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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
SIX DEAD ON TOP FLOOR.
A Disastrous Hotel Fire in Lowell
Victims Were All Women-The
Building Crowded With Guests
Many of Whom Were Rescued by
Firemen and Policemen.

Lowell, Mass. Special.-At least
SIX persons lost their lives in fire
which partly destroyed the Richard
son Hotel, one of the leading public
houses Ia this city early Saturday
morning. The fire started few min
uteS before = O'Clock and the flames
rapidly communicated to various
parts of the structure. A large num-
Der OF guests were in the hotel and
those who were in the upper part of
the building had little chance to es-
cape by the stairways. The firemen
at , 80 o'clock found the dead bodies
OF SIX women in the top floor of the
hotel
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
Naval Training Ship Fire.

Newport. r. L.. Special build
m@S, connected With the United States
naval training station nj Coasters
Hnrbor Island, il this city, were dcs-
troyed by fire 'ausing an estimated
loss of 100000 The buildings de
stroyed were til, detention building.
machine shop, paint shop. pay
masters store huse. carpenter shop.
and two small store houses.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
Alabama Nail Mill Burns.

Birmingham, Special-The nail mil!
of the Southern Steel Company. form
erly known as the Alabama Wire and
Nail Company, controlled by the
MeSsrS. SchuelerS. was DESTROYED by
fire at Ensley, cntailin@ loss be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. adjacent
property valued at millions was ieop-
ardized but hard work ON the part of
fremen prevented its spread.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
Bill For Erection of Tablets at Ap-
p0mottny

Washington. Spcrial-Rcprcscnta-
tive Flood of Virginia. introduced
bill to provide for the purchase of
the Mclean property and adjacent
land at Appomattox. Va, and to erect
tablets there in commenloration of the
surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia to General Grant.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
Midshipman Decatur Expelled.

Annapolis, Srecial.-The trial of
Midshipman George ii. Melvin, of
Geneseo, ILL.,. on charge of hazine.
was begun, but not concluded. The
order dismissing Midshipman Stephen
Decatur, Jr., fro mthc Naval Acad-
envy, was read cut al dinner forma-
tion at the academy yesterday after
noon. He left the grounds shortly
after
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
Five Suffr in Jail Fire

McRea. Ga. Special About 80
o clock Sunday morning the Telfair
county Jail wa, discovered on fire.
Five prisoners n the structure were
badly burned, the injuries of whom
mhom may perh,ps, prove fatal.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01

at Darling reektelegraph hut, reach
ed Bamiifld ovG an almost impasS-
able traill. F. (omors, who got lost
on Turtle lslanl, was found tonight
almost dead fron exhaustion.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
WRITE US A LETTER

Put aside all timidity and write us
freely and frankly, In strictest conf
dence, telling us all your symptoms
and troubles. We will send free advice
Tin plain, sealed envelope), how to
cure them Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine CO.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-02-01
EVERYTHING BUT DEATH

l suffered" writes Virginia Robson,
OF Easton, Md. ''until 1 took Cariui,
which cured me so quickly it surprised
my doctor, who didn't know L was
taking it. L wish I had known OF
Cardui earlier in life"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
THE ENGAGEMENT HELD.
Preacher Had TO Follow Sunday
Clothes and His Written
Sermon,


] Two prominent divines, one OF
Grants Pass and the other of Med.
ford, agreed to exchange pulpits for
last Sunday.
The Grants Pass minister made a
trip TO Medford on the 1925 train
Saturday morning. in order to en-
JOY chat with an old friend, who
was to go north on the 5:O9 train
He met his friend and travelled as
far as Grants Pass, intending 10
take the next southbound (the mid.
night train for Medford. In the
meantime his Medford conferee had
been detained by an important
meeting of the church Saturday af-
ternoon until too late to catch the
evening train for Grants Pass
Rather than get up az 4 a. m m
catch the morning train he concIud.
ed TO telephone the Grants Pass min.
ister and call the engagement oy
"o conversation was something like
this; "Hello' this you. Bro r
lhiS Is Bro. c. As YOU must come
back To Medford on the midnisbt
train and ] must get up at fopr
D clock TO come to Grants Pass
mink We should cancel our engaga.
hent TO exchange pulpis." we
an cancel that engagement" was
ne wall hat came through the
p"ohe' because when | went n
aediord this morning LETT INV
're"chipg clothes spread ont ON rho
''d al my boarding place. and-and
well an my sermons in INV vaIiss
mere too, Three things-myse,f
ny ministerial garments and my ser.
mons must be assembled in ordsr
nat there may be an harmoniors
'hoIe' and the only way can CON
ei'e in which it can be done is for
Is to Keen our engagemeuts wi,b
'ach other" ''
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
Petition for Liquor License

We, the undersigned, legal voteus Of
b eitenbush precinct Marion county
state Of Oregon, respectfully petition
the Hon. County Court of Marion
county state of Oregon, to grant IL
cense to Lee Jeffries, of Mills CITY.
oregon, to sell spirituous, malt and
vinous liquors in hess quantities than
one gallon in Breitenbush precinct Ma.
rion county, state of Oregon, for the
period of twelve months. as in duty
bound We will ever pray. j. NJ. Dins-
moc-e, A. D. Mazingo H. W. Brown.
H. NJ. Stanton, j. B. Wisner. William
Giebeld, w. l.. Quinn, J. J. Fitzpr.
ald George Cobalt, A. B. Judd. Charles
u Ole6eler F. Van Valkenburg, J. F.
WisneT, c. Newbold, A. NJ. Mulkev. C.
u. Matheny, Bert Banker, L. J. Stan.
ton +. W. Treado, R. R. Gilbert. E. G.
TN odore Htzie, VIM. Harlan. Henry
1os', Charles Cuisse, Hary Dunlap. T
b. Taylor Albert Carter. Will Carter
Fred Carter, n. Allen J..C. Hall. VIM.
&. Smith, J, W. Michlmap
Notice-Notice is hereby given thai
l. Le' Jeffries, will ON the 9th dav of
Augu~9 1906, apply to the Honorable |
County Couit of Marion County. state
OF oregon for license to sell spirttuous
ma-t and vinous liquors in less ouapti.
u than one gallon in Breitenbnsb
precinct Marion county. state of Ore.
lo@ Tor the period of twelve months.
LEE JEFFRIES.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

the ad in the whole list by IhursuaS
morning.
The large and well trained stat
of the agency got busy at once. The
ad was set and Mr.. Lawson o. X. d
the proof by telephone Then bells
iingled. buzzers buzzed and tele-
graph keys clicked A battalion of
men worked as if their lives were at
stake. Yet no energy was lost. The
ad. with instructions for position.
display. etc.. was telegraphed all
over the United States and cabled to
London. And all the financial world
was talking about it the next day.
That ad cost $4,000.
The readers of Mr.. Lawson's ad
that appeared in many large cities
Monday, December y, 1904, would
have been even more interested than
they we're could they have known
the circumstances in which the copy
was produced and transmitted.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.. Lawson
wrote the matter in pencil, His
secretary, who enjoys the rare dis
tinction of being able to read Mr..
writing, took the copy to
the Humphrey agency and inter-
preted 1t TO a typewriter. At half
past nine Mr. Lawson had telephoned
some corrections and half an hour
ater the matter was in the printers
hands.
But the proof was not o. KID un-
II half-past eleven and the last word I
vas not ticked off by the telegraph !
operator until long after midnight.
let the ad appeared the next morn
ng in all the papers and Mr.. Law
on had laugh at the expense of his
who was sure it could not
e published outside of Boston.
The Humphrey company's valu-
BILE work in handling the Lawson
advertisement has been frequently
nd heartily acknowledged by the
nancier himself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
MYSTERY

A story Of murdered sea captain.
a missing heir and fortune await
Ing an owner was told with a Wealth
Of interesting detail In several New
York papers last Monday morning
II was the story that smacked OF
Stevenson and incidentally II showed
how alert the papers are In seeking
good stun, especially on Sunday
when things are likely to be duh as
ditchwater.
The alert young men who read
papers for the city editors all saw a
little Herald ad In which John Cox,
staying az the waldorf-Astoria, of.
fered reward for the address OF
Henry Pollexfen and for Spanish
gold piece lost IN Fifth avenue.
Here were the makings OF beau.
tiful Monday morning spread.
Mr. coxs Sunday luncheon was |
not digested when reporters began
calling They showed him the ad
and settling himself in a luxurious
armchair he spun yarn OF crime
and mystery He was an English.
man, he explained, and had arrived
In La Provence Friday, He was con.
nected with an agency that makes
oasiness OF tracing lost persons.
Last November, Mr.. Cox told the
reporter, Henry Pollexfen. retired
steamship captain, was foury done
TO death In London by villains who
mad 10 Tar escaped the clutch of
Justice The captains fortune was
estimated At s7oo.OOO and part Of II ,
was In coins In an old chest His n
onS heir was bis son. also named a
Henry aud believed to be somewhere !
IN America. The only clue To his y
was queer coin. which Z
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

ing is generally bad, but that 1t IL
ever good.
To censure its fugitive sheets as
,oss carefully finished than Gibbons
Decline and Fall" is like condemn
ing a shelter tent because 1t is not
ST Peters at Rome And yet if edi-
tors were content with the average
OUTPUT from their shops, the English
of all dailies and periodicals would
melt and swim in a deliquium of in
anity.
The fault of much manuscript sub
mitted TO this journal, for example,
is not erratic punctuation, gram
matical blunders, or improprieties.
These are superficial vices. The ar
ticles are clogged with words, all of
them correct, fourth of them super
1uous. In preparing manuscript for
press more editorial labor is spent
on trimming out the underground
OF words than on any other one
thing. Learned gentlemen imagine
that we are eager for papers which
began thus:
Among the many interesting
questions-and they are various and
mportant-which are being discuss
ed at the beginning of the twentieth
century by educators in all parts of
this country, none demands more, if
as much, serious consideration from
parents, teachers and pupils, from
college trustees and school superin-
tendents-in a word, from all those
who are devoted to the development
of humane studies-than the in
struction of our boys and girls in
the fine, and We may even say indls-
pensable art of writing English"
Apply the blue pencil unsparingly,
and we get something like this:
Teaching English composition is
one of the most important questions
now before educators" /
Pruning is not everything, but it
often makes an apparently dull ar
.icle almost vivacious. The only safe
'ule, for amateurs and professionals
'like, is to challenge every sentence
md paragraph, and to hold every ad-
ective, adverb and qualifying clause
lnder suspicion. The presumption
hould be that each, until proved in
locent deserves capital punishment
The Nation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
Fish Traps Destroyed.

The famous FISH traps on the upper
Deschutes river west OF Rosland
were destroyed last week by the
local deputy game warden, John
Atkinson. Every year thousands OF
hsh have been enuapped in a pool
ana captured. This pool or trap was
constructed by nature. and
with'a little assistance OF a man a
large pool was formed at the foot of
a tall. where the tish were securely
held The destruction OF the trans
viii doubtless be Of great benefit 10
the hsh OF the stream.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
RATES.
Newport, Yaquina Bay, BreitorA.
Hot Springs from All g n
and c. & e. Points.

! On and after June / 10Os !.
Southern Pacific, in connection -
the Corvallis & Eastern ra,,,.
from points on their lines 70 ".
port, Yaquina and Detroit AT =,
low rates, good for return urti, !
tober 10, 1906.
Three-day tickets to Newnort :,
Yaquina, good going SATURDAYS =,
returning Mondays are also on 9,
from all east points, Portland to p,
gene, inclusive, and from all Wa
side points, enabling people to vi,
their families and spend SUNDAY
the seaside.
Season tickets from all east sia
points, Portland to Eugene inclusu
and from all west side points, Al
also on sale to Detroit at very Ii,
rates, with stop-over privileges ,
Mill City or any point east, enabIu
tourists to visit the Santiam an
Breitenbush Hot Springs in the Ca,
cade mountains, which can be reach
ed in one day.
Season tickets will be good for n
turn from all points until Octobe
10th. Three-day tickets will be goOt
going Saturday and returning Mon
days only. Tickets from PortlanI
and vicinity will be good for returd
via the east or west side at optO1
of passenger. Tickets from EugenI
and vicinity will be good going Hj
the Lebanon-Springfield branch Il
desired. Baggage on Newport tk{
cts checked through to Newport ID
faquina tickets to Yaquina OngI
excursions to Newport on thi
c. & E. will begin June 10th or I'D
and run every Sunday thereatter|
leaving Albany at 1920 a. M, lesya
Corvallis at a. m.
S. P. trains connect with the c. q
:. at Albany and Corvallis for YsI
luina and Newport. Trains on thd
:. & E. for Detroit will leave Az
'any at 1880. a. m, enabling tourists
o the hot springs to reach there tha
anne day. Trains from and to CorI
allis connect with all east sldd
rains on the S. P.
Full information as to rates, timd
ables, ets.; can be obtained on ap]
lication to j. G. Mayo, Gen. Pas|
.gt. c. 10 e. r. r., Albany; A. N
raig, G. p. A., S. P. Co., Portland
r to any S. p. or C. & f. agent
Rates from Salem to Newport VI
Yaquina, $3.50; three-day rFI
ON Salem to Newport, $500.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

> ~, s,e.s .-..s.. 4sv as''
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

All this and much more the vol.
uble Mr.. Cox told the reporters, and
they played the story up as good
stories ought to be played up on a
Sunday when there is nothing doing
in the way OF routine news.
Tuesdays Evening Journal con-
tained a half-page ad, in the upper
part OF which were reproductions Of
the scare heads and Introductory
paragraphs OF various versions OF
the Cox-Pollexfen tale. Beneath
was a grateful acknowledgement Of
the service rendered to the American
by its neighbors in advertising
"Doubloons," novel to crime and
mystery soon 10 begin running in the
American, The opening chapters
were outlined by Cox TO the oblig-
ing reporters. At the Office OF the
American inquiries as TO the identity
OF Cox" were answered with smiles
and wise wagglngs OF heads.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
NEWSPAPER ENGLISH
s"per""''y OF Words the Most Com.
m"n Fault OF Writers

Writing for daily or wasl,, ,..,
,' ,'01,'on can seldom strike a bic,
level Modern Journalists too oftsn
follow Shakespere's examn,a - ,' 0''en
o'o''ns a single line-not that tbs,.
), sssard their product as impeccah,o
ou' 'ha' they have scant time tor -,
'l', s'slon, The event of the week 90
earthquake in san Francisco ~ .'n Sn
su'ouremeh' so,' ,.l of congress. pros.". @s
TOT notice the clock ticks. NJ ,'s1s
never All things eonsidereS " or or
wonder is not that Journalistic vr,,- ,~'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
In Self Defense.

Major Hamm, editor and manager
OF the Constitutionalist, Eminence.
KY when he was flercely attacked.
four years ago by piles bought a box
OF Buekien's Arnica Salve. OF which
he says: 1T cured me in ten DAYS.
and no trouble since" Quickest
healer OF Burns. Sores, Cuts and
wounds. 2je at J. c. Perrys drug
store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

Early in his career little Genera
Bonaparte disgusted the respectabl,
Austrian commanders. They said h,
was a Ounce who would never learI
to fight according 20 rules. True
he put one Austrian army after an
other cut of business, but what
glory was there in victory gained at
the sacrifice Of every sacred principle
of time-honored strategy?
To call man of Napoleon of this,
that or the other branch OF peaceful
industry is to use a shop-worn phrase
often misapplied. But the advertis-
ing campaigns by Thomas w. Lawson
are so entirely free from fetters Of
tradition and are pushed with such
untiring and overwhelming energy
as to suggest the methods of Maren-
go and Austerlitz.
Nothing, for example, could be
farther removed from the usually
accepted style of financial advertise
ments than Mr.. Lawson's proclama-
tions. A reveille on bugles is not
more different from the wheeze of
an asthmatic melodeon than one Of
Lawson's ads from the sterotyped
of the orthodox financial
columns. The Boston mans style is
free from absurdity and affectation.
He uses short words and short SEN
tences, and goes to the heart of the
subject with the swift directness of
a Lincoln.
But it is not alone the mere mar y
ihalling of words which makes Mr.. /
lawsons advertisements as attrac-
i've as even the most sensational
,iece OF news. You feel as you read
hat the man has something to say,
S in dead earnest and not afraid of
nything or anybody.
He fights his moral foe, the sys-
en-" with untiring, furious, un-
uenchable energy. He throws dip
1matic prudence to the winds OF ;
eaven, and whatever may be I
bought of his principles or his
lethods, there is no doubt that he
lade his enemies sit up and take
office early in the game. And they |
ave been sitting up and taking no.
ce ever since.
The same impatience Of routine
hich marks the composition OF Mr..
awson's advertisements is seen in G
Is ways of getting them before the (,
lblic, The question of expense is ID
IS than secondary; it is practically
'gligible Two illustrations will u
low how the work is done. S
On Monday, December 8, 1904. IL
r, Lawson concluded to put out W
artling advertisement. urging n
'lders of amalgamated stock 10 ia
u, AZ four o'clock he telephoned "a
$ determination TO c. \. Chandler nj
the II, b Humphrey company. his M
Nertlsing agent, and gave a list of b,
pers he desired to use in Boston. m
w York, Philadelphia, Chicago. te
IS Angeles, San Francisco. about g,
.rty other American cities. and r
ndon. -.
Copy for a four-column ad was I'm ed
ONCE OF the agency at seven isl
lock, with instructions To use San n
'ncisco Los Angeles, Chicago. III
lladelphia, New York and Boston III
'erS the next morning and 10 get ba
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04

DIX STONES DRUG STORE
Does a strictly cash business owes r,
0As' ana no one owes i,i carries large
'''eAi shelves, counters and show.
Eases are loaded with drugs, medicine,
? '''''a's toilet articles wines Ana
Nse0'' OF al kinds for medical ppr.
poses Dr. Stone Is regular g,aA',,.
- @ee'''ne and has had many years q,
experience in the practices. cOpm,,,.
A~a' are free. Prescriptions are IRE.
Sa' ea'y regular prices for usdi,in.
" Stone can be found a, nj, a.
sore Salem, Oregon. from !. 49,
@"'aihs until . At night
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-04
II Was a Good story.

Mr.. Cox had unfortunately lost in
the street.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10

Anticipating a natural and proper desire on the part of our Agents and Il
HOME IN the san Francisco conHagraton, we are nW able to stateh that Our total
$9ooooooo 90 with which to pay our losses. We shall begin adjusting and paying
lr cases, notably Chicago, Boston and Baltimore the HOME policies will be wor
Arizona republican., 1906-06-14
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION.

In the Probate Court of the County ot
 Maricopa. Territory of Arizona In the Matter of the Estate of S. D.
 Ream, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Emma Ream has filed in this court a certain instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of $. D. Ream, de- ceased; together with her petition that said will be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary issue thereon to herself, and that the same will be heard on Wednesday, the 27th day of June, A. D. 1906, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day. at the courtroom of said court. in Phoenix. county of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 Dated June 12th. 1906
 GEORGE KIRKLAND. Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1906-06-14
They Stand Alone,

Standing out in bold relief, du 1IORG, and aS conspicuous example Of open. frank and honest dealing with the sick and afflicted, are Dr. PieTce's FavoTite Prescription for weak, over-wOrked. de- Dilitated, nervous, rundown pain Iacked women, and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the famous remedy for weak stomach, ind digestion. or dys- pepsia. torpid liver, or biliousness, all catarrhal affections whether of the stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nasal passages. throat, OrOnchia. or other mu- cOuS passages, also as an effective remedy Tor all diseases arising from thin, watery or impure blood, as scrOiuluus and skin affections.
 Each bottle of the above medicines bears upon its wrapper badge of hon. esty in the full list of ingredients com posing it-PTiIited iIl plGjR English. This frank and open publicity places these medicines ift class dlL by uleIR- SetCes, and is the best guaranty of their merits. They cannot be classeO as patent nor secret medicines for they are neither -DetHq Of bHOICH composition
 Dr. Pierce feels that he cal afford to take the afflicted into his full confidence and lay all the ingredients of his medi- cineS freely before them because these ingredients are such as are endorsed and most strongly praised by scores of the most eminent medical writers as cures for the diseases for which these medi- cines are recommended. Therefore the afflicted do not have to rely alone upon pr Plerce's recOmmendatiOB a. to the curative value of his medicines for ceT. tain easily recognized diseases.
 A glance at the printed formula on each bottle will show that no alcohol and no harmful or habit forming drugs enter into Dr. Pierce's medicines, they being wholly compounded of glyceric extracts of the roots of native, American forest plants. These are best and safest for the cure Of most lingering, chronic dis eases. Dr. R. V. Pierce can be consulted FREE. by addressing him at Buffalo, N Y. and all communications are re- garded as Sacredly confidential.
 It is as easy to be well as [ll-and much more comfortable. Constipation is the cause of many forms of illness. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa. tion. They are tiny, sugar-coated gran ules. One little Pellet is a gentle laxa- tive, two mild cathartic. All dealers in medicines sell them.
Arizona republican., 1906-06-14
A GALA DAY INDEED
 SUNDAY AT KELVIN
There are Neither FIisS Nor a Lid
 on This Mining Camp.

Kelvin, Ariz., June 12.(SpeciaI Cor respondence of The Republican)-Se eral very exciting horse races took place on the streets of Kelvin last Sunday morning to the great delight of a vast number of spectators who came in from the surrounding mining camps We had Sabbath school in the
 morning and preaching in the evening. while during the afternoon two roulette wheels and one crap table were in full blast, besides poker and other beautiful games of chance. Several phonO- graphs discOursed street music and many of the visitors went bathing and fishing on Sunday in the beautiful clear waters of the Gila river and Mineral Creek. It was indeed a gala day in Kelvin which all classes of peo- pie greatly enjoyed and are greatly puzzled to know whether Kelvin is the New Jerusalem predicted by the old phophets or is in reality hell with the Id off Anyhow, there is no lid on Kelvin and no flies on either the peo- pie who live here or those on the out side who are assisting to make the