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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-24

had been cancelled by that office and
the cancellation noted on the records
of the local offices.
In other words, until the land had
reverted to the government and been
again thrown open for settlement,
giving the original purchaser from
the state no opportunity of securing
the land from the government other
than is accorded to any individual or
corporation possessing scrip.
Effectt of Decision.
This decision from Land Commits
sioner Richards will have the effect
of depriving a large number OF set
tiers and other investors who have in
nocently purchased land from the
state, believing it to be legitimate
purchase, and that the state had the
power to give valid title as soon as the
payments Yerc made.
Governor Chamberlain has made a
hard fight to protect the interests OF
/ these innocent purchasers, and the
/ fact that he has failed can in nc
| wise be laid at his door. In reversing
his decision, Mr.. Richards has en-
deavored to prove that the governor
was at fault, and to give false impress
sion, has given private correspondence
with Governor Chamberlain to tn,
public press. afterward charging thu
governor with breaking faith for po
litical gain. However. he has now ac
knowledged his error, and endeavor
at great length to make excuses as t'
why the mistake should have beel
made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-24

Tonight and Thursday cloudy
and threatening with occasional
light rain or snow; cooler tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
THIRD INFANTRY is DUE TO
ARRIVE FROM EAST TO-DAY
Presidio and Then Proceed
TO Alaska

The Third Infantry in command of
Colonel Thomas c. Woodbury., is due
to arrive here from the East tonight.
They will be quartered in the model
camp at the Presidio until they sail
for Alaskan posts on the transport
Buford, leaving here July 1. They
will be stationed at Fort Davis, near
Nome City; Fort Egbert, near Eagle
City; Fort Gibbon, near Tanana; Fort
Liscum, near Port Valdez. and Fort
William II. Seward at Haines Mission.
A court-martial composed of the
following officers will convene in the
infantry cantonment at the Preside
at 10 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, July
2S: Lieutenant Colonel w. l.. Pitcher,
Captains J. A. Lynch and j. B. Cow
en-, Lieutenants E. w. Robinson, 7. j..
Rogers. G. c. Rockwell. B. L. McClel-
Ian and John Randolph.
The First and Second battalions of
the Tenth Infantry, Colonel c. H. No
BILE, will leave the Presidio Saturday
morning. July 2, for American Lake,
Wash, to take part in the regular an
nual maneuvers of the Department of
the Columbia.
The Twenty-eighth Infantry, which
had expected to take .the fine canton
ment now occupied by the Tenth when
the latter regiment goes north, are
doomed to disappointment. 1t was
decided at headquarters yesterday
that they are to remain where they
are now quartered.
1t is reported that the Fourth Cav
airy. due here October 16. will only
remain at the Presidio until April,
when they will be sent to Manila.
Lieutenant William E. Gilmore.
Fifteenth Infantry, from Ord Bar
racks. reported at headquarters yes
terday. He is staying at the Occiden-
tai.
Captain John H. Parker, Twenty
eighth Infantry. now in Washington.
D. c., is expected back at the post the
latter part of next week.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
CHIEF WHITMAN TELLS HOW
HE CAPTURED CONVENTION
Promises to Give Heads of Police De-
partments a Good Time Here
Next Year.

Chief of Police Whitman returned
from st. Louis yesterday afternoon,
enthusiastic over the fact that the
next years convention of the Chiefs
of Police of the United States and
Canada will be held in this city, He
has promised the members a good
time and will do everything possible
to carry the promise into effect
When 1 reached St Louis" said
the Chief, Il found that Detroit had
a cinch on next years convention and
was told to wait, till the year after.
went to work and got number not
pledged TO Detroit to promise me a
complimentary vote. On the last day
of the convention Chief Downey of
Detroit sang the praises of his city
and Assistant Chief Stewart of To-
ronto, Canada, made a strong plea for
that city. Then 1 spoke of the well
known hospitality of Californians and
urged them to come to San Francisco
and partake Of our hospitality. There
were 230 votes and on the first vote
San Francisco had a plurality of three
votes and Toronto dropped out. Then
on the second vote San Francisco had
majority of thirty votes over De-
troit and on motion of Chief Downey
it was made unanimous"
The Chief spoke highly of the Won
ders of the exposition, saying that
those in charge Of the California
building were doing great work, the
building being crowded all the time.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
TWO YOUNG MEN ACCUSED
OF FALSE IMPERSONATION
Joseph ID. Simpson and Harry Barker
Arrested on Complaint of Women
on Sixth Street.

on Sixth Street.
Complaints have been made to the
police that two young men had been
calling upon women specialists on
Sixth street, representing themselves
as city officials. and demanding money.
Policemen McEntee and Curtin were
detailed by Captain Spillsne to arrest
the pretenders.
About o'clock yesterday morning
Joseph d. Simpson and Harry Barker
called upon Mrs. Violet de Wolf at 1876
Sixth street and one said Ne was a
Deputy Tax Collector and the other a
policeman They demanded money
from her for license and when she
ordered them out Barker, she alleges,
struck her on the jaw. They also
called on Madame Russell in the same
building and threatened to arrest her.
Simpson and Barker were arrested
by McEntee and Curtin and locked up
in the tanks at the City Prison.
Later Mrs. Wolf swore to complaints
charging Simpson and Barker with
false imDersonation and Barker with
battery. They were booked on the
charges.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
AGENT HAzEN
IS REV ARDED
Secret Service Official Re-
ceives a Handsome Watch
for Capture of Criminal
NETHERLANDS REWARD
Arrest of Absconder Last
October Appreciated by
the Foreign Government

The Government of the Netherlands
appreciates the services that George w.
Hazen OF the secret service department
rendered that country last October. AS
an earnest of that appreciation it has
presented the officer with a handsome
watch, properly engrossed.
Early last year word was flashed all
over the world that trusted official of
the Netherlands Government stationed
at Batavia, Dutch India, had abscond-
ed with funds to the amount of SIS, 200.
In course of time the information
reached the chief of the secret service
on the Pacific Coast, and a watch was
set for the fugitive.
Early in September a man named ].
T. Lee, who arrived from Yokohama,
was deported on account of his papers
not being correct. While he was wait
ing to be sent back to the Orient Agent
Hazen learned from him that Lee had
met II. w. Johannes. the man wanted
by the Netherlands Government, in
Yokohama and had arranged to meet
him in New York in October. When
the Nippon Maru arrived here October
Z and was held in quarantine Agent
Hazen learned that a man answering
the description of the fugitive was
aboard under the name of H. w. Aron-
dez. AS soon as the passengers were
allowed to depart from the steamer
Hazen made the acquaintance of Aron-
dez. While coming ashore in the Gov
ernment launch Hazen told Arondez
that the Netherlands Consul wanted to
see him. No objection was made by
the suspect, who had papers which he
believed would pass him without ques-
tion. In fact, the Consul informed
Hazen that he had certainly made a
mistake, but the secret service officer
would not look at it that way, and
fatty accused the pretended Arondez
of being the much wanted Johannes
and of having forged the papers which
he carried. At first the accused stuck
to his story, but finally broke down and
admitted he was the person wanted.
When searched nearly $4,000 in
money and drafts was found on his
person and later delivered to the Meth
erlands Government. The prisoner was
subsequently returned to Batavia for
trial.
The gift from the foreign Government
is a handsome piece of the jeweler' s
handiwoIk, and on the inside of the
case bears an inscription reciting the
facts. The outside has the officer S
monogram prettily engraved. Agent
Hazen is proud of the gift, and as he
displayed it yesterday he said he would
cherish ii as long as he lived.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
WANT OUR FLAG
ON EVERY SEA
Plans Being Formulated to
Increase Merchant Marine
Service of United States
SHIPPERS ARE AROUSED
Meeting of Commissioners
at Chicago First Move in
Battle for Rehabilitation

CHICAGO, June 24-The United
States Merchant Marine Commission.
created under the provisions of the
Gardner bill, passed at the last session
of Congress. conferred with Chicago
manufacturers, shippers, exporters and
bankers to-day with a view to formu-
lating plans for rehabilitating the mer-
chant marine of this country on the
high seas.
After leaving Chicago the members
of the commission will visit the Pacific
Coast. 1t is the intention of the COM
missioners to formulate definite plan
for increasing the number of ships car
rying the American flag and submit
the plan to Congress for consideration
next session.
Senator Gallinger, in calling the
meeting to order, said it was a source
OF qualification TO the. commission to
note the great interest the movement
had aroused among shippers and busi-
ness men In all parts of the country.
John Barrett, former Minister to
Siam and Argentina and at present
Minister to Panama, said he had trav-
eled around the world five times and
naQ recently competed Trip OF 0O,UUO
miles in the interest of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and in all his
journeys regretted to say he did not
see one merchant marine ship flying
the American flag. He described the
great wealth of the Argentine republic
and expressed the belief that the Unit
ed States should establish a subsidiary
line of ships between this country and
the principal South American ports.
Captain w. Bates of Denver read a
long paper on the rise and fall of mer-
chant marine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
NOME SENDS OUT A MESSAGE,
LARGELY RELATING TO ITS MINES
Novel Method IS Adopted to Have Facts
About Seward Peninsula Disseminated.
California's Developments Show Well

preliminary to the reopening of the
mine. AS soon as the works are in run
ming order and the mines are clear of
water the property will once more be
operated.
The Placerville Nugget reports that
the Boneset mine, near Jurgens, will
have a new mill. Five stamps have
been added to the Mammoth mine mill
near Jurgens. The new mill at the
Monte mine, in the Gold Hill district,
is running steadily. The old Eureka
gold quartz mine shaft is being cleaned
out.
A strike is reported to have been
made in Calaveras County, in the San
Andreas Gold Channel mine.
The Redding Free Press reports
that II. S. Wilson is of the opinion
that the Glover Creek Quicksilver
Company has fine quicksilver depos-
it on Glover Creek. Shasta County.
The company acquired the property
from the Modoc Chief Company. The
property will be developed. Supplies
and materials for the roasters. so says
the Free Press, have been shipped in
to the mine.
According to the Calaveras Chroni-
Gle there is quite a boom in the Rail-
road Flat mining district in Calaveras
County. The Bullion and Riverside
Consolidated mines have been bonded
to E. L. Holder, c. w. Higgins and F.
Bracket and development work has
begun on the properties. The mines
are on the south fork of the Moke-
lumne River. Considerable work was
performed by the owners some time
ago, but they were hampered by lack
of capital. j. Haley of West Point
is reported to have good properties
on the Licking fork of the Moke-
lumne. DIR. Aiken of Amador County
also has two properties on the Lick
ing fork.
Concerping what is doing in the
mining districts of Siskiyou County
the Yreka Journal says in part:
"A shaft $50 feet deep has been
sunk on the Headwaters mine on
North Fork of Humbug Creek. The
Mckinley mine on Humbug keeps
sixty men employed. The Spengler
mine is worked day and night with
full crews. Brokaw is sinking a shaft
on the Hull Gulch quartz mine in the
Quartz Valley district"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
LAWMAKER AND LAWYER
SENT TO PENITENTIARY
Must Suffer imprisonment at Hard
Labor for Trying to Defraud the
Territory of Hawaii

HONOLULU, June 24.-Judge j. T.
Debclt has sentenced Jonah Kuma-
lac, member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and E. Johnson, a lawyer.
to Imprisonment for one year at hard
labor, for conspiracy to defraud the
Territory through the collection OF
fraudulent vouchers for expenses in
CURED by the House of Representa-
tiYes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
Trustees and Delegates.

The following have been elected as
trustees of the st. Patrick's Mutual
Alliance of California for the ensu-
ing term: Thomas M. Seary, William
p. Spellman, James L. Sweeney, B. j.
Boylan and James A. Foley. The fol-
lowing were at the same time elected
delegates to the Celtic Union: Thomas
McGrath, John d. Condor, ]. p. Hare,
Thomas M. Seary and T. F. Afford.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
Haney Placed Under Arrest.

Detective Robert Graham arrested
his nephew, Robert Haney. yesterday
and locked him up in the City Prison.
The arrest was made on a warrant is
sued by a Justice of the Peace at San
Rafael on complaint of Martin Durneli
of San Anselmo charging Haney with
crIminaDy assaulting his 15-year-oId
daughter. Haney will be taken to San
Rafael for trial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
Past Masters to Picnic.

The Past Masters Association, Free
and Accepted Masons, will celebrate
st. Johns day tomorrow by a picnic
at Ell Campo. There will be an ad-
dress appropriate to the occasion.
This association has elected the fol-
lowing as its officers for the current
term; c. L. p. Marais, president; An
drew Christensen, first vice president;
F. II. E. O'Donnell, second vice presi-
dent; James Patterson, treasurer; H.
J. owen, secretary; Charles H. Bryan,
marshal; Charles o. Johnson, tyler.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.


Recent develoDments in the mining
industry of the Pacific Coast are gen
orally favorable. In several sections
much activity Is reported. The extAn-
sion of dredger mining in California
continues to be a matter of interest.
News is received concerning various
dredging enterprises that are expected
to reclaim the gold that has long been
hidden in sands. Ground has been pros
pected near Red Bluff by Dr. McCul-
Tough, who is preparing to dredge.
Three miles of creek bed have been
bonded on Cottonwood Creek from sew
eral owners. Hydraulic mining was
formerly carried on in the locality.
Other parties have bonded other trects
extending for a distance of twenty
miles The land near Red Bluff will
soon be prospected with the drill A
rhase of dredger mining is the in
creased assessment that is placed on
lands to be dredged. County Assessor
Berkey of Sacramento says that min
ing lands near Folsom that formerly
were assessed at 81 to SIS an acre are
now assessed for purposes of taxation
at 800 an acre, and there is no COM
plant regarding the assessment.
The bonding of properties and the Sc
curing of options are Indications of in
terest in varied branches of mining. w.
H. Christie has an option, so reports
the Redding Free Press, on the Sykes
Mining Company's property, the Lar
sen mine and the Vollmer rancn, at
Trinity Center, in Trinity County.
These properties include about 400
acres of gravel, of which more than
half is reported to be good drelging
ground. lease on the Nevada County
mine, in the heart of Nevada City, has
been obtained by A. Mailman, super
lntendent of the Murchie mine The
Blue lead copper claims, in Siskiyou
County, near the Oregon line, in the
vicirity of ADplegate, have been sold
to j. F. Reddy and e. L. Jones. A bond
has Eeer executed on the Excelsior and
Campbell mines to Los Angeles people.
These mines are in Nevada County.
The Grass Valley Union says that the
Kenton mine, at Allegheny, will prob.
ably be reopened. These are a few of
the symptoms that show mining inter-
est.
WORKERS AND PLANTS.
Men have been put on the Lincoln
shaft of the Wildman mine repairing it
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
NORTH STAR EXTENDING.

The North Star Mining Company is
grading for a large cyanide plant that
will be the only one in the district to
date outside of a small one installed
by the company some time ago. The
Grass Valley Union says:
1t has been known for several years that the
company has lost few thousand dollars every
month by its inability to recover all the gold
from its tailings. small sand plant has
worked these to some extent below the mill, op-
Grated by private capital. Superintendent
Foote, however. decided that cyanide process
would work out with excellent results, despite
the fact that no mine in the district had ever
put one in. He set about experimenting, and
had some OF the most eminent chemists in the
West working on the proposition. embracing
some new features. Thousands Of dollars were
spent in experimenting until 1t was decided
that a plan had been hit upon which would
give the desired results.
1t is evident that this small plant met every
expectation. determining the company the
erection of a large to handle the entire
output of the new Central shaft 4O-stamp mill.
1t will be situated almost on the, edge of the
road 10 the Omaha mine, short distance be-
low the MILL and the sulphurets will be car
ried thither by sluice. A new style OF mill
will be put in to reduce the sulphurets to the
required hneness
Up to the present time the mines in this dis
trict have either shipped their sulphurets to
Selbys hauled them to the smelling works
between here and Nevada City.
The Amador Ledger says that the
Fremont-Grover mine that has been
shut down two months will remain so
for months to come if necessary. A
strike caused the closing.
A geological map of the copper
belt in Shasta County is in preparation
under the direction of the United
States Geological Survey.
The Silver State says that the most
important strike in years in Hum
boldt County. New, is the recent one
seven miles northwest of Kennedy.
Nearly every resident of Kennedy has
gone to the scene and has dropped
everything except the hunt for gold
and silver. The Silver State also
speaks of the find as "the new bo-
nanza," and asserts that ore running
as high as $32 in gold, twenty ounces
in silver and ten ounces in lead has
been brought in from the camp and
aSSayed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25

Judge Mogan has set for hearing
next Tuesday the case of George w.
Hafner, cashier of the American Dis
trict Telegraph Companys branch at
607 Market street, who is charged with
embezzling about $500 of the funds en-
trusted to his keeping. The complain
ant is L n. Miller, manager of the
company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25

For striking Robert L. Stanley on
the head with a monkey wrench Carl
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25

Frank Hughes of PA Dorr street ac-
cuses Belle Kenny of stealing from his
person jewelry valued at 1929 and
Judge Conlan has instructed the wo-
man as 10 her rights in the case and
set the trial for next Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25

James J. Hamilton, a foreman at
the RisdOn Iron Works, did not deny
that he shot and inferred Mrs. Hat
tie Nelson's pet cat but pleaded prov
ocation. When he buried the animal,
he said, il was so rigid that he be-
lieved il had ceased to breathe and no
one was more surprised than he when
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25

Reliable gas ranges SIS SO. regular
price $50. this week only at S. F. Gas
& Electric Co.. 415 Post st.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
WORKERS AND PLANTS.

Men have been put on the Lincoln
shaft of the Wiidman mine repairing it
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
SOON FORGOTTEN.

How soon we are forgotten when we
are gone" says Rip Van Wrinkle. This
IS shown by the fact that very few can
give the members Of the last 4hree Pres
ident's cabinets, and some have to study
to name President Roosevelt's. This was
tested not long ago by the members of
ladies club in nearby city. After an
hours study only three or four of the
Cabinet officers could be called to mind
and the ladies' were compelled to seek
some one better posted. "AIv husband
will know" said the wife of a DOCTOR but
the doctor replied that he was too busy
to answer the question. An appeal to "A
lawyer resulted in an cyasive answer and
no enlightenment on the subject "Wcll.
my husband can tell us. I know" ciac-
ulated the wife of an editor as she gave
the lever Of the phone a run of half a
minute. "Say, Adolphus, who are the
members Of President Rooscvelt's cab
inot?" The supposed wise man at the
other end of the phone studied q minute
and replied: "WcI. there's Hay. Root.
Cage-oh. I'll Ic blanked if I know"
Now there may he some exaggcration in
this story, but in The main it is truth
ful ard illustrates a point Of some inn
portanee. OF course. a man is not ncces-
7ariIy wise who can name all the Popes,
Kings Of England, Presidents ana Vice
Presidents Of the United States, and so
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
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These facts raise the question, Are
whales As scarce in their old habitats as
whalers have supposed? 1t is known
that when the whalers of the seventeenth
century aided the Northern haunts of
the whale in Spitzbergen waters the
whales disappeared, but were found on
the coast Of Greenland
From 1880 to l74O whales were so nu.
merous Off the New England coast and in
the bays that whale fishery vas prose
cuted in boats from the shore. Aftel
l7IO the whales began to leave the New
England coast, going north and south tc
waters unfrcIucnted by man. Later, the
whaIers followed them to the Arctic and
Antarctic Oceans, and for sixty years the
colder seas have been the hunting
grounds Of the Whalcrs. the supply de
creasing 50 rapidly as to cause many to
believe that the species would becom,
extinct in the next fifty years.
Possibly the whales, having been pur
sued from their old haunts to the Arctic
Ocean, and having been driven from that
have been returned to the New England
coast and to other waters frequented b
them 100 and 200 years ago There#f
not one whaling vessel in commission
now where there were fifty a hundred
years ago, and there is less inducements
to activity in whale fishery.
Ten whales are. killed now where
thousand were slaughtered in the eioh.
toenth century, simply because the
t,.I 1aI.s cannot GrJ tl. ..l..l- ~.