East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 13, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textft - 0A1DT EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST! Fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer. Rend the advertisements In thu East Oregonlan. They coma from the most enterprising citizens. VOL. 19. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IA1JCII 13, If JOB. NO. 5614 DA1LYEVENINBEDITI0N WL PROHIBIT CNTR1T1S Tillman Offers Evidence That National Bsnks Contribute to Campaign Expenses. ADVERTS TO THE C AM PAIGN OF EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX. secretary Taft Will Accept an Ap IMiliunit'iil as Associate Justice of llio Supreme Court t Snowed Hnnni Moron Fought With the DexjK-railon of Fanatics, and Used Their Children iih Shields; General WtKMl rinl:iiN the Killing of Women and Children Could Not He Avoided Caleb Power' Lust Appeal Avails lllm Nothing. Washington, March 13. The house committee will report the bill speclfl cally prohibiting political contribu tions by national banks and declaring officers of the banks so doing guilty of felony. Senator Tillman has offered the committee the names of several bnnks of one city which, he alleged, had contributed, and alio declured that Hothxchlld and other Europeans in terested In the maintenance of the gold standard In this country con tributed during the campaign of 1896. Tuft Will Go on the Bench. Secretary Taft will accept a posi tion as associate Justice of the supreme court vice Hrown, who has signified a desire to retire on account of fall ing eyes. At a conference with Itoot after the cabinet meeting today it is believed he finally decided. Taft will go to New York to consult his brother regarding the acceptance tonight. Its acceptance will remove him from politics and the public. Moms Fought Fanatically. Manila, March 13. General Wood has returned from Join. He said to day that women and children were killed In battle, which he regretted, but It was unavoidable, the women fighting beside the warriors, and children being used as shields. He said the natives fought like fanatics, Jumping over the sides of the moun tains into the ranks of the soldiers, rolling men down with them. Most of the Injuries to the troops were by spaers and knives. The wounded na tives fought the surgeons after being placed on the operating tables. I In lions Corpus Denied. Washington, March 13. The su preme court has decided against Ca leb rowers in the habeas corpus pro ceedings and remanded the case to the state courts of Kentucky. Powers was thrice convicted of the murder of Governor Ooeho. i ntF. at u i:hi:vii.i.i Great Damage Inflicted on u Califor nia Summer Resort. Santa Rosa. Cal. March 13. The little town of Guornevllle. in the heart of the redwoods, and the summer residence of thousands of people from all over the state, was visited by fire early this morning, which destroyed the Grand Central hotel and other wooden buildings the business sec tion. Loss about 20,(100. Origin of the fire Is a mystery. & ! CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Quotation From the Greatest Wheat Center III the World. Chicago. March 13. Wheat closed at 77; corn at -It 7-8, and oats at 2SI l-. filling vacancies. ltNid Supervisors and Viewers Are Apisiliitfd. During the present session of coun ty court vacancies among the road supervisors are being filled. Albert Ilarala has been appointed as super visor of the Adams district to take the place declined by Jesse Hales. In the Alba district M. F. Dick has been named In place of A. J. Morse who was found to be a resident of another district. I., C. nothrock, of Pendleton, has been named as a member of the county bonrd of road viewers to takt the place of Frank Hack, who has re signed. The board Is now composed of J. W. Klmbrell, J. M. Ferguson and L. C. Hothrock. Cannibal Turks. London, March 13. Travel- ers returning from Arabia say the Turkish trooDS ma.isaered 50,000 natives, during the opera- lions,, resorting toe annlballam. . . t RELIEF FOR JAPAN. Shipment of F'ood and .Money Sent Out From Seattle. Seattle. March 13. More than 100 tons of flour and wheut were stowed away In the spacious hold of the ori ental liner Shawmut for the relief of the famine stricken Inhabitants of northern Japan, when that vessel cleared for the orient this afternoon. It was a part of the contributions of the citizens of the Btate of Washing ton which was deemed by the com mittee best to send forward as soon as possible, as the situation In the famine district, Is dally growing worse. The other contributions, which now amount to 14658.28 In cash, 47 Vi tons of wheut, 3478 sacks of flour and one ton of potatoes, are being loaded upon the liner Wakota, which sails next Monday, The many contributions that have been promised, but which have not arrived, will be forwarded on the Kanagawa Maru on the 20th. I.A GRANDE ELECTION. 3. It. Stoddard, Mormon Candidate, Elected Mayor of the licet Town. La Grande, March 13. The city election held In this slty yesterday re sulted In the choice of J. B. Stoddard, the Mormon candidate for mayor, over A. C. Miller, by a vote of almost 6 to 1. The chief contest In the election was over the proposition of securing a new water supply for the city, and In the management of the city water system. Two councllmen. Dr. A. !". Richardson and S. R. Haworth were elected. Mr. Stoddard is a mill owner and a progressive citizen, having moved to La Grande from Baker City several years ago. A. C. Miller Is a real estate man and a pioneer resident of La Grande. SEVEN CARS DERAILED. Itcpiirtcd That Three Trumps Were Killed Nenr Redding. Redding, Cal.. March 13. A south bound Southern Pacific freight was wrecked two miles south of Gregory i.V' . ih' Seven cars were hurled from the track. It Is Teported three, tramps were killed. A wrecker has gone to the scene. All traffic Is tied up. THEN ROBBED I WO VICTIMS WEItF. ALSO BAIm llEATEN AT I CDC. A Foreman on the Furnish Ri'.-h Was the. Worst Sufferer, lloth Physically anil Financially; He Was Knocked Unconscious Th" Klicr Phi I'p a Fruitless Resistance Hohhcrs Itun for It and Have Vol Keen Appre hended. Though the Scorch is Vig ilant. Kcho. the.. March 13. (Special to the East Oregonlan.) A daring hold up occurred within this place at 10:30 last night. Alex Frazler and J. Hyan were sandbagged and robbed near the o. li. & X. depot. Frazler was robbed of 3102 In money, u $20 check and a ticket to Portland. Hyan was reliev ed of f 11.50 in money and a ticket to Spokane. When held up the two men were passing between the wator tank and the warehouse and were set upon by two men with clubs or sandbags. Fra zler was knocked Insensible and did not recover consciousness for some little time. Hyan was not hurt as badly as his companion and put up something of a fight. However, ho was forced to give up what money ho had, while the thieves when through the pockets of Frazler. The robbers then ran and have not been seen since, though a diligent scare n has been made for them. They have either left on one of the passing trains or else are still In Echo and undiscovered. Moth of the victims of the hold-up huvc been employed on the Furnish ditch, Frazler having been a foreman. Work on Electric Line. "We plan to hnvc construction crews on the entire line Monday," said Mr. LeDoux, of the Inland Con struction company, yesterday. Mr. LePoux's company has ''secured the contract for tho first five miles out of Lewlston, and yesterday all the papers were signed with the electric line company. The Inland company Is building 17 miles of the Lewlbton Rlparla line, but Mr. LeDoux stated that none of the equipment would son and Marlon Shepler, who resides pany has additional equipment that can be placed on the electric ilne construction. "We will start with a small force and will employ teams at the outset," said Mr. LeDoux. "It Is Impossible to state at this time when we can complete the five miles, because that will be governed entirely by the force that we will be enabled to utilize." Lewlston Tribune. SANDBAGbED HOUSE WOULD APWHt Sill TO INVESTIGATE Falls in Line With Roosevelt's Desire to Inquire Into Differ ent Phases of Railroad Trusts Tillman Will Report tlie Hepburn Rate Hill Thursday Amendment to Hepburn Hill Would Provide for nil Interchange of Curs and for Court Review Tillman Finds Fnnlt With IlnoM-velt Heenuc the Latter Finds Fault Willi Congress -The PuH-r Trust Ordered by tlie Supreme Court to Produce Needed Documents for Anti-Trust Investigations. Washington, March 13. The house In committee of the whole makes a favorable report on the resolution ap propriating $50,000 according to the president's recommendations for an Investigation of the railroads' alleg ed monopolies of coal oil and rate discrimination. Tillman Will Report Thursday. Washington, March 13. Senator Till.-. . . n on the Hepburn bill Thursday. It will contain over 50,000 words. The democrats are trying to arrange a conference on the matter. Speeches were made this afternoon oft the gen eral subject of rate regulations. For Interchange of Cnres. Senator Scott has Introduced an amendment to the rate bill providing for an Interchange of cam between the various lines. Court review Is provided. Senator Tillman today crltlclred DEATH OF SUSAN II. ANTHONY Took Place at Rochester, N. Y., at the Age of 83 Years j Rochester, X. Y March 13. Susan! B. Anthony died at 12:40 this n.omlng : at the home of her sister In this place, ' with whom she had resided for many j yaers. The immediate caur of iv?r ' death was heart failure superinduced by double pneumonia, with which she had been afflicted for a week or more. She had really been In a dying con dition for 48 hours, thougn uncon scious only during the eight r 10 hours preceding her death. Miss Anthony had a very vigorous constitution, and during all her long und active life of 85 years had enjoyed uniformly excellent health, being very seldom Indisposed. At the sam time the heart trouble, which was the Im mediate cause of death, had oeen Im pending for several years. Iortland Was Nntiried. Portland, March 13. The Equal Suffrage headquarters has received the following from Rochester, X. Y.: "To the women of Oregon. Our lead er has Just passed on. Make Ore gon's freedom for women the corner stone of her monument. (Signed) Anna H. Shaw." great storm at salt lake. Hail und Haiti SUM ted to Stum , and .Much Damage Done. Salt Uike. Utah. March 13. A ter rific storm took place last night, with extensive damage toy wind. Trees and wires were blown down and store fronts blown In, and the power plants are all damaged. It commenced t.i thunder after midnight and the hail and rain turned to snow drifting 12 Inches and still snom-ing. 1 1 ca viol or I1m Winter. Kansas City. Mo., March 13. The heaviest snow of the whiter through out the middle west. Traffic In Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas Is Impeded and wire communication Interrupted. IM) XS AMBUSH A POSSE. Chci-okccs Make Trouble Over the Al lotment System. Vlnlta, I. T., March 13. United States marshals and a posse of srx men were ambushed by the Wickliffe gang of full-blood Cherokee Indians yesterday afternoon In the Xlghthawk Indian settlement In the Spavlnaw hills, 31 miles from Vlnlta, and three members of the posse were shot and killed. The dead are: I. L. Gllstrap. deputy United Slates marshal of Vlnlta; O. S. PRISONERS TAKEN Boise, March 13. President Moyer, Secretary Haywood and George A. Pettlbone were tnken from the peni tentiary and removed to the Canyon county Jail at Caldwell this morning. The change was made on demand of the prisoners. The jail Is a small af fair, unsanitary and unsafe. It has but four cells, and 14 prisoners who are compelled to do their own cook ing. Probably the governor will be the president's special message find-' ; ing fault with congress for not ap I proprlatlng money for a railroad In- vestlgation. He said he did not want to be "misunderstood as attacking a good friend," and said "the president i has undertaken a great conflict to Justify very sweeping accusations. We can pardon much, but there are limits to our endurance. The president should not so flippantly Insult us." 'Paper Trust Must Show Down. The paper trust was worsted by a series of cases In the supreme court this morning, the officials of Wiscon sin and Minnesota plants being order ed to obey the lower courts and pro ! duce documents before the examiners 1 of the anti-trust investigations. Snioot Denies Polygamy. Washington, March 13. Senator Smoot emphatically denies the charge he has three wives, saying It is ab solutely false. Tuttle and D. Terry, of Tahlequah, .e men. The Wlckllffes, three brothers, Charles, John and Tom, were at last accounts besieged In the house of their uncle. Jim Wickliffe. and posses from all directions probably 100 men In all, had gone to capture or kill the desperadoes. Trouble with Wlckllffes dates back to January. 1903, when the Cherok?o office was opened at Vlnlta. Full blood Cherokees objected to this pro ceeding and held war dances all over the Cherokee country and tho situa tion became alarming. On one occasion Peter Wolf, a full blood Indian was killed by another full-blood for no other reason :han that he came to Vlnlta and secured an allotment. CALIFORNIA FLOODS. St. John Ithor Out of Its Banks Nenr VUullti. Vlsalla, Cal.. arch 13. By a rush waters from the St. John river due to the heavy rains for the past several days over Its banks this morning. A number of ranches are under water. Many bridges are washed out in the hills and travel is temporarily sus pended. NEGOTIATIONS ARF: OFF. S Kl.tltm.tmil Miigcr of Utah Froertles Never Takes Place. Salt Lake, .March 13. Negotiations pending for many months for a J40, ooo.oiiii merger of Utah Cupper an.l the Boston mines at Bingham, Utah, are suspended. There Is a wide dif ference of opinion between the Gug genhelins, Samuel Xewhouse and others gathered here to negotiate tile merger. The prospect Is it will never be consummated. Fpuorlh League May 21-27. Walla Walla, March 13. (Special.) The committees of the Kpworth league which met in this city todav. selected Walla Walla as the meeting place for the Columbia liver und The Dalles districts of the league on May 24-27. Klghty leagues will be repre sented at the May meeting and an elaborate program will be rendered at that time. Wants Absolute Divorce. Paris. March 13. Countess Castel lane, accompanied by her lawyer, ap peared personally In court today and asked permission to amend the appli cation for a separation so the decree will give her an absolute divorce. She askr: for a separate domicile and cus tody of the children pending a final decision. TO CALDWELL JAIL asked to call out the militia to guard the Jail. Ogden Unions Will Defend. Ogden. Utah. March 13. The Og den Trades and Labor assembly last night adopted resolutions condemning Governor Gooding of Idaho, and Gov ernor Peabody of Colorado, for the arrest of Moyer, Haywood and Pettl bone, and voted money for their defense. APRICOTS ARE KILLED. Milton Pouches Slightly Injured, Rut Damage Will He Small If Weather Moderates. Milton, March 13. (Special.) The apricot crop In this vicinity Is com pletely killed by the cold weather of the past 4 8 hours. The fruit had set on the trees and was well advanced and there is scarcely a tree In the en tire district showing any live apricots today. While the crop of apricots In this vicinity was comparatively small, yet it is a popular fruit and is always in brisk demand in local markets. The peach crop Is but slightly In jured and unless the cold weather continues for several days the loss will be scarcely felt. The trees were not far advanced ajid the fruit buds have been but slightly damaged. It Is said by some orchardists that the cold weather has Just thinned the crop enough to Insure larger and bet ter fruit than If It all remained and ripened on the trees. Apples and the later and more hardy varieties of fruit are not In jured In the least. APPLE CHOP SAVED. Snow and Cold Weather In Grand Ronde Holds Hack finds and Pre vents Early Growth of Trees. The snow and cold weather of the past 4S hours has saved the apple crop of Grand Ronde valley, It Is said, for had the warm weather of last week continued the fruit buds would have swollen sufficiently to have been killed entirely by a slight freeze. As It Is the trees will be held back very late and when they do bud out the season will have been so far ad vanced that a killing freeze will be out of the question. Orchardists In Union county are rejoicing at the snowstorm and hope the weather con tinues cold for a week. Feed Is plentiful throughout Union county and stock are In good condi tion.. IS HIGH PRICED PROSPECT OF RAILROAD BOOMS THE COUNTY. O. R. N. Right of Way Now Prac tically All Secured, Without Resort to Courts Railway Will Cross W'al lovtu River But Twice in Passing Through the Canyon Line of Sur vey Mlses the Town of Losilnc "Land that was worth but 18 per acre seven years ago Is now selling in Wallowa valley at $50 to $60 per acre on the promise of the extension of the Elgin branch of the O. R. & X. Into the valley," said J. A. Murlelgh, editor of the Lostine Democrat and ex-representatlve in the legislature from Wallowa county, who Is In Pen dleton today on his way home from Portland and Walla Walla. Mr. Ilurlelgh says the right of way through the Wallowa valley has been practically all secured, and it Is prob able that , the right for the entire line through the valley will be secured without legal proceedings, a record heretofore unknown in northwest rail road building. The Klgin extension is now being graded rapidly toward the mouth of the Wallowa river, 16 miles north of Klgin. From the mouth of the Wal lowa river the line will follow the north side of the Wallowa river, cross ing that stream at the wagon bridge near the mouth of the Minam river. Although the river Is very crooked and the Wallowa canyon very pre cipitous, the railroad will cross the river but twice In the entire distance from the mouth of the Wallowa to Wallowa postofflce, the first town in the valley. The line of survey of the Wallowa branch of the O. R. & X. passes through the towns of Wallowa, En terprise and Joseph, but at present the survey misses the town of Los tine by about two miles. The people of that place however, are hopeful of inducing the company to locate the survey through the town. Wallowa valley is developing rap Idly nnd promises to be one of the richest sections of eastern Oregon when once supplied with railroad transportation. On account of the winter begin ning very early last fall nearly the en tire supply of hay has been fed out although a large amount of old hay was left over from the winter before. Hay is now selling at about $6 per ton and stock are In excellent condi tion. There has been good sleighing in the valley since early In Decem ber. The British Columbia Smelter company Is making enlargements to Its plant at Greenwood, B. C, which will Increase Its capacity from 18,000 tons per month to 60,000 tons per month. France has 7000 miles of state-owned and toll-free canals. 11 LAND STANDARD BRIBED CLERKS Railroad Employes Paid tor Information About Indepen dent Companies. OCTOPUS KEEPS TRACK OF OIL SHIPMENTS- Attorney General Moody Will Per sonally Make the Argument fti die PaekiTs' "Immunity Case" LtUe-Decfs-lons by Supreme Court Tlirow .Much Light on; the Situation Humphrey Introduce a Kill to Pro-, vide a Government Tug at Neat Ray, Off Washington Count ItatvU. of Northwest Appointments Made. Kansas City. March 13. The Inter state commerce commission today con tinued the Inquiry Into freight rates of the oil district. Witness E. L. Wilhoit, district agent for the Standard, told how he and others in like positions, paid rail road clerks to give the details of the? shipments from Independent refiner ies written on plain paper and un signed. He said the Sandard kept track of every Independent shipment, from refinery to consumer. Moody Will Personally Argue. Chicago, March 13. Attorney Gen eral Moody this morning for the first time said he would make the argu ment In the packers' Immunity trtaL. He said: "I will reserve comment, on. the relation of yesterday's supreme court decisions in the tobacco and pa per trust cases to the pending beef cases for my argument here later.. These decisions apparently open up many avenues seemingly closed be fore." The packers' attorneys do not re gard the decisions as adverse to their contentions. till to Provide Government Tug. Washington. March 13. Humphrey Introduced a bill that life-saving tust and launch tender be stationed tX Xeah bay. for service along the north Pacific coast. Northwest Appointment). Washington, March 13. President Roosevelt has appointed the follow-" ing postmasters: Frank J. Payne.. Sutter Creek. Cal.; W. E. KltterelL. Burke, Idaho: George N. Lamphere,. Palouse, Wash.; Albert S. Dickinson Waltsburg; W. H. Hull, Wenatchee. J. W. BAKER IN TOWN. Is Consulting With Ixical Deputy, Game Warden. J. W. Raker, state fish and gnme warden, arrived In Pendleton this morning from his home at Cottage Grove. He is upon a tour of eastern Oregon for the purpose of looking after the enforcement of the game laws, and while here has been In con sultation with O. F. Turner, recently appointed deputy for this section. Mr. Baker Is an enthusiastic sports man himself and has been on many deer hunts in the coast range and Cascade mountains, during which he has bagged his share of the game. He was appointed to office by Governor Chamberlain. I Mysterious Disappearance. " I J. C. Toakuni, of Oakland. Cal., Is j In the city and Is investigating the i matter of the mysterious disappear ' ance of his father Jesse Yoakum. The j latter, who owned a ranch a few miles i from Lewlston. near the Hatwal j creek on the Clearwater river, disap peared about a month ago. He hud spent the day In Lewlston and left I for his home In the evening. Tha iicai uay ins norse. unsaddled, was found near the Yoakum home. A short distance away the old gentle man's hat was also found. The offic ers investigated the case and the view was formed that upon reaching his home Mr. Yoakum became bewilder ed and wandering near the river had fallen Into the stream and drowned. It was reported in the city yester day that some fears are now express ed that Yoakum was the victim of foul rlay on the part of enemies. The son and Marlou Shepler, who resides near the city, left yesterday for tho , Hatwai farm and will endeavor to se- cure some clew that might solve tho mystery. uewision lTioune. Chaiinecy Is Ilimiillutcd. New York. March 13. A friend of Senator Depew this afternoon admitted the senator Is home sick in bed. hut In no immediate danger. He Is un- likely to return to the senate, being crushed by his rocep.ion there.