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VOL. XIX
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1000.
XO. 230.
f mii-i- Inl Inllnllnllnllnf tHf Bfrilinliniini fnl iqmCs-
WAS BURNED
TO DEATH
D I rltNlIu
His Clothes Saturated with Oil
From a Lantern He Car
ried Are Set on Fire
by Cruel Devils.
WAS A LIVING TORCH
SCREAMING IN AGONY, TWELVE-YEAH-OLR
BOY, 1I1S CLOTHES
SOAKED WITH OIL, BURNS IN
SIGHT OK HUNDREDS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA TOWN.
t UNITED MESS LEASED WIM.
Anotn, S. D., Oct. 21.--Ltttlo Ken
neth McKonzIo, 12 yoara old, Is dy
ing In n Faifco hospital today, fol
lowing his encounter last night with
two men suppposcd to bo enemies of
nla father, Simon McKcnzIo, n butch
er, who has bcon actlvoly engaged In
loading a crusnrto agalntat nlluKCd
"boot-loggers." Konnoth Btartod out
Inst night to dollver meat to soveral
customers, carrying n lantern to
light him on.hls way. Ho had hard
ly gotton two blocks boforo ho wan
nold up by tw nion.
tho boy's clothing with tho oil which
It contained.
Thon tho two men ignited tho
ooy's clothing and disappeared.
Srcamlng for help, the lad, now n
living, blazing ball of fire, rolled in
a nearby plot of grass, in an effort
to extinguish tho flames. His efforts,
howovor, woro unsuccessful, and bo
foro tho flamts woro later extin
guished by pedestrians, tho lad had
neon horribly burned from head to
foot.
Although his cnBO apparently was
holplcss, and suffering cxcrutlntlng
agony, Konnoth was hurried to tho
hospital at Fargo, whoro, It wns
said, that his burns most probably
would provo fatal.
Konnoth was ono of tho most pop-
ular boys In Anotn, aud tho myste
rlous onomlcs of McKcnzIo sought
ro ven go through tho son has
aroused the town to a great pi'
of excltomont, and It tho child's as
sailants nro found they nro almost
cortaln to bo summarily dealt with.
BANK OF
ENGLAND
Raises Its Rate of Discount
from 4 to 5 Per Cent.
Third Raise Since
October 7.
THE PORTOLA
CELEBRATION
IS A WONDER
GENERAL OTIS
DIED IN NEW YORK
Rochester, N. Y Oct. 21. MnJ.
Gen. Elwoll Stephen Otis, retired,
died today at his homo at Tho antes,
near horo, o flienrt trouble
Gon. Otis, who was born in Fred
crick, Maryland, March 2G, 1838, was
widely known as an Ildlan fighter,
an dalso has an excellent record for
duty In tho Philippines.
o
Cl'velnnd Notes Another Qimkt.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 21. Tho seis
mograph record hero shows two dis
tinct oarthquako shocks havo oc
curred about 5000 miles from hero.
Ono is reported to havo occurred
Tho larger of tho two hold tho
boy, whllo tho other took his Inn-jnt C:30 o'clock this morning, nnd
torn away fiora him and Bnturntcd'MhG nthor nt 7:30 p. in. hrst nigh. I
DOES IT MEAN PANIC
ENGLISH HANKERS SAY IT ONLY
MEANS AN EFFOltT TO RETAIN
AS MUCH GOLD AS POSSIBLE
IN ENGLAND AND TO CHECK
SPECULATION.
UNITED DiESS LURED WIRE. J
London, Oct. 2l. Tho Bank of
England todny announced an Incrcaso
in Its discount rato of from 4 to 0
per cent, as wns predicted yesterday
by the United Press. This Is tho
third Increase since Octobor 7, tho
f-ratc having been doublod within "w
fortnight.
Tho banks of Germany and Bol
glum also hnve Increased their dis
count rates.
It is Intimated that thcro Is nn un
derstanding between tho foreign
bnnkers to keep up tho rato In order
to check a wave of speculation which
(Continued on pago 8.)
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Sweeping Reductions;!
IN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS jj
Ladies' Coats, Suits, Millinery, Hosiery, Underwear, Dress Goods, Silks, Blankets, Com- " m""r ,,"vo bM """ wuinm.
T was comnoniMl of 14 divisions nnnh
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iwtwtiiniiiiiiiwuituniwiimininnt
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Salem
Cloak and Suit
Store
Is certainly giving tho
values In Lndlos, Misuos
nnd Children's Cloaks
and Suits. Como to our
storo and sco tho rush
of buslnoss in this de
partment. Wo nro crowd
ed eory day; tho pooplo
know gonulno values
when thoy seo them. Spe
cial Salo Prices now on.
Great Millinery Bargains Just Received z
Silk Hats and Indian Blankets,
Sombrero and Umbrella,
Ancient and Modern,
All Mixed Up.
EVERY BODY THERE
GHANDEE OF ANCIENT MEXICO
AND MILLIONAIHE OF RECENT
DATE, HIGH, LOW, RICH AND
POOR, ALL TUKN OUT TO CEt.1t.
URATE 'FRISCO'S DIG DAY
foSnn Francisco, Oct. 21. With al
most ovory nation or tho world rep
resented In costumes varying from
tho frock coat and silk hat, to tho
Indian blnnlsot, from tho flowing
plumes of tho Spanish grandco to
tho gorgeous gowns of tho Chlncso
mandarin; from tho kilts of Donnlo
Scotland to tho silken robes of Nip
pon ombraclng in 200 floats, horse
men and men on foot, practically ev
ery branch of Industrial, frnlorn.il
and commercial llfo, tho great Por
tola parndo passed up Mnrkot street
today botweon solid wnlls of sp?i'ta
tors, who havo como from nli parts
of tho const to participate If tho
thrco remaining days of th.i colohrn-
tlon of Snn Francisco's rc.iiibtruc-
tlon. It was tho greatest ami most
brilliant street parado over seen in
tho West.
Don Gaspar do Portola and Queen
Vlrgllla occupied mngnlflcent lloa's,
nnd each was guarded by tho Pot tola
dragoons In their brilliant colors
and glistening armor.
Tho pageant today, howovor. ccti.d
IjulkV $15 Suits
now
8 7.00
Ladles' 818 Suits
now ,810.00
Ladle' 825 Suits
now 814,00
Wo aro giving tho greatest values wo over of
fered In Millinery. New, up-to-dateTrlnimed Hats
Ostrich Plumes, Wings and Fancy Foathors sell
ing at about half millinery store prices. Tho Chi
cago Storo Is th eplace to buy your supplies to
make your own hats from.
$4.50 Handsome Trimmed Hats now$2.50 I
$6.50 Handsome Trimmed Hats now $2.90 Z
Wonderful Values in Up-to-Date
Dress Goods and
Silks
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Dress Goods, yard 19c, 25c, 35c, 49c, 65c, 75c and up
Dress Silks, yard 25c, 35c, 49c, 65c, 75c and up
elaborato nnd arranged after weoks
of careful preparation.
There woro 10 brass bands In tho
lino of inarch, which oxtended from
tho ferry building through tho length
of Mnrkot street to Vnloncln stroot
nnd almost ta tho Mission Dolores,
whoro an emblematic ceremony
wns hold.
Moro than 20,000 persons partic
ipated In tho parade, and it wob wit
nessed and cheered by hundreds of
thousands.
Tho offlclnl representatives of all
tho nations woro given promtuonco,
and a sootlon was set aside for tho
army nnd navy officers, Tho frator
pal ardors woro presont with .floats,
and ninny with drill corps.
The Elks' whlto squadron, from
f.os Angeles, was given an ovation,
along tho lino. The Hednun and
tho Eagles woro represented with
big dologatlons, In full rogalla. The
Knights of Pythlns; tho Woodmen
of tho World; the Knlghta of tho
Maocaboou; tho Itoyal Arcanum; the
Modern Woodmen, and many others
woro In lino. Tho Sons nnd Daugh
ters of tho Golden West appeared
In elaborato floats.
Ono fcaturo which won great np
plauso was a detachment of Spanish
war veterans under tho command of
Drlgadlor-Qonkral James F. Smith,
who recently returned to this city,
after having served as governor-gen
eral of tho Philippines. The voter
ana carried the largest American flag
over seon. This flag was displayed
In tho Fulton-Hudson celebration in
!!(5000 Yards
;J?izc dark
; ; and light
colored Out-
ing Flannel
z Yard 4c
Chicago Store
Salem, Oregon
THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY
1,000 Yards
best stand- '
apron Ging- ;;
ham
Yard 5c
iiif -if mim-twninnw t wf iaatf wmiM
Francisco to be carried In tho pa
rade today.
Tho foreign delegations were
piobably the moat interesting of all
to most of the visitors. The Ghlneso
colony was represented by a dolegn
tion of about 2000 Celestials In gay
native costume.
Three hundred Chinese, in two
shifts, carried tho largest Chinese
dragou that was ever Imported to
this country. It spouted flame and
smoke all along tho lino of march,
and presented a sight such as Occi
dental eyes have seldom looked up
on Tho Spanish societies worte promt-
Jnont, ns tho flostn, In fact, Is n
Spnnlsh celebration In honor of Por-
tola, tho Spanish soldlor. Spain was
j ropreaontod especially by Marquis
I do Vlllalobar, tho minister . pf
t Spain to tho . Unltod States, who
brought tho grcctlngn nnd congrat
ulations of King Alphonso. '
Tho JnpaneBo colony was repre
sented with a brilliant and olaborato
display. Tho Scottish, tho Greek,
tho Swedish and tho Italian socie
ties woro all represented by floats
and men In gay costumes, accom
panied by musicians of their ollvo
typo. Aside from all tho special fea
tures, tho parado included all tho
foaturos usually soon in a street
pageant, nnd altogothor composed
tho greatest display of th" kind over
scon in tho West.
With tho termination of tho mon
ster historical and electrical carnival
pageant Saturday evening, tho last
night of tho Portola festival, Snn
Francisco will resolve Itself Into a
monBtcr Mnrdi Oras, In which thous
ands of Don Caspar do Portoln's
subjocta will revel with abandonment
throughout tho night In n mannor
that will go down In iho annals of
tho city's merry-making ns a dis
tinct triumph.
Thcro will bo soven of tho largest
Moats over constructed, located onH
Market street at tho various intor
Heeling thoroughfares, which will
oach havo n band or orehostru.
Spnco will bo cleared off nt oach of
thoso floats and music will bo fur
nished nil night for tho gay dancors,
Besides tho million or moro Incan
descent lights which will bo omploy
od In tho resplendent Illuminations
each of thoso floats will bo decorated
with 10,000 lights. Tho srono Mar
ket strcot will prosont with its red
nnd yollow colors of tho Portola and
Its. veritable innro of electric Illumi
nation will bo ono 'of mngnlflcont
glamor, surpassing In Hplondor nny
effects over nttemptod In tho fun
loving city of tho Ooldon Onto.
Uononth this bower of daxzllng col
or and light, and casting nsldo dull
caro and worry, tho morrymnkors
will abandon themselves to tho spirit
of revolry. Thoro will bo piquant
grlsottos In gorgeous nnd striking
costumes, clowns, buffoons, and other
horribles, Thcro will bo fantlstlo
and grotesque masks of bararro nnd
original design by tho thousands.
Trumpets will blnro In continuous
and discordant mannor and ovory-
whoro thoro will bo nolso, and moro
nolso, and a cffnstnnt warfaro of con
fottl will bo waged. Tho night will
bo ono of tho gayest that gay Snn
Francisco has over known. Around
tho monster electrical floats tho
frolicking subjects of Portola will
dnnco to tho entrancing molodlca of
tho orchestras. Evorywhoro thoro
will bo color and life,
Tho rod and yellow colors of Por
tola will predominate In tho motloy
crowd. Thoro will bo rod nnd yel
low hats and costumos, and rod and
yellow stockings will movo grnro
fully to aud fro, tnnolng In rhythmic
regularity to tho soduutlvu strains of
muslo.
Tho spirit of rivalry will reign
auproino and San Franolsro will add
a new pago to Itu famo ns u placo
of nmuuomont. Funmaklug and i0"
rlmant will continue until Halloty
shall como stalking along, and thon
Don Caspar do Portola, bidding adieu
to his loyal subjects will ascond in
his spoctacular aerial flight over Iho
festive city.
Probably ono of tho most Import
ant events scheduled for tho week
of fostlvities is tho official Portola
masquerade ball which will occur on
Thursday evening, Octobor 21. Ecrv
one who joins In tho donee will bo
required to appear In costume, an 1
$2,000 wortth of prizes will bo award
ed to those attired in tho mot beau
tiful, blzarro and picturesque ros
tumes. Twenty thousand tlrkots
havo been issued and It Is botlfvod
that It will provo ono of tho most
successful affairs of Its klrd ovor
witnessed In San Francisco,
EVA BOOTH
TALKS ON
SUFFRAGE
I DrttimiAn tAfnmnn CtiAi A lftlf
UUIICVUO VVUIIICII OIIUUIW VUIV
But Deprecates the Means
Employed by Them
in England.
IS ALL UNWOMANLY
WILL MAKE THE TO UK OF TUB
UNITED STATES A NO 8Y8
THAT 1IEKE INSTEAD OF IN
ENGLAND THE SUFFIIAdirrTES
MUST WIN T1IE1K VlfTOItY.
UNiTro rRrns leased iriu.
Los Angeles, Col., Oct. 21. Wo
men should havo tho prlvllcgo of tho
polls, but many of thorn, particular
ly tho militant suffragettes of Eng
land, nro conducting their campaign
for tho ballot upon ridiculous lines,
according to Commander Eva Booth
of tho Salvation Army, who Is la
Los Angolcs today.
Miss Booth reached this city lat
last night from Denver, nnd, accom
panied by soveral mombers of hor
staff, hurried to n local hotol, whoro
npartmcntB havo been rosorvod.
Tho commander lo making a tour of
Inspection of tho West, and plans
to visit nil tho larger coast cities.
. "Most Assuredly I think women
should volo," was Miss Booth's re
ply to n direct question, "but I
grlovo to seo them doing things that
might bo termed unwomanly. Wo
men In Englnnd havo boon doing
outlandish things to sccuro suffrage
thoy havo dono things that appeared
to bo hysterical nnd Billy, and snch
radical measures havo gained them
Ultlo sympthy.
"I bollovo that men wero intend
ed to benr tho hardest burdons of
llfo to breast tho heaviest waves
nnd women should da nothing to
subtract from tho gentleness with
which sho han been endowed. Bat
It must no remombcred, she pays
tnxos on tho property sh'o'holds, and
should, for that reason, .hlvo soma
volco In tho government of hor coun
try." Miss Booth will spend soveral
days visiting tho Southern Califor
nia cities in which tho army has
posts.
KILLED HER
BABY WITH
HAMMER
Frank Ahby Instantly Killed.
A wire was received this morning
that Frank Ashby, a young man who
Is engineer on tho O. II. & N., and
who is a son of Boyd Ashy, residing
on tho Rickey placo. near this city,
was caught In n landslide some
place near Hood River ycstMrday and
Instantly killed. Tho body will ar
rivo hero at 018 this evening, and
tho funeral will probably be held
tomorrow
UMTKD rnCHS LE1SEO WI1IB.
Portland. Oro.. Oct. 21. After
beating her 3-year-old child to death
with a sledgo hammer, Mrs. Rotfa
Ilelnoy. 28 years of age, living near
ari-shnm, throw horsolf In front of
a northbound Estacada car today,
and was Instantly killed. N. Young
er, tho motorinnn in charge of the
car, saw tho woman sevoral hun
dred yards beforo ho reached her.
Sho had btn walking botwoen the
rrlls, but, as tho car approached,
bhppcd to tho side, and walkul to
'.ho odge of tho track. When tho
car wan within 10 feet of her. she
nade u lwip for tlje center of tho
tiack and foil with her head over
tho cross tics.
That tho act was carefully plan
nod and tho sulcldo contemplated is
shown by the way tho woman
grasped the rolls and held herself to
tho track. Ono nrm was entirely
under tho stool rail. With her oth
er hand sho reached over her head
and clasped tho rail and held on with
n doathllko grip.
Tho child's death was not learned
of until tho pollco ofllcers wont to
tho woman's house to Invvstlgata
the sulcldo.