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Published rry Tuesday aivt Friday by the
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BTJESCXTPTION KJLTE&
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Tb Statesman bu been aatAfcllahed (br nearly
f ftf-two years, and It hM iobm aubacrlbera who
tiara nctlTM H nearly thai loot, and Many
who have im4 It for a generation. Boat
the object to tiTlnj tit paper dia"n tinned
at tbe time of expiration of tbrlr subecrlpUona,
f or taa kwoc&t of taeae, and for other reasons
haraeoncJaded todiaoo&tfniio aabcrlpUons
nly when notified to do ao. AH persona parlor
when aafaacrttmf( or paring Is ad ranee, will
bare thw benefit of the dollar rate. But u (bey
Co not pay for lx months, the rata will bo 11-5
year. Hereaf ter wo will aend too paper to ail
responsible peraons wbo orde it, tboug b tney
may not aend the money, with the understand
In I thaUhey are to pay SL2 a year, fa cut they
lot tbe nbacr1tloa account ran over six
atootoa. In order tnat there aaay b no aaiana
dorataadlnc;. w will beep tbia notice standing
at tbte place In tb paper.
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
Oregon roses have arrived.
Castro need not feel that Bossevelt's
going, bear bunting was simply with a
iew to training for a scrap with the
.Venezuelan dictator.
The exhibits are being put in place
at the Lewis' and Clark . fair at Port
land. Oregon will maintain its record
for feeing there on time.
The Mormons may have lots of faith
in Roosevelt, but if they could only
get him to have faith in them there
might be hope for Utah.
The Mexican mints have now been
definitely closed to the fjree coinage of
silver. Col. Bryan and John P. Robert'
son will please take notice.
Colonel Bryan, it is said, is to make
a speechifying tour of the country.
We will soon find out what the next
Democratic national platform will not
contain.
The,' Philippines" at least serve the
purpose of giving cabinet officers and
congressmen a place to come home aft
er a summer's outing, at the govern
ment 's expense.
While making up its board of consult
ing engineers the; Panama canal com
mission should cot overlook the fact
that Italy and Japan have each some
very capable engineers.
Hostilities among the Equitable
managers have been resumed on an
equitable basis. Everybody watches
the outcome with interest except the
policy holders. They watch it with
misgivings. . t
One of the surest sfgns that Roose
velt will not be a candidate for re-election
in 1908 is that the New York
World and other Democratic papers
that have never yet "picked winners,"
are "boosting" for him.
The question whether the Standard
Oil or the beef trust owns the railroads
of the country is still open. When that
is finally settled, we will know who is
the owner of the eountry, if certain pol
iticians are to be believed.
It is hard to say which will attract
the most attention at the Lewis and
Clark fair, President Rbosevelt's Da
kota log cabin without tae president as
an inmate, or Homer Davenport's with
Homer ever present. Our confidence
ini Marion' county boys is unbounded,
however, '
One would think to near some of
out army and navy officers talk of
abandonment of the islands belonging
to. the United States in case of a for
eign war, that they would like to be
long to the coast defense portion of
the army and to be stationed oo the
coasts of some mosquito creek in Kan
sas when that war takes place. .
Until "Russia can rid itself of the
bureaucracy .of the Holy Synod or the
established church, liberty of con
science and of thou got, hence liberty
of action will be impossible there. An
"established church" has been a curse
to .all governments that have had it.
The chief and strongest antagonist of
a more tolerant government has ever
been the curator of the Holy Synod.
Half-Sich
I Brst used Ayer'a Saraaparilla
la tbe fall of 1848. Since then I
hate taken it every sprint as ft
hload . ntirif vin r and nerve
strengthening medicine." ,
T a. J.joacs, wicniia, nana.
9
If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your
blood is thin, then begin
tqjake the good old stand
ard family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. .
It's a -regular nerve
lifter, a perfect blood
bUilder. a WUla. All eVarrWa.
Atk ?ror eoetor what be think of Ayra
RrHu-U. H kMw Kit about this fru4
Israiiy aMMlipia. iatiaw kia advice u4
miik be muiM
. J. C Am co.lwen. Hasa.
ilulp otjr
ITE71CTIAKT
That congress should do something
to help in the rehabilitation of our
merchant marine is not denied by, any
vuc pauiuiic enougn to prefer to see
our owQ bips do "our hauling to see
ing it done by those of other nations.
, Discussing 4his mattes the San Fran
eiseo Call says: , . -
"Our inability to construct and
operate vessels as cheaply as our ISuro
pean rivals is tbe penalty which we
pay f or our higher standard of wages
and living. These we cannot reduce if
we would, and when the American
masses comprehend the necessity of do
ing our own ocean transportation f the
word subsidy' will lose its terrors for
tnera. - ' - - . ,
."We are not terrorized at the pros
pect of an expenditure of $150,000,000
on the Panama eanal, to be used at
will by all the ocean vessels of the
world to facilitate their earning mill
ions of dollars for carrying their own
as well as our goods to the uttermost
corners of the earth. We were not ter
rorized by paying' Spain $20,000,000
for what! A salve to her wounded
feelings! Or at freeing Cuba at an ex
pense of hundreds of millions of dol
lars. . Neither are we 'terrorized' at
the; size of our pension roll $142,
000000 per annim. We are rich
enough to ignore these items and we
can become richer still when we put
the shipards and their allied 154 in
dustries which contribute toward
boOdlng ships to work, and with the
vessels built retain in our pockets
$200,000,000 annually which we now
pay out .to foreigners for -transportation
of our own goods, and distribute
this wealth to American wage earners
and seamen, the highest paid in the
world." '
MORE COMMERCIAL EXPANSION".
American capital is finally going to
develop Nicaragua's territory by build
ing 400 miles of additional railway.
This will include a line to Matagalpa
and Jinotegaj the fine coffp district, and
another to Ifrinzapolka, the rich rain
ing district. It is understood the cap
ital ig western, and General C. A. Wood
ruff, U. 8. A., is said to be at the
head of, the scheme. The company gets
a large land grant and many privileges.
Americans had the same scheme in
hand in 1903 trot when United States
steel dropped below 38 cents it was im
possible to get the money to finance
the scheme, notwithstanding it had been
promised 6y New York capitalists.
These lines will open up some splendid
country and make excellent opportun
ities. Nicaragua has many square miles of
territory yet undeveloped, and almost
unknown to white men. .Much, of this
land is of a very rich character, proper
for the growth of rubber (eastUloa
elastica), in fact the woods being full
of trees of this family, growing wild.
These lands are also well adapted to
the cultivation of cocoa (eaeao) and of
bananas. If the time ever comes when
Central America becomes a part of the
United States, Nicaragua will be one,
of the brightest stars in the galaxy.
John Rice Chandler writes the San
Fraireisco Call that Roosevelt's action
ia the Saato Domingo matter has saved
that eountry from international war.
At any rate protection of American
interests should demand that the gov
ernment of the United States inter
vene wherever possible in the civil
an! international troubles of the
small countries to the south of ns.
This intervention should never fail in
the interest of American capital when
it goes into these countries with a
vt.tmr in tfnilin7 American trade. It
.... . , . . . . -
should bo carried to the point of pro-!
GIIOULD
tectinz that cardial, even from the:""'"' "
n.ade up courts of those countries.
The adjudication of the asphalt con
troversy by the courts of Venezuela is
a good cause for intervention, for the
courts of that eountry will act as In
structed by Dictator CaBtro and not
as justice should dictate. This is only
one of many eases, but it serves for
the leason text.
f The mob that killed the sheriff at
Vardaman, Miss., in an attempt to se
cure possession of a negro criminal so
as to punish aim, irregularly, it is
true, but as is usual ia Mississippi,
is now said to be uilty of "an ag
gravated ease of . murder.". The sher
iff tried to protect his prisoner, but
lost his life in the attempt. Mob law
in Mississippi is usually ; condoned, for
it nsually touches no one except a ne
gro,' nor takes any other lives except
negro lives, i But in this ease they
killed ft white sheriff, and the case is
so "aggravated" there may be' a law
suit aboat it. 1
Senator Spooner intimates the belief
that the lowering of the tariff of the
Panama railway, and the destruction of
ibe monopoly hitherto enjoyed by the
Pacific . Mail , Steamship Company , will
have no effect on transcontinental rail
road rates. If the senator's assumption
is sound, the managers of the transeon-
. . .. . f : -.
unentai rauroaos nave oee maamg
fools of themselves daring many years
past epending money on subsidies to
prevent the isthmian route from beeom -
ing an important competitive factor.
S. F. Chronicle, . , ,
GAF.1E HEAR DYING
'From zh Awful Skin Humour.
Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Wasted to Skeleton.
CURED DYCOTICUri
One Application Soothed Him
to Sleep. Cure Speedy
and Permanent.
When my little boy wae tire
months old hi bead broke out with a
rash, which was very itchy and ran
considerable watery fluid. We tried
everything we could, but he got worse
all the time till it spread to his arms,
legs, and then to hie entire body, and
be came near dying. It itched so he
would scratch till the blood ran, and ft
thin yellowish stuff would be all over
his pillow ia the morning. I had to put
mittens on bis hands to keep him from
tearing , hie skin. He got o weak
be took fainting spells and we would
think him dying. He was almost ft
skeleton and his little hands were
thin like claws. ,
"He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticnra. I had not
laid him down in his cradle in the
daytime for a long time. He had got
so that he just slept in our arms all ,
the time. " , :" - v ; "' ; r
INSTANT RELIEF
"I washed him with Cuticura Soap
and put on one application of Cuti
cura Ointment and he was so soothed
that I put him in the cradle. You don't
know how glad I felt when he felt bet
ter. It took one box of Cuticura Oint
ment, pretty near one cake of Cuticura
Soap.ancI about half ft bottle of Cuti
curaV Resolvent, to cure. I think
he would have ,died only for the
Cuticura.? i
Mas. M. C. MAITIAND, Jasper, Ont.
No return in 14 years: Mrs. Maitland ,
writes, under date of Feb. 24, 1903; "1$
affords me pleasure to inform yon.
that it is fourteen years since my boy.
was cured of the terrible skin disease.
He has been permanently cured and
is hearty and strong."
Sold thnwrhovt tb. vorkL Cutfcma KaotaBt, Me.
(la form o Cborolata Culcd Pill, Xfe. ft rtal rf ,
Ototmcot, He. Soap, Sfe. ltrpu: Vuodua, V Chswtow
bow H. 1 PsrU, t Km U 1 haix ; Koatun. IK ColuuUMS
Awm. Potter Dmc a Own. Curp-. auM rnwntytn.
tut "llamut 1
1 Can k-nrj Uusmmw."
Any profit-sharinig scheme that does
not' also carry with it a sharing of the
possible losses is bound to be a failure.
So far the settlement of the question
of legitimate wages and equitable dis
tribution of the gross profits of the re
sults of labor combined with capital are
as wide open as ever before. The near
est to it comes from a willingness of
the employer to pay high w.ages when
business is good and of the laborer to
work for less when it is bad.
' The approaching death .of Joseph Jef
ferson, the veteran actor, is the cause
for general mourning throughout i the
land. Probably no man was beloved
and admired, by a greater number of
peonle than this great leader of the 4t-
zitimate drama. No man has done more
for the upbuilding and uplifting of tbe
stage. His memory will long remain
enshrined, fn the hearts of the people,
for what he was and what he has done.
If Millionaire Henry Clay Frick goes
into the cabinet he ought to be able to
help his friend Andrew Carnegie to a
post in the diplomatic service and may
be be might offer Rockefeller a eon
sulate at some African post. Their
nublie duties would then relieve their
minds of the continual worries incident
to dodflrin the tax collector and the
miion:iry society finance committee.
Trust German courts to' arrive at a
lucid decision. ( One recently decided
that the American game of poker is
not a game of chance. American pub
lic opinion has always held with the
German court, but American court
.have invariably treated th mtional
3 .....
narrowness, insisting
that poker was
a game of chance.
In Havana the council for the third
time has extended the time for tbe
abolishment of the heavy two-wheeled
carts which destroy the asphalt pav
ing. This time the extension is for
four years, when it is expected all the
asphalt will have been destroyed, and
the earts will do no farther damage,
The making of Secretary Loeb an
honorary member of the Concatenated
Order of IIoo Hoo at Fort Worta, Ter
leads The Indianapolis Star to remark
that tbo president himself has - long
been an active member of the order
of "Who's . Who." lie .also belongs
to the order of "That's What."
Majors Borden ot the array medical
corps has discovered that the appendix
vennoformix can be made useful in
some cases, as a eanal through which
medicines may be introduced for the
cure of tropical dysentery. ' Some of us
could not wait till we had that, how
ever. ; '4 ' .' v '
' Cheated Death.
Kidney s trouble , often ends - fatally,
bnt by eaoosing the right medicine, E.
II. Wolfe of Bear, Grove, Ia cheated
death. He says: " Two years ago I
1 -.vy wn.cn iu
'great pain, suffering and anxiety, but
j took Eleetrie Bitters, whicb effeeted !
a complete cure. . I have also found
them of great benefit in general debil-j
H ;BW!e n
j A(ief tietlsr m.m h sijl si a aaa - ara as T 4fak J lhaw
h4v1 innai TniJl J; IW: dm-'
t. ' guarantees them at 60c
ANNOUNCES LIST
J i -
APPOINTEES, S0l2 OF WHOM
WILZ. ATTEND DEVELQP
. MENT. CONVENTION.
Greater Salem Commercial Clnb Holds
Rousing Meeting and piscusses Sub
jects of Importance to Future Inter
ests of This City and Valley..
A rousing neeting of the. Greater
Salem Commercial ; Club" was held at
the, eity ball last , evening, and ft gen
eral discussion took laee upon sever
al matters of. importance ' pertaining
to the advancement of the city's inter
ests. -Some official correspondence and
numerous letters oz inquiry concern
ing the special advantages offered by
this yalley to prospective settlers from
the east were also read before and dis
cussed by the meeting, and ft list of
citizens was prepared frond whieh the
delegates to represent, the elub at the
convention of the -- Statt Development
League, are to be selected Much en
thusiasm was in evidence, and ft spirit
was manifest throughout that bids fair
to increase in volume-and accomplish
much toward the future development of
the city. y . -'' : '
Among those who addressed the
meeting was Mayor. TP. W. Waters, who
spoke for several minutes, - hd inti
mated that there 'were some good
things in store for this eity for the
coming summer although he neglected
to mention anything in particular. His
principal theme was the prospects for
the success of the Lewis and Clark
fair, whieh depended to a great extent,
he stated, upon the nature of the ac
commodations which would be afforded
the-hundreds of thousands of visitors.
He stated that he had heard much com
ment of a weighty character upon this
subject, and the consensus of opinion
seems to be that the fair officials and
Portland people are greatly underesti
mating the numEer of visitors to the
fair, which would be a verv serious
mistake so far as the interests of tho
entire state are concerned. Much de
pends, he said, upon the manner in
which the fair visitors are entertained
as to the success of the institution and,
whether the fair will be a benefit or a
detriment to the interests of the state.
ITe mentioned a recent interview
whieh he had with a prominent trav
eling man from the east Wbo had at
tended all of the national and interna-
Ktyw i'""-
ycara. ims Kvuueiuau aau just . cinuc , f, ,
m -r. .1 1 1. , . , I Coroner s office .
up from Portland, where he viewed thelt,. , .
fair site and observed all conditions
generally in connection with, the ap
proaching exposition, the ' success of
which means so much to the state. lie
stated that he could not help being im
pressed -with the idea that Portland
was not prepared to take care of all the
visitors to the fair, and ra feared that
thousands of people would be compelled
to go away on account of "a lack of ac
commodations. He thought that it
would be a good Idea f or: Salem to
make some preparations along this line
in order tb take, care of. the overflow
should the necessity arise.
Mayor Waters echoed this sugges
tion, and stated that the people of
Salem should. prepare to house and take
care of thousands of people during the
present year, as,.even though the ac
commodations were sufflcent at Port
land, a goodly percentage of the visit
ors would get out of fhe metropolis to
see more of the state, and they would
naturally turn valleyrards. For this
reason every courtesy should be shown
them in order .tha,t they: would gain
nothing but the fc?t impressions of
the state and 'especially of the beauty
of the Capital City and the hospitality
of its people. '
"The manner in which the fair visit
ors are received during their side trips
out from Portland will do more . to
make a good impression upon them
than anything else, and the people
should take advantage of every oppor
tunity to make that impression the
very best possible,'' concluded the
mayor. : '
Others spoke upon this same subject
and concurred in the views expressed
by the mayor, not only in the matter
of entertainment an4 courtesy, but also
that everybody should take particular
pains to clean up and improve around
their premises in order to give tbe vis
itors a general perspective of the city
of such cleanliness and symmetry that
they would not be apt tp forget.
Another matter whieh was suggestel
and which met with the approbation of
all present, was that steps should be
at once takes to make generous im
provements upon all of 'the streets of
the city, and especially those along the
line of the Southern Pacific railroad.
both ways from the passenger depot,
including Twelfth and State streets. . It
was also suggested that better ttrect
car service could be given to the depot,
and a committee of three members,
composed of, Messrs. Frank Davey, J.
G. G-raham and George F. Rodgers, was
appointed to wait upon the local man
agement of the Citizens' Light and
Traction Company to. see if they ecnld
not be induced to pat a better class or
cars on the depot run than those at
present in nae. It was thought taat
the company could pe persuaded to put
one or both of the two large double
truck cars upon this line' if it were
suggested to them ; bo doubt would be
pleased to aceede to the request if it
were made.' . l- -
A one afternoon, of the two days'
session or tbe State Development
league is to be given over to the dif
ferent departments, and ' the : Willara-
tte: valley agricultural department
will hold its -discussions Ift the' Mar-
quam building ; on f Wednesday after
noon, April 26, it was suggested that
the president and secretary of the Wil
lamette Valley Development Lesgue be
requested to teet and arrange for V a
program' for thir meeting in the inter
ests of the agrieultoraj development of
the valley in, general. . : j
: The following Is the list of delegates
chosen to aflend and represent the.
Commercial dab at the State Develop
ment League convention in Portland
on Wednesday and Thursday. April 1
26-27: - j
Mayor Waters, J. It. Scott, J. It. j
Stockton,' Frank Bavey, I K. rage,
Charles O'Brien, -R. J. Hendricks, T.j
B. Kay, Conrad Krebs, John Minto, J.I
v : .... .
R. Tdfcn, B. O. Sohucking, iTank Dur
bin, TP. G. Deckebach, George F. Rodg
er, John H. McNary, F. N. Derby, Hal
D. Patton, I. R.Stinson, J. G. Graham.
II. W. Meyers, M. Brelemier, C P.
BisEop, F. W. Spencer, Charles A. Gray,
F. W, Steusloff, N IL Looney, II. O.
Meyer, L. T. Reynolds, W. B. Lawlef,
Brooks; M. I Jones,. Brooks ; ; J, " D.
Barber, Marion; Bennett Pearson, Ma
rion; I M. GUbert, Rosedalef Alex Lft
Follelte," Brooks; John Hunt, Oervtis;
J. T. Hunt, Whiteaeker; E. A. M. Cone,
Botteville; J. M. Watson Turner.
V ''.-'.;; " m- ---- - - ' .'
xxJajwcevll Ride .
often ends in a sad accJflent. -To .heal
accidental injuries use Boeklen's Ar
nica Salve. "A deep; wound in my
foot from an accident," writes Theo
dore Schuele of Columbus, O., " eaused
me great pain. Physieins were help
less, bnt Bueklen's Anica Salve quick
ly healed it." Soothes and heals burns
like magic, 25c at Daniel J. Fry,
druggist.--'. ;-''r--. ':"ir-'
COUNTYEXPENSE
CT.TTRK ROLAND COMPLETES RE
PORT SHOWTNO PISBURSE
V MENTS TOR SIX MONTHS
Commissionera Court ' Audits ' Claims
Aggregating $33,565 Over 111,000
Expended Upon Public Highways
County's Poor Receive $2535.
County Clerk J. W, Roland has com
pleted his semi-annual report showing
the amount of claims allowed, by the
county commissioners' court of Marion
county, for what ; allowed and amount
of warrants drawn; from October 1, 1904
to April 1, 1905. I According to his fig
nres the total amount 01 money expend-
eu oy tne county uuring ioai .periou
was $3."i,5G".28, of which the sum of
$11,11 4.25 was paid out for road pur
poses. The next largest single item is
the care of 'the poor 'under whieh ac
count the county disburse! $2535.61.
Tbe clerk's statement of the expendi
tures during the six months under the
different accounts is as follows:
Road and highways ..$11,114.25
Bridges
Poor . . ......
Circuit court .
Justice court
Sheriff's oflice
2,535.61
1,846.02
1.249.55
1,99.98
1,593. 99
Recoiyjer8 offi;;
. 1,416.48
...... 499.98
'Treasurer's account
69.7
School superintendent's offiee 685. 80
Assessor's oflice .......... .... 2,100.00
Assessment and collection of
taxes .. 387.71
Tax rebate 2103
Current expense . ., 1,603.52
Court house expense ........ 2,037.07
Jail account ................ 624.91
Insane account .......... . . 86.70
Election account 1,913.40
County court and commission
ers .. 1,212.70
Rebate of fees . . ... ........ . 10.00
Indigent soldiers account ... 251.00
Stock inspector account ... 150.00
Reform school 13.00
Oregon state fair for 1904... 200,00
Lewis and Clark fair .'. 1,122.49
Total expenditures ..
,.$35,565.28
Let me say I have used Llv's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly
recomend it for what it claims. Very
truly, (Rev.) II. W. Hathaway, Eliza
beth', N.J.
I tried Kly 's Cream Balm and to all
appearances am cured of catarrh. The
terible headaches from which I long
sufifered are gone. W. J. Hitchcock,
late major United States volunteers,
and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, N.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold -by druggists at 50 eets.
or mailed by Kly Brothers, 56 Warren
street, New York.
DEEDS RECORDED.
Tbe following real estate transfers,
aggregating : the consideration of $15,-
460, have leen filed for record in the
office of the Marion county recorder
II. X. and If. Kley to trustees
of B. P. O. Elks No 336, land
in block 22, Salem, w d ....$ 2,500
F. P. and C. J. Talkmgton to P.
J. Gering, CC84 acres in t s,
r 2 w, w d ....... . .- . . ..... ' 2110
M. A. Lewis to E. Yannke, land
in block 3, Salem, w d .......
C. W. Yannke et al to John L.
Sweeney, land inMock, 3, 8a-
; lem, w d ........ ...... .
L. K. and G. Page to trustees
1,750
B. P. O. Elks No. 336, land in
block 22. Salem, w d
, 1
100
E. B. and C. Kara to L. J. Lo
rentz, s of lot 2, Waldo
Hills Fruit Farm Xrf. 3, w d..
Asabel Bush to Carrie Skiff,
land in block 17, Salem, w d
C. and E. A. Markham et al to
PeterFreres, 4 acres in t 9 s,
r 1 n, w d
G. M. and I M. Douglas to A.
C. Emett, lot 10, blwk 6, En
glewood addition to Salem,'
w d .............
R. and M. F. Poinsett to P.
Laner, land in Hubbard, w d
Mary Pay ton to F. "W. and
W. H. Steaslotr, land in bloek
29, Salem, w d ,..........(
II. a and C Ilannon to Gott
lieb Wiedcrkehr, 5 acres in t '
8 ' 8, r 4 W, Wf d . . . 4i . . . .
3 and B. Berhorst to Henry
Butsch, land in t 6 s, r 1 w,
,w d ....... v.... ..
Asabel Bush to G. M Douglas,
lot 10, block 6, Englewood ad- "
dition to Salem
II. and A. Jones to Britt Aspin
wall, lot 3. block 6, R. R, ad
dition to Brooks, w d........
1,000
1,000
871
750
750
500
300
CO
40
Total
.......$13,460
m f
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Prayer for Mercy.
Editor Statesman:
My Dear Sir After reading yonr
article in this (Thursday) morning's
paper upon the fate of the young Ital
ian, Gugiielmo, I have a strong im
pulse within me to write of it, of htm,
as a last resort, to plead for his life,
for which "he so passionately yearns.
Were I not to lo so there would al
ways bo an unhappy : thought within
me that there bad risen up no one in
his defence, and 1 believe it is for. the
reason that we dread the first steps
taken in maintaining a defense for
him, a there are many who sympa
thize with the young Gugiielmo. 1 do
i3s
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fers lnit 1 am 'merely making a de-
j f onso for
a young, j unhappy life, and
the retort, no .doubt, will be of the
other young, unhappy life which waa
sacrificed. Yes, but not a .cold blood
ed eriuie. Tlie uneontiollable Silician
temper was there, aided and abetted
fy drink, ami also the passionate Ki
lician love for the 3-oung girl, wao in
her thoughtlessness encouraged the
very deed, or crime, by which her life
was forfeited, and this, poor Gugiiel
mo, no doubt, had a soul starved for
love, and it was she on whom he lav
ished it all, and his reward was to be
mocked and taunted when he expected
a culmination of his hopes. 1 donv't
consitler it a heinous crime, such as
the Tortorehi or' the Vnlardo murder
in San Francisco, but I eonsitler it the
outcome 'of a wretched condition in
both of their lives. Of course, he
should be punished, and he, too, ex
pects it nay, he evn asks 1 for it
imprisonmentf" for lifej but only . one
boon does ha ,leg of 0s his life his
poor, mai'mer life,, and let us grant it
to him, even though it be not" quite
technical. It is not sentiment which
would prompt us to do this for him
merely humanity. Think of his young
life, in which there has been so few
pleasures, always a turbulent unrest;
and consider, too, the awful horror of
the Silic.ian superstition, the long sleep
less nights, or if sleep and dreams
come it is only of the gallows and of
the dead girl he dreams. Isn't that
sufficient punishment? What ia it
Portia says of mercy f " It is might
iest in the mighty" and blesses dim
who' gives it. 1 am" sure we. would, none
of us, be better citizens, letter men
or women, were we to hang poor Gug
iielmo, nor would we be abolishing the
crime for which we were even then
hanging him. There is no kinder, hu
mane or iust man than Governor
ChanVlerla"in, I am told, and I feel
sure that he, too, favors clemency for
the ill-fated young Italian. .
Oh, as a last apical let us show
mercv. clemency toward this poor cast
away. Let us give iini his little
anan of life, short at the most. Let us
srive this "cup of eol.l water" in
Christ's name. I trust my appeal will
not lie in vain, and even so, 1 shall at
least have the satisfaction of know
ing that there had been some one who
had risen to this hapless creature's de
fense, even though it were I.
Mrs. J. W. Baker.
Wrothy Taxpayer. .
Editor Statesman: ; "
Noticing tbe "comment on tbe'peti
tions being circulated by students of
the h'gh school during study hours by
direction .of the city school superinten
dent in the interest of his choice of
candidate for school director, I wonU
say that tbe superintendent i going
outside of hi dirties in assuming to
dictate to'thff school district who its
directors shall be. He is employed to
perform certain work in the schools and
to Rive instruction to the pupils, instead
of taking them from their studies to do
his political work. If he woud perform
the duties for which he was employed
by the loard. the work he. agref 1 to do
at the time of his last election, in other
w--nls. if be would attend welt to his
own business, he wolJ have less time
to attend to other people's business.
Such action on bis part is amazing, and
it remains to be seen whether the peo
ple of the district will sustain him in
it or whether any one wil accept ft nom
inatirm obtained by such unusual, if not
underhanded methods. ,- -
' V r. Taxpayer.
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When leading physicians' said that
W. M. 8m it hart of Pekin, Ia ia'd in
'nrable consumption his last hope van
ished, but Dr. King's New Discovery
for consumption, (Roughs and Colds
kept him out of his grave. .Ia says:
to and saved my life. Since then I
have used it for - tea years, and con
sider it ft marvelous throat and lung
curp." Strictly scientific cure for
Coughs, Sore Throats or Colds; sure
preventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed,
50c and $1.00 bottles at Daniel J.
Fry 'a druff store. Trial bottle free. ,
bote baTea Cent. fack4e cf Crove's
not mean 10 inier.luai 1 am ueiemcjinrouja in mampiio vaney. iui
ing. the crime for which he now snf- announcement ranie in' the form of a
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Watches, in both men's and women's
sizes, and in all varieties of cases.
' "Timemakers and Timekeepers,'' an illustrated
history of the watch, sent free upon request to
; Clsim Hatiomai. Wavcm Co.. Claim, lit
CAN'T BE DONE
SOUTHERN PACirXC SAYS IT IS
! IMPRACTICABLE TO RUN OB-
SESVATION CARS.
Coaches Are Seventy-Two Feet Long,
and There is No Turn-Table at Port
land Long Enough on Which to Torn
Monsters Run to Roseburg Only.
(From Wednesday's Daily.)
It was reporte'd a few days ago that
the Southern Pacific had dec ided to run
observation cars on tho day trains
A .a. a. 11 w
telegram from Passenger Traffic Man
ager Fee at San Francisco. It was bis
wish that thia should be done, if prac
ticable, but it transpires that it would
not be jtossilde at the present time, on
ac.ount of the fact that 'these ears could
not be turned at -Portland without tie
construction of an extra turn table, be
cause of the extreme b'njjth of the new
observation cars.
Besides this, it is the plan of tlie
Southern Pacific, local people to put on
two more passenger coaches, making a
train of- thirteen cars, thre bcinjj
eleven now. This will be iieecsary to
accommodate the extra travel on ac-
count of the Iwis anl Clark fair.
Thirteen coaches, including a diner,
is alxnit the limit Of weight that iii.iy
be drawn by one engine, no as to maVe
the schedule time, as at present. It is
considered more important by most
people that the travel hoiil,l be ac
commodated than that observation
cars should be run at this particular
time. 1
'The following is from The Orejjo
nian of yesterday:
''General Manager Worthington of
the O. R. & N. nnd the Oregon lines of
the Southern Pacific, says that (he dis
patch from Traffic. Manager '. H. Fee
of San Francisco announcing the estab
lishment of observation ear service
through the Willamette ralfey on Hie
day trains of the Southern Pacific is a
mistake, and tliat the service will not
be established atthis, time for the Tea
son that there is no way. of turning the
cars at this end of the line, nn.l there
fore they cannot 1e uh1 in and out of
Portland until such time as changes
may be n.ade in the track. In speaking
of the matter yesterday Mr. Vrth
ington said:
"'it was our original intention tn
run ttreso cars through on trains 13 ami
16, and if we were able to turn them
here we should be running these cam.
We should be extremely glad to oblige
tlie people of the Willamette valley in
this matter if Ve could, but at the
present time find we are not able to '
so. Homo time later we may le able t
introduce this attractive feature on
daylight trains through the AVlilametlfl
valley ,and when we are able to do so,
they will not find us wanting, as we
are anxious indeed, to-do everything
we can that will add to the comfort
or pleasure ot the trip through this
beautiful valley. "
Bodily pain loses its terror if you've
a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Kle-trie Oil in
the house. Instant relief in eases of
burns, "cuts, sprains, nccibwits of any
sort.
STORIES GATHERED AT STAYT0N
HTAjYTON, April 'JO.-TI.e quarterly
conference wss. held at the Metiio'lint
church here Sunday.
Lee mown and John Harnaby am
new recruits on the sick lint this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lehman wre
guests at the Gardner home Sunday.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the revival meetings under head
way at JCingstown. Many rom here
attended the services and basket din
ner held there Sunday.
Parties are in town this week look
ing over the ground and considering
the advisability of putting in a woolen
mill here. , This is a worthy enterprise
and Btayton people hope to see it ma
terialize. ,
The Etrvntian Comedy Company i
playing a week's engagemrnt here, be
ginning Tuesday eveping.
The Alexander familv are now oc
cupying the Fourth street dwelling of
Frank Silbavy.
F. Ml Baker, who has been operat
ing a picture gallery here for the -pa,
few months, packed up his effects and
left town Tuesday morning, and Stay
ton is without a gallery once more.
J. T .KVnrna ia fitting UD rooms in
his Second' street property over- his
old eallery. The,- rooms when compet
ed will be occupied by Dr. Benucamp as
office rooms. -
The Stayton public, school win close
on May 5. A num-lr of graduates "
tdng torne-I out from the eigath,
ninth and tenth grades. Commence
ment exercises will be held on the
evening of May 5
Clock ILoot Uvmr fZLi.