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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
FEAR AN EPIDEMIC
Disease Threatens to Follow in
Wake of Famine in
China.
FILTH PREVAILS IN CAMPS
Estimated $4,000 Day Will Feed the
100000 People Now Actually
Starving.

Washington Jan. 30.-The appalling
conditions in China as a result of the
famine. as told i'll Chinese newspapers
and other mail reaching the state de-
given by Consul General Rodgers OF
the possible effects of the outbreaks
which daily are occurring in the fam
inc districts, have attracted the atten-
ton of the government authorities and
developments will be closely watched.
Confront an Epidemic.
One of the greatest dangers which
relief workers confront is an epidemic.
In the great concentration camps which
have been formed of refugees who have
fled from the stricken districts TO the
south by the tens of thousands of peo-
pie. who live, some of them partially
clothed and others entirely naked, in
mud huts held together by mating.
Physicians Needed.
Medical supplies and skill are badly
needed in these se,f-formed camps. as
well as food and clothing. Native Off
cials and authorities are doing their ut
most to control the situation, but the
task is now far beyond them. and out
side aid is badly needed. Estimates
have been made of the cost of feedin7
each starving person. and the total
amount will reach close TO $4,000
daily The estimate is based upon the
calculation that 100000 people are
actually starving.
Some Incidents Revolving.
Some of the incidents of the famine
related in the Chinese press are most
revolving. \ story is told of one fam
lily of the mother. father and two chill
dren. The mother left home in search
for food. While she was away. the
father. despairing of aid. threw both
children into the river and they were
drowned. The grief-stricken father fol
lowed. and thus the whole family per-
ished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
No Advance During II

but took his seat as No. 6, the place
made vacant yesterday by Juror Fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
Powder Will BInst Kills Two.
Locomotive Blows IN.

Fort Wayne. Ind. Jan. 30.-A loco
motive pulling a Pennsylvania freight
Bender. the engineer, was killed and
the fireman and brakeman badly hurt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
BLACK, ITCHING
SPOTS ON FACE
Physicians Called It Eczema In
Worst Form Treated Disease
for a Year but Could Not Cure 1t
Patient Became Despondent-
Suffering Promptly AlIayed and
DREADFUL DISEASE
CURED BY CUTlCURA

"About four years ago I was afflicted
with black splotches all over my face
and a few covering my body, which
produced a severe itching irritation, and
which caused me a great deal OF annoy
ance and suffering, to such an extent
that l was forced to call in two OF the
leading physicians OF --.. After
q thorough examination Of the dreaded
complaint they announced 1t to be
skin eczema in its worst form. They
treated me for the same for the length
OF one year, but the treatment did mo
no good. Finally became respondent
and decided to discontinue their ser.
vices. Shortly afterwards, my husband
In reading a copy Of weekly New York
paper saw an advertisement Of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. He purchased the-en-
tire outfit, and after using the contents
Of the first bottle Of Cuticura Resolvent
in connection with the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, the breaking out entirely
stopped. l continued the use Of the
Cuticura Remedies for six months, and
after that every splotch was entirely
gone and the affected parts were left as
clear as ever. / have not felt symp-
tom Of the eczema since, which was
three years ago. The Cuticura Reme-
dies not only cured me Of that dreadful
disease, eczema, but Of other complicated
troubles as well, and l have been the
means Of Others being cured Of the same
disease by the Cuticura Remedies. and
don't hesitate in saying that Cuticura
Resolvent is the best blood medicine
that the world has ever known. Mrs.
Lizzie E. Sledge, $40 Jones Ave-, Selma,
Ala, Oct. %, 1905"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
TO GREET LA TOILETTE.

The coming of Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin to this city on April 10,
in a political address, means that Pen
dleton will enjoy one of the master
pieces of modern American political
thought.
Senator La Toilette is the leading
exponent of the reform republican
ism of the goth century. He is a Sec
ond Roosevelt, even more Rooseveltian
in many ways than the original.
People from every part of Umatilla
county will attend the, lecture here
and they will be amply repaid. La
Toilette is one of the big men of the
country, one of the impressive orators
of the United States senate and one
OF the most aggressive public officials
now in the service of the people.
His coming to Pendleton on his
western tour gives this city prestige
enjoyed by but few cities in the north
west, and the people of Umatilla coun-
ty must not miss the exceptional op-
portunity offered them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
NEXT OREGON SENATOR.

Less than 4 year from today the
compaign for the United States sena-
tcrship will be in progress before the
Oregon primaries.
The announcement that Senator Full
ton will stand for reelection, is sur
prise to many Oregon people, as it
had been said by many of Fulton's
friends that he would not be a can
didate for re-election-his ambition
having been satisfied in the honor of
one term.
With T. T. Geer in the field as a
resident of eastern oregon, and Full
ton and Cake from Portland the sena-
torial situation next year will be ex-
tremely complicated, from the repub-
lfcan standpoint. All three of the pros
pective candidates have a strong fol-
lowing, are able campaigners and the
contest will be extremely warm.
The contest before the primaries
may not be confined to the three gen.
tlemen mentioned. AS was the case
last year, a number of independent
republicans may enter the field, still
further complicating the situation.
But whatever the outcome Of the
republican primary election on the
senatorship, there are people in Ore
gen who believe that George E. Cham
berlain, present governor of the state,
who will undoubtedly be the demo-
cratic candidate, will be the next Or
egon senator.
His unquestioned record as COVER
nor, his enthusiastic reelection over
one of the best men in the opposition
party and his general popularity,
coupled with his fearlessness and ex-
perience, make him a redoubtable can
didate for this high position.
He is a campaigner without a peer
in the state, and with his irresistible
handshake, inspiring countenance, his
ready wit and unanswerable logic at
work in every county in the state, he
will be a most formidable contestant
for the senatorial toga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
WHY IT'S CALLED WALL STREET

Wall street is so called because in
the Old Dutch days the city wall ran
along it, for protection from Indians
and other marauders 1t is scarce
ly half a mile long, but the region
for which "Wall street" serves as n
general title in commerce. specula-
ton, finance and politics extends
about a quarter of mile on each
side and includes many Of the banks,
the stock exchange, the United States
subtreasury and the custom house.
New York's financial institutions
became concentrated there and near.
ly all of the government buildings
once stood in Wall street. The city
hall was there before its removal to
IT'S present site, and so were the
courts.
The first congress of the United
States assembled in building which
stood on the site of the present sub
treasury. Under the portico of the
same building George Washington
was inaugurated the first president.
A statute of Washington stands in
front Of 1t. Trinity church Is on
Broadway opposite the western end
of Wall street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26

The proposition to unite the de-
nominations of Protestant Christians,
known as Congreg gationalists, Metho-
dist Protestants and United Brethren
is in line with a movement which has
been gaining ground steadily during
the last few years. 1t has not been
long since the Cumberland Presbyter-
ians united with the regular churches
under that form of government, each
of the bodies gaining in strength by the
union. The three denominations now
seeking a common bond have been
considering the union for several
years. Freedom and fellowship are
the watchwords they have adopted
Each individual church is to have free
dom to conduct it's own affairs To-
gether they are to work in harmony
for the accomplishment of the funda-
mental purposes of their organization
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
SKETCH OF YVFIvTE GUILBEHvr.

Nine. Yvetts Guilhert, the cele-
brated Partisan singer and comedy
artist, was horn in Paris, March 25,
1869. Her career has been a most
romantic and interesting one. When
SHE was quite a young girl she and
her mother were left penniless, and
Yvette became a shop assistant and
helped to keep the small home to-
gether. In her spare moments she
used to recite to her fellow-workers,
who strongly advised her to go on
the stage. She made her debut at
Les Bouffes de Nord, and in a very
short time became the idol Of Paris.
She visited England in 1894 and the
following year made her first ap-
pearance in the United States. Nine.
Grilhert speaks English perfectly.
She is believer in the simple life, ;
and some time since became a con-
vert to Chistian SCIENCE.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26

When he deposited his burden on the
other shore the blind man refused
to return him his money bag, raised
a noise and declared that the money
was his property. The matter came
before the judge, and each man said
or oath that the money belonged to
him. The Judge finally ordered the
bag Of money emptied into a water
tank, and then suddenly announced
that the oil dealer was the owner.
When asked for the reason for his
decision, he declared that the money
of the oil dealer must certainly show
traces of his business, and, indeed,
on the water traces of oil were found.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
A CHINESE SOLOMON.

\ blind street musician, reports
Chinese newspaper, stood on the
shore Of a river. puzzled low to cross
the stream. He implored an oil
dealer who happened to come along
to assist him. The oil dealer had
pity on the helpless man, took him
on his shoulders, gave him his money
bag to hold and carried him across.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26

nancial furry that has yet come to
the attention of the East oregonian
is written by William Jennings Bryan,
and printed as an editorial in the
Commoner this week. The Bryan ed
itorial is not partisan, but is a plain
statement of the facts from a patri-
otic, American standpoint and is as
follows:
The railroad spectators have been
very busy of late predicting a panic
and they say that the people will not
invest in railroad stocks because of
the Onslaught" against the railroads,
says the Commoner.
If the investing public is alarmed,
Il is because the railroad managers
have exaggerated the effect of rate
reductions in a vain effort to terroriZe
the legislatures, and they have only
themselves to blame If they have car
ried matters too far.
If any other explanation is needed
for the hesitancy on the part of in
vestors, the investigations furnish 1t,
for the inquiries have shown to what
extent railroad stocks have been
watered. But what is the alternative?
Must the government refuse to inves-
tigate rotten management for fear
the mismanaged railroads no longer
will be able to fool the public into
buying inflated securities? The SOON
er the railroads are put on an honest
basis the more secure will the invest
ing public feel.
A peculiarly interesting phase Of
the present situation is that the rail-
road managers are now clamoring for
federal regulation as a substitute for
state regulation, and this clamor an
swers the arguments recently advanc-
ed by the advocates of Capitalization.
The latter have been asserting that
the federal government is the only
competent regulator of interstate cor
porations and that the predatory
wealth of the country is shielding itself
behind state legislation. The fact is
that all of the great corporations
would rather risk congressional leg
islation than state legislation because
the state legislatures are closer to
the people, and more clearly voice the
sentiments of the people.
A great deal of noise has been made
and a great deal has been said about
regulating the big interstate monopo-
lies, but little has been accomplished
except to educate the people as a
whole to the evils of the trust system.
Very few of the big trusts have
been interfered with. None of the
trust magnates have yet been sent to
Jail. The laws against the trusts
should be either repealed or enforced.
The government cannot afford to re-
tain useless statutes on its books,
which are violated flagrantly every
day. When this is done it breeds dis
respect for the law, which all good
Americans should uphold in every way
possible.
Laws which can be laughed at by
| tIA LET gNf n tpstr
detriment, rather than a source of
strength to a nation. The government
cannot afford to shield the big vio-
lators of the laws and punish only the
petty thieves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
SKIN HUMORS
Eczemas, Rashes, Itchings, Irri-
tationS Cured by Cuticura

Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, gen.
and mild doses Of Cuticura Pills, afford
immediate relief and point to q speedy
cure Of torturing, disfiguring humors
Of the skin, scalp, and blood Of infants,
children, and adults, when all else fails.
Bold throughous the world Potter Drug Chem.
CQrp. Sole Props, Boston. Mass us-Mailed Free.
% page Cutcura Booklet on Skin Diseases
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26

The Journal of Kansas City asked
this foolish question: What would
a man do if his handkerchief had 6
fOur-inch border of lace around 6
piece of linen two inches square p
And a Jewell paper replies: "If he hat
any sense, he would get rid of it ir
some way before his wife found it ir
his pocket"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26
NO PANIC NOR SIGN OF PANIC.

The statement of the Rothschilds of
London to the effect that there is now
no panic at hand nor sign Of panic
in the financial heavens, will act as a
soothing opiate upon the startled brain
of the money-hungry plungers of the
United States.
The best analysis of the present fl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-26

Twentv-two vessels are being made
ready ar San Francisco for tho
northwestern salmon fisheries and
will set sail in short time.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10

ed States takes a high place, al
though figures show that this eoun-
try has a comparatively lower per-
cent centage OF drunkenness than any
other nation.
The government is represented at
the exposition and has established a
testing station, by means Of which 1t
viii furnish an analysis OF everything
exhibited. The means the govern
ment experts employ to protect the
people from aduiterated and health
destroying beverages, under the pure
food and drink act, will also be
thoroughly explained.
The exposition will remain open
until December 81, inclusive, and is
expected to attract many thousands
of visitors. All the leading manu-
facturers and importers of beverages
in the country are represented BY
complete and elaborate exhibits and
the Coliseum has been decorated in a
magnificent manner providing a
handsome setting for the many good
things displayed.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10
NEVADA MINES
OPEN THURSDAY
Wages Cut and Western Federation
to be Ignored

description with said Western FEEDER
alton of Miners.
Resolved, That the mines OF the
Goldfeld mining district resume OPP
erations at a M, on Thursday. De
cember II, 1907. with men who agree
to the foregoing conditions, and that
all old employees of the members OF
this association be given the pref
erence at all mines. providing such
employees present their applications
either at the Office Of this association
or OF the mines formerly employing
them, before a IN. OF Thursday.
December l., 1907. and that the Of
fees of this association and said
mines be opened for the purpose OF
receiving said applications from a.
m. to & p. m. of each day until said
time
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10

the Panama canal, and on the organ
ization OF the joint child labor cont
mittee The latter Is composed OF
delegates from the American Fedora
ton of Labor, the National Manufac-
turers' association and the General
Federation of Women's clubs, as we'll
as the National Civic federation. The
committee on organization also pres
ented report proposing a plan for
organizing state branches OF the fed
Grafton throughout the Union.
The committee on nominations of
Officers for the ensuing year includes
Archbishop Ireland, DR.. Albert
Shaw, editor of the Review of Re-
views; v. Everitt Macy and John n.
Stahl. for the public; Henry Phipps,
Samuel Mather, Franklin Macveagh
and Marcus NJ Marks. for employers,
and John Mitchell. James O'Conneil.
p. II. Morrissey and Daniel J. Keefe,
for wage-earners,
II is expected that some import
ant recommendations relating Ia
measures for the relief of the finan-
cial situation will be adopted as a
result Of the present convention.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10
CITY IN BRIEF

II q whitney aud II r. Morrison
have opened Office rooms in the Crab
am block at the corner Of Third and
sherman streets They intend to
handle real estate. the insurance
business and general rentals.
Books arc not to be given out on
Sunday" stated the librarian today.
oniy the reading room will be open
Patrons Of the public library would
do well TO bear this fact in mind here
after when desiring to obtain books
T. Z Mills is coutestlng In the To-
cal land Office the rights Of Melissa
Middleton To a piece Of land near
Clarke's Fork The trouble arose
over the survey ia which the land
was divided differently than by the
settlers
p T Nixon. Joe Warren. OF spok-
anc. A II Feathrstone Of Wallace.
and NJ NJ Taylor. have been on
an extended hunting trip near Bon
uers Ferry taxing days trip down
the river After being absent several
days they found a small FISH duck
asleep and Allied ii. other than the
one duck. there was mo- death. either
among fish or fowl AZ. Nixon claims
he could have done as well much
nearer home
The county commissioners are hay-
Ing considerable diHculty in finding
a proper location for the bridge 10
span the Spokane river az a point
above the state lire The local citi-
Gems have subscribed several hundred
aolIars toward the construction fund
and the commissioners have not only
granted the request for the bridge
but are willing to supplement the
fund locally subscribed Much DIM
Guilty Is being encountered in and
Ing place in the river where piling
may be driven. Several efforts have
proven 10 vain. the river being solid
rock bottom
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10
NATIONAL CIVIC MEETING
Discussion of Many Interesting Sub
jects.

NEW YORK, Dec 10.--At the sec
ond days meeting of the National
Civic federation today. discussion
was resumed of the subjects brought
up at the initial session, including
postal savings banks, currency re-
form and insurance for wage earn
ers. A spirited discussion was also
held on the various reports present
ed, including those OF the public own
ership commission and the concilia-
ton and immigration departments:
on the results of the recent trust con-
gress held in Chicago under the aus
lices of the National Civic Fedora
ticn; on the il vestigation undertaken
by the federation Of conditions sur
rounding the employees of the gov
eminent in the work of constructing
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-10
RIVAL BEVERAGE ExPosIrIoNs
Liquor Dealers, Brewers and Temper
ance People.

ance People.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.--With the OPP
ening in the Coliseum today of the
first National Pure Beverage expo
sition, backed by the brewing. dis
filling and bottling concerns Of the
country, determined warfare be-
tween the liquor and temperance
elements has been precipitated. A
rival exposition" has been arrang-
ed in an adjoining building, within
the zone of light of the Coliseum s
electric signs, by the Woman's
Christian Temperance union and the
Young Peoples Christian Temper
ance union. These determined organ
izations will carry the warfare into
the camp of the enemy, and. to coun-
toract the literature being distribut-
ed by the brewers and distillers, will
circulate temperance tracts right at
the door Of the beverage show.
Unless the visitors headed for the
beverage show are careful, they may
find themselves surrounded, not by
elaborate booths containing bottled
goods, but in hall containing scores
OF diagrams and impressive facts and
figures calculated to set forth the
| dangers which beset those who daily
with the demon rum" Pretty girls
and music and decorations galore
the promoters of the rival expositions
and a merry war is in prospect Most
of the liquor men accept the rivalry
in a good natured spirit and are con-
fident that it viii help, rather than
hinder, the beverage show. One eX-
hibit in the temperance show, how
ever. is calculated to brook their en-
thusiasm, and that is the great map
setting forth the gains made in dry
| Tel 1 ilOl III the last lew NGtil >
A national beverage show is an
innovation in this country, although
such expositions are common in Ger
many and other European countries
The show will be educational, in that
it will afford the public an opportun-
ity to become acquainted with what
it drinks. how it is prepared and
what il contains Not only alcoholic
drinks are shown and demonstrated
but tea and coffee take their place be.
side beer and champagne. BY actua
test the harmfulness of Iaany bever.
ages sold at fountains as pure thirst.
relieving connections will be illus
trated. In many cases the maehin
cry used in the production of beyer.
ages has been installed.
Il is said that of the 9l,743 drinks
of all varieties in the world Their,
are 6,397 different kinds of purely
alcoholic stimulants. Among the lat
ter beer is said to be the most popu
lar, and as a consumer of 1t the Unfit