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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
THE FleHF FOR BETTER CAR
SERVICE.

The fight Of the commercial organi
zation OF this city for better service of
cars to tho shippers or Western Ore
gon will bear fruit
The complaints OF the shippers
have been made public in a mannor
that will get to the ear of the higher
authorities, at least
Great credit is due 20 Secretary Ora.
ham. OF the Commercial Club, for the
fight that was put up for the ware,
house men and farmers OF this county
and valley.
Il Is realized that produce dealers
have actually been retired from bust.
ness and local markets destroyed that
for many years had done a large pro.
duce shipping business.
A great exporting Arm at Portland
writes the Commercial Club OF this
city, a letter that ought 10 arouse sym.
pathy from men OF stone-'on' ac.
count Of the imposslbllity OF obtain,
ing cars. We have practically dis
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
THE OAILY journal
sV HoFsR BROTHERS.

serIpps News Association kilograms
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24

the people, and then the constitution
Is In the way. What a high regard
"we" have for the constitution?
The journal says, without hesita.
ton, that this is quibble and dema.
gogy OF the most dangerous character,
and the Democrats were as guilty OF
It as tho Republicans.
Senator Pierce of Umatilla, ex
pressed the sentiment OF the honest
Republicans in the senate, when he
said he was ready to vote for fiat sal.
aries now, or next year or in 1907 as
the bill proposed.
He declared II was just as constitu.
tional now as 1t would be next year or
in 1907, In that he was right, and
those who resorted to technicalities
TO kill the bill have a day OF reckon.
ing ahead OF them.
Almost any fiat salary bill is less
unconstitutional than the present sys.
tenn, which is in direct, fat contradic.
tion and violation OF the terms of the
salary clause of the constitution,
which says the state officials shall re.
ceive no fees, perquisitos, or emom.
ments whatever, The oaths OF these
gentlemen 40 bind most lightly. Their
oonsciences are not throbbing with
the tender sensitlyeness Of high.mind.
ed reform.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24

JOURNAL SPECIAL DELIVERY.
Cn0 Week ..,.......,,.,...,, 10
0ss Month .......,.,,,,..,f .35
Three Months ,.,,.,,......f1 800
tat Joarnal once.
AZ oaue's Grocery, South Salem.
AZ 1ovseraox Grocery, YeN Park.
AsyIura Avenue Grocery Store.
Electric Grocery, East state st.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24

Maybe that gambling bill was not
lost, but only stranglod.
The religious members Of the house
passed a gambling bill The Larry
Sullivan crowd came up from Port
land, and the bill was "seen to" before
it ever got to the senate That august
body never had the privilege Of even
looking at the bill.
Even Alex LaFollette pays a little
freight when it comes down to it.
For a lone and single-handed scuf.
fe Geor G. Bingham, the attorney for
the Hartman syndicate, put up an ef.
fective fight against the car shortage
bill. The Portland attorney Of the big
corporation underestimated the forces
back of that bill as they always do
everything that does not emanate
from Portland.
There will be no Journal on Christ.
mas day, but there is just as much
cause for rejoicing on that day as II
there was ono.
Remember the poor-includlng your
wife-on Christmas
Bill Anderson remembered a mum.
Der of the poor and some Of his
friends, as is his usual custom on
Christmas day.
report says the state board of
health has been in session to elect of.
fcers and transact "other business in
the interest Of the board" OF course,
they haven't been accused Of attend
ing to business in the interest of any
body else.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
TALKING Machines.

Salem, Ore, Dec. 21, 1908.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
THE FRUIT GROWERS.
Should Meet To Discuss Packing and
Shipping.


Editor Journal.
have boen thinking that il
would be advisable for the members
of the Salem Fruit Growers Union oI
Society and others who are practical
fruit growers, in this city, to hold a
meeting soon as there are many
questions Of much interest to the
practical fruit growers that might be
discussed very profitably by them.
There are other questions concerning
fruit growing aside from the disposal
OF our fruits that are OF great inter
est to the grower. For an instance
the selection of tho best varieties to
plant and how to plant and cultivate
How and when to prune the trees
and vines spraying, etc. These are
vital questions to the growers and
will admit of much intelligent discus
sion and in an interchange OF views
on these subjects we can all gain
much valuable information.
II we can profit from the eXper-
ience and observation Of other fruit
growers, we certainly are gamers TO
that extent, rather than TO go
through the experience ourselves. The
past season has bcon very profitable
one to the fruit growers generally,
and especially to those who have
made proper effort and application 10
their business and think that we can
we'll afford the timo TO come together
and discuss questions that interest all
OF us, and from such discussion we
would derive much benefit, II from no
other feature than from a social
stand point. We can we'll afford to
have these meetings and through so,
cial interchanges become better ac'
quainted We don't want TO become
selfish and live entirely for ourselves,
but meet together and mingle with
our friends and neighbors and make
the most OF life. Not wishing TO cast
aany bouquets at myself l will ven
ture the assertion that the fruit
growers generally speaking, are
about as intelligent class OF citizens
as we have, and there is no reason
why when we hold a meeting and
como together. that by the discussion
OF the questions that interest them
they should make the meetings of
great interest TO all present. The
man who has the. energy and determ'
nation TO delve into Mother Earth
and become producer and thereby
earn a livihood deserves much credit
for his efforts as there is no more
honorable vocation.
The great Lord evidently intended
that man should through either ply,
sical or mental effort or both become
a producer and in reality "eat his
bread by the sweat OF his face" and
not become parasite upon the earth
and prey upon the producer Know.
ing Mr.. Editor that you are a practi
cal fruit grower and at present pres
ideRt OF the Fruit Growers Union OF
Society and earnestly interested in
the success OF the fruit growers and
our society and believing that you
will coincide with me in regard 10
the adyisabllity Of holding the meet
ings as suggested and il you think II
worth while you may through the col
umns OF the Journal submit this let
ter for the consideration OF other
fruit growers,
wish in this connection TO say that
We were greatly favored by the city
authorities OF Salem last spring and
summer by the free use OF the Police
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24

Court room at the city hall for the
purpose of holding our meetings, and
feel that our society Is especially
under obligations to Judge Judah for
the many favors shown us which
were greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
d. w. MATTHEW'S.
Salem, Ore Dec. 21 1908.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
5ranson a. Raoan.

Keep all kinds Of groceries. and
they are the best that can be found
in the city. You don't know It until
you have tried them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
Jewellery.

The range OF our stock OF jewelry
is wide enough to satisfy everyone
II you want brooch or a plain gold
ring for your girl or motherin.law. il
is here. and price as well as quality,
at W. calvet practical matchmaker,
No 15S State street cod
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-24
oREooN coMINo EvENTe

National livestock. convention.
Portland, January 1915.
Angora goat show, Dallas, Janu
AIRY 1915.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
MRS. N. 4. REEVES'S STORY.
Fourteen Year-OId Girl Heard the
Great Conspiracy Discussed and
Afterward Believed She Had
Discovered Booth in Atlanta, Ga.

On the nisht that Lincoln was shot. April
IA. 1866. / was in Washington with my
father. at the National Hotel. l was then
a little girl about IA years old My father
was there in company with a nan named
Thompson. a lobbyist. The first that I heard
Of the trouble was in the afternoon about
4 o'clock; Thompson came to my fathers
room and said:
Those fellows are all down at the saloon.
They are crazy drunk and we'll guarded"
7 was out about an hour ago." said
father. and met two or three of the gang
on the way to the saloon"
Keep out of the way" Thompson replied.
for they would shoot you at the drop of
the hat. Johnny Surratt has sent horne to
his mother for a gun"
Rash boy!" said my father. He is go
ing to get that unfortunate woman into
The rest Of the conversation is indistinct
in my mird. but I remember that prominent
names we've mentioned. such as ANDY
About 6 O'Clock in the evening father and
i went out on Pennsylvania avenue. We
went almost to the steps Of the Capitol.
where father met several gentlemen. He
Joined them and they took him aside and
talked with him in low tones. excitedly.
gentlemen. noticing me. said to my father,
loud enough for me to hear:
You'd better a the child and go
home"
Father and I returned to the hotel. and
after dinner he and I went to our room and
father told me in a very earnest amer
pened. He seemed So earnest that he flight
ened me by his manner. Child though I
was, l felt that something dreadful IVES go
/ did not go to sleep. Some time IN the
early night. after 10 o'clock. there came a
dreadful, knock on the door and Mr.. Thomp-
son rushed in. exclaiming to my father In
a Mortified voice:
"My God. they have done itI'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

ways had. I knew that ]. Wilkes Booth
It seems that the Reverend Mr.. Arm
one. About two years after he took charge
of the flock he mysteriously disappeared
from Atlanta, and was gone two weeks:
worn. as II from the effects Of dissipation.
But his term of repentance lasted only six
months. At the end Of that time he again
member Of his church in Charleston. S. c..
When, he came back to Atlanta he was
tried by his Bishops for conduct unbecom-
trial one Of the Bishops asked him. point
Are you. or are you not, J. Wilkes
The clergyman showed no signs of en-
straight il the eye. calmly replied:
/ am being. tried as the Reverend James
This did not satisfy the Bishop. and he
the dominic refused either to deny or to
affirm II. The findings at the trial did not
favor Mr.. Armstrons.
further went to confirm my suspicious was
J. Wilkes Booth. visited the Reverend Mr..
every occasion. that he played In Atlanta.
Ga, or vicinity. The actor. after the cur
tain had fallen. would drive to the rectory
so " VIZ SAi tdh ltC IL Ia
or l O'Clock at night. He would remain
closeted with the minister when all the
house was asleep. and return to his hotel
as quietly. and. some said, as stealthily, as
he came.
These facts in Mr.. Armstrong; career
were told me by Judge Strong and others.
I afterwards learned a great deal from
Mrs. Armstrong. She said that one day.
while she and her husband were on a train
coming from Chattanooga, Tenn. a
stranger passed and repassed in the aisle.
looking intently at her husband as II he
knew him. Finally the stranger put his
Rand on her husbands arm and exclaimed:
why. wilkes Booth, can it be possible
say, "Hush!'f and then. rising, add:
You are mistaken. sir, I am the Reyer-
end Mr.. Armstrong. This is my card. I
will be glad to see you at any time"
The stranger took the card and ma ssed
down the aisle. and Mrs. Armstrong said
trembling violently. That was the first time
that she had her suspicious aroused as to
the identity Of her husband. When she
got home she was continually asking him
about it, but he would give her no salts
faction. She herself told the Bishop Of the
occurrence, which was why he asked the
question al the trial later. Indeed. IL was
said that after he had left the church Doc
tor Armstrong in q moment of excitement
Never forget that you have wilkes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

Booth for husband. and Lincoln.s blood is
Whatever truth or .imagination there may
mother and daughter remained loyal to the
man they loved.
While I was in Atlanta I became very
to take a fancy to me because I had recog-
nized J. Wilkes Booth In her fathers pic
ture. She often asked me about his career
In washington and what people said about
lawyer, and at the time / speak of had just
become involved in some legal trouble. His
wife, greatly exercised. fed to me for com,
fort in her trouble, She was hysterical and
of herself. After I had heard Judge Strong's
story and knew SO much about 1t, l de-
termined to find out all ! could from the
daughter. I asked her to tell me the truth.
Then 1t was that she broke down.
what shall 1 do?" she cried. There
is nothing in this world for me but sor-
row. l don't know who my father IS, sN-
Wilkes Booth. and others say so. too. AM
1t is the first thing my husband casts m5st in bs
true. My only happiness in this world now
lies in leading the same life that he lived.
1 mean that | must &c, upon the stage "
About three months after that she came
to New York wh ere she : h ssnaiea 70 voice So u pnd
was a thorough musician. I do not know
what her stage name was nor what sne
played Ii New York. She was only on .he
stage a year when she died, III, is ,i taE as in
Atlanta, Ga. with her granddanghter. .
belieye that the Reverend MI; ARMSTRONG
is. or was, ]. Wilkes Booth; the mhruerer
of Abraham Lincoln: an Mo- ,h SoId the same
bbeiHieefI
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
PURSUED BY SIX HORSES.
Bert Levy's Exciting Race Down
Mountain Grade.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
calistoga, Mont, May s.-Pursued by six
frightened horses from a freight team, Bert
Levy and his wife, In a light buggy. clat-
tered down the st. Helena Mountain grade.
Tho freight horses had been hauling a
heavy wagon up the grade, but becoming
frightened by a wine puncheon that rolled
from a wagon ahead Of them down upon the
leaders. they whirled quickly in the narrow
road, tore the fore wheels from the wagon,
pulled the driver. Will Carter. from his
seat and then galloped madly down the hill.
Levy heard them coming and whipped up
his horse. Had the flying horses struck his
buggy they would have thrown 1t over into
the canon below, SO. he piled the whip and
kept ahead. The race continued for some
mlnutes until the leaders OF the six horses
SHE'D to the side. One went IN each side
Of a pine tree. and in a moment the road
was a mass Of plunging horses and tangled
harness. Then Levy stopped his buggy and
went back to help Carter.
The accident occurred at what Is known
as Dusty Bend" the scene Of several stage
hoId-ups. 1t was fortunate that the occur
renee did not turn out to be a very serious
one.
Levy is a well-known merchant Of Lower
Lake.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

She laughed rather nervousiy. l tnoush''
and said. without looking at me: ..
$50 many nave made that same mistake
Mistake? Mistaken I said: ,a
the Reverend Mr.. Armstrong, as he ap-
peared when a young man. NV
Still looking at the picture. 1 shook my
Ibid you know him!' she asked. sadly.
"Yes, 1 saw him often IN W~ss hint ana
such a small world after all" i.
young woman of about twenty-tour yeaiS
Of age came into the room. she e,e nau ana I
was struck with her remarKapie freeI1ed
blance to the Booth family. 81 iooaeu
and acted and talked in every way he only y
Booth She was Mrs. Armstrohs III
daughter, Mrs. Glenn. ,,h+er
: Mrs. Armstrong repeated to her daughter
my exclamation about the picture. .,,,
her hands and looking at me With a nris Ell
eager. anxious expression. d you .aKe
him for J; Wilkes Booth? That man - my
ideal : nodd Rid you know IN
YOU are the second one I have spoken to
who knew him, and they al SPEAK so hihoiy
ooh, II my father. were alive now" l
said. Naturally my interest was ar9usea'
and I determined to find out VINO me HeVer-
Judge Strong, who had lived in Atlanta,
Ga. ali his life, and was best fitted to tell
me. Al first he would say nothing. putting
me off with the remark: 49,
You know, Mrs. Reeves. thet We SOUTH
erners have our little secrets
ARMSTRONG'S ADVENT IN ATLANTA.
But when he found that my father was a
Southerner, and had done so much in
horses and money for the South during the
war. he talked more freely,
"You know" he said. 'the Reverend Mr..
Armstrong was no more fitted to be in a
pulpit than I am. He came to US about
nine years ago from Richmond. Va, bring
ing with him his wife and daughter. We
needed a pastor in the church, n HI
preached q trial sermon. No one knew who
ne was or where he came from, but the
sermon was magnificent. The mans won
derful personal magnetism charmed Us all.
From the moment he opened his mouth un-
til the close of the service he held us
spellbound: We secured him. n he
preached in the church for many years.
THE first thing he did was to get I'D
Shakespearean classes and amateur the
atrichiS among the young folks. It was
during q rehearsal Of the first of these per-
fcrmances that I had my suspicious
aroused. I went to the rehearsal and heard
the Reverend Mr., Armstrong instructing a
young man in his part. The minister be-
came an actor for the boy and showed him
how to put fire into his lines. The moment
ne opened his mouth and strobe upon that
stage with the curious limp which he al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Among the grimmest romances that arose
in the wake of the great Civil War was one
that had Its origin in the greatest tragedy
OF our history. II ran that John Wilkes
Booth the assassin OF Abraham lincoln,
had escaped the frantic clutch of justice
at the hands Of the anger maddened people
Of the North: had escaped the myriad nets
spread for him and was living perdu some
where, his identity concealed or known only
to e. few.
The world had read and read Of the hunt
for the assassin. of his capture in a barn
on a lonely Virginia farm. at night, nearly
a fortnight after his crime. of his being
shot to death when the barn was fired. Of
the return of the body to Washington, OF its
secret burial.
When. therefore. years after the terrible
days OF 1866 it began to be whispered about
that it was not Booth who had been cap
turned at CARROTS farm: that the real
Booth had baffed his pursuers and had
been carried in safety to France. to
Canada. to England. to South America or
wherever the latest whisperer fancied. peo-
pie who heard the whispers asked, nrst OF
all who. then. had died and been buried in
the place and stead of John Wilkes Booth.
Others asked. Was not the body Of the
assassin properly identified?
Amusing as was the story, II was found
by all who made Investigation that the
identification OF the dead man seemed curl
ousiy incomplete. Not one Of his captors had
seen Booth in life. He did not explicitly ad-
init his identity in the short. time between
receiving his death wound and his death,
His captured companion. Harold. was I'M
derstood to deny that 1t was Booth. Final
ly the legal identification was made when
the face was unacceptable. and depended
on the character of an old scar on his
neck.
The whisperers said boldly that the dead
man was one OF the conspirators. but not
If. then. one admitted the possibility of
BOOTHS survival. where was he? Under
what mask was he dragging out his exis-
tence? Where on the habitable globe was
about him?
The answer came at last in the shape of
the assertion that he had lived for years
at Atlanta Ga, not as a recluse. not as a
skulking wretch stealing out at night In
Me snaoow OF a nations curse. but as a
the open light of day!
He who was known in life at Atlanta.
Ga. as the Reverend James Armstrong was,
Wilkes Boothi
D~umfoundinE and incredible as the asser-
when 10! a wonder of another Kind was re.
vealed. Not. indeed. the assassin. but a
man so marvelously like John Wilkes Booth
in body and mental traits that twelve years
after his sudden death the belief Is still
firmly held IN e hundred quarters that he
was Booth.
And. stranger still, the Reverend Mr..
Armstrong well knew Of this resemblance,
and In many ways. without covertly saving
go. allowed the belle. to live that he indeed
was the man they thought he was. Once
at a crisis in his life. which was stormy for
fore an ecclesiastical trial court, Are YOU
John Wilkes Bocth?" replied: 81 am on
trial rs James Armstrong, not as John
Wilkes Booth" Pressed further, he refused
- a4arm or deny.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
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READ THIS.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, Sept. %, 1902.-Nearly
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that I had diabetes. Providentially I was
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Speciffc for Kidney and Bladder Troubles.
known as A TEXAS WONDER. Less than
half of the 81 bottle effected a complete
and permanent cure. Consequently 1 be-
iieve It to be q medicine Of very great
value. IL b. KENT. Evangelist.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
REMARKABLE PHYSICAL SIMILARITY.

Physical Description. Sc
cured by the New York
Herald, of the Reverend
James Glasgow Arm
strong.
feet X inch.
Black. thin. long and
straight
None, and no appearance
of beard
Sallow.
Thin.
53 years when he died.
Large, not prominent
dark blue).
Not heavy. but dark.
Swarthy.
Straight. well formed.
medium size.
Small; lips thin: upper lip
protruded when he
talked.
Pointed and prominent
Medium size.
Soft, showing no signs Of
hard labor.
Long and tapering.
Broad.
Taper.
Slight.
Strong looking; manners
gentlemanly, not vul-
gar.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
Physical Description Is
sued by the Government
on April IL, 1856. Of
John Wilkes Booth.

6 feet / inch.
Black. thick. long and
straight
None. and no appear
ance Of beard.
Red on the Jaws.
Moderately full.
&c or q years
Large. not prominent
dark blue).
Not heavy, but dark
Healthy.
Straight, well formed.
medium size.
Small; lips thin: upper
lip protrudss when he
talks.
Pointed and prominent
Medium size.
Soft. showing no signs OF
hard labor.
Long and tapering.
Broad.
Taper.
Slight.
Strong looking; manners
not g~entlemanly; vul-
gar.