East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 29, 1905, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI DAILY EVENING ED ITION I T ' . fifck lOAiYMSEDITEl WttATHKR FORBCAflTI Tonight and Saturday probably fai. VOL. 18. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1005. NO. 5552 I Read the advertisements tn Mm I But Oregonlan. They com tvem. II r 15 ' I - 1 k" Ck in,, y I . stoat enterprising elU-ns, I g , tfgS , ,'' GAGGED EDGE OF P1IG IN SIGHT Secretary Shaw and Chicago Bankers Hustling to Save the Situation. 'ALL STRUCT TIIK ORIGIN OK (JKAVi; APPRKIIHNSIONK. strenuous Kfforts Ncoomry to Avert Further Serious Oonseqiicneen Shaw Evades IlHCu4n of Finan cial Issues by Abusing the Newspa per of Chicago, Ouirging J1ra Willi Distorting HI' Statement Hereafter Ho Will JS'ot Allow Him self to lie Interviewed by 'Chicago Reporter Denies) In Toto That lie 8ail Walsn. Would Not lie Prow oulcd for Violations vt Law. . Chicago, Dec. 29. Secretary Blutw, accompanied by Rivera .local bankers, tramped the streets In a driving snow storm In UiIh city this morning, on what Im miiI to be an effort to savethe financial situation. He' regards tho condition of Wall struct an grave enough to enlist the moHt strenuous efforts. He departs for Washington this evening and until then will de vote every moment to avert farther serious cnnHfMtuenoeH. Shuw denounced the newspapers of Chicago, chut glng them with distort tng his statement. He declared it Is not the first time he has been be trayed by Chicago newspaper men, and ald that hereafter he wll deny Uniself In them. 'Re denied having sociured thnt Walsh would Dot be prosecuted because of practicing vio lations of tho law. which have become nestnmsry with bankers. BIJSCH-SCnARHEH. A Merman Will Marry Famous Itrew rr's rhrnrtrter. St. louls. Dec. 19. Theodore flcharrer. nged IS. a wealthy hop dealer of Stuttgart. Germany, la an nounced today to mnrry Wilhelmlna Bnsch, daughter of Adnlphus Pusoh, at the tatter's home, on New Tear's day. Wednesday the couple drove to Hellevlile, in., and registered ut a hotel as man and wife, then went for a license. The office was close and they returned to SL Ixiuls. Adolphus Hus.'h says ho does not know of(any runic mplatcd marriage, anl does not care. Ha says the registration at Belleville Is Hcharrer's Herman Idea of a Joke. Hcharrer aay Ihe wedding will be quiet. FAVORABLY RKBAKWKD. QnextJon of Finance Relating to Physical Cnlture Oiorae. No conclusion has yet been reaehed by the school hoard upon tho subject ef employing an Instructor to have charge of physical culture work. Since, M Ikb Young' nrrlval the matter bas aroused great Interest, and it has . been strongly recommended by prom inent putrons of the school that she be employed at least for the balance f the present year, so as to give an .exemplification of such work. Also, nearly all of the directors have manifested their approval of .giving such work in the schools and of employing Miss Young aa direc tress. In view .of the splendid course which she too at the Sergeant Nor mal Hchool of Physical Training In Boston, and the experience eh has had sinco then flhe Is certainly well qualified for siu.li a position, and the board would he fortunate In securing her cervices. However, there is some question as to whether or not cbe school finances will allow of establishing tho physical culture course, and hdX.II this la ascer tained It In said no action will be taken. DKATI1 OP KIWI TONG. Had Kaffrral for a Year fart With Consumption. Bng Tong, for 11 years cook In tho household of W. J. Furnish, died at the hospital Inst night from the ef fect of consumption. Tong had been suffering for about a year from the rnvHges of the disease, and had re fused nffors from Mr. Furnish to be sent to a sanitarium. Yesterday he loeoniotlvo Exploded. , JudHon, Ind., Dec. . 2t. A freight locomotive exploded this morning and killed four train- men, destroyed $ 100,000 worth of fancy meat and killed 100' head of cattle, on tho Erlo rail- road en route to New York from Chicago. The cause of the ex- plosion is not known. was taken to the hospital from the little house hack of the Furnish res- j Idence in which ho had been staying of lute. During his life here Tong was pop ular with the other Chinese residents, and It Is expected a big funeral will be held over his remain However, up to this time no definite arrange ments had been decided upon. MAY HE SOLD UNDKIt HAMMK.ll. I See Hire Stock fiald to Invoice fll, 000, With About Kqual liabilities. It Is probable that the nee Hive store will be udvertlued for sale with in a short time so as to pay off the indebtedness Incurred by Messrs. Twist and Milne. When the invoice of the stock and fixtures was complet ed a short time ago It was found to foot up $11,000, while standing against this are accounts amounting to about the same sum. Before the Invoice was taken the proprietors of the store made an as signment In favor of 11. L. Sabin & Co., ef Portland, so aa to protect the creditors, (if theso the heaviest one Is Swafford Bros, of Kansas City, who have an account of $3000 against the firm. . This firm and others having accounts against the firm are repre sented by McC'ourt & Phelps, and It is. said they will be bidders for the stock when it Is placed on sale. At present the store is under the charge of a representative of It L. 8abln & Co. STOCK BIIOKF.118 FAILURE. lloHton Firm Coca to tho Wall, Rut May Pay Out. Huston, Dec 29. H. It. Leighton & Company, stockbrokers, made an as signment today for the benefit of their creditors. ' Liabilities are $500, 000, caused by the failure of debtors to meet their liabilities. They will probably realize on assets enough to pay out UltlmaUira Denied. Paris. Dec. 29. It is formally de nied that France has sent an ultima tum to Venezuela. MORALES IS A KAN nOMINGAN HUI.KK at orrrs with oabinrt. The American Government Will Rec ognize Whichever Klemnnt Is in Omtrol, lie it the Monties Faction or the Cabinet, Which In Seeking to Overthrow Him Roth Factions Are 'Strongly Oommhuxl to the American Receivership, ami Wash Inirlnn Will Not lie Drawn Into Any Controversy. Chicago, Dec. I. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington, D. C, says: 'Official recognition will be ac corded the new government of Santo Iiomlngo ns soon as Minister Dawson Is satisfied that it will be able to malntntn pence and order and to pro tect the lives and property of foreign ers. Following this recognition. Min ister Dawson will endeavor to secure the formal assent of the new govern ment to the trenty which was negoti ated by President Morales. This is the program the administra tion has decided to follow. It Involves complications, but, short of the actual occupation of the island, It Is the only way cut of the embarrassing situation which has developed ns a result of the flight of President Morales. Had the treaty been ratified as originally sub mitted to the senate. It would have been possible for tho president to have directed the landing of marines and a suppression of the revolt Otitnot Flgtitlns; Mnratex. Washington, Dec. 19. The state department has had another brief dis patch from Santo Domingo, under yesterday's date, confirming the pre ceding report to the effect that Pres ident Mornles was said to be about 15 miles west of Santo Domingo Cty. fighting the troops of the cabinet. Mr. .Touliert, the Dominican minis ter here, called upon Secretary Root at the state department today to talk over Dominican affairs. In the ministers opinion, the modus vlvendl, under which Dominican cus toms revenues are now being collect ed by Americans appointed by the Dominican president for that par pose, would not be affected by Mora les' retirement, for the dominant party in the cabinet stands strongly committed to the existing arrange ments. Killed by a Cave-in. Washington, Dec. ' 39. An excava tion for a bank building caved In this morning. Eleven workmen were buifed. Three were taken out. one dead. It Is believed four are still buried'.' The debts of the defunct Merch ants' Trust company, of Memphis are $.",000,000: the total or assets is $2.-000,000. in CHARLES YEHKtS HIS PISSED AWAY . . . Greatest Street Railway Mag nate of America and Later of Great Britain. CAKKKlt HAD MANY AND GKKAT V1CISK1TVDKH. Was u ITivato Ranker ut t!ie Ago of 20 When 25 Ycurs of Ae Ho Was Handling Philadelphia Romla and (Jot Himxoir Indict! and Found (ullty. But EscaiMtl Punishment by iCxecutlve Ch-mciicy Ijilr He I "aid All Creditors Created a Sen- nation in London, Where He Out Kriumicd J. IMiTpont Morgan Rev olutionized Struct Truffle in Chicago. New York, Dec. 29. Charles Yerkes died at 2:15. T. Charles T. Yerkes was born in Philadelphia June 25. 1839. He wan educated in tho public schools and be gan business at the ne of 17. At 20 he was a private banker. In 1881 he purchased his flrnt street railway stock. In 1K64 he avsumcd millions of Philadelphia city bonds, but failed to carry out his contract, was Indicted, tried and found guilty. Executive clemency was extended to him. Later the city council relcused him from all his debts, which afterwards Yerkes paid his creditors. Ho arrived In Chicago In 1882 and opened a banking house. In 18K0 he tnnde his first rallraod venture in Chicago, and changed horse cars to the cable system. Ho was the flrMt to give the clly anything in return for privileges accorded to a corporation. He gave 150.000 for a telescope In Chicago university. In 1901 he left the city of Chicago with 1 1 5.000,000, went to London and built the underground railway. He was rewarded with wealth and fame and outgeneraled J. Plerpont Mor gan and' associates, who had formed nn American syndicate In London un derground lines. Mrs. V'erkes was not at the bedside of her husband when the end came, and has not boon at the hotel since her husband wn.1 stricken. She re fuses to give reasons for absenting herself. ONK 1JFK liOST IN F1RF. Two Itnilly Burned and Fifteen Ofhrrs Injured. Minneapolis, Dec. !S. Cine Is dead and two badly burned, and 15 or more injured or overcome by smoke ns a result of the gutting of the Higglns tenements hy fire this morning. Twenty-seven families were rescued from their beds and sent shivering and half smothered Into the outer air, where the thermometer indicated 10 degrees ahov 2cro. Fax Train leraUcd. KI Paso. Texas. Dec. 29. The Hock Island Oolden Staio Limited was wrecked early this morning. 40 miles north of KI Paso. Officials of the company report no one being Injured. The entire train left the track, hut the coaches remained upright. Previous to the accident the train had been de layed 2 hours by snow. Tortland, Dec. 29. Kaspar Van Dran, whose wife was poisonea Aug ..... ut I under circumstances in dicating murder, committed suicide at 10 o'clock last nlRht. by swallowing cyanide, the identical poison with which his wife was Kitiea. riis ooay was found this morning. Much mystery surrounds the death of Mrs.-Van Dran. The case was never fully solved. On May 2, before her death. J. W. Young, who owns a saloon two doors from Van Dran's place of business, went Into Van Drnn's saloon and shot the tatter five times Van Dran was in a hospital two mnntvia and recovered. Young was tried and convicted of assault to com KASPAH RAN mit murder and sentenced to six years. He appealed the case. Van Dran's suicide was terrible, swift and carefully planned, and de liberately executed. The body was found In a room In the Oregon hotel nt 10 this morning. 'It is believed that he died at It o'clock last night. There is no trnce of the means by which he died except his statement that he used cyanide. Ift m 1cttcr. He sent the following letter to Deputy District Attorney flus Moser: "My Dear Friend Moser: This will be the last message you will get from PROTECT ON Complications Between Russia and Germany May Be De veloped by the Kaiser TnF. IATTElt THIIKATKNS HRNH WAR.SIIIPS TO RIOA. A Town In the I'ral Hart Founded a Ifpnhlic, and Holds tlie (iiivcm nirnt Officials an lotagc) Itcncuth the Rod Flag of Rebellion StriUn at Wuraaw More Formidable Timn Krer: -111 Ni-wswprrH Have Sus pended for the lime Ih-ing, and Truffle to Vienna In Interrupted Tlie Revolution Is Being Suppressed In Poland and Troop Pour Into Moscow. London. Dec. 29. British merch ants in Russia have uked the foreign office for protection. Reports of complications between Russia and Germany over the kaiser's proposal to send warships to nigo, are confirmed. Found an Ural Republic St Petersburg, Dec. 29. Zlatoust, a town cf 17,000. in ths Cral m :un- tains, Is under n republic form of government established hy the rebels. Red flags over the government arms factory and the officials are Imprls oncd. The Cossacks are told if they ihu'ge ths officials will be killed. fUiissP ttrowbis; Stronger. Warsaw. Dec 29. The strike is growing stronger. Nono of the news papers appeareu tooay. ail printers re fuKing to work. Traffic on the Vien na line is Interrupted. Little news has reached this c!iv cf occurrence, in other parts of the empire. The latest In Poland from a!vcw ays the Cossacks ure gain ing ground (iguinrn the peasants. TrMir-s Poor Into Mosuow. St. Petersburg, Dec. 29. Troops are pnurin Kioto Moscow, putting down the rebellion. noi'HTMARTIAIj tXNCI.l DKD. TriaU of MtdHhlpmiin Dcratur Immnli Miiy Followed. Annr.polis, Dec. 29. The Coffin courtmartlal concluded its delibera tions shortly after noon and the find ings were forwarded to Admiral Sands. There is conflict of opinion as to whether Sands, as the conven ing authority, Is empowered to re view the findings. Sands Intimated he would send the record with n coi mendatloits, to Washington. The trial of Midshipman Stephen Decatur. Jr., commenced this after noiii. He is accused of hazing. IXSDKANCF. INOTIRY RKSI MKD. PreMilmt Mimn of I'nliert Life. Ile- nkw ItolattiDc of Policies. New York, Dee. 29. Adrian iKelln. booker and director In the Mutual, presented a statement to the insur ance committee this morning showing Kyndtrate operations in which syndi cates participated with the Mutual. John P. Munn, president of the me, ns the pressure of my trouble is so hard I couldn't stand it longer. You'll find my body at Hotel Oregon. I took a dose of the horrible poison. cyanide, because It Is quick death without suffering. "Jne Young Is the ruuse of all the trouble. I am satisfied he is the in stigator of the poisoning of my' wife, which was Intended for me, and 1 have been very sorry it was not me Instead of my dear wife. "Cnasc and Kinney. 1 am sure, got money to leave town and the chances are they know something In regard to the poisoning. I ask you to make an examination of Young and Marshall, and If possible locale Chase and Kin ney. ' "Since I lost my dear wife I have had all kinds of trouble, which causes me to do this terrible deed. Try and loente the murderer. My brother will help you. "Hood-bye, forever. "KASPAR VAN DRAN." Van Dran formerly resided In Pen dleton, where he conducted Hotel Pendleton, in partnership with a brother, George Van Drnn, who now resides In Albany. Or. About two years ago the Van Drnns left Pendle ton, Kaspar engaging in the saloon business In Portland. Mac Montieth. of Pendleton. Is a brother of Mrs Van Drnn. COMMITS SUICIDE United States Life, told of thn opera tions of ills company. Munn produced a statement that the compuny's real rsuite holdings Hhovc' - 'I'-it hook value of 1725. 408, : , ! ;.t 1870.2&0. The net incoi i r,-oia this property is $25,276. 09. Munn is Insured for $2r,,000 in his own company. He said no official of the company ever received rebate on policies. Ho sold ho in Insured In tho Mutual for $100,000, and received the apent's commissions the first year. lXTUXKIVK Hlli:VAI.KI;. Supported Concrete May Be Iiil on a Irge Scale. If present plans are carried out, some very extensive sidewalk paving will be done on Mnln street during the coming spring. The matter of con crete walks for both sides of tho street between Alta and Webb has been considered for some tlmo, and it now appears that the improvement la likely to be made on ono side, if not both. This morning George Darveau, owner of the Hotel St. George, stated that he and others owning property between his comer and the John Schmidt building were considering the Improvements, and he thought the work wonld be taken up about March or April. While all of the property owners have not yet agreed to have the work done, most of them have done so, and it is thought the entire block will be paved. When the Improvement Is made, a concrete walk will be built along the Webb street side of the Hotel St. George also. At present there is such a walk only In front of the annex to the hotel. Also, It Is underotood that a supported concrete walk will be laid almost the entire distance, as there are basements tinder nearly all of the buildings on that side of the street. Messrs. Howard A Swingle arc agents for a house handling supporting steel, and they are canvassing the owners on both sides of the street with the intention of getting a large shipment of steel should all of the work be umtertahenl m the spring. JACOB BETZ FOR STREET PAID HE OWNS 135 FRONT VBBT ON MAN STRF.KT. Is a Irre Property Owner In Wjlla Walla ami as Such Has Always Fa vored a Policy of Prosression 1 here in Relation to Street Pavins- He Vuiiesilatingly tilvew Cogwit Rea sons Why the City and Taxpayers Should Unite in Favor of Substan tial Paving Instead or Temporary and llnsMiHfactory Makeshifts. Jacob Beta of Tacoma, who owns 125 feet of property on Main street in this city on the west side of tho block between Alta and Court street, in what is now the heart of the city. Is favorable to street pavement for Main street and so expressed himself while In the city today. Mr. Bets owns large properly inter ests in Walla Walla also, and has been In favor of the street paving built there, and is now an enthusiastic be liever in pavement because of it add ing to the attractiveness and wealth of a city. Nothing adds so much to the value of property as pavement, in the opinion of Mr. Beta, and ho ex pressed himself as being emphatically in favor of substantial pavement on Main street. He owns the buildings occupied hy the Swenrlngen, Office and Schmidt saloons on Main street, and receives good rents for his buildings and Is will to make permanent improve' ments, rather than temporary and un satisfactory improvements which must be undone nt grent cost within a few years. While Mr. Bctx is a non-resident property holder in Pendleton and Is Interested In securing the largest pos sible returns from his property. It Is a significant fact that he favors per manent street Improvements. Resi dent property owners who live In this city and have homes here will perhaps he Inspired by Mr. Beta's sentlmen's upon this subject. The question of paving Main street is not yet abandoned nnd it Is proba ble that a revival will now he experi enced since Mr. Hots, one of the prin cipal property owners on Main streer, is favorable to the paving. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKFT. Quotations From the GrcntCHt Wheel Orster In the World. Chicago, Dec. 29. Wheat closed nt 83 1-2; corn nt 60. and oats at 32 1-3. lhiwcy Going at Two Miles Per Hour. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 29. The tenmrr Alabama reports having passed the Dewey dock 25 miles south of Solo mon's island, making two miles an hour. At this rate It will take 10 months to go to Manila. The Woodbum tax levy is: for Ihe city, 10 mills; for the school district. 1 mills. WESTON ELATED OVER BUDS Postmaster at Briggson Re ceives Inquiries as to Feasi bility of Mountain Pass. IXQCIItlKS MAY BAV1C KKEH MADK BY TUB MILWAUKEE Itunvnml That This Line Will Pene trate' Grand Ronde Valley, Oosn the Blur Mountains at Some Favorable Pass, and Reach the Coast by Way of the Columbia A Practicable I "ass Is Found at the Head of the North Fork of Wild Horse Creek Iettrr Written by L W. Dudley, si Seattle. The people of Weston are greatly elated over the prospects) of a islliisid which Is said to be In contemplattoa and which will pass over the Blot mountains near that place. Letters have just been received by the postmaster at Briggson on Weetoa mountain, inquiring as to a fnybtt pass over the mountains near thai place, the elevation of ihe pass, the kind of country to be encounteree, and the ' practicability of building a ' railroad line across the moantalna. The same letter was addressed to the postmaster at Tamarack, also ja Weston mountain, but as the Tama rack postoffice has been abandoned, tor scire r.mt the letter was sent t Tanks, tlie new postoffice In that vi cinity, and proved to be of the aaaae purport as that received at Briggson. The letter was signed I. W. Dudley, agent, room llS.Holnwn block BeatUe, Wash., and written on blank paper, leaving the postmasters In doubt aa la whom Dudley represents. Minute Inquiries were made in the letter as to the advisability of mak ing the survey across the mooirt&tas Into Grand Ronde vaJIev at point, and as to the general ob in the way of rock cliffs, deep i high bluffs and other natural i Hons that might make a railroad ly and impracticable. White nothing definite Is known of the intended line of survejr. It Is r mored in Walla Walia that a survey ing party will be sent into the Bias mountains by the Milwaukee road next spring and that this letter Is a forerunner of such party. The Mil waukee is seeking a pass to the coast and Is making surveys at different places in the Pacific coast states. That a favorable pass exists at the head of the north fork of Wild Bone creek Is well known to ail the resi dents of that section of the Bis mountains. A moderate grade can be secured up the creek until a hlgb plateau is reached, where a road could be easily contracted at moder ate cost. After reaching the plateau a level stretch of conn try would be encountered for several miles when the descent into Grand Ronde valley could be made with comparative easa Letters answering tho Inquiries hi detail have been sent to Mr. Dudley, whoever he Is, and the people an now anxiously awaiting tbe outcome. The rumors in Walla Walla are to the effect that the Milwaukee will penetrate the Grand Ronde valley, from the east, cross the Blue moun tains at some favorable pass and de scend to Portland by way of the Co lumbia river, crossing the Columbia on a monster 6teel bridge at or near Wallula. All these rumors are more or less a part of the railroad talk that is now thick In the air in the northwest, but incidents such as the writing of these letters lend color to many of the ru mors of lines thnt are seeking a west ward route," DF.AF MITE INSTANTLY CURED. Remarkable Result of a Practical Joke on Dave Miller. Stockton, Cal., Dec. 29. Davo Mil ler, a deaf mute, who came here a few days ago from Bait Lnke city, was cured in a remarkable manner. One night this week his bed-feltow pulled all the covers off him. Miller awoke, angry and nearly ft oxen. Be made such an effort to curse, his bed fellow, that something in his head snapped, .and he has regained both speech and hearing. Daring Broadway Robbery. New York, Dec 29. Tho SchwMitx Brothers' Jowciry store display window, on Broad- way was smashed while the street was crowded this morning r and $1000 worth of rings, watches and Jewelry stolen. The thieves, who escaped, are s believed to huve been it woman and two men.