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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1900.
NO. 562 G
VOL. 19.
People who buy and people wno i JsVW I W 1
Intelligent advertising. It Is the II . j .V VV -C, J tigf0" 'i
chief mmm of Introduction. I I I .-"a. - r I Zfc.
LIN RENN
ON STREET PAVING
Chairman of the City Council
Street Committee Reviews
the Situation,
SHOW S THAT COUNCIL
. IS IN HEAL EAHXEST.
KxnliiliiH the Movement to Secure
Paving, Gives Detail of the Work
ami Kliows the Utterly Untenable
Position Taken by J. It. Dickson
Council Han Investigated Paving
Prices anil Finds the Proponed
Irlee ol Hltnllthlc for Pendleton Is
Very Iteawmable City Paid Off
Sewer Warrants Quickly, Why Not
ravins?
In the fight for street paving suc
cess thus far has been all with the
council and the friends of Improve
ment. Though a remonstrance Is
known to have been started by J. R.
Dlck'on, It Is thought to have been
dropped, presumably for want of
sympathy. At least all the property
owners consulted, outride Messrs.
Dickson and Taylor, have declared
themselves against It."
Also, It Is understood that the field
Is to be opened, so that all companies
may present specifications and bids.
By doing so the council will overcome
the objection advanced that an error
was made In asking for bids only on
bltullthlc Also, It will prevent any
legal action being taken to restrain
the council as was done at Walla
Walla.
The following from Councilman
Renn states the position of the street
committee In the flatter:
To the Editor: In justice to the
street committee of the city of Pen
dieton and to the other members of
the council who sustained the com
mlttee's report on the street paving
question, I deem It my duty and priv
ilege to answer the arguments of J.
R. Dickson as published in the Morn
ing Tribune of March 25th.
The petitions presented to the coun
cil by owners of property In the busi
ness portions of Main and Court
streets, asking for street Improvement
were signed by owners covering more
than two-thirds of the street frontage
proposed to be Improved by paving.
The petition for Main street, includ
ing that portion of the street lying
between the bridge crossing the Uma
tllla river and to and Including Inter
section of Bluff street, colls for "hav
ing the same paved In Its entire width
from sidewalk line to sidewalk line
with Mtullthic pavement on bitumln
ous base or other permanent paving.
This petition Mr. Dickson signed as
trustee for 100. foot frontage.
The petition for paving on Court
street between Main and Vincent
street was signed ly property owners
on that street owning more than
three-fourths of the frontage and
called exclusively for bltullthlc pave
ment. This, In view of the fnct that
the council had already advertised Its
proposal to pave the entire street
from Main to the eastern limits of
the city with macadam.
Council Investigates.
The street committee was requested
bv the mnvor and council to make a
thorough Investigation of the various
kinds of paving In use In other cities
and entered upon the discharge of Its
duty with the utmost good faith and
conscientious desire to serve the best
Interests of the city and the property
owners concerned in paying for the
Improvement.
The committee entered Into corres
pondence with the city authorities of
many cities throughout the United
States. Tho members of the Com
mittee personally went to Walla Walla
nnd Portland and one member of the
committee went to Tncoma and the
merits of the various kinds of paving
In actual use were fully considered
and tested.
The claims of a number of paving
companies were heard and placed In
comparison. The committee went so
far as to procure the opinion of J. W.
Howard, consulting engineer on roads,
streets and pavements, of New York
city, which report Is herewith submit
ted for publication, and upon the In
formation In its possession the com
mittee made to the city council ,what
the members thereof considered an
Intelligent report.
Tho report was unnnlmously adopt
Verdict B to Adobe Wreck.
Canon City, Col.. March 27.
The coroner's Jury returned a
verdict that the Adobe wreck
was caused by neglect of Oper-
ator a P. Lively, tout was not
wilful nor malicious. It recom-
mended no crlmlnnl prosecution
against any one, but recom-
mended Improvements of the
rond's system of signals.
ed by the council and the proposals
for street Improvement on these por
tions of Main and Court streets by
paving with Warren's bltullthlc water
proof pavement, followed.
Dickson Is In Error.
Mr. Dickson Is In error when he
states that "the council has advertised
for bids on bltullthlc alone" or, for
that matter that the council has ad
vertised for bids at all, although It
has published notice of Its proposal
to pave those particular portions of
Court and Muln with bltullthlc pave
ment.
When the council calls for bids it
will of course reserve the right to re
ject any and all bids, and if It should
ask for bids on Warren's patented
pavement and should receive a bid on
that pavement which appeared un
reasonable or exorbitant as compared
with the prices on other approved
pavement, It Is no more than fair to
assume that the council would know
enough to reject the bid. ,
Certainly, the council may have lost
Its greatest brirln center with the loss
of Mr. Dickson from the council
board, but It is to be hoped that the
council is not yet entirely imbecile.
New Ordinances, Possible.
As to the violation of the city char
ter the cit ycouncll Is more than sat
isfied with the ability of Its attorney
to make its ordinances, proposals and
bids legal and regular. Under the e'
tlmates for bltullthlc pavement the
city need not go beyond the $10,000
limit of Indebtedness for the proposed
Improvement. As to the macadamize
lng or paving of the streets the regu
lar revenues of the city are to be con
sidered. When the sewerage system
was placed In Pendleton the city was
obliged to Issue Its warrants for
about $10,000 in excess of the sewer
bonds.
These warrants were piad oft In
less than 14 months from the regular
Income of the city, besides paying cur.
rent expenses and the amounts des
ignated to the various sinking funds.
Tbe excess In receipts over disburse
ments should be amply sufficient to
meet other street Improvement as
rapidly as the people are raedy for It.
It is most devoutly to be hoped that
an Indebtedness of $10,000 for street
Improvement will not so disturb the
clty'fl "financial equilibrium" as to In
definitely delay all future Improve
ment In Oils "boasted city of prosperi
ty. . -Chief
Objections Answered.
The chief argument advanced by
those in opposition to paving appears
to be that the advertisement for bids
on Warren's bltullthlc water proof
pavement would shut out competitive
bids In that paving is patented and
none but the Warren Construction
company could bid. This view la en
tirely erroneous. . i ,
The bltullthlc surface preparation
(Continued on page 8.)
fieldIsIpen
IN
NO FORM OF FATING CAN
HATE EXCLUSIVE CALL.
Hltulitlilc,splinlf, Macadam, Bitum
inous and Victor Will Now All Have
mi Equal Chance An Injunction
Had IK vn Petitioned for, and to
That Demand the Council Acceded,
and Will Advertise for Bids, Which
Will It Made by Promoters of Dif
ferent IYoccsHca,
The apparent monopoly of the
street paving situation held by the
Warren Construction company In
Walla Walla, was entirely swept away
last night when the city council of
that city decided to advertise for bids
on four different kinds of paving
bltullthlc. asphalt, bituminous ma
cadam and Victor.
The matter of paving in Walla
Walla has been completely tied up by
an Injunction for the past two weeks,
because the council had practically
agreed to confine the bids on pnvlng
to the bltullthlc only, thus shutting
out competitors who claimed to hove
equally as good paving as the bltu
llthlc. At first It was decided to carry the
Injunction to the supreme court In
hopes of having It dissolved, that the
bid on the bltullthlc paving might be
accepted, but upon consideration the
council agreed to not force the bltu
llthlc, but to open the bids to the four
different kinds of paving and then
accept that kind which showed upon
Investigation to bo the most durnble
and the least expensive.
This opens the bids to the Barber
Asphalt company, which manufac
tures the asphalt, bituminous macad
am, a form of bltullthlc, and the Vic
tor, another form of ibltullthlc, and
also to the Warren Construction com
pany, which manufactures the bltu
llthlc only.
It is now probable that the paving
of 16 additional blocks In Walla Walla
will proceed as soon as the council
can decide on the kind to be used,
after the bids are in.
The hclef objection to paving and
the cause of the Injunction against it.
In Walla Walla, waB the fact that the
bltullthlc company was the only one
bidding on the work and people ob
jected to the monopoly ruling the
council.
WALLA WALLA
WARRANTS OUT
FOR
OFFCIALS
District Attorney Jerome Went
Directly Into Police Court
for the Informations.
DEFENDANTS' NAMES
" NOT CERTAINLY KNOWN.
Tills Action Followed Judge O'Sulli
van's Instructions to the Grand Jury
to Handle All Insurance Affairs on
Its Own ItcsK)nsibillty and Demand
That All Evidence Known to Jerome
Be Presented to It Vice President
of the New York Life Is the Com
plaining Witness, for Unlawful Di
version of Company Funds.
Perkins Arrested.
New York, March 27. it has
developed this afternoon that
only ono warrant was Usued as
a result of Jerome's activity,
that for Perkins, In accordance
with Jerome's plan to test the
law. Perkins will apply for a
writ of habeas corpus. Jerome
will submit "the facts and ask for
a speedy decision.
New York. March 27. Judge O'Sul
11 van recharged the grand Jury last
evening that It is their duty to lnves
tlgate the Insurance conditions to the
end, and urged them to demand and
peruse all the evidence Jerome has
hi his possession.
Direct In Police Court.
New York, March 27. Magistrate
Moss, of the police court, is said to
have issued this morning as a result
of a conference with Jerome, thre-
warrants for three Insurance officials
whose names have been prominently
Identified with the evidence adduced
by the legislative Investigating com
mittee. Jerome went direct from the
police court to his private office,
where It Is said he communicated by
'phone with the Individual In ques
tion. As a result they are expected
to appear before tho magistrate
promptly and surrender themselves
by bondmen.
This Is apparently Jerome's answer
to Judge O'Sulllvan, who urged the
grand Jury not to permit the district
attorney to take the Insurance case
awny from them, but to themselves
demand all evidence.
Who Are the Defendants?
Recently when before O'Sulllvan,
Jerome said he might ask for war
rants for Bliss, Cortelyou and Per
kins. Kinsley Complaining Witness.
Vice President D. P. Kinsley, of the
New Vork Life, sworo to the war
rants. QUARRELED BEFORE MURDER.
McVlcnr's Stomach Taken to Chemist
for Analysis.
Stockton, March 27. Mrs. Emma
Ledoux. held for the murder of Albert
N. McVlcar, whose body was found in
n trunk, spent her first night In the
woman's ward at Stockton.
Tangible bits of occurrences Imme
diately preceding McVlcar's death are
being gathered. It is learned McVlcar
and the woman engaged in a violent
quarrel, presumably over McVlcar's
loss of Insurance money collected by
Mrs. Ledoux on the death of her first
husband, William Williams. Also
snld to have quarreled over the man
ner In which McVlcar disposed of the
life. Insurance he Is supposed to have
nrrled.
Henly Claims an Alibi.
San Francisco, March 27. Joseph
Henly was. taken to Stockton this
morning by Policeman Frank Briar,
of the Stockton department. It Is
apparent from Mrs. Ledoux's confes
sion that she seeks to Implicate Healy
uni'.-r the name of Miller as the man
who was responsible for the death of
MvVlcar. Healy admits he was with
the woman Saturday and Sunday, but
says he Is able to prove he was not
at Stockton at the time of the mur
der. Coroner Southworth, of San Joa
quin county, came to San Francisco
last night with the stomach of Mc
Vlcar and left it with a local chemist
for analysis.
Roblierg Got $1100.
Bentley, Kan., March 27. Robbers
this morning wrecked the safe of the
bank of Bentley with dynamite and
escaped with $1500 In cash.
Springs Gets Twenty Years.
New York, March 27. Robert
Sprlggs, a negro trafficker In white
slaves, was sentenced to SO years.
L
Tillman Believes They Do
nated a Million Dollars in
1896 to Defeat Bryan.
KNOWS ONE BANK THAT
CONTRIBUTED $17,000.
He Demands the Punishment of Those
RcHKinslllo for This Illegal and
CoiiHtiencelew) inversion of the
Government Funds Entrusted to
Tliem for Legitimate Channel of
Business Bill Pauses Senate for
$200,000 for Life Saving Station on
Washington Coast First National
Bank of West Texas Closes Smoot
Hearing Resumed.
Washington, March 27. Senator
Tillman today made a hot speech
against national banks contributing
to political campaigns. He Bald he
knew one bank in 1896 that gave $17,
000, and he believed the national
banks that year contributed $1,000,
000. He declared they should be pun
ished. Life Saving Station.
The senate passed the bill appro
priating $200,000 for a life saving
station and sea going tug in Washing
ton. The naval appropriation bill will
Include $100,000 to begin construction
of a dock at Bremerton, which com
plete, wil cost $1,400,000.
National Bank Failure.
Washington, March 27. The
comptroller of the currency Is notl
fled that the First National bank at
West Texas has closed Its doors and
a receiver will be appointed. The
last published statement gave assets
as $736,000, and liabilities as $157,-
000.
Smoot Hearing Resumed.
. Washington, March 27. The Smoot
hearing Is resumed. Robert J. Shields
a Sale Lake gentile and general sales
agent for the Inland Crystal Salt Co.
was the first witness, called to refute
the testimony of C. A. Smurthwaite,
who declared the Mormon church
tried to monopolize the salt trade In
Utah.
James H. Llnford, president of
Brlgham Young college, testified af
ter much insistence that he Is not
bigamist, but that he believed In
plural marriages.
CINCHING THE STANDARD.
Documents ' Trove Ownership nnd
Management of Subsidiary Com-
lianles.
New York, March 27. Papers were
introduced in the Standard Oil hear
ing today to show the Standard as
sumed business direction as well as
ownership of stock In the subsidiary
companies.
Walsh's Hearing Continued.
Chicago, March 27. Upon request
of John It. Walsh's attorney, Just re
turned to the city after an absence
of a week, United States Commission
er Foote today continued the prelim
inary hearing of Walsh, accused of il
legal practices In the Chicago Nation
al Hank case, to April 6.
English Packet Sank.
Lisbon, March 27. A vessel be
lieved to be an English packet, sunk
In a terrible storm last night and all
on board wcro lost.
New Ambassador for Germany.
Vienna, March 27. The emperor
has approved of the appointment of
Chnrles Frances to be the American
ambassador.
Ireland Arrived at Rome.
Rome, March 27. Archbishop Ire
land arrived today and asked for a
private audience with the pope.
MERCHANTS' COMMITTEE.
Leon Cohen Adds Ono to Association
Committees.
In making the appointment of com
mittees for the Commercial associa
tion, President Leon Cohen has named
a merchants committee which in the
future will deal with subjects pertain
lng to the mercantile business of the
city. The following men have been
selected for the committee: T. C. Tay
lor, C. B. Roosevelt, Lee Teutsch and
M. A. Rader.
By means of the merchants com
mittee It will be possible for the as
sociation to act quickly upon matters
of Importance to the business Inter
ests. Chnrles Harris of Astoria, has been
arrested at Salem, charged with be
ing a procurer under guise of employ
lng girls to sing In dance halls and
wait on table and be chambermaids.
NATIQNA
BANKS
CONTRIBUTE
GRADING RIPARIA BRANCH.
Forty -Miles of Grade Now Awaits the
' Ralls.
Rlparla, March 27. The contract
was let yesterduy for the grading of
two miles of the Lewtston-Rlparla
brunch line Just above Almota to
Fleming and Cuslck, of Spokane, and
they will start on the work this week.
These sub-contractors have Just fin
ished a contract of similar size.
Engineer H. A. Brandon, who has
charge of the construction work for
the contractors, Erlckson & Peterson,
says that 40 miles of the grading work
has been finished and awaits the lay
ing of the rails. The crews are now
working on 62 miles of the road and
hut 15 miles remain untouched, this
being all above Almota.
One of the big steam shovels is be
ing moved from Cromwell's bar to
a point farther up the river where it
will b put to work on one of the
heavy cuts.
SUICIDE AT WALLA WALLA.
Mi s. Wena Levin Found Dead In Bed
SlKit Through Breast With a .22
CuIHkt Rifle.
Walla Walla, March 27. (Special.)
Mrs. Wena Levins, wife of J. A.
Levins, a retired farmer, was found
dead in her bed at the residence In
the city this morning, with a .22 cal
iber rifle bullet in her breast.
It is supposed to be a case of sui
cide. The family came to this city
three years ago and have lived appar
ently happily. No cause for suicide
is known.
FOUR ARRESTS AT PITTSBURG.
All iii Connection With Failure of Na
tlonai Bank.
Pittsburg. March 27- Four arrests
were made this afternoon In connec
tion with the failure of the Enterprise
National Bank: Forest A. Nichols,
private secretary to W. H. Andrews;
George E. Ralston, Charles Monzonor
nnd Edward T. McMillan, former
clerks in the bank. They were ar
rested on chargse of conspiracy to de
fraud, on information by government
officials. Ball was fixed at $5000.
which Nichols and Ralston gave.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Center In the World.
Chicago, March 27. Wheat closed
today at 77 3-4, corn at 43 8-4 and
oats ut 30.
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ALL THE LEVEES
THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
INFLICTS MUCH DAMAGE.
A Thousand Head of Hogs Were
Drowned and Thousands of Acres
Are Under Waters Parts of Stock
ton Are Under Water, and the
Street Siierlntendent Goes Insane
From Wtirrlmcnt and Work A
Launch Has Been Sent to Attempt
the Rescue of People Surrounded
by the Floods.
Stockton, Cal., March 27. Hund
reds of armed guards patrol the levees
of the reclamation districts.
The San Joaquin river Is slowly
rising, but it is believed the worst is
over. The lower San Joaquin river Is
also rising, but the reclamation dis
tricts are not in danger.
On the Knsson estate 6000 acres
were flooded this morning and 1000
head of hogs drowned. Twenty thous
and acres on the west side near Bun
ts, are inundated.
The Molen family Is in danger of
drowning, and a launch has been sent
to rescue them. Parts of Stockton are
flooded, but the business section es
caped, nnd the water Is now falling
In this city.
City Superintendent of Streets Oscar
Wrlghi went Insane from fighting the
flood this morning. It is believed he
will recover.
SECOND GREEK UNDER ARREST.
LnmUd In Jail Charged With Stealing
From Car.
J. J. Fitzgerald, O. R. & N. detec
tive, came up this morning from Uma
tilla with another Greek whom he
charges with having broken Into a
freight car at that place. There are
now two Greeks In the county Jail
charged with that offense. Thel
names are George Tsouras and Pete
Vlohas, and they nre accused of hav
ing stolen some lard and other arti
cles from a box car at Umatilla. Thus
far the two men have not been Indict
ed by the district attorney, but the
cases against them are being Investi
gated. Harry Chausse, a gambler and pros
pector, suicided at Grant's Pass by
shooting himself through the head
after a protracted spree. He was 38
years of age. single and had lived In
southwestern Oregon many years.
GUARDS
TO
IS
T
t xpected Four Hundred Thou
sand Miners Will. Strike at
Midnight Saturday
FORMAL- REPORT OF THE
RESULT Tins AFTERNOON.
Existing Contracts Expire April 1
Deadlock Reached When tho
Miners' Request for a Horizontal
Increase In Wages of Five and Nine
Tenths Per Cent Was Irrevocably
Turned Down Probable That tho
Impending Struggle Will Be of tho
Greatest Magnitude In the History
of Organized Labor In Any Portion
of the World.
Indianapolis, March 27. The
miners and operators have hopelessly
disagreed.
The Joint scale committee voted a
disagreement and decided to call a
Joint conference at 2 this afternoon,
and report the committee's decision.
It is estimated 400,000 miners are
affected by the decision. This num
ber will probably strike at midnight
Saturday, when existing contracts ex
pire.
The Immediate cause of the com
mittee's action is the demand of th9
miners for an Increase of five and
nine-tenths percent in wages. Their
original demand was for 12 and five
tenths. The Impending strike will be
the beginning of the greatest struggle
in the Industrial world In historical
times. Both sides are desperate and
determined, fully., realizing the
strength of the opposition and the.
stakes at issue. -'fCi
FILL GUTTEBS WITH GRAVEL. ,
Business Men Seek to Abate Stench on
Slain Street.
In order to overcome the stench
arising from the gutters on Main
street, some of the business houses
have been having the gutters filled1
with gravel. Yesterday Manager
Harris, of the Walla Walla Produce
company, had gravel placed In front
of the company's shop and also of the
Schempp saloon. Several other places
on the street have done likewise.
By lilllng the gutters with gravel
the standing water and filth is cov
ered up and the stench abated. How
ever it is but a temporary remedy as
the gravel will have to be removed so
as to furnish the proper grade when
the streets are Improved.
Chnrles Grissen Dead. ' '
Charles Grissen, the well known
author of Willamette valley, who has
written many beautiful things under
the nom de plume of "Muriel Grey,"
and who was also mayor of McMinn
ville and president of the Oregon Fire
Relief association, died at his home In
McMinnvllle Saturday night after a
very brief illness with pneumonia. He
recently visited Pendleton In the In
terest of the Oregon Fire Relief as
sociation' nnd had many friends In
this city. He was a native of Switzer
land and was a patriotic and able
citizen, taking the lead in every move
ment for the betterment of his city
and state.
Dr.
W. G. Cole W 111 Speak.
Dr. W.
G. Cole will deliver an ad-
dress tomorrow night at the Church
of the Redeemer, on the topic, "Es
sential Elements of Charaaeter Nec
essary In the Making of a Physi
cian." This Is the fifth of the series
of lenten addresses to be delivered at
this church. The address on Wednes
day evening, April 4, will be deliver
ed by Mark Moorhouse on the topic,
"Essential Elements of Character
Necessary In the Making of a Busi
ness Man." The series has been well
received and all are cordially invited
to attend the address tomorrow
night.
Connelly Gone to Washout. '
William Connelly, assistant superin
tendent of the O. R. & N left on this
morning's train for the scene of tho
bridge washout near Huntington. Mr.
Connelly has headquarters at La
Grande, but was stopping at the Hotel
St. George last night. Early this
morning he received a wire inform
ing him of the washout near Hunt
ington, and at once left for the scene.
May Hear Confession.
Washington, March 27. Gov-
emor Gooding, of Idaho, has
requested Samuel Qompers and
John Mitchell to either go per-
sonally or send representatives
to hear the confessions of Orch-
ard and Adams. Mitchell today
wired Oompers asking what
Oompers thinks of Gooding's In-
vltation.
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DISAREMEN