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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06
LEGISLATURE.

The last house of representatives of
the territory of Colorado and the first
of the newborn state, convened In
the year 1875, and was known as the
"prayerless house." In spite of that,
1t was one of the most harmonious
legislative bodies that either the ter
ritory or state ever had. BY act of
congress this house was allowed to sit
only 40 days, as 1t was the first house
that had ever sat for the state of Col
orado. Even though the time was
short, this "prayerless house" did
such work in organizing the business
of the state that It will not soon be
forgotten.
In the gathering were many of the
builders Of the western country, men
who went through all kinds of hard
ships and emerged the stronger for
their experience.-Denve rPost.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06

In Canada, just across the Ameri-
can border, are billions of feet of saw
timber which could be utilized for
lumber and shipped into the United
States were it not for the tariff of
81 per 1000 feet on imported lum-
ber.. A few miles of cars loaded with
Canadian lumber at a reasonable price
would not be Objectionable just now.
But then the lumber trust of the Pa
cific coast is a helpless, pulling in-
FAINT and must be supported. THE
public be dam"--etc., anyway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06

Ohio society women, headed by
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, are
making a ''fad" of politics by getting
out among the voters and doing actu-
al campaign work for favorite candi-
dateE. II Is safe to say, however, that
should the question of equal suffrage,
actual voting by women, be suggest
ed to some Of these faddists, they
would have II fits In as many Sec
onds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06
CLIMBIN' Up THE HILL.

CA railroad poem giving actual e1
periences on the Blue Mountain d
vision of the o. Il. & N, written /
Bert Huffman. editor of the East Or,
gonian, while running a focomotiN
on the mountains.)
Frost upon the window panes,
Snowflakes in the air;
Stormin' down the canyon
Winter everywhere!
Headlight blinkin' in the storm
(Isn't paid to shine),
Engines breathin' pretty hard
Comm up the line.
Fireman noddin' on the deck,
Feelin' mighty sore;
Wishes he could marry rich,
Wouldn't work no more!
Brakeman in the box car
Countin' hobo fares
Conductor in the cupola
Dreamin', unawares'
Engineer a-snoo2in'
(Nothin' on his mind),
If they lag around the curves,
Cuss the man behind!
Man behind a-snoozin'
on his cozy bed,
If they lag around the curves,
Cuss the man ahead!
Then the playful compound
Snaps the train in two
Just to give the brakeman
Somethin' else to do.
Brakeman in a passion
Drags a frozen chain
Forty car lengths in the snow
Swearin' might and main!
Ties the train together
Like a broken string;
My to be a brakeman
Is a joyful thing.
SLOW and slower turn the wheels,
Then they slip and stand
Hind man out of water,
Head man out of sand.
only half way up the hill;
Trouble amt begun;
That's the way we climb the hill
With twelve hundred ton.
Fireman noddin' on the deck
Feelin' mighty sore;
Wishes he could marry rich,
Wouldn't work no more!
Brakeman in the box car
Countin' hobo fares;
Conductor in the cupOla
Dreamin', unawares.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06
THE EXPRESS EXTORTION.

No wonder it costs 50 to send a lit
tie bundle a couple of hundred miles
by express. No wonder it is often
worth more than the article itself to
send a package of merchandise from
Pendleton to patron of Pendleton a
few miles away.
The story is easily told. 1t requires
no seuth to ferret out the reason for
these exorbitant charges. The report
of the Northern Pacific Express COM
pany to the state commission of
Washington gives some inside facts
on the express extortion.
The report just filed shows that
with an invested capital of less than
$4,000 in the state OF Washington
that company enjoyed an income
amounting to more than S36O,OOO, in
the past wear. On a total capitali-
zatlon Of S345,OOO, the gross earnings
of the company were more than ST.
100000 for the year.
Rich little graft, this. Senators.
congressman. judges, public officials
of all sorts, calibcrs and kinds are
stockholders in this munificent divi-
dend maker But the farmer the
business man, the little fellow who
ships stuff by express pays the bill.
Isn't it tine to have a little regula-
tion or government ownership or
something to check the graft?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06
AMERICAN "ARIsTOCRACY." ;"

The lavish establishment and enter
tainments of Ambassador Reid, which
have amazed even the English, have
frequently given rise TO comment on
the extent to which our diplomatic
service is becoming limited to very
wealthy men, notes the Springfield
(Mass) Republican. The American
embassy at Berlin presents for the
moment an even more striking exam
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06

1t really seems criminal on part of
somebody, somewhere, the East Ore
gonian is not saying who or where,
that 1000 cords of wood should be
piled up at Kamela, Meacham and
other yards in the Blue mountains So
miles from Pendleton, and that PEN
dleton woodsheds should be empty at
the beginning of winter. People are
willing, more than willing to buy
wood. They have the money. There
is no scarcity Of money. But for some
unexplained reason, WOOD yards and
wood houses are empty throughout
the inland empire, with hundreds of
carloads piled up in the mountains
awaiting buyers or cars or something
else, which keeps 1t from the anxious
consumer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06

John Ruskin makes a good
point when he says he likes wo-
men to be good dressers. But
he says a painter is one who
paints pictures, and so a wo-
man who dresses we'll should
be woman who makes dresses,
and not one who wears the
clothes that some overworked
seamstress has made. 1t seems
to me, here is a vast field to
open up. Art should not mean
merely a few pictures on the
wall II should mean making 4
everv necessary thing in its most 4
serVicea ble manner. - Ebert Z
Hubbard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-06

Chinese pirates seized a British pay
masters launch near Hongkong and
robbed 1t Of $4,000 and escaped. The
crew we're disarmed anc put on shore
and the launch scuttled.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
TRAIN STRUCK A
 SWITCH ENGINE
AND LOCOMOTIVE WAS CoK.
 PLETELY DEMOLISHED
The Engineer Was Killed and tho Fireman Was Fatally Iniured- Five Others Injured and Four
 Cars Piled in q Heer
Cars Filed in a Heap.

Buffalo, N. Y, May 16.-In as train wreck at Black Rock this morn- ing, caused by Wabash passenger train running into a New York Cen-s trai switch engine, one man was Killed, one fatally injured, and i've others injured so that they had to be- taken to hospital.
 The train was No of the WabasfrS bound west. The switch engine was almost completely demolished and. four cars were thrown from the track, but only one passenger re- ceiyed serious injury.
 The killed: John Howe, engineer. Buffalo. Il
 Injured John HerteL fireman. Buffalo, hip crushed, leg fractured. ]. probably fatal; William Shine. en.i gineer, St Thomas, Ont, leg lacerated shock; William White, fireman. st Thomas, Ont, shoulder dislocated. fn~ ternal injuries; Philip O'nonner.i passenger, St Thomas, Ont, internal- ly injured; William Hall, porter. Yonkers, contusions, back sprained: J. Saunders, Chicago. porter, bodyl bruised and cut. 'is
 A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
MAY BE A SPLIT
COAL MEN ARE AWAITING TO.
 MoRROW's CONFERENCE.
First Since Strike Was Declared Of and a Division is Expected Over
 Mitchell's Decision.

Chicago, May 16.-Coal men are looking for a split to develop in the miners union tomorrow, when op- orators and strikers meet at Spring field, in the first conference held since the strike was called, six weeks ago.
 The division is expected to arise over the differences regarding the wis dom of President Mitchelrs move in settling the anthracite strike, while the Mtuminous miners are left to fight the battle alone.
 The operators do not expect the an- ti-strike sentiment will prove strong enough to bring about a speedy set tlement. They believe, however, that a fraction of the strikers will mani- fest desire to submit the whole con troyersy to arbitration, which the mine owners have been urging for long hnle
 Whatever comes out of the meeting the mine owners have decided not to delay longer in re-opening of their mines. The stocks of coal in Chicago are reported to be nearly exhausted.
 The operators assert that they will be compelled to begin operations by June 1 or lose many of the chief mar ketS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
DERRICK IS GONE.
Was Bone of Contention on Washing
 ton Street the Past Few Years.

tOu StTeet tIle GdSt rcW | C&aTSs
 The McManus derrick that has stood in Washington street for years was taken down early this morning and removed to Oakville. It was mystery to everybody why it was left there. When the street was being opened the blasting practically de- molished the residence of Mir McGov- ern and he sued the contractor and 1t was also hinted that he threatened to do something else if he caught him or any of the officials around there. Be that as 1t may, not a hand was laid on the street since and Mo Manus hadn't the courage to take the derrick away, until this morning when the work was done while Me- Govern was in the factory. The street never was worked to the full width and McManus and the officials never got through scrapping over it. Over $500 which McManus claims is due him on that job is still withheld and he knows no way of getting it except to go into the courts, and this is he does not like to do. In any case the derrick is gone, the city still has Macs $500, but the street is not finished and Mir McGovern new CT got any compensation for the land taken from him or the injury to his building.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
DEPEW,S PLACE
 SOUGHT AFTER
YALE MEN THAT WANT TO 0C-
 CUPY IT.
vacsncy in the Yale Corporation for Which There Are Numerous
 Candidates,

New Haven. Conn, May 1G.-It is officially announced that the following graduates of Yale has received the nomination by twenty-five or more Trinity electors to the vacancy in the Yale corporation caused by the expiri- tion of the term of Chauncey NJ. De- pew: Charles T. Caplin, Brooklyn, N. T.; and Chauncey Nj. Depew of New York city, both of the class of 1856; Allen w. Evarts of New York and Gardiner Lathrop of Kansas City, Mo; both of the class of 1869; Otto T. Barnard, New York, class of 1876; William H. Taft, Washington, class of 1878; Clifford Pinchot. Washington, class of 1889; Herbert Parsons, New York, class of 1890 and Edward s. Hardness, New York. class of 1897. One of the above Messrs Depew, Evarts. Lathrop, Barnard, Pinchot, Parsons and Hardness have declined to stand as candidates leaving as can didates Messrs Caplin. of Brooklyn, N. r., Secretary of War William H. Taft.
 The election will he on June 2,. when the polls will be open and the ballots sent in by graduates. will be counted Ballots bearing the latest date will be counted and inspectors of election can reject all ballots in which the written part is not wholly in the autograph of the writer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
RING CASE LENGTHY.
Judge Reed Reminded Lawyers That
 Other Cases Were Coming.


 So much time has been already taken up in the superior court with the case of Kennedy, administrator on the estate of Joseph Ring against the Scovill Manufacturing Co that Judge Reed felt 1t necessary to re- mind the lawyers yesterday that there are other cases to be tried this term.
 It has transpired that instead of being engaged in putting up tele- phone wires for the company Ring was truckman whose duty 1t was to take material from one department to another. How he came to be where he was shocked to death is still a mystery in the case. It has been tes- tified that he had no business to be on the platform where he was killed. It seems that he saw Ross and Saum fall to the ground after coming in contact with a wire and that he went to their assistance. The wire that killed him was from an electric light wire and both ends were near the ground. An employe named Kenney testified to-day that he ran out to the platform on seeing Ring drop. Immediately there was great excite ment and a man handed Kenney a woman's pair of rubber shoes. Ken- ney had shears in his hands and someone told him to put the rubbers over the handle of the shears and cut the wire and he did so.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
RAINEY's CHOICE.
He Says Deep Waterways Is Solution
 of Rate Difficulties.

-F aH St. Louis. May 16-At banquet given the sub-cofmittee of the riv- CTS and harbors committee of the na- tional house of representatives last night by the St. Louis club. Congress- man Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, de- clared that deep waterways are the only solution of the present rate diff ficulties. After crticising the pres ent national legislation in regard to rates he. said:
 For three years the country has been in the throes of the rate legis- lation question. The people got the impression that at least something was going to be done. They are mis- taken. The affair has finally ended in dispute as to the veracity of two distinguished gentlemen over mat ter of no importance.
 'The democrats and republicans yielding to public sentiment pre- pared to stand shoulder to shoulder and then were handed gold brick something which won't hurt the carriers and which won't do the shippers any good.
 "The trouble at the bottom of the whole situation. gentlemen, is that the theory of rate legislation Is wrong. You cannot regulate the price of anything by law. The law of competition must and will rule.
 You can only solve the problem by improving our rivers"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
HAZARDOUS RISKS.
Chicago Hotel Buildings Put IT
 After the Big Fire.

Chicago, May 16.-Hotel buildings of the period immediately following the Chicago fire are to be addd to the list of hazardous risks by Chiea- 10 insurance men. The advance In their rate will be from 25 to 40 per cent. Theaters also are to be penal ixed" as undesirable risks.
 This was decided. among other things, at a meeting of western man arers of ire insurance companies. following a dinner last night at the Union League club.
 Although the meeting was under the auspices of the Western Union, non-union companies were also rep- resented among the thirty managers present.
 There was practically unanimous continent among those who attend cd the meeting that the commissions of insurance brokers should be cut at least 10 per cent. Their average commission now is 27 per cent of the amount of premiums. This Is con- sidered too high. especially for what is known as preferred business. which includes flats and detached dwellings,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
TO SETTLE LOSSES
INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL
 ACT INDEPENDENTLY.
Underwriters Will Not Dictate the Policy to Be Observed in Settling
 Up San Francisco Losses.

San Francisco, May 16.--The in surance companies will settle their losses in their own way, each com pany acting for itself according to the contracts embodied in it's poli- cies and the fire underwriters ad- justing bureau will make no attempt to dictate general policy to be ob- served in the settlement of claims, according to statement made yes terday by Attorney T. c. Coogan, who is legal adviser to the adjusting bureau. The adjusting bureau will act merely as a board of appraisers to report on losses.
 MT Coogan said: "The settle ment of claims will not be upon any uniform basis. Each company will settle its own losses in it's own fash ion. It has its own contracts em- bodied in its own policies and its own attorneys to advise it. The adjust ing bureau has no power to lay down any uniform course or policy for ob- servation by the companies, nor power to compel them to waive con ditions and legal rights.
 No proposition looking toward uniformity of action has been sug- gested, nor Is there any truth in the report that it is contemplated to cut losses all down the line and settle upon percentage basis. The com panies will play what they legally owe"
 Attorney Coogan's statement was corroborated by H. F. Atwood, chair man of the committee of fifteen, which transacts all the executive business of the general adjusting bu- reau.
 The special committee of the Mer- chants association of San Francisco on insurance, composed of Andrew M. Davis, Byron Mauzy and Allen c. Wright, sent a letter to Insurance Commissioner Wolf on May 10 ask ing him to compel the insurance com panies to furnish needed information in cases where policies were de- stroyed by fire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
MERCURY GOING UP.
The Icemen Will Now Begin to Reap
 Their Harvest.

Although the warm weather has been a long time coming it seems to have struck here at last and if one Is to judge by the weather of today. the summer win be a scorcher. With the thermometer going up higher every day the icemen will soon begin to work overtime and the people will be compelled to buy Ice which will be dearpr this sumner than it has been in some years. Ice because of the shortage last winter 90 the dealers say will retail st a cents hundred. an increase of ten cents per hundred over the cost of the cold stuf last yesr.
 Some of the iee dealers last sum- uer would not sell q five cent piece ani those that did gave such q small bst that t vas hardly visible Thfs summer It would appear ss though the i've cent cut. if any are sold will mt he much lsrrer than the nickcl vhich is even for C. uaDe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
GLOBE TRoTTER HERE.
Caught in San Francisco Earthquake
 Sent Out Second Dispatch.


 T. L. Tandy, electrical engineer globe trotter and general manager of the Singapore tramways and lighting company, an English concern. who is now in New York at the Hotel Elm pire, says that he sent the third mes sage over the wires from San Fran cisco after the second shock. He sent his wire to Albany at 5:35 a. m.. on Wednesday, This was before the Pos. tai Building was burned and the wires went down. The second person to send message, the one ahead of him, was n woman in her night dress.
 Mir Handy had arrived in San Fran cisco from Hong Kong on the Mon golia, few days before the earth quake, after being thirty-five days at sea. and registered at the Palace ho- tel Though he is slightly lame he held hose on a fire escape in the rear of the Palace hotel until his feet were scorched. He had thirteen pieces of baggage when he arrived. most of them containing curios and souvenirs of the years spent in the east. and which he was bringing home to his daughter in Albany. He had these re- moved to the Hotel St Francis, where they were put In vault under the sidewalk and presently destroyed as the fire reached that point. His sou venirs consist of two keys, one of Palace hotel room and the other of room in the St Francis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
THE BUILDING STRIKE IS ON
WORK TIED UP IN SEVERAL
 PLACES TO-DAY.
The Propositions Submitted by Work men to Bosses and Which Was Ignored by the Master
 Builders.

Notwithstanding repeated denials that there would be no strike in Wa terbury this season, the trouble is now on, and the wisest men in the com munity do not pretend to tell when the chasm will be bridged The mat ter was finally disposed of last night, when the bricklayers and masons 1t largely attended session, decided to quit work this morning on all work on which non-union carpenters are ems ployed, and they kept their word. The plumbers also stopped on any jobs where there are non-union help.
 The large builders affected by the action are the Tracy Bros Co, J. j.. Macauley, George A. Upham, J. s. Goodwin, J. F. Bittner, John Marz, Victor Bernier and Chauncey Seeley. Buildings on which work has been suspended include the Duggan and Webster schools. Waterbury Clock Co, Fitzpatrick and Miller blocks on South Main street: Torkomian struc- ture on Liberty street: Fitzpatrick block on Cook street: Gilmartin and Fernandez buildings in Brooklyn, and a score or more other projects.
 Some time ago the workmen. sub mitted the following propositions to the master builders:-
 1. That the union would not insist on any mill men or bench men joining the union.
 ?. That non-union men now em- ployed would be admitted to the un- ion at nominal fee.
 3. That only one apprentice would be allowed for every six journeymen.
 4. That uniform wage of s per day would be maintained.
 5. That bosses would not be re- quired to ask any of the workmen whether they were union or non-un- ion men.
 6. That the carpenters and masons would insist on the above conditions.
 The demands were made.
 The bosses took no notice of the communication and later on 1t was decided not to work any longer with non.union carpenters.
 The only thing done this morning by the men was to pick up their tools and leave things in decent shape about the places where they were em- ployed. There was no sign of disturb ance and none is looked for. There is great deal of work was in charge of union builders, so that the clash does not mean a general suspension in the building line.
 One of the bosses was asked what the master builders intended to do and replied that so far as he knew they would continue to run their own business. just as they have been do ing for the past two years. The strike he said. would cause some inconven- fence for q time. but this would be overcome. and things would go on without serious interruption.
 All the men who may not he able to find employment here can get jobs elsewhere if they care to leave town. and the snarl Is not strengthened out soon 1t, is likely some of them will spend the summer out of town. The strike of the carpenters Is two years old. and appears to be about as far from adjustment now as ever.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
Watch Company Sells.

waitham. Mass. May I6.-An an nouncement of special interest to the watch making employees in this dis trict today was that the stockhoidcrs of the American Waltham Watch company had voted yesterday to sell all its property with the exception of a part valued at e16O.o0O to the Wal than watch company fin cousidcfs- fson of 40.00o shares preferred and S0.ocO shares common of the capital stock of the waitham Watch com pany. This step which is in effect A reorganization of the company win he accounpaaied by sn extension of the plant and c considerable increase in the number of employe- who already number several thousand.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
Condemned to Death.

Tripoli. North Africa. May 1s.- Ali Shamyl Pasha, former military governor of Scutari. and two Beys were condemned to death to-day for the murder of Redvan Pasha. prefect of police of Constantinople, who was assassinated there March 24. Three others accused of participation in the crime were condemned to life impris- onment and others to various sen- tences of from ten to fifteen years imprisonment-