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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12
STOOD THE TEST SUCCESSFULLY
Splendid lew Electric Light Plant
viii Begin Running Tonight.

The new electric light plant, which
was completely described in yester,
day mornings Herald, was tested
yesterday afternoon. All the ma.
chinery and equipment was thorough.
ly tried and everything works sue
cessfully.
The water was first let into the
channel, which carries the water
from the channel to the plant. about
noon. The waterwhecl Immediately
began running smoothly, but some
slight trouble was experienced with
the air tight boxes through which the
belt shaft travels. This difficulty was
soon remedied and tho next test
showed the entire plant in good work
ing order
large number of people visited
the new station during the afternoon
and examined one OF the best electric
light plants In the state
The OLD station, which has furnish,
ed Albany with electricity for several
years, was in operation for the last
time last night. The new station will
begin running regularly toRight.-Al.
bany Herald.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12
SMALL BLAZE.
Court House Catches Fire for Enter
tainment Of School ma'ams.

An alarm at o'clock this morning
called the fire department to the court
house. where the walnscoting in the
circuit court room had been ignited
Dy the heat caused by a fire In the
due in the brick wall In the rear of
tthe court room. on the south side Of
the main entrance TO the room. A mum.
Der of the school teachers attending
the local institute we're In the room,
and, as quick as the smoke was no
ticed, an alarm was sent in. Chief
johnson at once hurried to the fire,
and, with an axe. cut away the wains-
coting. having a Babcock extinguish-
er In readiness while a line of hose
was laid from the nearest hydraut, to
be used In case of necessity. There
was no necessity of throwing water
however, and when the woodwork had
been cut away all danger of a confia-
grafton was over.
An investigation developed the fact
that the fire was due To the defective
construction OF the court house. The
fiue Is built on top of the county treas
urers vault. and receives the smoke
from only one stove that OF the coun-
" roadmasters office. on the second
tioon, adjoining the court. room. While
the stove pipe enters the fue about
six feet above the floor the chimney
Is hollow down 20 the floor, and is not
supplied with an ash pan. Il seems
that In past years large accumula'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12

results OF your very valuable medicinal
its effects in my case after repeated trial
"First, it cured me of chronic bror
chitis of fifteen years. standing by usn
two bottles of Peruna in January, la
and no return OF It.
"After was cured of bronchitis Ihn
In grippe every winter for several win
ters. But, through the use OF Pemni
it got gradually weaker in its severity
until IL dwindled down 10 a mere stupo
for two or three days. Now the stupo
does not trouble mo any more. 20. y
Perry.
A Congressmnn's ExPerionoa.
House of Representatives,
Washington, d. G.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio,
Gentlemen-"I am more than satisns
with Peruna, and find it to be an exec
lent remedy for the grip and catarrh.
have used it in my family and they al
join me in recommending IL as an exce.
lent remedy"
Very respectfully,
George III. White
If you do not treceive prompt and sahs
factory results from the use of PerunA
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving /
full statement of your case, and he viii
be pleased TO give you his valuable ad,
vice gratis. n
Address DR.. Hartman, President d
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 81
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12
GRANGE Officers.

Salem Grange. No. II, held a reg
ular meeting this forenoon, when Of
flcers were elected for the next year,
as follows: Master, Fl G. Fletcher;
overseer. l. NJ. Wagner; lecturer. r.
p. Boise; steward Milton Brown; as.
slstant steward, Mrs A. " Davidson; (;
chaplain, e. A. Boise; treasurer, r. C.
Davidson; secretary Mrs Y. S.
Fletcher; G.. H.. L. r. Clark; ceres,
Mrs. Hattie Brown; pomona, Mrs.
Phenne Strong; fora. Miss e. Watt
l.. A. s.. Mrs. G.. w. Weeks.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12

w. Calvet, practical matchmaker,
1853 State street, will fix your clock
and watch in a workmanlike manner,
at reasonable prices, and guarantees
his work for one year. cod
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12

last night in the University gymnaa.
um. At the finish the score stood y
to IS in favor of the Freshmen. Prof
Mccall was umpire and Junk was ref
cree.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-12
Good Basket Ball.

A fast game of basket ball was
played between the Freshmen and the
Of Willamette University
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

, that he had been great traveller, but altogether in one county, though of late he has extended his journeys some what. But Muir has explored the Yo- semitic and the Sierra Nevada region, has discovered a glacier (named after him) in Alaska, has tramped through all the California forests and is still tramping at an age when most men seek the chimney corner. Both Muir and Burroughs are hale and hearty true specimens of what nature does for those who stick close to her and cut loose from city life to live in her chosen haunts.
 Early in life Muir lost the sight of one eye, but with the other one he can see more, it is said, than any other man except Burroughs, and he has proved his place as an interpreter of nature in l her every mood. He has written more than 150 essays, mostly on scientific and nature subjects, and several books, win ming an enviable reputation. As pres. ident of the Sierra club of California he is "still at it," camping out all summer ana climbing mountain peaks that daunt all but the most determined AL | pinists. Of late years he has been identified with forest preservation and the establishment of national forest res- ervations. being an authority whom the executive has already consulted and followed on many occasions.
 These are the two companions whom MT. Roosevelt has chosen to share his camping trip in the wilds. Two men I who have always been true to thern- I selves and true to nature; men. who re- 1 gard no other man as larger than themselves unless his deeds have made him so; men who can give the president information of lasting value and in whose company no one can remain for any length of time without receiving l impressions worth retaining.
 TRUMAN l.. ELTON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

day scarcely more than fifty. He comes of that famous Scotch-Irish ancestry to Which America owes so much of it's pioneer blood, and perhaps he may have derived from both father and mother those qualities making for tenacity and forcefulness which have marked him as fighter and an antagonist worthy any mans steel.
 His youthful tutelage was received under the eye of that world famous statesman, Stephen A. Douglas, whose private secretary he became and whom he accompanied in his great joint de- bate with Abraham Lincoln. Enjoying the intimate friendship of Douglas, it is not strange that he should have inn bibed Democratic principles at the fountainhead and have remained true to those principles during his life. He can look back to a career such as few politicians of today may boast, and his "reminiscences include companionship. even comradeship, with some of the grandest figures of our political history. Fifty-one years ago, in 1852, Arthur Pue German was introduced to the national senate. where from 8 humble beginning as page he rose to eminence and pow- CT.
 Throughout his long career in the senate he was known not only as a si- lent worker in committee, but as an earnest dcbater and ardent champion of what he considered the foremost question of the hour then looming be- fore the politicians ken. This medium sized man of sixty-four, with more the appearance of a prosperous merchant than of the typical statesman, has per- formed wonders in his time and caused commotions whose ripples have extend Al &S %An hfNys S3 ays@a ac nf h Ir n.~A He has played games on the political chessboard that have excited the admi- ration of past masters in the science ! and have won the love and following of
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death far below the pIenum. or full number, at one time, in fact showing but fifty-five members. No less than 140 cardinals, 1t is said, have died under Pope Leo's pontificate, and. in truth. there is but one surviving member Of the sacred college created by his prede- cessor, Plus K, in the person of Car dinal Oreglia, for the only otheuN sur vivor up to 1903, Cardinal Parocchi. died last January.
 Among the members of the sacred college who rank next to the pope and join with him in council on ecclesias- tical affairs Cardinal Luigi Oreglia stands pre-eminent. As dean of the college and camarlingo of the Roman Catholic church Cardinal Oreglia will in the event of Leo KILLS decease be the acting pope until successor is elected. He will not possess the title. but will hold the actual power, and if not elected to the high office, at least may be the popemaker. 1t is signifi- cant that the present pope held the Qo- sition of camarlingo when he was elect ed to the office, and there are many who look upon the venerable Oreglia as the legitimate successor by reason of his being the highest official in the church next to the pope and of his many and superlative attainments. As camarlingo he will formally declare the pope dead after tapping his forehead three times with the silver hammer and will break the seals and assume di- rection of affairs until the new pope is elected. It is he who asks the new pom tiff what name he has chosen to as- sume and who places upon his finger the ring of the fisherman"
 This dean of the sacred college, who as survivor of Leo XIII. will become temporarily the supreme head of the church, is looked upon as the strongest candidate for the succession. He was created cardinal in 1873 and is now in his seventy-sixth year. being the oldest of those prominently mentioned for the holy office and eight years older than 1878. Next ts hlm tn IQint pt Rrstsx,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

Roosevelt. "A great boy, that" he says. When he visited me. he climbed everything on the place. He shinned up tree after tree, running his arm into every highhole's and woodpecker's nest. while I stood on the ground below shuddering and waiting for him to fall" Burroughs has written just as many books as Roosevelt himself, the number that each has put forth being an even dozen. Both have more to say about the outdoor life than about history or politics, but there is this difference be- tween them-that while Burroughs is first of all student and observer of nature, like John Muir, Roosevelt is the hunter and sportsman who couldn't penetrate to the inner life of flower or tree if he wished
 There is also the same difference be- tween Roosevelt and Muir, who has a holy horror of hunting, with it's attend ant bloodshed, and Is one of the first who started the cult of hunting without gun. T never carried gum" he has said, because I wanted to gain the confidence of my fellow creatures and to make their acquaintance. You can't learn much about either men or wild animals merely by killing them and making arithmetical measurements oi
 
 welt will get along with these two ten der hearted loverss of nature when Inc himself has the real old Berserker de. sire for killing and lust for the chase remains to be seen.
 John Muir, geologist and explorer was born in Scotland, but came to the United States when quite young and holds learned degrees from Harvard and from the University of Wisconsin It is a curious fact that his birthday his ty-fifth-also occurs during the journey, on April 21. and 1t is shrewdl3 guessed that MT. Roosevelt must have known of this conjunction of the stars when he invited these two celebrities te take the trip with him.
 Not to know John Muir is indeed tc argue oneself unknown in the natu- ralists' coterie, for he is equally famous with Burroughs. He is, however, more of scientist, perhaps keener as an ob' server and an indefatigable explorer Perhaps it might be said of Burroughs l as the old stage driver said of himself
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28
Tbe Renoarkable Career of SeDator Atbur P GorDaD,
 Mbo Is PresideDtial PoteDiaity if Not Possibi

tablished a reputation for frank and incisive speaking that changed the opinion many had held that he was evasive and indirect. In point of fact, Senator German is the frankest of op- ponents but a hard hitter and danger ous to ''come up against" Reticent and grim, he is a worker, a deep think CT and calm and deliberate counselor. speaking only when he has made up his mind and is fully prepared to abide by the result. No doubt he is a partisan. and believes in standing by his polit- ical friends to the exclusion of his cne- mics or opponents. He is bland, yet firm. cold as marble, yet graciousness itself. As g tactician and parliamenta- rian he won a crown many years ago. notably shining In his opposition to Mr. Lodges federal election bill, when he led the successful minority to tri- unaph after a desperately fought con- test.
 A plain man with unmistaken pur- pose, plain of speech and in living. ab- horring society as such, yet -hcspitable and genial in converse with his asso- ciates. with a wider acquaintance pos litically than most men now in Wash ington, Senator German has hold upon his party which nobody can ig- nore. This political strategist of con- summate ability, this organizer, leader of the minority. always observant and alert will be quick to take advantage of any mismove on the part of his op- ponents, and 1t behooves them not to underrate his abilities. whatever else they do. He has his cold caIculating eye fixed upon the nomination for the presidency, and. though he may not reach the goal himself. 1t Is generally conceded that no man will have q greater influence than Senator German in naming the next standard bearer os the Democratic party.
 JAMES N. BOLDT.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

ence, 1t is said, stands Cardinal Serefino Vannutelli, who was sixty-eight last November. Cardinal vannutelIi was appointed vice chancellor of the church in succession to the recently deceased Parocchi. He is allied with a family politically strong in Italy and has held many high positions under the pope. having gone abroad as auditor of the apostolic delegation to Mexico under Maximilian. apostolic delegate to Ec~s uador and Peru and nuncio to Belgium. Munich and Vienna. The cardinal's hat was bestowed upon him while he was at Vienna in 1887. Tn his persone1 appearance he is most striking, being over six feet tall, and in his tastes aristocraAic and luxurious.
 By selecting Cardinal Gotti as pre- feet of the propaganda last year the pope was declared to have indicated his preference for this eminent ecciesiastio as his successor, but it is not known that he has in any manner Confirmed this assertion. However, this son Aof X laborer who has risen to eminencn through power of intellect, this devout Carmelite whose good works are nro claimed on every side. has within him. self the qualities that make for high po- sition.
 As a prince of the church" he ;a obliged to maintain large establish- ment, but personally he is austere ana retiring. His success as ablegate in Brazil was rewarded with the carslj- nalate in 1895. He is sixty-nine years of age.
 The youngest of these cardinal can- didates is Mariana Rampolla (Maruuis del Tindaro of the Sicilian nobiIifvS papal secretary of state and arch priest of the Vatican. who is in his sixtieth year.
 and was made cardinal priest. secra. tary of state in 1887. As close con- fidant of the pope and as one who has held many important positions ha gia regarded most favorably despite his comparative youth. s 3s. '..i \. NICHAEL; Q'LNARx
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

rouEhs and the famous geologist and explorer John Muir and others. The complete itinerary of the tour covers more than two months, or from the 1st of April to the 9th of June, inclusive, but the time allotted to real rest and recreation includes the two weeks to be devoted to explorations in the Yellow stone National park and four days in the Yosemite valley and the big tree section of California Tn company with MT. Burroughs and MT. Muir, who are old friends, MT. Roosevelt aims to be at Cinnabar. Mont, near the entrance to the Yellowstone park, on the Sth of April, one week after leaving the White House.
 There he will be welcomed by a squad of cavalry under Major Pitcher, who commands the army post in the park and whose guest he will be for about sixteen days while making the projected camping tour of our great na- tional reservation. While some menl- bers of the chief executives party remain at Cinnabar, In order to keep in touch with events and inform him in case of necessity, MT. Roosevelt and his intimate friends will cut loose from civilization and enjoy veritable rough 7 and ready time in the wilds. It is his purpose to combine business with pleas ure in certain sense, as he desires to inform himself by actual observation as to the protection or nonprotection afforded the big game corralled in the park and wandering over adjacent ter ritory and to study the watersheds of rivers there with a view to their utiliza- ton in irrigation. The reports as to his indulging in a hunting trip in Yellow stone park are absolutely untenable, because he would thereby be violating one of the laws of the United States, but it Is not at all improbable that he may take shot or two at a bear if he runs across one outside the park. The elk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28
The Western Tour Of President Roosevelt and the
 Two Celebrated Scientists Who Are Accompanying Hin

delightful books as "Pepacton," Fresh Fields,'' etc., Burroughs has persistent ly held the mirror up to nature and faithfully portrayed her ever varying moods. He struck the keynote of his life in his early poem Waiting" which has been read by thousands:
 Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind nor tide nor sea:
 rave no more 'gainst time or fate.
 For. 10. my own shall come to me.
 His serenity during a life already full of years has sustained him in his semi seclusion in the country, where he not only has delightful home, but also a retreat in the woods, in which he has written some of his later books. It is
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

thousands, yet he has done everything quietly, without fuss and feathers and without attracting attention until the time came that he desired it-when all was over or ready for the grand coup that was to carry his man to the cov- eted position.
 The great secret of MT. Germans power is to be found in his admirably equable temper his staying qualities. his reserve force, by the exercise of which he has fairly won his reputation party manager in the country. It is by no means through blind chance that he has been reinstated as party leader and head of the Democratic steering com mittee," for he long ago commended himself to his fellow Democrats as pos- sessing pre-eminent qualities for lead- ership. His generalship in the success full campaign which resulted in land- ing Grover Cleveland in the presidential chair established Germans national reputation and stamped him as a man among thousands.
 Quiet and unassuming in his per- sonality, Senator German would hardly attract a second glance unless pointed out as German; then he becomes the exposure of all eyes, especially if 1t be rumored that he is going to unlimber his great guns and train them upon some subject that in his opinion should be battered down. In his speeches he Is direct and forceful. always effective, but rarely, if ever, oratorical. Perhaps the most effective of his speeches and the one in which his characteristics were most prominently displayed was that in which he f1ayed President Cleve- land for writing that memorable letter attacking the Democrats of the United States senate who were then opposing his tariff policy He spoke for more than two hours with his characteristic clearness and force, and throughout to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

deer, buffalo, moose, caribou and bear and such like big game which have their official headquarters in the Yel- lowstone National park are said to have been decimated by pot hunters in the past few years, and the president de- sires to see for himself what their con- ditions are and to receive suggestions for their betterment.
 And surely MT. Roosevelt could have selected no better men to advise him than the famous scientists who accom- pany him on his trip through tffe park, and Major Pitcher and the officers of his suit, who are well acquainted with the national reservation, will also be competent to suggest a remedy and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

ly watched by sworn official. This custom has survived since 127S. or $50 years.
 The sacred college consists when full of seventy ecclesiastics, or six cardinal bishops, fifty cardinal priests and four teen cardinal deacons, but 1t is seldom found without several vacancies. At the, last cosisistory, for example, the pope apposnted many prelates to the college. which had been reduced hx
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 haps his own fault. for his friends say he will not unequivocally declare him. self, or, rather, that he declares him. self satisfied with his present position. Still man may be satisfied with such a vfndication as Senator German has received; he may. be content with the high honorS he has won in the past and with those in prospective and yet be willing to accept an invitation to oc- cupy the presidential chair if rendered as the result of universal and sponta- neous Democratic sentiment. His friends declare that he has within him the stuff of which successful presidents may be made and that he has shown himself leader of men and manager of affairs vitally connected with the national existence. H
 To bring before the public review of life like that of the subject of this sketch might seem "a superfluous task were it not for the> fact that for the past four or five years Senator German has withdrawn from active participa- ton in national politics and has led a comparatively quiet existence. There are probably those of the younger gen. eration who are not acquainted with the salient features of his life despite the fact that MT. German has held office continuously. either in the service of his state or country, for about forty-seven years. Born in Maryland March Il, 1889, he Is just sixty-four years of age; but, having lived abstemiously and hus- banded his vital forces. he appears to-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

twice a day to cast their votes. Until a selection is made by majority of all the votes they are rigidly segregated from the public, each cardinal waited upon by two attendants, termed "con- clavists." who, like themselves and the custodians of the entrance ways to the palace, are sworn to secrecy Formerly all the doors were sealed up but one. through a small aperture in which sus- tenasaaswaH passed and this one closes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

solemnities attendant upon the last sad
 rites, and on the eleventh the voting
 begins which is to decide the success sion. This conclave may be brief or 1t may be protracted for several weeks and months, but during its continuance the cardinals are confined rigidly to their own apartments in the building selected, formerly the Quirinal palace. where they are provided with cells or wooden stalls, from which they emerge
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28
BULLET PRooF BEDROOMS.

Tn order to allay as far as possible his incessant dread of assassination the sultan of Turkey never sleeps in the same chamber two nights running. In the royal palace at Constantinople there are several bullet proof bedrooms. the positions of which are unknown to the public M