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VOL. 18.
PENDLETON, OllEfJ ON, Fill DAY, AUGUST 11, 1903.
NO. 54X3
mm
BEEN WARNED
Received Anonymous Letters,
Which He Dutifully Turned
Over to His Wife,
SAVES SISTER BUT LOSES LIFE.
nun no servant who
DISCLOSED SUSPICIONS,
Wife Refused to Siieak to Him for
' Three Daya When He Cautioned
Her to Do More Circumspect Kirs.
Tag (art Received Gentlemen Call
era During the Siesta Hour In the
Philippine .CupUtln Taggart As
certained She Had Been Intimate
With and Traveled With Chicugoan
of Questionable Reputation.
Wooster, O., Aug. 11. Captain Tag
gart on tne stand In court opened this
morning, told of the Lieutenant Hither
Incident at Fort Thomas. He said
that while absent on the rlflo range
he received an anonymous letter men
tioning Mrs. Taggart and Hither. He
said he sent the letter to his wife and
never talked with her about IL
The captain testified that when In
the Philippines a servunt warned him
several tlmos to stay at home after
noons. He thought It beneath his no
tice and finally duinanded of tho ser
vant to explain. He said that Captain
Bash called to see his wife when he
was gone. Taggart said his wife re
t ned his advice to "so conduct her
self the servants would not talk," and
refused for three days to speak to
him.
"I asked her If there was any Inti
macy between her and Cuptaln Bash.
She said she did not care for him. I
told her not to receive young men in
the afternoon, as that was the time
ladles usually slept, and not consid
ered a proper time to call. , My wife
was angry and did not speak to me
for several days. Hhe was positive I
set the servants to watching her."
The namo of a Chicago man, Spen
cer, ce-respondent, was Introduced In
to Taggarfs testimony. "At Fort
Thomas, after our marriage," said
Taggnrt. "I warned my wlfo against i
Spencer and told her no woman's rcp-
atatlon was safu after associating with
Spencer. She said she would not visit
Spencer again. It was within this
year I learned she had been Intimate
ly associated with him and had trav
eled with him."
Mrs. Taggart and Colonel Miner
and wife and I attended a dinner
party given by his wife. Mrs. Tag
gart rat next the rolonel. The next
day I heard her telling a friend the
colonel all through the meal plnchel
her leg until It was sore. I asked
her about It and she said, "The old
fool was drunk." Toung ladles com
ing to my house were accustomed to
call Miner, "Old Leg Feeler."
"Lieutenant Fortesque, a relative
of President Roosevelt, waa frequent
ly with Mrs. Taggart. There was
much drinking once at a party at
my house after the hop. He went
out for a short while and returned
with Mrs. Tnggart, Fortescue coming
with her from the cellar. It appear
ed to me they had been there for
other purposes than to get Ice. I
told her her conduct with Fortesque
waa suspicious, and other women
were laughing at her. On three oc
caslnns Mrs. Taggart' went with For
tesque to parties and sat with him
through the entire, functions.
Stung by Rattlesnake and Foot Crush
ed by Runaway.
San Bernardino, CalAug. 11. Ce
cil Sharplcss, the 10-year-old son of
C. w. Sharpless, a prominent apiarist,
who resides at Whlttler, died this eve
ning after suffering since morning
from a rattlesnake atlng. With his sis
ter he had gone to tho apiary, on a
little creek IS miles from here, and
while the children were playing about
the honey house a rattlesnake crawl
ed from under the building In front
of the girl.
Her brother quickly seized the
snake to save his sister, when the rep
tile buried Its fangs In his right hand
between the thumb and first finger.
The girl ran a quarter of a mile to
where her father was working, say
ing that her brother was being stung
by a snake. The father found the
boy in terrible agony, and sought an
ammonia bottle which had been kept
on hand for such emergencies, but the
bottle was empty. Tying a rope about
the child's arm ho hurried to tho Glen
Helen ranch, where the manager cut
open the wound and with his llns
tried to suck out the poison.
Swelling of the arm continued, and
the boy was hurried to town by team.
the horses running away and the boy
having his foot crushed. His hn.nd
Is black as coal to the wrist and his
arm Is swollen twice Its normal slse.
RUSSIANS
fl!iE EXPECTED TO
FILE AN ANSWER TOMOIIROW
Wires Hot All Night Long, and Witte Expects to Hear From
Czar Nicholas Before Night.
tioim nession 01 uio l.nvoys win IJc Held Until St. Petersburg Is
Hoard From An Authentic Dlvulgcment of the Terms Demanded by
Japan 'Will Not Be Made 'Unless a Treaty Is Agreed Upon Tlie Jap
anese Are Extremely Secretive, While the Russians Are Much Less
So Conceded Tliat Concessions .Must Be Made by the Japanese to Se- '
cure Lasting Peace.
HUGE SALE OF TIMBER.
Sierra Lumlwr Company's Holdings of
87,000 Acres Let Go.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. The Call
today says that the salo of the Sierra
Lumber company's Interests in this
state has been practically concluded.
The Sierra Lumber company owns
87,000 acres of timber land In Butte
and Tehama counties, and has its mills
and yards at Red Bluff and Chlco, and
a lumber yard hi this city. It also
owns a short railroad. The purchas
ers are said to be R. W. Trunbull &
Mon, of Minneapolis.
INDICTMENTS
OFFICIALS
GRAFT RAMPANT IN THE
SPOKANE COURT HOUSE
Grand Jnry Runs Amuck and Over
takes the County Treasurer, Connty
. icrk and AU the County Commis
sioners Tract Indices Sold for $20
In Preference to J 700 Clerks As
sessed Per Month to Pay Their Su
perlors' Campaign Expenses Tax
dodgers Are Dodged.
Portsmouth, Aug. 11. It is an
nounced this morning there will -be
no Joint session of the peace envoys
today.
The Russians will have conferen
ces among themselves in their own
apartments during the day. Early
this morning Baron Rosen and M.
Pokotllof, took an automobile rldt
around Portsmouth and vicinity. Both
appeared In good humor.
It Is expected now the Russians'
answer will be given the Japanese
tomorrow morning. All last night
private wires were busy sending a
draft of the terms to St. Petersburg
and exchanging communications with
the foreign office. Witte announced
this morning he expects to hear from
the czar before night. The Japanese
will then be notified and a conference
called. '
Unless an agreement Is reached by
the peace envoys the demands of
Japan for a settlement of the war
will not officially be made public.
The only exception to this determin
ation will be in the event of a com
plete treaty. This Is due to a tacit
understanding between the two gov
ernments, entered into previous to the
NEW EXEMPTION PROBLEM.
Can Northern Pacific Right of Way
Be Taxed?
Olympla, Wash., Aug. 11. The con
tention made to the county boards of
equalization that the Northern Paci
fic right of wuy fiom Lake Superior
to Puget Sound Is exempt from taxa
tion, will profit that company nothing,
even If sustained, according to J. H.
Easterday, of the state tax commis
sion: "I have rather anticipated the con
tention now made by the railroad
companies of exemption from taxa
tion of their right of way. This con
tention Is probably based upon a re
cent decision of the courts that the
fee to the right of way never passed
from the government to the railroad
company. The result of this will be
as broad as It is long, for if the fee
does not pass, a perpetual easement
passes to the railroad compnny, and
tnis perpetual easement Is a species
of property, and this species of prop
erty is as valuable for the purposes
of railroad conveniences as If they
owned the fee, and It Is, therefore.
equally valuable for the purpose of
taxation.
Other statutes and our constitution
warrant the taxation of this species
of property. The same reasoning ap-
NORMA
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SCHOOL
ILL
SUSPEND
of
selection of Washington as the meet
ing place.
Russia Is manifesting a dlsDosltlon
however, to take the public into her plies in this matter as was held by
confidence, believing public opinion this board in the taxation of flshtran
win lorce tne Japanese to modify locations.
on thT, k . , 11 ls alB true that the event It
on tne other hand, the Japanese were found Impossible to tax the right
are disposed to surround the negotla- of way. the tangible property located
Ions with mystery. Believing it to on th's right of way would be en
be the best Interests of the negotiat- hanced in value to an amount equal
Ing parties to be kept in Ignorance to that which the railroad compa
mL r'!!,.Jh,a" f the negotla- nle W0"1 be exempted by reason of
.,u lepreseniaiives tne non-taxation of their right
feel that In a matter of such great way."
h- k mJt . 8relt moment to " ' not Probable that the tax com
' "l e. ti miicum. it wouia mission will honnma AnM.,
ni T.1UC'Ve t0. a gpeedy UrmH over ,he contention made by the tax
" ' " . .; . " .issue to agents or the railroad company until
make pa bile the exact conditions of it ha. been fully determined by the
peace. In view of the possible neces- courts that the right of way should
slty and desirability of modification, not be taxed, at which time the board
nnh.7, "rf5f: .wav " "e devised by
. .. .. IUi ue ,Mue legislation ir necessary, to see that no
tnlnpfl v thi PteaCelB t0 be b- avenue of se tro equal taxation
talned. Nothing but embarrassment Is left open to them
couia ioiiow explanations that neces
sarily would have to be made to the
mikado's people for any action taken,
If concessions are made and the Jap
anese people nad knowledge of the
original demands.
CHICAGO
BEGAN
Officially Announced That the
Institution Will Close Dur
ing the Coming Year.
THE FACULTY ALL HAVE
K.MPUYMENT ELSEWHEKK..
President French Is Deeply Regretful.
But Thinks It Best Under tho Cla
oil m stances, as the Faculty Had BO
Muke Certain of Employment, anal '
the Enrollment Was Certain of D
pletlon Tho Ashland Normal to
Being Pnicrly Backed and WOX
Run as Usual President Frencb Is
Confident of Ultimate Outcome.
PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS.
RTJIN8 OF COMMUNAL BUILDING.
Interesting Discovery Made by Ex
plorers In Nov Mexico,
Bantu Fo. N. M., Au$. 11. A com
munal building ruin, containing 1S00
rooms and never before visited by
white man or mapped, has been dis
covered 30 miles west of Santa Fe
and half a mile south of the famous
stone Hons of Cochlla. The discover
was made hy A. n. Chaycraft of Santa
Fe, who was with Edgar L. Hewitt of
the ethnological bureau taking photo
graphs of cliff and cave dwellings to
be found Just west of this ctty on the
proposed Papnrlto cliff dwellers' re
serve. The ruins are perched on a high
mesa, which la an ancient burial1
ground. In abandoning plaza nearby
there was found growing cedars ovor
five feet In diameter. Professor
Hewitt will begin the work of excava
tion next week. The ruins are
largest of 20,000 communal and rsve
dwellings In the reserve.
Lincoln county, Washington assess
ments are based on a total property
value of $11,341,987.
Will Move Convalescents.
San Diego, Aug. 11. Definite
arrangements were made this
morning to transfer 35 Ben
nington convalescents to Mar
Island, to leave Sunday. The
report of the board of Inquiry
Is completed and will be sent
to Washington today or tomorrow.
Spokane, Wash.. Aug. 11. Indict
ments were returned late yesterday
by the grand Jury which la In session,
against the following: Robert Koontx,
county clerk, for bribery In accepting
contributions from his deputies; E.
K. Erwln. county treasurer, bribery,
same offense as Knontz. The grand
Jury also severely criticized the coun
ty commissioners for alleged careless
business methods. They returned no
recommendation as to the assessment
of W. H. Cowles, $500,000, reduced
by sworn statement to 328,000.
The grand Jury recommends that
the prosecuting attorney bring civil
action against each ef the county com
missioners for the recovery of the
amount they have palH themselves In
expenses.
It Is found that Commissioners
Dean and Collin are drawing from the
county $25 a month as expense money
and that they arc rendering no ac
count of the amount of their expenses.
Commissioner Connolly, the report
says, renders a monthly expense ac
count, but he Is charged with sub
mitting an account for railroad fare
from Waverly to Spokane nnd return j
from January to June, 190B, which
was pnld, during which time he was
riding on a railroad pass and actually
paid no rare.
It tells Judge I'olndexter that sup
plies for tho county, with the excep
tion of wood, are bought by the com-
mlKloners without competitive bidding
and ot an exorbitant price. Tt also
finds that the tract Indices were let
to J. P. Webster for $20 a month,
when tho board had before It an offer
of $700 a year by another man who
asked practically the same privilege as
that granted Mr. Webster.
Health Officer Morrison's contract
with the county Is criticized, and his
bills submitted to the county are pro
nounced exceedingly high.
Connty Treasurer Indicted.
In the office of the county treas
urer the Jury found that the routine
business of the office ls well conduct
ed, but found very serious conditions
existing, which, In the opinion of the
Jury, are unlawful. The Jury found
that tho deputies In this office are
contributing regularly from their
monthly salaries sums ranging from
$2 to $3 per month to partially cover
the campaign expenses of the treas
urer. The Jury believe, this practice
to be highly reprehensible, against
public morals, and tending to debauch
public probity, and Instructed the
prosecuting attorney to draw Indict
ments against the present treasurer.
King Closes tlic Session With Rending
His Secch.
nug. ii. parliament was
prorogued this morning after one of
tne most eventful sessions In recent
years. The king. In his speech, touch
ed upon several Important interna
t'.i nal questions. On the Russian and
Japanese war he said: "It Is my earn
est nope that the Russian and Japan
ene peace negotiations which have
been Instituted under the Initiative
of President Roosevelt, may lead to a
lasting and mutually honorable
peace."
Touching Norway and Sweden hl
majesty said: "I am confident that by
the exercise of wise moderation on
both sides a satisfactory settlement
of the dispute may bo reached."
HA
T
THREE DEATHS REPORTED.
Chappclle's Funeral Took Place at 9
Tills Morning.
New Orleans, Aug. 11. It was de
cided late last night to hold Archbish
op Chappelle'8 funeral at 9 this morning.
People of this city are urged to
keep up courage. Colonel Blakely lsl
circulating a Drignt placard urging
cheerfulness. Large business houses
announce that no employes will be
laid off and no salaries reduced. If
sick they will be given full pay.
inree oeatns and 12 new cases CHINESE OF TILVT CITY
" 1 tti i mis aiternoon.
BOYCOTT
HAD THEIR GRIEVANCES.
SUN EXPLODES GASOLINE.
I Too Rigid Enforcement of the Ex
clusion Law Started the Trouble by
Stimulating Wealthy Chinese to De
vise Means by Which to Retaliate
A Strictly Educational Movement
Bused Upon Assessments Chin Pak
Sun Gave Warning Months Ago to
the Women's Clubs.
REPEALED
SNA
y
For repeal, S,
Against repeal, 0.
Absent and not voting, 2.
The Orandy Consolidated ias pur.
chased the Gold Drop group of claims
In the Phoenix camp for $350,000.
The notorious Sunday closing or
dinance passed by the city council 10
days ago, has been repealed, and as
far as the city Is concerned all places
of business may remain open for
trade upon the Sabbath. However,
the order of the district attorney to
tne effect that saloons must keep
ciosea upon mat day is still In force.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the city
council met pursuant to the arrange
ment made at the regular meeting
Wednesday evening, with Mayor Mat
lock In the chair, while the following
counciimen were In attendance
around the nldermanlc table: John
son, Sewell, Swearlngen, Murphy and
rerguson. Messrs. Dickson and Renn
were both absent from the city.
Soon after the meeting had been
called to order the subject of ordi
nance No. 439, for the consideration
of which the meeting had been held,
was taken up. The petition asking
for the repeal of the ordinance was
presented to the council and bore the
names of several hundred taxpayers
ana Business houses, among which
could bo found the signature of prac
tlcally every business and professional
man or the city. All during the fore
noon today, as well as all day yester
day tho committee, composed of R.
W. Henneman, M. J. Carney, W. D.
Hansford and C. W. Irwin, had worked
faithfully In securing signers to the,
petition so. that they could go before
the council with a strong appeal when
that body should meet this afternoon.
Evidently tho members of the coun
cil had formed their decisions previous
to the meeting, and had concluded
that the time had come for the repeal
of their popular law, for when the
matter was put to a vote the result
Department Called Out, But Flames
Extinguished by Workmen.
GrangevIUe, Idaho. Aug. 11. Fire
broke out on the roof of the new Jos
eph Basler building Monday evenina
and for a time it looked as though It
would prove very serious.
The fire was caused by an exnloslnn
of gasoline which the workmen who
were putting In the skylight were us
.--o ' 1 ' Dv.ucuiiK HUMS. II 1H I !'...,.,. A.. , .
supposed that the extreme heat of the , """ - " disclosures made
sun on the roof caused the gasoline to connection with frequent meetings
explode, and instantly that part of nem at secret rendezvous In this city
me root was a mass of flames. The have brought to light that Chicago
tatori It arrT-.! ""J Z1" U" lnl"a Pt in Instltut
workmen engaged In constructing the ing the boycott now raging In China
Dunaing naa the fire extinguished. against American manufactures. Chin
Pak Sun, a Ieadina; Chinese
a. w. Forney was overcome bv heat outlined the situation tmiav
ui mi a way, a. u.. fell Into thre feet T!io-i ..nf. . .,
of wtP , ,. j """"i mo provisions
uiuniieu. oi tne exc usion act atlrreii tho r"i,i
to dabbling In economic studies.
Three Chicago Chinese of wealth were
burred from bringing their wives Into
tne United States.
These examples and others Incensed
the Chinese, and It now develops,
made possible the rapid growth and
successful development of the associa
tion that ls now coaching Chinese all
over the world.
The first assessments made to meet
the expenses of bringing conditions to
tne attention of the
CLOSING
ORDINANCE
was as stated above.
Sunday Closing at Other Points.
As a result of complaints that have
been filed by parties at Weston and
Helix, the saloons In both of those
towns are also to be closed on Sun. .., 6
Z J VL tw,0,"al00" each this center the movement spread In
made t irTr.aU!n'JhlVe bee" ' dlret'" Before the expiration
Se ?i ,?1;C?.Ur.t' .depU,y d,S- of ,h0 Geary eIu8lon law last De-
trlct attorney, that it Is desired tw eemhr h r-i,i ....,...
the saloons be closed on Sundays, and known its purpose In Chicago
the same will be done. Rev. A. T.J it.,., n,- ii,.i . " ,
Thoroughman and A. Phillips, an old from a number of federated women's
resident of Weston, were here yester- clubs. Chin Pak Sun, as the mouth
day for the purpose of consulting with piece of the Chinese association, de
Attorney McCOUrt. Following the llvnreit u n.1,l,. l ..kik t. .1.
Visit orders wero irlvin -V.....1,. i ... ......
,r--- iu iimeu nun. ii lairness was not snown Ing year nt least. It will l
.TyustT or."0' Zli '"WJ!? . " a" the'
hereafter, or suffer prosecution: mZ can no, T o7, "l. 1 1., " rem.a n "mind the.
same was done later on m t. nV.. " ' 1 .L"" . "l u,e '"u"m that ha
. ... --t- n nn lliv tinil 111-
cngn Chinese played In Its projection
There will be no normal school at
Weston during the coming winter.
At last, after months of ceaseless en
deavor to raise sufficient money with
which to conduct the Institution un
til the appropriation bill can be vote
on next June, the fight has been defi
nitely abandoned. This statement is
made by President R. C. French, what
came down from Weston last evening;
and left today for Portland. During;
the fight that has been made during;
the past few months the president
has been the most zealous of all lit
school supporters in trying to se
cure funds with which to contlnu
the work, and until recently he has)
expressed strong hope that the school
would be run. Now he has given up
all hope.
When seen while here President
French said that he regarded It as
for the best after all that the school
should be closed. This because ot
the extreme difficulty encountered tm.
securing funds for this year, and bev
cquse of the danger of the appropri
ation bill being voted down next
June, which would necessitate anothy
er subscription for next year, some
thing that would be hard to raise. By
the recent action of the regents tm
refusing to accept the offer of mem
bers of the faculty to loan the school
50 per cent of their salaries, the suns
subscribed for the school was cut.
down to a trifle over $5300. Sines
that meeting of the regents there has
been little hope for the school, for tt
has been Impossible to raise any. -more
money by subscription?.
Another difficulty that arose alss
was In keeping the faculty together
and holding the students. For soma)
time past the members of the teach
ing force have been uneasy lest they
be without employment durtne tha
coming year, and consequently haw
looked about for other positions. It
Is now said that practically all of the
12 which constituted the faculty hava
secured places. President French
stated that he has been offered an
other position and will accept K.
Prof. G. A. Peebles has already takes
a position In the Salem schools, and
me remainder will be scattered
throughout the northwest.
Different at Ashland.
Considerably different from tt-
state of affairs at Weston Is the
stntus of the Ashland normal school.
In a private letter Just received here
from B. F. Mulkey, head of the Ash
Innd Institution. It Is said that tha
school will be run. Though tha
school Is the same In size and ex
penslveness as the one at Weston, It
Is said that $8000 will maintain H
during the coming year. Of this
amount. $5000 has been given, con
siderable of that amount being loan
ed by the teachers, who gave 50 per
or tneir salaries as was offered
here. Of the money subscribed by
others $500 each was Rven by tha
two bank .of Ashland.
However, President French gives
murh credit to the people of Weston,
nnd says that they offered to go much .
beyond what should hove been re
quired of them In order to secure the
operation of their school. Rut cir
cumstances have all been against the
Weston normal, and during the com
ing year nt least. It will have to
vacant
Ing with regards to Helix, complaints
having been made against the snlnon
of that town.
Contrary to reports circulated no
complaints have yet been made
against any of the stores, shop, or
omer places or Business n either
Weston or Helix, nnd no orders have
Deen given regarding them.
Gallon House Must Go.
The subject of the gallon house h.
Ing conducted near Vansycle was
brought to the attention of Deputy
mcuouri yesterday evenlnn also. A
pnone message was received by that
official from Mr. Nelson, road su
pervisor of that district, asking if It
would be legal for him to force the
two men running the Joint to vacate
the county road. Th reply was to
the effect that the man had no right
to the use of the road for such our-
poses. Consequently the men are now
absolutely shut out of a location for
their tent, and If they continue to
operate will doubtless be arrested by
me snerirr or a constable.
until tho results of the boycott and
tho echoes In American government
circles brought It out.
cnicAco wnE.iT market.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Market hi the United States.
Chicago. Aug. 11. September whv.t
closed at 82 3-4; corn at 64 5-S, nnd
outs at 27 1-2.
Statistics of Lane County.
Eugene, Or., Aug. 11. The asses
sor's census of Lane county has Just
been completed. The official figures
show a population of 23.740 ns com
pared with 19,604 In 1900, an Increase
of 4131 In five years, or at the rate
of a fraction over 21 per cent. The
population of the towns and cities l
as follows: Eugene. 5745. Incren..
1508; Cottage Orove. 1410. Inern
438; Florence. 253. Increase t- Tnno.
tlon City, 558, Increase 80; Spring.
ing neen tnelr pride. However,
they will hope for the future and de
pend upon the next legislature to ra--vlve
the school again.
Returned From San Domingo.
Washington, Aug. 11. Dr. Jacob
Hollander nnd John Hopkins, recently
returned from Snn Domingo, appeared
before the special commissioner. They
visltei! British and other colonial pos
sessions of the West Indies in con
nection with further Inquiry Im.i San
Pom i go affairs.
Burned at the Stake.
Dallas. Texas, Aug. 11. A
negro was publicly burned to
death this morning In the court
house . square at Sulphur
Springs. Hopkins county, by a
mob which charged him with
criminal assault upon a white
woman several days previous.
ueia, d, increase 342.