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MWMl. t.!,.., (iill. Mult I ltll II lining Mt mmiqa wi if V4 0 n SBJ FIVE CENT BookCoupon rj A PTT A . JOURNAL. c?r SATURDAY. SATURDAY. VOL. 6. "THE PEOPLE'S PAPER." BALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 1898. "TO-DAY'S NEWS TO-DAY.' NO. 103. a.' - ORLD S CASH -:- STORK This J. 297 Commercial Keeping Pace With the Times. Have your business accounts kept it PERFECT books, such are The tfrcy Patent Flat Opening Books. Books that are worthy of the patronage and praise of the) Government Of ficials of the State of Oregon, and the greater portion of the uiercbantile men of the State, are surely derserviup: of a trial by everyone. Manufactured in Oregon ONLY by The Mestou-Dygert Book Mfg. Co., Proprietors ot THE CAPITAL CITY BINDERY. Binders to the State of Oregon, Printers and Lithographers, Salem, Oregon. 600,000 TREES ! OSWEGO - NURSERIES. FALL 1892. SPRING, 1893. We would call the attention of dealers, and large and small planters, to our large and varied assortment of Fruit Trees and Small Fruits, Ornamental, 8bade, Nut and Evergreen trees. Our trees are clean, smooth, and first-class in eyery rearect. Send for catalogue and price list. Address, Walling & Jarisch, da-Mention this paper. Oswego, Oregon. Baby Carriages, Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes, Boys Wagons BROOKS & SALISBURY, (SUCCESSORS TO BROOKS AND HAUR1TT.) Guns. FisHni? Tackle, Snorta and Atli ; U i Base Ball Good?. Flags and FireWorks BOXING GLOVES, LAWN TEN NIS SETS, CROQUET SETS KNIVES, RAZORS, SCISSORS, DOLLS, TOYS, NOTIONS, LEATHER AND PLUSH GOODS. SALEM, A. N. HALES, Proprietor. R. H. PRICE, Manager. A. N. HALES' LIVERY. (Successor to K. R. Ryan.) Livery, Feed and Boardiug Stable. A full supply of Horses and Buggies on hand. Horses boarded by day, week or month. OUice at stable, corner ol Liberty and Ferry streets, East of Willamette hotel. H. F. BROER, Proprietor of the DEPOT SASH AND DOOR FACTORY. All house-flnlahinR material made to order at the lowest Portland prices. See us before you buy. J. W. TflORNBURG, Tllfi EFIIOLSTtiRER. Recovers and repairs upholstered furniture. Long Experience In the trad, enables me to turn out first-class work! Samples of coverings. No trouble U give estimates. State Insurance block, ChemektU street. CHURCHILL BURROUGHS DiigaD Bros. F. T. HART, 847 COMMERCIAL STREET. Wo will not pay your way along Midway Plaisance -BUT THE- Will save you money so you can pay Means You! W. THOMAS, St., - - Athletic Goods. u OREGON. Spraying Outfits, 103 State Street. SEE Future Copies, LEADING MERCHAN' TAILOR. FA I your own way. - Salem, Or. AMONG THE GEMS. Moonstone is a variety of felspar. Jet is a species of bituminous coal. The emerald has long been regarded as a specifio for sore eyes. The best opals arj now obtained from Hungary and Honduras. Tho star sapphire shows in its depths a white star with five rays. The diamond in a sufficient heat will burn liko a piece of charcoal. The island of Ceylon is the most re Kiarkablo gem deposit in the world. Tho largest diamond ever known was the Great Mogul, which weighed In the rough 793 carats. Tho tomb of Mohammed is covered with diamonds, sapphires and rabies val ued at $10,000,000. Hematite was once nsod for cameos and intaglios, and many ancient gems are of this mineral. The diamond mines of Brazil have yielded over 15,000,000 carats of stones valued at $150,000,000. Pearls are sometimes found whose out er layer is discolored. The pearls may be skinned and thus improved. Tho cairngorm, or smoky quartz, takes its name from a town in Scotland near which it was first found. It is found in great abundance in tho United States. Tho peacock throne of Shah Jehan was valued at $80,000,000, his crown at $12, 000,000, and when he died $150,000,000 of gems were found in his treasury. St Louis Globe-Democrat. TURF TOPICS. It will cost not loss than $500 and not less than six months' imprisonment to ring a horse In North Carolina this sea son. Black Diamond, 2:10 J, by Pegasus, who has won 122 heats in 2:80 or better, was foaled in 1878 and got when his sire was but 2 years old. The pacer Jersoy Girl, 2:23, weighed but 720 pounds on the day she got her mark. She wears aluminium shoes which weigh but three ounces. In the Montana circuit $70,000 is offer ed this year in' trotting and running purses, and California horses will be seen there in large numbers. The pacer, whatever may bo his in trinsic merit or his popularity, la seldom found in the shafts of a road wagon ia the vicinity of Now York city. The fastest dead heat ever trotted was tho first heat in the Allerton-Lobasco special at Davenport, la., last August, in which the former broke down. The time was 2:151. Among the state of Maine stallions el igible to the Blanchard stallion stake are The Seer, All So, Dictator Chief, Early Bird, Mahlon, Messenger Wilkes and Young Pilot In tho division appropriated to horses at the World's fair the American trot ting horse occupies tho place of honor in tho premium list Besides two diplomas and a medal, thero is the sum of $5,100 in premiums. It never failed to cure dyspepsia and Mver complaint. Take Simmons Liver Regulator, Any Time is the right time for everybody to drink H5.'Root 1 111 TO Beer A temperance drink. ' A home-made drink. A health-giving drink. A Oilrst-auenchincr drink. A drink that is popular everywhere. Delicious, Sparkling EflerrcsccBt . .. . n-.t.v niltH c raftcitif c( thbl fklid.XrtWrer.gc Won't U dcrd If a dWr, 1 fuf lh ak cHuger profit. U0t yM i bT I kind I. ' juu er-'at Uh. Ho UOttJk i U u good at UM fcwBM ntaaa FLOODS EAST AND SOOTH, Groat Damage Deno to Crops and Property. MOVEMENTS AT TOE Mm FAIR. j Tho Sioux City failure Grows Horo Distressing, r Floods in Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio. 'May 2. The heavy rains have, ceased and cooler weather prevails. The danger of a disastrous flood Id the Ohio River, is not now imminent. Tho greatest dam age was down along the, smaller rivers. The Ohio and Miami Ire higher thau since 1884. Along thje Little Miami thousands of acres of planted ground are submerged. b Floods in thejSouth. St. Louis, May 2-Ad vices from southern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas are to the effect that a third flood this year in the White and Black rivers is pouring down, doing great ilumage to all kinds of property. Peo ple are obliged to abaudou their homes. Bottom lands, both in the White and Black rivers, are flooded for scores of .miles. All crops are damaged or whol ly destroyed. , THE GREAT FAIR OPENING. What is Being Done in Chicago for the Entertainment of the World. Chicago, Ills., May 2. Work on the unfinished portion of the world's fair was resumed this morning, and thou sands of men were soon busy putting the finishing touches on the great show while other thousands were at work putting exhibits into place. In the midst ofall tbrougsof sightseers strolled through the grounds, mostly en gaged in getting an idea of the architectural splendors on the position, which so faryoutward ap pearances go, complete this alone more han can be accomplished in a single day. The immensity of the work grew n the spectators as they moved from point to point, aud found the amount of exertion necessary to merely walk around the great structure. The mere slight of them does not a (lord a fair augeof their size, because all are so large that there Is nothing of ordinary iimenslous in sight to furnish a stand ard measurement. THE LIABILITIES INCREASING. Tho Sioux City Failures. Growing Worse From Day to Day. Sioux City, la., May 2. Asslenee E.Hubbard, of the Union Loan and rrust Company, has made a statement which created a sensation here. When the company failed the liabilities were placed at about $750,000, with assets at twice that amount. It proves from the assignee's statement that liabilities are greater, amounting to about $0,000,000. Paper has been sold all over the coun try, and is held mainly by banks. Imlgrants Rushing In. New Yobk, May 2. There is a big rush of immigrants for this country, deveral thou aud n w on tho ocean are beaded for this pop. The reason for the rush are th new immigration laws which go into effect tomorrow. 10,000 Italian left Marseilles on eleven steam ships which just sailed from that port. There are 1300 more bound from Bre men. Thero Is a migration from other porta equally as large. J, Ellen Foster Boycotted. London, May 2. Lady Blddulpb, lender of tiie British Women's Temper ance ass clalion, states that Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, a noted American temper ance advocate will not be allowed to speak in the convention of British Temperance Woman's association. Cut Rates to Chicago. Denver, May 2. Denver & Itlo Grande today further reduced the round trip ticket to Chicago to $30. The other roads met the cut, and it is understood a rate of $20 to Chicago will be made this afternoon. Committed iuicide. Vienna, May 2. Baron Richard Poese, president ofthe extensively cir culated tourist's Journal "Fremden- blatt." suicided by Jumping from a fourth story window. He was 80 years old, and feared the loss of his eyesight. Bicycle Slim. Utica, N. Y.. May 2. A relay of bteyole riders from Boctoa toClbeage reachod hero at noon, six hours behind schedule. Man Nearly Drowned. Eugene, Or., May 2. (JourmAL Special.) Jaok Heltemus, a city em ploye on tho streets, was seen today floating down the mill creek near tho university perfectly limp, he was got out, his face being black aud with no appearance of llfo. However, willing hands went to work at reausltlon, and after a few minutes tho man commen ced breathing and at this time he show signs of recovery although he Is uncon scious. It Is not known how or where he got into tho stream. Mammouth Leather Trust. New York, May 2. The organiza tion of a great leather trust is about completed. The company Is to bo cap italized at $130,000,000 dollars. The of ficers of tho trust are not known. Behring Arbitration. Pa'ris, May 2. The Behring sea tri bunal arbitration resumed its session today. J. C, Carter, counsel for the United States, continued his argument. FLOODS AND WATER SPODTS. The Mississippi River on a Ram page. Texas and Arkansas Report De structivo Storms Parts of St. Louis Under Water. St. Louis, May 2. The river Is still rising. Up to G o'clock last night the water caused tho abandonment of the greater portion of tho East Carondelet telegraph ofllce. The Bt. Louis con necting railway was wrecked this morning and several small buildings were washed away. Many persons who have been living in the second story of their home were forced-to move out altogether today and several had narrow escapes, barely getting away before the residences collapsed or floated away. At Belleville several manufacturing establishments were forced to shut down, the boiler rooms being inundated. The distrlot known as "Oklahoma" Is now a vast lake with hero and there a hastllv vacated shanty protruding a few fe t above the water. The Bt. Louis dock warehouse gave way about noon and fully one-fourth of the vast building with heavy contente, fell In a heap, the roof sinking aud settling upon the wreck. Thousands of barrels of flour, Backs of grain and a miscellan eous lot of other goods were precipitat ed Into the water, Clscero Pate, col ored, was crushed to death. Two other laborers wero injured. The loss will be heavy. Tho Mississippi. Bt. Paul, Minn., May 2. The Mississippi river Is rapidly attaining a flood height. Tho government gauge at 8t. Paul registers thirteen feet. It Is now nearly a loot higher than at any previous time this spring, and Is going up rapidly. With the danger line at St. Paul at fourteen feet tho river will have to rise but little before serious re sults follow. As compared with form er spring rises in the month of April, this Is almost unprecedented. St. Paul people look for high water In tho month of June, At Grand Forks tho steamer Alsop, of the Red III ver Transportation company, returned today from Bel mont, with 700 bushels of wheat, all that was savod from 8000 bushels stored In the river storehouses of the Minnea polis &. Northern Elevator company, which was completely destroyed by the flood. The company has 60,000 bushels in the other warehouses which were wrecked by the floods. Floods and Storms. Parib, Texas, May 2 A cloudburst swept the slope of the mountains here andcairled away thirty-five miles of the Frisco r illroad tracks. Tho Arkan sas river la eight miles wide and much damage Is done along its course. Five farm houses a few miles this side of Fort Smith were demolished by whirl wind, Vak Buren, Ark.r May 2. Two wateropouta struck northern Crawford county and washed out bridges and railroad tracks on the Santa Fe. It Is feared the damage done Is Immense and many Uvea are lost. Alton, III., May 2. In the past forty-eight hours the river here baa risen nearly three feet and la still boom ing. South and east of here the farms are notnjng but watery wastes. Sever al are down at Wood ltlver, and the work of rescuing has eommencKxl, The Wabash branch was abandoned this afternoon, Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S Gov't Report RoYal ssm ABSOLUTELY PURE THE FOREIGN NEWS BAG. Postal Cards from Over the Wide Water. WHAT EUROPEAN MONARCH ARE DOING. Socialists, Mobs, ttiots, News papers Suppressed Fun Generally. New York, May 2. Details of a riot on the British island of Dominica say a bailiff endeavored to eject defaulters from taxes whose property iiad been bought in by tho government, but was resisted. The British warship Mohawk arrived from tho neighboring Island of Antigua with tho British governor, Sir William Haynes bmlth, who con ferred with the rioters. He subse quently landed 20 bluejackets to en force the baillfPs order. A flfjht en sued, In which four rioters were hilled and many woundod. Captain Bailey, of the Mohawk, four police and many bluejuckets were hurt. Corner London, May Burs ted. 2. The Financial News anuounces that the gigantic corner in coflee engineered by Kalteu baoh, the Paris broker, has collapsed, implicating 30 flrmB in Havre and a number of firms in Antwerp and Ham burg. Kaltenbauh carried 1,000,000 bags of coffee. Zlecen tly bewwjunable to make good hi margins lii New York and the coffee held by his agents there was forced on the market, causing a heavy fall In prlcos. The Unit manuged to rally them partially, but was unable to continue the fight. Celebrating May Day. London, May 1. May day waB cele brated by socialists throughout Europe. In Paris and throughout the provinces the celebration 1 proceeding quietly everywhere. There 1b no disorder In Belgium and the oelebratlou proper will not take place till the close of work ing hours, acd then there will be a pro cession, addresses, etc. Meetings are prohibited in the reoently disturbed dls triota. The weather is rainy and un favorable in Germany, and so far the celebratIou have not taken place. Suppressing Newspapers. City op Mexico, May 2.--The gov ernment has begun to suppress all newspapers In Mexico which are pro nounced in their opposition to the Diaz administration. Nearly 100 news papers, Including El Democrats, ono of leading dallies of this city, wore forced the by tho authorities to suspend publication last week. Five Days' Holiday. Melbourne, May 2. Consequent on the general uneasiness caused by many Important bank failures, tho Colonial government had ordered a flyo days' bank holiday to allow time for the banks still solvent to adopt measures of self-protection. Bomo of tho banks pay no attention to the proclamation and continue business as usual. Bad Weather. Buda-Pbsth, May 2. A steady ralu Is falling throughout Hungary. This tias relieved tho anxiety .regarding the wheat crop. The rain Is too late, how ever, to save the barley aud oat crops. Viknha, May 2. Though rain. is falling in Hungary, drouths continue In Austria, and the farmers are des pondent. Coadjutor to Bishop Seasick. St. Louis, May 2. Bishop Ityan, of Philadelphia, said yesterday: "The pope will today make the aunouncmeut of the appointment of the Right Rev, John J. Kaln, bishop of Wheeling, W, Va., as coadjutor to Archbishop Pdter It. Kennlck, of this diooete." Bishop Kaln was second on the list of those seat to remedy the suffragan bishop, He was the first choice ofthe priests ofthe archdiocese, He was born about fifty-two yean age In Martlnburg, Va, I He was graduated from St. Peter's sew Baking Powder inary in Elliott county, Md and took his theological course at St. Mary's college, Baltimore. Ho was ordained a priest in July, 1&8.0, by Archbishop Spauldlng. Soon afterward he was sent to Virginia, and was made bishop of Wheeling In May, 1885. A Vienna Mob. Vienna, May 2. Flftyslx meetings were held by worklngmeu in the city and Its suburbs. At 5 o'clock 200, 000 men aud women were massed on the Prater. They sang the "Marsell llase" and other revolutionary hymBB, cheered the strikers who demand univ ersal suffrage, and at 0:30 began to march through the city. All tho sol diers are confined to'tho barracks. As several thousand laborers passed Em peror Franz'1 Joseph .barracks they cheered the soldiers and tho soldiers re turned the cheers. The incident illus trates well the good feeling which pre vailed In the city throughout tho day. A May Day Riot Marseilles, May 2. A largo part of the working population took part in tho May day celebration. Toward evening the crowds In tho streets be came very disorderly. The police tried to arrest several socialists who were waving red flags and inciting the work men to violence. The crowd resisted, and a fight In wbloh the police were worsted followed. The hussars came to tho assistance of the police and a general fight began. The hussars fin ally drove the mob away after a num ber were woundtd. i --sv Caham KsTolatlea.. . r, Madrid, May 2. Tho newspapers advice urgent uolion to pt.t down the Cuban revolution and dtoluro that na tional sentiment demands that the last remnant of Spanish colonial empire In America should be kept at any cost. New York, May 2. -Tho Herald's Key West diupatch gives further ad vices regarding the Cuban revolution. It Is said to bo duo to dissatisfaction ov er tho election of representatives to the Spanish Cortes In March, and to exces sive taxation. The force of the Insur rection list April 28 amounted to 1600 men, unusually well armed. i 1 MARKETS. Portland, May 2, Wheat valley $1.20. Walla Walla, $1.12J. Ban Francisco, May 2. Wheat, May JI.25J. Chioaqo, May 2. Wheat .71J. BUTTERCUP, POPPY, FORQETMENOT. J Buttcroun. ropur. forcotmenot Thee three bloomed la a garden : "Pot, d pUjr, Ana once, all marry wiui tonir urn A little one heard three voices tan "Bblna or tbadovr, summer or spring--O thou child with the tangled hair And laughing eyes we three shall bring Each an offering, passing falrl" Tho Ilttlo one dlii not understand, Hut tho limit and kissed the dlmplod hand. Uuttorcup gamboled all day long, Bharing the little one's mirth and seaffi Then, stealing along on mlstr gleams. Poppy came, bringing the sweetest dream, Playing and dreaming that was all, Till once the sleeper would not awake. Kissing the little face under the Dill, We thought or the words the third Honor spake, And we fotr.il, betimes. In a hallowed spot The solace aud peace of forgetmtnot, Buttercup shareth the Joy of day, Glinting with gold the hours ot sit Brlngeth the poppy sweet repose, When the hands would fold and the eyes would cIobq. And after It all tho play and the sleep Of a little llfo-whut cometb thenT To the heart that ache And the eyes that weep A wee llower brlngeth God's peace again. Each one scrreth Its tender lot uuttoriup, poppy, forgetmunot. Eugeuo Held lu Chicago News-HcoeriL CUAED OFftlCK HLuUcHt. W. . Edwanla, Palmyras ., wHtMl "I bav bss arrest ufrercr freem CAstUeaeusantl Kirk Moatlaelse, attfl tave irstH sHauijr HscMsicssMSt ssse Ms Pills iaftk ly esse that I flSMt Must pill tanssi mmy sisirsi 4,jMlejMeaMM waamsHi or srist.-' seatsa. tssswaH. 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