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' PORLAHD TI11S EVEHING
Once more will the steam horse
thunder lip the Willamette valley. The
damaged tracks between the Dalles and
Seville will have been repaired by
tonght. The, above statement is corro
borated by a message received today by
J. H. Keeney, agent in the local 0.
R. & N. office which reads: "Sell tickets
to all points west of The Dalles."
The instructions are explicit and mean
virtually that traffic ims uau io.u.icu.
Following is the schedule of trains from
the west for the next twenty-four hours,
according to advices now in the hands of
local railroad officials:
' At nine-ten tonight, passenger number
2, made up at the Dalle; three thirty
, NEW RAILROADS f OR CHILI
(Scrlppi Newa Association)
Santiago. Chili, Eeb. 8 The bill pro
' 7jS'nB 'or tne construction of the proposed
i&igitudinal railroad, which will cost $37,
60JJ.O00, was Anally passed by Congress
today.' The government guarantees 6
per cent interest on the capital. Before
the bill became law the representatives of
the German and English syndicatesoffered
to bid for the whole of the amount. The
President has got authority from the
Senate to enter into contracts for con
struction of the road.
ASSASSIN SUICIDES
(Scrlpps New Association)
St Petersburg, Feb 8 Alexandrovsk,
governor of Penseawas shot and probably
fatajjy injured by a terrorists while the
governor was at the theatre last evening.
Just as he was about to take his seat, the
shot was fired. The assassin ran to the
ladeis's lobboy and suicided.
ANOTHfR WILLAMETTE FLOOD
(scrlpps Newa Association) -
Portland, Feb. 8 A great flood in the
Willamette reached here at midnight
rising the river to 22.5 or 7,5 feet above
the danger lire. This morning the river
had again fallen a tenth, but the rain con
tinued. - Thousands of acres of the low
lands are submerged.
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Vergere No. 32
a. m. second section of number 2, made
up at Bonneville and will bring mail
carried from Portland to Bonneville by
boat. Saturday morning nine ten a thru
train from Portland.
Every effort is being made by officials
of the 0. R. & N, to have the track open
to allow the train to leave Portland
tonight which will arrive here as six to
morrow. Encouraged by the reports which were
current: Lt evanin? that the delayed
number six would carry Portland mail,
many went to the post office last evening
to receive that long-waited-for letter.
However they were disappointed for the
train carried only local mail picked up
between here and The Dalles.
CHINA S STARVING MILLIONS
(Scr.'ppa Newa Association)
New York Feb. 8-rAt an- immence
meeting of the various missionary bodies,
churches and societies in the Fifth avenue
church today a further cablegram from
the representative of the American Bible
Society at Shanghai calling for aid for
China's starving millions was received.
t was stated that though only five
months suffering Jad been endured the
number of deaths up to' the present was
appalling. The meeting decided to make
a ready j response by calling on all the
churches, societies, and charitable indivi
duals for help.
JAPS HAVE NO GROUND
(Scrlpps Newa Association)
Washington. Feb. 8 Senator Frasier
of Tennessee today used the San Fian
Cisco case to emphasize the opposition to
the encroachment or the federal govern
ment upon the United States government.
He declared that the Japanese had no
ground upon which to stand while mak
ing their demands. "I believe" said Fra
sier "That the president should have so
construed the treaty and notified the Jap
anese government accordingly. If Jap
an will make war on so flimsy a cause,
it' will shock the civilized world. How
ever, if war comes, I think it will be from
a different cause."
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LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON,
HARPER TO PENDLETON V
E. J. Harper, president of the Blue
Mountain Creamery Company, and form
erly manager of the local creamery, has
practically severed his connection with
the creamery in this city and his taken
up the work of putting the ' creamery at
Pendleton which was formerly a branch
of this company, on a firm financial basis.
From now on the Pendleton plant will be
conducted on its own merits and will . be
connectsd with this office in no way. The
plant in that city during th- past was
managed by individuals who had no in
terest in the welfare of the firm and
consequently did not exert the effort to
make it a paying proposition that Mr.
Harper will.
W. W. Weeks, secretary of the com
pany, will manage the La Grand plant
mm
n Winn
(8crtpps News Association)
Reno. Feb 8 Vernon Flannigan, a
woman of the under world, was arrested
at Fallon, "last evening, charged with the
murder of on Frank Hayes. She had
quarreled with the man on the previous
evening. After he had retired she entered
his room and shot him, then tried to com
mit suicide but wae prevented. ,
COURTROOM TELEGRAPH OFFICE
New York. Feb. 4 Never in the history
of criminal trials have such elaborate
arrangements been made to furnish news
to the newspapers as those made for the
trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of
Stanford White, now in progress in the
criminal courts building.
T-vo great cables have been run into
the court room to communicate with the
cables of the telegraph operators, each
cable containing 19 wires, and each wire
connected directly with a news associs
tion or a newspaper office. One London
paper has the exclusive use of two of the
wires) . '
in addition to the telegraph service
there are a score of telegraph booths set
up convenient to the courtroom. They
are sole'y for newspaper use. One Pitts
burg paper has an exclusive telephone
wire for its continuous use. Even these
facilities are insufficient for all purposes,
and fully 100 messenger and telegraph
boys are constantly in service running
copy. Fully 200 reporters, artists, and
special correspondents representing
papers all-over the world sought accomo
dations to report the trial, but only a
third of them were admitted to the, court'
room. '
Ph one Black 1301
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8 ' 1907
EVELYN IS
(Scrlpps News Association)
New York, Feb. 8. Early this morn
ing District Attorney Jerom caused the
arrest of Mazia Follette and Anna Chase,
chorus girls who were friei.ds of Evelyn,
and' officers are still looking for Hattis
horsy tne. Tnese witnesses if ii pui, uu
the stand will testify of the relations be
tween Evelyn and White after the alleged
seduction exposed yesterday.
fcvelyn Thaw resumed the witness
stand at the opening of the court this
morning. Much time was absorbed in
trying to fathom the mysteries shrouding
the letters which Thaw is alleged to have
written to Attorney Longfellow and Mrs. !
Nesbitt while the latter -was in Europe
with her daughter. . Attorney Delmas
read the postscript to the letter which
was exhibited, yesterday. Ir showed in
coherent allusions to Tharw as the third
person and the underlying meaning of the
epistle cannot be" comprehended by the
attorneys. - i
Evelyn testified that the third person
referred to was herself. Delmas dwelt
at length on the the peculiarties of the
letter, and was evidently trying to impress
upon the jury that the message was
written oy one whose mind was
a muddle or directly, that Thaw was'irra
tional when he wrote the series. The
phraseology wes confusing to the council
its contents a jumble of ideas. A letter ad
dressed to Evelyn with the sane confu
sion of thots was read to the jury.
The prosecution expects to controvert
Evelyn's testimony that Thaw was ak
ways good to her, and refute the state
roent that ha did not abuse her while she
was in Europe.
Jerome disbelieves much of the story,
especially that regarding the seduction by
drugged wire, but even if he proves that
it was wholly false, he must leave the
legal status the same, as the jury hr
only to determine ir the story would con
tribute to the mental soundness of the dp-
At two o'clock court again convened.
Delmas asked Evelyn;
"Did you at anytime tell Thaw abou
the episode relating to White from the
time of your arrival in New York
Nov. 1903 until the next Christmas?"
"He asked me why I spoke to White,
and I tola him I had been driving in the
park one day when White, on passing
said, 'On Evelyn: I didnt draw up.
but the next day I received a 'phone call
that I must see him on a matter of life
ard death. I answered 1 couid not see
him. He came to the hotel nevertheless
and as he met me in the apartment, he
tried to kiss me but I wouldn't let him
White spoke to me about Hdrry." con
tinued Evelyn, and said "many actresses
had told him that 1 was abroad with
Thaw. He told me with much sincerity
that Thaw was a morphine fiend, l!
maintained that he was not. However
White insisted that his r.val took mor
phine, and I shouid have nothing to da
with him. After that he came to see ms
constantly. It was then that White
made arrangements with me to see Ab
raham Hummel a lawyer, to protect me
from Thaw."
For over an hour the general run of the
ttstimony wasto show how Evelyn had
gone to Hummei's office with White and
that Hummel had promptly concocted a
scheme to hlackmail Thaw. The lawyer
ns.sted that the witness sue Thaw for
breach of promise, that he had misused
the pretty actress while in Europe, and
also enlarged the strained relations tnat
existed between Mrs. Nesbit and Thaw
whi'e returning from Europe. Hummel
suggested that it wouid be good adver
tising for her to start the suit as many of
her c!ass had done this and won notoriety.
The pretty witness then related how
Thaw had admonished her not to speak
to Stanford White, as society accused her (
of having improper re'ations with him, He j
insisted to Evelyn at the time that it
looked like hlackmail to him.
After your marriage, did White try to
approach you?" asked Delmas.
"Yes. I passed him on fifth avenue one
day. He held out hs hand and said.
"Evelyn." That is all. My husband
made me promise not to speak to White
again. This I d;d. Some time later I
was riding down fifth avenue enroute to a
doctor. I passed Whit, who'jumped in
RETAINED
OR STAND
to a hanson and followed. On reaching
the stairs I ran up stairs but . was so
nervous I was forced to return to my
carriage and drive rapidly to the hotel.
"Did you ver tell Thaw why Whit
sent you to school in New Jersey while
you wer on the stage?"
"Yes. I told him that Jaok Barrymor.
a member of the same company to which
I belonged, had asked me to visit him in
his apartments alone. I refused. White
becam so angry on hearing of my re
fusal, that he sent m away to school."
At this point Delmas asked for an ad
journment. The judgs announced that
.n court w juld be in session on Tuesday
regardless of the fact that it was Lin
coln's birthday.
THE DEFENSE'S POINT '
The first intimation was given out today
upon the point wh.ch the defense expects
to secure an acquittal. That point is, if
thlihad. that whil Whit was unwill
ing to give up Evelyn, he sought to drag
her down thru the depths from which the
the genuine love of Thaw for Evelyn and
the latter' lore for Thaw, had raised her.
It was nearly noon before any testimony
of any weight had been given, regardless
of the fact that she occupied that stand
all day.
Thaw's will and codicil, made on his
wedding day, was shown to Evelyn today.
The coJicil is in favor sf the wife but the
estate is to revert back to his family at
her death, thus discriminating against his
wife's mother.
If exterior evidence counts for anything.
the blood in the Nesbitt family is thinner
than water. ' It was an amazing spectacle
to see Howard Nesbitt. a brother of Mr.
Thaw, sit in court today wearing a sneer
ing grin, that increased as the ravagings
of his sister's life were related.
ADMIRAL MEAD RETIRES
(Scrlpps News Association)
Washington. D. C. Feb. 8. Rear Ad
miral William W, Mead, having reached
th age limit for active service, was to
day placed on the retired list of th navy.
Though hs has no civil war record Admir
al Mead has been in th service for forty-
two years, having left the Naval Academy
just when the conflict between the states
had ended.
Admiral Mead is a native of Kentucky
and was appointed to the Naval Academy
from that stats.
Admiral Mead is the second on a list of
eleven rear admirals who are to be re
tired during the year 1 907 for age. The
next one whose name will be removed
from the active list is Rear Admiral Jos
eph E. Craig, commandant of the League
Island navy yard. The data of Admiral
Craig's retirement is February 24.
OIF FOR THE EAST
Dan P. Smytha, secretary of the Ore
gon Woolgrowers' association and a pro
minenr. sheepman of Umatilla coumy
passed thru this city last evening bound
for Washington D. C, where th com
mittee of United States stockmen, re
cently appointed by President Roosevelt,
will meet. While in the east the Pendle
ton man will visit in New York and
other eastern cities.
DIPHTHERIA IN BAKER (ITT
Baker City is menaced with a genera
spread of diphtheria. Thursday the city
authorities discovered three new cases of
diphtheria on Fifteenth stieet west sidf.
Prompt action was taken to provide the
necessary treatment for the afflicted
families who are practically helpless and
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NUMBER 68
ISTl
OF NORMALS
TUESDAY
A dispatch1 from Salem to th Pendle
ton East Oregonian of Feb. 17 say:
The fight on th normal school question
is expected to com tefor both branches
of ths assembly Tuesday, and develop
ments today iidicat that an attempt is
being mad to reach a compromi by
sr.nflrips two of th schools, and av
struggle for supremacy . is being waged,
between Ashland and Monmouth.
An unfavorable report held th housa
bill to be a clever ruse to defeat Mon
mouth. It was adopted by th house by
on vjte, and th question of indefinite)
postponement lost. Th bill was mads a
special order for Tuesday at 8 p. m.
Ths house went on record this morn
ing as favoring compulsory f'ee trans
portation of public officials by th pass-;
age of th Freeman pill by a big major-;
ity. ' 'i
ORCHARD LANDS INUNDATED I
(Observer Special) ';;
Sacramento Cat. Feb. 8 A break in,
the Jolo aids of the levee three miles be
low here this morning released on hun
dred and fifty feet of water, which is doing
great damage. Thousands of acres of
pasture and orchard lands ar under
water and the streets bordering that sid
of the town ar inundated. Th river i
high and th break cannot be stopped
before next week. It is thought on good
reasons, that th levee was cut by people :
who want to buy land at low rat.
CIRCUIT COURT
Ih th Circuit Court today th jury in
th case of John Anthony versus
Bertha Eichenberger returned a verdict
in favor of Miss Eichenberger for $617.
60. .
Robert Alexander was found guilty of
stealing blankets from the N K West
stables at the race track, t He will b
sjntenced tomorrow.
E. J. Edwards pleaded guilty to assault ,
with intent to kill and was fined $100,
T. A. Choate, Mik Royce . and Pat
McDowel, charged with gambling in
Summerville, pleaded guilty and wer
fined ten dollars each.
COUNTY SCHOOf CENSUS
County School Superintendent E. E.
Bragg is preparing the blank which th
clerks of each school district . in Union
county will use in taking th annual cen
sus or the school children in th school
age limit, that of between four and twenty
years. The laws specify that February
25th shall be the basic date, and to com
ply with the law, the clerks will take th
census in their respective district, th
week in which the specified date appears.
A. C. Williams, clerk of the board of d
ucation in La Grande, will take the census '
in this city. Last year the number of
children in Union county between the ag
limits was 6233. This number will be
materially increased at the coming enum
eration, thinks the superintendent. I he
per capitil lchoo) apportionment will
be
made on the returns of this count.
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