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JL onmd H)L. XIX. DAILV OAPl'l.VI, .JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, HATIRDAY, JIM' 10, 1000, No. 118. SIOUX CITY SWEPT BY BIG FLOOD Water Six Feet Deep in Busi ness Houses, and Property Loss Will Be at Least a 2000 ARE HOMELESS 1IT lirNDHHI) HOUSES ARE Ultl.CKER, (IAS MAINS BROKEN, Ml Mil. IH'HINESS SUSPEND I i Itll'OUTS KltO.M OTIIKIt (HINTS SHOW KEARITL HAVOC it, UMNO WROUGHT IN' RIVER 1'iiWNS. si.i city, in., July io. Twonty I,,: (i . luilliHiiK woro flooded with ix f ' f water early loilny n n r, ti r tin1 tnoHt illHiutrotiM cloud bur mi i lit history of tho city. Ono il i'!i Iiiih boon dopnrlad. Leo Hoth r. id'T n teamster, foil from IiIh ni;m uito thi' street niul wiih tliw n il Wluli It Ih Impossible to UMtlllllltU ..if l the )ro)orty loss, It Is r r l (I fMMicrully that It will bo In exct f $1,000,000. Tli' Chicago, Mllwaukco nntl St. Paul inllroad brldgo tit thlH point nn irricd away by tho first rush of tin wiU-r Othur linen arn wnHb-c-il "iH for ciiHlilornblo distune ar mil tho city, uiul transportation Ih demoralized. Tho IJnrtiiiui and Dnlloy curcus ls Htnllod ton iiiIIch outsldo of tho city and may bo lunnblo to proceed for! several nays. Tlio Hood along Perry creoy placod many llvos In Joopardy. Women and children woro enrriod from tholr homoH to oscnpo tho rifling waters, and uiionnotiH proporty ilamnKO wn dono. Tho I-'loyd rlvor and Perry creek aro raging torrontH today and the. MlBRonrl Ib rising rapidly. That moro dnmago will bo dono la appar ent, and proporly owners nro mnk Ing every effort to protect thomsol- VOB. Tho blowing of whistles aroused ninny persons when tho waters rush ed through tho BtrootB and undoubt edly mivod many lives. HoportB from neighboring cities Indicate thut fcarfiul havoc has been wrought In many of tho rlvor towns and tholr surrounding torrltorlos Moro than COO houses along I'orry creek woro wrecked by tho flood, or partially submerged. About 2000 persons nro temporarily homeless, and many aro suffering greatly from exposure. Street car service In this cltv Is paralxed The t ruction coiiiihiiVh plant Is Hooded wlui water, and the topalr pits beneath the tracks In two, of tho burns hio miniature wells. (Jit mains throughout the city aio broken, ami many homes aro without fuel niul light. JAPSIOSESTRIKEIN SANDWICH ISLANDS ll'iiltnl ('reap l.rnnnl Wlre.T San Francisco, July 10. That the .lap sugnr plantation workers, whoso recent Hawaiian strike threatouud In teruatlonal coinpllcHtlons. have given up all hope of victory or reinstate ment, was asserted today by Cbarlos II. Warien. purser of the steamer Lur lluo, which arrived from Honolulu. Accoidlng to warren, the water SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT WHICH ? This Is the Question Bothering the 'Frisco Coroner Evi dence Tends to Show It Was Accident. GUN A HAIR TRIGGER POUCH SERGEANT SOON AFTER SHOOTING, IX EXAMINING THE (Jl'X, CAME NEAR KILLING IH.MSELK IT .OING OIT ACOI DEXTALLV WHIM-: UK WAS K.V AMIXIXO IT. I United 1'rew r.eiwed Wlre.1 San Francisco, July 10. Whllo Police Sorgoant Arthur D. Bryno was examining tho German revolver that was tho agent of death for beau tiful Mrs. Loronn Do La Montanya nt tho time of tho coroner's Inquest tho weapon wns accidentally uIb chargod. Tho bullet crashed through tho celling and the sergeant droppod tho gun to tho floor and stood nghast. Tho eoso with which tho gun was 11 rod Iiob glvon rlso to tho theory that Is advanced by Mrs. W. II. Pat- ton, who was la Mrs. Montanyas front of Honolulu Is crowded with Japanese laborer who are now out of apartment when tho fatal shot was won., mm a i- si-i-Kn k mi iiiuruiiii- nrail, that tho womnn was oxamlnlng ty to l.-uve the Islands. Many of the tho peculiar weapon and nccldont- nunu-iH iiiivu luiiuui'ii in wtiii; hi uiu - old llguroa. . (Continued on Pnge G.) trzM A GREAT CARNIVAL! OfiBargains at the Chicago Store for the Cherry Fair THIS GREAT IIAItGAIX DEPARTMENT STORE IS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH THE SEASON'S NEWEST MERCHANDISE. WE ARE THE IOW-PRIOE MAKERS OF SALEM. Salem's Silk Ffj Offers wondo'rful bargains in Dross and Walstlng Silks during the. CHERRY FAIR. G.000 yards of Plain nnd Fancy Dross Silks now on Balo. Thoy Includo nil tho now popular shadoa for street woar, also all tho now Bhndes for ovon wcar. Salom'a Silk Hoiuo can glvo you tho values In SUkB. 45c Wash India Silks, oil colors, yard 2Gc GOc Wash Poplin Silks, nil shadoa, yard 3Co 73c Fancy Drosi Silks, all shndos, yard 49c 75c Imported Mossallno Silks, yard 49c J1.E0 Imporlal and Duchess Silk, nil Bhndos, yd 7Gc Sale of Men's 75c Shirts 49c Mens 65c Work Shirts 39c Men s $1.25 Dress Shirts 69c Men's $1.45 Dress Shirts 98c Bhlr-,,0w,aTery Btrns Hno of Men's Working hill do.?,tt,n and Fany Dr03s Sh,rts- " thnm y? ShIrts onco horo y will always buy rtvi? n i8' a8.Jho workmanship Is porfect and tho Sain n"? quaIUy tll latet and boat. a, Pr,co 36e, 49c, G9c, 98c and up Suit Sale $8 and $10 Swish Mull Suits. $ 1.15 $8.50 Duck Suits 1.73 $18.00 Wool Suit 8.00 $22.00 Wool Sulfa 12.30 $18 Princess Silk Suite D.fiO If you want bargains in mp-to-dato SUITS FOR LADIES comoto tho CHICAGO STORE. Wo can glvo you valuos that you cannot equal elsovhore. Tho goods and prices will provo It. MHAINE'Y BARGAINS Trimmed Hats $1 .50, $2.50 and $3.50 $2.00 Shirt Waists now 98c Beautiful Lingerie Shirt Waists now. 49c, 75c, and 98c 7!2 Fancy Lawns, yard 3y2c 1000 yards of pretty Fancy Lawns now on sale, special price, yard 3Vfeo VAST CROWD WITNESSES ! AUTO RACE Apperson Car, Over a Bad track, Almost Ties the World's Record Held by a Locomobile. 6000 WERE THERE ONE MAX KILLED OX WAY TO HACKS, AXD SEVERAL OTHER ACCIDENTS HAPPENED HAD TURN ON TRACK SKIDDED TWO CARS INTO THE UNDER-RHUSH. United I'reM Leaned Wire. Ssnta Monica, Cnl., July 10. Dnsh InK past a huge grandstand filled with frantic man nnd women, past thou sands of spoctutors lining tho course, tho Apperson cur, with Drlvor II. Hansliu at tho wheel, Unshod across tho Mulsh lino of tho great automobllo rosd rnco horo this morning a wln nor. Tho time for tho Apperson for tho dlstuuco of 202. 000 miles wns 3:07: IC 1-0. Tho Chadwlck car finished socpnd with a tlmo allowance of sovon min utes nt tho start. Tho Stoddard Dayton finished third In position, without tho tlmo nllowanco figured. Tho average tlmo of tho Apperson for tho entire dlstnnco was 04 2-10 mllos an hour, which was one-tenth of n nillo loss than tho nvorngo dis tance lundo by tho Locomobllo In tho Ynudorbllt oup rncos. Tho dlstunce wits (14 3-10 mllos an hour In that race, which Is tho world's record. Highland. Throo brothors were with htm In tho mnchlno, but escaped seri ous Injury. At tho end of tho twelfth lap the Apperson cur led tho Stearns, driven by Freo, by one minute. Tlio time tor the first 12 laps sot by the Appor tion wnB 1:31:19. Tho rnto of speed was approximately G3 mllos tin hour Tho Cnndwtck car, with Slobol driv ing, was third. The Chnlmors-Dotrolt dropped frpm tho ruco with a brokon framo, and the Columbia droppod out for a time, but returned. With a difference In time of sevtn minutes in starting both tho Stoddard Dayton nnd tho Stonrns car, the Stcnrns machine was officially tho third to finish, nlthoug the Stoddard Dayton crossed the lino before It. Tho official tlmo of tho cars that finished was: Apperson 3:08:3. Chadwlck 3:15:30. SteaniB 3:19:52. Locomobllo 3:21:15. Stoddard-Day ton 3: 2 4:32. Studobnkor 3:2 0:40. Franklin 3:29:57. Los Angeles, Cnl., July 10. A harvost of death and disaster began oarly today with tho doath of one automobile driver, tho fatal Injury of nnothor, and sorloin lnjudy of a third, as a proludo to tho great raco meet at Santa Monica, which started this morning and Is scheduled to last throughout tho day. William Horoby, a chauffour, who lived In Pasadena, was struck In tho faco by the crank of his mnchlno while standing boforo tho Hotel An Keulus, preparatory to leaving for tho racos. Ho was foaind sitting on a curbing with blood streaming from his mouth. Shortly after ar riving at tho Recolvlng hospital ho died. Dr. Sy Van Motor of 215 West nvomio, while backing his mnchlno from a garage at Tenth and Main streets, this city, mlssod tho open JOHNSON PUZZLES OFFICERS Admits He Has Three Wives, But Says That Is All "And He Wouldn't Lie About It." IS A MAN OF HONOR Id NOT AT ALL fiOOD LOOKING IS IGNORANT, AND IYH FROM HE1NG AN IDEAL LOVER HUNCH HE CA1TURED WANTED IN THE MATRIMONIAL CORRAL PRETTV IIADLY.' Snn Frnnclsco, July 10 Anxiety of Christina C. Johnson to conceal the truth rogardlng somo of his big nmus marriages, while he freely con fosses to three lends tho police to day to start an Investigation of tho theory that their Btrango prlsonor Is attempting to conconl somo crime more than the one with which ho Is now charged. When first nrroatcd Johnson talk ed freoly about two of his marriages those to MrB. Leopold of San Fran Cisco and Mrs. Trothoway of Stock ton but stoutly denied that ho had Ing of tho garago and ran Into a I nny other wives. When confronted repair pit. Ho was hurlod to tho comont floor of tho pit and sustained severe Injuries. After treatment at tho hospital he was removed to IiIb homo. m Details of the Race. Santa Monica, Cal., July 10. De foro a groat crowd that Jammed grand stands nnd lined tho olght-mlle courso, 1G hugo racing automobiles i begun tholr hnlr-ralslng clrclo hero at 8 o'clock this morning. Dashing nlong nt tho spood of nonrly a mllo u minute, Driver Slefort, In tho Stod-dnrd-Dayton car, failed to make a dangerous turn on tho first lap and skidded off tho truck. Rut for tho precaution of tho authorities, in hoop ing tho turn clear from spectators, a heavy casualty list would havo re sulted. A fow minutes lntoi tho turn claimed another victim In tho Ilnynos enr, which was drlvou by Shannon. Shannon wns going at a torrlfllc pace, and seeing that ho could not mako the curvo, kopt straight ahead. Tho car loaped wildly into tho air, landed clear of the embnnkmont, and zlgzaggod among the trees nt tho side of tho track for 200 feet, before com- ESKIMO BOY WILL HUNT POLE (United rres leased Wlre.l Now York, July 10. Vowing to orgnnlzo nn exploration party In Greenland and carry tho American flng to tho north polo, Meno Wnllaco, tho 20-year-old Eskimo youth, whoso family wns brought to tho United States 13 years ago by Exploror Peary, snllod today for St. Johns, whore ho hopes to catch tho schoon er Jonnlo, bound for tho Far North. Iloforo consenting to allow tho boy to roturn homo, mombors of tho Peary Artie Club forced him to sign LEAGUE BASEBALL Sulem Independents vs. JniMinese Team of San Francisco The Yellow Men against tho Whlto, at tho Loaguo Grounds, Suu- day, at 3 p. m. Ladies' Strap Pumps $3 HOW Law Bhocfl, $1.05 2.25 High Shoe, now $1.30 $1 Dronsio Low Shoes $2.05 Children's Shoes train 25o ut- Our Shoo Department Is booming and It is on ac count of thooxcollont quality of tho Shoes nnd tho low prices wo aVo asking. Investigate. 25c AU-Sllk Ribbons In all clrs, throo inches wide, nw yard, I0c. 2 00 pARASOLS now on sale for 18c. M ff&&i$&rA TZMC?Viha Salem, Oregon The Store that f Saves You .Money I Ing to a stop. Shannon steered his car back to tho track, losing two minutes, Slofort, In tho Stoddard Dayton, lost half an hour. At 10 o'clock tho rnco lay botweon three cars tho Apperson, driven by Hansliu; the Lozler, driven by Tett- lef, and tho Stonrns, driven by Frank Freo. Tho Lozlor gained tho lend nt tho start, by a burst of speed in the first lap, which was mndo In G:50 3-5, or at tho rate of 72 miles an hour, very closo to tho world's record. Lozlor lost out In tho eighth lap. Tho track was well patrolod and tho crowds undor control. About GO, 000 people were gathered around tho courso. Somo camped out all night, and hundreds qt nutomdbtlo parties ar rived boforo 'daylight. Tho Columbia car lost half an hour, owing to trouble tin die third lap. Tho Rambler wont tff the Una In front of tho grand stand, and tho drlvor and mechanfean had to push It Into tho "control," to the great de light of tho crowd. Whllo racing another car along n highway, botweon Pasadena afid Los Angeles, near Balrstowri, bpupd for tho automobllo races at Santa Monlcit, William Crnm was forced to turn In tho road to avoid n collision wjth his chanco competitor. His mnchlno struck a tolophono polo, hurling him to tno roauslde, whore ho was pin ioned by his overturned car. Cram was hurried to a local hos pital, whero It was found that his skull was fractured. Tho man's scalp was nearly rlnhed off. There is blight possibility that ho will ro cover. Cram Is nVdrange grower" of East fa declaration that he would never carry arms In Greenland, and that ho would novor roturn to tho United Stntos, Tho club mon fear that ho might uttompt to kill Peary, against whom ho Is very btttor, because, ho says, ho received a "frost" when ho camo to this country, Tho boy's last request was that tho skelotous of his parents, which nro oxhlbited In a museum, bo given de cent burial, and not displayed to grat ify Idle curiosity. Meno denied that ho hold a grudgo against Poary and Americans In gen eral, and said that, although he had not beon treated right whllo In this country, ho would carry tho Ameri can flag to the north polo. Mone's 111 fooling against Peary is apparent although ho denied U today. Tho boy was compelled to seo his rolatlves dlo, one aftor an other, because they could not stand tho moderate cllmato of this coun try and he blames tho exploror for not sending them back to tho North land In tlmo to save their llvos. Ho also Is bitter because tho bones of his father and mothor havo been placed In cases In a museum instead of being burloa. Attempts were made to educate Meno In American colleges, but ho pined (under tho restrnlnt nt tUt. schoolroom and, recently ran away, declaring his indention of loaving tho country forevor, He was found by Chester Boecroft.: tho actor, with wiioiu ue nos jiveor for ton years, who made, arrangements for his re turn to his old homo in tho Ice fields. Beecroft is tho only Ameri can for whom tho Eskimo boy holdj real affection ami tholr parting to day was pathotic. by evidence that ho was also tho "husband of Mrs. Sylvia Pollard do Donnott he also acknowledge her as his wife, but now Insists that sho Is the only ono whoso nnino ho con coaled. Johnson gravoly declared today that ho was a "man of honor and (respected his word, which ho gavo that ho had boen married but throo times." His attention being callod t the fact that ho had lied about his mnrrlago to Mrs. do nonnott, John son rather lamoly oxplalnod that ho had thought the woman to bo doad 'and did not want to drag her namo Into tho enso which was not neces sary. Tho prlsonor Is very nnxious to got out of Jail horo and nnswor to tho chnrgo of bigamy, which has boon proforred ngalnst him at San Jose by Mrs. Trothoway. Ho com plains that tho air In tho Jail horo Is foul end that ho Is worried to death by roportors and detoctlves. Detectives Bunnor nnd Frool, who havo boon giving tho man tho "third degree." do not intend to let him got away from tholr Jurisdiction any sooner than they haw to. They aro holding him In detlnuo until police In onstorn cltlos havo a chanco to Identify him and run down his rec ord. The detectives bollovn ihnt tMm. sonrAndorson-Mndson, as thoy call him, is a very clovor and" dangerouo criminal and that a closo Inspection of his record will result In moro rev elations. With this investigation thoy havo sont photographs of him broadcast and expect that tho auth orities In some of tho cltlos whoj-o thoy bollevo ho ha3 onorated will tin ablo to rocognlzo him as some ser ious offendor who has been long sought. "Johnson. Is one of tho cleverost criminals over put behind bars," said Dotectlvo Bunnor today, "and is a suporb liar. I bollevo thoro Is somo motive which has not yet beon dis covered that impels him to throw a cloud ovor his record." Lovo Igttors written by Johnson to his victims show that ho was but an Indlfforont lovo maker and tho puuco aro puzziea by tho ease with which ho won tho hearts of wo mon His appearance Is not par ticularly attractive. Ho Is tall and sparo, has blue oyes, and Iron gray hair. Ho does not look old, but his faco Is not frank nor ono which or dinal ily would nppeal to women. H's vocabulary Is limited and he Is a poor letter wrltor, The following letters written by" Johnson-Andorson to Mrs. Ida as "wife" and Mrs. Josephine Troths way his Stockton wife, were mado public today. The first was written to Mrs. M1U choll at Inglosldo, Cal. It reads! ni n ii' tra,n' Mfly 3d- M' deal little wife: I will nrrlvo in Stock ton this afternon, und I hope to get a lottor from yont when I arrive thoro Am going in tho country tonight. Expect to be In San Francisco tomor row sometime, or sure Wednesday. Havo got money for stallion. Every thing Is o. k. Hope this finds you In better health as when I left you I will close with all my love and many kisses. "Your own husband, "John O. Andorson." Tho othor threo which woro writ ton to Mrs. Trothoway follew: "Byron, March 9, 1909 My dear (Continued on page 4.) I I I tl