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I tonight AND TimUSDAY. OMLYCAPITAL JOURNAL. XVI. ALENCIA PILES UP Many Arc Drowned Vessel Went to Pieces Last Night, Drowning 100 More Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24. 2:28 p. m.- -A message just re ceived from Bamficld says that the Valencia is a total loss, and everybody drowned. Bringing in Sixty Bodies. Victoria, B .0., Jan. 24. Tho worst tut of All concerned havo hoax real. lied. Tho Valencia Is a total loss. She I net to pieces during tlio night, oarry. la to death between 00 and 100 pco. I pic, who m still on board. Tho veo I kU whkh vront to her aaslirtanoo were I ttsiblo to render aid, In fact it is be Hrred that she broke up before the ar rtral of help. Tho atoamer Salver la on te way to this port with between 60 . g painful scenes are reputed, tad 60 bodies on board. Tho customs One woman dropped! her ebUd into the (Hector haa given onion to 91000 tho on when trying to band It to her bus dtck gate and keep out tho orowd of . , whe " ,R Me f tho bost' miens friends. Victoria, It. C, Jan. M. (4:K p. m.) Tho steamer Valonoln, which was en rente to Victoria from San Franotsoo with Pi itasMBgers and a erew of 00, went ashore at midnight last night dvrisg a thitk fog, at Cloo 0e, aoar Xear Carmanah Point, and a largo xuntber were drowned when Attempting mmmSrwE I Prices Ct to the Quick LOOK CAREFULLY OVER THIS PRICE LIST It will give you an idea of how we arc selling good at this time of the jht Vft are doing the buaincc. Wo know we have te give you good jooda at lower prices than other stores to keep your confidence and trade The Chicago Store always foremost for the beet bargains. Ladies' Ilk Corset Covers....... 8c i5 Uce Trimmed Corset Cov ers Mk Lrtis 86e Cambric Drawers.. .ic Jf Cambric Drawora, lace trim med 75e rambric nightgowns, tacked' .. 48c IV Hamburg Bmbroldery, yd SVe 10e ilaaburg Bmbroldery, yd..J 1S Embroidiary, 6V4 is. wide, y4 19c 1S Corset Cover Bmbroldery, SO is, -wide, yd St Thread Lace, 3k in. wide, yd 3 We Persian. Flannel Kimonas. ,30c Tec uting Flanael Nightgowns 46c Tec Outing Flannel Tlndereklrts 49e Ladies' 10c Bmbreidered Oollara 3e Fancy Bmbsoldered Collars 5e BUY YOTJB BTT.K AT THE CHI. CAOO STORE Ladies' Bolts, half price 10c, 15c, c 0e Shopping Baga ,...15eand 96 II Comforts, sale price, 60c Blankets at eale prices ...25c, 45c 75c 1H "Wrapper Flannelette, yd 8 l-3c Iht Standard Calico, yd....34c 8l-3c Heavy Crash Toweling, yd 5e ft White Towele, sale price.... 4c better ones at smaU prices. Children's 25c Underwear 10c Ladies' 18c Black Stockings.... 0c Ladies' 23c Heavy Fleced Hose 12ViC Ladies' Heavy 75c "Union Suits 49c 10c Torchon Lace, 3 in. wide, J 4c ea Wool "Waists.... Half Price SalemsGeatestGowingStoe McEVOY BROS. &Z&83g& -" 1 ... ON ROCK! and It Is Feared the i to leave the ship. The steamer Is enl tho rock, against a high cliff, and hi likely to go to pieces at any time. Oho beat's crew reached Cape Benle at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and nine men get ashore near the telegraph huts, about 15 miles from the lighthouse. Tiro mon tire prisoners oa th face of the cliff sear which the steamer ireet ashore, and cannot get up he cliff er return to the wreek. The son will probably reach them vrhea the tide y when tke boat's arerr left tnere was a lllllo bey running about tho desk eryisg for Ws mother, who was among tho drowsed. Thero are still about 195 persons en tho wreck, with almost certain death staring them la the face. Tho nteamer Queen,' wblth arrived hero at 4i0 p. m. frem: Seattle, landed her paaeengera a0 left at oaeo for the Ladies' IB Silk Olevee, all col ore, pair 48c Ladies 8c H. S, "White lMkf..8 Xoa'a 49c Working Shirts.... Me Men's 45c Wool (llevos We Ladiea' Heavy 75c Union Suits. 40c Men 'a Tie Heavy Leather Olevea 30 $1 Swoatow 45 THE OinOAOO STOEE TOR DBB8S GOODS Men's 19o Heavy Gray Sax.... 4c Men'a 49e Heavy Fleeced Ua derwtwr tfc Men's $1 Felt Hats 49e Boys' 30c Overalls Sic "WooleCoMae' BSTHAROD ILNTN Men's 65e 5-oz. Blue Jean Over ails 30e Men's J1.S6 Pants, sale price.. 75c Men's $1.40 Pants, eale prise.. 98c OBEAT BABOAINS IN LADrES' SUETS AND COATS Boys' 3.50 Suits, sale price. .$1.75 Men's $8 Suits, sale price.... $4.76 Ladies' $8.35 Dress Shoes.... $1.39 Men'a $S Dress Shoes $1.85 Children's Shoes, from ...,S3 up Men's 10c Bubbcr Collars 3c Boys' 10c Suspenders, pair 5c 75c Unlaundried Shirts, linen bosom 39c LADIES' $8.50 BAIN COATS, PRICE $4.00 75 lace curtains, pair 39c White Cotton Batte, roll.. 5c Beet Saxony Yarn, akeW 3 10c Shetland Floss, skein 7c Boat Spool Silk, spool 3c Ladies' $3 Rainy Day Skirts $1.45 $2 Fur Neck Scarfs 95c $5 Butterfly Drees Skirts ....$2.75 Children's $4.50 Jackets $.?,50 SALEM, OBEQON, weno of tho wreck. Sho should reaoh tho scene of the wreek In a few hours. Urgent messages are being received or assistance. Small Boats Smashed. Victoria, B. C, Jan. M.-10 p. m.) A special from Cape Beale states that whe stke steamer Valencia left San Francis at 11 a. m. Saturday, the weather was clear, but s4no has been thick, and Captain Johnson had oobso quently to navigate by reckoning. The oflleers of the vessel thought they were near Umatilla f lightship whoa the vessel drove In en the Vancouver Island coast. Soundings had been taken, M fathoms having been secured a few minutes before the vessel struck. When ae hit the recks her engines were reversed, and the steamr succeed ed In backing oft into deep water. She Immediately began to Ml, so quickly that the caglneres and firemen wore driven from the engine reem. Before leaving their poets, the engineers put the engines fall speed ahead in ebodi ence to orders from the bridge, taking tke only chance to save tke lives of those aboard, When the six survivors who have ar-. rived at Cape Uoale left the Valencia she was lying kedon to the sea, and was out M yard from the high bluff on shore, with tho water over her main deek. What wore left of the paosen gers (and a large number had been prevkmely drowned) were huddled on the saloon dck, , When the boats Wore lowered, soon after the veetot was driven Into the shore after she began to sink, thWd wa a great lone of life, Tho beam ailed with women and children, vrero. swiaehed against the aide of the eternal or, and all la them were lost. Sj The lights had gone out by this Urn and the crew oould not see to wer Seven beata audi three life rafts wer; lowered, aiy two of them have bee.nl heard rem. Tbere were thought to be about 100, persons on the wreck, and the survivj or wbo reached) Capo Ilealc say a least 50 were drowned alongside the steamer before they left. The boatswain and) five seaman sent to secure uscietanee, and are' only ones that reached' Capo Bonis, ar riving there about a o'clock. No News This Morning. Ban Francisco, Jan. S4. OftleiaU of the Paeiae Coast Meamnhlp Comany, owners of the Valencia, report that up to 10 o'clock this morning not a. Magic ; telegram had boost received so far ,'frow the scone of the disaster. No I news is expected until this aftornooa, .when the eteamor Quoeu City or City 'of Topoku, which loft tatt!a yeeter- J day, return. Tho Queen Oky should have reached) tho scene of tho wreck about 11 o'clock Vast night. Many anx ious people are besieging the otUoec of the steamship oouMuiny by telephone ! and in person. Victoria, B. C., Jan. M. The uret dispatch from Cape Boalc says: "A steamer wracked betweoa hre (loo Qm. About 10A drowned. Mac rcachod telegraph but. Will wire more particulars as soon as possible." Cloo 0e is about ivo or six miles from Carmanah Point and W miles from Victoria, Cnpe Beulea is 110 miles from Victoria, at the easterly co trance to Barbie)- Soun ! Little Hope for Surrfvers. Victoria, B. C, Jan. S4. Last night it was reported from Carmanah that a southwest gale is starting, which had been Uow4ng from the southeast, hav ing chopped around. A message from tne Vancouver . -v --,.. it jsieareu wmi .. -v,- for those who remain on the Valencia tonight, for she may break np in the gale." Lineman Logan has gone from Cap Bealo to the scene of the wreek, to on deaver to lead all aseisUsoe possible tnm hud. May Havo Pounded to Pieces. Victoria, B, O, Jan. 14. (1:40 p. m.) No news has been received today from th Valencia, although three ves sels from Viotorla and the City of To peka, which was dispatched from Se attle last night, must bo on the scone lone ere this. The Queen City, from this pert, was at Cloo Oso at 1 o'ciock smauuag a,wB a -. .K yosterdoy afternoon, but saw nothiag taliets through forged Oregon school of the wreck and heard nothing of it land certificate,. Tho frandulont cor until she got to Bamfleld. flcatos so far discovered cover about The captain reported the weather , 50,000 acres of land, and there is no thick, and a big sea coming ap. He saWUeJMng how many more thero may be he could do nothing if ho returned, ne I outstanding. was ordered by the agents here to eon-l timie on his trip. This morning pri vate advices from the Bamficld able station states that the weather is YTf thick, with n heavy sea running, and from that point nothing could be dis- I corned from the roaouo ship Tho bo- WEDNESDAY, JANUARYS, 1000. lief here i, that after last nightlVt weather, nothing Is loft of the steam er, although the saloon was dry when tho two boats which reached land left her. A heavy soa was pounding tho Valencia, and It was not expected) that he would met long. The few opera tors along the government wire are piled np with business, and it Is -with the greatest difficulty that evon m.oa gre news of the wreck can be sent through. Vlftorm, B. O, Jan, H. (1 vra,) Th following special baa just been received: Two more steamers are M the scene of the wreck, the tug Gear and steamer Topeku, The sea. is heavy ml a strong sonttrwoei wind is InW in. Tho weather Is pretty clear, bat th resetters don't think there wUl be anything of the ship left It is llkoly the ship has broken up during the night. Tho Officers Families. San Franeieee, Jan. M. Among the callers at the steamship offices was J. S. Hopkins, of Ammeda, whe infltelred "m ! ??: "f T B".!i "ft mam, srromn irt;i etorK en me vai enfla. It was the young man's first trip on the Valencia. At 014 Turk Mreet Mrs. J. J. O'Farrell and four children pray for the safe retstrn of their hueband and father, who was pur tr on Dm wreaked veeeol. "We are frantic with anxiety over the uncer tainly of the fate of my brother," said 341m M. Carriek, rdeter of T. F. Oaf rirk, irst asidstnnt engineer on the Valeneia, this morning. "It is one of the worst wreck ever had on this coast," said K. M. Wood, of tke board of marine underwriters. "It is Inex plicable how tho Valoncla came to be so far out of her course." Heard Distress; Signals. Healths Jan. l The steamer Hdith, jut arrived from 'Frisco, heard sig nal of d(ftlrett In the Straits last night. She Mopped four hours, but couldd not locate tho boats nor tho - l" pie, w II ga, Imt tho ne fllaot get ur. e th? -. the lights and heard a sea whsm rough she ooultl Oovernor Recelvea IegUlatorii. AnaailfHi, Md., Jan. S4. Kxtennive IHreparaetoiM have been made at the wxeoutiva manuion for the reoepUoa to tho iHeotbew of the state legistutotre which governor and Mrc WarnoM will give thht evening. Mr. Wnrnoidi will bo asitd in roooiving by Mrs. Oswald Tiigbmau, wife of the secretary of siat Mrs. Clinton U Rig, wife of th Htjuti4onornl Mr. Joseph 11. Seta, wife of the precidont of tho sen ator. Mrs. CarvUle D. Benson, wife of the afHialufr of tho hows, an1 a num ber of othor lodiee who are personal frlonds f Mrs. Warnohi. Isle of Pines to Cuba. "Washington, J"- S4.The senate eowMnlUee on foreign relatione deoidotl to report in favor of a treaty eoanrm lag Cuba's title to the Isle of Piuas. In the house the galleries were crowded, and the members wore nearly all pres ent, anticipating a battle for state hood, which, after long skirmishing will he fought out on the floor today. Veloaso Destroys Island. BorHn, Jan. 84. A cable says the island of Savay, ana of tho Hamoaa group, has been swept by Are, lava and ashes from a volcano, and all the vll higos were doeVrnyed1 and plantations mined. Fifteen tbeuMtnd nativec are dostMuto. , Drowned Fifteen Italians. ti.., w Vo Tdb ejwr. - krt U ri inc of a mountaia stream. Bichwood is under water, and busi&OBC is par alysed. ' 0 Introducing McKinley and Puter. State Land: Agent West today mailed to all the principal papers throughout the Bast and1 South cuts of Horace O. McKinley and & A. D. Puter. The fol lowing letter, which acoempanlea the outs, oxplalaa the purpese: "I am eaeleniag you under another i cover outs of Horace G. McKinley and IS. A. D. Puter, who are wanted! for -ruter ana vjwoy -. large, and may now bo disposing of these eertifioatea. It is for this reason that I am sending you these onto that tho people of your state may got ac quainted1 with the gentleo.cn through tho columns of your paper. LEAGUE MEETING AT ALBANY Willamette Valley Awake and Earnest in Its Efforts for Improvements Tho slxih convention of the "Wil lameite Valley Development League mot at Albany at 1:30 this afternoon, with an unusually largo attendance, Tho foMowing Is the program for this nftornoen ami evening: Wednomlay Afternoon Sonison. Catted) to order by ft, Hefer, preei dent W. V. Development League, AddreM of welcome by Dr. Mi II, RIKk, 'treoidVnt Albany Cotmnoroial Otub. .M PHMM'a9 9t IrvlMll 1 WrWowWl 11 sM tS'rtll'O iflvTnw'rTWWV VWVV'swVt wn 1 WMInc "Free Ioc1m and nn Open Wlttcm otto IMvor," Henry . Wostbrook, O. C. T. Co. Poroiand; "Albanpr'it Inlnreet In nn Open Mr er," 0. A. Wectgate, Albany. "OorvaUis Wan4 an Open Mver," W. 8. MoFaddon, OnrvaNlc. "What One llrigkt Valley Town Is Ihdng," F. F. Sana, Mlverton. "Itolations of Higher Kdueatlen to Dovelopuwnt." discuwod by President P. Ii. Cample, Prof. F. 0. Young, State University, and Preeidoni H, M. Croaks, AllMny College, Wodrvanday Bvonlng Program "Man County, Present and; Ptoo Uv" J. K. Weathorferd, Albany. "Tho CorvalKc and mstorn Halt road) and Yaqulna Bay," Wallls Nash, H-aldonti Per tie rwl Iloar A of-TrJ. "Tho Value of a Payroll," F. J. Miller, Albany Iron Works, "A lnrmer's MotconeWs," Grant Onrby, Wiedttura. "Civic Imjirorement and AVho Got the ItarmUn," Mayor Char lea Orimea, MoMlnnHUo. prsfmiw ar fumUhen bj- the Albany Addrcco of Preaident B. Hefer. Qilmea: Aa pfcuident of nhic orgHuinatcnn 1 wish to compliment tke delegates to this convention oa the na display of public spirit manifested by the eovoral sanwminltios you ropra wmi in taking ynur timo and thtfrn,' Ing your own expenses la attending them MaUipin)sn tr tkt) eemmon good of our sUte. Iu ao country but ours are these manifuetatioos of pur pal riotinw possiMe ou so hargo a seals. 1h the sixth eonveatina hsid by this r g4tncatloa w nm hrcndreoV of the leadiag men of western Ofogoa, and tkeimnndn have met with no and) felt the touch of preureseive Impulses thai are inspiring our whole stain to great er efforts and by moans of county convent lone ea)(ea Farmers' and Ship porn' senior we have brought the program of development heme te the ee4e of the beet communities of she Willamette valley. A mountain of stool rails is piling up at the eastern terminus of the Drain and Coos Bay iwilroad, while forty men of the en gineering carp are locating tho line eastward frew the bead of the valley to take tke Klamath country and push on to Ontario, Friendly Co-Operatlon, 80 long as we get things done and so long as tblag are doing in tho way of extensive railroad soastTuetion in this undeveloped state this organisa tion under its present oflleers will not favor any joHey of obstruction or to orhniBation for past non-progressive policies oa the part of tho railroad corporations, "We say to them, go for ward with us in iho grand work of development. Lot the people do their part and in this spirit of fair play and mutual co-operation thero roust come the grandeet results for both parties. In this spirit lot us battle for open harbors, for an open "Willamette river, and for free locks at tho falls. About twenty years ago the people of Kansas took up the battle tor deep son bar bor at OalvostOB, six hundred miles south) of them. They already had so- cess to tho great kikes and to the Mississippi river with direct railway connections. But they wanted anothr er outlet to another port and they got It, Today railroads carry their TWO EDITIONS DAILY, AT 23 V. M. AND 4:00 r- NO. 21. 9 ' produets to the gulf porlx and tho stato of Kansas Is one of tho richest ntatos In tho union, Mon of Oregon, wo must make tho eamo fight If wo would open tho ports to tho west of us mh havo Oregon proxper an thu gateway to tho Orient. We must make Coos Bay ami Yaqutna Bay deep sea harbors, awl wo must make tho raitroatkt Into them tranweoNl1nen4nl Mmm nnd lay no ob Maples In tho way of their leeomiag prontnhie enterprises. Indlreot Taxation. A committee of thin erpnenatloM has at two Fanners' nnd klppenr' ennsresea suimimii reperts: tnnv nas fosj in n tBerougn SBSouesvois n who in direct tnxnileu and abollshlhg all di rect taxes on property to successfully oarry on tke stale government. Tho aeoompehdmtont of this reform would lo a great atrroriisemont of our stain. Working hand la band with tho fsrango argnislaailons, the oommerciai dubs can develop a public mnitiiHent that wMI reuK In changon in our lawn fav oratde to Investment of every char acter. Tho league ban undertaken to Inetfate a tax bill by an appeal to tho jwlrietle nndi puldie spiritcKi eltltens who have circulated petitions and not one dollar has leen paid to have hmhwm stgaedt this organisation be (loving that tho real movements for direct lejeWetloR should come without tarns sum expended to get signers for propwodi lsgisiatlon. Many states how obtain hM their reveuuw by Indirect taxntioa, as dees the national govern rnnnt. The cHy nnd county of San Fmrndeeo derive nearly all their rev .-ww ,W HUB w,w . , w nw n w tax property, rnrma, sou, moronan die, enpital, and- the more we shunt hheee burden upon the intangible source, tho bettor. There 1 no good reason wiry playing card, dice, and all names of chanou should not jay part of the stale taxes, Inetoad. of ben nai I njMjainvv smtro ffssFVni T Bnoourago Larger ramiltes,. Peiiries of tsumiiou to hsip tke de velopment f Oregon huM put a pre mium upon earfcy marriages and large fctntUle. All the talk abnut ran sui cide Is only giving th American peo ple a bad name, unlets we device prao tlenl HseasjN te stop th evil. Our fore fnthors instituted the poll tax of sev en iddlll Dg on nil unmarried males over Si years. That ww a premium on marriage stpiai to nonriy ion dol lars of money la this iy. Wo enspentl the pell tax for firemen and militia men, ante why not suspend it on any men who will tab a wife and go to rtog a family f Is net the faithful IerfrmajMMTef the dMie of a husband and father as Important to the devel opment of our eamroswwsalth, as fight ing fires er going into a drees parade encampment one n year, and many young mom havo neither the money to pay their poM tax nor to buy the mar riage eertiflenttt. Wbut wo need Is a rapid Increase of jHtjmUtlen, and- any legitlmato way to encourage th4 sbouldi be adopted by this state. Its tax laws should be so framed as to put a premium on that part of tho sowmuBlty that should marry and re plenish the earth. The landf laws should! bo changed so thnti any mau who has a wife er wiM take a wife and go and make a home oa the land, and raise a family there should not only have free land but be exempt from taxation) while his wlfo is bearing chil dren and while he is earing for them and educating thorn. Tho government should) give him a deed conditioned upon tho performance of his fuM duty by his wife and family, and oa every addition to the family knock off a few years of the time when ho would come into full posseeaien. Some sueh policy adopted by this state would ad. vjrtise to tdie world that we not only did not bolievo ia ra&a suicide but favored poor and honest people cora- (ConUauod on page three.) ,3 I: A