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and resources of one side or the other J changed Lincoln from what he was that
were so redaeed as to force its abso-1 the characteristics which made him dif
lute surrender and he pointed out that f erent in commendable way from all
the sooner that was done the better, his Contemporaries would hare plaeed
even for the defeated "side. . , him on a level with or below them. The
.The war between Eussia and Japan substance of Mr. UeClare conclusion
is to be the more dreaded since no maa land the reason 'for it are contained in
eaa foresee where it will end. -It kls jthe following paragraph:
the apparent culmination of commercial I itj naTe long believed; after an inti-
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iuu mciai nvwrj nuica wn ae-1 nuia personal acquaintance wna jur.
velopinir with varvinfir decrees of r-1 Lincoln, that he would have fallen short
r,iditv for ft.n.MA Tt i J " mn7 of the best attribute of his
r - . . . 7 . . . I greatness if he had enjoyed good eduea-
theim object to harin pir dirnUnu ! . . . " . iIonal aTantages in ais ooynooa ana
t ice time of expiration of their to bacrtpuoo. ambition ox Russia for territorial and had become a graduate of a college.
J?SZZ$L& ZJSS commercial : evasion. Tnot to v His stndies would have absorbed him
only when notified to do so. peraons paying Lrreio.. r. il. -M .d l t"ely changed the trend of his
waen mtmcrbn, or pari os; iu advance, will l . ' ; ; I life. He would have been great under
5iJntAe.f""t: -iHl?!?!! kn on P of Japan, with the any circumstances: he would have been
a year. HereaJter we will aend the paper to all additional fear of losing her national more polished, and more scholarly, but
KtlT.Sa autonomy. These, unfortunately, are be would have lost ; much of themost
lngthaUheTaretopaylL25ayear.ineaa.they connected witV the interests, ooa wav mPrtant .ttnbute ! he possessed his
let ibe mUcrlpUon aooaunt ran over six cmDCCiea wu r . ? W y his thorough knowledge of the sovereign
monms. in oraer inat were may oe no muran-1 ana anotner, , or many ot&crs of , the I people whose government and laws he
flenunflliir. wa will irMn iiitA baiIm ifAffina I . I r ...
The fHatemnaa bu been eatabUabed fbr nearly
t Ity-two year, and it has aom aabacriber who
have receiTed It nearly that lonx.and many
" " roa iot rvucr&uup. soma O
dertndina;. we will keep fhis notice standing
mv tuis ywvv iu Luc japeri
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
leading nations, and no man can vent- J was called upon to administer."
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ure a rational guess as to the outcome, p Henry Clews, the well known anthor
In one sense China should be the . most I ity on banking and currency matters,
interested nation on earth as to th arrives at practically the same conclu-
results of the impending contest. It sion,. both writers claiming that Lin-
certainly appears to be the beginning coin's forced ' companionship with the
of the end of that nation. At least if common people led to the formation of
not literally, it is likely to eet forces that trait of his character his domin-
in motion that will evenuate in the up- ant trait, really whieh at all, times
rooting f of its heathenish isolation kept in view the interests of the class
ine recent decision 01 we tnnea wyfh has been its reliirion and its na- from which be spranz and upon whom
States SupTemtJ Court touching the jtiojial guiding star since the beginning J the greatb urden of government princi
prior rights of the Indians to lands in; ;j 0f humanbistory. . . J pany falls. Mr. qews concludes his es-
TOE KT.AMA.TII SWAMP LANDS.
eluded inthe Klamath Indian Reserva
tion will, without doubt, result in con
firming th-lairn of the state of Ore
gon to the swamp lamls'ln that district,
amounting to nearly 100,000 acres; The
adverse decision of the Comiuissioner
of the General Land Office never seem
ed to be based on a clear .conception of
the situation, and the interpretation of
it by. the Supreme. Court is not only
The only apparent guarantee against I thnate with these words:
a general international conflict is the
awful consequences such an' engage
ment would certainly entail. Let uS
hope for jeaee. -
by inquiring friends who are likely to
along lines' of justice but of the law of j bo aspirants for the Republican nomi
ihe case, which, in this instance, if not I nation for Congress in this district in
in all others, are identical. jthe coming campaign, and las been
This land was granted to the state in I compelled to reply that it doesn't
3860 and four years afterward was in- know. Several names have been men
eluded within the boundaries of an In- tioned but there appears to be a special
dian Reservation. This is all there is iatorest in desiring to know if Mr.
to the case, or eve:r was, and the Hermann will be a candidate for re
Government should reimburse the state sleetion.
for the loss of the use of the land fori Perhaps if any one knows the inten-
forty years-. Indeed, the state" has I tons of the distinguibhed Representa
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i-ytii .1, riiiiiiiirinnir cij Rc iu proving o irqm juugias courtry ine Kose-
its right to its own property and the burg Plaindealer is likely to be the
adverse claimant is the party from fount of information, and for this rea-
whoiri theygrant was originally made, son we copy the following from that
However, w-are thankful for the turn I paper of the 1st inst.:
"A college training is eminently cal
culated to smooth the rough spots and
round off- the" corners' of a man's
make-up to make j him , polished and
politic, and that very operation might,
in. the ease of Abraham Lincoln, have
been the means of destroying the rough
directness and rugged force whieh eon-
Tim statesman is frequently asked 8tUued importay factors in his sue-
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CONGBESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
government and civil liberty, it would
be the counsel of good sense for Lin
coln's highly educated critics to reserve
Jheir criticisms until they themselves
succeed in reaching somewhere near the
altitude in which he was perfectly at
home, j ;;;; f : " . ' l .
If Lincoln had gone to college when
a young man and been weaned thereby
from the -surroundings which moulded
his sympathy - for the common . people.
he might have made as dulL a epeeeh at
Gettysburg as did Edward Everett Hale.
Who knows f . .
A newspaper reporter once " said, in
describing a sermon by an eloquent min
ister, that "at the close he paid a glow
ing tribute to the character of God.'
One is reminded of the circumstance by
the effrontery of .Professor Andrews in
pointing out the "defects" of Abraham
Lincoln. ,
A DELAYED DI3COVEBT.
in the mutter whieh appears to insure
the regaining of the title to the state I
and it will make a valuableadditional
asset to the irreducible school fund.
It cannot bo worth much less than
$100,000 and porlicps more nearly a
half million. Tho rcRtilt has shown
that it was wll worth contending for.
' . WAR, .
' While an n-tn;il conflict between Kits
sia and J ipan may ie -averted ly eir-
sli msti l imx.u tal t lin . 4 - .. a
be strongly in favor of the probability
of a "scrap" between these two be!
.. ligorcnt nilions, and the thought what
hiuhiii); tj. Hfiuni UOKIIIItU'S in tills
tarn may in the end mean,-is enough to
produce a trytnor the world over. At
all times war is to be dreaded but with
the modern appliances for killii
"The Plaindealer is in receipt of
several letters regarding the Congres
sional race and poEsihilities; and .one
mpposing the Plaindealer to be on the
insi'le, asks this question: "Will the
.iton. Hinger Hermann be a candidate
tor re-election!'' We don't know, but
suppose so, as hetas secure! a list of
uaines all ov-er his district snd is now
hard at work senditii; out bean and
pumpkin, mustard and cress, and radish
And lettuce seed, and in extraordinary
cases the dear voter receives an extra
parage, wnn this legend printed on years eince Lincoln ' death, people will
now io raise oeets: rntii.. i n..
.., rt . ., . , , , : w K,a' l" ar ma i in ine siimaiion
vour ieet on e;ich Muln r tha .n.i I "
jmll by the ton." There you are, and 0t An,,rews tne Kat Commojner was
our corresiKndent can draw his 'own I a "ixor." What a pity it is; indeed,
conclusions and answer his own en. I to what si lo Iim' hnmsiii Twn mk
InformutioVwhiT0 litt,e.furi" jocte.1 by that lack of polish in Lincoln
informationjwhich we have received I.v . . , , , . .
wireless telegraphy which is to the ef- e jru'ded the destiny of the nation
feet: that Hermann traded about five throuKh the awful experiences of the
tons nf official rertorts for the lit a I Civil War. that, one no reariilv fin.ln in
William O Stoddard, who was Seere
tary to the President from 1861 to 1864,
says:
"I studied him during several years,
and believe that no college course could
nave increased his vast and varied edn
cation for his appointed work."
But, as might have been expected, it
remained for E. Benjamin Andrews!
Chancellor of the University of Nebras
ka, to show Lincoln iij all his faults and
glaring defects by reason of not having
gone to college in his early days. InJ
the course of his ( recital of Lincoln's
shortcomings, Professor Andrews has
this to say:
"He Would have been less a boor
less given to vulgar' and indecorous
waj's. It is no longer a secret, I sup
pose, that, on account of such things,
the war 1'resident was a constant source
of anxiety to his family and to all those
near him. Naturally, little was said
about this while he lived or immediately
after his death, but enough of it is now
known to make one wish that the life,
perfect as it was; could have been, in
this not unimportant detail, more so."
; Of course, after the lapse of forty
weight in seeds and Boston will rejoice
in obtaining classical reading, while
Western Oregon will bo blessed with a
quickly and by wholesale, the dreadful! fin "P t garden sass. Now every
well, in Andrews, for instance. To be
sure, the great war President couldn't
shine in the ball room with men of An
drews' experience in etiquette, . and
in shaking hands with the elite
he quite likely didn't know enough to
hold his hands above his head as he
went through the parley vous perform
ance, but there were things he did know
and accomplished thst were of real
worth to society, to the government he
served and to humanity,
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Senators should be elected bv a di-! iVvnen just before his election to the
rect vote of the people. But until that 1 1 "deney he was called by the New
can fm provided for inH nnmilo. .a! York Bennblicana fn malra his 1V.t..
the idet is, amending the Constitution ed Cooper Union speech, Lincoln appear
to put it into force will be slow busi-L,, nnn fc. iuJ ' L,r l
ness state convention. M ... I - . "
eleetifnFshould rettle the matter in ad- r ritlcal ndience he had ever aldresscd,
iut)sriter's name to the Plaindealer,
in Douglas eounty, has been placed in
the iK.t, ami if you do not receive vonr
quota of seeds drop a card to the Hon.
winger Hermann, M. C, Washington,
D. C, and that wiH brin? results. Thi
an no political r.cws we have to im
part on the Congressional campaign."
THE ELECTION OF SENATORS.
carnage to lie expected is appalling.
And yet, there arise occasions in the
history of nations as well as of indi
viduals, when! negotiations nrn fmii.
less and the oiily way to right an al
lleged wrong is to test the matter of
strength and resources. The Statesman
does not believe the time will ever
- " . "j in aniiiraunii can
bo depended npon to sel tie national
differences under all circumstauces, for
the perfectly plain reason that the na
tion which may consider itself the-victim
of injustice by' the decision of a
board of arbitration may, if it so
choose, go to1 war. There will never be j VEE!e of the meeting of the Legislature 'n 8 uit of brOahcloth which plainly dis
anythinir to prevent it. nn.l la,l,.tn" leave that, body with nothinir played the wrinkles resnltincr from el
1 i ?.... . ... I " mo wnniscj nui Tatirv the
r,wru ,i t-e ...v.uuai particles of choice previously expressed by the peo
human nature. ple at the polls.-Washington Star.
Anui utneral Sherman said to
When .our evening contemporary ex
pressed surprise the other day that Sen
a tor Brownell hal been i a Salem and
"nobody had a fiit," the Statesman re
marked tl nt it - was rernarkable,'. and
couldn't have happened in 'the day
when Brownell, Kuykendoodle and Co.
were about the worst ever, f la torn
menting on this the evening paper takes
occasion to say that it has been
mistaken in its estimation of Brownell,
has done hint injustice and has discov
ered that that Clackamas eounty states
man nas sec urea tne passage or a law
exempting thirty days' wages of work
ingmen from attachment, worked for
the referendum amendment, unearthed
the $32,000 school land, defalcation and
favored the, direct primary law in the
last session. This, is all pleasant, but
the evening paper should , have known
that the Clackamas Senator has always
stood for the principles. ' involved in
these most excellent measures. He was
doing all this good work, just the same,
brother, when "Brownell, Kuyken-
doole and Co. were about the worst
ever.'
The old saying that ."fire is a good
servant but a Vlreadf ul master," is
well exemplified) in the unprecedented
destruction V-ex property in Baltimore
by the fiie which it seemed utterly
impossible to subdue. . When the fire
king or.ee gets under headway with
an abundance of material to feed its
voraeious demands, the resisting efforts
of man seem "a" mere' mockery. In. a
moment the earnings of a life time go
up in smoke and every means of oppo
sition are fruitless. If a breeze is not
already blowing, the onward rush of
the fire will usually create one," and
buildings which have wont to be boast
ed as fire proof , jlskas.. but tkc easiest
of combustible material. The beaut i
ful city of Baltimore, will have, the
sjinpathy of the entire world in her
awful misfortune.
A Corvallis correspondent writes to
nquire who among Marion County Re
publicans is a candidate for the nomin
ation for Congress his year. The State
ment has heard of no one here who is
an aspirant for Congressional honors,
but would not be responsible for the
statement that no suh citizen will yet
present himself. But appearances would
4eem to indicate that Marion eounty
will have no candidate before the dis
Iriet convention for that nomination
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su nn uununai wnicn ap)earei in
ine matesman on nnmlay motning it
was.inadverently stated that Edward
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Editorial Sidelights and Observations on Various Peopls
evnd Things. Picked Up and Scrlbled Down at ' Odd Times.
Praying For Rain.
There is something almost pathetic
in the united appeal of the ehBrehes or
Los Angeles' for relief from the present
protracted drouth in that part of Cali
fornia by setting apart a certain Sunday
for uniting grayer to God. for "much-
needed rain.!'
Seven ministers signed the request
for concerted action, which is contained
in these words: "We, the nndertigned
clergymen of Los Angeles, realizing the
widespread distress caused by the long
continued drought, do reverently ask
through the columns of the press that
all Christian congregations to whom this
call may come,' will join us in special
prayer to Almighty God on. next Sunday
for the much-needed rain.'?
It is no disrespect to the churches to
say that this effort is more worthy the
dark ages than f this period of the
Christian era. No proposition could be
more absurd than to ask the Supreme
Ruler of the universe to suspend or
change a law of nature for the especial
benefit of a small part of the country
or of any particular interest. The great
est of sympathy can be felt for onr suf
fering brethren for the difference they
are compelled to experience between
but who, for the last twenty-five years,
has been' a resident of San Francisco.
Thirtv rears ago be-studied dendistry
with Dr. Meredith, who is still practic
ing his prof eesioa here, but soon after
ward went to San Fran-.isco where, he
has sinee resided, After pulling teeth
for a few years, a desire to make' money
seised him, ao he started a newspaper;
in fact, during the' next few years he
was connected with several papers of
the -Bay City, when he drifted into the
employ of i th.e Southern ? Pacific Com-
rtanv nremnnahlv . eonsideHnor the bnsi-
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nees he abandoned to do it, as a bloated
stockholder. ' ' l -
Fifteen years have -elapsed since his
last visit to Oregon, daring, which time
every vestige of the famous old home
stead of his father and of his own boy
hood ; has been removed, savehe con
tour of the surrounding eo-ntry, ' Cor
ing the later years of his life. Hon.
Warren Cranetoa Owned the old Ilibbard
homestead, replacing the former house
with a modern" structure on precisely
the same site, removing the old maples,
as well as the pioneer orchard, and
changing the course of- the county road.
Mr. Ilibbard said he would have, rec
ognized the old spring, however, if he
had encountered it in the wilds of the
Sierras, for they don't make springs
like those in the Waldo Hills anywhere
else in the universe. His chief com
plaint though, lay in the shrunken ap
pearance of the surrounding ridges and
pastures. Hills that during bis child
hood rivalled the mountains themselves,
in appalling altitude, have apparently
the climate: of California and that of
Oregon, bot we never think of serious-' shrunken to ordinary mounds, while the
ly approaching the throne of grace pe-i pasture that used to ue
titioning for a cessation of our excessive "eross a be drove the cov
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rains someximes. i i
Every circumstance of life, as seen by
every man.; woman and child, is proof
of the futility of . such a proceeding as
that which the ministers of Los Angeles
proposed, apparently, in all seriousness.
The Indians of the plains and the Chi-
a half-mile
cows home after
school, is but the size of an ordinary
l I 1 .
umb van riKiunurc. m
And then, the people who used to
make that neighborhood bum with local
activity, debates, singing schools, spel
ling schools, and farmers' discussions,
are gone and their places taken by
nese of heathendom frequently engage ,!,T WA 8eemed as interlopers.
;n L f Under these changed conditions a half
illy-defined i higher, power, to protect
them from; some supposed impending
danger, but enlightened people should
know that the Supreme, Ruler of the
world, . as Christian! people know and
understand Him, is not to be successful
ly invoked Sin any such manner as this.
hour at the old place was enough... The
old neighbors, including his father and
his brother King, are gone, many of
them sleeping, after life's fitful fever,
under the od in the Warren Cemetery,
or in other nearby cities of the. dead.
There are pleasures whose sadness is
The weather, not in anv featnre. is to i?ir"m.HI" ynarue
h it,.-mwt' m. -,5. Juooara s visit to nis oii nome in. ine
w, t l-4- i,- .- Waldo" Hills, was very nearly one of
:mr,i,f 5. ni.,..- .k-i",,m. but we have all had a taste. of
vf' v " iifiicrti atp a isr sn mr lAa AT It 1 "
surdity Of it. The weather in Lo- jiuiiy-aau carivnce wmcn was
geles is no more to be affected by the
trayer of ts citizens than it is in anyj
other country where its excesses seem j ' . A Fnnny Congressman,
to be wholly without reason. Suppose! But it remains to be seen whether J.
showers'could be precipitatel at will ! Adam Bede's entrance into -the politi
by the prayer of a few who might need i eal arena in Congress by means of a
condition to desire dry weather! Let
t once be-understood that a few people.
by earnestly uniting in prayer, could
get any aind of I weather they desired.
and the confusion resulting from the
j will add anything to his usefulness.
Having made a record merely as- a
funny man, whenever he rises to speak
he will be expected to. say something
! that will at once raise a laugh and if
conflicting; demands desiring to be ne fails in that; he will likely be voted
heard would ooti upset every human,8 failure generally. If he undnrtakes
nterest and chaos would sit on the v I'y Winute to a Meceaseo: colleague
rumsof the present orderly government ' be house will be disapKtintel if be
of earthly: affairs.
If the power of praver went so far as
is inferred by these Los Angeles minis-
ers, the icebergs of Alaska could be
transferreil into the warmest of flow-
ng waters, the zero weather of Minne
sota changea into the balmy tempera
ture of Italy,; cyclones could' be squelch
ed in their very ineipiency, floods made)
to subside at the first Appearance of
danger and all the worhi eireo the un
equalled elimate of Oregon itself!
But it is not to be, ana no one should
krvnw it better than we of this great
Christian land. Such demonstrations as
that at Los Angeles only cause some
people to scoff St that which
hould receive their willing admiration.
The Lord; never changes the course of
the cloud f heaven to suit the eot-
venience of the people of earth, and the
ljoru jcnows test. j
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After Fifteen Tears. .
Among; the Salem Visitors durinz the
eek was Charles Ilibbard. a native of
the Waldo 11 ills, a member of the well
fails to develop something of a humor
ous nature connected with the occasion
When J. I'roc tor Knott made hiscele
brat
y '70 's he r
it has
being unable to secure a "rig" of any
kind for the occasion, hired a hospital
ambulance and drove his prospective
bride to the Chare of the Assumption
where tho marriage was "soleminized."
The strikers soon divined what was g
ing on, but the ambulance having start
ed, ail efforts to stop it were fruitless
as they dashed down the street toward
the church. Ignoring the suggestion
that the name of the church waa unusu
ally appropriate, it would be a safs pre
diction, considering the name of the
bridgegroom, that in lens than a week
the ambulance would be needed to con
vey one, or both, the contracting parties -
"mK.m. " - great many
marriages are contracted these times as
to which a strongly built ambulance
would be an appropriate, and sometimes
appreciated, wedding gift.
c( That was a harrowing tale which
came from Los Angeles yesterday to
the effect that through the effect of 1.
rng badly burned ;C M. Hchinsler hat
lost what" equals ti-rej and one -half
square feet of skin and that it will re
quire all the spare cuticle that can h
taken- from "200 members of the Order
of Woodmen to supply enough to replace
it, whien will oe. uone. ry t-u process
of grafting. Los Angeles must be a
wide-open town, sure enoutrh. wlin
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such a. public skin game as this can In
carried on and 200 of the most .promt-
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ties to the graitmg, too! Where is the
grand juryf .
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A young man whoso , home is it.
Charleston, S. CL, named Julius M.
Cater, while in the midst of a Piarrijj;"'
ceremony uniting him in wedlock with
his cousin, Miss Anna Cater, fainted
and died. He was a grand son of Gen.
Francis Marion, of. Revolutionary fame,
but though corning from renowned fight
ing stock ami a chivalrous section, hi
collapse" under trying circumstances
proves that there are some emergencies
in the presence of which tho stoutest
hearts will quail. i
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An observing exchange, noticing t hat
the name ofa tho 'President of j Astoria 't
Commercial Club is I've ami that of the
Portland Commercial Club is Cake, con
cludes it is quite a coincidence. On (he
surface it may appear So, but remember
ing that the principal business of these
and similar bodies is to raise the -dough
for local improvements, there 1 was cer
tainly a modicum 'of design in the se
lection of their presiding olucers.
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- The Statesman desir-s to su'gcest that
if there is any probability j Uiat - the."
I'anama canal will.be ns o :k tliH
Panama debate, ,the project Ind as well
be abandoned at the outset,. All the
money in Christendom would never pay
ior it. l
f o s
In defendine ronlitions in' hi l;in
(iovernor Beckham of Kentuikv acserts
that life is as safe in the JUue' (irass .
state nvtu New York Citv.
But that
leaves the matter still .unsettled. Jj
life safe in Kentuckyf
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,rutwd r., ii..i..i. ......k i.i, jL ,u-l ln" Ainany jiemoerat says its edit-vr-
Hri- .:.!.: i ba receive! a letter "addressed i him
iy ' m -a i ! mn V.vl.
xor pure mn 11 nas seKiom peen:
equalleil, ami ;: although he, always'
claimed it was deliverel on the spur of J
Everett Hale delivered an oration on known Ilibbard family of that section J Uai"K wed aj .uT.Arrivra
th neeAsion r it,, .t.i ' , 1 I J "nu 1 oHes Tree. .
the moment withyout previous thought,
it hears in everv.Iine the marks of the
most careful preparation. At any rate,
ne rouid never t funny again, and no
body after that lever expected him to
be serious. If he was, he was a hore
Unless Mr. Beiiie , can develop some
thing more useful sjo'ng' the lines of
oratory or statesmanship than his hum
orous speech the other day -his constitu
ents had as well l looking for a- new
representative, illis fame would have
been more promising be had made a
right good funeral oration, even though
he had been obliged to borrow the sub
ject. And .his speech wasn't so very
funny, anyway. '
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During the strake of livery drivers in
Chicago, Antonio Lorasco. observing!
Then Salem- isn't the onh
j town in Oregon with an editor who hus
been partial to saur kraut as a leading
article of diet.
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An I3astern Oregon jiaper svs "Free-,
water is lxM)ming.'' Hut wheref It i'
always Ixtoming lietween The Dalles
and Celilo. i
; Escaped ar Awful Fate.
Mr. II. Haggihs of Melb.i.iirne, I'la.,
writes. "My doctor told me l had con
sumption, and' nothing could le l.ini
for me. I was ci yen in to die. The
offer of a free trial lndtle of Dr. King.
New Diwovery" for -'Consumption in
duced me to try it. Insults were start
ling. I -am now on the road to. recov
ery find owe! it all to Dr. King's New
Discovery. It surely saved my life.".
This great rhre is guaranteed ; for all
throat and lunc diseases ,v I)j J. 1'rv:
druggist. Price 50 cents and 1 1. Tnal
confinement in a small valise, and it was
said that he did not know what to do
with his hands, but before he bad pro
ceeded ten minutes before an audience
accustomed to Seward and other college
graduates, everything was forgotten. in
the masterly logic of his words and on
anaiwersihla woierk V;.
attempted to reason with Sherman as tion J witmu . n 1 "l- People forgot the wrinkles in his elothes
to the inhumanity of proceeding" ". nae, to which he put his hands.
Stroy Atlanta, which broueht out Shar. t- , . " Th scholarly William Cullen Bryant
. . ' . " . . """"u,w IPar vote on U. I then Aitnr f t. -,". '
a Senator by offie!llw .. " 7 .V .evening
J vu.anniuif U'J I tnfit that fAf Snak -
L Uom ,n the great question of the
port U"Z' :r:r r:"Dp: rth u were indef
,mcTO no : support I initely elastic"
rLr-rr" advantage, of; a coHee educa
;;;pesToatw - -o
. . ar -j -fc-w
a Legislature by a popular vote on IT.
8. 'Senator!.. All these difficulties attend
ing tho election of TJ. S. Senators are
easy of solution if yon only know how.
Just have a popular vote by which the
That's T-l . . .
C.cr,, Tn U , him I nothing pndcr lh. sun that will tind 8
.nV - - Atlanta, out legislature like a popular vote on U. S.
hl,rZ - a m 8uffiient, time Sesator.' Esiafly do members who
.7! Wf? U and voted" for such a law
nun Dcu." jiood had feel thtmseh
man's famous reply to the effect that
the awful experiences of tho war would
continue indefinitely unless the men
My Lungs
lLa grippe left me with a tad
cough. My friends said 'consump
tion. 1 then tried Ayer'i Cherfy
Pectoral and was nromntl etmwt "
A. K. Randies, Nokomis, ItL
You forgot to buy a bot
tle or Aycrs Cherry Pec
toral when your cold first
came on, so you let it run
along. Even Y now, with,
all your hard coughing, it
will not i disappoint you J
There's a record of sixty
years. Tarn aua: 25c sai, i.m.
Consult ynnr doctor. It h mm .l it
f the,. A . iu. . . -. : i i.u. J . .
W. ' " - . whs jufl ont WO
Uke It, then don't take iu He knows. ;
SOae of Ajrer'a Pills at bedtime
aids the Cherry Pectoral greatly in
i breaking up a cold. s t
! J. CATER CO., Lowen, Mass.
college man, high or low, is justified
in pointing out alleged defects in the
i character of Abraham Lincoln. To be
sure he was not "polished, but you
can find a thousand men who are not
boors" in the sense that Andrews al
people win instruct their I. .
tives and then t .-.L,' T was, who are of no more
notbinc to da
in the premise but to ratify the choiee
previously expressed at the polls b
Ithn MAtiU c . 1. .. .
MORS SPOTS OH THE SUN."
The February number of "Success"
has a half dozen articles from as many
contributors discussing what the effect
would probably have been on Lincoln 's
character if he had gone to eollege.
The- most prominent of the'se writers is
Alexander MeClure, at'one time editor
of the . Philadelphia Times, who eon-
eludes that as an all-around man, eiti
zenj sUtesman and chief executive in
a critical period of our national history.
coiicge education
use to humanity than so. many mud
pies. f Lincoln was found blacking his
coots on a back porch at the White
House by an English "Joke" once upon
a time, and the visitor was shocked be
yond power of speech! The titled yonng
man was "not given to vuler and in
decoroos ways,!? and was not prepared
w sea sueb an exhibition 01 'boorish
ness.
;. It Js'more than likely that Lincoln at
tne time was deeply engrossed in solv
ing some perplexing question upon the
ng&t eonclusion of which largely de
pended the very existence of the Union.
Since no college bred man who has
ever lived in the United States has left
a record that comes bo nearly meeting
would have so the approbation of all lovers of good
ine occasion or the dedication of the
Gettysburg battle field ,when the facj
is, as everybody knows, that the orator
of the day, not counting President Lin
coln himself, was Edward Everett.
If. . t
vieveiana says "Bryan nas the
stage let him go to it." He has had
the stage now for eight years and it
nas not been a mere matinee, either.
ine I'eerless Leader, stops at nothing
goon, 01 a eontinnous performance.
ALBANY IS OUT
MAGNATES DECIDE THET CANNOT
SUPPOBT A TEAM IN PBO
TESSIONAi. LEAQUE.
Decision Beached at a Meeting Held on
Thursday Evening Action Will Be
Deeply Begretted by Other Clubs
Vancouver Will Probably Complete
Four-dob League. ,
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kldnev wTII V j I ALBANY, Or Peb. 5: Albany will
iJSSSi ball-team this summer,
, and cheT"''.' today withdraw its member
disappear when the kid-1 h,P ij the Oregon State League, which
I.T.r:: J"1 OI order I was ! recently organized to include
Kidney trouble basK1""' u?PTg'fa& Albany.
oecome ao prevalent I " ""g 0 local oaseball , men
that It is not uncommon I bit evening, it was decided that the
a'ctedwnhv "tr ould aot mipport a professional
neys. If the child urtn- I basebaII teiffl all hope of entering
ates too often, if the I lBW 'egoe waa abandoned.
.. I J- . - . iue
reacheaSTwS? ? "h?!": 1? was organised
control the passage, it I y afflTwK 7Z V V it? that professional
bede4tmC.Papend ipoV tee1-tI?f ? ll H w
the difficulty Is kldner.Ki; .tfl I thl Albany would not be able to put
step should be towards the 7tZZX "Tt t.,ra K ? Nevertheless the
tnese important organs.' This unpleasant Ir .V B,.ea took flcient time
nsi.au Eiaw a w mia mjm. ; . m . . - a. us art v n v w we mm. e . . m
r.ijL r.. , . Ukxw conauion of the I ., ?5"" J :-., bb matter,
r-. "wwer sM not to a werei every piaa by which it
most people suppose. c ; r-l might be possible to be represented on
nuima as wen trum . hub fiiaraonu wit h a n..r. .
mKU ,uk 'ui j ... " u,w mis- I j . - - . rtMi t-aia.
IlJirL1,!!?r "d hlMer trouble, Aftert 1-orojgaly considering the
ana notn need um. , I mf tr ; v .1 . . .
The mns mt .w-. Tr "' i;7 i T'i UHU" 1 11
wam.DA. iiMincaiate 'ettect of i "! we w piay out the season with-Wamp-ROOt
fa soon reaJl I t ii Mt raiiir ( !.. .1 . . "
. . , ' .. mihi 1 . r. avout, 11.1 rF lm no. : at
' - viio . uuuar atw saw it i mm iir naiiiavi a v. .a a i -
sires. You may hay. 1 t2 7" "i " , project.
sample bottle by mail -L-JL- j i-.-l- Event Begretted Hera.
ik......j . .-... w.mj w, imi.. - - ;ii frsreii mir even-
thousands Of tsatimonl.l Uh. i jllnir iw.t A IV,...'. .1 . ...
fromtoOT cured. lTKtarD,. KUnr '(" Or.go. 8t.t IIKU I,,
ters, anil although the necessity of
dropping Albany from the circuit wilt
deeply regretted, the withdrawal of
that city will not seriously interfere
wiin tne organization of a four-club
league. Vancouver has signified a will
ingness to join the league, and it is be
e:vei Aosepurg r.ugene, Salem ami
Vancouver would make a desirable eir
cuit, both from a standpoint of loca
tion ana in a financial way."
IS SHORT LIVED
PREDICTIONS I rOB EXISTENCE OP
f HOMEBUYEBS OBDEB ABE
NOT VEBY rXATTEBTNO '.'
Expert Accountant Frank Davey Says
the rrocess Is
possibility
Vast Zdabilltles For the Concern and
Homes Tor a Limited Few.
and : Would Besult . in
UP FOR MURDER
NORMAN WILLIAMS IS CHARGED .
WITH KILLING MBS. LOUISE
NESBITT AND DAUGHTER.
Left Hood River In Williams Company
to Locate Homestead Never Seen
Again Oravo Found Under Chicken
House Containing Bloody Sacks and
Two Bunches of Human Hair;
Don"! rnakeTanV mUt,t w -vii ' l 1 w isrviewea npon the mat-
. ' . ..w.wuuw as lie wa attteat frnm lh.
name. vnnikRmi rw irn ..it. - . i . . . .Ut
- v "r . iMuncrriii l ne
lha nam. r "I. W .... I ... . , w .usent irom the eitv.
fw;Uvx iu properiy adjusting mat
' - ' ' if . - '- -' .
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 6.-The pre-
uminary neanag t lioss Nicbolls and
C. G. Wakefield, officials of he Order
or rraternal Ilomebnyers on the charge
ef .using the mails with intent to de
fraud, was liegun yesterday in the
united mates court, A continuance
was granted until Monday.
.The feature f the day was the evi
denee of Prank Davey. an expert ae-
counUnt, who stated that the process
iun u.oneouyers- was a mathematical
impoMsihility. and would not romli in
anything except a vast amount of iia-
puiiiea ior tne concern and homes for
a limited few. He figured - (HI t'.lh.l
with a reasonable number of invetr-
in twenty yesrs the liabilities would
lie close to flKi,CK0. "
OTOE
IBs aici tm Kin Ahrm
Legal blanks at Statesman Job Office
Lal ULicks, at Statesman Offlce.
BELLI KG HAM, "Wah, Feb. R. Nor-
man Williams,' who wss arrested bv th
United" States authorities ( at Portland.
last fall for havinig attempted tojde
fraud the trovernment of 'public lind.
at Hood River, Or, was today arrested
on the charge of having murdered 51 r
Louise J. Kesbitt and her daughter.
Alma Nesbitt, of Omaha, Nebraska,
who left Hood Riverln Williams' com
pany to locate a homestead and were
never eeen again.. J i
Soma Damaging Evidence.
The Dalles, Or,, Feb. 8. -Norma n Wii
Iiama was arrested -on the evidence of
George W. Nesbitt, of Kirkman, Iowh.
Kesbitt found a grave under the chi. k
en houAe on. the Nesbitt.-''homestead
which contained bloody sacks and two
bunches of human hair.' The grave
showed signs of having been recently
opened. ' : - -j ; j
V:. ii' . i --
Better Titan Gold.
"I wa troubled several veara with
ehronie indigestion and nervons debjl
ty' writes F. J. Green of Lancaster,
II- "Ko remedy he!fed me until
I betran tisinsr Klectrio Bilters. which
did me more good than all the medi
cines I ever used. They have also kept
my wife in excellent health for vears.
Hbe gayg Electric Hitters are just splen"
did for female troubles; that they are
a grand toare and invigorator for weak
run down women. Ko other medicine
can take its place in our family." Try
11 hem. Only 5V. batisfaclion guaraa
tted by D. J. Fry. r