Willi-;.
SECOND SECTION-!1 IT P AO I
Fn-TY-TIIJIID .YEAR-NO. ' 41.
SALEM,, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1903.
DEATH LIST
IS INCREASED
SIXTY-EIGHT PEOPLE t;tt.t,.ed IN
THE GEEAT B. & O. WRECK.
COEP3ES
or
THE VICTIMS
Pounced Upon by Robbers and Re
lieved of All Money' and
;. Valuables.
Robbers Were Upon the Scene Early,
and! Before the Rescuers Arrived Had
Secured Much Booty 2nd Escaped
Elnme for the Wreck Laid at 'Door
of Laborers.
VCONXELLSYILLE, !.,. J'er. 21.
The sxur.ming up of the results of last
night's wreck of t ! I)ito,une Ljmit
nl mi the Baltimore & Ohio shows that
inty eight persons were killed ami nine
injured. All lut a few bodies have
been identified ami those wba arc still
unknown wilt li laid away in Hill
Grove cemetery at dawn on Christinas
morning.'
; Many of the victim.- were robbed of
money, jewel anu Cbrbdirias presents,
which they were taking to relatives arid
ttiiMHH rroin rittstmrg. -Many ring
Ktre t nken from the lingers of corpses.
1 iiu lold.ers were on the wene early,
and before many rescuers arrived thev
lent f-i-ur'l intth booty, the most of
which'" r on Hist ed of baggage and hand
l.''g that ha-l been tu&scd about the
' cars. ' '.
A jury is now viewing the bodies .and
taking fii.'m-e as" to tire disaster. Hu-jM"rinifid-nt
Irwin, of the. .Baltimore
& Ohio, declare the blame for the
wnrk inuft In fastened (in the persons
who loaded the ties on the flat ear. His
theory is tho stakes-at' the side, of the
t-ar were v.;k and gave way under the
ten i on when the ear-rounded the curve.
.Irwin say there if no truth in the
rumor that train" wreckers derailed tike
-train. -..
SHE DESERVES CREDIT.
Jennie Shirley Acquits Herself Well
in the Title Role of "Da
Barry." r ,
. Mis Jessie Shirley closed her n
fcajjreiuent. in; this city last night- in the
romantic drama.- ' Thr Barry," and
' the' performance'' succeeded in attract
in. u fair sized house. The play was
ostuincd in au" excellent manner, and
the performance was satisfactory"-and
evideiit.lv tdensed. the PtH-tators. The
action if thfl piece takes .place inj
"I'rance during the reign of Louis XV
liiUholdH up a view f lire nt the court i
of that monarch. Miss Shirley ap-M-arcl
in the title role and her work
in thi character is certainly very de
serving of merit.' Se improves all licr
Ojiportunit ies to the utmost, and the j ha need;, if his wage remains stationary
part received all the attention by hcrian,i prices go up, then the value of his
that could jKrssiblv bo asked for
As Lenin XV, Mr. Metjnarrie amply
miHraiiol his part and his interpreta
tion of t hi character shows his atiility.
Air. Forties was exceedingly good as
Kiclu dieu and in well adapted to the
part,, while Mr. Loft us was excellent in
the riil nf Count Saint Germain.
Mits .Adams acquitted herself well in
the -tart: of the Ibichess l)e Chateau-
mux. while. Mr. Abbey handles theTolei
of the king's Tiiinistcr. in a capable
manner. " .
The piny is interesting throughout
and cnrU in thrilliuj tableau, show
ing the guillotine and the howling mob
crvtng for the life of Du Barry.
The. production was all that eofll 1
.be desired arid when Miss Shirley (re
turns net sean, as it is hoped she
will, slm jdioul l -not lack a generous
priroiir.go at the bands of the theate"-
VSng people of .this city.
By Bribing the Nerves .
with opium a cough may1, be stopped
t moorarily. but the intlammation , of
which the cough is a symptom goes
from bad to worse. Po not waste me
and money on delusive ' cough- mix
tmes." Uemember that Allen's Lung
Balsam does not merely put, the nerves
to pleep. It gets right lown to the root
of the trouble and so cures even deep
seated affections of ' the tliroat and
lungs. . v " : . .. ..'
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USING HEARSES AGAIN.
Furerals Carried on fa Chicago With
Non-union Drivers Without ; f
Trouble. . I
' ' . ' - ' . .
CHICAGO, Pec. 21.-Today, fot tjj
first time in a week, hearses carried the
lead to the cemeteries in and around
Chicago. The hearses were driven by
non-union drivers, the Uvcry owners
abandoning the Ilicy orploadingdan
eer and withholding service. Although
the ivrdie were ordered to attend fu
nerals, if necessary, and non union driv
ers vcnt armed in anticipation of op-
position from union pv.rts,
that it be made the suojcci -lial
Investigation by the January grand
jurv. -'-" ; ; '
- 2 A. A TXO-
A FRIGHTENED HORSE. f ;
Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, r b,
hundred
other accidents, are eVery day occur-
. t -.k- xvcrbodr to nave
a reliable Salve bandy and there a
none as gnod as JiucH-in Aica
Salve. Burns, cuts, sores, ecztma and
piles disappear quickly under H9
euoUdng effect. 25 s at Fry a drug
fftore. ':....;
r . .-t "r iirttici Lit rkmiac .ct.--v- r i ' ttiantiAmAn ' naiu iuc iviic.
i . . l. : naf4 h.iarimpillB. I ; i . it. wvl ;ta
disorder .vcr.rred. . . . . ; - anctor; lthis car, I am sorry to say,
i. The December grand jnry, in ii
col.L as ou can readily, see
report today, referred j to tto Vended yo look at the chilled , and i
...i;i,t burials, and Tommrniu 1
BRYAN AT BERLIN.
Preparations Have Seen Mads for His
j Reception Goes to Copen
1 ha gen.
-ft-"" 1
- nERLIXDec. 24. William JBrvan
arrived here today JTrom St.' Peters-
r'ur. He was met by Dr. Otto Ab
rnlt, a member of the Beiehjtag-, and
one of the principal advocates of bt
metalism ia Germany. Mr. Bryan goes
to ,1'openhaen tonight ami returns here
Saturday, ! Jle will be entertained there
privately at luncheon by Ambassador
lower. .;:-.- "v- - - .
The American Chamber of Commerce
will give Mr. Bryan a reception Satnr
day evening. Ilis pree:nj in Berlin
lias formally been brought to the at
tention of Emperor William by Baron
Von Kirhthofen, the secretary of fof
eijn afTairx, and poib!y ah audience
vrill be th result. - - " ,
h . -
VICTORY AT LAST
AMALGAMATED COPPER COM
PANY GAINS ENTRANCE TO
BARUS MINE.
The Foreman of' the Mine Refused to
Accept Service of the Order of the
Pcderal Conrt, Ileinze' Forced to
Appear Upon the Scene , by Order . of
the Court.
,BTTE, Mont., Bee. 24. The repre
sentatives of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, after several weeks effort,
atpTSst-sueceeded today in gaining an
entrance to the Itarus mine. Promptly
afc 10 o'clock this morning Uniteii
.States Marshal C. F. Lloyd and Dep
uty Marshap E. D. EldeYkin were at
the Uaruj shaft. The bnly representative-of
the Barus mine present was
Xick Treloar, the mino foreman.; He
refused to accept service from the
marshal of the order of the Federal
court. r
! AboMt 10:15 J. II. Trerise and Albert
Frank appoared on the scene. .The
Amalgamated people .aajl eight men on
the f ground. These included 'II. V.
Firiehell, geologist for the company;
George E. Moult jop, superintendent of
thri I'euiixylvania mine; K. 8. Sales and
LloVd Gage, mining engineers and sur
veyors; Ed. Finnegan, shift boss at the
tSilyer Bovr mine, and two miners. Close
tii 10:30, when F." A. Heinze reached
the mine, the order of the court direct
ed, that he be present. The Amalga
mated Company, seeks evidence to de-tej-raine
the amount of ore alleged -to
lirjve -been illegal'y mined by Heinze
from the Michael Devitt mine. '
', . WAGES AND PRICES.
i Prices should always le accompanieil
by a statement relative to -Wages, writes
llou. t'arroll IK right, in uoou liouse-
keeping. If a man receives a
week. and. prices decrease, while his
wage remains stationary, the value of
his ten dollars is consequently en-
weekly .wage is decreased. If his
weekly wage is increased, however, and
prices remain stationary, he is then
better oft. As a rule when prices begin
to rise after a p?ryd of depression,
wages rise also, but more slowly. As
a rule. too. they rise to n higher point
than they were previous to the depres
sion, and prices mnj do the same.
j iyiees also fall more quickly and rapid
ly thsn do wagey, and often go ieio
the. prices existing lefore a period of
depression; but wages, falling more
slowly, -rarely, if ever, go back to the
fMtint from iiyhich they started. . Tlwe
tendency, therefore, - is constantly to
increase the wage, while prices tend
constantly to decrease. These state
ments, of course, apply to long periods
of time, and note to sharp turns in the
market. " ; 1 v
i At the present wages are higher than
lit any time in the. history of the coun
try. Prices ffre not as high as " they
have been, and are beginning to recede;
but taking the last live or six years
that is, the period since the last de
pression closed wages have risen to
quite as high a point as prices, al
though there roav le a slight margin of
LdifTeicne'e here and there.
A COSTLY MISTAKE.
Blunder are sometimes very expen
sive. Occasionally life itself la the
price of a mistake, but you'll never be
wrong If you take Dr. King's New
Life Pills for dyspepsia, - dizziness,
headache, liver or bowel troubles. They
lire gentle yet thorough. 25c at p. J.
Fry's drug store. ." .
SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNYf
I:
Did It Exoucester?
On ilay an old maiden from Gloucester
Met a gentleman cow, and he toueester.
Though she wasn't much hurt ; ;
It plaved hob with her skirt.
Oh, think of the anguish that conster
' - Philadelphia Press.
con-
is
if
weary
stand-
ing in the aisle. Ah, I note a loveiy
Mush creen from face to face, liow
t .
cheering. We shad soon have the ear
as warm as toast." ewars: ewa.
? Mother Mary, that young Spinner
has leen paying a great u w.
tehtion to you of late. Do you think
he means Imsiness? ' " -
Marv (with a far-away look) I am
afraid" he does, mother, he is an agent
Tor a Lievcle firm, and he ha dou.
nothing but try to sell me a rnh'nc
ever since he's been coming here.
Tit Bits. : ; - . . ,
1 ; -! . . "
HE WAS OUT
FOR THE COIN
SOURCE OF MYSTERIOUS THREAT
ENING LETTERS DISCOVERED.
TRACED TO LEO R. BRENNAN
Who Was Arrested a tile In the Act
of Answering a Decoy
" Letter.
Demanded Sum of 425,000 and $50,000
From Such Men a3 Morgan, Rocke
feller, Stfllman, Carnegie and Others,
.Threatening Death' ; in Case of
Failure.
CHICAOO, Dee. L'4. The source of
mysterious letters, "demamllng . large
sums of money, which for the last tux
months have liecn received by men in
tho high financial .world of New York
and CLicago, was today traced to Leo
IS. : Brennan, n commercial artist, ' of
Chicago, and , Brennan was arrested as
he was leaving the general postoffice,
where he had gone- to answer to a de
coy letter. 1 - I
- When confronted with the evidence,
Brennan confessed to having attempted
to enforce a dozen demands from sums
of $25)00 and 'KOUo and having
threatened his intended victims with
death should they refuse to pay.
. The Xew. .York financiers of whom
Brennan demanded were J. P. Morgan,
Johne D. Kockefeller, James StUlmanj
and Andrew , Carnegie, inoso in cni
cago are Marshall Field, R. T.. Crane,
J. Ogden Armour a,mt G. F. Swift.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Martin, of" Eu
gene, arrived in Salem last evening for
a brief vbdt with Attorney and Mrs.
Carey F. Martim W. G. Martin was
formerly a resident , of this city, and
is a brother of th attorney.
SUIT IS RESULT
JUDGE BOISE WILL SETTLE DIF
i FERENGES ' BETWEEN MEM
BERS OF CHURCH.
Action Instituted in" Circuit Court to
Detetmineiv-" RigStfnfi Trustees of
Church of iOod- Plaintiff ft Seek Pos-
' session of House of Worship and Askl
... -
!As a result of the differences which
have existed between the mc-intcrs- of
the i'liurch of God, in Xotth - Salem,
since the early part of the present year,
a suit in equity was yeirterday filel in
Department Xo. 2 of the state circuit
court for Marion county. The title of
the action is John M." "Veedhani, I,. I.
Iardon and A. L. Marehand, truste-s of
the 'hurcli of tol, in North Sitlem.
plaintiffs, 'vis, A. Wilson, A. Walty and
Franklin Bunce, defendants, and the
suit is brought to nettle the matter as
to whether .the plaintiffs or defendants
are the rightful trustees of the church,
and alno t e:;tatlirh the ownership Of
lot ti, in block 1, in North Salem, upon
wlH"h the church building -is. located.
It al'iars .that this religious society
was established jiml is being jiromotel
by the religious corporation known as
The Oregon. Washington and California
Eldership of the Churches of hW and
it is alleged by the plaintiffs, that on
Febiuary J903, the corporation le
lieving that the defemlants were" the
trustees of the. society, in order to as
sist and promote the organiiation,
deetled and transferred to the defend
ants as such trustees, and their succes
sors in-o.Tifc, the lot specified above,
which is Said to be of the reasonable
value of and that subsequently to
the transfer, the plaintiffs and other
members of. the society bnilt upon the
lot, a house of worship, at an expense
of alwut i00. ' .
i It is further alleged that since Feb
ruary 13. 1903, the defendants, disre
garding the trust reposed in them by
the corporation, have conspired together
to appropriate. the property. and to di
vert the lot and church building from
the purposes for which they were in
tended "in the deed of conveyance; that
the defendants and other members
whom they induced to .withdraw frovt
the society and renounce their alle
giance to tbtt religious corporation,
have formed ap independent voluntary
local society which they wrongfully
and unlawfully called The Church of
God in North .rSalem, and have attempt
ed to procure the expulsion from the
original society all" members who were
opposed to changing the original into
an independent society. It is "also al
leged that members of the new organi
zation having obtained , possession of
the real property by virtue of the leed
mentionetl above, are' now wrongf uily
withholding from the plaintiffs the
possession of the same. ,r ' :-
. The plaintiffs therefore ask a-dcree
of the court recognirJng and declaring
them to lie the trustees of the lawful
Church of God ia North Salem, and
entitled to the possession of the real
nronertv ami church building, and re-J
quiring" the defendants to transfer the -
same bv a proper ieei wiimn mirj
davs. Thev also ask for an order en
joining. anl restraining the defendants
from further molesting, using or tres
passing upon the; premises during the
pending of this proceeding.
lionhani an! Martin appear as , the
attornevslor the plaintiffs.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Honolulu, Dee. 21. The present, in
tention oF" Rear Admiral Evans is to
sail with the Asiatic i squadron for
Cavite next Tuesaay.
MRS. RUTH HOAR DEAD.
Wife of Senator Hoar Expires,
Long Illness, of Angina
Pectoris. ,
After
WASHINGTON, Dee. 24. Ruth Miller-Hoar,
wife f -Senator f Hoar, of
Massachusetts, died suddenly tonight
at her home in, Washington, of angiiia
pectoris. Senator 4 Hoar, the family
physician' ami Mrs.' Patterson, a friend,
were with her when - she died, Mrs.
Hoar has been in poor health for some
time. The body will, be taken to Wor
cester tomorrow for burial, f
MANY SIGNED
TWENTY-FIVE OF THIRTY-TWO
BILLS PASSED BY LEGISLA
TURE PASS MUSTER.
Of Number Going Through Governor !s
Hands Twelve Meet , With His Ap
proval and Balance ire Filed With
out Will Act Upon the ' Balance
Upon. -His Return. '
The special session is a thing of the
past, but its memory stil" ' lingers In
the minds of the people and probably
will for many moons, .although it was
the briefest and cheapest session the
Legislature of. Oregon ever held. AsJ
the result of its deliberations Governor
Chamberlain ; yesterday haft a number
of bills before him for his approval or
veto, and all of them, with the excep
tion of seven, were disposed of by him
and so far not a single one of them has
received his disapproval. There were
32-, bills ' passed up to him, of which
number he has, either, approved or filed
without his approval 25, leaving seven,
the majority J of which are incorpora
tion or charter bills, in his hands. ; It
was generally supposed, inasmuch as he
had called the "special session for the
sole purpose of enaeting, a law to rem
edy the defeet in the tax law, that he
would not aimrove of any other legis
lation of no matter what Character,
but in this ihose who entertained this
idea were mistaken, for, of the 25 bills
filed in the office of the. Secretary or
State, eight' of the 12 House bills re
ceived his approval and ronr of the 13
Senate bills bore his signature. The
bills so fari' passing through the Gov
ernor's namls-ifollow:
S. B. No. -'4 Beaver Hill charter.
S. B. No.-7 Lebanon charter. Filed.
S. B. No. 6 Marshfield charter.
Filed.' '
S. B. No 9 Fixing salary oi connty
indffe of Lincoln county, rued.
S. B. No. 14 Providing protection of
game for a cer t a i n sea son.. Filed.
S. B. Noi . I" Providing manner of
making levy of school tax. Approved.
S. B. No. 17 Describing manner of
execution of death sentence. Ap
proved.
s ii n 19 Chancincr dates of
terms of circuiC court in ninth judicial
district. Approved.
;it li. Xoi'2L Chansnnff rate of in
terest, nmn delinauent taxes Filed.
S. B. No. 21 Appropriating $2500.18
to eouin new barracks at the Uregon
Soldiers' Home with fire fighting ap
paratus. - Fi-ed-s . ' 4
S. B. No. 25 Seaside, charter. Filed.
S. B. No. 27 Prohibiting assignees
from instituting action for the recovery
of fees illegally charged for the filing
of instruments.! Approved,
S. It- No. 29 Providing right of per
son and corporations to condemn and
artnronriato the rieht of : way to tne
How of water in any stream in the
state. Filed. '
House Aills.
II. B. No. 1 Repealing the Phelps
tax law. Approved. " .
H. B. No. 2 Re-enacting the old tax
law. Approved.
H. B. No. 8 Recorders' fees correc
tion act Approved
II. B. No. 16 Fixing salaries s of
connty officers of Josephine eousty.
countv. FneL, .
II. B. No. 21 Appropriating tl0O,0K)
for the purchase or condemnation of the
right of wav for "the Dalies-Celilo canal.
Approved. . ;
H. Ji. No. 23 Tax exemption law.
A ppro'ved. '
II. B. No. 23 The Da'les charter.
Filed. -y' - - '" .- - 1 .-
II. B. No. 29 Regulating salary of
circuit judges in eonnties having more
than 100.000 inhabitants. Approved.
. ,11. B.. No. 31 Protection for the ser
vice of . stallions. Filed. .
,11. B. No, 37 Relative to compet
ency of, witnesses and admissability of
testimony. Approved.
H. B. " Nov 41 To protect ring-neck
(China) pheasants until October 1,
190d. Filed. - -'.. -
H. B.'Nb. ,42 Special appropriation
bill. Approved. .:..-'. i ?.
.'. ' PERSONALS.
ames and Lloyd Mott, students at
the University of Oregon, are spending
their holiday vacation with their par
ents, Dr. l Mrs. W. 8. Mott, of this
citv. -' - :
Mrs- A. B. G iesy, Mrs R. J. ' Hea-
dricks and children, Mr. John White
and Mr. Sampson went to Aurora yes
terday afternoon to spend the holidays
with-relatives.' '- "i.- --! : ,'
Senator W. W. Steiwer, who was In
attendance upon the speeiaL session of
the Legislature, went to Jefferson yes
terday to spend Christmas with rela
tives, seeing, he could not be with his
family at' FossiL"?
Miss Orletta Krans can.e over from
Monmouth yesterday" morning and de
parted on the afternoon train for her
home in Aurora, where she will spend
the holidays.. Miss Kraus is a student
at the Monmouth Normal College,
THEY RECEIVED
CALLING DOWN
CHICAGO ' DRIVERS' r UNION IS
CRITICISED BY. GRAND
" JURY.'. 0"
ARE
SCATHINGLY
REBUKED
For Disturbing Foxeral Processions and
Otherwise Creating Disorders and
, . Defying Law. -
Jury Report Says Law Is Ignored and
" Subpoenas Are Evaded" Houses of
Worship and Mourning the Scenes of
Disorder and Bodies of the Dead Are
Desecrated.
CHICAGO, Dee. 24 .-Scathing criti
cisms of the person who have d is tnr li
ed the funeral processions in Chicago
were inade by the grand jury which to
day reported to Judge Clifford. The
grand jury, also criticised the "irre
sponsible organizations" for creating
disorder and defying the law. The re
port, which was drawn by Col. James
W. Nye, the foreman, sas: ,
"We find for several months irre
sponsible organizations have been cre
ating disorder in Cook county, destroy
ing property and defying the biw. W
have found that the subpoenas issued
by this court have been evaded.
Xue publi report at pj-esent in the
Chicago houses of worship and houses
of mourning are made the scenes of dis
order by men calling themselves union
pickets, and the"bolies of the dead are
desecrated. ;We believe this condition
justifies careful examination and we
respectfully suggest conditions we have
recited be made a special subject of in
quiry by the January grand jurj-."
AND THESE, TOO
: ; : .
BUSINESS HOUSES OF f SALEM
WHICH DESERVE SPECIAL
MENTION AT THIS TIME
Drug, Grocery, Hardware and Furniture
Houses Display Stocks Which Woula
Be a. Credit to Any City All Are
Enjoying Splendid Trade During the
Holiday Season.
As a further -comment .upon holMay
decorations and "displays rt may truth
fully be said that for a window display
in this particular line, the Cruptta! Drug
Store, owned by Z. J. Riggs, shows up
with great beauty. Good taste is in
evidence in the nice arrangement of the
display, at this iopular business house,
of one of the finest assortments of high
class perfumery and toilet articles ever
seen in this city. The goods speak for
themselves;- fine bottles .handsomely
decorated, filled with the choicest
odors; manicure sets; an elegant line
of brushes; in fact, hardlv an aecessory-
bf the toilet table is missing, and altT
aro so beautifully set off in pretty boxes
and wrappers that they instantly appeal
to the taste. It is.. well worth going to
the corner of State ana Liberty streets
to see the captivating sight.
luller & Bougies, the enterprising
grocers, on State street, have certainly
won the admiration of the housewives
of the Capital City. j
Thev struck the keynote when in an
ticipation of an enormous holiday trade
they placed themselves in position t3
hsplav a line of groceries which not
only attracted the buyers, but served to
fill every want of their patrons. Thi
firm has won its way into popularity,
and deserves the literal patronage
which it is enjoying.
Roth Sc Graber, who conduct a
grocery establishment on the same
street, also come in for their share of
credit. ; Not oaly did they .provide the
material with which to make an elegant
display, but their stock is one of, the
finest and most complete that eondI be
found in any city on the Pacific Coast.
Special mentioa is also dne the farm
ing implement and hardware firms of
R. M. Wade X- Co, F. A. Wiggins,
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver, and Manning
& Ferguson. The complete lines car
ried by these firms would be a credit
to any, city, and it is needless to say
that their stocks displayed at the pres
ent time appeal to no small number' of
holiday purchasers. '.-.' .
Bnren ii Hamilton, J. A. Patterson,
and The House Furnishing Co., Salem's
leading furniture dealers, have this
year displayed the roost complete and
np-to-date stocks in their line, that
have ever been seen in Salem. Each
one of these firms is enjoying a splen
did holiday trade and the patronage is
well deserved.
GIRL STRIKERS RIOT.
Attack -Sixteen Young - Women Who
Come to Take Their Places
la Silk MUL
HAZLETON, Pr, Dee. 2-LA strike
of 300 girls employed in the Dnplan
silk mill here has resulted ia a riotousj
attack upon sixteen female strikl
oreaacTs. jue an ray took -place, neay
the eity halL " The girls employed in
the mill qnit three weeks ago. arid
; ; forts were being made to .11 their
i . - . , . .
piacra. sixteen gins were Deing escort
ed through the street to the mill by the
chief of police and a patrolman when
200 strikers fell upon them. ;
Sheriff Jacobs : and seven' deputies,
who were on guard at the mill, hast-
ened to the scene and charged the
mob. .But they were powerless to cope
with the strikers, as the two policemen.
The officers did not care to draw clubs
on the girls and;the disorder continued
nearly an hour. Finally the crowd was
dispersed and the strikers were c based
to their homes. - ,
TO IMPROVE SYSTEM.
Many Lines of the Harriman System to
. Be Thoroughly Standard- ;
; ieL ; .
OMAHA. Dec. 24. W. V. Thome,
director of the purchases for the Harri
man lines, announced -that the equip
ment of the entire Harriman system
will be standardized. . The plan, of
standardizing will include tho Union
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation Company. , , .
FAITH IN LOVER
HEPPNER WOMAN WEEPS fTOR
MAN FOR WHCM SHE! DE
SERTED HUSBAND.
Object of Her Affections Disappears at
, Pendleton With $109 in Cash She
Feels Certain That He. Will Return
t And That He Loves Her Fondly.
PENDLETON, Or, Dee. 24. Among
deep sobs of grief. Mrs. Marve Garner,
of Heppner, in the sheriff 's office here
this morning, but not under arrest, told
the story of her elopement with Will
Baker, a carpenter, from Heppner -last
evcninn. (
Thev were to transfer at Pendleton
last evening- for Salt Lake, but after
the woman went to a hotel to wait for
the next train Baker disappeared with
$100 of the woman's money which no
was carrying. . His whereabouts are un
known this morning. '
'Garner and I have been married
for five years, but he has not lived
with me much of that time. lie has
been working near Echp for tbo past
three months. I have only received
one letter in answer to five in that
time. Oh, I know Baker loves me and
I know he will snow oi.- He is afraid
of the officers and that is, the Teanon
for his disappearance. He made love
to me in Heppner anil treated me with
great kindness. We never did anything
criminal. 1 do not believe he intends
to run away with my' money. He pre
tended he wanted roe to earry it, but
I put it back in his pockets."
Baker and the woman could have
gone to Salt Lake without getting off
the train, and t he officers think it
strange that Baker planned to wait for
the next train in rondleton. -Tho hus
band received the news of the elope
ment at Echo last night and boarded
the train to find the. runaway woman,
but she was hiding.
One hundred dollars was nil she
owned and now she is left penniless. She
says she will not go back to her hus
band or her parents, fohe says she will
make a search for Baker. She will not
belicvo that Baker has betrayed her,
but told the story this morning when
Baker did not show up. The woman
is well educated and refined.
All Right Till She Sang.
A piano tnner : employed by a eity
firm was sent to a certain suburb to
tune a piano, lie found the instrument
in good condition, and not in the least
need of attention, says Youth 's Com
panion. ! 4
A few days later the firm received a
letter from the owner of the piano, a1
lady of musical intention, stating that
the piano bad not been properly tuned.
It was no better than before.
After receiving a reprimand from
his employer, the -hapless tuner made
another trip to the .suburbs and again
tested every note, only to find, as be
fore, no ; fault with the instrument.
This time lie told the lady so.
" xes," she said, "it does seem all
right, doesn't it, when you play on it,
but as soon as I begin to sing it gets all
out of tune again.''
Microbes on Bank Bills.
"Private" John, Allen uvi that r a.
eently, while waiting his turn to do
bank- h rt-frhA:trI an amtiainir rnnvtr.
sation between two darkies ahead of
him in the line. '
"Bid you know dat sometimes dere's
a lot or aem pizen mierobes in money I"
asked one of the darkies.
' Yaas,'.' replied the other negro,
"but yo' eain't make me believe it. De
idear of a pusson gittin' disease dat
way! Look at Mister Russell Sage
he's -eighty years old."
"They say," said Mrs. Oldeastte,
"that Mr. Fiddlethwaite, who used to
belong, to our ebureh, has become an
agnostic."
"Is that sot" Josiah used t take
his lunch at the , same place he did
down town, and he says he often warn
ed him that he'd get it if he didn't
give up eat in' so fast. 'Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Gave 6000 Turke-v Away,
Butte, Dee. 24. Senator Clark, fol
lowing his usual Christmas custom, to
day distributed turkeys to every mar
ried man employed in his vast inter
ests throughout Montana,. Arizona and
.elsewhere. About 6000 birds were giv
en a wav. - . - - i . . .
"Let's go out an' see what's bura
inY said Pat to Mike at the theater.
"What de meant" .
' 'Those two men behind us said thev
were goin to the. foyer." Detroit
Free Press. . . . .
Mrs. C. B. She ton will go to Tort
land today to spend Christmas with
friends.
ANDERSON iL
introu:
AGENT OF C0LVTLL2 I'--AGENCY
WILL HAVE TO
EXPLAR7.
MANY VERY SERIOUS CHAT
Are Brought Against Him Ty AU:
For the Indian Com- .
- plainants.
Charged. With Having" Allowed I:.
Police to Frighten Child to Ecit'.
Handcuff a Cripple and Leave I;:
Ten Days Practically Helpless, a.
Mjiny Other Acts.
SPOKANE, Wn; Dec. 24. -Char,
have been sent to the Interior Dcj :rt
ment against Indian Agent A. M. Au-
uerfMin, or Allies, wasningion, woo ni'-i
charge of the (Advillc Indians. A. C
Koutlie and M. F. Gibson, Spokahe at
torn?ys,' have charge of the matter IV:
the Indians. The charges include: . 1
Allowing the Indian police to fright-?::
a child to death. !
Allowing the police to handcuff a
cripple and leave him . for ten day-:
practically helpless.
Refuting to allow the Indians t
leaye school to help in the harvest and
thus causing a loss of tho crops.
Taking the children to school withom
the knowledge of the parents, v,h
thought them drowned.
Attidavits accompany the charges.
Was Going to Her Uncle's.
"Well, 1 ran. up ' against nnotl
queer proposition again tonight,' s.-vi
"Pye" Howell, tho man who create'
the red coat iilea and made tho uni"
depot's information bureau famous, i
he. was preparing to leave tho static,
last night, says the Kansas City Jew
nal. "This time," lie' aidf ,"tle fo. !i
question happened to be. an exci-j ! i
ally pretty girl of .about., eightc.r.
years or more, and her smart appe.-r-ance
,and clever manner made the k
uatiou t hd more laughable,"
According'to the story, the girl f.r
made her appearance before tho wl
dow with the half query, half demon '
"Where are you going!" qucrii
back tho man behnd the window.
"Out to Kansas," was the answer.
."Whereabouts in KansaaT'I
..-"Out to my uncle's."
"Where does your uncle live?"
'Must one mile from the postofiicr, ' '
was the last answer, and then, as in
variably the case; she had to submi
to showing her ticket, and then it too!
but a minute to give her the prop.;,
information. '
1 " "
Professor Tfeomaa C Menhaii. er tv
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, whi
traveling through Ohio several year
ago, called at the district school.
aa a boy, he had attended, says C.
Boston Globe. '
They naked htm at . the school t
mako a few remarks. lie aasentc ),
and began to talk to tho children J:.
a direct fashion, trying to InLcre.
them from the start. . .
"Did a-ny ofl you." he said, "ever s
an elephant's skin T
,"l have,' said thm boy.
"Waere did you see itf, the prof
sor asked. j
"On an elephant," was the reply.
Visitor You must have a 'remark
ably efficient board of health in t!
town. j
.Shrewd Native (otoe of the many)
You are right about that; I can t
you.
- "Cimposel of scientists, I rr
snmef" i .
'.''So, sir. Scientists aro too theorctl
eal."'-- ..
"Not much. We don't allow docl r
on our board of health no, sir t
undertakers, either."
Hum! What sort of men have v
chosen, then?"
"Life Insurance agents." N,
York Weekly. .
"Which would yon rather be tru"
great or really smart f"
"Smart, of course," f
"Why!" . j
. "Well, you may be truly great a-
lra km o... 1. 9 a . .
,rr mow nf out if you'
smart .von
can make beople think ti
t." Cblcigo Post.
you're great
Mrs. Thomas McCarthy and dau-? it
Ruth, of Portland, Ud J. Ad"':
Smith and wife, of Clatskanie, are vl
iting their father and brother, Col
J V nd Ir. T. C.C Smith, Jr., ov
Christmas. ,. '
Georgetown, Colo., Dec. 24. The u.
trict court adjourned this afternoon v
til Monday with only one tjror seleH
ror the trial of the Idaho Springs dvn
mitmg case.
Hon. W. N. Gatens, wife and" 1)H
daughter,, Cleo, went to Portland v.
terday .afternoon to snend the Chn
mas holiday with- relatives.
rWUUe GT Hendricks, a student at i
Mount iAngcl College, is in the cl
spending his holiday vacation v 1
relative and friends.. -
4111 LA DELPHI A, Dec. 24.-.Ti
0'Bnen,f Philadelphia, had th. bi ter
of a fw-found boa with Jim Jei
fords tonight., . "
Miss Anreha " Beck and brother
Master Altie, are spending tlieir
day vacation nt their home jic .
A nrora. "