East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-26
GENERAL NEWS.


The rainfall in Spokane and vicin-
ity Saturday was very light and the
prospects are for clear weather. No
reports of damage come from the Big
Bend
DIR. c. A. Church, who has been at
tending Mrs. Louisa Taft. mother of
Secretary Taft. during her illness,
says that although in a critical con-
dition, she may recover. 3
The La Grande FIGURING mill has
started on a new season with double
crew. and is running day and night.
The mill has already received 5000
bushels of new wheat.
Hon. E. F. Noel has been chosen
democratic candidate for governor of
Mississippi by majority of from 1000
to 1000 according to unofficial re-
turns. The official count will be
necessary to determine the exact fig
ures.
Frederick l.. Kistermaker, a freight
engineer, was found murdered at a
boarding house In Rochester, y. Y,
having been shot in the head. 1t has
been found that the landlady of the
house shot him on account of jeal-
ousy.
C. II. Williams of Hood River, will
take an exhibit of Hood River apples
with him to Chicago, where he goes
next month as Oregon's delegate to
the National jewelers. association,
They will be placed in the banquet
hall.
BY mutual agreement the BARRIERS
of Yakima have decided to raise the
price of hair cutting to 80 cents in
stead of 25 cents, messages to so
cents insetad of SO cents, but that
shaving shall remain the same-20
cents.
A burglar entered the home of r. j.
Young at The Dalles and stole about
$50 in money from the house early
in the morning while MIR. Young was
doing the chores and his wife was
getting breakfast one of the child
rem saw a man getting into the win
dow.
Two persons. Mary Clemonson and
! Thomas Hague, lost. their lives in q
| tornado at Eau Claire, wis. In ad-
dition one boy was injured. q barns
two school houses. one charch and
various other buildings were destroy
ed Property loss Is estimated al
SIS, 900.
The 5SOO-foot side track at Kamela
will be completed for use this week
! Originally. tho r'd,ng was about 5000
| feet long, but extensions to both end:
have made It one of the longest sid
ings on the mountain division. Botf
ends extend down the hill on either
side Of the divide.
President F.. r. Ressler of the
| Monmouth Normal school, has depos
tied with the state treasurer a certi
fled check for $4,000 which, together
with other income, will be sufficien
to pay the expenses of the norma
school for the first six months of th
coming school year.
At Greensboro, N. c., Deputy Rev
enue Collector Hundred with poss
from Raleigh, and Deputy Collecto
Henry with posse from Durham
met at a moonshiner's STILL Eacl
mistook the other crowd for tn
4 moonshiners and both sides fired
Deputy Marshal Gordon was mortal
ly wounded. Deputy Henry and tw
others seriously wounded.
Paul C. Barth. recently depose
mayor, shot and killed himself a
Louisville, Ky. Since the ousting G
the Barth administration by the coul
, of appeals the acts of the city off
cials have been subjected to sever
scrutiny but nothing was found re
: flecting on Barth, though his metho
, of conducting the administration {
, the city affairs is under fire.
The interstate commerce commits
: sion issued note OF warning recen
, ly to the people of the northwe
, states saying fuel famine threater
{ to strike this section the coming viii
t ter, and urges them to get their Sc;
I sons supply Of fuel now. The con
8 mission prophesies coal will con
. mand s25 a ton in Montana befol
q the winter is over.
Y The mean temperature of Sewal
in July was exactly 55 degrees.
Q July 1906 1t was $500 degrees.
t June 1907 1t was 51.6S degrees tt
a highest temperature last month w