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"TjyIWyW TffllgriTC ir,,. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, .si ASSOCIATED PRE DAILY. 8. SALEM, OREG03ST, TUESDAY, aAhj T, 18. NO.U S NeW York Racket Has Just received from New York n large lot of fine Fedora A Hats - of latent style. Al60 laces, cmbroldcrles.laco curtains, ladles' shirt waists, corsets, Rents' laundrlcd and unlaundrlcd white shirts, and launbrlcd percale and all kind of work shirts, suspenders, hos lery.und a line lot of.ladles' and gents' summer underwear. All kinds of notions. All sold at racket prices. OUH LINE OF K Clothing 2C for men, boys and youths Is (lne,while our stock of the "Star 5 Star" shoes Is Unsurpassed, and all reduced to the lowest profits. Call and save a large per cent. &s - .T.BARNES. No Trouble to Show You If dware, Tinware, Barbed Wire Blacksmith Supplies, Stoves and Machinery at RAY line our large and complete courteous LUGE of the Willamette University. NDEH NEW ?( iern methods. !Ui to date. Same as in : hut the best is Reed enough fur beginners i W. C. If i) a fi lAtrV U.K1.4 r. C. GOODALE bodale Umbw Company OP" SALEM Ikrds on Twelfth R. .. . ' WKcep tno most complete siock oi common, uimcnsiuu mm miisucu lumuci y .. .. . . ., . t.i, .i i.t..i. cu on me most invoraoie (Our stock Is made at our own mills, C. G. SCHRAMM, Manager he Willamette Hotel. LEADING HOTEL ! Reduced, ratca. Management iiocraL Electric caw leave bo,el lor all public buildings mi points oi Interest. Special rates m oe given to permanent pairoiu. IbXCELSIOR E. C, HANSEN, ljood borscsiuwJ, fSatisfaction giuranUed, fca I 3 Through and Give Prices, ?C BROS. stock. Always prompt and treatment. OF MUS MANAGEMENT. - the eastern and hurupean Conservatories h well as for more advanced pupils, HAWLEV. President iiviMTAf:? v.i n;... T WIMWT Vl T.,.ln,m,..,..l Tlinx-lnr II f 4 lbWUIt MlllWf ... MIIVIWI 0. G. SCHRAMM and Trade Streets;! . terms. j-.uui ami oiungiob, of tho best lumber In the state. OF THE CITY. A.. I. WAGNER - STABLE- MANAGER. Stable luck of; -Suit Insurance block c ALL AFTER HERMANN Delegates Well Organized for and Against Him. THE SIMON MEN LOSING, The Antis Said to Have tho Con gressional Delegation. Aluany, April ".It Is evident Ford, Tongue, Miller and Trult eau cussed last night, and It Is reported this morning that they have united solidly and will deadlock thn conven tion If necessanC, to beat Hermann. If theycan hold their forces solidly they think they can prevent Hermann going In on first ballot. DELEGATKS ARHIVK. All the delegates to tho congres sional convention have arrived and are In readiness for tho meeting at .'J o'clock this afternoon. There has been nochango In the situation since last night. Tho Hermann followers had an enthusiastic meeting and re solved to stand by their candidate to the last. It Is not likely that a ballot for congress will be reached boforo tonight. FOR HERMANN. Tho report was circulated hero this afternoon by parties coming from Al bany on the local train that tho Her mann men had completed their can vass, and would bo able to nominate him on tho first ballot. Others say that Ford has tho best lighting show. SPECIAL TO ALBANY. Tho S. F. railroad will this evening run a special train up to Albany. The Salem local will leave here at7 o'clock p. tu. and return at 8 a. m. tomorrow. ThcPortland' Conventions. Portland, April 7. Delegates to tho Republican and Democratic state conventions arc beginning to arrive. Most of tho Eastern Oregon delega tions arriving this morning. Among tho Republicans tho principal topic of discussion Is tho factional fight In Multnomah county. This light will havo great lntlucnco on the congres sional nomination, as both factions will throw their votes to the candi date that will havo strength enough to seat them. Today tho light for oongrcss In the second district scorns to bo between Moody and Ellis. Among tho Democrats It Is generally conceded that a free silver plank will be adopted. THE ANTIS WIN. This afternoon tho nntl-SImon fac tion claim they havo won, and that their delegates will bo 6catcd In tho congressional convention. They claim to have tho votes of 42 delegates out 07. If this Is true It will militate against Moody. Shot at the Polls. CiiiOAao, April 7. Joseph Grognii.a. railroad man, wus shot this afternoon at tho polling place at 400 Dearborn street, and tho wound In tho groin may result fatally. Grogan was pass ing when a negro commenced firing. Tho negro escaped. In a light at tho polls In the first ward today, Frank Martin BhofBuH" HIckcry through the wrist. At Twentieth and State streets, J. II. Ransom, colored, shot at Walter Hill, colored, tho bullet missing Its mark. Tho interest In the election centers chiefly In the efforts to reform the old organizations of tho city, und clean up the city council. Olympian Games. Athens, April 7. At the Olympian games today Thomas P. Curtis, of Boston, won tho heat in which he contested for the hurdle race. Ellery II. Clark, of Boston, won the- broad Jump, with Robert Garrett, captain of the Princeton team, second. Thos. E. Burke, of Boston, won tho third heat of 400 metres, running race, with II. B. Jamison, of Princeton, second. Robert Garrett, of Princeton won tho shot put, and Arthur Blake, of Bos tnn. wns MMind In tho Kllnriintrn run. i : T i Eastern Snow Storms, J New York, April 7 Snow has been falling hero slneo early this morning. Dispatches from the inte rior state that the snowstorm Is wide ' spread. At Montlcello there is eight incites on me level ana .muuieiown a foot of wiow. Children Cry 'v Pltohsr's Castorla. PENNOYER'S ACCEPTANCE. He Writes a Letter That Has tke Right Ring. . Portland, April 7, Ex-aovcrnor Pennoycr, who Is now tho candidate for mayor of tho Populist and Tax payers' League, and who will no doubt bo the candidate of tho Democrats, has addressed tho following letter to Hon. B. Goldsmith, chairman of the taxpayers' league: "In answer to your letter apprising mo of my nomination for tho onlco of mayor of Portland, by tho Taxpayers' League, I will say that I thank tho leaguo nnd accept tho nomination. Tho wages or labor, tho prices of pro ducts, tho volume and prollt of busi ness And the values of lauded and nil other property, have all been reduced In conformity to tho recentlytadoptcd narrow uasls or our single money mctnl. But while this bun been done tho expenditures of government and tho salaries of olllclals have.' not been reduced, and so our peoplo nre being ground to poverty boweenaho mill stones of extravagant public expen ditures and high olllctai salaries and me netitcr miiistono or low prices ami porstratcd Industries. If elected. It shall Ixj my purpose, beginning with tho olllco of mayor, to havo public ex penditures conform to existing con ditions, so far as thosamocan bo done without Injuring a proper Aiuulclpul administration, or interfering with necessary public improvements.1, MEASLES INTERFERE With Meetings of the Cnblnej Mission nircs Must Go. j "Washington, April 7. A meeting of tho cabinet was todaylpostponcd without future date, owing to a sud den appearance of measles Ih tho presi dent's houseliohl.Mlttlo Esther Cloyc laud being stricken with this disease. MILES PROMOTION. Tho liouso commlttco on military affairs today decided to report favor ably on the resolution to 'bestow tho rank of llcutcnunt-gcnornl joti General Nelson A. Miles. f missionary imprisoned. Constantinople. April !7. Advices received today from Diarbeklr Ihdicato beyond a reasonable doubt, that Rov. Gcorgo U. Knapp, onoot tho American missionaries at Bltlls Is 'confined In lallat Diarbeklr, Turkish Armenia, and that serious International com plications will mOfe thorfiTkely follow. It Is further announced that Knapp Is to be sent out of tho country. It Is said that the United States squadron In the Mediterranean, coslstlng of tho flagship Minneapolis, nnd commandod by Admiral Solfrldgo, and tho cruiser Marblchead will shortly assemble on tho gulf of Iskundontte, and a formal protest against the treatment of tho American missionaries may bo tnado to tho Porte, coupled with a demand for adequate Indemnity for the damago rcccctly done property of Amcrtcrns. Tito imprisonment and proposed ex pulsion of Rev. Knapp Is understood to Ik) but tho prcllmartcs to tho expul sion of nil christian missionaries, which ure mostly Amorlctns. Jail Break at Dallas. Tho two men, father and son, re cently arrested at Spring vnllcy for stealing chickens, bacon, etc., from tho farmers, havo made tholr escape from tho Polk country Jull. They were detained In tho county jail to await tho action of tho grand jury for stealing several articles of provisions, crawled out of tho jail and disap peared. Their description is as follews: Henry Simmons, aged GO years, whl to hair, bluo eyes, light complex ion, American, height six feet, weight about 180 pounds; Bert Simmons, aged 30 years, six feet tall, light hair, bluo oyes, light complexion, weight 140 pounds. Both woro ordinary farmers' clothing. Sheriff Plummor offers WO reward for their capture. Tho manner of their escape Is partly revealed and partly conjectured. A very thin steel saw was found and appearances left no doubt that with this they had sawed oil one of the bars of the steel cage surrounding the corridor. (They were not locked In tho steel cell.) Through tho obenlug thus made, tho young man crawled und found a mon key wrench In the outer part of the building, with which the nuts were taken off tho bars which secure the outside windows. Passing out, the young man procured a fence rail, with which ho returned and pried the bars of the cage open sulllccut to let the old man out. An old man named Green, who Is in jail for stabbing a man named Sheldon, refused to go out with them and says they escaped between 3 ond 4 o'clock in the morning. It Is thought the saw was passed In to the prisoners in some clothing by friends on the outside. Dei.eoate8.--To accommodate all going to the Republican and Demo cratic state conventions In Portland, the steamer Altona will leave the State street dock Wednesday at 0, o'clock a, m. SPAINAKDS AND C ft Cubans Rejoice Over Their Recognition. GROVER STILL PERSISTS In His Prosent Attitude Toward tho Cubans. Washington, April 7. Secretary Olney called early at the white house nnd remained In close consulta tion with tho president a long time. It Is believed tho two were engaged in tho preparation of a special mes sage to congress relating to Cuba, nnd the expression of tho actual Btato of affairs on the Island, In which will bo a statement that regardless of the smypathy ho may feel porsonally for the Insurgents, tno president Is abso lutely bound by facts an ho sees them, by precedent and by the dlctntcs of Intel national law, to persist In his present nttltude. New York, April 8 Thcro was much rejoicing at tho head quarters of the Cuban Junta today over tho adoption of tho Cuban-belligerency resolution by tho liouso of representa tives. Dr. Joaquin Castillo, who Is Thomas Estrada Palma's representa tive, said: "I am very much gra tilled at tho adoption of tho resolutions but It Is just what I expected. I cannot coll ect vo how President Clovclnnd can Ig nore tho will of tho country now. Mr. Palma Is also very much pleased, as ho preferred the senate's resolu tions." Chairman F.G.PIcrra, of tho Cu ban delcgrtlon press commlttco, Bald: "This will have n very great moral effect tho world over. Wo arc exceed ingly thankful for tho manly way In which tho representatives In Wash ington have handled the Cuban ques tion, as the voto shows to tho world very clearly that our causo Is Just." insurgent victory. A long cipher dispatch from Carlos Garcia, son of General Callxto Garcia, leader or tho Bermuda expedition to Cuba, lias been rccolvcd by M, Stern In this city. Tho dispatch was writ ten nt Manzuulllo, which Is about .To miles west of Santiago, on April 2. Speaking of tho nssault made March 2.1, the dispatch says: "Consterna tion reigned and the Spanish troops were thrown Into wlldjdlsorder. Olll ccrs could not form their men. Wo captured two plcccsof heavy artillery, 1700 Mauser rifles, 1,200,000 cartridge 2800 swords and many stores. Wo burned 000 houses, sparing tho weak. The SpanlBh loss was 850 killed and 200 wounded. Tho Cuban loss was ICO killed and wounded." A SPANISH SQUADRON. New York, April 7. A special from Madrid to tho World says Admiral Sanchez Ocatina, commanding the great navy yard at Ferrol, on tho ex trcmo northwest coast, reports ho has completed preparations for sending to sea a Spanish squadron composed or these vessels: Tho Ironclad Playto tho llrst-class belted cruisers Infanta Maria Theresa, Almlunto Oquando and Vlzcaya: tho second-class armored cruisers Ilolna Merccrcd and Alfonso XIII, ono tor ped destroyer and seven last torpedo boats. Theso fourteen vessels carry in their crows nearly 0,000 men. This fleet will leave Ferrol today ror gun practice in Arlza bay nnd will cruliw along tho northwest coast or Spain, ready to start ror Havana as soon as tho cabinet considers circumstances require It in tho West Indies. Tho Madrid papers plainly say tfie movements or the fleet will depend on the course or President Cleveland after the vote of Congress on tho bel- llirrimcv resolutions Klv rnn. At lantic steamers have becu turned into fust cruisers. They will bo ready for service by tho end of April. , Tho prlnclbal newspapers of Madrid print patriotic speeches and articles, all saying In effect tliat tho moment Is fast approaching when tho Spanish government and nation must uct reso lutely in tho decisive stage of the Cuban question und of the relations ' between Sbaln und the United States ' and must also bo prepared for ull the ' consequences of the vindication of the npanuu rigut to repel any interfer ence in the struggle between tho; mother country and tho Cuban Insur gents. I Between the lines It Is easy to see ( papcrsare ready for an outbreak of of popular feeling. The government Is determined to continue to show ' energy In quelling demonstrations calculated to alter the harmony In tho relations with America, or which would bo likely to destroy tho contem plated negotatlona betweeu tho gov-1 crnments. INSANE ASYLUM MATTERS. Investigation Demanded By Several The Board to Act. - Tho Btato board of asylum trustees the governor, secretary of state and treasurer of stale wero in regular monthly session Monday, having un der consideration tho monthly and quarterly roports of Superintendent Palnc. Tho report for tho past month gives tho following statistics: Malo Femalo Patients Fob. 20 , .743 317 Received In March 20 10 Returned escapes, 1 Total 701 327 No. discharged recovered 1 3 No.dlMjharged much Improved.. 2 1 No. discharged Improved I 1 No. discharged not improved... 2 2 No. died 0 1 No. eloped 0 Total 21 8 No. remaining March 31 744 311) Av. number dally 1,059 25-31 No. officers and employes 22 Total numbor 1,181 25-31 Av. monthly per capita expense. $9 45J A v. dally per capita expenses. . . 30 Mrs. Augusta Bohlo, who has an epileptic son named Collins at tho asylum, uppcarod with two other ladles and mado charges of mistreat mont. Sho cited her win, Ed. Long nnd A. M. Smith to provo her charges. Mrs. Bohlo supplemented her writ ten complaint with a verbal state ment. Superintendent Palnc, who was present, denied his becoming an gry oi over apologizing tohor, becauso ho said ho had donoor said nothing to apologize for. Thcro Is a direct clssue or veracity between tho doctor and tho lady. A complaint was ulso filed by Miss Ella Long-, who alleges mistreatment or her brother Edwin Long, an opllop tic from Albany. Hero Is tho sub stance of her statement: Her brother, while at tho asylum farm, was attacked by Harry Cook audi other attendants and cruelly beaten, which sho says was tho result or neglect on the part of Dr. Palno In not disciplining tho attendants; that shortly after this her brother was re leased on leavo of absence but In tho mlddlo or January was brought back, and not-loHgrtor IiIh return nn at tendant ohoked hltn, throw him down, and made it difficult for hlhi to breathe; that sho went to see her brother and asked that he bo glvon woolen underclothing and nlso that he bo placed In tho convalescent ward, but that Dr. Palno In an Insulting, passionate way told her that sho must not como thcro to dictate and finally forbade her coming to see hor brother, Tho complaint details nt length sev eral stormy scones with the superin tendent whon sho wont to sco her brother, and asks an Investigations Mrs. C. S. Brock Is cited us a witness to some of tho scones and vouches for them. Tho IikIIch are very much In earnest In their desire for rovengo against the superintendent and ubordlnatcs. Another complalntaiid potltlon was filed by A. M. Smith, who makes three charges. First that Supervisor Row ley Is ncgllgont and careless In tho performance or his duties, nnd partial and unjust In tho trcatmout of em ployes under his control; second that tho rules or the Institution havo been Ignored nnd tho superintendent has fulled or refused to Investigate reports against Rowley; thlrd-that ho (Smith) was discharged on Marcli 17th, with out a chanco to vindicate hlmsoir, on account or tho oscaiio or u patient, notwithstanding tho fact that the patient had returned to the institu tion and gwas thcro when petitioner was discharged, and tho further fact that other attendants had allowed patients to elope and had not been oven reprimanded for It. To corroli orate his statements ho gives tho names of L. I). Read, C. Jones, C. Williams, G. T. Boggs, A. M. Dal rymplo, John Stltcs, Mr. Thatcher, II. Shultz, M. Jackson, employes of tho Institution. Tho session of the board was held openly and at tho clo&o of tho verbal statements of tho ladles, the board decided that oil three members would as soon as practicable proceed to the asylum and make a thorough Investi gation of tho wholo matter. Dr. Paine, superintendent of the In sane asylum says thcro Is nothing In the charges, that ho has fully investi gated tho allegation of cruelty and found that thoy wero not true. Ho Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report iW&!32 AUMUmCJttY PURE. says so far as tho ladles are concerned thoy nrc actuated by anxiety for tholr patlcnco generates and In tholr ex citement thoy say things that thoy othorwlsc would not say, They take tho assertion of thoso relatives and be llovo thorn in tho race or all assurance to the contrary. Ho says ho has no obJcctlnCconceallng the crtiolty of employes, and will bo only too glad to bo Informed If nnv nt flmm ,iin.,in.. such qualities. Mr. Smith's charges ho thinks aro the result or his dis charge. VALLEY LOCAL NEWS. AUM8VILLE. Auni9vlllo was crowded with enter tainments last week. Monday a eur prlso party to M. L. Reader celebrat ing his 35th birthday. Tuesday nnd Wednesday ovonlngti musical teast by Misses French and Hnle. Thursday tho donating society at tho school liouso, and a mnirlo lantern exhibition of African views nt tho church by Revs. Canoand Houlman. Saturday singing school and Sunday nrenehlnir by Rov. Nott, Thonins Johnson's last speech at tho close of our debating society was the best effort of his lire, and proved beyond a doubt that "Art Is rar Ahead of Nature." A numbor or Populists Intend to voto tho Republican ticket, as they aro determined to voto tholr princi ples, which thoy claim havo been captured by the Republicans. For tho Ilr8t tlmo.Rov.Cane, entered tho Aumsvlllo church, took a scat and remained two hours without having nnythlng .to say. Always before ho has dono all the talking. Thochureh has unanimously called him to preach another year, but ho cannot. Mr. Shaw, our now druggist, and family, havo arrived. Politics aro quiet. Tho PopulUts don't Intend to do any tnlklngthls spring. They will simply say "I told you so," when tho Republicans speak. Editor Churchill's new building will soon bo ready for occupancy. Republicans of Aumsvlllo think that a "protective tariff" Is true Re publican dootrtno, and as Republicans wo Must be careful not to .vote, lor any mau.wjio will vote against or sup port amendments that will defeat? 'protective tarUf" bills ns was dono In tho present session of congress. Wo aro all waiting nnxlously for tho state convention, not caring so much us to who Is nominated, ns to tho plat form adopted. Somo want 10 to X and free coinage so as to havo cheap money. Somo want 10 to 1 so that wo can havo truo bimetallism, others want to try no experiments, believing that we have now tho best money that this country ever hud, only n llttlo more gold, mora silver and more paper money, and all worth 100 cents to tho dollar. Tho first or April passed off without many fools being made. Your corres pondent was lu tho orchard working when a llttlo girl camo and handed him a note which read, "E. Hofcr Is at Dr. Klass's hotel nnd wants to sco you." I hung my hoe and wnlkcd hair a mile to the liouso, and com uionced to fix myself for tho occasion whon my wife said, "Dear, don't you know this Is tho first of April?" I Bald "yes, but was dry and camo up to got a drink or water." Moral It was your f mil t. To Abduct Vnnderbllt. ,' San kranoisco, April 7. George E. Gurd, Into choir of tho Southern Pacific Company's detective service, camo up from Los Angles und gave publicity to ono of 'tho most remark able stories of an anarchistic plot that was probably over heard in San Fran oUco. Tho plot, according to Mr. Gard, wus nothing less tlian a con spiracy to hold up the Vundcrbllt spe cial train and abduct Cornelius Van derbllt, and It has transpired that the olllclals or tho Southern Pacific, who wero Informed of tho matter through Mr. Gard before tho Yundorbilt party readied El Paso, havo been taking ull possible precautions to prevent tho carrying out of tho plot. Mucklea's Arale 8lva The bett Salve In the world fat Cull, Sores, Bocei, Ulcers, Salt Hheum. Fever and all Tetter. Chaptwd hands, CMIbUUw, llrultes, Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to Litre cr fee satisfaction or money refunded, Price 35 cents a bo Kor sale ly Fred A. Lege .I'M"" V, 1 n, ICTf.V