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SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY1, AUGUST 27, 1008
NO. 412
13a
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LEAVE
THOUSANDS
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HOMELESS
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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.
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