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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-03
Nine Hurt I'm Collision.

Los Angeles, Oct. S.-As a result of
collision between a Southern Paci-
fic switch engine and a street car at
Central avenue last night, nine pas
sengers were injured, three seriously.
James Nicholson may die.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-03

All parties using old fire hose for
blowing out sewers and upon return
ing, piling in way of hose carts, are
subject to fine, according to the city
ordinance. j. L. VAUGHAN,
Chief.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-03
Pcndleton Men i'm Court.

I Portland, Ore, Oct. 3.-(Spe- :
! cial to the East Oregonian.)-
Z Lee Baker, Pat McDevltt, John
+ Peters, Bert Bowers and Fred
+ Beck. appeared before Assistant
+ District Attorney Cole today and
i agreed to plead guilty to taking
+ liquor upon the Umatilla reser-
+ walton. Information against the
+ men will be filed in the federal
+ court tomorrow morning.
+
J. + T. j. I. j. j. J. l. 4 i. 4. i. l. 4. 4. 4.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-03

An Albany firm on October 1 start
ed one carload of dried prunes to
Liverpool and two carloads to Lon
don.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-03

II you zee It in the East oregonian
It's %.
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American Mediterranean.
New Orleans Picayune.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
The Gulf of Mexico is sea 1000 miles
long from the straits of Florida to the har-
Dor Of Tampico. and 500 miles wide from
the mouth of the Mississippi river to the
mouth of the Coatzacoalcos. =
. This Mediterranean of the west Is sur
rounded by countries of extraordinary rich
ness In the fertility of their soil. the ge-
niality Of their climates. the vastness and
value of their forests, the variety and. ex-
tent of their mineral endowments.
All these countries. capable of sustain
ing hundreds of millions of people. are In
habited by nations and races who live un-
der republican forms of government and
cherish and maintain free institutions. The
northern coast line of this important sea Is
in the great republic of the United States
of North America; the southern half Is In
the next greatest American republic. that
of Mexico, while on the east are the I'M
portant islands of the West Indies, with
Cuba at their head. The region around this
most important sea is destined to be far
richer. more powerful and more distin-
guished in the history and affairs Of our
globe than were ever those that bordered
the ancient Mediterranean OF the eastern
hemisphere. not even excepting Egypt
Greece and Rome.
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explodes. That is the only way it knows
of calling attention to itself. On the con-,
tinent you know when the fire wants see
ing to merely by listening. ,''Sounded like
the dining ROOM the last explosion some
body remarks. II think not" observes
another. IT distinctly felt the shock be-
hind me; my bed room, I expect" Bits
of the ceiling begin to fall, and you notice
that the cheval glass over the sideboard
Is slowly coming toward You. why, 1t
must be this stove" you say. Curious
how difficult it is to locate sound You
snatch up the children and hurry out OF the
room. After while, when things have
settled down, you venture to look in again.
Maybe 1t was only mild explosion. A
91O note and a couple of plumbers in the
house for a week will put things right
again. They tell me they are economical,
these German stoves but you have got to
understand them. I think I have learned
the trick of them at last And don't
suppose, all told. 1t has cost me more than
$50. And now I am trying to teach the
rest of the family. What complain about
the family Is that they do not seem anx-.
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among these passionate stoves. There is
a, stove in the Kitchen to be used only for
roasting; this one will not look at anything
else but wood. Give it a bit Of coal, mean
ing to be kind, and before you are out OF
the room IT has exploded. Then there Is
a trick stove, specially popular in Belgium.
It has q little door at the top and another
little door at the bottom, and looks hike
pepper caster. Whether it is happy or
not depends upon these little DOORS There
are times when it feels it wants the bottom
door shut and the top door open, or vice
versa, or both open at the same time, or
both shut 1t is fussy little stove. Or
binary intelligence does not help you much
with this stove. You want to be bred In the
country 1t is question of instinct; you
have to have Belgian blood in your veins
to get on comfortably with it. On the
whole. At Is a mild little stove, this Bel
gian pet. It does not often explode. it only
gets angry and throws it's cover into the
the air and filings hot Goals about the room.
1t lives. generally speaking, inside an iron
cupboard with two doors. When you want
1t you open these doors and pull 1t out
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The House Of Defence
Continued From Sixth Page.)

Continued From Sixth Page)
into the crate, though it wasn't exactly
medicine. That is why supposed he was
drunk"
No. I'm sure he wasn't drunk" said
Maud again. Go on, dear!"
They had finished dinner. and Thurso left
the table to get a cigarette.
That's ALL he said. ''Dr. Symes tells
me he has seen that sort of recovery be-
fore but somehow I feel 1t odd that our
Mr.. Cochran should. SO to speak, have fore
seen 1t. Is he a crank, do you think? A
spiritualist or something Of that kind? Not
that believe in them, but any quack goes
right sometimes"
Again Maud mentally reviewed her deci-
sion not to do Mr.. Cochrans preaching
(Which he would not do HIMSELF for him.
"How do you expect me to known sne
said. II talked to stranger for ten min
utes. But he's coming to dine tomorrow,
so you can Judge for yourself. And how
have you been? No headache?"
He glanced at her sharply and sideways
a moment. as If suspecting something.
"Headache?' he asked. Il don't seem
much like headache this evening, do i?
Why?"
'only DR.: symes said he was afraid you
were in pain"
Thurso shrugged his shoulders.
Lord how those doctors jaw! he said.
"They want everybody to be Ill. in order
to make them we'll. Amiable. but rather
egodstfc.''
Maud asked no further question about
this, nor sought to excuse DR.. .Symes
blunder. But knowing him, 1t seemed to
her very odd that he should have thought
that Thurso had been suffering If he had
not For 1t was only when he was in the
extreme of pain that any one, even doc
tor. could guess that he was on the rack.
for 1t had to be much screwed down before
he visibly WINGED For one moment it
flashed through her mind that he had been
In pain and had taken laudanum. and had
well, practically He'd to her about It,, for
his answer, though slightly evasIve. GER
tainly was meant to bear the construction
that he had neither headache nor drug.
But she dismissed that at once and IL
was not her habit to question the truth
Of 1t.
ITO be continued next Saturday,
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you mad. but then the Englishman Is con.
sidered by all foreigners to be always mad.
II Is his privilege to be mad. The street
thinks no worse of you than II did before,
and you can breathe In comfort. But I'm
the railway carriage they don't allow you
to be mad. In Europe. unless you are pre-
pared to draw at sight upon the other pas
sengers, throw the conductor out OF the win
dow and take the train in by yourself. Il Is
useless arguing the question of fresh air.
The rule abroad IL that IL any one man
objects to the window being open the win
dow remains closed. He does not quarrel
with you; he rings the bell and points out
to the conductor that the temperature OF
the carriage has sunk to little more than
90 degrees F. He thinks a window must be
open. The conductor Is generally an old
soldier: he understands ben, shot, he I'M
derstands being thrown out O. window, but
not the laws of sanitation. II, as l have
explained. you shoot him or throw him
out onto the permanent way. that con-
vinces him. He leaves you to discuss the
matter with the second conductor, who,
by your action, has now. of course. he
come the first conductor. AS there are gem
orally half dozen of these conductors
scattered about the train the process OF ed
ucating them becomes monotonous. You
generally end by submitting 10 the law, I'M
less you happen TO be an American woman
Never did my heart go out more gladly
to America a nation than on one spring
day travelling from Berne to Vevey. We
had been sitting for an hour in an atmos-
phere that would have rendered a Dante
| disinclined TO notice things Dante. after
| ten minutes In that atmosphere, would have
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THE MOTHER LODE FEVER.
Miners Who've Spent Their Lives
Seeking the Great Source Of Gold.

From the New York Sun.
TT you are going to hunt for gold don't
fail to get inoculated for the mother lode
fever" says man who has been digging
for precious metals for forty years. .In
my time. in California. in South Africa and
in the Klondike I have seen many expe-
-rienced miners fall Ill of that disease.
'You get out among big gang of men.
where everybody is struggling to unearrh
treasures and you get In that frenzy that
makes you work with superhuman strength
and endurance. But IL you have heard or
read. somewhere that those deposits Ct pre-
cious metals in the streams and all others
that are located similarly have been washed
down from up there in the hills that story
will echo In your ears while you work, and
at night 1t would be the subject of your
dreams. Then you've had the mother lode
fever
'.That is. you'd have 1t unless you were an
-uEcommonly well-educated miner or one en-
dowed with a rare quantity of good sense.
or one Of those lazy beggars that think it's
true that everything comes to him who'll
wait.
TN many ways the theory of the mother
lode seems plausible. Even the scientists
haven't decided for sure that there's moth
ing IN Il. 1t Is suggested that the gold dis
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happen to him. Put your toes on the fem
der. The tea will be here in minute"
I want something that can toast my
back against, while standing with coat
tails tucked up and my hands in my pock-
cts, explaining things to people. I don't
want a comfortless. staring. white thing
in a corner of the room, behind the sofa
a thing that looks and smells like the fam
lily tomb. 1t may be hygienic and 1t may
be hot, but it does not seem to do me
any good 1t has it's advantages; it con-
tains cupboard into which you can put
things to dry. You can also forget them
and leave them there. Then people COM
plain of smell of burning and hope the
house is not on fire, and you ease their
minds by explaining to them that it is prob
ably only your boots. Complicated internal
arrangements are worked by key. If you
put on too much fuel and do not work this
key properly the thing expledes, and II
you do not put on any coal at all and the
fire goes out suddenly, then, likewise, it
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TION OF FRESH AIR.
lost all interest in the show; he would not
have asked questions, he would have whis-
pered to Virgil. Get me out OF this, old
man, there's good fellow" The carriage
was crowded, chiefly with Germans. Every
window was closed, every ventilator shut.
The hot air quivered round our feet. Sew
enteen men and four women were smok-
ing. two children were sucking pepper
minis. and an old married couple eating
their lunch, consisting, apparently, Of gar
lie.
At the junction the door was thrown open
The foreigner generally opens the door
little way. giides in and closes it behind
him This was not a foreigner but an
American lady, en- voyage, accompanied
by five other American ladies' They
marched In, carrying packages They could
not find six seats together. so they scat
tered up and down the carriage. The first
thing that each woman did the moment
she could get her hands free was to dash
for the nearest window and haul 1t down.
"Astonishes me- said the first woman.
that somebody Is not dead in this car
rage" Their idea. 1 think. was that
through asphyxiation we had become coma
tose and, but for their entrance, would
have died unconscious. ut Is a current of
air that is wanted said another OF the
ladies. So they opened the door at the
front end Of the carriage and four of them
stood outside on the platform, chatting
pleasantly and admiring the scenery, while
two of them opened the door at the other
end and took photographs OF the Lake of
Geneva. The carriage rose and cursed
them in six languages. Bells were rung.
conductors came flying in. 1t was all OF no
use. Those American ladies were cheerful,
but firm. They argued with volublity;
they argued standing in the open door
way. The conductors, familiar, no doubt
with the American lady and her ways
shrugged their shoulders and retired. The
other passengers undid their bags and bun
dies and wrapped themselves up in shawls
and Jaeger nightshirts. I met the ladies
afterward in the Lausanne. They told me
they had been condemned to fine of 40
francs apiece. They also explained to me
that they had not the slightest intention
IF paying 1t.
JEROME K JEROME.
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Made Trouble.
Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1 Elder-''Do you really think it's danger
Gus to dye the hair?
Kidder-.It is, indeed. I knew a fellow
about your age who did 1t, and the firsi
thing he knew he was married 20 = widow
with 1--WE children"
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"REDHOT STOVES
| HAVE MET"

Copyright. 1909. by Jerome X. Jerome.)
" HEY are odd folks. these foreign
ers. There are moments of des-
pair, when I almost give them
up; feel I don't care what be-
come of them; feel as il 1 could
let them muddle on in their own way; wash
my hands of them. so to speak, and attend
exclusively to my own business. We all
have our days of feebleness. They will sit
outside a cafe on freezing night, with an
east wind blowing, and play dominos. They
will stand outside a street car, rushing
through the icy air at fifteen miles an hour,
and refuse to go inside, even to oblige
lady Yet In railway carriages in which
you could grill a bloater by the simple proc
ess of laying it underneath the seat they
will insist on the window being closed,
light cigars to keep their noses warm, and
sit with the collars of their fur coats but
toned up around their necks. In their
houses they keep the double-windows her
metically sealed for three or four months
at time, and the hot air quivering about
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in England, where the influence of Scot
land Yard is felt, the finger-print system
of identification is a frequent part of the
evidence. One especially notable use of
the finger-print system before the courts
came up In the London courts about a
year ago. An oil shop in Deptford-H High
street. London, was entered by robbers.
the proprietor, Mr.. Jenkins. and. his wife
were shockingly murdered and all their
money taken. There appeared to be not
single clue to the identity of the robbers.
On the hard surface of a tin cash box
was found an indistinct finger print 1t
search for the person having the finger
print was begun. In the general roundup
Of thieves of the, city a man whose finger
Irint correspondent with that found on the
to show that he haG been in the vicinity
Of the scene of tho murder on the night In
question. AL the evidence was circum-
stant.a1s excepting the finger prints. The
man wa convicted and sentenced to be
hung.
Another interesting case developed In
Staffordshire. England. where large jew
elry ghni had i.een burglarized. On a
plate glass shelf In a window distinct fin
ger prints were found. and in looking over
the finger rrnrs In the records similar
print Was found The criminal was To-
Gated. but denied the jewelry robbery, but
late, he made a fun confession. The clue
etver by the finge.' prints was the means
of securing the thief in the case.
4
The finger print system of identification
may be applied not alone to criminals, but
II will prove valuable In many lines of
business. It's adoption by the Navy and
War departments shows that they recog-
nize it's worth in the discovery Of persons
who have deserted from the service or who
are enlistng in the service to escape pun
islment for some crime which they have
committed. This also will prove an addi-
tionaI and almost positive means Of identi-
fcaticn Of persons kille d and wounded on
battlefields-.s~-r .--..
THIS system also can be used where ig-
norant or foreign laborers are employed.
There is always more or less confusion in
the distribution OF the envelopes. and this
would be obviated If each laborer's finger
print was obtained and he were required
to leave his finger print when he called
for his envelope. He could ink his finger
on an ink pad and press his thumb on the
paper used for the purpose without trou-
ble.-
Another use that the system may be
put to is in Identification at banks. The
finger print would be- much surer means
of Identification than signature, as the
former will always be tho same. =
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I GET TIRED OF GOING ROUND MAX
'- ING UP FIRES.
to substitute for it just the ordinary ex-
plosive stove to which you are accustomed.
In your own house you can, of course,
open the windows and thus defeat the for
eign stove. The rest of the street thinks
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Britisher that in some respects his country
men are nothing near so silly as they are
supposed to be.
There was a time when used to sit with
my legs stretched out before the English
coal fire and listen with respectful attention
while people who thought knew all about
1t explained to me how wicked and how
wasteful were our methods. All the heat
from that fire, they told me. was going
up the chimney. / did not like to answer
them that Notwithstanding felt warm and
cozy l feared that 1t might be merely
British stupidity that kept me warm and
coy, not the fire at all. How could it
be the fire? The heat from the fire was
going up the chimney 1t was the glow OF
ignorance that was making my toes Jingle.
Besides, if by sitting close in front OF the
fire and looking hard at it did contrive,
by hypnotic suggestion maybe, to fancy
myself warm, what should L feel like at
the other end of the room? 1t seemed
like begging the question to reply that l
had no particular use for the other end
of the room; that, generally speaking, there
room enough about the fire for all
the people / really cared for; that sitting
all together round the fire seemed quite as
sensible as sulking by ones self in corner
at the other end of the room; that the
fire made cheerful and convenient focus
for family and friends. They pointed out
to me how stove, blocking up the center
of the room, with dingy-looking flue pipe
wandering round the ceiling, would enable
us to sit ranged round the walls like pa
tients in hospital waiting room and use
up coke and potato Feelings. Since then
I have had practical experience of the sci
entific stove l want the old-fashioned,
insanitary wasteful, Illogical, open fire.
place. 1 want the heat to go up the Chin
ney instead of stopping in the room and
giving me headache and making every
d thing go round When 1 come in out of
the snow l want to see fire; something
that says to me with a cheerful crackle:
Hello old man; cold outside, isn't It?
Come and sit down. Come quite close
and warm your hands That's right put
your foot under him and persuade him to
move yard or two. That's all he's been
doing for the last hour. lying there roast
ing himself lazy little devil. He'll get
softening of the spine, that's what will
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ious to learn. "You do it," they say, press
ing the coal scoop into my hands, sit m ,es
us nervous" 1t is a pretty patriarcal
idea. 1 stand between them, the trusting,
admirng family, and these explosive stoves
that are the terror Of their lives They
gather round me in group and watch me,
the capable, all-knowing head, who fears
no foreign stove. But there are days when
I get tired of going round making up fires
Nor is it sufficient to understand only
one particular stove The practical for
eigner prides himself upon having various
stoves adapted to various work. Hitherto
I have been speaking only of the stove
supposed to be best suited to reception
rooms and bed rooms. The hall is provided
with another sort of stove altogether; an
iron stove this, that turns up its nose at
coke and potato Feelings. II you give 1t
anything else but the best coal it explodes.
1t IS like living surrounded by peppery old
colonies, trying to pass peaceful winter
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into the room. 1t works on a swivel. And
when you don't want It you try to push
1t back again. and then the whole thing
tumbles over, and the girl throws her
hands up to heaven and says. Mon Dieu."
and screams for the cook and the femme
journee. and they all three say, Mon
Dieu" and fall upon it with buckets of
water. By the time everything has been
extinguished you have made up your mind
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The use OF the hnger-print system in the
police departments of American cities Is
so rare and so new that few instances of
It's being used before judges and juries as
evidence for local courts can be cited. But
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THEY WILL. SIT OUTSIDE A CAFE ON
A FREEZING NIGHT.
the stove scorches your face if you venture
nearer to it than a yard. Travel can broad
en- the mind. 1t can also suggest to the
Britisher that in some respects his country
men are nothing near so silly as they are
supposed to be.
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UNCLE

GROUP of naval officers were
seated around the table after din
ner spinning yarns. AS all of
them had had fathers, and some
grandfathers and great-grand-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-16

Clad with Il coat of oily wool next his
skin, the caribou is covered eXteriorly
with dense pelage of fine quilts. Ev-
cry caribou. indeed. wears cork jack.
ct, and when this is prime, the crea-
ture seems on the water rather than in
the water No other quadruped that
know swimS as high as the caribou
Their speed ahoat is so great that it
takes the best Of canOemen to overtake
a vigorous buck. \ good paddler is
supposed to cover about six miles an
hour, so the caribou probably goes five,
There are many kinds of woodland and
rough country over which the caribou
cannot travel so fast as this. What
wonder. then. that they are so ready to
take TO the water as soon as they find
it in their course! Mr.. Mum assured
me that several times he saw caribou
swim broad bay that was in their
line, though a triling DETECTION would
have given them easy walking along
the shore to the same point and with
but little increase of distance.-Ernest
Thompson Seton in Scribner's.