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! (owkeoitioii I t , DAILY EVENING EDITION Tnx IKllFI.S UK AD Tin RASTORROONIAN 1 H (I'M IMP, PACKS mil WIS' unTIMSKH , PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEON, SATUKDAY, DECKMBRH 1900. NO. 4000 The Holiday Sale i now on at Frederick Nolfs Choice ..Christmas Gifts.. For Man or Woman. We offer you a magnificent assortment of (treble givablM for Iht approaching holidays. All these linos hp- fieri' for vim at their beat and are nil suitable and sensible for X-ina gifts. rv-. Itnnareai 01 town, ui vo.zn. ... uti.iiiii engines, musical tovs. i. .. . toVh. imill'H. I II N ' irs hum rorknrH. trunks - . ' 1 tii hunts liook mill huti it . ,. Me. -"- ,,i (lift RonkK. Our line IIiIh year is nn mn large LmWa Imiii le to tl.4. nicely m. .! Inuliviiu illi- IHlOlis- l)l)r line Huh vtur In nxcHptioiiHllv .kntiljla f rniiH'N iiiuv Html ma FOR WOMEN Capes i i f jacKtns Fur collarctts Dress Roods Silk for waists Eiderdown sacques Kid gloves Handkerchiefs Silk mittens Umbrellas Chatelane purses Pocket books Finger purses Silk hosiery Fancy hosiery C Satin Hose Supporters. FOR MEN Suits Overcoats Fancy vests Fancy Uipendsfl Fancy Shirts Night shirts Neckwear Gloves Umbrellas Sweaters Initialed silk handkerchiefs Initialed linen handkerchiefs Initialed cotton handkerrhiefs Oxford and silk mufflers Fancy socks Jewelry tami Toilet Seta and Work Boxea lUrp toilet BetH, j m ui brush, comb Itl finry mirror, regulet worth f 1 . 5U 1 price 1 . 111. Jewel lioxeH, writing iaki, ladlea purse, traveling etn, ' r. 1 1 -. useful present. litlci. Pnyar Unoka, tool dalrlea. Itkavealarge line of Drummer's i ...i : .1 it .. i i . rttinliir priee, BC I ill ike, the line eVOT orollght to l end lei on FOR EITHER MAN OF WOMAN Pendleton Woolen Mill Blanket and Robfctt. Table linen ami napkins. Lnce curtains Portiers t Fancy pillows Sterling silver novelties lied spreads Pillow shams Bureau scarfs Bed comforts Rugs China ware Lamps OlMI watc and numerous other articles, Alexander & Hexter. The Boston Store Justifiable XMas Gifts. Neckwear That is right new. Every kind style and price, all colors, too. 35C, 50C, 75C, $i, $1.50 Silk lined gloves for men Many ntew styles and colors. These are very satisfactory for an X-Mas gift. Suspenders Madi (".pecially for an X Mas gift. New and up-to-date. And what do you think of tan socks? 35c to 75c a pair. Yon know Knox and Stetson Hats Are always acceptable gifts. the price, $5.00. Silk Mufflers and Heckerchiefs New and warm. Fancy Shirts are nice, 1.35. Handercbiefs Some people like to give handkerchiefs both fancy and plain, 5c to $i.uo each. Always hand) , too. A bright sweater suits a boy. THE BOSTON STORE Pendleton's Big Store V II ' . - VM ! laal aa llh I I tl II I A 'II I C AT- Frederick Nolfs fl H TB ITM'n jjjoya, DolU.aaaaea. Blecka WW,ty Uowlt, New Lamp, C. ta' Popular book. Xmee M Pocket Kalvaa for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought lma borue the aigna ture of Cluw. H. Fletcher, and has bu uiade uuder hie iwreoual Bupervtaiou for over HO years. Allow uo oue to deceive you in this. Couuierleits, Ituitatioue aud Juat-a-good" are but Kxperlmeuts, and euduuger tho health of Cluldreu Experience ayaiust Exueriiueut. The Kind You Have Always Bought m mi X Bears ine pignmuiq u .SOU In Use For Over 30 Years. GENERAL NEWS. About 200 negroes linve left for Han Francisco, whence they sail for Hono lulu. The negroes nre going to work on sugar plantation. August Belmont, who hns been ill nt Hempeteed, New York, with tyjihoiil fever, has siiceessfiillv passel the erisin of the (license, nml is now rnpiilly improving. Clyde shipbuilders recently placed orders for 100,000 tons of plntes In the United States at n saving of "0,000. The ileoression in Seoteh steel nml malleable iron trades is acute. Almost 17,000 has been contributed ,..r tbe Admiral PBillp memorial ana, named in memory of the fnmous com mander of the Texas nnd later com mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard. Otto Cribb, an Australian welter weignt, knocked out Frank MeConnell of San Krancisco in the fourth round Wednesday niitht before tne Columbia Athletic club, of 'Krisco. The tlht was a fast one. Tod Sloan and Tommy Hums, the jockeys, have arrived in San Francisco. Hloan says he has mine purel v ior pleasure and will not accept any mounts:. Murns will ride here after the first of the vear. John J, Knglish and 19 others hnve filed n suit in the United States dis trict court in Snn Krancisco against the Pkeiflc Mail Steamship company to secure iiio,.roo damaget for alleged breach of passenger contract. Hills were Introduced In tbe second chamber nt The Hague approving of the man intie of jnecn Wilhelmina to Puke Henry ol Meeklenbarg8ehwerln, regnlnt lug the procedure of the cele bration nml the contingencies arising t herefrom. The Knt'nlo, which is now at Hamp ton Ivuails, has been ordered to make ready to curry another draft of men for tbe Wet nt Manila. She will take about 4.ri( Inmlsiiicu and Hpprentu'cs to Trinidad, where she will fnll in with the trninuig ships Hartford nnd Monongaheln. PACIFIC NORTHWEST NBWS. l'ortlnnd poultry show,.lanunry T-lL'. Oregon State hairy-men's association, Hiiisixiro, Jennery 4 Oregon Stnte Teachers association, Albany, DeajMMf 20-'JS. L, W. Updegmff, n Salem Prairie farmer, died at his home Thursday aged 70 years. The city of Spokane paid in salaries for the liscal year ending .lune !UI, MK, the kuiii H llgg,017.lf. Tbe first annual exhibit of the Ilouglus County Poultry and I'et Stock association opened at Knsohurg I'hiirs day. The mining broker of Spokane have decided to make a detenu i lied effort to have the wur revenue tax of "U pet year for each broker aiiolished. Charlea Cleary, preaident of the l-ir.st National Hank of BtiNtt, hns resigned, and all the atock lias la-en purchased by the Kverett National nniik. Ontario jiapers say that natural itas has been discovered near that town by Kd Aahluy, iu small uuantlties, at a depth of 100 feet, und that it in be lieved with greater depth a larger flow can ho secured. The river and harbor bill contains un appropriation of 1400, 000 lor the month of the Columbia, and a further provision that this improvement be placed under the continuing contract system until completed. I'rofessor II. T. h ranch of the I'ni veralty of Idaho and Miss Laura Casa of Hoise City were marricsl in iioise W'edneaday. They ware given a recep tion at the residence of I'rofessor Daniels,, suieriutendeiit of the city school. Cracksmen broke open the safe of the Blue Mountain Ice company in Portland Friday, und hsited the strong box to the tune of alsmt 200. There is absolutely no clew to the burglar. The ultlce of the company i only a block und a hulf from the silice sta tion. K. K. liilberl. who was indicted bv the I 'niti-d States uruud iurv lor rais ing (1 to f 10, pleaded iuilty before Judge llanford, und was BMteMed to seven yeur ut liurd labor in the Mo Neil I lslund peiiitent iury uikI to pav a fine of 100. THE EAST OREGONIAN. Ttia Papar af the Paopl. Mvurybjdy Read It. i ne Lai-giiii tlreulatlun. Baal Advurtlilna Medium Thorn's Nothing "Just Good Am Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prcwriijtion for womanly diseases. No one knows this better than the womuu who has tried local doctors und many medicines aud found uo cure until she tjegaii the uae of "i-'avoriVe Prescription." It eatabliahes regularity, stops weakening drains, heals lnfluuimuteni und ulcera tion and cures female weakness. It luakea weak women strong and sick women well. si wan troubled for three years with ulrera tiou aud fciuale weakucM and luy doctor guve me but little relief," wrKei Mrs. i.ulu Huutcr, of Alleutou. bt- lAlw Co., Uo. J saw iu advc-rtlseiucnt in the paper of Doctor Picrcc'n favorite Prescription I beguu tlie use of it about a year ago. I took five bottles of it, aud oue buttle of ' Coldeu Mcdu al Discovery,1 aud in v health is better now thau it was for years. I nave also recommended these inediciucs to some of my frieuds, who nuHcrcd troiu female weakness, aud good results have followed." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent on receipt of 121 OM cent stamps to nay expense of uiuiliuv unly.m Address IJr. K. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. CHILDREN PERISH ASLEEP IN BED. Gasoline Exploded, Setting Fire to the Residence. o POUR ARE DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED o Flames Spread So Rapidly (bat Rescue Was Impossible, and Tbe; Perished Without Awakening. San Jose, Calif.. Dec. -The residence of Conrad Huff, north of this city, was deal roved bv lire this morning, l out children perished in the tlanics. Two others, together with Ruff and rare Nverel burned. Curl, aged 1 1 ; and Conrad, llai bara, agi-d ." a hired man, Tbt dead arc Bj Katie, 10 years. The Injured are: tieorge, badly burned, but will recover; Marv Dim fatally burned 1 Conrad Ruff, the father, and B Valde are slightly bunted. Ruff conducts a dairy. A Kasoline stove, left burning while the men were milking, exploded and net the house OU fire, the family being in bed. It -' . ins that the flames spread so rapidly, and there wits so much In fUtneble material, that the fire cut off any assistance that could bo rendered the children, and they perished with out awakening. TELEURAPH STRIKE ENDS. The Striken Lose, the Railroad Com pany Wins. Topekn, Dec. Tl. President Dolphin, ot the nnler of Kailrond Telegrapher ha:' declared the strike of the operators on the Santa IV off. GeneMl Mnnnger Mudge would not expre an opinion a to whether tin men would be re-emploved. He aid, hewevcr. that the druerof Itnilroad ti legranhera would not be recognized under the present managemeiu. "Lei the Operator! get new olllcers," he said, "und then we will talk to them. " The strike was begun in Texas 1ft days airo. No concessions were asked by the men or oltered by the company ni a preliminary to tin- calling off ot the strike. POOLING RAILWAY INTERESTS The an 1 in Railroad Klnifi" Hold portant Conferenos. New York, Doc 22. An important coi icronrc wsh held here lust night, which, it is believed, foreshadow a British-American transcontinental rail way. 1 hose in the eonlereiiee wore Hill, president of the (1 real Northern; represent!!! 1 ve- of tin- Standard Oil OM tin- Morgan and Viiinlerhilt in terests. Thi' opinion in Wall street this luorninK is that harmony of in terest will hi- afflicted in tin- north west between the tireat Northern, Ni rtliern Pacific and Canadian Pooiflfl and, through a community ol owner ship and urrunuement, an eastern con nection with the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul and Krie road. LETTER I ROM EMILE ZOLA. He Writes to President Loubel and Creates a Sensation. Pari, Dec. 22. -Kmila Zola ha written a letter to Preident I,ouU-t prOteOtlng uuaiiiNt the amnesty bill jusi pusseo ny 1110 1 reni n cnumner. I'he letter ereated a sensation. ..In warn Loubel against tho danger of following iu Fuure's looistep in try ing to whitewash the Dreyfua case aud tell bin u poM in in life i being beam ire bed. Sole the., repeats the charges ugailiHt the general stall of the rreneb army and the handwriting 01- perti in th" Drevfue eoee, and inits the charge huyo been justified. Then he says: "A fifth act to the Dreyfu Irumu muv eome ut any moment and that the Oerjnaii eiuiieror will li a leading actor therein. THE B0OZ MAZINii CASE. Cadets Testify That Hasina Is Resorted to Take Conceit Out or reliows. West Point, Dec. 22. At toduy session of the hazing Bmji bkOUiry ten cadets examined testified that brac ing was resorted to make cadet carry themselves with soldierly bearing. tenied that plel.es Here mudc to eat soup or drink more than P ur or live Imp of hot sauce. I be principal object of baling they said was to make umuiioul o! u cadet. IS Yen if a son of a general of the annv or of the presi dent of the t'nited Htutei were to enter the academy and M .-. hi conceit he would be ha.ed. The son of a president or anybisly elea would soon be taught that he was 110 better than anylssly else. OMAHA KIDNAPPING CASE. "Mysterious Woman' Takes a Part In the Play. (in, aha. Neb., Dec. 22. The M- ileuvor of the police to locate the whi-rcuhoiits ol I'.it l.rowi-, the sus pected leader ol Hie t udaliy kidi.ap i.i!.,' gang, are w ithout reeult. All the not,. I criminal haunts here aud in South Omaha have been visited, but no information that might lead to the arrest of Crowe has been gained. Tbe detectives are absolutely at sea for a line to work on to uncertain who the mysterioui woman is, who has entered the oue. The morning has passed without any development in the affair. HOUTKLLK'a CASK HOPKLK8S. Tha Krllllant Cooarassmau Has Com pletely Lost His Hind. r Waahiiiiftoii. Dee. 22 -The exact condition of Congressman Boutelle a health has been given in writing oy Or. Edward Cowles, auperiuteudeiit of the MoLeau hoepital, Waverley, Mass.. in connection with tlte proposi tion to place him on the retired list of tho navy. Dr. Cow leu says that Mr. Boutello'n "mental disturbance and disorder of speech are symtomatic of brain diacase, associated with chronic reunl and cardiac lesions." but "there ha been .1 decided improvement in the mental 1 ond it ion. " t the present time," he a, Ids. "the indications are not as favorable na forntorly for a degree of recovery of which there has appeared reason for being hopeiui; but IiIh mental im provement is likely to continue, and lie may be expected to become well enough to return to his own home. In my opinion he should never resume the cares of active life, nor undertake any business responsibility, and he mav live but a (ew years." RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. Oreaon and Washington Are Qulta Liberally Provided for. Washington, Dec. 22. The river and harbor bill, which carries (60.000,000 appropriation, contains the following items of interest to 0r0k0TI ami Wash ington : Oreaon --Tillamook bav and bar, cash 127,000. Washington Olviupia harbor, Baafa Its. 000: Taooma, cash $:u,ooo. Tin- Columbia river nt tho Cnscades, . tab 180,000, The mouth of the Columbia river, cash 100,000) contract $1 .aOO.OOO. I'he lower Willamette ami Columbia rivers below Portland, cash USft.000, The Willamette river above Portland and the Yamhill river, cash 170,000. The OoQOlilo river, general Improves menu, 40,ooo. Thi mouth of the BlatlaW river, cash 130,000, Examinations, survey and con tingencies of rivers aud harbors. In spection of bridge, etc., cah 2tN),000. Tie Retween Qun clubs. Walln Walla, Dee, 22. Tbe ma), tiers of the Walla Walla 01111 club who competed with teams from tin- Dayton club in a shoot at. that place Thursday returned home Friday ovening. The event terminated in 11 tie, the Walla Walla team winning the shotgun con test, and tin- Dayton aggregation carrying off the honor in tin- rille shoot . Will Qi Campbell and John Smails of the Walla Walla team and Htevens ami George B. Baker of the Dayton team tried for first honors in the shot gun contest, each receiving '.V iints. C. I. F.lli of Dayton secured the highest score of HH, and II. O. 1'ts k of Walla Walln second with a score of H7, iu Hie rule contest. The teams were composed of the fol lowing meiulwra: Walla Walla, rillo-Ott MeKltMIO, V. .1. Walker, II. 0. Peck, William Keeney, John Kelly and John Small. Shotgun-Will O. Campbell, Wil liam keeney, (I. Peck, Ott McKlnsie, I' red Martin and John Smails. Dayton, shotgun--Stevens, Hodman, Hemlill. Day, Kuettle and G, II. Baker. Rille Merits, C. D. Ellis, Thompson, W. W. Ward, J. D. Smith and C. F. Miller. The dute of the return hoot to Im held in this city baa not yet been determined. Americans Always Oentlomen. Loudon, Dec. 22. The Times tisluy quotes letter from Japanese merchant ami other concerning the conduct of tin- loreign corps in China, in which all the writers agree that the Ameri cans are by ;far the heat. ' ' I'liev are alway gentlemen, several of ', the v, r iters declare. WAR DEPARTMENT'S SECOND AUDITOR MURDERED. o - Sam McDonald, a Discharged Clerk, the Assassin. o- M'DONALD ALSO KILLED HIMSELF Cbarfted All lb Blame for His Misfortunes lo Morris -Nad Been on I Protracted 8pre (or a Week Past. ; Washington. Dae, 22. Frank II. Morris, the second auditor of the wur department, whose' home is in Cleve land, was shot and killed in the office window of the building at 2 :M o'clock this afternoon, by Sam MclVuiald, dinner I v the disbursing clerk in the department. McDonald tried to cut his throat with a penknife imme diately after the shooting. Failing to do a good job with tin- knife, Mc Donald went to the door, descended the steps and Ml on the lowest one. At the moment tl liners arrived ho shot himself in the stomach, aaying: "I did it , I'm Bnlahed. Watchman Ouelok, who ran to the scene, wns so budlv beaten about the bond with a revolver by Mi-Donald that be is thought to he mortally wounded. McDonald was discharged from the department a vear ago, and was Inter re-employed in it lower posi tion from which In- wns again dis charged this morning. He was strongly addicted to drink aud it week ago en tered upon a cirousal, and brooded over bis troubles, charging all the blame for his misfortunes to Morris. Mrs John Russoll Dead Walla Wall 1, Do . H Mrs. John Russell, sr., du d 111 Ibis city Thursday morning at the age of 70 years The funeral occurred tinlav at II o'clock a. m., from St, Patrick's Catholic church Deceased was l,rn 111 Kilkee, Clair counts, Ireland, iu IMMO, She came lo Walln Walla In 1880, and returned to her old homo for n visit in I . re maining one year. She then returned to Wnllu Walla. She bines a tlUabaml and one son, Jack, to mourn her In. Arrsst of a Jnwalry 'relet Snn I'ranelooo, Pee, 22. -E. Kane, of New York, NrOf arrested tin morning in hi sumptuous apartment iu this city, charged with stealing t'sslO worth of jewelry from merchant here. Much of the Jewelrv has been panned, only it little of it being found in hi- o.ses slon. He claims it was given him by an unknown beggar WOOMM whom In met on the street and one wluun he hail befrioiiih J The eDonough Launched. Weymouth, Mass., Dec. 22. The I or .1 do bout oest i over McDiiUollgll Was launched hero this morning. The new craft was christeued by Mrs. l.ucy Mc Douoiigh Keel, a direct descendant of the hero of lake Cbainplain, whose name the boat hears A Noted Louisville Crook. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 22. John Owens, the mysterious murderer, who was banged at Paris, Ills., yesterday, has been identified by the local police a Shiner Sullivan, a noted UOttliVille crook . A Bank Robbed. Naebvllie, Tell!!., Dec. 22. -Tim Cotte county hank, at Mancheter, wa entered by four burglars last night and rolihed id I .mo (Inn robber wu captured. Bank or Oallou Robbed. Dai ton City, ills., Dec. 22. The Bank of Dalton City was entered bv burglar last night und about ftUOO lit cash taken. President to Vlall the Northwest. Wasniiigton. Dee. 22. --Senator Flutter and Ui-preseutal is .lone of Wahington called at the White House and invited the president to extend bis trip to San Francisco in May so as to include Portland, T.tcoma. Seattle. North Yakima. Spokum- and other towns in Washington. The president readily consented providing nothing i occurred to prevent it. Rebellion In Capo Colony. De Aur, Cape Colony, Dec. 22. Banks here are sending their i to the coast. I'he wildest rumors of reballiOU uguiust British rub- prevail Torrential ruin have fallen and military operation have been practi cally suspended for the time lining. applied tot- Proteotlon. Vienna. Dec. 22. --Christians in Northern Albania. who are being MMO cuted by MusMclinai!, have applied to the govern men ti of Bervia und Bulgaria for protection. (lerman field Marshal Dead. Berlin, Dec. 22. -Count Von Bluem euthal, tin- oldest of (ierinau field marshals, i dead hern. glmberly Threatened. London, Der. 22. The Evening Standard print a report that kunberly is seriously threatened by the Ikwr. Stops the Couah and Works Off tha Cold. Laxative Bream tanlnlqa tablets stare a oaM In one day. No cure, uo pay. l-rlca il ouuta. For Nearly Two Years Unable to Lay in Bed " In my capacity as druggiat, in Buffalo, N Y., I have thetx-Ht opportunity to judge ol I he merits of many different remedies. 1 am in close touch with tho sick, who OOnM into my ItOTB l-u medicines, and most of them tell niu hosv tb.1 y ttie getting along ( II all tile him dredi ot pi cp.ti atiotu winch i :., n. uot a suiglu one begins to give aa much satisfaction aa Ackers Fug lisb Remedy for Coughs, Colds, tJronchitts, Asthma, l'Teuriay and Consumption. 1 sell it on a dis tinct guarantee that it will cure, or the purchaser'e money will bo returned. Thia ia a perfectly safes guarantee, because tbe remedy du4S cure. Nobody wants hia money returned. Its cures are nothing slum of marvelous. Take tbe case of Mr. A. II. Gilbert, far instance. He lives at No. j Carey atreet, Buffalo, N. Y. For more than three yeara he bad a bad case of asthma, and had been un able to lie down in bed for nearly" two yeara. He came to my store and asked me what to do. I said: 'Take Acker's English Remedy." He said he had tried other reme dies and didn't think thia would l. I,.,,, IC.l ha thinks differ. ently now Three bottles fixed bia asthma oil right. He could sleep and eat after taking them, aa well as when it boy. He was cured aeveral mouths ago, aud is well yet, so I am certain bia trouble ia gone tor good. Yon can write to Mr. Gilbert himself, it you doubt my word. Ho will go further than inc.- in prais ing Acker's English Remedy." (Signed) S. B. TnoaNa, druggist, Uuffalo, N.Y. Sold at 25c, 50c. and $1 a txottle, throughout theUuitedStatea aud Canada; and iu England, at is. ad,, as. 3d., 4s. od. If you are uot satisfied alter buying, returu the bottle to your druggiat, aud get your money back. Uv euUkurtu nt uooir gauruato. W. U. UOUKXJt & CO., ioynmnt. Hevi For. Mini. MY int.. i u a.. M 'COMAS, PKNIIJ.KTIIN, UIIK.