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KINSELLA MAY
BE THE
F
Believed the Incoming Council
Stands Five to Two for the
Ex-New Yorker,
BERT VMIXON SA1I TO HAVE
kim i ivi n two votes.
Probable That Coffinau Would lluvu
Uoun t1 i Choice, of a Majority Had
KIiim-Iih Meen Out ol Clio Way All
OUkt AHplruiUH Seem to Have Ueun
Dropped by tlio Wuysldo Ilinklr,
Mumiii, McCornuiiucli, Honit and
Ell Hie lYohiiblo AdiiercnlH of P.ln-
, sella Ilia (jcruld for Recorder
Tltc City AUorncyslUp In Doubt ho
rV an In Publicly Kiiivnt
Petur Smith Klnsella xi ' thi
new chief of the Pendleton police
force unless a strong, persistent ru
mor that has been circulated today In
unfounded. According to a report
that nan buun current today tho ex
Ncw Yorker last night received five
toIch out of seven when tho new
council voted In caucus upon the
marHhalRhlp.
As usual the meeting Inst evening
was an entirely secret one, and It la
aid each man present took a solemn
ow to reveal nothing of the pro
ceeding. The session wag held In
the office of Judge Fee, In the Judd
building and was attended by mem
bers of the old as well as the new
council. About 9 o'clock tho meet
ing adjourned, and the various mem
bers wended their respective way
homeward, each m;in keeping a clog
guard upon his Hps lest he say some
thing that would throw light upon
the proceeding of the cnnou.' :
Tut alas. It arenis the art of.Jtiep
mg a secret Is a difficult one, or els.
the situation regarding the marshal-
ship was so well known In advance
that tho result was apparent without
being told. While nothing official
has been given out. and there Is so
far nothing more than rumor to go
on. It Is generally accepted around
the city today that the selection of
Mr. Klnsella as marshal was agreed
upon last night.
According to Information said to be
reliable, the remaining two votes
went to Hert Wilson, bartender in
tho Hwenrtngen saloon. Also, that
these two votes were cast by Messrs.
Murphy and 8wcarlngcn. That no
voto was cast for A. Gibson Is believed
by those who think they know. Should
this prediction he correct, the sup
porters of Mr. Klnsella were Messrs.
Illnkle, Mumm, MoCnrmmach, Renn,
and KM. Councilman Ferguson, who
Is a hold-over. Is absent In California
thua making only four votes necessary
to a choice.
As to the strength of Marshal Ooff
man In the caucus there seems to he
some question, though It Is generally
hold he would have been the chiilce
had It not been for Mr. Klnsella. It
Is known that at least two or three
members were favorable to his re
election not long ago, but how ha
stood at the final show-down Is not
known. This morning the marshal
took his retirement as an assured
fact, and declared he hail hut little
regret over the outcome. What he
will do should It prove true that ho
is let out. he does not yet know.
As to what action was taken at the
caucus regarding the other offices,
there Is little being said. However,
there I no doubt but that Judge Fits
Herald was again agreed upon for re
corder. Nor has anything become
known regarding the appointment of
a city attorney. This Is done by the
mayor, and It Is presumed ; that
Mayor-elect Fee made nla choice
known last night, so that the coun
cilman, who must approve the selec
tion, could be considering the ap
pointment. Also, the council's choice
of a marshal must be endorsed by
the mayor.
Holt for $3000.
Kmery Haltcznre has sued M. L.
Hnltczoro for Judgment for $3000
which money Is alleged to have been
paid the defendant for the benefit of
the plaintiff by J. W. H. Hendeman.
but ha not been delivered to the
plaintiff. The suit was filed today by
Winter Collier.
lianil Swindlers Sentenced.
Washington, Dec. 30. A. A.
McKcan, district court clerk of
Yuma county, Colorado, was
found guilty of fraudulently sc-
uui inn iiinuur luiiuie t.iiLin'n iiij
the Akron land district aiyl sen
to need to two years In the Iicav-,
enworth prison. Stearns and
Horsenell were found guilty of,
securing fraudulent entries for
lands in South Dakota, and each
was given a prison sentence and
a fine.
IE
TWO WOMEN HUHNED.
Mother and Daughter Perish In Ruin
ing Home. .(
Tillamook, Ore., Dec. 80. Seeking
to recover additional effects from
their burning home at Sand Lake, 10
miles south of here, Mrs. A. Hembree
und her 17-year-old daughter Ora
were caught under the falling roof of
tho burning building, and perished.
The fire brok out at 3 o'elo
ng u.!-'
morning, the cause as yet bel
known. All In the building manured
to get out safely, but later the mother
and daughter ventured again Into the
house to Rave some property, which
was upstairs. When tho roof fell the I
screams of mother and daughter
were heart-rending, but the little
group of neighbors gathered around
was unable to render assistance. The
whole house became a fiery furnoT,
and It was Impossible to tell the exact
location of the women. lito thU
morning the charred remains of the
victims were- recovered from the
dchrls.
Telephone messages from Sand
Luke summoned Coroner C. K. Rey
nolds and Sheriff C. II. Wolfe, from
this city. Details ar; h.ird to get,
but from the trend of the telephone
messages. It Is evident strong suspi
cion prevails that the fire was Incen
diary, and It Is pnsslblo startling de
velopment will ensue when the ex
amination Is held.
Rafii Itloxvcrs Got $500.
Iroquois, III., Dec. 30. The Rank of
Iroquois was robbed by safe blowers
this morning and 1500 stolen. The
robbem escaped.
KUOICMAKEH AND ItlCKKIt-
l)liIJ.J IV MVXIOO.
KffortM living Made u Koran.? fwrgX!
TraiTt of MoxJiViv- 1nnV-n. 4'
;Uckcia Now ln"ffty-f Mauiii
OVcd Shoemaker Returns to lira
dlcton. Hut Will Maui lilckers In
Kan Francisco on Ilia Return From
Mexico Kjirly In January.
, Fred Shoemaker, who left here on
December 3 for San Francisco, where
he Is Interested with H. C Bickers
in a Mexican land purchase, has re
turned to this city well pleased with
tho outlook for the consummation of
a large deal,
Mr. Ulckcrs left San Francisco on
December 18 for the city of Mexico
for the purpose of fully investigating
the land titles of the tract in question
and Is expected to return' to San
Frunclsco about January 6. at which
time Mr. Shoemaker will meet him
there.
. These gentlemen arc now negotiat
ing for a large tract of land Included
In an old grant and which is supplied
with an abundance of water, plenty
of stock, a large number of Mexican
laborers, who live on and work the
land and run tho stock.
On his return to San Francisco Mr.
Pickers will be In possession of full
Information concerning the deal and
It will be definitely known at that
time If the purchase can be made.
Mr. Shoemaker penks entertaining
ly of his trip to San Francisco and hla
visit to Victoria Island, the well
known Pierce property near there.
While at San Francisco Mr. and Mrs.
Shoemaker, Arthur Lalng of this city,
nnd W. T. Klum of Milton, composed
a party which was entertained by Mr.
Pierce at Victoria island.
The crop on the Island this year in
cluded 1.000,000 sacks of potatoes
worth on the docks 811 centR per
sack, making a total of 1850.000 for
the potato crop alone, besides the
other immense rro.is produced.
The land on the Island is Increas
ing In fertility each year and larger
yields are enjoyed as It la cultivated
more and more. It Is one of the moat
unique farms In the world, being In
closed on all sides by a dyke or
levee from three to eight feet In
height.
Ready market is always found for
every product of tho island alnce It Is
but six miles from Han Francisco and
14 miles from Stockton.
Want tlio nridgo Made) Frew.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec. 30. On behalf
of a largo number of taxpayers At
torney John F. Cox today filed a po-.
tltlon In tho courts, asking for tho ap
pointment of viewers under the act
of May 8, 1878, for tho purpose of ac
quiring, for the county, the Ninth.
Seventh and Sixth street bridges be
tween this city and Allegheny. The
viewers are to Inquire and report
whether these bridges are necessary
for the accommodation of public
travel, whether the payment of toll
thereon Is an "unjust burden" upon
the traveling .public, and assess the
amount of damages If any, sustained
by the corporation owning the bridges
by reason of taking the same as
aounty bridges, free to the public.
Eugene will on January 2 vote on
a 1800,000 bond proposition for mu
nicipal water works and electricity.
PENDLETON
MEN
IY SECURE LAND
ncniriT ni aim
IIULhOLU TLHI1
;lAffiS ARRAIGNED
trict. tffvpqlumbia Lawyer
Unloads dt kb Lot. of Criti
cii m at New Orleans
TtJOK OCCASION 1,t)
' lKI'i;XI I I KOS l,AW.
Attacked ImursUlc t'oiuuioriv C'oin
ntsHion for I lad Fuilh and Jnefn
tinwy DlNpluyi'd in lis Counxi and
Atllmdu Tonard Uie IVcMiit l,uw
lit! SiiyH All Transportation Injus-(Ik-h
Cull lie lionmlletl I nder the
lri'i!iit Iu l ifiy-I'lie I'er 'c-iil
InTnH in tlx! Abiskan old Out
put During tho Part' Yenrj Gold
Output Now Kxoctilx llmt of rinji
orks IbioHevadt to MUauiinioim.
New Orleans, Dec. 30. The Roost;
velt plan of railroad legislation as
emlKidled in the K.ich-Tonseid bill
was scathingly arraigned today and
the interstate commerce commission
crltelsed for statements declared mis
leading and intended to obscure pub
lic vision. In an nddrns before the'
American Association for Advance
ment of Science, by R. T. Newcnmbe,
a lawyer from the District of Colum
bia; who defended the Elklns law.
Tho Kklns law, he said, is broad,
comprehensive, prompt and effica
cious, and It Is unfortunate the com:
mission ha seen fit nut to tn:ik tt
! of It. He asserted there Is no irenu-
itte Instance of Injustice in Interstate
railwiy rates which cannot be reme
died under the present law.
ImTHM! In Gold Output.
WoahlPglon. Dec. 50. Corsuf lteh
dall.'at Dawson, estimates the output
I of gold from A laskn during the past
I season will exceed IH.OOrt.000, as
against 15,000.000 InRt year. The
biggest Increase is In the Tanana val
ley. The consul believes the Alaska
Yukon exposition at Seattle will mark
the beginning of a new era in Alai-ka.i
affairs. He says the Alaska l gold
crop exceeds In value the fisheries
output. Theodore WriU-M to Hob.
According to competent authority
here the contents of the letter from
the president to Fltxslmmons wor
Christmas greetings and an Invita
tion from the president to call on him
should the pugilist's wanderings
ever bring him to the capital. It Is
Raid not a word about the ring or
Fltzslmmons' recent defeat or vic
tories yet in store whs mentioned.
Dayton Succeeds Keller.
Washington. Dec. 30. Rear Admi
ral Relter, commanding the Philip
pines squadron, has been detached to
Washington duty, ""aptaln Dayton,
president of the board of Inspection,
succeeds Relter, with the rank or
admiral.
. Soldiers Gil the Pny.
Walla Walla. Dee. 30. The soldiers
of the garrison will be able to start
the new yenr off right thin time, as
their pay day has been set for the
last day in December, which comes on
Sunday next, and is being looked for
ward to with pleasure. The Hth cav
alry Is to be paid on the muster of
December 31, according to special or
ders No. 234,: which have been re
ceived from the headquarters of the
department of the Columbia, at Van
couver barracks, Washington.
Ilonib Kxpfndrd in rhurcti.
Rome. Dec. 30. A bomb was ex
ploded In the church of St. Agnta, at
Fogiria this morning. A secret Hocle
ty Is supposed to tw responsible for
the act. Only a few were hurt.
Regarding the Washington dis
patch yesterday touching the new
cause of delay in the flnul approval
of the Kasl Umatilla project Judge
Lowell staled to the Hast Oregonlan
this morning that the firm of Halley
& Isiwell had been attorneys for tho
Maxwell Ijnd ft Irrigation company
since Its organization, and that Id his
opinion there was no clement of
speculation In the contracts referred
to, the land having .been entered upon
and the contracts entered Into i long
before there was any thought that
the government would' undertake nny
work In that- vicinity.
There are only nine or 10 entries In
all under the Maxwell ditch, nnd
upon five of these the company can
at this time furnish water so that en-
trymen can comply with tho terms of
the desert land act in season to save
forfeiture, but there are four or five
others to, which the ditches of tho
company has not yet reached, work
MAXWELL LAND
COMPANY
BOJESTVEHSKY
THE SCAPEGOAT
Wilt Be Prosecuted for Negli
gence -ind Inefficiency by
Order Of Czar Nicholas.
(ommi;nh ations ark
AGAIN IN DIKOKDKlt.
lUihinn Itu-da Cut Off From the
liallic Regions A New MinisUT of
JuKliiT Hun lAX-n AlNlnted ill
RiiKKla, the WKto Cabinet Showing
I'ninlslulialile Kvldctict-M of Dlslntc
Ki'aUon K. IV4'rxl)iin lrsuiti'licN
Intihuto Tlierc I In Been a (icncral
Rim(KJin of Railway Traffic
RrvotudoniMtH of Wai-Haw Ikhuo a
Irocuunaiion to Cripple Govern
ment. .
Terlln, Dec. 30. A SL Petersburg
dispatch says the czar has dlrecfcd
the minister of marine to prosecute
Rojestvensky for the loss of the Rus
sian fleet, alleging negligence and In
efficiency. It Is granted the admiral
may appeal for a public hearing.
ICuflt anil Woh( Isolated.
New York, Dec. 30. The cable
company announces that communica
tion between western Russia and
eastern, beyond Nyjtad and 1.1 bun, is
cut off. ' .1
Now .Minister of Justice.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 30. Aykmoff
has been appointed minister of jus
tice to succeed Munukhin.
Truffle RcKumeil.
St. Petersburg Dec. 30. Telegram
from all part's of Russia todays Indi
cate there has been a general re
sumption, of nyllwiiy traffic.
Warning bj Knvolotlonisl.
Warsaw, Dec. '80, The revolution
ists have issued a proclamation
threatening death', to any one who
rents rooms to be used ua police sta
tions. It uJro prohibits payment of
taxes and license charges to the gov
ernment. Revolt at Rormovo.
St. Petersburg, Dec. '30. Sormovo
advices Indicttte the town is burning.
Cannon have been heard fired re
peatedly and it is reported a military
train was wrecked at Syeean and
many persons killed. Moscow refu
gees say there Is hardly a house In
the city that escaped without one
killed or wounded. The police yard
are filled with corpses.
Trumpeter Drowned.
Walla 'Walla, Dec. 30. Trumpeter
Merlon, of troop 11, fourth" cavalry,
was drowned nt Camp Overton. Island
of Mindanao, where the fourth Is at
present stationed. A letter to this ef
fect was received here from one of the
members of the fourth cavalry band,
which left here about two months ago
for the IslandR.
Texan Zionists.
Houston, Texas, Dec. J30. Promt
nent Hebrews from all parts of Texas
are arriving to attend tomorrow's con
ference for the organization of a state
division of the American Federation-
of Zionists. Kntertalnment has Uen
provided for the visitors by the Herxl
Zloti society of this city.
Henry Strodemler, who was con
vleted of cattle thieving in Douglas
county, Washington, Recured a new
trial because one of the Jurors In
the case during a noon intermission
went to a saloon In company with
the bailiff ond took a drink of whis
key.
having been stopped some months
ago when the negotiations with the
government begun.
The company In Its offer to the re
clamation people to retire from the
field, made it a condition precedent
that thu time of these entrymen
should be extended so thut they could
reclaim their lands with water from
the government ditches, and lose no
rights because of the expiration of
the period of proof fixed In the desert
land net.
R Is probably this request that the
Washington Item of yesterday refer
red to, the sccretury possibly being In
douht us to his powers to extend
time.
There Is nothing speculative or il
legal In the contracts. They simply
provided that an entryman can pny for
perpetual water right on his lands by
conveying a purt thereof to the com
pany which furnishes tho water. The
desert land law does not prohibit
alienation.
NOT INVOLVED
KKCtJIUNM PFTITIONKKS.
I Voir tVinstitiiUonnl Amendments and
Paw haw to He Voted on by Refer
ev:'i :m "t June.
D: . i.ottiii&ft is now circulating pc
titlou ..ir ihe People's Power league
of O.ijjji, an organization formed In
Portland for the purpose of present
ing constitutional amendments to be
voted upon at the coming state elec
tion. There are four constitutional
amendments, as follows, in the collec
tion cent out by the league: For the
Initiative and referendum on local and
special laws, giving large cities exclu
sive power to amend and make char
ters, subject to the constitution and
criminal laws, to place the state print
er within reach of Ihe legislature so
Ihe office can be put on a flat salary,
to allow people to approve constitu
tional amendments and anti-pass law.
All theto amendments and laws are
printed in one convenient book and
Mr. Bowman is now circulating the
book for signatures. Three hundred
names are expected from Urfiatllli
county and it i thought the names
can be secured In this city.
In signing the petitions It is neces
sary to give the street and number
and voting precinct In which you are
registered and the county clerk must
certify to the names In the petition.
All those who are interested In.
having theee amendments to the con
stitution placed before the people, are
urged to sign the- petitions so a suf
ficient number of signatures may be
seeurcd to place all the measures up,
on the official ballot next June. .
E:
IS IN PENDLETON
AlTEIt RECRUITS FOIt I.OS
ANGKIJCS 8KPTI jKM KNT.
Tho Settlement Will He n Oomposih!
Affair and Made One of the Chief
.Attraction' to Ttiiirl-43 In Hud VI
ciiiky The Undertaking la Buckod
by U. K. Huntington, Who Controls
the Street Cbr System of ho Ange
lesi Indiana From All Parts of the
I niocd States. .
To secure a few representatives
from the Umatilla reservation for an
Indian settlement near Tos Angeles,
is the mission of Antonio Apache,
who arrived here this morning from
Portland,
Mr. Apache, who was bore upon t
visit some months ngo, Is a full-blooded
Indian, and a member of the Apa
che tribe, the most warlike of the
races living In the southwest, and
whose great chiefs, Oeronlniu and
Apache Kid, are stilt" remembered
with terror by residents of Arizona.
Put entirely different from Ills
savage ancestors is Antonio Apache,
for rarely does one meet a more cul
tured gentleman than this, modern
representative of his tribe. A grad
uate of Oxford, he Is possessed of a
rare education which has been aug
niented by wide travel and asocln
tion with able men In both England
and America, Physically, he is a
giant, and well proportioned, thus
making a fine appearance.
In. Ms present work Mr. Apache is
associated with H. K. Huntington,
who controls the street car system of
l.os Angeles. Recnuse of the thous
ands of tourists who pour Into South
ern California every year every effort
Is made to provide attractions for
them. Consequently, some months
ago Mr. Huntington conceived the idea
of establishing a settlement near the
city In which representatives from all
the tribes of the west should live, us!
at home.. In securing the Indians for
thin settlement Antonio Apache was
given 'full control, and ho has been
for the past two months among the
tribes of the west. After finishing
nere ne will leave for the sound, from
whence he 'will sail for Alaska on
January 6. It is desired to secure
members of the northern tribes, and
also totem poles for the exhibition.
However, most of Ihe Indians will be
secured from Ihei tribes of the south
west, though representatives are
wanted from those of the northwest.
Already 111,000 has been spent by
the company In Improving the grounds
..nd erecting fences on the land which
Is to be used for the settlement. The
tract Is but 20 minutes ride from the
center of Ia Angeles, and Is of a irl
anguar shape.
Will Arrange N. K. A. Pmgrium
Chicago, III., Dec. 30. President
William H. Maxwell, uresldent of ihe
National Educational association and
the 18 department presidents of the
association will hold a conference
here today to arrange for. the. pro
gram if the 4 4th national convention
of the Niftlonal Educational -associa
tion, which will he held at Ashury-
l'ark and Ocean Drove July S to 7,
if next year. .. ......
Ernest Welman. a wealthy and well
known clothing lnanufaelure'r In New
York, was found unconscious on his
own premises with both legs and his
right arm broken, and serious Internal
Injuries. The whole affair Is a great
mystery.
I
APAGH
By
THE EQUITABLE
Former General Manager Tes
tifies That it Was a General
Practice in Buffalo.
TAIU1K1.I, GAVK HIM AN
ACTUAI. I)KMOfSTRATIO
lite Actuary of the Equitable Testified
That Henry It. Hyde Once Wanted
to Declare an Excessive Dividend,
and Was Dissuaded From Fonovrlng
Vp IUs Purpose by the President o
the Oompany Investigation Com
mittee Will Adjourn After Fonr
Months" Session, and Report After
. the Holidays to the Rtate Legfclniure
nt Albany. .
New' York, Dee. 38. George Tl
Sickles, of Buffalo, a ' reaf estate
dealer and former general manager
of the Equitable, said he Tiad talkes
with Tarbell, who said the - agents
would be paid ti oer cent on the
first year's commission. Rebating
was general In Buffalo at this rate.
He told Tarbell he bad heard he. Tar
bell, was the prince of rebaters. WbMt
he vcaa in Chicago he asked TarbeH
how It was done; and the latter gas
him a demonstration.
Excessive Dividends Unsafe.
Joel O." Van Cise, actuary of th
BqultablCj testified this morning- 'Be
said- once that Henry R. Hyde wanted
to make dividends on -the deferred
policies larger than they thought aats
They went to Alexander, who persuaded-
Hyde the request was dangeron.
WHI Report After Ube HoUdaya.
The ' insurance committee .will n
Its sessions this afternoon. U ha
ImoWl i Msslon ttmr montbs and take
over 2,000,000 words of testimony
The report will be presented Jo the
legislature after 'the holidays.
NEED AMERICAN WHEAT
nivnUHO of Crop Failures and Vestt- -ration
of the People.
Mexico City, Mexico,' Doc. 3C
Owing to the scarcity of wheat case)-
ed by the partial failure of the w heart' '
crop, the government has remove the" '
duty on American and Canodiosi
wheat, beginning with January 1.
When It was realized in the beginning
of the fall that the crop was short, the
duties were lowered by the govern
ment, but the entire removal becam
Imperative when the reports of th
actual crop showed that It "wae eves
smaller than expected.
The city bakers have reduced lh
size of their loaves, asserting that t
was Impossible for them to give the
same weight as formerly. There k
a small supply still In the hands of
the large farmers, but not sufficient
to bring down the price. Tlie prie
of corn is also very high and this
causes grcut hardship among th
poor.
SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS.
Associate of Machcn and Ixircns to
Postal Frauds.
Chicago, Dec SO. William O.
Crawford, convicted of conspiracy tr
defraud In the government postal
cases, was sentenced this morning tr
two years in the penitentiary. Ese
cutiop - Is suspended pending an ap
peal. Crawford was vice president of
the Postal Lock nnd Device company.
New York, and as such It was charg
ed h conspired with Machen, form
erly superintendent of the free deliv
ery postofflce department, and Lor
enx, former postmaster at Toledo, t
defraud the government in the saj
of letter carriers' satchels. Mache-a
and Lorens are now serving terms.
"Coal Oil Jolinny" Very 10.
Corry, Pa., Dec 30. John W.
Steele, known the world over as "Coal
Oil Johnny," Is dangerously 111 with
pneumonia.
A hurricane at Leavenworth,
Wash., did great damage. Among
other .things it blew Uie railroad
pumping station Into the Wenatche
river, and the larger part of tho
1-amb-Davls lumber yard stock lot
the river.
First Stock Taken.
Echo, Ore., Dec. 30. (Spe
cial to the East Oregonlan.)
Today the first stock in the
East Umatilla Water Users' as
sociation was subscribed by H
T. lrvln, who took 180 acres.
The subscriptions are received
by M. L. . Holgnre, attorney for
the reclamation service, and
other entries are expected Im
mediately. Next Saturday a
meeting will be hekl for the
purpose of . completing the or
ganisation. M
REBATING