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VOU TV"'-
8ALKM. OREGON, SATUKDOAY, 0OT0RKU n, 1008.
NO. 2I.
(J hr limit, mMAft
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UPREME COURT
THREE MINERS KILLED AND SIX ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION
Mm
GIVES UP
POSITION
FOR ESPEE
35 YEARS
ff W Sklnnor. uftor working 3d
jtin consecutively for tlio South-
in PJCinc company m ouium, )
triil gare up ins position, nib
m'cutloD having uoon nccopicu on
Wooer l.
ne news of tho retiring of "Dad"
nfc'r from nctlvo work will ho ro-
tdied with sorrow hy his many
frksdi la tho business world. Ha
hi held tho positions of clork,
ttlgbt agent and passenger agent
l'i h9 railway during tho cntlro
JUDGES
UNABLE
TOAGREE
ON COMMISSION'S
POWERS
(United 1'rcaM l.rnwt Wlrr.l
San Francisco, Oct. 3. Tho ques
tion as to whothor tho IntorBtnto
Commorco Commission has tho pow
er to fix railroad rates and pass on
tho Bcaoonahlcncss of thoso rates will
: ho passed, upon hy tho supremo court
or tho Unltod SJates for decision.
This Is tho effect of n decision hand
ed down hy Judges Morrow, Ross and
Gilbert, of tho United States circuit
court today, when they announced
TURKEY TO
MARCH ON
BULGARIA
BALKAN SITUATION
IS SERIOUS
(United I'rcis Unned Wire.)
Vlonna, Oct. 3. Turkey will send
an tinny against Bulgaria tho mo
mont that country announces that It
thrown off tho suzerainty of tho Sul
tan, according to telegrams received
from tho Porto today. It was learnd
horo.that tho Sultan and his advis
ers have hold numerous conforoncos
on tho situation, and it was decid
ed this afternoon to move on Bul
garia with an army at onco.
Prlnco Fordlnnndo Bulgaria is cx-
thev had neon unahlo to ncrco on
IS run he ha i been In Snlom and , spvornl points In the- Southern Pa-' poctcd to return to Sofln as. speedily
b:3in to prnct'cnlly every business clflc Company's nmonded hill In tho las posMblo, and it is bollovcd that If
ru In thetown Oregon lumbor rato caae.
Xr Sklnnrr has been an employe Tho law requires tho Judges to be
dtiitillroad roinpany for 30 years, unanlmou'' In tholr decisions, and
ho attempts to check tho people In
tholr rovolt nga'nst Turkey, ho will
bo deposed at once
TAFT IN
PANIC IN
KANSAS
ESCAPtS INJURY 6Y
STRENGTH
'qMmip(1 on pngo ton.' (Continued on Page fi.) (CbtuTnucdonPngo 5.) V
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B a
WONDERFUL BARGAINS
In Ladies' Coats, Suits, Millinery, Dress Goods and Silks
"-f ivl-i'i. j : " III r If V ''f
Wo sell tho goods..
Is our low prices
does It.
It
that
LAWKS' SUITS
Priced Away Down
98.50, 10.00, $12.50,
SU.RO'nnd up.
LAWKS' COATS
Going at Small Price
91.03, $0.00, ?H.no
910.30 and up,
MISSUS COATS
At Bargain Prloes
93.50, 91.50 90.50 nnd
up.
DRUSS GOODS
Now la Your Time for
Bargains
Yd. 25c, a5c, 10c and up
(United Pitch Lcnitd Wire.)
Dodge City, Kas., Oct. 3. Only
William H. Tnft's great bulk and
Btrongth saved him from serious in
jury in a Btampodo late laBt night at
Donver. It wub when tho big crowd
was leaving tho auditorium, when
somoona started a stampodo. Tho
crowd becamo excited JtiBt as Tuft
was making his way out, and ho was
caught In tho Btampodo. Tho candi
date was wopt along. A numbor of
people were badly bruised, and sov-
ornl woro trampled on to some ex
tent, but Taft held his own. nnd, 'n
football fashion, protected himself
In tho rush.
Few pooplo recognized him In tho
excitement oT the minute, and aftor
it ni over he stooped Into tho auto
moh'lr and was whisked away. When
a' ked cbout It on tho npoclal train
this morning, ho paid that ho was
not hurt In the least, but rathor Inti
mated It was a pleosnnt oxnorlonro.
Taft Is fitting In tho day in his
rolo as pacificator. , Ho has brought
tho great wuTlng factions In Iowa,
and Is using his host endeavors to es
tablish gonernl harmnnv In Kansns.
On thi train todnj !ro Sonalor
Long and John L. Brlftow, who beat
Long for tho senatorial uom'natlon
this yenr: W. It. Stuhhs. tho Repub
lican nominee for governer: Cyrus
I.oland, who wa defented by Stuhhs;
flovornor Hoeh, Lloutonnnt-aovornor
Fitzgerald. Congressman Murdock,
MIHor and Madison, National Com
mlttecman D. W. Mulvnno, 8onntor
Curtis and .T.""K Jolloy, chairman' of
tho Hopuhllcnu -statn committee
Taft mode a short speech at Syra
ens nt 0 o'clock thl morning, whoro
a Fhort stop was mado.
Ho is speaking to tho farmers nil
along tho route today.
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V. OF O. SKNIOR CLASS
OFFICERS ELECTED
(TTnlted Prra Leued Wire.)
Uulvorslty of Oregon, Eugcno,
Or., Oct. 1. Soulor class olllcots
wero olectcd tonight as follows.
Provident, Jesso Bend, Florence; vtco
president, Bosslo Gologly, Orogon
City; secretary, Olivia Hlsloy, Rose
burg; troasurer, Harold Morryman,
Portland; sergeant at arms, Cor
nelius Beobo, Eugene. Mr. Bend hns
always boon clooly allied with stu
dent politics. Ho belonged to tho
college do bating team and lost win
ter won tho medal for iutorstato ora
tor. o
DOLLIVKR 'lO UK
HERE OCTOBER 17
(United I'ren I.mumI Wire, i
Portland, Or.. Oot. 3. Senator
Dolllvor U scheduled to dollver hU
add rasa at Snlom on or about October
17, and the Capital City I making
big preparations for this event. It
!s plunnod tn mako Senator Dolllvor'
nil d roes tho blgge-t rally of the
pre idsntlal catupulgn la Oregon
BIG WIND
STORM IN
ARIZONA
LOSS RUNS INTO
THOUSANDS
(United Pint Leaned Wire.)
Wlllmms, Ariz., Oct. 3. Damngo
amounting to luundrcds of thousands
of dollars Is reported today as tho
result of a galo which swopt across
Arizona at tho rato of 100 mllos nn
hour yostorday, and caused n flro re
sulting In a loss of 1200,000. Crops
nro ruined, buildings blown down,
telophouo nnd tolograph wires crip-
plea and giant trcea destroyed.
Tho ilro wub Htartod In Rabbit
BroB.' general merchandise storo and
do-troyed six buildings In the heart
of the huHlncB district.
Aftor tho Ilro had boon In progress
about an hour, a terrlflo explosion
.shnttored the rul'm o' the H-thblt
Btore. Brlelu anfl debris were hurled
Into tho ulr, breaking wl idowtt and
endangering tho live of thu poople
who woro rushing through tho strootti
ACCIDKNTS IX 1WSTKST
OF AUTO RACKS
LITTLE
HOPE OF
JRESCUE
TOR MEN CUT OFF
IN MINE
New York, Oct. 3. A special po
llcomnu Is dying and throo drivers
nro badly luut as thu result of tho
Ilrut 12 hours of. tho 24-liour auto
mobile rare at Brighton Reach,
' Having brokou all records, six of
tho twelve stnrtors wero runulug at
8 o'clock this morning, whou. Strange,
driving a Renault car, was n mllo
ahead of Lescault, who was In second
placo In a Simplex car. Strnngo hud
covered 013 miles.
Cobe, who was driver of n Lozlor
car, was caught In n smashup, And
his logs wero badly .criiBhod. His
condition Is said to bo serious.
Block, who wus In a Renault car,
also wiih in a smash up, and was no
verely burned about tho head and
faco. Ztust sustained a bad cut on
the head, nnd wns lutornully injured.
Robertson, In a Thomas car, was
third at tho twelfth hour, and Mich
oner, In n Lozlor, was fourth. Old
Hold, who Is driving n Stearns, Is far
behind tho leadors, hut It Is oxpoctod
that ho will attempt to catch up to
day, and ivroliahly will do some Hon
satloual sprinting.
T, Doflckott, special ofllcor, was
struck by ono of tho racors whllo ho
wa driving a crowd of boys away
from tho track. Tho hoys had von.
ttirnd out on tho spoedwny, and woro ' mitiiorltlos.
in aangor or insiani uaain. uoiick-i Uov Mr HouBhton eavs ho hnd
ott misjudged tho speed of n car, and 440 nor oV Inn In thoSnto of Now
started across tho track at tho wrong Vork at o?,o So! This ho gavo to
(United PreM IAird Wire.)
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 3, Threo
nro known to bo dead and six others
nro bollovcd to lmvo lost their Uvea
in nn explosion in thu Tennossoo Com
pnny'a mine nt Blosburg.
Tho minors nro cut off;, and rolays
of mon nro working donporatoly in an
effort to rescuo them,
Tho prisoners nro in tho wrocked
portion or tho mlno, nnd It Is Impos
sible to tell the full extent of the
dnmago.
It is feared that all will bo dead
before they are reached. Ambulances
havo boon nont to tho mouth of tho
mlno, nnd a number o.f injured have
boon glvou nttontlon at tho mine dis
pensary. n ;
MISKINO MIN'ISTKR
TURNS Ul IX WANT
(rnllod I'trfu t.rnM-(l Wlro.)
Portlunrf, Oct. 3, With n long
story or jionury nnd ml 'fortune, Rev.
George F. Houghton, who bo myato
rlouHly disappeared weeks ago, en-'
torod tho oitlco of tho county board
of rellof ot tho court Iioiibu yostor
dny morning, and nsked Hint ho be
sent to tho county poor fnrm, But,
after hearing his troubles. It'wan de
cided that It would not bo neccsanry,
nt least for tho prosont, as tho Visit
ing Nursos' Association will look af
ter hi m temporarily. Liitor. It will
bo decided what shall bo dono.
T, 8. McDonlols and 0. 8. McPhor
hoii woro In conforonco with tho
county aiithorltloa yostorday after
noon, and docldod that tho aged man
is in imporntivo need of troatmout.
Ho Is said to ho on tho vergo of pnou
monln, nnd norvotiB collapuo,
Rov. Mr. Houghton, who Is 80
years old, told Mr. Carr, clork or tho
board or rollof, n pitiful story ot
hnvlng gono to San Francisco and of
having boon robbed threo times
within tho last eight months. Ho mild
that at tho time ho wns first missed
he Intended to go to Snlom to look
nftor Intorosts there, hut missed the
train. Ho then took tho boat for Ban
Francisco, Thore, ho said, his pock
ets woro picked or 1300 lu gold, bo
sides pnpors, nnd he applied to tho
chlor or police ror nld. Ho wns re
turned to Portland, ho n'd, by tha
timo.
his son, with tho understanding that
ml. - 11 . ,... w.., ...... ...v ........ mi......
J 110 Car wns gOlllg Ol n terrillO rOlO il,a V,,,lh wna n enrn fnr hlin lint
of iiooi! whon It struck Dailckett. i oantrary to Mr. Honghtoirs oxpoe
ami It Is not thought that he can pos- ,ntifl tho young man oxhnustod
lbly rocovor. Ho was tnkon to a ho-
pltal.
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CAR'H COUSIX SAYS UK
WIMi VhY TIIK rirAXXKL
PnrU. Oot. 3. AvowIiik his Inten-
tiuu of flying aoross tho English
channel, Prlnco . Bolatoff, second
eciiiHln or the Cznr, today gavo an or-
ir tnr tha liimmnnliirn rif nn nurii-
IBxnton tralus from nil parte or ,, mnUm ftftor plans of hli own
tho state will run to Sa!em that day, , invoutlon
nd mny of the ; foremost campaign- AMr placing his order tho prlnco
6rn,?f Zn WU' be,?.n hand-., 'and his mother, tho Prlncoes VIwm
The Oregon Republican na'lontl Wi .tgrt,,,! for Koinmi, where Rol-
commlttoo yeeterday ieceived half ji atoff wm continue his oiporiinonU
ton of MOtpalgn literature which wl.I nftr Dover. Belstoff. who is 20
be distributed as rapidly SS POS I- voara olrf. ( laolarna lie hna tiavnr ilntm
uitf.
WilSSS AND WAISTIXG
SILKS
Golag at SnislI Prices
Yd., ago, Wp, 40c nnd up
Chicago Store
Salem, Ore.
o
R(K)iaT yTSI'IKI)
Wrni HITCHCOCK
Wnsblns'oa, D. C, 0t. a Us
publiosu nolltlrlans r (IImum ag to
ds a statement glren out at the
Whits HmiM Is t nlgst Ig whkh It It
said Prosldost RooetiveU SBdorsee
the Hitcboook msiuurement of the
Tsft osittpulK'i. aad sails eu all RH
publlcsas to iv the asstgalgn was- j
sger their esriuiAt support.
The Hltchcosk 'ituet'oe was dlK
ouirod t s cau I set mooting yestor
day. as 1 lr la stated that the Poei-1
dent waxod warm when liifortned of j
ihe rnaior that Ih had ken behind
he moveaieHt to discredit HItchoock. !
He Is said to have uxprotfued blniMlf
.trosgly on the subject, and had de-
!red that h would givo any Repub-
' an who came to the Whlt House
tke Intended to make Uie flight with
him aeross the elutitnel. Bolatoff Is
r( tloent about his machine.
o ,, ,., . ,
HAMH'S COSII'LAI.V OF
rV'.UJt TlfF'l''KNT
IP If t-e rin ' rlv. S .ft Cri
n n r ' 'Hl'l Pr n
' Hr-i h IT 84 Georg'a.)
Meni'e. P I Oct. S. -The ' '-
of ' (te t 'iteoted hitrly Hlsy
wbt-n Mi- ofll dors wor glvou shora
lea ' - !1 the men forsod -. r-
oni' t'A
Tl " m av thoy oan w't' d
Hi i o'en u md or !' ffi" V
anything lu his ilfo hut exjiorimeiit
with aeroplanes, and that ho does
not desire any other oooupstlop III
toother Is keenly lu'erostod in his ex
periments, and today doclnred that I in Snn Quentls wsti the psinlxhrnont
the fortuno and left his father with
nothing.
That thorp d ronio fwmdntion for
Mr. Houghton's assortioiis that ho N
ono of the holrs to a Inrgo ostnto h
tho bel'ef or thoso who know tho
facts. Rut It Ib thought that ho ha
permitted his mind to dwell upoa
hie monetary, affair mo long that It
has been weakened.
It Ih believed that the Motlmdlut
ohuroh. nt Twenty-sixth Rhd Buvlor
streuti, to which Mr. Houghton sub
scrlbiul I ft 00, will nut realize on thn
MMhuortptlon. There tire otln-r sdi.
crlntfons whlrh Jie will not be nMo
p iy.
OICTS THIRTY YILMIH
iron icinxAi'ixn nuiL
rresgo, usi., oot. Tniriy -,'v
o
mot od out to Tony I.orU by JidKO
H. Z. Austlu today for his poni'.)frl'y
lu the sneetlonsl kldaap'Hi' of JMnu
Doinecg u rout her home near Coal
lnr, on JniK 29.
Orover C. Kngo-rs, LovhII'h p.irt
n , who ftDi'utMl wlh the 'IM,
"Hi in vtr4 l ""'ol oril Rq
era Is a stepson of I.oveell,
Ioveall nnd Rogers took Edna
Domonglno from hsr homo about
midnight on June 29, and domnudod
15000 ror her 'return. Rogers wns
,"tiir-d lh aoxl dnv He n
l I.ov-al! whs cftiil-i it
fi- r ln" after, but malnt 'In--1 th't
-, 'hat Mini win I h was Innont The rrloio was ono
who fw io mti miH muoo :;.. ,.,.. ... ,., . .... .. i r H. .., ,irin i. th.l.ian r
, w.th crRId ra of Hitchcock a piece of , " ?' "f, "..iT """,'"" "tJO """ ; IV, ,"" " "
IFro.no county.
his mind on tho subject. ' " '' " ...