ge of The Salem Capital Journal THURSDA FEB. 26, 191 The Capital Journal PUBLISHED BY ' Capital Journal Printing Co., Inc. An Independent Newspaper Detoted to American Principle and the Progress and Development of Salem in Particular and All Oregon in General, fuiltii'id Ererj ETCDlng ttxctpt Bungay, Hslem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Invariably In Adyaaca) ally, tij Carrier, per year ...$5.20 Per month.. 45c Bally, by Mall, per year 4.00 Per month.. 86c Weakly, by Mall, per year .... 1.00 Six months. BOc friLL LBAHBD WIRB TKMCORAI'H RKi'OKT ADVEBTISINa BATES. Advertising rates will be furnished on application. 'New Today" Ada. strictly cash In advance. "Want" Ada. and The Capital Journal carrier boys art Instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this Is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following Instructions. Phone Main 82. "THE WEALTHIEST BOY IN ; THE WORLD." A DISPATCH from Providence, Rhode Island, February 21, said : "The wealthiest boy in the whole world, John Nicholas Brown, entered his fifteenth year today." The dispatch then goes on todescribe this "wealthiest boy in the world" as follows : "As an infant he was known as the 'Ten-Million-Dollar-Baby.' Today his fortune is variously estimated at from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. Seven years hence, when he attains his legal ma jority, he will come into possession of more millions than are now held in trust, and will then be numbered among the richest men in America. "Young Brown has spent practically the whole of his 14 years in Newport with the exception of occasional visits to Europe. His home is Harbour Court, on Halidon Hill, a large old-fashioned place that makes but & modest showing in comparison with the great mansions by which it is surrounded on all sides Here the 'richest boy' has grown up under the watchful eye of his mother, Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, whose life bugaboo has been the fear that her son might be kidnaped and held for ran som. The boy has never been allowed to go about alone. As an infant he was accompanied everywhere by a nurse and a private detective. Since he has grown older he has been allowed a lit tle more freedom, but even now he is seldom seen without a 'companion,' whose broad shoulders and muscular frame afford outward evidence that the owner is well qualified to, teach his' young charge the manly art of self-defense." Measured by thq modem standard of wealth this unfortunate kid may be the "wealthiest boy in the world," but measured by all that makes life worth living this same boy is about the poor est boy in the world. What does he know of the joys of child hood? What of his fellow children? What has money brought him but isolation from his kind, the deprivation of all the sweet liberties of childhood? In what way is his condition any better than that of a criminal constantly under the eyes of the watch ful guard? , His mother's fears and his father's and other rela tives' money, have made him a prisoner during all the years of his childhood, have cut him off from free association with other children, have put a watch on his footsteps and guard on his ev ery movement. And on top of this, these same dollars have made his mother's life one long period of worry and watchfulness. The "wealthiest boy in the world?" Why the children of the slums of the bigger cities are, in some respects, far richer. They have at least liberty, and they have a keen knowledge of their fellows. The boy who looks upon a "white alley" as a treasure and a base ball as something almost above price, who eats a thinly buttered crust and enjoys it with that keen zest that Hunger and Poverty only permit to those who cannot gratify the appetite they give them, is a million times richer, and, undoubt edly happier. Better a stone bruise on each heel than that shadow of a guard eternally following. Better a ragged coat sleeve that bears evidence of its use as a handkerchief, thnn fine raiment and frilled linen with loss of liberty and that ev er present guardianship. Better acquaintance with the human beings, and knowledge of one's kind than all the dollars that were ever heaped up to enslave their owners. Wealth, up to a certain point, is a desirable thing, but when it gets so large that it becomes a burden when one's whole time is taken up in taking care of it, when one has to be classed as a treasure chest and guarded from robbers just like any other bank vault, it then is no longer a thing to be desired, but is a calamity and a curse to its unfortunate owner. Here in Salem are thousands of bright faced littlo folks, warmly clad, abundantly fed, free to play with each other with no spectre of fear forever hanging over them, who are living their God-given childhood as it was intended they should live it, who are n thousand times wealthier than this boy back in Provi dence, falsely held up as the wealthiest boy in the world, but who is, indeed, its most pit iable pauper. A PESSIMISTIC ARMY OFFICER. THE tendency of every department of government from the lowest to the highest, to build up a little government of its own, is nowhere shown in stronger light than in the army. General Leonard Wood is out in syndicate edi torial stuff printed in the newspapers throughout the country, showing that Uncle Sam is liable to get licked any old time, be cause he has hot a large standing army, ami an immense array of heavy guns. He says the United States could only produce 250 field guns in a year, and that at least three times that many Lapp & Busn, Bankers Transact a General B,inktns Business Safdy D'ros;t Boxes Traveler's Chciks are needed at once. Just what they are needed for he does not say, and no one ;else knows. In the light of the Spanish war, when we were not nearly so well prepared as now, these lugubri ous and pessimistic feelings on the part of General Wood, who simply wants a bigger job to . boss are without foundation. In the Spanish war, or when it broke out we were told that we were totally unprepared, yet, although clothing had to be made for the entire army, on account of that in use being' too heavy for use in the tropics, we managed to get along, and this so quickly that the war was fought to a fin ish in spite of our alleged unpre paredness, in three months and twenty-two days. Another thing the general overlooked is that with recent in ventions, artillery and guns are back numbers. When an enemy's ammunition can be exploded at the distance of many miles, which it is claimed can now be done, of what use are guns and ammunition? We are not looking for trouble with any of our neighbors, are, indeed, exercising extraordinary patience just now to avoid it, but, if we were, of what use would a supply of ammunition be if the other fellow could explode it twenty miles offshore? As a matter of fact this discovery of the ability to explode the magazine in a ship by wireless, has equalized nations. The bat tleship will be harmless and the immense dirigible balloons with their deadly bombs will be a menace only to themselves. As a matter of fact, thfs discovery, if it proves to be anything like what is claimed for it, will mean universal peace. It will pull the teeth of the dogs of war, tie a tin can to the aniamls' tails, and make war a thing of the past. If the army and navy fel lows had their way they would spend a billion dollars a year in war equipment. As it is, about all the use the country will have for an army or navy, if the wireless can do what is claimed for it, will be for a rack to hang uniforms on. War will be made im possible, and the white winged dove of peace will shoo the hook beaked eagle back to the fastness of the mountains, and become the emblem not only of peace, but that of Mars as well. New Yorkers are poking fun at Richard Croker's grammar. It is not so long ago that Richard's speech went without comment. Lately there has been so much more difficulty in cnrnno-n-Hrio- jobs, and so real a declension of opportunities for graft, that tne om-time followers have found time for correcting Richard's grammar, along with other abuses. The awakening of China, if not yet accomplished, is due to happen soon. She has gone into partnership with John D. Rock efeller in the oil business and the poor old chink country won't have skin enough left when John D. gets through removing her cuticle to make herself a leather medal. A Pittsburg pastor has undertaken to make a census of those eligible to admission to Heaven, and the Tacoma Tribune heartlessly and frivolously remarks that "the work should not keep him very long on the job in Pittsburg." The Tacoma Tribune, commenting on the holding up of a train going out of Seattle by robbers, and the amount of money the latter secured, innocently asks: "How did so many people ever get out of Seattle with so much money?" The congressman who thinks he cannot be re-elected without Uncle Sam, or congress handing him a liberal serving from the pork barrel for his district, is the kind of congressman to leave at home. An exchange says Peace is undoubtedly above price, else Car ngie would have bought it and presented it to The Haugue commission. ATTORNEY FOE MRS. DROWN TELL OF SAD LIFE SHE LIVED WITH DRUNKARD. (UNITSD rHES UUSEO WIHI. Oakland, Oil., Fob, 2tt An alterca tion over muiidntio hams furnished a lone, ray of humor in the Prown mur der cimo, continued yesterday before Superior Judge Ogden. There was n sharp dispute as to whether the hams in question, which the murdered man had bought on credit aud sold to buy liquor, could be introduced to tho jury. Judge Ogden held that tho hams could go in, despito tho fact that they were !IF E If Cross, Feverish, Constipated, Bilious, Stomach Sour, Give' "Calif oral Syrup of rigs." A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Childron simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up witk waste, liver gts sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, fev erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of old or has sore throat or any other children 'i ailment, give a tenspooiiful of "California Syrup of Mrs," then don't worry, because It is perl' eel ly harmless, and in a few hours all this constlpatlou poison, sour bile aud fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thorough "la side elMnsing" Is of times all that is necrssaty. It should be the first treat ment given in any sickness, Keware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask vonr druggist for a SO cent bottle of "California Pyrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all and for grown ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully snd see that It Is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company.' Pon't be footed! suppositions, until proved. A clear idea of the lino of defense was indicat ed in questions to jurors lifter Judge Ogden hnd thus let down tho bars. Mrs. Amelia Drown, tho accused wo man, snt immovable as a statute throughout the entire day, her face cup ped in her black gloved hand, not glancing at the jury, paying no at tention even to tho 14 women in court, who sat beyond tho rail. They claim they aro girlhood friends of Mrs. Prown and have come from San Fran cisco and other bay points. His Wild Life. Tho question that brought before the jury tho purchase of hams was put by Judge A. L. Prick, defending Mrs. Prown. "If wo prove that Prown was so affected by the liquor habit that his wife wns forced to nurse him through protracted illness following sprees; that he huinilnted her by fail ing to pay his debts; that he was in the habit, when out of money, of purchas ing goods from his grocer and selling them to buy liquor, will yon take all these, facts into consideration in trying this wouinnf" Prick asked, I'pheld by the court, Friek went on: " If we prove that this woman lived a barren girlhood; that she lived a life of hardship with this dead man, hairassed by his debts; that she nursed him through his illness, and followed him about to prevent his sprees, will you take Into consideration all this misery she suffered! '' WHITE BOX WIN. l'MITCI) rHKSS 1.1USKO W1HI. London, Feb. 2(1. The Giants and White Pox gave a splendid exhibition of baseball here today, the Chicago team winning out in the eleventh in ning by a score of o to 4. The game was witnessed by 1.1,000 per sons. At the end of the sixth Inning the score stood 2 to 2, and at the end of tho eighth 4 to 4. Final score: R 11 E Chicago S 10 1 New York 4 8 q King Sees Ball Oame. London, Feb'. CO. King George and his mite occupied-the myal box at this afternoon's exhibition baseball game between the eNw York Oiauts and the Chicago White Sox. Ambassador Tage and his family and members of the I wmmi THE NEW SPRING Coats and Suits are here. Now is the time to buy them when we are introducnig the new models at Chicago and New York prices. Comparison of prices is all we ask when you see the garments and get our price. We know that when it comes to money saving that we will get your patronage. No long profits here. Suits and Coats up to $18.00 and $20.00. Now $7.90 $9.90 and $12.90 mm Stylish Spring Millinery at the lowest prices in Salem. Come and see. SALE PRICE 99c, $1 .49, $1.98, $2.50, AND UP WE MAKE THE LOW PRICES FOR SALEM New Spring Dress Goods and Silks now piled out on our counters and ready for fast selling. A magnificent assortment to choose from. Come here for bargains. Price Yard19c, 25c, 35c, 49c, 65c and up 6 Cases New Spring Ginghams Now stacked out on the counters. Every style, make and"pattern is here. No house in America can show you a greater assortment. Sale Price Yard 6 He, 8 l-3c, 9c, 1 0c and 1 2 l2c Ladies' Spring Hosiery, Gloves and Underwear Come and look through this great stock of COTTON, LISLE and SILK UNDERWEAR and HOSIERY. Our variety and low prices will surprise you. 39c snm Boy's Overalls Special Now Only American embassy staff accupiod a a nearby box. Ahbasnador rage and Secretary Loughlin sat ou either side of Kinj Oeorgo and explained tho game. His Majesty seemed greatly interested. Af ter the game, King George asked to have Managers MeUraw and Callahan and Charles Comiskey presented. TELLS OF WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT A PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE. "Indigestion and practically all forms of stomach trouble aro, nine times out of ten, duo to acidity; there fore stomach sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that is avid in its nature, or which by chemical act ion in tho stomach develops acidity. Unfortunately, such a rule eliminates most foods which are pleasmit to the taste as well as those which are rich in blood, flesh and nerve building properties. This is "the reason why dyspeptics and stomach sufferers are usually so thin, emaciated and lacking in that vital energy which can only come from a well fed body. For the benefit of those sufferers Who have obliged to exclude from their diet all starchy, sweet or fatty food, and are trying to keep up a miserable cxistanec on glutton products, I would suggest thnt yon should try a meal of any food or foods which you may like, in mod erate amount, taking immediately af terwarda a tcaspooHful of bisuated mag neisa In a little hot or cold water. This will neutralise any avid which may be present, or which may be formed, and instead of the usual feeling of uneasi ness and fullness, you will find that your food agrees with you perfectly. Hisurated magnesia is doubtless thfl best food corrective and antacids that is known. It lias no direct action on the stomach-, but by neutralizing the acidity of tho food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irri tation which inflames the delicate lining, it does more than could possibly be done by any drug or medicine. As a phvsicinn, I believe in the nso of medicine whenever ncvesnnry, but I must admit that I cannot see the sense of dosing an Inflamed and Irritated stomach with drugs instead of (retting rid of the acid the cause of all the trouble. Get a little bisurated mag nesia from your druggist, cat what you want at your next nieal take some of the bisurated aiagncsia as directed a bove, and see if I'm not right." witness says moyer was beat en and shot is back jlnd hurried to train. DNITKD miSS 1.1ABKD Willi. Hancock, Mich., Feb. 26. Brutal usago at the hands of members of the Citizens Alliance, whom he held re sponsible for tho deportation of himself and President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners from the copper country several weeks ago, was charged lato yesterday by Charles Tanner, a federation organizer, before the con gressional investigators of tho Michigan mine strike. First, Tanner said, Sheriff Cmi of Houghton county and a committee of citizens called at his own and Moyer 's room in the Scott hotel to demand a public statement from Moyer urging the relatives of victims of the Calumet Christmas eve firo panic to accept re lief donations. Moyer, the witness testified, refused. Three minutes later, ho continued, a crowd of members of the Citizens Alii anco rushed in. He said , they bent Moyer nearly double and ono man pounded him on the head with a revol ver until it went off and tho bullet struck tho federation leader in the back. I "Then," said Tanner, "the men who were holding men accused me of firing the shot," As they were dragged toward the railroad station later, according to the wituess' account, their arms were twisted and they were repeatedly kicked, struck and threatened, i UP TO UPJOHN TO HELP COUNTRYWOMAN WHO APPEALS Minnie Ringwold, who resides on Brown's island, on tho Polk county sido, appealed to Tho Capital Journal yes terday to aid her in getting possossion of two acres of land alio claims has been appropriated by a neighbor, From her story it appears to be a caso of grand larceny, and tho attention of County Attorney Upjohn is accordingly called to it. According to Minnie Ringfold, her neighbor has not only ap propriated her land, but has sold it to another. It seems to be up to Upjohn to help out his countrywoman and re storo her property. SNOW IN NEW ORLEANS. UNITED mess LISABHD WI1U1.1 New Orleans, Feb. 20. Snow teXt hore today for tho first time in ten years. GOOD SUGGESTION TO SALEM PEOPLE. It is surprising the amount of old,, foul matter lie simple mixture of buckthorn bark, glycerino, etc., known as Adleri ka, drains from tho system. This remedy became famous by curing appciidicitic and acts on ROTH tho up per and lower bowel so thoroughly that ON'F. DOSK relieves sour stomach, gas on the stomach and constipation almost IMMEDIATKLY, Wo aro mighty glad, we are Salem agents for Adlor-ika. J. C. Perry, druggist. House of Half a Million Bargains Come and see the biggest wonder la the history of Salem. We buy and sell everything from a needle to a piece of gold. We pay the highest cash price for everything. Complete tinshop set tools for sale. H. Steinbock Junk Co. 23J State Street Salem, Oregon. phone Main 224 mSMVIIMBBMI JMIWjtm Marion Second Hand Store t A new store just opened. A great opportunity for Salem people. We sell f I new goons. e buy and sell second hand furniture, stoves, clothing, t tools, hardware and men's furnishings. We pay highest prices for clothing, shoes and furnishings. Come to us for bargains. Marion Second Hand Store 442 TtrTT Street n,one Main 2.12U