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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN

more than enough to assure the ac-
ceptance of the project by the govern
ment. The shares subscribed are for
the land that is most favorably locat-
ed for irrigation and which promises
to be the most valuable. The remain
der of the stock will not be subscribed
until after the company has been in
corporated.
At the meeting today L. A. Esteb,
mayor of Echo, presided and the re-
port of the committee on organization
was read and accepted. Also, officers
for the corporation will be selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Sop to Sugar Trust.


Panama, Jan. 13.-The fire yester-
day destroyed 23 tenement houses,
seven stores, the church of San Juan,
De Nepaume Ceno, a Catholic broth
erhood institute, an orphan asylum,
and three public schools. The loss is
estimated at about 100000.
The police have arrested the fore
man of the gang of American fumi-
gators alleged to be responsible. The
firemen were supplied with water at
a critical moment from the reservoirs
of Santa Ana church. when the fire
was soon eXtinguished.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
THE TWO YOUNGEST MARsHALs.
Langley, of Wallace, Idaho, and COff-
man. of Pendleton, Ore.

The following from the Spokesman
Review concerning the chief of police
of Wallace, Idaho, will not seem so
remarkable here, since Pendleton has
a chief who is three years younger
than the pride of Wallace.
"Victor Langley, acting chief of po-
lice, was confirmed as chief by the
city council last night his salary to
be $l2775O per year. Mr.. Langley's
name was presented by Mayor Her
mann j. Rossi, and his confirmation
was unanimous.
1.-The new chief has been self-reared
since he was years old, and all of his
life since attaining that age has been
spent in Wallace. He is now 26 years
old and is the youngest chief of po-
lice in Idaho"
Marshal Coffman, of Pendleton, is
now but 20 years of age, and has al
ready served quite a term as chief of
the Pendleton force. 1t is doubtful If
any city in the country can boast of
chief of police who is younger than
he. Also, it is not likely that Victor
Langley or any other young chief has
ever had quite the same political ex-
perience that fell to the lot of Mar
shal Coffman recently.
When Mr. Coffman learned of the
selection of Langley as chief at Wal
lace he Immediately sent his congrat-
ulations. The two men have been
friends since they were boys. and have
been associated considerably in police
work.
William Quinn, the night officer al
Wallace, is also an acquaintance OF
the marshal. He is a former Umatilla
county boy, having been raised neal
Ukiah.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Vote Monday on Philippine Bill.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Mr. Brous-
sard of Louisiana opened the debate
on the Philippine bill today. He fig
ured the Philippine treasury would
receive $S.64 on every ton of sugar
shipped from those islands to the
United States under the bill; that the
shipper would make a profit because
of the tariff concession of $10.50. With
this situation, the Philippines could
well afford TO ship here their entire
product and buy sugar for their own
use from Java or other countries. Mr..
Broussard asserted with great em-
phasis that to reduce the tariff on
raw sugar as contemplated would
benefit the sugar trust" more than
any one else. simply by providing it
with raw material at a less cost.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Brous-
sard's remarks the house agreed to
close general debate on the bill Mon
day at O'Clock and that the sessions
Monday shall begin at IL instead of
II o'clock.
Representative Watson. the repub-
lican whip, says 20 republicans will
vote against the measure, and 100
democrats for it.
Sop to Sugar Trust.
Efforts will be made by the friends
of the Philippine tariff bill to satisfy
the beet sugar men by providing that
not more than 100000 tons of sugar
be imported from the Philippines in
any one year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

Cleveland, jan 13.-The brokerage
firm of Parsons, Snyder & Co., assign
ed this morning. Liabilities, $3.50, 1000.
The failure is result of the failure
of Denison, Prior & Co., failure.
Leland Prior's forgeries of munic-
ipal bonds were issued in a desperate
effort to save himself from financial
ruin, and were floated as collateral
for loans from various banks, which
amounted to at least 100000. The
bankers committee says the result of
the failure will be that the profits of
the stockholders in the banks which
loaned to Prior will be reduced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

Echo, Ore, Jan. l3.-(Special to the
East Oregonian) This afternoon the
formation of the East Umatilla Water
Users association was completed at
meeting held in the city hall. Promi-
nent irrigationists were present from
Echo, Hermiston and Umatilla. Also,
John T. whistler, engineer for Ore
gon, and Messrs. Holgate and William
son, attorneys for the service were
present.
A sufficient number of shares in
the association were taken today to
bring the number up to 5000, which is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
BEEN VISITING THE SCHOOLS.
Supt Wclles Returns From Tour oi
the North End.

County Superintendent f. X. Welles
returned last evening from up county,
after having visited the schools near
Milton and at Athena.
He reports that the work is pro-
crossing well, though considerable
time has been lost in the north end on
account of diphtheria. The Milton
school has been closed during the past
week and may not reopen for some
time. The school at Ferndale resumed
last Monday after having been closed
for two weeks.
Other schools visited by the super
intendent were the Vincent school,
and the one in district No, ., Hudson
Bay. A stop was made at Athena
while on the way back to Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

Washington, Jan. 13.-The house
committee on judiciary today favora-
bly, reported a publicity bill which re-
quires all corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce to make an annual
ations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
HERBERT WAS IDENTIFIED.
The Son of Niles, o.. Business Man
Supposed Suicide.

Niles. o.. Jan. 13.-Wallace Noble
Herbert found dead at San Francisco,
q supposed suicide, was the son of
William Herbert, ex-president OF the
First National bank of this city, aged
about SO.
His parents had heard nothing OF
their sons disappearance until the
body was found. A week ago they
received a letter from their daughter
in-law, when all was apparently well
with the family. Young Herbert was
married in Butte, Mont, while gen.
eral manager of a store and bank In
which is father was stockholder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
WOULD REQUIRE
ANNUAL REPORT
House Committee on Judiciary
Reports a Bill to Make Cor
poration Affairs Public.
WILL VOTE MONDAY ON
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.

Broussard of Louisiana Closes the De-
bate With Strong Argument in
Opposition, From the Standpoint of
the Louisiana Sugar Planters, Who
Are Opposed to Reduction of Tariff
on Philippine product-General De-
bate VIII Close Monday at p. NJ.
Democratic Recruits for Bill Off
set by Republican DefectiOnS-
Panama Fire Extinguished After
100000 Destruction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
PRIOR FAILURE
RUINS OTHERS
Brokerage Firm in Cleveland
Assigns as a Result, With
S150,000 Liabilities.
FORGERIES TLOATED
AS BANK COLLATERALS.

Issued by Prior In Desperate At
tempt TO Save Himself From Exc
cutions Issued by Banks From
Whom He Had Borrowed 100000
Banks Said to BE Secured and
That Only the Stockholders VIII
Suffer by Reduced Profits-Ques-
tlonabIe Dealings of the Trust Of
flciaI Who Took His Own Life Have
Many, Varied and Unexpected RAM
iflcatlons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
BOURGEOIS WILL RULE RUSSIA.
1t VIII Take Time TO Adjust Abnormal
Conditions.

New York, Jan. l3.-Prof. George
Frederick Wright of Oberlin college,
arrived today from Europe. He says
that ultimately the borgeois will obtain
the balance of power and practically
rule Russia, but it will take time.
There is now too much liberty in many
respects; too much bureaucracy at the
top and excess of license at the bot
tom.
students parade the streets shout
ing for liberty or death, when in real
ity all they want is force to discharge
tehir teachers and install in the uni
versities revolutionary firebrands.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
BRUTAL MURDER
SOCIETY WOMAN
Found Dead on a Back Lot in
Chicago With a Strand Of
Wire Around Her Neck,
DEATH FOR CoNCEALMENT
FOLLOWED WORSE CRIME.

Victim Was a Choir Singer, Prominent
in Society and Was Returning From
"a Florists, Where She Purchased
Flowers to BE Used at the Funeral
of a Friend-PolIce Theory of MUIR
der indicated by the Subsequent
Confession of Richard WINS, Whose
Father is Proprietor of the Carpen-
ter Shop Wherein the Double Crime
Was Ommitted-BungIing Effort
Of "a Brutal MalfactOr.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
CLOSE MAIL EARLIER.
Holiday Arrangement VIII Cease and
Mail VIII Close at 0 O'clock After
Tomorrow Night.

Beginning tomorrow night the mail
will close again at 9 o'clock instead of
10, which has been the closing hour
during the holiday rush.
While the mail was so heavy and so
many people were sending and receiv-
ing holiday goods, the mail has been
kept open for the convenience of the
public until 10 o'clock, but since bus
mess has resumed a normal state and
there is no rush on. the usual hour
will be observed after Sunday night.
The postoffice has passed over the
holiday season without employing
extra help by extending the hours of
labor of the regular force and this
change back to the regular order is
welcomed by the employees of the Of
flee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
LIEUT.. HOLCOMB is IN TOWN.
Will Go to Walla Walla Tomorrow
With His Family.

Lieut.. +. T. Holcomb, of the Four
teenth cavalry, L. $. army, came over
from Walla Walla last evening for the
purpose of meeting his wife and chill
dren who arrived on the train from
the east this morning. They will re-
turn to Walla Walla tomorrow morn
ing.
Lieutenant Holcomb was assigned
to the post at Walla Walla but a
short time ago, upon his return from
the Philippines. He has as personal
attendant a Philippine boy, Bacilio
Ozarigo, whom he picked up in Manila
two years ago and brought to this
country upon his return from the
islands.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
SUICIDE AT A BEDSIDE.
Denver Drunkard Dies In Presence Of
His Wife and Sick Child.

Denver, Jan. 1S.-Because his wife
objected to his bringing more whis-
key into the house, James b. Allen. a
mining engineer, last night at the bed
side of his 5-year-old daughter, who
was dying with scarlet fever, in the
presence OF his wife committed suicide
by shooting.
Allen had Just completed arrange
ments to go to Death Valley. Nevada,
to examine mines for local syndicate.
The parents OF the dead man, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Allen, live at 512 West
Tenth street, Los Angeles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Called Enst hy Dcnth.

w. s. Henninger. of the Hartman
Abstract office left last evening for
Council Bluffs being called by the
sudden death of his father. The sad
news of his parents death was wired
to Mr.. Henninger yesterday. The de-
ceased was 80 years of age, and had
been suffering since last August. His
wife, who survives him, visited here
last summer with the family of her
son.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

The American Tobacco company
(the trust) has for the first time in
vaded Spokane with branch house.
1t has rented rooms in the Rookery
building at $500 per month, an ad-
vance OF $4O0 on the previous rentals
for the same quarters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Would Install Fire Alarm.

La Grande. Jan. lS.-L. c. Smith
offered to install an electric fire alarm
system in connection with the Pacific
States Telephone company for the
sum of $275. 1t was referred to the
ways and means committee of the
CITY council.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
CONSTANTINE HAS AN ALIBI.
In Bed Disabled Long Before the Muir
der of Mrs. Gentry.

Milwaukee, Jan. 13.-Frank ]. Con-
stantine, for whom it is said the police
the murder of Mrs. Gentry, has been
found in this city. Constantine broke
leg six weeks ago and has been in
bed here ever since. 1t is evident the
Chicago authorities are on the wrong
trail
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Epidemic of Hold-ups.

Walla Walla has been suffering
from an epidemic of petty robberies
and hold-ups within the last month.
The last crime of this kind was the
hold-up of ]. f. Akerly, of the Bla-
lock ranch, who was robbed last night
of 50 by lone thug, who fired three
shots at Akerly after the robbery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
WILL FINISH ORGANIZATION.
Messrs. Holgate and Williamson Are
mt Echo Today.

Messrs. Holgate and Williamson,
attorneys for the reclamation service,
were here for several hours last even
ing. They came in on the evening
train from North Yakima and left on
the night train for Echo. Today they
will assist in completing the formation
of the Water Users association at that
place, after which Mr.. Holgate will
leave to take up the practice of law
at Klamath Falls. Before doing so he
will deliver an address upon the sub
ject of reclamation laws before the
Portland Chamber OF Commerce next
Week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
CHOP sUEY TRUST IN CHICAGO.
Organized 10 Control Restaurant Bus
incs>s Over Wide Territory.

Chicago, Jan. ia chop suey
trust has been formed with a capital
of 100000 by rich Mongolians, who
plan to control the Chinese restuur-
ant business in this city, Los Angeles,
Detroit and New York. A number
of Cinnamon have already organized
to fight the trust.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Odd Fellows VIII Entertain.

On February l the Helix lodge of
odd Fellows will give a public enter
tainment, and committee of which
j. S. Norval is chairman, is now work.
ing on a program for the occasion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
DWELLING WAS
BURNED DOWN
WITH CONTENTS A TOTAL
LOSS AND NOT INSURED.

Fire Started i'm Dining Room From
Unknown Causes, and Family Had
Narrow Escape, Not Having Oppor-
tunity TO Save Household Effects or
ClOthing-Subscripti Paper is
Beiug Circulated for the Benefit of
the Widow and Daughters, Who Are
Thus Left Homeless, and Subscrip-
tons Are Liberal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
TEMPORARY TRUCE ARRANGED.
Railroads in Fight for Oakland
Water Frontage.

San Francisco, Jan. ia tempor-
ary truce was arranged this morning
between the Western and Southern
Pacific fight for an Oakland water
front, as a result of which Federal
Judge Morrow postponed until a week
from Monday the hearing of argu-
ments in the injunction suit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Pleaded Guilty to Forgery.

La Grande, Jan, 1S.-Robert Blake,
who was arrested in Elgin on the
charge of forgery, having passed a
check drawn on the Elgin bank for
$24, appeared before Judge Eakin
this afternoon and pleaded guilty and
received a sentence of two years in
the penitentiary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Union County Officers.

Petitions for county offices have
been filed in Union county as follows:
John Frawley. county treasurer; T. b,
Johnson. sheriff; f. w. Bartlett for
district attorney; W. b. Sargent for
county Judge and d. II. Proctor for
county recorder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Rockefeller AT Ha,per's Funeral.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-John d. Rookie
feller, jr.. arrived today to attend the
funeral of President Harper. 1t is
thought he brought the tidings that
his father is unable on account of ILL
ness, to attend
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Unknown steamer in Distress.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-An un-
known steam schooner with her en-
gines disabled and deck load carried
away. was reported off Point Arenas
this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
Conditions Favorable.

New York, Jan. 13.-The doctors Is
sued a bulletin this morning reading:
"Mr. Field passed a fairly comforta-
BILE night. The conditions continue
favorable"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
MILLING TRUST
AND STOCK FEED
RELATION EXPOSED BY
PAULHAMUS OF SEATTLE

Combine Doubles the Price of Milling
By-Products, Thus Making the Ad-
equate Feeding of Cows and Fowls
Expensive, Resulting in Making
High Prices for Butter and Eggs
and Poultry Necessary and Entirely
Unavoidable-Iowa Butter Can
Compete With the Washington Pro-
duct i'm Spite OF Long Freight Hauls.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Center I'm the World.

Chicago. Jan. 13.-Wheat closed at
IS 1-2: corn at 45 1-2. and oats at
32 1-2.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
BARLEY ONE CENT PER POUND.
Brisk Demand for Chopped Barley for
Feed Has Caused Raise In the
Price.

Because of the enormous demand
for chopped barley on the irrigation
work now in progress i'm this county
and Washington. the price of barley
has advanced to one cent per pound
and within the past week or 10 days
every available pound in this county
has been purchased and IS being
chopped into feed.
1t is said that a large acreage of
barley will be sown in the Pilot Rock
district next spring, as barley at so
cents per 100 Is better than wheat at
60 cents per bushel and the same land
which grows good wheat in that dis
trict will grow better barley, which
natures early and thus escapes any
damage from extremely dry weather
during the summer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

A great many men imagine they
would be governor IL the office really
sought the man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

Moscow, Idaho, is building a new
city Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13
WEATHER FORECAST

Rain or snow tonight; Sunday,
rain or mom, probably colder.
Strong south to southwest breezes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-13

Read the advertisements in the
East oregonian. They come from
the most enterprlsing citizens.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20
By CARROLL MAC LEAN.


LONDON, May 11.-Americans who
have noticed, that fresh movement is on
foot to popularize, the game of baseball in
Great Britain may not have taken,it with
any great seriousness, several previous at
tempts to make Britishers play BALI hav-
ing failed ignominousiy. The recent ac-
tivity In this direction, however, has
seemed from the first tol mean business
and from interviews thatFI have had with
prominent athletic authorities, there ap-
pears to be little doubt that baseball is on
the point OF becoming firmly established
in this country. In fact, many former en-
thusia SITS over cricket predict that the
time Is surely coming when the faster
American game will have definitely taken
its place.
A big meeting of sportsmen has just
been held in the Charterhouse Hotel, in
London, at which the sole topic of con-
versation was the, introduction of baseball
into England, and in order to gain further
information. as to the progress of the
movement, called on A.. c. Spa1ding &
Brothers. of Fetter Lane, who are the
largest importers of American sporting
goods in England, aid had an interview
with their manager. - l-t-,
'1t is undoubtedly true he said, "that
American baseball has come to stay this
time. We have just cabled to the United
States. orders to the extent of $4,000 for
baseball outfits and indications lead us to
believe that there Is to be tremendous
revival of baseball, throughout England
The principal organizer of this movement
is Nelson F. Cook. who is very well
known in sporting circles. He is meeting
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

at the same sale for SIS, was disposed of
yesterday for S165. 1t was little surpris-
ing, too, that 1t did not bring more, for
in 1t Nelson writes to the British general
at Malta that wherever he finds the en-
emy Il shall never ask whether 1T is
neutral territory
The costly Burns letter, which has pre-
sunably come to the United States, was
written in December, 1888, to the poets
bosom friend, Dunlop. 1t is dated Ellis
land.' and covers nine quarto pages. In
it Burns says Apropos, is not the Scots
phrase. Aud lang syne' exceedingly inn
presstye? There is an old song and tune
which has often thrilled through my soul
You know. | am an enthusiast in old
Scots songs
And later on he says: II. too, am just
now revolution mad but it is not the
tarantula frenzy OF insulting whiggism,
like an ass colt capering over the gener-
Gus hound breathing his last; mine is
the madness of an enraged scorpion, shut
UP in a thumb -phial."
The letter ends. "If miry ridges and
dirty dunghills are to engross the best
part OF the functions of my soul immor-
tai, had better be a rools or rnagpie
all at once, and then l would not have
been plagued with any ideas superior to
breaking of clods and picking up grubs
not to mention barn-do cocks or mall
1ards, creatures with. which / could al
most exchange lives at any time
The identity of the actual purchaser of
these relics and pictures is seldom dis
closed at the time, but it generally proves
to be. an American. For example, it is
stated in today's London newspapers for
the first time that Whistler's portrait of
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

every ten years, a little more or less.
whether at the beginning or the end Of
the century, s s.
The shortest distance travelled was be-
tween the years 1900 end 1910. when only
,thirty-six miles were traversed- The
longest jump was between 1850 and 1860.
when eighty-one miles were covered. The
regularity of the movement of the center
of population while the population of the
country has increased at. such an enor-
NOUS rate is obviously very remarkable.
By reference to, the accompanying map
it will be seen that the digressions OF this
line either to the north or south have been
somewhat less than fifty miles in a full
century. These f.-ures apply, however.
only until the end of the last century.
Since 1890 the line has shown tendency
to move southwark. while at the same
time its rate of progress has been alb
ruptly checked. In other words. while
the movement of the line was at the rate
of about forty miles every ten years, its
movement during the decade from 1890
to 1900 was but fourteen miles, start
ling contrast with previous decades for
a century. This abrupt check to its
movement and its southwark tendency in
dicate. of course, rapid increase of the
population In the South.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

geographical center of the country is OF
course considerably west of the Missis-
sippi. In more than a century these two
theoretical points have become widely
separated. The center of population in the
United States is at present six miles
southwest of Columbus, Ind
The regularity of this line is the more
remarkable when it is considered that the
United States has grown, geographically,
by leaps and bounds. The development
Of the country has not been a steady
growth westward as regards its acquisi-
ton of territory. The Louisiana Pur-
chase. for example. by adding millions of
acres to the United States. at one time
would presumably have had the effect of
drawing this line of progress sharply to
the southwest. The acquisition of Alaska
again would have had similar influence
in another direction. And yet the line
shows little DETECTION at the important
dates when these territories were added.
For a century again the distance COW
cred by this point during each decade
has varied very slightly. 1t has moved
westward at the rate Of about forty miles