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RtAT NORTHERN
HAS ITS EYES
ON COOS BAY
IUnltl I'rcss l.ici Wirt.) I
San Francisco, March 20 P'esl-i
dent Lou' V. Hill, of tha Northorn '
i Pacific. Is expected to arrive In this'
city late this afternoon to hold a con-i
fer-nc with othor oulclnls of tho
road from Portland. Seattlo and Ta-i
coma tho principal Rtihjeot for dlj-
eu-a on It Ib understood, being tno ,
extension of the company! lino to
Coos Day.
Mil. with n's party, wm nt mo
Paso Hollies Hot Springs last night,
and It was his ruportod Intention at
that t nip to proceed to tins city to-
day The On at Northern ouiclnls In
I this cltv -tated. thl afternoon, that,
wh.V 11 11 was (ixnocted shortly, ho
had ert no me Bin go that ho would
arrlvo today, andyjo word had boon I
roeowf (rum ofltor olllc'nls of tho
road who nre rf ported to be Invited
to otetnd the cqufeioiice with Hill '
Particular Interost Is tnkon hero
In the projected conference. Inasmuch
as P n nv menu the tnk'ng of deflnlti
st ps to extend the Great Northern
to Coos Day This Is reported o
liav been v purpose of the recent
THE ALWAYS
- Is now showing the latest Spring merchandise in all de
par'T.ris. Dress Goods, Silks, Ladies' Suits, Jackets,
Srrrg ? i irwry. Here you will find fashion, style and
v,i a ity at ihe lowest prices.
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QUITS
ESSIONAL CLASH OVER
Incorporation of tho Pacific Oregon
Hallway & Navigation Company at
Tnconia, a road Bald to bo alllod to
the Great Northorn.
CROWN PRINCE
JUMPS HIS JOB
Uolgrado, March 20. Tho belief
la Btrong hore today that tho king
will accept tho renunciation of Crown
Prince George, now that tho cabinet
hna docldod that Promlor Novoko
vttch lins no authority to accopt tha
renuuclntron
In vlow of tho unsottlcd conditions,
troops have boon summoned to pro
tect tho cnpltol from rlotors.
IPAIiruz-l Lcrtves flirt IJelilnd.
Marseilles, Marcli 2C. Tho Duko
D'AbruzzI sailed today for nombay,
Indln. from wh'ch placo ho will loavo
for the Himalaya on an oxploratlon
expedition Many frlonds of tho
nnblemnn were nt the plor to bid hltn
bon voyage T
BUSY STORE
Spring Suits
In h grand neeortiuent of the
latest materlale hiuI jteuuftt up-to-date
Hhndee at price you can't
beat. Long oouta. satin lined and
full flnro uklrtH. Prloes only
$9.50, $12.50
$14.50 and up
Sprin;
ior
'2
Millinery
I hind itU of the HHtt here
to select front In every shape and
Mle you hW for. Prleee ver
( aitouable.
51.95, $2.50, S2.95,
$3.50 and up
Silks and
Dress Goods
In the big cities of the oast you
cannot -x find a more up-to-duto
stock of flno dress dross goods and
silks than wo can know you Noth
ing shown but the newest goods.
Silks, yard, 25c, 35c, 49c,
65c and up
Dress Goods .yard ,25c, 35c,
49c, 59c, 65c and up
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ijfWiWniimairt At' -"" -
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HARRMAN
YOUNG WOMAN
NAILS THE THIEF
t United 1'rcM Leased Wlre.l
Portland, Or., March 26. Driven
Into the meshe of tho law by n
plucky, athletic young woman, a. man
giving tho name of P. J. Williams,
Is In Jail hero today, suspected of tho
theft of $77 from a room occupied
by Mrs. P. Fronch, of Daker City, On.,
who Is on her way to Hedlnnds. Cat.,
to attend tho funoral of a alstor.
MIbh Jessie Malloy Is the young
woman responsible for Williams' pros
onco behind tho bars. She called on
Mrs, French, who had engaged apart
ments In a rooming house, while wait
lug yesterday for her train to depart
for the south, and while absont
from tho room for n momont Mrc.
French's pockotbook, containing $7T,
was taken from tho table.
Attor borrowing money with whlc ti
to purchnso a tlckot to Kedlnnd
Mrs. Fronch waa accompanlod to th,o
depot by Miss Malloy. Wbllo re
turning to hor homo tho young wo
man says she recognized tho man now
In Jail as the nnmo porson who sho
had soon loavlng Mrs. French's room
a momont hoforo tho money wa-
inlsrud Wlllinm ran down Third
stre 't, followed by Miss Malloy. Ho
rn-i Into n saloon, and sho wan right
at Mis heola. She solzed him by tho
arm and was loading him to tho po
l'c station In front of a cheering
crowd when n policeman offered as
Hlstnnce Williams denies tho charge,
hu lip will he hold until Mrs. French
returns.
SAYS SHE KILLED
THREE HUNDRED MEN
Samara. Russia, March C. Tho po
llco authorities today aro Investigat
ing the career of Mmo. Popova. who
was nrrestod rerontly on charges of
murdering undoslrnhlo husbands by
the wholesale The woman Is de
clared to hnvo confessed to hnvo
killed .100 mon In the Inst .10 years,
but the police think she Is exag
gerating hor doods.
The authorities, ho waver, admitted
that the woman will prove probably
the greatest murderess in RxiBsInn
lilntor
Mine. Popova Is declared to havi
ald that hor own unhappy f
caused hor to concolvo tho Idea of
relieving unfortunate wlvos of cruet
husbauda. Sho claims to hnvo m
copted a smnll foe for each killing,
and says that the operations hav
boon over a large part of the prov
ince of Antrakhan.
The police claim that such n enrcor
would bo Impossible, as she would
have boen dotoctod nt the beginning
of her operations
KIDNAPERS WILL
BE TRIED AT MERCER
PltulmrK I'a-. March 2fi. Shr-1
Iff Chess said today that he wouH I
take James ll nole and Helen Kalk-f
ner. the unman suppoMd to be his
wife, who ar. accused of kidnaping
nill'e Whltla. to Mercer. Pa tl.U
a tt-rnoon Mercer Is the nnuntv ann
tr Sharon, the home of the Whltlae. .
It In itrolialile thar ilia t.riin.in.-..
nt-arlnir of t.oih prlMine-i will come
up luiunrrow
Potatoes
Now U the time to buy pota
tiwa as the market is lUblo t
iidance We hati wume kwm!
choice Hurbanka at a mhmi
Hble price and we GIVK 0O I Us
lu TUB HU8HKL. No Ihjx
ruokot for u bushel, but your
full lawful bushel When ion
buypotatoejofnsist on J0 lbs
for a bushel, no lufw.
Order
now
Garden Seeds
With the largest stock In the
"city we can certainly pl&ise
you
Farm Seeds
Our specialty. A complete
stock of Seed Grain, Clovur and
tirM Heed. Carrot. Heel, Thou
MHd Headed KIb. Wc.
D. A. White & Sons.
ttM roinmerrlal St. Phune KID
MtfeMpMN
RATES IN
THE EMERY GIRL
DODGED THEM ALL
I United Vrtt .CA'cd Wire 1
Portland, Or., March 26. Suc
cessfully eluding ovorybody who ,
sought to Intorvlow thom, Miss Helon
Gladys Emery, tho California girl ,
who Is bont on marrying Qungtto
Aokl. tho Japanese dlshwnshor, nc-'
companlod by her mother, fled from '
tho Oregon oxprctw during n brief)
stop of tho train on tho East Sldo, nt
7 o'clock this morning, rodo about
tho city for nn hour nnd a half in a
taxlcnb and boarded a train for Tnco
mn at 8:30 o'clock.
Whllo Mrs. Emery nnd her dough
ter wcro on tholr sightseeing tour of , ed on tho floor of tho houso this nf
tho city, u-largo crowd was gathorod i tornoon, whon Fordnoy, of Michigan,
nt tho union dopot, in tho hope of
seeing thom. Whon tho train rolled
Into the station groups of mon nnd
womon swnrmed around It and anx
iously scrutinized ovory pasecngor un
til tho last ouo had alighted. It was
then lenrned that tho womnu nnd hor
daughter had loft tho train Just
across tho rlvor.
Tho couple Immediately wont to
the Sargent Hotol., nearby, whoro
they ordered a taxlcab, without botng
recognized. Tho drlvor of tho cab
says ho ilrovo tho two womon about
the stroots of tho city, until shortly
hoforo 8:30 o'clock, whon ho was dl
roctod by his paBBongar to tnke them
to tho union depot. Ho left thom
there. No further information could
he lenrned at the railway station, but
thero Is no doubt that they Immedi
ately hoarded a Northorn Pnclllc train
for Tacomn.
Sonttlo, Wash., March. 2(1. Oun-
giro Aokl, tho Jnpnnoo dlshwnshor,
who Is ongnged to marry Miss Holon
IJmory, Is expected to nrrivo In Ta
comn by stonmor olthor today or to
morrow. Aokl disappeared In San
Snn Frnuclnco last Wodnosday, nnd
since that tlmo no traco of tho much
tnlked-of Oriental was found until
today, whon a Tncoma Japanuso
stated thnt Aokl Is coming hore by
boat to moot MUs Emery,
It Is known that Aokl is not trav
eling with MUs Emory and her moth
er, nnd It U evident that thoy sout
him on to this city by stonmor to
prevent their bolng Identified nlong
th line
The train boarlng Miss Kinoiy and
her mother Is schodulod to roach Tn
coma at 2:10 this afternoon, but H
will occasion no nurprlso It tho wo
men are not on honrd when the train
arrived. It is llkoly thnt thoy will
leavo the train nt some sninll stntlon
nonr the city, ns thoy did on ronchlng
Portland this morning.
Although opposition to the pro
posed mnrrlago Is heard on every
hand in Tacomn today tho county of
ficials doclnre that they can do npth-
lllir lint Ibckiu n llrnnin. If It In .In.
tnnnded, as tho law of this state does
not prevent the Intermarriage of tho
race.
M0DJESKA MAY
LIVE SOME TIME
jo Angeled, Cnl., March 20.
Madame Modjeeka. the noted PollMi
merles u actress. Is improvod In
bRlih today, according to tho report
mad by her physicians.
Madame Modjeeka la suffering from
Bright ' dle'e and heart trouble,
and there Is but slight chance of hor'
ultimate recovery, but she Is making
a strong fight, and tln doctors report
thnt she may live for Mime time. '
CAUGHT A BIG
MUD SHARK
Seattle. Wash March 20 - While
Ashing for cod off Alkl Point, Waltor
Wlllman. la a rowboat today hooked
.tn Immense mud shark, and with
the aid of a launch, which happened
We head, Others
y
HLXsMMsHHHHHHHHHHMI
TO LOVE HILL
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
PROTECTION NEARLY
LEADS TO
United 1'rfM Leased Wire.
Woshlngton, March 20 A rough
nnd tumblo flKht was narrowly avort-
, i Uyrd, of MIhsIbIiM'I, clnihcd ovor
tho dlscuooton of tho proposed
changos In tho lumber tariff, ns ro
latod to tho oxlstonco of n lumbor
trust.
Fordnoy had boon discussing tha
tariff for half nn hour, and had boon
nsRiillcd by tunny questions about tho
lumber trust. Ho donlod thnt thoro
wn a lumber trust, nnd finally, on
coming Irritated, declared that ho
would aiiHwer no more questions
along that line.
At length, however, ho yollod to
lly.il. who Is an ludlnu, tall, power
fill and swarthy, and who Intlmntod
clearly that tho mill in Mlslsslppl
owned by Fordnoy Is n part, of tho
tnust.
Fordnoy Hushed and Bhouted; I clnred positively that ills company
"That Ib all bunco. You don't know ' wan not a mombor of such nn orgnu
n dnmucd thing about It." , !ntlon.
In nn Inatnnt Ilyrd wiib springing! A friendly undorntnndlnB; was re
townrd Fprdnoy. Ilyrd took- off hln; stored and Fordnoy procoedoil with
font, ns ho run Ho ovldontly was In- his nrgumeut.
I .
to pass near him, tho ugly bob mon -
sior wiih lowed 10 mu mniiiHou sireei
float, whore, lighting furlouRly, It
wn flnnlly lnnded by tho comblnod
offorts of 1 1 mon.
Tho llsh measured 1 1 feet, 7
Incite, and weighed more thnn 700
liounds. It Is said to ho tho largo't
mud shark ever soon In Sound wntorn
hore.
Push nub Meet
Tho Knst Salem I'usli Club will
hold Its regular meeting this avonlng
In tho Congregational ohtiroh, corner
of 10th nnd Kerry streets. Coino nnd
bring aflino ono with you. Thoro are
a few who hnvo not yot Joined the
club. Urgo thom to to mo out nnd
bocoino members.
I
LADIES
WATCH
THIS
SPACE
Wc will have something interesting to
tell you TOMORROW.
Our IturnoHM aro In a claws by thuiuseUfs. They are made to
lust We do not try to see how cheap wu oun nmku (hum. but
how good. We have put fort h wars of study In making flrst-cliisti
liar ii wu, using nothing but the best of leather, and wu fool satis
fied wu can soil you n better Imrtiese for lee money Hinn any of
our competitors, us wu are lit it position where wy win do It. Oth
ers w rei'i: we oolloct rent Who can sell the cheapestt
0
E. S. Lamport Saddlery Co.
1MM NOHTI1 COMMKIICIAL hT
Toil) Viuri. In the HuiiM' lluliU'-- In .nlciu
CALLING
THE POLICE
tont upon a sovoro strugglo, but sor
ornl momborB blocked his way aal
Burroundod him.
With tho way cut off, Ilyrd paced
tho floor In nn open opneo, with
clenched fists, shaking his head, ap
parently dotormlnod to hnvo tho mat
tor out thon and thoro.
In u row minutes tho MUalaalpplnn
recovorod hi composure nnd roturnol
to hla eoaf.
Thon followed oxplnnntlons. Ford
noy snld If ho had boon discourteous
ho wIbIioiI to wlthdrnw his remarks,
tin nxnhilned (lint thoro was grout
provocation. Uyrd donlod that he
hnd snld that tho Fordnoy mill was a
niombor of tho trust. Ho asBoirttfif
thnt n government Investigation hud
shown the oxlntouce of tho trust, nnd
that ho merely nskeil whothor Ford
noy'B company was a mombor. Ford
noy denied nny knowledgo of such n
Kovornment lnvoiitlgntlon, and de-
PQUR CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
I (lulled I'm l.inl Wlr.)
West Shoffar, Quoboc, March 30
Word wns rocolved horo today that
four olilldron woro burned to donth
Into yestordny afternoon near Iron
Hill, when tho farm houso of Ilonty
Hvoretl wiib doHtroyod by llro Tho
mother had left tho olilldron, two
Klrls nnd two boy, ranging; In from
7 to 3 years old, nlono In tho houso
while she visited n neighbors homo.
Firo stnrtqd In boiuo unknown way
and when the woman returned tho
found the bodlo- of her olilldron
burned to a orlsp In thu ruins.
Imitate
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