VOL. 48 NO. 27.
SALEM OREGON; .FKIDAV; SEPTEMBER 29, 1S99.
WEEKLY EDITION
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Admiral Dewy in New
York Harbor.
HAS MANY VI8ITQRS
The Victor of Manila Bay Refuses to
Be Interviewed jon Sub
jects Political. .
NEW YORK; ' Sept. 26. AdmlnU
George Dewey arrived oft Kew York
at dawn today, and the Olympia Is now
anchorrd in America, In the light of
Sandy Hcok. The f.jt thou t or wel
come was from the pilots and the crew
of pilot boat No. 7. fifteen miles south'
of Parity-, Hook: lightship. Marine ob
servers along the const feightcd the
Olympia In the first I!ht of the morn
ing. The shore ibatterles of Fort Han
cock let lHae seventeen gurs. Tha
fliifeyhln replied iwllh twenty-one, and
lt go her ant nor not far from wher
fthe cup challenger Khmrock Is .moor
ed. The admiral wan in Mk own win
tiy ay In, nine a. twentv-thn-e nomlhs
absenc e. He has return d "great with
the arduous greatneas of things done
and hv scajvely eemed to realize It.
The iJlot had l.rouyht aNarcl the Sun
day tapers, and & rer""tfr f tlm Aa-rooiau-d
Press ; was leceivwd . Ly the
admiral in Lis cabin tit te red by the .1'
lustra led Dewey, edition, v.hi-h to
gether made, hundreds . of uis-m In
lack and white and to colors, all con-
eming tl great adMilral and he
.preparations to ret-rlvc Mm. - -
" It almost saidMi we ald he, "to
aeo what tr.y people are doing for me.
My pride and my gratiflvati'm Is lm
xnense, and I. an not-e press the ap
preciation X feel. I did ttot know. X
did riot reHy ; prolve, until lhl
morning, tht splendid ? wtWmt that
my countrymen are giving me. Cov
rincrs of nrany states' are coming to
ee me, and 'troops i i rom Florida.
2eorIa and other faraway stuUs are
on their way to take iirt lu receiving
roe." . i -
Admiral stroked the. head of .a tawny
hatred dog. the Chow dog. of a Chinese
breed, that appean In the Illustrated
Interviews with the admiral. ,
"Bob here." be said, "i not well. He
yearns to be ashore. lie 1 sick to get
a little grass and to scamper around.
I feel a good deal that way myself. I
a.m mighty glad to get bora. It Is
piot good for a man, any more than a
dog., to live on shipboard for twenty
three months." i
The admiral said he felt tired, but
be did not look - so. His complexion
Ls a clear bronze, bis hazel eyes are
brUht. his hearing ls brisk and rather
Jaunty. Some deep tines are voder
bis eyes and around his mouth, but
his Voice is singularly clear and nteaa.
ant. The admiral's whole presence ls
more that of a man In his fullest pow
er, ills naoner is gentle and kind,
but be la exceedingly wary and did
not permit himself to winder off Into
politics, or to express those positive
views he no doubt holds about the
Philippines . and I American . affairs
there. His attention was brought to
interviews la - which he ls described
as going rather fully into the affairs
of the FiHptnos and their capacity
for self-government
"I cannot stand for any Interview
riving my opinions on political satv
Ject and the Philippines.- I disown
any view ascribed to roe on those
subjects.- - . .
I am aorry that I am ahead of the
schedule. ; The' Olympia s ha been
steaming at a uniform rate of ten
knota an hour since we left Gibraltar.
Several days ago , we knew that we
would arrive before Thursday, unless
we moderated our speed or went some
where OUt of our couru ' rantnln
Lamberton, (Lieutenant ? Brumby a,nd
,1 held a consultation. The propriety
of running into Hampton Roads " ' or
some other port i in the South ; was
poken of but we concluded that we
ought not to touch land first anywhere
, except at New York. It was auggest
,ed that we cruise-some distance out
side of New, York harbor until Thurs
day, but we fcnew that. If , we did, we
wouia do discovered and reported. The
weather looked a little squally and It
seemed better to be Inside the Hook
than outside. But , the - consideration
that ; really decided us to come r Into
port was to give Captain Lamberton
a chance to -clean up ship .before our
voyage up the harbor. Captain Lam-
berton and I are very proud of the
, Olympia, and we wanted enough time
at our anchorage to rub her down and
to miKe. ner look spick and span."
The 1 0lyropla looks as ; smart now
as a yacht. Her anchors were hardly
darwn 'before details of the crew were
.washing the ship's white side and
touching up the stains with paint,
, The admiral had a succeaston.of not
table callers this afternoon, among them
Sir Thomas Upton and Rear Admiral
j iSampson V -; -
(Continued on page 2.)
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Best :
money-back tea and .
baking powder at
Ifour Grocers
It is not only interesting but profi table to .look over, the
stock of goods at the ;- :;
New York Racket
They have full lines of just such clothing and oyercoats, for
fall and winter use, as are required for comfort ' ' Sold at $1
to i 50 per suit for children, and all grades and prices for
men and boys, also the celebrated - STAR 5 STAR " line of
SHOES AND BOOTS or winter use, for all ages. s Their
line of hats, underwear, hosiery, notions, ties, handkerchiefs,
rubber boots and shoes, are unsurpassed. All bought for
cash, and sold for the lowest possible price for cash. We
can save you a good per cent on all purchases. Don't fail
to call and see the goods and prices. ' - .
mu-'ans 111
Decisive Battle on the
Island of Cebu. :
THE TENNESSEE BOYS
E. X.
PROPRIETTOR-
Cop. CbmrrUrcial and Chemeketa Streets
i SALEM, OREGON. : ' . .
Our
Great
IX V PRICES for good, honest Roods
We expect to keep rght at three low
prlceb until all the people know. All
our lmmensj Fall and Winter stock
cut' to the very bottom. You can save
big Mney by attending our sale. Ev
erybody says we sell the cheapest.
Salem Shoe Storc.88 State St.
t. t, t c " LADD & BUSH BANK BLTXJ.
Disembarked from Transports to
Take Fart The Insurgent Cap
tare a Gnnboat.
A fcTHIN FOOD Ur.
ProbiUta the Use of Amen'c or Alum
-la all Articles of DleL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. A dispatch
from CM an 11a to the war - department
states that. General Snyder attacked
the position of the Insurgents five
miles west of Cebu and destroyed sev
en forts and quite, a number of smooth
bore cannon. -
The insurgents were utterly . routed
and Gen. Snyder returned - with : his
force to Cebu. The Tennessee regi
ment was already aboard the trans
port to come borne, but disembarked
to take part in the engagement, The
American loss was one' killed. . four
wounded. Enemy's loss Is estimated
at forty. Following is the text of Gen.
OUs telegram: . .J; ..,,,..'-' .
"Manila, Sepa, 2. Adjutant ; Gener
al, Washington: On September, 22d.
Snyder attacked . the strong vInaurgent
positions, about five miles (west of
Cebu, with 265 officers, and men. The
Tennessee regiment, and . 517 officers
and men of the Nineteenth, Sixth and
Twenty-third Infantry, and the Sixth
artillery, driving the enemy from' the
works and capturing seven forts, . In
cluding smooth bore cannon, mounted
therein, and fourteen entrenched and
fortified place. Our loss ls Private
William M. Hanley, of the Sixth in
fantry," killed, and four men wounded.
The enemy's loss is stated to be fortjr
The Insurgents retreated to new fortir
flea Hons far the southwest. : Snyder
returned to Cebu with the Tennessee
troops, who bad disembarked - from
the ' transport Indiana to participate
In the action. Two companies of the
Nineteenth Infantry hold an Important
position In the mountains. (Signed)
otia." - .::.- - . -. -
THE CAPTURED GUNBOAT.
Washington, Sept,
28. The navy
department today received, from Ad
TnLral Watson, a cablegram announc-
Ing the capture and destruction of the
gunboat Urdaneta. The admiral learns
through insurgent sources that her
commander. Naval Cadet Welborn C.
Wood, was Jellied In action- The fate
of the crew ls not . known. Admiral
Watson's. dispatch Is as follows:
"Manila, Sept. 25. Secretary of ( the
Navy, Washington: The gunboat Ur
daneta, Cadet Welborn C. Wood,
commanding, baa been captured and
destroyed by the Insurgents iwhile
blockading. The v wreck Is " hard
aground. In water two feet deep, near
OranU on the Oram river, northwest
corner of .Manila bay. . and Is com
pletely gutted. The displacement In
tons is forty-two; .battery consisted of
one one-pounder R. F. one machine
gun (Colt automatic), one machine gun
(Nordeafeldt). 25 millimetre.
"The reason of his presence In that
river is not known. Commander Corn
well was preventing the landing of
arms with forty men. V His force waa
too sman to attack the armed insur
gents at the vlUage. The (water U on
ly six . feet deep on the bar at - the
mouth of the river. I cannot obtain
any authentic information of the
crew, as yet, because the Insurgents
will not respect a flag of truce.' Cadet
Wood, with a crew of nine enlisted
men and one Chinaman ls not account
er for. The crew was attached to the
Oregon, as follows:
: Benjamin . James .Oreeni, coxswain;
William Mitchell, ieaman Samuel
Tilden Herbert,, ordinary seaman;
Edward Burke, ordinary seaman; Geo.
Daniel Powers, apprentice, first class;
Arthur William Druromond. machin
ist, first class; John James . Farley,
fireman, first class;. Thomas Gray,
fireman, second class; Samuel Stone,
seaman.. -. .
.TWill send my report by mail. (Sign
ed) Watson."
M'KINLET cnMINO WEST.
Will Wake a Two Weeks Trip as Far
a South Dakota.
Washington. Sept Prerldent Mo-
Kin ley today decided to leave en his
Wetrn trip, October 4th. The prrai
dent wiU be accorri-anled by Mrs. Mc
Kinlcy and the members of his cabi
net. They will leave Iw-re ot, ctober
tlt, the marring after the Dewey din
ner, at he White House, and will be
cone about two week. Thy go first
to Oalesburg. 111., thence to Chicago
and on to St Paul, eloux ty ana
Aberdeen, S. D.
WAR IS CERTAIN.
Ixndon, Sept. 2. A telegram frcin
st fi4rmaritxhura. NalaL says:
"All indications at the agency of the
Transvaal intruir.eiit In this citw
yoint to the belief that war is inevi
taM. . Prfisiratlon are being made
for removing h furniture from the
beaJQuarters. and the nnfr.iec i-n-I-rerslon
In regard to the outcome of
the crisis teems to irevaiL
We carry our worst enemies with ua.
Spurgeon. - ..' ,-. ..1 -. '.
The law enacted . by the Missouri
legislature, a cpy of which was ie
eently pub:hed In our columns, and
which prohibit the manufacture r
sale of any article Intended for fuol to
be ted in the prcparatlm of f.wd,
trl-icli contains alum, araenk-, amiaon
la, etc, places that state In th lead
in the matter of sanitary legislation.
Laws restricUng the use of alum In
bit ad have been In force in EngUnd.
aermany 'and France for rrvaay yara.
In this country, in Mlnn.foia, XViscon
sia, Michlgso, Ohio, Kentucky and
several other states, "d'rttt leslslaticn
reference to the pale of alum bak-
log ' -'iwwi i also-been- effected,
la aeverai ot"t st a tea their ale
is prohibited unless "rtTJtr nfl.t
t- show that they contain lua R,d
in the District of Columbia, under th
laws of cangress, the trie of bread
containing alum has bet n made I'ljrtiL
- Following are hv names of ame of
the brands of bakirg iwder sold In
this vicinity which are shewn by lu
cent analysis to contain alum. House
keepers and grocers should cut th
list r.bt and keep t for reference: -..
Raking Powders Containing Alum:
K. C.......-;....u.......Ccntains Alum.
:Miinf. by Jaques Mfg. C-. hicagH
CALUMET ......... ...Contains Alum.
Manf: by Calumet Baking Powder
Co.. Chicago. . ; -HOME
.................Contalrs Alum.
Manf. by Heme Baking Powder Co.,
;San Franciscc. " " .1 '-
WASHINGTON ..... ..Contains Alum.
: Manf. by Pacific ChemicjU Works,
Tat-oma. - '
CRESCENT ..Cont&irs Alum.
Manf. by Crescent Mfg. Co.. Seattle.
WHITE LILY.... ...... Contain Alum.
' Manf. 'by D. Ftrrera A Co.. Taeom:i.
BI-HrVE .. I...... Contains Alum
'Manf. by .Washlnirlon Mfg. Co, San
Franciscj. - -BT'N
B?.. ...... ...Contains Alum.
: Manf. by Grant Chemical Co,, Chi-
cago. - - -
JIEFIANCE - Contains Alum.
Manf. 5 by Pcrtland Coffee Splie
Co., Portland. ' '
PORTLAND .........Contains Alam.
Mauf. by Iieno & Ball!. Portlani.
The housekeeper should lar in
mind that alum makes a cheap baaing
powder. It costfibut two ccts a pcun l
while cream of tartar costs thirty.
The quality of the powder is therefore
usually indicated by the prices. -
. 1 - CABINET TO (MEET., J
ID Oil U
American Troops Pnsli
j the Bebels.
CAPTIVES IN LUZON
Held by the Insurgents' Itaj Be e
llered by the Uaited States
Vessels Only.
London. Sept. 27. Notices of an ad
journed cabinet council were " for
warded this afternoon ana we tm
council of the government vlll be on
hand to give immediate effect to any
decision arrived at regarding the re
asaembl:rc of parll,nent. - Informa
tlcu front Blcomfonleln, this evening.
leave little doubt llhat i the Orange
Free mate voikaraad la nnanimcu m
supporting the Iransvanl.
' A RAILROAD CONFERENCE.
San Francisco. ' Sent. 27. An'- impor
tant conference will be held tomorrow
and Saturday, at Salt Lake City, be
tw een the officials of the Southern
Pacific, the Union . Pacific . and the
Northwestern - road. The officials
here uv titer ls a a-reat -deal of Im
portant-business to be transacted.
THE AMERICAN WON.
Halifax. -N. S.. Sent 27. J as. A. Ten
Eyck. the American, defeated James
Norrl. champion of Halifax harbor.
in a single scull race today, three
mile with turn, - by five lengths. In
23:20. -
prisoners. They are fed on the beat
that the country affords, and every
thing ls done to gain their favor. Fili
pino paper ay that on the occajt! a
of the recent fete at Vlttoria. In cele
bration of a mythical FUltptno victo
ry, the American prisoners there were
given the freedom of the town and
five peso each with which to cele
brate the "victory." The Englishmen,
also say the FUtpino hav offered all
the Amsrlcan commission in their
army, and that three of them hava
accepted. This ls not believed.
American officers north of Manila
tell the correspondents of the Associ
ated Press that Agulnaldo ls attempt
ir.g to enforce good government after
the - American, fashion, ordering hU
soldiers to - suppress a hand of
robbers three of whom wera
e ecu ted at lariqulma. ills ha
also prohibited their mingling In vil-
. ......- - - ... r ' Tl
IiageS ttnder his eontil. Patefno, pres
ident of the so-called Filipino cabinet,
ha fallen Into hi favor among the
I Filipinos on account of his peace pro-
MANILA. . J 1 Sept. 28. (Thurs-' I clIvlll- They suspect him of plan
day 19 a, m.) Generals MaoArthur,
Wheaton axkl Wheeler, with four reg
iments and a battery, advanced at
daybreak this morning, upon Porac,
about eight miles northwest of Baco
lor, in Pampanga province.
CONDITIONS IN LUZON.
Manila, P. I., Sept. 27. The Ameri
can authorities have declined the re
quest of General Jaramlllo. the Span
ish officer, who Is settling Spain's mil
itary affairs In the Philippine Islands,
to send a vessel under the Spanish
flag to collect the Spanish prisoners
at the insurgent ports, a stipulated
by the Filipinos, on the ground that
the port are closed, and that such a
step, therefore, mill be unlawful.' and
because they declined to accept Fili
pino dictation. The authorities are
ready to send an American veseL The
Spanish commlasion, therefore, will return-
to the insurgent lines and en
deavor to establish an arrangement
for the delivery of the prisoners on
board an American vessel. lAgulnaldo
ha Issued a statement, aaylng that
the warlike activity of the American
ha prevented the concentration of
the prisoners, a intended, but that
they will be delivered up.
The Tagato of the island of Min
danao have expressed their readiness
to accept American sovereignty in
exchange for protection against the.
harraselng Moros.
A native officer ha offered 'Major-'
General Otis-L00O Macoabe.be tribes
men to fight the TagaU of the Lagu
aa de Bay districts.
The troops -engaged in the fighting
at Cebu, belonged to the Nineteenth
infantry. Sixth Infantry, the Twenty
third Infantry and the Sixth artillery.
The Insurgent are trying to Incite
the natives of Malabon. a city of 80,
009 Inhabitants, five cnlles from Mani
la, to rise against the American garri
son. Captain Allen ha been holding
the place with two companies of the
Sixteenth infantry, but on account of
need of all available men at the front,
his force ha been reduced to seventy
men. They now remain near a big
church, . where they are quartered, toe
ing too few in number to attempt . to
patrol the town. Armed and uniform
ed parties of Insurgents recently dis
embarked during the night, collected
money for the Insurrection and preach
ed revolt. Two mayors have been
elected, but both of them have declin
ed to serve.
'Malabon has been made a shipping
point whence provision and other
stuff Is brought from ManUa by trains,
and shipped Into the hostile territory.
The Insurgents seem to be trying to
make, by their , good treatment of
American prisoners, a card toy which
to gain outside sympathy. Two Eng
lishmen, who have arrived here from
Tarlac, report that the Americans
are treated more like guet than
lng to repeat hi treachery of a form
er insurrection, when he went over to
the Srmnlards, and they may expel
him,
Aguinaldo ha issued a decree invit
ing Filipino deserter to return with
in a month, In which cae they will be
pardoned.
ILLINOIS MUST IMPORT WHEAT.
treason s yield i.ww.nw uusneis jens
. Than Needed for Home Use!
The reports made by crop corres
pondents to the Illinois department of
agriculture, under date of August 1st.
confirm those made three months
ago In regard to the area of wheat
winter-killed, the variation beliig but
three points, says a special to the
Chicago Itecord, from Springfield; 111.
According to the final estimate IS per
cent of the area seeded last' fall was
wlnter-kUled. leaving 1.168,200 acres
for harvest The average yield per
acre was the same . as In 1S9 nim?
bushels making the total yield 10,
20.000 bushels. The average price of
wheat on August 1st waa 65 cents, tin
total value of the crop at that price
being $,eS7,000
Spring Wheat About 46.000 " acres
was seeded to spring wheat last spring
the average yield o 17 buahels to the
afrm mak Inr . nrodurt of 774.000 bush
els, which was worth, August 1st, 63
cents per bushelj or $486,000. The to
tal of all wheat produced was 11.0S4.-
AAA I. 1 A A , , MnA,kf .t
bushels rxr acre ls the amount required
for aeed.lt will take ,1086,000 bushels
for seed this. fall, and as It Is esti
mated that each person In the state
will eat four rashels of wheat In th
form of bread. In a - year, 15.271.000
bushels will be consumed In that way,
or a total of 18.357.000 bushels is act
ually needed for uee. Hence, it will
te necessary for us. Instead of ex-
. . . fc-. . j - , . ........
over 7,000,000 bushels, or It equivalent
in flour. i
Corn According to the latest re
turn made to this office, the corn
area Is a little emaller than In 1898.
6.925,492 acre toeing reported. The
August 1st condition of corn Is excel
lent being 97 per cent of ;normal la
northern Illinois, 83 per cent In cen
tral Illinois, and 92 per cent In the
southern division. Under the most
favorable conditions there avlll be a
good deal of late corn which, cannot
mature. .- . . l-
WHISKY FOR POWDER.
Among the principal consumers of
corn . whisky ls the British govern
ment which used 114,000 gallons last
year In the manufacture of smokeless
powder.
Come to our
CONCERT
FRIDAY
EVEN IN 0
a
vK$oru
GREAT SALE OF
LADIES' JACKETS
Thursday.
It may perhaps seem improbable for us to sell Y r,u- rut a
a $3.00 or no.oo jacket for j7c, but it is 9 Remember This Also:
NEW LINE JUST IN.
Remember This:
Every dealer in the world endeavors to con
vince the public that his values are the best.
you
nevertheless true.
We will positively sell
v $4.00 and $10.00 Jackets for
THURSDAY.
Not our new stock of 1899 styles, you of course
know-that; but there isa lot of old style jackets
left on our hands that we are anxious to sell.
They can be made over with little trouble so as
to look like the latest styles. They are good
qualities. , -
If you stop for a moment to consider you can
see that we are in a better josition than any ono
in Salem to give j'ou the best for your money.
Also That K
We cannot exaggerate the beauty of our new
FALL CLOTHING
It is the best made because no other lines. hav
proven to be better.
Oar Methods
of dealing are up-to-dato CLOSE PItOFITS,
QUICK llETUKNS.
YOURS FOR nrE-IE BEST,
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