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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1909)
ve'i'V. I i0ttmd vol.. xrx SALEM, OREGON, JATIRDA, SMTEMUER -I, 1000. No. 100. CYCLONE SWEEPS UiUlLI .Eighteen Known to Be Dead 150 Injured and Hun dreds of Buildings Wrecked. A TORENTIAL RAIN ACCOMPANIED TORNADO AND ADDED TO ITS DESTIIUCTIVE VOUCH WORK OF RESCUE AMONG THE WRECKED 11UILD INGS MAY SWELL DEATH LIST. (Unlir1 l'rri !.aJ WIre.l Cntnnln. Sicily, Sopt. 4. Eighteen arc known to bo dead and 150 in jured hh a result of a torrlble cyclone which swept over Scordln, In south enstum Sicily, according to ndrlcos recolvod hero today. Hundreds of buildings, many of which wore Important, wero do istroyed by the awful galu of wind, lit Is feared that the death list will be much henvlei than already re , ported. The Inhabitants are working to clear awny tho wrockag on the street It Is e, ctcd hat the bod 1P pf additional victims will be found mxmn VT!K s- m m ..aalem s With the big stock of the newest .merchandise shown on the Pacific Coast. The only thing that you will find sma1! in this establishment is the price. The goods, style and te quality can not be surpassed. The Chicago Stc;2 always leads in progressive merchandising. NEW FALL STYLES IN LADIES' SUITS We are now showing the grandest assortment that was ever shown in this part of the world. Come here and look through and see what style and quality means at the Chicago Store. It moans mat- you can buy beautiful garments at about half what you have to pay elsewhere. $18.00 Suits now $10.90 $22.00 Suits now:... $12.50 $27.50 Suits now $14.50 Thee prl es are Just for a short time to Jn'ruduce these beautiful up-to-date garmen'a CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON. The Store That Saves You Money. szs&mammmmmammmmKmmm in the ruins of the wrecked struc tures. During the storm rain fell In tor rents. Tin inhabitants were terri- I fled and tied from tholr homes into f 1 the storm, fearing that the tornado would bring their homes crashing , down upon them, t o 'POLICE RAN DOWN WOULD-BE SUICIDE Los Angeles, Sept 4. Alive and well, and with the last vestige of a suicidal Idea driven from hor brain, Mra. Potor N. Burgman, formerly of Soattlo, today Is scrubbing tho floor In a down-town hotel for her dally bread. Police detectives, after half a -day's frenzied search for tho wo man, caused by two despondent fare well notes sho addressed to Coroner Hartwell, found her late last ovon Ing an hour after sho had secured a position at tho hotel. Tho notes received by tho coroner yesterday stated that Mrs Burgman had taken cyanide of potassium, and suggested that In vlow of this an In quest would bo miperflous. She gavr as tho cause of hor apparent do spondoncy, tho alleged unfaithful ness of hor husband, whom, sho de clared, had rofusod to sharo with her a recently Inherited fortune, and had taken another spouso In Chicago. According to her story today, sh- reconstdored her decision, and de termined to live. Sho refused to dis cuss the extraordinary notes she ad dressed to tiro coronor. o The habitual liar loses whon he tells tho truth no one believes him. The Minnesota state fair will be ripe In n few day; c me in to help harveot It , I tttW.il m s- . Dig btore.. Dress Goods and Silks The big stores of Portland cannot show you any grundor or finer stock of dress goods and silks than we can, and we can boat their prlcos 25 per cent loss. Come here nnd got sam ples, then send to Portland or any othor big city, compare prices, styles nnd Quality, and when you get through If you study the Interest of your pock etbook you will buy from the Chicago Store. The r-anoti this. We Know where to bu how to buy aud to get prices that will stand competition with any house In America 1000 yards of the new 0-t.man Fallo Silk in all colon He quality. Introduction prlo . yard sue SILKS SILKS SILKS If you 'want style, quality and a grand variety, come here DRESS GOODS DRESS GOODS If you wjint to take a look through the greatest stock of up-to-the-minute dress goods, come to the Chicago S'ore We ask small prices. Yard -25c, 35c, 49c, 65c 75c, 85c and up. GREATEST OVATION IN HISTORY Thousands Gather From Euro pean Centers to Do Honor to World's Greatest Explorer. STREETS BLOCKADED Till: CROWDS A VAST SEA OK HU MAN lir.lNCS THAT SURGED AND IHLLOWED IN EFFORT TO SEE COOK, WHOSE EVES FILL ED WITH TEARS OF JOV. i By Charles P. oiewnrt, Copyright, 1909, by United Press Associa tion.) Copenhagen. Sept. 4. The truth or futility of the claim of Dr. Fred erick a. Cook that he dlsco'vered tho north pole on April 21. 1908. will be passed upon by tho International Polar Hxploratlon Association, head quarters of which Is at Brussols. Dr. Cook late tnls, afternoon ac cepted an Invitation to appear before the l)ii toft u and submit his data per Honally. When he accepted, Dr. Cook expressed his pleasure at having tho official lutornntlonal body pass upon his claims. It Is conceded that Jhla In tho so- ft est test to which the story could possibly be subjected. Dr. Cook will . proceed to Brussels. whorju!i.,wUi1 meet his wife. Despite his positive announcement that he will not return to the north pole, Dr. Cook today Indloated that he Is already longing for further ud venturos. lu his Interview with King Fred- Continued on Page , o BODY WAS TURNED TO STONE Workmen on Public Improve ments in Cemetery Un earth Petrified Corpse. "Tnltwl rM t.urt Wire.) P rtland. Sept. 4. Tho body of a man. turned to solid stone, was un- it I i. , .1.- J",-!-...... AA...A- ' . (have been of mlddlo-age at the time . I ui ma ucuiii, uuu wuio a Ktuy uivuo-. tacho, which has turned to a lighter euruieu iouuj iu me uii "- uiing mavmi was the piano. tery by men ongagod In removing , Thu only Iiohww In the block saved bodies from tho gravo to make way ' belong to Maria Bradley and L. T. for public Improvements. , Remington. Following the dlsoavery of the pet-' The equipment for fighting fire rifled body an investigation started consisted of a chemical of 60 gallon to determine the man' identity, as ! tniiK and hydrants for hose from city j tho name on the wooden head board water. Throe streams woro playod J over the grave has been obliterated (and Chief Hurloy Monro did good by tho olements. work. I The body Is completely trane- ( Fred Knglo'a house had to bo huu- formed to stone, with the exception . rlflced to keep the flro from extend I of the nose. The man appears to . I"g. The fire was too hot to get 'shade of stone. Several years ago a i ws Christmas eye, 1893. when the j petrified bo3y was taken from tho wnole block south or this flro wa sam cemetery. Scientists are en- burned. The second flro burned an ' gaged in an examination of tho ' other block, three years Intor two I ground, and an effort will bo made ' blocks further south. , by them to secure possesion of the I Adjuster Soott Hlggs of the Mo ' body MInnvllle company went down to 1 o I look after his company's losuox. CLYDE FITCH IS; iPRcnFRinkr i uiirot RPnnuPR wr ; nw y' j- - f -i.. V' ll Wlr I ' Chalons Sur Marne, Prance. Sept. 1 Dr. Axqulre, the noted speelullst had been taken that he might have and head of 'he hospl.a! where Clyde , the vry best of oaro and closest at Fitch. h playwright, waa operated j tentlon. Frederick . J. Hurst this 'upon for aubendteUlB, stated today ' morning at 10 o'clock solved life's I that Fitch bed shows very little im- mystery, by passing away io quietly , irovement since the operation but that tho around Ilnt scarcely knew ' li h ;jrlnt w s rontela,i aid 'i.i end had ome hf'-fu' W00DB0RN FIRE LOSS IS $12,900 Hard Fighting by Citizens and Fire Department Alone Saved Ctiy From Destruction. ! INSURANCE $ 3,400 COOK BUILDING IS DAMAGED BUT WAS SAVED 11 V. HEROIC WORK. FIRE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE STARTED IN MILLINER!" STORE OF MISS MORROW. Tho Woodbunn flro Friday night started n fow mlnutos after 11. Tho flro Is believed to have orlglnntcd In the millinery storo of Miss Nell .Morrow, who Is nway yn her summer vacation. The fire was a very hot ono. S.'P. onrs 200 feet away woro ncorchod. An insulator exploded from hont on a tolophono polo and n fragmont struck W. II. Goulet, county com missioner, on tho loft log, badly lap orating him.. Ho was fighting flro at, tho time. Fred Branlnger, a plastoror had two londors on hla right hnnd out by a transom railing out of tho Cook building. He wa on tho hose lino whon It happened. Tho J. W. Cook block was only saved aftor tho hardost kind of a fight. Tho glass is all brokon, frames scorched and roof full of holen. Tho renl ostnte officio, milllnory storo nnd ofiloos up stairs woro badly floodod. Losses and Insurance. Dorn Ingle, dwelling, Ipsa about $1600; Insurance $1000. Maria Urndloy, store building $300. Portland hotel, Mrs. J. P. Ander son. $2S00: Insurance $B00. Chinese laundry, property of II. T. Itundall, ffiOO. Al Merndo building, $200; Insured. Miss Noll Morrow, millinery stock, $000: Insured. Ullllnrd hall run by W. Slmmo. liroperty owned by n. T. Randall, $1500. Sterling opera house. ChnB. Ster ling, nrownsvlllo, rebuilt. $3G00. Ills Insurnnco expired a fow dnya ago. E. II. Dourbounnlso, resldonco, $1000; Insurance $500. City loss, hoso burned, $300. Damage to pole and wires, $200. J. W. Cook block, damaged $500; Insured. L. T. Remington's sporting goods rook and fixture were damaged $300: Insurud. The new opera nouse and skating rink are the hlggost lose. Tho only streams onto It The chemlonl was ....-... 'I no flrt flro of note at Woodburu "w"-",v"v-," ,,w,,' i died- THIS MORNING At the Salem Hosp'tal, whoro he He wa bo-n In Pommern Pruss'a. March 29, 1842, and enrao to Ameri ca when a boy of 15, landing In Now York In 1857; nnd do on aftor Join ing hla brothor in Bureau county, Illinois, whero ho learned tho mil ler's trado, which he had worked at In Prussia. Lator ho operated a mill In Lyons. Iowa, but In 1802 ho came across tho plains to Oregon. nnd engaged In mining on Powder river, In Dnkor county Aftor four or flvo years mining in Idaho and Montnna, ho camo to tho Wlllamotto valley, In 1860, nnd, with hla broth or, purchased tho Corvallls flouring mill. This plant burned, but waa re built nnd sold. Ho afterwards owned tho Chnmpoog mills, nnd lator ntlll becamo nssoclatod with William Held and othoru In tho Capital Mill ing Company, Still Intor ho operated n mill In Lincoln county, but sold out nnd returned U Snlom. and engaged In tho real cBtato business. It will bo seen from th's that his life was a btiBy ono, and it waa only whon ago, with Its burdens and fall ing health compollcd, that ho ceased to tako an nctlvo part in biuslnosa af fairs. Ills health began to fall some two years ago, and, while a great sufferer, ho complrlncd but little, and was cheerful to tho last. IIo loaves, bostdos tho good wife, who traveled bo far on llfo'o Journey with him. thrco children, Altrort, Carrlo (Mrs. Harry Albort) and Stel la, nil of whom nro residents of Snlom, nnd woro at hla bodsldo whon the end enrne. Ono brothor. A. B. Hurst, of St. Louis Mo., nlao sur vives him. "Fred" Hurst was known by near ly ovoryone, not only In Qalom, but In this pnrt of tho valloy. Ho was of gonial disposition, kindly and lov able, and a host of frlonds will learn with keen regret that tholr old friend hao pasHed over tho big dlvldo, nnd will bo soon no moro of mon Thoso nssoclntcd with htm In bus! nesi nnd those with whom ho dealt, alike, aponk of him In tho highest terms, nnd oxpronj their admiration of h'a rugged, upright nnd gonorous chnrnctor. Tho fiiheral nrrangomenta have not yot been completed, but will be announced lator. RETURNS RUSSIANS TO SIBERIA Uncle Sam Decides They Had No Right to Enter, and Returns Them to Port They Left. Chlcag . Sept -I Ono .hundred and twenty Russian fugitives wiiro deport t-tl today fiom Nome Alaska, to Siberia, according to a statomont mado today by tho American Politic al Uefua ' Defense League, nnd a notlo received nt the olllco of tho United Stntoa commlMtoner from D .1. O'KtMJie. a commlMlonr of com merce nnd labor. Tho government Is reported to have proceeded on tho grounds that the fugitive we.ro political nnd crim inal refugvos. and vlolatod Uio Im migration act by entering an Amor lean colony without first submitting to nn examination, and that the de partment was compelled to roturn them to the port from which tltoy came. The rugltlvos, six of whom the league -declares It knows to bo bona (Id o political refugeos. escaped Xq Alaska from a Russian convict camp near Saghallen, Irkutsk, crosilng the Dohrlng Sea 'n skin boats. Whon Russia demanded their r tu n thp defense leaguo luterferred. and the department was delayed. It was doolarod today that tho leaguo delayed too long tho filing pt Us briers. O'Keofo. In a letter, explained that lankn was an unsuitable pluoe (pr the detention of the fugitives, and that It was an unusual case, demand ing unusual attention. . . . . -o ,,,., Detter pay a lawyer to keep you out of law than to have him get you In for nothing ANOTHER DELUGE IN MEXICO Miles Valley in Sonora Is Under Water and Many Towns Are Wrecked by the Flood. RAILROAD IS GONE ITHIOl S STORM RAGED IN MOUN TAINS AND ' SUNT TERRIFIC TORRENTS POURING DOWN CANYONS USUALLY DRY-MANY MAY STARVE. HjQltdl I'rfM t!'tl Wlrftl Mexico City. Sopt. 4. Mlloa Val loy is undor water, and many town In tho Sonora district aro wrecked mid devastated by a terrtflo cloud burst lu tho Lapoudaga and LaboaU mountains Droaktng In tho mountains the atom raged furiously, and tho doluge rapidly filled tho dry regions and canyons, camo i oaring down tho vml loys nbovo nnd convorged in 'the Mllos valloy, flooded tho valloy floor nnd wrought damage which cannot yet bo estlmnted. Tho railroad which travorsed the country Is out of commission. Com munication Is Intermittent. It Is foared fliat many persons will starve to death before' aid can rech them. ' "' ' From unconfirmed reports It i "tntoil that a number have beeea drowned and many made homota. STANFORD OBJECTS TO SALOON Uulted I'rtM I.eui1 WIre.l Stanford Uulroralty, Cal., Sopt i, "Cunrllo" Moyors, famed la Stan ford esng and story as tho "official bartender" sjnee tho foundation ot tho university, today Jolnod force with aoverdl othor saloon men of Monlo Park In considering ways anf moans of meeting tho .statu Jaw which prohibits tho soiling of liquor within a radius of a mllo and a halt of tha university. Moyors and his col leagues hnvo boon running wldo opon throughout the summer. Ono of tho provisions ot tho new law l tu the effeet that thore must l at least S00 students residing at the university, which Is to b Um comer of the prohlbrcod district The Menlo wloou men oxplniu that their failure to observe the law during the urn tuer ju the ground that th resi dent student population at Stanford doirlug vacation wus 04s than this number Slnco the opening of the fall term, however, tho itudent popu lation In appioxlinatyly 1000 Professor A. T). Clark chairman of tho tfudont affairs commlttoe. and prime mover lu tho prohibition cam paign hero, declared today that the Menlo saloons were running in open violation of the law. "If tho district olllclals of San Ma ten. county does not voluntarily eo forc&, tho law,!' he said, "it is ex tremely nrobnbjo that roIdents of Menlo Bak'anjl vlcjnlty will tako ont vtgtofofis moans of calling h't Uentlou. t the ooudlttons existing re " - o Pour Sfcilon Jli'ii Kllltd. Springfield, III., Sepl.4. Four epMon mn wre laataitly killed nnd a fifth v- f? tally irjured this af'r rot-n v'..n a loaded freight car bumped Into an empty one. nt Auburn The section mjn Uad climbed Into tho e.ni. .'.- .-j tocad a heavy rain o U Is painful to s:o vile weeds go ing tp seed on farm or roads'de, and It U Unlawful, besides