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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
WRECK COST s77I.OOO.
Heavy Insurance Losses Sustained by
Accident 10 Fast Train.

Heavy insurance Losses Sustained by
Accident TO Fast Train.
The wreck of the Twentieth Century
limited on the Lake Shore last week
cost $771,00O. This is the estimate
made today, following the disburse-
ment by two life insurance companies
Of $266.000 to the heirs of the dead,
says Chicago dispatch. OF this sum
100000 was paid on life policies and
S166,O0O on accident policies. There
remains to be paid by the life insur-
ance companies for the deaths in this
wreck $15O.OOO.
How much the railway company is
affected by the wreck is something
of question. but figures among local
railway and insurance men today show
that $95,000 will be paid for the
deaths without litigation; injury claims
are estimated to represent at the pres
ent time without litigation 5000, 900;
the loss of the engine stands for $685.
900, and of the library car for $10,-
900. To these figures is to be added
for incidental losses not enumerated,
such as delay of trains, track repairs,
investigation expenses, ETC., $25,
The total of this is 1855, 900, which,
added to what the insurance COM
panies have disbursed makes the
money disbursed as the result of a
single and quite ordinary wreck s771,-
900, or three-quarters of million dol
lars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
PERSONAL MENTION

A. H. Johnson left for his home al
Athena this morning.
John S. Vinson, postmaster of Free
water, is "a visitor in the city this
afternoon.
Bird F. Lewis, OF La Grande, a
printer, is in the city today for a
short visit.
C. e. Redfield. who visited Pendle-
ton friends on the Fourth, left for his
home at Heppner this morning.
AL Knight and Charles Kennedy
left Monday for Portland, where they
will visit the fair for a week.
A. S. Pearson. the Freewater real
estate dealer. came down from that
place on the afternoon train today.
Mrs. Maybell Griswold, accom-
panied by her sons Roy and Grover
Herr. left this morning for Portland.
B. E. Kennedy returned last night
from Baker City, where he has been
during the past few days upon busl-
ness.
District Attorney G. W. Phelps left
last night for Salem, where he is to
appear in court there in Morrow
county case.
Lee Kennard, the horse dealer and
trainer, has just finished selling in a
band of horses for ]. Turcott, of
Starkey Prairie.
Mrs. Lizzie George and family left
this morning for her home in Eugene,
af gfk har gfo oka
Mrs. S. c. Bittner.
]. H. Bentley of Sonora. CAL. a
nephew of ]. NJ. Bentley, is visiting
friends and relatives here and may
decide to locate in this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Huffman and
children left last night for Portland
for a visit at the exposition. Mr..
Huffman will return Friday morning.
Joseph McCabe, vice president and
general manager of the w. & c. r.
railroad company, arrived last even
ing from Walla Walla, and is a guest
at the Hotel Pendleton.
Mrs. w. w. Davidson, who has been
visiting with her mother and sisters,
left this morning for her home at
San Francisco. Mrs. Davidson was
formerly Miss Whittemore.
John w. Greenwall of New York,
late of Olds, Workman & Kings store
in Portland, has taken a position as
manager of the dry goods depart
ment of Lee Teutsch's store.
A party consisting of Henry Laatz,
George Leete and John Wilson. will
leave here tomorrow for Desolation
lake, Grant county, where they will
spend a month fishing and hunting.
c. H. Green and E. ]. Burke, the
two we'll known wool buyers, and j.
c. Lindsey, of the Illinois Central, all
returned this morning from Portland,
where they have been visiting for
several days past.
Walter b. and A. c. Hinl1le. broth
ers of j. T. Hinkle, of this city, are
here today for a short visit while on
their way home to Grangeville, Idaho.
The former has been a student of
mining engineering at ST. Mary's
College, Oakland, during the past
year. while the other brother is re-
trning from Portland, where he has
been during the past month.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

Sadness was on the faces of the
Pendleton ball players when they re-
turned home this afternoon after the
series of games played at Walla Walla
on the second, third and fourth No
games were won by them after sun
day, when they wiped the ground with
the Fruitpickers to the tune of four
to three. Having done this they then
proceeded to make their usual fatal
mistake of strengthening the team.
This they did by tking in several
Walla Walla players Among the
number were Parkes. Walla Walla's
famous twirler, who pitched the game
for Pendleton: McAllister. who filled
second base, and Lankard, who played
behind the bat
While the above made a strong COM
bination, like all other ideal" teams
it was beaten, the score being nine to
two in favor of the Fruitpickers
butcher pitched for the winning
team.
Yesterday two games were played
one in the forenoon and one in the
afternoon. The former was won by
'Walla Walla with a score of seven to
three, while the afternoon go resulted
in their favor with a score of IL to 0.
Concerning Pendletcn players the
Walla Walla Union had the following
this morning:
A Few Notes on the Killing.
The Siwashes brought along with
them this time one good joke. It was
"old man" Wilmer. wilmer, besides
having the distinction of being the
oldest man in Umatilla county. is also
holder of a medal for hitting three
home runs in a game between The
Dalles and Portland in the year 1854.
In games he plays at this period WILL
ner usually makes use of bicycle to
ride to and from the bench to his po-
sition in the right field. He brought
his wheel with him this trip, but he
left 1t on the train and it was carried
through to Spokane.
The teams that played yesterday
were the same as played on Monday
with the exception of the slab artists
In the morning game. Mains, the SOL
dier boy, tossed 'em over for the
Champs; Curley Williams escaped the
work on the slab for the Slwashes. In
the afternoon game King and some
unknown was up for the Indians
O'Brien acted for the Fruitpickers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
RAILROADS IN DISPUTE.
o. r. & n. and Northern Pacific I'm a
Scrap Over Concessions.

One portion of the Hill-Harriman
agreement has not yet been fixed up,
and that is the giving of trackage
privileges to the Northern Pacific
from Wallula to Portland and extend
ing the same courtesy to Hartman
from Portland, says the Portland Tel
egram.
Authorities well informed in that
connection declare that. while Hill
will grant Hartman permission to
haul his rolling stock over the Port
land-Puget sound division, the former
refuses to accede to the request of
Hill for trackage down the Columbia.
That the Northern Pacific has not en-
tirely abandoned it's intention to con-
struct a road to Portland along the
north bank of the river is evident from
the fact that negotiations for a right
of way continue. and it is said Hill
has even purchased entire farms to
further his needs in that direction.
But all this would be stopped If Har-
riman would let the Northern Pacific
enjoy the easy haul from Walla Walla
over the o. r. & n.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Fined for obstructing Roads.

Warrants were sworn out in Justice
Rea's court on Friday the 30th, by
Road Supervisor II. ]. Scott, for the
arrest of ]. H. McHaley, Dave Hill and
Charles Bedsaul. for obstructing the
public highway by driving a band of
sheep on the road between Little and
Big Wall creek, and damaging the
road by rolling rocks and debris into
the road. The case was tried by jury
on Thursday, June 2. The jury
brought in a verdict of acquittal
against McHaley and Bedsaul, and
found Hill, the camptender, guilty;
also recommended that the fine be not
over $50. He was fined 81 and costs
paying the fine. H. F. Blahm, Os-
car Schafer and James Burnsides
were witnesses besides the plaintiff
and defendants. A. Steach, of
Round Basin, was attorney for the de-
fense.-Monument Enterprise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
ABoLIsHEs VERTICAL WRITING.
Spokane Schools VIII Have No More
of the New Fad.

Spokane has abolished the vertical
system of writing in the public
schools. Superintendent ]. A. Tor
mey said yesterday to the Spokesman
Review. 1.-THE vertical system is be-
ing generally discarded. The reason
Is that 1t is too slow. Pupils have
a tendency to draw the letters in
stead of writing them. The system
has been discredited in Chicago and
other eastern cities as we'll as through
out Washington. When we adopted
new books for the city schools the
principals of the 20 schools in the city
were unanimously opposed to retain
ing the vertical system. This had a
great effect on our decision, as we
wished to respect the wishes of the
teachers where possible.
1.-THE system we have adopted is
what is known as the normal or in
termediate slant. 1t Is a compromise
between the old slant style and the
vertical. The angle of the letter Is
about 15 degrees. In appearance the
new system resembles the vertical,
It combines the legibility Of the verti-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Casahianca,s Oelehrntion.

The boy stood on the burning porch
Whence all had made a scoot;
A Roman candle in his hand
Was just about to shoot.
A frazzle pinwheel at his side
Was all that staid to tell
How father, minus half his hide,
Had fled with grievous yell.
\ busted bomb upon the floor,
Some remnants of a hat.
Suspender buttons-three or four
That was where grandpa sat.
An isle of safety on the lawn,
Where still the grass was green,
Marked where his sister dear had gone
To rub on vaseline.
Anon the smoke rose from the yard,
And then, through one small rift,
We saw where mother scorched and
Scared,
A smelling bottle shifted.
And at the gate stood Uncle Bill
In fragments of his pants,
Demanding in his accents shrill:
"Send us an ambulance!"
The boy, as We remarked at first,
A Roman candle held.
He struck a match and lit the fuse;
This is the last" he yelled.
The Roman candle fizzled and flared
The balls flew far and wide,
His relatives, all badly scared,
Once more essayed to hide.
Alas! Ere shelter they could find.
The direful deed was done;
He whirled the candle all about
And pinked them every one.
sHI
In pain they limped up to the porch
They crept from bush and shrub
And each implored in husky tones:
Let me get at that cub!"
There came burst of thunder sound
The boy-O, where was he?
By turns he was sent on around
That led from knee to knee.
Chicago ecord-Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
An Oregon Cherry Tree.

One Of the big cherry trees of Ore
gon is on the James Martin farm, a
dozen miles south of Corvallis. Its
circumference measurement Is inches
above the ground is 10 feet and in
ches, giving the trunk a diameter of
about 3A feet. The measurement is
the body projer, and no advantage is
taken of enlarged places made by
limbs or roots. Where the several
limbs put out from the trunk the cir
cumference is much greater. The
spread of the tree is so feet. and the
height is proportionate. The annual
yield of fruit is about 100 gallons.
The variety is Black Tartarian, which
was a popular cherry with the earlier
Oregon orchardists. The tree was set
out in 1868. or 81 years ago. In trunk
and limb it is of healthful appearance
and gives no sign of its great age.
This mammoth tree. either in blossom
time or when laden with ripe fruit is
worth journying miles to see.-Cor-
Wallis Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Candidate for Reform school.

Wesley Kile, a young man taken
from the Orphans home at Portland
some time since by Thomas David
son, a resident of Eight Mile in Nor
row county, is in the hands of the
sheriff of Morrow, where he is want
ed for stealing a horse from his fos-
ter father who he claims mistreated
him, and he stole the horse to get
away. He is a mere boy. He had
traded horses three times between
Morrow county and this place where
he was arrested. The young man was
taken to Heppner and will likely be
sent to the reform school.-Blue
Mountain Eagle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
EAST UNTO EAST.

Up from the sea bound the welcom'
ing waves,
Unto the sea yields the land;
Life is afloat seeking life that's
acreep.
Waking to frolic and dropping tc
sleep
In wind-moulded hollows or she'll
crusted caves,
Here on the mist-shadowed sand.
Hills flung apart as an opening door
Show us the way of the sun
Blossom on earth but a flame in the
skies,
Burrowing gold to unsatisfied eyes
Now East weds the East and the West
Is no more!
What worlds are there left to be
won?
-Woman's Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Thievery at Picnic.

Quite a number of depredations
were made by petty thieves at the
reservation yesterday. Several of the
parties report having had their lunche'
tampered with while in some instances
more costly things were taken. Among
these were a jacket belonging to Mrs
Henry Dixon Jones and an Indian
robe, the property of Miss Ida Boyd
1t is believed that the thievery was
done by white people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
LENA CREW THREATEN REVOLT.
Demand TO Return Home Refused by
Their Superiors.

Vallejo, Cal, July 5.-The crew o.
the Russian ship Lena, interned al
the Mare Island navy yard, threat.
ems to revolt. One hundred and five
men went to the master and de.
manded to be returned to Russia or
parole, as was done with the Russian
ships interned at Manila.
The demand was refused and mu-
tiny is imminent. All short leaves
are refused the men and the United
States marine guards were doubled by
the naval authorities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

cal with the speed Of the slant, and
should give satisfaction. The vertical
system was good for Iegibility. but
1t lost in speed. The old slant system
was speedy, but it lacked legibIlIty.
The new system is expected to COM
bine the good points of both"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Grand Success.

The parade and open air concert
given by the Pendleton Boys Military
Band yesterday, was a success in
every way. The boys show good dis
cipline and play exceedingly we'll
considering the time they have been
practicing-five months. After fin
ishing the parade and concert the
band took dinner at the Golden Rule
hotel
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
SENTENCED TO Two YEARS.
Fate of Wesley Dodson, a Pendletor
Macque From "the Row"

Macque From "the Row."
Wesley Dodson. convicted OF having
lived with and accepted the earnings
of a prostitute. will serve two years
in the state penitentiary for his Of
fense. This morning Dodson was
brought into court and his attorney
moved for a new trial. but the same
was denied by Judge Ellis. Thereup-
on the above sentence was imposed.
1t is understood that the case will not
be appealed.
There are now three candidates for
the penltentiary in the Umatilla coun-
ty Jail, the other two being Manning
and Clifford, who robbed a house at
Helix and were given two years each
by Judge Ellis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
HEADERS WILL START AT ONCE
Hot Weather Is Expected to Shrivel
Some Spring Grain.

In several parts of the county the
wheat is now ready for harvesting,
and headers will be started at once.
On DR.. Campbell's place on the middle
fork of Cold Springs, headers will be
started tomorrow in the fall grain.
They will also be started at John
Crows place on the reservation Sat
urday.
Some anxiety is being felt by some
wheatgrowers, for the present hot
weather will cause some of the spring
grain to shrivel
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
Lost,

If the party taking the ladies' rain
coat and Indian robe from the car
riage at the reservation on the 4th
will return same to this office, nc
questions will be asked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
County Court in Session

The county commissioners convened
this morning for their July term, and
in all probability will remain in ses-
sion for the rest of the week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

The night of July $4,000 worth
of jewelry was stolen from the home
of James ]. Higginson, New York
banker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
WALLA WALLA WINS
PENDLETON LOSES ALL
THREE CLOSING GAMES

Disaster Largely Due to Strengthen
Ing" the Team With WalIa WaIIa
Men-The Total Score OF the Three
Closing Games Was Twenty-seven
TO Five-Walla Walla Papers Wax
Overly FacetiOus About PendIeton's
Team and Prowess.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE.
Boy Jumped Into the River to Quencf
the BlaZe

julie Anderson, the 12-year-old son
of Conductor Anderson, was severely
burned at 3 o'clock this afternoon by
his clothes catching fire from fire
crackers, which he was exploding on
Main street bridge.
Realizing his danger he at once
jumped into the river. from which he
was rescued by .passersby, and taken
to his home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
STOLE OVER $4,000.

Burglars Crack an Electric Company's
Safe at Seattle.
Seattle. July 5.-The Madison
street power house of the Seattle
Electric company was entered by burg
lars early this morning. the safe blown
and between $4,000 and $1,000 secured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

Tho East oregonian Is Eastern Orc
gon's representative paper. It lsads
and the people appreciate if and sh0w
IL By their liberal patronage. u =
the advertising medium of De socosnm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

Carpets-Rader-Carpets.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09

Lace and ribbon remnants cheap at
Miss Smiths.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09
Revenge Is Sweet.

Some time ago the Pollock baseball
team came to Linton to play and
won the game by a score of 20 to %.
The excuse given for the defeat OF
The Lintoniucs was that Stembcr,
their pitcher, had been hurt. 10 show
that such was the case Lhe boys from
the Etnmons-county> ,crpital went to
Pollock town last Sunday and proceed
cd to let the Pollockites down to the
tune Of 10 TO 5. OF che live scores that
Pollock made three were home runs,
one was brought in by Il home run,
and one was made by punching hits.
The reason that 50 many long hits were
made is that the batterS were batting
with the wind and a very strong wind
was blowing. Sullivan, the Linton
third Dascman, made us long u hit as
any one; but, owing to the fact that lie
was sfcll at the time he went into the
game, he was unable to run fast
enough to make the home plate. The
game was well played, when taking
into consideration the fact that the
wind was blowing about as hard as it
could. 1t was almost impossible to
judge Il lily in The field. Lang, OF the
Llntons, While running TO third, in
order to prevent Il collision with the
POLLOCK third baseman was forced to
do IL hurdling stunt, jumping clear
over the third baseman, who was ON
| his knees in front Uf third. Clayton,
on first, made Il couple OF the incest
clutches that have been made this
season. The lineup was: Linton
Lang, second; Acheson, catcher; Clay
ton, first; Sullivan. third; Cooncn,
short; Lynn, center; SLreeter, right;
StemDer, pitcher: Petrie, left. Pol
lock-Bloom, first; Wilkinson, pitcher;
CransJon, second; Marsh, right; Eos.
sum, Third; Seymour, short; Blancl
ard, center; Kinds, left; Walter
catcher. The score by innings was:
L 3 4 5 6 2 SO
!; Linton ........... 0 0 10
| Pollock. ....0 0 0 0 O o 1 l.
Suits $40 so at Miss Smiths,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09

~ tslf -4s9sa =
ABOUT every other week Pat Lyons;
Steele Republican has Il fling at Ed
itor Wood for not supportiilgstlIe Hre-
publican county ticket" att; the last
election. That is something like u
shighwayman who would rob a man of
his pocket-bool aud then curse him
because he wouldn't look pleased and
shout for highwaymeu in general ! It
should be remembered that the real
republican nominees were robbed OF
their rightfH position in the reptb-
lican column Because Of a disreput-
able job put up by Lyons, Pettibpne s.
CO., backed by 4 maturity Of the state
central committee, some of whom did
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09

ONE would have to travel /, long dis
tance to find a country where the
prospects for II good crop are better
than they are in this section Of North
Dakotu at the present time. The
rainfall has been heavy, and, as Il con-
sequence, the soil is thoroughly sat
urated to Il depth of more that two
feet. While a moist surface is neces-
sary for the Starting Of newly planted
seed, scientists tell us that, where
there is moisture, to Il considerable
depth, such moisture is gradually
brought to the surface by capillary
attraction. The heavy rain of last
Sunday night was particularly timely,
however, as, although there was plen-
ty of moisture in the ground, the top
soil was dry to u depth of two or three
inches, and the large acreage of flax
that had been planted would not have
sprouted until rain dampened the
surface. Prairies and fields are a deep
and healthy green, and everything in
the line Of vegetation, weeds included
is fairly jumping. Never within twen-
ty years have the crops been in better
condition at this season OF. the year
than they arc at present. An i'm
mense area Of sod is being turned
over. So much is this the case that
every one who comes to Linton from {,
distance remarks it. Careful people
compute the amount or breaking be-
ing done this yearlaS double or triple
that which was ever done in the
county in Il single year. That the
spirits OF the farmers and of the busi-
ness men who depend on the farmers
success-are exalted goes without say
ling. There's many ii slip twixt the
cup and the lip, or words to that
effect. But it would appear that
nothing but hot winds can prevent d
lgood crop, and the weather is not Of
the dry character that generally fore
tells the coming OF The heat waves
from western Kansas and Nebraska
1 A betting man who would wager three
1 tuone that this region would hav,
at least a fair crop this year wOult
have the long end OF the proposition.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09
Suits $40. SO ut Miss Smiths.
OPERA-HOUSE OPENING.
Linton's New Entertainment Hall Is
Far Enough Along to Be Used
For Public GATHERINGS.

Z The Linton Concert Band will give
an opening dance in the new opera
house on the evening of June 10Th.
Linton now has the best opera-house
west OF Aberdeen,a and no pains will
be spared to make this the best dance
ever held in Emmons county. Music
will be furnished by the band Orches-
ira Of seven pieces. This orchestra
is conceded by all the travelling men
j to be the best they hear in their trav-
els, and you will surely enjoy the mu-
sic even If you don't dance. Supper
will be furnished at the hotels. All
are cordially invited. *Note.-Say!
/ The Record man disclaims responsible
|ity for this statement, as we have
heard that there arc larger opera.
houses in San francisco and other
western places. In the language o
G. Washington, we can't tell a lie
Billy Irwin did it with his little lead
pencil.]
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09

not understand the true inwardness
of the Notwithstanding.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-06-09
TIE Patlvonites were defeated ir

Tie Patlyonites were defeated in
their contention before the supreme
court that blanket stickers could not
be used on the Australian ballot. BY
the decision Auditor Bope is con-
tirmed in lis Office, although the at
tempt of Lyons to rob him first OF the
nomination and then Of the election
cost the auditor considerable money.
This contest is the last incident of he
rankest political robbery that was
ever put upon the people of Il civilized
community.