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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-23

David F. Gilstrap, aged % years,
living four miles north Of La Grande,
was kicked in the abdomen by a
horse on Sunday and died the next
dav
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

Figures which describe the railways of the United
States in their organization and operations
nous to be almost beyond comprehension and belief
Seyentyfve years only have elapsed since the first
steam railway constructed and placed in
full operation To-day there 2150OO miles Of track
In the United States, not including second tracks
sldngs The methods of transportation which existed
when Stephenson experimental with his locomotive in
England practically the they had been
since the dawn of history.
How wonderful has been the transformation worked
by this mighty force in the worlds civilization how
great and nestimabe the benefits it has wrought how
vast the wealth it has created 1t has added to the
pleasures well to the comforts of life. Distance
has been annihilated Through the and rapdity
of communication thus provided those far apart in dis
tance brought near the people Of given section
enabled to enjoy the products Of all other sections
however remote and regions formerly inaccessible and
unnhabited become great of population and
rich production TO the of development of
the railway system Of the United States from its begin
ming down to the present time is to trace the history
growth of the nations commercial and industrial
progress
OF the mileage now forming vast network over the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

entire country, north and SOUTH and west 80
cent, 10000 Of the 215OO0 miles, has been con-
structed since the close of the Civil War In 1880
there but % miles Of railway In operation In the
United States; in 1850 the mileage had grown only to
9021 miles. In 1870 there $1,000 miles In 1880
this had increased 9325o miles, in 1889 to 163500
miles, and in 1900 it had reached 193,500 miles
To-day If second third and fourth tracks and yards
and sdings be included, there 100000 miles Of
track.
Competition between carriers by rail- which formerly
prevailed and acted check restraint against
reasonable rates. has been to great extent suppressed
and destroyed
About hundred persons control the boards OF
directors of railroads whose commercial value exceeds
per of the total and whose earnings amount to
90 per cent of the total earnings of the railways
of the United States.
In the short period of seven years the freight traffic
has doubled, while the passenger traffic has increased
by about rs per cent.
gigantic is the business be readily
from the fact that increase of mill per ton
the traffic of last year would have produced $174522
OS9.-1oledo Blade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
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The News ~

Smoot seems to be the Abdul Hamid
of the Senate.
Poultney Bigelow must have a rapid
fire typewriter.
Is the political pull becoming an heredi-
tary institution?
But nobody has yet called the drydock
Dewey an ocean greyhound"
Admiral Evans must be careful not to
Rojestvensky his nice new battleships.
There is little prospect that the Isle
Of Pines insurgents will get out of the
woods.
The Russians didn't have sense enough
to take liberty when the Gar offered il
to them.
Mr.. Rogers might do well to recall
that he laughs best who laughs last-at
the law.
There seems to be lots of trouble for
Cupid under the Anheuser-Busch" in
ST. Louis.
Mrs. Chadwick now has a good chance
to gather the inside facts in regard to
penitentiaries.
On the theory that ''like cures like, y
the court-martial might sentence each
hazer to be we'll hazed.
With so many secret sessions, will the
Senate chamber come to BE known in
time as the Star Chamber?
Even the ships at sea are not to es-
cape. The weather guesses will be fired
at them by wireless telegraph.
The Kansas college student who turned
highwayman must have got his training
in the gentle school of hazing.
The prevailing sentiment still is that
President Castro needs to have some OF
the chestiness taken out of him.
That Pennsylvania wife who signed a
contract to be good for 80 years will
now have something to live for.
The Senate is trying to find how we
got into Santo Domingo, but nobody
seems to know just how we are going to
get out.
More mud-slinging along the canal at
Panama and less about the affair at
Washington would be appreciated.
Illinois is "after" Standard Oil. Mis-
souri, is having such fun that the other
States can't stay out of the game.
France has reached the point where a
President can be elected without putting
up barbados in the streets of Paris.
When cabinet members begin firing so
page books at magazine writer's, it is
apparent that the Panama war has begun.
Let us hope Miss Alice viii not be
married at high noon. We need one bride
who is married at a square-out plain II
o'clock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
KING CHRISTIAN DEAD.
Aged Ruler Passes Away Student
with Few of His Family Near.

Aged Ruler Passes Away Suddenly
with Few of His Family Near.
King Christian IN of Denmark died
in Copenhagen Monday. The king APP
parently had been in his usual health
and the end came suddenly, few of the
members of his immediate family or of
the court being present. Flags on the
palace and public buildings were low
cred to half-mast Immediately on the
news of the death and the capital went
into deep mourning for the sovereign,
who was universally beloved by his
subjects.
King Christian IN. assembled the
throne of Denmark, Nov. 10. 1868. He
was born April s. 1918. and was the
fourth son of Duke William of Schles-
wig Holstein- Sonderburg-Gluc
As the male line of the house of
Oldenburg, which had occupied the
Danish throne since has, was APP
preaching extinction in the person of
Frederick VII. the great powers by a
treaty signed May s, 1852, guaranteed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
MARSHALL FIELDS WILL.
Document DispOses of Estate Reck-
Oned at Over $1OO,OOO,OOO.

Document DispOses of Estate Reck-
Oned at Over $1OO,OOO,OOO
Marshall Fields last will and tesla
ment, embracing two codicils and dispos-
ing of an e<tate reckoned as beyond the
value of $1CO,000,000, was filed for pro-
bate in Chicago Wednesday. The docu-
ment, which contains upward of 22,00C
words, was attested in Chicago and bears
date of Feb. %, 1904. After making spe-
cifc requests of $25,299,000, the testator
provides that the residue of the estate
go to his grandchildren, Marshall Field
III. and Henry Field, II and 10 years
old, respectively. They are the children
of the late Marshall Field, Jr. To the
widow is left the Field residence and con-
tents, worth upward of 100000, and
81 100000 in addition. In this connection
it is said that Mr.. Field made large
marriage settlement.
The daughter, Mrs. Ethel Field Beatty
of England, is to receive the benefit of a
trust fund of $6,000,000 and a life IN
terest in $1,000,000 was set apart for the
widow of Marshall Field II. Gwendolyn
Field, the granddaughter, now 3 years
old, has $1,000,000 left in trust for her.
The Field Museum of Natural History
will get SS,O00000 and four local chari-
ties are left $4,000 each. Scattering
millions are left to relatives, old en-
ployes and to few friends.
The great magnitude of the Inheritance
which falls to the grandsons Of Mr.. Field
may be noted from the fact that young
Marshall Field is to receive three ffths
and Henry Field two-ffths of the residue
of the estate and in addition the benefit
of trust fund of $5,000,000. Thus they
practically now are worth anywhere from
$50, 100000 to $50,0O0,O00 each.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
Told in a Few Lines.

Charles Hamilton, an aeronaut, fell
800 feet with an aeroplane at Ormond.
Fla. He escaped serious injury.
Lois Feurt, a Seattle (Wash.) girl.
with contralto voice, sung for Nine.
Calye recently. The prima donna will
adopt her and give her a musical edu-
cation.
Mrs. Elizabeth II. Holmes, the New
York woman who went to see President
Roosevelt and who was detained by the
police at the instance of her husband
and who was examined as to her mental
condition, was taken to New York by
Mr.. Holmes.
DaSid Gilliwater, Is years old, was
indie ed on a charge of first degree muir
der 1 Chillieothe, Ohio. for burning his
baby brother TO death in a fit of anger
at Is mother.
Tie Pittsburg Steel Company an
noydlces the closing of contract with
ting Pittsburg Coal Company for 1000
to As of coal per day for a period of FIVE
ysars. The consideration IS not men,
Toned.
n Charles J. Denny and Jerre J. Hanni
gan, former members of the St. Louis
house of delegates, sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for boodling, have been releas-
ed from prison after having served SEN
fences of eighteen months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

the succession to Prince Christian, by
right of his wife, who was a niece of
King Christian VIII. This treaty was
ratified by the Danish Diet, and ac-
cordingly Christian became king on the
death of Frederick i'll 1868
King Christian was connected with
most of the royal houses of Europe
His daughter Alexandra is queen Of
England, son is King George of
Greece, another daughter is dowager
empress of Russia, and grandson,
Prince Charles, was recently elected
King of Norway.
The heir to the throne is Crown
Prince Frederick, who was born June
3, 1913 The eldest son of Denmark's
future king is now King Haakon VII.
of Norway.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

machine. Here's THE Maiden's
Prayer" Try that
Not by a jugful,' says Bert Nor
yet "Silvery Waves" ner "The Blue
Danube Waltz" Anythin' but them
"An' when he'd played suthin' else
the Teller handed him he let out long
breath an looked over at Mis- Wal
kiss, who was standin' by the pickle
booth an seemed like part of the ex-
hibit. Only to thinkp he says. If
on'y I'd have waited! Blame my cats
If on'y I'd have waitedr"
"What made you doubt whether Bert
was satisfied" asked Baker, after o
little pause.-Chicago Daily News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
THE GIFTS OF MISS ALICE.
Will Surpass Any Collection Ever
Seen in This Country.

Will SurpasS Any Collection Ever
Seen in This Country.
According to a Washington correspond
ent, the gifts which Miss Roosevelt will
receive for her bridal display will be
many and costly. These will include pres
ents from the Car, the Mikado, the En-
press of China, the Kaiser. the King and
Queen of England, the Sultan, and pos
sibly the King and Queen of Italy. Near
ly all royal gifts take the form of jew
elry, laces or silk, all of which are among
the highly rated articles when it comes to
paying duty However, if gifts are sent
to the legations there is no duty, and the
presentations can be made by the ENJOYS
and ambassadors in person.
Miss Roosevelt's gifts will surpass any
collection ever gathered in this country.
Invitations have gone abroad to every
ruler who has a representative in this
country or to whom tins country sends
an envoy. There are 80 nations holding
friendly relations with Hail Columbia,
and this does not cover all to whom rep
resentatives are sent.
News of the marriage has awakened
great interest abroad. The Roman pom
tiff, who admires the vigorous American
President so greatly that he is having
all his works translated into Italian, has
instructed his delegate in Washington,
Mgr Diomede Falconi, to ask if the dis
tinguished pair will accept a gift of mo-
sale, designed in the papal institution in
the Vatican. This gift is meant to com
pliment Mr.. Longworth, as we'll as Miss
Roosevelt. He is the nephew of Mrs.
Bellamy Storer, wife Of the ambassador
st Vienna, whom the pontiff knows well
sand admires exceedingly.
The Sultan of Turkey is another who
is deeply engrossed in the preparatio IS
for the nuptials. His gift, according to
those who know his traditions. is sure to
be a priceless gem-a diamond, ruby, en-
erald or sapphire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
To Break n stable kicker.

To break stable kicker, writer In
Epitomist says:
The best means is to give him a
sand bag to exercise upon. Fill a
grain sack half full of sand and swing
it up to the ceiling with a rope so the
sack will hang just where the heels
of the horse will have good play upon
it. Tie the horse in the stall with
good strong rope and let him kick. At
the first kick the bag will swing away
and return. giving the horse as good
as he sent. For the next few minutes
there will be lively mixup between
the horse and sack, but the sack will
hold its own, returning all it receives
with interest. The horse, in bucking
against the real thing, will soon come
to a realization of the fact, and will
be thoroughly cowed Leave the sack
behind him for a week or SO and then
remove it. If he even shows a ten
dency to get into his old habit of
kicking, give him another punching
bag to exercise with.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
WRECK OF THE VALENCIA.
Disaster Adds Another Tragedy t


the Annals of the Sea.
The wreck of the steamer Valencia
off the west coast of Vancouver island
adds to the annals of the sea tragedy
that will long be remembered. All
but fifteen of the 100 persons on board
were drowned. The loss of life was
not so great as that in a number Of
wrecks of similar character, but the
peculiarly dramatic and cruel circum-
stances of the disaster heighten its
horrors. As in the case of many i'll
fated vessels wrecked in that vicinity,
the Valencia, steering by dead reckon
ing in a fog, got off its course and
struck a reef. Threatened with sink
ing, the captain chose to hurl his ship
against the coast, which at this point
is a precipitous wall of rock
From an early hour Tuesday morn
ing until sometime Wednesday the
men and women huddled on the deck
of the Valencia confronted the pros
pect of almost certain death with dry
land and safely lying apparently al
most within a stones throw. The
heavy sea which kept pounding the
vessel against the rocks prevented the
use of lifeboats. those lowered being
beaten to pieces against the side of
the ship. Two sailors managed to
gain the shore and climbed up the
cliff for some distance, only to reach
point wrere they could neither pro-
coed nor retreat. As they were below
high-water mark, this added horror,
enacted before the eyes of the passen-
gers, showed the hopelessness of es-
cape in that direction Even the YES
sells which were sent to make a be-
lated attempt at rescue succeeded only
in raising false hopes.
Various reasons are advanced for
the fact that the Valencia was out of
its course. The fog, the difficulties of
navigating the channel leading into
Juan de Fuca strait, and the powerful
ocean currents. doubtless combined to
deceive the nayigators and bring the
ship into danger. 1t remains to be
seen whether a measure of response
bility does not also rest upon the Can
adam government for its failure to
maintain lights and bell buoys and
other protective devices on a treacher-
Gus shore which has caused the de-
struction of fifty-six vessels and the
loss of Ill lives within forty years.
At least the absence Of coast guards
and lines of communication seems to
have been responsible for the long in
terval that elapsed before news of the
vessels predicament reached the near
est port and an attempt at rescue was
made possible.
The deadly "west coast of Van
couver island is one of the worlds
most famous marine graveyards. In
forty years fifty-siX vessels and I'll
lives have been lost, all within a few
miles Of the scene Of the wreck of the
Valencia. In addition to the Valencia
the King David and Pass of Melford
have been wrecked in the past month.
With the King David seven lives were
lost, while twenty-six persisted on the
Pass of Milford. In the last forty
years the following wrecks, in which
more than ten lives were lost, have
occurred on the same coast:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
TO HER.

She is enshrined in my heart,
A treasured memory.
In all l am she has a part,
And will have-till l die.
When boar frost decks the trees, and al
Is purest white below,
Upon her name l softly call
She dearly loved the snow.
And when spring comes with all its flow
ers,
And Dir IS for gladness sing,
And joyous are the sunny hours,
l sigh, She loved the spring"
"Tis sweet to be remembered So
l wondcr if she knows,
And wheT1 this memory will go
When L.y life here shall close.
D holy love! that sanctifes
Our common earthly lives,
1t is thy power that death defies,
And through all time survives.
Westminster Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

I SEEN HIN Al THE COUNTY FAIR.
what the immortal bard of Avon says:
The man that hath no music in his
soul"
I'm fond o. music" said Hancock.
fitting his chair back against the salt
barrel, but l amt plum crazy over it.
like Bert Walkiss ulster be. l en-
spare a jewsharp most any time an
cit along jest about as well. What
are you talkin' about music fer
squire? You don't know The Old
Hundredth' from Sam Hill to Pay an
No Pitch Hot"
what was that about Bert Wal
kiss, Wash?" asked Marvin Parsons.
Bert was crazy about music" re-
piled Hancock. He didn't play him
self-never could make out to learn
anythin' - didn't know enough to
pound a tin wash boiler with a black
umith's rasp at n shivaree-but he had
n right smart o. admiration fer any
one that could. He'd come around to
my house while | was practicin' some
KlNlRS uu set du IiStth " me DN TIE
hour with tears standin' in his eyes
He got licked more times when he wus
young one fer follerin' the band
around than he had fingers an toes
Sen times over. He'd so TO meetin'
even, to hear the music. He couldn't
play, as l said. but he wus allus tryin
to- He'd buy jewsharp, like Glen
here. an work at it till he got hi:
own teeth all loose an everybody
else's set on aidge. Then he'd save vi
fer mouth organ an rub blisters OF
his lips. When he seen he couldn't d,
nothin' with the mouth organ he CAV,
1t away an bought him a guitar an
instruction book.
"That wasn't no good, either. an n
traded that to Pete Simpson, the bar
Der. Pete got it down fine in abou
month. He could play the Span
ish fandango' an 'Napoleon's March
an pick out the chords fer most an
kind o. song. Then Bert nd come {
town an forget all ABOUT his tradin
settin' around in the barber shop Ii:
TENN to Pete. 1t ulster make old pa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
FOND OF MUSIC.

81 UB," said Washington Hancock
JSl to the boy with the voluminous
wooden comforter, who had ap-
preached the stove twanging on a
jewsharp, TASK Rufe over there to let
you have a piece of good stout string"
What fer?" inquired the boy.
ITO tie that blame thing to your
leg" answered Hancock. "Fasten it
good an strong an then take the leg
out doors an exercise it."
Wash don't like music" observed
Sol Baker to Marvin Parsons, with a
grin. That's what makes him play
the fiddle so much"
Hes fit fer treason, spoils an STRAIT
agems," said Squire Burkholder in his
lyceum bassO profundo. There's
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
Big Gain In Building.

According to the statistics gathered by
the Construction News, the building OPP
erations for which permits were issued in
twenty-six of the largest cities in the
United States in 1905 show gain over
the previous year of 40 per cent, or S152,-
615,2S2. The showing made by ST. Louis
is particularly worthy of notice, because it
is unusual for city in which an inter.
national exposition has been held to have
such gains in building in the year follow
ing the close of the fair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
Working the Brood Mares.

Judicious working of brood mares
does good instead Of harm, but some
of the leading horse breeders never
put their brood mares in harness.
They provide exercise in other ways
in order to keep the stock in vigorous
health. AS a rule, these breeders have
extensive grass pastures, into which
the mares are turned for several hours
each day throughout the winter sea-
son. Horse breeders who neither work
their mares nor turn them out daily
Invariably get a small proportion of in
crease. Some foals are lost imma-
turely, and others are born so weak
that they die soon afterwards. Most
horse breeders, especially those Of
long experience, prefer that mares in
foal should have regular exercise in
the form of light work, but jerking
and straining should be avoided under
all circumstances.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06

He is a member of the imperial privy
council and of the first-class order Of
the Rising Sun, has been prominent in
the japanese foreign office, and repre-
scented his country at The Hague con-
ference. In Japanese diplomacy he is
estimated as the superior of Mr.. Taxa
hira and of Baron Hyashi. minister to
London. The former served Under
him as vice minister of foreign affairs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
Feeding the Cow.

If we admit that the COW is enti-
tied to more than enough food to keep
her alive we must ascertain what pro-
portion of the food given is for that
purpose and then, if we desire a milk
return, which we do, feed so as to get
such a return. OF course, the properly
balanced ration must be given to OBJ
tain the desired results. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 60 per cent of the
food consumed by the COW is needed
to keep her in normal condition; that
is, to live without giving any milk nor
adding materially to her weight. 1t is
plain, therefore, that rations of con-
siderable quantity must be given or
else the food must be concentrated, the
major portion of it, if the COW is TO
be all that is desired as dairy ami
NAL.
What the ration shall be will de-
pend largely upon what one has to
feed. assuming that all of it is not
bought; if this should be the case, it
is comparatively easy to obtain the
balanced ration. Where corn must
form a major portion of the ration, in
many cases it is the only concen-
trated portion, then the roughage must
supply the protein. Here is where al
falfa comes in so nicely. A first-class
ration would be ten pounds of alfalfa,
corn slower ten pounds, corn ten
pounds and either bran or cotton seed
meal two pounds This is probably
one Of the least expensive rations for
winter feeding known. If timothy or
corn slower must be used in place Of
alfalfa the quantity can be increased
one-haIf and the bran or cotton seed
meal should also be increased slightly.
With the foods suggested as basis
for a COW Of average weight, it should
be easy for one to work out BY few
experiments ration suited to ais par
ticular herd.-Indianapolis Newa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
JAPAN'S NEW AMBASSADOR.

Viscount Siuzo Aoki, just appointed
successor to Mr.. Takahira, as Jap
anese ambassador to the United
States, is 60 years of age, and is con-
sidered a man of foremost ability.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-06
Using a Romantic Smile.

They were walking out together on
a cloudless night under the light Of
the big round moon. which seemed I'M
usually bright and beautiful. Sudden
ly he stopped, clasped his hands and
cried rapturously:
''Oh, Mary! Look at the moon to-
night Isn't it beautiful magnifi-
cent?
Yes, amt it. William" she re-
piled, with equal enthusiasm. ct
looks just like big fried egg, don't
it, dear ?"-London Judy.