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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
HOPPE WINS ANOTHER =
FROM MORNINGSTAR

Pittsburg, Feb. 4.-Winie Home
ran up second block of 500 points
last night in his 1900 point champion
ship Is balk line billiard match w tn
Ora, Morningstar, but the latter was
close on his heels with 495. The to-
tai score now stands: Hoppe. 1000:
Morningstar S07.
The contest was one of the sharp
est and most brilliant ever seen in this
city. Hoppe ran out his 500 in 10
innings for an average of &c 6-19,
while Morningstar's 495 was made in
rs innings with an average of 27
9-1S. Morningstar caught the gal
lery with a marvellous masse which
was NOT more>spectacular than a bril-
ap two rail massc turned out by
Hoppe.
In the first half Of the 18th inning
Hoppe tailed 30 and followed this
with 81. which put HIM out in front
Mouingstar came back In the fif-
teeuth with SO and had a fine chance
to run out his string in his 18th turn.
However. he missed an easy shot af-
ter getting away with a number Of
hard caroms. Hoppe made only one
point from the 10th to the 18th in
nings. inclusive, but ran off his re-
CURED SO in the 18th. and the balls
were left in fine position for the start
tomorrow night. The score:
Hoppe-45, 2. 4. 3. 90, Is. Is. l6.
III, 4. 10. /. 80, 81, /, 0, 0, $500;
average 26 G-19; high runs III, 90,
81
Morningstar-113. 90. 25. :. o. 9.
p. GS, q. ?, 6S. 0, 7, SO, (. 40, O.
495; average 27> ais; high runs 1lS,
SO, 6S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
BRAZIL GETS WARSHIP.
Drcadnought Built in England Hand
ell Over to the Republic


London.-The largest and most
heavily armed battlesh.p in comm s.
g ON in the world, the Minas Gcraes,
has been handed over on the Tyne by
Messrs. Armstrong Whitworth & Co..
to the Brazilian navy, for whom she
has been built
The Minas Geraes is a battleship of
the most up to date Dreadnought type
and d.splaces 1880 tons Her
speed is p IA knots. and her main
armament consists of twelve 12-inch
guns. with twenty-five Al and eight
smaller guns as secondary armament.
Her length over all is SAB feet, and
her beam SO feet. Compared with
the British Dreadnought Superb al
so built at Elsw,ck, her displacement
is nearly thousand tons greater, and
she has two more 12-lnch guns ar
ranged to fire four more guns to the
broadside, while her secondary ar
mament is very much greater.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
FALLS INTO
A YAWNING ABYSS

Vienna, Austria. - A terrible acct
dent is reported from the mining viii
lake of Raibl, in the Carso mountains,
Il.yria Owing apparently to the
working Of an underground stream an
abyss suddenly opened in the village
ana swallowed up a hospital estab-
lished for the m ners.
The doctor in charge of the hospital
his wife, child and five attendants
were precipitated into the chasm,
which was at once filled with swirl
ing flood of water and mud. At
tempts at rescue would have been
hopeless and the eight unfortunates
quickly succumbed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
Ming Workers Cnn,t As1,.r

Toledo, Feb. 4.-Representatives Of
the United Mine Workers Of America
and of the mine workers OF the mid
die and eastern states spent most of
the day in an argument upon whether
the question at issue in Illinois should
be settled by them without Illinois
operators being represented. Owing
to a difference of opinion between the
workers and employers little progress
has been made in the actual business
of the conference for the adjudica-
ton of differences.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

Martin-Letitia.
Tomlinson-Young Rangers.
Whitney-Faith Gitney's Girlhood.
Wiggin-Penelope's Progress.
Children's Hour.
Mrs. Mary Lane will tell the story
to the children during the story hour
tomorrow afternoon at the library.
This department of the library is be-
coming so popular that the small room
which has heretofore been used for
that purpose is no longer adequate to
hold the crowd of youngsters. The
hour commences at 10 o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

tistics showing the decline in the num-
Der of cattle and SWINE in this coun-
try in 1909.
He asked: rs 1t surprising that
the price of beef cattle on the farm
has increased in these months IL per
ment or the price of hogs 40 per
cent?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
ALBANY MAN RINDS AURORA
BOREALIS REPLICA ON ROCK

Albany, ORE. G. Crawford of this
city, has found quartz bearing rock
in which is imbedded a petrfled veg
etable growth displaying a perfect
replica Of the aurora borealls.
No quartzite algae like this has
ever before been found. The polish
ed stou measures about two and one
half inches long and is thought by
many to be Of rare value.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04
WISCONSIN BOXER PUTS
IT OVER DANNY WEBSTER

Portland ore. Feb 4-Frankie
Conley of Kenosha. Wis. had all the
better Of a 10-round mo decision"
boxing contest here last night 1t
was Conley's first appearance on the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

Roosevelt may become so habituat-
ed to shooting elephants that he
can't refrain from firing some shots
at the G o. p. on his return.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

Comets may come and go, but we
can always depend on Miss Venus.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

A bet on the outcome Of the Her
mann trial would be rather safe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-04

asa b. Thomson, chairman of the
republican county central committee,
returned to his home near Echo this
morning, after transacting business in
Pcndleton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

New YORK did itself proud, when it turned
on all the steam at its command, to welcome
Theodore Roosevelt home
THE BIG NOISE Everybody profted by New
GREETED BY Yorlz's celebration. All the
ALL THE NOISE hotels, street cars, steam
POSSIBLE boats, row-boats and auto
mobiles were packed and
jammed. Theodore enjoyed every minute of
it. Publicity, reclamation, adulation and
just plain noise are as the breath of life to
him. And the backwoods folk all wonder
what it's all about. The daily papers had
souvenir" editions, extra editions and then
more extras. Is Theodore Roosevelt to run
again for the Presidency, or is he to ''boss"
the few remaining years of the Taft regime?
These are the questions that the Common
People would like answered. But the Roose-
welt press agent simply Smiles and the band
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

method known to the ward -heeler and the
political trickster was used to land the former
trolley man in the Senate. His former call
ing does not in any way mean he was unfit
to represent the, people Of his section, but the
methods used show very clearly that "the
people" had very little to do with his selec-
ton as Senator, and his election was most
shamelessly and openly bought. The Senate's
Investigating Committee will only be able to
uncover more rottenness than has been ex-
posed, that is all.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

figured bill, bearing no
resemblance to the origi-
nal which was known as
''the Presidents favor
ite''. The South hasn't
had many favors be-
slowed on her by this
session of Congress, and
the reason for this was
the presence of Cannon
as a power. Should his
powers be curtailed in
the next session, tn e
South will benefit. AS
to the cost of the nearly
ended Congressional ses-
sion, it will 60 on record
as one of the most ex-
pensive the country has
ever been afflicted with.
Congressional elections
will occur in many
States before the, next
session is called, and
there have been many alb
sentees among the will
ing-to-run-agaln, as some
Congressional fences are
badly in need of repair.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

THE unexpected has happened with such
frequency in SO many high places of late, it
isn't quite SO thrilling as it
WALL STREETS might have been to read:
PRIVILEGES TO 'Patten and seven others
BE cURTAKLEDs indicted for cotton pool"
We have grown so accus-
toned to Patten and his like squeezing the
market, buying up and cornering corn, wheat,
cotton and anything else that was a necessity
to mankind, it is rather startling to learn
that the United States Government has any
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
WALL STREETS
PRIVILEGES TO
BE CURTAKLED?

really serious intention
of stopping it. Under
the Sherman law, re-
striction of trade is an
indictable offense. Pat
ten has made millions Of
dollars for himself and
his associates for years,
by his operations in the
stock market. In the
latest deal with which
he was identified he alb
solutely controlled the
cotton market, forcing
the price up until some
of the smaller Southern
cotton CT o t h factories
we're obliged to close
down. Alleged cocoon
spirators with Patten in
clude a large number of
cotton factories in Ala
bama, Georgia, North
and Sout h Carolina.
The results Of the in
dictments will be. waited
with interest.
Indictments of bl g
malefactors are not al
ways followed by pun
ishment, as is too we'll
known. The small gam
bier, whether in cotton
or h ors e racing, If
"found with the goods"
is generally relegated to
jail "for the good of the
community, while the
big guns in the specula-
tive world are able to ply
their trades while under
Indictment. A S t h e
Southern farmer is keen
ly interested in all per-
tanning to cotton, the
South will watch the
course of the indict-
ments against Patten anc
appreciation as to the res
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

not be any division of opinion by right-think-
ing people. IF war is what General Sherman
named it, prize-fghting is in a class just as
far beyond as it is possible to get. "The man
ly art of self-defense" is a most excellent
thing to be able to use ones fists handily and
to good effect may be the means of saving
ones life, but there is no manly art" in see
ing two human brutes, one white the other
black, face each other and serve as a means
for 'sports' to bet money on the endurance of
each 1t is hoped that every State in the
Union will have Governor whose action will
be the same as that of Governor Gillett
Prize-fghting as a 'profession" is about as
degrading thing as civilized people counte-
nance, and prize-fght between white man
and a negro is going little bit beyond the
standard set for even the lowest of un-civil-
lied people.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
Z SUMMARY OF EVENTS {

plays on. We're great people, and we have
demonstrated that we are noisy people, and
we pay back in kind. So it was noise for the
Big Noise.
ACCORDING to President Sherman,
Congress will adjourn this week, possibly Fri
day; the Republi c n
ADJOURNMENT "Whip", Dwight, thinks
OF CONGRESS Thursday will see the end
is NOW IN SIGHT. of the session. The famous
RAILROAD Bill' has been
signed by the President, but it is most dis
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

THE class of politicians to which Mr., Lori
mer, of Chicago, belongs, is better known in
New York than it is in IL
LoRIMER's linois The expenses at
INVESTIGATION tached to his "election" to
TO BE CONDUCT Congress were so large and
ED BY SENATE under so many heads, there
COMMITTEE. is a revolt against his be-
ing considered as elected,
and as he has stubbornly refused to resign or
notice any of the hints given by the daily
papers, the Senate is called on to 'investi-
gate" OF all the political farces the United
States has had to amuse itself with this year,
Lorimers case is the leader. Every dishonest
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
GOVERNOR GILLETT AND
THE SPORTING
ELEMENT AT ODDS.

CALIFORNIA hasn't been
so prominent in the pub
lie prints since the beau
tiful State was wrecked
by earthquakes, as it has
since Governor Gillett
issued the ukase forbid
ding the muchly adver-
tised prize-fght between
a white man and a negro
to occur within the
States borders. AS to
the wisdom of the Gov
nrnOr'S action. there cam
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

ments against Patten and his pals with keen
appreciation as to the result.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05
Climate, Timber, School, Etc.

The climate very delightfulght SNOWFALL
Valleys short winters and most charming winters AZ
Cha elevation of 400 feet sleigh rides well nSa
impossible Creditabe Pehorc schoc uao
building and we'll paid teacher Al
Chaals high school studies taught
Probably fourth OF the mountainous territory OF THIS county
rs heavily tmbered with spruce fir ard pine
farming and grazing land uncultvated WIN
annually frightening with giant str'oe
with increasing and decreasing taKatlon with
and churches and little crme WIZ
vegetation with admirable c"a'e
favorable fertile SOIL rich in fruitful producs
mineral wealth in gold, silver copper iead "4
and the precious blessed with hatur
gifts that will its brief though eofus g
but puny OF its progressive ca<e
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05
Custer County.

Custer Idaho to settlers and
capitalists Its beautiful its enerprng people its vi.
ed resources and its brilliant
the name ct General Custer whose dasng pn
tive has become of national Thrtyv
years when placer mining in its quartz mining
ia its infancy the territory embraced confines
known only to indians 0d occasional prospecto
travelling from Montana wilderness to the NAB
Of maps unexplored In were actively
worked in Stanley Basin what border
in 1869 few ouno Loon creek
In 1870 other pacer discovered bu
forming Custer county practically From 1875 to
increasing popuaton-un following year bv
legislative enactment Custer rvd
since that time until today has population 5000 people
and has the following
Chalis-County farmng raising fruit and mining
Mackay-Mining and farming.
Houston Farming and stock raising
Bay horSe-Mining.
Cayton--Mining, farming stock raising
Bonanza-Alinins
CuSter-Mning
Staney-Pacer and quartz mining, and grazing
and stock raising is pursued viz Big
valley; Thousand Spring; Round Pahsamaro Frk
telope and Stanley
Custer embraces irregular outline
miles, ard is large the State of Connecticut
than Delaware and Rhode Island together
reached by the Oregon Short east
and this road will probably be Cas
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone line
foot Chals The of Custer county
mines and its agricultural and grazing lands
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05
Mines, Mills and Mining.

Caster county mining
but reeds better transportation capital develop
its rich mining districts In and mining
and agriculture though progressing hand hand nearly
independent of other The
the miner TO be bat relying home consumption
cnsvey be exist and but in this county the
and farmer depend each other Let for
call OF capitalist
important mining districts and the county Mackay
with its copper mne Morgan creek Garden creek Rad and
silver I}a district with Ramshon
and dozens of rich silver and gold bearing PeEax
Flat Centennial Fat East Fork Clayton Slate creek Thompson
creek Robinson Bar Stanley Basin with placer and quartz Fish
gold Sheep Mountain and Seafoam with their hundreds
of rich mnes Loon creek placer and gold
Washington Basin gold mne and the celebrated Yankee Fork
district which gold silver and embraces within its confines
hundred of producers this time being
The Lucky Boy and Yankee Fork Custer also has several
mills sme1ersfyc mills Custer dredge
and mill Stanley snelter at Bay
Mackay.
nearly 5000 located mining claims and the vast has
been half prOSpected
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05
Agriculture and Stock Raising.

Agriculture ably supplements the mining industry enrichng
county rising the SaWtooh mountains
Wood south border
general north eastery direction recv
large besides the East Fork These
with and its tributaries flow through
arabic still uncultvated Since the hand
of forced to supply what nature whhods irrigation takes
tie the that annually waste would
fruitful valleys OF deserts would convert the
desolaton sounds from homes Agr
like all industries of the its infancy
irrigang canals will be taken
which eudles supply and many
land along the will be
this county produce wonderful yields OF
hay oats wheat potatoes per large
harvested each year.
growing leading industries Of the county and
usually valleys and excellent summer
aud the county
year largest the OF
each year IRON the stock growers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05

STATE.

STATE.
!. Senators Weldon B. Hepburn
~. ~ g William +. Borah
t. ss Thomas r. Hamer
|Consor James H. Brady
dovettnrv Of State Robert Lansdon
eecdi;;tt nr Stephen D. Taylor
Auui.o General Daniel McDougal
A.'ota Governor L. II. Sweetser
l ieusr Charles A. Hastings
lIe"ootor Of Mines F.. Cushing Moore
!uabpool Supt IS. Belle Chamberlain
State Engineer
1. = Martin Roise, Idaho
Water Commissi oner-2nd Dist.
1 Mcmillan, Twin Falls, Idaho
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05

SUPREME COURT.
lanes F. Ailshie,
!. N. Sullivan,
George II. Stewart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05

OffIcern of the Village OF ChaIIis.
TRUSTEES
1osenh Rodgers--Chairnan.
sharlrs Waddleton-Irea>urcr.
William Buster.
losepn H. Horton.
william Elder
clerk l.. Z. Glennon.
Mar,hal--Eenry Horton.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
IN GERMANY
DEMONSTRATIONS BY SOCIALISTS
cuLMlNATE IN CLASHES WITH
THE POLICE.
protest Against Suffrage ElIl Cause
Of Meetings, Officers Charging
Crowds With Swords When
Trouble segsn.

Berlin. Demonstration by Social
SITS throughout the kingdom after
mass meetings held on Sunday to pro.
est against the suffrage bill, result.
ID In serious ARRAYS between the dem.
,nstrators and the police in many
places. In Berlin several policemen
we're severely wounded by stones
brown by rioters, and scores Of Soci.
list supporters received serious inJur-
es from sabers Of the police.
Reports from places outside Of Der,
in give a number of casualties. The
worst affair occurred at Hewmunster,
Holstein, where workingman was
nortally wounded by a knife through
he lungs; another's hand was cut off,
while third lost an ear.
AT Halle, after the close of the
meetings, 1000 Socialists attacked the
police, who drew their sabers and
wounded many. At Koenigsberg where
he Socialists returned In body from
suburban meetings, the police in at
.empting to divert the crowds into the
tide streets used their side arms. They
llso made number of arrests.
At Duisberg on the Rhine, Social
SITS, in a series of street demonstra-
ions, came into collision with the po-
ice. The latter used their sabers
ind several manifestants were cut
md bruised.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Fear lnsurrection In India

London.-Following new evidences
OF sedition in India as a result Of
the muzzltng of the Indian press the
past week, the war Office has begun to
mass British troops about Calcutta
Gable advies say plot has been dis
covered duplicating a number of ma
i've soldiers wearing the kings uni
form. Orders have been issued To fbe
nensaiese garrtsons to prevent ter
roristic mass meetings and the police
IN the Junjab province now have full
authority to use their firearms ON the
slightest provocation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Americans Are Thirsty.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. must be
4 thirsty nation, judging from the i'm
ports Of drinkables set forth in a
statement just issued by the bureau OF
statistics. The United States drank
the essence of more than billion
pounds of coffee in 1909, valued at
$4,000, 00O-that was about a dollars
worth of coffee for every person in
the United States. A little more than
1 hundred million pounds of tea, val.
ued at $16,000,00O, came in. But in
spirits, wines and malt liquors, the
nation touched its highest record for
Importation in 1909 and consumed for.
eign products Of that kind to the value
Of more than $26,000.O00, more than
twice as much as was imported in
1899.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Who Are the Elect7

Two modern statements of the
trine of election" neither Of '
would quite satisfy John CalviI
Jonathan Edwards, are given in
Congregationalist.
One was Henry Ward BeeCher'a
grammatic and convincing phi
THE elect are whosoever will,
non-elect are whosoever won't"
Good as this is, there is anothe
PLANTATION that is a star of equal
nitude. 1t was made by a colOre
vine, who said:
Brethren, it is this way: The
he is always voting for a man; an
devil, he is always voting against
Then the man himself votes, and
breaks the tie!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Boy Shoots His Mother

New York.-John Brady, 9 years OF
age, shot and instantly killed his
mother, Agnes, aged 81, in their home
IN the Bronx. The bullet first grazed
the cheek of baby in Mrs. Brady's
arms, then buried itself in the moth.
ers heart The babe, too, would have
been killed, the police said, but for
the instructive action of the mother
IN tearing it from her breast at the
instant the pistol flashed. The boy
nad been punished by his mother, but
he claims the shooting was accidantsI
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Back TO the EARN

Boston.-The Great Northern Rail
way company is emphasizing the
PACK TO the farm" slogan by an ex
nloluon here of what the farmer can
10 on lands traversed by that railway
system. The exhibits include fruits
ana vegetables from Montana, Oregon
ana Washington and several other
northwestern states. Potatoes fem
inches long and weighing four pounds
eaeh; onions i've inches in diameter
and weighing two pounds each. and
other vegetables of abnormal size bnt
nnest quality, are on exhibition,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE.

Italian Government Publishes List OF
Casualties on December %, 1908.
Rome.-The Italian government has
published an official return of the
number of victims in the earthquake
which devastated southern Italy on
December %, 1908. At Messina there
was a total of 1928 victims; 27,523
bodies were recovered and buried; 325
inhabitants died from their injuries,
and 32,477 persons are missing, lost
,eneath the ruins. In the other local
tiles the death number: Reggie and
district, 1862 Palmi, 1,734; Villa San
Giovanni, 1902; Calico, sos; Pellaro.
922. Several small communes have a
collective death roll numbering 7,10S.
Today Messina numbers 10000 inhabi.
tants, four-fifths of whom lived in the
town before the disaster.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Originator of Meat soveott

Cleveland, O.-Fred w. Sebelin Of
Cleveland, is the originator of the
meat boycott. Mr.. Sebelin is the
shop foreman of the Cleveland Twist
Drill company. He suggested to the
men in the factory that they give up
eating meat till the price came down
to something reasonable. They &C,
cepted his lead and one day only six
meat orders were given in the bic
room OF the company, which holds 500
men. The fame of the boycott spread.
Then it spread to other states and
the government at Washington took
1t up.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18
Reflections.

The beautiful home was crowded
with people assembled to honor the
distinguished guest.
But the explorer soon tired of the
attentions, and as he leaned his arm
against pillar, he allowed himself to
be transported back to the scene of
his triumph
Such a waste" he mumbled, uu.
dibly. staring into space, such a
waste, such waste"
Why so many stout ladies left the
house in indignation, the hostess was
unable to learn.-Sunday Magazine of
the Pittsburg Dispatch