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UAj'uV CAPITAL .lOUtNAL, SALKM, OKEGON. THUltSDAY, MAY 27, 1000.
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6REAT COMET RUSHING
TOWARDS THE EARTH
MILUONJILES A MINUTE
ASTRONOMERS SAY IT MAY CAUSE GREAT
RAINBOW AT SUNSET TONIGHT, OWING
TO THE CROSSING OF RAYS OF LIGHT
New York, May 27. Approaching
tho earth at a speed of millions of
miles u mtmito Is n great comet,
which, according to Edwin Fairfax
Naulty, a Now York astronomical stu
dent, Is Vistula to tho naked oyo In tho
early morning and evening.
The norlnl traveler was discovered
Monday by Professor William H.
Books of Hobart college, Geneva, N.
Y. Up coma nulla, or direct light,
was seen the Biitno day by Naulty
from his Now York observatory.
That thoro Is no danger In n pos
ATLANTIC LINER
WENTHARD AGROUND
Nhw York Mn 27. Tho North
German Lloyd hiohiuci Prlnzoss Alice
bound for Ilrenien via Plymouth nnd
QhorJ)ourg. went aground off Fort
"WrdRWorth Just outside tho narrows
In th lower bay today. She Is In
nu ' position but Is hard and fast.
It U thought that It may bo posslblo
to float nor at high tide. Tho cap
tain reports that tho vessel apparently-Is
undamaged. The fog nnd
heavy woutner was the cause of tho
accident whlcu resulted from miss
ing the c...inuo Mfe passengers were
greatly alarmed hut th" officers pro-
vented a panic .
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ALTERATION AND REMODELING SALE
Only a few days before we start moving into our new
store. If you want the greatest Bargains we have ever
offered now is your time.
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to tho Chicago Store. We have g)t them. Tho stofetnat makes tho prices add sdlls the goods,
yards of Pretty Lawn, now, yard, 3c.
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sible contact of tho comet with tho
earth, Is Naulty's opinion. Tho only
dangor, ho said, lies In tho particles
of solid matter that usually follow
In n comot's orbit. Tlioso usually
nro minute In size, frequently being
disslpntcd by friction during their
rush through tho air.
Naulty stated today that tho com
et's approach might be marked late
today by the apponranco of a great
rainbow, tho light of tho coinut cross
ing at right angles the rays of the
sun ut sunset.
JAPANESE THAW OUT
LATE VICE PRESIDENT
United Press Leased Wlre'.l
Toklo, May 27. In an uddross to
day boforo tho students of Aoyama
college, former Vlco President Fair
banks expressed his satisfaction ovor
tho prcsont friendly relations exist
ing botweon tho United States and
Japan. lie was received enthusias
tically by his audlonce.
Tonight Fairbanks will bo tho guest
of nonor at a bnnquot and dramatic
I entertainment planned by his friends
and other Amoricnn rosim-uts ot
1 Toklo. '
Ladies'
Wool
Suits,
Linen
Suits
and
Silk
Suits
NOW ON SALE Tho
greatest values that
woro sever offored In
Salem. Cost cuts no
tlgure. ,Wo want to
got ready for. moving.
$18 Wool Suits
now $9.50
$18 Silk Suits,
now .$9.50
$7 Linen Suits
now 13.50
All other suits at the
same ratio of low
prices.
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ICE IN BEHRIN6
United Press Leased Wlre.l
Seattle, Mny 27. All of tho Cali
fornia cannery ships bound from San
Francisco to NuBViagnk river nnd
Bristol bay plants had to put back
to Dutch Harbor on account ot tho
Ico In Bohrlng Boa. News to this
otfect canio In n cablegram recently
received from Captain McMullon,
master of the stenmer Dora.
Having left Seward Mny 3 and
proceeding by tho way of Dutch Har
bor, 'tho Dora attempted to reach tho
mouth of the Nushngak for tho pur
pose of delivering tho United States
mall as por contract, but could get
no closer on account of the Ico packs
ATTORNEY JEROME
6IVEN GREAT ROAST
I United Press Leased Wire. I
New York, ..lay 27.- Heforo a
wildly riotous nudlonco in Cooper
Union, In which pollco reservos were
thickly scattered and which was kept
from being unity-god by clamorous
hordes without 'by a strong barrier
of police, District Attorney William
Travis Jerome Inst night answered
tho challongo of mnlfensanco in of
fice. "Did tho pressure brought to bear
by tho Metropolitan Street Hallway
forces compel you to drop an Investi
gation into the death or Wllllnm C.
Whitney?" wus hurled nt tho prose
cutor "Was Whitney murdered?"
rnme nn oft-rcpented cry. "Why
didn't you take up and follow tho
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Deforo moving we will givo bar
gains In this department (hat wflf
surprise you. Hats, flowers anrf feath
ertf at wholesale.
Ladles' $5.06 Hats now $2'.G'0
Misses' $00 Hattf, now $1.75"
Children's $I.6"0 Hats, now ....68c
Come
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VALENCIEN'
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SEA
STOPS NOME FLEET
than within 200 miles, so she turned
back, as did also the cannery ships,
tho latter putting Into Dutch Harbor
ngnln.
Tho Dora was Injured in the Ico
und on this account Is now roturnlng
to oenttlc for repairs. Captain Mc
Mullcn stated In his message that he
had never boforo oucountorod such
floos and fields of Ico nt that season
of tho year In Uohrlng sea.
Tho Dora is tho steamer which
rescued tho lt survivors of tho
wrecked cannery ship Columbia. Tho
steamer Santa Ana will bo dlspntched
nt onco to. replace tho Dorn on tho
mnll run.
murder theory?" ns hurled at Jo
romo frotn hundreds of throats,
When ho had obtained reasonable
(pilot Jcromo Bald:
"I might Just us well lay this ghost
onco nnd for nil tlmo. It la n matter
which a lot of prurlont-inlndcd por
sons have not censoa to dwoll upon.
These porsons have bandied about
tho foul story that William C. Whit
noy was killed In n vulgnr brawl.
Thoy had It that a man well known
lu thlB community was his murderer.
"When I enmo Into offlco I lionrd
about It. I was Inclined nt first to
treat tho muttor as talk which ramo
from tho sowor nnd should die thoro.
Dut thcro was persistency lu tho story
And I made an Investigation. As a
result of this Investigation I want to
eay at this tlmo, nnd hnvo my words
settle tho mnttor for nil time, "that
Wllllnm C. Whltnoy's Ufa wna neither
taken by another nor by himself. His
hand had nothing to do with It nnd
his death camo solely by tho hand
of Cod."
Joromo's opponont hnd chosen 101
questions far him to nnswor hut tho
official chose to ntiBwor only a few.
Ouo of tho sonsnttons of tho even
ing was the forcible expulsion of John
. Crontn, whon ho demanded to
know why tho Ico trust hnd not been
prosecuted.
After Jorome had finished. Colonol
Wllllnm M. Armory ropltod nnd
grilled Jorome.
PRESIDENT WHEELER
GETS BETTER SALARY
(United Press Leased Wire.
Uerkoloy, Cnl., May 27. It was
announced today that tho salary of
President Ilonjnniln Ido Wheeler of
tho University of California had been
Increased from $10,000 to $12,000
a year, with an annual appropriation
of $3000 for ontortnlnlng.
Tho fuct that two years ago tho
noston 'Tech. offored Wheeler
$15,000 a year to assunio tho presi
dency of that Institution nnd the ru
mor that ho was offered the sumo
I salary to accept tho presidency of the
rnlvorslty of Michigan, is thought to
be iho motive that Influenced tho
board of rogonts to veto tho Incronso.
Dr. Wheeler will spend the noxt
collogo yonr lu Uorninny as tho
Roosovolt pro lessor ut tho Unlvorslty
of llorlln. It Is thought that Pro
fessor Irving Stfingham. dean of the
department of mntheniutlcs at tho
stnto university, will administer the
executive affairs of tho college dur
ing tho nbsouco of tho prosldent.
CHINESE BOYCOTT
JAPANESE GOODS
(United Press Uiild Witt.)
Victoria, n. C, May 2f. The
steamer Akl Maru arrived from tlld
Orlont la-t night with over 100 pas
eellprs and 2500 tons of freight. lu
cluddd In tho latter wak lRnn nv.
ages ot fAw silk worth $750,000. Tho
vessel una & rough voyago with hfavy
snow wlin abuui hAlf way across the
Pacific.
News woj, brought by Akl Maru
that tho Qhlne3p boycott Is gaining
In strength, and' threatens to spread
all over China. Japanese shipping Is
suffering-: vory severely ori that' ac
count, and a number of factories
have had to close down, whllo 'n
South China now factorlos havo
sprung up. Tho boycott Is prose
cuted through' the Chinese secret so
cieties. WhITo at times thoro seems
to ho a cosiatlon of hostilities it Is
only on tho surface, the Chinese buy
ing nothing that they can possibly
get from their own countrymen. Tho
J movement Is bolng fanned by Ghl-
neu murcnants, wno are profiting
thereby.
Tmihury Itcport.
ll'nltfd I'ress Leased Wire.
AUshlngton. May 27 The treas
ur report today shows Receipts.
t $3 730.350; disbursements, $2,890,
000 I
THE LAND WAS FENCED
BUT FENCE WAS POOR,
. IS HANLEYS DEFENSE
WITNESSES SHOW THAT 80,000 ACRES
WERE ENCLOSED BY 42 MILES OF FENCE
BELONGING TO HANLEY, BUT IT WAS
DOWN IN PUCES
Portland, Or., May 27. Long
mllos ot sagebrush and bunchgrass
lands woro traversed, figuratively, in
tho fedornl court this morning, fol
lowing tho dofonso Introduced by Col
onol C. E..8. Wood, counsel tor Wil
liam Hnnloy, who is charged by tho
government with having "fenced"
80,000 acres of public land In Hnr
neycounty , Oregon.
A. FaAilknor, a civil cnglnoor from
Durns, who occuplos tho position of
survoyor for Harney county, brought
Into court fits maps und photographs
procured by an oxtonded tour of tho
contested InndB. It was tho purposo
of tho dofonso to show that no enro
was bolng taken ot tho foncos which
nro bo placed, It Is clalmod. that they
ehcloso public as well as private lands
Faulkner gavo tho result ot tils sur
vey from point to point, showing
whoro tho fonco wob down, whoro It
was cut and whoro It was washed
nway. Ills ovldonco left tho lmproi
Blon that tho fonco was like many
othors of groat longth, whoro repair
ing Is a task of magnitude good In
"THE.REVELLERS" WAS
TOO TOUGH FOR TAFT
(Unhid Press (.eased Wlre.l
Washington, May 27. President
Tnft last night exprosscd forcibly his
disapproval. of tho trond of n certain
branch of this year's theatrical pro
duct. Ho attended the performance of
"Tho Hovolora," which depicts tho
tondorloln of Now York, and In
cludes lu Its protiontati )ii ot tho white
light life, a muscle danco porformod
by ono of Evolyn 1 haw's former
chums.
Tho President, who had boon In n
box, departed In disgust nt tho ond
ot tho "rt net. Ills prosonco had
boan noted by the entire nudlonco,
nnd his departure wus obsorvod by
all.
"Tho novolors" Is not tho worst of
a group of plays produced lu Now
York this yonr, but It Is soveroly crit
icised for vulgarity nnd licentious
ness. FAIRBANKS' DAUGHTER
MUST PAY A FINE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Honolulu. May 27. Mrs. J. W.
Tlmmous, daiigntor of former Vlco
Presldont Fairbanks, has learned
Bomothlng about tho navigation laws
bIio didn't know bofore, but It Is
qulto likely that sho will havo to puy
Unolo Sam $200 for tho same.
Mrs. Tlmuions. who Is traveling
with hor pnronts. arrived horo on a
Japanese steamer with n through
tlokot to Japan. The party stopped
off horo, but at tho last moment Mrs.
Tlmmons decided to return home nnd
abandon tho trip to Japan. It was
tuon that she violated tho coastwise
navigation laws, sho has boon In
formed, becauso she Is now no longer
a lay-over passenger and because
sho made Honolulu tho tormlnus of
hoi homowArd Journoy. Tho foreign
bottom Hint brought her here la lia
ble to n fino or $200. whluh Mrs.
Tlmmons has learned, must be paid
uy ner.
o
Hnrrliuaii Will do to Kuiopo.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Now York, Muy 27. E. II. Harri-
man today took passage on tho llnor
ICulser Wllholm III, which sails for
Europe on Juno 1.
o
Another Hear Ailiulnil.
(United Cress Un1 Wi
W'nBhlngton, May 27. Presldont
Tatt today nominated Captain Her
bert Wlnslow to becomo roar admiral
and nominated Commander .William
Draunorsreuthor to becomo captain.
Inquire
A flrst-clpgs, standard make automobile for
sale-at a big discount, Its wheels- have never
been turtfod on tho road, This Is a snap, En
quiro Into it at once,
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plnces, bad In .othors and noodlng con
statu nttontion and groat outlay ot
material, In ordor to kcop ovorythtnc
tight.
Tho government's enso was clpscd
yesterday afternoon. Witnesses woro
Introduced to show that tho fonco
acted as nn oftectlvo bnrrior against
egress, and that tho cattlo of tho Han
ley flocks wero kept wt)ll Innldo,
feeding during tho Biimmor on tho
highlands, coming lower down In
wlutor, whon tho gales woro oponod
to lot them through,
Some of llanloy's omployea woro
put on tho stand as witnesses for tho
government. Tom Allen, tho foro
mnu testified that ho had cut somo
of tlio wlro fonco on tho oast and
south Rides ot tho ran go by ordor ot
Attorney Woqd, ncttng for Hanloy.
Allon doclnrod about ono-half mllo
out ot 42 mllos wbb so out. Otlw
employes stated that thoy had re
paired tho fonco whon necessary, but
not under Hnnloy's orders, although
ho furnished tho mntorlal for tho repairs.
SAYS JAPlN0WES. ,
ITS PROGRESS TO U. S.
Waited Press Leased Wire)
Chicago, May 27. "Japan owes Its
civilization and progress to the Unit
ed States," declared Vlco Admiral
Urlu, wno Is here today on his way
to Annapolis to attend n reunion of
tho class of 1881.
Tho admiral declared that the
friendship butween the United States
and Jnpan would miiko wnr Impos
sible nnn that ho believed that thoro
would bo un more conflict botweon
Amorlcans nnd Japnneso nt San Fran
cisco relative to the school question
lie declined tn discuss tho squabble
which arose botweon the naval nnd
I'listouiB oi..cerH nt Han Kranclsco
over the action ot Cintnln Fllmot of
the llnor Nippon Maru in allowing
him .( land before Hoarding Officer
Stephos hnd Inspected the ship.
ELLIOTT SUSPECTED
OF POLTERA MURDER
(United Press Leased Wll.l
Lob Angeles, May 27. All efforts
lu tho hunt for the murderer of little
Anuu Poltoru today centered In seek
ing ths owner of the blood stained
s.ort (..-covered ypstorday mi tho
west bank of tho Los Angeles river
noar Iviinhoe.
The sheriff today assorted that
wnllo he was following a good lead
ho had by no moans established the
Identity of the little girl's assailant.
Hon Elliott, the youthful rnbber
hormtt, wus reexamined yostorday.
Though the finger or susplolou again
points ut the youth because of tho
shirt pattern, the shorirf maintains
tho boy has all but Biitl&fled him ho
had no connection with tho crime.
SWORE TO KILL HIM
AND KEPT HIS QAJH
Phobia. Mexico. Mnv '11 f'nri-vln
out a vow made many yeurs ago LIou
tonnnt Uruullo (Jutlorroz today shot
and killed Adalherto Hove whllo thn
wlfo und children of tho vletlm beg
ged for Ileyus' life.
Tho men served In tho Moxlcnu
army sovornl yeara ago and, accord
ing to Guilerrcx, Itoyes wronged him
Just boforo leaving the service. Gu
tierrez Bworo to kill Hoyos,,mid al
though ho was successful In tho army
and roso from tho ranks to a com
mission, romemberod nud cherished
his hatred.
After spending several years lu
pursuit of his enemy tho lieutenant
today found him und the shooting
followed.
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