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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

Mrs Stanford was the widow of
Senator Leland Stanford, who died on
June 90, 1898, leaving fortune of
about s9O,O0O,OOO, says the New York
World. This great fortune was
founded in the early days of gold
mining in California, Stanford being
one of the small group of pioneers
who turned the argonaut days to ex-
cellent profit.
Both Senator and Mrs. Stanford
were natives of Albany county, n. Y.
Mrs. Stanford was the daughter of
Dyer Lothrop, who in his day was
something of politician, and half
century or more ago served as sheriff
of his county. Mrs. Stanford was
married in 1S4S, at the age of %.
Had she lived until next summer she
would have been so years old.
Soon after the marriage the Stan
fornia gold seekers and crossed the
great plains in a prairie schooner"
like thousands of others, but at last
son came to them. He was named
for his father and became the idol of
the household. Everything that
wealth could supply was lavished on
the boy.
When the boy was in his sixteenth
year he was taken abroad by his par
ents. He had never been very vigor-
Gus. and It was hoped that the Euro
pean trip would benefit him. But
while they were at Florence, Italy,
the boy fell i'll of typhoid fever and
died.
At that time Stanford was COVER
nor of California. For days he sat at
the dying boys bedside, refusing to
leave him for an instant. At last
worn to exhaustion, the father fell
asleep. In his troubled dreams he
said afterward that he heard his son
say distinctly:
Father, don't say you have moth
ing to live for. Live for humanity" :"
That dream inspired the founding
of the now great Leland Stanford Jr.
university, at Palo Alto, Cal. Sena-
tor Stanford was firm in the belief
| that his son had spoken to him in the
vision. and on his return to Califor-
MIA he, Immediately set about to carry
out the idea of Giving for humanity"
| by founding and richly endowing an
institution that should serve as a last
ing memorial to his son.
But as many millions as Senator
Stanford gave to the university, his
widow proved the greater benefactor.
The total benefactions from the es-
tate now amounts to $30,000,0 900. OF
this amount Mrs. Stanford gave more
than s2O,0O0,0O0. 1t was well under
stood that she had practically turned
over nearly the whole of the vast
Stanford estate, retaining only enough
to maintain herself i'm comparative
comfort.
Mrs. Stanford drew great deal of
criticism on herself a few years ago
because, as It was said, she insisted
on her right to interfere in the acad-
emic freedom of certain members of
the faculty of the university. The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
COMING EVENTS.

April S-Knights of Pythias dis
trict convention, Pendleton.
April 1S-Montana Stockgrowers'
Association, Miles City.
April 26-Anniversary of Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows.
April 29-Easter Sunday.
April 25.-Meeting of board of
consulting engineers of reclamation
department Portland.
May MAY Day picnic at Echo.
May 9-14-Convention O. of order OF
Railway Conductors, Portland.
May Finland Empire field meet
and declamatory contest. Walla
Walla.
May 2O-Eastern Oregon inter
scholastic contest, Baker City.
June l. 19O5--Opening Lewis and
Clark exposition.
June %, 23 and 24-Tournament
Northwest SpOrtsmen's association
Portland.
June 22-2S-National Woman's
Suffrage Association. Portland.
July 11-14-American Medical AS
sociation, Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

Much talk has been caused in the
commercial world by the publication
in the Evening Telegram of the fol-
lowing dispatch from Bellingham,
Wash.
When James ]. Hill built the mann
moth Oriental liners Minnesota and
Dakota, he made the greatest mis-
take in his financial career. say well
informed steamship men. of Puget
Sound. 1t is estimated that on every
trip made by one of these monster
vessels the Northern steamship COM
pany will lose 100000. 1t takes five
months for one of the big boats to
make a round trip between the Ori-
ent and the Pacific coast. Not more
than two trips a year can thus be
made by one of the vessels. At this
rate, when the Dakota and Minnesota
are both running, Hin will lose at
least $4,000 "A year.
The first reason for the predicted
enormous loss is the lack of water in
Seattle harbor and the harbors of the
Orient. When the Minnesota left Sc
attic on its first trip TO the Far East
it carried only $4,000 tons of cargo.
Its rated capacity is $4,000 tons, but
owing to the shallowness of the water
at Smiths Cove. Seattle. the ship
could not be loaded any deeper.
If the slips between the wharves
at Seattle are dredged deeper, the
weight of the material used to fill in
between the rows of pilings which
forms the wharf will force the piles
to bulge and the whole structure will
collapse. Besides. as fast as the bot
tom is dredged it fills in with sedi-
ment In the Orient the same prob
lem is met Most of the harbors at
which the Minnesota will touch are
too shallow to allow the vessel to
land and the cargo must be taken off
i'm lighters.
Even though the cargo is so much
smaller than it was calculated the
boats would carry, the expense of
running the vessel is just as great as
if they were loaded to their capacity
1t costs to operate the Minnesota ST.
500 a day. 1t costs to run a vessel
of the Chinese Mutual line type about
$500 a day. The Chinese Mutual
liners carry from 1900 tons to 49,
600 tons of cargo.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
DON'T WANT PAUPERS.
Portland Complains Because County
Charges Are Cast Upon Her.

number of county judges of ore
gon are liable for 800 fines for
sending paupers to Multnomah coun-
ty. The law covering this subject is
not observed, and the county board
of charities here is considering the
advisability of enforcing it to the
letter. says the Oregon Daily Jour
nal.
The other day B. F. Moore, afflict-
ed with paralysis, was sent from
Roseburg, Douglas county, to Port
land, his fare was paid by the coun-
ty judge. Moore became a pauper
while he was in Douglas county, and
says he was kept for three months in
the county poor house at Roseburg.
He is now here, helpless and must be
provided for by Multnomah county.
But it is said by the board of chari-
ties that Moore was sent here to be-
come a public charge contrary to the
plain provision of the law, which Isl
Section 1862 of Bellinger G. Cot
toms Annotated Codes-Any person
who shall bring into or leave in any
that county shall forfeit and pay a
fine of 500, and bill for expenses
for caring for such paper, signed by
the county judge and clerk and to
which shall be affixed the seal of
the county into which such pauper
shall be brought or left shell be pri-
ma facie evidence that such expense
has been incurred and shall be
paid by the county from which the
pauper came
1t has been the custom to ship pau
pers to Portland, and expect the Multi
nomah county board of charities to
care for them. There is no doubt
that it is contrary to law to ship
paupers to counties to which they are
not residents, and the violation of the
law has been so common of late that
the authorities here state that they
must do something to stop IT,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Religious Conference at Yale.

New Haven, Conn, March 31.-A
conference of students of eastern
colleges and divinity schools began
today at the Yale Divinity school and
will continue until Monday. The
purpose is to present the claims of
the Christian ministry to college men.
The meeting is part Of the move
ment to counteract the tendency on
the part of college men to drift away
from the ministry. The movement
was begun at Union college two years
ago. where it was so successful that
its scope was broadened to an asso-
citation of eastern colleges.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
BONE STRUCTURE.
The Compact and the SpOngy KIND
and Their strength.

The Compact and the SpOngy KinS
and Their strength.
Bone is Of two kinds, compact and
spongy. As the result of careful eX-
periments it has been shown that com
pact bone is twice as strong as oak,
considered simply as Building mate
rial In the shaft of long bone it is
in reality much stronger than this, for
it is arranged on the advantageous
principle of the hollow pillar, which
gives the fullest resisting power with
the least possible expenditure of sub
stance.
The delicate layers and bars Of
spongy bone are arranged on the prin-
clple of an arch, enabling very consid-
erable pressures to be resisted 1t was
found that a cubic inch of this tissue
taken from the lower end of the thigh
bone and weighing only fifty-four
grains was quite uninjured by dead
weight Of AS pounds
The curved bones which roof in the
skull are constructed to resist great
pressure, while they check the trans
mission of shocks to the brain. Ar
ranged in the form Of a dome, they
consist Of compact bones, with a
spongy layer between. These are
known as tables" of the skull. The
outer and inner tables are immensely
strong, while the middle table serves
as buffer by which the force of blows
is distributed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Fine oranges at Tatom's.
SO DECEPTIVE.
Many Pendleton People Fail to Re-
alize the Seriousness.

Backache is no deception.
1t comes and goes-keeps you
guessing.
Learn the cause-then cure it.
Nine times out of ten ii comes from
the kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure it.
Cure every kidney ill from back
ache to diabetes
Here's a Pendleton case to prove 1t:
II. a. Thompson, retired, who lives
on Stonewall Jackson street, says:
my kidneys troubled me by spells
for 10 years and at such time with
a steady dull aching across my back.
l used large quantities of various
kinds Of medicines said to be good
for it, but they never benefited me
enough so that / could notice it. Fin
ally / got a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills at the Brock e. McComas Co.
drug store, and 1 found them to be
just what 1 needed They went right
to the spot and not only relieved my
backache, but cured 1t permanently.
l will be only too pleased to tel lothers
about the merits of this remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
take no other,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
ADMIRAL BARKER RETIREMENT
He Has a Record as Scientist as
Well as an Officer.

Washington, D. c., March 81
The United States navy loses a most
valuable and popular officer in Rear
Admiral Albert S. Barker, who was
placed on the retired list today, hav-
ing reached the age limit of 62 years
Admiral Barker is a son of Massa-
chusetts, and had not yet completed
his four years course in the naval
academy at Annapolis when he was
ordered out to the steam frigate Mis-
sissippi. He took part in the cap
ture of New Orleans and in the fight
at Port Hudson, where the Mississippi
was lost.
After the Civil war he was assign
ed TO various posts until in 1883, as
commander, he was given charge of
the Enterprise. and for three years
was the skipper of that ship while a
line of deep sea soundings was run
across the Atlantic and Indian oceans
from New Zealand to the straits of
Magellan. The scientific results of
this voyage were published by Cap
tain Barker, and they are known to
hydrographists the world over. He
was the commander of the Philadel
phia when that cruiser was the flag
ship of Admiral Gherardi in the in
ternational review of 1898.
For a quarter of a century the ad-
miral has used the sea-" to say
nothing of his record as fighter dur
ing the Civil war. During the Span
ish-American war he commanded the
protected cruiser Newark and took a
tiago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
MAGIC IN zuNI TRIBE.
Priest Apparently Lifted n jug OF
Water With n Feather.

Priest Apparently Lifted a jug OF
Water With a Feather.
THE most startling feat ever saw"
said man who had made study OF
Indians in various parts of the United
States for his own edihcation, was
performed by the priests of the Zuni
tribe in Arizona, or, as they were call
ed, The Ancients of Creation They
seat themselves in a circle on the clay
door around jar that will hold per
haps a gallon, an ancient and sacred
earthen vessel, which is filled with wa
ter. The chief priest carries in his hand
two ordinary eagle feathers, which are
tied together at the quill ends so that
they make a fork Behind the circle
of the priests are other members Of the
tribe and the musicians with their
drums and goQrds, who jain in the
chants with emotion.
The incantatiOns continue for sew
eral hours, and when the participants
and spectators are brought up to a
proper pitch of excitement the priest
dips the feather tips into the water,
lifts the jar with them and holds it sus-
pended for a minute or two ut height
level with his face or breast. Then he
lowers it slowly TO the ground This
feat is repeated several times during
the performance. Apparently there is
nothing In the hands Of the priest but
the feathers. and they appear to be in
serted into the mouth of the jar only
two or three inches. OF course there is
some trick about it, but l was never
able to discover it."-Seattle Post-In-
| telliCencer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Wallowa to Portland by Water.

The Joseph, Ore, Herald says;
with the opening of the portage
road May Is. Wallowa county will
have water transportation to Portland.
This means a whole lot to the sheep
men alone, as we understand that a
rate of SO per ton will be made
from Eureka to Salem, whereas by
shipping via I3lgin the rate is in the
neighborhood of $40 per ton. AS 1t
is down grade to Eureka. the ranch
ers of the valley will find cheap trans
portation and a ready market DOR
their various products at Lewiston"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

Among the most valuable evidences
of the life and customs of the people
of Babylon and Nineveh 700 years b.
G. were found, during the excavations
at various times, veritable letters Of
credit, bills Of exchange with and with
out warranty, money obligations Of all
kinds, sight drafts made payable to in
dorser or bearer. These denote the
existence at Babylon, COO B. c., Of a
bank which must have done con-
siderable business and shows that 1t is
not only in our day that capital is used
to give impetus and keep alive in
dustrial pursuits
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Gen. Funston Goes to Coast,

Chicago, Ill. March 31.-In ac-
cordance with orders from the war
department Rrigadier General Fret
erick Funston today relinquished
command of the department of the
lakes. He will proceed at once to
San Francisco. where, on April 6, he
will relieve Brigadier General Fran
els Moore from command of the de-
partment Of California and from
temporary command of the Pacific
division.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Pardonnble Ignorance.

A young American woman, an author,
while seeing Rome for the first time
was anxious to include a visit to the
tomb of Caesar. Meeting a citizen on
the street she inquired. in her best
italian, the location of the tomb The
man looked greatly embarrassed. Il
am desolated, signorina.' he apologiz-
ed, speaking in excellent English. II
do not know. Caesar has been dead
SO longr
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Incredible Brutality.

1t would have been incredible
brutality IL Charles F. Lemberger, of
Syracuse, N. Y, had not done the
best he could for his suffering son.
my boy" he says, "cut a fearful
cash over his left eye, so I applied
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which quick
ly healed IT and saved his eye"
Good for burns and ulcers too. Only
25c at Tallman g. Co.'S drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
MRS. STANFORD A SHERIFF'S DAUGHTER

criticism was started by the sudden
dismissal of one member of the fac
ulty who became an avowed free sill
verite and distributed silver literature
while the Mckinley gold standard
campaign was in progress.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Water system in Cemetery.

In this issue appears a call for
bids for the building of a reservoir
and the laying of pipe for the install
lation of a water system for the E,Q.
%. F. cemetery. The odd Fellows ex-
pect to have the entire system in OPP
Grafton by the first of May, if the
weather permits.-La Grande Observ-
er.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Sorry He SPOKE.

Boarder (warmly)-Oh, know every
one of the tricks Of your trade. Do you
think l have lived in boarding houses
twenty years for nothing? Landlady
(frigldly)-I shouldn't be at all sur
prised
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
Her Age.

Tom-Did Maud tell you the truth
when you asked her age? Dick-Yes.
Tom-What did she say? Dick--She
said IL was none of my business
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

Assistant City Jailer Mcleod. of Sc
attic, has brought suit against the
acknowledgement for $4,000 DANA
ges alleging libel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

Kennewick, Wash, is to have an
electric light and power plant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31
BIC LINERS FAIL.
JIM HILLS STEAMERS SAID
TO BE TOO LARGE.

Can Make But Two Trips Per Year
Between the Pacific Coast and the
Orient, and Cost $2SOO Per Day
Harbors Are All Too Small for
Them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-31

II goodness were only a theory, It
were a pity 1t should be lost to the
world.-Hazlitt.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-07
SELECTION n INMIGR4TION.

The House Committee oh Immigration anu
Naturalization has recently reported bill. in
iredrlced hv Mr. Adams OF Pennsylvania. which.
If passed will materially alter the quality ana
check the volume Of the annual inflow OF lnmi-
grafton. The committee has hit upon simple and
workable device which dscriminates against
no class or nationality. but which insures bet
ter balance among the alien elements which We
must annually absorb ana assimilate. This de-
vice consists in limiting admissions from any
single country 10 eighty thousand. When that
limit is reached the doors close automatically
against ali coners until the beginning of a new
fiscal wear Such an automatic process would
10 helpful in reducing immigration 10 a given
maximum prOportion8te TO our real needs and
20 the capacity Of the immigration service 10
weed oct detectives and derelicts. It would
also insure a greater diversity in immigration
and retard the huddling and colonizing in city
Sums which result inevitably from the admis
sion Of excessive quotas Of newcomers from two
or three countries.
The proposed restriction would. in fact. affect
only few groups of aliens. In the fiscal year
Ig03-104 only three countries sent us more than
eighty thousand immigrants From Italy the
admissions were 1913 29G; from Austria-H Hun
gary 1T71JG and from Russia, 145,141. In
1902-'o3 Italy sent us 230622; Austria Hungary
3o60l1. and Russia. 13G.093 Immigration from
diminishing. IL 1902'03 more than half the total
admissions %ere from these two countries. but in
10000 me proportion was only 40 per cent
Limited hereafter 10 $1,000 admissions apiece
these two nations Will still furnish annually
about 20 per cent Of the total inflow, and for
0gr own needs and purposes that contribution
nay justly be considered sufficient. With these
exceptions no foreign country has in recent
years approached the proposed 10000 mark In
lasE'-'o4 1880 immigrants came from Germany.
:iS,s2G from England 36142 from ireland. 81.
16S from Sweden and %, sos from Norway IL
England. ireland. Scotland and Wales be held
10 constitute a single country-like Austria Hun
gaFy-the joint total for 1903-'04 would run a
little over $4,000; but in the Immigration Bu-
reau's tables these divisions OF the United King
dom appear now separate countries" as do
Norway and Sweden. though the last two con-
sfitute politically single monarchy.
The Adams bill has evidently been drawn TO
give effect TO certain recommendations OF the
Commissioner General Of immigration, Mr. sar-
gent. 1t strikes directly at the evil Of which he
specially complains in bis latest report-the
stagnation Of immigration in the seaport cities
From This stagnation come such abuses as the
foreign colony the padrone" labor system,
tie naaintenancs Of terrorist secret societies aud
New-York tribune., 1905-02-07
ELECTRICITY ON STEAM ROADS.

In recent talk to the New-York Railway
Club, reported fully in the current issues OF the
electrical press, W. J. Wilgus mentioned some
considerations which are occasionally over
looked bv those who favor the substitution of
electricity for steam in traction work. Like
many other questions, this one has two sldcs.
Only a judicial mind can see both slmultane-
ously and advocates of the adoption OF new
methods are not always gifted Herewith. Mr..
Wilgus who is of the vice-presldents OF the
New-York Central, is in position to obtain
brOad view of the whole matter. He is primari-
Iy and essentially a railroad man, and is not
manufacturer of electrical equipment, but the
company of which he is an officer has evinced
an exceptionally progressive spirit Besides, TO
Mr. Wigus has been intrusted much of the re-
spOnsibity for the execution of the policy to
which the New-York Central is committed.
The introduction of electricity on a great
trunk line involves more than the erection Of a
big power station and the construction of cars
with motive machinery underneath. TO get the
full benefit of the change large expenditure
for other purposes is needed There must be
an increase in the number of tracks, so as to
separate the suburban from the express traffic,
in the quantity of rolling stock employed and in
the frequency with which trains are run. Grade
crossings must be eliminated and station plat
forms raised to the level of car floors. All of
be folly to ignore the fact. Every important
class of expense should be foreseen before IN
dertaking radical innovation
When the conservative side Of the case has
been fully presented, however. it still remains
true that there are large compensations for the
investment. Mr.. Wilgus is alert to the great
enlargement of patronage which must come
from the use of electricity. He also lays stress
on the advantages of dispensing with an engine
at the head of suburban trains. Practically no
switching is needed for the latter, and great
economy Of time results, to say nothing of re-
duction in storage facilities. Finally, there is
an actual diminution in the operating expenses
Mr.. Potter, an officer of the General Electric
Company, who presented paper at the same
meeting as that which Mr.. Wngus addressed.
mentioned a number OF instances in which the
saving amounted TO nearly one-third In sub
urban service part of this grows out of the
fact that there is smaller load to move A
four car train with an engine weighs go tons
and one of the same size equipped with electric
motors sixty tons less Other items in combina
ton with this lower the cost OF operation still
further. 1t cannot be doubted, therefore. that
by the adoption Of electricity where the raff,o