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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02
Trying n Cactus Diet.

, Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-In or .
, der to prove the wonderful nu- Q
, tritive properties of the point Q
} less cactus, Dr. Landone, his Q
} secretary and stenographer, be- .
, gan to subs st on a diet, added Q
, to few nuts and celery. They .
, declare the diet everything a 9
} man needs for an 1S-hour day .
, Of work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02
SPECIAL SESSION
NOT NECESSARY
Commercial Organizations
Decide Not to Ask Governor
To Call Assembly,
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
REGARDING HOLIDAYS

Forty Delegates Pass Resolutions
Declaring 1t Especially Inadvlsable
at This Time 10 Call Legislature,
But Will Ask a Special Session If
Holidays are Continued Another
Thirty Days TO Relieve Courts
Some Want Holidays Continued
Indefinitely.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02

The American cruisers Washington
and Tennessee left Punta Arenas,
Chile, foT Callao, Peru. yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02
DeSpondent Bride Takes Life.

. Los Angeles, Dec 2.-Fre-
. da Dalit4a Erla, a bride Of p
. hours, committed suicide about
. o'clock last night at the Gold
. en- State hotel by swallowing
. carbolc acid.
, The woman was afflicted
. with an incurable disease and
. was respondent
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02
JURY TAKES THE
BRADLEY CASE
Judge Powers Delivers Power
full Plea for Liberation of
Senator Browns Slayer,
LOVE BLINDED THIS Wo-
MAN, SOCIETY sPURNED HER.

sometimes a Pistol I'm the Hands OF
a Tender Woman Becomes a Thun-
. derbolt of God to Manifest His
Power''-Court Room Crowded to
SuffOcation Hundreds Turned
Away - Defendant and Audience
Deeply Moved by Powers Plea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02
MINERS BURIED
IN DEADLY SHAFT
Explosion Of Fire Damp Prob
ably Ends Lives Of Two
Score of Men.
PATHETIC SCENES
ABOUT NINE ENTRANCE.

Mine Had Concrete Sides and Explo-
sion Closed Passage for COnsidcTIi-
bic Distance - Air so Poisonous
That No Human Can live In It
Explosion Shook Buildings In Fay
cite City and Was. Heard for Many
Miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-02

Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Sunset, 4:29; curfew, 4:59.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10

a-EGEE HEfEt EH%fgANSHsN 49, G5sSa NaSEsSNSAa.SMtFSA
lished in said city, at least two weeks be-
fore the time so fixed for such hearing.
Sec. 2. If, upon the hearing, the court
shall find that such tract Of land is OF
the nature and quantity as hereinbefore
set forth. and that 1t may be detached
from such city without professionally at
fecting the symmetry of the settled por-
tons Of such city. It may grant such. de-
upon become detached from such city and
shall thereafter form a part Of the town
ship in which it was originally situated,
and shall in all things be subject to the
town government Of such township.
Sec. 3. Such separation from said city
shall not release any such tract of land
standing bonded Indebtedness of such city
existing at the time of its separation
therefrom.
Section 4. This act shall not be con-
strued as in any manner supersedtng re-
pealing,. amending or qualifying the provi-
sions Of any home rule charter heretofore
laws of this state. and this act shall not
In any manner apply to any such city or
village"
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect n
be in force from and after Its passage.
Approved April II. 1907.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 234-H. f. NO 900.

CHAPTER 234EH. F. NO. 1923.
AN ACT to amend section one ~ of
chapter one hundred n four (1O4) Of
the General Laws Of the State Of Min
nesota for the year one thousand nine
hundred and five (19O5), relating to ju-
risdiction of justices of the peace.
1t enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the fourth clause OF
section one ~ Of chapter one hundred
and four (1o4) of the General Laws Of
Minnesota for the year one thousand nine
hundred n five Q905) be amended so
as to read as follows:
Fourth. To cause to come before them
persons who are charged with committing
any criminal offense and commit them to
jail, or bail them, as the case may re-
quire; provided, however, that no justices
Of the peace shall have Jurisdiction of
any ~offenses committed within he limits
of any city or village wherein a municipal
court is organized and existing, but such
%offenses, otherwise ~cognizable by justices
Of the peace, and those arising under, the
charter ordinances or bylaws of the city
or village shall be examined or tried by
the municipal court therein existing; pro-
vided that this act shall not apply to any
cities or villages having justice Of the
peace courts established by home rule
charter, nor to territory within one-half
mile Of the outer limits of the state
Approved April IS. 1907.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 22s-H. F. NO. eo2.

CHAPTER 22s-H. F. NO. eo2.
q board Of court house commissioners
-, erection, CONSTRUCTION. Completion and nc
any county Of this state having at any
time a population Of over $4,000 inhabi-
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of MINNESOTA:
this state now or hereafter, having q pop
ulation Of more than 5000. inhabitants,
the county commissioners thereof shall.
the existing court house of said county
is Inadequate for its needs and that a
new STRUCTURE is necessary for the pur-
and for jail purposes, or for one or more
OF said uses, and fixing a sum In their
Judgment sufficient to cover the cost OF
uses adequate to the needs Of the county,
then and thereupon, the county auditor
Of such county shall, Immediately upon
to the chairman Of such board Of county
commissioners a certified copy thereof,
and thereafter all the proceedings with
eompletion to and 1h fur edisSSfi11n' Of ce s1,cS S13;3d..
ing or buildings shall be governed by the
Sec :; Immediately upon receiving a
chairman Of said board Of ass COUNTY come ame
missioners shall proceed to appoint five
W men, le spa,1 voters ba Of SAID county, three of
county commissioners Of such county, and
not not, more na than one Of such members
municipality, and not more than three
OF such members shall be resident within
any an;yn+ one 81, city 90 or municlpality in such
ing their appointment and upon taking
the oath hereinafter provided, a board Of
court ab heuse commissioners whose duties
Imposed by. the provisions Of this act.
Each commissioner, before entering upon
the duties Of his office, shall file with the
such appointment and shall take and
suhscribee an oath before one Of the
{}udg Tb,e Of the 'ec district court Of the district
he will faithfully and honestly perform
the duties of his said Office and will sup
port the constitution of the United States
Of said commissioners, and that he Will
not knowingly permit any fraud, dishon-
est p pr or cheating by any contract
nishing, of any public building, contem-
permit any such fraud, dishonest practice
or cheating by any person or persons
Whomsoever.
Sec: q. Such board shall organize at a
three members on five days notice in
writing, to the remaining members. At
suCl Injecting SuCn DOdrQ snail adopt
rules for their own government ard shall
elect a president from their own num-
Der. The records Of such board shall be
public records kept in duplicate, one
copy in the Office of the county auditor
and one copy at such other place as such
All cancelled vouchers and paid bills
audited by said board and paid out of the
county, treasury shall, after such pay
served in the Office of the county auditor.
such board shall keep books Of account.
showing all receipts and disbursements
sral character thereof. Upon the com
%pletion of the work Of any such board the
duplicate records to be kept as aforesaid,
together with the books Of account and
all other valuable papers and memoranda
of such board, shall be deposited with
The county as a part of the public records
thereof. The board may employ COM
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10

CHAPTER 233-H. B. NO. Is.
AN ACT providing for the erection Of a
monument to the First Minnesota bat
terry at Shiloh, and designating a COM
mission for the same.
Whereas, the legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota has made an appropriation Of
5000. as appears IN subdivision 60, sec
ton Is, chapter 1897, of the General Laws
Of 1905, "for the erection Of a monu-
ment at Shiloh for the commemoration
of the First Minnesota battery" but has
designated no agency for the prosecution
OF said work, 1t is, therefore, hereby
Enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota:
Section /. That L. F. Hubbard, G. G.
Andrews and Henry S. Hurter be desig-
mated O commission to select a design for
and secure the erection Of g. suitable
monument upon the field of Shiloh, which
shall properly commemorate the service
Of the First Minnesota battery in the
battle of Shiloh. Tenn, April 6 and Z,
1862.
Sec. 2. The commission shall serve
without compensation, but the necessary
expenses thereof may be paid from the
appropriation already made, the entire
cost Of such monument, including the ex-
penses of the commission, not to exceed
the sum of $1,000 already appropriated.
Sec. 8. This act shall TAX effect and
be in force from n after its passage.
Approved April 10, 1907.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 22+H. F. NO. 359.

CHAPTER 224-H. F. NO. 359.
AN ACT to amend section 2 of chapter
1e4 Of the General Laws Of, Of the State
to the employment Of repair crews on
roads and bridges in counties having
one hundred and fifty thousand 50,OOO
inhabitants, or over.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section 2 Of chapter
1874 of the General Laws of 1905 be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
priated shall be expended by n under
the direction and supervision Of such
board Of county commissioners in the
following manner:
THAT in all cases except as herein
after provided before expanding any such
money for such purpose or purposes, such
board of county commissioners shall re-
quire the county surveyor of such county,,
or his deputy, to furnish to such board
a survey of the work tor which it is pro-
posed to expend such money, together
with suitable plans and specifications
thereof and estimated cost thereof, and
such board it shall be the duty Of such
board, If it shall deem such expenditure
advisable, to invite bids for such work
days prior, to the letting, of the con
tract for the same in at least three (3)
of the most public places in the town
ship wherein such work is to be done.
Ll1O III CdoO Oily pOA VI SuCH WOIh
is within the limits of any incorporated
village, by also posting notices in three
(3) of the most public places in such
village, and in all cases there shall be
three (3) publications Of said notices in
the official newspaper, and such notices
shall contain a. brief description of such
work, n shall state the time and place
of awarding the contract for the same,
and at the time and place mentioned
in such notices; it shall be the duty
Of u board to let such contract to
in all cases be required to enter into
q written contract evidencing the same,
and said board shall require a satisfac-
tory bone for the faithful performance
Of suca contract: provided, nevertheless,
that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent such board from re-
jecting all bids for such work and re-
advertise for new bids if in the Judgment
of such board all bids. are excessive; and
without advertising for bids and letting
contracts as above required, expend under
the supervision OF the county surveyor
or his deputy a sum not exceeding one
hundred ($1O0 dollars during any one
year at any one point for repair to any
such repairs are necessary to maintain
or protect such road or bridge or the
travel thereon, and may employ a repair
crew for such purpose for a period not
exceeding seven months during any one
year, and may purchase and retain the
necessary road machinery and tools
for the purpose of making such repairs
but such expenditures shall not in any
one year exceed one-quarter (A) of the
amount SO appropriated for roads and
and provided, further, that in case of
any emergency rendering travel upon
any highway unsafe, or threatening the
immediate injury or destruction thereof,
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 23o-H. r. NO, 119o.

CHAPTER 2s2-H. F. NO. 119o.
AN ACT relating to railroad freight
rates in the State of Minnesota. and
defining certain duties OF the railroad
and warehouse commission:
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l.. For the purpose of this act
the commodities hereinafter named are
broom corn seed, hemp seed, millet seed,
popcorn, castor beans, Hungarian seed,
buckwheat, buckwheat flour, potato flour,
wheat four prepared flour n all I'M
featured from wheat. shall constitute
ley, alfalfa feed, alfalfa meal. bran,
brewers, grits. brewers, oa neal a{bb brewers srI
wheat chops, corn flour, corn meal, cotton
seed cake, cotton seed hulls, cotton seed
meal. gluten feed, gluten meal, grain
screenings, hominy feed, kafhr corn, lin
sorghum seed, speltz, wild mustard seed,
oatmeal, rolled rye. rye flour, malt, pearl
barley and all uncooked grain or cereal
Or rye Shall constitute class twelve as:
lumber lath, shingles, sash, doors and
blinds shall constitute class thirteen
q3); sheep (when carried in double
class, fourteen Ga: sheep when carried
in single-decked cars) and hogs shall
constitute class fifteen Q5); hard coal
shall constitute class sixteen (6); soft
coal shall constitute class seventeen nsa 20.
lished and declared to be the reasonable
maximum rates to be charged by rail-
road companies as common carriers or
property In the State Of ON minnesota mes "a f Sorr
named in section one ~ Of this act. be-
tween stations in the State Of Minne-
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 2s1-H, F.. NO. e7a.

CHAPTER 231-H. F. NO. e78.
AN ACT to repeal section 1912 Of the Re-
1905, relating to special report to the
railroad and warehouse commission and
section 2919 Of the Revised Laws of the
State Of Minnesota for the year 1905,
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1: That section 1912 Of the Re-
yised Laws of Minnesota for the year
Section 2912.. Special Report to Rail
road and Warehouse Commission.-Every
such railroad corporation, in the month
of July in each year, shall file with the
special report, subscribed and sworn to
by its president and treasurer, stating
explicitly therein the number Of shares
pledged: or disposed Of by such corpora
ton before the date of such report, the
amount Of capital stock Issued during. the
preceding, year. the amount received
any, improperly received. Every viola
ton of or failure to comply with any Of
the provisions Of this section. and every
false statement as to any matter herein
render the officers and directors Of such
corporation so violating or neglecting, or
making or permitting any such false
statement, guilty Of q felony"
Sec. 2. That section 2913 of the Revised
Laws of Minnesota for the year 1905,
which reads as follows:
"Section 2913. Report to State Auditor.
In January Of each year every domestic
railroad corporation shall make a full
report to the state auditor of the con-
dition Of its affairs for the preceding
ending December 81, specifying
therein the amount Of it's capital stock,
the gross amount Of its receipts during
such year., the cost Of repairs and it's in
cidental expenses, the amount Of it's
profits, and the dividends made, with
such other facts as may be necessary
for a full statement Of its affairs con-
dition. The auditor shall present TO the
legislature, at each regular session there
of, an abstract Of such reports for the
two years Immediately preceding
Be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April Is. 1907.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 22s-H. F. NO. 300.

zzS-H. f.. NO. QUO.
AN ACT to prohibit any junk dealer or
any second hand dealer or n pawn
broker or any other person from pur-
chasing or receiving on deposit or
from a minor, and providing a punish
ment for a violation thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any
junk dealer, pawnbroker or second hand
dealer to purchase or to receive on de-
posit or pledge any thing of value as
security for a loan Of money from any
person, male or female, under lawful age.
Sec. 2. Any person violating this act
shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
+. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1907.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 229-H. F. NO. 57s.

ZZS-f1. r. NO. OlS.
AN ACT to fix the compensation of SEN
ators and representatives of the legisla-
ture Of the State of Minnesota and its
presiding officers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. After the period for which
the members of the existing house of rep
resentatives have been elected, the COM
pensation of senators and representatives
Of the legislature of the State Of Mime
sofa shall be five hundre dollars per
year for the time for which they are
elected, to be paid in the manner now
provided by law, two hundred and fifty
dollars thereof to be paid on the first
day of February, and two hundred and
fifty dollars on the fifteenth day Of
March,, Of each year.
Sec. 2. The compensation herein pro-
vided for shall be in full for ali services
which are required to be performed by
senator's and representatives, whether
rendered during the session Of the legis-
lature or subsequent to the adjournment
thereof; provided, that nothing in this
act shall affect the compensation of SEN
ators and representatives for mileage in
going to and returning from the session
Of the legislature.
Sec. 3. The president Of the senate and
speaker of the house shall receive, in adj
dition to the amounts specified in section
one of this act, the sum Of five (5) dol
lars each per day during any session Of
the legislature. "
Section 4. All acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
.pealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April Is, 1907.
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Sec sec, :; When !. the exact distance which
In the foregoing schedule, the carrier
may charge the rate specified in the said
schedule for the next greater distance.
!. order to constitute a carload, within
the commodities in any n car shall be
at least as folloWs: Glass eleven 1D and
c c1a noo twelve q29, tWenty-feur Thousand
twenty2 tRR9 oanasi $3.50 s5Sss p ra,nassn CAS- Gs;
fourteen Q4), nineteen thousand $4,000
pounds; ~ class cnos fifteen d52, fifteen thou
e ds and G', Seventeen Penne 81, f a1hrsss th e1xtsea
(30.OOo). pounds.
SEQ. A.. No railroad company, which is
g common carrier Of property within the
or receive any, greater sum for carrying
within this state. between stations there
In. any of the commodities named in this
forth and provided in section two Of this
act for the respective distances therein
named.
Sec, s. This act shall not in any man.
railroad and warehouse commission, ex-
cept that no duty. shall rest upon the
railroad and warehouse commission to
enforce n rates specifically fixed by
whenever, In a proceeding regularly
house commission. it shall be made to
appear to the satisfaction Of said COM
oSAO LILO LILO 1dICS ucItlU DICSCTlOGO
are unreasonable, it may, by order, fix
higher or lower rates for the transporta-
ton of any Of the commodities herein
mentioned over the line Of any railroad
n this state. and such rates. when so
prescribed upon said. line Of railroad.
ana 45s shall be enforced as prescribed by
such order shall have been made by
said railroad and warehouse commission
he rates herein prescribed shall be the
exclusive legal maximum rates for the
transportation Of the commodities herein
state.
Sec. 6. Every railroad company trans
within this state shall adopt and publish
Ind put into effect rates not exceeding
the charges specified herein for the trans
portation by it between, stations upon its
modities named In this act: and every
officer, director, traffic manager or agent
or employe of such railroad company,
e6eresd WITH any gnv %a1 d1f% y es or eeing g
freight rates for such railroad company,
shall. cause the adoption, publication and
use by such railroad company Of rates
and any officer, director. or such agent
or employe Of any such railroad COM
pany who violates any Of the provisions
sells. advises or assists any such railroad
company to violate any Of the provisions
Of this section, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor. n may be prosecuted there
for in any county into which its railroad
and upon conviction thereof be punished
by imprisonment in the county Jail for
a period not exceeding ninety days.
effect Of this act, any railroad is main.
tanning a rate between any two stations
in this state that is less than the rate
herein prescribed for the same distance,
this act shall not be construed as All.
thorizing the raising Of such rate.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from n after June 1, 1907.
Approved April 10. 1907.
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Approved April 10. 1907.
CHAPTER 2a1-H. r. NO.

CHAPTER 2s7-H. F. NO. 453.
AN ACT entitled A act to 9oa amend md. Sec sec
to the ~preventure of fraud and decep-
ton in the sale Of spices and condt-
ments A..
Section i. That section 1862, Revised
Laws, 1905. be amended to read as tol-
i762, STANDARDIZATION: The sale OF
adulterated spices and condiments IN 4h;s Is pro
ter a spice or condiment shall be deemed
III If it be mixed or packed with 9th
er articles as to decrease Its strength
rs II any normal constituent thereof
has been either in whole or IN part abb
e IF it be an imitation Of the article
named upon the label; or
"a. If it be colored, powdered or treat
ed in any manner whereby. damage or In
feriority is concealed. or whereby the
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ruAprrp ooz-u n Nh ena

CHAPTER 227-H. F. NO. s03.
AN ACT to amend section five thousand
and forty-two (5042) Of the Revised
Laws Of Minnesota, one thousand nine
hundred and Ave u905). relating to
burglary in the second degree.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section /. That section five thousand
and forty-two (5O42) Of the Revised Laws
of Minnesota. one thousand nine hundred
and five Q9O5), be amended so as to read
as follows:
intent to commit some crime therein,
shall break and enter the dwelling house
Of another, in which there is a human
being, under circumstances not amount
ing to burglary in the first degree. or,
any person who, with intent to commit
some crime therein, shall break and en-
ter any room or building, whether occu-
pied by a human being at the time or not,
wherein a general banking business is
carried on, or any structure wherein a
business Of receiving public or private
funds on deposit is done, shall be guilty
of burglary in the second degree, and
punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for not more than ten years.
Sec. 9. All acts Inc parts of. acts incon-
sistent with the provisions hereof are
hereby repealed.
Approved April 10, 1907.