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KILLED AND SIX
INJURED IN CHICAGO
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tWo, Sept. 17 The heavy -o
h lungs orer tn 3 cuy iouay u
iHMtsHble tor twti collloloiu on
KLu ikllfoad lines, untu
killed and six injured jn
wteeks, both of which were
collisions, tho forward
i kvtag flowed down or stopped
idm.
DRUNKEN MAN
HEATS 11KAINS OUT
nutte, Mont., Sept. 17. Sherman
Branter, of Clinton, Missouri, son of
William Branter, a pollco Judge lu
-that city, killed himself In Jail here
early today by battering his liond
against tho side of his cell, during a
drunken fnonzy.
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Domocrats havo proposed a Joint
debato botweon Taft and Bryan.
CHICAGO
PEOPLES BARGAIN HbUSE
STOI
PALL OPENING
rilE LATEST AND NEWEST MERCHANDISE. WOMEN'S, MISSES'
CHILDREN'S COATS ANI) SUITS, MILLINERY AND FANCY
, SILKS, DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY, UMBRELLAS, LEATHER
, REMKMHKH WE ARE MAKERS OF LOW PRICES.
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Tho crowds at tho state fair today
promlso to totally ccllspso even the
rocord-breaklng attendance of yes
torday. Today Is "Portland Day,"
usually tho biggest day In point of
numbors, and throughout tho morn
ing and early afternoon dozens of
ovor-loadod excursion trains from
Portland and elsowhero havo been
unloading their human cargo at the
grounds. Prom tho admissions rog
istorod up until noon It is estimate!
tho attondanco today will total at
lonst 30,000.
Tho grand fcaturo of tho morning
program was tho stock parado.
Stockmon and farmors from all parts
of tho northwest were unanimous In
tho opinion that tho stock, parado this
morning was tho greatest, tho most
extensive, and represented tho largest
outlay of monoy, of' any similar pa
rado or nhow over scou in th west.
Salem Day."
When tho gates closed at 11 o'clock
last night tho greatest day In tho his-
iory-of tho utalo -fair was recorded'
Tho vast crowds yostorday being sur
passed only by tho record-breaking
nttendnnco todny. Rotweon 20,000 f
nnd 25,000 penplo pntsod through
tho turnntyles at tho mnin ontrnnce.
nnd nt loast 10,000 ndmlsslons to tho
grandstand woro registered. No
such mtiltltudos woro over seen ho
foro nt Lono Oak track. Boforo the
first race was flnlshod. stnndlng room
was at a premium, nnd the tlokot
sollors nt the traok gates refused to
laiuo any. unstoboards to tho lata
comors.
Thoro was eomothlng doing ovory
ml nu to. As onrly as 7:30 the crowds
began nourlng Into the fair ground,
nnd from that time all was luBtlo
and excitement. Tho holdors of tho
various concessions did a record
breaking business. Tho pavilion,
stock barns, and all tho other build
ings woro Jammed with peoplo from J
tho grandstand went wild nt tho
flight of tho Oregon heroes, tho big
ovation lasting sovoral minutes. The
trio will return to Portland Into thU
ovonlng.
Orderly CromK
Novor boforo has thoro been so
orderly n crowd at tho fair. Outsldo
of a fow ordinary drunks, thero hat
not boon a slnglo arrest olnco tho
air oponed.
Tho McElroy Grand Military banJ,
which Is tho beat gathering of good
musicians ovory brought together
from dlfforcnt parts of tho Btato In
Salem, havo added a specialty to tholr
program In tho ploco "Tltl Soronado,"
rondercd by Slgnor Atncdco ntan
cono, flutist, and Charles Walrath,
both Portland musicians.
DEATH IN
PATH OF --'. -
STORM
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Oklnliomn City, Okla., Sept. 17.
'Ono porMii Is roportod to havo boon
killed and ton sorlously lwirt by light
ning during a storm which destroyed
12 raaldonros nt MeAlcstor lnst night.
Itoports rocolvod horo say that the
storm was ono of the most vlolbnt
ever known In this soctlon nnd that
tho olectrlcnl dhplay was far greator
than any ovor seen boforo.
Tho storm was nccompanled by
terrific claps of thunder nnd tho on
tlro population spent a night of hor
ror, fonrlng ovory minute ho wholo
town would bo wiped out. Tho wires
nro In bad condition nnd reports Incomplete
TAMPERED
WITH GRAFT
JURYMAN
AND ARE FORMALLY
AGCUSED
early morning until tho conclusion of
tho high dive at night.
Nolcs on the Fair,
Tho flower show this year was
high in quality but poorly organized.
Tho largest and best flowor growers
did not exhibit, and many of tho
prizes wont without competition. Tho
flowor product that Oregon Is capable
of was not thoro. A single green-
THOUSANDS COMING
TO PACIFIC COAST
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Snn Francisco, Cal., Sopt. 17. It
Is announced nt tho headquarters of
tho Southern Pacific company today
that during tho first 13 days that the
California colonist ratos havo been
In effect on tho Marrlman linos, 400u
settlors have boen brought Into this
house man In this city could have , state over thoso llnoa, an nvorago of
put up a bigger display of asters than j more than 300 a day.
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all there was thoro nnd tho showing
of sweet pears was very small for a
real flowor city.
Stork Growers Banquet.
' Tho livestock men gave a feed last
night at Watson's restaurant.
Following the banquet and the
speeches the meotlng went Into exec
utive session and elected tho fallow
ing efficers:
President Tt. Scott, Mllwaukle,
Or
Tho settlers all purchased ono way
tickets although round trip fares
Mould have boen cheaper and this h
taken by the railroad to mean that
they will all stay on this coast.
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(United I'reirf l.enscd Wire.)
Snn Francisco, Sopt. 17, Francis
J. Murphy nnd Adolph S. Nuwburgh,
who havo boon associated with Honry
Ach as counsel for Ex-Doss Abraham
Ruof", woro Indicted by tho grand Jury
todny on the chnrgo of attempting to
brlbo John M. Kelly, a vonlromnn in
tho Ituof enso. Kelly crpntod a son
sntlon two weeks ngo ,by declaring In
court that Exaxs Ulako,- a contrac
tor, had offered him $10p0 to gat, on
the Jury nnd voto for Rjiet'a acquits
tal and Dlako was Indicted shortly
aftorward,
Within an hour nftor tho Indict
mentfl woro returned, Attornoy Now-
hyrgjhad nppearod boforo tho COUrJ,
mm uujiuimi-u ?uvvu en a a nan,
Tho Indictments woro returned bo
foro Prcildlng Judgo StUrtovnnt nnd
ho Issued warrants which roro turn
ed over to tho sheriff to Horvo.
Attorney Now burgh hns boon ox
poctlng to bo Indicted for throo ilnyn,
ever olnco tho grand Jury bognn Its
InvostlRntlon of tho alleged nttompt
to brlbo tho Ituof Jurors nnd hns car
ried $5000 in gronnbnckB plnnod lu
his pocket so that ho woud hnvo ball
monoy nt a momontn notice.
Attorney Murphy wns auhpoonnod
by tho grand Jury last night to testi
fy nnd It was expected that his story
would ho llHtoned to boforo nny
notion wns taken. Ho wns classified
a a fugltlvo from Justlco by Dotoc
tlvo Burns and when ho lonrnod th.it
tho grand Jury wns nftor him, ho
cnlUd up tho process sorvers and
atkod to bo sorved with tho sum
irons. Murphy doclnrod thnt ho wns n'lt
hiding and oxprossod willingness to
go before tho Judge.
Ho wns greatly Bhockod whon ho
Innrnnri (nlnv Mint Mm irrnn.l ..-.
hn,i ,nn .mi r.Mm,i m, i,iif aiitliorltloi are trying to hush up tho
monts artor n deliberation of but 16 J0""1'; !!,Bft1y"'
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YOUNG GIRL
IS MISSING
FR0MH0ME
BELIEVED TO HAVE
ELOPED
Clara Potoraon, 1G years of age,
who llvoa on tho Collins place at
Haysvlllo, two mllos north ot thU
city, has olopod according to the be
llof of her parents, with Edgar Hud
noil, ngod 22, also of Haysvllle, and
tho anxious fsihor and mother of the
girl havo boon searching for her eiaee
8:30 o'clock last ovenlng.
Although thero Is no doflnlta clue
to tho whorcabQUts of tho couple, it
Is bollovod that thoy havo gone north
in a buggy. The caso has been ha'a ti
ed ovor to tho sheriff, who la doing
his beat to locato tho girl. Mlse Peter
eon is doacrlbed as having a "V"
ahapodBcar near tho corner of the
loft eye. Sho weighs 115 pounds,
has light hair and comploxlon, and
la-C fcet-fl- Inches In height," When
last soon alio was with IIudn611 at
their fair grouudH, nnd was wearing
n brown dre trlmmod with darjt
brown ribbon.
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SOLDIERS FACE
SERIOUS CHARGE
fl'nlted J'rrttH I.eM Wlr
Unvnnn, Cubn, Sopt. 17. Charges
of a particularly revolting naturo
against 30 nrtlllery soldiers of Em
molt Crawford camp, In this city, aro
bolng Investigated by tho military
authnrltloH todAy.
It Is claimed by sovoral Cuban pa
pern that tho accused inon attacked
a woman rcro.-itly nnd nftor boating
her escort Into InRonslblllty, brutally
maltreated hor.
According to "La Nuava Aurora,"
of Matanzns, 20 soldlors woro nr
reHtod and n military guard thrown
around lo provnnt a lynching. Tho
minutes,
It Is rumored thnt Attornoy Now
burgh, who Is accused of having car
rlod on tho negotiations with Con
tractor E. A. S. Dlake, tho man in
dicted last week for attempting to
bribe Kelly, broke down boforo tho
grand Jury yesterday afternoon and
mado a confession.
Nowburgh refuses to talk about
the case. Ho was boforo the grand
do La Marina" given the
story credit and holds thnt It is not
to bo wondered nt, considering thu
cocQitt acquittal of Corporal Cooper
and Prlvnto Owlnnell, charged with
murdering two Cuban fishermen.
While the military authorities hold
that tho affair Is greatly exaggerated,
a. thorough Investigation Is promised.
tTHrii.'vna rH'JT. rn
' AOr'lKG COLLEGE PRESIDENT I ?' 1 ';?"'
San Joso, Cal., 8opt. 17. Through rnnn, . .nnha. Umn nn. ...
Tho Indictments of the attorneys
has created another sonsntton in tho
Ruef cases and the wholo city Is ox
a feeling of the students of the Uiu
verslty of tho Pacific, against the pro
posed action of the board of trustees
Vice presldent-Georgo Chandler.! in doplaclng Acting President M. S. i poctng further action along tho same
Secetary N. C. Marls, Portland. Crosaby Dr, W. W Guth of CB;nenMiaecito,wthlIwIlu,ltra
now on.
Treasurer Charles Cleveland. unage, MaBS., a waiKoui oi many or
. . . LI. ' tlm nt Jn nlnilAnta In 4tsaAarkrlAr1 4 A
The meeting was very snw.i-ji umr . . .caw.. .- 0fT1ccr woro sent out with a war
and succcisful In every way. .day. If the Methodist conference at J Murnhv. It Is said that he
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STORE, Salem, Oeoi
The feature of the day at the Ore-, Pacific Grove which controls the col
gon state fair was the appearance of , lege, votes to make the change.
the celebrated Oregon athletos, ; o
Smlthson. Kelley and Gilbert The WYOMING STRIKERS
trfo arrived in Salem at noon today ' RETURN TO WORK
nnd were met at the depot by Clar-1 Dntte, Mont., Sept. 17. The strike
ence Bishop. After a hurried lunch , of the United Mine Workers of Wy
at the Willamette hotel they were, omlng practically collapsed today
taken to the fair grounds, where, Mluers in the northern part of tho
they were received by the state offl- state are returalnr to work today
dais aad the wombers of the fair pending a further dlctton of the
board. The; athletes were escorted wage ' It ' thought that be
te the Jadgee etaad acro the track ' fore the ead of the week, every stlaer
froaa te gramdstaad. where .they wit- that walked oat te weeks ago, tyias
e4 the ay' . Mre th P ewy If f fffmft. will bf
t0.0 ppl that were crowded ialback at work.
will bo arrested late this afternoon.
SERIOUS OUTBREAKS
IN AUSTRIA
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Vienna. Sopt. 17. Driven to des
peration by crop failures, tho peasan
try In provinces of Gallcla and Ru
kowlna. are engaging in serioufr tip
rlsingB, according to reports received
today. One of the mot serious out
breaks reported la that which oc
curred on the estate of Prlace Lubo
Ueh reewlted rTthei-O ethe
prince
NEWS FROM HERE,
THERE AND KVERVWIIERR
At the recent colebratlon of tha
golden wedding of W. If. Singer,
Pittsburg stool magnato and million
aire, his four children, his only
guests, found a tidy llttlo "favor"'
of 14,000,000 In bonds nnd stockti
next to their plates.
A collie dog In Seattlo fed Its mate,
which had fallen Into a well for over
24 days by bringing food to the odgo
of the well and dropping It in.
Mrs. Anna Cunningham, a pennt
less old woman, walked 2S0 miles to
see her husband's gravo In Chicago,
She came from Rod Wing, Minn., and
wheruho arrived at -the grave, fa'nt
ed from weariness and emotion
Orvllle Wright iHjtiml.
Washington, D.fC, SepX 17. Or
yllle Wright, tho great aviator, and
Lieutenant Selffldge, of the aignal
corps, were both hadjy Injured (1)1 1
evening when the Wright aoroplane
lu wb:h they were waking a WgU,j
fell, t the gNin..