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1 0A1LYEVENINBEDIT10H j flMiy EVENING EDITiOM , WEATHER FORECAST. Rain tonight and Friday. If you wish to know how to buy what to buy, when to buy and where to ouy holiday Roods, read the East Oregonlan advertisements. VOL. 19. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1906. NO. 5854 iin iii A n nwiiii "TTiiTwiT m i - DANGER FROM RIVER That it May Result in Being More Than an Annoyance is Recognized. PRESENT DANGER IS FROM RACK WATER IX I.OWF.H F.XI. TcmiKniuy Bulkhead Several Hun dred Feet ahk IU-tiiar Tlirown for Iniiiictlliiti Defensive Purposes Reixirtctl Hit Xt'Kirt People W ill Throw Up Tlx-lr .Iil If Sub jected li Much More Delay Iy High Water Water lit Now Run ning Over thei Wing Rum Protect ing, Hit Willi Work. With the river rising ns a result of "the ruins; with several feet of snow In the mnuntnins nnd warm weather ; to melt the same, there Is a chance ' .." that the city may he treated to an other flood. Should It occur now It would commemorate tho famous high water of '82, for It was upon Deceni- i ber 20 that the flood of that year ! occurred. ' ( Thus far the condition of the river Is not regarded as at M serious, and J even should the water become much "i higher the greater portion of the town Is well protected by the levee, even though the work Is not completed. However, there Is danger from back f water at the extreme lower end of the wall. This forenoon the water hnd risen enough to hnvc covered a j( portion of the low ground nt the -S lower end. Hut In order to protect 1 that section against backwater a force I of scrapers was put to work this morning throwing up a temporary i bulkhead for several hundred feet be- low the end of the levee. Ry this f course It Is possible to prevent flood 'if Ing the lower end In case of 'a fur ther rise. It was also necessiiTy to do this In order to protect the Newport camps and tables against the water. Should the camps he flooded the contractors will give up their work on the levee, so It Is said, and this they could easily do ns their, contract does not hold good In the event of high water. During the day Councllmen Swear' Ingen, Murphy and Thompson of the levee committee hove been frequent visitors along the levee and they have been watching the rise of the river with some anxiety. . The water In the river has risen until It Is now running over the wing dam that was used to keep the cur rent away from the wall below the LnDow place. This prevents the rip' rapping work from being carried on satisfactorily and also means a loss to the city as the trench along the wall will lie filled up again. However, the embankment 1s now practically finished to a point below the old end and It Is regarded as a good prntco' tlon against oil excepting the back water around the lower end. How ever, the riprap work Is far from be Ing finished and In the case of real high water strenuous measures weuld probably be necessary In order to keep the embankment from washing away. Illfill WATER IN WALLA WAI.I.A, Snow Melting on the Mountain Can Alnnn. City Engineer J. B. Wilson, who Is at the headworks of the pipe line on upper Mill creek, telephoned to the T'nlon office yesterday evening that a heavy rnln storm wns In progress In the foothills and thnt It was snowing heavily farther hack In tho moun tains, says thn Walla Walla Union. Mill creek, he said, wns rising rap idly, and since yesterday morning hnd increased In volume nearly a foot and a half, with prospects of two feet more before morning. Work on the excavating, which could have been completed within an other five or six hours, will bo de layed for some time, and should the wnter become of sufficient volume, nothing could prevent it from wash ing out the flume nnd filling the hole excavated with dirt and rocks. For several days past three shifts of workmen hnvo been employed in order to complete the work at the earliest posslblo moment, but accord ing to Mr. Wilson the work mnn have to be j postponed for several weeks or he clone over again. Freight Blockade. Ordered. ' Milwaukee, Dec. 20. A rail- rond freight blockade order was Issued today ngninst the Oreat Northern by all the Chi- cngo and St. Paul rallroadB. No perishable or carload freight will be ncceptod for points west of Orand Forks, N. D. It Is feared the order will only com- plicate the situation. SENTENCE COMMlfl). "i Lawyer Patrick Will IJo li for Life. Albany, Dec. 20. Govern today commuted the se' Lawyer Patrick to life imi The governor said grave t? entertained by three of judges of courts of app satisfied him that Patrlcl relieved of the extreme i. Bald he was never accused "direvtly of murdering Rice, but only of procur ing the murder, while the self-confessed murder, Valet Jones, was Im mune by turning state's evidence. ' Patrick Incredulous. Osslnlng, N. Y., Dec. 20. Patrick says he dues not believe the governor hus commuted, but will accept If he h.is. He says he will "continue to fight for his liberty." THEOLOGICAL MASHER. Divinity Student Is Arrested In Chlcn 20 Theater. Chicago, Dec. 20. Henry D. Per kuiB, who snys he Is from Ouray, Col., and studying at the Moody in stitute to be a missionary, was ar rested toduy accused of annoying ttu Misses Ida Mahon and Mabel Jones at a theater. He Is charged with disor derly conduct. ;RF.AT NORTHERN MAKES VP. Will Rush Coal Through on Pnsscnger Time. Superior, Wis., Dec. 20. The Oeat Northern Is making up a train of SO cars of coal to rush to Grand Forks N. D., on the passenger schedule, by double-header. It will carry a board ing car and net stop even for the crew's meals. T T WITNESS FOR THE STATE , IN RUEF PROSECUTION, Defense Labored lo Cncover Ills Tes timony In Advance of the Stntc's Attorney's linns Burns Admitted That One of the State's Star Wit. ncsscs Acknow lctlged He Gave Per jured Testimony Earlier. San Francisco, Dec. 20. This morning's session of the Ruef trial was taken up entirely by the exami nation of Special Agent Rums. Stren uous efforts were made by the de fense to wring from Burns informa tion tending to reveal the evldenco gathered by hlni, but beyond a few uulmpurtaut tacts bearing on his movements, they got nothing. Hums admitted that Jenn I.nupy, cne of the French restauranters con nected with the case came and told him he hud not testified truthfully before the grand Jury and wanted to change his testimony, claiming he had been misled by Ruff. IIOYNTON ACQUITTED. Pian land, Dee. 20. (Special.) II, F. Roynion, accused of perjury hi the SiilutMNl election fraud, was acquit led this afternoon. District Attorney Manning: says tliat the acquittal will result In dropping all the Stilwood tict-tioii oust. Hit acquittal of lloyntou wuh a surprise to all who had Hatched tho proceedings. CONTAGION AROUND ATHENA. Severn! Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. Athena, Dec. 20. A small Blzed epidemic of scurlet fever Is now on here und last night the first death occurred from tho same when Ches ter Post passed away in spite of all that could be done for him by the physicians. The deceased was 16 years of age and was living at the home of William Winship, where there are two cases still remaining. In the home of W. L. Douglas there are also two cases of the fever, and a like number in the home of Wil liam Russoll. Aside from the above there is also one casu some distance out In the country, the one ill being Thomas Defreece. There is also ono case of diphtheria at this time, the victim be ing Clarence Hunker, night miller at the Preston-rnrton mill. Schools Closed Today. In order to prevent a further spread of the contagious diseases the public schools of Athena were closed today. They will remain suspended until after the holidays und longer If nec essary. Other precautions are also being taken, and It is the purpose of the town people to stamp out both the fever nnd diphtheria as soon as possible. After (lie Ice Trust. New York, Dec. 20. Attorney Gen eral Mayer Instituted proceedings to day to dissolve the Ice trust, .declar ing that Ice costing It. 90 Is sold for ML ied f Ins lgflh,be 0 He ESTIFY NG iT S DRAW TO Can Now Talk With the Im prisoned MinerThrough the Debris. DANGER FROM FURTHER CAVE-IN CONSIDERABLE. Great Care Used In Working and Timbering to Prevent Hicks and Rescuers! Alike lielng Crushed at tho Very Moment of Victory Hicks Hum Been In the Hole Under the Ore Cur Since December 7 Six Companions Caught by the Same Slide in tho Mine, Are Un doubtedly IXud. Pakersfleld, Dec. 20. Up to 3 o'clock this morning the entombed miner Hicks had not been reached by his rescuers, although they were within a few feet of him. Hicks Is still In good spirits and his rescue is only a matter of a few hours. Hicks Certain of Rescue. Dakersfleld, Dec. 20. The closing hours of the long fight for life by Miner Hicks are at hand. The res. cue party is at lost where they can communicate with the burled man, and he Is cheering them on to the completion of the task with Jocular remarks. The rescue party Is now directly over the ore cor under which Hicks lies and at some time this afternoon hope to have crossed and burrowed a hole out of which they can lift the mon. It Is expected some time will be required, even after the diners can lay their hands on Hicks, to raise him without danger. The ut most caution Is taken to block and timber so thnt no fall of earth or fresh slide will cheat the rescuers at the last moment ' Hicks has wagered the cigars with his rescuers that they will not release him before 5 o'clock this evening. hope to lose, boys," he shouted from under the car, "but I think you will nil enjoy a smoke on Old Man Hicks when we gather about the fire to- night." Hicks has been Imprisoned under the ore car 13 days. All the food he has had has been liquids fed through a gas pipe forced to him. There Is every certainty except proof, that the six men overwhelmed by the same cave-In, who were com panions of Hicks, but farther In the mine, are dead. Perkins' Before Grand Jury. New York. Dec. 20. George W. Perkins was taken before the grand Jury todny to testify In the Investi gation Into the affairs of the New York Life. Jerome Is personally con ducting the examination. Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, Dec. 20. Wheat opened at 7414. closed the same; corn opened nt 42 1-8, closed ot 4 2; oats opened at 34 1-8 nnd closed nt 34. Snow- Falling on the Mountains. Conductor Harry C. Grady of La Grande, who came over the Dlue Mountains on a westbound freight train this morning, soys it was snow ing at Kamela and Meaeham very hard, and there was already about two feet of snow on the ground. Unknown Mnn to Asylum. Guard Harrington, of the Insane asylum, was here this morning and secured the unknown man who was committed to the asylum several days ago. He left with the man on the noon westbound train. W. S. Haxton of Kennewlck, a successful fruitgrower, will plant a 15-acre vineyard, mainly Rlack Ham burgs, Flame Tokay and Muscats. Extensive. Improvements and addi tions to the Weston normal school have recently been planned by the hoard of regents and will be presented to the coming session of the legisla ture fur Indorsement. 1 Is planned by the regents to in close the entire property of the nor mal with a substantial fence of wire netting nnd nt the same time to im prove the grounds of the campus by further landscape gardening and the planting of shade trees. To the equipment of the school large additions will be made. The laboratories, libraries and apparatus of the various scientific departments will be extended and brought up to date. This branch of the normal will receive more attention In the future as the worth of the scientific depart ment Is be :omlng more fully recognis NEAR MPHOVEMENTS 10 1Y DIG THE PANAMA CANAL? Senator Fulton Joins the Cabal That Cavils at the Employ, ment of Chinese Coolies. GOES TO PANAMA TO PROVE NEGROES CAN DO THE WORK. Canal Commission nnd Roosevelt De clare That Negroes Cannot Re De liciidod UKn: Either North Amer ican, West Indian. Control Ameri can or South American American Consul at Mukden Accidentally Shoots and Kills Himself Post- office Appointments Fonikcr is After Information. Washington, Dec. 20. Thi house today adjourned until January 3. The senate adjourned till January 3. Canal Labor Problem. Chinese, or Ncgree. Washington, Dec. 20. Flint, Ful ton, Newell, Knowland, McKlnley, Needhim and Smith leave tomorrow to Inspect the Panama canal and gather m.-iterlnl to old In the fight against the employment of Chinese and try to prove southern negroes can do -the work. The president will today send to congress the canal commission's re port It says the experience of the past year Is thai negroes from near bv countries have convinced the commission of the impossibility of do ing rntlsfactory work with them. CVnsnl Accidentally Killed. Port Arthur, Dec. 20. General Nelson Fnlrhcild, the American con sul et Mukden, accidentally shot and killed himself. The funeral services are to?s.y. Foniker Insists on nn Inquiry. Washington, Dec. 20. Foraker at the first chance this afternoon re sumed the fight for consideration of his resolution directing Investigation into the Brownsville affair. He criti cized the president and declared the executive njlsconstrued his powers and misconceived the testimony. He took up each article of war and dis cussed the situation as he considered It, at length. The resolution went over until after the holidays. Foraker got excited and said he wanted witnesses to testify under oath before the senate committee. Lodge said he did not think the president, secretary of war and army officers would reach a momentous decision hurriedly. He said from documents he held In his hand the Twenty-Fifth regiment had "shot up" four other towns previously. Nominations for Postmasters. Washington, Dec. 20, The follow ing nominations for postmasters have been sent to the senate: U. B. Cram matte, Aberdeen; Charles A. Gwinn, Garfield, Wash.; Fort Worth, Texas. Plan to Mend River Break. Washington, Dec. 20. The presi dent has decided to ask Harriman and the president of the California De velopment company to repair the damage to tlie Colorado river bank uoross the Mexican border from Cal ifornia, ond will ask the next session of congress to reimburse the com pany. Clmn.bei Iain's Mind Failing. London, Dec. 20. The Chronicle today :iys Joseph Chamberlain has lost his memory. Sagebrush for fuel is bring $4 per wagon load at and in the vicinity of Welser. One man can haul In one load per day on an average. ed as the school grows. All the unfrunlshed rooms in the dormitories "1 be furnished for the use of students, typewriters and fix tures for the commercial department will be added and everything needed for the fullest efficiency of the school will be plated within reach of the faculty. Within a short time the needs of the school will be formulated Into n bill, which will be carefully prepared by the faculty assisted by Umatilla county members of the legislature, and this bill will be presented to th coming session of the legislature. The faculty and board cf regents fetl that the legislature will deal lib erally with the Weston school since it Is the only state Institution In enst em Oregon and Is patronized by the entire eastern portion of the state. NORMAL PREDICTS TWO-CENT MILEAGE. Commissioner Bcllevee Law Has Stopped Rebating. Kansas City, Dec. 20. Cattlemen and coal mine operators testified be fore Commissioner Prouty today. The culemen complain of losses on ac count of inability to ship to market Prouty before the session saia ne thinks the railroads generally will establish the 2-cent fare. He believes now the law has stopped rebating. CURTIS .IETT HAS CONFESSED. To the Murder of Coekrlll Is Serving Life Sentence. Cynthia, Ky., Dec. 20. Curtis Jet? today confessed to the murder of James Coekrlll at Jackson. Jess was on the witness stand IS minutes when he confessed that he fired six shots from the courthouse window. Jett is already serving a life term for the murder of J. B. Mar- curn. PENNSYLVANIA ARRIVES. Was Delayed by Headwinds nnd Leaking Pollers. Seattle, Dec. 20. The overdu steamer Pennsylvania from Valdez. arrived at midnight with leaking boll eis. Ht.ad winds caused delay. Two hundred passengers and $500,000 In gold dust are on hoard. HUNG TO LADDER. Fate of a Disappointed Orcliestrn Leader and Music Writer. Mayvllle. Wis., Dec. 20. His new opera rejected. Frank E. Borchert, for 60 years an orchestra leader In a number of cities, committed suicide by hanging to the ladder of a freight car this morning. K. OF. P. MET IN THREE HUNDRED DISTRICT MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. Visitors to tho Number of 25 Were Present From Umatilla County Convent Ion. Elected a Full Corps of Officers Four Candidates Put Through tho Fourth Rank Eve ning Closed With Banquet In Bull Room, Last night a. convention of the Knights of Pythias lodges of district No. 1 of Washington, was held at Walla Walla and proved a very suc cessful affair. About 300 members of the order were present from the three Washington counties In the district, while a visiting delegation of 25 was in attendance from this coun ty. The meeting was held In the I. O. O. F. temple In Walla Walla, and was called to order by H. M. Prlngle. president of the district. At the election of district officers held soon after the opening of the session, the following were chosen to serve dur ing the coming year: J. M. Hill of Walla Walla, president; T. D. S. Harte of Walla Walla, secretary; J. B. Caldwell of Waltsburg, treasurer. Vice-presidents were chosen ns fol lows; George W. Jackson, Dayton; Oscar Calne, Walla Walla: J. B. Nel son. Pomeroy: D. W. Page, Pasco; E. L. Wheeler, Waltsburg; Charles Ross, Starbuek; Daniel Lamb, Dixie. . Initiatory work In the third rank was then tnken up, four candidates being proved In that rank by two se lected teams. Following the same the old-time ritualistic work was ex emplified by a team composed of veterans Walla Walla members of the order. The evening's entertain ment wns then closed with a banquet served In the ball room adjoining the lodge hall. Of the Umatilla county delegation nine members were from Pendleton, while the remainder were picked up from Adams, Athenn, Weston and Milton. The locnl visitors were Lee Teutsch. T. G. Montgomery. J. R. Ra ley,' A. V.. Lambert. Charles Flshman, Dr. J. A. Best. Carl Cooley, Glenn Goodmnn and E. B. Aldrich. Wall Street RrenthcK Easy. New York, Dee. 20. Wall street breathed easy today as soon as It was learned the rich men's panic Is over. St. Paul Issued u statement giving the terms under which n big dividend will be declared. The fact that the directors may Issue slock instead of Investment certificates had a benefi cial effect. Captain Lciinnn Drowned. Junenu. Alaska, Dec. 20. It Is feared that Captain J. K. Lennnn, pi lot of the lighthouse tender Heather Is drowned. Tuesday night he started to board a ship lying nt the wharf. The bay Is being dragged. Lennan is well known in marine .circles. Trainmen Demand Increase. Chicago, Dec. 20. Trainmen are demanding a 10 per cent Increase In wages and are still negotiating with the western railroad. No decision m WALL will be reached today. WILL PA1E EAST ALTA ONE BLOCK Council Authorizes it and Will call for Bids for Bitulithic Waterproof. WATER STREET RESIDENTS ARE FAVORING MACADAM. Action Upon tho Proposition to Re. voice the Idle Hour's License Wns Postponed a Week, to Allow the City Attorney to Investigate Fur tlier Gas Plant Will Be Ready for Operation January 6, But It Is Not Likely That It Will Re Started, as a Deninnd for Gas Has Not Devel oped. At the council meeting last night the time was consumed with the con sideration of additional street paving, gas plant maters, the Idle Hour's sa loon license, and some minor mat ters. Upon the subject of Council man Hlnkle not a word was slid and nothing occurred to Indicate what ac tion. If any, the council has In mind upon that point. The Fourth ward alderman was present during . the meeting and was a silent spectator to the proceedings, his only part la the meeting being to sign a report from the ordinance committee, of which he Is a member. Will Wells, proprietor of the Idle Hour saloon, was present at the meeting, having been summoned by the marshal upo'n orders from the council, to show reason why his li cense should not be revoked. How ever, the matter was postponed for a week in order to allow Mr. Phelps, who Is acting as city attorney In his partner's absence, to further Investi gate the caee. In behalf of the Northwestern Gas & Electric company Dr. F. W. Vin cent stated that the gas plant will be ready for operation by January 8. However, he held that It was Imprac ticable for the company to start the plant at that time as but few wished the gas now, and coal for manufac turing purposes Is difficult to secure. The matter of allowing further time for the starting of the plant was taken under advisement by the coun cil. Whllfc addressing the council Dr. Vincent stated the property owners on Water street were favorably In clined toward having that thorough, fare macadamized. ,i Another Rloek of Paving;. At the council meeting last night an ordinance was passed providing for the paving of Alta street between Main and Cottonwood. Bids for the laying of Warren's bitulithic water proof pavement have been asked for. and as soon ns the notice has run the required time 10 days a contract will be let to the Warren company. The work will be done at once unless unforseen obstacles should prevent. The proposition of paving the Alta street block was brought up at a second meeting of the council held Immediately after the adjournment of the regular session. Colonel J. H. Raley nppenred In behalf of the property owners, presenting a peti tion for the pavement and also an ordinance providing that bids b asked for. Murphy to Washington. Last night Murphy, alias Miller, a county Jail prisoner, was turned over to Sheriff Thomas of Ellensburg, Wash., who took him to his home county on the evening W. & C. R. train. Murphy was arrested here a month or more ago by Sheriff Tay lor upon a charge of passing bogus checks. He was wnnted upon the same charge at Ellensburg. and as the Washington .officials have a better case against him It was decided to give them the man. Egg Thieves Wouldn't Pit Down. Chicago, Dec. 20. Four eg? candl er bnve been arrested accused of -steillng from thel remployers. Thr bashfully declined chairs at the sti tlon nnd the police found IT dozen eggs In their trousers. Bank Robbed of $1700. , Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 20. A re port reached here this mornlne from Horatio. Ark., that the bank tit that place was robbed Wednesday of $4700 by two men who locked the cashier nnd teller in the vault. Threw Her Ruby From Window. Chicago. Dec. 20. Mrs. Maurice Celine suddenly went Insane this "morning, threw her . 2-year-old niece from the sec- ond-story window and attacked her sister, who escaped. The baby was fatally hurt. Poverty and Illness caused Mrs. Celine's mental unbalance. 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