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DIR. FELIX l.. OSWALD KILLED.
The Man Hun Over 10y . New York Central
Train In Syracuse Is Identified.

SYRACUSE, Sept. 3O.-The man who was
killed by a train in the New York Central
station in this city Thursday night has
been identified as DR.. Felix Leopold Oswald
born at Namur, Belgium, December o, Is45,
His identity was established by the recov-
cry of his baggage. DIR. Oswald came TO
Syracuse from Albany and had a ticket to
Rochester. He missed his train and was
killed by a northbound train. Railroad
men claim that he committed suicide.
Among his effects was found the folio wing
record:
Felix l.. Oswald. A. NJ. NJ. D., for years
a military surgeon who risked his life on
fourteen battlefields. Scholar and natur-
alist. benefactor. and who IL now in his
extreme old age being bounded by a SLAM
der craze more Outra geous than the con-
spiracy for the run Of Artillery Captain
DIR evius. For details see Biographical
Encyclopaedia"
Felix Leopold Oswald was born at Nemur,
Belgium, on December Q. Is45, and was
graduated from the Brussels University
when he was 20 years old. He also studied
at G 0ttingen and Heidelberg. Later he
vent to Mexico with the corps OF the Bel
GUM Volunteers. From 1873 to 1897 he WIS
"A correspondent for various French and
English publications. He also wrote ex-
tensively and some Of his works are "Physi-
cal Education" ~Summerland Sketches"
Days and Nights in the Tropics" and The
Bible of Nature"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-01
TIE ~ 3STg cESJTRy LIMITED.

After all. Usher's the scotch
'nat made the hlEhbAll famous Ado
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
and would send him to the reforma-
tory at Eldora."
A Story of False imprisonment.

One Of the strangest Of stories Of
,alse Imprisonment comes from France
A woman was sentenced to imprison-
ment for life for having caused tho
death of her husband and brother. The
three had lived together at Malaunay,
near Rouen, In cottage, the lower
part of which was used as a wine
shop. When the woman was sent to
prison other people took the wine shop,
but the new tenants suffered, the man
from fainting fits, his wife from nau-
sea, from which she died. Another
couple tried their fortune, but they,
too, were overcome by the 'spell Of the
accursed place." as they thought it
They were subject to fainting and loss
of memory. At last scientific exam
nation Of the premises was made
Then 1t was found that adjoining the
inn was lime kiln. In the wall divid-
ing it from the cottage were many fis-
sures, SO that whenever lime was burnt
monoxide Of carbon escaped into the
inn. This was the secret Of the deaths
for which the woman was suffering.
She was brought out Of prison after
six years Of seryitude.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
full and satisfactory from an econom-
ical point of view.
OLIVES UNPRoFTTABLE.
Orchard and Farm Tells Why 50
Many Growers Fail.

While olives are not adapted to
Umatilla county, perhaps, the fol-
lowing review of olive growing from
ing:
There have been so many failures
recorded against the olive industry,
resulting largely through natural Sc
lection of both location and variety,
that 1t is indeed refreshing to note
an awakened interest in the light of
one larger in experience in matters
horticultural, says orchard and
Farm.
All over California may be found
wrecks of olive orchards which were
planted in the earlier days under the
misapprehension that the most unfa-
vorsble conditions were plenty good
was an olive.
by sad experience we have come
To- know that an olive tree responds
10 favorable environment and good
care as any other tree, and that there
is vast difference in the commercial
value of the fruit. There can be nC
warrant for encouraging the further
planting of olives in this state unles:
the orchards are located upon soil!
favorable for general tree growtf
and then only when the varieties o.
| larger size and of good color ar,
planted.
There is, and probably always vii
be good market for large olive!
suitable for picking, such as the Mis-
sion and the Spanish Queen varieties
From good types of these varieties
growers may expect to realize profi
commensurate with other horticul'
tural ventures. From the common
run of olives, however, nothing bu
disappointment will result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
LA GRANDE SOCIALIST TICKET.
Socialists Strong and Growing Ele-
ment I'm That Place.

The socialists of this city met last
evening, and about so were present,
says the La Grande Observer. w. =.
Wines was chosen chairman and the
following city ticket was selected and
petitions will be filed to have them
placed on the regular ticket: Mayor,
Bird F. Lewis; recorder. c. j. Wander
pool; treasurer, f. C. Davis; council
men, first ward, to be filled: second
ward, G. ID. Simons; third ward. John
w. Underwood; fourth ward; w. r.
Grider, long term; H. A. Watson,
short Term.
The socialists strength in this city
is not easy to estimate. as generally
speaking. there can be no question
but what socialism is growing in the
United States. At the last city cleo
ton their vote was so varied that
their actual strength could not be es-
timated as will be noted from the to-
tails of the last election. wherein the
following socialist vote was recorded:
Bird Lewis received 224 votes for
mayor; j. +. Hollock for recorder 46:
j. X. Fitzgerald for marshal, so: f.
c. Davis for. treasurer, 22O.
The total vote cast was 6S4.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
CAUSES Of CRIME
AWFUL CONDITIONS EN-
FORCED ON THE HELPLESS.
Iowa Boy Forced by the Conditions
of His Servitude to the Packers to
Commit Crime and Beg to Be Sent
to Prison-Forced to Work Long
Hours for so Cents a Day.

The following article, taken from
an eastern paper, states conditions
that are really lamentable. A young
man working in big packing estab-
lishment can only make enough to
barely keep body and soul together,
while his employers are probably
making millions each year. This may
be an exaggerated case, and it may be
one of thousands similar, but to any,
one who stops to think, there is little
wonder that socialism is receiving so
many converts, says an exchange.
sioux City, Iowa.-Begging to be
sent to prison, where he might learn
a trade, and failing to be convicted on
a petty charge because of his youth,
Stephen Ferdig, aged IA, and residing
at No. 1416 Leech street, in this city,
wrote letter to Police Judge Samuel
Page and threatened to burn down
his fathers house unless he was con-
victed and sent to the penitentiary or
a reformatory, where he can learn
something.
'In the letter, which is poorly writ
ten, the boy told the authorities that
he wanted to be a broom-maker. He
recited in his letter that his parents
have refused to send him to school,
and that he won't be a slave in the
great packing house, where he has
been compelled to work for SO per
week, and give the money to his
father.
THE letter led to an investigation,
and a most pitiable sight met the eyes
Ferdig house. Mrs. Ferdig and her
aged mother We're living in one room
of a small shack in the packing house
district. The boy, Stephen Ferdig,
his older brother and the father
found some other place to sleep, ac-
cording to the explanation given,
when officers remarked that five
room.
"I know half dozen boys right
near my home who would rather go TO
the penitentiary than stay at home
and work in the packing houses said
stephen Ferdig, when asked what
gave him the idea of writing the un-
usual letter. We fellows have talked
it over a good many times he con-
tinued, and there is nothin' to this
kind of life.
"I worked in the old packing house
for nearly year and got 25 cents a
day for it. Then they used me at
something else when l got bigger and
l am now getting so cents a day, but
l would rather be in prison, and
could get all my pals to go there with
me. We would have good, warm
places to sleep and better eating than
we have at home. It's me for prison
just as soon as I can get there
after the investigation, Judge Oil
yer of the district court, said he be-
lieved he could accommodate the boy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
A Doctor of the Old school.

Father was a doctor, genuine, hemp
sewed, corn fed country physician Of
the gray haired class Of our oldest
school. He neither wore kid gloves nor
practiced In them. His patients either
had to get well or die, with no loiter-
ing on the way. He felt the pulse with
one hand and poured castor oil with
the other
Put your trust in CASTOR" was IA
TIERS creed, and he lived it and ad-
ministered 1t.
Castor oil was both his diagnoser and
his curer. He gave 1t any way. II It
worked, well and good; If not, he used
some other lubricant or else admins
tered liberal doses of more energetic
concoctions. There were no milk and
water mixtures in his medicine case.
But castor oil first; castor oil, the dis
ease seeking chaser Of everything with
in its reach. and by the great table
spoon it reached about everything
"Gumpton," by n. G. Fowler, Jr. -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
FOOLING A GREAT DOCTOR.
The Trick the Belgians Played on
Sir MOrelI Mackenzie

5hF "OFch hhCkeuEte.
The Belgians once succeeded in getting
cut rates on an operation from Sir Mo-
rell Mackenzie. He engaged to attend a
case at Antwerp. When he landed he
was met by three men In mourning,
who Informed him, according to the
Reader Magazine, that the patient had
died, but that they would pay his full
fee.
And now" said the man, .since you
are here, what do you say to visiting
the city hospital and giving a clinic for
the benefit Of our local surgeons? 1t Is
not often they have an opportunity Of
beneftng by such science as yours"
Sir Morell said ne would gladly COM
ply. He went tn the hospital and per
formed many operations, among which
were two Of a similar nature to that for
which he had been called over. When
he finished. all thanked him profusely.
On the steamer going home he met a
friend who had business house In
Antwerp.
Pretty scurvy trick they played on
you, Sir Morefl."
What do you meanT asked the sur
geon.
"Told you the patient died before you
arrived, didn't they?"
"Yes."
LIED. You operated on him and n
friend with the same trouble at the
clinic. Got two operations for one
pricer'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

The salts of the sea have fed through
out all time countless living things
which have thronged its water and
whose remains now form the rocks OF
continents or lie spread in beds Of un-
known thickness over 66,000,0O0 square
miles of the 100000 square miles Of
the oceans floor. They have lent the
substance to build the fringing reefs
Of the land and all the coral islands Of
the sea. and there are at present on
the basis of an average salinity Of 81
per cent in the 900, 100000 cubic miles
Of water which make up the oceans
10000, ,OOO, 900 100000 tons, or 1o,173,-
000 cubic miles, Of salt. This is sufii-
cient to cover the areas Of all the
lands of the earth with a uniform layer
Of salt to a depth of 1000 feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
ALLhALLoW EVE.
ne Observance Is Clearly . Relic q
Old Pagan Times.

he Observance Is Clearly q Relic e1
Old Pagan Times.
The observance Of AlThallow eve,
or Halloween, is clearly relic Of pa
gan times, for there is nothing In the
church observance Of the ensuing day
Of All Saints to have originated such
extraordinary notions as are connected
with this celebrated festival or such re-
markable practices as those by which
It is distinguished. The leading idea
respecting Halloween is that 1t is the
time Of all others when supernatural
influences prevail. II is the night set
apart for the walking abroad Of spirits,
both of the visible and invisible world.
One Of the special characteristics at
tributed to this mystic evening is the
faculty conferred on the immaterial
principle Of man to detach itself from
the body and wander abroad through
the realms Of space. Divination, or
second sight, is believed then to attain
Its highest power and the gift asserted
BY Glendower of calling spirits from
"the vastly deep" becomes then at the
command Of all who choose to avail
themselves Of the privileges Of the oc-
casion. There Is remarkable uni
formity in the fireside customs Of this
night In all parts of Great Britain.
Nuts and apples are everywhere in
reuuisition and are consumed in i'm
mense quantities. Indeed, the name
Nutcrack night, by which Halloween
Is known in the north Of England, indi-
Gates the predominance Of nuts in the
entertainments of the evening. They
are not only cracked and eaten, but are
made the means Of dlvining and proph-
esylng in love affairs. Apples are also
used In many Of the evening games for
the same purpose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
FIRELEss COOKERS FOR ARMY
II Marks Advance I'm Sanitation and
Economies.

Washington, d. c., Feb. l9.-It is
evident that there will be no difficu.-
ty In determining that the large fire
less cooker of capacity for prepar-
ing food for an entire company, and
made in New York city, will be
adopted in the military service.
The experiments which have been
In progress at Fort Riley, Kas., indi-
cate that there is great use in milf
tary way for this fuel saving device.
1t Is found that meat and vegetables
may be placed on the range for 80
minutes and then transferred to the
fireless cooker, where they are kept
for six or seven hours in their own
heat. At the end of that time the
material is found to have a tempera-
ture Of 14O degrees for the vegetables,
100 degrees for the meat and 172 de-
grees for the coffee. It is at that
time ready to serve and has been
found most palatable.
The army officers who are engaged
in the consideration of this method Of
preparing food for an army in the
solve the problem of household econ
omics. This is especially true in the
matter of keeping down expenses for
the purchase of fuel. They say fur
ther that the method will be much in
vogue within the next few years. Ex-
periments with the fireless cooker
which have been made by private in
dividuals, have been equally success
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
When Folks Feared Gas.

In the early days of the last century,
when illuminating gas was first used In
London, timorous people talked Of ths
dangers of suffocation and of explo
sions to which the gas, which was still
imperfectly purified, exposed the citi-
zens. Scientists confirmed these asser
tons, and the first gasometers erected
in London by Samuel Clegg so terrified
the people thatno workman would ven
ture to light the gas jets which had
been placed on Westminster bridge.
But Clegg soon overcame this difficulty
by lighting torch and applying 1t to
the burners with his own hands. On
another occasion before committee OF
the Royal society Of London he bored
a hole in the gas holder and put a light
ed candle to it, to the great alarm of
the spectators, but without causing the
slightest accident. Gradually the eyes
even of the most prejudiced were open
ed TO the truth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
DIVORCE PROBLEM
DISCUSSED BY INTER-
STATE COMMERCE.

South Carolina Has No Divorce Laws
and Is Not Represented-Goyer
Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, Is
the Prime Mover-Very improbable
That an Attempt VIII BE Made TO
Get a Federal Law-EffOrts to Sc
cure Uniformity of Legislation by
the Different States VIII BE Made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
To Treat n Sprain.

The most successful treatment for a
sprain is use Of hot footbaths for If
teen minutes three times day. Fol
low each bath with massage for fifteen
minutes, then apply snugly rubber
bandage from toes up to as high as
ankle and have patient walk. Ballet
dancers use this method with such sue
cess that they are seldom incapacitated
for work longer than a week.-Medical
Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
Peru. Railway Wonder.

A remarkable railway, one OF the
wonders Of Peru, Is that which runs
from Callao to the gold fields Of Cer;O
de Paeco. Beginning in Callao, it
ascends the narrow valley of the Ri
mao, rising nearly 5000 feet in the first
forty-six miles. Thence 1t goes through
the intricate gorges Of the Sierras till it
tunnels the Andes at an altitude Of
15,645 feet the highest point in the
world where piston rod is moved by
steam. This astonishing elevation is
reached In seventy eight miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
Friohtfully Burned

Chas. w. Moore, n machinist, of
Ford City, Pa, had his hand fright
fully burned in an electrical furnace.
He applied Bucklen's Arnica SaIve
with the usual result: "a quick and
perfect cure" Greatest healer on
earth for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Ecze-
ma and Piles 25c at Tallman & Co. s
and Brock & McComas, druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Sir Chentung Diang Chang, Chi
nsse minister at Washington, in an
interview with the Washington Post.
says: There is no danger whatever
of an uprising in China against for
engineers" He further says it is fact
that Germany and the Germans are
mainly responsible for a large part
of the threatening trouble in China
at present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

An effort is being made with good
prospects of succeeding, to raise $685.
600 with which to build a Y. NJ. C.
A. building at Yakima. In proportion
to either population or wealth the
state OF Washington has more money
invested in Y. NJ. C. A. buildings than
any other state in the union.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

There are some tempers wrought up
BY habitual selfshness to an utter In.
sensibillty Of what becomes of the for
tunes Of their fellow creatures, as II
they were not partakers Of the same
nature or had no lot or connection at
all with the species.-Sterne.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

They never grippe or sicken. but
cleanse and strengthen the stomach.
liver and bowels. This Is the univer-
sal verdict of the many thousands who
use Dewitts Little Early Iisers.
These famous little pills relieve head
ache, constipation. bilionsness, jaun-
dice, torpid liver. sallow complexion,
etc. Try Little Early Risers. Tall
man & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

The Lawyer-So your wife has sued
you for divorce, eh? VIII she have
any standing In court? The Client
I'm afraid so From the nature Of the
evidence she threatens to bring in there
won't be half enough seats to accom-.
modate the crowd. Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Andrew Carnegie has offered to
give $4,000 to the Congregational
college, at Kingfisher, o., provided
the college will raise an additional
s5o,o0o. The college expects to raise
it's $4,000 at once.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
.srbc Butcrcr'' in Command.

81. Petersburg, Feb. lT.-General
Grcdukoff, known as the butcher"
has succeeded Linevitch in command
OF the Manchurian army.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Richmond, Ind, Feb 19.-Thls city
is the home of Charles f. Shiveley
the supreme chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias and the local members OF
the order will make special efforts to
make the celebration OF the anniver-
sary of the founding of the order.
which will take place this evening, a
memorable affair. Many prominent
members OF the order will attend the
meeting and banquet
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

A man is blind to his own good
when he takes too many eye"openers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

occasionnlly man figures on a ~
served seat In heaven because he once
gave away IN old coat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Johnstown. Pa, Feb. 19.-Hun-
dreds of knights OF Pythiss from this
and the surrounding districts are gath
cred here to take part In the union
celebration arranged by the local
Pythians in honor of the 42d anniver-
sary of the founding of the order. An
elaborate program has been prepared
for the entertainment of the visitors
II includes a parade, a meeting and a
banquet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Ihe funny part of it often is a
dudes hair parted in the middle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
nssa2TzS5r as HMsS5

Scrofua
usually Inherited Parents who related the ties blood
have tendency family blood
to their children IN the form OF Scoua Swollen
brittle bones, digestion, weak
Caarh emaaed bodies and seSofu
which the dis
manifested The blood M nope
diseased from BIRTH being
this condition properly my
ih the body and Scrou
suit hereditary disease like this or
only be reached, by constu which entirely
tonal remedy and nothing equals sn va" '" d. STOCKTON
drives out all scrouou deposits and
SSS
- the disease n life Being
PURELY VEGETABLE purely vegetable is the remedy
Scrofula its harmless but healing ingredients
enter into the and replace waxke bodess
strength glowing with health about Scofua
medical advice -. yE SWIFT specsErc en- an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Wheeling, w. Va, Feb. 19.-To cell
ebrate the 42d anniversary OF the or
der there will be grand ball given
by the First Regiment Uniformed
Rank of Knights of Pythias at Ben
wood this evening in which the mem
bers from all parts of the regimental
district will take part.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

Columbia, s. G., Feb. 1s--The
knights OF Pythias OF this state VIII
celebrate the 42d anniversary OF the
order by a big gathering of knights
from all parts OF the state. Several
thousand have already arrived here.
There will be an imposing parade in
the afternoon and a banquet In the
evening.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTH|As.
CELEBRATION FORTY
SECOND ANNIVERSARY.
Was Founded in 1864 at Washington,
d. c.. by Justine II. Rathbone-
Now Organized in Every State and
Territory and in Mexico and Cana
da, and Has Over 100000 Members
and is Constantly Increasing-Anni-
versary Generally Observed.

washington, d. c., Feb. 19.-Forty-
two years ago today the order of the
knights of Pythias was founded here
by Justine II. Rathbone and the
members of the order throughout the
country are celebrating the anniver-
sary today in an appropriate manner.
During the AZ years of its existence
the order has spread to every state
and territory of the United States,
and even to Alaska, Cuba, the Hawa-
iian islands, the Philippines, Mexico,
and Canada. The membership exceeds
by far the half million mark and is
steadily increasing. Ohio, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New York,
and Missouri lead the roll, with Cali
fornia, Kansas, Colorado, Florida,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas
and Wisconsin following close behind
Detroit, Feb. l9.-rThe knights Of
Pythias of this state have decided to
hold celebrations OF the 42d anniver-
sary of the order in all districts of the
state on Washington's birthday, in
stead of today the actual anniversary
day. In every district large meetings
will be held, in which all the lodges
OF the respective districts will take
part. The celebration for the south
eastern district will be held here and
more than 1900 members of the order
are expected to take part in the cele-
bration-