LY CAPITAL JOURNAL
vol. XIV.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1904.
NO. 34.
YHk M H H HH B iniH UHLflLflL Hr
Makes Bold Dash Unde Gns of Pott Afthtt
Disables Two Russian Battleships
and Sinks the Thitd
Fleet Is Now Bombarding Pott Atthat -Russia Rushes
Troops to the Yalt River, and Japan Lands Forces In
Korea War promises to Be Short and Decisive Yet
One of the Greatest of Modern Times
Bt Petersburg, Feb. 9. According
to an official mossongor tho first gun
has been fired, and war is now nn ac
ttmllty. Reports from Aloxloff. at
midnight, Fobruary 8th, tolographcd
to tho Czar that nlno Japanoso boats
euddeny attacked tho Russian squad
ron In tho opon roads at Port Arthur
In tho crash tho Hussion battleships
Rotwlzan and Tzarovltch and tho
cruiser Pallada wero damaged.
Capture Jap Steamer.
London, Fob. 9. Tho Japanoso ox
port houso has Just received Informa
tion that Russian warships havo cap
tured tho Japanoso steamer Inslfri
Maru, bound from London to Yoko
hama with morchandiso.
Story Too Large.
St Petersburg. Fob. 9. 2:30 p. m.
A dispatch Just received by tho adml
ralty, from Port Arthur, saya that In
tho attack on that port 12 Japanese
vessels wero sunk. Ono Russian war
ship is also roportod sunk; sovon Rus
aians aro sold to bo killed .and many
wounded.
Japa Make a Dash.
Chipu, Feb. 9. Roports from Port Ar
thur show tho attack was mado on,navy
tho Russian ships by tho Japanoso
dashing under tho very guns of Port
Arthur. Tho harbor bolng too small
to hold tho entire Russian squadron
a portion was obliged to remain In tho
open roads. Monday night In tho dark
ness Uo uirpeuo aowcomoni. oi nine
Japanoso vessels got within firing dls-
tanco, and discharged their tuboa
Two Russian batloshlps nnd ono
crulsor woro damaged. Ono roport
saya tho vessels aro In a sinking can
ditlon, whllo another says tho damage
was slight Tho greatest confusion
was Immediately manifested on tho
Russian fioot Tho Japanoso immedi-
atoly rotirod amid furious broadsides
from all the Russian vessels able to
bring tholr guns to boar. Thoro aro
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Have yoa Tried a Pair of Oat
"Pespiation Ptooi"
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You know how quickly tho ordinary kid glove becomos soilod In
tho palm and fingers
This Is prevented In the "Perspiration Proof" glovo by a light
waterproof fabric lining, which extends to the finger tips.
This lining also preserves the shape
Its flttlnir Qualities.
Wo havo them la both glace and
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Out of many dozens sold during
a single pair of this quality returned
I The New Yok Racket
SALEM'S CHEAPEST ONE
E. T. BARNES,
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no reports, however, that tho Japan-,
oso ships wero damaged.
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states that two Russian cruisers and'
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thur. This Is probably the samo en
gagement roferred to la tho official
messenger dispatch.
Port Arthur on Fire.
London, Fob. 9. Tho Contral News'
Berlin correspondent wires that a dl
patch received from St. Petersburg)
saya that, following tho attack made
on tho Russian fleet by tho Japanese
a largo fleet of Japanoso battleships
and cruisers appeared off Port Arthur
and that city Is sold to bo in flames.
Pray for Victory.
St. Petersburg, Fob. 9. Tho naval
battio has caused tho cancellation of
tho imperial ball, which wub set for
this ovonlng. A solemn To Dcum will
bo colebratedi at 2 o'clock this after
noon, and will bo attended by tho
court functionaries. Prayors will bo
offorcd for victory. Tho damaged bat
tleships aro tho best in tho Russian
Russia Still Seeks Peace.
London, Feb. 9. Hayoshi this morn-
Inp wild )in linrl tndnv roz-nlvftil n nnhlft
)gram of doparturo of tho Japan
floct for too Yo,low s but had
'no n(JW8 of an onBgomont atPort Ar.
thur and thorQ , D0 of Jap.
anoao troops ,n Ho Bayfl Ru&
g,a Jg maklnff dosporato offorts
throu(;n varjoua embassies, to havo
ihQ powora itorvono. Russia Is now
wng to conccdo ovorythng, but th?
offor comQ8 tQQ at0 '
Dont Believe the Story.
Lon(j0n, ob. 9. Tho report of the
attack on Port Arthur, so far, has not
uoon COnflrmod hero, and Is given but
nttIo oroaonco. Becauso of this custom
ary notice to non-combatants that the
port would bo attackod makos the
story appear untruo.
aps Win First Round.
Port Arthur, Fob. 9. Tho Japanoso
boats maldng tho attack lost night os
caped undamaged, thus scoring for
Japan the first victory of tho war.
The Ice Gives Trouble.
Moscow, Fob. 9. Thoro is a sori
ous trafllo blockado on Lake Baikal
which Is tho solo routo for Russian
of tho glove, and does not alter
auode finish In black and colors V
nn1r Kl-4.
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tho past year, thero has not been
on defective.
PRICE CASH STORE.
PROP.
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shipments to tho war scone. Tho ice
breakers proved ineffectual, "and mu
nitlons of war havo accordingly boon
hurrlod noroa8 tho lako on slcdgos
Eac" northerly gale, however, cracked
tho Ico and heaped It in piles, making
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gorous.
A French Battleship.
Chorbourg, Franco, Feb. 9 Tho
cruiser Marselllalso has been ordoroi
to sail Immediately for tho Orient.
Battle Story Is Confirmed.
Paris, Fob. 9. Offlclal dispatches to
tho foreign offico today says tho dam
ages sustained by tho Russian battle-
Bhlpa Czarovltch and Rotvlsan wore
sorious, and that tho crulsor Pallada
was sunk. Tho Rotvlsan was built
by tho Cramps at Philadelphia in
1901, tho Pa'llada In Germany In 1902
and tho Czarovltch In Franco In 1902
Japs Land In Corea,
London, Fob. 9. A dispatch this af
tornoon says it Is reported la St.
Petersburg that Japanese troops
havo been landed at Masampho.
Some Cheerful Liars.
London, Feb, 9. A dlilpatch has
boon recoived horo denying that 11
Japanese warships woro sunk at Port
Arthur, or that tho city was burnlnrj
Japan Cuts Cable to Corea,
Paris, Fob. 9. Tho French forolgn
'offico was advised this af tornoon that
tho Japanoso havo cut tho cablo con
nectlng Japan and Coroa. Tho object
of this action Is bollevod to bo to pro
vent nows of tho operations of tho
Japanese reaching tho Russians, which
.a8 poa8u0, no mattor how closely
censored tho dispntchos sont might
'bo. Following tho brooking off of ro
latlons botweon Russia and Japan the
cutting of tho cablo bs regarded horo
as significant of tho purpose of tho
Japanoso to begin hostilities.
It is learned that among tho tioops
sont by Russia to tho vicinity of tho
Yalu rlvor are 15,000 Cossacks, whoso
province It Is to destroy th communl
cations of any Japanese army land
lng nlong tho coast or trying to strike
tho Port Arthur railroad. The French
military exports consiusr uus a roou
tactical move, for tho reason that tl
Japanoso havo only a small caVnlry
rorco, insumcieni lo copo wiw 'i
of tho Russians.
Other1 Powers May Fight Her.
London, Feb. 9. Tho St James Ga
zetto assorts on diplomatic authority
that assuming that Russia defeats
Tnnnn alia will lirt strhnfrsintntl wlHi n
jo rn- tj, i,.iinra r nml "'0 weather has taken a wintry
demand for the acknowledgement of, , , ., , , .
Chinese sovereignty In Manchuria J"'. Tho orkw who ar. Idle real
from Great Britain and the Unitod t,lf 11 probably be compelled to
States, and .he must either grant ,t 'v for other cities. All estlmatlonn
or fight both countries. An under K1 ,0 " Z??t T ' n'
. ?, .. ,, , . '000 to 1300.000.000. It will bo month?
standing, tho paper adds, has been , , I. , , . .
.,,.,, . . ... befoia the lofwes can be ndjustod, as
reached In this senio between the,,, . , , . ,
United States and Groat Brlttaln.
Russia Waited on Powers.
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Nagasaki, datetl Monday, February.18 ,u,,r Propareu 10 pay u.o minions
8th. a corrwpondont of the Dally Tel-. JoB8 wlch It has sustained
egraph says: SieQlal agents of all the Important
"It is assured that tho Russian companies wont Into a special session
fleet will fight The Russians long ago l 0''ck this morning, as a loss
decided upon war, and their delay was committee. Turner, of the German
duo to laolc of preparation and uncer ! Am VIcan. was " chairman. He
talnty whether certain powers would appointed a committee to constitute
Intervene."
A Press Pipe Dream.
St Petersburg, Feb. 9 Official d
nlal !b made that there has- been i
eiuintnl liotM af Trt Arthur (n whfall
11 Japanese and one Russian war ve t
BURNED
V TO THE
j LIMIT
Baltimore Fire Has at
Last Burned Itself
Out
WhjleUnder Control the Build
ings Are Yet mrnaces
of Smoldering
Fire
Baltimore, Feb. 9. When darknoss
tun mat uigiit, uiu people oi uiij
strickon city knew itho worst wad
ovcr.i Tho flames which for 32 hours
had swept rolontlosely through tho
honrti of tho city wero checked. An
army of flromont from many cities,
working unwearledly, and aided by a
muddy little stream Anally conquored
Worn by a night and day of torror
tho great crowdB that watched the
ruin of their city turnod homowardi
and a midnight tho streets woro do
sorted,' savo for tho polico and mill
tary, vho guarded tho burned area.
To tho south, a red glow rises and
falls marking 140 acres of devastation
75 squares of property that yesterday
represented values to tho extent of
$75,000,000 to $125,000,000. Not oven
a close approximation can bo mado of
tho loss. No guess can bo mado of the
Insurance. An expert, the city build
lng Inspector, estimates tho loss ic
buildings alono ' at $75,00,000. Ono
tho other hand, it Is said that Insur
anco estimates do not plnco tho tota'
loss at n greater figure. So far there
has been no systematic attempt tc
fix th values that wero represented
ItfllKdUtrteMn that wblch-ls tonight
a devastated waste.
Ono factor that will figure largely
in tho final estimates consists of the
securities In tho banks and trust com
panlos whoso homos wero dostroyod
Tholr vaults and safes tonight are In
tho ruins, covered with tons of do
brls. Exports who have glvon thero
as close oxnmlnatlon as posslblo ox
press the boliof that tho contonts are
safo. On tho correctness or falsity
of this bollef depends many millions
of dollars.
Not a Single Life Lost
Not a single life has been lost, and
not a human bolng has been ovon
dangorously lnjurod., Tho hospital
lists consists o,f minor burns, with tho
oxeeption of Jacob Ilgingritz, a fire
man from York, Pa, Ho has a frac
turod log, nnd Is bndly burned.
Thoro has boon llttlo or no oxclte
ment, and thoro has boon no hys
toria. Thore has boon no disorder
and thoro has beon no looting or at
tempt nt looting. Baltimore tonight
Is as ordordly as a village, and onl
the throb of tho laboring firo-onginos
and tho boom of dynamlto, as It bring?
own j,, wag t0 tho ground
(1atuibs tho quiet
go fa th h . no .B .
d pr0ffers of assistance havo come I
frnm manv nuart or. from alstnr nltlaa
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from corporations and from prlvatij
cltlzone, but Baltimore tonight can
not say whether It will bo needed or,
accoptpd. Thot will bo decided lator
The city is ooglnning to realize tho
Immeasurable magnltudo of Its loss
uie luoK ib so gretic iiiauruiioe uu
Justers are dazed hy the great workj
ahead. A dispatch from Llreirpool ,
thi morning says the London & Olobo,
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a ciBunjjg nouso, wnure a uik juih
of clerks and accountants will bo em
ployed to tabulate the Iossus and ar
range for payment One of tho great
est problems is the lack of food. All
th vffnHJniw Am flbAflrtnlAnta Tvill tAftVte
today. The fire wilL doubtless, rage 1
'I furnace-like for several days, but the
local forco Is ablo to handle It Gen
oral Corbln returned to Now York this .
morning. Tho city Is not under mar
tal lawl tho troops tnoroly acting as
an adjunct to the polico forco. A
thousand militiamen aro on duty
making a cordon around tho burned
district
At 10 o'clock this morning tho
ruined law building, facing tho new
and Imposing court houso, was dyna
mltcd by a naval export, sont from
Washington by Secretary Moody. Fi$
teen pounds wero used In a Bcrtes ot
mines. Flroman Ilgcnfrltz, who was
yestorday reported dead, is alive, but
has broken legs and is badly scorched)
Insuranco men, nftor canvassing thr
situation, and comparing notes, bo
Hcvo tho losses to bo pnld won't ox
ceod $80,000,000. This afternoon nov
arrivals Increased tho number to 50
special agents, and an army of adjust
era. Many brought hugo bunches of
drafts, In the hopo of quick settle
ments.
It has been decided, as no appeal
was mndo for fedoral troops, that none
will bo brought from Now Yorlc Tboso
from Fort McHonry woro ordored
back to tho post today. Thoro is vory
llttlo trouble In holding back tho
crowd. No attompts at looting iiavo
yot been discovered, although enor
mous wenlth Is burlod in tho mfos and
vaults of tho burned district
Baltimore Coming to Life.
Tho vaults In tho ruined Continen
tal Trust Company building woro
oponcd at noon. Thousands of dollars
in currency and bonds wero found un
damaged, and the bank will do busi
ness, desplto tho ton holidays. Assist
ant United StatCB Treasurer Dryden,
nftor communicating with Secretary
Shaw, today openod tho Bub-treasury,
making $12,000,000 avallablo for local
banks If it Is wantod. Oonoral Riggs,
of tho state militia; Govornor Man
flold and Mayor McLean, In consulta
tion at noon, arranged preliminaries
for action, and will moot again this
evening. No public mootlngs woro
hold today. Half tho stroot car lines
In tho city havo resumed, and tho
streets aro thronged with holiday
crowds.
No Place to Spread.
Baltimore, Fob. 9 Acting Chief
Emorck, of tho flro dopartmont made
tho following statemont this morning
"Tho flro Is practically a thing of tho
past. Tho ruins aro vomiting smoko
and flames, but thero is no dangor of
It spreading farthor."
Ws The Unusual
THAT ATTRACTS. GREAT VALUES Is the magnet that draws
Worth makes bargains. They're fjrc. Mediocre methods and merchan
dlse must take a back seat when we announce anything unusual at
this store, These are busy days here because we offer some unusually
attractive merchandise at unusually attractive prices.
Today and Wednesday
will be bargain days In every sense of the word they will be replete
with bargain surprises.
Today and
Tomorrow
Wo aro offering our ontlro stook
of up-to-dato
Kimoaas and Dressing
Sacques
made of Flannel, Eiderdown, and
padded with silk. Some are plain
others trimmed with satin ribbons
others with appllquo, at
Half Pnce
Di?ess Goods
Tho new dross goods nro hore
down on tho counters whoro you
can see them, and feel them and
Judgo for yourself. Wo have
searched tho market over and
from every corner wo havo bought
something of what wo considered
best Tho. colors aro simple, rloh
handsome; a oertaln statlluess
and almost regal beauty;
USUAL
MORNING
WRECK
This Time Accident
Occurs an Canadian
Pacific Road
Head End Collision, Due to
Mistaken Orders Sends
Maily to Their
Graves
Ottawa, Ont, Fob. 9. Tho Cnnadlaw
Pacific flyer from Montreal was
wrecked near horo this morning; 1$
aro roported killed and many Injured
A lator roport Bays nlno woro killed,
Tho scono is four miles from tho near
ost toletrraph, and tho accident i
said to havo beon caused by a colli
slon. All thoso ktUed rosldod In ,OU
tawa.
Collection of Clackamas Taxes.
Oregon City, Or., Fob. 9". Bhorlff J".
Ri Shavor today began tho collection
of taxos on tho 1903 tax roll. Tho first
two receipts representing In tho ag
gregate IG49.30, woro Issued to Coun
ty Judgo Ryan, who Is tho largest In
dividual taxpayer In Clackamas coun
ty. In addition to this amount Judge
Ryan will pay 300 moro taxes.
Helnze Is Shut Out
San Francisco, Feb. O.-Tho United1
States Circuit court of appeals today
denied Augustus Ilolnz a rob oaring In
his suit against tho Butto & Boston
Consolidated Mining Company, In
which ho sought to gain possession of'
coppor property In Montana, valuedi at
3.000,000. ' '"
Settles the Matter.
Now York, N. ., Fob. 9. Judgo
Klrkpatrlo today signed tho decreo
adjudicating tho Insolvency of tho
shipbuilding trust, nnd appointing Jos.
Smith pormanont recolvor. Tho court
deolared all litigation was ondod, and,
theroforo, no furthor hearing" woro
necoBBary,
Wednesday Only
8ioclal calo numbor ono hun
dred sixty-two. This week wo of-
standard gradoa of toweling of
ular 10c and 12u values1, for
4-C
YARD.
1G yards for one dollar. Bo In on
time, for there Ib euro to bo a
rush.
Mens Clothing
Mon who havo big" ambitions
and small purses roallzo tho no
oosslty of a good apponrauce
men who havo a small Incorao ro
allze the necessity of practicing
economy. Hero la whero you can
find both.
$10.00 Suits $ 6,75.
(15.00 8ulU $ 9,50.
$20.00 Suits $14.50,
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