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MRS MARY FARMER DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OKEGOX, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1009. The Harmony Of Home IS ELECTROCUTED tCnlted Press Leased Wire.) Auburn. N. March 29. With eyes half closed and muttering pray ers taught her by n Catholic priest". ' .Mrs. Mary Farmer, mother of h 2-yr-old boy. walked without .waver ing to her death In the electric chair in the state prison here this morn ing, while her husband, James Farm er, sentenced to die for the samo crime, paced the Moor oi his coll, scarcely a stone's throw away. The last act of the wonuin'n life was an upseiflsh offort to save her husband from t:ie death which ' she almost complacently met. She made a brief confession before a no tary public, In wnlch sho admitted that she killed Sarah Urennnn n yoar ago for hor property, and swore that her husband knew nothing of the crime. She stated that Farmer was not at home on the day of the killing, and that he was not connect ed with It In any way. Father Illckey, who fought hard to save the woman from death, re mained with her during the last hours In her coll, and he said that, though she was comforted In her soul, and ready to face her death with asusrance, she still did not show great human emotion, and was stoical and almost Indifferent. As the party of witnesses and of ficials passed through the long cor ridor from the office of the warden to the little death chnmoer, there was a great stillness through the great prison, so that the footsteps of tho men as they proceeded, double flic, resounded and re-echoed against the stone and Iron of the walls. Even In Auburn prison, where It . Is not a rare thing to hear an early morning march to tho little room where the oloctrlc chair fulfills the extreme mandate of the law, hero where the men of long sentences have missed follow prisoners so of ten that an Incident senrcoly breaks the routine of the prison day, there was an air of unusual suppression and nervousness this morning. The fact that it was a woman to die the seceiu: woman to bo elec trocuted In tnls state tho fact that this woman's husband was one of their fellow prlsonors; tho re mombrnnco of the shadowy llguro of that frail and miserable woman, as they had seen hor nnco or twico during her. Incarceration all these things seemed to have made u doop tmprosslou on tho .jonvlcts, and Au burn has never seen a time of great or suspense The nlr seemod charged with intrlouH feeling of sup- 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE iojwra Traoc Marks Dcsions Copyrights Ac Anroo MDilInc iktteb tnd description my wuriiivr u Ani.ht. asAArtstn niir nninlrm fr liifnrtnn It rr .bblr MWnubl r.ioimunl. iwin.trtcllrc tifldutIU. HANOBOtK onl'tuuu Ht tro. ' leit iencr for Murine jwtentt. Tatanti Uken ihroueb ilium Jt Cu, fectlT jwui nolut, without chmree, in tbs Scientific Americans AhndnmIrlllorirtl wklf. fjuvMtrlr onUtlou . f nf cUutlSe Journal, Trm. II a, rtr: tout tuontbi, It 8oU brail noillr. MUNS&Co.38,0d"'' New York W ' jLLslLm yBtsissllv Ita JldsMsHssssssssW J IHbIbiW DR. STONE'S Drug Store The only cash drug store in Ore gon, owes bo one, and no one owe it; carries large stock; its incite, counter and show caies are loaded with drugs, medicines, notions, toilet articles, wines and liquors of all kinds for medicinal purposes. Dr. Stone Is a regular graduate la med ietas, and has bad many years of ex perience tn the practice. Coapta tions are fre. Prescriptions are free, and only regular prices for medMae. Dr. Stone can be tound at his drag store, Salem. Or., from 7 in the rooming until 9 at nlgbt pressed anxiety peculiar on the days of some extraordinary event within the walls. As the witnesses took their seats In the death chamber, the hum and bur-r-r-r of the electrlool Instruments could be hoard. The heavy door oiiening from "death row" swung ajar, and the figure of Father HioKsy appeared, moving with solemn tread and chant ing prayers. Uehlnd him were tnree women. In tho center wns the condonlned woman. On one shle was Mrs. John Duunlgnn and on the other Miss Mary Gorman. Those two women hud been with Mrs. Farmer almost constantly since the death sentence was pasesd upon her, and they sup ported her slightly on either sldo In her approach to the chair. The face of Mnry Farmer was blanched and drawn. It bore the mnrks of the prison life. It was pal lid and worse signs of tho life. With her eyes half closed, she seemed to look beyond the walls of the room. She moved slowly and deliberately, and took her place In the chair calm ly. Instantly the attendants woro at their work. Tho clyectrodos weio strapped to her legs below, tho knee and the wrists were fastened to tho plates on the arms of tho chair, Tho headpiece, holding n wet sponge, slipped down over tho woman's oyes. The chin strap almost coverod hor mouth, leaving llttlo of her faco visible. It was the work of tmt an instant ns these mon havo been trained to act quickly. Then State Electrician Davi3, watching closoly as tho woman broathod and as ho saw tho chost sink nt tho oxhalatlon, ho swung tho switch Into plncc, Tho body jumped Into tho creaking straps and tho breath never camo back into tho lungs of tho woman, who died porco fully and Instantly, Though Davis had been enroful to bring tho contact when tho lungs hold no air, there was a slightly aud Iblo moan, which was tho only sign of the woman's death other than the thme stiffening of tho body. Tho first contact was given at G:05 o'clock, when 1,850 volta. nt sovon nnd fi half ampores woro used. This contact was maintained for ono mluuto nnd two seconds. A second contact was given at tho suggestion of the doctors and was maintained five seconds. A third of throo sec onds wn applied as a precaution, and at 11 mines after G tho dooto.s pronounced her dead. o SON SEES MOTHER TAKE POISON U'u.twl l'rw I.mmhI Wire. Spokane. Wash., March 29. Suvou-year-old Jimmy Orr Is tuduy sorrowfully sitting beside the re mains of his mother, regretting that he did not know In time to sure her life that It was tnutpblne. ami not medicine, that she swallowed with suicidal Intent yesterday, while heat ed In the rest room of the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Orr left hor fcubaud In Godfrey, tasn.. and oame to Spo kane In seareh of work. After hor went to the home of the Y. V. C. A. arrival she grew despondent nnd to reel. While Iter boh was seated beside her. Mrs. Orr drew a bottle from her handbag aad drank the content. The boy thought she was taking medicine, and did hoi realize what hud really haupened until she fell over uHconbclous. Mrs. Orr died a few hours later. I iocs Not Mingle With or Emanate From the Table of Dyspepsia, In the home, meal time should awaken In nil the Inhabitants a pe culiar harmony of Joy which will make for the home the abiding place, of Interest and happiness. If one member at the dinner tablo Is cat of sorts, his lurtuonco Is folt nnd the harmony U lacking. Conver sation and mirth are absent. Devour ing thoughts assail the diners nnJ silence prevails. "At the Dyspeptic Tabic Ominous, Quiet nnd Gloom Crowds Ont Mirth." All physicians agree that mirth and Joy at mcnl time does much to ward digestion. Mirth tingles the whole nervous organism of man, tho cells wherein are stored valunblo dl gostlvo Juices, empty their contonts under the nervous stimulation anl promote tho highest degree of dlgos tlon. If gloom nnd discomfort provall nt tablo tho reverse action obtains nnd meals become necessities, not an ticipated Joys. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tnblots aro llt tlo storehouses of digestion which mix with tho stomach Julcos, digest food, rctlngle tho mucous mom- brnne nnd Its nervo centers, glvo to tho blood n great wealth of dlgestlvo fluids, promote digestion and stays by the stomach until all Its duties are complete. If dyspepsia sits at tables It makcj tho dining room n place of awo those tnblcts should bo taken nftor meals and dyspepsia of n coiiBcquoneo (loe-i. No need for diet or fasting. Tho dyspeptlci who will uso them rollg lously will find no sense of nausea lu tho sight of gcnerou meals or tn tho odor of rich cooking. It matters not what tlm condition of tho stomach Stuart's Dyspopila Tnbloti only Improvo tho Juices nnd bring quiet to tho whole dlgostlvo cnnnl, of which tho stomach is tho center. Forty thousand physicians mo tlioso In their practice, and ovory drugg'st soils thorn. Prlco SOc. Send us your namo and nddros nnd wo will lond you a trlnl packago by mall free. Addrers F. A. Stuart Co., 130 Stuart Illdg., Marshall Mlnh. "I suppose your wife was t'ckUJ to doath at yours raise In salary?" "Sho will be." "Huvon't you told her yet?" "No; I thought I would enjoy myself for n oouplu of weeks first." Nnshvllle Amorloau. O 1IIMUJX DANGERS. Niituiv Glvw Tlmoly Warning Tllii't No SjiIcih Citloii Chu Af ford lo Ignore. NtMv Incorporations. Articles of Incorporation fllod In the otfloe o fPrank W. Benson, sec retary of state. March ST. 1909, as follews: Campbell Lumber Company; prin cipal office. Portland; oapltal stock. $700,000; Incorporators. John K. Kollock. Frank E. Smith and M. A. Zollinger. Green Whltoomb Company; prin cipal office, Portland; capital stock, $50,000; Incorporators. W. L. Green. C. S. Whltoomb and B. M. tx'httoomb. o Married. Mr. Albert E. Buck of this oily went to Arlle, Polk oouaty, Saturday law aad was there married Saturday evealag to Ml Bertha D. Fuqua. The groom is the sea of Mr. and Mrs. William Bask, ef this city, and is a expert roofer and shiagler. The bride l the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrtu Fuqua. prominent la their home town. The young couple will probably eoae to Salem to reside. DANGRU SIGNAL NO. 1 comes from the kldnoy socrotlons. They will warn you when the kldnoys are sink. Woll kidneys excrete a clear, am. ber fluid. . Sick kldnoys send out a thin, pale and foamy, or n thlok, red, Ill-smelling urine, full of sedlmeat and Irregular of passage. DANOBR SIGNAL NO. 2 eomes froiN the back- Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and aotuto, tell you of sick kldnoys and warn you of the approach of dropsy, dlaboto and Brlght's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. Here's Salem proof. William Humgardner, retlrod, 5 '.'5 Water St., Salem. Ore. says: "I spoak from personal experience when I say that Doan's Kidney Pills do all that Is claimed for them In cur ing kidney complaint and backache. I had felt the need of a kidney rem edy for a long time, but I found many of the medicines I used worth less. When I read of Doan's Kidney Pills, I was Induced to procure a sup ply at Dr. Stone's drug store. Tho backache aud weakness of the kid neys, which had annoyed me were quickly removed and I was restored to good health. I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone In need of a kidney medicine. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's aad take bo other, o Jules Murray will present Noramn Haekett la "Classmates" at the Grand opera house In the sear future. WARNING Jhe Portland Railway, Light and Power Company has re cently repainted and fixed up all its suburban depots, but finds it impossible to keep them up owing to the particular pleasure some people find in destroying property. The elec trie lights are invariably stolen or broken and the walls marked with pencil or cut with knives, These depots were put up for the accommodation of tho public as' a place to rest and wait for the cars, Tho Yew Park waiting room near the S, P, depot Is the oae most mu tilated, Twenty-five Dollars Reward will be given any person fur nishing information which will lead to the arrest and convic tion of any party damaging these depots, PORTLAND RAILWAY LIGHT & POWER COMPANY MM I A Capital Journal Want Ad Is a Great Deal More Powerful Than It Looks-Don't Judge Its Power By Its Size Try One and See For Yourself. Mitchell Wagons Represent More Than Seventy Years of Experience in Wagon Building It is an Absolute Impossibility to Build a Wagon Better than the MITCHELL Why? BeouiiBo money cannot buy better timber than Is bought for the Mitchell. Mitchell & Lowls Co., the manufacturers, positively pay 25 to 36 pur cent above tho market price of first grades for the privilege of culling over and "skimming off Uio crvum" of the wagon stock. This Is carried from three to five yeurs In open sheds under cover until thoroughly seasoned, being culled three to Ave times In the process of handling. Wood stock for three to live years ahead means wood stock aggregating In value nearly O.VK MILLION DOMulltH. It Is not every factory that can carry this kind of a stock, consequently It is not every factory that can build wagons as the Mitchell Is built too many of them build from hand to mouth buy stock today and make It up tomorrow. Do you want a wagon made In that way, or do you want one of our kind? One that carries with It AS AHHOLUTK flUAKANTKK THAT IT IH THK HliST I'OKSIHI.i: TO IIUILI) always has been and always will be. If you wan tour kind mako up your mind boforo you start out that It will eost you more monoy than the "other kind." because It costs more money to build It. The best Is always the cheapest all that you want to know l that you are getting the best. You can be absolutely sure of It whea you buy a Mitchell Wagon J P i 4 X -lbl " I