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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON", OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, APRIL 12, 1906.
NO. 5640
IQR
EDWARDS
WANTS
m
Requisitioned the Government
for Soldiers From Walla
Walla for a Patrol.
NO REPLY RECEIVED AS
VET FROM WASHINGTON.
Force Was Wanted to Guard the Res
ervation From the Encroachment
of Cattlemen One Cattleman With
Ilia Herds Was Intercepted and
Turned Back, While Others Have
Succeeded in Rushing Their Ani
mals Across Present Force Inad
equate to Properly Police AU the
Roods;
Major O. C. Edwards, Umatilla In
dlan agent, has asked that 6 sol
diers be sent from Walla Walla to as
sist In patrollng the reesrvatlon.
Whether or not the request will be
granted remains to be seen. Accord'
lng to Major Edwards his message
has not yet been answered by the
government, and at 1:30 this after
noon no orders had been received by
the commander of the post at Walla
Walla.
Admits Asking for Soldiers.
In a 'phone conversation with Ma
jor Edwards this morning the major
admitted having wired to Wanning
ton Tuesday asking that 50 soldiers
be sent from Fort Walla Walla to
serve as a patnd on the reservation,
He stated that such a force Is neces
sary In order to adequately guard the
roads and prevent cattlemen from
crossing In defiance of orders. Af
ter John Todd had been permitted to
cross upon receipt of special orders
It seems other cattlemen attempted
to do likewise, acting upon the ad
vice of local attorneys.
W. P. Card Caught.
One of the cattlemen to attempt the
crosKlng was W. P. Card. Several
days ago he started at 2 o'clock In the
morning erldently hoping to got
across without being discovered.
However, he was met on McKay
creek by Major Edwards at an early
hour and ordered back with his cat
tle. The next morning Mr. Card re
ported at the agency office and ex
plained Ills action, saying he had not
heard of the recent orders prohibiting
cattle from crossing.
Major Edwards states that others
have since attempted to cross the res
ervatlon and that several have been
successful.
Prewmt Force Inadequate.
According to Major Edwards It is
Impossible for him to patrol the roads
with the forces at his command. He
has but four Indian police and they
could not properly guard the roads
even If they were stationed to do so
but Major Edwards prefers white
men for the patrol duty as they are
not as susceptible to temptation as
are the Indians. He says he could
take the white men from the schools
and place them on guard duty, but
does not wish to do so..
Soldiers for Patrol Duty.
Regarding the soldiers Major Ed
wards suvs that should they come
they would bu In the capacity of pa
trols and not as a military force,
Also, they would be entirely for serv
ice agnlnst the cattlemen and not the
Indians, as no trouble Is anticipated
from the latter.
Would Ho Good Outing.
According to Major Edwards there
Is a splendid camping ground on the
reservation and also a target range,
so the soldiers could be well quar
tered should they be sent over. He
says ho was talking with the com
mandant at Wnllu Walla some time
ago In regard to a prospective outing
for the troops and believes that the
soldiers would appreciate such an ex
nerielice.
L'p to noon today Major Edwards
had not received a reply to his re
quest for soldiers, but stated ho ex
pected an answer momentarily. He
said that should the government ue
elde to send aid orders would bo
wired direct to the post at Walla
Walla.
Is Edwards In Danger?
Among many who are familiar with
conditions on the reservation there Is
a feeling that soldiers are wanted for
other purposes than to prevent cat
Great Copticr Combine.
Butte, Mont., April 12. Hu
mors are current of a gigantic
mining combination Involving
F. Augustus Helnze and J. A.
Coram, the Boston financier and
organizer of the American
Consolidated Copper company,
recently organized with a capi
talisation of 1160,000,000, em
bracing Butte, Utah and Cali
fornia mines. Coram has ar
rived In Butte. This will be the
heaviest copper combine In the
history of the world.
tlemen crossing. Although there has
been nothing like violence on the part
of the Indians thus far many of them
are bitterly opposed to Edwards, and
in their recent petition asking for his
removal they declared he was In
danger of being killed by hot-headed
members of the tribe. Should this be
true the presence of soldiers on the
reservation would doubtless have a
good effect.
Cuttle All Across.
In the opinion of Colonel J. H. Ra-
ley, attorney for the cattlemen, most
of the cattlemen who wanted to cross
the reservation have already done so.
Aside from Mr. Todd, who was per
mitted to cross under special permit,
others have crossed by moonlight
without such permits. These men
will not want to drive their stock back
from the mountains until October.
By that time it is hoped the three
county roads will be established.
Fin War Since '78.
Should soldiers be sent here from
Walla Walla, they will be the first
bluecoats to come on business bent
since the famous Piute war In '78.
At least old residents do not remem
ber any occasion since that date.
However, soldiers from Walla Walla
have often been sent to the reserva
tion on camping trips.
MAKING READY FOR OKANOGAN
Government Is Buying Vast Qn an ti
tles of Supplies.
Washington, April 12. Secretary
Hitchcock today authorized the pur
chase of 600 barrels of Portland ce
ment at an estimated cost of $3 a bar
rel, 20,000 pounds of steel at 2 Vic a
pound, for the reinforcement of con
crete, two outlet gates with fittings
and operating devices, at an estimated
cost of $1000 each; all of which are
required in the construction of the
Okanogan project In Washington.
The reclamation service expects to
push work on this project with the
utmost rapidity, to secure the bene
fit of cheap water transportation up
the Okanogan river from Brewster be
fore, the close of navigation In that
stream, which occurs In the summer.
These materials are required for the
Conconully dums.
CARSOX liEATEN AND HOItltFI).
Other Quests In the Hotel Knew
Nothing of the Row.
San Francisco April 12. Charles
Carson a race track follower was at
tacked In his room at the Ashworth
house, In Mason street, early this
morning by three masked men, and
severely besten, and was robbed of
$400 and Jewelry worth $100 more.
The robbers escaped. Other guests
heard the noise, but thought nothing
of It until the robbers fled.
HILL FORCES SAID TO
HAVE BEEN VICTORS.
Strlfo Was Otit the Right of Way
Claimed by the Columbia Valley
I.lnc, Near La CnmaN. Wash. llar
rlmuii Forces Took Possession of
Grade Claimed by the Hill People,
and Could Only He Dislodged by
L'sc tif Dynnmltc.
Portland. April 12. Pulling sput
tering fuses out of dynamite sticks to
prevent them exploding and killing
the workmen under his care was the
spectacular stunt of Chief Engineer P.
L. Wl3o. of the Columbia Valley rail
road early Monday morning on the
grade near La Camas, Wash. The
burning sticks of explosive were hurl
ed Into a deep cut among the Colum
bia Valley workers by a gang of Port
land & Seattle construction men. Fi
nally the bombarding pnrty cut the
fuse so short they could not be pull
ed out, and the Harrlmnn laborers
wero forced to flee.
The trouble occurred on the Mc
Isaac farm, which !s claimed to be the
property cf the Columbia Valley rail
road. The rival read has gone ahead
and built Its grade across the place,
and Injunctions nsked by the owners
to prevent the work have been turn
ed down by the Washington courts.
The Hnrrlman forces camped r.enr
tlni scene cf the difficulty Sunday
night and were up at daylight Monday
morning. By 4:30 o'clock they were
at work taking up the track for dump
cats that had been laid In the cut,
and soon track, cars and other ma
terials were plied on the one sldo.
Then work wan begun deepening the
cut to get down four feet to the Co
lumbia Valley grade. When the Hill
graders came to work they tried to
drive the Interlopers from the cut,
but were unable to do so. They then
resorted to dynamite.
There is but scant room along the
river bank, and In many places there
Is room but for one track. At some
point It may be necessary for the two
lines to use a common tunnel. At
any rate, the lines will cross each
other frequently, and the location of
tracks will be fought to the bitter
end. The roads will run close to
gether for 100 miles.
DRIVEN
m
DYNAMITE
WILLING
TO
E
Such Settlement, on Hit Basis
of Valuation, Would Yield
Him $500,000.
EARIJER IN THE DAY THE
"PROPHET" WAS RAGING.
His Staunchest Adherent, However,
Declares That a Compromise or
Pea cable Settlement Is Out of the
tjwution 111 Attorney Hag Been
Placable, However Voliva, Who Is
in Auttwrlty at Zlon, Is Uncompro
mising, But Willing to Negotiate
With Dowie'a Legal Representa
tives. Zlon City, April 12. It is stated
that Dowie will settle If given two and
a half per cent of the property, which
at the "prophet's" valuation, will
yield him $500,000.
Dowle is In Fighting Mood.
Chicago, April 12. The "prophet"
Is In a fighting mood today. Deacon
Morris, his staunch adherent, has de
clared all reports of a peaceable set
tlement a "pack of Infamous lies."
He says Dowle will go to Zlon as Its
ruler, and consent to no compromise.
On the other hand, Wetten, Dowle's
chief counsel, said: "There Is hope of
an amicable adjustment."
Cleaning the Proitlict's Robe.
Chicago, April 12. Dowle Is pre
paring to go to Zlon. Major Morris,
of Zlon's guards, announced to Dowie
the men are ready to desert Voliva.
'The prophet has ordered his robe
cleaned and returned within a half
hour.
Voliva k V compromising.
Zlon City, April 12. Dowle's at
torney, Wetten, has arrived to confer
with Voliva this afternoon. Voliva
declares that ull diplomatic relations
are ended and says the war Is on, but
will probably meet Wetten late today.
Doniu Is CoiiMUlcriug.
Chicago, April 12. Dowle is now
In conference with his attorneys,
about the supposed propositions made
by Voliva. Wetten J. Wetten still
Insists there will be a peaceable set
tlement. Bill. I) DOWN THE COAST.
Oregon Coast & Eastern Capitalized
for $10,000,000.
Portland, April 11. The Oregon
Coast & Eastern Railway company,
after preliminary work covering a
period of two years, filed articles of
incorporation today for the building;
of approximately 1200 miles of m.iin
line In the statu of Oregon. The ryn-1
dlcatc has for months had about 40
men at work on right of way. and u r.v I
has four-fifths of Its secured for the '
coast lino from Portland to HumnoV.t
bay, California. Construction work
will be fully under way within the
next four months.
George B. Cornell, a well known
New York civil engineer, will be chief
engineer and will be on the ground
within a few days. He has gained
some distinction in the railroad world
by having been the chief engineer of
the Metropolitan Elevated railway In
New York city.
The capital stock of the company
Is $10,000,000 and this amount has
already been subscribed by the New
York and St. Louis capitalists Inter
ested. A party of these men will vis
It Portland within a short time and
make a trip over the entire line ac
companied by a New York consulting
engineer, for the purpose of deciding
final locations. The coast line will be
400 miles long and the lino through
central Oregon from Coos bay to the
Snake river will be 800 miles, forming
a junction with the coast line and
probably connecting with the Moffat
road and with the Chicago & North
western. It Is reported thnt the St. Louis
men who are heavily Interested In the
project have large coal Interests along
the Moffat road In Colorado. The
Crabtree concern of St. Louis has 30,
000 acres of coal lands there, of which
8000 acres Is anthracite coal, that
can be brought into the Portland and
coast markets at a rate materially
mailer than present pr!?o.
C0MPR0M1S
PHENOMENA
IS
SOMEWHAT LESS
Conditions Improve, and Na
ples is No Longer in a State
of Terrified Panic.
MARTIAL LAW MAY YET I
BE DECLARED IN NAPLES.
Will Certainly Result In Trouble as
the People Are Desperate With
Hunger and tlie City Is Filled With
Refugees Railroads In the Region
About Vesuvius Are Burled Be
neath Sand and Ashes Ghouls Are
Rubbing the Dead Work of Relief
and Reconstruction Will Occupy a
Hundred Thousand Men.
Naples, April 12. Hail and cinders.
have begun to fall again; neverthe
less the more dangerous phenomena
continues to decrease. The British
squadron has arrived and will help
in the first work relief.
The general outlook continues to
Improve, the hopes of the people be
lng aroused to believe the worst Is
over. The showers of mud and stones
have ceased. Messages come from
Mattuccl, restoring confidence to the
people. The city is no longer panic
stricken. The king and queen have completed
a tour of the hospitals. The pope
sent $2000 to relieve the suffering.
The report that the pontiff had visit
ed Naples is untrue.
May Declare Martial Law.
It Is announced this city will be
placed under martial law. If this ac
tion Is taken it is certain to Inflame
the people and result in outbreaks,
hunger making the refugees desper
ate. The soldiers are on short rations,
sharing with the people.
Railways Are Buried.
All railways are burled under sev
eral feet of sand and ashes.
The king has spent a fortune from
his private purse, and both he and the
queen are practically unattended In
touring the stricken scenes.
Ghouls Are Active.
Ghouls are busy in the towns devas
tating, and hundreds of arrests are
made.
A party of rescuers In the vicinity
or uuajano round the body of a
young womnn, daughter of the owner
or a large vineyard, was badly mu
tilated. The fingers were cut off and
ears torn, apparently by ghoals who
stole rings and earrings.
Clothes have been cut from the
bodies of men, apparently to steal the
money belts which many peasants
wear, and rescuers found many houses
lootea Dy the thieves preceding them.
The Inhabitants of Annunzlta are
appenllng to the government to send
General Baldlszera to restore order.
To raze unsafe buildings, construct
temporary shelters, preserve order
and make ready for construction will
be n task for 100,000 men. Baldlszera
saved the situation after the defeat of
the Italians by the Abysslnlans at Ad
owa In 1896.
Camp Kitchen Established.
Naples, April 12. The king visited
the bedside of an aged laborer whose
right leg had been amputated, and
asked- the old man what he wanted.
"Nothing," said the sufferer. "But
please send me my son, who Is a
soldier." Tears stood In the king's
eyes as he sold. "I would do much,
poor fellow, but granting your re
quest would break the laws which I
must be the first to respect."
Camp kitchens have been establish
ed In many places, where free meals
are served for all the needy.
The American yacht Nahma, with
Mrs. Robert Goelet and a purty of
friends aboard, viewed the eruption
from the bay of Salerno, and have
now gone to Sicily.
Many extrordlnary escapes are re
corded. One man and four children
were rescued after wandering, lost
and famishing, 66 hours over the ash
covered waste.
Like a skeleton the main crater Is
gradually enlarging as the eruption
Is diminished. Frequent detonations
are still heard.
5000 Houses Destroyed or Damaged.
Naples, April 12. The latest re
ports show that 243 houses were dam-
aged at Portici, 196 at San Giovanni
and Teducco, 432 at Reslna and 1000
at Torre Del Oreco. It is impossible
to ascertain the number at Torre An-
nunztata. It is estimated that 6000
houses were destroyed or damaged in
the entire district.
Committees, headed by the Duke of
Aosta, have collected 1300,000, of
which 1100,000 were contributed by
the government.
Raising Relief In New York.
New York, April 12. The commit
tee here has already raised $1800 for
the relief of the Vesuvius victims.
EJecta Carried Vast Distances.
Paris, April 12. A thick, haze-like
fog on the horizon and yellow tint
noticeable, are attributed to the erup
tion of Vesuvius. Probably ejecta. has
been carried vast distances by upper
strata of air currents.
OPERATION OF THE GAME LAWS
Total of Fines Collected In Til re
Months Was $1120.
Salem, April 12. Game Warden
John W. Baker has prepared a sum
mary of the results of the operation
of the game laws from January 1
last t the first of April:
Co.ivlctlons were as follows: For
trapping beavers, two convictions,
fine, $36; for kiuing deer, seven con
victions, fines, $625; for having In
possession untagged deer hides, one
conviction, fine, $25: for hunting
without a license, two convictions.
fines, $50; for selling deer hides, one
conviction, fine $35; for putting saw
dust In streams, three convictions,
fines, $126; selling fish without li
cense, six convictions, $225; killing
seagulls, one conviction, fine, $5.
Eight eases were dismissed and
sentence was suspended in one case.
The fines total $1120.
$200,000 FOR LIFE SAVING.
Will Be Expended for Use at and
Near Neuli Bay.
Washington, April 12. As a re
sult of the wreck of the Valencia, the
house today appropriated $30,000 for
a life saving station at Neah bay, at
the entrance to Puget sound, and
$170,000 for the construction of a sea
going life saving station tug for use
In connection with t'.i- station.
Anthracite Workers In Session.
New York, April 12. The general
scale committee pf the anthracite
workers went Into executive session
at the miners' headquarters today to
consider a counter proposition made
by the coal operators for a settlement
of the differences existing between the
idle wage workers and employers.
BEST BUREAU
CONTRACTED TO COME TO
PENDLETON NEXT SEASON.
Ex-Governor La Follette, Sain Jones
and Other First-CIuss Speakers Are
Listed, Besides Miscellaneous En
tertainers of Equally High Standing
Commercial Association, Public
SclKxds, Churches) and Women's
Clubs Are Co-operating.
At a meeting of representatives of
the Commercial association, public
schools, churches and women's clubs,
held at the parlors of the Commer
cial association last evening, prelim
inary stepes were taken toward the
organization of a lecture bureau for
Pendleton.
Contracts were provisionally signed
for four attractions for a course to
begin In September, with a view to
Increasing this number to six or mom,
If It Is lecelved well by the people of
Pendleton.
Senator Robert La Follette. of Wis
consin, Sam Jones, the noted evange
list. Maro, the magician, and Luln
Tyler Gates, reader, accompanied by
a company of first-class entertainers,
are the four numbers now listed for
Pendleton.
The opening number will be the
Gates company, which will come In
September or October: La Follette
will follow In November, Maro will
come In January, and Sam Jones early
In February, perhaps. The exact
dates will depend upon whether moro
numbers are added to the list. Ac
tive work of organizing the course
and soliciting season tickets will not
be done until in September, but the
provisional contracts for these attrac
tions will be signed with the Western
Lecture bureau.
Prof. L. R, Traver, city superinten
dent of public schools, was elected
chairman of the temporary organisa
tion formed last evening, and the
public schools, churches, women's
clubs and the Commercial association
ore all heartily co-operating In an ef
fort to make the course a success.
Another meeting of those Interest
ed In the project will be held In a few
days to complete the organization and
make definite arrangements to bring
some excellent attractions to the city
during the coming winter months.
ATTRACTIONS
EXCLUSION BILL
iS
INTRODUCED
Fathered by the Administra
tion, While Denby Cham
pions it in the House.
RE-ENACTS PRESENT LAW
BIT WITH AMENDMENTS.
Cruiser Brooklyn Reports at Mental
Specifications of New Battleship
Will Be Kept Secret If Present
Plans of Naval Department Are
Adhered to Green and Gaynor
Convicted of Defrauding the Gov
Playgrounds Council and a Party
of German ex-Soldiers Call on
Roosevelt.
Washington, April 12. What la
purported to be the administration'
Chinese exclusion bill, was Introduc
ed In the house by Denby. It contin
ues the eexlstlng exclusion law, but
provides important amendmneta.
Only Chinese laborers are excluded,
and all others must have certificates
from an American consul, and which
must be counter examined by the Im
mleratlon bureau. All Chinese, ex
cept consular and diplomatic officers
must come via Ban Francisco, ron
land, Boston, New Kork, New Orleans,
Port Townsend or other points aa des
ignated by the department of com
merce and labor. ,
Brooklyn Is at Meewlnl.
Washington, April 12. The cruiser
Brooklyn, Admiral Slgsbee, is at Mes
sinl and will be held there until the
total damage by Vesuvius Is ascertain
ed. The Brooklyn is ready to give
any assistance in Its power.
Government Enjoins Secrecy, !
Washington, April 12. The circu
lar to bidders who may construct the
1306 battleships was sent by the navy
department. This circular gives the
chief characteristics of the newly de
signed ships of 16,000 tons displace
ment, the general description of
which has already been published.
The most notable departure from the
usual design Is In the chance given
bidders to submit designs for turblney
Instead of the ordinary reciprocating
engines. The circulars are labeled
"confidential," the first adoption of
that term by a secretary In connection
with such Information by the navy
department. The policy Is somewhat
reciprocal, and Is evidently borrowed
from the British, who have main
tained the greatest silence concerning
the Dreadnaught.
Practically' nothing Is known re
garding the British 18.000 ton ship
except Its size and battery, and it Is
Intended that the details concerning
the American ships be similarly
guarded. Hitherto the circulars have,
been distributed to whomsoever chose
to ask for them. They contain noth
ing but the general description, and
do not embrace the plans, which have
always been regarded as confidential
matter.
There Is a difference of opinion
among naval officers regarding the
wisdom and value of imposing se
crecy regarding the circulars. Some
of them think it is necessary and
ought to be done nt all cost; others
take the view that nothing Is calculat
ed to Invite curiosity and create a
demand for certain Information more
than the circumstance of Its confi
dential quality. It Is possible that the
navy department will relieve the doc
ument of Its confidential character,
but for the present It will be guarded
as a government secret and letters
have been sent to Intending bidders,
advising them of that fact.
Council Calls Tpon Roosevelt.
Washington, April 12. Members
of the National Playgrounds Council
called upon the president this after
noon. He made a speech to the vis
itors. The president toduy received the
German ambassador, who presented
about 60 officers, veterans of the Ger
man army. Many are now American
citizens. The president made a speech
of welcome, praised Wllhelm and
spoke of the good results of the Al
geclras conference.
Monument Man Indicted.
Portland, April 12. An In-
dletment has been made public
returned by the federal grand
Jury against Emll M. Scharff,
of Monument, for unlawfully
fencing 3000 acres of govern-
ment land In Grant county. He
wna arrested and released on
bonds. A civil suit was also
begun against Scharff.
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