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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20
Draws Civil War Pay.

A claim for 5000 in favor of Mrs.
George Cressy of Springfield, Mass, has
been allowed by the Vermont state audi
tor and paid by the state treasurer, this
being the unpaid balance of statepay due
under an act of 1861 on her husband S
Civil War account The state has fund
for this purpose amounting to SIS, oo6.11.
Many claims are presented every year,
but few are pronounced voted. Only six,
aggregating $95, have been allowed
since 1902.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20

T. Benton Kelley, an old Vermonter
and former resident of Rutland, has been
made aide de camp to the national COM
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Mr.. Kelley is now bookkeeper
at the rooms of the Vermont association
of Boston He passed many years IN
Rutland and was associated with
Roberts Post, No. Ia, 6. A. r., of that
city although he fought with the Sth
Illinois cavalry.
News was received in Bennington last
week of the marriage in Manchester,
Saturday, of Mrs. Jennie Bissell Huling;
of North Bennington, to Frank Lake OF
White Creek, N. Y, who has been coach
man for Mrs. Huling several months.
He was recently granted bill of separa-
ton from his former wife who now
resides in White Creek. Jennie Bissell
gained much notoriety three years ago
BY marrying Mr.. Huling, who was o4
years of age, while she was only a.
Mr.. Huling died last Memorial day,
leaving large fortune. She is Lake S
third wife.
The Baptist church at Bristol and the
town of Bristol have recently received IN
settlement of legacies from the estate OF OF
the late Mrs. Laurancy Thayer, mace
several years ago, $1.30, and 80 cents cents
respectively. The bequest to the church Il
was originally $500 and to the town d
smaller amount.
The contract for erecting the
main building of the Vermont sana-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20

only Flag stop. IDaily except Monday
tDaiiy except Saturday. Stops for p,assen-
gers to or from connecting roads or divisions
2 Runs via West Div. between Boston ana
Manchester Stops to take for Concord
and below.
Detailed information and time tables may
be obtained at ticket Offices
d. ]. FLANDERS, {. NJ. BuKl, -
pass. Traf Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20

Petitions for Pard0ns.
Governor Proctor heard last week
petitions for the pardon of William C..
thomas, Of Chester, sentenced last De-
cember to two years in state prison at
Windsor, under the blanket act; George
A. Jarvis, of Barre, sentenced to twenty
Years in the state prison for rape and
tying victim on the railroad track; and
Seaman L. Witherell of Grafton, SEN
fenced to Is years for rape and another
statutory offence,
The claim in behalf of Thomas was
mat he pleaded guilty with the under
standing that he would be placed on pro
patton. He has wife and seven child
zen none of whom is attending school.
Jarvis has served sixteen years, eight Of
which were passed in the state hospital
Tor the insane. 1t is claimed that he is
on the verge of insanity again. He is &c
years old, and has been punished six
times while in prison. Witherell has
served ten years, and it is claimed
mat he has been punished enough. A
letter from Charles H. Robb, of Wash
Hgton, who prosecuted him as states
attorney, recommended pardon on thai
ground Supt. w. S. Lowell testified
mat Witherell has been an exemplary
prisoner, but was failing in health
W,ltherell is So years old. The girl OF
wnom the crime is said to have beer
committed says all her testimony wa
perjured.
Governor Proctor took the cases un
uer consideration, but indicated tina
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
A LIVELY SUMMER.

There il lively and delightful sea-
son cut out for the Gty-by-the.Sea. The
coming Of Vice. President Fairbanks,
during the coming month; the big cele-
bration being arranged for the GLORIOUS
Fourth; the extraordinary pleasure,
rare and new, Of the great Scandinav-
ian sangerfest in August, and the in
dispensable AMI altogether enjoyable an.
nual regatta about September first,
forms a series of events to which this
whole country is looking forward with
sheer delight; and all these things,
mind you, aside from the charm and
CHEEKY engagements Of ordinary life in
this favored section, where the summer
end fall months are but one long period
of pleasure upon the mere hypothesis
Of existanee. II is worth ones while to
dwell in Astoria at any time, but this
year it Is to be downright privilege,
and Is certain to be widely appreciated
by the tens OF thousands who have
billed their outings here or hereabout,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
SAFETY IN HONESTY.


President Roosevelt, in his Indiana
polls speech on Memorial Day, lays es-
pecial stress on the value of honesty in
public life and urges reprisals against
the dishonest man wherever he may be
found. OF course, this doctrine IL older
than the hills, but there are times when
it is conspicuously to be exertel and
cherished; seasons when the cardinal
virtue is in an eclipse, as it were, and
must be drawn into the fullness of
light and public and estimate; when the
people get too careless and their in
difference begets a scope of dishonesty
that is likely to become chronic thronh-
out the nation and we are frightened
at its universal aspect.
Most men are, primarily, honest, and
remain SO until example, or chance, or
specific allurement weakens their ad-
herance to the principle, and one small
lapse succeeds another, until the ex-
ception becomes a rule, and the once
honest man is calloused against the
sway of conscience. The president is
right when he tells the people to @hunt
such man out Of public life" But the
trouble lies with the people. They will
not protect themselves against the com
mon danger, but wait until its grossness
awakens a broad enough sentiment
around them to warrant their express
sion ana aid. There is too much lati-
tude given; too much dalliance with
the evil. To make man responsible
for his first known departure from the
course of rigid honesty, is to save him,
as well all others affected by his derelic-
tion. There is no safety in human asso.
citation, unless there be honesty, pure
and simple. This Is an organic standard
however unpopular it may be with those
whose codes are notoriously elastic and
who disparage the rigor of the rule.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

honored. held for future reference that
shall exc out the pride Of the recipient,
cr contribute to that 81 his descendants !
they are never allowed to disappear a.
ordinary correspondence is, but made
10 bolster the future Of those who hold
them, with devotion that Is almost
ridiculous. And at some inopportane
moment, under conditions when silence
i the dearest quality known, they spring
into the vivid light Of an extraordinary
crisis. to the misery of the author and
the ,iiscredit and bad faith OF the per
son who aids in their development, The
rule il older than recorded time itself
and there are myriads q wretched ex'
smples Of the disaster that lies In theii
text and Its publicity. Presidents, gov
ernors, senators, congressman, and all
the lesser hosts Of civic servants, have
figured In these episodes, and proven
the measure Of danger, and i would
seem the lesson Is ineffective, as the
habit goes on, and steadily furnishes Its
frequent illustration Of incalculable
folly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Astoria Household Will Find
Them So.

To have the pains and aches of bad
back removed; to be entirely free from
annoying, dangerous urinary disorders Il
enough to make any kidney sufferer
grateful. To tell how this great change
can be brought about will prove com.
forting words to hundreds Of Astoria
readers.
Mrs. Captain G. G. Groves, of 1924
Raleigh street. Portland, Or, says
'Iapse of time has not lessened the con.
fidence I have had in Doan's Kidney
Pills since February, 1903, when I pub
licly recommended them I had used
them in treating kidney trouble Of
several years standing. 1t originally
started with dull aching in the small Of
back over the kidneys. Colds aggravated
the trouble and made the pain sharp and
acute. Any extra exertion would bring
on prostrating attack I had tried var
ious remedies for the trouble without
avail, but Doan's Kidney Pills began to
help me right after I started using them.
They gradually banished the backache
and pain in the loins, strengthened the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
THE ART OF WAITING.

The hardest thing the average Ameri'
can has to learn il the art Of waiting
He is 50 used to rushing everything
even his meals. and utilizing the last
second of his waking time, that he can
not bear to wait. He thinks he is vast.
ing something, or Is being done out Of
something, or that the other fellow i
getting ahead Of him in some way; hi
patience is nil AMI his calculations up
set by the mere suggestion.
There are people who really believe
that no good can come to Astoria unless
il comes while they are thinking about
it; that the only virtue Of access lies
in its instant realization; they are not
willing to bide their time and the time
Of those to whom she must look fol
the happy oyertures; and therein lies
their folly, for time is of the essence
OF all things, good or bad, ani 1t pays
to cultivate the art Of waiting in order
to be always on time, never ahead mol
behind it.
Those people who are always looking
Tor the sudden and unaccountable boom
here, and elsewhere. are only doing tht
foolish stunt of forcing the hand o.
time, and win learn to their sorrow that
things inopportune are often worse thar
those things which never come to pass
Patience may be made to count it
value in dollars as well as any othe
useful attribute.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

kidneys and helped me in every way. ]
can conscientiously recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills to any sufferer from kidney
complaint"
Plenty more proof like this from As
toria people. Call at Charles Rogers
drug store and ask what his customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster MiIburn Co., Buffalo. New
York, sole agents for the United
Statea
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no other.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
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Four battle ships Of the Dreadnaugat
type have been contracted for in tae
British shipyards in the name of Brazil
and Argentina, but It is believed they
are a speculative investment and will
be offered for sale. The sudden transfer
to any navy Of such leviathans would
be somewhat sensational.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

In the present population Of the
United States are 100000 Canadians
who have removed to this country.
For every American who migrates to
the Dominion Is Canadians come to the
United States to grow up with the
great republic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
DANGEROUS LETTER WRITING.

The man in exalted place who culti-
Yates the habit Of letter writing is
putting his "head in the lions mouth.v
Great mems letters are cherished as none
others are, and they are kept in secret
places boarded and cherished and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

A government clerk in Yokohama who
embezzled 5000 yen tried to drown him
self, and all the superior officers con.
nected with his department paid fines
and resigned. Japan is unacquainted
with Pooh Bah as an official type.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
LIABILITIES.

Total ~. ....... .sl,O55,62467
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

Cap. John Smiths portrait aiorns
the l-cent postage stamp issued in
honor of the jamestown exposition. II
the members Of the Smith family will
each invest in one Of these souvenir
stamps the new postmaster general
win be able to report surplus instead
Of deficit.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

The annual consumption Of beer in
the United States amounts to eighteen
gallons per capita. The figures do not
of course, include the exports to Kan
sas.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

Spring, the shy young thing, will
soon be three months shy, with moth.
ing left to do except hand the calendar
over to summer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01

Capital stock paid in ......s s.
Surplus fund ... ....- a
Undivided profits, less ex-
pense and taxes paid. ...... i
National Bank Notes out
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-01
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
Astoria NatiOlalBank
at Astoria, in the State Of Oregon, at
the close Of business, May 20th., 1907
RESOURCES.


Loans and discounts ....... .S4ss,ss2ee
Overdrafts, secured and unse-
cured ... ..... ...... -. S54Ul'4l
ton ........ 49,. -. l2,5OOoO
:; Deposits @ sits 80. .......... 100000
Premiums ON u. s. Bonds. 100000
Bonds. securities, etc ....... 55,504.22
fixtures .... ..... 4,2ss.25
Other real estate owned ~. 8,233.4l
b Bankers -. -. .... 5,3oe.58
'SI agents % ...a.. ~. 49,. s22285.82
Checks and other cash items 7,7s8.ss
Banks T.. ,,.... ....~~. 2,45OoO
nickels, and cents 1894
Lawful Money reserve in
Bank, viz:
Legal tender-nbtes l,695J00 00,22O.W
Redemption fund with U. s.
Treasurer Is per cent Of
circulation !. ...... ....,. o2oUo
Tota1 Al 055. .G24 67
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-02-14
MOVE TO ABOLISH
HOUSE OF LORDS

The announcement Of the Brit
ish Attorney General that a sys-
tematic assault is to be made on
the House of Lords, with view
to its abolition, is rather start.
ling. That extreme Radicals
should attack an institution
which stands in the way Of the
enactment of Radical measures
is natural. That such should be
the announced policy of re-
sponsiblc British Ministry is as
tonishing, because it implies
that the support of the House of
Commons can probably be relied
upon to carry it through. The
attitude of the House of Lords
on the education bill had in a
me asure prepared the public
mind for a proposal to deprive
the Bishops of their seats, but
few in this country have ex.
pected anything more radical.
There are but two WAYS in
which the House of Lords can be
abolished as Il political institu-
ton; the first is by the consent
of the Lords, aud the second is
a revolution. As one can hardly
conceive OF a responsible Minis
try heading revolution against
Its own Government, the method
which Will presumably be adopt
ed will be TO compel the abdica-
ton of the Lords by pressure of
public opinion. Most Americans.
at any rate, will concede the
practical advantage Of Legisla-
ture composed Of two chambers,
so constituted that one will be
more conservative than the other.
but all Americans will also agree
thrt an hereditary legislative
chamber is an absurdity. That
Bishops should be members of
the House of Lords is logical so
long as there is Il state church,
and there is no doubt that a ma
jority of English voters desire a
state church.
Apparently. however, that ma
Jorlty will not long continue, and
the attitued of The Bishops on the
education bill did more than any
other recent occurrence to diminish
that majority 1t is probable that
the electorate would now sustain
the House of Commons III a bill to
exclude the Bishops from the House
OF Lords, and that public pressure
would carry it in that house. Be
yond that ii is hard to see how
much progress can be made with
out complete breakup of what is
called the British Constitution.
San FrnCisco Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-02-14

acted in response to pnblie senti-
ment at a time when large tracts of
laud were passing into alien owner
ship. The only parts of the United
States in which the law quoted now
applies are Hawaii, Alaska, Ari
IONA, New Mexico and the District
of Columbia. Our OWL Legisla-
ture now being in session, its plain
duty is TO enact the United States
Act of March ), 1887, verbatim,
changing only such expressions as
are necessary to make it a State in
stead of a National Act. When
Japan and the United States Gov
eminent adopt an identical policy,
California is evidently on safe
ground in following their examples
We do not know whether any land
in Hawaii is in alien ownership or
not, but, if there should be such.
the duty Of the Acknowledgement
of the United States, under the Act
of 1857, is perfectly plain.-San
Nrancisco Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-02-14
CALIFORNIA FINDS LAW
TO EXCLUDE JAPANESE

President Roosevelt, i'll his now
celebrated message, remarked that
we could learn as much that will
be useful from Japan as Japan may
learn from us. Without any at
tempt to construct balance of eS-
Inmates, there is certainly one thing
which we could prohtably learn
from Japan, and that is TO permit
no alien to acquire title to Ameri-
can soil We have already, we
think, by treaty, granted the right
of ownership to the citizens of
Great Britain, and perhaps other
countries and wealthy Englshmen
own some extensive baronies III the
Middle aud Southern States. Japan,
however, has been wiser than we,
for no alien can acquire title TO a
foot of Japanese soil. Neither, for
that matter, can aliens acquire title
to land i'll the District of Columbia,
or i'll any organized Territory of
the United States. An Act of Con
gress, approved March ;, 1887,
reads, in part as follows
Be it enacted that it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons not citi-
zens Of the United States, or who have
not lawfully declared their intention to
become such citizens, or for any corpo-
ration not created by and under the
laws of the United States, or some
State or Territory of the United States,
to hereafter acquire, hold or own real
estate, SO hereafter acquired, or any
interest therein, in any Of the Terri
tories of the United States or in the
District of Columbia, except such as
may be acquired by inheritance or in
good faith in the ordinary course of JUS
tice in the collection of debts hereto
fore created.
Subsequent sections except sub.
jects who by treaty have the right
to own real estate here, prohibit
any corporation of which more
than one-ffth of the stock is held
by aliens from owning American
real estate, declare all land &C
quired in violation of this law for
feited TO the United States, and
also make it the duty of the Attor-
ney General to enforce every such
forfeiture
That is the law in the District of
Columbia and the territories. In
the States the matter is regulated
by local law, subject to the guaran-
ties of treaties Some States have
presumably prohibited alien owner
ship of land, for the law was en-
Arizona republican., 1907-12-18
Wireless Electric Transmission.

United States Consul Covert, in re- port to the department of commerce and labor. tells of an invention an- ncunced in the French city of Lyons by which, it is said, electrical power can be transmitted without the use of wires. He says: Tt may be called an extension of the wireless use of electricity. II is still kept a secret and il seems that only one person in Lyons possesses a knowledge of the facts on the subject. He is a prominent broK- CT who has financed the enterprise. He informs me that all the work of perfecting the invention was carried on in the country at the castle of a prominent manufacturer of Lyons and that only two persons were permitted to know what was going on. Some tHO weeks ago the first experiments were tried, and a miniature street car was moved over d flat space by electricity communicated from a distance of sev- eral yards. The invention is being tried in Marseilles Cn q street car line and applied to several different kinds of machinery"
Arizona republican., 1907-12-18
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. DEC. IS. 1907.
ABOLISH THE GRAND JURY.

Editor Semple of the Globe Miner in the midst of the financial wall which resounds through the country raises d reassuring note He has lifted a part of the public burden by paying s25 Of the presidents salary for the current year, leaving to the country at large the payment of only Si9.975. NIT. Semple's contribution was made at the suggestion of Judge Nave of the United States court at Globe. The be the true market value of a certain news item of which the Miner had made use. The news item having emanated from the federal grand jury, an institution supported by the United States government it was legally and commercially proper that the United States should be Heimbursed by MT. Semple. It is doubtful whether from a newspaper point of view, the item was worth so much money since it consisted only of advance information that a certain prominent citizen of Globe had been indicted in five differ ent places by the grand jury.
 But if s25 was an overcnarge, Mir. Semple cannot complain. No good business man accepts service or ma terial without first informing himself of the cost. Hereafter when he is tempted to print grand jury news let him get figures from the court as to the market price of it. Then he can take it or let it alone.
 The tone of the Miner in recount ng this news deal is jubliant, yet in it there is under it an under-note of sadness and complaint whence we infer that MT. Semple is not sat isfied; that he is experiencing the sensation of one who has been recently stung; that he believes the value of grand jury news IS greatly inflated and that it might be dispensed with altogether for he says: The grand juries are secret inquisitions No more, no less. They should be abolished generally as they are in sev- -4ral states. They are useless institu- tions, a residue of the feudal ages, the go-between as 10 the old mythical common law idea that the king was ever present in the officers of the court"
 For years The Republican in a mild and rather indifferent way has advo- cated the abolition of the grand jury as an unnecessary body; there was no apparent harm in it and no good. But now our opposition will become feverishly active for Mir. Semple has demonstrated that it is not only use less but a positively harmful incubus We can not too soon be rid of an institution which manufactures news and foists it upon newspapers in these panicky times, at prosperity prices.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-18

the north pole and his journalistic wanderings at home, it declined to back him further for an excursion into the realms of fancy regarding the mo- tives and intentions of MT. Roosevelt. It said:
 The Record Herald is just as sure of the presidents sincerity as it is sure that it's own correspondent. Walter Wellman, is on the wrong track in judging the course of events
 MT. wellman is one of the younger school of Washington correspondents and special newspaper writers of the Spanish war period since when the Journalistic sensation of day has become more important matter than actual news. An other theory of this school is that not all of anything can appear on the surface. There is always "a n'gger in the wood pile" Back of every act there is an unworthy motive whose existence it is the correspond ent's business to disclose; and in fail ing to do so, it becomes his business 10 publish the yellowest conjecture. MT. Wellman has perhaps sinned less con- spicuously in this direction than have Steffins, CTeelman and others of the school but he has sinned enough to give him about the only prominence he enjoys as a journalist.
 It is fortunate that correspondents Of this class do not predominate at Washington or elsewhere where news is made. There are still enough mem bers of the old school left-and there will be more of them now that muck raking is on the wane-to inform us what is actually happening in the world.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-18

Who started that insane rumor that a presidential bee was buzzing in the bonnet of Secretary Cortelyou?