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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

, At the regular meeting of the coun-
Gil last night Councilman Dickson
presided in the absence of the mayor,
and City Attorney Carter acted as sec
retary in the absence of Recorder
Fitz Gerald.
A petition from Frank Neagle ask
ing that he be allowed to build a six
foot cement sidewalk in front of his
residence on jackson street, instead
of the regulation seven-foot wood
walk, was allowed by the adoption of
resolution.
The construction of fire station
in the new district near the high
school building was ordered. and the
fire committee was instructed to pro-
coed with the work. The new house
will be used to shelter the hose cart
and hose recently purchased by the
city for the new district.
on the first day of April the dog
tax will become delinquent, and the
marshal was last night given auth
ority to purchase lumber and con-
struct dog pound between now and
that date.
The monthly report of Treasurer
Hamilton, which was submitted last
night, showed the finances OF the city
to be in the following condition.
Balance on hand Jan. S1..s5,6O7.7S
Received during February. 2.3l915
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09
NEARLY $1,000
CASH ON HAND
LARGER PART OF THIS
Is IN GENERAL FUND

A Trifle Over One Thousand Dollars
Is I'm the General Sinking Fund
Fire Station VIII Be Built Near the
High School Building for Protection
of Fire Fighting Paraphernalia-
Marshal Authorized 10 Build a Dog
Pound at Once-Permit TO Lay Ce-
ment Sidewalk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09
Jananen In Mnkden.

Berlin, March 9.-The Lokal An
zeiger prints a dispatch that the Jap
anese have occupied Mukden.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

1t is supposed that the average
depth OF the sand in the deserts of
Africa Is from 80 to 40 feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

one NV tn easiest places t start a
row quick is an old-fashioned family
reunion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

Wild RumOrs at ST. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg, March 9.-Denying
a general disaster, the general staff
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09
KURoPATKIN is CUT OFF.

Tsn Tie is
probably
10000
supplies
attacking the Russians all sides.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

Total cash on hand. .....$6, e07.69
The cash in the treasury is distrib-
uted as follows: General fund,
S5S79.59; called warrant fund, $14.37;
levee sinking fund, $505.44; general
sinking fund, $I00S.30.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

Readers don't overlook the ad-
vertisements in the E. o. Our
most progressive citizens talk
through the ads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-09

Paid warrants on general
fund ,..,............ s1,01S.24
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
NEW YORK AS THE COMING
CAPITAL OF THE ART WORLD

city in which to exhibit and. second, we have
protective tariff. II conditions we're
good New York has a much better chance
than London OF becoming the art capital Of
the world. There have really been no real
aids TO artistic production in this country"
William NJ. Chase agreed with the others.
London is a far cry from being the
artistic capital" he said. THE Royal
Academy Of London caters only to popular
interest, and the highest merit alone counts
Mr.. Chase was also Of the opinion that
since the time Of Homer Martin and Inness
American art has been gaining ground
daily, The tyranny Of the dealer. in the
phrase Of Christian Brinton, is over in
America.
Time was when dealers cared TO handle
nothing but foreign pictures Now, the
enlightened buying public wants American
art and the dealers have TO supply II. Some
houses have been built up purely by the
sale OF American pictures.
Thomas T.. Kirby, Of the American Art
Galleries, also differed with NJ. Rodin.
"Rodin,7 he said, was much patted on
the head in London, and, being a guest, and
polite, he wants TO pa London on the head
in his turn"
John W. Fry, the figure painter, was Of
the same opinion.
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in this style OF eating
The Veries; novice could successfully
negotiate the one-fnger grade, il having
the consistency Of paste. The two-fingeT
poi can he eaten by anybody after a little
practice, and is the vogue.
Americans there eat poi with their
fingers too, just like the natives, that Is
II they are camping out. But Of course at
home II is served In the ordinary way.
The taro plant grows with compara!
lively little care, which just suits the native
Hawaiian, who il proverbial for being the
LATEST man on earth. IL has been cheap
and within the reach OF all, but the inroads
Of the insects have been 80 great that il Is
getting quite scarce and the native ekes
out his supply by mixing -four with Il. which
has injured the original favor.
Nothing that we have in this country
occurs TO me that viii convey an idea Of
the taste Of this delightful dish IL is IA
tHhe sour, perhaps resembling yeast 10 a
certain extent, but with flavor peculiarly
its own and one for which il l. not hard
10 acquire an appetite. Newcomers or
tourists u the islands are not long there
before they eat 1t with as much relish a d,
the natives themselves
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LONDON, March lOl-Here il picture OF
the Elizabethan ever Of rock crystal, the
property Of the Marquis Of Anglesey, which
was sold at Christie's a few days ago for
1000 guineas OF about SCI 900. The bidding
for the ever was sensational.
Mounted with silver, and not more
than 61t inches high, it was expected to
realise from 81, 900 to 5000, though opin-
ion was divided as to lite real value.
With trembling hands the auctioneers
porter held aloft tho precious object, and
all around the crowded room could be
heard whispered EXPLANATIONS Of admira-
ton and hazards as to what 1t would fetch.
Fifty guineas,' cried a voice, which
aroused a chorus Of subdued laughter,
Sixty Runeas,' said another voice.
And then, pell-mell the dealers nn the
price up. Five hundred guineas was
reached In two minutes, and IN five the
figure had been doubled, Then many
dropped out, leaving only Mr.. Duyeen
and Mr. Partridge in the field.
There was buzz Of excitement, and the
crowd settled down to watch a Homeno
struggle Remorselessly the former in
/ creased his opponents 200 guineas, 800
guineas. and coo guineas bids, each in
crease being conveyed to the auctioneer
by an almost impercephbe nod.
-Four thousand guineas,' at last cried
the auctioneeT.
All eyes turned to Mr.. Duveen's COM
petitor Would he accept defeatl Thrice
the auctioneer repeated his any, but there
was no response, and the hammer fell
A romantic story is attached TO the ever,
1t was discovered, quite by accident, by a
representative Of Messrs. Christie among
a pile Of worthless china from the Marquis
Of Anglesey's seat, BeaudeseTt, and, bad
it not been for the expert, would probably
have been thrown into one lot with a number
OF worthless objects at the country sale,
where It might have realized few shillings
The ever is thus described in tho ca ia
loRue:
1854 ever and cover. Of rock crystal and
silver gilt--8I inches high; English work.
manshlp, circa 1880
The ever IL formed as a huted. pear ha ped
vase, with cylindrical neck; the silver gilt
mounts comprise a circular foot. rims to the
lip and cover, straps round the body, a handle
and spout; the foot is CHASED with formal
groups Of fruit In strapwork oartouches on
a'matted ground. and has an outer border
OF egg-and-tongue ornament. the same deco
ration OF fruit and stTGpwork being duplicated
around the lip and cover; the straps around
the neck are composed Of festoons Of fruit
and LEAKAGE, while those which connect the
handle, spout and foot are In the form Of
caryatid figures terminating In snake-lIks
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man, the most distinguished sculptor OF the
day. When you enter you find In the cen-
trail hall a collection Of Whistler's etoh-
inEs, bnt by the King Of England from
the royal library at Windsor Castle and by
the Princess Victoria from her private
Rpartments. Another exhibit in tho central
hall Is a terra GOTTA bust Of Whistler, exc
cuted by the late Sir Edgar Boehm, r. A.
and now lent by Princess Louise, Duchess
Of Argyll, from Ksnsington Palace. Is It
not amazing 10 reflect that only q few
years ago James MoNelll Whistler was
ridiculed by nearly everybody?
In the three galleries opening on the cen
trail hall you may see the record OF his lie
Work-no complete record, but still repre-
sentative Some owners refused to lend
because they thought that Whistler would
not have approved Of the idea Of this ex-
hibition. A. II. Studd was one OF these
people, and for that reason The Little
White Girl IL not hsre-the beautiful pict-
ure that inspired swinburns to write the
beautiful poem which begins with this
verse:
white rose In red rose garden
Is not 90 white;
SnOvd fops that plead for pardon
And pine for fright
BeoAtss tho hard east blows
over their maiden rows.
Grow not - this face grows
From pale 70 bright
So many Of the we'll known pictures are
shown that to those who know Whistler's
work the representative character Of the
exhibition can best be defined by saying
which are not here. As II happens, the
Absentses are mainly the pictures in which
Japanese influence Is most noticeable
The Balcony the Music Room the
-Lange Leizen,- the "Prinoesse du Pays
de Ia Poroelaine. and the Golden Screen
The Thames in Ice is absent, and por-
traits one misses specially are the two OF
Lady MeuI and those Of Lady Archibald
Campbell (often called the yellow BuskinO
and Count Robert dc Montesquiou.
Otherwise, among III works in colors dis
played 10 the south and west rooms one
finds the pictures and portraits one would
hope to sec at q representative Whistler
exhibition, together with some that are
new to London and some that have not
been seen hero for a long time. The full
length portrait OF NJ Theodore Duret, for
example, has never been shown in London
before.
NJ Duret was the first writer in France to
T0CoBnlDe INC genius Ol WuisbieIi anu TINS
portrait was the outcome Of visit he paid
In Whistler's company to a London eK-
hlbition There they saw the portrait Of
a typical nineteenth century man OF bust
ness, well groomed and barebeaded, wear
ing an antique crimson mantle over HIS
nineteenth century clothes He was pre-
sumably Lord Mayor or something Of
that kind.
To Whistler the combination seemed
In bad taste. He maintained that sitter
ought to be posed oonformably with his
physical appearance and represented in
the clothes he was in the habit Of wearing
regularly. The result was the representa-
ton OF NJ. Duret In full evening dress, with
a pink domino over his arm.
NJ. Duret's frSt article on Whistler APP
peared In the GdEstte dcS Bedu1 Arts in
1881. In il he desired to state the place and
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but Of the American and European families
a. well. In fact, 90 general has been its
use that Il has largely taken the place OF
bread. No meal has been considered com
plete without poi, and IL makes its APP
peRranos on the table three times a day
like rios In China OF grits In the South.
The American families prepare II by
hrst pounding IL into pulp and then baking
II in an oven or frying Il in small cakes.
The usual native style OF preparation is
by boiling,
They first pound II into pulp and then
set IL out TO dry, when II becomes fine
-four. This -four will keep for several
weeks, and when the native wishes 10 dine
be brings forth n oalabash, holding per-
haps q half gallon, and 20 the poi -four
adds water until IL reaches the desired
consistency. The natives eat little else
besides poi.
They always eat II with their fingers,
and would speedily lose caste II they used
fork OF spoon. The Hawaiian classfies
poi in three grsdes-one- finger, two.
hngeT. and three-hngeT. The three finger
variety Ia quite thin and requires extreme
deKterity. being attempted only by experts
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IoSpoS. March s.--'Vos EEeelleHoes, Seig-
n.Wys Hssdonss st MsSsietfrs, Ps1posiHon
Get ovverts.' So said Augusta Rodin on
George Washlngtons birthday, Feo' e.
Ths sne was nominally noon, the place
ne Central hall Of the New Gallery regent
street, London and the occasion the iormai
opening Of tho whistler Memorial E1hloi-
don, organized BY the International society
Of soulptors, Painters and drawers IN honot
Of its late president.
As 70 what Rodin said next. reports diner.
What the present writer understood MIN
70 cay was, sNous drons Ia glofrs De mon
trey lee ouvTss dc WhistisT.'i And It seems
sueh q nice, civil and likely thing for him
to have said that this version shall be en-
shrined and immortalized In the columns
Of THE Sun.
When Rodin had made these remarks
his large audience waited TO hear what was
coming next. Nothing audible came next
What happened next was that Rodin put
on his bat-not halo, nor even remark
ablsha but only Just hat. In his speeches.
his unannars, bis clothes, as In his majestic
art, Rodiu is simple.
SO the audience applauded, marvelling
the while not little that an exhibition
could be opened 80 easily. Then some
people looked 40 Mr., Choate, at the Greek,
Danish and Belgian Ministers, at Rodin, at
Sargent and one or two other members OF
the Royal Academy. at George Bernard
Shaw, Alfred Austin and a number Of well
known literary men and women, at various
nobilltiea. including the Duke and Duchess
Of Somerset; at various notabilities, both
in the way OF costumes and persons, and at
one another. All around them were the
works Of Whistler; and from time to time
they looked at them, exclaimed "Hosannal'
or words to that effect-and looked at some
thing else.
Great numbers Of the citizens Of Europe
and America are at the present moment
hypnoti1ed by the fame Of Whistler; and,
therefore, before dealing with THE exhibit
ton IL seems we'll to say something that
may contribute 20 sanity Of Judgment
The writer has no desire to dsory the merits
Of one Of the most original and gifted artists
Of the nineteenth century. but now IL is fire.
quently asserted that his place is with the
greateca painters ever known.
Let us pour out this redhot praise-as
indisoriminate a. ever was the unjust cen
Sure-upon the cool plane Of logic.
While claiming for Whistler equality with
the greatest painters, his ardent admirers
Gay that as an etoher he was even greater
than a. a painter-that as an etoher he was
equAllsd only by Rembrandt. But these
same people would readily admit that Rem
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knowledge is conveyed by means Of relief
maps. These are usually about three feet
square and stand on easels. The various
States OF countries are in mOdels made OF
plaster Of paris, detachable. 90 that the
student can take any one OF them out and
examine IL TO get an idea Of tie boundaries
There are smooth creases for the rivers,
taCks for cities and email cones and 0sFiRs
Of cones for the mountains.
Clarke 10 an enthusiastic sportsman.
Every football, basketball or baseball
game finds him among the rooters. he
understands the game and is able to dis
ouss the abilities OF the players. A friend
tells him the plays as they are made.
He sits as breathless a. a hardened fan at
crises OF the contest.
He is an excellent telker and has q ready
command OF language, being remarkably
quick to see and take advantage OF the
mistakes Of adversaries in debate. There
is no hint Of self-consciousness In his man
ner while he is before an audience; and 1t
is difficult to remember, when listening 10
him, that he cannot see the effect Of HE
words, He u almost the exact opposite Of
the accepted type Of blind man.
Many persons exaggerate the difficulties
experienced by the blind, he says. There
ia big world left for us TO explore, and
science and humanity have brought within
the reach Of even the partly educated blind
much Of the treasures Of literature and life.
l write with my right hand and read with
my left, but l also employ my right 20 90
ahead and spy out the country.
1t 10 just as you use your eyes. You
90 along reading with one, and pick up
what is left with the other. AZ soon as
graduate l am going into business. I
have a good ear for music, they tell me,
and play passably well. have had sev.
eral opportunities 20 teach but that Is not
TO my liking, l want a life OF activity,
with plenty Of outside work, shall sell
pianos until can establish myself
ClIrke's father is an engineer. He has
sister, born blind at the time he lost his
sight, case Of prenatal influence.
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considered apart from all other qualities,
they would doubtless admit that there have
been better painters than Rembrandt.
Thus the logical deduction from facts
that would be admitted even by Whistlere
most ardent admirers Is that his place Is
painter Is not With the greatest painters ever
known, nor even with one who ranked as
a painter below them,
The Whistler Memorial Exhibition Is
certainly the greatest international tribute
that has been paid 70 any modern arast'
II Is In no sense a commercial enterprise.
From all over America and from several
European countries public institutions and
private owners have sent works OF art to
London. The owners do not wish TO cell
them, and there is here no kind OF oomps-
tition in which they couldpartoipate. Ihsy
are sent simply to do honor TO Whistler
The exhibition was opened by French
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date Of whlstler's birth. and very naturally
he asked Whistler for the information.
Baltimore" said the artist, but would
give NJ date.
And the writer's and critics OF France
stated for years that Whistler was born
In Baltimore. Il was not from Whistler
that NJ. Duret first learned his mistake
nor could he afterward get any explanation
or further information from him. He re-
piled 'pdr ie rire st Ia pldisdnterie.'
A fine picture which has not been sean
here for along time IL 'The White Girl
the big white Girl It Is one Of the first
important works that went TO America,
and seemingly then to Mr.. Winans Of New
York. Now It is lent by Harris White
more.
This is OF course the picture that was
rejected at the Paris Salon Of 1858, and
hat met with such success at the Salon
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dss Refuses. Il was painted from an, Irish
girl who had as one may zee, magnificent
red 'halr. Courbst met her With Whistler
at Trouville In 1850, and admired her 90
much that he promptly painted two por-
traits, one known as LA Belle Hlandaise'
and the other as 10, femme Orlando
She was also the model for Whistler's
etching called Joe
The Mother from the luxembourg
and the Carlyle" from Glasgow, although
oentrepieces, are probably seen to less
advantage than ever before. For this
there is a very definite reason.
These pictures are hung on a background
Of strong green. and as they have as highly
important constituents Of their color schemes
delicate grsy-greens they are put out OF
oountenance by their background. And
these two pictures are commonly thought
% be Whistler's masterpieces So far
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VOTE HUNTERS IN HARD LICK
stories OF the way Candidates Have 10
Hustle In Northern Pennsylvania.

hNoIlfa " lub WY AtuNN W
Hustle In Northern Pennsylvania.
Up in northern Pennsylvania a candidate
for Congress has to do a lot Of hustling for
votes il the stories told by Bradford county
men at their recent dinner In this city are
TO be believed. One Of these stories was
related by Congressman Mial Z. Lilley,
who was willing TO let the diners laugh at
his expense.
we had a political contest up in old
Bradford last fall that came pretty close
TO the speed limit said he, 'and as usual
was a candidate. tell you things were
moving mighty brisk. There were mass
meetings every afternoon, debates in the
evenings and no end Of hustling for votes
all the time among the farmers.
-Hustling being the proper thing
thought I'd get up before sunrise and sound
some Of the farmers on the voting question
before they left their homes for the fields
and before my opponent was out Of bed.
So up got one morning and found one Of
the farmers whose vote I was after in his
banyard trying to milk an unruly' COW.
He was chasing her all around the place
with bis milk pail, but couldn't hold her
and milk her at the same time.
AhNN Nu1 NuN NPRoAAhAAbg Vi me-
! jumped over the nail fence, grabbed the
obstreperous COW by the horns and pa
tisntly wrestled with her until my voter
finished his milking.
Then minated that I'd like 70 have
him vote for me, but he didn't seem 70 be
over responsive.
Perhaps you've seen my opponent
BY crackey, that reminds me, he ex-
claimed, hes over behind the barn holdin'
the calf
Assemblyman l.. T. Horton contributed
this yarn about the same candidate;
'MT. Lilley was driving around In the
country trying 70 find a man whose vote
be hoped 10 get, but didn't know exactly
where his man lived, 80 he drove along
until be came upon a little girl about u
years old who was standing In front OF
farmhouse holding on TO rope which had
q calf at the other end Of Il.
Could you tell me where Mr., Brown
lives, little Rirly he asked.
The youngsteT had just begun 70 give
the desired information when a loud female
yoioe came from beyond the half open door.
Mamie IL said, who's that you're
talking tog
Z Mr.. Lilley. ma, was the answer
Well, Mamie. you just march yourself
right into this house and Mamie here them
was a pause, you'd better bring the calf
In with you
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POI SUPPLY THREATENED.
The Famous Hawaiian National Dish I'm
perilled by an Insect.

Poi, the famous Hawaiian national
dish,' said George p. Cooke Of Honolulu,
a Yale student, who was born In the leland
paradise, a. also were his parents and
grandparents, 'is becoming less and lsss
eaten and viii soon be a thing only Of
tradition. The quality Of the article We
are now able TO get IL far below that Of
former years,
THE chief cause for the falling % in
the use Of poi is a small insect which has
lately made its appearance in the islands.
These insects have attacked the poots
OF the taro plant. from which poi IL made.
with almost a. disastrous effects as those
left upon cotton in the South by the boil
weevil, and as Is the case with the cotton
pest, II il equally difioult TO handle.
In the past poi has been the principal
vegetable food not only Of the natives