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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19
Presiding In the House.

Major Mcdowell. clerk of the house
OF representatives In Washington. was
approached by young member who
was pcrpleXed as TO what he should do
II called upon TO preside temporarily
Well" said Mcdowell. when was
member OF that body Of scamps an
old member came to me TO post me as
to what should do when was called
upon to preside Before you do any
thing. he told me. 20 into the wood
shed and practice making noise with
mallet When you've learned how
TO make more noise with that mallet
than all the members of the house talk
ing at the same time you've got the
secret Of presiding over the house down
fine Now. suppose somebody asks a
parliamentary question you can't an
swcr. what must you do? Pound your
desk 50 hard nobody can hear and yell
for help. BY the time the house is in
order Asher Kinds Will he at your ell
bow 10 tell you what TO do. Then ask
the member to repeat the question and
answer II as II that was the first time
you had heard IT, {"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19
Not One Complaint.

The most natural course for me TO
pursue. In the first place. Is To tell You
that from the moment ! put my foot
into San Francisco To the time that !
stepped abonrd the ferry 10 start back
for Oakland did not find one tear or
one complaint from all the multitude
Of people saw and conyersed with
And when speak thus remember that
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19

a horse and Sometimes was unable even
10 ride in car. My condition was crit
Teal when sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
used three boxes aud they cured me.
Now can 90 anywhere aud do rs much
IS anybody. ! sleep well and feel no dis
comfort a. an"
a FREE TRIAL OF this great kidney
mcdicin" which cured Mr.. Spraguc will
bc mailed on application TO any part of
!he United States Address Foster Mil
burn Go. Eullalo, y. y. Sold by all
dealers; price. fifty cents per box.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19

other manual labor. Then the hard
pinch is to come IL will come to the
widow and the old folks who cannot
work with their hands. II will come TO
the boarding house keeper aud to the
young girls and the invalids." Then ]
took some of that money and gave 1t to
the San Francisco pastors and said:
You distribute this money 10 the suf-
fcring poor Of the household of faith.
DO not distribute II now. but within a
few weeks. Then IL will be sorely
needed. Within five weeks there will
lie q hundred sufferers In San Fran
cisco where there are only ten now"
Thus beg and implore the big hearted
people of these United States not 20
halt In their contributions for the San
Francisco sufferers DO not feel be-
cause you have tided them over the
first few days that this Is all the help
that will bc needed
As was riding home in the train
gentleman said to me. There have
been more fortunes lost IN this fire
than have ever existed. ! know Of a
dozen men who claim they had lost
thousands. yet who know never had
n dollar In the bank" Thus when fire
starts like this there are scores of men
who come around begging for bread.
claiming that they are refugees from
San Francisco and have been thrown
out of work and lost their all. The
simple fact is they were tranps before
the fire. they always have been tramps
and always will be tramps. But be
cause we are now and again imposed
upon by bad men let us not refuse to
help the thousands and the hundreds
Of thousands who are needy and who
always have done right and who will
try to do right IN the future II We only
put them on their feet NJ the present
time
But the earthquake has disclosed a
bright side In still another SENSE Sad
was II 10 hear the awful news of the
suffering. But no sooner did the news
come than all over the land our
churches and our people went TO work.
our children gave. Fathers and moth
ers and sisters and brothers all gave.
The churches were turned Into rcceiv
Ing stations. And some men and wo
men who never knew what II was TO
help another turned in and went 10
work Then strange TO say. not only
did our work bring happiness to 9th
ers. but our sacrifices have brought
happiness To ourselves. As we worked
and labored for others we found the
Christ joy. the heavenly joy. coming
to ourselves In giving our lives for
others we felt the rewards In our own
hearts hundredfold. May we con
tinue. with Gods help. To find Cos
pei JOY Ia helping the sufferers in our
cities May we continue to be food
for the hungry. clothes for the naked,
medicine for the sick and homes for
the homeless. Then not only Will we
bless others. but Christ will smile
upon us his divine benediction. as he
has done for so many during the past
few days as we labored for the San
Francisco sufferers
Copyright 1896. by Louis Klopsch.l
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19
TORTURINC PAIN.
Half This Mans Suffcrings Would
Have Killed Many Person,
But DOan's Cured Him.

Thousands Of grateful people are tell
ing every day how Doan's Kidney Pills
cured them Of distressing and dangerous
kidney and bladder troubles.
Yet other thousands are suffering every
day from these same ills. WhyI They
are either very negligent or very skepti-
cal. Neglect Of kidney disorders leads to
dropsy. diabetes. Bright's disease and
other fatal diseases.
Sincere honest test imony like the fol-
lowing should convince every skeptic.
4. e.. Spraguc. stock dealer of Normal,
H.. writes For two whole years /
was doing nothing but buying medicines
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19

TO cure my kid
n eys. l d o
not think that
any man ever
suffered rs |
did and lived.
The pain in my
back was so
bad that 1
could not sleep
at night. l
could not ride
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-05-19

Thus as kept walking mp and down
those streets where | felt rs safe as Il
little child would feel IN his mothers
arms. kept saying To myself: with
the fallen walls Of san Francisco as an
object lesson why will other cities any
longer triilc with evil doors; Why will
a city like Chicago allow the holdup
men to prowl about It's back alleys?
Why will they allow the lcchcrOus
hands of It's rullinns Ia stretch forth
and destroy lts falrest and pureSt wo-
men: Why will we not dn as Diaz did
In the capital Of Mexico ana as San
Francisco IL doing today Why will
we not make II capital punishment
for any man to put the pistol Of a
hlghwayman to our forcheads and de
mand our money: Why will we also
not make II u capital punishment for
any man Ia try 10 destroy the purity
and sacrelncss Of the homrf" II the
hOldup crimes were dealt with No
quickly and as severely Ia our eastern
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
MINERS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Ten-Ton Slab Fell Upon Them in the
Minnie Moore.

HALEY, March pa cavern oc-
Cured a few minutes after s o'clock
this morning, at No. 10 level of the
Minnie Moore mine, near Bellevue. A
slab weighing over 10 tons fell,
crushing to death Harry Hendy and
Andy Westerdahl, and seriously in
juring Will WesteTdahl, twin brother
of Andy.
The men had just gone to work, be-
ing engaged in driving a drift at the
tenth level. 1t is s1though that the
shots fired by the preceding shift had
loosened a big slab of rock at the
back, near the face of the drift, and
that while the men were picking down
this morning, the slab fell, burying
the men beneath it's weight.
VIII Westerdahl, though badly in
jured by the falling rock, was able to
give the alarm, and a force of men
was put to work removing the slab
from the dead miners. 1t required
three hours to remove the immense
stone and release the bodies, which
were crushed beyond recognition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

Philippi, w. Va, March 23.-Thirty-
two men are known to be dead, 25 in
jured and between 25 and rs missing
and are believed to be dead as the re-
suit of an explosion of gas and dust
in the shaft of the Century Coal COM
pany at Century, a mining town 20
miles southwest of Phillip.
The explosion occurred late yester-
day afternoon, but owing to the tele-
phone communication being interrupt
ed on account of the storm details are
lacking. The Century mine is owned
by Shaw Bros, of Baltimore, and en-
ploys over 800 men, but fortunately
for the greater part of that number
the explosion came after they had
quit work.
After the explosion the officials be-
gan to canvass to ascertain the num-
ber of men on the surface. This re-
suited in finding $50, but it is be-
lieved that many more are on the out
side who are not accounted for. II
this is not true, then so men in the
mine have little hope of being alive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
FREEZE KILLED THE SCALE.
Orchardists Are Rejoicing Over One
Result of Cold Weather.

Milton, March 2S.-(Special) y
While the fruitraisers of the Walla
Walla valley will undoubtedly sustain
quite loss by the recent freeze-up,
which resulted in nearly all of the
early fruit being killed, they will be
benefited i'm another way. According
to the opinions of several of the lead
ing orchardists in the valley the San
Josef scale was killed by the cold
weather.
Trees that were covered with the
scale prior to the cold snap do not
show any signs of the pest. The warm
days of last month had been the means
of bringing out the scale in almost
every orchard in the county and the
owners of large orchards were spend
ing considerable money in spraying
their trees in order to get rid of the
pest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

indianapolis, March 23.-Contrary
to expectations the joint scale COM
mittee met again this morning, hold
ing out meagre hopes for peaceful
settlement.
Operator Robbins proposition to
adopt the 1903 scale was Z rejected.
Robbins cast his vote with the miners,
making % favoring, but unanimous
action Is required. The coal contract
of the Robbins company with the
United States Steel corporation calls
for 100000 tons yearly. 1t is said
rather than have strike the United
States Steel corporation is willing to
pay money for the additional cost of
mining under the 1903 scale.
A number of Independent operators
in western Pennsylvania declare they
will not join Robbins in operating un-
der the "03" scale.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

A definite plan of the Hartman
people to reduce the time of Chicago
Portland trains from 20 to 50 hours
is told in the following interesting
story from the oregon Daily Journal:
Determined to maintain the claim
of having the shortest line from Port
land to the east, Hartman has met
the north bank project of the Hill
companies with plan to build a cut
off from Malad City to Mountainhome
i'm Idaho, reducing the Oregon Short
Line by 134 miles and cutting the rum
ming time of the Chicago
special from 10 hours to 65 hours.
Two surveying parties have been
placed in the field, one working from
Malad City and the other from Bur-
ley. to find a feasible route.
Malad City is the present terminus
of the branch running from Ogden
northward along the Malad river. The
proposed line would run nearly due
west from Malad City and intersect
the Twin Falls branch that swings
south and west from the present main
line at Minnidoka, Idaho, and follows
the Snake river westward through a
rich country that is becoming the
center of large and growing irrigated
| region.
The proposed cutoff, Joining the
Twin Falls line at Burley, would use
| the same track west to Twin Falls,
the terminus and then continue
| along the Snake river and connect
| with tho present main line at Noun
tainhome. The route said to afford
easy grades and an almost direct line
| between Ogden and Mountainhome.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

Of the Hotel st. George, and an ardent
advocate of improvement, said he was
satisfied with the councils action and
would turn down the remonstrance.
V. Strobe also defends the councils
action and said he knew of no one in
his locality who opposed it. He does
not want macadam and declares it
would have to be replaced within
short time with something better.
Joseph Basler also declared the city
should pave the streets, though he
does not advocate any particular kind.
According to him paving the streets
would help in livening up the town
as we'll as furnish a needed improve
ment.
Among others to volunteer them
selves for paving was g, A. Robbins,
while Messrs. Rem and Ell, of the
street committee. are property owners
themselves.
In the opinion of one member of the
council those favoring paving will
stand together and vote 1t through to
the finish; provided they are not stop
However, there is talk that an in
junction will be sought here as was
done at Walla Walla and Boise. But
whether such would be granted re-
mains to be seen.
Is Electric Company Interested?
1t has been broadly intimated today
by several councilmen that the North
western Gas & Electric company Is
interested in preventing paving at this
time for the reason that they have not
placed their gas mains yet. They de-
clare that the company promised
either orally or else in the franchise
ITSELF to place their mains anytime the
city should wish to pave the streets
This they assert the company may moi
wish to do at this time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

Joseph Allen was arrested at Echo
yesterday charged with passing nu-
merous forged checks upon people
there. Several of the checks were up
on Pendleton banks, two being drawn
on the Commercial National and one
on the First National One of those
drawn upon the Commercial National
was for $50, and was in favor Of
Joseph Allen and signed by the same
name. The other check was for $75
and was in favor of George McCooley
and signed by William Brooks. 1t was
indorsed by the payee and also by
Allen. In the opinion of ]. A. Bad
ley. assistant cashier of the CONNER
cial National bank, both of these
checks were written by the same man,
presumably Allen. Neither he nor
Brooks have a deposit at the bank.
The cheek upon the First National
bank was in favor of ]. Kanaweyer
and was for the sum of $40. 1t is
thought to have been written by Allen
also.
1t was through two checks which
Allen drew on the Bank of Echo that
he was caught. These were at once
presented at that institution and
found to be bogus. This was during
the afternoon yesterday, and as the
checks on the Pendleton banks had
also been presented to the Bank OF
Echo the banks here were queried con.
cerning them. They replied that the
checks were worthless, as Allen hat
no funds on deposit.
Allen was at once arrested and |:
now being held at Echo. He will bt
examined before the justice of tn,
peace there and doubtless bound ovel
to the circuit court.
Allen has been around Echo TO
about month, and has been drinkin,
and gambling during that time. Nigh
before last the marshal took gui
from him and locked him in the tow
Jail. Yesterday morning he was re
leased and Immediately bought an
other gun, threatening to shoot sew
eral people. He was locked up agar
. dleton banks and amounting to s11l
. were taken by e. Ripper, who CAV
. the money for them.
. Allen has been in the real estat
. business at Heppner for some tim
} He claims the checks were given |
him by parties whom he located O
} homesteads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
FIRST INDIAN JUROR.
james Moses, Black River Indian.
Drawn I'm Seattle List.

Seattle, March 23.-James Moses,
an Indian, has been drawn on the
April list of jurors and has the honor
of being the first Indian to be drawn
for jury duty in King county.
Jim Moses, as he is known all
over the Sound country, is the last of
the famous peace loving Black River
tribe of Indians. Moses was born in
Eagle harbor, whittier his grandfather
had gone with the Black River tribe
during the Indian wars of 1857. He
lived there a short time and then
came back with his parents to Rem
ton, where he now owns a five-acre
tract at the mouth of the Black river.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
JUDGE O'SUL[|vAN OODGEs THE ISSUE

New York, March 2$.-Judge O'Sul-
livan today virtually refused to accept
the responsibility of advising the grand
jury in response to the presentment
of hypothetical questions as to wheth-
er the crime of grand larceny is COM
mitted by insurance officials giving
political contributions. The court
said, 1.-THE giver Of political contribu-
ton might be actuated by patriotism"
Jerome leaped to his feet and de-
clared the advice to the jury did not
meet the issue. Jerome said "The
court has misconceived the issue.
would ask the court to sit in this ac-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
POISONED THE FAMILY.
Amateur Minerolgist Experimental
With Quicksilver.

Seattle, March 23.-Louis Pydee.
wood chopper of Ballard, found
some decomposed rock in the woods,
which he thought were particles of
precious stones. Sunday he put
quantity in a pan, added quicksilver
and placed it on the stove. The
fumes made the entire family sick.
three little girls seriously. Louise.
aged 6, died this morning in great
agony. Physicians are working to
save the others, whose bodies are
purple and they are vomiting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
Roosevelt Assures A. +. l..

Washington, March 23.-The pres
ident has written the secretary of the
American Federation of Labor he
would personally see to the enforce
ment of the eight-hour law here. 1t
goes to the house committee on Judi
ciary. AS result of the labor mems
threats to take the contention into
politics, it is decided to consider the
anti-injunction bills instead of ignor-
ing them as was the evident intention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
Working on Culdesac Line.

Lewiston, March 23.-Porter Bros
& Welch, the railroad contractors,
have established six camps now on
the line out from Culdesac and be-
tween that point and Chelsey. They
have from $50 to 400 men employed
in getting material and camp equip
ment, but no movement has been made
vet in actual moving of dirt in the con-
sthrunction of the grade. This is the
report that A. W. Conway, of culdesac
gives today in telling of the progress
OF the work. These camps will have
a capacity of accommodating 200 men
each and the object of the contractors
is TO have each camp full handed
when the work begins.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23

ton as magistrate tomorrow and
permit me to submit expositions upon
which you can issue warrants for
George w. Perkins and Cornelius Bliss
for receiving stolen goods. If you will
back up your judgment with warrants
and these men are arrested and a writ
of habeas corpus is issued as a result,
eminent iurists will represent either
side. If you will do this, will retain
Alton B. Parker to represent the peo-
pie. O'Sullivan refused and said
ple." O'Sullivan refused and said
and dismissed the Jury and proceeded
to other cases.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
Still Negotiating.

Indianapolis, March est is be-
lieved the crisis is passed. The two
sides are more inclined to be patient
with each other. At noon a recess
with each other. At the noon recess
II was announced that no definite ac-
ton had been taken. There will be
another meeting this afternoon.
Operators have telegraphed home
they may be at Indianapolis several
days more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
MEAGRE HOPES
OF SETTLEMENT
Miners and Operators in Joint
Session, Wrestling With the
Old Problems.
NARROW MARGIN AGAINST
NINETEEN THREE SCALE.

Robbins, an Operator, With a 6,OOO,-
OOO-Ton Corporation Contract, Fa-
vors the Old Wage Scale and Voted
With the Miners-Independe OPP
orators Refuse to Fall I'm Line With
Robbins, Who Seems to BE Backed
by the United States Steel Corpor-
ation-Soft Coal Goes Up i'm Chica-
go, and an Advance of Anthracite
Is Predicted Soon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
SHOT THE PORTUGUESE.
Horse Trainer Found Him in Com
pany With His Wife.

Oakland. Cal, March 2S.-Coming
Unexpectedly home last night. L. Nc
Donald, a horse trainer, found Joe
Meloy, Portuguese, in company with
his wife. Mcdonald drew revolver
and shot Meloy through the heart.
Mcdonald married a divorced woman
at Santa Rosa five weeks ago. He is
under arrest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
To Release Girl Horse Thief.

Walla Walla, March 23.-Petition-
ers in behalf of Myrtle Upton, the
girl horse thief in the penitentiary
here, now have nearly 1000 names
signed upon them. Every day names
are pouring in from all directions.
Within a few days all will be in readi-
ness to forward the petitions to the
governor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
SENATE NAMES
ITS CONFEREES
Joint House and Senate Com
mittee Will Make Revision
OF Statehood Claims
ROOSEVELT ASSURES
FEDERATION OF LABOR.

The Latter Openly Threatened to Car
ry the Eight-HOur Issue Into Poll
tics, and a Result the House Com
mittee on judiciary Will Consider
the Anti-Iniunction Bills, Instead
of Shelving Them-Same Commit
tee Says Congress Cannot Legislate
Concerning Insurance Abuses-In-
spection Officials Are Whitewashed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
CONFESSED SEVEN ROBBERIES.
Ex-Sergeant of Seventh Cavalry Gone
Wrong at San Diego.

San Diego. March 23.-Arthur Pau
lat, alias John Lewis, a plumber, was
arrested last night while robbing
Thompson's saloon. He admitted be-
ing guilty of committing seven rob-
berries during the last two weeks. He
is an ex-sergeant of Troop C, Seventh
cavalry, and drew on the officers
when caught.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
MOVEMENT TO
BLOCK PAVING
Remonstrants Object to the
Councils Action and May
Circulate Papers.
Two.THIRDs OF PROPERTY
OWNERS MAY STOP PROJECT.

of the Street Committee Ke-
Mains Firm In His Adherence 10
the Councils Plans and to the Btu
Iithic System as Compared With Any
System That the Finances of the
City Can Compass-Other Property
Owners Quoted to the Same Effect
Opponents May Resort to an In
junction-Electric Company May
Possibly BE Interested.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
GoODING DENIES INTERVIEW.
He Has rendered the Labor Unions
Some Advice.

Boise, March Ex-Governor Good
ing denies an interview to the effect
that II the labor unions appoint a
committe he would permit Orchard to
repeat his confession to them. The
governor said he recommended the
labor unions to investigate the matter
for themselves rather than pass in
flammatory resolutions. Pettibone was
brought to Boise from Caldwell this
afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
pattisop,s Critica, Condition.

Columbus, o.. March Ex-Governor
Pattison's physicians have issued a
bulletin saying he is not so well. a
dropsical condition has developed az
the base of the lungs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
TH|RTy-TWO DIE
IN A COAL MINE
Over Three Hundred in the
Shafts and Drifts When the
EypIooion Occurred.
ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

Caused by an Explosion of Gas and
Dust, and Many Are Believed to Yet
BE in the Mine and In Great Dam
ger-Loss Would Have Been Much
Greater But for the Men Having
Quit Work and Being Congregated
About the Shafts and Drifts Leading
to the Exits-NIine Is Owned by a
Baltimore Company-Eleven Known
Dead Not Recovered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
INSPECTORS Not to Blame.

Washington, March 23.-It is un-
derstood the commission that investi-
gated the wreck of the Valencia off
Vancouver island, is now at work in
this city on a report, which attaches
no blame to the officials of the steam
ship inspection service on the north
coast.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
POTEE RAN ANIUCK.
Shot and Wounded Several Persons at
Funeral.

Baltimore, March 2S.-Walter Potee
aged 25, entered his brothers home
during the funeral of a nephew, and
shot his brother missed his mother,
hitting a neighbor, shot Chief of Po-
lice Irwin, took possession of the
house, defied the police and a crowd
of citizens. Those shot are all seri-
ously hurt.