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SALEM. ORBGOtf, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1008. ''
NO. 101.
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APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE IN CANADA
WUELA GETTING READY
PROPERTY LOSS IN
MILLIONS- THOUSANDS .
WITHOUT SHELTER
Seven Hundred Reported Biyrrnd-f anil
ine Is Feared--iwenty-Five Millions n
Property Destroyed--ll. S. Sends Aid
(Otttd I'rrct Ltt4 Wire.)
Wlsnlpeg, Man., Aug. S. Re
port! received over railroad wires
from, points nearest the great Crowi
Ktt nllcy firo today 'Indlcat that
tlw 0$ei. are still roartnjc.over the
wastry and the extent I. -damage
prekMy will bo greater tha was.
Pcd last night, It J ,estimated
here that the full amount ef the lost;
In tat whole burned .roa will be
tkut 125,000,000. The loss, of life
1) wlously estimated at from 400,
U 7f 6. .The suffering; an,d. deatrai-j
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t!on a horrible. Thousands aro with
out food or shelter., and many are
said to have been cut off from hope
of aid,
I Acting' Mayor' JIarvey galled, a
1 meeting of tho board of control thh
morning, and already subscriptions
for the relief fund aro rolling la,
Thin city will eciid supplies anil
Iblankots and everything that can be
tran ported to the scene for the aid
of tho purforcrs. Reports from all
the cities In this aectlon say that rc-
(Contjmled, QB;,yitwo).J. t
chicas
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
This is the last week of our
CLEARING SALE
WE ARK NOW BELLING GOODS IN THE DIFFERENT DE
ftUtTMBNTS AT LESS THAN IANUF.JERSi . . COST. WE
ARE DOING THIS TO REDUCE OUR STOCK TO MAKE ROOM
FOR THE FALL GOODS.WIHCH ARE NO WARIUVING DAILY.
NO WIS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS.
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MILITIAMEN
LEAVE FOR
MANEUVE
FQRSTR1FE WITH THE HOLUNBERS
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CASTRO IS ROBBER CONFESSES"
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PREPARING
BS
AT AMERICAN lip
SEVENTY OF SALEM'S NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN OFF FOR TRAIN
ING WITH REGULARS CMC
royal qenimfp
Company 4M," 70
largest . aggregation;
th
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1000 yardB of Be?t Itahdard
Callwej now going for, a yard
4c
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1000 yards of Beat iStaadard
Apr6n Ginghams In iretty checks;
yaa.
5c
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8beetlng8 and Musllaa at Mill
Prlew.
:$
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i5c Dark Colored Drcsa G!ng-tin--a
good heavy cloth yard
81-3c
J5c HeT Plaid Dreaa Goods-
Hkndld wearing aaterlal-
121-2c
Ml our Wkio t .. ...
, 1,w pcy White Gs.
-earinK Prlcej.
Clearing Prices
Oa all owr WHITE SKIRTS,
LADIES SUITS, DRESS SKIRTS,
8HIRT WAISTS, MILLINERY,
RTO.
8e White Uader&klrts, now 49c
$1.48 White Underskirt, bow 95c
$2.60 WhKo Underskirts,
sow .... ...' 11.4,
Ladies' ?. ults, new ,...4.75
Ladles $18.00 'Suits, aow $ie.5
Ladles' f 25.00 Suits, aow $13,99
fg.ee Ostrich Plume?, new. $2.95
All our Wlk Petticoats at Clear
lag Frleea.
New is your time for Barga.M
la Ladles' Trlsaned Hats,
fe Sttre Hurt Sires Ym Hrny
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strong,
3f nations!
guardsmen that Salem has ever: put
forth, left this mprnlng on. tho'Sjlo
train enrouto for Araprjcan jakft,
where they will go Into encampment
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OQ'O regulars and militiamen. ,
For sevoral weeks jvat 4h.e 9alc
iioys. huvo undergono u course of
rigid training to iropara rthem4vW
for thtthj'uverthatlTrtffTlt
plnco at American lake, near Ta
comn. Yesterday Compnny"M"
enmped In WIllBon nvonuo and prac
ticed pitching and breaking camp.
At G o'clock they mot In the nrmorj'
for Inspection, ond mo t of them
spent the night there. Quite a crowd
of Salem people went to tho train
to pee, the boyi off. Company "XI"
wn' roundly cheered as the train
started, tho crowd wlrhlng them God
spend nntl a nafo return.
The Snlein hoyj are under tho
command of Cnptnlu Charles Mur
phy, and Lieutenant Whit Holmnn
is tiQxt In comnia-'l. "Ruse," a
black and white po'nter which com
pnny "M" ncqulrcl nt Camp Huge
during tho recent Plate rhoot, Is the
mnscot of the Salon, gtinrdsmon, nnc
he was taken alonr with the boys to
Arcrlc4in'-lnke;'' The addro?s vof
Company "M" fir the next 'two
weeks will be Cann David S4 Stan
ley, Tncoma, Washington. '' .
HAD 5IE5IOBIY MAY 4
' 'lX)SE' sho.ooo.ooo est.vte
Appleton, Wis., Aug. 3. A name,
a silver buck'e and a silver knlftnd
fo'k stand between Mrs, Frederlka
Loranza, 95 years old, and an' es
tate said to bo, worth $50,000,00p
While there soems to be no doubt as
to her Identity, tho aged woman can
not CBtabllrh her right to the estate,
which vn- left by her great grand
father, na'.ess she Is now able tp're
call the name and produce the buckle
and knife and fork. The will pro
vides that she call his name and show
the silverware, but sh cannot do
either, Mrs, Lorcnz say-, the silver
ware was. taken by relatives, and
that her memory Is to poor that sha
caHBot remember the name. The
buckle was presented to Lorcnz by
tho king of Prussia.
The property has been tied up for
half a ceatwry, sad may, soon pas? to
the Prussian goverameat and other
relatives of Wrs. Loreaz.
SEVENTKKN-INNING GAME
SCORE ONE TO ONE
Sacramento, Aug. 3. The Stock
toa State League team Is today at
the head of tho clubs in, the league
after the leanest sad mo t exciting
gams oa record la the state league
yesterday afternoon. Steckton and
Bscramet battled for 17 laalngs,
sd whea the game was called oa ac-
eoust of the darkRSSs, the score was
Th gftiwe was a jlthr' battle
twe Jimmy wai aa wc
MbsJkfmaa, erainato scor4 hr
oa run la th foortfe, and l(-wwj wt
aatU th Jitatk ht Stocktoa goi7M
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FOR
WAR
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GAINST THE DUTCH
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HAKINi:
FROM atUlSER 19
JfOT ALTXWEI TO LANIV-.
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--iVHNHKUKLA CLAIMS JUSTIFI-
CATION.
CAUGHT
BY MINTO
HAS BAD RECORD
TOMURDERs
OF FRIEND
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SHERIFF M.K1CS CLKVKlt CAP
TURK -MAN RATTLKD WITH
lOSB AT HWEET HOMK
rtORRED IIUNHACKKH. i'
One of the cleverest captures fhat
has occurred In this county for sever
al years was effected yesterday piorn
Ing, when Sheriff Mlnto boArdellho
northbound Southern' Faojflo train,
and, after a ha-ty seanjh, tok lto
cwitody Mlke'Nlckollteh, who rob
bed the Lawrence Hunvaker home
near Turner early yesterday, and
who last month, was the principal
flgui;o la the Sweet Home robbsrte-u
J jyTaSiinVj ! i--iyrLi'tiii.1 ,lr, 1
KILLED OLD .MINER
CTf AfthKfl IOl'MK TKU HOW WK
SHOT PROMINKNI JAN IN COLD
IILOOD AND HI8MMMHRXKD
RODY.
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j'a Wl,.)efciBtad'tj Xug. 3'. Following
Uda'rrlyai here of 'the Dutch crutKet1
GVdorland from La Guayra, Vene-,
za, It is feared that President Cas
tro Is preparing to make a show of
armed force, and news of an outbreak;
Is hourjy expepted. The officer of
tho cruiser reports that he, Was rei
fused permission to-land a marine at'
La Guayra with matl hng ahd com-
Tfntll(fatr6hstbrtTfC?rnttfhWf munlsr, was esmmltM ,,?uly
tcr at Caracas, who Is reprotentlng' cclyed n tolephono message stat'hs "'thW,'if'l?irfrHw cl,lM
tho Dutch Interests I that the rosldenco of Lawrence Hun- 'n the mountains nwtr Jtere. Loper
At tho luttor nlnco, according 'to. leakei, a prosperous- Xarmor living on BR'11 tnat tne R?1 wf ,ull il'HJll-
roports received here, tho talk of the fill' road betweon Tumor and tat0(1' ,mt WA purely the result or
armed resist nnco Is regarded as Im- Marion had been looted about day- ,,nI)UlB0' Ho 'l Ra a wMk-ralnd-
probnble, the government claiming break. Sonto of tho neighbor had cd Rml mor,,IJ
that it hnd tho fullest Justification sonn the man whom thoy though "Vornott was my best friend and
for tho dl?mlssal of M do R1107, tho was tho robber, and he-was described ' uou l K"ow "ow x cou,u ,mvo K,,,ou
(Dnlttft rrrwi l.rnMMf Wlrf.t
Fre-no, Cal., Aug. 3. After1 be
coming' eptaglqd in a ma of. lief,
Charle's II, Loper, held for the mur
der of the well-known miner, Joseph
Vcrnctt, broice down this mornlns
and confCHred to Sheriff OhHtvlen
that ho had committed the arlme,
dismembering the old maa's body,
and burying the remains In Barley
casks.
Dutch m'nlstor, nnd that the affair 1 to tho sheriff.
will bo sottlcd by diplomacy wbi Mlnto started nt onco for tho de
all tho fncts are known This view Sa ' pot, Just as tho whlstlo-of tho ap
not ahnrod by tho pfnclals horo, nnd preaching train wns heard. J)y good
It Is cinfldontly believed that Custro fortune ho -was overtnkon 'by A. S,
loMtniinlrjg fo- war (Van Pntton In r buggy, who drove
It Is claimed by Venezuela thot C3 him nt btvnkiicck speed to tho, station
Ruoi wroto n letter with the dollherr .Tho cherlff nrrlvod Jujt as the train
at Intention thnt It should be jib- wn?. about to pull out, Ho boarded
llshed, In wh'ch ha characterized .h- the innoklm? car, nnd In a vory fov
rule of Pro Idont Cnetro as dlqa- minutes hnd located his mnn,
torlal and ruinous of tho country's! Nlcklovltch wnn hurrlod to tho
Interest Tho letter discouraged any court house, nnd n Bonrch of his por-.of nl" ,,0'u, Ho foil lnctantly, ad
him.
"I had not boon drinking. Wo
wore standing In tho doorway of th
cabin, and saw a. coyote a short dis
tance nwny. I handed Vnrnott'n rifle
to him, and told Jiliti to take a thot.
JIo snld: 'No, you shoot; your sight
Is better.'
"Thon'camQ tho BiHttdirimPulws to
kill, kill, kill, I grstfced th r!Ho,
and os ho turned to watch tho coyote
I shot tho old mnn through the. back
ono coming to Venezuola to seek em- !son wns mado. Ho had a 38-Colt re-
ployment, until Castro changed hla yolver, with all the chambors loadod,
n gold watch and chain, a 'ocko,
knlfo and $40 Jn cash, which he ad
mitted .having stolen from tho Hun
raker place.
NlrUnlvltMi nlnn tiiwi In 1. 1.. -
Rntl i7ranolan A ti.r . a lit.' ... .w ,.,., , ,,,D ,uo-
i s..rr.Bft wfl';;..' ,,',; session other articles, wh'ch he. hnd
h ..-.-. . .,,. u' ,.fltolon ln var,0l,B !" of tho coun
ftaw MatiiwitiiyvttiiwtlW lllUb illU IIUIIIV Ut
policies.
NUNS TO OCCUPY
HOME OF STEVENSON
Mrs. Robert Loul'o. Stevenson, widow
of tho late author, Bohemian and un
convent'onnllst, Is to be used as a
home for the sisters of Carmel.
Robert LojiIbo Stevenson neve
llvcd in the house. It vens built by
hh widow after his death in Samoa,
and h filled with ro'-lcs given tho nu
thor by the Samoans. One of ttia
rooms Is pgperrd with tapestry giv
en Stevenson by the King of Samoa.
The Stovoneon homo was pur
chased several weeks ago by Mhsi
Eugenie Peyton, and It wai thought
he would occupy 't. SI19 tran-ferred
It to Mrs. Alice Pholas. Sullivan, wife
of Francis J. Sullivan. Mra. Sulli
van has leae-4 the, priperty to Rev.
Father RJe'rdaa, archbishop of San
Fraacleov, for the use of the S'Ftcrs
of Carmel. Mrs. Sullivan's daugh
ter, Ada Sullivan, renounced the
world a year ago, and bocarne a Car
melite 81 ter Jh Bo&torf. It is thought
that the home will later be givon to
the order.
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CHICAGO BABIES
DIK FROM HKAT
Chicago, Aug. 3, Unless the
weather tarsi cooler as eaormausj
iaerease is expected la the death rate
amoag HUM, aeralBg to ibm
health oeils f tbk Uy.
StatkUcs hw iW a total f !
childre. r yr oH 4M lt
wk an aye of more Uuui J
A dV. Costtars4 with this is aa -
tM ot lfl'for the -week
try. In his pockot wns found a drnrt
for 1200 franca, nnd one fir 440
. was dead In a low minutes.
"I dragged his body Into tho kitch
en, and let It remain thero over
night, Tho next day, m I could not
'cavry nil. of It, I cut tho leg off and
mado two trips to tho Bpot whero 1
burled the remains, wrapping them
up In sacking,
"I nm sorry for my father and
mother. Wlion I was a kid I nearly
died, but the doctor saved my JIfe,
f-anc. The Art of theso wr- datod ,U) tho rcgrct of my lmrt'nt' I hl
June 8th, nnd was molo di.i f.
vor of Mendfln lafieh Nonchlll, and
the second on Mnrch 12, Irj f-r t)(
Meaden lailch. Besides th-e there
wus a deposit recelnt on tho r-iifc of
California for Andrew Carr and
two pawn tickets, ono of $2.50 for a
rovolver, issued to Pete Lowe, and
tho other for a watch Issued to Poto
MarkovRch,
Tho prisoner admitted that ha wns
one of the robbers In tho Swoot
Home affray, In which a posso pur
sued Nlcklovltch and his partner for
several days, Nlcklovltch says that
he harnot seoa the.other robher slnco
the Sweot Home rebber'Iej n tho
mlddlo of July, Nlckolvlteh has two
buMet wounds la the fleshy part of
his leg, Ho tays that he and his part
ner ft red about 15 shots In the flght
with the posse, and that the farmer
flr4 about 100,
Nlckolvlteh was brought before
Justice Webster thU afternoon and
charged with gram! larceny. He was
bound over to. the grand Jury, and
will remain ia the county Jail pead
lag the act tea ef that body, The pris
oner Is a Austrian, ami I 22 years
of asje.
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Intended going away uumowhero in
a few days nnd killing myself. I tell
you n thing that la bad for my sqrt,
and that ii roolng tho moving pic
tures, I have watched them often,
nnd every other ono seems to bo
abodt somo murder. The pictures
rpado mo morbid."
AMERICANS TO BUIW)
.TALLIN WABHIUPS
Milan, Aug. 3, Government tosts
of armor plate, submitted by comnt
Itlve bidders for tlip Italian naynl
contracts, have resulted In a vlc'ory
for the Mldvale Stool Worko, of Mid
vale, Pa nnd hU concern will r"
cejyo a Jarfo enntrnft from tho jfv
ornment, It Is announced to-lay. TN
stronget competltlors were the Ger
mans. Tho warship which I" to ha
Jiu'H will be the royal Magshlp 8a a
Marco.
HARD TO GET GOOD
NKW8PAPJCK CUTS
The Portland maaufacturefa of
Hewspaper euts are turning out wne
very poer work Take some ef the
cute in the Cherry Fair edRion, and
then look at seme f the chU la the
Fertland Sunday Journal, an4 It
kwks as )f a hw Arm hi hdly need
ed tfcattMB wanufsetur a ett for a
&KNj to youk vmmtm.
,Cf4es mt fc ty Flr .eia ,00,. 41 wji prist dceatly.
Nwlr fof sbwUbbii 4f Tw Jnwl!Thhi paper ke due,iky $f
;-V-. SK ' ot h poorest cuts it 1mmA