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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19
OLD WILLAMETTE TO
BE NEW willamette

Tho new owners OF the willamette
Hotel are holding seances with thom-
selves, In order 10 decide just what
shall bo done with the big carvansary
II will bo some days yet before this
IS decided. as there are several things
coming up for consideration. One of
these is tho lease hold by Mr.. Fish.
which holds until next year. While
the new owners have not reached any
definite conclusion. II 10 probable
that. upon the expiration OF Mr..
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19
The circus

aerota, hnds Il necessary at all times
70 keep his muscles and joints sup
pie. That is tho reason that hun
dreds OF them keep a bottle OF Bal
lard's Snow Liniment always on
hand. A sure cure for rheumatism
cuts. sprains, sore throat. lame back.
contracted muscles. eorns. bunions
and all points. Price 25e. soc zud
500 per bottle. Sold by an deals-s
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19
ROMANCE OF FIVE
YEARS Is ENDED
IunIled preas Leased VIC. J

San Francisco, April 19.-Mrs. A.
-. Maynard, formerly of Portland, Is
today the bride OF Robert Homans,
who Is appearing at the Valencia the
atre in this city as Captain Hook in
Peter Pan" The ceremony was per
formed at st. stephens church yes
terday Immediately after the matinee
performance.
The marriage followed romance
OF five years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19
W. W. EXCURSION TO
SILYERTON

April soth. Train leaves passenger
depot az p. m, Returns a. m.
Call on o. L. Darling for tickets now.
Also exchange any tickets already
purchased aud avoid the rush Tues
day. si.s0 round trip. Remember
the date. April 80
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19
Barr'S
JEWELLERS

For Kidney trouble, Inflammation OF
Of the bladder, rheumatism, ani
rheumatic pains, get DeWitt's Kidney
and Bladder Pills. They act prompt
ly and are sure. Sold by all drug
gists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19

Some men of timid stripe and slow
of speech are going to fight shy of the
girl who wins out in too many de-
bates
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19

DeWltt's Little Early Risers, gentle,
easy, pleasant. little liver pills. Sod
by all druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-19

Iowa had hail stones Sunday weigh
ing half a pound
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
Best to fight shy Of the lure Of that
"old swimmin' hole" until sure that
you can swim out.
Repeater Weston.

Edward Payson Weston's feat OF
walking from New York to San Fran.
cisco in about 100 days during his
seventy-irst year is enough to jar the
worshipers of the mere "get there"
man. That is often the record of the
man Of a great stunt. He scores q
marvel once but can never repeat 1t
For those who make big records the
career. as n rule. is short. Physical
powers have been overtaxed and re-
bel. So the procession Of athletic
"has beens' is a long n
Weston's record will doubtless be
equaled and perhaps cut down. But
it is safe to say that the mar who
pushes him from his pedestal will not
he Il veteran of threescore and ten
and who has been walking marvellous
distances for forty years. Weston has
taken care of his capital. He finds
luxury in his work, not in the fame
and emolument of spurts. With him
art for arts sake'' is a commendable
motto. he walked to keep in 1t. to he
able to do the good thing over and
over again. Persistence often pro-
duces marvels. but the chief marvel in
Weston's case is his persisting up tc
and beyond the limit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs

Although the tariff c~onferees have
discussed the subject for several days
the hide and leather schedule is still
badly entangled. So far as the con-
sferees are concerned they are fight
ing with locked horns. Until the sem
ate members are assured Of SUFFICIENT
votes to adopt q conference report,
carrying hides on the free list, they
will not permit this question to be
brought to q vote. The house mem
,bers have exhibited no signs Of
weakening and many Of them haye
assumed that It will he impsssi;b::a TO
reduce leather goods below TIE / ouse
rates.
The conference committee 1f tss
two houses Of congress on tho tassE
bill has agreedsto accept the scaat's
corporation tax amendment Ly$t the
agreement was not reached until after
the provision had been reGrafssd by
the attorney general and raany
changes hadsbeen made.
The urgent deficiency ELL was
.passed by the house after four days
81 tempestuous debate. The amount;
carried ~ &c % s454,s09. Of: $20,408
more than the original gum. and In,
,clndes ne $4,000 travelling expenseeasl
iSors ths president i.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Clayton T. Zimmerman, the twenty
year-old son of a Chicago street
conductor, who was employed as a
clerk in the "out money" department
Of the Adams Express company at $50
. month, confessed that. he stole the
package containing $4,000 which dis
appeared July 10.
Cornelius P. Shea, ex-Tresident OF
the International Brotherhood Of
Transfers and long a prominent labor
leader, was convicted at New York
city of an attempt to murder Alice
Walsh, q former Chicago waitress,
with whom Shea is alleged to have
lived.
Cornelius P. Shea, the former Chi
cago labor leader, found guilty at New
York of attempting to murder Alice
Walsh. a former Chicago waitress
with whom he had been living. was
sentenced to not less than five nor
more than twenty-five years in prison.
Madarlal -Dhinagri, the Indian stu
dent who shot and killed Lieutenant
Colonel Sir William HUT Curzon
Wyllie and DIR. Canvas Lalcaca in Lon
don, was found guilty and sentenced
to death at the conclusion of a trial
Of less than an hours duration.
The special grand jury called to in
vestigate the murder of John B. Say
Ter at Crescent City, ILL.,, indicted Dr.
William Miller, Mrs. J. B. Sayler and
John Brunden on a charge Of murder.
Ira Grunden was indicted as an aces
sorry after the fact.
Police Inspector Edward c. Mccain
of Chicago has been indicted charged
with malfeasance in Office in connec'
ton with the alleged collection OF
protection" money from illegal estab'
lishments of the West Side tender
loin."
Theodore Greenwald, the missing
treasurer of the New Lebanon Conn.,
school district, blew out his brains in
! the New York Central station in New
York city. A warrant for his arrest
charging embezzlement, had been is
sued.
Fully 5000 persons witnessed the
hanging at Brandon, Miss, of William
Mack, a negro, for criminally assault
ing Miss Mamie Meyers. Among
those who witnessed the execution
was the negro's victim.
DR.. H. A. M. Collins, a prominent
physician of Portland, Ore, was sho'
end killed by his wife. The shootins
is attributed to jealousy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
THE DEATH RECORD.

a. Mrs. James Sydney Peck, author
ess, society and club woman and a
member of a noted Wisconsin fam.
lily, died Of cerebral hemorrhage in
Denver while en- route to Seattle. Mrs.
Peck was a sister-in-law of former
Governor George w. Peck of Wiscon-
sin.
Robert Pitcairn, for forty-two years
connected with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company and for many years
general superintendent Of that corpo-
ration, is dead at Pittsburg, aged sew
enty-three.
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor cambridge,
the daughter of President Taylor and
q former mistress of the White House,
died at Winchester, Va, after a brief
illness, aged eighty-five years.
George Carver, founder of the
largest hardware house in Iowa and
millionaire coal mine owner, is dead
at Des Moines, Ia. He was seventy
eight years of age.
Roger Winfield, a young American
business man of Fond du Lac, Wis, is
dead from cholera at Koenigsburg,
PruSSia
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

Herbert Latham made an attempt
a cross the English channel from
Calais, France, with an aeroplane, but
dropped into the sea after covering
about half the distance. He was
taken back to Calais aboard the tor
pedo boat destroyer Harpcn, apparent
" unhurt. A tug towed the aero
plane in.
"A riot broke out ut Barcelona,
Spain, among the troops who were
about to be embarked for Melilla, Mo.
rocco. An entire battalion ~revolted
and threatened the colonel and other
officers with their bayonets. Other
troops were hastily summoned and
the mutineers were disarmed.
Sir Robert Hart, who has spent a
years leave of absence in England,
the first vacation he has taken In
more than twelve years, has prac'
stically decided to retire from the po'
sition of director general Of Chinese
customs on account of i'll health.
kilograms from Belgrade, Servia,
say that the condition of King Peter
Is arousing much anxiety. His majesty
is suffering from calcination of the
arteries, complicated by Inflammation
Of the veins. His sudden death would
cause no surprise.
The population of Madrid is clearly
opposed to the Spanish-Moroccan wal
in Africa. There were. several dem
constructions in front of the war minis
try and much rioting in the streets
In which women took a prominen'
part.
Aristide BRAND has formed a new
French ministry in which he becomes
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Sweeping reductions in the rates on
forest products from points in Mon
tana to the consuming markets in
North and South Dakota, Western
Minnesota, Nebraska and other Middle
Western states are contained in the
new transcontinental freight bureau
lumber and single tariff, which will
become effective Aug. Is.
States Attorney Wayman has laid
the foundation for grand jury investi-
cation of the Chicago police depart
ment that, according to rumors, may
result in the indictment Of high pc.
lice officials, the breaking up of the
present police administration and the
exposure of a city wide system Of
graft.
A plea for suppression Of the white
slave" traffic between the United
States and the canal zone is made in
. letter from Second Lieutenant c. w.
Barber, second assistant chief Of po-
lice Of the canal zone
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

premier and minister of the interior
and of public worship.
Frequent conferences are being held
at Buenos Ayres between the Argen-
tine minister of foreign affairs and
the ministers of the United States
and Peru in an effort to avoid a con-
shict between Peru and Bolivia.
It is reported that General Marina,
commander of the Spanish forces at
Melilla, Morocco, has informed the
government that he will require 10000
men to insure a decisive defeat over
the Moorish tribesmen.
The Clemenceau cabinet has re-
signed following a violent debate over
theAFrench naval scandals, extending
over several days. A vote of conf.
dence in the government was defeat
ed. 1T6 to 2f2.
AShuge demonstration by the organ.
lied labor party was held at Londen
to protest against the visit of the EN-.
peror of Russia to England.
Twenty workmen we're killed and a
large. number injured by the collapse
of a. building in course of construction
at. st. Petersburg. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
LABOR NEWS.

In a riot at the works Of the N. r.
Aliens Sons Tanning company at Ke-
nosha, Wis, three men we're shot and
q number of others injured, some seri-
ously. One thousand men went on
strike several days ago for an in.
crease in wages and 500 others have
since Joined the ranks of the strikers.
An attempt to conduct 1926 alleged
strikebreakers through Newcastle, Pa,
on their way to the tin mills caused
q riot, during. which one man was
seriously injured and scores Of others
were beaten and bruised.
A strike in every city and town in
Oklahoma in support Of the eight-hour
law, involving 10000 laborers of vari.
Gus classes, >is predicted by Deputy
State Labor Commissioner Wiley.
The trouble between the miners and
employers In Wyoming and Montana
has been amicably settled. More than
$4,000 men are affected. The present
wages are renewed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
The Dickens Pension Fund.


A recent act Of parliament bestows
/ small pension upon four grand
daughters Of Charles Dickens. the
novelist. An w have no civil pension
list. the Incident meets with unfavor-
able criticism on this side. Of the wa
ter. especially hlsview OF the fact that
Dickens earned 4 fortune ~ bis pen.
But rhis pension establishes no doubt
fui precedent. Literary, pensions are
common ID Europe. Dickens himself
would have been allowedsa sum equal
10 IL not greater than thai bestowed
on his descendants had he come to
need. n
Dickens was literally rewarded By
lis admirers ii both continents while
he lived. The output Of his pen print
"a "a America 81 course yielded no
copyright RETURNS. But he read from
his works here with profit Of $780,
900. % that the royalty account was
about square. Certain French au.
sthors are asking that literary copy
Hfaght be perppetu,al ma ~ viii The -
aurhor,sI estats. such Law would
have sased. the granddaughtstss q
Dickem from poverty q the ab,
sssnce of ~ Il wou.d graceful
thing ffor publisfiniE Eouaswhichl
haye made money IN Dickens MQrks
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
NEWS OF WORLD.
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
WASHINGTON NEWS.

That Francis J.. Heney, special coun.
Gel of the department of justice and
also assistant prosecutor in the SO
called graft cases in San Francisco,
received from the federal government
last Year $4,000 for which he per-
formed no service was the frank adj
mission of Chairman Tawney of the
appropriations committee in the
house.
President Taft admits NO doubt OF
votes enough in the house to pass
such a tariff measure as the conferees
have promised to produce. The atti-
tude of the senate still gives him
some concern, it is said, but he IS
hopeful that even there the members
will be willing to put all matters to q
vote without long flibustering or de-
bate.
The White House dinner and con
ference, at which tariff c%onferees and
the presidents closest advisers were
brought together in the effort to set
tie differences regarding the tariff
bill, ended with the disputes over raw
materials no nearer adjustment than
they were before the dinner invita-
lions were issued.
Substantial progress in construction
is being made all along the line of
the isthmian canal. Excavation by
the Americans now approximates 3d.
O00, 900 cubic yards, almost as much
as the total quantity taken out by the
T(po~aL r %hoo 10n n00 n00 o1,hf1
yards remain to be removed from the
ditch.
Taking advantage Of the present
situation developed by the tariff the
Democratic congressional committee,
one year in advance of the usual time
for such action, met, elected officers
and mapped out the course it will fol
low in its fight to capture the house
in the next congressional elections.
Official advices received at the state
department from Picking contain posi-
tive assurances that the matter of the
participation of the American bank.
ers in the Chinese railroad loan will
be arranged to the entire satisfaction
of this government.
Rear Admiral Edwin K. Moore, com
mandant, Of the hayward at Ports
mouth, N. H, has been placed on the
retired list Of the navy on account OF
age after about forty-three years serv.
ice in all parts of the world.
A special meeting of the cabinet
was held at the White House to fur.
ther discuss cutting down the esti,
mates of the various departments fol
the coming fiscal year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

a disastrous flood at Duluth. follow
ing terrific rains and. clcudburst,
caused the death Of three children
and a. property loss of $1,000, 900.
Twenty or more houses were washed
away along small creeks in the suburbs
and water ran three feet deep on the
principal streets. of the city.
Further reports from isolated points
along the Gulf coast Of Texas con-
tinue to swell the death list resulting
from the recent hurricane. Aneelton.
Tex, reports eleven dead instead Of
one, bringing the total death list of
the hurricane up to thirty.cight.
Many more are still missing.
Reports from Northern Wisconsin,
particularly in the neighborhood Of
Ashland. tell Of serious losses as q
resultsgsnf a cloudburst, the estimates
Of the loss varying from 100000 to
$75D.Q0O.. Innumerable bridges and
dams were carried out and railroad
trahic interrupted.
The small freight steamer Martha
Stevens, bound to Trenton. N. j., was
run into and sunk by a tugboat OF
Robins point in New York harbor.
Two men we're killed and two badly
injuredain the accident.
Ansautomobile containing Ole Erick-
son, president Of the State bank Of
Escanaba, Mich. his wife. and brother
in-law, Dell Erickson, was struck by
q train and all three were instantly
killed.
s. JohpsFFC. Staffek, an alderman of Bill
lings. Mont, his six.year-old child and
Minnie Wagner and Tressie West.
d0mestics. were drowned in Yellow.
stenesrtyer by the capeizjng Of a boat.
Seven laborers, all foreigners. EN-.
ployed on the construction Of the Del.
aware Lackawanna and Western rail
roads cutoff at Vail, N. J., were killed.
by "a explosion Of dynamite.
Seven persons were killed and three
perhaps fatally injured in q wreck Of
wabash passenger train No. 4 when It
plunged into the Missouri river thirty
milesfseasto a. Kansas CITY.
ForEystvo persons were injured In
thsaNTeck q6 Big Tcur train seven.
teen lmilss northwest q Indianapolis,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Louis Bleriot has at last succeeded
In crossing the English channel In
mcnoplane,, landing at Dover, Eng.
Blertot started from Calais, France,
Just as day was breaking, having wait
ed all night for favorable weather
conditions. The trip was said to have
been made in the wonderful time Of
.twenty-three minutes for the twenty.
one miles covered.
Leslie g. Tarlton, who accompanied
the Roosevelt expedition to the Sotik
country, has arrived at Naivasha, B.
E. A. He was chased into the town
by five lions, the district having been
invaded by many Of these animals.
Ella Gingles, on trial at Chicago,
was cleared from the charge Of steal
ing lace, but the story she told on the
witness stand Of being q white
slave victim was denounced as un-
true by the jury that tried her.
The entire collection of specimens
of the Roosevelt expedition now num-
bers 1000. covering mammals and
birds OF all Sizes; It also includes
several thousand reptiles and insects.
Establishing a new record. for avia-
ton in America Orville Wright, In the
Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, made
Q spectacular flight of / hour. 20 min
utes and IS seconds duration.
The oflcial government organ, Ell
Liberal, announces the engagement Of
King Manuel Of Portugal and Princess
Alexandra, eldest daughter of the
Duke Of Fife.
The president has sent to the. SEN
ate the nomination Of Charles R.
Crane Of Illinois to be envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to.
China. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
Footing the ranar,a Gavin, n.u.

Footing The Panama CaInl 3vu.
Authority was provided long ago f"e
the issuance of bonds In order "
finance the construction Of the PAM
ma canal; hence The recent raising "
the authorization to almost treble the
original amount introduces no me-"
principle into the c:ural problem. Iae
initial cost Of setting the great TN
dertaking gcing-that is. the paymeHf'
to the French Canal company and ~
~Panama-waH paid ont Of funds ~
the treasury with the understanding
that bonds would be issued to defray
the construction bills. thus distribut'
ing the burden over the years. The
present plan is to issue bonds Tor
1915, OOO.O 600 In all and turn back into
the treasury from the proceeds o.
their sale the $5O.OOO.0 900 expended at
the outset.
But for the large deficit in the treas
ury the increased bono issue might
not have been thought Of at this time.
No one would seriously propose a halt
In canal construction. The treasury
needs the money it has already paid
out on the canal, and the estimates
for the total cost Of construction have
been doubled since the issue of $780,.
OOO,O 600 of bonds was authorized. The
questions Of whether the larger issue
shall be for a short time or a long
time and the rate Of interest are i'm
yolved with difficulties in the finan
cial sphere, but the authorization
| shows that the digging is to go ahead
even though the outlook is less rosy
! than we would like. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

History declares also that "sam"
Champlain and other missionaries Of
civilization in the American wilder
ness kept a weather eye out for the
main chance, which was all right, for
otherwise most Of us wouldn't be here
now.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

Woman with a bale of foreign titles
for this market arrived in port just in
time for the high tariff statesmen to
put something under the maximum
scale which the people want to see
there.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

Even the brilliant Premier Clemen
ceau of France had to be shown thai
the strongest parliamentary autocra,
may lose his majority backing by SIM
ply losing his wits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

II Bwana Tumbo were as strong on
the necessities as he is on the frills.
q civilization he would send a herd
Of those digdigs to push our canal en-
terprises instead Of piling up speci-
mems I'm the Smithsonian.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

No case reported as yet Of the raw
hired girl churning butter in the kero-
sene can. but the wise farmer should
watch out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

1t must make these mo h-l" preach
ers feel ridiculous to have the Other
fellows promptly raise a to do that.
beats it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

Lucky sometimes for some people II
"three minutes to Broadway" means
nothing worse than three hours get
ting back.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

Taft's BE sure you're right. then go
ahead" is no Improvement on Colonel
Crockett's, but he said It last.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

to refund q small part Of their gains
to the family. Admirers Of Dickens
might be- glad to swell this fund by
small contributions. The governments.
pension Is only $40 per month for each
beneficiary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30
kiued in Auto Accident.

Bloomington. Ill, July 26.-Bert
Holcomb was instantly killed when
IN automobile driven by w. T. Short
lose struck the guard rail Of . bridge
near here and overturned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

The reputation Of worlds fairs will
look up again if the A.-Y.-P. exposition
comes out with a surplus.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

Well to remind critics Of DR.. Eliot's
i've feet Of books that the doctor did
not lay them out for a two weeks Va.
cation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

The wool men mixed up in the tarid
pull are not necessarily the men who
pull the WOOL.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

The Alaska. Pacific exposition
evolved u striking exhibitSright on the
.ground-that Is. q box Office record
iof profit rhe first month.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-30

When the suffrage ladies' asked Wall
street for votes the fierce bulls" and
:..bsears'. broke forth in c~atcails. thus
exposing another monstrous nature
fake. 4.