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1 1 It PAOB tEL. - DAILY feAST OMGOXIAJf, PKXBLBTOIf, ORCOOf, HUD AY, MAY 1, 1001. ' f ? iW r 1 T LAID OF DIXIE 1 PKPEX DEXCE LEAGUE WORKING IX ALABAMA ltonvniativcs of Labor and Reform todies Hold State Convention In SontlHTn State Will Name Presi dential illcvtor and Arrange fof National Convciillon Say Old Par ties Are Helpless Birmingham, Ala., April SO. Free lance politicians of Alabama and representatives of various labor and reform bodies met here today in what is called a state convention of the In dependence party of Alabama. The convention will name an electoral ticket, select delegates to a national convention and perfect a permanent organization. The party is affiliated with William Randolph Hearst's In dependent league and will' act with that body in national elections. Its objects ind purposes are set forth In the Mowing language: "We believe that the time has come for independent political action, and that a great national party Is imper atively demanded, that will unite In one solid phalanx the farmer, the wage-earner and the non-privilege seeking business man. These three elements represent the worth produc ers of tills country and are Its back bone and sinew, but. remarkable as it may seem, they have no voice In making laws. "Both old parties are controlled by th? same power, and no genuine re form can come through either. Wit' ness the futile efforts of President Roosevelt In the republican party, the failure to effect reform under Grover Cleveland, when the demo cratic party was in power, and the failure of Mr. Bryan to prevent the nomination of Judge Parker three years ago, and subsequently his weak surrender to the politicians on the question of government ownership qi railroads. "Genuine reformers are helpless so long as they remain In the ranks of either of the old parties, and it has been the policy of predatory wealth and its political henchmen to keep the people divided Into two parties, both being under the same control, And so long as this can be done all this hue and cry against trusts and monopolies and special privileges is but as sounding brass and tinkling symbal unless; accompanied by Inde pendent political action. "The farmers, wage-earners and non-privilege-seeking business men have hitherto been divided between the two parties of plutocracy, and It is the purpose of the independent par ty to unite these three elements and gain control of our government. which has long been in the hands of the representatives of predatory weaitn. in no other way can we have the government of the people, by the people ana ror the people." rartly cloudy weather prevailed during the week, with considerable wind. A high northwest wind blew on Friday. The rainfall was light. Ontario, Malheur county, William O'Brien. The fore prtrt of the week was clear and the latter part cloudy. High winds prevailed, with a particu larly severe gale on Friday. Paisley, Lake county, E. C. Wood ward. The weather was generally threatening with occasional showers. GAMBLING HIVE IX CELLAR, Bo'!i Secret Deu Id rucoTcred by Workmen. The grave of "Jack Pot," once the rendezvous of those who rolled the high cards while concealed within the cellar room under the old Senate sa loon, which has recently been razed to make way for the modern building which will be erected at the corner of Eighth and Idaho streets, is gradually being desecrated and divested of Its original appearance by the plow and scrapers of the force engaged in ex cavating for the foundation of the new business block, says the Boise Capital News. Around this cellar chamber, which was exposed with the removal of tha floor of the old Senate saloon, centers history connected with the losing and making of fortunes In a night at the most enticing of all games of chance, stud poker. Many are the tales of big games where fortunes changed' hands in a single night that are whispered about the streets by the old-timers, who, observing the grave of "Jack Pot," as disclosed by the razing of the Senate saloon and excavating for the new building, gather about the historic spot and become reminiscent. The cellar chamber, which was lo cated directly under the bar of the Senate saloon, was, until within a few years .the resort of the professional gamblers who drifted In and out of the city, and who composed a large per cent of the floating population of the city. The cellar chamber was finely fur nished and fitted, afforded conceal ment and protection for the gamblers who played night after night without fear of Interruption from the officers of the law. A few years ago the den was dis covered, the wall next to the sidewalk on the Eighth street side caving In so that passersby in the street could, look down Into the apartment. After that time the cellar chamber was con verted Into a store room and used for that purpose until the building was razed. The excavating which Is now in progress will, when completed, entire ly destroy all semblance of the cella chamber and nothing will be seen to mark the grave of the historic "Jack Pot." , ,1 Selections GREATEST OF PORTS. and A COLD WEATHER PLWNT. WAS A STORMY WEEK. Rainfall West of Cascades But Hail ami High Winds East. During the fore part of the week the weather was cool and showery. On Wednesday and Thursday a severe storm prevailed, which was accom panied by high winds over the entire state. The rainfall over the district west of the Cascades was rather heavy but was only moderate in the eastern and southern counties. Hail occurred in many parts of the state. Clearing weather with rapidly fall ing temperatures set in on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning frosts were general over the enire state accompanied in southern and astern Oregon by freezing tempera tures. Clear 'skies prevailed on Sat urday and Sunday, with temperatures rapidly rising- under the Influence of the uninterrupted sunshine. Taking the week as a whole, the sunshine averaged much less than usual. Columbia River Valley. Hood River, Wasco county, H. L. Hasbrouck Cloudiness prevailed dur ing the fore part of the week, with rain on Thursday and Friday. A light frost occurred on Saturday morning. Mountain Park, Wasco county, Ray mond Markley Cloudy weather pre vailed during the week, with gradu ally falling temperatures. A severe storm, accompanied by high winds and hall, occurred on Friday. The Dalles, Wasco county, S. L. Brooks. The week was generally cloudy. High winds prevailed on Thursday and Friday. The weather on those days was threatening, but nothing more than a light sprinkle of rain fell. A very light frost occur red in places on Saturday morning. Wasco, Sherman couny, J. R. How ell. A high west wind blew on Fri day, and on Saturday morning Ice formed. conaon, umiam county, s. c. Dod son. The weather was cloudy during the greater portion of the week, with a fine rain on Wednesday night and Thursday. Light snow fell on the ad jacent mountains Wednesday morning. A very high wind blew on "Friday, shifting from southweset to west. Umatilla, Umatilla county, Helen T. Duncan. The weather throughout the week was warm and seasonable except on Friday, when a high wind blew from the west, accompanied by much dust. The nights were cool. Hermlston, Umatilla county, C. W. Kellogg. Cloudy weather and high winds prevailed during the week. Pendleton, Umatilla county, . H. F. Johnson. The dry weather continued though there were several threaten ing days. High winds blew on two days, that on Friday being the worst of the season. Ice formed In many tlaces Saturday. Weston. Umatilla county, Maud M. Piiker. The fore part of the week was clear and warm, but the latter part was rainy and cool. Plateau Dlsiiirt. .. Vale, Malheur county. H. P. Osborn, Prlscllla Jaae's a helpmate, worth net honest weight In gold, A wife who scorns fault finding and who' ' never known to scold, Of calm and even temper, meek and quiet as a lamb. wno, wnateer the aggravation, never gives the door a slam. Tet her mood doth oft annoy m when from work at night 1 corae And a cold draft from the parlor on the threshold strikes me dumb With experienced conviction, burn of my ten wedded years . The furnace isn't working, and Prise Ills Jane s In tears! It takes but one wee moment to assure ma of the fact That since midday or thereabout Prlscllla Jane a been racked. Chilled, worried, grieved and frozen, soot ed, grimed and smudged in turn By a cranky furnace fire that would do all else but burn. That first cold draft convinced me, so 1 feel naught of surprise At her choked, subdued boohooing, with her apron to her eyes. On a cold day I expect It, and there's ground for all my fears That the furnace isn't working, and Prls cllla Jane's in tears. The mild warm duys of winter never give me great concern. I know such jlays our furnace, all uncared lor, is sure to burn: When it's too warm for much fire, yet too chill to do without. 'Twill, raging, feed on nothing sheer per versity, no doubt! But wait until the mercury's at zero or below. And Just as sure aa preaching when from worn bi mgm I go I find a cold reception, and fruition of my fears Our furnace Isn't working, and Prlscllla Jane's m tears) Roy Farrell Oreene In Puck. Absentmindsd. Abseutmlnded Professor Dear me! I know that one Is to remind me to purchase some coffee, and the other Is to prevent my forgetting to pay uiy Insurance, but I'm bunged If I know which Is w blth. Harper's Weekly. New York Has Four Hundred Four Miles of Dock. More than twice as many vessels clear the port of London, to be sure, one every fourteen minutes as against one every hnlf hour for New York, bnt the average cargo value Is only $47, 242, whereas that of New York Is $92,- 307. In point of tonnage New York ex coeds London by 1,000,000. This Is due to a difference In the character of the ports that must be borne In tnlnd In comparing them. London Is Eng land's one commercial center and aside from Liverpool Its only great place of export and Import. On the other band, New York is not the commercial center of America. When tbe manufacturer of shoes In Boston sends his goods to Baltimore he either sends them by rail or by ves sel direct without entering New York. If be wants to send bis goods to France or Germany be sends them from tbe port of Boston. That Is, the chief ports of the Atlantic seacoast, New Orleans, Charleston, Mobile, Nor folk, Philadelphia and Boston, engage In a coastwise and foreign trade In en tire independence of New York. Less than 28 per cent of New York's ton nage Is represented in coastwise trade. Fully 50 per cent of London's com merce, amounting to $1,370,000,000 an nually, or $083,000,000, represents for eign trade, whereas of New York's $1, 200,000.000 annual commerce $304,000, 000 represents foreigu trade, or an ac tual excess over London of $179,000, 000. To accommodate this enormous trade New York has 404 miles of improved water frontage that Is, 404 miles of docks. This Is half tbe distance be tween New York and Chicago. Lon don has less than 200 miles of similar water frontage, Liverpool bas less than 100 miles, while Hamburg, Ant werp, Rotterdam or Havre bas each less than Liverpool. Practically all the available water frontage of these foreign ports bas been absorbed by their docks, while New York bas lm proved only a little over one-half of its available shore. When all tbe available coast Is improved, as it must be rapidly, it will measure nearly as many miles as He between the Atlan tic seaboard and tbe Mississippi river. Broadway Magazine. When tht Elevator Stops. In some of the downtown skyscrap ers the elevator service Is suspended on Sunday, and the janitors and their families, who in many buildings are quartered on tbe topmost floor, have to descend and climb from twenty to thir ty flights of stairs whenever they want to get In touch with tbe outside world. In one building, which Is twenty-four stories high, the ten-year-old daughter of tbe Janitor, makes three round trips each Sunday one when she goes to church in tbe morning, one when she attends Sunday school in the after noon and another when she goes to meet ber playmates after dinner. Each flight consists of twenty steps, making 960 steps to a round trip. Three trips make it 2,880 steps, a mountain climb ing record. New York Tribune. Short on Princesses. By the birth of the little son and heir to Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck the number of unmarried Eng lish princes Is now Increased to eleven, and if to these are added tbe two sons of Prince and Princess Louis of Bat tenberg there may be said to be thir teen princes for whom wives will have to be found at some time. It is note worthy that at the present time Eu rope Is suffering from a dearth of young princesses. Of late boy babies have appeared In all the royal fami lies, and even as matters now stand it is difficult to see bow these little princes are to be mated In the future. Such princesses as there are likely to be seem too old for the small boys who re coming so quickly on tbe scene. 8antot-Dumont Makoi a Bet M. Santos-Dumont bas made a bet that in eight months he will have con structed a hydroplane capable of trav' eung at a speed of sixty miles an hour. This Idea of a gilding craft or hydroplane Is no new one. So long ago as the year 1831 a Frenchman named Garpon built a sort of flat bottomed boat for river navigation which was to all intents and purposes a hydroplane, in that it drew less than an incb of water. Its means of propulsion, how ever, consisted of small, old fashioned engines working a ridiculous apparatus t the rear that resembled a fish's tail and fins combined. London's American Colony. A correspondent writes: "The consu lar estimate of tbe number of citizens of the United States permanently resi dent in London either for business, pleasure, profit or because generally they prefer to live outside tbe United States is 6,000. Of these the names of 8,600 are known to be in the London directory; about the remaining 1,600 there is more uncertainty, and the number Itself is an approximate calcu lation. London Times. Fifteen convicts were last week transferred to Wright Island, Pitt lake, from the Walla Walla peniten tiary which Is very crowded. The prisoners will be kept occupied breaking stone and chopping wood un til the beginning of September. Mason and Dixon's -Line. Fine distinctions in American geog raphy are not always observed by for eigners. Le Tour du Monde contains this enlightened remark upon tbe pres ent prohibition movement In the south: 'If in America one draws a straight line from the city of Mason to the city of Dixon, soon everything south of that line will become total abstinence terri tory." We like to see children mind well, but we would rather see them lore. 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Metropolitan Magazine, one year East Oregonian, by carrier, two months We offer both for $1,7- $1.50 $1.30 i ... $2.80 Old subscribers may take advantage of this $1.75 offer by paying two months In advance. New Kind of Mud at Moscow. Phenomenal weather conditions have existed during the past four days, the mother earth about Mos cow being converted Into six Inches of mud by drenching rains of the past week and being covered with a yel low soli, foreign to that vicinity or to the PalouHe country, deposited by a dust storm that swept over the city following the rain storm of the past several days, says a Moscow item, Sunday Night Fired. Two weeks ago last night the large Wllloval skating rink burned and the fire's origin is yet a mystery, says the Baker City Herald. Last night the high school annex burned, and apparently no one can give a satisfac tory explanation of the conflagra tion. This begins to look mighty bad, and indications are that Baker City has the misfortune to be Infested with human firebugs. Take Safe and All. . Cracksmen in Logan, Mont., Thurs day night entered the saloon or Chas. Markln, constructed a small skldway at the rear door, over which the saloon safe was rolled out Into the alley, a charge of dynamite placed on the top of it and the entire side of the safe blown out. The bandits es caped with the entire cash contents of the strong box, $210. THE It is a sad commentary on the housewife when the husband prefers baker's bread. . . PASTIME PICTURE SHOW SELLERS & MATLOCK, Props. Entire Change of Pictures and Songs Every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. SEE! SEE! Whose Hat Is It ? Shoeing the Mail Carrier. Seamstress' Romance. An Experienced Cowboy. New Illustrated Song. Admission 10c Children 5c Edison latest and best "Underwriters Model" picture machine absolutely fire proof.
