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EVENING EDITION DUyEVEIUNGEttTW . i rr xr U All- x Eastern Oregon WeatW "i.L. f business by currier at Tonight nnil Tuesday, fnlr. PENDLETON", UMATILLA COUNTY, OEEGON, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1002. NO. 4473 SINGER IB About the Pearl, Idaho, J . . ! A U I -U Cnnmnn (D J HIIIWII I UIIIIUI .it n i r.t i 111 I IU I UUlIU lh"tl ENGER LEFT A LETTER IEGARDING HIS INTENTIONS eft Eugene. June 18 for Idaho; His Brother Before He Left at he Would Kill the Woman; rther Made an Effort to Dlssbade From His Purpose. krl, June 30. A coroner's jury Irday inquired into the facts Bur ling the double tragedy here on ly 4he murder of iars. W. A. er and the suicide of her Blay- P. Kissinger. A verdict was ered in accordance with the already published. Mr. Garner rnot examined. It 1b understood, lever, that he had heard of Kis Br before, but that his wife never plained that he had threatened nor had she revealed to him her relations. singer left a lengthy statement, ten in Boise beiore he went to camp. He spoke of his undying for the woman and said as he not be with her constantly In Iflesh he would be in the spirit. Indicated his purpose but did not al it specifically. his statement he said the wo as Ada Horn, loved him pas atcly in Oregon and begged him itedly to leave his wife, her sis lattle. He finally did so,, for the dsc of marrying Ada. He said not learn of Ada's marriage to ker until shortly before he got divorce, which was obtained it 10 days ago. Murder in- His Heart igene, Ore., June 30. W. P. Kis- has been a resident of Fall ek, ,15 miles from Eugene, most lis life. Himself and wife were prated at Pendleton through Mrs. mer, so he alleged. She got a di rfl last March and Kissincer left gone June 18. He told his brother the depot that he was just going tklll Mrs. Garner. The brother lught he had persuaded him out tit, however, and so took no steps avert the tragedy. His brother, arles M. Kissinger, is a prominent Draey of this place, and the do used has always borne a good re lation. It is stated here by those closely ited to Kissinger that Mrs. Garner( fore her marriage promised to firry Kissinger alter nis divorce her own sister, and he started Dm Idaho, three days arter tne rs of tho woman's marriage to trner reached him. Kissinger Leaves Statement. Boise. Ida., June 30. W. P. Kis nger left a statement dated at ise, Idaho, June 27, 1902, which s found In his pocket, but it was badly written that It could only partially deciphered. In this tnmant V. A l. o V. ci tr.fi- Vila !e and child to marry Mrs. Garner TR flnnax 1aA It 1 m 4 r, 1 mm tiat anri uuuBea 10 marry mm ,u no wouia u mvurce. About the time that he got the di- Amasv 1 1 . 1 J vi to ue iernea mat sne naa marrieu He loved her so dearly ho could (it Ifvn n.t.l. i. 1 As he could not love her in the PflVl Vi r, AtAJt x . J 1 1 ' I. ' J 1.1m- m,..wju IU 1UU UU1 (tuu . so they could be together in eaven. Letter shows marked evidence of shattered mind. In hiB statAmnnt- Mr. TCtaflineer ""ra uio relatives or inn woman O " " vw V A.M. Notice to Contractors. Sealed nrrtnnaola will Via .vaaaIvo "-.. up 10 is o'clock noon, of Sat-, Way juiy 12th, 1902, for the erec- two-Btory dwelling house " attic and Aone basement, for sni accoranB to plana and hM. F-HowVl, architect. Separate work , ' Juiy ioia iuz;tfor:alI stone Si iiid e?Ted to reject any and " olds for the twork. June 28th. 1902. A BCK-HANDED MURDER WOULD-BE MURDER Is HIS OWN VICTIM La Grande Boy Who Attempted to Poison Entire Family, is Himself the Only Victim of His Crime. La Grande, June 30. Since the rendering of tho verdict of tho coro er's jury late Saturday afternoon in the Ragain poisoning case the excite mont here has quieted down. It is evident that Otis Ragain was laboi ing under mental affliction and made an attempt to poison the whole fam ily, yet he only succeeded In the de struction of himself. Ragain Family Poisoned. Saturday morning news reached La Grande that W. S. Ragain and several members of his family, who reside south of that town about four miles, had been poisoned and were in a very precarious condition. Dr. Richardson was at once summoned, who upon his arrival at the house did all in his power to save the life of the Bufferers. When he reached the house, Otis Ragain, who was 19 years of age, was past his assist ance and died a few minutes after the doctor's arrival. He then turned his attention to Mr. Ragain and one of his daughters who had received a slight dose of p'oison, and soon had them in a fair way of recovery, the daughter being entirely out of dan ger. The father also has recovered. Coroner's Verdict "We, the coronerts jury, empanneled find that Otis Ragain came to his death at the home of his father, W. S. Ragain, in Union county, Oregon, on the morning of June 28, 1902, from the effect of strychnine poisoning, taken voluntarily by his own band, and we are uncertain as to whether or not such poison was taken by Bald Otis Ragain with suicidal intent, F. S. IVANHOB, J. M. HILTZ, GEO. H. CURREY, S. R. HAWORTH, E. C: ECKLEY. From evidence given before the coroner's jury it appeared as if Otis Ragain was morbidly Insane, purchas ing the poison at La Grande Friday night, as he said for the purpose of poisoning coyotes. It is thought he put the poison in the sugar and on the meat when his stepmother, Mrs. Ragain, who prepared the breakfast was out of the kitchen, probably the night before, as he retired some time after 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Otis Ragain was very much dissat isfied over his father's marriage soon after the death of his mother, and had expressed himself several times of being willing to die and threaten ed to leave home. He was only nine teen years of age. TEMPORARY PEACE. Street Fights in Hayti Have Now Ceased. Cape Haytlen, June 30. Political street fights between partisans of M, Flrmin, ex-minister to France, and General Nord, minister of provisional government, have ceased. Both men were candidates for the presidency Admiral Killick, who supports Fir mln, and who bombarded the city yesterday, says the second bombord' ment will be in earnest, the first hav ing caused but little damage. Temporary peace has been estab- Ushed. Flrmin and foreign counsuls have taken refuge aboard a Hytien man of war. STRIKE SITUATION. Portland .Strikers Are Affecting Busl ,ness in that City. Portland, June 20. The outlook for the striking employes of the plan ing mills is discouraging. One mill started running today with non-union help. Many union carpenters have disobeyed the boycott and are work ing with unfair material. There Is no immediate chance of settlement of the strike of teamsters and employes, of the Portland City and Oregon .Electric Railway; With three strikes on and over 1000 men out the labor difficulties are ser iously affecting business. They strik ers are receiving help from unions on the coast. A. snecial dispatch from Missoula, Mont., says that the remains of Hor ana Ramsey, who has been missing for about a month, were found" in'the Missoula river Saturday. Tne noay had become lodged in some brusn and was discovered by a fisherman. AFTER THEM M Tracy and Merrill Appeared Near Bucoda, Wash., and a Posse is on Their Trail, ARE NOW TRYING TO SUR. ROUND THE CONVICTS Their Tracks are Found Leading Into a Wood and the Posse With Rein forcements will Surround This New Dogs from Tacoma. Portland, June 30. Convicts Mer rill and Tracey are being surrounded by a large posse, including a new force from Tacoma, near Bucoda, Washington. Tho men were seen this evening at a farmhouse near Bucoda where they asked for food. The posse later found their tracks leading into the woods and planned to surround the section. Guard Carson with his bloodhounds started back to Walla Walla this af ternoon and dogs from Tacoma will be used. Congress Adjourns Tomorrow. . . Washington, Juno 30. The senate and house leaders today agreed to adjourn congress at 3 o'clock tomor row. The adjournment would have been made today but is was not possi ble to enroll the Philippine bill in time. VERNAL LAZINESS. An Excusable Disease that Attacks Many at this Time of Year. When the curse of labor, the earn ing of his bread by the sweat of his brow was imposod upon Father Adam In Eden, some years ago, the full horror fdr this penalty for sin must have been made manifest by a choice of the springtime as the sea son for Its initial Infliction. Doubt less the garden was in its freshest and most youthful vernal bloom. The sun was grateful to Adam's healthy skin and the new green sward tempt- him to rest upon its elastic surface and idly watch the clouds loafing across the blue sky over Paradise. Eve, too, was singing, one may easily believe, as all her daughters have since loved to sing in the springtime, Adam must have poignantly felt the curse of labor then. We cannot doubt this, because his vernal loath Ing for work has descended to his race for generations. Tho child of the 'first man who tolls in tho springtime with anything but rebel lion in his soul is an abnormal crea ture. It is difficult to imagine that there are any such, since they are not In evidence to the material senses. This little matter is called to public attention Just now for the sake of disarming criticism and averting rebuke of those who are 'dawdling through their dally tasks as May approaches. They would bo either more or less than human if they did not dawdle. It is because of the law that fell on Adam in vernal Eden. Substitute fpr Sleep. A London paper says that the health of people in fashionable so city is being dangerously threatened by a drug which is popularly suppos ed to take the place of sleep. Very discreetly It declines to name this dangerous substitute". When tea was first introduced Into England it was commended with the same virtues, and it was believed that it would no longer be necessary to waste seven or eight hours in Bleep. But extend ed experience has shown the disast rous results of cutting short the per iod of natural rest and remaining arake by the help of tea, and there is no reason to suppose that chemists will ever be able to devise and sub etitute for sleep which will not in the ,1c jg run bring nervous breakdown. INDIAN UPRISING FEARED AT Boise, June 30. Governor Hunt has asked the war department to be prepared to furnish troops to sup press an Indian uprising at'Pocatello. HE LOST HIS HE After Carrying a Shotgun 30 Hours, Defaulter Had Not Courage to Suicide. RETURNED HOME AND WAS CAPTURED IN ATTIC Confessed that During Past Eight Years he Had Gotten Away with $90,000 and Three are Said to Have Gambled $100,000 In Three Years. Salt Lake, Juno 30. After wander ing through tho mountains for 30 hours carrying a loaded Bhot gun with tho Intention of suiciding, re turned nnd was found in an attic of his home on Sunday. It is alleged that they lost In part of three years ii)0,000 in gambling. More arrests aro expected boforo tonight. A Langtry Wedded. London, Juno 30. Ian Malcolm, a member of . parliament, and Jeanno Langtry, daughter of tho actress, Lily Langtry, wero married horo to day. Tho gifts, which woro worth a king's ransom, included a jowol with an autograph lottor from tho kir.r, mid a large check from Mrs. .augtry. General Strike on U. P. Omaha, Juno 30. A strlko order against the Union Pacific was Issued by the machinists' union today. Re ports indicate that every man on tho entire system swent out. LONG DISTANCE TELEGRAPH. Why It Becomes More and More Dlf ficult as the Line is Made Longer. The longer a telegraph line, the fewer tho signals that can be sont over it in a given time. An anology will make tho reasonv clear. If wo take BOO feet of garden hoso and attach It to a water tap tho wa ter win not start flowing instantly when tho tap is turnod on and off. The water will not flow out in sharp jeis, as it doeB with a Bhort hose, but in gradually incroaBing and de creasing gushes. And If the tap is opened and closed very ranldly. the gushes will not have time to Increase and decrease. They will merge into ono another and the water will flow out in a steady stream. In other words, if wo try to send siunals ran ly through a long garden hose, the signals run Into ono another and aro lost The reason is that tho rubber hoso is slightly elastic, and tho pros sure of the water flowing through It swells it up slightly. When tho tap is suddenly closed tho hoso contracts again to its ordinary size, thus fore ing water out at the open end a mo ment or two after tho tap Is closed When tho tap' is suddenly turned on again tho reverse process takes place. Tho hoso is already full of water, but enough extra water has to be forced into it from tho tap to swell It up as much as It will Btrotch boforo tho water will Btart flowing at tho open end. A telegraph or telephone wlro Js exactly the same as tho garden hoBe, Tho wire, or rather tho other sur rounding the wlro, is elastic, and when wo pump electricity Into tho wire it does not start instantly or stop flowing at tho other end unlesB tho wire Is very short. Wo must give tho signals time to Btart and stop, and tho longer tho wlro tho slower tho rate of signalling. That is why it Is imposslblo to telephone over more than about one thousand miles, and why telegraphing through Atlantic cables is slow, It follows also that a telegraph system using a large number of signals pop lottor will' not be able to compete oyer long distances with a system using only a few signals per Jotter. Donald Murray, In Everybody's Magazine POGATELLO, -IDAHO The situation is alarming. War danplng is in progress, The civil au thorities would be powerless in case of an outbreak. WHEAT PANIC IN CHICAGO STRONG BULL MOVEMENT PLAYS HAVOC WITH MARKET Gates-Phllllps Crowd Engineered Another Big Corner Armour BoUght 1,000,000 Bushels The Markets, Chicago, Juno 30. Sensational ad vances In July wheat marked tho oponlng of tho board of trado horo today, tho price advancing from 73 to Continued rains and gener al bull Indications aro responsible for tho rise. Gates Phillips crowd which Is credit ed with engineering another big cor ner, taking advantago of tho condi tions to bull, oats and September corn also showed nn advance of a cent or more. Armour Inaugurated a bull movo ment by buying 1,000,000 bushels of wheat for Soptombor dollvory. Other big buyers bid In all future deliveries of wheat offored. Wheat In Chicago. Chicago, Juno 30. meat 73 3, 74. Wheat In San Francisco. Sau Francisco, Juno 30. Whoat 115 Wheat In Portland. Portland, Or., Juno 30. Wheat Walla Walla, CG; bluostom, 70; vet ley, C7; Tacoma, G6&00&. NEW YORK MARKET. Reported by I. L. Ray & Co., Pendle ton, Chicago Board of Trade and New York Stock Exchange Brokers, Now York, Juno 30. Tho whoat market opened higher this morn ing at 78. Throughout tho day It was strong and closed lVn higher than Saturday night, closing at 78. Liverpool has been closod slnco Wednesday. Opening today at 6.11 and closod at G.11, tho same as Wednesday closing. Tho vlslblo shows a docreaso of 1,270,000 and is now 21,030,000 as compared with 30,' 793,000 last yoar. Whoat: Closed Saturday, Ti. Opened today, 78. Range, 7 to 79. Closo, 78 bid. Stocks aro lower: St. Paul, 170; U. 8. S 37 Vi', U. P. 100. FORT HALL RESERVE. Splendid Results Being Secured by Those Who Have Secured Claims. Tho four days' that havo olapsod stneo tho Fort Hall reservation was oponed to entry havo apparently moro than Justified all expectations of their mineral richness. On tho Bollo Marsh, 12 miles south, tho fam ous Bello Marsh prospect has al ready bocomo tho bono of contention botweon Senator Clark and James A Murray, of Butte, with Murray's men in possession and working. Reports from this prospect today aro to the effect that thoro Is ten foot of ore ex- posed on top, and a number of Bam pics of this give a minimum of 21 per cent copper and in gold and 2b ounces In sliver. The extension of tho Bella Marsh has boon located for a great dlstanco nnd somo parts of the ledge are developing flno pros pects, At tho head pf Rabbit Creek, eight mlleo east of horo, another apparent ly good coppor region has bcon open ed. It was tho ledges horo that led to the arrest as soonors of some prominent men of Pocatollo, and much satisfaction is fo)t that tho flrst choice was secured by tho man who mado tho race on tho dead square. This was Nat Eldredgo, who started from tho head of Center streot In Pocatollo promptly as tho whistle blew at noon and mado tho raco on ono horso. Ho has a 10-foot vein of good quarts Impregnated with copper sulphides, whllo thoro are some rich strikes that run as high, as 04 per cent coppor, 6 in. gold and 25 ounces of sllvor. In other parts of the cut-off somo very hopeful developments are re ported, and tho hills are full of men who aro staking out claims and per fecting their locations. A lino slats quarry of undoubted valuo was locat ed by Al Harmon and William Lid- dell, two local contractors. In anoth er place adjacent to Pocatollo an as bestos lodge Is reported and is being worked. August and Helen Rothonberg Sat urday morning at Oregon City, sold 3000 pounds of hops from the Roth- cnoerg yara, two ana a naif mues southeast .of Aurora, to H. J. Miller. of Aurora, for 14' cents per. pountL F Condition Continues to Im prove Rapidly and Danger Will Soon Be Ovor. EDWARD NOW SITS UP A LITTLE EACH DAY Every Bulletin Shows a More Favor able Condition and with the Ex ception of a Little Pain In the Of eratlon Wound His Majesty's Co "dltion Is Most Satisfactory London, Juno 30. With tho excei tton of a 8omowhat unsatisfactory condition of tho oporatton woub4, tho ofllclal bulletin regarding tk king's condition at 10 o'clock tali morning was of a decidedly favar ablo touo. Tho bulletin follows: 'His Majesty slept woll. Tto dressing of tho wound glvoa much distress but thoro aro no bad sya toms of any kind." Tho gonoral public Is bocomlsc moro convlncod as tho days wear om thnt IiIb majesty's rocovory is but a mattor of tlmo and thoro woro bat fow watchers at tho palaco gate during tho night and tho crowds thoro woro nothing to tho slzo of those of last wcok. Tho doctors aro now hopeful ot par sing Wednesday without any unta ward symptoms. If they succeed tho king will then bo out ot danger and well on tho way to rocovory. Removed to a Couch. It was officially announced today that tho king had boon removed his couch yostorday for several hours. Ho was much benefitted If tho change Occoslonally he Mas envoys, but theso interviews aM very short. Tho utmost quiet Is e forcod. Tho king boos no corres pondence and is not approached oa matters of stato. His courage aa4 pationco call for tho greatest adavV atlon. How he. Was Moved. , Tho king's romoval to a couch ca rlud out under Dr. Troves' dlrectteau Six attendants holding at as maaf points a shoot upon which the Mas lay, lifted him clear off tho bed la tho couch, Dr. Treves regulatiaaj tholr movomont by rising and lower ing his hand, Ho was roinoved to a couch again this afternoon. Condition More Favorable. Tho 7 o'clock bulletin showed eraa moro favorable conditions than alt tho morning bulletin. It Bald: "Tfca king had a fairly comfortable day and tho discomfort in his wound boon loss." Philippine Agreement. Complete Arranoement Has sea Reached By Conferees, Washington, Juno 30. A completa ncroement has been reached by tfca conferees of the Philippines bill aaa a roport will be r4, probably tkla evening. The Questiea whether a gold or sllvor standard snouiq raw In tho Philippines was postpone until next session, as has been,tha proposed coinage o$ a special Pbllly pines dollar. Two years after a census of tka peoplo of the Uland will be takaa and a report ad, to the capacity of tho lnnabjtaf vch PrQTl. . tnr Htir.crovflrnmMt and the trear dont Is. authorised. If he sees fit, ta, . rtict tho Philippine ommlsjon la Me Btcps for the lect',jfl of a lf- isJaturo, , Fourth of July Excursion Ra, KHIC COM ORTABLE The O. R. & If. Compaay ku MM an excursion rate of oae aac oaa;' third fare for round' trlpa betwaaB . t, all stations on Us systaw, not to aa ceed 200 miles apart, for Fouith at , July excursions. Tickets will toe aUT at these rates on July 8 and 4 aaa aa good returning until July . The Douglas county W. C. T, H. . convention closed a very successfal f Friday" evening, A conslderaWaja- prease of membersnip wwr m (1 urine- the nast year. ' durln? the past year. ' mm 1A, hi - ' 4.; i.-A-ifr V,-?,-- 7.