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VOL. XIX.
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON', THURSDAY, FHHHL'ARY 18, 100U.
NO. 11.
UNCLE SAM'S BIS FLEET HOME TOMORROW
DOVE OF PEACE FLUTTERS ITS WHITE WINDS IN LEGISLATURE
THE SENATE
SURRENDERS
TO THE HOUSE
0MES OFF ITS LOFtTpERCH FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY AND
PROMISIS TO BE GOOD FOR
THE REST OF THE TERM
Tho a"!' backed down this mom
j. nsra io rccuivo uu
iroiiBoiniTo"paaaod by tho house, and
the, whlto-wlngcd dovo ot poaco rcnt
o1 on tho stormy ark of tho legisla
ture. Tho houao resumed buslueso under
a aovoro strain. Pat Mc Arthur left
the choir moot of tho tlmo, and
paced tho central alslo norvously
watching for tho arrival of any aon-
Plrat tho house killed a sonnto bill
to dcclnro minors who marry to hnvo
nrrlvod at tho ago of mnlo-ltv Moxt
n- cort' a I ado tr lnB"
ti.iin u'lll. MCAT'ttu iMtjad for con
sideration, and Btived tho bill from
tho ugly mood ot tho house.
Next McArthur raovod mat all son
r.lo bills laid on the tablo yesterday
bo roHtored to tholr places on tho cal
endar. This uprcad sunshine. Cal-
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50,000 Yards!
OF WASH GOODS i!
NOW ON SALE
ktna moved to roBiirroct Bnlloy's Dill
i-platljig to tide lands and for- a few
rilnutca stormy debate reigned. Tho
nto messages.
house suspended the rules and Fnr
icll proceeded to Hall the bill. It was
to benefit one person who woat
around with n spyglass and located
tldo InndB and proceeded to gran
them, In violation ot law. On motion
to Indefinitely postpone tho houso di
vided equally, but Eaton, In tho
chair, ruled In fnvor of tho bill, and
saved the day. Dalloy, tho sonnt.r
aimed at, was busy Tn tho lobby, and
c-llcd out Farroll, nnd thoy wero
soon slinking their heads nt ono -in-olhcr
over the rail thnt divided thorn.
Campbell played Foxy Peacomakor
between tho house nnd sonnto, nnd
tho llnlle y bill wns not exactly mun
mnrlly slaughtered.
The long-looked for messngo of tho
senate receding from Its position ot
rr.f using to recolvo nny moro homo
L'Uh nrrlved nnd wns rend with gr-mt
satisfaction.
S. D. 144, Schoflold, to nllow mon--y
to bo refunded In drainage dia
lects. Passed.
S. I). 195, Chaso, salary or slier. 3
of Coos county. Passed.
S. I). 221, JohnBon, to condemn
Inuds to protect water supply of Cor
vallls. I'hssod.
MiHccllnncouH Claims.
H. n. 3G2, vays and menns com
mittee, to pay miscellaneous claims,
to third reading.
S. H. GO, ninghnuu rogulatlng cor
porations. Passed.
House, Thurwlny Forrnnoii,
Prayer by Rov. P. S. Knight.
S, 1). 62, Llalley, nmoiul law relat
ing to workshlps. Passed.
S. 11. 43, Linn county fnlr appro
priation. I'nBsed.
S. D. 75, salary Linn county su
perintendent school, 1200 and $300
for clerk. Passed.
S. 13. 58, Albce, relating to trus
tees of clmrltnblo nnd religious ao
clotlcs. Passed.
S. I). Mullt, to exempt nil stuto,
county, city, school, Irrlgntlon or mu
n'clpnl bonds horcnttor Issued from
tnxntlon. Pnssed,
B. U. 170, Slnnott, that mnrriod
persons shall bo doomed to hnvo nr
rlvod at ago ot majority. Killed.
S. H. 173, Nottingham, to provent
fiJH rcprcsentntlon by any poreono
falsely pretending to roprcsant ordors
and fratornltios. Passed.
S. D. 108, Abraham, relinquish
tltlo to cortntn lands. Passed.
S. n. 157, Slnnott, rotating to
Rlorngo of products In warehouses,
docks. Passed.
Senate resolution to adjourn Sat
urday nt 2 p. in. and recolvo all bills
fo far acted on by tho house.
Honato Forenoon.
The Honnto wns cnllod to ordor nt
10 ofclock with 27 sonntors presont
Committee reports occuploil consider
able time. Kny'n Joint resolution to
amending the coiiHtltutlou rotating to
taxation was warmly dobntcd and
was adonted by u vote- of 22 to 4.
Tlils'VllI submit tho mutter of tnxu
tlon to tho peoplo nt tho next genornl
election'. McCuu's Iioiiho Joint reso
lution along tho same lino ns Kny'x
wax also udnplud by n voto of 18
to 10. Tho following house bills woru
Indefinitely postpened: N'os. 05,
108, 170, 201, 240, 318, 327, 281.
Af TER ENCIRCLING
THE WORLD OUR BIG
ELEETJEARS HOME
ATLANTIC SQUADRON WELCOMES FLEET
AFTER GREATEST FEAT IN ALL
MARINE HISTORY.
Our Spring showing of wash goods is the greatest as- I j
sortment of staple and fancy wash materials that was ; ;
ever opened up in Salem. They comprise all kinds of j;
dress ginghams, staple and fancy calicoes, wash waist-
ings, white goods of all the rest. The prices run from
4c a yard and up. We are here with the goods.
Ij Newest Spring Dress Goods II
Now on exhibition 10,000 yards of the latest noveities
in dress goods now on sale. All you have to do is to
come to our store and look through this mammoth stock
we will leave the rest to you. The ladies of higU- J
class taste say they are the most beautiful goods J
shown in this part of the world. Price yard, 25c, 35c,
49c, 75c, 98c and up to $2.50 a yard.
II Salem's Silk Mouse I!
Is here with the goods, the newest and latest shown
anywhere in America. Foulards, Fancy Pongees, Lou
saines, Poplins, Duchess Satins, etc., in all the latest
shades. Price yard, 25c, 35c, 49c, 65c, 75c and up.
1ALL0WED TO MURDER
TO SHOW 600D FAITH
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Suits and Spring Millinery
Now on sale at prices that will please you.
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I United Trees Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, via Rydtkuhnon,
Feb. 18. Iloports nro current of th-s
arrest of aovornl men of noblo blood
nnd high omclnl position, in con
nection with tho rovolntlons that fol
lowed tho oxposuro of tho noted ter
rorist loader, Eugene Azof, as a po
lice spy.
Tho prlfonorH aro (understood (o !e
accusod of using Azof ns a tool fo.
the romovnl of tholr personal nnd po
litical onomlea and'somo of them of
rompl'olty In ths much-whlspered-nhout
plot to kill tho czar at th' time
of his moetlng with Prosldont Fal
lloro. of Franco. The reported ar
rest thoro U practically no doubt
that some have beoh mado woro er
fictod bo qulotly that It Is not ye
pomlhlo to say exnetly who 1ms bomi
taken fn oustody. It will probably
be ImpoMilblo to guess who tho cap
t.vo are untH enough time patus
for tllolr abvenco from, their homt-s
olDolal posts and usual haunts to -bo-conio
noticeable.
Sovoral other persons, so highly
placed timt their elimination cannot
be ongineurod without terrific scan
di.l. which tho government is evl-
Prtteuuu of nppofntmout to nominal
ly Important, but ronlly non-lm-existent
posltioiiH.
A curious fcnluro of tho situation
1? that tho government has rccolvod
practically all Its ossontlnl lnformo
ttou concerning Azof's rotations with
irlstooratlc nnd bureaucratic circles
from terrorists sourcas. It wns of
course woll enough known that tho
supposed revolutionary loader , wns
runlly in the pay of tho secret pollco.
Kxpopt for those who actually em
ployed him. howevor, thvro ueoms fo
hnvo boon no siiHplclou thnt ho wan
actually frequently pormlttod to oac
r out aHsnsslnatlon plots as a moms
of ooaylnclng th terrorists ot his
Kcod fnlth, nwicli w& that ho pi in
uud and oommlttud inurdars for grant
nui, who had anemia or rivals thoy
wanted dUposod of. Hvon tho po
llco woro probubly moro or loss In
Ittnornuco of his dealings of. this lui
tti character.
The revolutionists dug up the
fjcU In tho Investigation they mudn
following the discovery of Azef's
tfoaahory to them. They gavo them
out frooly an a neffectlvo menus of
oi eating dUtrust and hatred among
Now York, Fob. .18. Tho battle
ship floot, with tho wolcomo squadron
of Hcnr-Admlrnl Arnold following :ti
n third squadron ot Rcar-Adralral
Si orry'n fleet aro rapidly noarlng
Ccpo Honry nnd Hampton Roads.
A wlrolcss mossago rocolvod from
Admiral Sporry'u flagship, tho Con
necticut, Indicates that tho Atlantic
H'liindron, undoY Admiral Arnold,
Joined tho bnttloshlp floet yosTordny
whtlu 038 mlloa from Capo Henry.
Tho mossngo gavo a brief descrip
tion of tho sighting of tho welcom
ing squndron; looKouta reporting
that they sighted six columns ot
nmok on the horizon. Later tho six
vc-buoIh undor Arnold enmo Into
view.
As tho two fleotn enmo within a
nillo or -nch othor, Hear-Admtrnl
Amold'a flngshlp, tho Malno,' broktt
out tho roar-adtulraVR flag to Sparry
nnd Arod a enluto of 14 guns, Th
CcMincTttcut responded with th
Rume uumbor of shots.
Fleet Noam Home.
Newport, It. I Fob. 18. A.wlr
Iofs mossngo from tho Idaho ot the
Atlantic floot this afternoon nald that
the position ot tho floot was 250 mlloa
uciuth ot Newport ami 740 nlca from
Hnmpton Komls.
N
FIREMEN DO NOT
DRAW COLOR LINE
United l'reo I.ael Wire.
San Francisco, Fob. 18. During
tho daring rescue of a number of
Chinese women, who woro hummed
In by flro In n lodging house nt 040
Cnpont street todny, Joremlah Col
Hub and Fireman J. W. Perry an1
William Jeffors woro sorlously in
jured by being thrown from a ladder
I'y an explosion of gas in tho burn
ing building. Collins sustnlnod a
fracturo of savoral ribs.
Tho blazo Btartod In a bazaar con
ducted by Wing Hlng Lung Com
pany. It quickly spread to tho pho
to studio of Shun Wing Pung. nnd
then to tho floor nbovo occupied aa
n lodging houso.
Tho Chinese women in tho lodging
hoiiRo worn seen through tho donnu
smoke nt tho windows frantically ap
pealing for aid. A ladder was placed
ngaltiBt tho building and, ho.idod by
Lloutonnnt Collins, sovoral mon stnrt
Vd to nscoud. Just ns Collins reached
tho window, and wbh about to ta
ono of tho women In hln arms to
hand hor to tho man bolow him on
tho ladder thoro was a terrific oxplo
slon of gas, which shook tho build
ing and knocked tho Inddor from tho
Iioiiho, hurling tho Dromon to tho
ground.
Tho Inddor agnlu wns placed at thtf
window and tho women succosHful-
enrrjod down. In tho meantime
tho bluzo had sproad to two bulUI
liiKM"ln tho roar, and tho occupantu
oMiupod with but few of tholr h
longlugs. All of tho buildings woro guttod,
with a loss of about 2G,000.
dontly anxious to avoid, are said to thoso In Influential places at tho
be slated for exile to Siberia under' nnr'ti court and In his government.
AND HE PLAYEd GOLF
WITH OHIO'S ELITE, TOO
(l.nltel l'it Leased Wire.
Portland, Or.. Feb. 18. Accom
panied by pollco o dicers, Jolian n- about that mii(di
had hopud that the flCO his mothor
soil him would wipe out the charge
uga'iiHt him, thereby making it un
necOHWiry for him to mako the lrl:i
north. ' It lit charged that the al-i
logod worthless chookn amounted to
Llmeoay. accir.od or passing wor'.i
Um check In Vancouver, D. O.. U
today on his way to tho Drltlsh Co
lumbia city, having left I'ortlaui
Icte last night
DvLIhimoj- waa t7keii Into custody
a fw days ago, Just as ho wa about
o board a train 'for Han Francisco,
x;ompnlod by his wife. Ho told
llio police that he was once a colonel
Itatber than fight extradition tho ; la the F(8iioh army, and that he
Frenchman consented to return to used to play golf with the elite ot
Vancouver peacefully, although hojPuyton. Ohio, wboc he was East.
COUNTERFEITERS
CAUGHT AT TAC0MA
I United i'rM 1,(mI VVlre.J
TncoiiiH, Fob. 18.- in thu nrroMt to
day of C. A Cook. Hull JoffrluH, Lot
tie JurrrluM hiki rniilliio Crook, u
quai'tot Just Hlrlvud from Han Fruii
ulsoo, tliu louul police dotoctlvoH bo
llovu thwy hnvi in cuatody some of
t In. bund of men uml womun who
have been flooding thu Pacific (toast
cltkw with coiinterfuit coin and who
have loft a trail of thu spurious mon
oy from Sun FrnnulKuo lo Puget
Hound. A sua roll of the room 'occu
pied by tho persons under arrest
brought to light it quantity of spur
ious $fj aijd 110 gold pieces, while
upon the ponton of the JeffrUw wo
man slmllur coins were found.
For weuks thu United Statue treas
ury dupartmunt secret sorvlcu opor
Htives have boon wonting to laud thu
gang that hnvo boon putting Into olr
filiation couuturfoha which no iiourly
lmltatwi thp good money stiTo (jfun
baffjtt the ujclll of bankers imdJtVoaH
uiy officials.
While the evidence against tho,
quartet undor arrest Is thus far clr
oiiinHtantlal. the polo hayu suffi
cient facts to hold t hum until the
government officers can take up the
cuse.
HIGH HEELS PREVENT
COLLECTING DAMAGES
(United 1'rens UukoiI Wire
New York. Fob. 18 High hoela
Miiorn womnii' shoes nt tho wouror'
risk, according to a precedent untuh
I'.shod In tho court at Nowark, N. I..
today.
Two woman appealed to the co.irt
for damages charging that thoy had
been thrown to tho ground by the
sudden atnrtlug of a atreutcur which
auiblod on Its way boforo their tlnv
fftot wero firmly placed upon tho
n'clewulk. Employe of tho atreot
car company testified that tho plain,
tiffs Vere wearing high heoled shoos
at thu tlmo of tho accident, and tho
court dismissed tho sulfa; holding
thnt such shoes constituted contrib
utory negligence.
Jap HnttlcMlilp Hurt.
(United 1'reNN I.eniird Wlre.l
Tpklo, Feb. ISrho JapanOHt
ImUluah'ps Fuji and Taklwa aio
bolng repaired In ArlakevJlay today,
ij'cor baling driven on tlie'coof south
(f Umako Island February Itf. ';
Neither vsil wa seriously dam
nged, but Uj6y wero forced. to put
buck Into Arlakd, whoro thoy are ho
eing repaired In private ahlpyarda,-
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