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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1008
NO. 27.
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ETON ATTACKED BY HENEY
hteen Petitions Filed a Ad Two More in Sight
I1Y0U EXPLAINS
PANAMA BOND ISSUE
HENEY
i Cfarges of Favoritisni, and Shows That the
Issse Was Oversubscribed 44 limes
IjfiUstfoo.Jan. 29. Intcrost In
,! Sutos sonato contorod
hU reply of Becretnry Cor-
:$ tl resolutions asking him
i the methods he employed
!tf the Panama bonds and
it certificates during the
r panic.
Iljsflinitlon was very lengthy
iUniUtt of It was llstonod to
I pi attention.
I Its th deliberate Intention of
Lfckiitntlon to make the of-
hfl Panama bonds moro nt-
i Itti the certificates, tlio
iMjj to avoid the with-
lot Jtoney from banks and to
Incronso bank circulation," rend the
explanation.
Thon Soorotnry Cortolyou has In
serted rocordR to moct tho clinrgo of
favoritism mado against him in con
nection with tho distribution of tho
bonds nml cartiflcatos, showing that
tho bonds wero distributed In -10
states nnd tho certificates wero allot
ted to IS stntos.
For tho first tlmo It Is made pub
lic through tho communication that
tho Panama Issno was over sub
scribed moro than forty-four tlmoB,
tho bids aggregating $2,220,001,580.
Tho secretary explained that In
ndoptlng overy necessary measure ho
folt that ho was bound to havo ro-
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PLES BARGAIN HOUSE
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The last Week of Our
earing Sale
Itee will be no mercy shown to prices, Now
JHwtlrno to buy Up-to-date Merchandise
ATTACKS
FULTON
IN BITTER SPEECH
CHARGES FULTON WITH AT
TEMPTED BRIBERY, AND PRE
VENTING TIIK ENFORCEMENT
OF TIIK LAWS AGAINST TUB
ASTORIA At COLUMBIA RIVER
RAILROAD.
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1,000 yards of dainty Torchon
lacoa and Insertions to match In
a41 widths. Those laces are well
worth any place In America at
10o yard. For this sale onjy,
yard
5c
If you want bargains In dress
goods nnd silks, also in domestics,
Qouid to tho Chicago Store this
week.
15c
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Wlhat
Portland, Or., Jan. 29. Francl
J. Honey mndo good his declaration
that ho would show tho peoplo of Or
egon why ho did not think thoy
should ro-oloct United Stntos Senator
Fulton In a sensational speech, whjca
bristled; with charges and affidavit
to back thorn, at tho First Congre
gational church last nlght,Four
tcou hundred peoplo hoard tho
speech.- As many more wero djenleil
ndmlttnnco to the auditorium. The.
address was- ovor two hours long. In
It Honey charged Frulton with at
tempting to bribe Stato Representa
tive J. S. Smith, of Linn county, In
1897, with a paymont of $3000 In
cash to go into tho legislature and
break up tho dead-lock In tho sen
atorial elootlon by declaring for
Mtcholl. .Ho produced affidavits
from Smith, Governor Chamberlalu
nnd others who declared that $1500
of this money was paid Smith and
that when Smith refused to do as
ho had Bald ho would Fulton threat
ened him with violence. In tho
Smith affidavit ho assorted that the
lato Senator Mitchell told him at
that tlmo that (hero was $3500 in
tho sack and that all of It was for
tho "boys training with us." Honey
charged that Fulton was Mitchell'
sackholdor in this campaign; that
In 1899 ho used his influence to pre
vent tho enforcement of tho game
laws against tho Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad and Hammond lum
ber Interests: thnt ho agreed to pro
tect George C. Brownoll from pros
ecution by tho re-appointment of
John Hall aa district attorney, nnd
that at present Fulton rtpresents
tho Interests of tho rallronds and
corporations at Washington and not
tho peoplo
We will give you prices on La
dle' Suits and Coats this week
that will surprise you.
Ladles Underskirts In silk and
mercerized cotton, also fine fur,
half price.
Docs The Business
STRENGTHENING
THEIR PRISON
FACING
ANOTHER
SCANDAL
GERMAN ROYALTY
ANOTHER GKRMAN EDITOR
.MAKES SENSATIONAL CHARGES
SIX INITIATIVE
PETITIONS FILED
Wide Range of SubjectsEighteen Petitions Filed to
Date and Two More In Sight
AGATNST HIGH
ARMY CIRCLES
Six moro initiative potltions havo
lieon fllud with the secretary of stnto.
Thoy tire:
To make it unlawful to tako or
flah for Balmon or sturgeon othorwlso
than with hook In any of tho waters
LIKS MANY NOBLE LA DIMS of tho Columbia or its tributaries,
cast of tho mouth of Sandy river.
WITH
TIES?
SHOCKING IMMORAL!-
Berlin, Jan. 29. Royalty is con
fronted -with another scandal in high
life that promises to bit oveni" more
BonBntlonnl than tho rocent oxposo
fcf Edlt6r Harden.
Dr. Leo Llpzelgor follows HnrdonM
footsteps by printing In this week's
Ibsuo of lilif weekly pnpor, "Roland
von Berlin," fresh charges against
army clroloB. Lolpzlger's expose dif
fers, ftvn Hnyden'i,'iri 'that It links
tho names of many noblo- women
with. "Bhocklng Immoralities." Stren
uous efforts are being mndo to sup
Piross tho charges and keep them
from the public,
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Tho second, to nmond tho consti
tution provides thnt most competent
of pcrmnnont cittz3iis of county,
Hhnll bo ohoson as Jurors. Out of
tho jo nttendlng court seven shall bo
chosen by lot an grand Jurors, and
taking flvo to find Indictments. Dis
trict attorney mny flio ainondod ln
dlctmont, If original Is defective.
Third, amondlng constitution pro
viding ululor cortnln conditions for
proportional representation.
Four, providing for tho recall of
nny public olllcor. z
Five, compelling legislators to voto
for nnd olect candidates for U. S. son
ato recolvlng tho highest numbor of
votes.
Six, limiting' can'dldntos' election
oxponsos, donning preventing and
punishing corrupt or illegal practices
in nominntlonn nnd elections, Hocur
Ing purity of tho ballot, providing-Tor
furnlBhlng Information to electors,
and for tho mannor of conducting
contests,
Eighteen Initiative potltions havo
boon filed to date, and two moro in
sight.
THE. PREAP THAW
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CASE
ABOUT
ENDED
JOHN
WHITNEY
KILLED
Special to Tho Journal.:
t John Whitney, a prominent farm
or living two miles north of Wood
burn, was shot nnd Instantly klllod
this afternoon. His body was .found
bohlnd tho barn. He was supposed
to havo boon leaning ovor his gun,
and his doath la bollovod to havo
boon an accident. Ho Is a brothor
of Mrs Stalgor of this city.
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CAUGHT WITH
THE GOODS
Littleton Is Making Splendid Argument to Day On De
fence and It Looks Bright For Thaw
Manerleld, O., Jan. 29. Carrying
$3000 in gold In a grip, John Mc-
Cue and Joseph Stevens woro taken
from a Big Four train at New Lon
don today charged with stoallng th
money from the Adams Express
i Company's office here qt midnight.
Burl McGInty, a olork In the office,
tuts bw-n arrested as a confederate.
Tho tuitveg pushed aside a package
containing $10,000 to get the gold.
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AMERICAN FLAG
SOLD IN- LONDON
Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 29.
Twenty convicts started to work at
th penltontiary yesterday making
improvements that, whon completed,
will represent an expenditure of
$100,000. and before the ens of the
week moro than 100 men. will be
working. The stockade walls will
been enlarged to twloo their present
sie. and a new juto mill, twice th
capacity of the one now in use. will
be constructed. When the work la
completod all the buildings at the
prison will be within the walls.
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Dlvorcefl Granted.
t, fniinwiiK? decisions were ren
,.... . jnn..tmnnt Vn o nt the puxohased by
cliVlt cWyeday .: to Wa.ngton or the US naval
W B Mowherter vs. Kate Mew-cademy. Tho British warship Shan
""" . , . nrvn rt-ntured tho Chesanoak off Bos-
herter. divorce; decree as prayu ,"-.-;: . ,D,, ', ., If u
Iva A. Ammon vs. Henry Amman
Now York, Jan. 29. Probably
tho largest crowd of spectators that
has so far attondod the- trial of Har
ry Thaw In one day was prosent this
morning, attracted by the announce
ment that Attorney Martin Llttloton,
chlof counsol for tho dofonse, would
begin his closing address to the Jury
Whon court opened Evelyn Thaw
wai sitting beside her slstor-ln-lnw,
Mrs. Carnoglo. On tho side of Mrs.
Carnoglo sat Mrs. William Thaw,
whoso facial appoarancs showud that
she was still ill. Sovoral womon
frlonds of Attornoy Littleton occu
pied soats noar tho attorney's table,
and noar thorn sat Sir Alan JohnBon,
British minister to Denmark, who Is
visiting thjB country.
Thaw entorod the court room with
his face decorated wth a broad smile.
Ho bowed low to his rolatlvos as ho
passod them, and, aftor taking his
soat, engaged In conversation with
Llttloton.
Attorney Littleton began his argu
ment at r10:o5 o'clock.
After deolarlng that tho defend
ant was entitled to evory presump
had not Inventod tho dofcmiu thnt
has boon made in bohnlf of Thaw,
but only asked that tho 13 Jurors
take Into oonsldoratlon tho funda
mental rulos of organic llfo to koo If
"pntornnl Inlluonco had boon respon
filblo for easting n. shadow ovor thin
boy's life." In drawing n skotoh of
tho dofondant's llfo ho said that tho
footprints of his boyhood marked his
lator ciKirso as a innn.
Sldestopplng "domontla Ameri
cana," tho two words used by Attor
ney Dtflmns In the flrt trial to de
scribe eoolnl conditions, and all other
rhotorloal protoohulcs, Attornoy Lit
tloton'a final plea for Thaw was a
masterful argument, comohod In di
rect torniH and dollvored In an om-
phatlc, Improsslvo style. Occasional
ly tho spoaker snoorod at Jerome's
method during the trial, but, for tho
most part, his argumont was a ro
view of tho oi Id on cs. Ho had con
cluded his obflorvntlons on tho med
ical testimony whon the noon reaess
was takon. He had carefully avoid
od tho use of the names of Uvelyn
Thaw and Stanford White, preferring
tlon of innocenco, Littleton took up to mention thorn during tho after
tho ovldonoe of Insanity. He said he1 noon.
MADE DKSI'ERATE
ATTHMIT TO ESCAPE.
Albany, Or., Jan. 29. Taking ad
vantage of tho momontary absence
of tho guard while tho limited was
stopping hero Henry Martin, u fod
eral prisoner from Goldflold, New,
escaped from the train. He draggsd
a 16-pound shot and chain, whoh was
a . i- :n 1 t t tiy-k rrt ltsd
London. Jan. 29.At public auc-auacneu ip " .. - ;"""'-
in t,. fl thnt flnntrwl nvar thfllMlorO U wiui huio i .. -
Chesspcak. American man of war. from It by breaking the chain with
the ship of the gallant Lawrence, I a heavy rook. Local police took "P
I.,, ..Lm n,v tn Tn,w,n it lB . the chase and Martin was captured
Lore than likely the embloju will bo Jin a thicket about four '
'ourohased by an Amorloan. U, send here. Martin was convioUd of rob-
blng a postoince oi ujiuiuuio, i-,.,
and was being takon io tho Salem,
diverce: decree as prayed for.
Mary Ehraer vs. Drew Ebmer. di
vorce; decree as prayed for.
ton harbor In 1813, and towed It to
HrMfax, N. S. The ship's flag was
cnt tn London, where it has re-
jmalned ever sliice.
Or., penitentiary xor coniiuci""v-
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Fulton Say It Is Damnable.
Washington, Jan. 29 "I don't
know what Heney can mean when he
says I handled tho Mltoholl sack In
1897," said Senator Fmlton 4odny
when shown a copy of .Honoy's
speeoh In Portland Inst night by the
United Press correspondent.
"It Is damnablo If ho alleged that
I handled any money corruptly for
Mitchell. I will say nothing more
uutll I hear specifically what Heney
ohargos."
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To Mt nt 8t. Paul.
A dJspatoh from Washington, to
day says tho National Educational
Association In soeslon at Washington,
D. O., voted to hold its noxt sosslon
at St. Paul, ugust 17.
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Exhibits Are Free.
Toklo, Jan. 29. -Tho diet passed
a bill today which provides that all
of tho general exhibits to tho Japan
ese exposition In 1912 will bo exempt
from customs.