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?RANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1910. NUMBER 279
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years of age. He has been prominently
Identified with political matters In Un
ion county and of late has been dep
uty assessor In this county. Always an
energetic young man, his untimely
death is particularly distressing.
U MYSTFRY VEILS SHOOTING
jcputy County Assessor Waldo Perry
Shot Down and Killed m ms Home
at 'Union Some Days Ago Body
Found on Stairway With Lamp In
Hand-Xo Clue to the . Murder's
Identity as let .
Late reports, coming from Union
this afternoon throw a slightly differ
ent color on the situation. It appears
that Perry did not sleep up stairs and
seldom used the garret for any pur
pose. It Ib presumed Perry hetfrd some
disturbance up stairs and started to
lnvestieate. only to be Bhot down
while in the act. The house was lock
ed this morning, when the crime was
discovered, leading to the logical de
duction that the murdered had calm
ly locked the house up on the scene
of his crime after the ahootlng.
Two Bullets Found. T
Doctors Myers and Cromwell
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PRIMARIES
CANDIDATE WAS RIGHT HAXD
MAS TO CAXXON AXD REBUFF
IS IXDICATIXG TEXDEXCY.
rami
R00SEYELT AXD SHERMAN OX
EQUAL FOOTING ACCORDING
TO RETURN'S.
and
Union, Sept. 21 Special Atrocious
imirrtar has been committed within
the corporate limits of Union, and the
rictim, Waldo'Perry, has lain In his
wn clogged and clotted blood for a
period of about ten days while neigh
bors passed his residence at the
mwth nt PIIa ran von without the
lightest knowledge of the horrible
crime that had been enacted or the
truesome end of the well known resi
dent of this city made known. The
discovery of the heinous crime, of a
shooting at the dead of night, of five
shots having been fired at Mr.- Perry
from the rear, were all made known
this morning when neighbors, grow
ing alarmed at the prolonged silence
within the Perry home, battered down
the door and forced an entrancefi on
ly to be greeted by the horrible evi
dences of a bloody crime.
Happened Ten Days Ago.
There is every reason to believe
that Perry was killed about ten .days
ago. . There has been continued si
lence in the home for a period of
about a week, though none of the
witnesses at the coroner's jury could
stipulate the exact length of that si
lence. The most specific evidence at
hand was that he had not obtained
his mail a week ago Sunday and since
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office where he had been a dally visi
tor previously. This leads to the be
lief that he was killed Sunday night.
Lamp In Dead Hand.
A broken lamp was found in the
Ndead man's hand Indicating beyond a
doubt that he had been shot down at
night. His body was found at the bot
tom of the stairway in the home, with
the lamp closely gripped in his nana.
The position of the body, the lamp and
the Btairway at first led to the belief
that he had fallen down the stairs
and probably broken his neck or sus
tained other injuries that later prov
ed fatal. With this belief prevalent
the coroner's Jury was called to Inves
tigate further. Casual investigations
and probing soon discovered the pres
ence of the crime. Five bullet holes
tell thfi atorv. The nunctures had oc
curred from the rear and it is likely
I that the man wm shot while about to
descend the stairs, and that the flena
doing the act had later thrown the
hotly to the bottom of the stairs.
PeoDle who have studied conditions
and circumstances are firm In their
conviction that the murderer was In
the home and shot the man from with
in the waUa of the place.
Family In Portland.
Mr. Perry's family has been visiting
n Portland for a considerable length
of time and this In a measure explans
hy the crime lay uncovered so long.
The wires have been kept burning
this morning In an effort to locate
the widow and children and it Is pre-
R sumed they will return to Union to-
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RUSK'S CHIP IS
BRUSHED OFF
' BY JASPER
duo ei nun
All Other Congressmen Renominated
In Minnesota Except Tawney Taw.
ney Is Only Minnesota Man Who
' Fought For the Payne Tariff BUI In
the Last Session of Congress Nye
Renominated.
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REM
IT
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Hearing of Lfre Stock Rates.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 J. Edgar
Smith, one of the examiners of the In
terstate Commerce Commission began i
hearing here today on the rates on
live stock between the Missouri river
and Misslppl transfer points which
were recently advanced by the rail
roads of the Western Trunk Line As
sociation and were suspended by the
Commission. The case Is one of the
most important ol the western rate
cases new before the commission, no
important, in fact, mat it was as
signed for hearing separately from
the western rate cases. The complaint
Is that the rates are unreasonable
and discriminatory.
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COMPLETION OF PANAMA CANAL
WILL BE SIGNAL FOR IXTER-
XATIOXAL SQUABBLE.
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FVpftF.liT OF 80XS OF TOIL
DARES TO FACE SOLON.
Atttl-Assemblylte WM M Go Unchal
lenged ays Mr. Jasper. ,
,a(est ileturns Point to Ylctory for
Sherman In His and Roosevelt
Own Efforts to Control the New
York Convention Primary Nomina
tions for Delegates In Progress Are
Not Cflunted Complete.
Freight Handlers Convene,
St Paul. Minn.. Sept 21 The Broth-
r.t Potirnoii Fmlffht. Handlers
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convened here today, with delegates
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throughout the United States and Can
ada,1
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a nolltlcal chip which Hon. Jerry
P. ltusk has carried about on his
fihoxilders since he became a candidate
tor the state legislature from Union
and Wallowa counties, Is about to do
brushed off. Rusk is running on an
antl-assembly .plank and has been
endsavortng to tantalize assembly men
uHth riirnrmis flaunting of a public ae
bate challenges. For a time It seemed
thai Rusk was to go unchallenged
and that his "open letters" would not
"open up" a debate on the mucn
mooted topic.
But the challenge is not to go un
heeded. W. R. Jaser, the Allcel far
mer has risen with an answer to the
challenge and If Rusk will make good
hip assertions to debate the assembly
question, a meeting will be arranged
between these two at a time and place
to be named. Springing up from the
ranks of the farmer-that vast army
of men and women supposedly verseu
to a greater degree of efficiency In
the best methods of Increasing the al
falfa production than In the fine points
luira ni nlcltles of the public
rostrum the acceptance of the chal
lenge affords ample color. Mr. Jasper
is a farmer all right but he knows his
A. B. C's. in politics. He was a dele-
atAta assembly in Portland
last spring from Union county and he
asser'ta that he can present his side
mMv Question with equal
clearness and thoroughness compared
to the way in which uanaiaaw vu-
the anti-side.
While no formal arrangement has
been made as to date and place it is
presumed that If Mr. Rusk makes good
the challenge It will be done this week
prior to the primaries.
Should the momentuous question
be brought to a focus with a dlciple
of Blackstone propounding the anti
assembly scripture, and an exponent
of the caUouae sons of toil defending
.v. -v-ioinio and virtues of the as
sembly plan of suggesting candidates
kf,, thp, nrimanr. It is likely that
uciviv a-- t - i
the past careers of politicians' wll be
spot-lighted on the canvass or puwi
A great deal of interest has sudden
ly developed tn the case and it would
not be surprising if The Observer an
nounced further details In the matter
bv tomorrow evening.
Minneapolis, Sept., 31 James Taw
ney, chairman of the house committee
on appropriations and Cannon's right
hand man, was defeated for renomlna
tlon to congress in the first district
by plurality of 3,000 by his opponent
Sidney Anderson, an Insurgent yes
terday. Tawney's headquarters were
nlnaat anri virtually COnCded a Q6-
ffiftt today. Tawney was openly sup
nnrtfl.1 bv Taffa administration. The
other congressmen were renominated.
Nye Also Returned.
Returns from 260 of the. 271 pre
cincts have been ' received. Congress
men Nye wort the fifth renomlnatlon
after a hard fight as did also Congress
man Stevens. Tawney was the only
congressman from Minnesota support
ing the Payne Tariff bill.
Next In Power to Cannon.
Washington, Sept. 21-Tawneysi
defeat In Minnesota Is hailed as an im
portant victory by the - Insurgents.
They consider Tawney next in power
to Cannon and 'believe his views on
n0rvtinn which are opposite to
Roosevelt's and his alllegance to the
present tariff has caused his downfall.
If the next house Is republican it is
predicted Smith, of Iowa, will be the
chairman of the appropnauu
mlttee.
New York, Sept 21 Returns from
the primaries, nomination delegates
to the convention, indicates that the
contest for the control of the Republi
can convention between Roosevelt and
Sherman will be sharp. Wm. Barnes
claims Vice President Sherman's ma
jority will be 55, while Grlscom, Col
Roosevelt's lieutenant, asserts the Col
onel will have a majority of 70. The
latest figures make it likely that the
majority won't be over 15 either way.
The latest estimates of politicians
show the regulars can "count on 582
delegates. Roosevelt, according to
these estimates cannot count on more
than 478. It requires 508 to control
'th convention. Sherman was defeated
yesterday in his own ward and district
Real FlRht In Committee.
It is believed the real fight will be
in th resolutions committee. Roose
n. flrlacom. Fashett and Greler are
members and will favor the adoption
of a direct nomination plank. Speaker
tur.rfawnrth of the house, New Yoru
legislature, will oppose with Barnes,
To Elect New Bishop.
Providence. R. I.. Sept. 21 A spec
ial dlpceson convention was called to--i.
o Tvin'a f-hnrrh to elect a
nay ai oi. -
th late Rev. Wm.
DlBllUI' DUV-v--
m MWVicker. D. D.
RIGHTS SEEM EVlDEflT
Will Uncle Sam Be Allowed to Fortify
What Has Cost Htm Hundreds of
Millions to Build Islands About
the Place Make Fortifications Easy
Matter Others WUI Object
AfiRF.EMENTS BEING REACHED
THIS AFTERNOON IN BOSTON.
Langford So Anxious He Would Fight
In an Aeroplane lie says.
Washington, Sept 21 Special
Now that the United States la'abo'i'v
in the question of Its fortlflcaMcii
to complete the Panama Canal, mny
and have, succeeded In raising dls-
cubalon ! of the ' proposition. The
United StatcB,- however, Is going
calmly, with plans for defending the
canal.s which are befdre Presidan:
Taft, and the question, if any serious
opposition develops, must be settled
in Congress this winter. v
The eyes of the power are turned
toward the little strip of land ten
miles long through which the Unit
ed States, to the creaking of the
steam shovels and the boom of the
exploding, dynamise Is rapldljr open
ing the big ditch which 'is"" t6nlta
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Panama Canal is no longer a
project. It is now a reality. Al
though the date set for the opening
Is 1915, the englners are confident
that ships will be taking this short
-Boston, Sept. 21 Sam Langford and
Jack Johnson will meet in the office
of a local newspaper today to arrange
for a match for the world's heavy
wnie-ht chamnionshlp. Johnson ae
mands a forfeit of $20,000 to go as a out between oceans a. year sooner
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sine Dei, ana wmBiuru on u
on hand with the coin.
Langford said today he would fight
Johnson In an aeroplane or anywhere
else," just so he can fight.
STEAMER TOTAL WRECK.
MFflFDRD MAHTflRlFF LAW
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IS
QUARREL OYER WORTHLESS DOG
ENBS FATALLY.
Feared More Blood Will be Spilled
Before Fugitive is Caught
Medford-Sept 21-A large posse
headed by Sheriff Jones are hunting
for Julian Mock, a carpenter, who last
night killed Jesse Smith, a friend,
in a quarrel over a worthless dog.
Smith was stabbed four times, twice
In the heart Mock bears the reputa
tion of being a fnard fighter and it is
expected that possibly there will be
more bloodshed before he is captured.
The men had been friends for years.
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INCREASE SUSPENDED.
Proposed Rates Will Not Go Into Ef-
feet at Once as rianneo.
whtnBton. Sent. 21 Interstate
commerce commission today ordered
the suspension of the proposed in
crease of the freight rates for the
middle west roads until January 5,
1911. The suspension affecta nearly
all the roads entering Chicago.
SAYS PROTECTION IS NECESSARY
TO NATION'S WELFARE.
Will Not Defend Payne Tariff Bill Be-
cause H Needs no Defense.
' Danville, 111., Sept. 21 "I will not
defend the Payne tariff law because it
needs none," wrote J. O. Cannon to
day In accepting the congressional
nominations. "The law is an enact
ment of the pledges of the republican
convention of 1908. It la in keeping
with the policy of the protection par
ty has malntlned since the day of Lin
coin." After discussing the commer
cial Industrial conditions he contln
uses, "the democratic tariff did not
produce enough revenue. It was dl
rectly responsible for the depression
that resulted In the failures amount
ing to more than a billion dollars In
Cleveland's four years as president
My notion of progress is tlat it should
be aTmovement forward and not loud
. i it
noises ana promises w Btw"w
Expensive Ship Runs on Itock$ and Is
Completely Destroyed.
New Westminister, B. C, Sept. 21
It was announced today . that me
steamer Paystreak which ran on the
rocks in Pitt river will be a total
loss. It was built for passenger ser
vice four years ago and cost $24,000.
Three passengers were aboard yester
day, but none were drowned.
May Select Bishop Brent
Washington, Sept. 21 It Is rumor
ed in Episcopal church circles here
that Bishop Charles Henry Brent ol
the Phllpplnes. who was offered and
refused the blshoperic of Washington,
may be chosen Bishop of Rhode Is
land. The fashionable summer resi
dents of Newport are anxious to se
cure Bishop Brent for that diocese
and will doubtless urge the matter at
the Providence meeting today. Rhode
Island has been without a bishop since
the death of Rt. Rev. Dr. McVicker,
BishoD Brent is well .known In New
England having been connected with
two Boston churches before going to
the Philippines. As bishop of the dls
tant Island dependency, he has won In
ternatlonal fame, his work having at
tracted the attention and commenda
tion of President Taft and others, high
In the service of the government
Another clergyman mentioned here
in connection with the Rhode Island
vacancy Is Dr. Daniel Dulaney Addi
son; who has long been Identified with
educational . African negro republic
of Liberia and who was at one time
trustee of the College of Monrovia,
Liberia. '
Two years or even a year ago for
eigners were content to admire the
energy and skill which were sweep
ing away great obstacles. Today
they are wonde-lng what its effect
is to be on world politics, and what
advantages are to acorue to the
United States through control of this ,
strategic waterway.
For this reason, more than any
other foreigners are debating the
question tf the fortification of the
canal. At the present moment also
this consideration is of paramount
Interest to the United States because ,
the defense muBt be in place by the
time the canal 1b open for traffic.
The two problems, therefore, which r
are agitating the officials of the Unit-,
ed states and of other countries, are
whether we have the right to fortify
the canal and whether we can do It
successfully If we have tho right.
No less an authority than Rear Ad
miral "Bob Evana has said that it
cannot be done. The board of army
experts says that It can. The task
offers difficulties but they are not ln
surmountable.' ', The tessentlal feat
ure of the defense plans Is that tho
big guns of the shore batteries must,
be placed that no fleet In time of war
can draw near enough to the entrance
of the canal on either side to bottle
It up against another fleet
If the canal is to be strictly neutral
It must be kept open to ships of any
belligerent nation. This cannot be
done if a fleet of one of the combat
ants can stand off the entrance at
sufficient distance to be beyond the
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range of the snore- naileries , aim
pick off a hostile fleet coming through
ship by ship before It could deploy In
battle formation. If this were the
case the canal would be as effective
ly bottled as though the Lusltaniae
were sunk in ita channel for no fleet
of battleships would run the risk of a
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