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SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1898.
NO 58
A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Earned ! "
Where can it be saved 1 we answer at the
NEW YORK RACKET
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misses, and children, our line of men's, boys' and childrens'
CLOTHING -
for quality and price is unsurpassad, entire satisfaction to our
customers,
Then we have ladies, gents and childrens' underwear,
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thousand other articles, on all of which we think we can save
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We have others that will interest you,
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298 and 300Commcrcial st,
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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
lty 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 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 sults;for so little money. Come In
and we will show them to yju,
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400,000
Star 1 Star Cedar
Just received and for sale at greatly reduced prices.
Garden sand, loam !and fertilizer,? best quality.
Sand delivered to all the cemeteries at cheap rates.
2 car loads of sewer pipe with connections of all kinds just received.
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Large seasoned dry body fir, $3 a cord, sawed and delivered.-
Small seasoned dry lir $2.75 a cord, sawed and delivered.
4 foot cord wood in proportion.
Also large invoice cements, lime, plaster, hair, firebrick, etc., just re
ceived. We also contract for and lay sewers at lowest rates. We respectfully
solicit a consideration of our rates before purchasing elsewhere.
Successors to Salem Improvement
Salem,
A Problem for Builders
is not only the actual iiguringofthe
size of tilings, It is also where
and how to get the
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We have the most complete and
varied assortment of
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least money, quality considered,
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Cuba News
The President Will Not Make
Report Public.
A Sunday Cabinet Meeting Deals for
More Warships.
Washington, March 21. President
JlcKinley did not attend church Sun
day morning, as is his custom, but
Instead spent two hours or more In
conference with several members of
the cabinet. Assistant Secretary
Day called about 10:30 and remained
until nearly 1 o'clock. Secretary
Long and Secretary Bliss were tue
other members present. They re
mained an hour.
Commander Clover, in company
with Mr. Flint, who lias been acting
for the government jn the negotia
tions for ships, also called, and were
shown into the president's priyatc
olllce.
The members of the cabinet, on
leaving the White House, said there
was no special significance in the
meeting this morning. The report
of the court of inquiry had not Deen
received, nor was It definitely known
when It would reach here. It was
said, however, that it would probably
arrive early in the week, and as soon
as received, it would be banded at
once to the president, and when it
had been read and considered by the
president, it would be made public.
Secretary Long, in "speaking of the
report, said that while fully realizing
its importance, the country, In his
opinion, would willingly accord the
president a day or two for its consid
eration. Indications seem to be that
the report will bo made public by the
middle of the present week.
The presence of Charles R.Flint at
the conference naturally gives Infer
ence that the president and hin ad
visers were discussing the question of
acquiring additional ships. Mr. Flint,
whose commercial interests are
largely with South American coun
tries, is believed In a measure, at
least, to represent Chile and Argen
tine In the negotiations which are
under way for thedlsposstlon of their
war vessels. A reporter asked Mr.
Flint if he could say whether or not
the United States had secured posses
sion of the Chilean ship O'TIigglns,
and the Argentine ship San Martlno,
but he declined to make any state
ment as to that particular feature of
the subject. When pressed for infor
mation in regard to the matter, he
replied:
Both Chile and the Argentine re
public "have the warmest friendship
and admiration for the United States
and her Institutions. Neither country
is anxious to sell Its ships to this
government, basing the indisposition
on the belief that we have an excel
lent navy of our own. They want
these vessels themselves. If the time
should come, howeyer, when It was
apparent that the United States
needs these vessels, they would gladly
part with them to us."
The attention of Mr. Flint was
called to the published report that
the United States would purchase the
Brazilian torpedo gunboat Tuby, but
he said it was not done, so far as he
was aware, as there were no negotia
tions under way to that effect,
England Shows Good Faith.
Washington, March 21. President
McKlnley has decided that he wants
congress In session until his policy
shall have been fully outlined and
published. Should adjournment take
place before this Is done, he said he
would be constrained to call an extra
ordinary session.
The widespread impression pre
vailing that GJeat Britain, as well as
other nations, is in active
sympathy with the United States in
the present cslsls, is shown to be
wholly Justified by the action of the
British minister, Pauncefof,e,in agree
DON'T
Be deceived by fhe selling out at cost schemes all over
the city, but go to
-sTHE 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 ID ABNBY, Proprietor,
274 Commercial st Salem.
ing to the location of the battleship
on the Great Lakes, as provided in the
naval bill. Such a violation of the
convention of 1818 would not occur
unless England consented.
Strange Disappearance.
Havana, via Key West, March 21.
It is officially denied by the au
thority that Pando Is going to ne
gotiate pease on the basis of autonomy
with the Insurgent generals, Gomez
and Garcia. In spite of the denial
your correspondent can say on author
ity that Pando, though not going to
negotiate wltn insurgents, has already
failed in his endeavor to treat with
Gomez and Garcia on the basis of
autonomy.
Ramirez and Charez were sent as
emissaries to conduct the ncgotla
tlons with both the Cuban generals
and President Maso, and there Is no
doubt of their entire failure.
Now the question is not whether
the insurgents will accept autonomy,
but what has become of Ramirez and
Charez. Ten days have passed with
out any one having heard from them.
It is feared that they have met the
fate that overlook Ruiz and other
Spanish commissioners.
New York, March 21, The
steamer Chapman towed to the city
a derrick having on board fourlO-lnch
guns weighing 33 tons each, and two
8-Inch guns weighing 10 tons each,
taken from the Sandy Hook proving
grounds. The are to be loaded on
the schooner Daisy Farlln, which is to
take them to Key West.
Berlin, March 21. The Lokal A n
zleger publishes a Madrid dispatch
giving the substance of an interview
with Senor Roblcdo, a former minister
of justice, in which he classes Cuban
autonomy and the recalling of Weyler
as being the greatest of mistakes.
San Francisco, March 21. Within
three weeks San Francisco will have
one of the most strongly fortified
harbors in the United States, and will
have a fleet of warships capable of
holding its own with a country that
has more ships than Spain can send to
the Golden Gate.
The monitors Monterey and Moua
dnuckhavc teen ordered here from
iho south; the Baltimore is to come
from Honolulu, three torpedo-boats
will be sent here, and the cruisers
Charleston and Philadelphia are be
ing prepared for servire at Mare
island, as Is alao the gunboat York
town. Key West, March 21. Word has
been received that the Cubans suc
ceeded in landing a large force on the
island of Porto Rice, where a general
uprising has taken place.
Key West, March 21. It is be
lieved here that the rumor that Gen
eral Pando has been taken prisoner by
General Garcia, of the insurgent
forces, Is entirely without founda
tion, and that It had Its origin in this
city.
War Material,
Pensacola, March 21. Powder,
shot and shell continue to arrive here
in large quantities for the forts and
batteries defending the harbor.
Three of the eight big mortars for the
new battery on Santa Rosa Island
have also arrived, and wl'l be mounted
as quickly as possible.
There is great activity at Fort
Pickens. In addition to the six and
eight-Inch rifles a five-inch gun is be
ing mounted on the fort.
Captain J. W. McMurray.command
lpg the two batteries of the Fourth
artillery at Fort Barrancas, has been
promoted to be major of the Fifth
artillery.
The work of deepening and widen
ing the new channel on the barii
progressing steadily,
Trainwrecking.
Conic, March 21. On the Cork,
Bandon & South Coast railway, where
a strike Is In progress, the line patrol
discovered last evening that the rails
had been torn up at the approach to a
viaduct 70 feet high, a few miles from
Cork. The patrol was Just able to
stop the express.
CAPTAIN CONVERSE'S ERROR.
Montgomery the First to Salute in Leay
ing Havana.
New York. March 21. A World
dispatch from Havana says:
Until Commander Converse's ex
planation appears, it must be consid
ered true that the Montgomery has
violated naval usage. It seems she
dipped her colors to the Vlzcaya and
Oquendo, and that they merely an
swered this unprecedented salute. Sec
tion 118 of the American nayal regu
lations says:
"No ship of the navy shall lower
her sallsordlp her ensign unless In re
turn for such compliment"."
But one flag can ever be placed
above the national banner, and that
Is the church flag, with Its blue cross,
which denoted that religious services
arc being held aboard. In fact, on no
occasslon 1 a man-of-war supposed to
lower her colors except as a signal of
surrender in battle.
The Montgomery's action Is unac
countable. American o ulcers here
say that Captain Converse could not
possibly have known about it even
though he could not fall to see the
Vlzcaya's and Oquendo's flag salutes
In passing. It it argued that Captain
Converse might have though the
Spanish saluted first, not hiving seen
some one rising and lowering the
American colors on the little fern.
The most Important American
officers here were astonished when
they saw the Montgomery's ensign
dipping, Admiral Munterola to a re
porter said that he had gone aboard
the Oquendo to sec that the usual
forming of the marl no guard was prop
erly done, In nonorof ;the Montgom
ery's departure, ne saw the American
ensign dipped three times to the
Vlzaya. She had hardly finished
when the Montgomery dipped three
times again to the Oquendo. The
cruiser was passing so fast that
her dipping was practically con
tinuous. The Spanish admiral ap
peared very much pleased and con cen
cluded: "Wo considered it and do consider
it a very great compliment."
Captain Eulato said:
The Montgomery honored us with a
salute."
Murderous Attack,
Muskogee, I.T., March 21. A das
tardly outrage was committed at
Wybark, live miles from here, result
ing in the death of two men and a
woman. The house of Ed Chalmers,
a negro, who recently married a white
woman, was attacked during the
night by six white men, who had
evidently determined to murder botli
the negro and his wife, both of whom
had been threatened by white men
who disliked the union,
A door of their cabin was broken
in and both the negro and his wife
were shot down, but not before Chal
mors had put up a good fight against
his assailants, The woman was
killed outright, and although Chal
mers succeeded in driving off the
attaklng party they left him mortally
wounded and he died before daylight,
This morning, the body of Matthews,
an aged white man, who lived at Gib
son station, was found near the
Chalmers cabin pierced with a bullet.
Matthews answers the description
given by Chalmers before he died of
one of his assailants.
There were evidences that Matth
ews' body had been dragged from
Chalmers house to the place where it
was found. A gun lay besides the
body, evidently put there to give the
Impression that the dead man had
murdered the negro and his wife.
Deputy United Statks marshals are
investigating the killing, and It Is
believed the murders will bo brought
to justice.
Shot.
Sacramento, March 21. Ex-Street
Commissioner E. J, Croley was shot
and probably fatally wounded last
night by one of two burglars who were
attempting to rob Ills house. Al
though GO year? old (and unarmed,
Croley grappled with one of the men
and was about to overcome him when
the burglar broke ooso and tired
two shots In Cioley's breast. The
wounded man, who Is not expected to
survive, is one of the most prominent
contractors in California.
At fort Ethan Allen.
BunuNGTON, Vt., March 21. Or
ders which the officers do not make
public were received today at Fort
Ethan Allen from Washington, and
preparations for movement were
begun. All day yesterday every one
has been hustling, shoeing horses,
scouring camp ciuipmcntand prepar
ing tools. The rushing of work
through Sunday Indicates very urgent
orders. There arc four troops of cav
ulry here.
Political Potpie.
Three Kinds of Fowls Going
Into the Kettle.
There Will Bean Exciting Time at Port
land This Week.
Politics is the big crop now, and
will be all this week. The three silver
ver conventions met at Portland Wed
nesday and JSalotu has been full of
delegates from the contiguous count
ies. The feeling for Union is very
strong.
County Judge Barton, of Linn
county was nt Salem Sunday, He goes
to Portland today, and says most
emphatically that he Is not a candi
date for state treasurer. Ho Is going
to submit the question of some pro
posed court house Improvements to a
direct vote of Linn county.
Hon. W. S. Vanderburg, of Coos
ounty, and C. P. Caldwell of Lane
county, two Populist wheelhorses,
came down on the tiftcrnoon train and
stopped at hotel Salem. They went
to Portland this afternoon. Old Ben
Ilayden came out from Polk this
morning, trot shaved, put on clean
clothes, and left for the seat of war,
The Waldo boom Is spreading, and
L. II. McMahon said Sunday evening
that over ono half the delegates to the
People's party state convention were
for Waldo for governor. Ho is conil
dent that he will be nominated If the
Populists get that olllce.
The Silver Republicans iflro embar
rassed by tho- honors thrust upon
them. There Is a general disposition
to concede the olllce of secretary of
state to the Silver Republicans, and
tho Populists also demand Barkley
for congress.
This would leave the Democrats
treasurer as a third place on tho
ticket.
The Journal urges all who aro
pressing candldatesto go slow, as n
union must first bo formed on princi
ple. Offices are secondary, or should
be, with all true reformers.
The Journal will give each day
tho latest news as to the progress at
Portland and will glyetho peoplo the
inside workings cf the three conven
tions. The peoplo have a right to
know Just what is dono and how ac
complished. The Silver Republicans of Marlon
county are yery friendly toward th
aspirations of II. R. Klncatd, J. B.
Waldo and II. L. Barkley. It Is only
a question with them of securing an
honorable Union of the three parties,
a just platform and a strong clean
ticket,
It Is a fact of interest that Jon
ttian Bourne and John C. Young aro
both at Portland early in the fight.
New and Attractive Features
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out in white and black grounds, 25c and 35c,
New BeltsvSome striking new novelties shown
in this line, Qualities 10c to 75c j we show a fine
kid belt, leather covered buckle for 15c,
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Trimmings
Newest designs,
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Will R, King, Frank Williams and C.
R. Donaldson arc Micro also. Hon.
II. R. Klncald will not be there.
S. L, Ilayden, Democrat; L. H. Mc
Mahan, Populist; W. T. Rigdon and
D. C. Sherman. Silver Republican" ;
left today for the conventions.
AN OLD SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED
Barkley
for Joint Senator
-Clackamas
County Bolters.
Oreoon City, March 24, There Is
a general sentiment among tho dele
gates elected (mm this county, Satur
urday, to attend the three Silver state
c inventions, In Portland, in favor of
Rev. II. L. Barkley for Joint senator
from Marion and Clackamas counties.
Six middle-of-the-road delegates
walked out of the Populist conven
tion, Saturday, othcrwlso the vote was
unanimous for Union In all tho other
conventions.
W. T. nendorson, postmaster at El
wood, was in this city today, and re
ports tbat tho district school house
was burned pear that place, Thursday
night. This district is in the moun
tanous regions of Clackamas county,
and about 20 miles east of Oregon
City. The building was evidently set
on lire by sorao ono living In tho vi
cinity, as the maps, apparatus and
lamps wero carried nut before tho
building was burned. The structure
was an old one, and tho erection of a
new school house had been under dis
cussion for some time, There was
insurance on the house, but a po
had been tnken out in thenow defunct
State Insurance Company for $200.
about six yea re ago.
Qains His Freedom.
Vancouver, B. C, March 21. Al
fred R. Ockcrman was dismissed by
Judge Bole, who refused to grant
extradition. The case was tho most
notable ever heard here, as all tho
legal talent was interested. Constable
Connor, who has been conducting tho
case for the stato of Oregon, Is the
most disappointed United States
olllclal who ever visited British
Columbia.
Nobody need have Neuralgia. Got Dr. Miles'
fain run rrom druggists, -on
"Ono cent adoa
Special Lines,
Special Prices
I1.05
I1.20.
New Gordon hats 1 1 ;
Warranted and recom
mended by us, as the best
hat in Salem.... "..$3, 00
H, S, M, Clothings
Every suit guaranteed a
big new line just opened,
Suits, crackajacks at
$5, $8,50 $10
Pants sale
Slaughter going on in this
line, Big reductions,
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