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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-22
NEW FARMER PHONES.
Extension of the Pacific States Line
to UmatilIa Reservation.

An extension of the Pacific States
telephone line is being completed to
the Umatilla reservation for the ac-
commodation of patrons in that dis
trict. Those who will be connected
with the new extension are John
Crow, Louis Hodgins, Rev. j. NJ. Cor
Nelson at the Presbyterian mission
school, L. L. Mann, Charles Hamil-
ton and the Umatilla agency, which
will have two phones installed.
The phone connection for these
places will be at central office and
there will be no charge for Service,
as it Is simply an extension of. the reg
ular lines. The agency win be con-
nected at central office as soon as the
line is complete.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-22
McEwen is Coming Again.

The great McEwen, hypnotist and
entertainer who visited this city two
years ago. will appear at the Fra
zer for five nights this month begin
ming Sunday night. He is an able en-
tertainer and when here before made
a large number of friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-22
ASK FOR DISMISSAL
THE WOOLEN MILL MAY BE
RELIEVED OF LITIGATION.

Action Brought That May Dismiss the
Bankruptcy Suit Brought by f. Y.
Judd-The Baker-Boyer Attach
ment Claims Have Been Settled In
Full and the Affairs of the Institu-
ton Are Rapidly Emerging Into an
Open Road-Charles j. Ferguson's
Lease Holds for Two More Years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-22
SEEDED 1000 ACRES.
Work on Their Juniper Canyon
Farm.

c. Il. Mcclellan and Cyrus Guseman
who recently purchased wheat land
in Juniper canyon. about 26 miles
north Of the city, have just finished
seeding 1000 acres of fall wheat and
will leave a portion of their land for
spring wheat, which makes a good
crop in that district usually.
Mr.. Mcclellan is in the city today
on a trading trip and says the wealth
er conditions have been excellent for
seeding. Land in that vicinity is be-
coming more and more productive
each year as it is cultivated and
farmed In more careful manner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Heredity Displayed.

That boy with a square chin pos,
sesses much the same attributes as a
man with similar contour was am.
ply illustrated to the parents Of Ar.
thur. That young hopeful came in to
dinner triumphantly displaying four.
leaf clover. when you find that
kind of clover it's sign some one
likes you," he announced, proudly.
We'll, guess it must mean me.
like you, Artie," put in his sister May,
politely.
No, 1t doesn't mean you, May" re-
turned Arthur, regretfully but firmly.
1T means Marjorie Brooks"
But you can't have Marjorie" spoke
up the elder hoy, who was two years
Arthur's senior. She's my girl"
Nov, see here, Charlie" said Ar
thur, his square chin getting squarer,
when Marjorie got her hair cut you
wouldn't have her COS she looked like
a boy, so | took her, and now. COS
her hair is long an she looks like
a girl again you want her back. But
you can't have her. Can he, pap
New York Evening Sun.
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at a certain angle the looking glass
told different story.
How that line of men collected down
that angle and took a turn at first
place is a secret of the sex. Whether
the merchant sold any lingerie there
by is question. But 1t was certainly
bold step in a shopping quarter
where the corset forms wear nose
glasses and are the acme of propriety.
For severity and general dignity of
presence there is nothing that ap-
proaches the Boston corset form ex-
cept the statutes of the Hon. Daniel
Webster. There are seventeen stat
ues of Daniel Webster in Boston.
They are all counted in the state cen
sus to increase the municipal repre-
sentation.
In every one of them the eminent
statesman stands with two sturdy fin-
gers straddling a button of his but
toned-up frock-coat The impression
conveyed is that the button is about
to fly off.
1t is an extremely nervous matter
for a good housewife to watch one of
the statues for any length of time.
There is tradition that if ever they
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
MoReANs RARE OLD BIBLE.
Masterpiece Now in Possession Of the
Great Flnancier.

Masterpiece Now in Possession Of the
Great Flnancier.
An initial letter in the eighth cen
tury manuscript of the Bible, bound
in gold. inlaid with jewels. that J.
Pierpont Morgan has just acquired, is
the masterpiece Of Ingobertus cali
graphy.
Traced lines Of azure. vermilion and
purple, heightened with gold, the let
ter is at the beginning of the Book OF
Job. Its borders are OF flowers, vases
and ornaments of religious symbol
ism.
The picture of the phalanx Of an
gels, the apocalyptic devil and the
saint, is original Nothing in tho
work was borrowed from Byzantine
models. Ingobertus worked in the
Benedictine convent Of St. Calistus at
the Bible that was written and illumi-
mated for Charles the Bald.
The caligrapher was learned, says
the Rocky Mountain News. admired
as painter and in favor with the
greatest art lovers OF his epoch. He
lived in Rome, and pupils OF Alcuin
who were graduated with honors from
the scriptorium Of Saint Sernin. at
Tours. were sent to Rome to gather
traditions Of Ingobertus lessons there.
J. Pierpont Morgans Bible OF the
eighth century has at every page a
treasure Of booklore latent
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pretensions. You go into a restaur-
ant and find that the walters are all
young women. The head waiter wears
spectacles and has probably written a
monograph on beans.
You had expected beans on the bill
Of fare and you are not disappointed.
The Boston day is divided CASTRO
nomically into five periods, breakfast,
luncheon, dinner, tea, supper, and you
need not be disappointed about beans
at any one of them.
On the whole the Boston car SER
vice is good The Bostonian knows
it, the stranger knows it, the individ-
ual in blue and brass who opens and
shuts the gates at the underground
stations knows It, He occasionally
reveals his notion of its Importance
by shutting the gate when family is
half way on and putting 1t asunder re-
gardless of the scriptural injunction.
This unseemly haste is made up for
elsewhere, however. Out on the boule-
ward for instance. the cars run in re-
it starts up while you are alighting
to catch it. This gives you ample
time to rest for the next car, which
is due in half an hour. In this way
a trip is made with minimum fatigue.
When a passenger drops his hat, the
motorman stops and holds the process
sion till the hat is recovered. Out
across the marshes beyond Chelsea,
where the haycocks are put up on
stills to keep them out of the Allan
tic ocean, the conductor goes through
the car warning people to hold onto
their hats. That is a delicate little
attention and is especially apprecia-
ted since the rage for Panama hats.
You can see these everywhere in
Boston and the better grades of straw
look like a halo when set around the
Puritan cast of countenance which
vegetables in the Harvard yard and
up and down Milk street. They look
like the withered ghosts of the old
time broad-brimmed affairs of the Pill
lays. The city line takes you to a
street station where you are trans
ferred to interurban cars and so on.
"A car stands in waiting until your
car reaches the street station. Then |
grim Fathers, and it is possible that
some latent instinct has something
to do with their local popularity. 1t
is not an uncommon thing to have a
street blocked by crowd gathered |
around display of two-dollar Pana-
mas.
But then, that is not such a difficult
thing in Boston. The streets are so
narrow that they have to stretch ropes
along to get a procession through A
few days ago a row of men in front
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great scaffold across the north end
of the Abbey, where, with a great deal
Of patience, sat from past till IL
before the King came in. The King
passed through all the ceremonies of
the coronation, which, to my great
grief, l and most of those in the Alb
bey could not see." And Horace Wal
pole wrote of the coronation of George
ILL.,: The liyeliest spectacle in the
world, but for the Kings sake and
my own, | never wish to see another"
How in the world trains and coro-
nets and dignity, to say nothing of the
peeresses themselyes-and many of
them are portly-were condensed into
sixteen or eighteen inches is a puzzle.
The Countess of Orkney, late Connie
a Gaiety actress who at one
timed shared considerable notoriety
with a ducal friend, was sandwiched
between the naughty and pious Coul-
tess of Aberdeen and the Countess of
Dunmore. who, with the Earl. is
credited with having converted the
King and Queen to Christian Science.
The actress known to fame as Rosie
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the members march once year to the
common where their drumhead cleo
ton is held.
The Ancient and Honorable Artil-
leIy company never saw a battle as
such, but has had some stirring names
on its roster. At the annual drills
each member is entitled to wear the
uniform due his rank in some other
service. 1t offers a rare opportunity
for the old war horse to furbish up
his trappings and show his PAGES once
again. Generals in epaulets and old
time drill masters in marvellous garb
trudge along side by side in the ranks
as privates.
A return visit from the London com
pany, the parent organization, is ex-
pected in 1904 and then hats, even
of the capacity of those of the Bos-
ton police, will not be large enough
for these worthies.-New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
RNNNNNNNNNNANs NsNNN%%%NN )
5 Mixed AssembIage of
PeeresseS at Coronation

There were some 5000 particularly
uncomfortable people in London on
June 26. and the most of them were
folk who are not used to being un-
comfortable. They were squeezed to-
gether to see as much as they could
of the most imposing spectacle that
has been witnessed since Queen Vic
toria was crowned, ON June 2S, 1898.
and probably even more gorgeous than
that, for King Edward has more taste
for display than his mother had. They
will probably look back upon the
event with growing keenness of de-
light. But, there is no doubt about
it, most of them were miserable NOR
tails while the ceremonies were going
on.
Even the stately forms Of a corona
tion service that has been in use for
twelve centuries will not serve to keep
ones mind off from physical distress
superinduced by sitting for some four
hours with 5,999 other people in a
building intended to accommodate not
more than 1900, and especially if it
is a red-hot day and one is obliged to
wear the heaviest of velvet and er-
mine.
Owing to the cruciform structure of
Westminster Abbey not more than
thousand persons of all the multitude
packed therein were able to see the
crown placed on the Kings head
Perhaps a thousand more got
glimpse of him as he stepped back
from the altar to be lifted into the
historic coronation chair and as he
waited while Queen Alexandra was
being crowned. The rest of the null
titude had to he content with look
at the brave procession as 1t came
slowly down to the theatre" from
the west entrance, and again as it
marched back, with Lord Rosebery
and three other earls carrying a
canopy over the Kings head.
That invaluable old gossip, Pepys,
gives definite notion of what it was
in an entertaining paragraph in his
diary, recording what he saw of the
coronation of Charles II. About
four" he says, 81 rose and got to the
Abbey, and with much ado, by the
favor of Mr.. Cooper, did get up into
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

train TO tighten up the brakes. He
rushed over the roofs Of the rear cars,
which were wet and slippery. and sue
ceeded in putting on the brakes of
each car. When he reached the fourth
car from the rear he balanced himself
and prepared to tighten the brake.
AS he grasped what he thought was
the brake something struck him in
the face, knocking him down upon
the roof Of the car and nearly hurting
him from the train.
Hs was thunderstruck at the
strange blow that had felled him, and
for moment clung to the roof of the
car, terrorstricken and speechless.
After recovering his elf-possession
he ventured to the car again, and as
he was about to take hold Of the
brake again heard a kissing noise.
For moment he hesitated, and then,
thinking the startling noise came
from the engine, he grasped the top
of the brake again with both hands.
The next instant he jumped into the
air and gave yell of pain.
The train was instantly stopped,
and the engineer and fireman, rush
ing back, found him reclining on the
roof of the car. moaning as If suffer
ing from intense pain. It seems what
he thought was the brake was moth
ing else than huge blacksnake, fif-
teen or eighteen feet in length, that
had coiled itself up on the end Of the
car in such a manner that he mis-
took the terrible reptile for the brake.
He was badly bitten in three places
on the hands and arms and suffering
terribly.
The snake began unwinding itself
as soon as the train stopped, and,
sliding off the car, soon disappeared
in a thicket at the side Of the track
The brakeman was taken to his home,
remedies were applied, and he was
soon in fair way to recovery. En-
gineer Calkins says this is the first
instance of the kind on record.
The third story was told me by
Mr. Fenton, the peddler, and it is
very remarkable story which is
vouched for by several gentlemen of
the greatest veracity 1t seems that
the 7-year-old daughter of Nj.
a farmer living on the edge
of the Great Tamarack Swamp, dis
appeared from her home A dozen
men were sent out in search of her,
and after many hours she was re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
VIC cauaht the Elnh.

Chief OF Police Dick" Sylvester Of
Washington, noted fisherman. re.
turned from a short trip recently with
hye-pound bass. which he sent to
the president Mr.. Roosevelt crate.
fully acknowledged the gift and Ma
jor Sylvester proudly exhibited the
note Of thanks. A couple OF his
friends visiting the same fishing
ground a day or two ago and men.
toned to their young guide that the
major caught a fine bass there and
had given 1t to the president q
don't know nothin' about what he
done with it, said the boy, but gran.
pop, he caught the fish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

These are the stories Of his Lord
ship the Snake as related in my pres
ence by four reputable citizens whose
words are as good as their bond, says
a writer in the Philadelphia Times.
These tales of adventure comprise
the output Of a single summer.
The first story was told me by Mr..
Cosgrove. the Farmer, who relates
an incident which fell under his OBJ
servation. He was busy one day re-
pairing an old rail fence between his
cornfeld and meadow, when suddenly
his attention was called by his hired
man to curious phenomenon about
FIVE rods away. A large black ring,
some sixty or eighty feet in circum-
ference, appeared to be whirling about
in the grass with indescribable
swiftness. Portions Of the circle
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bassy that almost no Americans out
side of the special Ambassador and
his suite and the staff OF the Embassy
in London saw the coronation. The
Embassy had rather expected to be
beseiged with applications and were
agreeably surprised to find that it was
generally understood at home how
hopeless it would be for any ann
bilious sightseer to get the coveted
Sx1O-inch card. The few Americans
who got in had to go in evening dress
in tho full glare of noontide.
One can see how little room there
was for any one else when 1t Is real
lied that each peer was allowed to
take with him not only his wife, but
his eldest son and either one daughter
or an unmarried sister. That alone ac-
counts for 1000 seats. Then there
was the House of Commons and quite
a swarm of official colonial represen-
tatives and a large number-how
many has not been stated-of tickets
meted out to the King and Queen for
their personal friends. Each nation
of Europe also contributed a little
quota Of official representatives. So
that folk who was present merely by
courtesy were few and far between.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5 Amusing Things Noted
I i'm Streets of Boston

The Boston policeman wears do
lichocephalic helmet.
Dolichocephalic is slang-respecta-
BILE and anthropological slang, to be
sure, and hence as pleasant to a Bos-
ton palate as baked bean. 1t means
long-headed, and the piece of head
gear which tops the Boston policeman
is not only long-headed, but high
crowned. No matter what may be the
nationality Of the wearer, 1t gives an
air of seemly and official recognition
Of the intellectual traditions of the
town.
The policeman and his scholarly
helmet are quite typical of present
day Boston-typical of the compro-
misses which this staid old town has
made with the modern conditions
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Like a Rubber Hose Whirling.
would be on the ground, while other
parts were in the air; and there was
a strange undulation all around the
circle.
1T was" said Mr.. Cosgrove 'just
like a rubber hose whirling around in
the grass. We went a little closer,
utterly at a loss as to what it could
mean. When within a hundred feet
we stopped, and could see that the
ring was larger in some places than
in others. 1t was moving so fast.
however, that we could make nothing
of It, We watched for fully ten min
utes, at the end of which time the
motion grew slower and slower, and
finally ceased. We then saw, to our
amazement, that eight or nine black
snakes had been Joined together the
tail Of the one being twisted about
the neck of the one following it.
When they ceased motion" added
Mr.. Cosgrove, my man picked up a
rock and hurled it at the snake near
est us. All of a sudden all heads
were up in the air, and lot of ugly
looking eyes were gazing at us,
suggested retreat, but my man said
he was not afraid and moved nearer
to them.
Suddenly three of the largest
started at him. two more came to-
ward me, and the rest remained still.
| ran, while Jim climbed on a high
stump, in hurry. The two ceased
following me and went back, and in
few moments the whole nine Of them
were circling about the stump.
told E N to be quiet while | ran to
the house for my shotgun.
zone of the snakes came to the
fence and kept watch u me, and
when came back with the gun he
dropped to the ground, ran back to
the others, gave them a signal, and
the whole gang made for the thicket."
The second story reached me from
the lips Of Mr. Calkins the engineer.
He tells queer incident of his life, !
while engineer of a freight train on |
the Lake Shore railroad, stating that |
a young man who secured a position
ms brakeman on his train had suffered
severely from the bites of a huge |
blacksnake.
1t was on the night run Of Calkins'
freight train from Toledo to Cleve-
land. The weather was bad, the night
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Wrapped His Tail Around My Arm"
turned to the arms of her agonized
parents by Mr.. Fenton, the peddler,
who related the following remarkable
facts:
"The child wandered away from
home at o'clock in the afterAcnn in
search of the COW, and, unable to
find it, endeavored to make her way
out of the swamp. In doing so she
missed the direction, and, night com
ing on, she was compelled to lie
down and sleep at the foot Of large
hickory tree. All the next day she
wandered helplessly about, and at
night slept in place similar to the
one of the night before"
The rest of the story is best told
in her own words:
"As was sitting on a log, crying,
in the morning 8 great big black
snake crawled out of bush and, rails
ing its head, looked at me. | was
awfully scared. but did not dare to
run or scream. The snake came close
to me, and l did not dare to move
for fear. 1t looked straight at me
while, and then, turning around,
wrapped its tail around my right arm
and started off.
Il held back, but it pulled so hald
| had to go. The snake kept on over
bushes and across logs for long
time, holding ON to my arm all the
while so hard that 1t hurt me. We
went long ways, and finally came
to path and followed that right out
of the woods. After a while we came
to some haystacks and then house.
When we saw that, the snake
stopped, raised its head and let 60. It
turned around, looked at me again.
and then started down the path to
the woods. | went to the house, and
they we're very good to me-"
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do fly off, the seventeen buttons will
go simultaneously. A revolutionary
society has, it is said, appointed a
committee of seventeen danes to sew
them on again without delay.
The dowager corset forms and the
Hon. Daniel Webster have other ri
vals in the realm of sculpture. There
are twenty-eight iron hitching posts at
the main entrance to Boston common
and never a procession goes by that
historic plot but every one OF those
pedestals is occupied by an animated,
bright-eyed boy.
They were there fortnight ago
when the Rochambeau procession
rode past and they watched the Bos-
ton lancers joggle along in their dinky
red riding habits. They were there
last week when the Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery company of Boston
celebrated its 264th anniversary-no
only the Oldest but certainly the odd
est military company in America.
Their barracks are in the third story
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of dry goods store window reached
quite across Washington street.
Just why they were standing there
and just what they saw did not ap-
pear to the passerby. The merchant,
tit seems, had wished to advertise
some especially fine lingerie. Now the
good taste Of Boston forbade his dis-
playing 1t broadcast in his window.
The pieces were slipped over his
best wax model and a dressing gown
added; mirror was placed In the
further corner, and the model stood
up SO as to face It. The back Of
wax figure in a dressing gown could
not offend even fastidious Boston, but
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

The first minister to the United
States from the republic Of Cuba CON
zalo De Quesada. is Of an old revolu.
tionary family of the island whose
name has been prominent in every ar.
fort made for the liberation Of cnha
from Spain, by rebellion or alIbnstey
expeditions alike. Mr.. Quesada came
TO the United States as agent Of the
cuban republic In 1897, but was os
course unrecognized, as his accredit.
ing government had no existence Ne
= Is sun IN the S0's and earned many
Washington. ~
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and on the other the proud Countess
Nelson, daughter of the Earl of Nor
manton. There were threats OF in
surrection over some Of these arrange
ments, but the widowed Duke Of Nor
folk was adamant. All countesses
were alike to him. and there is no
gainsaying that the earldom of Clan
carty dates from 1903, whereas the
hero of the Nile became the first Earl
Nelson in 1905; therefore the lady
once known as Belle Billion took pre-
cedence of the Countess Nelson.
1t was stated at the American En-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

The Earl of Rosslyn will act in this
country next season under the name
Of James Erskine. He spent a fortune
OF s1,500.0OO and has since been
church singer. organist, travelling
salesman and female impersonator.