East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 25, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOAILYEVENINGEDITIOhI " Mk . .""" I DAIIY EVENING EDITIDH WEATIIER FORECAST. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. to buy holiday goods, read the Kart j I ISsVJ m0 A V .y ' , p J J ii - V 1 ' V '- 1 a n- iiii .ill iiiif- a ' " VOL. 19. . .............. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 19fg NO. 5857 nnniPTMiP Tiir i ovm GmAno, TnM nnillirRITinil mn lfMi. iiii ni n i luiU-i i nr n.im.i. nnnnn i iwu i i iiiuui iiiiiuur iu i iiiiu run s- U I U I I IIIIU I ML ' Ml I IIII COUNTRY OVER Biting Cold at Washington, But Warm at Denver, One Mile Above the Sea. BAND CONCERTS TODAY IN T1IE DENVER PARKS. .A Pleasant nnd Clear Duy'ut Chicago Hut That Lncklcm Community (iiKu Without Tom ami Jerry The An triun Ambuwuilor at Washington Has Hwlifnol nnd "Will Leave the Office. Nest Summer Itoowiolm Dine. Today ul the Wliito House. Washington, Dec. "25. Christmas day at the capital was cold and clear with a biting wind. 'The business of the shops Increased 26 per cent over that of any previous year. The president and family -were last night at a tree at Captain Cowles' home, but spent today at the White House., Christmas dinner was served this evening to all present, Including the Longwortha. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt were horseback riding this afternoon. Among the most elaborate celebra tions last night -was -the one at the Austrian embassy, given by the am bassador to Ms stuff. Austrian Amlwwsador Bculgns. Washington, Dec. 25. It Is re ported from Vienna, that Hengel Mueller von Hcngervcr, mbossador for Austria, has resigned to take ef fect next ssromer. Hengel Muller Is among the wealthiest foreign repre sentatives and loaders of society at the capital. Open Air Cojierrt at Denver. Denver, Dec. 25. In contrast to the wintry weather elsewhere this city Is like a balmy spring. The city celebrates by band concerts In the parks. Pleasant Day -at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 2S. This city cele brated Christmas beneath a bright and sunny sky. The Ink breeze Is tem pered to the "irhorn lamb." Chicago and Christmas with no Tom and Jerry was the situation that faced the thirsty one today. The leading hotels said: "With eggs at B cents we cannot make a profit from Tom and Jerry.' $100,000 Frno t Williamson. Williamson. Va., Dec.r26. Fire this morning destroyed the postofflce an Christmas packages 'fer- morning de livery were burned. Woman Burned to -Death. Mobile, Ala-. Dee. 26. The cloth ' Ing of Mrs. Mary Anderson was Ig nited by Chrlstma lirewecks. and she burned to deatfe. NOLAN BLAMES MOODY." ! Register of The Dalles Lantl Office Says Information -"Leaked -Ont." The Oregon Dally Journal says of : M. T. Nolan' 'connection . wth the : Sheran land case In Wasco county: Register Michael T. -Nolan, ef The ' Dalles land office, maintains the same position relative to the controversy over the Sherer case and the part i taken In securing the T60-ucre tract. formerly owned by the Wasco county sheepman, liy ex-Csmgnessman Mnl- .colm A. Moody and crtheos. as' he idld when the first details f the trouble became public. Mr. Nolan, who Is In Portland to day, snld this morning that the In formation contained in the Interior department's letter, making Jhe fin cancellation of the tract in question, and which reached The Dalles office on -January 24. two dnys before the scrip was filed by A. L. Veaele as attorney for the development (compa ny, could not have been secured ex cept -through a leak from some one In a position to know of the action tiken fcy the officials In the general land office. This Information, how ever, according to Mr. Nolan, may have come from Washington, and ot from any one In The Dalles office. Mr. Nolan does not state that the act of tiling scrip was not Justified. The question Is whether the tract be calm open to entry upon the receipt of the flntl notice from the Interior department on January 24, or was not subject to filing until after the cleri cal force had had time to enter the cancellation upon the hooks of the of fice and post the record to the public. He holds to his view that there was a conspiracy to take the land nway from Mr. Sherer, the latter having signed a rellnqulehment to the tract, prepared by his attorney, without knowing the contents of the paper. Grace Wilson committed suicide at Wardner, Idaho, by swallowing a large quantity of carbolic acid. She had had trouble with an admirer. Reclamation oT 800,000 Acres In Gem Stale. Costs) $6,000,000. The report of State Engineer James Stephenson, Jr., of Idaho, shows that for the first time since It was created the office has been self-sustaining, says the Boise Statesman. The ap propriation for the conduct of the of fice the pnst two years was $7600, and the receipts at the close of the business of that period will be very nearly 111,000. Owing to the great Increase In the work demanded of the state engi neer's office Mr. Stephenson recom mends an appropriation of 112,000 for the coming two years, and the records of the office guarantee that It will be more than self-sustaining at that fig ure. The report warmly commends the results of the operation of the Carey act projects under way In the state at the present time, embracing nbout 800,000 acres of land, the reclama tion of which will cost about $6,000, 000. The largest of these Is the Twin Falls project, which now 1ms about 230,000 acres under water and has expended to date about 13,000,000. The Twin Falls Land & Water com pany, which has almost completed Its project on the south side of the river. Is asking for the segregation of about 185,000 ncres on the north side of the river, In Lincoln county, and proposed to begin active construction work In the near future. AUTOMOBILE KILLS A MAN. Demi Man a Victim of Joseph Letter's Mnclilno. Washington, Dec. 25. Joseph Lol ter's automobile this morning killed Samuel West, aged 14, a negro. The chauffeur was arrested. Letter was riding in the machine. PACIFIC L IMMENSE. TRACKAGE AC QUIRED IS WASHINGTON. I'ill.v-five Dwls l-HWl nt Olympla in One Day This Week Big Cron by tire Ilarrlniiin Peirirtc III WeMcrn WsHiilnctmi Cnnl TUtrlct Compa ny InvoM Abint HH,000. Oiymrln, Dec. 25. iFifty-flve in struments, mostly warranty deeds, representing what is nnlleved to be a bla coup on the part of rthe Union Pa cllfc In securing valuable coal lands for a comparatively small sum, have been filed in the office 'f the county auditor. The Instrument Indicate that parties believed to be acting fqr the Union 1'icltic have quietly bought up thousands of acres of valuable coal lands along the Shookumchuck river In the vicinity of Baooda irad Tenino. White the owners have realized handsome profits from the sales, re ceiving in some Instances as high as S7F00 for land for agricultural pur poses, the Harriman road has really secured a coal field that villi supply Its road in this state for years to come. Although of a low grate for domestic purposes, the SkooVumchuck coal nines furnish a quality of fuel en tirely satisfactory for ruse In locomo tives. AM of the deeds fried were in the time of John McNeill, of Denver. A hwity Inspection of the Instrument indicate that the company has already spent between (300,080 and $400,000 In ymrchaslng the coal 'lands. Rvpresentatlves of the county Tiave been quietly at work In that vicinity fer some time. In fact, -negotiations were begun for coal properties near Tenino by parties openhy working Ifor the TTnion Pacific In the aiy partiof last swnmer. FIREMEN WERE FOILED. Burning 'Barrel of Tar Canwsl Break In Clirisftmas) Shoppnig. An alarm of fire disturbed the rush of Christmas eve shopping shout 5:80 last evening and for n few minutes It was thought a fire had brolcoa out In the business section. A dense vol ume of smoke rolled skyward la the night from the vicinity of Main and Railroad straets and It bore every ev idence of being a blaze worth seeing. la obedlenoe to the call the cen tral companies responded quickly, and In about three minutes from the time the "belt rang the carts were tearing along up Main street followed by hun dreds of people. Near the O. R. A N. tracks the conflngaratlon was dis covered, but the fire department was powerless to do any good. A small barrel of tar belonging to the paving company was ablaze. Sale of 2200 Lambs. Oscar Schofer wns In town Wed nesday and nnde a sheep sale over telephone line, by which Mr. Corrlgall. nt Butter creek, bought 2200 head of next year's crop of lnmbs for which he la to pay Mr. Schafer $2.65 per head; S2500 to be paid down, the re mainder will be paid on delivery, Oc tober 10, 1907. Monument Enterprise. UNION BU1S IIBSISSWIBISSSJ 'WWSSJUSalBISWSH I W S ' ENLARGING 11 GONSTlTUTLOi The United States is Rapidly Outgrowing Its Ancient Form of Constitution, Muny Changes Would Be Brought Befora u National Convention, Chief Among Which Bring Popular Election of United States Senators, Lengtlmiing Presidential Term and Female Suffrage) Over Two-Thlrtls of the States Have Petitioned for Popular Election of Senators. There Is slowly crystallizing a sen timent in favor of a convention to be held to amend the constitution of the United States. The sentiment is not restricted to any one particular local ity, but it seems is taking root pretty generally. It Is the consensus of opinion in these circles that the high ly developed and complex civilization of the country presents problems that deserve the attention of the master minds of the nation at this time. The list of topics which has formed the basis of suggested constitutional amendments In the past need not be rehearsed here In Oetall. It Is a long list, and Includes many topics which would not be likely to receive seri ous consideration. Some of the most Important mat tors which would come before the convention, however, would be as fol lows: Enlnrglng the presidential term to six years and making the president livellgible for re-election. Uniform marriage and divorce laws throughout the union. Election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people. Female suffrage. Providing for the Immediate assem bling of congress after election. Changing the date of inauguration day. Authorizing the president to veto single items la appropriation bills. Restricting the veto power of the president so that .It will be less diffi cult for congress to pass any measure over his veto. To define more clearly the. Jurldic tlon of the courts , in their relation to the legislative branch of the govern ment. These are a few of the topics which have been suggested as affording a reason why a constitutional conven tion should be called. Many others would doubtless be considered. Constitution Aumltd of It. The method by which the consti tutional convention could be held Is a simple one, and is provided by the constitution itself. The fifth article of that document contains the fol lowing: "The congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem It neces sary, shall propose amendments to this constitution or, on the applica tion of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a con vention for proposing amendments, which, In either case, shall be valid to all Intents and purposes, as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three-fourtkB thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the congress," It may not be generally known that already two-thirds of the states have petitioned congress to assemble a constitutional convention. Their leg islative resolutions, however, bear only on one subject, the election of United States senators by popular vote. In fact, If to the list of the states which have asked for a convention there should be added She states which have declared In favor of prob ably be more than the requisite two thirds. The convention which Representa tive De Armond now advocates would mot confine Its deliberations to one topic, but would take up all the questions which might be desirable to BEST CHRISTMAS FOR BUSINESS KNOWN "The bost Christmas business the town has ever enjoyed." is the unani mous verdict of the merchants of Pen dleton today. It is with feelings of satisfaction that they look back over the work of the past few weeks, for they have all sold more than they anticipated. As a result they will have but little holiday stock to carry over U'vtil .mother year. Yesterday was the busiest day of the ?wn, antl until late In the even ing the. stores were crowded with be lated choppers. All through the day It was a rush at all ot the places where any holiday business was being done. The Jewelry shops were thronged, and the money spent yesterday for things in that lint amounted Into the thous ands. The stationery houses and the In the amended constl- GURDA.NE CELEBRATES. Nearly All Ms "'Victims' "Tills Clnist tnns Iff Pugilistic. With IU men in the city Jail at 10 o'clock this morning and more a com ing Christmas has been merry time for the police 3epartmcnt. Last night the rocdly number of 14 were gather ed In by the night officers. Those ar rested were for the most part way farers who had Indulged too freely in Chrtrtmas spirits and as a result be came boisterous. Eight of the num ber were white men whll the remain der were Indians. Through ome peculiarity In the at mospheric conditions or else In the character of the beverages used a number of those arrested were em-bi-ed with an unholy desire ot fight. In consequence thereof Marshal Gur dane was required to bring his Butter creek pugilistic training into play on two different occasions. Early In the evening Abraham Lyman, the well known visitor from the reservation, berame filled with a desire to fight with Officer Sheer. But before he found that guardian of the peace he fell In with the chief, much to his subsequent sorrow. A moment later .he Indian was trying ot bite a hole In the idewark and when he arose he re marked. "I sass you no more Tim: you all right." Another troublesome character was a big fellow with corduroy trousers, who desired to impress all with his provM. fter he hod pursued the tenor of his way for some little time he was finally taken Into custody by MarshnI Ourdane who locked the fel low up. At that time there were but two men In the Jill, both being old and smnll In stature. Within a short time the big fellow- had started a quarrel with the two men and was making life miserable for them w'hen the marshal again ap peared. He at once took a hand in the proceedings and when he finished the man with the corduroys had com plefely abandoned the Idea of wanting to fight. r Contrary to the action of the mar shal on Thanksgiving day all of the prisoners are being held this time, and according to the chief he will continue to lock up those who are rowdy untn the jail becomes full. BOURNE NOW AT WORK. Oregon's Prospective Senator Already ui tne Harness. A special from Washington to Or egon Daily Journal says: Jonathan Bourne, United States senator prospective of Oregon, was a guest at a dinner party given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hlbbs of this city, to meet William Lfeb. Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, and Mrs. Loeb. Mr. Bourne has taken up with the interior department officials the question of delay 1n the Issuance of patents for several homestead entries In Oregon, with the result that or ders have been given the general land office to Issue one of these patents to the local land office Immediately for delivery to the entrymen. In the other case orders were given to exam ine the entry with a view to Issuing a pafent if entry and proof were found regular. Both cases were made exceptions to the general order re cently Issued by the Interior depart ment holding up all patents. drug stores were also scenes of activ ity At the various department stores the largest crowds gathered, and the pur chases made varied from a five-cent handkerchief to costly garments. At the Peoples Warehouse a big corps of extra eierks was at work, most of the yo'ing men being students of the high school. Conspicuous among the num ber was Glenn Scott, now of the Uni versity of Oregon, who Is here to pass the vacation. In order to economize time the clerks were furnished with their meals yesterday In the upper story of the establishment. At the postofflce there was also a scene of activity throughout the entire day and the entire force of the office was kept constantly busy caring for the additional business. Incorporate tutlon. iian Government Making a Deal ' for 10,000 Coolies. .onsul General G. E. Anderson Ites from Rio de Janeiro that the . ed of labor for the development of Brazil has led to a strong movement In Sao Paulo for the Importation of a large number of Jauaneffe. The proposition now favored is to ask the authority of congress for the introduction of 10,000 Japanese sub jects at once. That something in this line will be done seems to be beyond doubt at the present time, and the need of additional labor felt so keen ly during the harvesting of the Im mense coffee crop now being shipped has brought the matter to an acute point. S. Kumabe, a secretary of one of the agricultural boards In Japan has Just come to Sao Paulo to Inves tigate the possibilities of rice culture In that state. The movement of the Immense cof fee crop of Brazil, especially In Sao Paulo, has been considerably Inter fered with both for lack of railroad facilities and for lack of storage room. The government of the state of Sao Paulo has offered a guaranty of 7 per cent Interest to anyone who w construct warehouses for storing the crop. There has been some curtailment of receipts at Santos for lack of Btore room, and in a large number of cases advantageous sales have been lost for lack of room to handle, clean, and mix coffee. On the other hand, ome dealers have been forced to sell for similar reasons. The completion of railway connections of similar gauge In the course of a few months will probably enable a better division of the crop shipments In the future and prevent a recurrence of the trouble. S6.000.000 IN LARGEST CASH DEAL IN HISTORY OF NORTHWEST. Purchasers of Over 2,500,000,000 Feet of Standing Timber Estimate That it WUI Take 13 Years to Fell and . Saw it Sawmills Will Be Located, Built and Put In Operation in the Near Future. Spokane, Dec. 25. The largest cash transaction with timber for an equivalent ever consummated In the northwest was effected today In this place, when 16,000,000 was exchanged for 100,000 acres of virgin timber containing over 2,500,000,000 feet of lumber. The Monarch Timber Co. was the purchaser. A. W. Flewellng, representing the Monarch Timber company, and F. A. Blackwell, manager of the William Howard land & Lumber company and owners of the Blackwell tract, met In the former's offices yesterday to consummate the deal. It is calculated by the management of the Monarch company that It will take at least 15 years after the first log la cut to saw the last stick in this vast tract, even If It puts several mills In operation and rushes the work with all speed possible. The panhandle of Idaho, 'particular ly that portion lying between the St. Joe and the St. Maries rivers. Is al most one unbroken forest and it is In this country that the Monarch com pany has Its holdings, the timber ly ing on the land adjacent to these streams, while some of It is far back from them. A report coming from Idaho says that the: management will Immediate ly begin the erection and soon there after the operation of the sawmills necessary to saw the timber. It was further stated that although the company had several stretches ranging In length from one mile to three miles along the St. Maries, these tracts being upon both banks of these rivers, no location of the proposed mills had been made and none would be for some time. Killed by Dynamite. startling message came to Mrs. Robert Dunsniore from her son at Mosler this morning, saying that the body of her husband had been found on the road near the Thlel place, six miles this side of Mosler, this morn ing blown to pieces with dynamite. A like message also came to County Judge Lake, who, after Inquiring Into the circumstances, concluded an Inquest was not necessary and tho cor oner will not go down. The facts as stated by Edward Dunsniore, were that his father, who is supervisor of the roads in that dis trict, had gone cut alone this morn ing to work on a road which runs from the Thlel place to Mosler, and that when another man went out to Join him he found the body In the road, fnlrlv blown to pieces, which only his clothing held together. How the acci dent happened Is not known, but ns he was blasting stumps It Is supposed a premature explosion is responsible for his death. The Dalles Chronicle. I. W. Edwards, Born Rati and Matt Tucca were killed by a caveln In a Stone City, Kan., coal mine. CASH FOR TIMBER TROOPS GALLED ' OUT AT WAHLAK Conductor Shoots Two Ne groes and Starts s Race Riot in Mississippi.' BOTH RACES IN TERROR FEARING EACH OTHER. "Irrepressible Conflict" Shows Signs of Breaking Out at Atlanta, Where the Mayor Uses His Authority to Close Every Saloon for Two Days in the Interests of Law and Order Threats Mode to Inaugurate a General Race War nt Atlanta on Christmas. Wahlak, Miss., Dec. 25. Stata troops have arrived on account of the race riots and close watch is being kept of the marching negroes who are likely to start work of destruction at tl.e first opportunity. The troops hava a Gatllng gun. Trouble started Sunday when Con ductor Cooper on the Mobile & Ohio train shot two negroes, killing one. The other, named Spencer, waa wounded, and killed an officer who was trying to arrest him, and fled to the woods. Negroes since are flocking to town, vowing vengeance for the deaths the conductor caused. Close Saloons to Keep the Peace. . Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 25. The mayor closed every saloon in the city at 4 yesterday afternoon and they will re main closed until tomorrow on ac count of a threatened attaca upon the negroes. Threats have been mad that Christmas would be made'a day for a general race riot Nine Said to Be Killed. Kahalak. Miss., Dec. 25. It is ra ported that two white men and seven blacks have been killed In a riot. Ne groes surround the village. KIMBALL,-WYRICK. Bride and Groom Popular Young Folks of Pendleton. A wedding of Interest occurred last evening at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kimball. 313 Aura street, when their daughter, Miss Helen Kim ball, was united in marriage to Mr. James Wyrlck, son of Mr. and Mrs, M. M. Wyrlck. The ceremony oc curred at 7 o'clock and was per formed by Rev. G. L. Hall. The bride looked pretty In a white gown of crepe de chine, while the bridesmaid. Miss Laura Wyrlck, wore pink silk. The wedding march waa played by Miss Effla Fraker. Following the ceremony, which was witnessed by a large number of friends and relatives of the two young people a Christmas wedding dinner waa served. There were 80 guests at tending. The newly married couple then left tin the night train Portland. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Omar Stephens. COLLECT INHERITANCE TAX. Washington Endeavors to Collect on $6,000,000 Fortune. Neglect has lost the state large sums legally due it under the Inherit- , ance tax law, but the state tax com mission is not quite as active In en forcing payments as the Increased re ceipts from that source indicate, says a dispatch from Olympla. In this connection It will be Inter esting to learn that outcome of the fight In the courts the commission ex pects to make to collect the Inherit ance tax from the estate of J. M. Col mun, who died recently at Seattle leaving about $6,000,000 worth of property to a corporation to which he had turned It over shortly before his death. . The commission insists this act was fraudulent, and declares it will ask; the courts to declare the corporation void unless the tax is paid. As 1 per cent Inheritance tax on this estate would aggregate $100,000, It will be of considerable Interest to the tax payers of the state if the commission wins this fight Death of Leora Olcott Miss Leora Olcstt died at the hos pital this morning from the effects of cerebro spinal meningitis. She was the daughter of Mrs. George Olcott, and v.-n 1 years of uge. The body Is now at the Olcott home on Thomp son Btreet, and funeral arrangemcfR have not yet been made. For Christmas Favors, Tliiinks. The mechanical force of the East Oregonlan was pleasantly remember ed this morning by Leon Cohen, pro prietor of the Peon es Warehnn and likewise by Anton Nolte. For the hospitality shown the men nre rtnlv grateful. TJ .... 1 . . . """ - vuiisiDis m minting me very best of what you have.