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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
JOHN PAUL JONES.
British View of the Hero of the
BonhOmnc Richard.

John Paul. the Krkcudbrlght market
gardeners son, who elected to be fa-
nous as Paul Jones, has long ceased to
be the interesting parsonage he was in
the eyes of the naval authorities of this
country when, in command of a rotten
cXEast lndiaman known as the Due
de Duras and rechristened the Bon
homme Richard, he WAS holy terror in
the firth of Forth and when he had
engaged and captured a British frlgate
in British waters after one Of the most
singular sea combats on record.
The some time "blackbirder' and
smuggler whom the Russian Catherine
decorated and advanced somewhat per
saltum to the grade of admiral was a
traitor, of course, in the view of the
British government. but none the less
thorough seaman OF quite unusual
talent and originality. with a bulldog
courage and tenacity to match. The
Captain Jones. too, who sent Lady Sci
kirk back her plate. with his compli-
ments, had the instincts of gentle
man
More than the other countries he
served, America has recognized his
merits.--Pall Mall Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
Gambling Arrests at sumptcr.

Two of Sumpter's alleged gamblers
were arrested yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Snow on warrants sworn to
by Mrs Vandine, mother of Charles
Vandine, who already has a reputa-
ton IN Baker county. The two men
arrested were Charles Starr and Will
liam Melton. Owing to Judge Whites
absence from the city Il cash bond of
5000 in each case was taken to hold
the two men until they can be ar
raigned which will be on Monday.
There have been numerous articles
written to the effect that Sheriff
Brown was not able to keep the lid
on In Sumpter, but Deputy Sheriff
Snow says the reports that gambling
is running wide open are untrue as all
gambling in the camp is on the quiet
and very difficult to detect, There
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
Wheat i'm Morrow County.

1t was at first thought that the ex-
cessive hot days the latter part of last
week would do considerable damage
to late spring grain in Morrow coun-
ty. but late reports from various Sec
tions Of the county indicate that the
damage will be very light, and in some
sections the wheat was not injured at
all.
While threshing in the county is
not yet general a sufficient amount
has been done to indicate the aver
age yield, which is estimated at about
25 bushels per acre for the entire
county.
All early wheat is well filled and
will average little heavier than last
years crop, and from all sections of
the county the outlook is very encour-
aging Barley is an excellent crop
and has about all been cut.--Heppner
Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
Ocean Steamers Pulled OFF.

Portland, July 31.-On the ground
that their operation is not profitable
the Hartman system has decided to
withdraw the steamships Valencia
plying between Portland and San
Francisco, and to abandon the plan
to bring the City of Topeka from thu
north to assist in taking care of the
enormous passenger traffic. The rea-
son assigned for this change in the
program is that the extra steamers
are too small to make the venture
profitable. 1t is stated that negotia-
tions are i'm progress to secure Il yes
sci of greater carrying capacity to
take their places, but it will not be
possible for her to arrive before the
middle of August
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
To Build New Steamers.

Charles Peabody, president of the
Puget Sound Navigation company, has
announced that his company will soon
call for bids for the construction of
two steel steamers for use on Puget
Sound to cost approximately 800, 900
each. They will be 175 feet long, have
passenger carrying capacity of 500
people, and a speed of Is knots an
hour Later it is the intention of the
company to construct three additional
Sound steamers, and, eventually, to
discard some of the older steamers
now in service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
PORTAGE RATES FINED.
Commission Decides on % Cents Per
Ton for Wheat.

The state portage commission has
fixed the following rates to be charge d
on that road for the present:
Westbound-For all classes of grain
delivered on the cars. 25 cents ton.
All other freight, SO cents.
Eastbound-All items covered by
third and fourth-class rates under the
western classification, so cents a ton.
This covers all shipments of heavy
goods. First and second-class, 81 a
ton.
Passenger rates, 20 cents.
Rates on all lumber, livestock and
other articles of a like character will
be special and announced later.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31

When Professor Jacob Cooper of Rut-
gers was examined for admission to
Yale in 1852 Tutor Talcott said to Mr..
Cooper, How much Greek have you
read?' over 5000 pages was the
reply. You don't mean that, do your
said Mr.. Talcott, Isn't II 5000 lines y
mo, sir" was the reply. when say
pages, l mean pages" In later life he
declared that II all the Hebrew Bibles
In the world were destroyed he could
reproduce the text from memory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
A Desperate Remedy.

Agent came to deliver your book
on How to Play the Piano" Lady
But I didn't order any such book.
Agent Consulting his notebook k)-Have
you a next door neighbor named Jones :
Lady-Yes. Is il for herr Agent-No;
she ordered II for Cleveland
Leader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
Special Rates to Visitors, Lew.
is and Clark EXPOSITION

OSBORN HOTEL, corner Grand
avenues and East Ash streets. J. H.
BAYLOR, Prop. soc to $3.50 for the
cleanest, lightest and coolest rooms in
Portland. Engage them In advance.
East Ankeny street cars pass the door.
Phone East SITS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31

Judse-lt 10 your duty. gentlemen. to
reason with one another. The Fore
man-Some people can't reason, Judge;
they can only argue.-New York Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
Wana NaIla Is Wealthy.

AT the present time Inland Empire
fruit is shipped all over the United
States and much goes to Europe
where It sells at premium prices.
walla Walla county is assessed al
Sll.967,OOO. has 640O milch COWS.
raises 1000. 900 bushels of wheat, l.
500 carloads of fruit and vegetables
that sell for S3S0,000 year, produces
some OF the finest livestock i'm the
west and is rapidly developing all the
arts of diversified agriculture.
DIR. Blaiock owns ranch of lSOO
acres, from which last year was sold
900 carloads of fruit and vegetables
100 cars of alfalfa. 1S0 barrels of ci-
der. 1900 cases of honey and quanti-
ties of cattle and hogs.
Walla Walla is the county seat, a
town of 5000 people, where Whit
man college is located mile away
is the spot where Marcus Whitman
and his missionary band was massa-
cred by the Indians in 1S47. Walla
Walla is the oldest town OF the region,
and one OF the wealthiest in proportion
to population in the west.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31

In talking some folk never stop to
think, while others never think to stop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31
SKETCH Of BLALOCK
MRIEF HISTORY OF
WALLA WALLA'S PIONEER.

Oregon Daily journal Reviews the
Active Life and Valuable Public
Services of DIR. n. G. BlalOck, the
Pioneer Horticulturist of Washing
tOn-Activc Force In Securing an
Open River.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-31

The Oregon Daily Journal publishes
the following entertaining sketch of
DIR. n. q. Blalock of Walla Walla, and
his valuable services to the Inland
Empire. The Journal says:
A quarter of century ago the hill
lands of Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington were thought to be valuable
for grazing only; today they are the
scene of a busy harvest, and approx
mately 5O,00O,OO0 bushels of wheat
will be marketed this year from the
Inland Empire, in which a small part
of Idaho is included. The man who
taught the husbandmen what could
be done with these hill lands is DR..
n. G. Blalock of Walla Walla, Wash,
who is in the city for few days.
DR.. Blalock was one of the most
active proponents of the portage road
at Cello and is devoting much of his
time to developing the transportation
system that will give the Inland EN-
pire water competition against the ex-
cessive rates charged by the rail lines
for carrying products oceanward.
DR.. Blalock was a prosperous ply
sician practicing i'm Walla Walla 25
years ago. 1t is said that for years his
revenue averaged 500 a day, and that
he virtually abandoned this lucrative
employment to throw himself into the
work of promoting the country by in
Producing new ideas.
When he told the farmers who were
operating in the river bottoms only
that he believed the hills would pro-
duce wheat and other cereals, they
said he was another of those town fel-
lows who thought they knew more of
agriculture than men who had given
their lives to its study.
What Faith and Perseverance, Did.
But his faith was strong in the pos
sibilities of hill-land wheat culture,
and he proved that his faith was well
founded for he raised wheat from soil
which heretofore had grown bunch
grass only, and was presumed to be
good for nothing else than the graz
ing of herds and flocks.
with this tangible proof before them
other farmers took hill ranches, and
today the rolling prairies of Walla
Walla county. Wash. Umatilla coun-
ty, Ore, Whitman county, Wash, and
others stretching to the north to-
ward Spokane Wash, are solid field
| of wheat from which each year is har-
vested 50.O0O.O0O bushels. Thus an
average of $25.OOO,0OO is produced an
nually in agricultural wealth as the
result of the experiments of the Walla
Walla physician.
DR.. Blalock also took up horticul-
| ture and became the foremost author
| Ity in that branch of husbandry in the
Inland Empire. He experimental in
new varieties of fruits and adapted
many to WaTla Walla county that had
never before been raised there. mas
much as the climatic conditions and
the soil of that locality were much the
same as those in dozen other coun-
ties of Eastern Orefon and Washing
ton, the results achieved in Walla
walla county brought prosperity to
many places by enabling the diversifi-
cation of products
Wana WaIla is Wealthy.
AT the present time Inland Empire
gbTpnad all over the United
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
FOUR KILLED, MANY
HURT IN TRAIN WRECK
HEAD-oN COLLISION ON ROCK
ISLAND ROAD
Crash Together at Point Near Fair
field, Iowa, Both Running at the
Rate of Thirty Miles an Hour.
Many Persons Injured
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 2e.-West
bound passenger train No. II on the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway,
which left Chicago at $40 last night,
ccllided head-on with east bound pas
senger No. 12 on the same road, which
left Kansas City at $50 last evening,
one mile north of Fairfield, Iowa.
According to the reports received at
railway four persons were killed out
right, and several injured.
The dead
F. ]. MILKS, Muscatine, Iowa, engi-
neer of No. II.
GLEN CANFIELD, Murray, Iowa,
mail clerk.
DETECTIVE GRIFFITH, Lucas,
Iowa.
A tramp, name unknown.
Tia most seriously injured:
w. H. Durham, Iowa, engineer No.
12, legs broken, foot smashed.
e. w. White, Eldon, Ia, fireman on
No. IL; head bruised.
H. G. Potorf, Eldon, Ia, fireman on
No. IL.
o. B. Helmar, mail clerk on No. II;
head cut leg crushed.
C. E. Hickman, mail clerk; bruised
and cut.
G.. w. Williams, George Fisher, j.
Quackens and F. S. Higle, passengers
on No. 12: cut and bruised, not serious
Trainmaster Kennedy.
o. Mathews of Neola, Ia; cut severe
ly on head.
E. w. Willmot, New Bedford, Mass;
thigh fractured.
F. S. Hagle, Pontiac, Mich; back
badly sprained.
George F. Froden, Jaqua; cut about
head.
Mrs. Joseph Harris, Chicago; slight
injuries.
G. D. Hummeny, Enid, Okla; slight
ly injured.
The principal damage was sustained
by the Chicago train. Both trains at
the time of the accident were running
at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour. ,,,-,
The cause of the collision has not
been determined.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27

the center of the city, and the univer-
sity was converted into fortress.
The windows and doors were blocked
with masses of stones and coal and
red flags with revolutionary inscriptions
were hoisted on the roofs. This uni
versity garrison, which numbered 5000,
was we'll supplied with arms.
simultaneously in the town the mobs
pillaged the shops of the armorers,
and one shop was completely sacked
Dragons appeared on the scene and
fired fusillades into the crowds, killing
ten persons and wounding many others.
Further conflicts took place between
a patriotic demonstration of 300 per-
sons, bearing a portrait of the emperor,
and bodies of students and workmen
who were proceeding to the university
Roughs profited by the confusion to
attack the shops and peaceable citi-
zens in the outside portions of the
town, which had been denuded of po-
lice.
Matters reached such a stage that
state of siege was declared in the uni
versity district Lieutenant General
Mau was placed in command and
committee of public safety was formed
by leading citizens. This committee
entered into negotiations with the gov
ernor.
Meantime the troops arrived, and the
committee, with the consent of the gov
ernor, entrusted the guarding of the
town to a militia composed of armed
students and workmen.
This militia was acclaimed by the
populace but at certain points men,
bers were fired on by troops and many
of them were wounded.
The committee conferred with Cen
eral Mau with view to arranging
terms for the surrender of the univer-
sity garrison. The general demanded
that the besieged yield up their arms
to the university administration and
march out in silence, but he added that
they would be permitted to proceed
without molestation to their comrades,
who were holding great meeting in
Skobeleff square.
The terms were accepted and the
garrison marched out in silence be-
tween lines of troops, while the crowd
massed behind the troops cheered the
students.
The garrison was escorted by
squadron of dragons to Skobeleff
square, where they met with great en-
thusiasm and dispersed without fur
ther disorder.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
URGES VIVISECTION OF
CONDEMNED MURDERERS
E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS FAVoRs
THE PLAN
John Mueller and Johann Hoch Are
Interviewed and Both Express Will
lingness to Submit to the Knife for
the Sake of Humanity
Special to The Herald.

special TO The Herald.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-"Shall con-
demned murderers be vivisected 2"
This question, raised by Chancellor E..
Benjamin Andrews of the University of
Nebraska in an address, was put to
two condemned murderers here today.
Chancellor Andrews said murderers
owed it to society to offer their bodies
in the interest of medical science and
that there was hope that they might
survive the intricate operations and
live good lives afterward.
John Mueller, the slayer of his wife
and two babies, said he would take a
chance on vivisection if given his free
dom, providing he survived.
Johann Hoch, the Blue Beard with
thirty-tWo wives and believed to have
slain eleven of them, said: "I would
be willing for the sake of humanity to
let the doctors chloroform me and go
to work upon my body, but L would
stipulate that they should make the
dose so strong 1 never would awaken.
What's the use of living If, after you
get out, everybody points a finger of
scorn at you? Yes, I'd rather have the
doctors than the rope. 1t would lessen
the disgrace and I would be of some
benefit to mankind"
Hoch is sentenced to hang December
10, and Mueller has temporary
respite.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
BOYS IN A RACE RIOT
White Youth Shot and Seriously ln-
jured by TwelVe-Year=old
Negro Lad
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. ga dispatch to the
Tribune from Indianapolis says: A
race riot between schoolboys occurred
last night in west Michigan street, in
which William O'Connell, a IA year old
white boy, was shot and seriously
wounded by Edward Hansford, a II
year old negro.
There has been trouble between the
two races attending the school for sew
eral days and it eliminated in the riot
in which the Hansford boy used rifle
he had brought for the purpose. The
negro boy had been chased home on
three or four occasions and last night
a crowd of white boys attacked him
and others of his race.
According to Hansford, O'Connell was
the leader of the attacking party. He
presented the rifle, he says, to scare
the white boys. When they did not stop
he fired upon them, wounding O'Connell
in the arm and shoulder.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
ROTTEN

Beyond belief, almost, is the muni-
cipal condition of San Francisco today.
Every Californian is interested in the
efforts of the states metropolis to
throw off the Shiny yoke that enthralls
1t. The true story of its condition has
never been fully told. The Herald sent
a special correspondent to the big city
to learn and tell the truth. Read this
remarkable revelation only in THE
SUNDAY HERALD.
Would you have a roof garden of
your own? It's not expensive. You
are given full directions for erecting
one in THE SUNDAY HERALD.
1.-THE Reign of Graft" the most
striking cartoon of the present day, Il
study that will make you think. THE
SUNDAY HERALD.
"Rubayiat of a Persian Lamb" it is
tc laugh-"Early Ports and Railroads
of Los Angeles" Col. Lynch's delight
full article-Peck's bad boy as the cir
Gus monkey-sports and games for Hal
lowe'e e'en-Virginias latest curl paper
These are glimpses of what's ahead of
you. All in, and only in, THE SUN
DAY HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
Liberty of Press and
Speech Granted
Ruler Apparently Ready
for Flight
Yacht StrelIa Held Waiting at Peterhof
Wharf and the Imperial Vessel
Polar Star Is Lying
at Cronstadt
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 81, a. m.-
The great railway strike has brought
substantial reforms in the Russian gov
ernment. Emperor Nicholas, following
the advice of Count Witte, has bowed
to the people and in an effort to save
the empire from anarchy has granted
what is practically a constitution,
The project, which was put in the
hands of Count Witte for elaboration,
has been accepted in skeleton by the
czar and cantains the following fea-
lures:
Ministry responsible alike to the
crown and the representatives of the
people.
Practical freedom of the press, of
sreech, and of meeting.
New law for the peoples assembly,
giving it more power and much broad
er scope.
AS a result of series of special
ministerial councils, held under the
presidency of Count Witte, whom the
czar elected to represent him, for the
purpose of meeting the situation, the
new laws have been put in form and
will be promulgated forthwith.
Apprehension apparently prevails in
imperial circles.
1t is reported that the imperial yacht
Polar Star is lying off Cronstadt, con-
stantly under steam, and that the
smaller yacht Strella is held in waiting
at the wharf at Peterhof for emer-
gency use,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
czAR WANTS TO QUIT
Tells Witte He Feels Like Fleeing to
Darmstadt
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.-As the
! result of a series of special ministerial
councils under the presidency of Count
Wltte held to adopt measures to Seal
with the internal situation, the new
rational assembly laws and laws
granting practical freedom of the press
and of speech were adopted and Il
meeting will be promulgated forthwith.
Upon the peremptory demand of
Prince Hilkoff, the minister of rail-
roads, the budget covering the remun-
Grafton of railroad employees will ne
revised to met the promises of last
spring. Unless this was done the
prince announced he would resign.
Count Witte even in advance OF the
promulgation of his formal apoint-
ment as premier completely dominates
the situation.
interesting details have been learned
bv the Associated Presss regarding
Count Whites interview with Emperor
Nicholas last week at which it was
agreed that the time had come to limit
the autocratic power and give the peo-
ple a real share in the government of
the empire.
The emperor asked Count Witte to
speak frankly, and after listening to
the statesman's exposition of the situ-
SCOntinued on Page Two)
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
Two Million Dollars for Copper Mines

SALT LAKE, Oct. 26.-For a consid-
Grafton of more than $2OOO,OOO, the
Balaklala Copper properties in Shasta
county, California, were transferred
today by the Western Exploration
company to j. A. Coram of Boston,
the White Knob Copper company, of
which William II. Brevoort is presi-
dent and w. S. and C. X. Mccormick
of Salt Lake. Mr.. Coram gets a half
interest in the White Knob and the
McCormicks quarter each. This ends
the litigation begun by Mr.. Coram in
the federal courts. Two millions, the
purchasers say, will be spent in de-
velopment and In the erection Of a
smelter.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
MAYOR TEARS UP TRACKS
Take the Law In Their Own
Hands
By Associated Press.

OGDEN, Utah, Oct. 26.-The action
of the ogden Rapid Transit company
in double tracking a bridge on the
main street of the city resulted tonight
iii the tearing up of the newly laid
tracks by numbers of citizens and
police led by Mayor Glassman in per-
son. The work of demolition was half
way through when two directors in
the company and a deputy sheriff ar
rived on the scene and made an effort
to save the tracks. The sheriff had
no warrant, however, and as armed re-
sistance was threatened him he took
no action.
The company laid the track under
the authority of a franchise granted
them some years ago. The mayors
action is taken under a state law,
which he claims makes the franchise
void
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
PART |

PART
1-President now on his way home.
2-Rate question causes split.
3-Knights honor leader.
4-EditorlaI.
5-City news.
6-7-CIassified advertisements.
a-City may force library to pay.
1-WeIcome leaders OF w. c. T. U.
2-3-Sports.
4-southern California news.
5-6-Public advertising.
7-Markets.
S-WiII establish new missions.
EASTERN
E. BENJAMIN Andrews urges vivisec-
tion of condemned murderers.
Rockefeller's Bible class comes out
President starts for Washington
after enthusiastic reception at New
Orleans
Car practically decides to grant
to Russia.
Trepoff in control of the city.
Loubet concludes visit to Alfonso
and goes to Lisbon.
COAST
Captured crook promises to show
location of gold stolen from Santa Fe.
Two children fatally hurt by speed
maniacs in San Diego.
Santa Clara college astronomer re-
ports that solar disturbances increase.
LOCAL
Three thousand California women
welcome president of the w. c. T. u.
Realty men discuss civic improve
ments.
Deputy district attorney raids blind
pigs at Sawtelle and on San Fernando
Council may tell library to move out
or pay rent.
little more than year,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-27
DE soTo's RECORD FOUND
Antelope Skin With Story of Expe-
dition Discovered After
Three Centuries
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
CHICAGO, Oct. ga dispatch to the
Tribune from st. Paul, Mimi, says:
After more than three centuries rec
ord of the De Soto expedition has been
found on the shore of Lake ltasca un-
der a huge boulder, where 1t has lain
undisturbed. The record, written on
the skin of an antelope, was found by
Chester Gray, farmer living on the
shore of Lake Itasca, which is the
source of the Mississippi river. He will
send the record to the Smithsonian in
stitution at Washington.
The record, which is barely legible,
is dated August 8, 1547, and signed by
Ferdinand Villena and Sancho Cueva,
members of the De Soto exploring
party who in the letter say they have
named the lake whence arises the great
river in which De Soto had been buried
six years before, Lake De Soto."