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Newspaper Page Texttag rwo. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1908. EIGHT PAGES. FOR THE WEEK at the Peoples Warehouse All 65c and 75c Novelty Wash Fabrics at All 35c Fancy White Wash Goods at . . ' 23c All $1.25 Fancy Silk Suitings at yard . ' . . . 69c Ladies' 20c Sleeveless Vests 15c Ladies9 $1.25 Tan Silk Hose 85c 35c Bleached Sheeting 81 inch wide at . . . 29(5 42 -inch Pillow Tubeing at . 17c 45-inch Pillow Tubeing at . 19c 15c Bleached Muslin at 75c and 85c White Embroidery 12 to 18 in. wide at . 39c 75c and $1 Short Silk Gloves in Black, White and Colors 59c THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE Where it Pays to Trade Save Your Coupons DEMOCRATS III rLATTORM ADOPTED AVD ELECTORS NAMED. State Convention FinMws Us Work and Ilinss Out tlic Ilunners to the P.reeze lirvn" I" Endorsed, Dele gates and Presidential Electors C'luxen and tlic Campaign Is Open. The democratic state convention has finished its work at Portland, ad"HfJ a platform, elected national delegates and presidential electors and emphatically endorsed William Jen nings Biyan. The convention was most successful throushout and the leaders are pleas ed with the result of their work. A vigorous campaign will now be made throughout the state and prominent speakers wil be brought from,the cast to urge the election of democratic presidential electors.' The presidential electors and dele gates to the national convention are as follows: Presidential Electors. K. S. J. McAlister, of Multnomah. ' iamuel White of Baker. Bernard Daly, of Lake. O. P. Coshow, of Douglas. Delepues-at-Large. M. A. Miller, of Linn. R. D. Inman. of Multnomah. V.. F. Matlock, of Umatilla. . J. O. Booth, of Josephine. Alternates. Dr.. II. L. Henderson, of Clatsop. John Manning, of Multnomah. James H. Beeman, of Jackson. J. D. Slater, of Union. First Congressional District, Dan J. Fry, of Marion. L. M. Travis, of Lane. Alternates. J. E. Hedges, of Clackamas. . l.-th Rlggs, of Polk. Second Congressional District. D. M. Watson, of Multnomah. C. K. Henry, of Multnomah. Alternates. . John C. Welch, of Multnomah. George B. Culllson, of Wasco. . The Platform. The following is the platform adopted by the Oregon democrats at their state convention In this city yesterday: Resolved, 'by the democratic party of Oregon. That it congratulates the people of Oregon on its successful and Intelligent operation of the Ini tiative and referendum, by and through which they have secured' a direct primary law, and the election COFFEE What is essential to 'good coffee? Good bean ground fresh, and a woman of common sense. Yew frctf rrm moaf U T feat tkt fciiUlat. B: par him. READY OH H1L 35c 9c of United States senator by direct vote of the people. Resolved, that the democratic par ty pledges Itself to reform exist lug abuses and extravagances in the postal service, and that hereafter the United States shall pay no more for the transportation of mails than ex press companies pay for the transpor tation of express matter of similar weight and character and that no pay ment as annual rental for a car used In the postal service shall be made. And we denounce thr present pay ment of $4 400 per year for annual rent, ns a graft pure and simple, and that the same money might be more justly used to advance the pay of the under-paid and over-worked letter carriers. Resolved, That we urge that con gress enact an amendment to the In terstate commerce act, whereby the interstate commerce commission may. nt its discretion, upon proper com plaint, suspend tariffs and investigate advances in freight rates as to their reasonableness before becoming ef fective. Resolved. That we recommend the method of guaranteeing bank deposits both national and state, as provided in the Oklahoma constitution, and ns nd vocated by Hon. William Jennings Bryan, and we favor posal savings bank?. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the administration of Governor Geo. E. Chamberlain In the Interests of the whole people, and we recommit our selves to the established law of elect ing United States senators by direct vote of the people. Resolved, That the democracy of Oregon is a unit in favor of that eml nent statesman, William Jennings .Bryan for President of the United States, and that the whole people of, the state look wlih favor upon his candidacy. We pledge our delega tion in the national convention about to assemble in the city of D-mver, to vote for him as long as he Is a can didate. Mrs. S. L. Bowen of Wayne, W. Vtu, writes: "I was a sufferer from kid ney dsease, so that at times I could not stand straight. I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle and. part of the second cured me en tirely." Foley's Kidney Remedy works wonders where others are a total failure. Pendleton Drug Co. To Prevent Frost. E. Z. Carbine has been investigating the practical points of a frost pre ventive in orchards, which has re cently been invented at Grand Junction, Col., says the La Grande Observer. It is a can-shaped object which burns crude oil and a set of them placed in an orchard will, If Ignited at the proper time, prevent freezing of fruits. The system has been generally adopted Jn the fruit growing districts of Colorado and Utah, and if Mr. Carbine finds them up to expectations as reports says, he will make It a point to lay In a store of them. In Colorado, It is said, the cans have saved many acres and acres of or chards "by timely lighting of a match to the oil can. Mr. Carbine left for Utah today and before returning will know the exact worth of the new machine, which may next year be the means of say ing much money for Grande Ronde fruitgrowers. FflRTUNt TELLER 1 ItOlI KM IAN POSSESSED OF "EVIL EYE" .MI ST DIE Alleged Worker or DevHWi lUuek Aits Will Pay Death Penalty for Murder of live Memlx-i-s of One Family Feared by Countrymen Iiiost Who Befriended Hint Threat cned With Assignation. Chicago, June 11. Herman Bllok, Bohemian fortune teller, hypnotist and wholesale nassln. Is again face to face with the gallows. Convicted of slaying Mary Vrzal here in 1903, and accused of causing the death by poison of five other members of the Vrzal family, Rllek Is under sentence to expiate his crimes on the gallows tomorrow, when the n-prlve granted by Governor Deenen will expire. Confident that he will finally be released, the Bohemian, who is declared by his countrymen to be possessed of "the evil eye" and to have made a compact with Satan, Is not alarmed at his impending fate. Among the Bohemians of Chicago there is a widespread fear that Bllek will be given his freedom and afford ed another opportunity to work his alleged devilish black arts among them. It was probably due to this fear that Father O'Callaghan, head of the Paullst Order In this city, who has attempted to secure a par don for the fortune teller, was recent, ly warned to desist from his efforts on penalty of death. The warning to the priest was written In blood and signed with skull and cross bones, and threatened not only the death of the clergyman, but also that his church wquld be blown up by dynamite, tireat Hypnotic Powers. That Bllek, convicted of the most horrible crimes and admittedly a fakir and a charlatan, should have been able to arouse the Interest and com passion of clergymen, sisters of char ity and influential lawyers, Is attrib ute to his hypnotic powers which his Jailers cannot understand. Bilek Is 40 and stout. His moth er Is also a fortune teller and Is known among Bohemians as a "witch." His complexion is dark. After a fashion he Is good looking. He speaks Bo hemian, German and English, the last brokenly. His eyes are small and dark and bespeak cunning. Ther is a strong vein of vanity In the nian as indicated by his manner of dress and speech. The police say he is a "foxy" prisoner. Inspector Chippy has caught him lying a time or two but that he has not been caucht of trner Is a tribute to his skill In eva sion and mendacity. More than any other type Bilek resembles one of the French M.ic nuereaux as they a:fe found In Snn l ranclsyo men who demand all of a woman's sin-earned money and her j !if- when she quits producing money for him. His h ililtual attitude to ward women is Hint of the superio being to the Inferior. Perhaps this has had something to do with the 'underfill control he has exercised f.ver women. Happy Family Destroyed. Martin Vrzal owned a milk depot and 'was making money. He was a hard working man and had accumula ted several thousand dollars by strict attention to his little business and by economy. He had seven children nil girls hut one. Mrs. Vrzal helped him in the milk business, and the family was prosperous. Bilek moved into a house a fef doors from the Vrzal.s and became a customer at the milk depot. From that day the Vrzal home was turned into a house of tragedy. Now there Is no Vrzal home, only three of the family are alive and Vilek Is facing the gallows. Nowhere In crime history Is there any record of a spell more complete than that cast by Bllek over the Vrzal family. P.-wt of It may have been due to their belief in the fortune teller's occult powers, strengthened nt Inter vals by displays of silly mummery by Bllek. And yet this family was no more superstitious than thousands of othr. It Is doubtful If they would hae believed the same things from the lips of any other man. Mrs. Vrzal may have been insane in her In fatuation for -Bllek; but she was ap parently normally-minded In every thing else. .And her husband's volun tary subjection to the man was almost as great as Mrs. Vrzal's'. With this record of crime behind him there will be small regret on the part of anyone when this monster plays his last act In the drama of life. His "black art" and all his necro mancy will not avail him when he stands on the trap door In the east end of the death corridor of the coun ty Jail. No "spell" will prevent the buckling of the black straps that pin Ion his arms to his sides and fasten together his feet and legs. No sus picion will , deter the placing of the shroud about his head and body and no preying upon ifenorance will de ter the executioner from pulling taut the ready rope with its hangman's knot. And when the trap is sprung will there be one to regret his pass ing? Yes. For the D-year-old daugh ter of the prisoner believes In her father's Innocence; the wife he abus ed and neglected still loves him. As tor the "witch mother," who can tell? After all, she is his mother.. The nest Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring IS years for chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold: "write B. F. Ayscue of Ingleslde, N. C. Sold under guar antee at Tallman & Co.'s drug store. S6c. ECCENTRIC STAMPS. Blunders That Bring Joy to the Htarts of Philatelists. "The fascination of stamp collect ing," said a postal ofllclul, "lies In the rare 'finds' which are continually made and the curious points which some times niako a stamp of the faco vulue of a few pence worth hundreds of pounds. For-instance, the twopence blue Mauritius stamp which tho Prince of Wales bought nt o public miction for 1,450 was uulcme In one respect the proper wording on It, 'Post Paid Mauri tius,' had by a strango error been nl tered to 'Post Ollice Mauritius.'. "Another stamp which has been priced at several hundred pounds is valuable for tho mere misspelling of n single word. It is a British Guiana Is sue worth Just 1 cent, but It is sought after by nil collectors because the word 'Patlinusque' figures on It Instead of Tetlmusque.' "Again, a one penny Cape of Good Hope stamp changed hands the other day for nearly 200 simply becuuse In stead of being red, as ore all the others of this Issue, Its color was blue. "Some years ago In Western Australia a few stamps were printed with the fig ure of n swan upside down upon them. When the mistake was detected the Is sue was hastily destroyed. Several specimens hud escaped, and one of them has been sold for 400." London Tit-Bits. THE SORROWFUL TREE. Its Flowers Open at Night snd Close With the Dawn of Day. There Is a tree In Persia to which the name "the sorrowful tree" Is given, perhaps because it blossoms only In the evening. When the first star ap pears in the heavens the first bud of the sorrowful tree opens, and as the shades of night advance and the stars thickly stud the sky the buds continue gradually opening uutil the whole tr.e looks like one Immense white flower. On the nppronch of dawn, when the brilliancy of the stars gradually fades In the light .of day, the sorrowful tree closes its (lowers, and ere the sun Is fully risen not a single blossom is vis ible. A sheet of flower dust ns white as snow covers the ground nround tho foot of the tree, which pecins blighted nnd withered during the day, while, however. It i3 actively preparing for the next nocturnal lestivnl. The fra grance of the blossoms Is like that of the evening primrose. If the tree is cut down close to the roots a new plnnt shoots up and nt talns maturity In nn Incredibly short time. ' In the vicinity of this singular tree there usually grows another which Is almost an exact counterpart of tho sor rowful tree, but less beautiful, and. strange to say, it blooms only In the daytime. Strong Rooms. The Bank of England's strong room Is one of the largest In the world. The foundation, sixty-six feet' below the street level. Is a bed of concrete twen ty feet thick. Above this Is a lake sev en feet diM'p, and above that thick plates of Iron specially manufactured to resist both skill and force. Any one attempting nn entrance from above would find n similar lxd of concrete, a similar lake nnd similar plates of Iron. The walls nre Impenetrable, while tho doors nre one foot thick, weigh four tons each and nre made absolutely un drlllable. The Imperial Ottoman bank, Con stantinople, had a marvelous steel fort built upon a water bearing rock, nnd on top of tho rock foundation Is a four foot bed of concrete. The height Is over thirty-six feet, length forty-six feet and width tweuty-four. The steel walls are surrounded by masonry and concrete six feet thick throughout, while the whole comprises nearly thir ty tons of steel. For Sale Nine-room cottage, gooJ location, good order. Too large for present owner. Enquire 100 Bluff street. Use A NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Because it's clean. Because it's econom ical. Because it saves time. Because it gives best cooking results. Because its flame can be regulated instantly. - Because it will not overheat your kitchen. Because it is better than the coal or wood stove. Because it is the perfected oil stove. For other reasons see stove at your dealer's, or write our nearest agency. Made in three sizes and fully warranted. n Thi Yu? with latest lmprored burner. Made of brass throughout and beautifully nickeled. An ornament to any room, whether library, dining-room, parlor or bedroom. Every lamp warranted. Write to our nearest agency If not at your dealer'a, STAND AED OH. COMPANY UMCatPBATK A Fish Myatery. One strung feature of this sen life of the tropics Is the regular recurrence of migratory swarms of llsh of very mall slzo that return In huge numbers ypar aftor year with such absolute reg ularity that the natives calculate on tho event ou a certalu day lu each year and even within an hour or two of the day. Ono such swarm of fish forms the occasion of an annual holiday and feast at Samoa. The fish Is not unlike the whitebait for which tho English Thames has so long been celebrated, and each year It arrives at Snmoa on tho same day In the mouth of October, remains, for a day or at tho most two days nnd then disappears entirely till the same day of tho following year. Why It comes or whence no curious naturalist has yet discovered, nor has anybody traced Its onward course when It leaves tho Samonn group, but the fact is unquestionable thnt suddenly, without notice, the still waters of the lagoon which surround each Island within the rrlnglug reef become alive with millions of fishes passing through them for a single day and ulght and then disappearing for a year as though they had never come. London Stand ard. The Armenians, Tho history of Armenia Is not cheer ful reading. With the exception of oc casional brief periods,-the Armenians have been almost continually under some foreign rule. Assyrians, Babylo nians, Medes, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Parthlans, Saracens, Mongols nnd Turks have each In turn dominated the country, and of all these successive foreign yokes the present one, that of the Turks, hns been the longest nnd the heaviest The highest activities of tlm Armenian people today are not to be found In Armenia proper, but rather ! In the marts of prominent cities the I world over. This Is especially notlcc- ablo In Constantinople, Smyrna and other cities of the Levant, where tne marked aptitude of the Armenian In business enables him practically to dominate the commercial situation. One example Is tho oriental rug trade, which Is practically controlled by Ar menians not only In the east itself, but also In many western countries. Argo naut How Sandy Fooled Sandy. ' An old gentleman In a village not far from Glasgow breakfasted every morn ing on porridge nnd In order to save fuel cooked a whole week's supply every Saturday. One Friday morning the stuff seemed very cold nnd very salt, nnd ho felt he must abandon the struggle to eat It. But his stubborn nature forbade any such thought So he fetched tho whisky from the cup board, poured out a glass and placed It before him on the table. "Now, Sandy," said ho, "if ye ent that pnrrltch ye'll hne that whisky, an' If ye don't ye won't." Ho stuck ngiiln nt the last spoonful; but keeping his eye steadily on tho glass of whisky, ho made a bold, brave effort and got It down. Then he slowly nnd cnrefully poured back the whisky Into the Itottle, with n broad grin, ns he said t- himself, "Sandy, my lad, I did ye that time, ye nttld fule:"-Dundeo Advertiser. One Hair Aitray. A guest nt a certain fashionable ho tel recently had a grouch. He carried It to the proprietor. "Look here." he said, "things nround here nre Just nbout ns rotton ns they make them. When I went to lunch to day I found hnir In the Ice cream, hair In' the honey nnd hair In the apple sauce. Now, what do y' think o that? Is that n good hotel?" "Well," replied tho genial proprietor, "I can explain tho hair In the Ice cream. That likely came from the shaving of the Ice. And I suppose that the hnir In tho honey came off the comb. But I don't understand nlout tho hair In the apple sauce. I bought those npples myself, and they wero every one Bald-wlns."-Columbus Dis patch. Read the East Oregonlan. cannot be equaled for lta bright and tttady light, tl aimple construction and abeolnte safety. Eanlpved IF YOU'RE IN 8UBPEX8E and undecided as to where to send your vehicle for repair, allow us to suggest that this shop offers Induce ments for good work promptly done, and that little money settles the bill for. Carriage repairing. Get your buggy painted for spring. We have an expert painter who will do good work reasonably. Old rigs made, as good as new. See us for Gasoline Engines, Hacks, Winona Wagons and Buggies. NEAGLE BROS. Get the Best Good Dry Wood and the BEST KIND OP COAL. PROMPT DELIVERY. W. C. MINN1S Leave orders at FIENNING'S CIGAR STORE Opposite Peoples Warehouse TnOXE MAIN 8 A 0. K. Feed Yard ' 'ndor new management. McBee & Hays, Props. Firit-class Stopping place for farmers. All teams well cared for. Charges reasonable. Aura Street, Between Alta and Webb. ATES WILL BE MADE DY THE us. & a a THIS SEASON AS FOLLOWS: ROUND TRIP TO DIRECT w Chicago - - $72.50 St. Louis - - 67.50 St. Paul - - 63.15 Omaha - - 60.00 Kansas City - 60.00 TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE May 4. 18 June 5. 6. 19. 20 July 6. 7. 22. 23 August 6. 7. 21. 22 Good for return In (0 days with atop over privileges at pleasure within limits. Don't Forget the Dates For any further Information call on F. 9. QUINLAN, Local Agent Or write to WM. McMURRAY Gansral P a ar A rent PORTLAND, ORBOON Phone Main 611. THORNTON .MUSIC CO 111 Main Street HIGH GRADE PIANOS and ORGANS rVitnmhl mirni ni1 Victor Talk In Machine, Records, Cabinets and Musical Merchandise.