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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1904)
HH5H ITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1904. DAILY CAP FOUR TIFFANY DIAMOND RING FREE t , s1 " GERMANY WILL NOT BE OVERLOOKED (Contlnu d from first page.) VICEROY ALEXEIEFF AND PORT ARTHUR FORT. In the upper picture aro shown Viceroy Aloxelf-tr. tho "czar of the cast, and lhii oltlconi, whllo tho lower picture In of n new Russian fort nt Port Arthur. .Atuxoluff U tho wblto braided officer In n dark uniform nt Uio head of the oitalrway. A STREET SCENE IN YOKOHAMA. Thin In not n sceno fnun n comic opera, but nn nctunl view of Yokohama, 'ouo of Jnpiiu'x Kreflt ultluo. Civilisation has advanced very rapidly In the Land of the Ghrynaiithumum, but tho streets und tho people are hb picturesque as ovr. u I ' ' " - " ' -- . PORT ARTHUR, RUSSIA'S GREAT STRONGHOLD IN CHINA. Tho Japanese blttwly went the fact that Russia holds Tort Arthur. Thuy oapturvd It from the Chliiww, but Russia conipelliHl them to evacuate because tho WHUtfd It herself. It U well fortlrttnl. MHIR((UJRY A POOR CRUTCH, Kxperieuce in a dear teacher, on those who pin their fith to Mercury find out suoiirr or later. This jxiwcr ful iMttikiu combined with l'ottuh, is the treatment uen orslly prescribed for Contusion llool Poison, but failure and '.ii4p(Kiiiitiiicut is the invariable ivsuH Thoe mm (MU di i vj in thesorvs and eruptions, and apparvully the dhMMtt ta gviM and the iwtient llievcs tho cure rwrtun iisnt. but noou Itaitu better when the old symptom return almoat A soon a the treatment is left off. You intuit eiUier keep the system saturated with mercury or endure the tortures of sow mouth, ulcerated throat nud the mortification that one naturally feelH when the body it) coveted with disgusting sores, rashes, copper-colored splotches ami other aggravating- symptom u" this vile disease. fetvury and ltah are poor crutches, nod their use eventually breaks down the constitution, rums the digestion and cause the bones to decay. tt. i. a , jruunmieevi purely egeiaoie tviuedy, is the only aulidau for Contagious BUxmI 1-oisou. It do. roy evety nioiu ot Hie deadly virus, overcomes the bad effects of the mercury aud cleanses the blood and system so thoroughly that never after are any signs Nor is the taint ever tramuulttrd to nth We will send free our book on Contavntuji Mo.! K.iww ...iii-A. u it..,- ostiH and contains full directions for treating yourself at home. Medical advios or any special information desired gixn without charge. THE SWIFT SPECtFiC CO., ATLANTA, CA. of the dutease seen -M"H i I l Hl I I I II I I I H I H In the money markets. It Is the gen eral belief that, owing to economic conditions resulting from tho bad har vest and other causes, It will bo ulfll cult for Russia to raise Internal loans, nnd that, If tho war lasts be yond a couple of years, that country will be bound to raise monoy abroad Tho stock exchange oxperionced a very depressed and nervous week due largely to the fears of trouble In tho Ualknns. Rumors of the Illness of Emporor William, a3 well as the war In tho Far East, have also exerted considerable Influenco In causing this depression. Foreign stocks of all A RUSSIAN 8TATE8MAN. M. do Plcbvc, Russia's minister ot the Interior, Is tho most unpopular man In his country. Ho has nn Iron will, If jiii no inr n in m iim"""""""""""iiiiiii THE PLAN ENDORSED EDITORIALLY. (From Editorial In the Sunday, January 17, Oregonlan.) "The Salem Capital Journal has Inaugurated a scheme by which It proposes to give away to Its eubscrlb ers a $150 diamond, absolutely free. The plan requires the payment cf a dollar on subscription, which ,. titles the subscriber to a guess a. to an unknown number. The person lucky enough to guess closest to the ngnt numocr is enuueu w m wH-HiinithH-M him in nun nn nmuhm U. DC l'l.KHVE a strong antl-Somlte nnd was accused of having inspired Jews nt Klshlneff. tho massacre ot clnssos woro nlmost demoralized, quantities of thorn bolng thrown upon tho market fiom Paris and Berlin, whoro oporators wore overloaded by rocent henvy purchaBos made" unilor tho bollof that ponco In the Far East would be maintained. Thu othor markots woro dull, and depressed, In sympathy with foreign markets, while Amorlcan securities were characterized by nn almost com plete absonce of dealings. The Opportunity to Get a Free $150 Diam Ring Extended to All Old and New Suhsctkhets Beautiful First Water Stone Set in a Tiffany Gold Rty Given Away as An Expression of Good Will To ward Subscribers Your Choice of 975 Numbers, Any One of Wnicb May Be the Unknown Number That Gets the Glittering Diamond No Possibility of Any Crooked Work. ARMING DLACK SEA COAST. KiioiaiataanBi. ju . $ i - ( 1 f ;; s 90UN0ES sHt-afftataieiiaf ? 2 a x ffe PURITY STRENGTH EPPLEY'S PERFECTION A PURE CREAM 0 FTARTAR. Baking Powder Put up In Mason's pint and quart osns rPRICE 26 OBNTSttgHltHHWW q ' 5 I $ a I 2! 1 - a ! I I g 2 i rRfS p! X 2 s f ? f V n Russia Mounts Dig Guns, Showing Fear of Other Powers. Warsaw, Ksb. 22. Heavy slofeo Kims nra being mountotl on the const IK versts (10 miles) from Odossn. Thuy will cover the approach to tho harbor. Russia's feverish military ami naval activity belles the optimistic otllclnl EMPEROR OF KOREA. Bmpuror Yl Illuntr, wIkw? country caused wsr lietwwn China ami Japan In lMU-Oo and Is the premt bone oi contention between Jaimu ami Itusalu, IV I" "' ferf mm i M Hll u Is Hfty-one joar of .. He bsenma kiuic In LSrtl timl emivmr tu ISO". I.lho the emiHwr of rUlus. he u a man of llttto fonv sud ability. aaurn to ths ffct that nothing uutoward U asUclpated, Had that othsr jwwsr Is xctd to become Involved In the present conflict "Portland and Return Only $2.20." The Southern Pacific U now selling round trip tickets to Portland from Salem for . good Going Saturday ec Sunday, returning Sunday and Mon day, giving nil day Sunday and Mon day la Portland. The same arrange ment applies from Portland, giving nil Portland people a chance to visit ys! ley points at greatly reduced rate. W. a COMAN. O. P. A. bor lu Tho Capital Journal Dlamotl Guessing Contest." This number w formed in exact pursuance of the p!u advertised in Tho Journal, by a cos mlitoo of business men and Jouru subscribers, who camo into the offlct Monday, January 11. Following ii their slgnod statement on exhlblta at Mr. Hinges show windew: The Unknown Number. Wo, the undorsigncd, were prejeml at The Journal ofllco January 11, audi assisted in tho forming of tU na known miinbor, according to thopluj published to bo used m The Capital Journal Diamond Queuing Contest! GUESSING CONTEST INCREASING IN ITEREST. It Is less than a month slnco Tho Journal's diamond guessing contest was launched, and already over half of tho subscriptions under tho plan havo boon disposed of. Every poison who has paid a dollar subscript Hon slnco Janunry 11th has recolwd a guessing receipt which entitle tho holder to ono guess on tho urknown numbor, nnd all guessors ox pro3s satisfaction at tho opportunity and tho mannor In which tho con tost is being conducted. All aro growing moro and moro anxious to havo tho fortunnto day arrive Evory porson who has only ono guosa socms to throb with that eamo fooling ot anxiety as tho onos who havo In more, and, in fact, their one guess Is just as good as though it woro accompanlod by a dozen moro. Sovoral parties have made their guesses by drawings threo figures from a sot Just as tho unknown numbor was drawn, and thus thoy hone to havo tholr conclusions similar to thn fort 11 tint n nun hut whnn . ,. ,1 , u i. j , , ... I Journal Diamond Gueflng Contest It Is realized what a multitude of numbers aro nosslhln from minh .. . .. . . . ... .... ... . , mL , , v unuer tuo rules or forming the naa combinations even this procoss cannot Insuro success. Tho pain fact i,.n. u . i11-aolM , ,- , .. . , , , , . .. ... "Oi, it is imposslblo for anyone. s IR thnt ovnrv minsERr Is nn nliKniiitalv thn snmn rrnnn.1 fni- ilmro nnn ! ' ' be no preferred class and no favored few. Tho absolute equality and jVftn thIMmembo" ' 1W" com,1"et falrnoH of tho proposition is what nleasos ovorv nartloln!t. t .h Ith0 puK shew of Tho Journal, , t -tho jowelor who furnished tho nn As a result of the guessing contest subscriptions aro coming to Tho Journal from many unexpected sourcos. Many persons In and about Salora, as woll as tho various towns of the county, nre ordering, re newing and oxtendlng thor subscriptions. All roallzo that thoy will moro than got tholr monoy's worth, besides a froo guoss on tho ele gant diamond ring, Ono of tho most memorablo guosslng contosts In tho history of this country was that conducted by the Frank Losllo publishing houso dur ing tho last Cleveland campaign In 1892. Thoy offorod a sorlos of prizes to the persons who could guoss tho nearest to tho winning can dldato, and n young gentloman of Mnrlon county had tho honor of carrying oft the $200 prlzo. He was nono othor than Allen Forward the young attorney of this clty( and, although the guess was recordod In his father's name, the late Blair Forward, the young man mado the guess. He estimated Cleveland's plurality at 375.000 and his fathoi received a check for the cash after Uie roturna had been canvassed Only one other person guessed anywhere near that figure, but he was not near onough to win the prize Not nearly bo much Interost waf taken In that contest In Salem as in tho one now being conducted by The Journal for the $150 diamond ring, and when the news camo of the winner being a Marlon county boy, it was gratifying to nil his friends If you do not win The Journal diamond yourself, some of your friends may, and that will be next to getting It lu your own to know what tho number is. (Signed) N. J. JUDAH, J. O. GRAHAM, GEO. C. WILL. HAL. D. PATTON, CHAS. H. HINGES, FRANK C. FERGUSON. How to Participate. iiembllng of the unknown number. For tmch receipt of one dollar for This unknown number was formed the Dally or Weokly Journal, to any , at Tbe Journal office on Monday, Jan- address, the person to whom the re ceipt Is Issued, will be given an op portunity, absolutely without cost, to havo a guess at the unknown number, and tho person or persons guessing nearest that number will receive as a present and without any compensation whatever, and merely as an exprosslsn of good will on the part of The Journal toward Its subscribers, the $150 dia mond Tiffany ring advertised in this paper and cm exhibition at the jewel ry store ot C. II. Hinges. SS State street, Salem. Oregon. The party paying one dollar or moro shall re ceive a receipt for each dollar paid, and havo tho opportunity to guess a different number for each such receipt hold. No commission Is allowed to any agent or solicitor for securing subsorlbers, and the person bo sub scribing doos it with tho understand ing that the Dally or Weekly Journal ta accepted as payment In full for the monoy paid. Unknown Number How Prtpared. The unknown number that Is to be guessed was made up In the follow ing manner. The tea numbers from nought to nine were put on separat slips of paper and folded so as to be unseen, and a committee of subscrib ers was asked to conduct tho as- uary 11. 1904. in tho following man. ner: The ten numbers from naught 10 nine, inclusive, on soparato slips of paper, In small sealed envelopes were Placed In a box. shaken, and n blindfolded porson in tho presence of the coramltteo drew out three of those ten numbers, markinr th aw one, the second two and tho third inree m ngures, and they were then Placed In a large onvelone. sonio.i and placed with the diamond on exhl- union in me jewelry store show win dow each day during the guessing con test, and will not bo opened until tho contest Is closed, when the dla- monu win be given to tho nearest guesser. The unknown number will be formed by putting together the three ;UM7 m ID0 order as marked, ono two, three, on the envelopes in which Limited Competition. Tho numbor ot recolpts Issued li this contest will be limited to til number of guesses possible in tit rango of tho numbors between 015 1 and 987, as tho unknown number mutt bo composed of a flguro within those limits Tho unknown number cannot bo loss than 012 nor more than 9S7. To bo a porfectly harmless and In noconi and amusing guessing con test tho number to be nwHetl st must bo and remain absolutely u known. There must be no chanw for any crooked work on the part oi The Journal publishers, of the JeweJM fumlshlne thn fllmnnnil nor On thl part of any subscriber. The receipt' for thin p-nnoolno- nnntnlt will 1)0 DUB bered in rtimiinnta hut thn stub wll t...WUU, M.. .-- oo only ror tha mirnoso 01 lueuuwi Ins tho KtlllSPl-llinr vulin la the SUCCC ful ClIOSHor An nl unhanrlhor Writltil the guoss numbor on tho back of W receipt oach one making his or w own guess at tho unknown number! As Rnnn na l.i u.Atna na nil SOnl xwm u& tug l;oiiio m.v - - the guessing contest will bo over ftl the noarost numbor awarded the o mond. How the Guesses Are Made. On securlnc a recolDt for one 4j lnr or moro, tho person wishing Mj guess will write his guess ' tWftAn 4.n nt.nn HIimhATS - the back of tho receipt In Ink ot I dnllhln nnnnli ....uin ahIv nnn $&( . J.V..V..., IUIWU6 vu.j - on oaoh receipt, and depositing tw Same in thn cn1.1npA1 tin hox DrOtidW at Tho Journal office for that purp moy aro contained. Tho unknown at Tho Jou"al office for that purpo number win not bo assembled until Sul8criber8 out of town will be the gueis cont68t ,, comp,oted( r..MwW ouuounoea to subscribers. The Number to Be Guested At JttrJlelopo lowed in mnVa t.ol.. m.ata In thO SSS -- .... ,v.. I.UV.W- .- - manner. Receipts will be m"0 thorn on.i u.. ..... thn BUBlA - ., uuu wvy tuu lovuiu - with their guoss written on the o In a sealed envelope plainly mar)"4 in th -ij . . " uveiopo " eeaiea envelope piainiy "", in the window w th th au .., .:.iia. . . U..;. rust' Si111 remaIn untl "e diamond an they will bo deposited in tho & is given away to the lucky guesser Written across the f.r white envelope aro the words; Thi, entelope contains the nnknown numlpt3 lQ . The soldered Uu box will not b e8J OnAII until .It 41.- .lnll In IS -r uuu tut UID tOTiWf"' guessing contest aro sold 97 "