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Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19
OPPOSITION IS GROWING.
Democrats Will Not Permit Vote on Statehood Bill Without
 Amendment

A Washington press dispatch says:
 Republican opposition to the Hamil. ton bill includes Senators Foraker, Al ger, Bard, Hansbrough, Key yburn and McCumber, and Senators Burrows, Perkins, Warren and Gallenger are ann ong others regarded as wavering, but their votes are claimed as pledged to the leading advocates of the measure.
 Bailey aud Beveridge, who are again on speaking terms, had conference on the floor of the senate this after. noon. Bailey without equivocation told the Indiana Senator that the Democrats would not permit the merging of Arlz ma and New Mexico.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19

At the arsenic mines of the United States Arsenic Mining company, of Brinton, Virginia, great care is taken to prevent employees from poisoning and i'll health. These mines are of very recent opening, and, profiting by the experiences of the miners in for eign arsenic mines, the company has tsken great pains to reduce the evil effects to a minimum. From the time the ore enters the crushers until the finished product reaches the casks
Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19
GREAT ELECTRICAL PLANT.
Calumet & HecIa Erecting Plant of
 10000 Horsepower

One of the most impor taut under takings in the history of the lake dis trict, says the Michigan Mining Ga zstte, is the electrical power plant be. ing erected by the Calumet X Hecla, the final details of which have just been completed. The plant will pro- vide 10, 900 horsepower, and when in commission will supply power 10 prac- tically the company's en tire operating equipment with the exception of the hoiStS at the shafts on the conglom. crates, and it Ia not sure that even at these the use of steam power will not be eventually discarded.
 Electrical power is in common use in most of the western mines, and it's introduction locally is in nowise in the nature of an experiment. It is al. ready partially in use at the Calumet X Hecla mine and mills, and, judging from the satisfaction it has given in the matter of operation, together with the economies reSul ting, it would occasion bnt little surprise were the other mines soon to follow the lead in this respect of Michigdn's greatest producer.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19
STORM IN THE CHA VALLEY
Towns Inundated, Property Dam.
 aged and Life Endangered

uSCu uut i-uS AsuuouSSi~a
 From ali reports, says the Guardian, it was far-reaching storm, but was accompanied with but very little wiud. By 10 o'clock Tuesday the riv- CT was high and still rising, the sand wash east of town overfiowing its banks in all directions, as we'll as the San Simon. The water ran through the streets of Siff ord so that it was next to impossible for people to go from one part of town to another, till along iu the afternoon, by which time a few temporary bridges had been built, which improved conditions.
 It took considerable work to keep the Jones hotel basement from being flooded. Horsemen were busy in the fields rescuing the people, cattle and horses from perilOus positions. w. C. Myer, the teacher in the Lone Star school, would have perished with cold had he not been found and rescued. J. NJ. Foster and Geo. H. Birdno were attempting to reach Mir. Brier's place on horse back, when they found Mr. Myer perched on a'black willow stump and yet almost waist deep in water. They got him out, but he was so chilled that it was hard work to get him on a horse. He said he had been there about three hours. He was com ing home from his school, following the railroad track. When he came to the waShOut he saw that to still follow the railroad track was the only hope of reaching town. When he got d little more than half way over he stepped where culyert once was but which had suddenly disappeared, and ne was taken from his feet and washed down against the fence into a clump of willows. He managed to get onto stump of black willow, where he re- mained until rescued.
 The railroad was damaged more or less its entire length. Just east of Stafford about quarter of mile was carried away and the track swept into the road over which tor. rent of water passed for hours. West of town and near Thatcher several waShOuts occurred, and in Thatcher the water ran through the streets in young rivers. It is reported that water ran through the streets of all the towns in the valleys but no great amount of damage is reported. On account of the rise in the San simon communication was cut of between Solomonville and the depot.
 The water poured into the county seat and did considerable damage. Many people left their homes for fear the houses would collapse. A number of adobe houses were damaged, in. cluding those belonging to John Ep- ley, A. Diaz, Davis and Chavarri. John Epley's SaloOd was SO badly dam aged that he had to move out. The Davis house collapsed as also did portion of the Diaz house.
 Judge MoOrman had the grim satis. faction of knowing that the last flood left him nothing to loose in this one, with Ben Clark close second.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19
Electrical Power for Hoisting

The proposed plant will supply pow CT to the various blacksmith and ma chine shops, the underground pumps, waterworks and, still more important, the new shafts being opened on the Kearsargs lode. These shafts are the first in the district to be operated by electrical power, while the fact that the equipment is to be of the highest type and of permanent character re- fleets a measure of confidence in the productiveness of the deposit.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-19
Immense Saving Anticipated

The new plant will no. be in full op- eration fur at least a year, and possibly longer, but when fully entered upou its career an annual saving of $750 900, equal b nearly cent pound on the cOmpany's entire product, is cont- dently looked forward tn. The saving will be eff c ed in various directions the company employs about 450 ire men, very large proportion of whom will be affected when the new arrange ment for power distribution has been provided. The cost of hauling coal from Lake Linden to the mlne will be dispensed with, excepting that for use at the conglomerate shafts, and this in itself constitutes no small item.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
Is the Rattlosnake,s venOm Fatal7

One of the oldest controversies
among biologists is whether the venom
of the rattler is fatal. On the one
hand are experts who point to instances
where men have survived its bite; on
the other are scientists who cite long
lists of those paying eloquent tribute
to the prowess of the viper.
According to chemical analysis the
poison Of a rattlesnake consists of
90 per cent of Notwithstanding element
and per cent Of e-destroying Gle
ment, fact which explains the dread.
full suffering of the victims of this rep
tile. Rattlesnake poison acts on the
human veins exactly as does acid when
poured into metal pipe. Like the
acid the poison attacks the walls of
the veins, eating and gnawing through
them and destroying the red corpuscles
of the blood, never eeasing until the
very walls of the heart are gnawed,
bringing that organ to a standstill.
Quick blood poisoning is the real cause
of this frightful death, for, in the brief
space of two hours or less, is Gro Wded
the exeruciating pain of an orSnary
case of blood poisoning extending over
several weeks. The victims body
turns purple and black. 1t swells to
two OF three times it's size. The man
cries in agony under the torture of u
burning inside as if melted iron were
coursing through his arteries.
To enumerate more than few in
stances among the thousands of human
victims of the rattlesnake's s venom is
manifestly impossible. But here are
several that illustrate the wonderful ae
tivity of the poison, and that have
come to the personal notice of Mr.. Dit
mars:
While hunting quail in Georgia a
physician was struck in an artery in
the groin by a rattlesnake which he
startled when sitting down to eat his
lunch. Despite the efforts of second
physician who was in the party, the
man lay stretched in death within 10
Not many years ago Washington
lost one of its professors
who was experimenting with a young
rattler whose head had just been
chopped on. supposing life was ex
tinct the expert stopped to pick up the
severed head, when the mouth opened
and the fangs fastened themselves in
a death grip. In two hours the pro.
fessor was dead.
Many similar instances might be
cited, but Mr.. Ditmar's own expert
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
90 OOOO0eeeOsOWOWO .
restog cOmasOn Drawn Nssdy cefks and un


and the rest of the two years the
chosen few" get the balance. Ont
| of the army of $50 clerks many of
them pay some of their earnings back
in the way of taxes, a fact which we
find is not always the case with even
Office holders. When the legislator is
ready to come to Salem to repeal what
the previous session passed, he is
equipped with the railway pass, while
the poor grating clerk pays his own
fare. A special train waiting at the
front door of the state house is no
longer a scene worth photographing,
although a few are still interested in
the spectacle of the retiring solons
packing off the movable furniture
when adjournment is had.
The disgraceful protest against the
expense of clerk hire in the face Of
open endorsement Of gigantic and enor-
nous CRAFTS is source of Legitimate
wonderment. The bill to investigate
the Northern Railway company's tim
Der land holdings in Oregon, a
company which pays, comparative
ly speaking, no taxes in this state,
and yet owns millions of acres of the
finest timber land, will be promptly
manipulated before the session is
over, and if anything is accomplished
by the state il will not be the fault of
the legislature. The meritoriOus bill
of Dan j. Malarkey asking for short
er service hours among railway en-
|ployes promptly drew a force of Off.
cials before the committee, and that
bill is now slumbering peacefully
among the "has beens," while the
commonwealth ride behind sleeping
engineers and overworked train crews.
There can be no question that the
larger the corporation the greater the
necessity that the expenditures be
kept down, since, while few minutes
loss of time does not mean much for
one ship or train, yet the aggregate
losses of many vessels and trains will
mean much. 1t is a question of earn.
ing capacity. The more vessel will
earn the more she must be skilfully
handled. A few minutes delay means
more coal coy Sumed, more meals eaten
by the passengers, more oil on the en-
gines. All things considered, it is par
amount that the corporation get every
bit of work possible out of every de.
partment connected with the whole. A
man who can stay awake longer than
the other fellow is more desirable as
an employe, and is the one who sleeps
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
General Nogi,s Speech.

To command the men who are bent
on accomplishing the impossible, men
clinging to the shell holes and rugged
rents of rocks on the hillsides of Port
Arthur, with their lunch baskets empty
and their canteens dry, who know the
meaning that men live not on bread
alone, in way very few Christians
have understood--men who draw their
nourishment and strength from the
world of spirits--to command these
men, their respect and their worship,
you need of necessity be something
greater than a mere human. General
Nogi seems very happily suited for
this high mission, more sacred, it may
be, than that of pope or priest.
AS matter of fact, the men under
General Nogi not only worship him,
but love him. The general is one of
the very rare shrines in these civilized
days in which dwell the ancient spirit
and traditions of the samurai Once
upon time he said:
GA soldier is a soldier, after ALL
and after man becomes a soldier he
must be perfectly willing to lead life
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
Senate as Impeachment Court


The senate of the United States is
now sitting as a court of impeachment,
and Washington and the country gen.
orally find a certain touch of novelty
in the spectacle. Nearly 80 years have
elapsed since the legislative branch
last undertook to try ga civil officer
of the United States" for high crimes
and misdemeanors. Now the clumsy
machinery invented for impeaching
and removing faithless federal officials
is set in motion again, and the public
looks on with queer sense of its cum
bersomeness and obsoleteness. Per
haps the most general feeling is that
the process itself is on trial, rather
than the individual against whom it is
invoked by the movers of the impeach-
ment. From this point of view the
servieeability of impeachment as
means of discipline is as much the real
question at issue in Washington as the
acquittal or condemnation of the de-
fendant now charged with judicial mis-
conduct.
SO far impeachment has proved sin
gularly ineffective as a punitive pro-
cess. In the 1l5 years of our history
under the constitution but eight trials
have been authorized; and in only two
cases have judgments been given
against the defendants. Strangely
enough, FIVE of the civil officers brought
to bar have been federal judges. In
1903 John Pickering, district judge for
the district of New Hampshire, was
tried for drunkenness and other unJu-
dieial conduct. His relatives entered
a plea of insanity on his behalf, and,
there being no other offense, he was
deposed from Office. In 1905 Samuel
Chase, of Maryland, associate justice
of the supreme court, was impeaehed
ON charges Of partisan and arbitrary
conduct, though the animus Of the at
tack upon him was clearly political.
Chase was an extreme Federalist, hated
by the Republican leaders then in
power, and John Randolph, Of Roam
oke, undertook TO force him on the
bench. Randolph conducted the case
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

ence with . rattlesnake's victim IL
lustrates even better the virulenee Of
the poison. One Of the rattlesnakes ia
the reptile house having died, the cura.
tor skinned it and stripped the skele-
ton for mounting. Two months after
the bones had been bleached he
scratched the tip of forehnger with
one Of the fangs, barely puncturing the
skin. The insignificant prick was
promptly cauterized and bandaged,
yet within 10 minutes the poison was
at work. The finger inAamed with
alarming rapidity; within two hours
the entire arm was attacked and was
swollen to double it's natural size, and
that night the curator went TO q hos
pital Nine weeks he lay in the hos
pital and seven times he was upon the
operating table before it was decided
that his arm, Scared, carved and per
manently. stiffened, would not have to
be amputated.--A. w. Rolker in Pear
son s Magazine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

| in person, but mismanaged it and lost
it, and then accused the Jefferson ad.
ministration of deserting him and
thwarting impeachment. In 1880 dis
trict judge in Missouri was tried and
acquitted, and in 1852 a district judge
in Tennessee was convicted of treason.
He had before his trial accepted Office
under the confederate government.
Judge Swayne is, therefore, the fifth
member of the judiciary to face in
dictment before the senate.
The three administrative officers tried
all but escaped conviction. In 1907
William Blount, senator from Tennes
see, was accused of treason. He had
been mixed up in the Louisiana in.
trigues of that day. But the senate
discharged him because he was not
legally "eiyil officer Of the United
States" President Andrew johnson
was impeached in 1869 and escaped con.
viction by single vote. The offenses
he was charged with were in the main
political, and would not have eonsti-
tuted sufficient grounds for impeack-
ment in times less unsettled or less
dominated by political passion. w. w.
Belknap, secretary of war under Presi-
dent Grant, was impeaehed for misde-
meanors., But by resigning few
hours before the articles were adopted
in the house Of representatives he
took himself technically out Of the sen
ate's jurisdiction. He was prosecuted,
but acquitted.
Two convictions in 115 years is a
barren record. 1t was feared by some
critics Of the constitution that the
power of impeachment vested in con
gress might become an instrument for
partisan persecution and the wreaking
of partisan vengeance. But this fear
has proved almost eomieally ground
less. Impeachment is a process which
no congress will ever abuse. We have
come to look at it, in fact, as an almost
suspended legislative function. Nor Is
that view Of il likely 10 be greatly af-
feeted by anything in this latest inn
peaehment case.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

Lutherans are planning for an i'm
ternational conference of representa-
tives of various Lutheran bodies, to
meet in Philadelphia two years hence.
The gathering will be of the utmost
interest in that it will show as never
before Lutheran strength and power to
America. The conference will repre-
sent sixty millions Of adherents all
over the world, and will make evident
the fact that the various Lutheran
bodies are gradually drawn together
and cooperating in such matters and
creedal beliefs which all accept The
details of the coming conference are
intrusted TO an American committee, of
which Mr.. William II. Stake, of Phil
adelphia, is chairman, and the Rev. DIR.
NJ. w. HANNA, of Baltimore, seerota-
ry. Although the sessions of the con
ference will be in Philadelphia, II is
proposed TO have large meetings in
New York, Chicago and other eenters
Of Lutheran strength. Such general
meeting Of Lutheran bodies has never
before been held in this country, al
though ten such meetings have been
had in Europe, one in Sweden and the
rest in Germany. TO the American
meeting will come the leading men Of
the denomination from all Europe and
America, and the occasion is already
looked forward TO as an opportunity
TO make evident 10 America the place
occupied in the Christian church by
this mother church Of the German re-
formation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

that is somewhat different from the
life of an ordinary man in society. 1t
is impossible for him to enjoy liberty
and wealth such as so many Of his fel.
low men seem to enjoy. / refer to this
point more especially because of a sim.
pie fact--namely, that the soldier who
would perform his Gaties with credit
on battlefield must, of necessity,
have trained himself to perform all
that is expected of him in the days of
peace. There ought not to be any neg
lect or any defects in his daily life.
The conqueror of himself in time of
peace must be man if he would as
pire to the honor, with any right, of
being a fighting man under the sun
flag
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

at his post The engine staying in
service longest without having to be
repaired or overhauled, is the engine
that blows up or refused to work her
brakes in an emergency. The sum to-
tai of the cooperative effort, under
this easy comparison, is to work every
man and everything employed for reve-
nue. to the fullest extent. SO, when
we demand proportionate taxation, we
find an over-proportionat representa-
tion to stave off the additional expendi.
ture threatened. By reason of expe
rience we find the corporations are en-
ploying the brightest and most capable
men possible to represent them in the
courts and before legislative bodies.
The influence of learned men, made
deeply interested in their case by heavy
salaries, is seen to work wonders when
they are pitted against promiscuously
elected representatives from the
ranks of the common folks, whose sole
interest in their work is honor rather
than compensation, but whose self-es'
TEEN, judging from the number, value
and character of the bills passed, re-
minds one of the sublime confidence in
herself of a Mrs. Malaprop, charac-
ter in Sheridan's comedy, "The Ri.
vals.' FRED r. WATERS.
January 2S, 1905.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
Fiendish Suffering

is often caused by sores, ulcers and
cancers, that eat away your skin. VIM.
Bedell, of Flat Rock, Mich, says: "I
have used Bucklen'S Arnica Salve for
Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. It is the
best healing dressing ever found. "
Soothes and heals cuts, burns and
scalds. 25c at j. G. Perry's drug
store; guaranteed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
CHURCH
....NEWS

The Seaburn society, of New York,
is the name of new organization de-
signed, as its charter just granted
says, "to bring the men of the church
to a higher conception of their duty to
the missions of the church." The
church meant is the Protestant Episco-
pal, and the orginators of the move
ment are New York business men who
are themselves already actively at
work, during their spare time and with
out salaries, for missions. The name
Seabury is from the bishop of Connec-
ticut who was consecrated in Scotland
when for political reasons the English
bishops would not consecrate, and who
became the first American bishop of
the church referred to. Membership in
the new society is open to all men, but
it is provided that those in control of
the movement must be men who are
actually engaged in some form OF
church work during the whole or a
part of their time. The movement
grows out of very apparent awaken
ing among men, most of them business
men, who are without salaries, giving
themselves to church extension work
in Pittsburg, Washington, Buffalo, Bos'
ton, New York and many other cities.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04
Land once Report.

The report of the United States land
Office for the month Of January has
just been completed. The total amount
received from cash sales was $20S5.50,
and the number of acres embraced il
these sales was 72l.s9. Thirteen home
stead entries were received, on which
the fees and commissions were $19s.s5,
and the total number OF acres EN-
bracea in the 10 entries was 1s7l.50.
Five final homestead proofs were taken,
embracing GAO acres, and the fees and
commissions were 90 each, or e30, One
soldiers declaratory statement was
filed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

The contract for the fine arts build
ing for the Lewis and Clark centennial
has been let and work on the building
begun. The structure will be of hand
some appearance, and will be complete.
ed by MAY 10.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-04

The Seabury society of New York
will probably have charge of one oI
more of the summer conferences al
Richfeld Springs, where there will be
in next July and August, gatherings of
Sunday school workers; conferences of
men and women about missions and BIZ
BILE study. 1t is likely that there will
also be established at Richfeld sum
mer school of church singing, aiming
to improve congregational singing in
the Episcopal church, Lines along
which the new society will also work
are the planning of missionary coun-
ellis in various cities, and the prepara-
tion of literature for mission study.
Among its plans is one Of a training
college for laymen, with the purpose
of locating them, for their life profes-
sion or business, where they may be
needed as unsalaried church workers.
There will also be effort to increase
the number of able young men to de-
eide to study for holy orders, and the
training of laymen as expert in benev-
olence, to help well.to-do people wisely
to give their money.