xt 3UV -5.: '.? - 7 'W ' '' ,.!&t ai ' -"W, w rwAa s r (ftj ..xviu. SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY1, AUGUST 27, 1008 NO. 412 13a LOODS - ' '. . , . LEAVE THOUSANDS ! L- HOMELESS RMER PCS TM ASTER l""V T- GENERAL WILLIAM F. VILAS DEAD if I n M jL. feTA REFUGEES SUFFER FROM LACK OF FOOD AND SHELTER I MAROONED IN SECOND STORIES Ifll FEET OE WATER IN STREETS kfltd 1'itH Leased Wire.) ,0a., Aug. 27. This city; eaof great suflcrirts today I milt of yesterday's flood, I tli dim broke, above tho city, lit nter la tho main streets Is i (Kt deep having subsided r little. u:di of people nro hungry Kt!Mi and thcro la no inearth tiWInr supplies. Most of the Mi food in tho city wob do- ij tho wator. ho arc marooned In tho I rl of houses hnvo no way tfcod If they could get It. The I Bultnutlon Is woreo today than yes tordny, ns tho peoplo nro weak nftor tho night during which the town was hold In tho grip of tho wntors. Tho brldgo ncrosa tho Snvnnnh rlv or collapsed todny undor tho terrific forco of tho rushing wntors, but so far ns Is known, no ono was on It at tho fimo. Savon bodies hnvo been rccovorod by parties of roscuors who are going nbout tho city In Binall boatB. Tho numbor of dead now Is ostimated at 00, but there Is no definite ;jray of knowing how many lives woro lost. Undor tho direction of the pollco MILITIA TOCtaSE SALOONS THREAT. OF N. GOVERNOR J. wmsm PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE - PEW FALL MERCHANDISE ARRIVING DAILY SUITS, LA11KS COATS, -SILK PETTICOATS, FUKS, Sll.lv 3 3, DRESS GOODS, FIXE SILKS, LEATHER 0001)8, UM- LIS, VKILIXGS, KID GLOVES, FLANNELS, IH.ANKKT9. rKR FLAXKLKTTES, OUTING FLANNELS, ETC. WE 1XTEE OUIt PHICKS TO HE THE LOWEST. 1 rrds of Ctlieo&s r.hnu j4 Uwtu, now on sale nt p ind ,V per yard. flot Dark and Light 1 Out ng Flannels. A cood 'UTat4H4ayard ""J and Hnlk Towels all . M i-3c, 10c, isHc J 1U0 Heavy Percale ' ww on sale for 08c. ""HopGlom. a pair. 5c, klt ... itti10"6 Barmentn, neiiing pricea. JOB Van. - . kni ..V 5et the beat - ""i, $i2jio and kZZ and sm,, "HUao STOHK. ' NEW FALL MILLINERY Now on exhibition. If you want Swell Hats at Small Prices como to the CHICAGO STORE. SALEM, OREGON (fulled VrwtH .tnn Wire.) Seagirt, N J Aug. 27 Governor Fort today isjued a proclamation in which ho declares that If tho oxcUo law requiring tho closing of saloons on Sunday is not obeyed, he will call nn extra session of tho legislature niid possibly order out tho mllltln to stop what he terms n "saturnalia of Artec." Tho governor snya that tho law has been disregarded ilagrai)tly at all ' the coast resorts, from Sandy' Hook to Atlantic city, ns woll ns In thg inlnnd cities. Tho stnto law Is strong but is ltot being onforced. Tho Sundny closing issuo was tho most promlnout fea- (Contlnuctl on phr? ctRbt). J dopartmont all tho nvailablo boatn have boon confiscated by tho roscuo voluntoora, who nro ongaged thin afternoon In romovlng women nnd children from tho uppor floors of flooded buildings nnd carrying thorn to tho high placoB where rofugoo camps nro being established. Tho heavy floods In all sections nnd tho delny on all rnllroads makes rollef Blow, but It Is oxpectcd that supplies sont from Atlnutn will reach horo by tonight. It will be weeks boforo tho biiBt noss of tho city can bo resinned. In It's normal faihlon and tho loss, not only to proporty but through delny and disorganization, will reach Into tho millions. Roporta from tho surrounding country liujlcato that tho damago la much greator than wns at first bo Hoved to bo tho caso. Tho crops aro ruined and many farm housoa havo boon washed away. Jn tho excitement sovoral houses have been sot allro accidentally and have .burned down to tho water' edgo, there being no moans of fight ing tho flamos. Tho Iosb of cotton In tho ware house district will run Into nn enor mous sum, ns the water has practical ly ruined all that was In storage. Desperate means of escape hav been resorted to by some of tho fam ilies who were caught In their homes. In a number of.casos they have made their way to tho housea on floating tlmbprs or by climbing over roofs. Several families havo built rafts out o'f parts of bed and doors and may be seen steering their way through the ruink to higher ground. The dltuatlon Is most serious and unless relief arrives tonight tho suf ferlng will be terrible." (United I'reM Leawl Wire.) Columbia, St G...Aug, 27.--Re-porta from the. flooded districts throughout the state today show that the losses will be grater than estimated yesterday. In the western section the known losses will exceed a million dollars and tho reports aro Incomplete. The upper part of the state Is now cut off entirely from Columbia. The railroads havo sus pended and there Is no telephone or telegraph connection. Reports are coming In constantly from the surrounding country tell ing of destruction, and plans are be ing made to assist the sufferers. TO PRESENT TAFT WITH I5ILVER CUP LEAWSH0TSPRIN6S :; TONIGHT SENSATION SPRUNG BY DEMOCRATS ' (tatted I'rMH l.ei,cd Wire.) Hot Spring, Va., Aug. 271, A brilliant farowoll colobrntlon will bo given tonight by tho guoBts of tho Hot Springs hotel In honor of Wilt lam II. Taft Who Is propnrlng to do part ' tomorrow night nftor his ox tonslvo visit hero. Tho plana In clude tho presentation of, n hnnd- Bomo ullvor loving cup to tho cnndl dato. It will bo hnnUed to Tnft by a bevy of beautiful young girls, daughters of B-aosts of. tho hotol. Cups also will bo presented to Mrs.'-'rtkft nnd her son, CharloB. It has not yet boon decided who will prcsldo nt tho coromonles, but tin nnnies of Judgo Horace II. Lurton of Nnahvlllo and Judgo Woodmnnsoo, who nro old frlonds of Tnft, havlrii? known him nt Cincinnati, havo boon montloned for tho honor. SHOW LETTER SENT CORPORA'! IONS MAGNATES JCESI'ONSIHLE FOR RROWN FAILURE (United lreH Leaned Wire.) Now York, Aug. 27. Tho Stand ard Oil and Morgnn Interests mark ed tho firm of A. 0. Drown & Co. for sanghter" said a promlnout Btock oxohango operator today. "llecnuBo thoBo Interests foarcd an antl-gnmbling nionsuro would bo passod by tho legislature and prac tically kill tliolr big plunging opera tions In tho stroot, thoy want to pone as being agnlnBt anibllng nnd to tnko a high nnd mighty nttltudo. "You will see tho Drown llrm mado a go at ln an effort to convlnco public mon that Wall street frowiu on gambling. Through- tho control of the banks by Morgan nnd the Standard, tho Drown, company wa driven to tho wall, not because It was unsound, but becauso It was do n led credit for tho political. purposes of tho 'Intqrosts.' " -o-- MILL ALSO LOOKING TOWARD CENTRAL OREGON Med ford, Or., Aug. 27.John D Portor who has built many miles of railroad for James J. Hill arrlvod In this city last evening after a trip through central Oregon by automo bile. v Mr. Poter cJalmB that he made tho trip for plasuro only but tho routo ho followed does not Indicate this. Ho mado the trip from Tho Dalles to Prlnovllle direct, then commenced a crUa-croas Journey until Fort Klam oth was reached. It In furthor known that he made copious not8 while enroute, "There will bo a road Into central Oregon In two years," said Mr. Por ter, "wheUier Harrlman actn or not." Porter declined to make any fur ther statement aside from saying that the resources of central Oregon were such as to demand "more than ono road." o " FATHER AN SON DROWN WHILE FISHING Twin Falls, Idaho, Aug. 27. I. F Tu;ipcr. and his 6-year-old son arc dead today as the result of an at tempt by the father to save the boy from drowning. Tbey were fishing together in the Snake river when tho young boy fell In. His father Jump ed In in an attempt to save hU life and both were drowsed. .(United PreHU I.enned Wire.) Chlcftco. Auk. 27. Tho Domo- crntR sprung n Aonsntlou today by ' glvl'ug out a letter appealing' to' cor p.orntlons for contribution!!, which . thoy nllcgo was 'sont out by tho Km ' publlctina tinder tho Blgnnturo of Fred W. Uphnm. " Tho lettor, It Is said, wns sont out last Saturdny to nearly nil tho great corporations In thtu elty. Tho text of tho letter 'as glvoa oAit by tho I Democrats, points out tlie ijeod of 'funds for tho campaign and then i proceetgwio-)&fftw.UiAt corporation i that Inasmuch ns It is against tho law for n corporation to contribute "you aro requested to bring tho mat tor to tho attention of' your btmlnosB jnasnolntcs and' ask each to send n chock," Upliain, who Is a prominent R6 publican, has beun taking a leading part In tho camplgn wok this year. . o ' llrynir in MIksui-1. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27.--WUN lam J. Dryan arrived' horo today on his way to Topoka, Kan., nnd de clared that tho action of tho Repub lican statu convention of ICnnsmt In demanding a bank guarnntbo law Is a diroct rebuke to Taft, who has boon assorting- that such u plan In dangeroutr. Drynn seomod greatly pleased at tho situation In KniiHat growing cut of tho hank guarantee issue. Tho Republicans" In Knnsna woro forced Into endorsing tho bank guarantee plan bccniiBO It's opera tion In Oklahoma has drawn tnuc'i banking business out of Knnsna Into that stnto. It Is oxpootcd that Dryan's ad dross on tho subjoct tonight nt To poka will be ono of tho most Im portant of his campaign. Ho ex pects to cover tho entire Bubject and a largo crowd Is oxpoctod to bo on hand. Ltihou Conference. Washington, Aug. 27. Norman E. Mack, chairman of tho Domocrntle national committee today rofnttcd to give out tho result of n three-hour conference ho is reported to havo had lato last night with Sarnual Gompers In this elty, Mnck camo to Washington yesterday saying that ho wanted to talk with tho labor, leader. . "aompera has tho finest political organization in tho country," ho said. "Neither Hitchcock nor my sejf can come anywhoro near It. I'm h.oro to fix things up with flpmpors." Gompers has not been heard from regarding tho conference but it 1b not regarded by politicians hero that any deflalte agreement was reached, SUICIDE RATHER THAN ARREST FOR MURDER (United Prm Lewed Wife.) Springfield, III.. Aug. 27.- Mrs. Cecelia Overton, a close companion of Kate Howard, who killed herself Iat night rather than be arrested on a charge of murder in connection with the recent race riots, today de clared that every druggist In town had been warned not to sell poison to tho Howard woman. "Kate told mo that sho would never submit to another arrest In her life," said Mrs. Overton today. MEMBER CLEVELAND CABINET WAS SECRETARY OE INTERIOR !? (United 1'rewM I, ended Wire.) Madison, WIa Aug. 27.- William Freomnn Vllns, postmnutor goncrnl nnd flccrc-tnry of the Interior under President Clqvolnnd, nnd former Unl'tod. Statoa Bonator, died at Ills, hoiuo horo today nftor nn Illness of llvo wcolcs, whlcH J(tartod from tt humorrhngoof thJwriii. Hb fam Hy nnd rolivtlvos worf at tho bodsldo. Ho was 70 years 0U1 and had, ro . tired from uctlvo Ufa sovoral yean ago, William V, Vilas was born tt ,qliel hen, Vormont, and In. 1861 kl par ents brought him to this city whoro ho afterward mado his homo. Ho waH a graduato of. tho University of Wisconsin niid tho. AMiany.UCw s,cHool and bogan ila prnctlco horo In 1800. In 1S02 ho recruited company A, of tho 23rd Wisconsin voluntcors nnd. took pnrt In tho .VlckaburgJ, cam paign. Ho'wrb prrinjotod jo thM-rnnk of lieutonnnt colonol diu'lug the olgo of VjckHhurg and twd.Siiontlis nftorward roHlgnod hla cominl.Bloii nnd rOBiunod tho practice, of law. Ho becamo ono of tho lemlurfl of tho bnr In the Hthto and tiecnmo a niQiubor of tho Democratic national commit too In 1870. Ho wns permanent chairman of tho Democratic national committee In 1881. . From 1885 to 1888 ho whs posttnnstar gonural and wns socretnry of liftorlor from Janu ary, 1888, until March, 1880. Ho Borvod as United State? sonatnr from 1801 to 1807. In 1890 ho Joined tho gold DomocratB -and was chair man of the committee on resolutions at tho Palmer nnd Uuckner conven tions In Indlnnnpolis. HU health was poor during tho Inst few. years i O " ; JAPANESE FIGHTING OVER FAIR (United Trees Leaned .Wire,) Toklo, Aug. 27.- TJbn dash over tho question of postponing the Toklo exposition bus become no bitter that thoro aro uonio Intimations of aband onment today. All tho commercial bodies of tho country have allied themselves against the cabinet and tlie controversy Is Involving prac tically all Intorosts, official and In dtistrlal. A majority of tho members of tho cablnot favor a postponement from 1012 until 1017, urging ihat more tlmo is needed and that the presont financial situation does not 'warrant tho Immediate appropriations necoa sary for tho rapid completion of tho work. Tho chambers of commerce favor holding It In 1012, ns first planned. Tho working paonlo and poorer cjassos are Hi favor of tho postpone ment as tliwy are supporting vigor ously the policy of retrenchment be ing carried out by tho cabinet. Tho unpopularity of President Kanekan with tho masses led to the first. complaints at tho lavish ex penditure of unds oh tho exposition, which now threaten to Involve ths wholo government. M p.