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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
WAS THERE
A CRIME
COMMITTED
Hat Found on the River Bank
With Bullet Hole Through
One Side of Ii

Saturday evening black felt hat,
nearly new, was found on the sandbar
above the bridge on the Polk county
side of the river. There was a bullet
hole on one side, passing through the
band and sweat leather. AS the bullet
only penetrated one side of the hat i.
is self-evident there was something in
it that prevented it going through the
other side. 1t might have been a head
or it might have been a post, but. as
the hat was new, it does not seem prob
able that anyone would have used it
as a target, hence there is a suspicion
that murder has been committed al
though no blood was found, nor were.
there indications of any kind that there
had been a crime committed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Must Wait for Congress.

New York, May 14.-The attorney
general has rendered an opinion to
the seeretar yof war in the case of
the Hudson Highlands Bridge & Rail-
way Company, in the matter of alter
ations required in its bridge across the
Hudson river. The case has been pend
ing for long time, and involves an
important point. The bridge when
first built was erected before the enact
ment of the law authorizing federal
control of such structures, and the
company claims that alterations made
in the bridge are still exempt from
federal supervision. BY virtue of the
opinion of the attorney general, the
war department must approve the
plans of any changes contemplated in
the structure. The attorney general
says on that point; "The question os
the right Of the company to construct
a bridge without the express authority
of congress, which may have existed
prior 10 the passage Of the act of
1899, has been eonclusively settled by
that act. The failure of congress TO
anticipate from the provisions of that
act cases like this, which it had been
held were excepted from the act of
1890, is controlling as TO the intent of
I therefore advise you that
you are not authorized to act upon
the application Of petitioner TO proceed
with the constructions of the bridge
until the consent of congress 10 the
building of the bridge is first OBJ
iained."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Republicans VIII Hold Celebration.

Santa Cruz, May 14.-Republieans
from all parts of the state are gathered
here to attend the golden jubilee cele-
bration in honor of the fftieth anniver-
sary of the first national Republican
convention. This celebration is to be
held in connection with the fifth annual
convention of the State League of Re-
publican Clubs of California, which
opens in Santa Cruz Csino Hall today,
and will last two days. There was a
short business meeting this forenoon
and in the afternoon the Union League
Club Of Stockton, will present an oil
portrait of Gen. John c. Fremont. the
first Republican NOMINEE for President
This will be followed with greetings to
the pioneer Republicans who voted for
Fremont in 1856.
There will be reception to the vet
erans IF the Mexican. Civil and Span
ish-American wars. This will be fol
lowed by exercises eommemorating the
services rendered TO the party by dis
tinguished national and state Republi-
cans. Tomorrow afternoon there will
be a meeting, with short speeches, gen
eral business, election of officers and
election of delegates to the National
League Convention. In the evening
there will be a social reunion at the Sea
Beach hotel in honor of the retiring
and newly elected officers.
The biennial convention of the Ma
tlonal Republican League will be held
in Philadelphia, and on that occasion
the fftietn anniversary of the birth of
the First National Republican eonven-
tion will be celebrated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
State News

Frederick Bruckman, respected cit
zen of Albany. and prominent Odd
Fellow. died at his home there Satur-
day.
The Albany high school held their
trvout for the field meet at Eugene
saturday. The meet takes place at
Eugene next Saturday
A Gillian county sheep man recently
sold 23OO head of sheep for S14,214. The
animals were the finest yearling half
breed lambs in the United States.
H. P. Carr, manager of the Inde-
pendent Telephone Company at Echo,
disappeared last week, taking all the
company's money, and deserting his
wife and child.
A report from Canyon City says the
wool market is DULY in that section,
but it is expected that it will soon
liven up, and the large amount sold at
higher prices than ever.
D. C. Brownell, pioneer irrigator of
Umatilla, has field of alfalfa three
feet high on arid land. This is his first
crop of that kind in the country, and
he is enthusiastic over the success Of
the venture.
A strange case of heart disease is re-
ported from Pendleton. A hen be-
longing to R. L. Oliver was "scared to
death" says the Pendleton Tribune.
The hen, with six little chicks, were
badly covered with lice. Mrs. oliver
sprinkled them with some insect powd-
er. The hen became so frightened that
she fell over dead An investigation
showed that the sack containing the
heart had burst.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14

@. w. F0u,s postmaster as RivertOa.
Ia, nearly lost his life asd was robbed
Of all comfort, according to his letter
which says; "For 20 years 1 had
chronic liver complaint, which led to
such severe case OF jSunaies that ev.
en- my hnger nails turned yellow; when
my doctor prescribed Electric Bitters;
which cured me ami have kept me- well
for II yeaTS" sure cure for bilious
mesa ne1ralgia, weAkness and all s<om.
aeA, hveE, kidney sn1 bladder troubles
A wonderful tonie. Al J. c. Perry :
drug store. 80 eents
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Parents Night at Boys Club.

The Boys Club is 10 have a special
meeting tonight, 20 which the boys
have invited their parents A special
talk will be given on the proposed
camping trip. and ice cream win be
served. No boys but members Of the
club have been invited. Special iuvi.
tStions were mailed 10 al entitled to
them. Paul Hendricks, president Of
the club, viii report on the camping
site, and read the rules Of the camp.
The club viii also say goodbye 10 b. f.
Muller tonight
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
A Positive necessity.

Having to lay upon my bed for IA
days from a severely bruised leg,
only found relief when I used bottle
of Ballard's Snow Liniment. I can
eheerfully recommend it as the best
medicine for bruises ever sent to the
afflicted. 1t has now become a posi-.
tive necessity upon myself"
D. R. Byrnes, merchant, DoversviIle,
Texas 25e. soc and 81. D. ]. Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
centennarian Rapidly Failins.

Derby Conn, May l4.-Miss Caroline
Brown, who recently celebrated her
Tooth birthday at the home of her grand
niece, Mrs. William NJ. Mains, of Wind
ham Centre, is failing rapidly. and her
eyesight and hearing is nearly gone.
Miss Brown was born at Lisbon, Conn,
May Z, lso6. Fer IS years she was a
member Of the Fret Baptist church of
In this church Prudence
Crandall, in slavery days, sought and
found shelter from persecution and
taught negro 'ehildren when other
churches closed their gates agaihst her.
Miss Brown was one Of the original
crusaders Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of America, and is
said to be the Oldest living "white
in the United States.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Fourth Of July Committee.

Committee from the Salem Com
mereial Club and Business Men g
League formed permanent commit.
tee this afternoon, and elected D. A.
Dinsmore, chairman; f. T. Barnes.
treasurer. and Zadoe Riggs, secretary.
This committee will meet again Friday
night. The object is 10 get money for
the Fourth OF July celebration.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Last Day 70 isx

Tomorrow win be IL ~
the registration Of VIA d
that a voter voted .. IL =
mary election. By r'ss 81
davit, does not resixe IL D
directs that the TteisntiN 10
be closed at Spa Nay "
this city have ra ~ fses''''
those who have - rss'S'sa ?
that time viii X senptAso VI
the right to vts USss T''.'''
quaintances wAs ~ irstl'lats'
a certificate eOEnsnly klesa =
circles as Blank A
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Mrs. Rittenour, Of San Francisco,

Demonstration for Wakelee's Camell-
inc, the most effective, efficient and
harmless of all toilet requisites, will be
at Fry's drug store this entire week.
Ladies' come down and learn Of this
celebrated toilet article. Bring the
children.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14

wanted--Energetie, trustworthy man
to work in Oregon, representing large
manufacturing Co. Salary go to 500
per mouth, paid weekly; expenses ad-
vaneed. Address. with stamp. J. II.
Moore, Salem. Or. 5-l4-St'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14

WENT n; !
THE d. l;'
rlenlc partyIhest.
aster When Al
Home

After. After a day and s,s.
pleasure, the gaiety Il , ! nff
composed mostly Of ,,'. n
Statesman, was ahruvtl, |. =
1870 last night BY !
The party left ssl,r I
morning for Silver or.., w.
they spent the day il =
About dark they .,a,t.,
and 7. came in safety uni On
miles of the city. ~ lee
horses Of the team "a ! on
which is narrow at IL LA
down into the ditch. NJ I'M
them sharply back, All Gel
gave the tally-ho a ssi, He
big wagon was then N, rff
side of the grade, Wit !, at
that side two feet loxss BY
the road. The sudde, = ~
vehicle out of balance, ~.
on its side, throwing 81. ~
and the driver into tkI ho'
Fortunately the hcsF W
away, and further sss '
averted. AS quickly = - -
driver and one of thsfs
horses and came to ii.
Two teams at once stan w
OF the accident and brz
home. The tally.hO VA socke
and brought to tie ,ir
wheels, bat with tie n, -.
The vehicle was not In -
the bending Of the tsa e''er
The party was in tlrn tom
Mrs. Stahl and Mr.. iR Ycra*'
Hill. 1t is a lucky ting axhaIrc
the party were not tsay T. !,
was, Mrs. Stahl rssirs =, -,
iuries, and, il Is urSetk . x,h'
'ibs broken. Mis- ReyHA litior
Mrs. Stahl, had her bs Nv j
'ne of the younger IA "a
received a cash in Il, tss
he members Of the prFrl Chi
shaken up, and mary dhioru
hey have had all iAg So
lay pienieking for SnSfN &
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14

For sale.-A two-story, Sx-room house
new, in EnglewoOd, with two lots,
barn, well and fenced. A bargain to
q quick buyer. W. II. Dslrymple. p.
o. box s4S, Salem. 5-l4.lm'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
Personals

d, II. Miller, Of Gales Creek, Wash.
ington county, was in the city today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
DIED

.>e.e>.~-~>sn~.ss-
JOHNSON.-At BarrA "
urday, May Il, iss q =.
ure. W. W. JOAnss, y" !
Deceased was a br'''1
johnson. J. c. JOAns'' y
johnson, Of this city, AID > -
in this county, where 3
leaves a large family = y
stances.and bis deatA = ~.
large circle Of frienes u
Oregon. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
DIR. KUN
Wonderful CHINESE DOCTOR

wiz treat y0a with Oriental herbs
aad cure any disease without operation
or pain.
DR.. Kun 70 known everywhers In
Salem, and has cured many prsnins.t
people here. He has lived In Salem
foR 30 yeras. and can be trusted. He
usss many medicines unknown to white
doetors and with them can cure
eAtarrA, asthma, lung troshlsS rheu-
nAtisn, stomach. liver, and kidney die
easee
Dr. Kun nakss a speciality Of arepsy
and female trouhlsa His remedies
cure private diseases when everything
else fAiiA He hss hunarsds Of tssti
neniAls, and gives seassltasisa fre&
Prices for medicines very moderate.
Psrseas in the country can write for
blank Send stamp
II you want some extra fns tea, get
Il from uA
pR KUN BOW wo co,
iS7 South HigA street. Salem, oresoA
Opposite Hotel Salem. P. o. Box lsS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-14

lS7 South HigA street. Salem, Oregon
Opposite Hotel Salem. P. o. Box lsA
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

self up to cogltation. In one sense | had
met defeat. | had embarked upon those
rippleless tides of Thrift with a thought
of rest, and to avoid the heave and billow-
toss of even a least mental eXertion Now
| was of a sudden caught up in a very
storm-centre of conjecture. | could under
stand Mr.. Smiles Those who take alpen-
stock and go forth to climb the Matter
horn are made, by the prudent wisdom
OF the guides, to tie themselves together,
each man to his neighbor, front and rear
to the end that should he miss foothold
and slip, the rest shall save him. That
thinks |, so far as ones wife and children
are involved, Is Life Insurance. The
policy is that saving rope. One misses
one 5 tOothold on the sleeps of existence.
but one does not Observation-Disclosures of
that saving rope-hurl wife and children
into an abyss of want. Living, one labors
and supports them; diving, that good bind
ing rope, the policy OF Life Insurance,
reaching from neighbor to neighbor and
holding all for each, takes up the strain
and saves them from destruction.
Most men, particularly those who
make trade of ink, are more apt to
think on living than ON diving, and
seldom make plans for the last day. The
greater part Of Us are not forethoughtful
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

has had tlrSt rank as SOundeSt economy
Ii Life Insurance were mere malignant hO-
cuS-pocus. theworld would have discovered
1t; If it were FOOLS fallacv, the world
would have pierced it; in both cases the
world would have rejected it, and it would
not now occur either as pet proposal on
the pages of the sage Smiles, or question
of sound investment in the sane minds of
men.
Having decided, both by the word of
my good Scotch author and what de-
ductionS | have laid bare, that the theory
OF Lie Insurance embodied within itself
a best principle of Safetv-like the
anchors of a Ship-and fearing as I've
SAID to be wrong or ignorant in so i'm
portant a matter. l resolved upon in
Vestlgation. | was as untaught of Life
Insurance, in either theory or what |
shall call its practice. as of Oat-culture in
Nova Zembla; and with that cast about
me for best practical example. TO become
the basis of my studies. The Prudential
that Gibraltar of Life Insurance. attracted
me. | had heard it best spoken of. Be
sides, its controlling spirit was Senator
Dryden-whoSe intelligence had been its
architect, just as his integrity was and i
Its cornerstone
1t Is not difficult TO get possession of
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

leaving those he holds most dear compare
lively destitute. He insureS for five hundred
pounds, payable to his survivors at his death.
and pays from twelve to thirteen pounds
yearly. From the moment on which he pays
that amount the five hundred pounds are
secured for his family, although he died the
very next day. Now if he had deposited that
twelve or thirteen pounds in bank it would
have taken about twenty-six years before his
savings would have amounted to five hundred
pounds. But by the simple expedient of Life
Assurance, these twenty-six years of the best
part of his life are on this account at least
secured against anxiety and care The anticipa
tion of future evil no longer robs him of present
enjoyment BY means of his annual fixed pay
ment, he is of having fixed sum at
his death for the benefit of his family. In this
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
NV Conversion TO Life Insurance


We live as careleSsly as Highlanders, in
the rocks and the cliffs and the caves
of opportunity, going down onto the
plains of eact. Occasion, carrying off what
we can, and setting fire to what we cannot
carry off, And yet, speaking for myself,
have lived long enough to be afraid of
error. and to take defensive measures
against mistake. One cannot afford error
it provokes peril, provides risk. Peculiarly
should one shrink from going wrong
concerning Life Insurance, which gravely
and seriously proposes to take up the
burden of Tending for ones family when
one is no more. Thus ran argument
when, on the heels of Mr.. Smiles and his
Thrift. l fell to thinking Surely"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

ERE once lived a
Scotchman-born in
ISI2-Who went to
and fro in the world as
Samuel Smiles. For
all the inferential hi
larity of his name, Mr..
Smiles took, if not a
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07


occasional side-fights into Mr. Smiles
and his Thrift "
For a first confident matter. I dis
covered that Life Insurance has been
brought to a science. Ever chance has
been measured and accounted for. every
last possibility eliminated of the COMPANY
breaking down. The process of Lille
Insurance, as practised by The Prudential
for example, is mathematically exact.
and as certain in its results as two and
two are of making four Given a policr
plus death, the death-lOss Is paid. and that
promptly.
True, my doubtful friend. all things Of
this world are liable to fail or 20 fade
Crowns rust, thrones decay. and the
sponge of time wipes nations from the
map. And vet, as men use the word such
companies as The Prudential are g-,yr.
since they found themselves on invest
mentS that are As the blood and sire,-
of the country. The government must
fall before they fall; and the policies
they issue. and the promises they make.
have all the vital enduring qualities
of a government bond.
In a broad way. the thought behind
Life insurance found this out as
read my hterature-iS readily com pre-
hended. | had seen the Hanlons in their
daring flights, over the heads OF theatre
audience, from one swing TO another.
In its raw stage. the act" Law wide
open TO peril. The flying Hanlon might
fail TO connect; he might miss his clutch
at the swing. and come tumbling, 70
break his back on the orchestra seats.
AS closing this door of death. the Han
Ions always did their act" over a net.
then, should Hanlon fall. his safety
was made sure
Life Insurance was the Hanlon idea
over again, with the policy acting as the
net The natural risks of existence
make every man a HanlOn. with Jee added
drawback that, in his flights from swing
to swing, he must take wife and children
with him. His risk IS bound 10 he Their
risk And so. being a prudent Hanlon.
owning enough of loving forethought 70
bear the welfare of his family on lis daily
slope OF thought. he takes out Life II
SuranCe, and spreads that net Of safety
between those he loves and poverty
that might destroy them.
verted to Life Insurance as 4 theory OF
good, | began TO read over wh4- p-offers
were made by the Prudent to the
wOuld-be policy getter. Th,r- we're, I
found, the Whole Lie Por-v the
'' Limited Payment Policy, Tie Endow-
ment Policy" the Interuedi 2olicy.
the Guaranteed tive per c,- -venty-
year Insurance Endowment bor and
the Five per cent. Goa -oslrancc
Bond Policy" These policie~. ing one
and all of the sort termed -lt Lie
Insurance, were aside from -t. 1iuStrlal
Insurance which the COMPANY cred, and
of which it conducted a lar business
This Industrial Insurance he way.
Is most important. aS open = path OF
safety 20 the wagc-earner-
Running these protTers o.er N my
mind, from the Whole Il Policy =
which is the old-fashionej el-and-toe
method of insurance. vhere one pays
his premium of 50 much po, ear while
he lives and his farr,Tiy- ~a,-.... ~ rhe face
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

sad, then serious view OF HE ana 1tS
responsibilities. He began his career by
studying medicine and surgery in Edin-
burgh. Graduating in drugs and lancetS,
he found the speedy road to England,
after the manner of those ScOtChmen of
whom the jealous Johnson SO often COM
planned to Boswell.
Mr.. Smiles settled in Leeds-a fifth
among the principal towns of Great
Britain Here he was in the swirling
midst of manufacture -woolen, iron and
countless other branches-and those
neighbors who surrounded him were,
for the most part, mechanical wage
earning folk. If not poor, they were not
rich, and young Smiles, as he tied up their
arteries and set their bones grew to
tacit phiosOphizing over their work-a
day conditions. In the end he tired of pills
and plasters; thereupon he took down
his doctors sign, cut the wire of his night
bell to protect his pillow, and gave him
self to writing books.
Being young, with blood hot, and per-
haps a liking and lust for trouble, he
wrote the " History of Ireland" Later he
became cooler; and as he did so, what
days when he went drug dispensing
among the work-folk of Leeds began to
come uppermoSt He wrote Character
and Duty" and "Self-H Help; and as.
one after the other. these went from under
his pen, fame began to settle like mantle
about the shoulders of Mr.. Smiles. He
found celebration and acceptance for his
honesty, his wisdom and the solvent
worth of his counsel. In the end he wrote
Thrift, which some think the capstone
of his works.
The other evening, being in that mood
of mental WEAKNESS when one is inclined
to relegate ones thinking to ones
neighbor and wants to be told things
without being driven to the trouble of
hunting them out for oneself, picked up
Thrift" The book did very we'll as a
rest-cure and | drifted about among its
mid and temperate passages with a deal
of passive satisfaction. For the greater
part 1t was telling of people who, in
a worldly sense were worse off than |
myself was and that alone is ever cal
culated to invite repose.
This pleasant condition continued until
| went aground on certain observations
touching Life Insurance. The particular
chapter was headlined The Economy of
Life Assurance -; and it turned out to be
replete with long array of fact and argu-
ment, all urging the investment -propriety
of rich and poor, high and loy. alike, go
ing with Life Insurance, each TO the fair
limit of his means.
What | read made an impression upon
me; for my author Smiles was not Life
insurance agent. owned no personal in
terest in any Life Insurance attitude that
either | or any other individual might
take, and as last but not least weightv
feature wrote this his argument in favor
OF the idea, toward the end of his own
long life when it would be reasonable to
assume that he was not to be deluded by
the fallacious in theory or imposed upon
by the fraudulent in fact Particularly
was caught by these words:
But life Is most uncertain, and he knows
that AZ any moment he may AZ ,,.,,-
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

way Life
Assurance
may be re-
garded in
the light of
a contract
by which
t h e in
equalities
of life are
tOacertain
c Y t c n t
averaged
and COM
pensated
so t hat
they who
die soon
or rather
their fam
lilies
come shar-
ers in the
good for
I une of
those who
live be-
yOnd the
average
t er m of
life"
II a V
ing come
thus far
with Mr..
Smiles. |
closed the
boo k
with my
f i niger
holding
the place
q II q
gave nv
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

l. SdlQf III
conclu-
sion, lit
is either
a great
fraud or
a great
philan-
thrOpy.
And yet
1T can
not be a
fraud; for
if not the
hon c s I
Smiles,
t h e n
t h o S e
y c a T S
u p o n
years of
it's sue
ceS S f u |
existence
offer an
inconteSt-
able evil
d e n c c
against
that as
sumption.
1t could
not thus
have last
{ d for
that GEN.
tury and
m o T {
d uring
which it