5phifr- i- j!!! ?- -CM , Che Dull 0umal 33i SALEM, OREGON. Tl I.9DAY, JANUARY 14, 1008. no. is:. "" f nwi rip lPWfiSPlii3r voiirxvin EATH LISTGROWING,NOW 1 50 lot to Destroy Popular Legislation System 0LIT1CAL GAMESTERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE RUEF IS PROMISED COMPLETE IMMUNITY ope to Elect Legislature Inimical to Statement No. 1,'lt Remains Only For Heney to 'Indorse This Action to HUMAN LIVES GIVEN AS SACRIFICE TO FEAR and Return To Old Conditions The Peoples Press, an independent d wide awake Portland newspnper, Its iue of Jan. 11, says: Events transpiring during tho last a dy in Portland and Oregon po- Wd circled Indicate Unit the people tie state aro in Imminent clangor iMlng fhf ntlre system of'popu- r lgi-!alon that has during tho t three years mado Oregon onvio i remaikable among tho ttntes of Union. Despite all the work that has boon no by tho state grange, tho labor dies of tho city and state, tb push b forces and improvement bodloj over Oregon, and by men who re sacrificed monoy, time and tho most endeavor for this ontiro sys- ri of tbo direct primary, tho direct ctlon of United Stntes senators d the direct control of tho stato rernment, It boo in 3 probablo that the result of tho work of theso a and public bodlos will bo lost ough tho indifforonco of the great rs of tho votors to tho shifty ma untiong of tho astuto and crooked Htlclans who would soo tho old. lr again restored. Dirty politics 4 hnrt (lin funornl ml !. n11n.l avah' ....... wwna twitvu vf.vt cold, still form, but dirty politics p moro than nlno llvos, and la ovon k yes this very hour, stirring it- f In a dozen secret places In Port ia and stirring Itself for bnit tho dominant motive to bring back m old order and to bow tho neck the p ople to the yoko of tho ma-w. Men who are politically Also and o know what i happening, uner ad thoroughly that in tho last wks this movoment against present popular system of logls- ion hu come to a focus and be & the wenes the mlno has been f which is hoped will blow up tho ' bulwark the votors ever had be aggressions of the preda- 7 politicians and elusive grafting ers and Jobbers in fat things for w This movement has even d pre,6ion in tho daily press, prs which suddenly seems ad Is to staunchly supporting the dl- c primary as jt once did, and when men learn that W. P. Matthews saln emerged and that the old M ! openly fighting Statement 1. the wise men fear.- And to- though this attaok against the t Prlmarx and especially against merit Nu. i jg generally known In pair i-irc'ee, there Is scarcely ef'Uti ! ,n Ian. r In iha eiafa flint v "d hand and foot. Thara Is fond Miv.hatlc roar from the edl- i!san, ,nw for Sutement No. 1, br. ,,., before the election of tvor P.', . nv Tha niavnTiInn hoa i in popular trumpets and the 0r lrt s 'm to bo tagging m qui-' smothering all hint of mst the aUaok of the no-. 41 i'irateg. j :r.e was opportunte for the J Thehe political eamesters hl watched their ohances 8h tht e&rs when tho people fcke knew that the financial !J bd d verted the popular In K from politics to bread and but- w'n andidatos and their nrom- ,fl b"ers and their certificates, ' t What was In ho Hnnc umilrt "t Derformal rvn ...I.I1A v. li t'ert Then, too, these wise t that RprmWif T)n.nn had the pinnacle of his ambition!! " acamaption of the senatorial , -u vuat ce no longer took the deep and personal lntoroat in Stato mont No. 1 that ho once did, and withoutat loast one nggresilvo loader to ropel' tho attaok, all soemod an fa for tho buonnoors. It Is alleged that ovon the men who boforo were Stntomont No. 1 leaders Make Some Big Ones Nervous. San Francisco, Jnn 11. Comploto penltontlnry as tho result of tho graft immunity has been promised to Abojprosocutlon, that man will bo Abo Ruef," was tlR) repeatod nnnounce- Ituof by District Attorney William H. Langdon, and unless Rudolph Sprock los and Francis J. Ilonoy object to having It oxtondod, ulcoplng powders will bo In groat demand among men' hnvo gono over to tho onemy. It Is J f millions In San Francisco when the nsiortod that John B. Coffey, John Drlscoll and men of the same olnss who wero lenders in tho Inst cam paign for Stntomont No. 1 aro now allied with tho practical politicians (Continued on pngo four.) THIS BANK IS SOLVENT (United Press Leased Wiro.) Now York, Jan. 14. Tho Hamil ton bank has been found solvent by tho examiners of tho stnto depart ment of banking, nnd it will bo re opened January 20. Tho ro-exnml-nation of tho bank has been in pro gress for a week. In UiIb examina tion neither tho $50,000 which grew out of tho sale of tho Providence Savlnga Lifo Asfiuranco Society,, nor tho $200,000 bonds to P. Augustine Ileinzo and his brother wero put among tbo assets. Tho bank will hnvo on hand $1, 800.000 when it reopens. GOURT ADJOURNS TO MARCH 30 absolute nature of tho contract be comes known. Nolthor Honey nor Sprecklo wore prtBont whon Langdon and Detoctlvo William J. Duma, of tho graft prom inent made by llenoy prior to tho vo cont municipal campaign, Heney has rolteratud this since, but may have boon led to change his mind. J Ilonoy Is Sons. Portlnnd, Or., Jan. 11. Frnnols J. Heney was far from pleated thH morning when ho read tbo news of Ruef's nppnrent victory over Lang- Cowardice of a Few men Causes Panic In Which 151 Women and Children Perish (Unltod Prow Lonsed Wire.) J saved hor llfo If alio had not trlod to cutlon, conferred with Ruof, but tho! don nnd Burns yostordny, and thoir interpretation of tho rosult of tho nllogod promlKo of comploto Immuni conferonco wns almost gonornl in Its'ty to the ox-boss, if ho would testify in uiu gran cuucb iiuw cuiuiiig ni, nu positivenoss. There wns only one thing that thoy could not reconcile with this general ly accepted result, and that was the attitude of Honoy townrd Ruef. Heney 'haB frer.iontly declared since Ruef shed tears In tho tomplc Sharith Isrnol that tho fallen boas would bo sent to Jail. "If only ono man Is sent to the' scowlod ns ho road a United Press dispatch containing UiIb nows, but ro fUHCd to talk. "I have nothing to say," ho snnpped, "not a word." Then hoK0owled somo moro. Ho waa still angry when ho arose to address tho court in tho Hall caso, but he persistod in docllnlng to talk about the San Francisco situation. TA THK DTTRT If On and after January 15 the banking III Illn JrUDlal' hours for all Salem banks will be from 10 o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. in. EVIDENCE OF INSANITY IN THE THAW CASE Tho following docket entries wero mado by Judge Durnett yostorday in dopartment No. 1, of tho Marlon county circuit ceurt: John Walling vs. J. H. Poteraon, ! action for money; plaintiff's motion for order for eale of perishable at tached property overruled. Defense Is Trying to Show Insanity In Remote Branches Of the Family Otllclal announcement wns mado Into this aftoruoon that, according tn tho bolt facta obtainable, tho llHt of killed in last night's thontor panic and lire will not oxceod 180; that 100 wero iicrlously Injured, 20 of whom are expected to dlo. The nuthorltion of the city have been at work all day In an effort to determine who could possibly bo hold reiponslhlo for tho disaster. It Is not Improbrblo that charge of crim inal carelessness will noon bo mado against ono or moro pnrtto. All sa loons nnd hotol bars have boon closed .A s.qund of tho state constabulary hnvo arrived from Reading, Pn., to assist in tho roKouo work. Doyerstown, Pu., Jan, 11. Sovon-ty-flvo of tho victims of Inst night's torrlblo thontru disaster, duo to n panic nnd an explosion, hnvo boon Identified. Investigation this morn ing shows that tho oarly reports on the numbor of persons killed weir not oxaggoratod. Fully 100, tho majority of thorn womon nnd children, aro doad, and It Is feared this numbor will bo greatly increased by death claiming many of tho Injured. It is estimated that at loaat 7S aro nro on the list of Injured All night long tho ruins wore senrchod for bodies, many of thorn being found in- a mnnglod condition. . It dovoloped this morning that tho dleastor was duo principally to tho panic that followed tho gaBollno explosion, which wns not sorlous In ltBolf. It waa loud, enough, howev or, to stnrt a Btamiwde among tho womon and child ron. It was a repotltion of tho Iroquois save tho lives of tho members ot lior coinpuny, which "presented "Mnrr Queen of tho Scots." She runaltocC tho open air In safety, but returned to seo If thoso behind the foenutt Itml oicnpod. Tho llaiuee olotid In on hor uml she porlahod,' . . Reuben W. Slovor, who otnmpcil from (ho theator by dropiilng from u window, mnkos the stntomont today that, had It nut boon for tho coward ice of sevoral mon In tho nudlonco titer (loath Hut might hnvo boon inucte nmnllor. In fact, ho sayu, it pnnlo would not have taken plnco. "Ah soon ns tho children on Uio stago saw grown up pooplo rush for tho door," said Stovor, "thoy Tost Uiolr courage, and Joined lit tho stnni podr. Tho children bogan to Jiimn ovor tho footlights. In Jumping' ono boy kicked ovor ono of tjjo lamp. A. few mlnutoH Inter tho stagu was a mass of llntnoK. If tho mon had kept; thoir scats tho llttlo onos wcyuld'. not hnvo lost thoir heads.' CALHOUN MIM FACE ACCUSERS (United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Jan. 14. Dr. Johu T, T. Demar, who has been tho Thaw family physician for many years, was 'the first witness callod by the defense J. W. Meyers vs. T. A. Llvesley & tnis morning, wnon me inai oi narry Co., action for money; motion for new trial filed by defendants over ruled. S. Page vs. C. W. Brashor, demur rure to now matter In answer argued. Miko Jacob & Co. vs. H. G. Bruer, action for money default and judg ment, with ordor to sell attaohed property. Court adjourned to March 30. V kk Wood Alcohol in Marines' IJquor. (United Press Leased Wirp.) Vallejo, Cal., Jan. It. James G. Hayes and Harry Wilson, marines, at tached to the cruiser St. Louis, at present stationed at Mare Island, in the capaoky of blacksmith and fire man, respectively, died In the sick bay of the cruiser early this morning from the offsets, it Is believed, of hav ing taken a concoetlon of wood alco hol. o The. Plague Stamped Out. (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 14. Plagne has been almost completely stamped out In San Francisco. According to an official report Issued by the board of health today, only two cases re main. Since the discovery of the first caso there has been a grand to tal of 74 deaths Sixty-one patients recovored, Thaw was resumed. There wore a few spectators in court whon tho physiolan took the atand. Hhrry Thaw entered tho rdom with a doprossod look', oven moro pronounced than the one he wore yes terday. Evelyn Thaw was an oarly caller, but. with other wltneews, was exekided from the court room. sanity in tho Ross family. Thereup on, tho direct examination ended ab ruptly. o . i Old Landmark Gone. The Dalles, Or., Jan. 14. Anothor historic landmark on Garrison Hill has paseod away. One of the five of ficers' residences at old Fort Dallas, belonging to Fred Ilenzor, was de stroyed Sunday morning a little after 1 o'clock by a fire of Incendiary origin Bonzer lives in tho old garrison bak ery, where, from 1S50 to till 1879 ho baked loaves for Unolo Sam's boys. In 1S77 Benzer, who .Is now past 70, Tim nrrwao1 lilt's wfra nnt nnnniil . liMnaVl. ,llA t.r,aZl .lboiiMll.iiil UAalnn. o'clock bocause of the """'" " V.:T'..w,..,,m. any, ami in issa no outainetj, so no olalrns, a deed for the dwelling from until 10:30 fact that Justice Dowling was de layed In a blookado in the subway. Dr. Demar was questioned by At torney Littleton. The witness 6aid he had known Harry Thaw since his birth, and that whon he waa a ohild ho was ourlous and the victim of St. Vitus dance. He declared that Henry W. Copley, brothor of Mxs. William (United Press Lonsod Wire. 7 San Frnnelmio, Jan. 14. Tim trial of Patrick Calhoun, aoaisod of brib ing suiwvlHors to pns tho overhead trolloy franchise, was again post poned today at tho roquoat of Uk prosQoutloit. tho caso buhii; set for thontro firo In Chicago, on a smnller I Monday, but District Attorney LniiR scalo. Instantly following the first don could not stnto positively wliait rush, tho ono small oxlt was clogged It would actually bo called for trfaL with bodies. Thoso who trlod to leave Aftor court adjournod Langdon und" there, the main oxlt, oncountorod this Calhoun's nUornoys held an oxueod wall of human forms, hooped ono on Ingly hentod conforenco, nt wfiIon top of the other. As tho panic In-j Langdon promised to give Calhoun oroasod tho honp grew. The llvos of ( and the other Unltod Railroad de thoso noarest tho floor wore crushed fondants a doftnito date for tho opon- Uncle Sam. "Uncle" Benzer claims ho had about $400 worth of furniture in the houso. somo of wJilch had boon brought across the isthmus in 18C3. It is inferred that the historic dwell ing was burned to clear Mount Hood street, or the improvement ot which Thaw, was an Irabecilo six years b-the WM,ncl1 had appropriated $200 at foro his death. I!"" f-'- - - "'1 """ Distrlot Attorney Jeromo objeoted vigorously when Littleton asked Dr. Domar concorning John Ross, son of Mrs. Thaw's sister. Jerome thought the Ross family was not olosly enough related to Harry Thaw to make any difference. Littleton argued that he bad a right to bring in any allega tions of Insanity affecting even the farthest removed relatives. Justice Dowling ruled that the question must be prefaced with an inquiry as to whether there was in- Roads Association. Benzor's dwel ling was In tho center of tho street. At the time the aged man bought the bouse the surrounding land was not out in lots, nor wero thore any streets Jerome cross-examined Dr. Doraar very closely about the exact mental condition of Henry Copley. Tho phy sician replied that Copley could not work, and that ho was supported by money given him by Mrs Thaw Dr WHjlam p. Putter, of Roan- ( Continued on pago four.; out In a twinkling. While this scono of death was bo- ln' enactod In tho front of the thea tor the mombors of tho nmnteur the atrical company that had been fur nishing umousomont for tho women and children (led through tho rear door. The victims caught in tho fire trap wore soon enveloped In flames which swept over tho audlonoo, in tho samo way that tho shot of firo attacked tho pooplo in the Iroquois theater. When tho stago door was opened by tho paniortitrlokon players n strong draught was oroated. This current of nlr fannod tho roaring flames, which swept down on the poor wrotohoii caught In tho narrow exit. In removing tho oharred bodies this morning tho polico and firemen found the remains of a mothor who hnd did with hor baby still clasped to her bosom. Tho two bodies were burned into a crisp. Others wero found with hands clasped In prayor; othors with bones and skull orushed into a mass. Ing of their trials tomorrow uf tar noon Tho conforenco wns tho result of tho requost of tho proseoutfon this morning to have tho casos coiitlunecf until noxt Monday. Whon the emiet wore last sot the proMoaiitlon prom lid tho defense that In all profuiMfty It would be ready to give a dytlulta answor as to when tho canoe would aotunlly eomo to trial by this morn ing. ' . Robbed tho Mall Currfor. (United Prose Loused Wire J San Francisco, Jan. 11. Advlc were received this morning by I'ot- o 111 co Inspector Johnston that u mall driver at Marysvllle, while nn IiIh way to tho depot Inst night, was hold ui by two masked men, and tho regfe to rod mail pouoh rlilad. Aftor hold ing tho driver up the robbgrH forced him to drive Into a dark alloy, where they struok him over tho hand with an Iron bur, fracturing his skulL Thoy thou fled, and have not boy recovered. -o- Mrs. Stella Mayes, who had charge Society night tonight. Every nmwla of tho amateur playors, could have for couplo only. Everybody welcotuer yfiiiiiiiii3iinfiititjunniiiiiiifr i ! TOMORROW NIGHT i ; ; 3. W. CLARK, the EloctrifUn, at the First Christian Church. J J iltlllllHltlftlitlf ltJfititltlHlilf Itttjfc