East Oregonian : E.O., March 28, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

DAILY EVENING EDITION
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VOL. ID.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAItCII 28, 1906.
NO. 562't
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CAMPING
ALONG
TIE OLD TRAIL
Ezra Meeker is Backtracking
the Route He Followed 54
Years Ago.
AIUttrVFl) IN PENDLETON
BY "SCHOONER" TODAY.
CU)Mtl Ttmt Co-operation Will He Kx
tentled for the Erection of a Monu
inoilt to Murk the Old Troll, Wliloh
Crowed the Unuitilln Jut Below
Town 1m In flump ut the Corner of
Railroad mid Cottonwood Street
Will Lecture Here Soon, and Will
Follow the Trail of 1852 Eastward
Part Meacliain and Across the llluo
MoulltlllllM.
Will the people of Pendleton raise
money to erect a suitable monument
near this city to mark the route of the
old emigrant trail which crossed the
Umuttlla rlvor Just below the city and
wound over the rldgo between here
and tho Tutullla?
This question Is being asked by
Ezra Meeker, the pioneer who arriv
ed In the city this morning on his way
to Indiana, by ox team, on which long
Journey he goes for the purpose of
mnrklng the route of the old emigrant
road by which the pioneers came t
the northwest more than half a cen
tury ago.
Mr. Meeker and his outfit constort-i.io-
nr n. vrtko of oxen, wasjnn and
camping equipment In charge of tw
hired men. arrived this forenoon irom
Echo, where he spent two days and
where the people practically agreed
to raise $1000 for the purpose of lay
ing out a city park and erecting a
monument on the route or me via
road through that city.
The old loneer Is hearty and en
thusiastic and Is deeply Interested In
the patriotic work which he has start
ed out to perform. As the novel out
fit r-nmo intn the cltv this morning a
number of photographs were taken of
hlnrelf and party ana ne raimoaimnj
went Into enmp on the O. R. N.
property In the rear of tho Kunkel
Implement house, between Main and
Cottonwood streets, where he will re
main encamped for two or three days,
in the effort to raise funds with
which to establish a permanent stone
monument suitably Inscribed, on the
route of the old road near the city.
With this In view he will perhaps
give a lecture and a stereoptlcon en
tertainment tomorrow night.
From Pendleton he will cross the
Blue Mountains by way of the Meach
am roud. and If possible he desires to
secure a man and team to accom
pany him on his way east. He ex--pects
to encounter some snow on the
mountains, but will hnve but- little
trouble In crossing.
His oxen are In excellent condition
and he travels leisurely, himself walk
ing ahead of the team at times, mak
ing advance -preparations for his camp
and for Ills stereoptlcon entertain
ments. "1 am good Tor two miles an hour
on foot." he said this morning, "and
expect to walk a great portion of the
way across the plains. So far I have
found the trip pleasant In the ex
treme and my wrluome by the old
pioneers along the route has been
kindly and cordial.
"I believe the old road should be
marked to preserve It ifrom total ob
literation and know of no better way
In which to spend one year of my
life than In making an effort to mark
U In a permanent manner. I find the
people generally patriotically Inclined,
and so far every place I have visited
has erected a suitable monument. In
Tho Dalles the people had already
reared a monument on the itoute of
tho old road and awaited my .coming
to hold dedicatory exercises."
,A grizzled, wiry, slender m, dress-
Ezra Mocker Will Speuk.
.
Ezra Meeker, the pioneer who
Is retracing the old emigrant
trail across the plains, for the
purpose of marking the route
with sultnblo monuments will
give an llluKtroted lecture to
morrow night at the court house
beginning at 8 o'clock.
He has over 100 views and an
excellent stereoptlcon, many of
the views being scenes from the
great plains which he will
traverse this season with an ox
team. He Is voluntarily making
this extraordinary Journey for
the purpose of preserving for
posterity the route of the old
trail and all who arc Interested
In this patriotic mission are cor
dially Invited to attend. A small
admission will be charged for
the purpose of defraying the ex
penses of the Journey.
ed In khaki, with the tan of sun and
wind upon his cheek and the merrv
twinkle of good nature and rugged
health In his blue eye, Is Mr. Meeker,
the pioneer of 1852, who started and
la executing this noble work In the
Interest of his country. It Is a long
Journey, this trip across the conti
nent from Seattle by way of Portland
to Indianapolis, but he has under
taken It and Judging from the stamp
of resolution which marks his face.
he will finish It with the same keen
application to the task which marks
his first month out In the sun and
showers "of March In Oregon.
He will follow closely the old trail,
stop at the Important camping places,
rear monuments at every possible
point and will endeavor In every way
to rescue the great highway of the
continent from destruction. He took
up the task voluntarily. He Is travel
ing on his own expenses, giving enter
tainments and lectures along the
route to help defray the cost of the
work and will have his reward and
compensation for the tedious task in
the services which he will render to
his country In perpetrating the mem
ory of the pathway of the argonauts
and vloneers.
All are cordially Invited to visit Mr.
Meeker In his camp near ithe Kunkel
Implement store.
RETURN OF A PIONEER OF 1859.
A. Stockman Will Kml Ills Days In
Umatilla County.
A. Stockman, a former pioneer res
ident of this county, has returned af
tir an absence of many years and pro
poses to locate again In the northern
part of the county.
Mr. Stockman came to this county
in 1859, and at the time settled on
what Is now known as the Hudson
Hoy ranch, owned by W. S. Goodman.
Mr. Stockman finally sold the place
.for two yoke of oxen. The land Is
now valued at $150 an acre.
While living In that section of the
county the question of locating the
county seat arose, and In the election
Mr. Stockman's vote was cast against
Pendleton. He says he was surprised
when the result showed this place
had been selected, and hints that peo
ple In this part of the county voted
twice.
After leaving Umatilla county Mr.
Stockman moved to Kansas, and af
ter a few years' residence there came
west to Idaho. There he settled upon
a pl.tce near Boise, which finally be
came valuable. A short time ago he
sold out with the Intention of return
ing to this county and "settling down."
He Is now 77 years of age, and hopes
to secure a suitable place for a home
In the north end of the county.
T
IS THE LIMIT
TAXES AICE DELINQUENT
AFTER EVE. OF MAKCH 31.
Payments Have Avcmgetl Tills Year
About the Same as Ijist, With the
F.xtvptlnii of the O. it. & X. Pay
iiitiit. Which llud Not Been Made
a Year Ago at Tills Time -The
Following Quotation From the
StitttitcH Shows the Foiuiltics and
CmirtldiMis Attnohu! to Delinquen
cy. This 1s the Inst week of the spring
tnxpaylng period, and all who do not
pay nt least one-half of their taxes
by Saturday evening, will become de
linquent. According to Deputy A. C. Funk the
payments this year have been about
as last spring, with the exception thnt
the O. R. & N. company has paid up,
thus making the total receipts thus
far ahead of this tlm elost yeor.
The following from the synopsis of
the tax law shows the consequenae of
a failure to pay before the end of the
month:
If you pay one-half of your taxes
on or before the first Monday In
April, then the remaining half may
run up to and including the first
Mondny In Octboer following, but 1f
tho last half of tax due Is not paid by
Monday In October following, but If
comes delinquent, and there will be
added to such balance a penalty of 10
per cent, and in addition, such bal
ance will bear Interest at the rate of
12 per cent per annum from the first
Mondny In April until paid.
On all personal property taxes, If
one-half 1b not paid on or before the
first Monday of April, the law compels
the sheriff to levy upon and collect
the same after May 1, hence to pre
vent a levy upon personal property
after May 1 it will be necessary for
one-half to be paid as above stated.
The law compels the sheriff to sell
all lands on which taxes have not been
paid, and that such sale shall not be
held lator than March 1 of the year
succeeding the year In which tho tax
levy was made,
Tho property will be sold to the
person bidding the lowest rate of in
terest, and certificates will be Issued
therefore, and deeds given to such
property sold, unless redeemed with
in three years from the date of such
sals.
NFX
SATURDAY
PERKINS IN COCUT ON
New York, March 28. Justice
court, this morning Issued a writ
for George W. Perkins, whom he
strained without an order of tribunal of the proper Jurisdiction. The
officers were ordered to take Perkins to ourt Immdelately. The
warrant upon which Perkins was arrested charged larceny. He was
released In the custody of his counsel, and refused to talk.
SIX ITALIANS
ARE MURDERED
Unknown Assassins Make a
Charnel House of a Minne
apolis Hovel.
DEAD MEN WEKE CUT I7J
pieces wrrn knives.
Murderers Escape Throngh a Curious
MIsiindiTstarallas; of ttie Conditions
Robbery Proven to Have Been
the Motive, an Csrti Was Found
Grlpt Containing VcHtiiientx of the
Catholic PrteKtkmO, Checks and
Oilier Valuable The Event Is the
Most Mysterious In tiie Annals of
Criminology at Minneapolis Eight
Greeks Inokd.
Minneapolis, March 28. Six Ital
ians were murdered In a hovel on
Tenth avenue south, last night. The
police heard the fight and saw eight
men run from the building. The of
fleers thought the trouble was ended
and left. Tnls morning some one en
tered and found four bodies hacked in
pieces with knives, and in the base
ment found two more bodies. No
trace of las murderers is yet found.
Nine men rented the house two
months ago. Their movements were
mysterious. I
The victims evidently fought for
their lives. There was no robber'. as
a box was found containing (500 In
Italian oolns, $400 in American coin
and a 1375 check In favor of "Nlcoll
Demtrt."" A grip bearing that name
was found containing the expensive
robes of a priest of the Greek Cath
olic church and also French, Italian,
Greek and Turkish passports.
Addresses in a card case read, "315
Austin avenue, Chicago;" "Lincoln.
III., Box 346;" "New Salem, N. D."
Also the name of "Krelsten- Rovko,
New SeJrm, N. D."
Other grips belonging to I. Arso
Demetrl, Dakon Caponl, Cami Yeay
were found containing Catholic priest
ly garments.
Sr-veil Greeks Arrested.
Minneapolis, March 28. Seven
Greeks have been arrested In connec
tion with the murders In the shack
at St. Paul. One was terribly slashed
and the others are cut and bruised.
The gang are not Italians, but are be
lieved to be mostly from the Balkan
states. It Is believed to be the result
of a political or religious plot.
TRACES OF POISON FOUND.
McVlcur Prohnhly Dragged and
Boxed Alive.
Stockton, March 28. The courage
ous spirit of Mrs. Ledoux Is breaking.
Yesterday afternoon she broke down
and wept bitterly In the presence of
Jailor Benjamin and wife, who Is the
matron. She made no complaint or
comment. Just cried. She has no ap
petite and Is eating very little.
Coroner Southworth's assistants
have found a trace of poison In the
stomach of McVlcnr, victim of the
trunk murder. The chemist making
tho nnnlysls made a preliminary re
port to the effect thnt the tests show
a slight alkaloid reaction, Indicating
the presence of poison. This bears
out the coroner's theory that McVlcar
was first drugged and then placed
olive In the trunk, subsequently being
suffocated. On this theory the bruises
on the head nre traced to the efforts
to force the body Into the trunk.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From tho Greatest Wheat
Center in tho World.
Chicago, March 28. Wheat closed
at 77; corn at 44 1-8, and oats at
30 8-8.
Tho Phlppscs Will Remarry.
Denver, March 28. It is reported
that Lawrence Phlpps, the Bteel multi
millionaire, Is reconciled to his di
vorced wife and that they will re
mRVry and live In California. Phlpps
has gone to San Francisco. It Is re
ported his wife has arranged to go
for an Indefinite stay to the same
place.
Steeple Jacks Killed.
Dayton, O., March 28. George Al
lison and Charles Saunders fell from
a church steeple this morning, 104
feet, and were killed.
IIAHEAS WARRANT.
Grecnbaum, of the state supreme
of habeas corpus and certiorari
declares to be Imprisoned and re
HEPBURN BILL
Says Its Rejection of the Prin
ciple of Court Review is
Reactionary.
HILL WOULD REPEAL A
PRESENT PRIVILEGE.
He Argues That the Measure. Under
Dlscuw-ion Is Clearly Cnemimltu
tlonal Relations of the Mormon
Church to Sugar Factories Is Dig
closed and Argued In the Smoot In
vestigation Naval Hill Calls for
9,730,000 and ProvhliN for a For
midable Array of Ship Riilldins;,
Navy Yard Improvements and New
Dry Docks.
Washington, March 28. Senator
Knox, In a speech on the rate bill this
afternoon said:
"The Hepburn bill is unconstitution
al In Its refusal of a Judicial review of
all controversies, which rejects a right
wrested from tyrants In centuries ago.
The court function Is a balance wheel
between contending passions and pol
Icles. This right Is now established
and this measure presents a tyrant
tyrant In whatever guise It may come.
"It Is Incomprehensible to me why
pereons should advocate a bill so
clearly unconstitutional and refuse to
permit an exoliolt -provision for Ju
dlclal review. n .,
Mormons and 'Sugar Factories.
Washington, 31arch 28. Introduc
tion of testimony In the Smoot inquiry
ended today.
Joseph Geoghegnn, of Salt Lake,
was on the stanQ and examined con
cerning the Interests of the Mormon
church In the sugar factories of Utah
and Idaho. He testified that the
church financed these Industries In
their Infancy, but neither the church
nor Mormon Individuals control the
stock. It was shown that the two big
gest concerns have a majority, of
Mormons In their directorate. Argu
ments followed.
Xnval Rill Calls for $0B,750,000.
Washington, March 27. The house
committee on naval affairs today
agreed on n naval program and em
bodied it In the naval appropriation
bill to be reported.
It provided , 000,000 for one bat
tleship, leaving Jhe size to the dis
cretion of the navy; also provides
tnree destroyers at 375.000 each. 31
000.000 to be used at the discretion
of the secretary of the navy; also one
or more submarine boats, and pro
vides 3100.000 eae&i; also to beitln
construction on a dock nt the Brem
erton navy yard, and a floating steel
dock on the Atlantic coast, the Brem
erton doek to cost $1,400,000.
The secretary was also authorized
to t-pontl 3100,000 to repair and refit
the old Constitution.
The bill will carry a total of 399,
750,000. Scandals In Consular Work.
Washington, March it. The presi
dent today bared to congress the
scandalous conditions In the consular
service.
John Goodnow, former consul gen
eral at Shanghai, and Robert Mc
Wade. former consult nt Canton, are
mnde the subjects of ,offlclal com
plaints. Eighty-two charges nre made
against Goodnow In connection with
the collection of claims. McWnrta l
charged with issuing false Chinese
certificates. Tho complaints aro In
the report of Third Assistant Pierce,
who investigated the oriental consul
ates. It Is argued that systematic super
vision Is the most essential requisite.
Consul General Wilcox at Hankow
la recommended as a useful officer.
Unfavorable reports are made con
cerning Commercial Agent Greener at
Vladivostok. ,
Monument Meeting.
President Cohen has called n meet
ing of the Commercial association for
4:30 tomorrow at the association par
lors to consider the subject of devis
ing ways and means for the erection
of a monument upon the old Umatilla
trail at or near this point.
Nelson, B. C, has bought three and
a half acres of land for a city park.
GREAT NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.
1000 Mai'kHiiu-ii Exvctcd From All
PartH of 1'nlted State.
Washington, D. C, March 28. The
national rifle match of 1906 will be
gin on September 4, at Sea Girt, N. J.,
when It la expected that fully 1000
marksmen will attend, including
teams representing nearly every state
In the union, Porto Rico, Hawaii, the
army, navy, marine corps and, pos
sibly, the military and naval academ
ies. Great Interest Is taken In the
match, and special arrangements
have been made by those In charge of
the ranges at Sea Girt to provide for
the accommodation of the competit
ors and the large body of assistants,
markers, etc., who will be detailed
probably from the regular army.
The ranges at Sea Girt have been
Increased and the facilities Improved
so as to avoid the vexatious delays
which attended the work of last year
at the same place. Other changes
have been made by the national board
for the promotion of rifle practice, so
as to shorten as much as possible the
time It will be necessary for the
marksmen to spend on the range. It
Is hoped by some of the members of
the board and by many of the marks
men especially .those In the west, that
the match of 1907 will be held at Fort
Riley, Kas., which is more conveni
ent owing to its central location.
HKISTOL WILL NOT GO.
KnuiMtt Ca I la I mil of Baker City Says
No New U. S. Attorney.
Baker City, March 28. Col. Em
mett Callahan of this city today ex
pressed himself as confident that
thehe will be no change made In the
United States district attorneyship for
Oregon and stated emphatically that
he Is not a candidate for that office.
Col. Callahan Is a personal friend
of the president, having made his ac
qualntance when recruiting troops in
Montana for President Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. He was the only man
from Oregon to campaign New York
state In the interests of Roosevelt
during the last presidential campaign
and one of the only two from the
coast, and is very close to the presi
dent. BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED.
Johnstown, Pa., has a $000,000
Fire.
Johnstown, Pa., March 28. Fire
this morning destroyed three business
blocks in Main, Bedford and Clinton
streets, and damaged others. It was
controlled at 8 o'clock with a loss of
$600,000. The Swank Hardware com
pany six-story building, Is the main
loss.
TRAINING HAS BEGUN
FOR APRIL 12 AND 13.
Especial Practice In Declamatory and
Oratorical Branches of Literary
Work One Society Called the
"Pliiloninthenn," (lie Other tho
"Nautllliin" Will Be Pitted Against
En eh Other In the Events of April
. Literary Events at Walla Walla
and Union.
Two literary societies have Just been
organized In Pendleton high school
and actual work of training for the
oratorical and declamatory try-outs
which will take place at assembly hall
on April 12 and 13, has been started.
The teams for the declamatory and
oratorical contests have been selected
and from now until the final try-out,
the students of the high school will
continue active training for those
events.
Tho declamatory team Is made up
of the following students: Lucile Ra
der, Ruth Gibson, Harry Chandler,
Gertrude Jordan, Ethel Starkes, Eva
Scott, Orvllle Reeves, Cora Warner.
Early Hultz, Dalsey and Bessie Mc
pherson, Dave Hill, George Strand
and Javlna Stanfield.
The oratorical team is as follows:
George Strand. Dave Hill, Orvllle
Reeves, Dean Goodman, Elmer Storle,
Frank Pierce, Edna Zimmerman, Ray
Vogel and Gerald Stanfield.
The societies formed are the "Phll
omathean," meaning "Love of learn
ing," and the "Nautlllan," meaning
"Growing larger."
The membership of the two socle
ties Is made up from the students of
the high school and about half of the
school belongs to each. They will be
pitted against each other In the train
ing for the two contests scheduled for
April.
The eastern Oregon and lnterschol-
astlc contests In which the winners In
the local try-out will take part, will
be held In May, the declamatory at
Walla Walla. May 17 and the oratori
cal at Union on some date In May not
yet decided upon.
Field work Is also being taken up
by the athletic members of the high
school and active practice for the
coming high school field events will be
required from now until the dates of
the events which have not yet been
fixed.
SCHOOL
LITERAHIES
OPERATORS
MINERS DEBATE
Spend the Day Arguing Mo
tion to Adopt Present Scale
in Soft Coal Regions.
DEBATE IS ACRIMONIOUS
AND PERSONAL HT DETAIL.
One Participant Accused of Ignorance
and Untruthfulness John Mitchell
Inquires Into the Relations of the
Companies Represented, and the
Railroads Some Operators Ack
nowledge Ownership by the Rail
roads Probable Result of the De
hate Will Be an Investigation of AU
Branches of Mining and the Wages
Paid.
Indianapolis, March 28. The min
ers and operators this morning re
sumed consideration of J. H. Wind
ers' motion to adopt the present
wage scale with basing points at
Danville, 111., and Hocking Valley, O.
The debate was acrimonious. A.
J. Moorehead, an Illinois operator,
said he wasted 90 days each year try
ing to adjust differences and making;
agreements which, he declared, "the
miners break nearly every day in the
year."
Delegate Walker, an Illinois miner,
replied, declaring that Moorehead's
remarks were for effect. He said his
statements are "worthy of a person
who never saw the interior of an Il
linois mine and that his statements
are absolutely false, and cannot be
substantiated,"
Mitchell entered the debate vigor
ously and told the operators they
would have to give the public better
reasons for refusal than they have
done so far.
Mitchell wanted to know the rela
tions between the companies repre
sented and the railroads. He put
many pertinent questions calling them
to show down the statements that
they are unable to financially grant
the miners' demands.
The operators answered, some
frankly admitting they are 'owned by
the roads, others denying any railroad
connection.
The debate was brought out by, an
operator from Hammond, 111.', saying
he would be glad to have a committee
appointed by President Roosevelt or
the miners committee Investigate the
hooks. Mitchell demanded to know
If it applied to the books of the Rock
Island railroad. ,
An exhaustive discussion resulted In
proposed Investigation, and It is like
ly that all branches of mining will be
Investigated.
SEARCH DISCLOSES NOTHING,
I
No Confirmation as Yet of Adams'
Confewiioii.
Pocatello, March 28. Up to noon
today the search for the alleged con
cealed explosives In the abandoned
sawmill, described In the confession
of Steve Adams, has failed to reveal
anything Important. Workmen dig
ging over the ground found nothing
but the glass stopper of a bottle, and
the remolns of a tin bucket. Adams
Insists he burled the package, but
cannot remember the point In the
building In which the explosives are
concealed. The building Is now used
as a stable and many parts are so
changed as to confuse Adams.
It is believed if the stuff Is hidden
It was done by others, woh told Ad
ams, although he claims to have been
original.
Search will be continued until the
whole ground In the vicinity Is cov
ered. Will HfH'nt "Black Hand."
"Old Virginia" was presented to a
fair sized audience last night by the
Frazer Theater company, and tonight
the "Black Hand," the favorite num
ber carried by the company, will be
repeated by special request. The
company has played a successful en
gagement here and Is highly encour
aged with the patronage. The "Black
Hand" is a melodrama of the Ken
tucky, mountains, and is said to be
particularly thrilling.'
Devastation by Cedar River.
Waterloo, Iowa, March 2S.
Cedar river rose seven feet this
morning, flooded the business
district and has done 3100.000
damage. The levee has broken,
the Y. M. C. A., stores and res-
ldences are flooded and hund-
reds are homeless. The rall-
roads are under water and all
roads blocked. One hundred
thousand dollars damage at Ce-
dar Falls, Iowa. It la believed
the worst is over.
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