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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
WRITINGS OF ENGLISH AUTHOR
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN YET
HAVE BIG SALE.
Has Free and Wholesome Style and
They Show None of the Com
mon Effort.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 10..-Judged
by the number of his books sold, says
the London correspondent of Boston
paper, the most popular living writer
of fiction in England, is the Rev. Silas
K. Hooking. whose latest novel.
"Meadowsweet and Rue" has just been
published
Critics pay little attention to him, his
name never figures among those Of
great authority; his works are not
read in Belgravia, and fashionable
book shops do not stock them, but for
all that they have larger circulation
than those Of Marie Corelli, Hall Caine,
Sir Conan Doyle, Sir Gilbert Parker,
Anthony Hope, or any Of the conspicu-
Gus stars of the literary armament.
Happy in the knowledge that a big
sale awaits every fresh book he writes.
Mr. Hooking pursues the even tenor of
his way, turning out new novel every
year with unfailing regularity. His first
was published in 1878 and he has now
twenty-one volumes to his credit. AS
he is only fifty-four and in vigorous
health it is probable that he will write
many more before he lays his pen down
and gives better known competitors a
chance to catch up with him.
He does not belong to the strenu-
Gus school of writer's; he shocks no.
body; he sees to it that virtue is al
ways rewarded and vice punished, and
thus enjoys the advantage, which may
account for no small measure of his
success, of being regarded by middle
class persons as an eminently safe pur-
veyor of mental pabulum for the young
person. He has held no regular pas
torate for eight years, but he still
breaches frequently ana chastises sin
and exalts righteousness in a fashion
that affords much satisfaction to nom
conformist audiences.
He first essayed short story writing
when he was sixteen in the hope of
winning a prize of $500 that had been
offered by some temperance society for
the best story setting forth the evils
of strong drink.
Il commenced" he says, "by writing
out thirty in all-then l began to COM
pose in grim earnest But 1 soon dis
covered that my method, however
good in theory, would not work out
to be revised, my tragedy and comedy
got hopelessly mixed, my plot de-
veloped in unexpected directions, and,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
CLAIMS TO HAVE AN INVENTION
THAT WILL SUCCESSFULLY
AVOID DEPARTMENTS.
The Hurst Railroad Switch Can Be
Operated From the Cab OF
an Engine.

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. .1O.-"Actu-
atei by the movement of trains. That
is what C. NJ Hurst, of the Hurst
Manufacturing company, claims for MS
new switch and which he demonstrates
by a working model at 3O3h Washing
ton street The sentence explains the
principle. upon which the switch ope-
rates. The new switch is a wonder. for
if it can be made to work successfully
on railroads it does away with all the
services of 'switchmen and obviates alb
solutely the dangers of running into
open switches and subsequent wrecks.
The Hurst railroad switch can be
operated from the cab of the locomo-
tive instantaneously while the lOcomo-
tive is running as fast as it is posi-
BILE for machinery to turn when driven
by steam. 1t can also be opened from
the rear Of a train, from the middle of
it, or wherever the train crew decides.
Inefe Is no leaving the Cdr vi coiu'
stormy nights or during billiards.; a
simple twist of the wrist does the bust
ness, and the members of the train
crew do not have to worry, for, accord
ing to the claims of the inventor, it is
impossible for his mechanism to get
out of order. If it is examined once a
year or a little oftener to see that the
parts are working smoothly it will give
perfect service.
c. M Hurst in explaining his inven-
ton to an admiring gathering of me-
chanics this morning stated that the
tracks are placed under control of the
movements of trains The engineer or
front brakeman can open or close the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
Charity Work Discussed

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Nov. 1O.-At to-
days sessions of the Iowa conference
of charities and corrections the fol-
lowing were among the papers present
ed and discussed: Employment of priss
Oners in state penitentiaries and state
reformatories, Henry WOlfer, warden
of Minnesota state prison; Suspension
of sentences, Judge H. NJ. Towner, Cor
ming; The Juvenile court act and ju-
venile courts, Judge George w. Wake
field, Sioux City; The present status
of organized charity in Iowa, C. w.
Wassam, State University of Iowa;
Inspection of county and town prisons.
Prof. Isaac a. LOos of State UNIVERSE
ty Of Iowa.
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War On Opium Traffic.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 10.-Sec-
rotary Hay this morning gave a hear
ing to delegation representing the In
ternational Reform Bureau and a num-
Der of other missionary societies which
have united in petition asking this
government to initiate diplomatic eff
forts to induce Great Britain to re-
lease China from treaty compulsion tc
allow the opium traffic.
The missionary societies claim to
represent a majority of the American
people, and as President Roosevelt an6
the senate have already declared in
favor of universal treaty to prohibit
the sale of both intoxicants and opium
among aboriginal races it is hoped that
some tangible results may follow to-
days hearing. 1t is believed that the
Japanese government would be ready
to join any movement to suppress the
opium traffic as both before the wal
and recently it has shown an interest
in the matter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
CONSTIPATION.

Health is absolutely impossible, II
constipation be present. Many SER
ious cases of liver and kidney COM
plant have sprung from neglected con-
situation. Such a deplorable condition
is unnecessary. There is a cure for it
Herbine will speedily remedy matters
c. A. Lindsay, p. M, Bronson, Fla.
writes, Feb. IL, 1902: Having tried
Herbine, find it fine medicine fol
constipation" SOC bottle.
Sold by the Upington drug store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
Freedom Comes to the Diamond Quee,

Freedom Comes to the Diamond Queen.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 10-Mamie de
Girls, famous all over the country as
the diamond queen" will be freed
from the Georgia penitentiary tomor-
row, when her term of Imprisonment
will expire. This young woman first ac-
quired a reputation by the marvellous
tales she related while a guest at a ho-
tel in this city. These tales, dealing
with imaginary runaway accidents in
which prominent persons were said to
have been injured, attracted much at
tention, and through them she gained
a great deal of notoriety. This notoriety
proved unlucky for her, however, as
it led to her arrest. The publication of
her picture in an Atlanta paper fell un-
der the eyes of jewelry firm in Sa-
vannah which had been cleverly de-
frauded out of valuable diamonds and
other jewelry and they. recognized the
picture as that of the young woman
who had perpetrated the swindle An
investigation followed -and Mamie de
Girls was arrested, tried, convicted and
sent to the state farm at Milledgeville.
A little later she again leaped into
public notice on account of a whipping
given her by the prison official. This
was the sensation Of the hour for a
time and was discussed in newspapers
throughout the country. Several of
the prison employees lost their positions
as result of the investigation follow
ing the disclosures. Petitions asking
her pardon rained in upon the COVER.
nor, but in consequence of her long
record as "a dangerous criminal the wo-.
man was obliged to serve out her SEN
tence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10

rear, touches this shoe, presses it down
as the engine moves along and the
switch is turned. The conductor on the
rear end of the train applies the air
to shoe, on the rear truck of the last
car and the switch is returned to it's
original position.
The inventor, who has patents on his
device from every possible point OF
view, was a former resident of Rollins
Wyo., and spent Is years in perfecting
his switch. The idea was suggested to
him by witnessing a wreck on the
Burlington route at Nishnabotna, Mo-.
when a train ran into an open switch
at so miles an hour. killing q people
and badly injuring 43 others. The
train caught fire and disastrous blaze
ensued, resulting in the destruction OF
the depot, and two entire trains.
The emergency attachement is prob
ably the greatest feature about the en-
tire invention. Every train passing
along the track works it. If the switch
is open it will be instantly closed. If it
is closed the attachment still works
but does not affect the switch.
"A number of officials of various roads
having Portland as the terminal point
will make an examination of the work.
ing model this morning with a view
to considering it for use on their di-
visions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10

worse than all, my characters became
unmanageable; my funny man grew
pathetic, and my gentle, fair haired.
blue-eyed heroine developed an amount
of stubbornness that compelled me to
erase all had written about her earl
Ter on.
MY principal hera, tool had sew
eral of them-developed qualities that
I had not foreseen, and finally took
the bit between his teeth and bolted.
In fact, by the time 1 had reached the
middle of the eighth chapter my char
acters had got themselves and me into
such hopeless muddle that gave up
the whole thing in despair and never
returned to it again.
When he was twenty he entered the
Methodist ministry. Often the impulse
to write stories came upon him and
he found plots almost uncOnsciously
developed themselves in his mind and
clamored to be worked out on paper,
but he resolutely put the temptation
aside. considering that he had been
called" to another sphere of duty. and
for seven years kept the literary fiend
at bay. Then came a day when he fell.
He had no sermon to write and the in
clement weather had kept him in
doors, but pen and paper were at hand.
Il began to write he says. list
lessly, and without purpose. The first
paragraph was but the expression of a
mood, but all things took shape and
grew. Like Bunyan with it's dreams,
1.-The more I pulled the more it came
1 became interested at length, and the
old passion for writing flared up into
white heat. Ny wife wondered what
chained me so long ana SO late in my
study, but enc day, over the tea table
in the presence of an editor friend, l
let the secret out. He begged me to
let him see the manuscript and then
gave me no rest until I gave him per-
mission to publish it in his weekly
paper"
Thereafter he surrendered himself
freely to the obsession of the literary
fiend MY books" he says, have never
been declined with thanks, ana have
never lacked readers when published.
For ever twenty years their sale has
averaged one thousand copies a week,
increasing. This he adds modestly,
lis quite as great a puzzle to me as it
is to my critics. I have aimed at one
thing, to tell a story simply and di-
rectly-a story that should be whole
some ana entertaining, that should
teach a lesson without seeming to
teach, that should leave behind it a
pleasant flavor
Incidentally, Mr.. Hooking credits
credits himself with having given Co
nan Doyle the suggestion that she
should rid himself of the burden of
Sherlock Holmes by dropping him
down a crevasse. But the public COM
PEELED him to resurrect the great detec-
tive hero, and while he can still coin
money out of him there is no likelihood
that he will kill him off second time.
Mr.. Hocking's younger brother, the
Rev. Joseph Hooking, since 1891 has
also been turning out novels at the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10

rate of one a year, and they find
larger circulation than those of man.,
more famous authors. Between n.
literary products of the two brotbe,.
there is close family resemblsnoo
Joseph's science will not permit him %
pay taxes to be expended in providinc
religious teachings of which he doe.
not approve, and he has been evo
times summoned as passive regis
ter"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30
The Trimmer.

During the American Bar Associa-
dion's convention in st. Louis, Presi-
dent James Hagerman talked one after.
noon about trimmers.
@%Tbe trimmer" he said, "would be
all right, perhaps, did he not always
trim too much. have never seen a
trimmer yet who did not remind me
greatly of old John Thompson, of Clair
mont.
Thompson, of Clairmont, had trim
Ened SO successfully all his life long that
ne had never accomplished anything
He had never dared to hold a positive
opinion. He had never dared to do a
positive and downright deed. Finally
ne came to die, and the minister called
on him.
|fThe minister and Thompson talked
together a long time. At the end the
minister said:
Now, John, do you renounce the
devil and all his works9
"Ob, sir, said Thompson meekly,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

no relief. Cough medicines did me no
good whatever and upset my stomach,
but since taking Vinol my cough has
entirely disappeared have gained
seven pounds in weight, and l am in
better health than have been for
years"
The reason Vinol cures when all 9TH
er cough remedies and preparations of
cod liver oil fail is because It contains
in concentrated form all the curative,
strengthe-ereating elements of cod liv-
er oil, actually taken from fresh Gods
livers but without any oil or grease to
upset the stomach or retard its work.
Mr. Putnam SAYS "We have never
sold a medicine in our store equal TO
Niae! foE coughs, colds, bronchitis, or
to build up the rundown, tired, over
worked and debihtated. II is simply
a wonderful strengthener and invigOr-
ator for old people, and we ask the
the people Of Salem to try Vinol on
our strong guarantee. Geo. w. Put.
nam, Druggist.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

New York, Nov. 3O.-No dandy of old
France ever had more or fancier waist.
coats than the up-to-date girl. Hers
to be sure, are sewed into the coat of
her tailor-made costume and are only
infnitesimal affairs, but they are of
every hue Of the rainbow, and some of
them look as if they had been made
from a portion of the parlor chairs. 1t
is very easy to have a number of these
waistcoats and to make them so that
they can be quickly hooked or basted
into your coat.
A little girl, who has but one tailored
suit this winter, a broadcloth gown of
seal brown, wears with it for morning
shopping q waistcoat of white pique
and small brown toque. For calling
she has a violet velvet vest and a vio-
let toque. For more dressy occasions
she possesses a waistcoat of yellow bro
caded satin to correspond with a
white hat and a yellow plume, and for
the theater in the evening she has an
elaborate vest of white satin en-
broidered in gold and edged with a
fall of accordion plated chiffon. Moth
ing is more fetching that the stiff
white pique vest for morning wear.
White pique always gives a woman
that clean dainty business-like look
L., ha 1oNroaNsnn frnna
her feminity.
To make such set of waistcoats it is
best first to select a suit which already
contains a good waistcoat, or to have
your tailor make one which has the
proper curve and ft. After that the
thing is easy, for you have only to rip
it out and duplicate it in any sort of 4,
shade or material. A strikingly pretty !
waistcoat to go with a navy blue suit
might be made of red broadcloth braid
ed in gold or black.
IL is never the dress or the coat a !
woman wears which really makes or
mars her appearance; it is these dainty
little touches these bits of individual
ity or the lack of them. There are
some women Worth could not make look
smart, whose housemaids take their old
gowns, trim them over, touch them up
and go forth looking better in the cast
)ff garments than their mistresses in
hem at first hand.
Those new walking skirts, with fare
,ontrived in dozen ways, have brought
about revolution in petticoats.
They've done more, for trying to hold
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30
MISS NELLIE
A. BAKER
OF A DANGEROUS COUGH
BY vINoL.
Druggist Geo. w. Putnam Says vinol Is
the Best Cure for Chronic Coughs
and Colds Known to Medicine.

Said Mr.. Putnam: "The unques-
tionable testimony which we are con-
stantly publishing opinion so Of
ten expressed in regard to the remark
able curative value of Vinol-our guar
antee to return money in every case
where it fails, and, above ALL the fact
that it is not a patent medicine, but a
pure cod liver oil preparation without
oil or drugs, should lead every person
in Salem suffering from chronic coughs,
colds or bronchitis to at least try Vinol
in preference to anything else"
Miss Baker writes: "For more than
a year | suffered with hacking, OBJ
stinate cough from which l could get
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30
Not a Sick Day Since.

"I was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. L tried all sorts of
medicines, none of whicS relieved me.
One day saw an ad of your Electric
Bitters and determined to try that.
After taking a few doses felt re-
lieved, and soon thereafter was en-
tirely cured, and have not seen a sick
day since. Neighbors of mine have
been cured of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Liver and Kidney troubles and General
Debility" This is what B. F. Bass,
of Fremont, N. g., writes. Only SOC
at j. G. Perry's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

UT0MEN should beware of contract
wv ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are espe-
cially conducive to catarrhal derange-
ments. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. It forti-
fies the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
womsn's experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the followings
Recently I took long drive In the
country, and being too thinly clad
caught bad cold which settled ON my
lungs, and which 1 could not seem to
shake off. / had heard a great deal of
feruna for coloa and cstarrh and /
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30
Faith and Fact.

Faith is one thing and fact another, it
sometimes takes any amount of faith
to produce one fact. Years of earnest
work and faith have produced ono
fact about medicine that is deserving
of mention here. If people who are
troubled with general weakness
through overwork, dissipation or ex-
posure can get remedy that win make
rich red blood from the food they eat,
their return to health is assured. Good
blood is the life of the body as well as
the nerves. Weak, sickly, pale people
who suffer with Indigestion, dyspepsia,
sick-headache, loss of strength and am
bition, having dizzy spells apd always
tired, can be cured sound and well with
Dr. Gunn's Blood and Nerve Tonic.
Sold by druggists for 75c per box, or
3 boxes for So. This tonic acts in a
common sense way, curing disease by
giving strength to resist it.
For sale by DR.. S. C. Stone, druggist.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30
Sure Cure for Pillar.

Itching piles produce moisture and
cause itching, this form, as well as
biing, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
are cured by DIR. Bo-san-ko's Pile
Remedy Stops itching and bleeding.
Absorbs tumors soc a jar at drug.
gist, or sent by mail. Treaties free
Write me about your case. DR.. Bo-
sanko. PhilA. Pa.
FOrs sale By DR.. s. c. Stone. druggist
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

The governor of Idaho will iHvs|
gate the charges brought against \
of the state peniteltiI
He is determined oascertain the I'd
of the charges that a shortage exist
the accounts of the officials.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

bought q bottle 70 try. am pl,,l
that I did, for 1t brought speedy !,
1t only took about two bottles, a
considered this money well spent |
"You have firm friend in me, A,
not only advise its use 10 my frisndl !
have purchased several bottles TO rlv,
those without the means to buy. \
have noticed without exception tA,I|
has brought about a speedy cure vhiI
ever it has been used. ."-Nis n
Gerbing.
II you do not derive prompt and na
factory results from the use Of Psnl
write at once 10 DR.. Hartman, glvr,|
full statement OF your case and 10 n
be pleased TO give you his valuabh I
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, Pre- 'dsui
The Hartman Sanitarium, Col mbu
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

Miss Florence E. Kenah, 4s Maria street, Ottawa wr
GA few months ago caught cold which settled
lungs and remained there persseny thatf a
took medicine without benefit until digestive organs E
upset. and head snd back began to sche severely
"I was advised ia try Peruna snd although EkAs ~
felt sick that was ready to try anything brought me I
relief ut and felt that had fine right
three weeks completely restored have enjoyed I
health since.
"InOw have the greatest faith In Peruna" "a KENI
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

The baseball team of the University
of Japan has challenged the Stanford
nine for an international match game,
to be played at San Francisco, and the
Californians will probably accept. The
japanese team recently won the cham
pionship of the islands.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

Frank Brown was arrested in Port
land last night for the larceny of 20,-
900 cigars from railroad box ear. The
Portland police are determined to break
up a gang of thieves that has infested
the railroad yards for several months.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-30

DOM ask me that. am going into a
strange country, and 1 don't want to
make myself enemies.' ="
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-20

A list of letters remaining uncal!ed
for at the postofiice Friday noon Of chis
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-20
COMMON COUNCIL

Psesent-Aldermen C.ausen. Picker,
Haiane, Kennedy. Meuuinger, Moss
and Lefeber,
Iee minutes of the last regular
mes ting were read and appr we'd.
! Aa application vas made for pool
/ tale license at u West Main street ny
/ ichaFles Anderson. Referred to the H.
i Cen e committee
/ Proposals were laid before the com.
NC council for furnishing a school
SITE - Lac city, as follows
school slrE PROPOSALS.
lf.nfJ Watuer, Agent-l23 feet on
@o5o~a ,.yenCe hv ir9 Ga Center
strsat S3 s35.
/ Saarlea otickney Lots "a, y, Is, II
Stiatney Sub-Dlv. No. on ST. Charles
street 81 600
kilzabeth II Hunter Lots /. -, ., A,
| >, Hunters ke-Sub- Div. corner North
Mashn Street and Mower Court, 4G, 90.
sa.ah j. hjugrasc 1850 feet ou Wau-
/ W'tlssa avenue by 30 feet in depth.
ab9sst $50 feet south of East MilW;.uls ec
avsNae jGoo
Warren Land Co. Lots 4, 3, 6. r,
/ 6laek II, 243.39 feet on Wauwatosa
avenAe ana l+2 feet on West Milwaukee,
S1 -, - IA r. ,o .,
block I2. 13s. 10 feet on West Mi}uanle..
avsRae and ?66.03 feet on Wisconsin
avslAe 5000.
,al 10 i'ae" ,ee "a ta, i,0VS w .; V'', "no %
ave4oe $40 70 feet. ON West Milwaukee
avanne IS o2 feet on Wisconsin ave,
mug 15,65o
M e' ,,"'." ~, nv tant ',''Is ',," -"
block II. i44Gq feet on WarNato,a
avenue 2T07G feet on West Milwaukee
aseAne ia122 feet on Wisconsin ave
I gss s9,"5o 80 :, oad v.,.,. .e s...,....
an4a blocl, - lsf f,rt ON Wanya-
/ tosa ayenue. l5G feet ON Wisconsin ave
nos. $50.
Referred to finance committee
eonmnnication was presented re
qneStlng that the fire department be
provided with one dczen FIRE hHciteta
fer good Of the department Referred
% oanmittee on fire department
fae committee on finance reported
bad. various bills referred at the last
NEE np with Recommendation for Al
/ stts si'el slassiiis s'.fa s9ioe NJ 4
recoNmendcd by tue council.
/ The eommittee on streets reported
! hack fhe resolution for laying sidewalk
on North Main street IA front OF pubic