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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1902. wsrur . SUMMER IS HARD ON LINEN And it's bard on us, too, for that matter. What with dust stains, perspiration, etc., laundering has its trials. We do the work, though and do it to perfection. Send us your shirts, collars and cuffs and we'll do them up in a most su perior manner. You'll find our charges right, also. Give you first class work and satisfactory service at lowest rates. THE DOMESTIC LAUMT J. F. Robinson, Prop. Pendleton. I have bargained with a competent Timber Cruiser to locate Valuable Timber Claims On the line o. a railroad now under construction. This means a big chance for first-comers . See N.Berkeley Have some good farms for sale. I UMBER Gray's Harbor Com. Co. Opp. W: & C. R. Depot When getting figures from others on that lumber bill of yours, don't forget to come and see us. We carry a large stock of all kinds of Building Material iacluding shingles, door, win dows, moulding, screen doors and windows in fact, every thing that is found in a first class lumber yard, CONFESSED KILLING DYING INDINAN TELLS OF A TERRIBLE CRIME. Laatz Bros. FOR Wood, Coal and Building Material Delivered Promptly. We are in the transfering and trucking business and are pre pared to move light or heavy urti cles. OFFICE MAIN ST., Hear Depot, Telephone-Mai 51. PENDLETON - URIAH STAGE LINE BTURDIVANT BROS., Props, il lfil PaadUteo cUllr, mnt S4ati. T fer DkU Mrf intermediate pmmU. m: To ruMKK.nei nwi mu mm m- Ml Tm Ml. JIM MM tMMl.ll; W.71; mxumim nwi,M!n : Dkufc MMNMr.4.M Cat Victor Williams, Living on the Uma tilla Reserve. Confesses, While Dy ing, That He Killed Mrs. Agnes Tessant,, for Whose Murder Indian Pilyeu Was Hanged Thirteen Years Ago. On the 3d day of April, 1889, Vic tor "Williams, a Umatilla Indian who had procured whisky In Pendleton, and enjoyed a spree the evening pre vious, his brain still reeking with the fumes of the fiery liquor which he had absorbed, entered the home of Mrs. Agnes Tessant, a weak old wo man, who resided on the reservation, and was discovered by her while searching for the small horde of money she was supposed to have con cealed in the house. The woman awakened, cried out, and springing from her bed seized the red fiend, who was intending to steal from her the savings of a life time. In his sudden terror at dis covery, the Indian threw the old wo man from him, and seizing a club, beat out her brains, then fled, leaving the dead body of his victim lying where she had fallen. The evening before the murder "Williams had fired a shot through the window of the Sisters school on the eastern edge of town, nearly shooting one of the sis ters, and when he fled the country It was supposed that it was to avoid punishment for this crime that he had' gone. The Murder Discovered. Mrs. Tessant's murder was discov ered by her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Domain, who entered her -mother's house only to find the victim of the tragedy weltering in her own blood, with her brains spattered about the room, and her throat cut, the red demon having used the knife on his victim to make sure of his bloody work. No Clue for Some Time. For several days the authorities were without a clue to the perpetra tor of the dastardly outrage, but finally pony tracks were discovered in an adjoining field and traced to the neighborhood of the dwelling place of a young Cayuse Indian known as Pilyeu. It was also discov ered that Pilyeu's wife had been seen washing a shirt in the Umatilla River the day after the tragedy. Swore Pilyeu's Life Away. Doctors swore on the witness stand that the stain on the shirt which was identified as belonging to Pilyeu. was blood, but whether of human be ing or animal they could not deter mine. Another Indian was found who testified that Pilyeu had con fessed the crime to him, while lying in jail at Portland awaiting trial. Pilyeu could do nothing but pro test his innocence. And so he was convicted and hanged. He died protesting his Innocence, and the world believed another fiend had received his just deserts. Remorse of the Murderer. For a time Victor Williams, now double murderer through letting Pilyeu die for his crime, kept 4n hid ing, but finally his shooting scrape was forgotten and he ventured once more to his reservation home. There for 13 years he lived, 2S9ked. fished and hunted, labored a little and car ried with him always the awful, mad dening burden of the knowledge of his fearful crime, which fiSuiiy wore him down until he fell Into a decline and becamg the victim of consump tion. A Deathbed Confession. He died a few weeks since and on his deathbed called his wife to him and unburdened his conscience of the terrible weight which It had carried for years by confessing to her that he, and not Pilyeu, was the murderer of Mrs. Agnes Tessant. He said that he had not Intended to kill her, but only to get the store of money which she was supposed to have bidden. When she discovered him and seized him he lost his sen ses-and slew her. Then he died. His Wife Tells the Story. His wife carried the awful secret for three weeks, then she could not stand it longer and went to Indian Interpreter Joe Craig with her story. Thus it came to the world that an in nocent man bad died at the hands of the law 13 years ago while the guilty wretch had suffered the torments of the damned and received even fuller punishment, although never punished according to the strict letter of the law. AS TO THUNDER MOUNTAIN. Look Pleasant, Please. Photographer C. C. Harlan, of Ea ton, 0., can do so now, though for years he couldn't, because he suffer ed untold agony from the worst form of indigestion. All physicians and medicines failed to help him .until he tried Electric Bitters, which -worked such -wonders for him that he de clares they are a godsend to sufferers from dyspepsia and. stomach troubles. Unrivaled for diseases of the stom ach, liver, kidneys, they buildup and give new life to the whole system. Try them. Only 50c. Guaranteed by Tallman & Co., druggists. Not Believe'd to be as Good as Has Been Claimed. "While the news from Thunder Mountain is not as encouraging as many hoped it would be. there Is no reason why the unfavorable opinions passed by those who have made a hasty examination of the district should be taken as final or be regard ed as conclusive proof that a rich and productive mineral district is not to be developed In that part of Idaho. There have been a few mining dis tricts that have not at one time or another been pronounced fakes Every man who rushes to what is be lieved to be a new Eldorado can not hone to make a fortune, and experi ence has shown that many who do not immediately acquire a bonanza are disposed to cry down the district rather than speak well of 1L Of the disparaging reports that have come from Thunder Mountain it is safe to say that the majority have emanated from disappointed prospectors or speculators who tried to get into the district early and have received scant reward for their labor and pains. The Salt Lake Tribune, which takes a reasonable view of the situation, says that it expects to hear for 10 years to come of rich finds in that central Idaho region, for it Is sure that riches are there. Long ago from hundreds of placer claims a large amount of gold was taken, and that gold came from ledges in the hills. "From time to time," says the Tribue, "the modern miner gets into one of these old fashioned claims, and under present conditions finds that what the miner of former days did stiinr worth his while. Is now Indeed a bonanza. Such a case was reported yesterday morning from the old camp of Mineral, 23 miles from Weiser. These mines are great now, but In the early days such ore was practically worthless. "We expect to see many such discoveries, and whether they are on the west or cast on the north, or the Bouth of the cen thov urn nil nronerlv to be credited to Thunder Mountain, for that is the center ot me minuriu country." Spokesman Review. Counterfeit Five Dollar Bills. The secret sen-Ice has discovered that some one Is raising $1 bills to ss hr n clever method of changing tho figures, and unless they are close ly examined will pass unnoticed, u has also been discovered that many unscrupulous dealers are refilling the bottles of the celebrated Hostetter's Rtnmnnh Bitters and offering them to the public as genuine. These Imita tions have no merit and are so uan gerous to your health that in order to protect the public, the proprietors of this famous medicine have adopted a Private Stamp which is placed over thp neck of each bottle. Please ob serve that the stamp is unbroken when purchasing. The Bitters is a specinc reemdy for such ailments as flatu lency, Indigestion, belching, nervous ness, dyspepsia and Hver and kidney troubles. Try it. Out In the Russian settlement in Russel county, Kansas, Miss Pauna Dyesewoxwxeickensekize and Joseph Andrinkwempsicy were married last week. One account says the names extended through the vestry out into the street. 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