t iatmial r bu 3-7.1 Inl Inllnllnllnlln) iyrMlnllrjmir,l1r;ri iSiT VOL.XDC SALRM, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1000. NO. 22X-. 1 ATTEMPTED TO KILL THE PRESIDENT Arthur Wright Carrying a Cam era Causes Suspicion by His Efforts to Get Near President. IS HEAVILY ARMED W1IKN ARRESTED 11V A Gl'Al'l) A ;ih-cai,iiu:u smith & wessox revolver and a pocketful of cahthiiioes were taken away from 11i.m. Portland, Oct. 2. Currying n re volver of heavy cnliber nnd a ockot f ul of cartridges, Arthur Wright of Lowell Center, Mass., nttompted to thrust his way toward President Tnft todny while tho chief executivo was pabslng In a nautomoblle, but wus . disarmed and arrested before ho could reach tho president. Tho affair occurred nt the Sixth and Morrison-street corner of tho Portland hotel, which Is tho tempor ary Taft hostelry. Tho parade, In honor of the presi dent, had reached tho corner when 11 ficcrot scrvico man, - accompanied tho president saw Wright thrusting rls wny through the crowd. Calling to suvoral uollcomcn. tho prcsIdo.U's fcTluartr BrgownTa' thV muh. "A short struggle followed nnd when Wright wob securely hand cuffed a 38 caliber Smith & Wesson! rovolvor was talcen from him, Wright -ir P I 'foivlv!0IGIQIvl0B0 f vT9i0 Pall Goods t We are giving the values and I convincing proof that the Chicago Store is right on the dot x uriuus. vvu tire nuw uuniy uie and see the difference. SALEM'S LEADING CLOAK AND SUIT STORE offors tho great est values in this lino of merchandise that was over offered in Salem. Our motto is quick gales and small profits. We buy for cash and eoII for cash, and that is the reason we can give you Buch hlgh-olase morchandls) at such low prices. Thoso Suits on salo are just like tin above cut; snappy garments with long ooatf nnd plalnted skirts; tunteilals the newost and workmanship (he beet. LADIES' SUITS $10.50, $12.60, $14.50 nnd up CHILDREN'S COATS $1,60, $2.60, $2.96 and up MISSES' COATS $1.95, $2.60. $8.50 and up LADIES' COATS $8.90, $4.90, $6.90,$ C.60 and up Men's 75c Wool Fleeced Winter Underwear now selling for 45c ttMeHtWM 9IIIHHK also carried n scoro of :arlrldges In his coat pocket nnd n camera In hid hand. Pinned on his vest v.u u spe cial policeman's star, bearing the nnmo "Lowell Center, Mass." At tho police station Wright una charged with carrying a fonren'd weapon and will bo held pend'ug an Investigation of his chnrnctcr. Po lice Captain Bailey, who took part In tho arrest, said that tho suspicious actions of Wright attracted the at tention of tho president's body gunrd. Not only was his manner of on dcnvorlng to reach tho forefront of tho crowd n causo of alarm, but tiie cnptnln declared that Wright's ni.n- nor or carrying the eanid-n fiit. at tracted tho government agents at tention. Wright refused to make anv utalr ment to tho police regarding ins ac tion except to sny that ho wanted to get near tho president lu Mice u picture. Tho police, however, in vIjw of tho circumstances, place littles cic denco In this nssectloti and ueiice that Wright was using tho camera as an excuso to get ns closo to Presl dent Tnft as possible A TRIBUTE TOWORTH OF MARTHA E. WHELAN A friend, writing of tho death of Martha B. Whalon, pnya. her tho fol lowing simple but beautiful tribute: Martha 13. Whalon was well and most favorably known both In her homo community and In Salem, where sho passed sovoral years of her llfo. Though stricken in the very bloom of young womanhood, and well knowing that the death angel hnd marked her for his own, still sho boro her affliction through many long months of suffering with n meek ncss nnd fortltudo that showed her to bo nt pcaco with her God. Wo loved her In llfo, wo mourn her most untimely death. Wo know that her Bplrit is with Its Maker. Sho leaves her mother, Mrs. M. Whelan, of Salem; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Savage, of Fnlrflold, Or., and Mrs. P. McCarthy, of Fortlnnd;- seven brothers, M. J A. A., and It. D. Wholan, .of Salem; J. W. and E. F. Wholan, of Montana; James of Wis consin, nnd William, of Walla Walla, Wash. 1"9 1 9' twt 1 9 i w I f Si Now Selling Rapidly! the people know it. The crowds greatest uusiiiuss in tnu watuiy ui uw aiuie. uui uur unuus Wonderful Values In Ladies' Misses' and Children's New Fall SUITS and COATS and Chicago Stoe Salem, Oregon THESTORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY ! il(l4tlllHIlitgtigJmt3a4' FIGHT TO 6ET IN THE LIME LIGHT Portland Politicians at Swords Points as to Who Shall be Big Man in the Taft Reception. MAYOR SIMON IS IT ONLY MAX TO HIDE WITH THE PRESIDENT T1IK PRESIDENT WEARS HIS EXPANSIVE SMILE AS HE PASSES Til HOUGH THE STREETS. (By Robert H. Hutu'd, Mnff coi re spondent Unite I Pr,ia, with I'rctl- dent Tnft.) Tortlnnd, Oct. 2. VMicn I'teddcnt T- ft ronched Porti.i'ul at 7 11. in. ti -da no found hlmscK right in tho mid" dlo of another local fight. Senator Jonnthan Bourne, his old golf playing friend, Is tho storm center of this battle and tho town Is protty evenly divided between his supportors and foes. Dourno hns monopolized tho president, according to tho opposition faction, and by persuading Mr. Taft to follow a program mapped out by hlmpolf has delivered a scries of slnps at his own personal onomles and has made himself the chief flguro in tho presidential doings. On tho other hnnd, supportors of Bourne declare that the senator's enemies "bent (Continued on pago C.) t- that visit our store daily is X with the rigt goods at the right ii n Jj A SPECIAL SALE PRICES OX THK FOLLOWING (JOODS: $1.25 Moire Silk, now yd S9c 5c Bengaline Silk, yd 5(c $1.30 Fancy Plaid Silks, yd 95c 75c WaJstlng Silks, yd I0o C5c Wool Dress Good, yd 89c 76c Wool Drew Good, yd 49c $1.25 New Gray Drew Goods, yd.S&c 75c Wool Serges. In all colors; special price, yd , -19c Ladles' Swell $-1.00 Trlmmod Hats, now selling for $2.50 Better Trimmed Hats at low prices. Wool Waists from 19c up Ladles' $8.00 Wool Swoaters. . .$1.9u Better Sweaters at Sale Prices. 1 coo yords Outing Flannol, yd... 4c ;i f,ln Wo are giving wonderful value In Ladle.., Um-- and Children' Hocry audi n(Icnvar. Jiuj- your I!l.tul;et Si Comforts at (In Chicago Store. 75c Satin Damask Table Linen sale price yard 49c 1 SPANIARDS ' ARE TIRED OF THE WAR Object to Sacrifice of Lives and Expenditure of Money in Fight With the Wild Tribesmen. ! IS AN OFT TOLD TALE ALL THK LATIN COUXTHIKS HAVE RISKED CIVIL WAIt AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO "EX TEND THEIR IXFLUKXCK" SPAIX IX A 1IAHI) BOAT. t united mesa luiked wtnn.l Paris, Oct. 2. With tho embark ation of.nddltlonnl Spnnlsh troops for Morocco todny popular Indignation ngnlnst tho continuation of tho war In Morocco Is only n repetition of what has occurred in other Latin countries on Blmilnr provocation. Italy hnd tho snmo kind of troublo 13 years ago over Its African cam paigns. Tremendous outbursts oc curred In 180C when the torrlbla reverses tho Italian arms had suf forod in Abyssinia becamo known. Thoy wero so grave that Premier Crlspl'B cnblnot was forced to relin quish Ha colonial ambitions altogeth er. Frnnco had similar upheavals over Its Algorlnn, TonuulneBo nnd Mndos car expeditions. years of bloody nnd expensive fight years of bloody nn dcxpcnslvo fight ing, Regiments enmo homo literally cut to pieces. In nearly every villngo thoro was mourning for tho war's victims. Tho French masses, llko tho Italians, decided that colotflal ngrnn dlzemont wns not worth tho price. Bnrcolona is as usual the contor of tho present dlBturbnnco because It Is really the political bnromoter of Spain. A number of political nglto- I torn have boon thrown Into Jail for commenting too freely on tho Moroo jSr"n de Espnnn Following tho establishment of cen sorship on Moroccan news he took a trip to the front, and published In ii nil it ui it! niiiiuriniiK in" milliner wiiii which ine governmoiu is "mis conducting" the campaign. DYNAMITED THH BOARDING HOUSE i , .. , Now OrlentiSi Ln., Oct. 2. Four men were killed nnd 26 Injured in u J dynnmlto explosion which ihnttarod a boarding lirxise near tho Panama I canal, according to information re ceived hero today from Colon, i The building wan occupied by i men omplnyed la the construction work of the canal. It la believed i Hint tho structure wag dynamited with the view of killing tho lodgers, and nn Investigation has boon or- dered. When the charge lot -go, tho forco ; f the exploding dynamite shook tho I whole town, and broke every window in ine vicinity. The structure u a I total wreck. ; o-: rinlhtlaii Helena' Kervices First Church of Cchrlat, SclentUt, 1 10 Chemeketa street. Service Sun day at ii o'clock a. m. and 7:30 p. in Subject of loeson sermen: "Un guilty, Sunday school nt 12 o'clock in. Tho Wednesday evening mooting held nt 7:30 o'clock. Reading 1 rooni in tne church opon onoh nftor- i oon except Sunday. A cordial Invi- ; t, it Ion Is extended to nil to attond the i wvlcos and visit tho rending room. , MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURN UN1TBD I-KBSH I.niMlD W1I1E. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 2. Over taken by a prairie fire, from which hey were attempting to escape, Mrs. Frank Grover and tier two chlldrou, Catherine, aged 4 years, and Dor othy, atied 2 years, were burned to d.ath on a farm near Lee. Alberta, eterday. ticeoruing to dispatches which reached th's city today. fioiio to Bring Him Mrx. L. K. Cicker and family, of "'ambr'dge, la , who have been visit , lug Iter parents, the A. DeLonge. of .Salem Heights, and her slMer, Mrs. i I It. Ryan, have left for home, Thoy i -nJoyod the summer In Oregon very much, taking In hop plckng. Mrs. Cocker gained In fjevh, and lost her rheumatism, and no one need be sur prised to see Mr Corker brougut back to Oregon, on a requisition Is sued by his wife A FINK PLAY TONIflHT. Tonight 0110 of tho best plays of tho seneon, one of tho best of any senson, will bo In Snlom nt tho Grand. It is "Tho Climax," a clean play llko "Paid in Full" only much stronger, nnd ono that is full of heart intorest. Up to press hour hut a Btnnll number of seats hnd boon sold, and Sn lom pcoplo who nppreclnto n good play should attend tonight. It will bo a source of regret to thoso who inlvi it. CENTURY BELONGS TO THE PACIFIC San Francisco, Oct, 2. Chnrlcs R. Crnno of Chicago, who Is tho now ly nppointcd United States minister to China, is in this city today, en routo for his post nt Poklu. Crnno in discussing tho conditions nnd tho rolntlon of tho celestinl em pire with tho United States, said in part: "President Taft vividly outlined America's nttltudo toward China when ho miulo his great speech at Shanghai. Ho uld then that China hns no territory desired by tho Uni ted States: no prosperity which wo would begrudge her, or political power or Independence which wo should resent. That Is my nttltudo also "ThlH century bolongs to tlu Pn - clflc. Tho country is filling up, nnd ns a result wo need ouljldo m fleets for coast products. When in China I will do my best to entry out t no spirit of President Tnft'H Hhunatml speech. What will bom'U tho Ohl neso and ndd to their tirnipTlly is tho best thing for ub nliu " o Ml. Angel rroapcrons Mt. Angel is receiving a largo number of addlttonul population. Houses aro so scarco that tho latent family to como hero ban moved into a houso with nn old bncholor. This town onco hnd two doctors, but the socond ono hnd to lenvo bocnuso thoro was no place for his family. Dr. J. W. Webb Is tho rosldont phy sician, and the pcoplo aro very hcal thv With hops at 20 cents n pound, and good crops bringing big prices, tho hunk deposits nro jumping up nt a great rate. Tho Mt. Angel bnnk is in its now brick building, nnd Cash lor Job has to handlo chnngo with llghtnlng-chnngo rapidity. C. Hough- ham is proBldent nnd J. W. Ebnor vico-iirosuioni. Tiin intior mint n lino brick tho past yoar, 40x120, Kb-1 enmo down to tho door of tho reitau ner Bros, nro nt present orootlng n "t and motlonetl to mo, nnd Bye: large double inorchnndlso storo, 40 x8R foot, and llonry Hlernlng Is oroct nig a oemont iiuiiding, two stories, 30x00 for a storo, nnd hall above for soiuo frntorunl order, Concrete wnlka aro going down In plnco of woojon walks In the principal stroots, nnd many new house aro plnuod. o KiiMluilty Gmivlug. Now homes were Ixullt tho pnstj jfiir uy .loiiepu nuruvo auu iouih Koenlg (who l soon to take a hoiud kooper), Mr. Bell, of Dlttor, Bell & Co., hns remodeled ono of tho old nhousoH nnd Is home from IiIb bridal trip to the Seattle fair. Ho married a Miss Gohlen, of Stnyton. A beau tiful now altar Iuih been erected at St. Boniface church, the handiwork of Olor Bros., of Mt. Angel. It i nil carved woodwork, and there Is nothing liner In tho Northweet. They nre great artists In this Hue. and the altar Is considered worth $2000. About $1000 was spoilt on the new dilutee, adding three new bolls, that cnu be henrd from llvo to ten mtlee. Today Rev. Lavlcli celobrated his Hth anniversary In this parish, which Is one of tho most prosperous lit Oregon. Tho land Is rloh and pro ductive, 1 wiill farmed and there nre substantial Improvement. Thme nre some new poople coming in con tinually, but good farming laud is too high. o Funeral Notice. The funeral of the late Thoe. Kckart will bo hold from tho family resldnnco, C35 South Capital struut, Sunday nftor noon at 2 o'clock, Rov, Comor olllclatlng. Tho Modern Wood men will conduct ritualistic ser vices at the grave. Interment la Odd FcIIowh cemotery. LOW RATES TO CHICAGO OCTOBER 4 The Harrlman linen will sell round trip tickets to Chloagu and roturn for $74.15, going limit ten days from dato of salo. Roturn limit November 30. stop over prlvllogos within tho limit both ways through Portland. $87.50 ono way through California. W. McMurray, General Pnssongor Agent. ECKHART DIES FROM HIS WOUNDS With His Family at His Side, He Passes Away Peace fully at 4:15 Friday Afternoon. TOLD OF SHOOTING MADK ANTE MOIITKM STATU. MENT WHICH SHOWS TIIKIIE WAS X() PROVOCATION FOR Till? SHOOTINfi MKYEHH HAS NOT BEEN 8KICX SIXCE. Nothing hns been eeen or hoard at Qcorgo Meyers slnco ho fled niter the shot thnt-killed Thomna EcXhajrt ' Friday morning. Tho ofucora hare mnbo n dllllgeiit search of tho dtr. bolng impressed with tho Idea that Moyora was hiding in tho city, but found no traco of tho fugitive, who now has tho chnrgo of murder agalait him. Thoro was no hopo for Eckhart from tho start, nnd, wbllo tho real ized this, ho mot death with, extra ordinary fortitude, passing away at 4:15 yostordny nfternoon. He h told of his condition before ho rnde his nnto-mortcm stntcmont to Attor ney McNnry, but he smiled bravely hack at his wifo, nnd loomed to- he trying to mnko the blow less bltUr to her. Following is his nntc-mor-tom. Btntoment: "I, Thomns M. Eckhnrt, bolng co bcIoub of my present condition. umS roallrlng t'int thero Is no hopo of my rccovory, do mnko. this flnnl deciata tlon: , "About 12:30 o'clock Arthur May ors wont to IiIb room over Price's shoo storo, Stnto street, Snlom, Ore gon. I pnsscd him m ho went up tt ins mom and then I went to the Whlto Houso reHtaurniit. Arthar 'Como to my room; that of n Ooorgo Is up to tho room sleep ing. I want him out of thero. Did gnve me ordors to put him out, and keep him. nut.' I then wont to-the room with Arthmr nnd found George Meyers, who was sitting u a chair stooping. I woke him up nnd rays 'Mnloy says IiIb father gave hlra or ders to keep you out.' Coorgo ar All right. I will pack my clothe. He tnys. 'You Moloy , I'll K';t you, r-ine.nber 'hat.' "I tfiys. 'Cut it out; don't bo mak ing threat.' 1 "t.iMod down stairs with aim. He soys, 'Want aro iho charges?' I says, "I don't know, bur, have ordors to lock you up when I found jjau.' I hnd hold of his left arm. nnd wo walked nloui; to the place of shooting, talking frlondly ok the wny. We walked down High Btroot to olty Jail, then tnirnod west on Choiuokotn street, nnd stopped a few foot from outside jnll door. Then ho snyn 'Some ono is in there, looking In the window. I my a Thi.ro might he,' and ae I turnod from the window and faced him ha say 'Tako thnt. you , and thon shot me, pulling n plsd-il out of a slicker coat. standing nt the time beside me, while I was holding his arm. I was shot first In the abdomen, thon I wont down. Ho made two or threo rteps, turned around and shot me again, this time In the leg, nnd then run acnNM tho street north, and turned down the nlloy. Meyers appcarel snbor, though I smelt liquor on his breath. "Mndo the first dny of October J'jOtf, at 2:2fi p. m., in the presence, of Dr. W. II. Byrd, Dr. J. N. Smith, Mlsa Qraco Kelxer, Mrs T. M. Eck hnrt and C. L. McNnry nt Snlom Hos pital, Marlon county, Oregon, "THOMAS M. KOKHAUT, "W. II. Byrd. J. N. Smith, a U. MoNary, wltiiosses" o XHglilHiis, Attention Hvery Tiiember of Camp N. S246 Is requested to meet at our hall Bun day at 1 o'clock, sharp, for the pur pose of atetudlng the funeral or our late nelKhlnr. T. M. Kckhart. Temm will appear in uniform. Bring (low ore. Byorder of II. M. Buell, con sul Welch ltoud Biutttv. Tho llrst tee. nln In number, ot the VVelch rand wre put In 'place this nioriilng. being laid on Furry street near The Journal oldoe. It doesn't look like a very big start for n railroad, but there Is plenty or room lar It to grow, ami two bloexv of the street have been graded out ready for the track. Xougut Chocolates And chornlato chips, ham's Palaco of Sweete. Bucklnc-