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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
Firemen Lose Lives in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 24.-Five
firemen are dead and 22 others were
injured and property to the value of
$5OO,00 destroyed this morning as
the result of the most disastrous fire
that has occurred here since the fire
OF 1904. The fire started in the brass
works and spread with remarkable
rapidity.
George Horton, chief of the fire
department, is among those thought
to be fatally injured. The identified
dead are: Lieutenant Fred Harman
and Fireman w. B. Pugh.
Starting shortly after midnight the
fire spread SO rapidly that a general
alarm was sent in. A gale from the
northwest spread the flames and
cold weather made the work of the
fire fighters difficult.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
Mail Pouch Robbed.

A. United States mail pouch was
cut open and robbed of a number of
valuable packages at North Powder
on Wednesday night. The sack had
been thrown off the train on the de-
pot platform and a few moments later
was found near the water tank, some
distance away. cut open and rifled.
There is no clew to the robbers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
Memory Was Bad.

During the Shackleford trial the
other day the testimony disclosed the
fact that U. Arnspiger. one OF the
witnesses, had been drinking in the
saloons Christmas week, though he
is under age. Accordingly Arnspiger
and several others were subpoenaed
to appear before District Attorney
Phelps and did so today. However,
they declared they could not remem-
ber in which saloons they secured Ii
quor, so It Is not likely any prosecu-
tions will result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
Salt Lake Newspapers Combined.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. "a
Two important nwspaper combina-
tions were consummated today. The
Salt Lake Herald was purchased
from ex-senator W. A. Clark by
Samuel Newhause and Col. e. A.
Wall, and the Evening Telegram was
taken over by the Salt Lake Tri-
bune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
UMAT|LA FEEDERS HOLDING FOR $500

Umatilla county cattle feeders are
now holding their cattle for $3.50
per 100 pounds on foot and there is
evry prospect that they will receive
this price by February l.
Cattle buyers are now Offering
$4.25 and at North Yakima recently
over 500 head of steers were sold at
$3.50.
About 1000 head of steers are being
fed on Mckay and Birch creeks trib-
utary to this city and there is no
disposition on part OF any Of the feed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
VIII Wed wealthy Woman.

San Francisco. Jan. 24.-District
Attorney William H. Langdon, known
throughout the land as the prosecutor
of San Francisco's grafters, has fame,
health and a good name. To these
desirable possessions he will shortly
add wealth and wife, when he takes
as his bride Mrs. Myrtle McHenry, a
young widow of great riches and
greater beauty. Mrs. McHenry is the
widow of "a Modesto banker and a
graduate of Stanford university.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24

Taft managers have figured out
that he will easily be nominated on
the first ballot. He claims that he
will have 5O2 votes out of the $50 to
be cast which would be in excess of
the 491 necessary to nominate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24

John Florian and his wife, Mary,
aged 6S and II respectively, were
found dead at their home in Chicago
yesterday dressed in the best clothes
and grasping hands. They drank car
bolic acid and died together
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
COUGHING BRINGS DEATH.
Heart Failure Caused by Spell OF
Severe Coughing Ends Life Of Geo.
+. Dunn.

severe Coughing Ends Life Of Geo.
+. Dunn.
George F. Dunn died suddenly at
his home on Mckay creek yesterday
following fit of coughing. During
the coughing spell he became ex-
hausted and died from heart failure.
The deceased was we'll known
resident of the Mckay creek neigh
borhood and had lived there for 10
years. He came to this county from
Union, but was a native of Daven-
port, Iowa. He was SO years of age
and served in the second Iowa cavalry
during the civil war.
Aside from a wife the veteran
leaves three children all of whom are
living near here. They are two
sons, Leslie and Howard Dunn, and
daughter, Mrs. Dick Adams, of Nc
Kay. The funeral will be held at
Pilot Rock tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
THAw TRIAL POSTPONED.
VIII Wait for Witnesses on Delayed
steamship One Witness Has
Pneumonia.

New York, Jan. 24.-The Thaw
trial was postponed until Monday, to-
day.
When court convened this morning
Littleton asked that the proceedings
in the Thaw case go over until Mon
day as witnesses which he wished
were on the Adriatic which had not
yet arrived.
The boat is anchored off Sandy
Hook on account Of the storm and
cannot make the city today. Another
Thaw witness is suffering from pneu-
monia and could not appear today.
Jerome did not oppose the motion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
TURIE NORDSTROM
CAUGHT IN FLORIDA.

, Chicago, Jan. 24.-Turie
7 Nordstrom, son of John Nord-
J strom of Astoria, accused of
} raising a draft on the Astoria
} bank from SO 10 $4,000 and
passing it on Chicago bank,
was captured in Florida today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
Prosecuting WlneSS Fails to
Stick to His Tale of Being
Robbed.
PATTERSON FOUND GUILTY
IN QUICK ORDER
Phillip Indian Supposed to Have
Been Robbed by Jim Minthorn,
Peter Corbett and Senator Mitchell,
Tells New Story on Stand and Cases
Are at Once Dismissed-Walter
Davis Guilty OF Stealing Saddle
Sentenced to Pay Fine Of $50.

Through the failure OF the prose
cutting witness to stay with his story
Of robbery, the criminal case against
Jim Minthorn was thrown out oi
court this forenoon and at the in.
stance OF the district attorney the
cases against Peter Corbett and Sen.
ator Mitchell were also dismissed.
The failure OF the state to make
good Its case against Minthorn was
due to the fact that Phillip. the In
dian who was robbed. failed to stay
with the story that he had previously
told the district attorney and grand
Jury. When called to the stand this
morning he exonerated Minthorn
from any guilt and thereupon ]. r.
Raley, attorney for Minthorn, moved
to dismiss the suit. which motion was
allowed. District Attorney Phelps
then asked that the other cases be
dropped also.
Davis Fined $50.
Walter Davis, the young Indian
charged with stealing a saddle, plead
guilty before Judge Bean this fore
noon and was at once sentenced Ia
pay a fine of $50. Should he not be
able to do this he will have to remain
In Jail for 30 days.
The selection OF jury in the Min
thorn case was made yesterday after
noon following the verdict in the
Patterson case. The following men
were taken: John Temple. jr.. ]. H..
Clark. ID. w. Wilder, c. f. Coles
worthy, A. Z. Troyer. v. Stroble. l..
L. Rogers. II. T. Kamrath, William
Milne, II. T. Irwin. F. ]. Crigler and
William Caldwell.
At the opening OF court this morn
ing the attorneys gave their opening
statements to the jury. District At
torney Phelps said he thought the
testimony would show that Minthorn,
together with Corbett and Mitchell,
had gotten the Indian, Phillip. drunk
and then robbed him under a ware
house near the depot. For his client
Attorney Roy Raley said that It would
be explained during the trial that
Phillip is an uncle of the defendant
and that he had asked Minthorn to
look out for his money and care for
him generally while he was drunk.
This he said Mnthorn had done but
that Phillips money had afterwards
been taken from him by another In
dian.
Patterson Found Guilty.
After being out but a short time,
the jury In the case against r. Pat
terson, charged with - living off the
earnings of a prostitute, brought in
a verdict OF guilty as charged. The
verdict was returned shortly before
S o'clock and sentence will be passed
upon Patterson tomorrow morning.
Frank and Joe Hildebrand, accus-
ed of robbery both made pleas OF
not guilty this morning and their
cases will come up towards the end
Of the jury session. Attorney r. j.
Slater. who is appearing for them.
asked that they be given separate
toll
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24

G. 8. Minnick, OF North Powder,
has invented a sawdust consuming
device for stoves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24
H|NKLE DITCH
PROBABLY SOLD
Land and Irrigation Deal Of.
100000 Just About to Be-
Closed in PendIeton.
EASTERN CAPITAL WILL
cOLONIZE UMATTLLA LAND.

Sale Is Being Made Through CIeavef-
Brothers OF Chicago and Is Perhaps
the Biggest Land Deal Of the Year
in Umatilla County-Ditch Is About
20 Miles Long and VIII Irrigate
10000 Acres OF Excellent Semi
Arid Land--Is a Winter Irrigation
Scheme.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-24

Rain or snow tonight or saturday.
Sunrise, 1922; sunset, 5:O4.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
BRYAN FOR 1911.

IL is iinn, now n begin thinking
seri. usly of the prospects Of Mr.. Bryan
for another democratic nomination in
1912 A Bryan wave which seemed
to be rising some weeks ago can now
be seen on the decline. The prospect
that it could rise t" high tide was
never brilliant, but the pose Of Mr..
Bryan Us the foe Of all trust and COR
poralion wealth. and everything which
could he classed rs vested interests,
while his campaign was being secretly
supported by such Interests. put him
in u position where he might have
deceived the country to its undoing
but for the exposure, which have
since been made. The few who were
aware of this situation felt, for time,
that it was q critical one. With the
people advised it has ceased to be 50.
and We may turn our attention to the
prospects of another Bryan nomination
in four years from nOw.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14

ruler; they did not expect to hear the
Man with the Mailed Fist lauded, and
the President Of the United States
denounced, and let it be said, to the
credit of the audience. that it did not
applaud the remarks Of the speaker in
his attack upon Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Lentz was advertised IS Con.
gresham" Lentz. but it has not yet
been forgotten that in 1900, Mark
Hanna put Lentz out Of commission.
Lentz was the most conspicuous man
on the Democratic side Of the house
during the first administration of VIM.
Mckinley, and never failed, when an
opportunity presented itself, to de-
nounce the president and howl about
the tariff. During the presidential
campaign of 1896, at Muncie, Indiana,
Lentz predicted that if VIM. McKin.
ley was elected the gold standard
advocates would, backed by the army,
declare himself King of America.
As q prophet, Mr.. Lentz is entitled to
q front seat on the donkey cart with
Mr.. Bryan.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14

by appointing as members of that
court two Democrats and two
Republicans.
The names of several we'll known
lawyers of state wide reputation have
been mentioned as suitable timber in
the event the amendment is adopted,
among them Judge Reeder and Judge
Sullivan, of Columbus; Ex-senator
Allen of Madison, Judges Frost, Jes.
sen, Slabaugh, Duffie, Grimes, Paul,
Calkins, and John c. Martin of Gen.
trail City. 1t is not contended that
any of the above named men are seek.
ing place on the bench, but their
names have been mentioned in con-
nection with the four places which the
adoption of the proposed amendment
would create.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
THE OUTS AND ms.

We hear a great deal in this cam
paign about paramount issues, and
while up to date no especial public
question worthy the title paramount
issue" has been discovered, not even
By the versatile and magnetic Mr..
Bryan himself, it is more and more
apparent that the real issue which
may properly be considered as para
mount is the wisdom or unwisdom IF
letting down the bars and letting into
the government pasture lot Of hun
cry fellows who in the fight of the
"Outs" against the "Ins" have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose, and
who do not hesitate to promise every
thing, to gain their ends.
A national Law providing for the
guaranty of deposits in national banks
is one of the wild promises made by
the Outs, designed to catch the un-
wary and unthinking elements in the
country, . scheme which after dis
section and anslysis has been shown to
be utterly worthless and impracticable.
If Mr.. Bryan would make his guar
anty scheme to apply universally, In
stead of limiting it to one class Of
obligations, it might not be 50 objec-
tionable. Let it cover all sorts of
indebtedness; let it compel tenants to
insure landlords against loss, all buy
ers of merchandise to guarantee mer-
chants against bad accounts. and all
borrowers of money to insure the lem
ders against loss of principal and in
terest. Let the scheme be operative
in all commercial affairs, make it I'M
aninmous, 50 to speak, and Bryan
with all his eloquence could not I'd.
equately paint the glories that would
follow. Such universal guaranty
would 1t once eliminate all care,
WORRY. friction and discord out of the
world, and make Us all rich, happy
and cOntented.
Again, speaking Of guaranteed de-
posts, what guaranty have the de-
positors of ballots in the coming cleo
lion that the Democracy, if victorious,
will give Us the government reforms
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14

the people demand? Is there any
thing in the craftsmanship, record or
personnel of the Democracy upon
which to build such a hops. The
"Outs" say: "Give us q chance AMI
see what we can do" The lr>' sa,:
There is too much at stake :" take
any chances; besides, your record i
not alluring. and does not justify the
demand you make. Our guaranty t"
the depositors Of the ballot is a record
that is an open book to all voters.
Lincoln Star.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
BENTON'S PROPHEsY.

In 1856, q few months before his
death, Senator Thomas Benton Of
Missouri, delivered an address At the
completion Of the Hannibal & St. Joe
Railway to the Missouri river. In
that address, delivered more than halt
century ago. he pointed to the west
and said: "Yonder, across the Pacific,
lie the future markets of our country"
Time has since proved that Benton
was . prophet. The awakening in
Japan, China and in India is creating
q demand for the products of the
American mill, factory and farm. The
Republican party. in anticipation Of
what this awakening means to the
United States, is building a canal
connecting two oceans. The six trunk
lines of railway now connecting the
Atlantic seabOard with the Pacific
coast will soon be increased when the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail.
way completes its line to the coast.
Yet in the face of all these evidences
of Benton's prophecy, the Columbus
Bryan Club imported . socialist from
Ohio to tell the people of Columbus
that the attempt to increase the mar
ket facilities of the farmers of Platte
county and the market facilities of the
mill owners of New England and fac
tories of Pennsylvania and other
states, would prove . failure; that the
greatest engineer the world ever pro-
duced had failed in his efforts to unite
the two oceans by digging a canal
across the Isthmus of Panama. At
the North opera house, on the after
noon of October 6, John j. Lentz,
socialist, stood up before a Platte
county audience and criticised Candi-
date Taft for expanding money on .
project which the Democratic party
has declared for and the Republican
party is carrying out. When John j.
Lentz condemned the Panama canal
project be was condemning the party
that sent him out here from Ohio, as
well as the party that he so bitterly
denounced in his speech.
The Lentz speech was an ice maker
which all the hot air the Bryan Club
is capable of producing cannot melt.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

The mon whose nsmes appear under
the head OF "kepublican Ticket" on this
page are worthy Of the support Of every
Republican in Plstte county. The can
didates whose names appear on the state
ticket in thS Journal, have q record be-
hind them that j. commepdable.
The renomination Of Judge Boyd is =
deserved compliment for duues we'll
performed. Although . iiist tsrmimem-
Der Of congress, he succeeded in securing
for Columbus . liberal appropriation for
postofIioe building. Although Judge
Boyd is not an orator, his work in con-
gress his been confined more to COM
mittee and department work than taking
part IN partisan debates on the floor of
the house.
c. J. Carlow, candidate for county
attorney. is q lawyer of ability and we'll
qualified for the position to which he
aspires.
james Fiala, candidate for state sans
tor. is one Of the leading citizens Of
Colfax county who is highly spoken of
as man and citizen by all who know
him.
John Swanson and W. 8. Evans, can
didates for representatives,. are we'll
known in Platte county a. men Of integ-
rity and ability, and there is sentiment,
even among some Democrats, that tho
time has come to send men to represent
the district at the state capitol who are
of different political faith than the
men who have usually represented the
district in past years. While other north
Nebraska towns the size of Columbus
have state institutions, secured through
the special efforts of their representa-
tives, Columbus has received nothing.
Kearney has state normal school and
q reformatory for boys: Grand Island
has the state soldiers home, and Norfolk
the north Nebraska hospital for insane.
And the reason that Columbus is with
ont state institution is that Platte
county has always sent men to Lincoln
who were 90 intensely democratic in pol
itics that they could not WELD enough
influence among Populist and Republi-
can members to do anything for Platte
county.
George Rollin, C. A. Peterson and
Geo. 81. Winslov, nominees for super
visors, deserve the votes of Republicans
and of the liberal Democrats. who be-
lieve that the time has come to COM
mence cleaning the court house. The
Democrats have held sway in the Platte
county court house for years and there
is q tendency on the part Of liberal
Democrats to unite with Republicans in
demanding q new deal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
LONGWORTH NAILS ut"

Bryan papers and Bryan stump
speakers are attempting to deceive the
people by resorting to fake stories
about President Roosevelt's intention
to turn this government into a mon
archy and, backed by the army, have
himself crowned King Of America,
and Representative Longworth, SON.
in-law of the President, is quoted IS
authority for the statement. Mr..
Longworth denies the charge in the
following vigorous language:
The facts Of the Case are: At meet
ing at Rock Island / was introduced by
the chairman IT the meeting as a son Of
Ohio. Since Ohio seemed determined to
break the record as the mother OF pres
idents, he said In q joculsr vein that I
probably would be = candidate myself.
Replying in q similar vein, said l vas
not there Is q candidate for any Office; l
was there to speak Of the present and to
advocate the election OF Taft for presi-
dent, not in the future. but now said
I believed confidently that Taft would
be elected president. and that his ad-
ministration would be 90 wise and bene-
fetal to the people they would demand
he should serve them another term. A.
ter that, said. Ohio would not be sell
fish, but would yield to some other state
perhaps New York-tO nominate the
next president.
/ had no particular candidate in mind,
New York coming first into my mind be-
cause of the presence of Sherman on the
platform. At that point many people
shouted Roosevelt" and the audience
cheered his name loudly. / am not sur
prised some democratic newspapers
should have taken this up. because the
democratic party is most anxious to dis
tract the peoples attention from the il
sues Of the day and talk about either the
remote future or tho past.
The story that commented upon my
alleged prediction and said it would be
approved by the president is absolutely
false. ! have never even thought Of.
much less mentioned, the incident until
now.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14
A FAMILY JAR.

There appears to be much dissatis.
faction among Democrats throughout
the state with the action of the state
committee in practically leaving Can.
didate Shallenberger to conduct his
own campaign and using all the re-
sources of the committee to carry the
state for Bryan. 1t is understood that
only one man connected with the
headquarters of the committee pro-
tested against the plan, and finally got
disguised and withdrew. Previous to
this, however, there had been some
friction in the working force of the
committee growing out of an attempt
made by certain Democrats in Platte
county to discredit Chris Gruenther,
SO it is alleged. Mr.. Gruenther
organized the Bryan Volunteers and
was regarded by many leading Demo
Gratis of the state as the best qualified
man for Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, and could have had
the place if he desired to take it, but
in the interest of harmony declined to
be considered a candidate if Tom
Allen, Bryan's brother.in.law, was in
the field. Contrary to the judgment
of the leading Democrats of the state,
Allen was retained as chairman al
though no protest-out Of respect to
Mr.. Bryan-was filed against Aliens
selection, his reelection was not salts
factory to many Of the friends Of Mr..
Shallenberger. And now the with
drawal of Mr.. GruentheI from the
working force of the committee at
headquarters still further complicates
matters. Mr.. Gruenther was regarded
as the best organizer connected with
the committee, and stood for q square
deal for Sballenberger and the Demo-
cratic state ticket.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-14

The Nebraska Capital, edited by
Ex-Railway Lobbyist Frank Harrison,
continues to furnish inspiration for the
Progressive press and boost for prohi-
bition and the guarantee of bank de-
posts. Harrisons idea of reform,
however, has not reached far enough
to furnish inspiration to Attorney
General Thompson to make even q
feeble effort to suppress the Lumber
Combine.