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SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1007.
NO. 158.
AS IT
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
State's Evidence in Haywood Trial Is All In
D OF
HE TRIAL
IS NEAR
IDV FOR ARGUING
niHnn Will Probably Begin Its
Ninent Tomorrow-Testimony
lay Was As Immaterial As Most
I States Rebuttal tvidcncer
L July 17.-T-Attorney Rich-
, announced this morning tnnt
Inted Sheriff Kulan, of San
county, Colorado; David C.
In detective for tho Florcnco &
c Creek railway, and Willis
I, held within tho Jurisdiction
i court. Whllo no explanation
Lade. It Is stated the defonBO
lake an Investigation of tho evl-
!of theso witnesses, with tho
atlon of starting perjury pro-
Egg against them. Tho Colora
Ibreaks again held tho ntton
( tho Jury today, a dozen wlt-
be!nR examined, but nothing
as brought out.
Boise, July 17. It is possible tho
rebuttal will bo concluded this af
ternoon. Thomas Stewart and K. C.
Sterling will be tho last witnesses
called by the state.
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Railroad to Interior.
Seattle, Wash., July 17. Julius
Kruttschnitt, director of mainten
ance and way for Harrlman lines,
said tonight that tho surveys for tho
Centrul Oregon lines of tho Harrl
man system aro practically complet
ed. Tlieso aro tho lines thnt will
drain central and southern Oregon,
and furnish an opening to Portland
business Interests. Construction
work, said he, will bo affected by tho
condition of tho market, but ho be
lieves both projects, can bo carried
out soon.
Surveys for tho road to bo built
through central Oregon show it will
bo constructed from Ontario to con
nect with tho Southern Pacific cxton
tlon across tho Cascades from Na
tron, Bomowhoro near Odell Lake.
Tho plan is to build tho Natron ex
tontion southward to connect with
tho Califor.nia & Oregon about Klam
ath Lake.
Snn FrniiclKCo's New Mayor.
San Francisco, July 17. Tnylor,
tho now mayor, took tho oath of
ofilco early thiB afternoon. It wbb
administered tho county clerk.
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Chicago MnrkctA.
Chicago, July 17. Wheat 92 & 8
03 V4, corn 52 53, oats 38
38.
Unloading
Sale
0 MERCY SHOWN TO
PRICES
The best price you can got elsowhero, wo will bent. Wo hnvo to
room for our fall gqods, and that Is tho whole story, Out the
h have to go. Tho following aro unmntcheablo bargains: Beat
a, 3Hc yd; Ladlos' Handorchiofs, 2c; 95c Whlto Underskirts,
;9c, ?2 25 Whlto Underskirt's, with heavy embroidered flounce,
N 45; $2 oo Whlto Parasols, handsomely embroidered, now
'i Children's 35c Parasols, now 19c; 45c India Silk, now yd. 25c;
toss Silks, yard now 45c; 05c Panama Dress Goods, now .yard,
35c Fancv Plaid Dress Goods, yard, now 19c; Crashes, Towels
napkins going at the low prices. Any old price on Fancy Lawns
V
Dimities, 35c Corset Covers, laco and ribbon trimmed, now 23c;
fancy Dnss Ginghams, yard, 9c; 12 c India Linons, yard, now,
5 Muslins md Sheetings at snlo prices; 45c Bleached Table Da-
' Wrd, 29c; Embroidery three Inches wide, now 3c yard; best
sk, ball, 2c; nlco White Pearl Buttons, dozen, 3c; Ladles' 15c
"r Vests, now 9c; Ladles v20o" Summer Ve3ts, now, 12c;
:S Ifce fast black Cotton Hose, 9c; Valenciennes Laces from 2c
UP; best Sunbonnets, 5c; Wire Hair Pins, 2 packages for lc;
Overalh, 49c; Ladles' $2.25 Patent Leather Oxford Shoes, now
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Trimmed Hats, half-price; La-
oats, Suits and Dress Skirts go at the same low price.
BAXEM'S FASTEST GROWING BTORE.
AFTER
BANKER
MAGILL
SAY HE KILLED WIFE
Friends Try to Steal Body to Prevent
It Being Examlncd-Goroner Testi
fied Mrs. MaGIII Left a Letter
Saying Slio Would Commit Suicide
McEVOY BROS.
OHMKRCIAI, AND COURT ITRUTS.
gAIJIU, OR.
Clinton, 111., July 17. Attempts
at Btoallng tho body of. Mrs. "Pat"
MeGlll, for whoso death her hUBband,
Frederick McGHl, wns arrested In
San Diego, California, from tho cem
etery here were frustrated by tho au
thorities. It Is supposed that Mc
QlU's friends mado tho attempt
Ghouls, who wero acting suspiciously
around tho comotery, nttrncted tho
attention of tho citizens, who noti
fied tho nBslstnnl Btnto attorney, who
later, finding tho gravo Intact, placed
n guard around it. Tho discovery
created intonso oxcltomont.
Coroner Johns, who conducted tho
inquest, says Mrs. MaGIII committed
BUlcldo. Ho declares ho permitted
Madlir to practically cpndu'cinVh?
qucst Inquiry, and added: "Whon I
called at tho MaGIII homo tho let
ter written by Mrs. MaGIII wbb hand
ed me. Sho wroto that flho had com
mitted suicide, Baying her husband's
mo'thor had caused nil tho trouble
MaGIII feared objectionnblo men
would bo Bolectcd as jurors. An 'un
objectionable Jury was solocted.' I
directed my clerk to road tho lottor
at tho InquoBt In a low volco, as I
wanted to savo tho family from no
toriety. I would do differently
now." Attornoy-Gonornl Stead W
preparing au opinion on tho question
of oxhumlng tho body. If tho body
Is exhumed tho orgnnB will bo tnkon
to Chicago for examination by Prof.
Haluos, of tho RubIi Medical College
Attorney Mltcholl says tho remains
will Bhow arsenic poisoning, not
chloroform In tho lungs. MaGIU's
fnto depends upon tho autopsy.
A PINKERTOX SPY.
Joined Telegraphers Union to Gain
Information.
New York, July 17. Reports
which officers of tho Now York teleg
raphers' union gave out In tho Inst
fow days that a strlko hero was Im
minent were, they state, part of a
plot to trnp.E. W. DomareBt, whom
they suspected of being a spy. "De-
marest was forced to resign from the t
unlont and was then ejected from tho
executlvo committee's headquarters,
officers of tho union accusing him of
being a Plnkerton man. Tho slBtor
of ox-President Russell of tho unlop,
who Is chnirmnn of tho board of
strategy, dld some detective work In
Demnrcst, New Jersey, whoro Do
mnrest resides, and reported thnt
they ascertained from his, relatives
that he .was In tho employ of tho
PlnkertonB. To test their suspicions
further tho union officers told De
marest ln6t Sunday thnt tho tolc
grnph cables wero to bo cut at n cer
tain place and soon afterward tho
companies sent men to protect those
cables there. Demnrest hns been nc
tivo nt union headquarters for about
lx weeks. Ho served aB Bccrotary
for. President Small, attended execu
tlvo committee meetings nnd had
chnrgQ-of tho books,
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EUGENE
BOYCOTTS
HARRiMAN
PATIENCE WORN OUT
Merchants Instruct Wholesalers With
Whom. They Deal to Route Goods
Any Old Way So It Is Not Over
Any of tho Harrlman Lines
Eugene, July 17. About 70 Eu
gono merchnnts yesterday wroto
BIG VEIN OF COAI;.
Reports Finding n New Field Xentf
Gold Hill.
Gold Hill, Or., July 17. A. J.
Olson, of this placo, roports a now.
field of coal Just discovered covering,
soma 700 acres, and at tho present
depths showing a 14-foot vein with,
the cross-cut still running nnd got
ting a better grado of coal nil the
time. In Sams vnlloy, which Is tributary
to Gold Hill, on tho north, Indications
of potroloum are roportcd. The
ground and Bprlngs show n thick olC
BUbstanco, which burns rcndlly. Tha.
prospects of oil nro so good that an
experienced prospector has been at
tracted, and ho Is now making prep
arations to oxnmlno tho territory
with a view of commencing drilling;:
for oil.
Los AngoloB capitalists hnvo bondn
od n wator power on Roguo rlvor, In-
eluding 120 ncrcs of land on which'
SOAP
MAKERS
WIN OUT
est
Sprlngflold, 111., July 17. Attornoy-Gonornl
Stead sayB that Coroner
Johns will exhumo Jho body If tho
charges warrant this action.
Clinton, July 17. Tho mother and
four widowed aunts of MuGIU and
his sister, Mrs. O. M. Pond, represent
ing $1,000,000, decided at a council
this morning tho banker la Innocont,
and that ho needs their financial
support, as it Is reported tho leading
momber of tho family declines to advance-
tho defense money. Prosecu
tor Mltcholl Bays ho will prove tho
quilt on Mrs. MaGIU's bed covered
tho wholo bed, and was tucked under
tho mattress on all sides. Mltcholl
says It was lmposslbjo for Mrs, Ma
GIII to do this.
Llvorpool, July 17. Tho' Jury to
day awarded damages of a quarter of
a million to Lever Bros., tho biggest
soap manufacturers In tho world,
against tho London Dally Mall and
evening News, Lord Northcllffo's pa
pers, in n libel suit, whloh was
brought becauso tho papors nttacked
tho -attempt of tho soap makers to
organizo a sonp trust.
DOINGS
AT THE
HAGUE
Ih It n Joke?
London, July 17. Mark Twain,
who is aboard tho Mlnnetonkn, bound
for Now York, today sont a wlroleas
here, that an unidentified bark Mon
day struck tho Mlnnetonkn, breaking
tho former's bowsprit. , Only prompt
action on the part of both crows pre
vented a disaster.
For Killing His Motlicr-ln-Lmv.
Carlseruhe, German, July 17.
Carl Hau, professor of Roman law
In George Washington University,
who Is accused of murdering his
mother-in-law, Frau Mollter, to get
her fortuno of a quarter of a million
dollars, was arraigned this morning.
Victims of Georgia ExpIosfoH.
Washlncton. July 17. Admiral
Snow reports the Georgia pxploslon
I victims' condition as serious.
Hague, July 17. Tho United
States won a victory over England,
Russia and Franco combined todny,
when tho Amorlcnn proposal provid
ing Indemnification for private prop
erty Belzed at sea during wnr, was
adopted by tho commltteo to which
It was roferred by n vote of 21 to 11,
Gormany, Austria nnd Italy support
ed tho United States. It Is doubtful
If tho International conference will
approve the proposition, owing to
the opposition of tho three big pow
ers. England thinks tho proposi
tion limits her activities In war.
Eastern wholesale houses to routo all ,t0 croct a owor nlnnt "repnratoryv
u. . , - . . . lt - . , to running an oloctrlc lino to tho confc
their freight In tho future over somo L, nQrth of hcr(j
other thnn tho Harrlman lines. Tho Ing8 ,mvo boon carrIcil to a ,,opth oC.
Merchants' Protcctlvo Association 1 80 foot, and tho coal haB boon tested,
has appointed a commlttoo to lnvos- for coko nnd found to produce- nn
tlgato tho best way of routing freight xcollcnt Brftll- " ,B reported" that;
from tho East and to mako known to 78 l)or cont of tho conl ,M,,k ,B loft
tho rnllroad commission tho plan, so ,n tho form of coko- So,no G0
that freight shipped over corapotltLvo ,ncr09 lmvo bcon bom,C(1 nml W,,L
lines will not bo hold up by Tho ortly b siaa with a diamond drill'
Southom Pacific whon It nrrlves in n- B- Donn ono ot tno oworB r-
Portland. ports mat an or tno exporimonts so
ThlK l.'invn nivthn imrl nf Mm nnnn. far. COIUlllCtCd tOIld to establish. tllO
Clntion. whloh Ine.lmlnn In Uu n.nm. UtlMIBt OOnfiJOIlCO In tllO ValUO oi.tllCv
borshlp, with the oxceptlon. of-'ffcur .cpal. Holds
or five, all tho-merchants of Eugene, I
U tho Inst resort In tho ondenvor to j InY Havc Db,u Hanging.
bring tho Southom Pacific to a ful-l Pittsburg, Penn,, July 17. A plea ij
Aliment of somo of Ucrr'promlsosTBket-teraPsrarjlBWB,tyul,bMrWl,tSB
tho poople of.Eugono, ospeclnlly in ,n hohalt ot Angolo JnckBon, n nogro
tho matter oftho establishment of murder, at a meeting of tho pnrdon-i
a local pnssongor sorvlco that will bfuir(1 t0(lfty whon attorneys for tho
pormlt tho puoplo of tho Mohawk b,ack '38sln will nttompt to nccurej,
valley nnd other near points to mnke n commutation of hltf sontenco fromi
tho trip to Eugene and roturn In'ono doath to nf0 Imprlsonmont. SiouIdf
duy. This Is tho Immodlnto causo of th'8 movo ftt,, thoro w,n bo ft loublo .
this movo on tho pnrt of tho mor- '"nnelng hero next Tuesday, whon .
chnnts, although thoro aro othor un- JncKson nnu uowung urcon, niao ..
fulfilled promises of long standing c010rC(, wl" o swung into otomlty.-
that havo holped to break tho pa- fl0m. tho. "nmo gallows.
tlonco of tho business mon nnd cltl-1 Novor bcforo 1,ftH HUch ft morbid
zens of Eugene. , curiosity in a Hanging ueon oviuoncoa
Tho morchnnts hnvo notltloncd hnvo ,n PlttabnrR hundreds of pooplo hav-
passed resolutions nnd nil this in a ,nB nppllod to 8horlff Gumbort for
vory rospoctful way. Tho only result I'ormlts to soo this double oxocutlon.
hns boon promlsos that havo boon I" nccordnnco with the Htato Inw all
so often nnd consistently reforred 0l U,0H0 ,nU8t " uoniou, tno only pop
nnd deferred that tho buslnoss mon 80na Prlvllogod to wltneBs a hnnglng:
nt their meotlnK Inst nluht wero nl- " Ponusylvnnla Ijolng tho Hhorlff end
moBt to a mnn opposed to any furth- h,B doputlos, tho coroner, tho oxocu
er correspondence with tho railroad "on ury county physlclnnH nnd not
compnny nbput elthor tho local train morQ than two ministers,
sorvlco or the construction of n mod- Tho scaffold on which tho two mon?
ern depot hore, tho promlBo of tho nro to bo hanged Ih In readiness. It
lnttor being of so long standing that ,B a now 8to1 nffnlr nd will bo UHod
tho young business mon Bay thoy ro-ifor tho flrRt t,mo Tuesday. Shorlff
call when such promises wor- hold Qumbort will personally spring tho.
out to their fnthors. who woro in.lI. required to uo oy mw.
business boforo thorn. At tho moot
ing ono or two proposed thnt they In
form thp compnny of what thoy woro
about to do, so as not to appear un-
nlM 1m.it .1. 1i W 9 iUn n-tnn.ln.
iuii, uiii. iiiu nu-iiuiu ut niu iiivuiiiiu
was struck wnon n momoor vigorous
Advocates Pence nnd Target Practice.
Oyster Bay, July 17. Prosldent
Roosevelt has put his heurty approv
al on public rlflo pructlco. In a let
ter of congratulations to Ambrose
Scharfenberg, of Brooklyn, winner
of tho shooting trophy of tho Public
School Athletic League, ho takes oc
casion to encourage tho system of
rifle practice Inaugurated by George
B. WIngate, retired. That tho letter
to young Scharfenberg may havo as
far-reaching Influence as possible
11 was mado public, at tho President's
direction.
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Famous I'alatcr Dead.
PariB, July 17. Theobold Chart-
ran, the famoiiB painter, who painted
many prominent Americans, includ
ing President Roosevelt and wife,
died this morning. lie was born In
Franco In 1849.
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Lamia Restored to Settlcmmt.
Washington, D. C July 17. The
secretary of the Interior restored to
entry 40,000 acre of land heretofore
withdrawn for thiUatllla Irriga
tion project Is Orefea.
Jackson wns convicted of tho mur
dor of Gortrudo Nichols, n nogro
woman, on October 2fi, 100C. Ho
was temporarily Insane from tho ox
cosslvo uso of liquors at tho time nn.Ii
this will he urged In tho effort to
ly opposed any explanation to tho, havo ins sontonco commuted at to
Southern Pacific, stating thnt tho ,ly'8 hearing. Bowling Croon shot
road would easily find out what was,a kinou mo wire, Jounlo uroon, bo-
tho matter If It wished to.
Tho frolght receipts of tho com
pany nt this point Is about 11000 per
cuiiBO ho bollovcd Hlioiwns unfaithful'
to him.
Tho two blnck mon nro unconcorn-
day, tho bulk of whloh Is paid by tho cdly nwnltlng tho march to tho gaU
merchants, and of this amount neon-;JW t Tuonday morning. Thoy
sldorablo pcrcontago Is for tho Iong.8,"w lltt, interest in tho proparn
haul. But tho morchnnts will not bo .t'ona thnt havo boon going 'forward
alono In tho mnttor of routing freight, 'or their hnnglng, although both
over othor lines, for a committee will .havo long slnco professed religion
work among tho citizens for tho pur- and roponted for tholr crlmos.. Most
poso of turning all poBslblo frolght 'of tholr tlmo Is spont In reading tho
rmm Mm TInrrlmnn llnnj vt'll Jit lfr It Blblo. '
bo merchandise, household goods or
any othor commodities,
Whllo this Is at tho present purely
a local movo, it may bo moro thor
oughly organized and other commu
nities, near Eugene asked to Join in
tho endeavor to get somo of tho long-drawn-out
promises fulfilled.
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Tho Blllek Murder Trial,
Chicago, July 17. Edna BUIok,
daughter of Herman Blllek, accused
of murdering six members of tho
Vrzal family, today testified In favor
of hor father, and described events
at the isowo of the Vrzal family pre
cedlag the death of Mary Vrzal.
Tho Glldden TourlM-v.
Indianapolis, July 17. Tho Glfd
den tourists left this morning nt in
tervals of ono mlnuto, In a drlvlcl,
rain. Thoy aro duo at Columbus, O.,
at C o'clock thin nftornoon, aftor a
run of 107 miles, the longest on tho
tour.
Dr. J. F. COOK
THS BOTANIOAIi DOCTOR,
MOVBD TO 840 LIIJIRTY iTRlMT
FOK AXY DIHKA8M CALL OK DR.
COOK. OONfUITAVIOX.
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