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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

American Snuff dropped IT 1-2 points to 175 Detroit United's passing of the dividend was attributed to a necessity to utilize surplus earnings to provide for improvements is given for the divi- dend action. The Toledo Railway and Light company also passed it's dividend yesterday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

One favorable feature was the rather sharp decline, of one-fourth cent, in the price of foreign exchange. This was due in part to the offering of finance bills by banking houses that found it impossible to put out their bills ten days or two weeks ago. 4 feeling
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Less it's being said about Roosevelts policy towards corporations, now that he is after bears down south and now that the traction scandals are being aired.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Wall street is guessing as to what will be the probable reduction in the Amalgamated Copper dividend It is generally believed that the rate will not be reduced below per cent, al- though few persons predict per cent. JAS a per center the dividend cut has already been discounted in the price of the stock
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

A feature of the mornings break was e decline of IS points in Detroit United Railway, on a single transaction. This was due to the passing of the divi- dend. The stock had declined sevel points Monday, making total of 25 flor two days.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

London cable, dispatches reported American securities uncertain in the English market before the opening of business here. Price changes were drregular.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

What the days movement seemed to indicate was that breathing space had been allowed, and that Mondays final attack on values had not been altogether successful. It must neces- sarily have increased the outstanding commitments for the fall.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

A small bank failed in a western town, and the Montreal market fell into turmoil over the passing of the dividend on it's favorite street railway stock; but these events were very far from soaring Wall street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The bears endeavored to make us of their advantage of the news of rioting at San Francisco, which wrecked 8 Japanese restaurant and laundry. But Wall street refused to bite at that news.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Orders are fewer for some of the industrial corporations, and men have been laid off in the electrical industry, Copper-the great electrical metal is still declining. Yesterday the New York Metal exchange again cut it's prices, bringing the electrolytic grade to 12 3-4 cents bid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
LATE FEATURES QF
 THE STOCK MARKET Bears at Work Early, But
 Prices Rallied. THE CLOSING IRREGULAR New Lows for Two Stocks No Gold Exports-Can
 Money Easier.

The bears put in some work early i in the day and drove Amalgamateu Copper and General Electric to new low levels. Then, after spell or nervousness, the market rallied ana' on the whole, the rally was well held'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Union Pacific sold again at it's low price of last week, but rallied easily The action of MT. Fish in obtaining an injunction against the Hartman people voting about third of the Illinois Central capital stock at that company's annual meeting to-day was not looked upon favorably.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
High, Low. Bid. Asked.

Continued on Twelfth Page..)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The bear selling encountered sup port, with a sharp rally ensuing. At the same time no evidence exists or any intention on the part of banking interests to do more than check semi panicky conditions. They have plain iy no present intention of engaging in any important movement for the rise
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Some of te best buying at midday appeared to be in the so-called favor ites of the Standard Oil party, includ- ang Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Heading, and St. Paul But the mar ket became dull on the advance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Southern Pacific sold down by the
 bears on the early break to "A IA, 1-2 point below yesterdays low figure. The selling was rather heavy for a time, Ibeing based on doubts as to the pro- posed prosecution of the company and its officials by the government for al- legged payment of rebates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The movement in the South to hold back cotton from export in order to get higher prices received a setback yesterday, when some large Wall street banks advised their Southern friends to stop making further advances on cotton, in eases where the money is to be employed to hold the cotton for a higher price, rather than accept that now obtainable It was said to-day that this action might soon have in- nuence upon the foreign exchange market. and help along a decline.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25
IMPROVEMENTS
At MEACHAM
o. II. Il n. WILL BUILD
NEW AND BETTER DEPOT.
Sawmill Is Turning Out 10000 Feet
of Lumber Daily-6S00 Head of
Stock Sheep Shipped Saturday to
Colorado. c. Nibley Is. Building
Two Observation-Disclosures Crop of
HuClllcbcrries.

Meacham, June 24.-The o. r. &
n. company has just finished some
improvements to their stockyards
here, giving them the finest yards in
the county, at this place.
Sixty-eight hundred head Of sheep
were shipped out of here Saturday
by Howard stephens to the Colorado
ranges where they will be held this
summer
The Meacham Lumber company's
big mill is now running every day,
turning out about 10000 feet of eX-
celent lumber daily
Trout are now plentiful in all the
mountain streams. 1t is poor fish
erman who cannot have trout for
breakfast every morning in Meacham,
these days.
]. C. Nibley of the Meacham Lum-
ber company, is building two fancy
log houses here. They will be OF
hewn logs furnished with hot and
cold water, inside toilets and every
modern convenience.
Wood choppers are paid $3.50 per
cord for cutting wood this summer
and there is work for everybody.
Common laborers are paid $3.50 and
there is a big demand for men.
Work on a new depot building for
the O. r. & N. company will be start
ed here in a short time. The company
intends to erect n larger and more
convenient building than the present
depot building owing to the immense
traffic at this place.
Campers are already beginning tc
arrive from different parts of Oregon
and owing to the better facilities here
Meacham promises to be a favoritt
resort this summer
The crop of hickleberries is larger
this year than ever before and will be
gin to ripen about July 1. Alread!
campers are spotting the good patche
| and there promises TO be hundreds o
pickers. Indians are now camped oil
Meacham creek in large number
waiting for the berries TO ripen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

scarcity of workmen, as has been re-
ported. The first station on the Tie
ton is now completed and Contractor
Weisberger has completed his power
plant and has started to make the
shapes for the cement lining.
Thomas L. Dixon, 10 years old, en-
ployed as a telegraph operator by the
Western Union Telegraph company,
was run over and instantly killed by
a freight train in the terminal yards
at Portland at about 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon. How the accident occur
red is not known, for no witnesses. to
the tragedy could be located by Cor
oner Finley when he Investigated the
matter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Hotel st. George.-George f. KIM
cry, Boise; S. Manning, Colfax; G. F.
Coyne, Portland; C. N. Hamilton; Miss
Miller; Miss Miller; H. E, Poland,
Walla Walla; Frank Nichols and fam
ily, Burns; Arthur Bearden, Moscow;
r. s. Steadman, Portland; G. B. Gra-
ham. Portland; A. B. Chappell, La
Comas; Inez France, Portland; LII
Ian Hooper, Portland; j. Forsythe'
Portland; H. W. Rand, Portland; Mrs
Funy, Portland; j. A. Ashbaugh, Pay
cite: G. ]. Van Dorm and wife, Spo-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25
s.eoos.s.o.s'o .
NORTHWEST NEWS.
. .

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has let a
sewer contract for s59,74O, to Costel-
10 of Spokane. The new sewers are
to be put in at once.
At Lewiston, f. Erickson, saw
mill man, was fined 800 and costs
for allowing sawdust to enter a run
ming stream in violation of the Idaho
fish and game law.
viii johnson is dead by tubercu-
losis at Monument, Grant county
where he had lived 10 years. He
was widely known in Grant county
and for several years had been liv-
eryman.
II. ]. Starr recently sold in Ken
drick, Idaho, a hog IS months old,
corn fed and weighing $40 pounds.
Mr.. starr says the animal yielded a
net prcfit of s43- It was registered
DurocJersey.
The Oregon City Transportation
company will equip all its boats on
the willamette river with oil burners
because of the nigh price of other
fuels. Wood especially has reached
an exorbitant figure in that section
Of the state.
At American Falls, Idaho, T. j.
Guild, brakeman with a family in
Pocatello, was run over while trying
to catch a train leaving the yards.
A caboose wheel passed over his left
leg. He was taken to the Pocatello
hospital. ...,..
Walter Johnson of Weiser, Idaho,
has had an offer to pitch with the
Washington, d. c., baseball team, In
the American league. Johnson's
record of pitching 66 innings with
1875 bgtters facing him and not one
making a score, has never been
equaled in baseball annals.
The grading has Just been complet'
ed for seven miles of additiona
track in the o. r. & N. yards a
Huntington. Huntington will be tht
end OF the division for the Snake
river cut off upon its completion
as II already is the end of the inter
mountain division of the o. r. 8
N.
Mrs. Annie Coates and Gig Harbo
Joe are giving big potlatch for tn
benefit of AN the Indians that coul
be gathered to the Coates home Of
the Puyallup reservation from ia
and near. over $4,000 is being dis
tributed by Mrs Coates out Of respec
to the memory of her husband, an
Gig Harbor Joe for his dead son.
A queer accident occurred to f
Sauter Of Wasco county, recent.
Riding on horseback out by his hom
on Mill creek his horse began I
buck and he jumped off. In so dc
ing a No. ~ gauge shot gun shell fe
from his pocket onto a rock and eS
ploded, shattering the inside Of h
left arm and tearing out portion {
the muscle.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norris, a grea
daughter OF Daniel Boone,
native OF Missouri, died in Coz
county, June 4, at the age of
years. She came to Oregon in 1874
first settled in Clackamas count
then moved to Benton county, ar
from there TO Coos county. Her d
sccndants are very numerous, al
include many great-grandchildren.
Reports received from Naches Cit
Wash, show that the work on u
big Tieton ditch is progressing ra
idly, and is not being delayed by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25
The Magic No. 8.

Number three is a wonderful mas
cot for Geo. II. Paris of Cedar.
Grove, Me-, according to a letter
which reads: after suffering much
with liver and kidney trouble, and
becoming greatly discouraged by the
failure to find relief, I tried Electric
Bitters, and as a result 1 am we'll
man today. The first bottle relieved
and three bottles completed the
cure" Guaranteed best remedy for
stomach, liver and kidney troubles
Ivy Tallman & Co., druggists. soc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25
Wool Sales at Vale.

Some of the wool sold and the
prices received here are as follows:
r. c. Goodwin, 10000 pounds at Is
3-S; Stewart and Mercherson, 10000
at 10; o. NJ. Garry, $4,000 pounds
at is 1-2; Pat Connolly, 10000 at 20;
Mnlheur Livestock company, 100000
at Is is; jayne Bros. $4,000 at is
1-2. All of the above are being ship
ped from the warehouses at Vale
Vale Oriano.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

kane; T. II. Smith, san Francisco; w.
II. smith, Seattle; L. ], Chapman, Sc
attic: w. S. Mason, Umatilla; T. w.
Asgord, Oregon; ]. \. Hinkle, The
Dalles; c. II. Ranew; Daniel Ruff,
san Francisco; Fred W. Wilson, Walla
Walla; r. A. Gere, Dixon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

Hotel PeudlctOn.--C. II. Norris, La
Grande; j. II. Abrams, Spokane; f. $.
Leedy, Portland; James e. Welch,
Portland; James H. Sheldon, Denver;
r. Jell, Portland; f. Weiden, Port
land: \. a. Levy. Spokane; II. Dyke,
Spokane; D. Corrigan, Spokane; C. c.
Simpson, Spokane; G. AHsch, New
York; H. Van Rlper, Los Angeles;
Mrs. NJ. r. HendricksOn, Walla Walla;
II. G. Hooley, st. Joseph; c. c. Hunt,
Ontario.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

The w. P. York stock of horses
which were to be put on sale at the.
Alta barns, will not be brought to PEN
dleton. as they have been disposed Of
to other parties. However. Mr.. Bit
ner has many others for sale at his
barns, representing draught, driving
and saddle horses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

Pineules are for the Kidneys and
Bladder. They bring quick relief TO
backache. rheumatism, lumbago, tired
worn out feeling. They produce natu-
raj action of the kidneys; 80 days
treatment $100. Money refunded If
Plnules are not satisfactory Sold by
A. C. Koeppen &c Bros. ..,. ....a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

Extra fancy mountain potatoes, per
cwt., 50. The Peoples Warehouse,
where 1t pays to trade.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
Two Things Possible.
EARLY CLOSING IS SUFFICIENT.
Alabama Content with Present Re-
StrictiOn on Liquor Traffic.

Montgomery. Ala. Aug 2-While
general prohibition bill has been reported
tavorably by the house in committee Of
the whole. there is no chance. so far as
now seen, or real disposition, to go far
ther with it. The temperance forces, led
by Speaker Carmichael. have agreed that
with the passage OF an early closing
measure and a bill tc prevent shipment
of liquor into prohibition territory, they
would rest as a local-option regulation.
by which each county could vote on the
question Of wet" or dry" at any time,
has been passed.
As a result of legislation at this ses-
sion the following laws have been passed;
Local option by counties with county
unit.
Closing saloons in cities over 1900 at
9 O'Clock
Fifteen thousand down to 1900 at 8
o'clock
All others at o'clock
Prohibition of shipment Of liquor into
prohibition territory
II is expected tlrTt-it viii take less than
two years 10 bring the whole state 10
prohibition Speaker Carmichael, r F.
Lovelay, and the other active anti-liquor
leaders have stated that they will oppose
the passage OF a straight prohibition
measure.
There Is not to-day any sort of prOba-
bility of the prohibition bill ever going
farther than the senate calendar even if
it should pass the house. as the session
has but two more days after to-day
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
THREE KILLED IN auto CRASH
Trolley Car Strikes Machine Trying
to Cross Tracks.
Pleasure Party's Vehicle TumbIed to
Side Forty Feet from PInce
Of Impact.

Jackson. Mich. Aug. 2-As a result OF
an electric car on the Detroit and Jackson
road Of the Detroit United Lines coliid-
ing with an automobile. about three miles
east OF Jackson. at 7:3O o'clock tonight
three people are dead. one probably
fatally hurt. and n NTH seriously IN
jured. The dead are:
MRS. LEVI PALMER. sorty-are.
MRS. EMILY PULvER. sizty-nine.
BERNICE OLIVER. aged five.
The injured are: R A. Oliver. inter
nally hurt and skull fractured: and Mrs
R. A. Oliver
The auto was driven by Oliver. The
party started out from Jackson about
O'Clock for pleasure ride. They
were going south. crossing the electric
road just when the electric car, travelling
thirty-fve miles an hour. struck the auto
mobile brOadside. The car was tumbled
to the side. forty feet from the place OF
impact
Mrs Palmer and the child. Bernice
were killed outright; Mrs. Pulver was
found to be injured, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver were conscious.
The Injured were carried aboard the
electric car, and the dead left at the
roadside in charge Of people from a near.
by farmhouse.
Mrs. Pulyer died on the car en- route to
jackson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
IS SMALL
Williams Lead in Senatorial
Fight Is Cut Down.
VARDAMAN CLAIMS VICTORY
Governor VIII Gain I'm Counties StiII
TO Come In, but House Minority
Leader VIII Probably Win by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Refuses to Com
pare FiEures-TO Stay in Fight.

Jackson, Miss. Aug. AIT 9 o'clock to-
night Williams headquarters sent d com
mittee TO Vardaman headquarters with a
proposition to compare figures The gov
ernor declined the proposition. At 10
O'Clock Gov. Vardaman gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
THE situation IS close. but I still main
tain that I am nominated.
JAMES X. YARDAAIAN.''
The country boxes are coming in. and
the Vardaman vote is growing.
However, the outlook late tonight Is
that Williams is elected by the narrowest
of margins. There are eleven important
counties from which returns are yet to
come, and Williams comedies that Varda-
man will secure a majority of 200 IN
these. leaving the net Williams majority
at 5000
Gov. Vardaman tonight telegraphed to
all his county managers to stay in the
fight to the finish, urging them 70 see
that a fair count is secured, and ex-
pressing confidence in his election.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
WHIRLPOOL
Twenty Persons Narrowly Escape
Drowning at Atlantic City.
Guards Perform Heroic Work When
CLING in the Water.

Atlantic City. Aug. 2-Twenty bathers
were caught in a whirlpool of Ohio ave
nue. late to-day. and eleven were brought
ashore unconscious by Iife-guards after
a terrific battle with the sea. The others
were rescued by volunteer guards.
So far as is known. no lives were lost.
although frightened women among the
several thousand spectators of the strug-
gle on the beach and boardwalk declared
that a man and woman went down while
the guards were rescuing the half
drowned batheTs.
Life Guards Priestly. Culp, and Heard
were on duty at the spot. when a sud
den shift OF sand left the crowd Of bath
ers struggling in water over their heads
The three men rushed into the sea. and
brought Nathan Greenbaum, of PhiIa-
delphia. and Miss Katherine Laird. OF
New York. to shore after a struggle. Sc
curing a boat. the guards went back and
rescued Mr.. and Mrs c. WaIthmayer.
Dr. William Morrison. and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. p. Mayer, of Philadelphia. and George
Watkins a New Yorker.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
NOT READY FOR FREEDOM.
sober FiIipinOs see that Independ-
ence Would BE Suicidal.

Manila, Aug . Assemblyman-elec
Guerrero. editor Of the Raeimiento. de
clares that the Filipinos must have the
right TO carry arms just as Americans
have and the right to jury trial by their
peers. He believes in immediate indie
pendence
Fnipinos who own property and have
substantial interests in the islands de-
clare that independence would be sui
cidaL They assert that the assembly will
repres ant principally agitators and the
agitators' henchmen, and not the iateIli-
gent and responsible population Of the
islands The highest native officers an
ticipate that the assembly will lack guild
ance. and fear it may result in "a restric-
ton of the plan of self-government for
the Filipinos.
They. express shame at the election of
Dominador Gomez. However. several
conservative assemblymen. including the
Independents. who have ProgTessista
tendencies. may control the situation
Some other assemblymen-eIect Joined the
Nacionalistas in name only during the
campaign, because they were convinced
that the adoption Of the slogan of imme-
date independence afforded them the only
chance Of being elected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
NEW PHASE IN LITIGATION.
Miss Anna Hall Cited for Contempt
of COurt.

Cincinnati, Aug. Miss Anna Hall
who a few years ago attained consider
able notoriety by advocating before the
State legislature the enactment of a law
legaIizing the putting to death of incur
ables, to end their sufferings at their own
request, has been cited for contempt of
court for failure 20 file her final account
as executriX Of her mothers estate. Her
father suffered for years from an In
curable malady, and seeing her mother so
tortured caused her to advocate her
strange bin before the legislature.
Miss Hall to-day called upon United
States District Attorney Mcpherson and
said she wished to return to the govern
ment the money which a grateful nation
had paid her father, an arctic explorer.
for the manuscripts and charts he made
of the frozen north. The money which
would be transferred to the Golfers of
Uncle Sam. II Miss Hall had her way.
would be Sl5,000.
This incident Is new phase of the Hti-
CATION in which Miss Hall and her broth
er are arrayed against each other
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
MAGILLSPLEAD "NOT GUILTY"
Five Charges Against Couple Held
for Death Of Former Mrs, MagilI.
Failing TO Get Indictments Quashed
Attorney for Defendants Asks
Immediate Trial.

Clinton, H., Aug. 2.-Fred II. and Fay
MagiIl. his bride. indicted for the mur-
der Of Pet" Magfn, the first wife, who
died in June Of strychnine poisoning. stood
up in court this afternoon. and under
the gaze Of hundreds Of eyes, cooIly
answered mot guilty"
Fred chewed gum vigorously and looked
vacantly into space. His wife seemed
utterly Indifferent.
MagiITs attorneys first tried to quash
the indictments. They tried to have
Judge Cochran consolidate the cases
against Mr.. and Mrs Magill, and the
court took this under advisement. Finally
they endeavored TO get the judge to or
der an immediate trial. and this is to be
settled tomorrow.
BY the courts order, the sixth count.
charging that Pet Magin came to her
death by means unknown TO the jury.
was stricken out as It was too vague.
This left these accusations on record:
l. That Fred and Fay Magin placed two
drachms of strychnine in a half pint of
beer, drunk by Pet Magill, which caused
her death
? That the accused placed two drachms
OF white arsenic in a half pint OF beer
with similar results.
3. That the accused caused the death
of Pet Magill by administration OF
chlOTOfOrm.
4. That the accused smothered the
decedent TO death by the use of a
blanket
.. That a suicide pact was feloniously
encouraged by the accused with the dead
woman. and that she killed herself with
their aid
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-03
PLAN TO HONOR HAYWOOD.
Denver Union Men viii welcome Ac-
quilted Mining OmciaI.

Denver. Aug. NEARLY ali the unions in
the city have joined IN plans for honoring
William D. Haywood, who was acquitted
on the charge Of conspiring TO murder
former Gov. Steunenberg, Of idaho,
on his arrival from salt Lake City to-
morrow. \ demonstration will take place,
in which 5000 or $1,000 union men will
take part
Haywood Will be met at the union sta
ton and viii ride to his hotel in a car
riage. drawn by six white horses. symbol
cal Of his innocence Of the crime with
which he was charged. An effort viii be
made to have Haywood address the popu-
lace somewhere along the line Of march
and submit 70 a reception when all who
wish may shake hands with him.
Sunday a crowd viii greet Haywood at
a mass meeting to be held at one OF the
gardens at which time he will deliver an
address.
The News to-day says that Attorney
z. F. Richardson, OF Denver. who was
one Of ". D. Haywood's counsel In the
famous trial at Boise has Withdrawn
from any further connection with the de.
fense Of officials and others Of the West.
ern Federation OF Miners in eases now
pending before the Idaho courts. He &.
quoted as saying that he viii not work
with Clarence Darrow. the Chicago law
yer associated with him in the case. any
longer
The whole sum and substance Of the
matter is that cannot endure DarrOw'
methods. said Richardson. 7 do not
sanction Socialism, at least not when II
is coupled with the trying OF a lega
suit, especially when that case IS a mur-
der case and means life"