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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20

grand jury we're three men who lacked
s1dlcient courage % say that the
, truth should be brought % the sur.
face. The inTestizztiy0 simply Con-
armed the three points Bpoo which
the Statesman demanded an invest
cation, tO-Elt:
]. That the bill a. paid vas eI-
traYzgaDt and eKborbitaDt.
|, ?. That the manner 10 which the
contract was let was Ioose.
;. That the mode Of its auditing
and payment vas irregular.
Further snd beyond this. the bin
= evidence that it was tzmpered
( @ith after presentation and after II
sas sUppsed r. have been audited.
-
The people are 10 % moOd 10 sub
nit to the uhiteNasb, for such the re-
pot Of the grand jury must Be con
strued 70 be- Already IDdignztsOn
meetings are proposed and IL will be
strssge ", very slJn mas meetings o.
/ icItizeos are not called at every pre-
cinct aud every county cross roads 10
condemn the actions Of the court and
clerk a. vel zs the three members Of
thesgrsbd jury. There is DO doubt
the investigation will prove an whole
syue example, bot that is not safety
= the PEOPLE who have the lines u
foot, Tn. y want no more Of it-snd
they will not submit-meekly, IL at
all.
The minority report, ~ the way,
goes far towards supporting the ale
cations of the majority, and it is diff
Hcult, 70 say the least, to see how the
three Jurors who signed the minority
report could have refused 70 say the
word and let the investi-
cation proceed. While admit
ting that county funds were
squandered' and county business
mismanaged" By the county court
and clerk, the minority found nothing
"mOre blamewOrthy than injudiciOus
action and want Of discretion on the
part Of those officials" IniudIeious ac-
and discretion, for shame. Is that
what the people expected their grand
jurors 70 fndE Dues that justify the
squanderlng Of county funds and
mlsmaLagement Of the county busi-
ness? Does that excuse the county
clerk for plaelrg false date Of filing
and auditing upon bills when pres
euted TO the county? Does 1t ex-
cuse the judge from transacting
county business and auditing bills 10
private without the sanction of the
commissioner? That It does not
the minority members Of the grand
jury will learn 10 their sorrow as
time wings It's flight.
-.
Pass the whitewash please, as some
Is needed for the minority members
OF the grand jury.
DAILY Statesman editorial, Sunday,
june u, 1897.
"The slip shOd, irregular and un-
business like methods Of the men
charged with the administration Of
the county's affairs are now incOndes-
cent with light. They are within
the opep sight Of all men, 'and subject
~ almost universal adverse comment.
[Daily Statesman, Sunday, June q,
1897. EDITORIAL
"Tom Townsend, w. NJ. (whitewash
manipulator,l Salem, Oregon. Certi-
hcates OF good character furnished
while you wait. Rates 10 suit the
hard times.
Sunday, June 27, edItorial.l
Oregon ought To have better law
covering malfeasance, or misfeasSnce
10 office.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20
To Cure a Cold in one day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
tBblets. All druggists refund the
money If II fails TO cure. 25c. 10-l46m
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20

The original minority report as
presented 10 the court and filed with
the clerk, Is written ia the well
known hand OF a Salem attorney
who had no interest ln the prosecution.
10 permitting an outside party to
know the result Of their findings
before the same were submitted, the
minority dlsregar1ed the oath which
they took swearing 10 reveal nothing.
THE report referred 10 was written by
John A. ars1n.l
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20
WATSON KICKED.

uWhen the bill was raised s25, Com
missioner Watson protested, but was
0yerrpled.
When the bill was iirst presented TO
Watson 70 endorse he swore an oath
Of more than Refor School dlmen-
slons. lie was walked around the
court house and theo d, clared:
"Well you can 20 ahead but itll
just raise h."
Terrell took that for an enCoRment
Watson bolted the whole proposition
when u was aired BY the grand jury.
Judge Terrell was lefs 10 father the
bill alone,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20

The taxas paid by the minority
members Of the grand jury for this
year are as follows, as shown by the
county tax books:
ThOs. Townsend. ...........sll 80
Dan Humphrey. .......... 4 SO
Harry Helmkee. ....... ..... = 20
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-20

r. KOEHLER, Manager.
c. II. MARKHAM. g. F & P. A. Portland
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22

Mrs. Stephen Robbins 10 the wife of q
PROMINENT farmer living On large and we'll
kent plantation just az the edge Of MOnrOc,
Ia. They have resided in this community
but two years, having moved here from Hi.
n0is. The change Mrs made for the benefit
Of Mrs. Robbins health, her physicians huv:
ing advised her that it was the only hope, Of
her ever regaininS her lost health.
"Three ycars Ego this last winter" said
Mrs. Robbins, ~ was very sick with that
most treacheroM disease, the grippe. l had
. very severe time with it, but was able to
get out after being confined to my home
several weeks. l think went out tco
soon, for I Immediately contracted cold
and had relapse. which, is q common occur.
renee with that disease. For several more
weeks l was confined to the house; and after
this did not fully recover until recently.
I was able to get out again, but was quite
a.different woman.
"My former strong constitution was wreck
ed, and was O dwindling mass of skin
md bones. My blood was thin and + had
grown pale and sallow. My lungs were 80
sumption. During my illness l had lost thirty
pounds in weight. / tried to regain my
strength and former good health by trying
different medicines and physicians, but moth
ing seemed to help me: My appetite, was
gone, and when I ate the food it would not
stay on my stomach.
/" The only thing my physician said for me
lis advice I came here. At first l seemed
benefited, but to my sorrow it proved TO I've
only tenn porary, and in few months was
in my former condition. The color had left
my cheeks, had no energy, and life was q
misery. / had become u burden to myself
and family. Finally happened to read in
. newspaper Of how DR.. williams Pink
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22

nR. MILLSPAUGR, Physician and Sur
~ Reon. Office in Flynn,s rev block
Residence corner Third street and Third
avenue southeast. Telephone at residence
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
COULD NOT Ed
Woman's Strong Constitution Wrecked.
Effects Of Treaeheroas Disease.
.%>F A Wonderful Case. syn -. -. i
From ne bulletin, Ao11os, la.

Pills for Pale People hsA effected . miracu.
loss cure with the same disease which q
neigi,b0r of mine had in Illinois. Ef
"On the strength Of this testimonial de-
citled ut once to give the medicine trial.
accordingly sent for g box Of DR., Williams
Pink Pills for P.1e People, and gsve the
was discouraged, little with the result Of
the first box, but knowing that I should not
expect q sudden cure of such chronic case
as mine, tried the second box with the re.
suit that Immediately began getting better.
l used five lroxes of these pills and was COM
pletely cuned, as you see me to-day, weigh.
ing more than ever BEFORE"
story Mrs. Robbins volunteered to make
the following sworn statement:
II hereby affirm that the above statement
10 every word exact and true" .
"Monroe, La., March 2, 1872
"Subscribed and sworn to before me, .
Notary Public in and for the Parish of VIM,
State of Louisiana, this the I'd day Of March,
1897. AMOS r. JEssUPs, Notary Public. !"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and rich.
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They ore an unfailing specific for such dis
eases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
St. Vitus' dance, sciatica neuralgia. rheuma-
tism, nervous headache, the after effect of 10
grippe, palpitation Of the heart, pale and
either in male or female: Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt Of price, 50 cents box, or six
boxes for $3.50 they are never sold in bulk
or by the 1907 by addressing DR.. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
MEDICAL.

n c. TRACE, Physician and Surgeon.
~. Lindbergh Block. ONCE hours from
side of Fourth street, south Of Oak street.
e~Surgeon to N. p. r.. X.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
WORKING THE ROADS.

'yISthods In Vogue In Many States 10 Pro-
ductive Of No Good Results.
The extent to which our travel and
traffic are hampered annually in the win
ter, and almost il not actually prohibit.
ed occasionally, as happens to he the
case now, is y disgrace to the people.of
the county and especially to the off,
Gals who in contemplation of law have
supervision Of the roads. During the
last Is years, says the Woodville< Miss. }
Republican,, we have urged the 11npor
lance of more efficient method of road
working and the immense, it indirece
saving that reasonably good rcadways
would prove to every farmer and ,plans'
er in the county.
The fact is that without general
cutlery and an active public feeling.
which we need not expect under exist
ing laws no improvement of the public
roads can reasonably he anticipated. II
the present almost impossible condition
of many of the main county roads could
continue throughout the year improve.
ment would be forced. But with dry
weather tho worst holes will Abe filled
with brush covered with little dirt,
and the intelligent road overseer will
have pillow run time or two on each
side of road-that is for drainage, you
know-and, presto, the road is worked.
No man of ordinary sense requires to be
told that decent roads are not possible
under such, sloven)y, slipshod. ridicu-
Ions pretense of Duklic work. ~ =
The first principle of roadmaking is
drainage, and proper drainage for tho
roads of county cannot be had with.
out uniform and most intelligent super.
vision. Such supervision the present
road law does not provide for. More.
over, a system Of good roads was never
maintained anywhere without some ex.
penditure of money; not q great deal
necessarily, but whether SO or not it
would return it's value to those who
paid it thousandfold
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
SHAPING ROADBEDS.
No Gullios Should Intervene between che
Roadway and the Main Ditch.

No Gullios Should Intervene Between Hh<
Roadway and the Main Ditch.
The shape Of the roadbed is impor
tant Usually one Of two extremes ir
using the road machine is met with.
Either the operator is afraid of cutting
down the hips Of road aud 60 leaves 9
ditch on each side inside the main
ditch, which commonly results disas'
trously, especially ON hills, or else the
hips are out entirely down, leaving 4
steep, rounded shoulder which narrowl
the way, exposes the surface to unneces'
sary wash, 10 frequently positively dan
gerous for passing teams and allows the
road, in homely phrase, to squat out al
the sides. q
The surface should be a straight line
from the center to the side bitches, with
q suitable grade to each side adapted to
the longitudinal grade Of the road, be.
ing more browning as the hill is sleeper.
II the hips are in the way, cut them
down just enough for the grade and no
more. Be sure to carry the grade from
center to inner edge Of ditch. frequently
to bottom Of ditch, when elevation Of
roadbed or drainage does not require IN
extra depth to these. appendages.-
Charles E. Pettee, Civil Engineer.
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST
Secretary Alger is able to ut up and
10 said to be otherwise improved in con
dition. 49,. ...-....--.-. -.' s~- v.'
Chauncey NJ. Depew has been elected
president of the Republican club o:
New York. 49,,
\ The Conway Cabinet company o;
Milwaukee has made q voluntary as
alignment to the Milwaukee Trust com.
pany. go" @T:,.
The remains of the late Judge Joh,.
n. Scott, brother-in.law OF ex. President
Benjamin Harrison, we're buried MOI.
day 1t Washington, Pa. '3..s
Edwin II. Weber, for ~ years one Of
the editors of the Dunn County Owls.
News, died ct his home in Menomonis
Of acute Bright's disease, aged 50 years.
Tho house committee on Indian If.
fairs has restored the salaries of the
members of the Dawes commission to
q, 900, butlrefused to put the number
OF commissioners back from three to
I've. .... Ill ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
ONLY ThreelTrains on Earth

Worthy of comparison with the BurlinR-
toms anime apolis & st. Paul Chicago
Limited" One in Europe. two east Of
Chicago; none west. s..s.,5 IN. Il, -. do
so beautiful, 30 luxurious, 90 costly .
train has never before been at the disposal
Of the travelling public of the Northwest
Electric lighted, steam heated, wide
yestibuled, Compartment sleepers, dinner
buffet library car. No extra fares.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
Write tots.

&.@ We should he pleased to have every
young man and woman interested
in education write to rs. We are
particularly anxious to have par
ents, who have children to educate.
investigate the advantages which
our school offers for obtaining q
practical ejucation. We are al
ways glad to furnish any informa-
ton desired. Send for latest cata-
logue. r. .,.,2 \
LITTLE FALLS BUSINESS COLLEGE,.
An electric light system will he
put In St. Johns University the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22

Patrons Of that line will be graft
fed to learn that arrangements have
been made, effective Sunday. March
6. for all passenger trains Uf the
Nickel Plate road to arrive at and
depart from the Van Buren, Street
Sta tiOn In Chicago.
The many advantages afforded by
this great Union depot, located in.
the heart Of the business portion of
Chicago. and the continued advan-
tage afforded by lower rates than
over other lines, snaying three ex-
press trains daily. with through
sleeping cars, to New York and Bog
ton. and the advantage Gf superior
Dinlng- car service, when all con-
adhered. should show increase d
travel over the Nickel Plate road.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
Mr Gladstone,s Estate.

Writing in the London Daily Tele-
graph, the Hon. F. Lawley states
that after Sir John Gladstone's death
the involved condition of Sir Stephen
Glynne's affairs, consequent upon the
mismanagement of the Hawarden
estate by an over-sanguine agent, was
disclosed for the first time. With
characteristic energy and prudence,
Mr.. Gladstone came to his brother in
laws rescue, and enabled him to re-
main permanently in the beautiful
Welsh home to which both were so
attached. The sum then
advanced by Mr.. Gladstone to save the
Hawarden estate amounted, it is said,
to $3.50, 900, and two of the farms be-
came Mr.. Gladstone's property. At
no time during his long residence OF
Hawarden did Mr.. Gladstone's unof-
fetal income exceed $25, 900 year.
Such, however, was the thrift and sa-
gacity with which the Hawarden es-
tate was managed, that the eldest son
of Mr.. William Henry Gladstone, born
in 1885, will, it is believed. succeed
to $50, 900 year on attaining his ma
jority.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
ST PARISH La. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1898.

clothes and told ne that he would
make a bargain with me. This was
that I should take his coat and ex-
change it for that of the first midship-
man who came into my place. He
said he knew he would get the Lest Of
the bargain.
81 was at the house one day. watt
ing to take his order, when the card
of representative of magazine
which wished to publish an article
giving his views on some naval ques-
tion was sent up. I was in the room
with the Admiral when the magazine
man was admitted. He told the ADJ
miral what he wanted, and asked him
when he could do it. Admiral Porter
thought for o while, and then re-
marked that he knew of someone Who
was more competent to write on the
subject than himself. The questioner
was then told that if he would wait a
few weeks-it was May at the time
the cadets would graduate at the Naval
Academy, and any MILDLY was more
competent to treat the subject, or so
considered himself"
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
Her Ancestor.

An Australian woman of great charm
and tact tells many amusing stories Of
the strange questions put to her by
people with thirst for information
about her native land.
lit is very common thing for me
to be asked if the bushes are still
thick where 1 live, or whether our
house is in the clearing" she 'says,
plaintively; ''and I know they often
regard my veracity as doubtful
quantity when I tell them Australia
is not all bush by any means. But
an old lady asked me q new question
one day. She evidently supposed
that all the dwellers in Australia were
descendants of the criminals trans
ported to Botany Bay.
"'Is it possible for convicts to edu-
cate their children SO we'll, ordinar-
ily?' this terrible old Englishwoman
asked me, surveying me through her
lorgnette as I finished telling one of
her friends about my school days.
But my father was not q convict,
madam I said, with natural sur
prise.
"sAh,' she said, meditatively,
then I suppose it was your grand
father who was sent there. OF course
much can be done in the third genera
tion.'
s'I should have been angry Fiji it
had been worth while, the Australian
adds, with admirable wisdom. ''But
she surveyed me SO impersonally that
didn't even tell her there was actu-
ally a part of the population of my
which did not come from
convict stock. Youths Companion.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17

The sudden drowning of . good
swimmer is not due to cramp, as
generally supposed. There is no
reason, says high medical authority,
why cramp in leg should prevent an
ordinary swimmer supporting himself
in the water by his hands or on his
back, or cause him to throw up his
hands and sink once for all like q
stone. The explanation is that the
drum of the ear is perforated, and the
pressure Of water causes vertigo and
unconsciousness.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
sANTlAco.s CAPTURE IN 1862.
English and Americans Under Lord VIII
sor Did the Trick Effectively.

English and Americans Under Lord VIM
sor Did the Trick Effectively.
1t was Diego Velasquez who founded
Santiago in Cuba in 1915, thus making
it the oldest town on the island. For
a long time Santiago was the capital
and the headquarters of the various
murderous expeditions of the Spanish
against the mainland. Cortez made it
his rendezvous during his conquest Of
Mexico. De Soto started from San
tiago in 1923 on his first expedition Of
exploration. BY the middle of the
century The place had grown to be
rich and important. There was all
kinds of wealth there, the accumula-
ton, doubtless, of the plunder taken
from the defenceless Aztecs and the
countless other victims of Spanish lust
and avarice.
In 1868, 400 French landed in the
harbor and didn't have much trouble
in capturing. the city, not half SO much
trouble as Sampson and Schley are
having now. This handful of French
held the town till o ransom of some
$4,000 was paid. After this there
were frequent attacks by the numerous
bands of buccaneers and pirates that
infested the seas of that time.
But the real attack, and the one that
has chief interest for Americans of to-
day. was in 1862, just 100 years before
Havana was captured by the Ameri-
cans and English, when Lord Winsor,
with fifteen vessels and less than 1000
men, English and Americans, sue
ceeded without much opposition in
effecting landing at Aquadores, the
very same town where Sampson was
said to have landed men to effect q
junction with the insurgents of to-day.
These 1000 men walked all the way
from the sea to the city, and after q
little brush with the inefficient force
of Spanish sent to oppose them, wiped
them off the face Of the earth ard took
possession of the town.
It is not exactly known why Lord
Winsor attacked Santiago rather than
Havana, unless it was that he thought
it richer and easier. The English
were disappointed sorely to find that
the inhabitants, in leaving for other
parts, had either hidden or taken all
valuables with them, so there wasn't
enough plunder to go around. The
invaders, however, confiscated all the
silver church bells and the guns from
the fort, and, as if just to show their
spite, blew up the Moro Castle and
destroyed the cathedral. The MORO
was rebuilt in 1868, and remains to
this day-or rather till the other day,
when Yankee guns once more battered
it. Philip 1. was King Of Spain at
the time, and he was angry that the
English should be so rough with his
belongings. 1t always has been part
of the Spanish nature to get angry
about little things and rave in help
less rage.
In 1862 the English took Havana,
and Santiago for while was left out
of consideration, but not for long. In
1866 along came an earthquake, wreck
ing half the city and putting 100 peo-
pie out of the misery of being Spanish
subjects. Since that time the town
has lived a pretty even existence up
to the present time. Looking back.
ward, we see that full 100 years
elapsed between the capture of San
tiago and the capture of Havana
New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
full tilt into the tramp and sent him

full tilt into the tramp and sent him
flying.
Then, springing off his machine,
Reginald let the thing fall, and flew
at Margot's assailant with the courage
and energy Of mastiff. After roll
ing Grimes over and over, Reginald
finally gave him final shove into the
ditch despite low "'Old ard 'guv-
norl'') and then went back to Margot.
"Oh, thank you, SO much, Mr..
Oldercheek; how lucky you were SO
near! That horrid man'
''I'll lay into him again if you liker
was Reginald's chivalrous offer.
"Oh, no, you have punished him
enough, I think. Let us go back.
Stay with me, won't you."
"Of course I will" exclaimed
Reginald, and SO, wheeling his own
machine, he began to accompany Mar
got back toward Woodchester at q
slow pace.
For some little time the tramp lay
quite still where Reginald had de-
posted him. Presently, however, he
looked up, and, seeing that his en-
ployer was fast disappearing, he got
up and gave chase. So softly did he
run that Reginald and Margo; were
not aware of his proximity Until he
was close upon them. Then Margot
gave a half scream and clutched her
knights arm. Reginald, with certain
vague misgivings, faced round ON the
man.
"Storp-'ere-where's that other
'arfquid?" gasped Grimes, hoarsely.
''What do you mean?" demanded
Reginald, bound to keep his end up
before Miss Carpenter.
''The other 'arf-quid you said you d
give me for attackin' this yer young
gell!' was Grimes's explanatory re-
joinder.
Margot gazed wonderingly at Reg
inald, whose face told her that the
tramp was attempting no illegal ex-
tortion. Reginald saw smile creep
ing round her lips. Silently he hand
ed Grimes the coin. The tramp
pocketed it, and then departed, CIV
ing vent to what sounded in Reginald s
ears like satirical chuckle.
When he had gone Margot and Reg
inald wheeled silently back to Wood
chester, parting, with some little en-
barrassment, at Margot's gate.
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
OPTIMISM.

There's word Of gentle meaning.
"Afterwhile."
It's the sesame of dreaming,
"Afterwhile.''
When our fortunes halt and vary,
It's the watchword OF the fairy,
From hopes sweet vocabulary,
'Afterwhile."
We will hear no sounds OF battle,
"Afterwhile.'
We will miss the cannon's rattle,
"Afterwhfle."
Men will put away the saber
And together they will labor
Each to help a helping neighbor,
''Afterwhile."
This old earth will cease its sorrow,
"Afterwhile.''
There will dawn a peaceful morrow,
'1Afterwhile."
When all grief is but tradition,
Giving Ctis its rightful mission)
Contrast to life's blest condition
"Afterwhile."
The Banner-Democrat., 1898-09-17
A successful Preacher.

An English bishop, as he was going
about his diocese, asked the porter Of
a lunatic asylum how q chaplain whom
he, the bishop, had lately appointed,
was getting on:
80, my lord" said the man, This
preaching is most successful. The
hidiots henioys it particular. -"
Ladies' Home journal.