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VOL.19. ' PENDLETON. Ot )N, SATURDAY, DECEMKEH 22, 1906. NO- 5836
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EIGHT CHURCHES
111 CELEBRATE
Christmas Season to Ete Ap
propriately Observed in
PendletoR.
PROGRAM AXI) CHRISTMAS
TREES FOR ALL.
JHlgh Mast, ul St.. Mary's Catholic
Cliuri'h'at Midnight 'Christmas Eve
'Tin- Christmas 'i-hlp" Will He
Seen Hi tho First "Baptise Presby
terian' Choir Win "Bender the Can
tata, ""Tho Hoik 61 tlio World"
All ll.o Churches Will Knjoy Ilcuu
iirul' Christmas Trees.
Pendleton churches will appropri
: ately celebrate tfne Christmas reason
with programs, services and Christ
mas trees. AH 6f the eight churches
In the city win observe the Christmas
anniversary either on Christmas eve
or Christmas dny.
The work nf preparing progT nms
and decorating the church buildings
is now being carried on vigorously,
and perhaps -greater preparations than
ever before ore being mnde for this
' holiday observance In Pendleton.
St. MoT-' Catholic Church.
At St. Mary's Catholic church high
moss will be celebrated ot midnight,
' Christmas ve, followed Immediately
' by communion mass. Practically
every member of the church 1b ex
pected to Tittend the midnight mass.
which win welcome In the hnppy
Chrlstmns day and the anniversary of
the birth f the Nazarene.
Mass wTll also be celebrated trt 8, 9
and 10:3 a. m. on Chrlstmns dny,
the prlncrpnl service to be at 10r30.
The church building will be bra-i-tifully
deeorated with cvenrreena nnd
' the '"Christmas cradle," or represen
tntlon of the mnnger In which the
Christ was born, will be arranged by
the members of the church ns part Of
the Chrlnmns exercises.
Church of Hie Redeemer.
Christmas services will be neld nt
the Church of the Redeemer at 4
o'clock Christmas day, when a Chrlst
mns tree and exercises will be held,
a short address to be delivered by
Rev. ' John Wnrren. The exercises
will be held In the church and the
Chrlstmns tree In the parish house,
'First Christian Church.
Under the auspices of the Sundny
schools and church choir, a brier In
teresting Christmas program .111 be
given at the First Chrlstlnn church
on Chrhrtmas eve at 8 o'clock. A
Chrlstmns tree will be enjoyed and
Rev. "Victor Dorrls will give a 10
mlnutes talk on the "Rnbe nnd the
Day." Special music will be rendered
by the choir and the exercises will be
made Interesting and appropriate.
'M. E. Church. Smith.
The Christmas season will be ap
propriately celebrated at the M. E.
church, south, on Christmas eve,
Monday, December 24, nt the brick
church on West Webb street, nt 7:30
p. m. 'An entertaining program of
songs, recitations and a short address
'by Rev. V. N. Looney, presiding elder
will be the features of the evening.
After the program a Chrlstmns tree
will be enjoyed. The program has
been prepared with much care and
promises' to be excellent. All are
cordially Invited to attend the serv
ices. -M. E. Church.
The Sunday school of the M.. E.
church will have charge of the
Christmas exercises which will be
held on Monday evening, December
24, -at the Thompson street church.
The -exercises will Include a brief
program nnd ft Chrlstmns tree, which
will be given nt 7:30 p. m. There will
be no sermon at the Christmas exer
cises. First Baptist Church.
"The Chrlstmns Ship," a novel di
version from the ordinary Chrlstmns
.exercises will be the feature of the
ChrlstmnM program at the First Bnp--tlst
church. The exercises will be
under the auspices of the Sundny
schools onl will be held on Christ
mas eve nt 7 o'clock p. m. The ar
rangements ore under the direction of
J. M. Morris, nsslstnnt superintendent
of the Sundny schools. There will be
a short Interesting Chrlstmns pro-
SnfferliiK by Chinese Famine,
Washington, Dec. 23. Con
sul general Rodgcrs at Shang
hai, cabled , today: "Kiang
fnmlne Is dally growing worse
Brigandage and rioting are re
sulting In adjneent districts.
The government will provide
work for all able-bodied on the
grand canal. Refugees are
fleeing to the cities where there
are poor provisions for their
cars."
ifram In addition 'to the heavily laden
"Christmas ship," which wlH be seen
at the Baptist idhurch.
First ConRrcgatlonnl Church.
Christmas will be " appropriately
celebrated nl the First .. Congrega
tional church by a Christmas tree and
address by 'the pastor, liev. C. H.
Nellor, on Chrlstmns eve, at 8 o'clock i
p. m. Thre will be no extended pro
gram bSit 'the anniversary will be ap
propriately observed. All are cordi
ally InvTMd to attend.
First ProHbyterlaiu jrimreh.
On Christmas evening at 7:38 the
choir rl'the Presbyterian church 'Will
give the cantota, "The Hope ot the
World;" The scripture narratives ot
the advent will be recited by trusses
from 'the Bible scfhool. A chorus of
20 voices have ben trained tor the
singing. No ndmlitilon will be charged
to this service. A cordial tnvltation
Is -extended to all to be present.
t'hrlstmns trefc exercises 'for the
children will be held Monfluy after
imou at 4:30.
ACKNOWLEDGED FRAUDS.
Itnnk Mnnngcrs Kept liinnny Ac
counts and Other Shmry Methods.
Chicago, Dec. 22. In the bank
ruptcy proceedings this morning al
legations were mnde that W. J. At
kinson, of the defunct Lincoln bank
of Morton Park, 111., was guilty of
maintaining dummy accounts and -appearing
assets and "wash" sales
notes signed in blank by fictitious per
sons. Atkinson admitted to the referee
that all except one note was ficticious,
and that the liabilities would be 1122,
000. WERE CONVICTED
I OI II WEALTHY NEBRASKA
'MEN HEADED FOR PRISON.
Subornation of IVrJury and Sn hulling
the Government the Charges Vnder
Which Tlioy Were Convicted 100,
000 Acres Hail Been Diverted
Other WruMlty Cattlemen Have
Been Indicted.
Omaha, Dec i2.--The trial in the
federal district court of Bartlett Rich
ards, president; Wlllkim a. Comstock,
vice p'e'ldent; C. Cv Jameson, secretary-treasurer
and general manager
of the Nebraska Land & Feeding
company, controlling the 400,000-acre
"Spade" ranch, Hnd Aqullla Trlplett,
their agent,! ended this evening in the
conviction of the four defendants on
36 .'aunts of an Indictment which
chaiged conspiracy to defraud thj
government of public Innds and sub
ornation of -perjury. The Jury took
but two hours to consider the evi
dence. The accusation against the officers
of the Nebraska Land & Feeding
company, wasthat they attempted to
secure title to vast tracts of land
within the ""(spade" ranch enclosure,
In Cherry, Sheridan and Box Butte
counties, Nebraska, by fraudulent
mean of homestead entries under the
Klnknld law, which permitted to the
homeoteader to take up a section of
Innd In the semi-arid districts. Scores
of witnesses were Introduced, who
swore that they filed on the lands at
the solicitation of the agents of the
principal defendants, with the under,
standing that they would be paid all
the way from 1800 to 11000 for their
claims when titles were secured, and
that all necessary Improvements
should be made by the company.
a numnor of -ether wealthy cattle
men are under Indictment for similar
offenses. The -maximum penalty Is
two years 'Imprisonment nnd $2000
fine on ench count.
NO OUTSIDE INTEREST SHOWN.
Opera House: IVoJect' Ix Again Tp
In the Air."
That the Northwest Theatrical cir
cuit Is not greatly Interested In a new
theater for Pendleton Is Indicated by
its failure to take advantage of of
fers mnde by local capitalists who
have figured upon erecting; a play
house. Not long ago tleorge Perln
ger declnred his willingness to erect
n thenter n his property nt the cor
ner of Court nnd Thompson streets,
provided a suitable leasing offer
were made Mm by the theatrical peo
ple. In answer to an Inquiry this morn
ing Mr. Perlnger said that thus fnr
he has received no word from . the
Northwest circuit or anyone else In
terested In the theatrical business.
Consequently he hns done nothing
more In the matter.
Aside from the thenter building
Mr. Perlnger has also mndo a propo
sition to the local lodge of Elks
whereby he- would co-opernte with
them In erecting an Elks' building.
However, the lodge has not taken ad
vantage of the offer, and as a result
Mr. Perlnger now has no definite
plans for a building on his property.
By an explosion In Fidelity coal
mine, Stone City, Knn Oliver Cote
ross.and John Ross were Killed and
J5 othsr men Injured.
LAND
FRAUDEBS
einpiron I p uipip ptii i hi r"0 miiwprD erc ,
a uuann win numo a n i rov., ..,,. a,ncc nHinr ulliiiiu
IRE am GREAT DANGER
Old New York Firm With Out
side Branches and Unlimit
ed Credit and 'Confidence.
HEADING STOCK WAS AN
ELEMTTNT OF WEAKNESS.
Suspension Created a Flurry Among
All New York Brokers nn1 Had a
Widespread 'Influence Affecting the
NfJrcnt Northern and Northern Pa
cific Bndl.v, Precipitating Losses In
Until Failure Created Great Sur
prise and Vneaslness In All Finan
cial Circles.
New Tork, Dec. 22. Caught In the
tight money squeeze Arnold, Leo & Co.
"nnounced their failure In the Stock
xchangc today. This Is an old
firm, with branches In Baltimore and
Philadelphia. The liabilities are not
yet known. It Is understood the house
was heavily long on Reading carried
by the Philadelphia branch.
A slump followed the news of sus
pension, with a seml-pnnlc In the
stocks of the northwestern roads.
Northern Pacific and Great North
ern showed large losses, the former
losing over six points, the lntter
slumping off Beven nnd rallying fee
bly. St. Paul declined three , and
Rending dropped over five.
The failure was a great surprise.
ns It was thought the firm was strong
financially.
Drug Clerk Killed a Negro.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 22. Arthur
Metzler, a drug clerk, shot and killed
All Hnrvey, a negro, this morning. He
said: "The negro got gay nnd tried
to go behind the counter." Metzler
telephoned the proprietor, "Come and
haul away the dead negro I have Just
killed."
Dr. Leon Vnder Arrest.
Washington, D. C, Dr. Leon wai
arrested today on a charge of tile
gaily operating upon Vola Strothers.
The bride was a widow w hose husband
was killed at Culpepper, Va., by her
brothers.
Three Burned to Denth.
New Tork. Dee. 22. Mrs. Alice
McWlthey nnd her chndrenf Helen,
aged , and Elizabeth, aged 4, were
burned to death In a Tire which de
stroyed their home nt Pompton Lakes,
N. J.
Woman Charged With Forgery,
rittsbui-g, Dec. 22. H Is reported
the officials are about to arrest the
wife of xn official of the "Waynesbnrg
Farmer and Drovers' National bank,
chaiged with forgery of notes.
I.slrir Official I Dead.
Cosl Citv. 111., Dec. 22. W. E.
Smith, president of the United States
Mlno Workers of Illinois, Is dead by
pneumonia at home In this city.
. rreldent Timing Mnn-lcd.
Auburn, N. T., Dec. 22. Charles F,
Thwinff, president of the Western Re
serve university, of Ohio, was mar
ried here today with Miss Mary C
Dunning,
Must Show Cause for Desertion.
Kansas City, Dec. 22. The federal
court today ordered the sheriff to
produce Agnes Meyers and show
cause for holding her.
Chicago Market Reports.
Chicago, Dec. 22. Wheat opened
74 Vj, closed the same; corn opened
411-?, closed 41; oats opened 33,
closed 33.
King Not Improving,
Stockholm, Dec. 12. The king's
condition Is stationary. He slept we'l,
but recovery Is slow.
Portland, Dec. 22. Henry Ankeny.
a brother of Senator Levi Ankeny of
Washington, nnd one of the most
prominent politicians of Oregon, died
here this forenoon after a lingering
Illness with Brlght's disease. He was
62 years of age, and has been In poor
health for some time.
Mr. Ankeny was one' of the lead
ing politicians of Oregon and has of
ten been mentioned for public office.
Ho was reared In Oregon, . hnvlns
crossed the plains with his parents
from Missouri at the nge of 12. In
early manhood he beenme Identified
with the commercial Interests of the
state of Oregon and has been one of
her most active citliens.
In the early days of steamboat traf-
HENRY
AN KENT
0
Imprisoned Miner and His
Rescuers Are Liable to Be
Crushed.
THE WORK IS SLOW AND
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.
Kilts Arc: Eating the Rend Bodies of
the Miners Who Were Killed by the
Cave-In Which Caught Hick-
Hicks Is In Good Spirits anil Cau
Be Seen by the Rescuing Purty
He is In Good Spirits and the Most
Iliiiefiil of Any Interested Persons
New Obstacles Struck.
Pakersfield, Dec. 52. Shortly after
3 o'clock this morning a telephone
message fro mtho Edison mines states
there Is no hope of getting the burled
miner Hicks out until late today. The
workers struck new obttacles which
retard their progress. There are big
boulders In the way of the tunnel. It
Is feared the work may cause a cave
In which will smother Hicks. Rats
are reported eating upon the bodies
of the dead miners near Hicks.
, Hicks Is In Sight.
Bakersfield, Dec. 22. Shortly after
noon word was received to the effect
that the rescuers are working direct
ly over the car which Bhuts Hicks In.
The debris Is now cleared away to
such an extent that the men can see
Hicks and he can see them. He non-
gets light from the shaft and feels
that his rescue has to all Intents been
accomplished. He Is the best of hu
mor and good physical condition.
The actual removal of Hicks, how
ever, will not take place for several
hours. Orders ar' Issued that Hicks
is not to be U'.e'. u Until the place
where he lies can be properly roofed
and timbered over, so there will be
no possible final cave-In, which would
be fatal to him and his rescuers.
Night may fall before Hicks Is taken
to a hospital.
ROPE TO CAPTURE THIEVES.
Believed They Had Accomplices With
Express'Company.
Reno, Dec. 22. Detectives have so
fnr failed to discover any clew to
the robbers who got away with J30.
00 In a Wells, Fargo box. They sav,
however, they believe the robbers will
be captured, -although the money
might not be recovered.
It Is hinted the city electric light
wires were cut by accomplices to en
able the thieves to get away In the
darkness. Also that the box was put
in a handy place by employes.
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
482 Cases In One Month in Scrnnton,
Pennsylvania.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 22. Forty-five
new cases of typhoid fever have de
veloped in this city In the past 24
hours,- a total of 4 82 cases for the
month. Dr. Wynwrlght, special phy
sician to assist the city declares the
water supply Is responsible.
Land Board Reports.
The Oregon state land board has
Just Issued Its report for the past
year showing the development of the
interior of the state under the Carey
net, the progress of irrigation devel
opment and other important features
of the land department of the state.
In the report the oard recommends
that the irrigation law being framed
by the Portland board of trade and
recommended by State Engineer John
H. Lewis, be favorably considered by
the coming session of the legislature.
Thirty-two hundred dressed tur
keys, weighing over seven tons, reach
ed Portland by one shipment for the
holiday trade from Oakland, south
ern Oregon,
flc on the Columbia river nnd In the
palmy days of Umatilla Landing. Mr.
Ankeny was engnged In packing from
Fmntllln to the Mnho mines. His
Brother. Senator Levi Ankeny, was
engaged In the mercantile business nt
Lewlston and the brothers carried on
n large trade with the mines.
Mr. Ankeny was known to a lnrge
number of Pendleton pioneers who
were engnged In business nt I'mntllln
and Pendleton In pioneer days.
Among those who knew him familiar
ly nre Lot Llvermore, Major Lee
Moorhouse and A. W. Nye. Mrs. A.
W. Nye and Mrs. Ankeny were school
mates and the families were Intimate
ly associated In the early days In this
state.
PIO
DEAD
Improved Slightly and Has a Chance
for Recovery.
Lying upon a poorly furnished cot
In one of the cells of the county Jail,
rf Ms James J. Clarke, who was shot
ycterdav morning by Officer Waters
in one of the cribs on Cottonwood
street. The wounded man has been
in the jail ever since he was removed
to that place from the city Jail yes
terday morning.
According to Dr. W. G. Cole, coun
ty physician, Clarke shows a slight
Improvement today and he will prob
ably get well, though the nature of
the case Is such that the outcome Is
a problem. According to the doctor
the wounded man is better off resting
where he Is than he would be if re
moved at th's time. Thus far he has
not tried to extract the bullet, which
is lo.iged In the back of the man's
neck, nor has he fully dressed the
wound yet. Had he attempted to re
move the bullet yesterday or even Ir
ritated the wound to any extent he
believes the man would have died
t'om bleeding. No trouble Is being
given by the bullet and Dr. Ccle says
the amo can te easily removed later.
The bullet from the officer's gun
struck Clarke on the bridge of his
nose almost between the eyes. It
then ranged downward and to the
right lodging Just under the surface
of the neck.
According to Officer Waters, he fir
ed at his assailant just as he rose
from the foot of the bed upon which
he had been knocked by Clarke and
Bodlne. This morning the policeman
expressed a hope that the wounded
man would recover.
A
SUPPOSED OBJECT TO
GET RID OF A WITNESS.
Governor of California Publicly
Thanks President Roosevelt for
Course Relating to the Imperial
- Valley Jtangh , Rider, Comrade of
Roosevelt Refuses Apixiuitiutnit to
n Profltublo Federal Office.
Washington. Dec. 22. The war de
partment will Investigate the shooting
by a masked negro of Captain Mac
Klin at Fort Reno last night. Gen
eral MacKIln, the captain's father, is
notified the wound is not dangerous.
It Is said MacKIln was the only offi
cer of the dismissed troops who be
lieved the negrofs to be really guilty.
It Is said the guilty 'discharged men
wished to get him out of the way be
fore the congressional Inquiry.
Thousands Saved From Ruin.
Washington, Dec. 22. Tho presi
dent has received a telegram from the
governor of California thanking him
for his efforts to have the flow of the
Colorado river checked. The gover
nor says he has saved thousands of
people from ruin and thousands of
acres from destruction. Under the
Southern Picific the people will pro
ceed Immediately to repair the break,
pending the settlement by the next
congress.
Declined a Fat Office.
Washington, Dec. 22. Captain Jack
Greenway. a miner from Wisconsin,
and a rough rider, was the guest of
the president several days. He today
declined tho position of commissioner
of the general Jand office. .
Will Be No Rehearing.
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 21. The
supreme court today overruled the
motion of the attorney general for a
rehearing of the Oldham race track
cases.
BRYAN UNDER ARREST.
Claims Trouble Mndo Him Is Result
of Misunderstanding.
J. W. Bryan, an insurance man who
registers from Portland, was arrest
ed here yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Joe Blakeley upon Instructions from
Pasco. He was wanted at that place
upon a charge of embezzlement and
the sheriff of the Washington county
arrived todny to get his prisoner.
According to the statement of
Bryan the affnlr Is simply a dispute
over a business affair between him
self and the manager of the com
pany he has been with. He declares
the case will be settled satisfactorily
upon his arrival at Pasco.
Son of ,1. S. Cherry Dead.
The 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
J. S. Cherry, of Pilot Rock, died at 1
o'clock last night after a three weeks'
Illness with pneumonia, which devel
oped Into tuberculosis of the brain.
The funeral will be held nt the home
of the parents at Pilot Rock tomor
row forenoon, Rev R. J. Dlven to
conduct the services and Interment
will take place In Olney cemetery In
th Iscity at 12 o'clock, noon, tomor
row. Judge William Galloway will plant
100 acres to English walnuts on his
ER
SHOOTS
WHITE
CAPTAIN
ranch near McMlnnvlUe.
TO BE AIERTED
River is Falling and Must Rise
Much Higher Than Yester
day to Be Dangerous.
FVFRY PRECAUTION IS
EXERCISED FOR SAFETY.
Echo River Bridge Is Considerably
Damaged and Cannot Be Used
Small Bnrn Belonging to a Man
Named Price In the West End, Was
Washed Away Reported That
Damage Amounting to $1000 Has
Been Done to River Bridge at Mil
ton. Which the Town Defrays.
Unless further heavy rains should -occur,
the danger of a flood at this
time Is now past. This morning the
river has receded a foot since 5
o'clock yesterday and during the day
It has continued to fall slowly. As
the water woufd have to become sev
eral feet higher than It was yester
day In order to make the situation
really serious It Is now believed the
worst Is over. However, the levee Is
being closely watched neverthelss,
and will be until the water goes down
more.
Aside from the Interference with
the levee work no damage has been
Inflicted here excepting that a small
barn belonging to Mr. Price, living
Just below town, was washed away.
Echo Bridge Damaged.
Word was received by Judge Gll
llland from Echo this morning that
the bridge across the Umatilla at that
place had become unsafe for traffic.
Some of the piling under the west ap
proach to the bridge are reported as
being washed out, with the result
that the bridge has sagged consider
ably and cannot be used. The main
jjnrtlwr of tbe bridge, however. Is still
Intact, and- th' part that Is reporttd
Injured had been standing so long
that the piling had rotted.
With the Echo bridge out of com
mission there is now no way for the
people of that section to cross the
river excepting over the railroad
bridges, for the 'Butter creek bridge
was never replaced after the freshet
last spring.
It Is reported from Milton that
about $1000 worth of work recently
done by the town to protect Its por
tion of the bridge at that place has
been washed away. The work was
In the form of a bulkhead that had
been constructed to keep the river
within Its main channel. The bulk
head Itself Is reported as having been
washed away completely.
However, the county has sustained
no losses In the north end, and Judge
Gllliland says that as far as is known
at this time the only damage inflicted
consists of the light injuries to the
bridge above Pendleton and to the
one at Echo. Nothing has yet been
heard from the Bingham Springs sec
tion, but the McKay and Birch creek
supervisors have reported that all Is
well in their districts.
. I
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Ben Thompson Alleges Cruel and In.
human Treatment.
Ben Thompson has started divorce
proceedings against Mary N. Thomp
son, the suit being filed In the circuit
court today by Attorney W. C. E.
Pructt. It Is set forth .In the com
plaint that the two were married at .
Ritzvllle, Wash., on Christmas day.
1904.
As a reason why a divorce should
be granted him the plaintiff alleges
cruel and Inhuman treatment, which
he declares consists in the refusal of
the defendant to live with him, and
her refusal to allow him to see their
child.
Two Trains Here at Noon.
Two long passenger trains, consist
ing of 20 cars, altogether, arrived here
from the east at noon today, having
ben delayed by high water on the
mountains. Both trains were crowd
ed with passengers who took dinner
here while the trains were being re
arranged. Visiting Dr. I.ynn K. Blnkeslce.
W. H. Stafford and dnughter Ellen,
nre visiting at the home of Dr. nnd
Mrs. Lynn K. Blnkeslee for n few
days. Mr. Stafford Is conductor of
tho Union Central railway, and Is a
pioneer of eastern Oregon.
Seventeen Orphans Left.
Breeze, 111., Dec. 22 Six
were killed In a mine of the
Breeze-Trenton Coal company
this morning. The cage In which
the men were going to work ran
away and fell 400 feet. All the
victims were married and 17
children are left fatherless.