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uippjppigjaiQ! ' mww m i -w EVENING JOURNAL. "THE PEOPLE'S PAPER." SALEM, OKEGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7 1891. "TO-DAY'S JSOTWS TO-DAY." NO. 340 yol" 3 CAPITAL FOUNTAIN PENS ONLY TWENTY CENTS EACH V fcirclv new "line of ruled and unruled writing tablets both letter and note size just received. ATT T. McF. PATTON' (V iili ML HOFER BROTHERS, - Editors. PUBLISHED DAILY.EXCETTBUNDAY, BY TnK Caoital Journal Publishing Company. (Incorporated.) Ofllce, Commercial Street, In I O. Building Entered at tke postolllco at Salem, Or., as second-duff natter. s Book' Store, 1 tHas h'csell r en in Your Midst, It Was None Of Your friends tliis Call Ii ive died the ignominious death they deserve, we killed them. Look here if Ave did not. ""iTi tt r molds for 25c 2 lb molds for 30c Butter Ladle 10c 240 Tooth picks for 5c Good black ink G only 5c per bottle Wive hair brushes 10c 12 good lead pencils for 5c. mm) AND SEE OUJt PRICES ON TINWARE ! V -t 1 ro-e dishpans only 35 cents. Small dishpans for 25 cents. All other kinds of tinware. . AND IT WILL PAY I OU hoes from 50c to the best hand made, at astonishingly low prices. Umbrellas from GOcto 1.25. Safety ee our sn , n, i minvnfecd for twelve months, only 90c. Coffee mills 45c. Lamp burners only puis 2c a UOZ. vnuwvB, si --w- . . ..!. Hair COlliDS lu aim iau. uxni' in aim st-u us, 5c I Lamp burners only 261 Commercial Street. GO TO HENRY SCHOMAKER if you want a Plow, Harrow, Cultivator or any Agricultural machine. Implement, from a Hoe Handle to a Threshing AGENCY OF STAVER & WALKER. TfiA nmornn I and fin.. mUolu IIIV VI V van n-iii ww. -with its- no Ice Satan, a (Xn tViA Krura Tusurance Building) and branch offices in Portland, Astoria and Albany, Has for sale a large list of Grain, Btock and Fruit Farms; also City and Suburban Property. The Oregon Land Co. was especially organized for the purpose of buying and sub-dividing large tracts of laud, and has during the past two 'years bought and subdivided over 3,200 ucres into Of all kinds Pianos, Organs, Violins, Guitars, Banjos and Mandolins, (whole ale and retail) over 800 of the latest and most Donular SHEET MUSIC. If you contemplate the purchase ol a mu sical instrument write to us for an illus trated Catalogue by mail. P. H. EAST0N & Co., 310 Com'l St., Salem, Or. FREE MOD, - rrrri r t tit rknAl WW WL to Twentv Acre Parcels ?h'e Ifer ' !'i''s.i. "!"':,'!.'" Sst '"XZl!,Lmc, jccu ou me inurKet, zm nuvo uecu sum. - w.. choice laud in Fruit, Will Yield a Larger income THEGROGERS Commercial Street. The Best for the Money all the Time. THE SINGEll MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S- AA'1-.TcitincT fi In iittle No. 2 -LATEST a... ip ..-. 1 viin Wo ntunmnke valuable : yu juu ui-res 01 w neat in me jusivi uh mne.. . ":"-. -w : tr. . .. . 1. .1.....!., Mm liinrt. IHUCfH. eiL-. o ! -t""n-Jii?ms in ine wav 01 niaim, i-iraiiuB.""' ----- - .,,,. ti 1. . -." .. .i . .inu nflp iinn 11H VUU HUUIW r iniifi nr ill. mtiiiir , .v.i ,rw. v improvements in the way of roads, Hearing the land, le wlUBtn.iU tract of land for the name price per acre We to pay for a large tariu. for Pamphlet and Price List. J iAS. AITKiOM, GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. -THE BEST CANNED GOODS- Choicest Fruits and Vegetables in Season Garden Seeds, Field Seeds and Flower Seeds, Fresh and true to name. TMSAjO'KSBrsM . -. .-.m s-kn vnrC3 rT A aya. ANU BCOl uc i j. vj w.--.ww.. HILL'8 ANTI-FREE TUADE LETTER A mass meeting was called by the pree traders of New York, among them two democratic members of congress, to celebrato Jeflerson's blrthdny, and Hill was requested to bo present. Iu reply to this invita tion he sent the following letter. Btatk ok New York, Executive Mansion, Alrany, N. Y., April 2, 1891. Louis F. Post, President, etc Dear Sir: I am In receipt of your letter of March 28th, invitlug mo to attend a free trade muss meeting to be held at Cooper Union on Thurs day evening, April 2. While thank ing you for your courtesy, I cannot attend the meeting because I have no sympathy with its professed pur pose. I had supposed that my opin ions upon the tarlll" question had been so frequently expressed iu pub lic that nobody conld expect me to consistently attend a meeting in tending to promulgate the doctrine of free trade. I uui not an ndvocate of free trade and never have been. I stand with the democratic party in favor of tariff reform, which meaus a reduction of the present ex cessive and iniquitous tariff aud the retention of the tariff limited to the iieceessltles ol the govemmeut, economically administered. I be lieve that the Interests of our coun try, industrial, agricultural and com mercial, demand the establishment of that tariff policy declared and particularly defined iu the uatioual democratic platforms of 1870, 1834 and 1888, and I am earnestly opposed to the attempt which Is now Doing made In some quarters to undermine the souud and conservative position of the democratic party upon this question and to commit it irrevoca bly to tho doctrino of free trade. The men who are ougaged iu this effort, no matter how honest or sin cere they mav bo in their individual convictions, have no right to longer masquerade as true democrat?. While seeking to commit tue pany fo a nollcv which It has always dis tinctly repudiated aud which if adonted must inevitably, in my judgment, affect injuriously the wel fare of tho country, anu unlit ine democratic party for tho mainte nance of tho wise principles of gov ernment, which it has, for many a ceutary, been the proud and un yielding representative, thby gen erally mistake public sentiment wuo assume to construe the revelation of last autumn at the polls as a pop ular manifestation lu favor of radi cal tariff, legislation. It waj, bo far as tho tarltr was an issue, a pupumr outburst against excessive duties, against restraints of tho markets, uyaiuBt war taxation for the benefit of the favored industries. But it is only blind theorists who iu this think thev see that the people are Impatient of all tarlfls aud desire to resort to direct taxation to secure mo necessary revenues for the support of tho government. Asa democrat I must respectruliy ueenno to sup port any government, no matter by whom instigated or championed, having for its purpose tho adoption of any such suicidal policy as is sought to bo promoted by the meet ing to which you have lnviteu me. In my opinion such movements only embarrass and endanger the cause of turiff reform. 1 remain very truly yours, David B. Hill. and hold them for ransom, and tho citizens of New Orleans could estab lish nnd mulutaln a brigandage that would put. to blush tho Sicilian Malta, while tho outraged forelgu power would appeal lu vain lor justico to a national government which this theory renders obsolete, while nt the same time the constitu tion forbids any recognition of n state by a forelgu power. This double-headed nnd absurd proposition could only orlglnato in tho nerverted brain of a states-right demagogue, seeking to flatter a little remnant of Bourbons that exists in tho hotbed of a slumbering secession- ism. This theory Is worse than a crime, as it would allow tho practlco of all kluds of crimes and treasons, aud practically forbid redress. UAII.nO AD standpoint to tho stockholders nnd most useful to tho people. As tho Oregonlan has told its readers, tho Iowa commission has reduced freight rates from one-third to ono- hnlf In 8omo cases nnd earnings are not dimluished but Increased. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. . . .. m...ii,. r..l.l luHin lnt div'lon Ournew design or viuraiingonuuie um "-;",., ,rmvementH. mentof that popular prluclple, containing special paleuted Improvement, inu-Tlie lis-'htpst running machine iu the market. ..,,,. nn S-The Bimplwt machine in the world. It requires absolutely no dd-Tbenly Vibrator that makes a perfcctBtltoh- result beretoforont- J- &!crr V'hhoutchonBeoftenslon.coveiugthe whole range of family Wrk POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. .. , .ltAM w.nlilnn j-tf Its rtlfUtq. 1- U a'"'? fS VZ l"?ou r0't hdp tb wdlJS Tit right " II HUM HID nillliIVO --T- -- - m . -, , "-" ---- . . , r ..iitAtiwitm Itftiilllll Ul lUl"AVV www-- winder, Vl& Ornng Storo, J26 State St., Salem, Or. Sain Truck & Dray Co. rnn n..i.. . m 11 iJUH UJW "'"v" i i . 3. It boa tho latest Via owuwm KucK 1 u..yfaiud Vo fastening necary; It tay wherever you livoU TiTuitlinate I Perfection of a nfuiple family wlng ma. chine BURT CA8E, Agent, 327 Commercial street. DRAYS AND TRUCKS rtA nuiio wfci "ii v a fon works. Draya and trucka rooy bo found throughout tne ov -" cornet of Btnte and Uoinmerclal atreeU. Churchill Sash, Door & Manufacturing Co., Sash Doors, Blinds & Mouldings, Turning & Scroll Sawing. . Uoiu KloUhlos roadejto prder. NOT A 8TATK MATTKU, A New Orleans organ very sharp ly informs his majesty King Hum bert of Italy: "Tim Ti.ill.m L'ovemmont shows Its ignorance of republican Institu tions in supposing the federal gov ernment can Interfere iu a mutter of purely state concern," This, upon the theory that thoro has been Just cause for Interference on tho part of tho federal govern ment, is assuming that If tho Itallun governmunt had grounds lor de manding jUMtlc of tho American nation, tho federal government at Washington would not have the right nor tlie power uudor the con uiliiitlnn to intefure in what Louisi ana might bo pleaded to call "a matter of purely state concern." It is an assertion tliut, If an outrage had been committed on Italian sub jects in the city of New Orleans, In violation of treaty rights, und for which Italy would feel bound to demaud ijatlsfuctlon at tho hands of the federal government, the federal government would be powerless to interfere, Under this theory of the helpless ness of the federal admliiUtrutlon, a "sovereign" state could oiler nuy insult, commit auy depredation, unnrlflm tlm llvwi or llMDertV Of aliens and the nation would have to stand hack and declare to the world that it would not be In good form to meddle with a matterof purely state nnnrvtrn. The aavcrelutl fttttttt of Louisiana co'ild carry on piracy on the high ea, Imprison foreigners EFFECT OF tOWKBINO KATES. A short tlmo since tho Orcgonlan depicted a woful state of atlalra as existing lu tho Iowa railroads, ow mg to tho great reduction of rates made by tho Iowa laws and com mission. Tho article stated that earnings had run down so that train service was crippled, men dis charged, and geueral baukruptcy threatened the once affluent corpora HmiH of tho Hawkeye state. Tho JouiiNAii copied tho article and showed its fallacies. It ventured tho prediction that tho report of the railroad commissioners oi lowa would not substantiate tho asser tions ot tho Oregoulan, which was seeking to alarm the Oregon people against the adoption of a similar policy on the patt of the stato anu its railroad commission. Tho report of tho Iowa commis sion is now before us aud wo respect fully call tho attention of tnu Orc gonlan nnd the people to tho state of affaire tho low corporations are olllclally found to be In. Tho facts do not sustalu tho assertions of tho Oregoulan but are exactly to tho iinntrurv. Iowa railroads aro shown to have increased their net earnings from $11,801,000 In 18S9to?l4,ui:i,uuu iu 1890, every mile of road in tho stato earning 1S21 as against $1421 tho year before 'Thoro was spent ou improvements tho past year on tho Iowa roads $22,485,750.07. Wo stato this amount exactly, because tho Oregouiau was speclllo In assert ing that tho Iowa roadbeds woro rotting, station housqg falling down and tho roads going into genoral finnnv. The total touuago of the rouds shows un increase of 5,180,082 tons of freight. This Is Important because It shows that with lower rates tho people uso tho railroads a great deal more than under higlior. Tho commission reports It ns their belief that tho physical conditions of most of tho roads bus improved within tho year. Many miles of track havo been ballasted, bridges and depots built and general 1m- nrovnments made. Considerable double track has been laid and gon- eral Improvements made in terminal facilities. The report speaks of the small number of Iowa roads In the hands of receivers. Tho total amount of taxes paid by tho railroads of the state during tho year was i,j, 408.83; No. employes, 24,042; increase 3238. s Total gain iu mileage, lZo.lM miles. Iu conclusion the report says: "Tho year 1800 has been a ro markablo one in the railroad world. Rato wars, both passenger and freight, havo brokon out at times with much fury, covering vast areas of territory. Tho organization known as the Interstate Commerce Rallwiiy Assoclutlou, better kvown ns the 'Gontlemen's Agreement,' or ganized for the ostensible purpose of preserving peace and business good faith among competing lines, went to pieces, and eevoral general otllccrs of railroad companies were criminal ly ludlcttd by a federal grand Jury for alleged violation of the interstate commerce law. A material and marked reduction in freight rates commenced In February, and con tinued with more or less fluctuation through to December reaching the lowest point In that month. Bo deep was this cut In rates that on March 10th tho local rutes lu tho state were reduced by tho several companies to n point considerably below tho maximum ratos Axed, by tho commission and so malutalned until August 1st following. Theso facts brought out tho uuomalouH fact that there h id been a gain In tho earnings of the year or eight and one-half per cent, over tho year pro- vlous. Increased earnings ioi low ing u marked reduction In freight rates sharply challenges thetttten llon'ot; candid students oftho railway problem." We commend theso fuct to the consideration of the Oregoulan. We reallzo that the refutation of Iti as sertions is too complete to bo enjoya ble, but in fairness to. tue people it should give them tho facta abou tho rcHulUof a policy of regulation and control of railroads In a state which It hus called upon the stand to prove IU own theory or letting tue cor porations manage their affair with out Interference by the people. The evidence Is conclusive In tho case of Iowa that the railroad managers did not know na well how to handle these great properties and make them most profitable from a business Associated Press Report and Digests of all Important News of To-Day. Next Friday tho salmon fishing season begins. Hon. John C. Drain died at his homo lu Drain ou Sunday. He was born In Iowa, May 22, 1813. Freeman's printiug houso nt Loa Angeles was burned out Saturday night. Ollnger's country kitchen at Woodlaud, .Cal. was destroyed by flro Sunday morning. Loss about $8,000. People along the west side of the Willamette valley frequently make nnmniiiini nf nonr train service, or rather the lack of more railroads. Yamhill county folks aro anxious to have a railroad to Salem, nnd tho newspapers are urglug local capital ists to make a move In this direc tion. More people nnd more small farms is tho principal need ot the Willamette valley, and It will bo very hard to get moro rallaoads or better transit facilities until theso conditions exist. Oregouiau. There Is a rumor nlloat that there aro about 2000 'Indians camped ncross the Columbia, opposite the mouth of tho John Day, who belong to the same tribe and aro sympathis ers of tho two Indians In tho Con don lull. It !b said theso Iudlans havo made threats of going to Con don and liberating their brethren thero from tho county jail, and that n.ntF urn urntHtu for tho "dark of the moon" to do so. Sheriff Wilcox was notified of tho roport, we under stand, by a reliable citizen of Bla- lock, and tho Bhorlffhas notified tue mllltlaof tho county that ho will call them out In case theso IndianB come to Condon on said mission, It is also reported that John Scott aud Geo. West havo joined tho Iudlans lu Jail lu tho "ghost dance," nud whllo it Is a matter of some speculation as to what tho feeling of tho warriors down on tho Columbia is. thero Is no doubt but thoso nt Condon, including Scott and West, would llko to "break out." Fossil Journal, ri'im anil fnr STiflOn ilnmnircs which was instituted against tho Gazette, of Corvallls, by E. G. Beardsloy has beeu voluntarily withdrawn. Tho organization of n company of stato militia was partially effected in this city this week. Tho stato regulations require that a company bo composed of at least forty pri vates, but a special permit wns granted In this lnsfanco and appli cation for enlistment of thirty mom bois wns made. Others will be ad mltted as suitable poisons mako ap plication to becomo members or tno company. The organization win shortly bo complete. Corvallls Ga zette. Washlncton Special: During tho session of tho Methodist couferenco last week, ono of tho ministers wont inin ii flrntr Htoro about dusk on a chilly ovonlng and asked tho pro. prletor for a good mild cigar. Alter paying for It he said: "Is thero any ploco around your storo where I can havo a quiet smoke? Our bishop has Just beon preaching pretty sharply against tho uso of tobacco, so I don't want to smoko 'rouud tho houso where I am staying, nor out In the street, on account of tho bad example I might set. But a mild cigar does rest ono sol" The druggist qulto agreed with him and replied: "Stop behind my prescription counter, sir; you will be unseen there." Two minutes later another good minister ramo Into tho storo, bought a mild cigar, and asked If ho might bo pormltted to smoke in tho Htoro, because: "Our bishop has Just been preach ing ugalnsl smoking," hoexplaincd, almost In tho exact words of his predecessor. Ho also was sent behind tho pre scription counter. Tho screen hid tho two dominies from sight, but it did not shut out tho pouls of laughter which arose when minister number two encountered minister number ono. Tho Secretary of tho Interior has directed the various tension agencies to bo rearranged into three groups, so that, beginning Jtuy i, ieui, there may ho quarterly payments of pensions mado each month during the year, While tho dotalls have not yet beeu fully arranged, It Is ex nected tho three irrouns will bo made up as follews: Group 1 Chicago, Des Moines, Buffalo, Concoid, Mlllwnukeo und Pittsburg. Paymeuts will bo mado ou the fourth duy of tho mouths of July, October, Junuary und April. Group 2 Indianapolis, Louisville, Topoka, Philadelphia, ICnoxvlllo aud Now York. Payments August, November, February nnd May. Group S Columbus, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Augusta, Me., nud San Francisco. Payments Septem ber, December, March and Juno. . MISCELLANY. THE STRIKE IN NEW JERSEY. Trknton, April 7. Tho brick manufacturers nt a meeting held last week decided to reduce tho wages of their employes 20 per cent., tho cut to effect all classes of help now receiving $2 to $4 per day. Tho dullness of trado is tho reason for tho new schedule Thero are thirteen largo yards In Trenton, and they all havo an immonso quantity of brick on hand, carried over from lost year. Tho manufacturers say brick havo fulleu from $20 to $12 por 1000. The employes mot yesterday and decided not to accept tho reduction. A big strike is therefore likely to begin today. If It does, at least 2000 men will quit work. HAVE LOST $400,000 IN WAGES. Trenton, N. J., April 7. Tho strlko of tho sanitary ware pressors In tho pottorios, which began in De cember last, is still In progress, the men having lost, up to date, $400,000 in wages. When busy they aro among tho best paid workmort lh Iho world, earning as;hlghas$C0por week, and rarely less thuu $30. Thoy refused $0 por day recently of fered by tho bosses. Tho spring ulectlon occurs April 13, nud tho politicians aro currying favor with tho strikers by trying to patch up their troubles. Tho potteries aro working with crippled forces, but tho proprietors will not admit suffer ing auy embarrassment. Thoy Bay the quarrel is not over wages und thoy advertised for help, olferlug $8 per day, to prove It; It Is a struggle for control of tho business. A IIOUHIUTiE brute. Jersey City, N. J., April C Edward W. Halligar, colored, who, it Is said, has beon n preacher aud a pugullst, murdered his wife In a most brutal muuuor at an early hour yesterday morning. The woman had recently left him on nccount or cruel treatment. Halligar, whllo besotted with liquor, forced an en trance into tho houso where his wlfo wiw stonnlnc and began beating her with a hatchet. Again and again ho sunk the weapon into tho wo man's skull. Even nfter tho woman was dead tho Infuriated brute kept strlklug hel with tho hatchet. When ho fluully desisted tho wo man's skull was crushed to a bleed iul' mass. Both her arms were almost sovorod from tho body, theso having beon cut whllo she raised them iu un endeavor to ward qtf.tho blows. Halligar then attempted to kill himself. Ho had cut himself severely about the head, when tho pollco arrived aud disarmed him. Tho refusal of tho woman to again live with him was the reason given by tho murderer for his terrlblo crlmo. IMPORTANT LAND DECISION. Washington, April 7. Tho United States Bupromo court yester day reversed tho decision or tno supremo court of Moutana in mo case of Andrew J. Davis, appellant, vs. Henry Wlebold, and ordered the case remanded for u now trial. This was a suit for damages, and Involved tho tltlo to certain lands In tho town of Butte, Montana. Tho caso turns upon tho construction to bo given to the provisions of tho towuslto law of tho United States. Davis claimed tltlo under the towuslto entry net, of which ono entry was that no tltlo could bo acquired under the not to any gold,Bllver, or copper rolno, or to nny valid mining claim hold under existing laws. Wlebold claimed title uudor the general laws, and when Davis offered to prove that at tho time tho patent of Butto towiiBlto was Issued tho premises lu dlsputo woro not known to bo valued for minerals of any kind, bbjecllou was taken on tho ground that Wlo bold's patent showed that as a matter of fact tho promises did con tain valuable mineral lauds, und as audi could not bo granted by tho townslto patont. The court sus tained the objection, and this ruling, which was really declslvo of the controversy, tho supremo court overrules. Tho question Involved In tho suit was loug lu dispute, uud there had been various and lu some Instances diverse opinions on It In tho execu tive departments, Tho United States supreme court has Bevoral tildes passed upon It by Inference und implication, but this, It is said, s tho first direct decision, Tho court, In tho opinion written by Justice Field Bays: 'Tho Im portant question Is whether In the absoueo of knowledge that there wero any valuable mineral land within iho towuslte, Davis o-n be deprived of tho premises purchased uud occupied by him lcause of the subsequent discovery of minerals lu thorn and the issue of a patent to the discoverer. After much consid eration, wo have come to (he cou oluslon that this question must be answered In tho negative, The ob jvot of tho townslto act was to afford i 31 3 1 1 3 s ?! :tt .