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, " wt r "T DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. r0U 9. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY JANUARY 255, 1897. NO, SB o sno6 sale i f v. Fop dS8E tk s& Daus. :o: To reduce our stock and make room Kor spring goods we rail lines of shoes for' reduction at 275 Commercial street SMALLPOX Havana Full of the Scourge. The Death Rate Increasing and Thousands Stricken. Havana, via Key West, Jan. 22 Tlic epidemic of smallpox here con tinues, and the daily death rate from all diseases is 35 or more. It is calcu lated there were 6000 cases of smallpox fin Havana. Physicians paint the picture of sanitary conditions in aw If ul colors. The mortality is frightful, md for several days past has increased (to 45. Jeruco also reports an epidemic of smallpox, with many victims. Consul-General Lee wrote last Satur day to General Weyler asking that fllenry Delgado, the American who Idled at San Ambrosio hospital yester- jtday, might be transferred to more commodious quarters, or that he could : be allowed to take care of him so that Dr. Burgess could give him assistance. General Malquizo, reconnoitering the province of Pinar del Bio, found a band of insurgents with 100 new fire arms and a large supply of ammuni tion. C. P. Pendleton, an American news correspondent, has been summoned to Washington to appear before the sen ate committee on foreign relations. Many planters in Cienf uegos had pre pared their sugar estates for grinding, and several of them had commenced, when they received information from General Weyler to cease. General Weyler has transferred General Piu's command to Manzanillo, and ordered General Prat, atMatanzas to take charge of Piu's command. General Piu has become suddenly ill and asked leaye to return to Spain. It ii generally expected that in eight days General Weyler will give orders of a general character looking to the resumption of grinding of cane on the whole island. ueneral Mam has arrived from GIbara with his aides, and will goto Matanzas to tdke command of the province. Manzanillo reports that an expedi tion, supposed to be from Jamaica, has landed In the Blver Plata on the coast south. No details are given. O-AJHTOmX. &M lMlli tlfUHH & H 44 will reduce prices in cash, Call and gett he Message From a Lost Vessel, Story Revealed by a Bottle Whole Crew Perished. 1 St. Augustine, Fla., 22. A bottle was picked up on South beach seven miles below here this morning, which contained a message stating that the bark Ladraa had foundered at sea January 15. The message was written on several small sheets of paper, and was signed by Captain Gonzales. It was a log of the vessel from the time she left port until she foundered. According to the message the Lad ras left Boston January 3, in command of Captain Gonzales, and manned by a crew of 12 men. On January 12, the vessel sprung aleak, but the carpenter managed to partially stop the inllux of water. On January 14, however, the water began to pour into the hold in great volume. The pumps were manned and the men worked day and night, but at noon on January 15, it was ap parent that the vessel was doomed. The captain and crew then took to the boats, and had hardly got clear of the vessel when she went down. The message concluded: "We have little food and water, and must perish unless soon picked up." It Is believed by seamen here that the bark went down during the gale that prevailed off the Florida coast last week. The fear is also expressed that the boats with the crew were swamped in the same gale. A Quorum in Attendance. Of course there is more than a quorum, of Salem's housekeepers, at Branson's grocery store, every morning, getting bargains In groceries Oysters, In the finest styles at Strong's. tf Don't expect Schillings Best tea coffee soda biVini; powder flavoniiK extract! ana es to turn the world upside down. They won't; but they do take some of the wrinkles out of living. 7 For ule bjr Ham'tt & Lawrence. FOUNDERED Legislature in Washington. Olympia, Wash., Jan. "22. Three ballots were taken for senator in the Joint session today without any ma terial change from yesterday. The legislative hall was ngaliupacked by a curlouscrowd and there was a be lief that some decided change would occur in the Populist ranks, but the different Populist candidates iinished in relatively the same position as the day before. , Considerable flirting with votes was indulged in, but this was done with out any serious intention. Judge Turner increased his strength to twenty-four votes and Senator Squire increased his to four votes on the last ballot, against two yesterday. This Is not considered important, as one of the vote3 was cast by Williams who was sick yesterday. After the second ballot a motion was made to adjourn and, although a roll call was demanded, the motion wasdefeated by a large majority. After the third ballot a similar motion pre vailed by unanimous vote. The Tact that there is a decided feeling that the matter will be settled in caucus witliin a few days detracts interest from the vote in the session. Hungry and Starving. Chicago. Jan. 22. Men women and children are starving in Chicago in slgnt of relief, because the county commissioners, blind and deaf, do not allow the county agent enough help to distribute supplies. The county treasury Is rich In Its surplus, and there are an accumulation of appeals from hungry ramllles. Hundreds of these applications are more than two weeks old, The heads of the families were discouraged then and as a last resort appealed to the county foi aid. They have seen their wives and child ren grow weaker and colder, and no aid has come, no bread, no coal. These men are desperate now. The county agent is helpless to savcthesc famine stricken men, women and babies. He has relief on hand, but no way to distribute it because the commis sioners have tied his tiands, and are deaf to the cries of the hungry. A warning has been given that the de serving poor are becoming dangerous and that hunger Is likely to drive them to deeds in which their cry will be "bread." Men who cravn this warning know whereof they speak. They are gaunt hunger at its worst, the glassy eye of a strong man who hears tho cry of his wife and babies for bread and warmth and is power less to give It to them. The men tell an appalling story but nobody'on earth can tell of the misery as It exists In Chicago. Corbett's New Partner. Chicago, Jan. 22. Corbett, when he appears hero next week, will have a new and Interesting partner. He Is William Ruhlln, a 24-year-old giant, who is 7 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 250 pounds. His home 18 at Akron, O. He attracted Corbett's attention when walking the streets of Toledo. Ruhlln is a flrst-class wrestler and all-round athlete, and has been chosen as McVey'a assistant in the training of the Champion for his fight with Fitzslmmons. He Is now with Cor bett's company, and only occasionally takes light parts In the play. League Organizing. ' 2$W York, Jan. 22. The' Cribarr leaguo of the United States Is organ izing a branch league In every town or city In this country of 5,000 or more inhabitants. There are 750 of such towns and cities in the United States. The object of the league is to call forth expressions of the unani mous sentiment of the American people In favor of Cuban independ ence. An effort is also being made to secure the passage of resolutions in every state legislature demanding that such action should be taken by the government as will end the war in Cuba and insure the independence of the island. PiCTunEaCAUE.-Llttle Miss Fay, Tuesday, received the pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, as was promised In that letter rom Bryan, . tvi JOURNAL "X" RAYS. Directed Upon the Oregon Legislature and Lobby. And there was no bloodshed this morning when Davis took the chair. Mark Hanna may be postmaster general. He may be whatever ho likes. Hoar's opinion to Mitchell Is con curred In by all tho funding .bill sen ators. McKinley Mitchell's dnly speech so far: "Mr. Speaker, I 'second that nomination " Rev. White of Portland is the first colored man honored with such a place in many years. They also Immediately voted sixty copies of the codes and session laws and legislative Journals. Judge Williams and Judge Waldo are mon whose opinions arc nut for sale for a political purpose. Kincaid will furnish aio stamps, codes or other parphcmaliu ordered by the Benson faction. They have to pay their own way like other people. The swarm of applicants for lady clerks at Salem are not buzzards. They arc more nearly birds of Para dise. The first act of the 28 was to hire five useless employes, besides the full set elected. No limitation as to com pensation was adopted. How soon will Chas. W. Runaway Fulton Jump his present job? Will it last as long as his free silver candi dacy for the senate against Dolph ? , Who owns the Benson house ? C W. Pulton. Who owns Fulton ? The next minister to Italy. "Make way for Murphy" cried the speaker, and down the aisle strode the lucky man from Tolk, and was sworn In beside Rev. White (colored) of Port land. ; For members who have been clamor ing to get a chance to go to work, the Benson faction have taken a long ad journment over three days till Mon day afternoon. Dr. Driver, who among his stock of verstile qualities, has not a little horse .sense, this morqing "blessed" the Benson men roundly for giving up by adjournment. A Populist or Democrat who goes to the Salem Statesman for a certifi cate of his political Integrity always gets it. After he gets It lie generally goes and hangs himself. Senator Wolcott's mission to Eng land in the interests of bimetallism has produced one result. Lord Roths child has been drawn to declare: "Of course, we are strict monometal lists.? A doorkeeper for the gallery of tho house Is about as much needed as a superintendent of a pigeon-coop. The doors are always open and the people come and go at will. Dr. Lee of Polk county Is flooded with letters and petitions from his Democratic constituents sustaining his position in standing out against the Mitchell organization. The Bi metallic club at Monmouth has also passed resolutions endorsing his stand. They no sooner had their speaker well seated in the chair, voted them selves codes, etc., their officers and clerks elected, their pages, etc., ap pointed, their ten assistant sergcant- at-arms sworn In, than they took a rest for three days. Tho Benson peo ple are the people who wanted to go to work to passing remedial legisla tion. When Justice Moore went upon the speaker's stand Thursday to swear In the members of .the Benson faction, Speaker Dayisinformed him that this was an Illegal proceeding not recog nized by the temporary organization which was acting under the state constitution, Junge Moore replied: "I understand the situation and am not passing on the legality of the pro ceedings In any form." Ho had official notice by Speaker DaylB and recog nized his statement. Chickens plenty at Doty 'a market Court street. MITCHELLITES Playing for lwog fhe Senate. Mitchell Is Defeated in a Joint Co u?ntion of 90. -:o'- But Hopes to Make It -:o: Tho Oregon legislative deadlock contlunes. The proceedings of tho house as organized by the Benson fac tion are published below. The lawfol temporary organization of tho house under Speaker Dayls holds the fort. No communication between tho two houses has takon place, although the constitution requires that as soon as one house Is organized it shall notify- tucotherof the fact. The Benson fac tion have failed to notify tho senate. in the senate there was sparring for position at tho morning session. Tho Mltchellltes In the senate who want to recognize the Benson houso sparred against adjourn ment. Senator Patterson had made several motions to adourn but all were voted down, ne held a short oonferenco with President Simon and then went to the house to learn If it had anything to communicate. He returned Immediately with tho information that tho Benson houso had no message for the senate. Then the senate adjourned to next Monday afternoon. The nearest to a test vote In tho senate was taken upon motion of Calbreath (a Mitchell J to) and re sulted as follows: (Simon voting no, as ho had upon all previous motions); AYES. Bates, Calbreath, Carter, Mackay, Mlchell, Mulkcy, Patterson of Washington, Simon, Taylor, 10. NOES Daly.Drlyer, Dufur,Gowan, narmon, Hazeltlnc, Hobson, Holt, Hughes, Johnson, King, McClung, Patterson of Marlon, Price, Reed, Selling, Smith, Wade, 18. Absent: Brownell, Dawson, 2. The house has also adjourned until Monday. On the question of recog nizing the Benson house (organized on adyiso of Hoar, of Massachusetts,) or the regular temporary organization af ter It shall be perfected (on advice of Geo. H. Williams,) tho senate will be very close. It Is Senator Mitchell's plan to force the organization and his own election through recognition of the Benson faction. Backed by the federal patronage and the opinions of Hoar of Massachusetts and Thurston of Nebraska, he will now have until the senate meets Monday to secure a majority of the senate If he can. That the senate is not now disposed to recognize the Benson or Mitchell fac tion is plain, For that reuson they sent the 6enute no notice of organiza tion. They hope to secure that re cognition by Monday, in which event Senator Mitchell's twenty-eight fol lowers in tho house would sit In Joint convention and a majority would elect him, knowing that the others would not participate. As It now stands, Mitchell would not have votes enough In a joint convention of 00 members, but would have in a joint convention 58 members. This Is the plan of the Mltchellltes as It stands as developed to this hour. 8KNATK FItlDAY MOKNINO, The senate chamber lobby was well crowded with spectators long before the hour of opening, all anxious to learn how tho senate would receive the action of the rump house. Prayer by Rev. II. A. Denton. Reading of Journal dispensed with, courtesies or tuc senate were ex tended to ex-Senators Hatch, Vander burg and Chandler. Senator McQlung introduced a joint memorial, petitioning congress for completion of the NIcaraugua canal, nif ion iin in a Rump Legislature Senators Dawson and Mlchell pre sented anti-cigarette petitions. To committee on education. Petition No. 9, Mulkoy. for law for deduction of indebtedness. To com mittee on taxation. Petition 10 McClung, asking to havo west bouudury of Columbia county moved three miles cast. To committee on counties: Senate Joint resolution .1, Patterson of Washlngton,requlrlngUio governor to either sign or veto a bill when passed. All bills to become a law un less acted upon by tho governor within fivedays. To judiciary. DILLS INTRODUCED. 132, Wade, road by title only, to C8tuDU8ii maximum ireignt rates. 133. Mlchell, (bills by request) read by title for the relief of registered physicians and surgeons. ,134, Daly by title, to prevent pro duction and sale of unwholesome food. 135, King, by request, to provide for non-forfeiture of a life Insurance policy after two years. 130. Johnson, by title only, to amend bode, pacing as scssor of Linn county on a salary. JJ37. littscltino oy title only to re gulate tho practice of horseshoeing in comunlties having a population of 60, 000 or over. 138. Harmon, au act to protect sal mon and other food fishes In certain Oregon rivers. 139. Reed, to amend law to regulate receiving county and state tax by school districts 140. McClung.by title only.to amend law regulating compensation of county officers and deputing. 141. Hughes (by request) read by title, to define qualifications of elect ors at school elections, making all property holders, male or female, eli gible to vote. 142. Patterson, of Washington, by title, to amend section 2,320, of code. Patterson, of Marion, moved to ad journ, which upon division was lost. Calbrcuth moved adjournment until 2 p. m., Monday, upon a call of ayes and noes, motion was lost. Patterson again moved to adjourn, which upon division was lost. Patterson moved adjournment to 10 a. m. Saturday. Lost. Mulkoy moved adjournment. Lost. 143. Harmon, by request, to divide justice district No. 3 in Coos county, and establish another district. Price moved adjournment. Lost. Harmon moved adjournment to 3 o'clock, which was ruled out of order. Patterson of Marlon acted as a mes senger to ascertain if the house had any ousincss to rnport, anu upon re turning moved adjournment to 2:30 p. in. Monday. Carried by a rising vote. HOUSE FRIDAY FORENOON. Kpeaker Benson of the second organ ization called his houso to ordor at 10 a. m. Rollcull showed 32 members present. Salem ministers were invited to open session with prayer. Rev. Gran nlscamo forward and offered prayer. RCYAL The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated lor its pfreat leavening strength and purity. It makes your cakes, biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. ' ROVAl tAKIM The places of representatives II. L. Barkley, L. Bllyeu and W. S. U'Rcn on tho committee on credentials were declared vacant, speaker to appoint. Resolution to supply codes, session laws and legislative Journals to all members and chief clerks was offered. Somers moved that the books re main property of the state. Brown of Morrow was called to the chair. Bridges, Chapman, Hudson, Rlgby, GratKo and Mlsencr voted no ft. The ayes were: Brown, Conn, Crawford, Gurdane, Hnpuc, Hope, Huntington, Jennings, Lake, Langcll, Marsh, Merrill, Mitchell, Nosier, Palm, Smith, Somen), Stanley, Thomas, Thompson, Vaughn, Veness. Wagner, Speaker Benson, 24 Absent. David. The houso thus voted nn cxpcndl turo of about 8780 for codes and no ono knows what tho other 5 volumes each will cost. The total expense will be considerable over $1000 oven If tho books are not carried away as has been the custom. RESOLUTIONS. That sneaker and each member ou roll cull bo allowed to Introduco one bill. Adopted. Speclul committee of five to whom all resolutions be referred for recom mendations with lcavo to report at any time was voted down. That commltto of three bo ap pointed to arrange a schedule of wages for employes. Lake, Hunting' ton and Bridges wero named. Crawfoid moved that house adjourn to 11:30 a. in. Monday. Carried. Tho Joint resolution adopted by tho Benson house Thursday was not mes saged to tho senate this morning as It Is understood that a majority uf tho senate would not recognize it. When Speaker Benson left his desk this morning he carried tho gavel with him. Sustaining the Obstruction. Against Any Organization of the Houso, But for Reform. Tho members from Jackson county, whoaro holding out against any or ganization of the house, not ou a re form basis, received petitions from Medford and Jacksonville, today, signed by several hundred constitu ents, that reads as follows; "Tho undcrslgncd,votcrsof Jackson county and your constituents, earn estly and respestfully request you to stand firm In your determination not to allow an organization of the house, unless It organizes on a reform basis, and with posltlvo assurances of tho enactment of needed reforms. "In fact If the benevolent and' ponal Institutions of the state will not Buffer by a falluro to pass an appropriation bill, then we hopo that you do your utmost to prevent any organization of tho present legislature, and 16 1 tho swarm of buzzards, now collected In Salem Importuning the legislature for sinecures, bo sent h -mo without their prey. Stand firm for the people's and the taxpayer's rights." Jackson county people are not re spectful. They refer to the people clamoring to get on tho payrolls of the house as a "swarm of buzzards." Think of tho dear creatures hovering over tho desks of tho members us "buzzards." They arc nearer ungcls than anything else. :: 0 i: o PETITIONS ff?OVAVVaUlTI?fr III jdTlk'l llifij v KtWDtM CO., NIW VOHU. ,.A 4 & i l 4