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PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1900.
NO. 5623
VOL. 19.
MOIEHEIT
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Remonstrants Object to the
, Council's Action and May
Circulate Papers.
TWO-THIRDS OF PROPERTY
OWNERS MAY STOP PROJECT.
nuilrman of the Street Committee lie-
Mains Firm In 111 Adherent to
the Council's Plans ami to tho Rltu-
llthle System us Compared With Any
System Tluit the Fliiniieen if tho
City Can Coiiiimwt Other Property
Owners Quoted to tho Same Effect
0iMnentH May Resort to an In
junction Electric Company May
Possibly Be Interested.
Is the paving of Main and Court
streets to bo blocked at the last mo
ment after the council has investigat
ed the subject for months and has
already taken the first steps towards
ordering the improvement? There is
'a movement on foot for that purpose,
and If successful the city will continue
Indefinitely with Its present streets.
The arguments advanced by those
opposed to paving are the same as in
the past with the additional criticism
that the council did wrong In selecting
the bltullthlc pavement to the exclu
sion of other kinds.
The council mny be prevented from
taking further action towards paving
by a remonstrance signed by two
thirds of the property owners of the
streets affected. Though no such re-
monstiance has been started yet It Is
feared such will be done.
Whether or not two-thirds of the
property owners can be persuaded to
remonstrate remains to be seen. There
a. e many who declare they will not
and urge there Is no reason whatever
. why owners should rcmnstrate when
but a few weeks ago they petitioned
for the very thing the council has
done. The petition circulated on
Court street called for bltullthlc pave
ment and at first the one for Main
street wag so worded but was after
wards changed to read "bltullthlc or
some other hard pavement."
Also the cost of bltullthlc pavement
was made known at the time the pe
titions were circulated. Consequently
It Is claimed there is no reason why
property owners should change front.
Itenn Hciiuilna Firm.
Whrn seen this forenoon Council
man Henn, chairman of the street
committee, expressed hla intention of
staying In the fight to the finish and
snld the mntter would only be held up
by a remonstrance or an Injunction.
According to Mr. Renn the subject
was Investigated thoroughly by the
committee and bltullthlc was found to
be the only desirable pavement. Also
the Warren company Is the only con
cern furnlRhlng such. The Barber As
phalt company proposes a. similar
pavement called victor, which It de
clares Is as good as bitulithic and is
cheaper. But when asked for snm
pies of their work the company rep
resentatives could name no place nav
Ing any of their pavement, so the
committee had no means of Investi
gating the merits of victor. On the
other hand, they found bltullthlc In
use at Walla Walla, Portland and Ta
coma and by personal Investigation
found it to be satisfactory. Also per-
sonnl letters were written by Mr. Renn
to cities all over the United btates
and some In Canada. He has received
replies to 22 of these nnd all speak
favorably of the bltullthlc pavement.
"There seems to be an undercurrent
working ngalnst paving and I do not
understand it, but we are not going to
give up Just because of a little street
talk," declared Mr. Renn In conclu
sion. i'.Q
Ell Snys "Nlcht VerHtehen."
Councilman Ell, another member of
the street committee, bIbo spoke
warmly on tho BUbJect of paving this
morning.
"I don't understand where this com
plaint Is from," said he. "No prop
erty owner has complained to mo yet,
and I don't believe they are opposed
to paving. The financial part of the
business has been settled and there is
no use talking It. Those who are op
posed to bltullthio should Investigate
h subject first as we nave aone it.
They would then agree with us."
Some Will Not Remonstrate
, While no effort was made to can
vass the situation, several property
owners were seen who will not sign a
remonstrance. George Darveau, owner
Winter's Record on the Coast.
Boston, March 28. During
the winter Just ended 84 lives
were lost, and 46 vesselB wreck
ed, and hundreds of thousands
of dollars property destroyed
along the New England coast.
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Alb
of the Hotel 8t. George, and an ardent
advocate of improvement, said he was
satisfied with the council's action and
would turn down the remonstrance.
V. Stroble also defends the council's
action and Bald he knew of no one In
hla locality who opposed it. He does
not want macadam and 'declares it
would have to be replaced within a
short time with something better.
Joseph Basler also declared the city
should pave the Btreets, though he
does not advocate any particular kind.
According to him puving the streets
would help in livening up the town
as well as furnish a needed Improve
ment.
Among others to volunteer them
selves for paving was Oi A. Robblns,
while Messrs. Renn and Ell, of the
street committee, are property owners
themselves.
In the opinion of one member of the
council those favoring paving will
stand together and vote it through to
the finish; provided they are not stop
ped by a two-thirds remonstrance.
However, there Is talk that an in
Junction will be sought here as was
done at Walla Walla and Boise. But
whether such would be granted i
mains to be seen.
I Electric Company Interested?
It has been broadly intimated today
by several councllmen that the North
western Oaa & Electric company Is
Interested In preventing paving at this
time for the reason that they have not
placed their gas mains yet. They de
clare that the company promised,
either orally or else in the franchise
itself, to place their mains anytime the
city should wish to pave the streets.
This they assert the company may not
wish to do at this time.
GOODING DENIES INTERVIEW.
He Has Tendered the Labor Fnlons
' Some Advice.
Boise, March 23. Governor Good
Ing denies an Interview to the effect
that If the lubor unions appoint a
commltte he would permit Orchard to
repeat his confession to them. The
governor Bald he recommended the
labor unions to Investigate the matter
for themselves rather than pass in
flammatory resolutions. Fettibone was
brought to Boise from Caldwell this
afternoon.
JOSEPH ALLEN
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CONFRONTS SEVERAL
CHARGES OF FORGERY,
He Was Taken In Custody and Jailed
at Echo, und Will Probably Be
Bound Over for Trial Mude Gun
Plays at Echo, Where He Cashed
Three Dad Checks, Realizing VI 15
Upon Them Defendant Been
In Real Estute Business nt Heppner,
nnd llns a Defense.
Joseph Allen was arrested at Echo
yesterday charged with passing nu
merous forged checks upon people
there. Several of the checks were up
on Pendleton banks, two being drawn
on the Commercial National and one
on the First National. One of those
drawn upon the Commercial National
was for $20, and was In favor of
Joseph Allen and signed by the same
name. The other check was for $75
and was In favor of George McCooley
and signed by William Brooks. It was
Indorsed by the payee and also by
Allen. In the opinion of J. A. Rad
ley, assistant cashier of the Commer
cial National bank, both of theso
checks were written by the same man.
presumably Allen. Neither he nor
Brooks have a deposit at tho bank.
The cheek upon the First National
bnnk was In favor of J. Kanuweyer
and was for the sum of $20. It is
thought to have been written by Allen
also.
It was through two checks which
Allen drew on the Bank of Echo that
he waa caught. These were at once
presented at that Institution and
found to be bogus. This was during
the afternoon yesterday, and as the
checks on the Pendleton banks had
also been presented to the Bank of
Echo the banks here were queried con
cernlng them. They replied that the
checks were worthless, as1 Allen had
no funds on deposit.
Allen was at once arrested and Is
now being held at Echo. He will be
examined before the Justice, of the
peace there and doubtless bound over
to the circuit court.
Allen has been around Echo for
about a month, and has been drinking
nnd gambling during that time. Night
before last the marshal took a gun
from him and locked him In tho town
Jail. Yesterday morning he was re
leased and immediately bought an
other gun, threatening to shoot sev
eral people. He was locked up again.
The three checks drawn on the Pen
dleton banks and amounting to $115,
were taken by E. Ripper, who gave
the money for them.
Allen has been In the real estate
business at Heppner for some time.
He claims the checks were given to
him by parties whom he located on
homesteads.
E
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OF SETTLEMENT
Miners and Operators in Joint
Session, Wrestling With the
Old Problems.
XAHHOW MARGIN AGAINST
NINETEEN THREE SCALE.
Bobbins, an Operator, With a 6,000,.
OOO-Ton Corporation Contract, Fa
vors the Old Wage Scale and Voted
With the Miners Independent Op.
era torn Refuse to Fall toi Line With
RohhiiiH, Who Seems to Bo Bucked
by the United Stutes Stcei Corpor
ation Soft Coal Goes Up In Chlca
go, and au Advance of Anthracite
Is Predicted Soon. .
Indianapolis, March 23. Contrary
to expectations the Joint scale com
mittee met again this morning, hold
ing out meagre hopes for a peaceful
settlement.
Dnnrntnr Rohblns' DrOOOsitlon tO
adopt the 1903 scale was f rejected
Robblns cast his vote with the miners,
making 23 favoring, but unanimous
action is required. The coal contract
nf the Robblns comDany with the
United States Steel corporation calls
for 6.000.000 tons yearly. It Is said
rather than have a strike the United
States Steel corporation Is willing to
pay money for the additional cost of
mining under the 1903 scale.
A number of independent operators
In western Pennsylvania declare they
will not Join Robblna in operating un
der the "03" scale.
Advance In Coal in Chicago.
Chicago, March . 23. Bituminous
coal Is quoted here this morning at
an advance of 50 cents. Anthracite
Is stationary, but It is predicted will
rise soon. The supply Is limited. It
is hard to get shipments from the
mines. The railroads are the heaviest
buyers. ,
Still Negotiating.
Indianapolis, March 23. It is be
lieved the crisis 1b passed. Tho two
sides are more inclined to be patient
with each other. At noon a recess
with each other. At the noon recess
it was announced that no definite ac
tion had been taken. There will be
another meeting this afternoon.
Operators have telegraphed home
they may be at Indianapolis several
days more.
FREEZE KILLED THE SCALE.
Orclmrdlsts Arc Rejoicing Over One
Result of Cold Weather.
Milton, March 23. (Special.)
While the fruitralsers of the Walla
Walla valley will undoubtedly sustain
quite a loss by the recent freeze-up,
which resulted in nearly all of the
early fruit being killed, they will be
benefited In another way. According
to the opinions of several of the lead
ing orchardists In the valley the San
JoseV scale was killed by the cold
weather.
Trees that were covered with the
scale prior to the cold snap do not
show any signs of the pest. The warm
days of last month had been the means
of bringing out the scale in almost
every orchard in the county and the
owners of largo orchurds were spend
ing considerable money In spraying
their trees In order to get rid of tho
pest.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From tho Greatest Wheat
Center In the World.
Chicago, March 23. Wheat closed
today at "8 1-8; corn at 44, and
oats at 30 7-8.
Curtis Jackson Hanged.
Ponlar Bluff, MW March 23.
Curtis Jackson, a negro, was hanged
this morning for assault upon Mrs.
Dan Norman, white.
Emperor Josef Very III.
Paris, March 23. Dispatches repbrt
the serious condition of Franz Josef.
JUDGE O'SULLIVAN
New York, March 23. Judge O'Sul-
llvan today virtually refused to accept
the responsibility of advising the grand
Jury In response to the presentment
of hypothetical questions as to wheth
er the crime of grand larceny is com
mitted by insurance officials giving
political contributions. The court
said; "The giver of political contribu
tion might be actuated by patriotism."
Jerome leaped to his feet and de
clared the advice to the Jury did not
meet the Issue. Jerome said: "The
court has misconceived the Issue. I
would ask the court to sit In this ac
SENATE
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ITS CONFEREES
Joint House and Senate Com
mittee Will Make Revision
ot Statehood Claims
ROOSEVELT ASSURES
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
The Latter Openly Threatened to Cur
ry the EUrht-Hotir Issuo Into Poli
tico, and a Result the House Com
mlttee on Judiciary Will Consider
the Antl-Inliiiietion Rills, Instead
of Shelving Them Same Commit
tee Says Cmigrcm Cannot ICgislnte
Concerning Insurance Abuses In
lectio!i Officials Are Whitewashed.
Washington, March 23. Bcveridge,
Dillingham and Patterson were named
as senate conferees over a statehood
bill.
Roosevelt Assures A. F. L.
Washington, March 23. The pres
ident has written the secretary of the
American Federation of labor he
.would personally see to the enforce
ment of the eight-hour law here. It
goes to the house committee on Judi
ciary. As a result of the labor men's
threats to take the contention Into
politics, it Is decided to consider the
antl-lnjunctlon bills instead of ignor
ing them as was the evident Intention.
Congress Has No Authority.
Washington, March 23. The house
Judiciary committee today decided
that as insurance is not an object of
Interstate commerce, congress has not
power ot legislate In connection.
Inspectors Not to Illume.
Washington, March 23. It is un
derstood the commission that investi
gated the wreck of the Valencia' off
Vancouver island, is now at work in
this city on a report, which attaches
no blame to the officials of the steam
ship inspection service on the north
coast.
Pirates Capture Standard Oil Boat.
London, March 23. Advices say
that a launch belonging to the Stand
ard Oil company was seized in Chi
nese waters by pirates, a number of
American rifles and' 1000 rounds of
ammunition taken. The American
gunboat Callao is en route to the
scene.
Modem Hotel at Manila.
Washington, March 23. Manila Is
to have a modern hotel, to which the
insular government will lend Its aid.
The city Is asked for proposals. It
will have about 200 rooms.
POTF.E RAN AMUCK.
Shot and Wounded Severn! Tersons nt
a Funeral,
Baltimore, March 23. Walter Potee
aged 25, entered his brother's home
during the funeral of a nephew, and
shot his brother, missed his mother,
hitting a neighbor, shot Chief of Po
lice Irwin, took possession of the
house, defied the police and a crowd
of citizens. Those shot are all serl
ously hurt.
UNION LABOR L,UNRRY.
Agitation In Seattle Over Bud Condi
tions Brings Results.
Seattle, March 23. Organized la
bor will build and conduct a steam
laundry at Seattle as a result of the
agitation obout present establishments
working the girls over hours and
other abuses to which employes are
subject.
Paulson's Critical Condition.
Columbus, O., March 23. Governor
Pnttlson's physicians have Issued a
bulletin saying he is not so well. A
dropsical condition has developed at
the base of the lungs.
Ill With TonslUtls.
Ruby Bollerman has been seriously
ill with tonstlltlB for several days, but
is somewhat Improved today.
DODOES THE ISSUE
tion as a magistrate tomorrow and
permit me to submit expositions upon
which you can Issue warrants for
George W. Perkins and Cornelius Bliss
for receiving stolen goods. If you will
back up your Judgment with warrants
and these men are arrested and a writ
of habeas corpus is issued as a result,
eminent Jurists will represent either
side. If you will do this, I will retain
Alton B. Parker to represent the peo
pie. O'Sulltvan refused and said
pie." O'Sulllvan refused and said
and dismissed the Jury and proceeded
to other cases.
MINERS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Ten-Ton Slab Fell Uxm Them In the
Minnie Mtxsre.
Hallcy, March 23. A cave-In oc
curred a few minutes after 8 o clock
thlB morning, at No. 10 level of- the
Minnie Moore mine, near Bcllevue. A
slab weighing over 10 tons fell,
crushing to death Harry Hendy and
Andy Westerdahl, and seriously in
juring Will Westerdahl, a twin brother
of Andy.
The men had Just gone to work, be
ing engaged In driving a drift at the
tenth level. It ls,though that the
shots fired by the preceding shift had
loosened a big slab of rock at the
back, near the face of the drift, and
that while the men were picking down
this morning, the slab fell, burying
the men beneath Its weight.
Will Westerdahl, though badly In
jured by the falling rock, was able to
give the alarm, and a force of men
was put to work removing the slab
from the dead miners. It required
three hours to remove the immense
stone and release the bodies, which
were crushed beyond recognition.
FIRST INDIAN JUROR.
James Moses, a Black River Indian,
Drawn In Seattle List.
Seattle, March 23. James Moses,
an Indian, has been drawn on the
April list of Jurors and has the honor
of being the first Indian to be drawn
for Jury duty In King county.
"Jim" Moses, as he is known all
over the Sound country, is the last of
the famous peace loving Black River
tribe of Indians. Moses was born in
Eagle harbor, whither his grandfather
had gone with the Black River tribe
during the Indian wars of 1867. He
lived there a short time and then
came back with his parents to Ren
ton, where he now owns a five-acre
tract at "the mouth of the Black river.
To Release Girl Horse Thief.
Walla Walla, March 23. Petition
ers In behalf of Myrtle Tipton, the
girl horse thief in the penitentiary
here, now have nearly 1000 names
signed upon them. Every day names
are pouring in from all directions.
Within a few days all will be in readi
ness to forward the petitions to the
governor.
II AR RIM AN PEOPLE PLAN
TO CUT 5 OR 70 HOURS.
Tills Will Bo the Reduction In Sched
ule Between Chicago and Portland,
and Partly Effected by a Shortening
of the Oregon Short Lbie 131 Miles
Project Influenced by the North
Bank Line Down the Columbia
Surveyors Now Running the Shorter
Line.
A definite plan of the Harrlman
people to reduce the time of Chicago
Portland trains from 70 to 65 hours
Is told In the following interesting
story from the Oregon Daily Journal:
Determined to maintain the claim
of having the shortest line from Port
land to the east, Harrlman has met
the north bank project of the Hill
companies with a plan to build a cut
off from Malad City to Mountalnhom?
in Idaho, reducing the Oregon Short
Line by 134 miles and cutting the run
ning time of the Chicago-Portland
specinl from 70 hours to 65 hours.
Two surveying parties have been
placed in the field, one working from
Malad City and the other from Bur
ley, to find a feasible route.
Malad City is the present terminus
of the branch running from Ogden
northward along the Malad river. The
proposed line would run nearly due
west from Malad City and intersect
the Twin Falls branch that swings
south and west from the present main
line at Minnldoka, Idaho, and follows
the Snake river westward through a
rich country that Is becoming the
center of a large and growing irrigated
region.
The proposed cut-off. Joining the
Twin Falls line at Burley, would use
the same track west to Twin Falls,
the terminus, and then continue
along the Snake river and connect
with the present mntn line at Moun
talnhome. The route j said to afford
easy grades and an almost direct line
between Ogden and Mountalnhome.
Working on Culdesnc Lino.
I.ewiston, March 23. Porter Bros.
& Welch, the railroad contractors,
have established six camps now on
the line out from Culdesac and be
tween that point and Chelsey. They
have from 260 to 800 men employed
In retting material and camp equip
ment, but no movement has been made
vet in actual moving of dirt In the con
sthrunction of the grade. This is the
report -that A. W. Conway, of Culdesac
gives today in telling of the progress
of the work. These camps will have
a capacity of accommodating 200 men
each and the object ot the contractors
Is to have each camp full handed
when the work begins.
There were six births In Ashland,
Ore., on St. Patrick's Day.
WILL
REDUCE
THROUGH TIME
THIRTY-TWO DIE
IN A GOAL MINE
Over Three Hundred in the
Shafts and Drifts When the
Explooion Occurred.
ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...
Caused by an Explosion of Gas and
Dust, and Many Are Believed to Yet
Be In the Mine and In Great Dan
ger Loss, Would Have Been Much
Greater But for the Men Having
Quit Work and Being Congregated
About the Shafts and Drifts Leading
to the Exits Mine Is Owned by a
Baltimore Company Eleven Known
Dead Not Recovered.
Phlllppl, W. Va., March 23. Thirty
two men are known to be dead, 25 In
jured and between 25 and 75 missing
and are believed to be dead as the re
sult of an explosion of gas and dust
In the shaft of the Century Coal com
pany at Century, a mining town 20
miles southwest of Phillip!.
The explosion occurred late yester
day afternoon, but owing to the tele
phone communication being Interrupt
ed on account of the storm details are
lacking. The Century mine is owned
by Shaw Bros., of Baltimore, and em
ploys over 300 men, but fortunately
for the greater part of that number
the explosion came after they had
quit work.
After the explosion the officials be
gan to canvass to ascertain the num
ber of men on the surface. This re
sulted In finding 160, but It is be
lieved that many more are on the out
side who are not accounted for. If
this Is not true, then 60 men In the
mine have little hope of being alive.
PoIe and Hungarians. j
Phlllppl, W. Va., March 23. Twen
ty-one of the dead have been recover
ed from the Century mine and 11 dead
are still In. Over 300 were in at the
time of the explosion, which was caus
ed by dust. The dead are mostly
Poles and Hungarians.
POISONED THE FAMILY.
Amateur Mlnerolglst Experimented
With Quicksilver.
Seattle, March 23. Louis Pydee,
a wood chopper of Ballard, found
some decomposed rock In the woods,
which he thought were particles of
precious stones. Sunday he put a
quantity In a pan, added quicksilver
and placed it on the stove. The
fumes made the entire family sick,
three little girls seriously. Louise,
aged 6, died this morning In great
agony. Physicians are working to
save the others, whose bodies are
purple and they are vomiting.
CONFESSED SEVEN ROBBERIES.
Ex-Sergeant of Seventh Cavnlry Gone
Wrong at Sun Diego.
Son Diego, March 23. Arthur Pau
lat, alius John Lewis, a plumber, was
arrested last night while robbing
Thompson's saloon. He admitted be
ing guilty of committing seven rob
beries during the last two weeks. He
is an ex-sergeant of Troop C, Seventh
cavalry, and drew on the officers
when caught.
SHOT THE PORTUGUESE.
Horse Trainer Found Him In Com
pany With His Wife.
Oakland, Cal., March 23. Coming
unexpectedly home last night, L. Mc
Donald, a horse trainer, found Joe
Meloy, a Portuguese, in company with
his wife. McDonald drew a revolver
and shot Meloy through the heart.
McDonald married a divorced woman
at Santa Rosa five weeks ago. He is
under arrest.
Jumped From tho Bridge.
Minneapolis, March 23. Prof. A.
W. Upson, of the chair of literature
at the University of Minnesota, author
and poet, Jumped from the bridge into
the Mississippi river this morning and
is expected to die. Cause unknown.
except a nervous temperament.
Abolished Football.
Chicago, March 23. The board of
trustees of Northwestern university
have abolished football for five years.
Mann ricadcd Not Guilty.
New York, March 23. Col.
Mann pleaded not guilty this
morning to the charge of per-
Jury, and pleaded for an lmme-
dlate trial. Jerome said: "He
Will be tried when the district
attorney is ready."
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