East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 09, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITIOH WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Wednesday occa sional rain or snow. Read (he advertisements In ths East Oregonfcui. They come from the most enterprising citizens. PENDlA T, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 0, J!0. VOL. 18. NO.oofil OAILYEVENINGEDITION j- 2 PS) Ul LI IS SUSTAINED federal Court Decides in Fa vor of Cleveland in Effort to Deport Chinese. HUNGER HERMANN WILL HE TRIED LAST OF MARCH. TThu Benson-Hyde CaMea Wll lie. 'fall vd J Mlii In April The Semite foiu iiiIIIho oil Canals Ask Pormtsalon to Make an Especial Investigation - of Uio Panama Cannl .Utialrs, and Also of the) Isthmus Railroad Prog ithn John It. Walxli's Affairs Will Bo Investigated Trial Of Gaynor and Green HetrhiH at Sarannuli. Cincinnati. Jan. 9. The United : Plates court of appeals today decided In favor of the government In the case of Hong Wing and five other Chinese whom the city of Cleveland sought to '.depart. The counsel forxrlentals heli1 the exclusion laws to be invalid. Hermann Tried fa March. Washington, Jan. a. Francis J. Heney, special counsel Dor the depart . ment of justice In the . land fraud cases, had a conference with the pres ident today, announcing thnt Linger Hermann will be tried ihe last week In March. The Hyde-Benson cases will be called to follow, but not until late In April. Want to Investigate Canal Affairs. Washington, Jan. 9. The senate committee on canals and the Panama canal, at a special meeting adopted a resolution asking the senate for per mission to investigate the Panama canal agreement. -trhr leaders fcnve promised It shall be passed before to day's session ends. The resolution provides also for general Inquiry Into . the government canal aone and ths management of the Panama railroad. Will IiivcHtigaJe Walsh. Chicago, Jan. 9. At the annual meeting of the Chlcaga National and 1 Home Savings bank todsy, new dlrec . tors were elected and m committee . appointed to Investigate the affairs of .John R. Walsh and determine the reason for the action of .the clearing 'house committee In forcing Walsh to : retire. . Trial of (iaynor and (Unfile. Savannah, C!a., Jan. 9. The trial ,Ot Benjamin I). Greene and John F. Gay.nor, charged with defrauding the .government of over fl.aw.000, be .gtui today in this city in Ike federal .court. It grew out of the Savannah .harbor improvement. Oujiror and Oreeiiie, contractors. They .were ln ollctod.ln connection with Captain Carter, who served a term li prison, illnymor. and Green fled t iCanaila uind hvig fought extradition. ,lewey Out 730 Mlkw. Wusl)l;igton, Jun. 9. The coni Hiunrier of the cruiser IVs MvUicnt A .wireless to the navy department ,to da that h" had Intercepted a wire less from 'the Glacier accomiuning the ,lnck D wey, saying the course ,ut the (lock Is w east, and la spicilin along at gull .of three knots per hour. The weather ,ln fine und Indications how he has bade about 7B0 miles. Considering Philippine TarHY. Washington, Oan. 9. The house committee of the whole has resumed consideration vt flue Philippine tariff bill. SUSS WRIPPS fcilVKS $.-o,no. Furious a San Dk-gw Kdncatlonal In stil u tie. San Diego, Jan. 9 JIIss Ellen B. Scripps, sister of E. W. Scripps, the publisher, has given $5,00 as an en dowment for the San Dtego Marine Rlologlcnl station, located at La Jolla, a suburb of this city. Tfce largest portion of the gift Is to go Into a permanent building for a public aqua rium and scientific laboratory. The Institution Is now established and In charge of Prof. Rltter. It Is affiliated with the University of California. Miss Scripps Is a resident of La Jolla, and has been a liberal contributor to the establishment of the biological station. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Quotations JYoiii tlio Greatest Wheal Center In the World. Chicago, Jan. 9. Wheat closed to day at 87 7-8, corn at 44 7-8, and oats Rt 82 8-8. Dr. Ittngo Improved. Dr. R. E. Rlngo, who has been 111 for several days and threatened with pneumonia. Is now reported to be Improving. norfflE-PAYETTE CANAL. Work oil the Government Project Is Soon to Begin. Horse, Jan. 9. D. W. Ross, super vitiire engineer of '.he reclamation service, has returned from Washing ton, where he spent a month or more siting in putting the finishing touches on plans and specifications Inr the Itolse-Pnyette project prior to the calling for bids. Ha states the plans and specifica tions as passed upon by the board of consulting engineers appointed for Mhe purpose were adopted practically ns presented, only minor changes be ing made where It was decldod they could be Improved upon. The bids for the work are to be opened here on February 1. They call for completion of the dam and the canal as far as Indian creek by April 1, 1907, and for the completion of the Deer Flat reservoir and all the distributing works by October 1, 1307. It Is further stated by Mr. Host that work on the temporary reservoir works at Jackson's lako, Wyoming, Mi conserve water to supply the Idafce tiarts aliTig the Sni.ke. Is to proofed at once. Orders have been given for putting men In the field as soon us possible, and the works for storing the water will be completed by the fcrme the expansion of the Irrigated area shall call for an additional supply during the dry season. Will Continue Organization. Chicago, Jan. 9. Prior to agoing Into session today the National Asso ciation of Professional Baseball leagues has so far settled the main differences rendered that It Is rumor ed that class A clubs, Including the Western and California leac-use are out of the question. Peace confer ences this morning assured continu ance of the organization for another year. New l'u intent Chamber uf Ssrputlea. Paris, Jan. 9. Paul Dwmer was elected president of the chamber of deputies. FLOOD WATERS OXK THOUSAND ACItES MOKK FOR IlUSKiON BAY. Haw Ijliul Worth But a Nominal lUee, Is Converted Into Jtloh Al falfa anil Fruit 1-nncl by tlio Appll ration of UMo WaU fwi'iis Soil Drink In a Supply Like m .SMiigc uiul CroM Grow LuiiniatrAv Wlth mit Sorfiuir Irrigation. Winter Irrigation Is now to oirogress In the Freewaito-c and Hudson bay dis tricts and at Jr-ast 1000 acre will be brought under irrigation this luvar by this method. W. T. Shaw, the pioneer Ibttlgator of the Hudson Hay section. Who was In the city Ian evening on liustness. says thnt nothing but the wsste wa ter Is being nd In the ditches In which he Is Interested and from . this surplus or flood water, cncirnjtm re turns are being ea Joyed. Land that was formerly raw wikc brush nnd sand, lion-productive auul forbidding and worth from II 1 310 per acre In its raw state, has befit (re claimed and Incremned in value sm'.il It Is now worth from 150 to flu p.r acre for alfalfa, fruit and gardnt land. The most significant feature of thfe revolution Is that the old ditch com panies have not bees Interfered with nnd the regular summer supply uf water has not been divided up, but iHMIu water In the wlnlcr and early luring has been used exclusively In noliilming this land. Tho warm, porous soli drinks In a sujU'ly as a sponge, and when the grvwlng season comes, she sunshine drws this moisture to the alfalfa rtnn and surface crops, nnd while the Hsn parches the earth mercilessly, this murage reservoir, ttrts hidden supply, drunk Into the eainh In the winter, forms a periwtunl source of moisture beneath the roots and crops grow Iwrsrluntly. If sufficient winter flood water enn be secured to thoroughly soak the ground In that section, no summer Ir rigation Is needed. The earth beceines a store house of moisture to be drawn upon by the plant roots nnd frolt trees nnd surface water Is not re quired to produce heavy yields. WAREHOVKE BURNED. Fifteen Horses and Theatrical Effects Destroyed. San Francisco, Jan, 9. The Over lnnd Freight & Transfer company's warehouse at Fifth and Bryant streets, burned this morning. Fifteen horses were Incinerated and the effects of the "Yankee Consul" theatrical company, comprising 82 truck loads of perisha bles, burned. Loss, $50,000. German Stntcraiiim III. Berlin, Jnn. 9. Minister of Foreign Affairs Rlchthofen suffered a paral ytic stroke and Is In a dangerous condition, FOR IRRIGATION EES IN STANDARD 1 IfJIJII Rogers the Magnate, and Many Persons of Lesser Note, Rp fuse to Give Incriminating Testimony, The-y Defeat the Pun" of the Anti-Trust Law hy Retiring Behind the Bulwark of Instructions by Tlielr Counsel Tom Lawson May lie a Witness in thei Investigation by Request of the Prosecution Ininottsihlc as Yet to Asjcertnln .lie the Ilelotlon Hettveon the Staiulanl Oil and Other Comimiilosi Ilellcved to He "Sas," as the Witnesses Refuse to Answer QucNtloiui. New York, Jan. . H. H. Rogers was the first wltnef In the Standard Oil Investigation ts-ls morning. He was In a defiant mood again and de clined to tell If kre had any connec tion with the Standard company of Indiana or the Standard company, df Kentucky. Rogers desirefl to correct his Satur day's testimony In which he said he did not know Walter Teagle. He 'ex plained that Uie man he thought was John Teagle van named Walter, whom he does know. Hadley dug anfl probed the witness hr find out Teagle's con nection with the Standard company, but all to ns. purpose. The witness "declined to answer on advice of coun sel." Hadley said, "You seem U enjoy de clining to answer, do yon not?" "I decline to answer on the advice of counsel," answered Rogers. Hitdley nuked If he knew Horace A. Hutchlnsmi, of Cleveland. Itogers said he did. Hadley asked. "Is he dead?" Rogers aitxwered, "He was not yes terday, tmt may be this avorning." Want Horn Iiauson ar 'WitnesH. New Ytrk, Jan. 9. Attorney Gen eral Hadir y this monitor sent a tele gram lTom Lawson., of Boston, ask ing him to come to New York to tes tify. TW telegram say,kIf yoo can give any Information a to the rela tions brt-ween the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana, the Republic compa ny and the Walter Pierce Oil compa ny. I certainly request you to come and test;(tV." Page Declined to "Answer. Hndhiv questioned Howard Page. K3i PF.CT THE OKKXiON. IlrenirrMHi Making Item? for the Itlg ItattkMhlp. llremwrton, Jan. 9. IVbrk at the navy ysxd has been getting steadily more and more slack for months, and the work force of 140 men, when the Oregon was here last, has decreas ed to tl,' the present number. Officials say that they have been obliged t lay off hundreds because of nothfric for them to do, and the town was slowly coming Jo a business standstill. All this 'now Is changed, nnd once more th are preparations for a busy time. A telegram -ras received yesterday announcing that ?i he Oregon would be at 'Bremerton in three weeks, and to gel the docks In sAiape for a two years repairing nnd reneral re modeling. This means that work fwr at least 1000 men liir two years u- assured, and there Is :iio question IVat some thing will turn up needing nepalr be fore the end C ithat time, kee.plng the merry hum or Industry' In the air per petually. Itmkrr Shot HiiiiNrlf. Cleveland. Jum. !). L. W. iPryor, allied 43, a broka- and president of the local stock exchange, was fount dead art his hotel thuv .afternoon. H had ebtt himself. Ciuse unknown. He l millionaire. Cossneks I Wait Rebel. Bw;lln, Jan. 9. Martial law lias been proclaimed In Uvstoffondmi. The Costadks defeated th nebels In a f vere liwttle. The Panama railway lias added 24 locomou4's, six passentser coaches und 540 Jinx cars to lus equipment during the last six month. SEVERAL SUPREME Salem, Jan. 9. The supreme court t'.dny denied tho petition of T. C. Ryan, the fake foot race promoter, for a rehearing. The governor alone can save him from three years in the penitentiary. Decisions hi three eastern Oregon cases were handed down: A. K. Quackenbush nnd E. A. Bur roughs agnlnst the Artesian Springs Water & Lnnd company, reversed and remanded. Quackenbush and Bur roughs won In the lower courts. This was an attempt to collect pay for con I DEFIANT ftfrmerly vice president of the Union Tank line, as to the line's operations. We usually "declined to answer on the advice of counsel." Page is now in Uhe foreign department of the Stand ard. Kearney Declined to Answer. Eugene Kearney, describing himself as a policeman of No. 26 Broadway, was called. It was learned he Is bIbo an elevator starter. He was asked a number of questions about the occu pants of the building. He either could not remember or "declined to answer on the advice of counsel." Asked if he had any counsel when he took the stand, he said. "Yes." Asked if he em ployed his own counsel, he "declined to answer." Rogers' attorney coached him repeatedly. Itogers Must Show Cause. New York. Jan. 9. Supreme Court Justice Davis this afternoon signed an order requiring H. H. Rogers to ap pear before Justice Gtldersleeve In special term tomorrow morning to show cause why he should not answer the questions propounded by Hadley. Under an Assumed Name. E. T. Bedford was recalled to the stand this afternoon. He sold he 's connected with the Standard Indiana and has been for about three years. He declined to say what company he was In before. Hardcastle, who testified yesterday, was recalled. He said he came from England about 15 years ago under the name of H. C. Fulton, returned to England, then came back here under the name of Hardcastle. OPENED WATER WORKS BIDS. Profiosals to Put In Gravity System at Manila. Washington, Jan. 9. The war de partment has received a dispatch from Manila In regard to the opening of bids for the proposed gravity water works of the city of Manila. J. G. White Co., New York, bid 8t, 006. 853; Matson, Lord & Rolzer, of San Francisco, bid 11,140.729; Atlan tic. Gulf & Pacific company, of New ork and San Francisco, bid J 1.071. 990; Shaw-Butcher company, Sacra mento, bid 81,067,032. Jute is Better Qiiulily. Walla Walla. Jan. 9. The last shipment of 3009 bales of Jute from Calcutta has arrived ut the penitenti ary. The quality of the jute Is found to be far superior to that of last year, nnd on this account It will probably be possible to get nearly if not quite 100 more grain bags to tne bale from the stock Just received, which will bring the number up to about 550 to the bale. Duelists Kill Each Oilier. Durango, Col., Jan. 9. Sheriff W. J. Thompson and Jesse Stensel, a po liceman, fought a duel on the streets this morning. Both are in hospital nnd dying. Ordered lo Bombard tho Town. St. Petersburg. Jan. 9. Warships sent to Novorosslek are Instructed to bombard the town, which the Insurg ents hold. At Omaha Harry Welch and Frank lUtmbert pleaded guilty to govern ment land frauds. Both will be used a witnesses to help convict Rev. Geo. G. Ware on the same charge. COURT DECISIONS struction f a wnter ditch In Malheur county. The case of Maggie Hlglnbnthum nnd George Hlganbothnm against Henry Frock and Bertha Frock, was affirmed. The Frocks won In the lower court. This was a suit to can cel a bond for a deed. The Goodnough Mercantile & Stock company against O. W. Buck, bank rupt, and Cecil Galloway, trustee In bankruptcy, and the Bunk of Elgin, was reversed nnd dismissed. The mer cantile company won in the lower court. This was a suit to foreclose nn equitable Hen on personal property. 'Ml)" WHITE TO HANG. Murderer Must Pay the Penalty at Wnllu Walla January 26. Walla Walla, Jun. 9. William (Kid) White's death warrant has been sign ed by Judge Griffin, of Seattle. The date of hanging was set for January 26. White appeared In court well dressed and calm and he spoke smil ingly to Prosecuting Attorney Mackin tosh, his fiienda and the lawyers why. crowded the court room. Attorney Connors, for White, protested because the time for appeal was not extend ed, and he filed a notice of appeal. White tool; the proceedings quietly. As the death warrant was signed the leputies handcuffed him and led him away to his cell. A death watch was placed over White until his removal to the penitentiary In a few days. The crime for which White must pay the death penulty was one of the most cold-blooded murders which has been committed In Seattle In a long time. In company with John Hllde brand, White entered Lou Conway's saloon one night In September, 1904, masked and prepared to rob the place at the point of revolvers. Murphy, who was an old man, but did not of fer the slightest resistance, but acting under what the police believed to be nervousness, White deliberately shot the man. White and Hildebrand were cap tured by the police shortly alter the shooting. The latter Is now serving a life sentence for his share of the crime. " TOM IXNG IS UNDER ARREST, May Bo One of Oltert Shadwetl's Murderers In Butte. Butte, Mont.. Jan. 9. The police have arrested Tom Fong, proprietor of an opium den In Chinatown, on suspicion of being one of the mur derers of Obert Shadwell, the well known gambler, who was slain In the celestial district early Sunday morn Ing, his body, with head chopped open, being found on the street. Shad' well was robbed of $500 won at poker. T MILTON MERCHANT THE OWNER OF THE BEE HIVE. He Bid Sixty-Three and One-Half Per Cent of tlte Invoice Price There Were SeTen Blddrs Besides Mr. Jlostrrove, Some of Whom Only Few Hundred Dollars Behind Transfer Effected Through the Mer eliants Protective Association. Which Has Hud Charge of the Stock for Several AVeeks Past. Matt Mosgrove, of Milton, was the highest bidder for the stock of the Bee Hive More, when the bids were opened at Portland yesterday. Consequently, the stock was declared sold to him, and he -mill reopen the store and con tlnue the haislnefs started by Messrs. Twist and Milne. The sum of $6562.40 was bly by- Mr. Mosgrove, and that amount 63 1-3 per cent of the Invoice price of the stock. Others who bid upon the stock lire C. J. Ferguson, Swafford Bros., B. F. Nicholas and A. Welch, L. G. Stanley, J. Bromley, C. Robinson Of these, the bid of Swafford Bros. was next to the highest, while Mr. Ferguson was third, both being but a few hundred dollars under the selling prloa. inc stock was sold by the Mer- cnants- Protective association, of Portland, whose representative, J. M Foster, has been in charge of the stock for several weeks past. Mr. Mosgrove was in Portland personally when the bids were opened yesterday nnu arrived nere tnis morning. As soon as the Inventory can be verified by the purchaser the final payment will be made and the stock transfer red. NINETEEN I.1YFS CRUSHED OIT. lire .MUls to Horror of New York l.llinlsliile at Brick Yards. . jan. v. it w.is th.wght this morning thnt from 15 to 20 bodies are In the ruins of the houses wrecked last night by a land slide In the pit brick works. Tills afternoon, us near ns could be learned. 19 persons lost their lives in the landslide. They were mostly em ployes In the brickyard or small shops near by. This afternoon not a single body- had been recovered. It Is believed all were incinerated. Walls of neighbor ing houses are cracking and it Is fear ed the whole northeast end of the village will slide with the slipping sand nnd clay. This afternoon a large building tumbled over the precipice. Its occupants had all fled. Commercial Club Tonight. Tonight there will be a meeting of tho Commercial association In accord ance with the arrangement made last Tuesday, when no meeting was held because o the lack of a quorum. 1 IS HGHES CONFESSES TO ASSAS NATION Unknown Party in Portland Dec'ares He Took Ex-Governor Steunenberg's Life HE MAY YET MAKE VERBAL CON FESSION TO REPORTER Alleged That Personal Motives Ironiited tho "Only Revenge a Poor .Man Has" Says Orclutrd Is Crazy or He Would Not lie In Lim bo Cripple Crwk Sheriff Says Or chard Irobahly Blew Up the Iu deKiidenoe DeMt a Year and a Half Ago Sheriff Bell is Confident the Federation of Miners Will Fur nish the Means for Orchard to Make a Defense Orchard Has Two At torneys. Portland, Jan. 9. The following letter was received by the Oregon Daily Journal, dated and postmarked this city last Saturday. The delivery had been delayed on account of post age due: "Editor Journal The hand that pens this is the hand that made, placed and exploded the bomb that killed the robber, bribe-taker and murderer, Steunenberg. He put Me In prison, robbed me of my wife, stole my prop erty, while I was helpless. I am not long for this world. Should I be caught I will not hang. "Hogan is crazy, or he would not be caught. Mine was a personal quar rel. I settled It squarely. I took the only way a poor man has. Some day I will call for a reporter and make a death-bed confession. (Signed.) "AN INNOCENT CONVICT, DRIVEN: TO MURDER." , Wanted at Cripple Creek. Boise, Jan. 9. Sheriff Bell of Crip ple Creek, is In Boise today. He de clares Harry Orchard, alias Hogan, under arrest at Caldwell charged with the assassination of ex-Governor Steunenberg. is the same party who blew up the Independence depot June 6, 1904, and for whom he has been looking since. The manner of both crimes Is Identical. Chemists will complete an analysis of the liquid and powder among the prisoner's effects Wednesday. The preliminary examination will be Thursday. Fred Miller, a Spo kane lawyer, is In Caldwell to defend the prisoner. It Is the opinion of Sheriff Bell that the Western Federa tion of Miners will furnish the money for the lawyers to defend Orchard, and that Sullivan, the Denver lawyer who stopped to see the prisoner Sat urday, has been In Its employ for tho past two years. BAPTIST CHURCH NOTICES. Interesting Program for the Coming Ten Days. The topic for the prayer and tel lowshlp meeting on Wednesday even ing Is. "Have I Grown In Grace"? On Friday the teachers of the Bible school will meet at 7:30. There will be no meeting of the Christian Cul ture class on Friday of this week. Next Sunday the pastor will take for his theme, "Kadesh Barnea," and In the evening. "Breaking Fallow Ground." A bright, cheerful service, and a hearty welcome to you. The church banquet and roll call will take place on January IS. in the Eagles' banquet hall. All members. with their wives and husbands, and all Baptists who contemplate mem bership, are cordially Invited. A pro gram will be rendered ut the close of. the dinner. WILL ORGANIZE THE STATE. Hardware and Implement Men Elect Orflcor. At the afternoon session of the Um atilla county hardware and Imple ment dealers held yesterday, perma nent officers of the association were chosen ns follows: G. W. Proebstel president; J. S. Norvnll, vice-president: W. J. Clarke, secretary. The oi'Knnizatlnu of the association n this county Is In line with what is being dune In many other counties in this stnte and In the enst. Should organizations be formed In a suffi cient number o counties In Oregon, a state association will be formed. Carhuiri of ' ,ises. A. L. Vogel, the horse dealer, to day received a shipment of a carload of work horses which he recently pur chased In Union county. Eastern Siar Sociul Tonight. The members of the Order of -he Eastern Star will give a social this evening nt 8:SU at Masonic temple. Harry Atwood. recently of Walla Walla, was fined $100 at Da .ton. Wash., (ur gambling.