Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 1

TlTESMAN OREGON VOL. 48 NO. 155. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899. DAILY EDITION Did You Ever Think Mil Of Mill Threi distinct shocks werg felt at Juneau and buildings were bad'y shaken.

The earthquake was the most severe at Yakutat. Kanan island, at the entrance tor Yakutat bay, tank twenty feet into the sea. At high tide only the tops; of trees are visible. Huge fissures opened t.ne earth. The Dora's passengers say that In two minutes the ocean rce twenty feet above high tide, and almost as quickly subsided.

The Indians at Yakutat have deserted their, homes and are living in tents on the beach. Many have gone to Northwest. Tho farmers are well off. They feel that they can afford to hold their gra.n Evidence this Is Sf-en on cur Wpshington and Columbia river line, 160 miles long, where we have tc practically build a new line of warehouses. I have just authorized extensive improvements of this character at Daytcn, Washington, and other principal points.

'If the farmers would send Ihelr grain out steadily we would be saved this expanse, but, as it is, there Is no help for it. Hail destroyed many millions ct bushels, but the damage on our line by hail lis comparatively insignificant, amounting to mot over 250,000 bushels. The Unin Pacific has not ilnally decided to vse our facilities between, Tacoma and Portland, but if they do we will make all improvements necessary ito accommodate the increased traffic." What it costs you for a few days' accommodation at a credit store? It's no accommodation, You pay an enormous interest. The interest is concealed in the prices, but it's there. New York Racket Is a strictly one-price cash store.

You don't pay your neighbors' debts when you deal with them. Lowest possible prices on Shoss, Clothing, Hosiery, Underwear, hats, shirts, overalls, gloves, ladies' and gents' furnishing goods, notions. The spot cash plan means low prices. E. X.

BARNES Cor. Commercial and Chemeketa Streets SALEM, OREGON, 4 1 I 3 I oooooooo A Dandy oooooooo For $3.50 OOOOOOOO (oooooooo Hides Approaching War in Africa. ENGLAND IS READY Troops and Munitions Are Harried to tbe Cape Great Activity in War Department. LONDON, Sept. 20.

mspite all outward shew of calm, Great Britain is In practically the same condition tday, as was the ignited Staws a few weeks before the opening of the war with Spain. Beneath the crust of diplomatic reserve, the officials are working night and day preparing fcr ihe signal Ito begin hostilities, whether that conies or not. England is not going to be caught napping any more than the Transvaal. While Lord Salisbury is quietly at home in his house, Chamberlain is burii'd in his work at the colonial office, and dDtible forces at the arsenal and dockyards are straining evety nerve to equip and transport troops to the Cape. It may be said for certain that Groat Britain will do nothing to precipitate matters and that Ihe colonial office is far from admitting that the case is hepekss.

The departure of the transport Je-lunge, for the Mediterranean today with 1100 troops, was witnessed by a large and enthusiastic crowd, At WooUvjeb; activity o- increase daily, and especially in tha ordnance department, where Maxim guns, lyo-dito shells, balloon equipments, gas and other paraphernalia of modern warfare are being hurried forward. This evening the of Lans-downe Issued strict orders to the staff of the war deparlment warnirg all subordinates to iefrain frtm giving the press any Information without the authority c-f their superiors. Advices from Cape Town are to the effect that Uie 'Afrikanders declare that the, Traravaal will not yield fur ther that, if imperial government docs not recede from its present posi tlon, war 4s inevitable. According other advices, the burghers are rapid ly going into laagers, while the esodua from Johannesburg yesterday reached 10,000 persons. Merchants are erecting barricades in front of their shop windows.

GOOD EARNINGS. NORTHERN PACIFIC PEOPLE ARE PLEASED WITH LAST YEAR. President Mellen Says Farmers Are Rich and Disposed to Hold the Grain at Present. NEW YORK, Sept. Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, says: "Our annual report, Ito be submitted this week, wf 11 be very satisfactory, much more so than is anticipated This is beet expressed by the statement that we have earned fully 5 per cent tn all stcck.

We wCll haul as much grain this year as last. It Is iuite remarkable tho txtent ta which the farmers are disposed to thrlr grain. This Is especially true of the Pacific coast farmers, though it is also noticeable to a less degree In tha KULTURE Is the NEW A SHOE Special Sale on Upholstered Rebels in Zamboango Are Weak. TYPHOON AT MANILA Iowa and Tennessee Troops to Sail for Home More Transports Being Bon IMANILA, Sept. cable reports from Ik Ho, concerning the results pf General second trip among the Southern islands, indicate that only about 400 rebels at Zamboanga refuse to recognize American authority.

Pending the outcome In the island of Luzon, the city of Zamboanga is practically deserted. The rebels are in camp four miles 4n the country. The Moros and Filipinos are unfriendly, and disturbances them are liable to occur. Jolos is quiet and the natives continue friendly. HEAVY STORMS.

Washington, 20. The war" department has received the fallowing dispatch: Manila, 20. Adjutant-General, Washington: A typhoon is prevailing. The rainfall for forty-eight hours was 8.2 inchest During Jiagt tenty-ifu)r hours 6.3 inches It delays the shipment of volunteers. Iowa troops will probably sail tomorrow.

The Tennessees are detained by the storm." MORE TRANSPORTS. (Washington, Sept. 20. Root received information today which gives assurance that enough ships can be secured to land all troops in Manila by Christmas. Telegrams from San Francisco announce that the quartermaster has options there on vessels which will take the place of those being repaired on the Atlantic coast.

SAW THE PRESIDENT. Washington, Sept. 20. Cardinal Gibbons had a half hour's conference with the president today. Further than to admit that the conversation related to the Philippine conditions.

Cardinal Gibblns declined to make a statement regarding the conference. The Catholic clergy have been very much exercised by the reports of the desecretion of church property in the Philippines, by our soldires. MASON IS ASHAMED. (Washington, Sept. 20.

In an Interview with a Pos reporter, today, Senator Mason, of Illinois, said: "On the floor of the senate I shall continue imy opposition to the war upon the Filipinos. I would sooner resign my seat than treat a dog the way we are treating these people. I am ashamed of my country. The people make a great mistake, when they said that I am against expansion. -1 am not.

But expansion by purchase or other means is one thing, and expansion by force is another." TO PAY TROOPS. Sept. 20. The Thirty-fifth infantry at "Vancouver barracks will be paid in full to November 1st, before starting to the Philippines. About $60,000 will be paid out to the regiment in advance.

TO PORTLAND. Washington, Sept. 20. The war department has directed the transports Sikh and City of Rio to go to Portland, Oregon, and take the Thirty-fifth volunteers to Manila. ODD FELLOWS PARADE.

Thousands of Three-Linkers Reviewed -In Detroit Yesterday. Detroit, Sept. 20, For more than an hour, this afternoon, 4500 Odd Fellows and their sisters of the Rebekah branch of the order were passing in review before Grand Sire Pinkerton, Deputy Grand Sire Cable and Major General J. P. Elllcott, chief of the grand sire's staff.

It was the finest and largest procession seen In Detroit since the great G. A. R. parade in 1890 Fully a score of bands urnished music. AN EARTHQUAKE.

GREAT PHENOMENON WITNESS ED ON ALASKA'S COAST. Kanan Island Sank Twenty Feet in the Sea--Indiana Desert Their Homes. SEATTLE, Sept. -T1hj steamship City of Topeka arrived from Jynn canal this evej.ir.g-, with the news of a terrible earthquake which bngan on September 3d and continued until September 10th. The fteamer Dora carried the news (to Juneau.

Th earthquake extended from 1 bay, 150 mM-a below Yakutat, 500 miles northwest into the Cook's Inlet country. It was the greatest phenomenon witn t'sed In Alaska since a similar occurrence In the Russian days. 01 Who we will sell you a gold-filled 2u year guarantee watch for -Or a good silvorine watch for ff? Come and see them and we will show you many others at remarkably low JOHN G. BARR. 11; State Street ENGLISH ENTERPRISE.

The Portland Smelter to Be Operated by a London Company. Portland, Sept. 20. The Linnton smelter, ten miles from this city, will pass into the hands of the English Development Company, of London. C.

M. Rosedale, manager of the locan Ore Purchasing of Nelson, B. has been here completing arrangements, and, it is said, the deal involves the expenditure of $500,000. The smelter will be started soon, and the ore from Eastern Oregon, the Cour d' Alenes and Southern Oregon will be brought here. DIED IN SEATTLE JUDGE W.

G. PIPER, FORMERLY OF LINN COUNTY. Passed Away Yesterday Was District Attorney in the. Third Oregon District Once. SEATTLE, Sept.

20. Judge W. G. Piper, late of Moscow, Idaho, died here this afternoon. Judge Piper had been in failing since his retirement from the bench, last January.

He had been for about two weeks in the hospital but his condition was hopeful until yesterday morning, when he suddenly took a turn for the worse. Judge Piper was well known throughout the Northwest. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1831. In-1876 he came from Indiana with 'his family to Oregon, locating at Albany. In 1880 he was elected district attorney for the third judicial district of that state.

In 1887 he moved to Idaho, and was in 1S90 elected superior judge for the Moscow- Lewdston district. He was reelected In 1894. He leaves four sons and two daughters. FOR BOAT RAILWAY. Portland, Sept.

O. R. N. has 3 greed to give the United States government a right-of-way, oyS Vita property, for he boa ittmvay Around the fUs between The Dalles arid Ce lilo. It will be necessary to move ihe R.

N. racks, the survey for tho boat railwtiy crosses the railroad six times. This completes the right-of-wV fcr the beat railway. SADLER WINS. Carson, Sept.

The supreme court has rendered decision in ihe governorship contest. By the decision Sadler wins the case, having sixty plurality, an increase of forty votes over the original count. AN ESCAPPJ. A parent at the in-isane asylum, a trusty around tlT; big institution, ltft ci Tuesday evening, and thus far has not" been captured. His name could not bi ascertained last' night.

The offlc ers hope to soon secure the man. LICENSES ISSUED. In the couniy clerk's (office, yesterday, marriage licenses were issued as follows: Palmer Tucker and Mrs. Eliza Moss, Carrie Tucker, witness, and J. F.

Bianchard and Mary Hensley, A. Mclntyre, witness. Fast Black for Ladies 25c Fancy Lace Effects and Drop Stitch 50C, 75C, $1.00 mm Plain Fancy DREYFUS IS FREE NOTED PRISONER RELEASED Df FRENCH AU1HOJUTIKS. Ha Has Gone to Nice, Accompanied by His Brother and a Small Guard of Police. REN NES, Sept.

20. Captain Alfred Dreyfus at 3 o'clock this morning lefs the prison in which he had ben confined fine his return from Devil's Isl andthen proceeded to Veina, where he took a train bound for His departure was C3mpietly unnctloed. AT NANTES Nantes, Sept. 20. Dreyfus arrived here this morning, from Ronnes, ac ccmpanied by his brother, Mathieu Drtyfus; the chief of the secret police, MY Viguer, and one policeman.

Tho party traveled as ordinary pissengers. The train reached the station at 8 17 m. Here they took the Bordeaux train to continue their journey alone, where they arrived a few hours later. They vprefed the Intention 1 1 pro ceeding to Nice. if" BOSTON DEMOC RATS.

Last Year's Leaders Decline to Again Head a Lost Cause. Boston, Sept. 20. The declination of the tvvj men, who headed last year's democratic ticket Alexander B. Bruce of Iawvence, and Edward J.

Slattery. of South Farmlngham to run again thl9 year, was the sent allien of the political gathering of the democrats for the convention which will be held hen tomorrow. Tonight it was announced, that Robert T. Payne, of this city, had consented to head the ticket, but there was quite a content for second place with no agreed candidate at a late hour. Enough of the platform is knewn to show that it will endorse W.

J. Bryan and the Chicago platferrh. It we'll denounco trusts, imperialism and expansion. 1 YELLOW FEVER. Key West, Eept.

20. During, the pat twemty-four hours, thirty-six new cases of yellow fever reported, but no deaths. Look at us First door east of pavilion. Finest of candies, cigars and boft drinks. ELLIS ZINN.

25c 30c, 35c Fancy Stripes and Plaids for Udita 25c, 50c, 75c We have the most up-to-date Hosiery, Corset and Underwear Department in the city. VISIT IT. We have decided to continue our sale on upholstered furniture during -Fair Week. Every lounge and parlor set in our store marked in plain figures. Prices the lowest ever offered.

We do all kinds of upholstering to order. These are our prices on carpets: I Unions 30c per yard All Wool Ingrains 50c per yard Tapestry Brussels 50c per yard Roxbury Carpets per yard Moquet Carpets 90c per yard See our display of wall decoration at the Fair, and let us give you figures on wall paper and paper hanging. BUREN HAMILTON. 248 Commercial Street. name of this shoe.

IS THE NAME OF THE PLACE THAT HAS THE EXCLUSIVE SALE DF THIS SHOE. rooms and the hall ways of this, lodging house have been thoroughly disinfected and the physician w.ho has the case In charge last night pronounced the rooms perfectly safe for occupancy. The quarantine that was established over the Salem Lodging house will be lifted this morning. FOE OF THE TRAINED NURSE. A German Journal is authority for the statement that two-thirds of the trained nurses actively engaged acquire and die of tuberculosis.

The largest vegetables are found In the gardu see catalogue. 3i'. 1 I lit BEST FOR CHILDREN. Fast Black. Plaids 25c, "Quick Sales and Small Profit" IS OUR MOTTO.

i 1 This is why you should get our prices on Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Oil Cloth, Matting, Wall Paper, Window Shades, Iron Beds, Picture and Room Mouldings. See these goods and be convinced. F. M. HGLLIS CO.

FIRST DOOR NORTH OF OSTOFFICE, SALEM, ORE. FULLY UNDER CONTROL. The case of varioloid, which was discovered In this city on Tuesday, 13 being very successfully handled. Yesterday members of the Battersby family -were (vaccinated. Tlfe ruarant4ne remains i In force over the home of the afflicted 1 1 and the house is carefully guarded to prevent a spread of the disease.

The attend ini nhvsticlan last evening re- Ported the patient doing well and ex-1 Pressed the belief that the case was completely under control. Roomers the Salem Lodging -were released yesterday afternoon after hav-tng been thoroughly disinfected and vaccinated and required to put on an Cath-e charge of clothing. The forty i.