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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
FOREIGN WEAKNESS
RESULTS IN BREAK
LIVERPOOL MARKET is OFF u
TO SGD, SENDING DOWN
PRICE QUOTATIONS.
Buioe in Corn Covered by Shorts, Re
sulting in Substantial Gains To-
ward Midday.

CHICAGO. Dec. 20.-Weakness of
foreign markets. the Liverpool mar
ket being off bto SD, caused sharp
break here at the opening, lnltlai
quotations being down from 1 to &c
bulge of &c in corn prompted con-
siderable covering by shorts, resulting
in q substantial advance toward MD
dav. An improved demand for cash
wheat, light primary receipts and a
storm in the northwest so helped
to strengthen the market.
Corn weather caused weakness in
corn. but toward the middle Of the
dav the urgent buying by shorts forced
prices up Sharply. Prices closed al
most at the top.
Oats were weak at the start, but
rallied later Prices closed Is to 1c
higher.
Provisions closed unchanged to
11Hc lower.
FIour-firm. No rye 7S@I9c
feed or mixing barley, 58@62c; fair
TO choice mating. 65@71c; flax seed
No. I southwestern. $1.S7; No.
northwestern, s197: timothy seed
s3.75; clover, sS.5O@1400; mess pork,
per Dbl, $225O@22.75; lard, per zoo
TBS, $500: short ribs. hides Qoose),
S1i.B2H@11871g: short clear sides
(boxed), $12.25@12.50.
Grain Statistics.
Total clearanCes of wheat and flour
were equal to 315.e00 blu; primary re-
ceipts were $4,000 bu.. compared with
901, 900 bu for the corresponding day
a year ago The visible supply of
wheat in the United States decreased
381. 900 bu. for the week. The amount
of breadstuff on ocean passage de-
creased 1883, 600 bu. Estimated re-
reipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 80 cars
corn, 453 cars; oats, 18f cars; hogs,
29. 900 mead.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
FARMERS UNION AT DAYTON
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

DAYTON, Wash, Dec. 20.-(Spec-
ial)-Officers for Dayton local No, 3
Farmers Educational and Cooperative
Union have been elected as follows for
the coming year: Charles Pryor pres
ident William Rice, vice president;
Lee Rinehart, conductor; l. Newbill
warden: J. J. Fix, doOrkeeper: H. l..
T. r Courtney. J. P. Nc
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
WooI in ST Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-Wool dull;
medium grades, combing and clothing
24m29c: light fine 22@27c; heavy fine
12@21c tub washed 25037c.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
Suicides on Railroad Train.

GUNNISON, Colo, Dec. 200
seph Parsons, a we'll known citizen of
Gunnison, committed suicide today by
shooting himself through the head in
the toilet room of Denver & Rio
Grande railroad train. Parsons had
been to Denver to undergo medical
treatment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

Grain and Produce in New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Flour firm
er. Spring patents $4.50@5.65; win
ter straights IS 5@5.35: winter extras
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2O-The
police believe that the lone drug
store bandit, whose operations have
terrorized the city for two weeks, pos
sibly may have been Walter r. Car
roll, formerly a member Of the San
Francisco police force, whose body
lies at the morgue in San Jose. Par
tial Identification was made today by
DR.. Henry holland, clerk of Gleason's
drug store, which was twice visited
by the robber and by detective. No
land said that he thought the body
was that of the man who had neld
him up, while the detective found
that CAROLS measurements tailed
with the desperados description.
DR.. E. H. Gleason, who faced the
robbers weapon on the first visit to
the drug store, will seek to Identify
the body tomorrow. Should he sue
coed the police state that they will
have no reason to doubt that the BAN
dit and the dead man are one.
Carroll was killed by train last
Friday. He was identified as the man
who resigned from the police force
last October following the death OF
his wife from gunshot wound
Nothing in his effects indicated that
he might be the robber.
Carroll tailed with the descriptions
of the bandit furnished by his victims
as was found upon examination OF
the records of the police department
following the receipt of letters pur-
porting to come from the rObber and
stating that he was an eX-policeman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

Figuring out the possibilities that
he want ads. hold for YOU should
be one Of your most interesting tasks,
today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
MYSTERIOUS BAY CITY
BANDIT BELIEVED DEAD

SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. 20.-Walter
F. r. Carroll, the San Francisco po-
liceman, who was killed under the
wheels of train in this city last Fri
day night, was identified by DR.. Hen
ry holland tonight as the San Fran
cisco drug store bandit. When he
saw the body holland exclaimed that
it was undoubtedly the robber.
1t was discovered today through a
note in his effects that Carrots
death was not accidental, but that he
deliberately killed himself. The note
reads:
George and wife and children: You
are living secure in Gods light. /
saw the light and rejected and am too
weak to stand alone. so must perish.
Love and farewell
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
WHEN THE CANNON RoARED,
Success Magazine)

(Success Magazine)
While campaigning in his home
state Speaker Cannon was once in
veigled into visiting the public schools
of a town where he was billed to
speak.
In one of the larger grades an am
bilious teacher called upon youth
full Demosthenes to entertain the dis
tinguished visitor with an exhibition
of amateur oratory. The selection at
tempted was Byron's Battle of Water
loo. and just as the boy reached the
end of the first paragraph, Speaker
Cannon gave vent to violent sneeze.
"But, hush, hark!" declaimed the
youngster-"a deep sound strikes Ike
a rising knell! Did ye not hear it?"
The visitor smiled. and a moment
later the second sneeze-which the
speaker was vainly Nying to hold
back-came with increased violence.
"But. hark!" bawled the boy)-"that
sound breaks in once more,
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than be-
fore!
Arm! arm! 1t Is the cannon's opening
roar!"
This was too much, and the laugh
that broke from the party swelled to
roar when "Uncle Joe" chuckled:
"Put up your weapons, children; i
won't shoot any more"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
\ NEEDED CHANGE.

Whether or not the bill to place the
state printer upon a flat salary was
introduced out of revenge makes no
difference in the merits of the meas
ure As now conducted the state
printers office is a heavy and large
ly useless expense to the state. 1t
should not be- The state printer
should be appointed by the state
board Just as the asylum superintend-
ent and the penitentiary warden are
named. A practical printer should
be secured to conduct the office. Such
man can be secured at a very rea-
sonable salary.
In saying this the East Oregonian
has not the slightest wish to injure
State Printer Duniway. Mr.. Duniway
is very genial official and If reports
are true, a most capable one. His ad-
ministration of the office is not under
criticism. But If the state of Oregon
can save thousands of dollars annu-
ally by placing the office upon a diff
ferent basis and at the same time
will secure effective work, then the
change should certainly be made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
THE PUBLIC RESPECTED.

Once more sanity has prevailed at
Salem. The house finally turned
down the obnoxious Brooke Bean bill
while the senate refused to tamper
With the initiative by making it un-
full to pay for circulating initiative
petitions
Ii is well that these measures went
the way of defeat. So rank was the
Brooke-Bean bill that its passage
would have disgusted every decent
citizen of the state. regardless of par
ty affiliation. For the legislature to
have barred a legislative candidate
from pledging himself to vote for
the peoples choice for senator would
have been long step downward for
Oregon. It would have taken the
state back into the political pit from
which it has just ascended.
As to the initiative, and the refer
endum also, it is possible some
changes may be needed. But it is
rather soon to attempt anything of
the sort. The people of the state
have had the use of the initiative and
referendum but a short time. That
they have made some mistakes in
the use of them must be admitted.
Last year there were too many initia-
tive measures and the referendum
was invoked too much. Whether or
not this will be the case at each state
election remains TO be seen. There
are many who believe that public
sentiment will right matters. If so,
then the initiative and referendum
laws will be alright as they are.
Both the initiative and referendum
are intended to be useful as checks
upon the legislature. Being such they
should not be invoked indiscriminate-
". Only in rare instances need
measures be proposed under the ini-
tiative. The referendum should be
invoked with much caution. At
tempts to do general legislative work
through the use of the initiative and
referendum should be squelched.
Otherwise the state will be thrown
into turmoil.
That the people Of the state will
learn to use both the initiative and
referendum guardedly the East Ore
gonian believes. Believing so, this
paper is willing so see both the initia-
tive and referendum stand exactly as
they are until the need Of changes is
made more manifest than at present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
CHINESE. GORDON.

Seventy-six years ago this day. in
the town of Woolwich, England, was
born one of Great Brltain's most fa-
NOUS soldiers, Charles George Cor
don, better known as "Chinese Cor
don" and Gordon Pasha." His trag-
ic death is still fresh in the minds
of most readers of history.
Gordon entered the Royal Engi-
neers in 1852, and quickly demon
strated his military greatness. From
Sudan under the khedive. In 1888 he
was sent to the aid of the garrison
"bottled up" in the Sudan by the
rebel mahdi His force proved insult
ficient to overcoming the fanatic
hordes of the mahdi. and he was him
self shut up in Khartum by the in
surgents. For a year, against great
odds, he CALAMITY held the town, and
the incidents of this defense of Khar-
tum are among the most picturesque
and tragic in the history of British
imperialism.
At last a large expedition under
Lord Wellesley was sent to his relief,
but it arrived too late An advance
corps reached Khartum late in Janu-
airy of 1885, only to find that the
town had been treacherously betray-
ed into the hands of the mahdi two
days before, and Gordon murdered.
He died martyr to British red tape
which had delayed so long the at
tempt at his rescue.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
BABY'S PRAYER.

Dear God, need you awful bad;
/ don't know what to do;
My papa's cross my mama's sick;
l hain't no fren' but you.
Them keerless angels went and brung
Std of the boy l asst,
A weenchy, teenchy baby girl
1 don't see how they dast!
Say, God. I wish't you'd taker her
back
She's jest as good as new;
Wont no one know she's secondhand,
But 'ceptin' me an you;
An pick a boy, dear God, yourself,
The incest in yet fold;
But please don't choose him quite so
young
I'd like him five years old.
Lippincotts.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
Expectation of Wheat and Barley
Prohibited From BassOrnh.

Under date of January 4, 1903.
Vice Consult General Oscar $. Heizer,
of COnstantinople reports that the
Imperial Ottoman government, con-
siderlng the local needs, had decid-
ed to prohibit for two months from
December 22, 1908, the expectation
of wheat and barley from the Pro-
vince of Bassorah. This decision,
however. does not affect contracts
for expectation Of wheat and barley
made previously.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
MY LOVE.

Like rain-pools over autumn
leaves,
My sweet Loves eyes to me;
Like sunlight over golden sheaves
Her wind-blown tresses free;
Like snow upon the mountains face
The whiteness of her throat;
Her movements of the languorous
grace
OF lilies all afloat.
Her voice is sweet as silver bells
Ger sheets of moonlit snow:
Her mouth a full ripe flower, where
dwells
The sunsets vermeil glow;
Her soul is tender as blue skies
A southern day above;
While in her heart all price lies
The diamond of her love.
-Armin Trebor in Appleton's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

The town builders are getting re-
suits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
THE PRODUCE BUSINESS

The purchase of the Columbia
produce company by Dean Tatom
brings to attention business that is
very important one in. Pendleton.
1t is one that should be more i'm
portant than it is.
At the present time practically all
the produce used in the city is ship
ped in from Portland or other out
side points According to the COM
mission people they would like to
buy local produce, but there is really
none to buy. What is to be had they
declare is of such a miscellaneous va
riety that it is difficult to handle.
According to the commission men
the vicinity of Pendleton is we'll
adapted to the raising of many kinds
of produce. There would be little
need for shipping produce into the
city if people in the surrounding
country would but devote proper at
tentin to gardening and fruit rails
ing.
But two things produce raisers must
learn to do if they expect to market
their products. They must raise uni
form varieties of fruit and vegetables;
they must learn to pack them proper
ly. People in the vicinity who have
produce ranches might do well TO
consult Dean Tatom as to what to
raise and how to prepare their stuff
for market
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

ter know, that under conditions as
they are Japan would have the great
est advantage in war with the Uni
ted States. should such come about.
Japan could take the Philippines
within a week, The mikado could
then rest secure in the orient, while
the United States sent an army across
the ocean to retake the islands in or
der TO vindcate our national honor,
How hard it is to send an army away
from home to fight, Russia knows.
SO does England.
But some will say, Japan has no
desire to fight the United States even
could they win. BE not so certain of
this. Japan is war-like nation. It
owes its position in the world to its
fighting powers. It gained much by
whipping China and by blocking Rus
Sia's progress in the orient. II ia
pan could win a war with the Uni
ted States il might not be averse to
fighting.
While the United States holds the
Philippines there is but one thing
for this country to do, 1t must main
tain a powerful navy. Those who
want to keep down naval expenses
should go to the root of the matter
and advise vacating the Philippines
Without the islands this country need
have no fear Of Japan or any other
nation on earth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

Day by day the work Of reorgan-
izing the wooden mill proceeds. All
but $4,000 Of the needed money has
been raised and seemingly satisfac-
tory terms have been made for elec-
trical power. But no business deal
IS ever completed until it Is entirely
finished. The people Of the city now
want the negotiations entirely COM
pIeted and the mill rebuilt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

The Professer-Yes, the caterpil-
lar is the most voracious Of living
things. In a month he will eat about
900 times his own weight.
Deaf Parent-Whose boy did you
CIV he rras 9-PhlI2 delnhia Ledger
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
HAIR TELLS CHARACTER.
Color Of Hair Said TO Indicate . Per
Bon's Temperament.

Many people believe that blonde, oi
light hair denotes affection and darr
hair constancy. A person without hai
Is not devoid Of character; far from It
The disposition Of the average bald
headed man is to show such soiicitud'
for the welfare OF others, that he neg
lects himself A germ causes baidncrs
Prof Sabouraud. Of Paris France. IN
nocculated rabbit with Dandrun germ
causing 1t 70 become totally bald ~ -
weeks time. To rid the scalp of the
dangerous germs II is necessary n app
Newbro's Herpicide.
Destroy the cause-you rernove Il,
effect"
Sold by leading druggists Send i0c
stamps for sample to The Herplcide c.
Detroit. Mich.
Two sises-60 cents and 800.
a. q. Koeppen q BroA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
WHERE THE DANGER LIES.

Many newspapers and many people
treat with scorn the idea that there
IS the remotest chance for war be-
tween the United States and Japan.
They regard Uncle Sam as big fell
low. able to whip any nation on the
earth, while to them japan is a poor,
little tax-ridden island. They scout
the idea that Japan would ever think
Of going 70 war with America.
But the vital point these papers and
these people overlook Is the fact that
the United States is responsible for
the Philippines. japan knows, and
Americans who have studied the mat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

Pendleton is great basketball
town. An all-star game was played
last evening. Another game is sched-
uled for tonight and a game will also
be played tomorrow night. Basket
ball IL a good, clean indoor sport.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04
The Next Stage.

after a man has made millions
you'd think his wife and daughters
would let him rest"
"And don't they?"
Nav. Then he usually has TO buckle
down to correct his grammar and
table nners."-Kansas City Jour
anil.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-04

Are there degrees Of rank In the
servants hall?"
ITO be sure. Maids who have
charge Of dogs won't associate with
maids who look after children
Washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
FOR N4TIONAL MEMORIAL.
architects Describe Plans for Am-
phitheatre at arlington.

Congress appointed a commission last year. OF
which George B. Cortelyou Secretary Of the Treas
I1ry, was chairman, secure plans and estimates
for the erection Of a great national memorial am
phitheatre in the Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington. Va The report OF the commission. re-
Gently submitted to Congress- recommends the ap-
prova of the plans and estimates prepared by Car
rere & Hastings, the New York architects, and
that $4,000 be appropriated 10 cover all costs or
the proposed arnphitheatre which in the tudg-
n1ent of the commission. should be constructed Of
marble.
The amphitheatre suggested by Carrere & Hast
ings would seat comfortably about FIVE thousand
persons Around the amphitheatre are planned
many boxes, and the stage itself would accommo-
date several hundred persons
The architects propose the placing OF a crypt IN
der the colonnade to be the burial of men
distinguished in public life. their tombs 70 be en-
bellished by statues. bus;s portraits and inscrip-
tons In this way the structure would become
not only an auditorium for special purposes, but
distinguished dead Of the nation, whose resting
place would be visited by many persons going tc
Arlington for that purpose
Opening from the main vestibule, which is ar
ranged the reception OF special guests. there Is
staircase leading up 10 a large room, which It ls
suggested. might be used historical museum.
With the idea this being resting place for the
distinguished dead, il is thought advisable not TO
cover the arnphitheatre. but 20 keep II open Ike
those of Greece and Rome. in this way II would
have more dignity and solemnity. The plans are
for 2 building covering about thirty-four thousand
square feet largely taken up by the amphitheatre
proper while the colonnsde would have an area
OF about eight thousand square feet
New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
MAY DIE FROM AUTO HURT.
Elderly Man Knocked Down in Harlem-Boy
CvcIist THROWN Over Wheel

Patrick Dunn. sixty years old was knocked down
and perhaps fatally injured yesterday 116th street
and L@nox avenue by automobile owned BY Dr..
Julius JarchO Of No. Is West f15th street. and
driven by William Mandelbaur. OF No. So West
121st street II was feared at the Harlem Hospital
whittier Dunn was taken that his skull had been
fractured. The chauffeur held without bail
by Magistrate Finn in the Harlem police court
Several minutes following this accident a ma
chine driven by Charles LUnestrub. chauffeur.
crashed into Howard Girard. sixteen years old. Of
No. 1884 Third avenue, who riding bicycle
at q6th street and West End Girard was
thrown clear over the handlebars Of his wheel
After receiving medical aid he was able 10 go
home In the West Side court Lunestrub was
hello IN S40O bail
New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
PATRoLMAN SCARED NURSES.
Went to Sleep Fire Escape Outside Their
Window-Thought To Be Demented

PatroIman Edward c. Iawler of the Prospect
Park police station Brooklyn. who found
early Yesterday clad only in pair of trousers and
an old shirt. sleeping fire escape of the apart
ment house at No. 7S6 Washington avenue was
taken 70 the observation ward OF the Kings County
Hospital by direction of Police Surgeon Terry.
A number of trained nurses occupy the part of
the house outside Of which the fire escape
selected a berth by the policeman. They heard
the noise outside of the window and believing that
a burglar trying to get in, summoned two
policemen from the Grand avenue station. Lawler
told them who he and said that he had packed
his revolver. shield and uniform in soap box,
which he left Eastern Parkway.
I.awler is a total abstainer. and 1t is believed he
is suffering from religious dementia He is said to
have been affected by overwork while acting as
stenographer at Police Headquarters
New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
DoUMA SESSION CLOSED.
Emperor Prorogues Body-Important Meas
ures Passed.

St Petersburg, June 1.-THE Doun1a has sus-
pended work for the summer having been pro
roeued by imperial order until October g The re-
suits of the session. although not reaching the eX-
pectations optimists at the beginning OF the
session include the passage Of number OF impor-
+ant hills and an examination of the budget, which
was finished only last week.
The Uo,Irna has regulated peasant land holdings
through bill providing for the dissolution of the
corornunes which is regarded as the most mpor-
tan+ work OF the Stolypin administration. other
messages passed included the religious toleraton
hill and bill to reform the judicial procedure. per
rnttinR an accused person the right OF counsel at
the preliminary investigation. Chief among the host
of minor bills is one penslizing the white slave
traffic
The close of the session sees the Octoorist party
again compact and united under the leadership OF
NJ C5uchkoff several disseminated elements having
heen excluded by q vote Of the party Although
during the concluding weeks Of the session sharp
differences of opinion regarding Premier Stolypln
developed all indications point to renewal OF me
co-operstion OF the Douma majority with the ad-
Yninis4ration on the resumption in autumn
New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
LAWYERS ARGUE YERKEs APPEAL
Seeking to End Receivership, Widows Counsel
Saws Petitioner Is in No Danger

J. Russell SoIey. counsel for Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes argued before the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals yesterday the appeal taken from
the order OF Judge Ward. Of the Circuit Court,
continuing the receivership for the estate Of
Charles T. Yerkes-
Mr. SoIey said that the Underground Electric
Railways Company OF London. England, was a Sc
cured creditor and il not desirable adopt
extreme and drastic in it's behalf. because
fl was in particular danger Mr.. Soley said that
the petitioner could quidate it's claim Of $4,000 for
an unpaid assessment a subscription for 5000
shares of the cOmpany's stock by disposfng OF the
stock IN case of default
Paul d. Cravath. counsel for the petitioner. IN
opposing the appeal. said that the stock In ques-
ton commanded no market az present He charac-
terized Mrs. Yerkes's possession Of her Fifth
nue. home as that Of tenant whose lease had ex-
pired- The estate is being wrecked. he said. The
arrears OF taxes amount to 100000