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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-06
Trouble on Railway Lines.

Both the Capital Traction Company and
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company had trouble. Down the 18th
street hill the water rushed by the
catch basins, which were unable to re-
ceive the torrents. Flooding the street,
the water entered the street car conduits
and grounded the current. For nearly an
hour there was little movement of the
street cars. When the water ran out of
the conduits the company was able to re-
sumo business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
CITY BREVITIES

NC RAIDER. Nuf sed.
Nuf sed. U C RAIDER.
Rader-Carpets-Rader.
-Rader-Carpets.
Rader-Furniture-
-Rader-Furniture
Phone Main Gil to haul trash
See withee Cor gasoline engines and
pumps.
.isk your grocer for Blue Mountain
butter. 25c pound. soc roll.
Roosevelt gives per cent rebate on
cash purchases. Boston Store.
Those skirts Lee Teutsch Is selling
for 33.4S this week, are beauties.
Call for Ross Nichols transfer to do
your hauling. Phone Main 6.
Nice cool lawn dresses for children,
:5c up at Teutsch Department Store.
Douglas shoes are good now. Bos-
ton Store for harvesters or vacation
era
The St George restaurant. open
day and night. Mrs. Cooper, proprle-
tress.
W. d. Hansford. cigars and tobac-
cos Successor to Howard. Court
street
Roustabouts attention; 4 per cent
discount on all cash purchases at Bos-
ton Store.
Jack Arnold was killed in a logging
camp near Kelso. Or. by log rolling
upon and crushing him flat.
For Rent-Suite unfurnished house
keeping rooms in East Oregonian
building. Apply at this office.
Children's sandals are Just the thing
this hot weather. Lee Teutsch has
them. All sizes. 75c to $40.
Leathers' quick, reliable transfer
moves furniture, pianos and trunks
and does all kinds OF Job work. Phone
Main 511.
Lost-Half-grown fox terrier pup;
white all over except black spot on toy
Of head and around eyes, Reward
DR.. 7. NJ. Henderson.
Anyone wishing to go to Hldaway
Springs. leave orders at Tallman &
Co.'s. Stage will not leave with less
than four passengers
J. X. Smith. baggage and express
Residence phone 1892. Stand at
Donaldson's Red Cross drug store
Calls at either place promptly ans
wered.
In Chicago incubator is a girl
baby brought there from La Porte
Ind. for science to make a try to save
its life. as 1t is too small TO nurse
naturally or be cared for by ordinary
methods. 1t is five and three-fourths
inches long and weighs one pound and
four ounces.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN.
The Number of Degrees Recorded by
the Government Thermometer.

one hundred eleven degrees by the
government thermometer at D. m!
Where is the nefarious Portland
weather observer who said it would be
cooler today? Had he been upon
the streets of Pendleton this after
noon with Old Sol boiling down upon
him with his strongest rays and could
have seen the mercury in the ther-
mometers along Main street bowling
along above the fever heat mark. he
would certainly have admitted that he
had fabricated.
For three days now the mercury
has stood above the 11O mark dur
ing the hottest portion of the day,
and the end is not yet in sight 1t
has been hot all over the city. and
the high temperatures have been re-
corded in the residence portions as
well as In the business center. How
ever, there has been some shade for
those who could rest at home. while
those who have been forced to be on
the streets have simply sweltered in
the glare and at the same time have
had the full benefit of the stencil from
the streets and from the meat shops
and chop houses along the way.
From indications this forenoon 1t
was rather expected that all records,
even the famous 119--would be
passed today. However, the slight
breeze this afternoon lessened the
heat somewhat, at least on the north
side of the river. On Main street 1t
was virtually the same as yesterday,
several of the thermometers showing
In the vicinity of ia about 2:30.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
FORSWEARS RUSSIA.
Young Nobleman VIII Make His
Home In America.


New York, July ga young Rus
sian claiming the title of Prince Po-
temkin. and said to be the son of Ad-
miral Potemkin, of the Russian navy,
descendant of the house OF Potem-
kin, from which the mutinous battle
ship Knaiz Potemkin derived its
name is in this city, having arrived
Monday night on the French liner La
Bretagne.
The young man made the trip in
the steerage, although when his prop
erty was examined at Ellis island 1t
was found he had nearly $25,000 in
cash. To his fellow travellers the
young man said he had sold his es-
tates In Russia, and divided sum
equivalent to $4,000 among his ten
ants and had left Russia for all time.
He said that after a short sojourn In
the east he expects to go west and
buy farm. He declaimed against ex-
listing conditions In Russia, and said
he did not desire to live longer in that
country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
PERSONAL MENTION

DR.. Lantz left this morning for
Starbuck.
Attorney Peterson, of Milton is in
town today.
Alice Mayberry left this morning
for Walla Walla.
NJ. Martin, of Alba, is in town with
II bunch of cattle from that district
George S. Ried, of Salem, came in
from Walla Walla on today's mixed
freight
c. l.. woodward, of Athena, came
down from that place last evening and
left again today.
william Fraker, of Echo, came up
from that place this morning for Il
short visit here.
Sam Thompson came IN on the
Walla Walla mixed train from the
farm to get cool.
Carl Helm came in this afternoon
from Walla Walla with the expecta-
ton of spending the summer at He
lix.
George F.. McAuley, of North Yak
afternoon and is guest of the Golden
Rule.
viii II. King, the Ontario attorney,
is in the city today having come here
for the purpose of attending to legal
business.
william Arnold, IA painter of Elgin,
is here visiting Frank Johnson, and
the two will leave tonight for Port
land to visit the fair.
viii Hessian and Robert Cronin
returned last evening from Portland,
where they have been visiting the
fair during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bartholomew
left last night for Portland, where he
will join his family and remain dur
ing the rest of this month.
George II. Shannard, of Bridge
water, S. D., is in town visiting his
brother-in-law, James Johns, of the
Hartman Abstract company.
Miss Edna Jones, daughter of Rec
tor Jones, has been in Portland for a
week past and will remain for some
days longer before returning home.
w. Arthur Robbins, of the o. r. &
n. legal force, is in the city today
for the purpose of looking up matters
pertaining to the company's right OF
way.
Glenn Scott, the high school stu
dent, left last night for Stanton sta
tion, where he will work in a wheat
warehouse until the opening of school
this fall.
Charles II. Green, the wool buyer
and ]. C. Lindsey, representing the
Illinois Central. arrived this morning
after having been absent for a week
or more.
John II. Lewis, state engineer OF
oregon. and formerly with the local
reclamation corps, is in the city to-
day. having come up last evening
from Salem.
Conductor ]. S. McCrary, of the
Pendleton-Huntington passenger run
is laying off temporarily and his
place is being filled meanwhile by
Conductor O'Hara, of the freight SER
vice.
Prof. and Mrs. L. NJ Churchill. OF
the Pendleton Business college, re-
turned last night from Union county
They have been travelling over east
ern Oregon and Washington since the
close of school.
Mrs. Y. f. Bowman leaves tonight
for Sprague. Wash, to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Amy Dunn. From there Mrs.
Bowman will go to Portland, and
after seeing the exposition she will
spend a few weeks at Newport
The many friends Of Miss Laura
Pate will be glad to learn that she is
recovering rapidly from the operation
performed on her to remove an in
ternal tumor. at Pendleton recently.
She arrived in the city last Monday
and was driven out to the family home
about three miles northwest of the
city.-Day,on Courier-Press
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
MEAT PRICES HAVE RAISED.
May Result In More Freedom Of I'm,
pOrtation.


Berlin, July 22.-The price of meat
has risen in Germany from 20 to 50
per cent during the last six months,
so that now prices are higher by 80
to So per cent than in the nelghbor-
ing continental states. The prices
outside of Germany usually are 10 to
Is per cent lower.
Popular appeals directed by the
organized meat dealers are being
made to the government, both here
and in the provinces, to raise the pro-
hibition against the importation of
live cattle. The Butchers association
of Berlin is planning n number of
agitation assemblages. The prices of
meat supplied by the retailers today,
allowing for differences in weights
and money, were: Fillet of beef, AZ
cents per pound; boiling beef, q cents
per pound; pork, 81 1-2 cents; veal,
81 l2 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
WAITER WAS KILLED.
Spokane Murder Caused by Quarrel
Over Woman.

Spokane, July 22.--Otis Delacey,
a waiter at the Central cafe, was kill
ed last night by James Watson,
aged 30. a switchman formerly from
Duluth. ~itJ
The trouble is alleged to have been
over woman.
Watson is under arrest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
Jones' Body Arrives.

Norfolk. Va, July 22.-The Sigsbee
fleet bearing the body of Paul Jones,
passed Virginia capes at 1920, escort
ed by the battleship squadron of Rear
Admiral Evans.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
II, w. Nash Is Dead.

omaha, July 22.-E. w. Nash,
president of the smelter trust, died at
4:10 this morning, He was stricken
with paralysis May %. He is surviv-
ed by wife, son and four daughters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
PENSION CUT OFF.
Measure of Economy by Head of the
Equitable.

New York, July 22.--It is announc-
ed today that Chairman Morton. of
the Equitable, has cut off the $685.
600 annual pension of Mrs Henry b.
Hyde, widow of the founder of the
society.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22

Bread riots in which farm laborers
have reinforced the very poor OF the
cities, are occurring In Seville, Sala-
manca and other Spanish cities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22
SuSl,enSe,

Does the doctor think yer wife's
gon' to die2"
Blame e I know"
Didn't he tell you somethln' list
now?"
"Yep."
What d he say2"
well, he told me ter prepare fer
the worst. an burned II he amt got
me guessin'!"---Cleveland Leader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-22

PA" asked little Johnny. whats
a happy medium"
zone who has brisk business at
SO per seance ought to be happy, my
son.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
lows Of this city elected the following
officers for the ensuing wear:

lows Of this city elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
N G-K p Hutchinson.
V. q Oliver Downs.
Secretary VIM. Parkes
Permanent Secretary G. y. Dow.
Treasurer-F. ID. Hummell.
Truste 8 j. II. Smith, w. b Roby
and A G. Hosmer.
One day last week Capt l. F. Nun
sell, one Of the Mexican sol ier- AID n
member of the 18TH infantry, received
a shred of the old flag that led the
boys to victory many times in lSl7,
from his old commander, Geo w.
Morgan Of Iowa The captain prizes
the piece of bunting beyond every
thing as it brings TO him very wildly
the scenes and trials of the Mexican
war in which he participated until the
end.
ELM CREEK Uncle Joe Chambers
has moved into his new house .....
IL. Thomas u pnrcnaSed Il e wagon
...... II. Anderson has n new granary
...... Mi SEES Thomas, Hays and Con-
rad are attending school in Red loud
..... Mr. Williams and Il. Chambers
are building new barns.
WALNUT CREEK Miss Lizzie Blank
enbaker has been sick with fever .....
Miss Bean, who vas teaching school in
district No. so, has resigned, her
mother being sick ..... Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mitchell have lost their little
daughter. ...,.F. Blankenbaker's have
friends ~ their home from Iowa ......
Protracted meetings commenced at
the stone school house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
BURIED LIVING PERSONS.
Horrible Custom Of Japanese Prior
to Year $40 A.. ID.

to Year $40 A. ID.
Prior to the year GAG A. ID. the Japa-
nese had one Of the most horrible burial
customs that can be imagined-that Of
burying all the immediate friends and
retainers of u prince or other person OF
note In a standing position around the
potentate's grave and leaving them In
the earth up to their necks to perish
of thirst and hunger.
The custom cannot be said to have
been general as late as the date given,
for the japanese records prove that In
the time Of the Emperor SUNNI (97-30
b. c. the burial rites Of royal person
ages were 80 modified as to partially
abolish former cruelties. Speaking Of
a young brother Of SUNNI, who died
and had his retinue buried standing
around his grave, the old record says:
"For many days they died not, but
wept and cried aloud. At last they
died. Dogs and row assembled and
ate off their heads. The emperoT's COM
passion was aroused, and he desired to
change the manner of burial. When
the empress died, soon after, the mika-
Ito inquired of his officers If something
In the way of a change could not be
suggested, and one proposed to make
clay figures of men and bury them as
substitutes"
That this did not entirely do away
with the former custom is proved by
an edict issued In the year GAG A. d.,
the date given first above, which forbid
the burial of living persons and provid'
ed a penalty for further adherence tc
the awful rite.-St. Louis Republic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01

upon their monuments of the year
1000 b. G., more than 1000 years be-
fore they appear on European mi
ments. An Egyptian tomb of the year
1900 Il. &. Is the first to show Il sculp-
tured representation of the cat as Il
domcsticated animal, those Of the
greater age first mentioned probably
representing the creature in its wild
state. In the relief sketch Of the date
last mentioned, 1900 Il. c., it is unmis-
takably n pet, being shown as seated
beneath n chair. The Egyptians of
that age mummified dead cats Just as
they did human beings and in many
instances entombed hundreds Of thou-
sands OF them in a single pyramid or
pit. Bubastis was the Egyptian cat
goddess and was always represented
as having a cats head. Among tldt
queer people puss was regarded as al
emblem Of the sun, its eyes being sup
posed to vary in color and in the size
of their pupils with the progress of
that luminary across the heavens.
Herodotus tells us that when an
Egyptian cat died n natural death its
owner went into mourning and shaved
off his eyebrows.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
ABOUT PUSH BALL.
h,w This Very Interesting Game IL
rInyed.

Push ball Is played on a gridiron field
or floor 100 yards long by fifty wide,
with goal posts at either end twes,y
feet apart ana connected by Il cross
bar seven feet from the ground. The
mammoth ball, almost globular in
shape, should measure six feet in di-
amctcr and weigh between forty-eight
and fifty pounds. 1t Is usually inflated
with compressed air.
The ball is placed in the middle of
the field, and the teams line up as fol-
lows: Five forwards on the forty yard
liEe, two left and two right wings on
thc twenty yard line and two goal
keepers OH the goal line, eleven men
each. At the sound of the referees
upon the ball, and then the fun begins.
If the ball Is caught fairly between
the two human battering rams there is
Il rebound from its elastic sides that
sends the players sprawling like ten
pins.
1t does not take long, however, for
the entire twenty-five men to get
around the sphere, put their shoulders
to the wheel, 80 to speak, and push for
every ounce Of energy in them. The
heavier, stronger team will, Of course.
have the advantage. but some trick
plays have been invented which lend
variety to the game and redeem II
from being a featureless contest Of
mere Drawn and muscle. - National
Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
WINGLESS BIRDS.
New Zealand Swarmcd With Them
Before Its Occupation by Man.

For ages before its occupation by
man New Zealand swarmed with great
wingless birds, which found there no
c%arnivorous enemies, but an abundance
Of vegetable food. The % not only
existed Ia vast numbers and for thou
sands Of years, but had such diversity
Of form as to embrace no less than sew
en genera containing twenty-five spe-
cies, n remarkable fact which is UNI
parallelcd in any other part of the
world. The commonest kinds in tho
North island were only from two and
one-half to four feet high. Those of the
South island were mostly from four to
six feet tall, while the giant forms,
reaching twelve and thirteen feet, were
always ARE.
Immense deposits of moa bones have
been found In localities to which they
| appear to have been washed from tho
hills in tertiary times. Skeletons on
the surface of the ground, with skin
and ligaments still attached, have Civ
en- the impression that these birds have
been exterminated in very recent years,
but other facts point to n different con-
clusion. Tradition seems to show, ac-
cording to Il. NJ. Hutton, that the moa
became extinct in the North island soon
after the arrival Of Maoris in New Yea
land-that is, not less than 400 to SOC
years ago, and In the South island
about 100 years later.
The fresh appearing skin and liga
ments are supposed to have been pre-
served by unusually favorable condi
tons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
WHEN YOU r SICK.
An English Literary Prescription to
BE Taken During Recovery.

For reading during convalescence the
British Medical Journal prescribes lit
erature that cheers but does not ip-
ebriate, and warns persons recovering
from illness against writer's "whose
style, like that Of George Meredith, puts
n constant strain on the understanding
of the reader, or, like that OF Maurice
Hewlett, initiates by its artificial gilt
ter, or like that of Marie Corelli, an
noys by its frotby impertlnence." Dick
ems should 60 well during GONZALES
cence, except 'Pickwlck," at least in
surgical cases, because of the many
side splitting episodes which would
play havoc with the union of parts.
For the same reason, in order that
healing granulations may not be inter-
fered with, Mark Twain's works are
absolutely interdicted.
Smiles Self Help Is quite innocu-
ous,' says the learned journal, "but we
should be cautious in recommending it
in order that the patient may not there
by be led to mediate over a misspent
career and to have suggested to him
all the opportunities in life he might
have grasped, but did not. a despond-
ency might thus be induced which
would delay a restoration to health,
and which might even prove fatal.
Thackeray, except Vanity Fair which
is a pessimistic book, should go very
well; Pendennis' and Barry Lyndon
will certainly entertain"
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
SKULLS FOR CUPS.
BarbarOus Custom Of Fierce Tribes
of Northern Europe.

of Northern Europe.
The barbarous custom Of converting
the skulls Of enemies into drinking
cups was a common one in ancient
times among the fierce tribes Of north
ern Europe and was not unknown to
the people Of the more civilized regious
farther south. The italian poet, Ma
rino, causes an assemblage OF friends
to quar- their wine from the skull Of
Minerva, and In his wonder Of q
Kingdom Torrent makes Dakker say:
Would I had ten thousand soldiers heads.
Their skulls set all In silver, to drink
healths
To his confusion who first invented war.
Thomas Middleton, a dramatic writer
Of the early part Of the seventeenth
century, is believed to be the Origi-
nator of the phrase, "A soldiers drink
ing cup" as applied to a human skull.
In 1.-THE Witch" of his most cele-
brated plays, the duke takes a bowl,
which he Is told is a human skull,
whereupon he eXclaims:
Call It a soldiers cup.
| Our duchess. l know. will pledge us,
though the cup
Was once her fathers head. which as a
trophy
Well keep till death.
One Of the delights Of the immortals,
as represented in the old Scandinavian
sagas, Is that of drinking to drunken
ness from the skulls of v~anquished
foes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
Legal Notice.

charles =. Norris.
Plaintiff,
VS.. In the District Court
Charles l.. Saylor and OF Webster County.
Evan A. Ross Nebraska.
Defendants.
Charles l.. Saylor, defendant. will take notice
that on the 23rd day Of November A. D.. 1900.
plaintiff herein filed his petition in the District
Court OF Webster County. Nebraska. against
said defendants. the object and prayer of
which are to quiet the title to the South Half o.
the South West Quarter of section 10. Town
ship 2, Range 10. West Of the 9th p. NJ. in Web.
ster County. Nebraska, in plaintiff and to re-
move a cloud from plaintiffs title to said above
described land by reason Of an assignment OF a
contract to said lands. issued by the state OF
Nebraska and. assigned by defendant Charles
l.. Saylor, to defendant Evan A. Ross and re.
corded In tho ONCE Of the Commissioner Of
| Public Lands 4 Buildings Of the State Of Ne.
bra.ka In the name of defendant Evan A. Ross.
You are required to answer said petition on
or before The lst day or January. A. u. 1896.
CHARLES &. NORRIS.
BY K. U. Overman and Bernard McNeny. his
Attorneys. decl5
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
Let Us DO Our Duty.

Let US do our duty in u shop or u
kitchen, the market, the street, the Of
fee, the school. the home, just as faith
fully as If we stood in the front rank
Of some great battle and we knew that
victory for mankind depended on our
bravery, strength and skill. When we
do that the humblest of us will be serv-
ing In that great army which achieves
the welfare Of the world.-TheodOre
Parker.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-01
Pr0gressinR.

How is your daughter getting along
In physical cultureT' inquired the vlsi-
tor Of Mrs. Goldrox.
Finer replied Mrs. Goldrox. "She's
got so she can read an write 1t now,
and the professor says he's going to
give her Latin an c~hiropody next
month. l think them foreign Ian
gwidges are fine, don't youT'-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.