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New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
THE QUIET ANSWER.

As n young and unknown man, went down
to a certain Sessions Court on the oxford Circuit
TO prosecute for the Crown in case Of extensive
robbery from a goods shed of the London and
Northwestern Railway. Some ten twelve Of
us all members of the circuit had accepted the
invitation of a very good fellow-also an Oxford
Circuit man-to drive out that evening and dine
with him at -- Manor. My mad duly
come on, and l had secured a verdict of guilty
during the afternoon. Having changed into
evening dress, took my place In private bus
miles drive out About halfway there-I as a
newcomer, not having, apparently, been noticed
by the rest (the inside of the vehicle was as dark
asked in loud tones: "WhO the young idiot
who prosecuted to-day in that railway caSe?'
II was" / promptly rejoined from my obscure
corner; and I never knew man relapse
quickly into silence before or since.-(Fox Rus
sell in The Pail Mall Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
THE JEFFREYs OF SCOTLAND.

But these portraits pale into insignihcance
IN comparison with that OF far more COM
manding personality, the giant of the Bench"
Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield who passed
away in I790 strongly built and dark, with
rough eyebrows, powerful eyes. threatening
lips and a low. growing voice, he was like
formidable blacksmith" His massive intellect
his coarseness. his brutality his domineerng
manners and his harshness toward the
wretched criminals before him, go far to justify
Lord Cockburn's epithet OF the Jeffreys of
Scotland" But Cockburn a stanch Whig
and can never forgive BraXfeld for what
he calls his 'indelibie iniquity'' in the polit-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
AS MODIFIED.

Mistress (to upstairs girD-Jane. the cook n
sick this morning. You know how cook do
you not?
Jane-No ma'am; l don't know enyth,Us
about cOOkin, ma'an.
Mistress-But when engaged you I UNDER
stood ycu to say that you had been eoOk far
three years
Jane-Yes ma'am; but II was In a railroad
restaurant, ma a'am."-( (ChicasO Daily NewA
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

gold, approached by steps. at the foot Of which
is the Duke Of Clarence thruSting aside another
suitor. He is pursued by Mrs. Jordan pouring
upon him the Walls Of her wrath in the shape
FitZClarences, to wit-and crying, False, faith
less Clarence, behold thy childreni Hem! Shake
are."-(Leslie Winter. in Longman's Maga-
zine.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
A PAGAN SURVIVAL.

There is little doubt that the custom of light
ing hres on Midsummer Eve is of Eastern ori-
gin Those who watch the Irish peasants driving
their cattle between two blazing piles or see the
young men leaptng over the glowing embers. as
the bontires sink lower and the brief darkness
or the midsummer night gives place to the rose
flush OF dawn, can hardly fail to be reminded of
that passing through the fire to MolOch," so
strictly forbidden to the Hebrews. Whole fam
lilies pass solemnly between two fires. or spring
backward and forward over the flames
True. the simple country folk imagine they are
performing these mystic rites in honor of st.
John the Baptist. for early missionaries, finding
it impossible TO prevent their converts keeping
the pagan festivals. transferred them to the
saints, and midsummer assigned TO st.
John-"the light TO tighten the Gentiles"-in-
stead of to Badur or Baal, and the bonfires were
called '"Teine bheil Zion" (John's hres)
Some say that the fires were transferred from
May Day or "Beltane'-anotner important fes-
tival held by the Irish, Scotch and British Celts
in honor of Baal, Belus-to midsummer;
others, with more probabil assert that the
two festivals were quite distinct However this
may be, May Day is still called "Bealtaine" or
"Beltane' in both Ireland and Scotland.
Sometimes a bone Is laid in the heart of the
blaze-doubtless il represents the original hu-
bonfire" from this practice, others say it is not
bone but boom bene, or the French bon, be-
cause great virtues accredited to the mid
summer fires. In the West of England. where
they fingered till recently, they were known as
blessing fires" and in almost every part OF
Europe they were supposed TO bring good luck
an abundant harvest and freedom from disease
both to man and beast-an idea which is not vet
extinct in Ireland.-CLongman's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
LAST OF THE GOoDEREs.

In 1908 a poor Knight of Windsor died at the
advanced age Of eighty This poor knight was
tba last survivor Of the house of Goodere. Sir
Tobn Diuely Coodere, Bart, second son OF
Captain Samuel Goodere. WIG had been exs-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
GOOD TEN sHILLINGs WORTH.

1t is seldom, would imagine that original
paintings by celebrated artists are used to IL
Iustrate a book But in one Of the Amsterdam
boOkshops about two decades ago a folio rnisceI-
lany was picked up by an English tourist. who
attracted by the water color sketches VIII ch
had been inserted therein as Illustrations Upon
reaching home he placed the volume, which had
cost him the equivalent OF ten shlllings. on
shelf and forgot all about 1t for more than q
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

sciously something whispered IN me: ga sue
cess" But what says my reader TO that? Am
1 permitted TO claim a success? At ali events
do so. with or without leave.-CThe Contempor-
ary Review.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

Spokane. oct. l6.-George A Love
Joy. the Elk who was skinned to fur
nisf gratis for a fellow Elkis wife
suffering from severe burns. has
brought suit against DR.. C. p Thorn
as for 100000 as the value of $50
inches of skin which he says the doc
tor peeled off of his legs while under
the influence of chloroform.
Mr.. Lovejoy asserts that it was rep
resented to him that the surgeon
would only take from his thighs two
or three strips. three or four inches
long and three-fourths of an inch
wide. When he got off the table he
found that the front of his legs be-
tween the knee and hip was stripped,
and it was 10 days before he could
get out of the hospital.
Mrs. Fred B. Searles, the original
victim. was burned in an accident
with n lamp at Lewiston. Idaho, and
was brought here to ST. Luke's hos
pital for treatment. A number of
Elks volunteered to furnish particles
of skin. but Lovejoy proved such a
promising subject that while under
chloroform he was peeled for all the
CRAFTS necessary except some supplied
by Mrs Searles' husband and brother
The gra fting operation was successful.
but the woman was SO weak from long
illness that she died.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

G. Richardson, and the transcript
from the Justices court at Echo has
just been filed with the county clerk,
so as to bring the case up in the cir
cult court on an appeal.
In the complaint it is stated that the
particular mule was the property OF
the plaintiff. was branded on the left
thigh with Nv, " and was valued at
,l25. Whether hes name was Maud
or something else equally amiable, is
not stated. The defendant is accused
of having. on or about the first of
September. 1905. 'unlawfully, wrong
fully and forcibly taken the mule
from the plaintiff. to the latter's loss -
The case was tried out in the JUS
tees court at Echo and there won by
the plaintiff, the costs in witness fees
and other charges being $3.50. How
ever. the defendant was evidently un-
willing to give up so easily, and the
matter has now been taken to the cir
cult court on appeal. The transcript
from the Justices court makes a dock
ct covering "a pages.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Child Was Horribly Hurt.

Walla Walla, Oct 16.-Lying in the
Walla Walla hospital with a hole in
his head an inch i'm diameter, little
9-year-old Jesse Kelsey, who was run
over by a delivery wagon yesterday
afternoon, has about one chance in
Il hundred to recover. The little fell
low was crossing Second street oppo-
site the Chicago store yesterday after
noon, kneeling in little express
wagon which he was propelling with
one foot. and his eyes being on the
pavement in front of him he evidently
did not see the wagon until he ran
into il between the horses heels and
the front wheels which ran over his
legs. heavy blow. either from "a
kick or collision of his head with
projecting bolt, jammed an ugly hole
in the back of his skull and mashed
the hone into the brain. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
Pronounced OF the Closing Day Of the
Exposition.

According to Pendleton people who
attended the closing of the fair Satur-
day night that event was a great cele-
bration in spite Of the rain which pre-
vailed during the day and evening. In
speaking this morning of the closing
scenes, Roy Raley, who came home
last night, said:
An unusually large crowd was out
despite the bad weather. and all
seemed to be in good humor and turn
ed themselves loose. However. no real
disoi der occurred. for as soon as any
one became boisterous he would be
taken to the stockade by the guards
On the Trail and at other places
groups of students and other people
gathered, yelled. sang and otherwise
showed their appreciation of the occa-
sion. 1t was the actions of these
groups and the behavior of the people
in general that furnished the chief at
traction on that night"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
DISAPPOINTED IN ALICE.
Filipinos Expected to See Miss Roose-
velt In Regal Robes.

New York. Oct. 16.-By letter Just
received from Tacloban, in the Phil
ippines, from the Rev. C. Il. Rath, one
'of the representatives of the Presby-
'terian board OF foreign missions in the
islands, II is evident that the Filipi-
nos were rather disappointed in Miss
Alice Roosevelt.
They had their imaginations all
wrought up about the way she would
appear" says Mr.. Rath. "They had
her pictured in a royal robe sparkl-
ing with jewels. n crown on her head
and with everything that should go
with royalty. What they saw was
young American woman In a very
plain. white dress. with sailor hat
and no display OF jewelry. Some of
them, in fact. did not see her. or II
they did, did not recognize her as the
daughter of the. president, for they
were looking for emblems of royalty.
'1 am glad she came to us as she
did, for she could have done nothing
better to illustrate the democratic
spirit of America"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT.
Swaggart and Endicott Pleaded Guilty
and Were Fined.

Circuit Judge w. r. Ellis this after
noon overruled the demurrers filed
by the attorneys for the defense in
the cases OF tile two lnen now under
indictment charged with having solo
liquor to Indians Consequently.
those cases will now be brought to
trial at the coming jury session, and
1t is presumed that the case will be
taken to the supreme court SO as to
fully determine the constitutionality
of the state law.
This morning Lester Swaggart and
John Endicott appeared before Judge
Ellis and entered pleas of guilty to
the charge of gambling. and were each
sentenced to pay fines of $50. Those
two men were supposed to appear for
hearing Saturday afternoon but de-
string more time their cases were held
until the forenoon.
This afternoon the arrangement of
the docket for the court session which
is to commence on October "a. waG
taken up. and with the various at
torneys present who have cases. the
schedule is being made up so as to
be most convenient for all.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

Twenty new telephone Instruments
of the latest pattern, have Just been
placed in use on Farmer Line No. S.
the Mckay creek telephone line reach
ing from this city to Upper Mckay
creek and to Rhodes sawmill.
The new line extends up both
branches of the Mckay. and covers
practically all the settlements between
this city and the head of the creek.
Manager William Hilton said this
morning that there are now 20 pa
irons on the new line, and that il will
accommodate at least 80 patrons,
which number will be secured as soon
as instruments can be installed.
The line is about 25 miles in length
and brings several of the most pros
porous country settlements in the
county in direct communication with
the city
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
LAND VALUES SOARING.
NJ. NJ. Kinney, Washtucna Farmer.
Tells of Conditions

NJ. NJ. Kinney. well known to many
old time Walla Wallans, is in the city
from Washtucna, where he is engaged
in farming on a large scale says the
Walla Walla Statesman. Mr.. Kinney
was called as witness in land con-
test case being heard at the Walla
Walla land office today.
The Washtucna country proved
this year that 1t is one of the fore
most wheat producing sections of the
state" Mr.. Kinney said this morning.
Thirty bushels to the acre was the av-
erage yield and in many sections it
was even better. Land can be bought
in the Washtucna country for SEQ an
acre. but the farmers are 10th to sell,
although many bought their land five
years ago anywhere from S1.25 to IS
an acre. This gives an Indication of
the rise of values in that section
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
TRAMP KILLED BY TRAIN.
Unknown Man Gut Into Fragments
Near Payette.

Payette, Oct 16.--An unknown
tramp was run over and killed yester-
day afternoon by No. 6. the eastbound
Oregon Short Line train, at a point
about four miles north OF this place.
The unfortunate man had evidently
been riding on the trucks and had lost
his balance. A Pullman car porter
on the rear platform saw the frag-
meuts of human body on the track
behind the train and notified the con-
ductor, who stopped the train and
backed up. Arms, legs, trunk and
head were scattered along the track
for a distance of 300 yards The frag-
ments were turned over 10 the section
crew and brought to this place. Moth
ing whatever was found to identify
the body.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
JONES AND POTTER CONVICTED.
jury Acquits the Accused Timber 10.
Gator.

Portland, Oct 16.-Shortly after
midnight. after session of the
United States court, which lasted all
day Saturday and far into the even
ing. the jury in the case OF The United
States against Willard n. Jones, for.
mer representative of the state legis-
lature; Tharrius Potter, a local attor-
ney and Ira Wade, a timber locator,
returned "A verdict finding Jones and
Potter guilty of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States of part of
its public domain. Wade was acquit-
ted.
The charge against the defendants
was that they secured persons to To-
cate on lands I'm the Siletz Indian re-
servation In Western Oregon and to
falsely swear that they had occupied
the land. when as matter of fact
the land was secured for the benefit of
the defendants.
II is understood that the jury agreed
upon the verdict against Potter and
Jones on the first ballot, but that it
required three ballots ia come to an
agreement on Wade.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
DECREASE IN VALUES.
Marion County Assessment Half a
Million Lower Than I'm 1901.

Salem. oct. 16.-County Clerk J.
w. Roland yesterday completed the
work Of footing up the big assessment
rolls Of Marion county for the year
1905
The figures show decrease of
$11S.752 in the gross valuation Of all
taxable property in Marion county and
In addition $431,4 is allowed as ex-
emption under the new law, leaving
the net valuation of the taxable prop
erty at $9,S24,774 as against s1O,373,-
$40 on the 1904 roll, a reduction Of
over a half million dollars.
The valuation on tillable farm
lands, town and city lots and i'm
provements on the same are increased
while the principal reductions are on
railroad property, merchandise and
stock In trade, farming implements.
household furniture and livestock, ex-
cept horses and mules on which there
is an increase of $35,323.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

flash as il turned just before the
train struck the switch
The dead fireman is II. l.. Butts,
aged 23, of Fresno. The engineer,
Cole, recently averted a wreck of the
southbound owl which took a switch
at Kingsburg, by sticking the throttle
and stopping the train, Todays
wreck was evidently caused by the
same miscreant.
The sheriff and a posse are scour-
ing the country for the man, who is
said to be known to the railroad.
The name of the hobo is William
Knickerhocker, aged 19, from Mis-
souri,. He was asleep behind the oil
tank and regained consciousness in
the hospital. He is severely bruised
and his spine injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

Fresno, Cal, Oct. 16.-Engineer
william Cole, of Bakersfield. and
Fireman Butts of Fresno, were kill
ed in a wreck of the northbound owl
this morning at O'Clock. as it was
pulling into the local yards. 1t struck
an open switch.
The engineer rolled over the side
of the cab and was crushed by the
tender. The fireman and engineer
are still imprisoned in the wreck. The
mail and buffet cars are piled on the
engine. a hobo riding the blind bag
gage was fatally hurt No passengers
were Injured.
Yardmaster Crowley says: 1T was
the work OF train wreckers." EN-
ployes said they saw the switch light
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
STUDENTS RESENT INSULT.
High school IL Wholly I'm Sympathy
With Faculty and VIII Abide by


The high school students greatly
regret the statement in the Sunday
Morning Tribune giving alleged de-
tails OF n difficulty between the stu
dents and the principals and superin-
tendent over the rules of school disci-
pline.
The students are in hearty sympa-
thy with the faculty and all the school
rules are cheerfully obeyed by the
body of students. The attempt of
the Tribune TO show that Pendleton
high school is ON the verge of revolt
is highly unjust 10 the city and the
school
The little matter between student
and one of the principals had all been
satisfactorily settled Saturday after
noon before the Tribune published the
unfair statements and the best OF
spirit prevails and has prevailed in the
school since the opening day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Suit for 5000.

Suit was filed today r. II. Thorne
against the Pacific Coast Elevator
company to recover the sum of 5000,
which loss the defendant company is
said to have caused the plaintiff
through having wrongfully taken las
sacks of wheat from the warehouse at
Yoakum, where it was placed by A.
Belknap, renter on land owned by
the plaintiff. HALEY & Lowell appear
as attorneys for the plaintiff
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

Dan Shockey. who while working
for the Northwest Gas & Electric
company fell from the top of a pole
two weeks ago, is now SO far recov-
cred as to be around town to-day.
Although compelled to use crutches,
Mr.. Shockey has good use of himself
again and greatly surprised his
friends today by appearing on the
streets during the forenoon. His re-
covery in so short a time is considered
as something remarkable, considering
the terrible fall he received. ii,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Fnmily Row AT Weston.

Weston. Oct. 16.-A fracas occur
red yesterday among the family by
the name of McNeal, encamped below
town en- route for Seattle. As a re-
suit of the family jar. the husband and
father drove off with all their world
ly possessions and four of the child
ren. leaving his wife and two children
absolutely destitute. Mrs McNeaI
laid her case before the authorities,
but soon after Joined other overland
pilgrims and followed the recreant
husband to Milton, hoping for a rec
oncillation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Conditions Good in Pnlonse.

a. Kunkei, the implement dealer,
returned home last evening from Spo-
kane and other places in eastern
Washington, where he has been on
business for week past. He states
that the conditions for farming are
very favorable in the Palouse country,
as well as in Umatilla. and that much
new wheat may now be seen in vari-
Gus parts of that section, although the
Palouse country is generally rated as
being several weeks later than this
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Tax Collections In Crook.

Tax collections on the 1904 roll, the
balance of which became delinquent
the I'd of this month. have almost
reached a record breaking point. The
amount still outstanding on the total
assessment of s63,204.14 is only
$5e5LsI, and there are still practical
ly four months remaining before the
list of delinauents will be published.
Crook County journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
KoMuRA AT TOXIC.
lie is Received With Indifference. and
IL Under Guard.

Toxic, Oct. t6.-Baron Komura ar
rived today and met with an unenthu-
siastic reception. Only officials were
present. The streets were strongly
guarded. He drove 10 the palace in
the imperial carriage. The treaty OF
peace goes into effect today. The full
text will be published this afternoon.
The minister war has ordered all Of
ficers and men to refrain from criti-
cisms of the treaty on the grounds the
treaty is the outcome Of the sovereign
powers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
Educational Awards.

County School Superintendent F. K
Welles has received word from the
committee on awards at the Lewis and
Clark fair to the effect that Umatilla
county has been awarded silver
medal for the educational exhibit
which 1t had AT the fair, and also that
the Pendleton high school and the
Pendleton academy, which exhibited
together, have been awarded a bronze
medal for the display.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
WILL Appeal. TO THE PEOPLE.
Bitter Political Fight Ahead in Aus-
rria-Hungary.

Vienna, Oct. 16.-Developments to-
day indicate that Franz Josef has re-
solved to not appoint n coalition min
istry under any circumstances and
will never entrust the government TO
that party. Fejervary's cabinet will
adopt fighting measures and make an
appeal to the people. The fight is
certain to be bitter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
IN THE TREAsURER's OFFICE.
Experts Have Finished Books OF the
Clerks Office.

This morning Experts Buchanan and
beckwith began their investigation
INTO the records of the county treas
urer's office, having finished their
work in the clerks office. Since more
than half of the work on the treasur-
er's books has already been gone over
during the investigation of the other
offices. there is little left to do, and it
is not thought the experts will be de-
tanned long on Mr.. Sommerville's ac-
counts.
As soon as the above office Is com
pieted the work Of investigation VIII
be through excepting the offices of
the assessor and school superIntend-
ent where, ii is said, there is very lit
tie for them to check over,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16

were taken today in the injunction
proceedings brought by Attorney Cen
eral Hadley against Waters Pierce,
the Republic, International and Will
Hanson Oil companies, which allege
combine.
Attorney General Hadley expects to
force the companies to produce their
stock books.
The companies are fighting upon
the ground that il they produce the
books it will be equivalent to giving
testimony discriminating themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
FLYER WAS WRBcKED.
Masfifecn Missouri Pacific Passengers
Injured.

Denver. Oct. 16.-The Missouri Pa
ciflc flyer from St. Louis to Denver
was wrecked at Sugar City this morn
ing. Eigheen we're injured. Among
those seriously hurt being e. Britner,
of Los Angeles; Mrs. ]. II. Walton, of
San Francisco; Mrs. II. IL. Blazer. of
Ontario. Cal, and Mrs. w. E. Heigh.
of Los Angeles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-16
An iI-Second sprinter.

Ralph Zercher, of Salem. was a
guest OF Cecil Wade over Sunday, en-
route to Oberlin college. of Ohio. Mr..
Hercher won considerable reputation
as a guard on the Whitman college
team of 1901. weighing 22O pounds,
and being about an 11-second sprint
er, and was chosen on the all north
west team. Upon completion Of the
liberal arts degree, Mr., Zercher will
take law course.