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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. I VOL, h. SALEM, OREGOH, WEDNESDAY, 'FEBRUARY 23, 188. NO. 41 Hats and Shoes AT NEW YORK RACKET We offer a PUR ranging from $1 to $1.75, splendid hat at $1.35, Also wool hats and neat golf caps for men and boys. Excellent STAR 5 STAR fine shoes at 51,70, 52,20, 52,35, $2,70 to $3,25 for a very fine box calf shoe also men's heavy shoes, Good stylish, all wool clay worsted black suits at $7,50, $8,15, 9,40, 10 to $11,90 for a very fine suit, Men's and boys' all wool and wool mixed suits at very low prices, boys' from $1 to $5,65 Men's suits from $3.75 $13 for our fine all wool suits, Call and examine these goods and prices, We can save you money, B. T. BARNES. Make Room and Get Money, "Kill Two Birds With One Stone." We havn too many woods for this season of the year and net enough money. Therefore In order to reverse the condition of things we propose to g've you the profit on our goods for cash only. So come along and we will show you what a clearance sale means. We will demonstrate the fact to you beyond a doubt that you can buy CLOTHINC Or Men's Furnishing Goods cheaper of us for the next few weeks than you ever bought them before in your life. Try us and see that we are telling you the truth. !G. W. JOHNSON & CO. i -:e: One week more only and the stock of the Palace Dry Goods and Shoe Co. will be all sold Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at private sale then comes three days of auction to finish, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, Auction morning, afternoon and night, Some fine things left yet to be sold at forced sale Do not miss the last week, BUGENB WILLIS S, FRIEDMAN, Ajctioneer, WWT! NWWWNRJI n L 7 j l. I . ' z THE fine line of 1 We Aim to Please, We have just received th3 most artistic, best constructed and . eas'est acting lino of builders' hardware ever brought to Salem direct from the Yale . Towne Manufacturing Co, This lino Inclnrlpa lrv-!ra cnsli HATS '' lifts etc., and the Yale Burglar rrool bash Locki vine strongest ana saiesi sasn fastener made. UKAX BKUS, Divers Hard at Work. Slow Progrtss-The Court at Ha vanaMore Bodies Found. Contract Let to Float the Maine to New York. t. '1 Havana, Feb. 23. Consul-General Lee and members of theUnitcd States court of inquiry on the loss of the bat tleship Maine called upon Captain General Blanco and Admiral Slante rola. When these ceremonies were ended the court returned to the United States lighthouse tender Man grove and resumed its session. The divers says the majority of the bodies left in the Maine are those of the fire men, and many of them were 'multi lated in the struggle for life, which the divers say must have been fearful It Is announced that 1G00 Spanish regular troops arrived at Santiago de Cuba Saturday. The military commander of Guana bacoa has ordered a suspension of pub lie festivities as a mark of respect to the Maine's dead. More Bodies Taken Out. The navy department received a dispatch from Captain Slgsbce that fourteen more bodies had been re covered from the wreck of the Maine. All the rcmalnB were unidentified. It is not thought that any bodies will be ldentilled hereafter unless by the clothing, Aside from the effect of the long submersion, the men still missing were nearly all directly under the main deck, whiohiwas blown up and the tremendous force of the ex plosion probably blotted scores of them out of existence entlrly, To Raise the Maine. New York, Feb. 23. The Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company have signed contracts with the government to raise the battle ship Maine. Their most powerfnl tug, the Monarch, now at New York, will proceed at once to Ilavana. The Monarch will be followed by other tugs, and the work will be begun as soon as possible. Two expert divers with all necessary appliances will ac company the Monarch. The tug Right Ann will proceed at once from Key West with three divers and the wreckers' underwriters. The mamoth tug Monarch will follow with an equipment of 100 men. The terms of the contract provide for the payment of the sum of $871 a day for the regular plant and the ad ditional payment of $500 per day for the use of the Monarch, while the latter is actually employed. An express provision Is made, that the government may terminate the contract at any moment. It is also provided that the compensation shall not exceed the sum of money ($200,000) appropriated by congress for this pur pose, in the recent resolution passed. It Is also provided that if the com panies should succeed in raising the Maine and towing her to New York they shall receive a bonus of $100,000. In view of the large first cost of the Maine, estimated at $5,000,000 and the national desire that she be raised, as evidenced by the prompt and unani mous action of congress upon the joint resolution, Secretary Long believes that he is justified in making the above terms with the wreckers, though at first thought the per diem compensation is large. It must be borne in mind, however, he said, that It will constitute the largest wrecking expedition oyer equipped in this coun try. Moreover, the wreckers express a willingness to go to work in the usual i way that they serve under writers, namely, to do the wrecking and then take the award of the board of arbitration. This plan, how ever, was not open to the government, which is compelled by law to fix the exact terms in advance. Here Is Evidence, An important discovery was made in the Maine investigation. Divers brought up a powdor case for a 10 inch gun, which they took from that part of the battleship which was de stroyed by the explosion and in which the Maine gunpowder magazine is sit uated. The gunpowder discovered was In a bag, and the bag was contained in a copper case. The case was entirely closed, but had an exterior mark as if some hard obj ect hud struck It on the outside; but, within, the gunpowder Is absolutely Intact. As the case was in a forward maga zine, this discovery isconclusive proof as to whether or not the magazine ex ploded, and It is the general belief that it did not explode; at least, the important part of It remains intact. Neither divcrp nor any one having official connection with the investiga tion Is willing to say whether r not the magazine exploded. Any positive declaration about the matter at this time would bo foolishly premature. Yet the copper case with its powder bag Intact speaks for itself. The case was tanen from the Maine to the Fern and put in the gunpowder magazine of the revenue cutter. Your correspondent saw it. Divers failed today to place tho electric light apparatus inside tho Maine, as the wire obtainable in Ilavana is worthless for that purpose. Tho work of the divers Is progress ing very slowly on account of paucity of material. The wrecking tug Neptune is eagerly expected from Key West. She wl',1 bring all necessary apparatus to ralso the big guns and esDeclally to clear away many, largo objects and iron pieces which are hampering the divers. Spanish Inquiry. New York, Feb. 23. A dispatch to tho World from Madrid says the Spanish admiral commanding Hayana telegraphed that the Spanisli official investigation into tho catastrophe to the Maine has terminated, and that the first examination mado by olllcial divers lias shown up to the present that the disaster was accidental, and not produced by any exterior cause. Advised to Leave Havana, N ew York, Feb.23. The Herald's Ilavana special sys that Americans have been advised by General Lee to send their families out of Ilavana, as tnc volunteers are anti-American and anti-autonomy, and have been in spired to create trouble Incase the Maine Inquiry proves that the datas trophe was due to design. Tragedy. Boston Feb.23. There Is scarcely doubt the British ship Asia, bound from Manilla for this port, wa wrecked near Nantucket during the gales of tho past few days, and that her entire crow of twenty men has perished. This conclusion is not only borne out by wreckage, consisting of the stern of a boat, yards and other material, which were cast ashore at Montgomory, but Captain Ilaley, of this city, telephones from Woodhull, that while the tugboat E. V. Mc Cauley, was steaming out to tho barge Excelsior, whlchlles sunk on Hand kerchief shoal, ho saw positive evi dence of a large, square rigged vessel and recovered two bodlea from a portion of the dismantled hull. Portland Murder. Portland, Or., Feb. 23. Elmer Rountrec. a coloicdplano player, in the Richelieu saloon, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by Frank Cooper, the colored proprietor of the same saloon, Rountrec threatened to chastise Cooper and followed him into the rear saloon. After repeated warn ings to Rouotree to keep away from him Cooper drew his revolver and shot him in the abdomen. Rountrce died soon after being taken to tho hospital. Cooper walked to the police soatlon and gave himself up. Ignatius Weds. Minneapolis, Feb. 23. The mar riage of Miss Marlon Olive Hanson and Ignatius Donnelley was solem nized at high -noon, with pomp and ceremony. The church was filled, and a vast crowd gathered outside to catch a glimpse of the pretty young bride and the distinguished groom. The ceremony took place in the Nor wegian Methodist church. Big Order, New Haven Conn., Feb. 23 The American Ordnance Company, of Bridgeport, Conn., has received by telegraph froai its vice-president at Washington an order for 40 rapid firing six-pounder notchklss guns. The order Is for quick delivery and the guns will all be delivered in about three month. The ordinance company says It does not attach aoy significance to the order, Kan Into the Dock. Havre, Feb. 23. The British ship Andreta, from Portland, Or., via Quecnstown, struck the dock entrance badly damaging lie bows, and it Is solely owing to tier water-tight bulks that she keeps afloat. Not Troubled Now, "From ray childhood I have been in poor health. When I was 10 years old I had salt rheum on one of my hands. I got a bottle of Hood's Sar saparilla and before I had taken all my hand was well. I have never been troubled with salt rheum since." Mrs. Bertha Reio, Baker City, Oregon, nood's PI1U are easy to take. Cure Indigestion, headache. Criminal News. The Confession of a Thief Solves a Bier Mystiy, Daring Robbery on the Santa Fe Clew to the Bandits. Chicago, Feb. 23. Tho mystery surrounding tho robbery of the Texcs & Southern railroad ticket otllccs at Phoenix, Ariz.,. a month -ago, at which time $8000 worth of tickets and $700 in money were taken, was solved today by tho arrest and con. fesslon of Charles Collins. Collins Im plicated J. W. Waterman, who is also under arrest. Tho robbery was a peculiarly daring one. The ticket office In tho htartof the city was entered about midnight and the safe and a strong box of tho company were wrecked with dynamite. So great was the force of tho explosion that one side of the depot was completely wrecked, but before tho police arrived the robbers had escaped. They were traced to Chicago where they were arrested. Murder. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 22. An excit ing acconnt has been telegraphed of a daring robbery committee on the Santa Fe railroad. It appears as though the passengers in the sleeping car were aroused in the middle of the night to answer tho Importunate de mand of "Your money or your life 1" The money was forthcoming at once, and estimates made show that the robbers managed to get away with about $2000 worth of valuables. The railroad dectlves are sure that they have a clue and they state that it will not be long before they have the dur ing highwaymen under arrest. Lynchers in Trouble. Indianapolis, Feb, 23. After months of waiting for the local au thorities of Ripley county to Indict the men who lynched Clifford Gordon, Lyle Levy, Bert Andrews, William Jenkins and Heury Schuttor, at Ver sailles, in September, the state today began tho work itself: Arrests will be made as fast as tho accused can bo tried. O. II. Hughes, superintendent of the county Iniirmary, has been ar rested upon information sworn to by Governor Mount. While the state Is expected to show that he was in the mob and therefore guilty of murder ing the live prisoners, the warrant charges him with the murder of Henry Schutcr. Another warrant lias been sworn out for the arrest of Archibald Wright, against whose life an attempt wa3 made 10 days ago. He left soon after and is supposed to be in Chicago. It If believed that he has agreed to turn state's evidence. Postmaster and His Child Killed Charleston, o. C, Feb. 22. A special from Lake City, fj. C Says: Postuias:er Baker, a negro, and his child were -shot to death and their bodies cremated. It is said that a mob numbering several hundred- sur rounded Baker's house, where tho postofficeis kept, set fire to the build ing and opened with their guns upon it. Baker was killed and his wife, his two daughters and one son worn ser iously wounded, The woman had a baby in her arms, and she said that tho ball that passed through her arm passed through tho baby, killing it, and it fell to the ground. Tho house was then fired and ttioso who were able to run ran out, but the cremated bodies of Baker and his child were found in the ruins yesterday morning. All tho wounded are maimed for life. The two girls may lose their arms. All of the mail matter was totally destroyed. There Is no clew to the composition of the mob. About 1 o'clock the mob sneaked to the postmaster's cabin, which was also used for the postofflce, and fired It. The crackling flames aroused tho family, which rushed out. Immed iately a volley of lead poured into the cabin. Baker was among the first to fall dead. Ills wife, who was holding a young baby to her breast, had a rifle ball pass through her hand. It after ward burled Itself In the child, killing it Instantly. Two daughters and a small son were shot, but they may live. The mother was seriously wounded. Betoro the shooting ceased, the building was covered with flames, and the bodies of Baker and his child could not be dragged out. In the morning they were found charred almost beyond recognition. The injured children fled for safety, but they were not lntcrf erred with after the murder. All mall in the ostofflce was destroyed. It Is claimed that Baker was neyer a resident of tho town and that he was lazy, ignorant and insultlngj-to lady patrons at tho postofflce. Petitions were sent to the postmaster-general to have the man re moved, but nothing was over done about it. Tho petition was signed by 200 business men of Lake City. The murder has been reported to the authorities in Washington. Baker was appointed postmaster three months ago. Lake City has 500 inhabitants. Tho negro population in that vicinity is large. After the first assault three months ago, Baker moved his family Into the house on the outskirts of town, whero ho established hlspostofllcc. Tillman and McLaughlin, and Con gressman Norton had asked the postmaster-general to remove Baker be cause of his color, but the request was refused. All mall matter was destroyed. The coroner's Jury which was impanelled, viewed the charred remains, then It adjourned till Saturday. War Preparations in Pennsylvania. Piuladelpaia, Feb. 23. Mnjor General Snowden, commander of the national guard of Pennsylvania, has Issued general orders to every ofllcei In the state to recruit his cotusrand up to the full quota required by law. Tho orders were lsued five duys ago with Instrucnionsthut they kept a profound secret. The ofllcers wcro in structed to have their meD ready to march fully armed and equipped at 24 hours' notice. Assignee's Sale. An opportunity to buy tho eld, established business of E. F. Osburn Stock of general merchandise. I am offering this entire stock of good in one lot. If you anticipate going into business, this is your opportunity. Come aud examine this stock, and make me a bid, by tho 1st of March, 1803. Jefferson Meyers, Assignee for E. F. Osburn. 2-18-d & w. What pleasure is there in life with a headache, constipation and bilious ness? Thousands experience them v ho could become perfectly healthy by using Do Witt's Little Earlv Ris ers, tho famous little pills. Stone's Drug Store. Dreadfully Nervous. Gents:. I was dreadfully nervou and for for relief took your Karl's Clover Root Tea. It quieted my nerves and strengthene my whole Nervous System. I was troubled with Constipation, Kidney and Bowel trouble. Your Tea soon cleansed my system so thor oughly that I rapidly regained health and strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet. Hartford, Conn Sold by D. J. Fry. Ue Not Deceivedl A Coujh, Ilorseness or Croup aro not to be trifled with, A dose in Iome ofShilo's Cum will save vnu much trouble. Sold by D. T. Fry. No. 19. Boys Stocking. Guaranteed to outwear any other stocking in the market a full Op line of sizes Just received. Price.. .V New Our store is Just nrw budding from the foremost NEW dress goods. NEW silks. NEW wash goods. NEW ribbons. NEW laces. NEW embroideries. NEW skirts. NEW outings. NEW hosiery. NEW linens. NEW waists. NEW collars and cuffs, NEW tics. NEW white goods. W, B. Corsets The pink of perfection Threo newest shapes in tho short corset just received, JOSEPH MEYERS & SONS. 278280 TELEPHONE NO, J. Tha Royal U the highest grade baking powder kaoira. Actael teata ehow it goea oaa- tMfd farther than any other brand. 'fir POWDER AkiBluteh Pure royal tuana rewocn CO., new ironic INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA. Leading Autonomists Said to Be Ne gotiating for It. Madrid, Feb. 23. A gloomy tono pervades political circles on the re port of a split in the Cuban ministry. The autonomists, Sonar Gubcru and Senor Amblard are, it is believed, really treating with tho Insurgents In the direction of Independence for Cuba. Senor Govln, the Cuban secre tary of tho interior, Is accused of treason by tho Imparcial, which pub lishes a facsimile of a letter from Senor Govln to a friend, in which tho former says: "How could you think that Sagas ta, a man inferior to Canovas.aud liberal only In namc.has inspired my uttitudo and not my Ideas and sentiments as a Cuban? McKlnley, as well as Cuba, will determine whether I am a Span iard. Long live our country -and liberty 1" The Imparcial adds that It pre dicted a weak ministry in Cuba, and warned Senor Morct, tho Spanish colonial minister, of what was likely to bo tho outcome of his autonomy charge, STATE NEWS. It Is now acting collector Fox, since Monday morning at Astoria. Farmers Institutes are being held in the Grande Rondo Valley. A large band of elks were seen ut Wllber, about 70 in number. William Riley, of Baker City, rup tured a small artery In his left leg last Saturday, and lost th-eo or four quarts of blood before uurgical aid was secured. M. B. -Bclicu, an old Coos county Elonccr, died ut the homo of his son, i. D, Bellcu, at Enchanted prairlo, nn the 13th Inst., at the ago of 85 years. J. B. Stowcll.a pioneer of 1851, died at his homo in Eugene Sunday oven log, aged 71 years. Stop that cough. Take warning. It may lead to consumption. A 3$c., bottle of Shlloh's Cure may save'yov- ' fe. Sold by D- J- Fry. ts&Vs Quadruple Knee. Reinforced Toes, Heel and Instep, Good forth with the newest creations lincsiof the world. Your choice of soma lata 39 Qf nobby and up-to-dato nfuria, dcu center winuow. A vnrv low nrlcn nlncfttl 95 Qf on somo $1.25 and $1.60 I'lUllUIOli 011111,3 HI U1U5U out. See center window. pairs for Why pay more ? Those full fash ioned seamless socks. KlondikeEr Samples of Mackinaw clothing -special orders taken. Save 20 percent. 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