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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
At NATIONS CAPITAL
Grand Juries Will Inquire Into
the Panama Canal
Scandal.
NO RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Many Senators Oppose Higher Pay
for President, Vice-President
and Speaker.
NO RIVER AND HARBOR BILL

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Six Wash
ington correspondents of out-of-town
papers and local news bureau have
been subpenaed to appear before the
federal grand jury and testify. pre-
sumably in connection with state
ments appearing in their publications
bearing on the Panama canal DUR
chase.
In his special message to congress
OF December 15, regarding charges
OF corruption, the President an
nounced that the Encouragement
had under his consideration the form
In which proceedings for libel against
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New
York World, should be brought.
Nowhere in the government annals
has such an action been taken as
the government suing for criminal
libel. The President in his message
was most emphatic in saying that
1t should not be left to a private citi-
zen to enter suit, and was particular
to state that he did not believe I'VE
should concern ourselves with the
particular individuals who wrote the
lying and libelous editorials, articles
from correspondents or articles in
the news columns. The real offender
is Joseph Pulitzer, editor and pro-
prietor of the New York World"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
China Will Not Change Policy

Pekin, Jan. 1S.-Prince Ching,
president of the board of foreign
affairs, has assured the American and
British ministers that the dismissal
of Yuan Shi Kai means no change in
Chinese policy, but bitterness has
arisen between the British and Jap
anese representatives here on account
of Japan's refusal to join Great Brit
ain in her representations to Prince
Ching. The British position Is that
Japan acts in bad faith, while the
Japanese legation explains that 1t
agreed to concur in the opinion of
the majority and that a majority of
the ministers favored the taking of
no action in this direction.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

lM we approached it, saw four
U gendarmes pacing in front of
0 little door in the ground floor
of the donjon. We soon learned that
in this ground floor, which had former
iy served as a prison, M. and Nine.
Bernier, the concierges, were confined.
NJ. Robert Darzac led US into the
modern part of the chateau by a large
door, protected by projecting awning
"a "marquise" as 1t is called. Ronle-
tabille, who had resigned the horse and
the cab to the care Of a servant, never
took his eyes off NJ. Darzac. fol-
lowed his look and perceived that 1t
was directed solely toward the gloved
hands Of the Sorbonne professor.
When we were in a tiny sitting room
fitted with old furniture. NJ Darzac
turned to Rouletabille and said sharp
ly:
What do you wantY
The reporter answered in an equally
sharp tone:
ITO shake you by the hand"
Darzac shrank back.
''What does that meanT
Evidently he understood, what I also
understood, that my friend suspected
him of the abominable attempt on the
life of Mile. Stangerson. The impress
sion Of the blood stained hand on the
walls Of the yellow room was in his
mind. looked at the man closely.
His naughty face, with Its expression
ordinarily so Straightforward, was at
this moment strangely troubled. He
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
Stomach Trouble Cured.

If you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Mr.. j. P. Klote of Edna, Mo-. says:
81 have used a great many differ
ent medicines for stomach trouble,
but find Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets more beneficial than
any other remedy | ever used.
For sale by Burnaugh & Mayfield.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department of the Interior.

Department OF the interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or
egon, December Sth, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that, as di-
rected by the Commissioners of the
General Land Office, under provis-
ions of Act of Congress approved
June q, 1906 GA Stats, 51O, we
will offer at public sale, to the high.
est bidder, at 10 o'clock a. M, on
the 2Sth day of January, at this of
flee, the following described land;
WIZ SEA Sec. 20, VIZ NEA Sec,
32, T. N, r. As e. w. NJ, Serial
No. 04S1.
Any persons claiming adversely the
allowed escrlbed land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on
or before the time designated for
sale.
F. C. BRAMWELL, Register.
A. A. ROBERTS, Receiver.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
Professional Directory of LDaHowa County
Girls Feet.

"Yes, MISS" the shoemaker admit
ted, you have rather large feet now,
but they'll get smaller. How old are
you? About sixteen, aren't youT"
Yes; just. And will my feet really
and truly get smaller? Oh, I'm so
gladw
Young girls of your age" said the
shoemaker, have feet one or even two
sizes bigger than they have when they
are quite grown up-are twenty or
twenty-one, say. The feet at sixteen
are fat and puffy. You might say they
aren't shaped yet. They're like the
waist. But they soon get trim and
firm. They keep so till the age of for
ty. Then they swell again. Bigger and
bigger, fatter and softer they get till
the owner dies"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

Glenwood Springs, Col, Jan. 1S-
Twenty-one persons were killed and
80 injured, many of them seriously.
in a head-on collision between
westbound passenger and an east
bound freight on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, between Dotsero
and Spruce Creek, 22 miles from
Glenwood Springs, at 9:3O o'clock
Friday night.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
Want Votes in New Yorl.

New York, Jan. 18.-Imitating to
some extent their strenuous English
sisters, the woman suffragists of New
York state began tonight at Yonkers
a vigorous two weeks campaign,
covering the state as far up as AL
bany. The movement will wind up
In two large meetings in the state
capital intended to impress the state
legislators with the strength of the
movement. They Will be held Janu-
airy 25 and 26.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

wounding the man with the first shot
of the revolver, she would doubtless
have escaped the blow with the bone.
But she had certainly employed her re-
volver too late. The first shot devi-
ated and lodged in the ceiling. 1t was
the second only that took effect"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

The house committee on rivers
and harbors voted against general
appropriation bill for river and har-
Dor improvements. The committee
will report bill providing for car
rying on important work already be-
gun, for surveys of urgent projects
proposed and for any emergencies
which may arise.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

Attorney-General Bonaparte will
be invited to appear before the spe-
cial committee of the senate, which
is considering the Culberson resolu-
tion calling for the opinion of the
judiciary committee as to the au-
thority of the President in permit
ting absorption of the Tennessee
Coal & Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

The house committee on naval af-
fairs has fixed the amount needed for
the maintenance of the naval service
during the fiscal year 1910 at $780,
662,SSS, as compared with $122,-
662,4S5, the present appropriation.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

With the signing of an arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Austro-Hungary, at the state depart
ment, conventions of that character
with more than 20 nations of the
world have been agreed to. The
treaty now goes to the senate for rat
ification.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
The Mystery of
The Yellow Room
B BE
CHAPTER v. (Continued.)
By GASTON LEROUX

Larsan might be about fifty years of
age. He had a fine head, his hair
turning gray. colprless complexion
and firm profile. His forehead was
prominent, his chin and cheeks clean
shaven. His upper lip. without mus
tache. was finely chiseled. His eyes
were rather small and round. with a
look in them that was at once search
ing and disquieting. He was of mid
die height and well built, with gen.
eral bearing elegant and gentlemanly.
Larsan turned his head at the sound
Of vehicle which had come from the
chateau and reached the gate behind
him. We recognized the cab which
had conveyed the examining magis-
trate and his registrar from the sta
ton at Epinay.
"Ah" said Frederic Larsan. "If you
want to speak with M. Robert Darzac.
he is here"
The cab was already at the park
gate, and Robert Darzac was begging
Frederic Larsan to open 1t for him,
explaining that he was pressed for
time to catch the next train leaving
Epinay for Paris. Then he recognized
me. While Larsan was unlocking the
gate NJ. Darzac inquired what had
brought me to the Chandler at sucn
tragic moment. I noticed that he was
frightfully pale and that his face was
lined as If from the effects of some ter
rible suffering.
SIS mademoiselle getting better|
Immediately asked.
"Yes," he said "She will be saved
perhaps. She must be savedw
He did not add 'or it will be my
DEATH" but felt that the phrase trem-
bled on his pale lips.
Rouletabille intervened:
"You are in hurry, monsieur, but
must speak with you. l have some
thing Of the greatest Importance to
tell you"
Frederic Larsan interrupted:
MAY leave you?" he asked Of Rob-
ert Darzac. Have you key or do
you wish me to give you this one?"
THANK you. l have key and will
lock the gate"
Larsan hurried off in the direction
of the chateau. the imposing pile Of
which could be perceived few hun
dred yards away.
Robert Darzac, with knit brow, was
beginning to show impatience. pre-
sented ROuletabille as good friend
Of mine, but MS soon as he learned
that the young man was a journalist
he looked at me very reproachfully,
excused himself under the necessity
OF having to reach Epinay In twenty
minutes, bowed and whipped up his
horse. But Rouletabille had seized
the bride and, to my utter astonish-
ment. stopped the carriage with
vigorous hand. Then he gave utter
ance to Il sentence which was utterly
meaningless to me.
1.-THE presbytery has lost nothing of
its charm, nor the garden its bright
ness"
The words had hardly left the lips
Of ROuietabille than / saw Robert
Darzac quail. Pale as he was, he be-
came paler. His eyes were fixed on
the young man In terror, and he i'm
mediately descended from the vehicle
IN an inexpressible state Of agitation.
'COme-come in" he stammered.
Then suddenly and with a sort Of
fury be repeated:
LET us go. monsieur"
He turned up by the road he had
come from the chateau, Rouletabille
still retaining his hold on the borse's
bride. addressed few words to N,
Darzae. but he made no answer. My
looks questioned Rouletabille, but his
gaze was elsewhere.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

Flushing, l.. l., Jan. 1S.-After
deliberating for 20 hours and taxi
ing Is ballots, the jury acquitted
Thornton jenkins Hams OF the mur-
der of William Il. Annis, who was
shot dead by Hams brother, Cap
tain Peter c. Hams. The first ballot
stood eight to four for acquittal.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

riculture is authorized 10 fix definite
grades. In addition to the present
laboratories, others are to be estab-
lished at Seattle, Tacoma and San
Francisco and other points.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
GAM e LAWS.

Any person knowing of any viola
tion OF the game or fish laws of Tho
state, or Of persons not properly
keeping screens over irrigation
bitches, are requested to notify
JOE CLEMONS,
Deputy State Game and Forestr
Warden, Zumwalt, Oregon. 42tf
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

The senate committee on agricul-
ture has authorized favorable re-
port of the McCumber bill providing
for the inspection and grading of
grains. Under this bill national in
spection and grading of grains is pro-
vided for and the department of ag-
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

An amendment in the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill increasing the salary of the Pres
ident to 100000, of the Vice-Presi-
dent and speaker of the house of rep
resentatives to 100000 with $4,000
additional allowance for carriages
and coachmen for the Vice-president
and speaker, and increases for the
judiciary aggregating $328,50O, pre-
cipitated lively discussion in the
senate.
Borah, of Idaho, made a point of
order against these increases on the
ground that they involved general
legislation which, according to the
rules of the senate, cannot be placed
on an appropriation bill in face OF a
single objection.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

The house committee on appro-
priations have included in the ur-
gency deficiency appropriation bill, a
bill OF 100000 for the maintenance
of automobiles for the White House
1t was explained that Mr.. Taft has
intimated that he would use automo-
biles during his incumbency of the
White House, and in order that he
might have the machines at the be-
ginning of his administration, the
item was included in this bill.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23

A treaty providing for extradition
has been signed with Honduras by
Secretary Root. The state depart
ment has declined to say whether or
not the treaty is retroactive, but if
1t is the last haven of refuge for
fugitive prisoners in the Western
Hemisphere has disappeared
Among the criminals liable to be
brought back under the new treaty IL
John Riplinger, ex-coniroller of Sc
attic, who absconded with some $G0,-
900 of that city's funds. He Is now
living in security in Honduras.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
CHAPTER vi.
In the Heart Of the Oak Grove.

fTlTlE reached the chateau and, as
IM we approached it, saw four
UI gendarmes pacing in front of
0 little door in the ground floor
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
SINGLE ETEACHERs

Dover; DEL January 25th.-Notice o.
bill having been given in the House Of
Representatives, providing taxation fol
bachelors, notice Of bill was given in the
Senate, which is calculated to make old
maids of women school teachers.
Senator CIiffen this morning gave no
tice Of ''an Act to prevent the issuing Of
certifcateszto teach to married women oi
the State"
Senator life later explained to a re.
porter that the bill has not been drawn,
and be was not certain as to just what the
provisions would be. -
County Superintendent John Z. Brooks,
of Sussex county, is interested in the pro-
posed bill, the purpose Of which isto pro-
tect unmarried school marms. 70
Professor Brooks said his impression
was that the bill would not apply to mar
ried women now teaching, but meant
that, if passed, certificates would not be
issued to married women in the future.
Some opposition was heard to such q
measure soon after the notice was given
by those who were of the impression that
it would apply to married women now
teaching.
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
CLERGY OPPOSE CHANGE

It was reported that Rev. Adam
Stengle, superintendent Of the Salisbury
district of the Wilmington NJ, E. Confer
ence, had received a letter from Bishop
Luther B. Wilson, who has supervision
over the Wilmington Annual Conference
of the M. E. Church, making inquiry as
to the feeling toward reducing the number
Of districts in the local conference from
four to three, which would give each dis.
trict about sixty charges. Mr.. Stengle, it
is said, took the matter up with other
ministers and replied, expressing an ad-
verse opinion.
The plan, it is understood, was to retain
the Wilmington, Dover and Salisbury
district, but to do away with the Easton
district, dividing the territory among the
others. The project does not appear to
meet with favor and is likely to be aban-
doned.
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
KENT COUNTY ROADS


DoYER, DEL, January 25th. There was
a condition bordering on agitation in the
House this afternoon when Representative
Lafferty Of Kent county, offered resolu-
ton directing the members to walk TO
Leipsic, to WhitehalI's School, to Ray
mond's Church, to Denney's Corner and
back to Dover in order thatthe legislators
might view some of Kent county's roads,
as they are in midwinter.
The resolution was offered in spirit of
fun, but some at first took it seriously.
Colonel A. L. Ainscow arose and very
earnestly inquired as to the distance, but
before the information was given, Speaker
Cooper declared the resolution out of
order, because in it Leipsic was classed as
a city.
1t is the impression that if the Assem-
blymen ever started on such tramp that
it would be necessary to send out relief
expedition, for the roads are in depaor-
able condition.
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
rraAaCIAL .cOgD1r1oNs.

-
Fever failures is the business record
for the penihsula comprising Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia for the year 1908.
According to the figures furnished by F.
J Williams, manager Of r. G. Dun & Co.,
The Mercantile Agency, there have been
tyenty.nine fewer failures in this dis
trict ID 1908 as compared with 1907,
and the individuals and concerns who
have gone to the wall during the year
have had s552, ,664 10 less liabilities shan
was incurred By the lefanIta Of last year.
Il Is also Of interest TO note that the
amount Of assets involved in the failures
of 1907.
As compared with the preceding year.
Delaware bad twsnty-one fewer siail-
uFea, With $685.. e4O.57 less liabilities.
Maryland had i've fewer failuFea wish
$5 A0g, ~ more iabiIfsiss, and Virginia
three lever iaiiusss "a sh so. 4s4 lsss liz
hilitlea
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
TWO MEN DEAD AT FORT dupONT
They Drank Denatured Wood Alcohol and
Died...TRo More Are M


As result of drinking denatuTed woot
alcohol, two artilIerymen, attached to tbs
garrison at Fort DUPONT, are dead, and
two Others are dangerously i'll, one o.
them not being expected to live.
Sergeant w. Alfred Graham, OF the
45th Company, and Private Martin
Berry, Of the 1S9th Company, Coast Ar.
tillery Corps, are the dead men, and Pri-
vate Samuel Albright and Private Albert
Freeman, also Of the 139th Company are
in the post hospital, where the surgeon
and the members of the Hospital Corps
are using every known means to save
their lives.
According to the statements of their
comrades, on Saturday night Sergeant
Graham was taken i'll, and died il the
Hospital of the fort on Sunday morning.
Berry died Monday morning at 1923
o'clock, and, it having been ascertained
that the others had partaken of tie
poison, they were sent to the hospital for
observation and treatment.
It appears that Berry obtained the de-
Datured alcohol from Resident Machinist
Peacock, stating that it was wanted for
the purpose of thinning shellac. When
the request was first made, Mr.. Peacock,
instead of giving the man the alcohol,
made the mixture for him, thinning the
shellac. AfterWard, it is said that the
man returned and stated that the mixture
was too thick, and secured pint bottle Of
the poison, Instead of using t for the
purpose for which it had been obtained,
the men drank it, with the result stated
above.
It is said that Berry conveyed the last
information Of the death Of Sergeant Gra-
ham to Colonel Williams, the command
ing officer of the post, and also told his
commanding officer the cause of the SER
geant's death. 1t is supposed that after
that he drank some of the poison, or that
what be had already drank began to take
effect, resulting in his death Monday
morning.
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24th, 1909.
THE Prohibition wave which is sweep
ing the country skipped the Nationa
Capital this week when the Committee
of the lower House of Congress disposed
of prohibition in the District of Columbia
by tabling the bill introduced for that
purpose. T, e liquor question has been
very thoroughly gone over 10 Congress,
and while there are many members Of
that body who believe that temperance is
a good thing for their home towns and
states there were many dissenting voices
to the proposition to let our legislators 90
thirsty far the several months that Con.
gress is in session here every year. When
it was apparent that the District Com
mittee was opposed to letting the Capital
go dry the friends OF prohibition expected
q coup by proposing that the matter be
left to the residents of Washington and
that evasion was also voted down. Two
members. Representatives Campbell of
Kansas. and Sims of Tennessee, alone
supported the bill to introduce absolute
prohibition in Washington.
~
Tie incident Of the Governor of one Of
the greatest states in the Union continu.
ing to draw his salary as a member of
Congress and accepting checks for his full
amount of stationery and clerk hire and
making his requisition for mileage to and
from session which he has not attended
is perhaps without a parallel in the his
tory Of that body. The gentleman with
the iron clad nerve to attempt these
things is Governor Lii ey Of Connecticut,
who got himself into all temperatures OF
hot water last year by his so called inyes-
LEGATIONS involving the Electric Boat Com.
pany but who won a vindication in his |
own state this fall by capturing the Gov.
ernorship. Mr.. Lilley succeeded in max
ing so many enemies for himself in Con-
gress that when the question came up a
few days ago whether lie was entitled to |
his Congressional pay and perquisites |
while he was filling the Office of Governor
not dissenting voice raised to the pro-
position to oust him which was promptly |
and neatly done. The law makes it man.
datory for the Governor to call a special
session to fill vacancy in the Congress-
ional delegation but as there is no penal.
ty attached Mr.. Lilley will probably take
his time before filling the seat which was
so unceremoniously ierked from under
him.
Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
Frsttine About Lee

As the month of January is half gone
and no ice has yet been cut the usual fear
is being felt that an ice famine is in store
for the people next summer. It is pos.
sible that the remainder of the month
and the entire month Of February may
slip by without enough cold weather COM
ing to make il possible to harvest a full
crop. But the ice companies are not yet
feeling very much alarmed. There have
been years when the crop was not taken
in until late in February, and there have
been other years when it was harvested
in December. OF course, the usual crop
will probably be harvested on the ponds
in this neighborhood. There is ice on
them and it is growing thicker with each
cold snap.