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DAILY EVENING EDITION
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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1904.
NO. 5233.
IT.
OUL
ithat the Land Frauds
Instigated and Abet-
from Washington.
liT WITNESSES
SAID TO BE TtflSSING.
kSeiialors
Will Bo Undo
L milted ltwf 'Senator
unuiii Arc Coming
IUUB
a, uie Bim-'IiivcHtiitatlon
L Directed b5 Special En-
UK Interior Ilenartmeni
k Aaalii Hermann Said to
Wwt,
liuber Thieves Confess, .
itiand. Or., Deo. 20. Ma.
fare and ICmma Watson,
fen or me'vreBuii umuci
were before the grand
oday. It 1 authorltative-
Lunced that both, as well
Slier and JMcKlnley, made
confeaalons, Implicating
high In authority. Secret
t men are looking for the
Shrough iHilch certain per
jhave been Informed of the
isstoni. and are taking
precaution to Insure se
md are shadowing the
nen.
L first ease considered by
fury will be that of State
tor Pierce Muys, who Is
10 have obtained fraudu
cerllflcales of land from
conveying the same
nth the name of his clerk,
to a Seattle attorney
fi Putert, Potter hus cer-
w oniy Buud ua agent for
but her knowledge whs limited to oc
currences here In Oregon.
. 'Witnesses Missing.
Subpoenas were Issued several days
ago for C. E. Loomls and S. B. Orms
by," but as yet neither of them has
been found, by United States deputy
marshals. Loomls was in Portland
last week and stayed at the Imperial
hotel. . Saturday evening he paid his
bill and left without saying where h
was going. '
Loomls went to Eugene and a trie-
gram from that town says he Is. still
there.
Ormsby's home in Salem Is locked,
says a messuge trwm that place to
day, and neighbors say that Mr. and
Mrs. Ormsby went to Portland last
Wednesday.
It is considered strange that he
should not have toeen found at once.
The marshal's office refuses to give
any information as to either Ormsby
or Loomls, but It Is known that as
yet the search for them had been un
successful, ...
Mitchell and Hermann Coming.
Interest naturally centers In the
question whether 'Senator Mitchell
and Congressman Hermann will be
implicated by the evidence to be sub
mitted to the grand jury. Both offi
ctals were interviewed last evening
and both expressed themselves as con
fident of establishing their innocence.
They refer to the investigation as;
"malicious "persecution" on the part
of Secretary Hitchcock.
Senator Mitchell and Congressman
Hermann will arrive in Portland Fri
day evening, and will undoubtedly be
given an early opportunity to appear
before the grand jury. Agitlnst Her
mann the government has some very
strong evidence. Much of It relates to
facts which were published last
spring during his campaign for re
election to congress. He will be
obliged to explain why he ordered
patents to issue upon the fraudulent
homestead entries of Puter and Mb
confederates, and that too, at a time
when he was in possession of evi
dence o'f ' their fraudulent character.
He must explain also why these appli
cations were railroaded through to
patent, sometimes within three dayB
after their receipt at Washington,
while legitimate settlers had to wait
from one to three years.
EvWenee Against Herman.
But the explanations which Her
mann has given In the past will not
now HUffice, lor the government Is In
possession ot some moat damaging
facts, wfthlch seem to establish his
connection with the frauds.
PATTERSON
TELLS HER STORY
CRUSHED BY THE
FALLING ILLS
Confesses the Immoral Rela
tions Between Herself and
Caesar Young.
DENIES IK TOTO THAT
SHE TOOK YOUNG'S LIFE.
CroHH-Examination Fails to Involve
or Confuse Her In Any Degree
She Claims Tliat Young Was Afraid
of His Wife and Says Young Told
Her He Had Had Forty Drinks
WlUiln Eighteen Hours Denies a
Story She Told a Reporter, That
.Amounted to Confession.
"New York, Dec. 20. Miss Patter.
son denied the pawnshop story, also
(he story of a previous witness that
Toung struck her In the face in front
of the .Pabst restaurant the evening
of the third. She and Young took
cab ride in the park. Young asked
her to take a slow steamer and meet
him at the Hotel Cecil, London. He
gave her $200. She did not give him
a decided answer.
' The witness then recited the events
leading up to the cab ride the follow
ing day. She said Young was very
much wrought up and told her he
wished she could go with him, but
knew it could not be. He said: "If
you don't come. It may be. months be:
fore I see you again, and maybe
never." Young was excited.
Then the wltnesB heard a report
and Young fell over In her lap.
To the direct question whether sh
killed Young, the witness replied:
did not."
rid, Dec. 30 The . grand
k reconvened. It has met to
tie the frauds agulnat the
tut Rumors of the most
Inal character are rife.
W the dosed doors of the fed-
na Wry room began this
the inquisition which is ex-
! result In the indictment of
t criminals In the huge
to defraud the govern
' hs nubile lands. Fear has
Me conspirators and confes
w been mnde (mnllcoilnir
fh In public life and in the af-
M state.
"' John H. Mitchell and Con
s' ranger Hermann are hurry
pj from Washington to faoe
f ' Jury und make an effort to
pwivea of complicity In the
jOnniby and C. E. Loomls, the
Iwoloye, of the land depart
M made false reports upon
'"Hut homestead entries of
W-llcKlnley ring, must face
agnation before the grand
;" confidently expected by
with the facts that
. be indicted. . Btate
'jinklln Pierce Mays must
allng8 with the conspir
"Mher state senator Is al
"o inquisition. Men of
this city and in the
; Wr involved, and the
es subpoenaed by the
T'ainly shows that no
" lll be spared.
National Fame,
!LhlBt0ry of the country
ment made more ex-
s to sift a crime
2 e , criminals to Justice.
kT7 ,, e ,nv"Wtion has
i2 i.1 out of the han
mT "'"fey's office' and
! by Lancia J.. Han,
Dtl
assem
USERS MUST BE
""toe i... k v OT
,Z , n-detailed
nT? e now ass.
-"W. a ' --
Ainuni Ihnm o a
.weotion of or.- v,o.
ti 77! Station
iiy,",0 ta suspected of
scr,, fraud" ' und"
' of Tn Uken to Prevent
mrw nary Precautions
'"""' of th purpol,e to t
"""Mi ih great conspiracy
' Pui. conceed in it.
' i'ur, ,Wa" before
H u clock thl after
m that his tes-
' " the make known th
CoWe, I" ln whlng
"""h to '""uence -were
l0 ,hf"te the land
' l! a hi "" of the con-
' - :?m Wauon.
" H th. Xhu K&iM
1 U B"o d
"'KU.U .sontessloo.
COWIPENSATED
DECISION DEITXINO
I'HIOR WATER RIGHTS,
Niiprvme H'oui-t Confirms the bower
Court tu the Effect That IiTlgntloii
DiHU'lctH Call AsHUHie No Owner
Hhip r Water Without Comieiisat
Ing the .Prior I'sors, Sliould Tlicre
Be Kuch x'laTOs an AMrpted
I'rim-lple ' of Law. '
In the case of the .Little .Walla
Walla Irrigation District Against O.
N. Preston and others, the supreme
court handed down a decision yester
atal Accident the Result, of
the Burning of a Business
House a Week Ago.
AVALANCHE OF DIRT FELL
IV MIDDLE OF THE NIfiHT.
A Dnsen Lives Lost and Many Were
Injured by Smashing Down of the
Walls and Roof of a Hotel Upon
the . Sleeping Inmates Many
Bodies Yet ln the Ruina, Which Are
on Fire Fifty Persons In the Hotel
When the Craith fume, and All tltc
Iead and Injured Were Guests of
tile l'laoe.
OHIO BANKS FAIL.
Confhicnoc In Them Failed Since the'
Cluulnlck Exirase.
Conneaut, 0 t)ec. SO. The First
National Bank here and the Marine
Bank at Conneaut Harbor, have
closed their doors. Since the expos
ure of the Chadwlck matter deposi
tors have been withdrawing their
money from the two banks, finally
compelling them to close down. Of
ficials say they don't hold any Chad-
wick paper. The capitalization of the
two banks Is 175,000.
nought Valuable Laces. ,
Brussels, Deo. 20. It has transpir
ed that Mrs. Chadwlck, when last
here, purchased lace from the De
coster company amounting to $1000
The bill Is not yet paid, according to
the company.
WITNESSES ARE
STREET CAR RAN AWAY.
Miraculous Escape of the Six People
Aboard.
Seattle, Dec. 20. A Virginia street
car this morning ran away down the
steep hill and waa demolished. The
lives of the six people aboard were
miraculously saved. Five were se
riously Injured: Motorman Inman, S.
R. Wagers, B. M. Scott, Mrs. F. F.
Stone and an unknown man. The
car dashed across the sidewalk and
Minneapolis, Dec, t9. A strong ' knocked the corner off a saloon and
wind caused the walls of the ruined crashed into a telephone pole.
The CroKN-Exuuiiualion.
New York, Dec. 20. Miss Patter
son took the stand under cross-examination
by the prosecution. The ourt
room was crowded to the doors. The
defendant's nervous gaze shifted un
easily from father to her counsel.
Replying to questions, she said she
was an actress by occupation. She
was not a wife nor a mother.
She again told the story of meeting
Young and of their return to New
York, where she stopped with her
sisters. May Queen and Mrs. J. M.
Morgan Smith, at the Navarre Hotel.
That was May 2. when Bhe and Young
went to Ihe Wellington Hotel. He
reelstered as Caesar Young and wife.
Fhe was compelled to leave the Im
perial Hotel because Millan, Young's
partner, told the proprietor who she
was.'
Young supported her and often
gave her large sums of money. The
witness said Young Intended to go to
Europe because he waa unhappy and
thmnrht' he oueht to go. Also, that
Young said he feared his wife would
do him harm.
She IiOved Young.
The witness Bald the reason she
did not take the trip to Europe she
was afraid to go alone. She loved
Young affectionately, devotedly, and
x.niii iriMiilv lav down her life for
i . .... nln.(ttu,l ,.. Umllh unit
day affirming the decision rendered , " '"'"" ' wlt . la.
Peck building, burned last Tuesday,
to fall at 1 this morning, crushing
the Crocker Hotel . building. Fifty
person were in the hotel at the time
of the accident. The hotel building
caught fire immediately.
Dead: William Brady, Joseph VII
lette, Wlllfam Llllybade.. William
Bray, Charles A. Clark, Charles M.
Denyon, John Immerman, James
Ritchie and Hattle Baley, all guests.
Seriously injured: J. W. Crocker, Mrs.
J. W. Crocker, Howard Crocker, Lot
tie Kruger, Jennie Murray, Mrs. Anna
Monevine. Mrs. Margaret Leckir and
Mrs. Evylln Williams, Mrs. Margaret
Leclalre.
The building, of frame, was crush
ed like cardboard.
First Dead TaVeu Out.
The first body taken out was of an
unknown man, recovered at 7 this
morning. It la 'thought at leaat 10
others are In the ruins, which are
still afire.
The body of (he first man, recover
ed has been identified as William HII
lj blade, the second as William An
derson, the tlilrd James Hamilton; '
Trouble With Blockade Runners.
Toklo, Dec. 20. The Japanese
have seized the British steamer Nl-
gretta, bound for Vladivostok, with
contraband, and she was sent to 8as-
ebo for trial In the prize court. The
Biltlsh steamer King Arthur, captur
ed while attempting to leave Port Ar
thur yesterday, was taken to Sasebo.
It Is understood she took supplies to
Port Arthur.
Mormon Polygamists Reluc
tant About Testifying In the
Smoot Csse. . ;
ltLY.MY ON THE WANE
AMONG OLD FAMILIES.
TcHtlfk'd Tliat a Woman Was Com
pelled Under Dtireiw to Give Up
Her Uind to the Church Senator
Smoot Testifies to Ills loyalty hi
the Doctrine and Practice of Polyg
amy aa a Higher Law Than That of
Either the Civil Government or the
Church.
Receives the Commission.
Paris, Dec. 20. President Loubet
today received at the Elysse palace
the members of the International
commission of Inquiry Into the North
Sea incident. Owing to the non-arrival
of the American member. Rear
Admiral Davis, the Deggerbank hear
ing is postponed until tomorrow.
HEADY FOR BATTLE.
by Judge Ellis.
This case involved the question as
to whether the organization of an ir
rigation district clothed It with pow
er to -regulate cthe use of water within
the district without first purchasing,
leasing or acquiring private water
rights. The ease was heard in the
circuit court, Stillman & Pierce ap
pearing for the district, and Halley
& Lowell for the defendants, who are
water users within the district.
The lower court held that the or
ganization of a district gave It n
water rights, and before It could .as
sume to control ' or- regulate water
for irrigation purposes it must secure
by some legal means the rights which
are .vested in private owners, thus sus
taining the contention of the defend
ants. i
This case does not affect the valid
ity or ah' Irrigation district, aa there
was no attempt to question either the
constitutionality of the law under
which the district is organized, or to
attack the regularity of the organiza
tion. Th supreme court simply de
clares an' accepted .principle of law
to, the .effect that Individuals cannot
be deprived of their property except
by" due process of law, and upon that
principle holds that the district, be
fore It can become operative, mast
secure by some process known by
law and with due compensation, the
water rights now held by private
owners.
Heavy Holiday -Trade.
Walla Walla, Dec. 20. Holiday
trade this year is much larger than
It was last season. ' All the stores and
markets are full of shoppers and the
business houses are remaining open
late at. night in order to -accommodate'
the oustomers. ,
Some peoples alvays get demselves
disliked because dey say der right
dip,' t tier right tlroa, ' ' ; y
Hons with Young.
Yesterday the witness denied that
Young struck her. Today she ad
mitted that after they left the Flan
nery saloon she had a dispute with
Young and he pushed his hand in her
face and that she was crying.
The witness told of taking a cab
the next morning, and of Joking
Young about his hat when the book
maker told the driver to .drive to a
hat store. Young said he had had 40
drinks since the night before. Sh
knew Young was going away, but
thought not before a month.
Witness then replied to questions
regarding the shooting. 8he waa look
ing out of the cab window when she
heard the shot." She did not see the
revolver nor the flash, but saw smoke.
The witness denied the accounts of
the shooting which she gave Report
er Marston, and aaid she told the
truth to her counsel, but not to other
people, . .
She denied that an operation had
been performed on her.
The defense rested and a recess was
taken until t. Mlas Patterson half
staggered out of the court, with the
aid of the warden. -
Go to Jury Tomorrow.
Mrs. Young went on the stand and
swore that t Young did not wear a
brown derby hat the day of the shoot
ing, but a black hat. The defense
rested and the court adjourned till
tomorrow morning.
Lawrence R. Levy will sum up in
the morning. Rand will close for the
state this afternoon. It Is expected
the case will go to the Jury late to
morrow afternoon.
Tryout KliiMied and Both Fighters
Are Confident.
San Francisco, Dec. 20. Nelson
was up with the lark this morning.
After a hearty breukfast he went out
for a short walk.
The man is safely within weight,
Therefore he wll rest until the hour
for the fight.. He will come in from
his training quarters at i o'clock this
afternoon, bringing with him about
1180 to bet on himself. His confi
dence Is undiminished, and condition
perfect.
Britt slept late and awoke with a
tremendous appetite. He Is down to
weight, but for safety's Bake will do
considerable walking, and perhapB a
little light gymnastic work.
The betting continues 10 to 8 in fa
vor of Britt. The big money will be
placed this afternoon, and a longer
price Is expected to result.
Big Silica of Scats.
The sale of seats continues brisk
this morning. Indicating the fulfill
ment of the prediction of the biggest
house ever drawn by lightweights.
- Arrested for Distributing Bills.
There were several arrests made
today for violating the ordinance for
bidding distributing bills on the street.
The arrested men were O. Hays and
M. Plllon and "John Doe" Kelly.
Killed by a Live Wire.
Marysvllle, Cal., Dec. 20. Thomas
Meade, an employe of the Bay Coun
ties Power Company, tripped over a
live wire near the Colgate power
house Monday, receiving 80,000 volts.
He died a few hours later.
Bishop Flirlan Dead.
Pittsburg, Dec. 20. Bishop Rich
ard Phelan, of the Pittsburg diocese
of the Catholic church, died at noon.
Ex-Governor Kagle Dead.
Little Rock, Ark-, Dec. 20. James
P. Eagle, former governor of Arkan
sas, died this morning. ,
Chicago Grain.
Chicago. Dec. 20. May ' wheat
pc, led $1.10, closed $1.10. Corn
opened 45, closed the same. Oats
opened Sl, closed 3114.
BOARD ASKS FOR
Washington, Dec. 20. Reed' Smoot
admitted he was practicing polygamy,
adding, "Neither the law ot the land
nor that of the church can take away
my obligations to my family, which
are entered Into between myself and
my God." ,
Guvo I'p Land Vnder Threats.
Isaac C. Blrdsall, formerly a Mor
mon at- Elslnors, Utah, testified that
his daughter was compelled by the
church courts to give up her title to
60 acres of land to Jumes Leavttt on
pain of excommunication and tor
ment by evil spirits. When she
yielded she waa baptised and received
Into the church, '
Polygamous V Untune Missing.
Washington, Dec. 20. Apostle
John Henry Smith was recalled at the
opening ot the Smoot Inquiry this
morning to be asked whether It was
nossllilc for Smoot to become an
apostle, or to be married for time and
eternity without having first taken
J the endowment obligations. He re
I plied It was quite possible, but It was
his belief Smoot had been through
the endowment house.
I'nlted States Marshal Sherwood, of
Utah, testified as to the difficulty of
serving subpoenas for witnesses for
the Hmoot Investigation. Many wit
nesses had left the country. Others
could not be located. All those whom
he failed to find are reported to be
pnlygHmlsts and to have entered into,
such relations since the manifesto.
The witness suld polygamy Is rapid
ly decreasing among the old families.
GWINN TO WASHINGTON.
Woolgrowers Send Him to National
Forestry ConareMS.
James H. Qwlnn was last night se
lected as the delegate to represent the
Oregon Woolgrowers1 association at
the national forestry meeting to be
held In Washington, D, C, January
2 to 4. Mr. Gwlnn la secretary of the
Oregon asoctatlon. The sheepmen
were in session yesterday afternoon
and last night at the Commercial As
sociation rooms.
The matter of driving sheep across
the Umatilla Indian reservation and
the granting of more grazing privil
eges to' aheepmen on the forest re
serves are questions to' be presented
by Mr. Owinn at the .Washington
meeting.
Yesterday afternoon five delegates
were selected from among the sheep
men attending the local meeting, and
these afterwards met and chose Mr.
Gwlnn as the national representative.
The five were: William Slusher, K. O.
Warner, Antone Vey, Douglas Belts
and J. H. Gwlnn.
SOME DOl'UK AIIOl T A
STATE FAIR NEXT YEAR.
I .) Nmicd to Liquidate Oltl IMt
AguliiHt the Fair Grounds and gHHIHI
U Square the State Willi l4tld ik
BiinIi on the Fair Account Fair
Not Expected to "Pay," But Is
Deemed Valuable as nil Advertise
ment of the State's ItCMnurceif.
Salem, Dec. 20. The most Import
ant business up for consideration be
fore the state board of agriculture, Is
the discussion and preparation of the
biennial report to the legislature the
election of officers, and the matter
of whether or not an attempt will be
made le hold a state fair next year.
' The report will contain a strong
recommendation to the legislature for
the appropriation of about 110,000 to
wipe out the mortgage which has been
foreclosed upon the fair grounds
property, to satisfy a loan from the
school fund 20 years ago; 19800, spec
ial, to pay an obligation to Ladd A
Bush for money advanced to lay the
water mains at the grounds, which
loan was made necessary on account
of the governor's veto of the special
appropriation bill passed at the last
session, carrying an appropriation for
that purpose;' and an appropriation
of $10,000 to be expended in pre
miums, ln case a fair Is to be held
next year. . ' . 1
Opinions are divided upon the ques
tion of a state fair In loot, but the
consensus of opinion seems to be in
favor of the move. Financially, It Is
not looked upon aa a success, but It s
argued that It will be worth more
than what it will cost as an advertise
ment of the state's resources.
The report of the last board of ag
riculture shows that, after all expen
ses had been paid, there was a bal
ance In the treasury to the credit of
the fair of over $4000. When the
books and accounts of the year J04
had been opened, however, it was
discovered that since the Issuance of
the report for the year before,- war
rants had been drawn to cover the
whole of the balance shown, and that
there was not a cent margin on the
credit side of the ledger.
Jacksonville; Or., is taking steps to
see that the Jacksonville mineral dis
trict is properly represented at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition with gold,
silver, copper, lead, platinum, cinna
bar, plumbago. Iron, ' asbestos,
chrome, slate marble, limestone,
granite, sandstone and cement.
Kl'NKEL HAW .ll'.HSIQ JAMES. .
Boll Ford and .Icmmo Jiuhc .Made a
Mild Attempt to Turn n Trick at
Willie Cloud, Kull., Two Weeks Be-,
fore Jhiiiom Was Killed The
Scheme Was Reforms to By Ford
While the Latter W.is In Jail at St.
Joseph.
Prank James, who, with ins broth
er, Jesse James, and the Ford and
Younger brothers, for years w re the
terrors of Eastern Knimii and Mis
souri, Is in Pendle'on today, hut ha
comes on a peaceful mission. Star, of
a melo-drama, "The Fatal Heir," Is
now the peaceful occupation of James
since he laid aside his Colts. Besides,
there Is more money In the show bus
iness when one has made j repu'atlon
as a bad man, and then the risk is
hardly so great.. A bloodthirsty
theater audience would rather give
up Its money at the box office thu-i at
the point of a pistol, ,. . .
The coming to Pendleton of Frank
James recalls an experience that
happened to A. Kutikel, a locul hard
ware and Implement dealer, In Wht
Cloud, Kan., 24 years ago.' '
"I was working In a general mer
chandise store at White Cloud, in the
spring of 1882," said Mr. Kunkel,
"when I hud a strange experience
with Jesse James and Bob Ford.
"I was locking the store one' eve
ning about 9 . o'clock, when two
strangers approached me. One of
them said he waa a stranger in town
and aa he had a large sum of money
on him he would ilk to place it In
the safe over night. I didn't know-
the combination and 1 told
The man thanked ms and
away, .,- .
"A fortnight later Jesss James was
shot and killed at St. Joseph by Ford
and In company with a friend I visit
ed the murderer at the Jail. It was
there that I learned that the two man
who wanted to get Into my safe were
James and Ford. ' ,
" 'It's a good thln,g.' laughed Ford,
that you didn't open that sate, or
your proprietor would have been mi
nus Its contents.' " '
him so.
walked
Baptist Meetings.'
Wednesday evening the ordinance.
of baptism will be administered. The
good sermons continue to como forth.
As Mr. Neill remains with us we u
all the more pleased with his frank -and
open way of preaching the Bible
truths. Come out and hear him to
night. Strangers are specially In
vited. .-- 0. 1 H.
A liar Is born dot vay, but der gas
lull ackvlrea der habit.
fii