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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
MYSTERIOUS SHOT
KILLS BLACKSMITH
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Eureka, Cal. Nov, 27-D tails of
the mysterious shooting of Bert Por-
ter, a blacksmith of McKinleyvills,
was received here by telephone early
today, The circumstances surround
Ing the killing of Porter will lead 10
rigid inve tigation by the coInty
officials.
Porter was duck hunting In Q la
goon a mile from his home. A
party comprising William Pardon,
Walter Liscom, Mr.. and Mrs. viii
liam Rogers of Arcata who were row.
ing nearby. saw him sitting on the
bank with hot gun in his hand
There was report of gun and they
saw Porter topple over.
When they reached him he was
dead but hi own weapon had not
been discharged.
A small bullet hole was discov-
cred on the Fight side OF his head.
The aAiI had passed through the
brain and emerged at the for head.
Duck hunters searched the wood in
all directions but no one carrying a
rifle was found.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
COWBOY POET IS
PLACED N i

poI,ii United Press Leased =,
,,,s ,BseIiingham, wn., 'lsSS NoS ss v
"a tam n Arthur W. siils. 'ov VI W
Is the famous sconi ~. Sao ~
gis,. 95r OF Colonel Rooas,sI.,'. s.'
torn,.. ,,'ao,s poet, Cornell lii's's,I. r,,sl.l -
lormer Tor. newspaper man SIs'pe /. Y
res. rest he here today on l'a eS,,,' ! 'las \
ing alleged forged oSasts SSasls' z 81
amount of $50. '"''" Va
the complaint savs \
name Of an attorney vbo.. " vsl
ll,..is ne is alleged to have seoo.., sSU,s 20 3
retaining him as CopD,s, IDsl'S !. 'ilss
contest. 'H'el N ID
Sllls has had a roma,s.
lie was a cowboy on the T.,.. rs
during the boom DAYS Of Of noa. ,s,.'
was a friend of Bat Na,i.'...' IVY. =
famous marshal Of tbs ',sa a'.s..
Town on the globe" n.,,'' - 1
Boer war he acted as Sean, ',I y .
o'ratlcairn regiment Of iSs y ~ !
regiment He was a cow. n, o'
scout in the Apache war is'i's. h Is'..'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
BALKAN WAR CLOUD
CONTINUES TO DARKEN

ing at Vienna regarding the attitude
OF Russia and the possibility of Tur-
key being able TO check the boycott
of Austrian goods that has resulted
from the agitations OF the Youns
Turks.
Four newspapers have been sup
pressed and their plants contiscated
for printing news of the movements
IT Austrian troops, The stock eX-
change has ben notified by the gov
arnment that there is no serious
trouble; that upon the outbreak OF
hostilities the Bourse will be notified,
This assurance, however, has failed
10 restore confidence and the prices
re falling steadily.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
FIGHT PROVED A
BAD INVESTMENT
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UNITED Press Leased Wire.D
San Francisco, Nov. 27.-FiEnt
promoter James Coffroth has dis
covered today that he was lo-er by
his middleweight battle at the Mis-
sion arena He had counted on 4
$4,000 house, but the gate re-
ceipts when totaled amounted to
$1S,321, little over half of what
had been expected.
or this amount. Papke. although
loser, gets the larger share, he hay-
ing demanded $4,000 OF the first
$4,000. II is probable, however,
that they viii make a split of the
money on basis of 60 and 10 per
cent, Kctchel taking the short en- |
of the money.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

CABRfRA'S
CRUELTY
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UNITED Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Now Am APP
neal to civilization for the suppress
sion of the atrocities charged against
Ionucl Cabrera, the Guatemalan
premier by Dr. Fornos Diaz, former
Honduran secretary of state is made
public today by friend of Diaz.
The traneation of the appeal for
which issued I'm La Republica of San
Jose Costa Rica, begins:
81 make general appeal To all
honest men in the world, to those
who love Justice hate crime and feel
I'm their hearts commiseration for our
Guatemalan brcthrCn--to all these |
anpeal today In order chat The tryan-
nv which now prevails on Guatemal-
an soil may be abolished i'm the name
of humanity and civilization"
After referring to the wholesale
assassinations alleged to have been
ordered by Cabrera, Dr. Diaz recites
the case of John Binelli, an Italian
subject, who was poisoned by the
Jealous Cabrera, according to Diaz.
Diaz charges that Cabrera became
ieolous of Binelli because of wom-
ans love for the Italian. He ordered
Binelli confined in Guatemalan
dungeon on ship and then slowly
poisoned him to death.
Dr. Diaz declares that his charges
are the outgrowth of personal knowl-
edge of the facts in the particular
case. He was confined for several
months as a political prisoner in a
cell next to that in which Binelli was
at first placed. There he came to
know aud admire the Italian and
learned the latter's story.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
DATES OF COMING EVENTS.

Monday December 6.--Reglstra-
tion closes for city election.
December City election.
December 1-5. Fruitgrowers
meeting, Portland.
The Oregon State Dairy Associa.
ton ipeets at Salem December 10
and Ii.
State convention OF Y. NJ. G. A. at
McMinnville December as.
National Wool Growers Associa.
tlon at Pocatello January 14-16.
National Livestock Association, Los
Angeles January 26-2S.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
MILLION FOR
U. g. CARDINALS

Omitted Pres Leased Wire,)
Rome, Nov. spy@A eoterie of
American millfofsASieS has offered a
contribution OF $1,000 900 in peter
1ence" to fhe church. II two Ameri-
,an cardinals are created at the COM
ing eonsistdry,
Those well informed in vatican
circles say that the group. comprises
New, York, Chicago, San Francisco
aI1 st. Louis millionaires.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
WANTS TO BUY
BACK ZION Gl
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Chicago, Nov. 27.-0yen@ \
| va, the successor OF Elijah Aa
announced today that he aoah 4
the federal receiver i5,5OOeN 1
the Zion city property to kee pi 4
of worldly hands"
Posters are conspieiously plaes|
all parts OF Zion asking coniriSi1i
TO the fund.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
Stock MnrlkeI.

London. Nov. 27.--Stocks: Ad-
vanced-Anc. ~; b, q; Atch, 4;
Co, " CIV, u; d, "A; n, h; ST,
u; U, u; Wab. a.
Decllned--Atch. pfd. *; ca, /;
III, Is; Katy, y In, Y; ow u;
Mp, Il; Pa, a; Rg, Y; Us, Il. pfl,
"a
Rest unchanged.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
COFFEE

You can buy something
called coffee" at l0c lb
with 5000 miles of r R
freight from the roaster ;
don't.
Your grocer returns your money u you don't
hks Sehillinp's Best; we pay him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

one man was shot In The q q
mix-up following a faelional ial
a Tacoma Socialist meeting
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

Big improvements have Oeea =
yb the Home Telephone eomnr
their Coos Bay system,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
IInstcrn Recninis-

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Receplts,
hogs, $4,000; cattle, 5000; sheep,
$4,000. Hogs opened today. 10
cents lower. Left over yesterday,
16.200. Receipts year ago, 1000.
Cattle and sheep, steady.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

Kan sas City, Mo, Nov. 27,-Re
celpts, hogs, 1000; cattle, 700
sheep, 500.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
Sick Heada che.

This distressing disease re-ulr
from disordered eordition OF IN,
stomach. and can be cured by takine
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Get a free sample at DR.
stones drug store and try II.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

Omaha. Neb., Nov. Receipts
hogs, 600; cattle, 1900; sheep
1900.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27

Umatilla County postmastsrs are
planning TO organize.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
In Fairp0rt

$250-$0 and $40 month"; These lots will show big in
years Thanksgiving will be thankful for foresight
money safe and profitable Have
all share Thanksgiving by securing lot
Farpor regret year all earnings
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
Prosperity

thankful opportunity Fapo Do not regret the future that
others had foresight than you and have invested their earnings
and triple their few years. Rea estate
in any uovnu CITY considered absolutely safe mmen-eSpeCay
city like Portland rapidly large manufacturing center
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-27
OF THE PROSPEROUS

Who invested Fapo Did that the easiest way
money absolutely proposition? Real
state Portland today safest proposition for investment and Fapo
Some find make
fhantoe
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
A PREVALENT MISTAKE.

A good many people still hold
the notion that all persons are equal
ly good by nature and might be
equally good actually had they but
the will 10 do so. They fail to see
mat men are born with all degrees
of moral capacities and incapacities,
and some of them wholly lacking in
that regard, Just as they are born
with all degrees of intellectual en-
,lowment, and some of them with
none whatever. A man may be an
IDIOT morally as well as intellectual
ly.-Strand Magazine.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
EXPLAINS MANY THINGS.

As a rule woman can talk much
faster, much longer, and with much
greater facility than a man, and this
power of speech is attributed 10 the
greater strength and sohdity of the
female chest. 4 man. when he
speaks, fahgucs himself four times
more than a woman, who, when she
talks, eypends less effort than when
she fans hersch.-Woman's Life.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16


Certificate Of Authority for the Year
Ending February y 1909
Office Of Commissioner of Insurance.
Denver, Colo, March /. lgJS
1t Is Hereby Certified, That the Ma
uonal Life Insurance Company. Of the
L. $ A. a corporation organized under
the laws Of the State Of Illinois whose
principal office is located at Chicago. has
complied with all the laws OF this state
so far as the requirements Of said laws
are applicable 10 said company, and the
said company Is hereby authorized to
transact business as life Insurance COM
pany within the said State Of Colorado,
subject TO the several provisions and re-
quirements Of the said laws. until the
twenty eighth day Of February. in the
year OF our Lord nineteen hundred and
nine.
In Testimony Whereof. !. l. l.. Ritten-
house Commissioner Of Insurance OF said
State OF Colorado. have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal Of Office. at the
City Of Denver, the day and year FIST
above written.
T. L. RITTENHOUsE.
Commissioner OF Insurance
tsoall WILLIAM {. BLAIR
Deputy
Published IN the Statesman by authority
Of Commissioner Of Insurance.
T. +. RITTENHOTSE
Commissioner
WILLIAM c. BLAIR.
Deputy.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
LITTLE PITCHERS.

children, what makes YOU SO
noisy and quarrelsome:"
I'VE amt quarreling; we're only
playing angry
"What are You playing to be so
loud and angry"
"We're playing being papa and
mamma, and mamma has been out
shopping and papa is just getting
the bills"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16

'tHAt OF Commissioner OF Insurance.
Denver. Colo. March / 1913
Il Is Hereby Certified That the Wash
lnEiun Life Insurance Company a cor
puTItion. organized under the laws OF
the State Of New York. whose PRINCIPAL
office is located at New York City has
complied with all the laws OF this state
so far as the requirements or said laws
are applicable TO said company. and the
said company is hereby authorized to
transact business as life Insurance COM
pauy within the said State OF Colorado.
subject To the several provisions and re.
quifcmcnts Of tho said laws. until the
twenty eighth day Of February. in The
year Of our Lord nineteen hundred and
nine
In Testimony Whereof. l. L. 4. Rittcn-
house. Commissioner OF Insurance OF said
State Of Colorado, have hereunto set my
hand and Affixed my seal OF office. at the
city OF Denver. thy day and year first
above written.
Z. L. R1TTENHOUsE,
Commissioner Of Insurance.
tSealD WILLIAM {. BLAIR.
Deputy.
Published in the Statesman by authority
f. L. RITTENHoUsE
Commissioner.
WILLIAM c. BLAIR.
Deputy.
OF Commissioner OF Insurance.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
Hiss Il. COWDEH.
Hair Dressing
PARLORS.

Shampooing. cutting and curling.
All hair work made to order. Hair
tonics, scalp treatments, manicuring;
stage wigs for rent for theatrical use
or mask balls. Cheapest switches, so
cents Goods delivered out of the city.
1919 2lst street. Denver, Colo
Phone 1877 Olive
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
TAlkY.

Miss Lowder was in your box
party at the theater last week, l
hear"
Eyes, and everybody else within
50 feet Of the box heard, too
Philadelphia Press.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16

Bella-Gracious Ny dear, do
hope you're not III; you look so much
older tonight.
Stella-l'm quite well, thank you.
dear. and you-how wonderfully i'm
proved you are, You look positively
young
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16
EEDED 'EM7

Bicker-My wife has brains
enough for two.
Knocker-That why YOU married
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-05-16

State Of Colorado.
Insurance Department
Synopsis Of Statement and Copy Of Ger
tihCatc Of Authority.
WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY. OF NEW YORK
CITY. y. Y.
Assets. ...-.......---. 81. on. 7S47e
lities-....-.....-.... 1890. s40Ui
Capital ................. spi sil al
surplus. ..--.. -..-.-4...... Ig7.s4iSs
State OF Colorado
Insurance Department
Certificate OF Authority for the Year
Ending February =, 1903
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Jacks Lucky Gao.

The annual publication Of the bri-
gade of midshipmen at Annapolis goes
by the name of 1.-THE Lucky Bag" even
as that of the corps of cadets at West
Point bears the military appelation of
''The Howitzer." On board ship is
kept what Is called lucky bag. Into
this are put ali sorts of articles that
are left around the decks or out Of
their proper places by the men. At
the end Of each month the lucky bag is
opened. and the men who have lost
different articles gather around it in
the hope that they have been lucky
enough to have had their possessions
find their way into the lucky bag. At
the end Of the month the bag generally
is filled with a great variety Of articles.
In it are jackknives. pairs of shoes.
plugs of chewing tobacco, sewing kits,
caps. photographs. writing materials.
and so on through practically the en-
tire list of the sailors possessions
New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
A Wise Guy.

In a New York street a wagon
loaded with lamp globes collided
with a truck, and many of the
globes were smashed. Considerable
sympathy was felt for the driver as
he gazed ruefully at the shattered
fragments. A benevolent looking
old gentleman eyed him compassion
ately. "My poor man." he said, 81
suppose you will have to make good
this loss out of your own pocket"
sYep," was the melancholy reply.
"Well, WE'LL" said the philanthropic
old gentleman, "hold out your hat.
Here's a quarter for you, and dare
say some of these other people will
give you a helping hand too" The
driver held out his hat, and several
persons FASTENED to drop coins in it.
At last, when the contributors had
ceased, he emptied the contents of
his hat into his pocket; then, point
ing to the retreating figure of the
philanthropist who had started the
collection, he observed: ''Say, may
be he amt the wise guy! That's
me bossp
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Bunions and Rank

"It is extraordinary" writes Sir Hen
ry Drummond Wolff in Rambling Rec
objections" Ito observe in England the
weakness that most people have for
boasting of their friends in high places
and the Difference that they show to
them. The daughter of lady of very
high rank had some pain in her foot
which the mother asked the governess
to be good enough to look at. The lat
ter after examining it said, If it were
not for her ladyship's exalted rank
should say it was a bunion.'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
A Point of Interest.

In a certain county of Arkansas
q man named Walters was put on
trial for stealing a watch. The evil
dence had been very conflicting, and
as the jury retired the judge re-
marked suavely that if he could af-
ford any assistance in the way of
smoothing out possible difficulties
he should be most happy to dc so.
Eleven of the jurors had filed out of
the box, but the twelfth remained,
and there was on his countenance
an expression indicating great per-
plexity.
els there any. question you'd like
to ask me before you retire?" asked
his honor, observing the jurors hes
itancy.
The mans face frightened. eyes,
your honor" he replied eagerly. '1'd
like to know, your honor, whether
the prisoner really stole the watch"
--Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
THE WORLD OF HOMER.
Ancient Idea of the Earth and Its Mar
ain of Water.

Ancient Idea of the Earth and Its Mar
gin of Water.
Let us consider for one moment what
the idea of the world was-not. indeed.
at the earliest period OF which we
have any knowledge. but at the dawn
of written history or of written history
among that Indo-Germanic people
whose descendants have overspread so
much of the earth. The world OF HO-
mer was small. fiat surface. in which
civilization was hemmed in by foreign
races. who again were surrounded by
a great ocean or river over which no
man had ever passed. The world of
which Homer had any definite notion
was Greece-a Greece which hardly
extended as far as the Balkans on the
north and which scarcely included the
Levant and the islands In the Aegean
sea. No doubt he had some general ac-
quaintance with world beyond these
narrow limits. He knew. ut any rate.
some of the leading features of north
ern Africa. He had heard. as was only
natural. of Egypt. whose civilization
had made such marked advances and
was exercising so much influence. He
had some knowledge Of the great river
on whose recurring floods Egypt de-
Ponds for her prosperity, He had even
heard of the pySmies and OF the Ethio-
plans who dwelt higher up it's stream.
Some reports had reached him of
southern Italy. But it is hopeless to
attempt to fit the geography of Homer
to the actual facts If man were to
search today for the precise spot on
which Captain Lemuel Guliver was
wrecked in the first of his famous voy-
ages he would find that the Lilliput of
Swift was in the heart of Australia.
and much in the same way. to quote
Mr.. GladstOne's language. 1.-The key to
the great contrast between the outer
geography (of Homer) and the facts of
nature lies in the belief of Homer that
great sen occupied the space where
we know the heart of the European
continent to lie."
1t Is another indication of the small
ness of Homer'S world that the ten
years war. Of which he has given us
the concluding episode. was not, as
even Herodotus has described it, one
Of the opening chapters of the great
struggle which has endured throughout
historic times between east and west.
but contest between men of common
origin. 1t is not mere poetical IL
cense which makes Greeks and Ro-
mans address one another in the same
language Yet the world of Homer,
small as 1t seems to us. seemed large
to him. Compared with the mighty
oceans which men now traverse the
Mediterranean is but little landlocked
sea. The Mediterranean of the "Iliad"
was only the Aegean. yet for Homer it
had terrors which the Atlantic has not
for us.-Sir Spencer Walpole in Con.
temporary Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Queer Eyes.

Nature makes some strange pro-
visions for fish that have to feel or
see their way at great depths. Deep
soundings in the Caribbean sea
bring up really uncanny specimens
Of this kind. Among them is a
fish that has two convex lenses in
place Of eyes. These lenses are very
bright, Of a golden hue and gleam
in the sunlight. Another fish, a
large one, has eyes that grow on
stems sticking out several inches
from the head. Another has an
eye on a stem about half yard
long. The stem is flexible and may
be waved in any direction. Some of
the Caribbean sea fishes have eyes
that shine like lanterns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
A Question of Names.

On one occasion a bishop who
prided himself on never forgetting
either the name or face of any cler-
gyman in his diocese happened to
be travelling somewhere by rail when
at a certain station a clergyman got
into the same carriage in which the
bishop was.
The bishop recognized the mans
face, but could not remember his
name, and, not wishing to acknowl-
edge his forgetfulness, leaned for
ward and, with a charming smile,
said:
excuse me for forgetting, but
how do you spell your name?"
Clones, my lord" was the re-
ply.-Illustrated Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
MURDER OF THE SEAL.
The Way the Animals Are Slaughtered
by the Hunters

THE Way the Animals Are Slaughtered
by the Hunters.
The ice echoes no footballs. so the
murder Of the seal is stealthy act.
Yes, it seems like murder On the pan
lies whitecoat alone. Up to it hur-
ries one of the hunters. Lifting his
bat above his head. he measures the
distance: then, swinging downward the
iron shod point, he strikes the skull Of
the seal such blow that it is crushed
in as if of pasteboard Tossing aside
the bat and whipping out the scalping
knife. while the creature is still culver
Ing, with Il swift undercut and two or
three side strokes the keen blade has
severed the hide and the layers of fat
beneath so they can be rolled into a
pelt, the hide holding the fat in it's
folds. The next whitecoat is with it's
parents. Their hide is coarser. but
worth having, so the gunner takes a
quick aim. lodging a charge Of shot in
the head of the growing mate just at
the base of the brain. Here the skull
Is thinnest. One of the batters stands
guard over the blowhole to prevent
the mother from escaping, while an
other bats the cub. Then the female,
who would desert her offspring to save
her own life. is dubbed on the head.
A few strokes of the knives and three
more bloody carcasses crimson the ice.
The pelt of the first seal is piled with
the other three in pan. The fagman
sticks flag by its side, and the hunt
ers hurry forward, leaving the pelts to
be towed back to the ship when the
hunt is ended
Thus the slaughter continues hour
after hour until nightfall only ends the
stroke Of the bat and thrust of the
knife. If it began at daybreak the
Geld may be strewn with thousands of
dead seals, for if the pan Of ice is
thronged with them, as is sometimes
the case, hundred men will kill ten
times their number in a day. since most
Of the seals are harps. which seldom
try to protect their young, and are
slain without attempting to defend
themselves.-Day Allen Wiley in Met.
ropolitan.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
The Crooked Genesee.

Do you ever stop to think what a
crooked old river the Genesee is p?
1t is said that by way of the river it
is twenty-eight miles from Geneseo
to Mount Morris against SIX miles
by the road. It runs along the west
side of the. valley until it nearly
strikes Piffard, then crosses the val
ley to Geneseo, runs on the east
side about mile and a half, then
turns and runs back again nearly
to the village Of Piffard. The two
points at Piffard are only about half
a mile apart, but to follow the
course of the river from one point
to the other a person would travel
from-fve to six miles. 1t is crook
ed stream, all right enough.-Liv-
ingston Democrat.