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SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOHKIl ! lfMW.
NO. 308.
nsHMUJi Hum lull
AN KILLS WIFE AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
1
EOPLES' CHOICE SENATOR GETS RECEPTION TONIGHT AT HOTEL
ASTERER SLASHES
THROAT OF GIRL-WIFE
AFTERWARD HIS OWN
IUS TIMMONS COMMITS MURDER
M COURT STREET HOME-ADMITS DEED
Ei'u Tlmmons, n plnstoror, while
i drunkon frenzy, about .12:30
xk last night, murdorcd hie 10-
Uld wife, Stella, by Blushing hor
at with a razor as sne my in uou
i Mated room at tho homo of W.
IWeitcott, 142 Court street, tho
t to tho left of tho cottage notci.
murderer, after committing tho
kttfal crime, realized tho torrlblo
mj throuRh his drunkon stupor,
IMfD'a the acnaiy weapon urm
ion throat Tho attomut at aul-
twai not success ui, nowuvur, mri
I nut havo fallen asleep until 7:30
iBcrnlnir. when ho ntumblod to
tfcorof tho room occupied by'.Mrs
iBmlth Ilaylmll. knocked, nntl,
tin inch an onfecbled condlt'on
to be unable to spenk. uttered In-
NEW YORK
STEAMER
BURNS
FOUR MEN WERE
CREMATED
coherent sounds to secure assistance
fcoblcd condition as to be unalbo to
speak,
Aftor the crlmo was discovered, It
was recollected by Mrs. HaybalTs
children, who sleep In tho room
abovo that In which tho murder was
porpotrntod, that they heard n strug
gle In tho Tlmmons npnrtmout about
12:30 o'clock. This, coupled with
tho opinion of tho coroner, that thn-J
womnn had been dead sovornl hour;
whon discovered, leads .to tho bollof
that tho mtirder wai committed nt
that Mmo, 12:30 o'clock this morn
ing. , Mrs. llnylinjl was tho first to coo
th,p muto ovhlon.ee of tho tragedy, In
tho blood which had flowed, ovor tho
(Continued on page eight.)
(Hnlted I'rww Leartd Wlr.)
Newburjr, N. T., Oct, 21, Four
moii wero uurned to death today In
n fire which destroyed tho steamer
Now York, of tho Hudson River Day
Lino. Tho stenmor was undergoing
ronnlrs In tho shipyard horo. Fifty
pcrsotn woro on board when tho Are
was dlicovorcd. A number woro
Bllghtly InjuroJ In Iho pnnlc that fol
lowed and tho wild rush for safety.
Tho four victims woro trapped bolow
decks.
It Is supposed the flro waajcaiiaod
by an oxploslon, but tho real causo
may never bo known. Tho New York
was ono of the big river boats, and
mado tho daylight trlnbetwoon Al-
,bany and Now York City. Bho was
a woodon craft and hurnod rapidly.
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SALEM'S BUSIEST STORE OFFERS THE GREATEST VALUES
A' THK FOLLOWIXG XEW ARRIVALS: LADIES' Sl'iTfi. T 'uw COrs. miESR HKIHTR. SILK
in iFIISKlHTS, FINE MILLINERY, FIXE SILICS AND DRESS GOODS, KID GLOVES., RUCHIXGS, AKCY
H VKR. LEATHKIl GOODS. LADIES' RELTS AXI) PIECE GOODS OF ALL IUXDS: ALSO 1ILAX-
ISE7S AXI 1LANNELS.
Women's
New Suits
Prlcod nt Small
Prices.
$7.50, $8.50.
$10.50, $12.50
. and up
Women's and
Misses' Coats
Wm It P1 Sam A lifn
K I'ii 111 ill H I ' $ 1 nv
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RETIRE
PREFERRED
STOCKS
WALL STREET MICH
EXCITED
fUnlled VrtM LmM lr.V
Now York, Oct. 21. Wall street Is
In terror today, duo to tho official an
nouncement that tho Southorn Pacific
Company Is shortly to rotlro Its pre
ferred stock, which amounts to $39,
000,600. The officials of the1 Harrl
man lino havo not yet decided what
method will bo iuel In tho transac
tion, but expect that It will not bo by
tho Issuance of common stock.
The proferrod stock wrb itsucd la
1004,' when tho company was not
paylnxillvldend8, and another laano
was soul last yoar Yrhon money was
tlKht,
Thp stock Ih sovon per cont cumu
lntlrVd snbJrfoU.to call at Mr, un
til Juno, 1010, nnd convorunio o
common stock at par, at the lioldor's
option,
TJio mnnaKomont of tho railroad
ostlmntos thnt n million and n half
n year can bo saved by retiring tho
pro forrcd stock. ,
Tho dond nre: John Jones, Joseph
MutHiows, iBiiuc Jenkins nnd Alex
ander Drnu, -'
OXE SUPPOSED VICTIM '
OF XIGIIT RIDERS SAFE
At
Special
Prices,
Salo
$150, $6.50
.$8.50, $10.50
and up
Silks and
Dress Goods
Priced away down
We are showing the
Latest Novelties
Yard 24c, 35c, 4c
65c
and up
If you wast tho
KH Tli I Sa
tan l 0tl Kka-
CWAMt MSM Ut
(t'nl-fJ Preif Ledlod Wlrcl
Memphis, Tonn., Oct. 21. Colonol
R. L. Taylor, tho need lawyer, 'who,
with Cnptnln Quoutln Rankin, was
roinoved frotn tho Ward Hotel at
Walnut Lok, Tonn., at midnight Mon
day by "NlRht Riders," who mur
dored Captain Rnnkln, nppoarod In
Tlptonvlllo today, after having es
caped the fat cof his partner In tho
East TounessoQ Land company,
Uo wns compelled to! look on whllo
his pnrtner was hanged to, n trco nnd
his body riddled with bullbtB.
Then n nooso wai thrown about
Taylor's neck, nnd ho would havo
boon hanged had not somo of tho
n'ght riders Interrupted pie proceed
ings with a demand for hla relcnso
on his promise thnt ho would secure
for them tho fishing rlghtB In Rool
fool Lake, over which tljo. feud start
ed This precipitated ft discussion.
Somo wanted to'hold tho aged attor
ney until they could get the flsHlng
concession, and others wanted to kill
him nt onco.
Whllo tho mon woro nte'iilng Trty
lor escaped. H6 Bwam across a
bayou with bullets grazing over his
head, and night riders after him.
After a terrlblo Journey through
the swamps, Taylor rcachod Tipton
I vlllo today. Ho will be an import
, ant wltnos before the grand jury
that hns been called to lnvetlgato
tho murder. Ho said today, that ho
rUGUHIMiUU BUIIIU til 111U JU3.
ItAlLROAD OFFCrATfl
SCORED 1JY WRYAX
(Ualted PrM Um4 Wire.)
Mt, Vernon, Ohio, Oct, 21. Do
jclarlng that the oWciaU ef tk Van
idorbllt railroad system- ard ttilt'
Ing to coorco and Intlmldati their
employe's Into voting for the Ropub-
Mean ticket, William J. Uryan mode
a bitter attack upon General Manager
Van WIckle, Vlce-Prosldont Schaff
.and Assistant Superintendent Ingalls
'In hh speech here today. His ar
' ralsnnient of tho railroad officials
i caused a big sensation '
, The attack w9 the result of
speeches by the t reo officials to the
! employes of tho Vauderbllt system at
.BellfontalRO, Ohio. 'last nlfiW. They
declared tha a Democrat'o vlc4ory
meajtt a cut l wsgtw, as the result of
the uepr'oa which, they said,
wouldj.btt sure c; folQW te clftctVo
olry,a," , .
FIV WOK KM X " ,
AUK JtLOWX UP
Nw Orlm, Oct. tli-Vir
were blows ust by tfc ! t
kldda ckra of towiWt. wWeh
wm kit by 4m Jkl 1 tU
WILLAMETTE HOiBL PrACE TO
MEET YWI SENATOR ELECTED BY
WWCt' VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
" i
Fearless Chmi ri i Purified United States Scute
Who Will he iMfrtsible Directly to (he ,Ftpte
Voters of AH Firtfes tni Factions Who Wkye in
the Direct Trtwmks sod Direct Electioi if Sdwttri
Rally to Back the Chsupien of StateMeit Ni. 1-A
Senator Who Wants to Take His lKstroctioas From
the People Direct.
Sonator Uourno Ih coming to
town. Tho peoplo of Salem will
witness tho romarknblo sight of a
United States sonator who was
elected by tho direct votef of the
people, n Republican who onco man
aged tho Dryau campaign In Oregon,
who was cursed and hntcd without
cniro by tho machine managor of.
Oregon, nnd who nro still his bluer
cpt .political onomlo'. -.
ArrlvcH Thin Aflcriionn. "
Sonator Dannie in cxncctGd to ar
rive at 3:40 this aftornobn and will
go nt onco to tho Wll nmotto ltntol,
whoro ho lins ongagod a sulto of
rooms. This ovoning ho will bo
nlvon n recoptlon y IiJr frlonda nt
tho hotel, nnd friends with Hournu
monn? nnyono who is an Amorlcnn
citizen or cares enough for this
country to bocoino ono, Senator
Dourno knows no party linos but s
liiBt as glad to seo u Damocrnt or n
Soclnllat as a Republican or n Pro
hi. Ho Is a warm snpnorior of Taft
and bolloves In Republican wiccoai
nnd nnrtv orgnnWaMou o carry tho,
principlo into nrrcct. nut no is
fnrthor nn odvocnto of tho principle
thnt country Is nbovo party, nnd
when pnrty prnctlcos bocomo bud It
' tho duty of tho citizen to Wbo
nbovo party nnd ntnnd for principlo.
A PcopIo'H Senator,
As champion of Statomont No. 1
ho won tho nonntorshlp without buy
Inir n voto or Bnondlnir a dollar In an
i'lmiKonor mnnnor to net" that nfflco.
In 'act ho wai nt Washington. D. C,
yh h ini olorted, bo nliio'ntoly
"ur' was ho that thp nrlnclnloi ho
stood for would bo binding upon tho
legislature
Tnitn II I Fricml.
Senator Bourne I a nnn who
trusts his frlonds rik! believe la
them to tho utmost II ha never
botrayed friends to get office, or cast
1119m away wuon times were tronuj-
shs. When Dave Craig failed In
me nop uusinew, ne went to uoyrae
nnd the latter asked him how. WHCh
It would tako to set him up and stive
tho. farnu Tho money was pwt up
and when a good turn came, Craltr.
wont to hint to pay up; 'HMtrne t6ok
tlie-monoy 'he novor expected, to see
ngaln, but rofitscdrio take ti cext of
Intorest. IJoprnp is not a quitter
of mou or 'principlo when once he
hns boon convinced that they re
right. .
TruMn tho People,
Sonator Dourne has-four yoars to
sorvo In tho United Btfitos soHHte
and lwpoHPB to tako hla Instructions
direct rrom tho people. Ho will visit
nud moot tho people at Salem: 811
Vcrton TIlmrBday night, at Albany
Friday, nd RoBoburg Saturday,
whoro ho will moot n largo delega
tion from Cooa liny, and If his
health permit may go to Cooa Hay
with thorn. Ho .will nuswor any
question thnt his couetlutenti put to
him ns to "nv. matter of public pol
icy or na 10 w' "o ho Kcanda on any
subject of pub''" Int'p''. Ho WIhIiob
to hldo or ovndo nothing, but Instead
of tolllHK tho pt'bnlo whn' to do,
wlaho them to tell him what to do
In public matters. Remnrkabla
propoiltlon, thnt n servant of the
peoplo should obey his maston. Rut
that Is Mr. Dourno'B Idea of flllllng
a high 6lHro. Ho wishes to moot nnd
tnlk with as many peoplo as possible
nnd got tholr vlows Hn to what
should bo dono on great public mat-tors.
ONE HUNDRED
DROWN IN FLOOD
SIihwhco, Okln., Oct. ai.At lfM 100 persons wt5 Mll'l Im
rloiullmrMM himI HoxI HKt of hvro Uuk HiUt, nccnnllHir to roOttii rt.
wived hero toUy. Detail from IIhj HoojI tiMrlctn nro Mw-Hgre. All
U10 I(rHtlt v1rr nro down.
Tho ax'ht of the Lflood.oociirmi UHh inonilHK. TIm CidwuMmm rJvor
roo ten tvt yUhlH h tow (lount. HuHdntk of farHicm Hwl Ui th
fv tntut to Mm Um'Ip Hvh, Itrldgcn in tho entire country hIhiuI hw
luvo been (k(itryetl, himI It Ik IihiwJW to c)iHWHHlct with the
H(KhIhI ilMrlctH.
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS
H. T. Uuttorwortll. a St. John
Jeweler, was mysteriously hot md
killed In front or bin homo taet night.
Carl Weber, mistaking Aloxandor
Frank, a brakemnn, vlth whorii he
wai hunting, for a bear, accidentally
kllM him near Roaoburg yesterday,
Tto Pnnamu Canal Commission
will ask congress for 3G,QOO,000 ut
next uoision.
DOYS AXI) GIRLS DUMMIEM"
TO WVK IXVKftTOHM
HnUfd l'tft Ua4 Wlri-.i
Now York, Oct. 21 The methods
used for dolud'ug tho Invpjtiug iMb
lie Into the belief that largo blocks of
ice stock had been sold to investor,
were shown tody e tho wltueia
stand In the trial ol Cfcerle W.
Morse, the Ice king, and Alfred H.J
;uriis, m tne unwea mh circuit
court,
Tho teet'wony was adduced allege
Ing that girle, boys and o4d men, ne
of them reeeivlng 6a week, were
ued wbi" to delude iho eub
lie. It is eooteuded by the government
tkat these pool were eosducted en
tirely WItk te money of th.dioaI.
prosecution ullogei, without thn
knoMflodgo.of the deposltore, through
"dummies and spurious loans."
TORXADO DKKTHOYS
XEH' .MEXICO VILLAGE
(United ir r.unl Wlrv.l
Tucumcarla, N. M., Oct, 21.-Ono
pirw wag (nitautly Iclllod aiu a
score were seriously injured when i
tornado dtroyed this village today.
At Hartford, 49' mile. on4h or
kere ,two w""e killed. .
Tne iornado swept down on the
country carrying destruction. In Its
irau.
Praaikally, everytkbur Mfi
i'smVVfeket. rr hm for
l
Ttu Gi6MJM0r.
f.njeora cut. WK&M71EvCrLrZ kd ik.
"- r-- --- -r "' iL. tlkilMMAniBlhliWaW VHfllt
a 4taae of It nllec away were
414tek from
cojoo, rmw, wwt, t - i
leveled. 1