)S1G11T AT SUNDAY WARMER.
AILY CAPITAL JOUIiNAL
SALEM, OREGON". SATURDAY, MAY 23, 11)07.
NO. JSG.
;ers
STORIES
CONFLICT
EXPOSES
. SOCIETY'S
METHODS
WITNESSED-THE MURDER A MOVING PICTURE OF HIGH LIFE
Indicate He Is the Murderer
of Amelia Stafford
nrst. L. I., May 25. Henry
Lisnected of being tho slny-
tmella Staffeldt has confessor
n wltncsB to tho killing.
nros a tail dark Slav etabbed
detectives nro searching Now
d It is bdlioved tho man de
wlll be arrested today. An
Ion of tho thumb print on
e hundlo was taken In wax.
ens taken to tho morguo and
ink on his kness declaring
1rl, if I could bring you back
would not hnrm n hair of
ad." Decker's stories conflict.
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Cyclone In Texns.
Worth, Texas, May 25. A
tlvo cyclono Is reported near
id thrco aro roported dead.
Bars aro lacking.
Worth, Texas, May 25.
cnuxrj of ono family gathor-
er a heavy chimney In tho
U their homo wero seriously
in tho sovcro Btorm -which
bver Benton county. House
tertirnc'd and scoros of fnm-
car:J in their storm houses.
tnodo covered n Binnll nron.
hcuscs and bnrnB woro de
but tho fatalities areunre-
Chtcngo Markcta.
po, May 25. Wheat 98
Icorn 5353, oats 47 U 0
Gould Divorce Case Is Becoming
Odoriferous
New York, May 25. Mrs. Gould
said made disclosures to Bingham
along a new line, and thero Is a pos
sibility the postofllco may Investi
gate tho charpo that tho mntl has
been tampered with. Abo Hummel
Is said to have written her offering
his services in calling off tho detec
tives. Tho story Is her's that formor
Inspector Byrnes hnd detectives ou
her trnll to establish tho fact that
she had a husband living. Tho dis
trict nttorncy's office may take a
hand to investlgato tho report that
money was paid detectives.
DEFENSE HAS
ORCHARD'S
CONFESSION
VENIRE WILL BE EXHAUSTED
Knowledge of Confession Will Be of
Great Value to Attorneys
Now York, May 25. Mrs. Howard
Gould made tho sensational state
mont to General Dlngham thlB after
noon that Bho lived in tho dread of
poisoning. Sho showed letters warn
ing her, but was unablo to discover
tholr authorship.
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Sun Francisco Hope.
San Francisco, May 25. Tho In
dications nro that San Francisco will
not linvo to go wlthont boor tomor
row. A committee of strlkora will
confor with oinployora this afternoon
and both stdos bollovo a sottlomont
will bo offectod.
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To Murder Peasant.
St. Petersburg, May 25. Prcmlor
Stolypln has summoned tho provin
cial govornors hero to confor over
tho peasant outbreaks and arrang'o
plans to subduo them.
Bolso, May 25. Orchard's com
plete confosslon is at last In tho pos
session of tho defense in tho Hay
wood murder trial. This Is tho worst
blow yot sustained by tho stnto and
tho intorosts which bnck tho prose
cution. The stnto planned to keep
the defense In nbsoluto Ignorance of
whnt Orchard would Bay In order
that they would bo unablo to produce
witnesses who would contradict It.
How tho leak occurred Is unknown,
but tho Jubilant nttltudo of Richard
son and Darrow indlcnto they bollovo
they havo at last penetrated tho
stato's armor nnd aro now In pod
tlon to protect their clients Intelli
gently. Thrtt tho dofonso outwitted
tho prosecution ou seeing tho con
fession Is oponly nllogcd to bo tho
ronson of tho frequent clnBhos be-
tweon Hawloy and Darrow. Attor
neys for the dofonso woro Jubllnut
whon court reconvened this morning
over tholr two docldod victories.
Dnrrow gnlned ono point in Jiav
ing Boery oxpoRod by tho court for
bins and also Richardson, another,
whon by Invoking ItciosovoH'a "undo
Irablo citizens" letter, ho ollmlnntod
from tho bpx talesman Lcotor, who' X
nlthough dcclnrlng nbsoluto prcdju-
Uco against tho mlnor'B federation,
seemod dotormlned to qualify. Soon
ns tho court reconvened todny tho
dofonso bogan tho oxamlnatton ofJ
Flnley Mclloun. Darrow says It
Imposslblo to completo tho Jury from
tho present vonlro nnd an adjourn
ment cannot bo avoided.
JilCAGO STORE
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
FOR THE PAST
THREE MONTHS
Iim-ItS IIAVH BEEN BUSY IN NKW YORK AND CHICAGO
1X0 SIMMER GOODS AND SHIPPING T1IKM TO US KO WK
Lll II WE THEM HEADY FOR OUR BUMMER BUSINESS.
ii u k done tht:ir ORIC WELL; they have sup.
I) IS THE CHOICEST WARM WEATHER GOODS TO HE
KB ANYWHERE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. WE OFFER THEM
AT QUICK SELLING F1UGKS. HEAD ON.
iful cew summer goods now
rea-o at rock bottom prices.
Bumnjer Silks.
wt'ght summer drees goods.
1 Wcl Droea Goods.
Lcfn dress goods.
Dct'ci Swisses.
Pers an Lawns.
0- k Salting.
61 k Mls.
Utl a Linens.
Itil Fbroldorlea.
' h India Lawns.
als.s.
Ck & Silks. '
i Waists.
M-l Parasols.
Canvas Shoes.
f te Salts in Duck,
od India Silk.
P-to Gloves,
Tho low prices we aro now
selling flno rollllnory. Ladles'
Suits, Ladloe' Jackets, and Dress
Skirts, at Is surprising everybody.
Wo aro doing tho bualnesM nnd
wo can afford to sell our goods at
low prlcos and always have thorn
for you new and froeh.
I Pretty Streot HaU, 59c, 70c, Mc,
at "V si .So.
Dreaa Hats. $1.M, 2.B0, 34W
t
Mlssca Dress HaU. ...... .!
eULKM'S FASTEST GROWING fiTTOKK.
McEVOY BROS.
MMKHCIAI, A3 COURT iTTKKST.
JUJUaV, OX.
AT LEAST
TWO MEN ARE
CREMATED
CALHOUN .
AT LAST
FATAL flRE IN CALIFORNIA TOWN
Twenty Horses Burned The Evidence
Points to Incendiarism
'San Jose, Cal., May 25. In an ln
condtary ilro hero this morning which
nearly destroyed tho feed storo of
Frederick Brown, Lnvorty'a stables
nnd tho Union lodging houso, John
McDonald, a roomer In tho lodging
house, was cremated. Tho body was
recovered, but It Is bollovcd there are
other victims. Twonty horses were
burned. Tho firemen discovered a
SAYS HE BRIBED SUPERVISORS
Many Other Indictments Returned
nnd Some Against Schmltz
SHOVING
' THE QUEER
IN OREGON
Gang busy with buncii&rassers
Counterfeit Tlvo Dollar Gold Pieces
and Dollars Plentiful
Snn Francisco, May 25. Tho
speculation that has been rlfo for
weeks as to whnt tho grand Jury
would do In tho matter of indicting
high corporation otllclnlR and munici
pal otllcora for alleged bribery In
connection with tho grnntlng of tho
overhead trolley franchise to tho
United llnllronds ended tonight when
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Tho arrest of tho Huntington
gang of counterfeiters a year ngo did
not stop counterfeiting 1$ Enstorn
Oregon, na is shown by ovldenco ro
contly gathered by United Stntoa D1b
trlct Attorney Bristol of Portland,
It Is claimed that Wallowa county
is flooded with counterfeit coin oC
sovoral denominations nnd that al-
tho Inquisitorial body returned nlno most every other Eastern Orogoa
indictments on 80 counts, charging county complains of tho circulation
buckot containing oiled rags and a. tho crimes of giving and accoptlng
It
lighted caudle. Similar buckets
la believed started tho ilro.
Another body unldontlllcd was ro
covored at noon, It la feared there
aro more in tho ruins as many
lodgers nro unnccountcd for.
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of bogus money, A Portland dis
patch says of tho situatien:
Ten thousand dollars in tmurloua
$5 gold pieces and more than 20
counterfeit silver dollara In- tho pos
session of United Statoa District At-
I-H
HEART
GROWS WEAKER.
Mrs. McKlulcy'N Death a Mat
ter of Hour.
Canton. Mny 25. Roporta
of Mrs. McKlnloy'a condition
Boise, May 25. J. E. Tourtellotto
an architect was accepted, but tho
state poremptorlly challqngcd Goo.
Mclntryo. McBcan qualified but
is subject to peremptory. Tho
defonso challenged John Whit
lock.. Tho dofonso hnd thrco
and tho prosecution two por
omtory chnllongos loft nnd but 10
veniremen remained of tho special
panel whon recesit was taken.
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Million Hpvnt to Mnko Railroad
Hnfe.
Chicago, May 20. Carrying out a
policy of installing orory device that
will add to the safety of tholr HnoB,
tho Southern Pnclflc nnd Union Pa
cific hnvo spent nonrly $12,000,000,
according to flguros Just compllod In
tho ofllco of tho director of mainten
ance and oporntlon. This sum hna
all boon oxponded on safety appli
ances for roadway and equipment,
since tho prosont mnnagomont took
chnrgo of tho two proportios.
Southern Pacific nlono baa expoud
od moro than $3,500,000 for block
slgnnls, interlocking plants, oros
slng bolls and gates, and distant
switch signals all theso bolng for
tho safety of tho roadway. For
safety appllnnros on cars nnd en
gines, the Southern Pacific has mado
an outlay or $4,000,000.
Tho Union Pacific has spent noar
ly a million for automatlo couplors,
high speed attachments, train sig
nals, ncotyleno headlights and other
equipment devices. For safety ap
pliance on roadway this system, ex
clusive of the Orogon linos, has made
an outlay of nearly two millions.
Tho Oregon lines add $847,000 on
account of eafoty dolcos on roadway.
and $050,000 for equipment dovlcea
lar, nnd the chuuge. forocnBta
tho end Is near. Relatives
havo been told alio might llvo
through Sundny. DrH. Port
mnnn, lnymauu nnd Rlxoy will
consult this morning and will
Issue statomontH.
Canton, May 25. Tho three
bribes nnd naming as guilty tho fol
lowing persens:
Mayor Kugono E. Schmltx, Abra
ham lluef, President Patrick Cal
houn nnd nsslntant to tho president,'
Thornwoll Mullnlly of tho Unltod tornoy Bristol Is consldorctl concilia
Railroads, Tlroy R. Ford and William Ivo ovldonco of tho oporntlonB of a
M. Abbott, nttornoya of that cor- gang of professional counterfeiters
;;, pnrntljin; nnd nlso President Louis n Eastern Oregon, whoro tho imltn-
i. Glass nnd ex-Agent Theodore II. Hal. tlon monoy wan seized.
!!'soy of tho Pnclflo States Tolophono Tho govornmont'a prosecutor ban
; ; & Tologrnph comiinnj, tho last named beau Investigating tho cnao for iiov-
Indlctmonta bolng In connection wltu oral days and 1 sntlsiioil tno pogua
!! a deal by which tho established tele- money Is being coined by a dWpor"ato
1 1 phono corporation nought to provont gang that carrlca on ita work on
somo of tho rumoto ntrenma in tho
Intarlor of tho eastern soctlou of tho
statu. Attortuty Bristol has accumu-
, i wi". '"" .- .. tho BrnntK or a competitive frnn
J this morn ng show her heart ; Tolophono com-
I wenk- Its nctlona Is Irragu- ..
takca lcsa nourishment nnd
with Increased difficulty. She
la not In pain, but Improve
mont la hnrdly expected.
Later i.rs. McKlnloy Is
s'nklng rapldiy nnd may dlo nt
any minute, ns her henrt falls
to respond to stimulants. 1)r.
Rlxoy nnd tho relatives nro
awaiting tho end.
MmiMUHMiummni
. . puny.
;;l Fourtoon indlctmonta, containing lntod conslderahlo ovldonco and ox-
81 counlB, woro roturnod Jointly, jpueta lo succeed In apprehending tho
II' ngnliiBt Schmltz. Ruof, Cnlhoun, Mul- rouutorfoltura.
i; hilly, Ford nnd Abbott, whom thoj Learning Hint a groat donl of
grand Jury accused of bribing 14 counterfeit monoy wna bolng olrcti-
'' Huporvlsora In amounts ranging from , lntod In Kasturn Oregon, Mr. Bristol
;; $4000 to $15,000 each to voto tho ' hna visited a nuinbor of Uio towns in.
ntinnir.. In tint frnticlilmi nf Iho United Hint unntlrin nf thn Hind), whoro ho
!,,1MIC!n,,.B, 8t0,T?t..Ut "T" Rallrond.1 by which that corporation found conditions worso than Imil
n ilUu .M.n. .,...,. ...... iniuetlntoiy ,llor u,0 firo gained an. boon represented.
tlon Is less favorable. Hho . . ,,....,,,,.. u .a , ,,fi , ,, iinii, ,i.linnitB..
Willi lJ l WHIUIIIIJ IIP mvv .,i.wn '. I IIU UU1IR UIIIB .l M'fc ., v.. w... ......
, streot railway system in Snn Fran- tlona nro exceptionally good luiUa-
elsrn. , , "tlona and so closoly do they rosomhlo
Two additional Indlctmonta were tho genuine that thuy hnvo.bqoH
roturnod agnlust Schmltx, tho ono readily passed. In ono Hon torn Oro-
' charging that lie sought nnd accept- Kon bank nlono Mr. Bristol discover
ed from Ford and Huof a bribe of (( 7S0 of tho worthloaa coin which
$50,000 for his co-oporntlon In tho had Innocently boon received on do
trolloy doal, tho othor charging that pontt by thu bank offlclnls,
ho sotiKht nnd received from Frnnk Tho dollars nro especially clover
, O. Brum and Ruof a brlbo or $3250 Imitations of Undo Ham's product,
to approve tho voto of tho board of nnd would pass thu Inspection of thu
supervisors fixing tho pulillc una rnto nvorago critical bank olork. They nro
for 1000 nt 85 ceuts Instead of 75 nlmost perfect In design nnd luttor
ccnts at thq. behest of tho San Pfnu lug,' thu only exception bolng that
olsno Gob & Kleotrlo compnny. I tho letter "M" la ntnmpod nt tho hnso
Two Indlctmuntn wero roturnod of thu head of tho coin Instead of tho
ngnlnst U)iila Glass, ohnrgiug him Initials "J. L. 0.," which nppenr on
with tho bribery of two supervisors (ho genuine. From this It Is evident
who refused to voto A franchise com- tho gang works with un old stamp,
potltlvo with that hold by tho Pnalflo Tho counterfeited coin weight slight
States Tolophono company. Theso ly mor than a good dollar, but does
Indlotmonta nro additional to tho not contain nn ounce of stiver, Its
nlno others returned against htm sev- mineral parts conlntlnc of nltimln
ural weoks ngo In tho samo oonnco- urn, tin nnd lend,
tlon. I Tho spurious nvo dollnr plonou nro
Tho Indlotmont returned today not so perfect, being slightly off col
against Hnlsoy Is Idantioai with those- or. They bear tho date of 1003 nnd
returned ngnlnst Glass and with tho woro rnndo from copper and brass
oloven previously voted against Hal- Und washed In gold,
soy himself. I "Hustorn Oregon Is prolific when
It comes to produolng coin swindling
San Frnnslco, May 25. Calhoun, mediums." said United States At
Ford. Abbott. Mullnlly. Rohinltz. tornoy Bristol. "This gang Is tin-
RECALLS
BEEGHER
TRIAL
Paris, May 2fi. Theodore Tllton
dlod hero this nfturnoon,
(Tho name, Theodore Tllton, will
provo an unknown ono to most road-
ors, .but old timers will ruinombor
him In connection with tho trial of
Henry Ward Boecher in 1873 or 74,
and Its accompanying scandal. Tll
ton was an editorial wrltor In Now
York city and a membor of Boecher's
church. It was Mrs. Tllton who was
tho woman In tho onso, her nloco bo
lng a good sewmd. Tllton who wna
wan or brilliant promlso apparently
dropped out of tho world after tho
trial. Ed.)
Jap Willi ( lo Know,
Washington, May 2. Upon tho rep
refutations of the Japanese am
baaiador, Aokl, the Prasldont has di
rected the donartmant of Juatloo to
thoroughly Investigate tho reported
Block signals alono on all tho llne-s attack by a San I'ranalsco mob on a
have cost $6,500,000, air brakoa and Japanese restaurant whero tho build
high speed attachments $3,200,000. j lug was demolished and proprietor
and automatic couplors nearly two ; barely ofoaned death.
millions. By tho end of tho yoar
tho various lines tho tho Union and
Southern Paoiflc will havo 4700
miles of track protected by automat
ic signals.
The exact totals of tho safety
equipment outlay aro $0,326,624.34
for signals and other roadway ap
pliances, and $5,506,896.24 for
equipment Improvements, a grand
total of $11,835,520.48.
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Another General.
"WMhlflKtoH. May 26. Taft taday
announced that Col. M. K. Davis had
been selected to sureed Brigadier
General Constant Williams retiring
today DavU Is a Civil war veteran.
Snn Francisco, May 35. Tho ox
tent of tho dainego done to tho Japa
nese rtntaurant here by tho so-called
mob was magnified to tho Washing
ton authorities. Several panes of
glass were broken by throo union
piokets whose objeet was not to at
tasks tbo Japs, but two vrhito men
who were ordered not to patrouite
the Japanese restaurant.
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Hna Itewfi jm1 MHi-iiem!.
Shenandoah, Pean., May 25, Fol
lowing a chase through tho crowd
streets to tho homo of a friend, Mary
Bollnsky,' aged 16, was today shot
and isitantly killed by Chaj. W,
Soarer, a rejected suitor.
Glass and Halsey nppoarod In court questionably composed of oxperlono
thls morning and gnvo bonds on all od counterfeiters who havo served
tho Indlotmonta returned Friday, time, and so genuine do their pro
The aggrflftato bond Is throo quarters ducts appear that no difficulty is ex
of a million dollara. Ruof did not perluuasd in passing them In business
append as ho is In on tody. It is ex- transactions."
peeled additional Indlotmonta will hej The ntitliorltlw do not charg thla
filed this nftornooii against Ruef, counterfeiting Job to tho Ooon nuug
Sehmlts and several others. lor their oonfederates. They are now
- I being held for trial In the federal
Ban FranoUco, May 25. None of urt. Tho Job Is aoorodltfd to a
thoso IndlottM were formally plncel nioro bold and dosparato orowd.
under arrest They went to tho sher- K"t Oregonlnn.
Iff'a office nnd announced their de
sired to surrender and Immediately
ropalrod to tho court room whore
they presented bonds which wero as
ouptod. o
1'anMil Wortlilt-M riurkn.
ChloagOi May 26. Tho polloo
were notified todny of t ti arreet In
Montreal of John Wilmot, former
president of th New York tnsuranco
rotnpany and general mauager of tho
National Producer Gas Power com-
Ah Oil OiK.rlo Ui-rv.
fr nml lift. If. fi. Fcrtltr tit
Neodesha, Kansas, are In tbo city PW w P oC 110.000.000,
guesU of 8. II. Bnyder and family In ' wu,cl rove; Cleveland U a di
South Salem. Mr. Fertlg Is an old ror. Ho la charged with passlng
time friend of Mr. Snyder. His fa- Y0rthb" CJ!0ck; " "CUr,n 'I500
thftP r one of the oldest oil oroducers nm the Sbanka company, builders
In America, and associated with tho lMorloi. Ho had $6500 cask
Standard In Pennsylvania. This is when arrested.
his second visit to Oregon, and wo - -""-
may bo obliged to adopt him an a IIm 1 p I iWlll
future citlien. Mr. Fortljj haa been Ul Jo I -.Vvf
engaged In tho ol! buslceao In South-1 THM HOTANIOAL IWX7TOt,
era California, and thinks Oregon MOVKD TO i IJKKrWV NfTKMWC
may yet becomo tho center of llluml-lpo ANY IHAKAJ4H OALIj OK Wt,
natlnv od lubrlcatlac activities. I COOK. COIWUXirATION nuw.
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