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VOL. 18.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1905.
NO. 546T
GAMBLERS ARE
REGISTERING
Ratio on the Books is Two to
One Against the Friends of
Law and Order.
LATTER ARK MANIFESTING
LITTLE ZEAL OR INTEREST.
Of TIiom Registering Who Are Not
Either Boosters or Sympathizer, a
Majority Have Had Their Attention
Called to the Matter by Uie Registry
Clerk The TlUrd Ward lias Regis
tered by Far the Greater Number
Now on the Books "Laborers'! and
"Capitalists" Swarm Between Vin
cent and
Court.
Garden and . South of
According to the officials In the
cltv recorder's office twice as many
saloon sympathisers have registered
for the coming city election as have
people from the law and order side,
and there are Indications that the reg
istry books will close with that ratio
between the two sides unless more
energy Is manifested by the friends of
decency.
An examination of the list of those
who haye registered shows that the
statement of the officials Is well
founded. While saloon men, bar
tenders, gamblers and their friends are
by no means all who have registered,
the books certainly show that they
have manifested more seal thus far
than have other people. It la said
that efforts have been made by saloon
men ever since the books were opened
to have their hangers on and friends
register, and thus a few have been
added to the roll every day. However,
with the remainder of the people,
those who have recorded so far are
mainly the ones who have chanced to
enter tha office and have had their
attention called to the matter by the
clerk. People who have not chanced
by the office have been putting the
matter off, and there Is danger that
they will continue to do so until the
books are closed.
As a result of the activity of the sa
loonmen, more voters are now regis
tered from the third ward than from
any of the others, although some of
the others have greater populations.
The third ward comprises aU of the
city south of Court street and between
Vincent and Garden, thus taking In
the quarters where the tinhorns and
boosters have their rooms.
In registering, many of these men
gave their occupations as "laborers,"
while their hands Indicate that they
had not followed that calling for a
long time at least. Others of the
"fraternity" who do not wish to de
mean themselves as above, give their
occupations as "capitalists."
With nearly two-thirds of the time
for registering now passed, there are
now less than 400 out of the 1200
voters of the city registered.
WHEAT HAULING NEARLY OVER.
Not So Much Trouble From Car Short
age as Last Year.
Wheat hauling, which has furnish
ed the principal employment over the
county since harvest became under
way. Is now rapidly drawing to a
close, and will be entirely completed
within a few weeks, according to
farmers and grain buyers. Already
the wheat of the reservation and the
country northeast of here Is In the
warehouses, and Is rapidly shipped
away. According to A. L, Knight, all
of the warehouses In that portion of
the county are now closed as far as
the receipt of wheat Is concerned.
However, the warehouses along the
W. & C. R. and In the country west
of here will be kept busy for at least
a couple of weeks yet, and It will be a
month before the grain Is all housed.
In fact, some will not be hauled until
next spring.
Just at present complaint Is made
by the shippers that they are unable
to secure cars from the railroad, and
as a result considerable Inconvenience
la being caused. However, the situa
tion In this regard Is said to be much
better than It was last year, when at
times It was simply Impossible to get
any cars. During this year there has
apparently been no great shortage
until within the past few days.
The prune crop of Polk county Is
very large this year and of excellent
ciuullty and free from scab and Insects.)
Mlno Crosses the Pacific.
8an Francisco, Sept. 20.
Pnssengers on the City of Pueb-
s In, from Victoria, report that a
drifting submarine mine was
sighted off Cnpe Mcdoclno tt i I
oclock Sunday afternoon. The e
steamer passed within a short e
distance of the object and the
passengers were In a panic. Cap- e
tuln Jopscn sulci It was a whale.
The mine Is believed to have
e flouted from Port Arthur.
BELIEVED TO BE A "YARN."
Reported That an Explosion Occurred
on the Illinois,
Provlncetown, Mass., Sept 20. A
report Is current here that an explo
sion has occurred on the battleship
Illinois, and three were killed, with
the reported suicide of another. The
North Atlantic squadron Is at target
practice off this coast.
Later The explosion Is believed to
be a sailor's "yarn" and without
foundation. The Alabama came In
this morning and had not heard of
such an occurrence.
BRYAN DOMINATES.
Cleveland, Morton, Et AI Go Down
Before 111m.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 20. Bryan
dominates the state convention this
afternoon despite the opposition of a
string of newspapers said to be In
spired by Cleveland, Paul Morton and
others fighting Bryan.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheal
- Market In the United States.
Chicago, Sept 20. Wheat closed to
day at 14; corn at 61 1-8, and oats at
28 7-8.
Ban Francisco,
$1.60 per 100.
Sept 20. Wheat.
National Bank Failure.
Mlnot, N. D Sept 20. The Mlnot
National bank closed Its doors today
by order of the comptroller of the
currency.
Attack Indictments.
Chicago, Sept 20. Pleas attacking
the Indictments of the packers were
filed this morning.
FOR RECEIVER
WESTERN LIFE INDEMNITY
COMPANY IS UNDER FIsJE.
Accounting Asked for, and Charges
of Misappropriation and of Attempts
to Dispose of Assets) Are Made In
junction and Restraining Orders
Asked for to Prevent the Carry in g
Ont of Alleged Questionable Plans
by the Directors Institution Said
to Have 120,000,000 Outstanding In
Life Insurance Policies.
Chicago, Sept 20. Application for
a receiver for the Western Life In
demnity company was made In federal
court this afternoon. Charges of
fraud and misappropriation of trust
funds and attempts to dispose of as
sets to other concerns are made, and
an accounting by the present and
former officers Is asked.
It Is said to have $20,000,000 worth
of policies outstanding.
Judge Bethea Is asked to issue an
Injunction and restraining order to
prevent a meeting of directors sched
uled for Thursday.
Vast Frauds Alleged.
The defendant company Is succes
sor to the Knights Templar and Ma
sonic company, organized in 1884.
The petitioners are residents of
Lincoln, Neb., and declare the of
ficials have appropriated many thous
ands to their own use. W. M. Gray
and E. I. Rosenfeld are mentioned by
the petitioners. Gray Is said to be
an organizer for the company, and It
la charged the board of directors are
his creatures and did his bidding. It
Is claimed Gray got prizes for policy
holders, thereby controlling the di
rectors, voted a contract with himself
to pay him 81 for every extra $1000
Insurance written. It Is sold the com
pany had $500,000 assets, $111,000 of
which has disappeared.
Policy Holders Make Demands.
The policy holdera of the Western
Life Indemnity oompany held a stormy
session today. They demanded the
officers tell all the details of the pro
posed sale concerning reinsurance In
other companies, and were told "they
would be told when the time comes."
Tax Problem in Idaho.
The county commissioners have
fixed the tax levy for state and county
purposes at 82 mills. In addition to
ithls there Is a special tax levy of 6
mills, and In 20 out of 98 school dis
tricts there Is a special school tax
voted averaging about 5 mills.
Outside of Incorporated towns and
villages, which have additional levies,
the total levy Is 42 mills, which la a
reduction of I mills from lost year.
The special property road tax is
reduced from 8 mills last year to G.
The unusually heavy tax, amounting
to over $40,000, as against $23,000 for
hist year, brings the levy for state
purposes almost to 7 mills. Article T,
section 9, of the state constitution,
provides that the levy for the state
shall not exceed 6 mills when the
valuation of the property In the state
does not exceed $100,000,000, which
would seem to npply In this case. An
opinion on this question has been ask
ed of the attorney general by the
county commissioners. Kendrlck Ga
zette. The Trinho grand IndKu-et the I, O.
O. F. will meet In Boise October 17,
wll!; the state lodge of the Itebeknhs.
nPNDfl
CO l"ItT-MART!AL OF ENSJGN WADE IS IN PROGRESS.
Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 20. Charles Bosklrk, fireman, first-class,
was the first witness called In the Bennington court-martial. He
testified he heard that the valves were blown off, but after half an
hour's deliberation his testimony was thrown out as mere hearsay.
John C. Leonard, commander of the United States ship Lawton,
was the next witness. He was executive officer of the Bennington
up till Maroh 14 last, and had charge of the hull books, but they
were also accessible to Captain Young. He made all the Inspections
required by the regulations. 1
J. J.-Worthen testified he was on duty In the fire room the morn
ing of the explosion and saw the steam gauge on boiler B register 6
pounds and then drop to 0, He did not notice It afterwards, as he
was sent to find a water tender when the leak was discovered In
boiler B. Many objections are mde by defendant's counsel, but are
not allowed.
H YORK LIFE INSURANCE
HELPED DOWN FREE SILVER
McCcll Testifies That Funds of That Company Were Used in
Partisan Politics, and "Thanks God for It."
One Hundred Thousand Dot Lars of tlie Company's Money Turned Over to
a Salaried Agent for a Specific Purpose, Bnt Was Not Used for That
Purpose, and Further, Was Una counted for Salaried Agent Looked
After Legislation in the Various States, and Gave No Vouchers to
Show What He Did With the Funds Entrusted to Him This Salaried
Agent Received a Yearly Total of 1110,000 From the Company's
Treasury.
New York, Sept. 20. President
John A. McCall. of the New York Life,
testified this morning his control of
the company's money Is absolute. He
admitted making advances of $100,
000 once, and $76,000 later, to An
drew Hamilton for real estate trans
actions. He could not explain 'why
Hamilton's balance In the bonk was
only $170, although the real estate
transactions were not made. He said
he did not know what Hamilton did
with the money. McCall admitted
making other advances. He then got
excited and said the money was safe.
He confided In Hamilton even when
the latter could not refund.
McCall, said he thanked God the
New York Life contributed to the
campaign fund to aid the defeat of
free silver.
McCall said Hamilton's accounts
were never audited, at least since the
beginning of his connection with the
company. He said Hamilton attended
to the legislation In various states and
the company had no vouchers to show
what he did with the money.
Hughes asked If any money given
to Hamilton had gone to Influence
legislation. McCall said hastily, "Not
at all," and spoke with all the sol
emnity of an oath. He declared Ham
ilton had never spoken with him
about payments to legislators In his
own or In other states,
McCall said Hamilton was employ
ed to attend to the company's real
estate department In various parts
of the country at a salary of $10,000,
with $100,000 added yearly for ser
vices as counsel.
Democrats Wanted Money.
McCall stated that Alton B. Parker,
when chairman of the democratic
state committee, never missed a
chance to get hold of corporation
money. The witness said during the
campaign he was frequently Impor
tuned by Parker managers for con
tributions and It became an annoy
ance. He said many who were busy
lately denouncing the company for
contributing were among those who
sought contributions In the lust cam
paign. McCall said he Is not a millionaire,
and declares that If he dies his estate
would consist mainly ot life Insur
ance. He pays $25,000 annually to
the company In premiums and added
he never participated one cent In any
NOMINATIONS TO
On October 20 petitions for the
nomination of men for the positions
of mayor and councllmen of Pend'o
ton must be on file with the city re
corder, and on that day tne recorder
must post a list of the petitions that
have been filed. On November 4, IS
days after tho petitions have hes'i
filed, and 30 days preceding the city
election, tho primary conventions
are to be held by the different
parties and their tickets formally
adopted.
Must Re Signed by Two Per Cent.
Tho petitions for nomination must
bo sinned by at least two per rent of
the party voters of tho city or ward In
which tho olcctlon Is to be held, ex
cept in cases of Independent or non
partisan candidates, when two per
cent of tho totnl number of voters
must sign the petition.
The nbovo method of procedure in
(ho nomination of candidates is ma le
necessary under the stato law govern
ing primary- elections, nnd whle.h was
passed nt tho last session of the legis
syndicate that sold securities to the
oompany.
EQUITABLE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
President Morton Denies the "Yellow
Dog Fund."
k New York, Sept 20. Paul Morton
this afternoon made public the report
of the Equitable board ot directors In
regard to the mysterious loan of
$849,000, known as the "Yellow dog
fund." The report denies the Equita
ble as an organization was responsible
for the loan. Morton also stated the
Mercantile Trust company has been
notified the Equitable expects to get
back $718,284 applied to loans. Mor
ton says the collateral appears to be
of uncertain value.
WILL POSTPONE ACTION.
Interest is Developing in BIthulltic
Pavement for Alia Street.
In all probability there will not be
a meeting of the city council this eve
ning owing to the absence of the
mayor and some of the members )f
the council, together with the fact
that there Is but little business to
come before the meeting. While the
matter of the resolution for the mac
adamizing of Alta street was laid over
from last week. It Is said today that
the street committee has not yet work
ed out the details of the work, and as
a result will not be ready to report to
night As to the plans of the committee
regarding the Improvement of the
business Btreets of the city, Council
man Renn, a member of the street
committee, stated this afternoon that
It was the Intention to Improve Alta
street first, so as to make a test of
that method of street Improvement.
Then, when it Is shown what macad
am will do, It can be decided whether
or not the same Is wanted on Main
and Court streets, or If blthulltlc or
other form of pavement Is wanted In
stead. 81nce the representative of the
blthulltlc company was here a week
ago considerable Interest has been
aroused in that form of paving, and
there seems to be a growing senti
ment in the council and also among
property owners In favor of using It on
the business streets Instead of macad
am. CLOSE NOVEMBER 4
lature. Under the new law more steps
are required for the placing of party
candidates In the ftold than have bean
needed In the past, when petitions
have merely been filed by the differ
ent candidates, and no primaries held.
Since the date at which the peti
tions must be filed with the recorder
Is now Just a month off, It Is expected
that matters will grow lively within
the next 30 days, during which time
the petitions will bo prepared.
May I to Five Vacancies to Fill.
From Indications thero are liable to
lio five vacancies In tho council to fill
Instead ot four, for It Is said that an
other councilman, J. M. Ferguson, Is
Intending to resign at the close of the
present year. Should ho do so, a
councilman will have to bo elected for
a two-years term, which time Mr.
Ferguson has yet to serve should he
not resign. The councllmen whose
tonus expire this year nro Messrs.
Dickson, Johnson, Sewell nnd Wells,
of which the Inst two named have al
ready resigned.
GRADING AT KENNEWICK.
Northern Pacific Unloaded 100 Wheel
Scrapers With Which to Begin Work
on New Line.
Kennewlck, 8ept 20. (Special.)
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has Just unloaded 100 wheel
scrapers here, expecting to begin
work on the North Bans railway as
soon as contracts are signed and final
arrangements are made for the loca
t'ou of the line.
A large number of men and teams
will be employed soon and great ac
tivity will be seen all along the new
line. Preparations are being made to
begin work at several places simul
taneously, along the line and as many
contractors as possible will be assigned.
FaHt Horses at Walla Walla.
Walla Walla. Sept 20. Eight new
runners arrived at the race track this
morning from Portland. They are
entered In some of the fast events to
take place at the race track the 10
days commencing tomorrow after
noon. These horses are: Cerro San
ta, Swift Queen, Iras, Metlakatla,
Chief Aloha, Susie Christian, Great
Mogul, Follow Me. The race meet
opens tomorrow morning with prom
ise of a , fine program and good
weather.
Camp Grounds Breed Disease.
Seattle, Sept 20. The popular
camping grounds at Alkl Point and
West Seattle beach have become hot
beds of typhoid fever and other dis
eases. This fact Is conclusively shown
In a report which the board of health
has Just prepared. In the recent epi
demic of typhoid fever there were In
all 112 cases. Of that number 47 con
tracted the disease outside the city
and six at Alkl Point and West Seat
tle. THIS CLAIM WAS MADE IN
PARIS LATELY BY WTTTE.
Wltte Declared He is' Not' in Paris to
Negotiate a French Loan and That
He Knows Notlilng About Russian
Finances He Thinks the Newspa
pers Are the Strongest "Institution"
In America His Health is Broken
and He Will Go to Italy Komura
Convalescing.
Wltte, Sept 29. President Loubet's
attentions were marked to Wltte. Lou
bet and Wltte are great friends. Wltte
says his special object In coming to
Paris la to thank the president for
counsel given en route to Portsmouth.
Wltte emphatically denied he is
here In connection with a .loan. He
said he has friends among the Paris
bankers and might exchange calls, but
he Is no longer minister of finance,
and does not even know the Russian
government's plans about money.
Wltte says Roosevelt warned the
Japanese they would lose favor with
the Americans If they did not yield.
"The American press," says Wltte, "Is
stronger than any other Institution.
The press drove with force President
Roosevelt's warning home to Komu
ra," The envoy says his health Is bad
ly shaken, and he will go to Italy to
recuperate.
Komura Improving.
New York, Sept. 20. Komura's
condition ia Improving.
Ambu.slied Seven Scouts.
Gunshu Pass, Sept. 20. Seven
scouts who passed out of the Russian
lines recently near Salunchen, were
ambushed by Japs and all killed.
Rear Admiral Jessen left Vladivostok
to meet Vice Admiral Kamlmura and
arrange a naval armistice.
Must Close for SO noun.
The new Sunday closing ordinance
was ottered by Davidson, He ex
plained that complaint had been made
by those paying licenses that they
were not sufficiently protected. He
then read the ordinance, which left
the retail liquor license at $600 per
year, and a new license of $200 per
year Is required from wholesale deal
ers. Another provision different from
the old closing law, prevents the
opening of saloons until 7 o'clock In
the morning, after closing at mid
night. The saloons must close at mid
night Saturday night and remain clos
ed until 7 a. m. Monday. The terms
of the ordinance, which repeals the
old one, are very strict, apparently
leaving no loop-hole.
Druggists are permitted to sell
liquors only for medical purposes.
Boise Capital News.
Foul Piny Suseoted.
The death by asphyxiation In a Chi
cago hotel of Otto Boyer nnd William
Chlldester, two sons of ranch owners
at lillss, Idaho, under peculiar circum
stances, has given rise to a theory of
foul play. Two mysterious women ap
pear to be mixed up In the case, ac
cording to W, Ia Closer, of Hnlley.
who was In Chicago nt the time of the
tragedy. Boise Statesman.
Elbert Hubbard will lecture nt Spo
kane September 26, In the 1'ultarinn
church, on the "Gospel of Work."
SAYS
ROOSEVELT
WARNED THE JAPS
DOUBLE WRECK AT
HARNEY
One Man Died Afterward,
While Fifty Persons Ara
More or Less Injjred.
PASSENGER WRECK CAUSED
BY DOUBLE HEADER WRECK-
First Wreck Was Not Serious, But Ob-
structcd the Track, and the Flag
man Was Unable to Do Effective
Work In Checking the Different
Sections of a Westbound Pa socager
Among the Injured Are People
From Widely Separated Sections of
the United States, and They Are
Hurt in Nearly Every Conceivable
Way Accident Occurred Near
Reno.
Reno, Nev., Sept 20. As the result
of a double wreck on tne Southern
Pacific at Harney, Nev., at 8:30 last
night one Is dead and E0 Injured, sev
eral seriously. Thomas Mason or
Taulsburg, N. J., died at Reno, wherae
he was taken following the wreck.
The first wreck was tne result of
two freights meeting head-on at fall
speed. A flagman stopped the second! -section
of the westbound passenger ixe
time to avoid a wreck, but had no
time to stop the third section of tn
passenger, which crashed at full speed!
Into the coaches of the second sec
tion, completely demolishing four carat
and the engine.
Engineer Ross and Fireman Lin
vllle of the third section, were badly
Injured.
Surgeons were sent from Reno and
San Francisco.
Many Injured were taken to hasps-
tals In Reno. Among the Injured at
the Reno wreck are: George Asa
man of Dubois, Pa.; J. H. Arnolds of
Bellefouche, S. D.; Mrs. Fannie Broy
ner of Marley, Iowa; Edward Moore
of Wellington, Kaa.; Mrs. Isabella.
Phillips of Stony Point Texas; Mrs
Anna Rlggs of St Louis, Mo.; Mrs
Ellen A. Smith of Crown Point Ind.;
L. L. Eberhart of Inington, Neb.;:
Henry Howard of Berryvllle, Ark.;:
Frank Nelson of Indianapolis, Ind.; R..
C. Davis of Taborville, 111.; Agnes'
Duffy of New York; James M. Eckles
ot Indlanola, Iowa; E. M. Granger of'
Beulah, Mo.; Mrs. W. C. Harley or
Eagle Grove, Iowa; W. M. Knox of
270$ Dearborn street, Chicago; Mrs.
T. Maaten of Taulsburg, N. J.; Mrs.
Thomas Mulhlll of Bath, Me.; H. d
Brown of Chicago; L. A. Griffin of
Los Angeles, head hurt; R. L. Hider
of Tehama, Cal., left eye Injured; Mrs.
I. J. Holder of Bakersfleld, Cat.
shoulder hurt; Myrtle Atland of Napa,
Cat, head hurt; J. Sliver of Bryne.
Hawards. Cal., head and shoul
der hurt; Mrs. William Berry of Los
Angeles, head hurt; Mrs. Hatry Bul
len of Round Mountain, Cal., Inter
nally Injured; J. E. Bang of 815 Har
rison street, Oakland, shoulder and
head hurt; W. C. Bealweal of Stock
ton, Cal., head hurt; A. Mattson ofr
Kern City, Col.; W. A. Price of Sam
Francisco; Mrs. F. G. Rltson, Vallejo;:
R. H. Roundtree of Oakland, headl
and legs burned; W. L. Smith of Frew
no, head hurt; J. Saunders of Sam
Francisco; George W. Sims of Ogden;
Mrs. F. A. Townsend of Los Angeles;
Harry Warren, a tramp from Seattle;
Mrs. Peter Jones of Goldflelds, Nev.;
Fred A. Kruse of San Francisco; Mrs.
Nellie Lyle of Fresno, abdomen hurt;:
Ed Losslter of Oakland; W. E. Moore
ot Ogden.
Voting Roosevelt Passes.
Cambridge, Mass., Sept 20. The
secretary of Harvard university an
nounces that Theodore Roosevelt, Jr..
the president's oldest son, has passed
the examinations, will matriculate this
fall, and take room 15 In Claverly hall.
Biggs and Van Gegrier Deny.
Portland. Sept. 20. Marlon Biggs
and Van Gesner, co-defendants wlthr
Wllllamson, testified In the land fraud
trial this morning, denying the alleged'
conspiracy. C. M. Baldwin testified tot
the good character of the defendants.
River is Rising.
St. Louis, Sept. 20. The Mississippi!
river this morning registered 29 feet.
4-lBths short ot the danger line, and
Is slowly rising.
e Pr. Thomas Barnado Dead.
s London, Sept. 20. Dr. Thoa.
s John IUirnndo, founder and dl- a
s rector of philanthropic instltu-
tlons, who has rescued more e
s than 55.000 orphan waifs, train-
s el them and found homes for
e them, Is dead. He built a homo e
S near llrandon, Manitoba, and e
s trained many waifs to be nirti-
s culturlsts. In northwestern
s Canada are many of his prote-
s p. ?, fur the most part prosper-
s ous. e