Crook
Journal.
VOL. V.
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1901.
NO. 3
PRESIDENT SHOT
While Holding A Recep
tion At Buffalo. .
Deed Of An Anarchist.
(
Shot Twloa, But Neither Wound
Necessarily Fatal Last Re
ports Favorable.
While holding a public reception
at the cxpositioo, in the temple of
music, Buffalo, the president was
fShot by an anarchist Friday after
noon. One idiot took effect in the
right breast, the other in the abdo
men. The first i not of a serious
nature and the bullet hat been
extracted. The Utter pierced the
abdominal wall and has not been
located.
The President was approached
by a man with a dark mustache
and with one hand covered with a
hanknrchicf. At the man extended
his hand to the Preiidenl, appar
ently with the intention of ihak
ing hand with him, he fired a
ahot which entered the President's
right bteast bone. Another shot
was fired at once, which entered
the President's abdomen.
The assailant was- Immediately
"arrested and was thrown to the
ground, and quick as a flash 20
men were upon him. When res
cued he whs covered with blood
from a gash in hi s face. Cries of
lynching were heard on every hand,
but the police managed to get the
man out of the grounds and locked
him up in a station house a short
distance from the grounds. Later
he was removed to the police head
quarters. The police have learned that the
real name of the assassin is Leon
Czolgosz. He was born in Detroit,
and came here from Cleveland.
Czolgosz has signed a confession
Covering six pages of foolscap, and
in which he states that he is an
anarchist, and that he became an
enthusiastic momber of a body
through the influence of 'Emma
Goldman. Whose writing he had
rc&d, and whose lectures he had
listened to.
He denies having any confed
eral e, and says he decided on the
act three days ago. and bought the
revolver with which the act was
done in Buffalo. lie has seven
brothers and sisters in Cleveland,
and the Cleveland directory has the
names of about that number living
on Hosmer street and Euclid aven
ue, which adjoins. Some of them
arc butchers and others are employ
ed in different trades. He is now
detained at police head quarters
pending the result of the President's
injuries. Czolgosz does not appear
in tho least degree uneasy or peni
tent for his action. He says he
was inducod, by his attention to
Emma Goldman's lectures and
writings, todcide that - the present
form of goverment in this country
was all wrong and he thought the
best way to end it was by killing
the President. He shows no signs
of insanity, but it very reticent
about much of his career.
Up to going to press the latest
news from Buffalo is to the effect
that the crisis is past and unles
serious complications set in, the
president is on the road to recovery.
It has been learued that the notor
ious Goldman woman was in Buf
falo at the time of the attempted
assassination, which would indi
cate that she knew the attempt
would be made, even if she was not
an active accessory. Herr Most,
the anarchist leader disclaims any
knowledge of Czolgosz and says
there are no anarchists in Poland,
that it is a Catholic country. But
thcro was general rejoicing among
the anarchists throughout the
country, nevertheless, when the
news of ths attempted assassina
tion reached the different an
archisti c societies. ' "
That there was a conspiracy, in
which many besides Czolgosz were
concerned, and which had the de
struction of President McKinliy as
its purpose, is the firm conviction
of all the members of the Buffalo
police. An agent of the United
States Secret Service said that the
theory is held that Emma Gold
man, the anarchist, was the prime
mover in this plot, which may have
contemplated a scries of crime, of
which the murder of the Presi
dent was only the beginning.
Jack Whalin, Ben tVatkins, Wes
MarUtt fjnd Fred -Noble, all
residonts of the North Fork country
composed a Prt7 pod
through the John Day valley last
Friday for. a month's outing, during
which time, they will put forward
an effort to find the Blue Bucket
mines of which all the early settlers
of Oregon have heard so much talk
about. They will take the early
emigrant trail in tlio Burnt river
county and endeavor to follow it
across the country towards the Cas
cade mountains. A portion of this
searching party has had consider
able experience in mining, and it
is hop-d that they will be able to
discover this fabulously rich mining
ground. Blue Mountain Eagle.
A new mining company was
organized in Ashwood last week
and articles of incorporation of the
"White Butte. Mining Company"
were filed with the secretary of
State and the County Clerk. The
property of the company consists
of seven claims, White Butte, Lily,
Celtic, Capitan, Oregonian, Gipsy
and Mohawk, located in the very
heart of the camp adjoining the
east of the Roy property and upon
which several good leads have been
uncovered. The claims have been
located for some time and only
enough work has been done on them
to meet the requirement of the law,
and the owners were all working
men and did not have the time or
the capital to push development, as
very satisfactory returns have all
ready been given. The organizers
are all local men and, with one
exception, are men" who have
spent the most of. thoir lives
in mining camps and have made
mining a study, as well as means
of livelihood ,for a numbar of years,
It is the intention of the company
to place stock on the miirket and
develop the property as rapidly as
possible. Tho incorporators of the
company are Charles D. Swansori,
F. L. Anderson, T. L. Childers and
M. E. Miller. Prospector
LAND LEASING
Discussed By Promi
dnent Stockmen.
Its Baleful Effects Felt.
It Would Oloea.rh Publlo Domain
To The Honest Homesteader
For All Time.
The publiq land leasing question
is agitating the minds of the people
of Eastern Oregon, particularly
of Harney and Malheur counties.
Sentiment has been aroused by
recent declarations of prominent
men in favor of the question and
by announced intentions and prep-,
aring a bill for the action of the
next congress. Those who favor
leasing the public lands say that
the law will be made for the advan
tage of the small man and that it
will be opposed by the monopolistic
concerns. This, however, has not
proven sufficient to' allay the fears
of the stockmen of Eastern Oregon
and they are arranging to oppose
the passage of the act iu any form.
M. B. Gwinn general manager of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany for Eastern Oregon and
Southern Idsno was in Pendleton
yesterday. He is largely interested
in sheep in Malheur and Harney
counties and is well i nformed on
the range question and the sent!
ment of the pvple of ihis"s(te and
the northwest on this subject.
While at Burns recently he assisted
in the organization of the sheepmen
or Malheur and Harney counties
and he says that at least 19 of every
20 of those men are opposed to leas
ing of publio lands. . The - associa
tion will fight ths proposition and
induce if possible other county and,
the state organizations to oppose it.
The cattlemen are also almost
unanimous against the question.
Mr. Gwinn saw William Hendley,
one of the big cattlemen of Southern
Oregon in Portland Monday. Mr.
Hendley's visit to Portland was to
learn if possible what was behind
the new proposed bill and to create
sentiment against it. : He is one of
the most influential men politically
in Harney county and he says
that the delegations to the state
convention will be opposed to
leasing and will attempt to make
it a political issue in the state.
Mr. Gwinn said the National Live
stock Association which met last
May at Salt Lake was again leasing
by a large majority. The question
was, however, taken out of this con
vention and left to the state associ
tions the prevailing sentiment seem
ed to be in favor of the United States
goverment giving all the grazing
lands to the state and allowing the
stato to dispose of them as , it saw
best, The tendency is rapidly
towards private ownership of all
lands and stockmen aro adopting
the policy of securing as mnch
grazing land a3 their individual
means will permit and cutting down
their herds to suit the new condi
tions. The day of vast pasture
lands is past and a' few years
hence '. every section ' of grass
land or spring or stream of water
will hi owned by private individ
i uals. The Wool growers Associa
tion of Umatilla county has also
become interested in the question
and will probably take some action
(Boon. The National Association
which meets at Chicago in Novem
ber will be confronted with the
proposition and before congress
meets the sentiment of the
stockmen of the country will be
well known and any congressman
who favors the leasing of the public
lands will cut off his head polit
ically. All expressions throughout
Eastern Oregon, both private and
and through the press, have been
unanimously against the question
and it is hoped that any skillful
attempts to deceive the public by a
prettily connived bill will be
squelched early in the season.
Pendleton Tribune.
Northwestern Sheep Market.
A dispatch from Kansas City
says: Sheep receipts for the week
were 18,700, as compared with 15,
000 for the preceeding week, and 16,
300 the coresponding week last
year. Western range mutton con
stituted fair proportion of the week
supply, and were well received by
the buyers. Henry McKenna had
in six doubles of weathers from
Salina, Utah, which averaged
around 100 pouds in weight, and
realized from $3.50 to f 3.70 per
hundred-weight, and a couple of
liberal consignments from Gillette,
Wyo., a few pounds heavier, average
sold at $3.80. Henry Am ythe and
son had in an assortment of sheep
and lambs front Arlington, Or.,
which arrived a little late to catch
the lamb market at its highest, but
every thing Jsold well at ruling
prices. The lambs average 67 to
72 pounds, and bought $4.90, the
top for Friday's market; 85 to 89-
pound weathers sold at $3.64 and
100 pound ewes at $3.15. Native
fed weathers ranged from $3.50 to
$4.00, and fat ewes from $2.75 to
$3.25, but were scarce. Poor,
trashy natives continued to be
forced in by drought, and sell as
stockers on a quiet market at $1.50
to $2.50. Native and southern
sheep of mutton quality are about
exhausted, and packers are looking
to the west and northwest for the
supplies during the remainder of
the season. Receipts of sheep for
the expired portion of the year
amoun to 8bo,000, showing a gain
over the same period of last year of
88,000 head.
Death of Mr. Thomas Condon.
Mrs. Thomas Condon died at the
seaside summer home of Prof, and
Mrs Condon at Newport on Monday
Sep 2, after a prolonged illness of
typhoid fever. The deceased came
to Oregon with hor husband, the
eminent geologist, Prof. Thomas
Condon, of the University of Oregon,
in 1852, coming by the way of Cape
Horn. Thev first located at the
Dalles, and for a number of years
both were teachers on the Warm
Springs Indian reservation. They
then moved to Forest Grove and
went to Eocene in 1876, where
thev have since resided. Besides
her husband she leaves tho follow
ing children, who were at her bed-
aiiln nt. t.li time of hi:r death, exeent I
Mrs. Bean who is on her wav from
the East; Mrs, H. F. MeCornac, of
Eugene; Mrs. R. S. Bean, of Salem;
Hon. S. W. Condon, of Oakland.
Cal; H T Condon, of Moscow, Idaho;
Mrs. Nolf, of Pendleton. Albany-
Herald.
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Somo Stolen, Others Not
Culling From ' Our Excuansres
News Ho tea of the Week.
Timely Topics.
Two counterfeiters have been
arrested near Huntington, bogus
50 cent pieces and five-dollar coins
being manufactured by them. The
outfit was said to be very complete,
the base mental in the coins being
the only means of detection.
We understand eleven race hor
ses are quartered in one livery sta
ble and four in another, the build
ing of the stables at the track be-
ing delayed on account of the lum
ber failing to arrive, It is expect
ed some of it will be here tomorrow.
when work will be begun. Dalles
Chronicle.
William H. Van Bibber, one of
the oldest pioneers and most res
pected citizens of the Dalles, com
mitted suicide last week at his
dairy farm near the Dalles by hang
ing himself in bis barn. His body
was found about noon by one of
the employes on the place. Des
pondency over , buisness affairs is
supposed to have effected his mind.
An effort is being made to secure
the extension of the Prineville
Price mail route on to Fife, on
Buck Creek. It would seem that
the county between here and Prine
ville well deserves a twice a week
mail service, and we would be glad
to see the patrons of the line make
an effort to secure such service.
Burns News. . '
A mining location properly
made as to posting of notice and
marking of boundaries, but void
by reason of no discovery of valu
able mineral having been made, is
made a valid discovery by a cub
jequent discovery of the valuable
mineral, provided no rights of third
parties having intervened. An
other locator by making the dis
covery wonld be a third party
whose right intervened.
Joe Combs received about 600
head of ceef cattle at the Levens
ranch south of Burns this week.
They are said to be an extra fine
bunch of cattle. A larger part of
the stock was sold by S. F. Hutton
and sons, of Wagontire. Other
sellers were Ben Campbell, Racine
Brothers, H. L. Harkey, Walter
Parker, O. D. Rusk and Geprgo
Miller. The prices paid for dry
cows weie $28 and $29, two year
olds $28, a small bunch of culled
steers brought $35, four and five
year-olds $40. Burns Items.
Wm. Harris, a Spokane actor, was
severely injured by a lione?s a few
days ago. The beast which attack
ed him was known as Bade," and
was seen in this city lant Juno
with a tent show in a cage of lions
handled by their trainer, Adame,
Schell. The brute grasped Il.irr,
i drew him up at the bars of th,
cpe, which was on the stago of a
theater. He broke away ami foil
exausted on the floor, with a four
inch gash on the head and savero
cuts on his back and arms. 1 o
will recover.