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The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

Col. Goethals looks upon the land
slides at Culebra with indifference. Too
bad he was not up here last November.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

Why pay fancy prices for Strawberries
in February when you can buy pickles
that are almost as sour for a great
deal less money?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

There is just as much room on top,
despite the fact that the upper berths
have been reduced in price.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

The socialist editor convicted of libel
on King George OF England has ap-
pealed. Waste OF time and good cash.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
Expenses in Italy.

Expenses in Italy have increased from
30 to 100 per cent during the last ten or
twelve years" said Henry F. Bowman,
of Philadelphia. who has spent some time
in Italy on business and was seen at the
Raleigh. The charges at the fashionable
hotels are quite as high as those in New
York, which is due in a measure to the
fact that they have introduced modern
COnveniences in the way of hot and cold
water, bathrooms, steam heat and cleo
trio lights, and they are aware that their
rich patrons are perfectly willing TO pay
for them. House rents and the price OF
food of every kind nearly doubled within
the last ten or twelve years. and every
article in the list of necessaries of life
has advanced considerably. SO that it is
no longer very much cheaper to live in
Italy than il is in the United States.
There are a large number of American
young men and women studying music
and languages and other things in Flor
ence. There is an American school there,
where American girls are taught by
American teachers. There are many pen
sionS and boarding houses scattered in
different parts of the city. in which ac-
are furnished according to
the price that is paid for them.. and they
are well patrOnized by idle families as
we'll as students and remittance people
from America"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

That fortune aggregating 265,0Oo, 900
forms, left by a Viennese, is almost
big enough to deserve newspaper notice
in this country.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

1t is all very well to take revolvers
from our gun carriers. But how about
dealing with the source of supply?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

How is it that the plain-looking girl
never disappears?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
TenchInr GfrI NIachinist..

More than 800 girls are being taught to
operate electrically driven machinery in
anew trade school in New York.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
Con.,ant Opportunitie,.

'DThey say that opportunity knocks at
every mans door"
DO you believe that"
"Oh, yes: 1 am constantly being Of
fered elegant chances to invest"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

When Mr.. Bryan is asked nowadays
If he will run for President next year,
he shakes his head.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

And indications tell US that
'Tis stirring in the baseball bat
Constant Opportunities.
''They say that opportunity knocks a.
every mans door,
do you believe that"
"Oh, yes: 1 am constantly being of.
fered elegant chances to invest"
Their College Cry.
Those must be hostile Indians. fear
we are lost. Listen to their blood-curd-
ling warhoops."
II know that yell. Those Indians are
graduates of Yalevard."
The Literary COurtship.
"They started in a purely platonic way
to read Lucille together"
"Wen?"
Now they are interested in a book that
tells how to build a s1,0OO house.
A Preliminary Cold.
The gentle spring. as poets say,
Is nearly due.
1 know I rather feel that way
KerchooI
How 1t Happened.
'I see the Mexican insurgents and reg
ulars had fight on the border recently"
Yes: lot of American bystanders
egged 'em on to it,
When Women Rule.
That lady judge has decided against
U.S.
That's all right" said the feminine
attorney. 'I know her. By tomorrow
she'll change her mind"
The Artistic Temperament.
81 can't get a leading lady for Yorick
Hamm."
PLENTY of competent actresses to be
had"
Yes; but he has his peculiarities.
Won't act with anybody he has ever
been divorced from"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

Col. Cecil Lyon, general manager OF
the State OF Texas. here recently. had an
awful experience on train last summer.
A friend here in Washington had asked
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
when Women Rule.

That lady judge has decided against
U.S.
That's all right" said the feminine
attorney. At know her. By tomorrow
she'll change her mind.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
How II Hapnened.

'I see the Mexican insurgents and reg
ulars had a fight on the border recently. -
YES; a lot of American bystanders
egged 'em on to it, ...
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

From the St Louis Post Dispatch.
Politicians in Washington are painec
to earn that the tariff question refuse:
TO be lodged.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
POLITICAL COMMENT.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
The upper berths have come down
but only in price.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17
Their College Cry.
A Preliminary Cold.

The gentle spring. as poets say,
Is nearly due.
1 know rather feel that way
Kerchooi
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

II Is because of this monopolization by
the French that the people are SO dis
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

From the New Bedford Standard.
The appropriate place to celebrate the
opening of a canal is where the canal is,
not some hundreds of miles away.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

From the Baltimore Sun.
Had Gov. Wilson forgotten all about
Charlie Murphy when he said What
we need is audacity?''
The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

Washington. February l6
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20

place or point abuts on Irving avenue
or is less than $50 feet distant from
that avenue. On these findings the
court rendered judgment for the
plaintiff, from which the defendant
appeals.
Burnett, j. THE finding of the
court upon the facts shall be deemed
a verdict and may be set aside in the
same manner and for the same rea-
son, as far as applicable, and new
trial granted" l.. o. L. section 159.
This being an action at law, the facts
as disclosed by the courts findings
are thus established beyond our power
to gainsay. We cannot rehear the
cause upon the issues of fact or give
further attention to the Testimony in
any event than to ascertain II there
is any evidence tending to support the
findings of fact. Astoria Railway Co.
" Kern, A Ore. 53S; Flegel v. Ross,
AZ Ore. 366; Seffert v. Northern Pa
cific r. R. Co., 40 Ore. 1876; Courtney
V. Bridal Veil Box Factory, 55 Ore.
210.
We have carefully examined the
testimony and, in our judgment, there
is ample to justify the findings Of
fact Indeed there is little dispute as
to what really occurred. The defen-
dant contends on various grounds, in
effect, that the judgment was not the
proper legal conclusion to be drawn
from the premises disclosed by the
facts as determined by the court. In
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20

this state an action may be maintained
against corporate town In its cor
porate character and within the scope
of its authority for an injury to the
rights Of the plaintiff arising from
some act or omission of such public
corporation. l.. o. L., section 1858.
This statute clarifies the discussion
as affected by many of the precedents
cited by the defendant where for want
of such legislation the courts were
powerless to afford relief against in
| jury inflicted under the ostenslble ex-
ercise Of governmental power. The
principal contention for the defendant
Is that, within the meaning OF Brand
v. Multnomah County, 3S Ore. 10; so
l.. r. A. 3S9, and other like prece-
dents, the grievances of which the
plaintiff complains were consequential
injuries resulting from the exercise
of the city's governmental function of
improving its streets. Herein is in
volved the distinction between the
Legislative and administrative powers
Of the city. The issue in this aspect
Of the case Is whether the city acted
wholly within its sphere as a govern
mental agent where 1t is immune in
respect to mere errors of judgment
or whether what II did was In its
ministerial capacity to which the con-
sequences of negligence and malad-
ministratlon will attach. In the lead
ing case of Perry v. Worcester, Gray
Mace E1I E1z tha lit
by Chief Justice Shaw, lays down the
rule that the exercise of the govern
mental function exonerates a munich
pality from liability for such damage
as necessarily results from the act.
But" says the learned Judge, this
presupposes that the public work thus
authorized will be executed In rea-
sonably proper and sklllful manner,
with a just regard to private owners
Of estate. II done otherwise, the dam
age Is not necessarily incident TO the
accomplishment Of the public object,
but to the improper and unsklllful
manner Of doing IT, Such damage to
private property Is not warranted by
the authority under color OF which II
Is. done and Is not justiflable by IT,
II Is unlawful and q wrong for the
redress of which an action of tort
will lie" In Rochester White Lead
Co. v Rochester, N. Y. 4G3, the court
holds that the ordinance of the COM
mon council directing a public Inn
proyement is judicial in It's nature
and extends immunity from private
action for damages to those who per-
form the duty, but there this immun-
ity ends The further prosecution OF
the work Is purely Of a ministerial
character and the city is bound to see
that 1t Is done in a safe and sklllful
manner. Aschoff V. Evansville, "a
Ind. App. 25, teaches that a municipal
cOrporatlon Is liable for the negligent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20

discharge Of ministerial duties arising
by necessary implication even In con-
nection with governmental functions.
In Ely " st. Louis, 1S1 Mo. 1913, the
rule is laid down that passing an
ordinance declaring a street to be op-
ened is legislative, but the process Of
opening and improving the street is
ministerial in respect to which action
able negligence may be predicated
McKenne v. st. Louis, Mo. App. 800,
classes making and improving of
streets as a ministerial duty. II is
said in Sadlier v. City of New York,
1856 N. Y. 40S, 419, that mo liability
Is incurred for a structure erected in
| the exercise of the governmental pow
ers unless by negligence
and lack of care In the performance
of the work a direct injury
is thereby occasioned." The same
conclusion is established in Gilman
v. Laconla, 30 N. H. 1870. The supreme
ourt of Minnesota In Kobs " Mime
apolis, 20 MINI. 1859, holds the munic-
ipality liable for turning an unusuaf
quantity OF water from the street up-
on plaintiffs premises. Although the
city had right under its governmental
functions to abate the nuisance of
standing water, yet, says the court,
"the act Of removal was a ministerial
one In the performance of which the
defendant was legally bound to take
all such reasonable care and precau-
tion against possible and contingent
injuries to others as q discreet and
cautious individual would and ought
to exercise under like circumstances
were the whole loss or risk to be his
alone In Augusta v. Little, 115 Ga.
124, the court says; "The adoption
by municipal corporation of a plan
for grading the streets and sidewalks
of city Is quasi judicial act and
If the plans adopted be erroneous, the
city cannot be held liable to a prl-
vate person who is injured thereby.
II the execution of this plan-the con-
struction Of the pavement-be unskill-
full or negligent, the city would be
liable; for the construction would be
ministerial act" The case of Miles
v. Worcester, 154 Mass. 511, states the
rule thus: IF a city adapting a lot
OF land for school house purposes,
builds and maintains a retaining wall
between the lots and the land Of an
adjoining owner, and by the action of
the elements or otherwise, 1t becomes
nuisance for which the city Is respon-
sible to such owner. In Barford v.
Grand Rapids, SO Mich. 9S; 81 Am.
Rep. 1O5, the rule Is thus stated: IF
tn act which was done by a munlc-
ipal corporation be tortious II done by
a natural person, the corporation is
held liable for 1t to the same extent
and for the same reason that the ma
tural person would have been" The
(Continued on PAGE a.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20
Clergyman'S Son
Cured Of tuberculosis

Consumption is fattering disease and
the sufferer is filed with bright hopes OF
Improvement. Cail ii 10y it> owu dread
uame-and then-take Eckmans Altera-
tive because 1t is effective In Tuber.
culOSiS. No one need doubt about it
there is plenty Of evidence from live wit.
nesses. Investigate the folowiug;-
Gentlemen: Prior to Feb, ig0S. I was
located in Rochester. y. y. suffering
with IaGrippe, which developed into
tuberculosis. My physician gave me one
month to live. I was having terrible
night sweats and midday chills aud los.
ing desh rapidly. having gone from l55
TO l35 lbs. ! coughed aud raised cOntin-
ually and became so weak that walking
few feet exhausted me. On my return
home, my regular physician gave me lit.
tie encouragement. My father. who is a
clergyman, heard OF Eckman's Altera-
tive and induced me To take IT, The
night Sweats and chills disappeared my
cough became easier and gradually d.
minished and in a few days ] developed
an appetite, the first in months | am
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feel certain that | owe my life to Eek.
mans Alternative"
(Signedl +. IL. COWLES,
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express my appreciation OF what your
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doubt in my mind, 1t saved his life
~ wish to add my endorsement to
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(Signed) REV. J. ]. COWLES.
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Eckman's Alternative is effective In Bron-
chlts, Asthma, Hay Fever Throat and
Lung Troubles and In uphuilding the
system. Does not contain pOisOns, Oplates
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Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa, for more evil
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]. C. Perry, Salem. Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20
SUPREME COURT PASSES
ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS

The Liability of City for Damages Is Most Ably and Thor
Oughy Discussed in an Exhaustive 0pnion-The Question
of Good Faith in the Publication Of Summons and Service
of Papers in Divorce Suits Is Also Exploited
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-20

Continued on Page 81
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29
INTERESTING BITS OF LOCAL NEWS

Ia
Helen Sacramento, Q, 10702
Terrence ave., died last night
after being scalded in bathtub.
Charles B. Morrow, 4545 Mich
igan ave-, found dead on his back
porch yesterday, was declared by
coroner's jury to have COM
mitted suicide while respondent
over failure to interest capital in
his inventions.
Louise Vermilya, lying in her
bed at the county Jail, yesterday
pleaded not guilty of the murder
of Policeman. Arthur Bissonette.
She was too i'll to be moved, so
Judge Kersten held court at her
bedside.
Miss Florence Monahan, II;
Miss Verna Kelly, 22; Stanley
Furbach, 20, and George Worth,
~, were injured yesterday when
auto in which they were riding
was Struck by Kedzie ave. car at
Douglas blvd. Auto wrecked and
car smashed.
Because the paper wouldn't
look right without mention of
Violet Buehler, we print her
name. She has been reported in
several places, from Kansas City
to Cleveland. AZ
Daniel O'Connell, 70, and
Richard T. Wallace, lawyers,
pulled off fist fight in the law
yer's cage at the county jail yes
terday. O'Connell said Wallace
criticised him to a. client.
Northwestern 81" train jump
ed track at 5th ave. and Lake
early TODAY Front car hung over
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

Total number of marriage IL,
.censes issued in 1911 here, 30,282,
being 1,405 more than last year.
Edward Sweet and his wifeJ
and Fay Brandstrader and Jose
phine Gradrao were rescued by
fremen this morning in blaze at
1213-15 Washington blvd. Dam
age $500.
Robert Langdon, 113o Oakdale
ave., fined $500 and costs for
beating his wife and breaking
furniture in his home.
]. "A. Marshall, salesman, 1927
LaSafie ave-, robbed of purse con-.
tanning 500 on street car last
night. Identified two prisoners
at detective bureau as men who
sat near him.
Four bandits attempted to hold
up Wesley Carter of Evansville,
Ind, at S. Wabash and 18th st.
early today. Carter fought with
the men, and two of them, giving
names of Tonu Perrilo and Louis
Starr, were arrested.
Richard McInerney, 706 N.
State, attacked and stabbed early
today as he left saloon at Erie
and tSate streets. Assailants es-
capped.
Window in Ringer jewelry
store, III w. Van Buren, street,
smashed early today, and bur-.
glars took several watches and
pins. Pursued by private watch
man, but escaped.
DR.. Carl G. Swenson, 400 Full
lerton ave-, sued for $1,000 by
Mrs. Do1lie Carlson. who alleges
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
SAYINGS or MARK TWAIN.
Bright Things That Are Rarely Cred
tied to the Hurorlst.

Bright Things That Are Rarely cred-
tied to the HumorIsk.
There has been complaint that every
good story gets accredited TO Mark
Twain without his having really de-
served 1t, but Professor Archibald
Henderson In his book Mark Twain
points out that actually many OF the
best known common sayings first Gre
ated By Mark Twain are very rarely
credited to him. His sayings in
HPudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar such
as ''the eauiifloWer is nothing but cab
bage with a college education are
generally known as written by Mark
Twain. but there are others of which
this is not true.
Some of his best sayings are apropoS
of the cheerful custom of lying for
instance: Truth is our most valuable
possession. Let us economics it,
Never tell n lie-except for practice"
Is not so well known as the more popu-
lar When in doubt tell the truth"
Professor Henderson comments that
Of the latter maxim Mark Twain de
Clared that he never expected Ii to
be applied to himself. 1t was for
other people When he was in doubt
himself he used sagacity. Perhaps his
best summary is: Never waste hel
You can't tell when you may need f.
A catchword emanating from Mark
Twain Is, BE virtuous and you will
be eccentric" Another is that there
isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks
it would have been the equator Ii it
had had its rights" There ID some
thing peculiarly American in his warn
ing to girls not to marry-that is, not
to excess. To Professor Henderson
Mark Twain made remark likely to
rank with the best of his sayings now
that It has been published. Professor
Henderson was advised before under
going a surgical operation, Console
yourself with the reflection that you
are giving the doctor pleasure and
that he is getting paid for it,
OF the hundreds of Twain sayings
none is better known than one often
attributed to Andrew Carnegie, "Put
all your eggs in one basket-and then
watch that basket"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
MAKING SHOT.
The Tower Process Used Only For the
Smaller Sizes.


Smaller Sizes.
The tower process of making shot
was invented by William Watts, a
plumber of Bristol, England, in 1769.
His tower was built by saving a
square hole in the center Of the various
floors of his house and locating well
in the cellar. into which the globules
of molten lead dropped and were in
stantly cooled and hardened. Watts
secured patent lin 1882 and sold his
London rights In 1900 for $4S,665.
His tower is still in use, although it
has been heightened by the addition of
several stories. The lead when molten
is poured into sieve-like receptacle
at the top OF the tower, and these
molten drops, falling into the well.
120 feet below, form the shot, which
are then passed through a polishing
grader. They are then spilled from a
hopper on to an inclined plane, the per
feet shot running on second plane.
while the imperfect drop through an
opening between. The shot pass over
four series Of planes, and only the per-
feet reach the last plane.
A larger size than BIB cannot be
made by this process. The larger
sizes, including shrapnel, are made by
two different processes. In tha nga
dunn size wire Of the aFepei
terial is fed into a machine which
mashes it into ribbon shape and
punches irregular formed shot. The
largest are made by pouring the metal
into long bullet molds, which, in cool
ing, form irregular shot: The various
sizes are then placed, each BY itself,
in gins. which are revolved for six
hours, when the shot come out perfect
" smooth spheres. Boston Globe.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

checked girl. No one can imagine the
confidence have In DIR. Miles Heart
Remedy "A. r.. CANON, Worth, Mo.
The unbounded confidence Mr..
Canon has in DIR. Miles Heart REM
cdy is shared by thousands of
others who know its value from
experience. Many heart disorders
yield to treatment, if the treatment
is right. If you are bothered with
short breath, fainting spells, swell
ing of feet or ankles, pains about
the heart and shoulder blades, pal
pitation, weak and hungry spells,
you should begin using DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy at once. Profit by
the experience of others while you
may.
Or. Niles Heart Remedy lsksoId and
guaranteed BY all druggists.
MILES MEDICAL Co. EIkhart,Y Ind,
&
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

There is "a Quaker cemetery in
Prospect park west, Brooklyn. The
cemetery is much older than the
park, and when the park was organ
lied it was done with the understand
ing that the Friends playground was
not to be disturbed. The pact win
probably always be kept The GENE
terry covers several acres say. from
eight TO ten-and ID beautifully stu
ated on one OF the most commanding
hills in the park. 1t is still used for
burial purposes. New York American.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

Another lawyers story arrives. We
are told that a man was charged with
picking a pocket the other day and
that when arraigned he pleaded guilty.
The case went to the jury, however,
and the verdict was not guilty. And
the court spoke as follows:
.sYou don't leave this court without
d stain on your character. BY your
own confession you are d thief. BY
the verdict of the fury you are liar
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
IA Duty.

Look here, Ben. what did you shoot
DIT me fer amt got no quarrel with
you.
"You had feud with Jim Wombat.
didn't YEP
II did, but Jim's dead"
@Tm hi executor. Lippincott's.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
The Briohk side.

ssLet Us look on the bright side Of
things Nothing A. ever as bad a. It
might NJ"
You're right Take the coats that
women wear, for instance. They might
be made to button down the back. -
Chicago Record Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

LIZ OBEdCIsaLO
&--mnm
q n. WaEters, Mayor
Dr. HestIri.r, 1reas,
.AntOizse SDaytgse, CEerlc.
C0rtrscSLDteH:
LIST Hard, Vim. sSclInet1ez
and s.. q, Thornton.
gHd Hard III. IN CrouCt5ev
and Chester M0tyae
3rd Ward, Or. 10 Donald
and Bert Parker.
Police fudge, b. a R0selL
Justice 01 Psaee, u H0t5e5'
CHIEF of Police. Nm. Metz
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

bed near 4 window
30 she could get
her breath One
doctor said. Poor
child. she IS likely
to fan dead any
time. Al friend
told me DIR. Miles
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
so I tried it. and
she began to inn
prove. She took
q great many bot
ties. but she Is
spared to rae to-
tlav. a fat, rosy
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

My daughter, when thirteen years
old. was stricken with heart trouble.
She was 50 bad wa had to place her