FREE B UTTO IU S ! AN ELEGANT BUTTON FREE with each package of SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF BUTTONS WITHOUT COST. Daily Capital Journal I( KANSAS AND OREGON. BY HOCER BROTHERS WEDNESDAY, DEC. If!, 1800. THE STATE FIAR. The state board of aRnculturc did well In Its choice of new ofliccrs. Mr. Galloway lias conducted the fair for two years through the great financial stringency as well as could have been done by anyone. Ills connection with the Land office made it impossible for him to continue on the board. The refusal of the board to make the fair any lonjrer a mere appurtenance of any newspaper'offlcc for purposes of plunder will meet with general ap probation. Hon D.II. Looney for president was a wise choice. It puts a genuine farmer atjtlie head of affairs. lie is a practical stock ralsor, dairyman, horseman and all around business man. lie makes a worthy successor to Mr. Galloway. The society should open an oftlce In this city where the public can go for Information, and where the secretary and superintend ent can be found at all times for bus iness Mr. C. D. Gabrlelson for secretary was the best choice among all the candidates. lie is a gentleman of perfect Integrity and will make the fair popular with our citizeus and business men. He will not neglect any Important interest, and his ac counts will bo found In perfect order. Mr. F. N. Derby for general super intendent was a good selection. Mr. Derbv was manager of the Motor Hallway, and Isjan energetic and affa ble gentleman, who will throw a great deal of new life Into the fair. The society Is to bo congratulated on se curing Mr. Derby's services and his frlonds know he will make a good record. A MODEL CHAIRMAN. George Van Dyke conducted the county Hcpnblican canvass In Polk countyi Iowa. He has made public the expenses of the canvass, receipts and expenditures, and of whom he received monies, tho number of speakers engaged, literature distri buted, how much paid for tills and that Item, lie assessed each1 candi date! 5 per cent, on the salary of tho otllco ho was a candidate for. His statement shows who paid and who did not. Tho total receipts were $2,507, and ho expended $2,445. So much for badges, polling, parades, ex penses of election day, otllco expenses, ?rlntlng, sneaking, miscellaneous, etc. t is a model statement and does Mr. Van Dyke great credit. Tho political county chairmen of Marlon county nro roferrcd to the above as a method of doing business that commands tho respect of busi ness men of all parties. PFOGRFS OF PULTOCRACY. IFtlMR.fctyl.. Am"iri. Tirrlrar dollar men are on a new ta-u. 1 hey hare lit; since tiwd of fo-f Wtim intilMiooaari iMcUtod '!) lu.- Smii. ir jet u iiH'..r'.M. i ic-,jik1 iw bate l work ot.T an! esiaW.b -Jth a sjsleai Willi lvii.rn.fc &m I?'5W!y try! on their sioUvi pitftflfee, Tjtta pe pte to 'rdluiitkTllf&ft iemtr&: tom bondage Is no eay matter, sod aftei ther have ooce--oM tbena.lTes -Into bondage, IIMmitaMc tact and eternal vigilance is needed to keep them there. TVben the people are entrusted with the making of their own laws that tlwy may protect tbemselTes against ir justice, we do not expect to flod the many paylngao unearned tribute to t he few. Yet this I Jnt what we do nnd in oar country today, this Is Just what we have broucht about by the establishment of the jjrtein or the appreciating dollar, which subtly, but surely, takes from the industrious the fruits of their toil and gives to the idle. The building op of an oligarchy or wealth, in effect if not in name, is the result. Democratic institutions are very un-atfc.faC.orT to oar dear dollar men for the necessity of controlling elec tions so far as to enable them to carry further and to completeness their scheme. of self aggrandizement, or so as to at least guard against the over throw of the system so dear to them, , subjects them periodically to a heavy tax. But as unsatisfactory as our dear dollar men have found the tools 'of democracy with which to build up an oligarchy, they have felt obliged to put up with them. Get rid of such tools they would if they could I How to get rid of them has been the unsolvable auestion. i But at last they have struck a bril liant idea. By gradual degrees they will circumvent the difficulties they meet with in P.enublican institutions and methods. They will, step by step get Democracy out of their way. They will take irom the people the power entrusted to them to protect them selves. They will reduce Democracy to the mere shadow of a name, so that the people shall have no say in t'.elr own governing. They see the means to accomplish this, at least a possible mean, and they will try it on at once. And how do they propose to go about It? By getting congress to abdicate its legislatives-functions over one matter after another. But abdicate to who? To special com- CRIM 1L A Jealous Husband's Crime. Get The Emporia (Kansas) Gazette says: the Populists go into the reform business in earnest In this state they will take a ten years' lease of life, but i they won't do it. Xo party dares to i do it. The first tiling that a party or governor llnds upon going into offlce J at Topeka is that laws are made for j the ollice-holders and hangers-on, and not for the people. There is room for a whole lot of house-clean ing at Topeka, but the party doesn't i missions appointed by whom they do exist that dares tackle it. In the first place about half the boards and bureaus and offices are steals. They were created to give some little jlm-crow yawner a job- some fellow who jumped in and tried i mission to step in? It is as to be railroad commissioner and had tions relating to matters of not much care, only so the members are amenable to their commands. And where would they commence, from what sphere of action do they ask congress to step aside for a com- to ques-financial to be given something. The board of i and tariff policy that they want con- health is a steal. The state horse doctor is a steal. Two boards to run the reformatory and the penitentiary are steals. The state coal oil inspec tion is a steal. The bureau of labor is a steal, and has always been a disgrace to the state. Half the clerks and assistant clerks and secretaries and assistant secretar ies hanging on these boards are clear cases of larceny. The state printer's Job In a steal. There Is $25,000 a year In It, and there oughtn't to be over $0, 000. There is a rake-off in every one A Murderer Confesses, Causing Re lease of Present Prisoner. J Christmas Dbthoit, Dec 1.-Ernest Chase cut the throat of his wife, and with same weapon cut his own throat from ear to ear and fell dead beside her. The tragedy took place in tire rooms occupied by the couple, and when dis covered the two bodies lay In a pool of blood upon the floor. The tragedy was the climax of a life of unhapptness. Chase was 33 years okl ami his wife six years youogor. ne was of a very jealous disposition, frequently accusing his wife of undue familiarity with other men, an accusation which his friends say was without foundation. For a day or two he has been very morose in his manner, repeating the usual statements about his wife and accusing her of unfaithfulness. It is believed he finally became insane through brooding over the matter and that the tragedy was the result of his insane -jealousy. Overtook by Remorse. Helena, Mont., Dec. 1G. Governor Rickards has granted a free pardon to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clarke, serving a 17-year term each In the penitenti ary at Deer Lodge for the murder of John P. Stewart by poisoulng. They have already served a year. btewart was a wealthy man. sus picion rirst fell npon his wife, Mary s'tewart. She was arrested at Spokane and tried in Missoula. To save her self she accused her mother and step father. They were convicted by her testimony of murder in second degree. Remorse overtook Mrs. Stewart and She "finally confessed to an attorney and to ex-Governor Toole, but com mltted suicide before the written statement could be signed. Sentenced for Perjury. Cijjcinati, Dec. 16 John Seward and "William Trusty, witnesses In the Pearl Bryan murder case, convicted of false swearing, were sentenced at Newport, Ky., Seward to two years and Trusty to one year in the Ken tucky penitentiary. They attempted to make the jury believe Pearl Byran was beheaded on the Ohio side of the river and conveyed to -Fort Thomas afterwards. gress to declare its Incompetency by J stepping aside and virtually surrender ing to a commission the power to legislate for It on such matters. In the future, congress Is simply to ratify the findings and! recommendations of commissions ap pointed In fact, If not in name, by the moneyed interest. Such is the d ream of the dear money men, such is the key-note sounded by tlie so-called monetary conference held In India napolis this week. The linanclal and tarifl question must, we are told, be of these boards; too much mileage Is' taKU" out UI ",B bi,era Ul I'""" paid, and the whole outfit rides on . Questions of monetary and tariff pol passes, which Is another steal. Half ' rausL not be left subject to changes tho. tr.iurrls and nttnnrlnnta. conks nnrl after evcry recurring election. In hnttln-wnRhera in thf. ntnto instttn. ! S". the people see fit to change either monetary or tariff policy es tablished In the Interest of the grow ing oligarchy of wealth they shall not be free to bo so. A commission must bo now entrusted with the farming of ; currency laws ao as to foreyer keep the question ont of politics and In snro a permanency of financial TiYnMirulu finpli Plirrnnnv lnu'c iictnH- Of the legislature The board of pub-, lignC( , th,8 thQ ,o; He works Is a steal-its work could .be nnflvoa ,, ' f. ,m fr ,n ,, , KW.UV..l U...... ..u w ..v .yj u.iu.itju. Onr currency system framed to de- tiens arc steals. Tho railroad commission Is a steal. It doesn't d,o the taxpayers of Kansas as much good as the Bartholdl statue In New York harbor. Half of the , I committee clerks in the legislature are steals. There arc wholesale rob beries of the taxpayers at every session performed by men drawing salaries and doing nothing in other offices. spoil the many and enrich the few mustibe so firmly plantned around with safeguards that It cannot, be changed. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, aj they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is a blood constitutional disease and in orde so cure it you must take internal remedies j The Ideal Panacea. acts directly upon the blood and mneouil of J"" L. h rancis. alderman, Clli faces. I lalt'i Catarrh Cure is not a quack cago, says: "I regard Dr. King's New medicine. It was prescribed by one of the Discovery as an Ideal Panecea for best physicians in this country for years, and coughs, colds and lung complaints, is a regular prescription It is composed of having used It In my family for the the best tonics known, combined with the , last five years, to the exclusion of any best blood purifier, acting directly upon the physician's prescriptions or other mucous surfaces. The perfect combination ' preparations." of the two ingredients is what pro luces such Rcy. John Burgiis, Keokuk, Iowa, wcnacriui rcsum in curwE v.iuuirn, ociiu lur wrues; -i imvu ueuu it imuwbiici in uiu testimonials fiee. F. I. CuknbvT& Co., Toledo, O. ISrSold by llrugElsM. SWfu- klaili ifewtuf OAQTOjaiA. tfUtf&k iirr VHffMi I e Gail Borden f Eagle Brands CaidMsetJ Milk S 5 "Infant Health,', 1 a tittle book of, " great vuluo that id cent 1'uix on applies J cation. -, rii i N. Y. Condensed Milk Co. 5 tt Hndsoa Street' Hew York g eaaS A Perfect Infant Fool Methodist Episcopal church for CO years or more and have nover found anything so beneficial, or that gave liiQsuch speedy relief as Dr. King's Now Discovery." Try this Ideal Cough Itomcdy now. Trial bottles free at Fred A. Legg's drugstore. CASTOR I A For InfantB and Children. nft nulls ttgtitcrt f. . c&&ZiZ. . New Line of Thievery. San FRANCisco.Dec. 10. A form of thievery new to the uollcc cumo to light through the request made by William SIew,a photographer, for the arrest of a Chinese known as Wong Sim. The matter was turned oyer to Police Judge Low, who issued a war rant for the arrest of petty larceny. According to the statement made by Shew, it appears that Wong Sim Is only one of an organized gaug of thieves who confine their operations exclusively to the theft of photo graphic negatives. After a Chinese who is a member of the gang has be come installed as a servant In some stu dio where pictures of Chinese are taken, he will steal the glass negative from which she picture of some wealthy Chinese customer1 has been printed. This Is handed over to others of the gang, who print several dozen photographs from tho stolen plate. These finished, the pictures are then given to an agent, who takes them to the original of the picture and offers them for sale at a price far below the original price. As the ma jorlty of Chinese usually have a horde of relatives in China, the agent has no trouble In disposing of anywhere from six to twelve dhzen plctutes at the reduced rates. STATE NEWS. A member of Lane county it is said will present for adoplton a bill for registration similar to the Torrens system. The circuit court of Jackson county is in session on a docket of fifty cases. There are few criminal cases and more of a serious nature, Jucob -Frazer, of Pendleton, 'while in Wilbur last week, recognized a rifle that had been recently found there as the one his son had when frozen to death 6lx years ago. Two fishermen, named Andrew Sir monsoti and (J. Christlanson, of Asto ria, were picked up after having been in tho water 24 hours. They tied themselves together with a small ropoand one being on each side of tho capsized boat, they were thus saved though nearly perished when found. Thomas Clark, a well-known citizen and pioneer, of Lane county, died Sat urday, at the homo of his daughter, Mrs. Haskell, In Eugene. Deceased was aged 80 years,l month and 8 days, and tho cause of his death is given as old age. He came to Oregon lnan early day, and settled In Lost vrilley, but for the last five or six years has lived In Eugene. Many thousand dollars worth of valuable articles suitable for Christmas gifts for the young and old, are to be rnven tn smokers of Blackwell's Genuine Durham To bacco. You will find one coupon inside each two ounce bag, and two coupons inside each four rMitinn Vorr nf "R1 n rlrn.v1 1 ' e Durham. Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon which gives a list of val uable presents and how to get them. c.k xTTr" -2!!H!iJ& Genuine DURHAM Tobacco - "-a. Meeti ill mi ..i T EEe.DdexF,er3&'y. f rompt stU T.iTi 15 it 2t - .vDfiQ -. Iivrr.. See those genuine Wostcnholm Carving Sets at GKAY Jr3JKO A full line of pocket and table cutlery, razors, shears, etc, Northwest corner State and Lioerty sts Salem. ASHLAND. Annual Report of the Southern Oregon District Fair. Governor Lord has received the re port of the third annual exhibition of the First Southern Oregon District Agricultural society, which was held on the grounds of the Jackson County Agricultural society on September 22 to 20. Following is the condition of the fund appropriated by the legisla ture for the use of the society: Amount of appropriation.. S 903 00 Amount paid to Lake county. 3 300 & Amount paid in premiums.. 5S9 .") Total g 693 SO 1 50 743 (X. !)D0 2. rrr " t Balance on hand s Expenses of the fair Purse warrants issued Am't paid on above warranto Amount of warrants issued on stock and other exhibits Less 7 per cent deducted o:i premims, awarded on stock entered with no competition mo 5) 21 00 Setamounts 8 58U CO The total receipts and disburse ments of the association is given here, showing from what source the money was derived and to what use it was put: GENERAL RECEIPTS. Ground rent and license $ Hack license Stock entries Race entries Gate receipts , :oi 23 Pool box 00 70 State appropriation 000 Of) 02 00 34 00 52 35 423 SO Total 81,023 80 DISUOUSEMENTS. Expense warrants paid $ 7 13 CG Purse warrants paid 377 07 Premium warrants paid 503 50 Total 81,922 13 Balance on hand ...3 1 07 Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tettcr.chapped hands.ehilblains, corn, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 23 cents per box. For sale by Fred A. Legu- The work at Oregon City of re pairing the break In the boat canals is proceeding night and day. iv-jnii. i If "V Who wins In the race? Is it a sick man? Is it a man who is weak? Is it a man whose blood is impure? An athlete trains for cverv race. The best athletes train all the time. They are always In perfect condition. It is pretty safe to say that the best man will always win. The man who is strong and in the best condition will surely distance his competitors. In the race for suc cess, the best man will win if he takes care of himself. He cannot win if he neglects his physical condition. It doesn't make any dif ference how smart he 5 Rtrnrtcr Ti will ntvtr finish the race. He must look first for a clear, healthy, strong: body, because the body makes and supports the brain. If the heart pumps impure blood into the brain, you cannot expect the man to be clear headed, you cannot expect him to accom plish much. If a man's blood is pure and rich, there can not be much the matter with him. If it isn't pure and rich, he may have almost any disease under the 6un, aud Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will cure it. It doesn't make any difference what form the disease takes, or by what name it is called. Nearly all diseases spring: from impure blood, If you make the blood pure, you remove the cause and cure the disease. That's common sense and medical sense and scientific sense, You might learn a thousand valuable lessons about preserving: your health by reauinR ur, .rierce's toraraou Sense Medical Adviser. It is a irrand book and the present edition is absolutely free to all who send si one-cent stamps to cover cost of mail, ingr only. It contains ioo3 pages and over yo enffraV' Ing-a. 680,000 cloth-bound cop h. ve ra NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OWING To the election of officer in the Woodmen Circle on next Friday evening, the iSih inst., the basket supper to trie public is postponed until January 1. Let all meml eis be present at this election, promptly at 7:30 O'clock. IMMt TO TRADE A 160 acre farm in Clacka mas county, for property around Salem, James Schiewe, over Steiner & Plover's store Salem, Or. 14 2t WANTED. ber. W II. -To trade uurseiy stock for lum Elliott, Sairm, Or. 14 3d iw TO KEN'l .--Furnished room to let, outside Meals served in family style for 15c. One rate barn with three stalls, at Call at 221 Front street. reasonable 10 tw GARDfcMNG, I'KUM.Nu ol all kims, grafting grating and .seeding lawns, etc. First c ai$ no k. Call at second house north of Marion n rinrteentn street or address by postal I. i . IMrick, Salem. Or. 129 im FOR KENT Lieven acres adjoining the (nditn school, at Cherrawa, five acred of garden land, g)od house, baia and well wi er. By month or year for low cash rent. Ad Iress IV)x 145, or apply at G.W.Pcarmme, two miles north of town on river road. I I-25tf CARPET' I'Al'EK Large lot ol tJeavj brown wrapping paper for sale cheap. Jus .he thing for putting under carpets. Call a Journal office. CHRISTMAS TREES-Lirge and small at 1S5 Commercial street. Also a beautiful bedroom set for children, C Dillman. 14 3t ies have been sold at $l.5a each. This free edition is In strong- manilla paper covers, 'Otherwise IflTjust the same. Address World's Dis pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N, Y. Custer iattlefield Fort Custer aud Crow Agency, Mon tana, arc two points on the Burlington Route's New Short Line to the East and South Jrom which Cus ter Battlefield iscasily reached. The distance from the former is about thirteen miles; from the latter about two and a half miles. At both places holders of through tickets whose limits permit are allowed stop-over .privileges, and good hotels and livery stables arc to be found, ypor a bgoklet giving a'brief account of the. 'battle In which Custer p5st his life, "and also for Information abdut rates'and train service via the Burlington Houte to Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, or any other southeastern r,clty, jwrlte to C. SHELDON, G.A., Portland, Or. ZT No. J03. entitled "m ""fr M. Salem SteamLaundry Tjj51SgW5 Plo oofW thf rttt in orices sons, and for the P'lSfl on the following, ' ffif$& W"S jJ-J Under shirts , t.5tojocents of i7ypa JjfflW Socks, per pair , 3 cenh upon, or ander J" tle fc 1" uandkercrnets ''" Silk handkerchiefs 3nts Sheets and pillow slips 24 cents per on, and other worl? in proportion f Flannels and other work in telligently washed by. hand. Col. J, Olmsted' Prop II . " rinrt, Itttffliilt 2t T- H. HAAS. WATCHMAKER AND jnr Makes a rp-ialtyofasrt?ur aIv Thomas clocU, etc., 2i fgp Salem Water Co'j, Office WillM!eteH5(dB&, For water service asctrii-c& tm parable monthly hKT complaints at the oSce. Oper. sp-cket to prerttt faaj, jckit prohibited. areshooklb:ut?rB, ger of freeting to hire step tM ,,. J. closed see secuoo 3, nles xal riia No deduction m bills will le i&nh bii' sence or for any cause wawtitrtsSavm is cut on Iran precusei' HORN-CUPPING. As we hare clippers far ddxret; ttJ we deire the patrooigt of lA wuiny tai service. Price k cents per Wfcru mi. G. W.GOULD. .Nona !aei 11.27.1m H. E ROBERTS, FnuJ Urt r? Orders placed wiih the ahnecocpujnll receive prompt atteotioo lod sa!e dclitr. Trucks and dran foaad 03 lie carta 0 Stile and Commercial strcrti. Eiproirjj onsatall trains and boats, lacxsedxs with cur business we rill 1L0 rsa a feri store Handling flair, mill feed, cd ceil, oats, chopped feed, vtrw, bj led cool it the lowest cash prices. Phone 86. , SAVAGE CO. For the Holidays Big stock of finer Japanese pwis. A3 kinds of chinaware and noTtldes. All lisii of silk handkerchiefs. Bottom price ca a tire stock to close oat. HUIEWLSGSAKCCa Under opera boose. tiutf JAPAN TRADINGCo, 2oS COMMERCIAL ST., SALtt. Finest bamboo furoitnK, Jajaaese Cmi, tors etc,-For Holidays. Onh--fe? store in town Will be sold especially ciop for Christmas trade. Lost jwb cm offered for best stock in this line. ORDINANCE NO. 33. A bill for an ordinance tqfisend Sota. of Ordinance J&f .',&&! ordinance to provide for IhegodHA good order, health, peace and cfcslW of the city and of persons, and far tection of persons and propertr, t peal certain ordinances and parts of oi ances relating thereto. Be it ordained by fte-eomrajicossea rf city of Salem: . , rwkua Section i-Tbat secnon '- WOLZ'S Mil W0LZ & MIESCKE. Proos. Denlars in all kinds of fresh and salt meals Lard in bulk, 7c a lb. Cheapest peal in the Try tliem. 171 lornmcremi t m --flsssa bcr, Octowr, tfV,7the houro 9 " ami FebruSry, of"4lft'M w" during the remainder 01 - , such person shall nvei" i,.. LrfilnP. of bii or ber mntU, , , shall be secoppMied oy , guardian, and it is bwW "J h the city marshal to warn 'ace &A K ;,; the university W"Ji:,Lw oW 1 bell ofthMV to te ntfsrzn Zembbecemjl" each -nd w,y ",W,1I0B, wh 'Z of each yW'lSfesliW'; late ino W"" ". r -.j-i.icor. v. sionv,-rii.m' deemedBOiyoijjbeei re conviction thereof W'nt j&Ji ts& T T I I conviction were - M tfa, Pure Jersey Bull Sfe r.. -... r. .u73 rnii at Brawn's and costs of !,?' ... any. 6 e.t m ke, ZST, Cent nnd Thirteenth J JffiF&ffig .i.f PinIf milt stock in Orecop. 12-lt tfruponhirn, unp . r . e d, Wt ""' "' -l : J I,n shHll DC imF"- :-. t r...n. fine. ji ijacyi dollars 01 a"" trL-jna coaaJ vihWff totiW''1 81 " irflTt5' igETLARSGiV & Of Enger, Mai ion county. Oregon, has an. of56 l896. ' b ' ii.,i tnr n nifnt for a ' ber, A. w. "- J'HWV - ---- ROi I INC. HARR Wi .a--s 1 1 T'JZZ l ,1.., iA. lAdn1oU.ai hereto. ' Ucember. A. V. Vfy j nuu f ., - -IT "f-wl rr' L " ' " .vi ,. ,. ....-hr. fr, Tofr .ijirEonf Enner. Or. 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