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SALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOIiEK 10, 1008.
NO. 15 1.
ORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN IS BURNING
laurnai
ASKELL SUES HEARST :
FOR $600,000 DAMAGES
iHERIn
OUTWITS
JDIT0R
HRSTS IN DOOR TO
STATEROOM
fruited I'rcM Leased Wire.)
lOoibs, Neb,, Oct, 10. Wllllnm
(tars' was served witii pnpors in
wit fa- $600,000 damngoa brought
Coremor Charles N, Haakoll of
ihom. a lio wna passing
Irosfh 'his city early todny.
(A deputy sheriff with tho pnpoiF.
(cirJcl the train, but found tho
Ixr to Hearst's Btatoroom .locked.
It mocked on tho door any -Mrj.
tCcntlnuod on pago ofgrh.)
TAFT NOT
URGED BY
ROOSEVELT
LEnERS PUBLISHED
BY M46AZ1NE
(United l'rci Leased Wire.)
New York, Oct.. 10. Tho an
nouncement wn8 mado today by
"Hnmpton's Drottdwny Magazine"
that it will publish In tho Novombar
number a lcttor from Roosovolt to
Tnft and another from Taft to
Roosevelt, relntlvo to tho presiden
tial nomination In wh'ch -tho prosl
dont docllned to ndvlso Taft ns to
what conrso ho should take,
(Continued on pago 4.)
KING PETER
HAS GIVEN
UP THRONE
a
REPORTED LEAVING
A Powerful Inducement
9
Is the Quick Selling of merchandise IS LOW PRICES. If you want
tie Best Bargain In Salem In Ladies' COATS, SUITS, DRESS GOODS,
SILKS, MILLINERY, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR and All Kinds of
Till Wearing Apparel, como to. tho CHICAGO STORE. Tho store with
tt up-to-date goods nt tho lowest price j.
I GRAND SHOWING!
0' the la'est 1) 05s Goods. Pine
B--MI an! Walst'ng Silks the a.
ftwent la g fat. Choosing will
W ejr for von and tho price,
-'i the lowo t quoted by any
Tnl U.V. a.ir. .in. c. .wi ....
. .. .., .vi U MJ.
Tionunds of Yards of Outing
nneli at Sriroiai Prices.
r"d 't, 8c, (P,c, H 1.3c mid tin.
V" oa Blanket and Comfort?
8ay down. Pair 30c, lOr,
Wc nnd in..
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R CHICAGO STORE for Honest
Goali at Ij, n..
-" tllVU,
XKW ARlavALS IN
Suits and Coats
ATttma.IVPnrni?a
ltroth&. -
IIIsa " 3P for SPt Cash.
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(United Vrttt I,nt(J Wire.)
London. Oct. 10. Klne Potor of
Sorvln has secretly abdicated hi
throno aud is lonvlng Sorvln, nqedrd
ing to' a report rocolvod hero today.
EffortB to verify tho roport lmvo so
far proved futilo.
Tho members of tho national. ns
sombly nnd of tho King'B cnbin'ct
profe-o ignornnco of King Peter's
whorenbouts.
It 1 known that Poter hns Ijoon
unpopular with his peoplo for sev
eral yonrs and when ho refused, to
declare war on Austria-Hungary
recently on tho annexation of Bosnia
nnd HPrzogovlna, tho populace wns
enraged.
COfiTMlJIA TO TKACir
AERIATi NAVIGATION
(I'nttri) li w I .rawed Wlre.i
New York, Oct. 10. It' wns an
nounced today that tho University
of Columbia hni addod n cours in
aoronnutlrs, tho first of Its kind to
bo given In nnv American university,
to Its curriculum, Only ono student
is enrolled In tho now couro at
proont, but it is boliovod that
othors will avail thomsolves of tho
opportunity to study tho fascinating
seionco of navigating tho air.
Dr. Charles C. Trowbridge of tho
physics department, who has spont
many yean Investigating tho fl'ght
of birds, lias charge or tho new
branch. Grovor Clovolnnd Loonlng,
an A. I). 0.' tho university, has bo
gun work as the first student for hl
mnMtor's degrco.
Vi first year is to bo spent In
studying everything thnt has been
wrltton on tho subject nnd ho will
then turn to orlglnn' rosonrch In tho
laboratory, using models.
o
GIHL SUBDUES MASHER
WITH UPPE ROUTS
(ItnUffl I'M Leuieil Wire I
Portland, Or., Oct. 10. Miss
Lfonn Davis, pretty, small and
plucky, li a herolno todny in tho
eyes of her roinds bocnuBo h
naod hor tiny AbU quite freely last
night In subduing a young masher
and turning him over to a police
man, Tho prisoner gnvo tho nnmo of
Eugene .Wllflon nnd snld ho was the
representative of a theatrical show.
Mifs Dnv's said she was passing
along Park stroot when tho young
man stoppod from n , doorway and
seized her arm.
"I toro away from him," sho ox
n'alned today, "nnd etruok him on
the chin. 1 guess It wan one of those
upper cut things. Then, I gave my
right hand n ret nnd polted him
with mv left. I was still hitting him
awful hard when n policeman hap
pened alpng."
Wilson secured ball nnd was re
leased, but will bo given a hearing
in court.
COUNTY ROAD BUILDING
MUST BE REVOLUTIONIZED
METHODS
MUST BE
IMPROVED
VERDICT OF JUDGE
BUSIIEY
Thoro is going to bo n revolution
in road building In this county or
tho county trensury and tho taxpay
ers will go Into bankruptcy, Is tho
vordlct of County Judge Hushoy. Ho
Is not sntlsftcd that tho present sys
tom of holplng locnlllloj out of tho
genornl fund will work out In tha
long run. Judgo Buqhoy says tho
way 'tis dono thoro Is no tolling what
It will cost in apy given unilertnklng
to build n i-ond, and tho county court
has no ba Is for levying- a county tn.
Ho says ho Is compiling tho figure
for tho fixed charges of county gov
ernment, nnd then proposes that the
cxpondlturoa for road purposes bo
brqught in some wny homo to tho
.ppoplo thomsolves. He cays ho doon
not see how tho presont Bystom can
00 continued wmiout nroniang up
tho county and running it Into dobt
and ho docs not want to bo a party
to any ruch proceedings. This wll!
ho a shock, to somo of tho good road
enthusiasts, but n dash of tho cold
wator of fiold truth Is soniotimo3bot
tor than tho unMmltcd oxpnnslon 0'
political hot air that is founded upon
thoorios.
An Unjust System.
Judgo Duihey says tho presont
ystem Is unjust to n largo portion of
tho country bocnuso tho distribution
of tho funds Is Inequitnblo and causos
dissatisfaction. Tho present county
court hni tried for tho past fow
months to carry out, tho contract
which tho county had already ontorod
Into, nnd hni boon nbleto help a lit
tle hero nnd thoro whero thoro Boom
ed to bo nn nbsoluto necessity. Hut
ho present county court will nol
undrtnko. to do any mora on these
lines until tho matter has been thor
oughly investigated and seo whore
tho troublo lies. County fjudgc
ninhoy exprofised hlmRAlf to a Copl
tal Journal roportor that ho thought
it was wrong to spond such lnrge
sums holplng Just ono. neighborhood.
It was not "yJtJPgjllJS
(Continued on nago seven).
-o--
GETS SEVEN
YEARS FOR
FELONY
NUMBER
OF DEAD
. UNKNOWN
HUNDREDS HEMMED
IN BY FIRES
(United Trew Leaied Wire.)
Alponn, Mich., Oct. 10. Tho
wholo of northwestoru Michigan Is
burning. Tho flames already havo
swept four counties nnd tho Iobb of
llfo is heavy. It Ib boliovod that If
roportB could bo obtained tho results
of tho fires would bo tho most ap
palling In tho history of this pnrt of
tho country.
Fourteen women and children nro
known to Iipvo been burned to donth
nt Metz. Thoro it practically no hopo
for tho two hundred refugqes who
loft tho city on tho rollot train that
wns wrecked In tho burning forott,
' Ono refugoo Who nrrlvod from
Motz todny Bays thut very fow es
caped and that ho bollovna practical
ly tho wholo population of tho town.
numbering moio than two. huudrod,
wns lost. Tho total nunuior of dead,
howovor, enn only ho estimated by
tho wildest conjecture
Among thoso known to lmvo loit
tholr Hvo3 on tho roliof train .wore
John Klnvcln, onglnorr; Arthur Loo,
flromnn nnd William Lee. brakpman.
TJicbo thrco mon stnyod by tho train
and tried to got It back on tho
tracks, whllo tho pashongors flod bo
foro tjio ronrlng firos.
How mnny of ilibso peoplo, who,
frightened out of tholr wits, stnrtod
wildly through tho burning woods,
could havo osrapod death, It Is linrd
to understand,
Eight Flroi Till IMiniM'nl.
Thii city caught flro from tho
sparks carried horo by tho winds nnd
ror a timn u socmen mm u was
do 1. Sevrra' buildings woro de
stroyed. .Men fought to fire nil night nnd
when tho mnrnlmr enmo and tho
wind shlftod. nny of thorn col
lapsed whom they stood. Ab soon
ns It was believed tho city was afo,
tho citizens nat .down to rest nnd
many nro' s'eoplng about the streets
today In tho spots whore thoy
stoppod work.
DEADLY
RIOTS IN
JJ8B0N
TWENTY-THREE ARE
KILLED
IJJiUJyt nUf MVts you MMY 08E60N
1JOY DROPS GUN
AND IS KILLED
(United Pie Iniwl Wire. I
1 Sookane. Oct. lCOJirton War
ner, 17 years old, Is tho latet vit
tlLi of a hunting trin.
Acornnanled. by eomnanlonv thf
voung r-n '"is run""' in 'ne vicin-
Por criminally assaulting little
12-yenr-old Loulso Zollinger, Britten
Bennett will servo seven years In the
penitentiary according o sentence
parsed upon him by Judgo Burnett
this morning.
J. O. Walker was sorttonoed to two
yearn for, burglary nnd Ed Sweeny
got 30 days for petit larcony.
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EASTERN EOOTllALL
SEASON ON IN EARNEST
(United l'r I.ar(J Wire.)
Now Haven",. Conn., Oct. 10. The
Yale eleven "will meet tholr first real
antagonist of the football sonion to-
itv f rnu-iiio hi iinma. vMterdav 1 husky gridiron material of tho
and wap standing on a log looking United States Military Academy at
wopc I'oiiu. iiiinoreui 01 uuuururB
'or game when tils rifle sBpnod. An
Instant lator a cartridge In his gun
was exnloded and young Warner
fell forward, exclaiming: "Boys. I'm
shot." Theso were tho ast word 1 he
spoke. A bullet had pierced hJ
heart, killing him instantly.
Tho match to have taken place
yesterday between the freshmen of
the University of Oregon and the O.
A C. was called off .by the latter,
becap-e the men could not be
spared.
of Old Ell wll' go to West Point to
witness the contest.
Tommorrow will aho 8o a foot
ball struggle between the un'verslty
of Pennsylvania and Brown, which
is a. game next In importance to tho
Yale-West Point match.
S. A. D. Puter has returned fom
Washington and propose to aid tho
government in recovering ftreperty
that has been unlawfuly takes from
it. Puter ought to kiww, . ,
Dotrolt, Mich., Oct. 10. Lato this
afternoon tho towns roportod de
stroyed by tho groat forost flros nrl
Metz, 200 Inhabitants.
MillerHhurg, tho largost town In
Prnsquo Islo county, GOO Inhabit
ants, PoBonn, 200 porBOtu.
Pulaski, n hamlet.
A Mlllersburg dlsontch snvs that
whon tho Motz rofugoo train wns
ditched through the burning of n
rulvfrr, 17 persons woro hurnod to
donth. A woman end tlrco children
nro among the dead. Two bodies
have been recovered. Tho 200 per
sons of Motz bonrdod the tra'n to
e enpe to Cheboygan, the northern
terminus o.f tho road.
After tho train bocamo derailed,
1 ne lire, wnifjj wa3 sweeping
through tho trees, parallel to tho
track attacked the, wreckod cars.
Groping blindly 'through tho shovr
r of spakti and the denso .smoke
the mon and women bocamo sepa
rated and dashed In ull directions
socking a place at which to break
through the ring or flames.
Detroit. Mloh., Qec. 10. It Is rQ
ported lion tht a tra'n bearing 200
rofugge from Mozt has been
hammed In by forest flros and that
all aro probably dead. Metz has
beon ontroly destroyed.
Htnwuhtl In Burning porot.
After the flames had surrounded
Motz attempts io snve tho buildings
of the plac uppmod futll. The
'nhnhltants gathered at tho rail
rond station and boarded a train for
Mlllersburg, 20 miles away.
Word from Mlllersburg says that
tho train was dltcho dthree mlhs
fron Motz In the heart of the burn
ing, foreit. Searching parties Hqntj
out rrpm Minersourg were lorcen 10
retreat before th tome.
-ftttpaUbw frp JJemjAYtpr
malted lTew LeMd Win.)
LlBbon, Portugal, Oct. 16. Twenty-three
mon woro killed or mortally
wounded nnd 40 wore ftorlously In
jured In a gront riot At Azambtijn
boiwoon tho Monarchists nnd Repub
licans nt tho municipal clofctlon prl
ninrlos todny.
Tho Ropubllcann outnumbered tht)
Monarchists nnd woro tho aggres
sors IP tho fight. After n struggle
In tho streots, tho Monarchists were
put to flight nnd -took rofugo In u
chprchi barricading the doors and
windows.
Tho Republican thou obtained
honvy poHtB nnd timbers, with which
llioy mndo Imttorlng rnnis, With
ilieso, thoy battored down tho doorn
nnd with stones thoy bMkc all the
w.lndown thnt woro ox))osod, Whon
tho, doors wore brokon (torym, the
mob runhoij, Into tha churgh uud at
tomptcd to ' tiuuMucro tho Mpuarch
tits. A bloody lmttlo was fought undor
tho roof of tho sanctuary, In which
knives nnd guns woro used with
deadly effect.. Tho Monarchists, havi
ing no moans of retreat, fought doe
poratoly until tho urrlvnl of tha
troops. Tho Boldlora arrested a
number of tho lenders and finally
roscorod oritur.
Tho town li undor martial law as
tho authorities fear further troublo
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i-nni ivn B"i't from Mlllersburg toll
ing of tho disaster to tho Motz ror
ugeoB, tho flro iitlvniiee'd upon "Mil
lorsburg nnd destroyed that town al
so. Two roliof trains which loft Al
ponn for tho scono woro forced to
roturn, nn It was 'impossible to mnkd
any progress In tho faco of tho tor
rifle fires.
Tho fires aro spreading rapidly ac
cording to dispatches received hero
onntlnunlly. It Is bcliovrd a num
ber of small towns havo boon wiped
out. .
Shoboygnti, Mich., kOct. tCTho
flros which swept this part of tho
stato Inst night havo destroyed tho
towns of Metz nnd Bolton. Tho Iqbi
of llfo Is wild to havo been heavy but
reports nro meagro an all wires nro
down and communication Is cut off;
A. train from Mota was burnod in
tho forest. It carried 200 peoplo
out of tho doomed town nnd It la
fonred nioit of them havo boon
smothered to death or burned In tho
blazing foroBte. Tho proporty losa
will amount Into millions.
Calumet, Mich., Oct. 10. Brush
flros are raging ovor tho untro cop
per country of tiortliorn Michigan on
the Koweonaw ponlimilo. Severn)
small towns are threatened with de
struction ami tho people in the
woods nro battling with tho ilamod
Tho tin tiro timber country tract
hotweon Calumot njid Lnko Super'or
U burning. Tho flro li rnglng near
Keweenaw nnd therj is rmnll Ijopo
of nvlug tho little clearings In tho
WOOdB.
Npwb broght hero wiy that sevorul
fttmlllos nro entirely surrounded by
tho ftamoti, nnd havo porlshod. Tho,
situation Is dojporate.
Sanlt St. Murle, Mlcdi.. Oct. 10.
The forot. ffres forced thilr wny id
to this city early todny In spite of
tho do'iiernte work of to citizens
who battled ill "tseljt to koop theia
cutsldo the olty lltultt-.
A squad of dyuamPerd preparotl
to blow up tho warehouse of tho
800 Hardware company to prorent
the flam OS from spreading through
the olty.
The tructuro was savor, however,
by mon who forced back tho fire at
the peril of their lives,
Tho smoke Is so heavy ovr St,
Mario rlvor that alt navlMtK koa
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