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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
stimulated the Fire with Kerosene.

Peter Swan an old man about IS
years Of age, was seriously burned
about the legs, on the hands and back
and face about o'clock yesterday
morning and is now at st. Alphonsus'
hospital, where he was taken after
the accident, suffering great pain.
Swan, who is an old soldier, lives in
shack at G27 South 10Th street He
had built a fire earlier in the morn
ing ana desiring to have it burn bet
ter, took a five-gallon can of kero-
sene and poured some of the oil into
the stove. The oil in the can ignited
and swans clothing caught fire. At
tracted by the screams Of the old man,
ncighbors came to his assistance and
after putting out the fire on his cloth
ing, which had been partly burned off
before the chemical engine arrived,
extinguished the blaze in the shack
which did little damage.
In several places the skin was burn
ed off the old mans face, and his legs
and back We're frightfully burned,
parts Of the flesh being literally cook
ed. Both hands were also burned
particularly the right, from which
parts Of the flesh fell off in places
Boise Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
BOURNE AND GEARIN.

While the East Oregonian advocates
the election Of Jonathan Bourne to
the United States senate, because the
people Of oregon elected him last
June, Yet a comparison Of Bourne
and Gearir, as United States senator's,
makes it plain that the people did
not elect the best man available for
the place.
Senator Gearin became a recogniz-
ed factor in the senate upon his first
introduction. He commanded the re-
spect ana confidence of his associates,
entered at once into the confidence of
;he president, and has ably represent
ed his state.
Bourne can never accomplish in six
years what Senator Cearin has ac-
complished in the past two years, be-
cause it is not in Bourne to be big,
broad, capable statesman. He is per-
haps not to blame. He did not make
his own capacity nor mind.
Because he had $4,000 to spend in
publicity campaign he will be elected
senator.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
WASHINGTON SCHOOL LANDS.

From! the report of the school land
board of Washington, published in the
East Oregonian yesterday, it Is seen
that the Evergreen State now owns
school ian Is valued at S5O,OOO,OOO.
The minimum price of school land
in that state, when sold at all is $40
per acre, and the state has sold but
a small portion of the total amount.
Most o. the school land in the state
is rented at high rentals, making an
excellent income for Washington
school children.
In oregon. the land spectators,
through corrupt legislatures and state
officials have bought up almost the
entire area of school land of the state
at the shamefully low price of Sl.25
per acre.
No attempt to husband the school
iand Of the state for the future has
ever been made in oregon until with
in the past two or three years when
the price was raised from s1.25 tc
$3.50 per acre. The same character
oc land when sold at all in Washing
ton, brought SO per acre.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

SEVEN KINDS OF LIARS.
Albany Argus Finds President Roosc-
welt Very Versatile

When Bellamy Storer was added to
the list of public men who have been
denounced as falsifiers by President
Roosevelt. the list included just
enough to remind one of the poem
which was one of the, lessons in DIR.
McGuffey's old Third Reader" and
entitled I'VE Are Seven"
The Albany Argus has been review
ing the matter for the purpose of clas-
styling, if possible, the different kinds
OF liars mentioned by the president,
and discovers that Judge Parker was
an "atrocious liar; that Mr.. Whitney
was a deliberate liar; that Mr..
Chandler was a deliberate and un-
qualified liar; that Mr.. Bowen was a
"disengenuous liar; that Mr.. Wallace
| was an utter liar: that Mr.. Storer
was a peculiarly perfidious liar;
| that Mr.. Shields was an Inventive
| liar"
1t was a prophet of old who ex-
claimed in his haste that "all men are
! liars" but it seems that he was in too
much of a hurry to catalogue and
| classify them. Mr.. Roosevelt seems
to have found the time to at least
make a beginning on the work of
| classification.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
CANAL DIGGERS.

No American has cver. offered to do
manual labor ON the isthmus. Neither
high wages nor a press campaign
would bring any applicants. The
force from home consists of the skill
ed classes. of fnremen. mechanics and
those clerks whoge tasks require lit
tie physical eXcrtion. For manual
litor we employ only races fitted to
endure the killing heat. Does it mat
&c" is thev come from China, and are
yellow, when the inefficiency Of the
West Indian demands that We go fur
ther aFicld or delay the excavation? d?
If Chinese are brought it does not
mean that they will be allowed to
enter the United states. Their rela-
tion to our BODY polite will be a.
remote as that Of the Canton and
Amov coolies who. in the Malaysian
peninsula mine the tin which our
manufacturers import. When the ca
nal is finished they win go home
Golfers Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
TIn' INDUSTRIAL MIRACLE.

In this age of Industrial miracles,
nothing seems impossible in the recla-
nation Of waste land and the CONVEX
, sicn Of the desert into smiling fields.
The results of the work of the rec
Iamation department of the United
States government have given the ma
ton a new impetus in BODYBUILDING
When the good farming land was all
located upon it was thought by many
that the settlement of the American
continent had perhaps reached its
limit.
But the pioneers who turned aside
the streams and transformed the des-
efts into productive gardens gave the
country a new awakening. The vast
possibility of irrigation dawned upon
the nation. The reclamation depart
lnent was horn and millions in money
have heen devoted to the reclamation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
DRY" IN OLD KENTUCKY.

Temperance is closing down on the
state of Eentucky. Eighty counties
have absolutely prohibited the sale of
intox.cants. In addition, the pure food
commission has run up on some queer
facts in investigating the subject of
blended whisky. For instance, Ken
tuckv produced 2o.O00,O00 gallons last
year, but they shipped out 10000, 900.
The pure food commission states
that neutral spirits are imported into
Kentucky, mixed with regular aged
whisky and then fed to the consumer
under the name Of pure kentucky
goods. This trick Is well known. One
gallon of good whisky will flavor a
barrel of neutral spirits, and the pro-
cess of blending the two is so well
known that it is almost impossible to
get any pure whisky over the ordinary
| bar.-Memphis News-Scimitar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

OF the most inhospitable wastes. There
are to be no more surprises in rri-
cation. The people are ready for any
accomplishment in that line.
But there are surprises vet in store
for the settler in the arid regions
where dry farming" is being promot-
ed, There are sections which seem
to be absolutely worthless for agri-
culture. The land is above all avail
able water supplies and the desert
Will not produce, seemingly. without
water
But again the miracle of the
thinker and the investigator is at
work. Scientific dry farming is posi-
bic i'm these wastes. Cultivation and
labor and thoughtful care will con-
vert the most unpromising desert into
productive fields. To promote this
system of dry farming a congress will
he held iG Denver on January "a and
-. rhe questions to be discussed and
investigated by this congress are as
important as the great questions of
irrigation which have been inVesti-
gated and unfolded
If it is miracle TO transform the
desert by the use of water, how much
more a miracle to transform the same
desert without water?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

, It Is only by thinking about Q
, great and good things that we .
, come TO love them, and it is only .
, by loving them that we come TO .
, long for them. and 1t is only by .
, longing for them that we are .
, impalled to seek after them, and .
, i; is only by seeking after them .
, that they become ours and we .
, enter into vital experience of .
, their beauty and blessedness.- .
, Henry Van Dyke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Alleged Crap Game.

Charles E. Adams, colored, and several
friends were surprised last night about II
O'Clock when Acting Sergt. Mccarthy and
Policemen Davis, Newton and Scanlon of
the third precinct visited house 1921 Vir-
ginia avenue and interrupted an alleged
crap game. The police found more than IS
on the table when they made the raid. and
they also captured the bones" that had
been used. The several guests of Adams
made no effort to escape, but remained in
the room until they were told that thew
would have to go to the police station to
be summoned as witnesses. Adams was
short of cash and was detained. Tomorrow
morning he will be called upon in the Po-
lice Court to explain his alleged connection
with the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
MYSTERY IN woMAN's DEATH.
Passionate Romance Surrounds Poi
soning Case at Paris.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS June 22.-Further developments
indicate that a passionate romance sur
rounds the case Of a man named Laforest
who Is now in custody on the charge Of
poisoning his wife. The woman was an
invalid and was treated by her husband
who frequently gave her drugs which it is
claimed aggravated her condition. The
dead woman's sister has declared that be-
fore her death the invalid confessed with
tears that she believed that her husband
was poisoning her.
The letters to Laforest of girl of
eighteen. whose Christian name is Ger
maine, but whose surname is withheld
have been published in this connection
They contain passages which can be made
TO bear a most sinister meaning. In one
letter Germaine writes:
Il am eighteen. l love you. You say
you love me, that you find me fair, yet
cannot come to your house. Is it not an
insult to me to let that absurd creature
mime. Laforest, the invalid) stand between
us? That woman Is de trop. l love you
enough to give you strength to break
quickly and for all time with her.
1t is asserted that Laforest a great
student of botany, devoted a conservatory
in his house to the cult of poisonous plants
with the juice of which 1t is alleged he
FASTENED the death of his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
KAIsER's PHONE METHODS
Uses 1t Constantly in Official and Do.
nestle Matters.

Special Cablegram to The Star
BERLIN, June 22-The German emperor
mas found way of economizing his time
IN the use of the telephone, though it is
oouDtful whether it could be used with
good erect by others When he rings I'D
any OF his ministers or officers he does not
make reply to the customary question
VINO are you?" but assumes that he will
De recognized by his voice and manner of
ADDRESS, which, it y is said, is invariably
tne case 1t is also said that there are
times when he prefers to "interpolate" the
chancellor over the telephone, though why
ne has often made a practice of discussing
the most important subjects in this way
when time does not seem to have been Of
the greatest Importance, it is difficuIt TO
explain. " ~ III ~
But 1t is known that hunting friends and
commanding generals far away in the
provinces often hear the diaphragm vi
prating to the familiar imperial tones. but
MS majesty employs the instrument most
constantly for conversations with the en-
press. when they are separated from one
announcer, which is frequently the case. not
oaS IL aliowed to pass without his dis
cusslng FAMILY matters over the wire Like
business man. unexpectedly detained in
the city, the German emperor always an
prises her by this means whenever any-
th1ng occurs to delay the return home at
the appointed hour.
needless to say the curious or the i'm
Fortunate would, however search in vain
ior the emperor's number in the telephone
DOCK, nor can 1t be obtained through. call
ing up the information bureau of the teIe-
phone department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
GEN. VIM. ". DUFFIELD DEAD
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR PASSES
AWAY AT HOME IN THIS CITY.
Served for Several Years as Superin-
tendent of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey.

The death of Gen. William W. Ouffield
occurred yesterday afternoon at his resi-
dence, 1888 Q street, and the funeral will
be held Tuesday afternoon, with inter
ment at Arlington, under the auspices of
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
OF which organization deceased VAS an
honored member
Gen Duffield was for several years
superintendent of the coast and geodetic
survey. being appointed to that office
"hen ne came to Washington in 1894.
lie was succeeded by DR.. Pritchett. He
was born at Carlisle, Pa, in 1873, but
spent much of the latter part of his life
In Michigan. He served in the war with
Mexico as lieutenant, and at the out
oreak OF the civil war he assisted in or
ganlzing the 4th Michigan Infantry Vol
,unteers, and went to the front as the
lieutenant colonel of that regiment. Later
ne returned to the state and recruited the
Yth Michigan Regiment and was made
us colonel. Later in the war ne was
promoted to be brigadier general
deceased was n member of the Masonic
fraternity and was said to be the oldest
York. So >e"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23

clean milk is necessity. and that infant
sickness and funerals can be reduced at
least 40 per cent a model farm
properly manned certainly cannot compete
on equal terms with filthy farm. where no
attempt Is made to conduct the business in
decent manner, especially If customers
are Indifferent. The dirty producer can
even afford To cut prices and take custom
ers away from the other. II customers caro-
TO save cent and make it up in pus and
COW refuse. -
The remainder OF the bulletin sent out
ny the Department of Agriculture deals
with description of the methods and rea-
sons of modification. pasteurizatiou. certiii-
cation and sterilization in connection with
mix heretofore published in The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Malarial Mosquitoes.
An Important Question Discussed

Can malaria be contracted in marshy localities
independently Of the mosquito?
In an experiment made by the famous Manson.
five healthy individuals lived for several summer
months in hut the Roman Campagna. They
were protected by mosquito netting over doors.
windows and bed During the day they would
20 about unprotected. but from sunset to sunrise
would remain in their mosquito proof hut. At the
end of the experiment all were In good health.
This experiment proves also that the night air
is no more dangerous than day air. but the real
danger consists in the presence of infected mos
quitoes of species which seek their human food
at night.
should take Elixir Babek, as an anti-malarla tonic
and specific for the destruction Of the malaria
parasite wellknown New Orleans physician
says that Elixir Babek has proven valuable in
malaria where other preparations have failed.
Mr.. J. Middleton of -Four Mile Run, Va, says:
II have used Babek for four years. both as a pre-
tentative and cure for malaria, AID have found 1t
more than is claimed for it. Without Babek 1
would be obliged to change my residence. as l can
not take quinine in any Of its FORMS.
Thousands testify to the benefits derived from
Elixir Babek. and 1t stands to reason that 1t
would not have attained the ripe age of twenty
five years If it did not possess actual merit
Those who suffer with malaria fever. ague,
chills and kindred ailments will find Elixir Babek
bottles only: Be sure you get Elixir Babek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
VISITED UNKNOWN COUNTRY
English Traveller Tells of Strange
Sights in Central Africa.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
JOHANNESBURG, June 22-Dr. A. F.
Wolaston has returned to England after q
journey in Central Africa, largely through
an unknown country.
From Ruwenzori he proceeded down the
Congo, being accompanied by only one
European. Mr.. D. Carruthers
From the south of Leko Albert Edward
the expedition proceede~ through the
Mfumbiro volcanic region, a wild noun
famous and difficult country with waterless
stretches.
The tops of the volcanoes, which are for
the most part extinct, are covered with
dense bamboo which is inhabited by a race
OF pigmies who make their abode there and
live by raiding the villages on the lower
slopes. Although the expedition spent five
weeks among the volcanoes it was not
found possible to visit the people at their
submits. They are of diminutive statue.
and as they are far removed from the
Congo forest pigmies they are probably a
new race.
The sides of the extinct volcanoes were
found to be very thickly populated by peo-
pie of fine physique. very rich in food bees
and cattle and living principally on milk
and honey. In one '-.lage that was visited
there were found to be some 300 beehves
constructed in dug-out tree trunks.
From the volcanic region DIR. Wollaston
proceeded down a deep descent to Lake
kivu. Tanganyika was reached at the
north end at a place called Uvria. a large
Belgian post. Here DR.. Wolaston came
upon the sleeping sickness country, and
from this point through the Manyuema
country, traversed a region devastated by
this terrible plague.
He describes the sights as being fearful
with people dead and dying the road
side. Almost every village presented a
revolving spectacle, it is the custom of
these people to turn the stricken natives
out to die. In this country the populati ton
NV Il
without medical attendance.
In Uganda also, over a quarter of a mill
lion have succumbed to sleeping sickness
since it broke out few years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
False Alarm of Fire

Joseph Brennan told the police of tho
'hlrd precinct last night that he turned in
an alarm from box 323 because he wanted
to See the fire horses run. Policeman Dunn
arrested Brennan shortly after me arrival
OF the fire engines in the vicinity of I'D
ana streets. Brennan made but little of-
TORT TO leave the vicinity of the box after
turning in the alarm, and the policeman
mad no difficulty in arresting him He gave
ms age as twenty years. and said he re-
Sides at $50 Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
Brazilian Inventor to Preserve Bodies
After Death as Statues.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, June 22.-The Frankfurter
Zeitung, quoting from the Commerce. de
Sac Paulo of Brazil, reports that the
two leading physicians of Sac Paulo have
applied for a patent to a discovery which
enables them to, preserve the body after
death. Indeed, so perfect have they made
the process that the bodies of loved ones
may be made to do duty as statues by
simply placing them on pedestals.
The inventors claim that their process
provides surface equal to marble in ap-
pearance, and one that is even better than
marble in resisting fire and atmospheric
influences. They add that such a statue
would be more lifelike than the. work of
any sculptor The patent authorities re-
box which contained the body of negro
boy preserved by the method Of the in
ventors and kept for nearly six years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Belgian's Alleged Cancer Cute.
Cabiegram to The Star.

BRUSSELS. June 22-Discussing A1e re-
ports that he had invented a new treatment
for cancer, Prof. Laurent has issued an
authorized statement to the effect that
while it is hardly correct to say that he
has actually discovered a curative method
of treating cancer irrespective of the stage
the disease has reached, he is however.
actively engaged in researches tending to
cure that complaint, but the results hereto
tore arrived at must, in his opinion, be
strictly controlled by technical men before
being published.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
In Serious Condition.

Mrs. Cecilia Marsh, thirty-eix wears n,
age, whose home is at Wheaton Mont
gomery county, Md, was taken i'll while
on street near 18th and L streets
last night. She was removed to the Emer-
gency Hospital. where the physicians
found that she was in serious state. The
patient was operated upon and at a late
hour last night II was reported that her
condition was favorable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Bids for Building Assembly Hall.

Bids were opened in the office of the Sec
rotary of the Interior yesterday afternoon
for proposals to construct Assembly Hall
on the grounds of the Government Hospital
for the Insane. The building was designed
much like music hall or theater. Sum
derland Bros. of this city are the archi
tects. The bids were: Brennan Construc
ton Company of this city, $4,000; Cramp
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa, $1OS. 200: Arthnr
COWsill S113OOO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
To Hospital for Treatment.

young colored woman named Lula
Alexander. residing at 32i G. street south
west engaged in row with her husband.
Andrew Alexander. at the corner of Az
and q streets southwest about II o'clock
last night. The woman was struck on her
head and painfully injured, and the police
treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Witness Appeared in Court in Coffin,
Special Cablegram to The Star

ST. PETERSBURG, June 22-It is re-
ported from Tcheliabinsk that a witness
appeared in a coffin to give is evidence
in court the other day. He has lain in the
coffin for more than twenty years and can
not now leave it, for any effort to do so
brings on violent vertigo. 1t was for this
reason that he was given permission to
appear in the coffin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
Needs Proper Education

I'm the language of Prof. Harrington,
the public needs proper education that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23

GEO.C. SHAFFER
FLORIST,
Phone 24l6 Main 2sth and ne 81 ma.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16

and Ward Hetfield. The second and third
grades rendered several very pretty
choruses.
A quiet but very pretty wedding was
celebrated at the parsonage Of the NJ. r.
Church. Wednesday. Miss Julia Yenney
and Mr. Fielder Means, both of Brook
land, were the contracting parties. Rev.
f. +. Marshall ofFiciatcd. After the cere-
mony a wedding supper was served. Mrs.
Z. Z. Marshall and daughter Mrs. J s.
Atkinson, Miss Victoria Yenney, and Mr..
Joseph Yennev witnessed the ceremony.
The bride and groom left on late train
for an extended tour through the North.