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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
RAFTING THE PACIFIC.

The project of towing 100000
feet of spars and piling across the Pa
cific ocean to Shanghai, marks a new
step in ocean rafting. 1t aims at a
new record both in the size of the
proposed raft and the length of the
trip.
From British Columbia to Shanghai
Is about 5000 miles. With favorable
weather a speed of four miles an
hour should be possible or about nine
weeks in all, allowing nothing for
stops. AS collier is TO accompany
the tugs, coal and supplies will be
taken at sea.
The logs of the fir and pine forests
of British Columbia, oregon and
Washington are too long for railroad
cars and water transportation is
cheap About eight years ago hardy
speculator tried towing them to San
francisco The first big raft was
lost. The second went to pieces. but
was saved in part. In spite of the
protests of shipping men who feared
that the paths of commerce would be
strewn with derelicts the business has
grown.
A recent Pacific "floater' was $50
feet long, so feet wide and contained
100000 feet of piling. Sawey up it
would have produced enough boards,
placed end to end. to reach half way
across this continent. 1t was built
cigar shaped, like a mammoth torpedo
boat. and was bound from end to end
and across with heavy chains. But the
distance from the Columbia river to
San Francisco is only $50 miles.
The idea of the Pacific "floater'
was borrowed from the Leary RATS
brought to New York, AND that of the
Leary RATS traces back to the Great
Lakes. The towing of Canadian logs
to American sawmills died out after
the passage of the Dingley bill.
In 1887 Capt. James D. Leary built
the famous Joggins raft, which was
lost while being towed from New
Brunswick to New York harbor. Later
he constructed three or four big tim
Der ships" containing from $4,000 to
10000 logs each, which were brought
20 New York city One of them had
six masts. with fore-and-aft sails, and
was rigged with a steam steering gear
and capstans for handling the chains
and anchors.
Considering the difficulty with
which the monitors Monterey and Mo-
nadnock were towed from San Fran
cisco to Manila during the war with
Spain, the voyage OF this immense
raft across the Pacific should be risky
business. The Monterey was nearly
swamped a few days after leaving
San Francisco and had to put In to
shore. From that time the trip was
made by slow stages partly under the
monitors own steam.
But It is admitted that the monitors
will never be brought homo. The
question remains whether a raft Of
logs will hold togther for nine week.
, or more under the force Of the waves
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
ARTIST AND MAN.

Make thy life better than thy work.
Too oft
Our artists spend their skill in round
ing soft
Fair curves upon their statues, while
the rough
And ragged edges of the unhewn stuff
In their own natures startle and Of
fend
The eye of critic and the heart of
friend.
If in thy too brief day thou must
neglect
Thy labor or thy life let men detect
Flaws in thy work! while their most
searching gaze
Can fall on nothing which they may
not praise
In thy well-chiseled character. The
Man
Should not be shadowed by the Arti-
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

In several mining counties of Penn
sylvania the local authorities are at
tempting to secure legislation that
will fasten the expense of paupers
and criminals upon the coal COM
panies which brought them to the
neighborhood. In both the anthra-
cite and the soft-coal regions there
are many assaults, robberies and muir
ders, for which the county treasures
have to pay The majority of the in
mates of the county hospitals. poor
houses and jails are injured or dis
charged men from the mines. The
legislation proposed is to require the
corporation which brings the man to
the county to give surety for him in
somewhat like manner to the bonds
required from foreign steamship COM
panies. The argument is made that
both the safety of the miners and the
general public interest demand that
reasonable care should be exercised
in selecting the employees.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

After a hard fight to prevent 1t, 4
requisition from Massachusetts, on
Washington for Louis ]. Urann.
charged with grand larceny. has been
honored by Governor Mead.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05
AMERICAN TRADE GROWING.

The government fiscal year which
ended June 90. has been a record
breaking one as regards the value Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

The growth of Tuskegee, Ala. the
busy little city which was given life
and ambition by the magnificent in
stitute established there by Hon.
Booker T. Washington, is little less
than marvellous, And yet there is
room there for more enterprlsing peo-
pie in the industrial business line.
The Student. an excellent institute
publication, says in "a recent issue that
there are few If any better places
in the South for colored people to set
tie and prosper than in Greenwood
and Tuskegee. In this country" 1t
continues, "the relations between the
races are friendly and each tries to
help forward the interests of the
other. The large, intelligent COM
munity of colored people growing up
around the school offers opportunities
which should not be overlooked"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-05

out from the shadows and .
shades of today, .
To the glorious dawn of to- .
morrow, .
Let us cast every heart-tearing .
memory away
From the night of regret and .
sorrow; {
And stand with the faith that .
confidence leads {
In the path that integrity .
treads, {
While We hope for a sunlight Z
ed future that breathes {
Apart from the days that are Z
dead. q
Arthur G. Lewis in Book of Z
the Royal Blue. Z
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
FAILS TO FIT CASE.
House Bill on Railroad Rates Thought
To Be- Faulty.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hin
shaw called at the white house to con-
fer with President Roosevelt or mat
tiers pertaining to the Fourth Nebras-
ka district and also to measures pend
ing before the house relating TO sub
jects of legislation OF paramount pub
lie interest. incidentally, the talk turn
ed uron the bill which Mr.. Townsend
introduced in the house January 81.
providing for additional powers to be
vested in the interstate commerce
commission. Mr.. HinShaw expressed
the opinion that while the Townsend
bill would meet the public demand for
a better regulation of railroads rates,
it does not go far enough. and since
that bill will be considered by the
house within a few days. Mr.. HinShaw
desired to learn whether its provisions
would be satisfactory to the admins
tratiOn. The president. however. did
not express approval or disapprOval of
the Townsend bill. but Mr.. Hinshaw
left the white house with the impress
sion that the president would like to
the present session enact a law en-
towering the interstate commerce
commission to fix rates. TO prevent
discrimination between shippers, to
abolish private "a lines. and to give
the commission authority to enforce
its DEGREES.
Mr.. Hinskaw is Of opinion that
nothing short OF such legislation
| would satisfy his constituents. but he
is not at all Sanguine that the senate
would pass such a bill while ii is not
| vet settled that the house will do so.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
OBJECTS TO LAWYERS FEES.
choctaw indian Enjoins Members Of
the Cabinet.

WASHINGTON Summons were
served on Secretary OF the Treasury
Shaw. Secretary of the interior Hitch
cock and United States Tr@. surer
Roberts in proceedings instituted
against them by Richard McL!sh. a
ChOctaw Indian. TO enjCin them from
drawing and paying warrants 10 salts
fy the award of a foe of S.5o.o60 10
tn law firm of Mctiurray. Mansfield 4
Cornish of South McAlester. J.. =. for
services in purifying" the citizenship
rolls OF the Choctaw Indians. TIE
award was made under authority "f All
act Of congress.
EcLish charged that the firm Sc
cured this fee by fraudulently conceal
Ing and withholding the fact ta' the
firm already had been paid salaries az
gregating $4,000 a ear for their SER
vices. and sums a~gsreSating approx
mately S2G0 900 for their expenses
etc. He alleged that the citizenship
cases. on 0 of which the fee has
hen allowed. are not yet fina't deter
mined and that the rights OF enroll
men., etc. of the ChOctaw and "hiCka-
sha II dian funds are not yet finally
settled
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
A FELLOW FEELING.
Why She Felt lenient Towards the
Crunkard,

A great deal depends OF the point OF
view. A good temperance wOman was
led, in a very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh Judgment OF the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now the more charitable.
She writes:
For many a / was a great Suf-
ferer from asthma. Finally my health
got SO poor that | found l could not lie
down. but walked the floor whilst 9TH
ers slept. I got so nervous l could not
rest anywhere.
specialists told me I must give up
the use of cOffee-the main thing that
l always thought gave me some relief.
! consulted u family physician, and
he, being a coffee fend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their ad-
vice. Coffee had such a charm for me
that In passing a restaurant and get
ting a Whit Of the fragrance l could
not resist a cup. felt very lenient
towards the drunkard who could not
pass the saloon. Friends often urged
me to try Postum. but l turned a deaf
a r saying. That may do for people to
whom coffee is harmful, but not for
me-cofee and l will never part
AT last. however. l bought a pack
age Of Postum. although l was sure l
could not drink it. l prepared it as
directed. and served it for breakfast.
Well, bitter as l was against it. l
must say that never before had l
tasted a more delicious cup of coffee!
From that day to this (more than two
years. l have V had a desire for
the old coffee. My health soon re-
turned; the asthma disappeared, | be-
gan to sleep well and in a short time
| gained 90 pounds in weight.
One day | handed my physician
the tablets he had prescribed for me,
telling him | had no use for them. He
stayed for dinner. When l passed him
his coffee cup he remarked: Il am glad
TO see you were sensible enough not
to let yourself be persuaded that coffee
was harmful. This is the best cup of
coffee l ever drank he continued;
the trouble is SO few people know
how to make good coffee When he
got his second cup l told him he was
drinking Postum. He was incredu-
lous. but l convinced him. and now he
uses nothing but Postum in his home
and has greatly improved in health"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
L>ok In each package for the "a.
moN< little book. The Road to Well
ville."
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
MEANS MUCH FOR OMAHA.
Proposition to Make 1t General Dis
tributinq Point for Supplies.

WASHINGTON-There is pending
in the war office a proposition TO raise
Omaha TO the importance of a general
distributing point for Quartermaster's
supplies. II is now the distributing
station for army supplies destined TO
military posts within the department
of the Missouri. The recent compile
ton of the new addition to the quar-
termaster's supply depot warehouse in
Omaha has provided ample space for
the handling of a much larger ton
mage. II is understood that there are
but three general supply depots in
the United States. viz, New York, San
Francisco and Jacksonville. Ind. the
latter station having been established
during the civil war and maintained
largely because of tradition. The de-
velOpment of the west in the matter
of transportation facilities has given
rise to a demand for a general supply
station in the midwest. Omaha's
claims to this new distinction have
been advocated by Senator Willard.
who recently took the matter up with
General c. F. Humphrey. ~quartermas-
ter general of the army. General
Humphrey vas for a long time sta
toned at Omaha as chief quartermas-
ter of the department of the Platte
and is personally %cOnversant with the
situation. as he is. of course. with the
needs of the service in every part of
the United States. Senator Willard
feels confident that he VIII have the
good will of General Humphrey in the
effort to enhance the importance of
Omaha as a supply station. Success
in this matter would, of course, en-
able the wholesale. merchants and
manufacturers of Nebraska to bid on
a variety of army supplies for use
throughout the United States and the
Philippines. and no doubt they would
receive large contracts. 1t is possible
that an act of congress may be neces-
sary to bring this about. but Senator
Willard is in hopes that ii can be
done by order of the secretary of war.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
NEBRASKA MINISTER DIES.
Rev. c. e. Bentley Passes Away a;
Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES. Cal.-Immediately
after enting a room in a cheap lOdS-
ing house with a young woman heav-
lily yelled. Rev. {. f. Bentley of Lin
coin. Neb.. dropped dead in this city
Sunday night. His companion AT
tempted to restore him. but. seeing he
was dying. fed. Detectives have been
unable to find her. An autopsy re-
vealed symptoms of hea trouble.
Rev. Bentley and his wife had been
here four days. He was candidate
for president on the silver prohibition
ticket in 1896. and has been prOmi-
nent in temperance work in Iowa and
Nebraska.
The woman with whom he entered
the lodging house and asked for a
room was about 30 years old and hand
some. Bentley's widow says her hus-
band was innocent Of wrong. She
says he has been afflicted with heart
disease for months. An inquest will
be held and the widow will take the
body to Lincoln for burial. The pO-
lice do not suspect murder. but are
securing the city for rac of the
woman.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
Assaults the Detective,

SAN FRANCISCO-A special dis
patch from Sacramento the Call Y
State Senator Frank French, who
stands accused. with three of his col
leagues. Of bribery. has made an as
sault OF Detective George n. Itch
enor, employed by the prosecution.
French accosted TichenOr on the up
per floor OF the capitol rotunda and
without a word rushed at the detect
i've and sent him Keeling with a blow
over the right eye. Bystanders inter-
fered at this juncture and prevented
further trouble.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
THERE IS JUST ONE SURE WAY.

podd's Kidney Pills build up Rum
down People. They make healthy
Kidneys and that means healthy
people. What NJ. and Mrs. J. l.
Duffey say:
Nora, Ind. Feb. 6th.-(SpeciaD-
That the sure way of building up
rundown men and wOmen is I" put
their kidneys in good working order is
shown by the experience OF Mr.. n
Mrs. Joseph l.. Duffey of his place.
Both were weak and worn and dis
spirited. They used DOdd's Kidney
Pills and to-day both enjoy the best
OF health.
NJ. Duffey says: Il was very weak
and almost past going. ] tried every
thing which people said vas good but
got no benefit till l tried DOdd's Kid
ney Pills. They helped me in every
way and I am strong and well now"
Mrs. Duffey says: Il was so bad
that if anybody would lay down a
string l felt l could not step over it.
Since taking Dodd's Kidney Pills l
can run and jump fences
Healthy kidneys insure pure blood:
Dodd's Kidney Pills insure healthy
kidneys.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
Mr.. Bryan Makes Donation.

SPRINGFIELD. ITl.-William J
Bryan spent Tuesday in Jacksonville
in the interests of Illinois college. OF
the trustees. At a meeting of the
board of trustees Mr.. Bryan started
a subscription Il raise a sum OF
money TO wipe ont the debt by sub
scribing $500 to head the list and
100000 was raised. which will eXtin
guish the debt. In the afternoon a
mass meeting of students was held OF
the campus and a resolution thanking
Mr.. Bryan was adopted.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
THAT BEEF TRUST.
No Evasion ct Decision Relative
Thereto.

No Evasion Ct Decision Relative
Thereto.
WASHINGTON-It can be said by
authority that unless the corporations
constituting the alleged beef trust
shall heed the Injunction made per-
manent by the decision of the su-
preme court of the United States, the
government will institute proceedings
against the individual members of the
corporations to enforce the decision
of the court.
The proceedings will be under the
criminal law, il such car be Instituted.
The minds of the president and men,
bers of his cabinet are made up fully
on the question. They have deter
mined that the beef trust" shall obey
the law. and now that the highest
court in the land has upheld the
hands Of the administration, it is
said they will permit no further
''dilly-dallying" with the subject.
At Tuesdays cabinet meeting the
president and Attorney General
Moody shared in the congratulations
of the members of the cabinet on the
result of the beef trust cases be-
fore the supreme court.
The president. who made no at
tempt to conceal his satisfaction at
the decision OF the court. united with
The members Of the cabinet in con-
graduating the attorney general. The
subject was considered briefly at the
meeting. but no definite conclusion
was reached as to what action, II
any. the government would take in
the future. except the general deter
mination to enforce the law as it has
been construed by the courts. The
president and the members of the cab
met regard the decision of the SUI
preme court as a signal triumph of
prepared to carry it into effect abso-
lutely.
All the members of the cabinet
were present at the meeting except
Secretaries Hay and Wilson, the for
ner still being confined to his home
by a severe cold.
Again. the president emphasized
his interest in the arbitration treaties
pending before the senate. He holds
that the opponents of the treaties are
proceeding on wrong premises in
maintaining that they may be used
by foreign countries as a basis for ac-
ton against certain of the southern
states in the collection of old claims.
Some departmental matters were
considered at the meeting. the most
important of which was the action OF
Postmaster General Wynne in notify
ing John G.. Capers, republican ma
tiOnal committeeman of South Caro-
lima, that postmasters in that STATE
will be Dismissed from the service il,
in the future, they pay the expenses
of delegates TO political conventions.
The action of the postmaster general
was approved by the president and
the cabinet. In principle the declara-
ton of Mr.. Wynne will apply to all
other states where such methods are
practiced.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
Britain Asks Explanation,

LONDON-The Foreign office has
received a telegram from Consul Cen
eral Murray reporting that himself
and Vice Consul Mucukain were
charged by Russian cavalrymen en-
gagged in clearing the streets OF War
saw. It appears that Mr.. Murray Is
partially Deaf and did not hear the
approach of the troopers, and when
he subsequently endeavcred to make
known his personality it was without
avail. The Foreign Office has tele.
graphed to Ambassador Hardinge to
investigate the matter.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
A BE TROUBLE.
The Attack on British Official at
Warsaw.

Warsaw.
ST. PETERSBURG-New compli-
cations between Great Britain n
Russia are feared IN account OF the
attack on the British consul q vice
consul at Warsaw Saturday night.
Coming on the heels of the placards
posted by Assistant Police Cher
Roudeneff at Moscow charging Great
Britain with melting the revolution
in Russia, the Warsaw incident IS
likely to arouse an Outburst IN Great
Britain which may again strain refa-
tons between the two countries. Be
yond the fact Of the attack at war
saw resulting in the wOundin9 OF the
British vice consul. who is now IN .
hospital. the British embassy here
has no details of the affair. but Sir
Charles Hardinge the British am
bassador has already directed q note
to Foreign Minister Lamsdorn ash
ing for an immediate investigator
and explanation, reservinS any
claims which may be hereafter maze
and at the same time asking 1or the
protection of British O suls hrccSh
out the empira. By the first train ne
also dispatched Major Nanler' the
British military attaChe. to WarSa"
10 secure a full report on the CIT
cumstanceS-
Count L.amsdorf FASTENED 10 reply
IN Ambassador Harding note. ex-
pressing regret if the British consul
general and vice consul at warsaw
were injured and informing him that
an immediate inquiry would be mace
to establish the facts. The consuis
are understood to have been wUunGed
by Cossacks while the latter were
clearing the streets.
Count Lamsdorff replied to Ambas-
sador H%ardinge's second note on the
subject of the Moscow placards by
saying that Instructions had been
sent to remove all races Of the
placards from the streets. 1t is now
learned, however. that similar no
tees had been posted at Libau and
Reyal. which led to a renewal of rep
RESERVATIONS OH tHlS SCOTc. III tuiS
connection the appearance Of the
proclamation of The holy synod. ~
structing the orthodox priests TO ~
form their Pensioners thar h strike
and revolutionary movements Were
promoted by the external enemies as
well as the internal enemies OF Rus
STA. with the object of embarrassing
the military and naval plans. has Gre
ated something of a furry among
foreigners here, especially the Brit
ish. who believe that the object is to
incite hostility. 40 further ACTON.
however, has been taken by either
Ambassador Hardinge or the other
foreign representatives.
Private advices from Warsaw say
the authorities there have already
taken over charge of the wafer Works.
electric light and gas plants and that
serious trouble is anticipated.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
JAPANESE LOSE III ATTACK.
Latest Report Indicates Wounding Of
General DomeoWski.

ST. PETERSBURG-According to
General Kuropatkin's latest reports.
which indicate the w%Ounding of a
third Russian observation-disclosures
the operations at Sandiapu and the
fighting at Sahke have been mOmen
tarily suspended. The Russians sue
cessfuliy repulsed the latest attack
of the Japanese eastward with heavy
loss.
The cold is still intense. there be,
ing twenty-four. degrees of frost. There
are indications that the Japanese are
preparing to break the inactivity on
their W account as sOOn as the
weather mCGcrates.
The war Office is closed and. no fur
ther facts regarding the reports thai
General Kuropatkin is about to give
up his command ran be obtained.
The rumor however. is generally
discredited.
The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08
Grows Serious at Warsaw

WARSAW-The strike disorders
are becoming more serious. The or.
binary life of the city is quite sus.
pended. On Saturday the strikers
stopped the street railway srvice. bu.
remained otherwise orderly. Sunday
however. they began wholesale mill.
age. The majority Of the shops in
Marshal Kovski street and the state
vodka shops Were looted. All the fac.
tories, shops, schools and theaters are
closed, and the street lamps eytin.
guished. There were several collisions
between the police and strikers.