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)e Hail l f mimal VOL. XIX HAILV CAPITAL JOURNAI, SALEM, OREGON, MONDVV, .TUIjY 12, 1000. NO. 140. Mil I mL AJ I n I Inllnlln lln If n "iBtfiraH' H I rTI i 1 1 .71 1 I ' f r'l nK HHHHlllllllllllllllim J- JK.N.' IU I I LI I III 111 I I III II II -t.-" - 11 I I II II II III II III I lT -w-"w I FAIR WAS A GREAT SUCCESS Display of Cherries Magnifi cent Thousands, Among Them Many Eastern People, Present ALL WERE PLEASED PARADI? ON OPKNINO DAY WITH GORGKOUS FLOATS AXI) D11C OllATKI) AUTOS AXI) VI3IIIOLKS HHMAHKAHLY HEAUTIFUL TURKIC DAYS OK KN.JOY.MHNT. Tho Chorry Fair is over. The crowds liavo scnttorod well pleased, to their homos; tho bonutlful array of ohorrlos gone; tho hall contains nothltiK but snwdiiBt to romlnd ono of Us dopurtod glories, and tho mor-ry-go-round nnd tho shows hnvo folded tliolr tontB and tho broaklng dawn of Sunday found tlioni not in Snloni. It was n BiicccsH. A success In every way, nnd a brilliant ono. It advertised tho Orogon cherry, and In fact Oregon as an orchnrd country. It brought hundreds of strangors horo, nnd, whulhor thoy woro from Missouri or not, "showed thorn." It was not only cducntlonal to thorn, but to tho fruit growors thomsolvcs, who cannot but learn somothtng from examining each other's pro who nro not ongnged In fruit grow ing, and showed thorn tho possibil ities In their soveral sections that the planting of orchard trees opened out to them. More than all, It brought to Salem hundreds of visitors from other val ley towns, and engendered- a kind lier and more neighborly feollng, not only between them and Salem, but botweon each other, a thing of vast Importance to overy citizen of tho valloy, and tho effects of which will bo Boon and folt In a closer relation ship, nud a moro gonorous rivalry. Lane county, at tho last moment, sont down an exhibit of 32 boxes of ) splendid fruit, and exemplified tho truth of tho adago that "tho last shall bo first," for tho prize for tho best county" exhibit wont to her. It was by a closo margin that sho won, of courso, for with such displays of frtilt as woro shown, each seomlngly perfect, no exhibit from anywhoro In tho world could havo had a walk ovor. As tho reporter romarked Sat urday, "Lane county deserved It, and ho did tho others." Tho nmusements woro abundant, and fine. Tho parado was novor equaled In tho stato outside of Port land, and all that city could claim ovor us, oven in its mnguiilcont pa rade at tho Roso Festival, was In tho uumbor of Us decorntod vehicles and floats, for nono woro handsomer, Tho beauty and profusion of flowers used in decorating autos and carriages was a rovolatlon to tho strangors within our gntos, and gavo them somothlng to romombor about Oro gon, that thoy will not soon forgot. Uosldej all this, It was a great los sou In tho effect of harmony, to omr own poopl-. From tho first montion of tho fair Salem was a unit for it, Tho business mon rosponded Ilboral ly nnd choerfully In providing tho means, nud overy commlttoo worked enthusiastically and onorgotlcally to mnko It what it was, the greatest ovont of tho kind tho city has ovor had. Tho local papors donated much spacu to It, nnd tho press of tho val loy, nnd Indeed of tho whole stuto, nnvo tho thanks of tho city of Salem, TEDDY'S PARTY HAS HARD LUCK i,l.&?n,lw.U,f.c""i!i? V K", Und of the committee on publicity; peoplo In from tho country, thousands! (Continued on Page G.) Can't Kill Enough Game to Feed Themselves and Send a Courier Post Haste for Food. TORNADO WRECKS BUILDINGS SUPPLIES ARE SENT I'HB COLONKL AXI) KKH.MIT WILL VISIT 'I UK QUALITY AXD 1IOPB TO KILL SOMB KIXK HUSH IIITKS, HARMONS AXI) TDK VBItl RAHB Itt'YKBH HOKS. (Uy Warrington Dawson, Staff Cor rospondent of tho United Press.) Xalvasha, British EaBt Africa, July 12. Half dead from hunger nnd thirst, R. .1 Cunnlnghamo, tho notod English hunter, who Is In chargo of Colonol Hooiovolt's hunting party, Btnggercd up to Attondborough ma nor Inst night, and roportod that tho Hoosovelt party was badly In need of food. Commandor Frederic Attond borough, retired, of the British navy, enmo ncrosj Lake Xalvasha In a launch, drlvon at full speed, this morning, to get supplies for tho American hunters. Attondborough said that Cunning hnmo and his partners woro In ter rible shnpo whon thoy ronchod tho manor house. Thoy snld thoy had misjudged the distance1 to Attondbpr- (Contlnuod on pago G.) A GkEAT CARNIVAL Of Bargains at the Chicago Store for the Cherry Pair THIS GHRAT IIAHGAIN DEPARTMENT STORE IS RILLED TO THE IIItlM WITH TJIE SEASON'S NEWEST MERCHANDISE. WE ARE THE LOW-PRICE MAKERS OF SALEM. Parts of Alton. Ill, Flooded Terrific Rain Storm Fol lows Tornado All Wires Down. MISSISSIPPI RISING STREAMS IX MISSOURI STILL IMS- IX(i AXI) SITUATION HKCOMINU SERIOUS HEAVY RAINS STILL FALL AXD PROPEHTV LOSS WILL IIK KXORMOUS. I United 1'reM I.rnsod Wire 1 Alton, III., July 12. -This part of the country was swopt by a tornado today. Telophouo nnd tolograph linos with tho surrounding country hnvo boon disabled nnd details of tho dnmago nro not available Parts of Alton aro submerged by wntor no a result of tho rainstorm, which fol lowed tho tornado, and It Is fenrcd that much property has been do Btroyod olsowhoro, Tho stoamor Alton was blown against n bridge and slightly dam aged by tho tornado, nnd a number of framo buildings woro wrecked. SILK SALE Salem's Silk House The Chicago Store Offors wonderful bargains In Dross and Walsting Silks during tho CHERRY FAIR. 5,000 yards of Plain and Fancy Dress Silks now on saiu. iuoy inciuuo an mo now popular Biiaaes for streot woar, also all tho now shades for evon woar. Salem's Silk Hou'o can give you tho valuos In Silks. 45c Wash India Silks, all colors, yard 25c GOo Wash Poplin Silks, all shades, yard 35c 75c Fancy Dresi Silks, all shades, yard 49c 75c Imported Messallno Silks, yard. ....... ,49c 11.50 Imperial and Duchess Silk, all shades, yd 75c Sale of Men's 75c Shirts 49c Men's 65c Work Shirts 39c Men's $1.25 Dress Shirts 69c Men's $1.45 Dress Shirts 98c Wo show a very Btrong lino of Men's Working Shirts and Plain and Fancy Dress ShlrtB. If you buy your Shirts onco hero, you will always buy them here, as the workmanship la perfect and the style and quality the latest and best. ' ' Sale .Price 35c, 49c, 69c, 98c and up Suit Sale $8 nnd $10 Swiss Mull Suits. 9 LIS $8.80 Duck Suits I.7S $18.00 Wool Suit 8.00 $22.00 Wool Smite 12.00 $18 Princess Bilk SuiU O.no ivwa vjsxyywrlr In If- you want bargains In iup-to-dato SUITS FOR , LADIES como to tho CHICAGO STORE. Wo can givo you valuos that you cannot equal ol7owhoro. Tho goods and prices will provo it. MILLINERY 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 712 Fancy Lawns, yard 32c 1000 yards of pretty Fancy Lawns now on sale, special price, yard 3V2c Ladies' Strap Pumps $3 BOW Low Shoe, $1.05 2.25 High Shoe, bow $1.39 $4 Bronze Low Shoea $2.95 ClUIdren'a Shoes from 25o ap Our Shoe Department Is booming and it Is on ac count of the excellent quality of th Shooi and. the low prices we are asking. Investigate. 25c All-Silk Ribbons In all colors, three Inches wide, now yard, 10c. 2.00 PARASOLS now on sale for "8c. Salem, Oregon Tb Store that Saves Yoif Money Rill us Hnlxo Mississippi. St. Louis, Mo., July 12, Slight dnmago vn done along tho water front horo today by a suddon rlso of tho Mississippi rivor Furthor rlso Is predicted by tho weather bureau, nnd It Is ronroJ that heavy damngo will bo done In tho lowlnnds across tho rivor. Tnifllc Ih Ih-inornlll. Kansas City, Mo., Jiuly 12. Many rivers and crcokn throughout Mis souri nro still rising, nnd tho flood situation Is serious. Trains aro stalled on many lines, nnd nil trans portation nnd communication nro demoralized. Roports from vnrlotiB parts of tho stato say that tho loss from damagod crops will bo enormous. If tho honvy ralnc continue Inostlmablo dnmago will bo dono. TIMBERMEN DISAGREE WITH WEYERHAUSER rUnltrd I'rem I.cmI Wire. Spoknno, Wnalu, July 12. Tho statemont recently mado In Scattlo by Frodorlck Woyorhausor, ofton called tho lumhor king of Amorlcn, that tlio timber supply of tho Uultod Stntos was luoxhaustlblo, Is not ap proved by tho lumbormon of this city. J. A. Tormoy, ono of tho mon who soya Woyorhausor la mlstakon iu his estimate doclarod today that It Is commonly known that tho tlmbor supply in tho Mlddlo West Is ex hausted. Hopolnt to the ton saw mills now In oporatlnn on tho Miss issippi river, wnoro thore was at ono time 60. "According to tho United States forestry servico." said Mr. Tormoy, "tho valuo of tho sfcumpago regions of tho Contra! West Is 20 per 1000 li-ui, in micnignn flu to sis nnd In Minnesota from $5 to $10. Stump ago of tho samo kind here sold for i. in many parts of that country, where timber was worthless a fow years- ago, tho stump land ha be- como very valuable." 17,ooo volts"failed to knock him out (United Press leased Wire. J Fosterla. Cal.. July 12. Although 17,000 volts of electricity passed through hla body, F. II. Hardin, su perintendent of tho PIttsburg-Hamby mine, In Calaveras county, Is going about his work today, none the worse with tho exception of a few burns about tho face and head, for his narrow escape. A heavy transmission line, used to carry power to the tnlno, had sag god until within a . few feet of the ground Hardin bolleved he could pass safely beneath the wire, but It dipped and struck 'him on tho head. An hour's work by employes re vived hlra. RAILROAD MAN TALKS HARD HORSE SENSE (United I'rciu I.eatrd WJrn Seattle Wash., Jiuly 12. A. D. Stlflknoy, president of tho Chicago uront western ralirona, who Is in 8o nttlo today, In discussing tho rail road situation of tho country, and Its rolntlon to gonornl prosperity, said: "Not until all railroads aro consol idated or tho governmont procoeds to do directly whnt it now nttomnts to do by indirection thnt is, fixes abso- hiutciy all railroad rates, will bo thoro nn orn of stability nnd of penco and fair pray, both to tho railroads and tho public" "Undor tho mothod now pursued by tho govornmont," ho contlnuod, "It would socm tho purposo to keop thn rallroadn apart, rub tholr oars and lot thorn fight It out among thorn solves. Tho result Is underhand nnd unfair competition, with secret rates to rnvorlto shippors or favored lo calities, nnd contlnninl unrest. Com petition botweon railroads mako vory low rntcB botwocn points, nnd thoy nro obliged to mnko oxcesslvo rates at uncompetitive polntB. This is most unjiiBt.jind tho pooplo hnvo n right to complain. But It can't bo helped undor existing conditions, nnd I doubt if it will bo romodfod until tho laws ngalnst tho consolidation of rnllronds Is modified. "Without doubt tho rnllrond situ ntlon sIiowb Improvement over whnt It was n yonr or moro ngo, and tho resumption of nativity among tho rnllronds Is roflocted In other linos of buslnoss." SUSPECTED MURDERER PUTS UP HARD FIGHT n 1 United I'rcu I.cnicd Wire.) Evorett, Wash.. July 12 Fighting doRporatoly for his freedom, John ICovlcl, Buspocted of botug tho man who murdorcd Mrs. Dronso, near Wllkosou last wook, has boon cap tured nnd today lies bound with ropes In tho house of John M Stott, near Lowell. Tho suspoctod man had bVon hiding iu tho woods, nnd hnd bought his meals at tho McStott homo Mc Stott beenmo suspicious nnd notlflod tho o in corn, who searched In vain for tho man. Whon thoy took tholr do parmro, the siiBpoct wont to tho McStott homo nnd threntonod re venge McStott and his brothorln Inw, nftor n fight In which Mrs. Mc Stott's llatlron and n stick of wood figured, captured him. Kovlcl pro tests hi Inunconsb, but refuses to talk nbout hlmsolf. THE SIX COMPANIES TRY TO CATCH LING f United l'rew Leased Wlre.l Snu FranclBco, July 12. Tho "Six Companion," powerful In San Fran cisco Chinatown, havo offorod a ro wan! of JBOO for tho enpturo of Leon Ling, who murdorod Kioto Slgol, grnndddnughtor of Oonornl Franz Slgol, In Now York. Tho Now York pollco ontortnln n suspicion thnt Ling camo to this city, nnd Is socroted In Chinatown. Tho locnl Chlnoso stntod thoy would try to offect his capturo, to counteract tho stigma attaching to tholr nutno as a result of tho torriblo crlmo of Ling. Placards announcing tho offor havo boon posted on tho dondwalls of Chl nntown, nnd tho money has boon de posited IJ tho Canton hnnk. nt Hi I a city. TAFT MAY MEET DIAZ IN SAN FRANCISCO (UnltM I'rtu U"l Wlre.l JIM WILL NOT MEET JOHNSON Jeffries Says He Is Out for Good and Dusky Johnson Comes to Life and Smiles. KETCHEL PLEASED HIS .1LNAGKH, 11R1TT, THINKS WITH JKI-TRIIW OUT OF IT HIS MAN HAS A WALK OVKR, AND THIS IN TUB FACI3 OF THE FACT THAT PAPKB RUSTED HIM. United PreM l.essed Wire. Now York, July 12. Jim Joffrios left Montreal at 0 o'clock today for New York. Fans horo aro anxiously awaiting his arrival or continuation of the report that ho has announced his Intontlon to romnlu out of tho prlzo ring Joffrios' suddon reported chnugo of attitude has set tho fans guessing. Up to this morning, whon tho purportod Intorviow nppoarcd, it wob bollovod to bo a cortulnty thnt tho big Los An goloH bollor maker would light Jack .lohiiKon' for tho heavyweight titlo. Tho fniiB will bo soroly disappointed It ho does not. The reasons tho big white cham pion is reported to havo given aro lack of condition, and roluctnuco to cross (ho color lino. "I won't fight Johnson," ho Is quoted tu Baying. "J huvu decided to (uir tho lighting gumc, for I cannot gut Into my old clnns, nnd I don't wish to fight n colored man, any how. ".My tour hug' not dono mo any good, nnd I don't boo how I can got buck Into my old condition. "I'd llko to seo a whito man got the ahumplonshlp, but 1 guess thu fans wilt hnvo to count mo out," JohuMiu Ih Olad of It. Chicago, July 12. Painful l lonco, which has boon maintained by Jack JoluiBon since Samuol Lnngtord began flirting with tho hoavywolght ring tltlo, was broken with a ornih today whon tho "big sinoko" heard a report from Montroal thnt Jim Jot fries had doctdod that ho would not return to tho ring. "Ah can't drag Mlstah Joffrios In to tho ring If ho donn vau to fight," remarked "Lit Artlmh," and showod his rogret with an oar-to-oar display of Ivory. "Ho ain't goln to fight me nnd I guess that's nil thoynh to It." Following tho publication ot Jea"s iiiieuuon to remain In rotlromont, Johnson's manager made the an nouncement that Johnson would moot Al Kauffnian In California on Labor Day. Ho said It hnd not yet boon decided what club would bo given this match, Milken ilritt Talk. San Frunolsco. July 2. W1IIU Drltt sees palmy days ahead for Stun. ley Ketohol If tho roport Is truo that San irnnolsco. July 12. Prosldunt J,m Jewries has quit tho ring for all mrt una I'rosiuont I'orforln D nz r!umo Mexico will moot in Ban Francisco during tho Portom colobratlou If tho plans ontortnlnod by tho locul colobra tlon commlttoo aro successful. Tho announcement In tho Itinerary for Tnft's westorn trip thut he would meot tho Mmlcnn oxecutlvo nt El Paso suggested to tho commlttoo tho possibility of arranging that tho mooting occur horo. Communications nnd official Invitations will bo sont uiiiz m onco. LOST HIS HAT AND THEN WAS DROWNED (Polled l're rnietf Wre,l San Francisco. July f2. To ro cover tho body of (Jeorgo Perx, 17 yoars of ngo, the bay off Farley's wharf Is being dragged today While ho was walking on the wharf late yesterday Pen's hat blew from his head. Ho pursued It to the eug? oi mo wnarr and In a final of' WILL PAY $2,000,000 FOR BREVET KINGLET (United Press Leased Wlre,l London. July 12 Whnn Ml.rf Anna wiowart marries Don Miguel. or uraganza, son of the Portugese pretender, In the near future, anoth er ortuno will havo been placed at tho disposal of a royal husband by an American girl. Miss Stewart was tho stepdaugh ter of tho late James Honrv (Sllont) Smith, whoso homo was In Evanston, III. Smith bequeathed hor $1,000, 000 of his Immense fortune, and an additional million will bo given her by her mother. JOHNSON PLEADS GUILTY AND GETS SEVEN YEARS (United Press Ututd Vfltt.1 San Jose, Cal., July 12 Christian O Johnson this afternoon entered a ploa of guilty to a charge 6f ofrfamy and was sentenced to seven years In "Joffrios did right In withdrawing from tho ring." snld Ilritt. "Per sonally Jeff Is tho f I iu'h t follow In tho world and In his day thoro Ih no doubt but that ho was tho groutost or thorn till. Hut his fighting dus aro ovor, and am mighty glad that ho roul'zeu It, "Joff could got 150,000 for taking a punch on tho Jaw but ho bus some thing that many fighters sorely luck n world of prldo. Ho will not go Into u fight for mere money nlono and his couxoluiico would not let him ro-tn or tho rluir In unvthlnir but llrst class condlt'on. "With Joffrios out of It. Ko chel Is all by hlmsolf us fur us other white nglKors pre concerned, HON. '0HN W.MINT0 .WILL RESIDE IN SALEM Hon. John W. Mlnto, until recent ly post master of tho city of Portland, has bocomo a resident of tho city of Salem, and Is boarding himself and family with his brother, Douglas Mlnto, on Saginaw streot. Mr. Mln to was for sovoral terms shorlft of this county, and was In the U S marshal's offlco at Portland. He has como to Salem to build him a homo on tho old Miller proporty on Mis sion streot and the wntor front Mr Mlnto and his two brothers own the Mlnto Island proporty. and Mr Mln to Is Intorosted In fruit growing, and may nut a lamo nart of tho nrouertv Into peaches or other fruit. Ho will spend the rest of hlit days at Salem, whero he grow up as a boy, and first Uan niionMn omIm ti tnrt t i i. t'i i .- 7..1'"" """ U"V vrwu- 110 Will DO TO He was drowned' b iiXlZtt'lZS!1 t0 the prUon ,0, xhl " P.atered upon the responsibilities ot ,r ,,.,VU,JOT.. ,me