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Erie's Noteworthy Gains.


Erie shares were also exceptions to the
recession in the early dealings, and Erie
common advanced rs. while the first and
second preferred also made noteworthy
gains. The company has until next Fri
day to give its final answer to the up-
state public service commission in the
matter of Issuing 900 worth of re-
funding and Improvement bonds, and a
feeling prevailed in Wall street today that
the directors would find means of solving
the difficulty. Another fact that was
looked upon favorably by friends Of the
Erie was the change which took place to-
nay In the traffic management of the road
The local market continued to reflect
the strength of the London market. which
showed gradual Improvement on account
or the insurance OF peace throughout Eu-
rope now that the war clouds over the
Balkan situation have entirely disap-
peared.
Consols showed further gains In the
London market and all European secu-
tues were stronger, and Americans
there foreshadowed increases and ma rify
with New York's closing figures yester.
day, and in some cases exhibited encour-
aging gains.
Money Easy in London.
The money market in London continues
TO be so easy that private bankers there
FULLY expect the Bank of England tn
lower It's ) per cent rate of discount this
week TO be more in conformity with the
ruling rates for exchange in the omen
market today. quoted there at from Ia
10 per cent.
There was a further material decline in
Inc local market in the rates for foreign
eNchange, which practically assures a ces-
satfon OF any further gold exports by us
Tor some time TO come. The ease OF the
money market here as we'll as i'm London
Was undoubtedly factor in the strength
of today's stock market in the fac, ~,
considerable profit taking
In the early dealings the sales of STOCKS
were In little less volume than those Of
yesterday. ana the sale of bonds was
about two-thirds of yesterdays record
London arbitrage houses bought and sold
q great deal I'm our market TO-DAY with a
reported excess of about 10000 shares
sold.
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New York Central after opening higher
than its closing quotation yesterday. lost
a point in the first raid of the bears, but
subsequently recovered to about its pre-
vailing figures yesterday.
The drive in the first hour against
Union Pacific, which was regarded as
pivotal point. being the leader of yester-
days market. had the effect of depress-
ing that stock three-quarters of a point
from its opening. but it recovered before
] O'Clock to within one-eighth of its clos
ing price yesterday. Reading behaved
very we'll under the attack, gaining In the
carly hours three-eighths of a point
The strength Of the steel issues, which
continued to rise even on . slight retrograde
movement In other securities. was at
fributed to further short interests in steel
The fact that the chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation has ap-
peared before the tariff committee in
Washington to give 1t the benefit of his
advice. and that he recommended not
only reduction in the proposed Payne
schedules of tariff duties on some grades
of steel. but advised an increase on
Others. no doubt had its influence tend
ing to show the strong position Of the
steel corporation In the present trade
situation.
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WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

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RAILROADS.
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to this country and offered his services
to the Confcderates. receiving in 1862
a brigadier- generals commission for
ms pains, and then a major generals s in
81. is still alive somewhere IN Europe
at the age Of ~. He is descendant
OF the Duchess Of Polignac, a fayorite
OF Marie Antoineite, and after our
Civil war he fought with his French
klnsmen against the Prusslans. Later
he led some engineering expeditions
into Algicrs, and the last years of his
life have becn- devoted to engineering
and journalism in France.
Thomas l.. Rosscr, the fiery Confed-
crate maJor-gencral of cavalry who re-
fused to surrender with Lee and who
made n sensational escape after charg-
ing through he Union lines at Appomat-
tox, IS now -, and lives at Charlottes-
willie. Since the war he has been chief
engineer of tho Canadian Pacific rail
way and has been connected with other
railroads and some mining enterprises
Another surviving Confederate ma jor-
general who became Il railway official
after the war is Robert Frederick Hoke
now living in Raleigh \. C.. ut the
age Of 70. lie entered the civil strug
gle as n major in 1861. became a briga
dier general in 1s63 and received 2
ma ior general 8 commission in 1864. He
commanded a division at the battle OF
Cold Hnrbor and surrendered with John
son Mt Durham station. After the wal
be became president Of the Scaboart
Air Line.
The list of the surviving brigadier
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LITTLE SERMONETTES
. BY THE PASTOR.

ards Of moral obligation aud such
clear conceptions Of individual respon-
sibiitv. coupled with civic PRIDE and
patriotism. as 10 enable them TO govern
themselves and also 10 maintain that
government, compelling respect and
obedience TO IFS laws. J read IN this
pile of stones the story of a reunited
people with but one flag, one govern
ment, ono purpose. ] read;
Today there is no North, no South;
From Lakes to Mississippis mouth,
We all arc one,
And that the bitterness cngendered
by the differences of the past is being
swcetened by common interest in the
common good, and the achievements Of
prosperity unequaled in the history Of
nations.
] read in this story written in these
stones. sealed with the blood of the
thousands slain. of opportunities for
liberal education of the boys and girls
of America such as is not found in any
other country. ] read here Of business
opportunities uncqualed IN any country;
Of the opportunity Of securing homes
not afforded by any other place in the
known world. opportunities for obtain
ing which are the marvel of the age;
Of social equality which is the envy
of all the people of the world who do
not claim to be of the royal blood OF
kings; Of nobility in which every
man and woman can boast Of being a
part; of a country where every man
Is n king and every woman queen.
I read here a prophecy which is TO be
fulfilled in the ultimate freedom of the
nations Of the earth Glorious coun-
try. Enchanting story. But this is
not all of the story.
/ read Of legacy bequeathed and
guaranteed 10 this generation and 70
all succeeding generations that shall
be unmarried by strifes and bitterness,
if only these generations will keep
fresh in memory all the story written
in these stones. But DO man, no wo-
man can keep fresh in memory the
bloody sacrifice of these fathers. sons
and brothers slain, and turn the dav
set apart for these sacred memories
into i day of sports and hilarious car
nival. The two are inconsistent.
After the day spent in these sacred
bleed afresh. let us resolve TO build
wisely and well on the foundation laid
by our sires in the storm of battle, and
carefully cultivate the seeds Of ih-
erty and prosperity sown in the en-
riched soil of sacrifice, Success and
glorious achievement are secured only
in sacrifice. The regeneration of the
race was secured only by the free Of
fering and sacrifice of the Son of God
The regeneration of nations is secured
only by the free offering and sacrifice
of their own sons. The maintenance
of the regenerated life is guaranteed
ONLY hy the grateful remembrance of
the sacrifice made to accomplish II.
The maintenance OF our regenerated ma
tiopal life is guaranteed only by the
grateful remembrance of the sacrifice
made to bring it about This is in part
what mean these stones.
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generals of the Civil war is still 80 long
that n page of this newspaper would be
filled by the briefest information as to
how they are spending their last days.
The oldest surviving Civil war peE-
cral of either side is of this category
of brigadiers. He is General Sherman u
father.in-law, General Daniel Henry
Rucker, still living in Washington.
where, April 2S just passed, he ceIe,
brated his ninetyseventh birthday This
remarkable old gentleman was born In
Now Jersey the year Of the outbreak of
the second war with Great Britain He
went to Michigan In his youth, settlinG
at Crosse Isle, and entered the regular
army as second lieutenant of the First
Dragons the 18th of October, 1887.
III Army Seventy Two Years.
SO he has been seycnty-two years in
the army. He fought Indians, then
went through the Mexican war. where
for gallantry at Buena Vista he was
brcvetted major February 23, 1871
siNty-two wears ago. AT the utbreal1
of the Civil war he was offered the
. commission Of major of cavalry, but
preferred n staff appointment. becom"
ing colonel and aide dc-camp. Then he
was made brigadicrgcnernl of volun-
tecrs III 1863. He was retired from the
regulars. by reason Of age, III 1882,
twenty wears, more than u gener.
Dtion, ago If he lives three years
! longer he will be the first American
general 10 reach the 10o-year mark.
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past dec ade. and 10 forget that he, too.
was one of tho major generals and great
soldiers of Civil war times. No surviv-
ing general of that bloody epoch made
q more mcteoric rise than that of Miles,
He was not a West Pointer, When
The war broke out he was in Boston.
starting in mercantile pursuits. En-
listing as lieutenant of n Massachusetts
volunteer company in 1861, he rose,
grade by grade. to the rank Of major
general of volunteers, and commanded II
whole army corps at the age of only
%. He exercised n ma jor general IS com
mand long before receiving major
general 5 full commission What made
him one of the great generals OF the
Civil war was his part in the opera
tions IN White Oak road, where he broke
Lees back and then thrust his division
toward Sutherland station by military
master stroke. lie entered the regular
army as colonel in 1866. and dis
tinguishcd himself as an Indian fighter
in the west from 1875 TO 1873, capturing
Chief Joseph the latter year. Although
he will be 20 in August, he has the fig
ure and elasticity Of man twenty
years younger.
OF the Confederate major generals,
Samuel g, French is the oldest surviv-
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cago cemetery. He recruited Company
|, Fifty-scventh Illinois infantry; in
1862 was transferred TO the SiXty-sev-
enth Illinois infantry. He served as
lieutenant and captain in Ransom S brl-
gade, Macarthur S division, Seventeenth
Army Corps of the Tennessee, and par
ticIpated in the Nashville campaign in
cluding the battles of Columbia, Duck
River, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nash
vile, also in the Vicksburg and Atlanta
campaigns. He commanded the Seventy
second regiment Of Illinois infantry in
several important engagements, and was
especially commended for bravery at
Franklin, Tenn. He also took part at
the siege of Mobile, Ala, He was sew
oral times wounded, and was frequently
mentioned in the official reports for con-
spicuous bravery. He was appointed
postmaster Of Chicago in 1889 by Presi-
dent Harrison and served five years.
w. G. Jobpsou.-Succccdcd to the po-
sition of commander chief on the
death Of Sexton in 1898. He was born
in Clormont county. Ohio. March 49,
1913, and was educated at the Ohio
Wesleyan university. at Delaware Ohio;
ninth Ohio Volunteer infantry; was
commissioned second lieutenant, United
States colored troops; was mustered out
at Huntsville Ala, in 1866. Served In
the campaigns in tho western army un-
der Rosccrans aud sherman, participate
ing in the march to the sea and through
the Carolinas, Has been vice president
or president Of the board of public serv.
ice, Cincinnati, o., from 1900 TO 1905.
He is at present assistant postmaster at
Cincinnati.
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days older than General Buckner. while
yet few weeks younger than General
Osterhaus. This soldier is Kentucki
an by birth, and was a whig in politics
when the war broke out. He had
moved to Mississippi at an early age
and had made a good start there in the
law, being district attorney when only
%. Entering the Confederate army as
a captain, he rose TO be a brigadicr
general in 1862 and n ma jor general in
1863. He was in the siege Of York
town. was wounded at williamsburg,
but fought afterward at Seven Pines,
and in the seven days near Richmond;
at Antietam, Spring Hill, Shelbyville,
Chickamauga. Clinch River, Maryville,
Knoxville, Fair Garden and Messy
Creek. Then he was with johnson and
Hood TO the fall Of Atlanta, and finally
surrendered with Dick Taylor in May,
1865. Three years after the war his
neighbors sent him to congress, but he
was denied his seat Then they sent
HIM TO the state senate. where he
served twelve years. He, too, has
since been engaged in the railroad
business.
Count Camille Jules Polignac, who
at the outbreak of the Civil war came
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way. has sat in congress and managed
many great engineering enterprises.
President Mckinley offered him the
commission Of maior-general in the
Spanish war, but he declined. He is
now IS.
The only other surviving Civil war
ma jor general is Wesley Merritt. He
was ont Of West Point but one year
when the civil struggle commenced, and
was but q when made brigadier-gen-
eral in 1863. He became a ajor- general
when only 30. Hc is now ~.
Miles in His Seventieth.
Lieutcnant~Gcncra Miles having been
in command of the regular army
throughout the Spanish war and for five
years thereafter, the public is apt to
class him with our generals Of only the
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out he went to the front as a colonel,
becoming a brigadicr-general in 1861
and a major general in 1862. 1t was
he who shelled McClellan's army from
midnight till dawn at Harrison S land
ing, on the James river, George Wash
ing Custis Lee, who now at the age
Of rs is president emeritus of Washing
ton and Lee university. was another
Confederate major general who got his
military education at West Point, and
the same high rank was attained By
Lunsford l.. Lomax, who is living now
at Charlottesville at the age OF IS. He,
too, was West Pointer.
Martin at Eighty-Six.
And down at Natchez still lives the
Confederate major general, William
Thompson Martin, who is now in his
eighty seventh year, and Just few
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If you want to feel well, look well
and be well, take Foley's Kidney Rem
edy. 1t tones up the kidneys and blad-
der. purifies the blood and restores
health and strength. Pleasant to take
and contains no harmful drugs. Why
not commence todav7 T. ], Hill Drug
Co. corner Second South and West
Temple.
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ing. He is living on his Florida planta-
tion, in his nincty-fIrst year He was
n Jersey man who entered the regular
army by way of West Point and went
through tho Mexican war. Then he
settled down in Mississippi as a cotton
planter, and when the Civil war broke
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The four past commanders chief of
the Grand Army presented above have
all beeu prominent in the service Of
their country. both in military and civil
iifc. M nfc living except James i.
Sexton. VINO died while occupying the
uosiliou OF omwandcr.D-chicf of the
Grand Amy and was succeeded hv Sc
MGR Vice Coumandcr-in.chief v. G..
.IohrsnH Following arc the Biographies:
r. :. C)arkson.-i.icctcd commander
iG.chiel at the thirticth national on.
campncn' held ut ST. Paul, Mimi. Sep
4cmber 81. 1896. lie was born nj Get
iysJmg, Pa, Aplii 70, lSiU. In 1913
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Laurelhurst Selling Fast.

Some few acres left, Get ''into the
good and buy an acre today. Free
trips to Laurelhurst nll afternoon from
the end of the car line.
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SUNDAY EXCURSIONS

Via Denver & Rio Grande r. r.
To Ogden, 1925 a, m, 1:2o p. m. $10o
To Provo Canyon, T:50 a. m, $40 :.
To Pharaoh 9 Glen, $50 a. m. s. so
Returning on any train.
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his father removed to Maryland, where
the son was graduated at the st. James
college, near Hagerstown in 1851. On
April 16, 1861 he enlisted as private
in battery A, First Illinois. for three
months. but July IS 1861. re.enlisted
for three years in tho same company,
He WAS commissioned in December,
1851. as lieutenant and adiutart of the
Thirteenth Illinois cavalry, and III
Ma n,h 1868. was assigned TO the COM
mapd OF batfcry *. Second Missouri ar
,iIlery, by Brigadicr General John W,
Davidson. On whose staff lie was then
serving in Missouri. In September,
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Peerless-Haynes-Autocar.
August SLocker IL South State.
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ROSE VILLA POULTRY FARM
PHILIP FINEGAN, Proprietor.


Third Street
the
nu Customers "'-
birds select
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general; since rector in various indus
trial institutions; state senate since
1884; now commands Third brigade
Pennsylvania national guards; served as
brigadier general United States voIun-
teers in war with Spain; elected lieu
tenant governor of Pennsylvania, 1898;
Knight Templar; married Annie NJ.
Stowe, Florida 1866.
James A. Sexton.-Elected command
er-in.chicf at thirty second national en-.
campment. held at Cincinnati. O, Sep
tembcr SO. 1898, Was born in Chicago,
H.. 1914. and died in Washington. ID.
G., February ), 1899; was buried in Chi
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1869, he was commissioned as major Of
the Third Arkansas cavalry and con.
tinued TO serve until December, 1864,
when he resigned on account Of illness.
He was postmaster Of Omaha from 1890
to 1895; was general manager of the
Omaha cHposition; row lives in Port
land Or.
John p. S. Gobin.-Elcctcd command
er-in-chicf at thirty national en-
campmeut, Buffalo. \. Y. August 25.2I,
1897. Born in Sunburv. Pa, January
26, 1887; acadcmic education LLDD.,
Susquehanna university served III union
army, attaining rank OF brevct brigadicr
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
ECHO NEWS NOTES.
REBEKAH LODGE CHOSEN
DELEGATES FOR ASSEMBLY
Lodge Is In F1ourishing Condition
With 73 Mcmbcrs-Eclio Nolun-
tccr Fire Company Is in Prosper
Gus Condition-Iarge Payment Is
Madc on the New Hook and Lad
der Truck-Captain Is Elected
Personal Mention.
Especial Correspondence)

Echo, Ore, April 15.-The Rebekah
lodge of this place met in regular ses-
sion last night. Delegates chosen fo>
the Rebekah assembly which Is to
convene at Albany, Ore, on May 10,
were Mrs. Prudence Young and Mrs.
Anna Reeves. Mrs. Reeves was also
recommended as district deputy. The
lodge is in flourishing condition and
has 73 members. The regular
meeting nights have been changed
from the second and fourth Wednes-
days to the first, third and fifth
Wednesdays of each month. The Re-
hekahs also decided to assist the sub
ordinate lodge in celebrating their
anniversary on the 26 inst.
Fire Fighters Are Prosperous.
1t ia very evident that the Echo
volunteer fire company is very pro-
gressive At at business meeting held
last night, the condition of the treas
ury was such that instead OF beng
only able to make the first payment
of S225 on their fine hook and ladder
truck they paid s425, leaving a bal
ance of $3.50, and one year in whlch
to pay 1t, but beyond a doubt 1t will
be paid long before the year expires
Ray Smith was chosen as captain
of eight men to have charge Of the
new truck They also decided to ar
III A Fourth
Athletic sports, music and dancing are
some of the chief features already
mentioned. Committees will be ap-
pointed and arrangements be made in
time to insure successful affair.
A little Wind Frolic.
The wind played a frolicsome ana
unfortunate trick this morning when
Il blowed a box of trimmed hats be-
longing to Mrs. Libby Jones in the
path of n moving freight train.
Needless to say, the hats vanished.
Personals.
Yesterday morning Mrs. ]. Frank
Shelton left for an extended visit to
Portland and the Sound.
Louis Scholl, srv Of Walla Walla,
stopped in our little city between
trains yesterday evening. Mr. Scholl
and wife left Walla Walla last fall on
a pleasure trip. making brief stops
in the eastern cities, going to Ger
many and visiting his birthplace. He
made a general tour OF Europe, re-
turned to America and spent the win
ter in California. He visited here
with his son, Louis, and then complet-
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ed his long trip by going on to Walla
Walla last even Ing.
Fruit Inspector Finch is here at
tending to his official duties.
Clyde Hunt Of ontario, Ore, son of
G. w. Hunt, left for Portland on No.
1 today. He has been here the past
three days caring for his fathers In
terests.
Attorney Joseph Hinkle accompa-
MED by his brotehr Walter Hinkle,
who is q civil engineer. arrived this
morning from Portland. They are
looking over irrigation projects.
Thomas Ross leaves tonight for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16

Portland. He goes to assist his fam
lily in moving here. His handsome
residence on the corner of Bonanza
and Garden streets is almost COM
pleted. It will be ready for use by the
time the family can arrive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
Vey Property for Sale.

For sale, the Antoine Vey residence
on West Webb street, Pendleton; also
the lower Butter creek Vey ranch,
with all the sheep, cattle, horses and
machinery thereon. VIII sell on easy
payment plan For further particu-
lars, address, Antoine Vey, Echo, Ore,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16

Bright and witty throughout! Don't
miss it! The Pendleton academy class
play in the Oregon theater Friday
night, when Patty Went to Col
lege."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16

when Patty went to College" Civ
en- by Pendleton academy class Of
1910, Friday night at the Oregon the
ater.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
Need Another Judge.

Buy a lot in Columbia Beach either
for summer home os as an invest
ment. Both are good. Terms easy.