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DAIL JOURNAL - !. aAPITAL "rjCy it-it .? VOL..' 8. BUY a;at - SHOES1 New YorK RacK THEY SELL THE 5 CRIMINAL Lady Scott Pleads Guilty. Georgia Lynching Held tUp Robbed. and London, Jan. 8. When the bearing of the libel suit against Lady Sellna Scott, John Cockerton and William Aylott, by Earl Eussell, was resumed counsel for the defense announced that the plea of Justification was withdrawn and the defense had agreed upon a verdict of guiltty. Lynching. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 8. A special to the Journal from Unadilla, Ga., say Anthony Henderson has been lynched for the assassination of old man George Summer and an attempted as sault upon Summer's daughter. At the preliminary hearing he made a full confession. An Imposter. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 8. Har ry Sabln, arrested at San Francisco, who claims to bo a son of ex-United States Senator Sabln, is an impostor. The senator has no son. Carter II. Harrison, the first presi dent of the league, was at the head of the table and acted as toastmaster, Bryan being seated immediately at his right. It was midnight when Harrison rapped for order and, in a few pleasant, well-chosen words, in troduced Bryan. The latter was greeted with great -applause -when he rose to speak in response to the toast: "Andrew Jackson." Robbed. Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan.8 P. W. Wallace, who came here from Oregon recently to -purchase farm land, waB held up and robbed of $200 by a masked highwayman on the-Sebasta-pool road near here last evening. Murder. Oroville, Cal., Jan. 8.-Geo. Wolf, ofMagalia, drove to Chico and left there with a two-horse wagon and some goods. He carried between $G00 and $700 with him to be used in pay ing the men at the mine. His team was caught on the Carr grade after dark and Wolf lssupposed to have been waylaid, shot and killed, and his body robbed. Up to the present the body has nut been found. The sack con tainlng the money was found in the wagon, but the coin had been taken. YOUR-' thev LINE BRYAN Feasted by the Democracy. Distinguished Guests fronVall Over the Land Present. Chicago, 111., Jan. 8. In the ban quet hall of the Tremont house last night, Democracy held its banquet in celebration of Jackson day. The ban quet was under the auspices of the W. J. Bryan league and was held ono day in adyance of Jackson day proper, as the distinguished guest of the league, W. J. Bryan, could not be present tonight, having an engage ment in Omaha. The banquet hall was tastefully and lavishly decorated with green, cut flowers and national colors and pre sented an 'extremely handsome ap pearance when it 10 o'clock the doors were fcpened to 800 followers of Bryan. As the members of the league marched into the hall, every member had upon his left breast the badge of the league which was worn tonight for the first time. It Is of purple 6atin and hangs suspended frym a silver bar, upon which is printed the of the wearer. Mr. Bryan's picture is upon the badge In the form of a medalion, set in silver, and the background of purple is relieved by an elaborate trimming of silver. College Board Meet. Corvallis, Or., Jan. 8. The board of regents of the Oregon agricultural college met,the members present being Keady, Killin, Hiileary, Church Huhges, Davenport, Apperson, Irwin, Weatherford, and Yates, It was a very stormy session, but nqthing of material.importance was accomplished President Miller made to the board a report that was severely criticised by several of the regents, and most of his recommendations were coldly received particularly the one asking that the employes ouf? side of the faculty be subject to dismissal by the president, ile very strongly recommended the removal of the foreman of the print ing department, and the matter was seferred to the special committee on printing, Upon investigation-,, the committee reported that the presi dent's complaints were unfounded. 6 SALEM, OKE0OK. FKIDAY JA20JARY 8, 189T. 'CONGRESSIONAL The Business p.spoed Of Mostly Routine A New Joint Reso lution by. Mills of Texas'. Washington, Jan. . The senate disposed of much routine business at the outset of session yesterday. Pcti ttbns as to Cuba and for and against the Loud bill were exceptionally heavy. One pctjtjon from the Com mercial Club of Chicago, expressed approval of tlie present policy of the administration. Mills of Texas, member of the com mittee on foreign relations, brought forward a new phase of th"e Cuban question by offering the following Joint resolution: "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives that the expediency of recognlzinir the independence of a foreign government belongs to con gress, and when congress shall so determine, the executive shall act in harmony with the legislative depart ment of the government. "Second, That the independence, of the republic of Cuba ought to bo and hereby Is recognized and that the sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated for a salary and the expenses of. a minister to that government whenever such minister shall be appointed by the president." Mills safd-he would address the sen ate on the resolution Monday. FUNDING BILL. The republican and democratic steering committees decided to make the Pacifllc railroad refunblng bill the order ofjbusiness in the senate after tlie free homestcad.blll. The republi can comuiitte with Senator Allison, its chairman, present, was in session for an hour, when Senator Gorman and Cockerell were called in as represen tiyes of the Democratic committee, There was nooppbsitien in either com mittee to the proposition to give the bill consideration and to place the time for hearing it as an early a date as practicable. The agreement was made only conditional upon the pass age of the bill through the house. If It falls there it will not be considered in the senate. No attempt was. made to provide for the consideration of any other bill. - A SUBSTITUTE. Senator Morgan has offered a substi tute for the Pacific railroads bill, which provides fqr-aTxjajd of trustees consisting of nine member's, four to be appointed from west of the Missis sippi river, four east, and one, who shall bo president, whose locality Is not specified. These men shall not be stockholdrrs in the roads, and shall be appointed by the president and the appointments confirmed by the senate. They shall take control of the roads and manage them as a corporation with a view to settling the debt A provision is made for a 4 per cent sinking fund. The whole debt Is to be refunded in bonds bearing 3 per cent interest running for thirty years. Senator Morgan says that undfer his bill the roads can be made to pay all liabilities within 25 years. " ' ' HOUSE. Despite the fact: that the house entered upon. . .consideration of tlie Pacfic railroads funding bill, theat tendance on " the floor wasv not large. Great interest, however? was. manifested by those present. Maps showing the routes of the Paciip- rail roads, erected In tyic urea In frprit of thepeaker's rostrum, were frequently referred toby the speakers. Under a special order, adopted, before the holiday recess, the debate will continue until Saturday .evening, and the yotlng take place on Monday. Before the debate began a bill 'was passed to amend' the actr providing for a civil government In-Alaska so as to create thoofflcc' ' of surveyor-general, at a salary ofg20qo, aycaj-, to preform uie uuues or -register ana receiver iiver of the general land office at Sitka The resignation of Governor Black, of New Yotk.ns member of the house, was read. Under a special order, the house then wcnl Into committee of the whole.with Payne of New York In the chair, and took up the funding bill. Chairman Powers, or the Pad tic railroad? com mittee, said it had been arranged so that- time for and against the measure could bs equally divided, he to control the tlmo In itfavor,and Hubbard, R. publcan, of Missouri, member of the cummittcc.whohad made the minor ity report, against. The house con firmed tlie agreement. Powers then made his opening argu ment. The bill which the committee reported, constituted a plain business proposition, and he asked the mem bers to continue it as such. He de scribed the necessity which existed in the early "(iOs for a transcontinen tal, rallrqad, tlie difficulties which be set the undertaking at the time when the Sbuth was ablaze with red war, the hopelessness of .private capital beimr able to accomplish anything without 'government hid. and the determination of the government to back a hazardous enterprise by large grants of land and by floating the bonds of .ho road up to $16,003 a mile a3 far as$heSlerras, and $23,000 for distance across the mountains. Dashed to Earth. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 8. General Ezeta, the ex-president of the repub lic of Salvador, has one more bitter dreg added to his cup of unhapplncss. Ho read the published report of the cancellation of the papers of the coun-suls-general of the republics of Hon duras, Salvador and Nicaragua, and the issuance of papers to his sworn enemy, Dr. Calderon, as consul-general of tlie united republics. These facts mean that Ezeta'slarf hope of return ing to Salvador and being received by his faithful people will never be real ized. , "I look -upon the whole matter," said the- general as h6 paced uneasily up and down his rootii) "as a great farce. The unification of those -three republics- lias all been accomplished by their respective governments with out ever submitting the question to the people. "There is a motive for it a very clever motive and before long the money-lenders of this country and Europe will discover it. The three bankrupt republics have simply band ed together for mutual strength and for the purpose of. presenting to the world an appearance of solidity and stability so that they will be enabled to float some heavy loans under the guise of making permanent improve ments and developing the Greater Republic of Central America." Rain in India. Calcutta, Jan. 8. At a meeting of the council Sir John Woodburn. re venue meniber,said the timely rains of November and December had saved India from the greatest calamity of the century, so widespread and severe was the drought. The large area bown with the assistance of tlie November rains had, he said, been greatly bene fitted by further rains last week, and an addition to food stock was expected in April. In spite of this, tlie present situa tion was very grave. Nearly 760,000 persons were already In receiptor re lief! atid the task of proyldlng for the enormous numbers was gigantic. Tlio government was giving unstinted help. The viceroy, Earl of Elgin, endorsed tlie statement of Sir John Woodburn, and said it was what the govern ment was awaiting toenabloittoglve better effect to the proposals it.would gladly receive. The government,the viceroy empha tically declared, can have nothing in do with an appeal to private charity. Its own duties were cfear.and the gov ernment was determined to fulfill them. The funds were ample, and it should never be said the full resources of the empire had not been used for relieving distress. oaswoiii. 'J&a?,' j0 .rr- i m utr Wff. PROPOSAL Fishy Story From Spain, Ruineifa That Gomez Surrender. Wants ot CiiiOAOo, Jan. 8. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington say's: Positive statements were made from Spainish legation sources that Gomez, the Cuban commander-in-chief, had actually submitted a proposlton for peace to Scnor Sagasta, In Madrid, and that the facts have already been communicated to the junta here. All that stands. In the way, it says, is thepronosed recall of Captain-General Weyler, which the insurgents de clare shall be preliminary to all nego tiations, The statements come to the Tribune correspondent with great distinctness, but, as the source is Spanish, tticre is an open suspicion that the news may bo given out for the express purpose of Injuring the insurgent cause. Secretary Qucsada and other Cuban representatives haye all along denied that the insurgents would accept any thing short of independence, and they profess to be shocked and disappointed at the story of yielding on the part of Gomez. They will not admit that he has communicated with them, but the legation story is to the effect that a letter from the Cuban general was received by the Junta December 5,Jln which lie says that If Weyler is re called and Martinez Campos, Calleja or General Pando sent in his place, the Insurgents will be ready to talk of laying down their arms. In Plnar Del Rio. Cincinnati, Jan. 8. A special to the Commercial Tribune from Key West says: Keports from l'lnar del lllo are that Weyler's withdrawal has en couraged the insurgents greatly. Another attack was made on tlie trocha Monday, near the southern end, and four forts destroyed, the gar risons deserting upon the appearence of the insurgent forces. At one at tack) tlie big dynamite gun was used, and its first shot threw the garrison into such terror that they fled, leaving a large supply of ammunition and guns. The outposts at Artemlsahavo been driven in, and two convoys of sup plies to Spanish camps along the tributary road have been captured by the Cubans. Havana advices state that Quintln Bandera, the guerrilla Insurgent leader, Is "bushwhacking" near that city. American Und:r Arrest in Havana. Havana, Jan. 8. Dr. Casper Be- lancourt, a naturalized American citizen and a well-known dentist, who was arrested December 7, as a polit ical suspect, is said to have been ono of the leaders of the insurgents dur ing tlie 10 years' war. It now appears- that .ho is charged with con spiring against tlie government in handling jmail matter Jptendcfl. for the insurgente, in connection 'with Gustavo Martinez, collector of the junta, the Agufcrro, the insurgent leader, and Jose Maria Diaz, the agent of Castillo, also a leader of the' Insurgents. The king's attorney last night sent the documents In the pro ceedings against Belancourt, where he will 1ms tried 'before an ordinary tribunal. Diaz and Martinez have already been deported to Spain's penal settlement. A Cuban's Story. New Youk, Jan. 8. Antonio Agulcrro, a member of the Havana produce exchange, arrived here on the steamer Orizaba, from Havana. He was a resident of Guanabacoa, where, according to recent reports from Ha vana, atrocities were committed by the Spanish troops uuder Colonel Fondeyejla. Senor Agulcrro when seen last night said: "Tlie repprtB which reach . the United States of the state of affairs J bkdSMbdfiSaB in Guanabacoa are from telling the I whole truth. Colonel Fondeveila has ' instituted a reign of terror at the ' place. His name is well known to the ' American press. "Fully 500 families have left the town and moved Into Havana since his taking charge. People are taken from their homes and killed with machetes in the outskirts of the town The world is then made to believe that such people were leaving their homes to Join rebels who swarm in tho neigh borhond. I know of 39 persons who have thus been dene away with. "Even honest Spaniards aro shocked at Fondcvalla'saots. One of the hon est Spaniards warned mc that my name was on the list with more than rtfl rtiftrn bnnt. v "KVtfirlnviilIn no tnnn marked by him for secret execution as rebel sympathlzcrs. Being a thor oughly neutral man and having good friends among tho Cubans and spain- ards alike, I managed to obtain my passport for tlie United States. I owe my escape from Fondella's clutches to my Spanish friends, toward .whom I feel the greatest gratitude." Delgado'a Escape. New York, Jan. 8. A Havana special to the Mall and Express says: Tho escapo from Instant death of Harry Delgado, tho Mall and Express correspondent, was little short of mar velous. It was learned hero yesterday that he had undergone an operation In San Ambrosio hospital,and that It will be determined at the end of nine days whether ho Is likely to live or die. Delgaldo's vitality was much reduced by his experiences. Ho laid for weeks in a hut without medical attendance. When his hiding place was discov ered, lie was so weak that ho could scarcely move. He had no arms and no ammunition. South American Matters. New Youk, Jan. 8. -A ncarld dis patch from Buenos Ayrcs says: Tho chamber of deputies last night, after an exciting debate, appryed tho projected tax in foreign' Insurance companies. The taxis 10 per cent on all premiums except those involved in life assurance, which will be taxed at the rate of 2 per cent. National com panies will be taxed 2 per cent nnd i per cent respectively, 'the foreign companies to pay also an aunual tax of $000, $5000 or $3000, according to their classification. As well as theso amounts, .foreign corporations must also pay 50 per cent of the annual tax for every now risk. National companies will pay an an nual tax of 82000 paper currency and 50 per cent for every new risk. Insur ance upon tho products of agriculture will not bo taxed. President Urlblu will not sanction tlie proposed issue of $10,000,000 in mortgaged bonds advocated by the chamber of deputies', to be used in helping tho farmers who have lost their crops. The Herald correspondent In lllo Janeiro telegraphs that President Morus will assume office on January 20. Yellow foyer has again uppcared In Bio Janeiro. Thirteen cases were reported yesterday. ROYAL The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world' cel 0 ebrated lor its great leavening strength and purity. It makes jour cakes, biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. NO, g5 WHEAT. The Market Remains Firm, California Markets Bound to Rule High-Seed Wheat Scarce, San Francisco. Jan. 8. Seed wheat In tills state has become scarce and In many Instances the acreage wil1 ,arKe'y reduced. This is es- pecially the care with renters nnd consequently will largely reduce the acrerge. Shippers willingly pay $1.00 percental fur good No. 1 shipping wheat. Today they paid as high as $1.03 for extra choice. Owing to the growing scarcity the San Francisco market possesses a firmness independent of the other leading markets. It was said that there were not more than 250,000 tons of wheat remainlrg in tho entire state to supply the export demond and the homo requirements before another crop Is harvested A decrease or 74, 715 tons in one year. Thcbulls believe .that wheat will closo at $2 per cental in tho local mar ket before July 1st. Talklngton, Bottger & Co's., cir cular for Jan. 7, 1807: WHEAT. The maiket opened one-half cent below yesterday's closing, and a further dip occurred before tho selling pressure was rumored. A largo quan tity of wheat was for salo at tho opening, and -In spite of tho. unusual strong position statistically, buyers nro easily discouraged. Wheat In the San Francisco market has become very scarce, and is daily advancing. Ship pers would willingly pay $1.60 per cental tor a good No. 1 shipping wheat. Today it was known among a firm that have paid as high as $1,021 for something extra choice, within the last 48 hours. Chicago May wheat opened up at 8H82, and closed at 80Jto 81.g Cash wljcat.sold at 77.. Liverpool futures sold January 0s Old to 0s 8!. March 6s Hi to 63 10. Armenians Liberated. New York, Jan, 8. A Herald dis patch from Constantinople says: The last 20 of the 388 Armenian prisoners in Constantinople wero liberated yesterday. Thero are still in prison 25 prisoners condemned to death, one of whom is Bishop, Arabgarl. As to tho number of American priests in prison condemned to death, only two have up to tho present tlmo been mentioned to the patriarchate as worthy of pardon. Sixty-five Armenians who had sought refugo in Verna returned yesterday oveningand were delivered without difficulty to tho American patria rchate. Jewelry Firm Assigns. New Yohk, Jan. 8. J. II. Johnson & Co., dealers In diamonds, Jewelry and hllverv are, yesterday assigned to John It. Kelm and Arthur II. Masten. Their liabilities are renorted at $210. repor ',000. uuu; assets aoouo sou, nnn . . -.. . O :: 0 f7fo vAjia "E ( nOVAl BAKIMa MtMM ., NM T