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I'EXDl VX, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEKH1TAKY 19, 1907.
VOL. 16.
NO. 5904
EVELYN THftW
01 IH
White Told May MacKenzie
After Evelyn's Marriage that
He Would "Get Her back."
EVELYN IDENTIFIES
WHITE'S CJIIROGR API1Y.
.Mrs. Thaw Insists Thnt Her Husband
l'ald All Hit llosjiltat Hills Testi
mony Tluit Thaw's Monomania Was
Willie: His Excitement ml Anger
Wore Always Ungovernable When
ever While Was Mentioned Fol
lowing the Midday Recess Mrs.
, Tlinw's Cross. Fxninlnmlon by Je
rome begun.
New York, Feb. 19. The Thaw
trial was willed promptly at 10:30.
The defendant's wife was the first
witness. Delmas resumed the direct
examination of Mrs. Thaw.
Fvelyn, pallid but self-possessed,
faced the court with steady eye. Dur
ing Delnins' examination Evelyn said
May MacKenzle told her In 1606 that
White had said of Evelyn, "Never
mind, I'll get her back."
Delmas first asked Evelyn regard
ing the stories she had repeated to
Thaw ss coming from McKenzle.
"Hid you ever state to Thaw, about
1906, any conversation you had with
McKenzle relating to White and your
self?" Jerome's objection was over
ruled. "1 told htm," said Evelyn, "that
McKenzle told me she had a conver
sation with White in which she said
It was a very nice way Thaw and
Evelyn got along; they were so hap
py together. White replied to her
that he -didn't believe It. She told
him. 'Yes. It's true, and I'm so glad.'
White answered, 'Well It won't last.
I'll tret her bock.' "
"When you repeated this to your
husband whnt 'll(1 he "If'" asked
Delmas. "He said he'd heard th
s-ine from McKenzle." "How did he
act?" "He noted as he always did
when White was mentioned; got ex
vlted and gnawed his nails."
Delmas asked. "Did you undergo
an rperatlon In lOOF,?" "Yes."
"Who paid the blls'f" "Thaw paid all
bills and made all the arrangements."
"How miirh?" "It amounted to
about $5000 in all."
"After our marriage," continued
Vvoivn In response to Questions, "we
lived In a town house. Thaw talked
continually of White. Sonietlir.es he
v.-on'd wander In the night tnlklng
about White, or something he did.
White was always on his mind."
She told of a visit to Mae McKen
rie, nd said while there White tiled
to sit with her 'on the bed. She
struggled against him.
She recited the efforts of Thaw to
got legal action against White nnd
said she always told him, "It will be
impossible because White Is so Influ
ential and will be able to block pro
ceedings. Besides, nobody will be
lieve the story."
Identified Letters.
Delmas continued the examination
by showing Evelyn a bundle of letters
written by White for 'Identification.
She took the letters, one by one, look
ed ovrfr them carefully and said she
recognized the writing as White's.
She took sonic time.
In all 4 2 papers und letters were
handed to the witness. They became
No. 2 In tho record of the defense.
One of the exhibits was a curd. The
presentation of the letters caused
great Interest. Rumors about the
trial room say they were notes writ
ten by Thaw to Evelyn that will throw
light on the case If admitted. Some,
It Is slid, were written after her mar
riage. After the Identification, Del
mas' oral examination did hot refer
to the letters.
Under tho fire of questions today,
Evelyn did not hold up as well as the
first time. Her voice Is not so strong
as formerly.
Former lieutenant Governor Bruce,
present Justice of the supreme court,
visited the court today and sat beside
ju.ge' Fitzgerald.
Evelyn told of the discussion of the
"Ploglil" Incident at a dinner at St.
Regis, where Thaw, herself and a
W. & C. R. Trains Thursdiur.
It is announced by Walter
Adams, agent for the W. & C.
R, line, that trains will probably
be put In service on that road
again by Thursday. At pres
ent the worst trouble Is between
Cnnyon station and Hunt's Junc
tion, though the road bed ts also
In bnd shnpe at other points
along tho Une. However, It Is
believed by those In charge that
two days more will Bee tho com
pletion of the repairs.
STAND
third person, a man, were present.
The conversation only related to the
unnamed man's telling of White and
a companion going down on their
knees to a New York editor, begging
him to suppress the story of the din
ner. At another time Thaw told Eve
lyn he hn1 found out what became of
the prli'l who figured In the plt din
ner. "He told mo," said Evelyn,
"that the woman died In poverty; that
her hurband cast her aside after
ltsmlng of the pie dinner, and she
was hurled In the potter's field.
At 12 o'clock Evelyn Thaw was
turned over to Jerome for cross-ex-nmlnntlon.
Mrs. Culnc Next Witness.
Mrs. J. J. Calne will be called as
the next witness for the defense. A
b'lef recess will be taken.
KILLED WOM1X AXD HIMSELF.
Idaho Man Committed Double Trage
dy at Rlnckfoot.
Blnckfoot, Idaho. Feb. 19. Last
n'ght at about 11 o'clock Roy Merrill,
a young man who had been employed
upon the ranch of J. V. Kaeney for
the last eight or nine months, shot
and killed Mrs, Maud Leslie, a daugh
ter of Mr. Keeney", fcy a shot In the
breast.
He, then turned the revolver on him
self and a shot In the heart killed him
almost hiHtantly. Both parties were
well known here, having lived In this
section many years.
J. W. Keeney has been prominent In
politics for many years and his daugh
ter was a highly cultured womnn who
possessed an excellent wife. She was
a member of the Episcopal church.
She was a widow and leaves a little
boy about 4 years of age. No motive
for the killing can be found unless It
be that the man wns In love with her
nnd she repulsed his attentions.
F
T
ft BRANCH LINE
MOVEMENT FOR RAILROAD
SPUR TO WHEAT BELT
Farmer mi Tnliillla, McKay Creek
and the outlieaMcrn Portion of the
Reservation Fi-npo-c to Donate
Large Portion of Work of Building
a Riillrnml tirade Into That Section
Would Save l ong Haul on Wheat
Crop.
Farmers living on Tutuilla, McKay
cre.k and the Umatilla reservation,
southeast of Pendleton nre desirous
of securing a rullroad spur Into that
ri?h section of the county to save the
lonv lviul over dusty roads., and a
movement is on foot among them to
donate -iffleient work with teams to i
const; t'.tt u huge part of the grade
from Ivndletun into that section.
One of the richest sections 'of the
county Pes southeast of Pendleton on
Tutuilla. McKay creek nnd the reser
vation and most of the heavy wheat
i:i up of that section must be hauled
In Pendleton, Mission or Cayuse. each
fo'nt h.-lng about equally distant from
I he center of the section.
If a spur were built Into that sec
tion almost a million bushels of wheat
would be shipped out over it and a
large proportion of the cattle and
sheep shipped out of the county would
alo' he sent over it nr such a spur If
extended southeast for 10 miles would
reach to the foothills of the Blue
mountains and would afford much
better shipping facilities for stock
than either Pilot Rock or Pendleton
bernuse of the range.
The matter will be presented to the
O. R. & N. or W. A C. R. railroads
hv those who are promoting the move
ment and they believe that sufficient
labor will be Immediately donated to
construct a large portion, if not all,
of a grade Into thnt fertile portion of
the county.
It Is declared by those farming that
portion of tho reservation and by the
residents of McKay creek that It Is
Impossible to haul as much wheat
w'th a team over the high range of
hills Into the Birch creek flat to sta
tions on the Pilot Rock Branch of the
O. R. & N. as can beMiauled into this
city and thnt the Pilot Rock branch
does not therefore offer them relief
from their long haul:
The work of constructing a grade
from this city to the wheat belt on the
reservation flats southeast of the city
would not be expensive and the vol
ume of business for such a spur would
encourage small farming along McKay
creek and Tutuilla by offering"
cheaper methods of reaching the mar
kets. REDUCED PASSENGER RATES.
Lower Freight Tariffs Regarded ns
More Important.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 19. Ordering
railroad passenger rates reduced from
3 to 2 Vj cents, the state rale commis
sion today said a reduction to 2 cents
would cnuso tho passenger department
to operate at a loss, which result In
the maintenance of the high freight
rates, the reduction of which, tho
commission declares, is of vastly
greater Importance than the reduction
of passenger rates."
armers
-2l
M ft
IS APPOINTED
West, Campbell and Aitchi
son Are the Appointees of
the Board.
EASTERN OREGON IGNOR
ED IN APPOINTMENTS,
First Railroad Commission TTnder the
New Railroad Law Named Last
Night The Normal School Muddle
Deepens Three New Rills for
Maintenance of Ashland, Weston
and Mopinioutli Were Introduced
'ot Knuwa IIOw the Question Will
Re Settled.
Salem, Feb. 18. (Special.) The
first Oregon railroad commission un
der the law Just passed was born In
Salem last night when the state board,
consisting of the governor, secretary
of state and the state treasurer named
Oswald West of Salem, T. K. Campbell
of Cottage Drove, and Clyde R. Altch
Ucr of Portland, as such commission.
Oswald West, who Is the present
state land agent, was tho choice of
Oovernor Chamberlain. Treasurer
Steel named Altchlson, who is collec
tor for the Portland Guarantee &
Trust company and former secretary
of the Oregon tax commission, and
Secretary of State Benson named
Campbell, who Is a lumberman of
Collage Grove and an active worker
In the Willamette Valley Development
league.
While the appointment of Altchlson
and Campbell were surprises, yet there
Is no opposition and to western Ore
gon and Portland, at leasl, the com
mission seems to be satisfactory, al
though a number of eastern Oregon
cltzens have bitterly criticized the ac
tion of the board In Ignoring eastern
Oregon on the commission.
Normal School Muddle Deepens.
Although it had been agreed that
no further bills be Introduced, yet
after the veto of the normal school
measure by Governor Chamberlain
yesterday, bills were Introduced for
the appropriation of funds for the
maintenance of Weston and Ashland
In the house, and for the maintenance
of Monmouth In the senate. A bill
for the support of Drain was defeated
In the house.
The Introduction of these bills only
deepens the normal school muddle,
and It is not known how It will end
before the session closes. The bills
Introduced Inst nieht In the house
provide for $4 5,000 for tne Ashland
school, and $35,000 for Westnn. The
senate bill carries $4 5,000 for the sup
port of Monmouth.
KILLED HIS DIVORCED WIFE.
Vaneoiivc- Man Then Shot Himself
Through the Rend.
Vancouver. Wash., Feb. 19. After
shooting his divorced wife four times
and Inflicting fatal Injuries, LouIb
Mazoretsky, a well to do second-hand
dealer of Vancouver, early today sent
a bullet through his own head, kill
ing himself instantly. Mrs. Mazorets
ky was taken to the hospital, and al
though she still survives. It ts believed
she will die during the night.
Four Blown In Pieces.
London, Ky.. Feb. 19. Foreman
Sutton and three of his men in a sec
tion gang of the Louisville & Nash
ville railway, were blown to atoms by
dynamite this morning near Hazel
patch. Two Charged With Murder.
Chicago, Feb. 19. Leonard Leopold
and Howard Nicholas, charged with
the murder of Margaret Leslie, an ac
tress, October 18, were arraigned to
day and remanded until March 11.
WALLA WALLA BRANCH AGAIN WASHED OUT
After several days of strenuous la
bor with a large force of men on the
Walla Walla branch of the O. R. &
N., the melting snow of yesterday
filled up the streams again last night
and washed out every vestige of the
work of repairs which had been done.
Nenr Havana, where the most seri
ous damage was done In the first
washout, all tho new grade wns wash
ed away last night and It was Impos
sible to run trains over the branch
this morning.
A work train under tho direction of
General Superintendent M. J. Buckley
has been engaged today In making re
pairs wherever possible to prevent
further damage, but the .damage to
the track is almost as serious as at
first.
Water rushed down the canyons on
College streets this afternoon and
covered the stockyards and flooded
NEW TREATY IS
RAID
Under Which the Japanese
Government Will Refuse to
Issue Passports to Coolies.
SFPARATE INSTRUCTION
HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOIL
By the Agreement Between Major
ScluulU unit Itoobevelt, Only a Half
Boxen Jupuncse Children Being
Admitted to Co-education The
House Engages In a Scrap Over the
Immigration Bill, Southerners Ob
jecting tc Those Clauses Which Are
Intended to Give the President
More Extensive Powers.
Washington, Feb. 19. It wa poffi
clallv admitted by the state depait
ment today that the United States
government Is now negotiating a trea
ty with Japan under which the Jap
anese government will refuse to Issue
passports to coolies desiring to come
to the states.
Separate Instruction for Majority.
Washington, Feb. 19. A member
of the San Francisco school board
now In this city, Is authority for the
statement that not mere than half a
dozen Japanese will be admitted to
the schorls under the agreement be
tween Schmltz and the president.
Others will be given separate Instruc
tions tinder a proposed amended
ichnol ordr which places an age
limit and also excludes alien children
who "shall be found deficient in the
eUments of the English language."
It has been pointed out that the
proposed order, strictly' interpreted,
would admit Chinese to the schools,
but the board has no fear that any
v. Ill apply, sb the Chinese, according
to all accounts, are satisfied with the
pves"iit oriental school.
Iloue Serup Over Immigration Bill.
Washington. Feb. 19. After the
conference report was read. In the
house Burrett made a point of order
against the Japanese passport clause
and the section requiring additional
accommodations on steamers for im-
j migrants, saying they embodied new
legislation and nave thf president the
whlp hand nnd allowed him to hold a
big stick over the sovereign state.
John Shnrpe Williams told the
house that undoubtedly the conferes
exceeded their power and cited au
thorities to support his view. He said
he stood with California on the school
question, no matter where the Califor
nia delegation stood.
REQUISITION FOR PIERCE.
President of Waters-Pierce Oil Co. in
Great Remand.
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 19. The
governor of Texas has Issued a requi
sition upon the Governor of Missouri
for the person of H. Clay Pierce, pres
ident of the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany, a criminal Indictment having
been returned at Austin In connection
with the renl mission of Pierce's com
pany to the state.
Pierce was scheduled to meet the
Bailey Investigating committee of the
Texas legislature In St. Louis this
week and the requisition has resulted
in calling off that engagement.
192 WARRANTS ISSUED.
DoukholKirs Resist the Saskatchewan
Read Tax.
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, feh. 19.
The authorities have Issued 192 war
rants for Doukhobors who fought
against the payment of the head tax.
Women fought with men and retook
the attached cattle from the collectors.
Mounted police were cnlled to preserve
order. ,r
Bluff street. At the Thompson street
croslng of the O. R. & N. water ran
over the track all afternoon.
Washington Line Damaged.
The Washington division of the O.
R. & N. wns also badly Injured Inst
night and traffic wns seriously Inter
fered with between Umatilla and
Wallwula. A large force of men was
rushed there last night to repair the
damage, but It Is not known how long
It will require to place the grade In
condition for traffic.
All along tho Walla Walla branch
the water Is very high again ami the
conditions nre so uncertain and threat
ening that It Is Impossible to guess
when trains will bo running.
The train which was scheduled to
lenve for Weston this morning was
abandoned on account of the damage
at Havana and no attempt will be
mado to operate trains until the high
water subsides.
SMOOT DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Makes His First Six-cell in Lulled
States Senate.
Washington, Feb. 19. Reed Smoot
today In the only speech he ever made
In the senate in defense of the right
to his seat, said;
"I solemnly aver that In every vote
or action as United States senator, I
have been and shall always bo gov
erned by my convictions of what Is
best for the whole people. I have
never taken an oath or obligation, re
ligious or otherwise, which conflicts
with my duty as senator or citizen. I
owe no allegiance to my church or
other organization which In any way
Interfere' with my supreme allegiance
In civil affairs to my country, and an
allegiance I freely, fully and frankly
give."
He said he Is not and never was
a pnlygamlst, and declared any man
who married a polygamous wife since
the manifesto should be prosecuted.
This, regardless of the man's posi
tion or personality.
He declared there Is nothing in the
church oaths to suggest hostility to
this or any other government, and
continued, "Utah has played a full
part In all the wars of this country,
from the Mexican through the Philip
pines insurrection. When McKlnley
called upon Utah shi furnished her
full quota and more."
KILLED HER TWO CHILDREN.
Mrs. Muddle Afterward Cut Her Owti
Throat and Died.
Connersville, Pa., Feb. 19. Mrs.
John Muddle, aged 31, with a butcher
knife this afternoon killed her two
children, one a 9-month-old Infant,
(he othr 2 years old and cut her own
throat. Mrs. Muddle died this after
noon. W.J.5ENELL
IS
SHERIFF TAYLOR ON HIS
WAY TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Sewell and n Friend Seen In Eureka
Nearly ti Month Api Capture Ef
fected After Sew ell Had Been at
Large Four Months Stated That
His Shortages With Lumber Com
panies Will Reach Over $10,000.
W. J. Sewell. defaulting manager of
the Potlatch Lumber company, has ut
last been captured and he Is now a
prisoner In San Fruncisco. Word to
that effect was roceived last night by
Sheriff Taylor, nnd tomorrow morning
that official will leave for California
to secure his prisoner. While there
Is always a possibility of error In the
Identity of a man taken In a distant
city, the sheriff feels certain the man
In custody Is none other than Sewell.
The capture of Sewell was effected
by Sheriff Taylor after a long and
patient search which commenced Im
mediately after the lumberman's
flight, several months ago. Owing to
the fact that the fusltlve had nearly
a week's Mart of the officers and
was well supplied with money, the
chase was a most difficult one.
Three weeks ago Sheriff Taylor re
ceived private Information that Sew
ell and his friend Bill Edwards, who
left here about the same time as Sew
ell, had ben seen together in Eure
ka, Cal. Later on he received a clue
that Sewell was In Oakland, and ac
cordingly the officers there arid In San
Francisco were urged to keep a care
ful lookout for the fugitive.
Four Months 'Sonrcli.
W. J. Sewell Is wanted here upon a
charge of embezzlement preferred
against him on the forenoon of Octo
ber 23. At 'that time he was charged
with having stolen $1293, but later It
n discovered that the shortage was
much larger. It is understood that
the entire shortage with the Pot latch
company Is In the neighborhood of
$S0O0, while he is also short between
$2000 and $3000 with the Cray's Har
bor Commercial company, with which
concern he was connected before the
Potlatch company bought the local
lumber business.
Before leaving here Sewell had in
timated that If ever captured he would
try to kill himself. Consequently In
all the Instructions sent out by Sher
iff Taylor officers were cautioned of
this fact and Instructed to at once
search his person for poison.
Whether or not Sewell will resist
extradition is not known. Today Col
one! J. H. Rnley left on the westbound
train for San Francisco and the news
of his departure started n theory that
ho had been retained by Sewell to
appear for him In the California
courts In hopes of securing his free
dom by habeas corpus proceedings.
However, J. R. Raley declares that his
father left upon another mission, and
that hl trip to California has no con
nection with the Sewell case
A reward of $300 had been offered
by the Potlntch Lumber company for
the nriest of Sewell. and this amount
will be paid should It prove that tho
man under arrest is In reality tha
missing manager.
It is said that the Shetland Islands
have but a single tree.
CAPTURED
MEMORABLE RALLY
KNOTS
PYTHIAS
Annual Convention Attended
by Large NumbeT of Visitors
and Local Members.
SEVERAL ADDRESSES GREAT
MERIT AND INTEREST MADE.
Discourses by Ruley, Morrow, Pierce,
Hradsluiw, Cuke and StliiHon First
and Third Rank Given In Regular
Session Following the Speeches and
Luncheon A Clam of Sixteen Took
the Page Rank Damon Lodge No.
4 Claimed Victory at Team Work by
Default, Competitors Not Appear
ing. With the lodge hall filled with, local
members of the order and vis'ting
knights, the seventh annual convention
of the Knights of Pythias lodges of
this county was held here last night
Like the preceding gatherings the
meeting was an enthusiastic one, and
the Interest shown again demonstrat
ed the fact that Pendleton Is a Pythian
stronghold of renown. Aside from
the Umatilla county memrjers of the
order some half dozen "patriarchs"
of note were present from over the
state and during the evening eloquent
and witty addresses were delivered by
several of the number. These were
given during the open, meeting and
were the feature of the convention.
The session was called to order at
8 o'clock by James H. Owlnn, deputy
grand chancellor for Pendleton, who
presided during the program and in
troduced the various speakers with
apt remarks.
In welcoming the visiting brethren
J. R. Raley. past chancellor of Da
mon lodge No. 4. in a neat address,
recalled how. in ancient time a Gre
cian colony that had settled among
the barbarians of Italy, kept Itself se
cure amid it degrading environments
by meins of annual counsels at which
the patriarchs of the colony Inspired
the younger men with tales of Grecian
history. He compared the annual dis
trict conventions of the Knights of
Pythias to the custom of that colony.
Hon. R. G. Morrow of Portland,
member of the finance committee, re
sponded to the address or welcome.
In a clever manner he endeavored to
point out the particular "patriarchs"
among the visitors and dwelt In detail
upon the qualifications of Judge W.
L. Bradshaw and W. M. Cake.
Following Mr. Morrow, Walter M.
Pierce was Introduced for the anni
versary address and for a half hour
the speaker held the close attention of
his audience with an able and stirring
address. In opening he recalled the
time when he passed through the
chairs of Damon lodge and when the
fortunes of the lodge were at low tide.
In a brief way he told of the things
which led up to the origin of the or
der during the last year of the civil
war and paid a high tribute to Justus
H. Rathbone, who wrote the original
ritual. Also, he recalled the Grecian
story upon which the ceremonies of
the order nre based and declared that
the story of the friendship of Damon
nnd Pythlans was not legend but his
tory. Following Mr. Pierce addresses
were given by Messrs. Bradshaw and
Cake, and proved very entertaining.
Both are past grand chancellors and
present supreme representatives of
Oregon, and they are among the most
zealous and Influential members in
the state.
L. R. Stlnson, grand keeper of rec
ords and seal, was also called upon,
but owing to the lateness of the hour
spoke very briefly.
At the conclusion of the program a
16-mlnute recess was declared, and
during the Intermission a continuous
lunch wns served In the banquet room.
A regular session of Damon lodge
No. 4 was then held, and work In the
first nnd third ranks given. A class
of 16 men took the page rank and
one candidate was given the work In
the rank of page by a team from the
local lodge. A contest had been
planned for the work in thnt rank, but
other tennis falling to appear Damon
No. 4 claimed the victory by default.
During the general program early
In the evening a musical number was
given by an octet from the Commer
cial association glee club, nnd an en
core was tendered.
Kal-er Denounced Socialists.
Berlin, Feb. 11. The new
rtr'c'urtair opened this morning
with an address from the throne.
The kaiser voiced his determi
nation to strengthen Germany's
arnuum'Pt and develop her col
onli'P and promised social re
forms nnd codification of the
laws of lose majesty. He said
he would respect tho constitu
tion. He violently denounced
the socialists.