WEEKLY EDITION Copies of the SEMI WEEKLY WEEKLY EDITION. aS KJUST Cannot be b«U*r spant than toy aair OREG >NIAN will bs saut you in one yea- for un­ tile news of the interest you. i'i IW scribing for the WEEKLY E a BT OREGONIAN for a N*r. Ju« think, (146 gives yon all tu.« naws for a year. Try ft It prints world Try PENDLETON, UMATILLA CO.. OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. l!Hi3 VOL. XXVII big 24.187, and the loss by emigration amounting to 40.190, there was a de­ crease in the population during the > «ar of 16.008. less whatever immigra­ tion there was. of which no reconi is kept. TORPEDO BOATS IN DANGER Possibility of the Adder and Moccasin Being Lost. Norfolk, De, 3.—A terrific stonn rages off the Atlantic «-oast today The government snl marine torpedo boat ?\»\-asin is in distress throe miles off s- loro The submarine boat Adder. ’.» t- «tiding by. apparently under control i "*■ gxnboat De >ru U i.yiug for the J'.ur-caein. Ltfesavera at 'he station ate watting for the sea to subside v Vh they will (jo to the rescue WAS AFTERWARD SENT Sending Relief. Washington. De» 3.—The navy de­ TO THE PHILIPPINES partment has rushed the Yankton ic tape Henry to aid the Moccnain and Adder. Story Told by Melville Stone Before DE.' ENDANT MORGAN. Committee Inveatigatmg General Cuban Associated Press Cor respondent an ex-Convict From Florida. Wood—Ctaima He Did Not Know of Farnau* Fiosnc cr Accused of Obtain­ Bellaire' Bad Record Until the ing Money Under False Pretenses. New York, Dec. 3.—It reported Present Year—Bellairs Was Wood's ca the street a new suit will be “Stand-in” With the Press. brought against the United States Shipbuilding Company, in which J Washington, Dee. 3.—The first wit­ I ierpont Morgen will be named ness this morning before' the senate among the Jefer.uants by an interior military committee in the Wood case nanufacturer who alleges he invested wae Melville Stone, genera, manager (¿u.OOO on Morgan’s prospectus, wa.ch trade false stat -ments. thereby ob­ of the Associated Press. He was call­ taining money under raise pretense ed upon to relate the circumstances A notice of suit will prooably b* filed connected with the employment by In a few days. the Associated Press ot Edgar Bel­ TRAIN BLOWN UP. lairs to such an important place as correspondent in Cuba, and such ac­ Fifteen Cars, an Engine and Two Mer tion being taken after it became Destroyed. known he had been a convict in the Dover. Del. Dec. 3.—A dynamite Florida penitentiary. train exploded at Greenwood near her Bellairs, through the position, got today, and destroyed 15 cars and ar on intimate terms with Wood. Wood's eig ne. None are reported injured, al opponents claim he had knowledge ot tKo ivh f-e shock was felt for a radiu? Baliairs’ past history long before the of 30 mile« intimacy came to an end. Later—Two trainmen were killed. Stone testified that Assistant-Gener­ al Manager Associated Press Diehls had rece.ved a letter in December, 1899. from Runcie in behalf of Wood, i suggesting that Bellairs be retained as correspondent. Acting upon this letter, Bellair« was kept in Cuba some ; time, and afterward »ent to the Phil- j ippines as Associated Press corres I pondent Stone admitted that not until some time this .ear did he learn anything about Bel airs’ previous character, FIGHT UNDER AUSPICES reputation or verar'’. . The fact that UNION OF WOMAN S CLL IS. Bellaire? was an ex-convict he claimed was first brought to his notice in a letter sent to 8enator Htnna from Florida, which Hanna immediately sent to the Associated Press head quarter«. Stone afterwards went to the Pinkertons' New York office, Have Documentary Evidenc where he had no d.fficulty in learning Csckare the Issue Is More Bellairs criminal history. Stone subsequently sent a man to tro» Than That the Philippines to take Bellairs' place Roberta a Seat ir the House. Colonel Diehls will be summoned aa a witness to substantiate Stone's Washington, De® 3.—A meeting of statements and give his persona' women's clubs and others op. reed to knowledge of the affair n-ating Senator Smoot, took place this RECEIVERS AT ZION. morning in the Chureh ef the Cove- ; oat'. I They Will Retain Dewrc aa Manager , hesolutions of protest were adopte-i ef th» Various induatnM. : t»r transmission to ’he senate Chicago. Dec. 8.—Zion City is nearly norma! this morning. Faith in i Ain -ug those making addreaee«- were Dowie's ability to raise the coin is i Dr Sarah Elliot', of the Woman's etill good Cos nr-il. a former resident at Salt Employe? of the iace mill» and >th- I a L«, now living In Philadelphia I er industries accept trade orders on Mrs Charles Owen ot Utah, of the stores in payment of wages There la I Am-rican Bureau <>| Information. a great rush at the store despite the Chartae Owens who is a civil en banks remaining closed Dowle has gineer and resident lor 20 years of issued a notice that “vipers of the Sal: l.ake, visited the meeting He -s press" will not be admitted in the city pro.lded with a quant ty of documen again. I tan ammunition to be used I by The court this morning lswund an t Smoot's opponents In the senate <• order that bowie remain in charge of ! Owens claims the fight is so hlt^r the Industries, aa he 1» better able thar Smoot's r>-«ognltlon means" a to manage them than an outsider He .grave calamity to Utah. He declares must regularly report to the receivers. the contest of gr-ater moment than thai of Robert» who wm refused a IRELAND STILL GOING DOWN. - sea: in congrese New York, who have tin right to sell the property umler foreclosure pro reedings December 15. because of the nabllity ot the corporation to pay off a loan of (*».nd and third. They gave a® their reason a Indie ’ .a; the plan would n<>i lie, ora? uper a'ive WILL PLEAD HYPNOTISM Heid That Emil Roesai is Victim •f Another’s Influence. Chicago, De»-. 3—Emil hoeski. unc of the car barn murderers, will plead hypnotism when placed on trial fur his life His attorney this morning ittnouneed he had the opiuion of sotne -tr*Ftt» about Roesk on the subject of byir.otism. They belieye he had been and still is under a spell exerted by Peter Niedermler. one ut the gang Roeskl la a passive dull-witted degen •rate. 18 years old MAFIA IN PHILADELPHIA Italians Admit Existence of Organization. Philadelphia. Dec. 3—Fifteen I tai ans have been arrested for sending threatening blackmailing letters to •talian merchants ,n this city. When vralgned today one admitted that all the members of the mafia were ir ■tnbination. Other branches exist in several large Eastern cities. They «ere held in (1.-.? bail each for con- ipiracy and carrying concealed weap­ ons. Fifteen OPERATORS MUST CONCEDE. Prospects and Term» of Settlement In Colorado Coal Field. Trinidad. Col., Dec. 3.—It is gener- i ly understood today that Mitchel! md the mine leaders have agreed that the operators m ist concede the selec tion of pit bosses and camp phys'e- ians. otherwise the strike will be made general over Colorado SNIDDT'S SCALP Net Lose in Population Laet Year Sixteen Thousand. t London, Dec. 3.—Ireland is a eoun- try which still loses thousands of ita natural increase of population by emi­ gration, in which more boys are born than girls, and the most fatal epi- demic Is influenza. The population of Ireland in 1902. according to the registrar general's return, was 4.432.274. The marriages, numbering 22,949. and the birtus, 101,863, show a slight increase on the average of ten years; the deaths, 77,676, were a trifle below the aver­ age The excess of births over deaths be- SMAL .ER CROP. Th.» Year’« Oi tput of Cotton Lew Than Last Lear. V. ashington. IK (.—The i depart tr.ent of agricult iral estimates thir reason's cotton crop at more that 5«oeoo bale« be:ow last year Trial of Daniel Meyer«. New Tork, Dec. 3.—The trial of Daniel Meyers formerly president of the Manbattar. Fire Instance Comps ty. for mlsap; opriation of (40,006, b -gan before Recorder Goff today May V indicate Dreyfus Paris. Dec. 3.—The council of revi» ion wh-ch will consider the argu mente favonug a reversal of the set>- te»< e against Dreyfus, held a sitting this atternooD w) « iosed doors Warship Grounded. Victoria. B C. Dec .3 -The British «»tab p Flora went aahhat hat when he made affidavit to his compliance • ItL the regulations regarding bi* homestead proof, he was out aware of the questions and answers as set :onh in the pap-r L alias O’Hara and Baling Lad both sworn that they had not resided on their land, had not built hous«M or fen and did nut even know the ex­ act location of the property But they .dentlfied their signs!urea U» the proofs of their calmi The witnesses declare«: tb««T were not aware that they had taken an oath wboQ they signed the affidavits Turning to Saling. Judge Bellinger said "Don't you know whetb«M- yuu kn« w that you were sworn when you signed that sffldavit’" Halla« a hook his head "Will you say under oath that you know whether or not you are com- mitt ng perjury?” was the next qu«*- tion from th® court After a moment s silence the wit- :ws replied that he du know at pres ent what be was doing. Both Baling and O'Hara swore they heard Thompson tell Asa Rayburn that it would require (S' each for a avorable decision regarding their held-up claims, and that the receiver further stated that ’he money was □ot for h mself. but tor Edward Bart­ lett and someone else, th® name they did not remember The witnesses said Cunningham furnished the money with which they made thetr »ntries and that there was an understanding that the sheep­ man was to take a mortgage on the and a;ter their title» had been estab- lished. The only other witness called thi« morning was Jew H Parse«, of Pen- -Ikton. a real ««late dealir. who also roadnets an abstract office. Mr Parkes teatlmonr consisted mainly of the denial of statements ac- recited to him in a ronv. raation with Special I r spec tor Green Parkes ad m.tted making inquiries concerning be claims of Sailng aud the rest, at the I a Grande office, but dened ever going to that piara for the cipree» nr pose of seeing about their held up rlaJma Th« cz-urt room !» crowded Review ef ths Care. The federal grand Jury convened la Pot’.land Octouer 24 Indicted Thomp­ son upon three counts He le charged with asking Char)»« Cunningham, a sbe«pmaa. to [*y (&<• ap? re for la vorable decisions on th« final home stoud proofs of Mark Shackelford Shelly Jones. Kat® Jam«* Char!«* Walker, Ethel Thumpaun and Ora , Hamilton, and of rrauewting a like sum from Glen H. Baling and Dallas O'Hara for favorable decisions re i warding their proofs The homesteads upon which the i brit-es are alleged to have been re qu« »ted are in the trightorhood of Pilot Rock, Or Witxeeeee who test'.fled before the grand jury are Charles Cunx, ngham MOTIVE OF CRIME WAS THE THEFT OF REALTY Philadelphia Creditor» May Forwcfoea to Secure Loan of Over Five Mil­ lion Dollar»—Trying to Raiee Three Supposed Murderer Had Moved Onto Million by Acaeasment—Result In the Premise« Immediately After the Doubt, Old Folks Disappeared—He Exhi­ New York. Dec. 3.—Uncertainty bits Deed» Supposed to Be Forger­ hangs over the future of the (100.000 ies—Hi» Sup posed Victims Disap­ 000 Consolidated Lake Superior Com­ pany. says a Herald dispatch from peared November 20. Philadelphia. Its fate is now in the han is of Speyer A Co., bankers of Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 3.—lae police this morning discovered the bodies of Franz Frehrs and his wife buried in a shed In the rear of their residence, from which they mysteriously disap­ peared November 20. Their skulls were crushed witu a hammer, which was afterwards found in a shed Charles Bonier, who moved Into the house the uay after the Frebrs disap- peered, was arrested at Erie this morning Portland. Dec. 3—(Special to the what it would cost to make further Frehr and wife were past bo years claims. ” East Oregonian.)—Asa B Thompson of age. Colonel J. H Raley then took the went on the stand in hie own behalf The supposition of the detectives is star d. He waa reported to have been today. He made a complete denial of in conversation with Thompson when that Bonier murdered them to gain any conversation wiu» Charlee Cun­ Rayburn engaged the latter in con­ possession of their property. Bonier, when arrested, claimed he had bought ningham or Asa Rayl'im, in which he versation. Colonel Rak,-,- did not re­ the property rrutn ,ne old couple, pay­ member the incident Informed them that it would cost ing (3.20?. He exhibits deeds bearing Regarding the talk with Cunning them (50 apiece to insure favorable | ham in the Bak»t office, Thom; eon Frehr'» signature, but the money has decision on their held-up Anal home­ said that Cunningham remarked that not been located. The detectives are working on the theory that the signa­ stead proofs “I ought to pass the hold-up claims, ture is a forgery ano that Bonier 1* He declared that it was a month for we had slwaj’s been friends." guilty of deception and murder. after the alleged Cunningham conver- I informed him that I would not aation that he first learned that he paar my own brother's proofs under EARL OF STAIR DEAD. was charged with irregularities In his the circumstances. Cunningham re­ office. marked: 'If you are going into that Aged and Eminent Scotch Financier He declared that when indicted he office and are going to hold up proofs and Educator. was not called upon to go before that like that, after I helped get you in, Ixindon, Dec. 3.—The Earl of Stair body, although he bad previously re­ you will be sorry you ever got the quested United State» District Attor­ place.’ is dead at Castle Kennedy, He was ney Hall to be allowed to do so. “I told him be could go straight to widely known as Loru Lieutenant of Wigtownsuire since 18’51, and also “Mr. Hall never notified me when hell, and walked out.” the case was to come up,” said One of the minor witnesses of the of Ayershlre since 1870. He was Thompson day wa6 W. C. Prui t, reporter of the chairman of the Bank of Scotland, "Do you consider that 1 have done Pendleton Tribune, who printed an al­ and chancellor of Ulasgow Univerai- you an injustice, Mr. Thompson," ask­ lege 1 interview with Cunningham thai »X- He was born in 1819. ed District Attorney Hall. The wit­ brought forth from the sheepman a CHILI SELLS WARSHIPS. ness replied that be did not think that very emphatic dental the government's prosecutor had ex Tlie witness swore that the inter­ actly kept faith with him. view was substantially the same us Japan Outbid Rusaia Several Hundred The defendant said he did not re­ given him by Cunningibam who was Thouaand Dollars. member having had any conversation drunk at the time Glasgow, Dec t.— It is authorita­ with Rayburn on the »tree» relative He sa'd the principal statement a, • tively stated this morning that Chili to land matter? credited tn tn the _ Cunningham ------------------ ----- — pur- has sold the newly constructed batt’s- “I might have, but If Rayburn asked port-4 interview was that ha waa »or «hips Liberia« aud Constitution to me any question regarding held-np ry th» Thompson affair had gon» au Japan for (9,(HA*.tou|1. being several proofs, it was what further was re­ tar, and that th« case was a political hundred thousand higher than the quired to get them through, ar else one - throughout —-—-. I price offered by Russia. ASA B. THOMPSON TAKES THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Pauan.u ih*< 2 Th«- junta this j morning signed th«- Panama treaty I without amendment Then- I? great ; *at «faction among th® people The treaty will b« returned to Washington immediately, where it should arrive I Monday Ratification Expactcd. Washington De< 2—Mr. Cullom. (balrman of the commit'®«- on for- »•an affairs alter a long consultation *ith Roosevelt, said with «aid he believed the senate would take up the the Panama A trea'y immediately. • hen leceired Monday or Tuesday and ratify it without delay j UNIVERSITY BURNED Canal Treaty Now Awaits Washing -j Priest« MAY BE SOLD UNDER AN OVERDUE MORTGAGE. NO. 103 Teachers, Student* and Oc meatic» Jump From Fifth Story, Ottawa. Ont De< i —Ottawa Uni *er»ity was completely destroyed by fir, this morning it I m a Komar: Catholic institution Losa, S2&6.000 Although many students Jumpe«! from the fifth stories none were in- Ju red Father Boyon was probably fa- tally injured In jumping from the ' fifth story He fell on a veranda I , Fathet Fulham landed on bis side In a fireman'« net in a jump from the foi r’h story and was seriously injur­ ed An aired woman servant was ly hurt in jumping from the story Another domestic. MUs hu'« • as badly burned P. Hoff, First Commissioner of the State, Visits Eastern Oregon. Mark Shackelrord Dails« O'Hara v Rayburn and Gl<*n H ¡Ruing The Jury. I Thu jury was selected u> IS GATHERING DATA POR A SERVIA S M LITARY BILL PLAGUE OF TVPHOID Thompson Horace Mlchelsoa M<-d YOLUMNIOU* REPORT ford. Jackson county, w A Taylor. M meter of War Asa» for the Heaviest Macleay. Mariun county, Char.es Beave' River Found to Be tbe Source Appropriation in Her History. of Infection. Hogele, Portland ii b Troutman, . ..... .... .................. Belgrade Dec ........................ 2 It is ascertained Tallman Linn county. Charles N Ga Butler I’a lie, I Sixty nurses First Report on Oregon industrial Can hie St Helena, Columbia county. W arrived in a apeclal i»r from f hlladel- today that the minister of «ar'« bud ! ret «ritrlng this season will be the diticns Will Be Tnorou^i and Cam K South Lacomb. Unn county. Wil­ phis this morning and nearly its. beav.est in the history- of Servia liam 81iwh, Portland. James Hum« physlciars are here now The i, ph- <1 to1«’*—Every Industry Will Be Clas- . an dmrnt will be aakvd tor (240B.- Brownsville 1 tan county; W L har been trared to Beaver riv,r fn ni for the pur, bam- of the most mod sified anp its Surrounding Condi Smith. Wasco, Sherman county T B • Lib the city takev .t» water supply. lern qu'rk-firing run« and str.muni Churchman. Sheridan, Yamhhl coun­ Health bulletins have bw-r. H-rt o al! I tion torn Given in Detail—Visits Union. ty; C. Tystrop. ReedvBle. Washington towns down the river The phyeiejans Baker. Malheur and Wallowa Coun County J K Fisher Ha n»s Baker sa> then- wt)| probably bi n< t i«-ss I DUEL IN KENTUCKY county t,es. ’han 3 * >««> • aw- before 'he epidemici end* Jurors Refused One Killed and One Fatally Wounded G P Hot! Oregon s first labor con, »he jurors challenged were M G on th s Streets RUN DOWN A GANG tn.Mioner arrived in the city last Euwsrds Dundee. Yamhill county. Chilesburg K. Dec 2.—Henry evening on a 'oar of inepecti « and Jam«* K E*ing. Portland. 1 A Allen Special Train Carrying Railrcad Of Gray and I»uie 8kaggs fought a pis­ a, qL>afnta&c«sinab..ng through East HicKrral Polk county. J M Duncan. tol jel on the -treet» tms morning era Oregon ficiala Kills Three N'ytsa Malheur county R H Graves. Mr Hoff na» visited most ot the Mahony City. Pa. Dec 2. An ■n Gray was .nstantly killed and Rkasgv G.oson. L'mauila county. J B John mortally wounded ■ :tle« and localities in the Weetern s«.n Portland; E L Barnet’, Athena gin and private car carrying Phils portion of the state, and will now fa Umatilla county. John P Cole Bar- i lelphia a Resding offic als th • f, e- mil arize h mrelf with the conditions nocu in a ::«r mow«-d through a gane low. Clackamas county in Eastern Oregon countie« ,,f irackm, n near Gilbertson, killing Mr. Hailey’s Remarks. on, aad fatal.y Injuring two A epe. Mud in Central Oregon. Mr Halley, tn opening the caw for ial brought the injured to a i.o»; ital t He expr«««ed the sentiment thi» the defense, spoke of the good charar b«re moining that Oregonians do no' know ter and excellent reputation borne by­ or appreciate the magnitude of the Mr Thompson, who. he said, was born MURIER IN CALIFORNIA. »rat® until they g«n out and travel COST HAS INCREASED OVER and retrod in Umattila county, came from one end of ft to the other espee from one of the oldest pioneer fatal Both Men Dr.nking. But There 1« PER CENT IN A YEAR Had ally in a stage coach He has just lies in ’be state and had married into I Been No Quarrel. me in from a trip mo Morrow. Gil another. am and Sherman counties and found Dunsmuir. Cal Dec *.—c J Me W ijm Not Increasing m Proportion "He draws a salary of «3. report later on one in Pecdleton or Umatll'a county the cost of living had advanced 1n a Win Report Every Pha»». i who know« the latter and they would vaa>ly greater ratio Mr Hoff will go «0 the bottom of brand it as perfectly ndtcnlons that Mr Wright's Investigations Wtll th« work assigned him by the law Charles Cunntngham should be Insult­ male "mighty • nterestmg reading resting the commiMJocer of labor ed by a th ng like that." for the governor In these investiga- 'or Oregon and his report to the next Mr Hailey went on to «ay that be­ tl>MS. which will soon be published •fflalatur* will contain brief reports fore the case was »nded the dHsnse WYOMING MINES BEING in full by the department of com- on oery conceivable phase of the in­ expected to prove that every cent of FILLED WITH northern MEN me rce. Mr Wright does not go into dustrial condition of th» state He money used tn the proving upon the the question ot wages, but he does wlh give the number and extent of land held by O'Hara Bating and the ' w that the cost of food has lu­ max.ufsctunng concerns the number rost mentioned In the indictment, was cre» ~e J by 16.1 per cent since 1896 the put up by Cunningham that the Agent» of Coai Magnate« Quieti y Hi- conclusions are based on data ot people employed m ’.hem wage- cost of living conditions sur Sending Score« of firitiah Columnw »b«wpgrower d«*s:rod the land to add culh’cted not later than IBM rounding the workers property cw&»< to the thousands of acres he already Miners to Colorado and Wyoming— Mr Wright say»—and he ta a dis- by the workers. p*r cent of aavingn owned and that Cunningham has had Candcetine Movement» of tee paj-donate investigator, unaffected by and every other Item ot interest and from 1J0C- to 1460 «heep grazing on po! tin;, that the average coat of fact connected with each sdustry ta Agent»—F iling Stctkora’ P'aces each claim in questk-n living for each family tn the United the great state "It wui be for you to say bow Cun Spokane. Dec 1.—The »uxruing ; States in 1896 was (296 76 These He will also prepare ar. elaborate ningbam got the other thousands of nr«« was about tuda> that the coal were workingmen's families More- acre» of land that be bolds beior® th « magnates of Wyoming and Colorado over. the figures are based on accu- report on the agricultural tadnotry trial Is ended." exclaimed the attor had an agent in this city, who. for ■ rate data obtained from 2.567 sepa- the number ot farms, their use. prod­ ney. "and 1 think by that time my the laet week. Lan been hiring men tu ■ rate households In I9e2 the average ucts. value ot those products cost ot production farm wages co»« of living friend Mr Hall. here, will feel like go to those region« sr.d take the: cost per family per year had ad- on tarms value of farm land», co»' the proverbial 30 »ents varced to (344 61 p.a-.«* of the un on miner* The year 1896 of building materia), per cent of sav This man could not be located te . wsh the year of low pr oes. although Inge on farm produce and ocher rtta! day For several days past peop,» it »is also s year of low wages, as »tat «tic» on the agricultural p*ir»wlt BILL TO LIMIT GRAZING. DOWIE'8 CITY IS IN THE knows although bar,- noticed a great many cockneys everybody Mr Private Enterprises THROES OF BANKRUPTCY. around the city, whu stop over here Wright's report doesn't say so riaea Heavy Penalty for Fo'ost Ri­ Ea» h individual industry m the In 1»96 the average cost of living for a day and then leave over the se rv« Troapasa Northern Pacific on the Burlington for each of 9«) families in Western state will be classified and the mmut Washington. De, 1-Secretary Has Gon« Into the h « i 3a of a Re­ train Most of them get tickets to sta'es was (297.M; tn the same states est detail* concerning each will be Hitchcock has sent to cvngre«s a ceiver—Industrially a-d Commer­ Wyoming, but their destination it •n 19"2 the same number of families given in full, m order that the out draft of a bill authorizing a stricter These cockneys st-at an sverag, of (322 43 for food «Ide world and the people of the state cially Haa Good ProapecU and Can evidently Colorado control of grazing on forest -ve*. are a thrifty lot who have spent but Coi ml-sloner WrighCs figures cover may know the exact status of every Be Mad« to Pay Out With Manage­ Th« -«ill imposes a fine of not tc ex- a lew year? or months in tht» coun- ea<«r for the sup­ from the flood, consisting of broken Walla Walla, Dec. 1 —Dr A. L Lu port of a library, providing the Car houses and fences, railroad ties, lum der>. one of the most prominent phy­ negie library fund was increased from ber, bridge timbers, trees and other sicians of thia city, was yeaterday and aged man. knocked him down, Baker City Dec. 1.—(8peclal to the (15.000 to (25.000 There were no relies of that disaster. evening sued by his wife for a divorce East Oregonian.)—vhlef of Police W. left h'm for dead, after kicking him votes against the proposition, all the The farmers on whose property and name» Miss Helen King, a bock vi<..ou»ly for several secund» H. Kilbourne, who was murderously the wreckage stopped, are now piling keeper fur the doctor, aa co- ros pood W. H. Kilbourne, was formerly sher­ councilmeu being favorable to It. It up and selling It at (I per load, an.. ent n the case. Miss King has been lumaulted in the city jail funday night- iff of Baker county, and has served for settlers from 12 and 15 miles in the boarding at the home of the Luder» Freshmen Ducked. by Jainea Welch, whom Kilbourne had three years as chief of police He is Walla Walla. Dec 2.—Three Whit­ interior ot the county are haulln, until driven away by Mrs. Luders arrested, la resting more easily this 65 years of age, and Welch, his as evening, and hopes ror his final re­ sailant, is a strung, robust, brutal man freshmen were "ducked” by a hundreds of cords ot it away fur fuel. The parties are all prominent aoclety On these creek bottom taruis is now people in this city, and the case hai covery ar« now entertained by bls thug of 80. Feeling is high, aud crowd of students Inst night, in a pond near the college. No serious results to be found from two im hes to a foot caused great surprise physicians. should the Injuries of Kilbourne prove hia injuries were inflicted by Welch, fatal, a lynching will certainly follow. are expected from It. as it was not ot wash silt, and soil as a result o. the cloudburst, and instead ot the Japanese Killed. who kicked him in the mouth, stom­ Welch was under arrest for being done In n spirit of "hazing '* farms being damaged, they were great The Halles. 1W 2.—Frank Mogata ach and ribs, breaking out anveral drunk and disorderly, and after the as­ The Jewell Lutheran college, uear ly enriched by the deposit ot this Blit. a Japanese section man waa killed by teeth, breaking four riba and injuring sault upon the aged man. claimed that It will require considerable work -o a west bound ORAN freight _ train. him internally. Welch was being he was formerly in the insane asylum Marshalltown, la., burned Monday. dear off the wreckage, but further nine miles west ef The DaUee, Tae»- searched in the city jail by the chief. aud waa not respoaslble fur his ac­ L um . IJ5.UUU tu the building and It than this the damage is slight. ta believed a student was cremated day wheu he ferocioualy turned upon the tions. BAKER'S CHIEF OF POLICE MAY REGOYER