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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
JOAQUIN MILLERS
PRINT-SHOP TOWEL

For de Lawd's sake, boss, doan'
kill mel" yelled Bud, in a well-as-
sumed negro dialect. He had passed
HIS 'possum-hunting days on the
Missouri border, and could talk It
to perfection. II am just Marsa
MilIer's devil, sab, and hain't done
stole muffin. If you be Hank
Vaughn, hain't never done muffin
to you ALL"
Just then Sheriff Maddox came to
the door and told the deputy to
waste no more time there; that he
had received inside information that
the stage robber had gone on, head
ing for Coos Bay, on a fairly fresh
horse. And the posse lit out toward
the setting sun, riding like mad.
And Bud was waiting. only wait
ing, till the shadows had a little
longer grown, and then he stole a
fresh horse, and when he pulled rein
next morning up in the forks of the
Santiam he was still disguised as a
negro, and Henry States, the set
tiers son, who, with his usual gem
erosity, gave him good breakfast,
recognized him as the serving man
Of ''Old Bill" Delaney, who had
brought him from the south many
years before.
Rattlesnake butte soon faded
away behind Bud. and another twi-
light found him well up the trail on
the north fork of the Santaim. 1t
was tough travelling, but the Klam-
atb Indians and the Hudson Bay
trappers had been through there be-
fore, and why should not he? The
blackberry vines impeded his head
way, and the snowy summit OF
Mount Jefferson peeped down at him
from above the tall tamaracks and
the soughing pines, the largest on
earth. but Bud must have reached
the other side. across the range, east
grass hills along the swift Deschutes.
for he was afterwards heard of as a |
co-laborer OF Captain John Smith |
among the Warm Spring Indians. |
Under the tutorship OF this syndicate
those tribesmen finally learned to
sing hymns as backwoods music
teachers used to sing them, and to
'un their sawrhill so as TO cut boards
hat would not vary more than three
inches in thickness from end to end.
rhey We're safely steered onto the
path OF progress.
And years after, when the stage
'obbery business had blown over, l
md Ben Holiday and his Holland I
'ondholders were building a pioneer
abroad up the Willamette. Bud APP
reared once more in civilization and :,
became more or less respected citi-
zen.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able TO cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional diseases. requires a constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that II fails TO cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address: +, ]. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, o.
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16

Formerly Simpsons Stable.

A~sy Shnpson StAbloS
Upto'daie livery and cab lire.
Funeral turaOuts speciality. Tally.
no for picnies and excursions Phone
IA cHAs W, YANNKE, Prop
s4Y and e4e High Street
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
(By Mabel c. Redlngton.l

1t was back in the early days o.
the civil war that Joaquin Miller, tn,
now celebrated poet OF the Pacific
was running weekly paper in q
frontier town OF Lane county. Ore.
gon.
Joaquin was then plain G. II. NIL
Ter, young man, but already vet
eran Indian campalgner carrying
scars to last lifetime. He had one
aDd-a-half printers helping him to
run the office. besides his partner,
Tony Noltner. They were all an
easy-going lot, and never locked the
Office door. Everything was left
wide open. and II there had been a
safe Il would have been ditto. The
Miller printing Office had a towel.
II was the usual printshop towel OF
which you have all heard.
Bud Kinsey was the son of n pio-
neer. lie was strongly suspected of
being connected with the recent rob
berry OF the Santiam stage, and the
isheriff's posse had been pursuing
him, and thought they were on his
trail from his fathers ranch right
into the town. They were pretty
near right. Bud rode down the
main street. he knew he had friends
there who would help him out on
pinch and say nothing about having
seen him. Soon he spied the open
door OF the printshop, where all
hands had quit work. as early even
ing was approaching. He had rid
den his horse into frontier saloons,
and IL was no trouble to ride him
into the printshop and close him up
I'm the back room where Joaquin
made his bed on bale of bearskins.
There had been a time when Bud
had been enlisted as a printers devil
but the effort to thus tame him had
not lasted long. But now he recog-
nized his old friend the Office towel,
with its fully supply OF ink and SCOT.
This coloring matter he daubed all
over his face and hands. then pulled
on a pair of old inky overalls and a
battered Office hat. and with stick
of FIR stovewood for a pillow. he laid |
out on a couple OF bales OF paper,
and by throwing in a few snores, he
was pretty good picture OF lazy
cultus, snoozing negro.
Pretty soon the pursuing posse
came along, and the chief deputy
rode up TO the printshop door, swung
out OF the saddle and came
IN. He thought his prey might be
hiding there. His big six-shooter
was ready for business, for Bud was
a bad man.
The officer glanced around the
and gave the sleeping me-
yro'a kick that caused him to sud
ienly roll on his hard bed,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
cares Winter Cough.

J. r. Cover. ioi \. Main ST.. otta,
wa. Kan. writes: Every fall II has
been my wife's trouble TO catch a
severe cold. and therefore TO cough
all winter long. Last fall ] got her
a bottle OF Horehornd Syrup. She
used il and has been able TO sleep
soundly all night long, Whenever
the cough troubles her. two or three
doses stops the cough. and she Is
able 20 be up and we'll" 2se. soc
and 800.
Sold by ID. J. Fry's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
State News

| Pickpockets are plentiful In Port
land.
North Bend is to have a denatur
lied alcohol plant.
The new Catholic SCHOOL at Nc.
Minnyille was dedicated Sunday.
Miss Ella Dobie, of Portland, has
been elected to teach in the Eugene
High school this year.
Austin Root. well-known resi-
dent of Mohawk, Lane county, died
at Portland last week.
John Barrett, U. s. minister to
Colombia, is to be in Portland soon,
and the board of trade is going to
give him big banquet.
w. Lair Thompson, city recorder
of Albany, was admitted to practice
law before the interior department,
at Washington, Monday.
Rev. Jonah Wise, of Chattanooga
Tenn, was elected rabbi of Temple
Beth Israel, in Portland, Sunday, to
succeed Rabbi Stephen s. Wise.
The body OF Ben Hapxhurst, a
half-breed boy, was found last Fri
day in small slough near Tilla-
nook. He had been drinking, and
had evidently fallen off small foot
bridge
r. b. Matthews, a Roseburg sa-
loon keeper, was fined $50 and his
saloon license revoked by Judge
Hamilton I'm the circuit court at Rose
burg Saturday. He was charged
with having sold liquor to minors.
Mrs. Allie Stewart. colored wo-
man, was found wandering about
Glenbrook,. 90 miles from Portland,
in demented condition Sunday,
and was taken to the county physi-
clan and adjudged insane.
Miss Frances Stanley. daughter of
the principal of the high school,
Portland, has gone to Shanghai,
China, where she has secured a po-
sition with an American exporting
company.
Two tramps robbed a couple of
slot machines in Woodburn saloons
Saturday night, securing about $40 |
in all They were caught in the act
of robbing third machine and .
were arrested and put in Jail.
William c. Gibson. of Portland,
senior member of the Gibson-Smith
Printing Company was last Sunday
caught attempting to set fire
to Kreidt Bros. printing office. Glib
son has been drinking heavily for
some time past. and his friends think
he was temporarily deranged.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
BRICK

BRICK
Brick furnished I'm large or small
quantities. Pressed brick made 20
order. Yard ON State street. south
al renitcasiary.
sALEM BRICK YARD
A. A. BURTON. Prop.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
NO TRACE
WAS LEFT
BY WOMAN
Mrs. Antoine Bierward Mys-
teriouSly Disappears From
Her Home at Gervais

Mrs. Antoine Bierward, we'll,
known and estimable woman OF Ger,
yais, aged about 90 years, left her
home near that place Sunday even.
ing. and has mysteriously passed
from view.
Absolutely no trace was left OF
the woman's digit. she left early In
the evening, Il not being later than
7;3o o'clock, and II the earth had
opened end swallowed her the mys-
terry would have been no greater. II
seems almost impossible that she
could have walked out Of town at
that time OF evening without being
seen by some one.
Mrs. nierward had been out cali
ing with her husband and her son
Sunday afternoon. aud seemed in
unusually good spirits. ON their re-
turn home she went to the dinlng
room. set out some lunch aud was
never seen again.
Although no evidences Of il were
noticeable az the time. her friends
believe that Mrs Bierward il suffer-
ins from mental alteration.
This Ia not this first time she has
doae this. About eight years ago
.he disappeared from home, and was
Iound soon afterward near her home
hiding IN a ditch. AZ that time she
sonld give no explanation OF her
and seemed 10 be In daHed
1
Between that time and the present
be has been regarded a. sane.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16
FINE UNDERTAKING PARLoRs
A. NJ. Clough n 60. Now al 4i5
Court Street.

A. NJ, Clough a Co. who recently
removed their undertaking parlors
from State street TO AS Court
street. in the knight block. have
fine commodious new quarters. The
rooms have been remodeled, paint
ed and renovated. giving 10 the par
lors an atmosphere of freshness and
cleanliness. The main ONCE faces
Court street and leads into the par
lor or chapel, which has seating
capacity OF about 100. This room
viii prove peculiarluy well adapted
to the holding OF funerals and to
conduct any investigation incident
upon the duties OF Mr. Clough as
coroner. There Is In the back OF the
chapel stock room with gallery
that is used for the storing OF ma
terials needed In the undertaking
business, Then there is n large work
room with an exit TO the alley. thus
adding 60 the conveniences OF the
receiving room.
The firm is prepared Ia render the
best possible service TO It's patrons,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16

The marksmen OF Company u,
OF the FirSt Separate battalion. O.
~ a., stationed at Roseburg, have
again proven their title to champions
OF the state by defeating four other
teams In competition for the battal-
ion Gun and individual medal at the
shoot az Engene Saturday. Private
Shields. OF the Roseburg company.
won the medal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16

A Sunnyside, Portland, school boy
dropped a marble on the floor last
week, and the teacher had him
empty his pockets, which contained
lOS articles.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16

n. l.. Stout. deputy county sur
vsyor. went 90 Aurora this morning
on oficial business.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02

with a revolver infict SO deadly a
wound. Again. Park Lane Is a fire.
quented thoroughfare; thcre is a cab
stand within a hundred yards OF the
house. No one had heard a shot. And
yet there was the dead man, ana there
the revolver bullet, which had mush-
coined out, as soft-nosed bullets will,
and so inflicted a wound which must
have caused instantaneous death. Such
We're the circumstances of the Park
Lame mystery, which were further COM
plicated by entire absence of motive.
since. as ] have said, young Adair was
not known TO a V any enemy, and
no attempt had been made to emove
the money or valuables in the room.
All day l turned these facts over in
my mind, e~nGeavoring to hit Upon some
theory which could reconcile them all,
and TO find that line of least resistance
which my poor friend had declared to
be the starting point of every investi-
cation. | confess hat l made little
progress. In the evening / strolIed
across the park. n found myself
about six o'clock at the oxford street
end of Park Lane. A group of loafers
upon the pavements, all staring up at
a particular window, directed me to
the houae which | had come to see. A
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02
ALLIGATOR Tails New pelieasx,
From the Cleveland Leader.
$3.50 l.. 1919 Lo4Ann -

fTOH the AlENIidllu tledutf.
There is nothing better, l am told, than,
The tip OF the tail of an alligator which has
reached, say, the pullct PERIOD said
Frank Holden yesterday. 1T is creamy in,
color, tasting a little like frogs legs, but
with a moro pronounced gamy layor
juicy-altogether tempting, I'm told. The
dish is a great favorite in Florida. where
It's serving is considered a great honor.
Alligator tails are best at this time of
year, just after the ricebird season. The.
big ~alligators float in the water with only.
their eyes showing. When they see al
lock OF these fat, juicy little birds they,
dive 70 the bottom. Their long, wid snout
scoops up some of the loan and they float.
to the surface again with just the rich.
soil showing. The birds think it is am
island. They alight upon il. When the
whole family is there the big beast turns
suddenly. Just as the bird scrambles off.
he pen his mouth once. They are gone
The birds are nea little feeders and the.
alligator is an epicure at this time Of theI
year. The ricebird diet makes the tin of
bis tail, Of which he most vain, tender andl
sweet" I
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02

mis- methods in their solution. though
with Indifferent success. There was
none, however. which appealed to me
like this tragedy of Ronald Adair. AS
| read the evidence at the inquest,
which led up to a verdict Of wilful
murder against some person or persons
unknown, / realized more clearly than
1 had ever done the loss which the
community had sustained by the death
OF Sherlock Holmes. There were points
about this strange business which
would, / was sure, have specially ap-
pealed to him, and the efforts OF the
police would have been supplemented,
or more probably anticipated. by the
trained observation and the alert mind
OF the first criminal agent in Europe.
All day. as l drove upon my round. l
turned over the case in my mind. and
found no explanation which appeared
to me adequate. AT the risk OF telling
a twice-told tale, l will recapitulate the
facts as they We're known TO the pub
lie at the conclusion or the Inquest.
The Honorable Ronald Adair was the
second son of the earl OF Maynooth,
at hat time governor OF one OF the
Australian colonies. Adair's mother
had returned from Australia to undergo
the operation for cataract, and she her
son Ronald. and her daughter HiIda.
were living together at 42T Park Lane.
The youth moved in the best society
had, so far as was known, no enemies,
and no particular vices. He had beer
engaged to Miss Edith Woodiey. Of
Carstairs, but the engagement had been
broken off by mutual consent some
months before, and there was no sign
that IL left amy very profound feeling
behind IL. For the rest the mans life
moved I'm a. narrow ana conventional
circle, for his habits were quiet and his
nature Unconditional. Yet ii was upon
this easy-going young ariStocrat that
death came, in most strange aud I'M
expected form. between the hours 81
ten and eleven-thirty scn the night OF
March 80. 1884.
Ronald Adair was fond OF cards
playing continually. nus never for such
stakes as would hurt hila. lie Mas i
member OF the Hat.lwin. the Cavendish
and the Bagntelle card clubs. Il was
shown that, after dinner OF the day OF
his death. ne had pla31l Il rubber Of
whist AT The latter eivb He had also
played thpre In The az gY01a. The
evidence OF these whc he'd PLACED with
him--Mg. Murray. SIR Jsas. aS&rdy and
Colonel Moran-show ia that the game
Was whist. and that lllere was Il fairly
equal fall OF the cards. Aiair might
have lost hive pounds. but not more.
HIS fortune was a considerable one.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02
Black Hair l. STRONGEST.

Black hair Is stronger than golden
trssses and will sustain almost double tie
weight Recently a German scientist has
been experimenting and has found that Ii
Is possible 10 suspend a weight Of four
ounces by a single hair, provided the hair
be riack. Bond hair will give way at
varying weights dependent upon the ex-
act tint. A yellow hair VIII scarce sup
port two ounces. a brown hair will hold up
three without breaking. while a very dark
brown will sustain an additional half
ounce.
The great vitality OF the black hair Is
declared TO be the reason for the prepcn-
derance of blond bald heads. and accord
ing to this experiment a person with jet
black hair will still enjoy q full growth.
while the blond will have Neer bald TOR
seven and = hall yeArs.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02

and such a loss could not i'm any way
affect him. He had played nearly ev-
cry day at one club or other, but ne
WAS a cautious player, and usually rose
a winner. II came out in evidence
that, In partnership with Colonel
Moran, he had actually won as much
as fOur hundred and twenty pounds
i'm a sitting. some weeks before, from
Godfrey Miner and Lord BalmOral. So
much OF his recent history as it came
out at his inquest,
On the evening of the crime he re-
turned from the club exactly at ten.
His mother and sister were out spend
ms the evening with a relation. The
servant dep0se1 that she heard him
enter the front room on the second
floor, generally used as his sitting
room. She had lit q fire there, and as
II Smoked she had opened the window.
No sound was heard from the room
until cleEen-tWentE, the hour Of the
return Of Lady Maynooth and her
daughter. Desiring to say good night,
she attempted TO enter her sons room.
The door was locked on the inside, and
no answer could be got TO their cries
and knocking. Help was obtained. and
the door forced The unfortunate
young man was found lying near the
table. His head had been horribly mu-
Hhl+NNS ~ Hiht VA Z" NUNS N'ANNl Jul
let, but no weapon Of any sort was to
DC found in the room. On the table
lay two ~bankuotes for ten pounds each
ana seventeen pounds ten in silver and
gold, the money arranged in little piles
OF Varying amount. There were some
figures also upon a sheet of paper, with
the names Of some club friends oppO-
site 10 them, from which it wa con
jeCtured that before his death he was
endeavoring TO make out his losses or
winnings at cards.
a minute examination of tile circum-
stances served only to make the case
more complex. In the first place, no
reason could be given why the young
man should have fastened the door
upon the inside. There was a posi-
bility that the murderer had done this,
and afterwards escaped by the window.
drop was at least twenty feet,
however, and a bed Of crocuses in full
bloom lay beneath. Neither the flow
ers nor the earth showed any sign of
having been disturbed, nor were there
any marks upon the narrow strip of
grass which separated the house from
the road. Apparently, therefore, it was
the young man himself who had fast
the door. But how did he come
by his death? No one could have
climbed up to the window without
leaving traces. Suppose a man had
through the window, he would in
dee1 ~" . remarkable shot who could
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02

lips. Holmes vas bending over my
chair, his flask in his hand.
MY dear Watson aid the well-re-
r1cnbered voice. = owe you a thousand
apologies. had no idea that you woul
be so Affected"
| giipped him by the arms.
"Holmss!"I cried. rs 1t really you?
Can il indeed be that you are alive?
Is il possible that you succeeded i'm
climbing out of that awful abyss?'
Wait q moment" said he. Are you
sure that you are really fit to discuss
things2 | have given you a serious
shock by my unnecessarily dramatic
reappearance."
Il am all right. but indeed, Holmes. I
can hardly believe my eyes. Good
heavens! to think that you-you of all
men-should be standing in my study"
Again / gripped him by the sleeve. and
felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath il.
Wen, you're not a spirit, anyhow"
said i. My dear chap. I'm oyerjoyed
10 see you Sit down and tell me how
you came alive out OF that dreadful
chasm.'
He sat opposite to me, and lit a Gig
arctic in his old, n~onchalant tanner.
lie was dressed in the seedy
frock coat of the book merchant. b,,t
the rest of that individual lay in a pile
or white hair and old books upon the
table. Holmes look ed even tbinner
and keener than of old, but there was
= dead-white tinge in his aqciline face
which told me that his life receptlv
had not been a healthy one.
Continued Next Week)
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02
They were talking of national institu-
Perilous Speed,

Governor Folk, of Missouri, praised n
Philadelphia the deliberate way in which.
Mayor Weaver had set about reforming
the city.
"All reform" he said. must be deliber-
ate and gradual to be lasting. If your
mayor had set in to reform your city a
year ago, he would have failed. Corruption
is a dangerous thing, and its dangers must
be escaped from cautiously, as a ship es-
capes from the dangers of a fog.
Your mayor" said Governor Folk, has
not been like the foolish sea captain.
ITO this man, in veritable pea soup
weather, when you could not see your hand
before your face, a passenger came and
sad anXiously:
Captain, why are you stearing through
this thick fog at such a dreadful rate OF
speed?'
'Fogs, sir said the captain, are dan
gerous, and arp always in a hurry to get
ut of them"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-02
BETTY Wins.

Betty, the incorrigible, banged into the
house as she came from school and, fling
Ing herself down at the understandable, eX-
claimed breezily:
pass the jell!'
Betty" said her mother severely, you
cannot have the jelly until you ask for 1t
correctly"
'Passs-theee-jelll!' urged Betty with
elaborate enunciation.
Elizabeth, you ask politely for the jelly
at once" commanded her mother, sternly.
Pass-gery-the-gery-jell-gery!" grinned
Betty impishly.
Betty Brown, obey me at once, and ask
for that je-"
'~|Pagadass thegeree jeggcdelly," sug-
gested Betty amiably.
Her mother fixed her with a piercing
eye.
You may ask for that jelly correctly or
leave the table instantly"
Betty compromised. She smiled a smile
of SURPRISING sweetness and said deli
cately:
''Will you pul-lease pass the j~illee?"
1t was reluctantly given to her, and she
ate unctuously of it. When she had fin
ished she pushed her plate ava n
looked up innocently.
Darn good jell!" she announced with
onviction.
Then she fled.