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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
DETFRY COMPANY TOMORROW.
Three Nights of Entertainment at
the Frazier.


Commencing Sunday night Sept. 3,
Miss Josephine Deffry and her excel
lent company opens three nights
engagement.
The company has selected "A De-
serted Bride" for the opening play.
The play is beautiful four act emo
tional drama giving Miss Deffry am
pie opportunity to display her Won
derful ability.
Miss Deffry's manager has spared
neither time nor expense to surround
her with the best talent available,
particular attention has been given TO
the costumes and scenic effects and
nothing will be omitted to make this
a complete production.
Last season Miss Deffry appeared
before the Pendleton theatre goers
and made a decided impression in the
title role of "a Wicked Woman"
Miss Meta Marsky, Trueman De
Roune. Tom LOTUS and others have
been secured to support Miss Deffry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

Washington Sept 2.-Hon. James
II. McColl, a member of the Victorian
state parliament is in the city search
ing for information regarding irriga-
ton in this country with view to
having his government adopt some
successful plan of irrigation for the
arid region of Victoria, the most
thickly populated state in Australia.
Speaking of national ownership of
public utilities and especially of rail-
roads, Mr.. McColl said:
"In each state the railway systems
are nearly all government services.
Public opinion i'm Australia has always
been against entrusting railway trans
portation to private persons. EACH
state manages its own and there is in
the commonwealth 14.114 miles open
ed for traffic, while construction is
stn going on.
About So per cent Of the public
debt of Australia is invested in the
railways. Having an enormous coun-
| try to develop the strictly commercial
view of management could not always
be adhered TO- but they are now re-
! turning a net interest Of sos per
cent in the commonwealth OF Austria
liza and 3.5S per cent in the colony of
| New Zealand.
AT one time political Influence was
felt i'm the management of the roads,
but that is now past. The manage
ment is entrusted to a board Of COM
missioners. the state ministry in each
Of the six states being purely politi-
cal head but not allowed to inter-
fere. The government indicates the
policy. but fun statutory powers of
management are given to the com
missioners.
"If it is desired for a developmental
lesson to give a concession at a loss,
the amount of the loss must be put
on the estimates of the government
and credited to the railway depart
ment.
"The civil service board controls in
the matter OF government positions in
Australia. \ man entering at the
bottom. works his way up, his promo
ton being governed by merit spe-
cial man or expert who cannot be
obtained in the service can be ap-
pointed from the outside. \ mans
position is secure as long as he be
havcs himself Political influence i,
Of no avail in the civil service, because
1t is barred by statute.
THE minister himself of any de-
partment can make no appointment
nor give the smallest increase in sal
ary."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
MERGING PACKING PLANTS.
Beef Trust Buys up Many Indepen-
dent Concerns.

Chicago. H., Sept Acquisition by
the National Packing company of a
number of Independent plants will
cause no surprise in stock yard cir
cles if announced within the next few
weeks for negotiations with that OBJ
ject in view are known to be in prog
resS.
The ant-beef trust agitation result
ing i'm the indictment of leading MEM
bers of the combine has crystalized
antitrust sentiment and to meet it
in many parts of the country the big
packers have been compelled to mad
ket their goods at losses AS the brew
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

Our new shoes for fall are here.
Roosevelt's Boston Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

The switch engine in the yards here
was derailed about 2:3O Tuesday af-
ternoon and in consequence the two
westbound afternoon trains and the
eastbound train were held up for over
three hours. The engine was back
ing out of a siding south of the sta
tion. The switch had been left open.
The engine jumped the track. To
get the trains past the engine was
turned over on its side away from
the main line.-North Yakima Repub-
lie.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
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W wesuppyu is sion h o r.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

Portland, Sept. 2.-The ethnologi-
cal exhibit at the Lewis and Clark
exposition is soon to reseive "A valu-
able addition in the form of n band
of twenty-seven Igorrotes which is
on its way from the Philippine is
lands via Vancouver, b. c., at the
present time and is expected here
shortly. Thirteen OF the party are
men, the rest are women. Their viii
lage on the exposition grounds, near
the head of the trail, is finished and
ready to receive them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
MONMOUTH STATE NORMAL
THE
RELIABLE
STORE.

Begins ,its cath year September 2s.
THREE FULL COURSES OF STUDY
preparing for county and state GER
tificates. Higher courses recognized
in Washington and other states. DE-
MAND FOR NORMAL TRAINED
EACIIERS-Longer terms, higher
wages and better opportunities for
promotion award the Normal gradu-
ate for his enterprise. School direc-
tors appreciate the sunerior ability OF
Monmouth graduates and the demand
far exceeds the supply Special atten-
ton given to methods, work in grades
and ungraded schools. CATALOGUE
CONTAINING FULL INFORMATION
will be sent on application. Cores
pondence invited. Address E. d.
RESSLER. President, or J. b. v.
nUTLER. Secretary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

Brock & McComas company to G.
w. Thomas, for the Sc Ia of section
23, and the NV IA of the NV IA,
and the Sc 1-2 of the NV IA, and the
Sc IA of the NE ii of section "a,
township /. south of range SO, f. w.
NJ. Consideration $500.
Celestine L. King and f. G. King TO
Elizabeth Beck, for lot 3 in block ID
in Jacobs addition. Consideration,
$50.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
Attacked by n Mob

and beaten, in a labor riot. until COW
cred with sores, a Chicago street car
applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and was soon sound and well.
''I use 1t in my family" writes G. j.
welch of Tekonsha, Mich, land find
It perfect" Simply great for cuts and
burns. Only 25c at Tallman & Co. e
drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

cry trust adopted the policy of buy
ing up aggressive opponents, the beef
octopus is credited with planning sim
liar motives.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02
GOVERNMENT
ROADS A SUCCESS
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PROFIT
ABLE IN AUSTRALIA.

Member of Australian Parliament is
Now in the United States Studying
Irrigation. and Tells of the Methods
of Handling Railways in the Island
Continent--All Positions Subject to
Civil Service Boards.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-02

Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of San
Francisco, has been unanimously
nominated by the union labor party,
for the third time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-05-12
LATTER WOULD BE A M0NAR CHI
Charged That Leader Speculated with Church
Funds to His Personal Benefit-Accus-
@.~@> ers Are Excomm unicated
Two Prominent Men Leading Fight to Dethrone AL
legged Autocratic Ruler--Fiis Crimes Against the
Church, His Followers and the Nation.

who, while in congress, had more than
once strenuously opposed the seating of
Mormons in congress. He has since been
appointed to the federal bench. At this
time the Mormon church was practically
united. And although, as has been stat
ed, there had been some opposition man
ifested to the mixing of church and poll
tics, there had been no dissensions Of
which the public were aware.
1t was not until recently that the trou-
bic which had been brewing for some
time became public property, and that
the issue between the two factions in the
church were squarely defined.
Serious Accusations.
AS the case now stands, two men pre-
viously in good standing in the church
have made serious accusations against
Mr.. Smith.
He has been charged with taking the
money paid as an offering to the Lord"
and using it for speculations to build up
his own private wealth.
He has been charged with taking the
bodies of the daughters Of his subjects
and bestowing them upon his favor
ites;" of taking property which be-
longed to the widow and orphan and
having absorbed it into the possessions
of the CROWN" with depressing the poor
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that Joseph F. Smith, as the alleged rep
resentative of the Lord, is using funds
to speculate in sugar stocks, for exam
pie; to build up electric lighting, power
and street railway monopolies; to force
the faithful to take out life insurance in
his personally Endorsed company and to
insure their homes in his company; to
buy their salt from him; to patronize his
railroad, to deposit their money in the
banks which he backs with the ''otfer-
ings to the Lord; ~ to buy their clothing,
groceries, hardware, furniture shoes,
headwear, and, in fact, everything else
which they may desire, from institu-
lions in which are invested, in his name,
these Offerings to the Lord"
Rumors of fortunes made in stock
speculations and in other ways by Presi-
dent Smith and others ION the inside
have made large numbers Of the faith
full more DESTROYS than ever for an &C.
counting Of the moneys they have
turned over in all confidence to the self
designated servants of the Almighty.
Having made sacrifices in the divine
interest; they are inclined to insist on
figures which will show whether the
dividends from these various enter
prises are being used in the interest of
the Lord.
Another Phase Discussed.
Another phase is being widely dis
cussed, so much so that for the first time
in the history of the church the presi-
dent of that organization has felt con-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-05-12

I Salt Lake City.-A monarchy within
q republic with Joseph F. Smith, presi-
Z dent of the Mormon church, as the arch
\ ruler. Such is the condition at present
in Utah, according to those who are
waging war on the Mormon leader and
/ who are attempting to displace him
from his high seat. ~:
Charges have been made that Smith
has diverted the flow of tithes from the
:, Golfers of the church to his own pock-
cts; that he has commanded his follow
ers to invest their money in enterprises
under his control so that he may enrich
his private purse, and that he has COM
mitted other transgressions too numer-
GUS to mention.
And the authors of these accusations
are from within the sacred councils of
the temple, and until their excommuni-
cation for their disloyalty to their lead
err, ranked high in church affairs.
But firmly entrenched behind the walls
Of the tabernacle the alleged king is bid
ding defiance to his enemies both with
in and without the state.
.~ origin Of the Trouble.
The election of Reed Smoot to the
United States senate may be said to be
the beginning of the trouble. Before
the time arrived for the apostle of the
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"coPPERED" THE PROPHET.
Weather Man So Often Wrong It Was
Sure Thing to Bet Against
Him.

This is story of a weather almanac
prophet, who may be called Thompson,
tells on himself, says the New York
Press. While recently visiting Jersey
town he went into store to buy cigar.
He made his purchase and was about to
leave the store when the proprietor re-
marked:
Its pity you have no umbrella, for
it's going to rain soon."
Il think you are wrong in your predic.
tion," replied Thompson. 1T looks like
fine weather to me-
"Well," said the cigar store man, "I'n
bet dollarit will rain before noon"
Every good, I'll call in again to-day
and collect" said Thompson. After
leaving the store he had gone only few
blocks when he was we'll drenched by a
sudden shower. Thompson was struck
by the mans prediction, and being al
ways intent on the interest of his alma
nae he went back to the store and was
received by the proprietor with a broad
brin.
"You see was right after ALL
EYES," admitted Thompson. Here's
your dollar, and I'll give you another If
you tell me how you knew of this rain"
"Why, the truth is have an almanac
called Thompson's Almanac, and the fcl-
low is such a notorious liar that when
ever he predicts fine day always know
it will be the exact opposite. Hooked at
the almanac early'this morning and pre-
pared for RAIN" .e,ys..s. -~v
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Sugar Factory Burns.

St. Louis Park.-The factory and
sugar refining plant of the Mime.
sofa Sugar company at St. Louis Park
was totally destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at 100000, with in
surance of $4,000.
Flames were first discovered by
workmen in the roof of the labora-
tory and before the village volunteer
fire department and the factory
hands could get stream of water
playing upon the burning structure,
the flames had spread to the entire
roof and the building was doomed.
From the southwest end of the big
building where the flames originated,
they traversed the entire plant, COM
prising four buildings about 200 feet
in length and nearly rs wide. A tele-
phone call was sent in to Chief Can
terbury of the Minneapolis depart
ment, and he hurriedly dispatched
District Chief Hernlund with three
engines, three hose carts and q chemi-
cal to the scene, but when the local
apparatus arrived the building, ma
chinery and manufactured stocks had
been destroyed.
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ARt5kXIE M M1zS..

the church felt constrained, on March
10 last, to explain to the members of
his flock that he had testified to an un-
truth in Washington, the reason for it
being that the senator's, whom he desig-
mated ias his "inQuisitors," were trying
to lead him into trap" Instead Of
Quieting the incipient rebellion against
him, this admitted untruth has only in
creased the dissatisfaction.
On top of his admission his chief
mouthpiece. APOSTLE G.. w. sPenrose, has
been shown by parallel statements made
under oath also to have been guilty of
telling an untruth. Penrose, who is a
polygamist, has made various conflict
ing statements under oath as to his
marital relations.
All these things are going on within
the church, while from without come
other attacks which are worrying the
leaders. The war is going on in politics
and finance, and in these fields of prac-
tical effort on the part of the Mormon
hierarchy lie their most vulnerable
points.
In the field Of finance, it is alleged, an
effort was made to execute grab" of
franchise for nearly century for light
and street railway privileges in Salt Lake
City. The action aroused such opposi
ton that the prime movers did not dare
to carry out their original Intentions.
At the same time, although no election
is imminent at present, the growth of
feeling among both Mormons and Cen
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: Mormon church to take his seat among
! the country's lawmakers, a popular
vail arose throughout the country that
he should be barred from that body.
There were those Of the apostles that OPP
posed the mixing Of church with politics
and forecasted the opposition that would
arise from his election, but Smith was
favorable to Shoots candidacy and, as
is well known, he was easily elected.
When the committee was appointed by
the senate to investigate the charges OF
Normonism preferred against the new
Neglected senator, many churchmen
in high standing were called to Wash
ington to:testify, and among others was
President Smith. The general trend OF
the testimony presented showed that al
though polygamous cohabitatton had
been abolished as a rule, those of the
mormon faithswere still ruled by the law
Of the church, rather than by the law
Of the land, or in other words, that the
law of the church Is supreme.
49, Smith Confessed Perjurer.
- It was only after the passage OF the
Edmunds law that Utah was admitted
into the union as state. Under this law,
which was subscribed to by President
smiht and the apostles of the Mormon
church, plural marriages and polyga--.
nous cohbaitation were forbidden. But
on the stand before the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections in the
Smoot investigation. President Smith
frankly confessed that the pact with the
nation had been broken; that his oath
was a travesty; that his obligation as
an apostle and as hierarch of the church
was q subterfuge.
The opposition to the seating of Smoot
was ably conducted by Robert w. Tay-
Ter, former. representative from Ohio,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-05-12

self-styled representative Of God on
earth, are to be given credence.
When testifying in behalf of Senator
Reed Smoot, Joseph F. Smith declared
under oath that he had never received q
revelation. 1t Is cardinal principle
of the Mormon faith that the head Of
the church is in constant receipt of COM
munications direct from God. When he
repudiated having received these mes
sages the devout among the Mormons
began to wonder If it were possible that
he could be all that he was supposed
to be-.
: Admits He Lied.
2 The mutterings became so general
and SO insistent that the president Of
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news OF MINNESOTA.
Defective Eyesight.

S0ASSSAv0 ~ SSA6AA"s
st. Paul.-Reports received by the
state board of health indicate that
there are 10000 to 10000 pupils in the
public schools of Minnesota who have
defective eyesight, and that less than
10 per cent of these wear glasses or are
taking any treatment to improve their
eyesight. =
This condition is all the more re-
clarkable when it is known that ow-
ing to the nature of the test applied
Ivy the teachers, only the more serions
defects are discovered. If the pupils
eyes were examined by oculists the
number showing defective eyesight, it
IS believed, would be much larger.
The reports received by the state
board of health show that 10 to Is per
cent of the pupils examined have de-
fective sight. In many cities the per-
&entage is much greater. For in
stance, in the public school at Tower,
Of 200 pupils examined, So had defect
eyesight. In Sank Rapids 43 had de-
fective sight of OF 26O. In Red Wing
the percentage of defective eyes was
about 20, the figures being 1875 aud
927.
No More Mineral Leases.
No mining leases to operate in
the beds of mcandered lakes
will be issued by State Auditor S. q.
Iverson for at least two years The
recent legislature refused to pass a
law expressly authorizing the state
auditor to lease beds Of lakes, and in
the absence of authority from the leg
islature the state auditor will issue no
such leases.
Scores of applications for leases Gov
ering the beds of most of the lakes IN
the vicinity of the iron range have
been filed with the state auditor. Two
years ago he issued prospecting leases
on portion of the bed of Long lake.
in St. Louis county, town So, range 20,
in accordance with an opinion filed by
Former Attorney General W. B. Doug
las, who held that the state owned the
land and that it should exercise its
ownership.
Irrigation.
Minnesota and North Dakota are
taking steps to catch good
share of the immigration that is being
directed toward the northwest province
of Canada. The legislatures in both
states appropriated large sums for the
purpose of advertising their agricult-
urai, commercial and educational ad-
vautages.
In Minnesota annual appropriation
is SIS, 600, and will be expanded by
State Auditor Iverson, who is ex-of1cio
given authority to advertise the adj
vantages of Minnesota lands within
aud without the state and to prepare
such literature and statistics explain
ing the resources of the state as he may
deem advisable.
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members of the church for his own en-
richment; of violating the laws of the
church; of committing crimes against
the government; of reasonable teach
ing, and of forsaking true spiritual life
for the worship Of mammon."
Accusers Excommunicated.
Goaded into anger by these attacks,
President Smith has sought to retaliate
by communicating persons who might
question his acts.
Already former Senator FrankJ J. Can
non, son of President George @. Can
non, one of the most celebrated leaders
of the Mormon church, has been cut of
for daring to express opinions in critt-
cism of the Mormon head.
Charles A. Smurthwaite, one of the
leading business men of Utah, a high
priest in the church and man whose
character has been above reproach, has
been disfellowshipped for charging
President Smith with bad faith and de-
manding an accounting of the church
funds.
He is fighting the proceedings against
him, maintaining that, if given an OPP
portunity, he will prove every statement
he has made against the president of the
church.
Furthermore, he has put to test the
various asseverations of the church to
the effect that polygamy and polyga-
nous cohabitation, are no longer counte-
nanced by filing charges against one Of
the:elders of the church, Hyrum H. Cod
dard, son the ground that this elder Is
violating the revelation against polyg-
amy by living with two wives. +
The hierarchy is seeking to evade the
issue by raising technical points, but it
is being continually put into the position
of showing bad faith all around. and is
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aimed to make explanations in the

strained to make explanations in the
tabernacle. .-. ~
These explanations have involved him
in contradiction, and there is much won
derment among the adherents of his
church whether the statements he made
under oath when testifying before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections in Washington are to be be-
lieved, or whether his public statements
on the platform in the tabernacle. as the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-05-12
being forced into this attitude BY lite own

being forced Into this attitude BY its own
members. Z. Il. n II ..as W. NJ
Il. Discomfort Grows.
According to impartial observers, the
discomfort within the church is growing
rapidly, and it is said this same discon-
tent is manifesting itself in way to
hurt the president in the most sensitive
place-the pocketbook. Already 1t is
stated that the tithing is falling of
heavily. y ~
+ Thinking men among the Mormons
are backing up Elder Smurthwaite's de-
mand that an accounting be made for
the tithing.: They object to giving up q
tenth of their incomes as an Offering to
the Lord" when it is being demonstrated
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tiles in Utah against the political activ-
ity of the church has been so great that
the hierarchy is fearful of the next is
sue. The anti-church sentiment has
been crystallized in the American party
of Utah. - h-... g.
Entrenched behind the wall of state
hood, which was obtained by false pre-
lenses on the part of the Mormon
church, the hierarchy is bidding def
ance to the nation ut large and to its op-
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Indian Allotment.

White Earth reallotment Of
of additional land to Indians under the
Stevenson land bill closed here. The
allotment OF land will resur again on
Monday, May IS. About 1000 allot-
ments have been issued.
Most of the logging camp matters
connected with the cutting of dead
and fallen timber on the reservation
during the last winter have been set
tied. The result to both loggers and
purchasers was, ON the average very
satisfactory. A total Of about 500, 900
was paid out