ilAlLY EVENING EDITION j
!
GAliy EVENING EDITION
There are no "dead" uds In the
East Oregoiiiun. They are all
fresh, crisp, up-to-date and mean
Just wliat they Bay. Read them
thin evening.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY. At'Gl'ST 7, 1900.
NO. 5738
71
E
MMA LEDQUXTD
HANG
OCTOBER 19
Stockton Woman Found Guilty
of Revolting Crime After a
. Long Trial.
SlltS. LEDOUX FORMERLY
kjima row; OF THIS COUNTY.
Horn In Xorlh Cold Springs 25 Yeurs
Ago iiihI Moved to Oillfmnlii Willi
Her Pnrenls Wlun n iTillil Pro--eullnii
C'ImIiiih She Killed First Hus
band to Avoid I'roewdings for Rig
amy Trial Has Attracted Wide
spread Attention To Hang ut San
Quentln OcleilH-r 10.
Stockton, Cal., Aug. 7. Mm. Emma
Ledoux, w ho was found guilty of mur
dering her former husband, A. N.
McVlckar, by administering poison,
and after cutting the body up placing
It In a trunk which she shipped from
this city to Jackson, Cal., the former
home of her husband, was sentenced
this morning to hang on October 19
at San Quentln prison.
Wit!, out a tremor, the slight little
woman stood, the coolest and most
collected of all In the crowded court
room, while Judge Nutter passed the
sentence. After the court proceedings
were over. Mrs. Ledoux reddened a
bit, but after a few moments her face
resumed Its usual expressionless ap
pearance. After all was over Mrs.
Ledoux Joined her mother, Mrs. Mary
Head, in the ante-room and throwing
her hands above her head uttered a
little cry as she rushed Into her moth
er's arms. Mrs. Head subbed. but
Mrs. Ledoux shed no tears. Mrs Le
doux was led back to Jail.
This morning Attorney Karrell for
the defendant Introduced more affi
davits to show the good reputation of
the witnesses who had sworn Juror
Hitter declared during the trlul thai
they Intended to hang the woman.
Judge Nutter In denying the motion
for 'i new trial, announced his belief
that aftlants Murphy and Smith tes
tified falsely about Juror Hitter, and
directed the sheriff to deliver the wo
man Into the custody of the warden
of Sun Quentln prison within 10 days.
Mrs. Ledoux was unmoved by the
sentence and sat stolidly throughout
the proceedings this morning as
though she were a mere spectator to
the affair.
The body of McVlcnr was discover
ed through the odor arising from the
trunk In the depot at Jackson. An
Investigation led to the nrrest of Mrs.
Ledoux at Antloch; Cal.. and the trial
has be-n dragging through the courts
for over a year.
She told conflicting stories concern
ing 'he murder at first. She said once
that McVlear took poison with suici
dal Intent. Then she wild that tlv
poison was administered by a myster
ious Joe Miller, who was never found
The prosecution founded Its case on
the fact that she removed McVlcnr for
fear of proceedings for bigamy, as It
was claimed that she married Eugene
Ledoux. her present husband, before
securing a divorce from McVlcnr.
The case lias attracted unusunl at'
tentlon throughout the country on nc
count of the brutality of the crime
The body of McVlear was literally
chopped Into pieces to make It fit a
trunk and smt ns baggage to the for
mer home of the murdered man.
where his relatives lived,
Emma Ledoux, formerly Emm.i
Cole, Is a native of T'matllla county,
having been born In the Cold Springs
district about 25 years ago. She re
sided there until her parents moved
to California a number of years ago,
and resided there since leaving this
county.
A number of relatives still reside In
eastern Oregon. Very few people
have known during the long trial of
Mrs. Ledoux that she wus Emma Cole,
formerly of this county.
Complete returns from the Illinois
republican primaries give Senator
Shelby M. Cullom a lend of 85,000 for
the senate over Richard Yates, for
mer governor.
Will Iook Into Deliver Frauds.
Denver, Aug. 7. Judge Booth
M, Malone, In the district court,
todny refused to grant a writ of
prohibition forbidding Judge
Ben B. LIndsey of the Denver
county court, from Investigating
the alleged frauds In tho Mny
election, by means of which, It
Is charged by the Municipal
Ownership and Honest Elections
league, the Denver City Trnm
way and tho Dcnvor Ons & Elec
tric company franchises were
granted by tho voters of this
city. Tho Investigation will be
gin In the county court tomor
row unless tho supremo court
Interferes.
WAHUANT OUT FOR STEUSLAND.
Oiargcd Willi Accepting Deposits on
I've of Fnlliirr.
Chicago, Aug. 7. John C. Fetzcr,
a capitalist, was appointed receiver to
day of the Milwaukee Avenue State
bank, with a bond of $1,000,000.
Upon the application of two women
depositors whose balances amount to
less thun (300, a warrant was Issued
charging President Paul StenBland
with the acceptance of deposits after
he knew the bank wns Insolvent.
Stensland and Cashier Herring are
still absent. The police are Inclined
to believe they arc now In Canada.
Hunk Examiner Jones Is still unable
to announce the amount of the short
age. TEAMSTERS IX SESSION.
lrolcMtH AguliiNt Scutlng Kan Friin
clseo Delegate's.
Chicago, Aug. 7. Under a heavy
guard of police and a reserve of plain
clothes men outside, the teamsters'
convention resumed today. Protests
were filed against seating the San
Francisco delegates. It Is alleged
their credentials ore Irregular.
RELIEF IS EXPECTED.
Twenty-One Dentils From
llent
In
Xew York City.
New York, Aug. 7. The humidity
Is less today and the death rate from
heat Is lower. Relief Is expected.
Five deaths arc reported, making a
total of 21 deaths from the heat,
SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMHER
Committed Murder in a Stockton
nnwdy House.
Stockton, Aug. 7. Edward Wilson
who murdered Lou Hill In a house of
III repute last night, professes to re
member nothing from the time he en
tered the house yesterday forenoon,
until he found himself In Jail. The
officers believe he Is faking Insanity
SEPARATOR LOST
ni'DD ViELSON'K SECOND
LOSS AT THE SAME STAND.
tiro Preceded by tho Usual Explosion
Last Machine Wns Entirely Xew
and Cost $1 100 and Was Insured
for $1)00 I loth Machines) Were
Burned on the Ictcr Tnchclll Plnce,
on Wild Horse, Xcnr Town.
Early this forenoon another
thresher fire occurred on the Peter
Tachelll place on Wild Horse, and
new separator belonging to Budd
Nelson was burned to the ground. The
j niHcli'.Me hail been running but a short
tin- i "nitty wheat and the fire
wa.e .started by an explosion caused
by spontaneous combustion.
This Is the second machine that Mr.
Nelson has lost, an old thresher hav
ing been burned iit'the same setting
on the Tachelll place but a week or
ago, the fire being started by the
smutty wheat. Immediately after
losing the old one he purchased a
new 28-48 Niagara separator for $!.
400. and had Just resumed his run
when the fire occurred this morning.
The burned thresher was Insure
for 1900. the policy having been taken
out with Hlckers Llvermore.
NINE MINERS KILLED.
Fell 2700 l ed In a He Iglan Ceinl Mine
Chnrierol, Itelglum, Aug. 7. Nine
miners were killed by n cage In a coal
mine falling 2700 feet.
Hanged for Assault.
Mount Vernon. Mo., Aug. 7. Ed
ward Hateman, a negro, wns hanged
today for assault upon Myrtle Dlgby,
a hotel employe, February, 1905.
DEATH FOLLOWS A SCRATCH.
Mlssomi Woman Die's Uncxpexnedly
In linker County.
A slight scratch, received while
picking blackberries on the William
Thompson ranch, caused the death of
Mr. Thompson's cousin, Mrs. Harriett
Jennings, of Sheridan county, Mo., who
was a guest at the farm, says the Ba
ker City Herald.
The scratch was too little to be no
ticed. It was scarcely more than an
abrasion of tho skin. It went uncared
for until blood poison set In and death
resulted.
Mrs. Jennings, who has been In Ba
ker for about a month In hopes of
benefiting her health, had been visit
ing her brother J. H. Deerman of
Tenth and Campbell streets. She went
to the Thompsons In company with
hor friends Mrs. Bucker, also from
Missouri, who wns visiting here with
her. In order to bo of some help to
hor hosts she volunteered to pick ber
ries. Tho scratch resulted,
Mrs. Jennings had been trampled
by a cow In her Missouri home about
u year ago and had never fully recov
ered. Hor health was bad, and she
was In a bad condition physically. It
was bucnuse of this that her system
could not withstand tho blood poison
ing. Sho died Saturday evening at 7
o'clock, after suffering great agony.
BY SHUm WHEAT
M GRIND
PES HTM
Fourteen Indictments at Phil
adelphia Against Ice Manu
facturers. FOURTEEN WITNESSES
.SUMMONED IX CHICAGO.
Itiort Showing Land Aren of Ameri
can Cities Pnii-Aincilcaii Confer
ence Milken KccoimiiciidittloiiM to
'llie. Hague World Convention Look
ing Toward 1'iilvcrsul Arbitration
ltoiuiNirli' Orders Cenii-tmartlul of
u Naval I.leiiteiuillt Eight-Hour
Ijiw DoeH Xot Apply to Warships
I'ndiT Contract.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. The federal
grand Jury today Indicted 14 mem
bers of the local Ice trust, charging a
combination to monopolize.
Fourteen Vltiicen .Summoned.
Chicago, Aug. 7. Fifteen witnesses
were summoned today to testify be
fore the grand Jury In the Standard
Oil Investigation, and were questioned
by government attorneys this after
noon, preparatory to their appearance
when the delayed Jury is finally Im
paneled. New Jurors were called to
tnke the places of those falling to ap
pear and answer today.
Largest Land Aren of Chios.
Washington, Aug. 7. The census
report shows New York city is the
largest In land area, 209.2 IS acres;
New Orleans second, 125.O00 ncres;
Chicago third. Philadelphia fourth,
and Duluth fifth.
For the Peniee of the World.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 7. The arbl
tratlon committee of the Pan-Amerl
can congress presented a resolution
urging all countries represented to
send to The Hague delegates Instruct
ed to mnke every effort for a. general
arbitration convention. The report
was adopted by acclamation. This Is
the first great step of the congress.
The preamble expounds the princi
ple of arbitration and points out the
fact that the congress Is not the
proper place for the discussion of a
matter of such world-wide Import
ance. The method of transmitting the
resolution to The Hague Is left to the
arbitration committee.
Cemrtmartlal Ordered.
Washington, Aug. 7. Secretary
Ponnparte has ordered a courtmartlnl
at Mare Island of Lieutenant Edward
Dunn of the navy, charged with
"veandalous conduct."
Elulit-lloiir Ijiw Does Not Apply.
Washington. Aug. 7. Attorney
General .Moody has decided the eight
hour law does not apply to warships
being built under contract for the na
vy, and cltei! a case wherein the su
preme court held that title to n war
ship does not vest in the government
until the conditions of the contract
are fulfilled. ,
A similar option is given by Taft
that the eight-hour law does not r.p-
ply to contractors furnishing supplies
for the quartermaster's department.
Stnte Troops Necessary.
Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 7. The
sheriff Is unable to control the Illegal
selling of liquor near Fort Benjamin
Harrison, to troops encamped there
from the northern , division of the
army, and says he will ask the gover
nor to send stnte troops to nld In sup
pressing the traffic.
Resolution French Duel.
Paris, Aug. 7. General Andre and
Denegerlere fought a pistol duel to
duy, firing two shots. Nobody was
hurt.
Equal Suffragist? Meet,
Copenhagen, Aug. 7. The Interna
tional League of Women Suffragists
began sessions here today.
The upper Willamette Is very low.
and all log drives are slow and uncertain.
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS IN PENDLETON
Dr. C. J. Smith, president, and Dr.
R. E. Rlngo, secretary of the Eastern
Oregon Medical association, will fix
the dnto of the next meeting of the
association In this city, during the
coming agricultural fair, the last
week In September.
Dr. Smith said todny that as the
date was not fixed, he would ar
range the meeting here at that time
In order to add a convention feature
to tho fair, and also to glvo the mem
bers from the eastern Oregon coun
ties nil opportunity to visit Pendleton,
when they might see an exhibit of the
DISASTROUS
OF
Shooting of Captured Partici
pants Now in Progress at
Sveaborg Fortress.
OTHERS ARE TURNED OVER
TO FINNISH AUTHORITIES.
Universal Strike In Russia Culled Off,
WlKTcut tho fiovcriuiieiit Is Over
joyed No Doubt About the Com
plete Collapso of the Mene'tmut
Cabinet Change's Will Take Place
Thursday The Cwir Will Allow the
Dounui to Revise the Rudgct of Ex
. IM'iidltures for tho Year 11107.
Helslngfors, Aug. 7. Many cap
tured revolutionists are being turned
over to the Finnish authorities to be
tried, and punished by Imprisonment
according to the Finnish law.
The shooting of men condemned for
participating In the mutiny at Svea
borg continues at the fortress.
Strike Called Off.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 7. The work
men's council has decided to call off
the strike In this city, and will
make an announcement tonight. It
Is believed the provinces will follow.
The government is overjoyed at the
turn, but holds a train loaded with
soldiers ready to dispatch to needed
points. Warships In the harbor will
carry the foreign malls In the event
of a strike.
Cabinet Will Chnnge.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 7. The Ga
zetter announced today it Is Informed
the czar will change the cabinet
Thursday. Prince Lvoff will be pre
mier. County Heyden, minister of
the interior, ami Stakovltch, of fi
nance. H Is also announced the czar has
decldt?d to allow the douma until next
Mnrch to supervise the budget for
1907.
The city Is quiet. Strikers are be
ing dispersed, and no gatherings are
permitted. Work Is resumed at many
factories.
Bandits Rob n Village.
Harbin. Aug. 7. A Russian
boat shelled bandits who were
blng a village and killed many.
gun-rob-
Comnuindant Ktllce,
Pytagorsk. Aug. 7. The command
er of the garrison was killed today
by a subordinate officer.
SUED FOIt SVIO.OOO.
"Coke King's" Daiishtcr-ln-I.nu' Wants
Damages.
New York. Aug. 7. Gilbert T.
Ri'Terty. sr., "coke king" of Pittsburg.
.Tie n permlnent resident of the New
W.il lorf-Astoria, Is sued for $500,000
I'V Irs daughter-ln-lnw, wife of Geo,
It. I: ifferty. charging the alienation of
her husband's afflictions. The young
man's parents objected to the mar
riage, which was secret. Rafferty
left his wife In 1302. entered the
army and served In the Philippines.
THREE HUNDRED STRIKE.
Request RcIiimhI, Rut Terms Are
Grant's.! Others.
Sacramento. Aug. 7. Three hund
red yardmen employed in the South
ern Pacific shop, struck this morn
ing for higher wages. They are now
receiving 20 cents for nine hours.
They want 22 tj cents. The request
was refused, and nil discharged, nad
their places filled at the higher wages.
Typhoid Frunt Celery.
Typhoid fever, brought on, it Is be
lieved, by eating celery, yesterday ne
cessitated four residents of Boise to
be taken to the hospital, says the
Boise Statesman. Xtr. and Mrs. Thos.
Davis and their daughter Hazel, were
taken to St. Luke's hospital, and Mrs.
E. J. Brown, who succumbed to the
disease at the same time, was taken
to St. Alphonsus. The fever was con
tracted by all four of the sufferers
last week and the condition of each
is fairly serious.
resources of the county In the fair.
The membership In the eastern
Oregon association Includes nearly
every physician In the counties east
of tho Cnscnde mountains, and the
meeting here will be well attended.
It was hoped by the fair committee
that tho Lnundrymcn's association
could be induced to fix the date of
their meeting during the fair, but ow
ing to the national meeting at Den
ver on September 27 and 2S. It will be
necessary to hold the northwest
meeting in this city earlier In the
month.
REVOLUTION
JOINT HATES IX EFFECT
Washington Freight Rntc Order Xow
In OiM'i-nlloii.
Walla Walla, Aug. 7. The state
railway commission yesterday served
on the Northern Pacific, the Great
Northern, O. It. N. and Washing
ton & Columbia River railway, the
Joint wheat rate order promulgated
by the commission.
The order becomes effective within
20 days and under Its provisions the
four railway companies are obliged
to Interchange wheat traffic between
eastern Washington and Puget sound
points at the request of the shippers.
Find Farmers Injured.
In its findings of fact the commis
sion declares It has been established
by the evidence heard by It that wheat
Is universally worth from 1 to i
cents per bushel more at Seattle and
Tacom.i than at Portland, and that
thof-e farmers living on the lines of
the O. R. & N. company In eastern
Washington are limited to the Port
land market because the O. It. & N.
runs only to Portland and refuses to
deliver wheat to the lines of the other
railroads for shipment to Puget sound,
that therefore the farmers referred to
are Injured to the extent of from 1 Vi
to S cents per bushel on all wheat
thev uie obliged to sell.
The commission also finds, from
the testimony, that Joint rates actual
ly exist between' the Northern Pacific
and the Washington &. Columbia IRver
Rullway company, but that the other
three roads refuse to establish a Joint
rate among themselves.
LUMHEH PRICES ADVANCED.
Reach the Highest Figure Ever
Reached at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Aug. 7. Local lumber
dealers announced an advance of $1
a 1000 Saturday, to make a base
price here of $26 per 1000 feet, the
highest ever reached. The local ad
vance Is due to the trust prices up
the coast.
I
CAITAIX HOWARD IN ROLE
OF A PETTY MARTINET.
Miss Eva llcllcr of Fre-evvatcr, Com
IH'lled to I,cuve FiH Walla Walla.
Ilecause She Will Xet Work In the
Home of Captain Howard Is the
First Inslunce In Uie History of the
Pest, of n Civilian Being Orele-red
Off the Reservation.
Because she refused to become a
servant in the home of Captain H. P.
Howard of the Fourteenth cavalry at
Fort Walla Walla, Miss Eva Beller of
Freewater, has been ordered by Cap
tain Howard, to leave the Walla Walla
post and forbidden to return under
any circumstances.
This most extraordinary order was
Issued by Captain Howard yesterday
afternoon, and last evening at 6
o'clock, the time specified by Cantaln
Howard for her departure from the
military reservation, Miss Beller left
for her home at Freewater.
But this is not the last of It.
An investigation of this autocratic
and harsh order will be ordered bv
the war department and a scandal of
the first cluss Is promised.
The order Is the result of a rlvnlrv
between the families of Captain How
ard and Lieutenant Holcomb, and Is
the first Instance 111 the history of the
post 111 which a civilian has been ex
iled from the Walla Walla military
reservation.
Miss Beller Is a young woman of ex
cellent character and Is a first-class
girl In every respect, but because she
refused to work In the home of Cap
tain Hownrd, she Is forbidden to live
at the post.
The people of Walla Walla are
deeply concerned In the order ns It
opens the door to unlimited license on
the part of military officers and a de
mand will be made for a thorough In
vestigation of the order of Captain
Howard.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Xo Suspicion Was Excited at the Time;
of the Woman's Death.
Chicago, Aug. 7. Knute Knudson,
a wealthy contractor, was held bv a
coroner's Jury this afternoon on the
charge of poisoning his wife, Johanna
Augusta, who died last March. The
woman was burled at the time and no
suspicions were aroused. Recently
relatives caused the exhumation and
examination of the organs. The Jury
believes poison was found. A state
ment alleged to have been made by
the woman on her deathhed Is among
the evidence.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago. Aug. 7. Wheat openea
Vs. closed 73 1-8; corn opened 49.
closed 4,9 1-3; oats opened S1U. clos
er 31 'i.
At Branch Creek, N. Y., William
and Abraham Jacobs stood up In a
skiff to be photographed. The skiff
flopped, and both young men were
drowned despite the efforts of occu
pants of another boat to rescue them.
ORDERED
W
FROM THE FORT
SALESDAY FOR
WHEAT TOMORROW
Generally Believed the Offers
of Grain Will Be Meagre
and the Sales Slow
LITTLE WHEAT SOLD
ALONG THE W. & C. H.
Reported That the Prestnn-Parton
Company Has Purchased 200,000
Ilushcls, Paying 00 C'euLs Therefor
De-livereel Sale Tomorrow Will B
Called in the Despaln Building, and
All Those Having Wlient to Offer
Must Submit Sample's Sales so Far
Are IVimi Along the O. R. & X.
Itoud.
Tcmorrow Is the dnte set for tho
first wheat sales day, and for the past
ftw days the coming sale has been the
source -cf much conversation among
farmers and gralnbuyers alike.
Just what the day will bring forth
remains to be sceri, but It Is thought
by many that the present low prices,
and the fact that many ore not ready
to sell yet will prevent much wheat
from being placed on the market to
morrow. While threshing has been on for
several weeks In some sections, there
are few who are entirely through har
vesting and so do not yet know their
exact yields. This may prevent these
men fiom offering their wheat to
morrow. Although the price of wheal has
been down a cent for several days,
there has been some selling going on.
This has been confined almost exclu
sively to wheat on the reservation, or
other points along the O. R. & N. But
little of the wheat along the W. & C
R. has been sold.
Athena Mills Big Buy. ' s.
It Is reported that the Preston-Par-ton
mill ut Athena purchased 200,000
bushels yesterday, paying 60 cents for
club and red chaff delivered at their
mill. The wheat was from several
different farmers In that section. t
Sale In Dcspnln Building;.
The sale here tomorrow will be held '
In the room at the head of the stair
way In the Despaln building. Under
the rules adopted, farmers who wish
to sell their wheat at a sales day must
furnish the secretary with a sealed
Jnr containing samples of the yield,
together with a statement as to the
variety and quality of the grain. . e
ORDER TO ARREST LYNCHERS..
Governor of North Carolina Takes a'
Law ami Order Stand.
Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 7. Governor
Glenn wired the sheriff at Salisbury to
arrest at all hazards the lynchers of
three negroes.
The governor will probably go to
Sollsbury In person tonight. This af
ternoon he ordered the Charlotte mil
itary company to proceed to Sails
bury to guard the Jail to prevent the
liberation of those lynchers arrested.
There Is danger of the three negroes
at Greensboro under arrest for the
murder of Foreman Beacham of the
Southern railway, being lynched.
Robbery by PIckpeH-kcts,
Chicago. Aug. 7. Mary Grabolski.
to be sure of her money,' took $388
from the safety deposit vault of the
closed Milwaukee Avenue bank, was
immediately robbed by pickpockets.
Want f 5 a Day.
There Is still a great scarcity of
farm he I pin Sherman county. The
regular price seems to be about $2.50
per day, but a great many laborers'
think the price should be more, says
the Grass Valley Journal. Yes. some
would hold out for $5 a day If they
thought the furmer would pay It, not
giving a tinker's dam whether the
farmer could afford to pay It or not.
Miles MilOgenvlfh nn Anafdan
and killed himself at Mica Bay, Coeur
d'Alene lake, while extremely despon-
oent. He used a 3S-caIlbre pistol, the
ball entering the Adam's Annie nnd
coming out at the top of the head.
To Rend and Prhievllle,
Tacomn, Wash., Aug. 7. Ar
ticles of Incorporation were filed
today by J. C. Donnelly and Ar
vld Rydstrom for the Southern
Extension Railway company to
build a railroad from a point on
the left bank of tho Columbia
river, nevir tho mouth of the
Deschutes river, through the
valley of that river to a point
near Madras, thence to Bend,
Ore., with a branch line to
Prlncvllle, Ore. The capitaliza
tion is $1.2!O.Ono. Donnelly Is
a well known hotel man heriv
nnd Rydstrom Is n prominent
contractor.
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