevirie, has
withdrawn.
Chicago Markets,
(hirago, March 7 Wheat, 75
77i corn, 439s,43, oats, 30130.
ANYTinNG OOB8 IN IDAHO.
An Idaho Mother BaSlea tho Mcdloal
AutsoriUes.
Last week wo reported tko birth of a
son to Mr. aad Mrs. Wittkm Rash in
this city aad this week wo have to
amend it and report the birth of twins,
tho boy being born en Monday, Jan
uary 9, and the girl en Thursday night,
February 1. Both children are doing
nicely and while tko mother hao been
dangerously III, we aro glad to announce
her as now out of danger. This la the
most curious ease we have over hoard
of and one but seldom met with in
modtoal circle These children were
born four days apart and tho birthday
of one falk in January and tho other
in February and yet in a way they
may bo called twins. Cottonwood
Chrcalde.
ana com, whkh were pai4
II. Morgan for having received and
sMpped two smell sturgeon to tho Part
kad Fish Oumitany, February Mb.
Tho MoKoMia river hatohory sta
tka turned out the kst salmon fry
February Mth, after whkh time tho
statka eksee) for the season, 1,773,
71 try of tho early cblnook variety
were rakod am 11 bent ted la tho vicin
ity of the statka.
At the Yatwlaa bakhory 7HJM9
eggs wore cotlceted, of these ti8e000
wore sllvorsido eggo and 1,(W1,M' wore
CWBoelc oggn It k the latontkn to
eolleet 1,008,000 nteelhead eggs, 1,800,
WO egge af tbe silvoraido variety will
be turned Into Drift creek, a tributary
of tho Akoa.
IN4 have boea called for the bulkV
Ing of a now hatchery for tho South
Ceee river. The building k to Ua a
one-story frame structure. Mi lot with
an 8-foot coiling, aad will bo ntjulppod
with ICti hatching troughs.
Dktriot No. 1
Piaea am) penalties HJ9
84lo of ilsh iitd 4,00
Liceasofl ksuoi 74TJt
District No. -.
Licensoi) isouoi 8M
Total IJ808.M
Dkbursomonto IMfijf
e
ProbleraAtioaL
"Mke Kookooi If I ahould call some
evening next week might I hope to Had
you at homof"
"Why that "would would depend on
whether or not I knew what evening
you were coming, Mr. ThixkulL"- Chi
cago Tribune