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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. in n VOL., SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, I88. NO 55 gy;J fln gmJIISO That are strong and good, Imperial. $50.00 "Pacific" A Splendid Wheel We have others that will interest you, BUREN & HAMILTON 298 and 300 Commercial st Count On This ! Prices sliall be at least as low here as anywhere else in town. How much ower they may be depends. Holding up here and there a bargain article is one thing, keeping an entire stock of clothing of the highest level of qual ity and assortment, and the lower leyel of prices is another. Men's Business Suits. $5, $6, $7,50, $8, $10, $12,50, $15, We bought the suits in large quanities. We positively offer them for 25 per cent less money than other dealers. This fact simply makes competition an impossibility, you neyer saw such good sultsjfor so little money. Come in and we will show them to yju. G. W. JOHNSON L CO. w cnristmasisover! But we arc going to commence the New Year again with offering you low prices for groceries. Salem Special, patronize home industry only ., 90 Aumsville Flour 05 New Pickles, per qt 10 Arbuckle and Lion Coffee, per pk , 15 liest Mocha and Java Coffee, per lb ..., 35 Good Mocha and Java coffee per lb 30 lOlbsLard 85 51bsLard , " Chocolate, per lb ' 25 lOlbs. U. Wheat 35 lOlbs Corn Meal - 25 Try our iio Cream Oats for mush. HARRIETT L LAWRENCE Old P, O Gorner Our men's vici kid tan shoes at $2,50 is a snap, as other dealers ask $3,50 for one not as good, see us, for bargains in shoes. Krausse Bros. 275 Commercial st, 6U6I6S.... $35.00 A Problem for Builders is not only the actual liguring of the size of tilings,- It is also where and how to get the Best value for the Least money. We have the most complete and varied assortment of Builders' Material, Tools, etc. for the least money, quality considered, CRAY BROS, The Maine Enquiry The World Anxious for a Decision, Each Day Brings Fresh Evidence of Spanish Treachery. Washington, March 15. A week's negotiations closed today by the tri umphant purchase by the navy de partment, lu iLondon, of two fine cruisers built and building, at Else wlckfor the Brazilllan government. Possibly the olllcials took .-more pleas ure In closing the business In this matter because of the knowledge that Spanish agents liad been striving to secure these very ships, and that to Spain, it is said, they would bo of much greater value In case of trouble than to the United States. The next question Is how to get the ships home and that has not yet been settled, according to the secretary of the navy.The United States flag will be oyer the new ships within a week, probably, and just as soon as the crew can be put aboard the Amazonian she will start for the United States. The other vessel will follow at the earliest possible moment. The terms of the sale are secret. One of the ships is complete in eyery respect, has her coal supply and ammunition on board and steam can be raised at any time. Tlierc will be no trouble bringing this ship across as an adequate force from the local yards can be secured for the service. It Is said coal and ammuni tion on board passed with the sale to the United States. The ammunition Is not of the kind in use by the Amer ican navy, so that the supply of am. munition is a necessary adjunct to new ships. The other ship has been launched, but it will take some time to make her ready for sea, A dangerous deficiency In the en gineering brancli of the navy depart ment lias been brought to light, strik ingly in the fact, that it is scarcely possible to secure a staC of engineer officers to bring back to the United States any of the ships purchased abroad. Sailed From Lisbon, London, Maroh 15. A special from Cadiz announces that the Spanish squadron has sailed from that port. It is understood the warships are go ing to Porto Rice, where they will await the orders of Captain-General Blanco. Enthusiastic crowds gath ered there to bid farewell to the Span ish war vessels, The departure of the United States warships Helena and Bancroft from Lisbon may possi bly be connected with the seemingly simultuncousdeparture of theSpanlsh squadron from Cadiz, which Is sit uated on the southwestern coast of Spain, Rumors have It that the Ban croft and Helena may follow the Span ish ships across the Atlantic. New York, March 15. A Tribune dispatch from Havana says: Captain Sampson and his associates, by prolonging the Maine investiga tion for weeks might find much further cumulative evidence of an external explosion. The compara tively narrow space in which the divers arc now working continues to furnish proofs of an explosion from without, but this leading fact was established two weeks ago. The clearing away of the debris added little to the knowledge first obtained. The belief that the Maine was blown up by a torpedo is he'd by ex perts who have watched the progress of the Inquiry. This brings the naval court to the most difficult part of its task. Under Admiral Sicard's in. 'Structions the board Is to report what persons, not connected with the navy, are responsible far the loss of the Maine. With what is conclusive evidence to the minds of the members that the loss was due to foul play, they are still without conclusive proof DON'T I" Be deceived by the selling out at cost schemes all over the city, but go to -hiTHE FAIR STORE and supply your wants in everything, at the lowest racket prices, Everything bought and sold for spot cash enables us to sell very low, Remember we carry most anything you need, The Fair has the best goods for the least money, O. F. DABNBY, Proprietor. 274 Commercial st, Salem. of the identity of the conspirators, That the explosion was not the work of a single fanatic is well established. Beyond this tho board may not be able to go, beciuso the co-operation of the Spanish government cannot be had so long a9 Spain holds to the theory of accident. olnce Captain Peral, the president of the Spanish board, gave out his In terview that Is accepted as the Span ish official view, no help can be ex pected from the authorities In dis covering the conspirators, while they aro claiming that there could have bccn.no conspiracy, because the Maine explosion was due to a mysterious accident, An analysis of CaptalnPeral's theory need not be glyen here. It Is enough that ir his scheme of raising the hull by means of tho floating dock were feasible, months would pass before the ilnal report could be made. The mud at the bottom lias not prevented the American divers from making an ex amination of portions of the wreck which the Doard tuoui(ht necessary, The perfunctory labor of the Span ish divers have prevented them from finding uncxploded ammunition in parts of tho ship which an internal explosion could have hardly left In tact. They uayc also discovered that the turret wa9 blown from port to starboard along with other incidental evidences of an external explosion. Nevertheless no admission of the possibility of foul play will come from the Spanish board. Tho matter as now presented is that the American court, while probably not feeling justlticd in attributing suspicion as to the parties to the conspiracy, has sifted the evidence which Its members are read to submit to tho world In support of the claim that the Maine was destroyed by foul play. When that evidence shall be made public can bo judged better in Washington than Havana. Result of the Inquiry, St. Paul, Marrh 14. The Globe's Washington Special says: The prasldent and his Cabinet know ofliclally the result of the Maine In quiry. They are prepared to act. They .have cenvasscd' the course of events so far as they can forsee them and have formulated a policy to meet the emergency. Along its lines tho administration expects to moAO unless It is swept off its feet by a wave of popular dissatisfaction. The Globe's special correspondent is able to pres ent the forecast of events as vlowed by the president and his cabinet. It can be outlined thus:- One The court of Inquiry will re port that the explosion was external. Two Tho president will immedi ately, through Minister Woodford de mand from Spain an Indemnity of $10,000,000. Three Spain is expected to reply expressing her willingness to pay if she Is responsible, but maintaing that her own investigation shows that tho explosion was Internal and purely ac cidental. She will therefore suggest reference to an International board of arbitration. Four In such au event the admin istration would be disposed to comply with tho suggestion unless there Is an emeute in Havana of an irresistible demand for war sweeps through con gress. Five If congress acquiesces in the suggestion, the attempt will be made to adjourn tho body and leave tho whole matter In the president's hands. Six It Is expected that a largo ma jority of congressmen will claim that such a matter of lionorcannot be arbi trated. It is further expected that the leaders of bpth houses, Including Senator Dayls, of Minnesota, will favor arbitration. St. Patrick Shamrocks at Wlilte Corner tomorrow free. Tho To Cure a Cold in One Hay Take Laxative Bromo Qulolne tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fall a to cure. 25c. 10-14 Cm St. Patrick Shamrocks at White Corner tomorrow--free. The TO CO-OPERATE. Thty Will Jointly Resist the EnCraoch ments of Russia, New York, March 15. dispatch to the Herald from Toklo says: The Herald correspondent learns on unquestionable authority that Japan is a party to the negotiations now go ingon between England and Russia at St. Peterturg, and that while no alliance exists between England and Japan, they have a detlnato under standing and are acting in harmony. A high diplomatic ollicial said: "Yuu may say positively that Japan will back up England against Russia, and If England maintains a firm at titude, all immediate danger of war is passed, unless Russia is resolved to light at once. In view of England's great superiority at sea and her pos session of all the available coal in tho Eastern ports, Russia will probably take a conciliatory tone for the pres ent." The Herald correspondent visited Marquis Ito today, and asked him whether the Japanese government would sell the cruisers Chltnsc and Sakagi to America. The matquis hesitated a moment, and replied. "I will make inquiries of my nava I colleagues, but I think I may say that Japan prefers to get possession of all the ships building for her as soon as possible. Orders have already been made to bring tho ships to Japan, and tho builders have beem requested to hasten thoir completion. After a pause, tho marquis contin ued slowly and impressively: "Tho newsot the last few days In dicates a critical state of affairs else where than on tho western continent, and wc consider it only prudent to contlnuo our provisions for the na tional defense. I hope the people of tho United States will not take of fense at Japan's unwillingness to part with these cruisers. I have al ways appreciated their kindly feel ings for Japan. The United States is a nation above all others where public sentiment absolutely controls the national policy, and for that reason I wish to have tho people thore understand that Japan retains the ships not from a lack of willingness to oblige tho United States, but be cause she needs them herself." "In case of war between tho United States and Spain, your excellency," the correspondent asked, " HI Japan allow tho warships of both belligerents to take coal at Japaneese ports, or re fuse it both?" "What opens a long vista of possi bilities," he replied. "Some authori ties contend that coal and even pro vision should bo contraband of war, as both are necessary to maintain hostilities at sea. Whenever' war is declared between two or more powers, Japan, if neutral, will bear in mind In deciding tho coal question the manner In which her decision will effect all the belligerents and her own Interests." Tho Herald correspondent learns that Japan has received a cable offer from -England for all the warahlps building for her In England private yards, consisting of three 15,000-ton battle-ships and three first-class armored cruisers of about 10,000 ton each. Tho offer has been refused. Will Rescue Andree. New York, March 15. According to advice from Paris, tho largest and best equipped baloon ever constructed is being made ready for a Journey to the north pole and the rescue of An dree. It will bo In charge of thefam ous French aeronauts, Louis Godard and Edouard Surcuuf. Tho most original feature of this balloon will be a system of 10 small re servoir balloons. It will be larger thau that used by Andres and will bo called La Erancc. It will bo capable of remaining CO days In the air. The party will consist of seven per&ons, these will be made up of the chiefs of the expeditions, three aeronauts, one meteorologist, one explorer and one physician, Louis Godard will be chlef Edouard Surcouf its first aeronaut and M. Codt second aeronaut, M. God ard has the following to say: " T hollovrt AnrlrfA Hvpr. nnrl m:iv lm In need of help. That he has not been heard from for six months does not dibhearten me, and the example set by the worthy son of the Intrepid Vikings should spur us to action. Ills provis ions in tho balloon probab'.y became exhausted, and if we can avert it, the crime of allowing this heroic man to endure the torturing hell of a linger ing dcatli by slow starvation must not occur. ' Tho baloon ,1 mean to use for this expedition will bo stronger and bigger than Andree's. Wo will goto Spltzcn bcrgen by seajthen we shall religiously investigate every foothold in the firm hope of finding our Scandinavian brother, In our search wo mean to pay particular attention to tho coast of Greenland and to Franz Josef Land.'' For Sale San Francisco, March 15. The Ex amlncr says that a remarkable Incl dent has developed In th case of Al bert Hoff, the aged Russian who Is on trial for the murder of Mrs. Mary Clutc. Two attnrnays of this city, D. W. Mcintosh and Edgar B. Haytuond, are trying to sell an alleged confession of the man who is on trial. Tho law yers insist that they are acting as agents for Iloff. They declare that the prisoner will take nothing less than $2000 for his self-accusation. Tho confession, it is reported, was made to Mcintosh, who is now defend ing Hoff in court, It is characterized as an unqualified, ollgraphlc confess ion of not more than 300 words of the murderer of Mrs. Clute. Hoff denies with alt tho vehemenco lie can command that ho has ever made a confession or ever intends to do so. Clackamas Ami-tfrownell. Oregon City, March 15. There was an exciting contest over the school election yesterday. The can didates wcro E E. Charman, a prom inent business man and heavy tax pay er, and P. F. Grlfflnh, a young lawyer and non-taxpayer. Out of 330 votes polled Mr. Charman recolvce a ma jority of 00. MrS. M. McCown was re-rclected cli'rk by a majority of 240 over G. W. Spoko. it Is a victory for the better element of the city, and rroni a political standpoint is de cidedly antl-Browncll. The Sliver Democrats, Silver Re publican' nd Populists will all hold their county conventions next Satur day. It Is probable that tho Demo crats and Silver Republicans will not make any nominations, although they may endorso a man or two to be nom inated by the Populists. MR. KINCAID'a POSITION. Portland Orcgonlan, March 14: While it is known that Harrison R. Kincald, secretary of state, would llko to receive a second nomination, and be re-elected to tho office he now fills, it Is by nc means certain that he will al low his name to be presented before the Republican state convention. Mr Kincald makes no secret of tho fact that ho Is In favor of free silver, and in discussing the matter of his being renominated ho Is entirely frank. He says: , "I am as good a Republican as when I was elected four years ago, I am not a candldato for ro-electlon, if in becoming so I have to go about her alding the fact and Importuning men to support me. As secretary of state I have sought to do my full duty, and I am not ashamed of the record I have made as such. I should bo pleased to have tho precedent existing during tho past 32 years, of ro-electlng the secretary of state, continued. I make no secret of my views regard ing tho money question, and will not lie about them to get elected. It at the Republican stato convention at Astoria a gold-standard plank Is put in tho platform, and the nominees of that convention have to pledge them selves to stand thereon, 1 will not do It; I will not agree to anything of the kind. Should I be asked who I voted for In tho nrcsldcntlal cam paign, I would tell them It was none of their business." New and Attractive Features Turquoise Dotted Veilingx'Thc newest yciling out in white and black grounds, 25c and 35c, New BeltsSome striking new novelties shown in this line, Qualities 10c to 75c j we show a fine kid belt, leather covered buckle for 15c, DR ESS GOOD $1,00 Qualities, $1-25 Qualities, $1,50 Qualities, Ribbons t t j Newest Plaids, Newest Stripes, 10c to 75c. Moire sashes i Fringed) three yards in length, the latest... $2,5, Trimmings t Newest designs, Newest colorings, Newest collection, 5c to $5, Cerise and Cornflower waists, ; t The very swell novelties, just received, JOSEPH MEYERS & SONS. 278280 TELEPHONE NO, 3. The Royal is the htgheit grade baking powder kaown. Actaal taats bow it gses one- third fartfcer than any other broad. mi POWDER Absolutely Pure koyi unaa Power CO., ntw vonx. THAT STAG SOCIAL. Valley Lodge No., iS Royally Enter tain. Every one who attended Valley Lodge No., IS, last evening, to enjoy the pleasure of their social, was mure Mian pleased, and it exempli lied tho truo brotherly love among men to see those of all stations rub against one another. Tho "stag social" is a new feature in Salem, -and tho breathcrn seemed to enjoy themselves Immensely, almost as If they had never been alone with each other before. An cxtcnslvo program was1 carried out. Many nicnibers from Protection No. 2 were present to help tnako merry and participate In the "hot timo" that wns in store for all. W. T. Rlgdon gaye a short but in teresting opening address, which was listened to with much interest. A short recitation by Jack West caused much merriment after which Grand Master S. A. McFadden addressed tho company on the good of the order, which was well received, and ho clearly bhowed that tho A O. U, W. had passed that critical period which tho fraternal orders of the world have alway feared. He showed that the secret of it all was tho classified as sessment plan, There were some very fine speechoi from visiting members, and Albany and tho Santlam wcro represented. In all this "Stag Social" was a highly enjoyably affair. At tho proper hour a splendid lunch was served with coffee, after which all partook of the pipe of pcaco and be tween the red hot toasts tho air was bluo. At a late hour all departed homo not regretting having attended Valley Lodge's "Stag Social." On Crotches, By reason of a so vertfspraltl to tho left knee, Miss Charlotte Hcllenbrand, stenographer for tho local street railway company, Is obliged to appear on crutches, 500 Shamrocks expected at Tho White Corner tomorrow free. A MULTITUDB OP FAULTS Arc found by almost everybody against ' nearly ovcry-thlng but wo have never seen tho person who found fault with one of our 15 cent meals having par taken of one. They aro record-breakers. George Bios, i Your Estimation Of a good cigar Is qulto valuable to tho sale of that brand. Try "Our Champion" A. Huckestoln's leading 5 cent cigar and you will smoko nono other, Or. Miles' Nerro Plasters 26c. atall druggists. Special Lines, Special Prices 'C 3L.oa. l.SO. New Gordon hats i i ; Warranted and recom mended by us, the best hat in Salem $3,00 H, S, M, Clothingi j Every suit guaranteed a big new line just opened, Suits, cracka'jacks at $5, $8,50, $10, Pants sale t t Slaughter going on in this line, Big reductions, Commercial st,, corner Court st ,ft S iiiiiiihmi. iinii jij"( iiHWttiHiii' m ! I I 1