pHOIIABIjY PAIR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
AILYOAPITAL J OTTRNAL
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOI1KR 23, 1007.
NO. 215.
ST SAID TO BE OVER
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Paving Begun-New Era in Salem's Progress
YORK
IS STILL
FEVERISH
I BANKS FAIL
i Stock Opened Stronger In
i Market This Morning-New
i financiers Think the Worst
Over
1 york, Oct. 25. Dosplto tho
Cote of yesterday, tho
1,1 financiers of tho East had
i the failure of thro omorc
this morning. Notices wore
Ion tho doors of tho United
ichango Bank of Now York,
capital of $100,000 that It
not open Its doors today, and
en of the Dorough Bank of
ju he'd tho same notice In
bee, Rhode I land, tho Union
company rormnlly poBtcd un
it payment would bo tompor-
ricenaeu. a run doveloncd on
poa Trust Company's bank Into
Pit afternoon, but It was
It tho company had sufficient
f unda to stand tho emergency. All j
of these banks nro believed to boi
solvent, and nblo to pny dollar fori
dollar.
Roost American Stocks.
London, Oct. 25. A sharp rl$e In
prices of American stocks hero gave
added confldenco to thp market for
American securities. Union Pacific
opened two points higher, and
Southern Pacific ono point.
Couldn't Cnsh n l'ostnge Stamp.
Now York, Oct. 25. The Wil
liamsburg Trust Company, of Wil
liamsburg and Brooklyn closed this
afternoon, becnuso of its inanblllty
to cash, a $10,000 check. Frank
Jenkins Is president of tho bank,
which had a capital of $700,000 and
liabilities of $9,G7G,484.
-o
MAY BE nUHONIO PLAGUE.
Four Deaths in Scnttlo May lie Duo
to It.
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 25. In nn ef
fort to Impress tho public with the
necessity for- precautionary meas
ures, tho board of health today con
firmed tho following stery:
Patrolman E. O. Osborne, on duty
in tho Chinese quarter, died 10 days
ago from what was then believed to
bo quick pneumonia. A few days
later his slstor died suddenly from
similar symptoms, and four dnya
ago tho undertaker's nsBlBtant, Chns.
O. Eddy, who handled tho patrol
man's body, died. Now nnother sls
tor of Osborne Is dnngeroiiBly HI,
and a Bccond undertaker's assistant
Is not expected to llvo. The symp-
tnma. mnv ho tllOBO Of a SPCclCB Of
bubonic plnguo, and nil dcathB oc
curred within a day or two alter tho
first Illness appeared. Tno nenuu
board Is making a thorough exam
ination.
mmsmt
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
(THE WONDERFUL
BUSINESS
PAVING
COURT
STREET
OLD JOBS SHOW UP
Sewers, Gas and Water Mains Being'
. rui in anapc ueiore ravement
Goes Down-One Clock Will Soon
Be Gomplcted
Paving haa actually begun on
Court street, but for only threo
blocks. Tho hoi tnr nnd bltumlnoua
preparation begnu to go down Thura
day, and all day long tho smoke has
Is put to great expense to go over the
whole work. Hut It will be done, nnd
the plnn Is to havo the pnpers nil
rendy to put through at the next ses
sion or the city council.
Eastern State Street Mocked.
State street from Church street to
fwelfth Is again blocked by Bomo
vory cunning work, that has tho ex
ternal appearance of crucifying tho
General Electric Company, of Port
land, but Is really letting thorn off
without any street Improvement
whatever, The ordlnnnce commltteo
hod nn ordinance nenrly completed,
granting the General Electric a now
franchise, that would provide for
bmcIi rails and such streot paving as
the corporation Is willing to put
down. The General Electric claim
they cannot get the mils demanded
by the city council, nor borrow tho
money needed O pay for tho kind of
pavement which tho city asks fo
ami unacr its oiu irancuiso u is not
required to put down anything but n
plank o nench sldo of Its rails. Al
dermen Gesner, Lowo and Goodo
havo worked for sevoral weeks to got
Blich an amended frnnchlso that tho
paving might go nhead, and had It
nearly in Bhnpe when Alderman Ges
ner Jumped up a resolution order
ing the work to go ahead on tho im
possible lines It wnn started on, Ho
r&nsted tho corporation good and
hard, told what an outrago It would
ho to let them put down anything but
been rolling up from tho bltullthlc
Yllhtlt- Hint lino rhn Art nAl- fF1 f1tat
block will bo neurly completed this' such n pavement ns la demanded by
Mil
. SALEM HIGH SCHOOL.
VH.
1 1 I I I I I I II
FAATRAI I
I V V I UiXtLmL. wiiii.iwiiniM,' I'vivMiiBiTV.
Willamette Fickl Saturday, 2:30 p. m.
Admission 25c Grandstand 1 0c Be Sure to Come
IIIIDIII1II1IIII1IIIIIIII1I
WANTS TO
SUCCEED
PIATT
PRESIDENT IS SORE
Disgusted With Fusion In New York,
and If Taft Is Elected Would Like
to Lead the Senate In Support of
His Politics
A dlBpntch from Washington, D.
C last night says:
If Socrotnry of Wnr Taft or a man
of tho Roosovolt typo bo elected
President next fall, President Roojo
volt mny, undor certain conditions,
go boforo tho Now York legislature
In 11)00 as a candidate to succeed
Thomas C, Piatt In tho United
States senate, with tho Idoa of lend
ing tho support of administration
Why Not Reform Her?
"Some girls ny to tno 'oh. doctor,
I enn't Join tho church, for If T did I
couldn't dance,' but if I hnd n girt
with no higher Ideal In lire thnn
thnt, do you know what I would do?
If I hnd such a girl with a No. 7
shoo and a No. 2 hat, I would at once
send her to a dancing school I
would see thnt tho biggent oud of
her got nn education," Dr. Whit
comb Broughcr.
o
Cholom Hugca in KuhsIh.
Vlonnn. Oct. 25. Cholera Is rag
ing with frightful vlolenco through
out Southwestern Russia, where tho
poor aro dying liko men. At Kieic
tho deaths average 100 dally,
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Shot IIIh Father.
Drain. Or. Oct. 25. M. V. Htn-
mnn, an old sold lor, wnB uhot nnd
killed, six miles wost of hero today.
Ho was mlntakon for n deer by IiIb
Bon, Clarence.
OPERATORS
RETURNING
TO WORK
; policies In tho upper branch of con-
e arc doing prompts us on to give
r customers greater values all the
c. Look at the prices we are now
g Tor standard reliable merchan-
4tl-tstrk r-, Ai iirtr irtrmtnrir
y tt limits -ii yuu utsai iiix.iiii
ad en:
AKB OFFKMXO THE
WTIST VUES WE EVER
NO, THIS WEEK, IN
IKS GOODS
ID SILKS
P0 YDS. OF STANDARD
OlTlNf, FI.WXELS Uc
P, XOW VT YARD 3c.
raiLlinEN's S3 DE.VRSKIN
Rsxov$i,)8.
!,wn.iW.H,s AX1) WAIST.
G "-WNFLl.TTKS NOW ON
ILATVIU). h 1.3c.
!,,eSWAXSDOM FLANNELS
iii..
.r.TTV STYLUS
-". A 0N
AXD DE-
SI LH AT YD.,
Hundreds of bwoII conts and
Suits for Ladles, Misses and ChU
drn offered this wook at small
prices. Don't buy until you see
the great valuos wo are offering.
OF FINCY TlItFco
HXOWov S,rnllrTO
' -13c. -in n.wi k-
Pi,m, ...
w OF RLANKETS,
WIE AT. PAHt, 35c,
1 1 1
week, JtiBt ono block ahead Street
Commissioner Martin Is making tho
changes noceasary for Uio" paving
crew to got onto the ground with
their heavy machinery. A trow ot
gas wid water plpt.W) fo laylcri
mi mo pipes necessary trader tao
filteot, so thnt It will not havo to Ijo
torn up right away, nt least, wucli
lot Is connected u. no that when tho
buildings go In on vntuait lots tho
water and gnH are ready to couicct.
CrooksX "WoVk TtcaTtilMl.
In digging up tho old BtroutR nil
crooked wort 'ol tlio .paBt 1b luit bare.
For Instnncu, ixl tho corner o'f Court
and High KireetB two catch basins
woro uncovered yesterday tlrat had
no sower connection whntuvur. Tho
catch basin at tho northwest corner
of the Rtrwrt. tvhb connoctod with a
six-Inch plpo ncross tho strott to tho
southwest corner catch bnslu, nnd
that had no sower connection. So
tho street commissioner had to go
down 14 foot to a sower In order to
the hcnvicHt tratllc of tho nnrrow
streets of Por land, nnd succeeded
In tying up the paving of Stnto Btrcot
Cast for an Indellnlto period, or elso
Involving tho city in a lawsuit.
My I'hvo Liberty,
tho lndlcMlons'nro thnt the threo
blocks or Stnte Btroet. orlglnnlly or
dered paved. RUT DELAYED AND
DEIYJEATED RY MEANS OF JOK
ERS will now ho nkon up and put
through next after tho Court streot
work, and thiB tho pnvlHg plant bo
kopt In the tlty nnd nt work. Thon
there 1b a oulot movement going to
pnve three "blockB of Llhcrty street
next, nnd, Tf possible "boforo Stnto
Btrat Is paved. A numher of Liberty
Btreet prfporty owners nro looking
nttor tho mntter. and It may ho
HPTiing nt the next meeting of tho
cAtr coir&i'll. Tho pnporH will be
wenrchea with a fine-tooth comb for
rcgnl tuclinlcnlltloB, nnd no Jokors
will "bo permitted. Tho stnlo trick
of porsonB In tho puollo employ, who
The
Auditorium Rink
Salem, Oregon
OPENS SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 26, 1907
-Aftcrraon 2:30 Evening 7:30
gross. This exceedingly interesting
information hns enmo to closo
frlonds of tho President's Blnco the
Inttor's return from his Western nnd
Southern trip.
If Mr. Taft or aomouody of tno
Bnmo recognized typo bo not elected
PrcBldont. Mr. Roosovolt will under
no clrciimstnncca seek a pent In tho
Bennto, for tho rcnBon thnt ho would
not bo In n poBltlon to glvo hearty
support to tho administration, nnd At
tho Home timo would 1001 tno impro
priety of- tnklng nn olllclnl part In
criticising bis Immcdinto Biiccossor In
tho Whlto Houio.
Thoro Is no longer nny doubt that
tho Prosldont la disgusted over tho
fusion of tho New York county Ru
publlcnn orgnnlzntlnn nnd tho Ilcnrst
outfit. Tho President does not ap
provo of tho action of Herbert Par
sons, upon whom roBts tho respon
sibility of tho strnngo nlllnnco In
New York this fall, nnd nt this dint
nnco It looks very much nH though
tho young lender would bo a "down-nnd-outor"
boforo vory long.
Tho Presldunt has glvou friends to
undorstnnd thnt ho not only was not
consulted' nbout n fii'lnn donl, hut
that h ronllv know nothing concorn
Ing H until ho omorged from tho
ennohrnkoH, nnd thnt as far a ho
mny go In authorizing nny fttnto
mo tit nuent the Hltuntlon of thlugrt
thnt hnvo bcon dnno. Apparently ho
does not want to mnko nny opon .re
flection upon Mr. Parsoim while a
cnmpnlgn Is on, preferring to let tho
mntter go to a finish. Hut It Is un
derstood thnt tho ProMdont hii
npokon hU prlvato opinion to visi
tors In omphntlo tonus
Sontllo. Oct, 25. A break In tho
llnoH ct tho atrlklng prons telegraph
oporntors may ho oxpected at nny
hour now, any closo otiBorverH or ino
Bltuntton. It Ih bolloved thnt within
tho next threo dnya n majority of tho
old Ansoclnled Presrt .men now on
Btrlko will ho back at work. It Is
stated on reliable authority thnt tho
old men nro now hack nt Ilutto, Boat-
tie, Tnconin, Holonn, MlHoonia mm
Salt Lnlto, rnd theao descrtlonB will
undoubtedly nffect tho nltuntion in
Snn Francisco and Portland. Deser
tions nro looked for In the cltUm bo
foro Monday. Lack of dollnlto pro
gressive program nt tho Milwaukee
convention and tho disheartening acr
tlon of tho Into proBldont, Hnmll, nro
mainly rosponslblo for tho return of
tho mon.
o . ' - '
QU4KE
SHAKES
ITALY
Rome, Oct. 25. Horrible, loss of
life resulted from tho enrtlmtinko
shookH thnt occurred throughout
Calabria Wodnoidny. At first It wnw-
thought fow persons had porlshod,
but Inter reports mid to tho mortnli
ty list.
At 6 o'clock yontordny ovonlng
about 200 hodlos woro tnkou from
tho onrthfjuako rulnu. It In now etUI-
mnioa Hint tho (lontliti will mirnaw
500, but it Ih Impossible to got no-
ournto Information on tho subject,
-,.. a ............... "'" uiiiiiiu iiiiiirimuioii on tno subjoct,
In JiiBtlco to hlniHolf, however, In n mimv viiiiwrna nr .nn ... L ,
view of tho fact that It has boon open SSodK La t h S.iS.,5 nC,Il ''.y
!ly averted that ir. Parsons had con- ?.?" u"!"C. L ." i ,0.?
ROLLER SKATING
r.ysr -vs. jrtr-.--- ---. forrod with tho Prosldont boforo nink
r, . i l"R ho deal with Mr. llonrat. Mr.
liALiiiBU ""- i IrnnnAvnlt linn 1a ik li
(!rontflt Indoor
AiiuiBt'innt In tho World.
CiOOI) Ml'SlC GOOD FIXK)R.
NEW SKATES.
1M fvcKOii. McElroy'M OrclieMm
no n I MAtmanHnir Tlllltt Itlflt - f n- - - w .
IIUIII. 111141 XL UUllllOLVIliK 11' -- If.l l
Children's coats fromlWc to $4.05
MIsbcs" coats from 92&0 to 5.00
Ladles Coats from $3.05 to $10.00
Better ones at small prices.
Ladles' Swell TrJmmod Hats,
$l,SO $1.85, $2.50 Bd $3.50.
Children's Caps from 23c up.
McEvov irons.
WiOItCUlJ AND fVTniT CTBEvnt RAT, CM. OREGON.
V V v.v. BV1K - W
WILL PLAY TWO NIOIITS.
Moilrm DrniiintlJition of Ilcrtlui M.
fHay'u Orriitt Love Mary,
ittltvntinn ta (ipaMu tr.1t iinfarutnnjl
emptied nowhere It Is the "ilind tho pnrtiB nro well known, and
"v." V'nW,rnn,ftm V!ll rill in fl uhi""" ' l maneuvers. Thoro
th street commlsiloner trlwl to nuin . , , ,,n..innnu.. n.i.
j them, no water overcome, out u ... the ,,,.- 8lr , "Q nivoJi
tne otnor ona. uocauie ino "":.., .i.i... . .. , ,. . atiu
.... o,1.. oil lol,l with rnllell 0.l""u l" " '"" """' """
ment, and the wator gow out of lh
bottom of the sewer, leaving It foul
and clogged up.
Stnto Street Joblwry.
When tho city attorney dug into
the contract for paving Staio Btrtt
ho found sovoral Jokers nrtGd by
some one, so that he advlwd the city
It una tiKOlosa tn brlriL' a suit 0 on-
,forc that contraot, and. boldes, tho
specifications contained a Joker to
defeat tho oxecutlon of the work.
The unanimity with which all the
I papers for Stato streot wro drawn
iln 1906 gives causo for the auiplclon
that some one. sacrotly opposed to
paving, but afraid to work openly,
had Just such words Inserted at tho
proper placo to dofoat the paving of
the stroet. Tne presem .ri ""
mltteo ha the vork all to do over
again New specifications, a now
contract, and a new ordinance will bo
required, and business men, who are
tiAithAr leeal nor political sharps
Tho greatest drama of modern
love and devotion, "Thorns nnd
Orango DloBsoms," will bo given two
nights at tho Orand opera house, and
should be seen by crowded houses.
The play Is a combination of come
dy and melo-drama, a literal atago
reproduction of the great love story,
uy Htiriua ai. via). Jl 1 a. iiowiuiiu
& Clifford show, tho samo peoplo
putting on "Over Niagara Falls,"
"Thelma," and other great Ameri
can melodramatic successes. This
company has been secured for two
nights only, by tho upeclal efforts of
Rooiovolt has lot It bo known that
the declaration Is falio.
High administration officials very
well Rcquulntod with tho New York
situation hnvo declared privately
that tho fusion in tho county Is likely
to ho Hnnwod undor.
Ab to Mr. Hearst, Hea-'ttitn end
mi mm 1 1 mi ran tun in limine iii-i
..!..... i. i .. ........ .t .. :
Tijivui, ii umy iiu iniciii i ii ii i uiu
Prosldont lioldo the midi opinion to
day that ho hold hist fall, whan Mr.
Hanrst wax a onndldaie for governor
on nnother kind of fusion tloket
ngalnut Mr. Hughw.
o i
RAISING
EMPRESS
OF CHINA
Vancouver. I). C, Oct. 2C. Two
big pumps are slowly emptying tho
hold nnd lovor decks of the Em
press of China of water, and tho big
liner Is rising at tho rate of six inches
an hour. Tho company expect" to
havo the vessel In condition to sail
a week from today, and will make
cvory effort Ur do so, as it will other
wise lose considerable monoy which
It for felt to the government on
mall contracts. Tho rumor In Van
couver yesterday 'hat the vessel wm
Manager Meredith. At tho reduced, scuttled by tho Chinese crew Is de
p rices there will be & demand for nled by the officers, who say tho ne-
standlng room, if we do not miss our cldeut was due only to gross raro-
nna telegraph Jlno, und no word
irnm mom can no hud.
Tho onrth'iunke shocks coullutie,
hut aro slight. Tho peoplo nro still
In a condition of apprehoiiMlon, which
Is Incruaiod by each tremor in
splto of tho torrential rnln that iu
railing, they absolutely return t ro-
main under cover.
They havo made their bods In tho
open. MiittriMisetf hnvo hnuti mruAd
about tho squares and tho fields ur-
rounding (no stricken vl lingo, und
tho peoplo nro covorlng thumtelvwi
and their children as best thoy mny.
Many thousands will puns tho nlg'it
in this innunor.
Tho only hulldlngH thnt tho fright
ened peoplo will consent to uso nro
the ohiirehes, and oven thoro they
will not stay long. Snored relic
havo boon oxposod In tho onthodr.il
of Cntnnzaro, and this Horved r" our
measuro to calm tho public. Furnaco.
No bodies had buon recnvera. . .
tho ruins until 0 o'clock ym nnd ausl
evonlnK. when 200 worn lull .turntito.
This earthquake bids fair to
that of 1005. UCO
Half of tho houses at FerruzM
nnd Ilarcaleono collapvcd, and mild;
porsons wero hurled In tho ruins. At
Sinopoll and St. Ilarlo sevoral per
ions wero burled and overywhera
panic prevailed.
An earthquake about two yenra
ago in tho same province destroyed
novoral villages and killed about 800
persons.
nomo, Oct. 25. -The list of dead
In tho earthquake In Calabria, Sici
ly, and Btromboll troy in ecu s grow
ing, according to dispatcher, nnd wl'i
exceed 1000 At leust 600 woti
killed at Fcrrutzano. About 210
bodies havo been recovered, and
thore wero heavy Joseca in nearby
M
Jhavo to find tbee errors, and the city I
gues. .ienei.
towns.