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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
CossaclSs Murder Citizens.

St Petersburg June 20.-Advices
from Vernoselk, province of Khergen,
state that during a demonstration
by citizens Cossacks charged the
crowd, killing SS and wOunding many
others
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
seyenty-five to Portland.

Seventy-five people have left Pen
dleton for Portland over the o. r. &
N. since yesterday morning, nearly all
of this number purchasing return trip
tickets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
MRS. BURNErrE SHOT HERSELF.
Requested to Be Buried at Baker City,
Oregon.

Truckee, New, June 20.-Mrs. Rob-
ert Burnette attempted suicide this
morning by shooting herself through
the left lung. The loss of her hus-
band caused the deed. In a note she
requested interment at Baker City,
Ore,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
Russians Arc Retiring.

Lindiapudy, Manchuria, June 20.-
The Japanese are advancing from the
center end westward, driving the Rus
sian advance lines south of Palitum.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

. my husband was leaning for
. ward and staggering after Mr..
. Clark had let go of him, and
. his arms were dropping be-
. side his body. and his face
was a mass of blood. Grover
. Martin was six or eight feet
. away and pulled his pistol from
. his right hip pocket, and aimed
. it at Mr.. Preston. MY husband
. and Mr.. Clark said, Don't
Martin waited an instant, and
. shot"
Substance OF Mrs. PrestOn's
6 account Of the shooting OF her
. husband by Grover Martin,
given in court this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
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Invited TO Confer.

Washington, June 20.-It is
. announced at the state depart
. ment this morning this govern
. ment has received an invitation
. by the Moroccan government to
. participate in the conference OF
. the powers upon the information
. al afafirs of that country. I'm
. less the invitation is unanimous
!. " seconded by the other gov
! ernments interested the United
} states will decline to partici-
; pate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Market in the United States.

Chicago, June 2O.-July wheat
opened at S7% and closed at S91a.
Corn closed at 54 Is, and oats at 81 y .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
DRIVER
HAS BEEN MANNED
APPARENTLY AN ACT OF
PURE MALICIOUSNESs.

Victim Is at Hospital-IIis Assail-
ants Escapc-Tcamsters Appoint a
Committee to Conduct Further Ne
'gotiations, But the Employers Are
Naughty and 1t Is Not Believed They
Will Deign to Farley Further-In-
dications That the Strike Cannot
Last Much Longer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20


At 9 o'clock this morning the actual
trial of Grover Martin for the killing
of o. N. Preston commenced, and
from the very start the proceedings
have been of intense interest to those
present, and full of importance in the
case.
At the request of the district attor-
ney all witnesses for both sides were
excluded from the court room in or
der that they might not hear the evi-
dence given by those on the stand
before them.
In outlining the case for the state,
District Attorney Phelps stated that
he could not explain everything that
might be brought out during the trial,
as he did not know all that the evil
dence might reveal, but he announced
that he would prove that Illicit rela-
tions had occurred between Minnie
Preston, the 16-year-old daughter Of
the dead man and the defendant, on
October 19, 1904, and that this was
the cause of the trouble. That on the
evening of May is, Grover Martin
was visiting at the home of Myra
Clark and that he was called into
the road at the request of o. n. Pres
ton. That a fight occurred in which
Preston received q dented cheek, a
fractured skull and a broken nose.
That on being lifted to his feet he
picked up a rock, that it was knocked
from his hand by Mr.. Clark, and that
while leaning forward and totally un-
armed, he was deliberately shot by
Grover Martin.
At the very start the district attor-
ney was interrupted by Colonel Raley
objecting to the state showing what
relations existed between Martin and
Minnie Preston, but the objection was
overruled by Judge Ellis. At this
Mr.. Raley intimated that such being
allowed, the defense would need fur
ther time in which to secure wit
nesses to refute the evidence on that
subject. This statement was declared
by the district attorney to be grand
stand" play on the part of the attor-
ney for the defense.
Outline for Defense.
In outlining the defense, Colonel
Raley declared that so far but one
side of the case had ever been told,
and that there was another side yet
undisclosed. He very minutely de-
scribed how few days before the
killing Preston and his son-in-law,
Graham, had secured a pistol and
cartridges at a secondhand store in
Milton; had then found Martin while
the latter was washing his buggy in
a livery stable. That they then de-
manded certain things of him, and
made threats; that later they follow
ed him to DIR. Fulton's office, from
which place Martin left in short
time in company with a lady who act
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20
ARMOUR PEOPLE
MAKE OEN|ALS
THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
BRIBING LABOR LEADERS.

Deny In Toto All knowledge of Graft
in Connection With Heading Off
Strikes'-Eifteen Other Men Are
Subpoenaed in an Effort to Substan-
tinte the Charges of John G. Dris-
coll Who Exhibits Checks in Open
Court to Prove discriminating Dis
bursementS,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

Harrington, Wash, will this sum-
mer expend s1S,500 on engagements
to the city's school buildings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

All kinds of hay crops are yielding
enormously in Lane county this sea-
son.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

Portland, June 20.-The Mitchell
trial opened this morning. The day
was taken up in the selection of a
jury.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

Portland, Or. June 20.-Today the
first of the many Oregon land fraud
trials began before United States nis-
trict Judge ]. j. De Haven in the new
court rooms of the postoffice build
ing in this city. The case is that
charging United States Senator John
II. Mitchell with having accepted fees
while senator of the United States,
for services rendered to Frederick A.
Kribs, by which timber land claims
belonging to The latter were passed
through the general land office to pat
ent. Senator Mitchell Is repre- sented
by ex-senator John NJ. Thurston, of
Nebraska, and Judge A. S. Bennett, of
The Dalles, while District Attorney
Francis ]. Heney, represents the gov
eminent.
The charge on which Senator Mitch
ell faces trial is regarded by the gov
.ernment officials as the strongest OF
the indictments which have been re-
turned against him. The evidence is
largely documentary and is said To
consist in great part of letters, checks
and account books. The alleged trans
actions of S. A. d. Puter with Senator
Mitchell do not figure in this case,
nor will Puter be a witness.
Details of Churge.
The indictment charges that con-
trary 10 the federal laws, Senator
Mitchell received fees from Frederick
A. Kribs amounting to $3.50 for using
his influence at Washington to secure
the patenting of land claims in which
Kribs was interested, the money be-
ing paid TO the law firm of which
Mitchell was the senior member.
Articles of partnership were exc
cuted between Mitchell and Tanner in
1891, and according to the testimony
OF Tanner. his son, and Harry Rob
ertson, the document contained the
following provision:
at is understood and agreed that
the interest of each of the parties to
this agreement as 10 all services rem
dered, all moneys received. and all
business done by the firm shall be
the equal one half thereof, except that
for any services which may be render
ed by sail John II. Mitchell in the city
of Washington, ID. c., either in the
supreme court of the United states,
the court of claims or before con-
gress or any of the departments, shall
be the individual matter and claim OF
said John II. Mitchell, and all fees so
earned by him i'm either of said de-
partments, and his salary as senator,
shall be the individual property OF
said John II. Mitchell and the firm
shall have no interest therein; but
for all services rendered by the firm
or either member of 1t in any other
place, save and except as above. shall
be considered firm business and the
parties equally Interested therein
Tanners Story.
When Judge Tanner was called be-
fore the grand jury and asked as to
the nature of the firms transactions
ne stated that Senator Mitchell had
no interest In fees for services rem
dered by the firm before the depart
ments at Washington, and in support
of this assertion he produced a docu'
ment purporting to be the origina
partnership agreement executed In
1901. In place of the clause already
quoted. the following clause is alleg'
ed to have been submitted:
ut is agreed that the interest o
each of the parties hereto as to al
the services rendered, all moneys re
ceived and all business done by th'
a.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-20

Advertising is profitable read
ing. 1t keeps you posted on where
TO save money on your purchases.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
Oddities of TaiIoring.

"a music pocket?" said the tailor,
"Oh, yes, for professional singers
often make music pockets. They run
across the back of the coat, as rule
above the waist, and they hold, with
out crushing, a half dozen songs.
81 have three or four detectives
among my patrons, and in their busi-
ness suits always put handcuff pock-
cts. These pockets are in the sleeves.
Their advantage is that the handouts
can be drawn forth without the prls-
oner's seeing the action. When a
rambunctious prisoner sees a detect
ives hand go towards an ordinary
pocket he knows what is coming. and
prepares accordingly; but with my
special pocket the hanccurr is on him
before he knows where he is at.
"One of my patrons has his trous-
ers lined from the knee down with
leather. DO you know why? Be-
cause a dog once bit large chunk
out Of the calf Of his leg and he does
not want to incur such loss again"
Minneapolis Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
UNCLE SANS CONFESSIONAL.

ITO Account Conscience" This ac-
count was opened by the United
States government in 1911. 1t would
rot be fair to infer from this fact that
the American conscience had its
awakening at so late a date in the
country's history, but that year wit
messed the first return to the govern
ment, as the result of the "still small
voice" of money of which 1t had been
defrauded some time before. Presi-
dent Madison found on his desk one
morning an unsigned Letter in which
the writer confessed to defrar ding the
government of 50, for which his con-
science had made him suffer sorely.
This amount was inclosed with the
request that it be turned into the ma
tional treasury, the writer expressing
the hope that this full restitution and
repentance would restore clear and
easy conscience.
Up to date the amount returned by
those who have defrauded the govern
ment and become conscience stricken
is $4O0, O0,00O.-American Illustrated
Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE.

The Dalles Chronicle voices a sem
timent which has been sounded in the
columns of the East Oregonian re-
peatedly in the past year and which
is now the universal theme in the pa
pers of the Northwest
The Chronicles peculiarly fitting
expression of the subject is as follows:
There seems to be a moral wave
spreading over the Northwest and
laws are being enforced against gam
bling and keeping open saloons on
Sundays, which have been considered
dead letters" on our statute books.
These laws are being enforced, not
because any new Interpretation has
been given them, but because there is
a public opinion aroused which de-
mands their enforcement.
The voice of the people is almost
omnipotent and when politicians feel
the public pulse, and find it throbbing
in certain direction, they are quick
to follow its behest.
A little over a year ago when F. A.
Seufert was elected mayor of our city.
everyone thought he was undertaking
a herculean task when he said he
would stop gambling; but he appealed
to popular opinion, and that staunch-
ly supported him. Gambling stopped
without any official act. and has not
been carried on openly i'm The Dalles
since
Pendleton has followed in the foot
steps of The Dalles, and so has Baker
City, and other cities in the North
west. The last to drop into line is
Colfax. and the wave is still spreading.
to this point. and gambling must go
and the Sabbath respected as a day of
worship. This may be Puritanical; but
if we don't like it the world is very
wide and there is room elsewhere.
There is no question that Oregon
has been conquered, captured or
whatever it may be termed by the an
ti-saloon element. and It is useless to
attempt to breast the tide which has
set in in that direction. One might
as well attempt to whistle down the
wind or dam the current of the Co
lumbia. The effort is only sacrificing
ones self with no prospect of accom-
plishing anything by the act
II public opinion stops where It is,
all may feel satisfied; but there is
danger of It going forward without
proper limits until it breaks out in
some wild fanaticism, which will
cause a retrogade movement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

not, as a general thing caught in the
assessors dragnet There are various
ways of evading the taxing of such
property, the most common, doubtless,
being that of secretion. 1t is no
torious fact that the miser. with thous-
ands or millions OF property in the
form mentioned. almost invariably es-
capes the assessor. to the tune Of
many hundreds or thousands less
than what the law requires OF him.
There is. however, natural source
from which all needful public revenue
can be obtained without robblng any
body, depressing anybody, or encour-
aging deceit, falsehood or perjury.
The proper source of public revenue is
so very tangible that not only assess
ors but everybody else except the few
who are so unfortunate to be blind.
can see il with their naked eyes. 1t
lies out of doors, is impossible of con-
cealment. is always in the same place,
and its value is Il matter of general
knowledge. Furthermore, its value in
every instance is community made,
and that is why the community should
take for public purposes such value.
This source of public revenue is
land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

though there are small herds OF milch
cows at most of the towns and vii
lagos. Recently a livestock company
has begun operations with cattle and
sheep on Kadiak island, and another
company is making preparations to
utilize Akutan island
at is possible for both sheep and
cattle to live throughout the winter
without care, as has often been DEM
onstrated. Indeed, where cows belong
to the natives they are forced to live
through the winter with little care,
ekin gout an existence by feeding
browse and seaweed Milch cows,
kept by whites, are as a rule fed from
five to six months, and this may fair
ly be considered the length of time
when animals require feed and shell
ter.
For three reasons l am impelled to
believe that the Alaska grass lands as
n whole can be most profitably util-
lied at present through dairying.
First, because the small population of
Alaska coast limits the market for
beef to a small fraction of the possi-
BILE yield. Second, because the neces-
sarily long feeding period, five to six
hg xNthI n frxy on p
tie will yield compensating returns.
Third because the freight to distant
markets on concentrated products
like butter and cheese is not seri-
Gus factor.
THE Alaska coast furnishes many
admirable sites for dairy colonies or
settlements, both on the islands and
on the mainland. With such great
wealth of grass as southwestern Alas
ka possesses it is difficult to believe
that It will not become a great dairy
country.
at is doubtful IL equally good op-
portunities for colonies of dairymen
can be found in the United States to-
day Certainly there is no other place
left where 32O-acre homesteads Of
magnificent grass lands can be had
for the taking. In view of the enor-
nous areas of these lands, II seems
most advisable that this undeveloped
resource be converted into wealth.
Perhaps nothing will stimulate this as
much as practical experiments and
demonstrations by the department Of
agriculture"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

Not Missourians alone, will be in
terested in the visit of Governor Folk
to Oregon, but all good citizens who
admire a man of superb moral cour-
age, backbone and fearlessness. Rare,
indeed, are men of the Folk type in
public office. Finding his state stepped
in immoral practices and running riot
in law-breaking, he Immediately put
his shoulder to the wheel and began
crusade against vice and crime that
has become worldwide. Defiant law
breakers, safeguarded behind the IA
voritism and the patronage of legis-
lators, judges and other officials,
boldly declared that this "upstart'
should not interfere with their carni-
val of crime in ST. Louis. Spurred to
his task by such defiance, the young
attorney waded into the job, sent pub
lie officials to the penitentlary, fined
them, run them out of the United
States, drove boodling corruptionists
from cover and upturned the entire
moral structure of Missouri in his
search for law-breakers. Such a man
in Joe Folk, and for the qualities that
make him such man, all Oregon will
welcome him on Missouri Day" on
September IA. II is worth trip to
Portland to see Joe Folk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

While there is perhaps nothing in
the story of Count" Rossi's great in
heritance from Italy as reported re-
peatedly in Lewiston and Spokane pa
pers, yet the subject has been a
blessed boon to reporters during the
dull season. It has served to fill as
many columns with live news stories
as though the count were actually
worth a million.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
INTANGIBLE PROPERTY.

The San Francisco Star. one of the
most thorough and sound economic
papers on the Pacific coast, in dis
cussing the inequalities Of taxation,
says:
An honest citizen of Los Angeles
makes an inquiry for himself and in
behalf of numerous friends, as to:
How can Intangible property, such
as notes. stocks. bonds, franchises and
money, be caught in the dragnet Of
taxation?"
The answer is: that such property is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

Is THE MOST SATISFACTORY
FORM OF POWER IN USE TO-DAY.
YOU PRESS THE BUTTON, WE DO
THE REST. TAKES AWAY ALL
THE DRUDGERY, HEAT. DIRT
AND DISCOMFORT OF STEAM
POWER. 1T Is NOT ONLY MORE
CONVENIENT BUT IS CHEAPER.
FIGURE UP YOUR BILL FOR
WOOD WATER. LABOR AND RE-
PAIRS ON YOUR BOILER AND EN-
CINE AND THEN COME AROUND
AND GET OUR RATES FOR A SIM
liar AMOUNT OF POWER. If
YOU ARE BUILDING DON'T FAIL
TO HAVE YOUR HOUSE WIRED.
QUIT CLEANING SMOKY OLD OIL
LAMPS. AND PUT IN LIGHT THAT
ONLY REQUIRES TURNING A
BUTTON. + I. + 4 4 4
IRONING DAY THIS WEATHER
IS LOOKED FORWARD TO WITH
DREAD. NO NEED OF 1T. WHAT
rs THE USE OF HEATING YOUR
WHOLE HOUSE UP AND MAKING
A HARD DAYS WORK OF YOUR
IRONING WHEN WE CAN FUR
NISH YOU AN ELLCTRIC IRON
AND YOU CAN OPERATE 1T ON A
METER AT AN EXPENSE OF ONLY
FIVE CENTS AN HOUR. WE CAN
FURNISH YOU SEWING MA
CHINE MOTOR AND 1T WILL ONLY
COST YOU TWO CENTS AN HOUR
TO OPERATE 1T. ISN'T 1T WORTH
TWO CENTS AN HOUR TO YOU
TO HAVE A MOTOR ATTACHED
TO YOUR MACHINE. YOU CAN
DO MORE WORK WITH LESS FA-
TIGUE THAN IN THE OLD WAY.
WE WILL MAKE YOU A FLAT
RATE IF YOU ARE A DRESSMAK-
Err OR SEAMSTREES. 1T WILL
PAY YOU TO LOOK 1T UP. COME
AROUND AND SEE US. = = =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
1he bladder, or the kidneys themselves
Break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
= cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatmeut of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking Dr. kilmers Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrccts inability to hold urine and
scalding pain i'll passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

Change is called loose because it
gets away so easily.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
Headed Off Its Successor?

The Connecticut legislature. which
recently adjourned. bought 97S foun-
tain pens and 2,6S2 knives for its 29O
members at a cost estimated at more
than $4,000. This legislature passed
a stringent law against Corrupt prac-
tices. Louisville Courier-Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
w. T. PARKER
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Notions-IIats, Caps, Boots, Shoe.
and Farm Produce.

i have Just purchased the d. 3.
Richardson store at Helix, oreson
and l am going to thoroughly remodel
1t and greatly increase the stock.
solicit your patronage. and IL good
goods and fair treatment can hold
your trade. then know you will trade
with me. Bring in your farm pro-
duce. Highest market price paid.
HELIX OREGON
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31
ALASKA'S RICH FARM LANDS.

That the coast Alaska furnishes
many admirable sites for dairy colo
nies is the opinion expressed by Sec
retary of Agriculture James Wilson In
the annual year book of the depart
ment for 1904, copies of which have
been received. The department has
already begun to experiment with cat
tie raising and dairying in the district,
having started herd of cattle at Its
Kenai experiment station, and the re-
suits thus far achieved have proven
very satisfactory.
Speaking of this feature of Alaska's
future development, the secretary In
his report says:
There are on the southern coast
of Alaska from Cook Inlet to Unalas-
ka about 10000 square miles Of grass
lands, over one-half of which are
capable of cultivation. On much of
this land there is luxuriant growth
of grasses, often six feet high. On
the remainder, lying at higher ele-
vation and in more exposed situations,
the grasses are too short for hay cut
ting, but furnish splendid pasturage.
That these grasses are nutritious, the
fat, sleek condition of the cattle fur
nishes ocular demonstration.
"At the present time this great re-
source Is practically untouched.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-31

Assessor c. P. Strain of this county,
has been the cause of a raise in rail-
way assessments in two of the best
counties in the Inland Empire, at
county, Oregon, and
Walla Walla county, Washington. Re-
forms are slow to come, but they will
surely come If persistently agitated.