PA1LYEVENINGE01TI0H
WKATHEB FORECA8T.
Rain or snow tonight and Friday.
If you wish to know how to buy
what to huy, when to buy and where
to buy holiday Roods, read the East
Oregonlan advertisements.
VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1906.
NO. 5842
OAILY EVENING ED ITION
j g)
STREET SWEEPER
ORDERED
BOUGHT
Will Cost $450 and Will Be
Shipped at Once by Bead &
Co. From Portland.
FROI1ARLE ACCEPTANCE OF
COURT STREET PAVING.
Guttm Need Repairing, a Work
Wild i Will Probably He PostHncd
I'm II Spring HckiiIIm' of Firemen's
, Election Itnliriiil Protect H"gl
Icrcd Alxmt Alleged Dray lilockiidc
on Aim Street lliiliincc on Hand In
City Treasury November 30 Was
811,001.28.
Within a few days Pendleton will
have a street sweeper, for at the enun
oi 1 meeting lust night one was pur
chased from lieall & Co. of Port
land for $4',0. It Is now at Portland
ami is to be shipped at once. Aside
from the bid of lieall & Co. then; was
but one other last evening. It was
from It. II. Wllrox, nnd the prlee was
S 4 7 5 , ami 90 days' lime was asked
for shipment.
In behalf of the Warren company,
Superintendent Sliewry of the local
paving crew, asked that the work on
Court street be accepted. He ex
plained that while there were some
repairs to be made In the gutters,
such could le done better 111 the
spring than at present. He was re
rucsted to present the cost of the
work on Court street, and It Is prob
able the work will be accepted on
condition that the repairs be made
later.
The official returns from the re
cent firemen's election were given the
council and upon motion J. L. Vaugh
an, Claud Penland and Lee Drake
were declared elected chief, first as
sistant and second assistant respec
tively. The liquor license of the Seattle
Malting & Brewing company was al
lowed transferred from Court street
(The Lobby), to the Rainier Ueer hall
on Main street.
Councilman Thompson brought up
the subject of the blockade on Alta
street as a result of the drays stand
ing abreast. After some discussion
the mayor asked the street committee
to handle the problem and to give
such orders as are necessary, to the
, marshal or street commissioner.
Kills for the past month were paid
and the reports of the recorder and
treasurer received.
FinancJnl Condition.
The following facts regarding the
present financial condition of the city
are shown by the report of Treasurer
Hamilton, submitted last night:
Cash balance October 31, $9098.81.
Received during the month: From
licenses. 11559.06; from taxes, 105.
11183.33; sale of levee bonds, $18,
51; other sources, $1644; total re
ceipts for month, $14,837.38.
Paid out during month: On general
fund warrants, $68711.05; levee fond
warrants, $3452.86.
Balance on hand November 3,
$14,604.28. This amount Is divided
among the various funds as follows:
General fund. $1125.69; levee sinking
fund, $2436.69; general sinking fund,
$M16.18; levee fund, $9425.72.
ADMINISTERED TIIE BOTTLE.
I iFtfl to Get Satisfaction From
MeidJolna Man.
Tws badly battered Italians sought
sucoer of the police this afternoon
following an Interview with a "medi
cine man" In the west end of town.
According to the tale given the mar
shal the two foreigners had purchased
some medMne of their assailant It
was guaranteed to "cure everything
or money refunded." Falling to get
proper results from the medicine the
Italians returned the same and de
manded their eosh. It was then that
trouble ensued end from appearances
the medical man had applied his
stuff, bottle and all, to the heads of
his dissatisfied patients. . They were
both badly cut and 'bleeding when
they made the complaint to the offi
cers.
The case will probably be tried out
In the Justice's court.
Prison for Scalp Swindler.
Ogden, Utah, Dec. 6. Will
Swan, formerly member of the
Swan Land & Cattle company,
which owned thousands of
acres of land and 250,000 cat-
tlo In Wyoming, was todny sent
to prison for five years for scalp
bounty frauds on the state of
Utah. Swan Imported pelts
from South America and col-
lectod bounty on them In nearly
every county In the state.
8.
Lobby Will Auk for $50,v.. r
Their Improvement. V
Washington, D. C, Dec. 6
1000 delegates are In Washing!).,
nivori and Ua rhnra rnnvrpad CU O '
ca
non and Burton spoke today.
The convention seeks $50,000,000
from the government to Improve the
nation's waterwnys. Ransdell report
ed that after a 20.000-mlle tour he
found the sentiment of the people In
favor of general Improvement of the
waterways as a remedy "for wholly
Inadequate service furnished by the
railroads."
W ILL INVESTIGATE DEATH.
Dttwl Woman Infatuated Willi Trav
eling Hypnotist.
Chicago, Dec. 6.: Coroner Is today
Investigating further the death of
Mrs. Rose Vrzall, on suspicion that
she was murdered, and decided to ex
hume the body of her children and
husband. Martin Vrzall, all of whom
died suddenly.
The police found a Inve letter from
Mrs. Vzrall to Hlllatos, a hypnotist,
who Is under suspicion. Dlllak's wife
gave them this letter nnd says they
had quarrels on account of Billak's
attention to Mrs. Vrzall.
OLD MAN TO PRISON.
Helped Ixit llu- Milwaukee Avenue
suite Rank.
Chicago, Dec. fi. Haghiirth Grcg
erson, aged 67, formerly exchange
teller of the defunct Milwaukee ave
nue State bank, pleaded guilty today
to the theft of J1R00 ami was sen
tenced to an Indeterminate term. He
said he took the money to "help a
beauty doctor."
SOFA
E
SHARED I1Y PENDLETON
AND PILOT ROCK ALIKE.
QueMinn Is Whether There) is Any
thing Behind (lie Revamping of the
Report That the) Northern Parlflc
Will Build a Peiullcton-Pllot Hock
Extension Report Discredited by
Pendleton POople "Who Ought to
Kuoxv."
Is the Northern Pacific preparing
to build a line from this city to Pilot
Rock for the purpose of competing
with the O. R. & is. company? Dur
ing the day a rumor become current
here, and also at Pilot Rock, that
some Northern Pacific surveyors are
In the field between here and that
town. They are said to be following
the route up McKay creek which at
one time was proposed as the most
feasible one for n road to the south
from Pendleton.
The rumor regarding the surveyors
has caused a revival of the old belief
that the Northern Pnciflc wishes to
extend the W. & C R. southward and
that it looks with- Jealousy upon the
work thnt Is now being done for the
Harrlman people.
Report Is Discredited.
Thrt If there are some Northern
Pacific surveyors In this vicinity they
hare been very secretive. According
to Walter Adams, local W. & C. R.
agent, he knows of no such a party.
Oolonel J, H. Raley, one of the Incor
porators of the old Pendleton Rail
read and Coal company, which Is said
to have negotiated with the Northern
Pacific people at one time, declares
he knews nothing about the present
plana of that company. C. E. Roose
velt, who has alao been Interested In
the branch line proposition In the
past, says lie Is wholly ignorant of the
matter, while Leon Cohen, president
of the Commercial association, de
clarea that If James J. Hill has plans
for a Pilot Bock road, he is not aware
of the fact
Three Brother for Life.
Atlanta, Oa., Dec 6. The governor
today commuted to life Imprisonment
the sentence of death given Milton
and Jesse Rawlings, sons of the
preacher hanged today. The sons
were convicted of the same crime as
the father the murder of two Car'
ter children. The third son, Leon
ard, Is already serving a life term for
the same crime.
Stoic Trolley Car Fares.
East Liverpool, O., Dec. 6. A
stranger boarded a trolley car and
ran It four miles, collected all fares
and escaped. The motorman was
fooled by perfect signals, the car be
ing curtained on account of rain.
Pigeons Make Good Time.
Samuel Roome, Wells Frtrgo ex
press agent, has heard from the car
rier pigeons ho liberated here a week
ago Sunday, soys the Eugene Gulrd.
Of the 47 birds liberated, 40 of them
reached Portland, the first one to ar
rive making the trip In two hours,
eight and one-half minutes, which Is
almost a mile a minute, .
WATERWAYS AND
1
PARALLEL
WAR
15
Washington Officials Inclined
to View Japanese Issue as a
"Tempest in a Teapot."
JAPANESE COULD HAVE
BEEN APPEASED EASIER.
California Congressmen Accused of
Talking Largely fur Home Con
sumption, Though Determined as to
Exclusion of Jupiincse Coolies Mc
Cull, of Massachusetts, l'er-lsts In
Giving the Most Sinister Construc
tion to the Message and Hopeless
interpretation for the Future.
Washington. Dec. 6. MlnlslerAcki
and Hoot conferred on the San Fran
ciscn schools and proposed a test case
toduv, Aokl later was with Roose
velt. War (loud Dissipating.
Washington, Dec. 6. After i lining
jp the country and giving the excit
able ones food for expression, the war
cloud of l'.Hili Is already dissipated,
leaving only the rumbling of a court
cafe, in California. Officials most
concerned regard the whole thing as
a tempest in a teapot. It is not con
sidered Justification for the talk It
lias caused, to say nothing of the seri
ous talk by members of congress
anent the ghost of states' rights.
Those, holding the views of the
president on the Japanese question,
think he could have 'appeased the
Japanese by less advanced declara
tions. The California congressmen who
have talked almost continuously for
three days are thought to be talking
for home consumption, though at the
same time are serious in their conten
tion that Japanese coolies must be
excluded In the same way as Chinese.
MeCtill's Sinister Construction.
Wahlngton, Dec. 6. Representa
tive McCall. of Massachusetts, repub
lican, says: "It would be the same
for the president to put himself at
the head of the army to administer
all the other laws of the United
States. When guns have battered
down what the earthquake left of
Sa Francisco, the disloyal province
will be put to the sword to assert the
right of Japanese to a public educa
tion. We will bo taught a short cut
t-a enforcement of the laws."
REFORM IN CHICAGO.
Dreriklmr I'p Connivance of Officials
With Social Vice.
Chicago, Dec. 6. The new munici
pal court has unexpectedly promised
to be the greatest force yet discover
ed In the suppression of the evils of
the under world.
The Judge going to preside In the
district frequented by the levee habi
tutes. He today ordered 60 women
to leave the city and Issued subpoe
nal for clerks of former Justices
under the old system, charging straw
bonds had been made. He said the
conviction of officials conniving at
the trade Is certain.
RAILROAD STATION BURNED.
Heavy Property Lose anil Nine Per.
sens Injured.
Lynn, D?c. 6. The Boston & Maine
railroad station was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $460,000. The fire was controll
ed after nine were Injured, none fa tal
ly. The police report that apparent
ly none were killed.
After being a dry town for many
years, Oakcsdalo, Wash.,' a few days
ago gave a two to one majority fbr
continuance of that policy, all the new
officials favoring a dry town.
TO REDDGE COST
A movement has been started by
school men In Oregon to reduce the
size of the volume of school laws Is
sued for the use of district officers.
At the present time a large book
of several hundred pages, containing
all laws pertaining to schools, educa
tional boards, school book boards and
every minute reference to educational
matters, contained In the entire code
of Oregon, Is Issued for the use of all
school officers.
The result Is endless confusion and
misunderstanding. Country district
officers do not have time to search
through this Immense volume for an
explanation of their duties and the re
sult Is that the law Is not rigidly ob
served, or else the office of county
superintendent Is flooded with use
less Inquiries concerning the common
est duties of school officers.
CLOUD
T
GRAFT GASES
GALLED TODAY
Mayor Schmitz and Abe Ruef
Listen to Charges Against
Them in Open Court.
RUEF HAD TO BE ORDERED
TO STAND BY THE COURT.
Hclimitz Was Affected Disagreeably.
Being Nervous and In a Daze Ruef
Hud an Air of Disdainful Indlffer.
dice Proceedings Witnessed by u
Large Turnout of Clticns Roth
Arraignments Finally Adjourned
Till Next Monday on Motion of the
Defendants.
San Francisco, Dec. 6. The cases
against Mayor Schmitz and Abraham
Ruef en charges of extorting several
thousand dollars from the French
restaurants, was called In Judge
Dunne's court at 10:15 this morning.
Schmitz Hood while the charges
were read, but Ruef remained seat
ed. Prosecute r Heney protested
against this action on the part of
Ruef. hut the boss paid no attention
to the protest. .Schmitz appeared very
nervous, but Ruef was unruffled. The
court room was crowded, many having
gathered early to gain admittance.
When the reading of the charges was
concluded counsel for Ruef. speaking
for Ituef and .Schmitz, asked for a
continuance until Monday, on the
ground they had had no opportunity
until today to read the Indictments.
A lengthy argument followed on the
question of continuance, the court
finally permitting the cases to go over
until Monday, at which time Schmitz
and Ruef must plead.
The court, however, ordered the Im
mediate arraignment of the defend
ants. Ruef remained in his seat, but
the court compelled him to arise and
remain standing while the Indictments
were read, saving, "The defendants In
this case stand In no different position
than would John Jones or William
Smith." Ruef smiled throughout the
reading, while Schmitz stood like a
man in a dream.
New Scries of Charges Made.
Ban Francisco, Dec. 6. It Is said
that within a week Chief Dlnan will
again be called before the grand Jury
this time to explain why 250 pool
rooms, operated by a syndicate, are
permitted to conduct business with
out molestation. All the rooms, many
for the exclusive use of women, are
located within a radius of a dozen
blocks in the unburned district.
PRIVATE CONSISTORY.
Public Meeting Abandoned on Threat
of Assassinating the Pope.
Ri'.tre, Dec. 6. The pope today
called off the public consistory an
nounced late last evening, it is report,
ed on account of fear of assassination
which has bene threatened lately.
The pope Insisted upon holding the
consistory, but threats were so strong
he finally gave up, being told that
not only his own life, but that those
of thousands of devotees and zealots
from all the world gathered to attend,
were endangered.
In private a consistory was held
which conferred the red hat on Car
dinal Sammaska,
WOULD MAKE THE PACKERS PAY
Would Limit Ship Subsidy to South
America and Orient. .
Washington, Dec. 6. Senator Bev
erldge Introduced a bill tnrisv ni-n
vldlng that the cost of meat Inspec
tion be paid by the packers.
Orosvenor agreed to revision of the
snip subsidy measure to confine aid
to South America and oriental lines
only.
OF PUBLISHING LAWS
Leading educators will endeavor to
have the legislature order two sets of
school laws published one contain
Ing all the necessary laws for the
guidance of school districts of the
second and third class and the other
a larger volume as at present, con
talnlng all the laws referring to edu
catlonal matters for the use of super
Intendents and officials having ad
mlnlstratlve dutlss to perform.
It Is estimated that such a change
in the form of the school laws would
save fully one-third of tho expense of
publication and would reduce the size
of the book to be used In country
districts until the present confusion
would be avoided.
Superintendent Frank K. Welles of
Umatilla county, Is In favor of sim
plifying the school laws and cutting
down the expense of publishing them
as Is proposed in this movement.
R. A. KELSAY SOLD OUT.
No Longer In Cunningham Sheep and
Land Company.
R. A. Kelsay, one of the Incorporat
ors of the Cunningham Sheep & Land
company, has sold his stock in that
large concern to the other men In
terested and Is now no longer con
nected with the business. The deal
was made here several days ago when
the annual stockholders' meeting was
held. At that time Messrs. Burgess,
Keeney and Dan J. Malarkey were
present aside from Mr. Kelsay. The
Interest of Mr. Kelsay, a two-sevenths
Interest in the company, which is In
corporated for $70,000, was pur
chased Jointly by the other three men
In the company. It Is said that one
half of Mr. Kelsay's stock was taken
by Mr. Keeney, while Messrs. Burgess
and Malarkey each took one-fourth.
Mr. KelRay has been a stockholder
In the company since It was organ
ized over a year ago. At that time
the business of Charles Cunningham
was purchased by the company at a
figure In the neighborhood of $250,
000. This afternoon Mr. Kelsay stated
that he has no definite plans for the
future excepting that he Intends to
rest during the winter In hopes of re
covering from an Injury he received
to his ankle about a year ago. He
may moke a trip south and Into old
Mexico.
Dynamite Explosion.
Houghton. Mi'h., Dec. 6. One Is
dead and two fatally Injured as a re
sult of a dynamite explosion at Quln
cv yerterday, which for a time Impris
oned 4 0 miner!'.
Storm on Atlantic Coast.
Norfolk, Dec. 6. A terrific storm
races alone the coast from Florida
to Delaware. All shipping Is scud-!
ding for shelter.
OF
THE GLEE CLUB
AN ORGANIZATION WAS
EFFECTED LAST NIGHT.
Ten Dollars Cash Waa Donated on lite
Sjwt by Outsiders Deeply Interested
in the Musical Phnse of Life In
Pendleton Full Corps of Officers
Chosen, and the Next Meeting Will
Re Held Tomorrow Evening at Club
Rooms.
With a charter membership of 16,
the Commercial Association Glee Club
was duly organized last night and
there Is now $10 in the treasury, $5
each having been donated the organ
ization by T. C. Taylor and Robert
Forster, who chanced to enter the
room while the meeting was In pro-!
HERS
gress. county In announcing the pro-
There were a dozen or more In at-' posed election was and Is quasi Judi
tendance when the meeting was called ; clal, and It Is not In any sense or from
to order by Koy Raley. A committee i any viewpoint "county business" re
on by-laws was appointed, and after quiring action by the county board at
such had been drawn up those present a regular session, and that the action
signed the same, thereby becoming by the county Judge when In session
members of the club. The election of ! for any purpose whereby notice la
officers was then held, and the fol
lowing were chosen:
R. E. Tarbett, president; Lee Drake,
vice president; Glenn Goodman secre
tary and treasurer; D. B. Bailey,
manager. The selection of a director
was postponed and a committee con
sisting of M. A. Rader, Willard Bond,
C. B. Nlsson, D. B. Bailey and W. D.
Pasley was appointed to select such
an official.
Another meeting of the club will be
held Friday evening.
The following Is the list of members
at this time:
Bass J. R. Raley, L. D. Drake, W.
D. Pasley, C. B. Nlsson, F. W. Bond,
Cliff Turner, a. O. Goodman, Roy
Alexander, Edgar W. Shockley, Ernest
Ruppe.
Tenor R. K. Kelly, George Baer,
M. A. ttader, F. O. Mitchell, R. E.
Tarbet, Haxry Morrlsy. .
THOMPSON CRITICALLY ILL.
Surgical Patients Generally Recover
ing Finely.
Wallace Thomson .son of O. F.
Thomson, is critically 111 at St. An
thony's hospital with Brlght's disease.
Doubts for his recovery are held by
Dt. W. Q, Cole, the attending physic
ian. Within the past few days a number
of surgical patients have been treated
at the hospital and have now recover
ed sufficiently to return to their
homes. Mrs. Claude Hanscom was re
cently operated on by Dr. Cole for
trouble with the cervical gland of the
neck. Mrc. Henry Hill was recently
operated upon for appendicitis and
has since returned to her home. Mrs.
Walter Jennings, of Umatilla, also
left recently after having been ill at
the hoRpit il with typhoid. A son of
Matt Denning wns recently operated
on for appendicitis and has since re
covered. Chicago Wheat Market.
, Chicago, Dec. 6. Wheat opened at
73 5-8, closed at 74 8-4: corn opened
at 42 i, closed at 42 3-4; oats opened
at 33 3-4, and closed the same.
L
PEOPLE UPHELD
Judge Smith's Decision is that
the Freewater Election Was
Legal and Operative.
DECISION MAY RESULT IN
A WIDESPREAD REACTION.
Apparently, ir the Freevvater Election
Was Valid, Many Other Electiona
Throughout tho Stnto on the Local
Option Issue, Wherein the Result
Wns a Decided Victory One Way or
the Other, Will Re Null and Voll
Below Is Given the Full Text of
Judgo Smith's Decision.
By a decision Just given by Judge
William Smith of Baker county. In
the Freewater saloon case, the side of
the local option people has been up
held throughout and no saloon will
be allowed to operate there unless
the decision be altered by the su
preme court. The case was tried be
fore Judge Smith upon change of
venue because Circuit Judge Bean
was serving as county Judge when he
ordered the Freewater local option
election.
In the Freewater case the main
point of the defense was that the
Judge had no authority to order the
election, but that it should have been
called by the entire board of commls-
' state the commissioners called the
elections and now the j question Is
raised as to whether or not their ac
tions were legal. Should Judge Smith
be affirmed by the supreme court,
there Is a possibility that all other
places In the state may beqome wet
because the commissioners Instead
of the Judge alone ordered the elec
tions. Full Text of tho Decision.
The decision of Judge Smith, has
Just been received by District Attor
ney Phelps, and It is as follows:
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for ymatllla County.
State of Oregon, plaintiff, vs. James
McElrath, defendant
This cause having heretofore been
submitted to the above entitled court.
Judge William Smith of the circuit
court of Baker county, presiding, and
the said court having heard argu
ments of respective counsel thereon
and having considered the said cause,
and being at this time advised In the
premises, finds that the said election
mentioned In the stipulation filed
herein and upon which this said cause ,
Is tried was In all things regular.
That the act of the county Judge of
given of the holding of the proposed
election under the act In question
satisfies the statute, as does the act
of the said Judge In declaring unlaw
ful the sale of liquors In the district
wherein the election was held, and
prohibiting such sale In such district
thereafter, and the court further
finds
That the license held by the de
fendant from the council of the town
of Freewater when he committed the
acts complained of Is of no avail
herein.
Wherefore the court adjudges the
defendant guilty as charged in the In
formation. WILLIAM SMITH.
Circuit Judge.
Dated this December 6, 1906.
Night Operator Slugged and Robbed.
De Soto, Kan., Dec. 6. A robber
this morning knocked Xona Heckert,
night operator for the Santa Fe at
this station unconscious, robbed the
money drawer and escaped. A pri
vate soldier convict who escaped yes
terday from Fort Leavenworth, Is
suspected.
Three hundred Japanese are said
to have entered the United States
from Mexico since November 1. All
were contract laborers who deserted
their work in Mexico because of con
ditions of virtual slavery, and 111 treat
ment. Criminal Carolcwniow.
St, Louis, Dec. 6. The coro
ner's Jury today charged Mrs.
Laura Milton, owner of the
building In which the Salvation
Army fire occurred, with crim
inal carelessness and the re
sponsibility for the deaths of 13
lodgers, by falling to place fire
escapes according to law. Mrs.
Milton claims her agents had
failed to keep her Informed of
the condition of the property.
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