East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, July 15, 1905, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight and Sunday partly
cloudy with possibly showers.
The electric current that propels
the wheels of commerce Is adver
tising. VOL. 18.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1005.
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HIDING FELL
AND KILLED FOUR
Collapse of Four-Story Struc
ture at Winnipeg Caused by
an Unprecedented Storm.
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SIX PERSONS WERE ALSO
MOIlli OK LESS INJURED.
The High Brick Walls Which Fell
Were Part of a Large Business;
House Previously Gutted by Fire
The Killed ami Injured Persons Oc
cupied Adjoining Building Wlilch
Were Crustied Beneath (lie Weight
of Debris The 1mm of Property In
Other Portions of tlie City of Win
nlpeg Wax Slight Two of tlx Dead
Were Women.
Wlnnepeg, July 15. A cyclone
swept through the city early this
morning, killing four people and in
juring six.
The storm struck this city at mid
night, causing four deaths and injur
ies to six.
The high brick wall , of the four
story building at James and Croner
streets crashed down upon two ad
joining houses, killing four Inmates
and injuring six others.
The deiid are: R. White, W. Steln
hoff and two sisters named Haley.
The collapsed building was recently
gutted by fire and the walls icfet
standing. Other damage throughout
the city was slight.
EARTHQUAKE IN MAINE.
Felt at Nearly An Promlnont Places
In the State.
Portland, Me., July 16. Two slight
earthquake shocks were' felt here nt
about J: 1 this morning. Heavier
shocks were felt at Augusta. Han nor.
Lewiston. Rock Island and Bruns
wick. Reports from Thomaston say
a shock of 16 minutes duration Was
felt there shortly after 6. Houses
were shaken and dirties rattled.
The shock was most severe in Cen
tral Maine, and particularly nt Au
gusta and Watervllle. Prof. Lee, Ihe
state geologist, says Ihe - quake was
caused by the sTIpplnR,f rock on side
fissures, probably tiro or three miles
below the surface. . r
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations Prom the Greatest Wheat
Market In the United States.
Chicago, Jnly i ITk July .wheat
closed today nt DC 7-X.; corn Hosed at
67, and oate at 3! j (
BOISE'S POLICE HECOIJD. i
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Claims Great Freedimt From Disease
and Cilme.
The report of the health depart
ment, as compare. I with previous
years, shows that this necessary duty
has had the closest 'attention, says
the Boise Capital News. The record
of contagious diseases during the year
1900 gives the number at !; for 1901,
4: for 1902. 85; for 1903, 85. while
for the two years under Chief Horn's
administration the total number lias
4ily been B8. Tills Is an excellent
fhowlng for the heilth of the cKy and
'iemonstrates that an Important duty
kis been well looked after. At the
'ieglnnlng of the term notice was
ferved to clean up n.nd a man de
felled to see that the work was done.
In three months 2700 loads of gar
bage were hauled out of the city, and
)t has never slnee been allowed to ac
cumulate. Such a thing as a hold-up. once a
frequent occurrence. Is now almost un
known, and the past year shows but
lour burglaries committed.
During the past two years property
to the valce of JStOO was reported to
have been stolen, and of this amount
aie Felice succeeded in capturing and
:Wfct.7lng t the owners $6800 worth.
Any fool can write poetry, but It
takes a wise guy lo swap It for ready
money. ' ' '
Grant's Pass, which now has 4500
people, will vole on a $19,000 bond
proposition with which to enlarge the
ewer system;
Henry Copin is under arrest charg
ed with swindling the Edison Electric
company out of $240,000. at Milan.
Italy, He was. a trusted employe of
the company.
Suicides From Shame.
Jersey City, July 15. Fac
ing a damage suit for $50,000
alienating the affections of Mrs.
Clara Meyers, aged :43,' wlffc 'of
a New York onvilopa manufac
turer, Louis J. Apgar. aged 40,:
a retired grocer, committed sui
cide this morning. Apgar was
eo-reipondent In a divovse suit
which was decided In favor of
Mcycra yesterday. -
KILLED BY SWITCH E
Employe of Oregon imnlier Compuny
Meets .Sudden Death In linker City
Yards.
Buker City, July 15. (Special.)
James Martin, an employe of the Or
egon Lumber yards In thlH city, was
run over and killed In the Eccles
wood yards In South Baker, last even
ing by a switch engine.
Martin wns acting us brakemun on
a curload of slabs being pushed by
the switch engine, and In passing
from the car to the engine fell to the
track. nnd wus mangled horribly, and
died In five minutes after the acci
dent. He was 35 years of age and
leaves a wife and one child. No blame
is attached to the engineer as the ac
cident was unavoidable.
GREAT WOOL CORNER.
Wisconsin Firm Controls Northwest
ern Crop.
La Crosse, Wis., July 15. The wool
market of the Northwest is practically
cornered by S. Y. Hyde and associates
of the La Crosse Wool company. Two
million pounds are stored here and a
vast quantity elsewhere. They have
bought every pound in Wisconsin and
have options on nearly the entire bup
ply in the Northwest. '
. . , f Peary Kails Tomorrow. . "
New York,' July 15. Commander
Peary on the ship Roosevelt, will start
for the north pole at 3 tomorrow
afternoon. He intended to sail this
afternoon, but departure was delayed
by the non-arrival of duplicate ma
chinery. General Dana, Dead.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 15. Major
General Napoleon Dana, U. S. A re
tired, died here this morning, aged 86.
He served In the Mexican nnd civil
wars and afterwnrds engaged In rail
roading in the west '
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Raised Sunken Submarine.
Biserta, Tunis, July IS. The French
submarine Faradet, which sunk with
14 men, has been raised by means of
a floating dock.- The bodies are not
yet recovered.
FUN jTON BEING
TRIFD AT
Till
CONGRESSMAN
ADVOCATED DYNAMITE.
I1 UnguLfiol Defendant Is tlie Fatlier
of icncrnl Fred Funston and Is
J Held to Be largely Responsible for
the Recent Use of Dynamite In Get
1 ting Rid of lllcgnl Saloons at loin.
Kan. He Is Also A reused! of Car
'rylng Concealed Weapons In His
7enl Trial Is Conducted In a Theu-
ler, t
fola, Kan.. July 15. Thirty-five
hundred people Jammed the Grand
theater, which, owing in the- public
interest, was engaged for the trial of
former Congressman "Foghorn" Fun
ston, futher of General Funston.
Fifty witnesses were summoned.
Funston advocated the dynamiting of
saloons previous to the recent explo
sion which wrecked several places, and
was arrested for disturbing the peace
and carrying concealed weapons.
Funston served four terms in the
national house of representatives
from Kansas as a republican, to which
party he yet belongs.
VITal la Laud Into Frnlt.
Those who are not familiar with the
adaptability of this section for fruit
raising would be surprised at the
enormons yield nnd superior quality
of the fruit produced around Emmett.
There are also large profits In Its pro
duction, and a number of farmers who
have been raising alfalfa hay and
grnln to a large extent are plowing un
der tholr meadows and putting the
lnnd Into fruit. One of these is A. J.
liimd, He has this year added five
acres to his orchard and next year
will Increase his acreage. Ho says
fruit will yield larger profits than any
other crop. He cites Mr. Budden
as an example.' Lost year Mr. Budden
realized over $110 from one-fifth of
nn acre of dewberries, or at the rate
of,$5tt per acre. Besides this the
family Snd nil they desired for table
use an! canning. This Is not an ex
ceptional case, either. Emmett In
dex. ' The last sack of wool was put on
board the cars yesterdny morning and
sent east to be worked up Into various
articles of wearing apparel, j Eighty
one cars were billed from this station
laRt year and all of It wns clipped in
this vicinity with the exception of parts
of five cars. These cars contained
2.108.597 pounds, of which 78.5S5
pounds was from other points, leaving
a .total of 3.030,0(12 pounds loaded
here. This is 256.062 pounds more
than last year's shipments and beats
all previous records. ..
The prices paid varied from 1 to
22 cents and figuring the total at an
average of 18 cents, which seems a
fair way to figure, the value would
be about , $366,000. Soda Springs
(Idaho) Chieftain. ,, . : i.. .
MITCHELL DENIED A NEW TRIAL.
Portland. July 15. Federal Judge Dehaven this afternoon de
nied Senator Mitchell's motion for a new trial and motion to arrest
judgment. The defendant's attorneys gave notice they would file a
bill of exceptions for an appeal.
Biggs Makcw Dauuiging Admissions.
Portland, July 15. Marlon R. Biggs, United States commissioner
at Prlnevllle, co-defendant with Congressman Williamson In the land
fraud trial, admitted under cross-examination this morning the
money received by his office to pay for filings on many alleged
fraudulent entries was in the form of checks, signed by the firm of
Williamson & Gesner.
TE
New Secretary of the Navy
Reinstates Civil Engineers
Removed by Morton.
COMMENDS THEM FOR
OFFICIAL PROBITY.
They Were on Inspection Duty at the
Charleston Dry Dock When Re
moved and Were Tried at tlie Insti
gation of a New York Filtration
Company, Which Claimed the En-
' gineers Discriminated Against Them
Assistant Secretory of the Navy
. Officially Testifies That a Rigidly
Adhered lo System of Inspection
Cannot Be Dispensed Willi.
Washington, July 15. Secretary of
the Navy Bonaparte today reversed
the order of the late Secretary Mor
ton relieving Civil Engineers Walker
and Harris from Inspection duty v'
the Charleston drydock and Bent tin
englni'ers back to duty.
The men were removed at the Inf l
gation of the New YorV Contlnenial
Jewel Filtration rompaiy, who claim
ed the engineers treat.' the company
unfairly.
Bonaparte cnmpllmeiiied Walker
and Harris on the conscientious dls
charge of their duty, in his report
on the case Assistant Secretary Dar
ing suld the evidence tends to show
that without vigorous Inspection the
work cannot be equal to that called
for In the contract.
'FINE LINE OF BUNCO."
Lnwson's Definition of R.K'kefeller's
Prayer Meeting Remarks.
Chicago. July 15. Thomas W. Law
son arrived in Chicago at 10:65 from
Albert Lea, Minn., In his private car
Halsmere, attached to a Rock Island
train. He was met at Joliet by a com
mlttee headed by Clarence Darrow
and will be the guest today and to
night of the Jefferson club, and will
be the principal speaker at the ban
quet given In his honor this evening.
Mayor Dunne will not be present,
as he left todoy for a week's outing
In Wisconsin. Lawson leaves for Bos
ton at the close of the banquet.
Lawson said he Is much pleased
with bis reception In the west, and
with the results in arousing a public
sentiment against "the system.'
When shown the printed report of
Rockefeller's remarks at prayer meet
ing last night, Lawson said: "That's
the finest line of bunko I ever heard."
Estnbrook Cuse Dismissed.
In the recorder's court this after
noon the case of Clyde Estnbrook, ac
cused of having stolen a watch from
the person of Richard Wade, was
dismissed, the defendant paying the
costs of the action. The crime with
which Estabrooke was charged is said
to have been committed yesterday
afternoon, but when arrested by Mar
shal Coffmnn, he wus too drunk to
stand trial, so his case was set for to
day. Administrator Sued.
Before County Judge Bean today
the report of Tom Scott as adminis
trator of the estate of William Kuentz,
has been contested by attorneys for
the heirs of the dead man. Seven or
eight hundred dollars Is Involved In
the dispute, and It Is alleged that 8cott
has not properly performed his duties
as administrator.
,,, Loni for using o st"k monkey
with which to beg money an organ
grinder has been fined $40.
DEPUTY SHERIFF C
C. P. Davis is no longer chief depu
ty In the sheriff's office, having been
removed from that position by Sheriff
Taylor. The announcement that Davis
had been removed was made this
afternoon by the sheriff, who refused
to state anything further regarding
the subject except that he had also
notified the district attorney of his
action, and that no successor has yet
been chosen for the place.
BONAPAR
REVERSED
ANOTHER
NAVAL
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Mutineers Said to Have Taken
Possession of and Scuttled
a Black Sea Ship.
PEACE CONFERENCE TAKES
PLACE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Tlie Czar Will Not Take a Contemplat
ed Trip to Moscow Because of Fewr
of Assassination Tlie Ghetto at
Josefow, Russia, Wrecked by Mobs
and Several Jews Killed and a Vast
Destruction of Property Takes
Place Russian Army In Munchuria
Is Now Acting Wholly on the De
fensive. Vienna, July 15. Dispatches from
St. Petersburg say it is rumored there
that a mutiny has occurred among the
crew of the battleship Katherina of
the Black Fa squadron. The mutin
eers, it is r port J, sunk the vessel.
Coot race tit Portsmouth.
Washlnt .-on, July 15. The state of
New Hampshire has been granted the
honor of entertaining the Russian
and Japanese peace plenipotentiaries
during the period of the conference,
at Portsmouth. The envoys with their
suites, will be lodged at the Hotel
Wentworth, one of the handsomest
hotels on the New England coast. No
expense will be soared to provide
comfort and entertainment for the
distinguished guests.
Will Not Go to Moscow.
St. Petersburg, July 15. The czar
has definitely decided not to go to
Moscow July 19, to Issue the procla
mation convoking the representative
assembly. It Is understood the change
of plan is due to the assassination of
Count Schuvaloff at Moscow. An Im
perial decree will be Issued granting
amnesty to all religious offenders In
accordance with the ukase of May 12.
Persecuting the Jews.
Berlin, July 15. Following the nn-tl-semltlc
outbreak at Josefow prov
ince of Lublin, Russia, a mob of 3000
attacked the ghetto wrecking and
plundering over 200 houses. The cas
ualties are reported as two killed and
110 wounded.
Russians On Defensive.
Tokio, July 15. Reports from Man
churia state that Linevltch has ceased
all offensive tactics and the Russians
are now entirely on the defensive. A
serious epidemic Is said to be causing
many deaths in the Russian army.
I.ater reports from Karsakorvsk say
the fire, which continued to burn un
til July 10, practically destroyed the
town.
Coming to America.
Shanghai, July 15. M. Poklloff, the
Russian minister to China, sailed to
day for Vancouver on the steamer
Empress of China, on the way to
Washington to attend the peace coit-
ference.
Alkali From Morrow County.
D. C. Gurdane has a contract for
mining and shipping 15,000 pounds of
alkali for the Luckel, King & Cake
soap company at Portland. He is
working three men and is taking out
about 76 sacks a day, the sacks aver
aging about 100 pounds each. Hepp
ner Times.
Dnrlng the fiscal year which ended
June 3n last. 76.818 passenger coaches
and 150,796 freight curs wee hauled
Into Portland.
P. DAVIS REMOVED
While the above action on the part
of Sheriff Taylor has been expected.
It came aa a surprise to most people
this afternoon. This afternoon Colo
nel J. H. Haley admitted that the
firm of Carter Raley and James A.
Fee have been retained aa attorneys
for Davis, and It is commonly rumor
ed that they were retained by him
some time before the recent disclos
ures were made. ,
FLYER WAS WRECKED.
Engineer JiiinM?d and Was Severely
Injured.
Harrlsburg, Pa., July 15. The
Pennsylvania Flyer, eastbound. the
new 18-hour train between Chicago
and New York, struck a wrecked
freight train while running at top
speed at West Port Royal, near this
city, at 5:07 this morning. The freight
train had buckled, throwing a ' car
across the passenger track. The flyer
struck the car and hurled it from the
track. The engineer of the flyer
jumped when he saw the obstruction,
and was severely Injured. The engine
of the flyer was considerably dam
aged. ' ' .
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
Buildings Danuiged and Ijindsiido In
, the Mountains.
San Bernardino, Cai., July 15. At
12:41 this afternoon a violent earth
quake shock shook this city the most
violent experienced in years. A build
ing at the corner of Third and D
streets cracked open In seven places,
and other damage Is feared. Along
the mountain clouds of dust following
the quake tell of serious landslides.
PETER COLCNIE SCICIDES.
Believed to Be Pal of Burglar Who
Was Killed.
Salt Lake. Ore., July 15. Fearing
capture, Peter Colunle, an Italian,
shot himself today. The man is be
lieved to be the second burglar Inter
cepted leaving a store at Union with
plunder. His companion was shot
dead by a boy left to guard him, when
he showed fight yesterday morning.
Anti-Trust Law Sustained.
Little Rock, Ark., July 15. The
anti-trust law passed by the last leg
islature was today declared constitu
tional by the supreme court.
Vlllaverdo Dead.
Madrid, July 15. Marquis Vllla
verde, former premier of Spain, died
today.
OVOPEHATIVE AFFAIR
BY PROMINENT FARMERS.
Will Especially Accommodate Growers
From tlie North and West of Pen
dleton will Be Iocntcd West of tlie
Walters' Mill and Contiguous to the
Spur Track Now Connecting That
Institution With the O. R. N.
Main LIih? Story of the New Enter
prise Originates Willi Pendleton
Grain Dealers.
That a new wheat warehouse Is to
be erected below the Walters' mill
for the use of the farmers of the sec
tlnn north and west of town, seems
probable. According to rumors cur
rent among the grain dealers, such a
warehouse will be built during the
coming summer by Dave Nelson, John
Hayden and Louis Hayden. All three
of these men are extensive wheat
raisers themselves, and It is said that
they wish a warehouse largely for
their own use.
The site of the proposed building is
on the Roberts property the other side
of the Walters mill, and the railroad
spur that runs to the mill will be used
for the warehouse.
WRIGHT JURY HUNG.
Traeo.v's Pal Did Not Get Verdict
From Salem Jury.
The Salem Journal of last evening
gives the following account of tha
trial of Wright, charged with being an
accomplice of Monte in assisting Tra
cey and Merrill to escape from prison:
After being out all night the Jury
in mo urtght case finally announced
this morning, at 1 1 o clock, that they
could not agree, nnd were therefore
dismissed. The case will not come on
for trial again before the October
term of court, as the witnesses in the
case are now all scattered.
That some of the jurors were con
vinced of his guilt there Is no doubt,
since no verdict of acquittal was
brought in. It is not known, how
ever, on what point they disagreed. It
Is possible that they all thought him
-'Hlty, but could not agree as to the
degree of guilt.
As stnted In yesterday's Journal, a
large portion of the testimony covered
the same ground as that introduced
nt the trial of Charles Monte, who was
Jointly Indicted with Wright.
In an nttempt to prove the where
abouts of the defendant at the time
of the murder of Guard Frank Ferrell
of the Oregon penitentiary, by Con
victs Tracy and Merrill, contradictory
evidence was Introduced, and no ef
fort was made by either the prosecu
tion or defense to establish the unre
liability of the other's witness.
Alvln Jones of this city, testified
positively that Harry Wright was In
Salem June 8. 1902. while A. Harn
was equally positive that the defend
ant was in his employ at Georgetown,
Wash., on the same date.
NEW WAREHOUSE
BELOW THE MILL
CONTRACT FOR
FURNISH
Let to Newport & Co., on
Terms Calling for Comple
tion Before Jan. 15, 1906.
A TOTAL OF THIRTY MILES
OF DITCH PROVIDED FOR.
Two Main Laterals Aside From Main
Ditch Muln Ditch Four Feet Deep
and Ten Feet Wide at the Bottom
Much limning Will Bo Required
Water Will Be Taken From the
North Side of the Umatilla, A Short
Distance Above Echo, to Which
Town Most of the Reclaimed Land
Will Be Tributary Will Bring 10,
000 Acres Under Ditch.
After years of planning, actual work
will now commence on the' ditch of
the Inland Irrigation company, com
monly known as the Furnish ditch.
Yesterday afternoon the contract for
the excavating work was let, and con
struction work will commence at once,
its completion being required by the
contract before January 16, 1906.
Thirty miles of ditch will be re
quired for the project, and there will
be two main laterals aside from the
main ditch. The main ditch will be
four feet deep and 10 feet wide at the
bottom.
The contract for the work was let
to Newport & Co., and the price la
per yard, varying according to the
material through which the ditch
runs. Aside from the excavating,
considerable flume work will also be
required In crossing canyons, round
ing rocky points and at other places.
All of this latter work will be done
1 by the corporation itself, and they will
start men at work immediately.
The water for the ditch will bo .
taken from the north side of the Uma
tilla above Echo, and will be carried
nearly 10 miles before any is used.
The land which Is Intended to be re
claimed is on Twelve Mile flat, and is
but a few miles from Echo, conse
quently the enterprise is regarded as .
being of great Importance to that
place. Ten thousand acres of land
will be under the ditch, and of this
amount considerable is owned by the
company, while the rest is owned by
other parties, or has been filed on by
homesteaders. Water will be furnished
to these parties should they desire it.
When seen this morning regarding
the project of which he is the head,
being president and manager of the
company, W. J. Furnish stated that
the work will now be carried to com
pletion, and that he regarded It as
of great importance to the county. It
is the intention to use the water dur
ing the time when there ts an ample
supply, and he believes that the land
to be watered is well adapted to win
ter Irrigation, as it has a subsoil that
will retain the moisture. It Is the In
tention to place water on the land
this winter, and to have as much of a
crop as possible for next year. Alfal
fa, potatoes, fruit and possibly some
grain will be raised. It is not the In
tention of the company to farm the
land Itself, but Instead to open the
land to settlement, some of the land
being placed on the market as soon
as watered.
The Furnish enterprise is by far the
most Important one of its kind that
has thus far been undertaken In this
county, as it promises to Irrigate more
land than does any of the other com
panies. Also, It Is apparent that Its
work Is more likely to be carried to
early completion thnn under any of
the other private companies that have
so far been formed.
Sunday Closing at Heppner.
Sheriff Shutt filed complaints Tues
day forenoon against all saloons In
Heppner, .except the Palace Hotel
bar, charging them with keeping
open shop last Sunday. All were ar
raigned before Recorder Richardson
and were given until next Monday to
plead.. A complaint was later also
filed against the Palace bar. Hepp
ner Times.
Suit for $80.
Suit was commenced today by Roy
Harrington against Henry Wade to re
cover $S0 worth of hay and grain
which the latter Is alleged to have
taken from the plaintiff without au
thority. Arsenal Blown Up.
Ottawa, Ont., July 15. Four
men were killed and several
seriously Injured by an explosion
at the Dominion Cartridge com-
pany's big arsenal at Browns-
burg, Ont., this morning. The
dead are: Steven Caruthers.
John Martin, Thomas Charle-
hers and Napoleon Lamarche.
The explosion was caused by
lightning striking a telephone
wire three miles from the works.
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