0A1LY EVENING EDITION
DA11Y EVEHIHB EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
Kaln tonight and possibly Thurs
day. If you wish to know how to buy
what to huy, whea to bmy and -where
to buy holiday goods, read the East
Orcgonian advertisements.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2i, 1906.
NO. 585&
VOL. 19.
SECTION
HAND BADLY HURT
Huseby, the Mission Section
Boss, Beats One of His La-
ftnrapc Hinr tho Hoar)
KOREAN WAS TAKEN' TO "
WALLA HOSPITATj.
Husohy While Drunk Told on Himself,
lint Insisted Hint lie Had Shot and
Killed HI Man He AswrtH tlie
Korean AsMiultcfl Him fur Trivial
Reasons The Korean's Version of
thei Affair Is Yet -Jo He Learned
Huseby Wns Released.
One Korean section hand Is now
receiving treatment at Walla Walla,
and one section foreman passed the
night In the county jail as the result
of a little Christmas fight at Mission
yesterday afternoon. The man from
Korea was smote upon the head with
a wrench Wielded by the foreman, and
1t Is tint yet known' whether the In
jured one will pass Into the celestial
"beyond or remain to continue his
services for the O. R. & X. company.
As far as can be learned the fight
occurred some time late yesterday
afternoon and the news first became
known through the foreman himself,
whose name Is Huseby. He walked
to town after the affair was over and
says he was forced to come afoot
because the Japs broke his speeder
so that H could not be used. During
the evening he attempted to drown
his troubles by getting drunk. But
as he proceeded to Imbibe, the fight
began to assume greater proportions
than ever, and he was soon telling of
the same to the gang within the Hem
melgarn saloon. In a burst of confi
dence he disclosed the fact that he
had shot a Jap, killing him so dead
that his victim was already commun-
, lug with his Korean ancestry.
Taking the story at Its full worth
the bartender at the saloon called Of
ficer HI Waters to the scene. To the
officer the foreman again related his
experience, though he was somewhat
confused as to the details, though he
c till held that he had shot his man.
Accordingly he was taken to the coun
ty Jail for the night.
This morning Mr. Hnseby told a
less harrowing story than that of last
night. He said the Korean had at
tacked him because "he had discharged
a couple of his friends, and that he
had used the wrench, in self-defense.
As no evidence to the contrary was
forthcoming and no complolnt had
"been made against Huseby he was al
lowed to return to his work.
The Jap was taken to Walla Walla
on the 11 o'clock 'train this forenoon,
and he will be treated In the hospital
at that place. His countrymen are
afraid he will die.
COPPER FAMINE IS EXPECTED.
F.nonnous Increase In Demand, While
Supply Is Stationary.
Boston, Mass.. Dec. 28. A copper
famine Is Impending owing to the
enormous demand for the metal nt
home and abroad. The price of elec
trolytic copper is now 20 cents, the
highest for years. The United Metal
Selling company sold last month
lOO.tiltO.OOO pounds of copper. The
demnnd Is due to the great growth of
electrical work all over the world.
Manufacturers of electrical machin
ery say that the demand for their
products Is unprecedented.
Authorities In the copper trade say
It Is doubtful If the output of copper
this year will show a material Increase
over that of 190G. The scarcity of
skilled miners has handicapped the
larger producers and consequently
has reduced production. It Is also
likely that the Chilean production
will be materially reduced by the re
cent earthquake. The trade Is there
fore anticipating a famine and Is try
ing to provide against it.
TFIIAMTEI'F.C ROAD FINISHED.
Will lie Direct Comix-tltor of the
Panama Canal.
Tehauntepec, Mexico, Doc. 26.
The Tehauntepec road Is finished and
will be opened for Intei-occanlc traf
fic In a few days. It will be some
time, however, before the Coatya
coalcos or the Sallna Crux works will
bo finished. 'The many steamship
Great Strike In Nevndn.
Thome, Nev., Dec. 28. The
Flnlnger compnny of Philadel
phia,' lessees of the famous
Dutchman mine, have uncov
ered a large body of high grade
ore. A 10-pound specimen as
sayed $30,000 to the ton. There
Is grent excitement here and the
mine Is closely guarded. Twelve
other parties hold claims along
the same lead.
romminles oneratlng from New York
and other points on the Atlantic and
from European ports to Panama ana
South American Pacific coast ports,
stop at Coatyacoalcos. The same con
dition will prevail on the pacific side
and, all in all, the new road will have
a vast volume of tonnage to handle.
The Hawaiian trade alone will
amount to 800,000 tons annually as
the trade develops two or three more
tracks will be laid across the Isth
mus. The Amerlcnn Hawaiian Steam
ship company, which now operates a
fleet of 11 cargo steamers, 12,000 car
rying capacity, Is having three addi
tional ships built at the San Francisco
shipyards.
The regular fleet of the company
and the new steamers will be diverted
from the present route," from New
York and Philadelphia via the straits
of Magellan to San Francisco. San
Diego, Puget Sound ports and Hawa
iian islands to the Tehauntepec.
burnell brown suicided.
Act Was Deliberate, Hut No "Reason
In Given for lr.
New York, Dec. 28. Burnell
Brown, 40 yeorB of age ana an official
of - the American Express company.
this afternoon went to the office of
the United States Express company,
sent the agent on an errand and shot
himself twice In the head in view of
people on the street, Inflicting proba
bly a fatal wound. The reason Is un
known. Brown handled no money for
either company.
KEEPFNG OFT THE JAPANESE.
lefnefl Admission Yesterday, Were
Arrested Toilny.
El Faso, Texas, Dec. 26. The lap-
anese flocking to the American bor
der most are said to be discharged
from the Japanese army. Fifty-four
refused admission here yesterday,
were arrested this morning at Fort
Hancock bv Immigration officials pa-
trollng the border.
KILLED THREE
DEAD WERE AM. FMVI.OYES
OF DEN VER & RIO GRANDE.
INisscimcr Smashed Into a Freight En
Sine Which Protruded Vpon the
.Mam Line Track From a Siding
Much Damage to Railroad Property
Mnn Who Was Injured Whs Also
nil Employe of tlie Railroad.
Salt Lake, Dec. 28. A head-on col
lision near Mounds, 17 miles east of
Price, I'tah, early Christmas mc ruing,
on the D. R. O., resulted in three
employes of the road helng killed and
cne strliiiisly Injured-
The dead are:
Engineer Thomas MeGrath.
Flremun Mike Conroy.
Fireman H. D. Carter.
Seriously injured, Fireman W. B.
Vaughn.
ltio ilrande passenger train No. 3,
double-header, was running at a good
speed, when it crashed Into the en
gine of a freight train which had
taken the siding, but through some
error of the engineer had moved for
ward again until the engine rested
partly on the main track. All engines
weer bndly smashed and the cars
Jumped the tracks, hut none of the
passengers were hurt.
WIFE KILLED RY STREET CAR.
The lluhand I'roluiMy Family Hurt
lit Portland.
Portland, Doc. 26. Mr. and Mrs
J. H. I.nvlcr, of 504 East Eighteenth
street, were struck by on Inward
bound Wuveiiy-Rlchnionil street car
near their home lust night. Mrs. La
vier was killed outright, and her hus
band is at the Good Sn mail tun hos
pital, prohnhlv fatally injured.
, The couple nllghted from an outward-bound
car. walked directly In
front of the Incoming car, the view of
which was concealed by the other car.
Mis. Lavler was dragged beneath the
car trucks and terribly mangled, and
her husband was found unconscious
several feet from there.
Motorman Flank Miller beeum-
hysterical and had to be taken home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lnvler were return
ing from Woodliurn, Ore., where they
had been spending Christmas with
Mrs. I.uvler's mothei1.
Reprieved a Fourth Time.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec, 26. Louts
Busse, who waa convicted of the mur
der of his wife In 1903, and sentenced
to death, has been reprieved for the
founh time pending appeals for clem
ency. Every known provision of the
law has been used to secure clemen
cy for him and the final hearing for
clemency has now been fixed for Jan
uary 3.
Expert landscape gardeners and
others experienced In civic Improve
menu and beautlfication, claim that
Belllngham, Wash., can be made one
of the most beautiful small cities In
the United States at a minimum ex
pense for given results.
SI
six mm'
Aim
Wholesale Slauj the Un-
. doubted Result of Collusion
and Deliberate Planning
BODIES ALL FOUND IN
ONE TENEMENT HOUSE.
New Orleans the Scene of a Great
' Tragedy Resulting In Unbounded
Excitement In the Itnllon Quarter
Police Reserve Reinforced by Fire
men to Preserve Order Soma of
the Bodies Had Been Partially
Burned.
New Orleans, Dec. 26. A Mafia
plot working secretly In New Orleans
for years Is regarded responsible for
the death of six Italians found mur
dered this morning In a tenement
house In Dumaine street. Some were
burned to death.
Such a panic In the Italian quarter
followed the discovery of the bodies
that the police reserves were forced
to call upon the firemen for assist
ance In maintaining order.
The victims were hacked to pieces.
and It is believed were killed early In
the evening. As no screams were
hard It is thought several were en
gaged In the slaughter and the men
were struck down unawares. Those
burned were probably burned after
death In an effort to hide the crime,
FREE CHRISTMAS FIGHT.
Great Celebration In Seattle Tender
loin District.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 26. Following
a day of debauchery In the restricted
district, the police last night were
compelled to engage In a hand-to
hand conflict with a mob of Intoxi
cated loggers. When the fight was
over 11 men were under arrest for
resisting the officers. Clubs, revch
ers. stones and brickbats were freely
used In the encounter, and the bruises
were many.
The, trouble began when the police
attempted to arrest a logger on Wash
Ington street. The man resisted and
yelled: "Help! Help! Down with the
police; kill the bulls." In a moment
every saloon In the neighborhood re
sponded to the call and the toughest
characters In the city were rushing
to the rescue. In the meantime addi
tional police arrived, a cltlzon tele
phoned to the police station for emer
gency help, and Chief Wnppenstein
sent a patrol wagon full of officers,
It required three trips of the wagon
to carry the arrested men to the sta
tlon.
WILL MAKE INSANITY PLEA.
Desperate Effort to Clenr Murderer of
Jupnnose.
San Francisco, Dec. 28. Attorneys
for John Sicmsen. the gas pipe thug,
accused of the murder of Japanese
tanker Munokato this morning filed
a motion for a continuation order to
enable the commissioners to take the
testimony of several residents of Ha
wall, Including members of Slemsen's
family. An effort Is to be made to
prove the defendant Insane. A change
of venue is also asked.
Strike Is Stationary.
Peoria, Dec. 26. The Brotherhood
cf Locomotive Firemen today stated
there ore no developments In the
Southern Pacific strike. Grand Mas
ter l'unrahan will leave the latter
part of next week to take charge of
the strike.
.F.
THE GAMBLERS In throe acts soj
fur.
Act III. The suit Is filed.
At the office of the county clerk
this morning n suit was filed which
bore the following heading:
In the circuit court for tho State of
Oregon.
W. F. Matlock, plaintiff, vs. J.
Sheuormnn. defendant; Coinplnlnt.
The following extracts from the
complaint show the nature of that
document:
"Thnt on or about the 12th day of
December, 1906, the defendant exe
cuted and delivered to one L. Swng
gart, his certain check or Instrument
in writing, the said check bearing
date of December 12, and drawn upon
tho First National bank of Pendle
ton, for the sum of $400, the same
being payable to the said L. Swag
gart. ,
"That thereafter, to-wlt, ''' on or
about the 13th day of Decqmber, the
plaintiff for a valuable consideration
wrote his name upon tho back of the
aforesaid check and delivered the
said check or Instrument to the plaint
Iff."
Continuing the complaint recites
If 4 ILED
s o 5
MATLOCK
SUES
01
WRECK
KILLED THREE
Wm, Guion, Formerly of Pen
dleton and the 0. R. & N.,
Expected to Die.
TWENTY-FIVE PASSENGERS
MORE OR LESS BADLY HURT.
The Mnn Fatally Injured Formerly
Ran on Umatilla-Huntington Divis
ion of O. R. & N. Of Twenty-Five
Injured Reported Every One Was
a Man and Had Either a Leg or an
Arm Broken Gravel Train Fulled
to Flag Passenger.
Tdcnma, Dec. 26. A head-on col
Ilslnn between passenger and freight
trains on the Seattle Electric railway
at 8 o'clock this morning at Milton
station, eight miles north of Tacoma.
Conductor J. J. Ross, Motcrman W.
R. Onion nnd four others are report
ed killed. Fifteen passengers In tho
smoking car were injured.
Particulars of IDsnster.
Passenger No. 4 left Seattle at 6
this morning and collided with a
gravel train at Milton at 7:15. .
The dead are J. K. Ross, conduc
tor, of Seattle; Harris, of Kent, mo
torman of the gravel train. Fatally
Injured, William Guion of Seattle,
motorman on the passenger train.
Seriously injured: W. Norris, of Se
attle; G. W. Bates, George Brook
man and A. L. Haywood, Tacoma; C.
H. Mtckeison, of Tacoma, and J. W.
Ward of Tacoma, .were Internally In
jured. A. W. Anderson, of Tacoma,
J. W. Ward, Tacoma, A. Ohman, Bal
lard, and A. A. Falk, and a number
of others were slightly Injured.
The gravel train was standing on
the main line and failed to flag the
passenger, which was running at full
speed. The smoking car was tele
scoped. The Injured were taken to Tacoma
on a relief train.
All the Injured are men, and every
victim has at least one arm or leg
broken, but none are fatally hurt. The
smoker was completely telescoped.
Guion Known In Pendleton.
WMllam Guion. the motorman who
Is reported to be fatally Injured In the
above dispatch, is well known In Pen
Jletcn. He formerly worked In the
grain warehouses along the O R. &
N. for Hamilton and Rourke nnd from
this place went to La Grande, where
he began firing on the road. After
about four years as fireman he was
promoted to the position of engineer
at I. a Grande.
Soon after being promoted he left
the service of the O. R. & N. and went
to the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban elec
tric line five years ago, where he has
been constantly employed since going
there.
While working on the O. R. & N.
Guion was a popular and efficient em
ploye. He was secretary of f:
Mountain lodge No. 318 of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen at La
C-rande, and for a time was chairman
of the grievance committee.
While on the O. R. & N. he fired
for Trainmaster J. D. Matheson, of the
O. R. A N., who was then the oldest
passenger engineer on the mountain
division.
In 1900 Guion married a daughter
of Charles Beal, the well known dray
man of this city.
SI.O.WE TO THE PENITENTIARY.
Spokane, Dee. 2(1. Sidney Slonne
provisionally sentenced to the
penitentiary until further orders of
the court, which held him to be :
riu'lince to society.
the fact that on "or about" the 14th
day of December the check was pre
sented for payment at the First Na
tional bank by the holder, W. F.
Matlock. But that In the meantime
the defendant had "wrongfully" in
structed the bank to refuse payment
upon the same and that his Instruc
tions were carried out. As a result
the plaintiff prays the court that a
Judgment be given him for the sum
of $400 and that the defendant also
be, required to pay the costs and dis
bursements of the suit. The suit wns
filed this morning by Colonel J. H.
Raley.
Claim Gnmhliiig Debt.
That the above suit would be filed
was Intimated In this paper a week
or more ngo and It Is said the reason
of tho delay was that Mr. Matlock
was out of town for several days and
consequently could not sign the com
plnlnt. Mr. Sheuerman'B reason for
refusing to pay the check Is that he
claims to have losthe amount, $400,
In a gambling gnme at the Hotel
Pendleton; and that being a gambling
debt It Is not a legal one. What the
outcome of the suit will be remains to
be seen.
JACOB
SHEOERMAN
LEPROSY ON THE INCREASE.
Cape Colony Finds the Disease a Dlffl
' cult Problem.
London, Dec. 26. Reports from
Cape Town today show that leprosy
n largely on the Increase. The med
ical officer for Cane Colony reports
"the leprosy repression act has now
been in force for 15 years, but so far
no sensible diminution In the stream
of lepers annually coming to light has
been made by Its operations. At the
present time there cannot be less than
1000 lepers at large, while the nation
al leper establishments are full."
The cause of this large number of
unscgregated lepers is the total in
adequacy of the present asylum ac
commodations. Although chiefly oc
curlng in the colored race, the dis
ease Is not confined to them. The
sufferers appear to be scattered over
the various districts of the col.-.ny.
AFTER A RUSSIAN AGITATOR.
He is Lecturing; In America to Raise
Revolutionary Funds.
Chicago, Dec. 26. Warnings are
received by the American western
wing of the Russian revolutionary
party that agents of the St. Peters
burg government are active In trying
to secure the extradition of Gregorl
Gershunle.
Gershunle escaped from Siberia,
where he was exiled for Instigating
the assassination of Baron von Pleh
ve. He came to this country and
landed In San Francisco. He has
been lecturing t'o raise funds for the
revolutionists.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
$1200 111 Stamps and f 100 In Cash
Wore Taken.
Warrenton, Mo., Dec. 26. Robbers
this morning cracked the safe of the
postoffice in this city and stole $1200
worth of stamps and $400 In cash.
United States Marshal Morsey with a
posse Is on the trail.
SADDLE THIEF
IN THE ACT OF DISPOSING
OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY.
Allen Padnwah Was the Loser of the
Proerty The Sheriffs Suspicions
Aroused Because a Man's Appear
ance Did Not Tally With His Bur
den Saddle Wns Sold to an Inno
cent Purchaser for Fifteen Dollars.
A clever arrest of a saddle thief
was made here on Monday evening by
Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Blakeley,
who caught their man while In the
very act of disposing of his plunder.
Thomas O'Neal is the name of the
prisoner, and he had stolen the sad
dle from Allen Padawah, the Indian.
However, neither Allen nor anyone
else knew of the fact at the time
O'Neal was arrested.
While going along Main street on
the evening mentioned the sheriff no
ticed the Irishman carrying a saddle
along the sidewalk. The appearance
of the fellow Indicated he was a rail
road laborer rather than a buckoroo.
nnd the Sherlock Holmes Instinct of
the sheriff was aroused. Accordingly
he followed the man nnd when the
follow entered the State saloon with
his riding gear the officer was a close
second. Apparently a deal had al
ready been mnde hy the bold thief,
for Immediately after entering, the
saloon he delivered the saddle to a
man named Watson, and received $15
In return.
Just after the transaction had been
completed Sheriff Taylor broke Into
the game by approaching O'Neal nnd
Informing him thnt he was under ar
rest. No great objection was made
by the fellow nnd he Is now In the
county Jail waiting for the wheels of
the law to grind out his case.
Shortly after the arrest of O'Neal
It was learned that the saddle sold by
him had been stolen from the Knowl
ton stable on Cottonwood street, nnd
thnt It wns the property of the par
ticular Indian named In the opening
pnragraph.
Salmon Decrenslnir In lnscr River.
Vancouver, B. C. Dec. 26. C.m
ners and fishermen nre genuinely
alarmed nt the great falling off In the
salmon fishing on the Frnser river,
as the number taken this year Is 30
per cent less than It was In 1902.
The total catch In 1902 was 2.948.333
while' that of this year was 2.010.606.
It Is now being admitted on all sides
that the salmon fisheries on the Frn
ser river are steadily being depleted
nnd It Is tho general opinion thnt ef
forts should be made by the Dominion
nnd provincial governments for the
better preservation of this most Im
portant Industry.
S. B. and John Lodge of Blckeiton.
Wash., own an illustrated Bible print
ed In England in 1610. It was the
property of their mother, whose
maiden name was Mersa A. Gaunt,
and had been continuously the prop
erty of the Gaunt family from the
year of publication tl'l the Gaunt line
of descent was broken.
IS
T
MONEY IN SICHT
FOR OPEN RIVER
Prof. W, D. Lyman Finds Sen
timent in Washington Fa
vorable to Appropriation-
WALLA WALLA URGING
$;MW.ono APPROPRIATION.
Tour of the State by Agent of the
Walla Wnlln Commercial Club Re
veals an Enthusiastic Interest In
Open Rivers, All the Various
Tovn In the State Are Urging tho
$300,000 Appropriation Asked for
by Walla Wnlln Commercial Club.
That the state of Washington In
tends to appropriate money" for the
improvement of the Columbia and
Snake rivers at the coming session of
the legislature is shown by the report
of Prof. W. D. Lyman, who has Just
made a tour of the state In the in
terest of an open river appropriation.
Prof. Lyman found great enthusi
asm everywhere in the matter of open
ing the rivers and most of the towns)
of the state are taking up the matter
with a vim. The various commercial
associations are engaging In an act
ive campaign for an open river and
there Is every probability that the ap
propriation of $300,000 asked by Walla.
Walla for river Improvement will be
passed. The. Walla Walla Union, in
speaking of the subject, says:
Prof. W. D. Lyman, of Whitman
college, who has been touring the
counties of eastern Washington for
the purpose of Interesting residents
and legislators In the open river move
ment and the proposed appropriation
to be recured from the next legisla
ture, returned to Walla Walla on Mon
day evening and spent Christmas with
his family.
Mr. Lyman reports ., that interest
and enthusiasm in the matter run high
at all of the places visited by him,
and thut nowhere on his route has he
met with any opposition. This Is per
haps accounted for by the fact that
he confined his travels to those coun
ties which will derive great and direct
benefits through the opening of the
Columbia, and did not, as he express--ed
It, "enter the enemy's territory."
Vancouver and Kalama were th'
first points visited by Mr. Lyman, at
which places he Interviewed all of the
prlnclpal business men and the com
mercial bodies. In this section of the
state residents are very enthusiastic
over the proposed Improvements to
the river, as they are expecting mani
fold benefits and accompanying In
crease In population through the sue-,
cess of the project.
The north bank road will also do.
much fcr this section, but residents,,
who arc- hlghlv elated over tho build
ing of the railroad, w ill not be willing
to give up the open river, which will
do more for them than any railway
could or would do.
The Commercial club of Fllensburg
shewed n willingness to co-operate
with th? local club In securing the
pporjpnation. and members cf the
legislature from that section have slg
nl'ied their willingness to support the
bill calling for $300,000. People Jn
Kittitas county are also much Inter
ested In railroad building, much of
wHob is being done there, but feel
thnt in open river Is the one thing
which that section has for years been
In need of, and It now looks as though
their long cherished dream Is to be
realised.
KILLED A RERESFORD.
Brother of Lord Hereford Lot Lire
in Enilerlin Wreck.
Washington. Dec. 26. The British
embassy today was officially notified
of the death on the wreck at Enderlln,
N. D., of Delaval Beresford, brother
of Lord Beresford. admiral of tht
British navy. The embassy cabled for
intruettons.
Activity in Yukon.
Seattle. Dec. 20. Reports from Yu
kon shop that the creeks are overrun
with prospectors and everything points
to good times. An eastern firm which
hns already spent $3,000,000 are about
to lay nut mother $4,000,000 during
the coming year on Its mines.
All Died From Arsenic.
. Chicago. Dec. 26. The chem-
1st today announced the dlscov-
ery of arsenic In- quantities suf- .
flelent to cause denth in the s
stomach of Martin Vrzal. the
first of his family that died.
Herban Blllek Is accused by wit-
nesses of attending Vzral until
his death. Analysis of the
stomachs of Mrs. Vrzul and
three children all showed
arsenic.