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DATE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1010. PAGE FOUR MACHINISTS MAY GO OUT ON STRIK Contemplate Taking Up. the Cause of Striking Switchmen. UNITED ritESa LEASED WIItB. Minneapolis, Jan. 8. Upon the contents of H, B. Porham's letter to President Hawloy, of tho Switch men's Union, depends the calling out of tho railroad machinists in the Northwest. Tho letter Is expected horo today. Tho machinists were on tho vorgo of striking yesterday, after the switchman strike negotiations at Washington wcro called oft. Twenty- ono local unions voted unanimously to walk out, and woro awaiting tho order ofChalrman VanLear when Per ham, who Is in Washington, tolo graphon VanLear to take no action prior to tho arrival of his lottor to Hawloy. Chairman VnnLenr Immediately no tilled tho machinists at Livingston, Mont., and Everett, Wash., who wcro on tho point of revolt, nnd woro anx iously awaiting a signal from Minne apolis, to Vnit. If tho switchmen loso tho strilco, Van Lear stated that tho machinists woro perfectly organ ized, and would tnko up tho light. Thto Montana railroad commission has offered its services as arbitra tors. , o AMANDA WANTS TO CUT LOOSE , FROM JAMES Husband Left Her Fifteen Years Ago, Now Wants a Divorce. Int: charged off champagno din ners. The'ro Is a secret Impression that Voorhess 1b more or less tinc tured with a rural lionesty ana wnon ho takes fresh eggs to market thoro are never any In tho basket moro than six months old. In running an insurance company tho Granger could give tho financiers of Wall street pointers, and then some val- unblo information. o FRIENDS WILL HAVE TO PAY FIFTY CENTS Itono, Nov., Jart 8. FrlondB of Miss Mabel Watt of Rawhldo and Charles Slmas, a well to do business man of this city, who nro to do mar ried this evening, will have to pro duco a shiny half dollar If they want to witness the ceremony. Tho money will bo used to buy wedding presents for tho couple. Tho marriage will be soletnlnized In tho rooms of a local lodge. Tho bride and groom will thon lead a grand march, .after which dancing will begin. o OREGON CITY CONGREGATIONAL BROTHERHOOD HI6HWAYMAN KILLED BY R PAT OLMAN Undertakes to. Hold Up Two Bartenders in Portland and Is Killed. Interested in Educational Re form and Immigration Problems. After 23 yoars of marrlol life, James II. Hastings of Tho Dalles lo norted and abandoned his wifo, Mrs. Amanda J. Hastings, according totho allegations of her qomplalnt filed with tho clerk of tho circuit court this morning, and now aftor living separato and apart from him for tho period of 1C yoars, and when all of tho chlldron have nttnlnod the qgo of legal majority, she asks tho court to dissolve tho matrimonial bonds existing botween them. Stato Resident Over -10 Years. It is gonerally doomed sufficient to nllogo In a dlvorco complaint that tho complaining party hns boon n rosldont of tho stato for a porlod of tlmo oxtondlng ovor a year. Any way, whether sufficient or not, thut is tho allegation gonerally made; but In this case Mrs. Hastings alleges that sho lias been n resident In the stato ovor 10 years, nnd that she was married to Hustings In Polk county 'In tho month of July, 1872. In tho month of April, 1895, just about 23 ;yoars afterwards, so runs tho com plaint, the husband, without any provocation or cause, deserted and .abandonod' his wife, and ovor since then has continue! to live separato and apnrt from her, and bocnuso of It sho now asks that tho court grant her a docroo of divorce. Tho children, It Is allogod, hnvo all roachod their legal mnjorlty, and thoro aro no property rights Involved in tho action. 0 HAIiiEU NSURANG OFFICIAL Tho Oregon Grnngo Mutual FIro Insurance Company hold Its nnnunl mooting at Snlom during tho past weok. Tho following offlcera woro olectod for tho ensuing year: A. P. MUlor, Sollwood, prosldont, succeeds Thomas Paulsen of Portland; 8. A. Dawson, Albany, la treasurer, and Jacob Voorhess of Woodburn Is soc rotnry, This grangor Insurance con corn Is vory economical and nonoof Us ofllcors woro over known to buy anything more oxpouslvo than a two-hit meal, and they would eat that standing It It cost anything to sit down. Thoy drink nothing stronger than Willamette Itlvor wa ter. Tho losses of tho company during tho past year, having u great deal of property Insured In dry countlos. ran up to tho ningntflcont total of ovor $3,000. Tho company wub or Knnlzed In August, 1885. and car rloti rlstcH at prosont amounting to $1,103,000.00. During Its career It got o oxtrnvngant It ran for throo nnd ono-hnu yoars without asaoss mnnts. nnd up to hut summer, whon thlngt) got dry nnd Inilnmmahlo, tho aotnpany had run two yonrs and four months again without nseosa insntH. Tho treasurer Is never al lowod to hnvo moro limn about $15. SO on hand, but jum at present btt hH8 about $1,000, Htul the direc tum sat tip several dy and nights wondering what to do with the eur- pltui. The)" went all over the booke of ftMreUry Voorheee and found hie fltmncMHJ In perfect order, with noth- Oregon City special: The Congre gational Brotherhood of this city had a largo monthly gathering Tuesday 'evonlng, with a bountiful oupper, served by tho ladles. It Is a social organization composed of members of the church and business men and workers of that city, and about 150 nttendod and hoard a flno program of music and an addrcsss on "Industrial Education and Immigration" by Col. B. Hofor, of Salem. Tho broth erhood takes an especial interest In tho wolfnro of tho foreign olements of population, and Is very holful to th'om In mnny ways. Itov. Onkly complimonted tho speaker vory high ly at tho close and ho was given a unnnlmou tanding vote of thankn for his argument for moro industrial education to reduce divorce wa3 good and his treatment of tho sub ject. Presldont Aveson introduced tho speaker and short addresses wen mndo by Col. C. II. Dye, Hon. J. E. Hedges, City Superintendent Tooze, County Superintendent Gnry, Charles Milcr, Bert Roako and Mr. Nelson. MubIc wns by tho Des Larzes orches tra and tho West Oregon City Quar tet, composed of pnpor mill employes. This brotherhood Is doing a good work on n broad basis of manhood, and tho church Is a pioneer in this work of raising the standard of citi zenship, jj LLOYD GEORGE SLATED FOR LIBERAL PREMIER London, Jan. S, Mnny liberals today predicted tho public oblitera tion of Premier Asqulth, lender of the liberal party, and the elevation to tho premiership of Lloyd George In tho event of the liberals winning tho coming olectlon. Lloyd-George Is fighting his way undor n bitter arralgnmont from the press, which hns Boomed to emphn- stzo his leadership. Tho Times ac quitted Asqulth for tho responsibility for tho affairs of the last fow days. Tho papor says: "Lloyd-George sot hlmsolf tho tnsK of dollborately Inflaming tho peo ple's passions." n Thoro Is no Quinine, nothing whntovor harsh or slckonlng in Pro- vontlcs. Theso llttlo Candy Cold Curo Tablots act as magic. A few hours and your threatening cold is brokon. Cnndy-liko In tnsto. Pre- vontlcs ploaso tho chlldron and thoy hroak tho fovorishness, always. And least of all 1b tho economy. A largo box 18 Proventlcs 25 cents. Ask your druggist. Ho knows! Sold by Capital Drug Storo Co. UNITED l'HBSS LKA.fKD WIRB. Portland, Ore., Jan 8. Patrolman Georgo B. Crorford Into last night shot and killed nn unidentified high wayman as ho was in tho act of hold ing up two bartenders in the saloon of L. Miller In tho outskirts of tho city. tiio noiu-up man was wearing a whlto handkerchief around the lower part of his fac ewhen ho entered the place. Tho police officer, In plain clothes, was standing just Inside the door. Tho highwayman paid no at tention to him, but walking up to tho bar ordered the bartenders to throw u ptheir hands. Before the frightened men coull comply Pntrol- I man Croxford. pulled bis revolver, and as tho thug turned his head sngut lv toward the officer tho latter fired point blank, the bullet entering tne thugs mouth ana peneiraicu mu brain. Ho lived but a fow minutes. Tho revolver that the victim car ried fell closo beside him. Ho made a futile effort to grasp it, ostensibly to onen flro on his adversary, but Croxford, observing this maneuver, placed It outside oftho dying man's reach. Tho dead hiKhwayman had not a scrap of paper or any marks on his person which would serve as a means of identification. BILL AWDERS0N WAS SMARTEST lll FAMILY Col. Bll Anderson, tho retired Salem saloon man and capitaist, celebrated his seventy-ninth birth day on New Year's Day at his resi dence on Court street. His wife, who is a good deal younger, got up a flno dinner. All the children, grandchildren and one great grand child were there, excepting what Bill calls his long-legged girl. She is visiting back in Illinois, slelgh rlding over the snow-drifts, that in many places are higher than the stake and rider fences. Bill was a New Year's present to the world nnd tho smartest kid his mother' had. Whon he was a baby there was a complaint among children that sometimes dampened tho bed clothes,, but Bill was so enterprising he always crawled up on tho pillow to do whatever ho did In that line. People -who foil off tho water vra gon contributed $272.50 to tho city of Cottage Grovo a dry town, losl year. v REAL ESTATE POINTERS Present prices on real estate will look much better to you than spring prices. Take our advice and buy now. INVESTIGATE THESE plastered houso near Yew Park school, $1,200. house and basement near school, $1,000. modern houso with basement and good barn: fine Price, $2,500, payable $300 cash and $25 per month ne D Have only one doctor just one I No fs4mfH sense 'n running from one doctor to kJLs&KJi another! Select the best one, then stand by mm. No sense in trying this Ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pec- thing, that thing, for your cough. Care toral for throat and tune troubles. Doctors fullv. deliberately select flie hest cnuph L . ft t n r tn .T n dvaHrn ... . ' - 0 .wazprnwucu ujarsvycars. J-B,Y medicine, then take t. St ck to t .Seven-room Seven-room So,von-room location, on balance, Modern 0-room corner dwelling on Court Street near stato house, $3,200. Choice lot on Stato street, $700. GOOD BARGAINS IN CHOICE FARMS Flno 90-acre farm In South Howell Prairie six miles east of, Salem, $100 per acre. Well improved 150-acre farm eight miles from Salem, $50 per aqre. C8 acres, all in cultivation, eight miles from Salem; fair build ings; flno spring of water by house, $4,700. 71 acres of choice land, all In cultivation, 1 miles from good railroad town, $80 per acre. FINE SUBURBAN HOMES 10 acres adjoining city limits, rich black soil; fruit for fam ily use; good 8-room houso and small bam, $3,500. Call and look over our list of small tracts. Several houses to rent. H. A. JOHNSON COMPANY GROUND FLOOR. 388 STATE STREET Lbi a,, TTTTr.wf.TnB .n. .amiangi Uim I The Store That Attracts the Crowd j lore i nai Attracts tne IS A GOOD ONE TO PATRONIZE IS Our Annual Clearance Offers you a splendid opportunity to secure good reliable housefurnishings at a liberal discount over regular prices. You will find liberal reductions in all departments, our aim being to reduce our stock to the lowest possible point before taking inventory. Don't miss this great money saving opportu nity. The prices quoted below illustrate the big savings to you. FREE With oach dollars worth or more wo'll j give you oum of our 23c l'ictorlnl Re view Fashion Quarterly, It contains a splendid ar ray of Pnr Man Styles. February Patterns Just In. S q o our display, of Col u tub in ImU'structl. bio Reortts :tSc each. THE GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR MrH. 11. F. Swart, 271 Commercial Rocker No. A276-66. This massive solid oak spring-seat fumed Mission Itock or, upholstered seat and back in genuine brown Spanish lenthor; con struction, nsldo from boauty of de sign and finish, aro suchhnt It will stand unlimited service, 4s tho vital parts are woll reinforced nnd bolted togothor, ' A splendid value at our usual selling price of $10.00. Clearance Sale Price $13.50 Library Table No. 344. Elegant, riclily finished golden iuarter-oak Library Table; top 26x40, 3 inch legs; a roomy bottom shelf for books and magazines ndds greatly to the usefulness of this table. The material, construction, and finish of this tablo embody service, beauty, and durability. Sells regularly for $20.00. Clearance Sale Price $15.75 !i!311! 110131 J T Chiffonier No. 70. Big saving in price. Solid, selected oak Chiffonier; full size wood back, cast brass, handles, quarter-sawed oak swell front, four largo drawers and two small ones, all fitted with locks; well construct ed and carefully finished. Sells regularly for $14.00. Clearance Sale Price $11.50 1B81I1I Princess Dresser No. 101. Handsome well selected solid oak Princess Dresser; graceful, well designed standards and mirror frame, holding n French bevel-plate mirror 18x36; top of base 20x40; throo well-male drawers, fitted with locks. A good value at our regular price of f 17.50. Clearance Sale Price $13.75 Constipation Ml'or ortr nine jrr I tufTerrd vrlth chrofilc constipation nnd during UtU time I had to ttke a Injection of mnv water ouc every 94 hours before I could luv an action on my bowtlft Happily I tried Caacarett, and today lam at rdt man During the nine year before I used Caacreta I suffered untold mtaery with Interact pile Thank to you. 3 am free from all tbat thU 'ixornlHK You cuo me thU iu behalf f cuffr R humanity. & P. 1'iabar, Koanoke, XX, Carpets and Rugs Wo invito your inspection. It is a pleasure to show tho now beatir tlful floor coverings. Clenranoo Snlo Is bringing lots of shrowd buyors. From this woll chosen stock you can purchase rugs suit able for any room In tho house floral, conventional, audorlo.n- tal designs. price $18.00. good room-slzo rug In high grado tapestry, rogulnr Clearance Sale Price $ 1 5.85 Portiers . No. 713. At last our now s'ock of Portieres have arrived and Clearance Salo Prices affect tnem all tans, goldon, browns, reds, nnd greouB, iu self-toned and tapestry border qffects. We offer you your choice of three dlfforont patterns red. green, nnd .browu--with floral nnd vorduro tapestry borders, full size. Sells rogularly for So.00, Clearance Sale Price $3.75 P: MUMftt. PalataU. INttMt Tatto Good. 1 ' Qood- Nw Biokn.w am or your wonay book. fl NvKliekM.WMkw or firipo. iuu.bg. 90s. Ntvr aoU to fcuik. TMITI ukaublet stamped CCC- Quaranteed to 1