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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04
at reasonable prices In cottls
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AZ Your stepmOther's-The Salem Dye
works is where you can get your
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H. Walker, Prop. Phone Main l245.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
ROOSEVELT AND
FAIRBANKS
They Are Now at the Head Of
the Government.
INAUCURATED With SPLENDOR
Even the Weather Was in Good
Condition.
LONG AND VARIED PARADE
No1diorc ond Ciui1ionc Moroh h1on0
Soldiers and Civilians March Along
Pennsylvania Avenue.
PAGEANT SEEN BY MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE
THRONGS LINE THE SIDEWALKS
AND CROWD THE STANDS,

Theodore Roosevelt elected the
United States his in today
No king returning his throne prince the head of
just back from successful Roman onqueror returning
babarc splendor his triumph the capital given
greater But today triumph peace prosperity
the welcome of grateful people their chief elected
by unexamped another because the
whole believed that they had found him who his
words would give every square dea-no less
1t day of pageantry, but the
slow and stately the that seemed rather great picture
than drama of If greater that
Oberammegau. rather dissong melting
into each other gradually easily without haste and without hesitation
and wha day of and trial for the President Vice
President elect
early Capitol
been halt in the There
till long after the great inaugural
has struck the last crashing of the national anthem and the
President brief day of before starting upon another
four years of almost ceaseless toll
1t day Of what probably will history years
After
days of waiting the morning dawned clear and fair could
wish in this month of March in Washington Scarcely
breath of pumes the chmneys
there the The shon
through fmy haze of blush vapor with strength enough
temper the chill March Early the morning the crowds
afoot the shining watching give
the finishing touch the decorations string the the
final keep back the crowd from the parade
that was to come Altogether could have asked perfect
day for the national Truly his friends claimed the
President seemed to be a man of destiny
1t has been without the day with the greatest
crowd that has witnessed the induction President
has been the genuinely enthusiastic crowd that assembled
in America since the loved first President bowed his
God the waiting thousands the mighty of
that heard from Manhattan the Jersey shores.
President Roosevelt from the stand before the White House this
afternoon pass mgher hong
whole which that the United
the Island of Cuba 1t older ad and perhaps
who stood the stand and doed his hat his
with the
Rough Riders in the charge San Juan hill Certainly hard
convenonaly ared form of the Pre
with limp bandan around his neck
who feock deep the steamng mud around the lines at
Santiago But the officers who had been with him and to the
who had served him the colonel Indeed those
who camped with him trop unges he probably will always
be "he colonel first and the President afterward.
The brilliant day of brilliant toll this morning when
the President by his Riders
regulars left the White House for the Capitol Through
the densey crowded with cheering either hand and
the national coors hiding the house fronts both the street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04


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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
A Waste of Time.

Health Commissioner Darlington. of
New York, was talking about the wa
ter supplies of the worlds great cities.
A foreign city was mentioned that. af-
ter a great deal of expensive inyesti-
cation. had decided not to improve its
notoriously impure water service, and
the commissioner said:
THAT reminds me of a magistrate |
heard about the other day.
"a man was arrested and brought
before this magistrate, and the case
was argued pro and con for a long
while. The magistrate listened intent.
ly, and he made numerous notes. To
the eloquent arguments of the lawyer
for the defense he would nod vigorous
approval. A little later the passionate
periods of the lawyer for the prosecu-
tion would cause him to murmur low
phrases of assent and announcement.
Finally. exhausted. the lawyers
ceased to talk. They had said every
thing they could think of. They had no
more ideas left
Then the magistrate, looking down
over his spectacles, said heavily:
''Dis case has been ferry ably
argued on both sides. and dere haf
been some ferry nice points of law
brought up. l shall dake dree days to
consider desc boints. but shall event
ually decide for the blaintiff'"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
QUIIs !sJOIll|
ID ATAIL or M CUBAN WAR g |
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Copyright. 1892 by Street and Smith.
! night has swooped down upon them
with black pinions. and SO intense has
the gloom become In this mountainous
region that but for the lights stream
Ing from the car windows 1t would be
impossible to see the length of half
the train.
Jack points to the horizon, where
some low-lying clouds are tinged with
glow.
Possibly we are near the camp
fires along the trocha," he remarks,
at which the other says, with grim
sarcasm:
II would be more inclined to believe
that is the handwriting of Maceo on
the sky"
"Oh, more canefelds destroyed.
This is sad day for poor Cuba, thret-
tied on both sides. But we must be
halfway there, Smithers'
"At least that. few more miles
and the blow will fall. To work, then" "
Look ahead. We are just descend
ing low grade. Beyond appears a
gentle ascent. 1t is here we must sink
or swim. Everything is planned. II
the execution turn out as we'll, we
need have no cause for complaint. Let
us change quarters"
This is readily done. and in very
brief space of time they find them
selves clinging to the ledge at the ex-
treme forward end of the rear coach.
Jack Is on his knees cropping for the
coupling pin that holds the two We
hicles together. If they wait until
the ascent begins. no single mans
strength may drag it out, because at
that time the strain will be wholly
upon it. Smithers is on the watch.
''Now," he cries. hoarsely. as they
reach the bottom of the descent and
begin to run along very limited level
stretch, with the rise close at hand.
Jack half rises from his crouching
position: he has given tremendous
try. and is now seen to hold something
in his hand.
''It is done" he says. tossing the
iron pin into the darkness of the
night.
Almost Immediately the car begins
to drop behind; a gap appears that
quickly widens, and the military train
speeds on toward doom, leaving them
behind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
Skinned Out.

When 1t became known that the
best shot in the regiment IVES going
into the jungle to compass the death
of terrible tiger, the surgeonmajor
of the regiment. an enthusiastic curio
collector, at once buttonholed him.
Remember. Atkins" said he, 'I be-
speak the skin at your own price,
''All right, SIR said Atkins.
The surgeon-major was netting but
terfiies on the outskirts of the Jungle
that evening. when he saw Atkins
running toward him.
Shot him?" shouted the surgeon
major.
Yes. sir!" breathlessly replied the
flying Nimrod.
How much for the skin?'
Five dollars, siri''
The doctor gave Atkins the money.
where's the skim" he cried.
Behind you, sir!' came the reced-
ing answer.
The doctor looked. and saw the
skin, with the tiger in it. coming OPEN
mouthed and bleeding from scratch
where Atkins had shot 1t. The doc
tor didn't get the tigers skin, but the
tiger nearly got the doctors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
Man md Beast.

The president of the trust, in an ar
fable after-luncheon mood. stopped to
converse with old George, a stableman.
well, George. how goes it," he said.
taking ii dollar cigar from his mouth.
Fair to middlin, sir" George an
swered. Fair to middlin'."
And he continued to currycomb n
bay horse. while the president smoked
aud looked on in good humored silence.
Me and this here hoss." George said
suddenly, has worked for your firm
sixteen year.
well, we'll" said the president.
thinking little guiltily of Georges
seven-dollar salary. And 1 suppose
you are both pretty highly valued.
George. eh?'
Him. said George. "The both OF
us was took sick last week, and they
got doctor for the hoss. but they just
docked my pay.r-New York Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
Clouds of Dragon Flies in Patagonia.

"a number of years ago" said ]. NJ.
Southard. of California, Il was travel
ing in that desolate part of South
America known as Patagonia. Il region
do not care TO visit a second time.
Among its curious phenomena l dis
tinctly remember the clouds of dragon
flies which are to be seen ON the barren
plains. These insects fly before the
strong winds that blow from the inter-
ior and rush through the air as though
in terror of the gale which they pre-
cede. Nearly all blue. but now and
then one is seen of n brilliant scarlet
color. You encounter storm of these
flies without any warning OF their ap-
proach, the air a few feet above the
ground being darSened by them. and
men and horses in their path become
absolutely covered with them. They
are larger, somewhat than the ordi-
nary dragon fly. being about three
inches in length.-Washingt Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
Would You?

If you We're the hired girl
Would you like TO serve five break
fasts between and s o'clock and be
rebuked if they Were not all hot and
crisp?
Would you like to warm up dinner.
after your dishes We're all washed. to
oblige careless member of the family
who had not been working, but had
merely stopped for little longer chat
with friend?
Would you like TO hear your mistress
discuss your shortcomings with every
stranger within her gates?
Would you feel inclined to handle sill
verware, cut glass and dainty china
with loving care when the room in
which you rested and slept looked
either like poorhouse dormitory or an
incipient rummage sale?-Buffalo Cou-
rier
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19

reached a point where he can look
into the interior.
BY this time the speed OF the di-
vorced car has been sensibly slack
ened, and even very obtuse employe
of the road can hardly help realizing
that something is wrong.
Even as Smithers reaches the open
window OF the compartment door and
crouches underneath 1t. the head and
shoulders of the Spanish guard are
hastily thrust into view. as the fellow
endeavors to look up the line ahead.
It SO happens that the train, hav-
ing completed the gentle ascent of the
hill, is just at this particular moment
in full view outlined in silhouette
against the heavens.
There is hence no possible excuse
for the guard not Immediately discov'
ering 1t, and that he fully grasps the
situation is evident from the startled
exclamation that escapes his lips:
"Madre de Dios."
Smithers' method of procedure is as
emphatic as it is effective. AS yet the
man has not noticed the dark figure
crouching under the window. since his
attention is wholly taken up with
what goes on ahead.
A hand suddenly plunges upward
and fastens upon the guards throat
with tenacious grip, and the hoarse
yell which is just on the point Of
bursting forth is stifed in the act,
"Silencio," says a voice in his ear.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19

disaster is planned to take place lies
just eight miles beyond.
Jack knows they are now reduced
TO this dernier ressort. Should it fail.
in all probability they viii be in at
the death, If they can find any salts
faction in that thought.
Smithers has learned one thing that
may have bearing on the question.
This refers to the train guard who an
swered the questions of Don Roblado.
This Spaniard has leaped into a
compartment of the rear coach while
the train was in motion--the section
nearest the platform upon which
stand. or. rather, crouch. the three
friends. Thus 1t is settled that they
have someone to look after. and who
must not be forgotten in the grand eli
max. lest he be the means of over
whelming them with disaster.
The speed increases. At this rate
they will not be more than half an
hour, perhaps only twenty minutes, in
reaching the fatal spot
Jack and Smithers talk 1t over in
quick sentences, while All Sin stands
ready to do just whatever he is bid
den. No danger of their being over.
heard out there. with the rattle of the
cars and the clang of the wheels over
tag rails.
jne thing favors their plans -tLc
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19

performance was eclipsed. The win
ner of the first prize succeeded in
keeping his pipe alight for one hour
and twenty-nine minutes, during the
whole OF which time he was smoking
continuously.
A cigar smoking competition has
taken place at club in Thailfingen.
In this case the object of the competi-
ton was to decide who could smoke a
cigar for the longest possible period
without letting 1t go out. The prize
winner succeeded in smoking his cigar
for seventy-four and one-half minutes.
Not one of his competitors had a rec
ord OF over one hour.
Coaling contests often take place be-
tween British warships. The world S
coaling record belongs to the battleship
Mars, however. She took aboard some
where about 1910 tons at an average
rate of fraction above 241 tons an
hour. This is great advance upon
the record of 212 tons an hour estab-
lished by His Majesty's ship Majestic
a short time ago.
Quite the biggest competition is n
battleshiD building competition which
has been entered into in the United
States of America The Government
naval yard at Brooklyn is competing
with the Newport News Shipbuildins
Company as to which can build bat
tleship the best and most cheaply. The
time limit is forty-five months. and
President Roosevelt will be the judge.
In this case the stake amounts to the
gigantic sum of 0,00o.-Pearson's
Weekly
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
LITERARY SCRAPS AND PATCHES
Repose, Dignity, Reflection and self-EI
TEEN n Need of Modern Writers.

Repose, Di gnity, Reelection and sef-E1
TEEN n Need of Modern Writers.
The ideals of modern American pub
lishing-books, magazines and news
papers-are so widely different from
the ideals of a century or so ago that
they are worthy some consideration as
psychological data. The first notes
sounded are those Of terseness. insta-
bility, evanescence. The horizon OF
ideas and of news is widened.
The mind must pass quickly from
one subject to another. Newspapers no
longer cling to the long, well-thought-
out editorial melting out Judgment.
The editorial is now few pithy COM
ments upon events, and the shorter
and smarter the better. Magazine arti-
cles follow the lead, and. except in
few magazines so well established that
they can publish whatever they please,
the articles become shorter and slight
er. more smartly dressed up, but COW
ering less vigorous body of thought
beneath. The modern novel has fol-
lowed the lead, and is of lighter struc-
ture than the novel of a century ago.
All this condition in literature seems
10 EuNc Dtell Drought uOouL ~ tuI jld-
tional doctrine of hustling. To do and
to do quickly is our distinguishing
characteristic, but the higher and finer
productions are OF slow growth.
We shall only produce worthily in
this country when the present quick
and easy production theory is quelled.
when the commercial aspect of all
that is infinitely superior to commerce
Ia ignored, and when writer's acquiesce
In a dignified withdrawal from the race
for popularity. Repose, dignity, reflec-
tlon, individuality and self-esteem are
the crying needs of modern writer's.
And as the ideals offered the nation be-
come higher, the character of the ma
ton will be raised with the ideal.
Harper's Weekly. IL
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
CHANGING PLANT LIFE.
How Luther Burbank. the Famous Hor-
ticuiturist, AccompIishes His Ends.


The processes by which he Guther
Burbank. the famous horticulturisD
works are not new or peculiar. They
are in accord with well-known and
unalterable laws of nature. The prin-
cipal methods used are selection and
crossing.
Nature is using these same processes
every day. The bees and the wind
carry the eollen of one flower to fer
crossing of species. The struggle for
existence, and thousand circum-
stances of growth and development.
tend to weed out the unfit among the
plants. leaving the best to survive.
This is selection. But where natures
operations are largely left to chance
and accident. Mr.. Burbank gives them
intelligent direction and his results
are sure and immediate.
He takes two plants whose life
habits. structure and environment may
them together. impanting the pollen
of one upon the stigma of the other.
AS n result the species are thrown in
a state of perturbation-set TO ''wab-
bling" as it were. The life tendencies
are broken up by the shock.
The plants resulting from the cross
ing may resemble one or the other
of the parent plants. These are not
important. Some of the plants will
combine the best qualities of the par
ents; from these improved varieties
of fruits and flowers are produced.
Some of the plants will be different
from either parent-perhaps unlike any
other plant in existence; from these
unusual variants new plants may be
developed.
He selects his original subjects from
far and near. He brings n raspberry
from Siberia TO combine it with a
blackberry from California. He brings
a plum from China or Japan to COM
bine it with native apricot.
An experiment is built up on the foun-
dation of n common wild flower, as the
daisy, for example. In another ex-
pertinent flower from Australia may
be used. He brings cactus from Cen
trai America to cross with a species
from Arizona Success.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19

A log raft 735 feet long. fifty-iye
feet wide and twenty eight feet deep,
and containing 100000 feet of lum-
Der, was towed into San Francisco Bay
recently. ,.n.ss,ss,
Kicking policemen is practiced TO
such an extent by Liverpool roughs OF
both sexes that it is suggested to pro-
vide the constables with leg guards to
wear under their trousers.
A traveller in an English railroad
train went to sleep and passed the sta
ton for which he had bought ticket.
At the next station he was arrested
for travelling without having paid his
fare.
While defending a case in court at
Carlow, Ireland, the other day, an al
torney was surprised and grleyed TO
see on the feet of his client a pair Of
boots that had been stolen from him
some time before.
The sentry who, the other day, ar
rested Prince Frederick Henry of Prus-
sla for taking snapshots of battery
at Swinemunde, has received reward
for his strict performance of duty.
Great Britain's Government has de-
cided to secure and protect for the
nation the ancient ramparts erectedi
by Edward l. around the town OF
Berwick -on-Tweed. These ruins are of
great antiquarian and historical value.
One of the most curious existing coll
lections of coins is that of the New
York politician who for thirty years
past has been in n position to collect
all the stray bits of metal found in the
New York sewers. The collection Incl
dentally shows the cosmopolitan char
acter of Gotham by including speci-
mems of the coinage of practically
every nationality.
In some parts of the world, especially
Italy and India, it has been customary
to employ removal of the nose as
form of punishment, sometimes jul
dicial. but chiefly as mode of carry
ing out private revenge. Especially in
some districts of India is 1t considered
a suitable form of punishment for
husband 70 inflct on wife of whose
conduct he does not approve.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
CHAPTER XIV.
A Little Affair Concerning senor Rob-
lado and the Guard.

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1t is, as may be naturally supposed,
a minute of intense suspense. Wheth-
er they will succeed in their desper-
ate enterprise depends on the perfect
alignment of numerous facts, each
bearing on the others.
At the same time. our three friends
do not forget to act.
AS the carriage, upon the forward
end of which they cling so desperate
ly. decreases its speed, their eyes are
not wholly taken up with watching
the train draw ahead.
The business has been shrewdly,
though hurriedly, planned. and each
one of the trio has his work laid out
for him.
Thus, All Sin, having secured a
spare coupling pin that lay upon the
platform of the last car of the retreat
ing train, only waits for the lone car
riage to about come to stand, when
he intends leaping to the ground and
placing this piece of iron behind one
of the wheels, so as to prevent any
backward movement when the mo-
mentum already acquired shall have
ceased.
Smithers has in mind the guard in
the nearest compartment.
That railway man. accustomed to
the different motions of carriage,
will speedily know by instinct that
the rear carriage is travelling along
on its individual responsibility, and as
this is a freak hardly within the or
~ 1T,
general. involving considerable dan
ger in its way, like faithful employe
he will be likely to show some desire
for an investigation.
This is what interests Smithers.
Should the guard discover that they
are being deserted by the train he will
naturally give tongue and endeavor by
all means TO attract attention to the
fact. not knowing, of course. what a
benehcent fate it is that has thus
guarded his interests, for he can be
aware of no danger ahead
Possibly the voice of single man.
no matter how resonant, may not be
heard above the rattle and roar of a
train under full speed, and especially
by the passengers.
Smithers does not mean that he
shall have the opportunity to try.
There are other times and places more
Dropitious for testing the resounding
qualities of mans lung capacity, and
since 1t concerns their fortunes acute
ly the detective is bound to throw his
influence against ii.
Thus he begins to make his way in
the direction of the guards door.
Smithers has already discovered one
thing of interest There is light in
the end section of the carriage where
all was dark at the last station.
Possibly the fellow has lighted n
lamp in order to read, or 1t may be to
better accomplish his regular duties.
Il guard on train out of Havana
may be supposed to have any such.
At any rate, this fact suits Smith
rrs to dot, as he may now discover
what course to take, and can in his
own way intimidate the railway man.
Once his feet have found the plank.
md he no longer has any difficulty.
Half dozen times his hands seek
rev hold, and then Smithe:s has