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SALEM, OREGON, SATTJUDAY, SEPTEMBER tG. i04.
DAILY.EDITION.
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..4... Keeps null line of the Brown Shoe Co.'s.
Shoestfrf all kinds and sizes. Their prices are .
very low, and quality good. Also a full line of.
Hats of latest style, and Shirts, Overalls, Jack-.
ots, Gloves;Suspender3, Hosiery of all kinds,.
Undenyear, Bedspreads, Lace Curtains a d.
notions of all kinds. Also a well selected line.
of Men, Youths' and Boys' CLOTHING, at I
very low prices. We sell for cash, the goods.
are bought for cash,. and give our customers all,
the advantage of the discounts. It will pay.
...... .you to call
E.T.BARNES
333 COMMERCIAL ST.
SAM k ID,
SALEM CHOP MILLS,
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KELLER & BON8' now etook of Mouldings now in.
on your frame. 318-320 Commercial St., Salem, Or.
HOTEL WILLAMETTE !
Special Announcement
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'grip
k. RlVVffEBHEMlHaMrciFBa5&U)rS'"
Ed. C. Cross,
jBtk Choice Meats.
Hardware," Wagons, Carts, Road Machinery
AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Latest Improved Goods and Loweet Price.
N. AV. Cor. State and Liberty SU. SALEM OREGON
IFREE.FREE!
. i.i. .!, i nn .mi it a
Lr charge by having one dozen of those
fc. Harnett. Price are cut equare Into
Liberty street, near Btalger'n Marble
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PRICES
Guns niul (hn Goods, Ammunition pd Lwlwl Shollfi of
ft lih'Ui, NItro powder uiuU
0, or Woou npwdjr,
ET
Feed of all Kinds.
Price Always the Lowest.
322 COMMERCIAL 8Tv
Prices low. Bring
a:
TT is the nafrjose of the
Manager to offer special in-
ducements ana give particu
lar attention to families who
desire Day Board, and to
gentlemen who require per
manent accommodation, spe
cial rates will be made.
A. I. WAGNER,
Proprietor.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer In Fresh, Salt and
Smoked Meats ol allKinds
OS Court and
110 State Streets.
lama nortralt of yourself absolutely free
fine Cabinet Photographs made by Kd,
this week. You can't afford to mine it.
BAffi
Mil.
BD, B, HARNETT,
Works.
iom?d to order mm wwimw,
lit FUR IHL
04 HUxUi wtrcot.
SHM-MD TRUST.
Is There No Wsj- .to Stop This
Initially.
A LEGISLATOR SUGGESTS JlEfBAL
Special Session of the Legislature
Required.
The wheels of the school book trust,
to force a change-in school textbooks
and compel adoption of trust prlcca and
fix those prices for six years to come,
are Blowly revolving,
The wheels are revolving slowly but
surely. They are greased by legisla
tion, v. iih the "department'' of public
instruction behind them. The prod
uct will be certain. It will force four
hundred thousand people to buy more
or less new text books at .high prices
for the next six years, when the mad
who sets all this machinery In motion
tuall have retired to private life. What
interest can be have in pushing It upon
the people? But; it Is surely being
pushed.
A I.KQI3LATOH
from Douglas county, who la aa .able
lawyer and a teacher of great experi
ence writes Kept. 14:
"Editor Jeurnal: I have read
with much interest everything I have
been able to find .upon the question of
change in esfeeol books, soon to be
made, espeeJaHf' ,the artlolo In your
weekl y'lsetie Bf rtjttfl 13th, wherein you
iojiaeIjmiln doubt, jf
inw.-ijueauoH eetHB.'oe hwhjuou uy jh
junction. But is the- matter not of
sufficient Importance to call for a spe
cial session ef the legislature of three
or four days, to repeal the obnoxious
law, which will Inflict upon us this
wrong. After the contracts are let it
will be too late.".
The enforcement of this law will sad
die high priced, public school text
books, and mostly different books from
what families are already supplied
with, upon this state for six-years un
der contracts that art to be entered In
to with our present state board of edu
cation; i'tfelfl law is carried out If it
Oinnot be enjoined, what can the peo
ple do? Whom cac they pel! ion ?
ANOTHER LETTER.
Following is received today from a
prominent taxpayer of Portland and a
man who was once a publlo school of ef
ficial: Editor Jeurnal: I observe that
you are very ably exposing the "school
book ring" In their eudeavors to have
u change in the school books of the
state.
I do not think the matter of a obange
cuts any figure with said ring. They
are interested in the agitation and the
vote. If the present monopolists will
"As old M
thohilla"and
never excell
ed. "Tried
and proven"
is tho verdict
of millions.
Simmons
Livor Regu
srx - .. law
lator is tho
rpffP0Xy klver
.jfvr' ant
and Kidney
modicino to
which you
carr pin your
faith for a
9 u r o . A
mild laxa
tlvo, and
purely veg
otablo, act
ing diroctlj
on tho Liver
a 4 Kid-
Than
Pills
nfiys, xry it.
Bold by all
PruRgiflU in JibjuM, or lr Powdor
toUtkendrYQrtniwJamtoft Urn,
tm Krt mwMwm
fMlivUMxJyiurHimnu:iM'r
KMwKmu
Uir and r'i oOf iw
b lux of all ll1
lU Jtlf.-4WWb
Mii.Titutiua, WWwtt
put up the most money to the ring there
need be no felir of achauge.
I think you are very properly ex
posing tho law that gives you inllit
say one man suen jwwer. i$ui it win
be used for all there Is in it. Which
ever way th 6r boss leads the others will
chime In.
WUAT ARE THE PEOPLE TO DO ?
The Abovoiable lawyer's opinion Is
the people cannot enjoin the enforce
ment bf thtsdniqulty that will coat the
people of Oregon a half million dollars
In sis years and keep thousands of
nor ncoDle from sen dint? their chil
dren to eohoM because they have not
the means to.buy uew books and are too
proud to bavothetn supplied by charity
of the taxpayer.
Of course; the people have the right
of petition, hot whom shall they peti
tion. It is useless to petition the state
superintendent of schools because this
law is of his devising and if wc are not
in error it warat his personal solicita
tion that it M passed. He is behind
this scheme for a change and six-year
contracts. Tbfc people cannot ask him
for relltf. As i matter of fact Mr. Me
El coy does not care whether there Is a
change or not.'
of books select!
UVhat he wauts is a list
fl and legalized uuder
contracts for slxvyeara and depositories
established Ipevery county of the
state. There are two other members
of the. atot board of education Secre
tary McBrido and Governor Pennoyor,
The people could petition them. A
legislature that' underHtood.lt rightly
would repeal this trust law. But the
governor has It in his power to deftat
the trust scheme and keep the books
we have until , the state can print Its
text books aa California does and get
them at 30 cent's nplece or less, whllo
the trust collectffBScta. apleco In Oregon.
If the governor and secretary of
saTjiwiWprefuse to carry out tu'e'Mc-i
Elroy plan the people might get
cheaper text- books within two years.
Citizens should get up petitions to
these state officials. The Journal
will next print the law and the history
of Its passage through tho last leelsla
ture and see if some way cannot be
devised to defeat Its operation.
The present text books are too ex
pensive by one half. The price is Just
what it was six years ago. It has not
come down as other things have.
The interest of the people have been
reduced moro than one half. To or
der a cbango now is to cause needless
hardship. Tho high-salaried "educa
tor" politicians who live off the publlo
crib know nothing of these things,
They are after the pluuder.
To plunder the poor in the name of
education is a crime agaluatci vhizatlen.
There Is no reason why Oregon should
pay twice as much for text boobs fcr
the next six years as California does,
except to fatten the trust and the poli
ticians. It is not a good reason. No
ciunly superintendent should vote to
carry out this scheme. If the people
had a chance they would stamp it out
of existence.
THE STATE FAIR JOURKAL.
Headquarters in the State Dairy Ex
hibit BaildiB.
The Saturday Jouhnal Is crowded
with special state fulr matter and fair
advertising.
Special edltlous of Tub Journal
will be Issued each day during the fair
a splendid advertising medium.
Tub Journal Is receiving compli
ments from many business men and
exchanges for lis (.ucwexful campaign
to make the fair a success.
Headquarters for Tub Journal will
be at the state dairy building near the
Corn Palace, whoro tho banner of Tub
Onb Cknt Daily will be flung " tl
bretze, and order for papem and ud
vertUIng can bu left there,
Tub Daily Journal wJII be wrvert
there to cuitauiem rfgularly wr f veu
log m ftoon as prliufd.
AdvertUlnff during flr week will be
done at the regular rajes-no extra
charge ht the vpeulal Hlilon,
Th Wv Drop.
Nw it r uit fining Jit, Mi
Clurk, I Jib 0"il '? rrflr,lii (toihe
extra Mull Kraft, Ji I iJg)"K win
extra jcwl yluw, i ( Mitr than
wr btfofu hitowi) In HtUm,
Mi
Undo t Saui's Tre&ssry Is All
lliglit. '
A GENERAL TRADE IMPROVEMENT.
Gong. Wilnon Boliovos Allison
Will Bo J?reHident.
Washinqton, Sept. 15 Tho net
cash in tho treasury at close of business
lust night was (167,102,441, of which
(50,003,624 represented gold reserve.
The gold reserve has been Bteadlly
climbing upward for the paBt month.
On August 8th It reached its loweet
point in the record of the department,
$52,180,600. Since that date It bus In
creased almost 15,000,000 and the in
crease has largely allayed tue rears o
treasury officials. During the past
week It Increased over 11,100,000. This
Increase Is accounted for by the surren
der of gold voluntarily by the banks
and Its exchange for small notes. Dur
ing the past week $210,000 have been so
exchanged. Tho balance o? .the in
crease Is due to tho purchase of bullion
at Denver and Charlotte, N. O. The
large Increase lb the output of gold In
Colorado and Moatani piles up the
gold reserve as tt flnds Its way directly
to the assay office of the government.
It Is estimated the net loss to the
treasury for the first half of the ftseal
year, will bo about $17,000,000.
STATE OP TRADE.
New YorKi Sept. 15; Bradstree-l's
today says: All the features ef Im
provement lathe general trade reported
a.wwk nan am MMd) aBa-.ott4
number of taee-ImptaBtreeate et)H
further gaise are reported Commer
cial travelers frewIWttwefe'aM'.HMk
ing their seeond trip te.tbe seat's asd
regard the business preepcet a except
ionally brjght. At varlotM northwest
ern centers, the1 eelder woathsr- heat
stimulated wles ef dry geede, ekrthiB
and shoes. Woolen drew goeds are
not sold so actively as in previous
weeks. Jobbers are not carrying sup
plies beyond what the publlo are likely
to take before January 1st. Encour
agement is gottea from the improved
demaad for money at Savannah, Au
gusta and New Orleans, due to In
creased receipts of cotten and the de
mands for advaneee on the crop.
Bank olaarlrigs for the six business
days ending with September 13tb ag
gregated 633,000,000, 7 per cent more
than In the week before, and nearly 8
per cent more than In the second week
ot September 1893, though 23 per cent
smaller than in the corresponding
week of 1802. From this It will be ob
served that the fortnight's clearings
resords corroborates llradstreet'a pre
vlously published reports of the hn.
provement n the state of trade during
thit period. The groea earning of rail'
roads for August, oaverlng a return ef
135 roads haying mileage of 100,000
miles of main line, were $43,461,000
against $42,060,880 in August 1668, a
gain of nine-tenths of one per sent.
This compares with a decrease of 12
pqr cent la July, from July 1803 and is
the first Increase shown In any month
this year over a like month last year.
Pad Ho lines report a gala ef 2.3 per
cent and South western roads an increaee
1-2 per cent over Auguet 1803. There
were 227 buelpewi failures reported
throughout the United States this week
against tm !t week and 300 In
samo week a year ago.
WII40N IN LOWXJM.
London, Sept, 16. OoagresetBaH
Wilson, of West Virginia, who has Jut
arrived was seen by a representative of
the Associated Fre. Yfmu$ refer
ring to the recent ejection in the etate
of Maine eald he did Not oonelder the
JtepubKcati victory a a proaoucteed
crltlclww ot the tailH legWattofl of co.
Hitw, According to Wlleofi eowwof
the Democrat of Maine are atujered at
certain tariff reduction Hl eapeelally
at the ruluoUoM (4 duty en lumber,
"Wut," he aided, "Maine' ettuatloe
prevH( (hat etate ftm Ulug u Index
of (be HUM currents of the lalttd
HtatM,"
Wlhw) 4cddly elattd Hist Vt4
'lent Cvyhtd md no lhoiihi
gain helw a cn4UMo fur Htpr(
limmy, Mww, Kd and MoKlHle
wfcrc, to k dfiuUm, ciiIh4mi for h
KpMblleHo(4l(W).MheWotih.
(hKptifMrN parly wouM pttfmMy
select a tariff conservative like Allison.
Tho United States, he said, would
never revrU to "MeKlulcyUm," to a
blind, greedy, selfish protection. The
tariff will bo attacked and when con.
greas meets, Its errors, whloh are iu de
tails only, will be corrected.
CUSTOMS FALLING OFF
Waboinqton, D. O., Sept. 15. Re
oelptB from customs tho first 14 days of
tills mouth Amounted to $0,227,000 In
round numbers, against t0,"30.000 for
last halt of August, while the receipts
from Internal ruvenuo were but $2,202,-
000, compu red with $20,034,000 for the
latter half of August. The loss is due
to the enormous sums paid on whisky
withdrawn for consumption just before
the new tariff act took effect.
TEE OHARQE TRUMPED UP.
Judge Hayes and Toll Thompson Are
Vindicated.
Portland, Sopt. 16. Tho prollml
nary examination of Gordon E. Hujee
judge of Clackamas county, and Toll
Thompson, special agont of the State
Insurance compauy, charged with ex
tortlon, which has occupied the atten
tion of Judge Uelsler for two days,
yesterday resulted In the complete
vindication of both defendants.
The Judge said it was his first Impulse
to discharge Judge Hayes at the close
of the case, on account of the charucter
of tho evidence of tho state, and in
view of the prominent poaitlou ho held,
but.ln consideration of the importance
of the matter he determined to take the
matter under advisement. The story
told by Mrs. Melcher was extremely
Improbable, and theexplanctlous glvon
by Judge Hayes were not only straight
forward, but there was no question of
the truth of all he said, and he wobld
be discharged. Applause follpwedthe
announcement, but the throng was
promptly called to order by Judge
Gelsler, who remarked that hid court
room was no theatre.
Continuing, Ju&tfce Gelsler a,ld that
ep far as Mr. Ton Tnompsou was con
cerned in the case, there was the name
fefeosdJtt:MeerHrngthe leeOmotiy
against him. It was true that there
were oonfllctlng statements regarding
whatoceurred at the house, but Mr.
Thompson's explanations were such as
to leave the Imprese ef truth; and the
statement ef the other side was each as
to be eerloaely doubted;, therefore, he
would enter an order for his dlsuharge
alsci. Japanese Naval Activity.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 15. A
dispatch was received by the state de
partment today, from Minister Dunn,
announcing that the Japanese govern
ment had ulookaded with submarine
torpedoes the entrance to tho gulf of
roklo and the harbor of Nagasaki. The
United States mlulster was notified
that all vessels would be prohibited
from entering or leaving without the
conduct of a pilot veseel having on
board an officer of the Imperial navy.
It Is the most serious sten of war ud to
date, Iu Its effect upon foreign comaker
out interests.
Fablk Teachers Well Dlspoeed of.
WACO, Texas, Sept, 15. At Gatee
vllle the terminus of the cotton belt
railroad, today a fatal street duel took
place between J. L. Goodman, editor
of the Peoples Voice, and JJ. J. Arm
strong, editor of the Star, both weekly
newspapers The duel grew out of a
personal controversy la their papers
oyer the Ed. Cash lynohlug a few
months ago, Goodman was shot
through the heart and Armstrong
through the bowels, both dying. J. G.
Beeman, a bystander, waa fatally
wounded iu the neck by a stray ehoti
Kzata' Fate Monday
Sak Fkanoibco, Sept. 16. Tho fate
of, Gen. Antoula JSzeta and his three
remaining fellow refugees will be de
cided Monday, Final argument in be.
half of the prisoners wee concluded this
afternoon and the law and the faoU
submitted to the U, H, Dietrlui Judge
Morrow, who annonced that he would
take their case under consideration un
til Monday.
Msxkaas JuBllate.
Mkxico City, Sept. 16, Three days
festivities, In honor of the birthday of
President Diet, and the declaration ct
Mexican Independence, are In progrese
throughout the Republic,
n
Grand opening of now fall millinery
at "The Pari," next door to J-liwh'ji
hank, Tuesday, Uttptewber 18th,
THKFAIK for bargain,
Hll of all In Mayln Powf-Lai y, S, Qt lUpOff f
CONGRESSMAN BREOKIW
Of Madeline Pollard Fane
Upon Today.
NrailT I1EK0RK THE BATTM.
liExiNQTON, Sept. 15. Both Owei
and Breckcnridge closed here last nlgl
ureoitenrlrige speaking at the coin
house and Owens at the opera house.
Both men are contldeut of the nomln
tlon.
Frank fort, Ky., Sept. J5.
Methodist conference Is In session her'
this week. BUhop Duooan made H
marks strongly against Brcckenridge.
Doctor DItzler opened with a prayer
which needed no interpretation. It
was a philippic agalneC the congress
man. ,;
primaries ark quxkt;
Frankford, Ky., Sept. 16. Tte
primary election Is proeeedlng'quietry.
Breckeurldge men are not taking adr
vantage of the pledging to voter ac
cording to the rule adopted by the die-
strict committee last Saturday, beeaoe
of Judge Cantrall's Injunction restrain
ing them for so doing. It la thought
this will prevent trouble.
BSTIKATEO RB6ULTR.
Lb Grande, Ky., Sept. 16. ThJ
Aahlaud district waa boiling hot :, last
night. The canvass finds Breoken-
ridge, his friends olaim, In the lead,
wiuntng from 1000 to 2000 voUe over
OwenB, who is In the lead for aeoond
place. This prediction Is based on the '
following. In Queen and Henry oouu-
ties Breokenrldge will have a majority
of fully 2000 over Owens; Oldham will I
be a standoff ; Franklin will give
a majority of not oyer 50
for the one who will carry
It gives It to Owens; Owens will carry n'
Scott by 1000 votes; Burbon wlirglve
Breokenrldge 125 majority; Woodford
will be a tie or pretty nearly so, and
this will leave to Fayette the duty of
choosing the candidate, and Breoken
rldg6a majority will be from 1600 io
1800. Thle estimate la made ou a eon
eervative basis and without doubt fivea
Owens the benefit. Settle wllTnot poll
over acooan the dletMeU HeMrjrrstteV
Queen will give him. a good vote and
Oldham will honor him with atleaet
one-third of her 000, and he will belt
given quite a eompllment of vote (n
Fayette.
owkns qainino. u
Paris, Ky.r Sept. If. At noon to
day Owens' ta setUa majority lu
Bourbon county,, eunseded, to be 'J
Breckenrldge sifopsjkslti. BueohUa-
from ether point IntMeate that Owen
is running ahead more than waa ex
pected. - .
A PITCHED IIATTr.lt.
VERSAiLtESCy,, Sept. 15. At Fay
wood neighborhood, five miles east of
this city, this morning there was a
pitched battle between eighteen or
twenty Breokenrldge and Owenemen.
G. W. Gillespie, a Breokenrldge man,
was atabbed twlee juet above the heart
In the beek. It was Imposelble to And
out.yho did the euttltm. The wounded
man eaya he M oomtng to vereeuiee to
vote for Bill Breekenrldge If it kills
htm.
A Jaaeee Yietery.
London, Kept. 16. A dlepateh to
the Times from Hong Kong today, aaya
the enlistment of European for Chi
nese service hae been .etopped. A die
patch from Seoul, Corea. dated Septem?
her 10, says tlte Jaauee foroee, mov
ing from Geosan completely rooted
the Chlneee at Slug Obun. Both aides
are reported to hay loet heavily.
Ariatta Fever,
TacomA, Sept. 16,-Captaln W. P '-.
Brldgewaa, of the United Htotea Man
of War Biltlm ire, died bare today of
Attlatlo fever, contraetod weently In
China,
J9 BWWW vWW w(tirwWP
Pettyjohn's RrekUH (Jmm Bleak.
feet Delhrht tor mmU, AttntJenamarV '
Paneake 'Hour and ether higii graeki
apeoiaUhx for grWdle cakes, a OtoriM,
J0Q Court atreet.
TUB FAIR for hfmim,
COKKMnOK, 'i'HU JOUltMAfc U
aeked to say thai the AM tfwk
Ladder iW, Hoi 4WmM aj etU4
heretofore, hut are hhlJt juWtor
H8')etlgi aud are n4y fW a Jlrt
whorsyef ihr hi one,
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