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the fSf SPRING "LENOX" ? 1902 H3 A Snappy Style of which we are showing 84 a splendid assortment in all the new ouloriugs. PRICES: .$10.00, $11.00, $12 50 $15 00 $17 00 You can save $2.50 to $5.00 by buying a suit of us. TO PREVENT FIELD FIRE Steam Threshing Outfits to be Sup planted with Gasoline Motors. .. ,nvr,inHnn in nower for thresh- ! i ic ..mmispH bv the introduction BOOHER TOOK HIS I ' ,,, -!--' to take the place of steam engines, which have been me tiisasiiuuo THMCFII HIMSFIF: El II II I U U U iiniiuubi ; i I a . 1 REUBEN J ROPE ROUTE OUT OF TROUBLE If v.iti want to know what pmartly dressed this season ask to tee Steiu-Bloob. ninths ru Vasi Hca Ynur Oun Ai,a. lJ 8UU wuv ivm villi UUUy o New Shipment of PANTS just in $2.50 to $5.00 BAER & DALEY ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS j Discouraged by III Health and Finan cial Reverses, He Put a Rope Around His Neck, Climbed on a Manger and Jumped to His Death. Because of falling health and finan cial troubles, Reuben J. Booher, a farmer, living on the Reed and Hart ley mountain, 15 miles southeast of Weston, eonH"'ln;J that life was not , wuitu living and entering his barn I Monday morning, he strangled him- sell t! death with a rope around his r eck and th'-nvrn over n beam In the I i oof. Co'-oner W. 0. Cole, and Deputy i &.ne i Sheriff T'll To; lor, who went out to work iu.estfgate the case, returned last evening and tell the circumstances as follows: Mr. Booher was a mnn of 45 years of age and has resided In Umatilla county for many years, although he has not resided on the place where he took his life but a short time. He ' hns a wife and five children and many lisnil for manv years fires In the grain fields set farmers , to studying, and efforts were niaue to find some other power to do the work. The first gasoline engine evei Imported Into Whitman county Washington, to run a threshing ma chine Is now owned by J. M. Martin, an extensive farmer living near the Dusty postoffice. In the western part of the county. The engine is sixteen ( horse power, and a trial run was made with it a few days ago. Mr.i Martin saiu: "We tried the engine oy threshing a stack of wet grain which had stood out all winter and was very wet and tough. The en-( ave abundant power ior ui . I consider it much cheaper tnan steam power and less danger-; ous. It dispenses with the services' of a high priced engineer, a water hauler, a four horse team and a fire man. I expect to see gasonne en gines used generally for threshing in the Palouse country within a few years." The East Oregonian Artist. Ed Payne, of Salem, is doing regit- best of , jar cartoon work on the Pendleton TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1302. HOTEL ARRIVAL8. GENERAL NEWS. The Presbyterian general assembly ; at Monday's session chose Los An-! geles, Cal., as the place of next uieet-j ing. j Norman C. Hewes died at his home in Lebanon, X. H., aged 74. He had j a Masonic record said to be unpar--) alleled. " J The pope has received Cardinal Martinella, who gave the pontiff an account of his mission and the church I situation in the United States. j The gold output from Rhodesia forj the year 1901 amounted to over 180, 8S0 ounces, an increase of G9.385 ounces over the total output of 1900. The Russian minister of finance M. Witte, in behalf of the Russian government, has telepraphed 250,000 francs to the Martinique relief fund. Right Rev. Dr. Phillip J. Garrigan, vice-rector of the Catholic universi ty at Washington, was consecrated bishop o Sioux City in St. Michael's Cathedral, Sunday. John Slaucer was murdered by George Spencor in a row on a sheep ranch on .ne Big Deep Creek, near Miles City, Montana. Slaucer was struck with a club and his skull frac tured. Spencer gave himself up to the authorities, and claims the act was done in self-defense. Both men were sheep herders. Major General Lloyd Wheaton who is about to start from the Phil ippines, will he retired July 15 next by operation of law, on account of age. It is merely to give him aj short vacation before the close of his I active military career that he was relieve of the command of the tie partment of North Philippines. ' The Pendleton. G. W. Phelps, Heppner. John S. Granaud. R. H. Dewese, Kansas City. N. N. Craig. San Francisco. George T. Williams, Walla Walla. S. A. Kingston. H. A. Munson, San Francisco. W. T. Eastman. Salt Lake. Mrs. T. G. Smith, Echo. E. W. Bingham, Boston. Will M. Peterson. Athena. J. M. Church. La Grande. Dr. J. A. Best. Weston. S. S. Pratt, Lake Chrystal. Charles W. Forest, Aberdeen. David Home, McKay. W. H. Kerney, Seattle. T. B. Johnson. W A. Andrews, Baltimore. F. J. Crain. Olympic. John Froome. C. A. Barrett, Athena. John S. Mitchell, San Francisco. I. M. Bates. Walla Walla. H. W. Ormandy, Portland. R. H. Caston, Spokane. J. F. Smith, Portland. Charles S. Miller. Echo. C. A .Fleming, St. Paul. J. H. Kloeckman, Spokane. John B. Ashton, Chicago. Charles W. Turner, La Grande. j friends in the east end of the county, whore he is 'well known. I He has not been in the I health for several years past and was East oregonian. He made some car ! in straitened circumstances nnan-, toons for llle journal that immediate i cially. He had not said anvthinc of!i,. ninntnj mtontinn oni i rt-nc nf. j contemplating seK-destruction and , fered seVeral places.' His character ins buuuen insane aci was a great sketch of Harvey Scott was a better shock to his wife and children. Mon-; ieee of work from everv standpoint day morning he arose as usual and ; than some of the noted cartoonists went to the barn to do the chores. get big nl.jcj!s tor d6lngi if young His wife got breakfast ready and j Payne educate himself bv a stepped out to call her husband. No.i.m,,.! mrep nf ron.iinn- in frpTiPr.il answer came and she went to the barn to see the cause of her hus band's silence. history nud study art he has the makiug of a greater .cartoonist than 1 (rarmr line ?irrw1 nond Cn1am T r1 1 V- Looking through a crack she saw , nal him suspended to a rope but thought I ' . he was standing there and called to him again. He made no answer and tin. when hnvinrr - . . ucpend salesman's adviro .DYu realize that h! vice may be he large profit that Z, in some makes ? 511 Study the s;ti,,: 1f . -"-"iiua yojj. fabric and garments of different nJL the style, fit and 1 1344 , idnc uariir.ii nf ucar mis label. The Steln-Bloch Co. WHOLESALE TAIL0U Registered 1S68 They are tailored Wt lamous w in esa o T,;i . nocnester, a-m r. nnii J twill U1UL We sell thern, but do not 1 iLJiiij(.iii:rr vim I nun i. P.rlfinal aa vnn lnnAA . , . r pvprr rtafnfl . in. m - -- . J , uj uu H BUI nomnare tlin PtTot -Wk l. the best dressed man you ! We are nerfeetlv willing tn.i V TrmiT- 1 1 1 rl ( n n r.n i t. j unow what it will be. she stepped to the door and found him dead. He had tied a ring iu the end of the rope, run the other end through the ring and thrown it over a beam. Then he placed the noose around his neck and, appar ently, climbed on the manger and jumped off. When found he had been hanging only a few minutes, but life was extinct. His toes were touching the ground. Ine burial took place at Athena1 this afternoon. i money to loan at lowest rates on i ;cwn or country pioperty. J. R. Dick son, East Oregonian building. SUii .... ailis.llll tn STC And Your Money Back for the Asking. AN EXCELLENT SHOW. Port PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS. Winters & Chapman, the contract ore, and plaintiff in the action, pur chased the Paul Mohr portage road for $36,o92. uu. e road was sold at Goldendale at 2:30 Saturday after noon. August Yergen, one of the early settlers of Oregon, died at his home west of Auroria, Marion county, Sat urday, aged 72 years. His health had been poor for the past year and he suffered greatly. Four thousand people visited The Dalles Sunday, on the excursion from Portland. Albany, McMinnville and Salem and other valley towns. The air was warm, the sky blue, and the day most superb. Captain Wesley B. Hamilton died in Portland, at the home of his son. He was 90 years old. Six weeks ago he camo from Huntington, East ern Oregon, on a visit to his son, when he was taken sick. He was an old Snake river steamboat captain. The body of Burt Batty was found in the Molalla river, ncur Oregon The Golden Rule. M. Metz. i-Tew York. Charles Metz, New York. Mrs. Fred Wise, Colorado. Mabel Kendall, Colorado. J. W. Scriber, La Grande. J. L. Jones, Walla Walla. H. C. Adams, Weston. G. W. Bradley, Athena. Nick Taitlnger, Adams. H. A. Wright and family, Townsend. John Snyder and wife. Baker City. J. H. Hiteman, Ashland. E. Anderson, Echo. H. Glllman, Echo. Charles Gay, Athena. C. L. Downer, "Spokane. Mrs. T. G. Smith and son, Echo. J. W. Peringer, Adams. Bert Appiegate, Portland. Sam Lee, Spokane. Lee Cunningham, Spokane. E. L. Barnett, Athena. Dick Hall, Long Creek. T. J. Kirk, Athena. L. M.Watrus, Adams, C. Carroll, Spokane. J. W. Smitu, Athena. A. B. Arnold, Idaho. Clark Walter, Athena. E. L. Murphy, Baker City. N. Quenen. R. Wilson, Athena. J. W. Yuerman. H. W. Togt. H. B. Glidden, Echo. Ed Welch, Butter Creek. Frank Hanna, Meacham. Albert Harala, Adams. John Henderson, Adams. Sid Sailor, Adams. Sam Ogden, The Dalles. What Thin Folks Need. Is a greater power of digesting and assimilating food. For them Dr. King's New Life Pills work wonders. Gentry Brothers and Their Lillipu-i tian Trained Animals in Town. Shows are entertaining the papula-; tion of Pendleton this afternoon and I evening. At lf:30 th's morniug they! made a street parade which was an ! interesting exhibit, while the per-J formance this afternoon is a revela tion in trained animal exhibits. i The shows are much improved ' since their last visit here and a num-j her of entirely new features have . been added. The Snyder family, the fire scene and some of the old pleas ing acts are still retaine.i but the J amount of new departure in animal ' training met with the approval of an ! appreciative audience. The musical ! ponies who play "Home Sweet' Home," the funny antics of a half I score of well trained monkeys, the! laughable attempt of a farmer to ride j the trick mule, the slide of the bull j dog and a dozen other equally good acts make up a program seldom seen! under a canvas. The show will be repeated tonight at 8:15, and a good attendance is predicted. Salvation Army Celebrates. New York, May 27. Carnegie Hall is to be the scene of great times to night when the Salvation Army lads and lassies aesemble to celebrate the' 22d anniversary of the organiza tion. The meeting will be conducted by Commodore Booth Tucker and his wife, the consul. The commander will give an address on the "Retro spect and Prospect of the Salvation Army." and the consul will speak on "Woman's Place and Work in the World." ffatural Uater A natural iithiated water, delivered to all parts of the city. Let us put j'ou on the list. We also cany a full line of other mineral waters, for eign and American. oo Store r lieep Your Houses Cool ! Have a Put in r ki. - i feet St-.vo , operut- ' (ifi free from huvi- vleal" Blae Flame Oil Store "ithout d6lay. Cheapest and most per ) i cent a burner an hour is all it coats to I'll. No trouble to start aud absolutely '- .v stoek just iu. 8 THE THOMPSON HARDWARE COMPANY V JESSE FAlLIf The Big Carpet Stos 3 a. F. W. Schmidt & Co., Reliable Druggists, Association Block. m. & Mil,, CorrnicH-r You Can Beat Our Carpets 1 in just this one way they'll 6Uudl Jdnd of beating all right. ioo beat 'em in Btyle, in variety of ptt in smallness of cost, in length of in any good carpet quality. J' you can beat that WILTO.V selling at $1.25 a yard. Takeil our new line of fiber carpet Main 24. The emperor of Japan has sub scribed 10,000 francs to the Martin ique relief fund. TO CLEAR THE COMPLEXION OF BLEMISHES NOTHING LIKE CUTICURA SOAP City with a bullet hole in the breast "!wr W0.rK Y.onae.rs He disappeared from his bnm t 1 i"b uu reguiaie me aigeative Canbv F??Z mnrr.lJ,Ifa IT !?.r". Stly expel all poisons from - . n. uu T ri (1 f. 1 7 r. ... I 1. 1 . "., oiiui;n mo uiuuu, my morning. He had Etarted to work in a field and was last seen going toward the river. He shot himself in the breast and Jump ed into the riyor with the revolver. Two men, Robort Nelson and J. A. Barrett, boating a freight train, were held up by two mon and a ne gro just west of Huntington. Robert Nolson was Bhot in the arm twice. Nelson shot the negro through the breast and head, and says he .put his gun against the stomach of one of the white men and is sure he shot him as he Jumped through the car door. prove appetite, make healthy flesh. uniy 20 cents at Tallman & Co's Arkansas Lawyers Meet. Little Rock, Ark., May 27. EmT neut members of the bench and bar from all partB of the state are attend ing the annual meeting of the Arkan sas Bar Association, which began its session in Little Rock this morn ing. These sessions, which are to conclude with a banquet tomorrow evening, consiBt of papers, addresses and discussions on a variety of topics of interest to the legal profession. ODTICUKA SOAP removes Hie cause of dUdgurliiK eruptions, rcl,ruUK) biuuld, sciily ail) with fulling Imlr.amt Uibyrilics. viz.: the elogceil, Inflamed, or Irritated condition of the 1'okks. No other Boapjjj to be compared with It for pifceivliif.', puiffyliifr, and heauti lylnK the skin, m.ii1j, hair, and Imnda, and for ull tliu puriio.ee of the tollet.uath.and nursery. Hold throughout the world. 1'uttku DllUQ and CiiKM.Ooui-., l'roim., Ikwtan. "How to have a Clear Complexion," free. SPECIAL HOT WEATHER ...SALE... Satcrda-May 24th A Fine Line of Summer Wash Goods, all manner of designs and qualities. See this line. Fancy silks just arrived. The finest in town. Muslin and Gauze Under wear, Everything you need for Hot Weather. You can't do as well anywhere else as here. Call and see us. The Fair The Place to Save Money Makers of Happy 1 Low prices, coupled with Dets and Matting of known ; quality, prove attractions ures ble- . 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