VOL. XX.
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1010.
No. 107.
DEATH hJD DES
N WAKE
OLATION
OF FIERCE FIRE DE
FT
MON
Hundreds of Men Rush to Scene of Destruction to Battle With
Deadly Element Which Is Sweeping Over Northwest, Con
suming Millions of Feet of Valuable Timber and Wiping
Entire Towns Out of Existence Loss Is Already Enormous
and End Is Not Yet in Sight.
Portland, Ore., July 20. Hun
dreds of men today nro battling
against the worst series of forest
fires that have swept the Pacific
Northwest and British Columbia for
a decade, according to reports
reaching here.
In Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and British Columbia num
erous fires aro consuming millions
of feet of the choicest timber and
are leaving In their wake death and
desolation.
Tho loss already Is enormous and
the end Is not In sight.
Four towns have been burned,
according to despatches, three of
them being in British Columbia,
and one In Washington. A largo
number of logging camps llkewlso
have been reduce to ashes. Eight
persons are known to bo dead, a
number are unaccounted for, and
scores have been injured.
Indications aro that rain will fall
soon. If It does not the probabili
ties are that the worst conflagration
in this history of tho Pacific coast
will result.
The fires that aro doing the great
est damage this afternoon aro burn
ing In tho Nelson and Kaslo dlslilcts
in British Columbia, north of the
Washington-Idaho Intern a 1 1 o n a 1
boundary line.
In this district approximately 300
persons have lost their homes and
belongings; millions of feet of tim
ber have gono up in smoke, Tind the
fire flend holds absolute sway.
To the eastward, in the Kootenai
district, other fires are devastating
the Canadian forests.
In tho Idaho panhandle and the
northeastern part of Washington
numerous fires are taking their
heavy toll of timber and horaea.
These flres for the most part are
being brought under control.
hero all the buildings of several
mines In the Kaslo section havo been
destroyed.
The snowsheds and the bridges be
tween Palnn and NIne-mllo have been
burned. Tho town of Whitewater la
In ashes.
Between Ymlr and Nelson a great
fire is cutting Into tho timber. A
hundred and fifty men are fighting It,
but with small success.
Victoria, B. C, July 20. Besides
the flvo men who were suffocated in a
forest Are near Kaslo Saturday, re
ports today from tho Nelson and Kas
lo districts, where big fires are rag
ing, say that tho list of fatalities' has
been increased by at least three per
sons. Several more are missing.'.
Over 200 minors and their families
have lost everything. They are
camping at Kaslo.
According to dispatches received
More Towns Wiped Out.
Nelson, B. C, July 20. From the
fire districts reports are that tho Slo-
can fires are still raging fiercely. It
Is said that Three Forks is entirely
wiped" out, and that Sandon Is
doomed.
A furiouc Are Is also reported to
have wiped Jaffray and Bayno's Lake
off the map.
At Kaslo tho Are is traveling rap
idly, and back firing has been resort
ed to. At Moylo the fire Is still caus
ing anxiety, but at present tho town
is safe.
The bodies of the four victlnr at
tho Lucky Jim mine were Interred
here today.
Tho air about Nelson is dense with
smoke, and the fires north of there
are still blazing furiously. Fortu
nately the air has been calm.
STREETCAR
CONDUCTOR
REWARDED ;
Mncou, "Ga., July 20. Be-
, causo W. W. Miller, a streetcar
conductor,'.' befriended Charles F.
Curloy seven years ago when
tho latter was ill In a boarding
house, Miller is today worth.
$500,000. '
Miller has been notified that
Curloy recently died In Dawson, "
Y. T., naming him solo heir to
his estate.
'
Refugees Flee in Terror.
Nelson, B. C, July 20. Reports
today reaching here say that tho town
of Three Foks has been totally de
stroyed by forest fires, and that refu
gees from the stricken district havo
fled to the mountain peaks to sava
themselves from .Incineration.
No new fatalities are reported. Un
confirmed reports received aro that
the thriving town of Sandon is aur-
(Contiaued from Pago 5.)
ANY STORE THAT CAN AFFORD TO GIVE 20o0 DISCOUNT
Makes 400o and S00 Profit
Don't you Lhtnk that Is too much. If we make 8 and 10 per cent profit we are satisfied. How can you af
ford to spend your money at these long profit stores, when you have the Chicago Store to trade at?
Come
i
Here If I
You Wanf
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.Lingerie Dresses
$7.50 values now 2-75
$25.00 Wool Suite now 10.50
J2G.0Q Silk Dressos now . . . 10.50
$18.00 "Silk Dresses now .... 7. SO
$7.50 Wash Suits now 2-76
And so along the lino. Profits out no
figure nowit is sell tho goods.
Our prices are now 20 per
cent less than our competitors
Clearing
Sale
See Our Prices
Ladies 50c union suits now 25c
Women's 20c fast blacky
stockings, seamless, now lie
Ghlldren's 85c sweaters
now 49c
$1.50 houso dresses, now 95c
Standard apron gingham yd be
Indian Head suiting, yd ..11c
$2 wash dress skirts, now 98c
3000 yds standard outing
flannels in dark and light
colors, yard 4c
65c wool dress goods, yd. . 29c
Remnants' of wool dress
goods, white goods, ging
hams, lawns and challies,
n0w Half Price
$1 muslin underwear, now 69c
25c Dutch collars, now ... .10c
$1 fancy drdls silks, now
yard 39(5
$1.00 kid gloves, slightly
soiled 40c
50c charaolso gloves, pair . .2Cc
Boys' $1 2-pIece wash suits,
now .... 9
Camping Goods
Now on Sale
Trunks, Suit Cases, Blankets,
Comforts, Men's Cheap Suits,
Cheap Pants and overalls.
WE AUK
Giving the Biggest Bargains In
Salem.
Shirt
Waists
At Startling
Reductions
$1,00 soiled shirt waists
now 25c
$1.00 fancy Shirt Waists,
all new, now 49c
$1.45 lingerie shirt waists,
now . , 89c
$2 lingerie shirt waists,
beautifully trimmed
with laces, medallions
and embroideries, also
tucked and pleated . .98c
Big bargain in laco and
SILK
Shirt Waists
THE
GREATER
Chicago Store
SALEM
OREGON
MADRIZ
ORDERS
Rebel General Intercepts Tele
gram Sent by President of
Nicaragua to General Rober
to in Charge of Prisoners of
War.
THE EV
eT STATE ASSEMBLY
Soparatcd by a lovers' Quarrel 25
years ago, Bishop S. Garrison and his
bride, who was 2!w Eva Bugg, today
started on a honeymoon, which they
declared would last longer than the
quarter century they lived apart.
Garrison and Miss Rugg were on
gaged when both attended a llttlo
college in Now York. Tho causo of
tho quarrel which separated them
they havo forgotten, but tho vow of
celibacy each took was kept faithful
ly until fato brought them together
hero a week ago.
Garrison and his bride will start
tomorrow for Oakdale, N. Y., to epend
part of their honeymoon near tho
scene of their betrothal.
OREGON!
AN MACHINE ACTIV
IN ARRANGEMENT OF SLATE
CANADIAN MINISTER OF
INTERIOR ON BIG TOUR
EXECUTE- WITHOUT FEAR
This Is tho Burden of the Instruc
tions Given to Chief Executioner,
Who Is orcred Jo "Shoot Without
Fear or Consideration" Any Prison.
er AVhoni Ho May Capture or Hold
ill Custqi'Jj Iiivcs of Americna
Prisoners Arc Endangered.
UNITED PBSS8 LSA8BD WIKB.1
New Orleans, La., July 20.
President Madrlz of Nicaragua, has
ordered all revolutionary prisoners
shot If an intercepted telegram pur
porting to havo been sent by him to
General Robert Gonzalez is authen
tic.
Gonzalez is' in command of. tho
Madriz forces at San Ubaldo. Many
Insurgent prisoners aro known to bo
under his charge. Tho Intercepted
message read: "I trust to your
hands the salvation of tho father
land and tho giving of a sovoro les
son to the revolutionaries who aro
In your neighborhood. Shoot with
out fear or consideration tho revolu
tionaries whom you may capture by
attack and tho prisoners whom you
may have. Give orders to leaders ot
your patrols to watch. Thero 1b
danger In the road from San Ubaldo
to Acoyapa. Madrlz, Com
manding General."
Tho telegram fell into the hands
of tho rebel General Mana, who de
clared that on tho same day two In
surgents were executed at Charco
Muerto.
A copy wa3 sent to tho provisional
government's local repesentatlvo to
bo forwarded to tho American state
department.
o
CUPID FINALLY SPANS
QUARTER CENTURY BREACH
united rnrsa mused wma.l
Dawson, Y. T., July 20. Frank
Oliver, Canadian minister of tho In
terior, has reached Dawson on his
8000-mllo tour of tho wilds of Nor
thern Canada. Starting from Otta
wa, ho went to Edmonton, thenco
down the McKenzio river 2500
miles to Fort MncPherson on tho
Arctic ocean. Ho made a portage
from Fort MacPherson, walking 90
miles over tho Tundra to the head
waters of tho Porcupine river, whore
ho wont by canoe 700 miles to Fort
Yukon where tho Porcupine empties
into the Yukon river. There ho took
a packet for Dawson.
o
Another Aviator Dying.
UNITED riK! ISASBO WIBB.l
Rome, July 20. Harment, an
aviator, is dying as the result of an
accident to his aeroplane today,
Harment was flying at a consider
able altitude, when the engine of hlB
areoplano becamo disabled, and ho
was hurled to tho earth. Physicians
say thero Is no chance for his recovery.
Things Are Being "Fixed" for Nomination of A. C. Smith,
First, for Governor, Jay Bowerman, Second, and Ackerman
Third, and Marion County Delegation Grooms C. B. Moores
as "Dark Horse" PossibilityRalph Hoyt Slated for Treas
urer and Duniway for Printer Fight on for Attorney-General
Nominee.
ROOSEVELT
AMENDS HIS
STATEMENT
INTENDED DECLARATION IN FA
VOR OF "PROGRESSIVE PLAT
FORMS" TO BE CONFINED TO
OHIO SITUATION ONLY
MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT SIG
NTFICANOE IN OTHER STATES.
HE SAYS.
(Special to Tho Journal.)
Portland, Ore., Jul y20. Already
tho down-town hotels of tho city, aro
being crowded with out-of-town del
egates to tho Republican stato assem
bly, which convenes In this city to
morrow, and their lobbies are teem
ing with tho hubbub and babble of
subdued voices incident to the time
worn custom of arranging the "pro
gram" for tomorrow'? entertainment,
when tho nomination of tho candi
dates for tho different stato offices,
selected and acted upon today and
tonight by tho powers that bo, Is ex
pected to bo ratified in general as
sembly. Tho "steering committee of 100, 1
engineered by Leslie Scott, of the Oro
gonlan, and Ralph Williams of Dallas,
tho Republican national committee
man, Is busily engaged in turning
things upside down in tho interests af
securing the nomination for governor
for Andrew C. Smith, with Jay Bow
erman next In the race as choice of
tho ringleaders and a few scattering
votes for Ackerman. Tho Marlon
county delegation is grooming C. B.
Moores as a "dark horse" candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination, and
everywhero tho earmarks 'of old "ma
chine methods," of "slato making"
nnd domineering politics are In evidence.
For stato treasurer Ralph Hoyt,
president of tho Merchants' National
Bank, will doubtless be tho cholco ot
the assembly, and L. R. Alderman, of
Eugone, is In tho lead for tho nomi
nation for stato school superintend
ent. Thero will bo a strong fight for
the endorsement ot a non-partisan Ju
diciary tlckot, and In nil probability
Garden drove, Cal., July 20.
uniticd rnss utsu wini.l
Oystor Bay, N. Y July 20.
Colonel Roosevelt today amended his
statement of yestorday, which, he
said, had been somewhat misunder
stood. "What I intonled tl say yestor-
.day," he said, "was that I cannot
support any candidate for nomina
tion. I hopo that a progressive plat
form will be a lontod In Ohio. I do-
slro to make it perfectly clear that
I meant . Ohio only. . Progressive
platforms In other states might havo
a very different significance"
Tho colonel spont tho day catch
ing up wkh his correspondence.
THREE WHITE GIRL VICTIMS
OF NEGRO BIGAMIST FOUND
IN DYING AND CRAZED STAT
Religiously Insane and Ignorant Dupes of Rev. Jonah Sturde
vant Starve Themselves and Inflict Bodily Punishment Up
on Themselves in Belief Their Sacrifices Will Bring About
His Release.
Washington, July 20. The police
today took charge of threo white
girls, two of whom aro dying and
tho third nearly insane, who aro al
leged to bo vjoilms of tho mysterious
machinations M uer, Jonau murue
vant, a negro new s4rvlng a term In
the jail at Baltlmorafor bigamy.
Hilda Johnoti.t a Norwegian,
whom the negro recently married
and who was recently a mothor, Is
dying at a negro hospital.
Gertrude Monson, also a Norwe
gian, was found dlng In a George
town hospital, nnd Addle Codd'ng,
nearly Insane from hunger, w,in
found In an unfurnished room over
a negro hovel. Tho Monson girl,
the police declare, was dying as n
result of long fasting nnd the
stranga punishments) she had Infllot
ed on herself lu the belief that the
mysterious Incantations In someway
would result In tho liberation oi'
Bturdevont.
Tho Monson girl also is suffering
(Continued from Pago 8.)
tho present complement ot tho su
premo court will be endorsed. Judgo
William Colvlg, of Mcdford will lead
In tho fight for a non-partisan Ju
diciary ticket.
Tho assembly will also probably en
dorse Willis Duniway for re-olectloa
as stato printer, but on tho nomina
tion for attorn y-general a big fight
Is in prospect, as tho Southern Ore
gon and Coos Bay contingents Insist
upon tho nomination of Attorney
General Crawford, whllo the balance
of tho delegated power ot the stato Is
divided among other aspirants for tho
nomination.
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EDITH KELLY-GOULD TO
APPEAR' IN COnO OPERA
okitcd rnsss ljmbcd wieb.1
Paris, July 20. Broadway will seo
tho wlfo of another New York mil
lionaire In comic opera this season.
Edith Kelly-Gould, wife of Frank J
Gould, will appear in a new comedy
called "Tho Lady and the Viscount."'
Frank Hennessey, the theatrical
manager; Frank Gould and Mra.
Jackson Gouraud have formed a syn
dicate, which will present tho muslcaa
opora. Edith Kelly-Gould and VIb
count B. Hollondor will be tho prin
cipals. o
O'Neill Bribery Caso Resumed.
Chicago, July 20. Tho resump
tion of tho case of Loo O'Neill:
Browne, charged with bribery in
connection with tho election of Wil
liam Lorlmer to tho United States
senato, will begin August 1. Judgo
Korston will preside, tho caso having
boon taken from Judgo McSurely's
eourt, whoro tho first trlnl wns held.
H t H M M M M M M M M M M M H M M M M M M M M
Bishop's Ready
Tailored Clothes
'Clothing at
1 -4 to 1 -2 Price
4
The prices as follows are very attract- :
ive from a standpoint quality and ::
workmanship.
BISHOP'S READY
TAILORED LINE
$35.00 suits now $28 00
$30,00 suits now $24.00
$25.00 suits now $20.00
$20.00 suits now $1 5.00
MEN'S MEDIUM
PRICED SUITS
$20 suits now $16
$18 suits now - - - $14
$15 & $16 suits now $12
$12 suits now - - - -$8
YOUNG MEN'S
SNAPPY STYLES
$25i00sjiits now $20.00
$22.50 suits now $17.25
$20.00 suits now $1 6.00
$18.00 suits now $14.00
BOY'S KNICKER SUITS
$6.50 suits now $5.20
$5,00 suits now $4.00
$4-00 suits now $3.20
$3.00 suits now $2.40
Boys' straight pants suits at 1-2 price
these include our leading brands of
school suits.
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