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TWO DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. THE DAILY JOURNAL ,T&-fii "Scrfppa News Association Telegrams, BY HOFER BROTHERS. Dally One Year, $4.00 In Advance. Dally Three Months, $1.00 In Advance. (Dally by Carrier, 50 Cents Per Month. Weekly One Yea, $1.00 In Advance. JOURNAL SPECIAL DELIVERY. Quo Wook $ .10 Ond Month J .35 1 TKreo MonthB $1.00 At Journal Office. At Daue's Grocery, South 8alem. At Bowcrsox Grocery, Yew Park. Asylum Avenue Grocery Store. "Electric Grocery, East Stato 8L i SM IMmqsd fiRC rti-H-mumnniwn i i OREGON COMING EVENT8. National.. Uroatock. . convontlon, Portland, January 12-1G. Angora goot Bhow, Dallas, Janu ary 1415. o Tonight xaf. . The Weather, and Thursday, occasional Eva His Compensation. Williams Malonc, in Monthly for January. Loslle's I'm "kop' ln"whon I'm "tardy," An' I'm "kop' in" whon I'm "lato"; I'm "kop' In" for "position" . Thnt moans not Bottln' straight. I'm "kup' In" on my Joggorfy. My readln' au' my wrltln', An I'm "lop' In" somo for latighin'. An' I'm "kop' in" most for flghtln,. I'm "kep' in" whon tny marbles ComoH mttlin' from my pockets, An', sometimes whon my mntohos Oots mixed up with my rockots. I'm "kop In" of I whlspor, An I'm "kop' In" of I chaw Tha ploco of gum I'vo horrlod An' am wnrmlng In my Jaw I The truth is, 'at I'm "kop' In"- Most ovurythlng I do! But ono Jolly thing about It Is, tho tcachqr's "kop In" too! pheasant was passed by tho house without voting on it. The clork read tho bill, the house talked about It, It Was sont to tho senate as paseod, when no roll call was over taken. . The bill fixing now foes for county recordors Is found to have rondo im portant changes in tho Interest of tho "poor man" of course. For Instance a mortgngo that cost f 1 26 to record now will cost $2.25 More mistake liko this, and tho fail ure to ro-onnct tho $300 oxomptlon will cost tho Republican party dearly. The Marlon county delegation, most of whom fought against a threo-day session, aro not to blamo for thoso laches of legislative lntont. It has taken a forco of ulorical ox ports longor to fix up tho records than tho "hangman's" session lasted. Those "Uxors" virtually had tho making up of the journals of the two housos. Almost no record wan kept, and tho way business was rushed through it was noxt to impossible to discov er what has boon done. In tho senate the roll calls wore a mere form, few If any responding on suspension of rules, May tho good Liord protect Oregon against nnotlior "rapid-fire" legislature. passed as a compromlso. Then It was lot go through so as to not go into offect until 1905. 8ALEM SCHOOLS ARE PROGRESS ING. Tho annual taxpayers' meeting at tho city hall last night was n perfect ly harmonious gathering, and thoro waa porfoct unanimity in support of all -that has been done for bettorlng public schools. The board, has mado a record for progress and good financial "manage ment that will ho heartily endorsed by all thinking people. Tho school attendance Is not what IS ALCOHOL A FOOD OR POI80N? In tho practical affairs of life ex- porionco has demonstrated precisoly what tho closest scientific investi gations have disclosed, that alcohol has not only novor beon a real aid in performing tasks lnvlolvlng tho sc vorest montal ana physical oxertions, but thnt in all cases it has been an actual hlndoranco to tho dovelopmont of the highest capohillllos. Evidence of this kind meets the investigator on overy hand, nor nood ho look to tho "tomporanco fnnntlc" for tho most omphatlc oxproeelon of this sort of evtdonce. It conic from dispassion ate, clear-hoadod, impartial men of science, whoao ontiro livos aro spent in discovering truth, rejecting every thing which has nH been, tried and proved in tho crucible of experimen tal evldonco. A wYitor of tho Gorman Emln .hlblt A- Pasha's expedition said: "At Darlngo tho last bottle of cognac was con sumed, thoroafter wo had to drink only tea, coffee, and cocoa, and It 1 JOURNAL X-RAYS 969oae9eeaeo6fi4ies9 The awful tragedy at Chicago will at least put an ond to tho disgraceful interference with the burial of tho dead. I T 1 5 a iym eir r f r .i t Thoso who rhuddt-r at tho brutality used In hanging or electrocuting a murderer should boar 'n mind that It is a vory simple matter for tho "vic tim" to avoid olthor punishment. All that is iiccossary in to refrain from murder. Mr. Cleveland dos not havo to con vince the country of his unavailability as a procldontlal candidate. TJio coun try Is well awaro of it. It needs no fresh porfumo on thnt violet. ' That gambling bill may yet show up at tho Iowls and Clark fair, as Ex- It is said that Amador, who Is slat oil for the presidency of Panama, once oscaped (from that country by bolng SHOT MISSED THE MARK. Attempted Suicide at Roseburg Re suited In a Grazed Arm. m.,Bt i, nnnfnoon.i fhnt n..r l.onifi. ,. I "headed 'up" in a lard barrel. The nnmn immn.Hntnlv histtm-" stor ls Probably true, for wherever Nanson's arduous journoys in Greenland, and almost to tho North Pole, wore mado without a single drop of potable alcohol. Holmholtz, probably the most acute thinker, and the strongest man men' there is a barrel thero will your South American revolutionist be found also. I ' "Tapo linos do not a model mako, nor mqnsuromontB a form," old corn- tally of tho nineteenth century, gpolto , ,),oto a,torod to sult thc ,at08t fmL at n coleb ration of his seventieth birthday of tho ruin wrought to brll- E. J. Judd, a frequenter of the sa loons in this city, attempted sulcldo Sunday morning nt the CrulBer saloon, while in a drunken condition. Ho pulled a largo Colts 38-callbor revol ver, and undoubtedly intended to shoot himself through tho heart, but his nlm was poor, and tho length of tho barrel of the rovolvor made such a shot difficult for a man in such a condition, and tho host ho could do was to grazo his loft arm with tho bul let, cutting a deop gash about two IncheB long. Tho man foil, and thoso Cherry Pectoral for the children. One dose at bedtime quiets their night coughs and prevents croup Ask your doctor. xffiiflifig present thought ho was done for nt til tho wound was examined Dt Duuas was called in attendance ai dressed tho wound, tho wounded mj remaining insonslblo for some houn Roseburg Plalndealer, "Portland and Return Only $2.20? The Southorn Pacific is now selllcj round trip tickctG to Portlnnd from Salem for $2.20, good going Saturdij or Sunday, returning Sunday and Moo day, giving all day Sunday and Men- day In Portland. Tho same arrange mont applies from Portland, giving all Portland pooplo a chance to visit nt loy points at greatly reduced ratoj, . W. EX COMAN, O. P. A. Odd Woman's asplrat'ons. novor woro so llant minds by alcohol, declaring that hleh "8 man's' and tho raMlng ln tno 3iiouiuors oi mo iniost coais provos It. tho smallest quantity of nlcohollc drink, dissipated all philosophic think' Ing and offort. Is it not a fatal inconsistency to call any substance food which does not t it should be, and yet It must bo ro-jglvo increased warmth to the body; mombored that nearly n thousand children and young people are at pri vate echools. But thore are hundreds of chlldron not at any school who should bo ln tho public schools, and a way should bo found to get them to nttond. The school board tins proven that thero 1b no Inconsistency in progress In tho schools, and n good financial mnnngqmont. Debt has boon wiped out, salaries Incroasod, grades added and addition al toaaharu employed, without in creasing taxos. FAREWELL TO 1903. The laBt day of tho year causos any hut tho boHt fortified spiritually tp pause ii nd consider tho flight of time. Yot tlmo ltsolf Is but n myth, unless it mark progress and tho good use thnt has boon mndo of It. Tho successful flight of airships, tho discovery of radium and birth of tho baby republic of Panama woro world ovont duo io 1903. Fruitful of good hnrvosts, tho yoar waH punctured with turrlblo storms and otioi'pioitft floods (tint iwopt our country, Tho masinore of Jows at Klshlnoff, the Iionpuur dloator, and then the last, but not loast, tlu burning of a Chicago theatre with GOO victims, woro black blotches of mishap. Tho completion of tho Slhorlnn rail road, and (ho fact that but olght miles of railroad woro built ln Oregon are worth noting. So farewell to 1803. May wa novor Beo yqur Ilka again. May wo all loam to discount tlmo. and dofy its ravages. ' 0' THE SALEM JOURNAL HAD A SCOOP. The Dally Salem Capital Journnl had an exehulvo scoop on Wednes day vanlng. in Ita account or the Chicago theatre fire. Th only Portlnnd evening paper that hud the news wa the second edition of the Portland Journal, and Its story was rhortor than our, lint the Portland Journal that reached Sa lem had no news of the fire. The Portland Telegram had not n word, about tho lire In its edition thnt reach en this city about 7 o'olock. No second udltlnu of the Telegram reached Suleiii. That was a clear snoop for the lit Ua evening Salem dally, and we have n right to pnt ourselves on the bnok nml shake our own hands. I DIRECT NOMINATION. Tho Republicans of Salem at tho ro cent city olactlon Inaugurated tho Dlroct Primary system of nominating canillatos for ofllco. Tho plan was bo simple and worked so well thnt It Is doubtful it any othor way of making city nominations will evor be tried again. Only live free-holders or votors of the Republican party wore roquirod to put a candidate for Mayor or Al derman on tho nominating ticket. Tho voters nt the Republican pri mary then made cliolco betwoon tho several aspirants, whose namos ap peared on the Australian voting blank Thus tho ontiro tlokot was nomi nated and tho tlokot was successful In ovory ward with tho ono oxcoptlon. Tho party was porfectly harmonious. A movement has beon started in Clnckamns county to Inltlato a Direct Primary law by popular voto at tho Juno olootlon It roqulros that tho aspirants fpr nomination prosent a potltlon with but, instead, decreases tho bodily torn poraturo; which doos not protect tho nitrogenous tissues from waste, but does lucrenso their roto of meta bolism; which doos not glvo added powor to tho brnln, but on tho con trary, always decreases tho quality of their product; which doos not on- aoio mo muscios to contract more Japan is reported to havo bought much flour, and Russia ls laying In largo supplies' of hoof. Must be going to start a sandwich factory. "Ono touch of nature makes us all nkln." When Young Corbett had boat on Eddlo Hanlon almost to death ln a prize fight at San Francisco Tuos day night, nnd the roferoe, fearing ho might Impllcato himself In a murder If ho pormltlcd tho fight to go on, had vigorously, but doos, Indeed, Increase BtT'1 "' YoUn,R f' " . "i d,S; the bruised and battered form of his lato antagonist, as it was bolng car ried away, nnd with womanly tears in tholr capability of doing work? Considering tho forogolng ovldonco nro wo not fully Justified in calling fllrnltnl n nnlsnn mnnnlnn Hi.fnl... M,nf i ia o..i.o.L i i 7 , . ., ll9 swimming oyes kissed Mm. tnnt It Is a substanco Inimical to tho organism, producing Injury in small, f -,. f . , ...... . nnd doath In larger quantltloB?Are . . . .. . ... . . ovory uay, in meir 1 Getting Ready for Invoice and want to clean up some j j I lines entirely. j; 2 Mackintoshes for ladies or children, all this fall stock, 20 per cent reduction. ( Knit Shawls for 25c, the best you ever ; saw for the! money. ' j Ladies' Hose fleece lined 12 l-2c a pain best value in j tUa ritit Ii Towels at 10c each, bleached with colored, borders, II I look like they are worth 25c. I ! S General Redaction on all goods in the store except spool cotton I Rosteln & Gteenh&um I 302 Commercial Street. m9Q99j,9Q999999Q99Q99Q999Q99Q999QB99QQQ9Q8Q9Bl aio99i te-ftw-efrWH-a V larger quantities? wo not moreover, by tho samo ovl ndmannnAM, .t,tf. ..once rully Justified in denying it a amlRus iii..u in mijr uiuamiiuuwuil Ol IOOUS or mddlclno, beonuso It nolther ro palrB tissue wasto, nor protects tho organism nolthor Is it a source of or ganic forco? ' Lot us, thon, contlnuo to teach our boys and girls thnt alcohol 1b a pol son; thnt the fact of its bolng oxl dlzed In the body, if takon ln small quantltlos, Is not sufllciont to consti tute It a food; nnd that tho normal man Is novor beneflttod, but ratlior harmod by it In any quantity. Alkn lodlal Clinic. A Thorne In the Flesh. :uo conlrontod dlspatchos about aro getting mad enough to fight both of them. If it Is propor to sell govornmont lnnd,to largo syndlcatos, why not ro- pool , tho proeont laws, and thon charge for the lupds what thoy are worth. The gravel that was put on State stroot oarly ln tho fall Is about ripe to haul oft. i If tho Republicans do not look out tho noxt sheriff of Marion county will J como from the north ond of tho conn- 4 1 A ii 1 It misMi1l t 1 oiiiti n tin rt Last night, about 7:30, somo lady ,; whoI1 Iook ,t nll ovor phonod The Journnl thnt tho carrier , imu lurgunen io ioavo a papor, as carrlors Imvn ,inn ain im i 'i "'0 BreaieBi nqrses in xno mortal, and as thoy will contlnuo to country aro to bo at Sulara thls 8um- do until tho heaves aro rolled up as n,or' stambuo anA Dlnbl- a scroll, and tlod with a drug storol string, nnd requostod that a paper bo Tne Woman ano tne Mustache. sent tn hr nn Mm nt nanii..ian.. Droslau. Doc. 31. Tha most mag- names of olght per cont of the voters cnr T1)0 ono who wc.,,vod that moa. nlflcont mustnche In Droslau grows on - .... i "w,,"n- auge. and who pons these linos, prom- tl, Pl,or "P of IIerr Ro8er. At a Th. petition In too large to our war iMd to forwJW, tho pR fl8 convivial gathering tho othor evening of thinking and experience would j(1 Ho h,0(, ,,mgolf ga)ly t() the )aQ8 ho offorod to cut It off If tho company show that it was "umbeMoity, ontl wlloro tho ,mpors aro lBUBll ,. t would glvo ?2 to a charity ln which munopoiniii. buti ke Qr MoU Hubbard's eun- ho WttS intoreted. Uo was takon up, .tuiuuiur uuu imuure oi me proposeu law Is that It doo away with the con vonttons altogether, which It too re strictive. ' A limited form of direct nomination for county tlokot s should ho adopted. i-f4-a44i The Entire Stock Of Boots and Shoes and Rubbers J We have purchased of Jacob Vogt must : ; be sold at a sacr ificef Come early and i ! ;; get the bargains ii i ii P.M ANFRED ; ;; Successor to Jacob Vogt. 265 Commercial Street ;; a-HH0iai0t0IQ-HD4Ma4O ! 1 9 KH-0 1 S 1 99 QG99994-1 Ki9tiiaiH)iiP4-aioaaiaiaiicnpi84HM-taiaiaifl ::::::::A G E N C Y O F:::::::: ii BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO.! ; GRAIN bdybrs and shippers of (I'R A TTf ! Oats For Sale. HOP GR0WER9 SUPPLIES. Crude and stick Sulphur. MORE LACHES" OF THE 8HORT SESSION. No oa will blame Governor Cham Uwlain for milking a tight for a short Motion of th legislature. He. In a Democrat and bad uotlilng trt ttxpect of n Republican leslBlature, m& had a right to exuot any promise he thought necessary. Hut the llepubllonu lSfUteture, re sponsible for the enactment of salu tary lawn, should have taken a da cent time to consider hills after the Republican cauuus decided to tako up twonty or thirty subjects. On by oua tha mlstukea mado are coming out,, and tho necessity for deliberation on the part of a court or THE 8HODDY EXEMPTION LAW The householder's (300 exemption law was surreptlouily ropoalod a few yeara ago. cup board. It was bare Thon a raid was tho contract was put In wrlttlng, nnd mado In the back ofHco. but there was oK6'" w18 to appear the noxt oven- not a Journal to bo found. Still, not ,ns "all shaven and shorn" and get the despairing, his offorts woro rowarded u,0"'- with tho copy he sought, and. ns ho RoBor did not turn up. Instead camo proudly forth consolousof vie tn0 postman brought a letter from tory, behgldt tho car was vanishing around the cornor of State sfroot. He didn't grlevo, ho didn't oven swear, for It Uashod unon hla Fran Rottger, who Bald whon sho mar ried hor hu&band she also married his mustacho, adding: "Ills mustacho Is my mustacho. He mind thnt ho had forgotten to whom ,mB no r,8,lt to llsposo of It, and tho Ah pooh as that secret changing of the paper was to bo eonl. anyhow. contract on your papr Is null and Theeo lines nro written ln the hope voUI-, aia ' alsputo this the they will catoh the oyee of the party lnw courts sro open to you." In lnterort, and shnt as the old year Tho "l,Rrt of tho second part" In dies and the now ono comes on apace. tho contract has accepted tho wife' he may be forgiven a seeming dlscour- challenge, and taken legal steps to tjy, and an economical use of Uie compel Rotter to live up to his bar- truth. He expects to ole sometime. a'n- and to go where cnrrlem, oven though they ehould get there, will cease from troubling. All other ills that' flesh la heir to may be borne with equanimity and becoming fortituilji, hut from de oelL vain glory, hyposriey and car rier, good Iml dollver us. Mrs. Charlea Q. Dehnlng. of Ch halls. Wash., a brldo of hut two hours, stepped off tho Northern Pa olflo ferry at nlatua, Monday morn- the nweeement law was uotlcod there was demand for Its restoration The slieclnl seenlon pretended to pnM a law to glvo baek this exempt ion for the protection of the pooror clnss of tax payors. The pietended exemption allows 1300 worth of propert- to be taken oh householder, hut how? Now mark where the cinch comes In on the poor man: The exemption U llmitotl to household good, farming Implements, ami stool;. ' Tkho laboring man tn a town or olty or small farmer has llttlq. or -nothing to assess of this kind, possibly $60 to (76 worth. It Is oxempt. The well-to-do cltiens or well-to-do fanners has tho fuH $800, worth to get let off, so It really favors those who are best able to pay . One Democratic senator, MUlw, of Unn l iade a fight for the right of all persons to havo an equal exemption a law-making body still nppears. It now appears that the bill to pre- of $300 on their assessment vent extermination of tho Chinese Ilut ho failed ana had tho lng, and was reseued while sinking the second time bill Jakey Smokalem, a Puyallup Indian, beat his squaw to death on the res ervation near Tacoma Monday. The buck was drunk at the time. One More Indictment. Washington, Dee. 81. An addition al Indictment against John Deeson. the wealthy real estate dealer of San FrnnoUeo. who is oharged by tho in terior department with being the head of the alleged land frauds lu a dozen Western states and territories, has been returned by the grand Jury. - .0 London Sympathizes. London. Dee. 31. The lord mayor today sent Ambassador Choate the follewing: "Citizens of London offer their deepest sympathy and sincere condolence to the American people ln the awful loss of life through the fire In Chicago." v I J. CL Graham, Ageilt. 207 Commercial St.. Salem. 0r. ieigingigoioaipiQ8giii(Hiiflcieicieiq)iiegg 'I I I I "'! 'I'll TT I 11 T"l"IT'l TTTT T T'l'fl I II II II 1 1 1 1 1 Positive Poof Envy and Deceit :: Has prevented many :: from bcln cored fey me, ;: THAT'S JEALOUSY! Can yot i Affot d to Run tne Risk We Do What We Claim Wo kill and romove Cancers and Tumors without tho aid of knife or other instrument. Dr. J. F. Cook, tho Botanical Doc tor, euros all kinds of diseases after all othor schools have failed, with out tho old of knife or poisons. His modlclnes aro composed of Nature's horbs; thoy aro gathered and selected in various parts of Amorlca and for eign countrios, at groat oxponse. Read tho Testimonial of a Prominent Salem Man: TO THE PUBLIC. In jusUoe to DR. J. F. COOK.and that tho world may know what a greaj; work he Is dolug, I wish to Inform them that I havo beon tak ing treatment from him for the past 15 months, and that in that time ! ' he has removed from my alimentary canal three tumors of cancer- '.'. qus growths as largo as a manlshand, all from tho largo intestine. Also ; ; anoiuer cancerous growth of leaser bI?q from off my foot, and anoth er rrora on my thumb. This has all beon aecnmnllRh thrnnch mcdl- I ; ofnos alone. Uioy killing tho growth and snidor-llko roots, and Na- 1 . . jura sou casting tnem oft without the aid of knifo or surgery. I . ; dnro not bellevo I could havo found equal successful treatment any- ; ; whore in the world, and cheerfully recommend Dr. J. P. Cook, the ; ; Botanical Doctor, to all who road this testimonial. It, J. SPENCER. We can do as much for vou. or more, if vnn nrf i J. F. COOK , Deutscher Botanical Doctor. Liberty 8tret Salem, Oregon. HHUIIlUlHIHHIllllll WN-H-H-i 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 H i.-j. 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