INNING EDITION
ORKOON
TMK
DAILY EVENING EDITION
THt 1'CON.I RRAD TH!
EAST OREQONIAN
THAT'S ' '" i l 1!
for tniMMMi
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY. QUEZON, TUESDAY, PECKMBEB 11, 1900.
NO. 3995
13.
ADQUARTERS j Chistmas Choosing
Frederick
AT f
Nolfs
In Selecting your Christmas presents etlOOee lUflMtMng for
WW us well as beauty, for comfort as well as pleasure. Wc
keep a line of goods that combine all these desirable qualities.
Ladies
When your hush; nd
father or brothers buy
their best wearables
here the yeat
round, why is't it
reasonable that they
would appreciate
a gift Doming from
her : on Christmas.
Our stock tor the
corning hoiidayi
is far, far better than
ever before
Gentlemen
It's hardly worth while
to preach you a sermon
on a sensible
Oiristmas presi-nt for
your wife, mother, sister
or daughter. You know
what you want better
than wc, but we do want
you to stop and consider
it a nice dress pattern
isn't jutt the thinR.
Especially selected from
our excellent stock.
I eyi . 1 1 lli. Uanica, Blocks
H .1 I - ....
flf, IlltlCV UOVWl m . I . 1 1 r . .
SeM, Pepillar Hooks,
i nut Pockel Kiiivcn
inas
(Alexander & Hexter.
The Boston Store
Doing out of the Cloak Business
We are positively going out of the Cloak Bastaeei
and in order in do ho wc will Hell
Every Garment in Stock Regardless of Cost.
Thin means
Jackets, Capes
Skirls and Tailor-made Suits
vsk our Prices, they'll surprise you.
THE BOSTON STORE
Pendleton's Big Store.
GENERAL NEWS.
Charles Watson tiruiit, one of the
host, known insurance men 00 the roast
died miiMonly in Sun 1 rancisco IbsI
Baluiday.
Th Roanaalan government has
hnUon 'ft the negotiation! With the
standard Oil roniany for n lease of the ;
petroleum Heiiis in that country.
At The Ragoa the feeling is one of
alarm at the prospect of an Anulo-ln'r-j
maii-Portugucsc eoinluiiat ion which
night nateh the Dutch seaboard eg
He ire Java.
Adnah Adam Treat died at Pcnver, 1
Sunctiiv, at the a:e of 108 years an. I
eieht month, lie had long beta aha
oiliest 1 1 Wag Magna In point ol auo, j
and the seeon.l oldest in point of time
oonnoctcd with the order.
Hrooklvn, N. Y., will soon rejoice
in the Miiwrml)ii of the largest family
hotel ill the world. It will he JRj
stories high an.l have over 1800
moms, in suites, so thai L'-''i iamilies;
will be boasad Bade? one root.
Representative .h,ne, I I Washing
tea, is seeking to amen. I the pension
leai by lifting from the soldiers the
necessity "I providing flint the d lie
bill ty for which they seek pension- dill
Ml exist prior to their eniistmonl.
The presidents nf the railroads in
cluded in the trend line eeeoeletloBi
an ! the central, nreatern and couth
western trallie assoeiat i"lis have de
rided to poet pone further oonalderation
of the proposition to do away with free
transportation until DCXl year.
The population of New V..rk ae.'ord
leg n the now census is 7,800,019,. an
Increeae of 1, 270, IN cinec lew. This
is tl ly state that gaiaed moth
than a million in the decade, Illinois,
with a imputation of 4, L' I, '.". I, gained
H'H, hut this is L'O r rent, against
gl.l Now Y.-rk.
Mrs. Marv 1.
WEST POINT HAZING
CASE IN THE
HOUSE.
the burning ol the company's Iss.ks at
Cleveland, The gist el the derision
mean I the dismissal of the suit.
MAN SHOT BY A P00TPAD.
The Death of Cadet
Brought Up.
Portland Man Fatally Wounded by a
Lone Highwayman.
Portland, Dae, 11. W, 0. Fortner,
an engineer (or the City A iorbntban
railway was shot last night and por-
imps fatally woonded by a footpad.
Kortner was on his way home when he
Ri)07P ic stopped by man near Mount
u)y)Lj io tDor lln, ordered to throw up hi-
hands. Kortner hit the highwayman
in the faro with hi-dinner pail. The
robber opened lire and a build passed
' through Portaer'a left breaat. His
I condition Ii critical.
AN INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED
TV Pif.slfli'nt Sends a Mcssatfo Rfrrilng an
Aflrlcultiiral Fxperimenl
lor Porto Rico.
station
1 Waahlngton. Dec II. Weet Polnl
baaing was broaghl before the houic
at the Opening of the session i. "lay hy
tha Introduction of a resolution re-
queetlng the cecretary ol war to report !
jto house the result of the invcstiga-
It ion of the oauaa of the death ol Cadet
Bocae, of Pennaylvanle. Repreeana
I tire Priggs, democrat, of New York.
I the author of the resolution, oh jeeted
' to the aetion of the committer in strik-
j lag out the provision instructing the
MOretary Ol war .. formulate regula
tions which will entirely stop bating.
Wanaer, republiean. of Pennavl vania,
who appointed Oadal Bocae, offered a
resolution providing for eungreaaloaal
I invest ieatioii. Warm debate on the
, matter eniued, aevoral taking the de
leLaan, the mother o i thl, H,,u,,IIIVi Wanaer'i r.-soiu-
Jolm K. Me Lean, of the t'u.rinnati
Bnauirar, died in Washington, Sunday
mora lag el acute heart effect ion. she
hiul hern ill since Kriday. Her
daughters Mrs. Iewey and Mrs. Lud
low, and her son were at her hedside
when the end eame.
PACIFIC NORTHWtSr NkWS.
It is estimated that the people ot
Walla Walla ronsi annually 10,000
tons of real and !HIW cords ol wi od.
Nearly 1 1100 was raised in llrppner
hy lebecrlptioc for Improvemeal of the
public road fMBt that pJaCC to MOOO
mint .
The secretary of the interior has sent
to the house an agreement with the
Klamath Indians rolinqulabing their
reservat ion in (recoil.
Mrs. f, W. BadaMnd, a native of
Oregon, dieil at her home at .McMiuu-
ville, uui'd 4 years. J he cause of her
death was an internal cancer.
Knmk Hath was arreetdd at Eugene
on charge of (ornery. Mis offense is
that of Indoraing the mime of a man
named Mavis to a cheek i;tvcn hy the
Acme Coiimierciai company.
Blley Bhadden, familiarly known as
the I.I i ml musician .lied at his home
at Mc.M innvil le Saiurdav, aged 4
vears. Iieceas.d was a son ol the late
'l'. J. Hit add ill, who was a prominent
figure in tl arly history of lb North
west .
The hoard of si leo land commission
ers of the state of Oregon has in its
care and OOBtfOl the UOmmOO school
funds of the state aujtrettatinK in value
about : i. The annual losses
from failure to pav inierest and
had loans are fully t-HUHhl.
Mrs. William II. Kftingar, wife of
the well known lavyer died Sunday
at the family residence, after a htief
illness, at the aire of .ri7. She leaVM
one daughter, Miss Mallie M. Kllmer,
who is identified with 1'oilland free
kindergarten eork, and her hiishand.
The Holiday Sale
is now on at
rederick Nolfs
Great Ua.uar
flfte
.. AROUND
baadreds oi them, lc to I6.SB.
"), OU-dln l.l.ullina ......
J; . O. S, V'.t S, HOI IS,
chair.- ami rockers, trunks.
Waiiilin.it.-, hook and ladder
wm,, etc.
"nilliu Hooka.
In... tlo : i
o r is an extra large
- irom ic i gi,4n( nuely ii
tm eta dealgna. u .
gaji
kw !!S '"'ir axoaptloaally
latitat " U"."H' Htll.llHS,
i"i-. prices Irom J.ic to
for Infants and Children.
Cuatoria is u liai llllliai BUbetltute lor Cantor Oil, Pur
gorlo, Irtx and Sotliiii' ByTUpe. It In INfwuiiit. It
ooutalna ueithei Opium. Morpuloa nor other Nawootia
ailbataiH.'O. It li'sti WoriiM and allays l'-wrisliiieaa.
It curoH lMurrlin-u and Wind Colic. It i'lie-s le. tli-
lng TrooblM and euraa Constipation, it raMiilatea tarn
BtwlUHOll anil Bowola, k'''iu beaith and natural sluvp.
TIM ChUdreu'a rglianw -Tm Mother's Trieud.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature ot
In Use For Over 30 Years.
tat imuH COtaw
atat town ciTir.
J' Toilet SeU and Work Boxes
'W'"1 '''' ' hrnsh, i Ii
Shi., ,""r' rs! la worth $1.50
lili . I,,wel hoxus, wriliilK
M1. r"rs"f', traveling sow,
la J. i " nl
I ' 'ycrUouke, igol dairies.
BeU " 'ai.- line of Urni. liner's
k 7":il ,,..- ... i
ill. Ii-nn
Christmas Presents
Mere is the opsirtunily of a Ufa time to huy your friend
a Christmas present and huy it cheap.
i have an elegant line of unredeemed pledget aoaalatina
of ladies' and gouts' watches, linger rings, earrings, and
other jewelry which 1 am otieriug very cheap for the
holiday trade.
offer
rU I'rie. -. ., uliL.
'"'imm iu i niiuimon
than
tl
Joe Basler.
THE EAST OREGONIAN.
Th faiiai' or i lie faopla.
Uverybodv Baadi It.
in.. Larwem Uiraulallon.
nr.. AdvariKluK Clum.
AN UNHEALTHY HAIR
e DANDRlll
FALLING HAIR
finally BALDNESS
Dutoy tht uiuk, you rcmavc
BweBtat.
Kill the Dandruff Germ
WITH NEWBRO'S
H E RPIGIDE
The only preparation tint
will .;, n .u.. paruiUi .
CXCCLLCNT HAIR DRthSING...
tor Sak by all Urugjiit.
HRICE vi ou
Nasal
CATARRH
in all lui MagM '
gaialt is? i .i ...
Kly's t ream 1! ill
elcaoMf tM,iu - hi
thu d - .. ' Ii. -.i.
It oatw eauurrfa iuid C
uw.y coii! .. UftC I
quirk ) .
fMaaaa it ilm b . la ai bae tat i.o.iri,
over tiiu Btmbiaai aat tn 110, ..i. luuwtuiiiu
.... 1 1 uiuij aun lotkan, n u not trjrtag aeei
it.t btodaai .novii, .;. Larti Haa u0 ettulM L tlruii
gi.lv or by Ball 'i'rud bui-,10 cvbU by diaII.
gLV UUU'l UEKs, H w .... .. bueol, KM York.
w
1 1011 was agreed to.
Invumlaation It Ordered.
Washington. Dec, 1 1 . Secretary
Knot thin morning gave out a te
BMHl regarding the t'adet BOOM rase
eonvenlng a hoard of BftoeaWeai Polnl
offlccri io laqnire into the alleged
mistreatment and Io provide measures
to prereal such actiooi m the future.
Porto Rtcan Aarlculiural Station.
Washington, lec. II. -In the .unata
a message Irom the president rcspe. t
1 1 1 1- the agricultural experiment station
in PortO Rico was received Mill morn
ing. The t.roiit oleomargarine hill
oame'np and was laid on the table.
farter called up the resolution re-
ferrlng to 0larbMaglnala contest,
which a- referred to the committee
on privileges and elections. It will he
taken up on Thoreday. I'rivate pen
sion hills were then taken up for 000'
1 nil rat ion.
U Veritable Tr.vuh.
Washington, Mec. II. - Senator
Lodge, after a hrief interview with
Secretary May this morning said tin
report that tiie secretary would resign
if the senate amends the Miiye-I'aniicc-fote
treaty was "veritable traali."
Ambuvmlor 10 Italy.
Washington, Dee. It. The president
enl the name of Qeorga I.. V. Meyer,
of Ma.-s., 1 1 he ambassador to Italy.
THE SiRIKli IS STILL ON.
Both liaM Claim lo Be Satlntted With
lit Progreti.
MalhiH, Mec. 11.-Santa ft strike
affairs have not improved today for
the company. Tnufu 1 s badly con
gest! .1 and all main line passenger
trains an- behind time. Twelve BOO1
union operators arrived last night for
dlabribntion. Oommltteea got them in
hand and this morning -hipped
part to New Orleans and the rest to
St. Louis, strike managers discredit
the reports that other orders in lex as
will not join in a sympathetic strike.
Striken Arrive at Topeka.
Topeba, Kana.. Dee. It, Thirty-flve
tribon arrived bare oe the noon train
today. Official! say that the strike is
ended and the employment of new
men will he stopped tonight. Munager
Mudge oil. rs a reward for the arrest
of the wire .utters who bete I II
tampering with tie- lines. The alight
freight tvie.-k at ( lathe I. slay was not
due to tbd strike.
Vice I'retldenl Bare 'I blaleiiienl.
Chir.l.'o, lils., Mec. II.- Third Vile
Preaideul Uarr( ol the banta fa road,
1 In.- morning said that the strike of the
operator! was rely a remln laoanm .
and that nil perishable freight was
moving with regularity and that all
peaacnger trains were running almost
011 time. Mis language w a- entirely
negative to all the olalati ma. la by
-triking telegrapher 1 em cere,
bayt It it Untrue.
St. Iiuis, Mo., Mec. 1 1 .--Secretary
Perbawi of the railway telegrapher-,
thta morning sent out another an
oooraglng bafketin to all opeialoti In
.lie, 1 it said that the Santa fm't
freight trallie 111 the lar aesl was parn
lyied while pass.iig.-r trains are run
ning entirely empty. 'lie- statements
of the -aula re uAulall are rhurai
lerbwd as untrustworthy and the
hull, tin addl that there are no breaks
in the ranks of the strikers. Secretarv
I'erhttin ley! the trainmen held meet
ing all along the line lust night and
are fevering a lympatbetic atnke if
ueeeaaaryi
A TRAIN WRLCk IN KANSAS.
One it Killed and Several Hurt at He
tult of Telegrapliert Strike.
olathe, Mec. 11. The north boaad
passenger train crashed Into the rear
.-nd of the OOTthbOOnd freight at Clare,
Southern Kansas, this morning.
Noble Tbomat, aged )), who was in
the cah'sise wan killed. 1 he engineer
and in. are dangerously Wounded,
and several ttueirgern slightly hurt.
There was no oerator at the stution.
hol'i by " -ii .s I0BMIDT
The Louvre Saloon
NtmiiiMtia - oiutooN.
IANNOI TAhK r H K HUM STKP.
The Neilierlan.1i Derides It Mutt Walt
tor Olhert to Load.
.The Hague, Mec. 1 1 . -Announcement
is made that the government of tie
Netherlanda decided today dellnttely
that it couldn't take the initiative in
behalf of arbitration between England
and the Transvaal.
THE SOLDIERS OF l I II S.
TIIKY PKOVKII IHaMSILfll WORSB
HKtlTKs rilAN TMK IIIIXKHS.
What an Ai'ioilcnn Armv llttlrcr Hat to
Say ot Attain In ( lilna.
San PronclacO) Dee. 11. An ottoar.
ranking In the United states army,
Who requests thai h is name should not
he given, returned last week from
PekiOi whither he accompanied ins
Command. According to ins ft. de
ment, to form an idea of the excesses
committed hv the excited and victori
ous soldier.' of the allies in t'hina, the
tales of the I'.oxer atrocities should
he retold, with scleral bun. lied China
men BObatltnted for each persecuted
m(aainarv, In I'ekm atone he esti
unites that 00(000 Chinese, men, wo
men and children, were killed by the
Kuroneen ami Japaneaa troopa after
they had penetrated the beleaifllered
capital. 1 1 iris, h..s, women as well
as men were indiscriminately bay
oneted and shot. Though in. tally was
kept, and the estimate is unollicial.
it may he accepted as correct. To the
wholesale slaughter must be added
wholesale looting and rapine. There
are no high Chinese official! left in
I'ekin, le. native control or ifovernmeiit
of eay kind except that exercised by
the foreign troops. .Ml of the allies
are haled and feared hv the surviving
natives, though politically there was
some friendliness towards the Ameri
cans. The Kngl isb seem to be hated
B a matter of principle, ami even the
.faiiaiieae are distrusted
('crimps the most interesting state
ment pOlltleally thill the ..Hicer made
is the feel that when Count Wahlrrsee
arrived in China, siib-e.pient to the re
lief of I'ekin, I. i Hong Chum.' roqUnetod
an Interview with htm- perhapr with
a view to arranging some sort of
mediation, an.l the count haughtily
refused to see him, probably thereby
changing the course of events.
Cured ot Khoumallini.
inong the many episodes of the
siege may be mentioned two verv
singular cures, the result ol intense
fright upon suffering patients, due
was t be case of a rheumatic patient,
who for some tune bad been unable
lo move. When Ibe crv came Mere
BJM the Holers' Hun lor the Lega
tions' he ran with the rest and ba
llot angered iIboo. Another wua tim
c l-e ol a iMirolH'lll. Willi lor ll.ree
mouths bad Miitfered from diarrhoea
and was a rcfogoa in the PoltMg mis
sion. A mine exploded under btH
and the shuck or fright cured him
or 'antly.
Condlllont In Southern China.
Uelerrin;.' to con. lit ion- in Southern
ObltWi the oflleor said that it was re
ported that the Inactivity ot ti.e
troops in I'ekin had put new life and
inspired aggress i vi'iiess in the so-called
reform party. The adhcr.-i.ts under
kwiin Vu Wei have orgaalaed an armv
of from five io teli Ibouaand and am
well armed. On October in, they de-
f anted the Imperial troops under
Admiral lb. and are now Is seigiug a
good llied town within thirty mib-s oi
i anion. The reform panv displays no
antl'forefgn feeling and has left the
ntiealonarlea .none. 'The leaders claim
to aim only at the empress dowager
and say th.-v are lighting lor the relnd
oi the emperor. There is great un
easiness throughout the country,
. peciallv among the merchants, who
have induced the Kuglish to dispatch
the loth iinmhity regimen! to the
Kowloon frontier as a Mfagaard. All
hip lilies bavi. withdrawn Irom the
West r iv. -i trade and piracies am grow
ing in freojaeoe and during. Any
day mailers may be brought to a
ol i ma .
HE OPENLY ATTACKS
THE COLONIAL
SECRETARY.
o
D. Lloyd George Accuses Jos
eph Chamberlain.
o
THE MINISTER REPLIES SCATHINGLY
uHri(e's Motion, However, wts Lost by
t Vote ol 2li'J Nays to
127 Yets.
London, Mec. II. In the hoiiae t
common! D Lloyd Oeorge( radical
member for Cam i y on district, brought
together a series of BCOOMtlOM auainst
Mr Chamberlain that had bean iigur-
iug in the newspapers ami moved that
no member of the government ought
to have a direct or indirect interest in
concerns Competing for government
contracts. Me pointed out that
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and
bis relatives hold a large number ol
shares in companies which have gov-
i rnmenl eontreeta.
Phamberleln in reply aaMi "My
pereoaal honor is involved. iM all the
lompanlea mentioned i imid Himrea in
two. My relatione intend to take legal
proceeding! and the public will see
liow these abominate . barges will be
dealt, w Ith by the . oarta.
"I come of a lainily which Is.aata
nothing ot dlatingalahen birth or f in-
herlted wealth hut has an unbroken
record (or neurly two cenluricM ..( mi
utained commereMtl integrity. When
all is reckoned up perhaps mv indirect
interest in the government contracts
is a few pounds or even several shill
ings." Ueorge'a motion was rejected by a
vote ..t 2rV0 to 187. Mr Halfoiir. govern
in. ul leader, then moved a closure,
which was carried by Ml votes against
Is and ail address to the throne was
adopted by L'lii to '.'II.
Kiniiet'or Appolnti a Returmer.
Shanghai, Mec. II. An iiuiierial
edict received hem llp olnts Sun Chill
Nal to be praaMeal f the board ot
rites. The appointment is significant,
show ing the grow ing poWBf of the em
amr against the empress, as Sua ia
a reformer.
nil; casi; is MSMIS8GD.
Alice rtirce Yeurt a Uecltiun in Reached
In Standard Oil Caee.
Columbus, ()., Moc. 11. After three
yeurs "f deliberation! the Huprome
...iirt Indus handed down its deciaion
in the famous standard (til case of
contempt ul court The court was
evenly diviided which is given as the
reason for the long delay. Litigation
against the company was on the
ground thut it bad entered a trust in
violation ol common law. Among tha
aauaatloiai connected with the case
was the t-MHi.UOO alleged bribe to At
torney; (icncral Moiielt to drop the
pruaixiutiuii ugaiimt the. company and
Siopt the i .. iuIi and Workt Off the
cold.
I ... ... i .i- llr.n.t.iJiiliiliiti ratil.-is cure a cold
In ciiu, day. -" no-. n. c - I ric
. cmila.
liovernor Herkham Inauauraled.
Franhfort, Ky., Mec. II. Heckham
WM inaugurated as governor of ken
In. kv at i ii today. The parade was
tt gorgeous military and civic display.
Ho Tried a
Sample Bottle
Nearly every day people roann Into drug
io.... and uskth. UrneabAi to recommeiifl
miiiu inidlcuui for tliclr tn.ul.h Very
uli.-u llie) re-fu-t-
I., do IMI,
b. . tuee, aa a
mi., they dn
in. I U lleve It
proper to ad
vlaaenyoaeht
Utke u patent
madiefne (
w hi. h tlisy do
not know tint
tna-r.-ltuiiU It
Is the lihyal-
elan'i tuti-
U- . to pi.
strllrt. Hoiiiii
miik.' an ct
aptioO, how
ever. hi it
t .. "igb, cold'or throat end I una:
trituhle I si v-1. 1 oiiiiii. n.l Acksr Kng
li ' l( in. i. h, .in... I kau Just what It
i will do It has oared tvap aaai aare I
t teen It tried it laJfea beat eaeeut at
in.. I tonic I ev. r lian.latd In my 14 yrart
I ypcri..ii I vi ill etW) '1st one InateOOl laf
b gentleman t.- l.eo kwii troubU.I lor
v i i i ,c-l l kliia '-oiijih. t au-
I Acker' I indiali lUiiisd lis triwt a.
ample lurtlli ..nd e cured neforn he had
tuk. ii half ii' ll at no nag w hatever. Tina
Leu . ii . jiii n.d . vm. however, ae U uaueily
tuk.'- I Wo Of three IsKtll'S "
(iNgnad)A b0eaaj Hciiefoniaiue, 0Ke
Hold in gk ia , Mel ti a baajfa ahaaegh
out Ihe I Illtril -Mir. and Canada, and lit
Bitgland at I. ad., k Id . t- tkl If ymt
are not -alb.il. d after bunltB, riiltirn iha
LuUia to io d m..,., and gel your tuubvv
be. k.
'i - etAenv 'V ue. 7iiraR.v
a. U- UJQlUi a 0O, f'"f" be - Vera.,
n, . . i i f lir.K k a. . i. mat, I'cudlvU.u, Ore.
DO YOU WANT
A BARREL OF WHISKEY
FOR NOTHING?
John Schmidt will givg away a small hand Chriattiiaa
morniogi handtomely decoratad, lo the man who
neareat tha correct oapacity "1 the nionator caak of
HARPER Whiakey now on ihsjilay ig bjl Saloon.
Call and make your guess
and drink Old Harper
Whiskey, the BJMNl made. Winner of three iuterna
tionaJ dd utodall iBCludiaj one front the Pgjril
Exjiosition Uni vcrselk'.
it
Mellow, Delicious Old "Harper
The premier brand ol America, drawn dirucl from tha
magnificent cask, the largest ever aetm in I'endloton.
Kosiioctlully,
JOHN SCHMIDT,
Pendleton, Oregon.