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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1903. f '""vqiinnri rfith ILII I UUUULII ULH I II i t Good Shoes Cheap Our nock of shoes is the largest and best in the ctty and we csn fit all who are in need of good footwear. We want your trade and will give you the best v .lues that can be bought. Call and examine our stock before making a purchase RDS5HI THISTLE WILLIAM CARTER YIELDS TO SOME HEART TROUBLE. Investigation Shows There Is No Reason Whatever to Suppose That Demise Was Due to Violence Had hflrent surface on the top, probably of long duration. Tliore was a con gestion of the blood glnnds. Including the liver, the spleen, heart, lungs and I brain. There was a contusion on the , I right side of the back, low down, but no other signs of external violence. ! SAID TO HAVE FOOTHOLD Several witnesses wero examined. N UMATILLA COUNTY, nnd all of Uiera reported that thore , had betm words between the two won, i but no serious trouble. E. n. Drake j Descrptlon of ,he Pest-Law Re. ". . ;r ' ' ..i i.-;. oulres Its Uprootinu and Oestruc- llMJll. U1IU lUVJ 11 VICT lllllli t vlllthi FRE nlnnor called Cnrter a name nnd slap- a Trifling Altercation a Short Time J10'1 '". flrst ,n one side of tho head . J" . ... . . 'nnil than nn tho other. The blows aetore Death, But Was Not Injur- ( mm,0 R R00d dea, of ,)olse u, wIj.,lt ed. not have been hard. Cnrter said that i. ... . . . ' . ."" j no am noi wnni. u ng . uu S))imu Warehouse Company, has ut his office In the llnrtinau Abstract tlon One Plant Was Carefully Tended Under the Belief That It Was a Harmless Flowering Plant. i I T. fi Montgomery, of the Puget Dmdmger, Wil son & Company 'Phone, Mmn iiSi GOOD SHOES V Illlam Carter, who has for some Scu, and soon nftor that he left tho time been a clerk and driver for It. saloon. iMartln, died under strause circum- m rnrinr tim fntlmr f the dond j stances this morning nnd Is now at . i)0v,' had hoard uo one come up the ! the morgue, where Dr. Henderson Is ' wnik with his sou when ho came conducting a post mortem cxamina-. home, but the girls In the house had t,ou- I seen a man outsldo on tho walk. His The history of the case so far as ' son had not been complaining of known, would tend to throw no sus picion of foul play on any one, though John Kopplnger is In the county jail, being held ou suspicion of having had a hand In the death. It seems that there had been some 1'J ;! 1 had said having hnd trouble, and nothing at all. J. H. Metgor was called. He lived In the same house that the Carters occupied. Ho heard William gurgle and his father got up and lit a light. trouble between the men over a small j He then came to the door and called the witness, nnd said that William i 4. CHEAP. ; ... I OUTING IN ALASKA. Pendleton People Will Spend a Month In the North Will Join W. F. Mat lock in Portland. 7 debt. Carter had borrowed $2.50 of 1 Keppiuger some time ago, promising to pay the amount in a day or so. but hJ follr.,1 !. 1.1- .. l , iumvu kj munc; ilia Jlluullbt; guull. In fact, it seems to have been a com mon occurrence for the dead man to borrow and then foreot thai he had done so. Jinny of his irlends have had the same trouble. Any way, Keppinger wanted his money and last night asked for payment. Here the matter is cloudy for some of those who are supposed to know of the trouble say that there was one fight, and some say that there were several Incipient battles, but none of any se- I riousness. 1 here was not enough of was dead. He had heard a man on the walk, and hnd looked out of the window at him. Tho man was lean ing on the fence, and whon the wit ness hnd opened the window the per son moved on and went around the, corner of the house. The man had been walking outside on the walk be fore the witness had looked out of lue window. From the evidence at the time the olllce a sample or Russian thistle that It would he well for the farmers of the vicinity to exnminc. Tho weed looks very much like the tumble, weed that is so plentiful in the Holds nround here, nnd grows to n large nixo. When green It has no stickers on it to amount to anything, but when in the fall It dries up nnd goes to seed it Is so had that horses can not ho forced through n plnre where It Is found. When dry it blows over the ground I ns the tumble weed does, scattering its seed as It goes, and ns each plant has enough seed for a great number j of acres, it will not take long for the nest to get a start In the community if it is not watched. It grows in large, round bunches, getting to be ns large ns a good-sized I tub before It dries up and rolls on Its J uiMitllnr- ill,-Ht?in 1-11 Tt tnL-nc nil f ' the strength out of tho ground, nnd besides that crowds out all of tho wheat or other grain that is planted Accused of Indecency. John Flommlng was arraigned this morning In tho Justice court and plead not guilty, nnd his trlnl was sot for ' tlits afternoon at 4 o'clock. Flcm mlng Is the man who Is accused of Indecency, and Is thought to bo of tin-1 balanced mind. Ho Is a tramp who came to Pendleton some tlnio ago, and subsisted by making ornaments! out of wood which ho sold to parties ! around tho city. ; . every broon, Ml . holder free "P 6 W nv.u.n.w r.o.M oH....U8. , in0 uroom holder . Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Temple have re-, cnst-lron contrive! c'er turned rrom Lehman Springs, whoro 'o wall with one . ' ' hit they hnvo been for somo tlmo. They i Thrust la tho hmT enmo to the city on account of tho ill Htoldor does ule reJ f0010--the t,. health of Mr. Temple, who has boon threatened with nn attack of typhoid fever, and will return to tho springs tomorrow with Mr. Tomplo, who will I remain there until no rogalns his 1 hcnlth. Alfalfa Crop Short. S. It. Dozlor, of Nolan, Is In the city on business this afternoon. Mr. Do ssier reports tho second alfalfa crop In Unit vicinity considerably under the average yield, on account of dry ' weather St- Louis orld.s roir on Install..,.. OWL TEA 111 ',?r... f."n the rone of its growth. There that would connect the mnn Koppln per with the death, as It seems to have been due to some derangement of the system. Unless some new cvi nJ?lS o?. .Sr.ta i rj trouble to attract the attention of the' dnce is brought the Jury will decide Suagway. Alaska, will leave In the ponce nt anv rate morning over me u it. & rs. rne According to the story told by Ken party wll consist of Miss .Nova Lane. ; p,ngor t0 tne officers cttrt h"d Mrs. F M H BBlM. or Limerick Me.. rowed the m J h d h tf a co isin of Jliss Lane, wha has been ( promIsed t0 h, , h mJ?rJ,.. 'or the 5 -nr fV.ViV.-i7 ...V- . I amounl anu "P011 his refusal to pay w. F. Matlock, and his brother from I tnere wns . itti tl.ni,i " i Eugene, and will go north on tite first ! JLZt " . I vessel possible, after the arrival in cXT7h.T Z.. , ? Portinn.i Thm- Triii nrt ni,n,,t Larler 'n. the face during the argu- n,,ti, on th ;: ment-. AIter 6me discussion Carter that the death was a natural one, In f nnnn.lnnnn ..-!,. ,1.A t-nnnr-i f 4l,A . amlnlng physician, and tho prisoner will be discharged. Verdict Returned. The coroner's Jury at 3:30 p. m., returned a verdict that William 'Car ter came to his death from natural causes. !tS2. nolntR nf tntnrnsf In fho vlnlntt f Skagway. The trip is one of pure pleasure and ' sightseeing on part of the ladles, while Mr. Matlock and brother go on IttlnlnAO. If. 1In,1 1. V. n I . over ine rouio z. limes is iamuiar , with all the points of interest and (will be the ofhcial guide of the party. Returned to Heppner. Dr, and Sirs. E. R. Swinburne, of fHeppncr, loft this morning for Port land and San Francisco, where they i, will visit for some time. They have ibeen the guests of Judge and Sirs. It. Ellis for tho past two weeks. & f W P. MatlneV left this mnmlnf fnr tifi' t-Echo, where he will oversee the load- ying or tne consignment of horses which he will ship to Canada. There ,;whi be 1,0U0 head in the shipment Toilet Daintiness Who is it that does not ap preciate a sweet, delicate odor, especially of the dainty, last ing kind? We have the largest line of Imported and domestic perfumes in Eastern Oregon. A few of our leading imported odors are: Azurea, La Trefle, Peau d' Espagne, Violette de Parme, Indian Hay. And many more of the same quality in bulk as well as in fancy packages. TALLMAN & GO, I .Leutlin? DrttBists I f-.t- r..f j t..-. t. . . ITTT 1 Ti rl TTT promised that if Keppinger would go ' I to his home with him he would get I the money and give it to him. The ' two men then went to Carter's home on Webb street and Carter went into I the house. Keppinger says that he I waited on the outside for about in J minutes, and as the man did not re turn, came back down town and took a few more drinks and then went home and to bed. The father of the dead man now takes up the thread of the story. He says that he heard William come into 1 the house about 1 o'clock and go out ' to the nnmn and nt n Hrlnk- nffnr ' which he came back and went to bed. J. D. Casey of HHgard city today William Krassig returned from Walla Walla yesterday evening. Mr. and Mrs. It. E. Porter, of Meacham, are visiting in the city for a few days. Mrs. J. E. La Diane nnd family, of Huntington, visited friends in Pendle ton yesterday. Mrs. M. E. Gregory, of Huntington. There were three of the family sleep- " ta" "e,B " ing in the bed at the time, Mr Car- tlm,e esterda- ter and a younger brother. William ' c- A- Keder, ' Athena, was in the came to bed, and about 10 minutes city yesterday visiting relatives and afterward the father heard a gurgl- transacting business, ing sound and thinking that his son ! James Henderson, of Helix, was a was dreaming, shook him. The ac- Visitor In the city yesterday for a tlon liad no effect, and rousing up he ! short time on business, found the boy dying. He sent for a! Mrs. C. Wright and -iiss Myrtle doctor and then thinking that the , Wright, of Waltsburg, were in the circumstances were peculiar, report- city for a short tlmo yesterday, ed the matter to the police Walt LlndBay Ieaves tnlB evening The police Investigated the matter for Lehman Springs, where ho goes and at once arrested Keppinger as t0 brj M A Kunkel and (anj the last man who had been seen with nome, Pnrtnr Kpnnlnirnr n-no arrnQlnri nt . his lodging house and taken to the ,r?- .f- faKlles B?u, uauKnef; ; Jail, where he at once went to sleep Elizabeth have returned from a visit . .... i rtf luivafnl nave in fplnnriD 1 r T ft , and has been sleeping an tne morn- " ...v.-- Ing. He admits having been drinking j Gran"e. with the dead man and havlnc Eone Sir. and Mrs. Z. W. Lockwood and to bis house, but denies having injur- n fine of jnoo fixed by the stnte law for anyone who shall have nny of tho thistle on bis place nnd not extermi nate it. It is said that there Is a great deal nf the stuff on the reserva tion, and thnt it Is rapidly spreading. The specimen in the window was grown by Mr Montgomery in his back yard from a small sprig, for the purpose of showing to those who were not familiar with it. W. F. Mat lock has had what he thought was some new Mower In his yard for some time, nnd has taken good care or it. but since the specimen was brought into the office of the grain company and a comparison was mode It was discovered that it was the thistle, and inauKH 10 me care and tne culture u ! hnd been given it wns a handsome ' 1 specimen indeed. It Is needless to Is In the 1 say that the new shrub wus not nl- THEY USE THE UNDERWOOD F. II. Clopton, S. A. Newberry, E. W. McComas Itlcbv-dnv. , Co.. Younger & Son, Miss Shook. Umatilla Indian Ancv Toutsch. East Oregonlan Pub. Co.. M. E. Shutmm tC ULE Typewriter that has all tho good features nf ti ,1 sll and none of the bad ones, it also has a tabulntnr u-mm. .. :." ' pari M the machine. Call and see mnchlno. I can convince you that it has in m.J thnt urn KUtwirlnr tn ntlinr tnnl.-ro I" JOHN S. KEES, Agent 74t Main Street lowed to remain long after Its true nature wan discovered it- Sudden Death at Walla Walla. Overjoyed at the visit of a sou whom he had not seen for 13 years, S. It Cole, proprietor of the small ujuiiig uim cleaning eKinuiisnmcni ill i i4 jNorm rniru street, was stricken J with heart disease In his place of bus- J Inoss at noon "yesterday and died be- fore his son's eyes Medical aid was I J summoned, but the vital spark was flown, death ending what promised to I be a pleasant visit lietween father J and son. Walla Walla Statesman. 1 The Best riOil Cooking StoTe: Ever Made Is the automatic blue flame o3 l tuuM'i, ji i a uuuu io me nocn- keeper in hot weather, and Till boll, bake or roast like a chsra. j It hums only a gallon of oil U three days, and Is tie safeft! simplest, cleanest and most etoil nomical stove ever made. Prices Reduced to Close Out; W. J. CLARKE & Co. 2.. Court Street Off to San Francisco. A. D. Stillman left this morning! for San Francisco, where he goes to prepare for the Victoria Island case. which comes up in tho superior court ! of California In a short time. .Mr. ) Pierce, the other member of the firm, j will leave tho first or the coming week for the city to assiRt Mr Still- i , man in the conduct of the case 1 ed him in any way, The body was removed to the morgue about C o'clock and at 10 a coroner's jury composed of W. H. Jones, J. E, Bean, W. D. Hansford. J. A. Ogg, W. S. Bradley and J. M. Fer guson, was empaneled and the body was examined after which the men were excused till 2 o'clock tills after noon. No marks of any kind were found on the body to indicate violence and it is thought that some heart trouble was the cause of death. Evidence and Conclusions. The coroner's Jury was called to gether at 2 o'clock, and the examina tion begun. Dr. T. M. Henderson, who had conducted the post mortem examination, reported that the man had come to his death from natural causes. The brain exhibited an ad- NOT GOOD, NOT HERE They Lead the Procession j The popularity of Swift's products among all classes Is very largely due to the ab uhitely clean and hygienic conditions un der which each carta i is dressed, and the moat and the food pro ducts prepared nnd inspected. ThU is part.cularly true of Swift's Premium Ham and Bacon. From the sleek, corn-fed hogs In the pens, the carefully selected bams and baron in the smokehouse, tho final expert inspection by tho V. 8. government, and, lastly, the dainty wrapping tn parchment paper, eafb stop in the evolu tion of theso nutritious and appetizing products is a guarantee that they will always please. F. S. YOUNGER & SON ' (Intifflitn. KIdd Mfttf nf tli.Hv 1 1 the guests of friends In the city yes terday. J. It. Hughes, of Tallman & Co.'s drug store, leaves for Spokane Sun day morning on a visit to his home In that city. Judge W. It- Ellis left this morning for Portland, where he will transact legal business and visit with friends for a few days. Orville Turner, O. H. & N. passen ger brakeman, accompanied by Mrs. Turner, returned from an outing at Newport yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hlnklo and children left this morning for Fletch er's Mill, where they will spend a week visiting friends In the country. Mrs. C. O. French, accompanied by her son, Charles French, of tho post office, has returned from a three weeks' outing in the mountains at Meacham, Professor E. Motschman, for 22 years a teacher of high class music In Portland, arrived In tho city this morning, and will locate permanently if the field Is found to offer sufficient inducements. Professor E. MotBchman, teacher of piano, violin and voice. Thorough Instruction given with minor and major scales with the beginning of harmony. Leavo word with tho In land Empire Piano House. .Manager Charles Ferguson, of the Pendleton Woolen Mills, is in the city visiting friends and relatives for a few days. Mrs. Ferguson arrived a few days ago and will return with Mr. Ferguson. Walla Walla States man. John T. Whistler arrived In tho city yesterday from Pendleton. Mr. Whistler Is a scientific hydrographor and has been In Eastern Oregon for somo time Investigating the govern ment reservoir scheme for Un'on. Umatilla, Baker and other counties, La Grande Observer, Shipping Ice. : The Floss Ice & Cold Storage plant today shipped a carload of ID tons of Ice to Athena, where It will be used i In tho local trade. This company has been shipping car after car of ice for some time, although It has not as yet attempted to work up an outside ' trade. Their ice is rapidly coming to I the front In this part of the country ' New Walk on Main Street. Carjionters are now at work on the new sidewalk on the O. IL & N. prop erty on which Shields' Parle is locat ed. A very substantial walk Is being constructed and adds greatly to tho apjiearance and value of the property Will Attend Ball at Echo. Miss Lavelle Moorhousc is the guest or friends at Echo for u short time. She left this morning In ordor to be present at a dance to be given there this evening, What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question ar . -. .n tilt. f. i.:!v everyday. Let us an. wcr it to-d... 1r; ill NOT GOOD, NOT HERE I mh r w,--, J IS -r. !'. Boston Store We have received an advance shipment of men's fine clothing and overcoats. These we have placed on our tables for exhibition and await your pleasure. Call when you have time and inspect the best men's suits that is offered in this part of the country. We sell a TAILOR MADE SUIT at a hand-me-down price. Just think of it, a fine suit of c'othes at from 5s-oo to $30.00 and overcoats to $40.00. a delicious nnd lie.'' d pared In two minuus. 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