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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-01
GOVERNMENT IS
VIOLATING LAW
Washington Railroad Com
missioner Makes Startling
Statement in Tacoma.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN FINES COLLECTED

Required Safety Appliances Missing
From Cars in Governments Navy
Yard IN Puget SOund-Stace COM
missioner Cannot Act Because Cars
On Government PrOperty-Power
or Hand Brakes Not TO BE Found
on Fiat Cars-OnIy Locomotive
Brakes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-01
Simple on Its Face.

But Lawrey, according to his COM
plant, didn't get back the money he
paid the interior department for the
land. and in his suit contends that the
land office had no right. after having
accepted his money to allow Hannah's
contest and permit a second pur-
chase
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-01

Fair tonight and We'd
nesday; easterly
winds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
CARELESS CLERK
CAUSED A SCARE
LEFT LIGHTED OIL STOVE WHICH
EXPLODED.
LOOKED LIKE ARSON CASE
investigation by State Fire Marshal
Results in Confession-Work Mnl
tipiies for Marshal Purtei and
His Deputies in New Depart
nlent.
Madison. Dec. as.

A continually increasing quantity Of
work is developing in the department
of State Fire Marshal Purtell and the
force of deputies is kept busy invee.
ugating fires and supposed cases of
ineendiarism. Frequently il happens
that cases strongly indicating arson
are brought TO the attention of OF
the department. Not infrequently,
however, it develops that these are
not criminal incidents. A recent case
occurred in a storage house in Green
Bay, where an apparent attempt had
been made in the night time TO destroy
the property. The FIRE had forum
ately burned itself out and the az
sistance OF the state FIRE marshal was
called for to solve the mystery, for
the properietors feared that some one
had been trying possibly to satisfy o
erudge. After an investigation which
was conducted with some difficasty.
the matter was cleared up. TIE pos
sibility of trying to burn TIE prop,
erty for the insurance was discarded
early upon the discovery tina, the ows-
ers had recently cancelled some fire
insurance, proof that the owners were
not in the plot 10 burn. The secret
finally came out in the confession Of
the clerk who last left the Office al
night and first reached it in the morn
ing. He had neglected 10 extinguish
the flame of an oil heater and 1t had
burned out the oil until an explosion
took place. AS there was little OIL
left in the stove, the small fire
burned itself out without doing more
thar insignificant damage. The
clerk, fearing the displeasure Of his
employers, had hidden tbs stove and
cleared away eviderces o. an explo-
sion. leaving the appearance that OF
an attempt to burn the building,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
BEST COMPANIES
REMAIN IN STATE
TWO MORE SMALL LIFE INsuR-
ANcE CONCERNS FILE NOTICE
OF WITHDRAWAL.

Two more little life insurance COM
panies have fled notice to the effect
that they will withdraw from Wiscon-
SIP as the result of the new avs en-
acted in this state. They are the Sc
curity Life OF New York and the Ger
mania Life Of New York. AS each of
these two companies had only one
agent in wisconsin their withdrawal
will not deprive citizens of this state
from obtaining life protection. These
make nine companies which have
given notice either of withdrawal or
that they will cease to write new
business after January /, 1908. The
largest company that has given notice
is the Equitable of New York. The
New York Life, which has announced
its acceptance of the new situation
created by the insurance reform laws
OF Wisconsin, and which will remain
in this state, Is getting the names Of
all agents OF companies which will
withdraw and will offer them EN-
ployment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
ADMIRAL 5RoWNsoN
QUITS THE SERVICE
AMID SOME MYSTERY

Washington, Dec. 25.-President
Roosevelt has received and accepted
the resignation of Rear Admiral VIII
lard II. Brownson, as chief OF the bii-
reau of navigation. Captain Cameron
Winslow was appointed. to succeed
him No reason for the resignation is
gwen.
Diligent inquiry from Rear Admiral
Brownson, from Secretary Metealf and
at the white house failed TO depeicp
the reason for the seemingly sudden
retirement of the rear admiral from
the navigation bureau. He takes the
position that the s'lbject is one for
discussion by bis superior officer,
which would take the inquiry to Sec
rotary Metcalf. who in turn passed the
responsibility of stating the reason OF
the resignation to President Roose-
welt Secretary Loeb, speaking for
the president, says no information can
be obtained from that source.
Two theories have been advanced as
being sufficient in themselves to bring
forth resignation. One of these is
that the admiral finds himself unable
10 agree with the ideas of the presi.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
KEEP wINows OPEN.

Thorough ventilation Is the surest
safeguard against pneumonia; which
Il quite true But thorough ventilation.
fresh air, is the specific against a.
most all diseases Breathing of bad
air produ en- directly and indirectly
more a saSe, especially among the
poor, thaa all other Influences conc
med, says Dr Norman Bridge, who
went to southern California apparently
doomed to death from tuberculosis ana
recovered his hea tn By living out OF
doors. The reason that pneumonia ~
more prevalent In winter than IN sur.
mer Is not that winter ~ colder than
summer, but because most people shu:
themselves up 10 winter and breathe
yitiated air. The same reason pro
duces Increase m almost al other
diseases during the winter months.
Thousands OF persons viii die before
next June from no other cause than
that they will not keep their windows
open. The fear of drafts is based, not
upon any deadly power IN moving cur
rents of air, but upon the fact that
the body's resistance TO disease has
been lowered by confinement in bad
air, when a sudden draft Of cool air
IS likely to upset the circulation and
produce n ness. People who make a
practice Of living in drafts preserve
their health. vendlate. not only o.
prevent pneumonia, bat every Kind Of
disease. Keep the windows open
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

dent regarding certain important poll
cies to ne pursued by the bureau of
navigation. Such a disagreement,
honestly entertained, would leave the
admiral but one course and that to
take his place on the retired list and
relinquish the active management of
the bureau oYer which he has do
minion.
The other reason is that the rear
admiral having been on the retired list
of the navy may not be legally con
firmed by the senate TO an appoint
ment OF the navy The authorities
have been wrestlin, with this legal
question with special reference to the
case of Brownson for several weeks.
1t is also known that an opinion on
the question recently has been ren-
dered. What the effect of this opin-
ion Is can only be surmised in view
of the action taken by the admiral
yesterday Those who believe that 1t
is the reason for his resignation say
the opinion set forth the law TO be
that his confirmation could not be le-
gally executed by the senate. Such a
decision would undoubtedly have the
result Of causing the admiral to re
sign
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

ments, making it more difficult and
more hazardous to attempt to run
saloons in Iowa
1t is this situation whlcn eonfronts
the liquor interests. and that they
begin to realize their situation is
manifest by the almost frantic en-
beavers being made in certain sec.
tons to obey present laws. 1t is
said that in some PAGES certain
agreements have been made by which
local judges have permitted a certain
line CT infractions of law out of def
erence to tkc supposed public senti-
ment of those communities. Ii is
safe to say that these agreements
VIII be abrogated and that hereaft r
no judicial winking at the setting
aside of even the minutest detail or
the law viii be permitted
Whether this awakening to the ao-
cessity of obeying the law will serve
TO luli the forces Of prohibition and
induce them to give over their cam
paIgn for submission and for drastic
amendments TO the present law is n
question. In any event. the saloon
men are pretty thoroughly frightened
and are ready 10 make almost any
promise to be good.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
ADELE COLLIN DEAD.

Alfred De Mussets Nurse Passes
Away; ~ Years old.
Adele Collin, the housekeeper and
nurse of Alfred De Musset, has died IN
her ninety.first Year recently in Paris.
After his death she remained lonely
and pathetic figure. For so years she
lived on the small proceeds Of the
poets copyrights, but when those
became public property according 10
the French law. the poor old woman
fell upon evil days until some friends
came forward to help her.
Adele Collin entered the service Of
Nine. De Musset, mother Of the als
thor of Confessions DUN Enfant du
Steele" at very early age. Then she
married and became a widow, For 10
years before De Musset's death
about 1S47--she kept house for hun
and since his death IN 1857 she has
been the chief depository Of souvenirs
of the great poet.
A few years ago she published a
book entitled Memoirs dune GoB
yenante," In which she related witt
touching pathos all the details that
went to make up the roubled life Of
De Musset-his moral and physical
failings, his adventures and his tragic
lend. Nine. Collin 5welt on the fact
that his family abandon, ID De Musset
on account o. his depkrably irregn
lar life and that 1t was in her arms
that he died, while his mother and
sisters did not trouble to come up
from the provinces, and his brother,
Paul, found other attractions In Paris
During his lifetime she often wrote
at De Musset's dictation Their hand
writing was so similar that there are
doubtless people who think they pos
sess manuscripts OF De Musset which
in reality ere those OF Adele Collin
The old lady lived in tiny apartment
in the Rue Duras and seldom went
out. She passed her days In arTang
ing and rearranging the papers OF her
master, whose memory she cherished
with loving devotion. The only break
In her life was when she received q
visit from a reporter. when she de
tailed all she knew of her idol with
touching simplicity and good nature,
and the last time she went out was
In order to be present at the unveil
ing Of the monument TO The poet in
front of the Coincide FRANCHISE in
| 1905.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
TRIED TO KILL
WHOLE FAMILY

Oshkosh, Wis, Dec. 25.--Milton 3.
owen, 10 years OF age. has been ar
rested upon the charge Of attempting
to kill the entire family of his EN-
ployer, Richard Owens, of the town OF
Algoma, by poisoning. The attempted
poisoning tcok place Sunday night.
The family consisting Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Richard Owens and son, Byron, au1
Mr.. and Mrs. George Staples, and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Booth, were at the
supper table. and after the serving
Of tea. one Of the women asked for a
second cup When 1t was served, she
noticed q strong odor and upon call
ing attention to the fact, the family
recognized The odor as some lini-
ment when Mrs. Owens han 5een us.
ing.
Investigation resulted In the finding
90 the Eminent bottle In the cup
board. empty aId upon questioning
young Owens closely, he admitted he
had poured the contents Of the bottle
into the teapot while It was on the
stove. The lIniment contained pois-
onous oils. Young Owen was ad-
Judged insane and sent to the North
ern hospital for the insane at osh-
kosh.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
GRANDMOTHER AT rHlRrY-rwo.
Museatine Woman, Mrs. Jerry Wae.
ner, YOUNGEST Grandma in Iowa.

Museatine Woman, Mrs. Jerry Waa.
ner, Youngest Grandma in Iowa.
Muscatine, Dec. 25.-By the birth OF
a seven pound daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Marley, living on the Hol-
como farm, Mrs. Jerry Wagner Of
Let's, Iowa, gained the distinction of
being a Grandmother at the age OF
hlrty-two years, and is perhaps the
youngest III the state of Iowa. This
Iare occurrence has brought about by
the extremely early marriage of both
mother and grandmother. Both Of
them We're married while under six.
teen years and six months OF age
Mrs, Manley was formerly Miss Net
tie Wagner, of Let's. and is daugh,
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Wagner. Jr
The child has been named Zelda Ar.
line.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
FIRST LYhCHING
IN INFANT STATE

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 25.--Rlddled
with bullets, the body Of James Gar
den, negro, was dangling from a
telegraph pole last night in the cen
ter of Henrietta, Okla, a coal mining
town, 80 miles southwest of here, as
the result of the first lynching in the
new state. Garden at noon yesterday
shot and killed Albert Bates, white
because Bates refused to rent livery
rig to the negro. Garden said Bates
was discriminating against him be.
cause of his color and securing pis-
toll returned and killed Bates. Gar
den was lodged in jail and last night
a mob battered down the doors, Sc.
cured Garden and hung him to a
aearby by pole. They then riddled his
body with bullets.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
new CORPORATIONS

Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
The Crescent { ching Co, Madison,
capital stock $4,000; incorporators.
George H. Armbreeht. Abel ]. Fairness,
George C. Flynn and William August
Wiese.
The Emerald Piano Co, Milwaukee.
capital stock $4,000; incorporators.
Charles F. Netzow. Helen Netzow and
G. T. stefens.
Sunny Side Cheese & Butter Fac
tory, WestfoId, Dodge county. capital
stock $2,50o: incorporators, A. G..
Brankroft, James Barstow and Charles
Anton.
Milwaukee Rag Peddlers' Inter
stuetzungs Verein, Milwaukee, mutual
benefit society. no capital stock; In
corporators. Sam Melzkum ard others.
The Carson Cheese Factory Co,
CarsoA, Portage county. capital stock
$4,000; ineorporators, John Bring
mann, Louis Albert and Emmett Stat.
terry.
Star Knitting Co, La Crosse, capital
stock $4,000; incorporators, Arthur
s. Farnum. Robert Calvert and J. G.
Farnum.
The Mckinley Cooperative Cheese
Factory. association. Mckinley, polk
co1nty, capital stock $1,000 incor-
porators, J. p. Ross, president. Charles
Ranstrom, treasurer. and others.
Rock Island Pillow Co, an Illinois
corporation with capital stock OF
100000 and Wisconsin interests Of
s41 coo, fled articles and a statement
to operate in this state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

Secretary John NJ. frue yesterday
announced the program for the con
ventioA of the state board of agricul-
ture, which meets in the assembly
chamber Of the capitol February
and 6. During the same week there
viii also be the usual number of agri'
cultural and livestock conventions
here, some eight different organiza
tons coming at the same time. The
several occasions form a great gath
ering of the leading breeders and ag
ricultaral men of the state. The
program announced by Secretary
True is as follows:
Wednesday, February 5.
$3.50 a. m.
Address George McKerrow, presi
dent state board of agriculture.
The Past, Present and Future n
Northern Wisconsin,. D. Campbell
secretary Wisconsin state hoard OF
immigration, Madison.
State Aid for Country Road Build
trg In Observation-Disclosures w. u
Hotchkss. University of Wisconsin
Mad son.
1880 D. m.
Agricu tural Education in Wisconsin
u. B. Borden, assistant state super
intendent, Madison.
Industrial Alcohol-Dr. Rodney Fl
True, United States department o.
agriculture, Washington.
Story of Woodland Farm-Josepl
E. Wing, fredericksburg, o.
Thursday, February 9th.
8 a. m.
Dairying, It's Relation to Fortune
and Fertility-A ]. Glover, associate
editor of Hoard's Dairyman, Fort At
kipson.
How to Raise Dairy Calf--Mrs
AIDA r. Howie, Wisconsin farmers
institute, Elm Grove.
Better Things for the Dairyman-
Professor W. ], Fraser, University o
Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
1900 p. m.
Pure Bred Lfvestock-C. L. Hill
secretary Western Guernsey Breed
ers' association, Rosendale.
Address-B. o. Cowan, assistan
secretary American Shorthorn Breed
ers' association, Chicago.
Horse Professor c. F. Cur
tiss, director owa state college, Ames
Iowa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

Washington, Dec. 18.--In the SEN
ate resolutions were introduced by
senator TilIman asking the inter
state commerce commission to report
whether any corporation engaged in
interstate commerce is the owner of
the stock Of any other corporation
transPo ting passengers and freight,
ard calling upon the interstate COM
meree commission to define the au-
thorfty of the federal government and
OF the states in respect to the control
OF tile liquor ttrafic drought the opera
ton of the interstate commerce law.
The resolutions provoked consider
able debate and were finally referred
10 the senate committee, though one
Of them was transformed into bill
Senator CulbertsoI spoke on his
resolution calling on the committee
on finance TO investigate and report
rpcn the cause of the present imam
cial stringency and to recommend
MEASURES for preventing it's reeur.
renee. The resolution was referred
to the committee on finance.
The secretary of the interior sent
a communication to the senate recon-
Iaending provision in the urgent de.
ficiency appropriation bill for the
support of the Ute Indians who are
low off their reservation and in the
vicinity of tie Cheyenne river agency
in South Dakota. Authority to expead
portion of their tribal funds to nre-
vent want and suffering among them
Is requested.
Senator Eittredge introduced a bin
ON copyrights which gives composers
all rights over their compositions so
that owners Of mechanical musical
machines and devices may not make
use OF any copyrighted composition
without securing consent. Senator
Gore OF Oklahoma introduced bill
providing for the election of United
States senators by popular vote.
Speaker Cannon announces the
committees, with the exceptions Of
appropriations, banking and currency,
mileage and rules, which already have
cen named. The house will now be
i'll a position to get down to business
Immediately after the holiday recess,
which will last from December II un.
til January 6. Following precedent, no
chairman in the seth congress who is
a member Of tie Goth will be super
seeded, unless through the occurrence
Of a vacancy elsewhere he mas be.
come the ranking member of another
and more important committee, In
which csA he is expected to step out
Washington Dec. 19-The word
"liar" was twice used N anger on the
floor of the house. the first occasion
being when Mr.. Gaines Of Tennessee
denounced a local newspaper for
printing a statement regarding his
alleged interest in the deficiency ap-
propriation for seeds for free distri.
button, and the second and more seri-
GUS occasion was when Mr.. De Ar
nond OF Missouri applied the epithet
to Mr.. Williams of Mississippi, the
minority leader, resulting in the two
men engaging in a fstic encounter
which only ended when they were
forcibly separated.
The trouble arose over the misun-
dersIaRding regarding conversation
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

Washington. having been called here
on business connected with the ad-
ministration of the estate of his
mother. Mrs. Louisa NJ Taft. He
visited her grave IN Spring Grove
cemetery.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
orders Jews to plsband.

Warsaw, Dec. 25.--General Skallon,
governor general of Warsaw, who ~
Gently closed 1900 Polish schools
and disbanded n number OF labor
unions. has ordered all Jewish clubs
IN Poland 70 close.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
Bio bridge for Chippewa.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. 25.--
The largest bridge in Chippewa and
four neighboring counties, outside ~
this city, will be erected across the
Chippewa river this winter II viii
be $50 feet in length.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
ORIENTAL. CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVoRER DEAD

Boston, Dec. 25.-Rev. Franklin S.
Hatch, general secretary OF the Chris
tian Endeavor movement in India,
Burmah and Ceylon for several years.
is dead, aged so years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
SAVED BY MISPLACED HEART.
Man Owes Life to Fact That Organ

Man Owes Life to Fact That Organ
Is in Wrong Location.
Lexington, KY, Dec. 25.--Calloway
Sebastian, who was released from
the haspital here, owes bis life 10 the
fact that his heart Is located lower
in his body than in most people. In
an election day fight, Sebastian was
shot through the breast Physicians
discovered that the bullet had en-
tered the body in such a place that
it would have passed through the
heart IL that organ had been located
in the usual place.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

Manltowoc, Wis. Dec. 25.-Five
funerals and four deaths was the
mortuary report OF one day here. two
Of the deaths being tragic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01

Fond du Lac. Wis, Dec. 25.--Horace
W Newton. a pioneer resident Of
this city and a former county survey.
or. died, aged n years
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
AshIand apry" % SUNDAY.

Ashland, Wis, Dec. 25.--f'or the
first time in It's history. Ashland ex
perienced DRY" Sunday. every "a,
loon in the city being closed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
CONVENTION OF
TILLERS Of SOIL
LEADING FARMERS OF VISION
SIN TO GATHER.
ALSO RAISERS OF STOCK

Various Organizations of Breeders
Coming to Madison In February
Secretary True Announces Pre-
gram of Two Days Meeting Under
Auspices of Board of Agriculture.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
90 a Mother's orave.

Cincinnati. o., Dec. 25.-secreta-y
Of War Taft arrived yesterday from
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01
Cost of Interior Work.

The commission expects TO be able
to spend about $4,000 on the inter
Tor work of the west wing. 1t esti-
mates that it will cost about s425,000
to pay for the exterior walls, steel
frame and other contracts now being
carried out. BY law the commission
is limited to 100000 for each of the
four wings of the new capitol.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-28
Race ACROSS DESERT.
Autoists to Drive Their Cars From
Los Angeles to Phoenix.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct 27.-(Special
to Bryan Morning Eagle) The com
ing week will witness one of the most
notable long distance automobile races
that has ever taken place in this part
of the country. The race will be from
this city across the desert to Phoenix,
Arizona. The contest has aroused
much enthusiasm, among motor car
owners and the number of entries is
already sufficiently large to insure a
successful race.
According to present arrangements
the start will be made from the Hol-
lenback Hotel in this city at midnight
next Thursday. The cars will be sent
away at half-hour intervals. The run
to Phoenix, if the conditions are favor
able. is expected to occupy about TWEEN
ty-five hours. The route will be over
the old Mission road and will extend
through a number of towns The win
ner of the contest will be awarded a
handsome silver cup.