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SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1000.
NO. 103.
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BERRY HAVE
CLOSE CALL
jevcral Houses Burned in Latter Town
and Much Valuable Timber Destroyed
Many Campers in Path of Fire
leavy Rain Last Night Aids Fire Fighters and Flames This
Morning Are Under Control Supposed All
Campers Are Safe
(ill City, Or., Aug. 13. The fire
Iiilch swept up the Santlain hns dono
i Immense amount of damage, but
Lv much It Is Impossible to estl-
ie until the burned area can bo
hope had about been abandoned,
word was received here today that
the town of Detroit had escaped de
struction from the Immense forest
fire which is sweeping-up the canyon
Every available man I of tho North Santlam. The fire Is
he over.
laed the Arc brigade, and a long
I desperate fight was made, and
kingly a hopeless one. Early In
It evening, however, the rain bo-
i to fall, which soon developed in-
i generous shower. As a result
Lire at noon today is under con-
hi, and It thought that, unless un-
lseen conditions arise, the further
pcad will bo prevented.
I lliny campers were In tho lino of
iftre.but, as tho burned area was
!j a mile or two In width, l. Is
ioijlt all escaped to the hills on
et side.
The Outlook Sunday.
raging In the dense standing timber
back In the mountains, and great
loss is ensuing. The Zan-Fletcher-Llnn
camping party, of Portland, had
a narrow escape, but managed to
reach Detroit in safety.
Tho latest reports are that tho fire
Is eating its way through one of the
finest belts of timber in the Cascade
Mountains. It extends for a mile
and a half either side of the North
Snntlnra river and has also turned
up the Breitenbush canyon.
Detroit, the largest town in the
Santiam canyon, and terminus of the
eastern division of tho Corvallls &
tewy, Or., Aug. 12. When all Eastern railroad, escaped because of
CHICAGO STORE
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
THE
BUSY STORE
IS OUT AGAIN
With a List of World Beaters
Read these Bargains over carefully and see
how they look to you.
lJc Dress Goods, yard 18c
,5c Fancy Dress Goods 25c
to Nobby Dress Goods, yd. . .49c
to Shadow Plaid Dress Goods
!, C5c
Changeable Silks, yd 49c
to Black Taffeta Silk, yd.. 45c
J5 Black Silk Peau do Sole
w 85c
"'India Silks, all colors, yd 25c
'C Ponceo Slllra -uA iO
Ifoftnew Pinti cm t oi ,
- imu uiiah lor ouujiiJUJS
Jags from 65c yd up.
?00 wrth of New Dress Silks,
t arrived; get our prices.
are showing tho swellest ef-i-
,n Xew Dresa Goods.
iL y Lawns. yd 4 c
Amities, fancy, yd 6c
0and8 of yards of Muslins
!BJ White Goods from 5c yard
& up.
uht0 Underskirts ...,56c
Muslin Night Gowns..., 45c
JJW ones at small prices.
Tw!1 th standafd Patterns.
. JfTnds of yds of Ribbons
V, Ucea at small prices.
Jrry a wonderful stock of
;Wons. Hosiery aad Under-
:r' get our prices.
CEV0Y
$1500 worth of now Millinery now
on exhibition; get our prices.
Ladies' $15.00 Black Plaid Circu
lar Back Coats, the latest,
price1 ?8.90
New Suits, Silk Petticoats, Black
Mercerized Petticoats and Furs
now opened up; get our prices.
$1.00 White Lawn Lingerie Shirt
Waists, now only 49c
Better ones at small prices.
The new Dress Skirts arriving
daily are beauties; in largo
plaids, ets., small prices asked.
Ladles' $2 Dress Shoes, pair $1.35
Children's Shoes from.... 19c up
Men's Boys' and Girls' Hop Straw
Hats, price... 10c, 15c and 25c
Hpp Gloves, 5c, 8c, 10c, 15c, 25c
Sun Bonnets from 10c up
Ladles' Belts, 5c, 10c, 15c and 25c
Men's Underwear from... 19c up
Men's Neckties from 15c up
Men's 50c Working Shirts. . . .35c
Men's Pants 75c 98c, $1.25, J1.50
200-yard Spool Thread, spool. 2c
Best Darning Cotton, ball..,.l
8cWhIte Pearl Buttons, doz...3c
Best Saxony Yarn, skein 3c
Best Sans Silk, ball 2c
Hair Pins, 2 packages for....lc
Best Safety Pins, doz....
,2c
SALSftl'g GSXATMT QOWIXa ITOSB.
BROS,
Corner of commer
cial aid Coirt Streets
the cleared country surrounding it.
The fire burned over the heavy tim
ber on all sides of tho town.
While no loss of life has been re
ported, there are known to bo par
ties of campers directly in tho path
of the flames. The campers on the
Breitenbush river or beyond Detroit,
at any of the numerous camping
grounds that mark the course of the
Santlam river and Its tributary
streams are within the possible path
of the flames. The bridge across the
Breitenbush river has been rondored
useless.
Flames Surround Detroit.
The conditions at Detroit during
the time the fire was passing were
something terrible. With miles of
forest burning on every side, and,
within a short distance of the town,
the heat was all but unbearable, and
the smoke almost suffocating.
The distance from tho mouth of
the Breitenbush river to Detroit is
about a mile. Heavy timber extends
from Berry to the Breitenbush. The
fire ran through this at a high rate
of speed, extending over four miles
within a little more than an hour
from Its inception. If the campers
at the Breitenbush learned of the ap
proach of the flames early after the
fire started, they could have reached
Detroit easily.
Excursion Train Blocked.
The regular excursion train which
is sent to Detroit every Saturday
night, ready for the through trip to
Newport Sunday morning, was un
able to reach its destination. Tho
night was spent at Mill City, 20 miles
this side of Detroit. At that point
the great fire was plainly visible, and
the smoke was quite dense, although
the wind was blowing up the canyon.
The fire has severed communica
tion with the burning district, and
all territory beyond, and reports are
at best meagre. Communication has
always been maintained from Mill
City, tho end of tho telegraph line,
to Detroit and way points by means
of a private telephone lino. Now
nothing will be known until it be
comes possible for people to cross
tho burnt district.
Tho fire Is now known to be the
most destructive that has visited the
North Santiam country since pioneer
days. Numerous mountain homes
and a great amount of valuable tim
ber have been destroyed. Tho two
mills at Detroit nre thought to be
near enough to the timber to make
It Impossible to save them. The rail
road has been rendered lmpassiblo,
and logging camps have been wiped
out.
The fire was started by hunters.
The Virginia mine Is owned by J. W
Duff, of Los Angeles. The flro was
under control this morning.
The Albany Herald Sunday morn
ing says: '
Once more tho flro fiend Is abroad
In the Cascade mountains and some
of tho finest timber ou tho Cascade
forest reserve on tho north fork of
the Santlam river Is on flro. Yester
day afternoon the flre broke out in
the timber near Berry, 53 miles east
of this city, on the Santlam river,
and last evening for a distance of
four miles tho finest trees In the
woods were ablaze. Tho flro burned
the little town of Berry on tho road,
according to reports received late
last evening, and the railroad bridge
across the Breitenbush river, a
couple of miles this side of Detroit
was .damaged. Tho flro early in tho
evening wbb reported to be on the
Marion county side and burning for
. . a .,.... .lift
a distance or iour nines iuu mv
C. & E. railroad, but later tho report
came that the flames had Jumped
the Santlam river and were Invading
the fine timber on the Linn county
side.
The flro was believed to have
started from a camp flre left by care
less fishermen along the river, and
as the grass and underbrush is dry
and a sharp wind is blowing through
the Santlam canyon. It took tho
flames but a short time to spread to
the fine timber and In a few hours
the woods in every direction were
ablaze. The flames were reported
rushing with frightful velocity up
the Breitenbush river burning the
timber on either side of the Breit
enbush spur used as a loggias road,
STALLED
CARS ARE
MOVED
Ten Thousand Passengers
'Sleep all Night in Cars. Re
, fusing to Pay Second Fare
j New York, Aug. 13. Tho Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company's stalled
cars were moved at 4 o'clock this
morning, after 1G hours continuous
rioting. Superintendent Mayborry
i paid from his own pocket the fares
of 10,000 passengers who slept In
tho cars, refusing to be ejected or
submit to the payment of a second
fare to Coney Island. Tho courts had
decided the road had no right to col
lect the second fare.
IHod at Miller's Station.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
John A. Conser, a well-known and
prosperous fnrmer, died at his home
at Miller's station this morning at
3:30 o'clock. Ho had been sick a
long time as tho result of a paralytic
stroke. Ho was G4 years old, and Is
survived by his wlfo and two sons. J
Ho was one of tho best-known mem
bers of a well-known pioneer family.
Tho funeral will be held Tuesday at
12:30 o'clock from tho residence.
More Forged Notes.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Chicago, Aug. 13. It Is probnblo
tho depositors and stockholders will
loso between $200,000 and $300,000
moro. than has been estimated, upon
tho additional forged notes found In
tho Milwaukee Avenue bank today.
-..o
QUAKE
SHAKES
H00SIERS
Green Castle, Ind., Aug. 13.
There was an earthqunko here at
7:19 this morning. No damage be
yond a few cracked dishes and
strained window panes was reported.
This Was the Quake.
Terra, Haute, Ind., Aug. 13. An
explosion in tho Liflln-Rand Powdor
Mill this morning killed Frank Ham
llton, a machinist. This Is what the
people of Green Castle regnrded as
an enrthquake.
BURGLARS
CAUGHT IN
THE RUINS
Sclo, N. Y., Aug. 13. Tho corpses
of two safe blowers are In tho ruins
of Files & Smith's general store,
which was burned this morning after
an explosion, which it is thought was
caused by dynamite placed under the
safo.
Will Not Buy.
Washington, Aug. 13. Senntor
Shaw denies ho Is going to buy $50,
000,000 worth of outstanding fours
to relievo tho money stringency dur
ing crop-moving time.
MANY
HURT IN
COLLISION
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Los Angeles, Cnl., Aug. 13. Two
electric cars on tho Lns Angeles and
Rcdondo line crashed together, head
on, this morning on a curve Just out
side tho city limits. Tho Incoming
car waB heavily loaded with people
returning from tho beach. Tho cars
telescoped and 17 passengers were
Injured, two or three possibly fatal
ly. Tho accident was duo to tho fact
that tho cars wore dispatched by tel
ephone, and tho orders wero misunderstood.
RIOTS
LEAD TO
MURDER
Unknown Man Shoots Five in
the Crowd Three of
Whom Will Die
New York, Aug. 13. Tho Conoy
Island street car rlots brought a
quarter of a million peoplo out early
this morning. Ono mnn shot a res
taurant wnlter In tho back, and then
swung his revolver toward the
crowd which choked tho Oceanic
walk In tho Conoy Bowery. Four
victims fell, three of them probably
fatally woundod. Thomas Fltzpat
rlck,agcd 25, Thomas McDonald, 19,
and , Gcorgo White, 26, may dlo.
Annie Smith, 20, Is sorlously wound
ed. Tho shooter escaped, but his '
description Is known, and thoro Is
no outlet for him except tho occnu.
AFTER
DIVORCE
FIGURES
FIRE
NEAR
PERRIS
Pan-AiiKiIcaii Convent Ion.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 13.
Tho Pan-American convention today
adopted tho naturalization treaty,
the report of the commltteo on tho
arbitration of pecuniary claims, and
12 of the 13 articles concerning tho
reorganization of the bureau of re
public. Tho Ecuador delegates objected to
making the U. S. secretary of
state secretary of tho legislative com
mittee. This provision was allowed
to stand undecided. The convention
will reconvene Thursday to consider
tho Drago doctrine.
Riverside, Cnl., Aug. 13. A thou
sand ncreB of hay land, near Perrls,
Riverside county, wero burned ovor
Sunday. Tho stamp mill at tho Vir
ginia niliio and tho buildings nt the
Indian Queen mlno wero destroyed,
together with sovernl houses, apiar
ies and much grain.
Washington, Aug. 13. All tho
court clorks' olllces In tho big cities
of the country nro today filled with
clerks of tho census bureau, avIiq
started to compllo divorce statistics.
Colored Masons Meet.
Champaign, 111., Aug. 13. Tho
annuiil meeting of tho colored Royal
Arch Masons and tho grand conclavo
of tho colored Knights Templar of
Illinois opened hero today and will
last four days. Tho Royal Arch Ma
sons began their session today. Tho
other threo dayH will bo glvon over
to tho Knights Tomplar. Moro than
ono hundred delegates are In attendance
Getting Ready to Fight.
' (Four O'clock Edition.)
Goldfleld, Nov., Aug. 13. Prepa
rations for tho big fight aro going
forward rapidly. Bobblo Lundy will
bo hero within tho next few dnys to
help Nelson train. Neither of tho
fighters nro affoctcd by the cllmato
or altitude. Tho weather Is Just
warm enough for training, nnd both
will make tho weight without further
effort.
Lyncher Tried for Murder.
Spiingflolcl, Mo., Aug. 13. Tho
trial of Rosh Galbralth, chargod with
murder In connection with tho trlplo
lynching, began UiIb morning. Ono
hundred deputies surrounded tho
court house.
Talk to Teddy.
OyHter Bay, N. Y., Aug. 13.
Chairman Sherman, of tho Repub
lican Congressional Commltteo, with
Shouts nnd Bishop, nro In conference
with tho presldont today.
TiiHtruiunitH Aro n Success.
Washington, Aug. 13. Tho war
department is advised by cablo that
tho duploxlng apparatus sent to float
tie for uso on tho Alaskan cablo is
a completo bucccbs.
(Ootwed e pece efht)
Great Crowd Gathers.
Minneapolfs, Minn., Aug. 13. The
fortieth encampment of the G. A. It.
opened today, with 100,000 visitors
present. Tanner holds a reception
tonight at the state capitol. R. B.
Brown, of Zanesvllle, Ohio, leads In
tho race for commander-in-chief.
Mrs. Gerald Friable, of California,
aspires to the presidency of tho W.
R. C.
Sultan a Bad Patient.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Constantinople, Aug. 13. Tho
Sultan is a bad patient, and refuses
treatment, but the physicians suc
ceeded In getting him to uso simple
remedies which brought relief. The
physician was immediately given the
rank of general. Kidney trouble Is
tho cause of the Sultan's sickness.
Philippine Veterans.
Dea Moines, la., Aug. 13. Fifteen
hundred Philippine veterans met In
reunion here today. Generals Cbas.
Klag, Albert Froet aad Hale were
present.
Nino Firemen Arrested.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
London, Aug. 13. Nino firemen
of tho steamer Mlnnetonka wero ar
rested today upon tho arrival of tho
ship. Tho firemen kicked about tho
food, and. It 1b charged, deliberately
allowed tho Arcs to dlo so tho' ship
lost $1000 by tho delay. Tho charges
wero not sustained In court.
Making u Cut-Off.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Roswell, N..M., Aug. 13. Work
on tho Gulf cut-off starts September
1st. The principal work la from
Bramwood, Texas, Tho grading
camps are working at this end. Tho
road will run Into Mexico, connect
ing Galveston with tho Pacific coast.
Looking After Jackles.
(Four O'clock Edition.)
Washington, Aug. 13. Secretary
Bonaparte today ordered an increase
In tho vigor of the Inspection of meat
for the navy yards, and ordered the
lracdlate substitution otf good for
bad, wherever the iaspeetor sus
pected the quality.
To l'Irk tho Winner.
Marblo Head, Mass., Aug. 13.
Nineteen American yachts started in
a trlnl race today, to pick out tho
best to compete with tho Gormans
for the Roosevelt cup,
Marblehead, Mans., Aug. 13. Tho
yacht Spokano won.
Took Suieldo RoiWe.
Gashon, Ind., Aug. 13. County
Treasurer Drake killed himself this
morning, owing to III health. Ho
"had brooded much over a bank fail
ure.
Want a Single Fare
New York, Aug. 13. An organ!
zatlon of cltlzons was formed horo
today to fight In court for a slnglo
fare to Coney Island.
Pope Has tho Gout.
Rome, Aug. 13. It is learned tho
pope is suffering seriously from gout.
Dr. J. F. CookMr
to 340 liberty street where
he wM meet X oW and new
patents, for any disease,
caN on Dr. Cook. Consulta
tion free.
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