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4.p.9 J' ',;, .iMipL"1"1""' J wr .-amaaffaau,,, iaan i j.aajr u pp "SfflWffflF'Blt -- TfnBjw W) "V Tar- frW wwaHvnfiSlJpP f c - DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SAIiEM. OREGON. FRIDAY, aLARCH IS, 1898 20 57 VOLw Reduce Your Shoe Bill By Dealing With the NEW YORK RACKET 5 Shoes Have Been Thoroughly Tested The enormous increase in our sales indicate that ou goods are right and our prices below all competition. Hosiery of Every Description Hats, shirts and clothing In Great Stylish Bi6U6l6S.... That are strong and good, Imperial Highest Grade, "Pacific" AtSplendid Wheel We have others that will interest you, BUREN & HAMILTON 298 and 300Commercial st, Count On This ! Prices shall 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 largo quanltles. 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 &. CO. w:e sell IP lull Gauss' Sheafs and Scissors, s J J Warranted axes, lery, tin, granite BROWN Variety. $50.00 $35-oo A Problem for Builders is not only the actual figuring 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, GRAY BROS, sjupenot i Stoves and Ranges. saws, wedges pocket and table and aluminum ware. cut- St SMITH Hotter Than Ever. Hostilities May Begin Very Soon. ' Italy as a Peacemaker BuctherWeyler's Plm. Havana, March 18. The war feel ing is very intense and people here be lieve that hostilities between the United States and Spain may begin at any moment. TIir banquet given at the palace by Blanco, in honor of the officers of the Spanish navy now in Havana, had great political significance. It was remarkable that the only representa tive of a foreign government present wasSenor Vazquez, a consul of Mex ico. The consuls of England, France, Germaoy, Italy, Russia and Austria sent excuses. Consul-General Lee said: "I consider the situation serious, but not alarming, and am sorry to see that the public, hero believes in the imminence of war: I hope all pend ing questions between the two coun tries will reach an honorable solution without resource to war.". La Union and the Constitutional both say, editorially, that war appears to be imminent. Italy as a Peacemaker. London, March 18. It Is believed that Italy has decided to play the role of peacemaker between the United States and Spain. The Italian ambassador sounded the yiews of Great Britain in an interview with the secretary of the foreign office, Italy suggests that the Maine question be submitted to an inter national commission consisting of one naval expert appointed by England, France, Germany, Russia, Austria and Italy, with a president nominated by Holland, Denmark or Belgium. It Is believed that the British of ficials do not favor the proposal. Intervention Is Unavoidable. Washington, March 18. Senator Gray, of Dclcware, the most conserva tive Democrat In the senate, and here tofore opposed to recogcltlon of Cu ban Independence, said that Senator Proctor's 3peech had convinced him that it was time to interfere In Cu ban affairs, ne will favor immediate intervention, even if war with Spain should result. Bucher Weyler's Plan. New York, March, 18. nonore F. Lalne, the Sun correspondent re cently expelled from Cuba, made pub lic a letter which Weyler had written to a friend in navana, In which the following startling state ments were made: "I have read, these days, that Americans are pondering about send ing one of their warships to that city: During my command in Cuba they didn't dare even to dream about It. They know the terrible punish ment that awaited them. I had na yana harbor well prepared for such emergency. I rapidly finished the work that Martinez Campos so care lessly abandoned. "If the insult is offered, 1 hope that there will be a Spanish band to punish it as terribly as It deserves." Lalne had obtained a letter from a correspondent In navana the day be DON'T Be deceived by the selling out at cost schemes the city, but go to -iTHE FAIR STORE and, supply your wants in every tiling, at the lowest rar-ket 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. fore the Maine arrived, ond Its session, he claims, was responsible for hU Imprisonment and expulsion, and would have caused his death had he not maintained a French cltlzcushlp. Assassinate Starving women and Chil dren Havana, via Key West, Mach 18. Horrible Spanish crime- has;terrorizcd the Cuban population. A train which arrived this morning from CaRlguas, Mantanzas, brought seyeral Cuban women and children, made prisoners by the Spanish column at El Purgatorlo. Mantanzas 100 starving women and children hnrn r n no rod them I The arrivals, all wounded, are only the few survivors of the assassination. An official statement- is given to the effect that tho women and children were Insurgent. House Naval Committee. Washington, March 18. Tho house committee on naval affairs has disposed of the question of an increase in tho vessels of the navy, unless there is some change' of disposition among the members. The committee by unanimous yote, adopted the motion of Representative Foss to authorize the construction of six new torpedoboat-destroyers, and the prov ision for this has been incorporated In the naval bill. It has not been decided what ap propriation will be made for this purpose. It is stated to bo likely that the torpedo boats will cost about ?100,000 each, though It Is possible the sum given may exceed that. A mem ber of tho committee stated that tho torpedo destroyer? may cost between $200,000 and $250,000 each. T hero has been no concl uslon as to the amount to be given for tho construction of five new drydocks. It Is significant, as sliowlhg economy, that all of them except the Algiers dock, are to be built of timber. It is now improba ablc that the bill will be In shape fcr report before Saturday or Monday next. Oration by Blanco. IlAVANA.March 13, At the banquet given at the palace .last night by Captain-General Blanco to tho officers of Ihe Vlzcaya-and Oquendo. Gene ral Blanco toasted "the king, the queen regent, the army and navy of Spain." He said: "The Dresent generation Jwlll never see another banner than that of Spain at the entrance to tho gulf of Mexico. That -banner, representing clylllza tlon, progress, liberty, humanity and religion, will be eternal, like that of the first American nation." These sentiments were irecelved with shouts of applause. Converting the Mayflower. New York, March 18. Tho May flower was taken to tho Brooklyn nayy-yard to be converted Into a war vessel. Battery to Fort Monroe. Fort Riley, Kan., March 18. Bat tery F. Fifth artillery, for Fort Mon roe, pulled out on a special train. Spanish Torpedo-Boats. Madrid, March 18. Admiral Ber mejo, minister of marine, has wired the commander of the torpedo flotilla at the Cariarles not to proceed to Ha vana. Russia Takes Port Arthur. London, March 18. A dispatch from Shanghai states that Russia In formed China that the latter's delay In replying to the Russian demands will be construed as an acquiescence in the Russian occupation of Port Ar thur. Sir Claude McDonald, the 1'rltlsh minister at Peking, Is said to be urg ing China to resist, Telephone Company. G. B, Trask, A. L. Shreyo and E. E. Porter, as Incorporators, today filed articles of Incorporation of tho Stay ton Tele phone company with tho county clerk. - all over Skagway News. Skaoway, Alaska, March 12. (Via Seattle, March 18.) Ben A twater ar rived here from Circle City and Daw son, :n. w. T., bringing loo pounds or mall fr rai tho above places. At water's former homo was In Morrison, 111. He went to tho Yukon country In 188G, and has resided thero ever since. Atwntcr, accompanied by II. C. Pettlt, of Snohomish, Wash., left Circle City. January 10, and Dawson February 8, with dog teams. The trip up the river and lakes was a hard one, the weather being bitterly cold. Atwatcr says that thero is food enough in the Klondike country tn I !..! . l-.l .. """-mo v puuumuuu iwujram. ihuwuuiuwui w,Aa,a1.iiii output of the mines will be curtailed. He estimates it at about $8,000,000. Atwatcr says that many claims which were considered to bo only wildcat properties on various creeks arc running out well. Dominion is paying .finely, and will have a big cleanup next spring, Sulphur and Hunker are also good, and so Is Indian. Quartz ledges have been found on the latter creek which look well. There is quite a settlement at tho mouth of Stewart river, but no reports have as yet been received from the prospectors who went up the river early In tho winter. On Walsh creek, five miles below Big Salmom, dirt has been found which yields 75 cents to the pan. A stampede occured from Circle City about January 10 to American creek, about 300 men leaving for that section. Atwater met 300 or 400 men from Dawson making their way to Amerl can creek. American creek is CO miles from Forty Mllo and about 25 miles below the International bound ary on tho Alaska side. The reports from the Mlnook coun try arc very encouraging. A courrlcr from Mlnook arrived at Circle City just before Atwater left that place, with about CO pounds of mall. This Atwater brought out. The courier had with him a quantity of gold from Mlnook, and ho stated that tho pros pectors had struck It rich in that sec tion. Atwater says there are but lew cases of scurvy In Dawson. Tho hos pital contains but 45 Inmates, and these have either met with accidents or are suffering from chronic diseases. As a result of the agitation here against the "sure-thing" men, led by "Soapy" Smith, United States Com mlsss loner Smith and Deputy United States Marshal Mclnnes closed all the gambling houses on Wednesday night. It is said that an arrangement was made whereby tho gambling will be restricted to so-called legitimate games, and all sure-thing or bunco games will ue prohibited. The sure thing men are leaving tho town In twos and threes. Tho weather here for the past week has been mild and springlike, and the warm south wind and the sun are play ing havoc with the winter trail, which follows the river for a distance of eight miles. Hundreds of people are making their way over the divide, however, undeterred by wind or weather. The snow has entirely dis appeared from tho streets, which are now muddy beyond conception. The strike of the longshoremen for 75 cents an hour has been beclared oil by the local union. Fruit Outlook. Los Angeles, March 18. In order to determine as far as possible tho ex tent of tho damage to fruit In South ern California caused by tho heavy frosts of last December, the Times se cured the services of a conservative mac, familiar with horticultural in terests to make a thorough Investiga tion of the matter, as the estimates of the loss were greatly at variance. As a result it Is conservatively esti mated that one-third of the fruit of Southern California .vas more or less affected, tho heaviest burden of tho damage falling upon the lowlands of Riverside. Killed Hi Wife; ahot Himself. Oakland, Cal March 18. J. II. Molfet shot and klllea his wife, Lucy, and then attempted suicide. Moffet was formerly president of the car penters, union of this city, and fairly prosperous, but for some time has been out or work and dependent upon his wife, who supported her widowed daughter and two children by dress making, Moffet quarreled with his wife about a payment; upon a mort gage on their home, but when the family retired therefore notlndlcatloh of further trouble. Moffet's wound Is not considered fatal Notice If the person who removed the sack of bran from my barn last Wednes day night, will return i of it, I will give him iof the remaining sack of shorts to mix, us tills makes good cow feed, while he will find that bran alone Is almost good for nothing. E. O'Flvno. Congressional News. Senator Proctor Talks to the Senate About Cuba He Tells Ihe Plain Unvarnished Truth About the Island. WAniTTVnTnw. Arnrpli 1ft Wnnnfjir Proctor, of Vermont, who returned I last Sunday from an extended trip to and through tho island 01 uuoa. lie made a statement to the senate of his observations on tho Island yesterday. From many points of view the state ment was remarkable. It had evi dently been most carefully prepared. Every element of sensationalism had been studiously eliminated trnm it and, except so far as the facts recited were sensational, it bore not the slightest evidence of an effort to arouse tlm public mind, already keenly ullvo to the condition of affairs on the Island. Calm and dispassionate, to a notable degree, the utterances of the senatoi aroused Interest. Every person within sound of his voice was convinced that he was putting his observations into careful terms, lest he might subject himself to tho criticism of being emo tional. One of the best characteriza tions of the statement was made by Senutur Frye, ofMaiue, a few minutes after Its delivery. "It Is," said he, "just us it Proctor hud held up his right hand and sworn to it." Thut was the Impression tho state ment made upon the senate. The wo no In the benate, just preceding, and during the delivery of liio speech of Senator Proetor,was an almost dra matic intensity of Interest. Senator Proctor said: "There are six provinces in Cuba. My observa tions were confined to the four west ern provinces, which constitute about one-naif of tho Island. "The two eastern -ones are practi cally in the hands of the lnsurgeuts, except a few fortified towns. These two large provinces aro spoken of to day as "Cbba llbre." Everything seemed to go on much as usual at Havana, one sees llttlo signs of war there. "Outside of Havana all is changed. It is not peace nor is it war; it is deso lation and destruction, misery and starvation Every town and vlllago is surrounded by the trocha (trench), a sortof rlflc-plt, but constructed on a nlan new to me. dirt being thrown up hi the outsldo and barbed wlro fenco on the other side of the trench. These trochas have, at every corner, and at frequent Intervals along tho sides, small forts, with a guard of from two to ten soldiers In each. The purpose of these trochas is to keep re conccntrados in, as well as to keep tho Insurgents out. From all tho sur rounding country tho people have been driven into tho fortified towns and held there to subsist as they can. "There aro frequently blockhouses, enclosed by tho trocha, and with a guard along tho railroad track. With this exception there's no human life or habitation between these fortified towns and villages, nor throughout the wholo four western provinces, ex cept to a very limited extent, among the hills, whero the Spaniards havo not been ablo logo and drive tho peo ple to the towns and burn their dwel lings. I saw no house or hut In my New and Attractive Features Turquoise Dotted Veiling.vThe newest yeiling out in white and black grounds, 25c and 35c, New BeltsvSome striking new novelties shown in this line, Qualities 10c to 75c i we show a fine kid belt, leather covered buckle for 15c, DRESS GOODS $1,00 Qualities, $1,25 Qualities, $1,50 Qualities, Ribbons s Newest Plaids, Newest Stripes, 10c to 75c. Moire sashes ; rrineedi three yards in length, the latest... $275. Trimmings s Newest designs, Newest colorings, Newest collection, 5c to $5, Cerise and Cornflower waists j The very swell novelties,' just received, aE9c, JOSEPH MEYERS L SONS. 278280 TELEPHONE NO. 1. Tba Itoval Is the hlofiest Grade ballna Dowder 0 fcaown. Actual teat show It goca oaa tfctrd farther than any other broad. POWDER Absolutely Pure KOYM. ftAKINa POWOIR CO., tltW YODX. 400 miles of railroad rides, except within theso Spanish trochas. There are no domestic animals nor corps on the rich fields and pastures except such as are under utlard In the im mediate vicinity of the towns. "All tho country people in the four western provinces, about 400,000 in number, remaining outside of tho fortltled towns, when Weyler's order was made, were driven Into theso towns and these arc tho rcconcentrt dos. They wo:o peasantry, farmers, some land owners, others renting lands, and all owning moro or less stock. "When they reached tho town they were allowed to build huts of palm leaves, In the suburbs and vacant places within tho torcha aud left to live if they could. Their huts are about ten by sixteen feet In sizo and for want of spaco aro usually crowded together very closely. They havo no floor but the ground, With largo families or with moro than ono fam ily in the llttlo space tho commonest sanitary provisions aro Impossible. With foul earth, foul air, foul water and foul food, or none, what wonder that one-half have died and that ono quarter of the living are so diseased that they cannot be saved. A form of dropsy Is cne cause of this condition. Little children are still walking about with arms and chests terribly emaciated, eyes swollen and ab domens bloated to three tlmcn their natural sizes, physicians say these cases are hopless. "Deaths In tho street havo not been uncommon. 1 was told by nno of our consuls that they have been found dead about tho markets In the morning, whero they had crawled, hoping to get some stray bits of food from tho early hucksters and that thero had been cases whero they had dropped dead inside tho markets surrounded by food. Theso people were Independent and scif-supportlng before tho Weyler order. They are not beggars even nnw. "Rarely Is a hand .held out to you vfor alms when going among their huts, but tho sight of them makes an appeal stronger than any words. "I went to Cuba with tho strong conviction that tho picture had been overdrawn; that a few cases of starv ation and suffering had Inspired and stimulated the press correspondent and that they had given free play to a strong, natural and highly culti vated Imagination. I could not be lieve that out of a population of 1,000,000, 200,000 had died within a few months past, from actual starv ation and from disease caused by In sufficient and Improper food." Special Lines Special Prices New Gordon hats s t ; Warranted and recom mended by us,' as the best hat in Salem $3.00 H, S, M, Clothing Every suit guaranteed a big new line just opened, Suits, cracka'jacks at $5, $8,50, $10, Pants sale Slaughter going on in this line, Big reductions, Commercial st corner Court st mi &akP S1.C5. At 41 31 l.- - anaai -.