FRIDAY. DECEMBER ». Ism
w ill be kept until tomorrow at 10
o'clock, at which time the funeral
procession will leave for Warren Sta
tion. the funeral services to be held
at the Lutheran church, near there.
Interment will take place at the Lu
theran cemetery, where Mrs. Eggers
«as buried last May.
The funeral arrangements are in
charge of M. A. Rader.
drey hies .
IX
ristora or <». R. A X.
Fiioriuoii- t rop». Revival of l.iiinla-r
Traile, anti Oriental
>lli|Hll<*llts
Mostly R«*»|»>iixibl«' for tlic Conge»*-
liou of Freight—:sixty Engine Crew-
\re Working on tin- Mountain Di
vision— Nil th«- Other I'ninseonti-
nenlal Ein«-» tin* Sanie.
it is estimated that orders for 5000
ears which cannot be filled have been
received by the 0 R. * N. system.
Never in U m hkrtory of U m read haa
there been such heavy shipments of
Height, both local and foreign. Every
available car is in use. loads are being
rushed over the line and the empties
hurried back, more rapidly than ever
before.
The enormous amount of Oriental
freight going east, the unusual ship
ments of Oregon wheat and flour to
the east and the revival of the lum
ber trade on the Sound, all add to the
congested traffic. Double yard crews
are working at Umatilla to handle
the immense freight business at the
Junction of the Washington and Ore
gon divisions, and at every terminal
along the line, trains are made up and
hurried on as never before. Nineteen
freight crews are working out of I-a
Grande. 80 engine crews on the moun
tain division are battling with the
unending succession of trains and
helper forces have been Increased to
hurry the traffic over the mountains
'the O. R. A N. is not alone rushed
with the heavy traffic, but all the
other transcontinental lines are en
joying the same Immense business,
heretofore it has been possible for
western roads to borrow almost any
number of cars for the fall rush,
from the Rio Grande, the Union Pa
cific. llie Rio Grande Western and
other roads having large numbers of
cars, but this is out of the question
this year, Every road tn the country
has tried to borrow of every other
road, and still the orders for cars pile
up along the line.
I1EATII OE CHARLES CYMERON
Well Known Y«»ung Man Pas*e* Away
Alter Short lllne*»*.
Charles Allen Cameron, one of the
most widely known young men of
Pendleton, died shortly aJter noon
yesterday of peritonitis, following an
attack of appendicites. He was ill
only a few days. The funeral will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Church of the Redeemer.
in Johnson street. Rev. Henry Dixon
Jones officiating,
Interment will be
at Olney cemetery beside his father.
who died several months ago.
Mr. Cameron was-bom at Burling
ton. Iowa 21 years ago. He was the
son of the late Charles A. Cameron,
for several years superintendent of
bridge and building «^instruction for
the Oregon Railroad A Navigation
Company. The son was employed In
the local office of that department.
His mother and eight brothers and
sisters survive him. They are Nellie
Josie. Mabel Minolena. Shepherd and
Neil Cameron. Mrs. Anna Fletcher
and Mrs. Nancy Jones.
The pallbearers will be the follow
ing intimate friends of the deceased
Mark Moorhouse. Berkley Hailey. Ol
iver Kelsay. "Ralph Coon. Ben 8. Bur
roughs and Charles French.
MEET JANUARY *.
l»re-»ld«-nflal Electors Will Be In Salem
on That Date.
The four republican presidential
elector», chosen at the November
election, will meet at Salem the sec
ond Monday in January and cast their
ballots for president of the United
States. Act of congress of February
3. 1887. provides that elector» meet
on the second Monday in January.
The result of the vote of the elector»
will then be forwarded to the secre
tary of state at Washington, D. C .
where all the votes from the several
states will be canvassed.
•"The electors chosen." said Judge
James A. Fee. of this city, one of the
electors, "have the privilege of all
going to Washington when the vtoes
are submitted to the secretary of state.
What ones of the four will go I do
not know.”
The electors have the privilege of
.-anting their ballots for any candi
date they see fit. but the custom has
always been that the elector vote for
tiis party candidate.
LODGE OF SORROW.
E1W Annual service Was Largely- At
tended.
Throughout the United States > s-
terday afternoon, in every lodge of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, services in honor of departed
brothers were held. The memorial
exercises of Pendleton lodge No. 288.
rook place at Secret Society hall, and
only Elks and their families were in
attendance.
Exalted Ruler Thomas Fitz Gerald
presided. The eulogy was delivered
by Hon. A. D. Stillman. Rev. Henry
Dixon Jones, rector of the Church of
the Redeemer, conducted the religious
service.
There was a large attendance of
lodgemen present.
W. T. Hislop is in the city from
Portland on a regular business visit.
M J. Foster of this city, left Satur
day night for a visit at Pleasant Hill.
Mo.
A. A. Shurman. formerly of this
city, spent Sunday in Pendleton from
Walla Walla.
Fre.l Andrews, a prominent ranch
er and stockman of Echo, is In Pen
dleton today.
Mr-. Hannah Rogers, who has been
visiting with Mrs. C. F. Brown for a
month, has returned from her home
st lai Grande.
Janies E. Tutt and family, of G reat
Falls. Mont., who are visiting Mrs. W.
D. Papineau, will locate permanently
in I'niatilla county.
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Bales of Rose
hill. Va.. arrived in the city looking
for n location, and are guests of Rev.
ind Mrs. G. L. Lovell, of the United
Brethren church.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fiedler of Grand
Rapids. Mich., who were recently
married in this city, have located at
Pilot Rock, where Mr. Fiedler has
laken a homestead.
Rufus Vaile, head Janitor at the
A'alla Walla county court house, was
in Pendleton last night on his way
home from a.trip to Hot Lake, where
he has been receiving treatment for
rheumatism.
Rev. G. L- Hail, L. E. Penland and
Mrs. J. H. Stockman returned Satur
day night from Helix, where they at
tended the district convention of the
Interdenominational Sunday school, at
■ hat place Friday and Saturday. They
report an interesting meeting.
A. Laing, a well known farmer of
tort!» of town is a business visitor to-
lay. He says the freezing weather 1»
not damaging the wheat for the rea-
■•on that most of the early sown grain
s beyond reach of the freeze and the
ast sown is not yet sprouted and can-
¡ot therefore be damaged.
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ENGINE LOST
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NO. 2 NARROUIA I M A1’LI>
OUR DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS MEN’S WEAR-:
ING APPAREL IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL
1
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Pi-ton lt«»l Wan Toril Out and Only
Il I. lick y Fatality
Kept U m - Rod
I'rom Going I nilt*r the Wheel»»—
Accident <Kx-urml on 11
Sharp
('urte Xot Fur West of I iiiatllla—
Trulli Continued Eastward Will« Xif-
ollH-r Engin«-.
edition of the
ROOSEVELT
NEWS COLUMN
December is Holiday Month
A drive wheel torn from Engine
No 130. drawing the east-bound pas
senger train from Portland last night,
delayed the arrival of the train in
Pendleton for more than an hour.
"The broken wing." occurred as the
engine was rounding a sharp curve
along the Columbia river.
west of
Umatilla.
The huge wheel tore out the piston
rod as it went spinning away from
the engine, and railroad men declare
that If the rod had dropped onto the
have
rails the entire train would
been piled into the river.
Another engine was secured from
I Jmatllla and the damaged one will
be taken to the repair shops.
TIMM!
TONS OF HEFT FVLP.
stiM-kiuen W 111 Fatten Cattle on It for
Early Spring Market.
Over 7000 tons of beet pulp remain
from the two months run of the La
Grande factory this year, and already
«tockmen are contracting for the pulp
is fev I
One-third of the weight of the beets
is comprised In the pulp. and the
continued tests of this residue as a
tat producer has convinced Grand
Ronde stockmen that It is a cheap
tnd rich feed, when mixed with hay
and a small amount of grain.
Jeff Bull, of La Grande. Brown and
Proffit. of Baker City, and J. A. Rus
sell. of Island City, have practically
■ontructed for all the pulp produced
and will feed several
:hi» season,
hundred head of cattle near the fac-
tory. for the early spring market,
cattle must be educated to eat the
pulp, as many of them refuse to
touch It at first. After it passe»
•hrough a process of heating or fer
mentation. the fat producing quali
fies increase, and tons of it Is shipped
to North Powder. Raker City. Hunt-
ngton and other points as feed for
lalry rows and calves.
Mammoth Jack to Grona Valley.
A. C. Ruby A Company. Importer»
>f fine horses and Jacks this morning
ihipjH-d one of their mammoth Mis
souri Jacks to Grass valley. Wasco
■ounty. The animal weighed 1100
pounds and was one of the finest ever
brought to Oregon.
These animals
have been admired by Umatilla coun
ty horsemen and there are now sever-
1! prospective buyers for the remain
der of the Jacks on hand. Mr. Ruby
says the natural advantages of Vma-
COLD VT KAMELA.
tllla county as a : mule raising country
surpass those of 1 any other district on lamer Ti-mpcraturr Saturday Night
the Pacific coast.
Titan at Any Time Iatst Winter.
The thermometer went down to
Eire in Ri-xiitrniv“.
seven degree» below aero at Kamela
Quick work fcy the Pendleton fire
art Saturday night, a lower tempera
Iej>artment this morning saved the
ture than was reached at any time last
residence occupied by J H. Nolf and
winter. There Is little »now yet and
T. S. Beckwith at 81« East Bluff street,
the ground is frozen several Inches
from destruction. Fire caught, it Is
deep.
thought, from a stovepipe and burned
Usually at this time of the year
the walls and a small amount of
goods. The fire companies respond •everal feet of snow has fallen at the
ed quickly and laid a line of hose to summit, but this season the fall has
the house, but it was not used, the amounted to but 10 Inches altogether,
flames having been extinguished be- and none of that has remained on the
ground.
fore getting beyond control The res-
Idence was not damaged to any ex-
THE SENATOR.
tent.
No Ground- for Omteet.
J E. Berryman, father of County
Assessor Berryman, and one of the
Inspectors of election at Hadley, call
ed at the Evening Statesman office
this morning and said that he desired
to register a kick against the allega
tion made by James Cusker in his
complaint in the contest case filed
in the court Thursday. He said "The
election was conducted in an honest
manner and there were no irregular
ties whatever. There was no dispute
over any ballot and the count was
fair in Hadley
precinct."—Walla
Walla Statesman.
Pythias Organ t'liangv»
Ow ncrstilp.
The ownership and management of
the Senator, the official paper of the
Knights of Pythias of Oregon, has
been transferred by J. H McKibben
to a company composed of some 15
or 20 Knights. Articles of incorpora
tion have been filed at Salem, where
the paper la to be published In the
future. J. W. Maloney, of thia city,
1» named a» one of the Incorporators
L. R. Stinson, of Salem, grand
keeper of the records and seal, and
Frank S. Grant, a prominent Portland
attorney, will do most of the editorial
work on the new Senator.
Morrow's Wheat Crop.
From the best Information obtain
able from warehousemen and farm-
»rs. Morrow county's wheat crop thi«
year will reach a total of 21.400.000
bushela
The yield being estimated
it 25 bushel» to the acre, would Indi
cate that there were 93,333 acres in
wheat this year. It Is estimated that
1.300.000 bushels will be exported.
100.000 bushels being required for
home «tonsumption, the bulk of the
amount kept at home being used for
seed.—Heppner Gazette.
Heavy Fogs Today.
Train crew» coming down the Rlue
mountain» today say that the sun
was shining brightly at Kamela and
Meacham, and that the fog hanging
oyer the foothill» Is not very ezten-
dve. From the mountains they could
look over the top of the fog hanging
»ver Pendleton. The tun shining over
It gave it a very picturesque appear
ance
New Bank at Prairie City.
M. A. Butler of Portland, passed
through on the forenoon train, bound
for Prairie City, where he goes to
participate in a meeting to be held
tomorrow for the purpose of organiz
ing a bank. He says the furniture,
stationery and supplies have been
purchased and the institution will
open for business about the 18th Inst.
He knows nothing about the Canyon
City bank putting in a branch at
Prairie City, except what he saw in
'he Miner, a report to that effect.—
Sumpter Dally Miner.
Bend Son to Be a Town.
County court held an extra session
last Saturday to act upon the petition
of the Bend residents for the incor
poration of their town. The applica
tion was presented by A. L. Goodwillie
and G. C. Stelnemwn and the court
ordered that an election be held wlth-
in the district on December 12 —
Crook County Journal.
J. J. Hill’» mammoth freight steam
er which will be put in commission
very soon at Seattle, will have em
ployed upon It 200 Chinese laborers.
Is saving thoughtful buyers
some money
Are You One of These?
Our Clothes Line
OUR CHRISTMAS PRICES ON SUITS
Suit» for
»ult» tor
Suita for
sulla for
Suita for
suit» for
sulla for
Is attracting men of Uste
and discrimination
Are You One of These?
Appropriate Christmas Gifts
UNDERWEAR.
OVERCOATS
OuL of the box and on the counter. Marking
down prices on lots to close out.
SHIRTS
ROOSEVELT’S
UNDERWEAR
Boston Store
Marni and <x»mf«»rtable kind. MX'h\W \K—T’ iram oi tlx* market. K.«»j>r<ial nru line ju«t in
for the holklavv itMiudtng tlw nut brown*. ctuunpo^nr Uimdrr*, in ail tlw pt »polar diapo»
HANDKERCHIEFS
SHOES
"Hie <<»«1 «Ibi -ryll-Ji kind
Seat, bet Mr »■ • ■ .1 atiractur
CAPS
1 or nwn and boj*.
Knight» of
Ju«t rigtii for Minier.
SWEATERS
JEWELRY
SUSPENDERS
FANCY VESTS
SILK UMBRELLAS
NIGHT ROBES
Henry Jan kaki Dead.
Henry Jankalo. of Greasewood, died
this morning of chronic liver trouble
He was 52 years of age and leaves a
widow and nine children, The fune-
ral will take place at Greasewood to
morrow ut noon.
FANCY HOSIERY
U>U RAT»» FOR STUDENTS.
Railroad» Grant One and a Third
Fares for Holiday Vacations.
Walla Walla. Dec. 25.—Following a
well fixed custom in the east the
railroads of Washington and Oregon
will make special rates for students
who desire to »pend their holiday va
cation at their homes.
For the first time in the history of
the roads they will thi» year grant a
one and one-third return trip rate
to all student» who wish to spend
their holiday» with relative».
The ticket» will be »old under the
u»ual certificate plan and will bear a 1
final return limit of January 9. All
student» who desire to take advantage
of the reduced rate» mu»t present a
signed certificate from the president
of the Institution to the effect that
they are entitled to receive the re-
duction.
The rate will be made by the Wash-,
Ington A Columbia River railway and
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
line* and will apply to all stations
along the lines where the ticket
amount» to 25 or more, Tickets will
be on sale the day that each school
close» and the following day for all
date» between December 1« and 25.
and will be good only for continuous 4
passage to the point of destination.
Train of Asiatic freight,
A train of Asiatic freight consisting
PETER EGGERS’ FUNERAL.
of tea. matting, lily bulbs and silks.
passed east over the O. R. A N. this
VU-malM Arrive Front Illinois Tills morning, in charge
of Conductor
Morning — Funeral at Lutheran Stull. The O. R. * N. gives Asiatic
freight al! possible despatch, in many
Church Tomorrow.
places the passenger trains
giving
The remains of Peter Eggers, who
way to these fast trains.
died suddenly at Sibley, Ill., Thurs
day. arrived this morning in charge
T«» A.shtet tlx- W«-ston Normal.
of Peter Egger». Jr., who accompan
State Senator N. Whealdon.
ied his father to the East.
Wasco county, is expected in the city
The remains were taken to the resi
tonight, on his way to Weston,
dence of John Schmidt, where they
look over the work of the school for
the next two years. Representatives
Walla Walla latnd Buxine«.
of this
Blakeley and Chamberlain,
Walla Walla. Dec. 5.—The month
county.
will
accompany Senator of November was a busy one in the
Whealdon to Weston.
local land office. Over 212.000 passed
through the hands of Receiver Gillis
according to his report Just submitted
In Polliv Court.
Shirley Boyd and Big Jim, an In to the department, There were 41
Tliere are but very few desirable dian, were each sentenced to three sales of public lands, of 430.71 acres
vacant lots left In the residence por days In the city Jail this morning by for 29288.28. These sales Include
tion of Pendleton.. These we have Recorder Fitz Gerald, on a charge of commuted homestead entries not en-
Just listed and _ the prices are very drunkenness. J. D. Wood was fined tered In the acreage, There were 10
22 for riding a bicycle on the slde- desert land entries, covering 2809.8J
reasonable.
acres. 2702.47.
Wc liave a new list of residences for walk.
sale, ('«me and see us, and look over
Suit for Divorce.
<»ur list.
Ruth Brumfield has brought action
We have anything that you want in
for divorce against C. D. Brumfield,
sx»untry property.
on grounds of cruelty and failure to
provide. The Brumfields were mar
E. T. WADE A SON.
ried at Corvallis, Or., June 7, 1893.
Office E. O. Building.
The wife desires the custody of two
minor children.
Our Own Shoe Sale
Virtue Mln«- Rewiimes.
Baker City, Dec. 5.—After an idle
ness of several month», pending lltl-
gation, the Virtue mine, eight miles
east of this city, has resumed oper-
ations. The Virtue Is one of the first
mines to be worked in Eastern Ore
gon. and has been a heavy producer
of gold for 30 years. A large force of
men left here Saturday evening and
the old mine will be worked at full
capacity, after water 1» pumped out
of some of the lower level».
SMOKING JACKETS
Something to please all men.
SUIT CASE
Ever* gentleman in tlw- land apprcciatra a sull <msr. The <-licapc»t one «r baie la a bnntn ruhbrr
cdotii, brnM look and bolt». Gratti k-atlu r cornerà, Icalher hi-l<lc «trapa, niii-din lined. uorth *2.00. and <«>kl
by us for ,1.50. The flneat caw »«■ tiare te a hc.ny bm«n couliidc. molded leatlier corner», fine brasa
loclt. Vienna aitine liandlc. llned. ultli qnlltcd «.itili. »flirt folti tritìi Instile -traps. *17.50. Wr lune them
at *3.50. »1.00, »5.00. »0.50, ,7.50. »11.50, »10.00, »12 imi unii »15.00.
Monarch
Ranges
SULLIVAN & BONO
THE CHRISTMAS STORE
.Malleable Iron
yoti cannot bret
full Unc f Rai
l»>ih woo«! and
vite you to call
the -ante before
The Standard of Endurance
Guarantee
Covers
Responsibility
PHOENIX
PURE
PAINT
TAKE NO ONE’S WORD
E. J. MURPHY
TRY IT YOURSELF
X 2 I Court Street
T. C. TAYLOR
The Hardware Man
:
Sweets for You
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GiintlM-r'» mid IsMMiey-'s Chocolates mid Bon Bona HUdreth's Vel
vet Molasses. OI«! lAisliloncd Uorvliouiut Drops, (foe your cokte.)
I
Don’t Forget> Our Fountain
For Hot mul Cold Drinks.
Everything th. best. All the latest drinks.
Brock & McComas Company
druggists