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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
RUSSIAN PRIEST
IS BURIED ALIVE

Special Cablegrsm to The Star.
ODESSA. August 26.-A pope or Russian
village priest has been buried alive by a
mob of peasants at Svino Krivza In the
Crimea.
The people had ascribed the prolonged
drought which had ruined their crops this
season to the death Of a certain old man
who had been regarded as an "opyr' or
wizard. no rain having fallen since his
burial in March last.
According to the popular superstition 1t
was necessary in order to appease the
sorcerers spirit that his remains should be
exhumed at midnight and after being sprin-
killed. with holy water by a priest, replaced
in the grave.
Accordingly on Sunday night procession
of villagers headed by boys and girls carry
ing torches and accompanied by tiddlers and
flautsts playing dismal dirges set out for
the cemetery.
The body of the dead wizard was duly ex-
humed and placed In a sitting posture
against a tree, around which forty or
fifty of The peasants danced weird dance
to the accompaniment Of the village mu-
sicians.
In the midst of the curious ceremonial
Father Constantin. the village pope, ar
rived. The villagers thinking that ne had
come to cOnsummare the ceremonies by
pouring holy water Old the corpse hailed him
with joyful greetings.
To their surprise and disappointment, how
ever, the priest not only declined to assist
them in the affair, but upbraded them
for their superstition and their sacriligious
barbarity. The crowd at this grew indig-
nant. Some among them who were under
the influence of vodko shouted that he was
the real wizard as the spirit of the dead
man had entered into his body The priest
was accordingly seized, and despite his
shrieks for mercy was hurled by TOUR OF
.ba i,to no ranpanad the
mains of the corpse being flung In after
him with earth and stones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Cars for Drunkards.
Special Cablegram to The Star.


LIVERPOOL, August 26.-The railway
companies of Liverpool have arranged to
run special cars for drunkards. But after
perfecting the arrangements for the spe-
cial cars to the establishment of the rail-
way managers there were no drunkards.
Qured.
Premature publication of our intentions
ruined our plans said one Of the railroad
managers Regular topers who could be
relied upon to travel homeward by these
particular trains have evidently been
shamed into sobriety. At any rate they
keep away from the trains until they have
sobered up.
IT consider that we have done more for
the cause of temperance than any amount
of legislation could possibly have accom-
phshed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Old Papers Unearthed.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
KHARTUM, August pa large quantity
Of papers, including registers and books
kept by the old Dervish government, have
been unearthed from deep well in which
they were concealed at Omdurman. Some
interesting finds are expected when the
examination of these papers is undertaken
by the committee which has already been
appointed for the purpose. 1t is known
that the Derivshes scrupulously preserved
all their documents up to the time of the
British occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
japanese Pleased With the variae.

SEOUL. Korea, August 26-Admiral Arao
and other Japanese naval officials are great
ly pleased with the former Russian cruiser
Nariag, which has been raised after being
submerged for eighteen months In the wa
ter of the Pacific. They highly compliment
the work of the American builders of the
vessel and praise the quality of the mate
rails in its construction. The salvers ex-
perienced many difficulties in preserving the
hull of the cruiser, the work necessitating
the removal of her coal and guns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Congratulated Woman Lawyer.
ecIal Cablegram 10 The Star

Special Cablegram The Star.
MELBOURNE. August 26-Miss Grata F.
Matilda Greig, the first woman to be called
to the bar at Melbourne. just made her
first appearance in court. Sir John Mad
den, the chief justice, in a few graceful
remarks congratulated Miss Greig on her
unique position and expressed his gratifi-
cation at the revolution which her success
heralded.
1t is interesting to note that sister of
Miss Greig-Dr. Janet Grelg-is at present
in Scotland going through q special hospi-
tai course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
KLEPTOMANIA.
Mysterious Outbreak Of Members Of
Parliament
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, August ga mysterious out
break of kleptomania has invaded the
house of commons. The origin of the dis
ease was traced to a case which happened
Just before the adjournment of parliament.
when six cakes of house of commons soap
were found bulging out of a legislators
coat pocket Then it was suddenly discov-
cred that the malady was spreading with
alarming persistency. One member of par
lament, who In a fit of mental abstraction
took pair of hair brushes stamped with
the royal arms. was taken before the ser
geant-at-arms and gently admonished.
Suddenly 1t was discovered that table nap
kins had been spirited away by one over
worked and studious legislator. The last
day of parliament silk hats without num-
Der disappeared. and many OF the MEN,
beers were obliged to wear their skull caps,
barely escaping from returning bareheaded
to their homes. Mr.. Swift MacNeill and
Mr.. Scott-Montagu were among those who
suffered most severely by reason of the
kleptomaniac members Of parliament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Charged With Treason.
pecial CabIegram to The Star.


ST. PETERSBURG, August 26.-Prince
Paul Dolgoroukoff is here in connection
with the charges of treason brought against
the members of the congress which as
sembled at his house on July 49, 1t has
now been decided to refer the entire mat
ter to sensational court of inquiry which
will decide whether such charges are justi-
fed. This is really regarded as shelving
OF the whole case. Court circles affirm
that the congress really did the constitu-
tional cause much harm, because 1t incerised
the czar and led to the total exclusion of
tn, zemstvo element from the grand
council at Peterhof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
GEN. MACARTHUR AT SEOUL.
Emperor to Grant Audience and En-
terrain at Luncheon.

SEOUL. Korea, August 26.-MaJor Gem
eral Macarthur and his aid. Captain
West. have arrived here from Manchuria.
The emperor will give audience and en-
terrain them at a luncheon and at the same
time Will receive American Minister Nor
gan, Captain Sargent and the officers OF
the cruiser Baltimore
During his stay here General Macarthur
Will inspect the Seoul-Wiju railroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
WHAT JAPS AND
RUSSIANS HAVE LOST


Special Ceblegram to The Star
TOKYO August 26.-1n come elton with
the peace negotiations the estimates OF
Japanese and Russian losses during the war
Just compiled here are Interesting in the
extreme. But the task of compilation mas
not been easy. With regard to casualties
on the Japanese side. tolerably accurate
statistics were published throughout !0o4'
although even in that period there were
quite a number of skirmishes which re-
manned without exact returns. But from
the beginning of the current year the Japa-
nese would seem to have concluded that In
these matters secrecy is the wiser policy.
Possibly, in view of the fact that the Rus
slams observed reticence. the Japanese de-
cded not to be needlessly frank. At all
events, they have never made any official
statement of the total casualties during the
seige of Port Arthur or in the great battle
OF Mukden. In these cases. therefore, re-
course must be had to private Intelligence,
supplemented by somewhat laborious cal
culation of ratios between aggregate losses
and losses In commissioned rank
One very salient landmark offers itself.
Last May a religious celebration was held
in Tokyo in memory of the officers and men
who had persisted in battle or died or
wounds between February g. 1904. and jan
uary 81. 1905, exclusive of the battle OF
f1elkaukdl Inc peculiarly SOIeHlu Clidi az
ter of those rites which are bound up with
everything that the Japanese hold most sa-
cred precludes the possibility of any omis-
sion from the national death roll. Prayers
were offered up for 1899 military men and
1,S57 naval men of all ranks and 1t can be
taken as certain that these figures repre-
scented the total of both services up to the
fall of Port Arthur Assuming, as expert
ence indicates. that four men are wounded
for every one killed, and assuming, further,
that 10 per cent of the wounded die, we at
once obtain aggregate of about 105,CJO
casualties in all ranks of the japanese army
from the beginning OF the war until jan
uary 81, 1905. If to this we add 5000 for
Heikaukai, 80. 800 for Mukden, and 500 on
account of skirmishes UP to the end of July.
we obtain a grand aggregate of 10000 in
round numbers, representing casualties,
killed and wounded during the period from
February, 1904, 10 June, 1905, inclusive.
This tallies almost exactly with the total
obtained by setting down the figures I'M
officially reported after the ending of each
fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
SITUATION IN WARSAW
BUSINESS ALMOST SUSPENDED
PRISONS ARE OVERLOOKING.

WARSAW. Angus. ga serious situa-
ton prevails here. business is almost sus.
pended. Police patrols are stopping all
persons in the streets including the occu.
pants of carriages. demanding from them
proofs OF their identity. There have been
many arrests. and many persons have been
injured in the disturbances. The prisons
overlooking.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28
FOR STATE RESERVE.
Governor Chamberlain Would Set
Aside n Choice Tract.

Salem Oct 27.-Having finally
made up his mind as to his course of
action in his proposed establishment
of state forest reserve for the bene-
fit of the school fund Governor Cham
berlain has decided to issue call for
offers of information as to the loca-
ton of available government tracts OF
forest land ranging from 1000 to 20
600 in acreage, in a body which he
can procure for the substitution of
state base of which latter the state
has between $4,000 and 10000 acres
available
Although no fund is at hand whiCn
can be drawn upon by the governor
to pay for the location of these lands,
at a stipulated price per acre, by tim
Der locators, but the governor will in
vite tenders of land with the under
standing that the locator will take his
chances of awaiting the favorable ac-
tion of the Legislature in making an
appropriation directly covering the eX-
pense.
1t is not known what prices Will lie
asked by the locators of this timbe:
/ land for the state, but il is though
| from % to so cents per acre will be 4
! fair price. The state land agent as
/ sisted by a reliable timber cruiser
will investigate the status of all lands
offered and certify as to their availa-
/ bility for location.
The governor proposes to take up ln
equal amount of government land tc
the states available base and set Il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28
The Hicks Almanac for 1906.

The Rev. Irl r. Hicks Almanac will
not be published for 1906, but his
monthly journal, Word and Works,
has been changed into a large and
,ostly maga7i0e ana & will contain his
storm and weather forecasts and other
astronomical features complete. The
November number, now ready, con-
tains the forecasts from January TO
June, 1906. The January number
ready December 20 will contain the
forecasts from July to December
1906. The price of this splendid mag
azine is one dollar a year. See 1t and
you will have it. The November and
January numbers containing the Rev,
Irl r. Hicks forecasts for the whole
year. and more complete than ever,
can be had by sending at once 20
cents to Word and Works Publishing
company, 2201 Locust street ST,
Louis, Mo.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28
ENFORCING GAME LAWS.
State Warden Baker Making a Vigor-
Gus Campaign.

State Warden ]. w. Baker arrived
in the city last night from Cottage
Grove on business connected with the
illegal sale of ducks in Baker City
during the past month, says the Baker
City Herald. He conferred today with
Deputy Game Warden Parker and
District Attorney Lomax and an
nounced that it was his intention to
prosecute these cases in the courts.
With the new license law in effect
Mr.. Baker is provided with funds
whereby cases can be prosecuted and
he has been doing some very effective
work already this year. out of about
SO arrests he has secured 70 convic-
tions. Next year with ample funds on
hand he expects to enforce the game
law all over the state.
THE money is coming in a little
late for us TO do much this year
said Mr.. Baker. this morning, but
we will have a good sum on hand to
commence work with next year and
we are going to enforce the game
/ law"
Mr.. Baker has been pretty busy
with his court cases this fall and re.
Gently secured the conviction of d
/ Portland restaurant keeper for sell.
ing ducks at meals. The hunting H.
cense of the state has amounted tC
about $4,000 already this year will
a great many counties yet to max,
their next quarterly report.
Under the old system" said Mr.
Baker, 1--WE did not have any fund
with which to prosecute the violation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28
RoASTS WALLACE.
Departing Minister Hurls Hot Shot at
Idaho Town,

The following dispatch from Wal
lace, Idaho, gives a synopsis of the
farewell sermon of Rev. H. W. Fer
guson, Baptist minister at that place;
Get out, lest the iniquities of the
city consume YOU" was the eNhorta-
tion of the minister. II am going to-
morrow and l advise you all TO do the
same as soon as you can. So far as
! can learn, there are no persons re-
siding i'm Wallace who really want TO
live here. They all expect to move as
soon as they can. Why, even Gods
sunshine seems to begrudge the few
rays ii sends down into this dismal
murSy canyon during the long months
of the fall and winter.
AFTER seven months of labor in
Wallace it is my impression that Wal
lace wants no preacher. Neither does
the city want institutional work or
rescue work. Wallace bears the rep
utation of being a fine place for graft
ers and fakirs. The moral rottenness
of the place is somewhat awful, and
the moral stencil is such that there is
little wonder that not many people
want to live here.
"rhen there is your mayor. Oh,
that beautiful mayor! He is a speci-
men of Sodom in the Coeur d'Alenes.
was never able to find him until one
day left him a note saying that if he
had any political aspirations to meet
me at IL O'Clock. He met me at II
o'clock. Do you know that the mayor
you elected in a speech welcomed the
chorus girls in a burlesque show tC
the city of Wallace?
wallace supports over 80 saloons
innumerable fraternal orders but viii
not support a church. Dan McInnis
the proprietor of the dance hall, /!
more a gentleman than some of the
church members in this city who pre-
tend to uphold the morals of the com
munty. but who are deep in the mir,
of iniquity. Some of them stand higl
in their churches.
During my residence in this cit,
only once was / offered any none
for officiating at a funeral, and tina
was by a man by the name of Os
burn, who does not live here. He CAV
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28

me S5 to officiate at the funeral of
some old friend of his. Judging from
the language Mr.. Osburn used he was
not deacon of any church, but he
paid me for officiating at that fune-
raj. which is something no one in
Wallace ever did.
when 1 spoke to a prominent bus
mess man concerning the awful con-
dition here he advised me to move out
if l did not like the ways of the city.
There is an old adage about When
you are in Rome do as the Romans
do God pity the Romans if they
did what the people of Wallace do"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28

of the game law and as a result vio-
lations became quite general every
where. But We are going to put Il
stop to that now. 1 advocated this
license law for two years before the
legislature adopted it. 1t is in force
in many other states and the hunters
do not mind the paying of 81 for the
privilege of hunting when they know
the money is going for the protection
of the game"
Mr.. Baker expects to leave tonight
as he expects to be in Ashland day
after tomorrow when he will meet
with representatives from the Klam-
ath region to discuss the situation
down there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-28

aside as IA reserve until it increases in
value to such an extent that it will in
crease the school fund materially
when sold eventually.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-07
DON,T NEGLECT THE ORCHARD.
Thousands of Dollars Lost by Not
Setting and Caring for an
Orchard Property.

Tie time of year is almost at hand
to begin work in the orchard. The
failure of a fruit crop would disap-
point thousands of people, more SO
that most any other crop of the farm.
Many farmers get good varieties of APP
pie, leach, pear, plum and cherry trees,
take them home and dig a hole for
each and set them in, and that is the
last bit of care they get. And more
than likely that is the last of the
trees too.
Farmers say it is hard to get an or
chard started. There are thousands Of
do1lafs lost annually by not setting and
caring for orchards right. In Sc doing
farmers have trees of all ages, from
three to twenty-five years old in the
Sand orchard. The stock on the farm
is allowed to roam at will in the or
chard, breaking down and destroying
mary valuable young trees. Much is
also lost by farmers setting trees in
fence corners, and giving no cultiva-
ton whatever. Suppose we should
plant a field of corn and never culti-
vate it. What could we expect? Just
so with the orchard; it needs cultiva-
ti0i.
Good fruit brings good prices at the
present time. Select good varieties
ant take more pains in setting the
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-07
The Farmer and Good Roads.

New Jersey is the most progressive
state in the Union in the construction
and care OF its wagon roads, and there
tore the estimate of her road commits
sloner, of the saving effected in that
state by good roads may be regarded
as accurate, because he has unusual
opportunities for observing the differ
ence in the utility of an improved and
neglected road. His estimate is in
substance as follows: 1t cost nine and
one-half cents per bushel to ship wheat
from Chicago to New York, a distance
OF 900 miles; it cost three cents a
bushel to haul wheat on a level road
a distance of five miles, and on sandy
road it would cost nine cents per mile
to haul it. The saving on a bushel
of wheat with, good roads for a Dis
lance of five miles would be equivalent
to that of 600 miles of transportation
by teamer or canal boat, or 375 miles
by railroad. One mile of good roads
would make a saving equal to rs miles
by rail nearer to the markets. 1t is
estimated that the cost of hauling
100000, 600 tons of farm produce to
market is 81 per ton, or just about
81 600, 900, 000;it is estimated that about
60 per cent. of this last amount, or
5000, 900 600, would be saved each year
If farmers were able to do this haul
Ing owe good rOadS.-EpitOmiSt,
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-07

forest and getrich son and use about
one-half q W~heelbarrow full to each
tree. Then get right down and
strafghtent the roots out in their natur-
al shape.
Wash all young trees with soap
suds each spring and fall. 1t will de-
stroy many insects and also keep rab-
bits and mice from gnawing the trees.
Cultivate the young orchard. Truck
crops, such as potatoes, melons, cab
bage, etc, a be grown until the trees
begin to bear fruit. Then 1t can be
sOwn to clover. In old Orchards,
prune in April. Thin the u%nderbrush
and water sprouts out pretty well, then
pillow with the ordinary breaking pillow.
Seed to wheat OF oats, then SOW down
to grass. Then see what nice fruit
you will have. 1t will pay you ten
times over for all you labor.
The orchard ought to be the most
valuable piece of ground on the farm
If kept in good condition.-Cor. Farm
er's Guide.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-07
HERE N THERE.

DO not put much stable manure
around peach trees, as it is injurious
to both tree and fruit.
In Kentucky it is sometimes prop
er to adjourn court on account of a
fox chase; it is often done to accom-
modate political orators and always
the rule when the circus comes.
Draft horse breeding is growing
rapidly in the United States, and is
doing great good to the country, as
prices for this class are about double
those for ordinary horses.
Many times as much fruit is de-
manded now as was wanted ten years
ago, and all signs indicate that this
demand will continue to increase for
years to come. Are you interested?
The market is constantly seeking
good, heavy draft horses, and the sup
ply is insufficient, as the heavy city
transfer work is rapidly increasing,
and no other class of horse can ham
die it.
Up to the present the poultry rails
ers lack a scientific basis to work on,
especially in the treating of diseases.
Advance along this line is ardently
wished for by all interested in the
raising of poultry.
Wood ashes is a most valuable
fertilizer for bearing fruit trees. There
fore save all ashes and apply one
half gallon around each tree. They
tend to check the thrifty growth, and
help mature the fruit buds.
A great many farmers who plant
trees for shade for stock, plant those
which bear no fruit. Although they
make an excellent shade, would it
not be much better to combine the two
qualities, and so benefit both man and
beast?
Never feed a number of calves out
of a trough. Have them trained so
that each will eat or drink from q
separate vessel. Calves that are in
tended for mich ows should be
trained SO that it will be an easy mat
ter to handle them later.
THE animal with the golden hoof"
is the appellation given to the sheep,
and it is justly so. "A flock of sheep
of numbers to correspond with the
size and topography of the farm, if
properly selected and properly han
died, is a source Of profit on almost
any farm.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-07
Gardening.

Every farmer should plan to have a
good garden, as it affords a large share
of the living for a family. Our garden
spot is not large, but it provides many
luxuries for the table. Tomato and
early cabbage SEEDS should be started
in the house, but the rest may be
planted in the ground. Some make the
mistake of planting their garden seeds
before the ground is warm enough for
them to start well. This does not pay,
as n will not have the garden stuff
to use any earlier and it is never so
good. Lettuce, radish and onion seeds
are always the first that l try to put IN
the ground, then comes the beets.
peas, parsnips, carrots and later the
late cabbage, cucumbers, melons, etc.
Ii the season is favorable, May is the
time for planting sweet corn and pop
corn. Our garden last season furnished
from seventy-five to a hundred cabbage
heads. the most of them would fill a
large pail AMI | doubt if some of them
would go in a half bushel measure. One
OF my neighbors said that she never
ga" ouCi large 1ney were
cultivated several times and hoed. the
morning generally being the time for
this purpose. When tho worms came
they were sprinkled with dry. air.
slaked lime. l never saw anything in
the cabbage line grow so fast after this
treatment and the most of them were
as solid as cabbage heads could be.
There were also many fine heads of
cauliflower and of as fine flavor as one
could wish in the eating line. Toma-
toes-well | had thought that we could
never get sick of them, but we had
more than a plenty and lots to spare.
! did not get them started in boxes I'M
til in April and set them in the ground
the latter part of May and they lever
stopped growing. When they began to
set tomatoes | pruned away about one
half OF the vines, so they were large
and nice. The garden should not be
neglected as the land that is used for
this purpose pays relatively more prof
1t thar the rest of the farm.-Mrs.
Rena A. Osborn, in Epitomist.