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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
FROM LAND
REPORT OF GENERAL LAND
OFFICE FOR YEAR.
Total OF t6,195 900 Acres of Land
Tal>en From Public Domain in Past
Fiscal Ycar-rotal Income From
Land sales s7,O17,SI1-ENcess of
Sales Over 1905, $50, 800 Acres.

Commissioner Richards Of the gen.
eral land office, has forwarded to the
secretary of the interior the annual
reports for the first year ending June
80 last.
1t shows that during the year 16.-
979,50O acres of public lands and H.
546 acres of Indian lands were dis
posed of, the total exceeding that for
1904 by 650,S00 acres. OF the public
lands disposed of, 12,S95,57l acres
were entered under the homestead
law, 696,677 under timber and stone
law, 711.124 under the desert land
law. and 5S5,507 acres of swamplands
patented.
The total receipts for the year, in
cluding those for the sale of indian
lands, were $7,O17S11.
The patents issued numbered 81
OS4 as against 56,3S6 the preceding
year.
There were pending in the office
July last 1856 cases awaiting ad-
Indication. a decrease of 36,042 from
the number existing July l, 1904,
Under the law the net proceeds oil
the sales of public lands are converted
into leases for the benefit of the lrrl'
CATION fund and the total amount toi
the year to be disposed of is approx
mately 34,457,97S. to be distributed
among the states and territories as fol
lows: Arizona. $47 ,449; California
s36155S: Colorado, S27O,O6O; Idaho
s37O.273; Montana, $S50,O13; Nevada
s12l5S; New Mexico, SS5,6O3' ore
gon. s675,325, Utah, SCOTT; Wash
ington. $522,2O3; Wyoming, s2S4,963
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03

The job printers of St Paul and
Minneapolis have struck to enforce
the demands for an eight-hour day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
FOUNDED THE sTATEMAN.
Pioneer Editor OF Boise Now Visiting
In Baker City.

a visitor in Baker City is T. b.
his way to the Lewis and Clark fair,
say the Baker City Democrat.
Mr.. Reynolds is a brother-in-law
of Mr.. and Mrs Nat Cooper, of this
city, whose guest he is.
In 1862 Mr.. Reynolds crossed the
plains from Missouri in the same i'm
migration train with George Chandler
and E. p. Perkins, respected residents
of this city and who settled in Powder
River valley. During the fall of that
year Mr.. Reynolds worked on the
construction of the Auburn canal
which later furnished water for placer
mining at Auburn and which is now
owned by Baker City. After a few
weeks employment at Auburn Mr..
Reynolds. in company with others,
walked to The Dalles. In 1863 Mr..
Reynolds went with the stampede to
Idaho City at the outbreak of the eN-
element of gold discovery in that
camp.
In 1864 Mr. Reynolds went to The
Dalles and procuring a printing out
fit returned to Idaho and together
with his brother. p. w. Reynolds and
James S. Reynolds. founded the Idaho
Statesman and which has ever since
maintained the lead of all other Idaho
newspapers.
The Statesman remained under the
Reynolds ownership and management
until 1866, when the plant was sold tt
| Milton Kelly. Mr.. Reynolds went cas-
at this time with his brother and to-
gether they founded the Constitution
at Chillicothe, Mo, which they con
Quoted for several years successfully
and until Mr., Reynolds health neces
STATED a change of vocation.
Mr. Reynolds is now engaged II
farming i'm Oklahoma and is taking al
the pleasures of life that usual!
| comes to one who has been reasonabl.
provident and watchful of the coming
of the proverbial rainy day" Hi
visit to Baker City will be an enjoya
BILE one. both to himself and his old
; time friends and acquaintances. o
whom he finds large number in thi
city and adjacent valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Senator Plat is on record as being
unalterably opposed to Governor Hig-
gins, of New York for reelection.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, may call a grand jury to look
into the affairs of the Equitable Life
Assurance society.
In Switzerland every male between
the ages of 20 and IS is obliged to-
vote unless he be a pauper, criminal
or a bankrupt. These, and the Swiss
women, have not the right of voting.
The Japanese government is plan
ming railroad systems to reach every
remote corner of the empire, and at
the same time put freight and passen-
ger traffic at the lowest notch practi-
cable.
Three Italians, policeman and two
detectives were shot or stabbed in
row at an Italian "merrymaking' in
the Dago quarter in New York city.
All were badly hurt, the three Italians
probably fatally.
The Chinese steamer Hsiesho, plying
between Shanghai and Tientsin, struck
a floating mine-a derelict from the
Port Arthur campaign-and was
sunk. A few passengers were saved
by a passing steamer.
The health Officers and other medi-
cal authorities of New York city, de-
clare that the death rate of that place
proporuoned to the births and to the
reputation, is less .han at aIy previous
time for the past 100 years.
Ten expert accountants have begun
work on the books of the New York
Life Insurance company, at the instl-
CATION of the insurance commissioners
of Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Kentucky and Nebraska. The exam
ination will last at least two months.
The tug Fannie Tuthill was sunk
off Detroit, Mich, by collision III
the dark. She was headed for shore
but sunk in a shallow place, and the
- men who formed the crew stood OF
the deck till daylight came VIII
water TO their armpits All were res
cued.
@. E. I.arned, an amateur, beat th'
worlds professional and amateu
walking records for eight miles
Stamford Bridge, England, doing TN
distance in SIS minutes IL 2-5 SECONDS
In an hour Larned walked miles oS
wards. also breaking the WORLDS rec
ord for that time.
strenuous efforts are being made L
bring all the discordant Cathollc ele
ments of Italy under one politlca
banner. The movement is said to b
directly advantageous to those favor
ing temporal power for the pope an
is expected to be the nucleus Oh
movement to restore it.
Italian and Irish hoodlums wit
stones and sticks attacked cor
course of Jews who gathered along IN
East river front in New York to OF
serve the Tishla. The assault was
together unprovoked and unexpecte
A squad of police succeeded IN cal
turing three of the hoodlums At lea
90 Jews were more or less Injured.
1t is not many years since republ
can ascendancy in any southern sta
meant negro domination. Now Se
retary Bonaparte is trying hard
personal appeal and written letters
assure the country and the state
MARYLAND that the only way to ke
the negroes in real, lasting polite
subsection is to put the republicans
power.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
School Election Void.

on the ground that no meeting no
tice was placed upon the place OF
meeting of school electors for the
purpose of contracting for the issu-
ance of $4O50 school bonds, Attorney
General Crawford is of the opinion
that the letter and spirit of the law
was violated and that the bond issue
of school district No. 2S, klamath
county, was irregular and void, and
he advised the state land board moi
to purchase said bonds on that ac-
count.-Klamath Falls Express.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
Pennsylvania Fircmen Convene.

Scranton, Pa, oct. 3.-The 26th
annual convention Of the Firemen's
Association OF Pennsylvania, which
opened here today, has attracted
thousands Of visitors to this city. The
city is gaily decorated and flags are
displayed from every public building
and from many private residences and
business houses. Every train is bring
ing more visitors aud the hotels are
crowded already. Special excursion
trains are run from every part Of the
state and It is expected that the at
tendance will reach Its climax on
Thursday. when the big parade will
be held.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
Walked In His Sleep.

f. p. Laurance, ex-sheriff of Grant
county. was brought to his home near
Prairie City Sunday for medical treat
ment for broken shoulder, which
was the result Of walking out OF a
second-story window while asleep sat
urday right at his ranch at Flag Pra-
irie, which is located on the road to
Drewsey, south of Summit Prairie. He
had gone there on the 21st to deliver
some cattle, and 1t was while there
on that business the accident occur
red - Blue Bountain Eagle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
For Sale.

s-room house and one lot, North
side, $500.
Two houses and lots, adjoining.
5000 each.
Level building lot, 5Oxll6. North
Side, 5000.
s-room house and two lots. east
front, $1,000.
Groom house, lots; South HILL
$4,000. r
Groom house and lots. South NIL
one lot in bearing fruit trees. Sl,3OV.
E. T. WADE & son.
OFFICE I'm f.. o. Building. p. o. Boz
324. phone Black 31i1.
PENDLEToN = ohSSoN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
PIANO SALES.
We Are Selling 2 and Pianos Every
Day From Our Main Street Store.

Never before in Pendleton have so
many fine instruments been sold in
the same length of time. the reason
being that never before could one Sc
lect a strictly reliable fine piano for
$265.O0 and pay on such easy terms.
Remember the great houses of
Eilers, the largest piano dealers in the
west, make it possible for you to buy
at wholesale and you make the small
dealer, or agents profit.
Our one price system is universal
and If your purchase fails in any way
to prove exactly as represented, 1t is
money back" Every purchaser g
pleased purchaser is our aim.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-03
w. T. PARKER
Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries anf
Notions-Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoe-
and Farm Produce.

I have just purchased the d. b
Richardson store at Helix, Oregon
and am going to thoroughly remode
1t and greatly increase the stock
solicit your patronage, and II goec
goods and fair treatment can hole
your trade, then know you will trad
with me. Bring in your farm pro
duce. Highest market price paid.
HELIX OREGON
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
LIKE SHERLOCK HOLES
READERS OF T HE JOURNAL
PLEASED OVER THE LITERARY
TREAT IN STORE FOR THEM.

Sherlock Holmes, the greatest Of all
detectives of fiction, made his first ap-
pearance in a daily newspaper when
the thrilling account of "a Scandal in
Bohemia was given to the people of
the northwest in Saturdays Journal.
This is the first Of the complete stories
that are to appear in TIL Journal
once week. Conan Doyle, famous the
world over as the creator Of Sherlock
Holmes, is to be a regular contributor
to the columns Of T h g Journal for
many weeks, and every story published
will be completed in one issue.
T h 9 j ournal has been compli-
mented on all sides for having obtained
the stories from such a celebrated au-
thor, and IA Scandal in Bohemia was
read with great interest by the thou
sands Of SUI scribers. There is no Hv-
ing author better known in the world
than Conan Doyle and his stories are
marvellous in their thrilling and in
structive interest. This wonderful
English author is the greatest deduc-
tive genius of the century, and his
stories, which are admirably told in the
columns of T Q Journal, have
brought forth nothing but words Of
praise for "the paper that does
things.'
The ournal is impressed with
the splendid reception given IA Scan
dial in Bohemia The stories that are
to follow are equally as strong and the
many readers Of Til Journal can
rest assured that one Of these complete
tales will be published each week with
out fail. - -'''
}. The Sherlock Holmes stories make the
reader think. To follow the deductions
Of the great detective will permit Of
nothing but the sharpest of reasoning,
and it is just this that makes these
wonderful adventures of such great in
terest. It will pay every Journal reader
to follow these stories carefully and to
look forward to them as they appear
each week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
MADMAN AMUCK
WITH BIG KNIFE
THREATENED LIVES OF PATIENTS
AT CITY HOSPITAL.
Had Been Taken from Workhouse-
While Waiting Examination Seized a
Large Knife and Ran Into Mems
Ward Threatening Lives of the, In
valids-Was Taken to Jail.

'I'll kill every man in the bunch
and you III be rid of them for good, =
shrieked Jacob jacobson today as he
dashed thru the men s ward at the city
hospital, brandishing a large knife over
his head and leering dangerously at
some of the patients in the cots.
At his approach some OF the patients
leaped to their feet, intent on escape,
while others seemed dazed. jacobson
had hardly made his threat before he
was pinned to the floor by half a dozen
internes and orderlies. Screaming and
fighting he was dragged from the cor
ridor and taken to the padded cell in
the county jail. ~ -.
o. jacobson was picked up on the streets
a few weeks ago by the police and sen.
fenced to the workhouse. He seemed
feeble minded, but was not thought
dangerous until he rebelled against the
orders Of Superintendent Frank Nc
Donald last week. For several days he
refused to eat, altho delicacies have
been prepared for, him Fearing that
he might starve himself, the superin-
tendent ordered him taken to the hos
pital. He was, seated in a chair in the
emergency room waiting for the physi-
clan to examine him. Suddenly he
snatched up a knife lying on a table and
dashed out to the men s ward.
jacobson is a carpenter, and has
lived at rooming house in North Min
neapolis. Little is know Of him except
that he has gradually lost his reason
and has spent his time wandering about
the streets. He will have hearing in
the probate court and be sent to state
hospital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
WAS LOCKED IN A
GAS.FILLED ROOM.
DIR. w. P. SPRING LYING AT
DEATHS DOOR.
Former Coroner Was Developing Photo
graphs in Dark Room in His Office
When Overcome--Son Had to Break
the Door Open-Physicians Unable to
Restore Consciousness.

DR.. W. P: Spring, coroner of Henne-
pin county for several terms, lies, at the
point of death at st. Barnabas hospital
from illuminating gas poisoning. Sew
eral physicians are working over him,
but eighteen hours Of work have failed
bers of his family are at his bedside.
The, unconscious body of DR.. Spring
was found at $50 pm, yesterday, by
his son, Arthur, in the dark room Of his
office > at 1928 Nicollet avenue. The
room twas filed with gas which had
escaped from a gas heater, and the door
was locked and had to be forced. Sew
eral physicians worked over DR.. Spring
for more than an hour, and then he was
taken to st. Barnabas hospital. Later
in the evening he rallied, but had a re-
lapse this morning, and is now at the
point of death.
Dr.. Spring went to his office yester-
day morning to develop some plates he
had exposed. He did not return home
at noon and his family could get no re-
spouse to telephone. messages. :, In the
found the waitingroom door open. The
darkroom door was closed and locked
and DR.. LINER, who occupies adjoining
offices, told the son that DR.. Spring
was in the darkroom. A policeman was
summoned and he called a fireman,
who broke the door with an ak:
1t is supposed that while DR.: Spring
was at work in the darkroom, he mad,
vertently turned the gas Jet and allowed
the gas to escape into. the room. Not
noticing the odor, he inhaled enough to
overcome consciousness. How long he
had been in the room when found is not
known.
After DR.. Spring retired to private
practice from the off ce of coroner, he
became a physician for the 500 line;
He had host of friends in and out of
the profession and more than a dozen
physicians went, to the hospital today
to offer assistance.
DR.. Spring is 81 years old and was
graduated from Harvard Medical school
in the class of 1879. His home is at
1900 First avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
I. c. R. I. GOT IS
MILLION NICKELS
PERSONS WHO RIDE PAID IN 3d.
269, 408.20.
Details of the Street Railway Report
for 1904 Are Given Out Operating
Expenses Were $2,1e3, 3o4.34-Each
Mile of Track Earned $16,134.72-
Dividends Paid Totaled $1,O35,55O.

4 Patrons at Of the streetcars paid $4,26a,7
4Os.20 to the Twin City Rapid Transit
company in 1904, and the gross earn
lngs of the company were $4,308,O8O.6O,
according to the. annual report made
public today. Dividends amounting to
s., o35, 900 were paid to holders Of Twin
| City stock. - r IT,. .,''@...s
The report shows that the company
spent $2,25O, 224.SO in 1904, for power
tlon alone.
The annual address contains brief
review OF the st. Paul litigation, which
prevented some of the extensions and
improvements outlined in the previous
report. This with the delay In the com.
pletlon OF the steam power plant, and
substtations had a depressing effect on
eaafGnit ti surplus was reduced BY the
bonds for Improvement expenses
revenue for any one year in the future
IS to be protected by renewal funds es
tabllshed to take care of equipment de-
probation not covered by ordinary cur
rent repairs: These funds will be in
Gross earnings for 1904 showed an
renewal fund charges net earnings
would have showed an increase Of 322
per cent instead of decrease of 1.8s
per cent. -Four dividends were paid OF
ia per cent on common stock and four
OF 1874 per cent on preferred, leaving
! surplus Of 5000, O3O.S5. ~ '17:t'..
Expenditures for the year were:
7o Track r and paving, Minneapolis, 1902,
$l66, 295.2l; track and right of way tc
White Bear village, $97, 453.9O; new
power plants, $l,l96, 484.1l; car equip
ment, 1927 ,399.56; new shops, $49,342-
81; Wildwood improvements, $10,466
TO-. Total, $2,250,224.80.
| Total common stock issued is $16,
81, 700; preferred stock, $3,OOO,0OO;
funded debt, $l4,386,0O0; total capita.
liabilities, $33,897,O00.
| Monthly gross earnings were as fol
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
MAY SMOOTH IT OYER
GAN-KELLINGTON ROW TAKEN
UNDER ADJUSTMENT AFTER
LIVELY HEARING.

The executive committee Of the
State Federation of Labor yesterday
took up the Kellington-Rogan contro-
versy which has caused such a sensa-
ton in local labor circles. It sim
mered down into 'syou did, 81
didn - fight.
Clothed in court phrases the lie was
passed. repeatedly and the INTRODUCE
tion of evidence showed that the fight
fractional contest. The principals in
troduced witnesses to corroborate their
version Of the meeting at which brides
are said to have been offered and par
tizanship was evident in all Of the pro-
ceedings. "-~
The committee took the case under
advisement. It is probable that a de-
cision will not be given for two weeks,
if at all. That the American Fedora
neapolis mill boycott, of which A. E.
Kellington, secretary of the local union
of the International FlourmiQ workers,
is the front and center, is now prac-
tically assured. President Gompers or
some one close to him is expected in
Minneapolis within week, and the
conditions will be closely scrutinized:
There may never be any decision
made upon the testimony taken yeester-
shows both parties to have been not al
together blameless then in all prob
ability an effort will be made to smooth
the matter over and effect a reconcilia-
ton without any public findings.
Outside Of the meeting yesterday a
little fistic encounter added interest to
the proceedings. This disturbance was
quickly stopped and other than that
the proceedings were carried on with
decOrum
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
WANT CLOSER RELATIONS
MINISTERS DISCUSS THE NEWS
PAPERS FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF THE CHURCH.

The Methodist Ministers association
press as a step in establishing closer
relations s, between the pulpit and the
press, This relation, actual and ideal,
was the topic Of the morning. It was
presented from the standpoint Of the
church by DR.. Fayette L. Thompson,
who. took the ground that the newspa-
pers did not give as much sp&ce to
church news as it's Importance warrants.
AS means of bringing about an i'm
provement he advised throwing open
the ministers weekly meeting and the
formation OF news agency.
The newspapers were represented by
James Gray Of T h 9 j ournal and
O.. B. Storrs Of the Tribune, who pointed
out the arbitrary limitations of space
on newspaper, which must be appor-
toned according to the Judgment of
the editors on what the patrons want to
read. ~ sE,.-.,..,.. IS :: : - :.
The general editorial tone and the
quality OF the editorials Of Minneapolis
papers were highly praised and the
ministers held the opinion that no one
watched these more keenly or appre-
clated them more than the ministers.
Harlan P. Roberts, president of the
Humane society, spoke at the Presby-
terrain minister's meeting on the work
of the society, showing how the mem
bers could aid by reporting cases of
cruelty to and neglect of children and
Of animals. He spoke especially of the
efforts being made to establish .iuve-
nile court, which he pronounced ne
cesSity. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
THINKS A CONDUCTOR
GAVE HIM SMALLPOX

W. F. Heckel was taken to the St..
Paul smallpox detention hospital late
Saturday, by health department inspect
ors, and if, after an investigation, the
officials are convinced that he was
aware he had the disease, he will be
prosecuted.
Heckel, from information secured by
the inspectors, developed smallpox the
latter part Of February, but continued
to act as street car conductor, the dis
ease not being Of virulent form. - Z
On the evening Of Feb. "a, Heckel
visited a bowling alley, near the Seven
Corners, and rolled several games with
J. O. Pontius, 159 W Sixth street.
room connected with the bowling alley.
went to the home Of his parents at
Dellwood, White Bear Lake, saying
that he felt i'll and would lay off for a
|. time.
Last Friday Pontius visited a physi-
clan. His face was covered with small
spots and a glance convinced the physi-
clan he had smallpox Portius was re-
moved to the detention hospital and,
in answer to the usual questions as to
where he supposed he contracted the
disease, declared that he must have
caught it from using the same towel as
the man he played with at the bowling
alley. -- 81 l:..s.,. grs....
The inspectors began search for
Heckel, who was finally found at the
street car barns. He denied that he
had suffered with smallpox, but when
stripped at the detention hospital, evil
dences of the disease were found. The
inspectors learned that, after the
night he bowled with Portius, Hecke]
had gone to the home Of his parents at
White Bear Lake and remained two
weeks, returning Monday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
DR0WSY WOMAN AND
A MATCH Do DAMAGE

"A pair of burned hands owned by
Mr.; Durham, and some singed clothing
and furniture are the only results Of a
midnight mishap at 1926 Stevens ave-
nue., which might ha We been a very .seri
GUS catastrophe, but for Mr.. Durham 8
alertness and courage He was awak-
ened by the smell Of smoke and leaped
out Of bed in twinkling He found
the coach on which his sister-in-law,
Miss Shea, was sleeping was in flames,
and they were spreading rapidly.
The woman s hair caught fire. Mr..
Durham rushed to the woman IS rescue
and with his bare hands smothered the
flames about her head, after which he
pulled her to a safe place and extin-
guished what remained Of the fire. It
was then found that his hands were
scorched so badly that physician had
to be called. ~,
When the people had recovered COM
parative calm it was learned that Miss
Shea, in her anxiety to waken early,
had provided herself with matches and
an alarm clock. During the night she
struck a light, and being drowsy, must
have neglected to extinguish it. g.