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1 l , . I DAILYEVENIKSEDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST. There la something In store for you In every advertisement In the East Oregonlan. Don't fall to road every line. Showers tonight; Wednesday probably fair and warmer. VOL. 19. PENDLETOX, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 190(5. NO. 5668 I """""" 1 niiiiiT mm "r" mi i7"n . 0 ' ; 1 . 1 J 0 CONNELLY T TO DEATH By Otis McCartyof Echo, Who Supposed Connelly Was About to Draw a Pistol. CORONER'S JVRY IIOIUS M'C.VRTY AS BLAMELESS. The Killing May Be Subject to Inves tigation by the Morrow County Grand Jury Dead Man Was Under Suspicion of Being Implicated In the Darning of Horse Car and Man at Foster, and McCarty Waa At tempting to Take Mil in Custody Connelly Lived Lone Enough to Say He Has Been "Off." Another tragedy has been added to the one which occurred at Foster yes terday morning when an unknown man was burned In a freight car un der circumstances Indicating murder. Through failure to comply with the orders of the men wjio were hunting for the suspected murdered, John Connelly, a sheepherder, waa fatally shot at Pine City, Morrow county, about 6 o'clock last evening. Otis McCarty, of Echo, was the un willing slayer of Connelly, and before shooting he thrice ordered him to halt and throw up his hands. This the map failed to do, but Instead con tinued to walk towards McCarty with one hand at his waistband aa If Intending to draw a gun. He was shot In the right side with No. 4 shot fired at close range, and It was a mortal wound. Although those pres ent tried hard to get the wounded man to Echo for medical care, they had trouble securing a rig, and death came at t:S0 last night, while on the road to that town. A search of Connelly's clothes re sulted Id no weapons of any kind be ing found upon him. Self-Appointed Poae. According to the story told by Mc Carty and Allen Thompson before the coroners Jury, the two were riding to Echo from Butter creek yesterday afternoon when they met Charley Bartholomew. He told them the news of the fire and murder at Poster, and said he had seen a man whom he be lieved to be the stranger the officers were seeking. The three men then went to the Wattenburg place near by and 'phoned to Echo for a description of the fugitive. While they were In the Wattenburg yard Connelly passed and as he tallied closely with the de scription, the three were confident of his being their man. Aceordlnrlv It was decided that Mc Carthy ride iiroi 1 to the church and await the man there, while the other two followed behind. This was done, and after reaching the church Mc Carty pretended to be doing some Jan itor work while waiting for the man to come up. When Connelly had drawn near McCarty pointed his gun above the former's head and ordpred him to halt and throw up his hands. The command was not heeded and after the third demand McCarty lowered his gun and fired. At the time the other two men were about 7B yards nway. Connelly Mentally Off. After being shot Connelly gave his name and declared himself an Inno cent mnn. Also he asked to be shot again, evidently wishing to be put out of his misery. When asked why he had not surrendered, he said ho had hnlSri "off" for several dnys, and was not right In his hend. His talk Indl aetcd as much, for he snld that he had Junt walked from Pendleton and that while here he had been called "witchcraft" and that people had tried to kill him. Before dying, Connelly said he had a brother, Thomas Connelly, who liv ed in Salem and was a member of the national guard company at that place. In the testimony given by Allen Thompson the witness said that while Pnnnellv was walking along before being challenged by McCarty. he re peatedly looked backwards-and kept one hand In his pocket. McCarty Exonerated. After listening to the evidence of Allen Thompson, Otis McCarty and Dr. Dorn, of Echo, the coroner's Jury returned the following veraict regard in the death of John Connelly: "That he was killed by Otis McCar ty while resisting arrest, by being shot throueh the abdomen wiin a snoigun, He died about 10 miles southwest of Echo, while on the way to medical aid, at 9:80 p. m., May 14. We, the nt- and coroner, wish to exonerate Otis McCarty In the matter, as he was Justified In his action "C. E. HATFIELD, "WTLLIAM HETBLACK, "JOHN M. TAYLOR, "FRANK SLOAN, "J. R. MEANS, "F. W. GODFREY." Grand Jm-y May Investigate. - Regarding the possibility of action against McCarty, District Attorney .. Phelps said this morning that if nee- 0 essary the coso will be presented to the grand Jury which will meet In Heppner next Monday. While re garding the killing as entirely acci dental, and expressing sympathy for McCarty, he said It would probably be better even for him, to have the Morrow county grand Jury pass upon the case. Cannot Locate Relative. Up to 8:30 this afternoon all efforts to locate the brother of John Connel ly have been futile. As he was said to be from Salem, that place was com municated with this morning, but he could not be found. On last' Saturday Laatz Bros, wrote a letter for the de ceased to his brother, and the same was addressed to Portland. Conse quently the chief of police of that city has been notified and asked to help find the brother. Pending further Investigation the remains of Connelly are being held at the Rader undertaking parlors. DOUMA DEMANDS REFORMS, Auk Tliat Iluxtrta lie Put Upon a Civ ilized Footing. St. Petersburg. May 15. The Dou ma's reply to the czar's speech tnclud ed demands for complete political amnesty, abolition of the death pen alty and martial law, revision of the fundamental laws, interpellation right forced expropriation of land, guaran tee of liberty for professional organ izations and universal suffrage. GUILTY OF HERESY. Episcopal Clergyman Will Be ponded From Ministry. Bus Rochester, May 16. The official verdict in the Crapsey heresy case stands: Four to one vote for convlc tlon of Crapsey, and recommends suspension. SEVENTY-FIVE MEN DROWNED. CompriHCd tlio Crews of German Sailing Vessels. Berlin, May IB. Three German sailing vessels foundered in a hurri cane in the North Sea. . The entire crew of 76 men were drowned. California ns Arrive. Des Moines, May IS. The Califor nia delegation to the Presbyterian general assembly has arrived. Standard Dividends Declared. New York, May IS. Standard Oil today declared a quarterly dividend of $9 per share. S TELEGRAPH OPERATOR MAKES REIGN OF TERROR. Shoots Five Men Without Provocation and la Still at Large, Heavily Arm ed and With the MurdeC Mania Business Is Suspended, Homes Closed and All the Inluihltanta of a Georgia Community Are Living In Mortal Terror. Atlanta, Ga., May 16. J. H. Clark, night operator at Chamblee, 12 miles distant from Atlanta, went insane on duty last night and killed William J. Cheeks, seriously Injured Will Pur cell, E, C. Purcell, W. S. Mast and W. J. Coker. He Is armed with re volvers, rifle nnd ammunition and Is still at large, with' a posse In pur suit. Business in Chamblee is .suspended. Homes are closed and the Inhabitants are In mortal fear. Clark set fire to Purcell's home and fired when an attempt was made to extinguish the flames. When Cheeks refused to sell him ammunition, he shot. ROBERT E. DAMON IS DEAD. Had Lived In Grant County for Porty ono Years. Rays the John Days News: Robert E. Damon, an aged and re spected citizen of Grant, county, died at his home at Mt. Vernon Sundoy after an Illness covering several weeks. He was aged 77 years, 6 months and 1 day. The funeral services were held at the family residence Tuesday at 1 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Johnson, and the body was given a final resting place In the Canyon City cemetery. Mr. Damon was a pioneer of the Pacific coast aa well as among the early settlers of Grant county. He came to California in 1864, and in 1866 came to Grant county, bringing with him one of the first bands of cattle brought to the John Day val loy. In 1870 he settled at Mt. Ver non, where he resided up to the time of his death. It was in that year that ha marrlod Miss Anna Stedman and to them were born seven chil dren, Walter, Lucius, Ed John and Miss Emily Damon, Mrs. Robert Stockdala and Mrs. Sidney Green, all of whom, including the mother, re side at Mt Vernon, While walking In his sleep, Fred McGraw, of Elmlra, Idaho, lost his footing, fell and waa badly hurt SANE MAN 1 ADJUSTING IS PRdniNu Joint Committees From Insur- ance Companieb Are Appor tioning Heaviest Losses. SMAIX,En LOSSE8 WILL NOT BE HANDLED JOINTLY. Much Discontent Is Expressed, A! though Insurance Officers- Claim They Are Paying Many Lome One Heavy Company Announces Its Ability to Pay All Its Losses In Full, Though It Is Necessary to Assess Ktncklmldem More Cash for the Relief Fund Is Urgently Needed Now and In Future at 'Frisco. San Francisco, May 15. The ad Justing committee of underwriters this morning commenced the work of fitting up offices In the ferry build ing, which they will occupy Monday. This morning the adjusting com mittee went into executive session In Oakland for the purpose of continu ing the apportionment of the largest losses. Forty-two losses are already apportioned by the sub-committees, for adjustment. Smaller losses are being left entire ly to the Individual companies, and while the managerse state they are paying many small losses, much dis content Is shown at the manner in which the underwriters are conduct ing Insurance affairs. Will Pay All Its Losses. Chicago, May 16. The Traders In surance company's receiver Is to be discharged. The 'company's "Frisco losses will be paid In full, according to an an nouncement today. It la predicted the company will be revived and con tinue In business after. the receiver discharged. ' The directors will pay the assess ments of stockholders who refuse. Experts are working to find the ex act losses. The Traders' loss In 'Frisco was 12,748,000. More Carii Is Needed. San Francisco, May 15. The total cash subscriptions to the relief fund to date have been 84,023,632.76. The committee says more money is urg ently needed, and denies reports of large amounts on hand for relief pur poses. The work of concentrating refu gees In relief camps Is progressing rapidly and new feeding stations are being established dally. Relief camps will probably continue to exist for several months. The report that troops will release control of the situation June 1 Is un verified, but they will undoubtedly be taken away at an early date. Troops From Manila. San Francisco, May 15. The trans port Logan, with 1000 men of the Eighth Infantry, arrived shortly be fore noon from Manila. The troops will go to Forts Jay and Slocum. CHAMBERLAIN HERE JUNE 2. Governor Will Speak at Weston in Afternoon and In Pendleton Satiir dny Evening, .Tune 2. Governor Chamberlain has fixed his dates In Umatilla county and It Is definitely announced that he will speak at the pioneers' picnic at Wes ton on the ofternoon of June 2 and In this city on the evening of that day. At that time a general rally of the county will be held In this city and It Is hoped to have representatives from all the different points In the county present. He will go from here to Portland and finish tho campaign In that city with a monster meeting Just preceding election. Recovering From Shock. Miss Dora Prater, long distance operator at the Pacific States office, who received a severe shock during the electric storm yesterday. Is now recovering from the same. However, she Is still ill from the shock and while no serious results are expected, It will be some time before she will have fully recovered. WOODCRAFT OFFICES After this week Pendleton will no longer be the home of the grand guardian of the Women of Wood craft Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdall, grand guardian, will arrive from Portland in the morning and will make ar rangements to move the offices to Portland this week. The office fix tures here will be shipped to the new headquarters building In Portland, and EIGHT CARLOADS BOOTS SHOES Sent by ' Fast Freight From Massachusetts to the Des . titute of San Francisco, $100,000 EXPECTED FROM MODERN WOODMEN. California State Deputy Will Make an Eqecial Appeal to the Order In the Eairtern States Reconstruction on a Large Scale Awaits Iiuairance Adjustment and Opening of the Bunk General System of Over head Trolleys Will Be Built Death List Augmented Dally by New Dis- emeries. Boston, May 16. Eight freight cars are being loaded with 50,000 pairs of shoes contributed by the Massa chusetts relief committee to San Francisco sufferers. The train goes as fast freight this afternoon. Lieu tenant Belcher, of the signal corps, accompanies the train with a view of avoiding delay. Aid From Modern Woodmen, San Francisco, May 16. J. O. Davis, state deputy for the Modern Woodmen, leaves tonight to visit the eastern divisions In order to secure relief for afflicted members of the society In San FranclBco. It Is ex pected that $100,000 can be collected. Reconstruction Hangs Fire. San Francisco, May 15. Pending the adjustment (of fire losses and opening o the banks, reconstruction work on a?arre soale Is held In abey- At present 20,000 men are at work In the burned district, but this force will be trebled In another 10 days, by which time most of the banks will be opened for business, and more cash be available. Overhead Trolleys General. Action of the board of supervisors granting the United Railroads permis sion to erect trolley poles on all lines to bring about a speedy resumption of car service, will greatly facilitate re construction work. Advocates of the underground trolley are exercised lest the company saddle the city with the overhead trolley Indefinitely. The present emergency, however, makes it imperative that cable transporta tion be abandoned. Six bodies were unearthed from the ruins of the homes yesterday. It Is expected the death list will be aug mented dolly by these discoveries. Privates Hazel and Merrlwather, of company C, first California guards, are under arrest on the charge of In sulting women last night. Courtmar tlal will follow. Two thousand cars of goods for lo cal business houses are on the tracks of the Southern Pacific alone, ready to sock temporary stores as soon as they can be built. looters Sent to Rock Pile. San Francisco, May 16. Three loot ers were caught In the ruins of Sut ter and Van Ness and arrested this morning and taken to the rock pile without the formality of a trial. Building Restrictions. San Francisco, May 16. The Joint committee on building laws has de cided to place no limit to the height of class A structures facing on a street 100 feet wide". On streets 80 to 100 feet wide, the building shall not ex ceed 200 feet. On street less than SO feet wide, the buildings must not ex ceed one and a half times the width of the street. Frame buildings are limited to 45 feet In height. DID HE ROB THE CIRCUS? Wns Treasurer When Forepaugh Sells Lost $30,000. Columbus, May 15. Charged with having robbed the Forepaugh-Sells circus at Tarboro, N. C, October, 1904, of $30,000, of which he was treasurer, William T. Spaeth, auditor of Ha son beck's circus, was arrested at Cleveland, spirited here and lodg ed In Jail. Extradition papers are be ing prepared. The robbery of the ticket wagon was sensational. Spaeth MOVE THIS WEEK all the head officials of the order will be located In the elegant new building in that city. Pendleton has been the home of the grand guardian of the order since It was founded and the Commercial as sociation and citizens of this city made every possible effort to bring the headquarters building of the order here when tho matter of the location of headquarters came up a year ago. claimed keys were taken from under his pillow and that the robbery fol lowed. MAGAZINES EXPLODED. Much Damage to Property, But No Uvea Were Lost. Bridgeport, Conn., May 15. Two powder magazines of the Union Me tallic Cartridge company exploded this morning, shaking the country for 12 miles around, and damaged build ings. Many thought it was an earth quake. People were shaken from their beds. The magazines were four miles from town. One farm house was demolished. CONSERVATORS APPOINTED. Creditors Asked for Receivers for the Zlon City Industries. Chicago, May 15. Federal Judge Landls, after hearing the application of the creditors of Dowle's Zlon City Industries for a receiver, decided to appoint conservators to run Zion un der the court's direction. GREAT TURFMAN DEAD. Aged Kentucklan Who Bred Many Famous Horses. Lexington, Ky., May 15. Major B. O. Thomas, the nestor of the Ameri can turf, died at his home here aged 80 years. He bred Domino, Tommy Atkins, Hlmyar and Correction. He recently sold his stables. SIX MINERS INJURED. Several May Die, From Effects of Gas Explosion. Shenandoah, Pa., May 15. Six miners of the Pennsylvania & Read ing Colliery company were more or less seriously hurt, several fatally, it Is thought, by an explosion of gas. Later. Two bodies, unrecogniza ble, have been recovered. Black damp is interfering with rescue. Forty are entombed in the section where the explosion occurred. No Parole for Girl Convict. Walla Walla, May 15. A dlsDateh from Olympla announces that Attor ney General John S. Altklnson has advised Governor Mead that under the law a parole or conditional pardon cannot be granted to Myrtle Tipton, tne 17-year-old girl sentenced from Whitman county to two years In the penitentiary for horse stealing, the law requiring a convict to serve at least one year before being eligible to parole. L PURPOSE OF THE STATE HORTICULTURAL BOARD. Will Bring Proceedings Against Uma tilla County Orchardlsts Should They Continue to Refuse to Spray According to the Law's Require ments Fruit Conditions Through out the State Are Favorable for Heavy and Excellent Crop. W. K. Newell, chairman of the state board of horticulture, and Judd Geer, member of the board for the eastern Oregon district, were In the city this morning on their way to Milton, where thoy go to enforce the spray ing law against several large orchard lets who have so far failed to obey the orders of County Inspector Milton Evans. Mr. Newell came up from his home at Oaston. Washington county, on the morning train and Joined Mr. Geer here. Mr. Geer recently visited the Milton section and found that most of the small orchardlsts had obeyed the or ders of the local inspector and had sprayed their trees In accordance with the law, but that several prominent orchardlsts who own large orchards had utterly failed to spray In accord ance with instructions and they will be forced to do so now or proceed ings will be brought against them by the board. The horticultural board Is doing ex cellent work In eradicating the fruit pests In Oregon and the members are determined that the law shall be en forced to the letter,. Many orchard lsts have only partly sprayed. They sprayed for codltn moth but not for the San Jose scale, with which many orchards in Umatilla county are badly Infected. Fruit conditions throughout the state are very favorable and the crop will be heavy and of excellent qual ity In most of the leading fruit dis tricts. In most of the fruit districts the board finds orchardlsts ready to obey the law In every way and the board is surprised that Umatilla county people are not making an ut most effort to suppress the pests in this county. Hood river and Rogue river fruit districts depend upon the thoroughness with which they spray for their Immense fruit crops, for without spraying, neither of these districts would hold the place they now occupy In the fruit markets of the world. if ENFORCE SPRAY NG T I MAN MAKES STRONG DENIAL Denounces Story Quoting Him as Saying Aid rich Urged Him to Throw Off Roosevelt. EX-SENATOR CHANDLER WROTE AND SIGNED IT. Chandler Insist Tliat Roosevelt Ac cused Republican Senators of Petti f egging Against the Rate Bill, and That He Also Said He Had Come to a Hopeless Disagreement With Them Tillman Ofrers diandler'a Written Statement In Evidence in the Senate by and With Chandler's Consent. Washington, May 15. Senator Tillman, speaking to a question of personal privilege, denounced an al leged Interview which appeared in a, Washington newspaper, quoting Till man as declaring that Aldrlch had. In conversation with him and Bailey, urged him to abandon negotiation! with the president And Join Aldrlch, "because you'll be In the senate long after that man has left the White House." He declared he had given out no such Interview. Aldrlch said: "I am glad the senator has made such a disclaimer." , Cliandler Wrote and Signed It. i Washington, May 15. Senator Till man, who made a statement In the senate covering the details of his and Senator Bailey's negotiations through ex-Senator Chandler with President Roosevelt regarding the rate bill, to night made public a portion of a writ ten statement made to him by Mr. ' Chandler of his various conference with the president on this subject It covers that portion where Senator Tillman had quoted Mr. Chandler as saying that the president had stated that he had come to a complete dis agreement with the senatorial lawyers who were trying to defeat or Injure the bill, ' naming Senators Knox, Spooner and Foraker, regarding which statement Senator Lodge sub sequently, he said, was authorized to say from the White House that it was an unqualified falsehood. On this subject Mr. Chandler, referring to the president, said, In his written state ment: "He said that he had been much troubled by the possibility of an un limited court review by some of the lawyers of the senate naming Sen ators Knox. Spooner and Foraker as trying to Injure or defeat the bill by Ingenious constitutional arguments, but that he had come to a complete disagreement with them. He made this point emphatic by repetition." Tillman's Statement Senator Tillman said today that on Saturday, May S. he Insisted on hav ing from ex-Senator Chandler a writ ten statement of the various confer ences taken part In by the latter la connection with the plan of the presi dent to control the railroad rate legis lation by alliance with the democrats of the senate, and Mr. Chandler gave him such a statement made prior to Saturday, May 12, and signed by Mr. Chandler. Senator Tillman said hi would give a portion of that statement relating to the Interview of Mr. Chan dler with the president on March SI which had become a subject mat ter of dispute, but would retain the remainder for use In case any other parts of his statement In the senate on Saturday should be denied. It was with Mr. Chandler's consent that the portion of his written state ment to Senator Tillman and his con ferences with the president were made public. , Stickney Favors Penalty. Washington, May 16. A telegram from President Stickney, of the Chi cago & Great Western was read in the senate. It favors a penalty for rebating against the railroad offic ers and agents, and says, "the railway czars and grand dukes will escape otherwise." Postmasters Appointed. Washington. Slav 15. Postmasters nominated: California, Thomas T. Dargte, Oakland. Favored the Lowest Bidder. Washington, May 15. The presi dent transmitted to congress the cor respondence between himself and Taft regarding the purchase of dred ges for the Panama work. Roose velt approved of Taft's giving the contract to a Scotch firm, as the low est bidders. Four thousand acres will be plant ed this year to sugar beets In th Grand Ronde. About one-third larg er acreage than any one year hereto fore. The steamer Manchuria has arriv ed at San Francisco -from the orient, bearing till.811 worth of opium.