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SALEM. OREGON, ftfoNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1B08.
NO. MM.
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THOUSANDS
SFdead
FARMER IS
VICTIM OF
i FOUL PLAY
ARRIVE
TO ATTEND FAIR
AND FORTY INJURED IN RAILROAD COLLISION
DP AND HOME
BURNED
(fatted iftw I.ed Wlr.)
fcohne. Wash.. Sent. 14. Slnln
llipMon or persons whoso Idontt-
i unknown to the pollco authori
ng all tho buildings on hU
4 destroyed by fire, was tno fa to
L T. Thomas, whoso body w.i3
tajeirly today In n tnnnglod atnto
sit roadside, not far from tho
met the Arc. Tho crlmo Is shroud
iihtajutcry, no motlvo oxcopt thnl
kitltrr having been advanced.
W Thomas ranch Is located on
4ct of a hill near Republic, nnd
ixoant of Its elevation tho coro
,Tho Is Investigating tho crlmo,
tad today that It Is strange that
tte reported tho ftro until nftjr
(Continued on pago two,)
ROOSEVELT
IN SUPPORT
OF HUGHES
CONVENTION IS SO
INFORMED
(United . Leiiicd Wire).
Oyster Bay, L. I., Sept. 14. Presi
dent Roosevelt camo powerfully to
tho Bupport of Oovornor Hughes for
a ronomlnntlon today, by tho Issu
ance of tho following from Sagamore
Hill
"The President has been In com
munication with Secretary Root and
Congressman Cocks, with roforoncM
to tho governorship, nnd authorlzos
thorn to Btnto that ho hns no Intention
of dictating to tho convention. To all
his Mends to have spoken about tin
matter ho Bald In tho strongost pos
sible term thrt bo favors tho re
nomlnatton of Oovornor Hughes."
Cocks roprosonta tho Oyster Ray
district in congro&s, and two years
ago dollvorod tho messago from
Roosovolt to tho Btnto convention,
ALL OPENING DAY
RECORDS BROKEN BY
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Crowds Throng Into City On All Electric and "Steam
Railroads
At 8 o'clock this morning ono of
tho greatest fairs over hold on tho
Pacific coast was opencdnnd all pre
vious opening day attendance rocordB
have boon broken.
Novor boforo hnvo tho railroads,
both electric and steam, carrlod Biich
crowds to this city. Trains of two
and thrco of tho spacious electric
car?, running hourly on tho Oregon
Electric, nro loaded to tho vory
guards with visitors to tho fair, from
Portland and lntormodlato points.
Tho Southern Paclflc trains havo boon
carrying tholr capacity from South
ern points, nnd tholr morning local,
which loaves Cottago Grove, con
tained an oxtrn enr for tho occasion.
With tho exception of a few minor
details, which nVo yet unfinished, this
mornIngB oponlng wna woll-tlmcd,
and tho oxhlblts wore open for tho In
Dpectlon of tho visitors.
Tho stock oxhlblts nro all staged
for tho weekly show, and ono to paw
a thorough Judnont on thorn would
bo compolled to visit tho bartis for ut
least two days for that purpose In
nddltlon to tho stock and agricultur
al oxhlblts thoro Is nn exceedingly
largo poultry display, which Ib de
tailed later on In this article.
(Continued on pngo two.)
illCAGO STORE
L PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
1
woro todny ceatod as dologatos to tlio
convontlon, nnd mndo mombora of
tho federation by a unnnlmous vote.
Two uilnlstors and a bartondor
woro tniton the standing ..cpmjnlttos
of tho convention lodny without oh-
The Newest of 'the New
pREitKlXlMLTi WEARING APPAREL, LADIES SUITS, LURKS'
HiMiiMznr, runs, silk petticoats, fi.nm: dress1
MS, Fl.NR DIIESS SILKS, WAISTIXG SILKS, FALL HOSIERY
IXJi t'vi.n...
r-"ur.iui Kin, kid GivoVtiS, UUIIIONS, LACKS, DRESS
HMIKGS, SWAN'S DOWN FLANNELS, ETC. DO YOUR TRAD-
AT TI1K STORK THAT MAKES LOW PRICKS.
which brought about tho first noml
nation of Governor Hughes.
Lutcr.
Saratoga, N. Y Sopt. l-LrrbdXlr.
dlcntlons this afternoon nrtfharoov.
1 ernor Cllnrles E. HughcH will bo ro
nominated by the Republican stntol Jcctlon.
( convontlon. enough uoiogates nro , o-
opposud to him, howovor, to defeat '
him on tho first bnllot, If they agrood , TA A DDFA I
on a candidate J J AhTlAL
j Secretary of Stato Root, who will ,
bo both tompornry nnd pormnnunt
, chnlrmnu of tho convontlon, doclarod
shortly aftornoou that, as tho. presid
ing omccr, no couiu nor porum inn
nnino to go boforo tho convention, us
n raudldnto,
Tho announcement by Congress
Cocks, of tho Oyster Ray dlBtrlot,
that President Roosovolt has told bib
friends "in tho Btrongost poaslbJo
lnnguago" that ho favora tho ronom
iuntion of Governor Hughos, Ib bo
Uoved to havo had groat effect among
tho delegates. Tho anuouncoment
thnt tho Presldont tnlkod to Secre
tary Root ovor tho long dlstanco tolo
phono today also leads them to 'tho
bollof that tho governor will bo renominated.
Dress floods
Krdi of tho latest
npto$ioonar(jNoxv
M 49c, Wc and liUc.
M Flannels
I'HJm dl A .
tTttm blue and white.
lHc a yard, now ,.r,i
Ut Showing one of thu
ksinsaiemu
'$ a ladies'
Kisierv
& WlBI.
ttsEela
j
wigh.
cotton, won ,
". ic, 40o
an1
ta,, ..
'"ear,Wd,
411 . of n.
aad r
kn,
fflIlfMJk Eu.
it ii rlmt X i hi B I
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9290 iS:
If you want the best values In this
part of the world In
Ladies' Suits
oome to tho CHICAGO STORE, the
storo that does not want to get rich
on ovoty sale we make. It's the vol
ume of business we are after,
SWELL NEW SUITS
Man tailored nnd Silk Lined. $0.30.
910.no, 8I2.no, $11.90 and uj
:STWETHAT
SAVES YOU MONEY
ROOSEVELT LETTER
PLEASES TAPr MEN
Cincinnati, Sopt, 14. It is tho son-
timont nt tho Tnft hendounrtcr8 to
day that tho Roosovolt loiter to Con
rad KohtorH Ib tho best blow yet
struck for Tnft. It has boon docld
od to clrculato It by tho millions.
Tho committee decided today to
sond Fornker East and that Cannon
will go west of Illinois. It Is pos
sible that tho speakers on tho apo
dal Tnft train dorlng tho campaign
will bo Senator Albert J. Doverldgo,
Sonntor Wllllnm B. Rorah and Solic
tor Dolllvor.
Tnft will bo 50 years old tomorrow
and congratulations nro already pour
Ing In a day early.
-o
WILL FIGHT
OVER BRYAN
RESOLUTION
COMMODITY
DECISION
(United Press Loaned Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Sopt. H. At-tornoy-Gouornl
Ronaparto today or
dered that an nppoal bo taken to tho
supremo court of tho Unltod States
from tho decision of tho court of ap
peals, at Philadelphia, declaring un
constitutional tho commodity clnuso
of tho Hopburn act.
Tho decision hold that tho portion
o' tho bill, that orders rnilrouds to
dlsposo of tholr coal lands nnd prop
erty holdings nnd forbndo thorn to
own coal mines, Ib against tho consti
tution. Ilonapnrto ordered Snoclal . ProBO-
cutor L. A. Wllmor to prepare a
brlof on appeal. It will bo nresontod
early In October.
ATHLETES0
ARRIVE AT
THE DALLES
SPECIALS
WRECKED
INjNDIANA
TERRIBLE MIDNIGHT
ACCIDENT
SOCIALIST
CANDIDATE
WELCOMED
DEBS ARRIVES IN
"RED SPECIAL"
(United I'rtM t.insl Vrt.)
Chlcngo, 111., Sept. 14. Mm. Ea
thor Hocox, of Chicago, and an uni
dentified man nro dend, threo dying
nnd more than 40 porsonB are sort
only Injured na tho reBUlt of a col
lision shortly after midnight botwoon
a Mwlftly moving theatre train qn tin?
Lnko Shore railroad and nn excursion
trnln at Chcatorton, Iud.
Tho Injured woro nil on Uo excur
sion trnln, which loft horo Inst night,
tnklng visitors back to La Porto and
Indianapolis, Ind. Tho oxcurlon
was standing on a aiding, apparently
waiting for another train to pass,
when tho thoatro train, without .warn
ing, crnohod Into It from tho roar.
Thoro wob a heavy fog at tho tlmo,
nnd, In the darknoss, it wan difficult
to toll Just what happouod. Tho lo
comotlvo of tho theatre train pjqwivl
through tho reaf coach of Ihd oxour
Blon trnln, which wns hoavlly loadod.
Practically ovoryono In that conch
wns seriously hurt, nnd tho conch
Itself wan reduced almost to It I nil 1 1 tm
wood.
Many men and womon woro iilnnod oil bv tho tirnnn immi wiiinh ,
under tho wreck nnd tho wlldont con- nnnlOR (ho Soolnllst cnndldato on thu
fusion followod. Tho Btenm wuh trln.
Tho "Rod Special," carrying the
Socialist candidato for President,
Bugouo V. Dobs, arrlvod In SRlem
shortly aftor 2 o'clock this afternoon,
nnd was mot by a largo and onthunl
nstlo crowd of local Socialists. Debs
and hln party wore at onco escorted
to Marlon Square, whore the candi
dato dollvorod n half-hour speech.
Notwithstanding tho crowds at the
fair grounds, a good-stxod audlenco
gathered to hear tho Socialist. Debs
remained in (ho city About half an
hour.
Tho rocoptlon committee Included
U. It. Ryan, J. F. Goodnough, T. J
Clark nnd T. Y. McClollan. The
commlttoo mot tho candidate with a
banner bearing on ono side tho word.
"To n worker tho product of his
works to the shirk tho product of
his shirk," andtofnlhe other, "Work,
for alll, all thu tlmo; no nhutouti, nM
lockouts, no pnnlcn, under -Socialism.
Voto for your Job."
Tho procosBlon from tho freight
depot, whoro tho "Rod Snoelnl"
stopped, to Marlon Square was head-
Ogden. Utah. Sent 14 A resolu
lon endorsing tho cnndldncy of Rr
an for President Is oxpected to pro
clpltato a bitter fight on the iloor of
the Utah branch of the American
Federation of Labor, which met horo
for Its semi-annual convention to
day. L ,
The resolution will be nrosentod
either tonight or tomorrow morning.
nnd tho Socialists In tne convention
will oppose It to the last vote. Actln?
President W. M. Hlggott opposos the
re-endoreement of the Democratic
narty. but favors the endorsement of
Bryan.
The resolution ronowa a inner r-
(1'iiltfrt I'roi Leanfn WlrM
Tho Dalles, Or., Sept. 14. Tho
Dalles Is host for Smithson, Gilbert
and Kelly this morning. Almost bo
foro tho boys alighted from tho train
they were whisked away In automo
biles and shown tho beauties qt tho
famous orchards. Tho boys are In
excellent spirits, nnd glad thnt tho
journey home Is noarlng an end.
Raker City presented Kelly with a
handBomo loving cup, and did signal
honor to her nthloto son, along with
tho Portlnnd boys. A thousand peo
ple, bonded by the band, marched to
tho train to givo the men a royal send
off,
Smithson. on account of his great
feat In breaking the world's record
n the 110-metre hurdle was of par
ticular Interest to Tho Dalles people
Smithson, Gilbert and Kelly were
Multnomah club, Portland, represen
tatives at the Olympic meet.
i i
ELEOTRIO TRAIN FOR ,
THE STATE FAIR
The Portland General Company
i...i t.m nnmnnn i.rHnir th con-' last night sont sin a large electric
vention to endorso Bryan, und aktnt tra'n to run between tho city ; and the
every laboring man to support tni tiur nruu.iu.. n ..i crry um
Democratic candidate. people, and la about tho same kind
A straw voto of tho convention of train that Is run between Portland
shows that a majority of the union and the Oaks The oar service this
I men are In favor of passing the re- year wll be better than ever, and
I olntiOD w,)l K,ve a CHr 6erv,c ever' four
The Methodist, Congregational and minutes. No city In the state has
PreWterlaa MlaUters of tfce cItrMr r rH ttos ialM.
wishing from tho wrecked locomo
tlvo, mnklng a iioIho like thuudoi.
Tho wnllB nnd rrloi of tho Injured
nnd tho scronuiH of torror-Btrlcken
women nnd children mndo mon, usti
ally poiHOssoI of preeure of mind,
unable to to act Intelligently. It wna
porhups 15 or 20 minutes after tho
collision boforo any report wna mndo
to tho railroad officials. Tho nlurm
wnH sont out ovor tho wlrcB, nnd nld
wns fliumnonod, but ovon then It wih
nn hour boforo It could bo lonrnod
how mnny pcoplo had boon hurt or to
whnt extent tho trulna hnd boon
wrecked. The honvy fog mndo It
necossnry for tho rcflcuora to work
much or tho tlmo through sound,
tracing tho position of victims by
tholr- orlos. Torches wore procured,
nnd tholr glare added to tho horror
of tho scone.
Amhulancos wore rushed from this
city with doctors. Most of tho Injured
wore brought hero and are at Mercy
hospital.
Thu responsibility for tho wroort
hns not boon plnccd, on account of
tho great i-oiminlon ns to how It hap
pened. Tho railroad oillciuls nro
conducting n rlr.ld Investigation, but
so far have found little evidence of
Importance.
Tho passengors in tho thontro
train were badly shakon up, nnJ
no mo of them bruited nnd slightly
hurt, but all escaped sortous Injury.
In tho forwnrd coaches of tho ox
ourslon train nearly ovoryono was
hurt by being hurled from their
Roats by the terrific Impact of tho
collision.
At Mercy hospital this morning it
was said that at least three of tho In
jured could not recovor and thnt sev
eral othors might not be ablo to sur
vive. 0 '
RAIN GIVES
HOPE TO
REFUGEES
(Unltl Irtf Latd Wire.)
Duluth, Minn,, Sept. 14. Indica
tions that it will rain tonight brought
hopo to tho refugees from tho north
shore region today that a shower
will put out the forest flro, nnd
many who lied Saturday far tholr
live, returned today to takd up the
work of rebuilding their homes.
School began at ChUholm thli
morning The residents hud con
structed a temporary building from
lumber rushed into the town on the
first day. Other houses are being
built as rapidly as uoiuible, and U
will not be long boforo the burned
town will be built up In om& sort of
fasfelOB.
Tho DoIib "Red Spnplnl" trnln, car
rying the proBldentlnl candldnto of
Mm Hnpinint pnrty. and oilier Social
ist lendorn of national renown.
-'nr-hcd Siilem HiIh afternoon, nnd
wnB grooted by the largoat gnthorlng
"f P"clnl'HB thnt ovor nssomblod In
tho Capital City. Socialist clubs wore
represented from nil tho nurroundlnu
towns of tb vnllov, and many enmn
as far as Folia City In tho Const
range.
Rob Sends MVKNige,
From Medford Debs Bont the fol.
lowing messnge:
To tho ponple of Oregen: I havo
not tho least inhglvlng, for I know
they have the fine, brnve snlrlt so
chnrlnHc of the Fnr West. Whothor
thov ngreo w'th ono or not they are
vindly. mrouMvo nnd noon to couvlc
on This I hnvo reason to know
from my urevlous and repeated ylslt
to tho stnto.
The dlHtlnu'itHhini; fontiire of thn
nre-eut rnmnfilgn Is tho nnuiially
largo number of rooiiIo, OBpoGlal';-wo-klng
mon. vho nro thinking nnd
acting for themselves. Poll t ten'
bossos and nrofcfmlonul nolltlcliuiR
will find tholr task a more difficult
ono Mils year ilwin ovr before. There
Is whnt may be called a gonornl
breaking up of old pnrtv affiliations,
nnd a nt"- uolttlcnl alignment whMi
will ustonl'h thu country whon the
returns nnununred In November
Trnln Wuh l'rivlilil.
Tho "Red Bnorlnl" train In lifch
Mr DoIir Ih mnklng a tour of tho
United Statos, wuh provided by i
National RoelnUst rommlttoe It eon
iIhk of a bnggngo oar, from whHi
2,000.000 pieces of Socialist I'tern
ttire nre bolng distributed, a dining
car. a Pullman and a day conch Tho
train nlo carries a volunteer band
of ID nieces. Mr. Dob's party consist-
of John P. Works, a mombor of
tn nnHnnnl rouuh'ttec, nnd hlH par
ty's nomine" for governo nt tho luut
qjootlon In Iowa; A. M. Simons, edi
tor of tho Chicago Dally Socialist, and
A. II. Flonton, n promlnont Soclnlls
o'f Colorado.
I'orlliuiil IUfenon.
Portland, Or., Sept 14 - Local
Socialists are today among th Inm
ost nersoiH in Portland, arranging
for 1im recaption of Eugene V Debs.
SoHnllM nomino fnr the oresidoncv,
ro 'r iue her early tonight In his
"Hod B o-inl." to dot Ivor an ad
drss. The Socl&lltK uroin(N) houioHiIih
iinlquc fn tbq nnrade, which will for
at Ue un'Iop dnot nd wre"
through the nrloplnn' ntrM to Mio
Mll. wher 1)bs will soeitk MUr
tji iniKPnient if Mi 'norv hM
l. nl-'l Uie of the building o h
Rnclsl'str the Inttor circulated bills
severely criticising tho militia
At tho square Harrv M. Vcirn,
of San Diego, wn Intdroduced by I
ft. Ryan, and he spoke until Debs ar
rived. The arrival of nebs was tho