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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
ropAY's MARKET.

PoRTLAND Dec. 70 Wheat VALLEY
go; Walla Walla, SOC.
Flour-Portland. $500; Supernpe
". 25 per bbi.
Oats-White 40(d4lc.
Hay--sS(Ql0 per ton.
Hops -ll(6lTac; old crop &c.
Wool--VaIley, l2(Gl4c; Eastern
Oregon, g1llC.
MiilstuiI-Bfan, slc; shorts, sle;
q s15.
Poultry-Chlckens, mixed, 81. .5093 90
turkeys, live, l3(6l4c.
Eggs-OregOu, 27(G30c per dOz.
Hides-Green, sailed 60 lbs, 6(dSic.
under 80 lbs, 6i(d7c;sheep pelts, l5(920c.
Onions-75c(dSl Der sack.
BUTTERFLIES. dairy, 40(d45c; fancy
creamery, 50c(d55c per roll.
Potatoes, 6O(d60c per sack.
Hogs-Heavy, s4.75.
MattoO-W WeatheIs SIC; dressed, 7c
Beef-s,teers, SO. .25(dS.50; cows, $3.50
G2.75. dressed, 5d6.
SALEM NARKET.
Wheat-5O.
Oats--35c.
Hay-Baled, cheat, Sg50(ds7.
Flour-In wholesale lots, 2.OO: re-
tail 90 60.
Millstuff-Bran sl2i without and
sl3t with sacks; shorts-Sl3iCgl4 per
ten without sacks.
Hogs-dre. sed, &c.
Live cattle--2f(d3c.
Sheep--Liye, s2.50(9S3.
Veal-5tc.
Butter-Dairy zoe; creamery 26c.
WoOl-Best.l l5c. MOhair 25c.
Hops Best l6(6l7c.
Eggs 25c IN cash.
PoulJry-Chickeus, 7a8c; turkeys,
! live, l0c.
Farm smoked meats-Bacon, 8tC
ham, l0c shoulder, 6(97c.
I potatoes-30c.
Apples-30c.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

program on foot, or there ought to be,
n the voice OF the people means any
thing.
IL remains TO be seen whether the
new state administration can grasp
the situation, or whether they will
prope blIndly under the hypnotic innu-
en:e OF statesmanshlp that must
hence forth be confined TO the highly
problemat!c occupation OF conducting
a political peanut shop from the back
door OF the Oregon polIcal morgue.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

years roll by men and women sre be-
coming more intelligent and inde
pendent, In thought aud action.
The time Is past when you
can line up a party Of men who
will subscribe to everything that
their fathers believed or that a polit-
ical boss dictates to them. When you
undertake Jo read men out OF your
party because they will not act and
think as you do, can IL be expected
that intelligent Americans will tamely
submit? NJ. L. CHAMBERLIN.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

OF the weary, watch.worn *
mother by the side of her
suffering little one Such mothers take
little or no account Of their own WEAKNESS
and weakness, but keep on until they drop
They seldom realize how completely their
baby's health depends upon their own.
Every mother, aud every woman who ex-
poets 20 be a mother. ought 10 obtain the
health bringing, strens, creating assist
ance Of DIR. PieTce's Favorite Prescription
IL gives elastic endurance 10 the organs
concerned Ia motherhood, and nourishing
vitality 10 the special nerve, ,centers.
Taken early during CESSATION. il makes
motherhood perfectly safe and almost pain.
less. Its beneficial effect Is transmitted TO
the child Ia increased constitutional vigor.
IL protects the mother against relapse and
improves the quantity and quality Of uour-
iahment during the nursing period
II reinforces tired oyer-wrought women al
every critical stage, and heals the special
diseases 10 which they are subject II was
Designed for this express purpose by an
educated physician aud skilled specialist
DR.. Pierce has devoted thirty years TO this
particular Geld Of practice. His thousand,
page book, the Peoples Medical Adviser. t"
win be sent free, for a one-cent stamps 20
pay the c0H OF Sfafifag oHly. Or, cloth.
bound for s. stamps. Address y. V, Pierce,
n. D., Buffalo, NJ
MTs J. \. ciough, Box soJ, Lisbon, OTaiton Co.
New Hampshire writes I'll am the mother Of
4 nice baby four aud half months old lie is
perfect child aud weighs about eighteen pouuds
about my condition. ] cannot give TOO much
praise 10 your Favonte Prescription as 4 saved
me a great deal Of suffering. I got along re
maEkably well, this being my arss baby
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
MR.. cHAMBERLIN SPEAKS.

Hon M, l.. Chamberlln addresses
not very sugar-coated Christmas greet
ings " the chairman OF the Marion
county Republican committee, aud
the chairman OF tbs hrst district
Congressional Republican committee,
Appraiser OF Customs of the Port OF
Portlaud, and Chief Bugler Of the
Mcbride Mitchell faction OF the Re-
publican party.
The compliments OF the season as
presented In this paper are very i'm
portant because they bear unsolicited
testimonial from stalwart fellow
partisan OF many years standing, TO
the character aud methods OF the
Mcbride Mitchell push and It's richly
rewarded local mouth-piece that has
for twenty years domiuated the Re-
publican party In Marion county but
10 now passing, for the publlc, into
a happy decreptItude.
Thrice In one year has that aggre-
cation OF appetite, gall, lncomDetency,
extravaKance aud corruption been
waved aside by a cyclone OF public
wrath, and told 10 stand back with
al persuasive power Of the political
plledrlver. First a. the school cleo
tion when Bingham aud Davis were
showed under, next at the Republican
primaries, aud last time At the recsnt
city election. IL looks as though the
people had learned how 10 deal with
the combInation pretty effectively.
IL the combination struck at so
successfully three times, under the
leadership OF men like Mr.. Chamber
lin, have political stock In trade, from
Unlted states ssnAtorshlps At Wash
ington 70 Iauitorships the state in-
stitutlons, IL does not.grow out OF any
expressions 0f public confidence la the
community where they are best
known. IL would seem az though
thelT days for fattening at the public
crib were numbsred.
While this impression OF complete
lack OF public confidence has not YET
reached the ears OF the administers
tion AZ Washington, II may do so In
time 70 save Oregon for Mckinley In
1900. But the president Will have u
set his ear 20 the ground aud play the
part OF willing listener before II Is toe
late. for even Charley Fulton said
after the recent city election at Salem,
that the people could be trusted after
81, and were more than apt 10 be
right.
Those who cannot see that COM
plete eclipse OF deceney has come over
she Republican situation 10 Oregon,
80 vigorously limited at by Mr.,
Chamberllp, will have ~ get their
eyes open by a few thousand more
volts Of force 10 the way Of sastiga-
tiou from the people. There is a Osw
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
uatarrh Cannot Be Cured.

with l1cal applications, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease.
Catafrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and IN order to cure IL you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a Quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one OF the best physicians In this
country for years, and IL "A regular
prescription. IL is composed OF the
best tcnlcs known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting dl-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two in-
gradients is what produces such won
derful results In curing CaJarrh. Send
for testimC mails, free.
+. J. CHENEY, Props.
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
Call for Warrants.

Notice Is hereby given that there
are funds on hand applicable 10 the
payment Of all warrants OF the City
OF Salem; endorsed on or before OctO-
ber 20, 1896. drawn upon the general
fund. Please prescott said warrants
for payment at Ladd a Bush's bank,
as Interest on the same will cease
rom the date Of this notice.
A. A. LEI. City Treasurer.
Salem. Nov. 20, 1898 2lOt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
The Tennessrn

Undersigned has still a few thou
sand OF those Tennessee strawberry
plants left at sl,O0 hundred. They
are the finest table berry, or for the
home market. Early aud brilliant
red. Now is the time 10 put out TO
get a spring crop. f. HoFER,
d & wtf Salem, or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
Notice.
Salem, Or.

The annual meeting OF the share
holders OF the Capital National bank Of
Salem for the election OF directors, and
the amendment II deemed adyisa BILE
OF article third OF its articles OF assO-
citation. will be held at It's banking
house at 3 O'Clock p. m., OF Tuesday,
the l0th day OF January, A. D., 1899.
j. ii. ALBERT, cashier.
Salem, Dec. y, 1898. lilo I'd
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
. a - II q Ia Z "A.
ssa,,,b. a Ihs Kind You Have NwaTs BOugh
Signature a L%1HHZIAa

Soothing. healing, cleansing, DeWlt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the enemy Of sores,
burns and wounds II never fails to cure
piles. Lunn & Brooks. druggists.
SICK HEADACHE ABSOLUTELY AND
permanently cured by using Moli Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipation and
Indigestion, makes you eat, sleep, work and
harpy. Satisfaction guaranteed OF money
back. age and soc. Lunn & Brooks druggist.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

Constipation pievepts the body from rid
ling itselfoi waste matter DeWitt's Little
Early Risfrs remove the trouble and cure
sick hesdachs. BiliousneSs. Snail sugar
coated, don't gipe or cause nausea. stones
drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

The sooner a cough OF com is Gu ed the
better. Lingering colds are dangerous.
One Minute Cough Cure quickly Gu es It.
Why suffer when such cough cure is
within reach7 Itis pleasant. s'one's Drug
store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

A Beautiful Snowstorm
10 predicted for this week by many
Cld:Settlers, and the high grade grocer
les at BranSon s. Goa store are con.
ceded To he the best.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

A cough is not like fever. II does not
have 10 run a Certain course. Cure IL quickly
with One Minute Cough Cure, the best rem
edy for all We reccommsnd IL because its
good. Stones drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
A Box Of SMOKE

Ia thing seldom bought but when
you buy one OF those fragrant &c
Little Champion cigars you get a dell
cious smoke
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BY
using Aeksr's Dypepsia Tablets, Jne little
tallet will give Immediate relief OF money
refunded. Sold in handsome tin boxes at aSe.
Lunn & Brooks druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

EXPERIENCE IS THE FEST TEACHER
Use Aeker's English Remedy in any case Of
coughs. colds OF Group. Should Il fail TO give
inlmediat Tele money refunded. aSe and
Soc Lunn 4 Brook, druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

Late to led early to rise prepares a man
for his hone in the skies. Little Early
Riser, the pill that makes life longer, letter
and wiser. Stoue's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
PLAYED OUT

Dull Headache. Fsins in variods parts Of
the body. Sinking at the pit Of the st nnaeh,
Loss oi appetite. Feverishness, Pimples or
Sores ar all positive evidences Of impure
blood. No matter how il became so it must
be purified in order to obtain good health
Aeker's Blood Elexir has never failed To- cure
Scrofulous or Syphilitic poisons or any other
blood dissa es 1t is certainly wond, rful
remedy and we will sell every bottle on o
positive guarantee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
q a - IN q III a.
Bss,,.bs The Kind You Hss kMaB Bought
Signature sf A(H2ZzA

Overcome evil with good, Overcome our
coughs and colds with One Minute Cough
Cure II cures Group, tIcnehilis, s,pneumenia,
la grippe and lung diseases. Stones Drug
Store
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
20u Miles

shorter and a whole half day quicker
than any other line 20 Omaha, Kan
sas city, ST. Louis aud all other
suthern aud southeastern cities,
Thee routes east via Denver, st,
Paul, and Billings, Mont. Tickets at
Offices OF connecting lines. IL you go
east via Omaha, you can stop OH and
see the Trans M Mississippi exposition
A. c. SHELDON.
Genn agent Portland Or
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13
CA.SroRrA.
fAe re n
4'::F'' ''si'i i c21Hz2zzW $:;!a ;:;;I 3

When you ask for DeWitt's Hazel SAlve
don't accept a e,unte'het. There are more
cases Of piles heing cured by this, than all
others. stones drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

Many household Is saddsned because Of
failure to keep safe and certain cure foi
Group such as One Minute Cough Cure. See
that your little ones are protected. Sto ie's
Drug Store,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

WILLAMETTE RIVER DIvlSlO -
Daily boats to Portland as above.
Transfers TO street car line at Greg CITY
II the steamers are delayed there 0und
trip tickets to all points in Oregon wSsrng.
ton, or California. Conuecto made at Port.
land with all rail, ocean andriver lines.
w. II. HURLBURT.
Genn Pas. Agt Portland. Or.
g. N. POWERS. Agent, Trade stree, dock
Salem.
BOISE & BARKER,
City Agents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-13

100 pounds mixed No, horse shoes, light,
American or Phoenix.
100 pounds mixed No. 3 horse shoes, light,
American OF Phoenix.
100 pounds mixed No. ? horse shoes, light,
American or PhRnix
pounds each Nos. s. g. and 8 CADswell
horse shoe maize, common head.
horse rasps, Heller Bros, l6 in.
2OO pounds Cumberland coal per fample
30 ieet y In, round Norway iron.
10y feet each round Norway iron, 5-l6, T-l6,
l0O each carriage bolts. Gx2H, kxs. kxsx
hxi, o-loHzh, ol6xS, 5-l6xsss, NK2n, kxs,
A1ah.
pounds each blank nuts 5-ls, \ AID u In.
~ feet OF Lin square tool steel
ieet Oflts In. square tool steel.
~ ieet OF h-in. square harrow tooth steel
! Armstrong tool holder, No. q
81 each In screws Nos Ad6
90 each y in screWs, Nus q 4 and
gr y In screws, Nos and l5
sgT Ia 6crvWs. Nos q, 1 q and O.
~ each In screws, Nos 9, q and TO-
tgreAch y IA screwa, No 30, 3 aud 10.
= gr zach in screws, NOs u y and IL
sgr each IN IN scrsws Nos & 10 IA and IA
gr each in screws, Nos s 40. IL. and IA
/ gr each lAlin screWs, koa !. IL. a md ia
gr each in screws, Nos 81 and lO
kr each az in screus, Nos II and IA
grsAch Al III scrcWs No lO III and IA
aoa sAsA alan tapsR flea, a bsAadsh.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-18

official departments of the British Gov
eTnmnt All documents that emanate
from the various branches of the Min
istry are still written in long hand
upon the same kind of paper that has
been in use for several centuries and
is manufactured expressly for them.
No private individual is allowed TO
use official paper for any purpose what
ever. And quill pens are still the or
binary instruments of literary labor in
the executive departments, as they are
in the universities, the courts and in
the old-fashioned lawyers offices We
visited an examination-room in one of
the colleges at Oxford the other day
where a lot of students had just fin
ished the examination known as the
"Great-go,' which comes at the end of
the college year, and upon the table
in the center was large box filled
with several hundred quill pens which
had just been discarded by the stu
dents and were being gathered up by
the janitors. II was only recently that
steel pens were allowed in the Bank
of England
a y DSNI4lNcll communication on Oil-
cial subjects would not be received
in some of the British offices nor in
the courts. but we in America are al
most as far behind the times, for it
is only since the Harrison Admins
tration that typewriters have been used
in the State Department at Washing
ton. Even now all communications to
the foreign legations of the United
States and the diplomatic representa-
tives of other governments at Wash
ington have TO be written in long hand.
Our Ministers abroad are still required
10 use the same method in preparing
their dispatches 10 the Government
Mr.. Blaine was the first man 10 intro
duce the typewriter. and if he had re
manned in office several years longer
that convenient instrument would have
been furnished to all of the foreign
representatives of the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-18
MUST USE PENS.
Typewriters Barred Out of House of
Commons.

4sPCHA4IC4S bdIItu OuJ OF House OF
Commons.
a rule of the House of Commons.
says the Chicago Record, is that all
petitions must be laid before that body
in written or photographic form, but
recently the Hon. Mr. Gedge submitted
memorial from his constituents of
the town of Walsall in typewriter
manuscript and created quite a sensa-
ton. The Speaker declined to receive
it on the ground that it was violation
of the rule and an infringement on the
dignity of the House. He commended
that typewriting was neither manu-
script nor TYPOGRAPHY, although he ad-
mitted that the rule was adopted be-
fore the invention of typewriters. Mr..
Gedge gave notice that he would take
the earliest opportunity of moving an
amendment to the rule in order that a
modern invention which is of great
convenience and decided improve
ment over pen and ink manuscript
might be recognized.
The same rule applies to all of the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-18

Baron Won Hollenben, the new Ger
man Ambassador to the United States,
is said to be covered with scars infiict-
ed in duels, twenty-one of which he
has fought. There is a saying in Ger
many that while the Baron is some
times marked by a scar, his opponents
are often marked by a grave stone.
Besides his record as principal he has
appeared as second in thirty-five af-
fairs.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-18
HQRbHQ7DTeRA Fhe Insurance a.

The undersigned having been appoints<
agents Of the above company aHe prepares
TO insure risks against fire on Stone ana
Brick Buildings and on Merchan-
disc stored therein on the most favorabse
terms. For particulars apply at the o&@
of F. !. SCHAEFER 4 CO., Agents,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-18
;eneh EnssFasee csnpaay fsF Sea. River ama
Lad Traasnert Of nrendea

Having established an ageacy at Hone,
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands the under!
signed General Agents are authorized n
take risks against the dangers Of ths seaa
al the most reasonable rates and q -
most favorable terms.
F. A. SCHAEFER 4 CO.,
Agents fo1e he Hawaiian Islardn
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02

Curious Condensations.

Forty per cent of the heat of an or
dinary fire goes up the chimney
leading physician says that pepper
is deadly poison to the system
The smallest cows in the world are
to be found in the Samoan Islands.
The California woodpecker will carry
an acorn so miles to store in it's nest.
1t is estimated that there are at pres
ent over 10000 wild horses in Arizona.
The dresses alone in some lirst-clas4
pantomimes cost the tidy little sum Of
$4,000
Rubies have been found in large
quantities in the Cowee Valley OF
North Carolina
1t is said that the castor oil plant is
abhorred by nearly all members of the
animal kingdom.
II is said that 4,2o0 species of plants
are gathered and used for commercial
purposes in Europe
The leaning tower of Pisa was built
in the twelfth century, and is Is feet
out of perpendicular.
There are four states in which mules
are very numerouS-Missouri Texas.
Georgia and Tennessee.
Lepanto was the last naval battle of
any consequence in which the Spanish
were victorious. and Lepanto occurred
in 1871.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02
BATTLE AND BLO0DSHED.
Will Solve the Grim Question OF How Far
the Designers Of Modern BattIeships Have
Thcorised Correctly.

What will the coming sea fight show
to be the most formidable style of war
ship of all the armed vessels upon which
the nation pins its faith? This Is the
question to which the whole world awaits
Il practical answer. TO obtain the ans
SWcr it will be necessary to spill much
blood. and send millions of dollars worth
of property to the bottom of the sea, but
no practical lesson in warfare WIS ever
learned without an expenditure of this
kind and anyhow. as the blood shedding
is inevitable the most might as well be
gotten out of it.
The designers of fighting ships have
thcorized beautifully. They have had so
many years Of peace in which to plan
the scheme that it is, natural that they
should believe that the art of designing
and building floating lighting machines
has been brought to pertectiOn They
graded the strength of the naval craft
from the big battlcship to the saucy lit
tie torpedo boat according TO all the best
teachings of the art of war. which in
clude such apparently unwarlike maXims
as that There are times when the right
thing to do is to run away and Keep run
ming until you are out ui ~" enemy $
reach
"'Ehose who fight and run away will
li'c to fight another day" is an adagc
that has been improved upon by our ma
val designers Their revised version of
the proNcfb. the revision OF which dates
from the birth of the ironclad fighting
craft is those who run away without
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02
Seasons in the Tropics.

10 those Americans who are to take
up their residence in the Phlippinc
islands and have never experienced the
tropical rains as the wet season.
iasilng from June to October. is la
conlcally called. a few remarks on tho
lovely climate" may not be deemed
lmpcrtinent. Lovely climate" is the
generic epithet one hears applied in a
vague way to the remote region around
Manila by amateurs.
lhere are three seasons in the true
troplcs-the cold weather." the hot
weather and the rains" The eli
mate OF the first is like that of para
disc; that of the second like 4 very
different and antipodal territory which
snail be nameless in this polite arti-
Gle, and of the third-welI, if there is
climate that is a combination of =
steam path. warm poultice and blue
mold, the rains is like that
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02
A CARD.
To my friends in kcnnebec valley:

To my friends in kennebec valley:
! take pleasure i'll introducing to YOU
Mr.. W. 4. Carlisle, who represents The
NJ. Sieinert Il Sons Co., piano dealers,
Portland. Me. believe hun 10 be up.
right in all his dealings. What he tells
you at night, You will find true in the
morning. lie is located permanently in
this city. and those desiring first class
piano nj The lowest possible price, and on
the most liberal terms, will do well to
call on him before purchasing.
P.0. Nickery.
Augusta, Me-, April Z, 1895.
aprsdtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02

The rate at which modern war ships
take on coal is simply marvellous. The
Magnificent, a tirSt-class British bat
tleship in the Mediterranean, recently
averaged over 100 tons per hour-a
rate of nearly three tons minute.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02
0. R. WELLMlK,
SOLE PROPRIETOR.
N. STEIHERT &S0NSC Co.

The leading piano and music house own.
ing and operating fifteen large stores
Sole New England Representatives for tbe
sale of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-02
Jurors voted for acquittal. ! asked one
of them why he was for acquittal.
OBJECTED TO KNOCKING.

of them why he was for acquittal.
OBJECTED TO KNOCKING.
I'm not going to convict him
whether he's guilty or not. / saw
Bob Robinson knocking against him in
court, and that's enough for me-
"Thcre was long wranglc over the
case, and we finally convicted the de-
fcndant, but recommended him to
mercy to win over the man who OBJ
jccted to 'knocking,' as hc called il.
The next interesting case was that
of man against whom there were
three indictments for larceny. He was
accused of taking two shirts. an over
coat and $50 from a boarding house.
When arrested he was wearing the
shirts and oVercoat and the money was
found in his trunk 1t was testified to
that he had written a letter offering
To return the ovcrcoat il the owner
would drop the prosecution The own
er of the coat rejected the offer.
I'm the jury room we discussed tho
case. There was ono old man from q
country district on the jury. He had q
foreign countcnancc and was opposed
to sending any person to prison. J
don't think we ought to convict that
poor fellow for taking that coat, ht
said III tell you my experience.
had lust bought nice new ovcrcoa;
and intended wearing It TO court. a
friend Of mine. man | have known
for 40 years. borrowed the coat and
never returned it.