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Evening star., 1909-06-06
Virginia Official Dies.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, June 5.-Harvey L.
Davis. forty-six years old, deputy COM
missioner of revenue. died this morning
at the home Of his father-in-,aw, John
r. Grimes, as the result of injuries
sustained in a street car accident while
going to Hampton roads to- witness
the return Of the battleship fleet in
February. Davis was on the streets
yesterday. He returned home In the
afternoon exhausted. and grew worse
during the night. He was son of T.
Wiley Davis. secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia. His
widow. who was Miss Lizzie Grimes, four
brothers and four sisters. survive him.
The funeral will take place from the
Third Presbyterian Church Monday aft
ernoon.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
MANY INSPECTORS REDUCED.
Reorganization Of Customs Service
in New York.

NEW YORK. June 5.-The policy of re-
organization now In progress in the Gus
toms service here was continued today
by the reduction of ffty-eight inspectors
to the position Of watchmen and dock
employees at half their present salaries,
and fifteen assistant weighers to places
Of less pay.
Many had long been in the service, but
because of their age could no longer per-
form the physical work of boarding YES
sells in the harbor with celebrity. No
plan to pension could be found under the
rules and as they had done nothing to
merit dismissal the only alternative was
to continue them in positions less exacting
and at reduced salaries.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
SAY FAREWELLs TO GRISCoMs.
King and Queen, Duke and Duchess
Give Audiences.

ROME, June 5.-The Duke and Duchess
OF Aosta today received in farewell audi
ence Lloyd c. Griscom, the retiring Amer
lean ambassador, and Mrs. Griscom, al
though the duke has not yet recovered
from recent attack Of bronchitis.
King Victor Emmanuel, wishing to give
a farewell dinner in honor Of the Ameri-
can ambassador and his wife. asked them
If they preferred gala banquet or a
family dinner. Naturally. they chose the
latter. and dined with the king and
queen tonight. Mrs Griscom will leave
Monday for Paris. Mr.. Griscom following
within a few days. John G. A. Leishman.
formerly ambassador at ConstantInop!e
and appointed TO succeed to the post at
Rome, is expected to reach here about
the end of June.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Alarming Increase Of Cholera.

ST. PETERSBURG. June 5.-The first
warm days OF summer have been marked
n ST. Petersburg by an alarming in
,rease OF cholera. 1t was thought that
his disease was almost stamped out in
Tie capital and there were only three
.ases in the municipal hospitals. But to-
lay twelve diagnosed cases and five sus-
,ected cases have been takn to hospitals.
The increase is ascrihed 10 drinking the
water of the River Neva without prsvi-
,usIy boiling IL.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND.
Tommy Langdon Receives a Hard
Blow on the Solar Plexus.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June with
hard left-hand blow on the solar plexus
Ad Wolgast of Milwaukee tonight knock
ed out Tommy Langdon of this city In
the first round at the National Athletic
Club. Wolgast has met many OF the
good men in the country, and Langdon
is one Of the best fighters in his class in
this city. The fight while 1t lasted was
hard and fast. Both men landed heavily
several times, the local man going down
after about two minutes Of fighting He
was quickly on his feet, and after some
hard infghting the western man landed
the blow that put the local man out The
round had only two seconds to go when
he was counted out. Langdon recovered
In minutes time. Both men weighed in
at 126 pounds before the fight
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Exchange Report Prepared.

NEW YORK, June 5.-The report Of the
committee appointed by Gov. Hughes to
investigate conditions on the stock ex-
changes was completed today at a meet.
ing of the committee.
Horace White, chairman of the commit
tee. will take the report to Albany the
first OF next week and deliver II TO the
governor.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
DoWNPoUR AT NORFOLK.
Dark as Night During Storm That
Sweeps Virginia Section.

NORFOLK, Va. June "a severe rain
and wind storm swept Hampton roads,
Newport News and Norfolk today. the
wind for time blowing at the rate Of
from forty-eight to sixty miles an hour.
A quarter OF an inch OF rain fell In seven
minutes. putting the local weather bu-
reau's rain gauge out of commission by
Its severe force
AS the storm descended upon Norfolk it
became almost as dark as night, lights
having to be turned on In newspaper
and other offices The streets of Norfolk
became small rivers for a while.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
A Pleasant Lunch.

Mr.. Charles Rauscher was the host at
a luncheon given yesterday The guests,
some twenty in number. and including
Commissioner West. Maj. Judson, Maj.
Morrow and Representative Campbell.
thoroughly enjoyed an especially pleasant
affair.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Knights of Columbus Outing.

Spalding Council. knights of Columbus.
will give it's first annual excursion to-
Marshall Hall Tuesday. The steamer
Charles Manchester will leave the 7th
street wharf at 10 am, 2:3O and $50
pm, stopping at Alexandria on all trips.
Many knights ard friends will make this
the occasion for an outing.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Children's Day at Exposition.

SEATTLE, Wash. June 5-Children's
day was celebrated at the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition today Seventeen hun
dred school children sang in a chorus in
the National Amphitheater. One hundred
cadets from the Japanese cruisers. accom-
panied by Admiral 1jichis band, sang
their national anthem.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
OHIO FORCED TO LAND.
Comes Down at Nashville, Ind, foi
Lack of Ballast

NASHVILLE. Ind, June 5.-The balloon
Ohio, which started from Indianapolis in
the endurance contest this afternoon.
landed here at $40 tonight
The aeronauts were out of ballast and
were forced to land.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
DOES NOT HONOR REQu1s1T1oN.
Gov. Hughes Sends Sheriff Back to
Virginia Empty-Handed.


Virginia Empty-Handed.
Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, June 5.-Sheriff Ga
lusha OF Dinwiddie county. who went to
New York with requisition for Mrs
Mary Tarbock, or Miss Mary Booth, ac-
cused Of numbering her husband. James
Tarbock. several weeks ago, and hiding
his body in a clump of bushes near their
home, has returned to Virginia without
the woman. Gov. Hughes of New York
it is alleged looked over the papers pre-
sented by the sheriff. which had been
prepared by the attorney for the COM
monwealth in Dinwiddie county, and
suggested that several affidavits were
lacking to make the allegations COM
plete. The papers. therefore. were not
honored. The woman has not been in
dicted. If there is an indictment the
reauisition will be honored.. In the
meantime Mrs. Tarbock will be released
from custody by the New York au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
charged the committee mmbers with be-
ing hyprocrites.
CIassed as "Buccaneers.'

ClaSSeQ as ouCCdASc4S.
You are not hyprocrites." he shouteo
more vehemently than ever, but you are
the boldest band of buccaneers ! have
ever seen
Senator Cummins of Iowa. another OF
the insurgents, made a brief speecn
against the .Aldrich rates. He claimed
that he was not an enemy OF protection.
but was trying to safeguard the protec-
tive doctrine from the greed OF those
who would impose unnecessarily high
rates.
After the final vote was taken Senator
Newlands of Nevada had to have the
last word He suggested that If the
President would only take upon himself
the responsibility of advising in favor
of lower rates the necessary number or
votes could be changed to bring triumph
to the ''progressives." He declared that
even Senator Aldrich could be changed
as he had been brought around to the
Roosevelt reforms.
The Senate adjourned until Monday at
10:3u am.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Insane Man Kills Self and Family.

OREGON CITY. Ore, June 5.-In fit
of insanity today at Marquam. near here.
Bert Garrett placed a charge of dyna-
mite under the kitchen of his house. The
house was destroyed and Garrett. his wife
and daughter. aged five, were killed.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Balloon Massachusetts Attains
a Height of Over 1000 Feet

ALBANY, N Y, June 5.-The second
highest flight in ballooning in the United
States was made today by the balloon
Massachusetts. which left Pittsfield at
1925 am. and landed in Cumberland. AL
bany county. at = pm. The highest point
reached. as recorded by the Instruments,
was slightly over 1000 feet. This has
only been exceeded by the balloon Heart
of the Berkshires. which reached an alti-
tude of L. 200 feet In October. 1908
The fight was made today under the
most discouraging conditions. The bal
loon Massachusetts was inflated at the
PittSfield aero park in the record time of
forty-five minutes. The balloon was in
charge OF Pilot William Vansleet. the
passengers being William C. Bramhall of
Boston and Henry r. Ilsley Of Brookline
The first part of the trip carried the ball
loon directly over the center of Pitts
field. giving the citizens of that town the
most perfect view of ballooning since that
city became the center of the sport In
New England.
AT Il o. clock the balloon was over East
Greenbush, across the Hudson river from
Albany, and the occupants conversed with
farmers at a distance of iD feet. Short
ly afterward, to avoid heavy rainstorm.
a rapid ascent was made. The balloon
shot rapidly upward. the highest alti-
tude being gained at 12:J5 pm.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Reyes Boom for the vice Presidency.

neyeS bOom lot the vice 1reS10ency.
MEXICO CITY. Mexico. June 5.-Sup-
porters OF Gen. Bernardo Reyes for vice
president Of Mexico will hold an annual
convention in this city September Is for
the purpose OF formally placing him in
nomination. Reyes clubs have been orr
ganized by them in principal cities and
towns OF the republic.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Passing Over Albany.

At this time the balloon. was passing
over the city of Albany Although alb
solutely nothing could be seen, the
whistles at l. O'Clock and l o'clock could
be distinctly heard.
At o'clock the upper air cleared. while
dense bank Of rainclouds was piled be-
Evening star., 1909-06-06

low Shortly after this a heavy fog
cloud was encountered. and the heated
gas bag rapidly became condensed. Then
the balloon shot down SO rapidly that
the sand that was dumped out did not
check its progress. Fragments of weeds
and paper in the sand fioated upward as
the sphere shot down. Having exhausted
all save three sand bags. the earth be-
came visible and IL was at once ques-
ton of making a landing. Pilot Van
Steet selected pasture. which was
found to be irnpra cticable. and the last
bags were thrown overheard in final
effort TO make feeble rise of hundred
feet.
Excellent Descent Made.
4 second pasture was chosen. and as
the bag settled under the influence of
torrential rain the anchor WAS hove
overheard and caught in an alder thick
ct. A farmers helper was hailed and
he secured the drag rope. and then one
OF the most perfect descents ever re-
corded in the history Of the Aero Club
OF New England was made. The balloon
was towed around 10 the stables and
outbuildings of the farm. and the pilot,
Van Sleet, pulled the rip cord in the
front lawn of the Hunkerford farm. in
Cumberland
The descent was accomplished at > pm.
and the balloon was packed for shipment
in less than an hour. IL was taken over
the road two and one-haf miles 70 Noor-
hesville and expressed 10 Pittsield The
aeronauts came to Albany on the next
train and went east at midnight.
New Record for Monoplanes.
MoURMELoN-LE-GRA June s.
Herbert Latham today established a new
record for monoplanes. He made flight
with an Antoinette machine of one hour.
seven minutes and fortyseven seconds.
OHIO FORCED TO LAND.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
What the People Expect.

But II they are not made satisfied,
he said. then the tariff question will, un-
fortunately. not be out OF the way and
we will not have rest, and We will not
have a clear field for currency reform
The demand for tariff revision. he in
sisted. was not for a radical and not for
an impracticable reduction, because
everybody understood that the republican
party stood for and would continue to
stand for protection.
What the people expect" he contend
ed. is what the protectionist republican
party promised in It's last years platform,
as interpreted by It's candidate for the
presidency. and while 1t is talking against
the wind TO argue that the revision ex-
pected Is not a revision down, 1t would
be equally futile to say that the revision
down was promised to be a revision
down and out"
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Messages From the Aeronauts.
OWN (Hoosier)."

BARGERSVILLE. Ind. June 5.-The
following messag ge was dropped from the
balloon Chicago which passed over this
town this evening:
We are sailing over Bargersville. Ind.
Time. $50. We are going as far as the
wind goes. Am out for distance record.
Regards"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
INVESTIGATORS TO
SIFT OUT LAND FRAUDS

Washington. General Land
office here Is buster than 1t has ever
been before. The appropriation by
Congress of $1,O00,O0O for the detec-
tlon and prevention Of frauds upon
the public domain, which was made
Immediately available, has turned the
land office into hive Of activity.
II. II. Schwartz, chief of the field
forces Of the general land office is
augmenting his men by adding 200
train investigators and these will be
started out at once to take up work in
the Northwest. A great number Of
cases involving coal lands that are ell
legged by the government to have been
fraudulently acquired, are to be in
vestigated first. Many of these cases
are old ones and have ben on the doc
ket, some Of them for years. Dummy
entries" illegal fencing and consp!r-
acy cases that have been hanging fire
for several years will be presented to
the Federal Courts this winter for
settlement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14

klamath Falls, Ore.-Superintend-
ent F. w. Arant, of Crater Lake Ma
tional park, says that another year
must pass without any extensive i'm.
provements being made in the park.
He asked congress to appropriate $22,-
600 for the park. but that body voted
only $4,000. This amount will pay
the nominal salary received by the
superintendent end permit the re-
moval Of the largest trees from the
roads and trails. Mr.. Arant says he
will make a determined effort to re-
serve enough of the fund to make
the trail down to the waters edge
safer. 1t is estimated that no less than
10000 people will visit the lake dur
ing 1909. Last year the number ex-
ceeded 5000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
WALLA WALLA LAD
is WIRELESS AUTHORITY

Walla Walla.-Paul Hackett, the
1S-year-od electrician of this city
729 Whitman street, who has been
operating a wireless telegraph station
from his residence for several months,
last night believes that he intercepted
messages from the Pacific ocean in
tended for some Of the coast stations.
Coming with such rapidity that he
was unable 10 read them, he yet rec
ognized the fact that the code was en-
tirely different from any he knew and
was certain that the messages were
from ocean liners.
Young Hackett has been interested
in this work for about a year and
starting a club when attending the
high school for the furtherance of
this purpose. still continued this sub
ject when the club dlsbanded and has
now become quite an authority upon
~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Fireman Hit by Live Wire.

Portland.-Bernard Francois, a
truckman on truck of the Portland
fire department, was severely injured
at a fire practice being held on the
MAR building. at the corner of Will
liams avenue and Russell street, at
9:3o Monday morning. Francois was
struck by a live wire while standing
on the ladder at the third floor and
fell from there to the second fleor,
breaking a leg, then pitched head
long TO the ground and struck the
ladder at a distance of about six feet
from the ground, breaking the other
leg, and then striking the ground in
a headlong position
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Grant County Saloons Reopen.

Sumpter. Ore.-Since the late de-
cision of the supreme court of Ore
gon. declaring the election by which
Grant county went dry Illegal, IL
quOr men in that county have again
started up in business. One of their
first acts was to organize to uphold
the law in regard TO liquor selling to
minors and habitual drunkards, and
thereby TO lessen the opposition that
has prevailed against them during
the past few years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Easter Big Police Day.

Walla. Walla.-Easter services in
Walla Walla were well observed yes
terday by the church going people,
but while the slaw-abiding citizens
were observing the day, the police
department was more than busy TAX
ing care of the many transgressors,
and had the biggest day in its history.
For the "a hours Of Easter Sunday
the police made 10 arrests, and those
who were released in the evening
showed up again this morning for fur
ther instruction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14

Messenger Boy-Does your boss OBJ
ject to yer putting yer feet on de desk
and smaking cigarettes?
office Boy-Naw; he tells me to
do II sometimes
Messenger Boy-An' when is dat,
Office Boy-When his creditors are
due. He wants 'em to think he is
out.-Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14

Salem, Ore.-The old Willamette
hotel of Salem was sold yesterday by
A. Bush to a syndicate of Salem bus
mess men for sS7,5OO. which price is
said to be below the assessed value
of the property.
II Is planned to remodel 1t for a
store and lodging house. 1t was for
merly one Of the finest hotels in the
state and has been the scene of many
legislative intrigues in past decades.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Farmers Warehouse ot Condor.

COndon, Ore.--At a meeting OF
about so of the farmers of this viciA-
ity Sunday at the courthouse an or
ganization was started for the pur-
pose of building a warehouse to be
run by the farmers at Condor, and
also for the purpose of buying grain
bags for the coming season. At the
meeting about 5000 was raised for
stock, which will be put at $40 a
Sharn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Coal for La Grande.

La Grande.-Workmen are busy to-
day clearing away on the ground
east Of the coal chutes so that more
coal may be stored. There are al
ready $4,000 tons in the yards, but
there are also 100 cars Of coal at
Huntington and between here and
there that must be unoaded in the
near future.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14

Drop BY drop the offensive dis
charge caused by nasal catarrh falls
from the back of the nose into the
throat, setting up an inflammation
that is likely to mean chronic bron-
chits. The most satisfactory remedy
for Catarrh is Ely's Cream Balm, and
the relief that follows even the first
application cannot be told In words
Don't suffer a day longer from the
discomfort Of nasal catarrh. Cream
Balm is sold by all druggists for so
cents, or mailed by Ely Bros, 56
Warren street, New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Big Fire at Rainier.

Rainier Or.-Fire Of unknown or
igin early tonight destroyed the mill
of the Patterson Lumber company at
this place. The loss is 100000, with
$4,000 insurance. II. j. Babcock and
r. ]. Flippln were owners of the mill.
On last Thursday and Friday'the COM
pany shipped 100000 feet Of lumber.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Build Tabernacle for RevivaIs.

Albany, Ore.-The big tabernacle
for the union revival meeting to be
held during May is nearing compile
ton. Work was commenced only last
Friday, and yesterday with the aid
of about so volunteers from the Diff
ferent churches, the whole framework
was erected and large portion of
the roofing laid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14

largest check Is to County Treasurer
Frawley. $9515,S4.
O'Sullivan deposited his money less
than week before the crash
Additional claims filed will bring
the total dividend eventually to $780,
600.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
INCREASING LIFE OF FENCE
POSTS BY PRESERVATIVES

1t is estimated that fence post
which under ordinary circumstances
will last for perhaps two years, will.
II given preservative treatment cost
ing about 10 cents, last eighteen
years. The service Of other timbers,
such as railroad ties, telephone poles,
and mine props, can be doubled and
often trebled by inexpensive preser-
vativo treatment. Today, when the
cost OF wood is big item to every
farmer, every stockman, every rail-
road manager-to everyone, in fact.
who must use timber where 1t is like
ly to decay-this is a fact which
should be carefully considered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
la GRANDE BANK
BEGINS PAYING DIVIDENDS

la Grande, Ore, April 1S.-The
checks for the first dividend of the
Farmers and Traders bank arrived
this morning and will be given out to-
morrow. They aggregate 93.522.39.
The largest individual check is to
Peter O'Sullivan for S4795.50. The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
NEWS OF THE
NORTHWEST
A Thousand Dollars an Acre.

Hood River, Or.-The record price
for orchard land in young trees was
paid here today, when A. L. Pad
dock, of st. Louis, paid $4,000 for 10
acres in 2 and 3-year-old Newton
trees. The place purchased has no
improvements on 1t and has straw
berries set between the trees.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
GENERAL BOOTH
SENDS MESSAGE

New York-A message from Gen.
eral William Booth, founder and
commander of the Salvation Army
was read by Miss Eva Booth. COM
mander of the American Salvation
Army. at a remarkable celebration
in Carnegie hall, in honor of the gen.
erals S0th birthday anniversary. 1t
follows:
London. April 10.-ro the Ameri-
can People-O. America, how vast is
your opportunity for making a last
mark for good on the entire human
race. Endowed with measureless ma
terial resources. enjoying the un-
bounded confidence OF your own peo-
pie, favored with the concentrated
light of earth and heaven, possessed
of an influence covering. like a
shadow, all the world beside. what a
power you must be restined TO be-
come.
Whittier VIII America Lead?
What will you do with this mighty.
magic force? II you are permitted
to realize your ambition TO lead the
world, whittier will you lead It? To
utter abandonment OF faith in the
eternal and the neglect of every du-
ty flowing out of it, to senseless wor-
ship of Mammon. to useless frivoli-
ties? No, l am sure you won't, and
blush at the very mention of such
things and denounce them with all
my soul.
Where else can you lead this poor,
blind, stumbling world of ours but
to the mighty, just, holy God and
obedience to his commands. the prac-
tice Of righteousness, purity honor.
Kindness and simplicity, to self-sac-
service of mankind?
"Amerca, I invite you to the actual
realization Of the Christian princl-
Piles you profess and to practical imi-
tation of Jesus Christ, who came out
OF his heaven to seek and to save.
Come then and let us grid up our
loins and go out of our haven and
put our arms around perishing multi
tudes and bring them to Christ, pur-
ity, peace in paradise
81 invite you to make our common
Christianity an ungainsayable reality
and thus wipe out the reproach fast
gathering over us that IL nothing |
more than an exploded tradition. n |
association, or a lfeless
,eremany. Then, when the wonder
ng world asks In what country can
find the thing described by the let
.er OF the bible and set forth in the
ife Of Jesus Christi the answer
shall be: America
GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Water Sports

A large fresh-water lake and
two streams afford a splendid
field for sailing, canoeing, SWIM
ming and fishing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-14
Golf Links

A perfectly appointed golf links
will be laid out under the direc-
ton of an expert at the national
Scotch game.