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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 2:$.
1
MONARCH BRITISH EMP RE
PASSES TO THE GREAFBEYOND
After Reign of Nine Years,
Edward Succumbs to Grim
Reaper,
England's Ruler losses Away Peace
fully With Family at Hedsklc
Death No Surprise to People Prince
George Succeeds leather As bcorge
V. Dcud King Had Reigned Hut
Nine Years- Was Cnlvcrsally I Un
loved by His Subject Brought
AlMiut Many Social Reform.
London, May 7. Edward VII, King
of the English, died at 11:48 o'clock
last night, the Prince of Wales Is
King, assuming the title of George V..
and will take the oath before the privy
council at 2 o'clock thin afternoon.
Coining ho sudden, the death of the
king cannot but bring the greatest
aorrmv to the nation In whose hearts
Edward, first a Prince of Wales and
afterwards as sovereign, held first
placp.
Edward VIl's short reign has heen
a history of stirring times. It opened
With the conclusion of peace after a
long and trying campaign In Se-uth
Africa, n"nd concludes at the crisis of
one of the most momentous political
struggles of modern times between
the peers and commons. In a day the
political outlook of Great Britain has
been revolution 'sed.
Gathered around the bedside of the
king were tho queen and princesses
No hope had heen held out through
the day for the recovery of his ma
jesty, whose death. It is believed, was
due to pneumonia following bron
chitis contracted shortly after his re
turn from Rlarrltz. Only a day or
two ago the king wns conducting the
business of state and giving orders,
but on Wednesday he was compelled
to submit to physicians' orders. Since
then until the end bis decline was
rapid.
King Edward VII. who returned to
England from n vacation ten days aco
apparently In the best of health, died
at 11:45 o'clock last night In the pres
ence of his family after an illness of
less thnn a week. lie was seriously
111 hardly more than three days.
Tho Prince, of Wales succeeded to
the thmne immediately, according to
the laws of the kingdom, without offi
cial ceremony. His first official act
In pursuance of custom, was to de
spatch to the Lord Mayor the an
nouncement of his father's death. His
telegram read:
"I am deeply f rieved to Inform you
that my beloved father, the king,
passed nway peacefully at 11:45 to
night.
(Signed.) .. "GEORGE."
Official rtiilletln.
The physicians soon afterward Is
tied their official bulletin, which fol
lows:
"May 6, 11:50 a. m.
"Ills majesty, the king, breathed his
last at 11:45 tonight in the presence
of her majesty. Queen Alexandra, the
prince nnd princess of Wales, princess
royal, the duchess of Fife, Princess
Victoria and Princess Ioulse the
duchess of Argyll.
"Signed)
"LA KINO,
"REID,
"POWRI.I,,
"DAWSON."
Pneumonia following bronchitis, Is
believed . to have been the cause of
death, but Hie doctors thus far have
refused to make a statement. Some of
tho king's friends are convinced that
worry over tho political situation ag
gravated If It did not cause, the fatal
Illness.
Throughout the empire tho news of
over England, several Important and
long-planned offtclnl events must be
abandoned. Tho Prince and Princess
of Wales were to go to South Africa
with the squadron, and tho prince was
to oppn tho first parliament of the
new confederation, but his ascension
to the throne will now prevent this.
The death of his majesty also will
mean the abandonment of the prin
cipal function of ex-Prealdent noose
veil's tour. The official receptions,
and the embassy entertainments will
be cancelled and the presentation of
the freedom of the city and the lunch
eon at the Guild Hall probably will
be given tip.
If Mr. Roosevelt'! visit to England
COOK SENDS I'Olt THE
PROOFS OF HIS CLAIMS.
Santa Barbaria, May 7. Dr.
Rosewell Stcbblns of New York,
an official of the Arctic club,
says Dr. Cook has expeditions
en route to Mt. McKlnley and
Etah to secure verification of
his claims. Stebblns confided
In a friend thut he is constantly
In communication with Cook.
Is carried out It will be Bhorn of all
display. Telegrams from Berlin say
the German emperor will proceed to
England and that Mr. Roosevelt's visit
to Berlin must be postponed.
Public opinion doubtless will de
mand that the liberals program for
reforming the house of lords, with a
possible appeal to the crown to make
the most Important decision a sov
ereign has been called upon to make
In many years, shall be laid aside for
a long time. They would be opposed
to thrusting upon King Edward's suc
cessor at the very beginning of his
reign, vlien he was first grappling
with the Important routine work, a
question so vital to the future of the
empire.
the king's death was flashed and to
day flags are floating at half mast
the world over. Resides the social
gloom which the king's death casts
obituary.
Edward VII, who 'ascended the
throne upon the death of his mother.
Queen Victoria. January 22, 1!0, was
born in Buckingham palace. Nov. 9,
1S4 1. He was christened Albert Ed
ward. Prince of Wales, receiving the
name Albert after his father and Ed
ward after the Duke of Kent, his
grandfather. The title of Duke of
Cornwall fell upon him at birth, be
being the oldest son of the ruler, and
be was made Prince of Wales and
Karl of Chester before he had lived
a month. The other titles that fell
upon him were the Duke of Rothe
say, Duke of Saxo-Coburg-Gotha.
Prince of Saxony, Fnrl of Carriok.
Karl of Dublin, Baron Renfrew and
Lord of the Isles.
The baptism was performed in St
George's chapel, Windsor, with great
ceremony in January, 1S42, nnd the
early education of the child who wns
heir to the throne wns Intrusted t
Indy Lvttloton, a sister of Mrs. Glad
stone. Mrs. Lyttleton cared for ihe
mental training of the prince, as well
as the royal children who followed
him, until he was six years old. The
following year the Rev. Henry Mil
lien Birch was appointed cutor and
served until 1861, when he wns sin
cccilod for seven years by Frederick
W. G I bbs. Ills royal highness studi
cu ror a session at KdonKurgh, en
tered Christ Church, Oxford, where
he attended the public lectures for n
year, and afterwards resided for three
or four terms at' Cambridge for the
same purpose. On his IStli birthday
he was made n colonel In the army
with Col. Drucc as his governor. He
received the Order of the Garter on
Hie same day.
. The first official appearance of the
young prince wns nt the opening of
the coal exchange In London, Oct.
:io. IS 4 it. Queen Victoria was de
tained by sickness and was represent
ed by the prince nnd the princess
royal. He also assisted in the oponmg
of the exposition of 1861, nnd was
present with the qiioen nt the house
of lords for the first time when the
(Continued on page 6.)
THIBETANS SLAY A
thousand tHB
PEOPLE RISE IN HOLY
WAR AGAINST INVADERS
Wreak Vengeance on Soldiers of Chl
nit for Despoiling Sacred Buildings
Slaughter 10n0 Soldiers of Gar
rison. London, May 7. Reuters agency
published a dispatch from Pekin to
day saying that Thibet people had
risen In a holy war against InvayAIng
Chinese and had slaughtered 1000
Chinese soldiers attached to the gar
rison at Lhnssn. The Chinese invad
ed hlbet In January, drove out Dalia
Lama, the Buddlst high priest, and
pillaged the sacred buildings. The
Thibetans appealed to China nnd
Lord Mlnto of India, but were not re
plied to.
PENDLETON, OltEUON,
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JURY INDICTS
LEBiSLATOHS
I 0. Brown Democratic Lead
er of Illinois House Must
Face Bribery Charge.
Wll.SOX AM) LINK ARE
INDICTED FOR PEK.JERY
A Result of Scandal Evposed by
Chan. A. White, Grand Jury Ile
' turns Three Indictments Browne
Is Alleged to Have Bribed White to
Vote for Iuriincr Utlter Two Are
Alleged to Have Given False Testi
mony to Grand Jury.
Chicago, III., May 7. Deputies to
day were given copies of the warrant
for .the arrest of Ix-p O'Neill Browne,
democratic leader of the Illinois house
indicted for bribery, also for Robert
Wilson and Michael Link, indicted for
perjury, in connection with the al
leged bribery In the election of United
States Senator Iirimer: .s soon as
nrres'ed, the men will be released on
a thousand dollar bond. Browne Is
charged with having bribed White to
vote for Ijorimcr. for payments of
f.".a The Link perjury charge is In
connection Willi his testimony before
the grand Jury, when it is alleged he
said he did not know anything In re
gard to the distribution of the "Jack
pot" which While said was paid out
the bribery fund.
The perjury charge against Wilson
is based in his testimony before tho
grand Jury on May 5. The Indict incut
alleges Wilson testified he did not
hand sums of money to Representa
tive White and Representative Ruck
einevcr in the Southern hotel nt St.
Iuis July .1. l'.oiil. The grand jury
states In its bill against Wilson that
it finds Wilson did hand money to
both While and Buckemeyer at St.
Louis mi the date specified.
TESTIMONY SHOWS GOHL
PREMEDITATED MIRDER
Monteseno, May 7. Paddy Mc
Iluuli. a loriner salootiman, on the
.-land today in ihe trial of William
Gi'hl for the murder of Hedberg, said
that Gobi had premeditated murder.
He said Gobi told him he was going
down to the hay and kill Hoffman
and Hadberg. He said Gobi met him
Dec. 22 and said: "Well. Paddy we
landed them. Hoffmar. was pretty
touuli. We planted tin in with an
chors for pillows. I guess the won't
t.ll any more tales. I got wet to theINIMXV AnMITS MT'RDER
wai.-i vwicn l iniew iiauoc.g ovei-
nrd." The other witnesses testified
hearing shots during the night.
;AVES SAYS HE WTI.L
FOLLOW P1NCHOT POLICIES
Portland, Ore.. May 7 Henry
Graves, successor to Gifford Plnchot.
as chief forester, arrived In Portland
today on an official inspection tour.
"The Pinchot policies are my poli
cies, and I intend to follow them." he
said. He expects to remain In Ore
gon, Washington nnd Idaho several
days inspecting the various forests
and then goes to Missoula, Montana
Roosevelt Expresses Grief.
Stockholm, May 7. Colonel Roose
volt expressed grief nt the death of the
king "All Americans and Rrltons
must grieve deeply over his death,"
he said. Edward's ability, tact. Judg
ment and kindness rendered him pe
culiarly fit to work for International
peace.
SON SEEKS FOR
Information concerning the exact
location of a lonely grave at the foot
of the Blue mountains, near Willow
Springs In this county. Is being sought
by the son of the woman whose re
mains occupy the grave. James 8.
Bai kenstos of Portland, is the name
of the son and he Is desirous of hav-
mg tlie remains taken up after fifty
years, and removed to Portland for '
lntercent. .
In a letter received by County Clerk
Saling from the son he says:
"In the year 1S63, November 3. my
mother died and was burled at Willow !
Springs, at the foot of the Blue moun-
tains. i nave long wished to have
her remains taken up and brought to
ALMOST II
SATUHDAV, MAY 7. 1910.
1 SILL
HIS I Ur UtflU
f
Fatalities at Cartago are In
creasing as Ruins are
S arc' d
EsTITED NFMBER OF
DEAD WILL REACH 1800
Five Hundred and Fifty Bodies Have
Already B-eii Recovered and Many
Are Still Hurled in tlie Ruins
Beautiful Peace Pahuv of Andrew
Carnegie s pile of Debris Several
Small Towns Swallowed I "p.
San Jose, Costa Rica. May 7. It Is
estimated that 1S00 were killed In the
earthquake, based on the recovery of
r. a n bodies In Cartago, andjhe ruins
have hardly been touched.' Property
damage Is estimated at J25.000.OOO.
Martial law is enforced. Authorities
are attempting to relieve the suffer
ing Inefficiently, as there Is so much
suffering already from lack of food
and exposure. Couriers, arriving to
day. ay several small towns were
swallowed up by crevices which
opened In the earth.
I Seven carloads of provisions have
In ep dispatched from here and Ala
Juela. The beautiful peace palace, the gift
of Anwr Carnegie, erected at a cost
of Jlia.ooa, was converted into a pile
of debris. Other public buildings met
the same fate. Many students at the
college of the Sllesian Fathers were
I killed. Only three of them escaped
I uninjured.
i Only the early hour of the evening
lat which the disaster occurred pre
I vented a much greater loss of life.
! At the time many people were In the
! open.
I So (:ir no deaths have been report
ed among the American colony.
The disaster was not preceded by
any activity of the volcano Poaz or of
other volcano vents. The shock was
felt throughout Costa Rica and in
parts of Nicaragua. Great fissures
opened at many places in the volcanic
Koiie.
The ministers of Mexico and of Con
ical American countt ies have asked
their governments to contribute tlie
aid of their sister republic. Several
prominent Spanish Americans are
among the dead. These Include the
wife of Dr. Becnnegra. the Guatemal
an magistrate to the Central Ameri
can arbitration court nn Senor Tre
jos. OF CAI.l FOHN I SHERIFF
Lake Port. Calif.. May 7. Andy
Moore, the Indian captured by a pos
se In Scott valley, today confessed to
killing Sheriff Kemp Thursday, ac
cording to the authorities. Moore lm
plicated another Indian. Louis Augus
tine, In the kiVing. Tlie feeling against
the prisoner is high, and he Is close
ly guarded.
WASHINGTON MILITIA
OFFICERS ARE Ol'STEP
j Seattle. Wash., May 7 Colonel Ot
j ta A. Case and Captain Maurice
j Thompson of tbo second regiment
I Washington National Guard, will be
relieved from active duty hv Adju-
tant C.onoral lumping today.
It is
charged the two have been leading
the insurgents, causing dissension
which llireatened to split the guard.
Dr. Hyde seems to have been sel
dom if ever a Dr. Jekyll.
GRAVE MADE
F
Portland to be placed alongside of
those of my father. Can you kindly
refer me to some reliable person In
the vicinity of where my mother Is
burled to take up the remains and
ship them here.
"The grave is nt the foot of the
mountains, back of what at that time
was a public house. Of course this
was 4 7 years ago and I presume many
changes have taken nine
yet there may be some left In that vl-
clnity who yet know of her restlns
place."
Mr. Saling has turned the letter
Tr to Coroner Tolsom who Is mak-
ing an effort to find some who can
locate the grave.
9
T 0
WHOLE WORLD Me WITH
ENGLAND IN HER BEHLIEnT
TIN BY THE TON
FOR BABIES' TOYS.
Seattle. May 7 Tin soldiers.
horns and other toys for Ameri- j
can babies will be made In Ger- !
many out of the heap of scrap
Iron being loaded on the liner
Protesilaus today. The tin Is
stacked In 120. Ono bales on
pier 8. It has been gathered
from Alaskan f sh canneries.
JEFF'S FATHER DEFENDS
BIG FIGHTER'S CAREER
Los Angeles, May 7. Reverend A.
C. Jeffries, father of Jim, is not in
sympathy with the movement of the
ministers throughout the country to
prevent the big fight. In a com
munication with a local paper he de
fends his son's ring activities though
he doesn't approve of prize fighting.
He said: "Jim hates hypocrisy. That
is why he makes no religious profes
sion. Take away the money and leave
only the glory there is In it and we
would see both a loss of preachers
and lighters. Maybe it is brutal to
fight, but it is not so merciless as to
cast a stranger out of a church where
he came in Christ's name rather than
tell him he is inconsistent, as I .have
seen done.
BOOK OF FACTS TO AROI SE
SENTIMENT AGAINST ASIATICS
Sin Francisco, Calif., May 7. The
first ed'Hon of the "White Men." was
issued by the Asiatic Exclusion league
today. The leading editorial says it is
issue, 1 for the purpose of arousing
public sentiment ag.tmst Asiatic im
migration by facts and not by emo
tional or sentimental appeals.
PETITION TO ESTARLISH
MONMOITH NORMAL
FILED
Salem, Ore., May 7. The first initi
aiive petition to submit a measure to
the people at the fall elections was
presented for filing at the Secretary
of State's office today. The petition
provides for the establishment of a
state normal school at Monmouth. It
was signed by 12. '100 voters.
Roosevelt May Be Envoy.
Washington. May 7. The president
is considering making Colonel Rouse,
velt a special American envoy to at
tend Edward's funeral He will com
municate with Roosevelt to ascertain
how the plan suits him.
Parliament Meets.
London, England, May 7 Parlia
ment met this afternoon and the task
of swearing in members under the
regime of George began.
House Shows Respect.
Washington. D. C, May 7. The
house adopted resolutions of resrect
for Edward today.
, Cotton Exchange Closes.
New York, May 7. The cotton ex
change has closed owing to the death
of King Ejiward.
Stock Exchanges Close.
London. May 7. Stock exchanges
are closed today on account of Ed
ward's death.
SCRUM'S PLEA WILL
LA GRANDE RANKER SAYS
HE WAS ALMOST INSANE
Declares Financial ranic Worried
Hint Into State of Mental Irrespon
sibility Will Face Grnve Charges
To Conduct His Own Defense.
Portland May 7. J. W. Scrlber,
former cashier of the Farmers' Na
tional bank at La Grande, Ore., will
plead mental Irresponsibility, border
ing on Insanity, when he comes up for
trial next week on five Indictments
charging him with wrecking the bank.
also with the forgery of more than
J, 0.000 worth of certificates. Scrl-
ber asserts the worry at the time of
the panic made him Irresponsible for
his acts. He .-.":-s he Is now penni
less so Is preparing his own defense.
The trial will be before Judge Bean
in the united States court.
Calling cards, wed
d.ng stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
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CITY OFFICIAL PATER.
no osno
ALL NATIONS FEEL LOSS
Death of Edward VII Pro
foundly Regretted In All
Countries.
Expressions of Sympathy are Cnlver
sal Dead Monarch Was Friend of
Peace Japan Mourns Loss of a
Friend Kaiser Wilhelin and King
Emanuel Will Attend Funeral
France Feels Loss of an Ally J. J.
Hill Thinks Death Will lie Felt la
Commercial World.
9
WHAT WILL REIGN OF
GEORGE V SECCRE?
London. May 7. George V
was formally proclaimed King
of England this afternoon from
the quadrangle, of St. James
palace.
Prince George, it is repor'.ed,
admitted he was afraid to as
sume the kingship, while stand
ing at the bedside of the king.
The queen is nearly prostrated.
Funeral, arrangements are held
in abeyance until parliament
meets.
When George took tho double
oath of fealty this afternoon at
four, the system of monarchal
government went on trial for Its
life. Statesmen sen ;n ti e gloom
the outlines of a historical cris
is. Publicists admit the king
isn't strong enough to settle the
political crisis promptly, so the
passing of the monarchy is with
in the range of possibility.
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Berlin. May 7. It was unofficially
announced today that Kaiser W!l
belm. Edward's nephew. -?-V.'. attenj
the funeral. His deatr. :i is believed
will materially change iloosevelt'a"
plans. Should the Kaiser attend the
funeral it is believed Roosevelt's vis
It will be canceliej here. Roosevelt
Is expect' d to arrive here May 9, and
his v'sit was to extend to May U.
Franco Pays Trlhnte.
Paris. May 7. Newspapers call Ed
ward England's greatest monarch.
France has considered the death al
most as though the French ruler had
i died. Several publications say h'.s
death has endangered the peace of
Europe. Little Is known of George.
He is regarded as morose, unimpres
sive and unfitted to act as the medi
tator in the grave political questions
which England is facing.
Gloom in Japan.
Tokio, May 7. There Is. gloorn
throughout tlie Japanese empire to
day. The general feeling Is that Ja
pan has lost 'a powerful friend
in
Edward and that maybe now slfe will
lose the British alliance. Prln
,ce
Fushimi was todav dispatched to ren
resent Japan at the funeral and coro
nation.
Hill Sees No Good.
Spokane, May 7. J. J. Hill, who
arrived here last night from Port
land in speaking of the death of the
king said: "To the business world
nt large England means a mighty big
force. Thus It Is the most natural
thing in the world that the commercial
affairs will be affected by his death.
I would not make a gloomy predic
tion, but I feel that his death will
not be for the good."
British Columbia Mourns.
Victoria, May 7. The civic gov.
eminent offices are closed today by
the death of the king. There Is gen
eral mourning in British Columbia.
Tomorrow the churches will hold
memorial services and when the bur
inl occurs, public memorial services
will be held.
Emmanuel to Attend Funeral.
London. May 7. King Emmaunel
of Portugal, has tel. graphed he woul !
be at the funeral.
Funeral Probably May 17.
London. May 7. The funeral will
probably be Tuesday May 17, though
it has not been definitely arrang 1.
It will probably be held at Windsor,
and the body Interred In the special
mausoleum at Westminster.