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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1906)
I DAILYEVENINGEDITION I I DAILY EVENING EDITION i - WEATHER FORECAST. Shower and thunderstorms to night and Sunday; fresh gusty southerly winds. There In something In store (or you In every advertisement In the East Oregonlan. Don't (all to read every line. VOL. 19. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 2(5, 1906. NO. 5678 GOVERNMENT SHOULD IN Michigan Congressman Advo cates a Government Postal Telegraph System. PRIVATE MANAGEMENT CAUSES MANY ABUSES. According to Representative Smith, There la Now No Competition In the Telegraphic Service, While the Stock Are Watered and the Sci-vlco la Antiquated Representative Rucker Advocate a Law Requiring Publicity of Campaign Contribu tions, and Accuse Republican of Insincerity. Waahlngton, May 26. Representa tlve Smith of Michigan, attacked the "arbitrary and exorbitant telegraph ratea paid by the government In this country," and urged aa the govern ment'! duty to establish a postal tele graph system, reducing ratea one half. There la no competition now between the telegraph companlea, which are honeycombed with rust. In efficiency and. watered. tock, and hampered with non-progrtalvnaa, He said machinery has been Invented which will greatly lower the cost of operating telegraph companies, but the companies refused to use It. i Want Publicity. ' Representative Rucker, supporting the bill looking to publicity in cam paign contributions, charged the re- publicans with Insincerity In treating , the subject. He said: i "The action of the elections com mittee In voting against a report on .the bill justifies the suspicion that at c4 least some of the majority are at k heart really opposed to the proposed ' legislation." AFTER ALLEGED HRIBER. Kanwa City Man Accused of Getting Public Benefits for ll&O.OOO. St. Louis, May 26. According to Prosecutor New, an Information Is drawn charging Robert M. Snyder, a capitalist of Kansas City, with brib ery. It Is charged that Snyder paid $150,000 to certain councllmen for the passage of a traction bill In 1898. CASHIER SUICIDED. Canned hy III Health Officials Say III Accounts Are Straight. Battle Creek, Mich., May 26. Frank P. Boughton, cashier of the National Bank at Bnttle Creek, suicid ed by hanging In his bath room. Ill health the cause. The bank's offic ials say his accounts are straight. BANK PRESIDENT TO JAIL. Accused of Embezzling $18,000 In Al ahnmn. Ensley, Ala., May 26. Gordon Du bose, president of the First National bank, arrested on a charge of embez zling $48,000 of the bank's funds, is sent to jail on a $10,000 bond to nwalt trial. Fonso and Enn Again. Madrid, May 26. Fifty thousand people went to Pardavllla today to ac claim Princess Ena. Special trains were run. The welcome was more vociferous than yesterday. Alfonso visited his flnnco early. No, Thank You. Constantinople, May 26. W. J. Bryn and wife declined the sultan's offer to confer decoration upon them. Next Meet at St. Louis. Dos Moines, May 26. The Presby terians selected St. Loul for the next meeting place of the Presbyterian as sembly. Emperor Joseph Is III. Vienna, May 26. Joseph, the em peror of Austria, Is seriously 111. He Is suffering with Intestinal inflamma tion. Drew the Color Line. Des Moines, May 26. The Presbyterian drew the color line on the creation of a Chat tanooga synod for negro churches, the negroe opposing. Consideration was then postpon ed till next year. Presbyterian who sign liquor bonds, petition or rent property for saloon will be subjected to discipline in the future. The assembly re fused to take action on whether a Presbyterian lawyer ha a right to defend (or liquor law violation. BIG FIGHT A FAILURE. Nelmn and llcrrcra Fall to "Mix" at Lo Angelea. Los Angeles, May 26. Because both Nelson and Herrera were too fat to fight and failed to come to terms, the sporting public awoke this morn ing with a dark brown taste In its mouth as a result of the fight fiasco. It will be many days before the fol lower of the boxing game recover from the shock. The condemnation of Herrera't action la general and a movement haa been started to have him blacklisted in every reputable boxing club In the country. Nelson and Nolan are the sorest pair of men in town, but the almost unanimous approval la given the stand taken by them, Is some balm to their wounded feelings and pocket books. Jeffries published a statement this morning In which he lauds Nelson to the skies. It Is particularly pleasing to the little Dane, who on account of his refusal to permit Jeffries to referee the Brltt-Nelson fight, had not stood well with the ex-champlon. Nolan today made a demand for $1000 forfeit deposited by by Herre ra to make weight. It la likely Her rera will meet this with a demand for Nelsop's $1000 forfeit for non-appearance. Nolan Is preparing to go with Nel son to New York where he believes a number of good 10-round matches await the Dane. Nolan admitted this morning that had the fla-ht cone on under the terms offered he would undoubtedly have been beaten. Under normal- condi tions Nelson can whip Herrera, even If the Mexican weigh 140, but he couldn't have done It last night after he had worked himself up to such a pitch, of rase and excitement, which completely Upset him. ' Destructive Cyclone. Fort Worth, Texas, May 26. A cy clone Is reported around , Granger about midnight, and much property la reported destroyed. In Ellis county, J. D. Duke and wife and elcht child ren were Injured and baby killed. ThMr house wa destroyed. , HELP DEFENSE EMPLOYED BY THE MINERS OF ILLINOIS TO ASSIST. A Stubborn light Over Attempt to Get a Change of Venue From Caltl well la Expected, Hundreds of Af fidavit Pro and (ton Being Taken Federal and State Troops Will Be at Caldwell During the Trial of Mover, Haywood and Pettlbone, Boise, May 26. Clarence Darrow, the great criminal lawyer of Chlcngo, has been employed by the miners of Illinois to assist In the defense of Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone, churged with the murder of Steunen burg. He arrived In Boise this morn ing. A stubborn fight I expected over th4 motion for a change of venue. Hundreds of affidavits have been taken in support of and resisting the motion. Three troops of United States cav alry and two companies of state mili tary will be at Caldwell during the trial. DELIGHTFUL PICNIC. Caledonians Clowe One of the Brat Gatherings In Urn History of the County. The Caledonian picnic which closes at Athenn tonight hns been one of the very beat ever held in Uamtllla coun ty and has been highly enjoyed by large .crowds from all parts of the county. Over 100 people from Pendleton havo attended the picnic on the two days and people from Milton, Weston, Walla Walla and all other nearby points hnve been In attendance. The delightful program of dances, songs, recitations and addresses pub lished In the East Oregonlan before the picnic haa been carried out In de tail and it has been very successful in every way. The Scotch songs, bag pipes and dnnclng have been especial ly entertaining and the people of Athena have sustained their reputa tion as entertainers and whole-souled, hospitable westerners In every par ticular. COLUMBIA GEORGE APPEALS. Sinter Will Take Hi Case to the United States Conrt. R. J. Slater has taken an appeal to the United State circuit court of ap peal In the case of Columbia George, convicted of murder and who Is now serving a life sentence at McNolP Island. After Judge Hanford had de nied a writ of habeas corpus for the convicted Indian, Mr. Slater determin ed to carry the case further, and for a time considered filing a motion for a rehearing before Judge Hanford. However, this step was not taken, and Instead the case was taken to the higher court at Ban Francisco. ARROW W IS STORM SWEPT Great Damage Done to Fruit, Hay and Other Crops in Different Sections. OLD VINEYARDS ARE VERY BADLY DAMAGED Freight Steamer From Stockton to Son Francisco Went Adrift In the Storm Against a Hidden Reef In the Bay of San Francisco and I Prob ably a Total Loss (Yew Was Taken Off In Safety, But the Steamer Is leaking and Will Sink Great Dam age In Different Localities. Riverside, Cal., May 26. Unless the rain cease within 24 hours, several hundred thousand dollar worthy of hay new down, will be a total loss.' Inch of Rain at Stockton Stockton, Cal., May 26. An .inch of rain accompanied by a high wind, I doing great damage to crops. The cherry rrop I destroyed, and all the fruits In this county are damaged IS to 35 per cent, Hay I nearly a com' plete loss. Old vineyards are dam' aged heavily, 1 . , Steamer Went Aground. San Francisco, May 20. In a fierce southeast storm last night the river steamer Constance, owned by the Cal- Ifornla Transportation company, with 1S passenger and a full cargo of freight, from Stockton", went ashore In the bay on a hidden reef between Red Rock and The Brother. The steam er Omsbo this morning took off the passenger with considerable diffi culty, and landed them in the city. The Constance Is leaking badly, and two tugs have gone to tr.e rescue. The Constance Is valued at $20,000 and may not be a total loss. BACK FROM 'FRISCO. Arthur P. Stover Say the Scene Has Has Not Been Overdrawn. Arthur P. Stover, government Irri gation expert, who has been on a visit to San Francisco for the- past two weeks, has just returned. He says the newspaper accounts of the San Francisco fire are not overdrawn, but that the city presents the specta cle of desolation which haa been so graphically pictured by the corres pondents. While the work of rebuilding Is going on, It is necessarily slow and teeious owing to the enormous amount of debris to be removed from the sites. Brick masons and carpenters are working every day In clouds of dust and ashes and the spirit of the people Is splendid. 'Mr. Stover and Arthur E. Wright, also connected with the government Irrigation exper iments in this county, left for Milton this morning. OmngeRTower Disappeared. Snn Bernardino, May 26. Edison Mngoon, an orangegrower, disappear ed Wednesday after turning his money over to his wife. He was worried for fear of a foreclosure, and It Is feared suicided. Demurrer Sustained. Kansas City, May 26. Federal Judge McPherson sustained the de murrer to the Indictment charging George H. Crosby, Burlington traffic agent, with conspiracy to obtain re hates. Inquiring Into Graft. Philadelphia. May 26. The Penn sylvania legislative railroad Investi gating committee Into the graft ex posed by the Interstate . commission, began Its Inquiry this afternoon. Mlkndn Receives Wright. Toklo, May' 26. The emperor re ceived American Ambassador Wright morrt formally. The ladles of the embassy were present. Charge d'Af falres Wilson stnrts homo Tuesday. Moving on Fertilizer Trusts. Nashville, May 26. The federal grand Jury has returned 80 indict ments against the alleged fertilizer trusts. VAN DUSEN WILL BE H. Q. Van Dusen, master fish war den for Oregon, will be here tomor row and wishes to meet with the local sportsmen concerning complaints that have recently been made from this place. The new that Mr. Van Dusen will be here tomorrow was received today by C. K. Cranston, secretary of the re cently formed association. The mas ter warden 'phoned Mr. Cranston Jn CALIFORNIA T IN THE TARIFF Congress Plays Politics, While 'Frisco Will Pay Exorbitant Priceb for Material EXPENSES OF THE CITY TO HE KEPT AT MINIMUM. The Tax Limit Will Be KlgorouHly Adhered to and Smiling Allowed to Increase It No Reduction In Uie Number of City Employes, But AU Must Accept Lower Salaric FJeC' tlve and Department Officials Will Be Expected Also to Accept a He ductlon of Salaries Hereafter. Washington, May 26. The Callfor nla members of congress have prac tlcally abandoned their efforts to te em e legislation allowing California to Import building material duty free. Democrat and republican tariff revlB lonlsts refuse to commit themselves against offering amendments, which would open up the entire subject of tariff revision. Others would be ready with opposition on constitution al grounds. . " Taxes Will Not Be Excessive. Ran Francisco, May 26. In an in. tervlew this morning Mayor Schmltz said there would be no advance In the tax rate. The one dollar limit will be rigorously preserved. Muntcl- pal expenses win oe reaucea to tne lowest possible flgur. The yearly appropriation for each department of city government will be reduced prac tically one-third, and the salaries of all city employe will be apportioned on that basis. The reapportionment of the salaries to-- conform with the reduced appropriation will do away almost entirely with the necessity of discharging any one now on the pay roll, but there will be a one-third re duction In pay, while the most rigor ous economy must be maintained, declared the mnyor. He continued: "I am In thorough accord with the plan of reducing the salaries of city employes rather than cutting down any department personnel. These men have families, and In this crisis It Is absolutely necessary they have steady work." Mayor Schmltz believes also that the officers of the city should and will help out the situation by accept ing a reduction In salaries for the re mainder of their terms. , Will Remove Debris on Large Scale. San Francisco, May 26. The rail roads are rapidly completing plans for the removal of debris oil a large scale. Many tracks are already laid Into the burned district, and a large force of employes Is being organized. The .Action by the Insurance com panies permitting policy holders to remove debris, together with the an nouncement of a $3 rate per car, has removed the lasf obstacles to cleaning up. Each day brings the announcement of the proposed erection of many new buildings In the burned district. Robert Morrow will erect a $500,000 building at the corner of Grant and Post streets. Mrs. Alexander RusselH will build several blocks of model homes for worklngmen, carrying out plans made before the fire. The number receiving free rations has been reduced to 60,000, a drop of 11.000 In one day. Ten food stations nre closed, leaving 60 in operation, and about 4000 are being fed at soup kitchens. KELLEY FUNERAL YESTERDAY. Conducted by Salvation Army at Gal loway Cluipel. This morning the remains of the In.te Samuel Kellcy were shipped to Portlnnd for burial. The death oc curred on Wednesday from the effects of malignant typhoid fever, and since then the body was held at the Rader undertaking parlors, where It was em balmed awaiting shipment. Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 the Salvation Army held a funeral serv ice at the South Methodist church. He was assiduously cared for during his Inst Illness by the members of the local Salvation Army post. HERE TOMORROW answer to a letter, and said he would stop In Pendleton Sunday while on hit way to La Grande. In order to meet with Warden Van Dusen a meeting of the anglers' asso ciation has been called for noon to morrow, the meeting to be held In the rooms of the Commercial associ ation. At that time matters pertain ing to the fish ladders and kindred subjects will be laid before the state official. MADE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. Across the Ohio River, From Ken tucky Into Ohio. Cincinnati, May 26. Horace Wilds' airship Eagle, started at 10:20 In Ken tucky, flew across the river and over Cincinnati, apparently In perfect con trol, landed safely on Mount Auburn, and then flew north, although there was a strong east wind. EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED. Only Lives Lont Were.Thoxe of Nine Horses, at Hoffmann, N. Y. Hoffmann, N. Y., 26. The New York Central express was wrecked enrly today. No human lives were lost, but nine horses were killed. The locomotive and two cars left the rails. The wreck was caused by a misplaced fishplates, supposedly by Italian strik ers. DOUBLE HANGING. Two New Mexican Murderers Were Hung at Raton. Raton, N. H., May 26. David Ar guello, slayer of a deputy sheriff, was tried and convicted for another mur der, and with John Medlock, murder er of his common law wife, was hang ed today. Both died without a strug gle. FMPEROR REPORTED DEAD. Disquieting Rumors Regarding Chi nese Government. Paris, May 26. A Pekln telegram reports that the emperor of China is 111. It Is rumored even the emperor Is dead. v CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Quotations From the Greatest Wlicut Center of the World. Chicago, May 26. Wheat closed to day at 86 4; corn at 48 V, and oats at 33. , i MILTON EKPECTS 1,000 PEOPLE PLANNING FOR GOOD MEET ING ON TUESDAY, MAY 29. Strawberry Festival and Free Lunch for Everybody Women and Chit (Iron Are Urged to Come and Mil ton Will Prepare for 1000 Guests Letter From Secretary Peterson of Milton Committee, Has the Right Ring to it. The meeting of the Umatilla Coun ty Development league which will be held at Milton Tuesdriy, May 29, will be one of the most delightful picnics and most profitable meetings to be held In the county this year. Ample Preparations are now being made for the meeting, and it Is evi dent that a large crowd will be In at tendance. The people of Milton wish It distinctly understood that this is to be a people's picnic at which wo men and children will be welcome. The strawberry' season will be at Its height and a festival will be provided by the people of Milton, which will sustain Milton's reputation as the strawberry garden of eastern Oregon. That Milton Is anxious to entertain her friends on that date Is shown by the following letter to Secretary H. C. Willis from Attorney S. D. Peterson who Is secretary of the committee of arrangements at Milton. Mr. Peter son says: ' "Milton. Ore., May 25, 1S06. "H. C. Willis, "Pendleton, Oregon. "Dear Sir: Our association desires that you give as much advertisement as you can through both your papers that the association will serve free lunches and all the strawberries that appetite could wish, at the league meeting here on May 29. "We are making thorough prepara tions, and will be glad to have a thousand people at the meeting. "Yours very' truly. "S. T. PETERSON, "Secretary." POLE VAULTER'B ARM BROKEN". Baker City's Best Mnn In nigh School Team Meets Willi Unfortunate Ac cident, George Jett, Baker City' crack pole vaulter In the high school field team, fell yesterday while vaulting and broke his arm. He made a record vault of nine feet, breaking the high school record, and as he started to descend from his high leep, he lost hi balance and fell headlong to the ground, snapping his right arm. Jett was counted on for 10 points In the coming high school final meet to be held In this city next Wednes day and his accident Is a serious handicap to the Baker City team. A crowd attempted to lynch Hun roe Tnlvers. a negro found under a white woman's bed at Rosedale, Kan. He was hung up, and while strangling was cut down by the police, and will recover. JUDGE ELLIS DN T Will Deliver Commemoratory Address Next Wednesday at Frazer Theater. ACCEPTS BY TELEGRAM FROM HJEPPNER TODAY. Arrangements for Decoration Day Are Now Nearly Complete Below Ap pears in Full the Order of the Day, Participated In by the Old Soldiers, the Public Schools, the Band Pa rade Will Organize at Main and Bluff and Disband at Vincent Fa vorable Weather Much Desired. Judge W. R. Ellis, future congress man from thlB district, will deliver the Decoration Day address at the Frazer theater next Wednesday (ore noon. Just before his departure for Heppner recently Judge Ellis was re quested by the committee lo serve a Decoration Day speaker. At the time he wa unable to promise definitely regarding the matter, but this fore noon Lee Teutsch, chairman of the arrangements committee, received a message from the judge at Heppner, saying he would speak. As Judge Ellis is one of the best known men In this section and a pop ular speaker, the committee feels for tunate in securing him for the occa sion. Arrangements are now nearly com plete for the Decoration Day exercise and should the weather be pleasant that day It will be an occasion long to be remembered. At 10:15 Wednesday morning the parade will be formed The school children will meet at their respective schools previous to (hat time, and ail will march. to the corner '.of Main and Bluff streets. The line of march will then be down Main street to Court and up that thoroughfare to Vincent street. There the parade will disband and those desiring to do so may go to the theater for the exercises to le held there. In the parade each school will march separately, the procession be-. Ing composed as follows: Band. e Members of the O. A. R. . " ' Eighth grade. "' " East school. Field school, ' "" ' ' . North school. W"esl school 1 ' High school students In the follow ing, order: Freshmen, ?Phomores, Juniors and seniors. At the opera house the following program will be followed: Song "America" Audience Song High School Chorus Prayer Song High School Glee Club Memorial Address. .Hon. W. R. Ellis Song High School Chorus MEMORIAL SERVICES. Union Meeting at Hendricks' Hall at 7:30 Tomorrow Evening. Union Memorial services in which the G. A. R. and all the chmcl'e of the city will participate, will be held at Hendricks' hall tomorrow nvening, May 27. at 7:30 p. m., Rev. J. H. Wood of Kennewlck, Wash., to Vreach the Memorial sermon. Rev. Victor Dorrls. of the First Christian church, will preside at the services, and Rev. G. L. Ha'.l of the First Baptist church, will be in charge of the music of the evening. A male quartet and chorus will furnish sev eral numbers for the services, which will be appropriate to the occasion. All are cordially Invited to attend the service. It will be the regular Memorial day observance which pre cedes Decoration Day each year, and which Is universally observed throughout the United States. Temperance lecture Tonight, The last of a series of temperance lectures given in this city this week by Jonas Bushell, of the Good Temp lars, will be given at the First Con gregational church tonight. Mr. Bushell Is an interesting speaker and all are cordially Invited to attend the lecture. A to Standard Oil Methods. Cleveland, May 26. W. B. McEwen, formerly a Lake Shore railroad employe, before the in- terstate commerce commission, said that road gave the Stand- ard better rates than other companies, and Lake Shore em- ployes received their pay from the Standard. Newspaper edl- tors were called In an attempt to show that newspapers are bribed to support the Standard. a B. Ellis, an Illinois dealer. testified that drivers are bribed by the Standard to secure re- ports of oil Mid. DECORA
