East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 14, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA' ' m7 i . 0A1LYEVENINGEDITIQN Read the advertisements In the East Oregonlan. They come from the most enterprising citizen. VOL. 18. PlDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBItUABY 14, 1906. NO. 5591 nv rffk j I OAIIY EVENING EDmOH I A vj fP A s r Hain or snow tonlffht and Thurs- gggggJ Q Q day' fre,in utherly breeze. k " 1 HAMILTON GOT 00 0 0 Fowler Will Go to turope to Demand an Accounting or Restitution committer rctorts as to campaign expexses. Evidence as to Where Some of the PollcylKildcrV Money Went More Evidence Tlnit GnrClrlil Iromlscd Jimnuiilty tn the Packers Last Rites Administered John II. Mo Call, Former President of the New York Life Insurance Company Ilnilley S:iy8 Rockefeller Cannot Atone for HI Misdeeds. New York, Feb. 14. The trustees of the New York Life met today. Be fore adjournment the Fowler commit tee's report on campaign contribu tions will likely be submitted. Thomas P. Fowler, chairman of the house cleaning committee, will go to Europe March 1, ostensibly for pleas ure, but It Is believed to really de mand of Hamilton on pnln of extra dition an accounting or restitution of $1,000,000. Fowler, Jerome and Mayer have been In conference as to this matter. HI i 1,703 tn Campaigns. New York, Feb. 14. The Investi gating committee of the New York Life made a supplementary report this afternoon. It finds that $114,702 were contributed to campaign pur poses from the company's fund, and says, "These sums were contributed at the direction of McCall and certain trustees. The contributions were not legally just, such means as are avail able should be taken for their recov ery." The committee recommends the employment of special counsel to recover. Testimony to Prove Promised. Chicago, Feb. 14. Statistical re ports of packing house operations and earnings were read to the Jury today bv a representative of .Swift & com pony. Testimony is continued In an effort to show that Immunity was promised. McCall In Bad Sline. New York, Feb. 14. McCall'. con dition this morning continues critical and scant hope for his recovery Is ad mitted. Last Riles Administered. New York, Feb. 13. The last rites of the Roman Catholic church were administered today to John A. McCall, the former president of the New York Life Insurance company, at Lake- wood, N. J., where he has been scrl ously 111 for some time. McCnll had a sinking spell and doc tors were hastily called. His condl tlon Is such thnt the family Is advised to be prepared for the worst. Subse quently McCall rallied somewhat, but his condition remains critical. Be sides Mrs. McCall there are now In constant attendance three physicians and three nurses. Dr. F. O. Janeway and Ir. John Vanderpool of New York have been called Into consulta tion. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14. "Sup' pose that John P. Rockefeller on his death left all his Standard OH posses sions as a gift to the nation to be held In trust perpetually for all the peo ple. What then would the people think of nnrkefeller?" This question was put to the state attorney general, Herbert S. Hndley, today. "If Rockefeller did that," replied Mr. Hndley, "he could not atone for the almost Incalculoblc moral wrong ho has done the nation. It would not atone for the distinctly dishonorable and commercially Immoral trend the success of Standard Oil methods has given the trading and financial or ganizations of America. In my own recent Investigations of Standard Oil I have the most positive and actual proof of tho demoralizing Influence of that company In Missouri. "Railroad preferences still exist. It costs more to freight oil from St. Louis to Kansas City than It does from Twelve Rebels Arrested. St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. Twelve revolutionary leader have been arrested at Riga, among them being one Ruben stein, caled the "Napoleon of the Baltic." He organized and led the revolt In the Baltic prov inces and showed much mili tary ability. He la the most . beloved leader of the Insurgents In that section. A spy betray, ed him. Capital punishment without trial confronts him Kansas City to St. Louis. Standard oil Is shipped In Iron barrels and In dependent oil In wooden barrels. Iron barrels are heavier, but the rate on wood barrels la one class higher. Railroad officials have been bribed here. The spy system Is common. Every trick and turn that can be adapted to evade the law Is used without scruple. I don't know that Rockefeller could atone. Not double his wealth will do It." BRYAN OX TAINTED MONEY. Will Not Serve a College Which Ac cepts Such Benefit. Jacksonville, 111., Feb. 14. Wil liam J. Bryan, writing from Hong kong, has sent hU resignation as trustee of Illinois college, and at length declared that he would not serve a school where the board of trustees was In favor of accepting funds from Carnegie or other trust magnates who are attempting to sub sidize the colleges of America to pre vent teaching of economic truths. The resignation wan accepted. "The Issue," writes Mr. Bryan, seems to me a vital one, and even If Carnegie refuses, the same question will likely arise If some other trust magnate Invites requests. Our col lege can not serve Cod and mam mon. It can not be a college for the people and at the pame time com mend Itself to the commercial high waymen who are now subsidizing the colleges to prevent tho teaching of economic truths. "It grieves me to have my alma ma ter converted Into an nlly of plutoc racy, but having done what I could to prevent It, I have no other recourse than to withdraw from Its manage ment. I regret that the action, If it was to be taken, was not fallen before I gave my notes, for I regard tho money given as worse than wasted If the college Is to be under the shadow of a great monopoly." ADMITTED THE LETTER. Claimed That Put Crowe Admitted 111 Gnlh to Father Murphy. Omaha, Feb. 14. The court this morning admitted as evidence the let ter of Prr-we to Father Murphy, con fessing he kidnapped Edward Cudahy and asking that the priest Intercede with Ornish? to save nlm from pros ecution. The state then rested. EXPECT LARGE WHEAT YIELO EVERY INDICATION' POINTS IX THAT WAY. Eiecl!ill.y Tine Outlook Reported by County Comtiils4oncr Walker From tlie Helix Countr) stand, mid Also Condition of tlie Soil More Favora ble Thnn a Tear Ago A. L. Knight Says the Old loot Is Hue for t ltnmier Crop on Increased Acreage. That there will be an unusually good yield of wheat In Umatilla coun ty this year Is now Indicated, nnd among those most closely In touch with firming conditions there Is now n feeling of sutisfnotion over the out look. According to County Commissioner Horace Walker, who visited In the Helix country a few days ago. the outlook In thnt section could not be much better. He says that the grain Is now In much better condition than Is usual at this time of the year, and as the soil Is well supplied with mois ture, there Is but slight danger from a freeze should the temperatare turn suddenly colder before the winter Is passed. The condition of the soil at present Is In direct contrast to what It was last year when the freeze occurred. At that tlmo the ground was dry and dust was flying when the cold wave came. Also the growth of the wheat had been retarded as a result, and the growing crop was not In condition to withstand the cold. However, during the present sen son there has been an abundance of rnln nnd the grain has thus gotten well under way. In the opinion of A. L. Knight, the grain buyer, there Is every Indication of a bumper crop this', summer, ns there Is a much larger acreage of fall wheat than usual, andcondltlnns thus far have been Ideal. Though It Is not yet too late for a freeze, there Is lit tle danger from such a source be cause of the reasons stated above. EARTHQUAKE AT CARTHAGENA. Small Craft Thrown Almut, and Ca bles Parted. TJew York,' Feb.' 14. The steamer Snrnla, arrived today, reports an earthquake at Cnrthagena which part ed the ship's cable and swept away many small crafts fro mthelr moor ings. The Colombian warship Car thngena also parted her cables. ' CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. .' Qnotarlon From the Greatest Wheat Center In the World. Chicago, Feb. 14. Wheat closed to day at 85 1?4, corn at 43 1-2 and oats at 30 1-8. i rv , ', : - . a . . RELATING TO GAMBLING A XI) BOXES. At a recent meeting of the police committee of the city council, which Is composed of Mayor Fee, Councilman T. J. Hlnkle and Coun cilman E. J. Murphy, the recently created box ordinance was dis cussed, and also other affairs relating to the policing of the city. According to one member of the committee, Marshal Coffman was given rigid orders for the enforcement of the box ordinance, and also to prevent gambling within the city. Up to that time there had been some question as to the exact meaning of the box ordinance, and during the time Mayor Fee was engaged In the Davis trial the matter was held In abeyance, though It was enforced at least against saloon boxes. Now It Is Bald restaurants will also have to comply with the provisions of the ordinance, and that places having boxes, but not serving liquors will have to leave them open entirely on one side, while places serving liquors must not maintain any side room or box of less f oor area than 200 square feet. The French restaurant Is the only one In the city now provided with boxes, and according to the management the partitions will be removed as soon as possible, so to comply with the ordinance. IS KANSAS WRECKS Four Persons Killed, a Train Burned and Much Valuable Property Destroyed. PASSEXGEK DIED FROM THE OVER EXCITEMENT. Collision Willi Coal Cars Results in Deaths by Wreck and Burning, One Body Being Partly Cremated En gineer Died tin tlie Way to the Hos pital Missouri Pacific Mall Train tunning a Mile a Minute Goes Into a Ditch, and tho Only Injuries Are Hurts Struggle to Save Mall From Bring Itunied, But Much Is ! stroyed Despite Efforts to Save It. Columbus, Kan., Feb. 14. Four were killed and four Injured and the 'Frisco passenger train, No. 118, was burned as a result of a collision with cool cars near here this morning. The dead are: Harry Roundtree, baggageman; A. H. Hurkey, a passenger, died by heart dlseuse from excitement; an uniden tified passenger's body was partly cremated. The engineer and flraman were badly hurt, nnd Engineer George W oods died en route to a hospital. Much Mall Was Burned. Gasconade, Mo., Feb. 14. A mall train on the Missouri Pacific was wrecked this morning at the approach to the bridge over the Gasconade river. Three trainmen and two mnll clerks were hurt. No passenger cars were attached. The train was running nearly a mile a minute when It struck a bad rail nnd Jumped the trnck. Two cars were thrown Into the ditch. The clerks tried to save the mnll from the burning cars, but much was lost. Frisco Limited Wrecked. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14. It Is re ported the 'Frisco limited, the "Me teor," has been wrecked at Columbus, Kas., In a collision with a freight. Several are reported killed, and the wreck Is burning. HEXEY DENIES SHE LEFT. Mrs. McKinlcy Said to Be in San Francisco at This Time. Pan Francisco, Feb. 14. United Slates Attorney Hcney and also a sis ter-in-law of Mrs. McKinlcy, deny that Mrs. McKlnley sailed for the ori ent yesterday to find her husband, who Is u!leged to have gone to China tn company with "Little Egypt." It Is claimed she Is still In this city nnd would be at the Holland house this afternoon. E, Walla Walla, Feb. 14. (Special.) It is authoritatively announced here, that the Northwestern Gas and Elec tric company with headquarters In this city whose line of electric wires extends all over Umatilla county In Oregon nnd this county, wlTl begin the construction of a street enr line In this city this spring, and that an elec tric line of road will bo built from Walla Walla to Milton, a distance of 10 miles.. . . . , Tho survey for the Milton-Walla Wallu.llne was made last fall and as it passes through a practically level country little grading will be required, and It is said that the line will be in operation some time this coming summer. The Milton lino will be a modern, up-to-date electric line with perhaps an hourly service between this city and Milton. The ' survey passes through the heart of the fruit ' and alfalfa district and will "place one of ELECTRIC IT WO E E Sugar, Rice and Tobacco from the Philippines May Be Cut 75 Per Cent. SENATE RECOMMENDS FREE TRADE FOR MUCH. Ship subsidy Bill Will Re' Voted Upon at 5 .O'clock Tills Afternoon In the Senate Bering Sea Scaling Cases Will Be Taken to Court $15,000, 000 Naval Station III the Philippines is Under Discussion Dtick Dewey Is Overdue at Gibraltar, But Xo Alarm Is Felt Would Compel More Frequent Hciiorts. 1 Washington, Feb. 14. The ship subsidy bill was taken up by the sen ate today and a vote scheduled for 5 o'clock. A number of amendments were offered. The Philippine committee will re port to the senate favorably a bill re ducing duties on Philippine sugar, rice and tobacco to 25 per cent of the Dlngley rates, and establishing free trade in everything else. Settling Cases Into Court. The house Judiciary committee re ported favorably the Kahn bill allow Ing American sealers to take the Bering claims into the ninth circuit court. Argue Fortifications Measure. Washington, Feb. 14. The fortlfl cations appropriation bill held the at tentlon of the house this morning in a much heated argument, first over the lax method of expenditure of pub He moneys, and second over the lo cation of the proposed $15,000,000 naval station in the Philippines. Gillespie, of Texas, made an un successful attempt to get Into record a statement of the grievances of the coal operators and shippers of Penn sylvania. As a retaliation Williams. the democrat leader, inaugurated a filibuster over the question of ad lournment. smila of Iowa, advocated nn amendment of the rules which will compel the annual reports of the va rious house committees which have supervision of the expenditures. He urged this as a preventive of the bu reaucraey toward which he saw was the present tendency. Making Ready for Wedding. The story that a wedding Invilatloi hnd been stolen nnd sold for $400, is denied at the White House, nnd de clared ridiculous. Decorators are busy on the lower floors today and are ex pected to finish by Friday night. Governor Bnuly Resigns. The president today received the TO the richest fnrmlng nnd fruit districts In the Inland empire within !0 mln utes' ride of Wnlla Walla. Power for the Walla Walla street car system and for the Milton electric line will come from the power plant on the Little Walla Walla river, six miles above Milton, from which Walla Wnlla, Pendleton and Intervening points are now supplied with power nnd light. The Walla Walla street car system will be several miles In length and will consist of two principal main lines, reaching across the entire width of the residence and business portions of the city, at first, with cross lines connecting all parts of the city with the business section. The residence district Is constantly extending and large numbers of peo ple are coming here for school pur poses and the new street car system will bring all the different outside residence districts within rench of the different schools of the city. RE SOM TARIFFS WALLA WALLA resignation of Governor Brady, of Alaska. The office will probably be ffered Lieutenant D. H. Jarvls, form erly In the revenue cutter service, now In business In Alaska. Aid for Starving Japanese. The Red Cross society has received $10,000 from the Christian Herald in response to the president's appeal for aid for the famlne-strlcken Japanese. The Toklo government has cabled Its thanks. l)K-k Dewey is Overdue. Washington. Feb. 14. This la th fifth day the dock Dewey Is overdue at Gibraltar. She has not been r. ported since Januarv 22 Vnvni nt. flclals declare they are not worried. CONFESSED A MURDER. Turned Loose at Omaha, Then Com mitted as Insane. Farmlngton. Wash.. Feh n City Marshal J; B. Hayden, received a letter yesterday from J. J. Donahue, chief of police of Ohama, stating that f. . ree, who recently confessed to the murder of Orville Hayden at Far mlngton about seven years ago, and wno nas been in the cuxinriv nf th Omnha police, had been released. The man was examined by a com mission and declared to he Insane and has been sent to a sister in St. Louis to be cared for. The murdered man was a son of Marshal Hayden. RAILROADS MEET A CRISIS. Officials Show Up tlie Disadvantages of Transportation Reforms. Chicago, Feb. 14. A meeting of the Central Passenger association was held here today by representatives of the Gould, Vanderbllt, Cassatt and smaller systems numbering 64 roads, to discuss what appears to be a crisis In railroad affairs. Ily the two-cent law In Ohio one of ficial declared the public is going to lose Instead of gain. He said the roads will reduce the number and quality of trains through Ohio, and said Ohio will enjoy fewer safeguards against accidents. Famous Horse Breeder Dead. Wichita, Kas., Feb. n. H. G. To. ler, breeder of many fine horses, In cluding John R. Gentry, died today. IS A MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN EAST UMATILLA PROJECT, Provided for Uxm Government Land Segregated for the Purpose Under the Terms ol a Bill Introduced by Senator Ankeny Necessary and In clilental Expenses Defrayed Out of the Reclamation Fund, and All Other Details Provided for. That a townslte may be located up on the East Umatilla Irrigation pro Ject Is one of the possibilities of the future. , A movement Is on foot In Washing ton to provide for townslte with drawals on all government Irrigation projects, for accommodation of set tlers In the newly opened districts. Senator Ankeny's bill, which pro vides for the withdrawal of lands for townslte purposes, has already re ceived a favorable report by the sen ate committee on Irrigation nnd will probably become a lew In the near future. The purpose of the bill Is to pro vide for the establishment of town sites In connection with irrigation projects under the reclamation act. and also to authorize the secretary' of the Interior to furnish water for such towns nnd to dispose of the lands at public sale, the money so obtained to be ultimately covered Into the recia mall on fund. The bill provides that reclamation funds may be used to defray neces sary expenses of appraisement and sale and the public reservations in such townsltes shall be Improved and maintained by the town authorities at the expense of such towns and upon the organirntlon thereof as a munlc Ipal corporation hy the secretary of the Interior, with the condition that they shall be used at all times for the purpose for which they were reserved. Volcano Is Active. San Francisco, Feb. 14. Passengers arriving today by the steamer A cap ill eo from Panama, report the volcano of Iznlco state of Chlcaragua, Is still In eruption. Izalco was long extinct. but broke out January' 3, with erup. tions every 10 minutes. It hns done some damage, but no loss of life hue resulted. Xo Change in Baseball Rules. New York, Feb. 14. The baseball magnates of the National Amerlcnn lengues and the joint committee, met In this city today. It Is said unlikely that any change In rules will be made. Died In Rome. Rome, Feb. 14. Miss J. Loughbor ough, aged 24. of San Francisco, died In this city today. N F W TOWN mm T T Effect a Merger of the Most Valuable Properties Ever Developed. INDUSTRIAL PEACE WILL FOLLOW AMALGAMATION. Include! the Bonanza Circle Group In Arizona, Xexer Before Identified With Any Trust, and Also tlie Prln ciiml Utah Developments Foley Brothers of St. Paul, Are Purchas ers of the Queen Milling Company at Butte Copper Combine Expect ed to Lend to Vast Development of Pros?rties That Have Long Been Idle. Butte, Mont., Feb. 14. By the terms of transfer of the Helnze and United Copper Mines company to Thomas F. Cole, representing the Amalgamated of North Butte and the Guggenhelmer Interests. Helnze will receive $25.000,000 one-half In cash the other half In preferred securities. It Is understood the sale Is a step In the formation of a gigantic cop per combine embracing the Amalga mated holdings. Bonanza circle group at Blsbee, Ariz., and the Bing ham consolidated mines at Bingham, Utah, and the North Butte mine of this city. Rich Veins Were Tied Up. For a number of years some of the richest veins in the district have been tied up through litigation that is now settled. Testimony given In the courts during the last seven years has proved the value In these idle properties run ning Into the millions. These values are known, the ore In many cases be ing blocked out, but remaining as In a storehouse with the door closed. The sale of the Helnze Interests will unlock the doors of these store houses today and permit the with drawal of the treasure they contain. Among the notable properties that have been Idle for years and that will soon again be counted among the big producers of the district because of the deal c'osed today is the Nipper group, located directly west and north of the Anaconda, and north of the Parrot. Amalgamated Takes Possession. The various superintendents and foremen in the employe of Helnze and his companies were assembled this morning in the office of the North Butte company, and there gave Mr. Carson possession .of the properties under them. Among those present were William Kidney, general super intendent of the United Copper com pany, and Harry Charles, superinten dent of the Montana Ore Purchasing company. Queen Company Sold. Futte, Feb. 14. The purchase of the Queen Mine ii Milling company at Kendall by Foley Bros., of St. Paul for $4,200,000, Is announced. PARDON WAS GRANTED. A. T. Johnson, a Portland Boy of Good Family. Tnkes New Start. Salem. Feb. 14. Governor Cham berlain yesterday granted a pardon to A. T. Johnson, who was sentenced In October. 1903, In Multnomah county, to serve five years in the penitentiary for robbery'- The pardon was granted on recom mendation of the district attorney who prosecuted him and because his con duct while In prison has been exem plary. He hns rendered faithful service at the prison and has been generally use ful. Johnson is a member of one of the best old families of Portland, who drifted Into crime through drinking habits, nnd will now be taken to Mexico by relatives and given a good start agnin. r:iylng for a Titled Husband. Paris, Feb. 14. Countess de Cas tellane has left Paris and Is staying at Rariitz with her children, where she will remain until the suit is end ed. Figures given the countess show tlie count's debts amount to 31,000, 000 francs. Putting I.ld on at Osden. Ogden. Feb. 14. Fred Cham- 'bers, president, and Couucilmen Moyer nnd Crnlg are on trial for taking money from the city for sitting as a board of equalization. The defendants virtually admit the charges, but plead Justification. The lid has been put on gambling by the district attorney. Sixty ar- rests occurred Inst night. The saloons will be closed Sundnys nnd the scarlet women be driven out. COPPER COMB! ' 1 1 i it :