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EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL ruiiLiaiiK EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. BT THE Capital Journal Publishing Company. IltOORrORATTD OOce, Ctrstr Conrt ia4 Liberty Street!, TKItMH OK HUHHCKIFTION DAILY. On ycnr, by mnll Ml Mix months, by mull . 2 m rhree month by mull.... ... 1 2 Per week delivered by carrier....... 15 WEKKI.Y. One year ................. II 60 Hlx month.... ... . 76 Ono year. If pn'd for '" ndvnnce....... 1 00 Bix months, " ' " 60 Jta-1'ostmastors uro nuthonied to rr rclvn subscriptions. a-KnU-rcd iih second-class innttrr at the Hnlein.Orc-Kon.l'onIIIrc.Jiinoai. lim. Itepublican National Ticket For President, 3JKNJAMIN HARRISON, Of J milium. For Vlto President: JiKVI 1 MORTON, Of Now York. Foil I'ltlWIDKNTIAI. Kl.lX'J'OIlH. Ilobvrt McIiiii,oT Klitinutli County. Win. Kniun,or Mnllnomiili IVmnty.l C AV. Kullon.of Clatsop-County. SATURDAY, AUGUST IB, 1 888. meiii: tiiei'iii.i: run Tin: haimh. There Is (lunger of the Utah plank lu tho Hipulillcan platform being distanced and out of date before tho -Ith of March next. It declares tho political power of the Mormon church a menace to free institutions, nnd pledges the republican party to appropriate legislation to divorce the political from the ecclesiastical Mwer. Can the keen and vigilant politicians who framed these resolu tions bo Ignorant of the fact that the Mormon hierarchy Ih deprived of its former money power, and has thus forfeited a large share of its political (loiiiliiiilloiiV "Ho (hut carrl"s the bug," says an Ungllsh reviewer, "has many forces at his bauk; but an empty sack cannot Htiiml upright." Wo have before told of the enforcement of the law of congress which limits (Improperly of a church establishment lu tho territories to $60,000. Under this iron statute the Mormons in Utah have been coiniHillcd to deliver up to a United Ktates tecelver costly temples and other church buildings, valuable city property and tracts of fertile land, timbered canyons and witter courses, railroad and telegraph stock, herds of cattle and Hocks of slice), nnd other stealings and ac ciiinulutlonsof nearly half a century. Yesterday a Washington dispatch gave a list of county Judges in Utah appointed by the president. Wo will explain the slguillcamv of (his proceeding. In territories the chief executive and Judicial olllcors are itpKlutcd by the pnvddcnt, and their salaries paid out of the national treasury, lint the legislature, the county and municipal olllcors are elected by the oopUi. The district and supreme courts of Utah being thus lu (he hands of fed end ap IMilutcos, very Inconvenient Judicial Inquiries w ould sometimes U made touching (he various church massacre and other criminal din ings. Tti relieve these llahylonlan tribunals of their ixiwer for mis chief, an act was uscd by the anointed priests lu (he legislature, giving tho county (orprobatc) courts concurrent Jurisdiction with the district courts. It can Ui uudomtiKMl how this plan workwl. Devout saints known to Ik guilty of murder, robbery, ursoii, or other llantnt iiMitim, would lo brought up Uifoiv tliwo Mormon tvurts on aiHitisittlou, a mock trial would ls held nnd tho ollendur no MUltttsl. This would give (he worst orimlnitl Immunity, Ikkwuki, lu this country, u man wuinot U trlwl n MHsuitl timentranotUinsoof which he ltts been noiUUUhI. ApjHmU wtww made to conicr to hiiiiuI this l;lmt the cmittry whs Uwy at tlm Mum tUtllng with h gltfantlo r. Mlkm, Hint Htutller viW rwvtml IttUiotiiiv ftr m 1 1 live. The act of oaugrw of 1S74, kiwut u () 1 ktnd U4II, KIMMMlml tl JtulitriMl ylm if t'ttli, Mitd rttrietwl (Its ixMinty wwrt if (lMtt trrittry to tlurir itrojWHHd iwumI limit. t (It cmtuty Jmln Uiixs (Wtl by popular vut, w hIwhj-w h rtMUliHMt .Murmott, hhiI tlte pMllut work IhU InJy man could iHtrAwm would ivUitv w long war ratlvc fwlly to unfold. tlrHiitlng bogus divorces wan for a time a source of large revenue, and the judge, the countyclcrk andthecorn missioned being all of a kidney, the flagtllouH job they would put up to defraud the property holders would give the uninitiated anew Idea ofdlvlne revelation. To break up this malign combination, the Edmunds-Tucker bill vested in the President tho power of appointment to local ofllcc In Utah. This raised a yell, of course, as a deprivation of the sacred rights of a people; but It became a law, and the appoint ment mentioned above are In ful fillment of Its provisions. This in troduction of unrcgenerato Gentiles into the sacred precinct of those abominable county court is another revolution In Israel. It is further evidence that the Lord has gone back on Ills chosen people, and Is so futiil to the iKilitical power of Mor mon priesthood, that the divorce to be decreed between that and their ecclcsiasticul domination will be u n necessary, as tho latter function has already ceased to exist. Icha bod, may now the sons of the cove nant exclaim the glory lias depart ed from Israel. UNIVWLSAI. TUIIIUTK. Tlie Roman poet says Itisplcaniit antl becoming to die for one's country. Patriotic sentiment has changed a little since then, and we now find It pleasant and sometimes profitable to live in tho civil service of the country. Hut the poet's sen timent must lutve inspired our nation's hero who died, as it may le said, with the harness on his buck. Newspapers and public speakers have all hud their say at this national bereavement, and we have yet to come across tho first writer or speaker who has thrown out a word of disparagement on the record of this brilliant soldier. The American people regard him to-day, Just as they did when Gen. Lee surrendered his sword to Grant at Appomattox. And the secret of this unmeasured popularity is the fact that he has always been content to remain simply a soldier. If lie hud any ambition to shine In civil life he never displayed It. If he hud chosen to allow his name to be used in th wprlny, liu u-utiltl uuiicstloii ably have been die republican nominee for president. Rut as soon as tho suggestion was made to him, the old soldier Hew Into a rage and declared If he were nominated he would peremptorily decline. The three names most prominent ly identified with the war In the minds of the jsniplo are Grunt, Sherman and Sheridan. The fatal mistakes that the hero of AppoinaUox made in" civil life are well remembered, and they have cast a blot on an otherwise glorious career. Hhurumn has held no civil ollhv, but he Is liosltlvo and out spoken, and he rather courts than avoids acihiionious dWcusslou with nowsputKT K'oplo and historians of the war. From all such entangle ments, however, "Little Phil," with it modesty and good house that are as eoiiiinondublo us (hey uro rare, litis kept entirely fan). Ho was a soldier, pure and simple, and us such his memory Is cherished and loved by the nation. To luirrow BhaksiHre's tributary words, On Hint uhiiio attend Tin' tour Hint pralsm ofull time. C001.UI notVN AT I.A.NT. TIiom) crazy people in Stevens county, Kuu., who lost their heads over the location of the county soat, and took to shooting each other us a pastime, seem to have come to their senses at length. A regiment of state militia was quartered among them to keep hmiv, and arrests were mudo of a number of men suspected of complicity In tho massacre. This svoms to have brought them to a reiiMUitihle view of things. The pickets that the two rival towns hud thrown out, to prevent the In habitants of one place Invading the territory of the other, were with drawn, and meetings held In which coiumlttcott wore appointed to ex tend ollVtnt urpeHco (o the other side. Those neighbor towns will como to an undsrstandltik' and no more blood will bo shed over the point at Uue; but the painful fact romalns that live men wore wantonly slmigh- tored and the public pence profaned lu settlement of a dispute which lv- lHKd rljshtAUly to the poll. Mutual greed anil lii)uUv UhI to UtI vktlence, snd now tlu too eagw nuwii itave ttnw to think over tltoir wicked new ami Mv. Ku.km.hiho V. T.) Capital: I'rupidout CWmltotd outllitod In h Uttr to the taNvtary of the Inte rior U ytr Ut to)lc.v to bo puiMiwl by Jteootlv nMltvw undr lib ml luluWtntttau lu CHI of eontlk'tlug cdAliiu brtWMW KHtloM ih! railroad corporations for portions of the pub llo lands. He suggested that where corporations are entitled to select from indemnity reservations they should bo required to select, where possible, from tracts in which set tlers have no legal or equitable In terest and upon which they have mode no improvements, and that every reasonable presumption and Intendment should be made In favor of the settler on the public lamds. The Secretary is now acting under these instructions, and cases of long standing are being settled to the satisfaction of settlers in the Territories. A AVashinoton dispatch to aNew York Journal notes tho fact that a number of men, not previously known, have made national reput ations in the house of representa tives during tho present session, while other members, of whom much was expected, have hardly been heard from. The reason for this Is very plain. A new issue requiring scientific knowledge and unbiased thought has como into politics, and new men of ability havo seized the opportunity thus presented, while those who merely echo the old war cries have very naturally fallen Into "Innocuous desuetude." A largo number of extra copies of the weekly Journal are mailed to well-to-do farmers throughout the county, and beyond, this week. This is becoming quite a usual thing with this pujier. Advertisers would do we'll to take advautago of this fact. lie who lins anything to sell or who seeks patrons should make the fact known in us many homes as possible. We are all more or less dependent on the farmers for trade and money. CAUD. Having sold my olllcoand practico to Dr. J. T. Mason I cordially re commend him to my patrons and the public in general. I shall remain ut tho olllce with the Dr. for a fe.w weeks. 1), J. C. Ryhd. 8-18tf. ZE.NA MITES. Gruln and fruit are abundant. Tho iKilitical pot Is hardly sim mering yet. It won't boll till after harvest. Mr. Ira Hurley living near Zena, left us his yearly subscription and the following Items. It is oxiieetod that Miss Sullio Cavitt, who him given satisfaction heretofore, will teach the fall school. Postmaster Ghnblo bus raised, weatherboarded and painted his olllce and house. How it improves a man to get a good wife. J. R. Shopiird, who Is on a fur lough from tho business department of the Journal,! over to look after his farm crop. Hois busy as well as he always Is when he takes hold of tiny enterprise. Sunday services in the church are hold us follews: On the first in tho mouth, Rev. Mr. Craven, Methodist; second ami fourth, Rev. Mr. Clyde, Presbyterian; third, Prof. Crawford, Ruptl-t. The attendance ut Sunday school is good notwithstanding the busy times which tire man and Itoust before Sunday conies. No service at the Oermuii He- formed church to-morrow. The prohibition club will meet as usual lu W. C. T. II. hull on Mon day. Interesting and Instructive lecture at tho llaptist church to-morrow night. Free, Services at the Methodist, llaptist, Kviiugelical, Kplscopal and Ciithollo churches to-morrow. The merry tinkle of tho bells as the icecream cart perambulates the street of the city U heard on tluws warm nights. Kx-U. S, Senator Slater is prepar ing for publication aii exhaustive pa per on the wool unction and the ef fect of tarltl on production and prices. A team wnnprUnl of four yoke of oxen camped on north Commorehil atrwt last night and drew together a larjpj urowd of iwll bovs. who viewed the incurious! v. SulierllH Jouh.nau for 'I'm: Capital num. !L'"a& " mite ft, Mr. SgttlH WH MH ttedttllwoH Vrottoh l'mlri. Tw wwkn gu he DOOHiiw uver-lHMtttt while workLmd a I vwttiMk mm wer rukvrul from OteattMek. CMlireiCryferPitckirtCtsterlt RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Evangelical Church. Rev. J. M. Dick, pastor. Preaching on Bun day at 1030a. m. and 730 p. M. Bun day school at 12 M. All are cordi ally Invited. Christian Church. Elder P. R. Burnett, pastor. Preaching at 1030 a. m. and 730 p. m. Sunday hool at 12 m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. M. E. Church. Services will be held in the M. E. church to-morrow as follews: Morning, at 1030; Evening at 730, Sunday school at 12 sr. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 030. All are invited. Seats free. Rev. "W. Rollins, pastor. Baptist Church. Corner of Liberty and Marion streets. Rev. A. R. Medbury, pastor. Services at 10:30 a. m. and 730 p. M. Sunday School at noon. Young Peoples' meeting at 0:45 p. si. Weekly prayer Meeting Thursday evening. All are cordially invited. PresbyttrUn Church. There will be no preaching ser vices at tho Presbyterian church next Sabbath nor thereafter during the month of August. The Sabbath School will bo held at the usual hour (12 m.) and the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will hold services each Sabbath at 0:30 p. in. The pastor. H. A. Newell and his family expect to be absent from the city. The audience room will be thoroughly refitted and decorated during the month. Remember the gospel temperance services in the W. C. T. U. rooms every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Skepticism. By reason of the state of chronic incredulity in which many men pass their lives they miss half the good of this world. They seem to think that doubt and unbelief are proofs of wisdom, and through fear of being deceived reject much that is true nnd good. To such minds the statement that Dr. Pierce's Gol den Medical Discovery is a real and proven cure for all diseases caused by a torpid liver, bud blood or scrof ulous numors carries wan it us own condemnation. They do not believe it, apparantly, because we say so; and j'et what more, or less, than this can we do? Wo know tho fncts, nnd If we did not make public the great value of this remedy few would prof it by It. We try to do our duty In the matter and it remains for the doubter who needs help to overcome nis preujuutce ami give it a mat. $600 Reward for an Incurable case of chronic nasal catarrh ofl'ered by me muiuiiuctiircrs ofJJr. Sage's ca tarrh Remedy. Last evening was very mild and pleasant, and tho 2d regimental baud In Willson's avenue drew n largo concourse of nil classes. Tho program was varied and excellent. When the boys solicit subscriptions or give an entertainment to raise funds for excuses, tho pleasure of these weekly out-door concerts should not be forgotten. Salem on many occasions would be at a loss and great disadvantage without the baud. Long may it toot. Fall Suits. "Good goods, good patterns, good lit, good work," is tho motto of E. Schocttle it Co., merchant tailors, near the White Coruor, Commercial street. A lurgo new stock of foreign nnd domestic goods of various ptittorns Just arrived for punts or fall suits. They guarantee good work and a nice lit or no pay. Cull on them. At the Willamette Assembly of Knights of Labor, ltov. J. W. llines of San Jose, Cal., and a national organizer, gave a very interesting address lust night. Possibly ar rangements for an open meeting on Monday night may bo completed and the public invited. Wh n ruby u dak, W gte her CutorU. When h wu ft Child, Sh cried for CwtorU. Whan the. became Mlu, She clung to CutorU. WTwra the hJ Children, She kit theia Oaetori. XKW TO-HAY. OATS ! OATS ! ! llnvlBK iMirvtuuetl tlw MeKlmwv A Smith WHr)utt M Turner, nntt IwUrc tKMl Mmn. St. lltckertln A tVme wn fort hi AHHMvtlle, w arc ritr4 to tUHv ami iMHdt tttta eumlag wmmhi TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND - aoo.ooo -v BUSHBLS OV OATS' &Mk oa tMU to Miputy farmer. I "? Jf m ntwiMiitor. ytw felr 4Umr xt Um Highest Market Price. OM mmI mm m Wtr Mttktnc unuw tuMK ekevlMN. YuuhimU. " H 11. MoKIN.NKV i GO. MMNvtw MRS, . U.lt?ANS. .Miitiit id Tmkt if CWMini nun &5S . J. KII.KY'si lllnn ur Wk ftusm Ika Klk ittMt iv.. Mlrartioii ft. (uMUtUo ttrt. vO-W JMXt ADVEBTISEXKNTS. Krtiit Farms! " OREGON LAND COMPANY "Hns now for sale twenty-five lC-ocrc lots on the west side of the river, from 8M to 4 miles trom Salem nnd near tho 150-aoro fruit farm owned by Jlr. IL s. Wallace, of Salem. These lots are all nicely situnted within sight of the Capital City, nnd having a grand view of the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade range. The Soil is of the Very Best Quality them. All Lots Front on a. Road. And tho road leading to Salem Is now being grnvelefl, nnd will be ono of the FINEST DRIVES leading out of the city. M1 It Is generally conceded that Investment In FRUIT LANDS at tho present time offers n oelter assurance of large returns than any other form of Investment. Prices now being paid for fruit In Salem by the Willamette Valley Fruit Company! Insure, at a Low Estimate, from S250 to MOO per Acre! The, close proximity of Jlr. "Wallace's trait farm of 150! acres to these lots Insures a bruit Cannery, and thus ajconvenlent market, as soon as tho trees are old enough to Call on the Oregon Land Company AT THEIR OFFICE IN THE IJank Illock on Commercial Street And they will SHOW Y0UITHIS PROPERTY FREE OF CHARGE. n!28dw. NKW AnVEllTISHMICXTS. Oregon State Fair! Tho SSth Annual StuSe l'ulr will be held on tho Fair Grounds, near Salem, commencing on tho 17th OF SEPTEMBER, And continuing ono week. CASH PREMIUMS to the Amount of $15,000 Wilt be awarded Tor Agricultural, Mechan ical and Stock exhibits, u oiks of art and fancy work, nnd for trials of .peed. The premiums otlercil havo been In creased In many cases, nnd new elnsfos havo been added. No entry r.o chnrccd in divisions J, K, I. nnd Q. A miKnltlcent Jleld of lion-es entered, nnd thero will bo splendid contests of run ning and trotting each day. Thodllterent tnn.prtntlon companies will mnko liberal reductions in fares and freights. Special attention Is called to tho premi ums ollered for county exhibits of Brains, Krnsseu and fruits. Kntries HI bo rixK'h ed In tho secretary's ottleo In Salem, beginning six days before the lair, and on tho fair grounds from Fri day before tho fair. Persons desiring to exhibit In divisions J, K. O, land Q nro ntiupftcd to make their entries on Fri day und Saturday before the fair If possible. All entries closo on Monday, September ITth,atT:;Wp. in. I'KICKS OF ADMISSION: Coupon ticket for men (six davs) 8! CO Ouiixjn ticket for women (six "days) 1 CO Iay ticket for men .. f vay ticket for women 25 Tickets to tho grand stand nt race tmck for jnales o or l'J years .. 25 Ijidles to the grand stand tree. T,M' desiring to purchase booths will apply to the secretary. S-Stndto tho secretary ntKnlemfora premium list. J.T.OKKaa. Secretary. w. M. SARGEANT Ker n fine stock of Wall Paper, Borders and Centers, BABY BUGGIES, EXPRESS WAGONS, Tiy Twl Outs, VeWfriw, BkIk, K.lSKBTS,dlUliis.friUMtS. Mr 3mI Fraifftc Made l Order. TtMM Wt I u er hh m Tb AtMll GOLD PAINT-READY MIXED. IMactetluMcBlieilKMtchtoL Come and Se for Yourselves -THE- GROCEIUI23. Specialties in Fruits Evaporated Apples, Evanorated Peaches, Evanorated Nectarines Evaporated Apricots, Evaoorated Pears. Dried Peeled Peaches,' Dried Peaches Dried Apricots, Dried Currants, Dried Apples, Dried Grapes1 Oregon Petit Prunes. Imported German Prunes, Smyrna Figs, Raisins. Persian Dates Weller Brothers' Commercial Street STOCK EABM FOR SALE or RENT! 530 ACRES Well watered nnd plenty ot timber. Two nouses nnd two barns. Good orchard. Meadow nnd 150 ncrea plow bind. Fifty tieud of cat tie with tho place If wunted, nnd horses enough to run lu Within Ave miles of depot on the 0. 4 U. H. R. A bargain for somebody, Enouire at Office of Caoital Journal. C. M. VAN BUREX, Carrtes a full stock of DRUGS and iMEDICINES Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, FISHING TACKLE, CIGA11S AND TOBACCO JKKFKH60N, OltKOON. PwarlattoB exreAiUy eomnounded ua der thf ipr-ito at Dr. J. J. U IL DIAMOND, Teacher of IVIusic And deeJar IbU kind of MaslaU IntlfU MRU. CMH,3lCnauurcil street. 1b truMMiU mM oa ifre isuUiueoi pun. v-4l