East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-09

GEN. RAL NEWS.


a clique of conservative democrats
at Washington are the center of a
movement to nominate Cleveland for
president next year.
During a dispute over money mat
tiers, at San Francisco, Ernest Thiele
shot and killed Henry b. Kasen-
brock. Thiele claims self-defense.
The labor unions of Boston, Mass,
have raised ana forwarded $1,000 to
the Moyer-H Haywood Pettibone de-
fense fund and will try and raise
$4,000 more in the state.
Tho statement is made at Pitts
burg, Pa, presumably emanating
from the four trustees of the William
Tbaw estate, that Harry Thaw's an
nual income is about $4,000.
On the street in Independence, Mo-,
Van Tappan, aged 20 years, shot and
killed Clyde ST. Clair, aged 90. They
had been close friends for years, but
suddenly quarreled over a girl.
Alex r. Chisholm mas been sent to
the penitentiary for six years for rob-
hing the First National bank Of Bir-
mingham, Ala, of 100000 which he
lost IN cotton speculation. He was
formerly paying teller of the insutu-
ton
A special law has passed the Illi-
nois legislature amending the Chi
cago city charter with the especial
end in view of giving the architect,
Burnham. more latitude in carrying
out his plans for the beautifying of
the city.
Mrs. Mary Vito and her mother,
Mrs. Maria Brignoli, were slashed in
pieces with a razor in the rooms
where they lived in New York city,
en- the east side. Giovanni Vito,
husband of the younger woman, is
under arrest.
At Springfield, Mo-, the jury in the
case of Garland Moore, who stabbed
Clara West to death because she
Tilted him. returned a verdict finding
him guilty Of murder in the second
degree and fixing his punishment at
70 years in the penitentiary.
The plant of the American Smelt-
"
a suburb of Salt Lake City, employ
ing about 1000 men, closed down
May S because of a strike of 259
men, orehaulers and furnace charg-
ers, who demand an increase in pay.
The Hereros, with whom Germany
has been at war for several years,
recently attempted a wholesale mi
grafton into the Lake Nagami region,
to escape German dominion. OF 15,-
600 persons who started, 1000 per-
ished by thirst, starvation and disease
on the way.
A prize fight was stopped and SO
persons were arrested when the po-
lice r1ideo the silver Swan Pleasure
club at Chicago The raid is taken
as an indication that the administra-
ton does not intend to allow prize
fights to be held. The pugilists were
released ON bonds CT S400, while
spectators were released on $500
bonds.
People marvel at the mechanism
of the human body, with its PAS
bones and 60 arteries. But man is
simple in this respect compared with
the carp. That remarkable fish
moves no fewer than 1886 bones and
muscles every time 1t breathes. 1t
has 1920 veins, to say nothing of its
90 muscles.
A sneeze was responsible for the
fatal injury Of Daze McLaren, AZ, of
Delta. He was painting a smoke
stack and was on a small scaffold,
80 feet from the ground, when sud-
denly he was seized with an irresist-
able desire to sneeze. He lost his
balance and fell. alighting on brick
pile. He struck on his back and
when picked up it was found that his
body was completely paralyzed. 1t is
believed his back is broken and that
he cannot possibly recover.