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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
FIGURES OF GROSvENoR
Election "Statistician" Issues His Quad
rennial Representation Anent
Coming Campaign.

OUmAug NdmPaA&u.
A Washington dispatch says: Cen
eral Charles H. Grosvenor, ex-con-
gresham, has recently given new
proof Of his claim to the title "Old
Figgers," He is the recognized sta
tistician of the republican party.
Though he is now out Of congress,
he is still furnishing statistics to
show that the republican party win
be successful this year. and that MFR.
Bryan is facing hopeless and comfort.
less defeat. If it proves true Mr.. Bry-
an can expect no sympathy from the
general; he will be able to say Il
told you so"
He has allowed Mr. Bryan 166 electro
raj votes. AS the electoral college
will consists Of 4S3 electors 1t win
require 242 to secure the presidency.
This means that Mr.. Bryan will need
to win rs from the states put down
by the general as solidly republican.
He says that Bryan cannot possibly
do it.
The states conceded to Mr.. Bryan
and their 166 electoral votes are as
follows:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia, Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina.
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia
The following states. with $50 cleo
toral votes, are placed by General
| Grosvenor in the republican column:
California, Colorado, Idaho Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
i Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Utah, Vermont, Washington. West Viz
/ ginia, Wyoming, Connecticut, Mime
sofa, New Jersey. Ohio. Rhode Island,
| Wisconsin.
While not admitting that the follow
! ing states are in any sense doubtful.
| General Grosvenor declares that any
gains in the democratic electrical vote
must be secured from these: Connect
cut, Delaware, Indiana, Minnesota,
| Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York. North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Isl
and and Wisconsin. These states have
| 1877 electoral votes and out Of tkis
number the democrats must secure the
required 76 to have majority in the
electoral college.
While contending that Mr. Bryan
cannot win the necessary 76 votes, this
statistician says:
"The long career of Mr.. Bryan as g
successful candidate has seemed to
make it impossible to consider the
claims of anybody else. He is q vigor-
GUS candidate; he is an attractive can
didate; he is a tremendously successful
candidate in every way except getting
electoral votes"
General Grosvenor kindly suggests
Judge George Gray of Delaware to the
consideration of the democratic party
as a man who can carry Minnesota,
New York. New Jersey, Connecticut,
Ohio and Wisconsin II any democrat
can.
In making up election predictions.
|. sv,Ao,.oet4nep ante NOV hn pna1n 10 fhc
prediction of Justus L. Johnson, pres
ident Of the Swedish-American Repub-
lican League Of Illinois, who was in
Washington. Thursday. Mr.. Johnson,
although republican, declares 1t as
his belief that Governor John A. John
son of Minnesota can carry enough
states to give him forty-nine more
electoral votes than Bryan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
THAW Is ACQUITTED.
Freed Of Murder Charge But Ordered to
Insane Asylum BY Judge--Curtain
Falls On Mated rus Case,

Falls On Mated rus Case.
A New York special says: Adiudged
not guilty Of the murder Of Stanford
White by reason Of insanity at the
time the fatal shots were fred, Harry
Kendall Thaw Saturday was held by
the court to be dangerous lunatic and
was whirled away to the state hospi-
tai for the criminal insane at Mattea-
wan.
1t was quick transition from the din
gy little cell in Xthe Tombs, which
had been the young mans home for
more than eighteen months, to the
white-bedded wards of the big asylum
tucked away on the snow-coyered slop-
ing banks Of the Hudson river, 50
miles above the city.
The verdict came after twenty-five
hours of waiting and when every one
connected with the case had abandon
ed all hope Of an agreement ever being
reached in this or any other trial.
Four hours after the foreman's lips
had framed the words mot uilty' with
an accompanying insanity clause, Thaw
protesting he was sane, was on his
way to Matteawan. A little after night.
fall he had been received in the in.
stitution under commitment papers
which directed his detention until dis
charged by due course Of law"
Scarcely an hour later the members
Of the Thaw family were in conference
with their lawyers as to the advisable
ity of applying for writ of habeas
corpus. Thaw was greatly enraged
over being committed to the asylum
and argued strenuously for the appii
cation to be made. It was finally de
cided to defer tbs action at least g
week.
After celebrating twenty-five hours
the Jury brought in a verdict Of 'nci
guilty" at 12:45 Saturday afternoon.
The verdict was arrived at on the
ground that Thaw was insane at the
time the deed was committed.
Although practically cleared of the
charge Of murder, Thaw is not yet q
free man.
On the recommeadatio Of Justice
Bowling he was taken to the insane
esylum at Matteawan as a dangerous
.,erson and one whose malady is likely
recur at any moment
This noted case may be summed up
chronologically as follows:
Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit were
married in Pittsburg ON April 2S, 1905.
IN June rs, 1906, Thaw killed Stan
ord White on the Madison Square roof
sarden, and on June 20 he was indict-
ed. In January following the first
rial began Ten days were required
or the jury to return a disagreement.
The trial cost the county of New York
100000. The cost to the Thaw fam:
" is estimated to have been $4O0, 900.
The testimony Of alienists brought the
igure to this great total.
The entire second trial occupied but
seventeen days, five Of which were TAX
en- up with the selection Of jury. The
prosecution had but few witnesses and
made out its case in four and a half
hours. The defense brought witnesses
from several European centers, from
the Pacific coast of America and from
a number of other cities. The cost to
the county will hardly exceed $4,000,
while the cost to the Thaw family
will be equally as much as that Of the
first trial The case may justly be
referred to as the million dollar muir
der trial"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
COMMISSION BEGINS WORK.
Probing Of South Carolina Dispensary AT.
fairs Begins in Columbia.

Probing Of South CaIOuna DIHP5HSaIy AT
fairs Begins in Columbia.
The commission to close out tbs
affairs Of the defunct South Carolina
dispensary met in Columbia Thurs
day to inspect books Of creditors
whose claims aggregate $66O,0OO The
commission, sitting as court, had
announced previously that some claims
were believed to be fraudulent, and
they would pay no claims until all
claimants presented books showing
narrative Of all transactions with the
state.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
DON'T WANT SENATORIAL ToGA
Governor Smith Of Georgia Sets at Rest
Mooted Speculation.

Governor Smith Of Georgia has given
out statement to the effect that he
will not this year be candidate for
the United States senate, but will go
before the people in the coming pri-
mary as candidate to succeed him.
self as governor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
FIVE VICTIMS. OF HOLOCAUST.

Burning of ROOming House in Kansas City
Results in Fatalities.
Five persons were burned to death
and twelve others injured in fire IN
a three story rooming house in Kan
sas City Saturday morning.
The fire started from an explosion Of
natural gas in the basement. The
flames and dense smoke spread quick
ly throughout the building and before
an alarm could be given all means OF
escape by the ordinary exits had been
shut off. The five persons who lost
their lives were asleep on the third
floor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
A CONFERENCE THAT FAILED.
No Agreement Reached BY Governor d
Tennessee and Railroads.

Tennessee and Railroads.
A conference between Governor Pat
terson Of Tennessee and representa-
lives Of the several railroads operat-
Ing in the state and the Tennessee
railroad commission was held at Nash
vile Tuesday
The conference was for the purpose
Of an amicabIe settlement Of the pas
senger rate question, but no agree
ment was reached.
The result is that the protesting
roads will take the matter OF rates
to the courts for final adjustment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07

Places Of Italians to Be Fitied BY Ansril
can Unemployed. 4

can Unemployed. ss,i.Sa !,
To aid the large number soE. ignem1
pioyed Of Tarrytown. N. y, who have
appealed to him for help, John D.
Rockefeller sent word from Augusta,
Ga, to the superintendent of his es-
tate at Pocantico Hills To lay of an
OF the foreigners, and give employ
ment to needy residents. In addition
Mr.. Rockefeller has given perrnissioh
to those in want to go to his wobds
ana cut wood to warm their homes
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
COUNTERFEIT CERTIFICATES.
Passing Of Bogus Clearing House Money
Gets Negroes Into Trouble.

Charley Walker, colored, was bound
over to the superior court at,rRome,
Ca, Monday morning on bond Of ST.
600 for passing counterfeit clearing
house certificates. Will Collier col
ored, will be tried for the same Of
tense. He Is held under $1,000 bond.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
OPEN YOUR HEART AND PURSE

OF course no one can deny that
economy is one Of the virtues, but we
rzust be careful not to close ourselves
10 every appeal for help, says the
cheyenne Tribune. If we are not
Acre on earth to assist our friends, to
have sympathy for the unfortunate
8nd 20 give a lift now and then, what
= our mission?
Life sends us about in strange d.
rections, and It often happens that
those who are down now may be up
later when fortune isn't quite so kind
20 Us. Help your friend; the time will
come, no doubt, when you will appeal
p him for assistance, for none of us
san really stand alone.
This is a selfish reason possibly for
AsIping others but 1t often influences
people to do for others when unselfish
reasons would have no influence.
The real reason for extending help
and sympathy to those in need is this
il We walk unseelng and unmindful
u those who are less strong, we walk
Alone and without happiness.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10

down and the ruse effectually worked
and made at least half a million dol
lars profit for the woolbuyers and
commission men this year. from the
hard earned products of Oregon
sheepmen.
There is no use disgusting this fact.
It is a part OF the commercial game
and has been well played, but II,
should not hide the truth.
There is a logical difference of two
cents per pound between oregon wool
which shrinks 10 per cent in securing
and the Montana wool, which shrlnks
&c per cent, But there is not diff
ference OF from to cents. And
the oregon staple is better this year
than the Montana wool.
And here Is something which the
alleged woolgrower writing to the
Tribune in defense Of the woolbuyer
did not state, to-wit: The wool which
brought the highest price in the re-
cent sales at Miles City, Mont, was
shorn from Oregon sheep, was filled
with oregon sand and was logically
subject to all the conditions of Oregon
wool sales. but 1t brought the top
price in the Montana market. Why
is this the case. II there was no COM
bination of woolbuyers in the early
Oregon markets?
The East oregonian welcomes the
woolbuyer TO Pendleton and Umatilla
county but it cannot join with him in
down the prices of one of
Umatilla countys chief commodities
The East Oregonian is on the side OF
the woolgrower every time.
The Tribune does not dare to name
the alleged "woolgrower" who gave
l. the interview in defense Of the WOOL
buyers. To be sure, there should al
ways be the best of feeling between
the woolgrower and the woolbuyer,
but this good feeling should not run
to the extreme of the Oregon WOOL
grower giving up half million of his
hard earned profits each year that
woolbuyers may be good fellows"
spendeTs Of money and wearers of
diamonds.
Let the Tribune name it's alleged
who thus defends the
His fellows would like to
'see the color OF his hair"
No need to fear that Umatllla coun.
-y wool will remain a drug on the
market because the buyers cannot
the market to suit them
selves. Wool is as good as the gold,
especially Oregon wool.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
NOT so TAME AFTER ALL.

Water, although looked upon as the
tamest of liquids, is as great an ex-
plosive as dynamite, under certain IA
vorable conditions, says a scientific
journal.
It is said that in one day water
breaks up more earth and rock than
all the gunpowder, guncotton and dy-
Mantle in the world do in year.
These explosives can be controlled
by human agency, but water does not
hold itself accountable to man. 1t
splits the soil into pieces. Finding a
crack in a huge rock, it repeats the
same process, forcing 1t asunder. II
frozen in the pores of tree, 1t often
explodes with a report like gunshot
and the force Of a dynamite bomb.
SO you see, water is not so tame as
T. looks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
DEFENDS WOOL BUYERS.

The people Of Umatilla county are
not surprised to hear the Pendleton
Tribune defending the transient wool
buyer who comes to the county and
state once a year for a few weeks as
against the wool producers who have
sheir entire capital invested here and
sho are permanently engaged in
Building up the wool growing industry
Of the state.
The Tribune is always wrong and
she people expect nothing else from
n
The woolbuyers are good fellows"
~ be sure, and the East oregonian
personally admires a number Of them
and has been guilty in the past Of
printing their bearish wool market re-
ports
But the woolbuyer cannot deceive
the people this year on the wool stu
alton oregon prices we're hammered
down in order to keep later sales
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
If THE NEWSPAPER TOLD ALL.

The following truthful and striking
statement concerning a newspapers
secrets hits the nails so forcibly on
the head that it is worthy of repro
duction in the East Oregonian. The
clipping is from the Joseph Herald,
but that paper failed to give the name
of the author. unfortunately. Here is
the clipping and it contains more truth
than many of you had thought:
The average newspaper man gen,
orally finds out all the naughty do
ings, no matter how secretly they are
planned and kept.
If the papers should publish half
of the stuff they hear, there would be
10 divorces where there is now one.
There would be social ostracism OF
many who now shine in upperdom.
There would be shotgun matinees,
lynching bees, hatchet parties, gore,
imprisonment, desolation and misery.
The editor learns hearty all hypoc>
risy of life and it's a wonder he be-
ieves in man, woman, witch or the
devil, in heaven or hell.
Many people continually find fault
with newspapers when as a matter or
fact they owe their very standing In
the community to the editorial waste
basket.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
AUGUST.

The high gods took the roses flame
OF fire;
They took the drowsy poppy's
breath Of sleep:
And shaped her woman's soul of mao
desire,
And lovely languor deep.
They gave her for a voice the rap
tured lark.
And set it singing in the quiet
hush
They gave the dove to mourn at dawn
and dark,
And tender hermit-t thrush.
Rich Cleopatra of the months! a
queen
She rules the world with sun that
southwark swings.
And see! like asp upon her bosom
green,
The tiger-lily clings.
Edward Wilbur Mason in the Sep
tember Everybody's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
LET THE FOREIGNER FARM.

The editor of Golfers Weekly has
been urging young men to buy up the
abandoned farms Of the east, giving
H a reason that the public lands in
Ehe west are nearly all gone.
Tnis statement is not exact says an
exchange. There are millions of un-
claimed lands throughout the west,
part to be homesteaded. If desired,
and thousands Of acres to be bought
a. reasonable prices.
The difficulty is not in finding the
Esnd, but in inducing the young men
- take up farm life. So long as coun-
ery life fails to attract and as long as
city life holds out increased lure, how
Il the problem to be met?
Golfers need not worry: there is
plenty of opportunity east, north,
EOuth and west, for the man who
E-znts 10 take up farm life, but where
are the young men with such inten-
Hons?
The best solution of the problem is
70 turn the tide Of immigration farm
Isrd as much as possible. In the
vest, in the arid districts. where farm
ing is done under unfayorable condl-
hons, it is the foreigners who are
most successful Weed the incoming
Immigrants out Of the cities and en-
courage them to become farmers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
WERE YOU BORN IN LEO?

People born between the 21st of
July and the 22d Of August will rec
ognize some Of the traits given below
as their own, although they may be
modified by the sign rising at birth.
Those born with the sun in Leo are
ambitious, aspiring, fond of and capa-
BILE of exercising authority They are
generous, magnanimous, affectionate,
sympathetic, sociabe and susceptible
to affairs of the heart.
Whatever their position in life 1t
is difficult for them to act in subor-
dinate capacities. unless the indica-
tions of serving are strong in the ma
tai figure.
The sun in Leo at birth is favorable
for health and longevity for the faith
er-it favors the birth Of a son and
contributes to the manifestations of
genius, If other positions support IL.
The native is inclined to be a deep
thinker, and prefers to go 10 the bot
tom of any subject in which he may
be interested.
While the sun is still in Leo the
moon passes through the 12 signs of
the zodiac, and it may interest the
reader to note the variations that are
played upon the principle tones Of
the Leo character by the different
positions of the moon.
on the 21st of July, the day the
sun enters the sign Of Leo, the moon
is in the sign Of Taurus and inclnes
the native to a study of nature. both
mental and physical, gives good bus
iness intuition and strong vitality.
For the three days following until the
25th, the moon is in Gemini, which
inclines to a love of odor and is both
artistic and mechanical, with strong
educational tendencies. on the 25th
and 26th the moon is in Cancer, which
denotes a domestic, sympathetic ana
sensitive nature liable to the extremes
of the Leo nature.
on the 27th, 2Sth and 29th, the
moon Is in Leo. This polarity coun-
teracts the nature Of Leo when taken
separately.
The Both and 31st the moon passes
into Virgo, giving love Of purity and
harmony, a tendency to criticism, i'm
petuosity, and incines to musical tal>
ent. So on through the month are
the influences varied by the position
OF the moon with the sun still in the
sign of Leo), and an observant mind
will note these differences in the
characteristics Of their friends and
acquaintances and be able to judge
for themselves of the accuracy of stel-
lar science. e.-Stellar Ray.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
AN EXPERT OPERATOR.

One Of the fastest linotype opera
tors in the country, II not the fastest,
for steady work, is Frederick A.
Koelle, Jr., Of the Philadelphia (Pa.)
Inquirer. On MAY last working
from the hook, his string measured
1s1, 900 ems for II hours of work, or
an average Of 1880 ems an hour
Mr.. Koelle averages $50 weekly at IL
cents per 1000 ems. His machine is
model 1 (oneletter), No. 1890,
which is IA years old. Like old wine,
linotype seems to improve with
age.-Llnotype Bulletin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10

The religion Of the average man 4
spasmodic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
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y fight !
. For private pique or public I
> right. I
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, pie get? Z
2 Why. taxes. widows, wooden =
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: james Russell Lowell. :
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
THE TwINKLEY, BRINKLEY GIRL


The Gibson Girl has had her day
likewise the Fluffy Ruff:
OF Wenzel-Christy-Flshe Girls we've
surely had enough:
The sheath-gown maiden, so petite,
although of recent date,
Must step aside along the avenue,
content to wait.
The smartest, tartest. artest Girl has
surely come to pass,
Give us the stunning, funning. pun
ming, pretty Brnkley Lass.
She peeps from out the mornlnA
Pape, demure yet all in smiles.
Two rosebud lips inviting you to all
their full-blown wiles;
And whether where the billows roll,
or on the mountain height.
She claims her proud superiority and
place, all right.
The sweetest, neatest, fleetest maid
the leader in her class
Give me the stylish, smilish, wlllsh,
dashing Brlnkley Lass.
The seashore knows her graceful
tread. likewise the heated
town;
When she picks out a swell cafe the
chapples all come down.
Her fingers ruffle up the rose that
riots in the dell,
And yet she's just as much at home
at some tip-top hotel.
The dashing, MASKING. splashing Girl
her vogue shall never pass
Give us the smiling. time-beguillng,
twinkly, Brinkley Lass.
w. L. Larned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
VALUE OF PERsPIRATTON.

Few people understand the neces-
slty of sweat, says the New York
Press, 1t has been calculated that
there are SO,OOO,OOO pores in the
glands of the skin which cover tine
body OF a middle-szed man! Through
these more than one-half of what we
eat and drink passes off by insensl-
BILE perspiration.
Sweating is most wonderful part
of the animal economy. and is abso>
lutely necessary to our health. and
even to our very existence. II we
consume eight pounds of food in
day, five pounds of II are lnsensibly
discharged by perspiration. During a
night of seven hours sleep we per-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10

splre about two and half pounds.
At an average, we may estimate the
discharge from the surface of the
body, by sensible and insensible per-
splratlon, at from one-half an ounce
to four ounces an hour.
Our sweat glands are situated in
greatest numbers in the palms of the
hands and eoles of the feet, and with
magnifying glass the pores may be
seen in rows like atomic volcanoes
occupying the summit of each ridge
in the skin. Perspiration is most
abundant in these regions. Different
animals perspire in different re-
gions Rabbits and rats do not
sweat at all, oxen very little, pigs
mostly on the snout, dogs and cats
chiefly on the pads OF the feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
&c q CURES
0.S.S. MALARIA

Malaria due impurities the blood which destroy the rich
heathfu qualities of the circulation and reduce it weak watey fluid
The body then deprived its necessary noushmcn and strength and
unable resist the countless disorders that assa and the
suffers in The appetite fails digestion weakened cls
slight fever frequent while the loses eutgy ambition
Bols skin euptns and times and ulcers follow when the
blood becomes deeply polluted with the maa Both tonic
and blood purifier needed Malaria and best fitted for
this work 1t is the most perfect of all blood purifiers and the time
nvgoang heahf tonic goes circulation
and trace OF mpu poison and gives the blood the
sustaining qualities needs Malaria thoroughly
mnenty because from the blood the poons which
produce the disease and while doing this strengthens
Of the system Book with information about medical
advice furnished free to all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
THE SUNBEAM.

All along down to the trouble and the
strife
could hear the music of the harps
Of happy life
Birds were in the branches and the
blossoms were hanging sweet
Above the dusty city and along the
roaring street;
Ali along down to the traffic and the
pain,
l had brought sunbeam from a cot
tage in lane!
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