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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21

After a Bargain.-The new woman had applied for a marriage license.
 ..How much2" she asked in a busi- i1esslike way. #.. Two dollars replied the clerk.
 Make. it s1.9S,"' she said, and I'll take two of them. "C Chicago Post.
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BIG RAILROAD MAN HERE
Baron Priestly of India Inspects Workil

Baron Priestly of India Inspects Workings
 .n of Consolidated.
 Baron Neville Priestly, who is practical ly in charge of the British system of rail- roads in India has been in this city for the past day or two. The British govern ment wished to improve Its system and con sequently sent him to this country to study American methods He Is to visit the best managed American railroad headquarters, and came here, of course to look over the New York. New Haven and Hartford methods.
 Baron Priestly spent a large share of his time with Controller Kochersperger. He ey- pressed himself as highly pleased with his reception here and with the system of management in vogue. He made his head quarters at the Hotel Garde. s0 '>i
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HANNAH HERpLING.

At her home in Highwood Mrs. Han nah Herdling, widow of the late Louis Herdltng, died Wednesday night. Fun eral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. at her late home. corner of St. Mary and Dudley streets. Interment in Evergreen ceme- tery.
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AEIY ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY

1ttse EaS "a Thousand Themes-S. S. Adams. Apple PareFs-The J. E. Bassett 6 Co. Amusements-Branford Fair. Baseball-SaYin Rock Grounds. Cuticura Soap-Druggists'. Cremo Cigars-Dealefs'. Diamonds-The Ford Ca.
 Dress Good-The Chas. Monson Co/ Estate E. E. Norton-Probate Notice. Estate H. H. COrnwall-Probate Notice. Friday Morning. Gamble Desmond Co. Grape -Nuts-At GrocerS. Karo-At Grocers'. Popular in Midsummer-E. E. Hall x Son. Pineapples- M Welch X Son. Quick Talls-The Edw. Malley Go. s St. Louis Exposition-Chas. Wilson < Co. The Blanket Sale-H Howe t Stetson Co. Wanted Furnished Flat-F. w. isham. Wanted-S -Situation-3 Broadway.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1903, p. m.
 Forecast for Friday and Saturday.
 For New England: Fair Friday. Satur- day fair, warmer in interior; light to fresh north winds shifting to east.
 For Eastern New York: Fair Friday. Saturday fair with warmer in interior; light north winds becoming east and fresh Saturday. .. -.-s-.-
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HARDWARE DEALERS, our1Na.

HARDWARE DEALERS OUTING. s
 The members of the Connecticut Retail Hardware association will hold their an nual outing at the Momauguin on Wednes- day of next week. There will be T short business meeting and Landlord Toess will serve one of his famous shore dinners. About 75 members of the association are expected to be present. z
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s REFUSED }, TO TALK.

The Butchers union, held meeting last evening in Hermann's Sons hall. The meeting was held in executive ses- sion and just what was done could not be learned. ST -' @>-. s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21
JOHN FLOOD.

News has been received in this city of the death of John Flood at Milbury,. Mass. He was brother-in-law of Pat rick Cahill of this city. He was mem Der of the First Connecticut heavy ar tillery during the civil war.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21

is said, is to move to the store formerly occupied by c. w. Hemingway; John Parker, grocer, to take. the corner store, and the Babcock Home bakery to oc- cupy Parker's old store.
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PAULINE oRTosKY.

Pauline. the daughter of MT. and Mrs. John ortosky. died Wednesday night. Funeral services this afternoon from the parents home, 267 Washing ton avenue, Interment in St Law renee cemetery.
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ARRESTED FOR NoN-sUPPoRT.

John !. Mulligan of 130 Fillmore street was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant sworn out by his wife, who claims that he does not support her. " ~ N H- I..9. 4. \.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21

LORD ROBERTS COMING. London, August 20.-Field-M Marshal Lord Roberts and his staff have booked passage on the Dominion line steamer Mayfower, which sails from Liverpool, September 25, for Boston. Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21

You are lucky, Miss Bessie, in hav- ing nothing to worry about in this hot weather
 Haven't I. though? You have no idea what lot of trouble it is to keep looking cool and comfortable. Denver Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21
ON HER VACATION

ON HER VACATION.
 Miss Annie Merrill ot 56S Chapel street is spending her vacation with her grandparents at Stockbridge, Mass.
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Loon, Weather Repors.

New Haven. August 20.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMSoFINTERESTCONCE
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE

And Other People Known in ThIs oIty
 -IntersstIng Social Events Here and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-21

Sold throughoua the world Cuscuro 8oap g6c.. oint rnent 50c, Resovanf 50c Gin form of Chocolate Cost Pila asc per yid Of co., Depots London. 27 chsrto hosse 6q; Paris. Rue dc la Paix, Boston, lS7 Cooa gs Ave. Potter Drug Chem. Corp, 60a ProprietQG Es5r Send for Cuseurs Skin Book
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

new idea to the growers Of this vicin.
ity, whose prune crop has heretofore
been marketed in Eastern states.
Nj. Weber expressed his Intention
Of giving the experiment a further
trial next year. and has persuaded an
other progressive fruitgrower Of this
city to join with him in risking a car
load of prunes in the new venture.
SO far this year about so carloads of
prunes have left The Dalles for East.
ern points. most of them finding mar,
ket in New York City, although ZONE
have been shipped to Chicago. Clncin.
natl. St. Louis and Pittsburg. The
prune crop in this vicinity has aver.
aged about IS per cent in advance Of
last year. and is now practically dis.
posed of-The Dalles Chronicle.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
Prunes Shipped to London.

The Dalles, Or, Oct Highly in
teresting and satisfactory returns have
just been received by r. H. Weber
of this city. on a carload shipment OF
Hungarian and Italian prunes, which
were sent by him for The Dalles Fruit
Growers Union some weeks ago to a
New York firm for sale there. Upon
arrival in New York the fruit was
found to be in such prime condition
that the venture was made Of forward
ing II TO London.
The advice now received, is that the
fruit arrived there fresh and perfect,
and was sold in the London market,
the Hungarian prunes bringing six
shIlings on an average per crate, or
$3.50; the Italian prunes from the
Weber orchard selling for six shillings
six pence. or $3.50, the buying price
being S1.25 and 90 cents. respectively.
AS far as can be ascertained, this is
the first carload of fresh prunes that
has ever been shipped direct from Or.
egon TO England, and gives a wholly
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

laid down to meet death upon the
mountain side. s.. #i
"Fhe sound u Mayor Corby's ride
and his cheerful voice aroused me, bnt
I was Absolutely helpless when found,
and life could not have been sustained
many hours, had no rood from sat-
urday morning until Monday night, ex.
posed to the awful storm that ragged
with increasing fury around me-"
Ex.Mayor Jason F. Doud is a mem.
Der Of Stevens Post @. A. r., and
served With distinction in the Civil
War He and all others Of the party
were experienced hunters and noun.
taineers. He Is resting easily and his
entire recovery from his terrible suf
ferings seems assured.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

passed at the last session OF the lee,,
lature, the new officer to look after M
welfare of the female prisoners Al,
to see that they have proper care sp,
secure the necessary exercise outsld,
of their cells. One Of the female pris
oners is in poor health, as a result q
the close confinement, and It VA,
thought best to make arrangements d
give her proper exercise.
Miss James is daughter Of the 50.
perintendent of the prison. and I,
young lady who will do good serrce
for the state. The governor though
II best to appoint some one alreadyb
Gated in the prison, rather than an Ous
side lady, who would find the assOcla
tlon of the personnel at the penitea
tiary less pleasant on account of beinl
a stranger to the men.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
NOT AT ANY PRICE.
The Unpopular Man, HIS NetghbCrn
aud the Coming Funeral.


The Unpopular Man, HIS NeiEhbOru
and the Coming Funeral.
A Georgia man who was unpopular
IN his community insured his life for
$1,000. He took the policy home to his
wife and said:
Maria. heres a life insurance docu
ment for $1,000"
THANK you. dear said his wife.
"IIow are you feeling todayT
"NCt we'll" he replied, "and ] don't
think am long for this world. and I
want to say to you that when die IL Is
my wish that you devote 81 900 Of the
money to defraying my funeral ex-
penses."
Mercy on mev exclaimed the wife.
"Why do yoI want such an expensive
funeralT"
'Tll explain. I'm perfectly satisfied
that nobody will attend my funeral,
and want to hire people to go at 30
much head I'm going out today aud
see what arrangements can make for
attendants on that forthcoming melan-
choly occasion. II they won't come
gratis why, III just hire 'em and give
'cm an order on 20. for the money"
lie went forth and at nightfall re.
turned with detected look.
Maria" he said, Its no use You
can have the whole 5000. Just go TO
NY funeral yourself. Atlanta Consti
tuition.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
FOUND
JUST In
TIME
Ex-MayOr DOud of
WOOdburn Lost
for Three Days
Wandered AimIessIy In the
Woods and During a
Steady DOWnpOur
Of Rain

AZ noon Tuesday the citizens OF
woodburn received the joyful news
that Jason r. Doud, ex.mayor OF the
city. who had been lost in the noun.
tains since Saturday morning, october
Sd. had been found. He arrived here
at 3 o'clock p. m. in an exhausted con
dltlon.
Mayor Corby, ex-Mayor Doud. who
is over 70 years OF age Amos Beach.
city marshal and Mr. Menier had been
hunting for deer near the Red Rock
mines. east OF Crooked Finger prairie.
some 35 miles east Of this city. On
Saturday Mr Doud shot a deer, as
did another OF the party, and the hunt
ers started for camp. Doud concluded
to go over a high blum to reach camp.
while his companions took circuit.
GUS, but easier route with the game
killed On arrival at camp the ex.
mayor had not arrived Guns were
fred and search commenced at once.
Beach came to Woodburn. and fey-
eral citizens at once started on the
search. The ex.mayor was found at
o'clock Monday afternoon by Mayor
Corby, who carried him to camp on
his back. a distance of neiIrly two
miles Mr.. Doud gives a graphic &C.
count Of his awful exposure and wan.
derings. lie says; Il started toward
camp, but soon became bewilGered.
For hours wandered In the awful
storm. firing my gun at intervals.
That night, built Gre. but being
without food. became very weak and
chilled.
"On Sunday | endeavored again 10
reach camp, but without success The
storm increased IN violence. and when
night came on I could not for my life
light a match. ON account OF tremu.
lousness and extreme weakness.
Without shelter or cover | wandered
around all night aud when morning
came made up my bed OF leaves and
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
CHRISTIAN aNpaAvoRhAs.
Begin Their Work for an Active Field
and Winter Campaign


The Christian Endeavorers Of Salem
are actively engaged in getting their
work underway for the winter cam
palgn, and the C. e. union Of the city
held their first business conference
and meeting after the summer vaca-
tion in the Y. NJ. C. A. parlors last
night. President Walter T. jerks hav.
ing the meeting in charge
The local union comprises the fol
lowing societies: Presbyterian, Bap-
tist. Congregational, Friends, Uuited
Evangelical and Christian nearly all
Of which were represented by two or
more members at last nights meeting.
The most important feature Of the ses.
sion was the election of officers, who
are as follows:
President-Rev. Chas. T. Hurd.
Vice-president--Miss Edith Ketch-
um.
Secretary-Miss Celeste NJ. Liston.
Assistant secretary-Robert b. Dun.
can.
Treasurer-Mlss Nina McNary.
The presidents Of the various socie-
ties are also vice-presidents of the
union
AS soon as the new officers get the
work in hand. some work of import
ance along several lines, is to be TN
dertaken. and II is desired that every
officer of every society be represented
at the next meeting. which will be
held the first Tuesday in November
The union also desires the co-opera.
lion of the pastors of the city, and will
especially invite them to be present
at the next meeting, when one of the
pastors will probably address the
meeting
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

Major Pond. the lecture manager.
was negotiating with John Kendrick
Bangs for the latter's talk on The Ev-
olution OF the Humorlst." The major
made somV inquiries as to the scope OF
the lecture. and Bangs replied that II
began with Adam aud Eve and came
down TO the present day.
Cant you give 'em something older
than that7" the manager asked joking.
~.
The funny man reflected for a mo-
ment and then said. II might work In
some Of your jokes n you think the au
dience will stand II"
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Secretary--Miss Celeste NJ Lston.
Assistant secretary-Robert b. Dun.
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II. c. Bressler. the motorman, an
family are home from a week sper
with his parents at their farm, fou
miles west of Monmouth.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
ME- Iames AppOInted Matron.

Governor Chamberlain yesterday af
ternoon appointed Miss Irene James
as matron of the penitentiary. This
action was in compliance with a law
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
Llona Attentioni

A matter OF special importance is to
come up at the regular meeting on
next Saturday night Ice cream and
cake will be served.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

Half the Ills of life are due to catarrh
and catarrhal arrangements. Peruna
ls the only internal, systemic catarrh
remedy known TO the medical profession.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. Peruna is not a guess nor an
experimental Is an absolute, scientific
certainty. Peruna has no substitutes
no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once 10 DR.. Hartman, giving 4
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased TO give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, D.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07

"PernnR have used In my family
with success. I can recommend IL aS
an excellent family remedy and very
good for coughs, colds and catarrhal
affections. "---H. Henry Powers.
John L. Burnett, Member OF Congress,
Seventh Alabama District, writes;
al take pleasure in testifying to the
merits of your Peruna. At the solicita-
ton of n friend my wife used it, and 1t
improved her condition generally. 1t is
q remarkable remedy. lean cheerfully
recommend Peruna as a good, substan-
tial tonic, and q very good catarrh
remedy"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-07
County Commissioners Meet.

The commissioners court met this
morning for the regular October term,
with Judge Scott and Commissioner
Wiley In attendance. The forenoon
was given to the consideration of
bonds OF warehousemen. and the fol.
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short Ne ". Notes.

The Missouri State reunion Of the
Confederate veterans will be held at Co
lumbus Sept. "a. . and &c. Gen. Odon
Guitar, a Union veteran. viii deliver the
address Of welcome and Senator George
G. Vest viii respond.
Crazed by intense pain resulting from
a cancer on his face. Captain y. Town
send, a former sfeamb az pilot. 20 years
old. hanged himself in st. Louis. Cap
tain Townsend was a friend of Gen.
Grant and during the Civil War served
on a river transport.
The ComptrolIe. has approved the con-
version Of the Cowgirl bank Of Cowgirl.
No, into the First National Bank of
Cowgirl, with a capital Of $1,000.
John Newman, a farmer living near
Saltwater, o. H., is dead Rs the result
Of falling from a wagon and his head
being crushed by one Of the wheels. He
was hauling a load Of lumber when the
accident happened.
Gix men were hurt, one probably IA
tally. By the collapse Of the false work
for a new Steel bridge on the Hooking
ALLEY Railroad at Sugar Grove, about
ten miles fAow Lancaster. Pa. They
we're precpitated fifty feet. falling into
the Hooking river.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO.

4 gcem dedicated to the Union was
read at a reunion Of Gen. Morgan's rebel
raiders at Lexington. Ky, at which Gen.
Basil Duke and other Confederate lead
ers were present.
The late President Garfield was ae-
cused by Senator Dorsey with nominat-
ing Stanley Matthews to the United
States Supreme bench in return for a
campaign contribution from Jay Gould
and G. p. Huntington.
A British syndicate started n campaign
to shut borrowers from the Southern
States out Of the London money market
until the r~epndiated Confederate bonds
were paid.
Nineteen persons. including ex-Mayo,
Thomas Hoyne Of Chicago, were killed
in a collision on the Rome. WATERFOWL
and Ogdensburg Railroad near Albion,
y. Y.
Gladstone withdrew his famous Snez
canal resolution because Of opposition in
the British Parliament.
The general strike Of telegTaphers was
reported broken. 300 c1erators resuming
work Ia New York.
Capt. Webb, the famous English swim.
mer. was drowned in the whirlpool rapids
at Niagara.
Seventy excunsionists were drowned
by the collapsing Of n pier in the Pataps-
co river, near Baltimore, Md.
Over 800 persons died Of cholera az
Cairo. Egypt. and II In Chibin.
Part Of the Island Of Ischia, In ths
Mediterranean. was destroyed by earth.
quake and 1000 persons killed.
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R YEARs AGO.

The Army of the Potomac reached
Front Royal. In the Shenandoah valley,
but Gen. Meade, its commander, found
that the rebel army under Lee had fled.
\ record passage for screw steamships
between Liverpool and New York was
made by the City Of New York, which
arrived in nine days.
James b. Eads of st. Louis submit
ted plans at Washington for an iron
steamship to be built in his yards a. the
former city duplicating the New Iron
sides.
Gen. Shaekelford's troops overlook
Morgan's raiders near New Lisbon. o.,
and prepared for battle.
Samuel J. Tilden, Senator Morgan and
Judge p%ierrepont reached Washington
to urge the suspension of the draft in
New York City.
Ewells rebel brigade was routed at
Wappings Heights, Va, by the Third
and Fourth Maine regiments under Gen.
Spinola.
The erection of the famous Swamp
Angel battery at Charleston, s. c., was
begun by Union troops, a lieutenant be-
ing arrested for making a requisition for
men eighteen feet talf' to work in the
deep mud.
Gem Morgan's raiders burned the de-
pot at Campbell, Ohio, tore up the rail-
road tracks, plundered citizens and killed
their stock.
Rebel troops under Pegram defeated a
body of Union soldiers neal Lexington,
Ky, and martial Law was declared in
that city and all ~able-bodied citizens &C.
dered 10 enroll themselves for defense.
Brutus j. Clay was nominated for
United States Senator from Kentucky to
succeed the famous John j. Crittenden,
who had died a few days before.
Gen. John Morgan and the commits
stoned officers Of his rebel army were
sentenced 10 tie Ohio penitentitry until
the confederates should surrender Col.
Starlight and his men.
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CHURCH AND CLERGY. Z
e&~xex


The Rer. LaBgdon o. Ste wardson has
been installed rs president Of Hobart
College.
Chaplain Nave Of the United States
army expects to re,urD TO the Philippines
in the not distant future.
The Rev. DIR. Joseph Ayres Of Sidney,
Ohio, So years Of age, is the oldest Meth
odist preacher In the world.
The Rev. William q. Murphy, the new
~ appointed vice rector Of the American
college at Rome, has gone to the Eternal
City.
Jacob Riis began life as n Lutheran,
then became a Methodist, later q Con
gregationaiigt. and is now an Episcova-
lian.
The Rev. J.. w. Cross of Lawrence.
Mass. the oldest living Harvard grad
uate, has just celebrated his nihety-ifth
birthday.
The Very Rev. Thomas TaaTe, rector
of 81. Patrick's Church, Brooklyn, cele-
brated the fortieth anniversary Of his
ordination recently.
Archbishop Kahn, who has been III In
Baltimore for some time, is improving
rapidly and is now able 70 walk about the
sanitarinm grounds.
Bishop Hartzell of the Methodist Bpis-
copal Church left New York on Wedues
day to begin his seventh episcopal tour
on the continent of Africa.
The Rt. Rev. Julius A. Chstron. the
Roman Catholic bishop Of ozaka, Japan,
who has lived and labored in the Orient
for thirty years, Is visiting and leetuf-
IN this countTE.
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fornia in 1852. At Ia be began to blaze
his own trail. He was prospector,
~freighter, stock raiser. miller, editor and
unsuccessful in all. Then fortune chang
ed. In Nevada he obtained some good
mining property, sold 1t, and began specu-
lation in San Francisco. He made SGD
600. In 1870 the market went wrong,
and he lost his entire fortune. This was
his first great failure. Beginning again,
now as a mining broker, he soon had am
other fortune. In 1877 he went to New
York with $6,000.0o0, and by 1870 had
made 100000 more. His next plan
was to corner the wheat market. In
that famous attempt he lost Millions.
and as a direct result he failed in 1854
for the mnan of his fortune, The sus-
pension Involving M,o00,000. Begin
ming yet again. this wizard Of finance
once more gathered together millions, and
since 1898 his operations in Wall street
have been ~stupendous. He married Sara,
daughter of Col. Leroy Daingerield Of
Virginia. His children are Foxhall
Keene and Mrs. Talbot ]. Taylor.