VOL. 47 NO. 48.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY;- FEBRUARY uJlSm
WEEKLY .EDITION
THOUSANDS
OF RATIONS
j; - i
Examined by r Officers
in Havana.
Very Little Spoiled Meat
Found. -
The ftoecat Order JUiuciug SaUriea
at gaatiajro, Coaauriaaaded
The Canteen Abolished.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 14-George R.
Ernst, of iMaJor-Oeneral Brooke's
staff, has completed the examination of
between 800,000 and 900,000 ration, of
beef In the army warehouses. He found
that there was less than 1 per cent, of ,
bad beef, which was received In the
same shipment as the beef condemned
last week. ' One box in every ten was I
opened and examined, as
box that waa smelling bad.
was every
A COUNTERMAND.
Santiago. Cuba, Feb. 14. Major
General Wood has received a cable dis
patch from Havana countermanding
the order recently I Issued toy General
Brooke, reducing the official salaries
In this province 20 per cent. .
THE CANTEEN DOWNED.
Washington, Feb. 14. The canteen
aboard ship Is a "thing of the past. It
never obtained
a sirongnoia in lire ser-
' vi wis, kuc vuiy -. vtrsseua ui ine
Z " rvlY'" :? "f 5 even oew
.uu.ni ue.BB l" " or ana inai-
.. i cunnoiw! garnered tnat me
w.c iwumi ".uoara mese
Sdiillin
Best
rnone-back tea and
baking powder at
Mir Grocers
The Folio wing Lines Reduced :
to Close Out . . . e
. . . . .
Rubbers and Rubber Boots
Every rubber in the house reduced.
All grades of wool and
Men's Heavy Wool Socks
3oc socks reduced to 25c. 25c socks reduced to 20c
20c socks f educed to 15c. I f t ''
Ladies' aHjWool hose reduced in the same propor
tion. German knitting yarns, all - colors, 15c.
Spanish yarn, all colors, 10c. Saxony yarn, all
colors, 5c. 7 1 t - . ; ; "-
Hen's All wool Mackintoshes, $3.
M en 's Bla ck Diagonal A! a ckln toshes, $LQSt
j All grades Men's Duck-Coats reduced.
Now is the. time to buy if you want bargains.
THE HEW YORK RACKET
I ) $2.45 I
O I ' 1 : - WINTER 'UEfaHT : 4 Q
X CALF-LINSD.-BOX. CALF. .V
0 ' ' , REGULAR ;. ft
1 V S3.50 Value.
Salerri Shoe Store 8
8 ' j 83 State St next door to Ladd & Bush Bank.
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hips has been the subject of any III re
port, but evenXhere Ahe sales of beer
have been ordered stopped, by an order
Issued today by Secretary Long; .
DECISION ON WOOL.
Treasury
.an
Department Holds It to Be
Agricultural Product. ,
Denver. Feb- 145 A special to the
News, from Sante Fe, N. M, says;'
1 New Mexico sheepmen have been at
Io to know whether wool should be
classed as ranch, or agricultural pro
dace internal Revenue Collector Mor
ilon appealed lately to th- treasury
oprinieni at wavnington, and a d-c s
Urn by Commissioner Scott Is that wool
la an agricultural product, and when It
is offered 'or storage by a jroducer la
tuo regwar emirs of trade, for sal.
warehouse receipt covering tbe mm
is not suhject to taxation, j
A RADIATOR TRUST.
Trenton, Jf. J., Feb.
14 -Article of
Incorporation were Hied
today by tin.
American jiauiator comf any, with an
authorized capital of 1,600.000 The
company Is empowered to mancfacturo
and deal In radiators, boilers and other
heating apparatus.
M0RETBtf8TS.
FLOURING MI LIB IN THE EAS'i
HAVE ' COMBINED. t:
Large Concerns In Minnesota and Wis
cone In Purchased
by the
Syndicate.
-MILWAUKEE. Wla,
Feb. 14i The
Evening Wisconsin today
says:
It was admitted here today that the
flour mill syndicate, of which Thomas
M. Mclnfyre is the head, had carried
he day. , All the Dutch; mills, except
Freeman's and the Small concern, are
reported to cave been secured. In
to Rave been secured. In ad
ut . v
It !a &lso learned that the
largest
millx n. NeW York and Buffalo,
Jn ad
flition to several large
mills In Mil
,,M ,ii h. ...ntn
The, cap-
Itallzation of
the trust.
it is. reported.
n ill be about JK.OOO.GOO.
A FAPFR PAG TRUST.
Milwaukee. Feb. 14. A special from
Apple ton, Wia aays; i .i
r A pimer br trtwt h.ii flted;
with a capital stock of over f2E,000.0W.
The combine will embrace f5 per cent
of the paper bag manufacturers of the
country.- ': t 4-,a -...-.
CORNERING FISHERIES.
New- Whatcom,- WaaW Feb. 14;
Samuel Gorman and R. Demlng, repre
senting Eastern capitalists, eve inves
tigating the aalmon fishing Interests of
the Northwest Puget .Sound, from Ana
cortes to the Canadian line, preparatory
to the formation of a trust. No definite
conclusion will fee reached before to
morrow. ' , t iCH
wool-mixed underwear.
MAKESHIFT
IS REFUSED
Army
Eeorganization
BiU Must Pass.
Nicaragua Canal Again
Set Aside-,
near j Fire Logs la GorerDmeat If a
ekiae 8hop at the Jfarjr Yard
' in Brook Ija.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-The presi
dent has conveyed ' his assurances to
some of the party leaders In' congress,
In. addition to those given last week,
that he will certainly calf congress to
gether in extra session, if It falls to
pass the' army reorganization bill at
the present session. In answer to In
quiries the administration has been
obliged to dec'lce aU propositions look
Xng to a tiding over ofthe needs of the
army by passing a joint resolution
simply extending the appropriations
on -the basis of present organisation,
holding' that this device would be ut
terly Inadequate to meet the absolute
necessities of the case. - The status of
volunteers would. It Is said, be ex
tremely unsatisfactory, and - there
would be absolutely no assurance that
the president could retain them in ser
vice, even when the emergency is great.
The, same statement .would apply - to
the regular army soldier who enlisted
for the war. .
. THE BILL DEFEATED.
Washington. Feb. 15;-The house to
day settled the fate of the Nicaragua
canal bill In this congress, by refusing
to override the decision of the cMalr in
the committee of the whole, when the
chair had .decided -that the Canal bill
offered as an amendment by Hepburn,.
waa out of ordetw. Th Criettda X- the
Nicaragua, canal bill wera ' Veryeorf
fldent yesterday and today that they
would triumph, but, after four hours'
Of debate, the chair was sustained by
IZ7 to Farty line were not 'ad
hered to the division in favor and in
opposition to sustaining the chair's de
cision being about equal on both sides
ot. the political aisles.
After, the defeat of the amendment
adding tbe -diepburn Nicaragua canal
Mil to tbe sundry dvll MIL Orosrener,
Of Ohio,, presented a .resolution fixing
February 20th and 21st for the consid
eration : of the Hepburn biH, with a
rote on February 21st, at 4 p. m.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS.
New York. Feb.- IS. Over a million
dollars worth of government property
was destroyed by a Are, which started
te night In the large machine shops of
the Brooklyn' navy - yard, known - as
machine shop No. 23. and tbe workings
of the navy yard have received a se
rious set-back. Many fine models and
pattern of battleships, their parts and
plans, have been destroyed, and some
of them cannot be obtained again, ex
cept by going s over the work mapped
out in the beginning.:
The steam engine department of the
Brooklyn yards Is practloaHy wiped
out, and the work done In that build
ing will have to be thrown temporar
ily upon tbe department of yards and
docks, and that of construction and re
pairs. . The building was about 100
feet in width and 259 feet long, four
stories in height, and built of stone and
brick. The wood inside was thorough
ly saturated in oil, and the flames rap
idly gained headway.
AU the engines in the' neighborhood
of the navy yard responded4 to the
alarm, but the firemen found the great
machine shop enveloped in flames, and
attention had to be' paid to the found
ry and other buildings in the vicinity
By 11 o'clock the building was burned
tu he ground. . -
MYsTCns
T7S DIIATHS
Portland, Feb. 15. 1 lerm.
and En-1
red m. n.i
ward G rise how. brotbers. Rg
28 years re-pectlvely. dd thla afr
noon at Fulton, from some mysterious
cause. '-
Dr. E. P. Geary, who attendee them.
expressed the opinion that they were
poisoned by eating canned meat,
autopsy will be held tomorrow.
WEST POINT GRADUATES.
West Point, N. Y4 Feb. 15. The gra
duation exerclsea of the first claa of
cadets took place In. the memorial hall
today. After a short furlough they will
be assigned to their respective com
mand This premature graduation is
necessary on accountf the scarcity of
officers for the army. r,
ALL WERE SAVED.
Savannah. Oa-, Feb.-:!-. The 'ug
Cambria arrived at o'cioca.. wun
Captain Willis and all the missing
members of the crew of the steamer St.
Lawrence. - - ;
irKINLET LEAVES HOME.
v- inc-fon. Feb. 15. President Mc-
Kinley and party left Washington for,
Boston at 6:25 o'clock this afternoon. .
IN MEMORY
OF HEROES
The Wreck of the Maine
i Was- Decorated
- V
On
Anniversary of the
Tragedy.
Bword and Bible Presented to Cosmo
- nodore John Phlll p, of tbe Texas,
by Snodty Seboolf .
HAVANA, Feb. 18. The wreck of the
United tatee battleship Maine, de
stroyed in Ilgraoa harbor, was deco
rated today with a large American
flag.. The stars and stripes were hoist
ed at half-mast by Captain Eaton, of
the United States auxiliary cruiser
Resolute. - An immense rope of green
was festooned about the lighting, top:
each loop hung with laurel wreaths
four feet in diameter, and tied with
red, white and blue ribbon. The Cu
ban club,, of Havana, placed an arti
ficial wreath on the Doat crane, and
this Captain Eaton transferred to the
peak. of 'the gaff.
this afternoon tne graves at. Colon
cemetery were decorated. The graves
were thickly covered with flowers.
Father Sherman had been Invited to
read prayers at the graves, and the
procession started in full vestments.
Commodore Cromwell said that, as the
bishop was not willing a Protestant
chaplain .should officiate, he (Commot
do re Cromwell) would not consent to
the reading of prayers. by Father Sher
man. Although he was quite willing
that ' both Protestant and Catholic,
clergymen should act. If either was to
be excluded, then the other must be
also.
7"v THE NEW MAINE.
Philadelphia. Feb. IS. The anntver
of XVi " ta- op ot the battle
htp.TMalne in Haraas kattw -i-wmt
marked hereby the beginning of work
on the powerful man-of-war which will
bear tha name of Abe historic battle
ship: that waa destroyed. " - The new
Maine will be built by the Cramps
Shipbuilding Company,, and at the
company's yards, at 1 o'clock today,
the first piece of the keel of the vessel
was laid. - - .- -j
The builders win endeavor to have
tbe new battleship ready, for launch
ing February ISth next year, and te
have her ready for service .on the third
anniversary of he sinking of the
Maine.
SWORD AND BIBLE.
Galveston. Tex'Feb. IS. This after
noon ! the beautiful ' sword and bible,
purchased by the Sunday school chil
dren of Texas, were preeeated to Com
modore John Philip, who commanded
the battleship Texas during the war
with Spain. The sword was made toy
the same firm that designed Dewey's
sword, and it cost $3,600. The presen
tatlon waa in approval of Commodore
Philip's public utterance after the Ban
tlago engagement, acknowledging the
sovereignty of Almighty Ood.
J"
THREATENED STRIKE.
New York. Feb. 15. A dispatch to
judge: us
BUY OF US. i
NEW SPRING
Waist Silks
FkcIuMve pattema. no two alike,
an advance T5lpment of our spring or-
! beautiful new designs.
;Saoo,.4.50 to $6.50.
Liberty "Satin,.
For Waists: very
dainty; price per yard
w and
$1.25.
New Taffetas
In .lovely shades. Just right for
Waists, petticoats. Drop Skirts, etc..
fine (lualltu-s; per yard -
85c. and 1.
Our SI Glove
'Over 30 dozen sold within the
last four months, and not a pair re
turned: absolutely guaranteed.'
KBW CUSTAINS
NEW SKIRTS' .
NEW CORSETS
V '
llekes the food more
the Herald from Havana says:. A
strike which win Involve 3.000 to I.tod
(ongshoramea and stevedores Is threat
ened, and should It come tbe authori
ties fear that It will bring Cuban af
fairs to air early crisis. The men are
desperate an4 unruly, and strikes la
the- past have Invariably resulted In
serious bloodshed.
The- longshoremen have been work
InftT fourteen hours a day for an av
erage pay of fl.7 la. epanun silver.
They deman tl tor ten hours a day, and
win probably make trouble If their d
manda are not met. 'V
AT MANILA.
MANILA, Feb. If. (Thursday, 11:45
a. m.). Four companies of volunteers.)
which had been clearl g the country In!
bad been re
called, were followed by the enemy to -
day as they retired.
On reaching San Pedro MacatT, the
Americans made a . stand near tha
church yard and the rebels were drt ei
back. I Th Callfornians agaih advanced
and axe now occupying the same ridge.
commanding the valley of the river.
and the trenches they h Id yesterday.
A gunboat, near, the Pasig river. Is
clearing the jungle.
V STILL BOASTFUL.
Montereal. Feh: 15-Senor Agonclllo
today sail there would be no let up In
the efforts of the Filipinos to force the
Americans from theii- country. ' Ho said
he was not at all surprised that Ho Ho
.had fallen, as the American had. tha
advantags of the fleet. "But wait un
til they get Into the interior," he said.
"and then' they w 11 hva more than
their work cut out.! He announced
that the purpose of Penor Lunas de
parture was to Interview the d fferent
countries of Europe and ask for their
A
NEW MONOPOLY.
NEW WHATCOM, WaahJ Feb. 15.
The Pacific American Fish Company, a
Chicago concern, made, contracts to
night with a dosen locally organized
companies, who own locations from
Point 4 Roberts to Anacortes, to take
an the ' f ah they can .produce. ' One
hundred thousand dollars was paid as
the first payment. In compliance with
and to carry out the contrasts. The
remainder of the payments are to fol
low at short intervals. The- president
of the company Is Henry IB. Steele;
vtce-presldeM. Jonn cruoanay; secre
tarv.'R. E. Demlng. O. FJ Frery. of
Fair Haven, will be general manager.
The directors are among", Chicago's
best-known business men. The capi
tal stock Is $5,000,000. The object of
the company is to develop the fishing
Industry, of Puget sound. A plant Is
-to be erected that will have an output
of a half million cases per season. A
very extensive refrigerating plant, and
the shipment of fresh Jlsh, is a part of
the plan. : The present" plans place' tbe
establishment at Belllngham Bay. '
JUDGE tS BY WHAT WERF DOING JUDGE. Vfl BY THK CONTINITI-n
CROWDS OF PAYERS. JUDGE US "BY THE MERCHANDISE YOUR
FRIENDS HAVE PURCHASED. JUDGE ITS BY OUR PRICES. GET.
YOUR FRIENDS TO TULL YOU H.W MUCH THEY PAn. THAT IS
ALT, WP ?K. YOU GFT THE BEST. TRULY - THE BEST. I WHEN YOC.
!
GOODS ARRIVING -DAILY
Linings
Our stock is Just now bubbling
over lth the latest vi.-iiat ana Mart
Uiitingsvin all the new shades; we have
the evjer popular - -NEAR
SILK. SILVER SHEEN !
COMMODORE FABRIC, PERCALINE
FANCY EN.3LLSH BATISTE.
FANCY TAFFirTAS, t?XP ETC.
Nerval Laces ; y v
r Some numbers have had to be
duplicated; the sweetest patterns, and
so cht-ap, . ; :, .
- NEW PERCALES.
NEW MADRAS,
i NEW ERhOL CORDS.
NEW GINMIUMS.
new srrrrNcs. t; ' '
NEW EMBROIDERIES.
delicious end wholcsomo
K0 QUOEUH.
dPENATOrt'fl Ef ECTJON Pit EVENT
ED IN J12XN8TLVANXA.
Democrats and fcnemies of Quay Were
'Absent whn the Joint Convention
. Met TrsjUrday.-
HAnmrmrna. pa Feb. is-The
democrats and antl-Qusy republicans
absented themselves from todays ses
sion of the joint assembly, to break a
nvorum and prevent the ro!Me elee
Ion of r United States senator. Only
City-five vtHes were cast, of which Sen
ator Quay received flftv; Oeorgo A.
.1
The house, by a vte of It to M. ad
Jurned todny with-it taking action
ion the McCarreil Jiliy llll. Tha bill
I tiAisr mrum va tH 1 at saVaM I
"v -r;
' - The MIL wh'ch it Is chirared. Is la tha
I tnteist of United States Senator Quay.
has already nasscd the senate. The
Quay conspiracy trt
il has been' fixed
for, February 27th.
NO STATE PRINTER.
Olymrla Feb. 15.-f' fhe house today
phf-sed a . bill permitting .deficiency.
judgments and repealing the law rela
tive to the same passed by the last, leg
lature. A bill waa introduced In tho
senate abolishing the office of rtate f
printer, and providing for state owner
ship of the printing plants. . . ;
THEY MAY FAIL.
CRITICAL STAOE
OF NEQ.OTIA
CANADA. . TIONS WITII
A Brief Session uof -the Joint Comrnia-
ston Held Yesterday Rumors of
M mUiMtttm,
. WASHINQTON. Feb. 15. Whether
or i not tbe negotiations looking toa set
tlement of the dosen or-more Issues be
tween the United-States and Canada,
by means of the Join : commission, now
In session, wlll ultimately fall entirely,
can scarcely be foretold. Today's ses
sion of the commission, was a. one
sided affair. After V few minutes . In
Joint seeslon -the British, members re
tired. and the Americans remained a
half hour loncer. thah uaaal In confer-
ence. . This caused a report that the
British had presented an ul timatum.
which was being considered by the
Americana... After- -tha seaalon.- how
ever, the members of the commlanlon.
whoso attention was railed to the Lon
don dispatch, expressed surprise and
declared there wraa no truth In 4 his. Or
the report that an nltlmatom had been
presented today.. Th' negotiations
were, they said. In a. Ml Ileal stage, but
there was- no' reason to believe "that
they had failed, and that was aU that
could b said at present.
V GOING HOME. 1
Washington, Feb. 14 Ot'caMa from
Manila as .follows: "One hundred arid
eight) officers and 1800 Spanish prison
ers left port on the 12th and 12th, ea
mute to Fpaln. I
A.-
Teddy Roosevelt
' The swetLnewj Gordon, have you
even It? - In Black and Beaver. - Ten.
caaes of Hats received, 'and 'the Justly
fcelebiated -
Gordons
' In . abundance; new styles In
Derby,; Crushers, -Fedoras, Toailsta,
etc.
Why
WE SELL HATS
CHEAPER THAN OTHERS.
; . - ' . .' - - i - '
Because we buy direct, take advan
tage of every discount, buy In quanti
ties, buy the best. More value In a
Cordon -Hat than any other at any
price. , I .. .'"
S3.00
NEW SHIRTS I
NEV COLLARS'
NEW HOSIERY