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DAILY EAST OKKGONIAN, PKNDldiTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1007.
eight tovh.
ATHENA
BREVITIES
CALEDONIANS WILL
MEET MAY 24 AND 25.
Committers Hnvo B-n Appointed and
the Event Will Bo Math a Slffmor
able Ono Visiting Seattle on Bus
ihw Taken to a Walla Walla Hos
pital for Treatment Rebrkahs Ini
tiate Several New Members A
Light Snow tlxs First of the Week.
Athena, March 14. At the recent
meeting of the Umatilla Caledonian
society held In this city. It was de
cided to hold the seventh annual pic
nic of the society In Athena, Friday
and Saturday. May 24 and 25. Com
mittees have been appointed as fol
lows to take charge of the arranging
of the program, which promises to be
one of the best ever given: Program,
Dr. J. D. Plamondon. A. B. McEwen,
A. H. Melntyre. Grounds. Charles Mc
Lean. H. A. Barrett, D. C. Melntyre.
Finance. H. A. Barrett, W. E. Potts,
Hugh McLaln. The picnic will be
held earlier this year than last
Fyron Hawks Is spending the week
In Seattle on business. J. W. Kelly,
recently of the Pendleton Drug com
pany. Is attending the drug store In
his absence.
A little snow was seen the first of
the week during the cold weather.
Mrs. C. S. Jackson, who has been
quite 111. has been taken to the hos
pital at Walla Walla for treatment
Mignonette Rebekah lodge enter
talned the Weston lodge Tuesday eve
nlng. and Initiated several members
Into the order.
Clenn-Up Day Tomorrow.
Milton. March 14. Tomorrow Is
the time set for the big clean-up in
Milton. The different committees ap
pointed are arranging to carry out
their work In the best possible way.
The men will be the captains of the
respective districts and the women will
look out for something to eat. At
night a bonfire and barbecue will end
the proceedings, and the brass band
will furnish music for the occasion.
Sudden Death at Freewator.
Freewater. March 14. Mrs. Mary
Hodgell, aged 74. died suddenly yes
terday morning while rocking her baby
grandaughter In a cradle. She arose
in the morning in apparent good
health, and her death was a great
shock to the community. She was
making her home with her daughter.
Mrs. O. O. Eckley, and was a former
resident of Montana, where two of her
sons now reside.
College Glee Club at Weston.
Weston. March 14. The Men's Glee
club of Whitman college, will be In
Weston, Friday, March 22, and the
next day they will be in Pendleton.
The Weston Normal wllf back the
concert here, which promises to be one
of the treats of the season.
BRYAN IN NEW ENGLAND.
Slake Many Speeches and an Address
at Harvard University.
Boston, March 14. William Jen
nings Bryan arrived In Boston today
to pay the first visit he has made the
city in several years. While the pri
mary purpose of his visit is to fill a
lecture engagement, Mr. Bryan will
take advantage of the opportunity of
fered to confer with a number of dem
ocratic leaders In regard to the politi
cal situation In New England at the
present time and the outlook for the
future. To this end George Fred
Williams, probably the stanchest sup
porter of the Nebraskan in this sec
tion of the country, has arranged for
a complimentary dinner in honor of
Mr. Bryan tomorrow, at which the
most will be made of the occasion
so far as Mr. Brjn's presidential
prospects are concerned.
All of the members of the demo
cratic state committee have been In
vited to meet Mr. Bryan, together with
such party leaders as Mayor Fitzger
ald, the Hon. Richard Olney and
others. It Is doubtful how many of
these will attend, but It is certain that
the officers and leading workers of
the New England Progressive Demo
cratic league, of which Colonel Alex
ander Troup of New Haven, is presi
dent, will be on hand in full force.
During his stay in the city Mr.
Bryan Is a guest at he residence of
Oeorge Fred Wllllnms. Following his
public lecture in Tremont Temple to
night, Mr. Bryan will be hurriedly
driven to Cambridge to deliver an ad
dress before the law class of Harvard
university. He will leave for the west
tomorrow evening, but will return
later In the month for a tour of Ver
mont and New Hampshire.
Given Up to Die.
B. Spiegel. 1204 N. Virginia St,
Evansville, Ind., writes: "For over
five yeara I waa troubled with kid
ney and bladder affections which
caused me much pain and worry. I
lost flesh and waa all ran down, and
a year ago had to abandon my work
entirely. I had three of the beat
physicians who did ma no good and
I waa practically given np to die.
Foley's Kidney Cora waa recom
mended and the first bottle gave ma
great relief, and after taking the sec
ond bottle I waa entirely cured." Why
not let it help youT Koeppen'i Drug
Store.
To Protect Oregnn'a Health.
Dr. H. C. Tenny, secretary of the
rtate beard of health, is in favor of
the establishment of a state quaran
tine to prohibit the spread of small
pox and typhoid fevi?r from Wash
ington and Idaho to Oregon. Ther
are epidemics of the two diseases in
cl.les In Idaho nnd Washington, es
pecially In connection with the rail
road construction camps, and he
fears that these railroad men may
flock Into Orogm, flooding the state
with the dlpeass Oregon has fewer
ca?es i f Infectious diseases now than
f ir months.
WL
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Hakes Yon Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr,
!i Kilmer's Swamp
II Root, the great kul
II ney, liver and blad-
T - ucr remcuy.
fij ; It is the great med-
O ical triumph of the
J' I nineteenth century ;
TU I a; iih.i1 .r,.., ...,.
f?3rjN8 of scientific research
oy jr, iiiimer, me
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright' Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
lit. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Dinghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fifty-cent and one-
dollar site bottles are spoo.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghaniton, N. Y., on
every bottle.
Southern Ice Exchange.
Atlanta. Ga.. March 14. The annu
al meeting of the Southern Ice Ex
change, which convened at the New
Kimball hotel today. Is the largest
In point of attendance that the or
ganization has ever held. About VI 00
members are In attendance from Bir
mingham, Richmond, Jacksonville,
Augusta, Paducah, Chattanooga, Wil
mington, Greensboro, New Orleans and
other leading cities of the south.
MAXIM GORKY 89 YEARS OLD.
Remarkable History of Famous Rns-
rlan Novelist.
Maxim Gorky, the well known Rus
slan author and leader of the reform
party, was born at Nljnl Novgorod
March 14, 1868. When he was a lad
of 5 years he was left an orphan. At
the age of 9 he was apprenticed to
a cobbler. Soon tiring of this work, he
ran away and became a cook's boy
on a Volga steamer. The cook on
this boat encouraged him In learning
to read, and finally, with a bare smat
tering of his own language, he tried
to enter the University of Kazan. The
learned men laughed at him and
turned him away. Barefooted, he
wandered through the streets of Ka
zan, and after many privations secur
ed a position In a bakery. Later he
peddled apples and was a railroad
porter. During the latter part of his
vicissitudes he attempted to commit
suicide.
Throughout all his troubles Gorky
wrote constantly, and when he gain
ed a name for himself these earlier
stories were eagerly seized upon. In
1904-5 Gorky took a leading part in
the popular uprising In Russia, was
Imprisoned by the czar and finally
freed through the Influence of the
Grand Duke Constantin Constantino
vltch. Afterwards he fled to Germa
ny and has ever since remained out
side of Russia. A year ago he spent
several months In the United States.
FUNDS TO
PROSECUTE
LAND
F
SKETCH OF BISHOP MAES.
A Belgian Who Has Been In America
28 Yean.
Rt. Rev. Camlllus Paul Maes, Ro
man Catholic bishop of the diocese
of Covington, Ky., was born March 13,
1S4. He is a native of Belblum nnd
his education was received at the
College of Courtral In that country.
He was graduated from the college In
1862 and spent the next six years pre
paring for the priesthood. He was
ordained in 1868 and came to the
United States the following year. For
16 years he was located in Detroit,
and he did not leave that city until
he was named as bishop of Covington.
He was consecrated bishop January
25. 1885.
Bishop Maes has the reputation of
being one of the moat learned church
men in America and Is the author
of several works well known among
Catholic clergy. He Is the permanent
president of the Eucharlsllc Congress
and a member of the board of direc
tors of the Catholic University of
America.
RFDUCE WHEAT TARIFF.
Mexico Takes Steps to Relieve the
Shortage of Bread Stuffs.
Consul V. L. Duhalme reports from
Saltlllo that to relieve the present sit
uation, which Is bordering on a wheat
famine In many parts of Mexico, until
this year's crop can be drawn upon,
the duty on wheat will be reduced,
from February 15 to June 13, from
$3 to 11.50 per 100 kllogramB (from
68 to 84 cents United States currency
per 100 pounds). The consul con
tinues: '
This reduction of customs duties,
permitting the importation of foreign
wheat has been anxiously awaited to
prevent any further advance In the
price of this cereal. The price of na
tive wheat here at present is 816.60
to 117 a carga (18.25 to $8.60 United
States currency, per 380.3 pounds).
Owing to the excellent margin this
price leaves over the present prevail
ing price in the United States, this
district, with Its numerous flour mills
offers opportunities worthy of the Im
mediate attention of American wheat
exporters.
A Judgment of 12197 was secured
this week against the New York
World ry Victor Blnnchl for an al
leged libelous statement published a
few years ago in an article on the
Black Hand.
All efforts of the interior depart-1
ment to secure additional funds with
which to prosecute the land frauds
of the west utterly failed In the re
cent session of congress. John E.
Lathrop, writing from Washington at
the close of the session of congress,
says of the matter:
It was with especial delight that
the congress sat down hard on the
provision of funds to Investigate all
entries before patents should Issue.
Secretary Hitchcock had asked for
an additional half million dollars to
ascertain where frauds had been
committed. He didn't get It. but In-
stcud got "roasted" by a dozen sena
tors and representatives. Every sen
ator and representative from Wash
ington voted against the appropria
tion; so did other western members.
Nevertheless, although some voted
honestly, any one of the rest knows
of the stupendous frauds which have
been perpetrated and that many pat
ents now must issue which will rest
for a title on perjurious final proofs.
In the light of all these facts the
appeal of the president in his pub
lic land message would seem to have
been sufficient to have brought
hearty response from the congress,
not because It was tha president's
proposal, but because It was right
Sentor & Follette tried to save
the half million fraud protection
fund In part In the senate. The
house had adopted an'amendment by
Mondell of Wyoming to the sundry
civil hill prohibiting the use of any
money by the Interior department to
Investigate any entry against which
at time of final proof no protest or
evidence, of fraud appeared.
La Follette tried to insert the word
"homestead" and make it possible to
investigate fraudulent coal and tim
ber entries, but only one senator on
the republican tide supported htm
and he lost the fight.
Thus the 60,000 pending patent
must be Issued regardless of whether
there be fraud or not behind them.
This Is a fair sample of the result of
the saturnalia of congressional ex
tortion which this session brought,
out n lot of words hut "nothing do
ing" with reference to prevention of
land frauds.
Washington Letter
Washington, D. C, March 13.
The resignation of Senator Spooner,
of Wisconsin, calls attention to how
few men sever their connection with
that body during their terms. It Is
nothing unusual for a senator to de
cline a re-election, but seldom do
they retire with any part of their
term to their credit. There have been
a number of such Instances, how
ever, In the past, probably more be
fore the civil wur than since. This
is partly explained that the position
of a senator Is growing more and
more attractive from the standpoint
of prestige and Influence. Its mem
bership increases very slowly, while
the population of the country, Its
wealth and business are Increasing
by leaps and bounds. The two sen
ators from New York, for example,
represent about as many people as
the entire senate at Its organization.
The resignations at the outbreak
of the civil war were the most dra
matic. Next in public Interest were
those of Conkllng and Piatt Since
then only few senators have resigned
except to assume other political of
fices. Sherman, Blaine, Carlisle and
others resigned to enter cabinets;
Fairbanks resigned to become vice-
president. Ex-Senator Clark, of
Montana once resigned, but as he was
serving under an appointment, the
legality of which was questioned.
that scarcely counts. Ex-Renator
Burton, of Kansas, resigned, but he
was under Indictment. It Is prob
able the late Senator Mitchell of Ore
gon, would also have resigned, but
death claimed him first. Of all the
motives by which senators have been
actuated In resigning. It Is not now
recalled that any save Spooncr, have
bluntly stated that they did so to In
crease their Income.
On the house side It will be re
membered that both Speaker Reed
and Speaker Henderson resigned to
return to the practice of law. Beed
was not losing much If anything as
speaker, but he was accumulating
nothing. During Henderson's four
year's aa speaker he spent probably
$10,000 a year more than his salary,
which made large Inroads on his
modest fortune. Both of them died
within a few years after their retire
ment and neither left much of an
estate.
Government and Dividends.
The recent activities of Mr. E. H.
Harriman In this city and elsewhere,
particularly In the line of making
statements to the newspapers, has
caused much speculation ns to the
future relations between the govern
ment and the railroads. Some years
ago Senator Newlands ,of Nevada,
ch.imploncd the proposition that If
the government undertook to regu
late rites tt shonld also regulate div
idends. It is evident that the railroad
question has not been settled. In
fact It is simply opening up. The
safety of the country demands few
er grade crossings and the extension
and perfection of the block signal
system. The business Interests de
rrnnd more engines and cars, more
tracks ami Incensed terminal facili
ties Legislatures are passing two
cent rate laws and the railroads are
retaliating by cutting off excursion
and computation tickets. Wall
street Investors generally are looking
for Increased dividends. The rail
roads themselves, meaning the men
actrally engaged In operating the
roads, are caught between the two
conflicting Interests, and In addition
are mt with demands from their
employes for more pay and reduced
hours.
Altogether it would seem that If
congress Is to regulate rates and
hours tf employes, compel Improve
ments In block signals and other fa
cilities, It ought to take cognizance of
dividends. Certainly improvements
can be made only If new stocks or
bonds are Issued, which means In
creased fixed charges, or from the
current earnings. It seems unfair
for congress to regulate that source
of Income and then permit the stock
Jobbers to determine what should be
done with It. Senator Newlands ad
vocated that the dividends should be
limited to a fixed and fair amount
and tho remainder expended In Im
provements. When the Income be
came mora than was necessary, rates
were to be reduced.
Apparently Mr. Harriman, If one
can read between the lines, has be
come convinced that unless closer
and more friendly relations exist be
tween the government and the rail
roads the latter will eventually be
swallowed by the former. And It
seems that as Inn as the finances of
the mad are to he juggled about by
Wall street speculators, the traveling
and shipping public will have to suf
fer either in the matter of rates or
facilities.
A Japanese paper announces that
the king of Slam Is about to under
take a Journey around the world. He
will first visit Japan, sailing thence
to this country and proceeding home
by way of Europe.
AT
ERR BLE
SLAUGHTER
Having become desperate over the
weather of the past month which has
made business unusually dull, . Mr.
Rogers of the Ellers Piano House one
evening decided to cut to pieces some
thing or somebody. Being a law-abiding
citizen, besides fearful that his
neck might become endangered if he
cut to pieces SOMEBODY, he began
cutting SAMETHINQ. The result is
an unusual slaughter In prices of
pianos, organs and player pianos.
Ellers are now advertising pianos at
greatly reduced prices and on wonder
fully easy terms and assert that every
thing they have said In the papers,
they will positively live up to regard
less of consequences. Pendleton peo
ple have never had an opportunity of
this kind before and perhaps never
will again. Ellers house want new
customers, for in them they get new
friends. These friends help them sell
more pianos than any salesman they
might employ. Do not pass by this
great sale for you will regret It. Go
to the house and see for yourself and
you will be more than convinced of
the great saving to be realized by pur
chasing at this time. They are sell'
ing pianos regularly and quickly, so
go now and select what you want be
fore it Is too late. ONLY 27 MORE
DAYS.
Biggest, Busiest and Best.
813 Main St., Pendleton, Ore.
G. ROGERS, MGR.
IWALLl
PAPER
New designs now in for spring
business make your selections
and have your work done early,
It will cost you less.
Largest stock and greatest va
riety In patterns we have ever
shown. Many new novelties for
the dining room, library and
den.
Come to the store, make your
selections and we send our men
to do the rest
PENDLETON
PAINT STORE j
E. J. MURPHY, Prop, i
'Phone Black 8181.
121 E. Court St
HOTEL PORTLAND
OF
PORTLAND, OREGON.
American Han, tt per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists ani"
commercial travelers. Special rate
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bats
establishment In the hotel.
H. O. BOWERS, Manaier.
Ladies
and
Children
u well u old folks and those unaccustomed to It
are oftentimes dismayed by the confusion and up
roar of trains and travel.
It is wrong to consign these people to the care
of any save the most conscientious and careful
attendants.
You will find this kind on the Rock Island's
through Pullman Tourist sleeping cars between
San Francisco or Los Angeles and the East.
We make a specialty of Tourist Excursions.
Special Tourist Conductors are employed to pilot
these parties on the overland trip.
Our red folder, entitled "Across the Continent is a Tourist
Seeping Car," will tell you ill about it
If you have any friends going East and can't go with them
aeixf (Asm hy Rock ltland PmrwonaUy
Conducted Toarut Car.
General Aieni,
Rock llind-rrlKO Line.
140 Third St., PORTLAND. ORE.
Frazer Theatre
Friday, March 15
The Season's Real Event.
The Best Music Play of the Year.
The Umpire
With
FRED MACE
of Sandman Fame, as the Umpire,
and a Superior Metropolit n Com'y.
NOW SEEN I NTHE WEST FOR THE FIRST TIME, COMING DI
RECT FKOM ITS EASTERN TRIUMPHS. SEE THE GREAT
FOOTBALL GAME, PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL "YELLS" AND
COLORS USED. THE FAMOUS ORIGINAL BROILERS. BEAU
TY CHORUS OF 60.
PRICES :
75c, $ 1 and $ 1 .50
Scats on sale Thursday at the Pendleton Drug Co.
FRAZER THEATRE
TUESDAY, MAR.. 19
MAJt
Prince of Magic
Mystery Melody
Mirth
Prices: Lower Floor $1.00, Gallery 50c,
Children 25c. ;
TICKETS ON HALE TO SUBSCRIBERS, MARCH 16, AND TO THE
PUBLIC, MARCH 18. 7