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When Scott Rebuked Him.

After Chapultepec he had charge of
the force at the Belem gate in the in
vestment of the city. Here he was
guilty of an act Of folly which, how
ever much it merited military censure,
served only to add to his popularity
with the public. Into his camp there
came one night an English boy who
lived in the city with his mother and
sister. The boy fell on his knees be-
fore the general and begged him to save
his mother from death and his sister
from worse than death. The boy said
that one of Santa Annals chiefs, lead
er of a band of braves, infatuated with
the English girl, planned to seize her,
kill the mother if necessary and escape
from the city with the girl.
To a romantic minded, impulsive man
like Shields, such a story made strong
appeal. Forgetting his duty to his COM
mand and his orders from the COM
handing general, he called for volun-
teers to go to the rescue of the girl and
her mother. Four hundred men re-
sponded Into the city where Santa
Annals army lay intTenChed, Shields and
his 400 went late at night led by the
English boy. They reached the house,
got the two women out and started
back for camp. But they had not pro-
GttuCQ lIaI NlltAl oil olAdA III " ID AebAECNA-
Shots were fired and it was by the
greatest good luck only that the band
of volunteers managed to escape cap
ture and death.
When General Scott heard what had
occurred he was furious. He threat
ened Shields with cOurt-martial, re-
buked him publicly and probably would
have relieved him of command had not
more important matters claimed his at
tentiOn within a few hours The more
important matters had 70 do with the
GROWING triumph of the war-the cap
tUre of the capital. Here, again, Shields
offended. General Scott planned to give
to General Quitman the honor of being
the first to enter the city and raise the
American flag, but Shields, impatient
of delay. rushed the Belem gate and
raised the Stars and Stripes in advance
of the generals program.
Elected Senator.
A victorious people are forgiving of
brave, impetuous man, and when
Shields returned to the United States he
was greeted as one of the great heroes
of the war. What did a few infractiOns
of military order signify2 Illinois, eager
to do his honor. elected him a member
of the United States senate, and in 1913
he went to Washington to take his seat.
His colleague was Douglas. In the SEN
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ate at that time were Webster. Clay,
Calhoun and other great statesmen.
It is not Of record that Shields won
renOwn in that august body, but some
of the speeches he made show a hOmely
wisdom and a grasp of the leading ques-
lions of the day that are highly cred
liable to his intellectual capacity.
When his term as senator closed,
President Pierce appointed him territOT-
iaI governor Of oregon. He did not re-
main ii Oregon long, but came east and
took up his residence in Minnesota. He
established the town of Shields, and in
1853 the first legislature Of Minnesota
sent him to the United States senate
once more. He got the short term of
two years and when his service ended
in 1860 he went to California.
There is a pleasant story, probably
apOCryphal, that he narrowly escaped
election by California to the United
States senate, his determination to go
east alone preventing it. However that
may be, he was in New Mexico when
Fort Sumter was fired on With all
haste he hurried eastward and offered
his services to the federal government.
He was commissioned a brigadier gen.
eral and sent to the Shenandoah valley.
There he won and there he lost what
ever renown came to him in the war Of
the rebellion. In April, 1852, he was in
command at the battle of Winchester,
and defeated StOnewall Jackson. 1t was
the first and only defeat the great SOL
der of the confederacy sustained. Per
haDs Shields received too much credit
for that victory.
Defeated StonewaiI Jackson.
Those were trying days for the north.
Defeats were many and successes few.
Shields IOomed large in the public eye,
and the country rang with his name.
In fact, it is said that Secretary Of War
Stanton seriously considered placing
| him in command of the Army Of the
Potomac and visited him at his head
/ quarters with that end in view. The
Army of the Potomac was in dire need
of a vigorous general at that time But
if Stanton OF the president had any such
idea they soon abandoned it, for in the
battle of Port Republic, where Shields
was desperately wounded by the burst
ing of a shell, and where he planned
and fully expected to annihilate Jack
sons force, the COnfederates won a de-
cisive victory, so decisive that Shields,
mortified that his account of how the
defeat resulted-nOt from his being
wounded in action but from the failure
of one of his subOrdinates to obey or
ders-was not accepted, resigned in dis
gust.
He sought retirement in California
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but the wanderlust had possession Ga
him, and he drifted east again. In Mis-
souri, he took up his home and served
one term in the legislature of that
state. In 1875 he was elected represent
ative in congress, but the election was
contested and the Republican majority
busted him. And now there came the
drab, the bitter, the sOrrOwful days Of
this mans life.
Never much Of business man,
never prOvident crippled by his many
wounds, old and falling, and suffering
much in body and spirit, he was unfit
ted for any real work, so he sought to
support himself by lecturing. Around
the country he went, from small town
to small town, addressing audiences
He was eloquent, brilliant almost. but
the nation was weary Of war and stO-
ries of the war, and there was little Of
profit to the old, battered campaigner
as shown through the box office. Many
times his pockets were lean to empti-
ness. But if there was little of profit
to himself, he was willing enough to
help others, if he could, and when the
south was stricken with yellow fever In
the summer of 1878 no one did more
within his power than did the broken
down old warrior.
OF the half dozen lectures he deliv-
cred for the benefit of the sufferers the
last was in the Academy of Music.
Brooklyn, on Sept. 26, 1873. Many great
audiences had assembled in that house.
but never one to equal that which
greeted Shields. From the time ne ar
rived in Jersey City until he departed
the day after the lecture a guard of
honor from the Irish brigade attended
him, and the leading men Of New York
and Brooklyn gathered round him on
the stage. And while men applauded
him wildly few knew Of his poverty and
his needs.
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DE sENEcTUTE.
CWashington SAL

THE late Russell Sturgis," said a New
York architect, continually marveled at
the swift passage Of time. This great
architect and critic continually found new
examples of the swift way men grow old
and ugly while stiIl believing themselves
young. He repeated to me one day a
remark he had heard in a barber shop.
AN old chap. with hardly a hair on
his head. snapped at the young barber.
on the completion Of a hair cut:
q" You are not the thorough workman
your father was, my boy. He used to
take a good half hour to cut my hair. %
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not. A wonderful degree of efficiency
i take it.
When we get into camp, the walking
delegate of our pOrters' Union spots the
ground where our camp is to be pitched,
then our freight handlers get busy, run
up our tent and set our furniture in
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DEcEIVINe THE DOGS.
Chicago Inter OCEAN,

tCill-aBD 1ALSL CCcdii-J
In a certain part Of Scotia nd, according
to Dean Ramsey, the shepherds used to
take their COllies with them 10 church.
The dogs behaved well during the ser
mon, but began 10 be restless during the
last psalm and saluted the final blessing
with joyful barks.
In one church the congregation resolved
to stop this unseemly detail, so, when
strange minister was about to pronounce
the blessing, all remained seated instead
sOf rising. Is ne expected.
He hesitated and paused, till an old
shepherd cried, Say ava, siri were a
sittiR' to cheat the dowgs."
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Edited by E. w. KembIe

me that a small herd of bull elephants
have just called and would like to know
when and where I would prefer to hunt
them, and would I take most pleasure
in shooting them on the run or standing
on their heads-they are old circus eIe-
plants and can do any little old stunt
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viewed the elephants-delightfu old
eprobates-they'v led something OF a
sporty life. I fear-they've promised to
show up Thursday afternoon at four
thirty-fve-I told them I wanted their
skins to stuff for our Museum a home
they said they preferred TO do their own
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never was good on describing anything
but, at a dollar a word, one must learn
to do a great deal Of stringing.
But the Fauna, the Fauna in partic-
ular. They seem so tame at times that
It seems a brutal outrage to point gun
in their observation-disclosures has just in
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spurned by Congress.

At last too weak physically to stand
the strain Of travelling, unable to earn
a living in private life, he went before
the congress of the United States and
sought the position of doorkeeper. The
house was Democratic, and Shields
twice a United States senator. hero Of
three wars, SCARED with twelve
wounds. had little longer to live.
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y. .slrl affairs, festooned from limb to
...tl with near silk or Isle thread open
Tr- --A-l m thinking of something else.
". nay mean to say is-the vastness of
''le landscape seems 10 be 50 vast
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These animals have got to come nearer
If they ever hope to be shot-they have
got to look me up and at the same time
look up TO me, as it were, they know
that 1 am here-Cunningham informs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
THREE ARE DEAD
and MANY HURT
Parkersburg, W. Va.,Flooded
by Bursting Tanks.
SCORESOF HOUSESIN PATH

Ten or More Houses Are Completely
Wrecked and Forty Others Badly
Damased-The Breaking of the
Tanks Is Believed to Have Been
Caused by Sorae Miscreant Who
Dynamited Them.
Parkersburg, w. Va, March 90
Three persons were killed, three 9TH
ers probably fatally injured and many
more slightly hurt and ten or more
houses completely wrecked and forty
more badly damaged when the two
large water tanks supplying the city
with water burst. The dead are Mr..
and Mrs. Maggie and small child. The
bodies were found in the ruins of
their home. -.. ~
When the break occurred an i'm
mense stream of water rushed down
Prospect hill, sweeping. everything be-
fore it. Houses were swept into the
SIiGel, dllu tue tTCS1u0uLS i0-huOChSu
from their beds. One whole family.
while sleeping in an up stairs room,
was carried down street seventy-five
yards, the house being split almost
into ribbons, yet all escaped serious
injury except one girl, who had her
collarbone broken. ~~..-- :
The two tanks contained the entire
city water supply and famine is
imminent. The damage will amount
to between 100000 and $250,000. The
St. Johns Lutheran church was al
most completely demolished, but
through its sacrifice many lives were
spared and much more damage pre-
vented, as it was directly in the path
of the water. The breaking of the
tanks is believed to have been caused
by some misereant who dynamited
them, as there were two explosions
heard. -s~t-
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DOZEN PERSONS INJURED
Many Others Have Narrow Escape
From Death by Fire.

From Death by Fire.
New York, March 2l.-More than q
dozen persons were injured and men,
bers of twenty-four families had mar
row escapes from death by fire when
a seven.story twin apartment building
known as the Fifth Avenue apart
ments was burned. The building was
separated from the Hotel Plaza only
by a smaller building and the hotel
office was made hospital for the in
jured, while many wealthy residents
of the hotel watched the blazing
building from the hotel windows and
doors. When the firemen reached the
scene men, women and children were
sitting on window Lodges or hanging
out of the windows gasping for breath
and others. overcome by smoke, We're
being held in position by their rela-
tives. One girl was standing on a
window ledge on the sixth floor pre-
pairing to jump into the street despite
the warnings of those gathered below.
Firemen raised extension ladders to
the fourth floor and went by scaling
ladders to the sixth, whence they car
ried down Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Nc
Donald and their son and servant
girl.
An hour and a half after the fire
started all the floors collapsed.
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AER0PLANE SHOW /.
IN LONDON TODAY
Wright Brothers viii Visit the
British Exhibition.

London, March 20.-Proof Of the
awakening interest of Great Britain
in the subject of aviation is seen in
the international aeroplane exhibition,
the first ever held, which began at
the Olympia today. The show, which
contains models of the leading French
and British flying machines, will re-
main open nine days.
The best French machines as we'll
as the few built in this country are
on exhibition at the show. The Aero
club of Great Britain shows models
embodying the latest flying machines.
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the ia
nous American aeronauts, are expect
ell to attend the exhibition. They are
to visit England in response to an in
vitation OF the Aeronautieal society of
Great Britain, which will present the
brothers each with the gold medal of
the society. The Aeronautical society
has erected sheds for their expert
ments at Dagenham, Essex. :.. -
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"YoUR MOVE" BY CABLE

English and American Students Play
-. Long Distance Chess Today.
Princeton, N. j., March 20.-Play
was begun here today in the interna-
tional cable chess match between stu
dents of American universities and
the students representing the English
universities Of Oxford and Cambridge.
The American colleges represented
are Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton
and Harvard. ,....
There ars six players on each side.
The prize is the Isaac l.. Rice trophy,
now held in this country. It was won
by the American students last year
by the score of 315 to 2h. 80
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Mkrd" Farmer Critically Injured.

New Orleans, March 20.-Kid Farm
er, a well known Illinois pugilist. Is in
the Charity hospital here suffering
with concussion Of the brain AZ the
result Of peculiar accident. While
passing up the steps Of an excursion
steamer he struck his head on a
cross bar and was knocked senseless
His condition il critical.
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HELPING THE LITTLEsT ONES
Doctors 20 Meet in New York Tonight
to Plan Saving Of Infants Lives,

Doctors 20 Meet in New York Tonight
to Plan Saving Of lnfants' lives
New York, March 20,---At d meet
Ing Of some Of the leading physisians
of this city to be held tonight plans
will be made to enlist tho Services Of
the medical profession in the war be-
ing Waged on infant mortality.
The doctors will confer on plans Of
management for the new Infant Sci
ence academy Of New York. The aim
of the academy is supervision Of all
infants from the time q birth and
systematic instruction Of mothers in
their proper care. The academy aims
at reaching all mothers, rich or poor
Many Of the doctors who devote their
time exclusively to the study and
treatment Of children's diseases are
cooperating in the movement.
READY FOR INTERVENTION
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HoW's This?

We'otfer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Gaia rrh Cure. -. n.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
lions, and financially able to carry out any
oblisations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, 80
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Usual Out Not Announced,

Philadelphia, March 2O.-No word
has yet come from the anthracite coal
mining companies regarding the an
nual reduction of so cents a ton in
the domestic sizes of coal, which for
a number of years has been going into
effect on April !, Coal dealers end
consumers are anxiously waiting for
an announcement.
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READY FOR INTERVENTION
Russian Troops Arrive at the Persian
Frontier.

st. Petersburg, March 20.-All prep
arations are now completed for Rus
sian military intervention in Persia
should such step be found neees-
sary. The Third rife battalion, with
its field equipment, has arrived at
Julia, on the Persian frontier, COM
ing from Tiflis. The saliansk regi-
ment also is in readiness to move at a
moments notice. Supplies and equip
ments are now being sent forward
from Resht. Another regiment sta
toned at Yelizavethpol has been or
dered to prepare for field service
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Weston Somewhat Lame.

Schenectady, N. Y, March 2O.-Nd-
ward Payson Weston arrived here
from Troy on his coast to coast walk.
He was limping considerably when he
came into the city and went at once
to hotel for rest and luncheon. A
great crowd met the pedestrian and
he halted to kiss several of the chill.
dren who greeted him.
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Gradual Increase In Business.

New York, March 20.-Dispatches to
Dun's Trade Review indicate a grad
ual improvement in the volume of
business, although progress is still
along conservative lines. Advices from
travelling statesmen indicate an I'M
proved sentiment regarding the bust.
ness outlook.
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Injuries VIII Cause Paralysls,

Washington, March 2e.-r 4ieuten-
ant semrnes Read, executive offieer Of
the naval yacht Mayfower and naval
aide to President Taft, who was seri-
ously injured by being crushed under
a horse while riding I'D Rock Creek
park, survives he VIII be paralyzed
for the rest of his life.
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We'll Known Architect Ends Life.

WI '<'tOvs't NJ 0''tSSSs IT, 41T0'
New York. March Pa man be-
lieved from papers In his possession
to be William Glib, an architect and
inventor and well known member Of
the New York Colt club, committed
suicide in Van Cortlandt park, in the
northern part of the city. shooting
himself In the head. He formerly
lived in California, Colorado and Can.
ada.
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Cause of Tragedy a Mystery.

Fernie, B. c., March 2o.-Two Eng
fish tourists were found in a shack
near the Great Northern station, one
dead and the other in dying condi-
ton. The first appeared to have been
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 49, Cattle Reeves,
$4.6o@7.O0; Texas steers, $4.Ao@5.3o;
Western steers, $400Qs.40; stockers
and feeders, s3.4O05.85; cows and
heifers, s1.9O@s.5O: calves, 10000.
500. Hogs-Light. se.350e.75; mixed.
$8.45@6.S5i heavy, $6.5508.9o; rough.
$6.5506.65; good to choice heavy,
se.sb0e.9O; pigs, s6.25@e.2o. Sheep,
$i,2t@6.SG yearlings.. $500 &af9
- 80 Iuleiys -
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 10, Wheat ar
rive and on track-No..1 hard, $l.16A;
No. 1 Northern, s1.1bK; No. 2 North
ern, $1.13A; May, $1.l4A; July. 81
14A; Sept, $1.01A. Flax-To arrive
and on track, $1.6s%; May, $1.sR3i,
July, s1.62; Sept, $1.sS1s; Oct, $1.35.
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dead for two days. TIE othSF Is de- !,
mented and can give no account Of
himself or OF the dead man. BY labels
on their baggage they appeared TO
have left England in February last.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 19.-Wheat- May,
$1.16; July, $1.03W @1.o4; Sept, 97A
@97Ac; Dec, 9SAc Corn-March,
64Mc; May, e61ac; July, 65H@6ec,
Sept, $3.50; Dec, 6sMc. OatsMay,
543sc; July, 4sAc; Sept, 4O3a 04OM6.
Pork-May, $3.50; July, $176o; Sept,
$3.50. Butter-Creameriss, 22@29c,.
dairies, 20@25c. Eggs-1S019c. Poul-
try-Turkeys, TIC; chickens and
springs, 1885,
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St. Paul Union stock Yards.

ST.. Paul, March 19.-qattle-GoQd
to choice steers, $6.oo06Ao; fair to
good, $4.s0@5.0O; good to choice COWS
aad heifers, s4o0G5.6o, YAals, s5.76@
CSC. Hogs-s6.3o0660. sheep-Wseth-
ers, s5.oO@5.75: yearlings. @eOo0 e.s6;
lambs, $7.000750.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 19.-Wheat--
May, $114A: July, $1.14M. On track
NO. l hard, Sill; No. Northern,
$1.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.1401.14A;
No. Northern, $1.O2A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-23
THE MARKETS
sAA FRANCIsOO MARKETs.

San Francisco, Calf. Jan. "a
Wheat-No. l California Club, per
GENITAL. st671k OHIO; California
white milling. sl.75@l.sO; north
ern bluestem, sl.75Q1.sO; OF
grades wheat. tI.5O@1.69: Reds.
tt,62lk @l67h.
Barley-Feed barley. s1.42h q
l:45; common TO fair. S1.35QI.4O;
brewing at San Francisco nominal at
s1.45Q 1855; chevalier. s1.5O@I.sO
according 10 quality.
Eggs-Per dozen, California fresh
including cases, extras. AZ lAe; hrsts
42c; seconds, Ale; thirds. 4Oc; pull
let's, select, 4Oc.
Butter-Per pound. California
fresh, extras, 39e; frsts. 33e; sec
onds. 27c; storage. California extras.
S1e; ladies. extras. 23c.
New cheese per pound. Califor-
MIA fats, fancy. l4c; frsts. 1Shc;
seconds, lie; California Young
America fancy, Ice; firsts. l5hc;
New York Cheddars. fancy.
lie; Oregon fats, fancy. lac; do.
Young America. fancy. Ice; Cali
fornia storage fancy flats. 13c; Or
egon flats, fancy. lac; do Young
America, 15e.
POtatoes-Per GENITAL. River
Whites, S1.25; LOmpOc Burbanks.
$500 1.65; do. Salinas. sl.55: Or
sgon Burbanks. s1.35QI.5O: sweet
potatoes, per crate. sl.75a2.
Onions-Per sack. Oregon. SEA
.25; California, Sl.75G2.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-23

Fresh Fruits

Buying prices, per ewt $1.25 1.5
Sweets, per cwt ....,.......$2.2
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-23

fire escapes. Passed; Bingham, Mil
Ter of Linn and Lane, Norton and
Smith of Marion voted against the
bill.
3. b. Is, Kelliher, to require hotel
and lodging houses to furnish sheets
nine feet long Passed; Barrett,
Johnson, Kay, Miller of Linn and
Lane, Nottingham and Smith of Mar
ion voted NO"
S, b. 81, Parrish to raise the
salary of the sheriff of Grant coun-
ty. Passed.
S. B. Parrish, to increase the sal
airy of treasurer of Grant county.
Passed.
S. B. 81, oliver, to increase the
salary of the recorder of Union coug
ty. Passed.
S. b. AZ, Miller of Linn, to pro-
vide for the Linn county fair as
sociation and appropriating $1,000
therefor. Passed. Barrett and Wood
voted against the hill.
Adjourned until p. IN.