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PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMJ , 1905.
NO. 5502
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GAS FRANCHISE
STILL PENDING
Doubtful Whether an Attempt
Will Be Made Tonight to
Carry it Through.
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
NOT FRIENDLY ENOUGH.
Held Thia It Will Require II to Votes
to Push the Mnmuir, and It Doe
Not Seem PoihIIiIo to Secure Tttut
Many Votea for U Only Two Mem
ber Are Known to lie Openly Fa
vorable to Uie Scheme Which Would
Give tlie N. G. A K. I.. Co. a Mo
nopoly of lighting Privileges Hern
Tlic rroKMilln hi Ambiguous: and
Does Not Guarantee tlie Consumers.
What will the city council do with
tie gas franchise tonight? Will the
Northwestern Gas & Electric company
be granted the favor which It has ask
ed, and thus allowed to acquire a com
plete gas and electric monopoly in this
city?
There have been Indications today
that strenuous efforts were being
made to have the franchise voted to
night, but that Huch will be done
seems doubtful. For the past three
weeks the ordinance committee, com
posed of J, M. Ferguson, K. J. Mur
phy and Tom Swearlngen, has refus
ed to report the ordinance back to
the council for consideration, and it
looks as though they would again take
the same stand tonight.
When seen this morning Council
man Murphy Raid that It would be
Impossible for him to attend the meet
ing tonight owing to a wedding at
which he Is to be present. As to the
merits of the franchise proposition
he said that he had not fully made up
ht mind yet. One of the things
which, according to him, has been
giving considerable trouble. Is the pos
sible location of the gas plant.
At noon today Councilman Swearin
gen said that he did not think any
report on the franchise would be made
at all tonight. However, he did not
know what action might he taken by
the council should the committee re
fuse to report the ordinance.
Committee Is Not Friendly.
All three members of the ordinance
committee are said to he either open
ly opposed to granting the franchise,
or else are Inclined to look with dis
favor on the scheme.
The only men who are known to
favor the franchise are Messrs. Dick
son and Johnson, both of whom have
been working with their brethren in
the matter. At the last meeting John
son tried to have the matter brought
UP but was unsuccessful, as the com
mittee refused to report on the ordi
nance. Also this forenoon the same
councilman consulted earnestly wlih
Councilman Swearlngen, presumably
upon the subject of the gas franchise.
To pass the ordinance five votes are
neocssary, according to Judge Fits
(Jerald, as the charter specifies ithat
a majority of the council niUHt vote
for such a measure, and It Is held In
this connection that the full strength
of the council Is meant- At present
there arc only seven members of that
body. Should five votes be necessary
for the franchise to carry, it Is ex
ceedingly doubtful of Its passage, at
least at present.
Considerable interest has becu
aroused among local business men re
garding the giving of a franchise to
the Northwestern Oas & Electric
company. The sentiment among this
class Is almost unanimous that It
would be better for the city to have
the gas plant owned by a local, or at
least by another company, so as to
provide some competition. Should the
franchise be voled there would be lit
tle possibility of an Independent com
pany within the next 25 years, al
though under the ordinance an ex
clusive franchise would not be given,
Nome Ambiguities.
Also the wording of the franchise
which the N. W. O. & K. Co. wishes,
Is strongly attacked for the following
reasons. First, because it has no
provision for the purchase of the plant
by the city, should the latter desire to
buy It, subsequently. Secondly,
It makes no provision for the Inspec
tion of the plant or of tho quality of
the gas furnished. Regarding the na
ture of the product furnished, the
franchise merely states that It shall be
as good as that furnished to consum
ers of gas In the city of Portland, but
specifies no definite lest or standard
of quality.
Also, objection Is made to the fran
chise becauso it does not provide for
meters and does not allow of a future
regulation of prices. Flat prices per
1000 feet arc given, but no provision
Is made for any reduction in the fu
ture In case the manufacture of gas
should become cheapened. In gen
eral It Is. believed that In the framing
of the gns franchise tho Interests of
the company have been scrupulously
regarded, while those of the consum
ing public huvo not had sufficient
consideration.
Whether or not the franchise will
be voted tonight remains to be seen,
but should the question be brought to
a test there Is every Indication that
thore will be a warm time. How
ever, It Is probable that the friends
of the franchise will not force the
fight unless they are sure of suffic
ient strength to carry the day.
building NEW TOWN.
Great Activity at Hoover on North
Hank of Itlver.
Wallulu, Nov. 1. A local railroad
man who has JUHt returned from a
trip through the Kenncwlck country.
reports that there Is great activity at
the new town of HoovcPf about three
miles from Wallula on the north side
of the Columbia river.
Carpenters are at work constructing
sidewalks all over town, many resl
dences are going up and three build
ings are being constructed for the use
of merchants. Real estate agents arc
said to be doing a good business and
lots arc being purchased every day.
The new town will be on the line of
the north bank road that Is to be con
strutted by the Hill Interests.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations Front the Greatest Wheat
Market In Die United States.
Chicago, Nov. 1. Wheat closed to
day at 88 5-8; corn at 45 3-4, and
oats at 32 1-4.
Hoisted New Swedish Flag.
Stockholm, Nov. 1. The new Swed
ish flag was hoisted throughout Swe
den today, the same as was flown be
fore the union with Norway. Troops
paraded and the ship fired salutes.
Missionaries Murdered.
Hongkong, Nov. 1. It Is reported
that five American missionaries have
been murdered at Lion Chow, a town
of 12.000, in the province of Kwang
Tung.
UP FDR CONTEMPT
W. A. ItUPP REFUSES
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
Tacoma News .Man Won't Tell What
Ho knows About Conduct of War-
don Keen, of Uie Washington Pen.
In tlie Investigation Now Iletng Con
ducted Hrniing of Itupp Set for
Tomorrow at 10 O'clock.
Walla Walla, Nov. 1. Following his
refusal to answer questions put to him
by Asststnnt Attorney General McDon
aid at the penitentiary Investigation
held yesterday afternoon, Werner A.
Itupp, a representative of the Tacoma
News, was this afternoon cited to ap
pear In the superior court tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock and show cause
why he should not be committed for
contempt.
At 1 o'clock Assistant Attorney Gen
eral McDonald filed a motion in the
superior court asking tho court for an
order directing the Issuance of a war
rant for Hupp for the purpose of pro
ducing him before the court to answer
for contempt committed before the
state board of control.
The motion was supported by affi
davits of the three members of the
board and E. J. Luke, the official
stenographer. In which It was set out
that Kupp refused to answer questions
put to him.
I'pon the filing of the petition Judge
llrents then Issued a citation directing
Itupp lo appear at 10 o'clock tomor
row. FALL ELECTIONS TH E.
Seven States and SI Iarge title
Meet on November I.
Elections will be held Tuesday.
November 7, In seven states and six
of the larger cities. la Massachu
setts. Rhode Island, Virginia and Ohio
a governor and other state officers
are to be chosen, and In Pennsylvania.
Maryland and Nebraska minor state
officers. Judges and regents of the
state university.
In New York, Indianapolis, Louis
ville, Salt Lake and San Francisco a
mayor and other city officers, and.
In Chicago, sanitary trustees and
Judges are to be voted for.
The democrats and populists have
fused In Nebraska, the republicans
and democrats against the union labor
party in San Francisco, and the repub
licans and other parties against the
democrats In Louisville.
In Pennsylvania there has been a
miscellaneous Indorsement of tho re
publican and democratic candidate!.
Tile prohibitionists have a ticket In
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Nebraska.
New York, Indianapolis and Chicago;
the socialists In Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nebraska,
Virginia, New York and Chicago, the
socialist labor party In Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Vlrglnln, New York and Indi
anapolis; the municipal ownership
party In Now York, and the American
party In Salt Lake.
There are six candidates for may
or In New York and four In Indianapolis.
NEWSPAPER
1
BANK
ROBBERS
GOME 10 GOIEF
Notorious and Formidable
Combination Broken and
Scattered in Kentucky.
POKSK HAS A RUNNING
FIGHT WITH OUTLAWS.
Four Arc, III Jail, One .Mortally Wound
ed. Willie Pome With Bloodhounds.
Is Hot on tlie Trail of Two Who Es
caped for the Time Heine The
ItohlHTM Coiiflwalctl an Engine,
Hound and Gagged Uie Watchman,
and After Mowing the Rank Vault,
I lotto Out of Town on tho Engine
They Secured Thousands of Dollars
From the Demolished Vaults.
Rlverton. Ky Nov. 1. Hank rob
bers who for weeks have terrorized
Ohio valley cltlxens and blown many
safes, stealing thousands of dollars,
came to an exciting finish after a raid
on the bank at Wlllard, Carter coun
ty, yesterday.
Four are In Jail, two unhurt, one
mortally wounded, riddled with bul
lets, and one slightly wounded.
Two are fleeing for their lives pur
sued by posses and bloodhounds.
They entered Wlllard yesterday and
found in the outskirts a locomotive
under steam, in charge of a watch
man. They bound and gagged the
watchman, went to town and blew the
bank vault to smithereens, attracting
citizens who hastily gathered. A run
nlng fight took place. The band es
caped to the engine and left town at
full speed. Dogs took the trail where
they left the engine, and located the
robbers resting. In a field. A battle
followed.
MAKTON NEARLY DESTROYED.
Mysterious Fire nt Nlglit Gets Beyond
Control.
Mnblno, Nov. 1. This city came
near bring wiped out by a fire that
occurred In a mysterious manner be
tween 1 and 2 o'clock this morning.
Eleven business houses were destroy
ed, together with the contents of most
of them. The total loss Is estimated
at $16.no.
The lodging house of David Hoag,
In the building owned by August Set-
ley, was totally destroyed. The loss Is
abotu $2500, with $1000 Insurance on
the building and 1500 on contents.
Other buildings and places of busi
ness were destroyed as follows:
W. M- Wommack. store room, occu
pled by S. Otey, restaurant; loss on
building, 1300: no Insurance on build
ing; loss on stock. $500, with $200
insurance. .
Al Dllsteln, saloon; loss $3000. with
$1500 Insurance.
The following buildings were own
ed by Mr. Hussey, whose loss was
about $7500 with no Insurance; Har
ness shop of C. Clark, damage to
stock, $500; real estate office of Leon
ard & Howell, loss $500; Creamer &
Bradford, pool and billiard, loss $1800
with no Insurance; Philips' meat mar
ket, loss $1200, $300 on building.
Frank Martin's saloon building; the
loss $2f; no insurance.
F. Faarl's pool and billiard room;
kiss $200. with $1800 Insurance.
The origin of the fire Is a mystery.
The people at the hotel were first to
discover the fire, which had Buch a
headway at tbe time that nothing
could be done to save the buildings.
Everybody In the place for miles turn
ed out and assisted in Keeping the
flames from spreading.
Pleaded Guilty.
Jeff Yarbrough, who escaped from
Wheeler county Jail two years ago,
while being held for obtaining money
under false pretenses, pleaded guilty
to horse stealing In circuit court at
Prlnevllle Monday, and has probably
ere this been sentenced by Judge
Ilradshaw to a term In the peniten
tiary. Fossil Journal.
Seven of the most prominent cltl
xens of Washington and Yuma coun
ties. Col., have been Indicted for al
leged land frauds. Nearly all the ac
cused are either county officials or ex
offlclals of the Akron land office.
DIXON FOUND MANY ILLEGAL EENGES
E. W. Dixon, special agent of the
Interior department, who has made
such a flurry among the stockmen of
the Interior during the past two years,
came In last evening from the south
ern purt of the county, and was here
during the night. This morning he
left on the delayed No. 6 for Portland,
to appear In one of the cases now
pending there.
Quite a number of cases In which
government land had been enclosed
were found by Mr. Dixon in the south
ern end of Umatilla county, and orders
were given by him for the fences to
come down. He has been In the In
BUSR1CIN
RUSSIA
Odessa is the Storm Center of
Discontent, Anarchy and
Rebellion.
REVOLl TIOMSTS AM)
STUDENTS IX CONFLICT.
Authorities Do Little to Prevent the
( I-aller CIubmch Fighting niong
Themselves The Military Authori
ties Interfere In Poland to Prevent
Hallway Employes From Organiz
ing Everywhere Is Wood and Suf
fering -Tlio People Have No Faith
ill the Czar, and Uie Ijcadcrs Urge
That no Conormlons lie Made With
out Something Therefor.
Odessa, Nov. 1. Fighting occurred
In the outskirts of town last night. A
mob. Incited by the police, attacked
the Jews. It is reported hundreds
were killed and wounded. The auth
orities uro reticent.
A huge crowd Is now collecting
preparatory to a march through the
city. A semi-official report says 37
were killed and 81 wounded last night.
The situation Is the most serious
since the beginning of the strike.
Conflicts between people and troops
are of constant occurrence all day.
Revolutionists are attacking the stu
dents who caused the most trouble. It
is estimated fully 100 have been killed.
Kalbers Is patroling every block with
troops.
Students have formed a civil guard
trying to hold In check the working
men who attacked them. Dead bodies
are lying everywhere In the streets.
The authorities are doing little to pre
vent cnnflicta between the students
and wnrkingmen.
The fighting today occurred chiefly
in Cethedrul square and Darlbassev
gardens, in the heart of the city. A
mob marched there from Preobjtajen
sktii street quay.
The wounded are taken to the
municipal hospital. The crowds par
ticipating are composed of the very
roughest element In the city. The
people arc blaming the authorities for
disbanding and disarming the police.
Prevent Labor Organizing,
Warsaw, Nov. 1. Employes of the
Warsaw Vienna railway tried to or
ganize this morning. Soldiers dis
persed the workmen with bayonets.
A crowd then gathered around the sta
tion. The soldiers then formed a cur
don and ordered It to disperse, and
fired several volleys, killing and
wounding many. The cavalry charged,
clearing the sidewalks.
Have No Ealtli in tlie (jovornmcnt.
St- Petersburg. Nov. 1. Strike lead
ers are Issuing proclamations calling
upon the people to be firm until am
nesty and universal suffrage are ab
solutely secured, and to place not the
least fnlth In the government's prom
ises. A driving sleet storm began this
afternoon, doing more to keep order
than all the soldiers.
Revolutionists strong.
Chicago, Nov. I. The Daily News
SI. Petersburg correspondent says
soldiers are shooting down mobs at
tempting to free prisoners from Jails.
Many people believe the situation Is
still remediable, but all agree that
Russia has never before faced such
peril. The strength displayed by the
revolutionists Is a source of geenral
astonishment.
Cossacks Murder Finns.
Helslngfors, Finland, Nov. 1. Cos
sacks fired upon the people today
wounding 37.
Trylng to Enter University.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 1. Students
this afternoon are trying to force their
way into the university, which is
closely guarded by troops.
Reactionaries Strengthened.
Offlcfnls sav todav that nemlmtRm
Is growing In official circles. It la
oeneved tne present rioting will
strengthen the position of the reac
tionaries-, if things do not quiet down
terior since August, and has been all
over Grant as well as the south end
of this county. Two years ago he In
vestigated the operations of the B. C.
L. L, S. & L. Co., and other large
concerns In Wheeler county, and as a
result materially Interfered with the
operations of those companies.
Of late Inspector Dixon has been
giving considerable attention to home
steads, and In many cases where he
has found them abandoned he has had
the entries cancelled. In cases where
fences have Inclosed government land
he has ordered gaps made, and where
they have been found on government
land he has ordered them torn down.
ther will be a return to the old order
of things, under a thinly disguised
lUasi-constitutlonalism. It will prob
ably be years before Russia has a free
and stable government.
Naval authorities today deny the
reports that a battleship was destroy
ed In the Black Sea and an admiral
killed.
Anarchy Uncliecked.
Odessa, Nov. 1. Anarchy Is un
checked. Roughs ure sacking the
shops, throwing bombs and killing
Jews.
CAUGHT IN THE H E.
Whaling Fleet Not Outfitted for Suoli
an K.iei1enre,
San Francisco, Nov. 1. Lewis An
derson and Ford have received a tel
egram from Captain liodflsh, of the
whaler liayllss, dated L'nalaska, saying
the whaling fleet consisting of 15 ves
sels. Is caught in the ice. The fleet
wus not outfitted for such an experi
ence, and great loss of life and prop
erty may result
Among the -essels caught In the Ice
are the Thresher, William Macomber.
master; Bonanza, William Mlgg, mas
ter; Janette, E. W. Newth, master;
Bowhcud, John A. Cook, master; Kar
luk, A. H. McGregor, master; Alexan
der, James A. Tllton, master. Of the
entire whaling fleet only three vessels
are known to have avoided trouble,
while the whereabouts of another ves
sel, the California, are unknown.
Will Ashom Bank Stock.
Pittsburg, Nov. 1. The receiver of
the Enterprise National Bank today
sent the stockholders notice of a 100
per cent assessment on the par value
of all the stock.
Emmons Admitted to Hall.
Sacramento, Nov. L Former Sen
ator E. J. Emmons was today admit
ted to ball of $10,000, but denied a
new trial. He will soon appeal.
Block Destroyed by lire,
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 1. An entire
block was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. Loss $300,000.
AND STOCK BURN
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT
ECHO LATE LAST NIGHT.
Bells Were Rung, But Kcoiim- Was
Slow Because the CIUzcim Thought
Uie Hinging Was a Hallowe'en Deni
onstraUoii ProiH-lctor Was 111 at
Home Goods and Building Insured
Hut Far Ijesa Than for Uie Value of
Building and Slock Burned Clone
Call for Adjacent Livery Stable.
HAR ESS
SH
H. Cosarove was appointed to attend
Fire at Echo last night completely I ,he Alaskan convention at Seattle,
destroyed the harness shop of Richard November 15, to insist on the pro
Jones, making a loss of approximately ' tection of congress against the negtt
$3500. The harness shop was 111 a i gence of the American engineers.
one-story frame building nearly oppo
site the Miller store, which was burned
a few weeks ago. The fire started
about 11 o'clock, and although heroic
work was done by the citizens, who
formed a bucket brigade, nothing
could be saved. However, the livery
stable adjoining, which also belongs
to Jones, did not catch fire.
When the fire was first discovered
all the bells In the little city were
started to ringing, but for a time the
noise was thought to be a Hallowe'en
affair, and many did not respond to
the summons for that reason. At the
time of the fire Mr. Jones was III at
his home, and during the day yester
day it was said that he was in a dan-
Kcrous condition. Consequently. It
feared that the disaster may prove ) "e 8""' ne naa """"tiea "e P
hard on him valve the day before and the day after
Quite a stock was carried by Mr. "'e explosion and found conditions tha
Jones, und it is said that considerable ! same' Th,re hal bee" no tampering,
new stock was added Just a few days The "uxl"ary PP valve and sentinel
ago. The stock itself was valued at!valve baier B were closed. Ths
about $2500, and there was but $600 j valve8 on boiler A were open the day
Insurance upon it. However, there n",r the explosion.
was some Insurance on the building!
and the livery stable, part of which I Fosarty Accidentally Shot,
will be payable to cover Hie loss on Dr' J- Morris was' summoned
the store building The insurance yesterday to Lapwal to consult with
was held by J. M. Uentley of this n'"- J- x- Alley on the case of An
place, who went down this afternoon I drew Fogaity. who is in a critical
to investigate the fire. It is his belief j condition as the result of an acciden
tia! about $1100 Insurance will be tally-Inflicted bullet wound. Dr.
available to cover the loss of the fire, i Morris states that the case is a most
I serious one and that Fogarty has bat
Had Four Days Notice. , a small chance of recovery.
Washington, Nov. 1. The president j T,,e accident occurred Saturday
was Informed the czar would grant a I afternoan about 6 o'clock at Fogarty's
constitution four days before he did.
Before leaving New Orleans he re
ceived a cipher dispatch from an offi
cial of the state department outlining
the program subgeoucntly carried out
at St. Petersburg. The president be
lieves the Russian people will accept
their liberties without excesses.
HrtUsti Meet at Norfolk. Va.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1. The British
North Atlantic squadron under I'rlnce
Louis arrived off Virginia capes this
morning. A pilot boarded the flag
ship to take them up the Chesapeake,
where they were greeted off Annapo
lis by the combined American fleets
under Admiral Evans.
New Assistant Secretary.
Washington, Nov. 1. Truman R.
Newberry, of Detroit, was sworn In as
assistant secretary of the navy today.
TRAGEDY AFTER
T
Jealousy Develops to Insanity
Point in a Sacramonto Rail
road Employe.
TAKES LADY FRIEND HOME
AND RETURNS FOR MURDER.
Dreadful Affray Taken Place ax Ca
seemly Hour or 8 a. m. During Om
AbM'iice of Uie Man of Uie House,
Who Refuses to Talk Upon His Re
turn Tlie Would-be Murta
Succeeds In Taking Ilia Own Ufa,
While Neither of His Victims Is
Badly Injured Perpetrator Left a
Note Saying He Did tlie Deed for
His Friend's Sake, Uie Hnsband of
the Woman In Uie Case.
Sacramento, Nov. 1. Cope Neeley,
a railroad man, after drinking wit
several acquaintances at the house of
Engineer McCue, left at 2 this morn
ing to take a woman companloa
home.
Fred Sachs, also a railroad man.
was left in the house with the MjcCua
woman. Neeley returned, shot tha
woman in the neck and Sachs In th
back, and then shot and killed him
self, at his own home. Neither Sachs
nor the woman is badly wounded.
McCue arrived this morning frosa
his run, and refuses to talk. Sachs
attributes the shooting to Jealousy oa
the part of Neeley. Neeley knew Mrs.
McCue before she was married. Nee
ley left a note saying he hoped Sachs
would die, and the woman get well.
He said he dlt it for his friend. Mc
Cue. BOUNDARY SQUABBLE IS ON.
Strip Involved Is Fourteen by Over
Two Hundred Miles) Long.
Seattle. Nov. 1. The state stands a
chance of losing millions of valuable
property if congress at the coming
easinn ratifies the survey". :.i.d ruun
d.iry lines innde by the l(.'".i:i ar.4
American engineers now engaged h
remarking the international line, as
the state will lose a strip 14 miles
wide and between two and three haa
dred miles long, northward of th
Portland canal. This strip possesses
untold mineral wealth of gold, silver
and copper, while that remaining for
the United States is only valuable for
timber.
! The result is an indignation meet
j ing was held at Ketchikan and Chas.
COURT-MARTIAL RESUMED.
General Trend of Temimony Is in De
fendant's Favor.
Vallejo, Nov. 1. In the Wade
court-martial, A. J. Worthen, a coal
passer, is on the stand. Attorney Bell
for the defense tangled up the wit
ness. He first testified about condi
tions In the forward fire room the
morning of the explosion, but oa
cross-examination stated he did not
know who was there.
E. M. Frederlckson, a water tend
er, testified he had guarded the engine
room after the explosion, allowing nro
Isl, ' B , 'T . " L'rHS8-"""-
home, one and a half miles from Lap
wal. on Tom Beall creek. Foirartv
was working near a wagon and as ha
stooped over the tongue, a revolver
held in a hidster, fell and was dis
charged. The 44-eallbre ball entered
between the third and fourth ribs,
pierced the left lung and came oat
through the shoulder blade. Ths
wounded man has had several sever
hemorrhages.
Fogarty is a quarter-breed Indias
and Is considered to be very well-to-do.
Ho owns two ranehes and is ntj
Industrious. About thre years ago
he killed John Brown, an Indian, near
Spalding, and was tiled on the charge.
The evidence showed that he was as
saulted In his home by Brown and an
other Indian, and that his act was
purely one of self defense. The revol
ver which inflicted the wound yester
day Is the same one that killed Brown.
Lewlston Tribune.
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