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TEH, V&ON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1900.
NO. 5597
PURCHASERS
SECURE PATENT
Senator Fulton Offers Resolu
tion for Relief of Umatilla
Land Bujers.
congress will be asked
to issue patents.
Complication In the Law Prohibits
Purchasers Who Have nought
Grazing IjiixIn From Receiving Pat.
put Unless They Cultivate Such
Lands Fulton's Amendment Will
Relieve This Situation anil Cause
Patents: to Ihhiic to Those Who
Have Mnile l'n limits on Grazing
LhiiiIk According to 1-aw.
.That relief for purchasers of I'ma
tllla reaervallon lands will be aecur
ed by action of congress, la shown hy
the following letter and resolution
from Senator Fulton, to H. R. Nell,
of this city.
The letter which follows refers to
the purchase of reservation lands on
the Umatilla reservation and the res
olutlon attached Is one which Senator
Fulton has prepnred to be Introduced
at the present session of congress and
which he fully hopes will pans with
out objection since It refers solely to
the Umatilla reservation. The letter
Is as follows:
Washington, D. C, Feb. 16, 190C.
H. R. Nell.
Pendleton, Oregon.
My Dear Sir: I have Just received
your letter of the 31st ult., and I
think your criticism of the law, the
enactment of which I secured at the
lout session of congress, is Just.
I was given to understand, or at
least I in some way got the Idea that
the parties who had purchased the
character of lands In question, had
paid for them and were ready to re
ceive their patents, but could not
without making proof of residence
and cultivation.
You say there are some who had
not then patd, because payments were
not due and ynu think they should
have the same privilege of proving
up and securing patents without
making proof of residence and culti
vation, where the lands are unfit for
residence and cultivation. I agree
with you and will endeavor to have
the law amended at the present ses
sion. Sincerely yours,
C. W. FULTON.
Text of Amendment.
Following Is the amendment to be
offered by Senator Fulton to the bill
(It. II.) making appropriations for
the current and contingent expenses
of the Indian department and for ful
filling the treaty stipulations with
various Indian tribes for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1907, and for
other purposes, viz:
That the persons who have here
tofore purchased any of the lands of
the Umatilla Indian reservation, and
have made full and final payment
thereof, In conformity with the acta
of congress of March 3, 1885, and of
July 1, 1902, respecting the sale of
such lands, or hava paid, or shall
hereafter make final payment In con
formity with such acts of congress
and their contract of purchase, shall
he entitled to receive patent, upon
submitting satisfactory proof to the
secretary of the Interior, that the
untlmbered lands so purchased are
not susceptible of cultivation or res
idence and are exclusively grazing
lands, Inrapablo of any profitable
use, other than for grazing purposes.
DATA AXI) ESTIMATES.
For Rltullthle Pining ami Hotter Kur
lace Irnliiage.
During the past few days two engi
neers for the Warren Construction
company have been here gathering
data regarding the proposed paving
of Main and Court streets. The
grades and other essential facts have
been ascertained, and also plans made
Typhoid nt Eugene.
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 21. Ac-
cording to the dally report of
Dr. J. W. Harris, city health
physician, up to last evening
thero are over 200 eases of ty-
phold fever in Eugene at the
present time, more than 26 new
cases having heeen reported
Sunday and Monday. The doo-
tor says that If there Is any
change In the situation, the
cases are becoming more vtru-
lent. He expects a decrease In
the number ol new cases with-
In a very short time. The
necessity for better water and
sewerage is becoming Impera-
tive and .Is almost the sole sub-
Ject of discussion. ' t
for a drainage system to take care
of the surface water on the streets.
The plan suggested Is to have a
sewer pipe run down the center of
ench street, with laterals running In
to It at each crossing. By this ar.
rangement both sides of the street
would be drained by a single pipe
line.
At a conference held yesterday
afternoon between the engineers and
the street committee the former sub
mitted estimates for1 paving with hl
tullthlc material, both with and with
out tho drainage pipe. With the
drainage system the price of $8 per
front foot for half the street was
named. Without the drainage pipe
the price of $7.50 per front foot was
named.
At the council meeting tonight the
matter of street paving will doubtless
be discussed, but It Is not likely the
matter will be In shape for any defi
nite action to be taken.
BLOOD AXI) FIRE IN RUSSIA.
liable Insurrection Suppressed
by
Iron Hand.
St Petersburg, Feb. 21. Reports
Indicate that General Orloff, sent to
quell the Insurrection In the Baltic
provinces shot over "00 revolution
ists. He bombarded the temperance
headquarters, declaring that total ab
stinence Is conducive to revolution.
Then he bombaided a distillery.
A raid oq Tlflls by Tartars is fear
ed. EMBEZZLED FROM OGDEX.
President City Council Convicted of
Tlint Charge.
Ogden, Utah, Feb. 21. The Jury In
the case of Fred F. Chambers, presi
dent of the city council, charged with
taking money from the treasury un
lawfully, returned a verdict this
morning of guilty. The trial of other
councllmen will now be started.
M'CALL HUHIED.
Funeral Attended by Officers
Employes of Now York Life,
New York, Feb. 21. John A.
Call was burled this afternoon.
ami
Mc
All the officers and 1000 New York Life
employes attended. The trustees
adopted resolutions to bury McCall
in recognition of his great services In
building up the company.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Center In the World.
Chicago. Feb. 21. Wheat closed
today at S2 5-8, corn at 42 3-4 and
oats at 29 7-8.
Grosvcnor Turned Down.
Lancaster, O., Feb. 21. Albert
Douglas, of Chllllcothe, was nomi
nated for congress on the first ballot
In the republican convention held
here to nominate a candidate to suc
ceed Grosvenor.
MERCURY KILLED
THREE PERSONS
STOCKTON MAN AXI HIS
CHILDREN THE VICTIMS.
Autopsy Proved Hm Cause of Death to
He art Stated, and the Verdict of the
Coroner's Jury Was That the .Mer
cury Wan Administered In a Man
ner and by Persons: Unknown anil
Was Found Almost Pure In the
Bodies SeiiNutiomil Developments
Coming.
Stockton, Cal., Feb. 21. Coroner
Southworth today completed the anal
ysis of the stomach of James H. Har
nett, who with two of his children,
was mysteriously poisoned In this city
last week. It Is shown conclusively
that mercury was the cause of death.
An Inquest was ordered and la now In
progress. Sensational developments
are expected.
The Inquest was concluded at noon,
the verdict finding that James H.
Barnett died from the effects of
mercurial poisoning administered by
some person and in a manner un
known. Mercury was found In an al
most pure Btate In the stomach, spleen
and liver.
HOC II WILL BE HANGED FRIDAY.
When Hope. Was Gone Ho Itaged
With Four anil Desperation.
Chicago, Feb. 21. The United
States attorney's office has been noti
fied from Springfield that the board
of pardons and governor have denied
clemency to Hoch, who will be hang
ed Friday.
When Hoch was told of the failure
of his last hope he burst into a fren
zy of rage and fear and denounced
everyone connected with the prose
cution. '
Longworthg to Cuba.
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 21. The Long
worths sailed this morning by the
steamer Mascotle for Cuba.
INFERNAL MACHINE DISCOVERED.
Denver, Feb. 21. The Infernal machine which was "planted"
under the gate at the residence of Chief Justice Gabbert, was dis
sected this morning and found to contain a sufficient amount of ex
plosives to kill 100 people. The explosive were In a wooden box
eight Inches long, seven three-quarter Inches wide and five inches
deep. It contained 100 giant caps, lit pounds of cyanide cotton
saturated with potassium chlorate, and a bottle of sulphuric acid.
The bottle containing acid had a rubber cork connected by a
cord which was attached to the gate. When the gate wns opened
the cork was calculated to pull out, thus allowing the acid to run
through an opening In the top of the box, setting fire to the cotton
and exploding the giant caps and dynamite.
FIVE KILLED
A SLIDE
First Section of a Southern
Pacific Passenger Train Ran
Into a Slide Near Redding.
ENGINES DERAILED
BY THE FIRST SHOCK.
Nearly All the Loss of Life Due to
Trainmen and Crew Undertaking to
Extricate a Tramp From the Wreck
Whin All Were Overwlielmeil by a
Second Slide Which Came Down
l'Kin Them In tho Darkness Sev
eral Were Injured, and Two Pas
sengers Who Are Missing Are Sup
Mised to Have Lost Their Lives
Rcjicutli Debris.
Redding, Cal., Feb. 21. The south
bound passenger No. 15. first section,
ran into a slide half a mile above
Delta at 9 o'clock last night.
The head engine was hurled from
the track, down an embankment: the
second was derailed on the embank
ment side.
While the crew and several passen
gers were extricating a tramp, a sec
ond big slide came down, covering
the party at work. Engineer Denny
Freel, Fireman Peters, one mail
clerk and two tramps were killed.
Three passengers are missing and are
believed to be under the mass of
earth.
Later advices from the scene of the
wreck report that Fireman Peters
and the mall clerk who were reported
dead, have been found alive, but bad
ly Injured. Two passengers are still
missing. Engineer Freel, a mail
clerk and three tramps are dead.
WILL NOT APOLOGIZE.
Arrest of Mrs. Minor Morris Said to
Be Justified.
Washington, Feb. 21. Dr. Minor
Morris made public today his corres
pondence with the president regard
ing the recent expulsion of his wife
by force from the White House. Mor
ris demanded a public apology. Loeb,
at the direction of the president, re
plied that the president had made
an Investigation of all the attendant
circumstances and had concluded the
arrest was Justified. He said the
force was only Just such as was nec
essary to make the arrest effective.
DOCK WAS ADRIFT TWICE.
KoiMiIrs Needed to Insure Irogress
of Dock Dewey.
Washington, Feb. 21. An oflclal
report from. Commander Mosley of
the U. S. S. Glacier, convoying the
dock IVWey, says she encountered
rough weather and the dock was
adrift twice. He needs parts of en
gines which will be taken by the Ta
coma from Naples.
Confess Murder mid Robbery.
Mount Holly, N. J., Feb. 21. Geo.
Small has confessed the murder of
Miss Florence Allison In her barn last
month, while his companion robbed
her house.
Progressing Nicely,
nttsburg, Feb. 21. Mitchell says
affairs at the New York conference
are progressing smoothly and It will
not be necessary to reconvene the
national convention of miners.
FREIGHT RATE ON
Following numerous conferences
with the Portlnnd Commercial club
and chamber of commerce, the O. R.
& N. has reduced tho freight rate on
wheat from Inland empire points 30
cents per ton, or from 13.15 to $2.86
per ton from the entire Inland empire.
This will mean a saving of about
$9000 In freight rates on every 1,000,
000 bushels shipped from Umatilla
county to Portland, or a total saving
of about $30,000 annually to Uma
tilla county on something over 8,000,
000 bushels exported from the county.
PRELIMINARY
11
Moyer, Haywood and Petti
bone Charged With Having
Helped Kill Steunenberg.
PROBATE JUDGE CHURCH
REMANDS THEM TO JAIL.
Names of Witnesses Whose Evidence
Irt Helled Uihiii to Substantiate the
Murder Charge Could Not Be
I -earned by Anyone Connected
Willi the Defense IK-fendaiits Re
fused to Plead Either Guilty or Not
Guilty Represented by Attorney
E. F. Richardson of Denver, and
Were Returned to the Peniten
tiary. ,
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 21. Moyer,
Haywood and Pettlbone, In charge of
a deputy warden and guards, were
taken to Caldwell thiB morning for
arraignment. The train stopped op
posite the county Jail and the prison
ers were transferred. At 10 o'clock
they were brought before Probate
Judge Church, where the Information
was read, charging each with murder
ing ex-Governor Steunenberg.
The prisoners are represented by E.
F. Richardson of Denver. The latter
had no legal authority to appear, not
having been admitted to practice in
Idaho. The courtesy was extended at
the request of Prosecuting Attorney
Van Duyn.
Pettlbone was the first arraigned.
An affidavit was read charging him
with exploding the bomb by which
Frank Steunenberg met his death the
night of December 30th.
The same charge was then read to
Haywood and Moyer, the affidavits
directly charging the defendants with
the crime of murder. All the defend
ants stood mute, refusing to plead.
Richardson demanded an immediate
preliminary hearing. Under the law
It must be held within two days af
ter arraignment. The attorneys
agreed the cases should go over till
the 27 th.
Richardson also demanded the
prosecution produce the names of
witnesses by which proof of charges
can be established, but the court
overruled on the ground the prosecu
tion alleged It had three witnesses
who will corroborate the affidavit of
Prosecuting Attorney Vnn Duyn.
Richardson contended the affida
vit Is not suffllcent, as it charged
an Individual with being present at
Caldwell and committing a crime
when Pettlbone had not been In Idn
ho for 22 years, Haywood for eight
years and Moyer since last October,
and the complaint did not charge
them with conspiracy.
The court ordered the prisoners be
permitted to have books, but not
newspapers, and may write letters If
Inspected by the warden.
The defendants were committed
without bull pending a preliminary
hearing. The party was brought back
to the penitentiary at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Miners Greatly Excited.
Boise, Feb. 21. News of the arrest
of Haywood, Moyer and others caus
ed the greatest excitement In the Sil
ver City and Delmar mining camps.
A detective who has been working
there ns a miner for the past two
weeks, was discovered and narrowly
WHEAT IS REDUCED
The reason given by officials for
the reduction in the rnte is that a dif
ferential rate has been granted Pu
get sound points on account of the
absence of pilotage, lighter and tow
age charges which must be paid by
vesels loading out of Portland.
Those who are in touch with the
situation, however, believe that the
presence of the portage road Is the
direct cause of the reduction and that
the differential In favor of the
sound cities Is not enough to cause
any reduction of freight rates from
the wheat districts.
FEBRUARY
escaped death at the hands of the ex
cited miners. The officers had great
difficulty In getting him away. He
reached Boise this morning and shows
rough handling, but refuses to, talk.
The claim Is made by the prosecu
tion that Orchard's confession was
voluntary.
FEDERATION WILL RACK THEM.
Evidence Scant, Based Solely Upon
Orchard's Confession.
Denver, Feb. 21. The Western
Federation will expend $100,000 If
necessary to secure the release of
Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone, and
any other members of the organiza
tion who may be arrested In connec
tion with the assassination of Steun
enberg or with any other crime of
which they believe them to be inno
cent. This announcement was made
today. They will use every cent In
the treasury and then ask aid of every
labor organization In the country.
Attorney Richardson 'Vires from
Boise the evidence against Moyer,
Haywood and Pettlbone Is not of a
convincing character, and that the
charges against the men are built
solely upon the alleged confession of
Orchard.
Illinois Miners Will Help.
Springfield, III., Feb. 21. The Illi
nois bituminous miners In conference
here today voted $5000 to aid Moyer
and Haywood.
GENERAL STRIKE IS COMING.
Miners W ill Have Support of the Fed
eration of Labor.
Pittsburg, Feb. 21. Mitchell says,
"A general strike in the bituminous
fields will be a reality. The situation
in the anthracite fields is so far un
certain." He wants the non-union
miners to quit and rather thinks they
will.
Has Support A. F. of L.
Cleveland, Feb. 21. Samuel Gom
pers today pledged the full minnnrr
of the American Federation of Labor
to the miners In the impending clash
with the operators.
FIGHTING THE PRETENDER.
Morocco Busy With Civil War to De
throne the Sultan.
" Tangier. Feb. 21. The Moroccan
warship Sldlr el Turki today renewed
the bombardment of the arms factory
at Marchlca. The pretender has sent
cavalry to prevent the sultan's troops
landing.
Reprieved for 30 Days.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21. Governor
Stokes has granted a reprieve of 30
days to Rufus Johnson, condemned to
die at Mount Holly for the murder of
Florence Allison.
Hunclit Chase in Indiana.
Chicago, Feb. 21. A bandit chase
Is In progress In Lake county, Ind.,
robbers having dynamited the safe
of the bank at St. Johns and secured
$1500.
TD DO BUSINESS
RUN DID NOT AFFECT THE
CHICAGO INSTITUTION.
Over Four Hundred Depositors With
drew, Seared by the Failure of One
of the Bank's Heaviest Patrons,
But This Failed to Shake the Jack
son Trust and Savings Bank Bank
Is Enjoined From Attempt to Re
coup Itself by Sale of Crechnan's
Property.
Chicago, Feb. 21. After a meeting
of the directors and officers of the
Jackson Trust and Savings Bank this
afternoon, Joy Morton announced the
bank as perfectly solvent and that It
will continue to do business without
interruption.
The run of yesterday in which over
400 depositors took part was started
by the depositors and general public
believing that the Institution was In
volved by the failure of the Bank
of America three days ago.
At the hour set for the opening of
the bank, 300 depositors were In
waiting, and as soon as the doors
were opened they commenced to
withdraw their funds. It is known
that the Institution Is a loser through
loans to F. C. Creelman. whose loans
from the Hank of America were the
immediate cause of the closing of
that concern. The amount of money
loaned to Creelman by the Jackson
Trust and Savings Bank is said by
Its officers to be $25,000, but stories
on the street by which the depositors
were alarmed, put the amount at
several times $25,000.
The bank yesterday, in an effort to
cover possible losses through the
Creelman loans, took over the busi
ness of the Illinois Hardwood Lum
ber company, a corporation In which
Creelman Is Interested, and attempt
ed to sell some of the assets at a
sacrifice. It was enjoined from pro
ceeding In this work by the federal
court.
WILL CONTINUE
FRIDAY NEXT,
n
All Commercial Bodies in the
County Called to Meet in
Pendleton on That Date.
WOULD ORGANIZE TO
ADVERTISE COUNTY.
Managers of Pendleton Commercial
Association Have Issued Invitations
to All Kindred Bodies) in Umatilla
County to Devise Ways and Means
to Attract the Attention of Home
seekers There Are Six Organized
Bodies of Tills Class 111 the County
Movement Felt to Be Necessary
Stage of Development.
Umatilla county will be organized
for advertising purposes at last. If
the plans now on foot for the organi
zation of a county Commercial asso
ciation are realized.
The board of managers of Pendle
ton Commercial association at a
meeting held yesterday evening Issued
urgent letters to the other commer
cial bodies In the county, to attend a
meeting to be held at the rooms of
the association In this city on Friday
evening, Frebruary 23, for the pur
pose of obtaining concerted action in
attracting the homeseekers now com
ing west, to Umatilla county.
Six commercial bodies outside of
Pendleton are now In existence In the
county and It is hoped to have a rep
resentative of the board of managers
from each of these bodies, which are
located at the following polntsc
Athena, Weston, Freewater, Adams,.
Echo and Umatilla. With this end'
In view a strong letter urging the Im
portance of the movement was sent,
out today by the board of managers
of Pendleton Commercial association.
It Is hoped to secure the co-operation
of the various towns In the coun
ty in the matter of attracting home
seekers to the county during the rush,
to the west this spring. The matter
of issuing printed literature for the
use of all the various points In the
county, and also the highly Import
ant matter of placing agents on O.
R. & N. trains in Idaho and Wyoming
to direct homeseekers to stop off in
Umatilla county, will be discussed and'
it is hoped that immediate action can
be secured in this matter.
All other counties In the northwest
are securing homeseekers through
concerted action of this kind and ex
tensive advertising and this movement
will direct the attention of homeseek
ers to the advantages of Umatilla
county. Union county is now secur
ing large numbers of tourists and
homeseekers. each -ay large numbers
transfer from this point to Walla
Walla. Colfax and Spokane, while
comparatively few stop off at Pendle
ton or any other Umatilla county
point. .
ATTACHMENT AGAINST SALOON.
LawTence Sk Aston Involved and May
Go Into Bankruptcy.
Lawrence & Aston's saloon. The
Lobby, has been closed by attach
ment proceedings brought by E. J.
Murphy. The suit was filed with
Justice Fltz Gerald last evening and
the attachment served by a deputy
sheriff. The amount of Mr. Murphy's
claim Is $54.10, and is due for paint
ing work.
Up to this afternoon the claim had
not yet been settled, and the place Is
still closed. There Is an Indebtedness
of about $2500 upon the business,
and an effort Is being made to sell
the saloon and pay the accounts as
far as possible. Unless such an ar
rangement Is made It is said Law
rence & Aston will file a petition In
bankruptcy. Dan P. Smythe Is acting,
as their attorney.
Nineteen New Bishops.
Rome, Feb. 21. At the consistory
this morning the pope created 19
French bishops.
No Fevers or Contagious.
There Is now a noticeable
lack of sickness within the city.
and this condition has been ex
e Istlng for some weeks. There
are no contagious diseases at
all within the city, nor have
e there been for some time. Nor
has there been any typhoid fe-
ver since last fall. With the
exception of the slight dlph
e therla scare early In the aut
e umn there has been nothing In
the nature of an epidemic for
months. As a result, the rhy-
stclans have been having but
little to do, and all have had
abundant leisure and time In
which to attend to outside af-
fairs.
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