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t rsTM-WKpTswr-"- ! B. EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL ponwaiiKD EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. Capital Journal Publishing Company. I INCOItrOKATKIJ illec, Corner Court and Liberty Streets, tkhms ok suuscniprioN " - DAILY. One yonr, by Jiinll .. W six inmitiii.b.v iiinll -' BO riirceiuuiitjin by mail . 1 i I'er wo&ic delivered by carrier ... 15 WEEKLY. Ono yonr. SI TO Six months - TO 'no yonr. If paid for In ndvnuco, 1 00 ix months " " " 50 3Tl'liiiniitor8 nro authorized to ro celvo Hiilwrlptlang. m-Knlorodnssceond-clnss matter nt tlio HAlom.Orogon. I'oilolllee. Juno 21. USSH. llepubllcaii National , Ticket. For President, IJENJAAIIN HAKUISON, Of Indiiuut. For Vice Preeitlunt: LKVr P. MORTON, Of New Yorli. Foil PitnsmiiN'i'iAi. Ki.rxToits. Kobcrl Mc.r4in, of Kliiiiiuth County. Win. Kupim.of Multnoiiiiih County. 0. W. Kulton.of Clatsop County. MONDAY, OCT. 1G, 1HSK. Tin: Annual Statistician says that Mt. HoiculeH in New Guinea is tho highest mountain In tin1 world be ing :i.?,7.S!) feet high. It overtops Mt. JSvercHi of tho Himalayas. That mountain has always been con sidered heretofore as the highest in the world, being UO.USO abovo tho luviil of tho tea. J)i:nvi:u Ih about to have an astron omlral observatory that will rival the famous Lick obsovatory on Mount Hamilton. Tho building and Instrument huvo been provided for by tho liberality of W. II. Clituu berlin, of Denver, 'l'ho diameter of tho object glass will lie "0 inches and the length of the tttbo "(I feet. I5vi:n In Missouri there arc signs of serious alarm among tho demo crats, especially about tho state tick et, (low Maptnaduko had only COO majority before; and in this cam paign the "Wheelers" and tho Far mer's Alliance and tho Union La bor parly have declared for Kim ball, the republican nominee for govcrnor. This makes a very strong combination. Tin: expression "dark horse," now in such general political use, llrst ocelli rod In Lord Heaconslleld's "Young Duke." Hero Is tho para graph : "The llrst favorite was never heard of, tho second favorite was never scon after the distance post, all tho ton to ones were In the roar, and a dark horse which had never been thought of rushed past tho grand stand In sweeping triumph." Tun Pall Mall Gazette charges that tho words, "I have murdered four, and will murder sixteen more before I surrender myself to the police," written by tho suppu-od Vhltochapcl murderer upon the shutter of a house adjoining tho ono In a yard of which a body of ono of his victims was found, was erased by order of the ohlof of police, be fore the authorities had an opportu nity to photograph them. IIISRAHIII'ATTI,U. Tho rattle Koourgo has broken out In California. Tho Chronicle says : An anent of tho Department of Animal industry at Washington has made tho study of tho dls oiuhm of cattle n specialty, and his report upon tho condition of the iHH'f rattle In certain portions of ( allforula demands not only careful study and consideration, but posi tive and Immediate action, What Mr. Mercer calls Texas or splenic fever Is an epidemic dlsraso, trausinlH-able not only to rattle, but to human beings who may ohaneo to rat thw dlsowml tleh of tho In footml miliUHlit. It Is ono of Mum vlrulunt, persUtmt diseases which ran ho mot and Htmupod out only by the uuwt vlaormu and rutllral iiiuHMiruH, ami It I clrarly the duty of the State Hoard of Hmlth to take very mraiw In their power to ward otl' this ilrradful d !, ks they would any oilier epidemic. Wlwouri ayau and again that a complete and thonKixh Kyo- torn of inspection of food products should be ndoptcd and put Into oper ation In this city, and we renew tho demand for tile creation and main tenance of such a system. The cost is ii mutter of absolutely ho moment vh6n compardd With the life and health of olir cltlzetiH,' and there is no time to be lost unless wo are wil ling to sec Han Francisco become tlicvlctlm of an' tttvAiT and death dealing epidemic. A NinV CONV1JIIT. Ono of the prominent republican converts this year is General Geo. W. Jones, of Dubuque, Iowa, one of tho pioneers of the west, and n dem ocrat of the old school, lie was the llrst United States senator from Iowa, and he was once United States surveyor of tho whole region from Wisconsin to the Pacific. Ho was also a United States senator from Wisconsin, and he frequently alludes to the way In which he se cured the admission of Iowa to the union. When the question came up in tho senate the vote was likely to he u tie, and the hope of Iowa was in getting some one of the opposition to bo irbxiiit when the vote w;uh taken. Jle tried to get Calhoun, who was of theopposition, to vote for the admission, but failed. Then he went to Calhoun's beautiful daughter (for the Old general was a great beau in his dity) and enlisted her services. She tried to win her father river, but could not. Then he asked her to keep her father away when the vote was taken, and one night, going home from a party, he told her. that the question would come up the next day and to bo rei'dy. Shu agreed, and tho next day, just before the question was reached, she called her father from the senate and the vote was taucn in bis absence, and tho friends of admission won by one majority. Tims it was that Iowa ramo Into the union, and a young lady is deserving of much of the credit. Gen eral Jones is a very interesting character now over 80 years old. He took part as a second in tho Graves Cillcy duel, and he has been one of the conspicuous figures In his party for half a century. Put he says that Cleveland is not a democrat of the Jackson style and that he will not vote for u fieo trader. So he, the gallant old man, is sitting on the platform at republican meetings this year, and ho will vote in Nov ember for Harrison and Morton. A iu:coitii:n of Now Oilcans has ruled that a Mr. Seibjrt, who killed a burglar or trespasser on his place, after the latter had attacked ami I lied on him, is technically a mur derer, and has locked him up with out privilege of ball to await trial. Some burglar should practice on that recorder. It would assist him to see tho law rightly. A Withered Ann. Kmperor William's antipathy to tho Kugllsh and even to his mother is caused by I ho fact that when he was born, his lfiothcr, the Kmpross Vlctoru, insisted on having an En glish physician. After some dllll culty ono was found, but the man was nervous and excited. The re sult was (hat when the child was born It was found that the surgical Instruments had crushed his left arm and baud. From the instant of his blith Kmperor William's arm withered and was useless. Ho is possessed of a blind and sullen rage when ho thinks that he Is the cm jioror of a great nation and yet a cripple In tho face of all his worldly advantages. His sullen resentment has extended from tho Kngllsh physician to his English mother and from hei to all tho Kugllsh, and nothing on earth will convince him that tho Kugllsh are not in some way responsible for his with ered arm. The celebrated and very clover Dr. Abernethy, of Loudon, once opened his mind to an American, who sought advice In his sutlorlngs from dyspepsia: "I'll bo hanged," said ho, "If 1 over saw a Yankeo that didn't holt his food whole, like abon constrictor. How the devil do you expect to dlgv.it food that you neither take tho trouble to dis sect nor tho time to masticate? It's no wonder you lose your teeth, for yOti never uso them; nor your digestion, for you overload It; nor your saliva, for you expend It on tho earjuits Instead of on your food. It'll disgusting; It's beastly. You Yankee load your stomachs as a IXvonshlro man does his cart, as full as It ran hold, and as fast as he ran pitch It in with a dung-fork, and drive oil's Hml thou you complain that such a load of comport Is too heavy for you. Dyspopsla, oh? Infernal guMllng. you mean. I'll tell you what, take Imlf the time to rat that you do to drawl out your vo lo yoUr flU, lollftWO aml you'll U well In a month." FOLLOWED BV. A P The Guardian tiri oC 'te 'r ssc Jnmcs'Eamily. m vl (0T The James family, hml particularly Jesse, had a peculiar banlhee Intheeliapo of a whito hnri-e and phantom horsemarj, who appeared to warn ilium o( dauber. The Btory of tho phantom linr9e which guarded Jese nit his way, waned him of impending 'lunger, and 'finally' foretold his death, la believed in nv Mrs. Jese J amen and Jese Janiw, Jr., the son of the deceased (Ml law, who have uinre than once hoard him speak of the iitntiori of uV strange phantom. The last time the dead ouilaw paw the phantom waa'jtut ln-f' rr hi diath, and it appeared in "rnfch a !, r ribie shape, and with audi eViilent urn lnj; in its iiii-n, that even tho nerves of the yriin outlaw v. ere nil iVeu, and he a weighed down at. or.ct with 'a ijenee of Ins impending donili. Frank James' simple il!cnptim of the apperanee oflhe phantom liorb&nuu ia a follows: "One nielli we Were riding, along a lonely road in Tennessee. Is doesn't mat ter j'it when it was or where. .'Jesse ami I were tiding along ahead, n little in ad vance ol the remainder ofthe'uartv W v emuged from under a heavy c.umlnf our topping foliago iu'o a broad flood nt moonlight. It had ht-en vciy.dark in the woods under the heavy trees, and the bright moonlight, lyiug thick and gold- n on the broad, dusky, new roads, fairly dazzled us for a moment. Tlicre.-'ntsiidinj; directly in front of us, as if to dispute mo passage, clearly defined iu the bright moonlight, was the lijuru-. of horseman on a vhitu homo. We dtew rem una stood lor a moment ft6uk still. The fig ure iu the road did not move. The moon light ulinue directly on his dark coat, with bright, shiny buttons id tome kind-brass or pearl-ami ulimmcred on the silver trap pings of the horse's btidle. Je9su was the first to recover lumsell, and, with light-ning-liko rapidity, he drew his gun with an oath. "Whatdo you want here?' ho said. "The figure did not mine or speak "'My Uod, don't shoot,' urn.il utiu of Out party. 'It's a ghost.' "Jetsu's revolver wtu.t all" at the satin moment. "The fignru raised r.uu nf its hands, pointing the index linger at Jetoe, while at the same time the horse tinned and lurse and rnUr galloped ofTur. the toad. '"I have soul him befoie,' uiune.'id Jesse, as he turned bis home in the other direction." - It is said that the man whocr.ed 'Mmi't shoot" was Hill Ujrtn, who is no lining timuiii tho Missouri I'euuetiary. Frank James who was pivtinbly lessu ieritidou than Jei'iti or most of the othei companions of the James boys, r.ver took as much slock in Jesse's gho.i, as the boys called it, as the great head of tho outlaws a id his other rotmh-iiders did. Ho ad mils, however, that Jesse was haunted by a phantom horseman, or fancied he was, until the day ol his duith Jesse was al ways furious if any one qucstiuued the authority of his ghost. Frank was once asked: "Do nu think that was n ghost you saw that inylit or a nan Jeiso shot at urn! hiissed, cr tailtd to kill?" "I dun't know," wus die replj. 'Jese seldom missed at Kss than tin varils distance. Auywav, that va. the liist time I saw Ibo phantom horsenihn " Jesse James, Jr., only heir of the gteat land pirate, is fifteen J ears ol age. and strange irony ol fate-wtuks furT, T. Crit tenden and hit sous, for that very Govern or of Missouri who hounded his father to his death and icieivud his uncle Frank after the surrender of the latter. The story of the boy's engagement to work iu CrittcmlcnV real estate office is worth a short diversion. The boy, it appears, auawered an advertisement fur an otliceboy. Half s, dozen other eager applicants were there before him. Crittenden asked him what he oould do. "I'll tiyht, run a toot raceorwrltoa let tor wilh any of these kids for the job," answered the brigand's son. "Write a letter." said Critteuden (esse complied, and proved to write a belter hand than any other applicaut. "What ia jour uan;e?" asked tte (Sovernor kindly. "ee James, Jr.," answered fhe boy. Doubtless ex-Governor Crittenden was surprised to fiud that he was about to hire ihe son of the notorious Jesse, whom he had lured the assassins to kill, as the boy and hii mother were to learn that the for mer's employer was theex-GoTernor. Hut to return, as the novelist uys. The boy was disposed to be quit e communica tlvo in regard to the phantom horssmau. "Dad first saw that horse in Ksutuc kr," said the lioy. "Twa'n't u Tennessee, at all. I ye heard my mother tell about It, aml'I've heanl dad tcl about It. One uifiht the wan on the phantom horse jumped up Ixhlnd dad. The ghost left his noise and jmud up oa dad's. Dad was with Biirxher nun nding along in Ken lucky. Dad rode as hard as he oould and fired his pistol behiud him, but he eouMn't shake the ghost orl' until he had gHie halt a mile. The tiling then drop. tied off. "Another tune, when we was all nv..- at Nearaey, continue.! trie lad, "dad saw the IwMt aeme in the yard o lwrebV ft.l wt at it mb or W4ht dates, but oouW not Mt u." This litho etc-ryevf the phantom borse man o told by the family aod OMuuaBtoM of Jimss Jawts. Three Smokers A Parody. Three gallants snt up In on offlco fair, '(In mi'omco ralrH ho sun went down, EathcostJ'8Trfokliifr rtnd lounging there, And Tvntchlnfi'tho belles as they stepped dowri'town. ' For rrien ihust smoke, nnd women look fine, Though taxes a'o heavy nnd stocks d cllne, And the grocers' bills bo running. Three wives mU up till the midnight hour, And longed nnd wnlchcd and hoped In vnln ; " " ' Hut the husbands, snug In their ofllcc bower, -, - Were sinolTltidull cure from their weary brum. For men will smoke, though women repine, Thnutrli health nnd wealth nnd vigor doellue. And sickness nnd dues be on-coming. Throe coi incs were burled from sight one tl.iy. lly 1'aWy, Consumption nnd Kits cut down, And initio but the doctor hud cvordn -o pay That "sure :ia great f,un," they were sninked out of town. Tor men wll sinokc, though denth does come, To desolate fnrluncnncl office mid homo And grocers nnd wives be moaning. Iliousamls of Dollars Are spent every year by the people of this state for worthless medicines for the cure of throat and lung diseafces, when we know that if they would only invest ?1 in Santa Abie, tho new California discovery for consumption and kindred com plaints, they would in this pleasant remedy find relicf. It is recom mended by ministers, physicians, and public speakers of the golden state. Sold and guaranteed by D. V. Mathews & Co., at SI a bottel. The most stubborn ccse of catarrh will speedily succumb to California Cat-r-cttre. Six months treatment for$l. Hynuill?! 10. Prohibition llnll). The club will meetiu W. C. T. U. hall, to-night at 7:30. Prof. M. V, Itork of Michigan, J. W. Wobbi state organizer, and others will di- llv.-r addresses. Good singing. Everybody cordially welcomed. 13y order secretary. Knwttfi jsnnnnrirVfn SKIV TO-DAY. Notice. t NYONK HAVIXO A LEOAIi CLAIM J n 'iiliiht mo will plcitsecnllnt tliohtore within tho nextti'ii dayi l7-aw A. 5IAYF.Il. B0LLED OATS, I10LLED WHEAT, CKEAM lHlEAT, DUHKEE'S RICEROTR, which cooks up into a very delicate disli. T1UTICU3I, GEKMEA, CEUEALINE, 1SSS NEW BUCKWHEAT FL0TJB, guaranteed to ho Fresh and l'uro HY 1 BIS., 201 Commercial St. QNK OF THE LAKOF-ST BSTAI1LISII menu In tho Hluto. Lower rates than i ortlund. Ijirpost stock Legal lllnnkH In thoStnte, ivd blggt'ht dUcount. Send for prlcollst of Job printing, nnd cntnloguo of legal blanks. K. M. WAITE, Steam l'rlntcr, Salem, Oregon. FOR BARGAINS IN FURNITURE ao to ROTAN & WHITNEY, 102 Court Street, Salem, Oregon Having bought out the remainder ol tnu chair factory's ttock, wo nro prepared to sell chnint lower than any house, in Oregon Proposals For Wood, rnHK UOAIU) OF TIIUSTBKS OF TUB X Oregon iStotc ItiMtne Asylum hereby Invito M-aled propoMiU for wood na follows l-)ur hundrod HMi eonls drv twin oak. IVo hundrvd itt )) cords dry body ouk. Fourteen liundrud (HCJ) cords dry lody flr out of birve t rvo. Tho pola onk must not be less than three Ineliw In diameter. Thrve hundred to nvo InnnlnHl cords of ftr, aud two huudred to thrvo hundred cords of oak ure lo be de ltvortHl by June 1. 1H, and the remaluder by (Octolier 1, IS-t. aids wtu be rwelvea In amounts from tiny cords up. The wood must be four fet iu I length und of the bent quality, subject to tbo HiHtroval of the mediant snnerln tiHHUnt of the hs) liun.HUd to b d41vrvd at any xtnt on the atyluin grounds deslg nntd lir htm The rbihl to raiect any and nil bids Is re- uon'oil iihU wtU be eaeed at 2 o'etck Tu4ay, yv. &YLVHBTKU J'KNNOYBK OBa W. lIcHItlDE. M U. W. WKI1H, Hoard of Trustee. Wm. A. M US LY. Clerk of Hoard. -I l. I Subscribe for the Capital Jock- NAL. WE IfKAT ADVERTISE3rETS. GO - m Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Clothing and Hats, -THE- GBM:4SJ &.. -EVEH OFFEHEU IS- Gbnerjvl . Merchandise ! ' '- BY THE Canitol Adventure Co., 8 - 29 An excellent stock of CARPETS, RUGS, ROLLING AND LACE CURTAINS At prices extremely low. Full stock of STAPLE AND rANCY DRY GOODS In nil departments. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUNN & BROWN'S, i) Corner State nnd Commercial streets. THE BEST STOCK OF STOVES IN THE . CITY IS AT . R. M. WA.DEX &.-CQ'S 282 to 286 Commercial Street, SALEM. ; AND MANY OTHER Also a.GpmpIct Stock of Hardware and FOR SALE. A KINK DUST AND MOUSB-I'IIOOK A Organ, aim a i,eHnl hand I'Uuio nt a bargain and on ey terms. Onll on H. DIAMOND. 3CK Comuiarctal St., Bulein, Or. IEIEY . BROS. , I'RO'piiiBrona of THE CAPITOL COFFKB HOUSE Meab, 3D ceoU; board, $3 par week. No L'hluek eiunioyed. 2i uommerclal m. iodu TO THE CORNER FOR - BARGAINS Opera House Corner, Salem. - dw - tf Speelnl attention U culled to our splendid display of fnhhlonnble gnrments from tho well known iiiunufiieturcrii 9 Springer Bros., OK llObTOX. They need no recommendation from us, being tho finest lino ever placed before the public. Kncli garment bus u label nt collar band bearing tho manufacturer'!! name. oua Is unusually largo nnd uirlcd, repic sciiting The-. Latest Novelties. Agents for tho now Mather patent LACE KID GLOVE Garland Stoves, Charter Oak Stoves, Brighton ftmgfcr LEADING. STYLES, Farm Machinery, Wagons and Carriages GRASS SEED, rx PURKISII MESOUITK QK A j mixture of I.lnroln ai iiflxtiira nf Llnroln and Mesaulte.lU Utrgaor nnaU quntltj For dreU -ro-?Mi.;' 174-lm Sa1m. ur. A FINE LINE OF FALL: fflLLffiir GOODS Mrs. SI E. Smith's, Eut Silnn. Marlon KttemMU "Winter aDdfctum