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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. VOL. 9, SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY AtAIlCH 31. 18T. NO.10 IF YOU OR YOUR BOYS NEED CONGRESSIONAL CYCLONE, GREEKS EDUCATION f i i t if i 1 i f i $ SI B "1 I !M I raUu ' H H I I W OF ANY can supply you at the lowest cash prices, If interested send your name and address and we will send you by return mail a descrip tive circular, with samples of cloth attached, which will give you an idea of the line we carry. 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BROS, new stock of AND TINWARE stock in the city, Northwest Liberty streets, Animated Tariff Discussion V JJWate of ihe Dingley Tariff Bill Will Be Known Soon. "Washington, March 31. Party feeling ran high during the last day of the tariff dobate in the house. Political speeches were wedged in at every opportuhltyy and there vvas con stunt maneuvering for political ad vantage. The opposition directed their efforts toward stirring up dis tention on the Republican side, but they" succeeded only In exposing a single Instance of rqvolt and that was on the subject of free hides. ' The Democrats pressed the ques tion of duty on hides, for the benefit of the farmers with such vigor that Hepburn was drawn into the debate and made a strong plea for dutiable hides. lie demanded that the house be giyen an opportunity to vote on this question, and declared that every Western Republican was in favor of it. Cannon, of. Illinois, also gave qualified endorsement to this demand. The Republican leaders defended their bill with vigor. The ways and means committee held the floor with their amend ments from 10 In the morning until 4 in the afternoon. About thlrty-livd were offered and adopted. Among them was one admitting free of duty "books, scientific apparatus, charts, maps, etc.," for scientific and educa tional purposes. After that five more pages of the bill were read, making twenty pages In all of the 162 pages of the bill. Tomorrow the bill will be open for amendment until 1 o'clock an attempt to extend the a;e bate having failed after which an hour on U' sido will be allowed to close. Voting will begin at 3 o'olock. Democrats displayed a good deal of anxiety to get an amendment to strike out the differential on sugar, but they will probably be frustrated in this. The only motion they may be able to secure a vote on "Is one to recommit with instructions. This motion has been prepared in the shape of a resolution, and Is the Dockery amendment to suspend duty on articles whose prices are controlled by trusts or combinations. Even this motion may be held out ol order, under the special order. There is some talk of a number of, Republacan yotes being cast against the bill, but nothing definite is heard. POOLING BILL. Senator Foraker, or Ohio, .has intro duced a pooling bill. It Is practically a reproduction of the Patterson bill introduced in the last congress. It Is intended to meet the objections tc pooling, which were raised by the su preme court, of the United States, in the decision recently rendered in the trans-Missouri freight association case. The section amends the inter state commerce act so as to render it lawful for railroad associations to en ter into pools. NOMINATIONS, The president today sent the follow ing nominations to the senate: Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, public printer; Alexander M. Thackeray, of Pennsyl vania, conaul at Havre, France; As sistant Surgeon James II. Oakley, of Il'Inois, to be past assistant surgeon of the Marine hospital. Palmer was public printer under the Harrison ad ministration. , CREDENTIALS. In the senate McBrlde. of Oregon. nrACAnrr.,1 nn nmnrlort Porf.Htonfo ,m "" the governor of Oregon as to theap-4 pointmenb of Ilenry W. Corbettaa senator from that state. The certifi cate states that the appointment is until the legislature shall meet, thus curing the supposed defect in the first credentials, which' did not fix the limit of service. To "Wed. I. F. Clark and Edith Wboeler were the recipients of a mar riage license from County Clerk L, V. Ehlen today, Have Attacked Fort Izzederi, Foreign ''Ironclads Bombard the Attacking Forces, Cakea. larch 31. The Greeks at tacked Fdrt Izzeden, which dominates Suda bay. -The- foreign Ironclads bom barded the?qttacklng force In support of the'Turklsh garrison, which had 12 camion' and one mitrailleuse. Fl tially, detachments of the -foreign troops occupied the fortress. There was sharp lighting today at Splnaldhga: The Cretans succeeded in dislodging the Turks and seized a vessel 'which was landinganimubitlon for them. The fighting lasted three hours. The Turkish garrison met with ir heavftloss. A French warship has been dispatched to render them sucliliRSlstancc as may now he practic able, j Fighting continues at Hcraclion and Retlmo.1 Several shots have been fired afcftho foreigners occupying fortes ubPaksuranla. The French commander has ob tained reinforcements to replace the Turkish outposts, which are said to be absolutely 'unreliable. FLOODS More Xevees Are Breaking, Live Stock Drowned Thousands of People Homeless, Greenville, Miis., March 31. This morning another crevasse occur red about" Mound's Landing, fifteen miles north of this city. At 4 olclock yesterday evening a break occurcd near Australia, Miss., twelve miles north of Rosedale, in Bolivar county. This, with the crevasse at Lake Lee, ten miles below Greenville, will de luge the entire great Mississippi delta. Nearly all o Washington and Boli var counties will go under during the next two days, and all Issaquena and parts of Sunflower and Sharkey will also bo flooded. Live stock is drown ing in great numbers, and people are fleeing to the railroad embankments and levees for safety. It is Impossi ble to estimate -the amount of prop erty which will be destroyed. The suffering will be intense. Greenville, Rosedale, Stoneville, Ar eola, and, in fact, all delta town south of Roselalo to Vicksburg, will bo un der water coon. The Greenville le vees arc getting mushy. Thousands of men line the embankments north and south of Greenville, working like demons. All business is suspended, and the people are fleeing for- their lives. Looking For the Remains. J. F. Warner and J. J. Flltt, of Corvallls, arrived In the city, via the river route, Tuesday afternoon. They are looking for the remains of James Elgin, who so mysteriously dlsappeaied from Cor vallls several weeks since. It is thought he committed suicide. Sev oral days ago the body of a well dressed man was seen to float past the mouth of the Santlam and tho gentlemen think It may have been that of Elgin, They continued their sad journey down the river this morning, hoping to bo ablo to And the remains and give them burial. Mr. Flltt Is a brother-in-law of the man who Is sup posed to bo drowned. I TAXES FOR 1897.-Tuesday after 1 ., iM,l,T -p rn Wrlirllf mnn t.nrnprl toCount; Treasurer G.L.Browrr $00.35 In taxes for 1897. The tax was levied on the clothing and furnishing establishment of Davis, Ilober & Co., which Is about to remove the city. The house has been doing business in b'alctn for about a year. The tax levy was based on that determined upon for 1890 taxes. o a 1 o HTA. .tlalli tl tutor it lie C&&ZS&&&U Chandler, Oklahoma, Swept, Many Killed and Wounded-Com-plete Destruction of the City. Kansas City, Mo., March 31. A special to the Journal from Guthrie, 0. T., says: At 6 o'clock last evening atcrrllic tornado, followed by a hall and flood, swept througn the town of Chandler, 40 miles east of fiereoomplctely de vastloK the town. HfeVfourths of the reslchYhces and.buslness houses, of the town, were totally wrecked or badly damaged, scores of people being injured and many killed. Darknesa'at once came on, and the work of rescue is carried on under the greatest difficulties. The telephone office was carried away, and at 10 p. m. a telephone was connected with the wire two miles this wuy, and a message sent here for assistance. Upto4hat time Mr. and Mrs. John Woodman. .Mrs. Henry Mitchell,. Mi's. Tom Smith, Attorney John Dawson SBd'two unknown per sons had been found dead. Fully 150 people were known to be badly Injured. Mrs. Emma . Foster and baby are thought to be fatally hurt. Tho following are also reported as Injured: John McCartncr, brother-in-law of United States Marshal Nagcl, F. Nlblack and father; John Foster, Mrs. Emma Foster, two daughters of County Trcasuror.Ulam, Samuel Wlnthrop and George Mc Henry. Chandler is a town of 1500, built on a hill in thick timber, and the mass of torn trees and wreched houses makes it Impossible to reach all of the people In the dark. On every side can be heard groans and cries for help, and the scene is Indescribable. A large number of physicians and other citizens have left hero for the scene with surgical instruments, drugs and other supplies. A later message states that a largo number of people known to have been in bulsne&s buildings are mining, and it la feared they are burled under the ruins. The true state of affairs can not be learned until daylight. Kansas City, Mo., March 31. The Journal has this special from Guthrie: At 1 o'clock this morning. 91 dead bodies have been taken from the ruins at Chandler, and 75 to 100 are badly Injured, and a dozen or more of these are reported dying. In addition to those dead, injured and dying, It Is believed there arc at least a score or more dead buried be neath the wrecked buildings. Several of tho wrecked buildings havo taken fire, and the debris is burning llcrcely. Many of tho injured have been burned to death while pinned fast under the debris. In one building, It Is reported five injured people were burned to death and at another place, the incinerated bodies of three unknown persons have been taken out. All physicians of tho town, save one mot death In the storm. Nearly all the physicians of Guthrie have gone to tho Bcene of disaster. LATER. Special to Journal. Guthrie, O. T. March 31. Chaos reigns in Chandler. Last night's ter rible cyclone turned a peaceful town of 1500 inhabitants Into a veritable morgue. The principal business buildings are wrecked, a grim re minder of tho storm's work. Tho death list is variously estimated at from 25 to 60, with tho Injured num bering from 75 to twice that number. Already 20 dead bodies have been re covered. Tho night was one of Indescribable terror. With the better part of tho Inhabitants dead or dying, and the re mainder too badly Injured or unable from fright, or because of darkness, to render assistance, little better order than bcdlum prevailed. Rain poured down upon the disconsolate Inhabi tants and added horror to the situa tion Many of the Injured lay In the wrecks of their homes until daylight made It posslblo for them to help themselves or until aid from surround ing towns arrived. Many of the wrecks took lire and burned them selves out. Several were still smoul dering when morning broke over the town. It Is believed that many of the missing are burned to death. Tho cyclone 6truck Chandler alrO o'clock last evening. Work of carnage began before tho inhabitants rcallzad what was upon them. Hardly any means of escape was left. Stores were hurled right and left, lifted high into the air, tossed In every direction. Overturned stoves started tires find unhampered lire began its part in the work of de struction. A deluge came, which probably was the saving of the town, for in many spots it quenched the llrcs and stemmed the conflagrations that Chandler's citizens could never havo hoped to stay. CUBA, General Gomez to MKiriley. Letter from the Insurgent Leader to the President. Chicago, March 31. The Record to day will contain a letter from General Gomez, written to President McKln ley, and containing a copy of one written February 0, to President Cleveland. The Record's copy was sent by C. E. Crosby, tho correspond ent reported killed during a battle near Arroyo Blanco. Tho original letter to President Cleveland either went astray or was suppressed by the recipient. To President MoKinloy, General Gomez says: "In tho field, near Sanctl Splrltus, March 0, 1897. Tho Hon. William Mc Klnley, President of tho United States of America: Sir General Wcylor has arrived In the vicinity of Sanctl Splr ltus with u numerous array, no comes not to fight nor oppose his strength to the forces with which I defend theso parts, but as a san guinary and cruel general, who will ayold combats and spread crimo and desolation eyery where. Ho comes to murder tho peasants in tho fields, to kill tho children and to drive our per secuted and outraged women to tho woods, leaving their homes to bo burned, their hearths violated and their gardens destroyed. Tills is how General Wcyfcr pacifies Sanctl Splr ltus, or wherever he may bo. Then ho authorizes those who ask him for bread for their children and allovla tlon for their miseries to go out Into tho country to steal and destroy what ever they may find. "With this permit me to send you a copy of a letter which I had tho honor to send to your predecessor In office. The Silver Cluij. Thursday eve ning tho Union Bimetallic club holds its regular weekly meeting at Popular hall. A general political discussion will bo had to which all arc Invited to bo present and participate. The Northern Pacific is tho only line making direct connection at Spo kane for all points In the mining ter ritory, such us Northport, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Nelson and other points now attracting attention of all per sons In tho cast and west. Via this line you can leave Portland at 11 a. m. commencing Sunday, March 28, and reach any of tho mining centers the following afternoon. By using this lino you can save a luyover of 50 hours in Snokanc. and the exnenscattached to it. For map or tno Kootenai coun try, giving fgll particulars. In regard to tho mining industry, etc., call on or write Thomas, Watt & Co., agents, Salem, Or., 200 Commercial street, tf Tho Northern Pacific Overlain! train will leave Portland atllu. m. on Sunday morning, March 28, and thereafter, making direct connection atSpokano for all nolnts In tho min ing territory north of Spokane. This will savo passengers laying over at Spokane and the usual expense In curred by bucIi forced layover. If you aro going to tho gold fields, see that your ticket reads over this lino. Thomas & Watt, agents, Salem, Or. tf In Govenor Lord's Message, Full Treatment of These Import ant Matters, Governor Lord's message, to havo beeu delivered to the nineteenth gen eral assembly, contains following pas sages on education: The general diffusion of knowledge Is the best guaranty of the stability of Republican institutions. Their safety and prosperity depends on the spread of knowledge among the masses. The fact Is now recognized that Intelligence In communities Is essential to social progress and politi cal reform, Is conductive to scbrlety and industry, and serves to establish justice and promote the public Inter ests. Asa means of disseminating Intelligence, our common schools are most active and potent factors. There are no other Instrumentalities com parable with them for the accomplish ment of this object. They seek to in crease the general averago of human Intelligence by the education of the rising generation, and In this way to elevate the citizen and strengthen tho state. Tho state cannot neglect Its educational Interest, without loss of public Intelligence and detriment to its well being. It is gratifying to know, that, the subject of education always attracts much attention from the legislature, on account of Its im portance in the development of an Intelligent citizenship and a progres sive civilization, now to devise a systgiu of education that shall extend its opportunities and benefits to all the children of the state, without en tailing too heavy a load on- tho tax payer, Is a ploblem not often easy of solution. A law, simple In Its pro visions and Inexpensive In Its arrange ments, Is what our state needs for the attainment of this object. Our pres ent school law has become a clumsy and costly contrivance from too fre quent, patching by way of amend ments, some of which seem to have no reference to Its symmetry or gen eral design, and always providing, as a condition precedent, for tho pay ment of fees that serve no educational purpose, and aro an unjust tax on tho teacher Tho whole law ought to be repealed and a new law enacted, em bracing Its meritorious provisions, leaving out what Is defective and uso less, and Including such other provis ions aswlllmakoan eulclcnt and In expensive common school system, rel atively considered. It is Impossible to enter upon de tails, and probably unnecessary at this tlme.as thero aro assurances that Bomo of our educators will present theso matters to tho consideration of tho legislature. There is, however, serious need for reform in the method of issulug state certificates, diplomas and life diplomas. In tho number of theso documents Issued by tho pres ent board oven approximately, rcpic sents the number Issued by our prede cessors, they must be scattered over the state "thick as leaves In Vallom brosa," and worth but little more as evidence of capability for teaching. Tho original design, of tho law, was simple and excellent. Itcontcmplatcd that tho board or education should appoiut a board of examiners, com posed of men trained In practical teaching and of scholarly attainments, who were to meet at the capital twice a year, for tho purpose of examining applicants for teachers' certificates and diplomas, and recommend to tho board such teachers as bcconio entitled to them. By this method tho state secures the service of trained men to select teachers, and tho dlplc- fContlnued on second page. POWDER AbolutJy tur Celebrated for lt great JeavenlncJtrensih and healilifulncii, Awurr the food eiH alum and all forms adulteration corrinupjr, to the cheap brands. KoYAL JMKINO jpwp PER Co. 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