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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

II is about as sensible to hunt prai-
rie chickens with a hound pup as for
a practical politician to go out after
votes with a professional refOrmer
who wants to make the party into one
Bible class with himself as
teacher, substitute and supply
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

Lost-lady's brown leather purse
with silver coin, between 18th stree.
on Asylum avenue aud W. C. T. u.
hall Leave at Journal once
a-2l,Sts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

Fox-DowN-At the court house,
Salem. Oregon, Monday, March 81
1904. at 3 O'Clock p. m, Ada Down
to J.. F. Fox, County Judge John Fl.
Scott officiating.
The contracting parties r resi-
dents of Silverton, where they will
make their future home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
New Today


Ran Away.-A dark brown horse. one
white hind foot and also a white
fore foot, halter and bride on
Leave word with John simpkins.
Salem Route 1. S.22.iwks
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
MARRIED.

IICHTY-WADE-At the office OF the
Justice of the peace, Salem, Oregon,
Monday, March Fl, 1904, Miss A. L.
Wade to Jacob Hchty, Justice e. d.
Morgan officiating.
The contracting parties are resi-
Tents of the neighborhood near Pra-
tum They went to Portland on the
afternoon train for a brief wedding
tour.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

FOR Sale.-Two fresh cows. grade Jer-
sey, Inquire Of W. +. KapHnger.
Ia miles east OF asylum. s-22,sts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

.ound--A photo button, oontainlng a
small boys picture owner can
have the same By calling At this a..
nee and payins Tor this al.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

Mrs VIM Feidt Salem, or. ,.... 1858
M A. Bentley. salem, Or ......s64
w, NJ Cook. Salem, Or ..,.,..s73
r. J VonRehreh A~umsville. Or ..S7S
H. Roy stayboR Or .,,.......s76
w. Ia rooze, woodbum, or. .,....979
VIM, Her, B~utteytho, Or ....,. 1871
j. O. Mitchell. Salem. or. ,...... 1852
NJ, Kyle Salem. or .,~,.,...,,9 S2
John Kaufman. Salon. OR. ,.....SS4
c. L. Iotonrotte o. s N. s~.......9 S5
r. r. Boise, ST., Sakm, Or .,,.sS6
EliHabeth Watt, Salem, Or .,,,. .9S6
J. H. Campbell Salem, Or. .,...9S7
w Y Richardson. Salem, Or. ,..,sS7
. O. Smith, Route 8. Salem, Or. .9s7
s. n. Frost Salem. Or ......... sS7
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

I've kept my hands clean-but, like
the boy in the story, I've had to band
age them and tie them to the bed
post a good many times to do II.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
E. l.. MARTIN
GETS THE
DIAMOND
Committed Of Business
Men Open the
Envelope
Turner Man Gue.ses o61 and
Wins. the Number Being
900 Two GueSSeS
Of 958

The Journal Diamond Guessing Con
test has come to a close and Ed L.
Martin, the strudy blacksmith, OF
Turner, proved the good guesser, who
took the brilliant gem. As will be
SEEN by the statement below, made by
= committee Of salem's business men,
dhe unknown number proved to be
900. Mr. Martins guess was 961, that
being nearest 30 the lucky number.
The committees report;
Salem, Or. March 20, 1904.
To Whom Il May Concern:
We. the undersigned committee APP
pointed 70 open the sealed envelope
and ascertain the unknown number In
me Capital Journal Diamond Guessing
Contest, hereby certify that we. on
this date, visited the store OF c. H.
Hinges and opened tho envelope CON
tanning said unknown number. We
found the envelopes fully sealed. just
a. the previous committee must have
left II. and. upon examination OF It's
~contonts. we find the unknown mum
Der 10 be 900. We went TO The Capt.
tai Journal once and examined the
rec0pts. We found the same all
opened out and assorted in numerical
order, and upon seeking to find the
iucky guesB discovered that ring must,
under this rules OF the contest. be
awarded to 70 L. Martin. Turner. Ore
son. who guessed 961.
The committee takes pleasure in
stating that THIS contest has been
conducted with tho utmost fairness.
and that the winner ts Justly entitled
20 receive the valuable present.
j. NJ. LAWRENCE.
70 L. IRVINE,
l JAMES M. KYLE.
FRANK MEREDITH.
d. M. G. GAULT.
Committee
Below n given a llst OF the guesses
shove 300. which will Indicate who
were among the closest guessors. but
not quite fortunate enough to get the
rfncs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
REPORT THAT
PORT ARTHUR
is CAPTURED

CONTINUED from FIRST page.)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
HOTELS
The WlIlamette.

me willamette.
Franklin T. Griffith, Oregon Cb.
Otto T. Oleson, Oregon City.
/. l. Patterson, city.
Chas. II. Carey, Portland.
Geo Soenson, Portland.
L. A. McNar, Portland.
G. M. Cartwright, Portland.
l.. Allehoff, Portland.
F. Snoderley, Jefferson
Ed A. Jory, city.
M. f. Townsend city.
Jno. A. Black, San francisco.
Mrs, r. s. Perry, Victoria, B. c.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

Of coal from the Yorseo mountains is
supplied to the Japanese warships.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22


GmMz :
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22
Rubber Tires
Axle Grease
The Good Sort

Several good kinds to select from.
Our D~eerhabes Castor Oil Grease is
without doubt the best "all grease" III
bricant on the market And Dixon's
Graphite Grease" hlls a long felt want
for those who want slippery stun"
that has less body and a natural slip
to It.
Ask to see them
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-22

Below IL given a Hat Of the guessea
shove 900. which will Indicate who
were among the closest guessors. but
not quite fortunate enough to get the
nng;
The leader., 1904-01-09
THE EAST.

At Hollowville, N Y, Joseph Phillips,
a farmer, murdered his three children
and then hanged himself in neighbor-
hood barn. Phillips had complained
lately of his poverty, and it is believed
his mind became unsettled.
The death of Gurdon Trumbull, aged
81, an artist of distinction, especially
in the studies of fish, occurred at Hart
ford, Conn.
At the East Buffalo IN. " stock
yards 1000 sheep were burned to
death.
The girl students at Rosemary hall,
Greenwich, Conn, handled stone for a
new chapel which they have resolved
to construct with their own hands.
William Shaw and Moses T, Clough,
prominent lawyers, lost their lives in a
fire in Troy IN. W club house.
In the past year total of &c., $50 i'm
migrants arrived at New York, against
SAT 1877 in 1902.
In the east the Standard Oil company
has reduced the price of oil five cents
and two cents in the west.
Judge M. w. Acheson in the United
States circuit court in Pittsburg held
that railroads are responsible for the
full value of goods lost in transit.
The annual review of Bradstreet pre-
diets a year of satisfactory conservative
business for 1904, following the severe
strains put upon the industrial and
speculative communities of 1903.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Their Security is Worthless.

Publication is made that many of
the mortgage companies doing bust
ness in this State, together with
some of the banks, have refused to
lend money to farmers in the white
cap counties of South Mississippi
Franklin, Lincoln and Amite. The
ground ON which these moneyed in
stitutions have refused to lend mon
ey in these counties is that the
whitecapping outrages have made
the security rendered for these loans
very undesirable. Most of the Sc
curity is farming land, and they
figure it out that farming land with
out labor is worthless. 1t remains
to be seen what effect this will
have on the lawless element. It is
generally conceded that the lawless
element only forms a very small
per cent of the population. The
people have united with the officials
Of the counties in trying to stamp
out lawlessness and have made a
most excellent start.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Growth Has Seen Phenomenal.

The testimony Of those who are
posted on the affairs of the State
says that Mississippi never enjoyed
greater prosperity than it has dur
ing the year which has just drawn
to a close. The industrial growth
of the State has been something
wonderful. More new enterprises
have been chartered in Mississippi
during the last twelve months than
in any twelve months before. The
outlook for the new year was never
brighter. The farmers and the peo-
pie in the country will have money
this year. A gentleman familiar
with conditions says that the banks
of the Northwest are borrowing
money from the banks in Jackson
and other cities in the State. He
states that the banks throughout the
State hold approved collateral from
many of the Western banks for
loans. 1t has been the usual thing
for banks in this section to redis-
count in New York. The cotton
crop in this and other States has
been moved mostly with home
money this year, and the call on the
Eastern centers has not been near
as heavy as in other years.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Division of the School Funds.

The proposition to divide the
school fund between the races in
proportion to the taxes paid by each
race, which was the burning issue in
the State campaign last summer,
will probably never get any further
along with the coming legislature
than the paper on which it is recon-
mended in the governors message.
There is not even a remote likell-
hood that the legislature will enact
such a law, although bills looking
to this end, will, of course, be in
troduced. Even those who favored
it, and who are now enabled to view
the question in a cold and dispas-
sionate light, wholly freed of its po-
litical embellishments, are willing
to admit that such a doctrine is I'M
constitutional, and would not stand
legal test. At the same time it
has served to re-emphasize the unal-
terable determination that the po-
litical, industrial and social destiny
Of Mississippi rests with the white
people of the State.
The leader., 1904-01-09
SENATOR DIETRICH'S TRIAL
For Alleged Conspiracy and Bribery
In Postal Appointments.
Able Attorneys Represent Both sides
and Indications Point to a
Sharp Legal Battle.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4.-This morning
the trial of United States Senator Chas.
Fl. Dietrich will begin in the federal
court. SENATOR Dietrich has been in
dicted on three different counts for the
alleged violation OF section 1S1 of the
revised statutes; alleged conspiracy
with Postmaster Fisher of Hastings to
violate section 1881, and for the al
legged leasing of buildings and receiv-
ing benefits therefrom while member
of the United States senate.
The two former indictments are
named as ones to come to trial first,
and the indications point to a legal
battle to which of the two will first
be tried. Senator Dietrich's counsel
has already stated to the court that
he will attack the validity and suf-
ficiency of the conspiracy count, and
this motion when presented no doubt
will receive extraordinary attention.
District Attorney Summers has an
nounced his wish to first try Senator
Dietrich on the conspiracy charge,
while the senator's counsel has stated
IA%t IAO COutC WILL UO oohCu w AA 90
try the case on the indictment charg-
ing indirect violation of the statute.
For Senator Dietrich will appear as
counsel Gen. John c. Gown, of Oma-
ha, and J. r. Batty, of Hastings. Gen.
Gown is known as one of the most
astute of western lawyers. He is
an orator of more than ordinary re-
nown, and has conducted the defense
in a large number of important trials.
For the government, District Attorney
William S. Summers, assisted by AS
sistant District Attorney John R. Rush,
will conduct the prosecution.
About 1875 witnesses have been called
to testify in the Dietrich case. They
include for the greater part business
and professional men and clerks in
the Hastings post Office. A new petit
jury of so members has been called,
the members of which have been in the
city for a week.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Miller Makes His Bond.

State Treasurer. W. J. Miller has
made his bond, as required by law,
with surety company. The bond
is for $25G,G0O, and it costs the
State $3.50 year to provide ;tis
bond, the rate the surety company
charges for being responsible for
that sum of money. There is a
great probability that the coming
legislature will make some change
in the law relating to the treasurcr's
bond. None of the surety compan-
les care to make the treasurer's
bond, for the reason that all Of the
States moneys are kept in one
vault, and not in repositories, which
makes it easier to lose large sums.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Want to Add Vocal Music.

The proposal of State Superin-
tendent of Education Whitfield to
add vocal music to the public school
curriculum seems to be meeting
with much approval, and favorable
action is expected thereon when the
legislature meets, The old singing
schools, for which Mississippi was
famous in days gone by, have passed
out of existence, and vocal music is
becoming almost lost art in some
communities, except among the dar-
kies, whose musical tastes are pro-
verbal. A few years ago, when
Rev. Sam Jones was conducting a
revival service at Heidelberg, he
complimented his choir by telling
them that they sang more like ne
groes than any white folks he ever
saw. The choir became offended,
however, and refused to sing any
The leader., 1904-01-09
The Lumber Industry.

A large number of new lumber
manufacturing industries will be
launched in the piney woods of
South Mississippi next month.
Concerns capitalized at many thou
sands of dollars are now awaiting
the delivery of machinery in order
to enable them to commence work,
and the lumber industry will be
given quite an impetus when they
are placed in operation. The bust
ness has been highly prosperous
during the year just closed, and it is
almost impossible to form correct
estimate of the value of the pine
timber that has been converted into
lumber within the annual period,
but it will foot UP many millions.
The present scale of prices will be
maintained, and no advance is con-
tcmplated for the new year.
The leader., 1904-01-09
The Boundary Dispute Case.

Louisiana, through its law Of
ficers, according to the information
received at the office of the attorney
general of this State, has answered
the bill of Mississippi in the boun-
dairy dispute case, now before the
United States Supreme Court, by
a cross-bill. It is expected that
early this month the court will ap-
point a commissioner, before whom
will be taken dispositions in the case.
The attorney general of the State is
not advised as to when this COM
missioner will be appointed, but it
is presumed that he will be ap-
pointed at an early date.
The leader., 1904-01-09

w. l. Buchanan, the first United States
minister to the new republic of Pan
ANA, is a self-made man, having started
in life as an edge toolmaker in Coving-
ton, O., where he was born so years ago.
Later he went into the theatrical busi-
ness and was successful manager in
the west for years. Then he drifted into
politics and held several minor offices
before being appointed minister to Ar
gentina in 1892. He was director of
the pan-American exhibition in Buffalo,
and since then has devoted his time to
banking, in which he had his usual sue
cess
The leader., 1904-01-09
Historic Church Burned.

Fire last week destroyed the old
Scooba church building, one of the
landmarks of that section. The
building was erected something
over sixty-fve years ago, when old
Scooba was a substantial town.
When the town was moved to its
present site the old church was
abandoned, though when burned it
was still in excellent condition, ex-
cept for the window lights having
been broken out by vandals. 1t is
supposed negro gamblers started the
fire.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Sued for Half a Million.

The city of Meridian has entered
suit in the Circuit Court for $780,
900 damages against the Meridian
Waterworks Company. It will be
remembered that Chancellor Dea-
YOURS recently rendered a decree an
nulling the contract between the
waterworks company and the city.
The allegations in declaration are
substantially the same as in the
chanoery case, the principal ones be-
ing that for years the water COM
pany failed to supply pure and
wholesome water to consumers and
to maintain sufficient pressure for
fire service,
The leader., 1904-01-09
Father Chadwick. probably the be

Father Chadwick, probably the best
known chaplain the navy has, will re7
tire as soon as the necessary form can
be observed. Secretary Moody has re-
ceived a letter from him rendering his
resignation. 1t is the understanding
that when the chaplain puts off the uni
form he will be given an important
charge in New York city. Father Child
wick was chaplain of the battleship
Maine, which was blown up in Havana
harbor February Is, 1898. 1t fell to his
lot to say the funeral services over as
many of the bodies of the 260 dead as
were found.
The leader., 1904-01-09

That perplexing problem, How old
is Ann?" is likely to be succeeded by q
still more knotty problem if case be-
fore the civil service board of New York
city gets into public discussion. It ap-
pears that an applicant for position to
fill which the rules say man must be
at least five feet seven inches in height
was found to have legs of uneven length.
Standing on one leg he came up to the
required stature. Standing on the other
leg he was half an inch short. Now the
query is which leg counts The commits
sion owns itself puzzled and the man is
left in suspense.
The leader., 1904-01-09
A First-class Office.

The increase in the postofice re-
ceipts of Jackson during the past
few months has prompted Postmas-
ter Edwards to make the prediction
that the office will be elevated to
the frst-class rank next July. In
order to entitle the Office to this
rank the receipts must amount to
$40, 900 for the annual period. Dur
ing the past eight months the stamp
sales alone show an aggregate of
nearly $4,000.
The leader., 1904-01-09
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.


Senator Hale says that it is the in
tention to make provision for another
liberal addition to the navy during the
present session of congress.
The government announces the corn
crop for 1903 at Washington as 2,244,-
176,925 bushels, valued at 1852, 1868, SO1;
winter wheat, 399, S67 $50 bushels, worth
$2S6,242,S49
The sentiment of the cabinet at a
meeting was that the Colombian ques-
ton could not be submitted to The
Hague, as this was an issue which no
other nation could settle for the United
States.
The control of the steel trust is now
in the hands of John D. Rockefeller and
H. c. Frick.
Secretary of War Root has declined to
accept the Craftsmanship of the national
republican committee.
In the past year lives lost in wars
throughout the world number S6,46S,
against 25,700 in 1902.
Several experiments with turbine
propulsion prove successful and the new
system will be used on new naval ships
of the United States.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Won't Ask Teddy.

Hon. J. A. Richardson, editor of
the Sunfower Tocsin, states that
the people of Indianola are getting
along nicely with their independent
postotfice, and there is not a citizen
of the town who is willing to ask
President Roosevelt to re-establish
the government office. ''Of course,
many of our citizens would be glad
to get the Office back again" says
Mr.. Richardson, "but we are not 60
ing to ask the president to take this
step, and if it is done it will be on
his own initiative"
The leader., 1904-01-09
REWARD FOR GARTH's BODY.
Ten Thousand Dollars Is offered by
Father of Man who Jumped
Into the Sea.

New York, Jan. 4.-Ten thousand
dollars will be paid for the recovery
of Granville w. Garth, the president of
the Mechanics national bank, who dis
appeared from the steamship Denver,
Christmas night, and who is supposed
to have jumped into the Gulf Of Mex
leo while suffering from mental worry
Wrecking crews along the coast are
expected to take UP the offer, and
watchers will be stationed at various
points where the tide is likely to drift
the body
The leader., 1904-01-09
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Serious Injury of at Least
Thirty other Passengers.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. A broken
rail caused the derailment of three
cars on an east-bound passenger train
of the Western Maryland Sunday, caus-
ing the death of two persons and the
serious injury of a number of other
passengers and trainmen, the number
of injured being placed at 80. The
ladies' coach, which was the last of
the train, rolled down the mountain
side, a distance of 80 feet, and landed
bottom upward. The accident occurred
near Blue Mountain House Station, Is
miles east of Hagerstown, Md.
The leader., 1904-01-09
TWO ST. LOUIS DOODLE CASES
Robert Nj. Snyder's Appeal to Re
Argued Tuesday and SchnettIer's
Hearing For Wednesday,.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 4.-The
criminal docket for division No. 2, of
the supreme courut for the January
call as set Saturday contains two OF
the st. Louis doodle cases.
The case of Robert M. Snyder of
Kansas City convicted in st. Louis on
the charge Of bribery, will be argued
in the supreme court tomorrow.
The case of John H. Schnettler, of
St. Louis, also convicted of bribery,
will be argued Wednesday The case of
George Collins, the Union bank robber
and murderer Of Detective Schumacher,
will be heard on Tuesday.
The leader., 1904-01-09

After all Prof. Langley's experiments
in the way of aerial navigation, he has
been outdone by two brothers, Wilbur
and Orville Wright, of Ohio These two
young men gave demonstration near
Norfolk, Va, which was complete sue
cess. Their machine is not a balloon,
but operates on the principle of a box
kite. 1t was propelled by gasoline
motors, and it flew under perfect con-
troll in the face of 21-mile breeze.
The leader., 1904-01-09

Miss Helen Gould was visitor at the
Street Railway Young Mems Christian
association in Richmond, Va, the other
day, and of course had the heartiest kind
of welcome, as she and her friends
have borne the expense of equipping the
building occupied py the association.
During her visit Miss Gould expressed q
desire to take photograph of the mem-
bers present, but added: IF anybody
does not care to have his picture taken
it is all right Many people do not like
it. don't !" But not man fiinched be-
fore Miss Gould's camera. Who could
refuse one 50 generousg
The leader., 1904-01-09

The National Association of Letter
Carriers is undertaking a rather large
enterprise in its scheme to provide PEN
sions for its superannuated or disabled
members, but this is day of large
things, and if 1t can successfully carry
out the project it is better than depend
ing on the government for such as
sistance.
The leader., 1904-01-09
okIahoma school Exhibit.

Guthrie, Okla. Jan. AT a meet
ing Saturday of the territorial board
of education, the time was extended
until March / for the completion of
the Oklahoma school exhibit at the
Worlds fair in st. Louis. The collec-
ton thus far is considered excellent,
but not covering all portions of the
Territory
The leader., 1904-01-09
DEATH OF JOHN W. STRONG.
the Chicago Tribune-Dicd in q
Berth on the MOnOn Train.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-John w. Strong,
for several years commercial editor of
the Chicago Tribune, died Sunday
morning in his berth on board the
Monon train short time before the
ceased left Chicago Saturday evening
to visit his brother, conductor of the
Monon railroad, living in Indianapolis,
over Sunday Death is supposed to
have been caused by heart failure. The
body was taken to the house of the
brother in Indianapolis.
The leader., 1904-01-09
Relic of the Revolution.

D. W. Outlaw, Of sessums, Ok
tibbeha county, has in his posses
sion unique relic Of the Revolu-
tionary war in the shape Of pow
der gourd. It was used by one Of
his ancestors during the struggle
for Americas independence. This
article is engraved in most ar
tistic manner, showing figures of a
continental soldier, animals, birds,
ETC., and also contains the years
date, 1888, in prominent figures.