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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03
Norwich Union Fire InsUf
ance Society.

Prank Meredith. Resident Agsut
once with wm. Brown a Co, No. -
Commercial Street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03
The Suitcase Mystery.
(FOur O'Clock Edition.)

Boston, Nov, S,-Dr. Percy d. Nc
Leod was arrested this morning ehafs"
with committing an abortion on Sa~'
GeaTy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03

/ did the best possible. After tho Ore
/ found that a steel slug, which had
found its way into the pipe, had pro,
vented tho entire closing Of tho globe
valve.
"BefoTe we had reached the hFe l
knew that the silsby engine was useless
for the night and, with the utmost dis
patch / had the horses raced back 20
headquarters An interval Of less than
rs minutes could not have elapsed from
tho time We unhitehed from the hrst
engine until We left tho barn with the
second.
"While steam is constantly kept
turned into the silsby engine, il is not
turned into tho LaFFanee until the
former leaves on its Tun. This was
the ease last night, and consequently
when We left ON the SECOND trip the
water in the LaFranee's boilers had
not had time 10 get warm. That caused
more delay, But when the water did
finally heat up, about ten minutes after
we reached the fire, the engine worked
10 perfection.
Notes and Incidents.
MessTs, MeGin and Mcdonald are
grateful 90 the many whose willing
hands saved much stock, and are under
especial obligations 10 those who, In
spite Of the heat, kept two streams on
the Office building, saving il.
Mr.. MeGm is laid up this morning
with a badly spTained ankle.
Charley, a young negro, was the life
saver Of the occasion, reseuing the only
fair female from the flames. At con
siderable risk he managed to lead a
gentle bOssy from her stable. There
was a somewhat heated argument over
the possession Of one Of the nozzles.
The eannery is still running Opposi
tion to the Fourth Of July-the cans
still exploding.
All books and papers were saved
from both eannery and nursery.
The telephone company sustained a
loss Of about 500, but win have re-
pairs made and everything in working
order by night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03
Engine Exploded.

Houston, Texas Nov, s.--An engine
exploded this morning three miles out
Of Ennis, killing Engineer Davenport
and Brakeman Glenn, aud fatally seald,
ing Fireman Taylor. Il ditehed the
entire train, and blew parts Of the
engine two miles
OHiLDREN CRY FOE
FI.ETCHER's OAsToRLA
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03

Downing, at their home on the s'''
ner Of 2lst and State streets ias'
night, a girl baby 1t did not iva
The mother is resting easily.
Mr.. aud Mrs Ralph Watson Eeiuras'
o Portland this morning.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03
NEW TO-DAY

wanted--ro rent, a hop yard Of 30 %
so acres Call on or addfss
M L. Hamilton. ii-2a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03

Lost--An English setter dog one y'if
old, black and white, gray no't
white spots on breast and legs Ls
eFal reward offered for return. WI
liam Walton, Ladd & Bush's bank
ll,3lWk
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03

For Sale or Trade,-Oue S-yeafei
mare. WIN take good mileh eow ~
part payment. Inquire Of +, Pre-
nall, Capital Commission Co, @I
phone Main ll40 ll-3'Sr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03
MCAGOANTRE
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE,
Always Foremost

In giving prices II will Handsomely n
attend this SALE through NEW RAIN
COATS, NEW SILKS NEW RANPRooF DRESS GOODS, NEW MIL
1ryERY NEW SHOES NEW CLOTHING, wA1sTNas NEW
RIBBONS every department with new
goods Read over carefully price list;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-03

DoWNne--T0 the wife Of ". H.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
China Wants Cheap Cotton Goods.

United States Consul Anderson re-
ports from Hangchow that the field for
American goods in China is unlimited
The Chinese need the goods manufac-
tured In the United States and recog-
nize their merit But in order TO sell
them it is necessary that the manufac-
turers provide grade which the Chi
namen can afford to buy. The Japanese
nave met the demand for cheap cotton
goods. but there is no reason, the con-
sui says. why the goods should not
come direct from the United States II
ii similar line at similar price is sent
out Hangchow imported Sl00U00
worth OF cotton goods last year and
tie district four times that amount
while cotton goods comprise 40 per
cent of the total imports of the en-
pire. There is only one cotton mill in
southern China, comparatively mod
ern plant. at Hangchow. which employs
1900 men. women and children. 1t
makes principally cotton yarn. turning
out about 100000 pounds a year.
China has prosperous trades unions,
according TO the United States consul,
but they seem to have done little TO in
crease the wages OF the shoemakers.
In Canton. says the consul In a recent
report TO the state department, there
are 100 shoe shops, employing over
5000 male operatives. 2o,oO0 females
and many children. The pay of the
children averages 2 to cents a day in
our money with their rice. The wages
of the males average S264 TO S5.2S a
month. with their chow" consisting
of rice twice day. and now and then
a piece OF pork or few vegetables.
The men begin work at daylight and
continue until 8 or 8 O'Clock at night.
The females, who do the needlework
on the shoes at their own homes, get
cents Il day and are not found.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
The National Ash Heap of 1904,

Last year the flames licked up $780,
100000 of good money in the United
States. the biggest loss in the history
OF the country. Leaving out the Bal
tinoie conhagration, the record beats
anything in recent years, with the ex-
ceptiOn of 1900, and almost equals that
January opened with a record of 500
100000 August was the month Of low
est losses. the total fire waste being
by. o.: Baltimore. Rochester and Sioux
City-destroyed $T4.10o.000 worth of
property The record for the year
shows that in the summer months
there is decreased liability to fires.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
The Brains of the Coming Americans.

The Brains of the Coming Americans.
Columbia university. brain expert
DR.. Z. A. Spitzka. is out with the
proposition that the future Americans
will have bigger and better brains be
cause of the mixture OF races going
Oh here The old dominant types of Purl-
tan. cavalier and Scotch-Irish Will lose
their individuality, becoming merged
with new foreign blood into new
composite type, preserving and restor'
ing the best strains Of the civilized
world
Composite races have dominated the
world. Romans were all conquerng
until they got to be too proud OF thelI
name to marry outside Of the pale
The Gaul, the Frank and the Norman
combined to make the French stock
and the Norman invasion lifted Eng
land I'D from the trencher and the ale
butt. Spain and Russia have preserved
their race units and are laggartis In
progress. Canada has two strong races
kept apart by religion and ciannlsh
ness-the French and English.
In the coming American type Will be
fused the blood of Germany ana
France. Of Ireland and Scotland, OF
England and Italy, and our own parent
strain will give to the new being It's
moral conscience and its love of lib
ertY
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Gains In Church Mem bership In 1904

Although many religious teachers are
abandoning old creeds and theology
has hard tussle with science, the rank
and file still rally in the churches. The
figures for church membership in 1904
throughout the country show greater
percentage of increase than the in
crease OF population. Tie Episcopal
church has added 3 per cent to its
membership, the Presbyterian 2la per
cent, the Baptist and Methodist each
%, per cent. and the Catholic increase
is estimated at nearly / per cent. The
estimated Increase of the population
for the year is per cent. Aside from
the pros and cons OF this or that theo-
logical opinion human experience shows
that Sunday rest from toll from ex-
citing pleasures and from all the week
day grind is reasonable and beneficial.
The churches provide that change
for the brain and the emotions which
takes the strain from the bearings that
are tired out after six days continual
service Creeds are important as an
chors for tie soul, and the simple creed
of regular churchgoing opens the way
to the deepest spiritual truths.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Lord "Bobs" and the Common People


England is not yet done whmpering
over the way the Beer burgher licked
Tommy Atkins the first year of the
South African war. Lord Roberts now
joins kipling and other humiliated jim.
goes in the scheme to turn England into
Il training camp for teaching the com
mon people to shoot straight and car,
ry out simple orders
Ii might be cheaper and certainly
would he more encouraging 10 the
kind of spirit that makes fighting men
to knock down the barriers and let the
people have chance to shoot ut real
game in the vast forests now reserved
to the English nobility. Lord "Bobs'
must surely remember that his Cana
dians and Australians could shoot as
straight as the Beers There is never
any trouble in getting men to fight
when there is something worth fighting
for bat just why Great Britain's
Hodges" and Pats" and "Sandys"
should be expected To risk their lives
for the glory of the union jack is a
puzzle to outsiders.
Lord Roberts also wants IN immense
reserve of trained officers. II might
be we'll TO try the plan Of aboiislIing
commission by purchase and give the
common people a chance TO wear Shoul-
der straps. Soldiers who can win bat
ties by shooting straight and obeying
orders must have some men among
them capable of taking the lead. Be
sides, England's noncommiSSionel off
GERS are said TO have no Superiors of
like rank in the world. so there can he
no lack of material for promotion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Robert Louis Stevenson.

Writing in the London Sphere Mr.
CIemcuce Shorter takes up the cudgel
to dethrone Stevenson in this wise:
Any half dozen critics who are in agree
ment can easily place man on a pinna-
Gle. and the rest Of the writer's in news
p F-r land will follow bundlE In his praise.
Let it be granted that Mr.. Stevenson
WIS pleasant writer that his Treas
ure IsIand" Is a capital book for boys.
that his Master Of Baliautrat' il read
able story for gTuwuups that his Virgin
ibus luerisgue" il a remarkable volume
Of essays and that in his "Childs Gar
den Of Verses there Is much TO please the
little ones. Certainly Stevenson was an
industrious and an agreeable writer. anf
he had sense for style that few have
today. But that is quite another thing 10
his being u great writer. which, to read
scme Of the eulOgies that have been pass
d upon him, one might he msed into
assuming.
The great writer's Of every epoch are
those who strike 4 new note, who break
away from convention. Not in one single
department of his literary work did
Stevenson break away from convention.
But the readers are not few who re-
member that they turned to Stevenson
as relief from the conventonality OF
the dominant schools when lie stepped
into tie arena. In fact. Il love of tic-
ti0n WAS restored TO many backsliders
by reading Treasure Island" Kid
mapped and Master of Ballantrae'
Some measure of greatness must be
accorded TO writer who wins and
holds the allegiance of two continents.
of newspapers may start an authors
boom, but he must deliver the goods
or else not live to become the subject
and rereud by adults who We're brought
up on the MASTERS of fiction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20

Our good old centenarianS, whether
real or alleged, are getting whacks be-
cause the census of 1900 returns 1904
persons US above 100 years old. In
Prussia it is asserted that ne-half of
those who report themselves centena-
rlans have not attained that age But
our census table distributes the hale
old folks pretty fairly with respect to
healthy climate. Dry climate and
even temperature make for longevity.
and with this the figures accord AS
might be guessed. the colored people
show bravely in the list Of those whose
memory goes back TO WaShington's
time or nearly that Negroes are care
less and nsanitary, but the tough ones
are very tough. Most ebony claimants
of extreme old age appear young but 1t
is noticeable that their children. grand
children and great grandchildren and
so on look the parts assigned if the old
worthless do not
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20

Frances Jane Crosby. b.-Sr known as
'arHy Crosby. the hymn writer. IS re-
civ ing congratulations over the near.
ne>- Of her eighty dfth birthday. which
iuGS Ler busily at work on her auto.
.ij. raphy. In a recent chat about her.
,elf and her hymn writing Miss Crus
- said:
TIE hymn I hold fondest Is SAFE In
lre Arms OF Jesus" I wrote IL in lSsS In
.j.,n minutes. and / have always taken
is.Jl. pride In this fact. W. II DOane.
n. had written the music for several
r4y b, mas came to me one morning
..d said he had some music Tor which he
ID ,-d words He added that he had lust
.y.ts minutes TO catch train for Gin.
.innati and he asked me to evolve the
Ines la less than that time. lie sat down
= The piano and played the music. I sat
.,uDAius deeply for few minutes after
1- Isd stopped, then said. Il think can
write it" I hurried upstairs and In a
quarter Of an hour came down with the
~;....sls as they are sung hday- l believe
he hymn vas dictated uy the spirit Of
tie Lord. II Is d splendid mission hymn.
and II has brought comfort TO tens Of
thousands. What a blessing IL is TO me-
to have written IL! | have written more
than 500 hymns, but Safe In the Arms
u Jesus" Is my favorite one OF all.
Miss Crosby had been writing hymns
three Years and other verse FOR d longer
period when she produced her fayorite
AMONG 5000 in fifteen minutes Nc
loubt it was inspired-inspired by the
devout emotions produced during three
years of contemplation and the in
dwelling spirit thus made welcome and
potent. This does not discrtdit belief
in the divine element in case Of that
kind: but, as one OF the classical hymu
COMPOSERS wrote, God moves in Il
mysterious way" Ii Is not wise to
wait for divine inspiration nor any 9TH
er quick acting intatus. one must get
to work and be in line when an agent
is wanted. Cowper's hymn, Just re-
ferred 10, was inspired by a most dra-
matte episode in the life of the poet
Abide With Me-" was the cry of a
soul upon whom the evenride OF sor-
row was fast descending. lu the long
run il is the pen which has been dipped
in the hearts blood of him who wieIds
it that speaks most eloquently.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Japan. st..eMn!I Jackson.


Every aggressive war leader has at
- right soldier TO do audacious
aiE-s-tJ let out OF the common rut.
g, Violate all the hackneyed rules Of
lie ltirc generalship. Such a soldier
'ap.n has in kuroki. whose portrait
: drawn FOR the tirst time in western
'f.Et 10y an American correspondent
vno has been with him from the day
.e left Tokyo. Mr.. Frederick Palmer
: c>,rihing this silent but vigorous sol
.. - about the time the army OF in
e.ts.pu crossed the Yalu into Mauchu-
ria Inst April. Mr.. Palmer says:
q. Kuro1d. the man who directed oper-
tIos On the spot. We have had OcCa-
-aL i = ImpSes. He is stu-dIly built.
.Ae~E. with no spare fcsh and has a
lean sHaNen. square jaw. In the days
Z "g!tirS when no u.Iu knew where or
"uw We were to cross OF what forces the
Russians had. and he alone knew all
Hit- All staff officers knowing ogly each
is part-Une saw him walking by himself
t.4ugs the trees Of the groves which he
ana his stan occupied. and again With a
own troops rather than the positions of
the enemy watching and smoking
KurokrS first brilliant stroke was
the Stonewail Jackson march around
kuropatkiu's flank across the Taitse
and on To the heights of Yentai. Mr..
Palmer gives another sketch Of the
then unheralded genius In one OF the
desperate minor battles preliminary 10
the great struggle at Iiaoyang that Of
Tiensulten fought July 81. Says Mr..
Palmer.
General kuroki was already on the hill
back Of the new temple. That thatch Of
tree branches which an infantry outpost
had erected now sheltered the mind of the
movement. who kept cool literally as well
as metaphoricsilly What chess player
would not? On this hill! his chief Of stan
at his side, he was 10 remain all day.
The chief Of stan did the talking; he lis
tened and now and then gave an order
On this occasion all the carefully laid
programme was not carried out The CEN
tral column Of the guards was checked:
batteries had to change their positions
In the face of good and had news he was
tors curiosity held mis- attention 10 any
one part OF the field He vaS playing the
greatest OF all games. with his mind on
team play. The sound that Interested
him most was not that Of firing bat the
click OF the telegraph instrument, which
left nothing to the doubt OF vision, but
told him exactly what each unit vas do
ing.
The war correspondent also compares
his hero in the heat OF action to the
head OF great business house with a
row OF push buttons on his desk" Won
Moltke fought his first great campaign
seated at a telegraph instrument miles
away from any firing line That was
in 1866. Since then war has developed
into u matter of business organization
and manipulation. The knight Of the
flashing sword is by no means a thing
Of the past, but he is not found at the
head of modern army.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Port Arthur's Place la History.

Port Arthur may md a place in his
tory similar 10 that OF the much dis
rutel Gibraltar. Like Gibraltar. il
commands marine gateway. and at
least three nations. Japan. Russia and
China. are vitality interested in its con
rrn!. Whatever the outcome Of the
resent contest, Russia will be untrue
- Ecr past If she leaves Port Arthur
% Japanese hands peacefully without
-.iI..E- au equivalent Gibraltar was
Nea 10y capture four times in four
'u,ur.c,. and its last captors. the Eng
e. WitlstoOd two memorable sieges
'r.u- tie first century Of their CON
d.
he tierceueSs Of the struggle at Port
rtEur will also serve 10 give il a
.acr III history. The Russian garrl.
"a was perhaps itself inspired not
5av ~ >eyastop0l. but by Plevua
..j i,ars the first named being de-
.itei by Russians and the others
ling out herolcally for months
:.a,ast russian assaults. SevaStOpol
as cetended 327 days, at the end Of
..yu ,ime the town was ruin from
= lire Of the French ana English
.us. The Malhakotf fortress held out
g..ust assault and close siege from
ilHe To September,
During this war in the Crimea the
Russians. under Muravieff, laid siege TO
kars. IN tie Caucasus, defended by
1850 English and Turks. commanded
by General Williams. The garrison
had three months food supply and am
munitiou for three days only. but stood
of $1,000 men for five months. Mura-
vieff said OF his foes gallant defense
"Posterity will stand amazed ut the Ell
dUrance the courage and the discipline
which this siege has called forth in the
remains of an army"
The Russians also heavily outnum-
tered Osuan Pasha at Plevna. Al the
last morSel of food had been deyoured,
Osman Pasha led his remnants against
the swarmn- besiegers and was not
held up until lie had broken through
three lines OF trenches. Farther back,
in NapOleou's day, the Russians, to-
gethcr with their Prussian allies, ham
Inered away at Dantzic for twelve
months before the handful of French
defenders that had been spared by
pestlence. famine and bullets surren-
tered
The sieges of Saragossa, Spain, in
lSUS-9 were attended with fighting Of
phenomenal ferceness. The French in.
vested the city twice within less than
twelve months, and 5000 lives We're
lost in defending the walls, men and
women noncombatants rallying around
the soldiery. The exploits of the Maid
of Saragossa, who engaged in both
seges. called forth this tribute in BY
ron's Childe Harold:
And she whom once the semblance OF a
scar
Appalled, an oTlets larum chilled with
dread.
Now views the column scattering bay'net
jar.
The falchion fash and DER the yet warm
dead
Stalks with Minerva step where Mars
might quake to tread.
This famous heroine, like the Ameri-
can Moll Pitcher served the gun in the
stead OF her fallen lover. She was
exceedingly pretty and in soft style
of feminine beauty and ut the time
twenty-five years old She was given
military rank, and Byron saw her on
the Prado ut Seville decorated with
medals and orders.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
The Risks Officers Run la Battle.


one Of the remarkable features "
tie war IN the east j. the PROPORTION ~
officers IN the casualty reports. par
ti-uiarly On the Russian side While
un r-ureS are available frnm which ac-
crr"te Information may be obtained.
unofficial estimates after the battles Of
LIa'!auG and Shakhe placed the mum
b.r Of officers hrI-i and wounded in
both armies NJ much higher figure in
proportion tu tile total than the study
a. uther modern wars had led the ex-
pcrtS t0 expect Regarding the Jap
atte~e. it i said that tie lmpetuosity
Of the younger officers has strong
bearing upon this phase of tie casualty
reports. while of the Russians some
persons. even in General Kuropatkin's :
army. have aiie2el that raw troops
have deserted their niHccr- IN the face
OF the rn"niy'S fire This WAS charged
particularly Of several Russian regi-
mcut> at Naushan hill Other corre-
SpUudentS have accused Russian Off
GERS Of deserving their men. and it is
said that Lieutenant General Count
Keller lost his life through exposing
hin Sef In a white uniform in order 10
present an example to his suhorL.nates
During our civil war the loss in ofti-
GERS killed ana wounded in proportion
to their number was in excess Of that
" the men or the total number killed
and wounded during the war there
We're G.365 officers and lU3.1u5 enlisted
men. or one officer to sixteen men
At Gettysburg the officers lost - per
cent as against loss OF II per cent
from the ranks. At Shiloh the officers
lost 2l3 per cent, the ranks 17.9 per
cent.
In the Franco-PruSSian war of 1870
there was remarkable excess OF loss
among the German officers The per-
crntageS of killed and murtally wound
ed in the entire German army were:
Enlisted men. 81; line officers, 5; staff
officers. 20.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
Large Profit For the Farmer

II You knew where you could invest
your money safely and get 50 for every
y invested, wouldn't you do it: H. c.
ward Of kichyille, Vt, says some of
l-4 farmers il his vicinity get more
t~aA that Here is what he says: Il
nave sold your Poultry Food for the
.a>' Two years with good success. The
l2IAe.s il this section are well pleased
".l4 lie results from the use of this
IooI. ! believe that for every dollar
LIE farmer Invests in your Poultry
t'od 4e gets three dollars in return.
Come Of my customers even claim
Lo'e than this profit from the use of
t-ls food"
1t tj>a't difficult to guess that the
a'o'1 ."tter was written to {. S. Page,
n%i@ Park, Et., in regard to bis celehra-
TED "PIge, Perfected Poultry Food"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20
The Art Of Listening.

A good listener is on tile way to
liberal education. Although an inferior
order Of intellect Is possible in good
listener, yet there is chance for the
play Of art or tact in drawing out the
gold Of the speaker. A word, an ejac-
ulation. will do II put In the right tone
and spirit. so as not to jar sympathy
nor betray a mere outward show of in
tcrcst A speaker knows whether his
audience is with him or merely making
believe
Then, too, there is a time not to
break in by word or sign. The true
talker understands and anticipates OBJ
jections questions and replies. But
sudden. Indifferent listening Is killing
TO Il speaker and loss for the auditor
The mind Is most receptive when alert.