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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

ordinary than those of thousands of
obscure cases which come before the
courts of the country, but the wealth
of the family gives 1t Importance.
The suffering and wrongs Of Eve
lyn Thaw are no more poignant nor
crushing than those of hundreds of
obscure women, just as highly strung,
lust as refined, just as keenly sensi-
tive rs she, but the wealth of the
Pittsburg family to which she is
yoked, makes her story feast for
the ears OF the world and make her
tears the cause of continual stage
sobblng from the hyper-senstive
public.
The crime of White was just as re-
voting ms though committed by ne
gro ruffian in South Carolina and de-
serves no more palliation. But be-
cause committed by a gentleman"
in a mirrored palace, is lifted up
above the common level of such
crimes.
The whole outfit are commonplace
In the extreme. There Is no extraor-
dinary intelligence, no extraordinary
refinement, no extraordinary beauty
or liveliness in any of the entire set
and we're it not for the millions pos
sessed by Thaw's people the affair
would have excited no more attention
from the toadying pubic than a like
affair in the italian quarter of Sc
attic.
\ few millions elevates the entire
bunch to the pedestal of martyrs ir
the jaundiced eye of the money-loving
American public.
Commonplace would not half eX'
press the public estimation of the
family, were it not for the Thav
money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
WHAT ONE CHURCH DID.

These are certainly days of big
figures What would the Pilgrim
Fathers have thought; what would
Rev. Cotton Mather have said: what
would Thomas jefferson have writ
ten, II anyone in their day had pos
sessed an Imagination so bold, SO vivid
as to predict that house of divine
worship costing a million dollars
ould he erected upon a site valued
at S2,500,000? Yet that Is exactly
what the vestry Of st. Thomas church
Is about to do.
And wherever else in the world, In
Europe or America, has the congre-
cation Of any church contributed
s274,339 for missions, charity and the
Support of the gospel in a single
year7 Yet that Is what st. Thomas
parish Of New York city did durine
the year 1906. Rev. DR.. Ernest M
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
ONCE MoRE-THE EMPTY SACK.

Eastern Oregon, as usual, is hold
ing the empty sack in the matter Of
the railroad commission.
Portland. western Oregon, narrow
strip comprising one-fourth of the
area OF the state, take over the entire
honor.
This happens so often that it will
actually create sentiment in favor
of the new state proposed by Spokane,
in time.
The railroad rate abuses are just
ss conspicuous in eastern as in west
ern Oregon. The interests in eastern
Oregon to be served by the commits
sion arc lust as vital to the growth
of the state as those of western Ore
eor. The wheat crop and livestock
shipments from eastern Oregon from
very large proportion of the vol
ume Of railroad traffic of the state.
Yet they are ignored in the appoint
ment Of the commission. The VIII
lamette valley counties overshadow
everything else. when it comes to po-
sitions of real Importance in the
state.
Put eastern oregon is so long ac-
customed to it. that it is really but
a slight shock. There is nothing
tragic about the surprise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
NO WHITEWASH.

The attempt of Representative
Freeman of Multncmah county, to
pass an act validating fraudulent
land certificates which had been issu-
ed prior to the housekeeping Of the
Chamberlain administration in Ore
gon, was an effort to "whitewash"
most unfortunate series of acts in the
land department of the state.
Who is interested in this white
washing process? Who was to blame
for the unfortunate condition of the
Oregon land department and why
should any man seek to pass through
the legislature an act so palpabfy
corrupt
There should be no whitewashing.
Let the record of the state bear wit
ness TO conditions and in future guard
AGAINST that brand of partisantsm
which holds the interests of the peo-
ple subordinate to the interests of the
official and his friends.
Oregon is slowly getting upon her
feet after the staggering blow of the
land frauds. This last effort to white
wash one of the biggest frauds is but
an echo of a dying patriotism which
should never hold sway again in the
state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

Stlres, the rector, who used to be
in Chicago, has given me the figures.
The total offerings of that church for
missions last year were SSi,s30; the
pew rents amounted to S55,32l; the
offerings at church services amount
cd to $S6,7OO, the remainder came in
subscriptions and donations.
OF the mission fund sS9,427.92 was
sent outside the diocese. The remain
der was expended for missions and
charity work in the city of New York
have been told that this is the
largest sum ever contributed by any
congregation in the world in a single
year for such purposes.-William E.
Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

Out Of the confusion of the normal
school question in Oregon it is to be
sincerely hoped that some sane prac-
teal plan is evolved by which teach
ers for the public schools may be pre-
pared in an efficient manner at a
minimum expense to the people. East
ern and western Oregon must each
have normal school. The climate
conditions. environment of the two
sections are different and students in
each section should be able to secure
a normal training near their homes
and in familiar conditions. The tur-
muil of present conditions renders ell
the schools unfit to do the work ex-
pccted from them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

Unless oregon legislators perform
their duties more energetically and
ouit dalIving away the time of the
people until the last week of the ses'
sion. there will he but little sentiment
in favor Of raising the pay OF the
members. A great many Of the mem
bers cannot afford to leave the busi-
ness to attend the sessions-and 1t
would ae better for the state If they
did not.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
THE COMMONPLACE THAw.

II Harry Thaw were a poor man
Re would attract no more attention
in the country than any other COM
mon ruffian. His wealth and the
wealth Of his family has elevated
him to the pedestal Of world-actor.
The circumstances and surroundings
of the Thaw case are no more extra
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

II a stranger wishes to measure
love for her public
schools. let him try to find standing
room in the theater where a school
benefit performance is being given.
That is the hest expression Of the
rublic sentiment that has been seen
since the city voted the tax for the
three new buildings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
his new staff on the coast.

The Industrial activity of this coun-
try as exemplified by the foreign
trade indicates that this country was
never in better condition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19
NEW o. II. & N. PAYMASTER.

A. G.. Brown, ex-chief of the Clan
Macleay, and for 10 years assistant
chief clerk of passenger accounts for
the O. r. & n. company, has been
appointed paymaster for that compa-
nv, says the Oregon Daily Journal. He
will succeed G. j. kaufman, who re-
signs to accept the position of audi
Tor for the Portland Hotel company.
The appointment is effective Febru-
aIy 25.
Mr.. Brown came to Portland IN
1894 with f. s. Benson when the lat
ter accepted the authorship of the
Q. p. e n. company, following its re-
organization as a part of the Union
Pacific system. He has been for
eight or 10 years in the service of the
Union Pacific at Omaha, and was one
of q sroup of able young men who
we're picked by Mr.. Benson to form
his new staff on the coast
Mr. Kaufman was member OF
the same group. They have served
the railroad company well and faith
fully. Both have large numbers OF
friends In Portland who will congrat-
uate them on their advancement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19

Last years hay crop for the entire
country averaged 1.35 tons per acre.
Utah is the best hay country, with
four tons per acre.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-19


} All you shall surely know that
heightened breath
} Is not the sweetest gift God
sends his friend.
} And that, sometimes, the sable
pail of death
, Conceals the fairest boon his .
, love can send. .
} II we could push ajar the gates .
, of life,
} And stand within and all .
, Gods workings see, .
, We could interpret all this .
, doubt and strife. .
} And for each mystery could .
} find the key! .
} May Riley Smith. .
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ExiIed On st. Helena.

lie was sentenced 10 Punishment for
life on the Island OF ST Helena.
whore he was confined until in the
fall Of 1902 He was then parOled. and
returned TO South Africa to bid fare
well 70 the land for which he had
fought IN vain. to sever old ties, and to
gather together the little that belonged
to him that had escaped the general
cataclysm. He was one Of the cir
reconcilables." steadfastly refusing 20
accept amnesty at the price OF swear
ing allegiance TO the King. \ few
faithful followers. bound TO him by
ties OF blood. elected to accompany
him into exile. and together they set
sail for the Land OF the Free" ar
irving In New York IN December. 1902
The exiles found the hearts and
homes Of America open 10 them. and
selected Mexico as their land of op-
portunity On hts way 70 his new
home General Viijoen foreswore his
allegiance to the Red God OF War.
General Viljoen will be remembered
here for his connection with the Boer
colony OF General Snyman at Santa
RosaIia in 1903.
II was in March. 1905 that Miss May
Belfort, the actress. came all The way
from England TO wreak vengeance on
VnJoen. who. she said. had Tilted her.
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Les Miserables, By Victor Hugo---Chapter H.

Jean Vatican. and felt the culver OF
the tiger that finds its prey again
Vatican recognized Javert and fed
with Cosette.
After many adventures and narrow
escapes he found refuge with a man
whom he had befriended IN NJ. sur NJ.
IN the days when he was FatherMade-
leine. This man, Fauchelevent by
name. was gardener and Eravedigger
for the convent OF Bernadines In the
Little Picpus. and. upon the plea That
he was getting old and needed help. he
induced the mother superior 70 aD-
point Vatican. whom he called his
brother. as his assistant This re-
quest was fulfilled the more readily
because Valjean placed CosettA, whom
he called his granddaughter. az a pupil
in the boarding school managed by the
nuns IN connection with their convent.
So in the convent garden there Cosette
was educated and grew into a young
lady.
O1arius PortmeTcy had been brought
up by his grandfather. NJ. Glllenor-
mand. a man OF the old regime. a
weIl-to-do bourgeois royalist of the
Napoleon was but an unfortunate in,
cident. and the Emperor the Usurper
Bonaparte" So when. upon the death
OF HIS father, Marius. then a young
law student. assumed the title OF
Baron Portmercy. a title bestowed by
the Corsican, NJ. Gillenormand drove
Marius from his door. saying sarcas-
tically: a baron like this gentleman
and a bourgeois like myself can no
longer remain under the same roof.
So the young man suddenly found
himself cast out from luxury into alb
solute poverty and looked about him
for a livelihood. Through some friends
he procured a position as writer of
prOspectuses. translator OF newspaper
clippings. and similar work. and man.
aged at last TO earn a scanty stipend
enough TO just about keep soul and
body together and 20 clothe that body
respectfully.
For five years Marius lived thus, his
home a single room in the garnet Of a
half ruinous house. his companions
well educated young men OF slender
means, or no means at all. who talked
philosophy and plotted revolution over
prodigious quantities Of sour wine at
the Cafe Musain. Marius took kindly
to their philosophy. but kept clear Of
their vices.
The young mans favorite lettering
place was the Garden OF the Luxem-
bourg. and thus he became aware of
the existence Of an old man and a re-
markably beautiful young woman. ap-
parently his granddaughter. who fire.
quented the gardens. He also no
ticed that he was observed by the
young lady.
One day the air was warm. the
Luxembourg was inundated with light
and shade. the sky was as pure as Il
the angels had just washed II. the
sparrows were twittering snriily in the
foliage of the chestnut trees and
Marius opened his whole soul to ma
ture- He was passing by the bench
where the young lady sat. she raised
her eyes TO him and their two glances
met. What was there in that look?
What he had Just seen was not the
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Paris Fl search OF his lost love. until
finally Cne OF the Thenardier girls,
who secretly loved the young man, in
the hope OF getting a kind word from
him discovered to him the dwelling
place Of the girl OF the Luxembourg
OF Cosette and Jean Valjean-though
she broke her heart in tho doing OF Il.
The nest discovered witr such foy by
MarluS was a modest mansion IN the
Rue PiUmet, and adjoining It was q
neglected garden where weeds and
flowers ran riot. nothing impeded the
sacred effort OF things toward life and
growth was at home and held high
holiday
Into this garden Marius obtained en-
trance and there he met Cosette. who.
startled NJ first. soon learned to &C
cept the young man as her fate, and
in this charming wilderness the two
lovers held many clandestine but limo
cent meetings.
One night Cosette informed her lover
that she could see him no more: her
grandfather had ordered her to pre-
pare for a journey to England. The
young man. for the first time in years
MS tAAAAA-AAlitIs LLdaL Stern
royaliSt NJ Gillenormand, and re-
quested permission 10 marry. Not
having yet arrived at the age OF
twenty-five. he could not legally take
i wife without the permission of his
natural guardian
This permission NJ. Gnlenormand
sternly refused. In despair Marius
ran back to the little garden in the
Rue Plumet
Alarmed by the disturbed condition
Of Paris, which threatened revolution.
and knowing that Javert, as well as
Thenardier. who had escaped from
prison, were hunting him, Jean Val
jean had determined to leave France
forever. and seek a haven Of safety
in England. He had already removed
from the Rue Plumet to an apartment
which he kept in the Rue de l'Homme
Arme when Marius returned 70 the
garden The trysting place was de-
serted. While he bewailed his fate in
a frenzy of despair there appeared
among the trees a dim form. appar-
emily that Of a young laborer, and a
voice said to him. Your COMPANIONS
await you at the barricade in the Rue
de la Chanvrerie." Then the form
vanished.
The revolution which Marius and his
companions of the Cafe Musain had
been plotting had beguE. ana they
were fighting at the barrieade as the
distracted young man approached II.
II was the revolt which broke out in
Paris when General Lamaroue was
buried. in the second year IF the reign
of the Citizen Notwithstanding for
a while. but unsuccessful
As Marius was passing through an
unlighted street near the barricade he
heard voice call his name. and.
bending down saw lying on the side
walk the daughter of the Thenardiers
before mentioned. dressed as a young
laborer. She had been wounded. and
was dying. 1t was she who had de-
livered the message to Marius in the
deserted garden. and she had then run
back before him to the scene of the
conflict
Marius soothed the girls dying mo-
ments and. In gratitude, she said to
him; We'll, NJ. Marius. take your
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simple and ingenious eye OF a child.
but a mysterious gulf. the mouth OF
which had opened and then suddenly
closed again. The first glance OF a
soul that does not know itself is Ike
the dawn IN the heavens: IL Is the
awakening Of something radiant and
unknown.
Upon Marius the effect was magical
He had reached that startling and
charming hour which commences great
passions A look had effected this
When the mine iss loaded when the
fire is ready. nothing IS more simple
and a gldnce is the spark II was all
over Marius loved "A woman and his
destiny was entering the unknown
After that. daily at the same hour.
ne walked in the Luxembourg and.
without speaking. hardly looking at
each other. the two lovers conversed
by the mysterious telepathy OF love.
Then one day. he missed the old man
and his fair companion. They came no
more TO the pleasant garden; the old
man had noticed something and with
drawn the light from Marlus world.
In the room next 10 the one occupied
by Marius in the attic Of the tumble
misery. a family going by the name
Of JOndrette. The family. consisted of
a man aid his wife and two we'll
grown daughters; and tho members
Of It lived ny chicanery and crime
whichever came handiest to them at
the moment.
A hole IN the wall between the two
rooms rendered 1t impossible for
Marius not to hear what was said in
the Jondrette apartment when the &C
cupants spoke in a loud voice and. by
standing on a chair. he could look into
the room.
One night a benevolent old man
visited the Jondrette home. bringing
relief 10 what, he supposed, was de-
serving case OF charity. Jondrette had
decoyed him there, and. aided by a
gang OF his fellow ruffians. they bound
the old man to the bed and prepared
10 torture him should he refuse 10
promise them a large sum OF money
and deliver over his granddaughter as
a hostage for the performance Of his
promise.
Marius recognized the voice OF the
victim as being one that he had heard
before and. stepping up on the chair.
looked through the hole in the wall TO
see that the bound man was the
grandfather of the Luxembourg.
Marius had his pistol and was about
to fire when Jondrette exclaimed TO his
victim; do You not recognize me?
You are the man who stole Cosette
l am Thenardier, the Sergeant of Wa
terloo.''
Thenardier, That name, The mem
DRY OF his father stayed the hand Of
Marius. He was swayed by a tumult
of conflicting emotions and. while he
hesitated. the police. who had obtain
ed wind of the conspiracy. broke in.
with Javert at their head, and cap
tured the rufrians But in the con-
fusion, the victim. by the use of that
strength and skill which comes OF
long practice in the bagne of Toulon.
freed himself from his bonds and dis
appeared.
Marius wandered aimlessly over
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ClasscsFrSt Great Story of the Sunday Times Series

Long into the night the mayor sat
there. the soul OF Jean Vatican and the
soul OF Father Madeleine struggling
together within him. The soul OF
Father Madeleine conquered.
II was long journey 10 Arras, but
by putting forth great exsrtion and a
liberal use Of money Father Madeleine
reached the place just as the trial Of
the supposed convict had been con-
cluded.
The police had woven an ingenius
web Of theory around the man and he
was condemned to the galleys. Father
Madeleine announced himself as tho
true Jean Vatican. gave proof OF HIS
assertions and was sentenced to the
SaIleys in the innocent mans stead
Famine died in the hospital, calling
for her child. and Monsieur lie Marie
became No. $3.50 in the bagne of Tou-
lon. Inspector Javert felt that the
world was moving on again in it's ap-
pointed order-just as Il should move.
A little less than four months after
Jean Vatican had been taken to the
galleys the following paragraph APP
peare6 in a Toulon paper: Yesterday
a convict. one of a gang working on
board the ship Orio. fell into the sea
and was drowned as he was returning
from assisting n sailor. His body has
not been found. and it Is supposed TO
he entanEled among the piles at Ar
sena1 Point
No. long after the a,searance Of
this paragraph a strange visited the
inn Of the Thenardiers a. Montfermeil
and, after watching Cosette while,
said to the Sergeant Of Waterloo: Il
have taken a fancy to that little girl
For how much viii you let me adopt
her as my daughter" The Thenardiers
named an exorbitant sum, but the
stranger paid il and started off with
Cosette. Thenardier. repenting that he
had not asked more. ran after him and
demanded the child back; but the
stranger showed a paper reading DE
liver Cosette 20 bearer and signed
Famine" Poor Famine had written
il on her deathbed In the hospital and
Father Madeleine had been about TO
start with it for MontfermeiI wher his
interview with Javert diverted his
course instead To the Arras assizes.
The stranger, Of course. was Jean
Valiean--not drowned, but escaped
He had come back 70 freedom with n
desire for some object in life. and had
resolved to find It In the care Of CO.
settle. In the interval between his de-
claring himself at the Arras assizes
and his formal arrest he had made a
hasty trip TO Paris, drawn out HIS
rather large fortune from the bank
and secretly buried It in the forest near
Montfermeil Upon this secret hoard
he drew from time to time as he need
ed funds. and he settled himself with
Cosette in modest tenement In an
obscure quarter Of Paris. doing good
to all the neighborhood.
But this man, who lived like a poor
pensioner and bestowed aims like a
benevolent monsignor attracted the at
tention OF the police Javert. for his
zeal and intelligence, displayed in cap
turing Jean Vatican. had been trans
ferred TO Paris. Javert investigated
the mysterious stranger. recognized
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Miss Belfort declared that Viljoen.
although he had n wife I'm South AZ
rica. proposed marriage 90 hrr.
She accepted him. she says. after he
had promised to obtain a divorce from
the other woman.
Then. she declared, the general
scorned her.
The proverbial fury Of a woman
scorned was hers
She "laid" for him in the doorway
Of a bank. and when the general tried
to enter through the revolving door.
she leaped out and numerically be
labored him withia ''blacksnake."
General Viljoen' retreated from the
irate English damsel more prccipi-
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national renown as leader in the cap
ture OF Doctor Jim" whose misfor-
tune was that he made his spectacular
move just little too soon.
For his services ut this time. VII
joen was promoted TO the position OF
commanding OF the militia and spe-
cial commandant OF tho burgher. or
citizen. forces Of johannesburg. His
mettle having been tried and found
true. in 1897 he was intrusted with the
leadership Of an expedition 10 Swat
land. During the latter stages Of the
heroic Boer struggle for independence
against an overwhelming weight of
numbers and material resources. WI
Joen captured many armored trains
and kept up an unceasing campaign
with the object Of harassing and wor-
rytng the enemy. while his compatri-
OTIS. De Wet and Botha. were cooper
ating elsewhere. Two months before
the last shot was fired he was am
pushed at midnight, while crossing the
British Gordon with a small escort
His horse was shot under him. and ne
was severely wounded. making his
capture easy